Through Our Eyes – Week 2

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Another great week! Thanks to everyone for submitting.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adam Wolffbrandt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Seth Fischer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Morgan Walker

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adam Wolffbrandt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dorothy Edwards

Tar Root, 20, of Karenni, plays takraw on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, a sport popular in Southeast Asia where he lived until 2009 when he and his family came to Bowling Green. Root lives in the Lovers Lane apartment complex where he and his neighbors play takraw almost every day.

  Austin Anthony

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Danny Guy

 

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Through Our Eyes – Week 1

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NPPA is proud to publish the first week of Through Our Eyes! We received a lot of submissions and want to thank each every one of you for being a part of this. If you don’t see one of your photos here, don’t worry, there are plenty more chances to get one of yours in coming in the near future! Our next deadline is Monday, October 8th at 11:59 pm for photos from this week!

Christopher Burgess, 23, of Detroit, holds his dog, Baby, while his niece Summerlynn Turner, 9, colors a coloring book while her sisters Raelyn, 6, and Makenzie (far right), 4, sit together and eat strawberries while other members of the Turner family hang out on the porch on a summer afternoon in Bowling Green, Ky., Sept. 14, 2012. Burgess recently moved in to the house with his relatives to avoid the trouble he was getting into in Detroit, he said.

Austin Anthony

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dorothy Edwards

Luke Musser, a senior WKU swimmer, leads the WKU swimming and diving team in a final cheer after finishing run-swims on Saturday, September 1 at the Russell Sims Aquatic Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Kreable Young

Graham Browder-Seguin, 5, of Bowling Green, pretends he is a jaguar gathering food for his mother in his cave while playing at Ogden Park in Bowling Green Monday, Sept. 10, 2012.

Austin Anthony

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Jabin Botsford

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Morgan Walker

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alix Mattingly

 

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Presidential Sweetness hits WKU

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The School of Journalism and Broadcasting and the Department of Political Science cordially invite you to an evening of entertainment, lecture and discourse. On Thursday, September 27 please join us at 5:30 pm in the Atrium of Mass Media and Technology Building as we offer an open reception to coincide with the opening of a gallery of images called ”The Presidential Image: 70 Years of the Best in White House Photography.” This gallery is culled from the Pictures of the Year International archives that represent the best images from the past seven decades.

At 6:30 in MMTH auditorium the evening will continue with a lecture by David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award-winner. Kennerly has been shooting on the front lines of history for more than 45 years. He has photographed eight wars, as many U.S. presidents, and has traveled to dozens of countries along the way.

And then, to top the night off, at 7:45 pm in the auditorium we will have a a presidential panel discussion about the importance of documenting the most powerful person in the world. Moderated by former White House picture editor, Mike Davis, Kennerly will join in discussion with Luke Sharett, a current WKU photojournalism student who is currently assigned to the White House by the New York Times to cover the Obama campaign.

Please address questions to Tim Broekema. We look forward to seeing you there. This will be a “swipable” event. Student cards will be swiped at the completion of the panel discussion, not earlier.

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One Hot Month

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I mean, July was a HOT month – like epic hot. Like record breaking hot. But in the middle of all this heat came one amazing image that made me cool down and go, “ahhhh”. To be published in National Geographic is awesome, right? But to be published as a double truck in the Vision section is even more awesome, right? But then to be published within the first year of graduation – awe, come on! Way to go Lance Booth – a most awesome image and it was great seeing your name in the lady with the bright yellow jacket!

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Photo J Majors Meeting Set

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Attention all students of the WKU Photo program. I am excited to announce the date and time of our Fall Semester 2012 Majors Meeting. We will gather in MMTH Auditorium (rm 166) at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, September 4. The new folks may not realize just how much FUN this meeting can be – you veterans of this event will be there ready to cheer on our new students. Door prizes worth thousands of dollars – or perhaps even priceless items – will be given away. So if you are considering photojournalism as your major OR you are hooked already on this crazy profession, you need to come to this meeting.

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Loving Mallory

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Adam Dobson was becoming part of growing trend seen in the gay and transgender population. He was trying everything from Xanax to hydrocodone, and even a horse tranquilizer called ketamine to find a high. According to www.americanprogress.org, up to 30% of the gay and transgender community abuse substances, compared to only 9% in the general population.
A couple of years ago Dobson began to perform in drag which, he says, helped him get his life on a more positive track. He now performs drag as Mallory in nightclubs throughout Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana, and his number one fan is his mom, Cathy.
Cathy attends almost every drag performance that she can. “He never disappoints me,” she says, “I’m always amazed by his performance.”
The love and support Cathy gives her son is significant. Not every gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender young adults’ parents are supportive, which experts believe may be a factor that leads many LGBT youth to depression or other risky behavior. A study done by the Official Journal of The American Academy of Pediatrics in 2009 found that, “lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults who reported higher levels of family rejection during adolescence were 8.4 times more likely to report having attempted suicide, 5.9 times more likely to report high levels of depression, 3.4 times more likely to use illegal drugs, and 3.4 times more likely to report having engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse compared with peers from families that reported no or low levels of family rejection.”
“I’m going to live life the way I want to live it, and I refuse to let anyone bring me down,” Dobson said.

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Young in Heart

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Brenda Smith, 56, used to think that when she reached a certain age, she and her husband Bruce would be celebrating their golden years together, with no one else in the house.
That thought changed about eight years ago, when the Smith household began to take care of Shylar, Bruce’s grandson and Brenda’s step-grandson.
According to AARP, more than 2.5 million grandparents in the United States are taking in their grandchildren and becoming responsible for them.

Brenda takes great pride in raising Shylar as her own son, but Shylar isn’t the only person in the household living under her care.
In Dec. 2011, her father Bill Wilcox was diagnosed with cancer and after being faced with the reality of going to a nursing home, Brenda made the decision to take him into her home and take care of him.
She experiences life’s joys and struggles as she splits her time between raising her 8-year-old grandson, and caring for her 84-year-old dad.

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The Herald – Fighting for Free Speech

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Twenty-five years ago the students who ran the newspaper at Western Kentucky University fought a battle of David and Goliath to preserve their independence and free speech that helped pave a path of self-governance for student publications across the country. The story is told through archival news footage and current interviews with those who were involved at that time.

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