From left: Western Kentucky University Gatton Academy juniors Lola Norman of Bowling Green, Ky., Jill Patel of Owensboro, Ky. and Aanyaa Arora of Bowling Green, Ky. watch the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, outside WKU's Hardin Planetarium in Bowling Green, Ky. The WKU campus experienced 97% of a solar eclipse as students gathered outside to view the moment. "I think a part of it (the solar eclipse) is pretty overwhelming," Norman said. "Just like the vastness of it and the rare occurrence, but I think it's also just beautiful."
Grace Roepke of the Louisville Orchestra plays the harp at the Tuesday, March 5, 2024 concert during the orchestra's "In Harmony - The Commonwealth Tour" at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green, Ky. Louisville Orchestra Concertmaster and Resident Conductor Gabriel Lefkowitz said that the orchestra plays music ranging 400 years, from world premieres to the 1600s. "There's nothing quite as exciting as that first moment of making sound and seeing how people react to it," Lefkowitz said. "We want to entertain. We want to move people."
Western Kentucky University National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Juvenile Justice Chair Myricle Gholston, a sophomore from Atlanta, Ga., protests before "The Rittenhouse Recap" event Wednesday, March 27, 2024, held outside WKU's Downing Student Union in Bowling Green, Ky. "The Rittenhouse Recap" had Kyle Rittenhouse, a man who shot and killed three men during a "Black Lives Matter" protest in 2020, speak and answer questions. "Today I decided to come here because if you want change, you have to stand for change yourself," Gholston said. "You can no longer depend on the majority to be the voice for minorities."
Amanda Moore, 31, carves a design into her mug during a pottery class held at The Pots Place on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Bowling Green, Ky. The beginner's class consisted of seven adult students and Philip Woodard, the instructor. "I loved doing pottery in high school," Moore said, as the reason for her interest in pottery.
Western Kentucky University junior Abi Fitzgibbon of Springfield, Ill. lays on the couch with her daughter, Scout Namvong, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, at her apartment in Bowling Green, Ky. Fitzgibbon said that Scout, at 3 months old, responds more to "I love you" than "Scout." "I think motherhood is so much just involving her (Scout) and the life that I already have," Fitzgibbon said.
Western Kentucky University junior Madelyn Groth, left, of Lexington, Ky., and junior Lindy Fischer of Lexington, Ky. dance together as Jerone Williams plays the violin at the Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 Harvest Festival, at Fountain Square Park in Bowling Green, Ky. Groth and Fischer are both dance majors while Williams said he has been playing the violin for over 10 years and that he mainly plays Irish traditional music.
First Baptist Church deaf ministry coordinator Beth Driver, 59, right, and deaf ministry member Cheryl Gahimer, 63, show praise with their hands after a baptism on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at the church in Bowling Green, Ky. Driver said she joined the deaf ministry at the church in 1992, and the deaf ministry American Sign Language interpreter Rosalind Spillman, 76, has been involved in the ministry for about 60 years, she said. "This ministry and the deaf group individuals themselves are my passion," Spillman said. "They've always been like my family. During difficult times, they're my safe space, my safety zone."
Western Kentucky University senior Greyson Disney plays a game of beer pong during the Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 homecoming tailgate on WKU's South Lawn in Bowling Green, Ky. Disney went on to lose the game against his opponent, Addison Griggs.
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