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WKU student connects with Chinese heritage
By Alexandra Sandefur On almost any given Sunday afternoon during Angie Willemsen’s childhood, one could find her and her family at China One, a buffet-style Chinese restaurant in their hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Angie’s parents, who are Caucasian, started...
Refugees form supportive community at Lee Pointe Condos
By Adam Sims Mike Baker, maintenance man of Lee Pointe Condos, walks across the parking lot. One resident hands him a doorknob from her door, saying it’s broken, and Baker promises to fix it as soon as he can. To some, it seems like an average complex. However, Lee...
A changing city: examining Bowling Green’s growing refugee population
By Helen Gibson It’s Tuesday, Nov. 9, the day that America elected Donald Trump its 45th president, and the Bowling Green office of the International Center of Kentucky is busy. The two story, red brick building on Kenton Street is filled with some of the United...
Holidays on the High Seas
By Amelia Epley I was feeling the rocking of the boat as I fixed my hair for Thanksgiving dinner. I turned off the blower and reapplied the herbal oil behind my ears. Tonight’s seasickness would be rough. It had been a windy day in Belize. I was standing to put on my...
Satanism, schizophrenia, and seclusion: Scottsville murder suspect has tumultuous past
By James Line At 2:30 a.m. on March 9, 2016, the emergency dispatch center in the sleepy town of Scottsville, Kentucky, received a 911 call from a local nursing home. When police arrived at Scottsville Manor, they were directed by staff to Room 15. A dead man lay on...
Faith in Science
By Justin Turner The small sanctuary of Franklin Presbyterian Church comes alive with music and chatter in the time between Sunday school and the start of the service. Two young girls twirl their dresses as they skip up and down the aisles, winding between the adults...
‘Trump & Truth’ Lecture Addresses Threats to Press Freedom
By Courtney Sherrill The relationship between presidential administrations and the media has never been one of comradery, regardless of party affiliation. However, due to President Donald Trump’s often-flagrant disrespect for journalists, the news media faces its most...
Boxing with Care: Daughter Finds Purpose Fighting Parkinson’s
By Brandon Killian Jill Steffey has been around Parkinson’s Disease her whole life. Her grandfather David Steffey had Parkinson’s Disease. Growing up, Jill watched her grandmother and her aunt as his caregivers. Now Jill is a caregiver to her father, Reese Steffey,...
PTSD Affects Veterans Long After Combat
By Casey McCarthy When Jeff Reece first came home to Metcalfe County, Kentucky, after 11 months in Iraq, he thought everything would be the same. A year after returning, Reece fell asleep holding his son, Chase, an infant at the time, only to awake to find he had...
Chi Chi Danger Squirrel: It’s all in the name
By Joseph Barkoff Photos by Mike Ko of Silicon Valley Design and Gregg Rich of Gregg Rich Photography In roller derby you either pick the name of your alter ego, or it is chosen for you. When I began skating at my “fresh meat boot camp” I had no idea as to what my...