By Katie Zdunek My childhood was periodically sugar-free. Sporadic impulses led Mom to purge the house of junk food, disfiguring the pantry with Kix cereal and Nutrigrain bars. Kix tastes like cardboard spritzed with sugar water. In 2% milk, the thin coat of hope is...
Spotlight
Read MoreWhat’s your story?
WKU Journalism students feel your story is newsworthy. Each of the writing pieces below captures the story of an individual and puts a spotlight on their life, the lessons they learned, and the importance of sharing within a community. Some of the writers even open up about their own personal experiences.
Shelter from the Storm
By Emily DeLetter The main gathering room of the Catholic Action Center is crowded. It’s Sunday, and more than 100 people are sitting and standing at various donated tables, chairs and couches around the room, waiting for the weekly meeting to begin. Promptly at one...
Parents in Rural Kentucky Struggle to Help Their Foster Sons
By Morgan Hornsby As dusk approaches, two brothers race their scooters from the tree to the back of their dad’s truck bed. The youngest of the two, Alex, wears a diaper while he tries to mimic his brother’s quick steps and easy glide. A shirtless Dawson does not let...
Leisa Hutchison: A Life Devoted to Helping the Disabled
By James Humphrey At a table in the middle of a large room at Thanksgiving dinner for Best Buddies, the organization’s president, Leisa Hutchison, 55, scooped food from her son Ben’s plate and fed it to him. Ben, 21, has FG syndrome – a rare X-chromosome linked...
Roxie’s Cottage
By Jennifer King It’s not quite 4 a.m. on a Friday morning in Bowling Green, but the red and blue neon lights of an open sign glow in the window of a small white cottage with a red roof on the corner of Louisville Road and Old Porter Pike. Inside Roxie’s Cottage...
Reaching for the stars
By Jennifer King On Aug. 21, 2017, Alicia Edds woke with her heart pounding. For years, the 18-year-old from Oldham County had anticipated this day, but now that it was finally here, she was worried it wouldn’t live up to her expectations. Nevertheless, she donned her...
Rising from the ashes
By Srijita Chattopadhyay The walls of faded blue were plastered with posters of bands and TV shows, from Panic at the Disco to Supernatural. The smell of rich sandalwood filled the air inside the room. A heap of colorful stuffed animals were piled in a corner. A small...
Every Day for God: La Luz Del Mundo Church in Bowling Green
By Jennifer King Dozens of cars file in to the parking lot behind La Perlita, a small Mexican grocery next to a taquería, a tortilleria and a church with a dome in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Across the street, on the corner of Clay Street and West 12th Avenue, light...
Graduating While Black: graduation and retention rates
By Erian Bradley In the fall of 2012, Camille Williams walked onto Western Kentucky’s campus anxious about the future that was ahead of her. There were buildings all around her with cars in the surrounding parking lots, and incoming freshmen waiting in the lobby as...
From Child Bride to Advocate
By Nicole Ziege Seated at a small table at Fantes Coffee, a quiet coffee shop on Grinstead Drive in Louisville, is Donna Pollard, now 34. Wearing a blouse covered in a pattern of small flowers, with her layered shoulder-length red hair draped over dangling hoop...