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Attend the Inauguration of President Barack Obama

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Faculty, Staff, Students!!

Here’s your chance to attend the Inauguration of President Barack Obama.

January 20 – 23, 2013
Washington, DC

We are taking a chartered bus and staying for three nights at the Holiday Inn in Alexandria, VA.

Students will attend the Inauguration on Monday, January 21.  The Inauguration is free and open to the public.  A limited number of tickets are available from a member of your congressional delegation.  Tickets should be requested ASAP as they are on a first-come-first served basis.  And they are VERY DIFFICULT to obtain.

Students can also purchase tickets for an Inaugural Ball but many activities are free.

As a class, we are tentatively scheduled to meet with Congressman Brett Guthrie and Senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell.

Cost is $550 which includes bus, metro pass, three night accommodation and guided tour of Washington.

Inaugural ball tickets, meals and entertainment are the responsibility of the student.

A deposit of $200 is due by November 30.  Balance is due December 14. Seating is limited so reserve your seat soon.

For more information, please contact Linda Rippy (linda.rippy@wku.edu) or Dr. Ardrey (Saundra.ardrey@wku.edu) or at 745-4559.

Dr. Saundra Curry Ardrey, Head
Department of Political Science
Director of African American Studies
Co-Director, Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility
Follow #whatsurtag on Twitter…
www.twitter.com/WhatsUrTag

(Source: Email from Saundra Ardrey, Nov 8, 2012)

2012 Bioinformatics and Information Science Center (BISC) and High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) Symposium

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“Strengthening Collaborations through Interactive Posters”

Friday, November 9, 2012, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Snell 2102 and 2113

The Bioinformatics and Information Science Center and the High Performance Computing Center would like to invite all WKU faculty and staff to this annual symposium.

BISC members and their students will present posters on their research in bioinformatics and information science.

The High Performance Computing System Administrators will present and discuss a PowerPoint on the Introduction to the HPCC.

For more information on the BISC and HPCC, please go to http://www.wku.edu/bioinformatics/ and  http://www.wku.edu/hpcc/

Refreshments will be available!

(Source: Email from Donna Schulte, Nov 8, 2012)

Grammy-nominated alt-rappers Nappy Roots take southern sound to the Lounge with KRS-One

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Interesting story on the history & approach of Grammy-nominated Kentucky alt-rappers Nappy Roots, who are from Bowling Green and met at WKU

Myles Cochrane/Tri-City Weekly, The Humboldt Beacon, Nov 6, 2012

Kentucky alt-rappers Nappy Roots chose respect over riches. Candor over cash. Principles over payroll. After breaking big with Atlantic Records in the early 2000s with massive worldwide hits like “Aw Naw,” “Sick and Tired,” “Roun’ the Globe,” “Po Folks” and “Good Day,” the Grammy-nominated southern-style stars felt that they needed to fight for their independence after releasing two LPs for the majors.

”Getting off Atlantic Records was no easy feat, especially when you are making them plenty of money,” said William “Skinny DeVille” Hughes, one-fourth of the group from Bowling Green. “We basically had to play dead for three years and devalue our brand to make them lose interest. Once that happened we had to look interesting to every other label to get picked back up. That took a lot of faith and patience. We ended up losing a member in that period (R. Prophet left to pursue a solo career in 2006) and deciding to maintain our independence by signing a distribution deal with Fontana-Universal.”

Almost four years passed between the release of 2003′s Atlantic LP “Wooden Leather” and their first indie album, 2008′s “The Humdinger.”

”Everything happens for a reason and some reasons we will never know,” Hughes said. “We run into a few of the people we worked closely with at Atlantic and it’s no bad blood. I speak with Mike Caren — the A&R who signed us — occasionally and we chat about hip-hop and how the industry is going. I try to live with no regrets and seldom look back on the shoulda-woulda-coulda moments. I know that this was the best decision for us and our fans because the major label machine will put anything out to make money and we would rather have control of our own destiny than to sell out for money and fame. You can make money without selling your soul to the devil for fame. It’s a road less traveled but the end is much more gratifying. In my opinion, respect trumps fame by a long shot.”

Nappy Roots are easy to differentiate from the typical mainstream rap artists out there these days. After meeting at Western Kentucky University, they strove to put out music that stood out as a rap alternative with integrity.

”We don’t try to emulate what the current artists or fad is out right now,” Hughes said. “We are definitely fans of good music, but in our minds we don’t care what MC-such-and-such has or is doing. We are comfortable doing us all the time because our fans wouldn’t have it any other way.”

People notice and respect their approach on all levels. While the group’s members were celebrating the success of their 2002 LP “Watermelon, Chicken & Grits,” former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton declared Sep. 16 as “Nappy Roots Day” in their home state.

”We kicked it off in Louisville, Ky. this year, but unfortunately it fell on a Sunday so we rapped our asses off on Saturday and hit a few schools on Friday speaking to the kids about education and following their dreams,” Hughes said.

Nappy Roots was also recently included in Jason Howard’s book, “A Few Honest Words: the Kentucky Roots of Popular Music.”

Since the release of their 1998 debut “Country Fried Cess” caught Atlantic’s attention, they’ve put out a plethora of feature-filled mixtapes in addition to their five official studio LPs, the latest being the Organized Noize-produced “Nappy Dot Org.” They’re currently touring in support of a new mixtape, “Sh!t’s Beautiful,” available as a free download at nappyroots.com.

The songs “Black Friday” and “Bigga Thomas” from the latest mixtape seem to be getting great responses live, according to Hughes.

In addition to their time spent touring, Nappy Roots members Hughes and Fish Scales are currently working on a collaboration album titled “The 40 Akerz Project” with a production team called SMKA, and B. Stille is working on a new solo effort. The band did lose a member this year when Big V left.

Nappy Roots — Hughes, B. Stille, Ron Clutch and Fish Scales — will be performing with hip-hop legend KRS-One on Thursday night when he returns to the Arcata Theatre Lounge. Gobi will also perform with “special guests.” Advance passes for the 21-and-over event are available at Couple Cups, NHS, People’s Records, DTA and online at bonusman.info.

While they’ve been to Mendocino County on a few occasions, this will be Nappy Roots’ first show in Humboldt County.

”We’ve performed in Caspar, Calif. a few times and hung out in Mendocino on a trim session once,” Hughes said. “I must say I love NorCal and can’t wait to get back on that side of reality to say the least. My momma might read this, so I don’t want her to think her son is solely there to do drugs medicinally. Hint hint. Smoke one for the po’ ones and we will bring the wraps — keep it Nappy!”

(R&B singer) Anthony Hamilton has been your comfort feature almost. I love it and can almost always expect an Anthony-feature on your records. How did your friendship with him begin and why do you think it has lasted this long? Will you be featuring him on anything soon?

William “Skinny DeVille” Hughes: A-Ham is definitely our country cousin and we love it when we come together and make hits. We actually first met on the set of “Po Folks” in the early 2000s. He was on Atlantic at the time and our A&R Mike Caren took the personal liberty of putting him on our song without our permission. Needless to say, it was probably one of the best decisions in our career because it captured the attention of the world and spawned a new R&B artist who is still able to benefit from that decision as well. He was on the song “Down N Out” from The Humdinger and I’m sure you will be seeing us collaborate again in the near future.

Thrift Shop Bop Dance with DJ W!

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  • Facebook
  • Come out in your best thrift shop outfit and dance the night away!
  • Cake, punch & great music!
  • Prizes for the best outfits!
  • Fri, Nov 9, 8-11pm
  • Faculty House (log house behind Cherry Hall)
  • Early tickets: $5 per person / $8 per couple
  • Tickets at the door: $6 per person / $10 per couple
  • Sponsored by the Honors Club

Henderson: A Week in the Life of a Kentucky County

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Please stop in for a visit to the Mass Media and Technology Hall gallery between now and the Christmas holidays to see a 35-print gallery and 16 video narratives centered around the School of Journalism and Broadcasting photo department’s annual Mountain Workshops.

A Week in the life of a Kentucky County: Henderson will be open Monday thru Friday until Dec. 18 from 9 am to 5 pm and is free and open to the public.

In 1976, two Western Kentucky University faculty members took a dozen photojournalism students into eastern Kentucky and Tennessee to document the 11 remaining one-room schools there. The teachers didn’t realize it at the time, but that was the beginning of an annual trek

Thirty-six years later in Henderson, Ky. there were three concurrent workshops held that fine-tune photography, picture-editing and multimedia skills of college students and mid-career professionals in an intensive weeklong effort that documents a town and its surrounding countryside.

WKU faculty members are joined by volunteer shooting, editing and writing coaches who travel here from across the country — from The San Diego Union- Tribune, from the Los Angeles Times, from TIME magazine, and a host of other venues — to guide trainees and produce content for a photo exhibit, several multimedia productions, and a book of 100-plus pages. From their humble beginnings of travel with cameras,
black-and-white film and sleeping bags, workshop staff now spend months planning and setting up sophisticated facilities with state-of-the-art computing and digital imaging equipment.

Be sure to visit our website or read about this year’s Mountain at the ABC News blog
or in the L.A. Times Frameworks blog.

For further information please contact Tim Broekema, Associate Professor, WKU Photojournalism

(Source: Email from Tim Broekema, Nov 9, 2012)

Sunrise at LT Smith

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From Scott Vennell on Facebook this morning. Go Tops!

Illinois death row exoneree Steidl to present lecture at WKU on Nov. 28

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The ACLU of Kentucky and the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will join WKU’s Department of History and Legal Studies program in hosting death row exoneree Randy Steidl for a lecture at WKU on Nov. 28.

In a CNN interview, Steidl described his experience on death row as “Torture – actually being innocent and knowing that the state of Illinois wanted to kill me for something I did not do.”

Steidl’s lecture will begin at 3 p.m. in Cherry Hall, room 125. Admission is free and open to the public.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the WKU Department of Philosophy and Religion, Department of Political Science, African American Studies Program and Department of Sociology.

Steidl and his co-defendant were convicted for the 1986 murder of newlywed couple Dyke and Karen Rhoads in the small town of Paris, Ill. The two maintained their innocence but it was not until Northwestern University journalism students got involved that Steidl’s case received a proper review.

The entire case against Steidl was based on unreliable eyewitness testimony. Even though their stories conflicted with one another, both witnesses claimed to be present on the night of the attack and both described a gruesome scene. Yet, in spite of the violent stabbing and subsequent bloodshed that occurred, there was no physical evidence tying Steidl to the crime.

It was only after the in-depth investigative journalism conducted by Northwestern University students that new information was uncovered and old evidence invalidated.  With the aid of a local police officer, students were able to present enough evidence of Steidl’s innocence to call for a new trial. Eventually, all charges were dropped and Steidl became the 18th person to be released from Illinois’ death row due to a wrongful conviction.

Steidl’s visit comes weeks after the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights called on state lawmakers to abolish the death penalty and less than one year after a team of Kentucky legal experts published a 400-page report outlining the serious flaws within the state’s death penalty system.

Contact: Kate Miller, (502) 648-7262; or Patricia Minter, (270) 745-3841.

(Source: WKU News, Nov 8, 2012)


Department of Education official opens Kentucky Engagement Conference

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Martha Kanter, Under Secretary in the U.S. Department of Education, was the opening speaker Thursday (Nov. 8) for the Kentucky Engagement Conference at WKU’s Knicely Conference Center. The statewide conference, hosted by WKU and organized by the WKU ALIVE Center and WKU Institute for Citizenship & Social Responsibility, continues Friday (Nov. 9). This year’s theme is A New Era of Engagement: The Civic Health of the Commonwealth. The KEC brings together academic administrators, faculty, staff and students to discuss and share topics alongside the conference theme such as civic health, sustainability, partnerships, academic activism, student-centered engagement, technology, and more. Keynote speakers included Erica Williams and Nicholas Longo. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes also discussed the state’s Civic Health Index. Follow live social media feed of the conference using the Twitter hashtag #KEC2012. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

Contact: Aurelia Spaulding, (270) 782-0082.

(Source: WKU News, Nov 9, 2012)

WKU observes Veterans Day with ceremony, recognitions

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WKU honored veterans and members of the U.S. military during a Veterans Day ceremony and recognitions Saturday (Nov. 10). The Hilltopper Army ROTC program hosted its annual wreath-laying ceremony and Hall of Fame induction Saturday morning. During the WKU vs. FAU football game Saturday afternoon, WKU recognized veterans and military members, hosted a group from the Wounded Warriors program, marked the 237th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, and surprised the Phillips family of Campbellsville with a video message from their son.

The Phillips family reacts while watching a video from their son Aaron, who is serving on active duty with the U.S. Navy in Hawaii. Petty Officer Aaron Phillips will graduate from WKU this year. Members of the Phillips family have served in the U.S. armed forces for 58 years. (WKU photo by Bryan Lemon)

The video presentations also included a message from Army PFC Daniel Collins, a WKU student from Bowling Green who is serving in Djibouti, Africa. Collins is a member of WKU’s Student Veterans Alliance. (WKU photo by Bryan Lemon)

The Hilltopper Army ROTC program conducted its wreath-laying ceremony near Garrett Conference Center on Saturday morning. (WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

Stephen R. Fogle, a 1976 WKU graduate who lives in San Antonio, Texas, was inducted into the ROTC Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Faculty House. Fogle served in the U.S. Army from 1976 to 1982. His assignments included duties at Fort Knox; Fort Carson, Colo.; and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He left the Army in 1982 to attend law school at Baylor University, where he earned his law degree in 1986. Fogle is a partner of the Jackson Walker LLP law firm in San Antonio. Read more about Stephen R. Fogle .(WKU photo by Clinton Lewis)

(Source: WKU News, Nov 10, 2012)

Join the HonorsToppers at Sweet Cece’s tonight!

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Sweet Cece's HonorsToppers Night!!

Come out to Sweet Cece’s to support the WKU HonorsToppers!! Enjoy great fro yo, friends, and fun, and a percentage of your purchase will benefit this fantastic organization!

When: Monday, November 12th from 5-9 pm

Where: Sweet Cece’s Bowling Green, Campbell Lane

Why: The HonorsToppers serve the Honors College by helping to recruit the (ice) cream of the crop students for the incoming honors classes! ALSO, it’s never too cold for fro yo! :)

See who’s going!

ISSS hosts Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 17

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International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) will host a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for international students and guests from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 17) at Baptist Campus Ministries, 1574 Normal Drive.

This annual event hosts more than 200 students and has become a traditional activity for WKU international students.  The event will be a good time for everyone to meet and enjoy friendship, food and learn about the culture as ISSS presents the meaning and origin of the Thanksgiving holiday to help everyone understand how and why Thanksgiving is important in the United States.

Contact:  Diana Howard, (270) 745-4857 or diana.howard@wku.edu

(Source: WKU News, Nov 12, 2012)

Great photos of Thrift Shop Bop Dance last Friday

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Check out these great moves & outfits captured by Katie Meek (’15 Photojournalism). Thanks so much to Katie for letting us post them here!

Eat free pizza, play trivia, win $150 & learn about study abroad!

Info table on Honors study abroad in Czech Republic in summer 2013

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czech big house

  • Wed, Nov 14, 11-1, Grise 1st floor lobby with program leader Roger Murphy (270-745-2890)

This course provides an introduction to the comparative study of political institutions, policy-making processes, citizen participation, and political outcomes in Eastern and Western European states.

  • Courses: PS 460, PS 460 HON, other courses through OCTC
  • Term: May 16 – June 21 (summer 2013)

Hilltoppers Set to Face Austin Peay Tuesday Night in 2012-13 Home Opener

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Photo by J.S. Robinson WKU AMR

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — After a hard-fought, three-point overtime loss at Southern Miss Saturday night, WKU returns to Bowling Green for its home opener against Austin Peay Tuesday night at 7:00 as part of the 2012 Cancun Challenge.

The two former Ohio Valley Conference foes have met 51 times over the years, and the Hilltoppers have won nearly 73 percent of the matchups. Austin Peay returns nine letterwinners but just one starter from last year’s squad, and the Governors were picked to finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference West Division in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll this season.

Saturday’s game at Southern Miss was WKU’s first season opener that needed overtime since the start of the 2004-05 season against Tennessee State, and the Hilltoppers have won the following game in three of the last four seasons they have lost the opening game.

Both Tuesday’s game against Austin Peay and Saturday’s contest against Western Carolina are part of the Cancun Challenge, and WKU heads to Mexico next week to play two more games in the early-season tournament.

The game will be broadcast on the radio on the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network with Randy Lee and Hal Schmitt on the call. The Bowling Green affiliate on the network is WKLX-FM 100.7. There is no television for Tuesday’s game, and live stats, live video and live audio are available on WKUSports.com.

It is Veterans Night at E.A. Diddle Arena, and fans who show a military ID will receive a complimentary ticket to the game. All family and friends can purchase reduced-price tickets for just $7 each. In addition, the first 2,500 fans to enter E.A. Diddle Arena Tuesday night will receive a free WKU men’s basketball schedule magnet.

Tickets for the 2012-13 WKU men’s basketball season are available online at WKUSports.com or by visiting the WKU Ticket Office in E.A. Diddle Arena. Fans can also call the ticket office at 1-800-5-BIG RED or 745-5222 locally.

GAME 2
WKU (0-1) vs. Austin Peay (1-0)
November 13, 2012 // 7:00 PM (CT)
Bowling Green, Ky. // E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326)

QUICK SHOTS
• The game against Austin Peay is the 100th in Jamal Crook’s Hilltopper career.
• The two coaches in the game have combined for 799 career NCAA victories.
• The 26 turnovers WKU forced at Southern Miss on Saturday were the most in a game since causing 25 against New Orleans in the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
• WKU’s 26 forced turnovers at Southern Miss on Saturday were the most in the first game of the season since the Hilltoppers caused 28 Tennessee State miscues to start the 2004-05 campaign.
• The Hilltoppers have won 10 of the last 12 home openers.

THE LAST TIME OUT
WKU erased a 14-point deficit to force overtime but fell 67-64 in overtime to Southern Miss in front of 7,097 at Reed Green Coliseum in the season opener for both squads Saturday night. Southern Miss’ Jerrold Brooks hit four free throws in the final 8.3 seconds of overtime to give the Golden Eagles the win as O’Karo Akamune’s three-point attempt at the buzzer missed the mark. WKU held the Golden Eagles without a field goal in the final 4:57 of regulation and the entire overtime period, but Southern Miss was 9-of-11 from the free throw line in the extra period. Senior Jamal Crook led the Hilltoppers with a game-high 17 points while sophomore Kevin Kaspar hit a career-high four three-point field goals and finished with 13 points. George Fant added 10 points.

HILLTOPPER INDIVIDUAL TRENDS
• Jamal Crook has had 13 double digit scoring games in 36 games since the start of his junior season after having just one in 63 games in his freshman and sophomore seasons.
• George Fant has had at least 10 points in six of the last seven games.
• T.J. Price has hit multiple three-pointers in 11 of the last 16 games.
• George Fant has led WKU in rebounding in nine of the last 17 games.
• Caden Dickerson has made 52 of his last 62 free throw attempts (.839).

HILLTOPPER TEAM TRENDS
• WKU has won seven of its last nine games.
• In the last 17 games, WKU is holding opponents to 66.1 points per game and is 11-6 in that stretch.
• WKU has come back to win seven of the last 10 times it has trailed at halftime, compared to losing 12-straight in that situation before that.
• WKU has committed 14 or fewer turnovers in 12 of the last 19 games.
• WKU has faced a double-digit deficit at one point in 29 of its last 36 losses dating back to the start of the 2010-11 season.
• In 68 games since the start of the 2010-11 season, WKU has trailed at halftime 41 times (11-30 in those games).
• The Hilltoppers have advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament eight-straight times and in 21 instances in 30 years as a member of the league dating to 1983.
• WKU has won at least one game in each of its last three NCAA Tournament appearances (2008, 2009, 2012).
• Since 1993 WKU has seven NCAA Tournament wins to its credit, and the rest of the Sun Belt Conference is a combined 0-14.

(Source: WKU Basketball, Nov 12, 2012)

Essential Cinema presents The Conformist (Bertolucci 1970)

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This week the Essential Cinema Screening Series presents Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist (1970).

“Bernardo Bertolucci’s visually electrifying masterpiece tells the story of 30-year-old Italian Marcello (Jean-Louis Trintignant), who’s targeted by a Fascist espionage organization to lead a deadly mission in France. On his journey, Marcello, with his naive wife Giula (Stefania Sandrelli), will see his troubled past and current moral dilemma violently collide. Bertolucci’s masterful direction and his Oscar nominated screenplay are complemented by Vittorio Storaro’s stunning cinematography.” (from the DVD)

Come see a classic of Italian cinema and the film that helped place Bertolucci among the greats of international cinema.

Thursday at 7 PM in Mass Media Auditiorium.

(Source: Email from Travis Newton, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Journalism & Broadcasting, Nov 13, 2012)

The Evolution of the Latino Family: From Chico the Man to George Lopez (film)

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  • Thu, Nov 15, 5.30pm, Garrett Conference Center
  • Free pizza & swipeable!
  • Last film in this semester’s film series
  • Sponsored by the Institute for Citizenship & Social Responsibility (ICSR)

(Source: Email from Terry Shoemaker, Program Coordinator, ICSR, Nov 13, 2012)

A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwell’s Story of Survival (book talk)

Fall in Istanbul

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Great video by Nate Hovee! Also, see his series of fabulous photos here.

Turkey’s largest city beams with vibrant fall colors, beautiful architecture, and nature at its best. (Shot on location in Istanbul’s Old City and edited by Nate Hovee)

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