Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
Please read and enjoy today's newsletter! Herald reporters have covered SGA election results, an award-winning journalist, losses by WKU Softball and baseball, as well as sports in general on the Hill and NBA playoff predictions. Have a great day, and as always, GO TOPS!
SGA announces spring election results, DEI constitution amendment passes
Mahurin Honors College Senator-Elect Ciin Lun smiles as her name is announced during the Student Government Association spring election results.
“I really worked hard on this because I wanted to represent where I am from,” Lun said. “I was really misrepresented, so I wanted to do this for people like me.” Photo by Anna Bell Lee.
Anna
Bell Lee | Staff Photographer
The WKU Student Government Association announced the spring election results for the 25th Senate on Tuesday, April 15.
Student Body President-Elect Rush Robinson will follow Student Body President Sam Kurtz, who held the role for two years
“My biggest hope is that the entire organization continues to hold critical to our mission,” Kurtz said “We need to continue putting an emphasis on getting our resources in every corner of campus ”
Read more by Anna Bell
Community Relations Officer
Jenna Wells (left) and Enrollment and Student Experience Officer Savanna Kurtz (right) applaud after a report by Legislative Operations Committee Officer Caden Lucas in senate chambers on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Photo by Jonah Savage.
SGA holds final 24th Senate meeting
The WKU Student Government Association held its final meeting of the 24th Senate on Tuesday, April 15.
SGA did not have legislation to discuss in their final meeting and instead spent it addressing their peers before many members graduate or forego reelection
Student Body President Sam Kurtz began his report by thanking Senate members for their work throughout the year
Read more by Jonah Savage
‘Defend society’s right to know the truth’: Journalist awarded for ‘courageous international reporting’
Guest speaker Anabel Hernández accepts the Fleischaker-Greene Courageous International Reporting Award from Communication Sciences department chair Kimberly Green on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
Photo by Wyatt Reading.
Abigail Vickers | News Reporter
The WKU School of Media & Communication recognized investigative journalist
Anabel Hernández with the 2025 Fleischaker-Green Award for Courageous International Reporting on Tuesday evening in the Gary Ransdell Hall Auditorium
Hernández is one of Mexico’s leading investigative journalists and has dedicated more than three decades to exposing drug cartels, government corruption, human rights violations and abuses of power, according to a press release from the SMC
She has been featured in numerous publications, and her bestseller, “Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords,” has become a global reference for investigative journalism on organized crime and corruption, according to a biography shared by Gordon “Mac” McKerral, the WKU journalism program coordinator and event organizer
Read more by Abigail Vickers
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers pitcher Rylan Smith (17) pitches the ball during the game at the WKU Softball Complex on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.
The Hilltoppers dugout reacts to a strike during WKU’s game against UNC Asheville Bulldogs on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at
Field.
WKU Softball drops game at Kentucky
WKU Softball fell at the University of Kentucky Tuesday in a 9-1 run-rule loss, its first run-rule defeat of the season
The Hilltoppers are now 21-19 overall and 6-8 on the road
WKU Baseball falls at Louisville
WKU Baseball fell at the No 17 ranked University of Louisville 5-2 Tuesday night at Jim Patterson Stadium
The Hilltoppers dropped to 31-6 overall and 9-6 on the road with the loss
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Sports on the Hill and NBA Playoff predictions
Photo by Hallie Stafford.
Read more by Adrianna Lein
Nick Denes
Photo by Von Smith
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by David Quintanilla
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges
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