Friday, March 28, 2025
Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
Read on for coverage of WKU Track & Field's upcoming memorial relay, game previews for WKU Baseball and Softball, as well as commentary pieces on Mickey 17 and advice from Miss Red Have a happy Friday, and as always, GO TOPS!
Senior Maddy Hurt competes in the steeplechase during day two of the Hilltopper Relays Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the Charles M. Ruter Track and Field Complex in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Western Kentucky University’s campus. Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile.
Nathan Mueller and Austin Rice | Sports Reporters
WKU track and field will compete on its home track Friday and Saturday in the Brent Chumbley Memorial Hilltopper Relays
The Hilltoppers are coming off the Margaret Simmons Invitational at Murray State University The Men’s team placed second in the meet while the women just missed the podium as fourth
Read more by Mueller and Rice
WKU outfielder Kendle White (21) slides into home to score during WKU
Softball’s game against the University of Louisville Cardinals in Bowling Green, Ky on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Photo by Eli Randolph
Western Kentucky University catcher Camden Ross hits the ball during a game against Southern Illinois University at Nick Denes Field on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
Photo by Dominic Di Palermo.
WKU Softball will face Louisiana Tech March 2830, looking for its first Conference USA series win
The Hilltoppers are 15-14 on the season and have a two-game losing streak. WKU went 1-2 at the University of Texas at El Paso March 21-23 and fell to the University of Louisville at home on March 25.
Read more by Adrianna Lein
WKU Baseball will return to Nick Denes Field March 28-30, hosting the Sam Houston State Bearkats in a three-game Conference USA series
The Hilltoppers are coming off a 13-3 midweek win over the Evansville Purple Aces. WKU went 3-2 on their recent road trip, dropping their first CUSA series against Kennesaw State University However, the Hilltoppers remain perfect at home with an 18-0 record and an overall record of 223
Read more by David
OPINION: Life, death, the working class and Robert Pattinson make ‘Mickey 17’ a success
Malone Farmer | Commentary Writer
Facing gambling debts on Earth, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) signs up to go on a planet colonization mission as an “expendable.” Expendables are human test subjects who are killed in scientific experiments and subsequently reprinted to be used for more tests After nearly dying, the 17th Mickey returns to find an 18th in his bed.
Read more by Malone Farmer
Read more by Miss Red
Dear Miss Red, I’m planning to study abroad in Barcelona this summer I’ve never been to Europe, but I know they like to dress clean Do you have any recommendations on what I should wear?
Baddie in Barcelona
'Hello Miss Johnson' by Jack Harlow
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