Wednesday, October 1, 2025
WKU Pride Center to lose status as universityrelated initiative
President Rush Robinson raises his hand to ask a question to Guest Speaker and WKU General Counsel Andrea Anderson during the weekly SGA meeting on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in the Senate Chambers (Jonah Savage)
The WKU Pride Center will be changed to a student-run organization as part of new restrictions regarding House Bill 4 legislation, General Counsel Andera Anderson announced at Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting.
The Pride Center will no longer maintain its status as a university-related initiative and will lose its office in Downing Student Union.
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WKU Public Media cut its staffing by a third Wednesday, due to the “recent elimination of federal support for public media,” WKU Public Media Interim Executive Director Jordan Basham said in an email.
The organization cut six full-time positions and two part-time positions. The elimination of jobs comes months after WKU Public Media announced it was preparing to lose $1.2 million in funding in July.
Liquor, drug violations lead 2024 campus crime statistics
Liquor and drug violations were the most common crimes on WKU’s main campus in 2024, according to the Annual Campus Safety and Security Report released by the WKU Police Department.
WKUPD sends out the report each year to comply with the 1990 federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which is a part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act. The report also complies with the Michael Minger Act.
Photo of WKU PBS crew provided by Jordan Basham at WKU Public Media
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WKU funding threatened by government shutdown
A government shutdown went into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET, Wednesday, potentially impacting multiple aspects of WKU’s research program, said Provost Bud Fischer in an email to all faculty and staff.
Government shutdowns happen when either the House, the Senate or both fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill for the upcoming government fiscal year. The last government shutdown was initiated in 2018.
Since WKU is a public university, Fischer said, “if a full or partial shutdown does occur, several aspects of the WKU research program may be impacted.”
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