Monday, October 20, 2025
SGA passes funding bill for campus organizations
Legislative Operations Committee Chair Caden Lucas gives his committee report during the weekly SGA meeting on Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 in DSU Room 2123 (Jonah Savage)
WKU Student Government Association held its weekly meeting on Thursday and discussed funding for student organizations.
Senators elected to pass Bill 10-25-F, which grants funding for a multitude of on-campus organizations for the 2025-2026 school year. Each organization that applied was graded and will receive funding based on its score. Organizations included clubs and Greek organizations.
Organizations were graded based on timeliness of submitting the application, allocation quality and financial dependence.
Read more by Jonah Savage
Students filed into DSU 2084 on Wednesday to learn about the experiences, hardships and joyful moments of being a drag performer.
Drag Queens Rita Room, Queen Venus Knight, Goregina George, Zoe Zahara and Chanel Eclipse visited the members of the Queer Student Union to answer questions and discuss their experiences in the profession.
Read more by Josh Baumgardner
Sky Arts Film Festival to return to Capitol Theater
The Sky Arts Film Festival will return for its fourth year at the Capitol Theater this weekend, featuring local and national films, film trailers and classes led by film professionals.
The festival will also feature a showing of the 2005 award-winning film “Loggerheads” by award-winning screenwriter and director Tim Kirkman.
Zoe Zahara answers questions from members of the WKU Queer Student Union during the Drag Panel hosted by WKU QSU in DSU 2084 on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (Summer Crawford)
(FILE PHOTO) A showing of “O Pioneer” at the Capitol Arts Center took place on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 as part of the Potter College of Arts & Letters Cultural Enhancement Series (Anthony Clauson)
WKU Soccer scores goal in final 10 seconds to draw UTEP
Down 1-0 with 10 seconds left, sophomore midfielder Alyvia Wells connected with a long ball by freshman Lauren Alexander to secure WKU soccer a 1-1 tie on Thursday night.
“We keep finding ways to get results. It was great to see us equalize late and salvage a point out of this game,” Head Coach Jason Neidell said.
WKU Volleyball returns home to host Sam Houston
WKU volleyball returns to Diddle Arena this weekend to take on the Sam Houston Bearkats.
The Hilltoppers swept Louisiana Tech last weekend
Read more by Libby Simpson
(FILE PHOTO) Western Kentucky University midfielder Georgia Liapis (20) attempts to block a kick by Austin Peay midfielder Kiley Reese (7) on Thursday, Sept 11, 2025, during a game against Austin Peay at Western Kentucky University’s soccer complex in Bowling Green, Ky (Cayden Duncan)
Read more by David Quintanilla
The Hilltoppers celebrate after winning their second set during WKU’s game against Indiana in E A Diddle Arena on Friday, Sept 19, 2025 (Natasha Gomez)
and remain undefeated in conference play.
Sophomore Alivia Skidmore led WKU with 24 kills through the weekend. Freshman Sonja Laaksonen secured a career high in kills with 10 in game two.
Read more by Peyton Reid and Morgan Larkins
The College Heights Herald is the independent, student-run news organization operating on the campus of Western Kentucky University, emphasizing accuracy and truth while being a public forum for the fair display of diverse opinions and viewpoints The Herald works to be steadfast and unwavering in its pursuit of truth while being true to the tenets of the WKU Student Publications mission to grow exceptional journalists and innovative leaders through real-world experiences and a strong educational and ethical foundation centered on principled journalism
All creative and editorial decisions are made by the Herald’s student leadership, and all consequences of those decisions are the sole responsibility of these student leaders While editorially and operationally independent from the university, the Herald participates in the mission of WKU to prepare students of all backgrounds to be productive, engaged and socially responsible citizen-leaders of a global society, both within and outside of its newsroom Views expressed are diverse and, as an independent publication, should not be taken as representative of views of WKU and any of its administration, faculty, staff, student body or other constituency
CONNECT WITH US
WKU Herald | 1906 College Heights Blvd #11084 | Bowling Green, KY 42101 US
Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice
