Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Bowling Green Pride celebrates ‘joy of our community’
The Bowling Green Pride Festival drew hundreds to Circus Square Park on Oct. 25, showcasing the LGBTQ+ community’s resilience and visibility as vendors, drag shows and music filled the scene in its ninth year.
The Fairness Campaign, an advocacy organization fighting for LGBTQ+ recognition and rights within the state of Kentucky, hosted the event.
From Dolly Parton to the Black Eyed Peas, the sound of music could be heard throughout the streets of Downtown Bowling Green. All while LGBTQ+ flags waved across the Square to support for the community.
The Bowling Green Pride Festival marked its ninth year on Saturday, Oct 25 (Noah Villanueva)
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Head Coach Tyson Helton announced Monday that redshirt freshman quarterback Rodney Tisdale Jr. will be the first quarterback on the field Saturday against New Mexico State following Tisdale’s overtime win in his first career start last week against Louisiana Tech.
Tisdale passed for 227 yards and a touchdown, adding on 73 yards on the ground, with just one interception. His performance earned him Conference USA Freshman of the Week honors.
“Plan on this week, letting Rodney be the first one to run out there,” Helton said.
‘I Survived’ the Capitol Theatre
Book lovers gathered at The Capitol Theatre to listen to a talk from award-winning author Lauren Tarshis.
Tarshis, most known for her book series “I Survived,” visited The Capitol to promote her next installment in the series, “I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935,” by discussing the history of how the disaster happened and the damage it caused, as well as sharing historical images of the time period.
The “I Survived” book series is a historical fiction series that focuses on two main characters struggling to escape various historical disasters. Some of the installments include “I Survived The Sinking of The Titanic,” 1912, and “I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD,” among many others.
Read more by Nathan Mueller
(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)
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The WKU Campus Activities Board brought out the paints and brushes to host its first Bob Ross Paint Night on Monday in Downing Student Union.
Attendees chose a small white or black canvas at the event. A variety of colors and paint brushes were available, as well as snacks and refreshments.
Attendees followed along to the YouTube video titled “Splendor of Joy,” in which Bob Ross teaches viewers how to paint an autumn landscape.
Read more by Abigail Vickers
OPINION: 5 Movies to look forward to for the rest of 2025
Graphic by Shelbi Bale
After nine months of live-action remakes, amazing superhero blockbusters and contemporary horror classics, film releases this year show no signs of slowing down.
The last three months of the release calendar often hold some of the best movies of the year, and I want to highlight some of the ones I’m looking most forward to.
Sophomores Asia Lee (left) and Jada Howell (right) paint landscapes together during the Bob Ross Paint Night in DSU on Monday, Oct 27, 2025 (Abigail Vickers)
OPINION: Topperfella Trade Day 2 unites just in time
for Halloween
(FILE PHOTO) Freshman film production major Michael Robinson’s TopperFella collection was on display at the TopperFella Trade Day in Downing Student Union on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 According to his last count, Robinson’s collection boasts 121 TopperFellas.(Price Wilborn)
The miniature legion of fellas has returned, spookier than ever.
On Friday, Topperfella fans flocked to Downing Student Union room 2123 for the second-ever Topperfella Trade Day. The event ran from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
DSU 2123 was filled to near capacity, with fans coming in and picking up an exclusive “Dracula Fella” before mingling and trading with others. People came in on a cool fall day to open the weekend with a fun social event, catching up with friends and meeting strangers, buying merch and oohing and aahing at the creative fanfellas people came up with.
Read more by Michael Givner Jr.
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