Wednesday, December 3, 2025
First Year Village scheduled to open next academic year
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The Student Life Foundation, the owning body of WKU’s dorms, expects to reopen Normal and Regents halls next academic year.
SLF Legal Counsel Tad Pardue said in an SLF meeting on Tuesday, “optimistically (the foundation is) shooting for next fall,” but the project could take as long as the spring semester.
Normal and Regents halls were built for $48 million in 2021. They closed in May following the discovery of structural issues in both buildings.
SGA passes bill at festive final meeting
Java City Coffee and The Spread sit empty as repairs begin for Regents Hall on Friday, Nov.
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Vice President Savanna Kurtz listens to executive reports during the weekly SGA meeting on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025 in Senate Chambers (Jonah Savage)
The WKU Student Government Association donned Christmas pajamas and Santa hats as they voted to pass a bill funding the SGA Winter Welcome Event.
The bill grants $50.10 for the event on Feb. 3, which hopes to raise student attendance at senate meetings by hosting an open house at the SGA office.
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WKU Women’s Basketball returns home to face FAU
WKU Women’s Basketball returns home to host Florida Atlantic Wednesday night after two away games in Illinois.
The Lady Toppers fell to Illinoislast Wednesday night 70-41, extending their losing streak to three. WKU snapped the streak Sunday with its first road win at Southern Illinois, 60-52.
An evening of piano on the Hill
An ensemble of students and faculty launched a repertoire of recitals on the hill Monday in the
The one-hour recital featured performances by ten
Vanderbilt University guard Mikayla Blakes (1) attempts a layup during WKU’s game against Vanderbilt University in E A Diddle Arena on Nov 19, 2025 (Wyatt Reading)
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(FILE PHOTO) Dalton Childress plays along with the song “A String of Pearls” on piano while the WKU Jazz Band performs music at the Colonnades on Friday, Oct 3, 2025 (Hallie Stafford)
Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center.
pianists, each of whom performed etudes by French composer Claude Debussy. Jessie Welsh, pedagogical assistant professor, proposed the studio recital as a way to unify all pianists.
Welsh said Debussy’s compositions are written in various keys, presenting different emotional themes throughout the night.
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