Monday, September 30, 2024 Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor Good morning, Hilltoppers! Enjoy news from this past weekend ranging from Darth Vader to WKU soccer to the Bowling Green International Festival. Find the story for you below. Have a magnificent Monday!
Darth Vader stunt double Tom O’Connell talks life, respect and kindness at Innovation Campus Andrew Swanson, owner of Forerunner and Q&A MC (left), and Tom O’Connell, stunt double, actor and producer (right), answer questions during the Q&A at This Is The Way Stagecraft, Stunts & Fighting On Screen at the WKU Innovation Campus on Friday, September 27, 2024. Photo by Ian Pitchford.
Kentucky to the World hosted Tom O’Connell on Friday at the WKU Innovation Campus for his talk, “This is the Way: Stagecraft, Stunts, and Fighting on Screen.” O’Connell, a Louisville native, is best known for his stunt double roles as Heavy Mandalorian and Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” franchise. As stated on its website, Kentucky to the World is a non-profit organization that displays Kentucky’s cultural and intellectual wealth to the world.
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Author Lauren Markham discusses her book, journalism career
Lauren Markham speaks on her new book “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging” at Western Kentucky University on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Photo by Adin Parks. Read more by Abigail Vickers
Author and journalist Lauren Markham discussed her new book with Becca Andrews, journalism professor, on Friday afternoon in the Jody Richards Hall auditorium. Markham has published two books with her third to be published in February 2025. Her most recent book, “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belongings,” was published in February and explores issues surrounding migration, borders and social justice. Markham’s work most often concerns issues related to youth, migration, the environment and her home state of California, according to Markham’s website. She has reported from places all around the world including Latin American countries, states in the U.S. and other countries like Greece and Thailand.
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