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    Jabin Botsford (Western Kentucky University)
    Award of Excellence | Portfolio
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    NEW YORK, NY. - JULY 18: Patrons cool off in a pool at the Dream Downtown Hotel in the meat packing district in New York, N.Y. on Thursday, July 18, 2013.
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    NEW YORK, NY - JULY 14: A man argues with a police officer at West 34th Street as Trayvon Martin supporters march while blocking traffic after a rally for Martin that started in Union Square which grew to a crowd of thousands in Midtown in Manhattan on July 14, 2013 in New York City. George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of Martin July 13 and many protesters questioned the verdict.
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    BROOKLYN NY. - JULY 4: Patrons enjoy the fourth of July holiday with a hot dog before the 97th annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Thursday, July 4, 2013.
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    WKU's freshman wide receiver Austin Aikens dives for a successful catch during the WKU's first home football game of the 2012 season against Austin Peay Governors at L.T. Smith Stadium. WKU won 49-10.
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    BOWLING GREEN, KY. - NOVEMBER 6: Earl Adler, 79, is the owner of Earl's Hubcap City which he opened after a divorce in 1978 in Bowling Green, Ky. "It's your junk but it's my merchandise." "Well until you buy it from me then it's junk." Adler said he enjoys selling hubcaps, tires and wheels because it allows him to meet and help a lot of people.
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    Southwestern high school cheerleaders, in class 2A - small, walk up to receive their second place trophy at the KHSAA Competitive Cheer Championships on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at E.A. Diddle Arena is Bowling Green, Ky.
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    Chris Waldridge has been the cook working the morning shift at Thomason's Barbecue for the last eight years. The 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. window is Chris's favorite time of day and the most enjoyable part of work for him because it allows him to think and just be alone from the stresses and worries of life.
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    Kids ride various carnival rides at Balloons, Tunes & BBQ at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport on September 8th, 2012 in Bowling Green, Ky.
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    Katie Chandler, from Jackson , came to the National Mall to see President Barack Obama speak at his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 21, 2013. "I am here to see my president," said Chandler. "He is going to do things that no other president can."
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    Jay Armfield, 29, from Bowling Green, Ky. holds his head after sitting in a sauna to loose 12 pounds of water weight before weigh-in Wednesday at the Bowling Green Athletic Club before the 8th annual Sigma Chi Battle of the Greeks in Bowling Green, Ky. Armfield trained for about 3 months for this fight.
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    City Squares
    The beauty of New York City and surrounding areas in square format.
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    Manhattan from the worlds largest solar powered boat.
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    Adam Weinberg shows the main staircase shaft at the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, N.Y. on Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
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    NEW YORK, NY. - JULY 18: Patrons cool off in a pool at the Dream Downtown Hotel in the meat packing district in New York, N.Y. on Thursday, July 18, 2013.
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    NEW YORK, NY. - JULY 11: Almost 950 feet deep construction workers work towards a late 2015 completing date during a MTA tour inside the Second Avenue and 86th Street subway stop and nearby tunnels in New York, N.Y. on Thursday, July 11, 2013.
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    The Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry in New York, N.Y. on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
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    NEW YORK, NY. - JULY 8: Workers replace a glass panel on the Lukoil Pan Americas building in midtown in New York, N.Y. on Monday, July 8, 2013.
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    NEW YORK, NY. - JULY 8: Tourists walk around Time Square in midtown in New York, N.Y. on Monday, July 8, 2013.
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    Patrons walk around Astor Place on Tuesday July 5, 2013.
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    A cab in Astor Place on Tuesday July 5, 2013.
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    Fans watch and cheer as baseball players ride down 42nd street during the ninth annual MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show in New York, N.Y. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
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    The 262- foot Parachute Jump at Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Thursday, July 4, 2013.
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    The Manhattan skyline from the statin island ferry.
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    Spring Break
    During spring break more than half of all men and more than 40 percent of all women drank until they became sick or passed out at least once according to the Journal of American College Health, May 1998. Every year the migration to Panama City Beach for spring break becomes more and more of a ritual for many college aged individuals as well as the excessive drinking and partying .
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    A spring breaker does a keg stand Wednesday as students from around the country congregate to party and have a good time in Panama City Beach, Florida.
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    Spring breakers dance and grind up against each other.
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    Spring breakers make out after a body shot.
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    Spring breakers gather around to cheer on a girl preforming oral sex on a male on the beach.
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    Spring breakers fight on the beach in Panama City Beach, Fla. on Thursday March 14, 2012. During the spring break season of 2012, the average male reported drinking 18 drinks per day and the average female reported 10 drinks per day. About half drank until they got sick or passed out at least once, according to the Journal of American College Health.
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    A spring breaker lays passed out on the beach.
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    Cans of various types of alcohol cover the beach
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    Spring breakers make out as a man pees into the ocean.
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