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Marching band has big plans for future

BY JACOB PARKER NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM Doubling in numbers in the past five years, WKU’s marching band isn’t planning on slowing down any time soon.

Gary Schallert, director of bands at WKU, said the band has increased steadily in the past five years.

“The biggest thing that we’re excited about is the growth of the group,” he said.

Since fall 2008, 118 students have

enrolled in the Big Red Marching Band, bringing the total number of students involved to more than 230 for this semester.

“I think we have the second or third largest band in the state,” Schallert said, adding that a typical college band is between 250 and 300 people.

“We’re pretty excited about that with the size of the university,” he said.

The band isn’t only for music majors, either.

“Most of the people in the band are non-music majors, and last year,

we had 60 different majors in the band,” Schallert said. “Maybe they played in a band in high school and they wanted to continue on here for the social benefits and be a part of a big student organization, and I think they’ve enjoyed doing it.”

In terms of recruitment, the efforts of going to high schools and spreading the word around campus have paid off.

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The wood tables are solid and blonde. The aluminum bodies lying on top are lined in rows, the same distance apart from each other. The retina displays of the MacBook Pros are bright and the iPad minis are placed on chargers in spaced lines.

Two men, described by coworkers as “experts,” stand behind the wood display, ready to open up iPhones, MacBooks and iPads.

But this isn’t the Apple store. It’s The WKU Store in the Downing Student Union.

WKU joined the University of Kentucky this fall as the second university in the state to be officially recognized as an “Apple Authorized Campus Store.”

Lacey Jackson, marketer at The WKU Store, said the addition of the “Tech Center,” where students can buy computers and other electronics, is a new concept in the bookstore business. The Tech Center also sells Dell products.

“Ten years ago, I don’t think bookstores would have ever seen themselves in the tech industry, but this is just where we’re at these days, you know,” Jackson said.

Jackson said WKU has had conversations with Apple about a store for at least the last two years when the bookstore was located on the third floor of the Downing University Center.

Ross Hooks is an account executive based in Austin, Texas for Apple.

He “works hand in hand” with large universities, such as UK and Vanderbilt University in Nashville to supply Apple products to campuses.

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Baker Arboretum provides beauty, learning opportunities for students

BY CASEY DOWNEY LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM Sprawling across acres of hillside is a little-known attraction of Bowling Green — The Baker Arboretum is more than a garden. It’s a laboratory where WKU students tackle obstacles in nature every day.

The garden was established in 1982 by WKU alumnus Jerry Baker.

Its current span reaches 15 acres.

Martin Stone, an associate professor of agriculture, is a guardian to this place, where he works with students each week helping them acquire valuable skills, planting

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and caring for the plants and trees.

The vegetation is tracked through a GPS mapping system created in collaboration with the geology and geography departments.

“Designing with plants is difficult because it’s like problem solving in four dimensions,” Stone said.

“You’ve got height, width, depth and then time as the fourth dimension.

So you’ve got to think about what these plants will look like when you install them and what they will look like five years, 10 years, 50 years and sometimes, 200 years from now.”

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Evansville senior Allyson Davis has worked with the Baker Arboretum since April. As an agriculture major with an emphasis in horticulture, Davis gets handson experience working with weeding, planting and propagating various plants.

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT the group as far as ability level and so forth,� he said. “That’s going to translate to a better band, more entertaining shows and us being able to do a lot cooler things.�

Overall, Schallert has high hopes for the future of the band. “Of course if we get to a bowl game with our team, that’s cool,� he said. “One of the goals we have is to get accepted to something like Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

That would be a huge honor for us, so we’re gonna be putting together some materials to try and apply for that in a couple of years.�

Jeff Bright, associate director of bands, said the band’s attitude is the best of any band he’s been with in 15 years. “They’ve been really excited to support the teams, and in addition to having a great attitude and work ethic, they’re so full of spirit for what’s going on on campus here,� Bright said.

He said attending the Macy’s parade is just one item on the list of accomplishments the band wants to meet. “We’re hoping to produce a professional quality CD,� he said. “That’s something new and that we haven’t done before.�

Bright said the CD would be recorded around mid-November before going through an editing process. It’s planned to be released near the beginning of spring, he said. “We’re hoping to get all our

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traditional songs like the fight song,� Bright said. “We hope to use it as a recruiting tool in public schools, but we’re also hoping to distribute to donors or alumni, or sell in the bookstore so people can have recordings.�

Madisonville senior Adam Almon has played the trumpet all four years he’s been at WKU. “I wouldn’t know anybody here at Western if I hadn’t joined band,â€? Almon said. “It’s taken me to Arkansas, it’s taken me to Detroit‌ all across the country just being in band.â€?

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WKU is allowed to tailor the Apple hardware it orders to appeal to students, faculty and staff. The university is only allowed to sell to students, faculty and staff, as mandated by Apple.

Hooks said Apple requires the campus to agree to only “benefit� the university community.

The nearest official Apple store to WKU is nearly 50 miles away in Nashville.

Hooks said he understood the usefulness for the local community to have an Apple store closer by. “I wish it was (open to the public),�

Hooks said. “Trust me.� “They don’t want us to be competing with other box retailers,�

Jackson said of the Apple mandate. “That’s why we’re not listed as an Apple store, that’s why any advertising I do is always geared toward your campus group.�

But the Tech Center may already have competition. The Place, located on Fountain Square, is the only Apple Authorized Specialist Provider in Bowling Green.

In addition to selling Apple products, the store also handles warranty repairs — the only place inbetween Louisville and Nashville certified through Apple to do it.

A submanager of The Place, Kenan Kimble, said she believed The Place has a different clientele than WKU’s store.

While she said the store will likely lose some of their WKU customers, Kimble said she wasn’t worried about competition. “We’re different and it’s big enough for both of us,� she said.

One of the goals for The WKU Store is to set up a “Genius Bar� of it’s own for the Apple users, meaning the store would repair Apple products and offer support.

That qualification would make the bookstore and The Place the only two stores in the area to offer the service.

Lurien “LR� Kennon, manager of the Technology Department at The WKU Store, said people at the bookstore are training online to become experts in all of the products.

As the semester goes on, they plan to be able to do service for people who have insurance for their Apple products, called AppleCare.

Jonathan Sullivan, a student worker at the Tech Center, said he hoped to start working on the AppleCare work soon — after he has more training.

He already has his tools, Sullivan said, while taking out a thick plastic box of his personal set of metal rods that resemble instruments at the dentist’s office. “I tell you, this kid, he’s just like, on it,� Jackson said of Sullivan. “I think we hired him the first day he came in.�

Sullivan said he’s been using PCs all of his life, but he switched over to Apple products once he came to college. He said he likes how he doesn’t have to worry about constantly repairing Apple products; it’s why they’re so particular. “Once they built their device,

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Evansville, Ind. senior Allyson Davis has worked at the arboretum since April. “Nature is just really cool,� Davis said. “You can plant some in the shade and they will do a certain way, and you plant in the sun and they do something

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“I wouldn’t be doing it for five years if I wasn’t having fun,�

Edelen said.

Majoring in music education, it was required for him to join the band for two years.

Edelen said being in the band has given him valuable experience for his future career. “I’ll probably be a band director when I graduate,� he said. “I start student teaching in the spring.�

Edelen said the past two years, he has had the chance to write the music for the band’s drum-line, which has helped

that’s what it is,� he said.

Kennon has been working with the university for the last three months, ordering the Apple and Dell products for the store.

Kennon said so far, Apple products have outsold Dell since the store opened. “The Dell products are good products and they have their own following, but Apple products do reach their own demographics,� Kinnon said.

Now that the store is set up and training is almost complete, Jackson’s next focus is getting students to come to the store.

Like other areas of the store, Apple is “very particular� about the presentation of the store.

Hooks and other Apple representatives worked with the bookstore to make sure they were in line with Apple regulations and suggested guidelines. “They give us a little flexibility on fixtures, but how they are displayed are what they are very particular about,� Jackson said.

Jackson said marketing the Apple aspects of the store, including how much money should be set aside for it each quarter, was another thing Apple has specific guidelines about. “It’s kind of mind-boggling a little bit because this is my first experience dealing with something so formal, like so rigid,� Jackson said. “Like my boss Jim Sears said, ‘You play by Apple rules, you don’t make the rules.�

As long as The WKU Store plays by the rules, the tables will be rectangular and the wood will be blonde.

completely different.�

Hundreds of people come from all over the world to visit the expansive collection, which showcases an impressive variety of Japanese Maples.

There is also a variety of Ash trees, whose existence is being threatened with the southern migration of the Emerald Ash Borer. The insects are currently destroying trees in the Nashville area, while students prepare to confront this swarm of pests.

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As for his section, Almon said it’s the biggest it’s ever been. “We’ve got 32 this year,� he said. “It’s a tighter-knit section.�

A marketing major and music minor, Almon hopes to work within the music industry. “I’m going to try to do something in the music industry like working with a label in Nashville or something,� he said.

Flaherty senior Andy Edelen has played the snare drum since high school and has continued to play during his time here at WKU.

his growth in music. “It’s kind of trial and error,� he said. “I see what works with the band and what doesn’t work. It’s really just for personal growth.�

Although there aren’t awards and competitions for college bands, Schallert said playing in the band is still rewarding. “At this level, it should be about supporting your team and university and helping to create spirit,� Schallert said. “We need to dedicate our time to support things happening on campus.�

Crime reports

Arrests • Police arrested Saudi Arabia junior Nouh Alrajab for failure to illuminate headlights, reckless driving, an expired registration plate, second offense driving under the influence and no operators license at 2101 Nashville Rd. on Sept. 22. • Police arrested Hendersonville, Tenn. freshman Patrick A. Garrett, McCormack Hall, and Versailles junior Elizabeth A. Hall for alcohol intoxication in a public place at Smith Stadium on Sept. 21. • Police arrested Bowling Green sophomore Zachary H. Jones for alcohol intoxication in a public place at Smith Stadium on Sept. 21. • Police arrested Louisville freshman Robert Shumake, McCormack Hall, for alcohol intoxication in a public place and second-degree disorderly conduct after being involved in a fight at Barnes-Campbell Lot on Sept. 21. • Police arrested Laquayle Givens and Goodlettsville, Tenn. freshman Michael Dearborn, Hugh-Poland Hall, for seconddegree disorderly conduct after being involved in a fight at Pearce-Ford Tower Courtyard on Sept. 20. • Police arrested Crestwood sophomore David Nolan for third offense alcohol intoxication within 12 months at 1500 Block State St. on Sept. 20.

Reports • Chandler Santos, a juvenile, reported his social security card and two credit cards taken from his wallet in the PFT Courtyard on Sept. 22. •Louisville sophomore Leah Brown, Meredith Hall, reported the driver’s side front window of her vehicle was shattered in PFT parking lot on Sept. 19. The estimated value of the damage is $300.

decipher if monetary losses would be worth combating the insects. If the trees are to be saved, an environmentally safe systemic insecticide will be used, Stone said.

Beyond the plethora of routine agricultural maintenance, students are gaining valuable experience in bench grafting techniques. This is where the cambium layers of trees are manipulated to grow into the stable stocks of others.

Knowledge of this arduous process gives WKU students a competitive edge

in the world of agriculture. “The Baker Arboretum brings in a grafting expert or two and supplies all the materials,� Stone said. “We’ll graft 800 trees in two days. Students really like that part of the class. They’re learning something that a lot of people don’t have.�

Among the plethora of Japanese Maples and golden-tipped Hollies, Stone sees value in the garden beyond realms of education and experience. “It’s like architecture,� he said. “It’s like living art.�

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Cleaning Barren River Lake Mary Lee England, 30, and Katelyne Stinett, 12, volunteer on behalf of the Glasgow Boys and Girls Club during the 29th annual Barren River Lake Trashmasters Classic Lakeshore Cleanup. England and Stinett were among the 40 volunteers cleaning up the area surrounding Barren River Lake on Saturday morning.

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Affordable Care Act changes WKU employee health plan

BY TREY CRUMBIE NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

The Affordable Care Act will be bringing some changes to healthcare benefits for WKU employees in the near future.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2015, WKU employees who work more than 30 hours a week will be eligible for healthcare, as provided by the university because of the act, also known as “Obamacare.”

Tony Glisson, director of Human Resources, said when calculating the work hours of a faculty member, there are factors such as in-class, prep and post-class times.

Glisson said for every credit hour a professor teaches, that translates to three work hours total.

“Teaching is just not the only part of effort that’s counted when you look at faculty position,” Glisson said.

He said this change would affect part-time faculty but not student workers.

“We’ve looked at student population and grad students…and none of that population we believe would be eligible,” Glisson said. “Based on their limited hours that they’re available to work.”

The Department of Human Resources sent out a document last week that addressed some of the questions faculty may have about the ACA. Glisson said the department decided to send out the documents because they wanted to bring the campus up to speed about the topic and clarify

some of the information.

“The ACA itself is several thousand pages in terms of the law,” Glisson said.

He said WKU, along with other higher education organizations, has sought expertise from external institutions to help research, guide, inform and implement the healthcare plan. WKU chose Sibson Consulting.

Glisson said there are several key components to making sure WKU’s health plan benefits are compliant with ACA. These include wellness, out-of-pocket costs, and annual and lifetime plan limits.

They’re defined as “value” and “affordability” requirements.

Glisson said each state has the option to set up its own marketplace for health in-

surance online called an “exchange.” Kentucky has its own exchange called “kynect.” Glisson said this is because of access and availability.

“Most of everything we do now is available online, and conveniently so,” Glisson said.

WKU has its own self-insured health plan, he said.

In the plan, WKU will pay all of or a portion of monthly healthcare payments, or a premium, depending on the type of plan chosen.

If a portion of the monthly premium remains unpaid, that amount comes out of the employee’s paycheck. WKU pays a fee to process claims to Anthem, a health insurance company that administers the WKU’s Health Plan.

WKU also covers other

benefits such as retirement and dental and life insurance.

Glisson said the money comes from the total operating budget of WKU, which is paid for with tuition, fees, grants and state-appropriated money.

Glisson said there are federally mandated changes in benefits in WKU’s Health Plan, such as allowing a dependent to stay on an insurance plan until age 26, removal of lifetime dollar benefits and direct access to OB/GYN services.

He also said there is also a fee called the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute that WKU has to pay.

The fee goes toward research on the effectiveness of medical procedures. The fee is $1 for every member enrolled

‘Crimes of the Heart’ to start shows this Thursday

BY KRISTINA BURTON LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM As young adults, most college students are trying to figure out what they want from life and how to get it.

The WKU Department of Theatre and Dance’s latest Mainstage production, “Crimes of the Heart,” tells the story of three southern sisters who are experiencing this exact dilemma.

Michelle Dvoskin, assistant professor of theatre & dance and director of the show, said the comedy is about three sisters in Hazlehurst, Miss., “trying to get through what they call a ‘real bad day.’”

Dvoskin said the Pulitzer Prize-winning play was first produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and went on to a successful run on Broadway and as a film adaptation.

Lexington senior Susan Creech plays the role of Meg, the middle sister and rebel of the bunch.

“She witnessed her mother’s suicide long ago and has since been on the rebel path,” Creech said. “She left home to pursue a singing career in Hollywood and hasn’t been home in quite some time.”

Glasgow junior Elizabeth McKinney plays Babe, the youngest sister.

“Babe shot her husband because she was trying to kill him, but she missed and didn’t end up killing him,” McKinney said. “She’s so much fun and very innocent, charming and eccentric but smart, too. She doesn’t play off to be smart but she is.”

And Villa Hills senior Becca Trimbur, plays Lenny, the introverted oldest sister.

“It’s hard for her to express what she’s feeling and interact with everybody,” Trimbur said. “She also really wants to make everything better for her sisters and granddaddy. She takes care of everyone and makes sure everything is all right but doesn’t take care of herself because of that.”

Dvoskin thinks the humor is the

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huge selling point for this play.

“It’s not that you’re happy that they’re unhappy,” Dvoskin said. “You feel really bad for them, but you can’t stop laughing because it’s so ridiculously funny.”

Dvoskin said “Crimes of the Heart” is also an incredibly warm, lovely story and beautiful character study that’s great for anyone who really enjoys getting to know true-to-life characters.

“They’re all quirky and strange and damaged but also very, very human,” Dvoskin said.

Trimbur’s favorite part of starring in this production has been how much she and the two actresses playing her sisters have bonded through the rehearsal process.

“I feel like they are my real sisters,” Trimbur said. “We laugh at ourselves and each other.”

Dvoskin hopes audience members get as much joy from watching the show as the cast and crew have from working on it.

“I hope they will laugh a lot, and I hope they will cry a little, too,” Dvoskin said. “I suspect they may do both. It’s just that kind of play.”

“Crimes of the Heart” runs from Sept. 26 through Oct. 1 in WKU’s Russell Miller Theatre in the Fine Arts Center and is recommended for mature audiences.

All shows are at 8 p.m. except for the Sunday matinee, which is at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students. Advance tickets are available at wku.showare.com or by calling the box office at (270) 745-3121.

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2013 Emmys were a night of big surprises

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Saturday’s attendance was a good start THE ISSUE: Saturday was the first football game of the year at Smith Stadium. This is one of the most anticipated seasons in program history, and while the team has gotten off to a 2-2 start, WKU is about to begin the most important part of its schedule.

OUR STANCE: Saturday’s crowd of 20,973 was a strong start, but if Topper fans want WKU to be a nationally-respected program and want to be considered by bowl committees for a better postseason berth, they need to pack Smith Stadium for every home game.

This season is a watershed moment for the WKU football program. Last year, the Toppers earned an FBS bowl berth for the first time in school history — a big step forward for a team that won four games in three seasons just a few years back.

When former coach Willie Taggart left for greener pastures (and an 0-3 start) at South Florida at the end of the year, WKU responded by hiring one of the biggest names in college

coaching, Bobby Petrino, to replace him. Months later, Athletics Director Todd Stewart negotiated a deal to move WKU from the Sun Belt Conference to Conference-USA, a move that should bring in more revenue and give the Topper football team more national exposure in years to come.

The football program is making strides to create a national identity and become a respected FBS team.

If WKU is going to take the next step, it’s on the fans to do their part to help.

Last year, the Toppers went 7-5 and were invited to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl over a Middle Tennessee team that went 8-4, including a win over WKU. At the time, Ken Hoffman, executive director of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, said a few factors went in to that decision.

One was running back Antonio Andrews, who had a chance to break Barry Sanders’ NCAA record in all-purpose yards.

The other, Hoffman said, was WKU’s home attendance throughout the year — “Clearly the interest is

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Bowl representatives want to invite schools that have fan bases that fill up the stadium at home games.

They want to invite programs with fans that have proven they will show up when the team is playing a big game.

Saturday’s game against Morgan State had an announced attendance of 20,973 fans in the stands — good for the fourth-largest crowd Smith Stadium has ever hosted.

That’s a good start, especially considering Morgan State is the worst opponent on WKU’s schedule this year, but if fans want WKU to be a team that representatives want in their bowl game, they need to keep it up.

The Toppers will be back at Smith Stadium this Saturday against Navy, with kickoff set for 1 p.m.

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The natural order was upset on Sunday at the Emmy Awards.

While some frontrunners went on to claim what felt like predestined prizes, others were left in the dust.

It’s nearly impossible to cover everything that happened, but here are some of the best and worst moments of the night.

Best: “Veep” victorious Julia Louis-Dreyfus won Best Actress in a Comedy for the second year in a row, marking her fourth Emmy win.

Louis-Dreyfus’s costar Tony Hale also brought home the gold in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy category, beating “Modern Family” favorites Ty Burrell and Ed O’Neill.

Best of all? When LouisDreyfus went on stage to accept her award, Hale followed her onto the stage and held her bag Ryan Pait for her in true “Veep” style.

TV columnist Worst: Moss and Lange get shut out In one of the night’s many upsets, Laura Linney took home an Emmy for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for “The Big C: Hereafter.”

Elisabeth Moss (“Top of the Lake”) and Jessica Lange (“American Horror Story: Asylum”) were expected to go head to head for the award, but neither came out on top.

As a fan of both Moss and Lange’s performances, consider me hugely disappointed.

Best: Big shakeups in Variety Series and Reality Series Both “The Colbert Report” and “The Voice” pulled off massive upsets in their categories.

“The Colbert Report” finally edged ahead of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” for Best Variety Series.

“The Daily Show” has won for the past ten years, so it’s a landmark achievement for Stephen Colbert.

Colbert also graciously thanked his friend and competitor Jon Stewart in his acceptance speech.

In the Reality Series category, “The Voice” did the impossible and beat “The Amazing Race,” which has won repeatedly before.

It seems that NBC’s big investment in “The Voice” has finally paid off.

Worst: “Modern Family” wins again “Modern Family” finally got shut out of the acting races, but it remained on top by winning Best Comedy Series for the fourth year in a row.

“Modern Family” used to be good, but its third and fourth seasons felt increasingly tired, and it feels more and more like a default winner with each passing year.

When considered next to edgier, and funnier, nominees like “30 Rock,” “Girls,” “Louie” and “Veep,” it’s extremely irksome.

Maybe next year the voters will wake up and reward a show that’s still actually funny.

Best: “Breaking Bad” breaks the mold TV’s current “it” show and a show for the ages took home some much-deserved awards.

“Breaking Bad” took home the award for Best Drama Series, and Anna Gunn upset Maggie Smith (“Downton Abbey”) for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama.

This is huge for Gunn, seeing as Maggie Smith has dominated at the Emmys for the past few years.

Gunn came out on top and looked like a pro doing it, so it looks like all those Skyler White haters can suck it.

Worst: The actual ceremony While it was nice to see the established order get shaken up with some unexpected wins, the ceremony itself felt dead on arrival.

Host Neil Patrick Harris did his best, but the majority of the show felt tired, and it ran almost 15 minutes over.

Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Kevin Spacey and Diahann Carroll were the few bright spots of the night.

Luckily for TV fans like myself, there’s always next year.

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Restaurant extends hours with late- night diners in mind

BY CASEY DOWNEY LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM With the Arkansas vs. Rutgers game playing in the background, the restaurant slowly cleared out. Upon finishing up orders for a lunch rush, Scott slid into a booth, pausing for a breath.

“It’s nice to sit down for a minute…business has been brisk for lunch and dinner,” Scott said. “And now we're giving people another option besides Waffle House.”

While 24-hour dining options at WKU are being discussed, a nearby barbeque restaurant close to campus is extending its hours.

Grease Fire BBQ is now keeping its door open for 24 hours, six days of the week.

Located near the Registry on Old Morgantown Road, owner Dock Scott feels the restau-

rant could be a welcomed option for late-night diners.

This is a change of pace for the restaurant, which just modified its hours this past Wednesday.

The restaurant recently received awards for its smoked chicken and ribs at the 23rd Annual Balloons, Tunes & BBQ Festival held earlier this month.

The restaurant also offers grilled cheeseburgers as well as butts and briskets “fresh off the smoker,” which sits in front of the restaurant.

And following a tradition of many southern-style eateries, they offer catfish on Fridays.

Iranian freshman Seyed Mahyar Vaghefi, studying business management, lives at the Registry and frequents the restaurant. His favorite dish is barbecue chicken with

fries.

He was happy to hear the restaurant extended its hours.

“It’s perfect,” Vaghefi said.

“Late at night we can only go to McDonald's, usually.”

Grease Fire will offer handmade breakfast items such as sausage gravy and biscuits and french toast between midnight and 6 a.m.

While the street is not typically bustling with students at night, Scott is hoping the reaction to the change of hours will be a positive one.

“We would like to see more students from Western coming by,” Scott said.

Zach Hatfield works front and back of house at the restaurant, helping customers at the register. Working alongside Scott, he has extra visions even beyond success of the restaurant.

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He glanced over to his drum one wants to jam here with set in the corner. me,” he said. “Then we could “We’re looking to see if any- have live music sometimes.”

Saudi Arabian Celebration Saudi Arabia freshman Abdulrahman Aldakhil passes out samples of Arabic coffee during National Saudi Arabia Day at WKU on Monday, Sept. 23. Aldakhil has been in the U.S. for two years and is in the ESL program.

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Plan details response to campus emergencies

BY TREY CRUMBIE NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM WKU has revamped the way it handles emergencies.

The university’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, which details how the university will respond to and handle emergencies, was updated and implemented at the beginning of this year.

David Oliver, director of Environment, Health & Safety, said there are two key differences between the original plan and the new one.

One difference is that it uses Emergency Support Functions. These are agencies identified to handle specific emergencies. For example, the Medical Center would handle medical emergencies and the Bowling Green Fire

Department would handle fire emergencies.

The second key difference is the identification of target hazards. These are likely emergency events that could happen on WKU’s campus such as tornados, earthquakes and severe weather.

The plan also details how to prevent these events from happening (Mitigation), what to do prior to response to an incident (Preparedness), responding and handling the incident (Response) and what to do in the aftermath (Recovery).

Before, the plan was updated with minor changes, such as changes on campus or personnel. The last major change was in 2006.

“Our old plan basically focused on response,” Oliver said.

The plan was updated, Oliver said, because it was overdue and a mandate from the federal government requires that emergency management plans need to be in the National Incident Management System format.

Oliver said there are three emergency operations centers that are used for incidents that span several days. These are located on the top and lower part of the Main Campus and one on South Campus.

He said there is a group that meets monthly on campus to talk about any ongoing issues related to emergency management.

The group is composed of representatives from various entities on campus such as the Student Government Association, the Administrative Coun-

cil, the Bowling Green Police Department and Housing and Residence Life.

Oliver said it was important to have the resources and plans to effectively respond and make sure people know what to do during an emergency.

“That’s why we have the text messaging for severe weather to tell people to take shelter,” Oliver said. “Or we have the fire drills in the dorms quarterly.”

Oliver said from now on, the plan will be updated annually and immediately if any obvious changes are needed.

Practice exercises will be done periodically to test different elements of the plan, Oliver said. These will be done at different levels, ranging from discussion on how to re-

spond to a full-scale practice scenario.

“It’s still a fictitious scenario, but it’s more realistic,” Oliver said.

There are plans to update the Emergency Procedures Handbook for staff and faculty this fall, he said.

The handbook gives directions and guidance on how to handle certain situations, such as bomb threats, suspicious mail and packages and hazardous material releases.

Although the plan is an ongoing and changing project, Oliver said he feels very happy with the plan in place.

“I think we have the best plan we can have at this point,” he said. “We’ve got the right partnerships with all the agencies, and we’ve got the right people on our planning team.”

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WKU professor prepares to release fifth book

BY ANNA ROEDERER LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM WKU has its own hidden secret in the English department.

David Bell, an English professor, is also a published author whose fifth novel “Never Come Back” will be released on Oct. 1.

“Never Come Back” centers around the secrets uncovered through a graduate student’s quest to discover if her mother was murdered or died of natural causes.

“We don’t always know as much about the people close to us as we think we know,” Bell said. “People are not always who they seem to be.”

Bell said it was no coincidence that the age of the main character of “Never Come Back” is around the same age as the students he works with as an Eng-

lish professor.

As people grow up, they begin to grasp that their parents have had past experiences that have shaped who they are, Bell said. This realization tends to happen frequently in college.

“The more life experiences we have, the more we understand,” he said.

Kristie Lowry, literary outreach coordinator for WKU Libraries, has read and written reviews for all three of Bell’s books published by Penguin and said that the books keep getting better.

“One thing I like is that he weaves a good family drama in the books,” Lowry said.

Not only has Bell’s writing been influenced by his experience working with college students, but it’s also been enhanced as a result of his role as a professor.

Rather than distracting him from his

writing, Bell believes teaching and writing go hand in hand.

“My own writing has improved as I find myself applying the same lessons to it,” Bell said.

Tom Hunley, an English professor, expressed admiration for Bell’s ability to balance both teaching and writing.

“It is amazing that Dr. Bell is as prolific as he is when he is teaching a full course load,” Hunley said.

While Bell balances teaching and writing, he is also known for his ability to straddle the line between popular fiction and literary fiction, Hunley said.

“We hired him on the strength of his first novel, ‘Condemned,’” Hunley said.

“It is simultaneously for the masses, but also a serious social commentary about racism in an inner city.”

Lowry also expressed admiration for Bell’s talent as an author.

“I think WKU is really lucky to have an author of (Bell’s) caliber,” Lowry said.

Although he has always loved books, Bell did not become serious about writing until after college.

Since then he has published five books including, “Never Come Back.”

In addition to writing four novels, Bell co-edited a book of short fiction in 2010.

“I’ve met a sort of milestone I have created for myself,” he said.

The book is now available in nearly every format, including e-readers, and at stores such as Barnes and Noble, Target and Amazon.

There will be an opportunity to meet Bell on Oct. 1 at 6:00 p.m. Bell will have a book reading and signing at the Warren County Public Library on State Street.

The event will be held at the CEC Parish Hall next door to the Main Library.

Big Red Bikes adds more bikes, two new repair stations

BY JACKSON FRENCH NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM With the aid of the Paula Nye Memorial Education Grant, the Office of Sustainability’s Big Red Bikes program is continuing to grow.

Bowling Green junior Madonna May, coordinator of the WKU bike-lending program that began in 2007, said Big Red Bikes is using the money they received from the grant — more than $10,500 — to repair an increasing number of used bicycles.

May said Big Red Bikes also used the grant money to set up two bike repair stations over the summer. One of them is in Creason lot, while the other is on South Campus.

“We put them both near the Greenway, so that way we could help the community, as well as just on campus,” she said.

The program also ordered more tools and parts for the program’s bike mechanic, Wilmore senior Ben Rogers.

“A lot of it was for tools that we desperately needed to get more bikes out and some of it was to buy more things for the bikes that need repairs,” May said.

Rogers said the new tools and parts have been helpful for him and have made the refurbished bikes safer and more reliable.

“Using our most recent grant, I made a few big part orders, so we’ve got kind of a little Wal-Mart in the basement full of bike parts,” he said. “I have everything I need.”

He said the newer parts and tools have made the process of restoring the bikes faster and easier.

“It saves a lot of time,” Rogers said.

Before the program ordered the new parts, Rogers had to look through Big

Red Bikes’ inventory for parts that were still usable.

May said that as a sustainable program, Big Red Bikes is not allowed to purchase new bikes. Instead, the program fixes and re-purposes bikes on campus that have been abandoned.

“The only thing we do buy is just parts and tools to fix them,” Rogers said.

He said the process of fixing and tuning a new bike for the fleet takes roughly two weeks.

“Some of them had broken parts, parts missing, bent wheels, flat tires, broken tubes — everything you could think of that could happen to a bike,” he said. “They live a hard life out there.”

Rogers said some bikes go missing and the fee for failing to return a bike has gone from $50 to $100 this semester.

May said the grant has made it possi-

ble for the program to add more bikes to its fleet.

“We were actually able to have a summer fleet this year for summer school students,” she said, adding that it totaled 35 bikes.

She said there is high demand for rental bikes on campus, and her goal is to expand the program’s fleet to include 75 to 100 bikes by next summer.

“Our mechanic is really working on trying to get that many bikes available, and right now I don’t have any bikes because as fast as we get them ready, the students come get them,” she said.

May said the program has been given enough abandoned bikes to meet its goal, but each bike still needs to be repaired before it can be added to the fleet.

“Right now I’d say we’re at 47, 48 — so we’ve still got a little ways to go before we can reach 100,” May said.

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'Prisoners' will hold you captive with realistic plot line

BY BEN CONNIFF DIVERSIONS@WKUHERALD.COM It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.

You decide to let your children play outside, and the second your back is turned, they’re nowhere to be found.

Behold “Prisoners,” director Denis Villeneuve’s haunting thriller about the week-long search for two girls who go missing from their Pennsylvania

neighborhood and the father (Hugh Jackman) and police detective (Jake Gyllenhaal) who will stop at nothing to find them.

The girls’ conditions remain unknown as false leads and mysterious connections form an intricate web that keeps audiences guessing on the edges of their seats for a little more than two and a half hours.

That’s far too long a run time for a “whodunit” like this, even with the inclusion of some confusing edits that seemed to cut out essential parts of the story.

I thought things escalated a bit quickly when the families first reacted, running around the streets and shouting the girls’ names just before Detective Loki (Gyllenhaal) is seen on a stakeout of a potential suspect.

But despite some murky exposition that nearly put me to sleep, “Prisoners” shows us only the bare minimum

of what we need to see in order to understand the conflict at hand. It’s easily one of the most terrifying movies never billed as a “horror” film because of its disturbingly realistic nature.

One of the stolen girl's angst-ridden father, Keller Dover (Jackman), is not your typical avenger.

He possesses no particular “set of skills” that allows him to go on a gunslinging, “Death Wish”-style rampage.

He does not wear a cape or a suit of high-tech armor.

He’s just an honorable family man who finds himself with the right degree of conviction that allows him to contemplate torture and murder.

The grieving parents of Joy (Terrence Howard, Viola Davis) do nothing to stop Keller’s heated actions, while his wife Grace Dover (Maria Bello) spends her days sulking in bed, ingesting a steady diet of anxiety pills.

If nothing else, “Prisoners” forces the audience to question not just how far the characters will go, but to what lengths we would go to find our own children under similar circumstances.

Jackman’s arresting performance as Keller is his best to date and never feels far from how a typical father might react.

Gyllenhaal’s Detective Loki is skeptical and sensitive, providing a welcome contrast to Jackman’s hotheaded character.

The rest of the film’s talented pedigree (Bello, Davis, Howard and Paul Dano) is convincing, even if they tend to fall by the wayside as Jackman and Gyllenhaal carry the show.

“Prisoners” is grueling, intense cinema in which every grey-hued frame seems to evoke a sense of dread.

I found myself easily taken by a rich story and fine performances that left me breathless.

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VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball team completes sweep in Dayton

BY AUSTIN LANTER SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM The Lady Toppers had no trouble on the road this weekend, topping all three teams they faced in the Flyer Classic in Dayton, Ohio.

WKU (10-4) finished first, the first tournament win for the team through four attempts this season.

“It was really exciting to actually win our first preseason tournament this year,” senior outside hitter Paige Wessel said.

“A strength of this weekend is that I thought that we competed hard, we served aggressive, which is what we’ve been working on, so I’m proud of that.”

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“We’ll really study the film and evaluate where we’re at, see what we need to do to give us an opportunity to win this next game and then go out and see how we practice,” Petrino said about what his staff will do going forward. “You're not going

WKU began the weekend playing Dayton, the host team.

Last year, the team traveled to Bowling Green for the WKU Invitational and the Lady Toppers defeated the Lady Flyers 3-1, who were ranked No. 10 in the nation at the time.

This time the team defeated Dayton (6-6) by the same margin it did last year, 3-1, but coach Travis Hudson said the game was a struggle and the team definitely played better in the two games on Saturday.

“Again, we didn’t handle the ball great,” Hudson said.

“We’re still working on first contact. Friday night was a big struggle. Saturday night we

played better. We turned the corner and did some of the things we need to do better Saturday and I think it showed in the results.”

The Lady Toppers relied on Wessel in their first game of the tournament. Wessel tallied 21 kills in the match of the 54 team kills, setting a new career-high.

The next day another Lady Topper had a career day as sophomore outside hitter Haley Bodway recorded 17 kills in the match against Western Michigan (7-6), which WKU won 3-1.

In that same match, setter Melanie Stutsman had 51 assists, a season-high for the senior.

WKU completed the tour-

nament win with a sweep of Wright State (5-10) later in the day. In two sets, sophomore middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp had 12 kills with a hitting percentage of .647.

The Lady Toppers held Wright State to a .184 hitting percentage in the match and holding Western Michigan to only a .091 percentage.

“We’re always really good offensively, but this weekend I thought that we focused on stops,” Langenkamp said. “We didn’t consistently do it well, but I feel like there were peaks of time when we did it really well, stopping teams defensively.”

With the sweep this week-

end, Hudson earned his 450th career win, giving him a .710 winning percentage, with a record of 450-184 over his 19 year career at WKU. “To be honest, it didn’t seem that significant to me, I guess I don’t measure it in that way,” Hudson said. “It’s just great for this program. I mean we were struggling to win a game and to amass that many over 19 years is pretty neat.”

WKU will begin Sun Belt Conference play this weekend with a pair of road match-ups against Troy and South Alabama. The Lady Toppers will face Troy (5-9) Friday at 7 p.m. and South Alabama (5-5) the next day at 5 p.m.

to be able to go out there and rotate four quarterbacks in.”

All four quarterbacks on the Topper roster saw the field in the blowout win over the Bears and all four made plays.

Freshman Todd Porter, the surprise starter, went 5-of-10 with one great throw and one terrible pick on the next drive.

Sophomore Nelson Fishback had a touchdown run and redshirt freshman Damarcus Smith showed potential on the ground at the position in limited action.

Junior Brandon Doughty, who had his starting job taken

from him last week, went a perfect 7-of-7 for 55 yards and looked poised in the pocket.

The fact that all four had strong moments makes it even harder to tell what to take from Saturday’s game.

First of all, the competition was lower than the Toppers will face for the rest of the season — Morgan State is 0-4, with losses to teams much worse than WKU. The Bears are in for a long year.

The fact that each of the Topper quarterbacks played well makes the outlook even cloud-

ier. None of these guys looked head and shoulders above any of the others. Doughty, the one who started the first two games before opening this one on the bench, may have had the best night of anyone, which really makes it clear that any of these guys could get the call Saturday against Navy.

Coach Petrino said Monday it would take some time in practice this week for the coaching staff to evaluate their options and pick a starter.

There are bigger problems than WKU’s starting quarter-

back facing the Toppers heading into the game — Navy averages an NCAA-best 398 rushing yards a game while the Toppers rank No. 95 in the country in run defense.

While WKU spends time preparing for Navy’s complicated option offense, the Topper coaches need to take a good look at their quarterbacks on film and on the practice field, because if the Toppers trot out four quarterbacks against the Midshipmen, this time it won’t be because they’re holding an insurmountable lead.

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CONTINUED FROM SPORTS said. “Our defense was flying around and doing a good job of tackling and playing physical.”

Finding the end zone from outside the offense is something Petrino and his staff have pushed for out of their players all year, the coach said.

Midway through the fourth quarter, senior linebacker Chuck Franks came through with the idea and brought down Morgan State’s Tracy Martin for a safety.

“One of our goals each week is to either score on special teams or set up a score and we certainly did that,” Petrino said.

“We got the blocked field goal scoop-andscore. That's nine points right there. That is huge for us.”

One facet remains in question heading into Saturday’s matchup with the Midshipmen — the quarterback role.

True freshman Todd Porter earned the starting nod while eventually, all four of WKU's quarterbacks saw the field. In Porter’s debut, he completed 5-of-10 passes for 76 yards and an interception. Junior Brandon Doughty, who started the first three games for the Toppers, was the last

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shots on goal to Belmont’s four.

The Lady Toppers trailed for 10 minutes before freshman forward Iris Dunn netted her first career goal to equalize the score at 1-1. It was the first goal for WKU in 375 minutes, dating back to Sept. 5.

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quarterback to see the field, but made a strong showing by completing all seven passes for 55 yards.

Petrino wants the offense to play to its strengths and says that finding a quarterback that fits to the biggest strengths is one of their biggest challenges moving forward.

“It poses some challenges, but we created them ourselves,” Petrino said. “We had opportunities to just take care of the ball and play well as an offense and we weren’t able to do that. We have some work to do to have consistency. That's really what we are looking for, consistency.”

The Toppers would surely like to be more consistent on the defensive side of the ball.

WKU currently ranks No. 95 in the country, allowing 195.5 rushing yards per game. Navy, historic for it’s own consistency in the offensive run game, will enter Smith Stadium with the nation’s top run game, averaging 398 yards per game.

“Defensively, we are going to have to do a really good job with our eyes and discipline because they will run it, run it, run it and then pretty soon come at you with a play-action pass,” Petrino said. “They get guys wide open sometimes in their playaction pass game, so we have to have a great week of practice.”

about that,” coach Jason Neidell said about breaking that streak. “The objective of the game is to score goals, so it makes our kids feel good going into conference play.”

The Lady Toppers were back at home Sunday in their last non-conference contest of the season, taking on Lipscomb, a team that beat Belmont 4-0 in the previous week.

The tone was set by Dunn early — she fired three shots in the first 13 minutes of the

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CONTINUED FROM SPORTS at,” Petrino said. “I did really think it was good for our football team. I thought it was good for our quarterbacks, our youth at the position and us trying to learn about how we operate the offense.”

Doughty was the last of the Topper quarterbacks to enter the game, but proved his accuracy during his short outing by completing all seven passing attempts for 55 yards.

Sophomore Nelson Fishback showed his versatility both in the air and on the ground. The Butte College transfer went 3-of-4 for 47 yards and an 11-yard touchdown run on a bootleg keeper in the second quarter.

Redshirt freshman Damarcus Smith completed two of his three passing attempts while gaining 31 yards on the ground from four carries The starter Porter led the quarterbacks with five completions on 10 attempts for 76 yards, including a 56-yard toss to junior wide re-

game. Dunn finished the game with a career-high six shots as the Lady Toppers outshot Lipscomb 13-7.

Sophomore midfielder Chandler Clark scored her first goal of the season in the 38th minute after she won a header off senior midfielder Chrissy Tchoula's corner kick.

“We played really well as a team,” Curry said. “I saw things get implemented in the game that we have been working on in practice, and everyone likes

to see that happen.”

This was the first time in 484 minutes that the Lady Toppers had the lead in a game.

Lipscomb (3-4-2) tied the game at 1-1 in the 60th minute.

The match remained gridlocked for the next 24 minutes until sophomore defender Alanna Clancey netted her first career goal in game-winning fashion in the 84th minute.

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ceiver Willie McNeal.

Working on the deep ball is an area Petrino would like to see the offense improve, he said Monday.

McNeal said he believes improvement relies on the receivers to do their part just as much the responsibility falls on the quarterback.

“Just speeding up coming off the ball,” McNeal said. “Giving the quarterback confidence in us to throw it up there and hope that we’re going to make a play.”

McNeal said it wasn’t difficult playing with all four quarterbacks, and said the week of preparation with all of them helped in the game.

From a receiver’s standpoint, the decision on a starting quarterback doesn’t impact the group, and they’ll play to the tune of whatever the coach decides.

“I don’t care who the quarterback is,” McNeal said. “Whatever plan coach has set up, I’m pretty sure it’s the best plan for us. If we go four quarterbacks every game or one quarterback, I just run my route the best I can to get open and make plays.”

many games and we want to get goals,” Clancey said. “So it was really good to see that we were able to finish it off.”

Neidell said he was pleased to earn the win with time running out.

“A tough goal late to win says a lot about our team’s will to win,” he said.

WKU will be back at home Friday at 6 p.m., playing host to Louisiana-Monroe in its Sun Belt Conference opener.

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Andrews rushes for school record five TD's

BY ELLIOTT PRATT SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM Saturday night’s 58-17 thrashing of Morgan State was just what the doctor ordered for WKU’s confidence heading into this week’s contest with the Navy Midshipmen.

Coach Bobby Petrino stuck to the theory of feeding the studs by giving senior running back Antonio Andrews the opportunity to make history Saturday evening. The running back rushed for a school record five touchdowns behind 291 all-purpose yards, including 213 rushing yards

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The coach even set up the series for Andrews to earn another mark in his already decorated WKU career.

“Coach Petrino told me about it on that last series and he was like ‘go get the record,’” Andrews said.

Andrews wasn’t the only Topper

that showed out in a win that WKU expected to take. Senior linebacker Xavius Boyd was named by the Sun Belt Conference as the Defensive Player of the Week, after recording 11 tackles on the Bears and junior safety Jonathan Dowling earned the SBC Special Teams Player of the Week award after his 70-yard return for a touchdown off a blocked field goal attempt.

“I thought our special teams, particularly the kickoff coverage team, really set the tempo that we were going to play fast and physical,” Petrino SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 9

Starting quarterback job still up for grabs

BY ELLIOTT PRATT SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM Many questions still remain with the quarterback role heading into Saturday’s 1 p.m. kickoff against Navy.

Since coach Bobby Petrino announced a possible change last Thursday before the Morgan State game, not one quarterback has

looked like the sole front-runner for the starting job.

Junior Brandon Doughty started the first three games for WKU after earning the starting role in the spring. But an NCAA-high eight interceptions during that time and a 1-2 start to the year raised concern for the right leader of the offense.

The result was true freshman Todd Porter earning the starting nod

in Saturday’s 58-17 win over Morgan State, but all four quarterbacks on the roster saw significant game time.

Petrino said he wants to explore all options and use the quarterback that best fits what the offense wants to accomplish, so a starter won’t be named just yet.

“We have to see how the week plays out this week and where we are SEE QBS PAGE 9

COLUMN

Big win provides no clarity on QB situation

BY LUCAS AULBACH SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM For a game that featured so much play from many different passers, we really didn't learn much about the WKU starting quarterback’s situation from Saturday’s win over Morgan State.

The Toppers were able to handle Aulbach the Bears over the Sports editor weekend, thanks to superior play by running back Antonio Andrews — he had 213 rushing yards and a school record five touchdowns — and a physically outmatched opponent, but SEE COLUMN PAGE 9

SOCCER

Lady Toppers score Sunday win vs. Lipscomb

BY JONAH PHILLIPS SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM The Lady Toppers picked up their first win in three weeks over the weekend with a tie Friday and victory at home Sunday.

Things got started Friday when WKU (2-3-4) finished in a 1-1 tie after 110 minutes of play against Belmont (2-4-1) in Nashville.

The Lady Toppers matched the WKU record for ties in a season against Belmont. The soccer team has now been in four ties through nine games this year. There are nine games left in the season.

WKU controlled the pace for the majority of the game, outshooting the Lady Bruins 16-9, but that couldn’t stop the opponent from drawing first blood in the 47th minute off a goal from Allie Hicks.

Hicks fired a shot into an empty box from 25 yards out, and even though WKU’s senior goalkeeper Nora Abolins nabbed the ball in an attempted save, she couldn’t keep it from crossing the plane and the score was awarded to the Lady Bruins.

The Lady Topper attack proved too much for the Lady Bruins to hold off, firing seven SEE SOCCER PAGE 9

Sophomore midfielder Chandler Clark celebrates after scoring her team's first goal in the first half of WKU's game against Lipscomb.

WKU later won the game 2-1.

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