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WKU Kappa Sigma chapter suspended BY ANDREW HENDERSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The Theta-Theta chapter of Kappa Sigma was suspended on Nov. 2 by its international headquarters. Charley Pride, director of student activities and organizations, said Kappa Sigma international headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia, is investigating the chapter. Pride said the university is unsure of what the chapter's investigation entails at this time. Pride is still in conversation with international headquarters to gather more information. "We're trying to get more information ourselves," he said. He said the suspension happened Monday night, and the chapter will remain suspended until the investigation is concluded. He also said Kappa Sigma has been advised by their international headquarters to not be involved with anything else, such as Homecoming events. "They are not doing Homecoming activities with Phi Mu and their pairing, and that is the Kappa Sigma fraternity decision, not the university decision,” Pride said. Nolan Devine, the Kappa Sigma president, said he had no comment on the subject of the chapter’s suspension. He also declined to comment on how the chapter is currently handling the investigation and the current morale of members. “I have no comment on the subject,” Devine said. “If you have any further questions you can contact international headquarters … other than that no comment on the subject.” Leo Brown, the director of chapter services at Kappa Sigma fraternity, confirmed that the information provided by Pride concerning the ongoing investigation was correct. However, he was unable to comment on the current status of the investigation, the nature of the investigation or when the investigation is suspected to end. The Herald reached out to Colin Perschbacher, Kappa Sigma public relations chairman, but he did not respond before publication time.

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People cast votes on Tuesday at McNeal Elementary school. GOP candidate Matt Bevin won 55.2 percent of Warren County's votes and the governorship. SHABAN ATHUMAN/HERALD

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Matt Bevin elected as governor BY NICOLE ARES & ANDREW HENDERSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU On Nov. 2, the people of Kentucky elected Republican Matt Bevin as the governor-elect. At press time, Bevin took 52.5 percent of the vote, which translates to 511,771 votes, and Democrat Jack Conway received 43.8 percent of the vote, or 426,827 votes. Independent candidate Drew Curtis received 3.7 percent of the vote with 35,627 votes according to The Courier-Journal. In Warren County, 55.2 percent of voters cast their ballot for Bevin, 41.6 percent for Conway and 3.2 percent for Curtis.

Republican Jenean Hampton is the lieutenant governor-elect. Democrat Alison Grimes was re-elected as Secretary of State, and Democrat Andy Beshear was elected as Attorney General. Republican Allison Ball was elected State Treasurer, Republican Mike Harmon was elected State Auditor and Republican Ryan Quarles was elected as the Commissioner of Agriculture. Those who attended the polls on election day made up an array of young, old, Republican and Democratic voters. Kaylen Delph, 18, of Bowling Green, said this election was her first time voting and reasoned that if she voted, she would be able to complain later if the election didn’t turn out as she would have hoped.

“It was my first time voting, and I figured if I had a reason to complain later, I at least would be able to do it with good reason because I did have a voice,” she said. Delph is affiliated with the Republican Party but said she didn’t vote straight Republican as she considers herself to be more of an independent. She said she voted for Conway. “I voted for Conway because between him and Bevin, I would rather have somebody like Conway because Bevin reminds me too much of Trump,” Delph said. Cole McDowell, Bardstown senior, is a registered Democrat and said he voted for Conway because he believed Conway would do the best job of con-

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Holocaust exhibit ends stay at Kentucky Museum BY ALEX SANDEFUR HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

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A collaborative mural exhibit showcasing Nazi Germany and the Holocaust ended this Thursday. Middle and high school students created the exhibit “Never Again: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.” The exhibit has been displayed at the Kentucky Museum in the Kentucky Building since Oct. 27. “Never Again: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust” features 18 murals created by students in the Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth at WKU. VAMPY offers a class focusing on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Each year, students in the program collaborate to create a mural. The murals were collected over the years to create the exhibit. Brent Bjorkman, the director of the Kentucky Museum, said he thought

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Libby Davies, left, and WKU English professor Lloyd Davies, right, view the murals at the "Never Again: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust" exhibit in the Kentucky Museum on Wednesday. The murals were created by students during VAMPY, the Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth, put on by the WKU Center for Gifted Studies. GABRIEL SCARLETT/HERALD

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Beshear — especially in regards to the Affordable Care Act. “I think Steve Beshear has done great work, especially the biggest issue with respect to Obama Care [Affordable Care Act]. I know Matt Bevin wants to completely uproot it,” he said.

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the exhibit had been well received by WKU students and other visitors who were interested in the topic. “Visitors have been very engaged and reflective,” he said. “I can’t imagine what it must have been like for the students to create these pieces.” Megan Hayden, a West Point freshman, came to see the exhibit on Tuesday. She said she learned from the exhibit. “Sometimes you forget about this sort of thing,” she said. “This exhibit puts it into perspective. You don’t let things like this happen again.” The Center for Gifted Studies presented the exhibit. Sam Oldenburg, coordinator of technology and communications for the center, said he can tell the exhibit is making an impact on students. He believes they now have a better understanding of the Holocaust.

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McDowell said voting is a fundamental part of our civic duty and is also rooted in historical importance. “I think that a lot of people over the course of history have given their lives for every citizen to have the right to vote, and I think that it’s our duty to our fellow citizens and ancestors to exercise that right,” he said. According to the Kentucky Board

of Elections, turnout for the Kentucky general election was at 30.68 percent. Joe Durbin, 84, of Bowling Green shared similar sentiments with McDowell in regards of the importance of voting. Durbin said he served in the military for 30 years and always voted absentee during that time.

He said to improve voter turnout, sending people to another country where harm may come from voting will change people’s minds. “People actually die to vote in a lot of the third-world countries,” Durbin said. “I don’t know what’s the matter; people need to be waking up to the fact that it’s their responsibility to vote. No reason for them not to.”

“This is something the center has wanted to do for a while,” Oldenburg said. “All 18 murals together are very impactful. They’re large murals, and you step into the Holocaust.” Donna Parker, exhibits curator at the Kentucky Museum, said there’s more to the murals than their size. “They’re very poignant pieces,” she said. “There are images and quotes from literature that leave a lasting impression.” The quotes also caught Hayden’s attention. “The quotes made me realize the deeper things,” Hayden said. “There was one that really jumped out at me about standing by while evil things happen.” The center approached the museum about hosting the exhibit in the spring, according to Bjorkman. Members of both organizations met at Bowling Green High School, where the murals had been stored by Ron Skillern, a social studies teacher there who also

teaches the summer VAMPY class. Bjorkman said the exhibit captured the museum’s interest right away. “We want to bring more of what is going on at WKU here [to the museum],”

Friday to celebrate the exhibit. Collaborators included the director of the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence, which funded the exhibit, said Bjorkman.

I can't imagine what it must have been like for the students to create these pieces.” Kentucky Museum director Brent Bjorkman Bjorkman said. Parker said the exhibit highlights a collaboration of people on WKU’s campus and members of the Bowling Green community. “It showcases the VAMPY program to the young community and region,” she said. “They get to see what’s being done through WKU.” All the collaborators of the exhibit gathered at the Kentucky Museum

Former students who participated in the VAMPY program were also there to revisit their past work and the teacher who made it all happen. “Never Forget: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust” will be traveling across Kentucky in the next year or so, said Oldenburg. The ultimate goal is to get the exhibit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

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a3 Controversy surrounds ‘Dub the Pub’ competition NOVEMBER 5, 2015

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BY MARCEL MAYO & ANDREW HENDERSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The next round of the “Dub the Pub” competition is now taking place, but the 12 names originally available for voting have now been reduced to 11. The Student Government Association released a new survey of 12 names for students to choose from: The Tipsy Top, Big Reds Brewery, Spirit Masters, Hilltop on the Rocks, Reds Reserve, The Old Pub Shoppe (TOPS), Red Towel Tavern, 1906 Pub & Grub,

Tops on Tap, Topper Tavern, Topped Off and Hill-Tappers. However, amidst controversy, Spirit Masters has been removed from the naming options. SGA President Jay Todd Richey said the original 12 names sent out were compiled from 90 responses and 50 different names the first survey round received. From these 50 names, the SGA Executive Cabinet narrowed the options down to include those that had received the most suggestions, those that were the most appropriate and those the

cabinet liked most. After the 12 names were compiled, Richey said SGA sent out an email to all students on Nov. 4 for the second survey, and the name selected from this survey would become the official name of the pub in Garrett Conference Center. “However, there has been some controversy and questions over using Spirit Masters — having Spirit Masters as one of the options,” Richey said. He said this controversy came about for two main reasons: It was perceived as demeaning to the Spirit Masters,

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the university’s student ambassador group, and demeaning to WKU’s rich history. “Neither one of those entities should be denigrated and be tied to something like a bar,” he said. Richey said that after taking the situation into consideration, the Executive Cabinet decided to remove Spirit Masters out of respect for the university and the Spirit Masters organization. Sawyer Coffey, the SGA director of public relations, said SGA was contacted by some members of the WKU adminis-

tration and told the name portrayed the Spirit Masters organization in a negative light. “It’s just out of respect for the organization,” Coffey said. Richey said there was the potential for litigation to arise if that name were in conflict with the university’s model. “As student body president, I will take the responsibility for this because there were some suggestions we received that were not appropriate, and this should have been considered one of the names that was not appropriate as well,” Richey said.

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Sexual assault victim blaming needs to stop BY MORGAN PROFUMO HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU Women are taught by society how to avoid being sexually assaulted. They are told their skirt hems should be an “appropriate” length. They are told they need to watch the situations they put themselves in. They are taught if someone touches them in a manner that makes them uncomfortable, they are overreacting. This is wrong. Instead of teaching women how to avoid being raped and sexually assaulted, why not simplify the issue by teaching people not to rape? According to the Rape, Abuse and

Incest National Network (RAINN), one in six women has been a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime. In the year 2003, nine out off 10 rape victims were women. These hese statistics are staggering. They ey show that, although men are e also victims of rape, women n encompass the majority off those statistics. Promoting and teaching ng ways to simply “not rape” can be a hard task due to the society ociety we live in. There are things that people can do in general to ensure they are not perpetrating sexual assault, even if they do it unknowingly. For example,

make sure consent is clear. If you do not receive a verbal, sober, “yes,” then you did not receive consent. Keep in mind that consent is not one-time thing. You should a on be receiving consent each time you engage in any sexti ual contact. If you doubt for u even one second that the e behavior you are exhibiting b is unwanted, that would be an appropriate time to back off not engage in that behavior and n again. Although consent can prevent you from being a perpetrator, there are other ways to prevent harassment or

unwanted sexual contact. By simply educating yourself on what sexual harassment, rape and sexual assault are, you can be sure to steer clear from participating in any behavior that has the potential to make you the guilty party. Ultimately, we are in charge of ourselves; we all make our own decision. Although the student-body needs to be informed about ways to make smart decisions that will help them avoid becoming a victim of sexual assault, we also need to teach students not to perpetrate sexual assault. The sad truth is, until people make the decision not to rape, we have no choice but to teach ways to avoid it.

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Rising tuition costs students their future BY JOHN WINSTEAD HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU

Over the past 10 years, tuition has increased steadily at an average verage rate of 5.5 percent every year. ear. uCurrent full-time in-state students pay $4,741 per semes-d ter. This amount is expected to increase another $342 by y next year, according to an ar-ticle published in the Herald ld in March 2015. In 2007, the cost of operating ti the th university was evenly split between the students who attended public Kentucky universities and the state,

according to the Council on Postsecondary Education. However, since 2007 there has been a gradual creeping financial burden being placed on students. According to the CPE, in 2010, Acc 43 percent of the cost to run a public Kentucky university p w was covered by state fundiing, while the remaining 57 percent was thrust on the p students. st T This trend has continued, gradually increasing in unequal grad di distribution ib i of cost until the current distribution: 33 percent covered by state funding and 67 percent covered by students.

Assuming this trend continues — and there is little reason to think it won’t — by 2020, student tuition will cover nearly 75 percent of the cost of running a university. If this continues, this country’s great universities will no longer be producing skilled laborers and better informed citizens; they instead will be churning out indentured servants. Since student debt is not erasable, there is no way to escape it. The argument that people simply not go to college if they can’t afford it is as anachronistic as it is dumb. Our current economy no longer caters to manufacturing and labor intensive job industries. Having a college

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OFF THE WALL ABOVE: Freshman ROTC member Peter Fields from Erlanger practices a fall while rappelling off the side of Parking Structure 1 as part of the curriculum for his Military Science 101 class Wednesday. "This is my first time rappelling. I'm actually afraid of heights, so this is a fun learning experience, overcoming fears," he said. TOP LEFT: Students from four different sections of the Military Science 101 class sign in on a clipboard before learning to rappel off of Parking Structure 1 Wednesday. LEFT: Sophomore Noah Greenhill of Union belays one of his classmates during the rappelling exercise Wednesday.

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pomp it up Members of Alpha Gamma Delta create pompoms from tissue paper for their Homecoming float. An estimated 10,000 pieces of tissue paper will be formed into pompoms for the parade floats. MATT LUNSFORD/HERALD

Greeks share a week of float building, camaraderie BY BRITTINY MOORE

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WKU's Topper Transit Busing System BY SHELBY BRUCE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Over the next several weeks, on #TBT, or Throwback Thursday, the Herald will take a look at the history surrounding WKU. For more than 20 years, WKU’s Topper Transit buses have been taking passengers up, down and around the Hill. The Topper Transit has been used to provide transportation for faculty, staff and students to places on campus or to South Campus, according to transportation manager Stephen Rowland. “I can’t see it ever going away and envision it growing,” he said. After a $4.5 million investment into the upgrading of Junior Tosha Shokes of Sumter, S.C., waits to board the Blue Line bus Tuesday. "In our first year, the buses, the previous stan- we carried 160,000 passengers," said Jennifer Tougas, the director of Parking and Transportadard yellow school buses tion Services. GABRIEL SCARLETT/HERALD were replaced with 12 heavy duty, low floor transit buses. The buses are ADA approved, according to Jennifer Tougas,

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Charity fest to bring warmth through song BY ANDREW CRITCHELOW HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Acoustic music, freshly baked cookies and a charitable cause will all come together this Saturday at the Warm in Winter Music Festival hosted by Spongie Acres Bed and Breakfast. The lineup for this event includes several songwriters, including Joey Hayes, Martha Christian and Joe Hash, who are based in Nashville and Bowling Green. Located on 610 Matlock Road, Spongie Acres will be giving all proceeds of this event to HOTEL INC, a local nonprofit organization focused on fighting problems related to homelessness and poverty in Bowling Green. Though admission to the festival is free, Spongie Acres encourages those who attend to donate warm clothes, money or both to the cause. The event will start at 2:00 p.m. and will continue until 6:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. depending on how long musicians’ performances are. Juannie Kronenberger, co-founder of Spongie Acres, said the festival was established from a desire to help HOTEL INC achieve its goals. “We named it Warm in Winter for just that reason: to help keep others who are less fortunate keep warm in winter,” she said. Co-founded in 2012 by Kronenberger and her husband Clint Kronenberger, the bed and breakfast hosts several other community events, including the Spongie Acres Bicycle Festival and the Spongie Acres Spring Music Fest. Juannie Kronenberger and her husband had previously operated a bicycle business in Florida for 28 years and organized several fundraisers during that time. Kronenberger said she has always had a knack for helping any community she has been a part of. “We’re part of the community, and we always feel like the community supports us,” Kronenberger said. “We feel that it’s important to give back.” Dan Modlin, a singer-songwriter based in Bowling Green, will be performing at the event. Modlin was instrumental in helping Spongie Acres with booking the lineup for this year’s festival. “There are some very talented songwriters coming in here, and they’re all playing for free to help with this

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Students set to perform ‘Into the Woods’ BY KALEE CHISM HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Every year, the department of theatre and dance puts on performances that engage the audience and give student performers the chance to showcase their skills. This month, the department is presenting “Into the Woods.” “Into the Woods” is a musical based on a variety of nostalgic fairytales, said Riley Morrissey,

We are really focusing a lot on the theme of connectedness," Florence Sophomore, Colin Waters

a sophomore from Louisville. “I think everyone should come see ‘Into the Woods’ because it's basically every fairytale that people grew up with put together, and it's what happens after all of the happily ever afters,” she said. Morrissey is playing the role of Little Red Riding Hood, her first lead at WKU. She said it has been a challenging but very rewarding process. “I am most excited about this being my first lead at WKU, and it's been a really exciting rehearsal process,” she said. “I have so many really, really good friends in the show, so it's just been fun to work on all of it with them.” For the actors, one of the best parts of doing the show is getting to connect with the cast and have fun, according to Jordan Lee, a Louisville freshman who is cast as Snow White. “I'm looking forward to just continuing to get to know the people in the cast because we have so much fun together,” said Lee. The play premieres when the actors’ favorite part of the process begins. Morrissey said her favorite part is “the actual showing process, when I get to actually have everyone I love get to see what I've been working on for so long.” The show focuses on connectivity and how to rely on others, according to Colin Wa-

Louisville sophomore Riley Morrissey performs as Little Red Riding Hood during a dress rehearsal for "Into the Wood" on Tuesday at the Fine Arts Center. SHABAN ATHUMAN/HERALD ters, a sophomore from Florence who is playing Jack. “We are really focusing a lot on the theme of connectedness, and I think in our society today, we are so focused on everybody for themselves

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Continued from LIFE come in for a week.” Hohlbein added that coming up with a design for this year’s “Under the Big Top” theme has been difficult. Walking through the site, there was no shortage of glue, hair spray and pompoms, called “pomps,” which are all resources used to construct the float. Nearly 20 trash bags and 15 boxes were stacked in a corner; all of them contained pomps that had been rolled during the first two days of float preparation. The process referred to as “pomping” is “basically just rolling tissue paper into tiny little balls,” Hohlbein said. “[It] is kind of a fine art; it’s not very hard, but not everyone can do it.” Hohlbein said student members will create at least 20,000 pomps if not more by the end of the week, and all of them will be attached to the float.

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the director of Parking and Transportation Services. “The transit system has grown considerably,” said Tougas. In 2005, a new department was created specifically for the buses called Parking and Transportation Services. “What once was a three-bus operation that had no scheduled service is now a 14-bus transit system with NextBus passenger information service, in-bus security cameras and automatic passenger counters,” said Rowland. Today, Parking and Transportation’s mission statement is “to provide ac-

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cause,” Modlin said. “It’s a cool event in a lot of ways.” Modlin said he enjoys playing events like Warm in Winter because he likes to per-

and everybody trying to get through life alone,” Waters said, “but we really need to figure out that no one is alone in whatever you go through — that somebody's always there to walk you through.”

“The theatre department at WKU is just a very supportive and nurturing program,” said Waters. “It's a nice program that lets you become who you are as a performer [and] lets you recognize that you were

not going to be the same performer as any other person.” The cast and crew are performing six shows beginning tonight, Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in Russell Miller Theatre in the Fine Arts Center.

“Most of what’s visible is the pomps,” Nashville senior Jonny Garcia, the Sig Eps’ chapter president, said. “The structure [for the float] does not usually take very long; it’s all the other small details that takes forever to finish.” Each fraternity and sorority member in these chapters is expected to dedicate at least 15 hours during the week to participate in creating the float. Garcia said his favorite moments of working on the floats were the late nights spent planning and putting the float together. “My favorite part is the late nights. The last night is usually the most fun,” Garcia said. “Even though everyone is super exhausted, it’s really great finally seeing what the float is going to look like and adding all the final touches.” Sororities and fraternities are randomly paired to work with one another on the Homecoming floats.

“[Being randomly paired] brings us closer as a Greek community,” Hohlbein said. “We’re all one even though we have individual names.” FarmHouse member and Auburn senior Hunter Bevil agrees that making the Homecoming float is a chance for Greek organizations to bond. “It’s silly not to come to college and meet as many people as you can,” Bevil said. “[Being paired] allows fraternities and sororities to have a better bond.” Pride said the camaraderie involved in the creation of the floats is a great tradition for the Greek community. “Part of [making floats] they may not realize is becoming a team,” Pride said. “They learn by working on this task together.” The floats will be judged before the parade begins by a panel provided by the Alumni Association. Judges will base their scores off a 100-point system. Pride added that

they will judge float creativity, how well the float fits the theme, float coloration and special effects. The floats will be presented to the public at the Homecoming Parade on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The parade begins near Parking Structure 2 and will travel to Fountain Square Park, where the float winners will be announced at Big Red’s Roar. Hohlbein plans to spend over 100 hours working on the float this week to ensure the completion and quality of the float. Despite the hours and hard work it takes to put a float together, Bevil said, the outcome gives fraternities and sororities a chance to show what they can do when they work together. “I enjoy seeing the floats,” Pride agreed. “When we line them up, you can see the excitement. They’re happy to be done and [happy for] what they have accomplished.”

cess to University programs and services through management of the University’s transportation resources.” Due to the improvements of the transit systems throughout the years, the ridership for the buses has grown from 169,000 passengers in 2006 to 735,000 in 2015. “We've carried over 4.5 million passengers over the last decade,” said Tougas. “It's taken a lot of work from the drivers, the mechanics, the managers and the administration to develop this program.” WKU — along with the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, the University of Louisville and Murray State — offer bus services on their cam-

puses in the state of Kentucky. “Transit systems are common on larger universities,” said Tougas. Since the arrival of the bus about two decades ago, many students have grown to appreciate the system, according to Rowland. Since nearly 30 percent of students who live on campus do not have a car, transit services have grown to be important to them, according to Tougas. “The Campus Master Plan specifically places parking on the perimeter of campus to minimize campus traffic,” said Tougas. “Transit services provide the link between parking and classes.” With the increase of ridership in the

last five years, the likelihood of the Topper Transit going away is very slim, according to Rowland. “The current WKU administration is very committed to Topper Transit, and with a two-campus university in an urban setting, I believe there will always be transit,” Rowland said. Charles Martin has been a Topper Transit bus driver for the past three years. Martin said his least favorite part of driving the bus is students crossing in front of him. However, he still plans to continue the job in years to come. Martin said he hopes the system will stick around. “It’s a motor transportation that carries an awful lot of students,” he said.

form music while benefiting a good cause. “It’s a very rewarding experience to get together with a bunch of people who you respect as musicians and as writers,” Modlin said. “And it’s not just for us; it’s for something more worthwhile.” Rhondell Miller, the executive direc-

tor of HOTEL INC, said the festival is a family event. “It is a fun day for the entire family to enjoy great music and a way to show your children how to have a giving spirit by bringing a donation,” she said. Despite the festival only being in its

second year, Modlin hopes the event will continue to grow and affect the community. “More than anything, I just hope that people will come out and give it a try,” Modlin said. “The price is right, and the cause is a good one.”

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Lady Tops headed to Sunshine State BY MATTHEW STEWART

HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU After bouncing back from WKU’s first loss in 17 games against Rice with a threeset win over the University of Texas at El Paso, the No. 24 Lady Toppers volleyball team is hitting the road again. This time, the Lady Tops (24-3, 11-1) are headed to Florida to take on Florida International (13-10, 7-5) on Friday and Florida Atlantic (15-9, 7-5) on Sunday in their final two road games of the regular season. With just three losses overall and one in Conference USA play, WKU is sitting comfortably atop conference standings with two more league wins than No. 2 University of Texas, San Antonio. This weekend, WKU will be taking

Sophomore setter Jessica Lucas assists senior middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp during a match against University of Texas San Antonio, Oct. 9, 2015 ABBEY TANNER/HERALD on the No. 5 and No. 6 teams respectively against Florida International and Florida Atlantic. WKU has already faced off against both Florida squads

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Continued from SPORTS Brohm knows there could be similar challenges this time around. “They present us some problems up front. They are big and physical and match up pretty well against us,” Brohm said. “It’s a game we’ve got to be ready to play and find a way to score points. Our defense has to come out and play at a high level.” Last season, the Hilltoppers and Owls clashed in a game that went down to the wire. Down in Boca Raton, Florida, the Owls scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to defeat WKU 4538. The defeat marked another lategame collapse for WKU last year and will be a motivating factor for the team this week. The Hilltoppers will also emphasize defensive improvement this week. In the last four games, despite finishing with a 3-1 record, WKU has given up 134 points, including a 48-20 loss to LSU. Brohm expressed his displeasure with the defensive unit following the game against the Monarchs last week. “To be honest, I think [during] the last three games, we haven’t played at the level that I would like,” Brohm said. “Until then, I thought we were making good progress.” Brohm emphasized the need for his defense to buckle down. “It’s not huge things, but it’s small

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backcourt was evident, ending the night with 15 points on seven shots. Of the new faces on the team, freshman Kayla Smith was the most active. The dual-threat guard and forward logged 16 minutes and was effective getting deflections and running the passing lanes in transition. Smith finished with 17 points and two steals. “Kayla Smith came off the bench in the first half and did some great things in six minutes, and that’s why we tried to get her a lot more minutes in the second half,” Clark-Heard said. Junior college transfer guard Ima Akpan added 13 points, and freshman Taylor Brown had 11. In all, six new players combined for 100 minutes in Diddle on Tuesday.

this season, winning with two sweeps on the Lady Toppers’ home floor. Despite stepping into the opponents’ domains this weekend, Head Coach Travis Hudson and his squad

things we have to get corrected. We have to find ways to get better,” Brohm said. “I think we definitely need to improve. This is a game that will be a good test for us.” One aspect of the Hilltoppers’ game that has been improving this season is the rushing attack. Redshirt junior running back Anthony Wales shined in the last game against Old Dominion; he tallied 185 yards and four touchdowns. Wales has been a huge factor after returning from a hamstring injury that kept him out the first half of the season. His presence in the Hilltopper attack comes at a crucial point in the season. After Leon Allen sustained a season-ending injury, redshirt freshman D’Andre Ferby was dealt a far heavier load than expected. With the lengthy away-game stretch behind them, the Hilltoppers are anxious to play in Bowling Green again. “It’s a great feeling to be back home,” senior cornerback Wonderful Terry said. “You know, we’ve been on the road every week, and I kind of forgot that we play at home sometimes. It’s a great feeling to be back home and play in front of this good crowd that we have.” Over the past two seasons, the Hilltoppers are 8-1 in the month of November. Only Wisconsin, Ohio State and Florida State have won more games in November since 2013. The game will kick off at 11:00 a.m. and is set to be broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Network.

“I feel very comfortable that [the veterans] are getting comfortable with the newcomers. I just think that it’s going to be a process,” Clark-Heard said. “I think that people got a chance to see tonight that we have different players that can do different things, and I think it’s gonna be a collective effort.” Tuesday’s exhibition game against OBU was a good way for Clark-Heard and her team to gauge how the season might be. “This will be a great teaching tool for us going forward,” Clark-Heard said. "Going back and watching the film and just getting with our players and being able to show them so they can see [what to work on] and not just playing the same people in practice” will be helpful. WKU will open its season on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Ball State.

are hoping they can go down and get the job done in six sets again. Florida Atlantic is expected to be the larger threat to WKU’s success in Florida this weekend. Even though WKU beat FAU just two weeks ago, the Owls were without one of their key players: 5-foot-9 junior outside hitter Maja Ristic. With one of FAU’s key offensive contributors this season back in the fold, Hudson is expecting a highly contested game. “FAU is one of the teams that presents a legitimate challenge when we step on the floor with them,” Hudson said. Before breaking a finger on each hand, Ristic recorded 27 kills in the Owls’ last two matches when they swept both the University of Alabama, Birmingham and Mid-

dle Tennessee. The Owls are 15-9 overall and 8-2 at home. “The Burrow” historically has been a difficult environment for traveling teams to compete in and accommodates 5,000 fans. “To be honest, I like to get out on the road and spend time with my seniors this late in the year just knowing we are wrapping it up with them,” Hudson said. “It’s some time that I won’t have with them for much longer.” The other game on the schedule for the Lady Toppers will pit them against Florida International. The Lady Toppers will take the court this Friday at 6:00 p.m. in Miami to take on FIU and then travel to Boca Raton to face off against FAU at noon on Sunday.

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Lady Tops topple OBU in Diddle BY EVAN HEICHELBECH

HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The Lady Topper basketball team began its preseason Tuesday night with a 108-43 win over Ouachita Baptist in exhibition play in Diddle Arena. WKU shot 54 percent from the field and put up triple digits points, but what impressed Head Coach Michelle Clark-Heard was her team’s defense. “I think that’s one thing we’re going to have to hang our hat on that we’ve always tried to do,” Clark-Heard said of the defense. The Lady Tops had 11 steals at the half and 22 at the end of play, preventing OBU from gaining momentum. “We worked a little in the first half and tried to pick up full court man-toman,” Clark-Heard said. “I was proud of what we did getting our hands on the ball and getting some steals.” In addition to the defensive pressure, the Lady Tops won the battle of the boards 51 to 32. Sophomore Ivy Brown played a large part in the strong rebounding display from WKU, notching a double double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. “She’s had an unbelievable spring and summer, and she’s really worked hard just coming into this all and has done everything we’ve asked her,” Clark-Heard said. “I was just really happy for her to see those first couple of shots go down. She’s rebounding, guarding and doing a lot of things.” The familiar faces of redshirt junior guard Kendall Noble and Brown stood out in the crowd of newcomers. “I was really impressed with Kendall Noble and Ivy Brown,” Clark-Heard said. “The first half just really set the tone for us. Other people did a lot of good things, but those two just really stood out a lot for me in the beginning.” The defense of WKU allowed Noble to lead the offense down the court and get easy transition buckets. Noble’s veteran experience in the

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Redshirt freshman running back D'Andre Ferby runs the ball during the Hilltoppers’ 48-20 loss to LSU Oct. 24 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. ANDREW LIVESAY/HERALD

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Hilltoppers return for Homecoming after three-game road swing BY BILLY RUTLEDGE

HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU After another conference win last weekend, the WKU football team is looking toward its next opponent in Conference USA: the Florida Atlantic Owls (2-6, 2-3). Saturday’s contest marks Homecoming, where WKU is 51-29-3 alltime. It will be the first home game for

the Hilltoppers in nearly a month after three consecutive road games. Over those three games, WKU (7-2, 5-0) traveled more than 6,000 miles: the longest consecutive three-game swing in program history. At home under Head Coach Jeff Brohm, WKU is 8-1 and currently riding a seven-game home winning streak while averaging 50.1 points per game.

This season, the Hilltoppers have already defeated Louisiana Tech 41-38, Miami (Ohio) 56-14 and Middle Tennessee 58-28 at Smith Stadium. “It’s good to come back home, and we’re excited about Homecoming,” Brohm said. “We’re playing a team that beat us last year. We had a big lead on them, and they came back and found a way to win.”

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Cosby helps Hilltoppers past Lindsey Wilson BY JOHN REECER

by scored 15 points in the half on 5-7 shooting. HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU Cosby finished the game The WKU men's basketball with 22 points with three asteam defeated Lindsey Wil- sists and three rebounds. son College in front “He gave you a Next game of a home crowd glimpse of his talat Diddle Arena on friday, November 6 ent tonight,” Harper 7 p.m. Monday night by a said of Cosby. “He VS. Kentucky wesleyan score of 84-71. The can score in a vari@ diddle arena Hilltoppers shot an ety of ways, and he accurate 50 percent can make shots. He from the field in the exhibi- really got on a big roll that tion game. first half. He is a guy that can Thanks to a strong defense get us buckets on a nightly in the first half, WKU’s offense basis.” got going in transition as the However, Cosby was not the Hilltoppers scored 46 first-half only newcomer to make an points to take a 19-point lead impact on Monday night. into halftime over the Blue Freshman guard Chris McRaiders. Neal of Jackson, Tennessee, “I thought we were re- controlled the pace of the ally good in the first half,” game early for the Hilltoppers Head Coach Ray Harper with his tempo and athletic said. “That half really gave a display. In just 27 minutes of glimpse of what we are ca- playing time, McNeal scored pable of because we really six points while also adding shared the ball and made the seven rebounds and four asextra pass.” sists. In the first half, University of McNeal’s play at the point Illinois transfer and redshirt guard position helped the senior Aaron Cosby gave huge Hilltoppers get an early jump spark to the Hilltoppers. Cos- on the Blue Raiders.

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“I just wanted to come out and work because when you work hard, good things happen,” McNeal said. “This team has a lot of depth, and if you just play hard on this team, playing time will be found.” Another transfer player who provided WKU with allaround play was junior guard Fredrick Edmond. Edmond notched 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists on the evening. Redshirt junior guard Chris Harrison-Docks also provided a bright spot for the Hilltoppers in the matchup with 15 points on 5-10 shooting from the field. However, the exhibition as a whole did not go as perfectly for the Hilltoppers as the first half did. “In the second half, our defensive energy level wasn’t as good,” Harper said. The Blue Raiders outscored WKU 44-38 in the second half thanks to a sluggish start offensively in the half. “We just kind of ventured off and started hooping instead of

Redshirt senior guard Aaron Cosby (2) drives towards the basket during the Hilltoppers’ 84-71 win over Lindsey Wilson College on Monday at Diddle Arena. ANDREW LIVESAY/HERALD executing like we did the first half,” Harper said. WKU wore down the Blue Raiders down the stretch thanks in large part to balanced team scoring. The Hilltopper bench outscored Lindsey Wilson’s 32-4.

“That was just a typical first time out game with growing pains — especially with having so many new guys,” Harper said. “There were definitely a lot of bright spots and a lot of areas where we still need to get better.”

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