September 18, 2012 College Heights Herald

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 • COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • WKUHERALD.COM

Taking the lead Student becomes president his freshman year MONTE REINFELDE DIVERSIONS@WKUHERALD.COM

Using a wheelchair since he was born, Franklin freshman Jacob Holt said it’s very easy for him to sit around and do nothing all day.

However, this couldn’t be further from the truth when it comes down to what he actually does.

Holt, a computers and IT major, dived right into campus life by becoming president of the Southwest Hall Council earlier this month.

He said he decided to run for the job to stay busy, and there was nobody to run against him.

“We will come up with some really cool things this year,” Holt said. “Not just for us, but for the entire campus to enjoy that brings community to Southwest.”

Southwest is one of the dorms on campus that doesn’t have elevators.

Since Holt can’t go up stairs in his chair, he said he hasn’t had an opportunity yet to meet a lot of people.

However, he said he is looking forward to branch out and meet more people who live on his floor.

“I’m kind of trapped on the south side of the first floor,” he said. “It is nice that I have got my own room and

a private bathroom. It is not the biggest and it is not the best, but I enjoy it.

It is my slice of heaven.”

Despite elevator problems, Holt said his disability wouldn’t prevent him from being a good president and participant in other campus activities.

Lately, he’s been volunteering with News Channel 12.

“Last night, I got to run a teleprompter, which is very cool,” Holt said. “I put in an application to work at computers and IT department as well as SGA. I haven’t stopped!”

Scottsville junior Sara Calvert is an RA at Southwest.

She said Holt has a very friendly personality, and nothing has hindered him from interacting or relating to people on campus.

“As a president, Jacob is personal as well as hard-working within the hall council,” Calvert said. “He knows how to relate to residents’ needs in promoting active programs for relating to academics and community involvement.

"When you are around Jacob, you don’t really notice his wheelchair. It is his personality that you go off of.”

Holt said that people on campus are treating him well, which was one of the reasons he decided to study at WKU.

Franklin freshman Jacob Holt, who battles osteogenesis imperfecta (also known as brittle bone disease) was recently elected president of Southwest Hall. Of his condition, Holt said that “every president has their flaw: Obama had big ears, Bush had the accent. I’m the president, and I’m addicted to Starbucks.” COOPER BURTON/HERALD

It is very important for him because he said even though he would like to think everything is “roses,” help from others sometimes is necessary.

“The other day it rained really hard, and I was at the Cherry (Hall),” Holt said. “I thought, my chair is waterproof, I will just get soaking wet and get down back to Southwest a lot quicker.”

Not knowing how long it would rain, Holt took off down the Hill, but about half-way down his wheelchair died and he was stuck sitting in the rain.

“A girl gave me her umbrella,” he said. “So, I’m sitting in pouring rain holding this umbrella on the phone when some students were kind enough to push me down the Hill to my dorm.”

Since his parents moved to Alabama during his senior year of high school, Holt has taken care of himself.

“I go to Wal-Mart by myself,” he said.

“I wash my own clothes, which I hate, but welcome to the world! I’m quite self-sufficient.”

Owenton junior Derek Ellis is another RA in Southwest who lives on the same floor as Holt. Ellis said he thinks Holt is great at balancing his time and being very involved with the campus community as well as the Southwest staff and residents.

“I have noticed, he is very good at delegating his time wisely,” Ellis said. “He spends numerous amounts of time with hall and school related things.”

Being the president at Southwest, Holt said is just the beginning. He is planning to do more and bigger things to find the right path in his future career and be a well-rounded personality.

“The sky is the limit,” he said.

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Last Tuesday, the Student Government Association voted unanimously on the executive action for the establishment of special longterm goals committee.

The committee will consist of at least eight senators and a group of non-senator students appointed by SGA President Cory Dodds.

Dodds said the special committee would set goals that SGA can agree with that should be addressed.

“I feel like there are some goals that we can all agree with that SGA should be addressing,” Dodds said.

Dodds said that he is excited to see the ideas the committee comes up with.

“I’m looking forward to what the Senate is going to do this year,” Dodds said.

Keyana Boka, executive vice president, said the committee goal is to come

up with ideas to pass down to the next committee and to carry on projects from previous years.

Christopher Costa, speaker of the student senate, is assisting Dodds find nonSGA members for the committee. Costa said he is also looking forward to what kinds of bills the committee will present to the rest of SGA. “It will be interesting to see the plans they come up with to build onto the previous year and years to come,” Costa said.

He said the committee would benefit because it wouldn’t have the same members each year.

Costa said he and Dodds haven’t met to make their decision yet on who will be a part of the committee.

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Crime Reports

• Sturgis sophomore Joshua Reburn was arrested on Sept. 15 for reckless driving and DUI. • Bowling Green sophomore Byron Bailey was arrested on two e-warrants out of Jefferson County.

• WKU Police responded to an assault on Sept. 13. Upon investigation, Craig Donald Hill, Bowling Green, was arrested and lodged at Warren County Regional Jail for disorderly conduct, fleeing and evading, and resisting arrest.

• Freshman Shaquille Johnson, Keen Hall, was arrested on Sept. 13 on an e-warrant out of Jefferson County for his failure to appear in court for possession of marijuana.

Reports • Sophomore Alexus Rae Sinnet, Bemis Lawrence Hall, reported on Sept. 15 damage to her car parked in Barnes lot. The damage cost is estimated at $250.

• Freshman Matthew Tom Majewski, Barnes Campbell Hall, reported on Sept.

14 his Macbook Pro laptop stolen from his dorm room. The value of the stolen property is estimated at $1,400.

• Freshman Tyler Lynn Forsythe, Barnes, reported on Sept. 14 his iPhone stolen from the Garret Food Court. The value of the stolen property is estimated at $380.

• Freshman Evan Dosch, Barnes, was cited on Sept. 14 for possession of alcohol by a minor.

•Police on Sept. 14 observed sophomore Michael Cason, McCormack Hall, backing into a parked car and attempting to flee the scene. Cason also failed to produce proof of insurance.

• Freshman Zachary Morgan, Keen, reported on Sept. 14 being assaulted at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house.

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New room change form helps students escape bad roommates KAYLA SWANSON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Students stuck in a dorm room with a person they dislike now have an easier way out.

Brian Kuster, director of Housing and Residence Life, said the form needed to request a room change is now online.

“It’s just so much easier to go online and fill a form out and send it electronically,” he said.

Kuster said the new form will be more convenient for students and will let them receive their approval faster, via email.

The random roommate Louisville sophomore Chase Thomas had as a freshman wasn't a good fit.

“Basically, our interests were conflicting a lot,” he said. “He was rude with friends around, but for some reason when it was just me and him, he

wanted to be really cool.

It was not a good situation.”

Thomas said he had the opportunity to room with one of his Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity brothers during the spring semester, but it didn’t work out.

“It would have been nice to switch out and get another roommate, but at the same time, it was just something I felt like I could possibly deal with,” he said.

He stuck it out with his roommate for the rest of the year. He said he gets along better with his new roommate, Mount Washington sophomore Ryne McMullen.

Thomas said McMullen, a member of his fraternity, is a funny guy and has similar interests.

“We didn’t know how it was going to work out, but all I knew was that it was probably going to be better than my previous roommate,” Thomas

said.

Thomas said he enjoys staying in his room now and feels more comfortable with his new roommate so far.

“We don’t have problems when we’re in the room together,” he said.

“It’s just a lot, a lot better than last year.”

Even though roommate pairs don’t always work out, Kuster said they try to look at similarities when pairing roommates.

“There’s a list of questions we ask about; 'When you study?' ‘Are you an early riser?’ ‘Do you go to bed late?’ Music preferences, those kinds of things,” Kuster said. “We work to try to match people that are similar that way.”

Even when students think they're compatible, things don’t always work.

Frankfort freshman Sienna Moore said she and her first roommate

were best friends when they decided to come to WKU. They had a fallingout right before moving in together.

“I did not like my roommate at all,” she said. “We always had problems.”

One of the problems Moore had with her roommate was that she made it difficult for her to sleep in the room.

“I never got sleep because she talked in her sleep and whined all night,” Moore said.

Moore now rooms with Frankfort freshman Sienna Moore, left, and Eastland, Texas freshman Victoria Tinkle, freshman Victoria Tinkle are roommates in Gilbert Hall. of Eastland, Texas, whom she said she became JEFF BROWN/ HERALD close with when they Moore said. give me any reason to armet at school.

Moore said Tinkle gue with her.”

“As far as the rules and didn’t have a roommate, Room changes bestuff in the room, we so the decision to room gan on Sept. 10 and will agreed on just about ev- with Moore was easy. continue until students erything, so it was kind “She’s a sweetheart,” choose housing for the of like it was perfect,” Moore said. “She doesn’t 2013-2014 school year.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 • COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • WKUHERALD.COM

Opinion STAFF EDITORIAL

Let them eat

Students not considered in South Campus food court closing THE ISSUE: South Campus food court has been closed since the beginning of the semester. It has been replaced with a grabto-go option in the bookstore.

Officials said declining sales was the reason for the move.

OUR STANCE: The food court needs to be reinstated, because what South Campus is left with is not comfortable or convenient enough. In a decision

that affects thousands of people, they should have been notified of this change rather than showing up to discover there is no longer a food court.

While students on Main Campus are disgruntled over long lines and delayed restaurant openings, students who attend South Campus for classes are stuck with cold cut sandwiches.

Officials said the food court was closed because it had seen declining sales over the past two years.

“Auxiliary services are self-supporting. It’s not based on tuition dollars,” assistant vice president of Auxiliary Services Gary Meszaros said. “We tried different menus and options

based off money and not who will be affected, then there is a problem.

Serving students who pay for meal plans, Dining Dollars and Big Red Dollars should be the top priority.

If students on South Campus now want to eat, they can go to the bookstore, which has grab-and-go salads and sandwiches. But the bookstore closes at 1:30 p.m. on weekdays and isn’t open at all on Fridays.

They also can go to neighboring Manpuku Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar Restaurant (which does not take Big Red Dollars) or take a risk and attempt to cross the busy intersection that separates the campus from other restaurants.

Again, how is this convenient, and for whom?

Students can also travel back to main campus to DARREN VOGT eat, but anyone who eats those who it affects?” lunch on main campus Where was the student knows the lunch-hour opinion or the Student rush is a long wait.

The Herald has alGovernment Association or the Board of ready written about the Regents? Surely a deci- long lines at the Topper sion that affects an en- Cafe and Subway.

With RedZone and tire campus must have been one where as Panda Express still not much input as possible open four weeks into the semester, options was involved.

When asked who are limited, and travelwas consulted while ing to main campus to making the decision, eat will most likely be Meszaros said, “We just as troublesome as talked with the busi- trying to go to the resnesses on South Cam- taurants surrounding South Campus. pus.”

We have heard ofYet the business owners aren’t the ones who ficials say that South are eating or buying Campus is just as lunch at South Cam- much as WKU as main pus. The students and campus is, but it is evident that the decision faculty are.

Yes, money is a huge to close the food court factor in any running was handled differentservice, but when the ly than if it was on main people in charge be- campus.

If the business that gin to make decisions — we weren’t breaking even. We weren’t making money."

The replacement of the food court, graband-go options in the South Campus bookstore and vending machines, is being called more “efficient” for students.

Though the food court closing brings up many questions, the biggest one that remains is “How can an entire food court be wiped away without the consultation of

served food on South Campus weren’t making enough money, then they should have thought of new ways to bring students in — not wipe out the entire food court.

One thing they could have done is switch the restaurants out with new ones. Isn’t that what happened with Taco’s Last Stand two semesters ago on main campus? It didn’t bring in enough business, so it was replaced with Greens to Go. Why could the same decision or a similar one not be made on South Campus?

Students spend money to buy meal plans so they can eat. The fact that South Campus students are now having to pay out of pocket for a meal, eat cold-cut sandwiches or, worse, not eat, should raise the eyebrows of many, especially when students pay up to $1,575 a semester for meal plans that allow them to eat whenever they want — whether that be at main or South.

What is important to remember is that the closing of the South Campus food court is in “experimental mode,” meaning the changes are not permanent.

Students, from both campuses, the Herald urges you to write, call or email those who are in charge of these decisions. While they should have consulted with the students beforehand, now is the time to reach out.

The decision to close the South Campus food court should not be taken lightly. Though officials say they made the decision out of the best interests of the students who attend South Campus, the hassle it is now causing them doesn’t seem as if they were considered.

This editorial represents the majority opinion of the Herald's 14-member editorial board.

PEOPLE POLL “What are you eating now that the South Campus food court is closed?”

“I have to bring snacks, but I usually suffer till I get to main campus. It’s pretty upsetting, because if I want food, I’ll have to wait ’cause I don’t have time in between classes.”

-Ashley Nichols, Hendersonville, Tenn. Freshman “I bring peanut butter crackers from my dorm. It’s not helping, really. I mean, a lot of people only have an hour to eat, so they can’t go to main campus, so they have to bring something to eat or be hungry until they leave for main campus."

- Kevin McStoots, Linchfield freshman “Fast food. I’m having to leave campus and go to fast food restaurants around here. I think it’s ridiculous. I think an eating establishment ought to be on this campus.”

-Kimberly Moberly, Russleville junior “Nothing. (I’m here from) 8 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. I don’t eat until I get back to main.

There is really nowhere to walk around here. McDonald’s is too far away.”

-Brittani Thompson, Louisville freshman

“Chick-fil-A (on main campus). I’m only here once a week, so it doesn't bother me, really.”

-Rondazia Owens, Bowling Green freshman

“Sunflower seeds and whatever I can get at the gas station. I’m pretty mad about it, because there is nowhere to eat on my way from main campus to work (at South Campus).”

-Kenny Khamvongsa, Bowling Green senior

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Tuesday September 18 Student Engagement Fair: Project Affect Brad Ausbrooks, 34, of Bowling Green, has been a tattoo artist for 10 years and currently works at Carter’s Tattoo in Bowling Green. Ausbrooks’ work is featured in the gallery show in the fine arts center. DOROTHY EDWARDS/HERALD

FAC gallery explores art of tattooing QUICHE MATCHEN NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Some people may not consider tattoos a work of art, but the fine arts center gallery is putting ink on display.

The FAC gallery exhibit, “Transcending Skin,” includes tattoo art with roots in traditional flash art, Japanese prints and other kinds of historical and contemporary pieces.

The artists on display, Wes Carter, Brad Ausbrooks, Atom Compton, Wesley Sandlin, Jerrad “Doughboy” Derossett and Robert Gregory, come from Carter’s Tattoo Company and designed all of the art in the gallery.

Brent Oglesbee, head of the art department, said that the gallery committee decided last spring that the exhibit would be a part of the gallery schedule.

“The gallery committee felt that this was an interesting extension of how the visual arts are being used,” Oglesbee said.

This exhibition was installed by Kristina Arnold’s gallery studies class.

Arnold, the gallery director and an associate art professor, said the exhibition was the brain child of art professor Matthew Tullis.

“He knows the folks at Carter’s Tattoo Company and Brad Ausbrooks was a former student of his,” Arnold said.

Arnold said while she and her students were hanging the art, students would show their own tattoos from Carter’s to each other.

“We wanted it to be something that would resonate with students and they would find it applicable to their lives,” Arnold said. “More than looking at and expanding the

definition of what art is.”

She said the tattoo artists make work that is permanent on the skin, but when they showed their work at the exhibit, they were much shyer.

“These artists are local, but you’re not used to seeing these images from them; you’re used to seeing their skin art,” Arnold said. “(It’s) A selection of images you might expect to see in a tattoo show, and then some are unexpected.”

Ausbrooks said he has 10 years of tattoo experience.

“I hope that students get a different perspective, because it goes beyond looking at it, to see our influences and styles we like to do and show that it’s actual art,” Ausbrooks said of his work.

Ausbrooks said that he had fun doing old flash art, such as anchors or barbed wire from the ’30s and ’40s and giving it a modern feel.

“Tattoo art is taking old ideas and putting a twist on it,” Ausbrooks said.

Students roaming the gallery reacted positively to the exhibit.

Alexandria junior Rachael Fusting said she thought the exhibit was brilliant and interesting.

“Ten years ago, tattoos were taboo —now it’s a self-expression art, and this exhibit embraces where art is going in society,” Fusting said.

Bowling Green senior Maggi Reed also said she enjoyed the art exhibit.

“The designs were visually striking, and I like tattoo art in a fine arts setting,” Reed said.

There will be a reception for the exhibition on Thursday at 6 p.m. At least two of the artists will be there to briefly introduce their work and answer questions in the gallery.

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Postal services director organizes race for a cure ELLA BURNSIDE DIVERSIONS@WKUHERALD.COM

The light shined brightly in Bowling Green on Saturday, despite the clouds that blocked the sun’s rays. More than 100 people, of all ages, gathered in Phil Moore Park to participate in a 5K run and 1-mile walk raising money and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

For 50 years, St. Jude’s has advanced cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

It is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance, according to the hospital’s website.

Marshall Gray, director of WKU Postal Services, started planning the race three months ago with the intention that it would be the kickoff to his own fundraising efforts for St. Jude’s halfmarathon in Memphis, Tenn., this fall.

Gray’s running career began as an effort to lose weight and has since become another way he

chooses to serve others and give back.

Gray, who has participated in 14 half-marathons in the last three years and lost 95 lbs. since he began, said he loves giving back.

“One of the first halfmarathons I ran was for St. Jude’s, and we ran through the St. Jude campus,” he said. “Kids were standing outside thanking all the runners as they passed by. I thought there was no better way to support St. Jude’s than to host a race locally.”

Representing the “red and white” at the 5K was Delta Sigma Theta sorority and their Bowling Green alumni chapter.

According to the sorority’s chapter president, Rauneisha Mayes-Reid, the Deltas place great emphasis on service.

Mayes-Reid, a senior from Cincinnati, said their philanthropic efforts include domestic violence, breast cancer, “The Tabitha Briggs Run,” Habitat for Humanity and St. Jude.

The girls arrived at the park at 7:15 a.m. with bottles of water for the runners.

The race began at 8

a.m., and 21 minutes later, 10-year-old Eli Alvey, a member of the Greenwood Elementary School Gator’s cross country team, passed the finish line and earned the first place trophy.

“I run the 2K for the cross country team, but I just run 5Ks for fun,” Alvey said. “It was the first annual, so I just wanted to try it out, and it’s for a good cause.”

Rodney Williams and Peter Brandt, the 2nd and 3rd place winners respectively, ran the race in preparation for the Medical Center 10K Classic they will be running in a matter of weeks.

Brandt said the 10K has been going on for 40 years and that he ran it 30 years ago.

Along with handing out water, the Deltas were stationed at checkpoints throughout the race, where they directed runners and encouraged those participating.

“We were personal cheerleaders today,” Mayes said. “People were like, ‘Thank you; thank you so much.’ It was really rewarding for us to hear people saying ‘thank you’ to us.”

Kentucky Folklife Program moving to WKU from Frankfort TAYLOR HARRISON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Fiddle culture, bourbon distilling and the other cultural institutions of Kentucky will be studied closer at WKU, thanks to a new outside program.

The Kentucky Folklife Program, previously housed in Frankfort, has found its new home at WKU. Brent Bjorkman, temporary research assistant professor, is in charge of the program. Bjorkman is a WKU graduate and has previously worked for the Kentucky Folklife Program.

The program does field work — meeting people and documenting the things they do — to preserve Kentucky’s culture.

“You know, the study of folklore is really documenting — meaning interviewing people about their traditions, photographing the communities and the people, and talking to them about how these things were passed on,” Bjorkman said.

Bjorkman said WKU is well suited for the pro-

gram.

“It came here because of the very fine program in folk studies we have here on campus,” he said. “Folk studies here on campus started over 40 years ago, and it’s a very well-known national program.”

He said another reason for the move was because of financial difficulties in Frankfort, but the group doesn’t stay near its headquarters.

“We’ve done documentation in many different areas of the state,” Bjorkman said. “And it’s not always a rural documentation. Sometimes we do documentation in city centers as well.”

Bjorkman said the program’s archives will be moved to WKU this fall.

He also said he will find funding through grants and individual donors.

“It’ll be my job to be thinking about really creative projects that I can do and finding the resources to do that,” Bjorkman said.

Bjorkman said he is looking into a partnership with Traditional Arts Indiana to do a documentation project together in the border re-

gion between Kentucky and Indiana.

Michael Ann Williams, the department head of Folk Studies and Anthropology, said the program will be a very important addition to the department because it lets students have hands-on work.

Williams also said WKU’s folk studies department has a national reputation for training students in public folklore.

“This is going to be a really important alliance between an academic and a public program,” Williams said.

David Lee, dean of Potter College, said he thinks Kentucky Folklife’s decision to work with WKU was an easy one.

“We’re the obvious choice to host the folk life program, because we have a very high-profile program in folk studies here, especially at the graduate level,” Lee said.

“We’re nationally known for preparing students to work in public sector jobs, and we’re the natural home for the Kentucky Folklife program.”

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Admissions officials from Kentucky law schools speaking Tuesday TAYLOR HARRISON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Students at WKU planning a career in law have multiple ways to get prepared for law school.

WKU is hosting an opportunity for law-minded students to ask questions of admission officials from Kentucky law schools at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Faculty House.

Admissions officials from the three Kentucky law schools; University of Kentucky College of Law, the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville and the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at NKU, are coming to WKU. Patricia Minter, associate professor of history and coordinator of pre-law advising, said this event is something that has been happening for the past 15 years.

Pre-law Advising is sponsoring the event.

Student Government Association President Cory Dodds, a Smithland senior, is one of the students planning to attend the presentation on Tuesday.

Dodds said he is going to attend law school after graduating.

“It gives students a chance to talk to people who are directly involved with student admissions at law schools,” Dodds said.

He said he didn’t choose legal studies as a minor because he felt there was too much overlap with his political science major.

Despite that, he still feels that WKU has prepared him for law school.

“I’ve taken a lot of classes that they recommended, and I’m confident that they’ve prepared me well,” Dodds said.

Minter said the officials travel in a group to recruit students.

“They’re trying to meet students and recruit them for their program and our students get the benefit of their wisdom, their firsthand knowledge of the process and the best and most upto-date information that exists,”

Minter said.

Minter said this is a fantastic opportunity for students, and anyone can attend the presentation, from freshmen to seniors.

“Anybody can come, and it’s appropriate for a freshman to come four different times over the course of their WKU career, because I know I learn things every time I hear them present,” Minter said.

The presentation will consist of admissions strategies, LSAT preparation and pre-law preparation.

Pre-law advising is another option. It gives students interested in law a chance to get advice.

Minter said she advises students from all over the university.

WKU does not have a pre-law major because the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools strongly urge against it.

Instead, it’s recommended that students choose a major that emphasizes reading, writing, and logical and analytical reasoning skills, Minter said.

“You have to take a rigorous course of study that will give you the skills that you need to be successful,” Minter said.

Deborah Wilkins, chief of staff and general counsel, said another option for students is to get a degree in paralegal studies if they’re interested in going into law firms in a support staff position.

“It’s a nice alternative for people who, you know, maybe don’t want to invest three years of law school but still want to work in a legal field doing something other than just being a secretary,” Wilkins said.

Another option for students is the legal studies minor. Minter said the minor gives students a broad-based introduction to the field of law. It looks at law from a variety of perspectives.

“There’s not one approach to studying law,” Minter said.

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Chebet doing well in first WKU cross country season JONAH PHILLIPS SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

WKU's Kiersten Ottaway fights for possession of the ball against Belmont's Kailee Hawkins on Saturday at the WKU Soccer Complex. WKU won the game 1-0 on a goal in the 38th minute by junior Andrea Curry. "It felt really good," Curry said. "I was happy to put the team in a better position to win tonight." The win marked the Lady Toppers' third shutout of the season. DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/HERALD

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Senior Joseph Chebet’s long journey has taken him from Uganda to the top spot on WKU’s men’s cross country team.

Chebet was born in the Kapchorwa District of eastern Uganda, a district that also produced Stephen Kiprotich, men’s marathon gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Chebet came to WKU in 2011 as a mid-year transfer and found immediate success.

This spring in Des Moines, Iowa he made the the NCAA Finals outdoor 5K, placing 23rd. “The NCAA Tournament was a very good experience,� Chebet said, “It was so great just to make it to finals.�

The day of the finals, Chebet received a call from his father in Uganda. Chebet’s mother, who had been battling a heart illness, had passed away. “Obviously, any time you lose somebody close to you, it’s very difficult, but he just went out and gave it his best,� Head Coach Erik Jenkins said. “We are extremely proud of him.�

Though the NCAA

Tournament appearance the cross country team. has been the highlight of However, Chebet did his young WKU career, compete in both the inChebet has had success door and outdoor track seasons. elsewhere. “I didn’t perform well in In 2009, Chebet began the trials leadrunning for ing up to the Ndejje UniverNCAA Tournasity in Uganda. ment due to He went on the big transito compete at tion I was going the championthrough,� said ships that year Chebet. “It took in Serbia at the courage.�

University of Chebet said Belgrade.

Head Coach “This is where Emeritus Curit all began,�

CHEBET Chebet said of Cross Country tiss Long, teamrunner mate David Ndejje.

Mokone and His first experience with WKU did others helped him make not happen until nearly a the transition to WKU. Chebet has high hopes year later. “I had started recruiting and expectations for this Joseph about two years fall, his first cross country ago,� Jenkins said, “We season with the Toppers.

So far, he hasn’t disapknew of him through former runners WKU had pointed. had from Uganda.�

He placed second at Jenkins met Chebet the Belmont Opener in in 2010 at World Junior Nashville on Aug. 31, Championship in Mon- earning Sun Belt Runner of the Week honors. treal.

He followed that perThat meeting sparked a close friendship, Chebet formance by winning the Commodore Classic on said.

Then, in the fall of 2011, Saturday in Nashville. “What Joseph has Chebet moved to Bowling Green and became been able to accomplish part of the WKU track is quite phenomenal,�

Jenkins said, “We look and field program.

Due to his transfer sta- forward to a successful tus, he didn’t compete on cross country season.�

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The Lady Toppers are halfway through the regular season and will play one more non-conference game when they travel to Nashville to take on Belmont (4-9) at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

No. 24 WKU (13-3) will then enter Sun Belt Conference play this weekend on fire after sweeping the Coke/ Michigan Invitational over the weekend.

The Lady Toppers beat Duke 3-1, No. 22 Michigan 3-2, and Eastern Michigan 3-1.

The Lady Toppers filled the stat sheet with double-digit performances in the tournament. “I think our performance in our home tournament made a huge difference in our tournament at Michigan,� coach Travis Hudson said. “I think our kids just had a different feel about them from a confidence standpoint.�

Jordyn Skinner earned a doubledouble in each game, including a 19kill, 10-dig game against Michigan.

Melanie Stutsman added a doubledouble against Duke, getting 50 assists and 11 digs.

Skinner, who was named tournament MVP and Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, praised Stutsman. “Melanie did really well giving each of the hitters one-on-one situations,�

Skinner said. “Our defense, Mel, and our hitters executed everything perfectly.�

With Duke leading the opening match 1-0 after taking the first set,

the Lady Toppers used 14 team kills to defeat Duke in the second set 25-23, tying the score heading into halftime.

The Lady Toppers dominated the third set and took the fourth set to win the match.

WKU gave up the first set again later that night to Michigan. The Lady Toppers then put up 12 kills and four aces to take the second set 25-14.

After halftime, WKU and Michigan exchanged sets, leading to the first fifth set the Lady Toppers have played in this season.

Haley Bodway knocked down three consecutive kills to give WKU an early 5-3 lead. A block from Heather Boyan and Paige Wessel gave the Lady Toppers a 15-11 final set win, and their second win of the season against a top 25 team.

Stutsman set up a season-high 54 assists.

After taking the first set versus Eastern Michigan 25-21, the Lady Toppers used 15 kills and four aces to control the set with a 25-11 win at the break.

After losing the third set, an ace from Ashley Potts capped off the fourth set with a 25-15 win.

Potts finished the tournament with 64 digs and was named the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week. “After we beat Dayton at home (on Sept. 7), we really started to believe in ourselves,� Potts said. “Coach Hudson made it a point to us to treat this tournament like the NCAA (Tournament).

"That was our mindset the whole time and we came out on top with a great feeling.�

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Taggart said the win was a good way for his entire secondary, a group CONTINUED FROM SPORTS which calls themselves “the air force,” to come back after a weaker perforKentucky win. mance against Alabama.

His stat line from the UK game The Topper defensive backs gave ranks as one of the best at WKU in re- up 225 passing yards and four touchcent years. downs through the air against the Dowling is just the fifth player in Crimson Tide. school history to pull in three inter“I told our guys, ‘here we go again, ceptions in a game and the first to do we’re in the spotlight, let’s thrive under pressure this time and show up,’ so since Carl Brazley in 1978.

Dowling was named Sun Belt Con- and a lot of guys did that in that game ference Defensive Player of the Week and it was good to see,” Taggart said.

Dowling figures to see plenty of acon Monday for his efforts against UK. tion in the WKU secondary this SatCoach Willie Taggart said Dowling’s urday against Southern Mississippi, performance against the Wildcats as Golden Eagle quarterbacks are was a direct result of the work he did averaging 27 pass attempts per game. in practice in the week leading up to He and his team-high four picks will the game likely be a focus of USM scouting re“He did a great job this week of studying ports. film and Dowling I really wouldn’t p ra c t i c said that change up what I do while ing, and he doesn’t know it paid for someone else if the Golden off in the — Jonathan Dowling Eagles will game,” WKU Safety build their ofTa g g a r t fensive game said.

He said having a “ball hawk” like plan around him, he’s planning on Dowling on the WKU defense makes preparing for them as if they were games difficult for opposing quarter- any other opponent.

“I respect other players, but at the backs. same time, I really wouldn’t change “He just has tremendous ball skills up what I do for someone else,” Dowland a great understanding of the ing said.

“I’m going to look at them as game,” Taggart said. “He trusts his I do any other opponent and prepare instincts and that’s why he’s able to for them as much as I can. That’s all I go and snag a lot of those balls — he know how to do.” doesn’t hesitate.”

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looming.

He spoke like a coach who knew he was going to lose his job.

Three years ago, the state’s three Football Bowl Subdivision schools, WKU, UK and Louisville, all hired new coaches.

U of L hired Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong.

UK promoted Phillips, the Wildcats’ offensive coordinator who’d already been deemed “coach-inwaiting.”

And WKU chose Taggart, Stanford running backs coach and former Topper player and assistant.

Now in year three, Strong and Taggart are both the popular faces of their programs. Meanwhile, Phillips might not make it through his third year.

It’s probably not fair to compare Strong and Taggart, because they’ve never met on the field.

But when it comes to the Phillips-Taggart matchup, it’s easy to see which program is booming and which is busting.

UK routed WKU 63-28 in 2010.

The Wildcats won 14-3 in 2011.

WKU beat UK 32-31 on Saturday.

That means in a two-year stretch

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extra period.

“When we did go to overtime, I brought our team together and I was like, “Hey, this is what we do. We’re the overtime king — whenever we go to overtime, we win,’” Taggart said. “Our guys were fired up, they understood we were back in our neck of the woods being in overtime, and they went out and played well.”

Junior running back Antonio Andrews punched it in to the end zone on the ensuing drive for WKU. Then instead of kicking the extra point to tie the game and send it in to another overtime, Taggart and the team elected to go for the two-point conversion.

With the game on the line, the Toppers were going to win or go back to Bowling Green emp-

the Wildcats have gone from being five touchdowns better than the Toppers to not even being able to beat them.

Today, WKU is probably the second-best team in the state, trailing only undefeated U of L. Phillips’ ‘Cats are the commonwealth’s third-best team (or, as some fans have joked, the fourthbest behind U of L, WKU and Louisville Trinity High School).

Maybe 40 years ago a three-year tenure wouldn’t have been labeled enough time to make a call on whether to fire or keep a coach.

But in the what-have-you-donelately world of modern college football, three years is the new five.

If you don’t win in three years or less, you’re probably gone.

Taggart took a program that didn’t beat anyone three years ago and beat an SEC team.

Phillips took a program that was winning consistently and has yet to build on that foundation. He probably won’t get the chance to, either.

WKU red may not be the new blue among the majority of the state’s fans.

But when it comes to the onfield performances between the two teams and coaches, red seems headed in a better direction than blue.

ty-handed.

Senior quarterback Kawaun Jakes took the snap and tossed it to junior running back Antonio Andrews, who was two yards behind him and on the other side of the field.

Andrews, a former Kentucky Mr. Football winner as a high school quarterback, threw the ball back at Jakes, who went untouched on his eight-yard run into the end zone.

“We play to win,” Andrews said. “It surprised me what play he called, but in this game you play to win.”

Taggart said the trick play, called “Seminole,” was added to the WKU playbook just days before the Kentucky game.

“That play came up in practice one day like ‘Hey, let’s try this,” Taggart said. “We put it in Wednesday, practiced it Thursday, walked through it again on Friday, and walked through

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it again on Saturday.”

Andrews and Jakes were instrumental parts of the WKU victory. Andrews finished with 125 yards and three touchdowns on the ground, and Jakes went 16-of22 for 160 yards and a touchdown.

Andrews was named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.

The win is one of the biggest victories for the Toppers since they won the Division I-AA national championship in 2002.

Taggart was co-offensive coordinator for WKU in 2002.

Now the head coach, he said the Kentucky win was just another step in WKU’s quest for a bowl berth.

“At the end of the season, we want everybody to know who we are and what we’re about,” Taggart said. “Right now, we’re on schedule with what we set out to do.”

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sports WKU 32, Kentucky 31 —5:45, 2nd quarter Jonathan Dowling intercepts a Max Smith pass and returns the ball to the UK two-yard line. Antonio Andrews scores a touchdown two plays later to put WKU up 17-0.

—9:42, 1st quarter A seven-yard touchdown pass from Kawaun Jakes to Jack Doyle is called back because of an illegal formation penalty. WKU settles for a field goal.

—:24, 4th quarter Smith hits DeMarcus Sweat, who bounces off a Dowling tackle and into the end zone for a 22-yard touchdown to tie WKU at 24, forcing overtime.

—WKU possession, overtime Andrews scores a touchdown to bring WKU within 31-30.

Andrews then hits Jakes on a two-point conversion halfback pass to win the game.

—UK possession, overtime WKU’s Xavius Boyd hits UK’s La’Rod King out of bounds, giving UK an automatic first down. George goes on to score a touchdown to put UK up 31-24.

—3:33, 3rd quarter Smith hits Jonathan George for a 15-yard touchdown pass to bring UK within 24-17.

WKU head coach Willie Taggart is doused with the Powerade bucket after WKU’s win over Kentucky. WKU won 32-31 against Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday. This is WKU’s first win against an SEC opponent.. JEFF BROWN/HERALD

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Fifteen minutes later he appeared in front of the media wearing a “Will on the Hill” t-shirt, answered the The postgame reactions reporters’ questions, got up and of Willie Taggart and Joker gave a big “Whoooo’s got it better Phillips on Saturday said all than us?” as he left the room. you needed to know about Then you had Phillips. where their programs are UK’s coach walked across the heading. field for the postgame handTaggart’s WKU team had shake with a blank look on his just beat Phillips’ Kentucky face. squad 32-31 in overtime on Stephens He was terse with answers to a gutsy two-point conver- Sports Editor reporters, both in the press confersion. ence and on his postgame radio Taggart looked like a kid on Christ- show. mas.

Phillips spoke like a man whose Phillips looked like a kid who’d been team was 1-2 a year after going 5-7, grounded. had just lost to “little brother” WKU Taggart told a Lexington camera- for the first time in program history man that “WKU red is the new blue in and had an eight-game SEC gauntlet Kentucky now, baby!” and Lambeau looming.

Leaped into the visiting fans’ section He spoke like a coach who knew he at Commonwealth Stadium.

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By now, the time limit for WKU’s “24-hour rule” — a rule that states players must focus on their next opponent 24 hours after their last game — has passed.

But even coach Willie Taggart knows it’ll be hard to forget what happened in Lexington on Saturday night.

WKU scored its first win against Kentucky on Saturday night, beating the Wildcats 32-31 in overtime.

“That was a big-time accomplishment for us and our guys were excited — I gave them 25 hours instead of 24 hours,” Taggart said on Monday.

“At 11 o’clock last night, I texted all of them and told them it was over with.

We’re on to the next one.”

Players and coaches said they’re focused on the next opponent, Southern Mississippi, but the impact of the

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UK win on the WKU football program deserves some reflection.

The victory is the first by WKU over an automatic qualifying-conference school since Division I split into I-A and I-AA in 1978.

It is also the school’s first win over an SEC school.

The way the Toppers won the game is just as notable as its implications.

WKU rushed to a 17-0 first-half lead before going into halftime up 17-10.

Up 24-17 with 2:15 to go in the game, the Toppers gave up the tying touchdown to Kentucky with 24 seconds left. The game was headed for overtime.

The Wildcats took over on offense to start the overtime period and had a seven-point lead when WKU took over minutes later.

Taggart, who has a 4-0 overtime record, said the Toppers’ overtime record gave them confidence in the SEE MILESTONE PAGE 9

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Jonathan Dowling is an SEC player, and SEC players show up against SEC schools.

The sophomore free safety intercepted three of Maxwell Smith’s passes and racked up four tackles in WKU’s 32-31 win over Kentucky on Saturday.

The win was the Toppers’ first against UK, or any SEC opponent for that matter.

It also came in Dowling’s third regular season game with WKU. He played his freshman season in the SEC at Florida before transferring to WKU late in 2010. He made his Topper debut on Sept. 1 against Austin Peay after sitting out the 2011 season due to transfer rules.

SEC teams have won every national championship since 2006, and Dowling’s status as WKU’s lone SEC transfer makes

him stand out from most of the other players on the WKU defense.

“When I play an SEC school or any other school, I feel like I’ve got to make a play,” Dowling said after the Kentucky win.

His stat line from the UK game ranks as one of the best at WKU in recent years.

Dowling is just the fifth player in school history to pull in three interceptions in a game and the SEE DOWLING PAGE 9

Sophomore defensive back Jonathan Dowling intercepts the football during the WKU vs.

UK game at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday. He is currently tied for NCAA lead in interceptions with 4. WKU won over UK in overtime 32-31. JEFF BROWN/HERALD