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Ranjana Roka, a graduate student from Nepal, is starting her first semester studying public health education at WKU.

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Kamal Humagain, of Nepal, has been a WKU graduate student in geoscience for three semesters. In his past semesters, Humagain's tuition has been paid for, but with the raise of tuition for international students, he’s had to work it out with his department in order to pay for school.

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Abhijit Gutal, a graduate student studying public health, has been at WKU since the spring 2009 semester. He said he was looking to take a photography class for fun, but with the new tuition rules, it’s harder for him to do so.

reaching new heights Graduate students adjusting to new tuition costs

By RIALDA ZUKIC news@wkuherald.com

When Ranjana Roka chose which graduate school she wanted to attend, WKU was among the top candidates due to affordable tuition prices.

Roka, a public health graduate student from Nepal, decided on WKU due to the flat international graduate tuition rate that allowed her to take up to 15 credit hours per semester.

Now, that has changed.

After a tuition increase was approved for all WKU students by the Board of Regents in June, international graduate students discovered their tuition would now be $962 per credit hour. Before, the international graduate

tuition rate was a flat rate of $9,550 per semester. This makes a 15-hour course load now cost $14,430 per semester — an increase of $4,880 for students who take the maximum.

“As international students, when we search for schools we just see the amount — how much we need to pay,” Roka said. “Based on that, we select the university. Otherwise we have lots of other universities we can choose.”

Roka, among other international graduate students, said she was surprised to find out about the tuition increase, which prompted many to cut the number of credit hours they planned to take.

Pallavi Singh, a graduate student from India studying exercise science,

said the tuition increase left her with many questions about how she will cover the unexpected expenses.

Singh, like most other international students, is not a permanent U.S. resident and therefore does not qualify to receive any federal funding, such as Stafford Loans.

Singh said if she doesn’t find a way to cover the difference within the next few days, she and her family will be forced to take out additional loans in India.

Other international graduate students, such as Kamal Humagain from Nepal, who currently works as a graduate assistant in the geography department, said he was uncertain of how he was going to pay for outstanding

tuition costs this semester. To Humagain’s relief, the geography department and the Ogden College of Science and Engineering were able to come up with some money to cover his balance.

Humagain said he didn’t expect a tuition change this semester, especially since it’s now based on the exact number of credit hours taken.

David Keeling, the head of the geography and geology department, said graduate students took full-time loads in previous years at the flat rate, but the recent change left many uncertain of how to manage the number of hours they will be able to take.

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New surplus coordinator brings creativity to the job

By NICK BRATCHER news@wkuherald.com

To the normal eye, an outdated satellite may just be a piece of oversized junk. But in the land of Recycling and Surplus, that satellite becomes a pond filled with quacking ducks.

Nothing is too old or too broken for WKU’s new Recycling and Surplus Coordinator Sara Ferguson.

Ferguson serves two roles as coordinator. First, she takes the outdated and unwanted “stuff” around campus and gives it a new home. Two weeks ago, she received a satellite dish purchased 11 years ago by the broadcasting department.

“They never picked it up, so it’s a huge satellite dish,” she said.

“Nobody wants it, and now it’s obsolete, so we’re going to turn it into a duck pond at the student farm.”

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“Sara just has an ability to see the value in things other people don’t,” Ryan-Downing said.

“She’s perfect for getting things surplused and reused.”

Ferguson said education is her biggest obstacle with surplus items.

“We have to make sure we’re not just tossing it in the dumpster,” she said. “It takes creativity, but it also takes more education.

We want people on campus to realize ‘don’t buy stuff if you don’t need it, but also reuse stuff.’”

Cathleen Webb, the chemistry department head, said she took inventory of her department last year and worked closely with the surplus department to give away all the excess items.

This year, she furnished three offices in her department with Ferguson’s help, saving about $3,000 in desks, file cabinets and furniture.

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TER Plan move-in produced about 6.9 tons of recycled cardboard that might have otherwise been wasted.

Ryan-Downing said the success of the Cardboard Collection Drive shows how passionate Ferguson is about her job.

“Her heart’s in it and she’s really efficient and really creative, and she has a lot of energy,” she said. “It’s refreshing to work with someone that can get excited about recycling and surplus.”

Ultimately, Ferguson said the forward thinking of students, faculty and staff will determine recycling and surplus’ success.

“Don’t buy stuff until you know for sure we don’t already have something in surplus like it that you can use,” she said.

“That’s how we end up with a satellite dish that is huge that is going to become a duck pond.”

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“When we have items that are just too old, we have no authority to just dispose of it,” Ferguson said. “We surplus them. This year we needed those items, but there’s no way to communicate that.

“It would be difficult to exchange directly between departments because when we needed those desks, that would require communicating between three different departments. Having a centralized way to move items makes it so much easier.”

But supervising surplus isn’t the end of Ferguson’s work. She also leads the recycling program on campus.

Ferguson’s latest recycling effort to divert cardboard boxes from dumpsters during MAS-

[Ferguson's] heart's in it and she's really efficient and really creative, and she has a lot of energy. It's refreshing to work with someone that can get excited about recycling and surplus. "

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By SHANE WOOD diversions@wkuherald.com

An outdated yet highly respected art form known as buon fresco can be found on WKU’s campus.

Created on the second floor of Van Meter Hall, the work was made by Mike Nichols, associate professor of art, with his students’ help.

After traveling to the west coast in 2006 and experiencing a weeklong workshop at the Fresco School in Los Angeles, Calif., Nichols came back to WKU with some new insight regarding the art form. Afterward, he was able to offer an introductory course to students.

Nichols said that while studying in California was beneficial, he gained a greater inspiration teaching and living in the Harlaxton Manor in England in 2008.

“The reality of the (manor) hit a strong visceral chord with me,” Nichols said. “I began to appreciate with new interest the power that objects have on us.”

His personal experiences in Europe, including seeing Michelangelo’s sculpture David, brought forth an inspiration he was eager to share.

“As an educator, an overarching point of inspiration is my desire to share what I experience with others,” Nichols said.

Nichols’ vision led to a 10.5-foot wide by 25-foot tall framed large-scale mural

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Associate Professor of Art Dr. Mike Nichols, along with 10 WKU students, completed a fresco painting on the wall of the second floor of Van Mater Hall. A fresco is a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

portraying four monumentally scaled figures — which at the time were his students — staring off into the distance.

“I attempted to portray them in a double exposure to suggest a state of flux, and they are looking beyond the picture plane into the future — into the unknown,” Nichols said.

Julie Schuck, an Oregon native pursuing a second degree majoring in studio art, became a beneficiary of Nichols’ knowledge and experiences in England. She was asked to experience a larger scale project after being in Nichols’ fresco class.

Schuck took the opportunity.

“I had seen many pictures of the frescoes Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Chapel and the Roman frescoes of Pompeii, but I had never seen a fresco in person,” she said.

Schuck said the fresco took countless hours to complete and was rigorous, both physically and mentally.

“Fresco is an incredibly time-consuming technique, which is one of the reasons it is so seldom used to paint murals these days,” she said.

The difficulty comes from applying pigments mixed with water onto a wet plaster before it dries. The artwork must be done quickly and without mistakes.

Nick Jones, a recent WKU graduate from Bowling Green, decided to ask his former professor to also participate in painting the fresco.

“I have had several classes with him while at WKU and was really inspired by his style and ethics in art,” Jones said.

The project began in March 2010 and was completed in August.

“At the very least I want the mural to provide the viewer an experience and spark their curiosity,” he said. “I hope the mural provides students and community members an access point to the buon fresco technique. ”

Confucius Institute to offer Chinese courses

By AARON FRAISER news@wkuherald.com

Beginning in midSeptember, three Chinese language courses will be offered by the Confucius Institute at WKU for anyone, student or not, to take.

“They are just community language courses,” said Cheryl KirbyStokes, coordinator of the Confucius Institute.

“It is more of a relaxed atmosphere.”

The classes will not count for college credit, but they will provide people with the opportunity to learn the Chinese language.

Kirby-Stokes said these classes were inspired from a number of things.

“There seems to be

a growing number of businesses in Kentucky doing business with China,” she said. “Also, there are a lot of people who adopt Chinese children and want their children to be able to learn their native language.”

The three classes will be team taught by Tian Xiaolin and Guo Shanfeng.

Through teaching the classes, they hope not just to teach others about the Chinese culture but to learn more about the American culture through their daily communication with students.

“I hope to know more about American culture,” Tian said. “I hope to learn from their experiences. I hope they come to China and trav-

el in China.”

Guo hopes that through learning the American culture, she will be able to look at different points of view on the same topic.

Kirby-Stokes said that the courses will help strengthen WKU’s motto — “A leading American university with international reach.”

She also said the classes will help bring an understanding between two cultures and will link the business, campus and Bowling Green communities.

“It’s always good to have a second language under your belt.

It makes you more marketable,” Kirby-Stokes said. “It’s good to go outside of your comfort

zone. That’s what college is about.

“You need to stretch yourself.”

The classes will be offered from the week of Sept. 18 to the week of Dec. 1 in Helm Library, room 100.

There will be two adult classes and one youth class offered. The adult classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the afternoon class from 12 to 1 p.m. and the evening class from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The afternoon classes will cost $120 and the evening classes $90 per student. The afternoon classes will have lunch provided.

The youth class will be Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and will cost $90 per student.

■ NEWS BRIEF SGA member creates test prep website Kendrick Bryan, executive vice president of the Student Government Association, recently launched a website intended to help WKU students study for tests.

“I just wanted to create a website where potential test takers could access resources on one website,” Bryan said.

Bryan designed the website — testprephub.com — on his own and pays for it as well. The website is not affiliated with SGA. Testprephub.com has information on all kinds of tests, many of which are admission exams for different professions that college students may be pur-

suing, such as the Law School Admission Test and the Medical College Admission Test. The website is designed to assist mainly with specific tests and less with general test taking.

There is also a page for test advice and a section that provides links to other helpful resources, such as Amazon’s Test Prep Central and Barnes & Noble.

Bryan, who launched the website in July, said that while friends of his have used the website, it has not gained widespread usage. Bryan said he hopes to get the word out to students and put posters up around campus.

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Let our sophomores go Two-year dorm policy causing overcrowding, not helping retention rates THE ISSUE: WKU requires students to live in dorms for their first two years on campus in an effort to keep student retention rates high. Keeping students in dorms for two years may prevent dropping out due to non-academic reasons, but this is causing dorm overcrowding. WKU has no building plans for new dorms — only some limited apartment-style living.

OUR STANCE: If WKU had to form a retention task force this year, then it's obvious that parts of the current retention plan — namely the twoyear dorm policy — aren't working and should be eradicated.

When students enter college, most have that euphoric feeling of freedom.

Whether it’s freedom from parents' curfews or freedom from high school rules, they all feel it.

We understand requiring freshman to live on campus is a logical concept for freshmen. It’s their first time away from home, and living on campus can ease the burden of finding a place to live,

learning how to pay rent, and taking on adult responsibilities.

But shouldn’t students — especially sophomores — at least have the option of living on or off campus?

Although freshmen and sophomores are younger and newer to campus, they're still responsible adults who shouldn’t have their hands held for the first two years of college. And with the current policy, dorms are becoming overcrowded to the point that some students have to temporarily shack with their resident assistants.

To alleviate the overcrowding, WKU has allowed certain students to move off campus for their sophomore year. Most students are thrilled to be one of the lucky recipients of the “exception” email, but it’s ironically sent midsummer after most apartments and houses for rent have already been leased to upperclassmen.

There are better ways to boost retention at WKU than making students live on campus, such as

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POLL What do you think about the two-year dorm requirement for students?

KAYLA JENKINS Bowling Green junior

“Everybody wants to get out and it seems like they (WKU) are forcing them (students) to live on campus and it makes them unhappy.”

accepting students with higher standardized testing scores and high school GPAs. If someone doesn't belong at college in the first place, forcing them to live on campus won't do anything but cost WKU money when that student drops out.

In President Gary Ransdell’s Convocation speech, he said that last

year, the cost to educate first-year students who did not return for their sophomore year at WKU was $8.5 million. Ransdell added that more than 1,000 students are lost from each freshman class.

A 1 percent increase in retention would add about $1 million in revenue to the base budget, Ransdell said.

But that's all about retaining students from freshman to sophomore year. Give the ones who make it back for year two some freedom. Let them live where they please.

This editorial represents the majority opinion of the Heraldʼs 10-member editorial board.

MILES LEE Murfeesboro, Tenn. freshman

“Maybe it’s a good rule to teach kids what it’s like to have the college experience. I think it’s fair. I don’t think it’s anything to be mad about.”

COMMENTARY

Professor urges people to 'think different' about education system Most of us have heard that old saying at one time or another, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

Well guess what? It’s true – especially when it comes to education.

The problem seems to be that a lot of people with very good intentions are convinced the way to improve education is to keep trying different variations on the same theme.

The ongoing campaign by many educational “reformers” to develop and implement national educational standards is a prime example of this kind of faulty thinking.

At a time when the world desperately needs originality and imagination, why do we cling to this absurd notion that the best way to confront the immense social and economic dilemmas we are currently facing is through an even greater emphasis on conventionality.

Further, I am convinced

AARON W. HUGHEY Counseling and student affairs professor that most of the people who use that tired mantra, “think outside the box” have absolutely no clue what it really means. A cursory glance at any reputable history book reveals that society has never been very kind to those who truly deviate from the norm.

Einstein once said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

The reality is that the fundamental nature of work is changing – which means our

entire approach to education must undergo a similar metamorphosis.

Our survival is increasingly linked to our ability to equip future generations with the capacity to effectively deal with the enormous challenges already coming into sharp focus.

So how can we do this?

Well, we could start by emphasizing the following four principles: 1. Customization is more important than conformity.

We desperately need creative, innovative problem-solvers - not greater homogeneity of knowledge and skill sets. An educational philosophy built on a ‘cookie-cutter’ model will not provide our country with the talent necessary to compete in a global market.

2. Relationships are more important than rules. Some degree of order and uniformity is essential to any enterprise; this is the basis for a successful civilization. Ultimately, however, our collective livelihood depends on our capacity to relate to each

other in meaningful ways -and this should be the cornerstone of our entire approach to education.

3. People are more important than policies. Standardized procedures should exist solely to serve us -- not the other way around. Significant progress is always made by those willing to take the road less travelled, whereas maintaining the status quo usually ends up being a dead end.

4. Individuals are more important than institutions.

Our obsession with trying to force everyone into the same mold promotes unhealthy competition and essentially heightens mediocrity. Responding aggressively to the specific needs of each student makes the outcome better for everyone.

If we build our educational system on these principles, the United States could effectively reclaim its global leadership in a number of critical arenas.

As they used to say at Apple, “Think different!”

IAN MARTIN Cerritos, Calif. senior

“To get to know campus I probably think it’s the best thing. It teaches them (students) a little bit of responsibility.”

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Pallavi Singh, a graduate student studying exercise science, has started her first semester at WKU and will stay for 36 months.

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“When we do our assistantships, we plan on a flat rate like in prior years,” he said. “A lot of it was just poor communications on the institutional level.

“My suggestion would be if you’re on a graduate assistantship, you should have a flat tuition waiver of no matter how many hours you want,” Keeling said.

Humagain, like most international graduate students who meet the requirements, which are based on merit, need and institutional priorities, graduate admissions test scores, receive assistance from the university.

The international student scholarship covers an average of 40 to 50 percent of graduate students’ tuition and fees each semester.

Crissy Priddy, assistant director of graduate admissions, said once the scholarship is awarded to students, it usually reduces their tuition costs to a similar amount that out-of-state graduate students pay at WKU. Singh, who applied for graduate studies at WKU last fall, said that when she received her I-20 — a form from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that provides information for the issuing student visas

for international students — from WKU in the spring, she mistook it for a direct billing statement which listed what she’d have to pay for the upcoming academic year.

“We were hoping to take as many credit hours as we could for the (flat) rate,” she said. “But that has changed to $962 per credit hour, and it’s been very difficult for us.”

The I-20 statements that are sent out by WKU to international graduate student applicants are rounded on a nine-hour basis per semester, which is the minimum amount of hours graduate level students are required to take, Priddy said.

The statement is just an estimate statement of what the students will pay.

Dr. Kinchel Doerner, interim dean of graduate admissions, said that financially speaking, the tuition rates that WKU offers for international graduate students are very competitive in comparison with other universities.

Doerner said based on the programs that WKU offers, he would welcome going headto-head with other universities regarding tuition rates.

Priddy said there was not an official notification sent out to students — international or domestic — about the tuition increase.

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WKU’s Diversity Enhancement Committee is in the final stages of approval for the new Campus Diversity Plan.

Richard Miller, vice provost and chief diversity officer, said the committee has been working on the plan, which was approved by the Board of Regents in July, for the past year.

The plan has now been sent to the CPE for approval. Miller said if it is approved, it will take effect on Jan. 1, 2012.

The plan focuses on four areas set by the Council of Postsecondary Education: student body diversity, student success, workforce diversity and campus climate.

According to WKU’s plan, the total student population for fall 2010 was 20,903, with those identified as minority undergraduate students being 15.2 percent and minority graduate students 9.9 percent. The plan also states that the retention rates for black and other minority students are consistently lower than that of all students each year.

Miller said this is known as the achievement gap — the difference between academic performance and success between diverse groups of students.

“Our goal is to narrow that

gap,” he said.

The diversity plan sets specific objectives in order to address challenges and achieve that goal.

The first goal, as stated in the plan, is to “prepare WKU students to be productive, engaged, socially responsible citizens and leaders of a global society.”

This involves encouraging students to engage in service learning activities and study abroad experiences.

Another goal is to “achieve diversity among our student population.” According to the plan, this means WKU will “increase the presence of diverse student groups at all levels of the institution.”

To address the campus climate area of the plan, Miller said WKU will administer a survey near the end of the year to all students, faculty and staff to find out how they feel about diversity at WKU. “If we’re going to do a good job, we need to get input from the campus community,” he said.

Miller worked with WKU’s Diversity Enhancement Committee to formulate the plan in compliance with federal and state laws concerning desegregation of public higher education institutions.

In the 1990s, the state of Kentucky entered into a partnership agreement with the federal Office for Civil Rights, which became part of the Kentucky Plan

for Equal Opportunities in Higher Education.

The Kentucky Plan stated that every public institution in the state had to comply with at least six of eight criteria, which included increasing the number of black faculty, undergraduate and graduate students.

Miller said that about 18 months ago, the federal Office of Civil Rights stated that because Kentucky successfully complied with the agreement, the state would no longer be partnered with the federal office and must devise their own statewide plan for diversity.

A group of representatives from all the public higher education institutions in Kentucky, including Miller, met with the Council on Postsecondary Education to devise this plan.

“What we decided was that each institution must develop their own plan within the parameters that we set for the state,” Miller said.

Those four parameters were the basis for WKU’s plan.

“We feel good about it,” Miller said. “I think it’s a good plan, and it has sufficient support, both fiscally and philosophically.”

President Gary Ransdell said he was pleased with the plan.

“In my opinion, it is a significant institutional commitment to diversity,” he said.

Students assist police's search for human bones

By MACIENA JUSTICE diversions@wkuherald.com

Often students spend countless hours studying theories and learning skills in the classroom while waiting to earn real-world experience.

This was’t the case for seven anthropology students called on by Darlene Applegate, associate professor in folk studies and anthropology, to assist the Kentucky State Police in searching for human remains in August.

The team of WKU anthropologists, chosen by Applegate because of their experience and classes taken, went to work near mile marker eight off the Cumberland Parkway.

“The students were really excited to help out — to contribute to this project — but they were able to control their enthusiasm,” Applegate said. “They followed orders and worked as a team. We were thrilled to be putting our skills to use for a really good purpose.”

Police had collected 30 bones before Scott Skaggs, the lead investigator on the case, asked Applegate to bring a team to the site. Applegate said that Skaggs needed more information in determining the difference between human and animal remains.

In the police’s first bone collections, more than half had been animal. After working with police, the

team of anthropologists found 10 additional human bones.

The experience weighed heavily on Bowling Green senior Joe Eskridge, who helped dig, move rocks and clean.

“Knowing the details of the case bothers me,” he said. “The fact that a human can have such disregard for another human life makes me sick.

We knew why we’re there, but at the same time, we kept it light, otherwise it could depress the hell out of you.”

Specific details about the case could not be included at the Kentucky State Police’s request.

While collecting, students applied classroom theories in real world practice by using surface survey skills, hand excavation and screening soil.

This isn’t the first time that WKU anthropology department has been called upon. In the spring of 2005, 10 students were given the opportunity to assist in finding remains from a house fire in Logan County.

“I would like to think about putting together a response team,” Applegate said.

Applegate said she might receive more requests to assist police, since Kentucky State Forensic Anthropologist Emily Craig retired from fieldwork.

Morgantown graduate student Julie Scott said that while Applegate

provided many hands-on experiences in the classroom, this was a chance to be in the field and know what it is really like in to be a forensic anthropologist.

“For four hours I shifted through dirt and rocks looking for teeth,” Scott said. “I was ecstatic. I was so happy and was doing my happy dance.”

Scott said that experience confirmed for her that she was on the right track with her career plans.

“It validated my path,” she said.

The experience also helped Renee Pinkston, a recent WKU graduate from Leitchfield, Ky. Pinkston said she may change her major’s focus.

“Maybe I want to do forensics now,” she said. “It opened a whole new world.”

Pinkston said that it wasn’t just a fun day out, because it allowed her to see both the humanist and scientific sides of anthropology.

Hartford senior Kim BuGay said the experience brought her studies to life.

“We (brought) our methodology to the crime scene,” BuGay said.

“We were excavating the soil.”

Beside the real-world anthropology lesson, BuGay said that it was very rewarding knowing that students helped bring peace to a family who have otherwise not known what had happened to their loved ones.

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■ NEWS BRIEF Luke Bryan tickets go on sale Friday Tickets for WKU’s 2011 Homecoming Concert featuring country music singer Luke Bryan go on sale this Friday.

Tickets will be available at the WKU Ticket Office at Diddle Arena and online at ticketmaster.com. Advance tickets are $20 for students and staff and $35 for non-students. If purchased at the door the night of the show, student and staff tickets will be $30 and $45 for non-students.

Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Diddle Arena on Oct. 20.

Bryan, who is visiting WKU as a part of CMT on Tour, is currently known for his single “Country Girl (Shake it for Me),” and other hits include “All My Friends Say” and “Rain is a Good Thing.”

In addition to Bryan, CMT’s 22-show Tailgates and Tanlines tour will also feature country artists Lee Brice, Josh Thompson and Matt Mason.

Brice’s single “Love Like Crazy” was named the No. 1 country song of 2010 by Billboard, and he recently finished Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown tour.

Thompson’s album “Way Out Here” debuted in the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart and played with Brad Paisley last year.

Mason recently won CMT’s Next Superstar.

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WKU selected for Green Campus program

By NICK BRATCHER news@wkuherald.com

WKU will grow more environmentally friendly after being one of six schools nation-wide selected for the Green Campus Network Program this year.

The Alliance to Save Energy, a non-profit organization that has seen success with the program at 16 other universities and colleges, chose WKU as a pilot campus with the Tennessee Valley Authority funding program implementation and wages for four paid student interns.

Sustainability Coordinator Christian Ryan-Downing said WKU was chosen because it has already demonstrated a commitment to going green.

“It lets the average student know that sustainability and energy conservation is important here,” RyanDowning said. “When we get these third-party nods, it lets us know we’re on the right path.

“I would hope that students are in some way engaged in the programming or awareness that comes out of this. The best way to do that is to make everybody aware of how they can play a role.”

The ASE website states that the Green Campus Network is a classroom-to-workplace program that involves a campus-wide effort in cutting energy use, combining energy efficiency and course work and encouraging students to pursue careers in sustainability.

Two of WKU's four ASE student interns have already been identified, and each will be tackling projects throughout the year to promote a more ecofriendly campus with advice from the ASE. Ryan-Downing said she wants to see two things from her interns this year.

“What I hope our interns will do is just be out there doing energy awareness programming on why saving energy is important,” she said. “And secondly, how everybody can contribute to the effort.”

“The Green Campus interns can’t personally make a difference unless they can inspire other people to change their behaviors.”

Clarkson freshman Eli Heintzman is one of the interns selected to participate in the program. He wrote his application essay on eco-friendly electronic gaming.

“I’ve played games since age 5 or 6,” he said. “It was during a power outage when I was trying to plug in my TV and game system to a generator that I realized just how much energy they sucked.

“I couldn’t run anything else, so I decided to look up how much energy they used and wrote that paper.

It was basically just a way to save energy while enjoying your favorite games and movies.”

Bowling Green junior Ashley McCloughan, the other selected intern, said she hoped to do a project installing more rainwater collection units in buildings across campus to help water gardens and lawns.

“We got grant money to put in big cisterns,” she said. “I’m really big on water and water cleanliness.

It’s really interesting I think.”

Ryan-Downing said the success of the project will depend mostly on campus-wide involvement.

“The Alliance to Save Energy and TVA very clearly say that they want to see demonstrated results,” she said. “If everybody doesn’t help with the effort, we won’t get the results that we need.”

WKU community creates book trailer

By SIDNEY BLANFORD diversions@wkuherald.com

David Bell, assistant professor of English, is doing whatever it takes to promote his upcoming novel, Cemetery Girl.

One of the creative writing instructor’s efforts includes releasing a two-minute short film, or book trailer, called “Caitlin’s Story.” The trailer will act as a tease for the book to be released on Oct. 4.

The trailer highlights scenes from the novel, narrated by the father of 12-year-old Caitlin Stuart, who goes missing for four years. But when she is found alive, she is unnaturally calm and has no desire to talk about what happened to her while she was missing.

“My publisher did a three-minute interview with me in New York about the book, and then the interest was on my part to create the book trailer,” Bell said.

Bell has published two other novels, The Condemned and The Girl in the Woods. Of these two, only The Girl in the Woods had a book trailer, which he said was a very different process than that of “Caitlin’s Story.”

Bell’s trailer for The Girl in the Woods was done completely by his publisher at the time, and in Bell’s opinion, it was a bit longer than he would have liked. This time around, Bell took the initiative to find his own film maker, Nashville’s James Weem, who brought along director of photography Glen Rose, also from Nashville.

Next, Bell acted as the executive producer, co-wrote

the trailer and paid for the project costs. His wife, Molly McCaffrey, also an instructor in the English department, was the producer of “Caitlin’s Story”, and many others from the WKU community played a crucial role in the short film.

Both Bell and his wife commented on working collaboratively with many people to achieve a common goal.

As writers, both are accustomed to working alone.

“I had forgotten how much fun it can be to work with a talented and interesting group of people,” McCaffrey said.

The rest of the crew was made up of WKU students and recent graduates, including anthropology major Barrett Griffin, creative writing major Rachel Hoge, film major Dillon Ward, interdisciplinary studies major Cody Johnson, graduate student Kyle Sanders and journalism graduate Marianne Hale.

“I had a terrific time,” said Hoge, who worked as the production assistant during filming. “When you get a group together for a notable project like this, you’re almost guaranteed to have a great time.”

Involvement in the project didn’t stop with students.

The main character, Stuart, was played by two Bowling Green girls — 12-year-old Cate Lowry and 3-year-old Kate Neal. Lowry is the daughter of WKU alums Kristie and Mark Lowry, while Neal is the daughter of Bowling Green residents Amy and Justin Neal.

Two WKU professors also were involved. Eric Reed, associate professor of history, and Ingrid Lilly, assistant

professor of philosophy and religion, played Stuart’s parents. In addition, many members of the Bowling Green area chipped in with various services to help the production run smoothly.

Lisa and Shane Vandiver, along with Michael Carter of the Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department, helped secure two dogs needed for the film. The Parks and Recreation Department also aided with securing locations for filming, as did the Bowling Green Police Department who provided police assistance and props for the film.

“We owe a great deal to the BGPD for their cooperation,” McCaffrey said.

The filming took place in Bowling Green from Aug. 27-28 at the Kereiakes Park and Fairview Cemetery, which Bell said was his inspiration for the setting of Cemetery Girl.

“I had the idea for the book before I came here, but seeing the cemetery next to the park really had that feeling,” Bell said.

He said the most rewarding and interesting part of working so closely on this book trailer was actually getting to see his ideas come to life in the exact spot he had imagined them.

The trailer’s release is set for Sept. 15 and will be viewable online at youtube.com and at davidbellnovels. com. Cemetery Girl is available for pre-order in paperback or ebook format online at Barnes and Noble, BooksA-Million, Indiebound and Amazon.

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a thousand words With three pins left, graduate student Samuel Yerragudla looked straight ahead and released 12 pounds of plastic reactive resin, hoping it would be enough.

A Friday night at REDZ is where you’ll find Yerragudla, one of the many students who regularly pays $3 for bowling, billiards and food on the fourth floor of Downing University Center.

Yerragudbla traveled almost 9,000 miles to WKU from his native home in South Andhra Pradesh, India, one year ago.

“I practiced dentistry for two years back at home and wanted to get more experience in America since newer technology is more available,” Yerragudla said.

Far from home, Yerragudla regularly communicates with his family by calling them daily. He said a Friday night at REDZ is the closest experience to home — a break from classes and a relaxing moment.

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“Who knew it would be from bowling in Bowling Green, Ky., thousands of miles away from home?” he said.

REDZ also provides an opportunity to meet new students and hang out.

Yerragudla said that the number of events that cater to international students was one of the reasons he chose WKU. Because some international students have no transportation, they find it difficult to go out and explore Bowling Green.

“This is the only place happening for Indian Students on the weekends,” he said of REDZ. “I use to just stay in my room and not really know anyone when I first arrived to Bowling Green lonely and away from home.”

Yerragudla said he finds it comforting knowing that he will see his friends every Friday night.

“It’s the best hangout place, and I feel at home,” he said.

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“We knew all these teams are good, but we put ourselves in a position to win,� Potts said. “I saw a lot of progress (Saturday), especially in our serves. Serves are a big part of the game.�

Skinner was a big part of WKU’s offense over the weekend, recording 14 kills against Kentucky, 12 against Virginia Tech and 19 against Ohio. She was pleased with the way the Lady Toppers came back after their first loss. “We struggled a little bit Friday night, but we were able to come back and get wins,� she said. “Coming back felt good.�

Hudson said he was impressed by the contributions of freshman middle hitter Heather Boyan.

She had six blocks during the tightly-contested Ohio match, including one at the end of the final set to help clinch the victory. “When we put Heather Boyan in the middle it gave our team a big lift,� he said. “Those six blocks were huge for us.�

After WKU played its first six matches on the road, Hudson said he can’t wait to be back home this weekend.

WKU will play host to a tournament that includes Xavier, Wake Forest and Louisiana State.

Hudson said he’ll be happy to get back into a comfortable playing environment. The Lady Toppers are fresh off of a two-day, three-match weekend of competition in Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum gym, which has no air conditioner. “It’ll be good to be back home, and it’ll be good to be back in the air conditioning,� he said.

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Junior outside hitter Jordyn Skinner spikes the ball through a web of Virginia Tech defenders on Saturday for a kill in the third set of the Lady Toppers' 3-0 win at Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum.

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Outerbridge embracing leadership role

By AUSTIN LANTER sports@wkuherald.com

Although it’s early in the season, senior forward Mallory Outerbridge has proven right her selection to the preseason all-Sun Belt team.

Her two goals — including one in Friday’s win over Austin Peay — are tied for the team lead. She also leads the team with five total points.

Senior forward Amanda Buechel said having a player like Outerbridge takes the pressure off everyone else on the team. “It’s really easy working with Mallory,� Buechel said. “I know how she plays.�

In Friday night’s match, Outerbridge’s goal came off an assist from sophomore midfielder Chrissy Tchoula 23 minutes in. After only seven minutes of play in the second half, Outerbridge found fellow senior and midfielder Kelsey Meyer.

Even with the early success she’s had, Outerbridge was quick to praise her teammates for their performance, which in turn helped her own performance as well. “Chrissy made a really good pass to me, and I took and shot and it went in,� Outerbridge said. “With the assist to Kelsey, she was wide open and I found her. We just worked really hard on Friday night.�

WKU was back at it two days later against No. 20 Memphis, as was Outerbridge.

Despite scoring three goals just two nights before, the Lady Toppers were only able to get three shots off

during the match, all of which came in the first half.

But two of WKU’s three shots came off Outerbridge's foot.

Head Coach Jason Neidell said that if the Lady Toppers had been able to convert in the first half, it could have been a completely different match.

We hustled and we worked and worked and worked. After that goal we just kept ďŹ ghting and ďŹ ghting and unfortunately they got another one. That’s just how it goes sometimes." —Mallory Outerbridge Senior forward

“We had some chances in the first half, and had we capitalized on our chances, it might’ve been a different game,� he said. “Had that cross not gone in or we had of capitalized in the first half, maybe it’s a different game.�

WKU group training for bourbon-themed relay

By CAMERON KOCH news@wkuherald.com

Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark and Woodford Reserve — mixers for a good night in any college town.

Next month, 10 WKU professors, a former graduate student and his wife are hoping these are the key ingredients for success in a relay race across the heart of bourbon country.

This group of 12, who call their team “Dipped in Red,� will participate in “The Bourbon Chase� on Oct. 7 and 8, a 200-mile overnight relay that will have runners traveling through historic bourbon distilleries and the Kentucky countryside.

The relay begins in Clermont at the Jim Beam distillery, with the relay path bobbing and weaving its way toward the finish line in Lexington, visiting five other distilleries along the way.

Susann Davis, the team captain and instructor in the modern languages department, ran in The Bourbon Chase its inaugural year in 2009.

Inma Pertusa, an associate pro-

fessor in the modern languages department, Ben Saathoff, a former graduate student, and Saathoff’s wife, Michelle, also participated in the first Bourbon Chase under the team name “All Grain No Pain.�

Davis and Pertusa ran the chase again in 2010, this time with Eddy Cuisinier, an instructor from the modern languages department, and Destiny O’Rourke, an alumni and former WKU employee.

Cuisinier ran with Davis in the 2010 race and expressed interest in running again. “We had such a blast,� Cuisinier said. “We thought it would be fun to have an all-WKU team.�

Marshall Gray, director of the WKU Post Office, was contacted by Davis about putting a WKU team together. “Susann kind of spearheaded it,�

Gray said.

For the 2011 Bourbon Chase, Davis wanted a name that captured both WKU and the theme of the race. “I wanted to marry Western with bourbon,� Davis said.

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The contest gave senior Deus Rwaheru a chance to maintain his momentum from last year, as the all-Sun Belt Conference runner took second place in the men’s race.

Fresman David Mokone finished about eight seconds behind Rwaheru to claim fourth place.

Sophomore Peter Okwera finished ninth.

WKU finished 33 points ahead of Arkansas-Little Rock — the Toppers’ nearest competitor.

On the women’s side, the Lady Toppers were led by seniors Marion Kandie and Michelle Finn, who placed second and third, respectively, in the women’s race.

Senior Vasity Chemweno finished seventh.

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in Red� from Michelle Trawick, the name was decided upon.

Davis said that in preparation for the relay, each team member is training in his or her own way. “We are doing a lot of individual training,� she said. “Not everybody has to run the same length. We are all training individually for our specific leg of the race.�

Each team member will be running three legs of the race.

Gray and Cuisinier have both been training by running on the weekends and participating in various other marathons. Cuisinier said he runs three or four times a week for a total of about 20 miles.

Davis hopes to have a few times where the team will train and run together as a group before the chase next month. “With this being our first year, it’s more about coming together as a team, getting the experience this first time around,� she said.

Cuisinier also emphasized the team coming together. “It’s a great idea for people at WKU to bond and connect out of school," he said.

The cross Neidell mentioned was the first goal scored by Memphis, which came two minutes into the second half. A Memphis player was on the right hand side of the field and crossed the ball in. The cross curved, hit the post and ended up in the back of the net.

Outerbridge said that despite her team allowing a goal so early in the second half, it responded well. “After their first goal we stayed strong and didn’t allow another goal until near the end, which is a big positive,� she said. “We hustled and we worked and worked and worked. After that goal we just kept fighting and fighting and unfortunately they got another one. That’s just how it goes sometimes.�

Outerbridge said conditioning may have contributed to Sunday’s loss to Memphis. The Lady Toppers could always be in better shape, she said, adding that Memphis “ran us into the ground� at the end of Sunday's match.

Outerbridge said the Lady Toppers worked well together this weekend, and that playing a nationally ranked Memphis team as well as Vanderbilt in the non-conference part of the schedule will only help the team in the long run. “People need to get rid of nerves," she said. "I think games like this help, especially when we go into conference games and play teams like Denver and North Texas. “People are going to say ‘oh we’ve played such and such team'...We have done it once. We can do it again. So I think it goes a long way.�

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Top, WKU defensive ends Bo Adebayo and Jared Clendenin pursue UK quarterback Morgan Newton in the Toppers' 14-3 loss to the Wildcats Thursday at L.P. Field in Nashville. WKU defenders sacked Newton three times and forced him into throwing three interceptions. Bottom, WKU players hold their helmets up on the sidelines during a first-half kickoff.

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“I didn’t hear about transportation to the game until the day of, but I had already been planning on going with friends as a group,” Nashville sophomore Shelby Whitt said.

Regardless, students showed up for their school and their team. A total of 4,049 WKU

students filled the stands in the end zone at L.P. Field.

“The atmosphere of being in the student section was really fun.” Whitt said. “It felt like it was the most students we’ve had at a game ever. There was a lot of good school spirit.”

Topper fans were excited to see WKU take an early 3-0 lead in the game, but the lack of offense gave room for the Wildcats to take the lead.

UK senior safety Winston Guy reacted to the carom, diving to make an interception.

Three plays later, Wildcat freshman running back Josh Clemons scampered 14 yards for a touchdown to put his team up, 7-3.

That was all UK needed to win.

A fourth quarter touchdown pass from Newton to receiver La'Rod King, plus two late interceptions thrown by Jakes, solidified the outcome.

Taggart lamented the team’s missed opportunities following the game.

“Things went as planned — keeping it close into the second half and having an

Junior quarterback Kawaun Jakes struggled with making passes and threw four interceptions in the game.

WKU fans were hopeful to see a comeback, but instead saw a 14-3 loss.

“I was really happy the score was as low as it was,” Dublin said. “I was really proud of our defense. They did a really good job, and I feel like our offense was just having an off night.

opportunity to win,” Taggart said. “Things went that way for a while and we didn’t capitalize on some great field position.”

There were some Toppers that had career games despite the losing effort.

Sophomore punter Hendrix Brakefield gave the WKU defense wiggle room throughout the game with eight punts for an average of 44.6 yards.

Sophomore linebacker Andrew Jackson, who made his first career start, led the Toppers with 12 tackles.

Jackson, who said earlier in the week that going against Southeastern Conference competition such as Kentucky motivated him, said he felt the teams were on an even playing field Thursday.

“It was just another football game. I told my

“Our defense has definitely improved.”

Even though some students traveled and had morning classes to attend the next day, they made sure they showed support in every way.

Louisville sophomore Sara Florence made sure to wear her WKU gear and get in the spirit.

“I didn’t really care who won, but I wore my WKU apparel and sat in the WKU student section,”

she said. “The seats were great even though me and my friends got there late, and the atmosphere was fun and exciting for the most part.”

Florence was one of many who had a 9 a.m. class to attend the next day, but she made it back to the classroom.

“We left the game early and didn’t get back until midnight,” Florence said. “I didn’t sleep at all.”

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defensive guys we’re not going to bow down any more,” Jackson said. “I told my guys that everybody else was picking on us because we haven’t had a winning record.

“I really can’t hang my head. We lost by 11 points to an SEC team that’s supposed to be a good team, so I really can’t be mad.”

While Jackson said he wasn’t hanging his head, Rainey said there is plenty of room for improvement on his side of the ball.

WKU takes the field again Saturday against Navy. Rainey said the offense can’t afford another lackluster performance then.

“Our defense was amazing,” Rainey said.

“And we’ve got to help the defense out.”

WKU missed two golden opportunities to score. The first came on an incompletion to a wide open Marcus Vasquez in the first quarter that would have likely ended in a touchdown. That was followed up by an incompletion to an even more wide open Jack Doyle in the end zone in the second quarter.

Based off what happened last season, most people probably had their reservations on how good WKU’s defense this season. After all, this is a defense that forfeited leads four times in the fourth quarter last season and lost all three of its starting linebackers.

But sophomore linebacker Andrew Jackson made sure that gap was filled in his first career start. His twelve tackles ranked second in the Sun Belt after the first week.

He added on one sack and two tackles for a loss.

“He set the tone for our defense,” Taggart said.

“Ever since that kid has been in there, our defense has been amazing and playing like Western Kentucky defense is supposed to play.”

The defense’s 190 yards and 14 points allowed were good enough for first in the Sun Belt.

Rainey’s 105 yards weren’t all that bad, either, as he currently leads the Sun Belt in rushing yards.

The story here?

WKU’s defense held a Southeastern Conference Opponent in check the entire game. If it weren’t for the offense’s inability to convert, it’s not unrealistic to think that the Toppers begin week two with a notch in the win column.

If there’s a silver lining to come out of Thursday’s poor offensive showing, it’s that.

But WKU has many things to look ahead to, especially offensively. Not many Sun Belt defenses — or any defenses for that matter — will be able to hold Rainey to 105 yards and keep him out of the end zone.

If the passing game continues to be as dismal as it was on Thursday, perhaps Jakes should opt to run more. He ran nine times against Kentucky, and if you take away the two times he was sacked, his numbers were fairly impressive.

He rushed four times for at least eight yards, picking up a first down with his feet twice — once on a crucial third and seven situation.

Kentucky’s offense certainly isn’t the most highpowered in the country, but it’s likely one of the best the Toppers will face this season.

That leaves every reason to believe that the defense should be able to maintain that play all season.

When the offense finally catches up, this team might start winning some games after all.

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FOOTBALL

COLUMN

WKU defense needs offense to catch up

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Kentucky running back Josh Clemons cuts through the WKU defense on a second quarter touchdown run Thursday in a 14-3 UK win over the Toppers at L.P. Field in Nashville.

Toppers 'let one get away' WKU falls 14-3 to UK despite strong defense

By BRAD STEPHENS sports@wkuherald.com

NASHVILLE — Head Coach Willie Taggart saw his WKU defense dominate Kentucky Thursday night at L.P. Field in Nashville.

The Toppers held the Wildcats to 74 yards of offense through three quarters, forced UK junior quarterback Morgan Newton to throw three interceptions and allowed them to convert just three times on third down.

But everything the defense did, the offense didn’t.

Senior running back Bobby Rainey accumulated 105 yards, but averaged less than four yards a carry, down a full yard from his 2010 average.

And the passing game never got off the ground, as junior quarterback Kawaun Jakes fin-

ished just 9-of-27 for 93 yards with four interceptions.

As the offense wasted a sterling performance by the WKU defense, Taggart said it would be a loss his team would regret.

“We let one get away,” Taggart bluntly said following the 14-3 loss.

That may not have been the case had the Toppers capitalized on early opportunities.

Sophomore safety Vince Williams picked off a Newton pass in the first quarter to set the Toppers up at the Wildcats 32-yard-line.

But a delay of game penalty on Jakes stalled the drive, and WKU had to settle for a 41-yard field goal from senior kicker Casey Tinius.

Then in the second quarter WKU had a chance to go up two scores when junior tight end Jack Doyle streaked into the end

zone, wide open by more than 10 yards in all directions.

But Jakes overshot Doyle, and Tinius missed a 34-yard field goal later in the series.

A game that should’ve been 10-0 in favor of WKU remained 3-0.

“He missed some throws, especially early,” Taggart said of Jakes. “We probably should’ve done a better job of getting him in a rhythm early in the game instead of throwing the ball deep.

“He missed Jack who was wide open. That was just a flat out miss.”

The Wildcats finally got a break later in the quarter when Jakes bounced a pass off the shoulder pads of sophomore fullback Kadeem Jones, who was facing the wrong direction.

SEE DEFENSE, PAGE 10

Last season it was the defense that struggled.

In WKU’s season-opener against Kentucky on Thursday, it was the offense that seemed to be a step behind.

Star running back Bobby Rainey was held to 105 rushing yards — a relatively low total for him — and was kept out of the end zone, while junior quarterback Kawaun Jakes completed just nine passes for 93 yards with four interceptions.

But heading into the fourth quarter, WKU was still very much in the game, thanks to COLE CLAYBOURN Callin' the Shots the defense. sports@wkuherald.com “If we play great defense, we’re going to have a chance every ball game,” Head Coach Willie Taggart said. “But against a team like Kentucky, you have to take advantage of those opportunities, and we didn’t.”

SEE COLUMN, PAGE 10

Students enjoy experience at NFL stadium

By CHELA COUNTS sports@wkuherald.com

WKU fans rallied together on Thursday night to see the football team go up against Kentucky.

Whether fans chose to be front and center at L.P. Field or simply watching the game on ESPNU in theatre of DUC or at RedZone, hopes were high for a Topper victory Junior Leah Beth Dublin, of Cuba, Ky., was along for the ride on one the four free buses provided to students and residents by Housing and Residence Life on Thursday and said it was all a little surreal.

“I enjoyed riding the bus,” she said. “I was expecting it to be crowded and rowdy but it wasn’t.

It was fun, comfortable and the student seats in the stadium were great.

“It’s something that I would never be able to pay for or really go to — a stadium that big with front row seats.

Jeremy Jenkins, who organized the student fan buses, said a total of 224 students utilized the free bus service to L.P. Field.

But not everyone knew that free transportation would be offered.

SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 10

VOLLEYBALL

Hudson sees room for improvement

By LUCAS AULBACH sports@wkuherald.com

LEXINGTON — After a 2-1 showing at the Kentucky Classic last weekend, the Lady Toppers have one final road match before playing at Diddle Arena for the first time this season.

WKU will head to Nashville tonight to take on Lipscomb — a team the Lady Toppers beat 3-0 last season.

Head Coach Travis Hudson said despite defeating Virginia Tech and Ohio pretty handily, much of the preparation this week will be on offense.

“We have got to get way better offensively — way better,” he said.

Junior outside hitter Jordyn Skinner said the Lady Toppers need to work on more than just their offense.

“We just need to work on our game,” she said. “We’re going to work on what we need to do to win.”

WKU lost to Kentucky on Friday night

in straight sets but came back on Saturday to beat Virginia Tech and Ohio, bringing the Lady Toppers' record to 5-1 on the year.

“UK was a disappointing loss,” Hudson said. “But for us to come back the next day and win really shows you something about this team.”

Hudson acknowledged before the weekend that the level of competition at the Kentucky Classic was going to be much higher than in the Lady Toppers' opening weekend at the Belmont Classic, where they went 3-0.

All three of Lady Toppers’ opponents made the NCAA tournament last season, with two of them advancing to the second round.

Sophomore defensive specialist Ashley Potts said she was impressed with the way the team rose to the challenge and improved.

SEE HUDSON, PAGE 9

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Freshman middle hitter Heather Boyan celebrates a block with teammates that put WKU up 25-24 on Saturday during a rally in the fourth set of the Lady Toppers' 3-1 win over Ohio at Kentucky's Memorial Coliseum.

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