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Sophomore Andi Dahmer of Louisville, has been a member of the Student Government Association since the first semester of her freshman year and is now runBROOK JOYNER/HERALD ning for SGA president.

Kenan Mujkanovic, a freshman from Bowling Green, said he believes his past efforts in the community make him qualified for the office of Student Government Association President. BROOK JOYNER/HERALD

Lily Nellans, a junior from Des Moines, Iowa, ran for Student Government Association President because she thought someone needed to listen to people whose voices aren’t usually heard. BROOK JOYNER/HERALD

Voices Heard SGA candidates debate and discuss platforms at Herald Town Hall

BY MONICA KAST HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

tudent Government Association executive candidates debated and discussed platforms on Tuesday night at the second annual Herald Town Hall, hosted by the College Heights Herald. Presidential candidates Andi Dahmer, Kenan Mujkanovic and Lily Nellans were present to debate as well as executive vice presidential candidates Savannah Molyneaux and Brian Anderson. Dahmer is running with Molyneaux on the same ticket, and Nellans is running with Anderson on

the same ticket. However, students voting in the election are able to vote for candidates separately. Students can vote on TopNet April 17 and 18, and the winners will be announced after midnight on April 19 in the SGA chambers. A full video of the debate is available on the Herald’s Facebook page. Andi Dahmer and Savannah Molyneaux Molyneaux began the debate by saying she and Dahmer felt the most important issue facing the student body at WKU was retention. “While we do want to bring more

students to WKU through recruitment efforts, we believe that WKU has been very successful in their recruitment efforts,” Molyneaux said. “And we hope to instead focus on retention, keeping those students that we bring here, here during the duration of their experience.” Dahmer said she and Molyneaux wanted students to know about their “dependability.” “We’re willing to undergo a large transition in the coming year from Dr. Ransdell’s presidency to Dr. Caboni’s,” Dahmer said. “And I think that based on our service in SGA for the past four semesters, we deeply understand what the senate has done, how sen-

ate works with [executive branch], and the Judicial Council.” Dahmer also mentioned working with the Kentucky Board of Student Body Presidents and the Board of Regents as something she was prepared to do. A question from Twitter asked the candidates how they planned to work with the Board of Regents, while making sure to still represent the student body. Dahmer said she and Molyneaux would “listen to the student voice” and promote an “atmosphere of collaboration.” “We need to approach the Board

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University approves funding for new advising positions BY EMILY DELETTER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU President Gary Ransdell has approved five new positions to aid students trying to change a major, minor or area of concentration. These senior adviser positions, which will begin the hiring process within the next few weeks, will work with transitions between colleges within WKU. Ransdell approved the positions to begin receiving funding July 1, at the end of this fiscal year. Christopher Jensen, director of academic advising and retention, said he hopes these new positions, in ad-

dition to the new Schedule Planning software implemented April 5, will help prepare students to graduate on time. Jensen estimated there is an average of 15,000 changes of major, minor and concentration forms each year. “We want to make sure students have the resources to make the right decision about where they want to go professionally and personally, along with staying on track and graduating on time,” Jensen said. Jennifer Markin, associate director of advising, said the new positions will have an academic area of focus. “You may have a student who’s interested in marketing and advertis-

ing, for example, and those cross two different colleges,” Markin said. “An adviser who has knowledge outside of the college for both programs can be really helpful.” McKenzi Peace, a senior marketing major from Lexington, said she would have liked to have had such an adviser when she changed her major. “There need to be people to talk to who understand what you need to do to change majors,” Peace said. “I figured it out on my own but it would have been nice to have someone to help.” The WKU Office of Institutional Research releases a fact book each

year with data and statistics concerning every aspect of the university. The 2016 fact book accounts a graduation rate of 50 percent and a freshman-sophomore retention rate of 74 percent. “We often hear students saying ‘I couldn’t get the schedule I want, or even figure out how to get a schedule, so I’m not going to return next semester,’” Jensen said. Jensen said the goal of the academic advising office is to give students a better picture of what’s going on, to help with retention and make them more informed.

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of Regents as a group with whom we can collaborate, until their ideas are against students’ best interests,” Dahmer said. “And if those ideas are against what’s in the best interest of the student body, then we are prepared to stand against those.” Kenan Mujcanovik Mujcanovik said the “rising cost of tuition” is one of the biggest issues WKU faces. “I feel like our rising costs in the state of Kentucky is just absurd, and I believe I will do my best to fight against that,” Mujcanovik said. Mujcanovik mentioned a tuition cap as a possible solution to the cost of attending college. Mujcanovik said one of the main parts of his platform was to “increase involvement in our WKU students” and in students elected to SGA. Mujcanovik referenced a piece of SGA legislation that encourages SGA members to work at least one hour each week in the SGA offices. “I believe also that we should implement that our senators should also dedicate at least one hour towards the community to better understand and represent you all and to better understand the issues you’re going through, by actually being involved and being in the community and seeing the issues up front,” Mujcanovik said. “Then being able to come back and form legislation that will benefit you and bring about positive change.” Mujcanovik also said he wanted

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to promote more involvement in the community from all students at WKU. When asked about working with the Board of Regents, Mujcanovik said he would be the “voice for all of our students.” Mujcanovik said that even if the Board of Regents disagrees with the student voice, “we should still stand together as a community and make our voice heard.” “That is our sole responsibility, to let the people of this university know that we take up a big percentage of it, and a lot of stuff that goes on here impacts us a lot,” Mujcanovik said. Lily Nellans and Brian Anderson Nellans said her campaign would focus on helping marginalized students, improving treatment of minority students and improving student diversity. “Our campaign believes that the biggest problem facing WKU right now is that the university largely only works for rich white students,” Nellans said. Nellans cited “problematic policies” at WKU, including Honors College recruitment and housing and “ignoring violence” against minority students, as things that their campaign wanted to focus on resolving. Anderson said the part of their campaign students should know about is their plan for changing parking ticket fees. Anderson said that every semester, students appeal their parking tickets before the appeals board.

Student Government Association Senator Luke Edmonds watches the debate between presidential candidates and their running mates on Tuesday in Gary Ransdell Hall. The candidates debated topics such as how the candidates would tackle SGA’s involvement in the campus community or how they would address SGA’s relationship with the Board of Regents. GRACE PRITCHETT/HERALD

the Board of Regents, Nellans said she would be a “persuasive voice on the Board of Regents,” and would present “persuasive and well-reasoned arguments” about what was best for students. “The Board of Regents is supposed to represent what’s best for this university, what’s best for its staff, students and faculty, and I think there are persuasive and convincing arguments for any conflict that would occur between myself and the Board of Regents,” Nellans said.

“Too often we see students racking up hundreds of dollars on their parking ticket fees, and it is ridiculous to believe that somebody wouldn’t be able to graduate or register for classes just because they had to park somewhere to get into a class on time,” Anderson said. Anderson said he would like to see the option for students to do volunteer or service hours to pay off the ticket. “That kind of policy is emblematic of the kind of administration we would have,” he said. Nellans added “high tuition and high fees” are “issues of economic justice” she and Anderson would be fighting against. When asked about working with

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Jensen said each adviser will be employed by WKU’s advising office in Downing Student Union on campus. “We’re trying to put these positions in place so students can have a realistic evaluation of where they stand and what they’ll have to do to move forward,” Jensen said. “It’s about finding what’s the best fit academically for the students.”

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LeLand Cantrell, a senior marketing and political science major from Bowling Green, said having an adviser outside her college would have been a huge help picking classes. “When you cross colleges, your advisers don’t know about other majors,” Cantrell said. “One of my advisers communicated only through email, so I never knew if I was really taking the right classes.”

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SGA supports prioritizing future faculty raises BY JAMIE WILLIAMS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The Student Government Association passed a resolution in support of future raises in faculty salary at its meeting Tuesday night. The resolution was authored to mimic a concurrent resolution that will be brought to faculty senate this Thursday. The resolution supports prioritizing a salary increase for the faculty over future construction or renovation projects. “Considering that faculty and student relationships and morale in the classroom is essential to having an amazing college experience, I think it affects [students] as much as it affects [faculty],” Administrative Vice President Hannah Neeper said. Neeper and Chief of Staff James Line proposed the

resolution after faculty senate unanimously approved a concurrent resoultion. Neeper said the SGA resolution is meant to show that students, not just faculty, support salary increases. In 2015, WKU ranked second-to-last in faculty salaries compared to its 19 other benchmark institutions, according to Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System statistics. These benchmark institutions are universities and colleges from across the nation of similar size to WKU. Compared to its benchmark institutions, WKU has consistently dropped in every category from 2014 to 2016, including professor salaries, associate professor salaries and instructor salaries. Neeper said current faculty salary not only negatively affects current faculty members, but could deter pro-

spective faculty as well. According to the Faculty Work Life Survey from 201415, 57 percent of faculty rated their morale as “poor” or “very poor.” In 2012, WKU established the Challenging the Spirit Action Plan, which aimed to increase full-time faculty salaries by 15 percent. Despite this goal, faculty salaries have dropped compared to benchmark medians. Neeper clarified the resolution does not propose increasing faculty salaries even with the recent budget cuts. Instead, the resolution only suggests faculty salaries be shown priority over spending money on construction projects in the future. “I think it’s fair, quite honestly,” Neeper said. “I don’t think it’s asking a lot.” Senator Zach Jones said he was opposed to a similar resolution last semester, but was

in support of this one since it didn’t affect the current budget. “We do have an issue right now with a salary gap at our university, and that’s not knocking on any administrators, but maybe it’s time to put some emphasis on this as our next priority,” Jones said. The resolution passed, 251-1. Also at the meeting, President Jay Todd Richey announced the SGA was a winner of the Voice of Justice video contest. The contest, sponsored by Attorney General Andy Beshear, aimed to raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses. Executive Vice President Kate Hart thanked everyone who participated in the making of the video. “It wouldn’t have been possible if we didn’t have everyone come out and help,” Hart said. “It’s great that we

won.” The SGA’s video won the viral award out of 16 submissions, meaning the organization will receive a $500 prize. The prize money will be given to the Counseling and Testing Center to help survivors of sexual assault. The executive cabinet is also looking to match the $500 to give the CTC more funds. The judicial council will also be tabling in the Downing Student Union during elections on April 17 and 18 to encourage students to vote. Students can vote at the council’s table and receive an “I voted” sticker afterward. The next SGA meeting will be Tuesday, April 18 at 5:00 p.m. in DSU.

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Young Democrats active again after short hiatus BY JAMIE WILLIAMS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The WKU Young Democrats are planning more events to be active on campus after its meeting on Wednesday. In the past, the Young Democrats have participated in events such as phone banking and registering WKU students of any political party to vote. The organization has been mostly dormant since encouraging students to attend debate watch parties for the presidential election last semester. Noah Rudloff, president of the organization, said the group decided to start back up to provide students with a progressive, open-minded atmosphere. “We noticed that the College Republicans had a pretty

strong presence on campus, and we wanted to give the left-leaning students a more open atmosphere as well,” Rudloff said. During the meeting, the Young Democrats planned a debate for its next meeting so members can practice sharing and discussing their viewpoints. The debate will center around healthcare policy, and various members will represent left-leaning, right-leaning and moderate viewpoints. While this debate will serve as practice within the organization, the Young Democrats may sponsor a larger debate including outside students and cover other topics later in the semester. “I think a debate could be really cool and garner a lot of interest,” Rudloff said. The organization also plans

to have a fast food fundraiser to raise money for future projects. The fundraiser will partner the organization with a restaurant, and proceeds from sales will go toward putting on

and democratic leaders from across Kentucky. Rudloff also said it would show other Young Democrat chapters that WKU’s chapter is becoming more active.

We wanted to give the leftleaning students a more open atmosphere as well.” President of Young Democrats Noah Rudloff future events. The group also talked about sending some representatives to the Kentucky Young Democrats Convention in June. Rudloff said the convention would give the organization opportunities to meet with other Young Democrat groups

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“I’m sure there will be presidents from other chapters there,” Vice President Ellie Young said. “Since we are a new chapter, it would be cool to meet those people and see what they’re doing.” A few candidates for the Student Government Associa-

tion presented their platforms to students at the meeting. Executive candidates Lily Nellans and Brian Anderson discussed their ideas for strengthening the voice of the student body, including lowering unnecessary student fees and paying WKU student workers a better wage. Current senator William Hurst also spoke on his re-election and said he hopes to one day be the chair of the SAVES, or Standing Against Violence and Ending Self-harm, committee. The WKU Young Democrats meet bi-weekly, and the next meeting will be April 19 in Grise Hall.

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Nellans ticket has intersectional approach to governance To Whom It May Concern:

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Dahmer ticket provides the commitment SGA needs

met Andi Dahmer in 2015 when we both came to interview for the Cherry Presidential Scholarship at WKU, and my mom, step-dad and I were all amazed by her. She sat at the same table with us at the luncheon, and she was already so self-assured in her plans for attending WKU. She seemed put together and professional, and I remember leaving that day knowing that whoever else was there, Andi would be one of the recipients of the scholarship. What amazed me most that day, however, was not how ambitious and, to be frank, perfect she seemed—it was how friendly she was. Andi should have been intimidating to me that day (after all, we were competing with each other), but instead, she seemed genuine and open, the type of person I would hope to meet and befriend at WKU. Every interaction that followed proved my first assumptions correct. Andi is ambitious, intelligent, dependable, capable and, in my opinion, the friendliest person on this campus. At H4, she was loud and proud

when she declared that she wanted to be Student Government Association president one day, and now she is running to do just that. I have served on Senate with her for two years now, and I have witnessed firsthand as Andi continually stands in front of everyone with legislation that is meant to better all of WKU for every student here. She is a storm all on her own. She has poured herself tirelessly into SGA: writing more bills, taking on more responsibilities and dedicating herself more fully than anyone else I know in Senate. Her team, Savannah Molyneaux and Kara Lowry, further provide the kind of commitment and dependability that SGA needs. Both have been in SGA for the majority of their time on campus, and both have been committed to serving WKU students. Savannah has helped the Sustainability Committee become a large campus presence, and her initiatives have been successful at helping WKU become a more sustainable university. Her first piece of legislation was to increase vegetarian food options on

campus (which led to the addition of grilled cheese at Steak ‘n Shake), and since then, she has continued to improve this campus, with initiatives like the to-go containers at Fresh Food Company and game day recycling. Kara has dedicated herself to serving on multiple committees throughout her time as a Senator, and she is currently the Secretary of the Senate. She dedicates herself fully to her obligations, whether that be office hours, serving on Organizational Aid, writing legislation and helping out in any way she can. Who has my vote is not a question that ever garnered debate for me. No one compares to these three when it comes to passion, dedication, dependability and accessibility to students. They will fight to be a dependable source for every student, for diversity, and for sustainability, because they already have fought for all of these, and I would not trust the future of SGA in any hands but their own.

LETTER SUBMITTED BY EMILY HOUSTON

As a former student of Western Kentucky University, I have fond memories from my time on the Hill. However, it is incredibly difficult for me to talk about college without reflecting on the less happy memories of my education. I witnessed countless microaggressions committed against many different positionalities. Consequently, as a queer woman and an alum of WKU, I felt compelled to write a letter expressing my support for the candidacy of Lily Nellans and Brian Anderson. As competitive debaters, Brian and Lily are internationally recognized for their ability to speak. As your representatives, they would be recognized across campus for their ability to listen. Lily is committed to social justice, as she has researched in Sarajevo, attended the Women’s March and advocated for the Bowling Green Fairness Ordinance. As a lifelong resident of Kentucky, Brian has a passion for representing the communities he grew up in. Both candidates care deeply about fostering an inclusive campus. Lily and Brian’s intersectional approach to governance is one that students, faculty and alumni can get excited about. Their campaign platform includes policies like pushing for Title IX information to be on every syllabus, advocating for safe spaces and fairness ordinances, working to ensure that WKU police have diversity and sensitivity training and creating spaces that welcome international students, just to name a few. If you haven’t read their platform, I highly encourage every student to check it out at nellansanderson2017. wordpress.com. You will not find two candidates more qualified, more caring, and more capable of representing the diverse community at WKU.

LETTER SUBMITTED BY CAROLYN EVANS, WKU CLASS OF 2016

WALK IN THE LIFE

Seeing Catholicism through eyes of a new believer BY MILLIE RONKAINEN HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU Every Easter, thousands of people become Catholic. This is the official time for the Catholic Church to receive new members who have completed a period of formal instruction Millie in Catholicism. This Ronkainen year at Saint Thomas, the Catholic church on campus, we are welcoming six new members. I was asked to serve as a sponsor, or mentor, for one of these people, a young lady named Chelsea. Chelsea was raised Baptist, and she was first introduced to Catholicism in high school by her Catholic boyfriend. The more she heard about the faith, the more she was

interested in learning about it. Now, as a sophomore in college, she is preparing to make that faith her own. Like the other candidates for reception to the church, Chelsea has been attending classes about Catholicism. These classes provide instruction on church theology and traditions, introducing various aspects of Catholicism and the history behind them. I began attending these meetings with Chelsea in October. I initially thought Chelsea was quiet and somewhat indifferent. After I had got to know her, I realized she is passionate, outgoing and motivated, though calm and reserved on the surface. This makes her a strong and valuable woman. She is just and fair but does not rush to judgment. She is determined. If something does not work out for her, she does not give up but also does not lose

her temper. She is eager to learn and try new things, especially in exploring Catholicism and experiencing various aspects of the faith. She is intuitive and nurturing towards others and has a strong sense of loyalty and love for her family I have watched her become active around Saint Thomas in various ways. Chelsea has been attending Mass not just on Sundays, but during the week as well. She has been participating in prayer and adoration with the community and helps Erik, the student who serves as our unofficial janitor, clean the church building on Fridays. I see in Chelsea the heart of a servant, seeking to help others in love. Her purity of intention is beautiful. Each candidate chooses a patron saint as their advocate or role model in heaven. Chelsea chose Saint Monica as her patron saint. There could not be a more perfect match.

Saint Monica was patient, yet unrelenting in her prayers for her pagan husband and her wild son. Because of her holy persistence, both her husband and son eventually converted. Her son, Saint Augustine, became one of the early church fathers, writing documents on theology which are still heavily referenced in today’s church teaching. I see this same holy attitude of persistence and love in Chelsea. Chelsea is an inspiration to me. Though I am unmistakably blessed to have been raised Catholic since birth, I think this makes me somewhat unappreciative of the beauty and wonder of my faith. Unlike Chelsea, I have always taken Catholicism for granted. Watching Chelsea excitedly encounter Catholicism in activities like confession and adoration has restored a sense of awe in my soul at the richness of my faith. Thank you, Chelsea, and welcome to the Catholic church.

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The WKU Big Red Beekeepers received two donated packages from the Kelley Bee Company filled with three pounds of Italian Honey bees on Sunday at the Office of Sustainability. The Beekeepers meet every second Friday at 1:30 p.m. to discuss environmental improvements that each species of bees has to offer. EVAN MATTINGLY/HERALD

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KU Big Red Beekeepers received 10,000 new Italian Honey Bees. The bees were donated by the Kelley Bee Company out of Grayson County. Only one queen to rule them all, each bee has a specific job in the hive. The first

year in the hive is about collecting the bees, and the second year is about collecting honey. The bees will be kept at the Office of Sustainability, so stop on by if you want to become a believer in what is the new buzz on the Hill.

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Manufacturing Support Specialist John Pace shows Austen Breetz, a student from Louisville what an empty package smells like during the transport of the new bees. EVAN MATTINGLY/HERALD

Manufacturing Support Specialist John Pace shows where the Queen Bee is housed during the transport of the package to the hive on Sunday at the Office of Sustainability. The Beekeepers now have close to 10,000 fighting flyers that will assist in improving the environment. EVAN MATTINGLY/HERALD

Manufacturing Support Specialist John Pace holds up a used frame full of honey before the WKU Big Red Beekeepers. “The challenge of keeping bees is what makes me keeping coming back,” Pace said.EVAN MATTINGLY/HERALD

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Residence hall hosts self-defense class BY NICOLE ZIEGE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

So far, Lapierre said it has been successful, and it is something anyone can have fun doing, not just gamers. They have had quite a few repeat customers. “I haven’t had one person come in and just say ‘oh, that was alright’,” Stratton said. “I can pretty much guarantee that whenever you put that facemask on, you’re going to be surprised.” The owners have tried to make this something anyone can enjoy. “It’s for everybody,” he said. “Duane, he’s a 61-year-old man, and he loves VR.” Tyler likes to play “The Lab” which includes a few mini games. His favorite game is one where you shoot people who try to get inside a castle. Tyler and Lapierre have been friends for a while. When Lapierre and Stratton brought this idea to Tyler, he decided to hear them out.

Smiling residents sat in a circle in the lobby of Bates-Runner Hall on April 6, observing instructors display various self-defense moves. One by one, residents stood up and participated with instructors Munfordsville junior Thomas Stasel and Louisville sophomore Crystal Hassler in trying out moves such as how to dodge a punch, how to topple an attacker to the ground and how to grab an attacker by the wrist. “Take him down!” several residents shouted from the sidelines, laughing. “Twist his wrist! Get wrecked!” It was the first self-defense class hosted at Bates-Runner Hall. The event was called “Fight Back!” and it was part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Thomas Stasel, the main instructor during the event, is a resident assistant at Bates-Runner Hall and has a black belt in taekwondo. He said his martial arts training informed his decision to put on the event. “It’s a generally useful thing to know, considering it’s a college campus,” Stasel said. Stasel said college campuses get kind of a bad reputation. This is because one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. In addition, college women between the ages of 18 and 24 are three times more likely to be at risk of sexual assault and are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than robbed on college campuses, according to the National Sexual Assault Hotline website. “It’s good to be prepared,” Stasel said. Stasel said he kept his expectations low with how many residents would attend the class. He said he expected five or six residents to attend, and about 15 residents attended the event. Sophomore Christy Lester, of

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Duane Tyler, also known as Pops, poses for a portrait in the recently opened virtual video arcade, The Holodeck VR, in Bowling Green on Tuesday. “Technology today is unreal. Instead of just playing the game, jump in it and be in it,” said Tyler. Tyler, fellow business partner to Joey Stratton and Nick Lapierre, is eager for what the arcade will do for Bowling Green. EMILY MOSES/HERALD

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Virtual Reality Arcade opens up BY ANNA LAWSON HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU According to Nick Lapierre, owner of the new Bowling Green business HoloDeck VR, Holo Deck is the only virtual gaming arcade in Kentucky and the 14th in the country. There are three co-owners of HoloDeck VR: Lapierre, Joey Stratton and Duane Tyler. Lapierre and Stratton first came up with the idea about a year ago, and since then, they have been working to make it a reality. Stratton, who graduated from WKU in 2012, currently lives in Bardstown. However, he comes to the store on the weekends. He said in the 80s and 90s, VR was just starting to come out, but it wasn’t good yet. However, over the summer he tried it again and was shocked by how much it had improved. “I was like ‘woah, this is for real this time,” he said. “We’re just trying

to be pioneers of the VR arcades.” He said he is excited to see how far it will go, and what VR will be like in the future. “People don’t understand that it’s for real this time, and it’s gonna take off,” he said. “The games and the experiences, they’re not going anywhere.” Tyler said they are part of a VR arcade owner’s group that helped them through the opening process. He said they were noticing most arcades charged one dollar for every minute you played. However, they wanted to go in a different route. At HoloDeck VR, players can pay 15 dollars for thirty minutes or 25 dollars for an hour. There are also many different games to choose from, and ones that are appropriate for every age. They have games that require shooting at an opponent, but also ones that are similar to carnival games.

‘Vagina Monologues’ raises money for local nonprofit BY OLIVIA MOHR HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU The lights dimmed. The performance was about to begin. Out of the 10 women onstage, three female students stepped to the front of the stage and announced “We’re worried about vaginas.” “The Vagina Monologues” took place in the Downing Student Union auditorium on Monday at 7 p.m. Eve Ensler, a playwright wrote “The Vagina Monologues” as a way to empower women. She conducted interviews with women about their bodies and sexuality and wrote monologues based on the interviews. “The Vagina Monologues” intend to call attention to topics often stigmatized or considered uncomfortable, including pubic hair, the female orgasm, the clitoris, menstruation, domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment. At the WKU performance, all of the money raised from ticket sales and sales of vagina-shaped baked goods went to Hope Harbor, a sexual trauma recovery center in Bowling Green. Tickets were $7 at the door. At WKU this year, senior Katelyn Calhoun and junior Alyssa Javier co-directed “The Vagina Monologues.” They also performed in the production. Calhoun is happy “The Vagina Monologues” provided support to Hope Harbor. “When people volunteer their time and their effort for this, they’re doing something for a great cause because Hope Harbor is a great shelter, and we’re very fortunate to have one,” she said. Calhoun said Hope Harbor serves 10 counties in Kentucky, including Warren County.

Calhoun performed the monologue “My Short Skirt,” a monologue that intends to let the audience know a woman’s short skirt is not an invitation or excuse to touch or sexually assault her. It is meant to call attention to issues like catcalling, sexual harassment and rape culture. Calhoun chose to perform “My Short Skirt” because it is her favorite and it is also one of the newer additions to “The Vagina Monologues” written by Ensler. Javier performed the monologue “Reclaiming Cunt,” which is a monologue that intends to cast the word in a different light and “reclaim” it. Javier feels “The Vagina Monologues” allow women the chance to empower and relate to each other. “The whole point of ‘Vagina Monologues’ is just to let women know we experience this, and if you feel the same way we do about our vaginas, then let’s talk about it in an open dialogue,” she said. “You don’t have to feel alone anymore about your vagina.” One of the monologues, entitled “My Vagina Was My Village,” told the story of a Bosnian woman and the issues Bosnian women, especially refugees, faced during the war in Yugoslavia as they were raped as a tactic of war. “The Vagina Monologues” also explored issues involving female genital mutilation, which involves cutting or removing the clitoris, the female sexual pleasure center. According to “The Vagina Monologues,” millions of girls and young women have been affected by female genital mutilation, which can have long-term health damages.

Ashley Hilger performs at WKU’s “Vagina Monologues” on Monday. The monologues are presented by WKU’s Gender and Women’s Studies program. All proceeds from the performance were donated to Hope Harbor, a non-profit crisis counseling center that provides services to victims of sexual assault. LYDIA SCHWEIKART/HERALD One monologue entitled “They Beat the Girl of my Boy (Or So They Tried)” speaks to issues involving the transgender community and the violence they face. Sophomore Ebony Lee performed a monologue called “My Angry Vagina,” which intends to communicate the anger many women feel about tampons, douches, vaginal exams and other issues in an amusing way. Lee said he hoped the audience walked away from the performance more informed about issues that affect women.

“I hope it brings awareness to issues like female genital mutilation and also problems that arise in the transgender community,” she said. She said she also hoped the audience gained more knowledge about the issues women face. “I hope they learn to respect women,” she said.

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Students take part in sustainability project BY MHARI SHAW

HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Project Grow’s efforts can be seen outside of the Office of Sustainability with crops ranging from fruits, vegetables and herbs covering the front and back yards. Project Grow focuses on educating and providing hands-on learning experiences for students and community members. Project Grow also offers fellowships for students who are interested in learning about sustainability. Christian Ryan, LEED AP sustainability coordinator, started the program after moving to a residential location on Regents Avenue in 2013. “Lawns are not sustainable; we put a lot into them, but what do we get out them? Our goal from the be-

ginning was to make this landscape entirely edible,” Ryan said. “A learning landscape where everyone can contribute, where everyone can get their hands in the soil and learn something.” Project Grow holds weekly work days in the garden at the Office of Sustainability. People can come and research or plant seeds of their choosing. Project Grow provides seeds, shovels and can order supplies necessary for a job. Alexis Corbin, student worker at the Office of Sustainability, helps organize programs including Project Grow and Big Red Bikes. Corbin has been involved with the Office of Sustainability for three years and has held a more permanent job there for the last year. “What really drew me to [Project

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Grow] was that it empowers people to experiment with gardening and allows for different ways to be sustainable,” Corbin said. The fellowships offered, along with the program, allows students to apply and compete to be fellows, according to Ryan. A fellowship continues over a 12-month period in which the fellows see the garden through each season. The fellows are required to work five hours in the garden planning, researching and or applying that research. Sean Nelson, senior and current recipient of the fellowship, leads students through the volunteer programs and helps maintain the garden. “I volunteered with the mindset of becoming a fellow, I was really interested in the organic aspect of things

along with the sustainable initiative of the program,” Nelson said. Along with fellowships and weekly gardening opportunities, Project Grow is involved with community events. Some events included are Farmer Fridays and Greenhouse Guru, which will be held in April for Earth Month and will promote greenhouse planting. All events held through Project Grow are open to the public. “I often say that the Office of Sustainability is not my office, it is everyone’s office; it belongs to the entire campus and community and we want everyone to come and use it,” Ryan said.

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“In my last class, I had a couple people not show up” Sergeant Hacker said on Wednesday as he prepared the students to rappel off of Parking Structure 1 for Military Science 101 class. Most of the students had rappelled before, but for some, rappelling off of Parking Structure 1 was the highest they had attempted. With a variety of emotions, the students all made it down without incident. Some of the more adventurous students like freshman Saul Sandefur went down multiple times. “It’s when you’re scared that you feel the most alive” said senior Jakaryus Redwine.

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Senior Jakaryus Redwine bends his knees in preparation to push off the parking structure on Wednesday. SILAS WALKER/HERALD

Elizabethtown freshman Marice Kultt rappels off of Parking Structure 1 for military science class on Wednesday. After her first time going down, Kultti went up again. SILAS WALKER/HERALD

Sergeant Hacker inspects freshman Saul Sandefur’s equipment before Sandefur begins his first rappel. Sandefur rappelled down three different times. SILAS WALKER/HERALD

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Jeffersonville, Indiana, said hearing about the event piqued her interest. “I was curious because I wanted to know which self-defense moves they would use,” Lester said. Liz Manning, Louiville sophomore and accounting major was a resident at Bates-Runner Hall and said she attended the event because she was concerned for her well-being.

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“They’re the techies and the programmers, and I’m the business end of it,” he said. “I sat here the other night and thought, ‘am I crazy?’ I’ve been retired for four years, and I’m opening up a business. But I enjoy it.” Lapierre said VR gaming is much different and better than playing other video games. “Xbox, you sit and stare at a screen and play with a controller,” he said. “Virtual reality is 360 degrees, you’re in the game.” Tyler agrees there are definitely some perks to playing a game in virtual reality.

“I found this event really beneficial,” Manning said. Stasel said the class might have been better for a freshman residence hall, but he worked with what he had. Despite this, he said he thought the class was successful overall. “I got a few people to learn some stuff, at least,” Stasel said.

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“Instead of you sitting in your room with your controller looking at your computer,” he said. “Jump into your computer and become part of the game. That’s what it is, that’s what it’s like.” Anyone who plays must first sign a waiver, and if they are under 18 years old a parent needs to sign a waiver. They are currently working on a room for them to host events in the next month or so.

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Game of Hills: A Q&A with a language creator BY ELISABETH MOORE

HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Language is a basic necessity that is used in everyday life, and David J. Peterson creates it in his free time. Peterson, language creator for the hit television show Game of Thrones, has helped create artificial languages for both television and movies. A few of the languages Peterson has created so far includes Dothraki and Valyrian for Game of Thrones, the Irathient and Omec languages for the television show Defiance and the language used by the Dark Elves in the movie Thor: The Dark World. As a part of the Paul G. and Ernestine G. Hatcher Lecture that is being presented by the Western Kentucky University Department of Modern Languages, Peterson will be visiting WKU and presenting Living Language: Conlang and the Power of Language. Co-sponsored by the Potter College of Arts and Letters, Pop Culture Studies and the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, Peterson will be presenting today in the Downing Student Union Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. Peterson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A. in English and in linguistics and he received an M.A. in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. Over the phone, Peterson answered a few questions about his past and what he will be talking about during his presentation.

What led you to work with Game of Thrones? I have been creating languages for about 10 years just for fun and then in 2009, there was an announcement on various content forums about the LCS getting a job; the LCS is the Language Creation Society. The LCS was getting a job to create a language for a television show. And so, I and many other language creators applied. It

was a competitive process and after two rounds of judging, I was the one that was chosen by the producers to continue working on the show.

Did you create a whole new language for Game of Thrones or do you just focus on creating the dialects of their world? I create the whole language. I create it for whatever is needed for the setting. So, in the case of Game of Thrones, for example, there really is only one group of Dothraki that we ever see for the most part. We don’t ever see a huge range of Dothraki society and as a result, there isn’t a need for separate dialects or anything like that. Kind of where you do see that is actually over in Slaver’s Bay where Astapor Valyrian and Meereenese Valyrian are two different dialects of the same language. So, there it was needed, so I created it.

you want it to be learned and studied like Klingon from Star Trek or do you want it to add to Game of Thrones as a whole? I don’t know, really. I mean, I was hired so that it would add on to Game of Thrones as a whole, but regarding my own desires for it, the same is for all the languages I create. I would like them to be appreciated, kind of independently, as works of art. That’s the goal, anyway. To the best of my abilities given the fact this is a television show. I mean, I have deadlines to work with. To me, it actually doesn’t make a difference either way if people learn it to use it. I mean, if they want to, it’s a language. It’s there and they can do that. If not, it’s no big deal.

Would you call Do you have a yourself a linguist favorite part of because of all of working on Game your work with of Thrones? words? Oh, definitely the beginning. I love the creation part where I am creating a language and coming up with a new thing. You know, to contrast with the translation, which is probably the most tedious part and also the largest part.

What do you hope to come of this job? Do

No. I mean, I think a linguist is somebody that is actually deployed as a linguist. I am a language creator.

Do you have a certain process that you go through to create a new language?

I guess it is kind of different for each one. Basically, I start with the sound system of the language and flesh that out. From there, I move on to grammar, starting with nouns since nouns are simpler and more stable. Moving on from there to verbs and each time you move on to a different section, it triggers a round of revision usually in a previous section to make sure that everything works. And then after the nominal and verbal morphology is taken care of, then I can move on to other bits. So, if there are adjectives or adverbs and how that morphology works and then moving on from there to sentence structure and derivation and finally the lexicon, where you pretty much spend the rest of your life creating words in the hopes of having a large lexicon one day. But, it takes a lot of time to do that.

Why did you decide to take the talk at Western Kentucky University?

I thought it was really interesting because most of the time when I go around and speak, it’s just about language creation. I definitely am going to talk about that, but I was interested in this series because there is also a focus just on language itself that is language qua language. And entirely apart from creating languages, even though it is related, one of the things I absolutely love doing is studying languages. That was one of my great joys in college, studying languages. So, it was really neat that for this series that was done at WKU, I have a chance to talk about that as well.

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Continued from SPORTS sports an ERA of 1.16 and is 4-0, powered by 48 strikeouts. Laws has allowed 34 hits and given up seven runs in 54.1 innings thrown. Similar to Charlotte, WKU returns home to the Hill after dropping last weekend’s C-USA slate at Texas San Antonio, two games to one. It was a series in which the Tops struggled to find an offensive rhythm while UTSA’s bats were hot in all three meetings in the Lonestar State. In WKU’s lone win in the series – a

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Ward who said the police were waiting on the Commonwealth Attorney to decide on any further indictments. There was no explanation as to why the members identified as WKU football players had their names redacted in the report. At the time of publication, Ward had yet to respond

4-3 decision in Saturday’s Game 2 – junior righty Paul Kirkpatrick had a solid outing on the mound and threw the Toppers’ first complete game since March 21, 2014. The Hilltoppers’ matchup with Lipscomb scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled with no plans for a makeup date. The Austin, Texas native gave up six hits and three runs while striking out a pair of batters in the full nine innings, as he improved to 2-4 on the season. Offensively, WKU is carried by junior centerfielder Colie Currie, who is batting .339 while playing,

and starting, in all 33 games this season. Currie has recorded 40 hits and crossed home plate 21 times to go along with 16 RBI. The Jackson, Tennessee, product has also hit three homeruns. Defensively for the Hilltoppers, Kirkpatrick has an ERA of 4.56, as he has allowed 61 hits and 30 runs in 51.1 total innings. Kirkpatrick has retired 23 batters and has walked just five. Although it is not official yet, expect WKU’s usual series-opening starter redshirt-junior LHP Ryan Thurston (3-3, 5.24 ERA) to be on the bump Thursday while UNCC starts

to offer any explanation as to why the names were redacted. And while the reasons why the names were redacted remains unclear, there are also no immediate defenses to be considered. No player on WKU’s active roster would be classified as a minor, and student privacy law (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) does not apply in this situation. The incident occurred off campus and does not pertain to any

educational records. But even though the players are not under any obligation to be protected, why then, was the victim’s name and address left visible for any curious member of the public to see? These questions and apparent holes in the narrative can lead one to wonder if the situation would’ve been handled similarly had the roles of fraternity alumnus vs football players been reversed.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD Laws. Friday’s game will likely feature Kirkpatrick and the 49ers’ junior LHP Josh Maciejewski (3-3, 4.38) while Saturday should present sophomore lefty Evan Acosta (1-4, 7.47) and UNCC’s redshirt-junior righty Zach Flanagan (3-3, 3.24). Following Thursday’s opener, the two sides will face off at 5 p.m. Friday and conclude the series Saturday at noon.

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Track to split up at Mt. Sac and Austin Peay this weekend BY JEREMY CHISENHALL HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU WKU Track & Field will be following up their extremely successful Hilltopper Relays by splitting the team up and going to two different meets this week. WKU athletes will be competing in either the Mt. Sac Relays in Norwalk, California, or the Austin Peay Invitational in Clarksville, Tennessee this weekend. Select athletes Emmanuel Dasor, Ventavius Sears, Eli Minor, Julius Morris, Austin Hayes, Jonathan Hayden, Maor Seged, Denzel Villaman, Will Bush, Corey Parks, Endalow Takele, Jenessa Jackson and Katie Lever will be at the Mt. Sac Relays, while all the other athletes will compete in the Austin Peay Invitational. This is a return visit for Dasor, who placed ninth in the 200-meter dash at the Mt. Sac Relays last year. He’s coming off a great Hilltopper Relays performance where he won the 200 meter dash, and helped the men’s 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter teams win both of those events as well. Takele will also be looking to improve on a good start after winning the men’s 1500 meter at the Hilltopper Relays

last week. Seged is also making a return trip, as last year he placed eighth in the 400 meter hurdles. Sears will be hoping to build on the success he had last week, as the All-American senior contributed to four of WKU’s 10 event titles: the 4x100 meter, the 4x400 meter, the long jump and the triple jump. Sears’ accomplishments in the home meet earned him Conference USA Field Athlete of the Week honors. It’s the first time he’s won the award during the outdoor season, but with three weekly indoor awards, this is the fourth of his career. Morris will also be looking to keep the ball rolling as he won the 100 meter dash last week. The men’s 4x100/4x400 team is making the trip, so on top of their individual successes, they’ll look to build on their team success after winning both events last week. After putting together three top-three finishes in her last home meet, Jenessa Jackson will be looking to continue her storied throwing career. Last week Jackson finished second in the shot put, and third in both the discus and hammer throw events.

Freshman pole vaulter Shelby Chobot pole vaults during the Hilltopper relays on Friday at the Charles M. Reuter Track and Field Complex. EVAN BOGGS/HERALD As for the rest of the Hilltoppers at the Austin Peay Invitational, Morgan McIntyre will be looking to follow up her first-place finish in the pole vault last week. Last season, McIntyre finished second in the same event at the Austin Peay Invitational. Jadzia Beasley will be looking to continue the success

she had last week, winning the 100 meter dash. The women’s 4x100 meter team (Peli Alzola, Sandra Akachukwu, Jadzia Beasley and Khadijah Valentine) will also be looking to follow up their first-place finish from last week. The men’s team as a whole is looking to build on last week’s performance that led them to

become the No. 21 team in the nation in the USTFCCCA poll. They are now the only C-USA team ranked in the poll.

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Volleyball team to host annual spring tournament Saturday BY TYLER MANSFIELD HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU After four months since its season ended in the NCAA Tournament, the WKU volleyball team will host its annual spring tournament this weekend at Diddle Arena. The Lady Toppers, who finished another successful season in 2016 at 30-3 overall and 14-0 in Conference USA, welcome Lipscomb, Samford and Southern Illinois to the Hill this Saturday to wrap up their spring practice. Led by head coach Travis Hudson, WKU will open play on Saturday at noon against Lipscomb. The Toppers and Bisons met last year in Diddle on Oct. 11 in a five-set thriller, with the home club winning 3-2. WKU will play again at 2 p.m. against Southern Illinois before concluding its action with Samford at 5 p.m. In 2016, the Lady Tops beat SIU, 3-1, on Sept. 9 in the Holiday Inn University Plaza Invitational. WKU didn’t face off with Samford this past season. All matches will be two sets to 25 points with no cap and the winner will be determined by set score and point differential when necessary. In addition to its impressive record in 2016, WKU became just the fourth team in C-USA history to go undefeated in

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Continued froM SPORTS season. Roughly 1,000 of those receiving yards came from players returning next season. “There’s only a few receivers that played significant time, and one of them is out with an injury right now,” WKU offensive coordinator Junior Adams said. “They’re all young for the most part other than Towner and Fant, but they’re picking it up. They’re doing a good job of getting in there and learning this offense. They’ve all had their days.” Fant is the leading returning receiver on the Hilltopper roster. The former Kentucky Mr. Football winner tallied 29 catches for 407 yards and two

regular-season league play. The Toppers won the outright regular-season championship, the C-USA Tournament championship and faced Boise State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, falling 3-0. WKU’s 30 wins in 2016 extended its 30-win season steak to three consecutive campaigns while its regular-season conference championship was its sixth-straight. Additionally, the Lady Toppers’ C-USA Tournament title was their third-straight while their NCAA Tournament birth marked their 10th appearance since 2002 and the sixth appearance in the past seven seasons. Before that season-ending loss, WKU hadn’t suffered a defeat since a 3-2 setback to Michigan State back on Sept. 10, giving it a 21-match winning streak entering the Big Dance. Hudson spoke of the success his 2016 squad had after the Tournament loss to Boise State, saying, “This is a disappointing end to the season, but what can you say, this is the first time we’ve lost since Sept. 10. It takes nothing away from the amazing group of kids I’ve had and the incredible season that they’ve had.” Entering the 2017 campaign, the Lady Toppers return 10 of 12 letterwinners from the 2016 roster, as only

senior defensive specialists Kaelin Grimes and Georgia O’Connell graduated from the program. Returning for WKU are sophomores Sophia Cerino and Emma Kowalkowski, redshirt-junior Amara Listenbee, juniors Rachel Anderson, Taylor Dellinger and Mary Martin and seniors Alyssa Cavanaugh, Sydney Engle, Jessica Lucas and Maggie Singleton. Cavanaugh and Lucas – both

named All-Americans in 2016 – took home honors at WKU’s postseason awards banquet. Cavanaugh was Co-Best Offensive Player while also earning her third-consecutive AVCA recognition with Lucas. Cavanaugh’s 4.41 kills per set finished second in C-USA and 22nd across the nation, while she also achieved the 1,000-kill milestone of her career during the 2016 season. Lucas took home the MVP

honor and was also named the C-USA Setter of the Year while recording a league-record seven Setter of the Week awards. Lucas also finished sixth across the national with an 11.64 assists per set average.

touchdowns in nine games. Due to Fant’s injury, which is expected to keep him sidelined until the fall, redshirt sophomore Lucky Jackson has been playing as the number one wide receiver in the majority of spring football. The Lexington native saw action in all 14 games last season and tallied 26 catches for 395 yards and two touchdowns. Serviceable wide outs Towner and redshirt sophomore Quin Jernighan combined for just 10 catches in 2016, but will be expected to play bigger roles this season. Redshirt freshmen Jachour Pearson and Xavier Lane are also expected to compete for playing time after redshirting their first season on the Hill.

“When there is big shoes to fill, there always has to be someone who can fill in,” Jackson said. “You can’t have rebuilding time. It’s time to reload. Hopefully there won’t be any let-offs. Jachour and Xavier will definitely have their opportunities to step up and make big plays as young guys. Its always good to have those guys you know you’ll have for a few years.” As big as an impact the receiver position has had on WKU football recently, the receivers won’t be asked to rack up stats quite like last year’s receiving core did. First-year head coach Mike Sanford’s offense features a more balanced attack, meaning the amount of run and

pass plays are expected to be more even. If redshirt senior running back Leon Allen is healthy for week one, WKU will feature four running backs that have started at least one game in a Hilltopper uniform. The offensive line loses key names such as Forrest Lamp and Max Halpin, but they’re still expected to be a strength on WKU’s offense. With a strong offensive line and four experienced running backs, Sanford could very well establish the ground game first, and then set up the passing game. “We’re going to be pro style,” Adams said. “We really want to hang our hat on attacking. By attack I mean we want to attack on the run game and be

downhill because everything starts up front. We still want to be able to attack vertically down the field in the pass game. You may see some jet sweeps, some read options, and some short and long down the field throws. The most important thing is that we’re going to cater to our personnel.” In just nine days, WKU will have its annual Red-White Spring game at Smith Stadium. Hilltopper fans will get their first glance at Sanford’s new offense and an almost brand new receiving core.

WKU rising senior volleyball players Jessica Lucas (left) and Alyssa Cavanaugh will return for their final seasons on the Hill after being named AVCA All-Americans for the 2016 season. NICK WAGNER/HERALD

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Questions loom after incident at Pike House BY EVAN HEICHELBECH HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU It’s been over a month since members of the WKU football team were involved in a fight at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on a late Sunday night in early March. According to the police report, a member of the football team told police he had come to the Pike house with at least two other team members because members of the fraternity allegedly assaulted some players on a previous night. A member who spoke to the responding officer had his name redacted from the report, and said he wasn’t involved in the fight. But upon looking at the report, what all members of the football team had in common was not surprising, but instead disappointing: all of their names had been redacted from the police report. The Herald requested a report of all documents and evidence related to the case on April 1 and received the same redacted report in return three days later. The victim, on the other hand, was fully identified with his address listed in bold print below his name on the report. All things considered, this is a multi-layered issue that will likely cause several stones to remain unturned. At a press conference previewing the football team’s spring practice on March 21, head coach Mike Sanford was asked about the incident and said the issue would be handled internally, which essentially signaled that another case of a public incident involving athletes was going to quickly slip away from the public’s minds on its way to becoming a forgotten memory. To this point, no arrests have been made, and the incident has lost the initial coverage it originally received from national outlets TMZ and Bleacher Report. In the weeks following the original report, comments from authorities and officials have been limited with the latest update coming from Bowling Green police officer Ronnie

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Junior wide receiver Nacarius Fant (1) catches a pass for a touchdown during WKU’s 30-31 loss to Vanderbilt September, 24th, 2016 at Smith Stadium in Bowling Green. JEFF BROWN/HERALD

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Wide receiver biggest question as Spring game approaches BY SAM PORTER

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Senior wide receivers Nacarius Fant and Kylen Towner made their presence known on special teams a year ago. The duo combined for four combined touchdowns on punt and kick returns, and if it wasn’t for Fant’s torn

ACL that kept him from playing in the final five games, that touchdown number easily could’ve ben higher. However, if the Hilltopper pass attack is going to be anywhere near as productive as last season, Fant and Towner will need to be just as productive at the wide receiver position as they were on special teams last sea-

son. The losses of former WKU receivers Taywan Taylor and Nicholas Norris make the wide receiver position group one of the more inexperienced positions on WKU’s depth chart. The Hilltoppers receivers combined for over 4,200 receiving yards last

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Toppers host Charlotte in crucial C-USA series

Redshirt Junior Ryan Thurston (20) pitches the ball during the 5-4 win against Ohio University on March 3 at Nick Denes Field. EVAN BOGGS/HERALD

BY TYLER MANSFIELD HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU With over half of its 2017 season already in the books, the WKU baseball

team is still trying to find its footing. The Hilltoppers (11-22 overall, 4-8 Conference USA) have gathered a double-digit win total, but have failed to maintain consistency. WKU

hasn’t had a winning streak of more than a single game since its first series of the season and has only claimed two series victories, including just one Conference USA slate.

Currently sitting in 11th place out of 12 teams in the C-USA standings and ranking 12th in the league in NCAA baseball RPI at No. 219 out of 299 teams, the Hilltoppers now host Charlotte for a crucial conference series this weekend, beginning Thursday at 5 p.m. at Nick Denes Field. Charlotte (17-15, 6-6 C-USA) ranks fifth in the current league standings and ventures into Bowling Green following a 2-1 series defeat at home against Florida Atlantic. The 49ers battled with the No. 3 Owls all throughout the series, but could only pull out a singular 11-5 victory in the finale to avoid being swept. In the 49ers’ lone win in the threegame slate, Charlotte exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning and held a big lead throughout the remaining eight frames. Sunday’s victory marked the ninth time this season that UNCC has scored at least 10 runs, now winning seven of those nine contests. Charlotte is led by senior infielder/outfielder T.J. Nitching, who leads the team with a batting average of .398. In 133 total at-bats so far this year, Nitching has recorded 53 hits, scored 36 runs and homered four times to go along with 28 RBI. The Hamilton, Ohio, native is also slugging .617. On the opposite side of the ball for the 49ers, redshirt-sophomore, right-handed pitcher Colton Laws

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