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WKU professor of Russian Ekaterina Myakshina instructs her Russian 202 class in the Honors College and International Center on March 11. WKU’s modern languages department recently moved from Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center to the Honors College and International Center.
ADIOS & AU REVOIR Modern language programs face suspension
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nrollment in WKU’s modern language programs has dropped precipitously following a university decision to count two years of high school foreign language classes as students’ modern language credit. The WKU University Senate ap-
proved the resolution in 2017 to address a backlog of over 7,000 students who had not yet fulfilled their language requirement. “This is basically a band-aid to clear the deck, to basically say that the 7,000 students who still have not filled the requirement, that if you have two years of high school [credit], you’ve fulfilled it,” Jerry Daday, then chair of the Colonnade General Education Committee, said in a previous Herald article
when the language requirement was removed. Laura McGee, head of the Department of Modern Languages, said there are currently hundreds fewer students taking language courses now compared to before the passage of the new rule. “We’re down three instructors, and each of these people taught 300 students a year,” McGee said. As a result, the French major will be
phased out by 2021. Minors in French, majors and minors in German and minors in Spanish have been recommended for suspension by college deans. Any suspended program will continue until all currently enrolled students have completed the program, but no new admissions into a suspended program will be allowed. The Spanish major has been rated as SEE MODERN LANGUAGE • PAGE A7
Construction continues for WKU Greek organizations BY EMILY DELETTER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU
Both newer and established Greek organizations are finding a permanent home at WKU thanks to ongoing construction in and around campus. Delta Zeta, Alpha Omicron Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon are currently in the process of building houses for their chapter members. These three houses are at the tail end of a 15-year construction process for Greek housing, Charley Pride, director of student activities, said. “We’ve built one, two or three [houses] each year,” Pride said. “Most facilities were aging, and many were upgraded for more room for residents and building larger space for chapter rooms.” Pride said Delta Zeta’s house on
Chestnut Street will be finished and ready for residents to move in by August. He said there is no estimated date for the completion of construction for Alpha Omicron Pi’s house, also on Chestnut Street, or Sigma Phi Epsilon’s house on College Street. Discussions for a new house for Lambda Chi Alpha have begun, as well, but Pride said that is still subject to change. Andrew Rash, coordinator of Greek affairs, said the construction reflects modern wants and needs of the students living in and utilizing those spaces. “What people lived in 20 years ago isn’t what people live in now,” he said. “People want private rooms and a multipurpose space for study rooms, chapter meetings or Spring Sing practice.” SEE CONSTRUCTION • PAGE A7
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Construction on the Sigma Phi Epsilon house began over winter break. The new house will be located on College Street, across from Cherry Hall.
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House-approved pension bill stabilizes costs for WKU
BY NICOLE ZIEGE
HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A bill recently approved in Kentucky’s House of Representatives could help stabilize WKU’s pension obligations, provide a choice for university employee retirement benefits and postpone a dramatic cost increase for the university next year. House Bill 358 is intended to help address the cost of the Kentucky Employee Retirement System and provide retirement system options to higher education institutions and their employees. The bill also declares an emergency regarding the potential drastic financial increase Kentucky’s public universities face with their employer contribution costs. KERS is one of two state retirement systems WKU currently participates in, the second being the Teachers Retirement System. Participating in KERS, the current employer contribution rate for Kentucky’s public universities is about 49.5 percent of each employee’s salary. These public universities include WKU, Northern Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky
funded pension liability. In a 76-21 vote on Feb. 27, the House approved the amended bill. It moved to the Kentucky Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government on March 6 and was scheduled for discussion on Monday. Rep. James Tipton, one of the bill’s 19 sponsors, said the bill was created after listening to concerns of the public universities that participate in KERS over the potential increased costs. “I think we understand that we have a severe pension crisis in the state,” Tipton said. “We have to start somewhere, and we have to create a path forward that’s feasible. Our goal is getting something passed this session if at all possible.” Under the bill, the universities can voluntarily cease participation from KERS and would then need to follow certain requirements in place of their participation. The universities would need to create their own alternative retirement programs, which would need a voluntary defined contribution plan similar to a 401(k). The effective cessation date for universities that choose to leave the program would be June 30, 2020, according to the bill.
“This bill will help create more stable and predictable pension contributions for our universities.”
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University, Morehead State University, Kentucky State University, Murray State University and the Kentucky Community Technical College System. In the last fiscal year, WKU’s costs to KERS under this rate totaled about $9.7 million. However, WKU’s employer rate to KERS could increase from about 49.5 percent to 83.4 percent, an increase of $7 million next year. The bill postpones the proposed rate increase for another year and allows participating universities to receive a 25-year payout requirement for the un-
WKU has already created its own alternative retirement system, known as the optional retirement plan, and eligible TRS employees may choose the plan as an alternative. At most state universities, faculty have chosen to be in Kentucky’s TRS, which is in better financial standing than KERS. TRS has about 57.7 percent of the money it needs to provide promised pensions compared to 16 percent for KERS. Many university staff employees in Kentucky belong to KERS. Due to the system being underfunded, employers
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House Bill 358 is intended to help address the increasing cost of participating in the Kentucky Employee Retirement System for many Kentucky colleges like WKU. In a 76-21 vote, Kentucky’s House of Representatives approved the amended bill on Feb. 27, and the Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government planned to discuss the bill on Monday.
like WKU must pay increasingly large amounts of money to continue participating in the program, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. President Timothy Caboni discussed the bill in a statement to the university when it was filed in the House on Feb. 13. He said one of the most important aspects of the bill was how it protected the current participants in KERS and provided them with a choice. “Employees, both vested and non-vested, will have the option to remain with KERS and to accrue retirement benefits for the remainder of their WKU employment,” Caboni said in the statement. “For those employees who believe it to be in their best interest to cease participation with KERS, they will have the option to change to the ORP [WKU’s optional retirement plan]. This option could especially be of interest to employees having less service in KERS.” Caboni later praised the bill on Twit-
ter after it passed out of the House on Feb. 27. “This bill will help create more stable and predictable pension contributions for our universities,” Caboni said in the tweet. The bill would only affect universities that choose to stop participating in KERS. Ann Mead, senior vice president for finance and administration, said in an email WKU’s financial obligation to KERS was already significant with the current 49.5 percent employer rate. “While we won’t know until we receive the calculation, we believe this will be financially beneficial to WKU without hurting our recruitment of new employees,” Mead said in the email.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Board of Regents spending budget exceeds $100,000
BY NATASHA BREU
HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The Board of Regents spending budget for the current and last two fiscal years shows the total amount of money spent on different expenses, and several categories are apparently over budget. Stacey Garrett, budget director of the WKU Division of Finance and Administration, said the budget for the board comes from the overall WKU budget. The total budgets for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 fiscal years all exceed $100,000, with costs going toward expenses such as wages, insurance, office supplies, food products, postage, departmental books and travel. The amount of money spent on food, postage and office supplies all exceeded the budget for the past two fiscal years. The Board of Regents is made up of 11 members, with one staff, faculty and student representative, according to WKU’s website. The faculty and staff regents serve a three-year term. The other eight regent positions are ap-
”People who come from out of town get their travel reimbursed.” Board faculty regent CLAUS ERNST
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President Timothy Caboni speaks about the university’s 2018-2028 strategic plan, which was unanimously approved by the Board of Regents during its meeting on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.
pointed by the governor and serve for two six-year terms. The board sets annual tuition for WKU and recently increased the tuition from $5,301 to $5,401 at the last quarterly meeting on March 1. At the same meeting, the board approved a salary increase for athletic director Todd Stewart from $204,132 to $270,000. The board has four quarterly meetings, four committee meetings and occasional special called meetings. Food products exceeded the consecutive $3,018 budget by about $200 in 2017 and about $1,700 in 2018. The budget for postage in 2017 was
$240.22 and it was exceeded by about $1,700, and the budget in 2018 was $150 and was exceeded by about $500. The budget for office supplies in 2017 was $238 and was exceeded by about $700, and the budget was $238 in 2018 and was exceeded by about $30. Claus Ernst, the board’s faculty regent, said he was surprised the total amount for each fiscal year exceeded $100,000. For food expenses, Ernst said the money goes toward lunch during meetings and the Christmas dinner provided annually, and the members get their travel paid for. “People who come from out of town
get their travel reimbursed,” Ernst said. “The governor called a Board of Regents meeting in Louisville, and I got $70 for gas.” He said board regent George Nichols flies in to each meeting, and it costs money to put him in a hotel. He also said Julia McDonald, the financial manager for the board, handles each reimbursement. The miscellaneous category on the 2018 budget included charges to Uber, Blaze Pizza, McDonald’s and Aramark. The budget for 2018 was $257.88 and was exceeded by about $350. The board also gets worker’s compensation, and in 2017 the full budget of $320.46 was used, while in 2018 the budget was $324.94, and $393.72 was used. Other charges include floral arrangements, printing, computer maintenance and long-distance phone charges. Other board responsibilities include discussing and approving the overall WKU budget, overseeing academic affairs and hiring. In a response to the 2017-2018 Faculty Work Life Survey, 30 percent of faculty strongly disagreed the Board of Regents made academics a top priority, and almost 130 faculty disagreed it was upholding “its responsibility to ensure that the institution’s resources are dedicated to the institution’s mission.”
News reporter Natasha Breu can be reached at 270-745-6011 and natasha. breu597@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter @nnbreu.
WKU lawsuit against Herald hits two-year mark BY JAKE DRESSMAN HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Feb. 27 marked the two-year anniversary of the university’s lawsuit against the Herald. In that time, the university has spent close to $44,000 in legal fees as of January 2019, an open records request revealed. WKU sued the Herald in February 2017 in response to an open records request made by former Herald reporter Nicole Ares. The requests were also sent to all other Kentucky public universities. WKU and Kentucky State Univer-
sity were the only universities that failed to comply with the request. WKU refused to release the requested records and has maintained the records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. However, Attorney General Andy Beshear intervened and ordered WKU to release the records. WKU’s only two options were to release the records or sue the Herald. WKU chose the latter. A similar case is happening at UK, where its student publication, the Kentucky Kernel, is being sued by UK over an open records request. The Kernel requested records in
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Although it has not released the records, WKU admitted six of the 20 faculty it investigated had committed sexual misconduct. All six have since resigned.
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SHORTENING OUR REACH WKU’s Confucius Institute poses a threat to Chinese Flagship Program
BY HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU
Issue: Many universities in the United States have cut ties with Confucius Institutes over the in recent years, and WKU’s long-term commitment to its Confucius Institute is both peculiar and could be a possible threat to its Chinese Flagship Program. Our Stance: A decades-long partnership between WKU and its Confucius Institute could prove to be a counterproductive and short-sighted decision if it costs the university its Chinese Flagship Program, but it can also produce benefits regarding diversity and tolerance if the organizations are allowed to coexist. Under the guidance of former President Gary Ransdell in 2017, WKU agreed to a 50-year lease with the Confucius Institute, allowing the institute to operate out of a new $1.5 million building paid for by the Chinese Education Ministry. There are currently over 100 Confucius Institutes in the United States and almost 500 worldwide, with the Chinese government hoping to have 1,000 settled globally by 2020, according to a Hanban News article. Controversy has mounted around Confucius Institutes in recent years, though. Just within the past year, over 10 universities have canceled relationships with their Confucius Institutes, including Texas A&M, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Michigan and Penn State. The institutions are also designed for second-
ary education students, not college students, making it odd that so many are located on university campuses. The reasons for universities ending their involvement with Confucius Institutes primarily revolve around academic integrity and national funding. Confucius Institute curriculums must follow a strict set of guidelines from the Chinese government and openly support the views of the Chinese Communist Party, according to Inside Higher Ed. This has often led to complaints about the organization’s transparency concerning historical events such as the Tiananmen Square massacre, causing many to view it as propaganda. Lawmakers found the Chinese government has spent more than $158 million on Confucius Institutes in the United States since 2006, according to Inside Higher Ed. In August 2018, President Donald Trump signed a $717 billion defense bill, part of which bars Department of Defense funding from contributing to Chinese education at universities with a Confucius Institute. While the most outspoken criticism relating to Confucius Institutes has come from Republicans, leaders on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern. While the Confucius Institute is paid for by the Chinese government, WKU’s Chinese Flagship Program is funded by the Department of Defense and is in danger of being eliminated because of this, but the university is currently seeking a waiver to continue to promote both programs. There is no timetable for when a decision might be reached. In an interview with the Herald editorial board
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in January, WKU President Tim Caboni said he believes the university’s Confucius Institute is a great opportunity for young people who lack the opportunity to learn Chinese and wish to develop an appreciation for the country’s culture. “In some ways, having our partners in the Chinese government in the Confucius Institute paying to create a cadre of students who would be interested in coming to do the Chinese Flagship Program here at WKU is a pretty good thing, and I’m hopeful that the Department of Defense will grant our waiver,” Caboni said. However, if WKU’s commitment to its Confucius Institute causes its Chinese Flagship Program to be cut, then it would be the definition of counterproductive, as WKU trusting in a foreign institution to hopefully boost its original Chinese-centered program only for its initial organization to be eliminated would be ironic in the worst way possible. WKU’s Chinese Flagship Program has done an excellent job of educating students on Chinese culture and language by assisting them with personal native-speaking tutors and offering them multiple opportunities to study abroad. Most students who begin the program have no experience speaking Chinese, yet graduate proficient in the language, as well, so it should be questioned how essential it is for students to learn Chinese at the Confucius Institute. While the institute can educate students and help them get a head start in learning Chinese, its risks outweigh its rewards. It seems all WKU can do is hope a waiver from the Department of Defense prevents it from making a half-century-long mistake.
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Provost updates faculty and staff on vacant positions
BY LILY BURRIS
HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU An email from the Provost updated faculty and staff on changes in recent employment and vacant positions including ongoing dean searches, the University Registrar position and personnel changes in the Provost office. There has been an ongoing search for the dean positions in the Gordon Ford College of Business and the College of Health and Human Services. Currently, Catherine Carey serves as the interim dean of GFCB and Dennis George serves Merrell as the interim dean of Price CHHS. Carey also serves Special as an economics pro- Assistant to fessor within GFCB. the Provost
George was the dean special assistant to of the University Col- the provost, with that lege before is elim- position beginning ination on June 30, on July 1. Jennifer 2018. Hammonds, former Candidates for the registrar of Shawnee two ongoing State UniverDennis dean searchsity, will be Rheanna George es will be on u n i v e r s i t y Plemons campus in registrar efInterim Dean, the upcoming fective June 1. Interim College weeks. Potter Col- Registrar of Health Four peolege of Arts and Human ple joined the and Letters Services Office of the Catherine will have a Provost in Carey new associate dean effective varying capacities recently. July 1. The new associate Jim Berger, a professor of Interim Dean dean will be Merrall Price, educational administration, and Professor who formerly served as the leadership and research, is - Economics associate dean for the Uninow the Southern Associaversity College. tion of Colleges and Schools Interim Director for the Commission on Colleges liaison for Center for Innovative Teaching and WKU. The programs within WKU Learning Marko Dumančić will offihave SACSCOC accreditation. cially take the position in full effecRheanna Plemons will move from tive April 1. her position as interim registrar to The email also mentioned that the
search will begin soon to fill the vacant associate vice president position. The position is vice president of philanthropy and alumni engagement, which has been held by John Paul Blair as interim, according to a previous Herald article. The Staff Special and Events Coordinator, Candice Tope-Phillips, is no longer with WKU effective March 8. Tope-Phillips left to go to the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts in Frankfort. There are a handful of people listed in the email that are working to fill her positions in the interim.
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Exhibit featuring photos of Muhammad Ali opens BY TAYLOR METCALF HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU An exhibition highlighting images of Muhammad Ali from Courier-Journal photojournalists opened Monday. Photographers began following Muhammad Ali, then named Cassius Clay, when he won his first Kentucky Golden Gloves fight, according to the event website. The Courier-Journal continued to follow Ali, a Louisville native, for roughly six decades. “Ali trusted these photographers with something very special, a commitment to document his entire life, both inside the ring, and, more importantly, outside the ring,” the event website stated. The exhibition will be housed in the Jody Richards Hall Auditorium and Gallery from March 12 to May 3. The gallery and discussion was organized by photojournalism professor Tim Broekema.
A roundtable discussion was given to coincide with the gallery’s opening. Pat McDonogh, one of the speakers, works at the Courier-Journal and went through the archives and found and compiled the photos into the book the event covers. “It’s a great set of photos and I hope that people get to see it,” McDonogh said. “You really get a glimpse of what he was like.” It all began when McDonogh began posting photos from the archives on social media. He said a publisher noticed the gallery and proposed creating a series of books. The Muhammad Ali exhibition specifically presents photos of Ali that McDonogh found significant. The photos showed Ali not only as a boxer but also portrayed him outside the ring. Monday’s round table for the gallery featured photojournalists Keith Williams, C. Thomas Hardin and Sam Upshaw Jr. from the Courier-Journal who spoke about the book, the exhibit and Ali.
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consider Beshear’s revised open records decision in the Kernel’s case for the Herald lawsuit. During an in-camera review of the requested records over faculty sexual misconduct in the KSU v. Kentucky Kernel lawsuit, Beshear concluded the records must be released because the investigatory report is not an education report, according to a previous Herald article. Beshear based this decision in the
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Former Courier-Journal photographer Keith Williams, left, and current Courier-Journal photographer Sam Upshaw, right, look through images of Muhammad Ali shot by fellow staff photographers. “Muhammad Ali was very generous with his time and was very patient,” Williams said.
Louisville senior John Summerfield said Ali was one of his favorite historical figures of all time and cited him as an inspiration of his. “[There’s] more to his story than can be said inside of a boxing ring,” Summerfield said. Ali was named “Fighter of the Year” five time, by Ring Magazine and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Additionally, he was voted BBC’s “Sporting Personality of the Century,” and Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of the Century.” However Ali’s legacy and honors expanded outside the ring. In 2005, Ali was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1990 he met with Iraqi Saddam Hussein to negotiate the release of American hostages, and traveled to Afghanistan in 2002 as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, according to History.com. Downtown Louisville remains the
home of the Muhammad Ali Center, a nonprofit museum and cultural center which tells the life of Ali while focusing on peace and social responsibility, according to the museum’s website. Morgan Bass, a photojournalism student, grew up in Louisville and said he always heard stories about Ali’s boxing from her grandparents. “The event is appealing because I want to know more about Muhammad Ali and also the field I’m planning to go into,” Bass said. After the roundtable, attendees had an opportunity to have copies of the book, ‘Picture: Muhammad Ali,’ signed. An amount of the book sales will go toward a WKU Photojournalism scholarship fund.
Kernel case on “compelling public interest” which “outweighs any privacy interests of the faculty members involved,” according to the former Herald article. Herald attorney Mike Abate said the Herald has been billed over $47,700 so far. However, the Herald has received several grants specified for the legal defense. About $7,000 has been donated by Herald and Talisman alumni through the College Heights
Herald Fund. Additionally the Herald has received $24,000 from the Kentucky Press Association Legal Defense Fund over the past two years and a $5,000 grant in 2017 from the Society of Professional Journalists Legal Defense Fund
Features reporter Taylor Metcalf can be reached at 270-745-6291 and taylor.metcalf496@topper.wku.edu.
News reporter Jake Dressman can be reached at 270-745-6011 and jacob. dressman200@topper.wku.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT Pride said the Fall 2018 semester was the largest semester he has seen for WKU’s Greek life in terms of numbers, with over 2500 currently active members, around 25 percent of the undergraduate population. “Greek life has blossomed over the past 10 years,” he said. Delta Zeta began its chapter in early 2015 and participated in its first recruitment during Fall 2015. Delta Tau Delta was reinstated last fall after four years off of campus. The chapter was previously suspended due to low numbers in 2014. The average chapter size for sororities at WKU participating in the National Panhellenic Conference is around 140, Pride said. The average chapter size for fraternities in the Interfraternity Council is 50-60 members. The total male-female ratio at WKU is 40 percent to 59 percent, according to the WKU Fact Book, as well. Participating in Greek life seems to be a growing trend both nationally and at WKU. Although other universities have recently faced controversy and even banned chapters participating in hazing, parties or alcohol-related deaths, Greek life numbers continue to rise. The Washington Post reported in 2015 that numbers in the IFC rose from 2005 by an average of four per-
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Construction on the Delta Zeta house was announced during the summer of 2018 and construction started soon after. The house is located between the Chi Omega and Alpha Xi Delta houses on Chestnut St
any of the Greek houses currently under construction. All are individually
“If people want to hang out, need help with homework, there’s a place for that. It’s also easier for philanthropy and other events we host throughout the year.”
President of Delta Zeta LAUREN CHRISTMAN
cent, and overall members of the NPHC also continued to grow. The article attributed national growth to an increasing number of students attending college and an overall want to be connected to a community. WKU is not helping shoulder any of the burden for construction costs for
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a course designated for “transformation.” McGee said there is no specific route for “transforming” a program, and she believes there is a fair amount of space in making decisions. “I think we want to do the best job we can to meet the career needs of students, so that’s really one of the angles we’re gonna take on that,” McGee said. These recommendations will be reviewed by WKU’s committee of Comprehensive Academic Program Evaluation as part of a broader assessment of WKU’s academic offerings. Comparatively, the Arabic and Chinese programs have fared well throughout the CAPE assessment likely due to their enrollment not being substantial-
financed either by alumni and national chapter donations or added fees to membership. Delta Zeta President Lauren Christman said construction for the house was first announced during the summer of 2018, with construction beginning soon after. She said this will be suspension or transformation by the committee. “[W]e are at most halfway through the CAPE process, and while we are beginning to have a sense of how most programs may ultimately fall out, all recommendations at this point are advisory,” said Bob Skipper, director of Media Relations, said in the former Herald article. In relation to faculty teaching a suspended program, the committee has said its first obligation will be to tenured faculty. While the faculty’s obligations may change, WKU does not anticipate a reduction in force, and it will do its best to protect untenured faculty wherever it can, according to the CAPE website. Concerning layoffs in the modern languages department, McGee said a faculty member in the French program expects to retire in a few years. She
“I think we want to do the best job we can to meet the career needs of students, so that’s really one of the angles we’re gonna take on that.”
Head of the Department of Modern Languages LAURA MCGEE
ly diminished by the decrease in total language enrollment following the acceptance of high school credit in place of a WKU language credit. Junior international affairs major Sofia Kamali said she believes Arabic and Chinese are strategic languages and bear many employment opportunities in international affairs or the political science area of interest. “Having a wide variety of languages has many advantages for a lot of students,” Kamali said. “It helps them with career opportunities, study abroad and many others, and I believe that these languages should not be suspended, as it can probably hinder students chances in many career opportunities, study abroad.” Kamali said her participation in the Arabic minor program is a good compliment to her major in international affairs and that she plans to use it to work in the Middle East. Neither the Arabic or Spanish programs have been recommended for
said she is uncertain what is expected in the German program. “That hasn’t been said per se,” McGee said. With the suspension of the French major program already set in stone, the outcome for other programs recommended for suspension remains uncertain. “I personally and professionally would love to live in a world where all students have taken a language and have learned about culture and about how people in other countries think through learning the language,” McGee said. “That’s not going to be the case at WKU anymore.” The final decision on the CAPE report and the programs recommended for suspension will be made by the Board of Regents in May.
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the first time Delta Zeta, which currently has around 100 active members, will have a permanent place for meetings and for members to live. Chapter meetings are currently held in a chapter room in Meredith Hall. While the new house won’t have a chapter room, Christman said there will be nine bedrooms sleeping 17 members, a craft room, a meeting room and study spaces. The house was financed by the national Delta Zeta headquarters, which has a fund to pay for chapter houses at different colleges and universities across the United States. Christman said dues have increased by $10 a month to help with the house’s mortgage. Once the house is finished, members living there will pay rent, which will cost around $430 a month. Parlor fees will also be applied to all members of the chapter, which
allow any member to use the common spaces in the house. “The house really provides a place we can call a physical home,” Christman said. “If people want to hang out, need help with homework, there’s a place for that. It’s also easier for philanthropy and other events we host throughout the year.” Rash said the overall construction reflects the attitude students at WKU have toward Greek life. “Greek life has provided an experience and programming that our students want,” Rash said. “It’s a big contributor to why it is growing and staying so strong here.”
Assistant News Editor Emily DeLetter can be reached at 270-745-6011 or emily.deletter304@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @emilydeletter.
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Kimberly Hyde rides away with the basketball during the donkey basketball game in Pembroke, Ky., on Saturday. The event was an annual fundraiser for the Pembroke Ruritan Club. Hyde was participating in the event for the third time.
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The annual Donkey Ball game took place on March 2 in Pembroke, where the Pembroke Fire Department faced the Christian County Rescue team. The teams rode the donkeys and used them during the game to help fend off opponents. The ultimate goal is to complete a game of basketball while riding the donkeys. People from the city gathered to watch the 2018-19 game.
Lori Bethfooshee reaches for the basketball during the donkey basketball game.
A boy looks at the donkeys while they rest following the donkey basketball game.
The donkeys rest along their trailer following the donkey basketball game. Buckeye Donkey Ball provided the 10 donkeys on the court, and their ages range from 3 to 30 years old.
Sahara Peterson, 12, pets “Wild Thing� following the donkey basketball game.
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Alumna and author speaks on vision of her book BY SARAH YAACOUB HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU
Along with ensuring all customers are comfortable while shopping at the supermarket, Ali said he aims to make quality products and reasonable prices a standard. “Our intention — quality and affordable price,” Ali said. He said he is able to make this possible by keeping the store open every day of the year from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. He said the supermarket closes for no holidays, as he wants it to be open for whoever whenever. “Day of my death, it will be closed
Author Sarah McCartt-Jackson, a Lexington native and WKU alumna, said her love of writing goes back a long time. “When I was in second grade, we did a poetry unit,” she said. “I never took my first formal [creative writing] class till I got to Eastern [Kentucky University], but English was always my favorite subject in high school.” She said the driving force behind her decision to pursue writing in college was a professor who taught at EKU, where McCartt-Jackson earned bachelor’s degrees in English and anthropology. After graduating with her second degree in 2008, McCartt-Jackson applied to a master’s program in poetry at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She said she began writing “Stonelight,” her first published book of poetry, as her master’s thesis. When she received her master’s from SIU in 2013, she was still working on “Stonelight.” “It took a while for it to all come together,” McCartt-Jackson said. McCartt-Jackson finished writing “Stonelight” in 2016. In 2017, the book won the Airlie Prize, and it was published by Airlie Press in 2018. “A lot of these poems I started in a folklore literature course,” McCartt-Jackson said. McCartt-Jackson studied folk studies at WKU and graduated with a master’s degree in 2012. While taking a class taught by Tim Evans of the WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, McCartt-Jackson said she first began to tie “folk tales, beliefs and oral history” into her creative writing. “I’m proud to say Sarah was my student a while back,” Evans said. “It was clear to me then that Sarah was not only a skilled folklorist but also a very impressive poet. She wrote a portfolio of poems for my folklore and literature class, some — or maybe all of which — I’m proud to say, are in her book ‘Stonelight.’” McCartt-Jackson said Stonelight has a narrative arc like a novel, although she wrote the poems out of order. “I took a cue from novelists and tried to map it out beforehand,” she said. “I looked for holes, and I wrote poems to fill the holes.” “Stonelight,” set in eastern Kentucky at the turn of the 20th century, follows coal miner Eli, his wife Ora and their children who, in violation of tradition, are named before their births. Although some of the names in the book are derived from members of McCartt-Jackson’s own family, McCartt-Jackson said the book is still a work of fiction. “I started writing poems about my granny, whose name is Ora, and it was
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Ryedh Miah, 26, of Miami, Fla., works with his dad, Ali Miah, who opened the store in 2007. “I’ve been helping since I was 8 years old,” Ryedh said.
SPICE OF LIFE
International food market adds variety to Bowiling Green
BY GRIFFIN FLETCHER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU
With a dedication to serving ethnic populations in Bowling Green for over 10 years, one business depends on diversity. This is evident not only by the business’ name, the International Supermarket and Cafe, but by its owner, Ali Miah. Born in Bangladesh, India, Ali traveled to Singapore around the late 1970s to become a sailor and travel the world, which he said was his dream. “I make money, I travel,” Ali said. “My dream come true.” Sailing took Ali to areas such as the Indian and Pacific oceans as well as the Black Sea and Bay of Bengal, but he eventually moved to the United States in order to run his own business. He said he believes the U.S. is special for the opportunities it presents to foreign-born residents. “America is a blessing,” Ali said. “America is a land of freedom, a land of opportunity.” Opening his first international supermarket in Miami in 1986, Ali owned and operated the business until a few months before the Great Recession, which officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, according to an article on History.com. Ali lost the business as well as his home in Miami in 2007, forcing him and his family to move elsewhere. “It was very bad,” Ali said. “I was lost.” However, as Ali had visited Mammoth Cave National Park only a few
months before his business closed, he said moving was an easy decision. He and his family officially moved to Cave City in 2007 and moved to Bowling Green only months later. Ali said he recognized a need for ethnically diverse food options in Bowling Green, which inspired him to open the International Supermarket and Cafe on Broadway Avenue in 2007. Before he opened the business, he said many people of ethnic minorities in Bowling Green were forced to drive to either Louisville or Nashville to find cultural-
seven languages, including Bangla, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Urdu and Arabic. According to 2018 information from the United States Census Bureau, between the years 2013-2017, 13.6 percent of Bowling Green’s population was foreign-born, and 16.5 percent of Bowling Green households kept residents who spoke a language other than English while at home. A non-native English speaker himself, Ali looks to communicate with customers in their native language when possible.
“Nobody has this kind of food. I brought something here nobody had.” International Supermarket and Cafe owner ALI MIAH
ly representative products. “Bowling Green is a very mixed people,” Ali said. “Nobody had this kind of food. I brought something here nobody had.” As for why Ali decided to keep his business food-based, he said he believes food is vital to maintaining both one’s health and culture. “Food — number one,” Ali said. “No food — you don’t have a life.” In order to represent various cultures, the supermarket offers selection common to a number of Asian, Indian and Latin cuisines and more. In keeping with a spirit of diversity, Ali speaks
City preps for downtown district restaurant week BY KELLEY HOLLAND HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU A week dedicated to promoting local food in the downtown Bowling Green area kicked off this week. The Bowling Green Downtown District Restaurant Week aims to give restaurants a chance to show off their menus while allowing patrons to check out new places to eat for a low price. From March 11-17, participating restaurants will offer a three-course menu for $27 per guest as well as various other specials. Lower-price point spots will offer lunch or dinner for two for $27. Restaurants involved are Hickory & Oak, The Bistro, Steamer’s Seafood, 440 Main, Little Fox Bakery, Shots, The Derby, Gerard’s, Mellow Mushroom and The Night Cap Steakhouse & Bar. BG Pipe & Cigar and Tidball’s will also have programming centered around the event.
Josh Poling, the owner of Home Cafe & Marketplace and Hickory & Oak, is coordinating the event. Poling said he had the idea for several years and modeled the week after a similar event in Lexington. “There are so many great local restaurants driven by very talented chefs downtown,” Poling said in an email. “I knew we needed a week to show that off!” Additionally, one of downtown Bowling Green’s original fine dining restaurants, the Parakeet Cafe, will be making a comeback on Thursday night. The restaurant was popular for many years, having been open from the 1980s until the early 2000s. Lou Durbin, a previous chef at the restaurant, recently moved back to Bowling Green. He’ll be cooking at Tidball’s, the restaurant’s original location. “He and I are teaming up to hopefully bring back a lot of happy memories for local folks,” Poling said about
Durbin. Alison Taylor, owner and operator of Little Fox Bakery, said she is looking forward to meeting new customers
”There are so many great local restaurants driven by very talented chefs downtown.” Owner of Home Cafe & Marketplace and Hickory & Oak JOSH POLING and getting to know them. She hopes the week will give people a new appreciation of the roles small businesses play in the downtown community. “We have heard time and time again that people downtown want quick, hot meals during their breaks from work,
so hopefully it will impact us by introducing customers to our new and expanding breakfast menu,” Taylor said in an email. Taylor said she chose to open the bakery downtown because she and co-owner Diane Taylor love and enjoy the food and restaurants there. For that, she said they didn’t have to think twice about joining in. “This is a great way for local businesses to support themselves and each other, which lays down a good foundation for all of us to continue to grow,” Taylor said. The week isn’t only about supporting local food, however. On Friday, a group of local artists known as the BG Makers will be holding a pop-up event inside of Little Fox Bakery. When customers come in to the bakery, they’ll also be able to browse locally made artwork from a selection of vendors. There will be zines, stickers, prints, face painting
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WKU student competes for Miss Kentucky title
BY MARK WEBSTER JR.
HERALD.SECTION@WKU.EDU When Jazzlin Hamilton was 8 years old, she was rushed to a hospital, leaving her family and doctors uncertain if she would make it through the night. After suffering a serious head injury and a cracked skull, Hamilton was placed in a medically induced coma. Doctors told Hamilton and her family that she was very blessed. Hamilton said the doctor told her the life she knew had changed forever and that it would take four years for her brain to heal. In those four years, she wasn’t allowed to cheer, dance, play outside or jump rope. “It was hard for me to understand why this happened to me but later I realized that I had a purpose in life,” Hamilton said. “I worked day and night to get where I am today.” Hamilton graduated from Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville as valedictorian of her class, served as vice president of her class all four years, was a leader on the dance team and a member of three advanced choirs. Now, Hamilton is a sophomore pursuing a degree in broadcasting with a minor in musical theatre. Junior Shante Parker met Hamilton last year and said they’ve been friends ever since. “Jazzlin is an outstanding, humble, beautiful and caring woman inside and out,” Parker said. “Jazzlin has helped me get through tough situations, and she is always someone I can count on for comfort.” Due to her experience with overcoming a severe injury, Hamilton decided to participate in pageantry to advocate for people who have learning disabilities or have suffered head injuries. In April 2018, she was crowned Miss Black Western in an annual pageant by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Though Hamilton said she had some uncertainty about participating in a pageant in the first place, she said she is very thankful she did.
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Jazzlin Hamilton, a sophomore at WKU, is currently preparing for Miss Kentucky 2019. After suffering a severe head injury, Hamilton decided to use pageantry to advocate for people who have learning disablities or experienced a trauma similar to hers.
“I initially did Miss Black Western to meet other girls and build confidence,”
”Jazzlin has helped me get through situations, and she is always someone I can count on for comfort.” WKU student SHANTE PARKER
Hamilton said. “I am a very confident woman naturally, but I never explored my talents through pageantry.” Hamilton said she became interest-
ed in doing other pageants after being crowned Miss Black Western, which led her to join the Miss America Organization to pursue the title of Miss Kentucky. Hamilton said she believes it’s more than a competition. She said it’s a way to tell her story and represent people’s stories that are untold. “I’m the voice for more than just one community,” Hamilton said regarding her status as an African-American and survivor of serious head trauma. Kristina Gamble, program coordinator for the Intercultural Student Engagement Center, said she truly believes Hamilton will win the Miss Kentucky pageant. Gamble said she admires Hamilton’s story and how it helps her advocate for others. “Jazzlin has so many positive attri-
butes like her upbeat personality, intelligence and beauty,” Gamble said in an email. Gamble said because of this, supporting Hamilton is easy. “She knows where she is headed in life,” Gamble said. However, Hamilton said every day she wakes up, she is constantly reminded the doctor said she shouldn’t be there. “My goal is to live my life to the fullest, uplift people, and no matter what distractions are in front of me, always give it my all,” Hamilton said.
Features reporter Mark Webster Jr. can be reached at 270-745-6291 and mark.webster102@topper.wku. edu. Follow him on social media at @ mwebster68.
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seafood options and to be affordable for all customers as well as students.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 maybe one day,� Ali said. “Never close — it is a public place.� In order to keep the supermarket in operation, Ali receives help from his son, Ryedh Miah. He said he believes his son’s assistance keeps the business “united.� Now 26 years old, Ryedh was born in Miami and said he started going to work with his father when he was just a kid. He said he believes the business is a special addition to Bowling Green’s ethnic community, as each is dependent on the other. “It means a lot,� Ryedh said. “It’s good to provide them a little bit of a home.� In considering the future, Ali said he hopes to eventually install a cafe within the supermarket. He said he intends for the cafe to feature vegetarian and
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�It’s good to provide them a little bit of a home.�
International market employee RYEDH MIAH
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Ryedh does many jobs around the supermarket. After his father’s business closed in Miami, his family moved to Kentucky to start fresh. “My dad got tired of the big city and lost the business,� Ryedh said. “He was vacationing with some family in Bowling Green and liked the location and decided to move here.�
Reporter Griffin Fletcher can be reached at 270-745-2655 and griffin. fletcher398@topper.wku.edu.
ing is informed by her own history and experience. “She has family roots in eastern Kentucky, and that association with place and traditions rooted in place — that is, folklore — is crucial in her poetry,� Evans said. McCartt-Jackson said that even after years of working on “Stonelight,� she faced disappointment before finding success. She said the book’s manu-
of 440 Main, said he hopes restaurant week will give Bowling Green residents an opportunity to support local businesses. “We decided to get involved when Chef Josh Poling asked about doing an event like this,� Gonzalez said in an email. “We really thought that it would be a great opportunity to get the community involved in such a great event that hopefully can be talked about and done every year from here on out.�
“For one, it helped me remove my family from what I was trying to get at.� Author and alumna SARAH MCCARTT-JACKSON
“I think, for me, going to the past helped fictionalize the story,� McCartt-Jackson said. “For one, it helped me remove my family from what I was trying to get at.� “You’ll see a lot of folk belief in this [book],� McCartt-Jackson said. “A lot of people know that as superstition. We call it folk belief where I’m from in the folk studies world.� Evans said McCartt-Jackson’s writ-
script was rejected nearly 20 times before it was accepted. “Don’t be afraid to put your work out into the world,� McCartt-Jackson said. “You get rejected all the time, but you’ll get some really sweet acceptances.�
Features reporter Sarah Yaacoub can be reached at 270-745-6291 and sarah. yaacoub214@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on social media at @sarah.yaacoub.
NOW HIRING
The City of Bowling Green is accepting applications for the following positions:
• Summer Aquatic Positions • Camp Counselor • Laborers • Greenskeepers • Landscape Helper
With experience in the international food business for the past 30 years, Ali said he’s very grateful to be a man of not one but many cultures. “My life is a beautiful story,� Ali said.
• Sub-Fitness Instructor • Softball Scorekeepers • Umpires • Tennis Instructors
• School Crossing Guards • Golf Shop Attendants • Police Cadet • Aerobics Instructor
Interested applicants can apply online www.bgky.org/hr/jobs or at the computers in the Human Resources Department in City Hall, 1001 College Street, Bowling Green. The City of Bowling Green is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug-Free Workplace.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 and more, as well. Annika Smith, a member of the BG Makers, organized the pop-up event and said she hopes it will draw more attention to future BG Makers events. “That’s why I felt it was so important to organize a makers event for restaurant week, because the makers are an important part of downtown’s environment and creating the fun, interesting experiences that keep it thriving,� Smith said in an email. Daniel Gonzalez, the executive chef
Features reporter Kelley Holland can be reached at 270-745-6291 and kelley. holland872@topper.wku.edu.
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Latest NCAA scandal serves as reason to remove amateurism BY MATT STAHL
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The big news in college sports this week was Louisiana State’s head basketball coach Will Wade getting caught having a phone conversation in which he allegedly discussed paying players to come to LSU. The baby-boomer generation of sportswriters and fans clutched their pearls and complained bitterly about the sanctity of the amateur game and how they couldn’t believe a coach would stoop so low. I don’t care, and neither should you. It might be shocking, but there’s not that much value in amatuer sports. If players want to make it to a professional league, they don’t have much of an option outside of playing college sports. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be worried about going to school. “Sometimes, believe it or not, it’s not the most important thing,” WKU head coach Rick Stansbury said on March 5. “Having a degree is not the most important thing for young guys who want to play basketball.” So what is? Seems like money is at least a plausible answer. When I was a freshman at WKU, back in the dark ages when the football team was outfitted by Russell Athletic and frequently won games, I walked through the WKU Store and noticed all of the number 14 jerseys for sale. They didn’t have current Dallas Cowboys quarterback Mike White’s name on the back,
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WKU posts Raneem Elgedawy, Arame Niang and Jae’Lisa Allen. But after weeks of preparation, the Lady Toppers found a way to correct their mistakes, holding MTSU to 42 percent shooting from the floor. Elgedawy, Niang and Allen also combined for only five fouls in a 67-56 win that concluded WKU’s taxing slate. Johnson still scored a game-high 17 points for MTSU, but Collins said rotating Elgedawy and Allen, a graduate transfer from Virginia, disrupted her game. “It really worked well subbing Jae’Lisa and Raneem because they both guard her differently,” Collins said. “So, as soon as she got used to one, we could change and go to the other and she’d have a different type of defense facing her. We’ve not had that luxury in the past, and I was really proud of Jae’Lisa, especially on senior night.” After finishing the year on a high note, WKU will descend upon Frisco, Texas, this week. Heading west, WKU will hope junior guard Whitney Creech can continue her recent resurgence. Creech followed five assists and a season-high 16 points against North Texas (14-14, 7-9 C-USA) on March 2 with 15 points and four assists against MTSU. Creech peaking in March wouldn’t exactly be new, as she was named to the
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FIU fought back into the game and won on a Brian Beard Jr. tip-in during the final seconds. With the 77-76 defeat, the Hilltoppers were in the midst of a three-game losing streak. Head coach Rick Stansbury said after the loss that his team needs to be able to put teams away in the second half. “We’ve talked about this three times in a row,” Stansbury said. “We have to figure out ways to finish games. Winning and losing is a fine line. You have to understand, when you get up in the second half, you have to put your foot on someone’s throat.” FIU finished the regular season at 10-8 in conference and 19-12 overall. The Panthers are currently 179th in the NCAA Evaluation Tool and are 214th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 179th in adjusted defensive efficiency, according to KenPom.com statistics. Coming off a thrilling double-overtime win over Rice without Stansbury, WKU continued its Lone Star State tour against North Texas. The Mean Green came into the matchup with a 20-4 record and sat in second place in the C-USA standings. The Hilltoppers started the game strong, doubling up North Texas at halftime with a 30-15 lead. Though the Mean Green would outscore WKU 44-32 in the
but I’m sure it was no coincidence his number was on the jerseys that were sold during his monster season. This basketball season, the store is selling number 1 jerseys for $74.99. There’s no way Lamonte Bearden or White have ever seen a penny of those sales. It’s not like the players aren’t already getting their money, especially in the Southeastern Conference, which houses LSU. Read some of Steven Godfrey’s work for SB Nation — the NCAA’s re-
sure he would see his education from a directional school in a state that seemingly doesn’t care about education as a great consolation prize for missing out on millions of NBA dollars. Look at Zion Williamson. After the infamous shoe blowout against North Carolina nearly three weeks ago, he hasn’t played a single minute. Maybe it’s due to his injury, but if Williamson is smart, he’ll never play another minute of basketball for free. The risk-versus-reward for players
“Yes, we’ve got these very serious issues which require serious change and they erode people’s belief in the integrity of all college sports.”
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striction on players receiving anything more than an education has led to a huge black market for top talent. There’s a certain national college basketball writer who seems convinced Rick Stansbury is paying players at WKU, as well. I can’t say whether or not this is true, although I’ve never seen any evidence that would convince me it is. If it was, it would certainly be newsworthy. But I wouldn’t care. You can’t convince me players like Charles Bassey, who are only in college due to the NBA’s asinine rule that prohibits players from going pro right after high school, shouldn’t be paid for their labor. What if Bassey was to get hurt? I’m
C-USA All-Tournament Team after averaging nine points and 5.7 assists per game last season. Collins said teams stopped respecting Creech’s ability to score, which in turn prompted him to tell Creech to start shooting so she could force defenders to cover her again. “These past two games I’ve just been trying to be more aggressive because they’re giving me shots,” Creech said. “So, I just need to take them and knock them down.” Since Creech has been making buckets, defenses have been forced to defend the Lady Toppers differently, which redshirt junior forward Dee Givens said is great for everyone. “I mean, it’s about time,” Givens said with a laugh. “She’s always in the gym. Like, behind me, she’s the second-most person that’s always in the gym. You know, so it’s about time that her time’s finally come and she’s putting points on the board for us, and it’s taken pressure off Me, Neem, Lex and Meral, too.” After receiving the fourth seed, the Lady Toppers will not play until the quarterfinals. WKU’s opponent will be the winner of the first-round matchup between fifth-seeded Old Dominion (20-9, 10-6 C-USA) and twelfth-seeded Florida Atlantic (5-24, 2-14 C-USA). ODU, picked eleventh in the preseason poll, just defeated FAU 68-64 in its regular-season finale last week in Boca Raton, Florida. The Lady Toppers are 2-0 this season against ODU and FAU, defeating the second half, the Hilltoppers would hang on for their fourth consecutive victory. Freshman center Charles Bassey praised the team’s performance after the game, saying its members fully believe in each other. “We’re doing good right now,” Bassey said. “We’re going back and just believing in ourselves. That’s it. Just believing in ourselves and just doing what we can to win every time.”
like Williamson and Bassey is just not worth it. The NCAA is a bunch of kindergarten cops anyway. The recent scandals involving North Carolina basketball, which got away largely unscathed after putting players in fake classes, and Missouri, where a tutor took tests for athletes, were fairly similar except for one thing: cooperation. Missouri fully cooperated with the organization and got absolutely crushed with sanctions, while UNC feigned innocence and survived. There’s no reason for schools to do anything besides pretend to comply with the rules. “Yes, we’ve got these very serious is-
sues which require serious change and they erode people’s belief in the integrity of all college sports,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a CBS Sports article in March 2018. “That’s a very serious problem and that’s got to be addressed and we’re doing that right now and I’m really optimistic that before basketball season next year we’re going to have really meaningful change that makes this circumstance, if not completely go away, dramatically better than the problems that exist today.” Sure. It’s not like the NCAA and its schools couldn’t afford to pay players. The NCAA earned more than a billion dollars in 2017 alone. Easy to make money when you aren’t paying for the labor, I guess. Players can’t even sign their own shoe deals due to NCAA rules, so Williamson can’t use his own name to sell an Air Zion sneaker that might not blow up in the middle of a game. So, you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t get too riled up about a coach who makes $2.5 million per season trying to spread some of the wealth around to athletes who are supposed to play for free. Everyone, including me, is making money off of college sports. Why are the athletes any different?
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WKU’s Raneem Elgedawy (15) drives through the key looking to put the ball into the hole past Middle Tennessee State University defender Alex Johnson in Diddle Arena on March 7. Elgedawy helped the Lady Toppers best the Lady Raiders 67-56 with 14 points, eight rebounds and two assists.
Lady Monarchs 75-60 on Jan. 5 in Diddle Arena and the Owls 81-50 on Jan. 19 in Florida. WKU, the two-time defending C-USA champions, head to the Lone Star State on a three-game winning streak, which Collins said sets up a “six-game championship.” “I like our confidence, I like our toughness,” Collins said. “We just have
to keep moving forward and take it down to Frisco.” WKU will begin its quest for three wins in three days on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
This loss was the beginning of a seven-game losing streak that sent the Mean Green plummeting to 10th place. North Texas finished the year 20-11 overall and 8-10 in C-USA play. The Mean Green are currently 146th in the NCAA Evaluation Tool and are 258th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 85th in adjusted defensive efficiency, according to KenPom.com statistics. Assuming the high seed wins out,
WKU would see a potential matchup with Southern Miss in the semifinal and Old Dominion in the finals. The Hilltoppers come into the tournament ranked 119th in the NCAA Evaluation Tool. According to KenPom.com statistics, WKU is 153rd in adjusted offensive efficiency and 113th in adjusted defensive efficiency. WKU concluded the regular season on an up-and-down stretch. The Hilltoppers went 2-2 in bonus play with wins over Alabama-Birmingham and Southern Miss and losses to Old Dominion and UTSA. Stansbury and company will look for consistency and try to string together three wins in the tournament to clinch the first NCAA tournament berth for the Hilltoppers since 2013. “It becomes a one-game season,” Stansbury said after Wednesday’s loss to UTSA. “Every game you play is your last one. It’s a three-game season. Play them one at a time. You have no idea who you play, but there is very little separation.” Tipoff for Thursday’s quarterfinal is set for 8:30 p.m. in The Star, the training home of the Dallas Cowboys in Frisco, Texas.
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WKU’s Lamonte Bearden elevates over a stubborn UTSA defense in the last home game of the season in Diddle on March 6. Bearden racked up 17 points, eight assists and three steals in the 81-76 loss. In its previous meeting at the end of January, WKU edged out UTSA in overtime.
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WKU looks forward to UK after suffering sweep
BY KADEN GAYLORD
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU WKU was swept 3-0 by Memphis at home over the weekend, the Hilltoppers’ sixth loss in their last seven games. “They just outplayed us — pitching, defense and offense,” junior infielder Kevin Lambert said. “Defensively they made all the plays, pitching filled up the strike zone and beat us in the free-base war.”
”I was just looking to hit on the outside of the plate, and they were just throwing there.” Junior utility player JAKE SANFORD
WKU stayed within striking distance for much of each game, but the Tigers eventually pulled away in all three. In game one, a five-run second inning made the difference, as the Tigers won a close 9-6 affair. The Hilltoppers were playing catch-up the whole game. They scored two runs in the ninth inning to pull them within three runs, but they were shut out in
the ninth to lose the game. In game two, WKU was down 4-3 by the end of the fifth inning. The Hilltoppers allowed Memphis to have a five-run eighth inning and a three-run ninth inning to put the game to bed. The Tigers ended up winning 12-4. Memphis took an early 3-0 lead in game three and scored four runs in the fourth inning. The Tigers played the rest of the game on cruise control and won 10-4, making it back-to-back games in which the Hilltoppers gave up 10-plus runs. Junior utility player Jake Sanford went 6 for 13 in the series with two home runs, three RBIs and four runs. “I was just looking to hit on the outside of the plate, and they were just throwing there,” Sanford said. On Wednesday, the Hilltoppers will head 155 miles northeast to Lexington to face Kentucky, the first of two games the two will play in a homeand-home series this year. Last season, the Wildcats claimed a close contest 4-3, scoring all of their runs in the ninth inning and winning on a wild pitch. “I think any time you play a Power 5 team, the guys are excited about it,” head coach John Pawlowski said. “We don’t have the opportunity to play a lot of Power 5 schools, certainly Kentucky. A lot of these guys, in-state guys, they’re always excited to play them, and I know they are looking forward to Wednesday.” Kentucky currently has a 9-4 record on the season. Three of its losses came against 14th-ranked Texas Tech.
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Right handed pitcher, Joe Filosa, pitches during WKU’s game against University of Memphis on March 10, 2019. Western Kentucky University plays host to three games. WKU lost all three games; Thursday 6-9, Friday 4-12 and Sunday 4-10.
“That’s the bottom line, we’ve got to play better,” Pawlowski said. “We didn’t play well this weekend. Like I said, it comes down to being able to do the fundamentals of baseball, so that’s where we’re at right now.” On Friday, WKU returns home to open conference play against Alabama-Birmingham. Last season, the Hilltoppers won the series 2-1, outscoring the Blazers 21-15. “UAB is a very good team this year like always,” Pawlowski said. “Conference play is always a challenge, and the biggest thing before we even get to that, we have to continue to work,
guys got to continue to get better and prepare for success. I know they are disappointed by this weekend, disappointed by where we are at right now, but this is not the team that we are going to see as the season progresses. We’ll get better.” WKU plays at UK at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The series against UAB starts at 5 p.m. on Friday at Nick Denes Field.
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Hilltoppers go into Lipscomb after tough weeekend BY SOPHIE AUSTIN HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The WKU softball team is now 15-4 after traveling to Georgia this weekend to compete in a Kennesaw State-hosted tournament. The Hilltoppers played four games on Friday and Saturday against Kennesaw State, Wright State and Saint Louis, finishing the weekend 2-2. In its first game of the weekend, the team came back from behind for the fourth time this season with a 6-3 victory over Wright State. Senior outfielder Shannon Plese recorded her seventh multi-hit game of the season with two of WKU’s six hits. Sophomore Shelby Nunn also earned her second save of the season after replacing freshman Kennedy Sullivan in the circle to close.
streak which would be broken on Saturday by KSU. WKU suffered its third and fourth losses of the season against KSU and WSU. Both games had final scores of 2-1. The Hilltoppers were first to score in the seventh inning against KSU off of a home run by senior outfielder Kelsey McGuffin, which was also her first hit of the season. The Owls responded in the bottom of the seventh with two runs to give them the win. Kennedy Sullivan, who came into the games as one of Conference USA’s Pitchers of the Week, picked up 11 strikeouts against KSU but suffered her first loss of the season. The Hilltoppers were also the first to score in their game against WSU but again were unable to hold their lead. Sophomore first baseman Maddie Bowlds got the team’s only run in the top of the second and
Senior pitcher Jordan Fortel is third in the ASUN with a batting average of .412. She also has 18 RBIs on the season, second best in the conference. Leading the ASUN Conference in bases stolen is senior outfielder Grayson Gladden. Gladden has 10
stolen bases and also 14 runs on the season. The game is set to begin at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
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WKU freshman Kennedy Sullivan throws a pitch during WKU’s 9-7 win against Indiana State at the Softball Complex on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.
The Hilltoppers earned their other win of the weekend with a 10-0 win over Saint Louis in their second game on Friday. Junior Kelsey Aikey dominated in the circle, allowing just one hit and one walk to move her to 2-2 on the season. WKU took the lead early in the top of the first, putting up three runs. Every Hilltopper that made an appearance at the plate recorded a hit, and the team finished with 12 total hits. “I am proud of the team’s effort today despite our slow start in the early morning game,” head coach Amy Tudor said in a press release after Friday’s games. “Anytime you can grab two wins on the road, it’s a good day.” The two wins on Friday gave the Hilltoppers’ a 10-game winning
picked up two hits against WSU. Kelsey Aikey started in the circle and threw six strikeouts before being replaced by Shelby Nunn. The loss moved Aikey to 2-3 on the season. The Hilltoppers will be back in action on Wednesday in Nashville against Lipscomb, which has an overall record this season of 14-61, good for first in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Freshman pitcher Katie Turner is second in the ASUN with seven wins this season. She also has a batting average of .385, second best on the team. Lipscomb junior infielder and outfielder Peyton Ward leads the team in scoring with 24 runs on the season. Ward has a batting average of .368, third best on the team.
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TOURNAMENT TIME Hilltoppers wait for C-USA Tournament opponent
BY ALEC JESSIE HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU
The WKU men’s basketball team’s regular season ended last week with a loss to Texas-San Antonio, but another season has begun. Even with the unwanted result, WKU added a key piece back in its arsenal for the postseason push. Sophomore
forward Marek Nelson returned to the court for the first time since January. A back injury originally considered season-ending kept him out for the previous two months. Senior guard Lamonte Bearden said getting Nelson back is a big boost for the Hilltopper squad. “It added a lot,” Bearden said after Wednesday’s loss. “He’s another energy guy and another leader. Josh [Anderson] is usually our energy guy, but now we
got two that can go out and give us some dunks and stuff like that.” With the completion of the Conference USA schedule, the conference tournament bracket has been set. The Hilltoppers clinched the two seed in the tournament with UTSA’s loss to Southern Mississippi on Saturday. As a result, WKU will have a bye on Wednesday. The Hilltoppers will play the winner of the 7 and 10 seeds in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
North Texas and Florida International will square off on Wednesday for the opportunity to play the Hilltoppers. During C-USA regular season play, the Hilltoppers are 1-1 against their potential quarterfinal opponents. WKU faced off with FIU for the only time of the regular season on Jan. 17 in Diddle Arena. The Hilltoppers led 60-44 with under 12 minutes left in the game.
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Lady Toppers starting conference tournament with a bye
BY DRAKE KIZER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU
The WKU women’s basketball team returned to Diddle Arena last week for its first home game in almost a month with one goal: defeating archnemesis Middle Tennessee on senior night, which would secure a first-round bye in the Conference USA Tournament.
The Lady Toppers, slotted fourth in league standings prior to their final game of the regular season, have never entered the C-USA tournament without a top-four seed. In the last game on its calendar, the squad’s postseason fate rested on one more win. “I think it brings another level of focus to the game,” head coach Greg Collins said. “The kids are obviously a little more intense when you’re playing
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your rival and it’s a home game and senior night. So, I think we’ll get their best shot, and they’ll get our best shot, and so that should make for a fun atmosphere.” WKU (17-13, 11-5 C-USA) secured the first-round bye it so desperately fought for all year, as the Lady Toppers turned in perhaps their most valiant half-court defensive effort to date in a wire-to-wire win that landed them in a tie with MTSU for third place.
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The Lady Toppers came out on top in their second meeting with MTSU (209, 11-5 C-USA) mostly because WKU was able to completely reverse its fortune on defense. In the Blue Raiders’ easy 81-69 victory on Feb. 14 in the Murphy Center, MTSU shot a school-record 67 percent from the field, and senior forward Alex Johnson forced a combined 12 fouls on
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