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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2018

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

VOLUME 94, ISSUE 06

AFFAIRS OF STATE Student named foreign aﬀairs coordinator BY EMILY DELETTER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

BY NATASHA BREU HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

ooking at his family, a life in government service seemed inevitable for WKU senior Noah Stevens. From growing up in Elizabethtown near Fort Knox and coming from a predominately military family, Stevens began to wonder where his lifelong interest in international issues and public service could fit in. Stevens, a triple major in international affairs, Arabic and Middle Eastern studies, said he found an internship at the Department of State as he was looking for professional opportunities. He was offered an internship during his sophomore year and has been working there ever since. “The Department of State seemed like a great opportunity to learn more about government service and use the skills I’m interested in developing,” Stevens said. Stevens spent the first summer of his internship in Washington, D.C., and the second working at the embassy in Oslo, Norway. This semester, he was named the WKU foreign affairs campus coordinator for the Department of State, a position he said fits perfectly with the kind of work he’s trying to accomplish. As the foreign affairs campus coordinator, he will help coordinate events, programs and other opportunities for students through the Office of Scholar Development at WKU to learn more about the work the Department of State does, as well as potential internships. “My position is essentially a facilitator between interested students, other community members at the university and the department,” he said. According to the Department of State’s government website, students who have SEE STEVENS • PAGE A2

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WKU senior Noah Stevens was named U.S. Department of State Campus Aﬀairs Coordinator, a position that is highly selective. Stevens is currently the only person at WKU that holds this position. “I’m in the process of applying to grad schools right now, but I wouldn’t mind working for the Department of State when I’m done with school. I’ve really enjoyed the work I’ve been able to do so far,” Stevens said.

By the end of October, 180 bikes are expected to arrive at WKU for students to rent across campus starting at 50 cents for 15 minutes. Bike share company VeoRide was selected by WKU after a survey taken last fall showed significant student interest in having bikes on campus, said Brad Wheeler, the assistant vice president of Business Services for WKU. “We want to encourage healthy activity for students, staff and faculty,” Wheeler said. This follows Big Red Bikes, a bike program formerly housed within the Office of Sustainability, ending its service of offering free bike rentals to students. The VeoRide bikes will bear WKU’s logo and can be accessed through the VeoRide app, allowing users to locate and unlock the bike by scanning its QR code. A bike may be reserved for up to 30 minutes and rented for an unlimited lentgh of time. The rates are payas-you-go, but day passes are available along with monthly and annual passes. WKU students, faculty and staff can get discounts on packages. Fern Gomez, a sophomore from Henderson, said she thinks this is a positive addition to WKU. “They sound like those [Bird] scooters in Nashville,” Gomez said. “[They’re] beneficial to our students because it’ll save them gas money.” Wheeler said a committee made up of students, faculty and staff will be formed to determine where “geofences” will be located. Wheeler said a committee made up of students, faculty and staff will be formed to determine where “geofences” will be locat-

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AG signs domestic violence awareness proclamation BY NATASHA BREU HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear visited campus last week for the third year in a row to speak on the issue. Beshear signed a proclamation during his visit in a collaboration between WKU and the attorney general’s office with help from domestic violence shelter Barren River Area Safe Space, Inc. to raise awareness. “We have a culture of rape and domestic violence,” Beshear said. “Letting people know we are here for them is so critical.” Tori Henninger, the executive director for Barren River Safe Space, said the organization’s mission is to introduce people to a new way of thinking to support and believe victims, along with giving victims a new way of life. She

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Attorney General Andy Beshear and WKU Provost Terry Ballman led a speaking engagement for Domestic Violence Awareness Month at campus on Wednesday. This is the third year Beshear has visited WKU to raise awareness of the issue. “If we want to change to culture, it’s time to stop asking and start demanding,” he said.

said the crisis line is always staffed, and last year they served 2,800 people through outreach services. Provost Terry Ballman said violence of any kind will not be tolerated at WKU. She said WKU must educate its students and colleagues to recognize healthy relationships and provide a supportive environment for victims. Beshear said one of the problems his office addresses is elder abuse by running a hotline open 24/7. He also said since he’s been attorney general the number of child predators removed from Kentucky communities has tripled. He said he has been addressing violence against women by starting to test nearly 3,100 rape kits that have been backlogged. A cold case unit was opened up to “seek justice” for the people who have had their kits backlogged. About 7.9 million women experience domestic violence every year, and SEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • PAGE A2

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the foreign affairs campus coordinator position help “connect their academic communities to the Department’s policy priorities” by utilizing social media, arranging video and phone conferences, conducting workshops and round tables focusing on career development and foreign policy issues, and coordinating campus visits with Department of State officials. Previous WKU foreign affairs campus coordinators worked with the diplomat in residence to help promote work through the Department of State. The most recent diplomat in residence was Michael McClellan, who no longer presides at WKU.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONTINUED FROM FRONT about three women are killed every day by a former intimate partner, he said. “If we want to change to culture, it’s time to stop asking and start demanding,” Beshear said. Beshear and Ballman read parts of the proclamation stating women and children deserve to remain free

“My personal goal is to help students who aren’t just studying a language or political science to recognize that the Department really needs to recruit students from diﬀerent academic backgrounds.” Department of aﬀairs coordinator NOAH STEVENS

Soleiman Kiasatpour is a professor with the Department of Political Science and has had Stevens for several classes. Kiasatpour said he was continually impressed with Stevens’ ongoing “search for more books to read and more courses to take.” “He is the ideal candidate to liaise with the U.S. State Department and the

campus community,” Kiasatpour said in an email. “He knows how to apply for entry-level positions with State, the ‘culture’ of the Department, and what it is like to work there. Students should seek him out to get the best advice possible if they are interested in starting a career in diplomacy.” Stevens said his experience working

from violence and encouraged members of the community to participate in programs to raise awareness. The WKU Counseling and Testing Center had a clothesline of t-shirts set up in front of Downing Student Union that had drawings from children showing their experience with domestic abuse. Betsy Pierce, the outreach coordinator for the counseling and testing center, said it’s important to acknowledge domestic violence be-

cause it can occur in college dating. She said perpetrators are skilled manipulators and can make the victim believe the situation is their fault. She suggests that victims reach out because there will be someone to believe and help them. “Acknowledging its occurrence is the first step toward education, prevention, and getting out of a dangerous relationship,” Pierce said. Pierce said a component of domestic violence is sexual assault,

with the Department of State has solidified his desire to work in public service and “ignite” that same desire in other students. “My personal goal is to help students who aren’t just studying a language or political science to recognize that the Department [of State] really needs and recruits students from different academic backgrounds,” Stevens said. “Whether you’re an environmental science major or an engineering major, there’s good work to be done, and the federal government needs people who are willing to serve from a variety of backgrounds.”

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and the counseling center works with this issue. Students can make an appointment with the counseling center by visiting 409 Potter Hall or calling 270-745-3159. Pierce also said the Barren River Area Safe Space is a resource for victims.

News reporter Natasha Breu can be reached at 270-745-6011 and natasha.breu597@topper.wku.edu. Follow Natasha on Twitter @nnbreu.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH EVENTS OCTOBER 1-31, 2018

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018

“Faces of Domestic Violence” exhibition Location: Intercultural Student Engagement Center Time: All day

TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2018

CCSJ Social Justice Salon Location: DSU 2113 Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2018

Warren County Domestic Violence Vigil Location: First Christian Church, 1106 State St. Time: 5:30pm

Generations Luncheon Location: WKU Faculty House Time: 11:30pm - 1:00pm

MONDAY OCTOBER 29-30, 2018 “The Other Side” Exhibition Location: Minton Hall & Hilltopper Hall Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm

BIKE SHARE CONTINUED FROM FRONT ed. Geofences will be designated drop-off areas for the VeoRide bikes. The geofences will be bike racks already in place around campus. Forbes reports a private bike share revolution is occurring throughout urban America. According to the magazine, bike share programs have “exploded” in the U.S. on college campuses, with the leading program being Zagster, a bike share company launched in Massachusetts in 2007. The VeoRide company was started by two Purdue graduates who thought bike share programs would be beneficial on college campuses. The bikes ship from China and can be customized to fit the needs of different universities according to color and logo.

The bikes are currently at different colleges such as the University of Arkansas, New England College and the University of Illinois. Safety concerns have been raised by the University of Illinois student newspaper “The Daily Illinois” about the bikes possibly being a “nuisance.” The bikes have been “pushed over” on the streets and sidewalks, bringing concern that people might not have respect for public property, according to an article from “The Daily Illini.” “It is important that the bike does not block car traffic, impede pedestrian access, or encroach on private property,” the VeoRide FAQ page states. Brennan Jones, a sophomore from Owensboro, said VeoRide could be interesting to have on campus, but he doesn’t know how many students would actually use it. “I think it would seem beneficial to an extent,” Jones said. “From what I’ve seen,

bikes are only used by a small percentage of students on campus … people are hesitant of change.” Wheeler said VeoRide was chosen as the lowest cost bid, as they provide no charge to the university for supplying the bikes. Each bike is worth $600-700, and

Wheeler said they are a significant capital investment.

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Fall BreakHours OF OPERATION Wednesday, October 10 Fresh Food Company ...........................................................7 am - 8 pm DSU Food Court........................................................... 10:30 am - 6 pm Starbucks ................................................................................7 am - 4 pm POD Market @ Bates .................................................... 7:30 am - 4 pm SUBWAY @ Bates .......................................................... 8:30 am - 6 pm Einstein Bros. Bagels ............................................................7 am - 2 pm The Den by Denny’s @ Tower .........................................11 am - 3 pm Pit Stop ................................................................................10 am - 8 pm Garrett Food Court ........................................................ 7:30 am - 2 pm GCC SUBWAY ...................................................................10 am - 2 pm Panda Express ............................................................... 10:30 am - 3 pm Java City Library .................................................................. 7 am - Noon DaVinci’s ................................................................................7 am - 2 pm Hilltopper Hall.................................................................. Closes at 2 pm All Other Locations ....................................................................... Closed Thursday, October 11 Fresh Food Company • Breakfast ....................................................................8 am - 10:30 am • Lunch ..............................................................................11 am - 2 pm • Dinner .........................................................................5 pm - 6:30 pm All Other Locations ....................................................................... Closed Friday, October 12 Fresh Food Company • Lunch ..............................................................................11 am - 2 pm • Dinner .........................................................................5 pm - 6:30 pm All Other Locations ....................................................................... Closed Saturday, October 13 Fresh Food Company • Lunch ..............................................................................11 am - 2 pm • Dinner .........................................................................5 pm - 6:30 pm All Other Locations ....................................................................... Closed

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The campus of WKU will be implementing a new transportation system, known as Big Red Bikes, as of October 17th, 2018. This new transportation system will allow students to pay a small fee in order to check out a bike for a day.

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Sunday, October 14 Fresh Food Company ................................................... 10:30 am - 8 pm DSU Food Court...............................................................Noon - 11 pm RedZone .............................................................................. 5 pm - 10 pm POD Market @ Bates ....................................................... 4 pm - 10 pm SUBWAY @ Bates .............................................................. 11 am - 2 am The Den by Denny’s @ Tower ........................................ 4 pm - 11 pm Pit Stop ................................................................................ 5 pm - 11 pm All Other Locations ...................................................................... Closed All locations will resume regular operating hours on Monday, October 15th.

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Kentucky awarded $24.5 million grant increase BY JACK DOBBS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The Commonwealth of Kentucky has been awarded a $24.5 million grant to increase college enrollment of low-income high school students, according to a news release from the Council on Postsecondary Education and Gov. Matt Bevin. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Education program GEAR UP, which “focuses on identifying and closing achievement gaps of low-income, underrepresented, and underprepared students,” CPE Vice President Aaron Thompson said in the news release.

The GEAR UP program, which stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, aims to increase academic performance, high school graduation rates and participation in college activities. The council will announce the participating school districts later this month, and services will begin in 2019. This is the first year the grant will be offering services to students through their first year of college. Kentucky is one of only six states to have been awarded a GEAR UP grant in this year’s competition. Kentucky is the fourth state to receive this award in 2018. Previous grants amounted to $10 million, $21 million and $26.9 million, according to CPE.

CRIME REPORTS Union freshman Tarah Nally was arrested for careless driving and a first degree driving under the influence on Oct. 6 on the US 31W Bypass. Executive Director of the Alumni Association Anthony McAdoo reported money and items stolen from the Alumni Association offices on Oct. 2. The total value of stolen property was $15. Former Provost David Lee reported the FAC Chit vault key JF3-1 as missing on Oct. 2. Lee did not realize the key was missing until his retirement, according to the statement. Gray Oulman reported $8,500 worth of power tools stolen from the Hardin Planetarium construction site on Oct. 2. Louisville freshman Erin Hatch reported her I.D. was stolen at Pearce-Ford Tower on Oct. 2. Floyd junior Dalton J. Tackett was arrested for alcohol intoxication in a public place at Panda Express on Oct. 2. Michael Frothling reported his work-issued laptop as stolen or lost from FAC on Oct. 2. The laptop is valued at $1,600. Nashville freshman Jason Reyes was cited for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and an open container during a traffic stop at Wetherby Lot on Oct. 2.

“Today’s announcement is exciting news for current students and their families,” Bevin said in the release from Tuesday. “By providing early exploration of careers and skill sets, students will make more informed decisions about their education and career after high school.” Kentucky also received three of the 55 nationally awarded partnership grants in addition to the $24.5 million grant. Two of these went to Berea College and the third to West Kentucky Educational Cooperative, which works to provide educational services and programs to school districts in its region. “We have worked hard to develop the right balance of services, identify the best partners and engage the ide-

al school systems. The strength of our proposal was in the partnerships, and we are very grateful for all of those who contributed to making this happen,” Thompson said in the release. GEAR UP will serve a minimum of 10,000 students in middle and high schools in at least 10 school districts across Kentucky. The grant will create support systems for college students through their freshman year. The CPE will announce the participating school districts later this month, with student services included in the grant scheduled to begin in 2019.

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versity administration. NASPA, a national student affairs administrative group that provides professional development, advocacy and research for college groups, suggests advisers act as leadership coaches. According to their recommendations, alumni and advisers of Greek organizations should play a proactive role in the cultivation of positive learning and networking environments of Greek life. By playing the role of a coach rather than an over-worked and under-used administrator, these individuals would be trained by a national curriculum to endorse leadership through one-on-one teaching sessions with student leaders within the organizations. By establishing a more involved frontline of staff to interact with Greek organizations, growth and professional development would likely become a larger focus and contribute to a long lasting positive environment in Greek organizations that decreases inclinations for student risk, according to NASPA’s research. Personal relationships are the building blocks for change, and they could be a healthy alternative or companion to the slew of negative reinforcement Greek groups receive.

CONTINUED FROM A4 punishments render such rigid bans largely ineffective. The foundation of systemic issues in the Greek life community remains, and its members likely develop new tactics to continue the very same practices. If tailgating is more strictly monitored, parties will occur off campus in party houses, like where Jacob Heil was before his arrest. According to Inside Higher Ed, universities need to shift their focus a bit by maintaining stringent rules while also working closely with individual Greek organizations to alter the culture of the groups. “Suspension of Greek life activity only serves as a stopgap measure,” Jill Creighton, president of the Association of Student Conduct Administration, told Inside Higher Ed. A swift slap on the wrist will accomplish little in terms of long-term change to the culture of fraternity life. One possible solution is to boost the roles of WKU Greek chapter advisers. These people should be mentors to members of the group and act as a direct source of supervision without maintaining an out-of-touch and impersonal authority figure such as uni-

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LIGHTS, CAMERON, ACTION!

Tom Hardy almost saved “Venom”

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BY CAMERON COYLE HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU

Sony achieved middling success with “Venom,” its first attempt at a superhero movie since loaning the rights of Spider-Man back to Marvel Studios. It is the story of an anti-hero with an alien parasite. Eddie Brock, played by Tom Hardy, is an investigative journalist who, while trespassing to get a scoop for a story, becomes one with a conscious gelatinous alien committed to overtaking Earth with other members of his species. “Venom” avoids genericness because it borrows from so many other superhero movies, causing it to become an odd mash-up of its contemporaries. It has both cynical sarcasm and playful quips in scenes when Eddie confronts the fact he must learn how to live with a carnivorous alien parasite who’s sentient. It also has hopeless moments when the audience must watch an alien decimate a naive homeless person for the sake of the underwhelming villain’s cruel scientific experiments. These parts lead to tonal inconsistencies which often cancel any emotional traction the film was starting to make, or they cause the comedy to feel forced or awkward. Tom Hardy’s charisma sometimes masks these blemishes, as he shows he’s always equally committed to a role, whether he’s working on a $150,000 or $150 million movie. His character is sporadic and inconsistent, just like the film. His movements are jerky and unpredictable with his speech cadence, showing with his energy and physical performance that Eddie always has something nagging at his psyche. His dedication brings a charm to the character, even if it’s partly from the preposterousness that this amount of talent was channeled into a movie that doesn’t deserve such a performance. There is consistency, however, in the film’s underwhelming action. When the parasite partially appears on Eddie to help him fight or maneuver, the CGI looks tackily added on, suddenly emerging from the back of his sweatshirt and quickly disappearing without any sign of coming through him. The climactic fight scene at the end doesn’t pay off either, as it features two large aliens—one black, one grey— fighting on a metal bridge at night with overly-dim lighting. The large amount of monotone CGI rapidly moving around in a poor lit area is difficult and frustrating to follow. Hardy causes “Venom” to have some enjoyable parts, but the film also hits multiple valleys throughout its runtime. Maybe wait to rent this one. Grade: C

ILLUSTRATION BY ELLIE ALLEN • HERALD

Poem submitted by WKU student Austin Brown. Brown performed this poem at the creative writing “Open-mic Night” presented by Potter College. It may be hard to believe but I wasn’t always this sad. A used to be wanna be saint like me didn’t want to believe that things were so bad but it didn’t take too long for me to lose faith. Because when I really looked at it, since the very first day I could breathe, I’ve been coughing up feelings of rage and regret over pain and rejection that seems to teem in the bleakness of everyday life. Jesus. Since the very first day I could see, I’ve been blinded by families of optimists struggling to keep themselves from finding out that bad things actually do happen. Since the very first day I could read, the newspaper’s been feeding me fake news and scary stories about a nation ashamed of my generation where they shoot people my age in the face every day before we come of age and then look amazed when we can’t stop the bleeding. It’s really amazing how even though they’ve explained how over and over again all the books that they’ve written on lessons they’ve hidden in lectures they’ve given stopped making sense a long time ago.

Besides those books are always talking so much about so little because It’s foolish to think you could ever get by with google teaching you so little about so much, right? Over the years we’ve perpetually chosen to live in our woes. We get older but apparently don’t know any more than we ever did before. I mean... We keep giving the freedom of speech to the same animals who saw a muse and an expensive pair of shoes and then confused the two while expecting them to execute it through this insanely huge responsibility of political correctness. But political correctness doesn’t feel like real correctness. This correctness doesn’t connect us correctly like we think it would or it could ‘cause we always think what’s different from us should be another wrong way to think, to feel, another wrong way to be, so we just stay separated. It even seems to me, I mean it really feels to me like I’m being analyzed scrutinized generalized alienized

and marginalized by the very same people idolizing me for some reason claiming to be fighting for my right to have freedom when nobody was actually free in the first place I mean... At this moment in time, to me, the meaning of life comes from how big of a bite we can take with a life in a world we have so little control over. The drive for success is nothing more than to mindlessly work to make comfort the norm so with success shines the trite of our everyday lives we have so little control over. We have so little control over how strange we all seem to the world, but none of us are really that strange at all are we? We’re all just different versions of the typical person. Lost Struggling Searching for purpose in a life that seems worthless. The pain is all worth it because I always need to bleed a little to remember I can feel a little just until I realize I’ve been feeling a little too much lately. So when today’s madness brings sadness I remember that it’s only to remind me of the happiness I had yesterday. Then being sad doesn’t hurt so badly today.

Editorial: Collective punishment won’t fix Greek life BY EDITORIAL BOARD HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU

The issue: Universities have shown a tendency to punish Greek organizations collectively by implementing strict, blanket bans and regulations.

Our stance: These types of bans and regulations are short-term consequences that do not always yield long-term change. Instead, innovative personal supervision could make a positive impact.

ollective punishment has been the common punitive tactic when it comes to universities addressing the issues of alcohol consumption, hazing and sexual misconduct in Greek organizations.

Often, when one or a few of a Greek organization’s members make a mistake, commit a crime or become involved with some kind of tragic course of events, the public, including the university’s administration, sees a systemic issue that needs to be rectified. Underage drinking and binge drinking – two activities stereotypically associated with Greek life – create complications for student safety and establish a dilemma for their respective universities. At least three fraternity hazing deaths related to alcohol occurred last year, Time reported. Tim Piazza, a 19 - year - old student at Penn State University, died in February after an alleged hazing ritual in which he was forced to drink 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes, according to Time. He was fatally injured in a fall down on a set of stairs afterward. This has been a long-standing prob-

lem that schools have attempted to overcome by implementing different degrees of individual and collective punishment, but the pushback of such bans often has a converse effect from the university’s intention. In mid-September, University of Kentucky freshman Jacob Heil hit a 4-yearold while allegedly driving under the influence on the way back from a tailgate party before the UK football game, according to arrest records. The 4-yearold died the following Monday from his injuries. As a result of the incident, Heil was suspended from the university, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. UK’s Alpha Tau Omega fraternity chapter was dissolved following an internal investigation conducted by UK, which found the fraternity had provided alcohol to minors and violated anti-hazing policies.

This follows a push from UK to mitigate heavy drinking on game days on campus by moving students to a controlled, fenced-in area designated for a four-hour tailgating experience, which went into effect on the first home game of the Fall 2018 semester. This designated area is designed to be monitored and aims to crack down on underage drinking by limiting the number of alcoholic beverages of-age people can bring in and providing wristbands that prevent minors from entering. WKU has moved its designated on-campus location for tailgating to the green space in front of Grise Hall and banned vehicles from grass areas in an attempt to enforce its rules about consumption of alcohol on campus. Universities can’t afford to look the other way, but the backlash of standing SEE EDITORIAL• PAGE A3

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1. On what date did MTV make its debut? (a) August 1, 1981 (b) January 1, 1981 (c) October 31, 1981 2. Who replaced David Lee Roth as singer of the group Van Halen? (a) David Coverdale (b) Sammy Hagar (c) Ritchie Blackmore 3. What country star got his start in 1981 and has over 50 #1 hits? (a) George Strait (b) Garth Brooks (c) Alan Jackson 4. What female rocker recorded the hit I Love Rock and Roll? (a) Pat Benatar (b) Debbie Harry (c) Joan Jett 5. Which Beatle song never made it to #1? (a) Ticket to Ride (b) I am the Walrus (c) Lady Madonna 6. Of Pink Floyd's most popular albums, which one was first? (a) The Wall (b) Animals (c) Dark Side of the Moon 7. What band's guitarist was known for the windmill style of stroking the guitar? (a) The Who (b) The Doors (c) Led Zeppelin 8. What band's singer was ...'Born a Ramblin Man'? (a) Lynyrd Skynyrd (b) The Allman Brothers (c) The Doobie Brothers 9. Who sings lead for Linkin Park? (a) Chris Jehrico (b) Angus Young (c) Chester Bennington 10. What movie won an Oscar for best Original song in 1983? (a) Fame (b) Flashdance (c) Xanadu

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After a hay ride to the pumpkin patch, Porshinna Miller, (left) Pryce Jones (3), Josephus Jones (1) and Denies Mayweather (right) search for a pumpkin at Jackson’ s Orchard at the annual Pumpkin Festival.

GO BIG OR GOURD HOME Jackson’s Orchard celebrates pumpkin season PHOTOS BY BRENNA PEPKE AND WITTNEY HARDIN HERALD.PHOTO@WKU.EDU

Jackson’s Orchard hosts its annual Pumpkin Festival which continues every weekend through the end of October. The Festival includes Wagon Rides, a Pumpkin Patch, face painting and fall themed foods. The festival runs Saturdays 8am-6pm and Sundays 1pm6pm.

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Sitting atop hay barrels, Charlie Whitetaker (7) and her uncle Nathan Wright look at Jackson’ s Orchard apple groves as they take a tractor ride to the pumpkin patch.

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As Jackson’s Orchard Pumpkin Festival begins, Addelyn Daniels (5, foreground) watches as her friend Kambreigh Crossﬁeld (6) enjoys the playground. “I’m doing that again” Kambreigh yells as she races to the top of the slide once more.

Chandler Hill, 2, realizes just how heavy pumpkins can be as he helps his brother Steven Hill, 4, choose the best pumpkin in the patch at Jackson’s Orchard on October 7. The community gathers to celebrate fall as people of all ages come Jackson’s Orchard. This Orchard oﬀered apple and pumpkin picking as well as a petting zoo.

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Leatherworker encourages local art with creativity BY JUILE SISLER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

Price’s roommate, Owensboro sophomore Kate Bowley, traveled to Las Vegas with Price and served as her plusone on the show, meaning she would be able to help Price solve a question of Price’s choice during her run if needed. Bowley said she believed she and Price stood out among the other contestants and Las Vegas crowd because of their age. Despite that, Bowley said Price was “in her happy place” while on set,

When most people think of art, their mind does not automatically turn to leather carving. However, for local artist Tiffany Oliver, this art has become a passion and a career. Oliver said leather art, which traditionally features simple floral or geometric patterns similar to Native American art, was originally used only for utilitarian items such as belts or gun holsters. “Nowadays, we have embraced the aesthetic of traditional leatherwork, and we include it in less utilitarian items like jewelry, patches, drink kozies and even phone cases,” Oliver said. Oliver began her work with leather when she was 14. She grew up riding horses and became interested in the intricate designs on the saddles she used. As an art lover, even from an early age, she knew she wanted to try her hand at the leather art she grew up around. Oliver got her first leather carving kit from Hobby Lobby and immediately got to work. Some of her first projects included a bookmark and a coin purse. “These small projects taught me the foundations of the art and fueled my fire,” Oliver said. “I probably finished the entire kit in a couple days, and then I was starving for more. I did a few more small things and then started making gun holsters and belts as gifts for my family.” From there, she began working on larger projects and eventually gained enough confidence to put her pieces up for sale. “I was not confident that anyone would be willing to pay me what my pieces are worth,” Oliver said. “I can thankfully say that I was way wrong.” Oliver says that a large part of her apprehension to begin selling came from the large cost and time consumption that came with each project. “My biggest struggle is the expense,” she said. “Nice tools for leather are super expensive, as is the leather itself. What happens is that when you skimp on quality and buy subpar tools, you end up making costly mistakes to leather that cannot simply be erased or undone.” The process itself also takes a great deal of time and can be tedious, she said. First, Oliver said she wets the leather to make it easier to leave impressions on. Then, she uses a stylus to transfer the pattern onto the leather. Once the pattern is on the leather, Oliver uses a swivel knife to “trace cut” the pattern into the leather. Then, Oliver uses the beveler stamp, a tool that brings the piece to life, she said. “It gives the embossed look that is characteristic of leather work,” Oli-

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WKU student Rebecca Price is excited to watch her upcoming appearance on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Price, a sophomore from Shepardsville, will be watching herself on the hit TV show on Thursday at noon.

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Student competes for $1 million in game show BY GRIFFIN FLETCHER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

While most students may spend the first day of their fall break sleeping or doing fall activities, Shepherdsville sophomore Rebecca Price will be watching herself on the hit ABC game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on Thursday at noon. A dedicated fan since third grade, Price said her love of game shows began at her grandma’s house, where “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” “The Price is Right” and “Let’s Make a Deal” were afternoon staples. “Growing up, my grandma only had, like, three channels on her TV and that was one of them,” Price said about “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” “I’ve watched it forever.” After many years of devoted viewing, Price said competing on a game show became a personal goal—one she never dreamed would come true. “I don’t really have a bucket list, but that would be, like, the number one item on it for me,” Price said. “I never thought that would happen.” Having spent the first month of summer watching game shows and working as a camp counselor at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville, Price said she returned one night from work in early June to an application for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” her family opened online for her. Price said her family’s encouragement was the push she needed. Three days after submitting the application, Price was contacted by producers from “Who Wants to Be a Mil-

lionaire” to schedule an interview. By mid-July, Price was flying out to Las Vegas to begin shooting, during which she said she kept a list of the names of every U.S. president, first lady and vice president to study in preparation for the show. With sports, current events and politics serving as her self-proclaimed weakest areas of trivia, Price said she prepared for the show by watching its reruns on YouTube. Price said the questions are unpredictable. As a current WKU Math Club representative, Price said she frequently helps schedule club-sponsored trivia

portunity to play trivia on national TV. “Until I got to Vegas, I didn’t even think about the money aspect,” Price said. “I was just like, ‘Let’s go play some trivia on TV.’” After meeting with fellow contestants and the show’s producers for 13 hours on set the day before her episode’s recording, Price said she was ready for her turn to try and win the $1 million prize. She said her experience on set was unlike anything else. “It’s just surreal, being on the stage,” Price said. “It just means the world to me that I was even able to have this opportunity.”

“It’s just surreal being on the stage. It just means the world to me that I was even able to have this opportunity.” Contestant REBECCA PRICE

competitions and competes at trivia nights at local restaurant Mellow Mushroom. Price said trivia is one of her favorite pastimes. “Just trivia, trivia everywhere,” Price. “That’s just something that I enjoy doing.” A show that offers its contestants a chance to win $1 million by answering 14 questions of varying difficulty correctly, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” has the potential to change a winner’s life. However, Price said she was more interested in having the op-

Fifth Gallon brings kombucha to Bowling Green BY SARAH YAACOUB HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

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Gavin Moore pours some of his homemade Kombucha for a customer at the weekly farmer’s market. Moore, a junior, and business partner David Mann, set up shop almost every Saturday at the South Campus farmer’s market in Bowling Green. “Business picks up during the fall season, we also get big draws during festivals in the surrounding areas. Our drink helps promote the growth of the probiotics in your immune system,” Mann said.

While many students are cramming for their midterms, Gavin Mann and David Moore have something else brewing—or rather, fermenting. Mann and Moore own The Fifth Gallon, a local kombucha business. Kombucha is a beverage made by fermenting black tea with something called “SCOBY,” a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. Mann said the idea for The Fifth Gallon began during his junior year of high school, when his health-oriented mother started making her own kombucha following the spike in store prices. “It became a running joke between me and Gavin to start a kombucha company,” said Moore, a business major and Bowling Green native. “After about a year of joking, I was bored one day and thought, ‘well, how much would it cost if we were to start it?’”

Moore said the process is similar to the process for making sourdough bread and includes culturing and fermenting before adding the SCOBY. Moore said the SCOBY resembles a “jellyfish pancake,” and it serves to turn the tea into “almost vinegar.” The nineto-10-day fermentation process cuts the beverage just short of vinegar, and the bottling and sealing that follows naturally carbonates the kombucha. Kombucha proponents claim the tea helps prevent and manage serious health conditions, though Mayo Clinic says these claims are not backed by science. It has been suggested the probiotics in kombucha aid digestion. After some initial calculations, Mann and Moore had the shell of a business idea, but they learned a lot along the way about the real effort and resources they’d need. “It takes a lot more time and dedication to make a business than you will

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ver said. “So, once you are done cutting the lines with the swivel knife, the beveler and mallet are used on one side or the other of each cut line.” Oliver said the work with the beveler and mallet are both the most tedious and time consuming parts of the process. Each movement has to be precise in order to keep the design straight. Oliver then uses a variety of other stamps to further sculpt the piece and add more details like texture and depth. Once the final details have been added, Oliver finishes any last minute sewing or stitching and then adds dyes and protective clear coats to the final product. The process is long and requires a lot of attention to detail, but Oliver has seen a great deal of growth in her work. According to local artist and business owner Shkala Smith, Oliver has already grown as an artist. “Her chosen mediums take a lot of time and hard work, and you can tell she’s passionate about what she does,” Smith said. “I can’t wait to see what magic she creates in the future.” Because Bowling Green doesn’t have a large market for leather art, a majority of her business comes from Etsy customers, Oliver said. She pri-

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ever expect,” Mann said. “We were given generous leeway in terms of financial [investment] and time to make the company, and the reality still superseded that expectation by a long shot.” He said when building a business, it’s important to be prepared to spend more than you plan for because of all the potential obstacles. In the beginning, The Fifth Gallon operated out of a small apartment in the back of a garage, but the business has since relocated to the Zest commercial kitchen in Plano during its legitimization process in late 2016. The company also applied for permits and license at the time, allowing it to expand its sales to local retail locations,

MILLIONAIRE CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 “in her happy place” while on set, speaking to a number of other trivia enthusiasts. “I’m really proud of her for putting herself out there,” Bowley said. “It was a really big step for her.” Louisville sophomore Emily Jacobson

“It means the world to me that I was even able to have this opportunity.” Contestant REBECCA PRICE has known Price and Bowley since last year. She said it’s just like Price to compete on a game show. “I think it really speaks to who she is,” Jacobson said. “She just loves random facts.” When she’s not playing the HQ Trivia app on her phone or watching previously aired episodes of “Who Wants to Be a

marily helps customers think up and customize gifts for others. Oliver said she plans to continue her business, and said this is a large part of why she advocates for small businesses. “Supporting local artists and small businesses is important,” Oliver said. “We are your friends, family and neighbors. We love creating things specially for you and love customers with crazy ideas for art to create.” Oliver said the money spent on items by local artists has a much greater impact than the same amount given to a large corporation. “Trust me, Jeff Bezos doesn’t even feel it when your $20 Prime purchase hits his accounts, but that same $20 could help pay for your local artist’s electric bill or their kid’s lunch,” Oliver said. Oliver also notes that the financial support means more than just the dollar amount. “We cherish every single dollar spent on our art built from our love, blood, sweat and tears,” Oliver said. “Most of all, we love that you loved our art enough to spend your hard-earned money on it.”

Features reporter Julie Sisler can be reached at 270-745-6291 and julie. sisler389@topper.wku.edu. Follow Julie on social media at @julie_sisler. including Vertical Excape, Zest Juice Co., Rian’s Fatted Calf Meat Shoppe and the Community Farmers Market near the Knicely Center at South Campus. Mann and Moore use many of the same methods for making their kombucha that Mann’s mother does for hers. “We modified [the recipe] a little bit, but basically the recipe and even the SCOBYs themselves are the same,” Mann said. “She would make them in gallon pickle jars, and so do we. A lot of that same tradition I get from my mother.” The business name is also an allusion to Mann’s mother and her kombucha. Moore said his mother made about four gallons of kombucha per week, so when he and Mann began making kombucha, theirs was the fifth

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Tiﬀany Oliver, a graduate of WKU’s graphic design program, runs Blue Whippoorwill Studio with her husband, where they produce ﬁne leather goods and jewelry, such as necklaces and rings.

gallon. In the years since its founding— Moore and Mann started kombucha production at ages 17 and 18, when

Mann said he and Moore are considering selling their kombucha on campus as a goal for future expansion but that there are a lot of “hoops and ladders” to get through in order to make that happen. For now, the plan is to continue making kombucha and sell“Our main goal is ing it at The Fifth Gallon’s distribution trying to make it more locations within Bowling Green. “Our business model from basically accessible of a drink.” the very start was trying to not only get Fifth Gallon co-owner people on the health wagon, but also trying to get people kombucha cheap,” DAVID MANN Mann said. “Our main goal is trying to make it more accessible of a drink.”

they were still in high school—business has steadied, and The Fifth Gallon now turns out about 20 gallons of kombucha per week to sell locally, although production fluctuates with the seasons and declines during the school year.

Millionaire?” or “Jeopardy!,” Jacobson said Price likes cooking and hanging out. Though Price’s friends know she loves trivia, Jacobson said they know her best as someone who’s always willing to be herself and support others. “Rebecca’s a very individual person,” Jacobson said. “She’s like family to me.” Price said she’s stuck with watching “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” for so many years because she loves its universal appeal. From 80-year-olds to college students, Price said she believes the show has something to offer every viewer. “People from all walks of life watch the show,” Price said. “It’s for everybody.” Now that she’s competed on the show, Price said she’s fortunate to have gotten the chance. She encourages anyone else who’d like to compete on a game show to just take the time to apply. “I would have never dreamed of applying if that one day I just hadn’t had the thought and the time to go through that application,” Price said. “They could’ve picked anybody, and I’m just so lucky that it was me.”

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Lady Toppers pull oﬀ two wins on the road BY CASEY MCCARTHY HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

The Lady Toppers were able to pick up a pair of victories on the road after a rare home loss to remain near the top of Conference USA over the weekend. WKU defeated both Marshall and Middle Tennessee State in four sets, moving to 14-6 (5-1 C-USA) on the season. The young WKU squad is still figuring some things out as the team moves further into the conference schedule. “We’re still trying to find that level of consistency,” head coach Travis Hudson said after the win against MTSU. “We played really well at times and really poorly at times, and that’s not a good way to approach a road match.” WKU opened the weekend road trip in Huntington, West Virginia, with a 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 27-25) victory against Marshall. Senior Rachel Anderson led the way with 15 kills. Three players finished with double-digit kills. Freshman Lauren Matthews and junior Sophia Cerino each had 11. Matthews finished with seven blocks while setting a new career-best hit percentage at .474. Freshman Payton Frederick led defensively with 17 digs, while sophomore Darby Music added 16. Redshirt freshman Taylor Bebout finished with 26 assists, six digs, three kills and two blocks. Hudson said the team was fortunate to pick up a conference win. “We played poorly in every phase of the game and will have to be much better moving forward on the road in C-USA matches,” Hudson said. The Lady Toppers closed the weekend trip out with the second matchup of the year against the Blue Raiders. It

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4 conference would play a set 18-game conference schedule predetermined before the season. The conference schedule would also consist of nine home games and nine road games. In this year’s league schedule, each C-USA team will play every team in the league in addition to a couple of matchups with a “travel partner” in the first seven weeks of conference play. That will consume 14 games of the conference schedule. At the conclusion of the seven weeks, each team will be assigned to a group based on the C-USA standings at that time. One group will have the top 5 teams in the C-USA standings, the next group will have teams 6-10, and the final group will consist of teams 11-14.

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WKU’s Kayland Jackson (15) and Rachel Anderson (4) go up to block during WKU’s match against Charlotte in Diddle Arena on Sept. 23, 2018.

was a 3-1 (25-21, 25-13, 20-25, 25-16) victory in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the Lady Toppers. In the victory, MTSU was able to grab a set from the Lady Toppers for the first time since the 2015 season. Sophomore Kayland Jackson led the Lady Toppers for the second time this season with 11 kills. “KJ’s playing on the right side for us now after playing on the left for most of the year, and she’s still trying to get a level of comfort over there,” Hudson said. “We’ve seen stretches of bril-

liance over there, and we’re thinking that is her long-term home.” Three other WKU players finished with eight or more kills in the match. Anderson finished with nine while Cerino and Matthews each had eight. Defensively, Frederick again led the Lady Toppers, finishing with 16 digs in the match, her 10th time leading the team in the category this season. “We just continue to find a way to win; we certainly don’t feel like we’re playing very good volleyball right now,” Hudson said. “It seems like every

The teams will play within their respective group for the final four games, and the C-USA Tournament will be seeded with the top 12 teams in the conference after the group period. Teams won’t be able to fin-

nament teams, such as Texas A&M and Oklahoma. MTSU won the C-USA regular season title, and MTSU, Old Dominion and WKU all finished within two games of each other in the conference standings. But Marshall,

“Is that enough to help that second team get in? All I know is that second team better play the kind of schedule you need to play.”

Head Coach RICK STANSBURY

ish above or below the designated seeding of its group in those final five games. Last season, both WKU and Middle Tennessee State had superior conference records than some NCAA Tour-

a team that finished fourth in C-USA in the regular season, was the only team to make the NCAA Tournament after winning the conference tournament. Head coach Rick Stansbury is un-

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WKU guard Taveion Hollingsworth (13) celebrates after scoring during the game against Old Dominion on Saturday, Feb. 24. Hollingsworth scored 20 points and played 33 minutes.

push in their final seasons of eligibility. Bearden even put his name into the draft after last season before withdrawing and returning to WKU (although the Hilltoppers will be without his services in the first semester). On top of all that, sophomore guard Taveion Hollingsworth looks like a player that could be on track to be NBA-bound a little early. Getting him in front of NBA scouts now could be a huge deal in a year or two. This can only do good things for the future of the program. Stansbury has preached time and again about how important recruiting is for a basketball program, and he’s really starting to succeed in that aspect. This pro day takes another step forward by getting his players in front of NBA eyes. That’s something recruits will keep in mind

the Lady Toppers’ attack. “Our midfield has been really strong, but we haven’t been getting what we want after that,” Neidell said. “It’s about not just Ambere, but everyone just having those little sparks.” Barnett helped the WKU attack as a whole find its spark, assisting on two goals in the Texas-El Paso match. She played a key role in Sunday’s match against UTEP, netting two goals and two more assists in a 4-3 win for the Lady Toppers. “We came together as a team and visualized what we wanted to do be-

fore the game,” Barnett said. “We just knew that we needed to get that win.” The Lady Toppers were up 3-0 at the half against UTEP thanks to another goal form Gorham. She scored the deciding goal in the second half to give WKU its second conference win of the season. “We created some good chances in the first half,” Neidell said. “We knew the second half was going to be tough.” With the back-to-back wins over the weekend, the Lady Toppers are now 4-7-2 on the season, improving their

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B4 season as well, and the Lady Toppers got their first conference win of the season with a 4-0 shutout over FIU. “We had nothing to lose, honestly,” Leonard said. “We’ve been waiting for a spark, and on our home turf, we were just like, ‘We’ve had enough of this.’” Leonard’s addition to the starting lineup wasn’t the only change made by Neidell. Freshman sensation Ambere Barnett was moved to the head of

season has a lull in the middle somewhere, and you just have to fight your way through it, and if you can win some matches on the road in Conference USA in the midst of that, then it’s something you feel pretty good about.” The Lady Toppers will head back to Diddle Arena for a 6 p.m. match Friday against Alabama-Birmingham. The Blazers are 10-9 (2-3 C-USA).

Reporter Casey McCarthy can be reached at 270-745-6291 and casey. mccarthy573@topper.wku.edu.

sure to what extent this change will have and if it will help more C-USA teams get into the NCAA tournament. “You ask me at the end of the season how it works out, I could give you a better feel for it,” Stansbury said. “I understand what they’re trying to do. Trying to improve the RPI of the top three or four teams in the league. Is that enough to help that second team get in? All I know is that second team better play the kind of schedule you need to play.” C-USA hasn’t put multiple teams into the NCAA Tournament since 2012, when Memphis, a former C-USA member, won the conference tournament and Southern Mississippi still received an at-large bid.

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if they’re trying to make the jump to pro basketball. Getting attention from NBA scouts is also something the Hilltoppers won’t get a lot of during the regular season in Conference USA, so getting that attention now is a big deal. Of course, Stansbury has also helped to get eyes on his team with non-conference scheduling this year. The Hilltoppers have added Power 5 opponent Washington to the schedule in a game that’ll be featured on ESPNU. They’ll also be playing three games on ESPN networks in the Myrtle Beach Invitational before playing two more Power 5 opponents in Arkansas and Wisconsin. The pro day is scheduled to be held on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Diddle Arena. It’ll be closed to the public.

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C-USA mark to 2-4. Despite the rough start to the season, Neidell believes his team is close to turning the corner, and these two wins may just do the trick. “Our team motto this year is ‘Rise Up,’” Neidell said. “It’s about those little sparks. If somebody has a little spark, then someone else has one, and pretty soon you’ve got a fire going.”

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Pro day a sign of positive times for Hilltoppers BY JEREMY CHISENHALL HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

the starting lineup,” Neidell said. “Some people have been working hard and deserve the opportunity. It’s kids working for their opportunity and then seizing it.” Leonard seized her opportunity and then some, netting WKU’s first hat trick since 2010 for her first three goals of the season. Senior midfielder Sarah Gorham added her second goal of the

Over the last two years, Rick Stansbury has taken step after step in the right direction in an effort to revitalize WKU’s basketball program. Last year, the Hilltopper head coach (almost) landed a five-star recruit, brought in Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball, scored a win over a top-25 opponent, made a run to the Conference USA Tournament Championship game, made a run to the semifinal of the NIT, and then landed a five-star commit that it looks like he’ll keep this time. That success and all those steps in the right direction have drawn a lot of eyes to WKU basketball. The Hilltoppers played in front of a capacity crowd three times in Diddle Arena last year and played in front of another 11,000-plus three times in road games against Middle Tennessee State, Oklahoma State and Wisconsin. They also landed on either ESPN or ESPN2 for each of the final three games of their NIT run. Now the Hilltoppers will get attention from some very important eyes thanks to another good decision by Stansbury: the decision to hold a pro day on campus. This is a great move for a couple of reasons. First, it puts WKU in a small group of schools currently hosting basketball pro days. Kentucky head coach John Calipari started it, and other Power 5 programs have followed suit, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Missouri. It’s been rare to see mid-major schools partaking in the trend, although Nevada held one in September. This makes WKU one of the first mid-major programs to jump in on this trend. Second, WKU actually has good reason to hold a pro day, unlike most mid-major schools. Five-star freshman Charles Bassey is already a projected NBA lottery pick in 2019 by NBADraft. net and a top-20 pick on Bleacher Report’s mock draft. In addition to that, the Hilltoppers have graduate transfer forward DeSean Murray and redshirt senior guard Lamonte Bearden, both of whom have had success at this level and are looking to make an NBA Draft

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WKU sophomore Victoria Mayo (3) heads the ball as she is defended by Texas-El Paso junior defender Kori Lewis (14) during a 4-3 Lady Topper victory against UTEP on Sunday at the WKU Soccer Complex.

BACK TO BACK

Lady Toppers grab first two conference wins BY TYLER EATON HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

WKU soccer is now riding back-toback wins for the first time in over a year. The Lady Toppers returned home from a five-game road trip reeling from a 2-7-2 start, including losses in each of their first four conference matches.

Thanks to some tweaks to the starting 11, WKU picked up its first two Conference USA wins of the season in dominant fashion, starting a four-game homestand 2-0. In Friday’s game against Florida International, coach Jason Neidell moved sophomore Ashley Leonard into the starting lineup for WKU’s ninth alltime leading scorer, Chandler Backes. It was the first start of Leonard’s career. “We just really wanted to shake up

New schedule may get more C-USA teams into tournament BY ALEC JESSIE HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

After six consecutive seasons of only producing one NCAA Tournament team, Conference USA is altering its scheduling format in an effort to land multiple teams in the big dance. The new scheduling format now features a grouping system that pits teams in similar standing against each other for the final four games in conference play. “With the goals to improve seeding and increase the number of teams that advance to the postseason, we viewed this as a great opportunity to enhance our top teams’ resumes by providing them additional quality games within their conference schedule,” C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod said

in a press release. “Non-conference scheduling will continue to be a priority, but this will provide a real-time analysis to create competitive matchups for teams and their fans.” Traditionally, each team in the

”This will provide a real-time analysis to create competitive match-ups for teams and their fans.”

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WKU men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury reacts during WKU’s game vs. Florida Atlantic in Diddle Arena on Thursday Feb. 8.