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VOLUME 94, ISSUE 27

PILL IN THE GAPS

Students trade health for academic success with stimulants Editor’s Note: To protect the identity of students quoted in this story, last names have been left out unless otherwise specified. The Herald has verified the identities of all subjects quoted in the story.

BY JULIE SISLER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

With three exams and numerous papers all due within one week, Olivia turned to someone she knew who had an Adderall prescription and began using the drug. Several months later, she still uses Adderall when she has a heavy workload and doesn’t feel energized enough to get through it all.

“It helped me stay really focused and on task,” Olivia said. “I was getting a lot more done than I usually do.”

Nearly one third of college students have at least once taken a non-prescribed stimulant prescription drug, according to the Center on Young Adult Health and Development.

To some, this may be a startlingly large statistic, while others view the number as something of common knowledge.

“I think it definitely happens a lot at WKU,” Olivia, an underclassman, said.

“It’s sort of socially acceptable.”

Most students tend to think twice before using illegal drugs like cocaine or meth. However, recent trends show students show no hesitation when using non-prescribed stimulants such as Adderall, Ritalin or Vyvanse.

“You look at the most addictive drugs like meth and coke, and I know it’s somewhere in the middle of that and alcohol or weed,” said junior Ryan, whose name has been changed to protect his identity due to a past criminal record.

Prescribed stimulants are similar to cocaine both in their chemical makeup and how they cause the body to function, according to the Genetic Science Learning Center.

Ryan has been illegally using study drugs for about two years and also finds they help him stay more on task and said he has gotten better grades with the help of these stimulants. He

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As finals week approaches, students open up about the use of study drugs.

doesn’t plan on stopping his use anytime soon, saying that using the drugs are just too valuable to him.

“It’s worth it because time is money,” Ryan said. “Being in college, you need that time.”

Ryan said while on stimulants, he can turn five hours of work into just two.

Students are so desperate for the possible boost they see with stimulants that some, such as upperclassman Elise, have resorted to taking the pill in whatever way they can.

“I can’t swallow pills,” Elise said. “So I usually snort it or sprinkle it in apple-

sauce.”

Elise said she doesn’t really think about getting caught but is more worried about the physical effects. She cited days of appetite loss and feeling lethargic and moody as negative side effects she experiences but is most worried about the short and long-term impacts of snorting pills.

Despite this, Elise says she always gets her work done while on stimulants, which is a larger concern for her.

Though Ryan noted multiple times the drugs are illegal for a reason, he still found the benefits outweigh the costs despite all he has at stake.

Ryan has already been in trouble with the law twice for what he said are mostly alcohol-related issues. He acknowledged illegal use of study drugs could land him in more trouble.

A 2015 survey done by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids found that 56% of college students believe study drugs are easy to obtain.

Sara, an underclassman, who said she began illegally taking study drugs her second week at college, gets them from a friend and said she finds the drugs easy to get ahold of.

Though Ryan doesn’t have a designated dealer, he knows if he can’t find it at first, all he has to do is wait, and eventually a dealer will come around.

“If someone doesn’t have it, I can get it from someone else within a few hours,” Ryan said.

Ben is an underclassman who identified himself as a dealer. His name has been changed to protect his identity.

Ben said he began selling the pills to his close friends, eventually expanding the circle to sell to more people.

Ben was prescribed Adderall in elementary school for ADHD and has relied on it since. He said the drugs help him accomplish everything, and he doesn’t intend to stop using them at any point because of their benefits.

While most of the students echoed Ben’s sentiment that they don’t want to stop using the pills to aid their studying in the foreseeable future, some students have found the side effects outweigh the benefits.

Kirsten, an underclassmen, was prescribed Adderall in middle school, and she stopped using the drugs on her own because of the side effects, which she said were difficult to deal with.

“They do help you study, but the side effects were the worst part,” Kirsten said. “They caused me to fidget a lot, causing me to bite my nails and nail beds, pick at the dead ends of my hair … and my personality would completely change. I would go from happy, talkative Kirsten to zombie girl, talking to no one.”

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White nationalist group recruiting on campus

BY ELIJAH STARKEY HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

A white nationalist organization, the American Identity Movement, has been actively recruiting and posting flyers on college campuses across the nation, including WKU, which has sparked a negative response among students.

AIM was founded by Patrick Casey, the former leader of Identity Evropa,

a white nationalist organization that was dissolved following a leak of its internal discord communications by the nonprofit media organization Unicorn Riot.

Identity Evropa was officially condemned by the WKU Student Government Association in December 2018 after the organization began posting flyers across campus. Many, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, see AIM as merely a rebranding of Identity Evropa, given it is under much of

the same leadership and has similar goals. However, Michael Atwood, a spokesman for AIM, claims AIM is an entirely separate organization.

“Identity Evropa is legally and purposefully a separate organization which is no longer operational,” Atwood said.

AIM’s website states its five core principles are nationalism, identitarianism, protectionism, non-interventionism and populism. AIM’s website claims it seeks to create public dis-

plays of defiance against America’s “hostile ruling class.”

“Most of the current political, financial and cultural establishment is, through the promotion of mass immigration, globalization and foreign military intervention, hostile to the interests of most Americans citizens and Americans of European heritage specifically,” Atwood said. “We view Americans of European heritage as

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Last call to see Kentucky Museum exhibit

A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green Story by Hayley Robb Cherry Creative Large dark green trucks transported Senida Husić and her family from the United Nations safe zone in Potočari, a village in the Srebrenica municipality in Bosnia, to the next safest town of Tuzla in 1993.

Husić could hear the screams and gunfire in the background. And just as they were about to depart, Husić’s grandfather was separated from the family. The Serbian forces said he had to be transported by a different vehicle.

That was the last time the Husić family saw their grandfather.

Dead bodies lined the side of the road as they traveled.

Individuals captured by Serbian forces kneeled in open fields with their hands around their backs. This is what defined Husić’s childhood until the age of 12 when her family finally settled in Bowling Green in 1998.

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 1992 to 1995. Over 8,000 men and children were murdered and buried in mass graves.

It’s estimated that Bowling Green is home to more than 6,000 Bosnians, according to the Kentucky Museum and Kentucky Folklife Program.

Folklorists at WKU have collected and shared personal stories from Kentucky communities for over 100 years. The Kentucky Folklife Program’s collaborative Bosnian Oral History Project and exhibit, “A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green,” have been instrumental to sharing the diverse stories of those who now call Southcentral Kentucky “home.”

On Friday May 3rd, community members will have a chance to join the WKU folklorists and Kentucky Museum staff for a final tribute event before the exhibit comes down.

Denis Hodžić, a BosnianAmerican graduate student at WKU, left Germany in 1999 with his mother and settled in Bowling Green. Hodžić’s mother had fled Bosnia in 1992.

“The word ‘Bosnian’ is the word that describes American,” Hodžić said. “It’s Bosnian American. So, while my roots and my heritage comes from that country, I am an American citizen. This is my home.”

In an effort to share the stories within the Bowling Green community, Brent Björkman, director of the Kentucky Museum and Kentucky Folklife Program, led the creation of a collaborative oral history project and exhibition between the Kentucky Folklife Program, Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, the Kentucky Museum and the Bosnian community in Bowling Green called “A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green.”

The construction and the traditional arts programming for this exhibit was made possible by a National Endowment for the Arts grant.

“Our mission at the Kentucky Folklife Program is to document, present and conserve traditional arts and cultural heritage of the commonwealth,” Björkman said.

The documentation is performed by recording oral

Brent Björkman (left), director of the Kentucky Museum and Kentucky Folklife Program, and Denis Hodžić, a Bosnian-American graduate student at WKU, collaborated closely to create an oral storytelling project and exhibition. The two began working on the exhibit in 2015. “It is so multifaceted. This exhibit is just a small glimpse of what it is like to be a Bosnian American. Refugee is not our full story,” Hodžić said. (Photos by Hayley Watson • Cherry Creative)

histories with community collaborators, which is a central method folklorists use. The Folklife Program conserves these stories by placing them in special collections for researchers, family members and Bosnian Americans to experience years later.

“I want to create understanding for people — cultural understanding for people is what’s really important to me,” Björkman said.

The second part of the Kentucky Folklife Program’s mission is to “present” its research back to the collaborators it work with to validate what is important to them and to share it further with the greater Bowling Green community, Björkman said.

Hodžić and Björkman’s relationship was what spurred the creation of the project.

Hodžić got involved with the Kentucky Folklife Program and the Kentucky Museum

Denis Hodžić looks at a photo of himself and his mother, Sadeta, which is displayed along other photos from his family at the Kentucky Museum exhibit. Hodžić and his mother fled Bosnia due to conflict of the war but were not able to bring many of their belongings with them, said Hodžić. “What can you take with you when you have to flee so quickly ... so she took her pictures. Everything else material you can replace, but you can’t replace your memories,” Hodžić said.

graduate career, it didn’t matter,” Hodžić said. “This is something that is really central to my heart.”

The exhibit opens up to a maroon wall holding the decorated slippers a Bosnian woman may wear in her household, a complete set used for ćejf, a form of coffee central to Bosnian heritage, and a Srebrenica crochet flower honoring those who died in the Srebrenica Massacre on July 11, 1995.

Bowling Green community members walk 8,372 steps to commemorate each life lost in the massacre. The exhibit also features foodways uniting the culture like ćevapi, a Bosnian smoked sausage and drink like ćejf that is shared by the families. Traditional dress decorated with deep, vibrant colors and the tangible praying devices used by the three dominant religions in Bosnia are also represented.

The final portion of the

“I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for Bosnia. And I wouldn’t be the individual I am today without the experiences, as painful as they are.”

Senida Husić

in August of 2015. Björkman and his Kentucky Folklife Program and Department of

The flow of the exhibit stems from individual stories of the survivors who later

exhibit focuses on the young Bosnian professionals living with one foot in each world.

Beth and Mark Mittelberg visit the “A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green” exhibit on Thursday April 25, 2019. The couple recently moved to Bowling Green. “Our daughter is a professor at WKU and she said we should check out the exhibit. We’re trying to find places to go when we have visitors,” Beth Mittelberg said.

Folk Studies and Anthropology colleagues taught Hodžić along with a few of his friends the deep listening and interviewing processes folklorists use, and they began meeting once a month to plan the flow of the exhibit.

“For me, it didn’t really matter where in my life I was –– high school, undergraduate,

settled in Bowling Green and transitions into the larger story of refugees in America carrying these two cultures.

After the stories of three individual Bosnian refugees, images of the Srebrenica Massacre float in, merging with current efforts happening in Bowling Green like the Walk to Remember event, in which

“Bosnia is my birth home but my true home is Bowling Green,” Husić said.

Husić’s family settled in Bowling Green in 1998 when she was 12 years old. She has spent the last 20 years in Bowling Green, which is the single longest place she has lived in her life.

“My first 12 years of my

life we moved around so much,” Husić said. “I didn’t have a proper home. I didn’t have proper friends and then school to go to. It was just like a continuous state of chaos, and then when I moved to Bowling Green; we got a home.”

Although she doesn’t intend to move back to her birth country, she said she never intends to turn her back on the country that made her who she is today.

“I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for Bosnia,” Husić said. “And I wouldn’t be the individual I am today without the experiences, as painful as they are.”

The experiences of these individuals have aided in cultural understanding not only to the Bowling Green community but to WKU’s Bowling Green campus.

Kate Horigan, an assistant professor in the folk studies department and collaborator in the Kentucky Museum’s Bosnian exhibit, said she has graduate and undergraduate students come to learn about ethnography, cultural diversity and Islam utilizing the exhibit.

“What I do is try to understand how people use traditional culture and how people use narratives and the stories that they tell to recover from violence and conflict and disaster,” Horigan said. “I have just been blown away by the strength of this community and the warmth and got to make some new friends and it’s just been a really really awarding and rich learning experience.”

The Kentucky Folklife Program’s Oral History Project will be one portion of the exhibit that continues, as well as the new traveling exhibit allowing the Kentucky Folklife Program to educate communities all over Kentucky.

The Kentucky Folklife Program and Kentucky Museum will host the Bosnian American Heritage Celebration May 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. celebrating the success of the exhibit and thanking the collaborators who helped on the project with Bosnian food, music and stories.

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Caboni’s cabinet continues to change with time

BY LILY BURRIS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Since President Timothy Caboni began in 2017, the cabinet he began with is far different from the one that currently sits at the top of the Hill.

The president’s cabinet has seen many changes from several new deans to changes in vice presidents. More recently, former Provost Terry Ballman resigned from the position, and acting Provost Cheryl Stevens started on April 5.

“We currently have an Acting Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, who will serve in that role for

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT effects and risks of abusing the pills.

“I understand people get work done, and good for them, but it’s just not the right pill to abuse,” Kirsten said. “I try to tell people to use them as little as possible … I don’t want people to take these pills and hurt themselves by not taking care of themselves while on the pill.”

Ryan, whose name has been changed, said the side effects are noticeably negative, and though he feels “messed up” for the rest of the day, it’s worth it because it helps him get so much done.

“I hated it, but I’ve had some bad effects,” Ryan said. “You don’t eat, so then at the end of the day you feel like shit.

If you don’t know how to contain it, it messes with your head. It can make you really confused, especially after staying up for long.”

The risks of using an unprescribed drug, particularly a stimulant, include more than the risk of getting addicted, Karl Laves, associate director of the Counseling and Testing Center, said. “[When] the Adderall or other stimulant is used, the student’s grades do not improve, but their legal risk goes sky-high,” Laves said. “And there are always side effects to any medication.

Some stimulant medication if misused can cause temporary psychosis.”

Many students acknowledged the risk of using such drugs and experiencing the side effects, Kirsten said. Olivia said relying heavily on the drugs is something she’s concerned about, but ultimately, it doesn’t deter her from using

at least two years,” Caboni said in an email. “At some point after that, we will search for someone to fill that position on a permanent basis.”

Some expected changes include Amanda Trabue becoming the vice president of philanthropy and alumni engagement on June 17 and Susan Howarth becoming the first executive vice president for strategy, operations and finance on June 17. Caboni said there have been a variety of reasons for these changes such as upcoming retirement and new career opportunities.

“I am thankful for those who helped through the transition and the past two years to create stability and an orderly

transition,” Caboni said.

There has been a reduction in cabinet positions since the beginning of his presidency, Caboni said in the email. These positions include chief international officer, chief information officer and chief enrollment officer.

He said the position of vice president for public affairs has been left vacant since November, and there is no search planned.

“While we have experienced some significant changes as a university in the past two years and the faces of campus may look different, what remains stable is our steadfast commitment to student success, applied learning and research, affordability and remaining

them when she feels it’s needed.

Though Sara reported using the pills whenever she needs them, she said she experiences side effects and a crash each time she uses the drug.

“They really make me feel like crap the next day,” Sara said. “I don’t think I could get addicted if I wanted to because of how bad they make me feel.”

Kirsten said the pill isn’t used to specifically help someone learn or retain information but rather to get through the assignments piling up.

“I wouldn’t say you memorize or learn, I’d say the pill makes a person really focused and determined to get stuff done,” Kirsten said. “No, you won’t learn as much, but the three assignments you have due tomorrow at noon and the lab you forgot to do will all get

stimulants for ‘study purposes’ is that we have a lot more students on campus today who are not ready to do the work or don’t want to do the work,” Laves said. “Misuse of any medication is a serious issue, but I would not describe the misuse of Adderall as prevalent. There are many students who get through college without abusing a medication.”

Laves said he believes the use of study drugs reflects a cultural movement.

“I think it says we are a nation and a culture that is always looking for the easy way out,” Laves said. “Don’t want to exercise and eat less — take a diet pill. Don’t want to make yourself study — take a stimulant.”

Ryan said he believes taking stimulants illegally has become socially acceptable.

“Either we are having so much work put on us that we cannot get it all done on time or we procrastinate way too much and panic last minute.”

WKU student KIRSTEN

done. The pill just makes you focus.

That’s what it’s for.”

For Sara, the heightened focus barely outweighs the side effects.

“It’s not something I like to do,” Sara said.

Laves said despite the risks and negative side effects, students continue to use study drugs because they want an easy way to accomplish what they need to do.

“The main reason we see the abuse of

“It’s totally socially acceptable,” Ryan said. “It’s just like saying you smoked a cigarette or something. It’s like taking vitamins — you do it every day, and nobody judges you for it. It’s like my daily vitamin. Nobody questions why.”

To Ryan, the way this illegal activity has become so widespread and socially accepted creates a paradox.

“It’s almost like it’s worse when you’re prescribed it than when you take it to help with school,” Ryan said. “When

a lighthouse to attract and retain talent for our region,” Caboni said.

Caboni said the efforts of the president’s cabinet are being guided by WKU’s strategic plan, which is named “Climbing to Greater Heights.” He added each member has specific goals outlined in the plan for which they are being held accountable.

“Our expectations and goals are linked to our strategic plan,” Caboni said. “Foremost is student success, the bedrock of everything we do at WKU.”

News reporter Lily Burris can be reached at 270-745-6011 and lily.burris203@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @lily_burris.

you’re prescribed it, people think that means something is wrong with you.

But when you’re taking it just to help study or get something done, you’re just using your resources.”

Students agreed the rising use of stimulants reflects changes in our culture, though many believe it’s a different sort of shift.

Ryan believes many students blame the mounting pressures in such a competitive society for the push toward using enhancements like study drugs.

With increasing competition for scholarships, internships and jobs, students turn to alternative ways to boost themselves even at the costs that come with using prescription drugs.

Kirsten noted the large amount of assignments college students must get done and said the study drugs help students get through assignment after assignment. However, she also said she sees another reason that students fall into study-drug use.

“Either we are having so much work put on us that we cannot get it all done in time or we procrastinate way too much and panic last minute,” Kirsten said.

She said she believes it goes both ways, with shared blame between the expectations of teachers, parents and peers mixed with bad habits on the part of students. This leads to using medications as a coping mechanism.

“It’s kind of sad that we need the help,” Sara said.

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.

WKU to release records to former SGA president

BY NICOLE ZIEGE

HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A judge has ruled in favor of releasing records to former Student Government Association President Andi Dahmer as she proceeds with her lawsuit against WKU. Dahmer filed a lawsuit against WKU, President Timothy Caboni, Title IX Coordinator Andrea Anderson and Director of Student Activities Charley Pride on Aug. 31, 2018. She is seeking $75,000 in damages.

In the lawsuit, Dahmer cited verbal, mental and emotional abuse she claims she suffered from the “tortious conduct” of WKU, Caboni, Anderson and Pride. She also accused the defendants of discriminating against her based on sex and not following university procedures such as the “Discrimination and Harassment Policy.”

The Herald previously reported Dahmer’s harassment allegations, which she came forward with on April 24, 2018. She said she experienced some of the harassment from eight SGA senators, including instances of the senators cursing at her in her office, calling her derogatory names and anonymously exchanging group messages with each other wishing her physical harm.

WKU denied Dahmer’s lawsuit allegations of sex discrimination and denied Dahmer “suffered from a hostile educational environment” and “suffered sexual harassment and threats at the hands of WKU students in her tenure as SGA president,” according to court documents.

To help in discovery for her lawsuit, Dahmer requested various documents and recordings from WKU, including records of complaints made relating to Pride, OCR (the “Responsible Em-

ployee” university policy) and Title IX. Title IX is a federal civil rights law part of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in universities that receive federal funding. The scope of Title IX was expanded by former President Barack Obama to mandate universities combat sexual harassment, including sexual violence, as previously reported.

In her request, Dahmer asked for

cords” from being disclosed.

Dahmer and her attorney, Lindsay Cordes, argued the records were not protected by FERPA and were “relevant to prove an atmosphere of discrimination,” which they said was necessary for her Title IX claim, according to court documents.

In an opinion from Magistrate Judge Lanny King, the records of other complaints of sex-based or gender-based

“Incident reports relating to non-educational matters ‘are not educational records because although they may contain names.’”

Magistrate Judge LANNY KING

WKU to turn over all other student complaints of sexual or gender-based discrimination in SGA and any other documentation related to the complaints as well as statements obtained

by WKU during its Title IX investigations.

According to court documents, Dahmer also requested records of any complaints or other communications, such as emails, from other SGA members to the Title IX office, Equal Employment Opportunity and the Office of Student Conduct. These records would be regarding issues with other SGA members being discriminatory, violent or exhibiting gender-based sexual harassment since August 2017.

Dahmer also requested all records of Title IX/sex-discrimination complaints and copies of any settlement agreements from the last 10 years relating to WKU. WKU objected to these requests, asserting broadly the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act excluded many items classified as “educational re-

discrimination in the WKU SGA were ruled as “relevant to [Dahmer’s] Title IX claim” and approved.

“To prove her case, Plaintiff [Dahmer] must prove that a pervasive environment of sex-based discrimination existed in the WKU SGA that altered the conditions of her educational environment,” King wrote in

his opinion. “These records are relevant to her claims.”

In his opinion, King defined “educational records” under FERPA and said classification should be used for records relating to individual student academic performance, financial aid or scholastic probation.

“Incident reports relating to non-educational matters ‘are not educational records because although they may contain names and other personally identifiable information, such records relate in no way whatsoever to the type of records which FERPA expressly protects,’” King wrote.

King said in his opinion Dahmer’s particular record requests do not fall under “educational records” protected by FERPA. “It is difficult to believe that the lawmakers who passed FERPA into law sought to prevent disclosure information that could be used to prove claims of gender-based discrimination, nor did they likely believe that their votes would lump these sorts of disciplinary records in the same protective scheme with academic records,” King wrote.

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A story in last Tuesday’s edition of the Herald, “Fairness ordinance fails to pass first reading,” named the Bowling Green Human Rights Coalition as the group behind the ordinance’s revival. Bowling Green Fairness was behind the ordinance’s revival.

The story also said supporters began attending city commission meetings led by Commissioner Slim Nash. Supporters were led by Bowling Green Fairness. The story also listed a work session in May 2017 when the actual work session was March 2017. The Herald regrets these errors.

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CONFUCIUS CONFUSION WKU makes correct call separating from Confucius Institute

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Issue: WKU has decided to end its relationship with its Confucius Institute after being denied a waiver from the U.S. Department of Defense that would allow the university to receive outside funding for both the Confucius Institute and Chinese Flagship Program.

Our stance: WKU’s decision to separate itself from the Confucius Institute was the right choice and is something that should have been considered before the university requested the initial waiver.

WKU set itself up for this decision when it signed a 50-year lease to the Confucius Institute in a new $1.5 million building in 2017 under the guidance of former WKU President Gary Ransdell.

Controversy has surrounded Confucius Institutes across the world — of which there are upwards of 500 — due to people who view it as an outlet for Chinese propaganda since it is directly funded by the Chinese government. It has also received criticism for not being fully transparent about negative moments in the country’s history such as the Tiananmen Square massacre.

In August 2018, President Donald Trump signed a $717 billion defense bill, part of which bars any university with a Confucius Institute from receiving

money from the United States government to fund Chinese education.

The Department of Defense denying WKU’s waiver request gave the university an ultimatum for which program to keep, and the administration made the proper decision to keep the program which directly benefited WKU students.

Besides all the controversy that surrounds the Confucius Institute, it’s important to remember it educates high school students even though it is located on the university’s campus.

WKU used the program to recruit potential students in hope they would enroll and continue their Chinese education. However, many students in the Chinese Flagship Program enter without knowing how to speak Chinese, so the idea this would bring in more students does not fully make sense, because speaking the language is not a prerequisite.

“I think it’s unfortunate that we found ourselves in a place where that sort of decision had to be made, but as a Flagship student who has really enjoyed the program here, I’m excited that the Flagship will continue moving forward,” said Lucas Knight, a WKU student in the Chinese Flagship Program and SGA senator.

There are only 11 Chinese Flagship Programs at colleges across the United States. WKU offering this program should be incentive enough for anyone who wants a Chinese education, as the only other school located in a state bordering Kentucky that offers one is Indiana University.

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The University of Rhode Island offers a Chinese Flagship Program and recently separated from its Confucius Institute, but other universities that don’t have the program have still cut ties with Confucius Institutes in the past year due to controversy, such as the University of Michigan, Texas A&M and Penn State.

“Having a diverse student population, we continue to remain strongly committed to international education and creating opportunities for each of our students to broaden their horizons through experiences with Study Abroad and Study Away,” President Timothy Caboni said in the email announcing the university’s decision.

Caboni said the Confucius Institute’s programs will be phased out over the upcoming weeks.

The university’s decision still comes with consequences since there has been no announcement made on what will be done with the Confucius Institute’s building. It was paid for by the Chinese education ministry, which operates directly under the Chinese government.

There is a possibility WKU has to buy its way out of the 50-year lease it agreed to with the Confucius Institute, and this does nothing to help the university’s ongoing financial crisis.

WKU should be given credit for making the right call, but it would have helped if it realized the risks before the partnership was ever agreed upon.

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Minton ready for residents by fall semester

BY EMILY DELETTER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU In November 2018, 384 residents of Minton Hall were abruptly relocated to other residence halls across campus due to mold found in mechanical spaces within the building. Now, almost four months after the renovations were initially promised to be finished, Minton is slated to be ready for new students to move in by August.

A 2018 Herald investigation found more than 500 reports of mold were made within the past year. Looking at submitted maintenance requests, 473 reports were made in residence halls.

The dorm with the most reports was Pearce-Ford Tower with a total of 111 maintenance requests reporting mold as of Monday, Nov. 12. Bemis-Lawrence Hall had the second most with 100, followed by Minton with 46.

Renovations began on Minton after students were placed in other residence halls and were initially told the building would reopen for the Spring 2019 semester.

Less than a week before the semester began, the former Minton residents were sent an email notifying them the building would not be ready and construction would continue during the spring.

With the spring semester almost complete, Bob Skipper, director of media relations, said in an email that WKU has undergone a comprehensive

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critical to the concept of American identity, as people of European heritage have represented the overwhelming demographic majority of the country for the great majority of our history.”

Atwood and AIM as a whole see immigration and America’s changing demographics as the greatest threat to American interests, a position also taken by Identity Evropa prior to its dissolution.

“Today, Americans of European heritage are being demographically replaced as a result of factors such as mass immigration, globalization and misaligned economic incentives,” Atwood said. “Likewise, the notion that this process isn’t occurring is unacceptable because the demographic replacement we face is openly celebrated by the current establishment and far left.”

AIM is a fairly new organization, having been formed in March 2019, and according to Atwood, claims under 1,000 members nationwide, far fewer than Identity Evropa had at its height. Identity Evropa lost a signif-

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Dahmer requested records of any complaints made relating to Pride, the former SGA faculty adviser, and any allegations of sexual harassment, sexually inappropriate comments or inappropriate behavior on behalf of Pride within the last five years.

WKU objected to this request, saying the records Dahmer requested were protected by FERPA and were irrelevant to Dahmer’s complaint.

In his ruling, King said the records of individual employees of educational institutions were not protected from disclosure by FERPA, and he said statements by student witnesses about misconduct by teachers were only “tangentially related” to students and were not protected by FERPA, according to court documents.

“This evidence is also relevant to the claims made by Plaintiff [Dahmer],” King wrote. “Plaintiff has brought claims of negligent hiring, teaching, retention and supervision in her amended complaint against WKU. [...] If prior complaints were brought to the attention of Defendants WKU and Caboni, yet they failed to act in any way or acted inappropriately, this information would be directly relevant to Plaintiff’s claims.”

In Dahmer’s amended complaint, filed on Jan. 29, she included accusations of Pride failing to intervene in a “hostile environment” in SGA while she served as president, say-

review of conditions in all residence halls.

Skipper said the field work for the facility condition assessment, which is the first step, has been completed, and WKU is now awaiting the final report. Operational studies have been initiated of the chilled water system, Minton’s HVAC system and other mechanical systems as well as “additional studies” within the facilities.

“As you may know, mold growth re-

”Our efforts have been focused on determining how best to eliminate one or more of these requirments.”

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Minton Hall should reopen in time to house students for the Fall 2019 semester. The building was previously emptied of residents in November 2018 due to mold found in mechanical spaces in the building.

quires food (carbon based materials), water and mold spores (or roots),” Skipper said. “Our efforts have been focused on determining how best to eliminate one or more of these requirements. The operational studies enable us to better control the indoor air quality and the ability to prevent condensation (water). The facility con-

dition study enables us to identify and correct leaks and other issues, and the additional studies enable us to identify other risk points for one or more of the three requirements for mold growth.”

Any and all work is being completed under Facilities Management, which is currently performing or has completed work in Minton and all residence halls.

In Minton, there has been removal and replacement of carpet baseboards, removal and replacement of cork and other porous and carbon-based communication boards, mechanical scrubbing and treatment of floor surfaces in shower rooms and restrooms and a

icant share of its members following the Unite the Right rally that took

the University of Louisville’s campus.

Director of Media Relations BOB SKIPPER

wash treatment of wood surfaces to kill mold “roots.”

Skipper said all halls have gone under corrective maintenance, repairs, cleaning and filter replacements for all room HVAC units, plumbing repairs of identified leaks and removal and replacement of drywall where water penetrated or mold was visible.

Assistant News Editor Emily DeLetter can be reached at 270-745-6011 or emily.deletter304@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @emilydeletter.

“We can’t allow any organization that dehumanizes, denigrates and despises their fellow men and women who operate without resistance on campus.”

YDSA President DANIEL CANDEE

place in Charlottesville and eventually claimed the life of Heather Heyer.

AIM, which has adopted a media style inspired by World War IIera American war propaganda, has been placing flyers in buildings on WKU’s campus. The posters have been found in multiple buildings on campus. All of the posters have been removed in part due to the action of WKU’s Young Democratic Socialists of America.

Daniel Candee, the YDSA president, said he first heard about AIM after it began spreading posters on

“It’s very concerning,” Candee said. “They’re organized, they have an actual plan to seize political power through recruitment and infiltrating moderate right-wing spaces.”

Candee said the American Identity Movement, similar to Identity Evropa, subscribes to the idea of ‘peaceful ethnic cleansing,’ an idea pushed

by Richard Spencer, a prominent white nationalist and organizer of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. This alongside AIM’s anti-immigrant and anti-semitic rhetoric have Candee and many others on campus concerned.

ing he also made “sexist and derogatory comments” to Dahmer and “referenced sexual acts” to Dahmer and other female SGA students during the 2018-19 year, according to court documents.

In her amended complaint, Dahmer also accused Caboni of violating Title IX by allegedly retaliating against her for filing her lawsuit against him and the university by rescinding his scholarship recommendation without explanation.

Title IX when it promptly and thoroughly investigated Ms. Dahmer’s Title IX claims and that Ms. Dahmer was never denied any educational opportunities and benefits at WKU,” according to the statement.

Dahmer also requested from WKU “any audio or video recordings of any student disciplinary or University Disciplinary Committee meetings relating to any students who were disciplined as a result of any complaints made by her,” according to

“We will continue to move forward with discovery and proving our case, despite WKU’s assertions that Andi’s lawsuit is frivolous and maliciously untrue.”

Andi Dahmer’s attorney LINDSAY CORDES

Lastly, Dahmer said in the amended complaint WKU and Anderson failed to complete a follow-up investigation after being made aware of the hostile environment she was experiencing while serving in SGA. Regarding the amended complaint filed by Dahmer against WKU, Caboni, Anderson and Pride, Ena Demir, counsel for WKU, Caboni, Anderson and Pride, gave a statement to the Herald.

“WKU appropriately responded to all of Ms. Dahmer’s complaints and we are confident that the District Court will ultimately find in WKU’s favor and rule that WKU complied with

court documents.

WKU had objected to this request, stating these records contained student information and were protected from being disclosed.

King ruled FERPA allowed these records to be disclosed as long as they were the “final results of any disciplinary proceeding conducted by such institution against the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of violence against the victim,” according to court documents.

King also said Dahmer was “entitled to the production of this information” and that the records were subject to redaction of personal

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Members of the YDSA have been taking down AIM fliers around campus. The flier above was found in FAC.

“We can’t allow any organization that dehumanizes, denigrates and despises their fellow men and women to operate without resistance on campus,” Candee said. “They can’t operate without a coherent and vocal opposition on campus.”

News Reporter Elijah Starkey can be reached at 270-745-6011 and elijah. starkey395@topper.wku.edu.

identifying information of those involved.

“FERPA does not create an absolute privilege that prevents the disclosure of the records Plaintiff [Dahmer] seeks,” King wrote. “This information is relevant to Plaintiff’s claims under Title IX, as she will need to prove deliberate indifference

by WKU that deprived her of educational opportunities provided by the school.”

Deadlines in the lawsuit for both parties were extended by three months, including the deadlines to disclose the identities of those testifying at trial and to complete all discovery for the case. All discovery in the lawsuit now needs to be completed by Oct. 30.

Demir did not respond to the Herald’s request for comment on the judge’s ruling.

Cordes, Dahmer’s attorney, released a statement regarding the judge’s ruling.

“We are pleased with the Judge’s rulings and look forward to WKU producing this information. We will continue to move forward with discovery and proving our case, despite WKU’s assertions that Andi’s lawsuit is frivolous and maliciously untrue,” the statement said.

Bob Skipper, director of media relations, said the university did not have a statement at the time of publication.

News reporter Nicole Ziege can be reached at 270-745-6011 and nicole. ziege825@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @NicoleZiege.

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DOLLARS AND SENSE University support of athletics exceeds $14 million

Information from WKU’s NCAA revenues and expenses reports as well as from USA Today’s NCAA finances database.

BY MATT STAHL HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

Institutional financial support for WKU athletics remained very high for the 2018 fiscal year, according to a financial report submitted to the NCAA. The report, which was obtained by the Herald along with the 2017 edition, shows that athletics received $14,772,042 in direct institutional support from the university, up from $13,395,715 in the 2017 fiscal year.

The year-over-year increase comes to $1,376,327.

WKU recorded $19,957,066 in athletic revenues in 2008, according to USA Today. That has increased to $30,595,026 over the last decade, an increase of 53.3%. However, the vast majority of that increase came directly from school funds.

According to USA Today’s database, the school funds portion of

revenues jumped from $7,905,203 in 2008 to $16,607,859 in 2017. Institutional support accounted for 39.61% of athletic funding in 2008. That increased to 54.56% in 2017.

Other schools in Conference USA subsidize athletics at similar levels to WKU. Middle Tennessee was listed

by USA Today as having $34,040,334 in athletic revenue for the 2017 fiscal year, a number that grew to $35,353,956 in 2018, according to its revenues and expenses report.

In 2008, MTSU brought in $9,356,796 in athletic revenue, a figure that has increased by 79% over the last 10 years. However, the Blue Raiders’ program is still heavily funded by the school itself, with school funds accounting for $15,677,328, or 46.06%, in 2017.

Elsewhere in C-USA, Old Dominion reported having one of the highest revenues in the conference with $46,203,813 in athletic revenue in 2017, according to the USA Today database. ODU used no school funds

for athletics that year, although student fees accounted for $28,681,512, or 62.08%, of revenue.

Student fees in the state of Virginia, where ODU is located, had grown so high that in 2014 a law was passed limiting the percentage of funding athletic departments could bring in via student fees.

In contrast, WKU brought in $4,015,048 in student fees in 2017, and MTSU collected $6,699,470.

Elsewhere in the state, some programs are not doing nearly as well as the Hilltoppers. Murray State, which competes in the Ohio Valley Conference, brought in $16,827,106 in revenues in 2018. That’s an increase from $15,629,362 in 2017, according to MSU’s revenues and expenses reports for those years. However, MSU also reported expenses of $16,105,420 in 2018 and $16,006,494 in 2017. That resulted in losses of $721,686 and 377,132, respectively.

The amount of money WKU athletics collected from ticket sales

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jumped to $2,426,977 in 2018 compared to $2,300,588 in 2017. That’s in part due to the success of the men’s basketball team, which recently reorganized the student section in Diddle Arena in order to free up more space for premium tickets and student seating.

Another notable category on the documents shows athletics received no money from television rights in 2017 or 2018, a result of C-USA’s lack of favorable TV contracts. In 2018, MTSU made $219,907 in media rights. The top school in the nation in media rights revenues was the University of Texas, which brought in $86,180,263 in rights and licensing revenues, according to USA Today.

Blake Sandlin of The Murray State News contributed to this story.

Sports Editor Matt Stahl can be reached at 270-745-6291 and matthew.stahl551@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter @mattstahl97.

Stansbury’s roster starting to fall into place for 2019-20

BY ALEC JESSIE HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

Although the college basketball season has been over for three weeks, WKU head coach Rick Stansbury is still hard at work.

As opposed to the game planning he does during the regular season, Stansbury is spending the offseason putting together his team for the 2019-20 season.

Although not all the pieces to the roster puzzle are in place, the Hilltoppers’ roster for the upcoming season is beginning to take shape.

Stansbury announced two new additions to the program this past week, both of which addressed WKU’s backcourt needs. Guards Camron Justice and Kenny Cooper have committed to continuing their basketball careers on the Hill.

Justice is on his third school after announcing he would transfer to WKU on Friday. The 6-foot-3 guard began his collegiate career at Vanderbilt before electing to transfer to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis at the end of the fall semester during the 2016-17 season.

Justice was an All-Horizon League Second Team selection in 2018-19 after averaging 18.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Justice was also named Kentucky Mr. Basketball in 2015. As

a graduate transfer, Justice will be immediately eligible.

“We’re really excited to have Cam join our family,” Stansbury said in a press release. “He fills a great need with his outstanding ability to shoot and pass the ball, and he brings tremendous experience and leadership to our program. He’s also been fortunate to have a lot of great basketball coaches in his life, including his dad and a legendary Kentucky high school coach in B.B. King.”

Two days prior to Justice’s commitment, WKU bolstered its point guard position.

Kenny Cooper decided to join the Hilltoppers after three seasons with the Lipscomb Bison. The Nashville native played in 100 games over three seasons with the Bison, starting in 67 of them. Over his career, Cooper averaged 8.9 points per game with 381 assists.

“We’re excited to have Kenny join our program,” Stansbury said in a press release. “He’s a high-character young man from a great family. He has the valuable ability to make players around him better, and he’ll bring a wealth of experience and toughness to our team.”

Although he is not a graduate transfer, Cooper will attempt to secure a waiver from the NCAA that would allow him to play in the upcoming season. According to a tweet from Evan SEE STANSBURY • PAGE B2

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WKU guard Josh Anderson attempts a layup during a game against UAB in Diddle Arena.

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These additions come after top-100 point guard Jordan Rawls committed to WKU last Saturday. Rawls is currently a member of the 2020 class, but he left the option open to reclassify up and join the 2019 class.

With Lamonte Bearden graduating and Dalano Banton transferring, these additions are absolutely essential and necessary. WKU returns Taveion Hollingsworth, Josh Anderson and Jake Ohmer, but none of those options are natural fits at point guard.

WKU also returns point guard Jeremiah Gambrell, but he lacks game experience after playing in only four games last season due to injury.

The Hilltoppers also had voids in the frontcourt to fill.

Star center Charles Bassey declared for the NBA Draft but elected not to sign with an agent. The Nigeria native has the option to return to WKU. Center Matt Horton is transferring from the program.

Assuming Bassey stays in the draft, Tolu Smith, Moustapha Diagne and Marek Nelson are the only returning big men that have played meaningful minutes for the Hilltoppers.

Stansbury used the early signing period to address the frontcourt.

Newcomers Nick Ongenda and Isaiah Cozart will give the Hilltoppers size

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field at times, often seeming automatic to gain 2 yards and not much more.

Ferby didn’t even get used when the team needed 2 yards or less. In one critical situation this past sea-

off the bench.

Forward Carson Williams will also be eligible after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. With the addition of the former Northern Kentucky big man, WKU will have three Kentucky Mr. Basketball winners on the same roster for the first time in program history. Williams, who was named Kentucky Mr. Basket-

ball in 2016, joins Justice (2015) and Hollingsworth (2017).

With most of the 13 roster spots filled for next season, Stansbury will have to be selective with the remaining few. According to a tweet from Jon Rothstein, WKU has reached out to St. John’s transfer LJ Figueroa.

The swingman averaged 14.4 points per game on 51% shooting last year.

Even with the roster not fully set, Stansbury is starting to put the final touches on a team he hopes can compete for the Conference USA Championship next March.

Reporter Alec Jessie can be reached at 270-745-6291 and alec.jessie226@ topper.wku.edu. Follow Alec on Twitter at @Alec_Jessie.

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WKU sophomore guard Taveion Hollingsworth (11) looks through the UTSA defense in the last home game of the season in Diddle Arena March 6 in Bowling Green.

son, the Hilltoppers needed 1 yard against Maine and went to Marquez Trigg, who didn’t get the first down.

Mismanagement. It was everywhere on the Hill during the Sanford era.

Imagine walking into a program riding as high as the Hilltoppers were following the 2016 season and deciding the best thing for the team as a whole and the players individually

was to take everything that had made them so successful and completely scrap it in favor of a game plan that didn’t fit any of their strengths.

WKU’s football program should be in a much better place than it is.

Sanford should have stuck with what was working and not tried to force his own way onto players who were recruited to be in a specific system.

Maybe now that Tyson Helton is in

place, someone who’s been on the Hill before and has an understanding of what worked and helped to recruit many of the players already on the roster, WKU will start seeing players get picked again.

Sports Editor Matt Stahl can be reached at 270-745-6291 and matthew.stahl551@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter @mattstahl97.

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Five players leave WKU following spring practice

BY DRAKE KIZER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU When WKU football opens its 2019 season against Central Arkansas on Aug. 29, five players that played in the annual Red vs. White Spring Game on April 13 will not take the field.

In the days following the conclusion of spring practice, three redshirt freshmen and one sophomore announced their intentions to transfer from the program, while one redshirt junior was removed from the roster. So far, Helton has escaped without any loss of production.

Redshirt freshman defensive back Jayden Patterson was the first to enter his name into the NCAA transfer portal, posting a note to his Twitter account on April 16.

“I am beyond thankful to have been blessed with the opportunity to attend Western Kentucky University,” Patterson wrote. “I would like to thank the entire Western Kentucky staff for your support and guidance this past year. I wish all of my former team mates as well as the WKU staff the best of luck on the upcoming season. With this being said, I would like to announce that I will not be returning to WKU this fall.

I have decided to enter the transfer portal. Thank you.”

A native of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Patterson turned down Ball State and Georgia Southern to sign with WKU in 2018. 247Sports rated Patterson a twostar recruit with a composite score of 78. Patterson was also ranked 266th overall in the state and 257th nationally at his position, but the cornerback didn’t appear in a single game last season.

WKU’s secondary is currently loaded with a mix of veterans and talented up-and-comers, many of whom figure to play significantly more than Patterson would have.

Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Chase Farris was the second withdrawal, sharing a note with his Twitter followers on April 17.

“After talking to my family and the coaching staff I have decided it is best for me to continue my football career somewhere else,” Farris wrote. “I appreciate everything WKU football has done for me this last year. With this being said I am entering my name in the transfer portal and my recruitment is open again.”

The 6-foot-4-inch 315-pounder from Louisville enjoyed a standout prep career at St. Xavier High School. 247Sports rated Patterson as a two-star recruit with a composite score of 76. Patterson was also ranked 30th overall in the state and 159th at his offensive guard spot, but he didn’t make an appearance for the Hilltoppers in 2018.

Farris’ snaps were not on pace to increase next season either, since WKU

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Former Redshirt junior offensive lineman Preston Tribble participates in tight end drills during the WKU football team’s 12th spring practice of the year in Houchens-Smith Stadium on April 6. Following spring practice, Tribble was removed from the team.

is one of 12 programs that will return all five of its starters on the offensive line, according to a tweet from college football analyst Brad Powers.

Later that same day, sophomore punter Adam Krause became the third player to reveal his decision to leave the Hill prematurely on social media.

”After talking to my family and the coaching staff I have decided it is best for me to continue my football career somewhere else.”

Redshirt freshman offensive lineman CHASE FARRIS

“After speaking with my family and the WKU coaching staff I think it is in my best interest to leave WKU and continue playing the sport I love at another university,” Krause said in a note. “I would like to thank WKU for everything they have done for me this past year and want to wish all my former teammates the best of luck in

their upcoming season.”

The Chicago native came to WKU as a highly touted recruit, with several specialized kicking outlets rating the left-footer as a Division I prospect at both kicker and punter.

Krause appeared in 11 games last season as a holder on extra point and field goal attempts. But Australian junior John Haggerty will likely be punting for WKU next year, while redshirt senior Alex Rinella will handle all other kicking duties for the Hilltoppers.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Peer confirmed WKU’s fourth departure on April 18, retweeting a post from 100 Miles of Hate that said the signal caller had “revealed his intention to transfer from the program” and changing his bio to “WKU transfer QB.” Peer joined the Hilltoppers as a preferred walk-on in 2018. The Knoxville, Tennessee, native did not appear in a game last year and was the third-string quarterback for the White squad in the spring game, placing him fifth on the positional depth chart at best.

Redshirt junior offensive lineman Preston Tribble was arrested on Saturday and charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree fleeing or evading police (motor vehicle), according to the Warren County Regional Jail’s online database.

In a statement released Sunday,

team spokesman Kyle Neaves clarified that Tribble was not a part of the program at the time of his arrest, making him Helton’s fifth and final departure so far.

“Following spring football practices, Preston was removed from the roster and was not an active team member at the time of the incident,” Neaves said in the statement. “He had previously walked on to the team.”

Although WKU lost several players in the space of a few days, Helton will likely scour the same spreadsheet some of his former players’ names were added to in search of potential roster replacements. Helton is no stranger to transfers — he added Arkansas graduate transfer quarterback Ty Storey only three months after his hiring.

Since its inception last October, athletes across the country have entered the transfer portal due to coaching changes, lack of opportunities and more.

WKU is not immune to the trend, and transfers will continue shaking up Helton’s roster during the dead period until regular season football kicks off in about four more months.

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Hilltoppers stop slide with series win

QUIT STAHL-ING

Lack of draftees is indicative of Sanford’s failures

BY MATT STAHL HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

Matt Phipps gave WKU a two-run cushion, resulting in the 4-2 win, giving the Hilltoppers their first C-USA series win since they picked up two victories over Charlotte on the weekend of March 29.

“Baseball’s a funny game, you just have to keep grinding out at-bats,” Phipps said.

“I struggled on Friday, but I kept my approach, kept confident and kept swinging. Collin Hopkins did a great

In this past weekend’s NFL Draft in Nashville, there were no players selected from WKU. Not even one.

That’s the first time a WKU player hasn’t been picked at any point in the draft since 2015. This is a clear sign Todd Stewart and the WKU administration made the right call in firing former head coach Mike Sanford.

Now, it might seem like kicking Sanford after he was already unceremoniously kicked to the curb by WKU is in poor taste, but we can get real here: It’s not as if WKU didn’t have any players with the talent to be picked this year.

Sanford just had no idea how to use the talent that was already on his roster. He took a team that had been recruited to play a high-flying, fastpaced offense and tried to play a runfirst, tempo-controlling game.

Look at the players who graduated this year and then try to argue Sanford used most of them correctly. The only possible exception is tight end Mik’Quan Deane, who was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks following a season where he played extremely well, especially when Steven Duncan was at quarterback.

However, you’ll never convince me D’Andre Ferby didn’t have more to offer than what he showed this past season. Look at his freshman year — he was one of the best freshman running backs in the country, rushing for 611 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Ferby was absolutely snakebitten by injuries from that point forward. However, the system the team was running by his senior year was not one that fit the strengths of players recruited in the Bobby Petrino-Jeff Brohm years.

Where players like Anthony Wales were able to thrive due to the defenses they were facing having to constantly play on their heels to defend the explosive passing attack, under Sanford, they were looking for the run all of the time.

Ferby didn’t benefit at all from playing in the Sanford offense. When the defense was keying off of him and the thousand other running backs that were playing alongside him, Ferby was barely able to make it out of the back-

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WKU’s Kevin Lambert (24) tags Kentucky’s Braydon Daniel (43) out at second base. The Hilltoppers lost to the Wildcats 15-4 at Bowling Green Ballpark on April 23, 2019.

BY KADEN GAYLORD HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

WKU won its series against Texas-San Antonio 2-1, ending the Hilltoppers’ Conference USA series losing streak.

The Hilltoppers now sit at 20-21-1 and 11-9-1 in C-USA play.

“This win came from deep down inside, that was a gutsy win today. We’re down a few guys, but the offense kept grinding,” head coach John Pawlowski said in a press release. “This was a tough weekend against a very good club on the road, so it was great for us to win two out of three.”

In the first game, the Hilltoppers started like they have for much of the season, giving up early runs and falling behind. After giving up two runs in the first, redshirt senior pitcher Reece Calvert didn’t give up another one for the rest of his time on the mound.

Redshirt sophomore pitcher Bailey Sutton only gave up one hit and one run after taking over for Calvert. WKU outscored UTSA 5-1 for the remainder of the game, winning by a final score of 5-3.

In the second game, both teams came out on fire offensively, each scoring five runs in the first three innings.

The teams matched each other for runs scored throughout the game, but the difference came in the seventh inning.

The Roadrunners rallied to score

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Two fans await the first pitch between WKU and Kentucky at Bowling Green Ballpark. Attendance at the cross-state matchup was 2,836.

seven runs, which ultimately was the difference maker in the game, giving them a 17-12 win. The 17 runs were the most the Hilltoppers have allowed an opponent to score, surpassing the 15 runs scored by Kentucky twice.

The third game only saw six runs scored combined, both teams’ second-lowest scoring game of the year.

Even though it was low-scoring, the Hilltoppers managed to get 10 hits compared to the Roadrunners’ two.

An RBI single in the ninth by junior

Lady Techsters hand Hilltoppers first sweep of season

BY SOPHIE AUSTIN HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The WKU softball team is now 33-12 and 15-6 in Conference USA play after suffering a series sweep by C-USA opponent Louisiana Tech, currently the first-ranked squad in the western division.

The series sweep was the first the Hilltoppers have suffered all season.

WKU dropped the first game of the series 8-0, which was only the second time this season the team has been shut out.

Tech pitcher Preslee Galloway had thrown a no-hitter until freshman Kennedy Sullivan singled in the top of the fifth, but this would be the Hilltoppers’ only hit of the game. Junior Paige Carter was the only other Hilltopper to reach base in the game after reaching on an error in the top of the fourth.

The Lady Techsters held WKU at zero runs while adding eight of their own by the end of the fourth to end the game after five innings.

Junior Kelsey Aikey suffered the loss in the circle, pitching 1.1 innings for WKU before being relieved by sophomore Shelby Nunn, who pitched the final 2.2.

A hot start from the Lady Techsters

led them to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader. They added three runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead early and never trail.

The Hilltoppers outhit the Lady Techsters 8-7 but scored just one run to suffer a 4-1 loss. WKU’s only run came in the top of the fifth when freshman Taylor Davis scored on a wild pitch to conclude the scoring for the day.

Sullivan took the loss in the circle, moving to 15-4 overall on the season and 5-2 in conference play. She pitched 0.1 innings before being relieved by Aikey, who pitched the final 5.2 innings and allowed just one run.

Though the Hilltoppers took the lead early in the final game of the series, they suffered a 7-1 loss. Junior Morgan McElroy opened the scoring for the game with a run in the bottom of the third, but the Lady Techsters responded in the bottom of the fourth with two runs to take the lead.

Aikey took another loss in the circle, making her 12-8 on the season as well as 7-4 in conference play. Aikey worked 3.0 innings in which she struck out five batters, allowed two runs on four hits and gave up no walks.

Nunn came in for 3.0 innings of relief work, throwing two strikeouts and allowing five runs off of five hits.

WKU will be back for some home action in a midweek tilt against Mur-

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Freshman Kennedy Sullivan throws a pitch during WKU’s win 5-3 over WIU in Bowling Green on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.

ray State on Wednesday before the Hilltoppers take on C-USA opponent Texas-San Antonio this weekend for their final regular-season series.

WKU’s overall record against MSU stands at 5-2 since the first matchup in 2013, but the Hilltoppers suffered a 10-6 loss the last time they faced the Racers.

The game against MSU will conclude non-conference play for the Hilltoppers.

First pitch on Wednesday is set for 5 p.m.

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For the series, junior right fielder Jack Wilson went 7 for 14 with four runs scored and two RBIs. Phipps went 7 for 16 with three runs scored and five RBIs. Sutton gave up one hit and one earned run with eight strikeouts in a combined 4.2 innings of pitching. He earned a win in the first game and a save in the third.

The Hilltoppers’ next game is on the road against eighth-ranked Louisville.

The Cardinals are coming off their series sweep against Alabama A&M, which included a 32-1 victory last Friday.

Louisville has won 12 of its last 13 games and has only given up six or more runs in four of those games.

WKU is 0-1 against ranked opponents this season, losing to Vanderbilt 5-4 in a game that went into extra innings.

Louisville is currently 35-9 (15-6 ACC) and 23-5 at home. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.

After the Hilltoppers travel to Louisville, they will be back at home for the next C-USA series against Rice.

Rice won their last series against 18thranked Louisiana Tech.

The Owls are currently on a hot

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The WKU baseball team faced Kentucky at Bowling Green Ballpark on April 23. Kentucky holds a 36-28 advantage in the all-time series.

streak, as they’ve won their last six games, sweeping their last two C-USA opponents. Rice is currently tied for fifth in the conference standings.

The Owls are 1-9 when giving up 10 runs or more in games. The Hill-

toppers have scored over 10 runs in nine games and have gone 7-2 in those games.

Rice is currently 21-23 (12-9 C-USA) and 6-8 on the road. First pitch on Friday is set for 5 p.m., followed by 1 p.m.

start times on Saturday and Sunday.

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The Kentucky bullpen cheers after a home run against WKU on April 23 in Bowling Green Ballpark.

UK won the game 15-4.

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WKU’s Jackson Swiney (6) crashes into the outfield wall in attempt to catch a long ball. Swiney was injured on the play and exited the game without returning.

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International Year of Cuba premieres film for students

BY TAYLOR METCALF HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

Living team is comprised of freelance writers and a freelance photographer.

He gets to focus on the magazine’s content, which includes selling and making all of the advertisements.

“I’ve done all the ad sales,” Golliher said as his eyes widened at the realization.

“I’ve sold quite a few,” Brie said with a smirk and a hearty laugh.

Golliher’s involvement in the Bowling Green community was partly why he was considered for the position as editor and why he decided to take it.

“So far, everything in this movie has been nuts,” said Yuliet Ortega, the subject of the documentary “¿Quién diablos es Juliette?” or “Who the Hell is Juliette?” translated from Spanish.

The music-video style documentary was shown last week as part of a week of Cuban films shown in Cherry Hall for the International Year of Cuba.

The “International Year Of …” page describes the program as providing “the WKU campus and surrounding community with a rich, complex sense of place and interconnectedness through a year-long celebration of a single country.”

The event took place over the course of two weeks and showed various Cuban movies and documentaries. Ted Hovet, an English and film professor and one of the coordinators of the showings, described the film week as “giving insight into Cuba through cinema.”

The documentary followed Ortega and the people surrounding her — Ortega was described as a teenage street prostitute, or jinetera, a Spanish word for women who engage in illegal activities such as prostitution. The film took place during the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and in turn the fall of Cuba’s economy. The fall left the people of Cuba hungry for food and a way into a better life.

For some young men and women, the way out was to sell themselves to rich foreigners for a chance to escape starvation. Ortega mentioned she did not enjoy sleeping with the foreigners, but she had things she wanted, and she needed money to get them.

The film flipped back and forth in time and place, documenting different people and important events. One of the main characters was Fabiola Quiroz, a Mexican model and actress who met Ortega while she filmed a music video. Quiroz became a friend to Ortega and the story surrounding both women.

After the documentary finished, Hovet and Marc Eagle, a Latin American history professor and the second coordinator of the film week, opened up the floor to discuss the film, saying it could be “confusing.”

Eagle asked questions about what the audience thought about how Ortega perceived herself, how the film defined her as a person, the economic state of Cuba and even the mixing of races within the film.

One audience member, Aniaya Crawford, voiced her opinions and questions about the film in the discussion.

“I think it could be [relevant in 2019] because of human trafficking,” Crawford said after the discussion. “She’s not being trafficked, but she’s using sex and prostitution for money and to

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Brad Golliher, editor of the Bowling Green Living magazine, poses for a portrait at the Boyce General Store. “Working from home as an editor for the Bowling Green Living magazine has enabled me to also help out with the store and taking care of my kids,” Golliher said.

PIE TO PAPER

Alumnus takes editorship of local magazine

BY KATELYN LATTURE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

Wearing a WKU polo and a Boyce General Store hat, Brad Golliher sat in a booth at Corner Bakery on a Wednesday morning eating a late breakfast with the older of his two sons, Brady.

Upon seeing Golliher, you might recognize him but not know why. He’s married to the “Pie Queen,” Brie Golliher, who operates the dessert shop The Pie Queen and with whom he co-owns Boyce General Store. That’s how he received the nickname of “Pie King.”

Golliher, though not the face of Boyce quite like his wife is, created the logos and branding for their store and The Pie Queen. He said he tried to stay in the background for a long time, which is partly why he was called the “Pie King” and not simply Brad. However, as Brady said, “You can’t stay in the background when you know everyone in town.”

Perhaps that, paired with his newest job, is why he’s recently been recognized as himself rather than just in association with pie. In December 2018, Golliher became the new editor of Bowling Green Living magazine following the previous editor’s resignation.

“The last thing I wanted was for this great publication to go away,” Golliher said. “If I don’t save it, who will?”

Golliher and Brie are WKU alumni.

Golliher earned his undergraduate in advertising, and Brie earned hers in photojournalism. Golliher worked in advertising and marketing at Fruit of the Loom for five years after graduat-

ing until he and Brie bought Boyce in 2012. He worked on branding Boyce and The Pie Queen, and he also did, and still does, freelance graphic design work while helping homeschool their sons.

“I definitely feel like it is his strength,” Brie said of Golliher working for the magazine. “[He is] finally finding the thing he fits best in,” she continued as she snacked on a blueberry muffin and fresh coffee.

Tanner Publishing Co., which owns and publishes Bowling Green Living,

up,’” Golliher said of when West offered the position to him and his wife.

“They wanted both of us. They wanted Boyce.”

As Golliher put it, Brie “took a backseat” to the magazine, as she has plenty on her plate as the main operator of Boyce and The Pie Queen. Although, she still helps out by taking photographs, selling advertisements and delivering magazines.

Golliher said he’s usually the only one doing magazine work on a daily basis, but the rest of the Bowling Green

“The last thing I want is for this great publication to go away.”

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came to Golliher. He ended up being the only person the publishing company sat down and talked to about the open position.

“We knew they were big fans of the magazine,” Taylor West, the publisher at Tanner Publishing Co., said of Golliher and Brie. He said they “turned out to be the perfect fit.”

Golliher and Brie had previously partnered with the magazine, and Brie has been featured in multiple issues.

Golliher and Brie also worked with the publisher to make a custom pie for a 2018 magazine cover.

“I was like, ‘Heck yeah! Sign us

Local restaurant offers family comfort in cooking

BY GRIFFIN FLETCHER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU If a metal chicken sculpture and chicken-shaped sign that reads, “I get by with a little help from my Hens,” immediately visible upon entry, aren’t enough of a hint, the name Chickadee’s Comfort Food To Go is sure to let everyone know what’s on the menu.

Specializing in meals such as chicken pot pie and chicken salad sandwiches, Chickadee’s has been serving those in Bowling Green looking for a taste of home for nearly the past eight years. Chickadee’s co-owner Debbie Thomas said she believes Bowling Green is a great location for the business.

“I love being in a smaller town because we know almost all our customers,” Thomas said. “Rarely does anybody come in here that we haven’t seen before.”

Born in Bowling Green, Thomas left

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Arrika Peterson, who has been working at the restaurant for about two months, serves customers at Chickadee’s Comfort Food To Go. Chickadee’s offers home-cooked meals, salads, sandwiches and sweets.

the city for Louisville after graduating with a degree in retail buying from WKU. She lived there alongside her husband, Brad Thomas, also a WKU alumnus, for nearly 30 years. After retiring early on account of downsized businesses, the Thomases decided to return to Bowling Green to be closer to family and try their hand at the food business.

“We ended up having to leave Louisville, and I said, ‘OK, this is, like, a sign — this is meant to be — we’re gonna try this — we got nothing to lose,’” Thomas said, as she had helped with a friend’s catering business in Louisville prior and had the idea to start her own with a unique focus.

Rather than deliver food to large groups for special events, Thomas said she envisioned a business designed to feed families on a more casual basis.

She aimed to do this by making meals in-house daily intended to be picked

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SENIOR SHOWCASE Photojournalists share their favorite shots My name is Tyger Williams, and I am a senior graduating from the photojournalism program with a minor in sociology. I’ve worked for the College Heights Herald for seven semesters as a staff photographer and videographer and a semester as a video editor.

I am from Louisville and will be heading to Philadelphia to intern at the Philadelphia Inquirer as a photojournalist. I started photography and videography my senior year of high school and heard about photojournalism from some friends. I never would have imagined getting to where I am today if it weren’t for my professors, the friends I’ve made and the experience of being a WKU PJ. TYGER WILLIAMS • HERALD

Don Percy is the owner of an old Milwaukee Electric Railroad and Light Company building he bought and made his home. Percy took ownership of his home in 2013, which took him a year-and-a-half to comfortably live in. Percy was gifted two women mannequins from his sister and brother-in-law and decided to put them to use. Percy placed the mannequins at the corners on top of his roof. “They’re really beautiful, they look like marble sculptures,” Percy said.

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Officer Charles Irvine Jr., 23, lies in a hearse as he is escorted by the Milwaukee Police Department and saluted by the Milwaukee Fire Department as he passes beneath the American flag on Friday, June 8, 2018.

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Joey Osborne, 36, of Morehead, is a man with a big heart and a whole lot of land. With a family that has a large farming background, Osborne continues the family tradition in spreading the family name through patches of land, growing cash crops and raising cattle. “I just love to do it,” Osborne said. “I love to watch the crops grow, and I love watching my calves grow.”

My name is Evan Mattingly, and I’m from Nashville, Tennessee.

Since I started studying photojournalism at WKU, I’ve learned that taking a photo is more than just tapping a button. Having the ability to capture tiny moments in my life and the lives of those that have let me into their homes to tell their stories reassures the notion that I have the best job on the planet. I look forward to graduating and beginning the next chapter of my life, but I will never forget my time on the Hill and what my classmates, professors and friends have taught me along the way.

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Father Abbot walks through the Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey monastery in Oklahoma.

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Two horses race to the finish during a turf race on May 5, 2018, at the 144th Kentucky Derby in Louisville.

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Mic Carr, a WKU graduate and rap artist, acts like he is falling from a ledge during a photo shoot in Nashville for an upcoming album release.

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Professor plans global trip following retirement BYJULIE SISLER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Tucked in the far back corner of his office in the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, Carl Kell leans back in his chair, smiles to himself and gives a little chuckle.

Maintaining a sly grin the whole time, Kell launches into another cheeky story about his European travels, this one about his time having lunch on a fully operational farm in Switzerland, though he said he still has no idea how he got there.

Kell, a professor emeritus in the communication department, has already established himself as a world traveler.

“Doctor Kell has done multiple international conferences, workshops, leading different consultations and so on,” Helen Sterk, head of the communication department and friend of Kell’s, said. “He is an adventurer.”

Though Kell has already done substantial traveling both through his work and at his own leisure, he has no intentions of stopping anytime soon.

Kell, who is retiring from WKU this May, plans to travel somewhere new each month of his retirement for as long as possible.

“I’ll go somewhere every month,” Kell said. “Could be close to home, could be far away. But that’s the general plan.”

Kell already has travel plans through the end of the year, with destinations ranging from New York City to Spain and Norway.

Kell said he believes his love of travel is something he was born with.

“I think I have an extra gene about travel,” Kell said. “I can’t wait to get on a plane and go somewhere.”

Sterk said she sees Kell’s love of the unknown as an embodiment of what students should strive for beyond college.

“He just likes to go,” Sterk said. “He likes to discover, and he’s curious. We talk a lot about lifelong learning, but he does it.”

Kell said his favorite part of traveling to other countries is not to see events but to see the everyday life. Kell finds himself most interested in how the countries are put together in terms of commerce and the natural landscapes.

“I watch the Tour de France when

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I get the chance,” Kell said. “I really don’t have a thing for the bike race, but I love the helicopter shots over the mountains and valleys.”

He said his fascination with the beauty of other landscapes across the world often leads him to spend more time admiring the nature than what

the bottom no matter how deep it was.

I spent more time looking at water than the buildings.”

Kell said he enjoys learning about a country from a chamber of commerce point of view instead of a tourist point of view.

“Looking, thinking, feeling, going

“He likes to discover, and he’s curious. We talk a lot about lifelong learning, but he does it.”

Head of the Department of Communication HELEN STERK

he’s supposed to be touring.

“I took a trip to Switzerland in June and what impressed me, aside from the mountains and valleys, was the water,” Kell said. “The water was crystal blue in some places, some places emerald green. And you could see straight to

places, trying to find where you are and get from point A to X, it’s good fun,” Kell said.

Kell said he finds his best stories come not from visiting countries to learn about a certain time period or historic event but to learn about how

they are now.

“I think we all see with our own set of eyes when we travel,” Kell said. “I just see things differently than others. People I know travel for the events. I travel for the places. I want to see the roads, the highways, the castles, the buildings, the water.”

Kell said his wanderlust has led him to create a little game with himself that he plays every day when he looks up at the planes in the sky.

“I look up and see the contrails, and I wonder, ‘Where are they going?’” Kell said. “I bet they’re going to Chicago.

‘That looks like Chicago. That looks like Dallas’ — and I wonder where they’re going to go after that.”

Despite spending a lot of time watching the planes go by and wondering where life will take him next, Kell said he never wanted to wait long. Instead of thinking about all the places he could go, he said he’d rather work to make sure he gets there.

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“Our concept is a little bit different than anything else going on in town,” Thomas said. “That really is the bulk of our business — is our dinners to-go, made fresh here.”

In order to best make this possible, Thomas said she and Brad Thomas often begin prepping food for the day ahead as early as 7 a.m. throughout the week, using the weekends as a time to buy ingredients. Thomas said she believes this is vital to ensuring all food is fresh every day.

“Everything needs to be as fresh as possible,” Thomas said. “It could be macaroni in a box, but it’s not.”

Though customers may buy sandwiches, salads and soups to eat in-store, along with a variety of made-from-scratch baked goods, most food at Chickadee’s is refrigerated immediately to be sold as reheatable. This food is packaged with a label containing information regarding all ingredients used in its preparation and exactly how one should reheat it for proper consumption.

Joy Wheeler, Thomas’s sister, has been helping at Chickadee’s since it opened and recently began working there on a more full-time basis. She said she initially didn’t realize how much work goes into the business’s daily upkeep.

“It’s hard work, but it’s very rewarding,” Wheeler said. “At the end of the day, you see the progress you’ve made, the cooking sort of comes together and you feel like you’ve accomplished something.”

Thomas added that it’s always been the mission of Chickadee’s to serve those who might not have time to serve themselves.

“When we decided to open a business, we knew it would have to be a service,” Thomas said. “We wanted it to be a service to somebody.”

Per Chickadee’s website, which offers a daily look at what’s available to be or-

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Chickadee’s Comfort Food To Go offers a variety of different foods and sweets on its menu that changes daily.

dered and picked up in-store, “Whether you’re a mom bouncing between three different sports or an empty nester, Chickadee’s is your answer.” Thomas said this often rings true for students simply in need of some home cooking as well.

“Almost every semester, we’ll have somebody over there who is missing his momma really bad, and he’ll come over here and get something to eat,” Thomas said, mentioning a living area nearby Chickadee’s that tends to appeal to students.

Though Thomas said she didn’t often cook when she was younger, she said she and Brad Thomas both learned to cook while living in Louisville by doing so together. As she’s been able to make use

of various family recipes since opening Chickadee’s, Thomas said she enjoys how cooking’s allowed her to connect with her family’s history.

“It’s kind of taking me back to my roots,” Thomas said. “A lot of the recipes I use really are my grandmother’s recipes and my mom’s recipes.”

Thomas said she believes this has been crucial to her business’s success.

She included that she values when customers are able to recall their own family’s roots while eating the food she and her family were raised on.

“People will say to me, ‘Oh, I think your strawberry cake is the same recipe my grandmother used to make,’” Thomas said. “Yeah, that’s a really good feeling.”

Thomas added that she believes many

customers return to Chickadee’s for its emphasis on family, which she said extends beyond passed-down recipes and handmade chicken pot pie.

“Not only are we providing them food, in a lot of cases, I feel like we’re providing them friendship and a connection,” Thomas said of Chickadee’s customers.

“Truly, I believe there are people who come in here just to carry on a conversation.”

Chickadee’s is located on 1200 Smallhouse Road and is open from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on weekdays and is closed on weekends.

Reporter Griffin Fletcher can be reached at 270-745-2655 and grifin.fletcher398@ topper.wku.edu.

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Golliher and Brie talked about creating a cohesive look for the publication, which they credit to Golliher’s marketing and advertising background. The next issue of Bowling Green Living is

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 “We like to have local people running the magazines,� said West, whose publishing company, which is based out of Owensboro, also manages magazines in Owensboro and Henderson. “[Golliher and Brad] seem to know everybody.�

As West and Golliher both said, it’s easier and usually leads to more success when a local is able to run a local publication. They already know the people in the community, and, as Golliher emphasized, have relationships formed with other people and business owners in the area. “As local business owners, it’s so important for us to support other local businesses,� Golliher said.

Golliher said he didn’t originally plan or want to stay in Bowling Green after graduating from WKU, but he has planted roots in and loves the community.

Golliher said he has a lot of hopes and dreams for the future of the magazine. He hopes the magazine will one

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“I’ve never had a bucket list,� Kell said. “If I wanted to go somewhere, I found a way to save to go. Now it’s just a matter of deciding where you want to go and going there.�

Kell said he hopes others will push themselves to explore the world around them, whether that be near or far. He believes the most import-

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The film doesn’t try to wrap all of these things into a “neat package,�

Hovet said. The film shows the “various Cubas� each person is living — a different life, a different experience each Cuban has. “Last semester we showed more

“As local business owners, it’s so important for us to support other local businesses.�

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titled “Local Love� and will focus on the businesses and locals that make the city what it is. “We want everybody to be as excited about it as we are,� Brie said.

day be of the same repute as Southern Living, Garden & Gun or Good Grit. “I’m excited for the future of the

magazine with him leading it,� West said. “He genuinely cares about you, and I think that’s why he’s a good fit for

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ant thing is that individuals make the most of the time they have — whatever that might mean to them. “All of us intend to live forever,�

Kell said. “That’s not going to happen, but the best time to go anywhere, whether it’s going fishing or driving or traveling, is when you can go. So take advantage of it.�

No matter where he goes, Kell is always sure to bring home something more valuable than photos or keepsakes. Kell makes sure to bring

home plenty of stories.

Alora Bleu, one of Kell’s students, said this is what makes him memorable to her. “Doctor Kell is a really wise man and always has a story to tell his class,� Bleu said. “Him taking the free time after his retirement to travel inspires all of his students to live their lives to the fullest. I’m sure he’ll have many more amazing stories to share from his travels.�

As he rises out of his chair and

grabs his jacket, Kell remarks he has to go home and do laundry. But before that, perhaps he’ll look at the contrails in the sky and wonder where those planes are going — and maybe one of those planes is headed for his own next destination.

classic Cuban films that people knew about,� Eagle said. “This one [the film week] we tried to look for more experimental ways of viewing Cuban film.

And this one stands out — it’s a documentary, but it’s a weird kind of documentary.�

While the film could be called

“[W]e tried to look for more experimental ways of viewing Cuban film. And this one stands out.�

Latin American history professor MARC EAGLE

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“weird,� it addressed several topics in Cuba such as hunger and prostitution.

Additionally, the film had a unique structure and ending.

The week concluded with “Vampiros en la Habana!â€? and the “International Year Of ‌â€? program will conclude the 2018-2019 Year of Cuba with “Evening of Dance.â€?

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