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Regents to discuss bylaws, president

BY MONICA KAST & JACOB DICK HERALD.NEW@WKU.EDU The WKU Board of Regents will discuss bylaw changes including language making the chair the sole voice of the board at its first quarterly meeting on Friday.

The proposed bylaw would declare the Board Chairperson speaks for the board and no individual board member other than the chair would be allowed to take actions or make commitments, according to the quarterly meeting agenda released earlier this week.

Chairperson Freddie Higdon would be considered the only voice for the Board of Regents if the bylaws are amended but said university stakeholders shouldn’t expect major changes in communication from the board.

“The Chair has always been the official spokesperson for the Board of Regents action, which is consistent with best practices for college governing boards,” Higdon said in an email.

Higdon Bale also said having a clear structure in place for official updates from the board should improve relationships with the public.

Regent Phillip Bale commented on the practicality of a governing body having a lone voice. Bale was chair of the committee to select WKU’s next president and is currently chair of the Academic Affairs Committee.

Bale said being the sole contact for the Presidential Search Committee was helpful for the process.

“It did make sense in the case of the search for the chair to be the sole voice to avoid confusion or someone going off in their own direction during the process,” Bale said.

He also added he felt Higdon should be the voice of the board, and the bylaw change planned for its first reading on Friday was more of a “clarification” of our existing precedent.

According to the Board of Regents January agenda, Bale will also present the preferred candidate to the board for consideration of appointment. Additionally, the contract for the candidate will also be discussed.

In an email sent to students on Jan. 19, Higdon said the “Board will consider extending a formal offer to Dr. Caboni at its meeting” on Friday.

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Board of Regents preferred candidate Tim Caboni reads SGA’s list of expectations for the new president during their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in the SGA offices in DSU. Caboni answered questions from the staff and addressed their hopes for the new president if he is elected on Friday. KATHRYN ZIESIG/HERALD

Topper Tour preferred Presidential candidate Visits campus

BY JAMIE WILLIAMS HERALD.NEW@WKU.EDU

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he preferred presidential candidate met with the Student Government Association on Tuesday and President Gary Ransdell on Wednesday to get acquainted with WKU’s campus.

The SGA council was the first group to meet with the preferred candidate Tim Caboni, and it proposed a resolution that discussed its’ recommended qualities for the next WKU president.

This was followed by a campus tour of WKU conducted by Ransdell on Wednesday. Caboni’s wife Kacy Schmidt-Caboni also got a tour of her husbands alma mater.

“My wife has not yet been here, but I am excited to show her where I spent time and where I got my master’s degree,” Caboni said.

Throughout the SGA meeting on Tuesday, Caboni put an emphasis on transparency and building good relationships with all members of the campus community.

“When I say everything I do is about relationships, it’s true,” Caboni said.

Caboni said as president he would expect to have office hours just like faculty where anyone could sign up

President Gary Ransdell and his wife Julie Ransdell walk with preferred presidential candidate Tim Caboni and his wife Kacy Schmidt-Caboni during a tour Wednesday Jan. 25, 2017 of WKU’s campus. BRENDAN O’HERN/HERALD

to have a meeting with him to discuss issues or concerns.

He also said he plans to have a meeting with the SGA execu-

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Traveling duo brings world to new sandwich cafe

BY REBEKAH ALVEY

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A new restaurant in Fountain Square Park hopes to facilitate a cultured environment with a traveling theme.

Located at 422 E Main Ave in an alley along the Square, Roam Sandwich Company targets a lunch-going audience. The menu features grab-andgo items and an array of sandwiches made in-house by head chef Krista Delaney. The menu has traditional

sandwich items like the grilled cheese, BLT and club. However there is usually a unique aspect to the dish.

This is Delaney’s first experience in the restaurant business after working as a farmer and bartender.

“All of the food is made daily and sliced daily,” Delaney said.

Due to a smaller space, food is delivered multiple times daily, Delaney said.

“It’s all real food, and all the condiments are house made,” she said.

The idea for a traveling theme came

from owner and 2008 graduate of WKU, Calvin Wiley. The entire front of the store has encyclopedias and books about traveling, some of which were donated by WKU professors, Wiley said.

A map also hangs on a wall in the dining area. Guests of the restaurant can place a pin on all of the places they have lived. After being open for two days, pins are already placed all over the map.

Wiley first studied abroad in Costa

Rica while attending WKU. This experience is what sparked his love of traveling, he said.

Wiley has traveled on his motorcycle across North America, South America, North Asia and Europe. Wiley has also flown small planes around North America and into South America.

Wiley said he hopes the restaurant has a hostel vibe.

“It can be a place for people to grab a guide, grab a craft beer and learn about

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Continued from front travel,” Wiley said.

“It’s like a hotel with good food, not oatmeal,” Delaney said.

Neither Wiley nor Delaney are originally from Bowling Green; both were raised in farming environments, Wiley in Barren County and Delaney

in Oldham County.

They were set up by a mutual friend, combining Wiley’s love of travel and Delaney’s background in food.

“We didn’t know each other, but we thought it was a cool place,” Wiley said.

They chose to return to Bowling Green because of the rising culture according to Wiley.

“Bowling Green is starting

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Continued from FRONT Caboni, who was announced as the preferred presidential candidate last week, will meet with WKU students, faculty and staff.

Additionally, there will be a public announcement and media session with Caboni on Friday at 2:30 p.m.

The formal announcement of Caboni’s selection is expected to be announced then.

Additionally, there will be first

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Continued from FRONT tive council once per month in order to hear any other student concerns.

Caboni siad he hopes these actions will show WKU he is accessible and available if needed.

The executive council also focused on a clause of the resolution which states, “The 10th president of Western Kentucky University should promote racial, ethnic, sexuality, gender, religious, and class diversity.”

Caboni agreed with this clause and said diversity on campus only improves students’ experiences.

“The university and educational experience is going to be stronger if you’re around folks that are not like you,” Caboni said. “When you get out into the ‘real world,’ the world has been and will continue to change.”

However, he said it was important to look past numerical growth of diverse groups and instead ensure those groups are being integrated into the university population. Caboni said “ticking off boxes” for diversity was not as important as making sure marginalized students are included.

“Diversity is important, but I think inclusion is perhaps more important,” Caboni said. “It’s not just getting a bunch of folks together from different places. It’s: how do we create a welcoming culture, an inclusive culture, an accepting culture, where everyone feels part of what we do as a university?”

Similarly, Caboni agreed with the

to have a renaissance,” Wiley said. The Gallery Hop and different community houses especially attracted Wiley and Delaney.

The duo is working on launching their website and making the city more aware of the opening. Through the website, they hope to do online delivery and travel around the square on bikes, Delaney said.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD They also want to become closer to the local community by participating in the Gallery Hop. “We want to be a part of the hip resurgence in Bowling Green,” Wiley said.

Wiley said is also hoping to be travel friendly by setting up a bike rack and a chalk board with events for mountain bike riding and climbing.

readings of proposed amendments to the board bylaws, allowing it to make rules and regulations concerning the university president. According to the agenda, the board received a recommendation from Carol Cartwright, a senior consultant from the Association of Governing Boards, last year to consider revisions to the bylaws.

In December, the Board voted to take Cartwright’s recommendation, and regent David Porter was appointed to review the bylaws.

Some of the amendments include new language requiring new regents to attend orientation or training programs and revisions to Board of Regents positions and committees.

Additionally, the board will discuss new degrees and certificates, according to the agenda.

The new degree is an education specialist degree, for gifted education and talent development. The new certificates for the graduate program are an advanced behavioral management graduate certificate and a col-

SGA’s requirement for the new president to have a “global awareness” in order to better serve international students at WKU. Caboni said seeing the United States through another country’s eyes is an invaluable experience, just as it would be for international students to see their own countries through an American’s

way to maintain other university programs while teaching student athletes important lessons of their own.

“Academics here are what we do,” Caboni said. “The reason people come to a university is not to watch sports. The reason they come to a university is to be educated, to make a good living and to make a good life

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lege and career readiness graduate certificate.

Athletic Director Todd Stewart will also address the board regarding football coach Mike Sanford’s athletic employment contract.

The contracts were signed by Stewart and Sanford on Dec. 13, and the board will vote to approve the contract on Friday.

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Caboni agreed if he became president, his first days would be spent communicating with the campus community so everyone would be involved in the planning process for the future.

“There are aspirations that I have for the institution and that the folks who work with me on the admin council have for the institution,” Caboni said. “There are also aspirations that students have, that faculty have, and we need to have that conversation as a community.”

Among other requirements in the council’s resolution were maintaining resource centers for marginalized student communities, promoting sustainability, fostering a scholastic political community and allowing student-run publications to operate free of university oversight.

Caboni acknowledged while he and the SGA or campus community as a whole may not always see eyeto-eye, he will always be forward and open in conversation.

“All I can say is: we’re going to be transparent and talk about it,” Caboni said. “We may not agree on every decision, but you’ll know what my position is, and I’ll know what your position is. That’s healthy, to be able to talk through and have difficult conversations in a way that’s not damaging or awful. It’s actually what we do as an institution.”

My job as a president would be, hopefully, to articulate who we are and who we aspire to be.”

Preferred Presidential Candidate Tim Caboni eyes.

“My job as a president would be, hopefully, to articulate who we are and who we aspire to be,” Caboni said. “One of the things that we aspire to be as an institution is a remarkably welcoming place for folks who come from wherever they come from, and that we celebrate that.”

The council also discussed putting a priority on academics programs and ensuring athletic funding is distributed appropriately while the programs accumulate revenue for the university. Caboni said while he wishes “20,000 people would come watch a student theater production, that’s not the world we live in.” He said he believes revenue sports are a

After the soft opening party with family and friends, the pair is optimistic about the restaurant’s opening.

at some point.”

SGA President Jay Todd emphasized the importance of upholding shared governance, meaning Caboni should take into account the voices of all students, faculty and staff equally.

Richey clarified while he didn’t want to impose term limits, he wanted to ensure the president would be mindful of when to step down from the position.

“President Ransdell has done a remarkable job transforming this university for the better,” Richey said.

“The latter half of his tenure has been, in my personal opinion, less of a prioritization of shared governance and more focused on his own personal vision.”

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HRL director retires after 33 years at WKU

BY MONICA KAST HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A new Housing and Residence Life director has been named following the upcoming retirement of the current director, according to university administration.

Kit Tolbert, who has worked in WKU Housing and Residence Life for 33 years, will retire at the end of January. Tolbert had originally planned to retire last year, but after Brian Kuster became vice president of student affairs, Tolbert agreed to stay for an additional year.

“I’m very happy,” Tolbert said of her time at WKU. “I’ve really enjoyed what I’m doing.”

Tolbert said she began working in Housing and Residence Life 33 years ago as a hall director. She said she was the first female director to work in an all-male residence hall, which she saw as an important policy change at WKU. “Now, it’s no big deal. We just hire people and put them where we think they fit best and don’t even think about gender anymore,” Tolbert said. “It’s just nice that it’s not an issue anymore.”

Tolbert said she has enjoyed her job, especially as Housing and Residence Life Director, but looks forward

to spending more time with her parents, who live in Louisville, after retiring.

Kuster said the search for a new director began in September, with candidate interviews beginning in November, “knowing that Kit would be retiring in January.”

Mike Reagle, the current associate vice president for student success at Youngstown University in Youngstown, Ohio, will take Tolbert’s place. The position will be renamed to Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Housing and Dining, according to Reagle and Kuster, and dining services will be brought into the housing department.

“It just was such an amazing opportunity at a university that I’ve had great respect for, for a number of years,” Reagle said of his new position.

Before working at Youngstown State, Reagle worked at Eastern Kentucky University for 14 years where he worked in housing, dining and student services.

Reagle said he was looking forward to meeting and talking with housing and dining services at WKU and getting input from current employees about Housing and Residence Life.

On Jan. 1, part of the dining services came under Housing and Residence Life.

After 33 years Kit Tolbert, the Housing and Residents Life director, will be retiring. “I’ve gotten 33 years in,” Tolbert said, “I’m in a good place to retire and go help my parents if they need it. I’m happy, and I’ve really enjoyed my position.” HANNAH LeBOUEF/HERALD Tolbert said it was a “smooth transition,” and Gary Meszaros, assistant vice president of auxiliary services, had already moved into the Housing and Residence Life wing of Southwest Hall.

“It makes a lot of sense to join those together,” Tolbert said.

Reagle also said he was “excited about combining dining and housing” this se-

mester.

“They’re both a key part of what happens in on-campus life,” Reagle said.

At the administration council meeting last week, Kuster announced Reagle had been named the new director. Kuster said Reagle would begin on Feb. 13, and he had a background that would assist him in the new position.

“That’ll be some change, but I think again, that will benefit our students to have that closer together,” Kuster said. “I think Mike will come in having a lot of experience working in housing and dining, but also on the student success side.”

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Renovations made to Grise Hall auditorium

BY REBEKAH ALVEY

HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Renovations on Grise Hall, which houses the Gordon Ford College of Business, auditorium were completed over winter break. The renovations were funded primarily through alumni donation.

The auditorium is a multipurpose room, serving as a classroom and a place for guest speakers and student groups.

Several changes have been made to improve the learning environment and comfort for students and faculty. The chairs have been changed from the original 1966 wooden chairs to wider, cushioned chairs according to the business college’s communications coordinator, Stacey Gish.

Before the renovations, rows of chairs were being removed to replace or sometimes repair chairs in the front rows, leaving torn-up concrete in the back of the auditorium, the business college’s Associate Dean Michelle Trawick said.

In addition to the chairs, the walls have been repaint-

The renovations for the new Grise Hall auditorium started over the winter break and will be completely finished in the summer of 2017. Grise Hall’s Assistant Dean, Michelle Trawick said, “We are anxious to see what else the faculty and students tell us they would like to do next” with the renovations of the building.

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ed from beige to red and gray.

“It makes the room warmer,” Gish said.

The room is now fully carpeted which improves the sound quality according to Trawick.

One of the biggest changes was the stage removal. A small stage for teachers and speakers was located at the front of the auditorium. All

concrete was taken out to get rid of the stage and make the front flat, which is more accessible, Gish explained.

Due to the increased accessibility, the auditorium is an American Disability Association compliant zone, Trawick said.

An area for filming was also removed, which created more seating in the back.

Due to the wider chairs, room capacity was not increased in the renovations and remains at around 440, Gish said.

“It’s more streamlined; it’s cleaner; the modern paint job and accented logo on the wall all make it nicer for students,” Gish said.

The renovations are a major improvement sophomore Lejla Nuhanovic said, who had three classes in the auditorium last year.

“I’ve heard positive things from both students and faculty,” Trawick said.

The renovations were primarily funded through an alumni donation of $100,000, with some secondary costs covered by the college, according to Trawick. Rick and Ann Guillaume were both 1965 alumni of the business college according to Development of Gordon Ford College of Business Development Director, Amy Miller.

The Guillaumes also donated to create the boardroom in the alumni center and have served on the National Alumni Board, according to Miller. “We approached them about the auditorium, and they were happy to help,” Miller said.

Improvements on Grise

Hall as a whole have been happening for some time, Trawick said. There have been renovations on the lobby and classrooms as well as the conversion of a classroom into a tutoring office.

This renovation is just the first half of a larger project, Trawick said. Over the upcoming summer break, improvements in the technology will occur, Gish said. These include a new projector, computer equipment and speakers.

“The computer equipment that is in there, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t,” Gish said. Last term, the audio system in the auditorium “went in and out,” Nuhanovic said.

In the future, a new water fountain will be added on the fourth floor, which Trawick said was requested by students. To decide on other projects, faculty input will be considered.

“We are anxious to see what the faculty and students want next,” Trawick said.

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BY HERALD ASTROLOGIST HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU Yeah, we’re back out here for round two on the Hill. It’s now a new year full of wonder, awe, curiosity, existential dread, the duality of man and so much more. Nothing is more exciting than a new year. Or in this case, a new semester.

So much has happened since I last looked to the stars for guidance. For instance, we officially have a new administration in the White House following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Trump is already tackling the big issues facing the country like the small crowd size at his inauguration and instituting a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency. Really setting the agenda with things like lying and censorship.

In impressive news, women in the United States and across the world took to the streets in the global Women’s March movement. The numbers are still rolling in, but by some estimates, marches held in more than 500 U.S. cities were attended by at least 3.3 million people, according to Vox. Some are calling the march the largest protest in U.S. history.

To be fair, Trump did say Saturday would “be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again” and he was right. The next day made that clear.

Our new year is already ripe with new, exciting and frightening prospects. Let’s see how these translate for

HOROSCOPES your semester.

Aries –– Stride confidently into your class and inquire with your professor if he or she will accept alternate sources for your research paper due Week 10. It seems to work just fine with everyone else.

Cancer –– While you may be bogged down with stress and anxiety over the prospects of this semester, you too can beat all the odds and achieve victory. Full disclaimer, it won’t be easy.

It never really is, but it will be worth it.

Handle it with grace.

Libra –– Libra, the stars are worried about many, many things. Gosh, Libra, give the stars a minute to vent their stress for once. It’s not all about you Libra, very rarely is it about you at all. Check in on the stars at some point, see how they feel.

Capricorn –– There is no evidence of three to five million illegal votes having been cast in the last election, Capricorn. The stars are willing to rain themselves down on this planet if your thick skull can’t accept this.

Taurus –– You can’t drop out of school just because of this first week, Taurus. I mean, you could actually do that, but you probably shouldn’t do that. Well ... maybe give it some consideration. Look, it’s really your call, Taurus.

Leo –– Ever tried going to the library before, Leo? This is a legitimate question, the stars inform us there are many students out there who have never been to the library. Check out a book or something for once, Leo. Scorpio –– If you decide to drop one of your classes, Scorpio, make

sure you have a class to replace the one you’re dropping. Don’t want to spend eight years planning to drop something and then not have a proper replacement lined up when it finally happens.

Aquarius –– You know what, Aquarius? The stars just really can’t let go of the fact that “alternate facts” are, like, a thing now. What the heck, no really what is this? If your Communication 145 class won’t let you get away with presenting alternate facts then neither should the White House. Use peer-reviewed journals, Aquarius.

Gemini –– You can keep your new year’s resolution if you really believe in yourself, Gemini. Go on, give it a try. Believe in yourself! No, not like that, try again ... okay, the stars didn’t really feel it that time. You either get it right or you don’t, Gemini.

Virgo –– Virgo, if you find yourself the unfortunate recipient of a parking ticket, appeal that ticket by arguing the university doesn’t own these grounds and that property is ultimately arbitrary and meaningless.

Sagittarius –– The stars aren’t horsing around when they say this, Sagittarius, but you really need to buckle down and figure out what you’re doing with your life. No need to worry if you’re under qualified for a job or anything because that doesn’t matter anymore.

Pisces –– The stars are currently spelling out “civil disobedience” in the night sky, Pisces. Take that as you will.

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Disney goes ‘Rogue’ with new Star Wars film

BY JACK JOHNSON HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU If nothing else, Mickey is a very, very wealthy mouse. Disney owns the rights to Marvel Entertainment, LucasFilm and even ESPN. For this reason, it is my JACK hope that one day JOHNSON we will see a film starring Iron Man and Lebron James as buddy cops who are also Jedi.

As the first of three planned Star Wars spinoff movies, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” does a great job of delivering a distinctively Star Wars experience that is also separate from the main saga.

If you’re not already familiar, “Rogue One” takes place in the time immediately preceding the original Star Wars film, “A New Hope.” The plot

of “Rogue” is centered around a band of unlikely heroes who steal the plans to the Empire’s super weapon, the Death Star. It’s pretty basic stuff. So, let’s get into it.

Admittedly, the film’s first 20 or so minutes come off a little shaky. In an attempt to introduce the main cast, “Rogue” jumps all over the place before it gets its bearings.

Once you’re strapped in for the long haul things get increasingly better. In fact, after meeting them, the main cast become the heart of the film. Honestly, I was worried the film would spend too much time on character development and not the story itself, but it finds a good balance.

Though the cast is one of the highlights of the film, for me, the inclusion of Saw Guerera, played by Forest Whitaker, seemed unnecessary to the plot. The character originated in another Star Wars spinoff, “The Clone Wars,” which saw its syndicated run on Cartoon Network a few years ago.

It seems Gerrera was placed in the

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He’s not a bad character in and of itself, but he does so little it’s strange that he’s even there.

One of the best aspects of the movie for me was how it seemed to mix the spectacle of the prequel trilogy with the atmosphere of the originals. The prequel trilogy, for all the grief we give it, had some very cool imagery. It really fleshed Star Wars out, even if there was not an awful lot of “war” going on.

On the other end, watching the original movies as a kid, I never felt as if the Empire was really that much more powerful than the Alliance, even with the Death Star. “Rogue One” depicts the Empire as an all-encompassing force, with an iron fist over the galaxy at large. The film adequately portrays how dangerous it is to mess with Imperial operations at any level, let alone mount a full assault on one of their bases. It’s thrilling to watch Rebel troops charge Imperial forces,

only to be hopelessly outclassed. The original trilogy never made me think the Rebels could actually fail – “Rogue One” did, and that made it feel more real.

Now, I’m warning you, reader, there are minor spoilers ahead. Although I’m not sure if they’re spoilers, because anyone who has seen “A New Hope” can probably infer that the folks who retrieved the Death Star plans are as toast as Texas.

There are a few scenes in “Rogue One” that are centered around Darth Vader, the series’ most iconic villain. He’s not the main antagonist by any means, but he is a lingering element. Now, consider this fact: audiences have been waiting nearly forty years to see Darth Vader as the terrifying powerhouse he is depicted as; in 1977, we didn’t have CGI to make Vader slaughter an entire team of Rebels in seconds. We do now. Go see the film while you still can.

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Larry Gordy inspects for his cattle’s tracks at an abandoned uranium mine near his home on the Navajo Nation Reservation located in the southwestern region of the U.S. Thousands of mines and waste sites lie unreclaimed and continue to poison the land and the people, he said. As a child he remembers playing and sleeping near the site that releases dangerous levels of radiation. GABE SCARLETT/HERALD

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BEST OF WINTER BREAK

hile many WKU students spent their six-week winter break celebrating the holiday season, picking up an extra work shift or “Netflix and chill-ing,” the WKU Herald photo staff spent its winter break freshening up on its photography skills. The pursuit of the perfect photograph took the Herald photographers across the nation.

One photograher spent a week photographing the Navajo Nation Reservation located in the southwestern region of the U.S. Another staff member traveled north of Bowling Green to photograph a former victim of human trafficking. The victim, Summer Dick-

erson, recalls enduring multiple forms of torture including being buried alive. While some of the photographs depict controversial topics, one staffer kept her photographs light-hearted at a John Paul White concert in Seattle, Washington.

This semester we, the Herald Photo Staff, hope to connect with the community of WKU, Bowling Green and beyond. We hope the community members welcome us into their lives with open arms so we can tell their stories with the delicateness they deserve.

Larry Gordy relaxes with his family at their trailer on Navajo Nation Reservation located in the southwestern region of the U.S. Hundreds of sick uranium mine workers are currently dying from their exposure in the mines that once supplied the Cold War nuclear arms race. Despite the deaths of workers in his family, Gordy admits he would take a job in the mines if they were ever reopened in order to provide for his children. GABE SCARLETT/HERALD

Summer Dickerson of Louisville, Kentucky is a former victim of human trafficking.

While living in Louisville, Dickerson recalled enduring multiple forms of torture during this time in her life, including being buried alive. Now, though removed from “the life,” Dickerson suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She said God is the reason for her life transformation. “God has never made me do nothing that I don’t want to do,” Dickerson said. MORGAN HORNSBY/HERALD

John Paul White performs for fans in Seattle, Washington at The Crocodile Cafe on Jan. 15. ALYSE YOUNG/HERALD

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The sun sets over Energizer Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. MORGAN HORNS-

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» Blue Holler Brewing: Check out a local brewing supply shop hosting a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Hospital on Saturday

Meet WKU’s Amazon Ambassadors

BY ELISABETH MOORE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

Susan Rigsby of Bowling Green, KY and her son Paul Rigsby-Tinch, 8, visit JinMan Jo’s gallery of metal works at Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center in the main gallery on Tuesday Jan. 24. “I like the metal work. You don’t see this much metal work of this size,” Rigsby said. TYGER WILLIAMS/HERALD

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New gallery exhibit featured in FAC

BY ELISABETH MOORE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Using items like thick steel and thin wires, JinMan Jo created art that weaves together weaker items to create one sculpture.

Students can now view Jo’s combination of brute force and instability on the second floor of the Fine Arts Center. The exhibit, “Identity, Energy, and Communication: JinMan Jo,” was curated by art professor David Marquez, and is housed in the FAC gallery from Jan. 23 through Feb. 24.

JinMan Jo is an assistant professor in the department of art and design at the University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Jo has been featured throughout the United Sates and Korea, including galleries like the Harry Krug Gallery at Pittsburg State University and the Chosun Gallery in Seoul, Korea.

“Since the initial invitation, it took about a year and a half to work out the details and get everything arranged,” Jo said. “The actual setup of the show was relatively simple, thanks to the extremely generous help provided by a number of faculty, despite the fact that we were working over winter break during the holiday season.”

The FAC Gallery regularly rotates exhibits throughout the semester.

Each exhibit goes through Kristina Arnold, gallery director and associate professor in the department of art, along with a gallery committee that consists of WKU art professors.

Jo was discovered through exhibit curator Marquez due to both graduating from the University of Iowa Graduate Sculpture Program. According to Marquez, he met Jo in 2000 and had been good friends and collaborators ever since. Due to the International Year of South Korea that was created by the WKU Office of International Programs, the Gallery decided to include Jo in their Korea-based exhibits that will be showcased throughout 2017.

Each exhibit included in the FAC Gallery is completely free and open to the public during the gallery hours, which is Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Along with the regular exhibits, the gallery hosts artist talks, which allows visitors to learn more about the artist and how they created their art. Jo’s artist talk is on February 23, at 5:30 p.m. in FAC 156 with a reception after in the gallery.

“Once the show at WKU is finished, I will be bringing my work back home with me,” Jo said. “Future plans include additional shows. The exhibit is always evolving as I continue to produce more work and make selections from my work to show based on the location or size of the exhibition

space.”

After Jo’s exhibit, the gallery has two more exhibits currently planned in conjunction with the Year of South Korea. From March 2 to April 7, “Printstallation Invasion: Eunkang Koh” will be showcasing art created by Eunkang Koh, with an artist talk on April 3 at 5:30 p.m. in FAC 156 with a reception to follow. Also showing from March 2, to April 7, is the exhibit called “Skipping Stones: Three Korean Printmakers, curated by Marilee Salcator, WKU,” which includes work from three different Korean Printmakers.

Currently, the gallery is working on a year-long project with the Year of South Korea, which will allow them to create a total of six exhibitions by the end of this academic school year.

These exhibitions will include the works of 37 artists and will showcase work by Korean and Korean-American artists.

“I was honored to be invited to exhibit my work at WKU,” Jo said. “It is a great opportunity as an artist and educator to share my work with the students, faculty and staff. I believe there is great value in sharing my art in an educational setting.”

Reporter Elisabeth Moore can be reached at 270-745-6288 and elisabeth.moore938@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @emoore938.

As a new semester begins, students flock to surrounding bookstores to buy the required texts that are needed for each class. To combat this rush to get books, many students have chosen an easier way to receive their books: online bookstores.

Many online stores like Amazon and Ebay offer discounts that may not be applied to a normal bookstore, which allows students to save on any required texts they may need. Starting in 2010, Amazon Prime created a new way for students to save money called Amazon Prime Student.

Amazon Prime Student is an application through Amazon that allows students to apply for an Amazon Prime account for free for six months.

Much like Amazon Prime, Amazon Student Prime allows for free, two-day shipping on many different items, and it can stream items such as television shows.

To help run Amazon Prime Student, Amazon created the Amazon Prime Student Brand Ambassadors.

These Ambassadors are paid to help promote and maintain the Amazon Prime Student program at their designated school. Typically students of the school, Amazon Prime Student Ambassadors act as liaisons between the school body and Amazon.com.

The current Amazon Prime Student Ambassadors of WKU are sophomore Josh Rickert and junior Elijah Thomas.

Rickert and Thomas work together as Amazon Brand Ambassadors to create promotional events around campus and to run the Amazon Prime Student WKU Twitter account.

Along with the promotional events, the ambassadors are provided with promotional gear that can be distributed throughout their events, which includes coupons, lanyards and much more. Each event consists of tabling a certain area or the ambassadors walking around while handing out their Amazon swag.

“Our goal is to interact with as many students as possible so that we may share Prime Student with them while also gathering valuable market information to report back to Amazon,” Rickert said. “We are constantly on the lookout for possible events to attend/ sponsor on campus. We are always happy to attend with free Amazon Swag to distribute!”

To apply for the ambassador position, Rickert and Thomas had to apply through Amazon and were

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Local audio engineer provides an accessible studio for all

BY DANIELLE CHAVIS HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Located in the heart of downtown Bowling Green, owner and head-engineer of NF Studios, “NF” Eckerd, has turned his musical vision into reality. His studio, Nameless Faceless Records, abbreviated NF for short, began as a home studio in 2010.

Originally, his vision was to create a record label, but after researching and suggestions from his peers, Eckerd’s plan soon changed.

“The notion behind it was always a record label, but as I got more into it I wanted to be more behind the scenes and not necessarily in the business with it,” Eckerd said. “So, I established NF Records.”

In the past six years, NF Records has moved from its original home studio to a suite in 410 Suites located on East 10th avenue. Today, Eckerd’s vision for NF Records is in the clientele and the local community.

When Eckerd started NF Records, he envisioned an equipping center of quality service to his clientele without overshadowing the client’s voice. Eckerd decided to name his business Nameless Face-

less Records because he wanted to be a behind-the-scenes engineer who is not in search of credit.

“The only side of credit I concern myself with is when artists recommend other artists and musicians to come to my studio,” Eckerd said. “Their advocacy helps me establish more genuine relationships with other artists and gives me the opportunity to help other artist grow their craft.”

Eckerd credits his success with keeping relationships at the center of NF Records. Daniel “D’Casso” Duncan, a local recording artist, described NF Records as being more than just a studio for him.

“It’s not just an equipping center for me,” Duncan said.

“I walked into Best Buy and asked [Eckerd], what laptop I should buy for music, and the genuineness in that conversation is why I am here today.”

Locally, NF Records has been described as like a second home by many up-andcoming artist at WKU, as well as in the surrounding area.

In 2015, NF Records played as a second home for the rap duo of two WKU sophomores, Matt “Rosario” Vicente and Alex “LougzGee” Gee. WKU senior and recording

Justin Eckerd works with sound engineer Allen Witcher on a song on Tuesday Jan. 24th, in the NF Studio. The NF is located downtown Bowling Green where many local artists have come to record, such as Kylee Meza and Ryan Courtney. GRACE PRITCHETT/HERALD artist, Cheyenne “CheyHawwt” Douglas, said she entrusts Eckerd’s with her sound.

“I’m from Atlanta, and I’ve been to the other studios and like Daniel said, others aren’t as genuine. This is home,” Douglas said. “In other studios, I feel like a guest. I don’t

feel like a guest here.”

Both Duncan and Douglas said they consider NF Records to be like home. Duncan considers Eckerd’s genuine nature for the basis of their bond.

“Why music? Why NF? Because that’s my best friend,” Duncan said. “You get genu-

ine when you meet him.”

According to Eckerd, music is at the heart of NF Records and its clientele.

“I can’t do anything else well,” Eckerd said. “I’ve been

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Brewery supply serves up fundraiser for non-profit

BY ANDREW CRITCHELOW HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Craft beer, silent auctions and food trucks will come together Saturday at Blue Holler Brew Supplies to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. 10 percent of all sales at the store and all proceeds from the silent auctions will go towards the charity. Now in its second year, the event will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The fundraiser is part of Crossfitting 4 Cures, an annual charity event organized by CrossFit Old School in Bowling Green. Caitlin Mills, who originally approached Blue Holler about hosting the fundraiser, said the store was an ideal venue for the event. “It’s just a nice place where you can meet new people and hang out,� Mills said. “So, I figured it would be a perfect place for a lot of people to come meet, relax, drink some beers and raise some money.�

Chris Karraker, co-founder of Blue Holler Brew Supplies, said last year’s event was one of the store’s most successful days. “We were slammed,� Karraker said. “People really enjoyed helping out the kids.�

Co-founded in 2015 by Karraker and his wife Beverly, Blue Holler offers all the essential supplies needed to create beer and wine, along with a rotating tap of 20 craft beers for customers to try.

Karraker said the idea to create a brew supply store and

bar in Bowling Green originated from brewing beer at home with his wife and visiting craft beer supply stores such as Craft Brewed in Nashville. “[Beverly] said ‘this place is cool, someone should do this in Bowling Green,’� Karraker said. “Three months later, we opened.�

Blue Holler’s name originated from the now-closed Blue Holler Offroad Park in Edmonson County, a place where Karraker spent time growing up. “When I was brewing some beers at the house, I had a couple beers on tap and I carved out ‘Blue Holler Brew’ on a tap handle,� Karraker said. “When we went to open up I asked my wife, ‘what are we going to name it?’ She’s like, ‘it sounds like you already got it named; it’s Blue Holler.’ We stuck with it.�

In addition to the St. Jude event, Blue Holler regularly hosts in-store events such as Tap Takeovers and Pint Nights.

These events include a focus on one particular brewery’s beer, and usually a representative from the brewery will be present to pass out merchandise.

Craft beers currently on the menu at Blue Holler include Country Boy Cliff Jumper IPA, Bell’s Winter White and Mt. Carmel Coffee Brown Ale. Despite their large beer selection, Karraker said their brewing supplies generate the most profit for the store. “Seventy percent of the income of the store comes from the brew side,� Karrak-

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Continued from LIFE quickly given training for their positions. Through a series of competitive online Skype interviews, both were accepted into the program.

Due to the difference of when they applied, Amazon flew Thomas to Am-

Chris Karraker, owner of Blue Holler brewery, has been working at his business for two years. “We try to do a fundraiser every month because it’s the community that keeps us alive so we try to give back,� Karraker said. EMILY MOSES/HERALD er said. “We do have a lot of regular drinkers, but if you walk in here and buy a homebrew kit and the ingredients, it’s 200 bucks, and you’re out the door. I will never sell $200 worth of beer to someone in one sitting.�

Though Blue Holler is the only brew supply store in southcentral Kentucky, James McDuffy, an employee at the store, said there is a wide variety of people in the area who are homebrew enthusiasts. “It’s really all walks of life,�

McDuffy said. “They’re all over 21, that’s about the only

azon headquarters in Seattle for training while Rickert was trained online.

Thomas and Rickert report to an online application called Brandscopic, which allows their supervisors in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle to review their reports. Additionally, Thomas and Rickert have monthly conference calls with other ambassadors from the Universi-

common thing about it. You’d be surprised how many different people brew beer around here.�

As for the future of the business, Karraker said he hopes to move into a new facility where the store can brew their own beer and sell deli sandwiches. “I don’t want to be a fancy restaurant that makes their own beer,� Karraker said. “I want to have beer, but with that people need something to snack on.�

The silent auctions Saturday will include items such

ty of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, the University of Louisville and Appalachian State University. “I chose to be a brand ambassador because it allowed me to apply skills I learned in my classes here at WKU,�

Thomas said. “I am passionate about the Amazon brand. The service they are offering is beneficial for students

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who could be saving money on their shipments. The experience has been very valuable, and I like working with my fellow Hilltoppers.�

Reporter Elisabeth Moore can be reached at 270-745-6288 and Elisabeth.moore938@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @emoore938.

their children, Eckerd said he wants to inspire and make a difference. “For the kids that don’t have access, because of financial situations or they have to start working at 15-years-old to provide, it makes it harder for them to get into those things. I want them to have access.�

Eckerd said NF Records is striving to not just be a studio, but an equipping center providing clientele and the community the tools necessary to create and perform music in comfort. “There is no precedent for music,�

Duncan said. “So, for whoever gets into music, if they are true to themselves, this is the one field you can be the most true to yourself,� Duncan said.

Reporter Danielle Chavis can be reached at 270-745-6288 and danielle. chavis191@topper.wku.edu.

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musically and rhythmically- minded my whole life. Music is my craft, it’s my talent, it’s my gift.�

For the future of NF Records, Eckerd said he would like to share his gift with both clientele and community. “I would like to have community action. To go to parts of the city where kids don’t have access to the arts and have them come in here and have a day, a month dedicated to students,� Eckerd said.

Eckerd added, “I would like to focus on lower income points in the community, because a lot of the time the families that do have the money to put their kids in music have the money to do it and they will.�

For the local families who cannot provide the opportunity of music to

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Skeleton’s Lair reopens for its winter event

BY ANDREW CRITCHELOW HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Skeleton’s Lair in Scottsville brought Halloween scares in the middle of winter for a rare, one-night event. The haunted house temporarily re-opened Wednesday, providing horror enthusiasts with an off-season tour of the attraction.

The event was held in conjunction with HAuNTcon, an annual trade show and convention for haunted house owners that took place in Nashville this year. HAuNTcon participants visited Skeleton’s Lair as part of a tour of haunted houses around the Nashville area. A limited number of tickets were available for the public as well.

Amy Burge, spokesperson for Skeleton’s Lair, said the convention is a great way for haunted house owners and enthusiasts across the country to connect.

“It’s very difficult for us in

the industry to get to visit other haunted houses,” Burge said. “And I know that this is something that a lot of the haunters love about this particular convention.”

HAuNTcon takes place in a new city each year. Started in 2004, the convention has also been held in cities such as Denver, Detroit and Orlando, Florida. HAuNTcon event coordinator David Pickel said the goal of the convention is to bring the haunted house community together.

“There’s a lot of people out here that don’t even realize there is a haunted house industry,” Pickel said. “They may be doing a haunted house in their small community and maybe even doing good numbers and doing a good job with it, but they don’t even realize that there is a larger community of people who do haunted houses around the country.”

In addition to the haunted house tours, HAuNTcon 2017

features business seminars, creative workshops and a costume ball.

“People in the haunted house industry are really the best people on earth,” Pickel said. “Possibly it’s because they get all of their anxiety out by scaring the crap out of people.”

Some of the things taught during the convention include how to create realistic prop eyes, how to use fog machines effectively and a zombie teeth workshop. Despite these various haunt techniques, Pickel said the quality of scares from a haunted house is often subjective.

“There are so many different ways to scare people,” Pickel said. “There’s probably more ways to scare people than there are people willing to be scared. So, it really comes down to what your personal preferences are.”

Skeleton’s Lair was fully operational for the one-night event with features such as

the Doomsday Doll Factory, Haunted Hayride and 3D Zone. Usually operating during weekends in October and late September, Skeleton’s Lair has rarely held events in the off-season.

“This is a chance to stand up for our peers in the industry and to show off what we’re really about,” Burge said.

The event also featured a full staff of actors, including WKU junior from Portland, Tennessee, Alexandra Hunter.

Hunter, who has now acted for Skeleton’s Lair for three seasons, said she had no difficulty getting in the Halloween spirit on a winter night.

“I love the idea of working in January,” Hunter said.

“Skeleton’s Lair is the definition of a fun and exciting college job. I would honestly do it year-round.”

Acting in the Haunted Hayride section of Skeleton’s Lair, Hunter said taking part in the attraction is always a thrill.

“Every time I drive out

I’m just as excited as my first time I made that drive as an 18-year-old freshman at PFT,” Hunter said.

In addition to visiting Skeleton’s Lair, HAuNTcon will also tour attractions such as Haunted Hell in Nashville, Slaughterhouse in Hermitage, Tennessee and Bloodshed in Franklin, Kentucky. Pickel said attractions like Skeleton’s Lair that open in the off-season for HAuNTcon are helping the industry grow.

“Skeleton’s Lair are a great bunch of people,” Pickel said.

“They’re really doing it out of the goodness of their heart to give other haunters from around the country the opportunity to see what they do and really to show off and show them what a quality event that they have.”

Reporter Andrew Critchelow can be reached at 270-7456288 and acritchelow121@ topper.wku.edu.

8 faculty prepare for summer program in Bosnia

BY MILES SCHROADER, EMMA AUSTIN HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Eight faculty members were selected to travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina this summer on the fourth-annual Zuheir-Sofia Endowed International Faculty Seminar, according to a press release.

“It’s basically designed to give faculty who participate in this broad, deep understanding of what the culture and society of Bosnia-Herzegovina is and what it’s like,” trip co-leader Jerry Daday, associate professor of sociology, said.

The annual ZSEIFS is basically a study abroad experience for faculty, Daday explained. Faculty will have the chance to interact with citizens as well as meet with both government and non-governmental organizations. Faculty will also have time to work on individual projects and research related to their discipline, Daday said.

Selected faculty members include Kentucky Folk Life Program Director Brent Björkman; assistant professor of paralegal studies, Jennifer Brinkley; assistant professor of journalism and broadcasting, Amanda Crawford; assistant professor of history, Marko Dumancic; assistant professor of folk studies and anthropology, Kate Horigan; professor of journalism and broadcasting, James Kenney; art profes-

sor Yvonne Petkus and Cheryl Wolf of counseling and student affairs, according to the release.

Part of the program’s purpose is to gather material and prepare for the following school year’s International Year of Program; 2017-2018 will be the International Year of Bosnia. ZSEIFS participating faculty are expected to bring what they’ve learned back to campus and incorporate it into their course content for the semester.

Dumancic relocated from Croatia to Boston, Massachusetts, at age 16 with his mother. Despite growing up in the region, he had never gotten the chance to visit Bosnia, so he took advantage of the opportunity to travel with ZSEIFS this summer.

Part of Dumancic’s research focuses on the way homosexuality is treated in Bosnia, which he plans to continue this summer.

“What I work on is how homosexuality is discussed in public,” Dumancic said. “I look at depictions of LGBT populations in films, and then how those films are discussed.”

Dumancic teaches a course on the history of genocide, which includes content covering the genocide in Bosnia. Dumancic said he plans to incorporate the chapter of war and genocide in Bosnia with a particular focus on rape camps, where genocidal rape was used for ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian War. Kenney said he has always been interested in the

region and will be taking the opportunity to work with a former student of his who lives in Bosnia.

“We’re going to collaborate on the state of Bosnia in the post-war,” Kenney said. “We’ve got to explore not only the effects of the war, but Bosnia’s identity beyond the war.”

Brinkley said she was thrilled to be selected for the trip, saying it is an honor.

“Getting to bring my knowledge back to my students is going to be such an amazing opportunity for me and for my students as well,” Brinkley said.

On the first ZSEIFS programs to Ecuador 2014 and South Africa 2015, student photographers traveled with the faculty to gather material to enhance the International Year of program. However, prompted by fewer resources, the Office of International Programs decided not to fund the participation of students this year, Addie Cheney, assistant director of international programs, said in an email.

“At its core, ZSEIFS is about faculty development,” Cheney said. “By investing in the faculty (through programs like ZSEIFS), we have the ability to shape the academic experiences of countless students.”

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Track and Field prepare for Indiana Relays

BY JEREMY CHISENHALL HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU With a few indoor meets under its belt, the WKU track team is looking to make a national championship meet and jump into the outdoor season at this weekend’s Indiana University Relays.

Behind veteran leadership, WKU has the personnel necessary to potentially achieve that goal. The program has 11 seniors returning this season, as well as 11 juniors. Some of these upperclassmen are already making their mark this year, such as junior Desmond Mobley, who posted a WKU season-best 1.95 meters in the high jump at last weekend’s Vanderbilt Invitiational.

Senior Ventavius Sears is another upperclassman who has gotten a solid start this season, as he qualified for the triple jump finals after a jump of 14.63 meters. In the finals he topped that jump with one of 14.65 meters, which was good for eighth place.

The team’s most decorated runner, Emmanuel Dasor, is a senior sprinter who represented his home country of Ghana in the 2016 Rio Olympics and also competed in the World Indoor Championships.

The women’s team also has some upperclassmen carrying the torch, such as senior Jenessa Jackson, who notched her fourth straight top-10 finish in weight throwing last weekend.

Her throw of 18.17 meters was good enough for fifth place. Junior Morgan McIntyre has also impressed early on, as she was WKU’s top participant in the women’s pole vault, finishing 13th with a height of 3.7 meters.

But it’s not just the upperclassmen who are already putting up impressive performances. Early on in the season, sophomore Maor Seged holds the team’s season-best time in the 200-meter dash (22.25 seconds). Sophomore

During the Men’s 100 Meter Dash, WKU senior Ja’Karyus Redwine, right, finished in 6th with the time of 10.77 seconds at the Hilltopper Relay Meet at Charles M. Rueter Track and Field Complex on Saturday, April 9, 2016. WESTON KENNEY/HERALD Jadzia Beasley has also impressed, as she qualified for the 60-meter final and finished in seventh place last weekend.

“The sprinters have definitely carried the team,” freshman Donnie Fry said on what he expects from this season. “But with the new guys that are coming in, we have four new freshmen including myself, I think [the distance team] has a real good potential to start scoring in these events.”

Besides Fry, this year’s team features 10 freshmen. The hope, as Fry said about the distance team, is the younger runners can help make WKU even better in their respective events.

Fry also praised the upperclassmen, specifically the 4x4 team, which is pri-

marily made up of juniors and seniors.

“Our 4x4 is definitely going to be very strong this year, with Julius Morris, Emmanuel Dasor, Ventavius Sears and Maor Seged,” Fry said.

Fry also praised WKU’s new transfers, such as sophomore Austin Hayes from Lindsey Wilson College, junior Eli Minor from Iowa Central and sophomore Davante’ Payne from Tennessee State.

Minor is already showing his ability this year, as he was one of three WKU runners to advance to the final in last weekend’s 60-meter dash.

Head coach Eric Jenkins commented on the last couple of indoor meets, saying the team performed “okay” at

the Vanderbilt Invitational, according to a press release.

“It’s time to refocus our efforts and work on consistency as we get ready for the conference and hopefully national championships,” Jenkins said.

The team has now competed in four meets and has a few left to go before the Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Following that and the national championship meet, the outdoor track season will begin in March.

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WKU Basketball bringing two new faces to the program

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU WKU basketball has had a consensus top-15 2017 recruiting class with the commitments of five star McDonald’s All-American center, Mitchell Robinson and four star McDonald’s AA nominee guard, Josh Anderson.

The 7-foot Robinson is averaging 25.9 points to go along with 12 boards and 5 blocks per game through 22 games this season playing for Chalmette High School in Louisiana.

Anderson is also making noise in the state of Louisiana at Madison Prep Academy. The 6-foot-4 guard is averaging 12 points, five assists and four rebounds per game through 20 games.

But Head Coach Rick Stansbury has added two newer pieces within the last

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week to compliment these highly coveted recruits in next year’s class.

It was announced earlier this week another low-post player will be joining arms with Robinson in the fall. This Robinson, Robinson Idehen, enrolled at WKU for the spring semester of 2017 and is expected to join the team in the fall. Idehen is a 6 foot 9 big man that held scholarship offers from Houston, Nevada and Texas Tech among others, according to Scout.com.

The second newest addition expected to join the team next season, Miles Weber, is a walk-on guard. Miles Weber is a six foot point guard transferring from Chicago State University and is looking to join the talent pool that is shaping up to be the new face of Hilltopper basketball. Weber did not appear in a game during his time at Chicago State. Prior to taking his talents to the college level, Weber played at the

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The other scholarship players for the class of 2017 include University of Buffalo point guard transfer Lamonte Bearden and former Syracuse University commit Moustapha Diagne. Neither player is a part of the active roster right now, but both are already on the Hill.

Bearden is a true modern point guard and Diagne will further bolster the frontline of the Hilltoppers while both players will have two years of eligibility left.

The 6-foot-9 Diagne has competed at top level events such as the Jordan Brand Classic in New York. Diagne transferred to WKU from Northwest Florida State, a junior college in Niceville, Florida.

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next season is Taveion Hollingsworth, a three-star guard from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington.

Hollingsworth, another McDonalds All-American nominee, is a Kentucky Mr. Basketball candidate this season. Last year, he led the Bulldogs to a KHSAA State Championship earning recognition as the tournament MVP award while scoring 21.5 points per game in the postseason.

Hollingsworth is averaging 26.6 points per contest through 20 games for the Bulldogs in 2016-17. He is also leading the team in rebounds, pulling in seven boards per game.

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Continued from b6 his ability to get in that lane.”

WKU is 2-1 all time in the series against UTEP. The Toppers fell to the Miners in the last meeting on Feb. 6, 2016 by a final score of 93-89.

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sits tied atop the conference with UNC-Charlotte and Middle Tennessee State, whom they defeated handily at home.

The road ahead doesn’t get much easier for the Lady Tops as they begin their first leg of a Texas road trip doubleheader on Thursday against the University of Texas El-Paso.

Last season, the Miners edged out WKU for the regular season C-USA championship. However, UTEP is

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The “transfer epidemic”— as some coaches and critics call it — is no stranger to Bowling Green. The Hilltoppers have had their fair share of transfers in the past and present, all with an inherent uniqueness about their situation.

WKU has had the junior college transfer (Anton Waters, Gulf Coast State), the Power 5 conference transfer (Que Johnson, Washington State), the mid-year transfer (Jabari McGhee, Tennessee), the transfer who never played and transferred again (Phabian Glasco, Connors State College), the transfer who was later dismissed (Willie Carmichael, Tennessee and Fredrick Edmond, College of Southern Idaho) and the transfer who landed at his third school upon coming to the Hill (Aaron Cosby, Seton Hall/Illinois, Pancake Thomas, New Mexico/Hartford and Junior Lomomba, Cleveland State/Providence).

You may remember that point guard Patrick Sparks started his career as a Hilltopper from 2001-2003 before transferring and starring at Kentucky.

The first openly gay men’s basketball player and the only player in NCAA history to play in an NCAA tournament with three different schools, Derek Gordon, also began his career at WKU before moving on to Massachusetts and later, Se-

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The Tops’ game against UTEP is their first home game since a Jan. 7 loss to Old Dominion. Seven of WKU’s final 11 games will be inside Diddle Arena.

“It’s an advantage for us just to have some home games,” Stansbury said. “Any home game is important.

In our situation they’re all important … no easy games, home or away.

All of these games are important for us. They all count the same. They all count as one win or one loss. But when you’re at home you have to find ways to win your home games.”

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just 5-13 overall this season. Despite not having the same success as last year, Clark-Heard said she isn’t overlooking anyone in C-USA. “In conference, we do not look at the other team’s record,” Clark-Heard said. “Every record is thrown out the window, especially when we go on the road.”

Last season, the UTEP Lady Miners defeated the Lady Tops 85-78 at Diddle Arena en route to finishing as the C-USA regular season champions. The Lady Tops will seek revenge against the Miners this time around.

“They lost a lot of players from last year but they still have scorers and a huge big inside that is averaging a double-double,” Clark-Heard said.

“You look at us, we don’t have a lot of height.”

Two days later after they play UTEP, the Lady Tops will play at University of Texas San-Antonio, who currently sits at fourth in the C-USA standings. If the Lady Tops can keep their momentum going in the right direction and escape Texas with two road victories, they will have won 11 out of their last 12 games and at

worst, will still be tied for first place in the C-USA. “It’s almost February,” Clark-Heard said. “This is the time that you work for. We just want to keep working on the things we need to so that when February hits, we’ll be playing our best basketball.”

ton Hall. Head coach Rick Stansbury even has two more transfers lined up next year in Moustapha Diagne (Northwest Florida Junior College) and Lamonte Bearden (Buffalo).

But what some people may not realize is that WKU women’s basketball head coach Michelle Clark-Heard and the Lady Tops are currently taking advantage of the same trend on the other side of the sport. In a

Heard is building on the Hill in just her fifth year.

While she doesn’t necessarily recognize it as a trend or even as something that’s in her plans every year, Clark-Heard acknowledges the fact that being able to add transfers like Coe and Goodin-Rogers is a big reason why her team is currently tied for the lead in a highly competitive conference at just the right time of the

wound up here.

Goodin-Rogers was originally recruited by Clark-Heard when she was an assistant at Louisville, and said that the pre-established relationship is what helped her get Goodin-Rogers here.

Neither Goodin-Rogers nor Coe lead the Lady Tops in any major statistical category, but Clark-Heard is appreciative of the way both players fit into their roles.

Coe leads the team in three-point percentage, shooting the ball just under 38 percent from beyond the arc, and Goodin-Rogers has started all 11 games she’s played in, serving as a reliable wing player.

“For us, what we try to do is we try to make sure to look for a good fit,” Clark-Heard said. “We look for players that can perform at the level of what we’re trying to do here.

We needed an unbelievable shooter and Jaycee’s not only an unbelievable shooter but she’s a great player and a great person who was a great fit for us.”

Call it what you want — an epidemic, a trend, a wildfire — but the constant movement of players across the country via transfer is real, and it has permeated into the women’s side of the Hill in a positive way in 2017.

I think the landscape of it is changing.

I don’t know to what degree it is on the women’s side, but it happens.”

Women’s Basketball Coach Michelle Clark-Heard transfer market much lower than on the men’s side, Clark-Heard’s team has gotten a big boost this season from Kentucky transfers Kyvin Goodin-Rogers and Jaycee Coe. “We’re very fortunate,” ClarkHeard said of the pair of upperclassmen transfers.

Given how uncommon it is for players to transfer on the women’s side to begin with, it is even rarer for players of both Goodin-Rogers’ and Coe’s caliber to move from a perennially ranked program like Kentucky to a non-Power 5 school like WKU. That speaks to the type of program Clark-

year.

“Every situation’s different,” ClarkHeard said. “I think the landscape of it is changing. I don’t know to what degree it is on the women’s side, but it happens. I think you see it a lot more in men’s … with the fifth-year transfer thing.”

Much like any transfer situation, both Godin-Rogers and Coe had a unique route to WKU. Coe is from nearby Gainesboro, Tennessee, and has family living in Bowling Green. Clark-Heard credits Coe’s “understanding” of the program as one of the reasons she

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Redshirt senior guard Junior Lomomba (5) goes up for a shot during WKU’s 103-97 double-overtime win against Kentucky Wesleyan on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at Diddle Arena. Lomomba led the Hilltopper’s with 29 points. MIKE CLARK/HERALD

good to be home Hilltoppers Return to Diddle to take on UTEP

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU Head Coach Rick Stansbury and his squad are back in action Thursday evening as they take on the Miners of the University of Texas El Paso.

“They’re coming in on a three game winning streak after they dropped a bunch of games,” Stansbury said. “I watched them on film. They seem to be getting a good rhythm and chemistry in what they’re trying to do.”

The Hilltoppers are on a four-game losing streak after facing off against the top-tier competition in Conference USA. Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Alabama Birmingham and Marshall University took down the Tops to bring them to a 9-11 record overall with a 3-4 record in conference play.

“Everybody in the conference

plays super hard,” senior guard Que Johnson said. “That’s one thing that I love about this conference. They play hard, the coaches are great. I definitely compliment the Middle Tennessee coach [Kermit Davis]. They have a great coach. He worked those guys.”

The Miners are having a down year themselves, as Tim Floyd’s team sits at the bottom of the C-USA standings with a 5-13 record on the year.

“There’s no question that in their last three games they’ve had a good rhythm and chemistry to what they’re trying to do. They were much better in their last few games than they were in those earlier games for sure.”

Despite UTEP’s struggles thus far, Stansbury said he is not taking this game lightly.

“They have two guards that can really play, you know [Dominic] Artis and Omega [Harris], guys that can really score that basketball,” Stansbury

said. “Omega can shoot it and Artis is really good off that bounce.”

Just like WKU, the Miners have three players averaging double figures.

For the Toppers, leading scorers Que Johnson, Pancake Thomas and Justin Johnson will be expected to continue carrying the Tops, especially now the roster is down to only 10 active players.

“Even when everyone else was here, everybody worked hard,” Que Johnson said. “Especially on the court, they all played hard, but now there’s an extra focus on the five or six guys to make an impact on the game.”

UTEP junior guard Omega Harris leads the way in scoring with 17.5 points per contest, followed by senior guard Dominic Artis and junior center Matt Williams who averaged 14.7 and 10 points per game, respectively.

“[Williams] is a big young man, you know seven foot whatever he is, big body,” Stansbury said. “Scores with that right shoulder and left hand.

He’s big around that hole. We gotta make him move a little bit in transition. He’s probably not the quickest, most athletic post guy we’ve went against but he’s a big strong physical guy around that hole. He’s very effective.”

Artis, a former player at the University of Oregon, does it all for the Miners as he leads the team in rebounds, assists and steals while playing 36 minutes per game.

“Artis is a good shooter, not a great shooter, but he’s really good off that bounce,” Stansbury said. “We gotta keep him out of that paint and limit the amount of times he creates easy plays for everybody else. He gets those post guys easy baskets cause of

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LADY TOPS ROLLING INTO TEXAS Lady Tops changing the trend

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For the past couple of seasons, the preseason themes and talking points for the WKU men’s basketball program have been centered around a great deal of roster turnover and new faces. In each of the past two seasons, 10 first-year players joined the Hilltoppers at the start of the season. Half of those newcomers to this year’s and last year’s teams were the type of player that is becoming ever so popular in college basketball: transfer players from another school.

ESPN’s college basketball insider Jeff Goodman has been compiling a list of transfer players during every offseason for the past decade or so. What started as a mild trend has turned into a national wildfire as the list has grown from 200 names when it started to more than 700 now.

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A big reason why the WKU women’s basketball team was named the outright favorite to win the Conference USA tournament before the season began was because of the 27-7 mark the Lady Toppers finished with, losing only three games in conference play.

However, the main reason the Lady Tops earned the title of preseason favorite was because of the players they returned.

With junior forwards Tashia Brown and Ivy Brown returning alongside reigning C-USA Player of the Year Kendall Noble, Head Coach Michelle Clark-Heard has a “Big Three” to rely on yet again.

“That really started last year when Micah Jones went down,” ClarkHeard said. “I’m a firm believer that if you have three players that can consistently show up for you, then you will have a lot of opportunities to win games. I’m really fortunate to coach those three.”

Last season, Noble became just the sixth player to win a conference player of the year award. During her C-USA player of the year campaign, Noble averaged 18.5 points , 7.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.6 steals per game. So far in her redshirt senior

Senior Guard Kendall Noble (12) drives in toward the basket as Marshall University Guard Taylor Porter (13) defends her during the first half of the Lady Toppers 73-57 win over Marshall on Saturday Jan. 21 at Diddle Arena. TYGER WILLIAMS/HERALD

campaign, Noble has put up similar numbers, averaging 14.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, and is an early favorite to contend for C-USA player of the year for the second straight year.

Tashia Brown was just behind Noble averaging 17.5 PPG last season which ranked fourth in C-USA. Ivy Brown, who finished fourth in rebounding in C-USA last season, is once again averaging 8.6 boards per

contest in 2016-17 with 13.7 points to go along with it.

“Some games, some shots aren’t going to fall,” Tashia Brown said.

“So it’s always good to have teammates like Ivy and Kendall to be able to back you up if somebody doesn’t show up.”

So far in the 2016-17 season, WKU boasts a 14-5 record (6-1 C-USA) and

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