November 10, 2016

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WKU professor to elect president Students

encounter polling confusion

BY JACOB DICK HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU As students and residents of Bowling Green come out to the polls to vote for their favorite candidate, they are actually voting for or against one of WKU’s professors.

Scott Lasley, political science professor and chair of the Warren County Republican Party, is also one of Kentucky’s electors in the electoral college. When Kentucky voters make their decision for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, they are actually deciding on which slate of electors will decide how the state’s eight electoral votes are cast.

This is the first time Lasley has been selected as an elector, a position he says is once in a lifetime.

“It’s an honor you usually only get once, if you’re lucky,” Lasley said.

Lasley has been a professor at WKU for 15 years and has been a chair of the Warren County Republican party since 2010. He said the local chapter hasn’t changed much in the six years he has been chair, but

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started to have candidates run against Jody Richards, which is good for elections,” Lasley said, referring

Roommates Brian Wiech and Brandon Killian were told they had to vote at two different polling locations, despite living in the same room.

Buckner freshman Conner Hounshell and LaGrange sophomore Kara Lowry drove the roommates from McCormack Hall to vote. The two were volunteering with the Student Government Association and Ride to Vote, driving students on campus to polling locations in Warren County. The two drove Wiech and Killian, along with their friend Thomas Conti, to vote on Tuesday.

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Political science professor Scott Lasley mingles with attendees during the republican viewing party on Tuesday at the Republican Party of Warren County Headquarters. Lesley is the chair of the Republican Party of Warren County. Mhari Shaw/ he has seen growth in numbers and enthusiasm.

“We continue to grow in terms of Republican’s registered, and we’ve

Ransdell casts vote at Big Red precinct

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A little bit of rain didn’t keep President Gary Ransdell and his wife Julie Ransdell away from the polls Tuesday morning as they exercised their right to vote.

The Ransdells voted this morning at the Big Red precinct, along with many WKU students.

“I love standing in line with mostly students,” Gary Ransdell said.

“That’s impressive and encouraging, and I hope they make a difference in the local, state and national elections — our students and every other collection of students across America, but particularly here.”

Ransdell said he has voted in every local, state and national election since he was old enough to do so. He said since generations of men and women had fought to ensure our nation’s rights, citizens have a responsibility to take advantage of their voting rights.

“That’s why it’s important, and it may be one of the most distinguishing elements of our democracy — the right to vote and to vote your choice,” he said.

Gary Ransdell recalled his most memorable election being even before he could vote: the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960.

“That was a pretty turbulent time in the late ‘60s, early ‘70s, when there was a lot of youth speaking their mind across our nation,” he said.

“This one has been a crazy election — a lot of unfortunate dynamics on both sides, and I think that’s put our nation in a uncomfortable position, but a winner will emerge today, and we’ll move forward as a democracy,” he said.

Sharon Campshure, of Woodburn, reacts to the election results Tuesday at the Warren County Democratic party headquarters. Matt Lunsford/HERALD

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“It’s good to be home,” Rand Paul said as he addressed the crowd at his last rally for the 2016 election. Paul was joined by his wife, Kelly, Paul, who accompanied him to all eight rallies he held across the state on Monday. Jennifer King/HERALD

Ezra Rodriguez, 2, of Bowling Green leans on his mother, Ana Rodriguez’s hip as she casts her vote on Tuesday at Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School. Ebony Cox/HERALD

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Voters disappointed, unable to vote in city

BY CHRIS DIMEO HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Sonia Lenk has taught Spanish at WKU since 2003. At that time, the land on either side of Three Springs Road was mostly occupied by corn fields and small rural communities.

It was well outside the Bowling Green city limits.

However, Bowling Green has expanded continuously outward since then. Now, most of this land is made up of an increasing number of new housing developments.

Developments like Sutherland Farms, where Lenk and her family now live.

Lenk considers herself to be a resident of Bowling Green, which is why she was surprised when she was unable to vote like a resident this Tuesday.

Those living in the heart of the city cast ballots with names for president, U.S. Congress, Bowling Green Independent Schools board members, mayor and city commissioners. However, the ballot Lenk filled out only had the names of the national and state candidates and the non-partisan Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors.

This is because Lenk’s neighborhood is not within city limits and therefore, she and her neighbors cast Warren County ballots. However,

the polling location, only minutes from her house, was within sight of the boundary line of city limits.

More importantly to Lenk, though, is the fact that she works within city limits at WKU and pays income tax on her salary that goes to the city.

According to Lenk, income taxes on Bowling Green workers are the largest source of funding for city functions.

“We work in the city, we just live on the outskirts of the city, but [local politics] affects our lives and what we do,” she said. “Of course we would like to have a say in the local representatives.”

Lenk and her husband, Nelson Holzapfel, do not pay city taxes on their home; however, and voting precincts are determined by location of residence.

“If we don’t pay to the city, we don’t have [a] vote,” Holzapfel said. “And that’s okay.”

Lenk, on the other hand, disagrees. “[City funding] mostly comes from salaries, so if you work in the city, you’re paying taxes,” she said. “You’re contributing to whatever is being done.”

According to Forbes magazine, Bowling Green ranks number 33 out of 200 U.S. cities for its job growth, with a projected job growth rate of 2.2 percent. The Kentucky Data Center has predicted the population within Warren County will grow about 39.4 percent from what it was in 2000 to

Image from Google Maps. what it will be 2030.

The result of this growth is an outward expansion of the city’s suburbs, an expansion into areas like Lenk’s neighborhood. That means more and more people have and will move to the outskirts of Bowling Green, while still working in the city.

Like Lenk and Holzapfel, these people will not be able to vote for city commissioners or mayor, even though the decisions made by these officials could affect their workplaces.

Lenk said she would prefer to have city limits expanded and pay city property taxes in order to be able to vote for city offices.

“We are here because of the city, because Bowling Green is the city we belong to,” Holzapfel said.

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Students protest presidential election results

BY KATHRYN ZIESIG HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A small group of local Democratic protesters took to the streets of Bowling Green on Wednesday afternoon to protest the presidential election of Donald Trump.

“A lot of us were devastated last night with the results,” senior Briana Phillips said. “We wanted to come out here and stand in solidarity with those who may feel like there’s no hope after this.”

The group started its protest at the Warren County Justice Center and marched to Fountain Square Park, where the group remained for the rest of the protest.

Charles Martinez, a 20-year-old local artist, along with the other protestors held signs displaying their feelings about Trump and personal concerns.

“As a queer male, a queer American citizen, I have to just really stand

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to the incumbent Democrat Speaker Pro Tempore in the House who has represented Kentucky’s 20th District since 1976. “It’s hard to have a functioning democracy when candidates have been running unopposed.”

Previously, Lasley has been an advisor for College Republicans and said his parents were campaign man-

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Continued from FRONT Hounshell and Lowry recounted what happened when they drove Wiech and Killian to vote after arriving back on campus.

“They went earlier to [W.R. McNeill Elementary], but one of them was told they had to vote at BG Tow-

up and represent our people and everyone regardless of your sexual orientation, nationality, whatever, we’re all Americans,” Martinez said.

The group was approached by a couple of Trump supporters who wanted to talk to the group and voice their own opinions. Donna Crawford, a Bowling Green resident and Trump supporter, was one of the citizens to personally approach the group.

“I don’t know where this country is going and it’s going to be interesting to see,” Crawford said. “Hillary just really scared me, but I know they’re saying they’re really scared of Trump.”

Crawford said she decided to cast her vote based on which candidate better fit her own personal beliefs and hopes that both parties can come together, tolerate the other’s opinions and find a civil common ground.

“I hope these people know that they’re loved and somebody actually cares what they’re going through, and I know they didn’t believe that,”

A group of protestors walk through Fountain Square Park in downtown Bowling Green holding up anti-Trump signs to passing cars and people in the area on Wednesday “I’ve been told over and over that I need to love this country because I’m from here, but it’s hard to when the country doesn’t love you back,” Bowling Green senior Briana Phillips said. Kathryn Ziesig/HERALD Crawford said after talking with the protestors.

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agers for state representative candidates in Minnesota.

He was selected as an elector at a district convention where the nominating committee voted on candidates for their slate of electors. Lasley said a candidate was selected for each congressional district and two candidates were voted on to represent state-wide.

Electors in Kentucky are supposed

to vote according to the popular vote of the state, but there are no laws aside from a fine to prevent an elector from voting otherwise, known as a “faithless elector.” Lasley said he believed the electors would vote according to their state, but there are always chances for surprises, with reports of electors like Robert Satiacum of Washington claiming he wouldn’t vote for Clinton.

Lasley and his fellow electors will meet with the rest of the electoral college to cast their votes for President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 19, when the president will officially be elected.

ers,” Hounshell said.

“His roommate assumed they’d be voting at the same place,” Lowry said.

“Then when we went to BG Towers, he couldn’t vote,” Hounshell said.

Hounshell and Lowry then drove the roommates to their two different polling locations, but said they didn’t understand how they could have two different voting locations.

“There’s no way they could be districted differently,” Hounshell said.

“Yeah,” Lowry added. “They live in the same room.”

Additionally, Conti experienced confusion when voting. Conti, who lived in BG Towers and had voted earlier in the day, had to vote at McNeill.

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“Their friend lived in BG Towers, but he voted at McNeill,” Hounshell said. “He had to walk to McNeil from BG Towers.”

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University faculty, staff lacks diversity

BY EMMA COLLINS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU When Saundra Ardrey steps down as department head of political science, WKU will lose one of its only two African American department heads.

Ardrey, who has been department head of the political science department for 12 years, was the only African American department head for several years before Harold Little, department head of accounting, was hired this semester. Both Little and Ardrey are some of the few minority faculty members who work at the university.

Ardrey, who is also the director of the African American Studies Program, said since her time at WKU, she has seen the diversity among faculty members change. When she started at the university in 1988, she said there were very few African American faculty members. Since then, the numbers have fluctuated.

“I have seen the number increase and decrease, you know, there’s an ebb and a flow,” Ardrey said.

According to the 2016 WKU Factbook, the number of minority facul-

sional develop for minority faculty members who are tenure eligible. In addition, Miller said WKU attends a special conference where there are many minority Ph.D. students.

“We attend that conference every year to try to recruit some of those individuals to apply for some of our open positions here on our campus,” Miller said. “We target specifically minority Ph.Ds.” Miller said WKU’s initiatives have had varying degrees of success.

“Some of them have been very successful, and some programs have been marginally successful, but there has been an ongoing targeted focus in terms of faculty recruitment to try to recruit minority faculty,” Miller said.

Ardrey said she believes WKU’s programs can be successful; however, it is not enough to just recruit minority faculty members. The university must also be able to retain them. Ardrey said the individual departments play a large role in these retention rates.

“I think they can be successful, but it still gets back to the personal that we can invite you here, recruit you, pay you a competitive salary and then put you in a department that is

Those detractors are not anti-diversity, they just don’t see that there’s any need for it .”

Political science professor Saundra Ardrey ty and staff members had been increasing; however, since 2012, that number has steadily declined. In 2012, 16.8 percent of WKU’s faculty and staff were members of minority groups. In 2015, that percentage dropped to 14.2 percent. At the same time, the percentage of minority students rose from 21.1 percent in 2012 to 24 percent in 2015.

Ardrey said a lack of diversity among faculty members has negative consequences for the university.

Primarily white departments may affect the university’s ability to retain minority faculty members.

“It is very hard to be in a department where you are the only anything,” Ardrey said.

Richard Miller, vice provost for policies and personnel, said WKU has a number of policies in place to encourage departments to hire people of color. He said the university has special funds set aside to hire minority post-doctoral fellows. There are also resources to provide profes-

not welcoming,” Ardrey said.

Ardrey said new minority faculty members need to be treated similarly to their white counterparts. Ardrey said many times minority faculty members who are new are left feeling invisible. Older faculty members need to make an effort to mentor the newer members by inviting them to attend faculty get-togethers and participate in research.

Miller said the environment plays a large role in the recruitment and retention of minority faculty. He said potential faculty members need to feel welcome in both the WKU community and the Bowling Green community.

“All these things add into a decision as to whether or not a minority faculty would consider WKU as a potential place to work,” Miller said.

Ardrey also said the environment was an important component. She said it is hard for a single person to move to Bowling Green because the city is small and does not offer a wide range of diverse activities. If a new

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faculty member moves to Bowling Green with his or her family, then that faculty member automatically has a support system. Ardrey said if a single person moves to Bowling Green, then he or she does not have that same support.

In addition to negatively impacting WKU, Ardrey said a lack of diversity among faculty members is also detrimental to WKU students.

Ardrey said students of color benefit from being taught by faculty members of color because the students are able to relate better to minority faculty members. She said many African American students have told her they often feel invisible in classes taught by Caucasian faculty members because they are rarely called on. Ultimately, Ardrey said this lack of diversity can impact retention and graduation rates of minority students.

Ardrey said the lack of diversity among university faculty has impacted her time at WKU. When she started in 1988, Ardrey was the only African American and one of only two women in the political science department. When she first started working at the university, her was office was located on the second floor of Grise Hall with the social work faculty members instead of on the third floor with the political science department.

Her office on the second floor was across from the office of another African American faculty member. Together, the two women formed the Association of African American Faculty, which had meetings and social events for African American faculty members.

As one of the only African American department heads, Ardrey said it has often fallen to her to make sure diversity is prioritized. She said many of the other department heads do not always have diversity at the forefront of their minds.

“If that’s not a part of your life or a part of your regular routine, sometimes you forget how important it is to have diversity in your department,” Ardrey said.

Ardrey said there are a number of non-minority faculty members currently on campus who are very supportive of increasing diversity and helping minority students. At the same time, there are also some people who do not understand the need to prioritize diversity.

“Those detractors are not anti-diversity, they just don’t see that there’s any need for it,” she said.

Ardrey had several suggestions for how to increase the recruitment and retention of minority faculty members. She suggested offering more competitive salaries and giving minority faculty members leadership positions early on. She said WKU also needs to continue to encourage departments to hire minority faculty members.

Miller said the university recognizes the need for diversity and plans to continue recruiting minority faculty members.

“It’s an extremely important responsibility of the institution given the fact that the demographics are changing among our student populations, and we are much more diverse now than we have been in the past,” Miller said.

Despite the fluctuation of diversity among faculty members, Ardrey said her time at WKU has been enjoyable. Ardrey said she has enjoyed her colleagues and the students she has been able to work with.

“Despite all of the problems we have at Western, it has, for me, been a good place to work,” Ardrey said.

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After the election, where do we go from here?

By Taylor Huff

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wo days after the election and it’s safe to bet what everyone is talking about. Burrito Bowl’s convenient new weekend hours!

Yeah, right. The FBI has a better chance of finding something newsworthy in Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Speaking of Clinton, she will not be the first female president of the United States. After months of bitter campaigning, Donald Trump, a man endorsed by the KKK (remember them?), grabbed America by the youknow-what and became our 45th president. Let that sink in.

For those Americans disappointed in the results of the election, you might blame the influx of votes for third party candidate Gary Johnson, FBI Director James Comey’s last minute re-opening of what was a closed case or a poor campaigning strategy on the part of Hillary Clinton’s camp.

Rather than focusing on what may

have led to this series of unfortunate events, it may benefit us to examine what this election revealed about us. It shows that the American people are fed up with the status-quo of politics. It shows that enough Americans are desperate enough to vote for someone who has praised foreign dictators while insulting our own leader for the sake of wanting something different.

At the same time, this entire election has exposed the deep divisions, particularly in regards to race, that still plague this country. I think above all else, it shows that Clinton is the worst at rigging elections. Jokes don’t even feel the same after Tuesday night’s result.

Whether you are overjoyed or devastated by Tuesday night’s results, the people have spoken, and Trump will be our Commander-in-Chief for the next four years starting on Friday, Jan. 20. But one man does not define all of us. Despite who is in charge, we all still have the ability to love and re-

spect one another regardless of race, sexual orientation, class or religion.

We all still have the choice to not buy into the hateful rhetoric that has marred both campaigns. It seems that with a Republican president and majority in Congress, the country is going to look more conservative over the next presidential term. The real question will be if Trump, and all the people he has insulted, can still move past everything and make compromises that will make the United States a stronger and more welcoming country for all.

For many of us, today is a sigh of relief in that it’s all finally over. But for many, these results could have a devastating impact on their livelihoods. If there is any encouragement I could offer, it’s that there are still people in this country who love you and want to help protect the rights you have fought so hard for.

All I can think to ask now is, where do we go from here?

COMMENTARY

A failed press, other disappointments of the election

BY ANDREW HENDERSON HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU Donald Trump became the president-elect early Wednesday morning. I guess the election wasn’t rigged?

Let me start off by saying I’m not upset because Trump won and my candidate of choice didn’t.

I’m disappointed a man waltzed under the banner of the Republican party and soiled it with a brand of nationalism and hate.

I’m hurt so many of my friends tell me they’re scared. Not for one second do I think they’re exaggerating either.

I’m fearful for the decisions this administration could enact. Decisions that would have a profound impact on marginalized peoples.

I’m not saying Trump will usher in a complete end of the United States.

Another half of the country would have thought the same had Hillary Clinton won.

But a candidate campaigned on dividing us along lines of class, race, education and ethnicity and people were okay with that. Those people

too were afraid for different reasons; they may not have been right in your book, but they were afraid all the same.

What may be among my biggest disappointments from this election, however, is the role the press failed to play.

Poynter released answers, and grades from journalists from different publications about how the 2016 campaign had changed political journalism.

Some of the grades were drawn along lines of broadcast, online and print sources. Tracie Powell, founder of All Digitocracy, gave cable and broadcast news an F, “many online news outlets” a D- and “newspapers in general” a B-.

However, Jeff Jarvis, director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, with his overall grade of D is most telling.

“The job of journalism is to inform the public,” Jarvis wrote to Poynter.

“The candidacy of Donald Trump and the quality of political discourse is evidence of our failure. That should be no surprise given that we devote

most [of our] journalistic resources to predicting races, not to informing voters.”

As the election dragged on we became more and more reliant with the gospel word of polling, and as evidenced by Trump’s win, those polls were ultimately useless.

So then the question becomes, where does the press go from here?

The biggest lesson for journalists to learn, according to editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune Emily Ramshaw, is learning how little journalists understand or relate to the American public.

In a similar vein, the biggest lesson to take is that reporters cannot ignore race, class, ethnicity or education. This year’s electorate was the most diverse in U.S. history, according to Pew Research Center. The exit polls show just how divided this election was along those lines.

According to CNN exit polls, white voters overwhelmingly went to Trump, 58 percent, and non-white voters overwhelmingly went to Clinton, 74 percent. 51 percent of those with an education of high school or

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Yet, in the midst of all this, journalists failed to cover communities of different backgrounds. In instances where Trump received the majority white vote we can see the intersection of race, class and education. But we didn’t try to find the nuance in any of that.

It’s time to hit the road running with these conversations and stories and becoming a voice for different communities. For Muslims, Hispanics, LGBT, African-Americans, disabled folks, immigrants and everyone who has long been given the shaft. Journalists cannot afford to ignore the voices of those we consider to be the “other,” especially when these groups are as fearful and vulnerable as they are now.

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With only a few days left before the election, Brian “Slim” Nash took time off of work to set up a yard sign on Nov. 4 along Nashville Road. While some candidates have managers and volunteers, Nash has run his campaign almost entirely on his own.

mr. Commissioner RIGHT: Nash, 46, of Terre Haute, Indiana, teaches a Junior Achievement class on Oct. 31 at Rich Pond Elementary School. Over the past few weeks Nash has been teaching kindergartners about the relationship among families, neighborhoods and businesses.

BELOW: Nash anxiously waits for the election results to be announced on the evening of Nov. 8 at the Warren County Clerk’s Office. “I have worked as hard in this election as I have in anything,” Nash said.

photo story by brook joyner Growing up, Brian “Slim” Nash was interested in politics but never imagined becoming involved in it. During this election cycle Nash ran for his fifth term on the City Commission of Bowling Green after losing the election in 2012 and withdrawing from the race in 2014 due to his daughter’s health. Even though he has not been on the board in four years, he has continued to contribute to the community by working in foster care, volunteering with the Kiwanis Club, assisting his daughter with her project to help the homeless, as well as other volunteer work. “I think we all have an obligation to participate in our community,” Nash said.

On Tuesday, Nash became the only non-incumbent to be elected to the City Commission. He hopes to make local government more transparent when considering the issues and interacting with the public. “I really want to be the person who helps the citizen get from government what they need,” Nash said. “I’m not for big government or for small government, I’m for effective government.”

Nash celebrates as the final results for City Commission are announced. He came in third place with 10.9 percent of the votes and was the only non-incumbent to win one of the four city commission spots.

Nash’s girlfriend, Amelia Blubaugh, his mother, Linda Miller, and his daughter, Presley Nash look on as he gives his first interview after being elected to City Commission on Nov. 8. Nash refused to comment to reporters until the results were final.

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Intercultural cafe formed by local women

BY MEGAN COLE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

Clouds of smoke drifting from the kitchen formed a haze in a meeting room of the Neighborhood and Community Services Center last Thursday evening as women trickled into the room for the Bowling Green Women’s Intercultural Café’s last meeting of the year, dishes of food familiar to their country in hand.

“It’s like we’re in a real home,” Nancy Lindsey said, one of the women who helped form the Women’s Intercultural Café.

Lindsey also helped establish a similar group in Detroit for women in the city called Operation Hope.

“It was right after the riots in Detroit,” Lindsey said. “It was really bad there with race relations, so a group of women came together and started an organization like this one, and I learned so much.”

When her husband received a job with General Motors, they moved from Michigan to Bowling Green.

Lindsey said she quickly realized the community needed a place for people to come together and build a greater understanding of who people are individually.

“We hope for women to come together and build relationships,” Lindsey said. “So many wonderful women are in this city, and already there have been so many wonderful relationships formed.”

Mersiha Omic, a member of the Café, moved with her husband to Bowling Green nine years ago from Bosnia to work at the Islamic center where her husband is the priest, or Imam. They moved here when a large number of Bosnian refugees came.

While they weren’t refugees themselves, they did move because of the war in their country.

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National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore spoke at Van Meter Hall about his experience and work with documenting endangered species around the world. “Do something meaningful to your life, do something that matters to you,” Sartore said. “Move the needle to make people care.” Tyger Williams/HERALD

ANIMAL AWARENESS national geographic photographer speaks in bowling green

BY MILES SCHROADER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Students packed Van Meter Auditorium Monday evening for the third and final Cultural Enhancement Series event hosted this semester, welcoming National Geographic photographer and conservationist Joel Sartore.

Sartore has worked for National Geographic for more than 26 years and has taken photos of more than 6,000 species. His goal is to take pictures of every living species. He said he takes about 30,000 to 40,000 pictures of every eight-week assignment, and only about one out of every 1,000 gets published.

“The fear of not working for National Geographic will give you the motivation to sit 20 feet from a bear,” Sartore said during his presentation.

Sartore credits his passion for wildlife to his parents. He said going out with his mother and father made him really appreciate nature and everything that lives in it.

Many WKU students may be familiar with Sartore’s photos, as some of his amphibian projects are displayed in Mass Media Hall on the first floor.

“I was inspired to do it because I see that amphibians are in real trouble,” Sartore said. “People don’t even know that they exist, much less that they are in trouble, and in danger of extinction.

So I figured we could put them on blank background and make people look in their eyes and maybe they’ll care.”

This is the theme of Sartore’s Photo Ark projects. He believes putting a picture of the animal on a blank white or black background and having them look at the camera will create of more

personal effect to the people, causing them to want to help out with animals becoming extinct.

“Fifty percent of what I’ve shown tonight could be gone by 2100,” Sartore said. “But most could be saved if people helped. I think people would help if they knew about the problem, so it’s about education for me. How do we get it across to the public and make them care that these animals becoming extinct could one day become us?”

“I think after this I’m going to have a greater awareness of what’s going on with the extinction crisis,” 39-year-old Bowling Green resident April Eastman said. “You read about it in the papers, but when you get an up-close experience with someone who’s seen it, it really makes you think.”

Sartore also spoke about what the average person could do to help the

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National novel project brings writers together

BY EMMA AUSTIN HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Every November, professional authors and aspiring writers come together for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, an annual project aimed at motivating writers to write at least 50,000 words in one month.

This year, John Bowers, director of academic technology and Bowling Green’s National Novel Writing Month municipal liaison, contacted WKU Libraries Literary Outreach Coordinator Sara Volpi to host NaNoWriMo write-in events on campus.

“It’s good practice just to get in a writing habit if you’ve always wanted to,” Volpi said. “Some people write short stories during this time or work on something they’ve already written.

I think the most important part is just writing.”

Several bestselling novels have been written during NaNoWriMo, including Sara Gruen’s “Water for Elephants” and Erin Morgenstern’s “The Night Circus.”

Bowers has been participating in NaNoWriMo for the past three years, and reached the 50,000-word goal last year. The project is an opportunity to get together with other writers, he said.

“Writers are interesting people,” Bowers said. “Everybody has a story to tell, so we really encourage people to, you know, if they’ve got a whim, just give it a try.”

Bowers said NaNoWriMo motivates

Esther French, 44, a creative writing major at WKU, writes during a “Come Write-In” event for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The goal for this event is to get writers to write 50,000 words by November 30. “Writing is thinking on paper,” French said. Kelsea Hobbs/HERALD writers to write quickly, which prevents writer’s block.

“You just sort of have to keep pushing forward,” Bovers said. “Getting blocked is one of the most common and most awful things that happens to a writer.”

Participants often come to the writein events with questions and to receive

help, Volpi said.

“That’s the whole point of trying to bring people together in one space,” Volpi said. “Writing’s such a singular event; most of the time people are by themselves. NaNoWriMo’s kind of a way to get everyone together for a month at least.”

Bowling Green resident Alex Smith,

27, came to the write-in event last Wednesday at Cravens Graduate Center and Library to work on his current writing project. This year he will make his fifth attempt at reaching the 50,000 word count, which he has yet to do.

“Part of it is just the people and the shared effort that we’re all in this to-

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extinction problem. He believes consumerism plays a larger role than most people think. He said it could be as simple as driving a car with less gas mileage, using energy efficient lightbulbs or even changing a diet consisting of red meats to more home grown vegetables and fish.

“One thing I took away from this cultural event is that everyone has a part to play in conserving the environment,

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“It’s been really refreshing to hear new ideas and opinions and be in a welcoming atmosphere,” Omic said.

Omic said one of her favorite things about the Women’s Intercultural Café is it truly is intercultural and it’s also intergenerational, so participants learning from people who are older than them.

Stephanie Crabtree is another woman who was first on-board with the establishment and vision casting for the Intercultural Café.

“The very first time we met was at the library by campus,” Crabtree said.

“Our first official meeting was this April 2016, so this is really new.”

Crabtree said the format of the gath-

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gether,” Smith said. “50,000 words, I think 1,667 every day, that’s a lot, so we’re all feeling the pressure. It brings people together who already have a common interest.”

This month, Smith is working on a novel he hopes to complete by the end of NaNoWriMo. “The main character is sort of a lon-

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the parks, and the nature around us,” Akron, Ohio, sophomore Francis Wilson said. “Sometimes it’s pretty simple to do so.”

When wrapping his presentation, Sartore commented on what types of policies could be implemented by countries to help; he believes countries should set aside big wilderness areas to preserve animals. He also gave advice for what he believes people could decide to do with their lives to address the concern.

“Never doubt that a small group can

change the world,” Sartore advised, “It’s impossible to change the entire world, but worry about the world; do something that matters to you.”

“What I found most informative and inspiring was his message about finding one specific thing and making that your passion and trying to make a difference through that, rather than trying to change the whole world,” Des Moines, Iowa junior Lily Nellans said.

Some upcoming projects Sartore plans on working on are rare birds in Verona, Italy, rare stream fish in Cali-

fornia and a rodent called the Amargosa Vole.

Sartore concluded by addressing his concerns for the future. He is concerned people are becoming too focused on what’s going on in the celebrity world and less nature oriented.

“If we can’t figure out how to get the next generation involved in nature again, it’s game over,” Sartore said.

erings are either a panel or a dialogue modeled after the World Café.

“The World Café is where we have a topic and get to discuss that topic,” Crabtree said. “It isn’t about teaching, it’s more about getting to know each other and where we come from.”

Thursday’s meeting included a panel of women in the community who told stories of themselves and how they came to Bowling Green.

Omic, who was on the speaking panel, said she feels most comfortable and very welcomed here in Bowling Green.

“In some places it seems like when people see me as a Muslim woman, they scream and I’m just like ‘Here I am!’,” Omic said during the panel, receiving a response of laughter from the

room.

Omic said she had seen more horror situations in her home country as opposed to living in Bowling Green, where she had experienced very few incidents during her nine years of living here.

Omic said one thing she is proud of is being the wife of her husband, and part of that role is familiarizing people with their culture.

She shared one specific situation where she told a group of elementary school children at the Mosque they could ask her anything he or she wanted to.

“A little boy pointed to my hijab and asked if I showered with it on,” Omic said. Again, laughter erupted.

“Fear is rooted in the unfamiliar,”

Omic said. “We are afraid and make assumptions of the things in which we do not know.”

Omic continued on to express her love for America.

“As Americans, I would love to tell you that I truly appreciate the freedom that you have here,” Omic said.

“All over the world people are suffering from the lack of having basic rights.”

Crabtree said they would love to invite women to come and experience having relationships with people from different cultures.

“We would love to see students come to meet the people here and get to know them,” Crabtree said.

er, a shut-in; he’s cut off from society,” Smith said, describing his working novel. “In the beginning he has a lot of rationalization about why this has happened to him. The novel kind of explores his reintegration with the wider society and how he starts looking at his own problems to improve himself.”

Smith said the idea is based on someone he knows, though he “probably won’t tell him that.”

Even if NaNoWriMo participants

fail to reach the word count, Smith believes everyone can benefit from trying. “[Writing] is one of the only things that I can find to voluntarily do that challenges and stimulates my mind,” Smith said. “Once you finish school it’s up to you to challenge yourself.”

Volpi believes writing is a skill everyone can benefit from developing.

“When you sit down and try to write it all out, you really have to kind of sit

back and think more instead of just spouting off something,” Volpi said.

“Sometimes I feel like if people just sat back and took a breath and wrote down what they want to say instead of just spouting off the first thing that came to mind, you know, we might all get along a little better.”

Reporter Miles Schroader can be reached at 270-745-2655 and miles. schroader178@topper.wku.edu.

Reporter Megan Cole can be reached at 270-745-2655 and megan.cole775@ topper.wku.edu.

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one of the 10 best lineman in the nation as well.

While it is obvious to both scouts and myself that Lamp and Taylor possess NFL talent, I think both players should be drafted higher in next year’s draft than their current projections suggest.

First off, I will begin with Lamp who I think is incredibly underrated. The main problem scouts seems to have with is with his height.

Most left tackles in the NFL usually measure around 6’5 or 6’6 and Lamp is listed on WKU’s roster as 6’6. This will most likely cause Lamp to go through a position change from tackle to guard.

Position changes can be tough, especially at the highest level of the sport, but Lamp’s dominance through this season has been impressive.

Just look at his performance against the Crimson Tide back in September. Against the most impressive defense in the nation Lamp regularly shut down oncoming pass rushers and opened up passing lanes.

Of course Lamp has completely obliterated C-USA defenses, but it’s that performance against the University of Alabama which scouts will be looking at from now until draft time.

Things are looking a bit better for Taylor. Wide receiver is a position that most NFL teams feast on in the draft. That’s why he is projected to go in the fifth round while being the 22nd ranked receiver.

Taylor is also doing very well statistically as he is third in the nation in receiving yards and seventh in the nation in receiving touchdowns.

The Toppers will most likely have four more games left to play in the season so Taylor’s numbers are going to be very desirable by scouts.

His numbers, however, are not what makes him the best NFL prospect on this team. Taylor’s wide receiving skill set is world-class with his play-making ability, athleticism and dependable hands.

I think Taylor has third-round talent, but time will only tell for him and Lamp as major scouting events like the Senior Bowl and the Scouting Combine are still on the horizon.

While there are other Toppers on the team who are also being looked at by NFL scouts, it’s obvious to me that Lamp and Taylor are the ones with the most pro talent.

They deserve to be rated higher, but the good news is there is still plenty of time for these talented athletes to prove their worth.

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Continued from SPORTS “I really think it’s his character,” Wales said of Brohm’s ability to extract as much as possible from the offense. “Coach Brohm is a coach that you love playing for. Why wouldn’t you want to go out there and score touchdowns for this man?”

Wales isn’t the only one who will potentially be

Redshirt senior offensive lineman Forrest Lamp (76) blocks Middle Tennessee defensive tackle Raynard Felton (97) during the first half of the WKU v MTSU football game on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Kathryn Ziesig/HERALD

playing his last game in Smith Stadium on Saturday.

Taylor, another main cog in Brohm’s prolific system, says it’ll be “bittersweet” on Saturday, but mentioned staying focused on the task at hand is the only thing he’s worried about.

“We’re feeling good,” Taylor said. “We won these past few games but we know that North Texas is

going to come in swinging at us because we have a target on our backs, so we just want to come in for these seniors — it’s my last game here and it’s bittersweet — and for all of us and we want to come in and go out with a win for our last home game.”

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now he has to play point guard on both ends,” Stansbury said. “It’ll never be lack of effort. He’s one of those guys that’ll give you everything he’s got. I don’t expect him to score 29 points.”

Lomomba was able to take advantage of the smaller guards that were guarding him all night and take his game inside to score.

“Junior is a big, strong guy,” Stansbury said. “He can take advantage of some cats inside. He’s a straight line driver; he can create some fouls and he is strong enough to finish around that rim some.”

Senior forward Ben Lawson finished with a double-double performance once again with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Stansbury thought he had a good game but would like to see more from a player his size.

“Good solid performance, need more from him [Ben],” Stansbury said. “I want more from him around that rim. He catches that ball in traffic ... go through somebody, dunk on somebody.”

The Toppers edged out the Panthers by a final score of 103-97 in double overtime.

The game may have been closer than many of the WKU fans may have liked, but the team sees it as a growing experience.

“I think it’s help us build a team chemistry, us gutting it out just brings us closer,” Thomas said.

Lomomba stressed for the team to be successful this season the whole team needs to be involved.

“We are gonna need everybody’s contribution. I think some of the young guys came in and gave us some good minutes,” Lomomba said.

“I think it’s gonna have to be a team effort every night.”

The Toppers will kick off the regular season with Alabama State University this Saturday, in Diddle Arena at 7 p.m.

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Senior wide receiver Nicholas Norris (15) attempts to stiff arm FIU cornerback Xavier Hines (27) while running with the ball during the Hilltoppers’ 49-21 win over FIU on Saturday at Smith Stadium. Jeff Brown/HERALD

senior send-off

BY EVAN HEICHELBECH

WKU ready for showdown with North Texas

HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU After picking up its seventh win of the season last week against Florida International University, the WKU football team (7-3, 5-1 Conference USA) is rolling into its final home game of the season with a one-game lead in the C-USA East division as the Hilltoppers prepare to take on North Texas on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

The Mean Green (4-5, 2-3 C-USA) are currently on a two-game skid, but Head Coach Jeff Brohm continues to preach to his team the “one-game season” philosophy that has gotten the Hilltoppers back to the top of the conference thanks to a fourgame winning streak.

“It’s very pivotal for us,” senior wide receiver Taywan Taylor said. “We know we still have everything on the line and we still control our own destiny at this point. We just want to come in and look at every game as a business trip and take it one game at a time like coach Brohm says.”

The last time the two teams met in 2015, WKU ran away with it in the first half, defeating the Mean Green 55-28 in Denton, Texas. With improvements from UNT on both sides of the ball, however, this year’s contest figures to be a bit more competitive.

“On offense they’re going to spread us out somewhat similar to Middle Tennessee and La. Tech and get the ball on the perimeter, run the quarterback some,” Head Coach Brohm said. “Those are all things that have been challenging to our defense this year and the past, so we’ve got to prepare for that, and it’ll be a good challenge for us.”

One thing Brohm and quarterbacks coach Brian Brohm both mentioned was the speed and complexity that the Mean Green pass defense plays with.

“They give a lot of pressures,” Brian Brohm said.

“They bring a pressure about 30 percent of the time so it’s going to be a challenge for our line and quarterback to get the ball out of his hands.”

UNT gives up just 208 passing yards per game, but also cedes over 200 yards rushing on average to its opponents — something that did not fare

well for the Mean Green in last year’s meeting with the Hilltoppers.

Redshirt senior running back Anthony “Ace” Wales ran for 193 rushing yards and two touchdowns in last year’s meeting, and has found his groove as of late, rushing for over 354 yards and eight touchdowns in the last three games combined.

“We know a lot of people know that we want to go out there and throw the ball so when you can go out there and run the ball as well, it’s hard for defense to know what to do,” Wales said. “They don’t know whether to back people up or put people up front. We like to be diverse on offense.”

Wales has been a big reason why Jeff Brohm’s offense is reaching its full potential in the home stretch of the regular season schedule, as it has the past two seasons.

The senior starter is currently second in the nation with 17 rushing touchdowns, trailing only Louisville quarterback and Heisman frontrunner Lamar Jackson who has 19.

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NFL should Tops win in thriller, Alabama State up next be calling for the Hilltoppers

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BY JOHN REECER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU With just two games left for the Hilltoppers in the 2016 season, I want to take some focus off of WKU’s drive for a Conference USA championship.

Instead, I want to focus on the potential pro careers of two of the leaders for the Hilltoppers this season: redshirt senior offensive tackle Forrest Lamp and senior wide receiver Taywan Taylor.

Those two players are two of the most important pieces in WKU’s high-scoring offense, and they also happen to be the two best pro prospects on the team.

CBSsports.com currently has Taylor ranked as the 22nd best wide receiver in the nation along with a fifth round grade. The website also has Lamp ranked as the 19th ranked offensive guard with a seventh round grade.

At this point in the process, these are actually pretty positive grades for both prospects. Making it into the league through a school outside of the power-five conferences is never an easy thing to do.

However, the talent of these two athletes is already catching the eye of NFL scouts. Pro Football Focus has Lamp ranked as the highest rated offensive tackle in the nation and

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On Saturday night the Toppers faced off against NCAA Division II powerhouse. Kentucky Wesleyan College.

The game was wire to wire and came down to a photo finish ending in double overtime, highlighted by a buzzer-beating three-point shot in the first overtime by redshirt senior guard Pancake Thomas that tied the score at 98.

“Turn around, throw in a three pointer at the buzzer, you know that’s basketball,” Head Coach Rick Stansbury said. “So many times it’s not about what you draw up it’s about guys making basketball plays is what the game is about.”

After the game, Thomas said he still didn’t know how the shot went in but he was glad it did. Thomas finished with 24 points, five assists and five rebounds in the game.

“I just was trying to rush to get it off,” Thomas said. “By the grace of God, it went in.”

After the game, Stansbury joked he shouldn’t have let his longtime friend and KWC Head Coach Happy Osborne talk him into playing against the Panthers.

Stansbury saw a lot of things from his team that they need to improve on. Defending the dribble is something he would like to see his team get better at as well as communicating on the court.

“We have to get better in so many areas, the ability to concentrate, see things happen before it happens,” Stansbury said. “There is too many times we have a lack of concentration that leads to breakdowns. We gotta guard the dribble better.”

There were three WKU players

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, at Diddle Arena. Lomomba led the Hilltoppers with 29 points. Mike Clark/HERALD who played more than 45 minutes in the contest, which could have led to some breakdowns on the court late into the game.

“It felt like 60 [minutes],” Thomas said. “I was like, man, I’m ready to get this one over with. I love to play, but I’m ready to get this one over with.”

Bench production was an area of concern for the Hilltoppers on Saturday. Outside of the six players who earn major minutes, only four points were scored by the rest of the team against KWC. “We have to get some bench [players] ready to help us,” Stansbury said. “I’m playing some guys way too many minutes. We have to get some

guys developed that we can trust. I got three guys that played 45 minutes plus you just can’t have that.”

Redshirt senior guard Junior Lomomba is playing point guard for the first time in his collegiate career and showcased his ability to score the ball from the position in the matchup with the Panthers.

The Providence transfer finished with a team-high 29 points scoring in multiple ways and getting guys open for good shots.

“His [Junior] challenge is this: he’s been a three player all his life and now he has to play point guard on

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Pancake Thomas looks to lead Tops

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

Redshirt senior guard Pancake Thomas nailed a three in the waning seconds of the first overtime in WKU’s matchup against Kentucky Wesleyan College on Saturday, sending the game to a second overtime and asserting himself as a key player in the Hilltoppers’ rebuilt lineup.

Head Coach Rick Stansbury sees Thomas’ experience on the team as a positive. Stansbury has stressed even though he is new to the team, Thomas’ veteran status needs to be taken advantage of in terms of him being a leader on the court.

“It’s hard for a new guy sometimes, but he needs to understand that he’s not just new, but he’s a veteran on this team,” Stansbury said. “So he can’t look at it as being new, he can’t Redshirt senior guard Pancake Thomas (12) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a buzzer beater to send the game into second overtime during the Hilltoppers’ 103-97 double overtime win over Kentucky Wesleyan College on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Diddle Arena. Shaban Athuman/HERALD

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Lady Tops show talent in exhibition

BY SAM PORTER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

The WKU faithful got their first glimpse of the WKU women’s basketball team last Thursday when the Lady Toppers hosted Young Harris College in an exhibition game at Diddle Arena.

The preseason Conference USA favorites jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, cruising to a 98-51 victory against the Division II school from North Georgia.

Five different Lady Toppers scored in double figures, including University of Kentucky transfer and redshirt sophomore guard Jaycee Coe who led all scorers with 19 points SEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE C2 Senior guard Ima Akpan (20) dives for a loose ball against a couple of Young Harris College defenders during the Lady Toppers’ 98-51 win on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Diddle Arena. Jeff Brown/HERALD

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make that adjustment. He’s gotta give me that senior leadership.”

Stansbury wasn’t too excited the game had to go to double overtime, but he was very happy with the way Thomas handled the situation in the first overtime to knock down the three that tied the game at 98.

It was a specific situation as the Toppers were down three points, and they needed a three-point shot to force double-overtime. Anything less and KWC would have walked out of Diddle Arena victorious.

“He didn’t just make the shot the

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after shooting 6-10 from 3-point range.

Coe came off the bench with 7:02 to play in the first quarter. With the Lady Tops already nursing an early 11-1 lead, the former Wildcat drained her first three-point attempt in a Lady Topper uniform to extend the lead to 14-1.

“It felt great to finally get out there after a year and a half of not playing,” Coe said about her debut at WKU. “It was fun and it makes me excited for the next game. At first, I was a little nervous, but after I hit my first shot I just felt comfortable.”

Coe went on to hit two more threes in the first quarter as the Lady Tops built a 24-10 entering the second quarter.

After opening up the second quarter on a 16-2 run to make the score 36-12, Coe struck again from the three point line to extend the lead over the Mountain Lions to 27 points.

Shortly after, junior forward Tashia Brown’s bucket and the foul gave the

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other night, everybody remembers the shot but it’s how he made it,” Stansbury said. “A lot of guys would not have had the poise and the focus and concentration to have understood time and score.”

“A lot of guys would have just rebounded it and just scored it,” Stansbury continued “He had the presence about him to dribble it out behind that line and then be able to jump up and get it off.”

After the shot went through the hoop, Thomas was first met by fellow redshirt senior guard Junior Lomomba and freshman guard Tobias Howard on the court.

Both players embraced Thomas and celebrated with their teammate as he had hit the biggest shot of the Toppers’ very young season and saved the team from an embarrassing loss.

“No question when you do that everybody will gain some confidence from him with that but at the same time I need him doing it more and more,” Stansbury said.

Stansbury continues to rave about Thomas as the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native uses his work ethic, talent and his ability to make big plays to prove to his teammates he can be the go-to-guy at the end of close games.

Lady Tops a 42-14 lead with 5:48 to play in the first half.

After the two teams went back and forth, sophomore forward Kayla Smith hit a late three-pointer to give the Lady Tops a 51-25 halftime lead.

Redshirt senior guard Kendall Noble took her only shot in the first half which she missed. The defending

of different players on this team. She did a good job letting the new faces get a feel for the game. We had five players that were playing with us for the first time. I know Kendall wants them to be the best they can be.”

Early in the third quarter, Coe’s three pointer and free throw after being fouled, followed by Smith’s steal

It felt great to finally get out there after a year and a half of not playing.”

Redshirt Sophomore Guard Jaycee Coe C-USA player of the year finished 0-1 from the field with three rebounds and three assists.

“Everybody else got a lot of shots,” Head Coach Michelle Clark-Heard said about Noble going scoreless.

“That is just who Kendall is. I think she understands that there are a lot

and easy bucket extended the lead to 72-40.

Later in the quarter, freshman guard and former Miss Kentucky basketball Whitney Creech scored her first collegiate bucket to give the Lady Tops a 76-30 lead. The Lady Tops went on to cruise to win by a fi-

“He is one of our hardest workers, and he is learning to be more vocal because he’s learning what to do,” Stansbury said. “Sometimes you can’t talk cause you don’t understand yet. And it’s all new for him. He’s never had to practice as hard as we have to practice. Love his attitude, he’s a great kid, and he will get better and better as the year goes on as he gets more comfortable.”

Reporter Matthew Stewart can be reached at 270-745-6281 and matthew.stewart015@topper.wku.edu.

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nal score of 98-51.

For the season, the Lady Tops return their six top scorers from last year along with redshirt senior guard Micah Jones, who missed all of last season due to injury.

Noble and Brown both return as members of the C-USA Preseason First Team as Noble was also named the conference’s Preseason Player of the Year.

All of the returning production from last year’s team combined with return of Jones and the addition of two University of Kentucky Transfers (Coe and redshirt junior guard Kyvin Goodin-Rogers) will make the Lady Tops a formidable foe for their opponents all season long.

The Lady Tops will host Alabama A&M in their season opener on Friday 7 p.m. in Diddle Arena. The Lady Bulldogs lost their only exhibition game 85-59 to North Alabama last Friday and went just 5-25 a year ago.

Reporter Sam Porter can be reached at 270-745-6291 and samuel.porter841@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @SammyP14.

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Six key non-conference games to watch

BY TYLER MANSFIELD HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU Both the WKU men’s and women’s basketball teams have played their respected exhibitions and are now gearing up for the tipoff of the regular season.

On the women’s side, Head Coach Michelle Clark-Heard and the Lady Toppers open their regular-season slate with a home game against Alabama A&M University on Friday at 7 p.m. while Rick Stansbury and the Hilltoppers welcome Alabama State University into Diddle Arena on Saturday for a contest scheduled to get underway at the same time.

With the regular-season now here, we examine the two schedules and point out the six non-conference games to watch for both clubs, ranging by the dates of the matchups.

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Hilltoppers at Belmont University – Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.

An intriguing series that has included eight meetings, whenever WKU and Belmont face off, it’s bound to be a physical battle.

The Bruins’ and Hilltoppers’ all-time series record is knotted at 4-4 – WKU held a 4-3 advantage before Belmont defeated the Tops, 90-85 in Nashville last season to even the series.

With the Bruins victory in 2015, WKU has now dropped three-straight outings to the Ohio Valley Conference foe.

In addition to that, Belmont is 62-3 over the last five seasons in its home venue, the Curb Event Center – the arena where WKU will be in action for its third regular-season game of the season.

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Hilltoppers vs.

University of Washington – Nov. 25 at 7 p.m.

In what will mark the first ever meeting between the two programs, WKU will face a tough challenge against PAC12 rival Washington in its first game of the Global Sports Classic in Las Vegas on the day after Thanksgiving.

The Huskies, a group that competed in the NIT Tournament last season, will be the Hilltoppers’ first opponent in the tournament, as WKU will meet either Texas Christian University or the University of Nevada at Las Vegas the following day to wrap up its trip out west. Stansbury’s Tops will certainly be tested in this outing.

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Hilltoppers at Saint Mary’s College (Ca.) – Dec. 14 at 9 p.m.

WKU’s sixth-straight road game in a lengthy timetable away from Diddle will come against West Coast Conference power-house Saint Mary’s in mid-December.

The Gaels went 29-6 last season and won the WCC regular-season title before falling to Gonzaga in the conference tournament final.

On top of that, Saint Mary’s advanced to the NIT quarterfinals and finished the year at 29th in the NCAA RPI. It will also mark the first ever meeting between to the two programs.

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Lady Toppers vs.

Indiana University – Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.

In what will most likely be WKU’s toughest game on John Oldham Court this season, Indiana will present a solid team that will set-up an intriguing basketball affair with the Lady Toppers, who will meet the Hoosiers in what will be WKU’s second regular-season outing.

The two sides will go at it for the first time in the Nov. 19 contest as 18 returning letterwinners will square off with each other.

Last season, IU advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with the leadership junior All-Big Ten selection Trya Buss, who averaged 18.8 ppg, 4.3 apg and 2.1 spg in 2015-16.

5

Lady Toppers at University of Louisville – Dec 11 at 1 p.m.

After knocking off the then-No. 16 ranked Cardinals in Diddle last season in a thrilling 71-69 victory in what would be their first win against a ranked opponent since 2004, the Lady Toppers will have their minds set on doing quite the same in this year’s meeting.

WKU’s Michelle Clark-Heard and Louisville’s Jeff Walz coached together when Clark-Heard was an assistant under Walz at UofL for five seasons, so when the two sides meet at the KFC Yum! Center this year, it’ll be a friendly battle between the two coaches.

Lady Toppers vs. Ball State University – Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m.

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As the Mid-American Conference foe rallied from a four-point halftime deficit and scored 31 points in the fourth quarter to defeat WKU, 74-60 in last year’s season opener in Muncie, Indiana, the Lady Toppers will be looking to grab a victory over the Cardinals in this season’s meeting in the later-part of December in Diddle.

In last season’s meeting, now-junior forward Moriah Monaco scored 18 points to help push Ball State to the victory while now-sophomore Kayla Smith led the Lady Toppers with 13 points in her debut.

Reporter Tyler Mansfield can be reached at 270-745-6291 and james. mansfield143@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @ByMansfield.

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