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PCAL undergoing four leadership changes

BY NICOLE ARES

HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

There are four vacant leadership positions within the Potter College of Arts and Letters for the upcoming academic year due to recent resignations, retirements and term endings.

Larry Snyder, dean of PCAL since April, said to his knowledge, there has never been a change of a third of the department leadership at one time and in one year.

“This is pretty unprecedented to have this much change going on,” Snyder said. “There is no crisis here.

This is for the most part, sort of expected.”

Snyder thinks these departmental leadership changes come at a good time with the university presidential search and internal developments in the PCAL. “We are in the process of developing a five-year strategic plan for the college and we are in the beginning phases of that,” Snyder said. “This plan will be an attempt to guide our decision on staffing, research management, curriculum and facilities over the next three to five years.”

The vacant positions are direc-

tor of the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, head of the department of political science, head of the history department and head of the department of folk studies and anthropology.

These positions are currently held

by Loup Langton, Saundra Ardrey, Robert Dietle and Michael Williams, respectively.

Snyder says there is no “hard and fast” rule on how these positions will be filled. Generally, department head positions will be filled through an internal faculty search.

“Financial resources and budget-

ary concerns go into the decision,” Snyder said. “Also, stability of a program, availability of leadership from within, any number of factors playing into the decision.”

In the case of the departments of folk studies and anthropology, political science and history, an internal search is being conducted to fill those positions, Snyder said.

“We have candidates who have applied for those positions internally, and I expect that to resolve itself that way,” Snyder said.

When administrators step back

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WKONA protests denied by state cabinet

BY JACOB DICK HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

Confucius Institute employee Stella Zhang, 26, is helped by Wei Chen to get dressed in traditional Chinese clothing on Thursday, in the new Confucius Institute building. Brendon O’Hern/HERALD

Confucius Institute open, but not to public

BY EMMA COLLINS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

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he Confucius Institute hosted an event in its new building on Friday, despite the building not yet being open to the public.

The building, which is located adjacent to the Honors College and International Center, was originally scheduled to be open this fall semester. However, Terrill Martin, managing director of the Confucius Institute, said the new building will not be open until next spring semester.

“The building itself is not open to the public,” Martin said. “We are having some events there, but

they’re very limited events.”

Martin said construction on the building itself is complete; however, work is still being done on the Friendship Garden located next to the building. Martin said the construction on the garden will most likely be completed in the next few weeks.

Staff members have already moved into their offices in the new building, and they are now working in those new offices. All that remains is to move the furniture into the building.

“We’re having furniture made in China, and all that’s due in mid to late January,” Martin said. “So we’re planning sometime in February to

be ready.”

While the Confucius Institute waits for the new furniture to arrive, it will continue to host a few events in the new building. Martin said these events will be held in the new building despite the lack of furniture because the Confucius Institute’s deal with Helm Library recently ended.

“Basically, our arrangement with the library has ended, so we’ve had to find other alternative places to host our events because some of our events were held in Helm 100,” Martin said.

Overall, Martin said he is happy

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The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet denied protests from Western Kentucky Orthopaedic & Neurosurgical Associates against a proposed sports medicine facility Monday afternoon after a third protest was filed.

The supplemental protest to WKONA’s Oct. 7 protest of WKU’s bidding process for the sports medicine complex alleged the university admitted to attempting to break a federal anti-kickback statute.

This is the third protest from WKONA, owned by WKU’s current student health services clinic management organization, Graves Gilbert Clinic.

In this third supplemental protest, WKONA is claiming WKU admitted to attempting to break federal laws by telling the health care provider in a response to their protest it could win the rights to health services on campus by simply agreeing to build the facility.

In an email from university general counsel Deborah Wilkins Monday afternoon, she said WKU would not be making a statement about the protest at this time but did confirm the Finance and Administration Cabinet had reached a decision. She also said the university would be extending the deadline for bids by two weeks after the process had been suspended due to WKONA’s protests.

Four reasons for the protests denial were cited in the response by Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet William Landrum III, including the grounds for protest being premature since no award connected to the RFP had been made and claiming WKONA’s arguments were theoretical in nature.

Equestrian team fundraises with miniature ponies

BY JAMIE WILLIAMS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The WKU equestrian team allowed students to pet ponies in costumes and take carriage rides on Friday in order to raise funds for team expenses like show entry fees, hotel fees and new equipment for the team.

“Being part of the team is a little bit expensive, and so this helps us kind of defer some of the costs,” coach Jennifer Gill said.

The fundraiser allowed students to pet and take photographs with the miniature horses for a small fee. Students could also ride in a cart pulled by one of the horses. A couple of the horses were dressed in Halloween costumes, while the cart was covered in autumn decorations.

One of the horses, named Chanel, was dressed as Minnie Mouse, while another, named Cough Drop, was dressed as a ninja turtle –– complete with a shell and headband.

Shannon Spears, a senior from Hendrick, Iowa, said that he decided

to join the team in order to be more involved at WKU and because he had been around horses for a long time.

“It’s really amazing how well Dr. Gill is able to teach new techniques and kind of perfect ones that are old,” Spears said while tending to Cough Drop.

Spears added being able to be part of a team, contributing to something larger than himself and getting to know everyone were his favorite parts about participating.

Students who would like to go beyond fundraising can also try out for the team. Tryouts take place each fall semester, and anyone can try out as long as they have basic knowledge of horse care and safety. The team takes members of all skill levels, and competitions are split into tiers to give participants of all levels a fair chance.

“Talk to the other girls on the team,” Gill said. “Come try out; it never hurts to try out. We take all levels of riders from beginners to advanced, so it never really excludes anybody.”

Rachel Bunner, a junior from Rock-

Owensboro Junior Gabrielle Epperson, 19 left, along with Paducah senior Ashton Callis, 22, right, and Bowling Green senior Sydney Hardesty, 22, pet Oscar, 5, on Friday at South Lawn. The WKU equestrian team hosted a fundraising event to help pay for show costs, equipment, horse trainers, among other expenses . Ebony Cox/ HERALD

port, Indiana, urged others to try out to make new friends and build the community. Bunner added her favorite part of being on the team was

working with the horses and grooming them at the Expo Center.

“Surprisingly, I like the barn

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in November, Snyder said.

The current director of the SJB, Loup Langton, was recruited through an external search from the University of Miami where he was previously the director of the visual journalism sequence.

“Often looking externally for a director position is the case, but it doesn’t have to be,” Snyder said. “But given the national reputation and ability of the school, it seemed to be entirely appropriate for us to find someone else to come in and continue to expand the programs.”

Snyder was not surprised with Langton’s resignation from direc-

tor and said department leadership changes don’t have to be traumatic.

“In the case of Dr. Langton, he’s been here six years, that’s a long time to be a director and so transitions like this are just part of doing business,” Snyder said.

Since Langton is remaining on staff as a faculty member, additional money to hire a new director will have to be found within the budget.

“In the case finding new director externally, yes, I do have to come up with additional money to fund that position,” Snyder said. “That will be found through the allocation of re-

The director of the School of Journalism and Broadcasting will be stepping down from his position on July 30 of next year.

Loup Langton has been director of the school since 2011, and Loup he will be leaving the Langton position with two years still left in his current contract. He will remain in the School of Journalism and Broadcasting as a faculty member.

Langton, who received a Ph.D. in international journalism and photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin, said he believed he could best contribute to the school as a faculty member.

“I didn’t want to start something I couldn’t finish,” Langton said. “I think, instead, it’s time for someone to come in with a fresh vision to come in and be able to see it through.”

Serving as a faculty member will allow him to focus on a number of other projects he is interested, Langton said.

These projects include organizing a small graduate program for the School of Journalism and Broadcasting.

“I came here having worked on several major projects, and still have worked on them, but not to the extent I would have liked to,” Langton said.

“This allows me to work on things on an international scale ... to do the things I would like to.”

Prior to coming to WKU, Langton gained a wide variety of experience in both the United States and abroad. He was hired by WKU after working in the School of Communication and as the Visual Journalism Program Director at the University of Miami.

He has also worked for Ecuador’s largest newspaper, El Universo, as the director of photography, and he served as the director of photography for the Copley Chicago Newspapers.

The head of the political science department and the only African-American department head in Potter College of Arts and Letters will step down from her position.

Saundra Ardrey, Saundra who is also an associArdrey ate professor and the director of WKU’s African-American studies department, has been the head of the political science department for 12 years. She has worked at the university since 1988.

Ardrey has conducted research on a number of topics including the participation of women and minorities in politics. She also specializes in voting and electoral behavior. During her time at WKU, Ardrey also helped start the WKU Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility.

Larry Snyder, dean of the Potter College of Arts and Letters, plans on filling Ardrey’s position through an internal faculty and staff search.

The Herald reached out to Ardrey for comment, but she did not respond in time of publication. The Herald will update her profile online.

The head of the history department’s term limit has ended, and he will be returning to a faculty position after 10 years in the role.

“I’ve enjoyed the past 10 years, but I look forward to returning Robert to the classroom fullDietle time,” Robert Dietle said.

Dietle has been teaching at WKU for 26 years in the history department.

He will return to teaching 18th-Century Enlightenment, French Revolution and Napoleon, among other courses for WKU. The history department head position has term limits lasting four years.

Dietle completed two consecutive terms and was then asked by the department to remain in his position for two additional years.

When the previous department head’s term ended, the department conducted a national search and offered Dietle the position. During his 10 years as department head, he has seen the department become “stronger.”

“Within the department, over the past 10 years, we’ve hired some new faculty, people have been retired and replaced and we now have a very strong faculty in the department,” Dietle said.

Dietle believes the future priority of the next department head should be to try and convince the university to invest more in the faculty.

“I’ve been department head for 10 years and I’ve never distributed a merit raise,” Dietle said. “I think it’s a sad statement in a forward decade the leadership in the university has not found a way to provide merit raises for faculty.”

The department head of folk studies and anthropology will be retiring effective July 1 after 12 years in the position.

Michael Williams Michael became department Williams head in 2004 after the department of modern languages and intercultural studies was split. She has been teaching folklore at WKU for more than 30 years.

“It was an unusual situation. When I came to Western, we were part of the department of modern languages and intercultural studies, and then the department split,” Williams said.

Williams will be retiring as department head but will still remain on staff as a part-time faculty member. She will go through a transitional retirement teaching one to two folk studies courses.

“After 31 years, I’ve loved my time at Western, but I think there’s a great new generation of people coming along and it’s time to turn in the reins,” Williams said.

Since beginning her teaching position at WKU in 1986, Williams has watched the university grow and diversify in terms of faculty and students.

Williams hopes the new department head will show a strong advocacy for the department.

“I think it’s important particularly in a small department to have strong advocacy,” William said. “It’s really easy as a department head to get buried in bureaucratic work.”

Williams is the first and only head of the department of folk studies and anthropology. Prior, she was director of the department of folk studies and anthropology program.

Looking back on her more than 30 years at WKU, Williams believes there couldn’t have been a better place to work while pursuing her own academic interests. She is also fortunate to have had the opportunity to teach graduate students.

“I’ve spent almost my whole professional career and there really couldn’t have been a better place,” Williams said.

CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE

Program, said the building has multiple classrooms that will be used for Chinese classes. He said there is also a demonstration kitchen.

Martin said these classrooms will eventually be available to be used by WKU faculty, staff and students.

Zhang said the classrooms are also set up to allow for long distance teaching. He said the long distance teaching will be used for Chinese classes.

“These days we are adding curriculum [and] teaching plans for students at different levels of Chinese,” Zhang said.

Zhang said one of the primary goals of the Confucius Institute is to provide education about Chinese language and culture. He said the

cultural displays, which are currently located in Helm, are one way the Confucius Institute educates the local community about Chinese culture.

The Confucius Institute also works with communities in other counties in Kentucky to spread Chinese language and culture. Zhang said the institute works to bring teachers from China to the United States to teach in schools.

“Most of our work here is to provide all of those support and resources for Chinese programs in school districts and the two Chinese programs on campus,” Zhang said.

Zhang said the new building is one of the only buildings in the U.S. dedicated solely to the Confucius Insti-

tute. He said the institute on WKU’s campus is also one of the largest in North America.

“It’s a model one for all of America to see,” Zhang said.

The event on Friday, which included information on Peking Opera, was the first event to be hosted in the new building. Those who attended were able to listen to a presentation on the opera masks and then decorate their own plastic masks with markers.

can watch the team perform in competition, though they take place at other universities.

“A lot of our competitions are kind of far away, but we will be –– hopefully soon –– hosting some of our own shows here at the Expo Center,” Gill said.

During the team’s first show this

year, it won reserve high point team, and one member of the team has already qualified for regionals. The team’s next competition will take place on Nov. 12 and 13, at Murray State University.

“I love riding horses, and I love teaching riding,” Gill said. “It’s really a passion of mine to help students

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to faculty positions, there is a corresponding drop in salary and the difference goes back into the budget, Snyder said.

“I do have that much money to work with,” he said. “Essentially, the money or salary increment for administration, if we do an internal search, will shift from one faculty member to the new department head.”

To fill the director of the SJB postion, an external or national search is planned and that process will begin

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with the new building; however, he does wish it was slightly larger.

“Based on the funds we received, I’m happy with what we were able to work out,” Martin said.

Qin Zhang, a Chinese language and culture teacher who works in the Confucius Institute, also said he is enjoying the new building.

“I think it is a really very good design,” Zhang said. “The building seems it is not very big from the outside, but inside it’s very big and modern.”

Zhang, who was previously a tutor for the Chinese Language Flagship

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hours,” Bunner said. “It’s kind of like our community service for the team –– we have to do eight [hours] a semester.”

Students who don’t want to try out

sources through our record of staff and planned process.”

Still, Snyder sees this as an opportunity for the college and reiterated these are normal transitions.

“Department head changes provide an opportunity for individual departments to sort of sit back and think about who they are, what they want to be and what they need to do to get there,” Snyder said.

Reporter Nicole Ares can be reached at 270-745-2655 and nicole.ares@ wku.edu.

Reporter Emma Collins can be reached at 27-745-6011 and emma. collins399@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @__emma_collins__. ride to their full potential. It’s a great opportunity to connect with my students and get them out and around horses and learning.”

Reporter Jamie Williams can be reached at 270-745-6011 and jamie. williams539@topper.wku.edu.

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Latte art showdown brews for charitable cause

BY ELISABETH MOORE HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU With a cup of steamed milk, a shot of espresso and a steady hand, baristas are able to transform a simple cup of joe into a “latte art” creation.

This “latte art” trend has filtered across the nation as more baristas are learning how to draw on coffee.

For the fifth year in a row, Spencer’s Coffee hosted the KY/TN Latte Art Throwdown to showcase this art.

The throwdown on Thursday featured 64 baristas competing in a bracket-style competition to pour the best lattes.

“It’s an event that brings baristas from all over Kentucky and Tennessee to Bowling Green for a night of coffee consumption, competition and camaraderie,” Justin Shepherd, owner and operator of Spencer’s Coffee, said.

During the event, Spencer’s Coffee also raised money for the Center for Courageous Kids, a year-round medical facility in Scottsville through its coffee, beer and pastry sales.

The Center for Courageous Kids helps children from around the word who are living with a variety of life-threatening illnesses and chronic conditions. Since the CCK operates solely on donations, the KY/TN Latte Art Throwdown’s donations will help those children who visit the center.

Shepherd, who is a parent to two children with autism, said he and his wife want to help other families who

deal with similar challenges. Shepherd has witnessed the “amazing” work the CCK has done for families like his own.

Alvin Farmer, employee for the Center for Courageous Kids, attended the Throwdown.

“I’m just here for support and I’m glad they are supporting us,” Farmer said. “This is just so cool. I wasn’t expecting this turn out either.”

Outside of the event, a Steamers Seafood mobile food truck dubbed the “S.S. Dinghey” was selling a variety of cuisine and contributing to the cause. All proceeds made by the food truck will additionally be donated to the CCK. “We are proud to be a part of so many community events benefitting great organizations,” Lindsey McClain, marketing manager for Steamers Seafood, said.

In the competition, the six judges looked at the complexity, color, contrast, aesthetic and overall beauty of each latte art that was created. The judge panel was comprised of coffee shop owners, wholesale directors, previous World Latte Art Champions and the current 2016 International Cold Brew Champion.

Throughout the event, competitors would be eliminated after each round. The first and second bracket featured baristas making a rosetta in their latte.

The third round featured a set of dice that told baristas what ounce cup they would be using, what type of cup they would be using and what

Latte art judges Blake Nail, left, from Birmingham, Ala., and Sara Frinak from Atlanta decide whose latte art will go on to the next round in the competition. The event was held at Spencer’s Coffee on Thursday, Oct. 27. Michelle Hanks/HERALD type of art they would be making. In the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds, the barista could decide what he or she was making in the latte.

In the final round, Lance Hedrick from Dr. Beans Coffee and Tea Emporium and John Letoto from Greenway Coffee and Tea were the last competitors.

The final competition was best two out of three styled. Letoto won the first round, Hedrick won the second and then Hedrick won the final round and the competition with his

heart latte creation.

“In the end, though, it’s not just about coffee, not just about charity,” Shepherd said on the Spencer’s Coffee website. “It’s about community.

No matter what side of the counter we’re on, no matter where we live or what we do, we’re in this together.”

Reporter Elisabeth Moore can be reached at 270-745-6011 and Elisabeth.moore938@topper.wku.edu.

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Candidates narrowed for presidental search

BY CALLIE MILLER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The presidential search committee confirmed the pool of candidates for WKU’s next president has been narrowed to 15 to 20 individuals at the Board of Regents meeting Friday, Oct. 28.

Regent Phillip Bale said he could not say when the decision will be made about a closed or open search.

According to a press release in February, the pool should be narrowed to three to five candidates by December, and a final decision is expected to be made by March.

Journalism professor Mac McKer-

ral spoke to the regents during the meeting about his opposition to a closed search.

“When the Board reaches a point where they’ve identified people that they think are worthy to bring to campus -- final candidates -- I can’t imagine how we would not be aware of who those people are and how that process is working,” McKerral said. “Just as important as those who we might hire is those who we didn’t hire.”

The Board voted unanimously to appoint President Gary Ransdell President Emeritus status. He will retire next summer.

As President Emeritus, he has not requested office space on campus,

but if he is requested to represent WKU in an official capacity, he will be reimbursed for travel, letterhead and supplies. He will be provided with an office associate as well according to the agenda material from the board meeting.

There has been a 13.3 percent decrease in the Saudi student population, Chief Enrollment and Graduation Officer Brian Meredith said in his annual enrollment report. However, according to Meredith, other schools have seen a much larger decrease in Saudi students than WKU. Saudi Arabia is still the most represented country at WKU by a considerable margin even though the number has dropped 77 students from last year.

First-time freshmen have increased by 2.3 percent since last fall.

48 percent of these students have earned college credit before coming to WKU. The average GPA and ACT score remain at 3.27 and 23, respectively.

Sophomores have seen the biggest dip in numbers, with a 7 percent decrease and 211 fewer students. However, Ransdell mentioned this is partially because high school students are coming in with dual credits which gets them to their junior year faster.

Total enrollment jumped from 20,068 in fall 2015 to 20,277 according to the report. The student population has dropped by 78 since the beginning of this fall semester, but has increased 209 students since last fall, a 1 percent increase.

“Diversity remains high at WKU,” Meredith said. “They may not be large numbers, but they are positive.”

Faculty Regent Barbara Burch asked if some of the decreasing numbers would have an effect on the budget, but Meredith said it has not been determined yet.

Though more students are coming in with dual credits from high school, Ransdell said this trend may not be financially beneficial to WKU. “The bad news is we weren’t generating much revenue from dual

credit, and now we’re generating significantly less,” Ransdell said. “We’re barely operating at a break even pace for high school dual credit students.

In fact, we’re probably operating at a loss.”

Ransdell said he felt encouraged by the growing numbers for first time freshmen, in-state students and those from Jefferson County.

Ransdell said he is concerned about Warren and Barren Counties, and non-traditional students that continue to decrease, down 220 from last fall.

There has been a successful sale of bonds to finance the new parking garage. The target on refunding for savings was 5 percent, but the final savings were 8 percent, Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Ann Mead said. The project will cost less than $10 million, which is under budget.

According to Chief Facilities Officer Bryan Russell, now there will be a seventh floor added with an extra 100 parking spots. The structure will have 601 more spaces than the current lot at Creason.

“We had an estimate of ten, we came in less, we increased the value of the size of the project and at the same time saved eight percent,” Regent John Ridley said, “That truly was a significant savings for being fiscally responsible. I applaud the efforts of everyone: finance area, the construction area, the students. I think we all should take ownership in this.”

The Board appointed Regent Gillard B. Johnson as Vice Chair and approved faculty emeritus appointments for Jerry Gotlieb, Keith Andrew, Charles Anderson, James Martin, John Hagaman, and Cassandra Pinnick.

Reporter Callie Miller can be reached at 270-745-6011 and caroline.miller528@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @callie_miller8.

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What’s fair is fair

Bowling Green needs to adopt fairness ordinance

THE ISSUE: Continued lobbying efforts have failed to move the current Bowling Green City Commission to pass a fairness ordinance.

OUR STANCE: Bowling Green seemingly takes pride in being the largest city in Kentucky without a fairness ordinance; an ordinance so painstakingly uncontroversial we’re left in shock at the commission’s inaction.

Once again, it’s up to Bowling Green voters to go out to the polls to enact change.

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n 2013, the Bowling Green Fairness Coalition began to push the city to adopt a fairness ordinance.

The trajectory is simple, get city government to pass the ordinance and ensure equal protection for the LGBT community in Bowling Green. One would think it’s common sense to make sure no one is discriminated against.

But, Bowling Green always leaves us thinking twice. It seems as if Bowling Green is the Twilight Zone when it comes to common sense protections, such as fairness. As with the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Bowling Green is the largest city in Kentucky without a fairness ordinance.

But what exactly is a fairness ordinance? That’s simple to explain. Patricia Minter, associate professor of history and member of Bowling Green Fairness, told a Herald reporter in February that the ordinance proposed by the campaign “would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories to existing civil rights laws.”

Due to the lack of legal protections, people can face discrimination in housing, employment and other forms of public accommodation. Meaning if your boss finds out you’re bisexual, for example, and that doesn’t fly with them then they can legally fire you due to your sexual orientation.

In June of last year, Midway become the eighth city in the state to adopt the ordinance, the Herald-Leader reported. Midway joined ranks with Lexington, Louisville, Covington, Danville, Frankfort, Morehead and Vicco in Perry County.

Even Morehead, land of infamous county clerk and potential break-out star of “Breaking Amish” Kim Davis, has a local fairness ordinance. Davis gained international attention when she was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay

couples following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Bowling Green’s continued failure to pass the ordinance has drawn poor scores from organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign. According to the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index for 2016, Bowling Green received a score of 17 out of 100, the lowest in Kentucky.

A score so dismal even the most tenured of professors would be both disgusted and impressed someone could pull off such a score.

The equality index assigned points for providing protections and services based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. Bowling Green received zero out of an available 30 points for Non-Discrimination Laws.

Currently Kentucky does not have a statewide fairness law, so it’s up to local governments to pass fairness ordinances, meaning it’s once again up to our city commission and mayor to wade through this.

We just so happen to be having an election for both of those positions on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

So where do candidates stand on the issue of, making sure people of different sexual orientations and gender identities are given equal protection? Well, the results aren’t all that shocking.

At the recent “Debate in the District” candidates voiced their stances. Don Langley, write-in candidate for mayor, supports a fairness ordinances and would vote on it within his first 90 days in office.

Mayor Bruce Wilkerson, seeking re-election, said in 2013 the issue would be best addressed on a state level, according to the Daily News. Since then he’s pushed passage on the ordinance more into the hands of city commissioners.

Of the 11 out of 12 candidates at the forum, only five said they supported passing the ordinance.

These included: Ryan Fulkerson, Andrew Manley, Jennifer Morlan, Nathan Morguelan and Brian ‘Slim’ Nash.

Joe Denning, the candidate who didn’t attend the debate, said in an interview with WBKO he believes there are already laws in Kentucky that would protect these groups from discrimination.

Yet, the Kentucky Senate approved Senate Bill 180 this past legislative session, which would “prohibit the government from compelling services or

actions from anyone if doing so conflicted with their sincerely held religious beliefs,” according to the Herald-Leader. Critics of the bill called it a “license to discriminate.”

Kentucky isn’t trying to move forward with fairness; we’re actually actively taking several steps back. At this point in time, it’s more likely to get a local fairness ordinance passed than a statewide one.

The issue of passing a fairness ordinance has continually come up at city commission debates.

This is likely because a majority of Kentuckians support such an ordinance. A 2011 survey by The Schapiro Group found that 60 percent of Kentuckians agree that LGBT folks should “be protected from anti-gay and gender identity workplace discrimination.” 23 percent strongly agreed, 8 percent disagreed and 3 percent strongly disagreed.

Yet, some city commission candidates still don’t see the need for the ordinance. For example, incumbent Commissioner Sue Parrigin said at a debate in early October she thinks the fairness ordinance should be addressed on a state or federal level and that it “will not change hearts and minds,” the Daily News reported.

Yet in the midst of all that, Parrigin still said she was for equal treatment. Are LGBT people being extended the same protections as heterosexuals not considered “equal treatment?” It’s a mystery as to what Parrigin even means.

According to the Voter Guide published by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a large number of candidates did not respond to question if they would vote to adopt a fairness ordinance. And then there was Dan Rudloff who responded so frequently with his belief that “public hearings needed” we wonder if he’s listening to the public at all.

The LGBT community in Bowling Green must have these protections. To deny the fairness ordinance is to put this community at risk of losing employment and housing. We must pass a famous ordinance.

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Powerball promise is not being fulfilled

As members of the Board of Student Body Presidents of Kentucky, our top priority is to advocate for Kentucky’s students who are pursuing a postsecondary education. Right now, the diversion of lottery funding from need-based financial aid for higher education is harming the future of our Commonwealth. This must change.

According to KRS 154A.130, Kentucky’s lottery monies are supposed to be split in three ways: funding for state literacy programs, the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship, a merit-based grant, and College Access Program Grants and Kentucky Tuition Grants, which are both needbased. The purpose of the Powerball Promise, as this allocation of funds is known, is to use Kentucky lottery revenue to directly aid our Commonwealth’s students by making a post-secondary degree more financially achievable.

Over the past few years, the need-based grants have been underfunded. According to the KenBrandon Carter* Editor-in-chief Lashana Harney* Digital Editor Jacob Dick* News Editor

tucky Center for Economic Policy, in 2016, underfunding has effectively limited scholarships for 15,000 to 20,000 qualifying students. In the past legislative session, there was bipartisan support in restoring the funding to grants for students with the greatest need. Gov. Bevin’s veto of House Bill 10 effectively stopped this funding from being restored, illustrating his lack of commitment to Kentucky’s poorest students.

Let us be clear: the Powerball promise is not being fulfilled as it stands now. We call on our state representatives and the governor to follow the law and invest in the students who are Kentucky’s future. If we want a strong economic future for Kentucky, we must invest in our students today. Educational outcomes are not a short-term game; we must see the long-term benefits for our Commonwealth in order to succeed in the 21st century.

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Alum raises funds for Guatemalan orphanage

BY MADISON MARTIN HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

For most Americans, living a life devoid of books and education would be unthinkable. But for many children growing up in Guatemala, this is their reality.

According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, only approximately three-fourths of Guatemalan children complete primary education up to sixth grade, with under 40 percent enrolling in middle school.

“It changes your perspective, for sure, and it shows, I think, just how blessed we are as like Americans that have been given a free education and have had access to books and paper and pencils, ” Megan Skaggs, a WKU alumna and Brownsville native, said.

For Skaggs, working alongside children who fell within these statistics helped guide her to the path she is on today: raising funds for Casa Shalom Orphanage before setting off in January to be a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Guatemala.

During the summer between her sophomore and junior year, Skaggs completed a six-week internship at the Guatemalan non-profit organization. The orphanage cares for more than 100 children, employs a staff of over 50 people and receives no funding from their government.

According to co-director Jessica Hanson, who oversees the orphanage with her husband, Casa Shalom’s children “have all either been orphaned, severely neglected, abandoned or abused in some way.” Many come in with a history of undernourishment, sexual abuse and working as young as 5 years old.

Hanson said most of the children they welcome in have never had the opportunity to attend school.

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Kara Williams Glenn, of Bowling Green, talks about the haunted history of Bowling Green during Unseen Bowling Green on Friday, Oct. 28 at Fountain Square Park. People on the tour went around the downtown area to hear about haunted stories and got to explore a secret haunted location that has been closed to the public. Jeff Brown/HERALD

A GHOSTLY TOUR History, folklore and the supernatural clash in Unseen Bowling Green

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HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU A crowd gathered outside Spencer’s Coffee on Friday night before Halloween; people, young and old, came not for a nighttime pick-me-up but for Unseen Bowling Green, a guided tour around the downtown area that reveals the darker side of Bowling Green’s history.

The tour’s founder and narrator, Kara Williams Glenn, took the crowd around downtown. She dressed for the occasion in a historic green dress with spooky music accompanying her.

She took the crowd by the law office of Pamela C. Bratcher, explaining how the building used to be a funeral

home, where the owner had to constantly make caskets during the Civil War. He made so many caskets he went mad, Glenn said. According to eyewitness accounts, the ghost of the man making caskets can still be heard today from the third window on the second floor.

The tour gathered by the window, a normal part of a historic building that had suddenly become much more sinister.

Glenn delved further into the troubled history of Bowling Green when she stood by the courthouse and told the story of Bob Harper, an African-American who was lynched by a mob after being accused of assaulting 17-year-old Kate Anderson. The mob

interrupted Harper’s trial, and to this day, it’s unknown if Harper was guilty.

Later, Glenn told about the hauntings of the now closed restaurant Tea Bayou. Its owners lived on the second floor, and spirits allegedly took photographs from family portraits and laid it on the table. There were also reports of Earl Grey tea being toppled over without any cause. The building’s original owner, Simon Settle, may have been English.

While most of Glenn’s story came from eyewitnesses or historical documentation, some of her tales were folkloric. The second floor on 440 Main is an apartment, and a ghost named Mary is said to haunt it. According to

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Creative writing professors jam in local band

BY ELISABETH MOORE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Night of the Living Dead Poets Society is a three-person band featuring Rebecca Brown, a creative writing assistant professor and drummer/backup vocalist, Tom Hunley, a creative writing professor and the guitarist/ lead vocalist, and Colton Turley, a music major and the bass player/manager.

“Rebecca and I began playing together in July 2015,” Hunley said. “We played four or five shows as Night of the Living Dead Poets Society with

some other members. Colton came on board in March 2016.”

From their start, Night of the Living Dead Poets Society has created eight original songs, which they rotate around with various cover songs from Lou Reed, Fang and KISS, including “Heckler in the Cheap Seats” and “Something True,” all of which can be found on their YouTube channel.

The band chose their name due to there being two creative writing professors in the band. Mashups are fun, so this seemed appropriate, Hunley said.

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ciety has done various gigs since its formation, most recently at the Potter College Fall Festival. The group has also played at Cloud 9 Hookah, Tidball’s, the Harley Davidson Store, and TurnTable Bar and Grill. Hunley said they take gigs whenever they get the chance.

“For me, the best night was opening for Thee Japanese School Girls at TurnTable last March,” Hunley said. “Or maybe it was the PCL Fall Festival in October. We played really well that day, I thought.”

What initially started the band was the aspect of performing music live.

Hunley and Brown both agreed that live music is one of the most rewarding aspects of the band. Hunley said he enjoys improving his singing and using his profession to create new songs while Brown said she enjoyed the collaborative aspect of the band, which is what she likes about playing music in general.

“I think a rewarding musical project is primarily about working together toward shared expression, and that often gets compromised when strong egos get in the way,” Brown said. “Thankfully, we all seem to be pretty much on the

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“They can be 12 or 13-years-old and completely illiterate. We send them to school, teach them to read and write and we teach them to be book lovers,” Hanson said in an email. “Our goal is to instill in the children a life-long passion for reading and for learning.”

During her internship, Skaggs tutored and assisted with their child sponsorship program. The children’s academic levels varied markedly, with some enrolled in school and using extra help afterwards, while others were learning in order to prepare for entrance into a school environment.

That summer, Skaggs noticed the orphanage had only a small selection of books and hoped that someday they could have a more extensive library.

When Hanson told her it was a project they had begun to work on this year,

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legend, Mary loved books, but died tragically, with the cause of death varying depending on who tells the story.

Mary’s books were left in the apartment, and her ghost would allegedly hurl objects should one disturb it. The legends say there is one way to stop Mary from haunting.

“Mary, go read your books!” Glenn shouts, stomping her foot. Yelling this puts Mary’s ghost to rest for a while, according to legend.

Besides a walk around downtown, tourists were able to explore a secret location undisclosed to the public,

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Continued from LIFE same page in Night of the Living Dead Poets Society.”

In the future, the band plans on performing more shows and creating more original songs. Brown said she

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Skaggs offered to raise funds through running.

Skaggs’ fundraising campaign, called Paces for Pages, has a goal of raising $1,000 for the purchase of more Spanish-language books. As part of the fundraiser, she decided to run the Medical Center 10k last month, and the upcoming Bowling Green Half Marathon this weekend.

“I can’t imagine what my childhood would have been like without having books at my fingertips,” Skaggs said.

“I think that all kids should have that opportunity. Do they? No. Will they, all of them, ever? Probably not. But, if I can help with a few, I think that’s better than none.”

Enlisting her boyfriend into the race, they will run the full half together, while a couple of friends plan to support the cause by wearing Paces for Pages shirts and running the Bowling Green 6K. One such friend, Tanya Escobar, a

Bowling Green senior of Guatemalan and El Salvadorian descent, first visited her Central American roots last winter where she got a better perspective of the extent of child poverty there.

“I have taken too much for granted and whenever I went over there, that just opened my eyes,” Escobar said.

“You see kids over there that don’t ... have anything.”

With a completed honors thesis on the efficacy of Central American nonprofits providing education to children, Skaggs will continue her involvement in the region as a Fulbrighter by returning to Guatemala to help teach ESL, act as a cultural ambassador and implement a side project.

“I knew that when I left that I would be going back,” Skaggs said. “I just never expected it to be this way.”

Although the race is on Sunday, Skaggs will still accept donations after that date. She says she plans to send it

where they spent three minutes inside with flashlights. The tour ended at Pioneer Cemetery, a historic cemetery and resting place of many Civil War soldiers and some of the people in Bowling Green’s history. There have been alleged ghost sightings at Pioneer Cemetery, including sounds of a gravedigger digging a fresh grave.

While these stories may sound gruesome to some, Glenn believes residents should learn about them.

“Many don’t know there was a darker side to Bowling Green,” Glenn said.

Glenn and her husband founded Unseen Bowling Green after speaking to owners of some of the downtown businesses and looking up historical

documents to make sure her ghost stories have evidence.

Until starting the tour two years ago, Glenn had not had any personal ghost experiences. But when she was investigating Tea Bayou, she felt something behind her, despite the room being empty. The spirit allegedly followed her home and opened her front door.

Shelby Rice, who assists Glenn during the tour, is more of a skeptic.

However, she has had unusual encounters. During one tour, she heard someone whispering behind her, along with unusual warm air. Rice said there may have been a natural explanation for that, but it still spooked her.

“I got freaked out and ran out of the

tour,” Rice said. “I had to work myself up to go back in.”

10 percent of all ticket sales go to the Landmark Association, which helps preserve many of the landmarks to which Unseen Bowling Green takes its tourists. Glenn believes the tour will also help a new generation learn the history of Bowling Green.

“We felt like it was important to continue the history of oral storytelling,” she said. “We hope you hear these stories and tell your children.”

enjoys the immediacy of live performances. As a poet and professor, Hunley said he looks forward to the songs because it allows him to find a new creative outlet and it allows him to better relate to students, who may be new to poetry.

“One of my favorite past musical

projects was a band called The Pits,” Brown said. “Our first show was our last show, intentionally, and we improvised our whole set. We all were happy with our process culminating in that one fleeting moment. I like projects that emphasize the transient and chaotic nature of experience, I guess.”

As far as the band’s future plans, Hunley only had one thing to say: “to rule the planet!”

to Casa Shalom mid-November.

“We must raise every cent needed to provide food, medicine, schooling and programs like our library for the children,” Hanson said in an email.

“Without people like Megan sacrificing to partner with us, Casa Shalom’s work wouldn’t be possible.”

To make a contribution, you can donate directly at Paces for Pages’ fundraising page on GiveForward. com, or by emailing Skaggs at megan. skaggs496@topper.wku.edu.

Additionally, on Thursday, Nov. 3, Bluetique will give a 15 percent discount to those who donate lightly used children’s books. They will be donating 10 percent of their proceeds to Paces for Pages that day.

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Lady Toppers now ranked 21st after weekend

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The 21st ranked Lady Topper Volleyball team (24-2) headed back home this weekend with another pair of wins under its belt.

Head Coach Travis Hudson and the Lady Tops moved up in the AVCA poll from the 23rd spot to 21st in the country with this weekend’s results as well as seeing their RPI rise to 19th.

The weekend started off in West Virginia with a sweep of the Thundering Herd of Marshall on Friday.

The win brought WKU to 13-0 in conference play on the season.

Offensively, the Lady Tops were led by sophomore middle hitter Rachel Anderson with 17 kills on a .571 hit-

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gives up 403.4 points per game.

Sounds like another home conference blowout to me.

Then comes the last game of the regular season against rival Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.

This was supposed to be the biggest game of the season, but the Thundering Herd is more like a quiet pack this year as they are 2-6 on the season. They are actually the worst

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Continued from SPORTS fense continuing its scorching pace, Brohm said his team is starting to hit the November peak it has been able to do each of the last two seasons since he took over as head coach.

“I think every year we’ve gotten better,” Brohm said. “I think that if

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Continued from Sports sive chances over the first 10 minutes of the match, but neither could register a shot on goal.

Gorham had a shot that went high while Hesse had one blocked by an ODU defender while the Monarchs’ senior midfielder Grace Haverly’s first shot was blocked as well.

At the 12:18 mark of the contest, sophomore forward Iris Achterhof broke the early deadlock and gave

ting percentage.

All-American junior outside hitter Alyssa Cavanaugh was not too far behind as she had 12 kills of her own with a .333 hitting clip in the contest. The two power hitters have each notched double digit kills 16 times this season.

Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Dellinger got in on the action with seven kills followed by redshirt sophomore middle hitter Amara Listenbee with six to her name.

Junior outside hitter Sydney Engle led the defensive stand for the Lady Tops with 12 digs followed by All-American junior setter Jessica Lucas with eight.

Lucas also tossed up 35 assists in the sweeping victory. The defense held the Thundering Herd to a .165

hitting percentage in the showdown.

This past Sunday the squad traveled to Birmingham to take on the Blazers of the University of Alabama Birmingham.

Hudson and company won their 15th in a row with a 3-0 sweep over the Blazers.

Cavanaugh had a match-high 17 kills to lead the Lady Tops offensively. Anderson threw down 12 kills on a .526 clip. Engle and Dellinger each added seven of their own while Listenbee put in five on six swings.

Lucas led the way in digs with 12 along with 36 assists for her 10th double-double performance of the year. Lucas also had four kills and one block. Engle chalked up 11 digs and matched her career best of seven assists in the match.

Senior defensive specialist Georgia

O’Connell added 10 digs and two assists.

Freshman defensive specialist Emma Kowalkowski contributed eight digs while senior defensive specialist Kaelin Grimes chipped in for five digs and the only WKU service ace.

The Lady Toppers are back in action this week in Diddle Arena with a match against the Rice University Owls on Friday at 6 p.m. and then long-time school rival Middle Tennessee State University on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

opponent left for the Toppers.

After battling through injuries and a plethora of other challenges, WKU has officially turned the corner. The way the program has responded since the disaster in Ruston, Louisiana, is simply the mark of a good football team.

Despite this recent success, there are no excuses for why this threegame win streak doesn’t turn into a six-game win streak and an appearance in the conference championship game.

With three more wins over be-

low-average college football teams, this squad led by Jeff Brohm actually has a shot at double-digit wins this season.

Brohm preaches to his players to take this season one at a time, but expectations cannot be ignored with just three game left in the regular season.

Good teams deserve to be under pressure, and the pressure is officially on the Toppers now. Anything less than appearances in the conference championship and a respectable bowl game is a disappointment.

This program is officially better than an appearance in some obscure bowl game made solely to create more revenue for college football.

As long as Brohm is here, the Toppers belong in the upper-echelon of mid-major programs in this sport, and a strong finish to this season will only solidify that.

you want to be a factor at the end, you’ve got to improve throughout the year and other teams are going to get better as you get going. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, and if you want to do that you have to find a way to win at the end of your schedule.”

After Saturday’s romp of the Owls, the Hilltoppers are fourth in the nation in total yards gained.

The defense has rebounded from

giving up 98 points in a two-game span against Louisiana Tech University and Middle Tennessee State University, allowing just 27 points in the last two contests.

“Coach Brohm is just saying to play it one game at a time and that’s all we’ve been doing; keeping that onegame mentality,” redshirt senior long snapper Nolan Dowling said. “To get where we want to go we have to keep

doing it that way.”

Up next for WKU is Florida International University (3-6, 3-2 C-USA) who comes to Bowling Green for a 4:30 p.m. matchup with the Toppers this Saturday.

Old Dominion a 1-0 lead over the Lady Tops.

After collecting a loose ball from 30 yards out, the forward sent a high strike toward the center of the goal, beating Leone, who attempted to make the save.

WKU nearly evened the scoreboard with a goal of its own just four minutes following the Monarchs’ goal on Roseland’s free kick service.

The sophomore struck the ball well and forced ODU’s junior goalkeeper Krista Moisio to stretch and make the

save to prevent the shot from going through the back of the net.

The Lady Tops had possibly their best chance of the affair on Mosley’s header in the 56th minute. Played in from the left side, the forward went up and connected with the ball with her head, but her attempt went just left of the post as WKU couldn’t find an equalizer.

“It’s a wake-up call –– we haven’t played well for a couple of weeks,” Neidell noted. “We’ve snuck by with wins. We’ve gotta go back to the drawing boards and correct some stuff that is crucial to our game to get us ready for the tournament this next

week.”

WKU now awaits its seeding for next week’s C-USA tournament, which takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, as it is hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers.

The quarterfinal matches will take place on Wednesday, followed by the semifinals on Friday, and the championship match on Sunday.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016 > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

SPORTS

» Volleyball: Sophomore middle hitter Rachel Anderson and junior setter Jessica Lucas were named C-USA Players of the Week.

FOOTBALL

Hilltoppers ready for title run

BY JOHN REECER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU After two months of hot-and-cold play, the WKU football team has finally hit its stride at the opportune time.

In the Hilltoppers’ first six games, every win was followed by a loss the very next week. It was obvious that adjusting to life after losing multiple defensive starters and Brandon Doughty was challenging for the program.

That is officially John old news now as WKU Reecer has achieved three straight conference victories while also averaging 51 points per game in that span.

Redshirt junior quarterback Mike White finally has found his way in the offense. If you still don’t believe that, then just let the numbers convince you.

White is now fifth in the nation in passing yardage and seventh in completion percentage. Considering he still has three more poor Conference USA defenses left to throw against, White is only going to look more impressive.

The defense has also took noticeable steps forward since the nightmare that was the Louisiana Tech game.

They made enough plays against Middle Tennessee State University to get a huge win, and they shut down both Rice University and Florida Atlantic University.

The Toppers now sit atop the East Division and control their own destiny for the rest of the season. There are challenges on the road ahead, but these challenges just aren’t comparable with what the team has already faced this season.

The team’s next opponent, Florida International University, is 3-6 on the year and will most likely not a make a bowl game. The Panthers give up 422.9 yards per game and WKU gets them in Bowling Green.

After that, the Toppers will get North Texas University (4-4) who

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Wide receiver Nacarius Fant (1) jumps over Old Dominion University punter Bailey Cate (96) during WKU’s 59-24 win over ODU on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Smith Stadium. Brendan O’Hern/HERALD

beach blowout WKU reaches bowl eligibility in rout of FAU

BY EVAN HEICHELBECH HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU With an annual season goal on the line, WKU (63, 4-1 Conference USA) achieved bowl eligibility for the third straight season by defeating Florida Atlantic University by a final score of 52-3 on Saturday.

“I thought our guys had a great week of practice, and I think they do a great job each week of coming to practice and working on their weaknesses trying to get better, trying to find a way improve,” Head Coach Jeff Brohm said.

“That’s what you have to do this time of year. It was good to get a road victory and now we’re moving on to the next one.”

The Hilltoppers never failed to control the game as redshirt junior quarterback Mike White hit senior wide receiver Nicholas Norris on a 76-yard pass to put WKU up 7-0 in the first minute of the game.

From that point on, it was all WKU as White led the Toppers to score 24 straight points before FAU scored its first and only three points of the game.

The three points given up to the Owls on Saturday was the fewest number of points a Topper defense has surrendered in a game since 2011, when WKU shutout FAU, 20-0.

“I’d say that we still have a lot of improvement to do,” redshirt junior linebacker T.J. McCollum said.

“Even those points that

they scored shouldn’t have been scored … But as a defensive whole, we are getting better every day.”

The defense was able to hold FAU to just 202 total yards while White and company cruised to 661 yards of offense.

White threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns, spreading the ball all around the field.

Senior receiver Nicholas Norris led the WKU receiving corps with 131 yards and a touchdown on seven catches while fellow senior Taywan Taylor caught two passes for 84 yards.

Norris moved into second all-time on the WKU receiving list with 2,333 receiving yards in his career.

Taylor holds the record with 3,177 yards.

Redshirt freshman receiver Lucky Jackson had three catches for 83 yards and a touchdown in junior receiver Nacarius Fant’s absence due to an injury.

With redshirt senior running back Anthony “Ace” Wales forced to sit out the first half of the game due to his involvement in a skirmish in the previous game against Old Dominion, redshirt freshman running back Marquez Trigg filled in admirably, toting the ball 15 times for 98 yards.

Wales finished with 86 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries in the second half.

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SOCCER

Lady Tops fall to ODU in regular-season finale

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An early goal from visiting Old Dominion University dealt the WKU women’s soccer team a 1-0 loss in its regular-season finale on Friday at the WKU Soccer Complex.

As it was their last home match of the year, it would mark the final time the Lady Toppers’ six seniors would play on the field located on Creason Street, as the program honored forwards Olivia Fitzgerald and Iris Dunn, defenders Makenzie Costner and Dee Dee Green, and midfielders Caitlin Hesse and Haley Baldridge with a Senior Night ceremony prior to kickoff.

Following the setback to the Monarchs, WKU Head Coach Jason Neidell said the group of seniors he has this year have meant a lot to the program.

“Unbelievable,” he said. “You know, I told the seniors yesterday that there’s only a few classes in the history of this program that have made

the kind of impact that they have and they’ve been unbelievable. They’re classy individuals and they’ve taken this program to new heights on the soccer field. I can’t say enough how proud I am of them.”

Redshirt sophomore midfielder Sarah Gorham and junior forward Bria Mosley led the Lady Tops (12-6-0 overall, 7-3-0 Conference USA) with two shots each on the night while sophomore midfielder Nicole Roseland recorded WKU’s lone shot on goal off a free kick in the opening half of play.

In goal for the Lady Toppers, junior goalkeeper Allison Leone saw action in the full 90 minutes, making three saves while giving up the eventual match-winning ODU goal.

“I just didn’t think we had a good performance tonight,” Neidell stated. “Credit ODU –– they’re certainly a good team. But we’re gonna have to play better if we want any chance in Junior forward Shayna Dheel (19) attempts to block Old Dominion University’s this [C-USA tournament] next week.” Maddie Morningstar’s (17) pass during the Lady Toppers’ 1-0 loss against ODU on Both sides found numerous offen- Friday, Oct. 28, at the WKU Soccer Complex. Tyger Williams/HERALD

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