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President Gary Ransdell chats with Red Cross worker Kate Abbgy during the WKU Beat MTSU Blood Drive on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the Preston Center. “In my opinion, every healthy citizen should give blood,” Ransdell said. “The Red Cross needs it and even more importantly the people in need need it. We should all be there to serve others.” Ransdell said he tries to donate blood a few times a year and has participated in the WKU Beat MTSU Blood Drive since its beginning approximately seven years ago. The event has attracted around 300 participants over the last two days. KELSEA HOBBS/HERALD
Major Redz leave section due to safety concerns BY BRYSON KELTNER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU
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he Major Redz dance group was moved to a different location for the WKU football game against Houston Baptist University on Saturday, Oct. 1 for safety concerns, according to Major Redz members and the WKU athletic department, and may remain there for future games, including homecoming. The dance organization began protesting during the football game against Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Sept. 24 when they knelt during the game’s national anthem. After the women experienced backlash, the WKU athletic department
University to change internet network BY CALLIE MILLER HERLAD.NEWS@WKU.EDU WKU’s Information Technology division will begin a project next week to increase security on the WKU network by changing the way the network can be accessed by outside users. IT’s goal is to prevent the majority of unsolicited traffic into the WKU network from the rest of the Internet, according to a press release. Greg Hackbarth, director of enterprise systems, explained what the end result of the project will hopefully accomplish.
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moved them to a different location in the stadium for the next home game. Louisville junior Brittany Perry has been dancing with the group since her freshman year. She described her experience during the first protest. “To be honest, it scared me when we did it the first time because people don’t get searched at the games,” Perry said. “You don’t know what could have happened. With everything that’s been going on lately, you don’t know how it could have turned out.” The women faced opposition during the first protest as a spectator threw a beer can at the group and other members of the crowd shouted profanities. Backlash continued after the game through social media. However, the adviser for the Major
Redz, Josclynn Brandon, instructed the dancers to not react during the protest or after. “It was pretty hard for us when the backlash started,” Perry said. “Most of us are outspoken people on the team and we were told ‘Don’t react. Just keep smiling. Just be there. Don’t respond because that’s giving them what they want.’ You have to prepare yourself mentally for that. We have to be strong enough to handle it.” Tahjena Muldrow, a freshman from Louisville, also shared her thoughts on having to keep quiet. “It’s hard because I want to explain it to some people, not to argue with them, because I believe it can be misconstrued,” Muldrow said. “We are
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Professor joins Board of Education BY MONICA KAST HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A WKU professor has been appointed to the Kentucky State Board of Education. Gary Houchens, an associate professor in the department of educational administration, leadership and research, was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Education by Gov. Matt Bevin earlier this year. Houchens said he was contacted to see if he was interested in serving on the Board of Education. After that, he went through an application and approval process through the secretary of education’s office. Houchens was approved in May and sworn in this past June. Houchens is the first WKU faculty member to be appointed to the Board of Education in Kentucky, according to Mary Ann Miller, the policy adviser for the Kentucky Board of Education. “It’s a great honor,” Houchens said. “It’s certainly something that I had
not ever anticipated.” Houchens graduated from WKU, and has previously worked as a middle school teacher, school principal and district administrator. Houchens said he has been interested in improving education and education policy “for a long time,” and views his appointment to the Board of Education as a way to help make improvements to education in Kentucky. “I’m heavily invested in the work of trying to improve our schools, primarily by guaranteeing high quality leadership at all of our schools,” Houchens said. “I’ve also been interested in education policy for a long time, so this is really a great opportunity to bring the perspective of having worked in and around schools for the last decade to this important work of helping set education policy for the entire state.” At the time of Houchen’s appointment, four others were also appointed to the Board of Education. Houchens’ term will expire in April of 2020.
“I am very impressed with the talent, experience and knowledge of the newest members of the Kentucky Board of Education,” Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Secretary Hal Heiner said in a news release at the time of Houchen’s appointment. “Our prime responsibility as adults is to prepare the next generation for their most fulfilled life, and that responsibility starts with providing a high-caliber education to every student. It is tremendously important that Kentucky has the best leadership available for the board so that we can move with a new resolve in meeting the needs of all our children.” Houchens said that he believes there are several main issues that the Board of Education will be discussing in coming months. He said the main priority right now is improving an accountability system for schools. “The number one priority for us right now is working on revisions to
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Retired officer rejoins police department BY KYLIE CARLSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Officer Lee McKinney is back to serve campus with the WKU Police Department a second time after an oath ceremony Wednesday, ending his retirement. McKinney retired in 2012 from WKU’s police force after working since 1997. McKinney said earlier this year Chief Mitch Walker ap-
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Continued from front “We’re only allowing people to come through our network over ports that we want them to come in on,� Hackbarth said. “We want to allow people to come in on the WKU website...TopNet and Blackboard or any of those services that we want them to use.� However, the division is working to prevent outside servers from accessing workstations, lab machines and other private devices. The IT division will begin work on Monday, Oct. 18, and Hackbarth said he hopes the project is completed by Thanksgiving break. Jeppie Sumpter, director of communication technologies, is head of the network team. This project is a collaboration primarily between the network team and the security team, which Greg Hackbarth heads. Sumpter said there is potential for problems during the process of changing the network but said he thinks they will be easy to fix. The network is divided into segments that make it easier to manage, and the IT division will work on multiple network segments at a time. Sumpter said this layered approach will better contain potential risks
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kneeling to show respect to those veterans and the people who have lost their lives for the rights that we have, but we are also not standing for a country that does not give us all the rights that we should have.� The Redz moved to the opposite side of the stadium far from the student section for the Houston Baptist game. The WKU Associate Athletic Director of Communications and Media Relations, Kyle Neaves, explained in an email how the move occurred.
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proached him and asked McKinney if he would be interested in returning to the force. McKinney told Walker he was more than just interested in returning to work. “I missed it,� McKinney said adding, “Him approaching me confirmed how much I missed it.� McKinney had been thinking about getting back into law enforcement again before Walker approached him. “I had been thinking about get-
ting back into it in general, especially here,� McKinney said. McKinney was sworn back in by President Gary Ransdell on Wednesday in the President’s office. Attending the swearing in was McKinney’s wife, Chief Mitch Walker and Capt. Dominic Ossello. After the swearing in, McKinney returned to the police station where he put on his official uniform and his wife was able to pin his badge on once again.
and make it easier to address issues if they do arise. Gordon Johnson, vice president for IT, said the project is being completed in phases to limit the possibility of unintentionally locking out devices. “We have to be careful that we don’t globally block legitimate devices that need to receive incoming connections,� Johnson said. Johnson is a part of the manage-
trying to break into networks,� Johnson said. “This [project] reduces the probability dramatically that an unsecured device is going to get hacked or probed from an incoming connection.� “Our network is full of what hackers consider resources,� Johnson said. “If they can get ahold of a device that’s on our network, they can install software and they can launch attacks
The cyber security aspect of running a network these days is just getting so critical, and there are criminal-type players out there that are trying to break into networks.� Vice president for IT Gordon Johnson
“I think he is really excited to be back,� she said. Walker is also excited to have McKinney back on the force. “We’re glad he is back, and we’re excited for what he has to offer this campus,� Walker said.
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block all outside servers and then allow only the ones that are wanted. “It’s kind of like when you put your phone on ‘do not disturb,’ only allowing people on your contact list to call in, blocking everyone else,� Hackbarth said. Zhonghang Xia, an associate professor in the department of computer science and expert in multimedia computing and networking and distributed systems, said there are benefits and drawbacks to formatting a network in the way proposed by IT. “Specifying ports for incoming and outgoing will make it easier to monitor network traffic, and thus improve network security,� said Xia in an email. “On the other hand, however, it will limit some freedom. What if faculty and students need to set servers for the public?� Johnson said it is the users’ responsibility as well as IT’s to help make the network more secure. Johnson said he wants people to practice “safe computing,� which includes protecting laptops with virus protection software, updating software frequently and not visiting unstable and unreliable websites.
ment team that reviews cyber security strategies, and he signs off on the strategies implemented. He said other universities are starting to do the same thing as WKU, by locking down their own networks. “The cyber security aspect of running a network these days is just getting so critical, and there are criminal-type players out there that are
... on other entities.� In the past, the IT division has focused on blocking individual “worms� that have tried to spread, which target databases or other vulnerable services. The division’s solution has been to block the ports the services run on, Hackbarth said. The difference now is IT is blocking connections on every port. Hackbarth said it is “better practice� to
“The discussion was initiated by the Major Redz, who requested more security for their student group,� Neaves wrote. “The athletic department then determined the best course of action that provided the Major Redz with the most security was to move them to a new location. They are welcome to continue to perform in the new location.� Muldrow explained how she felt about the group performing in the new area relatively close to the away team’s section. “I support that they moved us for safety reasons, but after being there, nothing really happened,� Muldrow
said. “Being on the opposite end of the band made it kind of hard hearing different sounds. We were also close to the other team’s fan section. So, that was difficult, but I understand the safety part of it.� Neaves also commented in an additional email on the security of the stadium during games. “There are 45 uniformed university, local and state police officers and 90 CSC [Contemporary Service Corporation] staff members at every home football game,� he wrote. According to its website, the CSC is an international crowd management and event security organization that
focuses on safety during large events. With the location change and the safety precautions, the dancers say they will continue to protest at the rest of the home games, including the homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 22. Louisville freshman Kennedi Parks gave her reasoning. “We’re doing this because we want to make a change,� Parks said. “It’s time for something to be said. It’s been going on for a while, and we want to build peace.�
way we hold schools accountable for improving student learning over time is going through a major revision.� Houchens said the goal in revising the system is to “maintain very high expectations for our schools.� Additionally, Houchens said the
Board of Education will be discussing charter schools in Kentucky. Although 43 states currently have charter schools, Kentucky is not one of them. Houchens said the Board of Education will be having work sessions in the future to learn more
about and discuss charter schools.
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A campus bus leaves the bus stop in front of Downing Student Union Wednesday, Sept. 28. A new bus route will allow students to park in the downtown parking garage and ride the bus to campus. MATT LUNSFORD/HERALD
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WKU students will now be able to park for free in the downtown parking garage across from the Bowling Green Hot Rods’ Stadium because of an agreement between Parking and Transportation Services and the owners of the parking garage. The route for the Topper Transit Red Line has also been changed to provide transit service from the parking garage on 8th Avenue to WKU’s campus. Jennifer Tougas, director of PTS, said in an email the decision to allow students to park for free in the parking garage was due to the reduction in on-campus commuter parking. Because of the construction of Parking Structure 3 in the Creason Lot, Tougas said the campus has lost 150 commuter parking spaces.
Tougas said PTS also decided to allow students to use the parking garage because of several large events happening on campus later this semester. The parking garage will add alternative parking for those events. She said the Topper Transit Red Line route also had extra time that would allow for the expansion of the bus route without costing extra money. In a campus-wide email, PTS included a list of changes to the Red Line route. These changes include the addition of four bus stops and the removal of one bus stop. “The expanded route will also provide transportation between WKU’s main campus and downtown businesses,” the email said. Tougas said the owners of the parking garage and the businesses in the downtown area were very receptive to the idea to allow students to park in the
garage. She said the owners and the business want to develop a stronger connection between the downtown community and WKU students in effort to increase the growth of the area. “Providing free parking for WKU students and providing transit service for students to get to and from downtown supports that effort,” Tougas said. After the end of this semester, Tougas said PTS will examine the system to determine if it is a good idea to continue to allow students to use the garage for free in the spring semester.
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THE ISSUE: The Washington Post recently published a video of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump making lewd comments about women, comments that surmount to sexual assault.
OUR STANCE: His comments are disgusting and contribute to the dangers surrounding rape culture. WKU has made great strides in combating issues such as sexual assault and rape culture, but we can further improve for the sake of everyone. The Republican party finally found the line of moral decency they refused to cross on Saturday, Oct. 8 when a video unearthed by the Washington Post made itself heard around the world. The video captures Trump bragging about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation with Billy Bush of “Access Hollywood.” In the audio, Trump discusses his attempts to “try and f***” a married woman and ultimately failing after moving on her “very heavily.” Later on, Trump and Bush seem to notice actress Arianne Zucker which prompted responses from the two. “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful –– I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Trump says. “And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” he says. “You can do anything.” “Whatever you want,” another voice says, apparently Bush’s. “Grab them by the p***y,” Trump says. “You can do anything.” The fallout from the Republican party has been massive since the video came out. The New York Times reports that 160 Republican leaders no longer support Donald Trump and at least 50 have recanted support or publicly spoken about not supporting him since the tape’s release. Let’s not approach these comments in any vague terms. What Trump is describing is sexual assault. And the United States Department of Justice also agrees, stating “sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs
without the explicit consent of the recipient.” This is a presidential candidate bragging in lewd terms about sexual assault. Something Trump brushed off as “locker room banter.” His comments have sparked discussion about rape culture. According to the Women Against Violence Against Women, rape culture was coined by feminists in the 1970’s and was “designed to show the ways in which society blamed victims of sexual assault and normalized male sexual violence.” Rape culture does exist. If it didn’t, former Stanford University student Brock Turner would have served a longer sentence for sexually assaulting a woman instead of just three months. And if it didn’t exist Canadian author Kelly Oxford wouldn’t have received 8.5 million responses to her tweet encouraging women to tweet her their first assaults. A culture does exist where sexual violence is normalized and often times excused in the public eye, shifting the blame onto women and not the actions of the perpetrator. It should not be a controversial thing to admit this; it’s an issue that requires we first admit it in order to do something. Many organizations at WKU take issues of sexual violence seriously. The Student Government Association is dedicating resources and time to ending sexual assault and rape culture; the Counseling and Testing Center continues to focus on the Green Dot training sessions which focus on interpersonal violence prevention and the university at large promotes programming during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. However, we still have our faults, such as not having a separate victim support services office, and we have to continue to make improvements in that regard. Countering rape culture has to be another step we all take upon ourselves to end. We’d like to remind everyone of the infamous Vanderbilt football game banners at WKU which gained national attention.
Some of the banners seemed to make reference to Vanderbilt’s history with sexual assault: “Vandy goes to court. WKU goes to bowl games.” “Vandy posted Brock Turner’s bail #BeatVandy SEC?” “Vandy anchors down lifetime sentences T-OP-S.” The Lambda Lambda Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is the only confirmed fraternity house to have referenced the case on its banner, but other off-campus student houses had banners mocking Vanderbilt in other ways. The Tennessean reported the president of the Lambda Lambda Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi, Alex Hawkins, said they did not mean any harm by the signs and said the banner was “not in any way meant to make fun of women or sexual assault allegations associated with the Vanderbilt football team, this was simply an immature joke.” A Twitter account called WKU Greek Humor eloquently told all of us that if we can’t take a joke to stay off Twitter. By bringing up the banners we do not mean to paint the Greek community with a wide brush. Many of the banners photographed came from off-campus student housing, but the issue of culture remains unchanged. Statements trying to poke fun of sexual assault are not simply an immature joke or locker room banter and we cannot treat it as such. If this is the norm, then we have to start calling it out as we see it. WKU came out strongly against acts of racism on campus, yet their response to these banners was virtually nonexistent. The administration cannot be dedicated to ending one form of violence and injustice if they’re not dedicated to ending other forms as well. Administrators should move past just promoting programming and discussions during Sexual Assault Awareness month and make it a defined priority year round.
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Black hair styles in the professional sphere BY KAYLN JOHNSON HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU
The year was 1964 when Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was signed into law, stating that an employer could not discriminate against a person based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. However, it says nothing about discrimination based on hair style. While this sounds like a silly topic, the roots run deep and are strong. On September 15th the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 claim of racial discrimination based on hairstyle, which the Huffington Post states that the hair style didn’t qualify as “immutable.” The Huffington Post quotes U.S. Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan in a statement retreaded about the ruling in saying “We recognize that the distinction between immutable and mutable
characteristics of race can sometimes be a fine (and difficult) one, but it is a line that courts have drawn. So, for example, discrimination on the basis of black hair texture (an immutable characteristic) is prohibited by Title VII, while adverse action on the basis of black hairstyle (a mutable choice) is not.” But for a lot of black women, including myself, muting their hair is not a choice, but rather a lifestyle change. There first must be an understanding of why people have them in the first place. Well, that’s simple and complicated because a lot of black people have this idea that black people are the only individuals who can wear the hair style. This simply isn’t true. CNN reports back up this fact with stating that historians and anthropologists have found evidence of ancient Viking, Christians, Germanic tribes and African tribes wearing dreadlocks. The employers from the Huffington
Post’s article described deadlocks as against the company’s policy because they “tend to get messy”. This statement implies that straight, flowing hair, or bouncing wound curls won’t and don’t get messy, which is not the case. This is because of the nature of dreadlocks. Dreadlocks are the natural way hair progressed if not combed or brushed. It naturally locks in on itself. With this, comes the stereotype of individuals with dreadlocks, such as, they don’t shower, wash their hair, or overall have proper hygiene. This is also not the case. Proper hygiene has nothing to do with the hairstyle, but all about how the individual person maintains their person. Furthermore, by having dreadlocks many individuals are using their hair to form a closer connection with their god. So, telling someone to change their hairstyle could be prohib-
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Conference to raise trafficking awareness BY EMMA AUSTIN HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU
Phoenix Rising, a local non-profit organization working to prevent human trafficking, will be partnering with Broadway United Methodist Church this Saturday, Oct. 15, to host its first Human Trafficking Conference. Several speakers are scheduled to appear at the event to bring awareness to human trafficking as well as educate the community on the issue. “People would be surprised about what goes on in Bowling Green with human trafficking,” Kim Dippolito, Phoenix Rising board member, said. “You think of it as just happening in other countries, where people are driving women across borders, but it encompasses a lot of things, not just prostitution. It encompasses child labor –– any kind of forced labor.” Missy Cunningham, Phoenix Rising board president, said the goal of the event is to raise awareness of the problem, especially regarding what goes on in Kentucky. Bowling Green’s position on Interstate 65, one of the main highways connecting the southern part of the country to the north, makes it the perfect area for people to be trafficking, Cunningham said. “Any town up and down 65 is subject to traffickers,” Cunningham said. “[It’s] easy to transport, just like it is for drugs.” Saturday’s event will offer a panel of human trafficking survivors, including Tajuan McCarty, founder of The Wellhouse, a rescue and recovery organization for victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking. The panel will also include Jennifer Kempton, who founded Survivor’s Ink to “empower human trafficking survivors by breaking the psychological chains of enslavement through beautifying, removing or covering their physical scars, markings, and brandings,” according to the organization’s website. EmpowerU Radio founder Kelley Alsobrook will also be on the panel, as well as members of Women of the Well, a Louisville-based ministry that serves human trafficking and domestic violence survivors. A representative from the attor-
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Gallery director, Kristina Arnold, works to cut the lids on pumpkins for carving and flower arrangements at the Fall Festival by Ivan Wilson Center. Matt Lunsford/HERALD
it’s fall, y’all Potter College hosts fall festival BY ELISABETH MOORE
HEARALD.FEATURES@WKU. EDU With pumpkins and t-shirts in hand, the Potter College Dean’s Council diligently set up and decorated the William “Gander” Terry Colonnade, located just outside of the Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts Center. Students, staff and faculty alike awaited the seventh annual Potter College Fall Festival, held on Wednesday afternoon. “It is also a fun way to get students involved,” Cierra Waller, student services coordinator for the Potter College Dean’s Office Staff, said. “We have stage performances and we have activity booths. It is just a fun kick-off to the year and to let people know we are Potter College and to let them know a lit-
tle bit of what we do in an active way.” Potter College of Arts and Letters hosts the fall festival every year, showcasing the many different academic units housed in the Potter College. With a total of 13 disciplines, the Potter College Dean’s Council packed the Colonnades full of booths ranging from pumpkin arrangements to free fall festival t-shirts. “Our ambassadors at the Dean’s Council of Students really run the show,” Waller said. “Of course, they help with set up, with the maintenance, the flow of the event. They help with the booth logistics and making sure that each booth has what they need.” A single stage placed in the middle of the Colonnades allowed eight performances to happen throughout the festival.
Performers had to audition in front of the Potter College Dean’s Council in order to be center stage at the festival. Over 20 students, staff and faculty auditioned for this year’s festival, though only eight were chosen to fit within the festival’s time limit. Freshmen BreeAnna Newton and Emilee Barber said the floral and pumpkin booths, where they got to make arrangements, were their favorite. Both said they would come back to the festival in future years. “I think it is really interesting and it is a good way for students to get involved,” Newton said. One of the performers was Louisville freshman Shyama Iyer, a musical theatre major. Iyer performed a traditional Indian dance about one of the gods in Hindu
mythology. Iyer said she had been dancing since she was little thanks to her mom, who owned a dance school in Louisville. Iyer recently performed in the Bowling Green International Festival and plans on performing more Indian dances in the future. “I like to get involved doing as much of this as I can,” Iyer said. “It is something that I have to put forth and do myself because I have not met a lot of people who do it. Especially here, there isn’t a huge population of Indians or anything like that.” The fall festival also included a metal pour by the department of art, and balloon animals made by some of the Dean’s Student Council. Senior theatre major Patrick MacDonald, a member of the Dean’s Student Council, said the
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Remembering a Kentucky guitar master BY EMMA AUSTIN HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Students, faculty and other Bowling Green citizens remembered Mose Rager, guitar legend of Muhlenberg County, at a presentation Tuesday evening at the Kentucky Building. Nancy Richey, associate professor in WKU’s Library Special Collections, spoke on her latest book, “Mose Rager: Kentucky’s Incomparable Guitar
Master,” a biography of the celebrated guitarist. Rager’s family didn’t have much money, Richey said, so he found free entertainment through music. His first love was blues; he loved popular music of his day, she said. Rager is credited for his influence on the thumb-picking style of guitar playing and passing the style on to musicians including Merle Travis, who later taught Chet Atkins. Although he never recorded, and pre-
Doug Jones demonstrates the thumb-picking style of Mose Rager on his Gretsch Falcon guitar during associate professor in Library Special Collections, Nancy Richey’s presentation of her book “Mose Rager: Kentucky’s Incomparable Guitar Master” on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in Kentucky Museum. Tyger Williams/HERALD
ferred a quiet life rather than fame, several guitarists cite Rager as an influencer of their style. During his time, listeners were astounded by Rager’s lightning speed, Richey said, and thought two or even three guitars were being played at once. Kennedy Jones, the guitarist often credited as the creator of the unique thumb-picking style, taught the style to Rager. “Some people say the Muhlenberg Sound is all the result of a blister,” Richey said; the style was created when Jones used a thumb pick because he had a blister on his finger. Richey began research for the book about seven years ago. She co-authored alongside Carlton Jackson, a WKU professor who passed away in 2014. “With his family’s permission and blessing, I was able to finish the book,” Richey said. Richey has worked on local histories in the past, and believes preserving these stories are important. “We all know the big stories: the founding of the country and the civil war,” she said. “All that history has been written about, but I’m interested in local history to save it. Once those people are gone, we’ve lost that information.” Richey said she has the “musical ability of a gnat,” which created a challenge for her as she was writing. During research, she found a pagelong definition of thumb-picking
full of musical jargon, which she said went over her head. “[Rager] was quite a good man, and an excellent guitar player,” Richey said. While researching, she met one of Rager’s daughters and several guitarists who knew him and “love to talk about him.” If there was a scrap of information anywhere, Richey said, she found it. “It’s just about starting with what you know,” Richey said. “People will be surprised if they explore the history of their country, the people they will find through research.” Following the presentation, guitarist Doug Jones demonstrated Rager’s thumb-picking style. “I was a big Chet Atkins fan and a big Merle Travis fan,” Jones said. “I just longed to play the guitar like that. That’s the way I wanted to play, and that’s what I worked on for 60 years.” Jones said he began learning on the acoustic guitar at age 16, and eventually learned to play electric. “I think for the most part, country music is drifting away to a different style,” Jones said. “I like the older style of country music, and I appreciate it when anybody tries to conserve it. So I think it’s important to keep the history alive of the older style of music.”
Reporter Emma Austin can be reached at 270-745-2655 and emma. austin177@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @emmacaustin.
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where all of the academic units are able to come together to do something fun, which is drastically different from the typical major and minor fairs where there are academic things to accomplish. “I think it is rewarding to see people stumble upon it in the middle of a crazy kind of day and to see how happy they are stuffing a pumpkin or doing something else,” Rachel Harris, a junior advertising major in the Dean’s Student Council, said. “We get
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to see that all of this planning that we put into it pays off when people are just enjoying themselves and getting to learn more about Potter College.” Another performer at the festival was Reagan Stovenour, who sang two songs that incorporated her love for jazz. Stovenour said she learned about the festival performance through her voice teacher, Amelia Rollings, an assistant professor in the department of theatre and dance, and they decided it would be a great opportunity for her to perform and to gain experience in front of a crowd. Waller said her favorite point in the
festival was the end when it started to wind down, since she would have the time to go up on the steps of the Colonnade and look at everything that was going on. “My favorite is to kind of see our DSC [Dean’s Student Council] Ambassadors running the show and having fun and looking at all of the students enjoying things, looking at all of the cool things that happen in the booths and kind of seeing everyone outside of that academic element,” Waller said. “That is kind of my favorite moment to sneak away at a moment when no one is calling my
problem in the community. A large component of Phoenix Rising is to educate the community on the issue, as well as how they can be involved in preventing trafficking, Dippolito said. “You would be really surprised to hear that this is the kind of stuff
that’s going on in our own yard,” Dippolito said. The event will be Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Broadway United Methodist Church, located at 1323 Melrose St. On-site registration opens at 7:30 a.m. Preregistration is
name and just to see all that is going on.” Throughout the festival grounds, students carrying pumpkin arrangements milled around as organizations took care of their booths. After the final performances, the seventh annual Potter College Fall Festival officially closed until the next fall.
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Bring Back the Music: an old time jam session BY KALEE CHISM
HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU The Kentucky Folklife Program is planning its first old-time jam session of the year, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7 - 9 p.m.; all are welcome to come and listen or play at the event. Although these sessions have happened in the past, Nicole Musgrave, the graduate assistant of the Kentucky Folklife program, is musically-inclined and led a push for more sessions this year. “We use the pioneer log cabin for a number of small, house concert types of things to share traditional music and culture in the Commonwealth and beyond, basically celebrating traditional arts,” Brent Bjorkman, director of the Kentucky Folklife program, said. Jam sessions are usually when people get together informally to play music, he explained. “We did a little bit of it last year, but we’re really starting to kick off into something that’s more robust
and try to get a central core of people here that would come over and over again,” Bjorkman said. “So, we’re really trying to promote it in that way.” The goal of the program is to provide a space where old-time music can be played and preserved, as well as create a community where this type of music can foster and be played among different musicians, Musgrave said. Musgrave said the events will offer space for people who want to get out of their houses and come play music with and learn from other people, rather than playing alone. “We want it to be open to all levels, and maybe people that don’t necessarily have experience in a jam can come here and feel comfortable learning the etiquette, learning some more songs to add to their repertoire,” she said. “So, in that way, we’re hoping to create a community of people who come and play and hang out.” The sessions are meant to be very dynamic, for each player to build off
one another and add a piece of their style to the music. Bjorkman said the mission of the Kentucky Folklife program is to document, present and conserve traditional arts and cultural heritage of the Commonwealth. “Everybody that learns a song maybe puts their own little piece on it, and to put it together, to explore each other that way, to learn, to have a good time, creates a sense of community and a place to hang out and find like-minded people who like the same thing,” he said. The program is hoping to host these jams monthly, and to get people of all levels to come out and play, listen and meet people. “We hope that students, and people in the community in general, will bring an instrument and join the jam and play,” Musgrave said. “And if people don’t play, or they’re interested or maybe they’re not familiar with oldtime music they can just come and watch to kind of get an idea of what the music sounds like and see what a
jam session is about.” People are welcome to come watch, even if they don’t want to play, she added. Musgrave said she is most looking forward to hearing and playing music, as well as meeting new people and hearing their different styles and takes on songs. Each player brings a different style and take on the music, adding a piece of them to the songs, allowing all of the players and listeners to grow and add to their musical interest. “One of the things, too, when you’re meeting people that come to the jam session; there’s people that come that know how to play a little bit, or maybe they’re just curious,” Bjorkman said. “Maybe there’s another ring around the players kind of watching, and over time maybe they’ll get the courage, or be encouraged to take up an instrument as well.”
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Lady Toppers set for weekend trip to Florida BY TYLER MANSFIELD
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The WKU women’s soccer team draws closer to the end of its regular-season with a trip to the Sunshine State this weekend to meet Conference USA foes Florida Atlantic University Friday night and Florida International University Sunday afternoon. The Lady Toppers (10-4-0 overall, 5-1-0 C-USA) are coming off a perfect weekend with shutout wins over longtime rival Middle Tennessee State University (1-0) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (2-0). With the pair of victories, the club took sole possession of first place in the league standings. WKU has won seven out of its last eight matches as the team has collected 15 points in C-USA play. Following Sunday’s check in the win column, it also marked the Lady Tops’ eighth of the season, five of which have come in conference play. Riding that two-match winning streak and sitting atop the standings, WKU will have its hands full against two dominant Florida teams this upcoming weekend. The Owls (7-6-2, 3-2-1 C-USA) are coming off a 0-0, double-overtime draw against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In the loss, FAU was outshot, 14-9 and couldn’t seem to find an offensive rhythm throughout the game. Dual-threat senior forward Sammy Rowland leads the Owls’ offensive attack. Rowland has started and
played in each game this season and has scored five goals on 38 shots and assisted twice for a total of 12 points. On defense, redshirt senior goalkeeper Sydney Drinkwater is the steady net defender. Drinkwater has played 1,263:09 total minutes this year and has made 60 saves with a save percentage of .845. The 5-foot-9 threat holds a 6-6-2 record when in goal. On Sunday, WKU will meet the fellow Florida team, the Panthers (2-8-2, 1-3-1 C-USA), who are 0-3-0 at home this year. In their last outing at Louisiana Tech University on Wednesday, Oct. 5, they fell 2-0 to the Bulldogs. Before welcoming the Lady Tops into Miami, FIU will square off with Marshall University Friday evening. Florida International is paced by senior midfielder Alyssa Robinson. On the season, Robinson has been able to score four goals on 24 shots for eight total points. The scoring threat has also recorded 13 shots on goal and holds a percentage of .542. In its last outing against UAB, WKU came out of the gates firing and it resulted in two different Lady Tops scoring to lead the team to the twogoal victory, as both senior forward Iris Dunn and freshman forward Chandler Backes found the back of the net. Backes, who scored her 10th goal of the season in the victory, currently leads all of C-USA in that category and is first among freshmen with the tally. On the defensive side of the ball for WKU, the unit has been hard to score on this year, especially in the
Junior defender Shayna Dheel (19) drives the ball back upfield against UAB’s midfielder Natalie Presedo (6) during 2-0 victory Sunday, Oct. 9, at the WKU Soccer Complex. Matt Lunsford/HERALD last month and a half. Over the last six consecutive weeks, the Lady Tops have seen one of its own named a C-USA Player of the Week, which is a league record. Backes was tabbed Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, Sept. 6 to begin the streak while senior defenders Olivia Fitzgerald and Makenzie Costner and sophomore midfielder Nicole Roseland were all given the Defensive Player of the Week honor from Sept. 12-26 and most recently
junior goalkeeper Allison Leone was awarded the Goalkeeper of the Week honor both on Oct. 3 and 10. WKU and Florida Atlantic are scheduled to kickoff at 6 p.m. in Boca Raton, Florida while the Lady Tops are set to meet Florida International in Miami at 12 p.m.
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FOOTBALL
Former Hilltoppers find success at next level BY JEREMY CHISENHALL
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WKU’s football program is continuing to grow and be successful with some NFL talent coming from the Hill. Most of the Hilltoppers on NFL rosters are rookies, but a few veterans from WKU are leading successful careers. Here’s an update on how the best NFL Toppers are doing so far this year.
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Jack Doyle, Indianapolis Colts tight end Doyle is in the middle of his best season in the league. He has 16 catches on 19 targets for 151 yards, which is more yardage than he’s put up in any of his past three seasons. He also has a career-high in yards per catch, with an average of 9.4. On top of that Doyle has two touchdown catches, which ties his career-high from 2014. Doyle is on track to shatter his career bests this season.
Tyler Higbee, Los Angeles Rams tight end By far the biggest star of the rookie Toppers, Higbee is getting a lot of in-game action. He’s played all five games this year, 117 snaps in total, and has been targeted six times with one catch for two yards. Higbee is expected to keep getting playing time throughout the season, and may get some postseason time, as the Rams are currently 3-2, and 3-1 in their last four games.
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Doughty was drafted by the Dolphins in the seventh round this year, and got a significant amount of playing time in the preseason. In his four preseason games, he threw for 185 yards, and completed 71.4 percent of his passes. He didn’t have any touchdown passes, but also didn’t throw any interceptions. Doughty was cut by the Dolphins after the preseason on Wednesday, Sept. 14. He was signed back to the practice squad on Friday, Sept. 16, and is still on the practice squad now. Regardless of if Doughty is brought up to the active roster this year, it’s likely that he won’t get any playing time behind Miami’s franchise quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
Rainey is in his sixth season in the NFL, and is with his fourth team. He signed with the Giants on Monday, April 11. Rainey is getting a much lighter workload than he did when he started with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as he has just nine carries for 44 yards this season. While his workload is light, he’s averaging 4.9 yards-percarry, which is one of the better averages in the league this year. If he continues to put up nearly five yards-per-carry, he’ll likely get more carries as the season goes on.
Fant was not selected in the 2016 NFL Draft, but signed with the Seahawks in free agency and fought to earn a roster spot. Fant hasn’t had any receptions this season, but he has gotten some in-game action. He’s played two snaps this season, both coming against the San Francisco 49ers in week three. He has also been in on 11 plays on special teams. Fant will likely get some postseason experience if he stays with the Seahawks, as they are currently one of the best teams in the NFC West with a 3-1 record.
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Continued from SPORTS It all starts with Stockstill, however, who is averaging 331 yards through the air and is also third on the team in rushing. “He’s extremely smart,� Brohm said. “He knows the offense, he’s athletic, he can run around and add time for the receivers to get open and he can run the football. He’s not going to do anything to hurt their team. He’s going to be hard to rattle.� Mobile quarterbacks like Stockstill have given the Toppers trouble in the past, with the most recent instance being Ryan Higgins of Louisiana Tech on Thursday. Higgins shredded the Tops for 485 total yards and five touchdowns. “When we get into conference play, it’s going to be a lot of spread teams,� Brohm said. “Unfortunately, [Louisiana Tech] was the first really good team that ran the spread and we got exposed. I think we’ll have a much better plan and we’ll be much more aggressive.� On paper, the teams are very comparable. WKU’s 36.5 points per game trail MTSU’s 37.6 marginally and both teams allow almost the same amount of points (MTSU 23, WKU 23.5).
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here will turn out to be for the program, but every indication so far has led me to believe that one of the greatest eras in WKU basketball has officially arrived with his hiring. That may be a big statement, but there aren’t any head coaches in WKU’s history that have shown they can add four and five star recruits to the program here. Stansbury has already added a four star and a five star recruit for next year’s team, and the man has
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commitments from five star big man Mitchell Robinson and four-star guard Josh Anderson. Although Stansbury has yet to coach a single game, he is already making sure his team is taking care of the little things as this year’s WKU basketball team is looking to have discipline on and off the court “I think we have made tremendous progress in that area, academically, being on time,� Stansbury said. “Our guys eat breakfast every day from seven to eight thirty. They are gonna get their study table, the little things and the importance of the little things. You know, one minute late means you’re late.� “I have had no absences, I have had nobody late for breakfast, nobody that didn’t get their six hours of
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Both teams have starting quarterbacks with more than 1,500 passing yards, running backs with 400 yards or more on the ground and 500-yard wide receivers. The difference in the game will be hard to pinpoint if both teams play complete games, which is something Brohm has been striving for since the end of last season. “It’s always hard to have a complete, perfect game ‌ I went back and watched a lot of our games last year and we did a lot of good things,â€? Brohm said. “In some of those games we had a big lead, but I think that our defense has plenty enough personnel and plenty enough ammunition to remedy the problem. We have to find a way to get some turnovers and we have to make sure the quarterback is uncomfortable.â€? As the defense tries to get back on track after allowing 55 points in its last outing, starting redshirt junior quarterback Mike White and the offense will look to continue doing their part after scoring 132 points over the past three games. “One thing I think we’ve been able to do these past three games is score on the first drive,â€? White said. “Putting points on the board gives our defense a good cushion to play com-
fortable and play fast like we know they can.� WKU was able to score on eight of its first 10 offensive possessions in last year’s rout of the Blue Raiders, scoring once on a 69-yard double pass from junior wide receiver Nacarius Fant to Taylor. Brohm hinted at opening up the playbook again Saturday after having such success with creative plays last season. “Even looking back at our game against Middle Tennessee last year, on offense specifically, we ran a few different wrinkles early on, and every one of them worked,� Brohm said. “Sometimes when you can give a few different looks that a team hasn’t prepared for, you’ve got a chance.� Brohm also mentioned trying to get some of the younger receivers involved as the season progresses. Receivers like redshirt freshman Lucky Jackson and redshirt junior kick return specialist Kylen Towner could very well be a part of some of Brohm’s “wrinkles� early on. “I just go in everyday and try to preach to the young guys, give them some motivation and confidence and let them know to just go out there and play their game,� Taylor said. “I tell them to just go out there,
don’t think too much and relax because once you find your groove it’ll all come to you.� The offense should also benefit from having one of its most important pieces back and healthy: Lamp. Lamp returned to action against Louisiana Tech Thursday after missing the first and only two games of his career with a lower leg injury. “It felt really good,� Lamp said of his return. “Obviously those two games were the only two I’ve missed in my career and sitting out –– the Vandy game especially –– really hurt me seeing those guys out there without me.� With Lamp back and everyone else on the offense healthy, White and company can focus solely on the game plan. Even though he’s never played in the rivalry, White is ready for any challenge with so much at stake. “This is Middle [MTSU] week,� White said. “There’s a lot on the line and that’s why you come to college to play football and games like this. I think the more pressure, the more fun it is.�
only been here for six months. Recruits like that are unheard of at WKU as the normal blue bloods of college basketball usually eliminate any chance smaller schools have at big-time recruits, yet that didn’t cripple Stansbury at all. There is obviously something different about this particular head coach from coaches of years past, and it seems like this is a positive change so far. Also, with just three players returning from last year’s team, this Topper basketball squad was picked to finish
third in all of Conference USA this season. That mind-boggling fact alone should let everyone know that something different is definitely in the air with this program. However, don’t be surprised if a completely new team struggles to win games and create positive chemistry early this upcoming season. This is still a massive rebuilding overhaul that will require patience. The good news is that with Stansbury’s talents at the head of this program, playing the long game may pay
off big in the end. So when this Friday night arrives just sit back, relax and get your first glance at what will look like a group of strangers. But more importantly, as you watch the festivities have a sense of hope for this program, because having this kind of hope this early after the events of the offseason is a huge success within itself.
study table,� Stansbury added. “That will carry over to the court.� Stansbury has stressed that the players have to be accountable for their actions off the court, because when it comes time to step between the lines there is no place for mistakes. “The game doesn’t forgive you, the game doesn’t wait on you,� Stansbury said. “You have no freedom, no flexibility off the court from me. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Best effort and attitude possible.� Just like holding his players accountable off the court, he has the same expectations of the team on the court. “You’re going go to class,� Stansbury said. “You’re gonna go to study table. Defending and rebounding, you got no freedom. The place you have freedom is offensively.�
Fans of the program will get their first opportunity to watch the Toppers practice on Friday, however this WKU team might look a little different from teams in the recent past. “We are gonna play fast, we are gonna play quick, but at the same time we are gonna defend and rebound every possession,� Stansbury said. Hilltopper Hysteria begins at 7:30 p.m immediately after the WKU volleyball team’s matchup with the Blaz-
Reporter Evan Heichelbech can be reached at 270-745-6291 and evan. heichelbech059@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @evanheich.
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ers of the University of Alabama Birmingham. “[The] biggest thing is accountability; you gotta have accountability,� Stansbury said about his team. “It’s about players first, winning second and then people come.�
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» Volleyball: The Lady Toppers defeated Lipscomb University Tuesday night in five sets 3-2.
REECER’S PIECE
Hysteria brings new era of basketball BY JOHN REECER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU
Now, with WKU (3-3, 1-1 C-USA) in fourth place in the C-USA East Division standings, Saturday’s contest can determine a lot for both teams. MTSU (4-1, 2-0 C-USA) currently sits atop the division with a one-game lead over the rest, and a high-powered offense to go along with it. MTSU features an experienced backfield with redshirt sophomore and twoyear starter Brent Stockstill at quarterback along with redshirt senior running back I’tavius Mathers. Mathers, an Ole Miss transfer, has carried the load for the Blue Raiders thus far, scoring eight of the last 11 touchdowns for MTSU and 10 total on the season.
After what might have been the longest offseason in the history of WKU men’s basketball, the wait is finally over. Hilltopper Hysteria is set for this Friday night at 7:30 p.m. as both the women’s and men’s teams will showcase their talents for the first time ahead of the upcoming season. As the women’s JOHN REECER team is set for what will surely be another great season, I’m going to focus a little bit more on the men’s team and the many questions they face. This is a team that isn’t just going to look a little different from last year but drastically different in almost every way. First off, there are only three players who saw playing time last year who return this season. Senior forwards Ben Lawson and Anton Waters and junior forward Justin Johnson will bring much-needed experience in the post. However, all of the intrigue rests in a backcourt full of new, talented guards. In particular, the additions of redshirt seniors Pancake Thomas, Que Johnson and Junior Lomomba will be the main focus of fans as these talented transfers will likely determine the success of the program this season. While seeing how these talented players play with all their teammates for their first time will be entertaining, it will not be the most important aspect of Hysteria on Friday. After what was at times an offseason to forget, new Head Coach Rick Stansbury came along and changed the narrative completely as he went out and got talented players for not only this season, but for the 2017-18 season as well. Of course only time will tell just how beneficial having Stansbury
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Junior wide receiver Nacarius Fant (1) runs downfield during the Hilltoppers’ 50-3 win over Houston Baptist University on Oct. 1 at L.T. Smith Stadium. Gabriel Scarlett/HERALD
miles of hate Hilltoppers Prepare for Critical Showdown at MTSU
BY EVAN HEICHELBECH
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The rivalry that exists between Middle Tennessee State University and WKU is widely known as “100 Miles of Hate,” but the Hilltoppers are just calling it “the next game” in preparation for Saturday’s matchup in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. “It’s the big one because it’s the next one,” redshirt senior left tackle Forrest Lamp said. “Our backs are up against the wall a little bit, but it’s the same as last year because everybody was gunning for us. Yes, we have to win this one, but it’s just another game.” After suffering an uncharacteristic setback last Thursday against Louisi-
ana Tech, WKU is in need of a conference win to keep its conference championship dreams above water. And while Head Coach Jeff Brohm preaches the concept of a one-game season to his team, he understands the increased magnitude of this conference road game. “We take every game like it’s the Super Bowl and like it’s the most important game of our life,” Brohm said. “It’s a huge game for us. It’s the team leading our conference, and we lost to them at their place two years ago. It’s a pivotal game and pretty much all of them are. We treat it as a one-game season.” The rivalry, which was renewed in 2014 after WKU
joined Conference USA, has yielded some exciting games both times the two teams last met. The last time the Toppers travelled to Murfreesboro, MTSU escaped with a 50-47 triple-overtime victory in the conference opener for both teams. “That was a crazy game right there,” senior wide receiver Taywan Taylor said. “That’s kind of one of the things coach Brohm brought up this week: we’re going away with another road test for us and it’s going to be fired up.” A season ago, Taylor played a big part in a beat down of the Blue Raiders in Bowling Green, racking up 120 yards on six catches for three touchdowns in a 58-28 victory.
BASKETBALL
Stansbury focused on “little things” to begin season BY MATTHEW STEWART
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU College basketball is quickly approaching as teams all across the country will be participating in “midnight madness” events this weekend. First year Head Coach Rick Stansbury and the WKU men’s basketball team will be kicking things off Friday with Hilltopper Hysteria. The 2015-16 basketball season ended a little differently than most. Stansbury came to a program with no presence in the backcourt. Since the day Stansbury took over he has been on the recruiting trail, putting together pieces in order for the Hilltoppers to compete with the best teams on their schedule. The former Mississippi State head coach has brought in three graduate transfers in Que Johnson, Junior Lomomba and Cleveland “Pancake” Thomas to lead the effort. He has added freshmen Damari Parris, Marty Leahy and Marko Stajkovski to the roster. The work the Topper coach has put in goes beyond next season as well. According to 247Sports, WKU now has the 10th ranked 2017 recruiting class with
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Forward (23), Justin Johnson, puts up a shot during the first period of a basketball game against MTSU at Diddle Arena on Jan. 30. The Hilltoppers lost the game to MTSU with a final score of 66-64. Emily Kask/HERALD