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Med Center, WKONA debate WKU

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BY EMMA COLLINS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

Eva Ross, singer and guitarist, said the music her band played at the FFOYA House focused on love, relationships and feelings of uncertainty.

“My heart goes out to anyone who has experienced [domestic violence],” she said, adding that she thinks it is important for victims to “seek help and not be ashamed.”

Stephanie Menser and Ava McBride, the BRASS advocates of housing and outreach, attended the event. They spoke between the acts about the effects of domestic violence.

“Domestic violence is very silencing,” Menser said.

The bidding process for a proposal for a sports medicine complex at WKU was “veiled in secrecy” and favored a monopolization of health insurance for WKU employees, according to doctors with a Graves Gilbert Clinic subsidiary.

In the past three months, Western Kentucky Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Associates, which Graves Gilbert Clinic owns, filed two letters of protest against the deal that would allow the construction of a $22 million athletic facility. While, WKONA was initially offered the deal, Dr. Craig Beard, a doctor with WKONA, said the initial offer from President Gary Ransdell and Athletic Director Todd Stewart was for a complex priced at around $20 million. When WKONA refused the deal citing concerns about the cost, WKU turned to the Medical Center and offered the organization a similar deal.

Following the Board of Regents approval of the deal between WKU and the Medical Center, Beard and other doctors with the Graves Gilbert Clinic released claims stating the proposal specifically favored MedCenter Health. The deal could potentially create a monopoly that could increase health insurance rates for the university’s employees, according to WKONA. The deal would have also given the Medical Center exclusive rights to be the health services provider for athletes, a contract held by WKONA until it was terminated in August.

However, WKU administration and Medical Center officials dispute WKONA’s claims, stating WKONA is protesting out of fear of losing business to other healthcare providers.

WKU administration and Medical Center officials also said WKONA exaggerated the university’s ability to control the medical providers employees use.

The Medical Center was promised exclusive rights to on-campus health services currently managed

by Graves Gilbert Clinic in the original letter of intent for the construction of the sports medicine facility.

According to the Request for Proposal, otherwise know as a RFP, released by WKU after WKONA’s first

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Victoria Mitchell, 20, of Bowling Green, looks at artwork on display with her six-month-old daughter, Isabella Keaton on Friday, Oct. 14, at the FFOYA House. “I came to this event tonight because I was in a domestic violence relationship with her father and it’s so nice to go to hear other people’s stories,” Mitchell said. Ebony Cox/HERALD

Raising the volume FFOYA, BRASS host domestic violence awareness benefit

BY CALLIE MILLER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

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ocal artists, bands and poets showcased their work this weekend during a benefit for Domestic Violence Awareness month.

The Barren River Area Safe Space, a domestic violence shelter and program, and the Former Friends of Young American’s House were co-partners for the event.

The benefit featured a Gallery Hop on Friday, followed by the Domestic Violence Awareness month benefit show on Saturday, both at the FFOYA House.

Toby Fatzinger, director at FFOYA House, said it supports causes that are bigger than the rest of us. “Part of our overall mission is to partner with other nonprofits,” he said.

The FFOYA House’s purpose is to connect local artists with social causes. It approached BRASS earlier this year to set up an event to raise domestic violence awareness through art during October.

At the Gallery Hop, several writers read their own poems expressing the issue of domestic violence or similar situations. Artists submitted their paintings and drawings to be displayed that showed “how they interpret domestic violence or their reaction to a domestic violence type scenario,” said Pam Hurt, assistant director of BRASS. Those who attended the Gallery Hop and the benefit were encouraged to bring personal care items for BRASS

or a small monetary donation it admission. Those items will be donated to the women at the shelter.

Teresa Christmas is one of several local artists who exhibited artwork at the FFOYA House.

Her painting, titled “The Last Time He Hit Her” depicted three young children sitting in chairs. She said she wants people who see it to think, “What happens to the kids?” in domestic violence situations.

BRASS helped Christmas years ago in her time of need. As both an artist and previous domestic violence survivor, she was happy to support the event and cause.

“It feels like it was another lifetime,” she said. Christmas said many people don’t realize children can be the abused victims too. It’s hard for victims to leave because they will be single parents, she said, “because childcare can be so expensive.”

Topper Corner celebrates opening with ribbon cutting

BY NATALIE PERRY HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The flash of cameras and round of applause interrupted the otherwise dreary Thursday afternoon as the bright red ceremonial ribbon was cut in front of WKU’s new Topper Corner in the Stadium Park Plaza courtyard.

The ribbon cutting ceremony took place at 3 p.m. outside of the new WKU store. A brief introduction was delivered to the audience of local business owners, city commissioners, Hot Rods employees and WKU personnel scattered out among the racks of t-shirts and tables full of local artisan sculptures, paintings and bar-ware.

Topper Corner is a boutique style store selling items including WKU merchandise, Hot Rods merchandise and community and student artwork.

Store hours are from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Topper corner is located between Starbucks and 6-4-3 Sports Bar. The boutique is accessible from inside of the Starbucks or from a separate outdoor entrance.

Gary Meszaros, assistant vice president of business and auxiliary introduced and thanked those who helped

in the process of getting the store up and running. Including Jerry Katzoff, the lead developer of Stadium Park Plaza.

“I think the store really brings the university closer to downtown,” Katzoff said.

Sharing a space and conference area with the neighboring Starbucks, Meszaros and Katzoff hope to see the two businesses benefiting each other and the whole downtown area. Customers, especially students will buy some coffee and walk down the hall to check out the new deals and art in the boutique, Meszaros said.

“We think it’s going to be a good synergy,” Meszaros said. “We’re going to try to co-promote some things in the future, like if you buy a shirt you get a Starbucks gift card or a 20 percent discount. That’s sort of a longer term plan.”

Recruited from Houston to manage Topper Corner, Rebecca Elder returned back to her childhood home of Bowling Green. Elder spent part of her childhood growing up on Normal Street, and both of her parents worked for WKU. Elder has previous boutique management knowledge from owning her own boutique in Houston. With such strong ties to

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Merchandise on sale at Topper Corner, a new shop selling WKU apparel, memorabilia and student artwork which opened officially on Thursday, October 13 in Stadium Park Plaza. Evan Boggs/HERALD

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MSU invites WKU to Dead Poets in London

BY KYLIE CARLSON

HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU An opportunity for WKU students to travel to London for up to six credit hours is available through a partnership with Murray State University.

Professor Bernard Lewis, an English and humanities professor from Murray State University, is hosting a study abroad trip named Dead Poets in London.

The trip will be a month long from July 7 to Aug. 6 in the summer of 2017.

Lewis will be the instructor during the trip in which students can earn credit for HUM 205 The Humanistic Tradition Abroad or ENG 330 Special Topics, both Murray courses. ENG 330 from Murray does transfer to WKU as ENG 399 Special Topics.

For an additional cost, students can add three more hours worth of credit, totaling to six hours of credit. Professor Danielle Nielsen from MSU will be instructing her London trip named Horror, Myth and Legend in English Literature. Students can earn credit for ENG 243: Literary Masterpieces: Fantasy, Myth and Legend, ENG 330: Special

BRASS Continued from Front “Domestic violence is not going to silence us anymore.�

The FFOYA band played after Menser and McBride spoke. Amanda Crawford, spouse of Fatzinger, sings, plays the piano and flute for the band.

Crawford founded FFOYA House with Fatzinger as a way to support the local music scene because she doesn’t think independent artists are appreciated. She was in a previous abusive relationship, so the cause for BRASS is personally important to her.

TOPPER CORNER Continued from Front Bowling Green, Meszaros said he, along with the rest of the search committee, is confident that they made the right choice hiring Elder to manage the store.

Students can sell their artwork, photography and handmade goods in the boutique. The store will act as a gallery to display student and community works. Topper Corner will take a commission fee of 25 percent out of whatever the artist chooses to charge for the piece. Elder is currently looking to meet with local artists about displaying and selling their

DEBATE Continued from front protest, the medical service provider awarded the bid will receive those exclusive clinic rights. “The university is willing to consider a long-term exclusive contract with the medical services provider that could include various health related services in exchange for shared use of the facility constructed by the building,� according to the RFP. Beard said the term “exclusive� concerns WKONA because it could lead to an exclusive contract with the Medical Center, if the Medical Center is awarded the bid. He said an exclusive contract could prevent WKU employees from using other providers. “When they put that kind of wording in there, our concern is one day the faculty is [sic] going to wake up and they’re going to unfortunately be exposed to an exclusive contract where they have to go,� Beard said.

Beard said the medical group is also concerned about health insurance rates if the Medical Center is allowed to become the health services provider. He said the university has

Topics or HON 252: Lit & PHI II. “There will be no classroom sitting,�

Lewis said. “Other than a few presentations, everything we do will be an experience.�

Students will travel to London, Canterbury, Stratford-on-Avon, and many more places during the four week stay.

Students will get to experience many attractions and excursions on the trip.

The cost of the trip will be $4,565, not including air travel. This base price includes lodging at the Kings College in private dorms with private bathrooms at Moonraker Point, which is a few minutes from the Globe Theater, the Millennium Bridge and the Tube stations.

Students will also get a four week unlimited Tube pass, which is an underground train that will be able to take students anywhere in the city of London.

Lewis said students will have plenty of time to use the Tube passes during the visit. “The classroom time will be four days a week, so they have three very long weekends to go as they please and experience London,� Lewis said.

On the class trip with Lewis, stu-

dents will visit the Canterbury Cathedral, the Globe Theater, Shakespeare’s grave, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, HighGate Cemetery, the British Library, Dover Castle and Poet’s Corner to name a few.

The museums and libraries are free, so students may visit them during their free time without an expense.

Lewis’s class will be required to keep a journal throughout the duration of the trip. Lewis stressed that this trip wasn’t just for English students, and his journals showed that. “One of the students going is a graphic design major and will be doing a photographic journal with commentary,� Lewis said.

Students will also get to experience the BBC Proms. The Proms is one of the oldest classical music concerts in the world, Lewis said, and will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in mid July of 2017.

Ingram Strovall, once a Murray State University student and now at Memphis Hospital, traveled with Lewis to London before. “I traveled to London for the Winter “Dead Poets in London� program in 2013. I absolutely loved the excursions

to different palaces, museums, and castles (and the food!), plus, the play/ opera we went to,� Strovall said in an email. “The fact that we were able to see what we had been reading about, up close and personal, is what I feel enhanced my learning.�

Kristopher Cole, also once a Murray State student and now an IT employee for Murray, traveled with Lewis as a TV/Video Production major. “I enjoyed getting to see where the Canterbury Tale started and ended, Canterbury Cathedral is such a breathtaking church, the stained glass windows are just a flashback in time, giving insight to how people lived and believed then,� Cole said. “Being able to walk, touch, see, smell, the places we heard about in classes added a whole other layer to the learning element.�

The host of the trip, Cooperative Center for Study Abroad, is now held in Tate Page Hall at WKU. For more information, contact CCSA or Bernard Lewis at Murray State University.

Crawford hoped the event would help connect the music crowd with domestic violence awareness. “We want to reach out to an audience that might not otherwise hear their message,� she said.

Though BRASS has a shelter for women, it also extends its services to men. They cannot stay at the shelter, but they are given vouchers for hotels, McBride said. Its services help victims through the entire process of leaving their spouse or dating partner. BRASS reaches victims in 10 surrounding counties.

On Friday, Jan. 1, the Kentucky

Court of Justice revised the domestic violence statues to now provide equal protection for dating violence.

This helps BRASS reach a larger number of victims. It helps victims get Emergency Protective Orders as well as Interpersonal Protective Orders, which are for victims that are in dating relationships. “This is another way to offer people protection in our community that has finally become part of our legislation,� Menser said.

Women from the shelter were given time to view the gallery after it was set up. Menser said it was therapeutic

for the women to look at the art and identify with the scenes in the artwork with events in their own lives. “I wasn’t better than them because I lived through this,� Menser said. “I wasn’t worse than them because sometimes I still struggle. I was right next to them in front of that painting, experiencing those feelings and helping them get through it just like they were helping me get through it.�

pieces.

President Gary Ransdell spoke before the ribbon cutting, welcoming Elder back to Bowling Green and asking people to suggest ideas for cool new merchandise, art or any item that relates to WKU. Ransdell said Topper Corner is looking to include unique items in their inventory not found anywhere else. “We want this store to be a part of what makes downtown Bowling Green a destination place not just across our community but all the communities that surround us,�

Ransdell said.

The new bus stop serving the downtown area and free parking in the new parking garage downtown

for students is going to make Topper Corner and downtown easily accessible to students. Due to the loss of parking on campus, students will be able to park in the garage without a permit and ride the red line bus to their stop. “I have been here all day and I’ve seen 50 buses run by,� Katzoff said. “I’ve seen students sitting out there on the corner with coffee waiting for the bus.�

Lynn O’Keefe, the owner of Gallery 916 hopes the new integration of WKU business downtown will benefit her and other local business owners. O’Keefe wants to see more art not only in Topper Corner, but also

said it will lower the price of the copay for individuals who use the Medical Center. Beard said this may entice university employees to choose to use the Medical Center instead of other providers. “We’re concerned from being cut out from access to the faculty,� Beard said.

However, the lower co-pays are simply incentives, said Doris Thompson, vice president of marketing and development for the Medical Center.

She said the WKU and the Medical Center have not discussed limiting the health care providers for the university’s employees, but the Medical Center is only adding another discount to the many discounts already offered to WKU employees. “It appears that the WKONA physicians fear that our proposal to offer an option that would reduce expense for WKU employees will also reduce the income of WKONA physicians who have had little or no competition for many years,� Thompson said in an email.

In a letter to the editor published online by the Herald on Oct. 13, Tony Glisson, WKU’s director of human resources, said WKU does not have the

ability to determine which providers will be covered by the university’s insurance provider, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Glisson said only Anthem can decide which providers will be covered.

In addition to making the Medical Center the sole on-campus health services provider, Beard also said the RFP will move students in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program out of their current building in the Health Services Complex on the Medical Center’s campus to the new facility. The building will be used for students in the University of Kentucky’s UK College of Medicine - Bowling Green. Beard said he does not like the idea of housing UK students in a WKU building.

Beard also criticized the bidding process for health care. He said WKU sold the health care instead of accepting bids for the job. If the university had accepted bids, Beard said he believed WKONA would have been qualified for the job.

In the first letter of protest filed by WKONA, the group said the deal between the Medical Center and WKU was done behind closed doors. Beard said the entire deal was “veiled in se-

Reporter Kylie Carlson can be reached at 270-745-6011 and kylie.carlson15@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @ kentuckylie.

Reporter Callie Miller can be reached at 270-745-6011 and caroline.miller528@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @callie_miller8. all over Bowling Green. More interest in exploring downtown and all it has to offer is what is going to help businesses, she said. O’Keefe spoke to Elder about having more independent art in the store. “All of these things are nice, but you can get stuff like this in the bookstore,� O’Keefe said. “Let’s get more one-of-a-kind things.�

A grand opening celebration for the Topper Corner is set for Oct. 22 at 10 a.m.

Reporter Natalie Perry can be reached at 270-745-6011 and at natalie.perry204@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @natalie__carter.

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In an email, Aaron Wichman, an associate professor, also expressed concerns with the deal between the Medical Center and WKU. Wichman said he does not believe WKU should trade health care for the construction of a new building. He said the university is basically auctioning off the right to provide health care on campus in an attempt to cover the cost of the building. “I would humbly request that if we are going to auction off the right to sell us our health care, this auction must benefit us who use our health care,� Wichman said. “Any other aspects of this auction must be separated from this benefit.�

Wichman suggested allowing a group of people to evaluate bids for health care. He said the goal of the group should be to find the best plan possible. “The criterion of ‘who will build the best building’ is unlikely to be helpful in this determination,� Wichman said.

Reporter Emma Collins can be reached at 270-745-6011 and emma. collins399@topper.wku.edu.

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SGA members resign after allegations of racism

BY JAMIE WILLIAMS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU After two Student Government Association members were accused of making racist remarks, two SGA members have resigned and others have expressed their concern over the alleged incident.

Former SGA members Braxton Powell, a former senator, and John McKinney, a former justice, resigned Wednesday morning, according to Senate Secretary Kara Lowry and Associate Chief Justice Annalicia Carlson.

In his resignation letter, Powell cites scheduling conflicts as his reason for leaving his position, stating “I do not feel that I am giving my all and full dedication to SGA.” Carlson said McKinney resigned for “personal reasons.”

At this time, neither SGA member has confirmed or

denied the allegations leading to the discussion of an investigation or claimed their resignations are connected.

At the SGA meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11, Chief Justice Cody Cox said he received a complaint regarding several SGA members who allegedly made racist remarks.

“If someone was expressing racist rhetoric or behavior, and they were a member of SGA, I think that’d be a very heinous offense,” SGA Chief of Staff James Line said.

On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the SGA Judicial Council met to determine if it would conduct an investigation into the alleged incident. However, the investigation was nullified as the students to be investigated had voluntarily resigned from the SGA that morning.

While some members still held curiosity about the nature of the alleged incident, others were just glad that the situation had ended quickly.

“I think everything hap-

pened in a way that renders an investigation somewhat useless at this point,” Line said. “Therefore, I’m not necessarily concerned that an investigation is no longer happening.”

Since the council did not conduct an investigation to determine the validity of the accusations, the names of the accused persons, and the nature of the racist remarks, have not been released at this time.

“I myself would like to know, but I understand why we can’t,” Helen Vickrey, committee chair of MyCampusToo, said. “We can’t give their identity away like that when we don’t know the full story.”

Senator Francisco Serrano believes students should have a right to know who the members in question were, as they should be held accountable by the students who elected them.

“Those who were relying on them to be their voices are

now left without a voice, and they don’t know why,” Serrano said in an email.

While the allegations have still not been verified, members of the SGA are still worried about the effect the alleged incident could have on the SGA’s reputation.

“When we go outside of the SGA chambers, we are not representing just ourselves,” Line said. “We’re also representing our student government, we’re representing WKU and we’re representing the type of principles and thought that those institutions embody.

“Students have a right to know that the people they elected to represent them actually care for their well-being and want to make a real difference for them at WKU,” Line continued.

Vickrey also feels the SGA is more than a representation of just itself and because of this incident, it may have lost some credibility.

“Being the MyCampusToo

chair, my main goal right now is diversity on campus and how to make everyone more involved; to make a more inclusive campus for everyone,” she said.

Vickery and SGA President Jay Todd Richey released a statement on Thursday condemning the alleged acts and vowing to continue the SGA’s work with underrepresented demographics at WKU. “Without addressing this specific situation and whether or not it occurred, we want to be very clear: racism –– and any kind of bigotry –– is completely unacceptable in WKU SGA,” Vickery and Richey wrote in their statement. “We have so much more work to do, but we’re confident that we can continue to build bridges between SGA and marginalized student populations at WKU.”

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

WKU receives grant for principal training

BY LEAH JOHNSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU WKU will receive $1.7 million in its first year of participation with an education initiative with other universities after being selected by The Wallace Foundation, a nonprofit focused on benefitting underprivileged students, to participate in a new initiative to improve principal training.

Seven universities around the country were chosen by the Wallace Foundation to participate in a new principal training initiative. Since 2000, The Wallace Foundation has researched principal importance to schools, showing that education cannot be fixed just in the classroom. The foundation found training for principals needs to be both theoretical and practical in order to properly prepare them for the position.

Over the next four years, WKU will be redesigning its program to improve principal preparation. The first phase of the initiative will be an assessment of the current

program through a rigorous review to determine the strengths and weaknesses.

The University of Illinois, Chicago will support and mentor WKU through this process, as the Wallace Foundation identifies them as an exemplary program.

Marguerita Desander, head of the educational administration, leadership and research department, said this is an amazing opportunity for WKU. She said though the grant is about ensuring the success of the principal training program at WKU, there is hope the program will reach other colleges and universities, and they can implement lessons learned to improve their programs as well.

“It’s a dynamic process because what we’re actually doing is saying that, just because we’ve developed the courses doesn’t mean that we’re done,” Desander said.

“It means that we’re just at the very beginning of the process all over again, and we’re going to continue to look at our work and what we do and make changes as we need to based on what we’re

learning back from our districts.”

Desander said that there are 700 colleges and universities across the country that are engaged in a principal preparation program.

Only 24 of those institutions were invited to apply for the Wallace Foundation grant and only seven were actually awarded grant funds. She said that WKU’s selection demonstrates the great work that is done by faculty at the WKU. “I mean as somebody who’s been involved in principal preparation now for 10 years, this is like a kid in a candy store kind of thing,” Desander said. “We’re really getting the opportunity to engage in that kind of thing, and that’s so cool. It’s like building your dream house except we’re building our dream program.”

WKU will work with the Green River Regional Education and the Educational Professional Standards Board to improve their training for students about to enter the workforce.

Melissa Biggerstaff, the associate executive director

of the Green River Regional Education Cooperative, said that their role in the partnership is to develop a leadership tracking system, so they can receive feedback during the course of this initiative and after.

“What we’re excited about with this particular grants is that it’s a tremendous opportunity for not only WKU but for all of the great districts,” Biggerstaff said. “We currently serve 43 districts, and so it’s a great opportunity for them and for WKU to train high quality, highly effective principals for every school in our region. We’re excited about that.”

The Educational Professional Standards Board will work to facilitate groups that have a desire to be involved in principal preparation.

Bennett Boggs, the director of educational preparation, said that once the findings start coming out from this initiative, they hope to make that information available to other districts across the state. They’ve found that strong leadership in schools is key, and Boggs said the Educational Professional Stan-

dards Board is excited for WKU and this opportunity.

“We certainly want to give our support to Western and the faculty that will be working on this grant,” Boggs said.

In 2011, the Wallace Foundation created the Principal Pipeline Initiative which provided funding for six school districts to receive support for new principal hires. The initiative was designed to strengthen efforts in building the pipeline, conduct research on how the pipeline will affect student achievement and provide learning opportunities to the districts, according to the Wallace Foundation’s website.

This new initiative is the third step to the Wallace Foundation’s plan to improve principals around the country. Their previous efforts have worked with sitting principals and new hires, but this initiative will work with students to give them better training from the beginning of their education.

Reporter Leah Johnson can be reached at 270-745-6011 or leah.johnson138@topper. wku.edu.

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Suffering suffrage Kentucky should automatically allow ex-felons right to vote

THE ISSUE: Kentucky has the highest percentage in the nation of African-Americans who cannot vote because of felony convictions. We also have the third highest percentage in the nation overall of people who cannot vote due to felony convictions.

OUR STANCE: Gov. Matt Bevin made the restoration of voting rights a central part of his campaign, but he has yet to restore any since being in office. However, the fault does not lay solely at his feet. Several voices in Frankfort who could improve the situation are failing to do so.

Almost everyone can agree that voting is a cornerstone of our democracy, and now that the voter registration deadline has passed in Kentucky, the wheels of democracy have been properly oiled and are ready to propel us to the fateful day of Tuesday, Nov. 8.

But the wheels of the democratic process are not so easily operable for everyone in Kentucky.

According to a report by the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit focused on criminal justice reform, an estimated 6.1 million Americans will not be allowed to vote next month because of state laws which bar people with past felony convictions.

In Kentucky, this translates to 9.1 percent of people being disenfranchised and 26.2 percent of African-Americans, the highest in the nation, left without a vote.

A report by the Courier-Journal found that Bevin has yet to restore the right to vote to a single person through his first 10 months in office.

In comparison, Republican Ernie Fletcher averaged 277 restorations per year.

Bevin’s response to not paying attention to this matter was to deflect and blame the problem on former governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Andy Beshear; the latter for distracting

him with “frivolous politically motivated lawsuits,” Bevin’s press secretary Amanda Stamper told the Courier-Journal.

Hopefully, Bevin’s office can one day learn to multitask between losing court cases, and restoring people’s right to vote. Until then there’s very little people with felony convictions can do to have their rights restored; as only the governor can restore an individual’s civil rights including suffrage.

Prior to Bevin taking office, Steve Beshear filed an executive order to allow released felons to vote before his term ended. Bevin struck down Steve Beshear’s order and instead passed Kentucky House Bill 40 which would allow “felons the opportunity to submit for expungement five years after probation or the end of their sentence, whichever is the longest.”

This, however, is far from the standard for the rest of the country. In 38 states most ex-felons automatically gain the right to vote upon completion of their sentence, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, Kentucky is only one of three states that permanently takes away suffrage from citizens with past criminal convictions.

There have been efforts to bypass the need for an executive pardon. For example, this past legislative session produced Senate Bill 299 and House Bill 70. Senate Bill 299 is “we’ll get it next time” promise sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers. It would change the Kentucky Constitution “to allow the state legislature next year to come up with guidelines on restoration of voting rights for non-violent felons,” according to the Herald-Leader.

In contrast, House Bill 70, upon voter approv-

al would amend the constitution to automatically restore the vote wih some exceptions. However, this also comes as a meaningless gesture as the House has approved similar amendments in every session since 2007.

At this point we’re going down a checklist of both Republicans and Democrats who have consistently failed, or not pushed hard enough, to re-enfranchise the voting rights of convicted felons.

Even if Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky secretary of state, rolled out online voter registration, what’s the point if not everyone can even utilize this right? Accessibility to voting then becomes an empty promise if not everyone can, in fact, access it.

And the restoration of voting rights isn’t even a hot-topic partisan issue. Supporters include Senator Rand Paul, the American Probation and Parole Association and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth to name a few.

Yes, Bevin isn’t currently making good on his promise to restore rights, but not enough is being done to address this problem in the legislature either. The fault to ensure people suffrage is then bipartisan in the state.

We expect more from our elected officials to ensure those who have carried out their sentences the right to vote, especially African-Americans who have been historically disenfranchised at the polls and continue to be in some states.

Kentucky should join the ranks of the majority of the United States and automatically give ex-felons the right to vote upon completion of sentence. Any state that willfully refuses to reinstate civil rights is showing a flagrant abuse of power.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Clarity needed on Medical Center proposal In the interest of WKU faculty and staff, students and the community in general, I am writing to clarify a number of inaccurate print and social media accounts of the “original” proposed agreement between WKU and The Medical Center, Med Center Health. As Human Resources Director and with responsibilities for administration of the WKU Employee Health Plan, it is my duty and obligation to keep WKU employees, in particular, and eligible dependents accurately informed of important matters involving their health and wellness coverage.

In this instance, there is a compelling need to ensure that the Bowling Green community is clear on what originally occurred and where things now stand.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Oct. 11, Drs. Craig Beard and Phillip Singer state that on Friday, Aug. 19, President Gary Ransdell informed physician groups “that their services would be terminated under the new

deal; and later, they were intentionally excluded from the network of physicians who would be available for WKU care”. As an act of professionalism and courtesy, Ransdell did indeed inform the WKONA physician group of the pending partnership with The Medical Center and that in the future (date to be determined) Medical Center Orthopedics would be providing orthopedic care services under the pending agreement to WKU’s student athletes. It is important to note that the context of this conversation was associated with medical services to student athletes only. WKONA has a long history of providing such medical services to WKU athletes. Medical services to student athletes are in no way related to the Employee Health Plan.

The WKU Employee Health Plan is administered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and includes a vast national network of providers to which WKU employees and eligible

dependents have access. WKONA has been a provider in Anthem’s network historically and remains so as of the present. Any changes to the Anthem network are controlled by Anthem and its unique agreements with physicians and medical groups and not by WKU. So, any statement by WKONA that it has now been terminated from WKU’s Health Plan is not accurate.

Separately but related, any suggestion or statement that Graves Gilbert Clinic will no longer be a network provider under the WKU Employee Health Plan as a result of the proposed agreement is also untrue. GGC has been and continues to be a network provider under the Health Plan. As stated above, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, not WKU, controls negotiations and resulting contracts with those physicians and medical groups who are a part of the Anthem network.

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Once inside, the tour became nonlinear. Visitors could stay as long as the house was open, with each room containing a different theme or some interesting bits of Victorian Halloween trivia.

Actors read Victorian poetry such as “Little Orphant Annie” and told ghost stories of witch water containing a demon that could turn your hair white.

A dining room with a table covered in fake spiders, mice and food displayed a cake with coins, buttons and a thimble baked in; contents found in the cake were meant to predict your future. For example, the thimble predicted you would become an old maid for the rest of your life.

Photography was a theme with many of the rooms; one section was

Kentucky has the highest rate of new cancers as well as the highest death rate for all cancers combined in the United States, according to an online resource provided in 2013 by the Kentucky Cancer Consortium. To “Give Cancer the Boot,” the American Cancer Society held a Relay for Life on WKU’s campus Friday night.

“Every year I get to learn about how cancer affects everyone as a whole,” Owensboro grad student Joseph McCarty said. “I think when you get together with things like this you see how it’s relevant. You hear about it, you see it, but to see it like this, it really puts a number on how many people are affected by it.”

The American Cancer Society’s goal is to ensure those lost to cancer will not be forgotten, those battling cancer will be supported, and that one day cancer will be eliminated, according to its website.

Over 1.5 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society, a number the society is seeking to change.

At Friday night’s relay, people could contribute with a cash donation or by entering a raffle, participating in a corn-hole tournament, and helping spread awareness by using a photo booth and sharing their picture on social media.

“I think the community support helps a lot,” Bowling Green grad student Rebecca Lauth said. “Just knowing that people are here for you and your community is here for you when you’re going through a hard time.”

Lauth said her motivation for get-

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Meredith Thessen, right, takes part in the Victorian Halloween celebration as a fortune teller and palm reader Friday, Oct. 14, in Riverview at Hobson Grove. Tyger Williams/HERALD

halloween house Victorian halloween celebration: history and review

BY ADAM SIMS HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Riverview at Hobson Grove is a house near the Barren River. Built in the late 1850s, the house on the hill became a historic landmark, with tours available in 1972. The home gives a glimpse into life during the Victorian Era. The nonprofit tours raise money to help preserve the historic landmark.

Riverview has previously had Christmas-themed tours, but this is their first time with a Halloween theme, where they discuss how Victorians celebrated Halloween. For seven dollars for adults and two and a half for children, was the tour worth it?

As a newcomer to Riverview, I say yes!

The tour began with walking through a pavement lined with jacko’-lanterns and paper decorations.

For the most part, actors dressed in Victorian garb, though a few ghouls roamed around as well, giving a witchlike spell.

The tour guide told a story of how Victorians turned Halloween into one big house party. The guide also shared a story of Stingy Jack, a trickster who trapped Satan. The story is one of the many to explain the origins of the jack-o’-lantern.

Once the introduction was finished, the guide let us in the house. Here, I was taken into the 19th century. The house was beautifully decorated to look like a Halloween attraction; effort had clearly been put toward everything from the lighting to the props.

Annual festival brings diversity, education

BY KALEE CHISM

HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Every year, the Hilltopper Organization for Latin American Students, puts on a Hispanic Heritage Festival, a celebration devoted to learning more about Hispanic heritage.

HOLAS hosts many different events throughout the year and is dedicated to service and awareness.

“What we do is a lot of community service,” Allan Moreno said, a Nashville senior studying Corporate and Organizational Communications and member of HOLAS. “We raise funds for students who can’t afford college as well as awareness for different social issues.”

The festival focused on informing students about different cultures and hosted a variety of activities, including sugar skull painting and a Zumba class.

“This is the annual Hispanic Heritage Festival because it’s Hispanic Heritage month right now, so we’re just trying to educate people on the Hispanic heritage and the culture and the language, and food, and everything,” HOLAS President Kate Hart said. Hart is a junior from Princeton majoring in International Affairs, Spanish, Chinese Language and Culture in the Chinese Flagship Program. “We have activities from all the different countries.”

The festival featured posters from places in Latin America, including pictures and information about each destination.

“I love getting to experience everybody’s different cultures, because so many times HOLAS is just labeled to like Mexico or Latin America, but you can see so many different countries represented,” Louisville sophomore Andi Dahmer said. “I know we have people from El Salvador, Ecuador, and Mexico and several others. Just looking at the signs is so cool.”

Princeton junior Kate Hart, left, and Bowling Green junior Cindy Gomez apply stickers onto Tell City, Indiana, sophomore Mercedes Mendez at the Hispanic Heritage Festival on Thursday, Oct. 13, at Centennial Mall. The stickers resemble face paintings traditionally worn on Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday celebrated every October. Mendez takes pride in her Mexican heritage and said she wants to share her culture with others. Michelle Hanks/HERALD The club aims to show the diversity on campus and allow students to be educated in cultures different from their own.

Moreno said he’s hoping students can gain diversity and knowledge.

“People are not dumb, or stupid; they are just ignorant sometimes,” Moreno said. “So I feel like our job is not to get mad when people make of-

fensive comments. Our job is to educate other people.”

Dahmer said she hopes the festival allows students to feel more connected to the diversity on campus.

“I think it’s really amazing to see the diversity that we already have on campus, and these places may seem far away, but really you can learn so much about other cultures just by interacting

with your fellow students,” Dahmer said.

“I hope that people break out of their comfort zones and try to learn something and accept something that’s different from what they’re used to,” Hart said.

Reporter Kalee Chism can be reached at kalee.chism704@topper.wku.edu.

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RELAY FOR LIFE Continued from LIFE ting involved with Relay for Life came from her sorority sister, WKU alumna Lauren Osbourne, who has gone through cancer treatment twice.

“By coming here you show your support to the survivors and let them know that we are out there supporting them,” Grace Lartey, associate professor of public health, said. “Treatment is so expensive; whatever money you donate goes to saving a life.”

According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, newly approved cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 per month; some reach $30,000 per month.

Lartey said donations from the event could even help people on WKU’s campus. Anyone can get cancer at any age, and some are not fortunate enough to survive.

Cancer hit very close to home for Memphis, Tenn., senior Anna Paschall, whose boyfriend died from cancer in

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dedicated to faked ghost photography.

Long before Photoshop, people would use special effects to fake photos of ghosts, and use the pictures for profit.

One example is 19th century photographer William Mumler, who staged a photo of a ghost of Abraham Lincoln behind a woman.

Perhaps the most disturbing photos were in the parents’ bedroom. At first sight, they appeared to be ordinary family portraits. Most people may likely have seen an old family portrait from the Victorian Era; what they may not know is that sometimes the people in the portrait, usually the children, were dead at the time the photo was taken.

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May. “Ever since I had been personally affected by it, it’s really opened my eyes to everything,” Paschall said. “Now I just want to do as much as I can and help people out, support the cause, and really educate people.”

“I just want survivors of cancer and people who are going through cancer to know that there are people who support them, so for me it’s really about being a support system,” Louisville grad student Mollie Berger, president of the Kentucky Public Health Association, said.

The next event WKU Relay for Life will host is a 5k “Pink in the Park” run/ walk at the Hot Rods Ball Park on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The following Thursday, they will host a fundraiser at Chipotle on Scottsville Road from 5-9 p.m.

Melissa Nichols of Glasgow, left, and Sue Lynn McDaniel of Bowling Green, two Reporter Miles Schroader can be cancer survivors, are cheered on for overcoming their struggle during the American reached at 270-745-2655 and miles. Cancer Society’s Relay for Life on Friday, Oct. 14, at Downing Student Union. Evan Boggs/HERALD schroader178@topper.wku.edu.

photography was popular. Child mortality rates were high, and because cameras were still new and expensive, funeral homes offered the families a portrait with their deceased children.

Imagine a mother and father posing with the body of their child, getting a photo of it, and hanging the photo in their room. This happened, and it’s much scarier than any ghost story. The phrase may be trite, but truth can be stranger than fiction.

Another highlight of the tour was a fortuneteller. She read my palm, and told me I was shy, intelligent and cared about my friends, but I needed to loosen up a bit, because my standoffish attitude turned people away –– a perfect description! Those may be vague universal traits, but for a second, I was a believer. Until my wife got a reading

saying she was indecisive, had people make decisions for her, and needs to show more affections, a far less accurate description.

The third floor was a narrow, spiral staircase that wasn’t designed for traffic, leading to a balcony with quite a view. The almost-full moon past the windows completed the night, along with the feeling of unease of being on such a narrow balcony while others scrambled to get a view.

The tour ended in the basement, where there was a gift shop and a woman handing out ghosts made from napkins.

Overall, the tour was well worth the seven dollars. I learned about folklore, history and customs foreign to the 21st century. The props, actors and light-

ing made me feel like I was in a horror movie. It’s a nice, cheap educational alternative to haunted houses.

I would recommend checking it out, but the tour was open only this weekend. However, Riverview also a free Christmas tour on Saturday, Dec. 10; if you’re not struggling with finals, you should definitely attend.

If not, regular tours of the house are available if you’re looking for something different to do. The house is not too far from WKU and you can get a good hour of entertainment for around the price of a combo meal.

Reporter Adam Sims can be reached at 270-745-2655 and adam.sims565@ topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @adamsimswriter.

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Gallery Hop makes stop at Kentucky Museum

BY JULIA ADAMS

HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU On Friday an exhibition at the Kentucky Museum showcased the work of basket makers from Hart County as a part of the Bowling Green Gallery Hop in an exhibition called “Standing the Test of Time: Kentucky’s White Oak Basket Tradition.”

The idea of the exhibition came from the 2013 basket making gallery at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Three Kentucky basket makers were featured in the gallery, including Scott Gilbert, husband to Beth Hester, co-curator of Standing the Test of Time, also a featured artist at the exhibit.

Hester, along with the Kentucky Museum director, Brent Björkman, wanted to see a basket-making gallery come to life in Kentucky.

From conception to finalization, the exhibition took a year to complete.

“Everybody pulled together to make it happen,” Hester said. “We have a great staff at the museum.”

The gallery features the Childress family, who have passed the knowl-

edge of basket-making through four generations, as well as other basket makers from Kentucky, such as Hester and Gilbert.

“I just wept because I think they would’ve been really proud to be honored this way,” Hester said after seeing the exhibition come together.

“It was interesting to work with the museum staff,” Hester added. “They are wonderful people. That was a great experience for me.”

Hester said the most difficult part of creating the exhibition was telling the story.

“There’s so much to tell,” Hester said.

Hester hopes the gallery shows how culturally important basket-making is to Kentucky.

“It’s been an honor to be involved in this,” Hester said. “Hopefully it will broaden the view of basket-makers.”

Brent Björkman started as the director of the exhibition 18 months ago. He also works as a folklorist.

“I wanted to document and present the heritage of the Commonwealth,” Björkman said.

Björkman studied basket-making in

Sweden and has known the Kentucky basket-makers featured in the gallery for 17 years.

Bjorkman started the project with Hester.

“We let our love of basket-making

“There are a lot of moving parts to any exhibit,” Björkman said. “We had to coordinate all of the basket collection donations.”

On Saturday, Nov. 12, there will be a Basket Celebration at the Kentucky

Everybody pulled together to make it happen. We have a great staff at the museum. ” Beth Hester, co-curator of Standing the Test of Time and these people and this region set our course,” he said.

Björkman noted that the gallery shows the change in basket-making from “utilitarian” to “highly decorative pieces of art.”

Björkman said he enjoyed “validating the talent and the memory of the people that came before us.”

Although finishing the project took several months, Björkman said his love for the project made it enjoyable rather than difficult.

Museum from 1-3 p.m., with basket-weaving activities. Visitors are welcome to bring their own baskets.

On Saturday, Dec. 3, the museum will host an event called “Christmas in Kentucky,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is free to the public.

Reporter Julia Adams can be reached at 270-745-2655 and julia.adams897@ topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter at @JuliaSkyeAdams.

Fun, remembrance at Major Redz talent show

BY HARRISON HILL

HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Hundreds of WKU students gathered late Wednesday evening in the Downing Student Union auditorium to watch the second annual Major Redz “Major Madness” Talent Show.

Twelve students performed a multitude of acts, including spoken word, slam poetry, dancing and much more.

Major Redz Co-Captain and Evansville senior Jessica Jackson said she has been a part of the dance group for three years and is one of 11 Major Redz currently on the team.

“I joined the Major Redz because it was something new for me,” Jackson said.

The talent show is one of the few major events the Major Redz put on during the school year.

moved to a section closer to the away team’s section for security reasons.

After the events of the past couple weeks, Jackson said she was glad the Major Redz could enjoy something fun with their teammates and community.

Although the show wasn’t focused on protest, the subject of events involving race on a national and local level came up. One of the performers, Durwan Green, tailored his show to respond to the current controversy between Black Lives Matter and law enforcement.

“I feel like it’s perfect because I am trying to accomplish the same goal that the Major Redz had during the game,” Green said Green was the runner-up for the Major Redz talent show last year, and won the Omega Psi Phi Talent show last fall. Green performed a spoken

out the evening.

Each performance was around three minutes long and mostly positive feedback came from the audience in response to the performances.

“It was a tough crowd,” Gaines Brown, graduate assistant and one of the talent show judges, said. “I did not think it would be like this.”

After the last performers left the stage, the hosts called for audience members to dance and party while the

judges finished with their voting. The DJ turned the music up and dozens of audience members danced for a few minutes.

After deliberation, the hosts gave out the final award to Durwan Green for his slam poetry performance.

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I feel like it’s perfect because I am trying to accomplish the same goal that the Major Redz had during the game.”

Durwan Green, Louisville, Texas, junior “It’s a chill environment away from everything that’s going on,” Jackson said.

On Saturday, Sept. 24 the Major Redz and many other students protested at the football game against Vanderbilt by kneeling during the national anthem.

After the initial protest, the group

word titled, “Dear America.”

“I am very excited to watch the talent show,” sophomore Jada Jefferson said. “Being a theatre major, this is right up my alley.”

The show opened with a performance from the Major Redz, who performed a total of three times through-

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Lady Tops earn two more C-USA victories

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU Hilltopper Hysteria began Friday night with a Lady Topper volleyball match against conference foe University of Alabama Birmingham (914).

The opportunity made for what Head Coach Travis Hudson described as a beneficial atmosphere for the team and WKU fans.

“This is a fun opportunity,” Hudson said. “We have so many season ticket holders for the sport of women’s volleyball now that saw their first volleyball match on the night of Hilltopper Hysteria.”

The Lady Tops (20-2) uncharacteristically struggled early as they dropped the first set to UAB 25-20.

“We just didn’t play well in the first set,” Hudson said. “That’s about as calm as you’ll see me when we are playing like that because at no point was UAB really doing things that were hurting us as much as we were just shooting ourselves in the foot.”

Coach Hudson and the Lady Tops managed to regroup after the first set and the team came out firing on all cylinders in the second period as they would go on to win the set 2519.

“Stay the course and relax,” Hudson said. “Volleyball is such a funny game; it’s a game of emotion.”

WKU managed to go on to win the match 3-1 as junior outside hitter Alyssa Cavanaugh led the way offensively with 17 kills on a .517 hitting clip.

Right behind the All-American was sophomore middle hitter Rachel Anderson, who threw down 16 kills with a .609 hitting percentage. Junior outside hitter Sydney Engle got in on the action as well with eight kills of her own.

Freshman defensive specialist Emma Kowalkowski served up six aces in the match, a new personal best, and a WKU individual match high. WKU, as a team, notched 13 aces which is the most it has served up this season.

Defensively, senior defensive specialist Georgia O’Connell was the only Lady Topper to rack up double digit digs with 11 on the night. The senior’s first dig of the second set was the 1,500th of her career.

Sunday, the Lady Tops matched up against Florida International University (7-14) as the team successfully swept the Panthers with a three-set victory (25-13, 25-17, 25-19).

Cavanaugh was the only Lady

Senior defensive specialist Georgia O’Connell (12) digs the volleyball against UAB on Friday, Oct. 14 at Diddle Arena. O’Connell led the Lady Toppers with 11 digs. Jeff Brown/HERALD Topper with double digits in the kill column with 13. All-American junior setter Jessica Lucas put up 31 assists to go along with six digs and one block.

O’Connell was the only player with double digit digs once again with 13 in the match

The Lady Tops are back in action on Friday as they travel to Texas to take on the University of Texas El Paso (4-16).

“We are kinda at the point where this is getting long, doing the same thing over and over,” Hudson said.

“Soon we will get out of that, our kids

keep finding a way to win and that’s the most important part.”

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WKU splits matches in final road swing

BY TYLER MANSFIELD HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU The WKU women’s soccer team split a pair of matches in the Sunshine State this weekend on its final road swing of the 2016 season.

The Lady Toppers (11-5-0 overall, 6-2-0 Conference USA) suffered a 1-0 shutout to Florida Atlantic University on Friday evening, but then turned things around and defeated Florida International University 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.

Friday, against the Owls, an early goal by FAU held for the entire 90 minutes and WKU would never find the equalizer.

The Lady Tops attempted just five total shots, including a team-high two by redshirt sophomore midfielder Sarah Gorham.

In the fifth minute of the match, Florida Atlantic’s freshman midfielder Elisha Holmes found the back of the net off of a rebound that followed freshman midfielder Mary O’Hara’s attempt.

O’Hara sent a shot through the box that hit the goal post and ended up coming to the foot of Holmes, who recorded her second goal of the year.

The score was just the third firsthalf goal WKU and junior goalkeeper Allison Leone had allowed on the season.

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In goal for the Lady Tops, Leone saved three of four shots on goal, as she carried back-to-back C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week honors.

WKU’s best chance in the opening half came off the foot of sophomore midfielder Nicole Roseland. The midfielder sent a shot over the crossbar at the 41 minute mark. At halftime, the Lady Tops trailed by the one-goal.

Coming out of the locker room, Leone made all three of her saves to keep WKU’s deficit at 1-0.

In the 70 minute mark, freshman forward Chandler Backes fired a shot on goal, which would be the Lady Tops’ lone one, but it was saved by FAU’s redshirt senior goalkeeper Sydney Drinkwater and WKU would suffer the defeat.

In the 62 minute mark of Sunday’s affair, junior midfielder Hannah Chua netted the eventual-match winner off her head in a victory that clinched WKU a spot in the C-USA Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina, which takes place next month.

Chua’s second goal of the season helped sit the Lady Tops back on top of the C-USA standings with 18 points, just ahead of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Florida Atlantic, who are tied for second with 16 points.

Sunday’s shutout was WKU’s ninth of the season. The Lady Tops have also just allowed just 11 goals on the campaign, which is the lowest mark among all league clubs.

Senior midfielder Caitlin Hesse led all players with four shots while Roseland’s two shots on goal were the most among all players.

WKU outshot the Panthers 16-7 and also held them to just three shots on goal. Senior defenders Dee Dee Green and Olivia Fitzgerald each earned assists on Chua’s score.

Between the posts for the Lady Tops, Leone picked up her eighth solo shutout of the year while saving three shots and holding FIU score-

less while playing the full 90 minutes.

WKU’s offense came out of the gates firing, as it tried three shots and earned three corner kicks against Florida International’s defense over the opening 10 minutes.

Hesse, senior forward Iris Dunn and senior defender Makenzie Costner all had an attempt but couldn’t find the back of the net in the early part of the matchup.

Just before halftime, Green had a shot on goal after finding space, but the Panthers’ senior goalkeeper Sophia Trujillo was there for the save, as the two sides were scoreless heading into the locker rooms.

Chua was credited for the match-winning goal as she scored off of a pass from Fitzgerald which was initially set up by Green’s corner kick at the 61:19 minute mark.

Green played the ball to the far side and Fitzgerald made the short pass to the junior for the go-ahead score to give WKU the 1-0 lead with under 30 minutes to play.

FIU’s senior midfielder Alyssa Robinson was almost able to find the equalizer in the 87 minute mark as she tested Leone on a strike, but the junior came up with a save to keep the Panthers off the scoreboard.

Less than a minute later, junior midfielder Paula Quintero sent a shot wide right as the Lady Tops escaped with a win to close out the Florida trip.

WKU will return to action Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. as it hosts the University of Texas-San Antonio at the WKU Soccer Complex.

The Lady Tops are 2-0 all-time versus the Roadrunners after earning a pair of victories since joining C-USA prior to the 2014 season.

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

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“We were fortunate enough to come out on top because it was a complete effort all the way down to the blocked extra point. That’s how small the difference between winning and losing is.”

The Toppers’ final drive in regulation started on their own 22-yard line with 1:31 left on the clock.

With no timeouts remaining, redshirt junior quarterback Mike White found senior wide receiver Nicholas Norris close to the sideline where he converted a fourthand-three on the WKU 35-yard line.

One 23-yard Norris reception later, White got it to senior wide receiver Taywan Taylor who took the ball to the MTSU seven-yard line.

On second-and-goal, White scrambled for what appeared to be the winning score, but it was ruled that he was down at the half-yard line.

His pass on third down fell incomplete, and sophomore kicker Skyler Simcox sent an 18-yard field goal through the uprights, sending the game to overtime tied at a score of 30.

“I thought I got in, but after that I settled in and we scored,” White said. “We know we’re the best

HILLTOPPERS Continued from sports I’m excited to see how they get to play and that gives us big guys in the post a little more room to breathe.”

Lawson caught the eye of Stansbury on Friday night as the 7-footer was able to showcase his presence in the paint as he used his shot-blocking ability along with his skill in finishing around the basket to make plays.

“I’m pleased with the progress Ben’s made,” Stansbury said. “You

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team on the field every time we step out there, so if we can tie the game and go into overtime, I like our chances. We knew it was just a matter of time before we sealed the deal.”

Redshirt senior running back Anthony “Ace” Wales took the ball 25 yards for a touchdown on the first play of overtime, but MTSU redshirt senior I’Tavius Mathers answered with a three-yard score of his own on the Blue Raiders first possession.

Wales carried the load for the Toppers, rushing for 158 yards on 27 attempts along with three touchdowns.

“I knew my team needed me to have a great game for us to get this win, but I really can’t thank my offensive line enough,” Wales said. “As a running back, seeing the holes open like they were today, it doesn’t get any better.”

Next, MTSU redshirt sophomore quarterback Brent Stockstill found redshirt senior wideout Dennis Andrews in the end zone to put the Blue Raiders up 43-37.

But MTSU’s extra point was blocked by redshirt junior tight end Deon Yelder, making the score 43-37 and leaving the door open for WKU to capitalize.

“I was getting real close to the line and I was like, ‘I need to scoot up some,’” Yelder said. “So I told the defensive linemen that

protect me, ‘Let me get between you all more, let me get between you all.’ They scooted over a little more and I just got myself in position and I was right there for the block.”

Wales punched the ball in from the one-yard line on the next possession and Simcox’s extra point sealed the victory for the Toppers (4-3, 2-1 C-USA).

“It’s an awesome feeling. It’s like the ultimate dream for a kicker,” Simcox said. “I was pretty calm… it was an extra point and it was something that you’re expected to make.”

In a back-and-forth battle for the majority of the game, a wild series of events in the fourth quarter changed the rhythm of the game.

With just under 11 minutes remaining in the game, Stockstill’s pass was batted and intercepted by linebacker Keith Brown on the WKU 17-yard line. Brown returned it all the way to the MTSU 33-yard line, putting the Topper offense in position to score.

Two plays later, White was flushed out of the pocket on second down and had the ball knocked out of his hands.

Freshman running back Quinton Baker recovered the loose ball on the WKU 47-yard line. On third-and-40, Taylor got the ball to the MTSU 32 only to see Sim-

know he has become a factor around that rim. He is gonna have freedom to pop some and make a shot. We are gonna put him in space where he can use his athleticism and quickness. He can move well, he can catch. He has got a lot of confidence. He feels good about who he is.”

The senior big man is excited about the team chemistry that he is already seeing on and off the court.

“Everyone is just one big unit, and there hasn’t been any issues up to

now, and that’s a great feeling going into the season,” Lawson said.

Lawson also has a specific goal in mind for his final season on the Hill and understands that there will be a little more pressure on him being a veteran.

“In terms of blocking I wanna see myself at the top of the WKU list,” Lawson said. “So I need like three [blocks] a game to catch Jeremy [Evans] that would be a pretty cool achievement for me. I think there is

a lot more responsibility on me and I think I’m taking it in my stride.”

The Toppers will be back on the court Saturday as they are holding an open scrimmage during Homecoming festivities. The event is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. in Diddle Arena.

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final season.

“Therapy went well,” Jones said at the event. “I feel like I’m finally getting back to my old ways. It’s exciting to be able to come back for one more season. At first I was like ‘why did this have to happen?’ But it worked out and we have a great team and a great group of girls that are fun to play with.”

The Lady Tops begin their season Thursday, Nov. 3 with a scrimmage against Young Harris College.

The regular season officially begins Friday, Nov. 11 when the Lady Tops welcome Alabama A&M, who is coached by former WKU assistant Margaret Richards, to Diddle arena.

Continued from SPORTS In the women’s scrimmage, the team was divided into two teams wearing black and red jerseys.

The Black team edged the Red team after redshirt junior forward Kyvin Goodin-rogers’ shot at the buzzer was waved off.

Sophomore guard Kayla Smith led both teams with 11 points while Ivy Brown added eight points of her own while pulling down four rebounds.

Hysteria was also the first time Jones saw the floor since last year’s season ending knee injury in the Lady Tops’ upset of No. 16 Louisville.

Jones entered last season thinking it would be her final season in a Lady Tops uniform. However, the Greensburg native received a medical redshirt, allowing her to return for one

cox miss a 49-yard field goal.

MTSU took four minutes and 11 seconds off the clock on the ensuing drive, and kicked a field goal to go up 30-27.

On the Toppers’ next drive, White’s pass intended for Taylor in single coverage on the right sideline was intercepted.

MTSU took over on its own 15yard line, but had to punt after failing to convert a third and one with just under two minutes remaining.

White then led the game-tying drive and forced overtime. White finished 29-40 passing for 391 yards and two touchdowns.

“It’s huge,” White said. “A lot of people counted us out after Louisiana Tech. We didn’t get sour about it and we used it as motivation. We got better from it.”

The Toppers will follow up the victory with a Homecoming showdown with Old Dominion (42, 2-0 C-USA) which sits one spot ahead of WKU at second place in the C-USA East division. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday.

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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» Football: Sophomore kicker Skyler Simcox was named C-USA Special Teams Player of the week on Monday.

Lady Tops showcase experience at Hysteria

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Senior wide receiver Nicholas Norris (15), runs through the defense before being tackled by MTSU’s safety, Jovante Moffatt (7) during WKU’s 44-43 win on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Johnny “Red” Flyod Stadium in Murfeesboro, TN. Norris contributed 87 yards on seven catches. Kathryn Ziesig/HERALD

down to the wire

WKU defeats MTSU in thrilling fashion

BY EVAN HEICHELBECH HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

With their conference title hopes hinging on the outcome of a road trip to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Hilltoppers notched a critical 44-43 victory over Middle Tennessee State University in double overtime on Saturday.

The last two meetings between the teams in

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, had gone to overtime, and WKU Head Coach Jeff Brohm was not surprised when the score was knotted at 30 with no time remaining in regulation.

“I think we knew that if we wanted a chance to stay in the championship hunt, we had to win this game,” Brohm said.

“We knew it was going to be tough. You can throw out all the records

when we play [MTSU] because it’s gonna go down to the wire.”

For a game that went back-and-forth through all four quarters with momentum shifting in big waves, it was almost a given that whoever had the ball last had the best shot at victory.

“We tried to preach to our team, especially at the half, to just stay in the moment,” Brohm said. “You can’t get wor-

ried about the score, you can’t get worried about what might happen. Just stay in the moment and play each play as hard as you can.”

With the win, the Toppers move to 2-1 in conference play and move into third place in the C-USA East.

“It was a back-andforth contest between two very good football teams that are battle-tested,” Brohm said.

WKU basketball fans got their first glimpse of both the women’s and men’s basketball teams Friday, Oct. 14, when WKU hosted its annual Hilltopper Hysteria presented by Hughes Supply.

Although Rick Stansbury’s recruiting success has stolen all the spotlight, it’s no secret that the WKU women’s basketball team has its fair share of high expectations for this coming season.

The Lady Toppers were picked to win Conference USA in the preseason coaches poll after finishing 27-7(15-3 C-USA) in 2015-16 and suffering a heartbreaking 66-63 loss to Marshall University in the C-USA tournament that kept them out of the NCAA tournament.

The Lady Tops return multiple key players such as redshirt senior guards Kendall Noble and Micah Jones and junior forwards Tashia Brown and Ivy Brown.

“We’ve been practicing hard every day and we’re getting better,” Noble said about the team’s preparation for the 2016-17 season. “We have a lot of pieces, we have a lot of depth, and we have a lot of talent and we’re just trying to put it all together.”

The event lasted two hours and featured a scrimmage from both the women’s and the men’s team, player and coach introductions, performances by the WKU Cheerleaders and an autograph session after the night.

The event also included the Shooting Stars Challenge where two teams featuring a WKU men’s player, women’s player and two students competed to see who can be the quickest to make a layup, free-throw, three-pointer, and half-court shot.

The team of Jones, redshirt senior guard Que Johnson, and two WKU students defeated Noble, redshirt senior guard ‘Pancake’ Thomas and two other WKU students in the challenge.

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Fans get first look at Stansbury’s Tops at Hysteria

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Friday night WKU fans got their first look at Head Coach Rick Stansbury’s Hilltopper basketball team at Hilltopper Hysteria.

Last season for the Toppers ended on a bit of a sour note with a loss to Old Dominion University in the Conference USA tournament.

Since that time there has been a lot of change taking place in the program, and with change comes increased fan curiosity.

Hilltopper Hysteria gave the Hilltopper fans a chance to see the potential that the 2016-17 WKU basketball team has with 10 eligible players that are new to the team.

The new point guard for the Toppers, redshirt senior Junior Lomomba, ran the offense in front of a sizeable crowd in Diddle Area for the first time. The Providence transfer seemed to be comfortable while running the new offense.

“Junior is gonna be a serviceable point guard,” Stansbury said. “There

is a lot of things about him that I like.

You know he is a tough kid. He is gonna be a big physical guard.”

Pancake Thomas, a redshirt senior from Hartford, showed the Topper faithful that he can score in a variety of ways with his jump shot and the ability to get to the rim.

“I like Pancake,” Stansbury said.

“Pancake can score multiple ways.

I think I’ve got several guys that can score multiple ways and that’s good.”

The versatile guard already has high expectations for this WKU team based on the talent he has seen.

“If we work really hard and get the chemistry down we should be able to make the NCAA tournament with the experience and the new guys; we have a lot of talent,” Thomas said.

Both Stansbury and his players spoke to the importance of offensive freedom for the coming season.

“I’m gonna give them a lot of freedom offensively,” Stansbury said.

“You give guys freedom they are gonna make basketball plays.”

“I love it,” senior forward Ben Lawson said about the offensive freedom. Junior forward Justin Johnson (23) waves to the crowd during Hilltopper Hysteria on Friday, Oct. 14 at Diddle Arena. Jeff Brown/HERALD

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