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Students reflect on death of Fresh worker BY NOAH MOORE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Students and faculty will notice something different about the Fresh Food Company front counter this week. The smiling face of Debra Wiley-Mitchell won’t be there to welcome them. Wiley-MItchell lost her battle to pancreatic cancer this past Sunday and passed away in St. Louis with her family at her side. You may have known her as the friendliest cafeteria employee, or simply the fastest swiper at the counter. However, you may have known her Wiley-Mitchell was a key component of many students’ days on campus. On Tuesday, a memoriam tweet was made by Hilltopper Nutrition. “Heaven gained special angel. Please keep this sweet lady’s family in your prayers! Her sassiness will sure be missed!” Replies flooded in from students and alumni remembering her sweet, unique personality which made eating at Fresh that much more memorable. Antonio Mouncil, WKU graduate in the class of 2016, tweeted “This one hurts @WKUDietitian she was such a nice lady. She always wanted to talk to me when I came thru fresh foods. RIP u will be missed” WKU student Allie Rumohr tweeted, “This lady always made my day!” Making the transition from home to college is never easy, but students could always count on Wiley-Mitchell to make home seem a little less far away. “We loved her. She was great at getting people into Fresh and having that loving attitude that reminded people of home,” WKU Dietitian Brandi Breden said. Breden recalls the many memorable encounters she had working beside Wiley-Mitchell. “She was a very honest, loving, tellit-how-it-is kind of lady. I remember that every time I hung out with her at the front, if a group walked in and a male walked before a female, she would say ‘ladies first’. She was all about teaching manners,” Breden said. “As a dietitian, she often called me out for getting a dessert,” Breden laughed. “She was so fun-loving, with some hilarious sass.”
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Junius Carpenter cuts a client’s hair Tuesday at JC’s Barbershop. Carpenter and his wife now plan to open a “barbershop college” to teach others the ways of barbering. “We look at it as our semi-retirement job,” he said. “This is like the pinnacle of our profession: to teach all the wisdom and knowledge we’ve learned over the years.” CHRIS KOHLEY/HERALD
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air clippers buzz over the mumbling of a TV. Barbers make small talk with their customers. A small dog wanders around the waiting section with its small nails scratching across the floor as it greets customers. This is the typical setting at JC’s Barbershop, a locally-owned barber found on 1403 Adams St. in Bowling Green. While the business appears to be the picture-perfect idea of a barber shop, owners Junius and Jayne Carpenter believe that it can become more. JC’s Barber Shop will be starting a school for barbers in Bowling Green The Carpenters have decided to use their business as a platform on which to begin a barber’s school in Bowling Green. “They cannot go onto the floor until they learn the history and ethics of barbering,” Jayne Carpenter said. “The bottom line of ethics is being of good character.” The barbering school will run enrollment from Oct.
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Junius Carpenter checks the symmetry of a haircut he gives to client Robert Wakefield of Bowling Green Tuesday at JC’s Barbershop. Carpenter has been the owner of JC’s Barbershop in Bowling Green since 1998 after taking it over from his father. CHRIS KOHLEY/HERALD
Campus commemorates banned books week BY GRIFFIN FLETCHER HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU In commemoration of Banned Books Week, the fourth floor of Raymond Cravens Library is displaying a variety of controversial and previously banned books, encouraging students to take a look. Banned Books Week is an “annual celebration of the freedom to read,” according to the Banned Books Week Coalition. It lasts from Sept. 24 to Sept. 30. Athough students may know some books that are deemed controversial or have been banned in school sys-
tems before, many have likely never experienced book censorship in their own school system. Regardless, students are quick to disagree when asked whether or not certain books deserve to be banned. Houston, Texas, sophomore Nick Wartz views the banning of books as an attempt to unrightfully disguise the past by means of censorship and avoidance. He recalls “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” as a prime example. “That’s part of history,” Wartz said. “There’s no sense in banning a part of history.” Junior David Breidenich from Independence is largely of the same ac-
cord, believing that simply disliking a book’s message or content does not warrant censorship. “People should be free to read whatever they want,” Breidenich said. “Even if you don’t like them, I still don’t think they should be banned outright.” WKU journalism major coordinator and professor Mac McKerral commonly speaks about media censorship in his classes. In his time as a teacher at WKU, he’s happy to have never witnessed any book bannings. “I’ve been here a long time, and, to my knowledge, there’s never really been any kind of an effort on anybody’s part to keep things out of the
library,” McKerral said. With the presence of censorship in a learning environment, McKerral believes a student’s ability to learn and acquire knowledge is noticeably limited. “Clearly, controlling information and the flow of information is a powerful tool,” McKerral said. Versailles senior Slaid Leatherman is similarly concerned about censorship’s role in knowledge prevention. Leatherman believes those who ban books fear the idea of too much knowledge in too many hands. “That’s why people censor knowl-
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WKU student Nick Lawson releases EP BY LAUREL DEPPEN
HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU At six years old, Nick Lawson picked up a guitar. However, it wasn’t until he was a senior in high school, when his uncle passed away, that he began to play regularly. Inspired by his late grandfather, who was in a bluegrass band, and his uncle, Lawson performed for the first time at his high school talent show. “After that, my family told me that I should definitely try to play music, which was super inspiring,” Lawson said. “I kind of had that in the back of my mind coming into college, because I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. Whenever I started playing more, I started getting into a little bit of songwriting.” Lawson began writing music his freshman year in college. “My freshman year in college was when I wrote my first song ever,” Lawson said. “I played it for a few people and I realized it was very corny. I realized I really needed to work on it. I just kept writing more songs and eventually got a little better at it, and people started to dig some of my music.” Now several years later, lots of people “dig” his music. Lawson has now released a four-song EP which he has made available on Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes and multiple other outlets. “This is the first thing that I’ve ever professionally released,” Lawson said. “I wanted to kind of grasp the broad horizon that I have with the music. There’s not one specific genre that I’m categorized in … I was trying to incorporate a short EP where it had a lot of flavor and a lot of variety. I wanted people to hear every song and feel something different.” Lawson describes himself as an outdoorsman and defines the outdoors as a key place for musical inspiration. “I’d say the most that I get inspired somedays is whenever I’m swinging in a hammock, playing an acoustic guitar,” Lawson said. It’s such a peaceful, relaxed situation to me, that it’s just so easy for me to release my emotions and just come out with whatever I want to play.”
Nick Lawson, a fifth year senior majoring in business and marketing, is a local singer and guitarist. Lawson is from Louisville, Ky. where he started his musical career. Lawson now plays regular shows in Bowling Green. “This is the first semester I haven’t had a job. I’ve been able to pay my rent playing shows which is amazing,” Lawson said. LYDIA SCHWEICKART /HERALD
The first track on the EP, “Float Away,” tackles various issues such as social media and a societal indifference to the problems of people in different nations. Lawson described the message of the song as one of self-reflection. “The whole song is about trying to get away from the very meticulous small things that are always beeping in your head and all the things that you see on social media,” Lawson said. Just things that aren’t super important in everyday life. I tried to talk about the emotions of getting away from all that and being able to float away into a place where you can feel very relaxed and very in-tune with yourself and with nature.” The song was not only powerful to Lawson but also to an old friend of his. His friend had been in and out of rehabilitation and struggled with substance abuse. Though he hasn’t spoken to him in several years, Lawson received a call from him shortly after the EP was released. “He actually called me up and told me that he listened to the song ‘Float Away’ … He said somehow it just spoke to him and it made him want to try and not focus on the smaller things in life that everyone else seems to focus on,” Lawson said. As a business and marketing major, Lawson has learned many skills that have helped him gain a sense of professionalism, leading him to more opportunities for gigs. “I would go around to different places, and I would ask to speak to the manager. I would show them flyers telling them how I would promote it all around campus … I just kind of showed them from a business/marketing aspect of how I would try and bring more business in if they had me play.” Lawson’s self-titled EP is available now on Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Reverb Nation, Bandcamp, Youtube and his website, nicklawsonmusic.com. He plays gigs at High Tops in Bowling Green at 9 p.m. every Wednesday.
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21-22 with the actual beginning of the program starting on Dec. 1 of this year. The requirement for applying is that the applicant must have a high school diploma. Applicants from Bowling Green and surrounding counties have already shown high interest in attending the program. “The students who make the sacrifice to travel to attend the school truly want to be a barber,� Jayne said. “That’s what it tells me.� Both Junius and Jayne have developed a passion for barbering. By starting a school, the couple believes they can help others see the business as they do. “Me and Junius will be hands on with every student,� Jayne said. She values hands-on education and that it is something that pays off for both
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However, beyond the faculty, Wiley-Mitchell held a special place in the hearts of many students. Even though students encounter a plethora of employees every day, somehow something about Wiley-Mitchell stuck out. Junior Jacob Hayslip recounts the unique spirit she had. “The amount of joy she packed into the fleeting moments while
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Continued from front edge. Because they’re afraid of what that knowledge can do, what it represents,� Leatherman said. Rather than forbid the possession of certain knowledge, Leatherman believes the way said knowledge is acted upon is what really matters. “I think anybody should have the right to any knowledge,� Leatherman said. “Knowledge shouldn’t be forbidden, but we should control the way knowledge is used.� Aside from common culprits like graphic violence or sexual content, especially within young adult literature, discussion of mental health is-
the student and the teacher. Jayne wants students from the barber program to be able to work with and cut the hair of anybody that walks through the door. “I’m real big on telling every student that all money is green,� Jayne said. “You have to learn how to cut everybody’s hair. That’s how you make money.� Both Carpenters believe that ethics play the biggest role in what makes a
You can be the best barber in the world, but if you don’t have character, you won’t get customers.� Barbershop owner Jayne Carpenter
swiping my ID at Fresh in the morning was truly special,� Hayslip said. “I think I can speak for most if not all students who were fortunate enough to meet her when I say she will be greatly missed.� Not only did Wiley-Mitchell leave her mark on many students and faculty, but she was also once named Special Coach by the WKU Women’s Basketball Team, a position voted on by the team itself, many of whom frequented Fresh daily.
sues has become a reason for book censorship. “I think there’s a real sensitivity in the young adult genre,� McKerral said. “I think there’s a real sensitivity to books that talk about suicide and, you know, any kind of mental issues that kids encounter.� McKerral addresses this by saying no research supports the notion that reading about suicide can lead to suicide. “Although if you talk to counselors, including counselors on this campus, they’ll tell you that reading about suicide is never really a trigger for why it happens,� McKerral said. On a more basic level, McKerral states that it’s our prerogative to
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good barber. “You can be the best barber in the world,� Jayne said. “But if you don’t have character, you won’t get customers.� Junius’ father, Jimmie Carpenter, started barbering in ‘48, establishing the family business of JC’s Barber Shop. Since then, all owners of the business have had the initials “JC,� including both Junius and Jayne. Junius has been on the state board
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for barber shops for 10 years. Jayne has been a member for six. “Been through it all,� Jayne said, reflecting on their history in the barber business. JC’s Barber Shop also receives a wide range of customers, according to Jayne. “Little of everything,� she said of her customers. “Some of them are natives, some students, a lot of people come through.� JC’s Barber Shop is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday through Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. WKU students can have a special deal at $10 a haircut on Wednesdays.
Reporter Spencer Harsh can be reached at spencer.harsh755@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @ActualSparsh.
Although Wiley-Mitchell no longer be there to welcome students, faculty and visitors alike at the doors of Fresh Food Company, her legacy will continue to inspire students to be the best version of themselves and to always keep smiling no matter the circumstances.
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read or not to read, and that mass book bannings infringe upon the free speech we’re all guaranteed in the Constitution. “We have a constitutional amendment that supposedly protects our speech, our expression,� McKerral said. “I think that rather than a handful of people making decisions that they think are of the best interest of everybody, that as individuals we ought to make those choices ourselves.� Leatherman voices a similar opinion, saying he believes whether or not someone reads a book should be “up to individual discretion,� and that any attempt to stifle said discretion “restricts our freedom to live our
Reporter Noah Moore can be reached at (270)745-2655 and noah. moore768@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter @noah_moore18.
lives to their full extent.� Banned Books Week provides a subtle and well-earned reminder that one’s ability to choose is protected and secure, not only in regard to reading but in regard to deciding what or what not to believe. “I don’t think we have to look too far to see the kinds of problems that countries run into when the civil authority and the moral authority are the same. It’s very problematic,� McKerral said. “So I think that people would be wise to pay attention to history.�
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the pension crisis when dealing with pensions, look into hemp and gambling
THE ISSUE: The current Kentucky pension crisis was recently described as “one of the worst across the country” by Tony Glisson, director of human resources at WKU. Kentucky has over $64 billion in unfunded pension liability which equates to over $15,000 of pension liability per Kentuckian. President Timothy Caboni recently stated campus budgets may have to be cut to cover pension obligations.
OUR STANCE: State legislators should be open to substantive, unorthodox reform that will not put public safety at risk in order to address the pension crisis. Otherwise, college students and their parents, who already are burdened with the costs of higher education, may be strained even further to help fix this issue.
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he pension crisis in Kentucky is one that could negatively affect generations of families, whether they are comprised of students or soon to be retirees. This is why state lawmakers have to explore all legislative options, even the unorthodox, to ensure the most effective solution is put in place to address this longterm, complex financial issue. President Timothy Caboni has already taken a proactive stance on this issue saying “we must recognize that some change is likely inevitable, and it is better for us to engage proactively in a conversation with
policy-makers as they wrestle with these very complex issues rather than waiting for them to make their decisions.” There are a few avenues, albeit controversial, that lawmakers could take that could generate a substantial enough amount of revenue to offset our state’s pension woes. The first option is the legalization of hemp. According to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the United States is the only industrialized nation that does not allow hemp production for commercial purposes. Kentucky is currently at the forefront of this industry as one of eleven states who have legalized the research of hemp. Kentucky, once a leader in hemp farming, was heavily affected by the 1938 Controlled Substances Act which outlawed hemp, along with marijuana. Much of the opposition to the legalization of hemp is due to its striking chemical similarity to marijuana. This idea has been criticized by Kentucky State Police, the argument being that law enforcement would be unable to tell hemp and marijuana apart. Despite its chemical similarity to marijuana, hemp is not a psychoactive drug, meaning it cannot be used recreationally to get high. Even Republican senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell have taken progressive steps in this issue by intro-
ducing the Industrial Hemp Farming Act in 2013. This legislation would remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances. Hemp, which is used in many common products such as rope, shampoo and auto parts, is one option Kentucky lawmakers should keep in mind that could help address the pension crisis. Another option is the legalization of casino gambling in Kentucky. Governor Matt Bevin has already made his stance on this issue clear saying that he didn’t think the benefits of legalizing expanded gambling would offset “the societal costs.” One can argue that people who are currently involved in gambling are not going to be deterred by having to drive a little farther to gamble outside of the state. If people are going to gamble, why shouldn’t Kentucky profit from it and help the people who are going to be negatively affected by the financial cuts that will have to be made to offset this unsustainable pension system? Simply hoping that the pension crisis will disappear is the same as doing nothing to fix it. It won’t be a quick fix and tough cuts will still likely have to be made. However, if Kentucky is serious about tackling the time-sensitive issue of the state pension system, options like legalizing the production of industrial hemp and casino gambling need to be explored further.
The great philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Live music is an even purer stream of unfiltered melodic vibrations and sounds. The fact that a recorded song can be replayed over and over again is what makes a live performance unique to that moment. Because humans make mistakes, grow and change, the song can’t be reproduced exactly the same way. Bowling Green’s music scene is something not enough students know about, especially those who aren’t natives, but something we should take pride in. Places like Tidball’s, Rocky’s and the Former Friends, of Young Americans House all house live sets several nights a week. Many local artists have had their start in the music industry in these venues. Cage the Elephant is perhaps the most widely known success story to come out of Bowling Green. The rock band, formed in 2005, has roots in some of the very places mentioned in this article. Anyone who has seen them live, myself included, can attest that they put on an energetic, outstanding live show. They are not the only Bowling Green natives to gain commercial success. Bands like Morning Teleportation, which just released its second studio album in April of this year, and Sleeper Agent are included on that list. The three bands share roots in rock, but also take influences from jazz, blues, alternative and psychedelic rock. I had the pleasure of seeing Morning Teleportation at Tidball’s earlier this month and the show was electrifying to say the least. Established in 2005, the band has played along side such acts as Cage the Elephant, Primus, Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips. New bands and artists are sprouting up all the time in Bowling Green. One student band, The Rifts, is set to release their first album in mid October. Local venues are always happy to accommodate up and coming artists, so hopefully we’ll be hearing more from this group. Everyone is encouraged to go explore the local music scene and support it. The last Saturday of this month at Circus Street Park, an annual international festival will be held, inviting all to come and enjoy how different cultures express themselves in music and dance. Music can encapsulate the spirit of a generation. An artist’s voice can speak for millions. It is the universal art. Find your voice, and if you’ve found it, let it be heard.
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Don’t prioritize patriotic iconography over people
BY DAVID HORMELL HERALD.OPINON@WKU.EDU President Donald Trump used his social media influence in an unsurprising way in the wake of great coastal tragedy: he went on an impassioned rant regarding NFL players and their right to peaceful protest. Since Sept. 23, our feckless leader has exhaustively tweeted about the NFL 18 times, not counting a handful of retweets of poorly made memes which attempt to sum up complex political issues in the form of a grainy JPEG file. During a rally for Luther Strange, Trump took his speech in a strange, tangential direction. “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now.
Out! He’s fired!’” Trump continues to echo this sentiment in his echo chambers and encourages sports fans to boycott the NFL when protests take place. Boycotts aren’t new fodder for Trump. In Nov. 2015, he said, “Maybe we should boycott Starbucks” in response to the new minimalist aesthetic of the red holiday cups. He’s angry and vindictive, but we shouldn’t write this rant off as just another day in the Oval Office. It incorrectly labels the act of kneeling during the national anthem as “protesting the flag.” It’s an absurd simplification and demonstrates a kiddie-pool shallow understanding of the issue at hand. Rosa Parks wasn’t protesting the use of public transportation when she refused to give up her seat – she was fighting a system built upon the keystone principle of exclusivity.
America’s inception lent itself to a lot of shiny idealism, but our country’s core values didn’t align with reality. Certain unalienable rights like “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” only belonged to white males who had attained a certain socioeconomic standing. In the same light, NFL players aren’t protesting the flag. They’re protesting police brutality and systemic racism. Like the early ideals outlined at the outset of our country, the “Land of the free” expectation doesn’t align with reality when innocent people of color are dying at the hands of those who take an oath to serve and protect. Outright indignation is nonproductive – it flies under the erroneous assumption that patriotism is compulsory. If Americans lose the ability to be objective, no real progress – social or otherwise – can take place.
If compulsory patriotism did exist, there wouldn’t be much of a demarcation between the United States and North Korea’s dictatorship. It also prioritizes patriotic iconography above human lives. In a press conference, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated, “This isn’t about the president being against anyone, but this is about the president and millions of Americans being for something. Being for honoring our flag, honoring our national anthem, and honoring the men and women who fought to defend it.” The men and women who fought to defend our rights knew that freedom wasn’t free – and inaction is dangerous. If Americans didn’t use their first amendment right to free speech to correct the tragic trajectory of great injustices, we wouldn’t be honoring their sacrifice.
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1. What king of the House of Windsor was left handed? (a) George VI (b) Charles III (c) Edward VIII 2. What lefty became the first unelected vice-president? (a) Walter Mondale (b) Adlai Stevenson (c) Gerald Ford 3. What left handed bank robber was labeled Public Enemy No 1? (a) Clyde Barrow (b) John Dillinger (c) George 'Baby Face' Nelson 4. What physiologist won a Nobel Prize and coined the term Classical Conditioning? (a) Ivan Pavlov (b) Walter Hess (c) Arthur Kornberg 5. What lefty became the youngest French Open champion in 1990? (a) Steffi Graf (b) Monica Seles (c) Chris Evert 6. By what penname was Charles Dodson better known? (a) George Orwell (b) Lemony Snicket (c) Lewis Carroll 7. What famous Roman general was left handed? (a) Julius Caesar (b) Constantine (c) Augustus Caesar 8. What 1960s guitarist was left handed? (a) Jimi Hendrix (b) George Harrison (c) Jimmy Page 9. What Post-Impressionist artist did not start painting until his late twenties? (a) Paul Cezanne (b) Vincent Van Gogh (c) Henri Matisse 10. What famous old-west outlaw was left handed? (a) Butch Cassidy (b) Jessie James (c) Billy the Kid
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Faculty expresses low morale in survey BY CARLY MATHEWS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has made the decision that Gatton Academy, located on WKU’s campus, will be required to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. LYDIA SCHWEIKART/HERALD
I gatton idea Attorney General approves new requirements for Gatton
BY REBEKAH ALVEY
HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU
On Sept. 22, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear submitted an opinion stating Gatton Academy and Craft Academy are required to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, is a federal program applied at the state level. According to the opinion, IDEA ensures that all disabled children are able to receive a “free and appropriate public education,” that addresses their needs and helps prepare them for their future. Beshear’s opinion was requested by Senator Julie Raque Adams from District 36, according to the released opinion. If a state submits a plan to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Education with proof that these needs are being met, IDEA will provide the state with federal funding. IDEA applies to students between the ages of three to 21, according to
the U.S. DEA website. Gatton Academy and Craft Academy are Kentucky schools for students in eleventh and twelfth grade and are considered high school students, despite being located on a college campus and attending college courses. Craft Academy is located at Morehead State University. According to the opinion, Gatton Academy and Craft Academy require a disabled child to refuse a free and appropriate education in order to attend. Because students in the academy are enrolled in both a high school and a post secondary institution, the opinion states they are out of IDEA compliance. At minimum, the opinion advises that students should receive the free and appropriate education at Gatton Academy or Craft Academy as they would at another school. Gatton Academy was founded 10 years ago, in 2007, and operates on WKU’s campus, preparing high school students who are considering careers in science and mathematics. Students attending Gatton Academy live on campus and attend college
courses at WKU. Craft Academy opened in 2015 and is also a “dual-credit residential high school for academically exceptional Kentucky students,” according to their website. Like Gatton Academy students, Craft Academy students also live on campus and follow a college-level curriculum. “Since Gatton’s founding ten years ago, we have been committed to our mission of providing Kentucky’s bright, highly motivated students a supportive environment in which to pursue advanced academic opportunities at the university level with the companionship of peers,” Lynette Breedlove, director of the Gatton Academy said in a statement. “We will continue to work towards this mission and prepare Kentucky’s young mathematicians and scientists for their infinite possibilities.” According to Breedlove, the program will continue to align its goals and mission with Beshear’s opinion.
Reporter Rebekah Alvey can be reached at 270-745-6011 and rebekah.alvey660@topper.wku.
WKU faculty morale has been ranked as “poor” or “very poor” by more than 70 percent of faculty, according to a 2016-17 Worklife Survey conducted by the Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities Committee. The Faculty Worklife Survey covers the fall and spring 2016 semesters and asked faculty to rank their satisfaction with campus services, their workload, tenure procedures, benefits and campus leadership. The findings were reported back to the University Senate last Thursday, and are now available online. The survey asked respondents to rate their experiences and satisfaction by marking whether they “strongly agree, agree, are neutral, disagree, strongly disagree or don’t have a basis for judgment.” Out of the 328 surveyed, 274 faculty members ranked their morale as “poor” or “very poor.” For history professor and chair of the Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities Committee Patricia Minter, these findings were unsurprising. “I saw the problems that we have now coming a long time ago,” Minter said about the issues with faculty morale. “It should be no surprise that the faculty feels this way after some decisions were made.” Minter has been the chair of the committee since 2015, after stepping down from her position as faculty regent, which she had held since 2007. One of the largest issues with morale is the lack of raises within the last ten years, which seemed to come behind some of the university’s other projects, Minter said. The salaries for WKU professors and associate professors rose about $1,000 from 2010 to 2015, with assistant professors earning nearly $4,000 more during that period. Those averages in 2015 were below the national average, according to the Chronicle for Higher Education’s online database. “Decisions from our last administration put projects before people and entertainment before education,” Minter said. “The people at the top have been so concerned with fulfilling wants instead of needs, and it was something felt by the faculty.” In addition to a low morale among faculty, the survey also found that over 100 faculty members “strongly disagreed” that the Board of Regents has a genuine interest in listening to the voices of faculty, staff and students, and close to 100 faculty members “strongly disagreed” that the
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SGA passes resolution for required sexual assault course BY NICOLE ZIEGE
HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The Student Government Association passed a resolution to require a sexual assault online course for first year students and several other resolutions at their meeting Tuesday night. Resolution 1-17-F supported the addition of a one credit hour course on sexual assault education to the colonnade requirements for firstyear students. “There is no required curriculum that covers sexual assault education including, but not limited to, consent, prevention, active by-standing and Title IX policy,” according to the resolution. The resolution was co-authored by Public Relations Committee Chair William Hurst, SGA S.A.V.E.S. Committee Chair Ashlyn Jones, Senator Annabelle Ford, Campus Improvements Committee Chair Garrett Edmunds and Senator Alex Sergent. “I do not believe that our campus does enough to prevent sexual assault,” Hurst said at the meeting. “You can go four years through col-
lege and not have any sexual assault training, which I think is a disgrace, to say the least.” Hurst said the resolution was created after seeing other universities, including Stanford University and University of California-Berkeley, implement one hour required courses. Hurst said those campuses decreased in the number of sexual assaults. Hurst said he hopes to use the course as a replacement to University Experience, an optional threehour course for freshmen to become more familiar with campus. “The university does some, but it’s still not required,” Hurst said. WKU also provides “Green Dot, Red Dot” training about sexual assault prevention and awareness during MASTER Plan and recommends HAVEN, an online course for incoming students. There are no penalties for not completing these courses, however. There was debate of if it was “too much” to require a semester-long course about sexual assault education and prevention. Senator Alex Sergent said that the resolution is not about “mandating some idea” and “mandating some-
thing extra to graduate.” “What it’s about is cleaning up the net that has rather large holes that allows a lot of people to slip through,” Sergent said. “We’ve got to close this to make our student body safe.” The resolution passed 29-1 with two abstentions. The Senate also voted on Bill 1017-F, which allocated the funding of $100 for a beard contest sponsored by the sustainability committee to promote “No-Shave November.” During November, participants in “No Shave November” refrain from shaving for the entire month to promote prostate cancer awareness, research, treatment and prevention. Five female judges from the sustainability committee will determine the winner of who can grow the “best beard.” The prize will be a sustainable shaving kit. Sustainability Committee Chair Ian Hamilton, one of two co-authors of the bill, amended the amount of funding in the bill from $250 to $100. He said the money will go toward making posters for the event. “Although the original intent is for cancer awareness, the environmental impact of these efforts will be tre-
mendous,” according to Bill 10-17-F. Hamilton said that although he and McKinney had intended to focus on the sustainability impact of the bill, they decided to focus on cancer prevention as the “main focus” of the bill. The bill passed with a 25-3 vote and five abstentions. The senate also voted on Bill 1417-F, which amended a section for constitutional amendment elections at the end of spring and fall semesters to the bylaws of the SGA constitution. Prior to this, constitutional amendment elections took place at the end of the spring semester and at the beginning of the fall semester. Senator Lucas Knight, one of two co-authors of the bill, said that how SGA handled amendment elections now made “no administrative sense.” “This is a very simple administrative change that would be very beneficial to us,” Knight said. Bill 14-17-F passed unanimously.
Reporter Nicole Ziege can be reached at 270-745-6011 and nicole. ziege825@topper.wku.edu.
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FACULTY
Continued from a6 board was ensuring resources were used in a way to further the university’s mission. Many faculty members felt academics were not prioritized by for-
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ber yet and it’s too early for any commentary, but since the season is four weeks old and a bye weekend has arrived, let’s talk about what we know. Consider these real-life statistical samples chosen from two of WKU’s last 13 games played dating back to last season. Sample 1: Mike White throws for 222 yards on 22-of-38 passing with one touchdown and an interception. WKU finishes with 205 rushing yards, the leading rusher accounting for 152 of those yards. The Hilltoppers have two wide receivers over 90 yards in receiving, and the team loses to an SEC school by one point with the outcome of the game decided in the final seconds. Sample 2: Mike White throws for 300 yards on 28-of-44 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions, both of which are thrown in the red zone. His leading receiver has 86 yards on six catches, all of which come in the first half of play. WKU finishes with just 52 rushing yards in a 12-point victory over a mid-major school. Judging purely by the numbers,
mer president Gary Ransdell, according to the survey. “The president sets the tone for the budget and sets what is considered the priority, and for a long time the priority wasn’t on academics,” Minter said. However, some faculty members
are hopeful President Timothy Caboni has heard their voices, that changes will begin to be made and people will begin to be put first. “Obviously it’s still too early for changes to really be made, but President Caboni has already made a great first step in improving the feelings of
the faculty,” Minter said. “We’re all here for him, and we notice him and the Board beginning to listen to us.”
the reasonable assumption would be that Sample 2 was a game in which a younger or more inexperienced quarterback struggled in an early season game against average competition. And Sample 1 looks more like a quarterback who has progressed through a system over a season or so and came close to upsetting a Power 5 opponent with the help of a more well-rounded team. The reality is this: White threw for over 200 yards and came up one possession shy of defeating Vanderbilt in just his fourth game as the starter at WKU as a transfer from South Florida. He hadn’t progressed through a new offensive system for an extended period of time, but he had the help of WKU greats Ace Wales and Taywan Taylor, and his head coach was Jeff Brohm. In his 17th start as quarterback of the Hilltoppers, White threw for over 300 yards and one touchdown but had two red zone turnovers that could have very easily cost his team a chance to win. Redshirt freshman Xavier Lane, White’s leading receiver, had only two collegiate games under his belt and WKU struggled to get the running game going yet again in Mike Sanford’s fourth game as a head coach.
The real stats to pay attention to? White engineered an 8-play, 76yard drive resulting in the go-ahead touchdown to defeat Ball State, taking over three minutes off the clock and showing his veteran savvy in the process. He even threw the ball to eight different receivers, including six on the opening drive of the game which looked awful similar to the quarterback fans saw last year. There’s a reason he threw for 4,000plus yards a season ago and has NFL teams interested in his potential. It’s because he’s good at playing quarterback. By comparing a sample of statistics from Week 4 of 2016 and Week 4 of 2017, a larger picture is illustrated: there are no comparisons. It’s a whole new coaching staff, a whole new offense and a whole lot of new players. Luckily for WKU, Sanford has White to help make the transition. The only three skill players who played in the Vanderbilt game a year ago were White, Nacarius Fant (five catches, 95 receiving yards and a score) and Quinton Baker, who had one carry for negative yardage and a fumble. White is still learning the offense himself, and a slew of fresh, unproven faces are trying to help him exe-
cute it for a rookie head coach. What more did people expect? When a fan base is spoiled and fortunate enough to watch the beauty that is Brohm’s offensive play calling unfold and take effect for three years, it’s easy to get greedy. The only way Sanford was going to top Brohm’s offensive success right away was to have his players wear jetpacks and defy the laws of physics to score touchdowns. I mean, there’s a reason Brohm and Purdue took a halftime lead over Jim Harbaugh’s nationally ranked Michigan Wolverines last Saturday. It’s because he’s good at being a head football coach. Even though Sanford hasn’t had the smoothest of starts doesn’t mean that he won’t reach his own level of success on the Hill. I personally think Stewart took an excellent risk with Sanford, and I know Sanford has faith in his own system. He just needs time … perhaps a little more than four weeks.
WKU fans gather for WKU’s game against Ball State on Saturday, September 23, 2017 in L.T. Smith Stadium.
Reporter Carly Mathews can be reached at 270-745-6011 and carly. mathews@wku.edu.
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SPORTS
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Four weeks in: What we know BY EVAN HEICHELBECH
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The WKU Hilltopper football team was picked in the preseason to win its third straight Conference USA title while being led by a man who had never served as a head coach in a NCAA Division 1 football game. Read that sentence twice, and then think about how unusual it sounds. It seems like Jeff Evan Brohm has been gone Heichelbech from Bowling Green for years, and the first month of Sanford Ball (is that what we should call it?) hasn’t exactly reminded us of the last head coach of the Hilltoppers—at least not in ways some may have expected. Mike Sanford is an offensive coach, this, we know. His track record is proven. Grooming an NFL starting quarterbacks at Notre Dame, helping mold future professional running backs and fantasy football monsters (cough, cough Jay Ajayi) at traditionally high-scoring schools like Boise State, and a former quarterback himself, Sanford literally has offensive football in his blood. His dad has coached across the country in the collegiate and professional ranks for four decades and is now on his son’s first staff at WKU. But when athletic director Todd Stewart decided to make Sanford the youngest head coach in college football (a title Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley has since claimed), it was inherently a risk. It was inherently a risk simply because anytime a program hires a first-time head coach there are no guarantees. But listening to Sanford speak in his introductory press conference and in the months leading up to the season, the 35-year-old did not appear to be a rookie by any means, and he certainly didn’t talk like one. He laid out his goals, titled them “The Pursuit,” pieced together a solid recruiting class in limited time and seemingly got the players on WKU’s 2017 roster to buy in. But all it took was a 1-2 start to the season for the sky to start falling, questions to start flying and worry to start settling in deeply — all of which was completely unfitting with Sanford’s tenure at WKU still in its infancy. The calendar hasn’t even hit Octo-
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WKU women’s volleyball team plays Pittsburgh on Friday, Sept. 8, in Diddle Arena. WKU won 3-2, their all game record stands at 15-2. SILAS WALKER/HERALD
coming in HOT high-flying Lady Toppers return to diddle
BY CLAY MANLOVE
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU After 20 long days, the Lady Topper volleyball team will finally return to its home court this weekend to play a pair of Conference USA matches against Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee State. The six-game road stretch for WKU included wins over No. 25 Ohio State and two conference wins over Florida Atlantic and Charlotte. The Lady Toppers (15-2) have won 11 straight matches since back-toback losses to Louisville and Illinois in the Cardinal Classic on Sept. 1 and Sept. 2, respectively. In addition, WKU has also won 27 straight conference matches since a loss to Rice on Oct. 31, 2015. WKU will open the weekend slate with a match against LA Tech (5-10) at 6 p.m. on Friday evening in Diddle Arena. The Lady Techsters are struggling through a rough patch, having lost five of their last seven matches, including their C-USA opener against Rice, 3-1. LA Tech is led offensively by the duo of freshman outside hitter Gina Cortesi and redshirt senior outside hitter Marta Monne, who both have accumulated 148 total kills on the season. Senior setter Brooke Short paces the Lady Techsters with 466 assists on the
season. Senior libero Jacie McClure leads LA Tech on defense with 227 digs while sophomore middle blocker Madeline Davis has 58 blocks to lead the Lady Techsters. As a team, LA Tech has managed only a .167 hitting percentage on the season while being out-killed by opponents 767-671. The Lady Toppers will get a one-day break before facing Middle Tennessee State (4-12) on their home floor on Sunday at noon. Since picking up a pair of wins against Morehead State on Sept. 9 and Robert Morris on Sept. 15, the Blue Raiders have dropped four straight matches, including conference matches to Alabama-Birmingham and Marshall. MTSU is led on offense by junior outside hitter Regan Coughlin, who has amassed 152 kills on the season while junior right-side hitter Makila York has added 135 kills on the year. Sophomore setter Taylor Hammill has 492 assists on the season to pace the Blue Raiders. Sophomore libero Brienna Tankesley leads MTSU on defense with 189 digs on the season while freshman middle blocker Josie Maxim has 45 blocks for the Blue Raiders. MTSU has mustered a .172 hitting clip on the season while allowing op-
ponents to a .265 hitting percentage. Additionally, no player on the Blue Raiders’ roster has hit above a .301 clip in 2017. For their performances in last weekend’s conference-opening matches, WKU’s Jessica Lucas and Sydney Engle again scooped up C-USA weekly awards on Monday afternoon. Lucas grabbed C-USA Setter of the Week honors for the fourth consecutive week while powering the Lady Toppers to a .414 hitting percentage, notching 104 total assists on the weekend. With her 16th career C-USA Setter of the Week nod, Lucas is now second all-time in conference standings for weekly awards in volleyball. Engle earned C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second week in a row after tallying 25 digs and five blocks on the weekend while also notching 12 kills on a career-high .722 hitting clip against Charlotte on Sunday afternoon. Four Lady Topper have now combined for eight C-USA weekly awards in five weeks of volleyball, Lucas with four, Engle with two and Rachel Anderson and Alyssa Cavanaugh with one apiece.
Reporter Clay Manlove can be reached at (270) 724-9620 or at clayton.manlove475@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @ctmanlove58.
WKU looking for first win in nearly a month BY CASEY MCCARTHY
HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The Lady Topper soccer team will be looking to secure its first conference win Thursday night, Sept. 28, when it welcomes Rice to Bowling Green in WKU’s home conference opener. WKU (3-5-1, 0-1-1 C-USA) is coming off a two-game road stretch, with both matches going to double overtime. The Lady Toppers will look to ride their defensive effort from last Thursday’s scoreless draw with Southern Mississippi to a victory. Senior Allison Leone and sophomore Christina Bragado were named Conference USA Goalkeeper and Defensive Player of the week, respectively. Leone secured the honor for the third time in her career, the most of any goalkeeper in program history, and tied with Amanda Buechel for most among all WKU players. Leone earned her 25th career shutout against the Lady Eagles last Thursday, her third of the season, dropping her goals against average to 0.86 goals on average, fourth-best in the conference. Leone secured seven saves in the match, her third game with seven or more saves this season. The Kennesaw, Georgia, native has 44 saves
on the season. Bragado has helped anchor a Lady Topper back line that has secured just three goals in the last 410 minutes of play, and only eight goals in nine matches this season. Bragado played all 110 minutes in the draw against Southern Miss, and has started every game for the Lady Toppers at center back. This is Bragado’s first time receiving the award. The Lady Toppers were able to hold the Golden Eagles well below their season averages on shots, surrounding just 14 shots, seven on target, compared to 20.4 shots and 10.3 on goal for the season. WKU lost the first of its two road games in heartbreaking fashion on Sept. 15, relenting the go ahead goal in the 105th minute of double overtime. WKU was outshot 21-9 on the night and was unable to keep up what was otherwise a stalwart defensive performance. WKU soccer secured its first ever win against Rice last season, winning the match 1-0 in Houston. Rice (5-21, 2-0-0) is led by senior midfielder, Samantha Chaiken, who leads the Owls with shots (29) and shots on goal (12). Chaiken was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the sec-
WKU goal keeper Allison Leone watches the ball during WKU’s game verses Vanderbilt on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 at the WKU Soccer Complex. SILAS WALKER/HERALD ond time in as many weeks. Chaiken helped lead the Owls to victory against Louisiana Tech last Thursday, scoring a goal and assisting on another. The Owls are 0-2 on the road this season. Sophomore Chandler Backes continues to lead WKU in both shots (19) and goals (4). Senior midfielder Hannah Chua and redshirt junior Sarah Gorham have helped spark the Lady Topper’s attack this season as well, each with 17 shots this season. WKU will remain at home when it faces North Texas (5-2-2, 1-0-1) on
Sunday at the WKU Soccer Complex. The Mean Green have not lost since Aug. 27 against Texas. North Texas’ match against LA Tech ended in a 1-1 on Sept. 24. Freshman forward Berklee Peters leads the Mean Green with five goals on the season. WKU is looking for its first win since Sept. 3 against Evansville, after going (0-3-1) in their last four matches.
Reporter Casey McCarthy can be reached at (270)-929-7795 and casey. mccarthy573@topper.wku.edu.