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BY JACOB DICK HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A Bowling Green medical provider filed a legal protest Friday against the deal between WKU and The Medical Center.

The protest was filed to the state Finance and Administration Cabinet on behalf of Western Kentucky Orthopedic and Neurological Associates, former health services provider for WKU Athletics. It claims procurement laws and regulations to promote fairness and transparency weren’t followed in the execution of the deal.

In August, the Board of Regents approved the deal that would provide a $22 million athletics and training facility and make The Medical Center a health services provider.

According to the supplement to the bid originally filed Friday, Sept.

2, documents received by Frost Brown Todd LLC on behalf of WKONA show the 99-year lease of land and exclusive health services rights promised to The Medical Center were arranged behind closed doors.

In an email response, President Gary Ransdell explained what he understood of WKONA’s complaints so far and a touch of bewilderment at their reasoning.

“As I understand it at first glance, WKONA is protesting the lack of a bid process,” Ransdell said in an email. “This is curious for two reasons. One, they exclusively handled our Athletic orthopedic work for years without bidding on it.

More relevantly, however, this was not a project subject to bidding.”

WKONA, owned by current campus health services provider Graves

Melinda Malin, center, participates in D93’s annual Zombie Walk Saturday, Sept. 17 in Bowling Green. Malin has attended the past two years.

“I love it, It’s far too cool to pass up,” she said. Tyger Williams/HERALD

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Presidential search may be closed process

BY MONICA KAST

A herd of “walkers” march in the annual Kiwanis Club Zombie Walk on Sept. 17 in downtown Bowling Green. Following the Walk, participants were given awards that included “Best Makeup” and “Best Zombie Walk.” Gabriel Scarlett/HERALD | See page A6 for full story.

Broadcasting co-cordinator steps down

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BY MONICA KAST The search for WKU’s next president may be held in secret after candidates are selected, a reality the University Senate chair calls “troublesome.”

Kate Hudepohl, senate chair, told the senate at a recent meeting with Isaacson, Miller, the executive search firm being used by WKU to search for the next university president, she had heard there may be a closed search.

This would mean the names of the candidates would not be revealed, and there would not be open forums on campus with the candidates.

“I don’t know that it’s set in stone,” Hudepohl said. “It may change.”

Hudepohl said representatives from Isaacson, Miller said a closed search was a growing trend, and many candidates like to retain confidentiality during a search.

“This person will be part of the campus community and the idea that constituencies that this person will be working with will not get the chance to meet him or her is troublesome,” Hudepohl said.

Isaacson, Miller was officially selected in February by the Board of Regents after a selection process comparing other executive search firms. Since then, the firm has received candidate profiles from students and faculty, host-

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HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A professor in the School of Journalism and Broadcasting has stepped down as co-coordinator after discussions involving diversity in the school.

Victoria LaPoe, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, has stepped down as coordinator of broadcasting and film. Brad Pfranger and Travis Newton will remain as the coordinators. This change occurred after emails were exchanged between the SJ&B faculty about adding a diversity course to the school.

Loup Langton, director of the SJ&B, received an email from professors requesting the discussion about the diversity course include the entire faculty. In reply, Langton sent an email to all SJ&B faculty Thursday, Aug. 25 saying, “ … this should be a school-wide discussion, so please make sure that all responses, ideas, opinions get sent to all faculty.”

Later that day, in two separate emails, LaPoe announced her intention to step down from the Advisory Council, a diversity committee within Potter College of Arts and Letters and step down as co-coordinator of broadcasting and film.

“I do apologize if I was direct yesterday, as one of the two minority faculty member[s], I have some deep and personal feelings about this,” LaPoe wrote in her first email.

Later in the same email, she added that she felt she was being “completely alienated,” and asked to step off of the Advisory Council put together

by Potter College dean Larry Snyder.

In her second email, LaPoe announced she was stepping down as broadcasting and film overall sequence coordinator “in light of transparency.” She also requested she no longer teach SJ&B 103, Digital Storytelling for the 21st Century.

“In light of this discussion and lack of understanding in this Victoria area, it is not someLaPoe thing I am willing to take on,” LaPoe wrote of teaching SJ&B 103. “I do enough service, research and have good [evaluations] so I assume this will not be an issue. Sorry it had to end this way with the progress, but it is clear to me now.”

Langton said LaPoe’s decision to step down had been previously discussed between the two, Brad and was part of “onPfranger going conversations about establishing priorities and managing time.”

“I think that the time demanded of her in her role as coordinator became untenable given her com-

mitments to teaching, research, committee work, etc.,” Langton wrote in an email. “She is a human dynamo, but we all have our limits.”

Langton also said he believes diversity will remain a priority for LaPoe. “Right now, I think that the implementation and nurturing of diversity is Victoria’s top priority in her professional world whether it’s in the classroom, the school, college, university or national level or through her research,” Langton said in an email.

“She is, in my opinion, one of the most qualified people on campus to address this critically important issue.”

Although LaPoe originally announced intentions to step off of the Potter College Advisory Council, LaPoe now has intentions to remain on the committee. According to LaPoe, she stepped down as co-coordinator at the same time she accepted this position on the Advisory Council. LaPoe said in an email she will be working on this committee to “research, examine and understand how to foster a continued diverse and inclusive culture within the [Potter] College.”

Snyder said he began putting together the Advisory Council, alternatively known as what he called the “Potter College Diversity Task Force,” in the spring as one of his first projects as dean.

Snyder said LaPoe was one of the first people he talked to about forming the council last semester.

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“She was the person that immediately came to mind,” Snyder said. “She had professional expertise in that area.”

Snyder said the Advisory Council currently has both short and longterm goals to look at improving diversity within Potter College. He cited recruitment and retention of minori-

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bert Clinic, is claiming in the protest that while it was approached with the offer to fund the new facility, it and other health service providers were never offered the lease or exclusive rights as campus health services and were not allowed to compete for the bid.

It also claims WKU told the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee it didn’t follow the normal statutes regarding lease purchases, public-private partnerships or capital construction projects.

The protest also contains excerpts of private messages from Ransdell and Board of Regents members as well as CEO of The Medical Center Connie Smith.

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Continued from front ed an open forum on campus and helped development the official job advertisement for president.

Barbara Burch, faculty regent and presidential search committee member, was present at the meeting. She said the decision of whether it would be an open or closed search was not the decision of the search committee.

“The search committee is charged by the Board [of Regents] to search and screen, and come up with finalists for this position,” Burch said.

Burch said after the finalists have been presented to the Board of Regents, it would be up to the board to decide if it would be an open or closed search.

“The board is the final selection committee,” Burch said.

Several senate members ex-

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ty students and faculty, as well as developing curriculum incorporating “the most pressing issues” relating to diversity, as two of the main goals.

LaPoe said she decided to step down as co-coordinator in order to focus on “diversity efforts” and research. She said she met with her mentors over the summer, and they suggested she begin to focus more on her research.

“I am one of the few American Indian media scholars in the country,” LaPoe said in an email. “My research takes a considerable amount of time.”

However, LaPoe said she does not view stepping down as a co-coordinator as “stepping away.”

“I don’t really look at my stepping down at broadcasting as stepping away from anything, it is more stepping toward my area of research and my focus on diversity,”

LaPoe said in an email. “Diversity is my passion, why I pursued my Ph.D., and what I attempt to foster everyday as part of my personal and professional life as a multicultural mother, wife, and professor.”

The protest claims Ransdell told the board in a private letter Tuesday, Aug. 2, he had made contact with The Medical Center with intent to make a deal with them. “[T]o be clear, I specifically asked The Medical Center to make this investment on our campus,” the protest states.

It goes on to claim Ransdell wrote an email Tuesday, Aug. 9 to the Board of Regents saying he had met with Smith to negotiate the terms of the deal. Ransdell later forwarded the email to Smith.

Ransdell said an offer for a partnership project was made to WKONA in January, then to a consortium of WKONA, Graves Gilbert and Greenview, at which point all three declined. When a medical school partnership with the Univer-

sity of Kentucky and The Medical Center was finalized, Ransdell said WKU submitted a proposal to The Medical Center which it agreed to.

“When the original proposal to WKONA for a surgical center and indoor facility fell through (we projected $20 million), then talked about a simple $15 million indoor faculty,” Ransdell said in an email. “They and Graves Gilbert both said they could not do that either. The Medical Center was the only remaining option.”

Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Ann Mead said she believes WKU administration has acted in compliance with all procurement requirements in an email Monday afternoon.

WKONA and its legal counsel re-

quested in the protest the Finance and Administration Cabinet should block WKU from awarding a contract to The Medical Center without following proper procedures to request bids from competing services.

In the protest, WKONA repeats several times the health service provider doesn’t take issue with WKU receiving an athletic facility, but the way the deal was arranged sets a precedent for private organizations to make monopolizing deals with government entities, eliminating competition and transparency.

pressed concern about not knowing who the candidates are and being unable to interact with them before a final decision is made.

Lauren McClain, university senator and assistant professor of sociology, pointed out although the decision would not be made by the search committee, several members of the search committee are also members of the Board of Regents.

“If I’m doing my math right, six of the members that are on the Board of Regents are also on the search committee, so I guess I’m a little confused about why you all … are saying you don’t know what the board will do,” McClain said.

Burch emphasized the search committee was not the same as the Board of Regents, and the decision would be made by the full Board of Regents. Additionally, Burch said the

search committee does not make the final selection of the next university president, and the Board of Regents will make that decision as well.

The Herald originally reported in February of the Board of Regents decision to hire a professional search firm to find candidates, but there was no discussion at the time of whether candidates would be given a forum for students and faculty.

“The selection belongs to the board, and that is absolute,” Burch said.

Both Hudepohl and Burch said this topic came about from Isaacson, Miller, whose representatives said it was “their understanding” the presidential search would be a closed search.

Burch and Jay Todd Richey, student regent, also gave reports which included information about the new Medical Center The university will be partnering with. Burch said

the decision about the agreement was made with “vigorous discussion and vigorous consideration.”

Richey, who said he voted against the Medical Center agreement, said he has concerns about WKU becoming a “pawn,” and in light of recent budget cuts, he disagreed with the decision.

“We’re sending a message that buildings are more important than well-funded athletics,” Richey said, specifically referencing the cuts to the track team’s budget.

However, Richey said he was able to see the agreement was not completely negative.

“There are positives and I hope it works out in the end,” Richey said.

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WKU receives bids for new parking structure

BY EMMA COLLINS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU WKU will be selecting a general contractor for the construction of Parking Structure 3 to be located in the Creason lot after receiving four bids for the position, officials say.

Bryan Russell, chief facilities officer, said WKU already has an idea of which bid it will accept; however, it has not yet been made official.

“We appear to have an awardable bid but are doing our due diligence before a Letter of Intent is issued to the successful General Contractor,” Russell said in an email.

Russell said the project is expected to cost around $10 million, and the goal is to have it operational by August of 2017. The original plan was to have construction begin in September; however, Russell said the timeline will not be official until the general contractor is selected and provides WKU with a construction schedule.

At the Board of Regents meeting this past July, Russell showed a rendering of the six-floor parking structure that will be similar to Parking Structure 2.

Construction on PS3, as well as construction on the Adams Street lot already underway for a new CVS Pharmacy, has reduced the number of available parking spots on campus.

As a result, Parking and Transportation Services decided to limit the number of housing permit sales sold for the 2016-2017 school year.

In a press release earlier this May, Parking and Transportation said once construction is completed the campus will have an additional 500 parking spots. The spots will be available for both commuters and students who live on campus. Parking and Transportation will also expand transit services to provide transportation to and from PS3.

Ann Mead, vice president for finance and administration, said the project will be paid for by students with a $30 fee. Mead said the fee is not

Rendering of Parking Structure 3. Courtesy Bryan Russell, chief facilities officer. expected to be in place after the cost of the parking structure is covered.

“By action of the Board of Regents, the fee goes away when the debt is paid off,” Mead said.

Mead said it normally takes 20 years to pay back the money for a project of

this size, although WKU has yet to issue any bonds.

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Partnership established with Oak Ridge lab

BY JACK JOHNSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A recent agreement between WKU and UT-Battelle, manager of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, promises to involve students, faculty and graduates in participating in research in a national laboratory.

Cheryl Davis, interim associate provost for research and creative activity, was one of the leading forces behind the agreement and said the chance to research at ORNL is an important opportunity.

“WKU students would greatly benefit by having an opportunity to participate in research projects with these investigators, and potentially to actually work in one of the world-class facilities at the ORNL,” Davis said.

ORNL is the largest U.S. Depart-

ment of Energy laboratory and conducts basic and applied research to create solutions to problems with energy and security. ORNL employs more than 4,000 scientists and engineers in over 100 disciplines.

While talking about the specifics of the new initiative between WKU and the national laboratory, Provost David Lee mentioned some history students will now be able to be a part of.

“Oak Ridge, in particular, grew out of research for the Manhattan Project in the 1940s,” Lee said. “The Manhattan Project established three major laboratories, one in Washington state, another in Los Alamos and then Oak Ridge in Tennessee.”

Oak Ridge is partnered with more than 250 universities in America in some capacity; these partnerships include several major research universi-

ties on the UT-Battelle management team.

“I believe that there are many great reasons for encouraging collaboration between scientists and engineers at universities and in our national laboratories,” Davis said. “Finding solutions to the many scientific challenges that we face in the world today will require the combined efforts of large teams of investigators with varied expertise.”

ORNL offers several programs for promising undergraduate students.

Students interested in summer, fall or spring internships can apply to various interdisciplinary and discipline-based programs.

Though not every student at WKU will get the opportunity to conduct research at ORNL, those who do could come away with a wide breadth of experience.

“Not every science major will have contact with Oak Ridge; part of what we’re trying to do is create a portfolio of opportunities –– lots of different ways in which our students and our faculty could engage in research,” Lee said.

“So while maybe numerically, relatively few students will be impacted directly by this, we hope that Oak Ridge is part of many other opportunities that we will benefit from.”

Although the partnership is in its beginning stages, Lee said students can expect to benefit from research opportunities for the foreseeable future.

“I’m confident we’re going to have a strong partnership with ORNL for a very long time,” Lee said.

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Board of Regents should vote to keep presidential search open, transparent

THE ISSUE: Isaacson, Miller, the firm conducting the search for the next WKU president, has expressed the presidential search process would be a closed search.

OUR STANCE: Having the search process remain closed until the board has already hired the next president is not only an affront to the principles of transparency and accountability, but also an injustice to the people who this would affect the most at WKU: everyone. If the board is truly supposed to represent the best interests of WKU, then this involves conducting an open search.

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ow much would you wager it costs to keep a secret? At WKU, that price tag is in the ballpark of $185,000, the cost of WKU’s personal service contract with Isaacson, Miller, the search firm giving WKU a helping hand in finding our next president.

Recently at University Senate, Kate Hudepohl, senate chair, revealed to the senate that Isaacson, Miller understood the presidential search would be closed, but the full Board of Regents has yet to take formal action on this front.

A closed search, in this con-

text, means the names of the candidates won’t be revealed, and there would not be open forums on campus with candidates.

Isaacson, Miller representatives told Hudepohl closed searches are a growing trend because candidates like to maintain confidentiality during searches.

Phillip Bale, chairman of the presidential search committee, took the confidentiality aspect a step further when in an interview with the Daily News, he said one of the things Isaacson, Miller told him was “if they were unable to provide confidentiality at least two thirds of the people they’ve talked to already would drop out immediately.”

In some cases, it may be preferable for two-thirds of applicants to drop out immediately considering some of the candidates who are byproducts of closed searches.

For example, take a case at the University of Missouri. Tim Wolfe, the former University of Missouri president, resigned from his position last November “amid complaints that he had done too little to address racism and other ugly incidents on campus,” reported the Washington Post.

Wolfe’s resignation was a culmination of several incidents such as not addressing concerns brought by a black student group, Concerned

Student 1950 and a hunger strike by graduate student Jonathan Butler.

The process which resulted in Wolfe’s presidency was what the Columbia Missourian called a “well-kept secret” and concluded a yearlong confidential search. Additionally, it hasn’t learned its lesson as it once again plan to use the same search timeline and selection process that resulted in Wolfe’s hiring.

Confidentiality is often the keyword played up in these searches so the “good candidates” won’t be scared away from applying, which seems paradoxical in of itself. One would think “good candidates” would want to meet the people they’re potentially being hired to serve and represent.

Yet, as the role of search firms in higher education slowly becomes the standard, some wonder what they even add to the overall process.

James Finkelstein, a professor of public policy at George Mason University, is the lead author of report on a study that raises questions about the role of search firms at public colleges.

Finkelstein, in an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education, said researchers found search firm contracts often give them wide latitude in their operation with few specific requirements.

For example, only 10 percent of the

contracts the researchers looked at required the firms to conduct background checks on candidates and 22 percent will check criminal backgrounds for an additional fee.

Barbara Burch, faculty regent and representative on the presidential search committee, said there’s been no formal action taken by the board that would make the search a closed process, but Isaacson, Miller said it was their understanding that it would be closed.

Which also begs the question as to who we are entrusting to find our next president.

Is it the presidential search committee and the larger Board of Regents or Isaacson, Miller calling the shots in this search?

Is this search open or closed? Does the board value the input of people at WKU in this process or not?

Burch is correct in saying the decision on the next president on any campus is the right of the board to make, but if this decision is made behind closed doors it will be a decision that is muddied and one met with disdain.

The Board of Regents must take this issue up for a vote immediately and vote in the best interests of WKU, not of a search firm.

COMMENTARY

Segregation in university housing is not new

BY KALYN JOHNSON HERALD.OPINION@WKU.EDU Nearly 60 years of racial segregation ended in the United States in 1950 thanks to two major Supreme Court decisions leading to the “separate but equal” doctrine. It was a time in the United States where races were not to mix and even dating someone of a different race could cause trouble.

A few weeks ago, California State University at Los Angeles made headlines that it had introduced “blacks only” housing. The false story was heavily publicized by The College Fix, and picked up by several other news outlets. The entire situation puts the idea of segregation back in the spotlight.

We tend to only think about segregation when it’s in the realms of race, but does it exist within gen-

der and academic status? While multiple outlets were talking about race, all I could think about was gender and academic status.

I’m black so maybe I should have been focused on race–and it looked like CSULA was taking a page from the 1940s handbook–but I wasn’t.

Everyone was worrying about race yet no one was looking at the current state of the university’s housing.

The word segregation tends to spark uneasiness in many people, but when the word is boiled down it means to separate one group of people from another, or as Merriam-Webster defines, “the practice or policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other.”

Our country is no stranger to segregating people by race. We automatically think of race when we hear the term, but that isn’t all it is.

It boils down to separating groups

of people based off of something as simple and as complex as skin color; simple as the color of someone’s skin, and as complex and the history of injustice behind that color.

WKU has housing that separates students based on their gender, academic status or Greek status. In no way am I saying this is a bad thing.

After all, it is grouping individuals together who have similar interests.

Students are simply offered the possibility of living with like-minded people or to live outside those boundaries. CSULA was doing the same thing.

Robert Lopez, spokesperson for CSULA, told the New York Times, “This living-learning community focuses on academic excellence and learning experiences that are inclusive and nondiscriminatory.”

Furthermore, communities focused around race and gender are not new nor unusual on col-

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We’re so quick to jump on something when it comes to separating races, but not when it comes to gender or academic status. Maybe it’s because of the history this country has with race, or because we’re so used to seeing housing that separates the genders and is exclusive to those who meet an academic status.

At the end of the day, CSULA was looking for a better way to keep its students safe, happy and excelling academically, just like WKU’s housing department. CSULA didn’t go through with the ‘racial’ housing and we should think more complexly about what the word ‘segregation’ means and what it means outside the realm of race.

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Brian Reed stands at one of the Zombie Walk check points as participants walk by Saturday, Sept. 17 near the corner of Chestnut Street and Morris Alley. The Zombie Walk occurs every year, allowing participants to put on zombie makeup and walk around Bowling Green for charity. Mhari Shaw/HERALD

Run Zombies Run Kiwanis club hosts zombie walk in annual fundraiser

BY ADAM SIMS HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU A storm passed through Bowling Green on Saturday, cooling the late summer heat. As the rain stopped, the undead rose and zombies shambled across downtown. Yet, the hoard of zombies weren’t out to eat brains or to spread a virus, but to save lives.

The Bowling Green Zombie Walk, hosted by Bowling Green’s Kiwanis Club, invited people from around the city to dress up as zombies and other Halloween and horror-themed characters in a fundraiser for the Eliminate Project, a partnership between UNICEF and Kiwanis International.

The Eliminate Project seeks to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), a deadly disease that steals the lives of nearly 49,000 babies each year, according to Kiwanis’ website.

MNT affects both mothers and

children of impoverished countries, spreading through tetanus spores in soil. Symptoms of MNT include convulsions and an extreme sensitivity to light and touching; according to Kiwanis, MNT can kill one baby every 11 minutes. Since 2010, the Eliminate Project has raised $110 million worldwide to provide vaccinations against MNT according to its website.

This Saturday was the third year Bowling Green Kiwanis Club put on the Zombie Walk in support of the Eliminate Project. “What sparked the idea was the zombie craze,� Kiwanis Club member Sue Fleschner said, mentioning popular zombie-themed shows like AMC drama “The Walking Dead.�

Last year, the Kiwanis Club raised $8,000 from the event, simultaneously giving zombie enthusiasts a chance to celebrate the undead.

D93 WDNS, Bowling Green’s clas-

sic rock radio station, was the media sponsor of the walk. Zombies gathered at the station’s building on Saturday afternoon to register and donate at least $10 each to participate before they were unleashed onto the streets. “Seeing people go all out with the makeup and attire is pretty cool,� Tony Rose, D93 Morning Show host and public service director, said. “It’s definitely something different from a traditional 5K run.�

Before the walk began, some participants paid an extra $5 to get zombie makeup at Sun Suites Salon & Spa, an official sponsor of the event. Bloodied, bruised, rotting and peeling fake skin was applied to some of the participants. “It’s a fun thing for the kids, and I hope it grows every year,� Sun Suites Salon & Spa owner Felecia Hudson said, watching her business turn into a zombie lair. This year was the first time

Sun Suites Salon & Spa participated in the event by doing make-up.

Zombies weren’t the only fictional characters at the event; the Western Kentucky Ghostbusters attended as well, dressed in full Ghostbuster attire.

Formed in 2003, the Western Kentucky Ghostbusters help charities raise money, including the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. “Anything for charity, we’ll show up,� Western Kentucky Ghostbusters representative Chris Flanigan said. “It’s always good to use your nerdom for something positive.�

For an hour, the zombies shambled and groaned across the streets, not taking any lives, but instead, hoping to save many.

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

Staff member celebrates new American citizenship

BY EMMA AUSTIN HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Julia Rivas, program support specialist for the Center for Citizenship and Social Justice, became an American citizen Friday morning when she swore her loyalty in the Oath of Allegiance at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Rivas relocated from El Salvador to New Jersey at age 13 with her parents and older brother. Her dad was a successful business owner in El Salvador, making his family a target for criminals in search of money. “They would say, ‘I know where your kids go to school. If you don’t give us money, we will kidnap them,’� Rivas said. “We moved for safety reasons, but overall it was for a better future.�

Rivas said moving to New Jersey caused a big cultural shock. Neither

she nor her family spoke any English, and adjusting to the new school system was challenging. However, she said the most difficult part of the move for her and her brother was leaving the rest of their family behind. “We left everything,� she said. “Our family is large, and we were always very close.�

Rivas used her passion for music to help her adjust to the new culture; learning dances from different countries became a hobby. To overcome the language barrier, her dad put her in an English academy, where she would go for three hours after school five days a week. “Another thing people don’t realize is that kids from immigrant families have to help at home a lot,� she said, explaining that she had to help her parents with doctor’s appointments

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and talking to insurance companies.

“It’s hard, because you’re forced to be an adult,” she said. “I remember that it was very stressful. But now that I look back, I appreciate that experience.

It has definitely made me a stronger woman.”

After living in New Jersey for five years, Rivas and her family moved to Bowling Green during her junior year of high school, once again for safety reasons. She said the move to Kentucky from a large, culturally diverse city was another huge adjustment.

“Here [in Bowling Green], it was very different,” she said. “It was a learning experience.”

Rivas’ father had always been an advocate for education, and embedded this sentiment in his daughter.

“We would pass by Western, and my dad would tell me, ‘this is where you want to go to college,’” Rivas said. “So, anytime I would pass by, I had in my mind: this is where I was going to go.”

Since she wasn’t an American citizen, Rivas couldn’t apply for student loans or Federal Student Aid. Her brother and father helped her pay for

FOOTBALL

Continued from SPORTS Miami receiver James Gardner’s hands. 70 yards later, the Toppers saw their lead shrink to just seven.

“We made some critical mistakes on defense late in the game, but we were tired and that caused some of that,” Brohm said.

“Those are things we learn from.”

But the Toppers fired back quickly and effectively, as White orchestrated a 1:16 drive capped by a 36-yard touchdown caught by senior wide receiver Taywan Taylor.

The scoring play marked the 172nd reception of Tay-

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Continued from sports The scoreboard finally received its first change at the 82:01 mark when Backes found the back of the net to give WKU the one-goal lead.

Backes took a pass from redshirt sophomore midfielder Sarah Gorham, beat her defender around the left side of the box, and sent a strike past Morehead into the far post.

Sophomore midfielder Nicole Roseland almost doubled the score with just eight seconds remaining as her shot struck the crossbar, but the Lady Tops were still able to hold off Marshall and open league play with a win.

On Saturday, WKU kept its momentum going and added anoth-

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ent battle in those two matches,” Hudson said. “We didn’t always play clean, but we certainly did enough to be able to win those.”

WKU came to fight in the match against Robert Morris University. The Lady Tops held their opponent to a .025 hitting percentage. The Colonials had just 16 kills with 18 attack errors.

“That part was good,” Hudson said. “Offensively we weren’t great by any stretch, we were better in the afternoon. We were kind of out of sync a lot over the weekend.”

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her first year of college, after which she worked tirelessly to find scholarships to pay for her education. By doing so, she was able to graduate in 2013 without any debt.

“College changed my life,” she said, adding that her experience inspired her to continue working with students and advocating for the importance of education.

After her graduation with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, Rivas worked at a public high school as an English as a second language teacher’s aide. She said she loved the opportunity it gave her to learn about refugees and immigrants in Bowling Green. She has also worked with the ALIVE Center and the Hispanic Organization for the Promotion of Education to encourage ESL students to pursue higher education. She will graduate in the spring with a master’s degree in student affairs.

Rivas is currently the program support specialist at the Center for Citizenship and Social Justice and coordinator for a new program launching in the spring called Scholars in Service, which will fund service-related student projects focused on social justice and civic engagement.

Rivas was able to begin the citizenship application process three years ago after her husband, also a naturalized citizen from El Salvador, became a citizen. Although the process involved a lot of waiting, Rivas passed her citizenship test in August and was scheduled to receive her certificate at the ceremony on Friday.

Rivas has travelled back to El Salvador for the past three years with her husband and 4-year-old son, Matthew, with plans to travel again with her 5-month-old daughter, Juliet.

“It’s beautiful,” she said, adding later: “If my country were safer, we wouldn’t be here. I do miss it.”

Rivas uses the family trips to El Salvador to embrace her culture and give her children the chance to know their roots.

“I have pictures of Matthew playing in the dirt, playing with sticks,” Rivas said. “I’d rather give him experiences like that than give him expensive toys.”

Rivas brought her husband, daughter and parents with her to the ceremony. She said she wished her son could have gone, too, but she didn’t want to pull him out of school.

Mammoth Cave hosted the ceremony through its partnership with the

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Thirty-three applicants accepted citizenship on Friday, including immigrants from Uruguay, Thailand, Mexico, Egypt and Ghana.

Mammoth Cave acting superintendent Lizzie Watts said watching so many people swear their allegiance to America created a proud moment for her, reminding her why her country is so special.

“National parks belong to America,” Watts said. “It’s these treasures that belong to all Americans, and what better way and place to have people start their history as Americans than in a national park?”

After the ceremony, Rivas said she felt accomplished, and was proud of her achievement. She said the first thing she wanted to do as a United States citizen was register to vote.

“It is a privilege to have a voice in democracy, so we should definitely take part in that,” she said. “It’s our right that all citizens have, so why not take advantage of it?”

lor’s career, making him the WKU all-time receptions leader.

“We came in together and we said we were going to leave together, so we put this receiving corps on our back after the past guys left and the other receivers just follow behind us and we just lead the way,” Norris said of the tandem’s record-setting day.

After leading 31-17 for the majority of the fourth quarter, Bahl dropped back and launched a ball toward the end zone, where the ball sipped through Leston’s hands again.

“On both of those, I think Brandon Leston could’ve gone up with two hands and picked [them] off,”

Brohm said. “On the hail mary, I hate to say it but it looks like we tried to catch it instead of bat it down.”

The ensuing Redhawks onside kick was recovered by the statistically surest hands in WKU history in Taylor, and the Toppers ran out the clock for the win.

A big part of the defensive effort that helped propel the Toppers to victory was graduate transfer Keith Brown.

Brown had 12 total tackles and one sack. He credits a lot of his success to defensive coordinator Nick Holt.

“He wants me and the other linebackers to make all the plays on the

field and we go out there and do what we’re supposed to do, we’ll make all the plays every time,” Brown said of Holt in a postgame radio interview.

Next up for the Toppers is another non-conference game against Vanderbilt University on Saturday at 3:30 in Smith Stadium.

“We have a long way to go,” Brohm said. “We missed a few guys on offense and you could tell we weren’t the same. We’ve just got a lot of improvement to make.”

er check mark to the win column thanks to a goal from junior midfielder Hannah Chua and a pair from junior forward Bria Mosley.

The Lady Tops held a 9-3 advantage in shots on goal against the Bruins while Mosley led all players with three shots on the evening. Junior forward Belicia Mendiola and sophomore midfielder Emily Whitcomb each had a pair for Belmont.

Leone tallied her third consecutive solo shutout of the year and the 16th of her career, collecting three saves while playing a full 90 minutes for WKU. The Lady Tops have now shut out its last three opponents, their most since tallying five consecutive shutouts during the 2013 season.

On top of that, WKU has held its opponents without a goal since

the seventh minute against Louisiana State University on Sept.

8 –– a streak of 353 minutes.

WKU started off strong with six shots in the first half compared to Belmont’s four. Chua, set up in the middle of the box, collected a pass from Dunn, who beat her defender and found her open teammate who then sent a strike into the back of the net to record her first goal of the year just 5:51 in.

The Lady Tops added to their lead at the 67:41 mark when Mosley had a ball come to her right foot and was able to kick it in after senior midfielder Haley Baldridge played in a cross from the right side.

WKU controlled a 2-0 lead midway through the second period.

Mosley found the back of the net

at the 80-minute mark to seal the deal. Junior defender Shayna Dheel created a one-on-one opportunity against Herman, waited for her to close and sent a low pass to Mosley on the left side who was able to send it home and help the Lady Tops complete a perfect weekend.

WKU returns to action with a C-USA tilt against the University of Southern Mississippi on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. at the WKU Soccer Complex. The Lady Tops and Golden Eagles have met just once all-time –– a 2-0 WKU win in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 2014.

Sophomore setter Mary Martin racked up 31 assists and had one of the three WKU service aces on the match.

“Kids like Mary Martin are what win championships,” Hudson said.

“Those kids are critical. Certainly good enough and capable and who have roles that are different every day but are always willing to do whatever the team needs them to do. It was great for her to be able to take the reins and let Jess [Lucas] rest a little bit again.”

Cavanaugh put up 15 kills to go for a .448 hitting percentage. Engle added 13 kills and nine digs. Anderson put in eight kills and three blocks as well.

In the final contest The Lady Tops

put the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh University away quickly in a 3-0 sweep.

This match may have been the easiest for the Lady Tops when you take a look at the margin of victory in the sets (25-13, 25-21, 25-14).

Lucas finished with 31 assists, five kills, three digs and a solo block. The team hit .410 in the match with 41 kills on 78 attacks.

Cavanaugh led the attack with a .560 hitting clip and 17 kills on 25 attempts. Anderson chipped in for seven kills of her own hitting .400.

The Lady Tops as they are back in action this Friday in Diddle Arena. The first serve against Florida

Atlantic University is set for 7 p.m.

“They are always one of the teams that are highly respected in the league by me,” Hudson said. “They are really competitive, they play hard. They have had some really rough luck, I mean their record is like 5-9 but they have lost five matches in five sets this year. We know they are going to compete ‘til the very end and we are glad to have them in our building to start conference play.”

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WKU wins Panther Challenge

BY MATTHEW STEWART HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU Tournament wins are something WKU volleyball has gotten accustomed to. This weekend was no different for Head Coach Travis Hudson and the Lady Toppers.

The 25th ranked Lady Tops traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to compete in the Panther Challenge hosted by the University of Pittsburgh with a goal of winning the tournament.

In the first match of the weekend, WKU took on the Pittsburgh Panthers. The Friday showdown went a full five sets. Not only did the Lady Tops grab the win, but junior outside hitter Alyssa Cavanaugh threw down her 1000th career kill in the fifth set.

For the first time this season the Lady Tops dropped the first set of the match. That didn’t set well with the team in red as it came out to battle after that set.

“We knew going in that was going to be a long, competitive match,” Hudson said. “We just had to settle in and make adjustments and continue to grind, and we did that.”

Cavanaugh had a strong night, but not to be outdone was junior setter Jessica Lucas. Lucas put together a double-double performance with 43 assists and 22 digs, which was the first time a Lady Topper did so since Tara Thomas in 2001.

Sophomore middle hitter Rachel Anderson ended the night with a career-high 19 kills to go along with six blocks and two service aces.

Defensively, senior defensive specialist Georgia O’Connell led the way once again with 23 digs.

Junior outside hitter Sydney Engle registered nine digs of her own.

Saturday would be a bit busier for the Lady Tops as they would compete in two matches.

Despite playing a five-set match the night before, WKU swept the two matches on Saturday to win the Panther Challenge.

“We certainly won the tal-

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Junior wide receiver Nacarius Fant (1) is driven out of bounds by Miami (Ohio) defensive back Deondre Daniels (15) during WKU’s 31-24 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio. Matt Lunsford/HERALD

Nothing comes easy Hilltoppers grind out victory over Miami (Ohio)

BY EVAN HEICHELBECH HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU In a game in which it was heavily favored, the WKU football team found itself in an up-and-down dogfight with Miami University (Ohio) before notching a 31-24 victory on Saturday.

“Well it was a rough one for us today,” Head Coach Jeff Brohm said in a postgame radio interview. “Luckily, we have enough guys on our team that want to win and it means something to them.

We did play hard and fortunately for us, our defense came up big.”

The Hilltoppers entered halftime leading 14-3 with the only scores coming from a two-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Quinton Baker and a 48-yard punt return for a touchdown by junior wide receiver Nacarius Fant.

After accumulating just 120 rush-

ing yards while trying to establish a ground game in the first two games of the season, the Topper backfield produced 136 total yards rushing despite the first and second running backs on the depth chart not playing on Saturday.

With redshirt sophomore running back D’Andre Ferby still sidelined with a shoulder injury and starting running back Anthony Wales inactive for undisclosed reasons, Baker took full advantage of the opportunity.

The freshman running back from Ashland accounted for 103 yards on 20 rushes along with his first touchdown of the season.

“The thing about Quinton is he’s always going to go as hard as he can,” Brohm said. “We can count on him to compete and that’s all you can ask. We have to school him up and get him ready and find a way to utilize him better.”

After sustaining a head injury last

week against Alabama, redshirt junior quarterback Mike White started Saturday and rebounded, going 1931 for 268 yards and two touchdowns.

“It was just a bounce back from last week,” senior wide receiver Nicholas Norris said in a postgame radio interview. “Me and Mike White didn’t connect as much as we wanted to last week and we worked on that … so today he started to find me and we made plays.”

White found Norris for a 53yard score early in the second half, stretching WKU’s lead to 18. Norris finished the game with a career high 187 yards off of 11 catches.

After adding a field goal and allowing a Miami (Ohio) touchdown, Redhawks quarterback Billy Bahl dropped back and threw a pass in Brandon Leston’s direction.

Leston deflected the ball into

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SOCCER

Lady Tops earn two victories over weekend

BY TYLER MANSFIELD HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The WKU women’s soccer team played two road matches this weekend and returned home with positive outcomes from both.

The Lady Toppers (6-3-0, 1-0-0 C-USA) opened their Conference USA slate with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Marshall University on Thursday, before grabbing a 3-0 victory on Saturday afternoon over Belmont University in their final non-conference outing.

With this pair of wins, WKU has now won five out of its last six matches.

Thursday, against the Thundering Herd, the two clubs went back and forth throughout the match before freshman forward Chandler Backes was able to score the deciding goal at the 83-minute mark to record her eighth goal of the season.

Backes, who entered the contest tied for the lead among all Division I freshmen with seven goals, outran her defender on the left side and caught Marshall’s junior goalkeeper, Emily Morehead, out of position before sending a shot past her into the far corner of the net.

Backes’ goal moved her into a tie

for eighth place on WKU’s all-time single-season goalscoring list alongside former stars Jenna Silverberg, Kristin Cocchiarella and Mallory Outerbridge. She also leads all of C-USA in goals scored with eight in 2016.

The Lady Tops’ defense had a strong showing as they held Marshall to just two total shots on the night with just one of those on goal.

Both sides had just one shot on goal over the opening period. Sophomore midfielder Megan Morris broke free down the left sideline and found enough space to fire a strike for WKU at the seven-minute mark, but Morehead was there for the save.

Junior goalkeeper Allison Leone saved an attempt from Marshall’s sophomore forward Ashley Seltzer just seven-minutes later, keeping the game scoreless heading into halftime.

The Lady Tops got two shots from senior forward Iris Dunn and junior defender Nahyo Jalajel early in the second half, but both wouldn’t sail through the net.

Dunn’s try at the 63-minute mark went just wide of the net while Jalajel’s shot at the 68-minute mark was cleared off the line by a Herd defender.

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