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BY TREY CRUMBIE AND LEAH BROWNNEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Barbara Burch, former provost forWKU, will replace Patti Minter as facultyregent on Oct. 31. However, Burch’s elec-tion was not without controversy.

Betsy Shoenfelt, a professor in thedepartment of psychological sciences,said two other nominated candidates,Claus Ernest, a professor of math andMolly Kerby, an assistant professor inthe department of diversity and com-munity studies were disqualifi ed bythe Senate Executive Committee ofthe University Senate.

The SEC cited both a WKU policywhich states “no person shall be em-ployed at the university if his or herrelative or domestic partner serveson the Board of Regents” and a Ken-tucky Revised Statue which states “noperson shall be employed at an insti-tution where his relative serves on theboard of regents for that institution” asthe basis for their disqualifi cation.

Both Ernest and Kerby are eithermarried or engaged in a domesticpartnership with someone who is em-ployed at WKU.

BY LEAH BROWNNEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

As of Oct. 17, WKU was involved in six cases pending litigation. The cases have not progressed in the judicial sys-tem since the summer.

“We fi led motions for summary judg-ment in two discrimination cases,” General Counsel Deborah Wilkins said.

Marilyn Gardner v. WKU is one of the discrimination cases. Gardner claims she was discriminated against because of a disability. This trial has been on-going since May 2011. The discovery phase was completed in May 2014.

The discovery phrase is where all par-ties involved take depositions from the witnesses.

WKU fi led a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court on July 28.

Cheryl Lewis-Smith v. WKU is the other discrimination case. Smith is a former employee and an African American female. Smith fi led a civil suit, claiming her position was elimi-nated due to her race and age.

The trial has been ongoing since Jan. 30, 2012. The discovery phase was

BY JESSICA VOORHEESNEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Next year’s renovation of Gatton Academy will push upperclassmen honors students out of Bates-Runner Hall and into Gilbert Hall, allowing Gatton students to move into Bates during the construction process.

Brian Kuster, Housing and Resi-dence Life director, said Bates was chosen for the Gatton students be-cause it is the closest in size and has

the same bathroom amenities as their hall, so it will be an easy transition.

He said some bedrooms on the fi rst fl oor of Bates will be used as offi ces for Gatton staff.

Upperclassmen honors students will no longer have the option to live in Bates. Those students will be moved to Gilbert Hall, which will be co-ed.

Kuster said HRL will discuss the gender division in the new dorm with

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Hats and hoodies didn’t stop the chill of the wind from beating against the hands

of the drummers in front of Pearce-Ford Tower on Oct. 16.

There were many participants in the new activity, called Drum Cir-cle, which is offered every Thursday night in front of PFT.

Lacretia Dye, an assistant profes-sor in the Counseling and Student Affairs Department; Louisville graduate student Tanay Moore; Karl Laves, assistant director of the

PHOTOS BY ANDREW LIVESAY/SPECIAL TO THE HERALDWKU students and members of the community meet together outside of Pearce-Ford Tower to participate in a therapeu-tic drumming session. It was brought to the WKU campus by members of the counseling department, including assistant professor Lacretia Dye, with help from LifeSkills therapist Wanda Eubank, who has experience in this form of therapy.

BY SHANTEL-ANN PETTWAYNEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Andrew Fister, of Bowling Green, sets the tempo during a therapeutic drumming session outside of Pearce-Ford Tower. The idea of therapeutic drumming originated in the United States in the mid 20th-century as a means of stress relief, as well as a tool for fi ghting addiction.

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Drum Circle offers alternative to Thirsty Thursdays

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• Lexington junior Lauren English, McLean Hall, reported her bike stolen from the bike rack near McLean Hall on Oct. 15. The esti-mated value of the stolen prop-erty was $300.• Police cited Bowling Green freshman Jestin Wright, Zacharias Hall, for possession of marijuana in Zacharias on Oct. 15. • Fairdale graduate student Casey Biggs reported her bike stolen from the bike rack behind Gary Ransdell Hall on Oct. 15. The esti-mated value of the stolen prop-erty was $40.• Police cited Alexandria, Virginia freshman Evan Tinsley, South-west Hall, for possession of drug paraphernalia in Southwest on Oct. 16. • Bowling Green freshman Emily Pride, Pearce-Ford Tower, report-ed vandalism to her vehicle while parked in the Hugh Poland Lot on Oct. 16. • Police cited Hopkinsville fresh-man Denevin Duke, Hugh Poland, for possession of alcohol by a minor and drug paraphernalia on Old Morgantown Road and

Rochester Street on Oct. 17. • Bowling Green freshman John Baumgarten and Louisville fresh-man Robert Demuth, both of Hugh Poland, triggered a smoke detector by playing with a fi re extinguisher, causing the fi re alarm to sound on the sixth fl oor of Hugh Poland on Oct. 17. • Franklin freshman Mercedes Duncan, Pearce-Ford Tower, reported her vehicle registration plate stolen while parked in Crea-son Lot on Oct. 17. The estimated value of the stolen property was $143.22.• Police arrested Auburn sopho-more Brice Moore for alcohol intoxication in a public place on University Boulevard on Oct. 18. • Germantown, Tennessee fresh-man Abigail Tanner, of Rodes-Harlin Hall, reported that her iPod Nano was stolen from her vehicle while parked in Park-ing Structure 1 on Oct. 18. The estimated value of the stolen property was $150. • Police arrested Ecuador junior Heins Velastegui Intriago for improper start, reckless driving, operating a vehicle without an operators license and a DUI on Creason Street on Oct. 19.

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completed in April 2014, and WKU fi led a motion for summary judgment on June 16.

Both cases are pending at this time. Jason Gati v. WKU is the most recent

case, from July 15. Gati, a former stu-dent, claimed WKU violated a Ken-tucky Civil Rights Act by not offering the courses he needs for his degree program in Elizabethtown. Wilkins said there has been no activity on this case.

WKU is defending a suit, Whitney Beckner v. Miss Kentucky State Pag-eant Organization, on behalf of two WKU employees. Beckner fi led a suit against the employees claiming their

negligence was responsible for her injuries. There is still no trial date, and the discovery phase is proceed-ing.

In Terry J. Reagan vs. Western Ken-tucky University, Reagan, a former employee, fi led a suit in October 2013, claiming he was fi red because of his age. Discovery is in process.

The oldest case pending litigation involves a retiree of WKU, Elizabeth Es-ters, who claims her employment con-tract with the university was breached. In April, the Kentucky Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding the de-cision of the trial court. WKU fi led a motion for discretionary review with the Kentucky Supreme Court, but no action has been taken on the motion since August.

LAWSUITSContinued from FRONT

the Honors College.The move will displace most of the

Gilbert residents. Kuster said Gil-bert was picked as the replacement dorm for Bates residents because Gil-bert was so close to Bates. This way, upperclassmen in Southwest and Northeast Halls will not have to be displaced.

Kuster said HRL will work with Gil-bert residents to decide which dorm they will stay in next year. He men-tioned the campus apartments as one alternative for students.

The upperclassmen honors students moving into Gilbert will lose Bates’ pri-vate bathrooms. Gilbert has two com-

munity bathrooms on each fl oor. Chief Facilities Offi cer Bryan Russell

said the Gatton Academy expansion is currently in the design process. The ex-pansion is scheduled to begin in June 2015.

Russell said the purpose of Gatton’s renovation is to accommodate 200 students. Gatton currently holds about 120 students. The renovation will also enlarge offi ce spaces and meeting rooms.

Kuster said he will provide the offi cial information about housing options to upperclassmen honors students in January.

“Most students won’t see a differ-ence,” Kuster said. “The honors stu-dents are the ones who will be affected that year.”

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WKUPD works to return stolen items to its ownerBY SHANTEL-ANN PETTWAYNEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

The WKU Police Department engages in numerous meth-ods to return stolen items to students on campus.

This semester there have been at least three reported bike thefts, according to WK-UPD records. None of the bikes have been returned to their owners this semester.

“It can be hard to track bicy-cles if the owner doesn’t know the serial number to their bi-cycle,” said Capt. Dominic Os-sello.

It’s easier for police to return stolen property when serial numbers are included in theft

reports, Ossello said. The police department en-

ters serial numbers in a state and nationwide computer system and collaborates with local pawnshops to identify stolen items, Ossello said.

In order for these searches to be done, the serial numbers are required. Items that pop up in these databases are noted and WKUPD will be notifi ed.

If a student can’t provide a serial number, searches are conducted based off of the de-scription.

Ossello said some items that are reported have similar de-scriptions and that is why having a serial number is important.

WKU Police Explorers, in-

dividuals who are trained to report and identify stolen property to the police, assist offi cers with searches.

“If bikes are secretly stashed, patrols are trained to check out the items to determine if they are stolen,” Ossello said.

Thefts happen all over cam-pus, including inside resi-dence halls.

Ossello said most thefts oc-cur in dorms from students not locking their doors or leav-ing personal belongings unat-tended.

For thefts that occur in dorm rooms, there are procedures in place to recover the stolen property.

“Thefts that occur in dorm

rooms aren’t handled by our staff,” Sasha Ross, coordinator for Bemis Lawrence Hall, said.

Hall directors are there to as-sist students fi ling reports, but the procedure is handled by the WKU Police Department.

“University police does (sic.) a good job following up with students,” Ross said.

Resident halls have lost-and-found boxes that are managed by the desk clerks, but accord-ing to Ross on behalf of her dorm, there are never any lost items of tremendous value in them.

“We’ve had cell phones turned in, and we make stu-dents give us the passcode and other identifying information

before they are returned to its owner,” Ross said.

Ossello said the price of the stolen items is irrelevant on what WKUPD bases their searches for thefts on and that all missing property is searched for in the same man-ner.

Indianapolis sophomore and Gilbert Hall resident Jay-auna Smith lost an item but was able to recover it.

“I lost my North Face jacket which had my name embroi-dered on it and I identifi ed it to the desk clerk on duty and they returned it to me,” she said. “It’s good that they make you give details because any-one could claim your items.”

According to email correspondence to all faculty, Deborah Wilkins, general counsel, provided correspondence from the Offi ce of the Attorney General which issued an informal opinion regarding the Kentucky statute.

One opinion, from 2013, states Keyana Boka, former SGA president and student regent, was able to be-come student regent despite her mother holding a po-sition at WKU.

The infor-mal opinion for WKU was based on an-other informal opinion for Eastern Ken-tucky University issued in 2012, in which EKU’s student regent was still able to serve despite both her parents being employed for EKU as their employment was merit-based and predated EKU’s student regent appointment.

According to electronic correspondence by Jennifer Hanley, vice chair for the Sen-ate Executive Committee, the SEC stated multiple reasons for the disqualifi cations, such as the potential for confl ict of inter-est, the issued opinions were not formal and that in previous staff regent elections,

candidates have been disqualifi ed be-cause of spousal relationships.

Shoenfelt said Wilkins recommended that the faculty senate be postponed until a legal, binding opinion be handed down and Shoenfelt herself authored a letter on behalf of several faculty members re-questing that the faculty regent election be postponed until a clear interpretation of the language be established.

Shoenfelt said the SEC continued with the election, which was held Oct. 15. Burch was the sole candidate.

“So in es-sence, they de-cided who was regent,” Shoe-nfelt said.

Burch said she will have big shoes to fi ll as faculty re-gent.

“It’s certainly going to be a change,” she said. “I think the experiences I’ve had in the other parts of my life will be helpful in being a better regent.”

The Council on Postsecondary Educa-tion has requested a formal ruling from the Attorney General with regard to facul-ty, staff and student regent elections for all public universities in relation to employee relationships of immediate family mem-bers. There is no offi cial deadline for when the ruling will be announced.

REGENTSContinued from front

I think the experiences I've had in the other parts of my life will be helpful...”

Barbara Burch

Counseling and Testing Center; and two community members created the African drum circle. The group wanted to offer an al-ternative to “Thirsty Thursdays.”“Thirsty Thursdays” are common-ly known on college campuses for students go-ing out and partying at the end of the week, Dye said.

“St u d e n t s are ultimately looking for a release, and we believe that provid-ing a differ-ent outlet to students can make a change in some of the behavior they participate in on Thursdays,” Dye said.

The Drum Circle meets outside of PFT at 8 p.m. every Thursday. Due to the increasingly cold weather, Dye plans to reserve rooms inside of Downing Stu-dent Union to continue the cir-cle.

There have been about seven

Drum Circles so far this semester. The number of members varies week to week.

“Sometimes there are 12 and then other weeks there are 25, but most people come in and out of the circle — just get a feel for what it is,” Moore said.

Dye said there have been some regular students attending

these drums circles, and everyone is welcome.

Some stu-dents, like L o u i s v i l l e f r e s h m a n Wendy Reed, say the loca-tion is per-fect for the event.

“The Drum Circle being

outside of PFT is smart because a lot of kids come down to the cir-cle,” Reed said.

As Dye danced inside the drum circle, while conducting the players to quicken or slow the beating of the drums, she ex-plained that, “the Drum Circle is planting a seed on campus to of-fer students another way to have fun.”

DRUMSContinued from Front

Th e Drum Circle is planting a seed on campus to off er students another way to have fun.”

Lacretia Dye

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EDITORIAL

THE ISSUE: WKU’s meal plans make

students waste money.

OUR STANCE: Students need to let WKU

know the problems with campus dining.

Every Sunday night, the Hill’s dining facilities are flooded with a swarm of students just

trying to get their money’s worth. Some of them spent the weekend at

home visiting family and returned to campus in time to grab a bite to eat before going to bed in preparation for their morning classes. Unfortu-nately, many have fi ve or six meals left and they can only use four.

A meal swipe at WKU is the equivalent of $3.45. Freshmen are required to have a meal plan. The smallest plan available to them is 10 meals a week, and it has a $1,137 price tag per semester.

WKU uses this system to act as a sort of guardian budgeting system. The weekly limit protects students from using all of their meals in the beginning of the semester, and the daily limit prevents their usage early in the week. Gary Meszaros, assis-tant vice president of Auxiliary Ser-vices, confi rmed that WKU is essen-tially acting as a stand-in parent.

“We guarantee the parent, when they leave their student here on campus, that they’re going to have a meal,” he said. “That they won’t run out by using them too fast.”

The problems with campus din-ing are obvious to students. Every student has to face the struggles during their freshman year. WKU has used the same system since 1992 — before many of today’s stu-dents were even born.

But it doesn’t have to stay this way. WKU keeps its current system be-

cause it makes money. Funding for expansions to dining options comes from last year’s profi ts, according to Meszaros. Steak ’n Shake was fund-ed from last year’s surplus sales.

“We’re flexible,” Meszaros said. “If another plan is more popular, then our role is to sell what people want to buy.”

Meal plans work for plenty of stu-dents. Because so many students buy a plan, as far as WKU is con-cerned, a change isn’t needed. But this interpretation is missing the perspective of freshman forced to endure a year of wasting cash.

An easy solution would be offer-ing a block-style meal plan to all students on campus — not as a re-placement, but simply an alterna-

tive. Students and parents worried about their young adult’s budgeting ability could still buy a restrictive plan, but students with a tight bud-get wouldn’t have to worry about throwing away a few bucks anytime their meals failed to rollover.

Ideally, meal plans wouldn’t be required for anyone. Between the difficulty of finding vegetarian op-tions, the absence of food every holiday weekend and the obvious health implications of a diet sup-ported by fast food restaurants, there’s enough problems to give anyone a headache. But the fact is that WKU isn’t going to make a change that will result in lost in-come on their end.

If mandatory meal plans are un-avoidable, students should at least demand that they’re structured their way.

This is a policy that could change very easily. WKU just wants to sell enough food. If students express their desire to buy it in a different manner, why wouldn’t they change?

Students who want to change how WKU eats can write in to opinion@wkuherald.com to voice their opin-ion. Also consider sending word to Meszaros at gary.meszaros@wku.edu.

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Ex Hex delivers debut with ‘Rips’BY SAM OSBORNELIFE@WKUHERALD.COM

Ex Hex, an all-female power trio based in Washington, D.C., released their debut album “Rips” on Oct. 7. Like “riot grrrl” punk rockers Bikini Kill, who once called the nation’s capital home, the record pulses with cathartic joy.

Through the frenetic 12-track release,

the group demonstrates a penchant for catchy riffs and having fun despite the bad boys and thieves that come along for the ride.

“You took me to a party and you hid behind a door/Then you stole my wal-let out and passed out on the kitchen fl oor,” guitarist Mary Timony, most re-cently of super group Wild Flag, croons on “Waterfall.”

Album-opener “Don’t Wanna Lose” sets the feverish tone of the record. Timony refuses to let a cheater get the best of her, confessing “I’m not gonna stay down/Goodbye to the dark days that surround.”

Infectious riffs and catchy choruses permeate the record, and “Rips” plays like the album of the summer that came two months too late.

The record, recorded in just two weeks, is concise and pays homage to ‘70s glam-rock and power pop artists such as Joan Jett. Infl uences aside, the album maintains the group’s own orig-inal swagger.

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Virtually guaranteed to be pure joy for children, “The Book of Life” still

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Gorgeous, creatively designed char-acters and environments populate this movie’s world. The artwork makes the fi lm look like a moving storybook and it’s enough to suck you in.

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BRANDON CARTER/HERALDLEFT: Freshman guard DJ Clayton dunks during the slam dunk contest at Hilltopper Hysteria on Oct. 18 at Diddle Arena. The event featured player introductions for both the men's and wom-en's basketball teams, scrimmages, a three-point contest and a slam dunk contest.BOTTOM LEFT: Sophomore guard Kierra Muhammad dances during her introduction at Hilltop-per Hysteria on Oct. 18 at Diddle Arena. BOTTOM RIGHT: Senior forward George Fant signs autographs for fans after Hilltop-per Hysteria on Oct. 18 at Diddle Arena. Fant was named to the Pre-season All-Conference USA Team earlier this month.

Hilltopper Hysteria dunks in a new season

PHOTOS BY TANNER COLE/HERALDStudents and families fl ock to Jackson's Orchard for pumpkins and apples on Oct. 19. The orchard celebrated its third weekend of the annual Pumpkin Festival.

Audience fi nds treasure, excitement in ‘Enchanted Attic’BY STEPHANIE JESSIELIFE@WKUHERALD.COM

Pirates, puppets and talking cats populated the Gordon Wil-son Lab Theater last weekend as the cast of “The Enchanted Attic” took stage.

The hour-long children’s play, directed by Lexington senior Eric Mattingly, began when three chil-dren, Lance, Frieda and Josie, de-cided to explore their Great Aunt Agnes’ attic in search of treasure. Instead, they found something they weren’t expecting: a magical window that grants wishes when-ever they are near.

Things became complicated when young Josie’s wish to be on a pirate ship brought the children face-to-face with the legendary Blackbeard and his kooky cronies.

After tricking the pirates into jumping ship, the children and their talking cat, So-Dumb, wished for a puppet found in an old trunk to become human. The

marionette, Certainly Fairweath-er, relies on the children and cat to fi nd his master puppeteer once he comes to life.

Somerset freshman Mason Ste-vens played the loose-limbed character. He dedicated his time before the show’s debut not only to learning his lines, but studying the uncoordinated movements of puppets and marionettes.

“What I really found out when I acted as this character was that the craziness really messed not with, like, my outer personality, but how I kinda am on the in-side,” Stevens said. “I’m all scat-ter-brained and always trying to do stuff all at once.”

Stevens encourages other per-formers to try for roles in chil-dren’s plays.

“It lets you be as expressive as you want to be and really play, not just with the role, but with the audience, too,” Stevens said. “You can feed off the laughter which is

LUKE FRANKE/HERALDWKU students Gabriel Pless, Heather Moore and Asya Hildenbrand (left to right) peer from behind a wooden box during rehearsal of "The Enchanted Attic" on Oct. 10 inside the Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre.

Apples to ApplesJackson’s Orchard remains seasonal staple to community

BY ANNA LAWSONLIFE@WKUHERALD.COM

It’s the time of year when the leaves are changing color, pumpkins are be-ing sold in supermarkets and people are making their way, in droves, to Jack-son’s Orchard for cider slushes, baked goods and orchard-grown produce.

However, running the 105-acre farm is not all fun and games. It’s a business for owner Bill Jackson. He, along with the other workers, put an abundant amount of time and labor into the farm year-round, not just during the fall sea-son.

“It is a different job every season. That makes it fun,” he said. “It takes lots of hard work and lots of people.”

Whether it is pruning one of the or-chard’s 7,000 trees or packaging apples for the orchard’s store, the employees work the entire year to create a place for the whole family to enjoy.

Annette Madison is one of the many

hands helping on Jackson’s Orchard. Madison has been working at the or-chard for 10 years.

“I love watching all the people enjoy themselves here,” she said.

Madison said she hopes to continue to see the orchard grow as it has in the past.

“I just hope it gets bigger and better,” she said.

Jackson, along with his wife, Shirley, bought the land back in 1966 and have been running the 100-year-old orchard ever since.

The Jacksons purchased the land from Ed Hudgens, an 89-year-old farmer. Back then, the orchard’s land-scape was vastly different from how it looks today.

“We bought it, and there were no buildings. It was just a one-lane gravel road,” Jackson said.

The biggest challenge they faced starting out was fi nding workers. Jack-

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In addition to its famous apples, Jackson's Orchard grows peaches and cherries. The land has been an orchard for more than 100 years and grows 15 types of apples.

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-son said the labor is hard work and requires many people to keep the or-chard running.

“It is always a problem,” Jackson said. “There is so much work to do.”

Along with keeping the grounds and tending to the apple trees and other fruits and vegetables, Jackson’s em-ployees tend to the crowd-drawing as-pects of the orchard.

The orchard has farm animals, swings, a bouncy house and a hay bale maze to draw in more customers of all ages. The Jacksons strive to make the orchard a place the whole family will enjoy.

“This is a family-oriented place,” Jackson said. “It is a nonalcoholic, Christian, farm. Everyone can enjoy themselves.”

The orchard has a small store where orchard-goers can purchase cider,

fl owers, jams and pumpkin bread. Each year, the Jacksons and their em-

ployees try and add something new, even if it is just a small addition.

“We add something to the play-ground every year. This year, it was the sandbox,” Bill Jackson said. “We also expanded our kitchen.”

Jackson said the people who explore the orchard, buy the goods and enjoy the attractions are his favorite part of running the orchard.

“People are fun. You have to love peo-ple,” he said. “98 percent of them you love, and 2 percent you don’t.”

Jackson takes pride in watching all the families come through the or-chard and likes being able to talk to them all.

“Sometimes, I like to go park the cars so that I can talk to people,” he said. “I like seeing the kids pulling on their mom’s sleeves when they don't want to leave.”

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always fun.”For Julie Pride, publicist for the de-

partment of theater and dance, Ste-vens’ devotion to his character shined through his scenes.

“When someone you know is just giv-ing it everything they’ve got, you enjoy those performances,” she said.

Viewers of the show included a va-riety of WKU students and Bowling Green citizens, like Tom Napier, Joh-nie Napier and three-year-old June Napier.

“I want to expose her to the arts, all different types,” Johnie Napier said.

She found out about the perfor-mance from the Southern Kentucky Happenings magazine.

Mattingly said his directorial debut was well received.

“It met my expectations,” Mattingly

said. The show closed by reminding those

watching how important the imagina-tion is, having the children wishing to never lose their imagination.

"I know what imagination is," Josie said in the fi nal scene. "Something you should never lose!"

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White squirrel symbolizes Student Alumni AssociationBY LASHANA HARNEYNEWS@WKUHERALD.COM

Big Red isn't the only WKU symbol around campus.

The Student Alumni Associa-tion unveiled their new mem-ber, Wally the White Squirrel, at Homecoming in October 2013.

However, Wally isn’t a mascot for the university, but rather a symbol for SAA, a group that helps out with alumni events.

Tori Henninger, assistant director of the WKU Alumni Association, said she’s had the idea for years and talked to students who wanted an in-

teractive white squirrel. “When SAA was being re-

established on campus, we branded the logo as the white squirrel because they are so loved on campus,” said Hen-ninger.

Wally’s name originated from a social media event held by SAA.

Henninger said SAA holds many events in relation to Wally.

“We have a ‘Where’s Wally’ scavenger hunt, much like ‘Where’s Waldo,’ but I named him Wally to just change it up a bit,” Henninger said.

During the “Where’s Wally” scavenger hunts, which are

done throughout the year, SAA members hide a stuffed white squirrel somewhere on campus. SAA members then proceed to post pictures of the squirrel’s hiding spot from various angles on social me-dia, such as Twitter and Insta-gram, until a student guesses the correct location. The fi rst person to guess the correct location receives a prize, such as a stuffed white squirrel or a gift card.

Underneath the white squir-rel costume there’s an SAA member.

“As of right now, any active member of SAA can do it,” said Henninger. “It’s based off

of who is available when we need them.”

Wally will appear at events hosted by SAA and will be at several events during the 2014 Homecoming Week, such as the Homecoming parade.

Henninger said the Wally costume took three months to complete.

“We actually went through a company that randomly had a squirrel costume,” said Hen-ninger. “They just changed the color of it.”

Henninger said SAA covered the costs of the one Wally cos-tume with the help of private donations. SAA is beginning to rent out Wally for private

events for a fee that will mostlypay for the student’s work forwearing the costume.

Henninger said she stressesthe fact that Wally is not in themascot business and is not incompetition with Big Red.

“Big Red is the best mas-cot on earth, and the StudentAlumni Association supportsBig Red with everything theyhave,” said Henninger. “WhenI talk about Wally, I talk abouthim as more of a member ofSAA than a mascot.”

She said with Wally, SAA hasbrought a campus tradition tolife.

“It’s truly just somethingfun,” Henninger said.

BY ALEXUS RICHARDSONSPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

Unfavorable weather dampened the course conditions in Terre Haute, In-diana at the Pre-National Invitational this weekend, but that didn’t stop the WKU men’s and women’s cross coun-try teams from turning in impressive fi nishes.

Helicopters were brought in on Fri-day to dry out some of the moisture, but this was no stumbling block for the Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers, who were practicing in rainy conditions leading up to the race.

The teams wrapped up their regular season successfully, with junior Katie Lever leading the Lady Toppers for the fi fth-straight meet and sophomore Pe-

ter Agaba turning in the top fi nish for the Hilltoppers. The women came in at No. 18 out of the 33 teams. The men fi nished 16th out of 28 teams.

In the women’s 6k White Race, Lever came in ninth place for the fi fth top-10 fi nish of her career, recording a time of 21:49.60. Junior Taylor Carlin was also a help to the Lady Toppers, coming in with a time of 23:02.80.

Lever said the team has trained for poor weather conditions and other ad-verse situations.

“We train ourselves to go through that kind of pain,” Lever said. “It sounds kind of morbid, but pain be-comes second nature to us. It just doesn’t affect us as much. After a while, you become kind of numb to it. I fi nd strength in God because I know, even when life’s diffi cult, the body will fail, but he never will.”

Agaba led the way for the men’s team for the fi rst time, placing No. 49 of 192

with a time of 26:00.80. Senior David Mokone and junior Aaron Stevens were also top fi nishers for the men with times of 26:02.80 and 26:18.60, re-spectively.

As the teams prepare for conference championships, they’re continuing to have early practices, building momen-tum and fi guring out their strengths and weaknesses.

“The only expectation we have is to go out and do what we can do, give it our best and not leave anything on that course,” Lever said. “Once we break the barriers we need to, it’s going to be amazing. Because once you do it once, you can do it again. So, for us, it’s just a matter of when we’re going to have that break out race, and conference is the perfect stage for that.”

The Conference USA Cross Country Championships, which are hosted by North Texas, are set to take place on Nov. 1 in Denton, Texas.

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Lady Tops split weekend Texas road swing

WKU cross country fi nishes in middle of the pack at Pre-National event

BY JONAH PHILLIPSSPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

WKU volleyball split its Texas road swing this weekend with a 3-1 loss against undefeated Con-ference USA foe UTSA in San Antonio on Friday and a sweep of UTEP in El Paso on Sunday.

First off for WKU (20-5, 8-1) was the clash of unde-feated conference teams on Friday against UTSA (13-7, 9-0) in which the Lady Top-pers dropped their fi rst match since Sept. 20 by scores of 25-13, 23-25, 19-25 and 20-25. The loss broke WKU’s eight-game win streak.

“Losses aren’t always a bad thing — they cause you to look back on yourself,” Head Coach Travis Hudson said. “We spent some time talking about it on Saturday, and we decided this was a pretty pivotal point in our season. This team hasn’t

tasted defeat that much, and there is no shame in losing to the preseason favorite on their home court.”

Freshman outside hitter Alyssa Cavanaugh led the team with 16 kills, while junior outside hitter Haley Bodway followed with 11.

Senior middle hitter Heather Boyan put down nine kills to go with four blocks.

Freshman setter Jessica Lu-cas notched a double-double of 41 assists and 10 digs. Soph-omore defensive specialist Georgia O’Connell tallied 15 digs in the back row.

Each team had the same number aces and digs at fi ve and 51, respectively, but UTSA had three more kills than WKU at 57 and made more plays to seal the win.

WKU hit .630 for the contest, led by Cavanaugh’s 7-of-9 ef-fort with one error. By scor-

ing the last seven points of the fi rst set, WKU took the win, 25-13. The Lady Toppers went on to drop a close second set by a score of 23-25.

In the third set, UTSA used a total of 17 kills to pull out of a 16-16 stalemate to win, 25-19.

During the fi nal set, UTSA used two key blocks to pull ahead before a 4-0 run gave them a 22-15 lead on the way to a 25-20 win.

“It was something I’ve seen coming awhile for our team,” Hudson said. “We have come out a lot of matches this year and played really well in the fi rst set and then in the second set come out unfocused, and we fi nally played a team that was talented enough to make us pay for that.”

The Lady Toppers then trav-eled to El Paso for a matchup that proved to be much easier.

With a sweep of UTEP (4-16,

2-7) on Sunday afternoon, the Lady Toppers marked their 20th win of the 2014 season, and Hudson’s 15th-consecu-tive 20-win season.

“Very rarely this season have we dominated a team from start to fi nish,” Hudson said. “You will see us win the fi rst set easily and then trail the majority of the next one, and that has just been the mark of our team. On Sunday, we came out and played extreme-ly well against UTEP.”

Boyan’s 14 kills on 19 swings had her at a .737 clip, while Bod-way’s 10 kills on 15 attempts set her percentage at .667.

Freshman middle hitter Syd-ney Engle was also effi cient in her attacks, hitting .750 on a six-of-eight stat line with no errors. Lucas dished out 39 as-sists to help WKU hit .471 for the match.

O’Connell tabbed a match-

high 13 digs in the win, while freshman defensive special-ist Jackie Scott followed with seven digs.

WKU returns home this coming weekend, hosting a rematch with FIU and FAU. The Lady Toppers take on FIU on Friday at 7 p.m. CT before facing the Lady Owls on Sun-day, with a noon CT fi rst serve.

“Hopefully, this will spring-board us back into the routine of getting better every day, be-cause that is where we need to be,” Hudson said.

Friday’s match is “Team Ap-preciation Night,” where all local middle and high school teams can receive free ad-mission after a team roster is faxed to the WKU ticket offi ce prior to the match. Sunday’s matchup offers free admission to anyone who presents a tick-et stub from the home football game against Old Dominion.

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CROSS COUNTRY

JUSTIN GILLILAND/HERALDBultfontein, South Africa senior David Mokone and Uganda sophomore Peter Agaba run in the Greater Lou-isville Classic at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville on Oct. 4.

tune, this Saturday, against Old Do-minion in Smith Stadium at 3 p.m.

The Monarchs currently sit at 3-4 on the season and 1-3 in conference play. Brohm said he expects to see his play-ers respond, and if they don’t, he won’t hesitate to make changes.

“We have to continue to try other

guys if we are not getting the ef-fort we want on a consistent basis,” Brohm said. “The hungriest players, that want to contribute, are the ones that are going to play. I think our guys will practice hard. I think that they enjoy playing the game, and they realize it’s going to be a battle every week. I think they’ll respond and give it a good fi ght this week-end.”

the net and both goalkeepers combined for 13 saves. However, the Lady Toppers took control of the game in double over-time with a 5-2 shot advantage.

“It’s a rivalry game and rivalry games are great,” Neidell said. “That is going to go down for me in my coaching career as one of the all-time great rivalry games with Middle Tennessee State.”

WKU suffered a hangover of sorts in their next match against UAB as the Lady Blazers dominated the shot at-tempt category in the fi rst half, 6-1.

However, the one shot for the Lady Toppers proved to be an accurate one as junior forward Lauren Moats scored on a header off a free kick from junior de-fender Chandler Clark.

Senior day also took place before the UAB match as lone senior Allie Auscher-man was honored.

“It’s a great feeling to end our last two home games with a win especially for me since it’s my last two home games on this fi eld,” Auscherman said. “It’s really given us a good attitude, and it will give us a good approach to the rest of our games this season.”

The Lady Toppers’ quest for postseason life continues on Friday at 6 p.m. as they take on L.A. Tech in Ruston, Louisiana.

No, it wasn’t anything close, but even still, who wouldn’t want to see a free event of silly choreographed introductions in smoke and lights, followed by the only dunk fest you’ll see all year?

The team saw 4,773 in av-erage attendance in Diddle Arena last season and if these four stay healthy the entire time, that number could rise

for their last season, or ‘show,’ at WKU.

Freshman forward Justin Johnson said after Hysteria that he has been coming to the event for three years now.

“Watching it as I was grow-ing older in high school and now to fi nally participate was a really big deal for me,” he said.

“It was a great crowd here. We’ve got to win some games and keep people coming back. We’ve got to win games and

prove that we can play in this conference. There’s a lot of ex-citement right now, but we’ve got to win some games so that people will come back.”

Johnson, rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, has the right idea.

Wins produce excitement, which in turn will boost at-tendance. If ever there were a group primed to produce re-sults the school wants, it’s this senior group.

Heading into their senior

seasons, Price ranks 25th in WKU history with 1,236 points and Fant sits at 30th with 1,180. Price, Fant and Jackson were the top three scorers for the Hilltoppers last year, with Fant and Price leading the team in rebounds.

Entering their fi rst year in Conference USA, Price and Fant fi nd themselves a part of the Preseason All-CUSA team, but WKU doesn’t even scratch the top four of the preseason coaches’ poll.

That’s just part of joining a new conference — respect from other teams must be earned regardless of your rep-utation in the Sun Belt Confer-ence.

Johnson has the right idea and hasn’t even played an of-fi cial game in a WKU uniform yet. If the freshmen know what’s at stake, then the vet-erans of this Hilltopper team understand this is their last chance to make a show as well.

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MAX JACKSON/COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY PRESS AT FAUWKU sophomore wide receiver Taywan Taylor (2) reaches for a touchdown in the WKU vs. Florida Atlantic game on Oct. 18. The Hilltoppers lost 45-38 despite holding a 17-point halftime lead.

BY ELLIOTT PRATTSPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

Ayinde Sprewell won the slam-dunkcontest at Hilltopper Hysteria Satur-day night, but that wasn’t even the best dunk of the night.

The show was sup-posed to be over when Head Coach Ray Harp-er took hold of the mi-crophone and request-ed that senior point guard Trency Jackson put on one last perfor-mance.

Jackson then did what Jackson does

and brought the crowd to its feet with an under-the-leg 360-attempt that bounced off the rim straight in the air and swooshed into the net.

It’s really the last show for Jackson and three other Hilltoppers who have been consistent playmakers since Harper took over for Ken McDonald in January 2012.

Seniors George Fant, T.J. Price, Kevin Kaspar and Jackson have unfi nished business to attend to after a 20-12 season ended in a one-point loss to Louisiana-Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in March.

There were approximately 4,500 fans in attendance Saturday night at Hill-topper Hysteria to get their fi rst look at the new team since that bad night in New Orleans.

Sorry, it wasn’t anything like watch-ing Drake air balling in a shoot-around in Lexington to endorse a sell-out crowd that paid hundreds of dollars to watch Big Blue Madness at midnight.

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SIDELINES

SOCCER

FOOTBALL

Elliott Pratt

BY KYLE WILLIAMSSPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

The past two games on the Hilltoppers’ schedule have each proven to be a tale of two halves.

WKU (2-4, 0-3 Confer-ence USA) surrendered a 13-point halftime lead at

h o m e against UAB on Oct. 4 en route to a 42-39 loss,

and on Saturday, the Hill-toppers managed to squan-der a 17-point halftime lead, contributing to FAU’s 45-38 victory in Boca Raton, Florida.

The Hilltopper offense, which ranks No. 5 in the country at 547 yards per

game, has held an average lead of 8.9 at the halfway mark of each game this season, which includes an average halftime lead of 15 against UAB and FAU. How-ever, the defense has given up 24.5 points per game in the second half, including a 29.5 clip the past two out-ings.

The downfalls haven’t been limited to the defense, though. WKU’s offense, which averages 24 points per game in the fi rst half of games this season, has only managed a total of 19 points and 232 total yards in the second half of the past two games.

However, there is reason for optimism. Of all teams in the NCAA with four loss-es, WKU’s margin of defeat

is the slimmest at 21 total points. The next-to-least total is Navy’s 42-point margin.

“I’d be more upset if I sat up here and we were getting crushed every week,” Head Coach Jeff Brohm said. “I think that we are right in the thick of it. We’re a com-petitive football team. We haven’t been good enough to win close football games. We’ve got to get better. We know that. We’re defi nitely working on it, but we have to learn on the job. We’ve got to perform better on game day, especially in the second half, if we want to get over the hump.”

The Hilltoppers now share the league’s worst record with North Texas at 0-3, despite holding a second-

place ranking for total of-fense within the league.

It’s not slated to get any easier for the Hilltoppers either, with six straight games to close out the sea-son against teams with a combined 22-19 record. However, the glass is half-full for redshirt senior re-ceiver Willie McNeal and company.

“You just have to stay positive, motivated and stay hungry,” McNeal said. “You can’t give up now. You have a whole half of a season left. With four losses we can go 8-4. So you just have to stay positive and stay hungry.”

According to Brohm, the team has made adjust-ments and is excited to turn around its recent misfor-

Lowly second-half performances continue to haunt the Hilltoppers

Lady Toppers notch two vital wins over the weekend BY JOHN REECERSPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

Sophomore midfi elder Hal-ey Baldridge picked the per-fect time to net her fi rst goal of the season this weekend.

That moment came on a golden goal in double over-time of WKU’s match against rival Middle Tennessee on Fri-day, which propelled the Lady Toppers to a 4-3 victory over the Blue Raiders at the WKU Soccer Complex. The goal marked Baldridge’s fi rst game-winning score.

Not only did the Lady Top-pers oust their rival, but they also walked away with a vic-tory against UAB by a score of 1-0 on Sunday — completing

a vital 2-0 weekend of play. The Lady Toppers are now

9-5 on the season and 4-3 in conference play. Going into the weekend, WKU only had six points in conference play, but the Lady Toppers doubled their point total in their two weekend victories, bringing their tally to 12 for the year.

“We were in two must-win games this weekend, and we tried to not tell the team just how much pressure was on them, but we wanted to make sure they knew these games were important,” Head Coach Jason Neidell said. “Being 2-0 this weekend really puts us in the driver’s seat for our own fate for the rest of our season.”

Sophomore forward Iris

Dunn proved to be a force for the Lady Toppers through-out their match against rival MTSU, netting two goals and putting four of her fi ve shots on target. Dunn scored the fi rst goal in the 30th minute after stealing a pass from an MTSU player just outside the box.

In the second half with WKU leading 1-0, the action began to pick up, featuring a 40-sec-ond sequence in which three goals (2 from WKU, 1 from MTSU) were scored.

The entire match showcased a wealth of back-and-forth play from both teams. Twenty of the game’s 35 shots were on goal; seven found the back of

JAKE POPE/HERALDWKU sophomore forward Iris Dunn (12) battles for possession of the ball against UAB freshman midfi elder Rachel Green (20) dur-ing the second half of the WKU vs. UAB game on Oct. 19. SEE SOCCER PAGE B4

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Next gameSaturday OCt. 25

3 p.M.VS. OLD DoMINION@ Smith Stadium