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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY > VOLUME 90, ISSUE 06
RED CROSS RIVALSJEFF BROWN/HERALD
WKU students donate blood in the Preston Center on Tuesday as part of the WKU vs. MTSU Blood Drive Competition by the American Red Cross.
BY BRITTANY [email protected]
Every semester at WKU, 50 students are awarded the Faculty-Undergradu-ate Student Engagement grant.
Kim Newell, administrative assistant in the Offi ce of Research, runs the day-to-day responsibilities of the FUSE program.
She said the purpose of the FUSE grant is to assist students with creative activities and research.
“It’s a grant to further your interest, so you can research more and just get more involved in your study,” Newell said.
Undergraduate students can apply for the FUSE grant to help further their academic development, according to the grant application which can be found on WKU’s website. The student applicant must be at least a sophomore
BY WHITNEY [email protected]
Classwork begins long before 8 a.m. for Patrick Crews and the 180 other ROTC students on campus. With phys-ical training three times a week, these cadets start their day at 6:30 a.m.
Longbeach, California senior Patrick Crews is currently a member of the Na-tional Guard and the ROTC program. After he graduates in December, Crews is hoping to be placed on active duty.
Students who are interested in ROTC don’t necessarily have to join the Army. A small number of the cadets are only pursuing a military leadership degree, but the majority of cadets are seeking to join the military as an offi cer upon graduation.
Lower level military leadership classes
SEE FUSE PAGE A2
FUSE grants aid in student research
While the blood drive on WKU’s campus serves as a chance to compete against rival Middle Tennessee State University, for Ronda Birchell, it’s personal.
Birchell, an American Red Cross donor recruitment representative, said just one unit of blood saves three lives.
“My son died at 15 when the hospital ran out of blood platelets,” Birchell said.She said the need for blood donations is strong.“We have so few donors,” Birchell said. “There are more patients who need blood than donors.”The fourth blood drive competition between WKU and MTSU took place at the Preston Center
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.Members of the WKU community came out to donate blood to the American Red Cross. The winning school will be announced at halftime of the WKU vs. MTSU football game Sept. 13
and will be presented with a blood battle trophy. In 2010 and 2011, MTSU won the competition. WKU is the reigning champion, having won the
competition in 2012. The competition was not held in 2013, due to the teams not competing in football.
After the fi rst two days of the competition, WKU was in the lead with 263 donors, while MTSU had 228.
Andrew Rash, coordinator for Student Activities, said about 650 people participated in 2012.
ROTC students expand leadership skills
SHELBY MACK/HERALDFile photo of WKU's ROTC Battalion running down University Boulevard while working out at the Diddle Auxiliary Gym on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. SEE MILITARY PAGE A2
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Thursday marks the 13th anniversa-ry of Sept. 11, 2001, and WKU will hold events in remembrance of the tragedy.
The Student Activities Offi ce, Mili-tary Student Services, ROTC and Vet-erans Upward Bound will jointly host events to commemorate those who lost their lives during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a news release.
At 6 p.m. “Lone Survivor” will be shown in the Nite Class section of Downing Student Union. Free pizza will be available.
A candlelight vigil will be held at the Guthrie Bell Tower at 8 p.m. follow-ing the fi lm for those who wish to pay their respects.
–Trey Crumbie
WKU plans to honor 9/11 victims
BY JESSICA [email protected]
are open to anyone who’s interested, said Lieutenant Col. David Walker, a military leadership instructor.
“They’re very basic classes,” Walker said. “Time management, stress man-agement classes that would help you regardless if you continued the military career. It would help you, in a sense, be a better student and hopefully help you be a better member of your com-munity.”
While 99 percent of the military lead-ership students are pursuing an Army career, the other students are no less dedicated, Walker said. Cadets who don’t have an obligation to the Army do not have to attend the physical training sessions each week, but that doesn’t stop them.
“In most cases they are motivated by the other cadets,” Walker said. “This semester they’ve showed up for
PT even though its not a requirement … I think it only helps them to de-velop that additional character that’s only going to make them more suc-cessful.”
Whether a cadet is planning on com-missioning or not, the adjustment from high school to a college ROTC program can be challenging.
Brandon Smith, the recruiting op-erations offi cer for the ROTC program, said early mornings can be quite an adjustment for freshmen.
“I think just coming right out of high school, that’s a big adjustment right off the bat, especially waking up that early — 6:30 in the morning," Smith said, "That’s a big change. I think a lot of them do adjust pretty well once they get in and get the hang of things.”
While 6:30 a.m. is far from the norm for most college students, it becomes almost natural for the cadets.
“It becomes the routine. It becomes
their lifestyle, so it’s nothing new,” Walker said.
St. Louis sophomore AJ Johnson en-listed after high school. Johnson said he later decided to join ROTC.
“I decided to come to college and this is what I knew,” Johnson said.
Johnson, along with several other ca-dets, is also a member of the National Guard. Although balancing school obligations with military ones can be challenging, it’s certainly been worth it for Johnson.
“I’d probably be working some dead-end job going nowhere really fast (without the military), to be hon-est.” Johnson said. “The Army and ROTC has really gave me limitless opportunities to do whatever I want to do and I owe a lot to them, that’s for sure.”
While some cadets join because it’s their best option, Crews always knew he would join the Army.
“Ever since I was a kid I wanted to join the military," Crews said. "I fi gured the easiest way to make a difference was to lead troops as an offi cer."
Although being an offi cer was always
in the back of Crews' mind, the transi-tion still took some time.
“At fi rst…you’re not used to waking up that early and starting your day but once you start getting incorporated with everybody and they start bringing you in as part of the family it just gets easier,” he said.
In addition to the weekly hours of classes and physical training, the ca-dets have a three-day training once a semester. Crews, along with the other National Guard cadets, also has drills on some weekends.
Crews will graduate this December and hopes to work in the explosive ordinance disposal, infantry or armor branch as an active duty offi cer.
Occasionally, Crews wonders what college would be like without the extra commitment, but he never questions his decision to join.
“It’s what I chose and I kind of have an obligation," he said. "It’s not a bad thing because I know it sucks at times but it pays off in the end… I’m going to graduate with two majors, a minor, no debt and a career so you can’t really complain.”
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and should be in good academic stand-ing in the university.
Newell said those who have been awarded FUSE grants have traveled around the globe.
“In previous rounds, we have had in-dividuals get grants and then travel to New York, and they’ve gone on Broad-way and studied costume design,” Newell said. “We’ve had individuals travel to Africa and they have studied elephants and their effects on the en-vironment, specifi cally certain types of trees.”
Gordon Emslie, provost and vicepresident for Academic Affairs, saidthat student researchers should beprofi cient in their computer skills andbe doing research for the fun of it.
“‘Research is not like a class,’” Emsliesaid, quoting a previous WKU student.“‘It is work that really matters to youand makes you feel a part of some-thing.’”
Emslie said it would be great if morestudents could participate in fundedresearch and that one important thingis that “research doesn’t always have aright answer.”
FUSE grant proposals are due Sept.24.
FUSEContinued from FRONT
Injured veteran fi les suit against WKU BY TREY [email protected]
WKU is engaged in another new lawsuit.
In July, Jason D. Gati fi led a seven-count suit against WKU, which included vio-lation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, fraud and violation of the Americans with Disabil-ities Act.
Gati is a retired Army ser-geant, according to court documents. He suffers from a spinal injury he received dur-ing his service and cannot be seated for more than an hour at a time.
In August 2010, Gati was admitted to WKU to pursue a Master of Arts in Education for mental health counseling.
Gati lives in Rineyville, ap-proximately 80 miles away from Bowling Green. Due to Gati’s condition, he could not make the commute from his home to the main campus. Because of this, he took class-es online and at the Elizabeth-town campus, about seven miles away from his home. Gati said he was informed that
the counseling program was “wholly offered” at the Eliza-bethtown campus by Crissy Priddy, who served as assis-tant director of Graduate Ad-missions at the time.
In April 2011, Gati attempted to register for summer classes, but saw that no classes were being offered in the counsel-ing program either online or at the Elizabethtown campus.
Gati contacted Bill Kline, de-partment head of Counseling and Student Affairs, to ask why no classes were being offered, according to court docu-ments. Kline said classes were cancelled because of “money issues, teacher shortages, and ‘other factors’ that he said he could not discuss,” according to the lawsuit.
In May 2011, Kline emailed Gati suggesting that he would need to come to Bowling Green on a regular basis to take his classes and WKU could not offer the “bulk” of the counseling program at the Elizabethtown campus.
Kline instructed Gati to reg-ister with Student Disability Services, which is now called
the Student Accessibility Re-source Center. Kline said if Gati did this, Kline’s “hands will be tied” and he would be required to allow Gati to take the class through Interactive Video.
Gati completed an applica-tion to receive special adjust-ments. Kline emailed Gati and told him that he would be “checking into ITV as a rea-sonable accommodation.”
Kline stated to Gati that he needed to produce documen-tation of what would be rea-sonable accommodations.
Gati emailed Howard Bai-ley, vice president for Student Affairs, requesting that the counseling program classes be made accessible through class-es at the Elizabethtown cam-pus and through the internet.
Bailey denied Gati’s request in June 2011 and stated that the counseling program had been phased out in order to respond to changes in ac-creditation standards. Gati submitted an offi cial disability grievance form to Bailey, but Bailey found the grievance to be without merit, according to
the lawsuit. Bailey told Gati that he
would have to come to the main campus to complete the courses not offered at the Eliz-abethtown campus. As an al-ternative to commuting from Rineyville to Bowling Green, Bailey suggested Gati live on campus.
General Counsel Deborah Wilkins said there are limita-tions to some of the classes WKU offers.
“There are some courses that you just can’t teach on-line,” she said.
Gati fi led a complaint with the Offi ce for Civil Rights, a sub-agency of the U.S. De-partment of Education, in June 2011. He alleged that WKU discriminated against him on the basis of disability by failing to properly consider his disability-related academ-ic adjustment request and fail-ing to provide him with a fair and equitable grievance pro-cess for his complaint of dis-ability discrimination.
In October 2012, OCR deter-mined WKU violated the ADA and failed to provide Gati with
a fair and equitable grievance process. WKU agreed to revise its disability discrimination student grievance procedures.
Wilkins said the redrafting was needed.
“The procedure had not been revisited in years,” Wilkins said. “It’s always good from time to time to look at how processes operate.”
Gati left WKU and enrolled at Lindsey Wilson College.
Daniel Canon, the attorney representing Gati in the suit, said the reason the lawsuit was only recently fi led was the speed of certain administra-tive processes.
“The wheels of justice turn slowly,” he said.
Canon said he feels confi -dent Gati has a good case.
“Obviously, we feel as though he’s been injured in a way that the law recognizes and that he’s entitled to compensation for that,” he said.
There are four other lawsuits against WKU and one against specifi c WKU employees. WKU is defending the suit on behalf of the employees.
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Auto industry veteran shares experiences, adviceBY AARON [email protected]
After more than 30 years in the automotive industry, Dave Tatman is switching gears.
Before joining WKU as as-sociate vice president of Auto-motive and Manufacturing in the Offi ce of Research, Tatman was managing the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, a manufacturing plant specializing in Corvette production.
Tatman said his journey to Bowling Green began when he was an under-graduate at Ohio State University.
Tatman’s professor en-couraged him to inter-view for a General Mo-tors Co. scholarship, which covered tuition and offered work assignments.
“So I signed up and I inter-viewed, and lo and behold I
got the scholarship,” Tatman said.
Tatman, who majored in en-gineering, worked with GM as an intern for two summers during college.
“When I came out of school I had 12 different job offers and I think probably fi ve of ‘em were automotive related and it just seemed like the place to
go,” he said.Tatman said he’s
always been inter-ested in mechanical engineering even back in his high school days when he would race on his employer’s off-road track.
Tatman’s short time with GM in college turned into
a 34-year career in the auto industry, a career that took him to 13 different locations in three countries, including Brazil.
He credits his success to some advice he received early on from a co-worker who said he would go a long way in the company.
“He says (sic.), ‘Wherever you are, whatever you’re do-ing, whatever microcosm of GM you’re responsible for, make it run as good as you can,’” Tatman said.
Tatman said he made that his focus instead of worry-ing about where his next advancement was going to come from.
The Bowling Green Assem-bly Plant became Tatman’s last pit stop with GM when he re-tired in March. He had always dreamed of teaching after re-tiring.
After speaking with WKU administrators, Tatman said a position was created for him. Tatman started July 1.
Vice President for Research Gordon Baylis was instru-mental in bringing Tatman to
WKU. “I’m very keen on bring-
ing people from industry into work with universities ‘cause I think universities need to be better connected to industry,” Baylis said.
Tatman divides his time be-tween WKU and leading the Kentucky Automotive Indus-try Association, an organiza-tion working to develop Ken-tucky’s auto industry. Tatman’s role is to link WKU’s applied research programs to the in-dustry and work on initiatives for the state, Baylis said.
“But the real reality is that a lot of what he’s doing for the state and a lot of what he’s do-ing for us overlaps because for the automotive industry to be really successful it would want to connect to universi-ties better,” Baylis said. “And we certainly want to connect to the automotive industry better.”
Bowling Green senior Kath-
leen Angerbauer tried to get real-world experience by in-terning at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant for two sum-mers while Tatman was plant manager. She was surprised with how well what she was learning in school matched up with her time at the plant.
“I think one of the biggest things I learned was what they’re teaching you in school, you know, like teamwork…it’s not any different from how real life is,” she said.
Tatman said he looks for re-al-world work experience and community involvement as a GM employee interviewing college students.
“Not only did I look at their academic accomplishments, and that was a part of it, but really the important part to me was, you know, what did they do beyond the class-room,” Tatman said.
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SGA passes two bills, discusses parking during Tuesday meeting BY LASHANA [email protected]
The Student Government Association meeting on Tues-day welcomed more student spectators and swore in three new senators.
Senate seats are still open. SGA President Nicki Seay said election applications are available in the SGA offi ce and will be online this week. The applications are due Sept. 15.
The issue of parking, dis-cussed during the last meet-ing, was brought up again. Seay said WKU has lost park-ing spots this year, but 150 parking spots are available in the alumni parking garage and around 200 parking spots are available at South Campus for commuters.
“I know parking has been a huge issue lately,” Seay said. “If
you try the South Campus lot and you really like it, you can turn in your commuter park-ing permit and get the South Campus permit and get $40 back.”
Executive Vice President No-lan Miles said there are cam-pus committees with open seats available to students, such as one seat for the Uni-versity Calendar Commit-tee, two seats for the Parking Ticket Appeals Board, one seat for the Library Advisory Coun-cil and one seat for the Potter College Academic Complaints Committee.
LGBTQ rights were an issue brought up at the meeting. Chief of Staff Seth Church said the topic was prevalent.
"It’s an issue we are going to have to tackle at some point,” Church said.
Speaker of the Senate Jay Todd Richey represented SGA at the Bowling Green Fairness
Coalition.“There is not legal protec-
tion for LGBT members of our community,” he said. “So, one person would go from student government to show that we were on board.”
Director of Academic and Student Affairs Barrett Green-well said all Study Abroad and winter term scholarship ap-plications are due Oct. 17. The applications will be available online this week.
“The main problem was that the deadlines were so late in the semester,” said Greenwell. “It takes us a couple of weeks to grade them and then we show up the last week with tons and tons of things to pro-cess.”
The Campus Improvements Committee was split into sub-committees in order to further address issues regarding cam-pus quality.
“We have a lot of tasks at
hand this semester,” said Campus Improvements Com-mittee Chair Tyler Scaff. “We have at least 12 things to cover by the end of this year.”
Scaff said that the committee plans to conduct a survey to ask students what they would like to improve on campus.
One student speaker said with the removal of Topper Cafe, many students are left with no option for using ex-tra meal swipes on Sunday nights.
A representative from Share-a-Swipe, an organization that allows students to donate un-used meal plans to give food to children, shared his con-cern that because Topper Cafe ceases to exist, the organiza-tion’s partnership with local schools has suffered. There are less donations since students can no longer purchase non-perishable items with a meal swipe.
The SGA budget was passed for $138,500.
Two bills were passed during the meeting.
The fi rst, Funding for the Preston Membership Voucher Program, will allocate $1,050 to the Preston Membership Voucher Program. This will al-low 60 part-time students to obtain a membership to Pres-ton at half the cost. Instead of a $35 semester fee, part-time students will only pay $17.50 a semester.
The second bill to pass, after the bylaws were suspended, was Funding for the Identifi -cation Vouchers Program. SGA will allocate $500 for the cre-ation of the program, which will cover half the cost of a $20 WKU ID card for 50 stu-dents. This voucher will only be available to students who have not previously lost an ID card.
CRIME REPORTS• Louisville freshman Ashlee Davis, of Pearce-Ford Tower, reported an item stolen from her dorm room on Sept. 10. The estimated value of the stolen item is $60.
Rash didn’t have an estimate on stu-dent outcome for this year.
“We certainly want to beat the num-ber we did two years ago,” he said.
Robert Wagner, Red Cross district manager, said he expected 1,300 combined participants from the two schools during the three-day contest.
Wagner said student donations make up a major portion of blood contribu-tions to the Red Cross.
“Forty percent of donations come from high school and college stu-dents,” Wagner said.
Campbellsville sophomore Valerie Noriega donated blood to the compe-
tition for the second time after reading about the competition on WKU’s web-site.
“I’ve done it before and I like helping people out,” she said.
Wagner encouraged students to do-nate even after the competition is over.
“All blood types are greatly appreci-ated,” he said.
Fulton graduate student Danetra Hodge said she’s been donating for a long time.
“My family never really taught me about charity work, but I started this a long time ago as a way to donate to charity without donating money,” she said. “Then I used it as a kind of step-ping stone to get involved in other charity work.”
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@G_ArtP0P_lm: For the fi rst time in my life im fi nally a topper #WKU — Sent 7:14pm · 9 Sep 2014
@Merky_D: I love that the photo-journalism majors have to photo-graph eggs every year lol #wku— Sent 4:05pm · 9 Sep 2014
@tiff any_paige96: I see some of the nastiest people I've ever seen around campus. #ratchet #wku— Sent 3:44pm · 9 Sep 2014
@Mnsmith52Smith: Parking in Narnia just to have a spot here at #wku — Sent 10:26am · 9 Sep 2014
@Mo_Weezy: Okay I'm gonna have to start carpooling with some ppl or something, parking is getting worse #pissed #parking #wku— Sent 9:31am · 9 Sep 2014
@Karaiyn: Also, don't ask if I'm leav-ing. Be responsible and get to cam-pus 2.5 hours before your class. You are sure to fi nd parking. #wku #wkuparking— Sent 9:17am · 9 Sep 2014
@ shotgunconcepts: I'll always call it #DUC because I'm a grumpy old man. #wku— Sent 8:21pm · 8 Sep 2014
@kelsidempster: WKU has a fl oral shop... Looks like I know where I'll be sending fl owers to myself from!— Sent 5:30pm · 9 Sep 2014
Music in the pursuit of happinessBY JACOB [email protected]
Some scholars estimate that music was a part of early civilization rituals. It’s been integral to daily life for countless years, cultures and locations.
Different kinds of music bring out different emotions within us in a deep and complex way. Different songs and melodies can evoke a variety of levels within one emotion.
In the same way, happiness is an emotion felt differently ac-cording to the situation. Often times, humans connect music with memory. Finding happiness is fi nding the mu-
sic to go with your daily life.Happiness is twerking after Beyoncé
says “Let me hear you say ‘Hey Miss Carter’” and after the beat drops in “Partition.”
Happiness is listening to “Lighting Bolt” by Jake Bugg while having a morning coffee and walk with your dog.
Happiness is making sure that “Good Day” by Nappy Roots is on any Bowling Green soundtrack, no matter how many times it has been played before.
Happiness is blasting any Mo-town song while doing chores.
Happiness is playing either version of “Take the Time” by Tiny Tiny and danc-
ing in the kitchen as dinner cooks. Happiness is having Louis Arm-
strong’s “What a Wonderful World” playing softly while surveying the col-or change that fall brings.
Happiness is cruising around to “Things Are Changin’” by Gary Clark Jr. after deciding to let go of past affl ic-tions.
Happiness is the memory of a friend’s muffl ed rendition of “Jingle Bells” after a night out.
Happiness is rapping with your best friend to Kendrick Lamar.
Happiness is putting on “Only Love” by Ben Howard when it’s time for can-dlelight, throw pillows and a little mid-night wooing for you and that special someone.
HAPPINESS IS...
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10. Too Swole It’s hard not to notice these gargan-
tuan embarrassments with arms as large as their egos. They’re commonly spotted cutting lines of protein pow-der, harassing gym newbies and strug-gling to fi t through doors.
9. Walk-AboutsThey make sure you see them, but
it’s hard to tell what else they accom-plish. These constant roamers walk up and down the aisles of weights craving attention and never lifting a pound. Worse still is when they fi nd their way onto the track where they begin walk-ing laps in the running lanes.
8. Sweaty SwampersThey’ve taken hydration to the next
level. These walking perspiration pits sweat enough for two, and they usu-ally leave their puddles behind for that
second person to fi nd.
7. Weight SlammersTheir set just fi nished and the whole
room knows it. These folks aren’t com-ing to Preston for the workout. Rather, they’re trying to dig deep below the surface of WKU using only barbells as tools.
6. New Year’s WarriorsCome spring semester Preston will
encounter a wave of newcomers. They don’t know what they’re doing, but they have all the determination in the world for now.
5. Naked PeopleJust beyond the desk and into the
locker room lays an obscene land of fl agrant nudity. They wave, worm and wiggle their way to disturbing your routine.
4. NBA All-stars The court-one competitors play
basketball. They throw balls through
hoops. They use their fi ngertips to bounce basketballs. Can you see them there? They’re playing basketball.
3. Weight Room Pick-up ArtistsMost people are trying to get fi t, but
these few are looking for love. What better time to proposition strangers than between sets? Watch out when they wear their good gym shorts – stone, cold studs.
2. ScreamersThese gym rats actually pose a bit of
a health hazard at Preston. It can be diffi cult to tell if all is going normally or if they’re experiencing total heart failure every few seconds.
1. Mirror MonstersTheir muscles are swollen, and
they’ve taken to the mirror. Flexing is more than an activity – it’s an art form. Most feel weak to the knees upon see-ing their majestic might quivering in the mirror. True lust can be seen in their eyes and their selfi es.
Gym Rats
10 worst Preston Center regulars
Coming Soonto a theatre near you“Dolphin Tale 2" opening Sep. 11This family drama follows the reas-sembly of the team that saved the dolphin in the fi rst “Dolphin Tale.” This time around, the group must fi nd a companion for the dolphin so that she can stay at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
“No good deed”opening sep. 12 A young woman, played by Taraji P. Henson, fi nds herself a victim after off ering help to a mysterious strang-er at her door, played by Idris Elba. Read our review of this suspenseful horror thriller next Tuesday.
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Mario Jimenez, of the University of San Francisco of Quito, prepares a traditional Ecuadorian dish for students during the gallery reception at the Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts on Wednesday.
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NICK WAGNER
LEFT: Mayfi eld junior Sydney Jones, left, poses for a photo with Somerset sophomore Andrea Jenkins during the kick-off event for the Year of Ecuador at Centennial Mall on Wednesday. The pair of students received a free t-shirt for posting their photo with the hashtag #WKUIYO.
RIGHT: Pablo Garzón plays the violin in the Nashville group, Serenatta, who played at Centennial Mall on Wednesday during the kickoff to WKU's International Year of Ecuador.
Students view artwork by Sandra Fernández at the main gallery of FAC during the gallery's reception on Wednesday.
Louisville sophomore Veneatrea Bennett browses the selection of handmade brace-lets during the kick-off to the International Year of Ecuador at Centennial Mall.
ALYSSA POINTER/HERALDOpen-knit fl oppy hat and orange loose-fi tting cotton crop top from Forever 21 with a denim shirt by Levi's.
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BY KAE [email protected]
Contrary to the belief of certain pumpkin spice latte pushing coffee shops, fall is not here yet.
With temperatures rising into the 80s and 90s daily, it is just not yet time to sip your autumn roast from Ein-stein’s and kick up colored leaves in soft fl annels and boots.
While it’s too early to wear those fall staples, it’s not too early to talk about them. Although not to the point of ad nauseam that pumpkin spice is al-ready approaching.
This fall, leather will be king. Leath-er jackets, pants, skirts and vests will be everywhere and in every color. The punk classic gained in popular-ity last fall and winter, but stores such as H&M, Forever 21 and more have greatly increased their faux-leather supply.
Entire tables in Nashville’s H&M are devoted to leather skirts and pants in different cuts and styles. Entire racks in Forever 21 are devoted to jackets that range from traditional, Ramones-inspired black to Michael Jackson red.
Flannels, as always, will make their cozy return. Honestly, it’s impossible to foresee a fall without those idyllic images of dressing in fl annel, sipping coffee and watching “Hocus Pocus.” It reached a peak with grunge bands of the 1990s and hasn’t left yet. Although the jury’s out if Kurt Cobain drank copious amounts of coffee and watched “Hocus Pocus” while wearing his.
This fall, ankle boots will stomp their way up and down the Hill. Gone (hopefully) are the days of mid-calf brown leather boots. Fashion bloggers and styl-ists have been pushing for an-kle boots for several seasons, and this fall may be their true time to shine.
Ankle boots are typically cheaper because they use less material and come in just as many neutral colors as the mid-calf boots. They are easily paired with the same dresses, jeans and skirts as before. The only down-side: more of your tight-clad legs will be exposed to the elements.
There are still several weeks until fall, giving you plenty of time to pull out or purchase the aforementioned products. These three only merely graze the surface of all the clothes, shoes and accessories that will color your fall.
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BY JOHN [email protected]
Thai Thai’s commitment to an authentic, fl avorful c u i s i n e makes it one of the top-tier ethnic restau-
rants in town. Thai Thai is located in a cozy house on Chestnut Street. The inside, which is composed of multiple rooms, could be mis-taken for an actual residence if it wasn’t for the smattering
of carefully prepared dining ta-bles. The walls are lined with or-
nate, wooden engravings and in-triguing artifacts. No music plays in the background, so the atmosphere is quiet.
When ordering, patrons select their own preferred level of spiciness on a scale from 1 to 10. Be warned, even the lowest spice levels pose a threat.
ALYSSA POINTER/HERALDPanang Curry with chicken from Thai Thai at 712 Chestnut St. in Bowling Green.
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A small salad served before the main entrée comes with a delicious peanut vinaigrette. The bed of iceberg lettuce and shredded carrot provides a crunchy textural component, but it conveys little additional fl avor.
The red-orange Panang Curry with chicken is brimming with complexity. Coconut milk lends the dish a rich, velvety texture and sub-tle undercurrent of fl avor, providing a blank canvas for the potent spice mixture to assert itself. The lime leaf also imparts a distinctive, if delicate, aromatic note. The end result is a fragrant, spicy curry.
There is some room for improvement. The bed of fl uffy rice mutes the spiciness of the curry and prevents it from overwhelming the dish, but the serving size is a little too meager. A larger portion to sop up the liquid would add more substance and balance to the meal. While the chicken in the curry is plentiful and contributes some tex-tural diversity, it is largely forgettable.
The peculiarities in Thai Thai’s atmosphere also lead to some issues. Wait times for food are long, even when the restaurant isn’t crowded, and it’s cash-only for meals less than $10.
These criticisms aside, the food at Thai Thai is very good. If you are up for dealing with the longer wait times and cash-only rule, the food will make it more than worth your while.
ALYSSA POINTER/HERALDCustomers eat dinner at Thai Thai, located at 712 Chestnut St. in Bowling Green.
Zombie Run creeps into Bowling Green
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BY STEPHANIE [email protected]
On Saturday, the Skeleton’s Lair Scream Park will be ooz-ing with mud and crawling with zombies for a 5K race that even the undead can en-joy.
The second annual KY Zom-bie Mud Run is this Satur-day at the park, located just outside of Bowling Green on Cemetery Road/Highway 234.
The three-mile run will send
the fi rst set of racers out of the gates at 9 a.m.
Not only is this race full of obstacles and mud, but par-ticipants must also avoid or-gan-eating zombies at every turn.
“Each runner will wear a fl ag belt with three fl ags,” Amy Burge, event organizer, said.
Each fl ag represents an organ: brains, guts and the heart. While going through the course, zombies try to capture the fl ags or “infect”
the runner. Those who fi nish the race with at least one fl ag will be entered to win prizes varying from Cheddar’s gift certifi cates to pillows from Trent Bedding.
“It’s not a timed event,” Burge said. “It’s more of a fun run, but people do try to fi nish with the fl ag at the end.”
Participants are allowed to bypass an obstacle they wish to avoid or, if they choose not to run at all, the KY Zombie Mud Run gives another option
to enjoy.“Not only can you be in-
volved by a runner's stand point, but you can also be involved by a zombie’s stand-point,” Burge said.
For a $25 donation, volun-teers can arrive at the course at 7 a.m. in old clothing to have their makeup done by the event coordinators. They are then placed throughout the course and spend the race trying to steal the fl ags from the runners. Runners and
zombies are encouraged to bring extra clothes.
While the online race registra-tion price ended Wednesday night, any student that shows a current WKU ID at the regis-tration table on Saturday will receive a discount price of $40.
“It’s great entertainment,” Burge said. “For a lot of peo-ple, they’re getting the health factor, they get to participate with family and friends and, you know, they have a good time doing it.”
‘The Gold Mine’ cements Waldon as leading country voiceBY SAM [email protected]
Kelsey Waldon’s searing de-but full-length record, “The Gold Mine,” begins with an ar-rangement of steel guitar that transports listeners back to the 1960s. The 26-year-old singer/songwriter conjures a golden era of country, back when Tam-my Wynette’s ballads and Loret-ta Lynn’s blue-collar revelations ruled the airwaves.
Waldon, a Barlow native who resides in East Nashville, released “The Gold Mine” on June 24. Her sound is rooted in old country, and throughout the 32-minute record, Wal-don dispenses ugly truths and morning-after wisdom. “The Gold Mine” plays like a collec-tion of anthems for 20-some-thing barfl ies who haven’t got it fi gured out just yet.
The characters Waldon in-troduces us to throughout the 11 tracks range from drinkers with a penchant for taking pills, to dreamers, cheaters and church-going folk.
One feisty standout track is “High in Heels,” the kind of song you wish you heard on country radio. Waldon defl ects
questions from all too familiar faces, while articulating the toils of one-horse towns.
“Daddy's gone, mama tried/Everybody’s got their own kind of suicide.”
Waldon’s gritty and reveal-ing portraits of small-town life put her in a class of Ken-tucky songwriters largely un-matched in country music’s current landscape.
Whether lamenting the drudgeries of a miner digging for Harlan coal on Quicksand, or documenting the ups and downs of quarreling lovers on the pedal-steel-drenched “One Time Again,” Waldon uses an often-forgotten rural demographic and makes their experiences relatable. She does this with a driving wit and the heavy heart of a blue Kentucky girl.
While Waldon draws com-parisons to an array of women from country’s golden days, the Kentuckian’s unfeigned south-ern drawl is uniquely her own.
On moving to Nashville and being a part of a community of talented musicians:
“Everyday you are inspired to be creative. It’s this little utopia. We’ve all moved here from small
towns. A bunch of country mu-sic nerds and bunch of people who are just like me. There are so many good records coming out of here, and I’m not talking about music row.”
On how the experiences of
growing up in a small town inspired songs on her record:
“I wanted to bring it back to honesty and telling the stories of people and a demographic people forget about, and also the real stories of life. I wanted
everyone to see the beauty that I see in it, but also small town rural life, and I think ev-eryone can relate to it in a way. Feel the honesty in it — if it’s authentic I think they can ap-preciate it.”
On fi nding inspiration fromLoretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette for “The Gold Mine”:
“I think in the past threeyears or so, I feel like I can truly call myself a fan. Getting into all the obscure stuff, I got really into a lot of Tammy and Loretta, especially their late ‘60s and ‘70s stuff. I’m talking about the deep cuts. Really realizing how good it really is. Especially sonically, it was re-ally hip for that time."
On playing her fi rst-ever gig: “I played in my fi rst club in
Metropolis, Illinois across the river. Played my original songs by myself when I was 18. I can’t even remember the name of the club right now, it’s not there anymore. But I played, but it was kind of the fi rst thing I did with my original tunes. I re-member I was so scared and I just made myself. I was like, if you wanna do this, you gotta do it. I’m really glad no one has documentation of that."
PHOTO COURTESY OF KELSEY WALDONSinger/songwriter Kelsey Waldon, a Barlow native, released her debut full-length record "The Gold Mine" on June 24.
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PLEASE NOTE: The information below was misprinted in the 9/9 edition of the Herald. The Fair will take place Tuesday, September 16th.
Speaker shares successes of student farming programBY ANNA [email protected]
People fi led into Van Meter Hall on Tuesday evening to listen to a speaker who has changed not just the lives of his students, but the city they live in as well.
Stephen Ritz is a teacher in the South Bronx in New York City who is giving students opportunities for academic success through the rebuilding of the Bronx. Ritz believes students shouldn’t have to leave their neighborhood to live, learn and earn.
His lecture focused on how impor-tant it is to teach people that they are capable of growing their own food, re-gardless of their income levels.
“I’m not a farmer,” Ritz said. “I like to say I’m a people farmer.”
Ritz’s program, Green Bronx Ma-chine, trains the youngest nationally-certifi ed workforce in America to grow produce for themselves and others in their community. His students earn living wages while on their way to graduation.
Ritz and his students have grown more than 300,000 pounds of vegeta-bles in the Bronx. Ritz said this has led to better academic performances from the kids.
“In the past 40 years, kids are getting fatter, way fatter, and kids are getting sicker, way sicker,” Ritz said. “That’s not healthy for my kids or anyone else’s kids around the nation.”
Somerset senior Amanda Hartle at-tended the event to learn new informa-tion for her future job as an educator.
“I want to learn different instruction-al strategies and be able to use them in a classroom,” she said.
Ritz’s Bronx classroom hosts the fi rst indoor edible wall in the New York City Department of Education. This wall of produce grows enough food to feed 450 students.
“For me, it’s simple — it starts with seeds,” he said. “My students, my kids, are my seeds. They come to school and they love these plants so much. We pulled up six acres of black tops around the city.”
Ritz said one of his lessons he teaches promotes a mindset of being able to change the world. All it takes is taking responsibility for yourself, your goals and the world around you.
Ritz said his work with students has moved attendance at his school from 40 to 93 percent and also helped to
fund and create 2,200 youth jobs. “It’s not only where we live, it’s in
other communities,” he said. “My kids started installing walls for wealthy and privileged people, and in hospitals and community centers. They created in-spirational and aspirational places to go. We’re sending kids who are on food stamps home every week with fresh produce.”
Locals from the Bowling Green com-munity also came out to witness his positive energy and story.
Bowling Green resident Shannon Mills said she wanted to fi nd out how Ritz’s work in the Bronx could apply to personalized learning.
“I want to see how it would transfer to rural Kentucky,” she said.
Ritz told the audience the idea that consumers are the true sustainers of the world is no longer true.
“The real reality is that sustainers are the new consumers,” he said. “Sustain-ability should not be the endgame. I
don't want sustainable. I want a trans-formation. I want inspiration.”
Ritz said he wants the initiative to be completely inclusive.
“Together, we can all prosper,” he said. “For me, simply put, the bottom line is this: I am not willing to accept the things I cannot change. I am going to change the things I cannot accept.”
Ritz and his program have been awarded the U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency Award for transform-ing mindsets and landscapes in New York City, as well as the ABC Above and Beyond Award and the 2012 Chevrolet National Green Educator Award. Ritz’s school has earned the fi rst Citywide Award of Excellence from the NYC Strategic Alliance for Health.
Ritz was recently announced as a national Green Apple Education Am-bassador for the U.S. Green Building Council.
“When the kids from the poorest congressional district in America can
install these walls, that for me is a true ‘si se puede’ moment,” he said.
“Si se puede” is a Spanish phrase that translates to “yes, we can.” Mantras like these and his aforementioned be-lief in being able to change the world show through in his dedication to his students.
“My kids are feeding themselves in ways they can’t imagine. These are happy kids and happy families,” he said. “I want every kid in America, no matter if they live on blacktop or next to an abandoned building, to under-stand that they can grow their own food.”
Ritz said that most importantly, love and compassion make the most differ-ence in students’ lives.
“The world has no compassion, but we as humans do,” he said. “This is our moment, and here in Kentucky and across the nation we need to go from a nation of red states and blue states to a nation of green states.”
BRANDON CARTER/HERALDGuest speaker Stephen Ritz answers audience questions after his lecture, entitled "Farming for the Future: Investing in Your Community To Change the World," on Tuesday in Van Meter Auditorium. Ritz spoke on his eff orts with the "Green Bronx Ma-chine," a sustainable farming initiative for public school students in the Bronx. His talk was part of the annual Mary E. Hensley Lecture Series sponsored by the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.
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WKU tennis is set to play in its fi rst tournament of the season this weekend. The team will travel to Elon, North Carolina for the Elon Invitational.
WKU will be playing singles and doubles matches against the likes of the College of William and Mary, Wake Forest, Elon and North Carolina.
“We want to go out there and compete. It’s the fi rst tournament of the fall,” fi rst-year Head Coach Jonatan Berhane said. “We have fi ve new players and four returners. We also have four interna-tional players with world ranking. So, I think it’s going to be a very good year.”
One of the returning standouts will be senior Madeline Phillips, who played as the Lady Toppers’ No. 2 player last season. Phillips went on to win seven singles matches and fi ve doubles matches, despite a rough stretch in the middle of the season.
The senior will have more of a leadership role this year with so much inexperience on the roster.
“The good thing about having fi ve new girls is that they expect a lot,” Berhane said. “They really want to develop their tennis game, and some of them want to play professional after college. So, we have very highly motivated athletes.”
The team will open play on Friday, but times have not yet been determined.
The WKU soccer team will travel to New Haven, Connecticut this weekend to compete in the 2014 Yale Classic on Friday and Sun-day. The Lady Toppers are coming off a 2-0 victory against Evans-ville and head into the tournament having compiled a 3-1 record on the season.
It’s a homecoming of sorts for Head Coach Jason Neidell, who graduated from Yale in 1994. In 1993, Neidell was an All-Ivy League selection and captured the program’s Walter Leeman Award, which is traditionally given to those who exemplify quality leadership.
WKU’s fi rst matchup of the tournament will be against the Lady Bulldogs of Yale on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Bulldogs are 2-0 thus far, having secured victories over Quinnipac and Sacred Heart University, 2-0 and 2-1, respectively.
The Lady Toppers will also face off against Sacred Heart Uni-versity on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Sacred Heart’s record stands at 2-2-1 with its two victories coming against Delaware State and St. Peter’s, 4-2 and 4-0, respectively.
The tournament marks the fi rst two matchups of a fi ve-game road stint for the Lady Toppers. They travel to Indiana State, Mar-shall and Old Dominion following this weekend before their fi rst home Conference USA matchup with Charlotte on Oct. 5 at 1 p.m.
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JENNIFER KING/HERALDA young boy watches the Budweiser Clydesdales being loaded back into their trailers as he waits for the fi rst WKU football game to begin on Aug. 29. The College Heights Herald photo staff hosts a "Freshmen Shootout" every semester in search of one photojournalism freshman to be given a position on photo staff . This semes-ter's winner is Bowling Green freshman Jennifer King.
Topper Sports PreviewTennis soccer
“That was the biggest difference for us,” Hudson said. “Jessica played bet-ter, and with her coming off having mono this summer, she will be the fi rst to tell you we are seeing her at about 50 percent right now. As she comes back, I think people will see how talented she really is.”
Lipscomb notched a .152 hitting per-centage and 34 kills.
“We are obviously very excited to get the win over such a good team,” Hudson said. “Our kids really took ad-vantage of some situations and played well. We are not out of the woods yet, but I think our girls are realizing that we can be a pretty good team.”
The Lady Toppers are aiming to extend their win streak this weekend as they play host to the Holiday Inn University Plaza Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
WKU relishes the underdog role it found itself in at Lipscomb and will experience it yet again this weekend when it takes on No. 8 Purdue (6-0) Fri-day at 7 p.m.
“We have to focus on our game,” Bodway said. “If we get certain block-ing assignments, or whatever it may be, we have to focus on ourselves and our game.”
Hudson maintains that the training hasn’t changed since focusing on Pur-due, the highest-ranked team WKU has faced thus far.
“This whole season we have been fo-cusing on putting the best product we can put out there,” Hudson said. “What you will see in Purdue is an incredibly gifted team — we just have to play well on our side.”
The other two teams scheduled to face the Lady Toppers are Austin Peay (3-5) and Western Michigan (4-2) on Satur-day at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.
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WKU opens its inaugural Conference USA game against its long-time rival, Middle Tennessee. The Hilltoppers and Blue Raiders haven’t met since 2012 when MTSU escaped Smith Stadium with a 34-29 win. MTSU leads the all-time series 33-29-1.
WKU’s passing off ense vs. MTSU’s passing defense. The Blue Raiders’ pass-ing defense ranks third in the nation, allowing just 75.5 yards through the air in its fi rst two games. However, WKU’s passing off ense ranks third in the nation, averaging 433 yards per game.
Junior running back Leon Allen led the way
for the Hilltoppers on the ground at Illinois
with 122 rushing yards on 24 attempts, 174
all-purpose yards and a touchdown. Allen
carried 28 times for 93 yards and a touchdown against Bowling Green
State.
Junior safety Kevin Byard has intercepted at least one pass in four of
his last six games. He’s No. 1 nationally among
active players in inter-ception return yards and
ranks third nationally among active players with 11 interceptions.
He’s listed as the fourth-best safety by nfl drafts-
cout.com.
Redshirt senior quarter-back Brandon Doughty ranks fi rst nation-ally with eight passing touchdowns through the fi rst two weeks of play. He ranks second in passing yards (866), completions per game (37) and total off ense (431.5 yards per game), and fourth in points responsible for (48).
Sophomore quarterback Austin Grammar has allot-ted 505 total passing yards through two games with two touchdowns. Behind Grammar, MTSU is 10-for-10 in the redzone this season and of the 11 Blue Raider scoring drives this season, six of them have gone for 70+ yards. Grammar led the Blue Raiders to an average of 42.5 points per game through two games, good for 27th nationally.
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Brandon Doughty said. “I kind of have been trying to explain it. Even our coaching staff, coach (Justin) Lovett today was like, ‘Man, I don’t even know what the heck anything’s about with this Middle Tennessee thing.’”
Yep, there’s not one coach on the WKU coaching staff that has any prior experience with this rivalry.
So for the coaches and you young students, there’s reason, if you’re a fan of either school, to hold a grudge against the other.
The last time WKU and MTSU played two years ago, the Blue Raiders left WKU with a 34-29 win on a Thursday night. Even though MTSU fi nished the year 8-4, one game better than WKU, it was the Hilltoppers who went to a bowl game while MTSU sat at home during the holidays.
Fast forward to basketball season: MTSU came back to Bowling Green for the last regular season game in Diddle Arena. I sat on the fl oor with a camera during that game, right in front of the student section, and thought on several occasions that if WKU were to win, they would storm the court. That didn’t hap-pen, as the Blue Raiders, who were the best team in the Sun Belt at the time, beat WKU 70-62 in front of 7,326 fans.
As history would fare, WKU did its little ‘four wins in four days’ skit again while MTSU was put out of the Sun Belt Con-ference Tournament. It was WKU danc-ing while MTSU watched from home.
That script fl ipped last year with
MTSU jolting to Conference USA a year before the Hilltoppers. WKU went 8-4 in football with no post-season. MTSU went 8-4 and went to a bowl game. This year, WKU’s basketball tournament magic ran out while MTSU advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
After a year off, the rivalry is back. “It’s good to get them back on the
schedule for us and for the fans,” se-nior tight end Mitchell Henry said. “It’s a good rival. They’re right down the road and it’ll be a big game for us.”
Sure, the winner gets bragging rights for a year. More importantly on the fi eld, it’s the fi rst conference game of the year for both teams.
But even more important than that, there is unity in the midst of rivalry, and it’s something I hope you all con-sidered this week.
Rivalries bring the blood, sweat and tears out of the game. This week, fans had the opportunity to give one of those items.
WKU and MTSU fans competed this week to save lives during the American Red Cross blood drive. It’s an annual tradition where the two schools com-pete to donate the most blood with the winner announced during the game.
I gave, and I hope you gave blood this week if you’re able. If not, I en-courage you to next time. It’s the best way for you to not only help save lives, but show your allegiance to whatever school you root for on Saturday, and help make this rivalry what it is.
Whether you gave or not, pack up your cars and drive that 100 miles down I-65. I’ll see you at the game.
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com and currently ranks third on the NCAA’s active list of players, 11 inter-ceptions.
Barber ranked 35th nationally last season in total tackles per game (9.2) and 21st in solo tackles per game with 5.6. He’s off to another strong start this season, having totaled 18 tackles through two games. Barber was named to the Lombardi watch list, prior to the 2014 season.
“They are an experienced team who has won a lot of ball games in the past,” Brohm said. “They came into Confer-ence USA last year and went 6-2. They went to a bowl game, won eight games, and their defense is very sound. They try not to give up the big play. They are
a veteran group. …They know what they are doing and have a staff who has been there for a while. I just think it’s going to be a very tough ball game for us. Our guys are going to be hungry, and I know our guys will be ready.”
Brohm went on to say that the Hill-toppers have erased the bad taste in their mouths from last weekend’s 42-34 loss at Illinois. Despite giving up 21 points in the fourth quarter en route to the loss, redshirt senior Cam Clem-mons said the team’s only focus is MTSU.
“We really preach not getting too high after wins and not too low after losses,” Clemmons said. “You take it for what it is. We came in yesterday and watched the fi lm and learned from it and made the corrections. We move on and don’t make it a bigger deal than what it really is.”
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Hello there, rivalry week, it’s been a while.
It’s the 100 miles of hate, the red vs. blue. Hilltopper fans change MTSU to MUTS, and Blue Raider fans make fun of that silly blob WKU calls a mascot. This rivalry doesn’t carry the same hatred that Louisville and Kentucky holds, but the bitterness toward each school is still loud and proud.
A lot of you freshmen and sopho-mores don’t understand it because none of you were students the last time WKU played MTSU in football or basketball.
Take a visit to some of the message boards like Hilltopper Haven and Blue Raider Zone to get a taste of what’s going on this week. Because I would probably never write for the paper again, I’ll refrain from sharing some of that content here.
Personally, it came down to MTSU and WKU as the two schools of choice for me when deciding on a college. MTSU is a great school. I know a lot of successful people from there, but I’m happy with the decision I made to come here.
There’s even a bit of unintended ri-valry in what you’re reading. MTSU’s student paper is called Sidelines, the same title as this column.
There’s a numerous amount of bat-tles to pick with these two schools. Just make sure you pick wisely and study up on it before you choose.
“A lot of these guys don’t even un-derstand the whole Middle Tennessee rivalry,” redshirt senior quarterback
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WKU and MTSU series brings unity to the rivalry
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BY KYLE [email protected]
WKU will play in one of its more no-table games, of both the season and of program history, on Saturday as the Hilltoppers travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee for the school’s fi rst offi cial Conference USA game against rival Middle Tennessee.
The two didn't meet last season, but the rivalry is already the most storied in the C-USA with WKU and the Blue Raiders having faced off a total of 63 times. That’s 20 more than any other two C-USA members.
MTSU (1-1) leads the all-time series, 33-29-1, and won the previous meet-ing on Nov. 1, 2012 at Smith Stadium, 34-29.
The Blue Raiders were picked to fi n-ish second in the East Division of the C-USA preseason coaches poll with 73 votes, and WKU (1-1) was picked to fi nish fourth with 57 votes.
Both teams rank within the top-30 nationally in scoring offense, with WKU coming in at No. 17 and MTSU
at No. 27. The Hilltoppers are third in the nation with 433 passing yards per game and the Blue Raiders are third in the nation in passing defense, giving up just 75.5 yards per game.
To make the arms race even tighter, MTSU allows just 290 yards of total offense per game, which ranks 30th in the nation, but the Hilltoppers aver-age 551 total yards per contest, which is good for 15th.
“This is the most important game of the year,” Head Coach Jeff Brohm said on Monday. “It’s an exciting time for our players to get started in this con-ference. It’s going to be a challenge because you always want to start the conference schedule off with a win. But, this is a game that’s going to be tough. We’re going to have to play well and play well for four quarters.”
Nine-year MTSU Head Coach Rick Stockstill has led the Blue Raiders to back-to-back eight-win seasons and four total bowl appearances, includ-ing a win against Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl in 2009.
The Blue Raiders dominated their
season-opener against Savannah State, 61-7, and although they fell be-hind 28-0 in the fi rst half against Min-nesota on Saturday, MTSU lost by just 11 points. The Blue Raiders lost de-spite out gaining the Golden Gophers in total offense, 445-351.
Sophomore quarterback Austin Grammar leads the Blue Raiders on offense, having compiled 505 yards through the air through two games. Grammar has completed 37 of his 55 passes and 22 of those were good for a fi rst down. He’s led the Blue Raid-ers on 11 scoring drives this season, six of which were good for 70+ yards, and MTSU is a perfect 10-for-10 in the redzone this season. However, Gram-mar has already thrown three inter-ceptions to his two touchdowns.
Junior safety Kevin Byard and junior linebacker T.T. Barber, among oth-ers, anchor the MTSU defense. Byard has totaled eight tackles and two in-terceptions thus far this season. He’s rated the No. 4 safety by nfl draftscout.
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WKU volleyball (7-2) extended its win streak to six on Tuesday with an impressive 25-11, 25-20, 25-20 sweep of Lipscomb (5-2) in Nashville.
Lipscomb entered the match ranked No. 27 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association rankings. The Lady Bisons received 35 votes.
Freshman outside hitter Alyssa Ca-vanaugh and freshman setter Jes-sica Lucas continued their solid play, contributing to a Lady Topper hitting mark of .389.
“Alyssa is a very talented kid, she has a lot of gifts,” Head Coach Travis Hud-son said. “But we are transitioning her into a position she has never played because we want to get her the ball more — and she is responding. She’s only going to get better from here.”
Cavanaugh smashed 12 kills to tie
her career high, while junior out-side hitter Haley Bodway dished out 11, combining for more than half of WKU’s 43 kills.
“We’ve been doing well because we have all been focusing on our jobs,” Bodway said. “We’ve been making
sure we are following our scouting re-ports and maintaining our aggression in all parts of our game.”
Lucas tallied 36 assists on the nightand added nine digs to the WKU de-fense.
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NICK WAGNER/HERALDWKU junior wide receiver Antwane Grant (13) comes up short on a pass attempt as Illinois' Eaton Spence (27) applies pressure during play on Saturday, Sept. 6 at Memo-rial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.
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BRANDON CART-ER/HERALDJunior middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp (13) spikes the ball past Bel-mont defenders Arianna Person (10) and Jocelyn Youngdahl (5) during the fi rst set of WKU's Sept. 2 match.