January 29, 2013 College Heights Herald

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013 • WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY • WKUHERALD.COM • VOLUME 88 NO. 29

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Cravens grand opening for the Commons Thursday

Academic report seeks to encourage healthy social environment

Even though “The Commons at Cravens” is already open to students, the grand opening celebration and reception for The Commons is this Thurs-day at 4 p.m., on the fourth fl oor of Cravens Library.

Remarks will be given at 4:30 p.m. by Provost Gordon Emslie, graduate student Mark

Reeves, President Gary Rans-dell and Connie Foster, dean of Libraries.

Construction for the new study area began on Oct. 1, 2012 and ended Jan. 15, 2013.

Foster said the reason for the construction was to attract more students and parents.

The idea for the renovation came from “the desire to trans-form a tired space into some-thing more functional for stu-

dent needs and library service changes.”

Foster said this is an exciting transformation for the library.

“Students can work as a group in one of the collabora-tive booths, sit at a bistro table overlooking the campus, or just BYOD (bring your own de-vice) and plug into one of the stations at the laptop counter,” Foster said in a press release.

Jennifer Wilson, marketing

coordinator, said one of the advantages of The Commons area is it’s a one-stop shop.

“Reference support or re-search assistance, technology support and writing assistance are all going to be housed in this one desk area on the same fl oor,” Wilson said.

There are 28 computers, which came from the Helms Library computer lab, and around the corner is a printing

and copying area. “There is a collaboration

booth area where the old lei-sure unit used to be,” Wilsonsaid. “We’re very excited tohave this one single servicepoint.”

The collaborative booth area will have traveling whiteboards and dry-erase markersthat can be checked out.

“Over the past several

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Athletes build community within WKU, Bowling Green

Sometimes, just one sport isn’t enough. This is the case for Lexington sophomore Eric Ebner and Evansville sophomore Nick Yates, foundation of WKU’s Triathlon Club. Ebner current-ly serves as club president and Yates served as president last

year. Both members joined during their freshman year and Eb-ner said they have revitalized the Triathlon Club in a matter of semesters. The club cur-rently has 22 active members, a number that far exceeds any other year. For those who don’t know, a Triathlon is a race in which participants swim, bike and

run. On the college level, mostof the competitive races arecalled sprint triathlons, usu-ally consisting of a 750 meterswim, 20 mile bike ride and afi ve kilometer run performedin that order. While this may seem over-whelming, Ebner and Yatesare quick to assure that it isn’tmeant to be intimidating.

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Indianapolis sophomore Steff Marvin is working on his debut rap mix tape. “He’s been working really hard,” Marvin’s man-ager and close friend Indianapolis junior Anthony Bell said. “I’m really proud of him.” DOROTHY EDWARDS/HERALD

This month, Education Week, a na-tional education newspaper, released the 17th edition of their annual Qual-ity Counts report.

This report focused on how social and disciplinary aspects of a school can have great effect on student suc-cess and achievement. Though infor-mation about this report was gathered nationwide through high schools, middle schools and elementary schools, the information and fi ndings refl ect back on education at all levels.

Information and research for the re-port was collected two ways, for two separate aspects of education: educa-tional policies and performance.

Surveys were distributed to chief state school offi cers in all states, who then passed the surveys down to des-ignated representatives to fi ll out and send back.

The second research method in-volved analysis of test scores, national assessment data, U.S. Census Bureau

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Even though he’s working to-ward a degree, that’s not stop-ping one WKU student from also working on his rap career.

Indianapolis, Ind., sopho-more Steff Marvin’s song, “Have Mercy,” has been played on multiple radio stations at WKU, in Chicago and in India-

napolis. He said he started by producing music and at fi rst, just making beats for fun, until other artists showed interest in them.

“Over time, I just got better and better and better and then in high school, I met a couple artists who really liked them, so they wanted to start buying them and that’s how I got my

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Students fi lm rap music video on campus

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Evansville sophomore Nick Yates adds his weight to a leg press to mess with his teammate Lexington sophomore Eric Ebner on Monday at the Preston Center. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT/HERALD

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months, we’ve been assessing students to better meet their studying needs,” she said.

Students in the renovated area were impressed by the changes.

Nashville junior Tim Cato said he liked the mod-ern, yet peaceful ambiance of The Commons at Cravens.

“This is defi nitely my new place to study,” Cato said. “It’s nice to get away from Mass Media and the library, and it’s pretty quiet here too.”

Elsmere sophomore Allison Martin said she is also excited about the renovation.

“I like it because there aren’t a lot of people, and you don’t have to wait to print,” Martin said. “It’s polished, it’s put together and it just seems to fl ow.”

Martin said she will defi nitely frequent The Commons.

Nashville senior Jackie Marks said she likes the renovation and it looks “arts and crafty.”

Marks said the renovation was very necessary. “It’s about time,” Marks said. “It’s very much

needed and usually the labs are full.”She said she’s going to use the group table next

time she goes back because the chairs look really comfortable.

“We hope this transformation creates a positive place of possibilities — a place where knowledge unfolds,” Foster said.

COMMONSCONTINUED FROM FRONT

Members of this no-cut team train every Thursday at the na-tatorium in the Preston Center and every Sunday they bike. Running is a separate entity.

“We have everyone run on their own time,” Ebner said. “Everyone runs at their own intensity and at their own pace.”

Yates said that even though people run at their own pace, they tend to get in sync with other members of the club.

“Some people do run togeth-er,” Yates said. “Over time, peo-ple fi nd the group that runs at their pace and they can have training partners.”

Instead of simply fundraising to help members with fees, the group spreads awareness of their existence by way of com-munity service.

“The problem with fundrais-ers is here on campus so many people do fundraisers, it’s re-ally diffi cult to compete locally for money,” Yates said. “What we’ve been doing instead of fundraisers has been spent on volunteer service and giving back to the community in or-

der to get our name out there.” Ebner said members of the club rode their bikes up and down designated roads last November during the To-tal Fitness Connection Mini Marathon for six hours, guid-ing runners to make sure they stayed on the track. A lot of the members have just entered the triathlon com-munity, but quite a few have long-term previous experi-ence. “We have a decent-sized member base who were in-volved in triathlons far before they ever even heard of the club,” Yates said. “We’re able to take our knowledge and really share with the new members. We’re able to take the knowl-edge we share and see the new members use it to be able to attain their goals.” Their main focus right now isn’t coming in fi rst, they said. “We don’t look at races in terms of winning,” Ebner said. “There are so many new mem-bers, for the most part it’s just having people satisfied with fi nishing with the times that they have.” So what’s the motivation be-hind what some might refer to as madness?

“The sport really makes you appreciate others,” Yates said. “A lot of people say because it’s not a team sport, it’s very self-ish. I would actually have to say that it’s entirely opposite.”

Yates believes that the com-petitors want to make each other better athletes, which is something you don’t fi nd in other sports. “With triathlon, it’s just a community of people who

love to help each other, want to build it up and want to see somebody else succeed,” Yates explained. “Even if it means beating them. And that’s just something you don’t fi nd any-where else.”

COMMUNITYCONTINUED FROM FRONT

Lexington sophomore Eric Ebner works on cross fi t on Monday at the Preston Center. Ebner is training along with about 20 other students for a triathlon as early as February. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT/HERALD

data and various undisclosed sources.

Sterling Lloyd, senior research associate for the newspaper, said about 70 percent of teachers and administrators surveyed felt school climate is important to student achievement.

“School climate is impor-tant regardless of whether it’s grades K-12 or it’s university level, it all applies in a variety of settings,” he said.

The report states that most national education initiatives focus primarily on curricu-lum, testing and personnel. But some are realizing the impor-tance of peer relationships and safety and security.

Betsy Pierce, psychologist in the Counseling Center at WKU, said in an email that people sup-ported by a strong network of family and friends are generally less stressed.

“These healthy connections with others provide some mea-

sure of feeling secure which frees us to better focus on whatever it is we want to do,” she said. “I have seen this prove true in my work with students.”

Policymakers have begun act-ing on this for grades k-12, focus-ing their efforts on improving all aspects of a student’s wellbeing and success.

WKU is working on improving university climate by incorpo-rating programs, like Mapworks surveys, which assess how a stu-dent is adjusting and succeeding in various aspects of college life, and MASTER Plan, a program for freshmen to get them acquainted with campus before fall semester.

Gordon Emslie, provost and vice president of Academic Af-

fairs, said the environment built at WKU is important.

“We have an excellent housing and residence life department that really welcomes students to the community through MAS-TER plan,” he said.

The report concluded by rank-ing each state based on the performance and policy feed-

back gathered by the report’s researchers, along with their previous standards based on past reports. The top spot, ex-ceeding in successfully creating healthy social, disciplinary and academic environments was claimed by Maryland with a B+, for the fi fth consecutive time.

“We made the top ten,” Emslie said. “I’m not totally impressed or too satisfi ed with a B-, but you have to look at the schools in the states in the top spots, where stu-dents will go to major universities like Harvard and MIT. What those universities are doing might not be the best policies for WKU, but we can always improve and adopt new policies of our own.”

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— Sterling LoydEducation Week research associate

school climate is important regardless of

whether it's grades k-12 or it's university level.

Due to a Herald er-ror, Bowling Green graduate student Tim Popma was in-correctly identifi ed in the crime reports on of Friday’s issue as being cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on Jan. 23.

Tim Popma was not in possession of marijuana or drug

paraphernalia. TheHerald regrets the er-ror.

The CollegeHeights Herald cor-rects all confi rmederrors that arebrought to reporters’or editors’ attention.Please call 745-6011or 745-5044 to re-port a correction, oremail us at [email protected].

Reports•Senior Hallie Olivia Collins, McLean Hall, reported her front and back windshields be-ing broken out of her car while parked in Parking Structure 1 on Jan. 25. The damage is estimated at $607.•Police cited sophomore Darius Wilson, Bates-Runner Hall, for posses-sion of marijuana on Jan. 25. •Police cited junior Jus-tin Rodriguez, Northeast

Hall, for possession of marijuana on Jan. 25.•Freshman Lloyd Miller, Pearce Ford Tower, re-ported on Jan. 24 that his iPhone was stolen from his room on Nov. 23 of 2012. The estimated value of the item stolen is $50.•Freshman Christian Skibinski, Keen Hall, re-ported his cell phone sto-len from his dorm room on Jan. 24. The estimated value of the item stolen is $250.

Arrests•Police arrested Andrew Richards Hawkins for DUI and reckless driving on Jan. 28. •Police arrested fresh-man Tex Travis Claunch, Barnes-Campbell Hall, for alcohol intoxication in a public place on Jan. 27.•Police arrested freshman Ashton Callis, Keen Hall, for careless driving, DUI, possession of alcohol by a minor, possession of marijuana and posses-sion of drug parapherna-

lia on Jan. 27.•Police arrested Taylor Cockerel for reckless driv-ing and driving under the infl uence on Jan. 26.•Police arrested Dillion Hayes on a warrant from the Bowling Green Police Department on Jan. 26.•Police arrested freshman Alexa Salyer, Poland Hall, for reckless driving, fail-ure to signal, possession of an open alcohol con-tainer in a motor vehicle and DUI on Jan. 25.

CORRECTIONCRIME REPORTS

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Students looking for tips on staying healthy while at college should attend WKU’s “Fireside Chats.”

The series, which is co-sponsored by WKU Health Services and the WKU Restaurant and Catering Group, began in October and continues through February, according to Health Services’ web-site.

The program is of-fered free of charge to WKU students, accord-ing to Health Services’ website. Lauren Tuttle, WKU’s health educa-tor, said in an email interview that Health Services has done the series for almost four

years now. “College students

learn many lifestyle habits in college, and it’s important to main-tain healthy habits be-cause they are more likely to stick with them even after col-lege,” Tuttle said.

Students are en-couraged to attend the event, which is held in the Health Ser-vices building’s lobby around the fi replace. Health Services also provides a healthy snack as well as hot chocolate, accord-ing to Health Services’ website.

The series re-sumes on Feb. 5 with an installment titled

“Should You Be Gluten Free?” The chat begins at 6 p.m., according to Health Services’ web-site.

“Should You Be Gluten Free?” will be led by Sharon Barron, ARAMARK’s registered dietician. WKU’s event calendar states the chat will focus on the benefi ts of adopting a gluten-free diet, the food options available to people with gluten-free diet and the rea-sons for switching to a gluten-free diet.

The series also pro-vides students with an opportunity to meet with WKU’s registered dietician, who can provide individual nu-

trition counseling to students free of charge, according to the Res-taurant and Catering Group’s website.

The series will con-clude on Feb. 19 with a fi nal installment titled “Eating Out the Right Way.”

Tuttle also urges stu-dents to visit Health Services, which she said provides free edu-cation and informa-tion on a variety of health issues.

Students looking for additional informa-tion on the program are encouraged to visit Health Services’ web-site and the Restaurant and Catering Group’s website.

— Ryan Pait

NEWS BRIEF: FIRESIDE CHATS TEACH STUDENTS HEALTHY EATING HABITS

Future to perform at WKU

Labeled by MTV as one of the top new rappers of 2012, Future is headed to Bowling Green on Feb. 2 as part of his tour at the Sloan Convention Center.

Columbus, Ga., junior LaJar-vis Evans is part of the company Startin5ive that helped bring Future to Bowling Green. Evans is on the “relations side” of the company, he said.

After some deliberation of who should be invited to Bowling Green, Startin-5ive called Future and “he agreed to come down,” Ev-ans said.

“Out of any place in Ken-tucky, he chose to come to Bowling Green,” he said.

Tickets are $25 for stu-dents and $35 for general admission. A VIP package is available for $50 which includes front row seats and an invitation to an after party that will feature an appearance by Future.

“After the concert, people don’t want to come home,” Evans said.

Gary, Ind., freshman Kaleiah Brown said she is a fan of Future and has followed him since her junior year in high school. She

said she has seen him once, but it was not a full concert and she is “more than happy” he decided to come to Bowling Green.

She said it’s something where you have to listen to him to get it.

Startin5ive has brought sev-eral other performers to Bowl-ing Green in the past, including Soulja Boy and Ray J. The com-pany started with four WKU students in 2007, according to

Evans.Future will be Startin5ive’s fi rst

main event scheduled for 2013.“We started to give our fan

base something to look forward to,” Evans said.

Brown said that in the short time she was able to see Future previously, she decided that she not only enjoyed his rapping, but thought he was a “great per-former” as well.

“He is really energetic,” she said. “It’s really worth the mon-ey.”

St. Louis, Mo., freshman Bran-don Fields is also involved with putting on the concert.

He said he is part of promotion and giving out information.

Fields said Startin5ive asked WKU students on Twitter if they wanted Future to come. Since the reaction from students was

positive, it made the de-cision easy to ultimately contact Future.

“We see how it’s gonna work with the crowds,” Fields said.

One of the reasons Startin5ive considered Future was his recent rise to fame, Evans said.

“Right now, Future has a big buzz in the music

industry,” Evans said.At fi rst, Brown did not particu-

larly like Future. However, after she gave him a “try,” she became a fan.

Even if students are not a fan of Future yet, Brown said they should give him a try like she did.

“Future makes music anybody can listen to,” Brown said. “Any-body can relate to it.”

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we started to give our fan base

something to look forward to.

Hardin Planetarium has a great show for astron-omy fans who don’t want to stargaze outside in the middle of the winter.

“Starry Tales for a Winter Night” projects the winter night sky onto the ceiling of the planetarium, and the show points out the different constellations.

Ronn Kistler, Hardin Planetarium coordinator, said this in-depth show is a learning experience for the audience.

“We look at different constellations and the ori-gins of them,” he said. “We also ask the audience that if they were an ancient tribe, what would they name their constellation?”

“Starry Tales for a Winter Night” runs until Feb. 10, every Tuesday and Thurs-day evening at 7 p.m. and every Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.

At the show, boards with constellations on them were passed out to audi-ence members, who were then asked to create a sto-ry for that constellation.

Later, when the night sky was projected, the audi-ence was asked to fi nd specifi c constellations.

Bowling Green sopho-more Chelsea Cornett said there was one constella-tion in particular that she preferred.

“My favorite constella-tion was Sirius,” she said.

Cornett also said she thought the presentation was educational and en-tertaining.

“I thought the show was really informative and fun, even for those who aren’t necessarily astronomymajors,” she said. “It was fun and free, a great thing for us to have on campus.”

— Jacob Parker

NEWS BRIEF: HARDIN PLANETARIUM PUTS ON WINTER-THEMED SHOW

Future Concert $25 students$35 general admission

Feb. 2 Sloan Convention Center

OpinionTUESDAY , JANUARY 29, 2013 • COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • WKUHERALD.COM

THE ISSUE: WKU plans to erect a building on Normal Street that will house the Honors College and the international student headquarters. With Downing University Center al-ready under construction and the university’s budget stretch-ing in several directions, the necessity of the building comes into question.

OUR STANCE: The Honors Col-lege and international students encompass a substantial part of WKU’s population, and con-sidering their current buildings, a new center would be good for them. And because this project is not the only one in the state included in a specifi c package, it could be good for the univer-sity’s image, too.

T he Honors College, which currently resides in a

cramped building across the street from Cherry Hall, boasts about 1,250 students. The Of-

fi ce of International Student and Scholar Services, now in a house on State Street, currently has about 800 students from about 50 countries. Together, they form close to a tenth of the WKU population.

It’s no secret that WKU is known for its beautiful cam-pus. But as we’ve seen recently, a great deal of attention goes into maintenance. Not only are staff responsible for rolling out grass and planting fl owers, but DUC is still undergoing major renovations.

With all this tearing down and building up, some are con-cerned that WKU, in an attempt at beautifi cation, may become less aesthetically pleasing with cranes, backhoes and tempo-rary fencing dominating the grounds. While it might have been preferable for WKU to space out its major projects a bit, the Honors College and In-ternational Center, like the new DUC, will not be an eyesore

forever. And this new center, which will impact a projected 2,100 students and be open to any WKU student, will stand as a testament to the academia and diversity on which WKU prides itself.

Another common concern about this $22 million project regards funding. Gov. Steve Beshear recently announced a plan to allow Kentucky uni-versities to issue agency bonds to fund campus improvement projects with university funds. At the end of this year, WKU will begin selling bonds as well as using a portion of interna-tional students’ tuition through the Navitas program. In other words, this will not affect our tuition, so don’t fret.

The Honors College and the Offi ce of ISSS have chugged along long enough in their claustrophobic accommoda-tions. Sure, it will make another end of campus a little disaster zone-esque, but when the dust

settles (literally), it will not seem out of place among Ransdell Hall, Mass Media and Technol-ogy Hall and other gorgeous buildings that caused a stir in their planning stages as well.

This editorial represents the majority opinion of the Her-ald's 12-member editorial board.

Although dreaded, more construction will benefi t WKUHonorable Intentions

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PEOPLE POLLWhat do you think about WKU building the Honors College and International Center?

“I think it’s good. I think it’s important that we

attract Honors students. It gives them more of an incentive to come

here.”

Dustin Grillon, Henderson junior

“I think it’s a good idea because the Honors

College has really expanded since it

started. It will attract more people to the Honors College in

general, or just WKU.”

Emily Roach, Louisville sophomore

“I think that having a bigger building might help with

organization. Whenever we go into the Honors College,

they seem unhappy. A bigger building will improve the

environment for the workers and for us when we go in.”

Jillian Longworth, Lexington sophomore

“I think it’s a good idea for Western because it’ll

expand our diversity.”

Michelle Santo, Louisville junior


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Western Kentucky University’s Center for Gifted Studies will employ 14-16 individuals to serve as residential counselors for the two-week Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students (June 09-June 21) and the three-week Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (June 23-July 13). Each counselor will have direct responsibility for supervising the conduct and activities of 12-16 residential students when these students are not in class. In addition, the counselor staff will be responsible for planning, implementing, and supervising individual and group recreational activities for SCATS and VAMPY students in the evenings and on weekends. The residential counselor staff will work under the direct supervision of Dr. Julia Roberts, Director of The Center for Gifted Studies, and Mrs. Carolyn Hagaman, Coordinator of Summer Programming.

Because the residential counselors must work closely with gifted young people and are expected to serve as positive adult role models for these students, individuals selected for these positions must:

1. Have completed at least one year of college and be enrolled as a college student or have a college degree,2. Have demonstrated a high level of academic performance,3. Be of high moral character,4. Have had successful experience working with young people, and5. Have recreational interests/skills which can be shared with young people.

Once selected, the individual is responsible for submitting a criminal background check.

Residential Counselors will live in the residence hall with the camp/program students and will work seven days a week. The salary is $350 per week plus room and meals.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to Dr. Julia Roberts at The Center for Gifted Studies or to the Human Resources Department at Western Kentucky University.

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NEWS BRIEF: CHI O DECIDES AGAINST NEW HOUSE ON CHESTNUT STREET

As plans for a new Honors College and International Center are set in motion, negotiations over relocat-ing the Chi Omega sorority house are under way.

Over winter break, WKU fi led an application with the Bowling Green city planning and zoning commit-tee to amend the university district.

The application called for the ad-dition of a house on Chestnut Street to potentially become the new Chi O house.

“Chi O wants to upgrade their fa-cility,” Charley Pride, director of stu-dent activities, said.

The university district consists of houses around campus and allows Greek organizations to put letters on these houses and call them their own.

WKU withdrew the application due to Chi O’s decision not to pur-sue the house. According to Pride,

the house did not fi t the needs of the sorority.

Steve Hunter, director at the plan-ning commission, said that there were calls made to the city clerk’s offi ce by unhappy neighbors who didn’t like the idea of a sorority house on their street.

“I would refer them to the uni-versity or told them to come to the hearing,” Hunter said.

Chi O advisors, along with the president, declined comment. But the sorority is no longer interested in the house, according to Pride.

“It’s a dead case at this point,” Hunter said.

Pride also said that Chi O is still on the hunt for a new house.

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name out there,” he said. Marvin has a few songs on

YouTube, but fi lmed his fi rst music video Saturday that he plans on posting to the web-site.

The video was fi lmed on-campus near the Academic Complex.

He said he didn’t want to fi lm a really busy video.

“I really just wanted a loca-tion that was kind of low-key…not too much action going on,” he said. “I just wanted some-thing simple — like a simple concept.”

Indianapolis, Ind. junior An-thony Bell, Marvin’s manager, is a public relations major and said he felt honored when Marvin asked him to do the job. He said they have been

friends since Bell was 17 years old.

He said Marvin has been working really hard on making beats and on his music since November, when the whole process started.

“There’s times where I have to tell him to go to sleep,” he said. “Over Christmas break, it was literally an everyday, non-stop thing.”

Marvin said he told Bell about wanting to become a rapper because he feels like he is talented and wanted people to hear his music.

The video was performed live without instruments — there was just one other per-son in the video who provided the beatboxing.

Indianapolis, Ind. sopho-more Elijah Norwood said he joined the video to do the beat-boxing spur of the moment, and he and Marvin didn’t have a ton of time to practice.

He said he was really hap-py and excited when he fi rst heard Marvin’s song and heard how good it was.

“It sounds like a song that is already legit,” he said.

He also said performing the video was fun and he enjoyed it.

“I wasn’t the best, but it worked,” Norwood said.

Marvin said he had recently written the song for the video and it didn’t have a name yet. When he fi lmed it for the vid-eo, it was just one verse.

“It’s kind of like a teaser,” he said.

Bell said they have mostly been promoting Marvin’s mu-sic through Twitter and Face-book. Marvin has a Facebook page, Steff Marvin Fanpage, and fans can follow Bell at @a_bell5 and Marvin at @stef-fmarvin.

“We’re getting the song out there; it’s just about building

the fan base and just letting people know who he really is,” Bell said.

Marvin’s fi rst show is coming up on Feb. 7 at Three Brothers in downtown Bowling Green and both he and Bell are really

excited about it. “It’s our fi rst, you know, big

opportunity to really push his name out there and get his music out there, so we’re trying to get as many people to come out as possible,” Bell said.

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This past weekend, the Hilltoppers for Life, a pro-life student organiza-tion on campus, was awarded second place for the National Group of the Year award at the annual Students for Life American National Conference in Washington, D.C. This was their fi rst award and nomination as a group.

Bryan Reaka, advisor of the group, said this is only the third year of exis-tence for Hilltoppers for Life.

“For them to win the award of sec-ond place is a fantastic achievement,” Reaka said. “They have gone extreme-ly far for a young group. We’re hoping to carry that forward in the future.”

Seven members of the group, through private funding, were able to attend and receive the award. Mem-bers present were Shepherdsville se-nior John Sohl, Shepherdsville soph-omore Matt Sohl, Bardstown junior Zach Coots, Bardstown junior Maggie Smith, Louisville senior Erin Ruppelt, Owensboro graduate student Kevin Dorth and Nashville freshman Cas-sidy Johnson.

The Hilltoppers for Life, started by Whitesville senior Kateri Rhodes, be-lieves in preservation of all life. Their actions and awareness tactics to edu-cate the campus focus primarily on abortion, but overall they believe in life from birth to natural death.

“My sister helped found a [pro-life] group in Murray with help from Mary Reding and when I came here, I knew I wanted to do the same,” Rhodes said. “I wanted to educate the campus on what our movement is all about.”

Reding now works on campus here

at WKU in the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Campus Center. She assisted Rhodes in the initial organization and structuring of the group.

“I’m proud of the group,” Reding said. “It takes a lot for a group to evolve to this point.”

Their primary goal is to educate the campus about their pro-life move-ment. Last spring, they undertook a larger scale awareness tactic.

Their event was entitled Cemetery of the Innocent. The cemetery in-volved the Colonnade being adorned with 4,000 crosses made of Popsicle sticks and red and black tablecloths spelling the word “life” when looked at from afar. Vigils and prayer services were held there.

This event, and some careful paper-work, earned the group their second place award and national recognition. Sohl, president of the group, was also personally recognized for his help raising awareness, and was invited to be apart of the Wilberforce Leader-ship Fellowship, a leadership summit occurring during the SFLA conference that educates attendees more heavily on the movement.

“I was overwhelmed when I fi rst found out I got it,” Sohl said. “It was a great way for me to develop my lead-ership skills.”

Members attending also participat-ed in the 40th annual March for Life, protesting abortion in the nation. The march was started the year of Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court case decid-ing that a woman’s decision to get an abortion was protected under the 14th amendment. The group has at-tended all three years of existence.

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Let’s face it. With thousands of vine-yards and varietals (grape varieties) along with countless methods of fer-mentation and viticulture (grape culti-vation), wine is massive. New vineyards are popping up around the world every day, and there is always something new to learn or taste.

Don’t fret — there are a few basics you can quickly and easily master which will put you at ease as you step into this lush, mysterious place.

It is as simple as the way you drink wine. You don’t get the full texture and taste of the wine by simply drinking. A common saying is “Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Sa-vor.” To fully experience each unique wine to its full potential, these steps will help bring out the qualities each wine has to offer.

You should often let your red wines set 30 minutes to one hour after open-ing before you sip. This is not necessary with older wines as oxidation helps young grapes which can taste “tight” open to their full potential of fl avor.

Ever heard the saying “you fi rst eat

with your eyes”? Well, tasting wine uses four of your fi ve senses, taste and touch being last. Some say touch isn’t involved, but how would you notice the tingly fi zz of cham-pagne without it? After your pa-tience has near expired, pour your wine up to the widest part of the glass.

Tilt your glass at eye level against a good light source to observe the rim of the wine against the glass. Here you can see the color in which a crimson will signal an aged wine while a purple red gives away a young wine. Aged wine tastes matured, some-times even dusty, as each fl a-vor is well-balanced. Younger wines are not always to their peak of married fl avors.

Next, set your glass on a fl at, sturdy surface, and care-fully spin in a tight circle or fi gure eight. Once you are prac-ticed, you should be able to do this in the air without spilling. This oxidizes the wine and brings the wine further

up the glass which helps in the next important step.

Put your nose to the glass, and take a few deep breaths. At fi rst, you might only pick up on the smell of alcohol, but the more you practice, the more you will pull from the

wine. Cherry, berry and oak? Maybe citrus, pineapple and a hint of peach?

Now you get to drink. Make sure to carefully pull air into your mouth as you sip. Oxidation does wonders for fully experiencing wine. It isn’t uncommon to hear a lot of slurping at wine festivals as it is not considered rude but learned. By pushing and pulling the wine across your tongue, you can feel the tex-ture of the wine. Often, it will dry your mouth and make you pucker in which you are

experiencing the tan-nin in red wines from the grape skins.

Now that you have mastered the wine etiquette of tasting, here are a few help-ful hints for feeling even more comfort-

able in the world of wine. Fully chill whites before serving, but

not reds. However, you should put your bottle of red in the refrigerator about 10 minutes before serving to keep it above room temperature. Heat brings out the taste of alcohol, overshadowing the fl a-vors of the grape, soil, barrel or vat.

You will want to remember that stor-ing wine on its side is ideal compared to standing the bottle straight up. Over time, air escapes through the cork which can make the wine go bad be-fore opening. Keeping the wine against the cork instead of the pocket of air better prevents this.

Also, if you have a bit of wine left after drinking, don’t re-cork the wine with the original cork. Air will escape mak-ing it go bad and in return, taste like vinegar. Instead, use a reusable wine-stopper as this will keep it fresher, lon-ger.

Hopefully these hints comfort you as you step into the fruitful world of wine.

Allison Goodan is a Louisville senior currently taking Agriculture 475. Upon completion of the course she will be a certifi ed wine specialist.

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This ain’t the Brothers Grimm, so forget everything you think you know about the fairy tale.

Driven by their traumatic childhood experience, the titular siblings in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” swap their breadcrumbs for the big guns as they seek to eliminate every wart-nosed wench in the land. But as the storied “blood moon” approaches, Hansel and Gretel must face a new evil that harbors a dark secret to their past.

Sounds pretty crazy, right? And the ads looked stupid, didn’t they? From the outside, this looks like another campy episode in the same vein of ab-surdity as last summer’s “Abra-ham Lincoln: Vampire Hunt-

er.” There’s no denying that “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunt-ers” is insane. We know it. The actors know it. And that’s what makes this bodacious blood-bath so much fun.

It’s by no means a “good” movie, but it’s not totally “bad” either. I had little to no expectations for “Hansel & Gretel.” I knew I wasn’t paying to see Oscar material, so I just buckled in and waited to see where the ride would take me.

What I got were crazy cus-tom weapons, gnarly creatures and buckets of blood. I’ve seen these stunts before in mov-ies like “Van Helsing” and the campier of last year’s “Lincoln”

adaptations. It’s that same dark, loosely-“steampunk”-inspired horror story that at-tempts to put a fresh twist on familiarity. In the end, this is actually what makes “Hansel & Gretel” forgettable.

But despite this gripe, I’ve

got to hand it to stars Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Gemma Arterton (“Clash of the Titans,” “Prince of Persia”). They both know how crazy the concept is, and it’s great to see them taking things lightly. The

actors and the audience both know they’re just here for the popcorn, so it’s refreshing to feel like your stars might have the same feelings towards the movie as you do.

Because Lord knows with a title like “Hansel & Gretel:

Witch Hunt-ers,” nobody should be taking it seri-ously. The fun performances from Renner and Arterton, as well as Thomas Mann

(“Project X”) keep the fi lm from ultimately feeling like one too many of the witches’ sweets.

There are also a few fun twists that come towards the end. The villain (Famke Jans-sen) brings everything full-

circle, and it ends up decentlylayered for January popcornfare. Even though some mayjust call it beef jerky, I still enjoya little meat with my junk food.

I think “Hansel & Gretel:Witch Hunters” is well-castwith a humor-spiked scriptfrom writer/director TommyWirkola. The 3-D is decent forthe fi ght scenes, but not totallynecessary. I’d prefer to avoidbeing covered in wood chipsand exploding body parts — ifthat’s okay.

All in all, I’d say this moviefeels like a roller coaster thatI’ve been on a hundred times.It’s a blast while it lasts (thanksto Renner, Arterton, and somenifty action sequences), butwhen it’s over I’m ready tomove on to the next thing. Ben Conniff is a Villa Hillssophomore majoring inmarketing with a minor infi lm studies. For more of hiscommentary, follow him onTwitter @thereelbennyc.

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The band members of Pink Floyd are famous for immortalizing the lyric “We don’t need no education,” but that didn’t stop the Career Services Center from dedicating a wall to a mural inspired by the band.

Nashville, Tenn. se-nior Hanna Demirjian, who is creating the mural, said it will be a re-interpretation of art-work from Pink Floyd’s 1979 album “The Wall.” The piece will be done in charcoal.

Demirjian, a graphic design major, said she has never worked on a wall mural, but is em-bracing the challenge.

“At fi rst I was nervous, but now I am excited,” she said. “This project is fun because I have more freedom than I normally do in class.”

Due to the Downing University Center reno-vations, Career Services is being restructured and relocated to an-other fl oor. Demirjian said this has left room

for uninhibited artistic creativity.

“We wanted to go cra-zy with the walls since they will be torn down and replaced with a 24-hour study space,” Demirjian said.

Robert Unseld, asso-ciate director of Career Services, conceived the idea for the mural, but recruited Demirjian for the job.

“In the past three or four years, we have employed a graphic designer, giving them a chance to make their mark,” Unseld said. “We’re in a very good position to have some-one as talented as Han-na working on the mu-ral.”

Unseld is especially fond of promoting stu-dent work.

“This mural is for stu-dents, and is created by a student,” he said. “It allows for them to in-teract in an innovative way.”

The idea for the hom-age to Pink Floyd came from an offhanded com-ment by Becky Tinker, also an associate direc-tor of Career Services.

“Hanna and Robert were brainstorming and I half-jokingly said Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ might be fi tting for a wall mural,” Tinker said. “Hanna liked the idea and ran with it.”

The mural is expect-ed to be completed by

Feb. 1. Once it is fi n-ished, students who stop by Career Services will have the chance to leave their imprint as well, Unseld said.

“We want all students visiting Career Services to sign the wall,” Un-seld said. “There will

be several ink pads of varying color placed on the wall so students passing through can leave a thumbprint that says ‘I was here.’”

Unseld has mixed emotions about the re-location of Career Ser-vices.

“Career Services has become home for me over the past fi ve years, but I am also excited to see the student center transformed,” he said. “This mural is ultimate-ly a way for us to make a mark on our space be-fore we move on.”

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Student creates mural for Career Services

Nashville senior Hanna Demirjian works on creating a mural inside the Career Services Center on Monday. The center wanted to do something artistic with the walls. The design is inspired by Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall”, and students can come by and put their thumbprint on the mural. SETH FISCHER/HERALD

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Regents approve land transfer to Hardin County Schools

While the approval of coach Bobby Petrino’s contract gar-nered the most attention out of Friday’s Board of Regents meeting, WKU also took ac-tion that will help students in Hardin County.

Regents unanimously ap-proved the transfer of 20 WKU-owned acres in Hardin County to Hardin County Schools for the creation of an early college and career center.

President Gary Ransdell said the deal was at no cost to WKU, as the university did not pay for the land, and HCS will pay to build the center.

“We’re not in the habit of giv-ing stuff away,” Ransdell said with a laugh.

The land was originally given to WKU in 2007 from the North Central Education Foundation and is adjacent to the Eliza-bethtown Community and Technical College campus, according to agenda materi-als. The donation was made knowing that the land would be used for a higher education or similar facility.

According to a WKU press release, the center “will fulfi ll several roles.”

HCS students will use the center to take courses in sev-eral career-oriented pathways, including health science, engi-neering and culinary arts and hospitality services, according to the release.

WKU and ECTC will partner with HCS to provide instruc-

tion and dual credit courses, and WKU will also offer colle-giate classes in the building on evenings and weekends, ac-cording to the release.

Ransdell said he hopes the center will “strengthen the pipeline of students” who choose to attend WKU after high school.

A preliminary draft of the partnership between WKU and HCS provided by Deborah Wilkins, chief of staff and gen-eral counsel for WKU, outlines the ways WKU and HCS will handle the arrangement.

As the draft is written now, the partners will work together to “maximize program part-nership opportunities,” and costs for utilities, custodial services and insurance will be

split accordingly.Other notable items from the

Board of Regents meeting:• Brian Meredith, associate

vice president for Enrollment Management, told Regents that winter term enrollment increased by a total of 15 stu-dents since the 2012 winter term. However, spring num-bers will not be fi nalized until later in the semester, although enrollment currently stands at about 18,700.

• John Osborne, vice presi-dent for Campus Services and Facilities, said WKU will take over maintenance of a stretch of road near campus, if the Bowling Green City Commis-sion grants the university per-mission. The roadway runs from the intersection of Nor-

mal Drive and Regents Avenue, up to the intersection of State Street and College Heights Boulevard. WKU would widen sidewalks, change light fi xtures and reduce speed limits to 15 miles per hour to improve pe-destrian safety in this area.

• A bill that would allow Kentucky universities to issue agency bonds to fund campus improvement projects with university money could go be-fore the Kentucky legislature as soon as Feb. 5, Robbin Tay-lor, vice president for Public Affairs, said. A combined 11 projects at six Kentucky public universities — including the Honors College and Interna-tional Center at WKU — would get the go-ahead if this plan is approved.

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Grades may soon include an added ‘plus’ distinction

The University Senate accepted a report on Thursday that proposed the addition of “plus” grades from its Academic Quality Committee.

That revision would add grades of B+, C+ and D+. Those grades would carry quality point ratings of 3.3, 2.3 and 1.3, respectively.

“The AQ committee intentionally did not illustrate percentages or point values to the various grade levels,” the report said. “The Provost was clear that the scores of 87-89 for a B+ (and 77-79 for a C+) were for illustration purposes only.”

“The AQ committee wants to make sure that the percentage grading scale in the proposal is not misinterpreted by faculty, students or administrators as campus policy.”

Gordon Emslie, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, pre-sented his proposal at a Student Gov-ernment Association meeting in De-cember.

Emslie’s proposal did not include a D+ grade. It also proposed quality point ratings of 3.5 and 2.5 for B+ and C+ grades, respectively.

“I think the motivation for individ-ual students to push to the next level

and excel is promoted by a value add-ed grading system,” Emslie said after the senate meeting.

He said the next step is for SGA to weight the report and come back with whether they support it or not.

Mac McKerral, University Senate chair, said the report needs to go to two other bodies before it can go fur-ther.

“My suggestion to the Academic Quality Committee…is that they come to the Senate Executive Com-mittee at our February meeting with a recommendation that we send that proposal to the next two vetting bod-ies, which is the Graduate Council and the Graduate Curriculum Com-mittee,” McKerral said.

Neither proposed system includes “minus” grades because a previous proposal to include them was resist-ed by students.

Guy Jordan, Academic Quality Committee chair, said the proposal wasn’t everything the faculty wants.

“But it doesn’t keep it exactly the same, and I think most faculty would appreciate a more nuanced way to evaluate their students.”

Further action could be taken as early as March. Jordan said his goal is to have it as an action item at the sen-ate meeting in March.

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Faculty responds to provost's proposal for bi-term classes

The University Senate passed a res-olution Thursday disagreeing with a provost proposal to increase empha-sis on bi-term classes.

“The administration must not and need not ‘encourage’ or ‘increase em-phasis’ on bi-term classes in any way or change the academic calendar to privilege their delivery or, in turn, en-act concomitant shift to a per-credit-hour tuition structure,” concluded the resolution.

It came in response to a document Provost Gordon Emslie released in August 2012, proposing “that WKU consider a move to offer a substan-tially greater number of courses in bi-term mode.”

Susann Davis, a Spanish instruc-tor, teaches four bi-term sections and likes that it exposes students to the language everyday.

Morgantown senior Jessica Oaks has taken one bi-term Spanish class and is currently enrolled in another.

“I was wanting to get as many hours as possible in the shortest amount of time,” she said.

Davis said that bi-terms can help students, especially foreign language

majors, fi n-ish classes more quick-ly.

The pro-vost’s docu-

ment outlines student retention, fast-er graduation and more fl exibility forstudents and faculty as advantages ofan increase in bi-term courses.

His document said this emphasison bi-terms could mean a transitionto charging students solely based onthe number of credit hours they take.

The report presented at the senatemeeting disagreed with an increasedemphasis on bi-terms.

“There is no reason to encouragebi-term instruction over semesterinstruction because faculty…alreadyhave the power to choose the for-mat…that best fi ts a given course orcurriculum,” the report said.

The report also said an increased bi-term emphasis could raise students’educational costs overall, reduce timefor student refl ection and growth andconfuse scheduling.

“Extant research suggests that thereis no appreciable difference in thelong term retention of knowledgeand skills gained from a given coursebetween students that took them inaccelerated versus non-acceleratedformats,” the report said.

While Oaks found her Spanish bi-terms benefi cial, she said she “can’timagine” having to take her upper-level sciences as bi-terms.

Emslie did not respond to the docu-ment at the senate meeting.

“I’ll study the resolution,” he said. “Iwill probably report to the Senate atits next meeting.”

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It has been a great break and in spite of having below nine degree temperatures in my home country of Latvia, where I spent the holiday season. I also got to encounter the fi rst wafts of spring in areas of fash-ion and lifestyle. Now I can’t wait to share them with you!

Men and women of all ages hit the gym like crazy to fulfi ll their New Year’s resolutions to get back in shape after indulg-ing in way too many holiday goodies. I was one of them, sweating out chocolates, champagne and Christmas roast to make sure I didn’t have a bad surprise waiting, looking

in the mirror when the knit-ted sweaters and jeans will be stored in the closet and the swimsuit season arrives.

I visited my Shape maga-zine Latvia colleagues in Riga, where I interned last summer and now work as a freelance writer, to do some work and catch up. Because they pro-duce magazines a couple of months before the issues will hit the stores, I got a great in-spiration and a feel of spring soon knocking on the door. All the offi ce walls were covered with colorful photos of beau-tiful models in short dresses, huge, juicy headlines and story ideas about the best celebrity diets and the most delicious spring recipes.

Some of my stories I wrote for the section Shape Guru were about successful, fi t and famous people whom we can draw inspiration from. What I learned, or rather needed a re-minder of, was a beauty quote from Lauren Conrad, a fi tness inspiration from celebrity trainer David Kirsch as well as fashion quote from Iris Apfel that unfortunately will never be published because my edi-tor didn’t think a 91-year-old woman was an appropriate subject for a Shape magazine. Whatever…

So ladies — and perhaps some gentlemen too — before you start hunting spring fash-ion deals and sporting them around the campus, make sure

you remember the following by heart and are in good shape in all aspects of your life before the temperature starts rising.

In the interview for Allure magazine, Lauren Conrad said, “The best beauty ad-vice I have ever been given is just to take care of yourself. Whether it’s your skin or hair, you should wash your face and moisturize and do all those other things. And don’t over process your hair and don’t over straighten it. Hair and makeup can do a lot, but it can only do so much.”

When you have taken care of that, take into serious con-sideration what the celebrity fi tness guru Kirsch always tells his busy Hollywood clients

that could be easily applied to ever busy students as well.

“Your fi tness is not an all-or-nothing exercise,” Kirsch wrote on his personal website. “No matter how busy you are, no matter how stressed you are, there’s always some time to squeeze in at least some ex-ercise.”

And when it’s time to put that sexy body and great skin into some little springy outfi t, Iris Apfel tells how to do it the best.

“I say, dress to please your-self,” she said. “Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says, ‘Here I am today!’”

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In the seven games since, WKU has recorded a total of 57 assists and 116 turnovers — six of those games ended with a Topper loss.

The WKU offense has been missing a key ingredient during the recent skid. Senior point guard Jamal Crook has been on the bench with a broken foot, playing his last game Dec. 8 against IU-PUI.

Crook is expected back sometime in the next two weeks.

Despite playing without their only

true point guard, Harper said the Top-pers have to learn to survive when they’re not at 100 percent.

“Injuries are a part of the game, and we’ve got to fi gure out a way to win while you’ve got guys hurt,” he said.

Staying posi-tive can be tough when the out-look is grim — WKU fell below .500 in Sun Belt play for the fi rst time this season with the loss.

Sophomore forward Stephon Drane, who had nine points against the Blue

Raiders, said keeping a good outlook could be important for the Toppers if they want to get out of this funk.

“I’m not really worried about dwelling on the bad things be-cause that’s how teams get stuck,” Drane said. “So I

believe if we stay positive and stay to-gether like we should, we’ll be perfectly

fi ne.”The Toppers are set to take on Troy at

home Thursday before taking a week off before their next game, on the road at North Texas.

Sophomore guard Kevin Kaspar was the only working piece on offense at times against MTSU, leading WKU with 14 points and four rebounds.

He echoed the statements that Drane made as the Toppers move forward.

“We’ve just got to keep our heads up like coach said,” Kaspar said. “We’ve got to come back on Monday and keep get-ting better. We have nine games left and that’s our goal right now — win nine of them and keep getting better each and every day.”

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SWIMMING

Swimming and diving teams press toward conference championships

While some WKU students spent their winter break in hibernation mode, the swim-ming and diving teams were punching the clock to con-tinue their dominance into the postseason. The Toppers hit the deck Saturday during an intrasquad meet to test their recent progress.

Coach Bruce Marchionda said he’s pleased with the way his team has remained fo-cused through the lull in com-petition.

“We’re coming off the hard-est training of the year, on our two-plus week training trip down in Florida, and now trying to extend that here for about two weeks,” he said.

Soon after their return from the Sunshine State, the WKU squads beat Evansville during a dual meet at Bill Powell Na-tatorium.

WKU freshman Michelle Craddock, senior Hilary Mishler and senior Alex Van Oost each clocked the best time in two events. Freshman diver Giorgi Meyer also placed fi rst in the three and one-me-ter boards, and 11 more WKU

swimmers earned best times in their respective events.

One of them, senior Billy Kunkel, said their training in Florida was the best thing the team could do to shift their attention to the upcoming meets.

“We’ve been focusing on staying sharp, even if we’re rac-ing a really bad opponent, just not doing bad habits,” Kunkel said.

The men’s team will travel to Houston Feb. 20 for the Con-ference USA tournament.

Kunkel is one of several se-niors on the men’s team who has had a hand at guiding their teammates into the post sea-son. “We’ve just been keeping everyone focused, leading by example,” he said.

The women will head to the Sun Belt Conference tourna-ment Feb. 27 in Dallas.

Coach Marchionda says his team knows the ultimate goal is winning a conference championship, but despite the near-constant dominance of the regular season, the women have a tough battle ahead.

“We have three teams that could easily win it — North Texas, Florida International and us,” Marchionda said. “You can have a great confer-

ence meet and be fi rst, you can have a great conference meet and be third.”

With less than a month until the men head south to begin the postseason, Marchionda stressed the positive impact this senior class has made.

“This year, we’ve had a group of seniors that has been fo-cused, they have given us great leadership from day one, so we’re pretty excited about that,” he said. “I think they’re going to lead us into the con-ference championships very

well.”With C-USA and Sun Belt

titles at stake, the WKU swim-ming and diving squads will take the intensity and focus from the Sunshine State on the long road to the Lone Star State.

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on eight-of-13 from the fi eld and nine-of-12 from the free throw line.

“I’ve known Kortni for years, and she’s a big-time player,” Heard said. “Big-time players step up and hit big shots.”

MTSU head coach Rick Insell hasn’t lost to the Lady Toppers at home in his seven years at the helm of the Lady Raiders.

Insell said he’s impressed with how coach Heard has found success in such a short time at WKU.

“They’re going to be a team you’re going to have to contend with,” Insell said. “Because they’ve got two good scorers in Gooch and Govan.”

The Lady Topper’s loss Sunday was the fi rst time that they’ve lost two games in a row this season and the fi rst time since Feb-ruary of last season — WKU’s other Sun Belt loss this season was to South Alabama on Jan. 23.

In that game (against USA), the Lady Top-pers shot just 38 percent from the fi eld — on Sunday they dipped to a 33.3 percent clip on 22-of-66 total.

The Lady Toppers will get a chance to end this losing streak in the comfort of their own home on Wednesday when Troy (3-16, 0-10 SBC) comes to town.

WKU won its fi rst meeting on the road against Troy, 84-81 on Dec. 1.

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Freshman swimmer David Owens races the 200-yard butterfl y at the team’s Intramural Red & White meet on Saturday at the Preston Center. Both men’s and women’s teams have had much success this season with the men's team currently at 7-1 and the women's team at 8-0. KREABLE YOUNG/HERALD

Sun Belt Conference Tournament and an NCAA Tournament win.

It’s not easy to live up to such a dramatic fi rst act, but that’s exactly what some fans expected the Top-pers to do this year.

Instead, WKU’s season is stuck in neutral.

The Toppers (11-11, 5-6 SBC) have lost fi ve of six since the New Year, most recently falling 72-53 to arch-rival MTSU Saturday in Mur-freesboro.

Rebounding plagued WKU in a Jan. 12 loss to Florida Atlantic. Poor defense was the culprit Jan. 5 in a loss to Arkansas State.

But for the most part, it’s been a non-existent offense that’s done in the Toppers. They’ve scored less than 70 points in all fi ve losses during the stretch.

If you’re going to lose, some would say, at least score points and be entertaining.

Lately though, WKU games have been about as exciting as the rest of the programming on the PBS af-fi liate that broadcasts the games.

Some of those struggles can be attributed to a well-documented injury list — especially the broken foot that’s kept senior point guard Jamal Crook out since mid-De-cember.

A general lack of talent, especial-

ly of players who can create their own offense, is also to blame.

Outside of T.J Price, Brandon Harris and George Fant, who on this team could you see being a top offensive option for a good Di-vision I basketball team?

But some of the blame is starting to seep over to Harper, the man in charge of these Toppers.

A large portion of the WKU fan base expects at least 20 wins, a con-ference title and an NCAA Tourna-ment berth every year. When the Toppers are having a down season

and aren’t living up to those expec-tations, the fi rst person to get the blame is the head coach.

While no one is yet calling for Harper to be fi red, his approval rating among the WKU faithful isn’t at the level it was 10 months ago.

To those who are getting a little antsy with Harper’s program, the key word is patience.

Overhauling a program takes more than one offseason. In fact, it’s going to take a few years for Harper to completely shape the

roster to his own liking.His critics argue that he’s just as

responsible for the current state of the Toppers’ roster as the coach he replaced, Ken McDonald, because he was one of the biggest recruit-ers on McDonald’s staff. There were a long line of recruits in that era that didn’t pan out for various reasons.

But McDonald still had the fi nal say on whether or not a prospect got a scholarship. That last word in recruiting now belongs to Harper.

Three years from now, he’ll have a roster full of players to which he was responsible for giving scholar-ships. At the moment, he’s just do-ing the best he can with the hand he was dealt.

Harper has also built some job security with a resume that in-cludes two NCAA Division II and two NAIA national titles. He’s one of the most accomplished head coaches in college basketball, even if his accolades came on the lower levels of the sport.

“Ray Harper is as good a coach as there is in the country,” ESPN analyst Mark Adams said during Saturday’s game. “People just don’t know it yet.”

In a few years, when he’s built the roster to his liking and when WKU isn’t going through an injury-plagued year like this, people will know it.

Topper fans just have to be pa-tient and give Harper a chance to get there.

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— Stephon DraneSophomore Forward

I believe if we stay positive and stay together like we should, we'll be perfectly fi ne.

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— Mark AdamsESPN analyst

Ray harper is as good a coach as

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An MTSU defender strips sophomore guard T.J. Price in Saturday's 72-53 loss. CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/HERALD

Toppers looking for answers after Saturday's MTSU loss

The slumping Toppers hit arguably the lowest point of their season Sat-urday in a loss at Middle Tennessee State.

The 72-53 shellacking at the Mur-phy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., showed some fundamental fl aws in the WKU (11-11, 5-6 Sun Belt Confer-ence) team that has now lost six of its past seven games.

Ball control is the one that jumps off the postgame stat sheet.

The Toppers recorded a total of four assists and 18 turnovers against the Blue Raiders, including a dismal ra-tio of one assist to 12 turnovers in the fi rst half.

MTSU (18-4, 10-1 SBC) deserves a share of the credit for WKU’s offensive struggles Saturday — the Blue Raiders

lead the Sun Belt in defense, holding opponents to 58.4 points per game. They are No. 2 in the conference in turnover margin, a statistic WKU has fallen to No. 10 in.

Coach Ray Harper said MTSU fi elded the best half-court defense the Toppers have faced this season — high praise from a coach whose team has faced AP top-25 teams Louisville and VCU.

“They’re 10-1 in this league for a reason,” Harper said. “They do it ev-ery night. They’ve done it every night all season long.”

Saturday wasn’t the fi rst time WKU has struggled to move its offense, though. The Toppers haven’t had more assists than turnovers in a game since Dec. 19 against North Texas, when they had 11 assists and 10 turn-overs.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Gooch and Govan not enough to beat MTSU

The Lady Toppers suffered their third loss in Sun Belt Conference play to Middle Tennessee State Sunday, despite getting 46 points from sopho-more guard Alexis Govan and sopho-more forward Chastity Gooch.

It’s no secret that Govan and Gooch are the two scoring leaders for WKU (15-5, 8-3 SBC).

Govan averages 19.5 points per game, which is No. 3 in the Sun Belt.

Gooch, meanwhile, averages 16.6 points per game, good for No. 4 in the Sun Belt.

On Sunday, Govan scored 26 points on nine-of-18 shooting from the fi eld and knocked down seven-of-eight free throws.

Gooch scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds despite having a size dis-advantage against the post players from MTSU (15-5, 10-1 SBC).

It was her 17th double-double on the season, a number which still leads the

nation.The rest of the team shot just four-

of-28 from the fi eld, amounting to a miserable 14.3 percent.

Govan said she and Gooch are confi -dent the Lady Toppers will recover de-spite Sunday’s struggles.

“It just so happened that tonight it wasn’t really anybody’s night,” Govan said. “Chastity and I just got the ball to fall in a few times.”

Five players for WKU scored below their season average, and in order to beat a team like Middle Tennessee, which sits alone atop the Sun Belt, that can’t happen.

Coach Michelle Clark-Heard says that she was proud of how the Lady Toppers fought, but Govan and Gooch aren’t enough to win a game alone.

“Two people in any basketball game are not going to be able to carry you,” Heard said.

For the Lady Toppers, the Lady Raid-ers have proven to be consistently one of their toughest opponents.

Sunday’s loss was the 11th straight against MTSU — WKU hasn’t beaten

Middle Tennessee State in Murfrees-boro since 2004.

MTSU’s star player, freshman forward Ebony Rowe, who averaged over 21 points coming into Sunday’s matchup,

was held to just 13 points on six-of-18 shooting, but the Lady Raiders were able to overcome with a huge game from senior guard Kortni Jones.

Jones scored a career-high 28 points

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Sophomore forward Chastity Gooch wrestles a rebound away from sophomore guard Shanice Cason during their game in Murfreesboro, Tenn. WKU lost the game 57-79. DOROTHY EDWARDS/HERALD

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New football coach Bobby Petrino had his contract clear the fi nal hurdle over the weekend.

The former Arkansas coach’s contract was approved by the Board of Regents at the fi rst quarterly meeting Friday, passing a Board vote 6-1.

Petrino’s contract is for four years, with the coach earning $850,000 each year. If he ter-minates the contract at any point in those four years, he is required to pay WKU a buy-out of $1.2 million.

The contract makes him the highest-paid coach in the Sun Belt Conference.

Faculty Regent Patti Minter was the sole vote against Petrino.

Minter, who said she was speaking for sev-eral faculty members who had reached out to her with concerns about the hire, said she did not agree with the fi nancial investment in a football coach and the money could be used elsewhere.

“Decisions like this hire demonstrate that WKU is committed to funding enter-tainment at all costs, even as enrollment fl attens, our debt load expands and other sources of revenue dry up,” she said.

President Gary Ransdell said while the contract seems expensive, it is a necessary step for the football program to take as it seeks national relevancy.

“If you’re going to play the game, you’re going to have to play the game and you’re going to have to compete,” Ransdell said. “You make sure the fi nancials are in your favor and the fi nancials are certainly in our favor in this particular matter.”

The football team will begin spring prac-tices in March.

— Lucas Aulbach

SPORTS BRIEF: WKU APPROVES PETRINO’S CONTRACT

turnover troubles

UPON FURTHER REVIEW

All honeymoons come to an end sooner or later.

For men’s basketball coach Ray Harper, his honeymoon with some Topper fans has ended before he’s even fi nished his fi rst full season.

At this time last year, Harper was so popular that fans stapled pic-tures of his face to pop-sicle sticks — thus creat-ing the “Harper head.” That popularity among WKU was a big reason he was promoted from interim coach to full-

time coach in February.Following that came his “only just begun”

speech after the Middle Tennessee win, the four-games-in-four-days run through the

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WKU basketball struggle is not Harper’s fault

BRAD STEPHENSColumnist

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