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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 • College Heights Herald • Vol. 87, No. 5 • Western Kentucky University

VOLLEYBALL

Movin' CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/HERALD

WKU players celebrate their 3-1 victory over Louisiana State on Saturday at the WKU Tournament in Diddle Arena. Unde-feated in the tournament, the Lady Toppers improved their record to 9-1 for the season.

Colonial Court to remain as green space

Cage the Elephant returns to the Hill

Louisville junior Mat-thew Willey has a secret.

Although the graphic design major wishes to design layouts for a magazine company, his dream is to be cast in the popular television show “Glee.”

“Glee” features cast members singing and per-forming popular songs in their high school’s Glee Club. Willey currently sings in WKU’s Men’s Chorus and has been a member of choir since his freshman year of high school.

“My mom forced me to join, but I ended up

liking it,” Willey said. “I can’t play instruments, but I can sing.”

Choir fulfi lls one cred-it hour for students and no audition is necessary. Both Men’s and Women’s Choruses rehearse on Mondays and Wednes-days from 12:40 to 1:35 p.m.

Willey said he always looks forward to choir class as a nice break in his day.

“The people you meet are cool and similar to you,” he said. “We have fun in class.”

Paul Hondorp, the director of Choral Ac-tivities and associate professor, agreed about the sense of community

among the classmates.“It’s an immediate

connection to a commu-nity of people pushing towards a common goal,” Hondorp said.

Both of the choruses perform several times each year and are open to anyone who is inter-ested.

“We wanted a place for anyone in the univer-sity who wants to sing without auditioning,” Hondorp said.

Jennifer Adam, assis-tant professor of music and the Women’s Chorus director, said she liked having the choruses open to all students.

Choir gives students a break from schoolBy NATALIE [email protected]

JABIN E. BOTSFORD/HERALD

Director of Choral Activities Paul Hondorp instructs students during a Men’s Chorus practice Wednesday in the Fine Arts Center.SEE CHOIR, PAGE 3

1,000 WORDS | PAGE 6 9/11 REMEBRANCE | PAGE 2 QUARTERBACK BATTLE | BACK PAGE

The Lady Toppers are off to a blis-tering 9-1 start this season, but Head Coach Travis Hudson isn’t surprised one bit.

“We said at the beginning of the year that this is a team that could compete with some of the best teams nationally,” Hudson said. “So far they’ve done just that.”

WKU has done far more than just compete with most of the teams they’ve played.

The Lady Toppers went 3-0 in their fi rst home matches last weekend at the WKU Tournament with wins over Xavier, Wake Forest and Louisiana

State.That was preceded by wins over

Ohio, Virginia Tech and Belmont.Hudson said the success the Lady

Toppers have had against such quality teams has been especially impressive to him.

“We’re in a stretch in our schedule where out of an 11-match stretch, 10 of them are teams that fi nished in the top 80 last year,” he said. “So we’re putting ourselves out there — putting ourselves in a position where we can get an at-large bid again. And boy, we’re picking up some quality wins along the way.”

By LUCAS [email protected]

Lady Toppers' 9-1 start gaining national attention

SEE START, PAGE 9

As apartments were torn down on the little piece of land on Normal Drive, residents took comfort in knowing a new international center would rise up to take their place.

But when WKU completed its master plan for construc-tion through 2022 this summer, that little patch of land called Colonial Court, whose back area is used to house visiting scholars, remained green space.

Barbara Burch, current provost emeritus and the vice president for Academic Affairs at WKU when Colonial Court was purchased, said buying the property was ulti-mately a mistake.

“Basically, we purchased the building and paid for tear-ing it down and it didn’t happen,” she said. “The fact is that we would not have used money to purchase the front prop-erty if we had any idea that we were not going to be able to build on it.”

By NICK [email protected]

SEE COURT, PAGE 7

Cage the Elephant is coming home again.The Bowling Green-based band is set to return to town for

a free concert next week on South Lawn. The concert starts at 8 p.m. Sept. 21 and also features opening act Manchester Orchestra.

WKU's Campus Activities Board and the Student Gov-ernment Association are partnering to sponsor the show. The Starry Nights Music Festival is also a sponsor, according to SGA’s website.

Cage the Elephant is an alternative-rock band that originat-ed in Bowling Green in 2006. Since then, Cage has released two albums, both of which can be purchased on iTunes.

The band’s top two selling songs on iTunes are “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” and “Back Against the Wall.”

By AMANDA [email protected]

SEE CAGE, PAGE 2

If you go...

■ What: WKU vs. Tennessee State

■ Where: Diddle Arena

■ When: 7 p.m.

■ Cost: $5 for adults, $3 for youth, free for students

Source: WKUSports.com

WKU Volleyball Match Tonight

UPon

The Chandler Memorial Cha-pel played host to quiet remem-brance on Sunday dedicated to the lives lost on 9/11.

The event, co-sponsored by Spirit Masters and the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, provided a place for quiet refl ec-tion and reminiscing for those that attended.

Providing a peaceful place to contemplate was important to Kaylee Egerer, a senior from Rochester, Mich. For Egerer, a corresponding secretary for Spirit Masters, looking back on 9/11 is a necessity.

“It is imperative that we re-member every day to take Sept. 11 and bring it into focus,” Eger-er said.

The event was free and open to everyone, from students to administrators. President Gary Ransdell attended, walking around the chapel with his wife and examining the gallery of

photographs and refl ecting with those there.

A common theme was the question of where people were during the attacks. Many were like Atlanta junior Michelle Gil-strap, a member of Spirit Mas-ters — in a classroom watching the events on a television.

It was Gilstrap's fourth-grade chorus class, and she can hardly believe that it has been a decade since that fateful day.

“That’s a big thing already — 10 years,” Gilstrap said.

But no matter how long it has been since the attacks, they will always be in the hearts and minds of people such as Louis-ville junior Curtis Spratte-Len-nington.

Spratte-Lennington carried with him a small American flag and a book dedicated to the attacks and the victims that died.

Spratte-Lennington said he has always been inspired by the way New York came together in the aftermath of the crisis.

For him, attending the cer-emony and remembering that day is a way to both pay respect to those that died, and to refl ect

on how much America has over-come since then.

“I think it is poignant to have something like this,”

Spratte-Lennington said. “To give a refl ection of the legacy of it, and how far we’ve come as a country.”

22 SEPTEMBER 13, 2011COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD

WKU hosts 9/11 remembrance ceremonyBy KEVIN [email protected]

CHRIS WILSON/HERALD

Photographs were on display at WKU's Chandler Memorial Chapel on Sunday as part of the 9/11 Day of Remem-brance, noting the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Remembering 9/11

CHRIS WILSON/HERALD

9/11/2011 - Members of the Bowling Green Fire Department lower their heads in prayer for the lives lost on Sept, 11, 2001 during the 10th Anniversary Memorial service at the Bowling Green Fire Department.

■ NEWS BRIEFALIVE Center hosts 9/11 memorial on South Lawn Saturday

The WKU ALIVE Center memorialized those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Saturday through an event called “We Remem-ber 9/11.”

The “We Remember” event is a branch off of 9/11 day, a day of service through good deeds, volunteerism and other charitable acts as a way of tribute, said Aurelia Spaulding, communications and marketing coordinator for ALIVE.

ALIVE set up a tent on South Lawn before Saturday’s football game against Navy to offer students free food and a chance to pay tribute the 9/11 attacks one decade after the tragedy.

Participants also had the opportunity to sign an “I Will” pledge, which asked students to “remember, refl ect and serve” in remembrance of Sept. 11, much like the 9/11 day of service.

Along with signing the pledge, there was a remem-brance banner available for students to sign with their thoughts about the attacks and how it affected them.

“We had countless campus and community members sign

the banner,” Spaulding said. She estimates 200 people stopped by the tent throughout the day.

The banner is now dis-played in Downing University Center.

Thank—you cards were available to sign for the ser-vice men and women fi ghting overseas.

“I saw a few parents talk to their children about 9/11 as they made thank— you cards for the soldiers,” Spaulding said.

The center accepted dona-tions of towels, washcloths, duct tape, emergency whis-tles, blankets and other items to make disaster preparedness kits for seniors in the area, Spaulding said.

Though the disaster pre-paredness kits were not as successful as the other cam-paigns, Spaulding was happy to report that many people contributed to the Division of Extended Learning and Out-reach’s collection of items for our troops.

“I, personally, am glad to be a part of a university that wants to encourage oth-ers and join efforts to serve and provide opportunities for meaningful service whenever possible,” Spaulding said after the event.

—Amanda Young

“Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” has been fea-tured in promotions for TNT’s “Leverage” and an episode of “Jersey Shore” on MTV.

Cage the Elephant has made appearances at sev-eral music festivals, in-cluding Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo.

Cage the Elephant

won’t be the only act on stage later this month.

CAB and SGA also ar-ranged for Manchester Or-chestra to play on Sept. 21.

Manchester Orchestra is an indie-rock band that also has albums available on iTunes.

The band’s hits include “I’ve Got Friends,” “I Can Feel a Hot One” and “Shake it Out,” according to iTunes.

The event will be free and open to the public.

CAGECONTINUED FROM FRONT

CRIME REPORTSReport■ Brittony Pinnegar, Minton Hall, reported on Sept. 11 that she saw a green Toyota Camry drive down the 14 stairs between the Downing University Center and the Academic Complex. The car drove off when it reached the bottom. The damage to the concrete steps is estimated at $300. The case is currently un-der investigation.■ Romona Sudbeck, McLean Hall, reported on Sept. 9 that her bike was stolen from the bike rack at McLean. The value is estimated at $300.■ Darlene Taylor, assistant director of talent search, reported on Sept. 9 that her wallet was stolen from her purse in her office in Jones Jaggers Hall. The value is estimated at $182.Arrests■ Jared Bridges, Southwest Hall, was arrested on Sept. 11 and charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on College Street and East 13th Street. Bridges was lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail and re-leased the same day.■ William Nalle, Somerset, was arrested on Sept. 10 and charged with riding his bicycle under the in-fl uence of alcohol. Nalle was observed on his bicycle on East 13th and State streets swerving and unable

to balance. Marijuana was also found in his pants pocket. Nalle was lodged in the Warren County Jail and released the same day.■ William Stone, Princeton, was observed on Sept. 10 on surveillance footage of the Pearce-Ford Tow-er Courtyard drinking out of a bottle resembling an alcoholic beverage. He was then arrested and charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place and possession of alcohol by a minor. Stone was lodged in the Warren County Jail and released the following day.■ Clifton Nally, Springfi eld, was cited on Sept. 10 for possession of alcohol by a minor after police saw him drinking a Natural Light in the back of a pickup truck that was driving down Chestnut Street. ■ Marcus Wilson, Elizabethtown; LaNell Logan, Zacharias Hall; and Charley Kestel, Poland Hall, were arrested on Sept. 10 and charged with disor-derly conduct after being involved in a fight outside Poland. Kestel had an additional charge of alcohol intoxication in a public place. All three were lodged in the Warren County Jail and released the same day.■ Aaron Barry, Southwest, was arrested on Sept. 9 and charged with alcohol intoxication after he was seen stumbling down College Heights Boulevard. Barry was lodged in the Warren County Jail and re-leased later the same day

33SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD

Summer heat aff ected WKU employees' conditions

Regents bylaw could imposefurther term limits

The Board of Regents made revi-sions to its bylaws and operating pro-cedures for the first time in a decade this summer, and further changes could be on the way.

At the July 29 meeting, the lan-guage of the bylaws was updated to reflect modern technology such as email, include committee items in the agenda and make all members of the board non-voting members of all committees.

Additionally, term limits could be imposed on faculty and staff Regents.

Currently, nine of the 11 Regents have statutory term limits, but faculty and staff regents do not.

None of the other seven four-year state universities in Kentucky have term limits on their faculty and staff regents, according to Faculty Regent Patricia Minter’s faculty report.

The current term for faculty and staff regents is three years. Once that term is up, an election among the entire faculty and staff determines whether or not they return to the board.

In an email to faculty and staff, President Gary Ransdell said the board must follow statutory mandates, but it does have the option to add internal policies, such as when they initiated term limits for the chair and vice-chair Regents several years ago.

The matter was discussed at the Board of Regents meeting in July, but Board Chair Freddie Higdon decided to put it on hold until a group repre-sentative of faculty and staff members could weigh in on the decision.

Ransdell approached Diane Carver, chair of the Staff Council, and Kelly Madole, president of the University Senate, to discuss the issue and return a recommendation to the board.

Carver said the staff council met and made a recommendation, which

they have passed on to Ransdell.Carver declined to comment on

what the staff council recommenda-tion was.

Madole said the University Senate decided to refer the matter to the Fac-ulty Welfare Committee, which then made the recommendation that there should not be term limits put on the faculty Regent.

That recommendation will now be put before the University Senate at its meeting on Thursday. Once the vote takes place the final recommendation will be given to Ransdell.

Madole said the committee made that recommendation because they do not think it is necessary to have term limits.

“There is no reason to put on arti-ficial term limits because we already have the responsibility to vote them in,” she said. “If we don’t want some-one to continue or to vote someone in, we won’t. The process seems to be working fine.”

Overall, Ransdell said the changes were a healthy exercise for the board.

“So much has changed in terms of communication and how a complex organization conducts business in the past 10 years,” Ransdell said.

By KATHERINE [email protected]

“Many people who are interested, but not music majors, want to sing but are intimidated by auditions,” Adam said. “It’s a place they can feel that they are part of it and enjoy it.”

Louisville senior Kathryn Crimm is part of the Women’s Chorus and said she joined for pure enjoyment since taking music classes isn’t part of her history major.

“It’s a great opportunity to continue music as a hobby,” she said.

Crimm said she loves the directors and the pieces of music the choruses get to perform – even if it’s in another language.

“Performing is always fun,” she said.

Willey also said the time required outside of class doesn’t feel like a man-datory event because everyone always has a good time together. He said it’s nice being with people who enjoy do-ing the same things as you.

Adam agreed that it’s not a typical class.

“You connect with people in other majors," she said. "You are involved and contribute and can step out of ev-ery day life."

Adam said that while there are usu-ally around 60 students in each chorus, there is room for more. They also per-form a wide variety of songs from clas-sical to contemporary pop.

Although Willey said he would pre-fer to sing show tunes, he has fun sing-ing the upbeat songs and has learned a lot while in choir. He plans to audition for the WKU RedShirts, an all-male a cappella group.

Willey said that the Men’s Chorus has given him stronger singing skills and more confidence.

Crimm said she has also improved her vocal techniques and sight-reading, but that the greatest part of choir is “people of all walks of life and differ-ent disciplines coming together.”

“If you enjoy music, this is a great opportunity to live out that passion,” she said.

The Men’s and Women’s Choruses’ first concert is at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 in Van Meter Hall. Admission is $5 for the public and $3 for students.

CHOIRCONTINUED FROM FRONT

WKU saved about $160,000 this summer after implement-ing new energy-usage policies, but it has left some questioning if the money was worth it.

WKU’s new summer energy program included consolidat-ing classrooms to keep high energy use limited to the most effi cient buildings, shifting working hours for faculty and reducing energy spikes during the peak hours of 1-7 p.m.

History Department Head Robert Dietle said Cherry Hall’s air conditioning usually turned off at 2 p.m. to avoid energy spikes during those peak hours — a time which energy usage costs WKU fi ve times as much on energy bills.

“This was not a very com-fortable building to be in this summer,” he said.

Patricia Minter, associate professor and the Faculty Re-gent, said Dietle even ordered fans to cope with the heat.

“It was so hot this summer that (Dietle) ordered from fa-cilities these two huge, 5-foot-tall construction fans that sat in the hall just trying to move the air around,” she said. “It sounded like there’s an airplane getting ready to take off, so you can’t hear yourself think.”

Dietle said Minter was not alone in her discomfort.

“I got a few complaints, but people sort of got the message that Western didn’t want them in their offi ces, so they didn’t come in,” Dietle said. “A lot of faculty have materials at home,

so they just worked there.”But not every WKU em-

ployee had that luxury.Building services atten-

dants worked their usual shifts through the heat this summer, with high temperatures routine-ly reaching into the 100s.

Facilities Management di-rector Charlie Jones said he ac-knowledged that the conditions weren’t great for BSAs this summer, but WKU equipped workers for the heat by includ-ing frozen neck bands to keep body temperatures low and an increased amount of time for breaks and hydration.

“Part of what you sign up for to be a BSA is to work in-clement weather at times — the same way with our grounds worker as well as our main-tenance staff,” Jones said.

“They have to service an air conditioner when it’s hot, and we work very closely on heat safety.

“There are some people that don’t agree with that approach, but you have to get work done in the available times through-out the summer.”

Jones also said those avail-able times do fall in peak hours when temperatures are high and the air conditioning is off, but that the odd hours come with the job.

“It seems logical to try to move people to shifts where the buildings aren’t used as much,” he said. “So they can more ef-fi ciently clean the classroom or the marker board or the professor’s offi ce rather than having people actually walk-ing through the building at the

same time that they are trying to wax the fl oor.”

There are a few specialty situations around campus, but most BSAs are scheduled to work from 4-11 a.m., 3-11 p.m. or 9 p.m.-5 a.m. Jones said.

Tammy Price, building ser-vices team leader, could not be reached for comment.

Dietle said even with the precautions, buildings such as Cherry Hall must have been diffi cult for BSAs to work in this summer.

“They must be miserable because they came in late at night after it’s been off for hours, and obviously they don’t turn the air conditioning back on until about the time day faculty and staff are show-ing up,” he said. “I assume it’s brutal for them.”

By NICK [email protected]

A Brief Cheer

COOPER BURTON/HERALD

From left to right: Swim team members Adam Mayer and Adam Pendry, of Toronto, Canada, Chris Donahue of Pensacola, Fla., and Tyler Groneck of Taylor Mill, cheer their teammates to the fi nish during the annual Run-Swim exercise at Preston Health and Activities Center on Friday after-noon. The half-swimming, half-running cardio workout is a WKU athletic tradition that guarantees exhaustion by the end.

If we don’t want someone to contin-ue or to vote some-one in, we won’t. The process seems to be working fine."

—KELLY MADOLEPresident of the University Senate

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ALLYSON LAYMANLouisvillesenior

““They (dorms) have a recycling bin for us, and I go and take my stuff out there. At home we used to recycle and my grandpar-ents used to do it. It’s just habit.”

IAN DOWTYValley Center, Kan. freshman

“I drink a lot of water, and I recycle the plastic bottles and I use the bins on campus. If they have the service you might as well contribute to the green eff ort.”

DEANDRE BRIDGESLouisville freshman

“I think you should do it, but I don’t know anything about (recycling) on campus.”

How do you recycle on campus?

peoplepeople

Recently, a girl walked into my class, asked my professor for help, and fell into a seizure. She was only there because her professor told her to “go out into the hall” when the student re-ported her impending fi t. If she had just stayed out there alone, she could have been seriously injured.

Later, I asked another one of my tenured professors about the faculty’s emergency re-sponse procedures.

She informed me that she wasn’t aware there were any and that faculty did not even re-ceive basic fi rst aid training.

She did call her superior and discovered that every classroom is supposed to have an emergen-cy response card in it.

We looked for it and found it in the lectern of our classroom, buried under several other pa-pers and forms.

This card’s contents, in short,

are “stay there and call for help.”The student’s professor

could not be bothered to “stay there” to help her, which high-lights a serious issue: WKU lacks universally known, effec-tive policies for dealing with classroom medical crises.

Administration, it is vital that you update your emergency re-sponse protocols to aid students and faculty when outside help has not yet arrived, and train professors in basic fi rst aid so they can help in a way other than calling for outside resources.

Students, please do not hesi-tate to tell your professors if you have a medical condition that may one day require their actions—they are there to help you.

Professors should actively encourage this behavior as well.

Andrew Salman Scottsville junior

THE ISSUE: Recycling and sustainability services throughout campus are offered to the WKU community, but not everyone is educated on how to recycle, where to recycle or the impact re-cycling creates.

OUR VIEW: Students, fac-ulty and staff must think about the products they buy and the fi nal resting place of the waste from those products. They also need to educate themselves about sus-tainability — not only on WKU’s campus but also in Bowling Green.

Despite WKU leading in the commitment to going green, Sustainability Coordinator Christian Ryan-Downing said the university creates about 500,000 pounds of waste and only about 13 percent of that gets recycled.

“How do you reduce your waste on a campus the size of a small city?” she asked.

Recycling itself is not the an-swer.

Every time your recycle a product, it’s downgraded to a less recyclable product because new non-recyclable synthetic materials are added to them. For example, many “recycled” products say they were created from 30 percent recycled mate-

rial.So instead of buying bottles

and bottles of water that can only be recycled so many times, use aluminum cans because they are not only recyclable, but also gen-erate revenue.

Because of this, schools in-cluding Washington University in St. Louis banned bottled water on campus. Students at WKU prefer having 20 ounce Pepsi product bottles instead of aluminum cans because they are larger with re-sealable lids. Students need to move away from plastic if WKU is to remain ahead in the green movement.

Other simple sustainability concepts exist on campus as well, including printing double-sided papers and reusing all kinds of bags.

“There are solutions. It’s just educating people to be a part of these solutions,” Ryan-Downing said.

Another issue that came to our attention is how off-campus students living in apartment com-plexes and rental houses recycle.

The city does provide curbside recycling, but many off-campus students don’t have that luxury at their apartments and rentals. Another option lies in the com-munity collection recycling cen-

ter resting behind the service and supply center on campus.

Off-campus students: every-thing in Bowling Green, espe-cially near campus, sits about fi ve minutes away from each other. So bring your recyclables to the recy-cling center.

And next time you shop at the grocery store or even shop on campus, think about your food and other products' packaging. Plastic wrap and bags don’t help sustainability, and neither do the

tons of styrofoam on campus and in grocery stores.

Nothing ever goes away, and if this doesn’t sway you to become more green, take a trip to where our trash goes in a landfi ll in Ohio County.

As Ryan-Downing said, “One trip to a landfi ll will make it very clear as to why you should care."

This editorial represents the ma-jority opinion of the Herald s̓ 10-member editorial board.

Live sustainably. Go green.

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To WKU's biggest fan: prove it to us

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

have an opinion?Write a letter to the edi-tor (250 words or less) or a commentary (500 words and a photo). E-mail them to [email protected].

WKU students: You have a week and a day to prove to us that you’re the ultimate Topper fan. Yes, shirtless guy who paints up for every home event, I’m talking to you.

And we hope the reward for our Ultimate Fan Contest is worth it (it is).

The Herald opened up the contest last week. Film a video one-minute in length or less showing why you’re the ulti-mate WKU fan, post to You-tube, and email to [email protected].

The winner and a friend goes where very few have before — into the locker room with Willie Taggart, running on the fi eld with the team, to the press box for a radio spot and more — during WKU’s Oct. 1 home football game against Arkansas State. For full details of what you’d win, visit wkuherald.com/sports/ultimate_fan.

Deadline to submit is Sept.

20. We’ll be judging the vid-eos on creativity and original-ity and then select fi ve fi nalists for an open vote on our website, wkuherald.com.

I’ll personally vote for the most off-the-wall video I see. And based on the folks who are constantly sitting in the front row at Diddle Arena, I expect this to get interesting.

The winner will be an-nounced in the Herald’s Friday, Sept. 30 print edition, and we’ll also let the world know via Facebook and Twitter.

As far as I know, this is the fi rst such contest to happen at WKU. So break some ground. Go crazy. Get ready to do all the things you’d normally do at a game — except at the Arkansas State game, enjoy knowing you’re WKU’s ulti-mate fan.

Jonathan LintnerEditor in chief


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No matter which campus they go to, Alpha Phi Alphas expect to see other Alphas.

“You know you have a brother right there, and that’s just special,” said Hopkinsville senior Mi-chael Warren Jr., WKU’s chapter president of the Alphas.

Warren explained how important the brotherhood is, and he said stepping is an important part of that.

“It just gives us a time to get together, have fun and chill — a time where you let all your stress go and forget about school and everything,” Warren said.

He said the Alphas have won the past three step show championships at WKU and is confident they will win a fourth this year.

The Skee-Phi Yard Show, which was a free step

performance hosted by the Alphas and Alpha Kappa Alpha at the Garrett Ballroom, took place on Fri-day to help freshman become more knowledgeable about different fraternities and sororities at WKU.

“We just go out there and have a good time and hope that it helps the campus get acquainted with us,” Warren said. “It’s not as serious as the step show for homecoming because there is no competi-tion.”

The Alphas are celebrating their 40th anniver-sary this year of being at WKU.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was founded on Tuesday Dec. 4, 1906 at Cornell Uni-versity in Ithaca, N.Y. The WKU chapter, Eta Rho, was founded Oct. 31, 1971.

Alpha Phi Alpha brothers from left Michael Warren Jr., Tristan Jones, Mychal-Drew Moses, Dominique Adams and Kortez Ivory get ready before stepping in the Skee-Phi Yard Show last week at Garrett Ballroom.


Offi cial: WKU competitive in international graduate tuition

Bryan Russell, director of Planning, Design and Construction, said WKU decided to combine the international center with four other programs moving into a $22 million building on Normal Street.

“We had planned to build an interna-tional building, but what they decided to do was slow down,” he said. “We’re out of land, so we don’t need to be building a lot of little buildings.”

Instead, WKU hopes to build a 7,500 square-foot facility to house not only the international center, but also the Honors College, Offi ce of Scholar Development, Offi ce of Undergradu-ate Research, Confucius Institute, Navitas and Chinese Flagship Pro-gram.

Burch said the international depart-ment has certainly outgrown its current housing.

“I’m happy to know internation-

als is going to get a home some-where because they desperately need one,” she said. “At the same time, I’m disappointed it didn’t hap-pen because it would have created a sense of identity and visibility for the program in a very prominent way on the campus.”

Burch said funding for the project was in place with money from the Di-vision of Extended Learning and Out-reach when she stepped down as vice president of academic affairs.

“A year ago, all of that construc-tion was paid for,” she said. “With the deans, we were able to understand how to use some of the revenue money from DELO and be able to pay for that build-ing without taking it from any of the departments and colleges.”

But President Gary Ransdell said that money has since been put on hold.

“There just wasn’t enough,” he said in reference to the DELO rev-enue. “They’re still there — some used to renovate six little houses for visiting scholars, the larger building,

those seven structures, and the rest put on hold.”

Ransdell said the international build-ing project outgrew WKU’s resources and that the alternate Honors/interna-tional building project will need to re-ceive funding before it moves forward as well.

“We still intend to build a home for the Honors College and an international center on Normal in that vicinity, but we have to identify the funding source in order to proceed,” he said. “We’re not going to build anything for which we don’t have a clear and dependable fi nancing plan.”

Akash Patel, a graduate student from Surat, India, lived in one of the apartments at Colonial Court before WKU tore them down.

He said the bigger plan for the space brought him some small com-fort when he moved out of his apart-ment.

“When they informed us we had to leave, we were pretty disappoint-ed,” Patel said. “I was attached to it.”

The implementation of new tuition rates for international graduate stu-dents has fi xed glitches found in last year’s tuition model, according to uni-versity offi cials.

The old model assumed students would take a 10-hour course load, therefore overcharging those only tak-ing nine hours.

“I think it’s important to emphasize the number of students enrolled in nine credit hours, because now they’re be-ing charged for nine credit hours in-stead of last year’s model when they were being charged for (the equiva-lent) of 10,” said Becky Wharton in the Graduate Studies offi ce.

The new tuition model based on credit hours taken allows those stu-dents only taking nine hours to pay $8,658 compared to the fl at rate of $9,550 from last semester. However, this increases tuition rates for those taking more than 10 credit hours.

“In the old system, students tak-ing nine hours, actually, in truth, were paying a slightly infl ated rate,” said Kinchel Doerner, interim dean of

Graduate Studies and Research. “The students that were taking 10 hours, the rate kind of changed, because they got an extra value in that extra credit hour they were taking.

“What that meant was if you fi xed that quirk in the way that was calculat-ed, and that actually caused the amount of money that you would actually pay for a nine hour credit load to go down.”

Most international graduate stu-dents are funded by various scholar-ships.

Without recognizing those students funded by scholarships, there are 52 international graduate students taking more than 10 hours this semester and two students taking the 15-hour maxi-mum.

“This leaves a total of 52 of these 265 (students) who probably are expe-riencing an impact,” Doerner said. “I think that’s reasonable. The extent of the impact, we don’t necessarily have those numbers, but I think it’s probably minimal.”

Among the 52 students, which is 19.6 percent of international graduate student population, is Ranjana Roka, a graduate student from Nepal who is not receiving scholarships that cover

her tuition expenses completely.Roka said she hopes to obtain a

graduate assistantship next semester, which will help pay for tuition costs. Otherwise, Roka said she may have to look into other universities because she can't afford to pay the increased tu-ition price.

WKU’s international graduate tu-ition rates based on nine-hour enroll-ment are $8,658. The University of Kentucky charges students $10,392 per semester for graduate students at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce and the University of Louisville charges $9,045 per semester at the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Stud-ies.

“When you compare us to other schools, we go toe to toe with any of them,” said Crissy Priddy, assistant director of Graduate Studies and Re-search. “I think our graduate interna-tional enrollment does increase be-cause our faculty does do an excellent job of teaching these students and our name precedes us.

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Neidell added that Outer-bridge “put the team on her shoulders” this weekend and led them to victory in both games.

“She’s such a talented player, and she can really be a differ-ence maker,” he said. “We know she can be a difference maker and we know that she can score goals like she does. We keep try-ing to convince her that it opens up more opportunities for her to score goals when she’s working on both sides of the ball.”

Neidell said the Lady Top-pers looked a bit “sluggish” in the fi rst half of Sunday’s game,but saw improvement in the second half.

After only four shots in the fi rst half, WKU was able to fi re off 12 in the second — three of which came from Outerbridge.

“We talked before the game about attacking the end line more,” Neidell said. “We weren’t very effective in the fi rst half so we stressed that again in the sec-ond half. We also talked about physical effort. The fi rst half was the fi rst time that I thought we didn’t put the effort in required to win the game.”

That’s when Outerbridge be-came a leader.

Junior defender Ali Stahlke said Outerbridge stepped up on Sunday when the team as a whole wasn’t playing well.

“She gets it done when you need it the most,” she said. “We obviously didn’t play very well, and she stepped up and fi nished what she could. She’s just been playing awesome and getting in the box and scoring goals and being where she needs to be.”

WKU will play Rice on Sat-urday in their fi nal match before conference play begins.

Sophomore defensive specialist Ashley Potts

said the team, which Hud-son has consistently called “special,” is doing well because the players simply believe in one another.

“We’re all confi dent in

each other so we know if we’re going to set some-one, they’re going to put it down,” she said. “We know the back row’s going to dig it if we need it. We

probably could have been a little more aggressive in serving this weekend, but I thought we played great.”

Hudson credited the Lady Toppers’ poise as a

big factor in their success thus far.

“Obviously the tal-ent helps and experience helps, but this is a team that just has not gotten shook all year,” he said. “We don’t get shaken very easily.”

In the NCAA top 25 poll last Monday, the Lady Toppers received four votes, putting them in the top 40 even before their 3-0 weekend. They’ll likely crack the top 25 this week.

WKU was picked along with Middle Tennessee to fi nish fi rst in the East Di-vision in the Sun Belt pre-season poll.

While conference play has yet to start, the Lady Toppers have the best re-cord of all the Sun Belt teams.

The Lady Toppers’ start has put them toward the top of the conference in several statistical catego-ries as well, including fi rst in kills and assists.

WKU has benefi ted from the emergence of ju-nior outside hitter Jordyn Skinner, who currently leads the Sun Belt in kills.

Her 30 kills against Xavier on Friday rank as second most in a match in WKU history.

Even with her stellar play offensively, she credits WKU’s improved defense as a big reason the team has performed so well.

“We’ve been trying to work on that ever since the preseason," Skinner said. "So we’re still doing that — being consistent, and having fun.”

Hudson said the strong start is helping WKU gain a national following.

“We were getting votes in the preseason polls, but a start like this does more to help us really gain a na-tional presence,” he said.

He added that he hopes the good start extends to Tuesday’s home match against Tennessee State.

Tonight’s game marks the third consecutive year the Lady Toppers have played Tennessee State, beating them 3-0 in both of the previous matches.

“They’re a team we’ve been able to handle in the past, but every year’s dif-ferent and every team’s different,” Hudson said.


Constitution Week:Constitution Week:The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11: Lessons LearnedThe Tenth Anniversary of 9/11: Lessons Learned

Wednesday, September 14Wednesday, September 14

“Failure to Launch: How technology keeps kids tied to their parents”

2:30pm: ICSR (Garrett Conference Center) Since 9/11 parent’s anxiety over being out of

touch with their children has risen to an all time high. Cell phones, email, instant messaging, texting, Facebook and Skype have led college students never having to say goodbye. Come join in a discussion with Dr. Debra Crisp and Masters student Jeannie Banter on how new

technology may be delaying the point at which college students become independent from

their parents. Sponsored by Counseling and Testing Center“Perceptions and Realities of WKU Middle

Eastern Students Post 9/11”4:00pm: ICSR (Garrett Conference Center)

Sponsored by English as a Second Language Institute (ESLI). Refreshments

Eroding Your Rights? A video presentation and discussion on “Liberty and Security in an

Age of Terrorism”7:30pm: ICSR (Garrett Conference Center)

Facillitator: Dr. Jeff Budziak, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political Science

Sponsored by Department of Political Science Public Law Program. Refreshments

Happy Birthday U.S. Happy Birthday U.S. Constitution!Constitution!

Thursday, September 15Thursday, September 15

Project Affect: Fall Student Engagement Fair11:00 – 2:00pm: WKU Centennial Mall

Tables will be set up for campus and community organizations to share ways to get involved

through service and become more active citizens. There will be projects and information at each

table for students. Sponsored by ALIVE CCP and the Institute for

Citizenship & Social Responsibility“In a Different Light: The Definition and

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Sophomore midfi elder Torrie Lange heads the ball in the second half of WKU's 2-0 home win against Eastern Michigan on Sunday. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, WKU wore black uniforms to commemorate the lives lost.

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Senior middle hitter Tiff any Elmore and sophomore outside hitter Janee' Diggins go up for a block against LSU in the second set of the Lady Toppers win on Saturday. WKU swept its tournament in Diddle Arena to improve its record to 9-1.


Tailgating, patriotism highlights game-day atmosphere

Fans came out in droves Sat-urday afternoon to begin tailgat-ing for the WKU-Navy game at Smith Stadium and enjoy the atmosphere on a patriotic week-end.

After improvements had been made to the layout for tail-gating on campus, fans and stu-dents were eager to take advan-tage of the new areas available.

“The atmosphere on game day, to me, is all about the stu-dents who come out,” Owens-boro sophomore Tyler Lock-hart said. “I think Western has done a great job in trying to facilitate more and more stu-

dents to come down here. Ev-erything around here is really nice.”

WKU developed a new plan to improve tailgating options for fans who were having trou-ble fi nding room to tailgate in years past.

The plan opened up tailgat-ing spots in the Valley and on the lawns outside Bates-Runner Hall and McLean Hall.

Barry White, 55, of Alvaton, said improvements are always welcomed because tailgating has become a tradition for him and his friends.

“We have a group of 15-20 people that have been getting together for 10 years in various spots,” White said. “We love it

and certainly look forward to it all year. These home-game Sat-urdays are like holidays for us.”

Navy fan John Weires, 49, of Louisville, was also impressed with the organization of tailgat-ing on the WKU campus.

“I love the campus,” Weires said. “I thought it was really well organized with just the placement we got, the scenery and all the fans walking by.”

Weires graduated from the Naval Academy in 1984. How-ever, his daughter is currently a senior at WKU and so he felt ties to both schools.

Weires described seeing WKU play Navy on the anni-versary weekend of 9/11 as a “chance of a lifetime.”

“We saw this game on the schedule and blocked this week-end out of our schedule basical-ly a year ago just so we could make it here because this is just incredible,” he said. “We’ve got an affi nity with both schools.

“We love Western, but of course I’ve got a partial favor-itism with the Naval Academy so it’s really been a fantastic experience to see us play down here.”

All the patriotic events that WKU planned also helped to enhance the atmosphere throughout the game.

WKU passed out American fl ags to all fans, held a moment of silence and had a helicopter fl y-over prior to kickoff, among

other things.“I think it’s really patriotic

to have all that going on, you know, the helicopter coming in,” Atlanta senior Chris Steink-er said. “It’s good for the entire country and it stands for how united the United States really is.”

Lockhart said while tailgat-ing was an “awesome” experi-ence, the idea of playing Navy on the 9/11 anniversary week-end is what defi ned the game-time atmosphere.

“I honestly think it was a great idea,” Lockhart said. “We all love this country and playing them on this anniversary week-end is really an honor and privi-lege.”

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Just before kickoff at last Saturday's Navy-WKU game, rain drenched the nearly 20,000 fans at Houchens-Smith Stadium but didn't put a damper on the fi rst home football weekend on the Hill. The Midshipmen came to town a day before the nation recognized the 10th anniversary of 9/11, setting a patriotic theme for the game.


Doughty then sparked both the offense and a quarterback controversy by marching WKU down the fi eld on his fi rst se-ries, setting up a one-yard touchdown run from se-nior running back Bobby

Rainey.Doughty went 5-of-9

on the drive for 70 yards, including a 13-yard com-pletion on a 4th and 10 to German.

Following the game, Rainey said that he started seeing an energy boost in the offense once Doughty began completing passes.

But Doughty threw for

just 32 yards the rest of the game and had an intercep-tion returned for a Navy touchdown.

“They both did some good things,” Taggart said. “Brandon probably did a little worse than Kawaun, but that comes expected from not play-ing a lot.”

Taggart added that

Doughty needs to work on the mental aspects of the quarterback position and said he needs to become a “fi lm rat.”

“Brandon’s a kid that has a lot of talent to be really good,” Taggart said. “Athletically, he can make all the throws. Mentally, he’s not where we need him to be as a

quarterback yet.”Neither Jakes nor

Doughty were made avail-able for comment over the weekend to discuss the situation.

Taggart insisted that whoever gets the start against Indiana State will be the team’s quar-terback for that game and that there would be

no platoon system be-tween the two.

So who will that quar-terback be?

“We’ve got a whole week of practice to go through,” Taggart said Monday. “Whoever we feel like gives us the best chance to win will play.”

In other words, stay tuned.

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Navy’s triple-option offense has become one of the most dread-ed attacks for opposing defenses to face in all of college football.

WKU saw why on Saturday when the Midshipmen accumu-lated 510 total yards, including 410 on the ground, against the Topper defense in a 40-14 Navy win.

Head Coach Willie Taggart said Monday he was “so happy” his team was done facing the op-tion.

“We’ve got some bumps and

bruises. We’ve got a lot of those,” Taggart said. “Let me tell you what — that was a different ball club.

“They were experts at what they do. When they chop block, they chop block, and guys go down. You look at lot of those big runs, and there’s a lot of our guys on the ground…You can simulate it in practice, but it’s not like fac-ing the real thing.”

Senior outside linebacker Ben Duvall, who led the Toppers with 14 tackles in the loss, said Mon-day he has no concerns with the defense re-adjusting to more con-ventional offenses.

“It’s defi nitely different play-

ing the option like that, but we’ll get back to playing our defense the way we always are,” he said.

Andrews makes “return” as returner

Sophomore Antonio Andrews was expected to play a “do-ev-erything” role for WKU’s offense this year, but he touched the ball just three times in the Toppers’ season-opening loss to Kentucky after being banged up throughout fall camp.

But Andrews was used heavily on kick returns against Navy and compiled 202 return yards, includ-ing one for 75-yards in the second

quarter.Andrews on Monday said he

was glad to make an impact on the fi eld but wishes the outcome would’ve been different.

“It’s all good and dandy having those yards, but it’s nothing with having that loss,” he said.

Taggart said after the game he expects to use Andrews more on offense in weeks to come.

Taggart: “We’re going to get there”

WKU has started 0-2, but Tag-gart said he doesn’t expect his Toppers to stay winless for long.

“We’re not going to put our

heads down or anything because you guys think we should,” Tag-gart said to media members on Monday. “One thing I like is that you guys’ expectations are higher — that you expect more from our football team.

“We’re going to get there, no matter what.”

Taggart also noted that both losses have been out-of-confer-ence games and that the team’s preseason goal of a Sun Belt Con-ference championship is still on the table.

“It’s two ball games,” he said. “Our goals we set out before the season are still there.”


Freshman receiver Boe Brand is upended by the Navy defense after a short gain in the third quarter of WKU’s 40-14 loss at Smith Stadium on Saturday night. Navy’s triple-option attack shredded the Topper defense for 510 total yards.

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • Vol. 87, No. 5 • WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 9.13.2011

FOOTBALL COLUMN

SOCCER

A Passing


Junior quarterback Kawaun Jakes loses his helmet after meeting a wall of Navy defenders in the fi rst quarter of WKU’s 40-14 loss at Smith Stadium on Saturday.

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Redshirt senior forward Mallory Outerbridge celebrates her fi rst of two goals against Eastern Michigan on Sunday afternoon. WKU won 2-0.

Do yourself a favor and watch a winning team

Senior forward Mallory Outer-bridge said she wasn’t happy with how she played at times this weekend. Her four goals and an assist, however, told a different story.

“I wasn’t pleased with my own performance in the fi rst half of (Sun-day’s) match,” Outerbridge said. “Fri-day’s match was good, and the second half of this game was good. The fi rst half was really sloppy.”

Outerbridge scored two of her four goals in the second half of Sunday’s match against Eastern Michigan, lead-ing the Lady Toppers to a 2-0 victory and improving their record to 5-2.

All the while, Outerbridge passed Jenna Silverburg for the career points record with 74.

The fi rst goal on Sunday came off a header after a cross by senior forward Kaylyn Pratt 12 minutes into the sec-ond half. Then, with 12 minutes left in the game, senior midfi elder Kelsey

Meyer passed the ball to Outerbridge who beat the keeper in a one-on-one situation.

“If the passes aren’t there, I won’t be scoring, so I give credit to the rest of the team,” Outerbridge said. “Kelsey and Kaylyn both made amaz-ing passes today. The credit goes to them.”

Not surprisingly, Head Coach Ja-son Neidell was impressed with Out-erbridge’s play this weekend, saying that she played two matches when she looked like a more complete player.

“We keep telling her that we want her to complete her game,” he said. “We wanted her to be a complete player on both sides of the ball. This weekend she put in a pretty good per-formance both attacking and defen-sively.

“She is on her way to doing the things we want her to do on a consis-tent basis.”

By AUSTIN [email protected]

SEE SOCCER, PAGE 9

It’s amazing the kind of atmosphere that can accom-pany a winning team.

Those who attended the volleyball matches at last weekend’s tournament at Diddle Arena know the feel-ing.

It was electric — exciting, even. There were 431 people in atten-

dance for Friday’s match against Wake Forest, but it felt and sound-ed more like 3,000.

During some of the men’s and women’s basketball games last season, it felt like the exact oppo-site.

“Diddle had a great buzz to it tonight,” Head Coach Travis Hud-son said after Friday night’s match against Wake Forest. “We’ve been working hard for a lot of years…Our kids have been working hard to try and create an atmosphere. When I walked out of the tunnel tonight I could feel it right away and that’s excit-ing.”

Senior middle hitter Lindsay Williams said there’s just something unique about matches at Diddle.

“We go to any other home court, and yeah, they have a great crowd, but ours just feels different,” she said. “It feels more special.”

But frankly, there should be far more fans in Diddle when the Lady Toppers are playing than there have been.

Right now, that’s the best team on campus, and it’s not close.

The Lady Toppers are 9-1 after wins over Xavier, Wake Forest and LSU this past weekend and will likely break the Top 25 soon if they continue winning this week.

In addition to last weekend’s wins, WKU has mowed down other big name opponents such as Virginia Tech, Ohio and Belmont.

The Lady Toppers aren't just winning the matches either—they’re winning handily.

Aside from their loss to Kentucky, the Lady Toppers have dropped just four sets. Hudson knows that’s noth-ing scoff at.

“We’re in a stretch in our schedule, where in an 11-match stretch, 10 of the teams fi nished in the top 80 last year,” he said. “We’re putting ourselves out there and putting ourselves in a position to get an at-large bid again, and boy, we’re picking up some quality wins along the way.”

A winning volleyball team is nothing new for WKU, though, especially under Hudson. WKU has had 11 straight 20-win seasons and been to fi ve NCAA Tourna-ments under Hudson.

On top of the quality on-court product, the volleyball team is perhaps the most engaging team at WKU.

After each game, Hudson and the rest of the team join with the pep band and “Hudson’s Hillraisers”—the student fan group—in singing the WKU fi ght song. They follow that up by signing autographs after each game.

Junior outside hitter Jordyn Skinner said the players just want fans to come to one game.

“If they just come to one, they’ll love it,” she said. “You just have to get them hooked on one game and they’ll want to come back.”

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What we do know: In the third quarter of WKU’s 40-14 home loss to Navy Saturday, Head Coach Willie Taggart benched starting quarter-back Kawaun Jakes for backup Brandon Dough-ty.

What we don’t know: Will it be the redshirt freshman Doughty or junior Jakes that starts this Saturday against Indiana State?

Head Coach Willie Taggart said on Monday he didn’t know either.

When asked at the team’s weekly press lun-cheon who his quarterback would be against the Sycamores, Taggart replied by asking, “Who’s your quarterback? You guys (the media) have all the answers—tell me who’s your quarterback.

“It’s always been a quarterback battle,” Tag-gart said. “They’re both going to get (practice) reps, and we’ll see.”

Jakes had drawn criticism after WKU’s open-ing loss to Kentucky when he threw for fewer

than 100 yards while giving up four intercep-tions.

However, he showed signs of improvement early against the Midshipmen.

Jakes fi nished 7-of-12 for 51 yards with an in-terception against Navy; though to his credit, he didn’t get much help from his receivers.

Junior receiver Marcus Vasquez dropped two catchable fi rst-quarter passes, and redshirt freshman Joel German ran what Taggart called a wrong route on Jakes’ lone interception.

But a third-quarter fumble in which Jakes dropped the ball on a pump fake caused Taggart to insert Doughty.

“I just felt like we needed a spark and want-ed to try something new,” Taggart sai Saturday after the game. “We saw the same thing we’ve seen in our offense — that it hasn’t been going anywhere — and wanted to see if we could get going.”

Taggart undecided between Jakes, Doughty as starting QB

By BRAD [email protected]

SEE DECISION, PAGE 11

Outerbridge leads Lady Toppers over weekend

Decision

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