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Laura Jackson and Ryan Wiggins hug after hearing their names announced for SGA President and Executive Vice President. The two were surrounded by a cheering campaign team.
By TAYLOR WEITER taylor_weiter@mymail.eku.edu
Two tightly contested campaigns came to an end as Laura Jackson and Ryan Wiggins were announced as the 2015-2016 student body president and executive vice president, respectively. Voting took place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 on EKU’s website, and Jackson and Wiggins said their campaign team spent the entire day meeting with students and encouraging everyone to vote. “I am thrilled,” Wiggins said. “We worked our butts off and in the end, it was
all worth it.” Jackson and Wiggins credited their success to their campaign team, specifically campaign managers Hayley Abbott and Alexa Turner. “Our campaign team was on top of it, and we owe a lot of credit to them for going out there and really pushing our message,” Wiggins said. Jackson said she is excited to have won, and ready to get to work now that they have been announced. “I’m ready to hit the ground running,” Jackson said. “I have big plans that I’m ready to get started on." Her first task on the agenda: getting
Guest speaker claims Trump's immigration plan won't work By CAITLYN RAHSCHULTE progress@eku.edu
“It’s a scam,” Dr. Raymond Michalowski said on President Trump’s proposed wall that would divide the U.S. and Mexico. “The Great Wall of China did not work and the Great Wall of Trump will not work.” Michalowski, an Arizona Regents Professor and member of the Northern Arizona University Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, lectured to debunk myths and hyperboles made before and during President Trump’s administration and to propose his alternatives to the current immigration policy. A published criminal justice author, with books including Law and Crime, State Crime in the Global Age and Run for the Wall, Michalowski first discussed the popular theory that immigrants steal “good” jobs from Americans. This claim is a “pants-on-fire lie,” Michalowski said.
“In fact, they rarely ever take the shitty jobs from Americans,” he said. “The majority of work held by immigrants is typically low level agriculture production or janitorial. Immigrants are actually filing gaps in the workforce that are due to a declining American birthrate. They’re taking jobs that most Americans won’t get out of bed for.” Michalowski also debunked the idea that immigrants are more likely to cause crime. In fact, Michalowski said that immigrants are less likely to commit crime than Americans. “In other words, the majority of states that are in the top 15 for immigration are not in the top 15 for immigration and violence,” he said. Michalowski had several alternatives for the current immigration policy, including relaxing the boarder so those who qualify can pass safely and easily, with the government starting a visa program for workers and those seeking an
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their Colonel Pride program started. “I want to start out Colonel Pride program, uniting the student body,” Jackson said. While the numbers could not be released at the time of the announcement, SGA Administrative Assistant Jean Arthur said the election saw good voter turnout. Competing presidential nominee John McKinney said that while he is sad about the outcome, he is excited to return to senate and wishes the best for Jackson and Wiggins during their time in office. McKinney’s vice presidential nominee Nicholas Perri echoed his running
mate’s sentiments, saying, “It was a good run, it was a really good experience working with John, but I know we’ll be in good hands.” Jackson, who said she was excited to take office, met with current president Collin Potter directly after the results were announced to discuss transitions. Potter said he is happy to help smoothly transition Jackson and Wiggins into office. "I am very excited for Laura and Ryan– they have an exciting road ahead of them," Potter said. Lucy Giordullo was also selected as VP of SAC, and a full list of senate and Corbin campus representatives is on sga.eku.edu.
Lecturer discusses the use of animals in modern art By ADAM TOMPKINS progress@eku.edu
A pioneer in animal studies, Steve Baker, came to EKU as part of the Chautauqua Series to discuss the use of animals in artworks. The British author recently published his latest book, Artist Animal, and took the opportunity to come to EKU to discuss how animals in art fit Chautauqua’s theme of “Order & Chaos.” Baker recalled when he was in New York in June 2000 promoting his book, The Postmodern Animal, around the time that the sculpture Puppy was placed in Rockefeller Plaza. Baker recalled that the New York Times wrote an article about the sculpture, wondering why animals were taking over the art world. Seeing as most of the artwork he showcased either had to do with animals suffering, dead, or turned into roadkill, Baker used the vulgar pictures to show how artists use animals in art to discuss
major issues in human and animal relations. “I’m trying to offer some insight as to why artwork would look shocking when the artist is relaying a serious message,” Baker said. Among the more subdued works was Who gets on the Ark?, which showed STEVE BAKER a wheelbarrow overflowing with stuffed animals. Baker showed how dead animals can be used in contemporary art, such as an animal rights protest in Madrid, in which people stood in one area silently holding their dead pets. Similarly, Baker showed a photo of a performance artist’s work they did with their dead cat, as a tribute to the
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How two EKU students became social media stars By COLLIN OVERTON progress@eku.edu
For some EKU students, social media isn’t just a pastime – it’s a platform for their ideas. Wylie Caudill is a junior studying broadcast electronic media. His works are familiar to many around campus. His chalk drawings, often of Pokémon and fictional characters, have sprouted all over campus in the past year and capture a vibrancy unique to Caudill’s own style. His artwork, however, serves as more than just decoration. With each of his drawings, Caudill captures the scene and uploads photos to his Instagram account, which has roughly 3,482 followers. His growing popularity has led to multiple job offers and recognition from WYLIE CAUDILL sources beyond EKU. “It all started with chalk art my freshman year,” Caudill said. “I just had some leftover chalk one day, so I decided to use it and got so much attention from it that I just kept going.” The attention he soon garnered online swelled his Instagram following well beyond the 800 or so people he had prior to his freshman year. While Caudill considers himself no Instagram icon, he won’t deny everything his online presence has done for
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Wylie Caudill works on his Pokemon project that garnered not only community, but social media attention over Labor Day weekend.
him. His follower count allows for hundreds of responses and shares as opposed to the occasional comments he gets from passerbys who happen to catch him working. More importantly, it allows for his art to live on long af-
ter it’s swept off the limestone buildings and sidewalks of
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CAMPUS BRIEFS
POLICE BE AT BEAT Mar. 24
Campus Rec to host Light the Night 5K
An off-campus student, currently suspended from EKU, was arrested and charged with displaying threatening behavior. The student was reported for sitting in a bath tub full of cold water in Grand Campus and allowing it to overflow, causing damage to the apartment below; trespassing in a Grand Campus apartment, knocking things off tables and accusing the residents of holding a female against her will (although no female was in the apartment); attempting to fall off a balcony and saying he would kill anyone who messed with the girl he was interested in. The student was also in possession of a list with the names of several Phi Delta Theta fraternity members and showing up to an off-campus residence with handcuffs and duct tape and claiming he had a rifle, though no rifle was located by the police.
Campus Recreation will host the Light the Night 5K glow run. This event is a run/walk through EKU’s Richmond Campus. At 9 p.m. April 7 starting at the Fitness and Wellness Center. Registration is online through April 4 or during packet pick-up times April 5, 5 p.m. -8 p.m., April 6, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., April 7, 7 p.m.-8:45 p.m., during the week of the run at the Fitness and Wellness Center. Entry fee for students starts at $25 prior to April 3 and goes up to $30 starting April 4. Nonstudent entry fee starts at $35 and goes up to $40 after the April 3 deadline. This race is replacing the EKU color run. It is the first year they are trying the glow run. This race is a part of EKU’s “Spring Thing Week,” said Justin Raymer, Assistant Director Competitive Sports. Glowing cones, paint, and Glow-Zones will light the way of the race. The Glow-Zones are tents lit by black light where runners can hear music and see different themes for the race. The race will have a ‘60’s themed tent featuring a disco ball as well as an underwater themed tent full of bubbles. Campus Recreation is requesting volunteers to assist with the race. Volunteers will be course marshals, cheering people on and working the registration tables. To vol-
Mar. 25 A drunk Richmond man carrying a switchblade was wrestled off of a female Grand Campus resident outside the elevators. The man had also punched two female Grand Campus residents in the face. The man's girlfriend, another resident, was not harmed.
unteer sign up on the race webpage, http://campusrec. eku.edu/light-night-5k or contact Justin Raymer, justin. raymer@eku.edu. Runners will need to pick up their ‘Glow Packs” the week before the race. These packs will include glow bracelets, necklaces, eye glasses and body paint. Runners are encouraged to dress for the occasion. “Dress crazy, have fun and run,” Raymer said. Participants should park at Alumni or the Vanhoose Lot. Sponsors for the event are Housing (859) 622-1515, Healthy You (859) 622-8874 and Kort Therapy (859) 6232057. At the end of the race there will be a photo booth as well as an ending Glow Tent full of music for the final celebration. Ella Martin
PGM hosting 3-on-3 basketball tournament
EKU's PGA Golf Management Program will be hosting its annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Weaver Gym on April 8 beginning at 10 a.m. All proceeds from the tournament will support EKU's Relay for Life event, a relay event on April 28 that raises money to help the American Cancer Society. Admission is $2, but spectators can get in free by donating a bag of clothing to the program's Pros Fore Clothes clothing drive. To submit a team, contact PGM's Michelle Gouda at michelle_goda@mymail.eku.edu.
COLONEL’SCALENDAR CALENDAR THE THE COLONEL’S Week of Nov. 13 – Nov. 19 Week of March 30 - April 5
THURSDAY 7 p.m.
An Evening with Robert Kirkman Center for the Arts
6 p.m.
Kappa Sigma Military Heroes Campaign Main Event Keen Johnson
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10 a.m.
7 p.m.
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Women's Golf at EKU Colonel Classic University Club at Arlington Greek Sing Brock Auditorium
Pine Mountain Ziplining with the Adventure Program Pine Mountain Softball at Belmont Nashville, Tenn.
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Baseball vs University of Tennesse-Martin Turkey Hughes Field
Women's Tennis vs Marshall University Greg Adams Tennis Center Red River Gorge Climbing with the Adventure Program Red River Gorge
MONDAY 3:30 p.m.
Faculty Senate Meeting Keen Johnson
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A Game Night to Remember Library 204G
TUESDAY 7:30 p.m.
Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage Center for the Arts
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Baseball at Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights
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Softball at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.
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Greek Life President's Roundtable Kennamer
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Late Night Pancakes with Phi Beta Sigma Dupree Rec Room
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Ashland Building expands to include new Fire Safety labs By KATIE HESS progress@eku.edu
The Ashland Building, home to students within the fire and safety program, was remodeled and expanded at the beginning of 2016 to help enhance the education of the fire and safety program. The building went under a $3.5 million expansion due to not having enough space for students, doubling the size of the original building that was opened in 1995. The larger classrooms allow for the students to stay in Ashland for their classes and labs instead of spending some time in Stratton and then traveling to Ashland for their
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education. The visa program would screen for individuals with health problems and criminal backgrounds, allowing immigrants to temporarily move to the U.S. for work and, if they established themselves, later become permanent residence. The proposed program would also allow U.S. citizens to move easily to Mexico and Latin America
labs. The building now has fire protection system lab, fire extinguisher service lab, a multipurpose high bay lab and a seven-room test burn facility. Ashland has multiple burn cells that allow classes to watch and examining how fire interacts with its environment. Ashland also has an auditorium that faces two burn cells which allow the classes to remain in the auditorium while the cells are burned. “The new Ashland addition allows for an improved learning experience allowing me to get a more hands on approach to learn,” said Cory Spangler, Fire Protection
Administration major from Hebron. Students also use the Richard H. Bogard Fire Protection System lab, which has 24 sprinkler risers, a hydrant, PIV valve and other water supply testing equipment that the students use in their Sprinklers and Hydraulics classes. In addition to the updated facility, the fire and safety program bought a new Pumper Truck in 2009 from Sutphen Manufacturing. The high bays gives the program a place to store their mobile laboratory trailer and the Sutphen Engine while allowing other activities and builds to take place in the low bays.
Around this time last year, the program received an equipment donation from a donor out in California. The program also has some representatives traveling down to Florida at the end of this week to pick up a lab equipment donation from a donor that has recently passed away, said Greg Gorbett, associate professor. The fire and safety program draws students across the south to EKU since it is one of the few universities that offer a fire degree. EKU offers three fire related majors: Fire Protection Administration, Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation and Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology.
for study and business. “The U.S. maintains a socio-economic environment that entices immigrants yet prevents them from easily entering,” Michalowski said. When the U.S. has jobs that immigrants can fill, it’s understandable that they will come to take those jobs, he said. Michalowski also had a plan to legalize drugs that frequently pass through the boarder, such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin. By making those drugs legal, Michalowski said that the U.S. could mimic European models where drug addiction is a public health issue and is addressed differently and more efficiently.
During the Q and A, Michalowski touched on boarder patrol and security’s lack of knowledge on international human rights. For example, when children without parents or guardians are rounded up for deportation, they’re often left with a random adult, also being deported, who would be responsible for them during the deportation process. “So, that kid would be put into custody of some other undocumented immigrant and shipped across the boarder,” Michalowski said. “That’s a violation of the international treaty to protect children—you cannot do that.”
Michalowski admitted his proposed changes would be hard to make reality unless people changed their feelings on immigration policy. “This might sound utopian, and indeed it is, but utopias are important,” Michalowski said. “They may be places we cannot reach but they tell us which direction to point our feet. What we need is the personal and political will to turn our faces and our feet in that direction.”
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animal. Animals can also be used as a metaphor for human rights, Baker said, discussing the Animal Museum in Los Angeles, California, and their Sexual Politics of Meat exhibit—an exhibit where 14 female artists made art with
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EKU’s campus. “My art fades. It’s just like how people take videos of crazy stunts or hiking photos,” he said. “You want to capture something that not everyone else can always see in person.” Because of this, he advises people who want to establish an online presence to push something new and original—something that can’t always be seen offline. The artist has also created new sources of income with his newfound celebrity. Recently, Caudill has been asked to do private pieces for homes and businesses, allowing him to eventually profit from his postings. Even Caudill’s website, which showcases his drawings, paintings, photography skills, and other projects, has proven far less useful than his Instagram account. “I wouldn’t get job offers without my Instagram,” he said. “No one’s checking my website every day, but people are checking their Instagram feed very day. It’s that following that gets me recognized.” Regardless of the recognition, Caudill is casual about his presence on social media. "I don’t think I’m making the world a better place by posting pictures on Instagram. I only share what I think is interesting about my own life. And my caption game is not very strong,” he added, laughing. For marketing major Dante Beausejour (a.k.a. Yung Racks), however, managing a social media account is a much more strategic game. As a hip-hop artist and music promoter, Beausejour said social media helps him reach a bigger crowd. His Twitter ac-
animals as the subjects. After showing some of his artwork of roadkill, including the death of an owl, Baker quoted the late actor Steve McQueen, for his method of art: “Art can’t fix anything. It can just observe and portray.” Baker’s new book, Artist Animal, is on sale now, and his
count, which weighs in at around 73,000 followers, allows him to monitor what the crowds like from a bigger perspective. “When I need to do a survey, it’s easy and fast because I don’t have to wait,” Beausejour said. “If I only had a few hundred followers, I’d have to wait for at least 25 to respond. With having 72.9K I can get a few hundred people to answer and have a good idea of everyone’s feedback.” Beausejour says he keeps his feed all business. “I try to get them to focus on the music and entertainment side and not get stuck in my personal life. That’s what you see more of on my Instagram and Snapchat,” he said. For Beausejour, having an established presence on Twitter allows him to market his music, get feedback, and build a community with other like-minded people. Beausejour holds himself to three rules: stay consistent, stay broad, and post similar content each time. Much of his success, he says, has come from making posts that people can relate to and offering a consistent, similar product each time he posts. Beausejour acknowledges that many of his current followers come from occasionally shifting attention to others’ accounts. The promoter says that by retweeting quotes, music, and following other people, he’s able to draw more attention to his own account. “Find people who share the same interests as you,” he said. “Like with Lil Boosie—if I see someone re-tweeting a tweet about him coming to Louisville, I’ll follow the person who made that original tweet. Go follow people with similar interests who catch your eye. Others will do the same with you.” For Beausejour, taking advantage of the network can yield endless possibilities. “Say someone retweets my tweet—it will be on someone else’s timeline. They’ll quote it, but even if I don’t follow them, I’ll
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works are available to view at his website, steve-baker.com. The next lecture in the Chautauqua Series, scheduled for April 20, will feature Harvard professor and theoretical physicist Lisa Randall’s discussion on dark matter in the universe. It is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the O’Donnell auditorium.
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still see it and I’ll go like it. Then they’ll come to my page and follow me.” Beausejour is also a disbeliever in the “followers-to-following” ratio - the belief that having a much higher number of followers than accounts followed makes an account look more reputable. “Just because it looks better to some doesn’t mean it is better,” he said. To him, getting to interact with followers and eventually gain them through following back is part of what makes his account so successful. In the saturated world of social media where just about anything can be promot-
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Fans across the Commonwealth watched with high hopes as the University of Kentucy Wildcats made its way through the NCAA Tournament. The team's hopes were dashed as UNC defeated UK 75-73 in the Elite Eight.
Basketball breeds a tribal mentality
TAYLOR CUSICK
While I’ve always enjoyed playing sports, it was always difficult for me to be invested in following them. The sense of accomplishment one feels when their favorite team scores a basket and defeats their rival had always escaped me. It was hard for me to feel like I was a part of the team, and therefore difficult for me to rejoice in their victory. Eventually I would realize the total hypocrisy of my feelings toward team sports when I began following UFC. When my
favorite fighters would land a knock out or submission, I would experience the same rush a UK fan feels when their favorite player sinks a game-winning basket. I just needed a different sport to get me invested. With the understanding of sport fandom I gained through my love for MMA, I can’t help but feel incredibly empathetic toward fans of UK basketball this week. For those who have somehow been able to avoid the news that has dominated social media since Sunday, UK lost to UNC 75-73, eliminating them from the tournament. However, the loss is not why I empathize with fans of UK, but actually how they lost. While it isn’t uncommon for fans to cry “ref” at the first sight of their team’s victory slipping away, UK fans may actually have a case. Numerous viral videos have surfaced since the game showing some incredibly questionable calls made by the officials. Clips that have surfaced show numerous fouls by UNC’s Kennedy Meeks that
go uncalled, an over-the-back foul called on Kentucky’s Edrice Adebayo that was widely regarded as incorrect, followed by a number of questionable fouls called on UK’s Derek Willis. Since college basketball isn’t the NFL, UK coach John Calipari had no option to challenge any of the insane calls, instead he could only scream helplessly in anger as victory was stolen from his grasp. While UK’s defeat may have been shrouded in mystery pertaining to the fairness of it’s officiating, that still doesn’t justify some of the reactions from within the UK community. Something I can’t empathize with when it comes to this whole situation is the cry baby tactics some UK fans stoop to when their team has lost. Multiple videos surfaced of disheartened fans shouting and setting stuff on fir in protest of the bad officiating. According to the Kentucky Sports Radio website, some fans have even went so far as to call and threaten an official of the game. Apparently if you call the construction company owned by John Hig-
gins, it will either redirect you to the FBI, or someone will answer pretending to be the FBI. Either way, the fact that the man’s business has had to steep to these types of measures to curb harassment says a lot about the tribe mentality created by team sports. I’m lead to believe the reason people feel so wronged when something happens like bad officiating in a ball game goes back to the same vicarious feeling of success I mentioned earlier. The same sense of accomplishment one experiences when their team does well is the culprit of the riots/harassment, only this time it is fueled by defeat. People become so invested in the team that they feel personally wronged when something unfair stands in the way of their teams victory. You didn’t just cost my team the game, you cost me the game. Humans are tribal animals, so I’m sure this way of thinking persist in other aspects of our culture as well, but when it comes to basketball, some folks get straight up cave man levels of irrational.
Pageantry puts music on back burner
Stephanie Daria If you’re paying 200 dollars for a concert ticket, you are not paying for the music, you are perpetuating the music industry’s attempt at turning an art into a spectator sport. As the technical age progresses with quicker access and easier connections, the development of creating a unique “image” for musicians has created a distraction from the original musical content.
Just take Lady Gaga for example, she is an artist with a wide range of musical talent, yet what people remember about her is that she’s weird and wears meat for dresses. This nuanced approach is burying all the original talent of popular musicians under flashy circus acts disguised as music performances. The advances in technology have perpetuated the visual aspects of a music performance so much that it distracts the audience from the actual music performance. These additives that serve as enhancements to the experience are taking away from the natural connection between the listener and the musician. The difference between seeing a singer-songwriter singing about heartbreak and seeing a big-name artist perform the same type of song in a flashy costume with video playing in the background is one feels like a concert, and the other feels like a performance act. This need for an “image” has directed the focus to the experience rather than the connection. This concept of entertainment over musical ability is not new, however. This idea of the entertainment industry and acting as entertainers on various levels has been around since the rock n’ roll era. When MTV hit the public sphere in the 1980s, this idea of a flashy image that suppressed the musical con-
tent for a dramatic public image started to take over. While this marketing has always been around, it hasn’t always been to the level that it is now. Over the years, technology has presented the public with more mediums to connect and access information quicker, which has essentially created the image to be the selling point of sometimes lack-luster music. Just look at scandals of musicians being caught lip syncing at concerts that attendees paid a lot of money for. The interesting point that came from these scandals is the fan responses. Some argued very heavily against the artist. However, some argued that it shouldn’t matter because they are paying for the “experience.” The emergence of this idea of the “experience” is a potentially dangerous one depending on how the term is interpreted by the consumer. Many people associate this separation between musical performances and a visual image with the hot debate of what “good music” is between the rock and pop genres. However, having a dramatic public image isn’t the problem, using it to attempt to hide mediocre musical talent is, regardless of the genre.
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An example of a mannequin portraying a victim of a crime commited at EKU’s crime scene house. The fake victim is ready for forensic science students to evaluate and analyze.
Returning to the scene of the crime By CASSANDREA GREY cassandrea_grey1@mymail.eku.edu
Right before you pass the Caffeinated Colonel, there is an unassuming house perched on a hill. Up an uneven concrete staircase and past the open porch that spans the length of the home, a crime is being investigated inside. However, no crimes have actually been committed. The home is not inhabited by people, but mannequins who have been displayed in various manners that depict different crimes. These mannequins have been set up by Eastern’s forensic science department, so that students can have experience in the field before starting their careers. The crime scene house, used for the Forensics Science Capstone (FOR 499), started in the spring of 2015. It is located on 110 University Drive with a collection of other homes, but the only way to tell it’s more than just a house next to campus is the small maroon sign out front. “It was something we put in place a while back,” said Barbara Wheeler, an adjunct professor in the department of chemistry. Other universities have crime scene houses as well, Wheeler said. EKU, however, is the only one in the state with a crime scene house. Initially, the professors will give the students a short scenario to set everything up so the students know what they’re looking for, Wheeler said. Recently, the scenario was set up to resemble a frat party where everything that could go wrong, did, Wheeler said. It was more than a house full of red, half empty cups and turned over furniture, though. Within the house, there were evidence of drugs, alcohol and sexual assault. Weapons that had been discharged were laid out along with the bullets,Wheeler said. “They suit up and start documenting the scene by doing a sketch of the room and then they start locating evidence so they can analyze it at the lab,” Wheeler said. According to Dr. Jamie Fredericks, an assistant professor in the department of chemistry, the students with a concentration in biology focused on DNA and profiling different types of DNA evidence. In the latest course, students found a blood-stained t-shirt, a knife and a gun. The students then profiled the blood they found in the lab.
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The capstone is supposed to be as close to a real crime scene as possible, which means students analyzing the scene need to look the part so that they don’t contaminate the faux crime scene. “You’re wearing personal protection equipment [when you go in],” said Elizabeth Spencer, a senior forensic science major from Dayton, Ohio, “It’s like a bag you wear. It’s big and it’s bulky.” Students were expected to use information they had learned in their time at EKU. Even though they were not on their own entirely, they were expected to know how to proceed. “Our professors stayed outside, so we were on our own. If we didn’t get something right, it counted against us,” Spencer said. The students aren’t finished once they analyze the data, however. Afterward, they must testify in a mock court and base their testimony off of their findings. The mock court is another class senior forensic science majors take at the same time as their capstone, known as Expert Witness Testimony (FOR465W). Spencer said that having to analyze and present her findings from the crime scene house in court was the most beneficial part of the three part process. “A lot of people - myself included- don’t like talking in front of people,” Spencer said. “Even though I know my profile was correct, it’s still really scary.” The Expert Witness class, which works in accordance with EKU’s department of law, has a series of steps like the capstone itself. Students go through depositions, so they can introduce evidence, describe and then defend their results. The entire process is the student’s last assessment, Fredericks said. “It’s a good way to end the program,” Fredericks said. “Students really do get excited about it because it brings together everything they’ve learned in their four to five years of college.” The crime scene house is only three years old, however, which means there is room for progress. “There’s a lot more we can do,” Fredericks said. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, openings for this field are expected to grow by 11 percent. EKU’s Forensic Science Program is one of the most sought after and oldest in the nation. Established in 1974, the program is one of 18 undergraduate programs in the United States that is accredited by the American Acade-
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Baseball drops two to Morehead
Thursday, MARCH 30, 2017 Page 6
Mens golf rolls, sets its sights on OVC Tourney By ROBERT RISTANEO progress@eku.edu
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While Fisher continues to rack up home runs and win National awards, baseball struggled to get off to a good conference start.
By IAN TEASLEY progress@eku.edu
EKU Baseball traveled to in-state rival Morehead State for back-to-back games. The first game saw a high octane offensive showing from both teams, turning into shootout. Eastern struck first, taking a quick 3-0 lead in the third inning with RBIs from Fisher, Nixon and Starnes. Morehead would rally in the fourth inning, taking a 4-6 lead. In the fifth inning, Eastern’s Nick Howie hit a solo shot to close the gap, making it his second hit of the game. Morehead would retaliate and drive in two more runs, extending their lead to 8-5. Eastern kept playing catch-up, as catcher Logan Starnes cranked a two-run homer to cut the gap to 8-7. That would be all the offense Eastern could muster up as Morehead ran away with the game. The Eagles put up six runs in the seventh inning as the Colonels’ de-
fense began to break down. EKU would hit a two-run homer in the eighth to cut the lead to 15-9, but the damage had already been done. Morehead would win the game 15-9. Game two of the three game series saw the Colonels trail from the start, as Morehead jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead. The Eagles never looked back. Eastern would put up two runs in the fourth thanks to a two-run homer from first baseman Ben Fisher. After the fourth, it was all Eagles as they extended the lead to 7-2. The Eagles would go on to win the game by a score of 9-6, but not without Colonels first baseman Ben Fisher trying his best to rally a comeback, as he hit his second home run of the game in the ninth inning. The final game of the series was not pretty for the Colonels after Morehead jumped out to a 11-0 lead off of six RBIs from home runs. Eastern would try to cut the lead, getting the deficit to as little as eight runs, but the Eagles’ offense was un-
stoppable and would eventually win 18-7. Although suffering from three straight losses, Colonels’ first baseman Ben Fisher has been getting national attention thanks to his stellar offensive season. Fisher was recently named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and Madness National Player of the Week, after leading the nation with 13 home runs, 42 RBIs and 38 runs scored. The Colonels followed the losses up with a win at Marshall on Tuesday 6-3. Four different Colonels scored a run while Alex Holderbach led the way with two. EKU returns to Richmond to start a three game series with UT Martin beginning Friday at 6:00 abd going through Sunday. The Colonels will look to turn their conference woes around and take advantage of the hot hand that they have in Fisher. UT Martin is currently 9-21 on the season.
The EKU mens golf team is having a historical season. The Colonels have finished in the top three of every tournament they have participated in except for two of them. Last week, They finished third in the Kingsmill Intercollegiate hosted by William & Mary. While Penn State and Tennessee finished ahead of them, they did manage to beat fellow in-state school Louisville. During round two, the Colonels put up a combined score of 274, which is the sixth best in school history and the best round by anybody at this years invitational. The round moved the Colonels up from 11th place all the way to fourth going into the final round. The Colonels followed round two up with a final round score of 279 which was the best of round three and moved them ahead of Louisville. The team finished the tournament with a total score of 857 which was four strokes ahead of Louisville and only six behind Penn State for second. Sophomore Erik Lindwall and junior Noah Combs were top performers for the Colonels. Lindwall posted a total score of 212 which was good for sixth overall and Combs posted a 215 which put him in 11th place. With just one invitational left until the OVC tournament, the Colonels are sitting strong at first place in the conference with a total of 8,365 strokes. The next closest team is UT Martin with 6,954 strokes, however the Colonels have played five more rounds than UT Martin. Three Colonels are in the top five of the conference as well. Combs is second with 2094 strokes on the season, Will Sallee is third (2096), and Lindwall is fourth (2097). The Colonels’ final invitational will be the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational hosted by Ball State. The time has yet to be determined, but it will be April 14th through the 15th. Following that, the Colonels will turn their sights to the OVC tournament which will be held at The Fighting Joe Course at The Shoals in Alabama on April 24th through the 26th.
Softball gets off to good conference start going 2-1 By IAN TEASLEY progress@eku.edu
The EKU softball team played in a double-header against Austin-Peay on Sunday. Game one saw the Colonels’ offense clicking on all cylinders, jumping out to a 4-2 lead at the end of the 2nd inning thanks to two home-runs from shortsop Krislyn Campos and center fielder Mia Sanchez. Sanchez would go on to have 4 at bats with 4 hits and scoring 3 runs. Eastern’s offense continued to click as they put up 3 more runs to stretch their lead to 7-3, which would be the final score. EKU pitcher Alex Sallberg would get the pitching win for the Colonels, her sixth of the season. Game two of the double-header saw Eastern sweeping the Governors. The second game saw neither offense break through as both defenses showed up, with the lone run coming from shortstop Krislyn Campos in the 5th inning, driving in right fielder Kelly Wood. The Colonels
could only manage to get 6 hits, but that’s all they needed as the Colonels’ defense held strong for a solid 1-0 win. EKU pitcher Mollie Paulick would throw a one-hitter with an incredible 11 strikeouts to get her 4th win on the season. Eastern traveled to Murray to take on rival Murray State in what was a non-offensive game for the Colonels. They could only manage to get three hits for the entire game as Murray pitcher Robinson pitched a three-hitter with 5 strikeouts. Murray scored three runs in the third inning thanks to two homers and that would prove to be the difference in the game as the Racers went on to win the game 3-0. Pitcher Mollie Paulick got the loss for the Colonels, giving her, her 6th loss on the season. The stretch gives the Colonels a solid start to conference play, going 2-1. Prior to playing Austin Peay and Murray, the Colonels had mainly been participating in tournaments and invitationals. In these events, the Colonels played average, usually going .500.
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Murray hit three home runs in the third en route to a shutout as the Colonels only had three hits.
The Colonels will now travel to Nashville Tennessee to take on the Bruins of Belmont in a double-header. Belmont enters the game with a 25-8 record and posting an 8-3 record at home.
The Colonels are not where they want to be away from home, as they are just 4-7 in true road games and 9-10 on neutral site games. The first game is set for 1:00 p.m.
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