August 31 2012 College Heights Herald

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JEFF BROWN/ HERALD Sophomore wide receiver Willie McNeal, left, catches the pass going out of bounds against junior defensive back Arius Wright during WKU’s first practice. WKU plays its season opener against Austin Peay at 6 p.m. Saturday at Smith Stadium.

Toppers TRYing to erase Indiana State memories in opener LUCAS AULBACH NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM Jamarcus Allen knows better than to look past a Football Championship Subdivision opponent.

Even with a game against defending national champion Alabama looming a week away, the senior defensive tackle and team captain has watched the Toppers drop their last two games against FCS teams. He knows an opponent like Austin Peay is capable of an upset.

“They put on their shoulder pads just like we put on ours,” he said. “Anybody is capable of beating anybody. We’re just going to go out there and play our best and come out

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Allen and the Toppers will take the field at Smith Stadium at 6 p.m. on Saturday as they open the season against Austin Peay.

The Toppers are 0-2 in their last two games against schools from the lower-revenue FCS, including a 44-16 home beating by Indiana State last season.

Coach Willie Taggart said he hasn’t even mentioned that game to his team this year.

“I don’t think I have to,” he said. “I think our guys understand. We’re going to talk about Austin Peay and plan for Austin Peay.”

The start of the season hasn’t been friendly to the Toppers in recent years, either. hasn’t AUSTIN PEAY A2

Students standing in long lines for food may be wondering when other options like RedZone or Panda Express will be open.

RedZone is currently scheduled to open Sept.

14, according to signs posted outside the restaurant. Panda Express is scheduled to open on Sept.

23, according to the WKU Restaurant and Catering group website.

Bryan Russell, director of Planning, Design and Construction, said that RedZone and Panda Express took a back seat to other dining projects.

“Topper Cafe and Subway were the top priorities so that they could be ready when classes started,” Russell said.

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The bi-term proposal, which includes a controversial shift to per-credit hour billing, is under serious consideration by faculty, staff and students.

Formally announced at convocation faculty and staff convocation on August 24, the proposal puts emphasis on students taking more bi-term courses in order to graduate earlier and, ideally, save students money.

Gordon Emslie, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, who headed up the proposal’s creation, said he’ll be looking forward to feedback at the faculty senate meeting in September.

“One of the things I hope to be doing is engaging the academic quality committee to study it further, and the feedback will come as a result of that,” Emslie said.

President Gary Ransdell said this proposal, like any involving change, will be met with a degree of concern.

“I’ve been on a number of academic committees and a shift like this that requires significant shift in thought is received with some dubiousness,” he said.

However, Ransdell believes the proposal has enough benefits for students and faculty to consider it.

Emslie said the initial bi-term schedule idea was a mandatory calendar shift. Currently, the proposal is a recommendation for professors to consider offering more bi-term classes, he said.

“Hence the question mark at the end of the proposal’s title,” he said. “It’s a recommendation.”

Faculty regent Patricia Minter, however, sees the proposal as something much more serious.

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“If it’s voluntary, we don’t need a proposal,” Minter said. “This doesn’t seem driven by academic concerns, but a bait and switch over to per-credit hour billing.”

Ransdell said while it is early to discuss the serious implications of per-credit hour billing, the transition is very possible.

“It’s a matter of time before most of higher education converts to percredit hour billing,” he said. “I don’t know how long universities can give additional classes, essentially, for free.”

Student Government Association president Cory Dodds is working on a resolution opposing both the biterm scheduling shift and the percredit hour tuition billing.

In a document Dodds put together, the cost in tuition for four years of education at WKU under the biterm plan would be $40,440, an increase of $6,552 from $33,888.

A student who graduated in three years by taking 18 hours each semester and enrolled in summer and winter courses would end up paying over $11,000 more to graduate under the bi-term plan, according to Dodds’ document.

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Ransdell said the loss of an additional year in paying tuition would reduce the overall tuition payment for students, especially if they graduated in three years with the biterm program.

“It might cost more per year, but that increase would pale in comparison to the money avoided by taking another year of classes,” Ransdell said.

Hannah Garland, SGA Academic Affair Committee Chair, said this tuition increase would hurt WKU’s appeal to students.

“There are also no other public universities in Kentucky that operate using this system, and thus, it would be harder for WKU to attract more students, especially non-traditional students and transfer students,” Garland said.

Minter said the connection between bi-term scheduling and a switch to pay per credit hour is “inappropriate at this stage of the proposal.”

“If course shopping is the real problem — which I agree with Provost Emslie on, it is a problem — is this really the best way to address the situation?”

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Tim Colley, director of Dining Services, said RedZone not being open is due to the size of the DUC project.

“RedZone is part of DUC renovation project and it’s a pretty big project,” Colley said.

Colley said RedZone will be putting in an upper floor in the restaurant.

“If you’ve been to RedZone before you know it had that double-high ceiling, but they’re putting in a deck back there,” Colley said. “And they’re putting in a floor for the upper floor since they’re not going have that double space now.”

Colley said the project has run a little long because the entire infrastructure has to be installed, systems such as plumbing and water.

“This year with RedZone we’re going to try to focus on more speed of service because most of the sales of RedZone are meal plan exchanges,” Colley said. “We’re going to look at how we can move things faster since it’s on a carry-out basis.”

Another campus restaurant facing delays is the new Panda Express located in Garrett Auditorium.

Colley said that changing part of the auditorium to house a food service has been a challenge.

“There will be a considerate amount of changes to convert to a food service,” he said said.

Russell said that since Panda Express will be a new venue on campus, the equipment for it will be coming in from California and employees will have to be trained before it can open.

Popular locations such as RedZone not being open have likely contributed to long lines at currently open food locations.

Nashville, Tenn., freshman Ke’Andrea Davis said she’s frustrated with the long lines.

“It’s frustrating because I have other things to do and I’ll be so hungry,” Davis said.

“I leave sometimes and come back and the line is still long.”

Radcliff senior Antonio Mouncil said he’s used to waiting in long lines so it’s not too bad.

“It can be annoying when I get out of class because I feel like it’s such a rush,” Mouncil said.

Webster junior KaSandra Mitchell said students just have to be patient.

“You just have to be patient on a campus with 20,000 students,” Mitchell said. “I’m a pretty patient person, plus it’s a growing campus. That’s just part of it.”

CRIME REPORTS • Freshman Aaron Selk, Keen Hall, reported around $1,190 worth of items stolen from his vehicle parked in Creason lot on Aug 29.

• Freshman Colin Perschbacher, Zacharias Hall, reported damage to his vehicle in Creason lot on Aug. 29.

The cost of the damage is estimated at $50.

• Freshman Edward Zeitler, Pearce Ford Tower, was cited for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a minor on Aug. 29.

• Freshman Kyle McGrew, Keen, was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on Aug 29.

• Freshman Treasur Carlene Alexius, Bemis Lawrence Hall, reported her cell phone stolen from the Preston Center on Aug 28. The estimated value of the theft is $145.

• Junior Donae’ Lamont Marrow, PFT, was cited and released for shop lifting from the WKU Store on Aug. 27. The amount stolen was valued at $6.98.

• Kenneth Johnson, assistant director of Student Activities, reported a Club Car golf cart stolen from the DUC patio near the Career Services entrance on Aug. 27. The estimated value of the theft is $3,200.

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WKU hasn’t won a seasonopener since 2005, when it was still an FCS program itself.

Taggart said a good start to the season will help to keep the Toppers from being overlooked if they’re bowl-eligible at the end of the season.

Last season, WKU went 7-5 but was shut out of the bowl process. The September loss to Indiana State likely cost the Toppers some leverage in the bowl selection process.

“It’s important that we come out and take care of our business and create a national identity, and you can’t do it if you don’t start off right,” Taggart said. “Our guys understand that.”

Taggart has been stressing to his team the importance of starting off the season with a win, senior quarterback Kawaun Jakes said.

“Coach T. said ‘Start fast.’

That being our first game, that’s what we’re going to do,” Jakes said. “Our goal is to win the Sun Belt Championship, and we just need to go out, play hard and play together.”

WKU made the jump out of the FCS to the higher-revenue Football Bowl Subdivision in 2008 but has a rivalry with Austin Peay dating back to the schools’ days as rivals in the FCS’ Ohio Valley Conference.

The Toppers lead the all-time series 34-6-1, with WKU beat-

ing the Governors 24-14 in their last game in 2006.

Many prominent players from last season’s WKU team return to the team this year including Jakes, who has been the Toppers’ starting signalcaller since early in 2009.

The WKU defense brings back junior linebacker Andrew Jackson, who led the team in tackles last season but must make up for the loss of senior defensive lineman Quanterus Smith, last season’s sack leader, for a game.

Smith will serve a one-game suspension on Saturday for an undisclosed violation of team rules.

Much of the spotlight will also be on junior Keshawn Simpson, who will start as a running back for WKU against Austin Peay, replacing the graduated Bobby Rainey. Simpson figures to share carries with junior Antonio Andrews and freshman Leon Allen as well.

After a 7-5 season, the expectations may be raised for the Toppers this year, but right now, they have one goal, Jakes said — beat Austin Peay.

“We’re not overlooking anyone,” he said. “It’s the first game on our schedule, our guys are ready to play right now, and we can’t wait for Saturday.”

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How I've basically been a nerd all my life LINDSAY KRIZ OPINION@WKUHERALD.COM

This idea that I’m about to share isn’t new by any means.

It’s been quoted by Nerdfighters, Tumblr and people on Facebook who claim to be nerds because they watched Star Wars TOPS to Subway Episode III with their significant other one night when nothing else was on TV. being open.

The reason I want to place emphasis on it is because it’s a truth that applies to my life and has done so for many years.

And that truth is this: Being a nerd just means you’re passionate about someBOTTOMS to thing. Which totally blows a hole in my it not being statement about a guy claiming to be a fully stocked and nerd because he watched one Star Wars movie, because hey, he could be passionrunning out of ate about archaeology or meteorology or food. beekeeping. Does that make him a nerd?

Why yes, it does. Like the quote says, I truly believe that passion is what drives nerds to do what they do, no matter what that is.

TOPS to the new My actual point is this: I’ve always been items in the a nerd. Whether I realized it or not, I’ve P.O.D. Market. always focused on something in my life.

Something that made me feel whole, in a sense. If I didn’t always hover on that

thought, I would feel lost or antsy. I needed something on which to focus my attention.

The earliest obsession I can remember was computers. Not how they functioned, or what they were capable of, but how they looked. I would sit in class and stare at this one Gateway computer and how pretty it was. Then I became obsessed with outfits, particularly outfits in music videos. How would they look on me? How would I feel in them? I fully admit, I was an odd kid. But you know what? Overall, I was a happy kid.

While at first I obsessed over items, my first real obsession was Pokémon. All the boys in my third-grade class would huddle around before the day began, trading and discussing things I still don’t understand. Then one day, I was hooked. It was my world. I bought the cards (though I never played), bought the outfits, bought the Pokeballs and even held my stuffed Bulbasaur as I was put under for my tonsillectomy. Of course that obsession died out, but not much has changed.

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calm down, and I’d direct my interest in journalism towards political affairs. While those subjects are important, and often frustrating, my love for everything pop culture overshadows my desire to drop that love and begin a life solely devoted to which politi- LINDSAY KRIZ cian said what. When I CHH Columnist was younger I thought this feeling would go away, but instead it’s only grown stronger. When my mother told me last week that one day I’d probably fangirl less, I only half-agreed with her. Yes, I do want to have a lovely and busy life, but I’ll never give up my passion for pop culture.

If I’m writing a story about a fish market in Japan, I’ll keep my eyes on the Hollywood headlines. While they may not be the most important thing in the world, movies, books, music and all that is pop culture have enhanced my life, I honestly don’t know where I’d be without them.

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CHH POLITICS Student face-off: Party National Committees KWABENA BOATENG OPINION@WKUHERALD.COM Next week, Charlotte, N.C., hosts one of the biggest parties of the year. James Taylor, Jeff Bridges, President Barack Obama and other VIPs will attend the big event: the Democratic National Convention.

Beginning on Monday, the Democrats will give speeches, confirm their Presidential nominee and vote on a party platform. The platform is the only unknown.

Think of the party platform as a roadmap for the country on many issues ranging from college financing to healthcare. A national committee of party members puts together the party’s stance on these issues and presents it to the national convention for approval and adoption. The Democratic platform isn’t public, other than the parts on same-sex marriage, until the convention. I was able to patch together a probable platform from various sources. The highlights: On education, Democrats reaffirmed their support for increased funding for Pell Grants and Early Head Start programs through Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Support for same-sex marriage and the amending of the Violence Against Women Act to include discrimination against homosexuals were part of gender and civil rights positions.

The draft committee praised the president’s plan to revitalize the economy through assisting the middle class with tax-cuts and healthcare from the Afford-

able Care Act of 2010, investing in government-funded innovation and rewarding companies that “insource” by creating domestic jobs.

The foreign policy platform centered on the troop draw-down in Iraq and Afghanistan and the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

Before continuing, let me confess that I’m an Independent. I don’t agree with all of the Democratic platform or Obama’s policies.

I heard no mention of Guantanamo —t he place that Democrats and Republicans blocked the President from closing — in the platform discussions. I appreciate Pell Grants, but I don’t want to pay them off in the form of excessive national debt. Even though I grit my teeth while reading, I look at the Republican National Convention and sigh, “It could be worse.”

the last four years, the party has seen its base move farther to the right and align themselves with the conservative movement.

Yesterday, the Republican Party Thus, there has been a big push closed out its national convenfor the party to adopt a more contion by nominating Mitt Romney servative platform. On Tuesday, and Paul Ryan as their ticket for that new conservative platform the Presidency of the United was finalized and passed. In the platform, the Republican Party takes a strong stance on issues such as traditional marriage, protecting the rights of the unborn, and fighting to reduce the size and scope of government. The Republican Party believes that over the last four years, President Barack Obama has drastically expanded the size of government and has added trillions of dollars in new debt to our country.

In the platform, the GOP calls out the Democratic idea of raising taxes in a recession. The GOP plan explains that raising taxes as a means of jump-starting the economy is not the smart nor the right way to fix the problem.

When taking a detailed look at POLITICAL CARTOON BY DARREN VOGT the new Republican Platform, you can begin to see that the States. However, the GOP’s nadebate and upcoming election tional convention isn’t just a time will focus on differences such as where they display their party increasing or decreasing the size and their candidates for office. It’s of government. Obama and the a time where the party lays out Democratic Party have made it its vision for the next four years. all too clear that they are pushThe convention is an opportunity ing for more government and for the members of the GOP to more taxes. The Republican Party bring their visions and ideas to and Romney want to down size the floor in order to have them government and reduce taxes on placed on the party’s platform for all levels of income as means of the next four years. jump-starting the economy.

This year, the Republican Party Which way is best? That’s for took a more conservative stance you to decide on Nov. 6! on their national platform. Over DALTON WORKMAN OPINION@WKUHERALD.COM

The opinions stated in these columns are strictly those of the contributors. They do not reflect the views of the College Heights Herald or Western Kentucky University.

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Expert's Corner TAYLOR PHILLIPS OPINION@WKUHERALD. This is the expert’s corner.

In the coming weeks, it will be filled with the wisdom of WKU faculty well-versed in the political areas the College Heights Herald will be covering. Their purpose will be to provide an unbiased brief account of the basics of each topic.

Let me be abundantly clear: I am not an expert. I am a student — of political science and politics.

My goal, and the goal of everyone working on CHH Politics, is simple. We want to educate readers about politics. We want to answer the questions that plague many Americans.

The big picture question is this: How do the various topics hammered away at by pundits on the news affect people like us directly?

How does something as esoteric as campaign finance affect a college student in Kentucky? How exactly do the new reforms to college loans

help or hurt students in school now?

The answers to these questions are complicated and sometimes conTAYLOR PHILtentious, but LIPS they matter. Political Page They matter because, in my opinion, democracy can only be an effective expression of what people want if those involved in it try their best to vote knowledgeably.

I have a goal. I want the readers of this page to walk into their polling place on November 6 with confidence. And I want that confidence to rest in the fact that they know what is at stake, the issues at hand and have learned enough to know who they want to decide these things.

To that end, CHH Politics will have a theme each week, and the content of the page will center on that theme. This

portion will feature an unbiased expert look at the topic.

Students will then “face-off” about the issue, offering two view distinct viewpoints about the topic. These differences of opinions will sometimes fall along party lines, but more often than not in conversations like the one this page hopes to create, the differences begin and end somewhere other than a party identity, as people rarely fall into boxes. Our ideologies are a collection of ideas and values that form over years. They are as complicated as we are and can’t be summed up with one word, be it “Democrat” or “Republican.”

That being said, there are entities who work to create those boxes, in a manner of speaking. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) are governing bodies of their respective parties. They serve the party by organizing the presidential nomination conventions and promoting the party’s plat-

Glossary RNC — Republican National Committee: The governing body of the Republican Party.

DNC — Democratic National Committee: The governing body of the Democratic Party.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz — DNC Chairwoman: The representative of the 20th Congressional district in Florida. She was nominated by President Obama and voted into power by the committee.

Reince Priebus — RNC Chairman: He was the Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and has been active in the Republican Party since he was 16.

GOP — Grand Old Party: a common way to refer to

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New bus lines expand service to downtown, apartments KAYLA SWANSON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM Students looking for a way downtown, or to their friend’s apartment, have a new option thanks to two new bus lines.

The Yellow Line runs Monday through Friday and goes downtown from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The Purple Line runs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and stops at apartment complexes Thursday through Saturday.

The Purple Line is a fixed-route service that replaces the Provide-A-Ride service WKU offered in the past. It will make stops at the Gables, College Suites, off-campus apartments on Campbell Lane, downtown and main campus.

Both lines have already started transporting students.

Transit Manager Stephen Rowland said a good number of students have already ridden. 53 students rode the Yellow Line on its opening night, and 280 students rode the Purple Line over its first two nights of service, Rowland said.

Jennifer Tougas, director of Parking and Transportation, said a survey her department conducted in February found the need for a shuttle to take students downtown.

“The No. 1 request was for evening service, and the number-four request was to go downtown, so with the Yellow Line we’re doing both,” Tougas said.

“It’s a great way for us to help students go downtown.”

Parking and Transportation partnered with the Student Government Association, who partially funded Provide-A-Ride to create the Purple Line.

SGA President Cory Dodds said that the contract with the provider, Franklin Taxi, ended at the start of the 2010-2011 school year because the service was late picking up students and not safe.

Tougas said Franklin Taxi didn’t meet expectations of the service.

“The last vendor that provided that service was really not able to keep up with the demand of the service, and as a result of that, we ended our contract with them,” Tougas said.

Tougas also said she felt that students abused Provide-A-Ride.

“Its original intention was if you find yourself in a situation where you don’t need to drive, call this number,” she said. “It became a ‘Hey, let’s call this and reserve our trips and everybody go out to this party,' and that was not the intention of it.”

The cost for the Purple Line is $30,000, which was the same price as Provide-A-Ride. SGA and Parking and Transportation will continue to split the cost.

JOSHUA LINDSEY/HERALD The new Yellow Line offers WKU students transit service between main campus and downtown Bowling Green in the evening.

SGA can use its funding as it wishes. Dodds stressed that there is a not a student fee that funds Purple Line.

“Once we got our budget from that fee, we split it up to different things, scholarships, discretionary funding, and whenever we had Provide-A-Ride, we always set off $15,000 from our budget; same with the Purple Line,” he said. “$30,000 sounds like a lot for this service, but you can’t put a price on a life,” he said.

Bardstown sophomore Monet Becker is upset with the idea that part of her tuition is funding Purple Line.

“I don’t see how that money is being used for academic purposes,” she said.

“Since Western is an academic institution, I don’t think that SGA should use that money to fund, like I said, an after-hours basically drunk taxi service.”

Becker said instead of the Purple Line, she would rather see a stronger police presence on campus.

WKU examines its policies in aftermath of Penn State SHELBY ROGERS NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM WKU policies regarding crimes on campus are getting a fresh examination.

Deborah Wilkins, chief of staff and general counsel, is planning a reassessment of how crimes are reported on campus. The goal is to make certain that WKU is up-todate and complies with national and state standards.

Wilkins said she was inspired to look into WKU’s policies after the Penn State football scandal, regarding head coach Joe Paterno and assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. That case resulted in a $60 million fine, a football bowl game ban, and football scholarship sanctions for the university.

“While I obviously don’t believe we’ll ever have the magnitude of a situation such as the one at Penn State, it’s always good to go back through and check policies you haven’t in a while,” Wilkins said. “This is so we make sure we have the policies in place that Penn State was lacking.”

Wilkins said she printed off an in-depth investigation of the case simply because “it was interesting.”

She was "encouraged by President (Gary) Ransdell to look at how the report’s findings could be applied to WKU.” Ransdell said he is confident in the university’s current policies, and supports Wilkins’ reexamination process.

“I think she’ll find we’re pretty good and compliant with federal and state requirements regarding criminal activity,” Ransdell said.

Wilkins’ primary focus is making sure university policies are compliant with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. According to the Clery Act, universities receiving federal financial aid must make campus crimes reports and statistics public.

While Wilkins said she’s confident the policies are compliant, she said she’s looking to update and further expand several policies.

“Our sexual harassment policies were originally drafted in 1998,

so it’s time to look at it,” she said. “It’s served us well, but it’s time to look at it and see if we need to change things.”

Wilkins also plans on developing policies related to minors, specific to children on campus.

“To my knowledge, we don’t have anything specific to children on campus,” she said. “These are the things we need to look at, because that’s what happened with Sandusky. He was given permission to bring kids to the campus, and use their athletic facilities… Here we have children come not just for athletic events but for things like VAMPY (Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth) camp and things like that.”

The review is a necessary precaution, Ransdell said.

“I hope every university in America is doing the same thing,” Ransdell said.

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TAYLOR HARRISON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM WKU’s top scholarships may be more inclusive in the coming 2013-2014 academic year.

For the two top scholarships for incoming students — the Presidential Scholarship and the Award of Excellence Scholarship — the current grade point average required coming in is a 3.95 and an ACT score of 31.

But as Gordon Emslie, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs points out, it only lets those students earn one B in high school to qualify.

Emslie said the university is in the process of changing these requirements “In a nutshell, every student with a 3.8 and up and 31 (on the ACT) will be able to compete for the two top scholarship levels,� Emslie said.

Emslie said the same amount of scholarships will be given out — about 20 for those in the top tier and 100 for those in the second tier.

But the GPA and ACT requirements aren’t the only aspects of these scholarships to be changed. The top-tier scholarships will be called the Cherry Presidential Scholarship and 1906 Founders Scholarship.

Their names would change in the 2013-2014 academic year.

Regents Scholarships, for students who have at least a 3.8 GPA and 28 to 30 ACT, are still available for those students who compete for the two higher level scholarships and do not receive them.

President Gary Ransdell said the scholarship changes would help those kinds of students. “In addition to the financial benefit, there’s also a self-esteem and tangible reward aspect of the new scholarship distribution policy that penetrates a little deeper into this pool of good students,� Ransdell said.

Ransdell said there are students with high ACT scores, but because of one or two Bs on their GPA, they miss out on scholarship assistance.

The Faculty Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) program is giving students the chance to work on their own research.

FUSE funds students and allows them to work with a faculty member as their mentor.

Once they’re done, students get the chance to submit a research proposal for the opportunity to get their full project funded.

Gordon Baylis, vice president for Research, said he wants research to be centered on the students.

Students who work on FUSE projects are required to sign up for UC 400, rather than attending class. “FUSE — doing the research — is the class,� Baylis said.

FUSE will give away grants totaling $500,000 in the program’s first year.

The grants will be given to 100 students, 53 of which have already received them. Applications for the program need to be submitted to a faculty mentor by Oct. 22.

Alice Byrne, a New York City post-baccalaureate student, is one of the recipients of the FUSE grant. Byrne is currently working with her faculty mentor, Hemali Rathnayake, on using organic substances to create a solar panel that could be used to gather sun rays and create energy.

The solar panel would be smaller and less rigid than the widely used large solar panels that are on the roofs of buildings. “We’re talking about something that’s very flexible,� Byrne said.

Byrne also said the device is so tiny that it is almost transparent. It could potentially be used in private homes instead of just commercial buildings. “It could be put onto your window, and most people won’t even realize that you’ve got solar panels on your home, but you’ve got them all over your windows,� Byrne said.

The device would be an environmentally friendly way to generate electricity. “Being environmentally friendly is definitely something that I keep at the forefront of my mind,� Byrne said.

Louisville junior Lauren French was also awarded a FUSE grant. French, along with her faculty mentor, Liza Kelly, attended a music program in Liberty, Mo., over the summer.

French also learned the way that different music can affect different parts of a person’s energy. She also got the chance to perform at the program. “The basic idea behind it is that it puts student research firmly and squarely in the hands of students,� Baylis said.

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“We want to redirect scholarship resources for very good students,� Ransdell said. “Those with ACT scores in the high 20s and a GPA of 3.5 and above typically do just as well as students with higher scores. We are losing those students to other universities for want of modest scholarships.�

Another significant change in the scholarship program is the automatic scholarships for students in the 3.3 to 3.8 levels of high school GPA and with a 26 on the ACT. “By making that automatic, we hope to get a lot of students who are frankly currently going elsewhere when they could be coming here,�

Emslie said.

He said that effectively, WKU is getting paid partial tuition from those students. “We’d rather have that than zero number of full tuition paying students,� he said.

Kathryn Costello, vice president for Development and Alumni Relations, said this fall her department is focusing on a scholarship campaign to raise money.

Costello said fundraising is vital to fund student scholarships. “So, when you talk about fundraising, as students, you don’t often think about the fact that it directly benefits students and, of course, that’s our major purpose, is to help the academic programs of the university," Costello said.

Costello said the university will also start matching endowed scholarships. “That is, if people want to provide an endowment, the university will match the earning equivalent of that endowment,� she said. “Once the endowment is funded and that means that we can kind of incentivize people, we hope, to provide a larger gift than they might get and then they’ll get a bigger bang for their buck, so to speak,� Costello said.

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ADVENTURES IN PINTEREST

Tessa: There’s a sign that I own, shaped like a speech bubble, with brightly colored text.

It reads: “Domestically Disabled.”

And just as soon as I can find it in my mess of a room, I’m going to hang it up. Maybe. If I remember. I probably won't.

My name is Tessa, I am 21 years old, I just moved into my first house, and I survive on pre-packaged foods.

It’s not that I’m incapable of cooking or cleaning; it’s that I BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAITLIN HERRINGTON (LEFT) AND TESSA DUVALL DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/HERALD just don’t wanna. Slowly but that was homemade to attach them to the some serious Pinterest adventures. surely I’m accepting that I The benefit for you? When we succeed, probably won’t survive past the age of 25 boards.

I make icing from scratch. My sewing you get helpful (and hopefully moneyon peanut butter, mac-n-cheese and sugmachine is ready at a moment’s notice. I saving) ideas. When we fail, you get to ary cereal.

My Pinterest account has 1,927 pins have two aprons, an army of paint sup- laugh at us. It’s a win-win for everyone.

The current line up for this semester inon 31 boards. It’s a lot, I know. In an at- plies, an excess of glass jars and bottles tempt to separate the things I actually like and a cornucopia of ribbon. And a hand cludes painted vases, cake pops, laundry detergent, customized coasters, chicken from the things that fail miserably, there mixer. Because I stress-bake.

If Tessa is classified as “domestically dis- nuggets and a plethora of recipes that inare three boards you should know about: “These things actually work” for things abled,” I’d say you could most likely call volve no more effort than putting things in a crock pot. that, well, actually work; “Meh” for things me a “domestic diva.”

My Pinterest isn’t something I visit a lot, For our first issue, we’d like to leave you that were mediocre; and “Not impressed” left me as satisfied as McKayla Maroney but when I need ideas, it’s my No. 1 go-to. with a helpful recipe for college cleaning: If ever it fails me (and let’s be honest, it homemade air freshener! Simply comwith a silver medal. does) I go straight to my momma. bine 2 cups of warm water, 1/4 cup of liqTogether, we — the leading ladies of the uid fabric softener and 1 tsp. baking soda Caitlin: I stayed up until 1 a.m. the other night College Heights Herald — have dubbed in a spray bottle and you’re good to go. It’s much cheaper than Febreeze and you can hanging twine on my wall so I could dis- ourselves the “Pin Up Girls.”

In an attempt to eat healthier (for personalize the scent with your favorite play pictures and birthday cards with clothespins. I once cut letters out of book cheaper), dress better (also for cheaper) fabric softener.

If you find a Pin you’d like to see us try, pages to make a quote that fit on three and have cuter houses (for as cheap as connecting canvases. I used modge podge absolutely possible), we’re undertaking email us at editor@wkuherald.com.

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“I love being on stage, and I love to perform,” she said. “To do that in not-as-quite-pressured of an environment is really really nice.”

She also appreciates the net-

working opportunities.

“Being in choral society will help me be able to jump into another community and perform,” she said. “It’s preparing me for the next ‘stage’ of my life.”

For Wells, if she cut choir out of her life, there would be a

chunk missing because she’s in love with performing. She said she loves the community that supports her and holds her to the high standards that the majors and graduate assistants are held to.

Special education student Lindsey Basham, a Bowling

Green junior, is in Women’s Chorus.

Basham said this was her fourth semester being in the choir and there were no disadvantages to fitting it into her schedule.

“It’s a way of expression,” she said. “It’s not really a class.”

Run honors vets Center in Hopkinsville.

MARY ANNE ANDREWS DIVERSIONS@WKUHERALD.COM The Travis Manion Foundation is dedicated Most Americans can to “honoring the fallen tell you exactly where by challenging the livthey were on Sept. 11, ing,” the release said.

2001. The attacks on the The foundation was World Trade Center and created in honor of TraPentagon rocked the na- vis Manion, a Marine tion and brought many killed in Iraq. Manion’s together in support of family, through the founthe military and efforts dation, began the Heroes against terrorism.

Run five years ago.

In honor of the 11th anWith 47 race locations niversary of the attacks, nationwide, this is the the WKU Student Vet- only Heroes Run in the erans Alliance will host Kentucky–Tennessee the first Kentucky 9/11 area.

Heroes Run at Kereiakes The Pennyroyal VetPark on Sept. 8. Registra- erans Center opened in tion and activities will February and provides begin at 3 p.m. for those support for homeless who do not register on- veterans. line. The 5K will begin at “We want to identify 5:30 p.m., preceded by a homeless veterans and ceremony to honor local provide them treatservice personnel and a ment — whether that is moment of silence to re- substance abuse, menmember the fallen. tal health or job skills Madisonville senior Su- — all with the final goal san Slaton, 28, is a U.S. of discharging them to Army Reserve veteran their own living environand director for the local ment that they can pay race. Her goal is to have for,” Center Coordinator 200 runners.

Howard Dixon told The Slaton said her involve- Kentucky New Era. ment in the race is very William Stolz, a freshpersonal because of her man from New Jersey, service in Iraq. respects that goal first“9/11 was a catalyst hand. Stolz is a U.S. Navy that changed my life, and veteran who is volunI want to honor those teering at the run to repeople,” she said. member 9/11, like his Last year, Slaton vis- hometown did in recent ited the 9/11 memorial years. in Chandler Chapel. She “They would always said it felt like a call to ac- try to do something to tion. honor all of the fallen “I knew I needed to be during that tragic day,” a part of something lo- he said. “I have seen a cally to help Bowling few of these types of Green remember 9/11,” events, and they always she said. unite people of different According to the press cultures together for one release, half of the pro- day as a country, not as ceeds from the event will individuals.” go to the Travis Manion Slaton is still looking Foundation and half to for volunteers, runners the Pennyroyal Veterans and donations.

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Lady Toppers head

east for weekend tourney

opponent, Delaware, advanced to the second round before being put out by Penn State.

WKU is coming off two consecutive Delaware, the two-time defending shutouts of Ohio Valley Conference Colonial Athletic Association champiteams, one coming in an electrifying ons, will enter the tournament having home opener against Austin Peay on not won a set yet this season. The 0-2 Tuesday in Diddle Arena.

But if the Lady Toppers want to Blue Hens are coming off of losses to move their record over .500 for the San Diego State and No. 17 California.

The Lehigh Lady Mountain Eagles year, they’ll have to make a statement at the Holiday Inn Jefferson Cup this just started their season with a home weekend in Charlottesville, Va. opening win versus Rider 3-1. Lehigh WKU is scheduled to play tourna- wrapped up its 2011 campaign 19-10. ment host Virginia at 6 p.m. on FriThe Lady Mountain Eagles will be day, Delaware at 10 a.m. on Saturday led by outside-hitter Jade Van Streepand Lehigh at 4 p.m. on the same day. en, who had 15 kills and 11 digs in four Coach Travis Hudson said this is a sets in their win against Rider. “really, really important weekend” Taylor Poole is middle blocker, who for WKU. also will be bringing a threat to the “The next two tournaments both have two top 25 teams in them,” Lady Toppers, as she accounted for 14 Hudson said. “This weekend is a kills, four digs, and one block.

Hudson said if the team wants to tournament that if we play well, I believe we’ll have a chance to leave the tournament sucwin.” cessful, then the middle Despite losses in its first blockers must play well. two games, the team has all “We still have to hanthe confidence it needs now, dle the ball better,” Huddefensive specialist Ashley son said. “We need to get Potts said.

Melanie Stutsman — even “We were definitely motithough she’s distributing vated,” Potts said. “We know the ball well — more a part that those were two great of our offense, and we have teams (Louisville and Penn to continue to work with State) to start out with, but POTTS we were ready to get back in our middles. the gym and work on what “If you see us in three we needed to.” weeks and our middle play is really Friday night, the Lady Toppers good, I think you’re going to see good will face a Cavalier squad entering their home court 1-2 after the Rocky results from us.”

The Lady Toppers will need to make Mountain Invite in Colorado.

Virginia's first year-head coach the most of this weekend before their Dennis Hohenshelt said in his week- trip to Cincinnati Tuesday night. ly “Coaches’ Corner” that “Western “The challenge is going to be there,” Kentucky has been tested early and Hudson said. “We certainly feel like will be ready to play” his Cavalier this is a tournament that we can win, team.

While WKU had an early exit in the and we need to go down there and 2011 NCAA Tournament at the hands play well to give us a little bit of cushof Marquette, its Saturday-morning ion.”

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sports WKU offense clicking early this season first time that’s hapNATALIE HAYDEN SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM pened since 2008.

In all, WKU has scored The Lady Toppers nine goals, which is the have exceeded ex- most since 2008 and pectations so far this the fourth most in proseason through four gram history through four games. games.

That’s a big accom“We anticipated that it would be a little bit plishment considermore difficult this early ing the team lost two in the season for us to of the best players in create opportunities program history, goalto score,” coach Ja- ie Libby Stout and forson Neidell said. “But ward Mallory Outerwe’ve created plenty bridge, to graduation of chances to score, so last year, Neidell said.

Outerbridge was the it’s been a pleasant surprogram’s all time prise.”

This year WKU has leading scorer, while scored in each of its Stout has gone on first four games, the to sign a profession-

al contract with F.F. Yzeure Allier Auvergne in France, making her the first WKU player to make the pros.

“When you lose key players like Libby Stout and Mallory Outerbridge, you tend to pick up the pieces by committee,” Neidell said. “So everyone’s a key player and I think that’s the philosophy we want to move forward with. It seems to be working so far.”

But Neidell said one player in particular has made a huge impact so far this year.

“Amanda Beuchel has

scored four goals in four games, and that’s a player who has done that coming off of two torn ACLs,” he said.

“When we tested out at the beginning of the season, she’s come back faster and stronger in every single test than she’s ever been before.”

Beuchel is a sixth year senior who missed the last two seasons due to her knee injuries.

She was named the Sun Belt Conference player of the week for the prior week.

“I’ve been here for six years, so I have a lot of

experience,” Beuchel said. “I try to use my past experiences and other players’ past experiences to lead the team now as other girls have led me here.”

The freshmen have also been key contributors and brought energy to the team, Neidell said.

The freshmen and upperclassmen work together to produce a team-oriented concept, Neidell said.

WKU has done well passing and spreading the ball out as opposed to relying on a great keeper or one major

scorer.

The team’s biggest strength is the fact that anyone can step on the field at any moment and elevate the game, Beuchel said.

“We don’t have a weak moment when someone steps off,” she said.

“We’re a really solid team.”

Last Friday night’s 3-0 win over Xavier in the Ball State Tournament is a perfect example of the team’s strength and the player’s versatility, Neidell said. Of the 11 starters, eight took shots.

Neidell said he’d like

Cross Country starts title defense Friday JONAH PHILLIPS SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM WKU found plenty of cross country success in the 2011-2012 season.

The Lady Toppers won their sixth cross country conference championship in a row last season. It was WKU’s 18th straight women’s Sun Belt Conference championship across indoor and outdoor track and cross country.

The men’s team also swept its conference championships in 2011-2012.

“To be able to accomplish what the men accomplished was extremely difficult and an outstanding feat,” said Erik Jenkins, 2011 Sun Belt Coach of the Year.

WKU will start its march back to a Sun Belt title on Friday, as it travels to Nashville for the Belmont Opener.

Jenkins said the team is “well prepared for” a meet in which opponents will include Kentucky, Tennessee and Sun Belt rival Middle Tennessee State.

“We are working hard, the kids are focused, the coaches are focused, and we are excited in both the student-athlete and the coaches perspective,” Jenkins said. “They have got to all work together, that’s the bottom line.”

WKU goes into the meet and the season with high expectations, as both the men’s and women’s teams were picked on Wednesday to defend their Sun Belt titles.

The Toppers received 10 out of 12 first-place votes as they hope to win back-to-back conference titles for the first time since 1997-1998.

Meanwhile the Lady Toppers received six out of 12 first-place votes as they work towards their seventh consecutive Sun Belt title.

The men’s team is returning three of its top five runners and adding senior Joseph Chebet, who has previously competed in other track disciplines at WKU. Chebet broke the 3,000 meter Sun Belt record for track, won the 5,000 and 10,000 meter Sun Belt Championships, and placed 23rd at the NCAA Tournament in the 5,000 meter event.

This will be his first cross country season with the Toppers, as he was a midyear transfer in 2011-2012. “(The men) had success the year before, but in order to sustain that success, or hopefully build off that success, we have to work hard,” Jenkins said.

“We have to stay healthy. Anytime you compete in a sport, health is a major issue.”

Jenkins said he is also expecting great things from

men’s sophomore David Mokone and women’s senior Vasity Chemweno, both of whom had big seasons last year.

Mokone recorded three Top 10 finishes last season out of the five meets he competed in, earning Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors.

“David is an athlete that is very driven to compete on a national level,” Jenkins said.

Meanwhile, Chemweno posted three Top 10 finishes out of six meets and earned All-Sun Belt honors after posting a fourth place finish at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championship.

“Coming in as the cross country champions I believe we as a team have a lot to sacrifice in order to retain the title,” she said. “So my wish is for us to extend the win to this year for both men and women.”

MEGAN TAN/HERALD Michelle Finn, Kim Dominguez, Taylor Carlin and Lindsey Hinken lead the WKU women’s cross country team through the paths of Bowling Green’s Kereiakes Park on Wednesday as the team prepares for their first meet this Friday in Nashville.

MEN'S BASKETBALL BRIEF Starting on Tuesday, WKU fans will be able to re-live the dramatic final weeks of the Toppers’ 2011-2012 men’s basketball season on DVD and Blu-Ray. “25 Days of Triumph: All-Access with 2011-12 Men’s Basketball from Transition to Tournament Success” will be available at Minit Mart stores, WKU athletic events, Amazon.com and WKUSports.com.

The DVD version will cost $19.95, while the Blu-Ray edition will cost $24.95.

The documentary will detail the 25 days between Ray Harper being named permanent head coach on Feb. 19 and WKU’s NCAA Tournament Second Round loss to Kentucky on March 19.

The documentary will chronicle WKU’s seven comeback wins in that stretch, including a 16-point comeback with less than five minutes to play against Mississippi Valley State in the

NCAA Tournament First Four.

The documentary will include interviews with players, coaches and other key figures.

Baseball hosting Labor Day Showcase Camp Matt Myers and his staff will be evaluating hundreds of high school players on Sunday during the annual Labor Day Showcase Camp at Nick Denes Field.

Almost half the current WKU roster attended a Labor Day Showcase camp.

“The Labor Day Showcase has been a very important showcase for us in recruiting,” Myers said in a release. “It gives the kids the chance to be on our field, on our campus and at the same time having us evaluate them.

“It will be an all-day event for our coaching staff, but a very productive day. It is good for the kids coming in because they get a chance to showcase their abilities in front of our staff.”

For information on the camp, visit WKUbaseballcamp.com.

— Brad Stephens

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Diversions Student sings for expression

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DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/HERALD Sophomore Machala Wells, a photojournalism and biology major, is a member of the Choral Society and has been in chorus since she was 3.

MACIENA JUSTICE DIVERSIONS@WKUHERALD.COM Taking on the Hill can be a challenge for some students. The stress of assignments and the repetition of classes can sometimes become monotonous. This is why extracurricular activities can be refreshing.

Mechanical engineering student Kathleen Angerbauer is a member of the Choral Society.

“I’ve grown up with music,” the Bowling Green sophomore said. “In high school, I was the music/choir person, but I knew I didn’t want to major in it.”

Angerbauer said she was always told even if she didn’t major in music to join a choir to keep it up.

“I found Choral Society and found it very convenient,” she said. “They meet one day a week in the evening.”

Paul Hondorp leads the Southern Kentucky Choral Society. A person must audition to join.

“It’s a mild audition,” Angerbauer said. “They want to know if you can read music.”

The society is open to the community also, not just students. However, WKU students can count it as a humanities class.

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Angerbauer said she’s been singing ever since she could remember.

“It’s hard to put in words,” she said. “It makes me feel happy.”

For her, choir is a stress reliever. She said it adds artistic expression to her science- and math-filled days.

“It’s a release for any thoughts or emotions you have over the week,” she said.

Photojournalism and biology major and Shelbyville sophomore Machala Wells has been in a choir since she was 3.

“I can focus on fun, instead of being perfect,” Wells said.

She said her friends think it’s weird that she’s a member of the choral society.

“Choir is a community in and of itself, and there is always a sense of a family environment rather than a competitive environment,” Wells said.

She thought it was great that Hondorp allowed nonmajors into the choir because she said they’re just as talented as majors can be.

Wells said singing benefits her because she’s a little bit of a diva.

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MACIENA JUSTICE DIVERSIONS@WKUHERALD.COM At 7 years old, Sebastian Kearney’s mom came to him and said she’d seen a newspaper ad about auditions for a children’s show at the Shelby County Community Theater.

“It sounded like fun,” Kearney said.

“It just seemed like the next cool thing to try out.”

Now, he doesn’t know what he would do without acting.

“When it came to college, I was like, ‘I don’t know anything else,’” the Simpsonville native said.

The theater student has been in several productions, including “Little Shop of Horrors,” in which he was Audrey II. “I got to play the man-eating plant.

I was the voice offstage,” he said.

“Villains are fun to play because they don’t have boundaries.”

His goal with any role is to properly show the character. Kearney said others have described him as honest.

He said he usually ends up playing the more comedic roles, like the desperate virgin, which he described as a character who “tries really hard, but never quite makes it.”

Kearney doesn’t expect to be cast as the main romantic lead. He said he isn’t the guy with the chiseled chin.

“I’m not Brad Pitt,” he said.

The 21-year-old also said he isn’t completely locked into a style because he’s still developing it. Instead, he approaches performances with his happy-go-lucky view. He is always ready to jump on the stage and perform.

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IAN MAULE/HERALD Senior Sebastian Kearney, of Simpsonville, has been acting since the age of 7 and will be in the upcoming production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" later this semester. " It reminds me of childhood, when you could just be whoever you wanted to be. One day you were a cowboy, the next a spaceman. It's innocent fun." says Kearney about acting.

Bourne met Kearney because of their common major.

“He is very good and committed to his work,” Bourne, 21, said. “His stage performance is very well, very good.”

He described Kearney as an allaround good guy.

Although they haven’t been in any productions together, Bourne has seen his friend in rehearsals and onstage in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

“He was hilarious and amazing,” Bourne said.

Kearney said he isn’t a method actor but sometimes feels the traits of his character in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

“Once you dress in drag and walk around in thigh-highs and a corset, you are very comfortable with sex,” he said.

Louisville senior Alexa Holloway, 22, met Kearney in the theater department. She is currently working with Kearney on his next production.

“He brings the light in the room,” she said.

There’s fashion, and there’s style. Trends change with the seasons, but fashion sense permeates through whatever the “it” thing is at the moment. In the words of French designer Yves Saint Laurent, “Fashions fade, style is eternal.”

With that being said, the purpose of this column is to give you the tips you need to be fabulous according to your personal style.

Each Friday, we — the Chic Chicks — will not only let you know what’s trending, but how to make it your own. Let’s get acquainted.

I’m Zirconia Alleyne, a senior from Hopkinsville, and I’ve loved fashion ever since I knew it entailed more than just clothes. It includes shoes, handbags, accessories, hair, makeup and the list goes on. It’s an all-inclusive idea.

I’m the style enthusiast rooting for you to throw on that fur boa or leather mini-skirt, as long as you’ve got the gusto to pull it off. Since I’m not an all-knowing fashion guru, I’ve pulled two other “chic chicks” to contribute to this column.

Monta Reinfelde is a junior from Liepaja, Latvia, who was also born a fashionista.

“When nobody was at home I secretly used to dress up in my mom’s highest heels, prettiest dresses and pretend I’m a model in a fashion show,” Reinfelde said.

Now, she’s addicted to fashion and lifestyle magazines with hopes to work for one in the near future.

“I believe fashion matters,” she said. “You don’t have to wait for special occasions to dress up.

You can do it on a daily basis to make every day of your life feel special.”

Senior Amber Plunkett, of Clarksville, Tenn., adores fashion and style because it is so much more than an expression of one’s personality.

“I believe that clothing, be it fashion-forward or classic styles, outrageously expensive or budget-friendly, all have the ability to change a woman’s self- image for the better,” she said.

We all believe that if you look good, you feel good. We want to equip you with the knowledge of how to make hotoff-the-runway trends complement the body you have. Oscar Wilde said it best — “You can never be overdressed or over educated.”

Here’s our first suggestion to personalizing your inner chic chick: When you have an 8 a.m. class, it’s easy to throw on those ratty sweatpants, a baggy Tshirt and flip-flops. Our advice — skip it. If you’re going for cute and comfy, throw on a loose maxi skirt, colorful cami and strappy sandals. It’s that same relaxing feel with an ounce more effort and a pinch of pizazz.