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BY LASHANA HARNEY HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

The Student Government Association’s budget, like the university’s, is dwindling.

From last year’s budget to this year’s, SGA lost $19,500 in funding. Last year, SGA received a private donation of $15,000. This year, a private donation wasn’t made, so SGA reallocated portions of its budget to make up for the loss.

The remaining $4,500 of the $19,500 total was cut due to the university’s overall reallocation and budget cuts.

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ISO utitlizes research in recruitment process

Liz Koehler said students will begin to feel the impact when applying for SGA scholarships or organizational funding.

Koehler said organizational funding took the hardest hit by losing $9,000 from the previous year. This means fewer organizations will be able to apply for funding.

Without the $15,000 donation, SGA will have to give out fewer scholarships.

Koehler said she decided to reallocate $4,000 from organizational aid funds and funnel the money back into scholarships.

“It sucks because either way, it is taking away from somewhere,” Koehler said. “We can only do so much.”

The funds for Academic Affairs scholarships and grants decreased by $5,800 going from $26,000 the previous year to $20,200 this year. For the 2015-2016 year, the Academic Affairs committee will be able to provide 46 total study abroad scholarships for $300 each, $1,200 total for study away scholarships and 20 scholar development grants at $250 each.

Barrett Greenwell, the SGA director of Academic and Student Affairs, said advertising for the scholarships has increased, so he expects more students to apply for SGA scholarships.

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Although not every WKU student is able to study abroad, each student still has the opportunity to connect with people around the world.

Approximately 1,400 international students who hail from over 70 different countries call WKU home.

Most international students are undergraduates, according to Raza Tiwana, who has been WKU’s chief international officer for the last 12 years.

Tiwana said the process for international students has similar characteristics to domestic recruitment. He said the staff of the International Student office, ISO, meets with high-school counselors, students and parents and attends college fairs.

However, there are some differences in logistics.

“Instead of going to four counties per week, we go to four countries per week,” said Tiwana.

When international recruiters leave Bowling Green on a trip, they leave more than just the campus behind.

Recruiters have to adjust to a new time zone, new food and new climate while sometimes spending no more than a night or two in the area.

International recruiters travel to one region at a time. The days are long— usually 12-14 hours.

Most ISO recruiters spend their days in four to five different schools and in college fairs. Recruiters then end their days catching up on emails and attending virtual staff meetings.

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Campus, local event address depression & suicide

BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU

Depression is common on college campuses, including at WKU. In 2011, The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment, a nationwide survey of college students at two-year and four-year institutions, conducted a survey relating to depression. The survey’s findings revealed that about 30 percent of college students reported feeling “so depressed that it was difficult to function” at some time within the past year.

Karl Laves, the associate director of the Counseling and Testing Center, said feeling depressed is one of the main reasons students come to the center.

“It has been and continues to be one of the top two reasons students come to our center,” Laves said.

He also said there are several reasons depression is such a large attractor.

“College is overwhelming for some students. Some students come to college already depressed, and there are non-academic events that lead to depression,” he said.

Laves said 20 percent of college students might experience something

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“I would expect any college student ing Center usually will see an influx of to have some of these down periods,” students in the weeks before exams, he said. “But to be considered de- but this is not necessarily because of pressed, they have to have a certain the upcoming tests.

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“This year we have less money, and we will likely have more applicants,” Greenwell said. “So I think the scholarship process will be much more competitive this year.”

The funds for Student Affairs scholarships decreased by $5,200 going from $26,000 in the previous year to $20,200 this year. The Student Affairs committee will be able to provide 40 scholarships totaling $395 apiece. These scholarships help students fund classes for the winter and summer terms.

Greenwell said the loss in scholarship money and the rise in competitiveness may lead to deserving students being left behind.

The only area to receive an increase in funds was office supplies. Koehler said this was due to a large demand of scantrons and blue books.

WKU’s SGA budget is relatively small compared to other Kentucky universities such as the University of Louisville. For the 2014-2015 fiscal year, U

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Continued from front to an international student can be a tough sell, said Barnabas Kim, a sophomore from Ulsan, South Korea.

“You can never go back [to your home country], unless you have money,” Kim said.

“You can’t see someone … you love.”

It’s difficult to convince parents to send their 17-year-old child to live halfway around the world for four years, Ti-

of L’s SGA had a budget of $1.2 million whereas WKU’s SGA had a budget of $138,500. The $1 million difference is due in part to the drastic differences in funding. To fund U of L’s SGA, students pay a $12 fee per semester. The rest of the money is generated by the university, according to an article by the Louisville Cardinal.

However, the difference in enrollment numbers from the fall of 2014 for U of L compared to WKU is only 2,120 students. U of L had 22,298 students in the fall of 2014, and WKU had 20,178.

SGA president Jay Todd Richey said if WKU’s SGA had a larger budget— even just half of U of L’s budget—there would be a profound effect for students, including an increase in scholarship amounts and an expansion in the amount of scholarships SGA offers.

A larger budget could also fund more testing materials, more vouchers and even provide more funds for WKU student groups.

SGA is currently funded by a student activities fee. This fee currently funds SGA and the Campus Activities Board.

Richey said he doesn’t want to pro-

wana said.

While the Office of Admissions passes domestic students to different colleges and advisors once they are enrolled, ISO stays with international students until graduation.

“Recruitment is 15-20 percent of what we do,” said Tiwana. He called ISO a “onestop shop” for everything that an international student would need.

This builds great relationships between ISO staff and

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This year we have less money, and we will likely have more applicants, so I think the scholarship process will be much more competitive this year.”

Barrett Greenwell pose a fee to increase the SGA budget for the sake of having a larger budget; a more beneficial fee would generate money by increasing funds specifically for student use. Fees that would provide more scholarships through SGA, Richey said, are worth proposing.

“Given the current nature of higher education across many states and the United States, student loan debt is back-breaking,” Richey said. “It’s a huge deterrent for students deciding to pursue higher education … when raising a student fee, you have to weigh the costs and benefits.”

Richey said he isn’t opposed to proposing a student fee specifically for generating scholarship funds, but the

the foreign students, Tiwana said. Tiwana said he often has coffee or goes to lunch with students.

ISO also offers highly subsidized trips—for example, to Mammoth Cave—so international students can see the city, state and country and acclimate to the cultural change.

Tiwana said ISO thoroughly researches its international market. The office knows which country’s students have been searching WKU the most.

CRIME REPORTS

• Bowling Green junior Samuel Thomas on Sept. 9 reported the theft of his mountain bike from the Preston Center. The value of the theft was $225.

• Hopkinsville freshman Kaylin Williams on Sept. 9 reported the theft of her wallet and contents from her DSU Aramark locker. The value of the theft was $40.

• Hendersonsville, Tennessee, freshman Vladimir Middleton was arrested on Sept. 10 and charged with alcohol intoxication at Smith Stadium.

• Benton sophomore Tayla Redmon on Sept. 10 reported the theft of her purse from Smith Stadium. The value of the theft was $1,420.

fee would have to be modest, and the costs and benefits would have to be considered very carefully.

“In some instances, we don’t use all of our organizational aid money, but we do exhaust all of our scholarship money,” Richey said. “We could award more of those popular options for students.”

SGA provides a route for students to make opportunities such as winter term courses or study abroad more affordable, Richey said.

Richey said there is much he would love to see SGA do, but the funds are limited.

“We have less money, and we can’t give out as many scholarships,” he said. “That’s what it comes down to.”

Tiwana said that based on data ISO has researched, more international students will make the journey to WKU from Latin America and Eastern Europe in the coming years.

Students from Saudi Arabia and China accounted for over 60 percent of all international enrollment in 2013, according to the 2014 WKU Fact Book.

ISO also keeps up on education policies in different countries to know where they can recruit effectively.

For example, the Brazilian government has a new program that facilitates studying in the U.S., said Tiwana. WKU has worked with the U.S. State Department and Brazil.

Word-of-mouth advertising and brand building are two of the most effective tools for ISO. “We’re also looking for new opportunities,” said Tiwana.

For domestic WKU students, ISO is “bringing the world into the classroom and the campus,” said Tiwana.

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Downing Student Union rec room restores fees

BY ALLISON CALL HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Downing Student Union recreation room fees were restored this semester, causing mixed reactions from students.

David Emerson, the associate director for WKU Student Activities, said last year was the only year no fees were placed on recreation room use. The fees were restored to cover costs of lost or damaged equipment and to make up for a year of free use.

Emerson said staff disorganization and unpreparedness are other reasons there were no fees last year.

“It wasn’t ready, wasn’t trained (sic) and no one yet to supervise that space,” said Emerson. “Because you want to have some type of protocol before you start taking money, you just don’t want to haphazardly take money.”

There have been no complaints about the fees in the past, but Emerson said he fears students might respond negatively to the change.

Shepherdsville junior Brandon Merideth said that last semester, he and his roommate would use the recreation room about three to four times a week. This semester, Merideth said, he hasn’t used

the recreation room at all.

“I was a little frustrated,” Merideth said. “A lot of [the recreation room’s] intention was to keep students here over the weekend and over holidays when the dorms were still open … We’ve already got a lot of bills on our plate and to add a charge onto something that your intentions were (sic) to keep us here is not a good marketing ploy.”

Although Merideth isn’t happy with the newly added fee, he understands its necessity.

However, charging for a specific time limit isn’t the way to go, he said.

“Every time that I pass the rec room this semester, it’s as if it’s a ghost town and nobody is in there,” Merideth said. “Probably because we don’t want to pay an outrageous amount for two hours of play.”

Merideth said he misses the ability to play pingpong for free.

“It was almost to the point where me and my roommate have considered buying our own pingpong tables and having it (sic) in our room,” Merideth said.

The recreation room will charge $1 for a 30-minute period of video game system and table tennis use and $1.50 for a 30-minute period of pool table use. All other prices of activi-

Brazilian senior Yoshiaki Tsuchida places the stick of second year ESLI student Felix Nascimento of Donesk, Ukraine, and Luanda, Angola, during a game of pool Sunday night in the DSU rec room.

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ties are listed on the window outside the recreation room.

The money collected from the fees will go towards the purchase of new equipment such as new table tennis paddles, pool cues and felt for the pool tables. Throughout the school year, DSU will run daily specials and host special events that will waive certain

fees. Students can also apply for coupons and a frequent user card to receive recreation room discounts.

Lance Dozier, DSU Recreation Room supervisor, said only a portion of student tuition fees goes towards the recreation room, and no profit was made last year because of the fee waiver. Compared

to other colleges’ pricey recreation room fees Dozier has experienced, he said he thinks the DSU’s fees are reasonable.

“We don’t get 100 percent of it, so we lose money every year we don’t charge,” said Dozier.

“So this year we’re trying to break even, or maybe make a little bit of a profit so we can continue to get nice things.”

SGA makes changes to smoking resolution

BY ANNA LAWSON HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU The Student Government Association has expanded its resolution of a limited smoking campus. SGA passed a resolution in support of a limited smoking campus last year.

The resolution, Resolution 1-15-S, said there would be 39 smoking shelters around campus, and these would eventually be phased out within the next three years.

“The current policy allows 85 percent of non-smoking students to be exposed to harmful secondhand smoke, which

has been proven to cause numerous severe medical and health problems,” according to the resolution.

At the time the resolution passed, SGA was opposed to a “campus-wide smoking ban at this time,” according to the resolution.

Within Kentucky there are already numerous completely smoke-free campuses, including the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.

Emily Pride, SGA public relations committee chairwoman and representative on the smoking committee, said the

committee was formed by former SGA senator J. William Berry. The committee is composed of faculty and staff from different departments across campus as well as students, she said.

Although the committee used the the resolution as a basis, portions of the resolution changed and became more strict. The new committee decided that instead of just phasing out cigarettes within three years, the phaseout would include all tobacco products as well as electronic cigarettes.

“Kentucky as a state is go-

ing towards being tobaccofree on public property, so it only makes sense to become tobacco-free,” Pride said. “I think that the administration … giving the university three years to achieve this goal is quite generous.”

SGA President Jay Todd Richey said he was in favor of the original resolution to an extent. According to the resolution, the limited smoking campus would “promote health, retention and the image of the university.”

“I do want to ensure that WKU is a healthy place to live, work and learn. But I understand that it isn’t a crime to

smoke,” he said. “I will never be the person that (sic) says, ‘I don’t like smoking so you can’t smoke.’”

Richey said this change in the resolution shows that sometimes SGA doesn't have the ultimate say. He said SGA should be concerned about the changes made to the resolution because it showcases how sometimes the student’s voice is not the loudest.

Richey believes SGA is a way for students to voice their opinions, and if the voices are not being heard, then “what would be the point of SGA,” he said.

Intergroup Dialogue to start second year

BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU In an attempt to encourage dialogue amongst students of a variety of diverse backgrounds, Housing and Residence Life will be taking the helm to lead discussions.

Hosted by HRL, the Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) for the fall semester will start Oct. 6.

The series is designed to help students become more aware of the world around them by putting students of a majority, such as white students, and students of a minority, such as students of color, in a safe group to discuss issues and challenges. The groups are led by at least two trained facilitators and last for six weeks. The groups for this year are race, gender, sexuality, spirituality, international/domestic issues, socioeconomic status and ableism.

Last year was the first year IGD was

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in students making appointments two weeks before finals or a week before midterms, but it seems more like they’ve been putting it off, waiting until it hits the fan and until it all comes crashing down,” he said.

Elizabeth Jones, associate professor of school psychology, said depression is very common.

“It’s known as the ‘common cold’ of mental health disorders,” she said.

College freshmen are especially likely to begin exhibiting symptoms of depression because of the upheavals that are occurring in their life. “[College is] just a major stressful event, a huge change in lifestyle and support systems,” Jones said.

She added that some student’s way of thinking may predispose them towards feelings of depression, particularly in regards to social media.

“Someone’s cognitive processing style may create distortions in thinking and make them come down on

held, and Sasha Ross-Gibson, one of the founders of the group and HRL coordinator, said it was an overwhelming success.

“The majority of students said they got something out of it, and they enjoyed that experience,” she said.

This success is what inspired her and HRL to do it again, and she hopes to continue having it each year.

The groups for last year’s program were race, gender, sexuality and spirituality, but after a survey of the past participants, Ross-Gibson said they added the other three groups.

“Those were the top ones we had requested,” she said. “And we had a lot [of people] interested in ability.”

Ross-Gibson said last year’s groups were bigger than a normal IGD because the program received far more interest than anticipated.

“We’re going to try to limit it down; that’s why we’ve doubled it a little bit,” she said. “For example, we have three

different groups for race.”

Ross-Gibson said so many students enjoyed IGD that they wanted to become facilitators for the next year.

Students were not the only ones who wished to become facilitators. Many faculty were also interested.

Kristina Gamble, program coordinator for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, said she first read about the groups last year as a graduate student.

She said she was glad these groups exist as safe places to talk about important things.

“I wanted to be able to help bring about discussions about uncomfortable topics,” she said.

Gamble originally signed up to be a facilitator for the race group since her studies are in race, but she was assigned to the socioeconomic status group. She said this goes along with getting out of your comfort zone and leading by example.

“We shouldn’t ask our students to do anything we wouldn’t do,” she said.

She added that while some classrooms address these issues, they aren’t able to go as in depth as IGD, and so these groups offer a fresh take.

“The knowledge and growth that we get from these dialogues are unique from the everyday lessons,” she said.

Tammy Jeffries, assistant professor of intercultural communication, said she had her students attend the groups last year. Afterwards, they responded so positively that she wanted to be a part of it herself. She went to the training, and after ranking her top choices, she was assigned as a facilitator for the spirituality group.

She added it’s good for students to have prior contact with discussions such as these.

“It’s good to have experience with what some see as difficult conversations to have,” she said.

themselves,” Jones said. “It depends on how the person perceives or interprets what’s there.”

There are several different factors that can affect whether someone develops depression. These include genetic, environmental and psychological influences. Jones said all these factors work together.

“There’s a theory about depression: that there’s a threshold, and if you have genetic propensities but there are no stressors, you may never exhibit clinical depression,” she said. “The impact on your physical well-being and the amount of stress affects whether it puts you over that threshold.”

There are many ways someone can help allay negative feelings and thoughts. Concerts, social events and campus activities, such as those hosted by the Campus Activity Board or even the Drum Circle, are very helpful.

Laves stressed recreation as especially advantageous.

“You definitely have to have a recreational plan,” he said “Daily recreation that elevates heart rate is very effective

in preventing a low mood.”

Another important preventative, he said, is good nutrition. Working hard, playing hard and eating right are all very powerful ways of boosting someone’s mood. It is also important to enjoy all things in moderation, he said.

Whether someone’s poor mood lasts a few days or several weeks, there are several ways a student can receive help; the largest is the Counseling and Testing Center. Depressive feelings and depression are both common and entirely treatable.

Depression is often linked to suicide. Thursday, Sept. 10, was National Suicide Prevention Day. On Saturday, Sept. 12, a Walk to Fight Suicide: Out of the Darkness Community Walks was held to help raise awareness about suicide and remember those who have died by suicide.

The organizer for Bowling Green’s walk was Katelyn Simpson, who lost her brother to suicide around 10 years ago. After she attended an Out of the Darkness Community Walk five years ago in Louisville, Simpson was in-

spired to start one here.

Simpson said she wanted people in Bowling Green to have a place to be able to express their feelings about suicide.

“I just realized that there was a huge need to start a walk here in Warren County,” she said. “I just felt people needed a place here to come.”

Laura Bailey, one of the coordinators, said the walk is trying to normalize talk about suicide.

“We’re trying to remove the taboo and stigma and the secretive nature of suicide,” Bailey said. “It’s okay for you to reach out.”

There were around 103 walk-up registrations for the walk and around 175 people in total. The money raised, which was over $10,000, went to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

There were pictures, mementos and even two large quilts with pictures of people being remembered, some of whom were former WKU students.

Simpson said ultimately those fighting are their own best hope.

“You’re in charge of your life,” she said.

“You’ve struggled but you’re still here.”

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SGA tables resolution that asks Ransdell to revisit $1.5 million Hanban contract THE ISSUE: The Student Government

Association tabled a resolution in support of the University Senate and Senate Executive Committee’s request that President Gary Ransdell revisit the contract he signed with Hanban last winter.

OUR STANCE: The approval to sign this contract by the Board of Regents without receiving a copy of it seems ill-considered and premature.

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uring last Tuesday’s SGA meeting, a resolution regarding President Gary Ransdell’s signed contract with Hanban was tabled. If the resolution is passed, it means that SGA sides with the University Senate and Senate Executive Committee’s desire for Ransdell and the administration to revisit the contract.

The contract that Ransdell signed and the Board of Regents approved is a 50-year, $1.5 million non-negotiable contract for a new building to house the Confucius Institute at WKU. In signing the contract, there was an agreement to match the $1.5 million provided by Hanban to cover maintenance and operations. If WKU chooses to repurpose the building, it would need approval from the Chinese government, according to SGA president Jay Todd Richey.

The Board of Regents’ seemingly uninformed approval of the contract and the senate and Senate Executive Committee’s push for revisiting leave some unanswered questions about the details of the contract—specifically, whether or not anything can actually be done. If the contract has already been signed, there is little evidence Ransdell can take back his approval since it is non-negotiable.

When the Board of Regents approved this contract’s signing, there was not

a copy of it present. This seems irresponsible considering the $1.5 million and 50 years of university resources on the line with no wiggle room to negotiate.

The Confucius Institute is currently located on the first floor of Helm Library. If the senate and Senate Executive Committee fail in their push for Ransdell to reconsider, this could leave the university helpless if there were any change in the Confucius Institute’s involvement at WKU. If, for any reason, the Confucius Institute were to leave WKU, the university would still need approval from Hanban to use the new building in any other capacity.

Through this contract with Hanban, Ransdell is giving a foreign agency a means to control part of the university’s functions. Granting an outside force the ability to make decisions at the university level, even if only for one building, seems risky and irresponsible.

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Transfer Scholarships clarified after editorial In response to the editorial "Restructuring of Scholarship Program Leaves Students Confused," published Sept.

7 in the Opinion section, I would like to clarify information specifically related to transfer students and current students.

Students transferring from any university, college or community college beginning in fall 2016 will be eligible for a Transfer Base Award of $1,500 if they have a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79 and $2,500 if they have a GPA of 3.8 and above. Additionally, students transferring with

an associate’s degree are eligible for $1,500 if they have a 3.0 or above GPA, and they can stack that award with the Transfer Base Award if they have a qualifying GPA. Transfer students are not eligible for the Cherry Presidential Award, as stated in your editorial. The Cherry Presidential Award is limited to beginning freshmen only.

It is correct that current students who are receiving scholarships from WKU will see no change. However, students who currently have a scholarship do not complete a returning

student scholarship application. Renewal of awards is based on GPA. Current students wishing to apply for scholarships not awarded to them as beginning freshmen may do so after Feb. 1, and those applications are due

by April 15.

Students with questions should contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance at 270-745-2755.

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Denim comes from humble beginnings. It was created originally as a durable clothing choice for miners and popularized by Levi Strauss. Denim became the standard attire for railroad workers, farmers, miners and cowboys. What is a cowboy without his trusty pair of jean trousers? Icons like John Wayne have immortalized jeans in our society. Can you imagine him taking down the bad guys in a pair of khakis? No way, José.

When James Dean hit the scene in the 1950s, blue jeans became the pants of choice for bad boys everywhere. No self-respecting rebel without a cause would be caught dead without a pair of rolled up jeans.

The jean phenomena continues to cement itself in popular style as an American tradition; our culture embraces denim and what it represents.

Today denim is worn by rebels and fashionistas alike. When jumping on the jean train, think of classic pieces you can mix and match. Invest in a denim button front shirt, try out a jean mini, or treat yourself to a jean jacket.

Channel your inner Alexa Chung, jean wearing aficionado and goddess of the Canadian tuxedo, and wear a jean button-down with jean trousers!

Go to goodwill and, for the love of all that is good, buy a buttoned denim mini. This is not your grandmother’s jean skirt. The denim mini is hotter than blazes.

Denim is for cowboys, for radicals and for the chic. It's for those who gallop their horses into the sunset and strut the catwalk. Denim is for those who accomplish things. Give denim a try—you may make history.

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ater splashed in the faces of Warren County dog owners Saturday as approximately 200 of their four-legged

friends enjoyed the last open day of the Russell Simmons Aquatic Center during the 13th annual Puppy Paddle.

The event is designed specifically to raise money for the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society.

The entrance fee was $10 and included free access to the pool, an opportunity to win doggy door prizes and participation in contests such as jumping off the diving board and fetching for tennis balls. Although this event mainly encouraged puppy play, owners said they had as much fun watching and participating as their dogs.

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Balloons, Tunes & BBQ festival celebrates its 25th aanniversary

BY NICOLE ARES HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

It was a weekend of authentic Kentucky barbecue, soulful Southern music and inclement weather. But even the unfortunate forecast could not dampen the crowd or keep the hot air balloons from lifting off and filling the sky with a vibrant display of color.

From Sept. 10 to 13, the U.S. Bank Balloons, Tunes & BBQ festival celebrated

its 25th anniversary at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional airport.

Craig Browning, the festival co-coordinator and regional president for title sponsor U.S. Bank, has volunteered at this festival for the last 15 years. Each year, Browning becomes more proud of this quality, familyoriented event that is offered to the Bowling Green area.

“It is the largest outdoor festival in South Central Kentucky … you don’t see

hot air balloons in this part of the state any other time of the year, and you don’t have the quality entertainment in a weekend that we bring in,” Browning said.

Setting up for the festival electrically is like building a small city, according to Browning. On the site, they have seven generators and 20 light towers to accommodate enough energy for onstage performances and an anticipated 10,000 people.

On Friday night, the fes-

tival featured tunes by Jericho Woods, THE FARM and headliner Joe Nichols, who has produced numerous No. 1 singles like “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” and “Gimmie That Girl.”

The crowd returned to the stage Saturday with performances by Van Winkle, Confederate Railroad and Mark Wills—a “blast from the past for country fans,” Browning said.

“There’s always a moment

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Learning the ropes of ballooning, Shelly Gribbins of Campbellsville, Ky., has been a crew member for Louisville couple Dee and Paul Knuth three times. "We love it,” said Gribbins, who works on the crew team with her husband Mike Gribbins and 10-year-old-daughter Chloe Gribbins. ALYSE YOUNG/HERALD

WKU welcomes the first Delta Zeta pledge class

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For many WKU students, being a part of Greek life is being able to identify with a group of men or women close enough to call family. This year, a new sorority was brought into the Greek community in hopes of creating a home to more girls on campus.

Delta Zeta, the newest chapter to the Hill, is a Panhellenic Association sorority with over 165 active chapters in the United States. The decision to add Delta Zeta to the Panhellenic community was finalized in April 2015. The decision had been discussed since September 2014.

According to Alexandria Kennedy, the coordinator of Greek Affairs at WKU, Delta Zeta was chosen for three main reasons: brand recognition, support for the chapter and compatible values.

“Brand recognition: The organization has many successful chapters throughout the state of Kentucky,” said Kennedy. “The sorority showed a vested interest in supporting a potential chapter by creating an

Destiny Stark, right, of Providence embraces her friend Dani Chavis, left, of Belleville, Ill., after Chavis and other women were inducted into the new Delta Zeta sorority during its inaugural bid day, Sunday. Stark acted as a Friend of Delta Zeta (FODZ) which is a position for friends, administrators and other Greek members to support the induction of new members. KATIE ROBERTS/HERALD alumnae club here in Bowling Green to directly work with the women. And the values of Delta Zeta aligned with the mission and values of our Panhellenic community and could fill a niche here on campus.”

Like the other Panhellenic sororities, Delta Zeta began recruitment during the

formal process this August.

Two educational leadership consultants, Brette Powell and Kathryn Malone, came to WKU from headquarters to assist with this process.

After attending the first round of recruitment, Delta Zeta dropped out to begin its own process. This process included information

sessions and meet-andgreets starting on Aug. 28.

After the meet-and-greets, the representatives met with the girls in one-on-one interviews. This process concluded with bid day on Sept. 13, when Delta Zeta welcomed 72 new members into its new chapter.

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Black Lives Matter conversation continues

BY BRITTANY GREESON HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU

It has been over a year since protests echoed from Ferguson, Missouri, over the nation and across international borders. The voices of the Black Lives Matter movement began as a rallying outcry in protest of police brutality following the deaths of several African-Americans.

Today the message, which gained traction in the African-American community on social media, has transformed into a web organization and a widely used hashtag: #blacklivesmatter.

For WKU alumna Sarah Williams, the Black Lives Matter movement has become an opportunity to start a localized conversation on race.

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Williams is partnering with WKU Black Culture Center and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to host “Black Lives Matter: Continuing the Conversation” at the second floor auditorium of Mass Media and Technology Hall from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

“This is much more of a conversation rather than somebody in a certain position talking to people and going from there,” Williams said. “We find ourselves in a day and time where some of the things we fought for and supposedly won in the Civil Rights Movement—we find ourselves still fighting for those same things.”

A short documentary of news clips and protest experiences will be shown at the beginning of the event to give audience members a scope of background information. Students, faculty and community members are welcome to attend, and teenagers from the Bowling Green Boys and Girls Club of America will be observing the event.

Kristina Gamble, program coordinator for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, feels that what is most important is the power of education as a tool even if some students are skeptical: “What I would say for students is that if you have an opinion on the movement and what it is, great. Come and express that. If you don’t have an opinion and you’re unsure on what Black Lives Matter means, then come as well," Gamble said.

“I think that's what it’s about. When you engage in dialogue, it’s not about what’s the right answer or trying to distinctly define what the movement is and what it’s not, and to box people in or ideas in."

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Dr. Patricia Minter to discuss marriage equality at WKU

BY BRITTINY MOORE HERALD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage—a precedent in American history.

Despite the Court’s 5-4 split ruling, many individuals are still questioning various aspects of their rights and the rights of Kentucky county clerks who are issuing marriage licenses.

To make sense of these recent topics of controversy, on Sept. 15 WKU’s Institute for Citizenship & Social Responsibility (ICSR) will present “The Road to Marriage Equality: Past Discrimination, Current Victories, & Future Challenges” at 5 p.m. in the Downing Student Union.

The event will include a discussion from an associate professor in WKU’s history department, Patricia Minter.

According to the WKU ICSR website, Minter will discuss the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision on state and local governments and the next steps for Kentucky.

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Continued from LIFE on Saturday night [when] the last act of the concert takes the stage, when I’ll steal away behind the audience for a couple of songs,” Browning said. “For me, it’s just really cool to be able to see thousands of people enjoying themselves.”

Maria Jaime, a WKU freshman from New Albany, Indiana, was excited to see the event performances but came to the festival to indulge in the barbecue.

I feel like [in Kentucky] barbecue is a lot bigger deal, so I’m excited to try it,” Jaime said.

Christian Chandler, from Bowling Green owns Jimmy D’s Bar-B-Que, one of the many vendors at the festival. This is Chandler’s fifth time serving at Balloons, Tunes and BBQ, and he anticipated that Jimmy D’s would sell over 160 pounds of barbecue and 800 hot dogs.

“The feeling I get whenever I serve barbecue to people and I can see on

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“It will be great to develop our Greek community,” Director of Student Activities and Organizations at WKU Charley Pride said. “Hopefully as they get established, they’ll give women an opportunity to be involved and be a part of the WKU Greek community.”

According to Powell, joining a new sorority on campus will offer the women an opportunity at leadership.

“The executive council will be selected per the national nominations and elections process just like all 165 Delta Zeta chapters,” Powell explained.

“However, the women joining Delta Zeta at WKU all have a fast track opportunity for leadership.”

Adding another sorority to Greek life at WKU affects all chapters on campus, and the community has welcomed Delta Zeta with support. Some of the chapters showed their support by attending Delta Zeta’s bid day and helping to welcome these new Delta Zeta women into the community.

Kelley King, the membership director for WKU Phi Mu, believes Delta Zeta’s joining in the Panhellenic community is beneficial to the Greek community.

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been created in hopes of recruiting an audience of contributors and observers. This includes individuals who have seen the community of Bowling Green’s relationship with race transition over time.

Bowling Green native Rachel Young, was invited to the event by a friend and hopes the event will allow the minority community to let off steam while discussing important local issues.

“In Bowling Green I hope to see the police force being able to respond positively. In the community there is an open dialogue on what the police force can do to make people feel more com-

“According to Judge [David L.] Bunning, the next step is for county court clerks to comply with the decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 26,” Minter said.

“He’s made it pretty clear that when the Supreme Court speaks, it’s the law of the land.”

Minter will also be discussing a few of the next frontiers for the LGBT community, including workplace and housing discrimination. The discussion will also highlight the local and national efforts to fight these forms of discrimination and the legal ramifications decisions on either topic could have.

“A lot of people don’t realize that right now, you can be fired in Bowling Green and any city that does not have a Fairness Ordinance because of who you are and because of who you love,” Minter said.

A former faculty regent, Minter is also an activist within the Bowling Green community. She is a founding member of Bowling Green Fairness, a local group that works with the statewide Fairness Campaign in its endeavors to

enact local fairness ordinances.

“The fairness ordinances protect the rights of all people to fair housing, to freedom from job discrimination and freedom from discrimination in public accommodations,” Minter said.

“There are only a handful of places in Kentucky that have fairness ordinances; Bowling Green is not one of them. So this has been a long term passion of mine to be part of this movement and to try to pass a fairness law here in Bowling Green.”

As activists, Minter and her husband have set up an endowment for WKU’s annual Lavender Graduation, a ceremony to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender graduates along with their families and allies.

“My husband Michael and I created the endowment so that [the Lavender Graduation] would happen every year,” Minter said.

Her hope is that with the funding, “this would become a new tradition at WKU to raise visibility for the LGBT and ally community.”

Minter anticipates that this discussion

will be a great opportunity for students to become more educated about what is happening in the LGBT community.

Kaylan Boyd, a freshman from Henderson, believes this discussion will greatly benefit all students on campus.

“I hope to see another step to stop bullying, whether it be against the LGBT community, racism (sic), and even those with mental or physical complications,” Boyd said.

“This is a great teaching moment because [of] the story that has unfolded in Rowan County,” Minter said. “It’s a complicated story that tells us a lot about the American system of federalism … and how does one pursue a legal remedy.

While Minter says the fight to end discrimination is a work in progress, she also acknowledges this transitional moment in American history.

“I think it’s an amazing moment to live through for the LGBT community and their allies,” she said. “This is the transformative moment that the rights that have previously belonged to some are now applied to all.”

their face how good it is—that’s the best part,” Chandler said.

Another major attraction of the festival is the hot air balloon rides and races. Kathy Shive, a Glasgow native, came to the festival for the balloons and was disappointed that the weather prevented her from seeing them.

“I’ve heard about the festival for years,” Shive said, “and [riding in a hot air balloon] is on my bucket list, so I figured I’d come and check it out.”

Scheduled for Friday were free tether balloon rides and the Balloon Glow event. On Saturday, the hot air balloon competitive events were supposed to take place; however, due to inclement weather, the competitive balloon events were postponed until Sunday morning.

“The weather has been against us this weekend,” Matt McClinton, one of the hot air balloon pilots, said.

For the festival, McClinton, from Louisville, was in charge of organizing the pilots and making the fly-or-no-fly

decision based on the weather. McClinton was also scheduled to compete in the balloon events, which he won last year.

“I was kind of born into the sport. My dad is a pilot, and I think I went to my first balloon event when I was two weeks old,” McClinton said. “I’ve literally been around [the sport] my entire life, and it was inevitable that I started doing it myself.”

Despite the weather, the turnout for the festival was still substantial according to Mandy Hicks, the director of marketing and communications at United Way of Southern Kentucky.

Hicks estimated that over 10,000 people attended the festival.

The proceeds for the festival benefit the nonprofit organization United Way of Southern Kentucky, and it will use those proceeds to impact critical issues like education, income, health and quality of life. The organization aids those in need across the Barren River Area Development District region.

“It makes all the hard work worth it … to know you’ve had a successful event and you’ve raised thousands of dollars for a community in need—that’s just the icing on the cake,” Browning said.

“I think for the first year, they will get started and girls will like them because it’s something new and there’s more opportunities, but next year there will be a spike in their numbers,” King said.

The 72 new Delta Zeta members were welcomed into the chapter this past weekend. New members included sophomore Shelby Harden from Campbellsville, who is excited to begin this journey to help establish the new chapter.

“I’m just excited to meet everyone here and develop this sisterhood,” Harden said. “I joined because I wanted to get more involved in community service. I wanted to have [a home] here at Western. It’s just a great way to develop and make connections.”

Delta Zeta is hoping to gain 158 new members by the end of this semester and finish the process with installation in December. They are hoping to continue the same process until they meet quota. According to Michelle Smith, the former national president of Delta Zeta, the sorority is excited to see the impact its chapter can make.

“We are so excited to be a part of the Western Kentucky University Greek community and for Delta Zeta to make its impact on the campus community and the community at large,” Smith said.

fortable,” Young said. “The responses I’ve heard are that people of color are afraid of the police, and the police are offended that they’re afraid.”

Both Gamble and Williams said the event’s success will not be measured in numbers but in how the conversation can ripple throughout the Bowling Green community.

“I think regardless, the whole goal is to take something away,” Gamble said.

“So if one person leaves and feel (sic) that they understand the movement better—that something was clarified—then that’s okay. That one or two people can take that information back to their dorms or back to their communities and have another dialogue session.”

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Lady Toppers fight in two double-overtime contests

BY HUNTER FRINT HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

The WKU soccer team returns to Bowling Green this weekend with a win and a draw from its Georgia road swing.

The Lady Toppers (3-2-2) grabbed a 1-0 win over Mercer in Macon before drawing 1-1 against an undefeated Georgia State team in Atlanta.

Game One:

In the Lady Toppers’ Friday contest at Mercer, WKU once again endured a match that went into multiple periods of overtime.

“We were just trying to find ourselves through the course of the game and never really could. We just couldn’t develop a rhythm to our game,” Neidell said. “It was a very difficult game for our kids. Not necessarily anything Mercer did.”

In the dying embers of the game, with roughly 30 seconds plus stoppage time left, sophomore midfielder Hannah Chua came up with a goal to pro-

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Another Lady Topper was able to notch a career high coming on the defensive side. Junior libero Georgia O’Connell tallied 27 digs.

“Missouri State is a really good team. They never gave up; they are a group of fighters,” O’Connell said.

“It’s not like we played really bad (sic), and it was a fluke that they won. They played awesome, and they deserved to win.”

Coming off what Hudson described as a heartbreaking loss, the Lady Tops headed into their second match of the day against a Big Ten foe: Northwestern.

WKU was able to end the night on a high note, sweeping Northwestern in three sets (25-22, 27-25, 25-21) in a tight, hard-fought match.

Cavanaugh had another solid showcase and put up a career-high 17 kills on a .351 hitting percentage.

WKU finished the Holiday Inn Invitational with another three-set sweep (25-15, 25-15, 25-15) against Furman.

The Lady Topper defense really set

duce the result for Head Coach Jason Neidell’s squad.

“We kind of just shot ourselves in the foot a little bit, but we scored a spectacular goal with 25 seconds left in the game,” Neidell said. “That was really great to see things not going well but our team sticking together to find a way to win.”

The loss brought Mercer’s record to 1-4-2.

The game was stagnant in offensive production, with WKU and Mercer combining for 14 shots and a 0-0 scoreline at the conclusion of regulation.

The first period of overtime saw WKU on its heels for long spells. The Lady Tops were out-shot 3-1, but the score remained 0-0.

It wasn’t until the last offensive surge of the game for WKU that Chua notched the second game-winner of her career. She netted one last season versus Evansville.

The Lady Toppers racked up 19 shots total on Friday—the most shots in any contest this season.

“It was pretty evenly matched; it was highly contested,” Neidell said. “It was

the stage for the rest of the team as they held Furman to an abysmal .012 hitting percentage. O’Connell led the defense with 12 digs. As a unit, the defense racked up four blocks.

Langenkamp and O’Connell, along with sophomore setter Jessica Lucas, were named to the All-Invitational team. O’Connell pulled in an astonishing 60 digs on the weekend.

Another bright spot for Hudson was the emergence of Sydney Engle, who has struggled to find her stride early in the season. Against MSU, she pulled in nine kills with a .316 hitting percentage—the third best on the squad.

Against Northwestern, Engle led the team in hitting percentage with a .400 hitting clip with six kills.

“Sydney has had a rough week or two, and I am trying to get them all to understand that if they go out and execute what we do, then they will have a chance to be successful,” Hudson said.

“Sydney did that in both matches [on Saturday] and consequently had good success in both.”

The Hilltoppers return to the court on Tuesday with a trip to Nashville to take on Belmont at 6 p.m.

an even game, pretty much back and forth. We missed some chances. They missed some chances. It was a competitive game for sure.”

Game Two:

Heading to Atlanta, the Lady Toppers took on an undefeated (5-0-1) Georgia State that was coming off a 3-0 win over Alabama A&M just two days prior.

Georgia State came in quickly and skillfully when senior forward Ashley Nagy made a quick strike in the 10th minute, causing the ball to sail just out of reach for WKU keeper Allison Leone.

The Lady Toppers were not deterred

by Georgia State jumping to an early lead.

The second half made the difference for WKU when Caitlin Hesse assisted Chua in the 79th minute for the equalizing goal. This brought Chua’s goalscoring record to three on the season and tied for most goals scored with junior forward Iris Dunn.

“Over the course of the weekend, I thought Caitlin Hesse was very good in both games and so was Haley Baldridge,” Neidell said. “Obviously Han-

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Continued from sports back D’Andre Ferby stepped up for the Hilltoppers. He finished with 43 yards, a touchdown and an important twopoint conversion in the fourth quarter.

“Whenever you can beat a team from the West [Division] who won it last year, it’s definitely important,” Doughty said. “We can’t make it more than what it is. It’s a huge win for us and we can enjoy tonight, but we have to focus on Indiana tomorrow.”

The Hilltoppers’ senior kicker Garrett Schwettman contributed to the winning effort. He knocked down four field goals throughout the game, including his longest: a 46-yard attempt in the third quarter. Another effort belonged to the kick returner Kylen Towner. Besides his 98-yard touchdown return, he racked up a

nah Chua was fantastic.”

Chua’s goal brought the score up to 1-1, where it stayed through the end and into a double overtime—WKU’s third after games with Mercer and Valparaiso.

“Georgia State was a really, really good soccer team. Today was a really great soccer game between two good teams. It was the best game we’ve played all season,” Neidell said.

It wasn’t just the level of play WKU brought to the table that impressed Neidell; it was also the team’s balance and resilience.

“We played a complete game, put together 110 minutes,” Neidell said. “It was really, really good to see us rise to the occasion after the game on Friday and really battle hard and play really well.”

Georgia State outshot WKU 12-10, but each team offered four shots on goal. Chua put up three of the Lady Toppers’ four shots on goal up.

“I think we found ourselves quite a bit today, and we laid a foundation of something that we can really build off of,” Neidell said.

total of 169 return yards and gave the Hilltoppers exceptional field position throughout the night.

The Bulldogs made it interesting in the final quarter. Driskel found the end zone two separate times to cut the lead to three before the Hilltoppers recovered the final onside kick.

Doughty led them on a seven-play, 77-yard drive in the fourth to take more than three minutes off the clock when they needed it.

“Without question, I am really happy for our football team,” Brohm said.

“That was a really good football team, and that was a big win for us.”

The win marked the first time the Hilltoppers have started 2-0 since 2005. The win also extends WKU’s win streak to seven straight games—the fourth longest winning streak currently in the FBS. The Hilltoppers’ next game will be Sept. 19 at Indiana.

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T-shirts will be given out to the first five hundred students to attend the fair, and hundreds of dollars in door prizes and two study abroad scholarships will be raffled off.

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Allen added to list of injury woes

BY BILLY RUTLEDGE HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU

WKU offensive lineman Max Halpin (70) prepares to snap the ball to quarterback Brandon Doughty (12) during the Hilltoppers’ 41-38 win over Louisiana Tech on Thursday at Smith Stadium. ANDREW LIVESAY/HERALD

TWO & ZERO

Hilltoppers perfect through two for first time since 2005

BY BILLY RUTLEDGE SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM

The week leading up to WKU football’s home opener, junior safety Marcus Ward called Louisiana Tech “the best team we will play all year.” The Hilltoppers certainly took to that mentality when they played their first conference opponent of 2015.

Thursday’s game against the Bulldogs stirred a range of emotions in Hilltopper fans.

The contest saw WKU lead by as many as 17 points before having its deficit cut to three in the final seconds of the game, and star running back Leon Allen suffered a gruesome leg injury in the team’s home opener at Smith Stadium.

But the Hilltoppers showed maturity through the adversity.

WKU (2-0) hung on to defeat its second opponent of the season, Conference USA foe La. Tech, by a score of 41-38.

The game marked a revitalization of the WKU offense and solid play by the special teams.

“That’s a really good football team; they totally kicked our tail last year,” Head Coach Jeff Brohm said. “For our guys to study hard, work hard, believe in themselves, take the field with confidence, play with swagger, fight back and forth the entire game and find a way to win once again in dramatic fashion is a true testament to our players.”

The headline going into the home opener was the exceptional play of the quarterbacks. WKU’s senior quarterback Brandon Doughty and La. Tech’s Jeff Driskel produced a

shootout of an affair, combining for 798 yards and three touchdowns.

Doughty, who finished with 441 yards and a touchdown pass, returned to 2014 form and jettisoned the Hilltoppers to an early 21-3 first-half lead.

“Our coaching staff worked extremely hard to find ways to beat this football team,” Brohm said. “[La. Tech] is a really good football team, and we are very proud of this victory and I couldn’t be happier for our football team and the effort they put forth.”

Doughty’s lone touchdown pass went to junior Taywan Taylor for 37 yards in the first quarter. Allen’s 28-yard touchdown run and a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by redshirt sophomore Kylen Towner gave WKU the early advantage.

A touchdown pass to Trent Taylor and touchdown run by the Bulldogs’ running back Kenneth Dixon cut the Hilltoppers’ lead to 27-24 at halftime. La. Tech wasn’t going away just yet as the two teams combined for 500 yards in the first half.

Besides the win, the story of the night was the status of Leon Allen.

Allen went down with a knee injury early in the third quarter and did not return to the game. To that point, the leader had 81 rushing and 53 receiving yards to go along with a 28-yard touchdown run.

Brohm released a statement on Friday saying Allen would miss the remainder of his senior season.

After Allen’s injury in the third, redshirt freshman running

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Just two games into the season, injuries are already having a major affect on the WKU football team. Veteran players such as seniors Leon Allen, Wonderful Terry and Jared Dangerfield have all been limited in playing time.

The most recent and most impacting injury is the knee injury for Allen.

The running back went down in the Hilltoppers’ victory over Louisiana Tech after being undercut by a defender on a reception. It was announced Friday that Allen would be out for the remainder of the 2015 season.

Allen led all of Conference USA and ranked seventh nationally with 2,018 yards from scrimmage in 2014.

While redshirt junior running back Anthony Wales continues to miss time with a hamstring injury, redshirt freshman D’Andre Ferby will fill the void at the running back position. Ferby came into Friday’s game and finished with 14 carries, 43 yards and a touchdown.

“I think he’s a heck of a player. He’s more than capable, and he’s ready to step in if we need him,” senior quarterback Brandon Doughty said. “Yeah, we lost our 1,500-yard rusher, but there shouldn’t be a hiccup. There shouldn’t be a drop off at all because those guys are capable.”

Ferby hails from Nashville, where he won a Division II 2A state championship at Ensworth High School. Named Tennessee’s Mr. Football in 2013, he was redshirted the following year.

“I mean, this is what you come to college football to do,” Ferby said. “I didn’t come here to be Big Red or nothing (sic), so it feels good, and hopefully I can keep making plays.”

Senior cornerback Wonderful Terry is the next Hilltopper to catch the injury bug. After injuring his ankle in the first quarter of the Vandy season opener, Terry was once again limited against La. Tech and was forced to leave the game.

Terry headlines a shaky secondary at best for the Hilltoppers. He was named 2014 All-Conference USA Second Team and tied second nationally with three defensive touchdowns.

“I don't know how long [Terry] will be out," Head Coach Jeff Brohm said.

"It may be a little while as well, so other guys have to step up, which they did, and played a lot against a spread team. We'll just have to get the other younger guys ready and put them in the rotation."

Others hampering injuries include seniors receiver Jared Dangerfield and linebacker Dejon Brown. Dangerfield hauled in four catches for 44 yards against La. Tech after nursing a hamstring injury throughout training camp, and Brown returned to action for the first time in 2015 last Thursday.

VOLLEYBALL

WKU with two sweeps in front of home crowd

BY MATTHEW STEWART SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM The Lady Topper volleyball team (8-2) took home another tournament win this weekend in the Holiday Inn University Plaza Invitational at home in Diddle Arena.

After falling in the tournament’s first matchup against Missouri State 3-2, WKU bounced back with two wins in sweeping fashion against Northwestern and Furman to close out the weekend.

The Lady Tops took a tough loss in the first match of the tournament, falling to MSU in five sets (25-18, 25-22, 20-25, 21-25, 9-15).

WKU came out of the gate well, playing aggressively and winning the first two sets heading in to the break while throwing down a staggering 32 kills off 66 attacks.

Missouri State came out of intermission with a vengeance, capturing the final three sets on the Lady Toppers’ home floor. WKU was only able to come up with 27 total kills with a .085 hitting percentage in the final three periods.

“It was a heartbreaking loss that we took. We were playing a really good team,” Head Coach Travis Hudson said.

“Missouri State is a fantastic team. Teams like that don’t just go away. We’ve got to find a way to get in a rhythm offensively.”

Senior middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp earned a career best 18 kills off a .438 hitting percentage. The only other Lady Topper to finish with double-digit kills was sophomore outside hitter Alyssa Cavanaugh with 10.

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Senior middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp (13) spikes the ball between a pair of Missouri State blockers during the Lady Toppers' 2-3 loss on Friday at Diddle Arena. NICK WAGNER/HERALD