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CONTINUED FROM PAGE A7 on the record—it’s not doctored up. We tried to keep it as pure as possible.” Cope said this was done by employing a recording technique known as “live tracking,” where a band records a song not individually by instrument but together as if performing live, on many of the album’s songs. Cope said this technique allowed the band to keep its music genuine. “We recorded that thing 95-percent live,” Cope said about “Old News.” “We wanted to capture that feeling.” Over a week since its release, “Old News” debuted at number 18 on the “Americana/Folk Albums” chart released by Billboard on Jan. 2. Cope said The Steel Woods is grateful for the chance to share its music with anyone who cares to listen. “It’s a dream come true,” Cope said. “I’m just grateful for the opportunity, and it’s exciting to make this piece of art and get it out to the world.” The band is currently on a nationwide tour to promote “Old News” and has no plans of slowing down, Cope said. He added that in 2016 alone the band traveled enough miles to cover the circumference of the Earth twice. “We’ve been hitting it,” Cope said. “We’ve been hitting it hard.” In part with its tour, The Steel Woods is set to perform in Bowling Green at The Warehouse at Mt. Victor on Saturday. The band’s other tour dates may
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Heintzman met Haskamp the same way Seymour did, when he came into the MakerSpace looking for a 3D printer to fix his skateboard. “He just likes to create things,” Heintzman said of Haskamp. She said Haskamp has learned and grown extensively since she first met him, and she believes he is “thinking far beyond himself.” The two entrepreneurs said they believe the notion that college guarantees success is outdated. “As two young entrepreneurs, we’ve
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Tilford said she leaves each session feeling like she’s bettered herself in a variety of ways. Customer Carol Crowe and her daughter have been patrons for more than seven years, and they continue to enjoy sessions together. “I’ve gotten a lot from hot yoga,” Crowe said. “It’s a way to stay fit, relax and learn to deal with stress. It’s also taught me how to breathe through difficult situations and remain calm.”
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY be found on its website. Cope said he loves performing in Bowling Green on account of its proximity to Nashville, the band’s home base. “I like when it’s on the map,” Cope said about Bowling Green. “We just get to bounce right there, bounce right back. I play there, and I’m sleeping in my bed at night.” Cope said interested concertgoers may expect music across the band’s varied discography, most of which might be best described “southern-rock” or “blues-rock” country music. “We’ll be playing songs off both our albums on 11,” Cope said. The concert is open to all ages and is available for $12 to all WKU students who present a valid student ID at the door. Other tickets are $15 for standing and $20 for sitting. The show is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. with opening performer Josh Card and is expected to end around 10:30 p.m. The Steel Woods is expected to begin performing around 8:45 p.m. All other questions may be referred to The Warehouse at Mt. Victor’s website. The Warehouse at Mt. Victor owner Larry Deaton of Bowling Green said the venue has seen the likes of other aspiring country music acts like Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson since its opening in 2009. Deaton said he believes The Warehouse at Mt. Victor presents the musicians who perform there an opportunity to connect with an audience on a more personal level.
“They like to play where they feel like they’re more intimate with the audience,” Deaton said. As many of the performers he’s seen over the years have gone on to perform at venues such as the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Deaton said he believes The Steel Woods aren’t far
off. “They’re gonna be huge,” Deaton said. “It won’t be long until they’re headlining at the Ryman.”
overcome a lot,” Haskamp said. Skeptics might argue personal-sized heating and cooling units is not a necessity, but Haskamp argues otherwise. He said people consider heat and air units in their homes to be necessities, so having one for your clothing should be viewed similarly. “It’s a modern necessity,” Haskamp said. Haskamp is the CEO for BioTek. He mainly handles the marketing and business-minded front, and Seymour handles more behind-the-scenes and technological aspects. “It’s a good dynamic,” Seymour said. “He’s seen enough of my driving to
start giving backseat directions.” Heintzman has known the two since the beginning of their process and hopes to continue sharing her support. “I’ve been on the fringes,” Heintzman said. “I don’t ask what they’re up to. I ask how I can help.” Haskamp and Seymour said many engineers and other working professionals told them they would never be able to create the AirBox. However, BioTek already has other inventions lined up, all of them being wearables. Assuming the release of the AirBox goes well, Heintzman and Seymour to launch and sell their other inventions. Once they collect data on who would
be interested in buying the AirBox, they will begin to market more toward specific demographics. Sales will begin online but eventually move to in-store retail if things go as planned, Haskamp said. Haskamp and Seymour said they have learned not to listen to those who doubt them, rather to listen to their own determination and the support of those who believe in their ambition. “I don’t think there is any limit of where they can go,” Heintzman said.
Anicie said she finds just as many benefits in hot yoga as her clients, but for her, the best part of the business is connecting with the clients. “The people are really my favorite part,” Anicie said. “People have been coming here for years, and they really do become part of the family.” Anicie said the idea of family is what makes their business so special to them. “You’ve got your ‘Yoga Mama’ and your ‘Yoga Daddy,’ because everyone needs a place to feel safe, a place to let their hair down and feel at home and a person that they can trust,” Anicie said. “That’s what we’re here to give everyone.”
”It’s a way to stay fit, relax and learn to deal with stress. It’s also taught me how to breathe through difficult situations and remain calm.”
The family-like feeling is evident as clients come in to get ready for a class. Tony and Anicie know where each patron’s favorite spot is, what’s going on with their family and what sort of activities they enjoy. Customers frequently stop to chat before and after each class just to catch up. “It’s a fun but challenging, friendly, great place to be,” Crowe said. “It’s easy to get comfortable here.”
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Herd. “A lot of fans come out and show their support, and we appreciate them a lot,” sophomore forward Josh Anderson said after the game. “I feel like they play a big part of the game, and we feed off of their energy.”
WKU currently has a home record of 6-2, with its only losses coming against Troy and C-USA opponent FIU. The Hilltoppers have four more home games left to play in the regular season, with the next two being back-toback home games, first on Thursday
against Texas-San Antonio and Saturday against Texas-El Paso.
Lady Toppers always seemed to have an answer. Instead of getting shaken, WKU was steady in its intensity. “There was a more concerted effort on the team to make sure the energy level was high,” Collins said. “I felt like our energy was at an all-time low against Southern Miss leading into the game, and that resulted in a really poor performance. So, credit to our players, because they really focused on keeping the energy level up.” In both contests, sophomore forward Raneem Elgedawy built upon her recent success. The reigning C-USA Player of the Week had 20 points and nine rebounds in the loss against Southern Miss. Elgedawy, who was also named to the NCAA Weekly Starting Five last week, tallied 18 points and seven rebounds against LA Tech. Elgedawy also had eight steals between the two games. Elgedawy ranks second in C-USA with 2.1 steals per game in league play. Elgedawy is second to her own teammate, as redshirt junior forward Dee Givens (2.6 steals per game) leads the conference. Through seven conference games, Elgedawy is still the only player who ranks in the top five in both scoring and rebounding in C-USA. Elgedawy is averaging 19.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest, good for second and fifth in the league, respectively. The Lady Toppers rank first in scoring since C-USA play began, averaging 78.3 points per game. WKU also ranks first in field goal percentage (.496) and
3-point percentage (.419) in league play. The Lady Toppers are currently slotted third in C-USA standings. WKU will look to continue its winning ways during two road games in Texas this week. The Lady Toppers will tip off their road trip with a weekday matchup against Texas-San Antonio (6-13, 1-6 C-USA) on Thursday. The game will take place on the Roadrunners’ Education Day, which means a raucous crowd of children will be on hand to make it difficult for WKU to pull off the program’s first-ever win in UTSA Convocation Center. Two days later, the Lady Toppers will travel about 550 miles for a meeting with Texas-El Paso (4-16, 1-6 C-USA) on Feb. 2. The Miners are averaging only 51.6 points per game in conference play, which ranks last among 14 C-USA teams. UTEP leads the all-time series 3-2, including an 80-75 win over WKU at the Don Haskins Center a year ago. “We’re always going to bring the other team’s best effort,” Collins said. “We expect nothing less. I think our players are starting to get adjusted to that and realize that we’re going to kind of be the bull’s eye on everybody else’s schedule, so we got to make sure we’re bringing that same kind of intensity.” WKU will be looking for a 7-1 start in C-USA action Thursday at 11 a.m. in San Antonio.
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Freshman Meral Abdelgawad makes her way to the hoop during WKU Lady Toppers game against Southern Miss. WKU lost its first home conference game to Southern Miss in Diddle Arena Jan. 24 in Bowling Green.
“I think it was a big wake-up call,” sophomore guard Sherry Porter said. “Of course, we wanted to execute the game plan Thursday, but we didn’t quite do that, so we had to get back in practice Friday, get back focused, locked in, take the ‘L’ on the shoulder and keep it going.” LA Tech boasted senior guard Kierra Anthony, the top scorer in C-USA at 22.3 points per contest. Anthony tallied 23 points, but WKU was not intimidated. The Lady Toppers locked down on defense and translated 17 turnovers into 26 points. WKU shot 35 free throws, sinking six in the final minutes to seal an 81-76 victory inside Diddle Arena. The Lady Techsters trimmed a 21-point deficit to only three points late in the contest, spurred by sophomore guard Raizel Guinto. Guinto came off the bench and scored 19 points on six made 3-pointers for LA Tech, but the
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