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WKU, UK form new partnership in medicine

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WKU and Morehead State University will be partnering with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine to create a satellite program for medical degrees. By late 2018, students will be able to study in Bowling Green and Morehead while earning degrees through the UK College of Medicine. WKU students who enroll in this program will study at The Medical Center in Bowling Green, and Morehead State students will study through the St. Claire Regional Medical Center. “The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a shortage of physicians and especially primary care physicians throughout the state but particularly in rural areas,” UK President Eli Capilouto said at a press conference announcing the partnership on Thursday. “This is an acute health care need and an economic one as well.” During the announcement, Capilouto said the partnership among the three schools resulted from the need for more physicians in Kentucky and from the UK College of Medicine's reaching its enrollment capacity. The hope for the program is that students will stay and work in the areas where they earned their degrees. “The demand for medical education at the University of Kentucky is high, and it increases year after year,” Capilouto said. “Our applicant pool runs deep with very qualified candidates, and we have the opportunity to meet Kentucky’s demand when we collaborate with regional partners.” Currently, UK’s College of Medicine has 521 students, and this program will expand it by approximately 30 percent. “That’s 30 percent more students per class committed to healing Kentucky families,” Capilouto said. President Gary Ransdell also spoke at the press conference to talk about the impact this program will have on WKU. “This announcement today of a collaboration of a full four-year medical school, an extension of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine here in Bowling Green, does indeed meet our need to serve South Central Kentucky and Western Kentucky with our health care priorities,” Ransdell said. Ransdell said this program will complement degrees — specifically those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — offered at WKU through the College of Health and Human Services and the Ogden College of Science and Engineering. “This also provides a pathway for our WKU pre-med students to be able to pursue a medical school degree from the University of Kentucky here in Bowling Green and hopefully stay here in Bowling Green to go to work to further serve our region as physicians [in] our community,” he said. According to a press release from the UK College of Medicine, the program will begin as early as 2018.

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Jack Rudolph, professor of agricultural education at WKU, removes a cover to the cheese vat at the Taylor Center on the University Farm in Bowling Green on Monday. Rudolph and the agricultural department received a grant totaling $250,000 from the Kentucky Agriculture Development Fund to start the cheese production facility. NICK WAGNER/HERALD

WKU doesn’t cut cheese Cheese production facility to open at WKU Taylor Center BY EMMA COLLINS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A cheese production facility located in the Taylor Center on WKU's University Farm is expected to be completed early this March. The cheese lab, which has been in the works for about four years, is the brainchild of Jack Rudolph, a professor of Agricultural Education. “The idea was that we could be a small dairy and we could show in a real way that it would pay — that you could do this, and you wouldn’t have to go into the cheese business and then decide, 'Wow, I don’t want to do this,'” Rudolph said. Rudolph said small dairy farmers have a difficult time making money because of fluctuations in milk prices. When prices are lower, the difficulty increases — especially when feed costs, electricity and other production needs are factored in the equation. One way dairy farmers save money is by using their families for labor rather than hiring other employees, but even

that method has its downsides. “If it’s his labor, his family’s labor, then they end up working a lot of hours and not having a lot to show for it,” Rudolph said. The dairy farmers’ difficulties inspired Rudolph to look into building a cheese lab. He believes that if dairy farmers are able to make and sell a

support his idea. Numerous universities across the nation have cheese production facilities that train students in food science and in making money from cheese sales. Mississippi State University is one such institution. Cheese production there began in 1938 with just a

We wanted to show people that you could make money and make a small dairy product.” Jack Rudolph product made from their milk, then they will be able to increase their income. “We wanted to show people that you could make money and make a small dairy product,” Rudolph said. After looking at numerous milk products, Rudolph settled on cheese because of its long shelf life and easy shipping abilities. He also had examples of other university cheese labs to

small amount of product each year. The facilities have since expanded to produce enough cheese to sell to the general public and to ship all over the country to alumni and other customers. Troy Weaver, manager of the Sale Store at MSU, said the business is extremely successful. “We sell every bit of the cheese we

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Potter College acquires new dean BY MONICA KAST HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Larry Snyder, who was serving as the interim dean of the Potter College of Arts and Letters, has been named dean of the Potter College by university provost and vice president of Academic Affairs David Lee. Lee said Snyder’s appointment concluded an approximately five-month national search that began in October and attracted over 50 applicants. Lee was the former dean of Potter College before he accepted the provost position last semester. He said that a search committee made up of faculty members conducted the process of selecting a new dean and that Snyder came highly recommended by faculty in Potter College. “He knows the Potter College very well,” Lee said. “He’s worked in the dean’s office for more than a decade.” Lee added Snyder “just brings a long list of skills that will benefit Potter College.” Previously, Snyder has

Larry Snyder was named dean of the Potter College of Arts and Letters on Friday, Feb. 19. "In many ways, Potter College is the very heart of the university experience," Snyder said, who had previously been serving as interim dean since August 2015. GABRIEL SCARLETT/HERALD worked as an assistant dean, interim assistant provost and department head in the Potter College. His former position of assistant dean is now held by Andrew McMichael. Snyder has been a professor in the department of religion and philosophy at WKU since 1990, focusing

mainly on American history of Christianity. Snyder also won the University Teaching Award for the 1996-1997 academic year. Lee said this “pertinent, valuable experience” helped Snyder stand out from other candidates. “I am genuinely humbled and honored by this ap-

pointment,” Snyder said in a press release announcing his appointment. “Potter College has been home for most of my academic career. It was — and remains — a great place to work and study, one filled with talented students and a gifted faculty.”

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Continued from FRONT can make,” Weaver said. The success of MSU and other universities, research-based evidence of profitability and the small number of on-farm cheese producers in Kentucky convinced Rudolph that cheese was the ideal product for WKU. According to statistics from the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, at the beginning of 2015 there were 714 dairy farms in the state. Only six of those farms are on-farm cheese producers, so Rudolph believes the market is wide open. From the conception of Rudolph’s idea to now, progress on the project has been slow. Partial funding came from a $250,000 grant from the Kentucky Agriculture Development Fund. The rest of the money came from inside the agriculture department. “We were really struggling to get this off the ground,” Rudolph said. In addition to installing the machinery for a cheese lab, Rudolph also had

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to apply for a milk hauler’s license. The license is necessary for hauling milk from the dairy barn to the Taylor Center. Rudolph estimated the distance is only about 150 yards. “We had to pay $8,000 to get a special tank made that goes in the back of a pickup to bring the milk that short distance from the dairy barn up to the Taylor Center,” Rudolph said. Despite the lengthy process, the project is nearly finished. Ben Johnson, assistant director of Planning, Design and Construction, said construction is complete. Testing the equipment and training the staff are all that remain to be done. “We’re looking at doing an equipment startup with the contractors to make sure it all works Thursday, March 3,” Johnson said. A training session to teach the staff how to properly use the equipment is scheduled to be held on Friday, March 4. Rudolph said he hopes production will begin shortly after the training session. Once production begins and cheese from WKU’s dairy cows has

been successfully produced, the facility will begin extending invitations to one or two dairy farmers. “They would bring their milk, and they would come and they would learn to make cheese with us,” Rudolph said. Rudolph said another benefit of owning a cheese production facility is the amount of employment opportunities it provides. From start to finish, the process requires someone to milk the cows, someone to produce the cheese and someone to market the product. “You could have three or four kids out of the same family, and all of them could make a living if you have a really good value-added product,” Rudolph said. In addition to helping the farmers, the cheese lab will also benefit WKU

students. Rudolph believes the classes in the cheese lab will serve as a good introduction to food science courses. Dairy farmers’ interest in the facility has begun to wane. However, Rudolph believes this is due to how long the project has taken to reach completion. “It’s drug out so long that I think people thought, 'Well, they’re never going to get it off the ground,'” Rudolph said. He said interest in the project will probably grow after cheese made from WKU’s milk is successfully produced and sold. “After [March 1], it seems like all the road blocks will be out of the way,” Rudolph said. “It seems reasonable to think that we’re going to see some cheese before the end of the school year.”

ing what I’ve been doing as an interim dean,” Snyder said. “We have a number of initiatives that we want to start as a college over the next year. We will start a very strategic planning process.” Snyder has plans for two initiatives that he wants to start within Potter College.

One is a diversity task force that will focus on minority students and faculty as well as focusing on minority needs, recruitment and retention. His other initiative is to “find a more effective way to connect with alumni.” “We feel that what we do here is very

important,” Snyder said. “We also have a very strong sense of mission, and we’re committed to the notion that we are a public university for the public good. We will continue advocating long and hard for the importance of arts and sciences within the university education.”

It seems reasonable to think that we’re going to see some cheese before the end of the school year.” Jack Rudolph

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•Crystal Lake, Illinois, freshman Thomas Fitzsimons Mordi on Feb. 19 was arrested and charged with alcohol intoxication. •Franklin sophomore Dustin Knight on Feb. 19 was arrested and charged with reckless driving, DUI, criminal mischief, possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor. •Nashville Freshman Antwain Henderson of Hugh Poland was arrested and charged on Feb. 21 with trafficking a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a school.

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Early orientation program opens doors for minority students BY HANNAH SHAFFER HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Project Early Start is searching for WKU volunteers to help prepare incoming freshmen from minority backgrounds for college. In July 2015, Jackie Pillow, the retention coordinator for Student Affairs, took over as supervisor of the program. Pillow said the program takes place every August on the weekend before M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan. “The program aims to show students the differences between high school and college in terms of expectations for the students,” Pillow said. “The biggest goal of the program is for students to be prepared for what college really looks like.” Pillow said the weekend is broken into workshops similar to M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan's that cover a variety of topics. The topics range from academic expectations for incoming freshmen to the rights and

responsibilities of students. They cover life lessons and study skills that students might not learn otherwise in time to benefit from them. Indianapolis native Josclynn Brandon, coordinator of Leadership and Volunteerism for Diversity, is a graduate student who assists Pillow with the Project Early Start program. Brandon said the program tries to build trust and teamwork between workers and students by going to a challenge course at the University Farm. Students also learn about financial aid, loans, budgeting money, maintaining mental health and studying. “It is really important for students to understand the resources available to them on campus,” Brandon said. The program uses student volunteers who meet certain criterion to lead many of the workshops and help the incoming freshmen get an idea of what student life is actually like in college.

"Incoming freshmen are always looking for the student perspective, so that’s what we’re looking for,” Brandon said of prospective volunteers. Many volunteers are students who have gone through the program themselves. Pillow said they are really able to see the value of the program when they look back on their first year at WKU. Chicago sophomore Christopher Wilborn attended Project Early Start as an incoming freshman and has returned as a volunteer to help other students who are in a situation similar to his when he attended. “Without this program, I believe, I would have struggled seriously,” Willborn said. The program works to show students there are people in their corner. It focuses a portion of its time on networking between the students and faculty who help the students succeed. “A key factor is networking, which is a real big deal because you never know who might be

able to help out with something. It could be a job or internship,” Wilborn said. “Also building a relationship with your peers. The students in this program seem to have the upper hand.” Project Early Start began in 2010 when Howard Bailey, former vice president of Student Affairs, had a conversation with a member of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion. Brandon said this program has helped significantly because retention at the college level has been an issue among minority students in the past. “The students who complete the program leave with the knowledge that they have a number of people they can turn to,” Brandon said. Last year, there were 80 students enrolled in the Project Early Start program, and there were 12 volunteers. This year, Brandon said, they are hoping for between 15 and 20 volunteers. Project Early Start helps incoming freshmen figure out

what they need to do to be successful. This, Wilborn said, is a big part of what makes the program successful. “The Project Early Start program prepared me for my freshmen year by giving me and others the inside scoop on what type of things ... goes on at [WKU],” Wilborn said. “I like to say it's similar to having a blueprint for my whole four years here at Western Kentucky University. The Project Early Start volunteers that helped me out my freshmen year gave me different studying tips and advice on balancing my social life and schoolwork.” Pillow said this program is important to the success of minority students both now and in the future at WKU. “This is necessary in the sense that it helps to prepare these students to be successful, and I think we are giving them the resources and the tools to be able to do that,” Pillow said.

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Good luck, Gary President Ransdell to speak against higher education budget cuts

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dent Gary Ransdell will meet with the House Postsecondary Education Budget Subcommittee in Frankfort to speak out against the coming budget cuts proposed by Gov. Matt Bevin. OUR STANCE: As with other Kentucky university presidents that have met with the House subcommittee, President Ransdell is sure to make a compelling argument. Our only hope is that the subcommittee listens.

ast month, Gov. Bevin presented his state budget proposal, which included an immediate 4.5 percent cut in state funding for postsecondary education by executive order. A nine percent reduction from postsecondary allocations is still pending approval, which is why many presidents of universi-

ties around the state are traveling to Frankfort to speak out against the cuts. University of Kentucky president Eli Capilouto and University of Louisville President James Ramsey have already spoken with the subcommittee in Frankfort in recent weeks. Both Ramsey and Capilouto tried to explain to the subcommittee the danger that this decrease in funding could cause to the universities. “We can’t easily absorb cuts of this magnitude,” the Lexington HeraldLeader reported Capilouto telling the House Postsecondary Education Budget Subcommittee. “We can’t protect any part of our campus in the face of these draconian cuts.” Not many universities can handle a budget decrease this large, and how they would handle them is still up in the air. “I will say that it is not my intention to have an across-the-board

approach,” President Ransdell said of handling the budget cuts during a meeting held with the Herald’s editorial board on Feb. 2. “This approach is going to have to be a bit more surgical and a bit more precise.” The Courier Journal reported last Thursday that Ramsey has the same intentions. Not only is there a proposed budget cut of nine percent, but Bevin proposed that by 2020, 100 percent of postsecondary education funding will be performance based. The entirety of the situation shows that Bevin puts very little stock in higher education, especially any area of study that is not STEM based. When President Ransdell makes his way to Frankfort on Thursday to represent WKU and take a stand against these severe budget cuts, we must trust that he will do his best to fight on our side. Good luck, President Ransdell.

Thursday, Feb. 18, Gov. Matt Bevin announced his plan to sue and shut down the only operating Planned Parenthood in Kentucky. The downtown Louisville location stopped performing abortions on Feb. 1, according to a Courier Journal article published on Friday. Bevin claimed that the women’s health clinic had been performing abortions for the entire month of January without a license. Planned Parenthood stated that it did, in fact, apply for its license in December but that it had not yet been approved for the month of January. This delay between application and approval also occurred several years in a row with the approval of Kentucky’s previous governor Steve Beshear. The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services usually takes a while to approve licensing after a submission, but many of the patients' cases are time sensitive. However, with new lawmakers come new rules, and Bevin doesn’t plan to allow Planned Parenthood any slack. He’s well known for being conservative, anti-abortion and antigay marriage. After being voted into office, Bevin promised to shut down the health clinic during his term, and so far he’s come through on that promise. So where are Kentuckians supposed to seek treatment — not just for unplanned pregnancies, but also for gynecological checkups, pap smears and birth control? Our options seem to be getting fewer and farther between, especially since Bevin has also promised to do away with KYNECT. Quite a few young Kentuckians

The downtown Louisville location stopped performing abortions on Feb. 1, according to a Courier Journal article published on Friday.” opposed Bevin's plans. At time of publication, more than 3,000 of them had signed a petition to have him removed from office, according to the petition's Web page. This is just one more example of why voting is so important.

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Bowling Green High School senior Emily Summar sings “Let It Go” as Princess Elsa during the fourth annual BGHS Princess Tea on Sunday, Feb. 21. Summar, a favorite this year with event attendees, was signing autographs and posing for photos throughout the event.

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Anne-Kelly McDaris waits to go home after the fourth annual Bowling Green High School Princess Tea. McDaris is dressed as her favorite Disney Princess, Merida.

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rincesses, pink balloons, music and dancing: many little girls' dream. The fourth annual Princess Tea was held at Christ Episcopal Church last Sunday on Feb. 21. The event was a fundraiser for Bowling Green High School’s choir, whose members dressed up and performed theme songs of popular Disney princesses. Before the main event, guests are welcomed by a line of princesses for a meet and greet. Snacks were provided while attendees posed for photos with their favorite princesses. Due to the popularity of the event, two showings were available for the first time this year. According to choir director Trish Beresford, tickets to the first show sold out in 45 minutes, and the second showing sold out within 24 hours. “Now, don’t climb on the stage during the performance! The stage is for big princesses only,” volunteer Helen Siewers said to a table of wriggling children. “Little princesses have to stay on the main floor.” These directions were quickly forgotten when BGHS senior Emily Summar, dressed as Princess Elsa, came on stage to perform the popular song “Let It Go.” “Elsa is definitely the most popular princess this year,” Beresford said after corralling several miniature ice princesses off the stage. Beresford plans to continue putting on the annual Princess Tea for the foreseeable future.

ABOVE: Bowling Green High School junior Amellia Adkins snapchats after reapplying makeup for the second showing of the Princess Tea. Due to the past popularity of the event, two showings were offered for the first time this year, both of which sold out within 24 hours. LEFT, ABOVE: Bowling Green High School senior Bryce Phillips plays Belle during the Princess Tea fundraiser held Sunday, Feb. 21. Choir director Trish Beresford said she hopes to purchase sound equipment for the choir program with the event proceeds. LEFT, BELOW: Bowling Green High School senior Emily Summar poses with a miniature Princess Anna during intermission at the fourth annual Princess Tea. Summar's ice princess costume was custom-made by local seamstress Blythe Anne Hockensmith.

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plause now and your prayers later,” Tony Rose, host of the Tony Rose Live Morning Show on WDNS, D93, said. After the two minutes had elapsed, Travis Norton, representative for The J.M. Smucker Company, was crowned the victor. Norton had consumed 24 cookies within the two minutes and said afterward that he felt stuffed. Norton said he thought he would be able to eat more but had started with the wrong technique. “Technique was wrong in the beginning, and then I finally got my groove,” Norton said. “I wasn’t dunk-

WKU’s national champion forensics team will present “As We Make History: A Black History Performance Symposium” on Feb. 24 in celebration of Black History Month. The presentation will include student-written speeches as well as interpretive performances of published poetry and drama. Haddy Badjie, a senior from Lewisville, Texas, and organizer of the symposium, said the event will engage, entertain, educate and empower participants. “What better way to honor Black History Month than to use our craft to visually and vocally illustrate how we are making history today when speaking on black history?” Badjie said. “The better educated you are of others’ experiences, the better ally and advocate you can be to make the world a better place.” Sophomore Lyric Davis of Blue Springs, Missouri, will be performing an original persuasive speech about redesigning curriculum standards in high schools. “I’m from a predominantly white high school, and every year I only learned about blacks during February,” Davis said. She said she believes the federal school curriculum is not inclusive to all minorities. Davis said she wrote her speech after researching this problem and hopes it will motivate listeners to work towards possible solutions. Andrea Ambam, a freshman from Peculiar, Missouri, will also give a speech. Ambam said she wanted to choose a subject that meant a lot to her and decided to discuss African immigration. “I searched for a topic that I didn’t think many people knew about,” Ambam said. She said she went through several drafts with her coaches until they produced a piece that was ready for the first competition. Ganer Newman, the director of WKU Forensics, said public performances such as Wednesday’s symposium will help prepare students for two upcoming national tournaments of the American Forensics Association and the National Forensics Association. WKU’s team won both of these championships last year and hopes to defend the title. Each of Wednesday’s

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Ann-Riley Cox, 13, waits for visitors at the Kids' Candy Store booth at the Chocolate Festival on Sunday at the Sloan Convention Center. Proceeds from the ticket sales benefit the Hospice of Southern Kentucky. LEANORA BENKATO/HERALD

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Bowling Green celebrates 29th Chocolate Festival

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The aroma of chocolate filled the air at the Sloan Convention Center on Sunday as the 29th Annual Hospice Chocolate Festival began. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Hospice of Southern Kentucky Inc. according to Jennifer Brashear, marketing director for the hospice organization. Brashear said the reasoning behind the annual festival is to supplement money for patients who come to them with no means of paying or in-

surance available. “We never want to turn anyone away for hospice care,” Brashear said. A key event at the festival was the celebrity cookie-eating contest. The contest had eight participants with each representing different Bowling Green companies or organizations, such as the Bowling Green Hot Rods, WNKY and WDNS. The contestants had to eat as many Oreo cookies as possible within a two-minute time frame with only milk and water to aid them in the endeavor. An audience encouraged participants with cheer and applause. “They’re going to need your ap-

Student designs cyber defense major

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Tompkinsville junior Morgan Taylor was 5 years old when she hacked into a school’s database while visiting her father, a teacher, at work. As a joke, Taylor’s parents took her home to watch the movie "Hackers," a '90s film about a group of computer hackers. For Taylor, this was the spark that ignited a flame. Taylor expanded her love for technology through high school. She was the runnerup for an award for women in technology, worked as an engineer her senior year and even began research at WKU as a secondary student. Now, Taylor is on her way to making her tech goals a reality. Taylor is currently undergoing the process of making her own highly specialized major in cyber defense through the Honors College. “I’ve honestly just always loved it,” Taylor said. “Nowadays, you’re always on technology.” Cyber defense incorporates many different fields including penetration testing, a way to evaluate computer systems, database management and security and data mining, Taylor said. Taylor is currently focusing on data mining but said the major is full of opportunities. “It’s just so diverse. I could work with a

software company today and be doing something completely different than my technology job at Western,” Taylor said. “I go around the country setting up technology for different companies.” Taylor was able to create a cyber defense major with computer science, psychology and honors components through the Honors College that would give her experience in each of those fields. Taylor was able to choose which courses would best benefit her and add them to her degree requirements. Upon approval from the Honors College, Taylor will officially be the only student on campus to major in cyber defense. Taylor said studying psychology is important for her cyber defense major as she’s able to learn patterns of behavior and to investigate signs of future actions. “They’re important, especially with the tracking of certain individuals and personality types,” Taylor said. “In cyber defense, if you’re on the research side, you see a lot of patterns between people.” Part of Taylor’s major requires her to continue research with a faculty advisor. In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI, she is currently data mining Twitter and running analytics in attempt to make predictions about possible future events.

Tompkinsville junior Morgan Taylor is studying for the Certified Ethical Hacking Exam as part of her self-designed major in cyber defense. The CEHE is one of the last steps for professional certification in cyber defense. JOSH NEWELL/HERALD Taylor’s current project is working to track the Zika virus. Since Taylor was involved in the creation of the Ebola tracking app by WKU student Armin Smailhodzic, she has prospects of creating a similar app for the Zika virus. “Right now we’re working on using the same equations and prediction charts to predict the Zika virus,” Taylor said. “This is about to be really big in the United States. We want to see how

many states have been affected and what our growth rate is.” Dr. Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organization, said the spread of the Zika virus has been explosive since 2015 when it was first detected in Brazil, according to NPR. On Feb. 22, a team of U.S. government

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Murray State students organize marcher for higher education BY KJ HALL

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Students at Murray State University will not let Gov. Matt Bevin’s recently proposed budget cuts for higher education slide by unnoticed. With Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposal, there would be a 9 percent reduction from postsecondary education allocations over the next two years. Bevin has also issued an executive order of an immediate 4.5 percent cut to university operating budgets before the end of this fiscal year, June 30. “It’s just such a lousy idea. I don’t see how it could possibly go through,” Emily Ferguson, a creative writing major and junior at Murray State who has helped take the lead in organizing the march, said. “But I knew that as students, we couldn’t just sit behind our desks and hope the outcome wouldn’t be bad.” Ferguson, along with other Murray

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ing long enough [and] didn’t stuff them, so it was taking too long to chew.” Norton said in the end what put him over the edge was putting the remainder of his cookies in his mouth for a last ditch effort. Chris Flanigan, representative for Western Kentucky Ghostbusters and D93, said he tried his best in the contest but was only able to eat 17 cookies. Flanigan said towards the end he started to pick up the pace, but it was rough. “The goal was to submerge the cookies in the water so I wouldn’t have to chew them as much so I could basically gum them down faster,” Flanigan said. “My lack of strategy of not knowing how long to keep them under the water was my downfall.” Flanigan also arrived at the Chocolate Festival with the members of WKGB. Flanigan said they like to go out and bring extra eyes onto nonprofit organizations and other good causes. He said in the past, they’ve helped raise money for the Kentucky Children’s Hospital

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pieces will be included as a competition piece for nationals. Newman added that the symposium is an opportunity for the program’s African-American students to give performances that address issues and speak to their lived experiences. “Students at WKU should attend this performance because not only will it be incredibly entertaining, but it will also be incredibly eye-opening,” Ambam said. Badjie said forensics is the reason

State and University of Kentucky students, intend to show Bevin their opinion on these budget cuts in the form of a peaceful protest in Frankfort this Thursday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. They are calling this protest the “March for Higher Education.” Kevin Binfield, professor of English at Murray State, took a class period at the beginning of February to explain to his students, including Ferguson, what the budget cut situation is, how it works and what that would mean for Murray if it came to fruition. “If you could get 10,000 students to Frankfort…” Binfield said, and the students went from there. They do not have quite 10,000 students, but they are confident they have enough to make an impact, Ferguson said. Students have pitched in to make signs, hang up posters, share the Facebook page and advertise by word of mouth. Students have also volunteered

to drive and contact their friends at other universities about the march. The Murray State Student Government Association and administration, as well as those at other universities, have been helpful and supportive in their efforts, Ferguson said. Ferguson, and other students, are also not alone in fighting against Bevin’s proposed cuts as other school and university officials are also taking a stand. Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Donna Hargens said in an “email blast” last Friday, Feb. 19, that Jefferson County Public School’s supporters should call their state lawmakers and ask that the state Department of Education be exempted from Gov. Matt Bevin's proposed budget cuts, according to the Courier-Journal. Ferguson is expecting to see students from all over the state at the March. Students will meet at Kentucky State University on Thursday morning, and

will march from there to the capitol. Students will wear their respective university’s gear, bring signs and will sit outside the Capitol for most of the day, Ferguson said. They will perform periodic skits, recite poetry, play music, and have student speakers to talk about the issues at hand. “I think the March for Higher Education is a great way to show the Kentucky state government that college students are educated and aware of what is happening, and that we don’t like it,” Alexis Keith, a communications major at WKU who hopes to attend the March, said. Ferguson agreed that the goal of the March is to show Gov. Matt Bevin that Kentucky college students are informed of what he plans to do and disapprove of it wholeheartedly. “We hope that by showing up and caring, and proving that we voters disagree, that he and the legislators will see that the proposed budget is a bad idea and consider revising it,” Ferguson said.

ple stay safe are two of the reasons Taylor decided to major in cyber defense. “Now, knowing that I can be the one that can help someone stay safe with their finances or stay safe with their personal information to keep their kids safe, I want to be that person,” Taylor said.

Taylor felt extremely motivated to major in cyber defense after certain people in her life had told her that her dream was unreasonable. “I was told that I couldn’t so many times growing up that once I realized that I actually loved technology, I realized that 'couldn’t' shouldn’t be in anyone’s vocabulary,” Taylor said. “Every

one of us are blessed with so many different opportunities that as long as we decide that we’re going to do it, then we’re going to do it regardless of what we’re told.” Taylor urges all students to stick up for themselves and follow their dreams no matter how unusual those dreams might be.

and partnered with Relay for Life. Apart from that, he said they were also making sure the festival stayed safe from any paranormal threats. “We’re checking for ghosts. You know Slimer really likes the candies -- the sweet stuff -- so we’re here,” Flanigan said. Brashear said the idea for the Chocolate Festival started out with a group of Hospice of Southern Kentucky volunteers who wanted to do something to raise funds for the organization. With the festival now completing its 29th year, Brashear said the annual tradition of the event remains strong. “We just continue it on, and it just grows and grows every year. We have over 30 dessert vendors this year. We have arts and crafts vendors, and it’s a festival for the whole family,” Brashear said. The dessert vendors and other local shops varied from solely desserts to sock monkeys. Among the businesses represented were Milk and Honey Bakery, Cocomo Confections, Gigi’s Cupcakes, Popworks, Southern Sisters, Spongie’s Whimsical Sock Monkeys and Mary Jane’s Chocolates. Juannie Kronenberger, owner and

creator of Spongie’s Whimsical Sock Monkeys, said this was her third or fourth year doing the festival. Kronenberger, who has made sock monkeys since she was a child, started Spongie’s Whimsicals in 2007. Kronenberger said the festival is both a good cause and good exposure for participants. “It definitely brings exposure, and a lot of people know me from year to year,” Kronenberger said. “I’ve been in the same spot, and they go, ‘Yay, the monkey lady is here!’ I’m the monkey lady, which is a wonderful term of endearment.” For Mary Jane Meszaros, owner of Mary Jane’s Chocolates, participation in the festival is more personal. Mary Jane’s opened in Bowling Green in 2010 but has been participating in the

festival for seven years. Meszaros said her mother, who was a hospice volunteer, received hospice care at the end of her life as did Meszaros' sister two years ago. “If business comes from [the festival], fine, but it’s not why we’re here at all,” Meszaros said. Brashear said she hopes this year’s Chocolate Festival surpasses their most successful year on record in 2014, when they raised over $31,000 for hospice patients and families. She said the goal for each festival is to break that record, and based on people’s smiling faces as they left Sunday, she thinks this could be the year. “Going by what people have said about the parking lot and the crowd inside, then yes, we’re looking very good to do that,” Brashear said.

she’s at WKU and that it has helped her grow as a person and as an advocate to resolve problems in the community. Davis said everything the team does is from the heart and guaranteed that anyone who attends the symposium will be entertained and might learn something new at the same time. “Forensics is a powerful tool for individuals from underrepresented groups to express themselves and move us all to act,” Newman said. “Believe me when I say this event will shake you to your core.” The symposium will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Downing Student Union Auditorium on Feb. 24. Admission is free.

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Lady Toppers remain third in conference standings BY EVAN HEICHELBECH

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WKU will return to the comfortable confines of Diddle Arena this week with a 1-1 record over its last two games. In the first game of the road trip, sophomore guard Tashia Brown returned from a leg injury and dropped a career-high 34 points in a comeback victory over Old Dominion on Thursday, Feb. 18. “We needed her,” Head Coach Michelle Clark-Heard said after the game in a postgame radio interview. Tashia Brown helped the Lady Toppers fight back from a 12-point deficit in the second half to an 85-74 overtime victory and sweep of the Lady Monarchs on the season. WKU trailed almost the entire game but held Old Dominion to just 22 percent shooting in the final 10 minutes of play. “I was just so proud of them. We just found ways,” Clark-Heard said. “I kept

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challenging them to keep grinding, keep grinding. We’re right there. We got 10 minutes. We just got to keep playing, and I was just so proud of them because we just kept our composure and found a way to get it to overtime.” The WKU defense was able to hold C-USA leading scorer Jennie Simms in check down the stretch and limited double-double machine Destinee Young to just 8 points and eight rebounds. Junior guard Kendall Noble poured in 22 points of her own and had nine rebounds to go along with them while sophomore forward Ivy Brown recorded her ninth double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds. “Different people stepped up at different times,” Clark-Heard said. “That’s what it’s about. I just told them that this might have been one of the most amazing team wins. This was a great ballgame, and you hate to see anyone lose.” Two days later on Feb. 20, the Lady Toppers travelled to Charlotte to take

on a pesky 49er team that is tough to crack in its own building at 10-2 on the season. For the second consecutive game, WKU trailed by double digits on the road, but there was not enough comeback in the Lady Toppers on Saturday at Charlotte. The 49ers raced out to a 10-0 lead and set the tone early. "We didn’t play well when we came out early. We didn’t have that focus; that’s why we got down 10-0," Associate Head Coach Greg Collins said in a postgame interview. "Charlotte deserves this win. We got what we earned, and that was a loss tonight." The teams traded leads three times before heading into the the half with a 33-33 tie. "We settled in and we were playing better, but they were just a lot more focused," Collins said. The Lady Toppers fell behind again in the third quarter. They fought back in spurts but ultimately could not stay in front of the 49ers. "We didn’t do a good team effort on

the boards tonight," Collins said. "We were fouling, and this is not a team that you want to put on the free-throw line." Charlotte had five players in doubledigits led by guard Lefty Webster, who netted 19 points. Guards Grace Hunter and Kira Gordon had 18 and 16 points respectively. Double-double machine Alexis Alexander scored 15 points, and Laia Raventos joined the double-digit club with 10 points of her own. Kendall Noble led WKU with 19 points, and Ivy Brown and Tashia Brown chipped in 14 and 10 points as well. The Lady Toppers will keep going on Thursday, Feb. 25, when Middle Tennessee (17-7, 11-2) faces WKU in Diddle at 8 p.m. WKU will look to avenge its 83-75 loss to Middle Tennessee in Murfeesboro on Jan. 30. The Lady Toppers currently stand alone in third place of the C-USA standings and trail MTSU by one game; the conference tournament is just a few weeks away.

mance at the plate and on the mound. Junior pitcher Ryan Thurston didn’t allow a single Penguin hit until the fourth inning. By that time, the Hilltoppers' momentum at the plate was just getting started. In the fourth inning, Peter hit a shot to left field to bring in freshman infielder Steven DiPuglia for the game's opening run. Shortly after, Hudzina hit a single to bring in sophomore outfielder Grant Malott to make the score 2-0 in favor of the Hilltoppers. Murray hit a ball to left field to score Hudzina, extending

the lead to 3-0 to cap off the fourth inning. After Thurston and company did their job, Peter hit a single that scored sophomore outfielder Kaleb Duckwoth and DiPuglia to extend their lead to five runs. “We lost a lot of firepower at the plate from last year,” Pawlowski said. “We put bunts down; we moved guys around. That’s the style we have to play at the plate. The guys are certainly buying in to what we have to do.” The route continued as the Hilltoppers scored the game’s final four runs to win 11-1 and win the three-game

series. “I like the way we played the game as a whole. I thought we had a lot of energy. We were up-tempo and had a lot of quality at-bats,” Pawlowski said about the series. “We still need to work on some of the finer things offensively. After three games, we certainly don’t have it figured out. It’s a learning curve that we all have to go through.” The Hilltoppers will be in Athens, Georgia, from Feb. 26 to Feb. 28 for a three-game stint against Cincinnati, South Alabama and the University of Georgia.

day. Tudor said she was proud of Parker’s pitching throughout the 13 or 14 innings she was in the circle this weekend. “I thought that Parker did a great job in the circle, and that sets the tone for the whole entire game,” Tudor said. The team was scheduled

to play a fifth game against Murray State on Sunday for the Holiday Inn Hilltopper Classic, but the game was cancelled due to the rain. The weather on Saturday was a stark comparison with clear, sunny skies. “We had a great fan turn-

out,” said Tudor. “That’s always fun to play in front of. Great weather, and just proud of our fight after playing not like us [on Friday]. Definitely still things to work on.” The Lady Toppers are set to play at home next weekend against four different teams

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single brought Peter home for the game’s final score that capped off a three-run inning. “All fall we talked about momentum,” Kraft said. “Even if we’re losing, we want to show people that we don’t care. We’re going to get out there and do the work and get things done.” Redshirt junior pitcher Kevin Elder played the closer role, pitching the final two innings to secure the 5-3 victory. Senior pitcher Josh Bartley earned the win for the Hilltoppers. “I’m really excited about how we carried on today,” Head Coach John Pawlowski said. “Being down 2-0 was not easy. You learn a lot about the demeanor of your club when you’re down. I’m proud of how our guys responded.” The two teams battled back and forth in the second game of the threegame series. Trailing 7-6 in the bottom of the eighth, redshirt sophomore Harrison Scanlon’s RBI tied the game at 7-7. The two teams went scoreless in the

WKU softball went against Missouri State and Austin Peay University this past weekend in four total matches, finishing with two losses on Friday and two victories on Saturday. Friday was not a winning day for the Lady Toppers, who lost both games: first 8-6 against the Lady Governors, then 11-3 against the Lady Bears. However, the team seemed determined to turn around the outcome of the weekend when on Saturday they won both games. The first game against Missouri State ended with a score of 4-3 after seven innings. The contest against Austin Peay ended in a shutout after WKU scored five runs and held the opponent to zero runs. “I feel like it was a whole different team,” Head Coach Amy Tudor said. “Our inconsistencies can be frustrating, but our fight came out [Saturday], and I was really proud of all the grit and all the hard work that we put in from the circle all the way from our hitting to our defense.” The second game against Missouri State was a fight for the Lady Toppers when they fell behind 2-0 to the Lady Bears after a half inning. Senior infielder Brooke Holloway brought the fight back after a home run in the first inning. Freshman outfielder Kelsey McGuffin’s RBI groundout then brought the score to a tie at 3-3 before junior catcher Taylor Proctor provided the winning hit that notched the 4-3 final score. Holloway and McGuffin also had a hand in the win against Austin Peay in the game that followed. Holloway started off with a triple then was driven home for the first run of the game in the first inning. In the third inning, McGuffin hit the ball just out of reach from the Lady Governors’ center fielder. The result was a home run for the freshman that brought in Proctor and made the score 3-0. Holloway made another prominent appearance in the sixth inning that brought her and senior walk-on utility player Jatavia Wright home for the winning score of 5-0. Tudor said she was proud of Holloway, McGuffin, Proctor, Wright and the

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Freshman infielder Steven DiPuglia dives into home plate to score as Youngstown State's catcher Jonny Miller tries to tag him out during the Hilltoppers' 5-3 win on Friday at Nick Denes Field. DiPuglia ended the night with one run in three at-bats and struck out once. SHABAN ATHUMAN/HERALD

A promising start Hilltoppers win first series to start 2016 season

BY SAM PORTER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU The WKU baseball team is starting its new era with John Pawlowski as head coach on a positive note. The Hilltoppers bested Youngstown State in the first and third games of a threegame series this past weekend to start the season 2-1. Their opening win in the first game was the first season-opening win for the Hilltoppers since 2011. The series began Friday night with a 5-3 Hilltopper victory. The two teams then split victories in a doubleheader on Saturday to cap off the three-game series. “It’s big time to get this first win,” sophomore infielder Steven Kraft said. "We’ve been working hard for coach all year. We were ready for that first win, and we got it. Hopefully we can carry this momentum and ride it all the way through the season.” The Penguins jumped to an early 2-0 lead as the Hilltoppers didn’t get their first hit until the bottom of the fourth inning. It wasn’t until the bottom of

the fifth inning that the Hilltoppers got on the board. Kraft’s RBI single brought home graduate senior catcher Ty Downing for the season’s first run. The Hilltoppers carried the momentum to the sixth inning as senior infielder Danny Hudzina scored to tie the game 2-2. The Penguins answered in the top of the seventh as Youngstown State’s Jonny Miller hit an RBI to give the lead back to the Penguins. However, Kraft came right back with another big hit in the bottom of the seventh. The Gainesville, Virginia, native hit a ball deep to centerfield for his second RBI of the game to tie the game at three. Shortly after, redshirt junior infielder Thomas Peter’s double brought home Kraft to give the Hilltoppers their first lead of the season. “I was just looking for something good to hit,” Peter said about the leadchanging RBI. “Their pitcher kind of left it up. Luckily Kraft was on second, and I knocked him in.” The Hilltoppers kept the bats swinging as junior outfielder Paul Murray’s

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Hilltoppers grind out win after close conference battles BY JOHN REECER HERALD.SPORTS@WKU.EDU It wasn’t pretty, but WKU (13-14) earned a 59-54 victory over the University of North Carolina, Charlotte in front of a home crowd after trailing by as many as 18 points Saturday afternoon. The victory came after Old Dominion University bested the Hilltoppers by a final score of 59-56 Thursday in Diddle Arena. Saturday’s contest featured sloppy play from both teams as they combined to commit 38 turnovers and made only 37 shots. The Toppers also shot only 30 percent from the field in the matchup; Charlotte was able to shoot 51 percent. For the Hilltoppers, the victory was welcome as they had previously lost three straight home matchups in very close fashion. “It felt good to finally finish one,” redshirt senior guard Aaron Cosby said. “We have showed we can play with just about anybody, but we have had trouble closing out, so this was a good win.” Cosby managed to score seven of the Hilltoppers’ last nine points, including a critical 3-point shot with 39 seconds left that gave WKU a four-point lead. “That’s what fifth-year se-

niors are supposed to do,” Head Coach Ray Harper said. “Guys like Chris McNeal and Marlon [Hunter] who are freshmen shouldn’t have to make plays like that down the stretch. It should be your older, veteran guys.” Overall, the game was a tale of two halves. The 49ers lead the Toppers in the first half by 13 points. However, Charlotte only scored 20 points in the second half, and WKU won that period by 18 points. One big reason the Hilltoppers won despite shooting only 30 percent is that the 49ers turned the ball over a total of 24 times in the game. Most of these turnovers came in the second period. Leading WKU in scoring on the afternoon was Cosby and redshirt senior forward Nigel Snipes as both netted 12 points. Sophomore forward Justin Johnson scored 11 points while also grabbing five rebounds. Another advantage the Toppers had over the 49ers was from the free-throw line, where WKU went 21-26 while Charlotte only made six free throws on 12 attempts. Unlike Saturday, Thursday’s matchup saw the Hilltoppers fall down the stretch as they led 56-52 with 2:11 remaining. However, the Toppers failed to score another bucket as

Junior guard Fredrick Edmond (25) waits for the offense to set up during the game against Charlotte Saturday, February 20 in Diddle Arena. Edmond ended with 9 points, four rebounds and two steals. WKU defeated Charlotte 59 - 54. MATT LUNSFORD/HERALD Monarch guard Trey Freeman hit two go-ahead free throws to seal the victory for Old Dominion. “We got too many possessions without buckets. You got to have someone that really wants the ball and can go score it in those situations,” Harper said. Freeman was the high scorer in the game on Thursday as the guard scored 26 points on

11-27 shooting. Cosby was again the leading scorer for the Hilltoppers as he scored 15 points. Senior forward Aleksej Rostov and junior guard Fredrick Edmond both scored 10 points. On Thursday and Saturday, respectively, the Hilltoppers will travel to Middle Tennessee and the University of Alabama, Birmingham to take on the current top two teams in

Conference USA. A pair of victories for WKU would shoot the Hilltoppers up the standings and prepare the team for the postseason. “We are starting to be a team that can get stops on the defensive end,” Harper said. “Now we go on the road and get the two top dogs [teams] in the league. We are going to see where we are at heading into the tournament.”