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E M I T L REE Teams work day and night for film challenge BY KATHERINE SPROLES LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM
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oing anything in 49 hours may seem like all the time in the
world, but filmmakers from WKU and the Warren County area were hard pressed to transform concepts into completed projects in that amount during the 49-Hour Film Challenge this weekend.
Cincinnati freshman Adam Winkler (right) shares a plot idea with his film challenge team in Minton Hall.
The challenge kick-off started at 7 p.m. Friday and went through to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Friday night, senior film major Anna Beth Gillon drew the prop (a mirror), genre (science fiction), character (a musician), location (a merry-goround) and line of dialogue (“What time is your appoint-
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Bowling Green freshman Jordan Upton sets up the team's camera to film at the Greenwood Mall Carousel Saturday. Upton is the director for his team in the 49 Hour Film Challenge.
ment?”) the teams were required to use in their film. The films were judged 45 percent on artistic merit, 30 percent on the technical aspect and 25 percent adherence to the elements. SEE FILM PAGE A3
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Beards and mustaches vanished Saturday in the first step of a month long fundraiser for two WKU fraternities. Members of Phi Gamma Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternities flocked to Classic Cuts and Shaves on 320 East Main Ave. for No Shave November, using the month and their facial hair to raise money and awareness in the fight against cancer. In exchange for a donation, men were able to cleanse their faces with a shave. The fraternity members will continue to raise funds throughout the month as their facial hair continues to grow. The first event raised about $75 for Gabe’s Chemo Duck, an educational program that assists children and families living with cancer. One of the unique facts about the program is that it uses a stuffed duck to helps children understand what will happen to their bodies during the chemotherapy process. Brentwood, Tenn., senior Jason White, a member of Fiji, has a sister who was diagnosed with cancer in 2009.
Brad Lyons, of Rockfield, puts a layer of shaving cream on Louisville junior Zack Van Zant's face at Classic Cuts and Shaves on Saturday at a kickoff event for No Shave November. TYLER ESSARY/HERALD White said he has a personal connection to Gabe’s Chemo Duck. His sister received one of the stuffed ducks, and
his dad was asked to serve on the board for the program. SEE NO SHAVE PAGE A3
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The now-annual film challenge began after 2004 when a group of WKU students and alumni entered Nashville’s version of the international 48-Hour Film project. Later, those students partnered with the School of Journalism and Broadcasting to create their own 48-hour event. In 2013, the contest was permanently moved to the fall weekend of daylight savings time, making it the first 49-Hour Film Challenge. More than 15 groups participated in the event. Immediately after learning the requirements for the film, each team began to piece together their stories. The team directed and led by Bowling Green freshman Jordan Upton described their story line as a “science-fiction soap-opera.� The main character, played by Bowling Green freshman Hayleigh Banks, is impregnated by her boyfriend, played by Louisville freshman Brent Coughenour. Upton also acts in the
movie. His character is in love with Banks but is angered by the pregnancy. The character hires a hit man to travel into the past to kill Banks. The hit man, it turns out, is Banks’ son. Upton’s team primarily shot their film on campus, but because WKU lacks the carousel required to be in the film, the team had to come up with an alternative. The team took to Greenwood Mall only to learn another team had already done so and alerted mall security guards. When they arrived, the guard told Upton that video recording wasn’t allowed, but the team could take a family photo with the carousel instead. Originally, the carousel was meant to be the hit man's vehicle for time travel, but Coughenour said the setback wasn't crucial enough to change their core story idea. Another team took the sci-fi element and created a pill that, when swallowed, makes the main character hear strange voices, specifically the voice of someone trying to kill her. Directed by Louisville freshman Ryan Duvall, the
EnGAGEing Productions Friday, Nov. 1 8:00 p.m. Plot line mapped out and each requirement, except the musician, is accounted for in the story line. 8:42 p.m. Scriptwriting starts. 9:31 p.m. Debate breaks out about what kind of weapon should be used to kill the main character. Upton suggests making dental floss look like wire, which gets a laugh from the group. 9:47 p.m. Upton asks Hayleigh to bring her fake baby to the shoot. 11:22 p.m. Script complete.
Saturday, Nov. 2 10:26 a.m. Team arrives to shoot carousel scene at Greenwood Mall. Security guard confronts Upton and his team and tells them they need to leave and cannot film in the mall or carousel anymore. 10:32 a.m. Team improvises by taking a “family portrait� in front of the carousel to satisfy the criteria. 11:31 a.m. Start filming dorm scene in Minton Hall. 6:28 p.m. All shots and scenes are completed. Team is done for the day.
team got off to a rocky start after they scrapped their first idea. The team almost changed their plans again and went back to their original idea but decided to stick with their second one. Somerset junior Rachel Guffey, an editor on Duvall’s film, said she is happy the group stayed with their original idea. “If you asked me this morning, (Sunday) I definitely would have said no, but now it’s really coming together,� Guffey said. “I’m very glad we stuck to this instead of switching last minute.� Through ups and downs, naps and reshoots, both teams managed to turn in finished products that met the
10:33 a.m. Reshot a single scene. 10:55 a.m. Editing started in Minton’s study room. 1:51 p.m. Team stops for lunch and sound mixing starts. 5:54 p.m. With the film completed and on a flash drive, Upton and his editor, Brent Coughenour, arrive so early to turn in their film that nobody is there to take it. 6:13 p.m. Upton's team is the first group to finish, with their film, “The Contractor.�
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behind a cause,� White said. “I think that the role that I played was getting people to stand behind something because now there’s a face that people can put behind the event.� Another member of Fiji, Leitchfield junior Wesley Trail, said he liked coming together
Arrests • Police arrested William Natcher for being manifestly under the influence of alcoholic beverage and a danger to himself/others at 810 Morgantown Road. Natcher was also served a warrant for theft under $500 through the Bowling Green Police Department on Nov. 4. • Police arrested Clarksville, Tenn., freshman Cameron Beatty, Douglas Keen Hall, for reckless driving, first offense driving under the influence and possession of alcohol by a minor from 18 to 20 years of age in McCormack Lot on Nov. 1. • Police arrested Ellenwood, Ga., freshman Jacob Joel JeanPierre for failure to appear through an e-warrant from Fayette County in Zacharias Hall Rm. 313 on Oct. 31.
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Reports • Louisville freshman China Burrus burned some bacon in the fifth floor of Bemis Lawrence kitchen setting off the fire alarm on Nov. 3. No damage was done to the building. • West Palm Beach, Fla., freshman De’Andre Simmons, Barnes Campbell Hall, reported his gray 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis (FL321QBN) stolen from PFT Lot on Nov. 2. The estimated value of the car stolen is $5,000. • Barnes Campbell Hall Director Jeremy Jenkins reported damage to a wall in the fourth floor bathroom that caused a water pipe to burst on Nov. 1. The estimated value of the damage is unknown. • Scottsville sophomore Hannah C. Lamb, Minton Hall, reported one of her tires was slashed while her vehicle was parked on the seventh floor of Parking Structure 1 on Oct. 31. • Franklin freshman Teaundra Suggs reported an altercation occurred at South Campus with Corey Stevens on Oct. 30. The estimated value of the incident is $120. • Columbia sophomore Kaitlyn Bernice Harrison, Northeast Hall, reported two of her tires were slashed while she was parked on the seventh floor of Parking Structure 1 on Oct. 30. The estimated value of the damage is $300. • Oklahoma City, Okla., freshman Jeffrey C. Wren, Minton, reported two of his tires were slashed while he was parked on the seventh floor of Parking Structure 1 on Oct. 30. The estimated value of the damage is $114 • Beaver Dam junior Taylor C. Martin, Northeast Hall, reported four of her tires were slashed while she was parked on the seventh floor of Parking Structure 1 on Oct. 30. The estimated value of the damage is $440.
Friday, Nov. 1 7 p.m. Teams get their film requirements. 7:17 p.m. Group of 15 dwindles down to eight as nonessential team members leave and never return to help. 8:52 p.m. Due to “plot problems,� the team scraps their first time travel idea. 10:19 p.m. Director Ryan Duvall announces that if someone doesn’t come up with a good concept by 10:33, then the team is going back to the original idea. 10:27 p.m. Duvall tries to explain his original idea and midway through, bursts out in a laugh because he realizes his idea lacked plot. 11:16 p.m. Editor Rachel Guffey pitches an idea. The team agrees on her idea and begins to move forward. 2:53 a.m. Story board and script are finished. 3:15 a.m. A title is picked: “Sententia.�
Saturday, Nov. 2 10:19 a.m. Team arrives at park and change plans after seeing that another team is filming on the carousel. 11:07 a.m. Members of the team begin to call their friends, begging them to fill in as extras in a scene. 2:00 p.m. First scene filmed. 3:08 p.m. Team members ride the carousel to reserve the spot until they can start filming. 3:27 p.m. Finished with one take, but heavy rain causes the team to wait it out in the car. Another group shows up and takes over the carousel. 6:24 p.m. Group decides to completely start all over for the second time. 7:00 p.m. Group goes back to original idea and takes a nap. 2:30 a.m. Filming finishes for the night.
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9:49 a.m. Duvall gives Guffey more footage to edit and then proceeds to film additional scenes. 10:43 a.m. Last scenes of film are shot and editing continues. 1:19 p.m. Group begins to add in additional audio and music. 6:52 p.m. Adam Winkler, cinematographer, is holding a low-quality version of the film and waiting to see if Guffey and Duvall can export it into a higher quality film in the seven minutes that remain. 6:56 p.m. Winkler turns in low-quality version of the film.
with another fraternity to kick off the event. “We have several close connections with Lambda Chi,� Trail said. “So we thought it would be a great opportunity for us to build an even stronger relationship with them and also do some-
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requirements. Time constraints forced Duvall’s team to export their finished film in low quality to meet the 7 p.m. deadline. The team submitted their work, “Sententia,� at 6:56 p.m. Coughenour said he and the members of Upton’s team felt confident. Upton’s group was the first to turn in its finished film, “The Contractor,� on Sunday at 6:13 p.m. “We were pepping our step and felt like we should have been going down the yellow brick road,� he said, as they turned in the finished product. The movies premiered Monday, Nov. 4 in the Mass Media auditorium. Check out coverage of the winner of the challenge at wkuherald.com.
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thing for an amazing cause.� The month-long fundraising event will end with a ‘beard pageant’ that will occur on Dec. 6. “We’ll have a panel of judges and different categories to award people based on those categories,� Trail said.
Terry Bryson, a Bowling Green native who works at Classic Cuts and Shaves, said he didn’t mind working after hours for the event. “We’re here to raise money for a good cause,� Bryson said. “It’s not really considered work at all.�
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Priority Check: SGA too little, too late with registration
THE ISSUE: The Student Government Association will hold an open forum on Nov. 12 to hear student questions surrounding a new priority registration system that will be enacted for this fall’s registration. The new policy limits students to enrolling for only 16 hours on their priority registration day, excluding seniors and graduate students. Students may then add an additional three credit hours on their normal registration day. OUR STANCE: Though SGA is now dealing with the issue, it has already failed to represent its students. With registration rapidly approaching, SGA has missed an opportunity to properly represent the student body on an exclusively student issue at an SGA meeting.
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t its root, SGA has one job—to represent the students of WKU. On Sept. 10, it failed in three main ways. The University Senate approved a new policy to restrict the number of hours students can sign up for the day of their priority registration. This senate includes Mark Reeves, the SGA representative to the University Executive Senate Committee and SGA’s executive vice president, who voted to pass the policy. First, SGA overlooked a measure it should have questioned or, at the very
least, discussed. Someone, anyone, ought to have questioned Reeves when he mentioned the new priority registration policy in his review that day of ongoing University Senate actions. No one did. Second, Reeves ought to have elaborated on the policy itself instead of glancing over the subject because he saw the measure as a good idea. Third, Reeves should not have decided upon a measure that represented his beliefs over and above the student body’s. To say that even a simple majority of the student body definitely feels that the new priority registration policy is wrong would be a misrepresentation of the facts. The truth is, we don’t know how students feel about this measure. No one does because SGA didn’t take the time on Sept. 10 or since then to find out. However, it is not the Herald’s responsibility to represent WKU students and to know how they feel about certain university policy changes. It’s SGA’s. We just enjoy telling you guys about them. While the Herald did incorrectly state in its last editorial that students with priority registration would be limited to 16 credit hours, the entire basis of our Oct. 22 was about the injustice
of the priority registration changes for current students. We mentioned issues such as the unfairness of denying students the promises they were given when they decided to enroll at WKU as well as the complications this measure might create for students who might be triple majoring and require the full 19 hours of priority registration. But when Reeves wrote a letter to the editor with Gordon Emslie, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, the duo merely capitalized on our
oversight instead of addressing the issues we brought forth. All of those issues remain. And we’re still waiting for answers on how this new registration is fair to those students. Though they might come on Nov. 12, all those answers can ever truly be are excuses for a system that is already in place. This editorial represents the majority of the herald's 9-member editorial board.
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Are you a liberal or a conservative? Are you a liberal or a conservative? health care is a privilege, you might be Many readers undoubtedly wonder a conservative. where they fall on the political specIf you are pro-choice when it comes trum. to abortion, you might be a liberal. This being the case, I thought it However if you are pro-choice when might be useful to provide a quick it comes to education, you might be a way to tell which camp you belong to. conservative. For guidance with this task, I decided If you believe owning a slingshot to use the approach pioneered some should require a license, you might be years ago by the imminent scholar a liberal. Jeff Foxworthy. But if you believe automatic weapSo answer the following questions ons should be available in vending maand find out which label best suits you. chines, you might be a conservative. If you have never been able to balance If you believe we need to install land your checkbook, you might be a mines along our southern borliberal. der, you might be a conservative. But if you believe groceries Then again, if you believe we should be paid for with gold should just put up a big “Weldust, you might be a conservacome” sign, you might be a libtive. eral. If you believe the first immiIf you believe in taking your grants to arrive here were inherball and going home if you don’t ently superior to later imget your way, you might be a Aaron Hughey migrants, you might be a conservative. Professor conservative. But if you believe balls Although if you believe we are all immi- should be distributed free of charge to grants to this country, you might be a liberal. everyone, you might be a liberal. If you believe access to the best If you believe there should be a conhealth care is a right, you might be a stitutional amendment establishing liberal. a $25 per hour minimum wage, you But if you believe access to any might be a liberal.
But if you believe states should have the right to pick and choose which federal laws they have to comply with, you might be a conservative. If you believe saving the planet is a legitimate pursuit, you might be a liberal. But if you believe the planet should just save itself, you might be a conservative. If you believe national defense is a top priority, you might be a conservative. But if you believe feeding the hungry is a top priority, you might be a liberal. If you believe we should reroute the interstate in order to preserve a cockroach habitat, you might be a liberal. Although if you believe reasoned discourse on rerouting the interstate consists of “No!” you might be a conservative. Finally, if you believe people who hold extremist views, whether liberal or conservative, are the real problem, you might be right. One last question: What happened to moderation in all things? AARON W. HUGHEY, PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND STUDENT AFFAIRS OPINION@WKUHERALD.COM
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Scottsville senior Andrew Salman dances to "Time Warp" during a live performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol Arts Center Thursday. The performance encourages audience participation with the cast as the movie plays behind them. BRIAN POWERS/HERALD LEFT: Frankenfurter, played by Dalton, Ga., senior Matt Byrum performs his final number during a live performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol Arts Center on Thursday on Halloween. This was Byrum's third time playing Frankenfurter and his fourth time at a performance. BRIAN POWERS/HERALD
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Defensive back Tyree Robinson (22) celebrates after making an interception during the second half of WKU’s 44-28 victory over Georgia State Saturday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. MIKE CLARK/HERALD
WKU utilizes backfield in win at Georgia State BY ELLIOTT PRATT SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM WKU’s box score after Saturday’s 44-28 win at Georgia State was filled with two names that haven’t seen the end zone in a long time. Senior running back Keshawn Simpson barreled for four touchdowns on 10 carries and senior fullback Kadeem Jones caught a touchdown pass. It was the first score all year for Jones and the first time Simpson had seen the end zone since his two-touchdown outing against Kentucky in the season opener. In the mix of different play-
Next game Saturday Nov. 9 @ Army 11 a.m. West Point, N.Y. ers making the highlights, one running back continued to put his name among the nation’s best, despite not scoring. Senior Antonio Andrews rushed for 110 yards on 22 carries in the Toppers’ win, putting him at first in the FBS with 1,290 rushing yards on the season, 114 yards in front of Boston College’s Andre Williams. But the load was spread evenly among the WKU backfield. While Andrews got the most carries, Simpson’s 10 carries
were just one more than sophomore Leon Allen’s tally — Allen picked up 61 yards on nine carries. Coach Bobby Petrino and his staff are trying to fix the recent inefficiencies they’ve had in the red zone, and spreading the ball around may have solved that. “We are trying to keep (Andrews) fresher going into the fourth quarter,” Petrino said. “Not that he’s not going to get his touches, we just feel like if we can give him a series off in the first quarter, a series off in the second quarter, we feel he’s going to be fresher when the SEE FOOTBALL PAGE B2
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Soccer team heads to Texas for SBC Tournament BY JONAH PHILLIPS SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM
The Lady Topper soccer team enters this week’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament as the No. 1 seed after claiming their second regularseason conference title last weekend. Coach JaNext game son Neidell said Wednesday Nov. 6 it felt great to @ UALR 4 p.m. come out of the San Marcos, Texas regular season on top, despite losing their final Sun Belt match against Georgia State and winning just two of their last five games. “It’s something to be excited about,” Neidell said. “I know that the last few weeks the girls haven’t been pleased with the way that they have been playing.” WKU (8-5-5, 6-2-0 Sun Belt Conference) will head to San Marcos, Texas for Wednesday’s first round matchup against No. 8 UALR (4-130, 1-7-0 SBC). The game pits the Lady Toppers against a team they not only beat 1-0 nearly two weeks ago, but that they’ve also defeated in the teams’ last eight regular season meetings since 2006. “We need to get back to work,” Neidell said. “Now we have a big target on our backs, so we have got to get back to work to win this conference tournament.” WKU has won its last three quarterfinal matches in the Sun Belt Tournament and holds an alltime record of 9-2-1 in the opening round. Wednesday’s winner will advance to the semifinals on Friday. The Lady Toppers and Neidell know this place very well, having made it to the Sun Belt semifinals five times in the past six seasons. Either WKU or UALR will face the winner of the quarterfinal matchup between hosting team No. 4 Texas State and No. 5 Troy. The Lady Toppers have had success against both teams — they snagged a 1-0 victory against the Lady Bobcats on Oct. 6 and another SEE SOCCER PAGE B2
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Toppers see room for improvement in exhibition win BY TYLER LASHBROOK SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM
The Toppers got their first taste of competition outside of practice Saturday as WKU topped Campbellsville in an exhibition game at Diddle Arena. WKU got the win 87-73 and is set to start the regular season next Tuesday at Wichita State. The Toppers struggled to gain any moment against the scrappy Tigers, who refused to go away. WKU needed a late 11-0 run to secure the win. Junior guard T.J. Price, who shot just 4-of-12, said that the Toppers still need a lot of work. “Campbellsville’s no pushover, and that’s why we schedule them,” Price said. “We know they’re going to give us a good look at what we really
needed.” Junior forward Aaron Adeoye scored 14 points and snagged 10 rebounds off the bench in his first game in front of Topper fans. The transfer, who shot 4-of-9 from the field, said he hopes to earn more playing time as the season starts. “I need to rebound, and that’s the way I’ll get playing time,” Adeoye said. “I know that — coach (Ray Harper) knows that. That’s really my job when I go in.” Adeoye stayed on the court in the game’s final moments, in part because he is a solid free throw shooter for a big man — he knocked down six of his nine attempts at the line Saturday. Harper went to a four-guard lineup late in Saturday’s game.
Junior forward George Fant attempts to recover a rebound during the exhibition game against Campbellsville at Diddle Arena on Saturday, Nov. 2. SHELBY MACK/HERALD
He said that lineup could handle pressure and shoot free throws.
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Lady Toppers oust Glenville State in final exhibition BY KYLE WILLIAMS SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM
With two exhibition wins under their belt, the Lady Toppers are finally set to open the regular season this weekend. After topping Kentucky Wesleyan on Oct. 29, the women’s basketball team wrapped up its stint of preseason exhibition games with a 100-67 win over Glenville State Sunday in Diddle Arena. WKU shot 55.9 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from beyond the arc in the game, holding Glenville State to just 26.6 percent from the field and 13.3 percent from distance. Led by junior forward Chastity Gooch and junior guard Alexis Govan, all 12 Lady Toppers scored or assisted on a basket in the exhibition. Gooch finished with 22 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals, and she made 10-of-11 shot attempts in 24 minutes of play. Meanwhile, Govan tallied 17 points
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defense is tired.” It turned out to be a good decision for the Toppers in the fourth quarter to sit Andrews for a series. Allen carried the ball on five consecutive plays late in the game, amassing 49 yards on the drive that set up a short touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Nelson Fishback to sophomore tight end Tim Gorski. Simpson said after the game he felt the offensive line was strong enough that any one could run behind them and have a lot of success. Along with Simpson, Allen and An-
and six rebounds. Sophomore forward Jalynn McClain flirted with a doubledouble as she recorded nine points and 10 rebounds before getting into foul trouble. Sophomore guard Micah Jones had 10 points and three assists and went two-of-three from threepoint range. Jones, who was the only Lady Topper to not turn the ball over against Glenville State, said WKU played into the opponent’s style of play at times and coughed the ball up as a result. “I think we came out and executed well,” Jones said. “We had some points in the game where we didn’t do as great as we’d like to but overall…I thought we did pretty good.” The Lady Toppers scored 38 points off the bench led by freshman forward Bria Gaines, who totaled 11 points and five boards in just seven minutes of play. Coach Michelle ClarkHeard said although the Lady Toppers need to correct some
miscues before regular season play, she was happy to get the chance to give the whole team a chance to play. “We still have to work out some kinks,” Heard said. “But I was really excited and proud of the first group that they could put up the numbers that they did so I could get a chance to put a lot of people in and play some different combinations.” WKU turned the ball over a combined 45 times during the two exhibitions, a statistic that the Lady Topper coaching staff seeks to address. “These exhibition games give us a chance to work on things that we need to,” Heard said. “And be in a situation where we can go back and evaluate the things that we do need to work on. We have to take care of the basketball. We have to get better at that.”
Channels 11 and 917 in the Bowling Green area. Despite having played in finals in both 2008 and 2011, the Lady Toppers are seeking their first SBC Tournament title. This would result in the program’s first bid to the NCAA Tournament. Neidell said the Lady Toppers have a plan for the tour-
nament. “We are going to work on attacking — we are going to be a better attacking team in a week and a half,” he said. Live video of every Sun Belt Conference Tournament match will be provided by the league at sunbeltsports.org. First touch for WKU’s matchup against UALR is set for 4 p.m.
drews, one more member of the Topper backfield, Kadeem Jones, got back in the end zone — a place he has missed since last season. In the past two years of his career, Jones has been the goto fullback in short yardage situations, with 10 touchdowns on 50 carries during that time. He hasn’t seen as much time this season, but he said he felt good helping WKU get the win with his 16-yard touchdown catch standing wide open in the end zone. His end zone trips have been reduced with his adjustment to Petrino’s offense, but he said he’s not worried about the number of carries he gets. “It’s no problem,” he said.
“I’m still working hard in practice like the rest of the guys and I understand my role. Coach Petrino has me just more focused on blocking more and I understand that. I just keep working hard in practice.” With WKU scoring on all seven of its trips inside the red zone, Petrino left the day pleased with the offense’s ability to operate with multiple guys getting the ball. “We made plays, we executed, we showed power and our players really understood what we were going to see and what we needed to do to get the ball in the end zone,” Petrino said. “It was a good deal to score touchdowns when we got down there.”
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more of a factor because people are going to shooting more free throws. If I wanted to play a lot of minutes, I’d make sure I’m in here getting a lot of free-throws up.” Harper was referring to the NCAA’s rule adjustment toward how players can defend a player with the ball. Per NCAA, referees are to look for players placing and keeping a hand on their opponent, players putting two hands on an opponent, jabbing of the hand or forearm on an opponent and using an arm bar to “impede the progress of the dribbler.” Those rules mean more whistles from the referees this year. On Saturday, WKU and Campbellsville combined to shoot 71 free throws. WKU hit just 25 of its 41 attempts. Harper said that the only positive is that Campbellsville shot worse than his team did. The Tigers hit half of their 30 attempts. “We’ve got to be better,” Harper said. “Some of it’s
mental. “It comes from some pride with you — that I’m not going to be a bad freethrow shooter. They call them free for a reason. No one is guarding you. Hopefully at this level, you can step up there and make a 15-footer.” One of the team’s best free-throw shooters from last season, senior guard Brandon Harris, suffered a sprained right foot early in the first half, giving freshman walk-on Brandon Price a chance to play big minutes for the Toppers. T.J. Price was asked about Brandon’s play — he said he expected good play out of someone who shared his last name. “He’s a Price,” he joked. “I always knew that he was going to do good. He comes to practice every day ready to work. He just wants to learn. He’s not hard-headed.” WKU opens its season Monday, Nov. 12 at Wichita State. The Shockers made it all the way to the Final Four last season and are ranked No. 16 on the Associated Press preseason poll.
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Jackson could return for Saturday's Army game BY HERALD STAFF SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM One of WKU’s top defensive forces could be back on the field Saturday against Army. Senior linebacker Andrew Jackson, who missed the game against Georgia State this weekend due to a violation of team rules, is taking steps to return to the team, coach Bobby Petrino said Monday.
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J a c k s o n ’s suspension is not drug or alcohol related, according to sources close to the program. Petrino said the linebacker has a good chance to play
Saturday. “He’s met every require-
ment so far, so hopefully we have a good week and he’ll be ready to go,” the coach said. Sophomore linebacker Daqual Randall started in place of Jackson against Georgia State. He finished with seven tackles. Jackson currently ranks second on the team in total tackles, behind fellow senior linebacker Xavius Boyd, with 59 on the year.
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Hinken, Mokone lead WKU at SBC Championships BY ANDREW WEIGEL SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM The WKU men’s and women’s cross country teams got strong performances out of junior David Mokone and sophomore Lindsey Hinken in the Sun Belt Conference Championships in Troy, Ala., on Saturday, helping to propel the men to a No. 5 finish and a No. 3 finish for the Lady Toppers. Mokone became the third Topper runner in the last four years to capture the men’s individual Sun Belt Cross Country title with a time of 25:20.4, joining Shadrack Kipchirchir and Joseph Chebet as recent Topper champions. His win in the 8K race marks his first career Sun Belt Conference title in cross country to go along with his seven track and field titles. His performance earned him
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For them to finish so well at the Evansville Invitational and come back and finish topfive in the Conference Championships is great” the Most Outstanding Performer Award and First-Team All-Sun Belt honors. In cross country and track and field, Mokone now has eight individual Sun Belt titles, four Most Outstanding Performer awards and has been named All-Sun Belt Conference 14 times in his career. Coach Erik Jenkins said Mokone peaked at the right time. “David has done a good job all year of navigating the courses, and I think this one may have been his best of the year,” Jenkins said. Freshman Peter Agaba fin-
ished eighth in the men’s heat, coming in at 25:56.4. He was second among freshman runners and captured secondteam All-Sun Belt Conference honors for his performance. “Peter Agaba competed well, finishing in the top-ten and being the second fastest freshman in the field is great,” Jenkins said. Aaron Stevens (No. 26), Kamohelo Mangoejane (No. 52) and Lucas Atherton (No. 63) rounded out the Toppers scoring. The Toppers finished No. 5 in the team standings with 145
points. Texas-Arlington won the team title with 23 points. The Lady Toppers were led by sophomores Lindsey Hinken and Katie Lever, who both captured top-five finishes in the women’s 5K race. The Lady Toppers were the only team to boast two top-five finishers, as Hinken finished at 17:47.8 — good for second place — and Lever finished fourth with a time of 18:03.3. Both runners earned firstteam All-Sun Belt honors. It was Hinken’s second time earning the award in her two years as a Lady Topper and Lever’s first. Assistant coach Taylor Miller had plenty of praise for the two women after the meet. “Katie Lever and Lindsey Hinken were awesome out there — it was cool to watch,” Miller said. “They’ve both had magical seasons. They’re in-
credible young women and are dedicated in every aspect of their lives. They don’t fear anything and are a great example of what can happen if you work hard.” Jenkins said he was pleased with their performances as well. “For them to finish so well at the Evansville Invitational and come back and finish top-five in the Conference Championships is great,” Jenkins said. The Lady Toppers placed third in the team standings with 68 points. Arkansas State won the women’s team title with 50 points. The women’s individual champion was ASU’s Kristina Aubert with a time of 17:28.2. Junior Jodi Miller and sophomores Taylor Carlin and Baylee Shofner all posted top-25 finishes for the Lady Toppers.
Volleyball earns sixth straight sweep BY AUSTIN LANTER SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM The Lady Topper volleyball team closed out the road portion of its regular season with a pair of sweeps in Texas over the weekend. WKU (22-5, 12-1 Sun Belt Conference) topped Texas State on Friday and Texas-Arlington on Saturday. “Toughness is not necessarily a word I’ve used a ton with our team this year, but I thought we showed great character and toughness on the road this weekend,” coach Travis Hudson said. “We played from behind a lot...and I’m really pleased how our kids hung in and made plays when they needed to.” The last five games of the
season will be played in Diddle Arena as the Lady Toppers finish the season strong before making a run at their third straight Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship. The Sun Belt Tournament will begin Nov. 21 at Troy. Although WKU swept Texas State, the match was much closer than the 3-0 final score. The first two sets were decided by two points apiece at 25-23 before the Lady Toppers won on a 25-19 third set. Senior defensive specialist Ashley Potts said the Texas State match helped the team because of the competition. “It was actually one of the most fun matches we’ve had all year because it was really competitive the whole time,” Potts
said. “It was just a long, hard game, and it was really fun.” The Lady Toppers had 20 more kills, digs and assists than their opponents. Junior middle hitter Heather Boyan led the way with 14 kills on the match. Senior setter Melanie Stutsman posted a doubledouble with 42 assists and 12 digs while Potts tallied 25 digs. Right after the game the team boarded a bus and traveled to Arlington, Texas, which is about three and a half hours from Texas State. The team didn’t arrive until after midnight, and their Saturday game started at 3 p.m. “(The quick turnaround) could’ve been an excuse for us, but our team would rather get up and play right away than sit around all day and play later that
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Toughness is not necessarily a word I’ve used a ton with our team this year, but I thought we showed great character and toughness on the road this weekend” night or the next day,” Potts said. The match-up pitted one of the best offensives in the conference in WKU against one of the best defenses in Texas-Arlington (15-12, 8-6 SBC). However, the Lady Toppers were able to hold their own against the Mavericks, recording eight more digs and two more blocks than their opponents. Sophomore middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp led the way at the net with six blocks while three different players
for WKU tallied nine digs. “I think we did things better this weekend,” Hudson said. “From a competitive standpoint, we did some of the little things that you need to do to win at a high level. I’m very, very pleased to get those two wins.” The next game for the Lady Toppers will be Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. against LouisianaLafayette. The Ragin’ Cajuns handed WKU its lone conference loss earlier this season in Louisiana.
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Alum takes to social media to find a kidney transplant BY MACKENZIE MATHEWS LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM A simple message was all it took to give Lori Jeffries the hope and strength to begin a campaign in search for a live kidney donor. The words “Help Find a Kidney for Lori” have traveled to both the University of Kentucky and WKU football games in support of Jeffries, a WKU alumna. Jeffries graduated from WKU with the class of 1994. She and her husband Charlie Jeffries, of WKU’s class of 1993, now live in Frankfort. She has spent the last four years in and out of the hospital for dialysis treatments and various health complications, but has explicitly been looking for a donor for the past nine months. The family visited campus on Homecoming, not only for the game, but to spread the word of Lori’s need. Erin Robertson, Lori’s sister and a UK graduate, said it was important for her sister’s mental well-being that she attended the game to keep her mind off her daily struggle of worry and treatments. “We’re looking for people willing to be tested and willing to donate a kidney,” she said. Robertson has been going through the screening process for almost a month and
O'SHEA CONTINUED FROM LIFE career. “There are so many memories that are more memorable than wins,” he said. “That was one of them.” The team, who had seen O’Shea attend every game and practice without being able to participate in a game, was also just as happy. “They were really excited,”
will soon finish the proceeding with the final MRIs and tests. The game also aided Lori in meeting other transplant patients. She said she met with a stem cell recipient who had gone through Mayo Clinic, and it was encouraging to hear how supportive the institution was throughout the procedure. As of Oct. 28, Lori has been activated on Mayo Clinic’s recipient list. “Mayo Clinic has been wonderful,” she said. “They’re instrumental in facilitating transplants for people with antibody issues. We met with a specialist, and I have my own pharmacist, nurses and dietitians, who I can call any time.” Lori’s antibodies have made finding a donor challenging. She has had six blood transfusions since 2003, when she had an initial kidney and pancreas transplant. The pancreas failed the same year and had to be removed. The kidney, however, lasted until 2009. Due to multiple transfusions, her antibodies have been complicated. That has made the search for a second donor much more difficult. After the kidney was rejected, Lori had to resume dialysis for four hours, three days a week. Her health then further deteriorated when she contracted the H1N1 virus in 2011. It de-
veloped into double pneumonia, eventually sending her into a coma. Her husband, Charlie, credited her restoration to prayer and playing music in her room, after the doctors tried to prepare her family for the worst. The family was not confident, as they faced additional treatments of rehab, dialysis and blood transfusions. Lori tried several medical centers’ donor programs, but none accommodated her situation until Mayo Clinic. Charlie said the doctors were willing to allow optimism in the situation when other clinics would not. That experience inspired the creation of the campaign for a donor, giving Lori’s situation a new light. She is more than willing to fight for her health and has spread the idea to those around her. Charlie said he finds encouragement in his wife’s strength. “She’s an inspiration,” he said. “She’s gone through so many things where doctors have said she’s not going to make it, but she’s strong-willed and a fighter.” The goal now is to reach as many people as possible, alert them to the need and hope some will get screened to test if they would be a match for Lori. The campaign is not for her alone, though. In the long run,
it is to create an awareness of the kidney donor program to try to assist other recipients in the future.
Those interested in supporting Lori Jeffries can visit her Facebook page, Find a Kidney for Lori.
Neidell said. “They tried to pass her the ball when a different move would have been better.” The plan was to let O’Shea play two or three minutes. She stayed in for five. “I can’t put it into words,” O’Shea said of her time in the game. “I was unprepared. I haven’t played with contact, and I was very nervous.” O’Shea’s teammate, senior Torrie Lange, knew how happy O’Shea was that she was able to play that night. “I could hardly look at Taryn
when she stepped on the field during senior night," Lange said. “But when I did, her smile was unreal. She was so happy and it was just great.” As time ticked on, O’Shea became more comfortable. “I was thinking, ‘This is awesome. I wish I could do this every day,’” she said. “It was sad, but it wasn’t meant to be sad. I cried a little bit.” O’Shea doesn’t think she’s valiant or fearless. She thinks of her journey as something she had to do.
“Everyone says, ‘You’re so courageous,’ but I think it’s almost crazy,” O’Shea said. “You almost have to believe or trick yourself that it’ll be worth it.” For O’Shea, the hardest parts were relying on other people and staying connected with the team. “You need people in your corner,” she said. Lange believes O’Shea has more heart than anyone on the team. Although O’Shea wasn’t able to play on the
field very much, Lange knows O’Shea was a vital part of the team. “She has definitely played an integral role on this team, one of which I don’t believe many people out there could ever fill,” Lange said. Neidell thinks O’Shea has served as an example for the rest of the team. “When you have tough circumstances, perseverance is so admirable,” he said. “She’s an inspirational example to everyone.”
Lori Jeffries stands with Big Red at WKU's Homecoming on Oct. 26. Jeffries has created a group on Facebook entitled "Find a Kidney for Lori" in hopes of finding a potential donor. Photo courtesy of Lori Jeffries
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master manipulator who screws with his rivals because they messed with his plans. But “Dracula” has been adapted so many times that it’s hard to say what the “right” portrayal of the character really should be. While Meyers’ take isn’t the most literal, it is interesting to watch. The familiar characters are all there as well: Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Dr. Van Helsing. They’re given some new character tics to make them a little more modern and morally gray. Jonathan’s a journalist, Mina’s a medical student and Van Helsing is the one who actually brings Dracula back to life. But what “Dracula” gets right is its attitude toward Bram Stoker’s origi-
Levis said something he learned from his mom is that the key is to focus on a person’s abilities, not their disabilities. While his passion and vision behind WKU’s Inclusive Ministries program has positively impacted people, Levis does not want the focus to be on himself. “I don’t want it to become about me,” Levis said. “I am just a vessel God used.” Levis’ vision for working with people with disabilities stretches beyond the limits of college and is something he wants to do full time. “It would be sad if I graduated and was like, ‘Cool, that was fun,’ and nothing happened,” Leis said. Levis’ vision is to create a bigger nonprofit organization with two sides. The first side is to establish a unified organization and chapter, and the second side is to help churches implement disability ministries. Currently, WKU Inclusive Ministries program is in the process of working with their first local church to start a disability ministry, Levis said. “If I let my passion go to waste, it would be a waste of time,” he said. In this way, Levis will pursue his passion and continue his mother’s and father’s legacy of working with individuals with disabilities.
from Hood's presentation. Butterfield fares nicely as Ender, whose hardened attitude never gets in the way of empathizing with him. No child should have to face the circumstances that Ender finds himself in, which makes him easy enough to root for. I just wish I understood more of his backstory. Hood doesn’t do a great job with character development, and instead chooses to push our tiny heroes directly into action, stopping only briefly to explain things as they go.
nal novel. Rather than slavishly trying to faithfully recreate the book, the show seems content to pay tribute to it and then just do its own thing. Sure, there are movements and moments that seem similar to Stoker’s creation. But what I like most about this new “Dracula” is that I — someone who has read the book a dozen times — really don’t know where it’s headed. It’s also just a lavishly pretty production. There’s lush direction, gorgeous sets and costumes, and the special effects are surprisingly high-rate for a network show that airs on Fridays. Where its TV fantasy counterparts “Once Upon a Time” and “Grimm” often look garish and fake, “Dracula” looks polished but lived-in. There are flashes of silliness, of course. The first two episodes feature some hyperkinetic fight scenes, weird sooth-
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Kirby Grogan, of Bowling Green, plays a zombie in the Zombie Mud Run held by Skeleton's Lair. The Zombie Mud Run is a 5K event where participants pay to be a runner or a zombie. Runners try to get through a course riddled with zombies and muddy obstacles. The zombies goal is to rip off the flags on the runners. A group of men who call themselves "The Adventure Team" attempt to run past Grogan without getting their flags taken. KATIE
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The only other significant players are Davis and Ford, whose Colonel Graff barks orders in such a garbled manner that he should’ve been called Colonel Gruff. Davis’s motherly disposition shines through only slightly when discussing Ender’s special training procedures with Graff. In terms of special effects, “Ender’s Game” looks like a video game, which is decidedly appropriate. Animations are gorgeously detailed, yet slightly cartoony — similar to the style of “Borderlands” or “Red Dead Re-
demption.” Most of the action in “Ender’s Game” centers around a zero-gravity training arena in outer space in which the kids essentially engage in the most elaborate laser tag matches ever conceived. Combat enters an even larger, more frenetic scale in the last half-hour when Ender’s lightning-quick movements look as if he’s in the middle of a sugaraddled “Call of Duty” marathon. Though it’s decently acted and choreographed, “Ender’s Game” proves to be yet another middling entry in a year full of mediocre sci-fi movies.
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There’s lush direction, gorgeous sets and costumes, and the special effects are surprisingly high-rate for a network show that airs on Fridays.” sayers and some hokey, provincial wisdom given from Dracula to Mina. But when looking at the big picture, the silliness is small potatoes. It’s not enough to deter me, though. I like this show’s silly, twisted attitude, and that it has the balls to play fast and loose with Stoker’s text. The limited series will run for ten episodes. It’s yet another example of big networks ordering smaller numbers of episodes, much like cable networks do.
It’s a shrewd strategy. Fewer episodes means fewer opportunities to falter. This applies to the storytelling, NBC’s relatively small financial investment in the show, and the show’s ratings. To appropriate a stupid quote from esteemed vampire author Stephenie Meyer, “About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Dracula was a vampire. Second, there’s something about this new series that I really like. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with it.”
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It’s a dilemma that science fiction stories have grappled with for ages — how do you solve a problem like the end of the world? Recently, Guillermo del Toro’s solution was to fight it with giant robots. Marc Forster thought Brad Pitt could be the one to curtail our apocalypse. But for filmmaker Gavin Hood, the issue is thrust upon a battalion of 10-year-olds. Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, “Ender’s Game” picks up in the wake of a thwarted alien invasion of Earth. In order to prevent future attacks, America’s increasingly paranoid, trigger-happy government initiates a training program for the best and brightest children to become weapons against the insectoid alien invaders known as Formics. Ender Wiggin (“Hugo”’s Asa Butterfield) is the greatest of these weapons, a 12-year-old tactical genius who is hand-picked by Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and Major SEE REEL PAGE B5
Louisville freshman Michael Bryar passes a bowling ball to a Special Olympics participant before stepping up to the lane. Bryar volunteered with fellow members of WKU's Inclusive Ministries program on Saturday at the Area 5 Special Olympics Bowling Tournament. RAE EMARY/HERALD
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Student organization spreads message of inclusion BY ANNA ROEDERER LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM Louisville junior Cameron Levis is an ordinary college student with an extraordinary passion for people with disabilities. Levis’ love of working with disabled people stretches back to both his parents working with individuals with disabilities. “Wheelchair users used to rock me to sleep when I was a baby,” Levis said.
Mark Levis, Cameron’s father, coached a Special Olympics basketball team in Louisville and said since the age of four, Cameron wanted to help. Although Levis grew up around people with disabilities, he did not realize until college that working with them is his passion. Two years ago, Levis began WKU’s inclusive ministries program, which is organized around two parts, Levis said. The first part is for students to share the love of Jesus with in-
NBC’s ‘Dracula’ a beautiful exercise in grotesque themes
dividuals with disabilities, and the second part is to spread awareness of inclusion. The program partners with organizations within the Bowling Green community and provides their own programming as well. “The program is excellent,” Levis said. Any student is welcome to come no matter their background, he said. “One of the biggest challenges we face is getting stuSEE LEVIS PAGE B5
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Senior soccer player perseveres through surgeries BY KAYLA BOYD LIFE@WKUHERALD.COM
Taryn O’Shea rarely draws attention to herself. You wouldn’t know it from looking at her, but the fifthyear senior from Midlothian, Va., has dealt with her share of adversity. O’Shea, who has been a member of WKU’s soccer team since her freshman year, has also torn her anterior cruciate ligament three times and has had four corrective surgeries. The ACL is the ligament in the middle of the knee that keeps the shin bone from sliding in front of the thigh bone. During practice after a pre-
season exhibition game her freshman year, O’Shea took an awkward step, heard a loud “pop” and went down. She had the first surgery the day before classes began her freshman year. Her mom walked her to all of her classes on her first day of college. Three ACL repair surgeries and one surgery on her meniscus followed throughout her sophomore and junior years. Her last surgery left her recovering during her true senior year. “I didn’t think I’d ever play soccer again,” O’Shea said. “But I decided to be crazy and get it repaired again.” Coach Jason Neidell said O’Shea wanted to stay with
Midlothian, Va., senior Taryn O'Shea passes the ball during morning soccer practice at Smith Stadium on Tuesday. SHELBY MACK/HERALD
the team. “You have to be able to contribute to the team in some way,” he said. “She wasn’t on the field, but she added so much value in other assets.” But O’Shea did get to play.
She was a starter in WKU’s senior night against Georgia State on Oct. 25. Seeing O’Shea play was one of Neidell’s favorite moments of his entire coaching SEE O'SHEA PAGE B4
I’m biased when it comes to “Dracula.” It’s my favorite book. I read it at least once a year, sometimes more, and connect with it on a spiritual level. It’s my literary soul PAIT food. Columnist So when it comes to my beloved “Dracula” and adaptations of it, I can be harsh. Luckily, NBC’s new reincarnation (vampire joke!) of the world’s most infamous vampire — Edward Cullen excluded — is actually quite a devilish delight. “Dracula” stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers of “The Tudors” as the titular vampire. Posing as American inventor and provocateur Alexander Grayson, he sets the world of 19th century London alight with his radical ideas. It’s an intense and unconventional portrayal of the character, but you can tell Meyers is having fun with it. In the book, Dracula’s a powerful old man with a killer beard and hair growing out of his palms. He’s a SEE REMOTE PAGE B5