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Email scams giving students, WKU headaches BY TAYLOR HARRISON NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM WKU students have been receiving more scam emails in the last few months than the school’s Information Technology Department has seen in quite awhile. Gordon Johnson, associate
vice president of Information Technology, said common scams that try to get people to give up their money offer “work at home” jobs, where people can earn quick money. “We actually have not had a lot of those over the last three to five years,” he said. “Just within the last three to six months,
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Energy fuels annual fashion show
BY KAE HOLLOWAY NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM My Friday night was spent living every fashion columnists dream: sitting front row at a fashion show, surrounded by a sea of well-dressed individuals. No, I didn’t get whisked away to a big European fashion mecca, or flown to Austin, Texas for fashion week. I got my fashion fix right here in Bowling Green for the fifth annual Rip the Runway. The show is thrown by the Black Student Alliance in Preston and acts as a fundraiser, collecting canned goods and charging a minimal fee for admission. The event and clothes shown were sponsored and donated by Francesca’s, Crisp Boutique and JCPenny. While my experience after the show was a little shocking, the show itself was exciting, adrenaline fueled and FIERCE. The all caps are entirely intentional. The models rocked it. Every one brought their A game with their walk and poses. It honestly made me want to jump up there and see if I could rock the runway myself, though common sense kept me from doing so. All the girls rocked towering heels with each outfit. Now, you might see me on campus in heels on a good Tuesday or Thursday, but these girls were rocking those heels at heights I couldn’t even fathom. One of the six collections shown that night was a swimsuit collection designed by Louisville junior Coumba Sow. Sow, originally from Africa, was inspired to create her line after an eye-opening trip to Trinidad and Tobago over spring break. Her influence of the native style of that country showed. Girls walked the runway with intricate masks and bikinis covered in jewels, feather and flowers. The one bold man strutted the catwalk in something similar, though obviously not a bikini. I definitely applaud Sow for not only her boldness and ambition to put her work on the runway, but for her use of color and material to bring the style of Trinidad to Bowling Green. Altogether, however, bravo BSA. This event was unforgettable.
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there’s been several of those that have come through here.” Ronnie Ward, the public information officer for the Bowling Green Police Department, said recently two WKU students filed police reports stating that they had money stolen from them through these scam emails.
One of the students said they received an email through a WKU email account about online employment, according to the police report. After researching the company mentioned in the email, they replied with information, including their name, address and phone number. Then, they
received a confirmation text from the supposed company. The student then received a check for $2,350 and was instructed to send a Moneygram of $2,000 to Bennie Smith in Florida, the police report stated. After following through with these instructions, the stuSEE SCAM PAGE A3
Rocking the
runway Louisville sophomore Caylin Scaten (right) struts down the catwalk during Rip the Runway Friday at the Preston Center. Scaten wore a bathing suit designed by Nashville senior Coumba Sow, who drew inspiration from Carnival while studying abroad in Trinidad and Tobago. MIKE CLARK/HERALD
Students strut catwalk for Rip the Runway hashtag #wkuriptherunway in anticipation of the big
BY KAE HOLLOWAY NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM
event.
Preston Center was transformed Friday night into a
This was the second time the event was hosted at
high fashion, adrenaline fueled runway show for the
Preston after being relocated from its original location
fifth annual Rip the Runway event, hosted by the Black
in DSU.
Student Alliance. The gym lights were dimmed, spotlights were brought out and a makeshift runway with
The show kicked off at 9 p.m. and was emceed by Al Greene and CJ Calhoun. “We want to thank everyone for coming out,” Greene
multi–colored sequins lined the floor. With songs from artists ranging from the Notorious
said.
B. I. G. to Mike Will Made It shaking the gym, specta-
The first collection kicked off the show with a catwalk
tors and fashion fans poured in and lined the runway,
full of white- and black-clad models wearing cuts and
flooding Instagram with selfies and tweeting using the
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WKU closing gap between male‚ female salaries BY SHELBY ROGERS NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM On the national level, for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes on average only 77 cents. On WKU’s campus, female professors average over $2,000 less than their male counterparts. While that number is better than the national average, it's much improved from the nearly $6,000 deficit in 2008-09, and half of the gender deficit WKU had among fulltime professors in the 2011-12 school year. Frequently used reasons for the wage gap range from lack of experience in the workplace, maternity leaves, physical distinctions and extreme claims — those implying women are less intelligent or capable than men. For Deborah Wilkins, WKU's chief counsel and one of a handful of women on the university's Administrative Council, she sees wage disparity stemming more from women not asking for raises rather than outright gender biases. “I don't know that it's all discrimination,” she said. “I think part of it is a factor of women having less SEE SALARY PAGE A3
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Morehead to open second Kentucky dual-credit academy BY MACKENZIE MATHEWS NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM
Plans are underway at Morehead State University to establish Craft Academy, a dual-credit residential high school similar to WKU’s Gatton Academy. The academy served as a model for Craft due to Gatton's designation as one of the most successful high schools in the U.S., Morehead president Wayne Andrews said during the announcement of the academy. “We look at Gatton Academy as a marvelous example of a specialized school that really gives students their full potential,” Roger McNeil, dean of Morehead’s College of Science and Technology, said. Kentucky Senate President Robert Sti-
vers had firsthand experience at Gatton through his daughter’s enrollment. He said at the announcement he wants to expand the experiences students receive at Gatton to students across the state. The state is also hitting a milestone by being the first to have two state residential schools that focus on science technology, engineering and mathematics, according to Julia Roberts, the director of Gatton Academy. Though plans may be too new to tell if Craft will offer competition for the academy, Roberts said it is still important to maintain strong marketing techniques. “What I am hoping is that it simply is a way to offer more opportunities for advanced students with a high interest in science technology, engineering and
Crowning glory
Edwardsville, Ill. freshman Danielle Chavis hugs her mom, Deidra Bowman, after she is crowned 2014 Miss Black Western at Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority's 43rd annual Miss Black Western Gala this past Saturday at DSU. DEMETRIUS FREEMAN/HERALD
RUNWAY CONTINUED FROM FRONT styles from tight body-con dresses to sharp blazers and pantsuits. Five more collections would follow, with outfits ranging from evening wear to swimsuit. The swimsuit collection, fifth in the show, was designed by Louisville junior Coumba Sow. Models strutted down the runway in suits adorned with feathers, jewels and flowers. Sow was inspired to create the line after a study abroad trip to Trinidad and Tobago. “I wanted to study abroad for spring break and see other cultures and how they dress,” she said. “They [Trinidadians] wear feathers, big head pieces and show off their bodies. I wanted to bring that culture here.” The closing collection featured all models walking the runway, wearing Rip the Runway t-shirts and dancing along to the music. Reactions to the show poured in through Twitter and were read aloud by
SALARY CONTINUED FROM FRONT “I think part of it is a factor of women having less experience in the work force ... Over time, we should see these disparities end because one of the reasons the Equal Pay Act was passed was because women were being paid less was the belief that they had husbands supporting her, so she didn't need as much money. That was 30 or 40 years ago. Now that women have been in the workforce as long as we have and doing things we didn't do 50 years ago, that disparity shouldn't really be there.” Wilkins represents a surprising national statistic: almost all of the chief counsels for Kentucky universities are women. “I feel like I’ve been blessed and lucky with who I've worked for, but I know those disparities still exist,” she said. “They absolutely do.” A developing trend in the equal pay fight revolve around the belief that women simply don’t ask for raises. Nationally, this idea was brought to public awareness by former Bank of America executive Sallie Krawcheck, who oversaw more than $2 trillion in assets before leaving the finance industry for a personal endeavor. In her speech presented on April 7, Krawcheck encouraged women to consciously put aside their risk-averse nature and boldly ask for more. “What I’ve found over time is that when it would come to bonus time or raise time, I would hear from the gentlemen, ‘I want to make X,’” she said. “I don't think I ever heard from a woman
Brea Wilson, coordinator
This was a huge turnout. We had 200 chairs, and people had to start carrying in more.” Greene and Calhoun throughout the night. Brea Wilson, the coordinator of the show, was ecstatic with the show’s audience. “This was a huge turnout. We had 200 chairs, and people had to start carrying in more,” she said. The show functions as a fundraiser with an admission fee of $5 or $3 with a canned good item. The canned goods are donated to local food pantries and organizations, such as the Salvation Army. The money goes toward BSA. As for the next Rip the Runway, Wilson said if she can get her head around it, she’d love to assist with coordinating again. “It was pretty stressful,” she said. “I would definitely help out again, though.”
who worked for me, ‘I want to make X.’ And research shows, men ask and women don’t.” For years, studies looking to explore the issues surrounding gender disparity are frequently seen as one-sided, looking through the scope of biases rather than raw data. In the last several years, countless studies have set out to isolate those variables and find what the bottom line means for women in the workforce. A recent study by labor economists Lawrence Kahn and Francine Blau of Cornell University removed the aforementioned factors from the equation. They removed traces of education differences, employment lengths, and job duties to find base numbers of and handful of business and corporations. Kahn and Blau found an average 9 percent deficit between female and male workers, all other factors aside. At best, that still means women make 91 cents to every man’s dollar, solely based on unexplainable reasoning. Comparatively, WKU’s gap is on similar scales with those of other universities, but over recent years, employees of the Hill have seen notable increases to close the gap that other universities have not. At University of Kentucky’s College of Education, 56 percent of full-time faculty are females, as reported by the (UK) President’s Commission on Women’s study. Where males are equally represented among the departmental ranks (roughly 30 percent in assistant teachers, associate professors, and full professors), the females don’t see the equal distribution.
mathematics,” Roberts said. “I think Kentucky has lots of students who could thrive in such a school.” Morehead hopes to mold Craft into an academic success comparable to Gatton and other dual-credit schools across the nation. Staff members are traveling around the country to similar schools, including Gatton, in order to find successful models for the institution. McNeil worked with a school of similar stature in Louisiana and taught several students from Gatton at Morehead. “These are extraordinary individuals-highly motivated, gifted and possess a lot of skills that we all are challenged to help them reach that full potential,” he said. Like Gatton, Craft will be dedicated
SCAM CONTINUED FROM FRONT dent’s bank later contacted them and said the check cashed was not valid. The police were able to locate a Bennie Smith in Florida. Copies of the emails were logged into evidence, according to the report. The case is still open. Ward said while the police don’t get a lot of scam reports from WKU students, they get quite a few complaints about them from the Bowling Green community. Ward said sometimes the scams can be tracked to outside of the country, such as one that led to Florida then left the United States and went to Jamaica. As far as the students who reported these scams to the police, Johnson said they never called the HelpDesk or sent emails to the WKU accounts about being scammed out of money. The accounts usually just get forwarded emails that look suspicious. Johnson said they get about 250 emails to the accounts monthly. Lexington sophomore Devan Hall said she is constantly getting sent emails that claim to offer “work at home” jobs. “Usually, my spam will catch it, but a lot of times, it doesn’t,” she said. “There’s so many of them.” When she first received one of the emails, she thought it could be something to look into and thought about responding because it sounded like a good deal. She didn’t think the emails seemed to have any dead giveaways or red flags that they were a scam. She has previously received emails that claim students can make $600 a week, and offered jobs such as clerical work, answering surveys online or being a personal assistant. But when she looked at it further, she didn’t think it seemed legitimate. “The more I looked into it...some of the stuff I read just sounded like a scam.” Hall said she had received emails about working at home from someone named Rhea Durham. When Johnson was forwarded one of Durham’s emails that offered a job opportunity with no obligations or contracts, he said it was definitely a scam. Durham has sent emails to WKU students under different emails, but usually with a similar message. Johnson said while email scams have become more frequent in the last
to meeting the challenges that come with bringing gifted Kentucky students up to their complete potential. Morehead is looking for aspects to set Craft apart from Gatton and other dualcredit schools. Creativity will be a major piece of Craft’s program. The faculty wants to build an environment that will foster students’ development of individual abilities and promote entrepreneurial experiences, McNeil said. “In eastern Kentucky, we particularly need to help develop our economy, so this might be a way for us to grow our entrepreneurs,” he said. Craft Academy will open in August 2015 with 60 high school juniors. The school received $2.3 million from state legislators to establish the institution.
months, WKU also has had problems with phishing, when students, faculty or staff get emails requesting information. When they follow through and provide information, Johnson said that can lead to compromised email accounts. “The most common use of that is, you try to get someone’s email credentials so that you can use their account to send spam,” he said. “And then it looks like it’s coming from them. When we start seeing a user that’s sending from an odd location or a large number of emails, we’ll usually consider the account compromised. We’ll disable it and notify the user they need to change their password.” When students, faculty or staff receive these emails, Johnson said they can report them to scam@wku.edu. If they receive emails that ask for information, such as email or TopNet login credentials, they can report that to phish@wku.edu. “We encourage users to send emails that they consider suspicious to those accounts and then we look at them,” he said. “If we think it’s a significant problem, we’ll try to take steps to further filter those particular emails out of the system.” While Johnson said the IT Department has a series of anti-spam filters in place that block over a million emails a month in the student email system, it’s easier to block things like advertisements than these “work at home” scams. He said the department can’t block words like “home” or “work” on the filters because that might accidentally filter out emails from professors. “Blocking emails and setting filters is tricky business,” he said. “If you set them too strict, you’re going to filter out email that people really want.” Since not all of these emails can be blocked, Johnson said users have to be cautious. “Spammers are very smart,” Johnson said. “They change their profile quickly. They change wording in their emails. They’ll change the server they’re sending them from. “At a certain level, you’ve got to have users somewhat wary. They have to… keep themselves educated, they have to keep themselves somewhat knowledgable about what to look for in these emails — to know whether they’re legitimate or not. If you get an unsolicited email from anybody you don’t know that’s trying to talk you into doing something, you need to delete it.”
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When it comes to morals, no religion required THE ISSUE: There seems to be a per- Green — some connected to Christiceived correlation between one being anity, some not. religious and having morals. But it seems that lately there's an idea that if one doesn't worship in one OUR STANCE: In light of our recent sto- of these religious institutions, that inries profiling students on campus with dividual has no sense of morality. different religions, we want to emphaAnd in the words of Vice President size to the WKU community that faiths Joe Biden, we cry “malarky!” that adhere to different belief systems If we've learned anything through are not any less moral than yours. the stories we've covered, it's that not everyone practices the same faith or, if they do practice faith, it's e understand religion can be not necessarily in the same way as a touchy and uncomfortable others. subject for some. It is also something It seems that in this day and age we that is inescapable, as it is all around are quick to judge people based on us in media and our daily lives at WKU. what they do or don’t believe as opMany of the religions we know of today posed to getting to know the person on have existed for thousands of years, a deeper level. and we have no doubt of their impact History has shown us that some of on today’s modern society. the biggest wars with the most casualThere are multiple places to wor- ties were fought in the name of religion ship on WKU's campus and in Bowling (The Crusades), and that some of the
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gentlest souls with grand beliefs didn’t necessarily believe in a god (Carl Sagan is one recent example). History has also shown us that some atheists can have the coldest hearts (Kim Jong-Il, Joseph Stalin), and those of faith can work wonders (Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi) and bring about great change. It's not black and white anymore. And that's what we’re here to say: that while religion, or lack thereof, may be a part of who someone is, it is not the only part. We are multifaceted beings, all capable of good and bad, and in the end it is our own sense of a moral compass that will guide us along our paths, not just the belief (or lack thereof) in the hereafter. This editorial represents the majority of the Herald's 9-member editorial board.
You and I are well acquainted with the Earth. From infancy to this present moment, it has held each of us close to its surface, and we have never gone very far from its side. HUNTON We humans have Columnist a special bond with our planet. Throughout the known universe, we are one of the Earth’s unique miracles of evolution and intelligence, and each one of us has the potential to accomplish wondrous things only through the Earth as our support and sustenance. Although each of us is small, if we can work together toward the common goal of taking care of the health of our planet, our collective potential is great. Through human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels like coal, gas and petroleum, the average temperature throughout the Earth has risen over the last two centuries. Much of this change in climate is caused by the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Just as your personal health depends on your body’s ability to balance certain variables within your body like temperature, blood pressure and blood sugar, the Earth’s health depends on a similar balance. The greenhouse effect is a sign of a developing imbalance. In the interest of the health of our planet, we should integrate preventative steps into our lives such as the conservation of energy, reduction of waste, and conscious consumerism. Sustainability coordinator Christian Ryan said college and K-12 students have an especially big role to play in the future of our planet. “College students will be graduating and going into their lives and careers and facing serious issues in every realm of life,” she said. “Any career field that you go into will be affected by sustainability. There is no way to escape it.” Ryan-Downing said she encourages people to be conscious about their dayto-day actions and about what they buy. “The small choices that you make in your life, like taking a reusable mug to Starbucks, can make a big impact,” she said.
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Belief in one religion doesn’t mean demeaning others
Know that first off, I am a believing Christian. Although I do not agree completely with the spiritual beliefs of Stephanie Campbell, I applaud her for her courage and honesty about being an atheMOSCOE ist in a college tucked deep in the Bible Belt. I am writing this because I am afraid that many Christian readers of the Herald will read this and get the wrong idea of the newspaper in its desire to represent all of the students. What is sad about our First Amendment society is that many people view the expression of religious beliefs on the
same level as demeaning other religions. They refuse to acknowledge the difference between the statement, “I am a Muslim and I love Allah and praying five times a day” and, “I am a Muslim because I hate Christians and other non-Muslims.” In Lexington, there was a road sign advertising the joining of an atheist group, but since Christians in public saw it and took offense, it was replaced with an advertisement for a church. If the believer states personal thoughts and opinions logically without making a straw man argument, turning to illogical fallacies, or praising themselves while shaming others, then I would never be offended! This is what Miss Campbell (and Whitney Allen through her writing)
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has accomplished. It would have been easy to make the article more biased. Because, as everyone knows, if you discredit all of the white, male, upper-middle class, heterosexual, Christian majority as cruel or ignorant, then that is being completely unbiased. But through the reading, it was not out of personal emotion and prejudice, but thought and logic concerning the beliefs of many Christians that made her turn the other way. The use of the "I have Christian friends too" section could have been a weak area of the piece, but it turned into a point of being open to others of various spiritual beliefs, despite whether or not you personally agree with them.
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Although I love being a Christian and I am lucky to be on a campus where there are numerous ministries I can choose from, I will admit that it is disheartening the other beliefs are not represented enough both in the university and in our society. Is it because there are fewer non-Christians? Persecution? Both? Maybe so. But if those people — Buddhists, atheists, Jews, Muslims, Catholics, Mormons, Hindus — are passionate and confident about their beliefs to sing about it on the rooftops without harming others in their message, then I will smile and support them, all the way.
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Bowling Green resident Joey Penn blows smoke bubbles during Mayhem Music Festival at Circus Square Park on Friday. The festival, an annual event hosted by Revolution 91.7, was free, but proceeds from donations and Revolution 91.7 merchandise went to Rainhill Equine Facility.
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Maps & Atlases plays to a crowd during Mayhem Music Festival at Circus Square Park on Friday.
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BY BRITTANY ELDRIDGE NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM The Office of Sustainability recently became the home for the WKU food pantry. Available for WKU staff, faculty and students, the food pantry is a place for all to come and get food. The food pantry strives to get the word out about the resources it offers after hearing that those dealing with related needs were uncertain about where they could receive assistance. Food pantry coordinator Elizabeth McGrew said volunteering as a student is a great way to get perspective and break down stereotypes. Elizabeth McGrew, pantry coordinator
I would like to work toward making it a place where community is built.” McGrew has some long term goals for the food pantry. “I would like to work toward making it a place where community is built,” McGrew said. “Eventually we could have community dinners where students can come together.” Courtney Ritchie, a freshman from Hazard, is a Bonner Scholar who volunteers at the food pantry. She said other students should volunteer too because there is a need. “It feels good to help the community out,” Ritchie said. “Helping those who are in a bad position or less fortunate.” While volunteering, Ritchie said she sorts through donations, stocks shelves and helps those who visit the pantry. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to visit, whether they want to volunteer or would like assistance with food needs.
Jake Owen sings during his concert Thursday night at Diddle Arena. MIKE CLARK/HERALD BY LEAH BROWN NEWS@WKUHERALD.COM Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts danced to the sound of country music Thursday night at a party that took place not on the beach, but in Bowling Green, Ky. Country singer Jake Owen brought everything but the ocean to Diddle Arena Thursday night for his beach themed “Days of Gold” tour with bands The Cadillac Three and Parmalee. The Campus Activities Board hosted the event. CAB Public Relations Assistant Caitlin Newman said the organization sold over 4,000 tickets for the show. The morning of the concert, students at the Preston Center spotted Owen on the elliptical. “I was passing Preston and saw on Twitter that he was there, so I went in and got a picture,” Hopkinsville junior Natalie Majors said. Fans decorated signs and dressed in their best beach attire in hopes of winning a chance to meet Owen or dance on stage during the concert.
Nashville band The Cadillac Three opened the show. The group is made up of Jaren Johnston, Kelby Ray and Neil Mason. They performed their hit song “The South.” Parmalee, a band made up of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas, their cousin Barry Knox and their childhood best friend Josh McSwain, followed The Cadillac Three. They sang songs from their latest album “Feels Like Carolina,” including “Musta Had a Good Time” and “Close Your Eyes.” The crowd went crazy as the band ended its portion of the show with its song currently on the radio, “Carolina.” The audience waited in suspense after Parmalee finished, and a huge sheet dropped down over the stage that said, “Jake Owen: Days of Gold Tour.” Fans screamed as the sheet fell, lights flashed and techno music played, but Owen was nowhere to be seen. Instead of beginning his performance on stage, the spotlight shined down on the bleachers where Owen was singing among his fans. In the beginning of the concert,
he played one of his newest songs, “Beachin'”, to go along with the overall theme of the concert. The stage was filled with palm trees, tiki bars and hanging lights. During the show, Owen grabbed fans cell phones and took pictures of himself while he was performing. He also sung his other hit songs “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” “Alone With You,” “Ghost Town” and “1972.” Owen said he was not planning to perform his song “Heaven,” but made a special exception for two of his fans who got to slow dance on stage while he sang the song and the crowd waved their lighters. Owen ended his concert showing a video of places in Bowling Green such as the Corvette museum and places throughout WKU’s campus. The beach themed country concert got WKU students and the public in the mood for warm weather and summertime. “It was one of the best nights of my life because of Jake Owen’s beautiful hair,” Louisville sophomore Vince Lewis said.
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Lady Toppers show fight‚ but lose sixth-straight BY AUSTIN LANTER SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM
WKU softball coach Amy Tudor called it the hardest week of the season. Even though that week ended without a win against two teams in the top 25, she wasn’t completely unhappy. The Lady Toppers have now dropped six straight games, which included a sweeping defeat at the hands of South Alabama over the weekend. “I felt like hitting wise, besides the Lipscomb game, we hit the ball well enough to
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made history last season for their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament where they fell to Alabama in the second round. “That team (in 2013) was probably the most successful team I’ve ever been on,” Watkins said. “It really meant a lot and especially that we got to experience going to the NCAA Tournament for
win,” Tudor said. “The other two parts of our game we have to put together. I felt like sometimes we played good defense, sometimes we were pitching well. We’ve got to piece it all together and that’s what we’re missing a little bit.” The first two games of the series were close with WKU (31-20-1, 10-8 Sun Belt Conference) losing by a combined three runs. South Alabama took game three, 9-5, with three of the five WKU runs coming in the final inning. The Jaguars outhit WKU 31 to 24 on the series, including
16 to 9 in game three. The Lady Toppers took a lead into the final inning of the first game 2-1 before the Jaguars connected on back-toback two out RBI doubles off of senior pitcher Emily Rousseau to take the game 3-2. In game two, South Alabama (37-10, 14-5 SBC) jumped out to a lead early and was able to hold on the remainder of the game to take the doubleheader sweep 6-4. In the series finale, the Jaguars scored in five of the seven innings and built up a seven-run lead. The Lady Top-
pers, however, did not quit and fought till the end, adding three runs in the bottom of the seventh for a final score of 9-5. Tudor sent three pitchers to the mound Sunday, each of whom threw 2.1 innings. Between the three of them, they only struck out two batters and also gave up at least two runs. Despite the six-game losing streak, senior infielder Kelsie Mattox said she found out a lot about the team over the course of the week. “We’re made of a lot of fight,” Mattox said. “We have a lot of heart so going into next
weekend and Evansville, we just have to put that into effect and get all our parts working together.” Next up for WKU is a Tuesday game against Evansville (18-30) at 5 p.m. It will be the last home game of the season for the Lady Toppers before they travel to Georgia State (28-24, 10-8 SBC) to end the season. For Tudor, it’s the mental aspect that's key going forward. “We’re hoping to come out and break that mentality of losing because the mental game is huge,” Tudor said.
the first time is Western’s history.” Even though it was uncharted territory for the team a year ago, Watkins said she was not that nervous going in. “I was actually more excited than nervous,” she said. “Because going into that tournament, we were kind of like that underdog. We had nothing to lose so why not be excited and give it 100 percent.” Her teammates see her as a leader as well, even those who have battled by her side since
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day one. Senior infielder Kelsie Mattox has been at WKU with Watkins since they were freshmen and has watched her develop into one of the Sun Belt’s most dynamic playmakers. “She’s such a great leader on and off the field,” Mattox said. “She brings a lot of heart and excitement to the game, but yet in a serious way. Great athlete, great player, super fast, just raw talent. It’s been fun to play with her and watch her grow from
freshman year to now. She has a bright future ahead, especially if she goes off and continues to the next level.” As for the future, Watkins said she plans to attend pharmacy school after graduation and credits her softball career for her development as an individual on and off the field. “It meant a lot,” Watkins said. “It helped me grow as a woman, actually, and I created a lot of relationships that I will probably have for a lifetime.
SIDELINES CONTINUED FROM SPORTS let this year serve that they are still growing and adjusting to a new coaching staff. The Lady Toppers have four games remaining in the regular season to fit all those pieces back together. Senior Kelsie Mattox knows what it takes, and knows that how they finish the regular season isn’t indicative to how they follow up the run this team made last year. “You can’t win if you don’t hit, and you can’t win if you don’t pitch,” Mattox said. “We have to work hard to do that. We’re kind of old, kind of young so it’s a mix, but we have to learn how to put it all together. “This year we’re not having as quite a
It’s hard to put in words how good the kid is. She is a three-tool player. She’s great defensively, she’s got speed and she’s great at the plate.”
good of year as we want to. The tell tale sign will be conference tournament and if we’re able to pull that off and go to the next step to really say that we’ve gotten better or that we’re building.” Right now this team is recovering from having dropped six straight against some of the best consecutive competition they’ve had all year with Kentucky, Lipscomb and South Alabama. Conference tournament seeding isn’t an issue, so how (or if) they improve in these last four games will set the tone for whether they can match last year’s grade in the Sun Belt tournament. A better grade is advancing once again to the NCAA Regionals. They’ll have to do a lot of studying if they want to reach that point again under a new teacher.
BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM SPORTS against the Trojans Friday. “It was one of those things where hitting is contagious and once one guy gets rolling, Regan hitting that home run in the second inning really got us going,” senior second baseman Scott Wilcox said. "Everyone fed off that and followed his lead." The offense carried over into Saturday with 10 hits from the Toppers, but three errors and three runs in in the last three innings cost WKU the sweep. It would have been easy for WKU to come out flat after the loss and drop the series against UALR, but coach Matt Myers had other plans in mind. He
showed the team a motivational video before the game on perseverance. “They are a tough, resilient group,” Myers said. “They know who they are; they don’t need to be told negative or positive things they know who they are and what they are about. What you do is you don’t change.” WKU looks ahead to a five-game week, four of which are on the road starting with Austin Peay on Tuesday. WKU defeated the Governors 5-2 on April 1 with Sam Higgs giving up only four hits as the starter through five innings. WKU has won seven of the last nine outings with Austin Peay and is 4434 all-time against the Governors in Clarksville, Tenn.
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Lady Toppers get passing grade in coach Tudor’s first year BY ELLIOTT PRATT SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM
As finals week sneaks closer, I thought I’d hand out a grade of my own for a team that I was most intrigued to see if momentum would roll over from last year. PRATT A coach doesn’t Sports editor define the makeup of a good team, and a good team isn’t always defined by its coach, but Amy Tudor and the WKU softball team get an “A” in my grade book for maintaining a solid season in the Sun Belt Conference after Tyra Perry’s departure in August. Tudor came into a good situation with five returning All-Sun Belt players. Of course, Tudor brought her own hardware with a Summit League Tournament championship with IUPUI last year. This team doesn’t have the same Kelsie Mattox, senior outfielder
This year we’re not having quite as good of a year as we want to. The tell tale sign will be the conference tournament...to really say that we’ve gotten better or that we’re building.” Senior second baseman Olivia Watkins, center, cheers on her team during the first game of a doubleheader against the University of Louisville on March 19, 2014. LUKE FRANKE/HERALD
Watkins wraps up record-setting senior season leads the conference and nation in that category.
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“She’s a quiet leader,” coach Amy Tudor said. “She
Senior second baseman Olivia Watkins’ career at WKU is coming to an end, but she has made sure her name is written in the record books a few times before she goes.
leads more by example. To steal over 50 bags in a season is huge. The kid is beyond talented.” For Watkins, it’s the stolen bases that she crowns as her biggest achievement. “I don’t know [why],” Watkins said. “Most people
Watkins and four other seniors were honored between games against South Alabama Saturday for Senior Day and will play their final home game as Lady Toppers Tuesday against Evansville at 5 p.m.
aren’t blessed with speed, choosing the right pitch to go or trying to play with the catcher's mind. I don’t think everybody has that ability.” Watkins also leads the team in batting average (.431)
“Basically, it’s my last series playing with them ever as a team,” Watkins said. “They’re my sisters and it’ll never be the same and that’s probably one of the big emotions. It’s my last time playing a series on the home field so of course there’s going to be emotions.”
and runs (47) this season and has had multiple hits in 12 games this season and 50 times in her career. Despite all the hits over her career, she has never hit a home run for WKU. “It’s hard to put in words how good the kid is,” Tudor
The Florence, Ala., native currently holds the singleseason hit record (75) for her efforts this season and
said. “She is a three-tool player. She’s great defensively, she’s got speed and she’s great at the plate.”
continues to add to that total. The senior also holds the
Watkins and the rest of the senior class has accu-
single-season record for stolen bases (52) and currently
mulated a 137-92-2 record while at WKU. The group
dominance as last season’s 43-18 team that won its first Sun Belt title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Alabama, but Tudor has done a nice job considering she stepped into the role left by the 2013 Sun Belt Coach of the Year. While they’re tied for third in the league with a 10-8 Sun Belt record, 31-20-1 overall, they’re in a position where wins and losses don’t matter so much as it relates to conference tournament seeding. The biggest concern for Tudor before the conference tournament in Lafayette, La., May 7-10 is making a consistent coherent performance out of her team. “I think we just have to get all aspects of our game rolling, and that’s the main concern for me that no matter who we’re playing, it doesn’t matter,” Tudor said. “We’ve played everyone in the conference and we’ve proven we can hit everyone in the conference and that’s what we have to do. “We have the talent, that’s what we have to put together.” Tudor came into the job inheriting a team that knows how to put those pieces together, letting last season’s performance serve as evidence for such performances. But instead of living in the past, SEE SIDELINES PAGE A9
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Starting pitching highlights series win over UALR BY BILLY RUTLEDGE SPORTS@WKUHERALD.COM
The WKU baseball team got the weekend series win it needed, plus a little update on personal records. Starting pitching shined in the Toppers’ three-game series against Arkansas-Little Rock with Jake Thompson throwing a career-high 10 strikeouts in 7.1 innings Sunday afternoon while junior Ian Tompkins earned his 11th save — which ties for a WKU single season record — in a 4-1 win to clinch the weekend series. Justin Hageman (5-1) pitched eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts in the Toppers’ 8-0 win Friday night, which earned him his second Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week award this season. Sophomore Josh Bartley, who has made his way into the Saturday role, had a much different outing in the only loss for WKU (23-21, 11-10 Sun
Belt Conference) Bartley gave up four runs (three earned) on six hits through five innings in WKU’s 7-5 loss to the Trojans. Thompson’s rubber match win came after WKU gave up two runs in the ninth inning for UALR’s lone win on the weekend. “My main goal was to challenge them,” Thompson said. “We go out there with the same mentality every game. Our goal is to win and keep ourselves in the game for as long as possible and we know our offense will come around.” The WKU offense had its biggest outing Friday, registering eight runs on 13 hits, which included two home runs. The first home run was the first three run homer for WKU this year off the bat of senior Regan Flaherty. Junior shortstop Cody Wofford hit a solo shot in the fifth inning for his fourth of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock catcher Drew Merten tags out junior first baseyear. Every WKU batter reached base man Ryan Church at home plate during the teams' faceoff. WKU lost 7-5 against the SEE BASEBALL PAGE A9 Trojans Saturday at Nick Denes Field. MIKE CLARK/HERALD