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Two fraternities suspended, two under probation following COVID-19 violations

VOLUME 96 • ISSUE 10

WEEK OF 10.27.20

HAUNTING ON THE

Hill

By Abbey Nutter

abbigail.nutter168@topper.wku.edu

PHOTO BY ALLIE HENDRICKS

Ghosts slipping through the in-between to make appearances to mortals is no new phenomenon — people have been reporting seeing spirits for hundreds of years. Spectors appear in photographs, objects are moved from their original places without being touched and sometimes the supernatural assails the natural in the form of a poltergeist.

If you look deep enough, each city or town has its own story. Likewise, many college campuses have their own tales.

Perhaps not as dramatic as the hauntings seen throughout cinema, WKU is no exception to having its own ghostly ties to the past. In fact, for Tamela Smith, AV manager of the WKU Communications Advisory Council, there are enough stories on campus to fill an entire book, which is precisely what

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she’s set out to do.

After 25 years of working for the university, Smith is writing a book and collecting stories from individuals in the WKU community.

“Some people think that these are all in the past, but there are things that still continue to happen,” Smith said. “We don’t have anything scary, there’s no threatening spirits or someplace where people are afraid of.”

Smith said that WKU’s hauntings are simple things: a door will close, a light will go on and off without reason.

Van Meter Hall is credited with being the most haunted building on campus, associated with an early 20th century story of a young man falling to his death through a skylight. Corroborated by an article published in the Courier-Journal

on Sept. 3, 1918, the true story of the tragic death in Van Meter Hall tells of Henry Clegg, an Alabama-born student of the Bowling Green Business University, watching atop the building to catch the rare sight of an airplane passing overhead. Running to get a vantage point, Clegg fell through the skylight onto the stage below, dying soon after from a failed operation to save his life in St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Also corroborating this story is a WKU special collections item: the writings of E. Porter Dodd, who kept notes on what happened in town and of all deaths in town through two record books. Dodd recorded that an airplane passed on the same day that young Clegg died, confirming the reason why the 20-year-old student would be on the roof, as this was

a rare event in 1918 Bowling Green.

According to Smith, the most distinct appearance of a spirit in Van Meter Hall took place in the 1970s, when an actor was removing his makeup in the green room. Looking into the mirror, a man stood behind him, face bent downward, with a blue glow around him. Turning to see who was behind him, the actor saw no one, but later described an individual in his late fifties, marking this apparition to be seperate from that of Henry Clegg.

Perhaps Clegg is the source of the many accounts of footsteps in the hall after closing, or perhaps it’s the mysterious man that the actor saw.

“That’s the fun of ghost stories,” Smith said. “It’s a mystery.”

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Campus community express their thoughts on buildings and colleges connected to slave owners

By Jacob Latimer

Jacob.latimer745@topper.wku.edu WKU is hosting deliberative discussions on campus about potentially renaming three buildings that are named after people with ties to slavery and the Confederacy.

The buildings are the Potter College of Arts and Letters, the Ogden College of Science and Engineering and Van Meter Hall.

They are among the oldest buildings on WKU’s campus.

WKU Historian David Lee and Professor of Geography Peggy Gripshover provided historical research documents detailing the history of the buildings and three potential solutions to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workgroup for a deliberative workshop they did on this topic.

holding family. After marrying into another slaveholding family, Potter owned six slaves by age 30. The college was formed in 1889 and was the first building on “the Hill” of WKU. “Public stock subscriptions had initially funded the venture but when money ran low, banker Pleasant J. Potter saved the day by contributing $5,000 to ensure completion of the school building,” Lynn E. Niedermeier wrote in “Western and the Pleasant J. Potter College: A Shared Heritage.” “In recognition of his generosity, the college was chartered bearing his name.”

Potter College of Arts and Letters

The Ogden College of Science and Engineering is named after Robert Ogden. Like Potter, Ogden was born into a slaveholding family. After marrying a wealthy widow in 1836, Ogden invested in horses and land, bringing him great wealth. This wealth

The Potter College of Arts and Letters is named after Pleasant J. Potter, a Warren county native, who grew up in a slave-

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was acquired with the over 200 slaves that Ogden and his children collectively owned. The Ogden College opened in 1877 and was named after Ogden because of a $50,000 trust fund he put in his will to fund the university.

Van Meter Hall

Van Meter Hall was named after Charles J. Van Meter. Van Meter grew up in a slaveholding family, where he assisted his father in managing the family farms, which used slave labor. Later in Van Meter’s life, he served as a contractor in the Confederate Army. Van Meter Hall is one of the oldest buildings on WKU’s campus and was built in 1901.

The building was named after Van Meter because of donations he made towards the construction. The original Van Meter Hall was built to replace the Southern Normal School & Business College, which burned down in 1900. The current Van Meter Hall was built in 1911 and served as an audi-

torium with classrooms and conference rooms.

A committee was recently started to begin a dialogue on this topic across campus. The first meeting was held earlier this month and introduced three potential solutions to the issue: keep the names the same and open a multi-disciplinary center for historical research along with a memorial fund for the children of Jonesville, completely remove the names from the buildings or replace them with names that connect with WKU’s history.

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workgroup will be holding another virtual meeting on the topic on Nov. 19 from 4:306:30 p.m. It is open to all students, faculty and staff.

Jacob Latimer can be reached at jacob.latimer745@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter @jacoblatimer_.

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GHOSTS • from A1 More recently, according to Smith, there were two officers who had an experience in the building. Hearing two voices in a closed room, they opened the door to find no one inside. Other unexplained happenings include music stands falling over on the stage of their own accord, whisperings and voices after hours and objects moving without prompting.

The second building cloaked in the most supernatural myst is Potter Hall, according to Smith’s knowledge of campus hauntings. Most of the stories stem from when it was used as a residence hall.

According to Smith, one incident occurred when a night clerk was sitting alone in the lobby: they heard the door open, the sound of footsteps crossing the floor and silence as the steps reached carpet, but there was no source to the sounds, only the quiet of the night.

Smith is not unfamiliar with encounters in Potter Hall, having had one herself when she was working as a police officer. Showing a new officer around the building during the break, they

heard a knocking noise sound from down the hall. Moving closer to investigate, the pair identified the room the noise was coming from.

“As we were getting our keys to go in, we heard this kind of metallic sound,” Smith said.

The other officer had seen the doorknob move, and they both watched as it rattled as though someone on the other side was trying to open it.

“Since it was converted to an administrative building in the mid-’90s, people will hear sounds of footsteps and will go so far as to call out and say ‘don’t let me scare you, it’s me,’ thinking they’re getting ready to walk into somebody late at night,” Smith said. “They hear the footsteps right around the corner, and they turn the corner and nobody’s there.”

When Barnes Cambell Hall was a fully functioning residence hall, Smith said that it was reportedly one of the most haunted places on campus.

According to the university ghost story page, reports stem from the story of a young man killed in the elevator shaft in

1967 shortly after the hall opened. Elevators would be heard coming down to the first floor, their doors opening to reveal no riders, or go up to the eighth floor without prompting and return empty.

Smith said that the first reports of the haunting of Barnes Cambell began in the early 1970s, with a hall director checking to ensure everyone had returned home for break and heard running water. Investigating, the hall director discovered a running shower and wet footprints leading to a room, which had no clear source when the door was opened to reveal a vacant space. No footprints appeared past the threshold.

“You’ll start to hear similarities of things,” Smith said. “This happened here, and then 20 years later somebody else reported the same kind of incident happening.”

The infamous Oujia board also has ties with stories of WKU hauntings, one of which Smith experienced as a police officer. Called to what is now Southwest Hall, Smith and her fellow officer responded to what the hall director described as a problem in the late ‘80s. After arrival in the hall, Smith was led down a wing to a cinderblock wall and immediately saw what the hall director was referring to — a 12-inch crack had appeared on the surface, and it was growing.

“We stand there and watch it, and the crack gets bigger,” Smith said. “You can hear concrete falling behind the wall, and when I got my hands on a camera it was bowing out.”

After calling what is now known as WKU Facilities Management, three people said that they’d never seen anything like it. Traveling to the upper floors to examine if the damage was isolated,

Smith found a group of young women standing in the hallway. Asking them if they’d heard anything in the walls, Smith said that one of them looked at her and stated the following: “We weren’t the ones playing with the Ouija board.”

According to Smith, the girls in the room beside where the wall was cracking were using a Oujia board, and asked multiple times for a sign that they’d made a connection to the beyond. As their nerves built, the girls put the board up and made a mistake in their haste: they neglected to say goodbye.

Smith said that this is when the wall began cracking, and while interviewing one of the girls for her book she discovered that the entire section of the wall had later collapsed.

Dogs, according to Smith, refuse to get too close to the Kentucky Museum and will bark at one of the windows.

With workers reporting strange events inside, speculation indicates that some of the relics within the Kentucky Museum may be talismans, or objects that a spirit could attach itself to because of the emotions associated with it.

Sandra Stabell, registrar and collections curator for the Kentucky Museum, stated in an email that while there are two coffins and a cooling board with a body laid out upon it currently in the Kentucky Museum’s collections, there are currently no artifacts with specific stories attached to them.

“Over the years, there have been several stories where former staff members claimed they saw a ghost in the building,” Stabell stated in her email. “I have never experienced this, however.”

According to Smith, one of WKU’s ghosts is first university President Henry Hardin Cherry himself.

David Lee, university historian and professor of history at WKU, is a skeptic regarding the existence of spirits, though he did say that his personal favorite WKU ghost story is that of Henry Hardin Cherry expressing himself around campus.

“I’m intrigued by the idea that Mr. Cherry is still around the hill someplace,” Lee said.

Abbey Nutter can be reached at abbigail.nutter168@topper.wku.edu. Follow her on Twitter @abbeynutter.

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A3 Greek Organizations under scrutiny for COVID-19 violations

By Michael J. Collins

michael.collins527@topper.wku.edu Two fraternities, Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Nu, are under temporary suspension following violations of WKU’s COVID-19 safety guidelines, according to documents obtained by the Herald.

Andrew Rash, coordinator for Greek Affairs, said that AGR and Sigma Nu will both be able to participate in Spring Rush assuming they fulfill their requirements to be reinstated.

Two other fraternities, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon, are “essentially on probation” for similar violations, according to Rash.

Following reports of violations, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega and Sigma Alpha Epsilon received interim suspensions this month that have since been lifted, according to documents requested from WKU and Rash.

The Herald reached out to the Office of Student Conduct regarding the details of these cases including requirements for reinstatement, but Michael Crowe, the office’s director declined to comment.

WKU’s “Healthy on the Hill” guidelines prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people for one event, limiting the number and types of events Greek organizations can host.

Charley Pride, director of Student Activities, said that he understands why students want to continue meeting despite the dangers of COVID-19, but safety is still a top priority.

“People want to have an experience that sometimes means more than 10 people together,” Pride said. “Whether it be class, whether it be at Preston, whether it be in a social setting, people are longing for that type of experience.

They’re social people, that’s why they’re coming to WKU.” Pride said several nights a week he will walk along chapter houses to enforce safety guidelines and ensure there are no large events where people are gathered. The office has tried to make affiliated students aware of the dangers that hosting events presents.

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“What we’ve tried to do is educate them on what is acceptable,” Pride said. “What has been told to them [is] that they’re not supposed to be gathering for social reasons with more than 10 people.”

Rash said while the increased regulations on events have presented more work for his office, he’s confident that they can handle enforcement of “Healthy on the Hill” guidelines.

“I don’t think anyone has been fully prepared for anything this year,” Rash said. “But we’ve handled things to the best of our ability, and we’re still able to keep up with the changing times.”

Pride also said that his colleagues have done well to adapt to the new challenges that come with COVID-19.

“I think we have good people working with our students and trying to educate them across the board here for the Enrollment and Student Experience division,” Pride said. “I think we’re doing as well as we can. It really is learning on the fly what you have to educate people on.”

Pride said that the challenge of preventing the spread of COVID-19 isn’t too different from issues his office normally deals with.

“Each year there’s a different thing

that kind of pops up every other year — we face the same issues that society faces,” Pride said. “Right now, COVID is the issue, but there have been years we’ve gone through alcohol issues, there have been years that we’ve gone through hazing issues, there have been years that we’ve gone through people wanting to fight.”

Michael J. Collins can be reached at michael.collins527@topper.wku.edu.

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College culture breeds unhealthy eating habits for young adults There are some days that I wake up to birds singing and the morning sun peaking over the hill into my window, and my mind immediately wanders to every piece of food I consumed the day before.

On days like those, no matter how much I want to be, I will not be hungry.

On days like those, the only calories entering my body will be from black coffee, lemon Vitamin Water, and stick after stick of Extra Wintermint gum I keep in my backpack so that I can trick my body into thinking that I’m feeding it.

College campuses are breeding grounds for disordered eating behaviors and negative stigmas surrounding body image.

Between TikTok trends where influencers brag about replacing meals with iced coffee and warnings that scare incoming freshmen away from gaining the “freshman 15,” college students are taught to fear weight gain rather than understand it.

“Moderate weight gain between the ages of 18-23 is quite normal since this is the time that the adult body develops and settles at its natural ‘set point’ weight,” The University of Texas at Austin’s Health Services department said.

“The term ‘Freshman 15’ suggests that students are likely to gain 15 pounds during their first year of college, but research shows that the typical weight gain during the freshman year is actually closer to 5 pounds or less. Fighting this natural shift in weight by restricting intake and/or dieting can lead to unwanted health consequences (for example: binge eating behaviors, chronic weight cycling, and disordered eating).”

Freshmen are not the only students restricting what they eat, and the “freshman 15” is not the only reason students choose to restrict their eating.

A common fad among college students — whether it be getting a bigger bang for your buck or compensating for the added calories of sugary drinks — is to restrict eating for as long as possible before drinking alcohol.

In a study looking at calorie restriction prior to alcohol consumption in college freshmen, 14% of the subjects reported restricting calories, with 6% reporting the behavior to avoid weight gain and 10% to enhance alcohol’s effect.

Popular collegiate groups and social networks such as accredited sports teams, dance teams and Greek life have been shown to increase unhealthy relationships with food and, in some instances, glorify disordered eating behavior.

“Research has revealed that women with higher BMIs have had negative experiences in their attempts to gain membership in certain sororities,” Crystal Karges, a master’s-level registered dietitian nutritionist, said in “College Life & Sororities: Too Much Pressure to be Beautiful and Thin?”

College athletes are more likely to develop eating disorders, especially in sports that encourage lean body types and sports teams that exist in the national spotlight.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University found that 35% of female and 10% of male college athletes were at risk for anorexia nervosa, while 58% of female and 38% of male college athletes were at risk for bulimia nervosa.

College students experience a wave of new behaviors that have never weighed on them before, such as the need for time management, social stress, alcohol and drug intake and a sudden sense of freedom away from parental figures. These things go hand-in-hand with developing a negative relationship with food.

“The main factor that makes eating normally hard for me is having the freedom to eat whatever I want due to no one else policing my diet,” sophomore

Recovery is recovery. Eating disorders do not just go away — they merely get easier to control.

Hearing students praise themselves and others for eating nothing more than a handful of snack crackers for a meal can make me question if my morning bagel with a side of fruit may have been too much.

Comments about how much weight someone lost can make me question if I should start weighing myself again.

Bragging about dinner being someone’s first meal of the day can make me nauseous enough that I no longer want the wrap that I just spent $10 on.

“I don’t really think I’ve ever felt like I was being judged by other people for what I was eating,” Moore said. “I am usually the one judging myself.”

For college-aged students, intuitive eating is the best option for developing healthy eating habits.

Intuitive eating is the pattern of eat-

Recovery is recovery. Eating disorders do not just go away — they merely get easier to control.

Jake Moore said. “I definitely feel like I took advantage of that freshman year, and it’s been hard to get better at controlling my cravings when there’s no one but myself to say no.”

Key factors such as mental health and addictive tendencies can encourage a person to jump headfirst into dieting, eventually resulting in an eating disorder.

The National Eating Disorders Association found that 35% of dieting becomes obsessive, and 20 to 25% of those diets turn into eating disorders.

“I usually recommend all students stay away from fad diets as a general rule, because fad diets are short-term hacks to reach goals and never last,” Cory Eakins, nutrition coordinator at WKU, stated in an email. “How many people are still on the Atkins Diet or Liquid Diet? Or any fad diet for very long? Some are dangerous, extremely unhealthy, and cause weight gain and many other side effects once a person is on them for very long or goes off of them.”

Being on a college campus makes it that much easier to reach out and latch on to the unhealthy things that people say about food. Whether other students are aware of it or not, side comments about food can be the reason I skip a meal that day.

ing in which a person simply listens to their body and eats when they are hungry and until they are full. It includes the understanding that as long as the human body consumes the main food groups and enough food then it will remain healthy.

However, this form of a healthy food relationship can be difficult to achieve on a college campus.

“Generally 3 meals a day every 3-5 hours and a snack or two between meals (if needed) is a good foundation,” Eakins stated. “½ the plate should be fruits/ vegetables, ¼ lean protein — turkey, chicken, fish, beef, low-fat dairy, ¼ starch/whole grains — breads, pasta, rice, potatoes, etc.”

However, the meal-swipe value meals at on-campus restaurants do not offer this range of nutrition. To get this daily balance, a student could attempt to balance their plate inside of Fresh Foods, but even Fresh does not even always offer this range of nutrition. The best option would be to grocery shop, which may not be financially feasible for college students.

Options are available at restaurants on campus if a student is willing to spend their own money or meal plan dollars.

“I rarely go to Fresh and Hilltopper,”

Moore said. “Burrito Bowl is a healthy option as well as Izze’s in the Garrett Food Court, but that’s a little too out of the way for me since I rarely have a reason to go up the Hill.”

Hilltopper Nutrition, located in the Health Services building shared with Graves Gilbert Clinic, offers resources to students that are struggling with these disordered eating patterns. Oneon-one nutrition counseling, grocery store tours, cooking demos, disordered eating support, food allergy counseling, medical nutrition therapy and sports nutrition are among the resources that are offered by the on-campus nutritionists.

“The best way to serve that student is through a 1:1 nutrition counseling session,” Eakins stated in an email regarding the resources that are offered at WKU for students struggling with body image.

The journey from eating disorder to recovery is a long, beaten down path that is extremely hard to navigate.

I still find myself reaching for my pack of gum instead of food that will sustain my hunger. I still find myself leaning toward lower-calorie meals when my cravings beg for something more. I still find myself waking up with the hatred of food, but finding a way to eat regardless of that nagging disgust with my body and its need for food is how I know that I’m on that road that takes my mentality somewhere else.

I encourage the people around me to talk openly and positively about their eating habits. Don’t reward other students for eating one meal a day, for restrictive eating in order to get more drunk, for trying new diets that produce nausea and lightheadedness.

I encourage the people around me to find a friend to eat with, to find someone that also needs to eat a meal, to find someone that shares that inclination toward Burrito Bowl or Chick-Fil-A. I encourage students on campus to find the time in their busy days to eat a bagel in the morning, to sit down with friends for lunch and to take time away from homework to enjoy a warm meal.

I encourage people that struggle with disordered eating and eating disorders to avoid counting and talking about calories, to be proud of every meal that is consumed, to give into cravings instead of restricting and bingeing, to be happy about the food that empowers the human body to do the incredible things that it has the potential to do.

If you think you are struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating behaviors, do not hesitate to get help: National Eating Disorders Association Helpline: call or text (800) 9312237 Hilltopper Nutrition: call (270) 7456044 or visit HS 1074

ESPORTS • from A7 Not only are Esports events and streams growing in popularity daily, but video games as a whole have been exploding recently with COVID-19 pandemic shutting down many sporting events around the world.

“I know a lot of people that haven’t personally played video games in a really long time,” Shaw said. “It gave them a chance to just kinda catch up on the games.”

Bradley also mentioned how impressed he was with the growth of Esports in the past months.

“In light of current events, with coronavirus, how applicable it’s been to keep people watching and being competitive has been helpful,” Bradley said.

Bradley continued to talk about how his personal experiences in high school

WINNING • from A7 just because this was their first organized game in a while, it didn’t mean that they shouldn’t be taken seriously.

Senior quarterback Drayton Arnold led a 14 play opening drive that took up about half of the first quarter clock to get into the endzone. Arnold had a 10-yard run to give the Mocs a quick 7-0 lead.

The Hilltoppers early offensive outburst came from senior running back Gaej Walker, who picked up his season high rushing total on his first carry of the game going 38-yards.

Walker totaled an extra 13 rushing yards on WKU’s opening drive to allow freshman kicker Brayden Narveson to cut the deficit to four with a 32-yard field goal.

After that, both offenses couldn’t produce anything positive the rest of the half.

“I really like what he did today, it was like last year — he ran the ball strong, broke tackles,” head coach Tyson Helton said about Walker’s performance.

The Mocs not being able to convert on fourth down in enemy territory, as well as Thomas’ fumble inside the redzone, forced the score to remain at 7-3 at the half. Thomas only had 59 passing yards when heading into the locker room.

“It’s funny how 2020 is working, it seems like all these teams that haven’t played seem to be playing pretty good,”

have convinced him Esports is continuing to grow in popularity.

Bradley not only experienced being at the top of the competition in high school Rocket League, but he managed to travel all the way to Lexington to compete in the state championship at the campus of the University of Kentucky.

“I got all the way up to that point and competed a few times. And I’d noticed that the turnout was starting to become more prevalent like you had to notice how many people were coming, showing up, and watching,” Bradley said.

Furthermore, as a member of the League of Legends team at WKU and a fan of the professional League of Legends players and competitive play, Shaw talked about how the constant growth of Esports, and Esports competitions, has been getting coverage by sources, such Helton said.

The action in the second half didn’t start up till after a Mocs fumble recovery on a punt, leading to a 22-yard field goal from UTC’s Victor Ulmo.

Senior running back Jakairi Moses found his form in the third quarter with a 22-yard run, which gave way to Narveson booting his second field goal of the game from 32-yards to move the score to 10-6.

At the end of the third, Thomas was sidelined with a hip injury, giving Pigrome an opportunity to prove himself after losing the starting job two weeks ago.

The graduate’s time to shine came in the final minutes of the game, when he threw a touchdown pass to Burt Jr. on fourth and four inside the five-yard line.

“You know, Pig threw it up there, he let me go get it however I could go get it and I went to make a play,” Burt Jr. said.

WKU almost immediately lost their first lead of the game, as a touchdown return on the Hilltoppers kickoff was later ruled a fair catch.

“We knew something was going to go in our favor. We all knew that we needed this win, so it had to go our way. Even with that touchdown we still knew we had to stop them and get a turnover,” senior linebacker Eli Brown said about UTC’s called back kickoff return.

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According to Bradley, streaming scrimmages on Twitch is an opportunity for himself and other players in the program to make money, while in school.

Ray stated that the players will stream their games on Sundays as well and on occasion, they stream on Thursdays.

The WKU Esports Twitter account provides more information on how to get involved and watch both scrimmages and tournament games. There are links to both the official Discord page as well as the Twitch link to watch tournaments on the Twitter page.

Sports reporter Drew Toennies can be reached at drew.toennies900@topper. wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter @drew_ toenies.

Gunnar Word WKU running back Malik Staples (10) waves his finger at the UTC sideline following a UTC called back touchdown.

The UTC offense couldn’t capture any momentum after that, giving WKU the 13-10 win and their first victory in two weeks.

The Hilltoppers will now face #12 BYU in hopes of pulling off their biggest upset of the season.

Football beat reporter Matthew Hargrove can be reached at matthew.hargrove426@topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewHargrov1

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as ESPN. “I think ESPN is also in for League of Legends,” Shaw said. “The Worlds Tournament is going on right now and it’s in China and they’ve been broadcasting it at sports bars, like Buffalo Wild Wings and stuff like that.”

The general public can watch WKU’s ESports teams in action, as they often stream not only their tournaments but also their scrimmages against other university teams.

“I know our Twitter is the best place to get the information for all of our tournaments because even if they aren’t incredibly active, they usually do retweet the WKU Twitch, which is like the streaming platform,” Shaw explained.

Shaw also stated that a lot of individual players will broadcast scrimmages against other universities on their per-

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1. Which of the following called autograph seekers 'mosquitos'? (a) Washington Irving (b) Andre the Giant (c) Charlie Sheen 2. The 405 Winchester rifle was a favorite of what president? (a) Ronald Reagan (b) Zachary Taylor (c) Theodore Roosevelt 3. What was the name of Felix Ungar's wife in the TV show The Odd Couple? (a) Barbara (b) Gloria (c) Cheryl 4. What was the sampler on the wall of Jesse James's house that he was adjusting when he was shot? (a) Home Sweet Home (b) God Bless Our House (c) Home Is Where The Heart Is 5. Scarlett's name was originally going to be what in Gone with the Wind? (a) Pansy (b) Rose (c ) Lily 6. For what transit company did Ralph Kramden work in The Honeymooners? (a) Big Apple Bus Lines (b) Empire Transit (c) Gotham Bus Company 7. When was Harvard University founded? (a) 1684 (b) 1636 (c) 1712 8. Who was the first female movie star to appear on the cover of Life magazine? (a) Jean Harlow (b) Hedy Lamarr (c) Greta Garbo 9. Who wrote Johnny Carson's theme song for The Tonight Show? (a) Paul Simon (b) Henry Mancini (c) Paul Anka 10. What British ship was sunk by the Bismarck on May 24, 1941? (a) Hunter (b) Hood (c) Hurricane

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Two women bikers start the race after the men hit the trails in the mountain bike competitions during the eighth annual Trailfest hosted by Graves Gilbert on Oct. 24, 2020 at the Twisted Oliver trails.

CARVING NEW PATHS Copy block and photos by Keilen Frazier and Anna Leachman

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he eighth annual Twisted Oliver Trail Festival was Saturday in Scottsville.

The fundraising event was hosted by the Southwest Kentucky Mountain Bike Association (SW KyMBA) for trail upkeep and the funding of future trails. Originally at Low Hollow Trail in Bowling Green, the festival was moved to a larger

location in order to accommodate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 guidelines. SW KyMBA Vice President Brad Burridge said, “we still had over 100 online registrations and are expecting the usual crowd registering the day of.� There were mountain bike and running races for athletes of all

George Frazier, 13, talks to his dad after placing first in the mountain bike B race at the eighth annual Trailfest hosted by Graves Gilbert on Oct.s 24, 2020 at the Twisted Oliver trails. Frazier Competed in the mountain bike A race after winning the B race.

Samantha Perkins turns the final corner in the Twisted Oliver Trail Festival 5K while husband Drew Perkins and kids Kate and Max Perkins cheer her on to the finish line.

ages and live music to accompany those waiting between races and those cheering athletes on. In spite of the obstacles, SW KyMBA was able to continue their tradition and bring athletes together for an eighth consecutive year.

Riley Larkin, 5, gives his game face to the camera before competing in the mountain bike kids race during the eighth annual Twisted Oliver Trail Fest hosted by Graves Gilbert on Oct. 24, 2020 at the Twisted Oliver trails.

Kristen Thomas, 5, chews on her medal after finishing her first competitive race at the eighth annual Trailfest hosted by Graves Gilbert on Oct. 24, 2020 at the Twisted Oliver trails.

SPORTS

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Patrick Schaller plays League of Legends with his teammates during one of their Esports practices at McCormack Hall here on WKU’s campus..

ESPORTS EXPLAINED In Spring 2016, the inception of WKU’s Esports program came to life. Former WKU President Gary Ransdell approved the program.

That fall semester, WKU had formed a formidable League of Legends team, making WKU’s new Esports program the second collegiate program in the nation, following the University of California-Irvine’s program.

By 2018, WKU’s Esports had expanded its program to benefit students worldwide with scholarship opportunities.

Then in 2019, WKU started to provide the program with new opportunities for competitive play with the addition of an Overwatch and a Rocket League team. These new teams allowed for the creation of more scholarship opportunities.

Receiving a scholarship from WKU to play Esports is one way to get involved, but for many students, it’s not the only way to get involved in WKU’s Esports program.

Many students can get involved even if they have no prior experience playing video games.

Haley Ray is a junior at WKU and a player for the Overwatch team since her freshman year.

Ray went on to talk about how the Overwatch team grabbed

her interest in her freshman year on the Hill.

“Actually, they brought a couple of computers in the student union, DSU, and they set them up and played, and they let you play,” Ray said. “And I think that’s the best thing they’ve ever done,” Ray said.

Ray also went into detail about how inexperienced gamers are still more than welcome to join the program.

“We have people on the team right now who showed that natural teamwork, or willingness to learn,” Ray said. “You just want to be interested and willing to learn and we can teach you how to aim and teach you strategies.”

For some students, getting involved may be quite the challenge because of a lack of proper equipment such as a gaming laptop and money to buy games.

Kellyanne Shaw is a senior at WKU and has been a member of WKU’s League of Legends team since her junior year.

“I know that our program has laptops and stuff that we lend out,” Shaw said.

“I think Rocket League is free now and I know that League of Legends is free, but a lot of them are free games. And for League of Legends, you don’t have to have a big supercomputer.”

In the world of Esports, winning is completely dependent on working together, just like it would be in a sport such as football. Uniting under captains and working together to benefit each other is ultimately the most pertinent part of being on an Esports team.

Avery Bradley, a freshman and the team captain of the Rocket League team explained his responsibilities as the team’s captain.

“I consider myself as the leader of the team, the captain,” said Bradley. “I have to in my mind, at least try to and guide everyone in an upward motion, rather than downward. So, I’m trying to learn how to do that the best I can.”

Ray said that in her experience, the team captain is the person who brings the team together.

“They’re the encourager, they get everyone involved,” Ray said.

Despite the obvious talent and mental composure it takes time being an efficient team player, some people would still make the argument that Esports should not be considered a sport.

“They think it’s these 30-year-old guys living in their parent’s basements, they don’t do anything, and they don’t have jobs, but pretty much everyone on the team is extremely well rounded,” Ray said.

ESPORTS • A5

COLUMN

Pigrome’s late touchdown Nothing to celebrate about that win gives Hilltoppers first win in two weeks Views from the bottom of The Hill

By Kaden Gaylord kaden.gaylord559@topper.wku.edu

WKU defeated Chattanooga 13-10 Saturday afternoon after a very questionable overturn of a kickoff return for a touchdown by the Mocs, and a few players celebrated like they won the Super Bowl.

Let’s be clear, you can celebrate a win, as you should, but this was no win to celebrate, especially the way they did.

On that overturned kickoff return, the referees said the upback for the Mocs signaled for a fair catch, and even after the replay, there didn’t seem to be any signal for a fair catch. That call ultimately decided the game, giving WKU its second win of the season.

The problem is it should have never gotten to that point.

Chattanooga is a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team while the Hilltoppers reside in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), two distinctly different levels of football play.

WKU should have beaten Chatt by more than a mere three points. WKU has better athletes, more money put into the program and faces stiffer competition.

A win is a win, of course it is. But when you win in this fashion you have to question if that’s worth celebrating.

This was Chattanooga’s only game in the calendar year of 2020 and WKU made them look like they were in midseason form. This was essentially a spring game for the Mocs and they only lost because of one of the most blasphemous calls in college football history.

Chatt controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game on offense, keeping the Hilltopper defense on their heels for a lot of the contest, but couldn’t capitalize as the game progressed.

WKU had the run game looking good for the first time this season, but when it mattered most they went away from it or tried to get cute.

In the red zone on more than one oc-

By Matthew Hargrove

matthew.hargrove426@topper.wku.edu casion, instead of running downfield like they did for most of the series, they went lateral, running jet sweeps and then a jet sweep pass that broke down completely, which stalled all their momentum forcing them to kick field goals.

I think we can finally put to bed the discussion between quarterbacks Kevaris Thomas and Tyrrell Pigrome. Pigrome deserves the start. Thomas went 12-17 for 59 yards and a fumble while the offense wasn’t putting up touchdowns.

Pigrome came into the game and immediately made an impact with a 38yard throw to Mitchell Tinsley which got the offense going enough to eventually get them to win the game.

It’s always the little things that can change the outcome of the game, and WKU did everything in its power to give it to Chatt.

After having a great game last week, Joshua Simon was wide open with no Gunnar Ward one around him to get an easy go ahead WKU running back Gaej Walker (5) and quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome (1) strike a pose before score and flat out dropped it. The spetheir game against UTC Oct. 24, 2020. cial teams had another blunder as the defense forced a three-and-out but Graduate quarterback Tyrrell Pi- are coming off a 52-14 massacre victotouched the ball on the other side of the field giving the Mocs great field position grome proved Saturday afternoon that ry over Texas Southern, which has kept he can still be the go-to signal caller BYU in the top 25 rankings at No. 12. which ultimately led to a field goal.

The WKU defense will need to stop I’m all about looking at the positives for the Hilltoppers (2-4), (1-2, C-USA) and taking the small victories you can, this season. Pigrome found junior re- junior quarterback Zach Wilson if they but a blown call saved WKU from an ceiver Craig Burt Jr. in the endzone with want to help their team come away roughly 1:21 left in the game to seal with an upset. Wilson has thrown for embarrassing loss on Saturday The difference between this team WKU’s 13-10 win over the University of 1,928 yards and 16 touchdowns, while only having one interception in his six and last year’s team on paper is so min- Chattanooga (0-1).

After coming in for banged-up red- games played. iscule, but on the field something just Wilson’s favorite target in junior reisn’t right. If this game is an indication shirt sophomore quarterback Kevaris for the rest of the season it’s going to be Thomas late in the third quarter, Pi- ceiver Dax Miline will also be a handful, grome went on to throw for 73 yards as the veteran has 639 receiving yards a long and painful one. going four for eight passing and one and five touchdown receptions.

Kickoff is slated for 9:15 p.m. at LaVell Men’s basketball beat reporter & col- touchdown pass.

The Hilltoppers now make their way Edwards Stadium on Halloween. umnist Kaden Gaylord can be reached at Right out of the gate UTC showed that kaden.gaylord559@topper.wku.edu. Fol- out west to play arguably their greatest opponent of the season in Brigham low Kaden on Twitter at @_KLG3.

WINNERS • A5 Young University (6-0). The Cougars

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