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PHOTOS BY ALYSSA POINTER/HERALDDawson Springs senior Crysta Hicks, (far left), smiles as she watches Caden Plemons (second from left), 8, and Ella Kate Nel-son (middle), 9, pretend to be airplanes during WKU Literacy tutoring at the Buddy House for Down Syndrome on Thursday, Sept. 11. The student group assists in reading skills for school-aged children with Down Syndrome.

BY LEAH BROWN ANDTREY [email protected]

A room of students and faculty had an open discussion about Islam and politics Monday.

The discussion was a part of a se-ries called “Pizza and Politics” hosted by the political science department, which will be ongoing throughout the semester.

Diplomat-In-Residence Michael McClellan and Soleiman Kiasatpour, associate professor of political sci-ence, led the discussion.

There are more than 1.5 billion Mus-lims worldwide which is about 25 per-cent of the world’s population, Kiasat-pour said.

Kiasatpour also stated that there are many manifestations of Islam, which can lead to misconceptions, such as people believing that all Muslims hold the same beliefs.

Students, faculty discuss Islam and parallels to Christianity

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The fi rst few weeks of the semester produced the most diffi cult parking situation in history for WKU, as many commuters were unable to fi nd parking anywhere on the main campus, said Jennifer Tougas, director of Parking and Transportation Services.

Tougas said she was aware parking would be diffi cult before the beginning of the school year.

“We made adjustments for the fall knowing we didn’t have adequate parking for com-muters,” said Tougas.

PTS limited commuter per-mit sales this semester due to the expected increase of cars on campus from students who live in the new Kentucky Street apartments.

Dennis Cain, PTS transpor-tation analyst, said that out of more than 200 new apartment residents, 150 bought permits. These students park at the Adams Street Lot, allowing

no overfl ow parking there for commuters, which was avail-able in years past.

“We expected that,” Tougas said. “When we limited com-muter sales for parking we

were trying to make it easier, but we had more housing stu-dents than expected.”

Tougas said the university experienced an eight percent increase in students living on campus this year, which caused an increase in stu-dents having cars on campus as well.

Tougas said this came as a surprise because she had been observing a steady decline in housing permits for the past eight years.

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BY LASHANA [email protected]

Founded to foster friendships with individuals with intellectual and de-velopmental disabilities, the WKU chapter of Best Buddies continues on in its sixth year on campus.

The chapter held its fi rst meeting of the school year on Sept. 10.

Best Buddies is a nonprofi t organi-zation founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver. There are chapters nation-wide and worldwide. The organiza-tion intends to expand global volun-teer movement to create an inclusive environment for people who have in-tellectual and developmental disabili-ties, or IDD.

Chapter president and Bowling Green senior Katherine Devine said she’s happy to be a part of the organi-zation.

“It’s really cool to be a part of some-thing where you are having so much impact in many different parts of the world,” she said.

The Kentucky chapter of Best Buddies was established in 2009. WKU’s chapter, formed in the same year, began when the Best Buddies state college direc-tor for Kentucky approached Host Site Coordinator Jane Tichenor and Faculty Advisor Leisa Hutchison.

WKU Best Buddies chapter continues to grow, advocate

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The housing students with cars have been dominating lots previously used by commuters, such as the Creason parking lot, Cain said.

Tougas said PTS cannot limit housing permits because it would violate admin-istration policy.

PTS has taken several measures to attempt to mend the parking situation on campus, such as creating a C2 permit. Students can exchange their commuter permit for a C2 to access the Alumni Square Garage parking for the fall semester at no extra cost.

Cain said only about 90 people have exchanged their permits for a C2.“The accommodation is available,” Tougas said. “It’s just a matter of people tak-

ing us up on the offer.”However, after the completion of the Hyatt Place hotel near Augenstein Alumni

Center, the ASG garage will lose 180 spots to the hotel.Cain said another problem is students who bought premium housing permits

before the semester found they didn't live near the premium lots and now park elsewhere.

“We are at a point where we need additional parking capacity,” Tougas said.Cain said the construction of a new garage is not feasible because of the cost.Tougas said the garage design and construction alone would take two to three

years.“It takes funds and time,” Tougas said. “If students want to keep the fees low,

then we need to use what’s available.”She also encouraged commuters to consider parking at South Campus and tak-

ing the bus to main campus.Steve Rowland, transportation manager, said buses arrive at South Campus ev-

ery six minutes. From there, students can arrive at the Creason lot in fi ve minutes and the top of the Hill in 15 minutes.

“It’s easily more effi cient than driving around campus,” Rowland said.However, not all students believe that is a viable alternative.Bowling Green junior Alex Oldham said it would be inconvenient for her to use

the South Campus lot. “For me to have to drive all the way to South Campus just to get on a bus to

come all the way back to campus would be really pointless,” she said.This year, Topper Transit buses also stop at the Columns and Campus Evolution

Villages apartments to serve the off-campus residents who live there, Rowland said.

Tougas said she hopes the parking situation will steadily improve after mid-terms as students drop out and graduate in the winter.

For now, she wants students to know PTS is doing its best to improve the situ-ation.

“We’re actively exploring areas where we can increase parking,” Tougas said. “For commuters still frustrated with parking, take us up on our offers. Let us help you.”

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LUKE FRANKE/HERALDDiplomat-in-residence Michael McClellan and Soleiman Kiasatpour, associate profes-sor of political science, lead a discussion with students and other faculty about Islam.

“There is no one Islam out there,” he said. “There are multiple Islams.”

McClellan said extremists from mul-tiple religions have used their religion to justify violence several times in his-tory.

“The inquisition in western Europe lasted almost 500 years,” McClellean said.

McClellan said there are two forms of jihad, an Islamic term referring to struggle, external and internal. Inter-nal jihad refers to becoming a better Muslim, while external jihad refers to a war against outsiders to advance the cause or defend Islam.

McClellan said Christianity had ji-hads of their own.

“The Crusades are a perfect example,” he said. “What a lot of people don’t real-ize is that when The Crusades happened,

it was not so much against Muslims as it was against other Christians.”

McClellan said the non-Muslim world cannot change ideology of Mus-lim extremists who commit violent acts. Their actions can only be altered by other Muslims.

“There needs to be a real debate within Islam,” he said.

The topic expanded to whether or not the United States should get in-volved in Middle Eastern countries.

McClellan said it would take multiple generations to rebuild the nations if that was the goal.

“You can’t do that stuff in a short amount of time,” McClellan said.

Louisville junior Demarcus Brooks, an international affairs major, said he didn’t really learn anything new, but was glad the conversation was held.

“I think it was good to get everybody together and talk about this topic,” he said.

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Hutchison said the organization does not discriminate against anyone.

“We want everyone to be a part of the community, a part of our campus and not a visitor,” Hutchison said. “And that’s the philosophy of Best Buddies here at WKU.”

Since 2009, the WKU chapter has grown. Tichenor said what started as 10 to 15 students has become more than 60 students wanting to become peer buddies. Along with gaining more student interest, WKU Best Buddies received a Buddy House, built a year and a half ago to serve as the host site for Best Buddies events. Tichenor said without this opportu-nity, individuals with IDD would just stay at home.

Devine said that the vision of Best Buddies is to create an environment where their organization and other similar organizations are no longer needed.

“We want to create a society that naturally accepts people with disabili-ties and just wants to be friends with them,” she said.

Best Buddies Kentucky named WKU Outstanding College Chapter of the Year for the 2012-2013 school year.

Devine said one of the reasons this chapter is outstanding is that members are very accepting of each other.

“We don’t expect anything but for ev-

eryone to come as they are and we love you just as you are,” she said.

All members are advocates to en-courage communities to include individuals with intellectual and de-velopmental disabilities in all aspects of life, including education, religion, community activities and employ-ment.

“There’s a difference between living and having your basic needs met than having friendship, love and support that makes life so much fun, and that’s what we’re hoping to provide for our buddies,” Devine said.

Louisville senior Whitney Reed, Campus and Community Involvement chair, said the organization is like a family.

“The relationships you build will last forever,” Reed said.

Several events are held throughout the year to provide an opportunity for buddies to socialize with others. Such events include karaoke nights, holiday parties and the Buddy Walk, a walk to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month.

Devine encourages students who haven’t had experience with individu-als with IDD to step out of their com-fort zone and join because of the re-warding experience it can provide.

“Any amount of time and energy I put into this organization is 100 percent worth it,” said Devine. “You know what you’re doing is truly making a differ-ence.”

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Campus hosts sexual violence awareness presentation

Administrators react to fi ndings of diversity survey

BY KIERSTIN [email protected]

Sexual violence awareness has be-come a prevailing issue on college campuses nationwide, with many fac-ing investigations regarding sexual vio-lence related crimes.

WKU, like many other campuses, is working to raise awareness and open conversation about the issue.

On Wednesday at 7 p.m., WKU will host “Sexual Violence on College Cam-puses: Listening to and Learning From Student Activists” in Downing Student Union 1071.

The presentation will give attendees an opportunity to discuss sexual vio-lence against women and men of dif-ferent races and LGBTQ students, and what can be done to prevent the issue.

Stephanie Gilmore, an activist and writer, is the guest speaker at this event, speaking on a topic that means a great deal to her.

“I am passionate about the issue of sexual violence on college campuses as a rape and assault survivor, but also as a former professor who has seen too many students who are assaulted on their own campuses,” Gilmore said.

Audra Jennings, director of Scholar Development, has been planning this event with other organizations on cam-

pus since early in the summer. Gender and Women’s Studies, Academic Affairs and the Honors College are among the many co-sponsors of the event.

Jennings shares the same level of ex-citement as Gilmore toward this event.

“I am excited about the message of listening to and learning from student activists and the hope in the reality that students across the country are work-ing to end violence in all forms in their communities,” Jennings said.

Both are hoping that students learn more about sexual violence on college campuses and actively fi ght the issue, or just simply be aware of its promi-nence on campus.

The following Thursday, there will be a workshop called “Research Matters: A Workshop on Asking and Answering Re-search Questions” at 3 p.m. in DSU 2123. A question and answer session on sexual violence on campuses will follow at 6 p.m. in Helm Library 100. Gilmore will be speaking at both of those events as well.

“I hope students come to the event with an open mind and a desire to share and learn,” Gilmore said. “I hope women and men understand that I am interested in sharing what I know from other college campuses with the goal of contributing to the goal of ending rape culture at WKU and everywhere.”

BY LEAH [email protected]

One of WKU’s focuses is teaching its students the values and importance of diversity.

Last spring, the Diversity Enhance-ment Committee emailed a “Student Campus Climate Diversity Survey” to all WKU students. This comprehen-sive survey asked a variety of questions about how students felt toward diver-sity in and outside their classrooms.

“We really needed to know what were our students views and percep-tions,” Richard Miller, chief diversity offi cer, said. “We decided this was something we needed to do.”

Miller asked faculty member and psychological scientist, Betsy Shoen-felt, to develop the survey as well as analyze the results.

Slightly less than 1,000 students completed the survey and four ran-dom students who participated re-ceived a $500 scholarship as an incen-tive, Miller said.

There were more than 100 ques-tions. The survey took a half hour to complete.

The results were compiled and ana-lyzed over the summer and will be re-leased sometime within the next two weeks.

“Students need to know what were the outcomes of the survey,” Miller said.

Shoenfelt said one thing she found

interesting in the results was that stu-dents would claim they were aware of the issues different diversity groups faced, but individuals in the afore-mentioned different diversity groups believed others were not aware of their issues.

According to Miller, other univer-sities conduct similar surveys. Usu-ally schools send out the survey every three to fi ve years, though WKU had not done one in about nine years.

“It is important for administrators to have a sense of how students feel about a broad range of issues related to diversity,” Miller said. “Overall, the comments about our international population was positive.”

However, Miller said there were some responses that expressed con-cern.

“When it comes to being comfort-able and understanding alternate lifestyles…there are a fair number of students that are still very uncomfort-able accepting and understanding that component on our campus com-munity,” Miller said. “We’re seeing evi-dence of that.”

He said that it is clear WKU will have to give students more opportunities to learn about diversity through semi-nars and workshops.

“Students said they would like to have more diversity events on cam-pus to experience more diversity,” Shoenfelt said.

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THE ISSUE: Black Americans are killed at a disproportionate rate compared to other races.OUR STANCE: WKU students should band together in the peaceful march and vigil on campus today.

A group of students are plan-ning a peace march today, Tuesday, Sept. 16, in remem-

brance of black victims of racial pro-fi ling across the country. All WKU students should join in the march.

It’s been two years since the un-armed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. A Change.org petition created by Martin’s par-ents is still online with 2.27 million supporters. The petition succeeded in raising charges against Zimmer-man, but today he walks free.

About a year later, Renisha McBride knocked on a door in Michigan. She was greeted by a fatal shotgun blast.

Earlier this summer, Eric Garner was being arrested for illegally selling ciga-rettes. A New York Police Department offi cer placed Garner in a chokehold. He couldn’t breathe, and died.

Michael Brown could have started his first semester of classes at Vat-terott College this fall. Instead, the unarmed teen was shot and killed on a street in Ferguson, Missouri.

Black Americans are targeted as criminals and killed because of the color of their skin. These incidents oc-cur across the country.

About 2,000 of WKU’s students are black, composing about 10 percent of the student body, according to the WKU Factbook. The march was or-ganized by some of those black stu-dents, but participation shouldn’t be limited to black students.

If a WKU student or faculty mem-ber can make their way to the march, they should. Students of all backgrounds should come together in remembrance of Brown, Martin and other modern victims of racial profiling in the United States.

The voice of students can make a difference. Non-violent direct action is the means for change. Diverse student voices, many of which belong to individuals of the same age as famous victims, can make the needed changes. The march can empower WKU’s black student body, but it needs to speak as a cohesive unit to do so.

Students are not living in a post-racial society. Black Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of white Americans, according to the NAACP. The same report said that black Americans account for about one million of the 2.3 million

currently in jail in the United States. Anyone who pays attention to WKU

alerts notifying students of yet an-other hooded black male committing a robbery knows that criminal stereo-typing is a huge issue even in Bowling Green. If Martin’s death didn’t teach Americans that being a black male in a hoodie isn’t a crime, then hopefully peaceful movements can.

Many are feeling a fresh sense of injustice after the events in Ferguson at summer’s end. Protests resonated around the world. These are uni-versal rights that are being violated, and every student at WKU should do their part to prompt social change.

This week, WKU is celebrating Constitution Week. There’s no better way to participate than to join in the peace march and vigil in order to ex-ercise your First Amendment right to freedom of peaceable assembly.

The march starts at 3:30 p.m. in the Pearce-Ford Tower courtyard and will travel up the Hill to the Chandler Me-morial Chapel. If you can’t make it, fi nd a way to make your voice heard.

Disclaimer: Upcoming news cov-erage of the peace march is in no way related to this editorial. The assigned reporter was not involved with the writing process and oper-ated without influence of the Her-ald Editorial Board.

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Parking and Transportation concerned about parking

For the past decade, parking complaints were more of a problem of convenience than a problem of lack of space. This year, however, has been the most diffi cult open-ing of school for everyone in the 10 years I have been here.

This year, we experienced a triple wham-my. We have more students living on cam-pus, and a higher percentage of those stu-dents brought a car to campus. Taking into account the residents of the new apart-ments, whom we were expecting, this has resulted in a net increase of roughly 250 residents parking on campus that we were not expecting.

Because of the loss of parking inventory over the last two years, we did not have the capacity to absorb the increase in demand for housing parking. As a result, during the fi rst week of school we ran out of parking on the main campus.

We have changed the zoning of the Creason lot. The Alumni Square Garage is open for the fall semester. We’ve increased enforcement

to protect parking for permit holders. We’ve aggressively released waiting list names to fi ll parking on campus. WKU now has new tran-sit routes with increased frequency and more off-campus stops.

Long-term fi xes are more diffi cult. Parking capacity is a priority issue for the Campus Master Plan Committee this year, and SGA and the Parking and Transportation Commit-tee are actively engaged in this process. Unfor-tunately, expanding parking inventory is both a costly and time-consuming process.

You might consider leaving your car at home and using the two Enterprise Car Share vehicles in the Barnes lot. We can buy back your hous-ing permit. Parking at South Campus and bus-ing in is also an option. Pay close attention to transit services and try to carpool.

We are here to help. More information is available online. You can contact us directly at [email protected]. Respectfully,Jennifer I. Tougas, Ph.D., CAPPDirector, Parking and Transportation Services

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ALYSSA POINTER/HERALDA KY Zombie Mud Run participant prepares her lifeless gaze before the start of the race at Skeleton's Lair on Saturday, Sept. 13. At the KY Zombie Mud Run, participants can choose to be runners or zombies. If they choose to be zombies, they have to try to take fl ags that the runners wear around their waist. The goal as a runner is to complete the race with all three fl ags.

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“No Good Deed” is a suspense thriller almost devoid of ten-sion. Despite some strong actors in the cast, the movie utterly fails to create the air of fright and suspense it aims for.

Pacing is the movie’s biggest problem. Most

of “No Good Deed” takes place on a stormy night where Terri, a mother played by Taraji P. Henson, invites a smooth-talking escaped convict, played by Idris Elba, into her house. Naturally, the story focuses on the convict terrorizing the woman and her two children, but it takes way too long for this to happen. Along the way, the movie uses a few tricks meant to increase the suspense. None of them work.

Things get a little better when Co-lin, the convict, fi nally shows his true nature. At this point, however, it’s too late. The story doesn’t improve, rather it just increases the intensity. The plot points don’t become any more effec-tive or less contrived either.

Elba brings a powerhouse perfor-mance to this limp thriller. The role of escaped convict Colin Evans requires him to be smooth and gentlemanly, as well as savage and menacing. Elba pulls both modes off remarkably well, but “No Good Deed” is sadly a waste of the actor’s talent.

Another hole in this sinking ship of a movie is the stupidity demonstrated by these two supposedly intelligent characters. These kinds of fi lms often feature people making bad decisions, but the sheer number of times Colin and Terri allow the other to attack or slip away is embarrassingly high.

“No Good Deed” does nothing with its interesting and simple premise. It fumbles the ball time and again and leaves us with a trite, tepid movie that doesn’t deserve to be called a thriller.

‘No Good Deed’ fails to excite

Professor’s media passion results in bookBY TYLER [email protected]

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina sent parts of the Gulf of Mex-ico, especially in Louisiana, into a tailspin. Broken levees in New Orleans and gale force winds destroyed cities, leav-ing them damaged even nine years later.

Just a few short years after Katrina, oil giant BP would become re-sponsible for another disaster to hit the Gulf: the Deepwater Hori-zon oil spill.

Now, with time to refl ect on the media storm that took over damaged areas after the hurricane and oil spill, jour-

nalists are analyzing how the natural disaster was handled.

Victoria LaPoe, an assistant professor in the broadcast-ing department, is joining her colleagues and is putting

more than 10 years of broadcasting experi-ence to work in the process.

In April, LaPoe co-wrote “Oil and Water: Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Hori-zon Disaster” along-side Andrea Miller, a professor in Louisiana

State University’s mass com-munication department, and Shearon Roberts, a journalist who covered Katrina.

Miller and Roberts focused on Katrina, while LaPoe was

concerned about the effect media had on coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that resulted.

With a Ph.D. in mass media and public affairs, and exten-sive exposure to journalism and media, LaPoe knew that the oil spill would be a hot topic for a while.

“I was in New Orleans do-ing research on the future of media when the disaster hap-pened,” LaPoe said. “As a for-mer news producer, when a story hits, you know it.”

Her husband, and fellow WKU professor, Ben LaPoe, aided the three during the writing process and later was hired as an editor, working closely with the text and creat-ing visuals for the book.

“I provided a fresh set of eyes

whenever they needed feed-back,” he said.

Sourcing of information

about the disaster was a con-cern for Victoria LaPoe. In

media coverage and research during the crisis, the popula-tion studied at the time was not representative of the com-munity, in race and gender especially. Female researchers were largely absent from me-dia coverage as well, despite being on the front reporting lines.

This concern about con-tent sourcing feeds into the media diversity class LaPoe teaches. She said that she fo-cuses on sourcing, identifying good sourcing practices and how certain populations and events are portrayed in media.

Both traditional and modern media played a part in how information trickled down to the affected communities,

Victoria LaPoe

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Drive-in theaters have made an indelible impres-sion as an American icon since the fi rst one opened in Camden, New Jersey in 1933. The drive-in theater has been portrayed as a make out retreat for teenagers in fi lm and music, from the iconic fi lm “Grease,” to Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band’s hit 1976 single “Night Moves,” where two teenagers jilted their teen-age blues by “tryin’ to make some front page drive-in news.”

The outdoor theaters hit their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, when nearly 4,000 were in operation. Only 335 are currently up and running in 2014, according to drive-ins.com.

While drive-in theaters have increasingly started to vanish, the Franklin Drive-In in Franklin, roughly 25 miles south of WKU’s main campus, is still very much

alive. Gary Price is the co-owner and operator of the

Franklin Drive-In. His family acquired the drive-in from its original owners in 1989. Price said he prides the Franklin Drive-In on having a friendly, family at-mosphere.

“It is family-owned and operated and we are only the second family to operate it,” Price said. “We like bringing good family entertainment and good fi rst-run movies to the south-central Kentucky and north-ern Tennessee area.”

Many drive-in theaters across the United States have been forced to close because the movie indus-try has stopped providing 35mm fi lm to the theaters, forcing them to move to digital projection. The cost to move to digital is approximately $80,000.

“It is a pretty hefty price tag,” Price said. “You have to remember most drive-ins are seasonal businesses

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and family operated and it’s a big stretch to go out and purchase a digital system.”

The Franklin Drive-In, which fi rst started showing fi lms in 1969, opened their 2014 season in March with new digital projection technol-ogy, and Price said the improve-ments have helped business.

“It’s kind of rejuvenated it a little bit,” Price said. “If we’re able to bring a good quality product like digi-tal picture and digital sound, then many people, they come out and try out the experience.”

Kolton Kepley has worked the concession stand at the Franklin Drive-In for four years and said the theater is integral to Franklin’s iden-

tity. “I think the town loves it,” he said.

“I don’t know what we would be without it. It’s a huge part of the town.”

Heather Jarmon started working the Dippin' Dots this year at the Franklin Drive-In and said the the-ater is one of the biggest attractions in Franklin.

“We don’t have a lot here for kids or adults or families to do,” Jarmon said. “I think it’s pretty important for families to have. It’s been a big part of my life growing up and it has been for my kids too.”

Tom and Judy Melton relocated from Michigan to Bowling Green in February and the Franklin Drive-In has quickly become one of their fa-vorite weekend attractions.

“We like it because you don’t have

to dress up like if you’re going to a regular theater,” Judy said. “We can bring our own food, bring our pets.It’s just a more relaxing atmosphere for us here.”

The drive-in theater season be-gins in March and generally runs through November, with weather conditions playing a huge role in how long they stay open.

Price said the drive-in experi-ence is one that caters to fami-lies, but also to young people who haven’t experienced a movie the old-fashioned way.

“It does appeal to young people, because they do like to go out and socialize and have a good time,” Price said. “That all revolves around the idea of how drive-ins were built and how they have sur-vived so far.”

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WKU alum announces 2015 governor candidacy BY STEPHANIE [email protected]

Homemade signs from the elementary school line the main road into the small town of Tompkinsville.

“Welcome Home Comer”“#TeamComer”“Comer Country!”Parking lots are full three

blocks away from town square, and the local businesses are closed until noon.

The town’s own Boo Rad-ley is in a suit, the fi rst time most residents have seen him dressed so well.

Music blasts through the speakers, singing words of small-town life and American pride. Both things the day isn’t lacking.

In a town of 2,400 people, everyone who could afford a morning break, plus a num-ber of out-of-towners, gath-ered around in their baby blue “#TeamComer” shirts to hear the offi cial announcement they have been waiting for: James Comer is running for governor of the state of Ken-

tucky in 2015.“Here in Monroe County,

there are a couple things we do really big, and we do them the right way,” Jeff Hoover, Kentucky house minority fl oor leader, said at the offi cial announcement last Tuesday. “One is BBQ and the other one? We win elections!”

Comer, known as Jamie to the locals, was raised in Tompkinsville. His parents ran the local dentist offi ce when he was a kid. He and his wife, TJ, were baptized at the First Baptist Church on the square. He spent his af-ternoons at the local burger joint, Dovies, where he invites everyone to learn the differ-ence in “squeezed and un-squeezed” burgers.

Comer left the city to go to WKU in 1990, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture. After college, Comer served as director of South Central Bank for 12 years. Other job titles on his resume include president of the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce and founder

and owner of James Comer Jr. Farms, a 950-acre farm that specializes in beef cattle, tim-ber and hay.

In 2000, at the age of 27, Comer was elected to the Kentucky House of Repre-sentatives, where he served until he became the com-missioner of agriculture in 2012 after winning the votes in 111 of the 120 Kentucky counties.

Comer chose Sen. Chris Mc-Daniel as his running mate. McDaniel, 37, is a NKU grad and an Army veteran, earn-ing numerous awards and the rank of captain during his time in the military.

The two met in 2011 during Comer’s campaign for com-missioner.

For Comer, McDaniel’s age came into play when choosing the potential lieutenant gov-ernor of Kentucky, stating his wishes to encourage younger groups.

“I sought out young, profes-sional leaders,” Comer said of McDaniel. “That’s a big thing of mine: to inspire the next

generation of leaders in Ken-tucky.”

That’s a goal state Rep. Bart Rowland believes can be car-ried out by Comer.

“We fully expect that he’s gonna win and that he’s gonna become the next governor of this great state,” Rowland said.

Comer will be running

against Hal Heiner and Rob-ert Lee Rosier in the Republi-can primaries next May.

With his hometown’s sup-port, Comer is well encour-aged for the race.

“I’m very proud of where I’m from, who my friends are, the school I attended and the les-sons I learned,” Comer said.

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WKU soccer splits two matches in Yale Classic

WKU cross country teams turn in top-10 fi nishes at Commodore Classic

BY JOHN [email protected]

WKU soccer dropped a 2-0 decision to host team, Yale, on Friday, but managed to topple Sacred Heart, 2-1, on Sunday in this weekend’s Yale Classic in New Haven, Connecticut.

The tournament was a home-coming of sorts for WKU Head Coach Jason Neidell, who is a 1994 graduate of Yale. Neidell helped lead the Bulldogs to an NCAA Final Eight appear-ance and New England and Ivy League titles, during his play-

ing days for the Bulldogs.“This weekend was an in-

credible experience,” Neidell said. “With so many familiar surroundings around me, I hope that I was able to show enough of my own school pride so that my players noticed, and they will be able to show their school pride for WKU one day.”

Neidell’s homecoming didn’t go quite as planned. In their fi rst game, the Lady Toppers failed to score a goal against his alma mater.

“We had a hard time ad-

justing to the unfamiliar turf fi eld,” Neidell said. “The balls were taking strange bounces, and it just took us awhile as a team to adjust accordingly.”

He said the problem was not the Lady Toppers’ lack of ef-fort. WKU fi red off a total of fi ve shots each half, and six of the team’s total shot attempts were on goal.

“We gave a really good effort in the loss and had some good moments,” Neidell said. “We just made a lot of mistakes as a team, and an unfamiliar Yale

team just played better.” Neidell’s homecoming did

have its bright moments. The Lady Toppers were able to beat an experienced Sacred Heart team in overtime, 2-1, on Sunday.

Sophomore forward Iris Dunn was able to strike fi rst in the game, scoring on a penalty kick in the 85th minute of play.

Sacred Heart tied the score at 1-1 just two minutes later, but in a very competitive overtime, it was junior forward Lauren Moats’ golden goal that sealed

the victory for the Lady Toppers.Moats said that sophomoremidfi elder Haley Baldridge gaveher an assist, which enabled herto chip the ball right over thegoalkeeper.

“It was a great feeling scoringthat goal,” Moats said. “It tookoff a lot of pressure becausewe really needed to come outof the tournament with a win.”

The Lady Toppers are backin action on Saturday. Theytravel to Terre Haute, Indianafor a bout with Indiana Stateat 6 p.m. CT.

BY ALEXUS [email protected]

The WKU men’s and wom-en’s cross country teams returned to Nashville this weekend for Saturday’s Com-modore Classic at Percy War-ner Park.

It’s the second time in two weeks WKU has raced at Percy Warner Park, as the men’s and women’s teams fi nished third and seventh, respectively, at

the Belmont opener on Aug. 29.

The Hilltoppers fi nished Sat-urday’s race sixth out of the 15 men’s teams, and the Lady Toppers placed 10th out of 17 women’s teams.

Senior David Mokone placed fourth in the Belmont Opener for WKU, and on Saturday, Mokone led the Hilltoppers with a 13th-place fi nish, pac-ing a sixth place overall fi nish for the men. Mokone tallied a

time of 25:15.49.Sophomore Peter Agaba and

Junior Aaron Stevens came in after Mokone with times of 25:23.42 and 25:37.63, respec-tively. Agaba fi nished in 21st place and Stevens came in at 32nd.

The Lady Toppers posted a 10th-place overall fi nish, and junior Katie Lever led the way with a fi nishing time of 17:26.74, which was good for a 10th place individual fi n-

ish. Lever’s performance was the highest individual fi nish among both the men’s and women’s teams. Junior Tay-lor Carlin, who was a top fi ve fi nisher in all six of the Lady Toppers’ meets last season, got her niche back and came in as the second place fi nisher among the women with a time of 17:58.12, which was good for 30th place overall.

Junior Baylee Shofner placed third for the women and 63rd

overall with a fi nishing time of18:32.06.

“There was a lot of growth inthe meet,” Head Coach EricJenkins said. “We learned a lotabout who we are as a team andwhat we need to be successful.So I like where we are. We havea long way to go, but I like thedirection we’re headed.”

The teams will be out of ac-tion for the next three weeksbefore the Greater LouisvilleClassic in Louisville on Oct. 4.

CalendarTuesday, sept. 16

Wednesday, sept. 17

thursday, sept. 18

Study Abroad/Majors and Minors FairTime: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location: Preston Center Gym

Call to Action: Peaceful March and Vigil for Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and others Time: 3:30 p.m.

Location: PFT Courtyard to WKU Chapel

Student Government Association meetingTime: 5 p.m.

Location: DSU 2081

The Extended Mission on MarsTime: 7 p.m.

Location: Hardin Planetarium

Rip the Workplace AuditionsTime: 5 p.m.

Location: DSU 2123

Workshop on preventing sexual violenceTime: 7 p.m.

Location: DSU 1071Successful Careers in the Age of Globalization

Time: 7 p.m.Location: Gary Ransdell Hall auditorium

Far Away Places: The Moon in Your Sky: An Immigrant’s Journey HomeTime: 7 p.m.

Location: Barnes & Noble



The Big To-Do Music and Arts FestivalTime: 11 a.m.

Location: Edgehill Farm, 13101 Louisville Road, Oakland

Hullabaloo Family Obstacle CourseTime: 9 a.m.

Location: Spero Kereiakes Park

The Big To-Do Music and Arts FestivalLocation: Edgehill Farm

13101 Louisville Road, Oakland

Black Student Alliance General Body Meeting

Time: 5:30 p.m.Location: DSU 2124

Creative Writing Reading Series: Joe Survant

Time: 7 p.m.Location: Cherry Hall 125



Doc Coff ey’s Masks, an International CollectionTime: All day

Location: Fine Arts Center Gallery

friday, sept. 19 SAturday, sept. 20

monday, sept. 22sunday, sept. 21

174 yards on six catches and a touch-down. Henry hauled in seven passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns. Redshirt junior Jared Dangerfi eld add-ed seven catches for 107 yards and a touchdown.

Norris, Henry and Dangerfi eld are the fi rst Hilltopper receiving trio to

each record 100 yards in a single game.“With record breaking stuff like that…

it’s something you want to celebrate,” McNeal said. “But with a loss you can’t really celebrate that. You have to go to fi lm and learn from your mistakes and get ready for the next opponent.”

The Hilltoppers will have a bye week to get ready for their next test, as WKU will look to right the ship in Annapolis, Maryland on Sept. 27 against Navy.

Victoria LaPoe said.“Traditional forms of media, includ-

ing newspapers, are still trusted and deemed credible in most communi-ties. Some even prefer these news out-lets,” Lapoe said.

However, social media was crucial to keep people informed during the early

stages of these disasters. Writing this book led to an important

conclusion for LaPoe.“Traditional media and modern me-

dia complement each other,” she said. “They can at times be at odds, but jour-nalism is about the fundamentals. Both forms of media are essential now to pro-viding information that people need.”

LaPoe will be signing copies of her book at Barnes & Noble on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m.

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young kids compete at a high level in an atmosphere that they deserve.”

Junior middle hitter Noelle Langen-kamp set the tone offensively for the Lady Toppers with 13 kills at a .464 hit-ting mark. She recorded no errors in the match.

“When we were up 2-0, honestly, I told them to expect a fi ve-set match,” Hudson said. “There is no way the No. 8 team in the country is just going to go away. I told them if they can do it in three then prove me wrong, but other-wise just keep making plays – we will like where we end up.”

Senior middle hitter Heather Boyan,

junior outside hitter Haley Bodway and freshman outside hitter Alyssa Ca-vanaugh each tallied nine kills.

“That was such a great win,” Cavana-ugh said. “We came out with so much energy, everyone stuck to their assign-ments, and we got the job done.”

Freshman Jessica Lucas notched a double-double with 44 assists and 10 digs. She also contributed seven kills and four blocks.

The Lady Toppers fi nished off their weekend extending their win streak that currently sits at nine with a 3-1 win over Austin Peay (3-8) and a sweep of Western Michigan (5-4) on Saturday.

“This whole week coach told us that the most important game of the week-end was going to be (against Austin

Peay),” Boyan said. “Because of hav-ing to play a competitive game against Purdue and then come right back out the next morning and stay as competi-tive.”

The Lady Toppers struggled initially with Austin Peay, dropping the fi rst set, but WKU didn’t fl inch from then on, taking three straight sets for the 3-1 win. The scores were 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, and 25-18, respectively.

The Lady Toppers put the cherry on top of their weekend with a sweep of Western Michigan later that afternoon with scores of 25-16, 25-16 and 25-21.

“It was just a total team effort this en-tire weekend,” Boyan said. “We really utilized all the parts of our team well, and I’m really proud of how we played

the whole time.”Langenkamp was in top form all

weekend, grabbing tournament MVP honors after she posted 35 kills with a .367 hitting mark and 14 blocks.

Junior outside hitter Rachel Engle was named to the All-Tournament team after notching 31 digs, 14 kills and four service aces.

The Lady Toppers’ Harlie Bryant was named an honorary all-tournament team member.

“I’m so proud of our kids,” Hudson said. “Not because we are 10-2; be-cause we come out and compete ev-ery night. That’s all I can ever ask for. If they keep doing that, we will keep get-ting better. I don’t care what the record says.”

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-ping the run against Illinois and Bowling Green State, but the display it showed against MTSU isn’t a comfort-ing way to start out conference play. With Navy characteristically leading the country in rushing yards per game, and with conference opponents UTEP and Marshall ranking nationally at ninth and 15th in rushing offense re-spectively, a bye week for the defense is just what they need before heading

into a crucial stretch of the season.Perhaps rather than running against

practice squad guys, WKU’s defense should run against the fi rst team offense, because nobody is stopping that group.

After the opener against Bowling Green, I believed there was no way the Hilltopper offense could put up better numbers than they did. But they shut me up and did it again against MTSU.

The offense ran more plays and redshirt senior quarterback Brandon Doughty threw more passes for 593 yards – a Con-ference USA single-game record.

This WKU offense is pretty much un-stoppable unless they stop it themselves.

The last two weeks have been evi-dence that the Hilltopper offense is a double-edged sword that can em-barrass a defense as quickly as itself. Against Illinois, WKU gave up a fourth quarter lead when Doughty threw a pick-six that contributed signifi cantly to a 42-34 loss.

Saturday night in Murfreesboro, Doughty threw an interception that led to an MTSU touchdown that tied the score at halftime. Leon Allen had a

third-quarter touchdown run reversed that led to a goal-line stand from the Blue Raiders.

As long as the offense can execute effi ciently, they’ll consistently score enough points to bail out its defense. However, that isn’t happening, and it’s the reason WKU is sitting in that same uncomfortable sub-.500 position as last season.

The current bye week comes at an important time for the Hilltoppers, and if history repeats itself, déjà vu may not be a bad thing for the next few weeks.

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COnference USA accolades

Brandon Doughty Jessica Lucas Noelle Langenkamp

Doughty garnered Conference USA Of-fensive Player of the Week honors after compiling 593 pass-ing yards against Middle Tennessee on Saturday. The performance ranks fi rst in program and C-USA history.

Lucas was named Conference USA Setter of the Week after aiding the Lady Toppers to a 4-0 record in the Holiday Inn Invitational. Lucas tallied 166 assists, 31 digs and 22 kills.

Langenkamp is the Conference USA Off ensive Player of the Week after help-ing WKU extend its win streak to nine games over the weekend. She led the team with a .364 hitting percentage with 41 kills.


BY ELLIOTT [email protected]

This looks oddly familiar. WKU is 1-2 to start the year and 0-1 in conference

play.Once again, the expectations of a new coach and an impressive debut have fall-en short by the

disappointment of the following

two contests.WKU’s Saturday night 50-47 triple-

overtime loss to Middle Tennessee could have easily gone either way, with the Hilltoppers looking at a 1-0 start to their fi rst season in Conference USA.

Instead, WKU is in the same spot it was at this point in the season last year. If history continues to repeat it-self, it will get better. After their 1-2 start last season, the Hilltoppers won three-straight, including a win against Navy.

Come back to this season. Navy is the next opponent on the schedule, but unlike last year, WKU now has a bye week to fi x a lot of the mistakes that could have been the difference between 1-2 and 3-0.

First off, WKU’s defense has shown glimpses of improvement but has overall been pretty bad. The defense has given up an average of 41 points per game and allowed 323 yards on the ground to MTSU, marking the fi rst time WKU has allowed 300 or more yards in a game since Navy in 2011.

They had earned a reputation last year of shutting down dual threat quarterbacks, but MTSU sophomore Austin Grammer ran laps around the defense on Saturday. Before that game, Grammer had just 33 yards in two games. Against WKU, he ran for 125 yards and three touchdowns while also completing 17-of-28 passes for 218 yards and a score.

The defense did a decent job of stop-

MIKE CLARK/HERALDJunior middle hitter Noelle Langenkamp spikes the ball during WKU's 3-2 win over Purdue on Friday, Sept. 12 at Diddle Arena.

WKU tops No. 8 Purdue en route to Holiday Inn Invitational crownBY JONAH [email protected]

WKU volleyball played host to and won the Holiday Inn University Plaza Invitational this past weekend, high-lighted by a 3-2 Lady Topper victory over No. 8 Purdue (8-1) on Friday night.

Purdue came into the contest un-defeated in matches and sets on the season, but left Diddle Arena as the highest-ranked opponent the Lady Toppers have ever defeated.

The Lady Toppers (10-2) got off to a strong start by taking a 2-0 lead in front

of more than 1,100 fans with scores of 29-27 and 25-20.

WKU struggled to keep that mo-mentum through the next two sets, however, as the Boilermakers tied it up at two sets apiece with scores of 25-21 and 25-13, setting up the deciding fi fth frame.

“At the beginning of the fi fth set, I challenged them,” WKU Head Coach Travis Hudson said. “All I said was ‘I want you to be the more emotional, more aggressive team, and if that’s not enough, then we will congratulate them on a great comeback on the road – because they will deserve it – but let’s

make sure they have to earn it.’”WKU would lead the vast majority of

the fi fth set – which is played to 15 – and although the Boilermakers cut it close, the Lady Toppers captured the set by a score of 16-14.

The win marks the fourth time in the last three seasons that WKU has knocked off a top-25 opponent.

“I’m just really, really happy for our kids,” Hudson said. “After 20 years, I have been in this situation, I have been in big matches, and I just re-ally enjoyed it. I enjoyed watching our

VOLLEYBALL

WKU, MTSU add another exciting installment to heated rivalryBY KYLE [email protected]

The rivalry is back.After a year-long hiatus from WKU

and Middle Tennessee’s intense rival-ry, the two programs met on Saturday

night and added another drama-fi lled chapter to the story as the Blue Raiders narrowly defeated the Hill-toppers, 50-47, in

triple overtime. WKU (1-2) and MTSU (2-1) traded

the lead a total of eight times and were tied fi ve times in the contest, which took four hours and three minutes to complete. The game is tied with WKU’s 1997 triple-overtime win over Murray State for the longest bout in program history.

“It’s one of those games,” Head Coach Jeff Brohm said after the game. “I think our team battled hard. They competed through a lot of momentum swings. I’m proud of them, proud of how hard they played. They fought until the end, and that’s all you can ask for.”

Prior to Saturday’s matchup, each of the past three meetings between WKU and MTSU have come by an average of only three points per game – and the

triple overtime thriller was no different. MTSU escaped Smith Stadium with

a 27-26 victory in 2010 off a late-game fumble recovery for a touchdown. In 2012, the Blue Raiders slipped past the Hilltoppers, 34-29, in Bowling Green with a fourth-quarter interception that spoiled WKU’s game-winning attempt.

The last time WKU traveled to Mur-freesboro, Tennessee came in 2011, as the Hilltoppers’ Bobby Rainey, now with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, caught a game-winning touchdown reception in double overtime to give WKU a 36-33 win.

Redshirt senior wide receiver Wil-lie McNeal witnessed Rainey’s game-winning catch as a sophomore, and he said he can sympathize after MTSU’s dramatic win.

“I feel what they felt a couple of years ago,” McNeal said following the loss. “I hate the way it happened like that. I thought we were going to pull it off, but things happen.”

The Blue Raiders improve to 34-29-1 in the all-time series, which is already the oldest rivalry in the Conference USA, despite even more record-break-ing offensive performances from WKU.

The Hilltoppers hung a program-record 718 yards on the Blue Raiders, who entered the contest giving up an average of 290 in each of their fi rst two

games. WKU also ran 102 plays, which tops its previous record of 97 ran in the Bowling Green State season opening-game.

Redshirt quarterback Brandon Doughty also reset his own program single-game passing yards record with 593 and set a new Conference USA single-game passing yards record,

topping Chris Redman’s total of 592, which was set on Nov. 1, 1998. Doughty moved into the top-5 program passing yards list in the contest and now sits in fourth place.

Five Hilltopper receivers caught at least six passes, led by sophomore re-ceiver Nicholas Norris, who totaled

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NICK WAGNER/HERALDRedshirt senior quarterback Brandon Doughty throws the ball during WKU's triple overtime loss to Middle Tennessee State University at Johnny Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Saturday, Sept. 13.

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regarding WKU's Conference USA

players of the week and a photo of NBA

standout Paul Pierce in Diddle Arena.

Next gameFriday Sept. 27

2:30 P.M.@ Navy-MArine corps

memorial StadiumVS. Navy

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