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First copy free; additional copies 50 cents. The Baker Orange Copyright 2015
March 6, 2015
vol. 122 [issue 7]Baker University Student Media ~ Baldwin City, Kansas
This Edition
Opened in the mid 70s, theMine is a Baldwin City staple.Over the years, it has evolvedto be a home-away-from-homefor many.
pgs. 8 & 9
After an 82-65 win overGraceland, the womensbasketball team advancesto the second round ofthe HAAC tournament.
pg. 13
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BU Workingshows through the
weekend pg. 14
PARTYThe story of how one studententreprenuer took the initiative
to start a company, all before his
senioryear. pg. 3
TEA
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Heidi Jo HayenSTAFF WRITER
A former group on campus has been revived and
transformed. Several years after the club known
as GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) stopped meeting, a
group of students and a professor have formed TEA
(Total Equality Alliance) in its place. TEA members
plan to meet every other Thursday at 9 p.m. in
Mabee 100.Sophomore Brittney Harmon, senior Ben
Sobek and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Nicholaus Pumphrey discussed forming the group
last semester. After they talked to others on campus,
they realized that many people would support an
LGBTQ group.
In order to establish TEA at Baker, we are
working on writing a constitution, by-laws, filling
out the proper paperwork to be recognized, the
works, Harmon said. "We are very lucky to have
such a large group interested in helping kick-start
this organization.
The leaders of the group were pleasantly
surprised when more than 50 students and faculty
members came to the groups first open gathering.
They werent expecting 53 people, Pumphrey
said. At first there were only 20 people and the club
leaders were already really excited. We even got
emails that more students wanted to attended, but
that they couldnt make it for various reasons.
Pumphrey thinks the turnout at the first meetingshows that TEA will be a popular and successful
club at Baker. He thinks every college campus in
America should have an organization similar to this
one and is glad that Baker students are taking the
lead in forming one.
Eleven students were involved in starting TEA,
and each have his or her own ways that the club can
get involved in the Baker community.
Harmon hopes to give BU students and faculty an
opportunity to attend Safe Space training. The goal
of this training is to create a space where students
can be relaxed and fully self-expressed without
having to fear feeling uncomfortable, unwelcome or
unsafe.
Sophomore Rachel Ash has additional ideas for
TEA to be involved on campus.
April is Gay Pride month, and I am hoping to get
white roses and dye them so they are rainbow and
hand them out on campus, Ash said. I thought this
would be a fun way to say TEA cares, and hopefully
everyone will put the rose in their room and it willremind them to be supportive of all individuals.
TEAs last club meeting was held at 9 p.m. on
March 5 in Mabee 100. Members discussed a group
t-shirt. They were also visited by a group people
from the Equality House, also called the Rainbow
House, from Topeka, who spoke to the group.
According to its website, the Equality House is a
non-profit organization that serves as a symbol
of peace and positive change for the LGBTQ
community.
Students, professor form Total Equality AllianceDesign courtesy of Brittney Harmon and TEA. Graphic by Spencer Brown.
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Jenna WarmundBU MASS MEDIA
It's been said before that coffee ishe drink of college students, but junior
Sean Driskill is hoping to change that
o a more, well, European tradition.Driskill has concocted Momma DsMedicinal Tea as a replacement forhe well-known and well-used drug
Adderall. According to Driskill, theea is made up of a natural organicompound of herbs that stimulatehe brain to release more chemicals
naturally, while working at anenhanced rate.
The biggest thing we have foundamong college campuses is the abuseof self-prescribed Adderall that alltudents are using nowadays," Driskillaid. Half of the people dont even
know the effects that it has on the bodyand with the brain overall. We would
like to introduce (the tea) to Baker andallow people to try it and see what theythink.
The name behind the drink camefrom Driskill's mother.
My mom was the one who hookedme on hot tea alone. She always hadhot tea or was always willing to makeit," Driskill said. Her family comesfrom Boston and so they love tea ingeneral.
Driskill's family isn't the only partyinterested in the contents of his coffeemug.
Driskill spent the past summer atthe Kauffman Center, meeting investorsand speaking with potential clients,and he snagged a potential deal with ahealth food distributor. Driskill plansto sign a contract with the distributorupon graduation and work full-time at
the company.By the time I graduate, my goal is
to have the company ready to launch,Driskill said.
To fund his venture, he recentlybought a franchise called College ProPainters.
Right now Im just trying to makemoney and find investors to help back
Momma Ds Medicinal Tea, Driskillsaid.
Driskill's friends show him supportand some even hope to be involvedwith the company someday.
I hope he accomplishes all ofhis goals, and I know he will," seniorMichael Stevenson said. "Sean isambitious and when he has his mindset on something he is going to get itdone whether he has help or not. Imexcited to see what the future holdsfor Sean. I know theres nothing butblessings and prosperity coming his
way.Junior Alex Baird recognizes the
work that Driskill will need to put in,but thinks he will be up to the task.
I dont have any doubts thathis business will take off here veryshortly," Baird said. "Its going to take alot of work and effort, but he is a verydriven person."
Driskill's goal for his company isfor him to see revenue as soon as hegraduates. He wants the tea to be soldin convenience stores, gas stations,Wal-Mart and GNC.
Driskill said that the hardest partof the adventure is that everything is arisk, and there are no guarantees. Withhard work and a little elbow grease, hehopes to see success.
The only way this company willbe successful is with the work I putin myself, Driskill said. I have to goout and do everything on my own. All
the work is on me and I cant rely onsomeone else to do it.
Student entrepreneur starts at BU
Lexi LoyaSTAFF WRITER
King and Queen of Courts, aundraiser put on every springemester by the Cardinal Key
National Honor Society, raised $660or the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation. At the basketball gameson Feb. 21, seniors Travis Ray andAlyse Menghini were crowned kingand queen.
Students voted for candidatesby putting money into jars set upn the Long Student Center. Coinsounted as positive points towardhe candidate, but dollar bills wereecorded as negative. A person was
also able to write a check for eitherpositive or negative points.
We usually raise about $500 eachyear, Sara Crump, faculty advisor of
Cardinal Key, said.The candidates in the running
this year for the men were Ray (DeltaTau Delta), Barkley Edison (KappaSigma), Seth Swearengin (Sigma PhiEpsilon) and Collin Studer (Zeta Chi).
The female candidates wereMenghini (Delta Delta Delta), ClaireWhite (Alpha Chi Omega), RashidaSimpson (Zeta Phi Beta) and BaileySosa (Zeta Tau Alpha).
Crump said for the past coupleof years, the jars remain nearlyempty until the last day of voting,when everyone comes and dumpschange into candidates' jars. Despitethe donation being mainly coins,Crump said that they still raise agood chunk of money for juvenilediabetes.
Senior Abbey Elsbernd, memberof Cardinal Key, said that this
fundraiser has always done well inthe past.
I think its successful becauseit brings out a little competition,Elsbernd said.
Freshman Forrest Young thinksthat, while the competition is for agood cause, it seems to be more of apopularity contest.
But its for charity so I can seehow its justified, Young said.
While Elsbernd acknowledgedthat there was competition inthe King and Queen of Courts,she disagreed that it was aboutpopularity due to all the money beingraised.
Yes, youre voting for yourcandidate, but youre also helpingout while youre doing it so it kindof changes the dynamics, Elsberndsaid.
Junior Sean Driskill is a self-starter. He has created his own company, Momma Ds Medicinal Tea, in hopes of promoting it as a replacement for Adderall forstudents. The tea, according to Driskill, is made up of a natural organic compound meant to stimulate the brain. Photo by Chad Phillips.
King and Queen of Courts raises $660
Freshman Christian Jackson places changeinto a candidates jar for Cardinal Key HonorSocietys King and Queen of Courts, whichwas held Feb. 16-20. Photo by Khadijah Lane
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Hayley MorricalSTAFF WRITER
After 11 years in a trolley cart, the Jitters coffee
shop along the north side of Highway 56 in Baldwin
City is soon to be no more. The change is not due to
a lack in business but an increase in customers.
Our business has doubled every year since webought it, owner Doris Sage said. Sage and her
daughter Sara Castaneda have owned the business
for ive years after purchasing it from the original
Jitters owner.
Jitters will move from the trolley cart to a
storefront around the end of next year.
The increase in business is pushing the shop
from its iconic cart into a sit-down business, across
Highway 56 and down the road from its original
location, which means it will be a shorter walk for
Baker students. Although the decision is yet to be
approved by the city, Sage and Castaneda expect the
new location to be open toward the end of 2016.
We had a couple opportunities that came up and
those fell through, so those kind of put our plans on
hold, Castaneda said. But end of next year is what
we are hoping. We are excited to be on that side of
the highway so we will be within walking distance
of the students. Then they wont have to cross the
highway to have a place to come in and sit down,
have plugins, wi-i and a place for class.
The trolley cart, which was built in Oregon
speciically to be a coffee shop, doesnt offer the
business room to grow with its expanding menu and
offerings.
It has been OK because its a drive-through,
but we deinitely feel like we blend in with our
surroundings, Castaneda said. I still have people
come through, weve been here since 1999, andsay Sara how long has this been here?' Sometimes
people just dont know we are here.
According to the Castaneda, the move offers
Jitters the opportunity to meet more customer needs
and expand its current menu, especially its food.
We do have a hard time letting the customer
know whats available because we are limited on
space, Sage said.
The owners say the continued growth in business
over the past ive years has come from the available
options, consistency and keeping up with trends.
Both Sage and Castaneda think the move will offer
them the opportunity to keep doing so.
However, the journey of Jitters growth has been
challenged at times, such as Baker University's
recent opening of a The Daily Grind on campus that
sells Starbucks coffee.
Its just so convenient, Sage said. And
(students) are all so busy. Starbucks is a big name.
Castaneda said Jitters tries to differentiate its
brand from Starbucks by being more personal withcustomers and using high quality coffee and syrups.
Jitters also makes a point to stay visual to students
by staying open later during mid-terms and inals
week and offering student discounts for the Baker
population.
Weve been fortunate enough to have an idea
and keep it sustained, Castaneda said. Some things
are disappointing to begin with and they turn out
not to be so bad. The potential was here.
Kallie FischerSTAFF WRITER
After 40 years at Baker University, Director of
Library Services Kay Bradt is retiring.
It was 1975 when Bradt completed graduate
school and started her career at Baker University,
but that's not when her love for the profession
began.
A Lawrence native, her interest in the ield
blossomed when she was hired as a librarian at the
University of Kansas at age 14.
Bradt's mother was the one who encouraged her
to look into the profession, saying that it would be agood it to her skills. When she started at KU, Bradt
realized that her mother was right.
She had a sense that I was an organized person
and I loved reading and I should look into that,"
Bradt said. "In eighth grade, I took an after-school
class on how to use the library and it made sense to
me Thats when I realized this was right for me.
In 2000, Bradt was promoted to the position of
director of library services.
I came as the other librarian,' Bradt said.
There was the director and then there was me, and
we had lots of other staff and gradually the shape of
the staff has changed.
Bradt has taken many responsibilities as the
director of library services. Because the organization
is small, Bradt and her staff have to do many of the
front-line jobs, such as working at the reference desk
and organizing books.
But as a self-proclaimed lover of books, these are
the tasks that Bradt inds enjoyable.
We have to decide which books in the library
have outlived their usefulness," Bradt said. "I do
what librarians call collection development, but it
basically means that I just shift books around
upstairs. I also have to keep up with new library
updates and what new products are out there.
Bradt is sad to part ways with the friends she has
made throughout her time at the university.
I will miss the people, students, interaction and
all that stuff the most, Bradt said. Its going to take
awhile to get used to not having all these people
around me all the time.
The library staff is saddened to see Bradt go. Jill
Brungardt, interlibrary loan assistant, said what she
will miss the most about Bradt is her management
style.
Shes very non-micromanaging. Shes very
relaxed, kind of takes it all in stride and thats one
thing that I really appreciate, Brungardt said. Shes
very giving of her time and that will be missed.
Technical Services Librarian Nathan Poell
expects to remain good friends with Bradt after her
retirement. They both live in Lawrence and often
see eachother at the farmers market or WheatFields
Bakery and Caf.
Poell said not having her expertise will affect the
library the most.
We are going to miss the hell out of her, Poell
said. Shes irreplaceable and thats the bottom line.
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Jitters to trade trolley for storefront
After 40 years at the university, Director of Library Services KayBradt is retiring from from Baker at the end of the semester.Photo by Khadijah Lane
Bradt to retire from BU after 40 years
Bobbie Jo Halford, one of Jitters baristas, has been working there for three years. Due to increasing number in customers, Jit-ters owners have decided to change locations from its iconic trolley to a storefront. Photo by Khadijah Lane
Jitters current residence is an old train trolley, located offHighway 56. Photo by Khadijah Lane
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Whitney SilkeySTAFF WRITER
Jumping into freezing cold water isusually not a popular winter activity,but that doesn't stop the hundreds ofbrave souls who take the plunge intofrigid Kansas waters.
Peace. Love. Plunge. This is thetheme for Lawrence's irst ever
Polar Plunge, which is scheduled forSaturday, March 7 at Naismith Hall.The fundraiser, which is also called thePolar Bear Plunge, is for local SpecialOlympics programs. For some, divinginto the freezing water has become atradition.
Sophomore Luke Miltz plungedfour times at Lake Shawnee in Topeka,but he is excited for the changeof venue this year. Because of hisdedication to the project, he joined theplanning committee for the plunge,hoping to spread the wordaround the Baldwin Citycommunity.
Miltz has
formed a team through Student Senatefor any Baker University students, anda few other organizations are joiningin on the fun; Bakers Greek life, AlphaChi Omega and Zeta Chi have alsocreated teams.
Sophomore Emi Knifin is on
the team for Baker Universitystudents, because the Polar Plungeis a fundraiser close to her heart.Her autistic brother is a member ofa Special Olympics team. This willbe her second year participating in
the Polar Plunge and she hopes tocontinue to plunge in the future.
It is a great way to raise moneyand awareness for the SpecialOlympics, Knifin said. It is also good
for the athletes and their families.Knifin volunteers at the Special
Olympics state track meet every yearin
Wichita. When she lived in Wichita,she helped out as a coach for a tennisteam.
According to Knifin, jumping into
ice-cold water is not as bad as peoplethink because of the adrenaline.
You dont feel it until an hourlater, Knifin said. Its exhilarating.
A member of the Alpha Chi Omegateam, freshman Annie Hanson, isexcited to take her irst plunge.
Hanson has volunteered for theSpecial Olympics softball tournament
in Missouri over the summer. Sheknows that the event will be arewarding experience and she hopesothers feel the same way knowingthat they helped make a difference insomeones life.
Miltz hopes that the Bakercommunity will have a good time at
the Polar Plunge while supporting thecause.
Im passionate about providingopportunity and community forspecial needs, Miltz said. Fundraisingfor them is important because it givespeople with special needs somethingthat is their own.
The Baker University Alpha ChiOmega team is currently second infundraising amounts for the Lawrenceplunge with $375. Zeta Chi follows inthird place with $277.
Anyone can register for theLawrence Polar Plunge from nowuntil the day of the event. The plungeis taking place in a pool located atNaismith Hall on the University ofKansas campus.
On-site registration begins at 10:30on March 7, and the plunge is at noon.The only requirement is a minimum
of $75 for each person that canbe raised from supporters or
donated by the plungersthemselves.
Lawrence to host frst annual
Heidi Jo HayenSTAFF WRITER
During President Lynne Murray'sState of the University address, shenoted that in 2013, 100 percent oftudents graduating with an education
major found a teaching job uponearning their diploma. This statisticgives some current BU educationmajors hope for getting jobs andoining the workforce next year,
despite the state's funding cuts forpublic schools and higher education bya combined $44.5 million.
Amy Wintermantel, associateprofessor of education, does not seehe recent budget cuts to Kansass
public schools as a major concern yet,and she is not concerned about Baker
graduates gaining employment in thenear future.
Recent BU graduate Renata Dillwas one of two winners of the 2014Teacher of Promise award given out atthe Kansas Teacher of the Year StateAwards Banquet. Since receiving the
award, she is optimistic that she will beable to ind a position close to home.
Im from Manhattan, so it wouldbe nice if I could get a job up there,Dill said. Im really willing to workwherever, though.
Often, student teachers can getinterviews in the school districtswhere they student-taught; Dill landeda six-week stint as a para-sub forthe same district where she did herstudent-teaching.
She plans to attend a career fair in
April, where she can talk to differentschool districts and network. Fromwhat she understands, it will be anopportunity to have mini-interviewswith schools from across the area. Dillsaid she is planning on applying forjobs around spring break.
Hannah Geenens, who is alsoan education major, is planning onapplying for more jobs as the semestergoes on. She is currently studentteaching in the Blue Valley district andhopes to be a Spanish teacher. Spanishteachers are used at both the primaryand secondary level, so she has theopportunity to work at both levelswhile student-teaching this spring.
Geenens is conident that she will
be able to gain employment becauseSpanish teachers are in high demand.
With the inlux of Spanish-speaking
students, Geenens thinks that schoolswant their students to know thelanguage.
Both Dill and Geenens areoptimistic about employmentopportunities and believe that
attending Baker University has giventhem an advantage.
My educational background doesexceed others from other universities,along with the rest of my fellowstudents in the Baker UniversityEducation Department, Geenenssaid. We have incredible professorswith outstanding educationalexperience that have really pushed ourdepartment to provide conidence to
be some of the best educators aroundKansas.
Education majors optimistic in face of cuts
Participation in the Polar Plunge is anincredibly rewarding experience ... I wont lie, the plunge iscold, but the causeis incredibly heartwarming.
-Sophomore Luke Miltzin Polar Plunge for a Heartwarming Cause
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If asked, many Baker Universitystudents would say that the reasonthey chose to attend Baker was
the personal and small-town feel thatcomes with a private college in a townlike Baldwin City.
Baldwin City is tiny, certainly nobigger than the stereotypical ruralmidwestern town. The perfect placefor a college like Baker, which strivesto give students a personal classroomexperience, making each student feelmore like a person than a number.
Many students talk negativelyabout the city, but a part of goingto college is loving the college townatmosphere. Baker is one-of-a-kind interms of its programs and offerings,but Baldwin City adds a sort of charmto it as well.
From the outside, students atlarger universities do not understandthe appeal of such a small town, butas BU students, we should be theones who ind the lovable parts. Overand over we hear about the Bakerfamily and how it is such a tight-knitcommunity - why does that have tochange on a Friday or Saturday night?
Baldwin City may be small but itoffers more entertainment choicesthan many students realize. No,there isnt a movie theater or a nightclub or even a McDonalds; however,there are other choices for food and
entertainment that could arguablybe better options for students andare beneicial for both Baker and therest of the Baldwin City community.
The fact that Baldwin City doesnot have some of these things canbe considered more of an advantagethan inconvenience. Having fewerdistractions keeps students morefocused on academics, and thedrive to Lawrence is more likely todissuade students from choosing togo out and party instead of study fortomorrows test.
A movie theater can be replacedby Netlix and a couch full of friends.The club could be a weekend fratparty that is carefully planned andclose to home, making it easy tomake the right choice to walk homeafter that last drink.
Other than the monetary andsafety beneits of living in BaldwinCity, the small-town atmospherebrings us closer together as acampus.
For those of us who are 21,The Mine can be a really goodtime. Instead of going to a Lawrencebar where you only know one outof maybe 30, here its people yousee every day, whether its on thesidewalk by the Osbourne Chapel or inCollins Library.
College is a time to foster
friendships and make memories, bothof which can be done in this city ifstudents take the time to look for it.
Just because Baldwin City doesnthave the variety of out-on-the-townentertainment doesnt mean that itis lacking possibilities. Places like
the Mine, the Baldwin City Diner andthe Lumberyard Arts Center - localbusinesses that are a part of thecommunity we as Baker students livein - are often forgotten when studentschoose where they want eat or spendtheir time.
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Students often forget the benefits of Baldwin City
Abbey s sketch padby Abbey Elsbernd
Taylor Shuck
A projected $600 million budgetdeicit for next year. Over $25 millionn budget cuts to our elementary
and secondary schools. A massive,Dr. Frankenstein-esque experimentgone horribly wrong. These are thessues that we should be discussing
as Kansans, but with Gov. SamBrownbacks recent executive order,we seem to have returned to a debatehat we thought to have closed years
ago: the rights of the LGBT community.The governor's executive
order rescinded protections for
tate employees from workplacediscrimination based on sexualorientation and gender identity. Theseprotections were established in 2007by then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. ThisBrownback power trip is embarrassingor us as a state.
This order followed his irstexecutive order of the week, in whichhe announced that companies shouldbe more aggressive in their hiringpolicies for veterans and those withphysical and mental disabilities. He
said, it makes good business sense totreat employees . . . with dignity andrespect. But, apparently, this doesntapply to LBGTs anymore.
When Sebelius signed the executiveorder in 2007, she told members ofthe Kansas Equality Coalition, "I'm
sorry it took us so long." The chairmanof the Kansas Traditional RepublicanMajority, Andy Wollen, had a one-sentence response:
Its about time.
Apologies today to everyone whowas excited to see the same basicrights of job protection for all Kansans.We just ... kind of changed our minds?
But the question is, what doesBrownback's latest action really mean?
Annulling the law doesntnecessarily mean that LGBT workerswill get ired from their jobs, but itdoes allow companies the freedomto do so if they wish. It puts the LGBTcommunity in the classiication ofsecond-class citizens - a group withoutbasic guaranteed rights.
It is ridiculous that in 2015, we arestill in the process of discussing whatis and isnt love. This is no longer anargument between Republicans andDemocrats; its a conversation of basicfreedoms.
According to The Pew ResearchCenter, in 2007, when the initialbill was passed, only 37 percent ofAmericans were in favor of same-sexmarriage and freedoms for those in theLGBT community. And now, eight yearslater, 54 percent of Americans arein favor. It's obvious that people arechanging their age-old opinions - whatthe hell, Kansas?
America is growing and adapting,especially within our generation; 70percent of millennials now believe that
same-sex marriage should be legal.And in a few years, these troubadoursare going to be taking the seats ofBrownback and Mitch McConnell,dusting off these civil rights bills andpassing them without a second glance.
On a basic level, I ind Brownbacksexecutive order mean-spirited. Theprotections had been in place foreight years, why do they need to berescinded now? Hes lost in a sea ofhopelessness, washed over by thetroubles he created for himself. Hisexperiments with tax cuts and the
state budget have gone completelywrong, and he needs something else todivert our attention.
Yes, at a federal level there stillare no legal protections for LGBTs,but there have been strides by theSupreme Court to make same-sexmarriage federally legal. Statesshould be making headway on anti-discrimination laws in order to protecttheir own citizens. Kansans shouldfocus on our future rather than arguingover petty concerns.
Shuck: What the hell is wrong with Kansas?
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Word Around
BAKER:Where is your favoriteplace to go onSaturday night?
SigEp because its fun anda cool place to chill andhang out.
Matt Maumalangajunior
The apartments becauseits fun to just hang outwith friends.
Elizabeth Arnoldsophomore
My favorite place is withmy teammates in thesoccer apartment.
Katie Hibblersophomore
You dont want to smell my butt,
so dont make me smell yours.
On my way to class last week, Ifound myself having to walk througha gauntlet of smoke outside the LongStudent Center. Not only did I smelllike an ashtray, I had been exposed toharmful second-hand smoke. Havingrecently lost a loved one to lung cancercaused by smoking, this hits real closeto home for me.
According to the American HeartAssociation, the link between second-hand smoke and disease is well known.Each year about 38,000 people diefrom heart and blood vessel diseasecaused by other peoples smoke.Non-smokers who are exposed tosecondhand smoke increase their riskof developing heart disease by 25 30%.
The push for smoke-free
campuses is increasing every day; TheTobacco Free College Campus Initiativestates that smoke-free campuses aredefined as smoking is prohibited on
campus property including, but notlimited to parking lots, fields, sports
and recreation areas and stadiums.The policy applies to all students,faculty, staff and other persons oncampus."
As of January 2015, there are 1,514smoke-free campuses in the U.S. Ofthese 1,514 campuses, 12 are in Kansas.
In the fourth quarter of 2014,legislation posted that there are fourindustries that are now 100 percent
smoke-free: government worksites,
private worksites, restaurants anddaycare centers.
Smoke-free campuses do notexpect every smoker to just quit coldturkey since smoking is not allowedon campus. USA Todayreports thatuniversities are providing smokingcessation services. Students areoffered support groups and nicotinereplacement therapy such as gum,patches and lozenges. Some even offerquit-kits, such as packages containinggum and cinnamon sticks.
If Baker doesnt push for a smoke-free campus, then we should have adesignated area, closed off for thosewho cant kick the habit. It invades myairspace to walk by a smoker. Thoseof us who dont smoke are extremelysensitive to it.
The American Lung Associationclaims that smoking is deadlier than
ever, saying tobacco kills 480,000
Americans a year. It upsets me to seemy classmates harming their bodies aswell as the bodies of students aroundthem. I have seen first-hand what
smoking can do to a person. Not onlyis smoking bad for your health, it alsocauses an eyesore for our beautifulcollege campus, with butts litteringthe lawn and the ashtrays outside thebuildings.
According to Public Health FactSheet, tobacco smoke contains morethan 172 substances consideredtoxic, and the smoke isnt the onlyproblem. Cigarette butts are a anotherconcern for biologists as they are notbiodegradable and are the number oneform of litter found on beaches.
I realize that it is a smokers rightto be able to smoke out in the openair, but next time you light up, pleaseremember that we also have the right
to clean air.
Kallie Fischer
Fischer: BU should be smoke-free
A debate over the color of a dresswent viral last week. Thats right. Apicture of a striped dress that looksike it belongs on clearance at Dillards
was responsible for dividing thenation.
Why did #TheDress trump moremportant current events such as the
debate over LGBT rights in Kansas
or the huge snowstorm that wasupposed to hit the northeast part ofhe state, all because dress is seen as
black and blue to some, and white andgold to others?
The debate supposedly started onTumblr after a woman was frustratedabout the color of a dress she sawat a wedding in early February. Sheposted the picture and soon enoughhere were debates all over Twitter,
Instagram and Facebook for a solid 24hours. Everyone had his or her opinionabout the dress and it did not take longfor #TheDress to become a trendingtopic.
Why do people see the dressdifferently? One theory explains thatit depends on the number of bluecones a person has in his/her eyes. If
viewers have more blue cones, they aremore likely to see the dress in blackand blue, but viewers with fewer bluecones may perceive the dress to bewhite and gold.
Another theory states that itdepends on the brightness of thescreen the person is looking at, andthat looking at the dress on an iPhonerather than a computer could sway apersons perception.
According to one bizarre theory,seeing black and blue might mean thatsomeone is more depressed.
Only two things are known for sure:the dress has lace and it is a crazyoptical illusion.
Some people may have acceptedthat they may never know what thetrue colors of the dress are, but it truly
is black and blue.The dress was from a retailer
in Birmingham, England, calledRoman Originals. The design directorconfirmed that the dress is royal
blue with black lace. According to the
company website, #TheDress is nowback in stock after it sold out duringthe hype. It is selling for 50 Britishpounds or $76.98. The dress alsocomes in other color combinations incase more confusion is necessary.
#TheDress may have sparkedsome debate, but why is this the onlytype of dispute occurring on social
media? It is unfortunate that a dresscan top all other important news. Infact, many of my own peers do notknow who Brian Williams is. I wouldlove to see debates over vaccinatingchildren on my Facebook timelineor #Iran as a trending topic on myTwitter feed. Social media shouldbe a useful tool for news-relateddiscussions, but for now all I see arepetty debates.
#TheDress takes over social media, pop culture
Whitney Silkey
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The Other Place:How a modest local barbecame home to many
Taylor ShuckEDITOR
From the outside, it doesnt look like
much. Maybe a run-down auto parts
store, established years ago but long
forgotten. The Mines owner, Mike
Magers, bought it in October of 98, six years
after graduating from Baker.
I think every guy wants to own a bar,
Magers said. It seems like a good idea when
youre young.
He was 28 at the time, saying at that agehe was still young enough, where that kind of
thing appealed to him, a place where he could
get to know everybody.
I could never remember how to make
a shot, Magers said. If there was more
than one liquor in
a drink, I would
struggle. But getting
to know people and
learning about folks,
its interesting to
see them develop
and form good
relationships. Baldwin
City is a great town.
It could be a dinky
restaurant, one only
frequented by those who know of its hidden
gems. It does in fact sell food, but Magers said
its not the biggest selling point. While he
could take out a pool table in favor of booths,
he likes the atmosphere too much to make a
change.
The parking lot, which is really just a patch
of gravel and pebbles, is mostly empty. A blue
Ford F-150, spotted with rust, sits at the front
door, probably the irst patron of the day
claiming his spot. A silver, dust-covered Chevy
Tahoe in the far corner. My red MitsubishiEclipse is an obvious tourist, standing out in a
sea of small-town normality.
The maybe-its-an-auto-parts-store,
maybe-its-not-even-open bar sits right
off Highway 56. The Mine opened in the
mid 70s and has since gone through a few
transformations. Associate Professor of
History John Richards remembers when he
was a student and it was called The Other
Place because of the bar that was already
established at the junction of Highway 56 and
Highway 59. At the time it was a taproom,
only 3.2-beer was sold and everyone could
legally drink at the age of 18.
The atmosphere was the same as it is
now, Richards said. There were pool tables,
people getting around, shooting pool. Well
bad pool.
The door, with windows into the bar, is
slightly off the hinges. From the inside, you
can see rays of light persistently pushing
through the small space between the frame
and the door. When you turn the door handle,
its loose, like someone had too much to drink
one night and broke it, but no one bothered
to ix it. You need a irm grip, an Im-trying-to-
get-a-beer-right-now grasp, to open the door.
The place is just as plain on the inside,
with its long, light tan bar straight ahead.
The loor is a cracked-white linoleum, with
scattered stickers, advertising (you guessed
it!) Bud Light and Budweiser, chipped from
years of boots scufling the edges. There aretwo pool tables on the right side of the bar,
just before you get to the door to the beer
garden.
The bartender, McCoy Nelson, says the
place has been the same since he was a
student here; he started bartending at the end
of his senior year, 2005.
Back then they called
it The Salt Mine or
Mio. It was crazy back
then, he says.
Nelson left Baldwin
City at age 23 to try his
hand at the real world.
But like Magers, this
place called him back.
I was sad when I left
the irst time, Nelson said. I never thought
I would be back here. I feel like this was the
bar I grew up in; I moved around so much and
have done so many things, but this bar has
really kind of always been home to me. It was
like coming home.
The only time it gets crazy now is during
Stag, a tradition of Bakers Alumni Weekend.
Although its stressful for the bartenders, he
says its just a ridiculously good time. Magers
agrees, saying they used to have a capacity
counter at the door, and the bar and outdoorarea have been known to hold up to 700
people at the event.
To the left of the bar is a goling arcade
game, you know the one with the cold white
ball you spin to swing the club. The bartender
said he threw out his arm last week, playing
it when the place was dead. Isnt it dead now?
Out of the eight stools at the bar, only one is
taken, and its mine. There are four older men
sitting around a table, sharing a pitcher of
some light yellow, clearly domestic beer.
Locals (or as many BU students call them,
townies) are a regular in this bar, something
that brings out the charm. Magers said at irst
it was rough to smooth out the differences
between the groups, but now, everybody just
kind of comes together.
The bartenders and the personality can
appeal to both college students and locals,
Magers said.
Nelson said its always been a pretty
healthy mix of people who come into the bar,
something that makes the place so special.
The Thunder Rolls, a country classic, sets
the tone for the place. Its a down-home kind
of bar, the place where you come between
shifts or to meet up with a friend. Its a place
for pool and darts, the King of Country and a
nice cold Bud Light.
The townies get a bad rep about them,
Nelson said. Were just all living in this
small town, you know, and its not only just a
university. Theres not much else to do in thistown and booze is good for you.
Speaking of booze, on draft they have
Copperhead Pale Ale, Boulevard Irish Ale,
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Miller Li te, Budweiser,
Bud Light, Coors (Curs as I just heard this
old man call it) and Boulevard Wheat. The
draft choices are better than you would
expect in a town of this size. The Budweiser
and Bud Light handles protrude from the wall
more than the rest, most likely from overuse.
I choose my go-to, Boulevard Wheat.
McCoy reaches for the cooler to grab a glass
for my beer. My mother always tells me that
draft beer gives her a headache.
Stick with bottled beer, Taylor, its better
for your belly and better for your head.
I never listen. She always tells me that
Miller Lite is the best, too a gap in our
generation and personality made clear by our
choice in beer.
The frosted glass has (surprise!) a Bud
Light logo on it, with a Kansas sunset and
sunlower. The two are a golden yellow now,
thanks to my brew. Its the color of a wedding
ring. That golden-hue of the sun as it rises,
before it hits noon ... the color of light, royalty
but most importantly, good beer. A lemon sits
on the lip of the glass, the cut in the middle
gripping the edge of the cup. I wring it, lettingthe acidity drop into the foam of the beer.
The citrus dispels the white, breaking it up to
allow the gold to shine through the holes in
the clouds.
I pick up the pint again, sti ll as heavy but
probably only half as cold, and inally take a
drink. The lemon hits my lips, a dam to the
izziness of the brew. Its soft and smooth
going down, and the lemon helps bring out
the full-body lavor of the beer with a c itrus
undertone.
After a few more sips, the wheat-color
leaves the logo, leaving it a half-painted
picture. Slowly and methodically, with a few
stories mixed in from Nelson and the townie
who comes to sit next to me (they really are
friendly around here), I inish the beer before
it has a chance to get warm. Nelson looks at
me, raises his eyebrow and I smile. This is our
code for one more, please.
Were just all livingin this small town, youknow, and its not only
just a university. Theresnot much else to do in
this town and booze isgood for you.
-McCoy Nelson
McCoy Nelson has been a bartender at the Mine, a local bar in Baldwin City, for more than four years. The Mine, which has been around since the mid 70s, is a favorite to more than just the college students. Many locals frequent theestablishment, something that is now normal for those who come to call it home. Photo by Chad Phillips
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THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT
BAKER ATHLETICS
10
The BU softball team
will not be able to play
its scheduled home
games throughout
the month due to
surface renovations
on Cavaness Field. All
doubleheaders that
have been scheduled(March 9, 11, 14 and
22) will take place
where the Baldwin
High School softball
team plays. The
facility is located at
100 Bullpup Drive in
Baldwin City.
CAVANESS
UNDERGOES
RENOVATIONS
The third-seeded womens basketball team won its ninth straight
against the Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-65 on Wednesday to
advance to the HAAC semiinals. The women play at 7 p.m. tonight
at No. 2 Benedictine. The men fell 71-53 to Avila on Tuesdaynight in the opening round of the HAAC tournament.
WOMEN ADVANCE, MENS SEASON ENDS
Senior EJ Carter earned a spot on the third-team
all-conference team while sophomore Javeion
Gray (pictured) was named an honorable
mention all-conference. Carter led the team in
scoring and rebounds with an average of 13
points and ive
boards per game.Gray, former HAAC
Freshman of the
Year, led the Cats
in assists and
steals. Both
men found
success on the
court despite
sitting out of a
total of six games
due to injuries.
CARTER, GRAY EARN
ALL-HAAC HONORS
At the 2015 NAIA North National Qualiier at Doane
College in Crete, Nebraska, the Baker dance team
took fourth place overall and inished with three
All-Americans: sophomore Kaitlyn Stout, junior
Callie Brabender and senior Jessica Prather. The
cheerleading squad (pictured cheering at a BU
basketball game below) inished the competition in
eighth place out of 10 teams. Neither squad qualiied
for nationals; however, the possibility of earning an
at-large bid stands for each. The spirit squad will
compete at the NDA/NCA Collegiate Championshipson April 8 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
SPIRIT SQUAD COMPETES AT
NATIONAL QUALIFIERS
Sophomore Hannah Bettge,
two-time irst-team all-
HAAC setter, tried out for the
USA Volleyball team. Some
200 women traveled to
Colorado Springs, Colorado,
Feb. 20-22, to compete for
a spot on the team at the
open tryout. Head coachKathy Allen says that Bettge
is, humble, coachable, and
extremely likeable, and
as her coach, I couldnt
be prouder of what she
represents for our team and
our university. Results were
not available at press time.
BETTGE TRIES OUT FOR
USA VOLLEYBALL
TEAM
After its irst 11 games, the Baker
baseball team sits at 5-6 on theseason. Junior Tevin Thompson
(pictured) is hitting .385 as he leads
the team with 10 hits. The Cats will
compete against Kansas Wesleyan
on March 10 before opening
the conference season at home
with a doubleheader against
Central Methodist University
beginning at 1 p.m. March 14
at Sauder Field.
BASEBALL LOOKS
FORWARD TO HAAC
Eight members of the Baker
mens and womens indoor track
and ield team are currently
competing at the NAIA National
Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
The athletes and the events theywill compete in are listed below.
Ty Sloan, 60-meter hurdles
Paige Rockers, triple jump
Kendal Holloman, pole vault
Brenda McCollum, 3,000-meter
race walk
Caitlin Apollo, 3,000-meter
race walk
Tyson Robke, heptathlon
Avery Parker, triple jump
Josh Peck, weight throw
Shortly after receiving irst-team
all-conference honors, senior
Kyrstie Ehm was named HAAC
Player of the Week. Ehm (pictured)
went 10-for-16 from the ield and shot
perfectly from the free-throw line, adding eight
points to the Cats score against Missouri Valley.
Junior Macy Wallisch also received recognition as
she was named HAAC Defensive Player of the Year
for the second season in a row.
EIGHT WILDCATS
COMPETE AT
NATIONALS
WRESTLING SENDS FIVE TO NATIONALSFive Wildcats qualiied for the 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championship, including
defending national champion sophomore Bryce Shoemaker. Full story on page 11.
Lauren BechardASSISTANT EDITOR
EHM EARNS TWO
HAAC HONORS
TENNIS SPLITS AT
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN
The mens tennis team
split two matches against
William Jewel and
Nebraska Wesleyan on Feb.
21 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After falling to William
Jewel 5-4, the men walked
away with an 8-1 victory
over Nebraska Wesleyan.
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Levi BlaylockSTAFF WRITER
Baker is sending ive wrestlers
o nationals in Topeka today and
omorrow. This marks the second
onsecutive year Baker has had ivewrestlers qualify for nationals after
he NAIA Central National Qualiier.
Despite being the defending
133-pound NAIA national champion,
ophomore Bryce Shoemaker will
be entering this weekends natoinal
ournament in Topeka ranked No. 2
n his weight class. Michael Ruiz from
Great Falls, Montana, is in the No. 1
pot.
I never have cared about the
ankings, Shoemaker said. Anything
an happen at nationals. It never ends
he way everyone was previously
anked.Coaches gave the wrestlers
one week off to get ready for the
ournament. Shoemaker used his time
off to mentally focus and prepare to
defend his title.
I feel good, I feel motivated,
Shoemaker said. Its been a good
week off and Im just excited to go
out there and wrestle. It would be
extremely special if I won it twice. I
know Im capable of doing it. I just
need to go out there and wrestle
mart and my match.
Joining Shoemaker to compete at
nationals will be senior Nick Haugen
157 pounds), sophomore Bryant
Guillen (174 pounds), and freshmen
Mike Andreano (125 pounds ) and
Juan Rivera (141 pounds.)
Were all ready to go out there
and give it our all, Shoemaker said.
Weve had a good two weeks of
practice, its always different this
time of year and I like the energy
thats still in the room even after thelong season. Were ready physically.
Its just putting it together mentally
when it comes to nationals.
Haugen returns to nationals for
the fourth time in his collegiate
career. Last year, Haugen was able
to inish in eighth place in the
149-pound class and receive All-
American honors. Going into the
tournament this year, Haugen is
ranked ninth in the nation with a
chance to repeat his All-American
performance.
Guillen is a two-time Kansas 5A
state champion from Topeka. He is
entering the tournament ranked
seventh in the 174-pound class.
Andreano and Rivera are
entering the tournament unranked
but Shoemaker thinks they have
potential to create some upsets.
Our new guys have a good
chance of making it to the All-
American round, Shoemaker said.
We all just need to wrestle one
match at a time.
The NAIA National Wrestling
Tournament will include 44
institutions and 211 wrestlers,including six defending national
champions and 40 returning All-
Americans.
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Shoemaker, wrestlers prepare for nationals
Sophomore Bryce Shoemaker celebrates his win last year at the NAIA national championship.Shoemaker earned All-America status along with the national title which he will defend at this yearstournament in Topeka.Photo by Callie Paquette
Joyner: KC Royals ready for spring training, season
Jim JoynerASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Spring training is just around
the corner for the Kansas City
Royals. 31 practice games to preparefor the real 162-game marathon
thats played out over six months.
Even though these games are just
for practice and the records are
irrelevant once the calendar turns
to April 6, I have never been more
excited for spring training. Once the
first pitch is thrown its play ball.
Spring training is one of the
most relaxed environments in any
professional sport. The baseball
players go out every day and simply
practice. Training camp for the NFL
is grueling, the NBA preseason only
consists of about eight games so itsturnaround is much quicker than
baseball, and even at half-speed,
the NHL is so hard on bodies that
playing a six-game preseason is
almost useless.
The Royals spring training
complex consists of more than six
fields and the players are constantly
playing and getting better. I also
wouldnt complain about being able
to play baseball in Surprise, Arizona,
in March compared to the frigid
temperatures in Kansas City.
The Royals have not played since
Oct. 29, when it stranded the game-
tying run at third base in game seven
of the World Series. The Royals have
played as the underdogs for my
entire lifetime, and now they are theteam that every American League
team is out to beat.
Even in the playoffs, the Royals
were not a threatening team to
any opponent. Do you think the
dominant Oakland Athletics were
afraid of Kansas City before the Wild
Card game? How about baseballs
best team Anaheim and the chosen
one Mike Trout? Surely not the AL
East champion Baltimore Orioles?
And no way the San Francisco
Giants, who had played in two of
the last four World Series. This year,
though, the target is now painted
in bright red on the backs of every
powder-blue Kansas City jersey.
The sadness of the departures
of James Shields and Billy Butler
seems to have settled down with
the arrivals of Edinson Volquez and
Alex Rios to the club. The pitching
staff is ready with Ace Ventura,
Jason Vargas, Danny Duff and Jeremy
Guthrie. The Gold Glovers are back
in Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and
Salvador Perez.
Now the only uncertainty is if
the offense is prepared. The Royals
made it to game seven of the World
Series with the least amount of
home runs, 95, and the least amount
of walks, 380. But they struck out
the least amount of times, 985, andstole more bases than any other
team, 153, including seven stolen
bases in the Wild Card game. We
know that this team can make it far
even without offense, but what if
they were in the middle of the pack
in home runs to go along with the
speedsters on the bases?
This is where the deep playoff
run turns into a learning experience.
Mike Moustakas, Hosmer and
Lorenzo Cains confidence levels
have skyrocketed. Those three all
know now the level they can play
at and can carry that confidence
into this season from the beginning.
The addition of the veteran Alex
Rios supplies some added offense.
Rios has three seasons of 20 or
more home runs, a feat that no
Royals player did last season. And if
Kendrys Morales can play the way
he did from 2009-2013, 90 homers
and 300 RBIs, opposed to Kendrys
Morales of last season, who batted
.218 in less than 100 games, the
offense may launch to the top of
baseball.
Spring training numbers are also
misleading. The Royals finished 12-
16-2 in last seasons spring training
and went on to win the American
League pennant. Mike Moustakas
also batted .429 last spring trainingand then started the regular season
0-21 at the plate before eventually
getting sent down to AAA Omaha for
batting .152 at the end of May.
For me it is not as much about the
wins and losses. It is about watching
players develop and prepare, even
if there is not much success or vice
versa. The Philadelphia Phillies lost
to NCAA Div. II Tampa University
on Sunday. Professional baseball
players lost to college baseball
players. Its just not important and
it doesnt matter. Its also about
watching baseball again.
Kauffman Stadium has been
uninhabited since the final hours
of October and were a little over a
month away from celebrating the
best day of the year, opening day,
and raising the American League
championship banner high over the
Truman Sports Complex.
Ill end this by quoting the words
of Archie Eversole, the author of the
Royals 2014 anthem.
We Ready.
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Jim JoynerASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The mens basketball team ended
ts season Tuesday night by losing 71-
53 to the Avila Eagles in the play-in
ound of the HAAC tournament. TheWildcats ended the season at 9-20
overall and fell in the opening round
of the HAAC tournament for the third
onsecutive season.
Bottom line is this: we didnt
we rebound and didnt defend well
nough in the second half and now
were going home, head coach Sean
Dooley said.
The Wildcats entered the game as
he No. 9 seed in the HAAC tourna-
ment and had to play in the opening
ound play-in game while the top six
eams in the standings received a bye.
Baker was facing an Avila team that
had defeated the Wildcats in four con-
ecutive games, including a 73-63 loss
at home and a 74-60 loss in Kansas
City two weeks prior.
The Wildcats slowed Avilas up-
empo game in the irst ive minutes
and kept the game close, limiting the
Eagles to tough looks in the half-
ourt. Baker kept Avila to single digits
hroughout the irst half and trailed
by only two points with 2:45 to play
before the half. Avila led Baker 25-19
after the irst twenty minutes.
I thought we did a good job early,eally in the irst half, Dooley said.
Theyve got a lot of really good offen-
ive weapons there and we did a nice
ob defending them.
Baker only turned the ball over
hree times in the first half. Unfortu-
nately Baker shot only 21 percent to
accompany the well possessed first
half.
Credit them, Dooley said. We
topped two of their best guys but the
next guys stepped up.
The problem for Baker in the
econd half was exactly that, stop-
ping Avilas next three best players inophomore Trey Bales, Junior Nduka
Ezeamii, and senior Brandon Murillo.
I really think, in the second half, if
we had done a better job on the glass
hen we wouldve been ine defensive-
ly. But credit them, they outworked it
and got some of those balls and they
made us pay.
Avila opened up the second half
on ire with three trifectas; two came
from Bales and one from Fennell. The
Eagles lead was 44-31 after the irst
seven minutes of the half. Then Baker
made a run to cut the lead back to sev-
en with 7:52 to play. Avila called onthe long-bombers, Bales and Murillo,
and the Eagles ran away with this
one with a double-digit lead for the
remainder of Bakers season.
Dooley pulled seniors EJ Carter
and Fulks with 1:02 to play in the
game and they received their inal
ovation in a Baker uniform from the
loyal Baker fans in attendance in
Kansas City.
Both of them had great careers
for us, Dooley said. Jared was Mr.
Consistent ever since he stepped
foot on campus. His numbers are the
same and the way he works is the
exact same.
Carter was named to the third-
team all-conference this past Sun-
day along with honorable mention
sophomore Javeion Gray.
EJ has been here a little bit lon-
ger; hes been here for three years
and I think he has grown a lot in his
three years and matured up, Dooley
said. He is as good a person and as
well liked as anybody on campus;
both of them have been great repre-
sentatives.
Dooley told Carter and Fulks earlyin the year that they were a young
team and needed their leadership
as the season went on. Dooley noted
their leadership to have been strong
this season and said that Fulks has
matured a lot over his two years and
that his work ethic had a big impact
on his season.
Hopefully the things those
younger guys will take from Jared is
just his approach every day; not just
showing up but working hard every
day, Dooley said.
Easter was Bakers go-to man
down the stretch and the freshman
inished with a team high 15 points.
Fulks and Carter ended their Baker
careers with games of 10 and 8 points,
respectively. Gray scored 6 and passed
out 3 assists. With a ravenous Avila
crowd in his ears freshman Daniel
Young scored 5 points on 1-3 from the
ield and 3-5 at the stripe.
The Wildcats fell short of expecta-
tions this season. Baker started the
season 7-5 then went on a nine game
skid to take them out of contention in
the HAAC. Baker inished the season
winning only two of its last 14 games.Untimely injuries also eliminated
many chances for Baker to win
games down the stretch. The team
lost sophomore Tyrome Parker for
the final 11 games, Young missed
seven games in the middle of confer-
ence play, Gray missed four games
with his injury, and Carter missed
two pivotal games in the middle of
the schedule.
Baker returns to the loor next
November with young loor generals
who received their training as fresh-
men this season with an injury-infest-
ed team. Freshmen Brock Mick, Nate
Guscott, CJ Bolton, Easter, and Young
all ate away minutes as freshmen this
season that could prove to be invalu-
able come next season.
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Track teams set high standards with indoor titlesChad Mullen
STAFF WRITER
The mens and womens track
teams have each won their fourth
consecutive indoor Heart of America
Athletic Conference titles and sent
eight athletes to the NAIA National
Indoor Meet, which started Thursday.
Junior Dayshawn Berndt, who
placed second in the 200-meter
and 400-meter races as well as in
the 4x400 meter relay at the HAAC
championship meet, has been a part
of a Baker team that has won every
indoor and outdoor HAAC title since
he has been a part of the program. He
believes the continued success is a
testament to the culture of the team.
Were basically a family, Berndt
said. Were always rooting for each
other and its a lot of fun to see every-body do well.
The HAAC championship meet,
held in Lamoni, Iowa, was a breeding
ground for success for the Wildcats.
The women defeated second-place
Benedictine College by 72.5 points,
and the men more than doubled the
point total of their second-place foe,
outpacing Benedictine 238 to 117.5.
Baker athletes placed irst in
17 events, and Billi Pipes won the
womens MVP honor with 36 indi-
vidual points. Three Baker men were
among a ive-man co-MVP with 20
points each.
These were the second and third
conference championships won un-der head coach Tim Byers, who also
coached the mens cross country team
to a HAAC title last fall. This is Berndts
irst semester under Byers after spend-
ing last semester studying abroad.
Hes a great guy and a great
coach, Berndt said. There have been
some things Im getting used to, but
thats what you have to expect with a
new coach, no matter who it is.
The team has already switched
gears to the outdoor season, where it
hopes to maintain its well-established
winning formula.
Its been going well, Berndt said.
I think if we just keep working out
and working hard and stay in shapewell be able to win the outdoor cham-
pionship (this year).
Competing in nationals on the
womens side will be seniors Ty Sloan,
Paige Rockers, sophomore Kendall
Holomann, and freshmen Brenda Mc-
Collum and Caitlin Apollo.
The three men joining those ive
will be sophomore Tyson Robke,
junior Avery Parker and senior Josh
Peck. The meet in Geneva, Ohio, lasts
through Saturday.
Sophomore Javeion Gray drives to the basket for a lay up on Feb. 28 against Missouri Valley College. The honorable mention all-conference teammember scored 6 points in the teams 71-53 loss to end the season on Tuesday at Avila in the HAAC tournament. Photos by Kara Doctor.
Mens basketball season ends at Avila
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Women advance to semifnals
Womens
Basketball
By the numbers
Senior Kyrstie Ehm ledthe Wildcats with 20
points during the rstround of the HAAC
tournament
The womensbasketball teamis heading to theseminals of the
HAAC tournamentwith a 9-game
winning streak
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Jim JoynerASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The third-seeded womens
basketball team defeated the sixth-
seeded Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-65
Wednesday in the Collins Center in theirst round of the HAAC tournament.
The Wildcats improved to 21-8 on the
season and won their ninth straight
game. They will take on the second-
seeded Benedictine College Ravens
n the semiinals at 7 p.m. tonight in
Atchison.
I thought we had a really good
offensive game plan and we executed
extremely well, head coach Ben Lister
said. We really felt like we had an
advantage in the paint.
The Wildcats started the game by
knocking down seven of their irst
eight shots to snag a 21-6 lead in the
irst seven minutes. Senior Kyrstie
Ehm scored 14 irst-half points while
sophomore Kelsey Larson snagged ive
rebounds. Baker inished the irst half
up, 41-29.
The light switch turned on for
Baker in the second half, as usual. A
basket from junior Jami Hodge and a
three-pointer from Larson began the
Wildcats inal 20 minutes. The Yellow
Jackets got into foul trouble with their
top guns senior Rebecca Easton and
eading scorer sophomore Sydney
Vaughn picking up their third andfourth fouls, respectively, in the irst
four minutes. Vaughn, visibly upset,
kicked the trash can on the end of the
Graceland bench in disgust.
With a 46-35 Baker lead, the Cats
got a huge break when Gracelands
sophomore Gabrielle Lapinski fouled
unior Macy Wallisch and said a
few choice words to the oficials.
Unfortunately for Graceland, Lapinski
chose the wrong words and was issued
a technical foul, her ifth foul, and was
forced to exit the game 15 minutes
early.
Graceland would then cut the lead
to 48-40 with 13:01 to play and it
looked like the Yellow Jackets might
linger around until the end. However,
emotions got the best of Gracelandhead coach Rich Harrop and he was
issued a technical as well. Gracelands
frustration was enough to swing
the momentum Bakers way and the
Wildcats never looked back.
The Wildcats inished the game
with a cool demeanor even with the
games physicality, hard fouls, and
tough oficiating. The Wildcats 82-65
victory propelled the Wildcats into the
semiinals of the HAAC tournament.
Our kids were aggressive to attack
and they inished under control, Lister
said. They made their high percentage
shots, where weve struggled in thepast.
First-team all-conference guard
Ehm inished with 20 points on 7-10
from the ield and 7 rebounds. Ehm
is averaging more than 20 points per
contest in her last three games and is
reminding the conference of her talent.
Kyrsties in a zone right now,
Lister said. If your best player can
come out and shoot 60 percent from
the ield then youre going to be
successful.
Baker also out-rebounded
Graceland 48-27, including 12 on the
offensive glass. The Wildcats shot
18-28 from the free-throw line for a
sluggish 64 percent.
For whatever reason we continue
to struggle at the free-throw line,
Lister said. Sixty-four percent is
nothing to get excited about.
The Wildcats will now go to battle
with the second-seeded Benedictine
College Ravens at 7 p.m. tonight in
Atchison. Both times the teams met
this season, the games were close and
physical.
Bottom line is (Benedictine is) a
good basketball team and we are going
to need to be ready to go, Lister said.
Benedictine knocked off Baker
77-73 at the Collins Center on Jan. 8
after a 26-point performance from the
conferences top player, junior ChaylaRuttledge. Ruttledge hit every shot
down the stretch to defeat Baker.
They execute really well; theyre
well coached, Lister said. We have
to be really attentive to what were
doing defensively and we cant break
down because they know how to take
advantages of those types of things.
Baker returned the favor in
Atchison on Feb. 12 when the Wildcats
defeated the Ravens 63-57. Baker shot
51 percent from the ield to go along
with the teams best overall inish of
the season.
We still have uninished businessto take care of, Lister said. Were
focused on beating Benedictine not
just because we dont like them and we
want to beat them. We want to win the
conference tournament.
The environment will be lively at
Ralph Nolan Gymnasium in Atchison
and the students in the Pit will be
in the ears of the Wildcats on every
possession. A win should put the
stamp on the Wildcats ticket to the
NAIA tournament as well as a berth in
the conference inals.
I think we should be in after we
won (Wednesday), Lister said. We are
the top three in our league and weve
proved that, yet again, by being in the
semiinals with 21 wins, weve beaten
top 25 competition and we have no
bad losses.
Lister is excited about his teams
chances in Atchison.
Hopefully we are clicking on all
cylinders and playing well, Lister said.
Its going to be a lot of fun to go over
there and knock them off in their own
gym.
Number of blocksfor two-time
HAAC DefensivePlayer of the
Year junior MacyWallisch. Wallisch
ranks secondin the NAIA in
rejections
Number ofassists for juniorEricka Simpsonon the season.Simpson leadsthe Wildcatswith 2.6 per
game
Number of consecutiveseasons the Wildcats have
won 20 or more gamesunder coach Ben Lister
reshman Caitlin Modesett shoots a free throw during the second half of Wednesday nights win over Graceland. The Wildcats will continue in theHAAC tournament tonight in Atchinson against Benedictine College. Photo by Lexi Loya
Senior Kyrstie Ehm
Junior Ericka Simpson
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Steven Stendebach
STAFF WRITER
The Baker Theater Department is performing
Working, the musical adaption of Studs Terkels
noniction book of the same name, at 7:30 p.m.
tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, in Rice
Auditorium.
The musical depicts the career experiences of
different workers often taken for granted in todays
society. Freshman Sarah Queen plays a receptionist
and sings in the chorus.
The show is in the form
of an interview, Queen said.
These different people tell
about their jobs and what
that entails. You take away
knowledge about what people
do every day and about the
trivial, seemingly meaningless,
things that really do matter.In the course of a 24-
hour workday, the audience
meets various workers, including stone masons,
waitresses, iron workers and even prostitutes, and
hears their stories. MTI credits the show to be one
of the most accessible, relevant and substantive
musicals ever created.
Junior Chelsie Pyatt, the shows spotlight
operator, could feel the emotion of the show from
the stage crews perspective.
It was really eye-opening, Pyatt said. I almost
cried once during a rehearsal. They were singing
about helping the elderly. It was very touching, and
the actors really portray the passion for what their
characters are doing.
Theater students are not the only ones excited for
the production. Assistant Professor of English Marti
Mihalyi has taught the book to various classes overthe past few semesters, and is using the musical as a
way to further her students understanding.
When I found out that Baker was producing the
musical, I was excited to the core, Mihalyi said. I am
thrilled partially for personal reasons,
but also because my students will be
using that as a textbook.
Mihalyi teaches the book in both
basic and advanced composition
courses. She believes that the lessons in
the book are relevant to students of all
levels.
This book is a gift to all writing
students, Mihalyi said, adding that they
will encounter voices they will never
forget and consider what it means to be
a worker in America. This book teaches empathy.
Mihalyi believes that by teaching Working
she is not only helping her students but also the
students who are performing the show.
I see the incorporation of the book into my three
courses as a deliberate gift to BU actors, Mihalyi said.
Because many of my students from two semesters
will attend, those actors will have a larger, more
deeply informed audience for their performance.
Theater turns ordinary to extraordinary in musical
The characters in Working reach for the money held up by senior Brandon Haefke, who plays as a fast-food worker, as he sings about making money through the food industry. Photo by Lexi Loya
It was really eye-opening. I almost criedonce during a rehearsal... It was very touching,and the actors reallyportray the passion forwhat their characters aredoing.
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Junior Chelsie Pyatt
Sophomore Madison Wendt and senior Jillian Miller bust amove during a scene. Photo by Lexi Loya
Junior Morgan Giudicessi portrays a stay-at-home mom who, inthis scene, sings about her life and her everyday duties. Photoby Lexi Loya
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Heidi Jo HayenSTAFF WRITER
Each semester, Assistant Professor
of English Marti Mihalyi gives her
students a self-titled fake assignment
for which they do not receive credit.Mihalyi says the point of it is for
students to be challenged beyond
heir normal class work. Senior Carly
Berblinger took the assignment to
heart and it paid off.
Berblingers poem entitled Root
was accepted for publication by the
Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, an annual
journal that publishes literary non-
fiction, fiction and poetry. Sigma Tau
Delta is an honors society for English
majors.
I feel really honored to share work
at any capacity, because language is a
really powerful thing, Berblinger said.
Berblinger said she first heard
about the magazine in an advanced
poetry workshop class she took her
freshman year. Mihalyi is the sponsor
for Baker Universitys Epsilon Sigma
chapter of Sigma Tau Delta.
Berblinger said that Mihalyi
encouraged her to submit poetry to
the magazine. Mihalyi said that it was
Berblingers follow-through with the
fake assignment that got her to this
point.
One of the things I most love
about Carly is her humble demeanor,
but I thought she definitely neededsomeone beyond her Baker professor
to give further recognition, Mihalyi
said.
Root is about Berblingers
connection with the Great Plains and
how she loves home but sees herself
leaving. Most of her poetry is about
people and their connections with
their surroundings, and a lot of it is
also about nature.
Its kind of funny that they picked
Root because I have actually revised
it since sending it in, Berblinger said.
I mainly just changed the formatting,
but still, I thought there was room for
improvement and they liked it the way
it was.
Along with her poem being
published, Berblinger was also
asked to read her poem and
another selection of her choice at
the Sigma Tau Delta International
2015 conference on March 18-21 in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. She still has
not decided on what else she wants to
read at the convention, however, she
looks forward to sharing her work.
Berblingers success as a poet
could be attributed to opportunities
she has been given while at Baker. She
taught a poetry workshop class at the
Topeka Womens Correctional Facility
as her senior seminar project. She had
previously participated in Associate
Professor of Sociology Jacob Buchers
Inside-Out Prison class taught at the
same facility.
The women who participated
in the workshop responded very
well to Carly in both her design of
the workshop and to her teaching/
leadership style, Bucher said. She
earned the respect of the class due to
her expertise with poetry and with her
interpersonal skills.
Seniors poem Root to be published
Warm winds broke overmy mothers body, roundand arced as the waning harvest
moon. I began in a sea of dustand stagnant September heat,endless and thick.
My hair grew in tuftsthose rst months. Thinand gold like foxtail barleyacross my scalp. Years later,my mother would tell me I grewfrom the backyard.Just sprouted up right there among the grasses.My mother joking, pulling bottlebrushfrom my pockets.Our chicks lived in the kitchenduring the spring of my rst grade
year. Their wing fuzz becamefeathers and I watchedas they learned to yfrom their cardboard box
on the oor. I wantedto be them: growing, gone.
Today I am twenty-one,a number too bigfor hands and toes,and the farmhouse issomeone elses. I returnto dirt roads, the few square milesof this town. Made here in the dust I was a tinyroot. And yet I wasundone. A tiny rootstill, I am burning
beneath this orange dusk.
Root
enior Carly Berblingers poem titled Rootwas chosen to be included in the Sigma TauDelta Rectangle, an annual literary journal.
Photo by Madie Armoneit
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President Lynne Murray focused on the universitys economic sustainability in a changing educational environment during her State of the University address on Feb. 17 inRice Auditorium. The challenge, she said, is being nimble and proactive with the development of new budget and enrollment plans. For the university, Murray promisedto aggressively seek funding for scholarships and expand the renewable resource base of the university and asks for a little boasting from the community. Lets brag alittle, Murray said. We are an excellent, regionally and nationally distinguished liberal arts university -- a pioneer of online learning and a student-centered institutionwhere values do matter. So much has changed over the past 157 years, but the foundation, the core of who we are, remains the same. Photo by Chad Phillips
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