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JOPLIN, Mo. — In the middle of the dead zone sits a house. It has no roof, the windows have no glass, and most of its walls are no longer stand-ing.

On the side of this house is mes-sage — “Thank you volunteers. We (heart) you. You are our heroes!”

Next to that message is a WKU Red Towel, signed and nailed to the wall by 13 WKU students and one instruc-tor.

These 14 members of the WKU community spent their fall break in Joplin, Mo., helping with relief efforts of the May 22 tornado that destroyed much of the town. The tornado, cat-egorized an EF-5, the strongest rank-ing for a tornado, tore through the city killing 162 people and causing more

than $2 billion worth of damage.David Serafi ni, a history instructor

at WKU and adviser of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, fi rst came to Joplin in June, just one month af-ter the tornado hit, with seven mem-bers of PSP. Based on the success of the fi rst trip, Serafi ni decided to plan a return trip during WKU’s fall break. This time, 11 members of PSP and two other WKU students signed up.

“If I could spend all next week here, I would,” Serafi ni said. “I sort of adopted this project and made it my own. And since I advise these great students, here’s a perfect opportunity to bring them with me.”

When the group reported Friday morning to the base camp for Relief Spark, a nonprofi t organization assist-ing with relief efforts in Joplin, many were taken aback by what they saw.

La Grange freshman DJ McDonald

said he was in “utter shock” when he saw the destruction.

“You can see it, but you can’t really experience it until you get there and have a 360 view — and not from the camera lens,” McDonald said.

Base camp, located at the corner of South Main Street and West 26th Street, is surrounded by empty lots where homes once stood, broken trees and piles of rubble. Across the street is what used to be a Taco Bell, and in the distance is the former St. John’s Hospital.

Ben Tarpley, director of opera-tions for Relief Spark in Joplin, said 5,000 homes and 500 businesses were damaged by the tornado. In the four months since, 80,000 volunteers have been to Joplin, 5,000 of which came through Relief Spark.

Fall break in the dead zoneInstructor, 13 students make return trip to Joplin

By TESSA [email protected]

JABIN E. BOTSFORD/HERALD

Hendersonville, Tenn., sophomore Chris Storath, center, attempts to dodge falling insulation after knocking out a chunk of the ceiling Sat-urday afternoon off Montana Place in Joplin, Mo. WKU students and volunteers had to gut the house to the frame so it could be rebuilt.

WKU moves on from first win

JOPLIN, Mo. — When Tracey Presslor prays, she asks God to tell Will Norton how much good is happening on Earth because of him.

Presslor, or “Aunt Tracey” as she is known, wore a “Remem-bering Will Norton” T-shirt as she spoke about her nephew to a group of 14 WKU volunteers spending their fall break rebuilding Joplin, Mo.

Norton, an 18-year-old gradu-ate of Joplin High School, was killed during the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin on his graduation day. Norton was driving home with his father when they were caught in the storm. Although his father survived, Norton’s body wasn’t found until several days later in a nearby pond, just blocks from his home.

It’s because of Norton’s story that David Serafi ni, a history in-structor at WKU and the adviser of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fra-ternity, fi rst organized a trip to Jo-plin to help with rebuilding efforts.

“I watched this story. I looked up who Will Norton was,” Serafi -ni said. “I don’t know, maybe it brought out the big brother in me.”

As the search for Norton un-folded over the days following the tornado, Serafi ni asked a friend, “Why am I getting so emotionally involved in this kid? Don’t know him from Adam, never met him.”

Serafi ni said his friend looked at him and replied, “It’s just you. It’s who you are.”

At the end of June during the fi rst trip to Joplin, Serafi ni reached out to Presslor to share how Nor-ton’s story had affected him. Press-lor later met with the WKU group to talk about Joplin and Norton’s life.

By TESSA [email protected]

SEE JOPLIN, PAGE 2

WKU won its fi rst game of the sea-son Thursday, beating Middle Tennes-see State University 36-33 in dramatic double overtime fashion.

It was a big fi rst step for the Toppers, but Head Coach Willie Taggart won’t be breaking out the champagne and party hats just yet.

“If we stop and cheer and party, then we’re going to fall off that cliff, and that’s a long way down,” he said. “We want to stay focused on the journey and not get caught up in partying and celebrating, because we haven’t done much of anything. We’ve just won one ballgame.”

The Toppers came into the game 0-4, and it looked for much of the night like the Toppers would leave Murfreesboro remaining winless.

WKU missed chances throughout the game to score points, as redshirt fresh-man receiver Joel German dropped a ball in the end zone what would’ve been

a touchdown pass and senior kicker Casey Tinius went 0-of-3 on fi eld goals.

But a 90-yard fourth quarter kickoff return from freshman running back John Evans helped force overtime, giving WKU a chance to win.

Trailing by three in the second extra period and facing a third and 10 at the MTSU 25, Taggart called a draw play for senior running back Bobby Rainey.

Rainey barreled ahead for 11 yards, getting a fi rst down to keep the drive alive.

Two plays later, junior quarterback Kawaun Jakes found Rainey on a seven-yard pass for the game-winning touchdown.

It was the Toppers’ fi rst win over ri-val MTSU since 2007.

Taggart said the attitude around the team has “been a little more upbeat” since the win Thursday.

“Our guys know that we’ve got to make this a habit,” Taggart said.

SEE INSPIRED, PAGE 3

Joplin High grad's story inspired WKU group's trip

By BRAD [email protected]

SEE WIN, PAGE 6

CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/HERALD

WKU players and coaches rush the fi eld after beating MTSU in double overtime at Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Thursday night. WKU won the game 36-33.

for more coverage of WKU volunteers in Joplin, check out the stories and galleries on wkuherald.com

“The scope of the problems and of the needs is so large, it’s enormous,” Tarpley said. “It’s all about everybody holding hands and doing what little part we can do.”

Relief Spark has committed to stay in Joplin for two more

years and rebuild 50 homes, if not more, Tarpley said.

Before many of those homes can be rebuilt, exist-ing damaged properties must be removed or stripped down to the foundation, tasks the WKU group found themselves doing much of Friday and Sat-urday.

After organizing donations and loading boxes for ship-

ment at a mission on the out-skirts of town, Serafini and the students helped remove piles of debris from a roof replace-ment project on South Pearl Avenue Friday afternoon. Be-cause the city of Joplin is only offering free debris removal until Saturday, moving rubble curbside is currently a top pri-ority for relief organizations.

Saturday was time for the heavy lifting. First the crew gutted and stripped — inside and out — an entire house on Montana Place, which in-cluded removing siding, in-sulation and even the kitchen sink. After lunch, half of the group went to another site a few blocks away to remove a floor with the goal of leaving only the foundation.

Bowling Green senior Anna Bewley went on the first trip to Joplin and helped with debris removal then, but this time, she said she feels like she accomplished more.

“The first time, it honestly felt like I didn’t do hardly any-thing,” Bewley said. “Like, I was out there in the sun each

day and every day helping, but it didn’t feel like I made that much of an impact.”

While Bewley felt like she needed to return to Joplin to do her part, McDonald said he has family connections to the area.

McDonald’s mother’s cousin met his wife in Jop-lin before they married and moved to Texas. They later returned to Joplin six weeks after the storm to help with clean up efforts.

“When I found out they were going, I had to do it,” McDonald said of Phi Sigma Pi’s trip to Joplin.

While in Missouri, McDon-ald frequently sent pictures to his family and updated them on projects.

“They can totally tell that it’s changed,” he said. “They’re still just in shock of what happened because you never think where you live will get hit, until it gets hit.”

Before the first day of work had come to an end, Serafini and the students were already tossing around the idea of a

Joplin Run III. By the end of the second day, spring break had been decided as the likely date of the next trip.

“There will be a Joplin run for as long as Joplin needs us to run,” Serafini said.

Bewley agreed and said she is ready to return to Joplin.

“There’s so much left to be done that you’re not go-ing to be able to do it all in one day,” Bewley said. “I feel like I’ve accomplished what I came to do. I feel like I’ve done all that I can, and now it’s just time to wait for the next trip.”

Looking back on the trip, Serafini said he saw his stu-dents grow, and that he is proud of them for giving up their break to help people in need.

“I would hope that, if God forbid, something, like an EF-5 tornado ever happened in Bowling Green,” Serafini said, his voice breaking, “that a teacher at Missouri South-ern or Ozark Christian would come say, ‘We’ve got to come help Bowling Green.’”

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An undamaged crucifi x from St. Mary’s Catholic Church was left standing after an EF-5 multiple-vortex tornado struck Joplin, Mo., late on the afternoon of May 22.


Hendersonville, Tenn., sophomore Chris Storath reads words written on the fl oor of what was left of a house where volunteers over the last few months had left notes to the people of Joplin.

On the return trip to Missouri last week, Serafini and the students met and talked with Keegan Tinney, one of Norton’s best friends since middle school.

“I knew him before May 22,” Tin-ney said after talking to the group. “Now, the world knows him after.

“It’s different to see that, but it’s nice to tell people that he was an every day kid, but he lived such an extraordi-nary life.”

Tinney, an 18-year-old Joplin na-tive, lost his elementary, middle and high school, church, town and best friend in one day. But, Tinney said, one of the most difficult things to deal with after the storm was not knowing Nor-ton’s fate.

“When it happened, it was relief, but it was that final heartbreak,” he said. “You lost the hope.

“People want to jump on that band-wagon. ‘Oh yeah, I knew Will,’” Tin-ney added. “I had my first beer with him. We went camping. All these things we really did together. People ask you, ‘Well did you know him?’ Well, yeah. That’s one thing that really sucks. People don’t understand how well you knew him and what it means to, like, not have him.”

As Tinney spoke to Serafini, he also shared positive memories of his friend.

“I remember the first time we went camping,” Tinney said. “Will had never been camping, he was like 17, and we all went camping for the first time. The fact of sleeping in a tent just shocked him. It was a fun time. He was worried about getting eaten by a bear, or a wild unicorn.

“He was always making a joke like

that that would lighten the mood.”Later that day, Presslor made a spe-

cial visit alongside Serafini and the students to Norton’s burial spot.

“That was the hardest part of this whole weekend,” Serafini said after visiting the grave. “I got down there on one knee and I said, ‘Here we are, Will.’”

Despite all of the media attention

Norton’s death received, Presslor said she is grateful for everyone’s support.

“It means probably more than any-body knows,” Presslor said of the group’s reason for coming to Joplin. “It’s validation every time someone gets a hold of us that his death wasn’t in vain. We know it’s not — it’s just that confirmation.”

Pending a vote from the full chap-

ter, Norton will be made an honorary brother of Phi Sigma Pi, Serafini said. Norton seemed to uphold the frater-nity’s values of scholarship, leadership and fellowship, he said.

“It’s just the right thing to do,” Se-rafini said.

“Oh guys, that would be so sweet,” Presslor said in reaction to the news. “You would really love him.”

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Stacey Biggs, chief market-ing offi cer for public affairs, said all the students they chose had great stories to tell.

Wilmore senior Daniel Wil-liams, one of the 15 students chosen, said he felt he stood out because he has studied abroad twice.

Williams said he chose to audition because he saw an op-portunity to represent the uni-versity.

“Having been on campus for four years now, I kind of under-stood more about what it meant to be a student at WKU,” he said. “I wanted to give back.”

Another one of the fi nal-ists, Mt. Sterling junior Jordan Campbell, said he auditioned to help perspective students learn about an under publicized area on campus.

“There are so many opportu-nities on campus that perspec-

tive students can get involved with that aren’t as pushed by the university,” he said.

Campbell is a double major in musical theater and political science and a member of the Honors College.

“Students see our sports and big popular majors and they forget that we have a rising art community on our campus,” he said.

Biggs said narrowing down the more than 70 students who showed up to 15 fi nalists was “the hardest decision.”

“Everybody who tried out

had a lot of spirit and confi -dence and were really really good,” she said.

Williams said the audition process was nerve-wracking be-cause he had never auditioned for anything like that before.

“Once I got in the interview, it was fi ne,” he said. “I blocked out the camera and it was al-most like a blur.”

When he found out he had been chosen, Williams said he felt honored and blessed.

Campbell said he was very excited to share his WKU expe-rience with other people as well

as get his own recognition.“I’m excited about the pros-

pect of getting to be on the web-site and billboard and get my name out there,” he said.

The next step in the process, Biggs said, is to have a prep session for all the fi nalists to tell them what to expect from the video and photo shoot.

The fi lming will take place Oct. 27, beginning at 9 a.m. in the Academic Complex. Biggs said they will be asked very specifi c questions and given a chance to expand on their sto-ries.

Finalists selected for 'faces of WKU'By KATHERINE [email protected]

CRIME REPORTSReports■ Lauren Ashley Haynes, Minton Hall, reported on Oct. 7 that her Garmin GPS was stolen from her ve-hicle while it was parked in the Minton Lot. The value of the theft was $150.■ John DeBrander reported on Oct. 7 that items were stolen from a construction site located at the new parking structure. The value of the theft was $3,458.44.

Arrests■ Jermaine Shirley, Bowling Green, was arrested on Oct. 8 and charged with failure to signal and aggra-vated DUI. An E-warrant for another agency was also served. He was released the same day on a $1,000 surety bond.


WKU history instructor David Serafi ni kneels at the foot of Will Norton’s grave Saturday evening In Joplin, Mo. Norton was driving home with his father after his graduation ceremony from Joplin High School when the tornado hit and pulled Will out of the vehicle

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DANIEL SWEENEYKansas City, Kan. junior

"They had a lot to do with the DUC renovations and it will be amazing to see when I come back as an alum.”

NOELLE JOHNSONDanville junior

“I don’t see where they’re directly involved with stu-dents on campus. Maybe because I live off campus, but I didn’t notice much when I lived on campus. I worry that’s the case of a lot of students that we’re not as involved (with SGA) as we should be.”

Keira MartinLouisville junior

"They’re doing what they’re supposed to be do-ing if they’re getting more involved with students like bringing the concert."

How have you noticed a diff erence in SGA’s presence with WKU’s community this year?

peoplepeopleEDITORIAL CARTOON

Instructor: Come help next time we go to JoplinImagine for a moment that

last spring, an EF-5 tornado came through Bowling Green. The Scottsville Road area — totally devastated, the 31-W Bypass — mass destruction, perhaps even the WKU cam-pus would have suffered ex-traordinary damage.

If you can imagine just such a scenario, you might under-stand what happened in Joplin, Mo., on May 22 of this year.

On that Sunday at approxi-mately 5:41 in the evening, tornado winds in excess of 200 miles per hour ripped through a city roughly the same size of Bowling Green.

Around 7,500 homes were damaged or destroyed, as were more than 500 businesses, af-fecting more than 17,000 peo-ple city-wide.

The tornado generated an estimated 1.1 million cubic yards of commercial debris

and three million cubic yards of resi-dential debris and counting.

The Joplin Hu-mane Society and the American Soci-ety of the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) say that 1,308 pets were displaced by the tornado.

And then there is the human toll. As of late September, 162 lives have been lost as a result of the tornado. One of the fatalities was Will Norton.

Will had just graduated high school that afternoon, and was on his way home with his father to join the rest of the family, who had gone ahead of the storm.

Tragically, the tornado hit as Will was literally sec-

onds away from safety and as he was calmly quot-ing Scripture, Will was ripped literally from his father’s arms.

The search for Will took several days, and involved numerous media appearances by his family and a Face-book group to up-date family, friends and the general

public. Will did not survive the

storm, but many thousands of others did. They, and the city of Joplin, needed then — and still needs today — the help of volunteers from across the re-gion and the country.

While I watched Will’s sto-ry unfold, I kept coming back to one thing — I saw in him

and from hearing his story the tremendous potential he had.

I see this same potential in each of you – the students, the Spirit of WKU. It was in Will’s honor that I have orga-nized two trips now to Joplin to assist in volunteer efforts. I am privileged to be the adviser of the Beta Phi Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fra-ternity and we have represent-ed not only our Fraternity, but all of the WKU community.

We plan to return as often as possible and I encourage each of you in the WKU family to join us in becoming involved however possible.

Whether you come back with us in 2012, take part in a fundraiser or even if you give blood to the American Red Cross, anything that you do for Joplin is needed and much appreciated.

Everywhere we have been

in Joplin we proudly display the Red Towel, and explain the WKU Spirit to those we encounter and ask us where we are from. The gratitude we have been shown by to-tal strangers has been over-whelming.

Your generation is often maligned as being nonchalant and self-absorbed. But, I have seen the best of you, not only in these many years I have been teaching, but in these trips. I would love to have you join us when we return for Jo-plin III in 2012.

In the end, we are each oth-er’s keeper, and here on earth, as President John F. Kennedy once said, God’s work must truly be our own.

This commentary doesn't nec-essarily represent the views of the Herald or the university.

COMMENTARY

DAVID SERAFINIHistory instructor and Beta Phi Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity adviser

Two thumbs upTHE ISSUE: WKU’s Student Government Association contin-ues benefi ting the WKU community this semester with its stu-dent-oriented agenda in hopes of getting students more involved. But what are students doing for SGA? Have they even noticed the efforts SGA has put forth to better student life?

OUR STANCE: Student involvement in SGA is crucial for bet-tering students’ lives on campus because after all, SGA exists so the voices of students can be heard. The Herald thinks that many students aren’t giving back to SGA by letting them know how they feel. More students should attend SGA meetings and contribute to the overall discussions of issues of campus life. Stu-dents shouldn’t complain about decisions SGA makes after the fact when they could have had a voice at meetings.

It’s only October, and SGA has given students entertainment op-portunities and addressed hot topics such as a campus tobacco ban. SGA president Billy Stephens wanted to boost the organiza-tion's public relations, and co-sponsoring the Cage the Elephant concert in September was a good start. The warm reaction from the community to the concert was evident not only in how many showed up but how much conversation it generated.

Do students even know that SGA helped put on the Cage the Elephant concert? To the Herald, it’s obvious that SGA is trying extremely hard to be more visible and let the students know they are their number one priority, but hopefully other students will soon notice that SGA deserves a huge pat on the back — maybe even two.

Also, what are two hot topics that always pop up semester after

semester? Making freshmen and sophomores live on campus and a potential tobacco ban on campus. SGA has tied the two together in a hopeful compromise.

Recently SGA’s tobacco-free resolution passed at its Sept. 13 meeting when Kaylee Egerer, Speaker of the Senate, said the SGA supports the ban “if and only if” the two-year requirement to live on campus is eliminated.

How can students not applaud SGA’s efforts in this resolution? It is a huge compromise that would eliminate the mandated two-year campus living requirement — a requirement that many stu-dents have complained about year after year.

Obviously people have issues with a tobacco-free campus, but if students smoke, they wouldn’t be forced to live on campus. This furthers the point that SGA has a student-oriented agenda.

And who doesn’t like being tech savvy? SGA is helping students study, starting with lending out iPads for FREE. SGA President Billy Stephens said SGA is working with the Educational Re-source Center in Gary Ransdell Hall to make this happen. How can students not thank SGA for funding the rentals of these popu-lar and fun, yet resourceful study tools?

Even though SGA got off to a seemingly rocky start, postponing its fi rst meeting, the organization has recovered from that rough start and deserves a thank you and more student input moving forward.

This editorial represents the majority opinion of the Herald s̓ 10-member editorial board.

The Herald commends SGA's student-centered eff orts this semester


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For the second year in a row, WKU fell to Mid-dle Tennessee State University in the Blood Drive Challenge between the two rivals.

MTSU collected 589 units of blood for the American Red Cross and WKU finished with 442 units at the end of last week's three-day competi-tion. The goal for the blood drive this year was 550 for each school. Last year, WKU collected 511 units of blood.

Brittany Durham, an event coordinator for the American Red Cross based out of Nashville, said the drive’s close proximity to WKU’s fall break is partly to blame for WKU’s numbers being even lower than last year.

“We are kind of learning from different things that can affect the drive,” Durham said. “We made some improvements from last year, and next year we are still going to make improvements from this year.”

However, Durham was still pleased with the results, saying more than 1,300 donors at both schools combined donated blood.

“It’s still a win-win,” Durham said. “The blood from the blood drive last week is on the shelves ready to go to patients right now.”

Hunter Williams, coordinator of student activi-ties at WKU, also believed fall break had a role in

the lower than hoped for numbers, but still high-lighted the achievement of raising a large volume of blood.

“I think the drive went really well, especially with everything happening over fall break knowing that many of our students go home early — 442 is definitely not shabby at all,” Williams said.

Megan Micheli, assistant director of marketing for the athletics department, said there is room for improvement.

“We are going to have a follow up meeting to discuss the good and the bad,” Micheli said. “We definitely would like to move the blood drive to the Preston Center next year — have it at a more central location.”

The drive was a collaborative effort between the American Red Cross, Student Activities, the agri-culture department and athletic department. Volun-teers from each group helped run the blood drive.

Williams emphasized that this is only the drive’s second year, and everybody involved is still learn-ing how to make the event as effective as possible. Williams hopes that the WKU vs. MTSU drive will continue to gather steam as it moves ahead and gather more support similar to the Greek Week blood drive in the spring.

“Our Greek Week blood drive is huge,” Williams said. “So we are going to see if there is a way we can take some of that energy and use it in the fall.”

Pam PettyPetty, who is in her 12th year at WKU, said she believes

there are critical issues and times ahead at WKU.“This is a time of change in higher education, not just for

WKU, but all over the country,” she said.Petty said she has attributes and skills that will be help-

ful in getting through those times, especially as they impact faculty.

In her written statement posted on the WKU Senate web-site, Petty said some of her unique strengths include strong listening and decision-making skills, a clear understanding of higher education and passion for everything she does.

Petty said she hopes that all faculty will participate in this important election process.

“We need a renewed culture of faculty activism,” she said.

Petty said she would be honored to serve the faculty and make sure their voices are heard.

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Four candidates vying for faculty Regent position

Four candidates are hop-ing to be the “voice” of WKU faculty as they vie for the po-sition of faculty Regent in the election this Thursday.

Current faculty Regent Patti Minter, associate pro-fessor of history, will be run-ning for reelection against Scott Lasley, associate pro-fessor of political science, Pam Petty, associate profes-sor in the school of teacher education and Saundra Starks, associate professor of social work.

The faculty Regent serves a three-year term and may be reelected after completing

that term.According to WKU Sen-

ate website, to be eligible to run for faculty Regent, one must be a teaching or research member of the fac-ulty at the rank of assistant professor or above and may not have a relative employed by WKU.

A forum was held yes-terday where each of the candidates presented a brief statement and then an-swered questions from the audience.

The election will take place online this Thursday, from 8 p.m. and 4 p.m.

By KATHERINE [email protected]

Scott LasleyLasley is in his 10th year at WKU. He said he chose to

run for faculty Regent because he feels it is important for the Board of Regents to hear from a different voice every now and then.

He said it’s a time of change for higher education.“I think my background in terms of what I teach, politi-

cal science, will apply fairly directly,” he said.He also said communication would be a big role of the

job.“You have the opportunity to be the voice of faculty on

the board, so it’s important to make sure you do an effective job communicating,” he said.

“Everybody has the same goal — the goal is for WKU to be successful. The faculty Regent gets to help provide that perspective.”

Patti MinterMinter has been at WKU for 18 years and the faculty

Regent for four years. She said the faculty have been very supportive and many have encouraged her to run again.

Minter said the next three years are crucial in the life of WKU.

“The decisions made in the next three years will impact the university for years to come,” she said.

Minter said she has established strong relationships with other members of the Board, especially the staff and student Regents.

Minter said it has been an honor to serve her colleagues and is eager to continue with another term.

“Faculty advocacy, whether on behalf of individuals who you’ve listened to or the faculty as a whole, is one of the most important things you do as faculty Regent and one of the things I’ve enjoyed the most,” she said.

■ NEWS BRIEFS Revolution 91.7 announces RevFest lineup

Last year’s “RevFest: Battle of the Bands” winner returns this year to defend its title.

Technology vs. Horse and nine other acts will compete this Saturday for a $250 prize, rights to be Revolution 91.7’s Artist of the Week and to earn an invitation to open for the headliner at this spring’s Mayhem 2012.

RevFest, hosted by WKU’s Revolution 91.7 cam-pus radio station, starts at the Colonnades at 5 p.m. Saturday and lasts until about 11 p.m., according to a Revolution press release.

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RevFest is free and open to the public.

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WKU participating in National Com-ing Out Day

Student Identity Outreach, WKU’s campus chap-

ter of LGBQTI, will on Tuesday participate in Na-tional Coming Out Day.

This year is the WKU chapter’s fourth year par-ticipating in the event, which began nationally in 1987 as the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, according to the Human Rights Cam-paign website.

From 2-4 p.m., there will be a table set up in the Downing University Center lobby with information about coming out, community resources and other issues involving the LGBQTI community.

If a student can’t make it to the table, there are other ways to get information and get involved in the organization. Student Identity Outreach meets every Monday night in the Tate Page Hall’s auditorium.

The organization is very active on campus and gives students “opportunities for both social and educational experiences,” said staff counselor Eric Manley. There are around 40 to 50 students who are involved on a regular basis.

Manley said that faculty and students have been very supportive and helpful to the group, making WKU a “much more welcoming place for its LG-BTQI students.”

— Melissa Hardesty

WKU loses to MTSU in blood drive for second yearBy CAMERON [email protected]

Saundra StarksStarks has been employed at WKU for 28 years and said

she has served on numerous committees and boards during that time.

Starks said she thinks WKU is in the midst of an exciting transformation and it is time for a new perspective.

“I think my communication style, my work ethic and my experience lend me to be a strong advocate for the faculty and liaison for the Board,” she said.

Starks said sometimes faculty feel like they don’t have a voice, and she would like to strengthen their connection to governance. She also said diversity, in all its aspects, is a big concern of hers.

“I’d like to see the university become that ‘leading uni-versity with international reach,’” she said. “I think all the elements are in place now to move that way, but a critical piece is a collaborative process with the faculty.

“And I’d like to be a part of moving the agenda forward.”

The Toppers have a chance for their second straight road win when they travel to Boca Raton, Fla., for a league contest with 0-5 Florida Atlantic.

Taggart, who has spoke in the past of his team needing a short memory to bounce back from losses, said the Toppers will need to move on just as quickly from the MTSU win.

Taggart said there are still things that need to be correct-ed, especially in the kicking game.

“At the end of the day, it’s on everybody on that unit to take pride in it,” he said. “And it starts with practice. We can’t let those little things go by.”

Junior defensive tackle Jamarcus Allen agreed with his coach, saying WKU will need to move on from the win and focus this week in prac-tice to get ready for FAU.

“It was a good win, but

we’ve got to act like we’ve been there before,” Allen said. “Got to get back to work on the road to a Sun Belt Conference championship.”

One benefi t to WKU may be the fact that Saturday’s game is on the road.

Dating back to 2010, the Toppers have won three of their last four road games.

Jakes said that, for a team that hasn’t won a home game since 2008, the Toppers loos-en up a bit on the road.

“Something at home just gets under our skin,” Jakes said. “But when we’re away, we just play with no fear and don’t worry about all the out-side things. We just play.”

With a win under his team’s belt, Taggart said he thinks his team can build off the success and get some more victories.

“We’re starting to under-stand those little things now,” he said. “We’re getting better at some things, and if we do those consistently enough, we’ll win a lot more ball-games.”

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“Use it to motivate or pick one of your teammates up. But don’t use it in a negative way on our football team.”

Andrews has been used primarily in the return game this season.

The former Fort Campbell High School standout has returned 12 kicks for 351 yards, a 29.2 yards per return average.

Andrews also has three punt returns for 27 yards and nine carries for 10 yards offensively.

Freshman running back John Evans re-turned a fourth quarter kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown against MTSU while fi lling in for Andrews.

Taggart said that physically, Andrews likely would have been able to play this Sat-urday had he not been suspended.

But Taggart said from judging Evans’ per-formance against the Blue Raiders he’s not concerned about making up Andrews’ lost production.

“We had some other guys step up and actually a guy run one back all the way,” he said. “So we’ll be fi ne.”


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Junior defender Ali Stahl-ke added a goal in the 69th minute as she fi nished a shot off a rebound from a corner kick.

After that, senior forward Mallory Outerbridge tallied her 11th goal of the season in the 78th minute off an as-sist from freshman forward Nicholette Sartori.

Stalhke agreed with Nei-dell, saying that the Lady Toppers needed to fi nish bet-ter, despite their goal barrage on Sunday.

“The past two games we’ve had like 20 and 26 shots, but Friday was 0-0 and today was three goals on 26 shots,” she said. “We just need to fi nish anything that comes near the goal.”

The Lady Toppers started the weekend with a match against an FIU team that was

undefeated in the Sun Belt.Even though he would’ve

liked to have seen more of-fense, Neidell was more than pleased with his team’s de-fense against FIU.

He said FIU was probably the most explosive offensive team in the conference and it was good to see the Lady Toppers get the shutout.

WKU had a few shots early in the game that were either defl ected on wide on the goal.

Some of the best chances of the night didn’t come until the second period of over-time.

Senior forward Amanda Buechel had a shot go into the side netting of the goal, and fellow senior forward Mallory Outerbridge had a shot saved by the keeper. In the end, the game ended 0-0 with both teams having 14 shots on goal.

Rymer said the results from the past two weekends

have been important for the Lady Toppers.

“We started off 0-2 in the Sun Belt, and every win from now is just critical that we get it,” she said. “We just need to fi ght to get all of them and its just very impor-tant to get all the wins.”

The Lady Toppers will be back in action this weekend on the road against Louisi-ana-Monroe and Louisiana-Lafayette at 4 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

WKU has struggled on the road this year, posting a 1-4 record.

Stalhke said the Lady Top-pers just need to continue the success they had this weekend in order to be successful.

“How we’ve been play-ing these past few games at home, we need to take that with us on the road," she said. “Even though it's a real-ly tough trip, we just need to keep the same ideas no mat-ter where we’re playing.”

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Hudson said one of the toughest matches left on the Lady Toppers’ schedule is their home match against Florida International at 6 p.m. Friday.

“FIU is a very talented, dangerous team,” Hudson said. “We’re going to have to be on our game all around on Friday night if we want to win.”

WKU has already played FIU (11-5, 3-2) once this season, earning a win in three sets in Miami on Sept. 30.

The Lady Toppers will also host Florida Atlantic at 2 p.m. Saturday — a team they swept in three sets on Oct. 1.

Stutsman said that a large home crowd would be a big advantage for WKU this weekend.

WKU played in front of its largest home crowd of the year against MTSU last Tues-day with a total of 1,114 people in atten-dance.

“The crowd against Middle was great. We had over 1,000 people in Diddle,” Stutsman said. “We’d really like to do that again, but we’re defi nitely appreciative of any crowd that comes out.”

WINNINGCONTINUED FROM SPORTS

The freshman trio is used to making some tough adjustments.

Okwera and Mo-kone, both African na-tives, are competing thousands of miles from home in a new country. They dreamed of study-ing in the U.S. and rec-ognized running as a way to make a better life and “do something good” for their home countries, according to Okwera.

“I am the change my family would wish to see,” he said.

Hurd had to make the tough adjustment from baseball to cross coun-try during his freshman year at Christian Coun-ty High School.

The high school track coach spotted Hurd and asked him to join the cross-country team af-ter watching him con-dition for baseball and noticing his speed.

Years later, Hurd’s performance has caught the eye of his team-mates this season.

“Sean Hurd — he’s really impressed me so far,” junior Kyle Chet-tleburgh said. “He’s a talent to watch in the future.”

Hurd faces signifi-cant pressure in cross-

country, as he’s the team’s fifth runner. As the fifth runner, his score rounds out the top five and he is re-sponsible for keeping it close with other top

four competitors. “It’s a big respon-

sibility, but I want to have that responsibility, and help us do well in meets,” Hurd said. “I’m happy I can contribute in the top five.”

Okwera and Mo-kone are instrumental in Hurd’s role as well. As fellow top five run-ners, they set the pace for the rest of the team, and their consistently high finishes contribute

to high team scores.“We all have the

same goals,” Hurd said. “It’s pretty cool to have the same goals and work together as a team.”

However, they still have a lot to learn as they adjust to the new level of competition.

“I’m still learning techniques and all,” Mokone said. “You can be behind the whole race and still win. May-be when I’m a sopho-more or junior I’ll be more mature when I race and know more of what to expect.”

Okwera said he be-lieves the key to devel-opment is learning from the team’s seniors.

“We have to respect the seniors,” Okwera said. “They have more ideas about running and the team at WKU. I just need to put my legs on the footsteps of Deus (Rwaheru). These seniors have the inter-est and motivate them-selves.”

As they race closer to the upperclassmen, the freshmen continue to develop their own motivation and sense of accomplishment.

“I’m happy with what we’ve done so far,” Mokone said. “Ev-ery day at training I see progress, and that’s what keeps me going.”

TWITTERCONTINUED FROM SPORTS

We all have the same goals. It's pretty cool to have the same goals and work together as a team."

—Sean HurdCross-country freshman

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Social media statements have cost sophomore running back Antonio An-drews a chance to play against Florida Atlantic Saturday.

Head Coach Willie Taggart said Monday that Andrews will sit against the Owls after criticizing the WKU fan base Saturday afternoon.

Andrews, who missed the Toppers’ 36-33 win over Middle Tennessee State Thursday with an ankle injury, tweeted from his personal account:

-One thing I can say bout #UKfans is they loyal. No matter how sorry they team is they always support them. Can’t say that bout #WKUfans smh.

-Same ppl who said we suck and will never win a game are the same mf trying party wit us and saying we knew y’all could do it! #FallBack

-Mike jones back then should be our theme songs.

-Why would I say something bad about my team? Only thing there is to say we ain’t reached our peak yet! #BOW

When asked about Andrews’ com-ments, Taggart said, “We don’t do that at WKU.”

“I’m sure he didn’t mean that in a way that was put out there, but re-gardless, he put it out there,” Taggart said. “That’s rule No. 1, and he vio-lated our rule. We don’t do that.”

Andrews later tweeted that the ear-lier comments were intended at just one person, not the entire fan base, and offered an apology to WKU fans.

Taggart said Andrews explained to him the context of the statements.

“We talked about some times peo-ple perceive something you say in a different way no matter if you meant it that way or not,” Taggart said. “If he had just listened to Coach T then these things wouldn’t happen.”

Andrews is one of several WKU football players with Twitter ac-

counts.Other notable Topper tweeters in-

clude junior defensive tackles Ram-mell Lewis (@mel_chase_mills) and Jamarcus Allen (@Uncle_Elroy407) and senior running back Bobby Rain-ey (@Rainey300).

Head coaches Chris Petersen (Boi-se State) Steve Spurrier (South Caro-lina) and Turner Gill (Kansas) have all banned their players from using Twitter.

Taggart, who has his own account (@CoachTaggart), said he doesn’t plan on making such bans.

“My policy is don’t do anything that’s going to bring a negative per-spective on our football team,” he said. “I don’t mind those guys us-ing (Twitter), but use it in a posi-tive way, and if you can’t then those guys won’t be on our football team anymore.

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After last Tuesday’s loss to Middle Tennessee State at home snapped their 14-match winning streak, the Lady Toppers were focused on regaining some of that momentum over the weekend.

Two sets into their match on Friday night, they were right back on track.

WKU (19-2, 6-1) held Troy to nine and 10 points in the fi rst two sets of their game on Friday, eventu-ally winning the match in three sets.

“We needed to play good in those fi rst two sets because we wanted to show everyone that we could bounce back after a loss,” sophomore setter Mela-nie Stutsman said.

Stutsman led the Lady Toppers in most offen-sive categories against Troy, including kills, hit-ting percentage and assists. She was able to record a match-leading 11 kills and had no errors in the match.

“I knew I was a big factor in the game against Troy last season so I came in prepared to help any way I could,” Stutsman said. “The defense really stepped up and gave me a lot of opportunities.”

The Lady Toppers’ success continued into Sat-urday. They beat South Alabama in three sets to complete a 2-0 weekend.

Senior middle hitter Tiffany Elmore, who led the team in kills and hitting percentage on Saturday, said while the loss to MTSU was disappointing, the team understands that the season will go on.

“Once conference started, we all decided that it was going to be 16 individual matches,” she said. “That’s one loss we’ve had so far, and we can’t worry about it. We’re planning on playing as strong as we did in the beginning of the year for the rest of the year.”

Head Coach Travis Hudson, like Stutsman, was pleased the team showed they could recover after a loss.

“This was a nice, bounce-back kind of weekend after that tough loss to Middle,” he said. “We have exactly 10 matches left on our schedule. There’s a lot of volleyball to be played, and we’re at a point in our season where you need to start playing well and doing the little things all of the time.”

After a 0-0 tie on Friday night against Florida In-ternational, the Lady Toppers responded with a 3-0 win on Sunday against Florida Atlantic.

But even after more than 40 shots over the week-end and three goals on Sunday, Head Coach Jason Neidell said the execution wasn’t up to par.

“We had more chances today,” Neidell said after Sunday’s match. “I actually think we didn’t do a good job fi nishing today. I thought if we had done a better job fi nishing today we could’ve had more goals.”

Junior midfi elder Courtney Rymer opened the scoring on Sunday in the 22nd minute. Rymer fi red a low shot toward the post from about 18 yards out to give the team a 1-0 lead.

Despite the one goal lead at halftime, Neidell said his team needed to produce more.

“In the fi rst half we had 11 shots and only two on goal,” he said. “We just need to be sharper in front of the net.”

The Lady Toppers (8-5-1, 3-2-1 Sun Belt Confer-ence) answered the call.

Lady Toppers looking for more scoring opportunitiesBy AUSTIN [email protected]

Back on TrackWKU returns to winning ways with 2-0 weekend

By LUCAS [email protected]

SEE SCORING, PAGE 7

SOCCERVOLLEYBALL

SEE WINNING, PAGE 7

Great teams have had success thanks to young tal-ent. The WKU men’s cross-country team is hoping for the same good fortune.

Sean Hurd, David Mokone and Peter Okwera — all freshmen — are three of the Toppers’ top fi ve run-ners. With the team aiming to compete in the NCAA National Championships this year, the freshman com-petitors are fully focused on bringing that dream to the team.

“I want us to make nationals as a team,” Mokone said. “Nationals is the ultimate goal. Our team just needs to work together. I want our team to succeed at every meet.”

Okwera believes the team is on track to achieving that goal.

“We’re heading toward great success,” Okwera said. “I know we have a good team, and this is the year. This is the year we can probably make it to na-tionals. Like they say, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going.’”

Young runners propelling WKU cross countryBy MERCEDES [email protected]

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