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Bowling Green sophomore Jessica Seckel, 19, attempts to steal a football from junior running back Antonio Andrews Tuesday night in Parking Structure 2. Head coach Willie Taggart tweeted, “If anyone see any of our players with a ball in their hand, slap it out and bring it to me. You will get to travel with us to UK. Go Tops!" JABIN BOTSFORD/HERALD

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Construction is underway on the new home for WKU alumni, the Augen-stein Alumni Center.

Project manager Kerra Ogden said construction would be fi nished in Febru-ary 2013 with a grand opening following in April.

The center is lo-cated on Alumni Square, which is on the corner of Center Street and Alumni Avenue.

William Skaggs, di-rector of Annual Giv-ing, said the building will have features that resemble other parts of campus.

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The WKU Police Depart-ment is seeking felony charges against a student suspect behind numerous water bottle “pop” devices.

Mandi Johnson, WKUPD public information offi cer, said the devices are made by placing chemicals that later explode inside a water

bottle. Johnson said the bottles

have been dubbed “pop” devices by the department due to the loud gunshot sound they produce upon explosion.

Over the past week at least two reported cases of these devices detonating have oc-curred in the Pearce Ford Tower area of campus, each incident eliciting a response from WKUPD.

Memphis, Tenn., fresh-man Austin Vincent said he witnessed these explosions multiple times.

Vincent said at fi rst peo-ple around the PFT court-yard assumed the loud popping sound was from a fi recracker going off.

“It wasn’t until the second night that people, they fi g-ured out they were actually bombs,” Vincent said.

Johnson said these devic-

es shouldn’t be taken lightly.“This isn’t just a noise

maker,” Johnson said. “There are potentially harmful chemicals in the mixture inside the bottle.”

During the second inci-dent, Vincent was inside the PFT food court.

“It sounded like a gun-shot inside Popeye’s,” Vin-cent said. “People thought someone like, got shot at

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Police seeking felony charges against student “pop” bomber

Members of Alpha Xi Delta, left, and Alpha Omicron Pi run toward the center of the gym during “Protect Your Balls.” WKU students came together on Sept. 12 in dodgeball teams for the fi fth annual “Protect Your Balls,” the kickoff for Relay for Life. JON HERNANDEZ/HERALD

The Preston Center turned into a war zone Wednesday night as teams fought for victory in a dodgeball tournament hosted by WKU’s Relay For Life committee.

The American Cancer Society Re-lay For Life is an organization that is dedicated to raising awareness and funding for cancer research.

Lexington senior Erica Sturgill, in charge of team development for WKU’s Relay committee, said the dodgeball tournament “Protect Your Balls” is a fun way to the kick-off Re-lay.

“This is the event that says ‘Hey, Relay’s on campus this semester,’” Sturgill said.

The main Relay for Life event will be held on Oct. 26 in Smith Stadium.

Sturgill said the event — which is usually in the spring — was moved to fall because of the overlap it had with Greek Week.

“I think we’ll get a bigger turnout and more people willing to partici-pate,” she said of the move.

The tournament brought a crowd of eager players and relay support-ers. A DJ blasted music while the dodgeballs were hurled through the air.

There were a total of 15 teams, sev-en female and eight male.

Louisville sophomore Sean Myers, on the Pi Kappa Alpha team, came as a competitor and a supporter.

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out here.”When he went out into

the courtyard after hear-ing the explosion, po-lice were already on the scene, Vincent said.

“On the second night, there were all of these cops out because they had broken up some fi ghts,” Vincent said. “So I’m surprised it hap-pened in front of all of these different cops.”

Columbia freshman Leslie Wolford was in the courtyard when the pop went off.

“It blew up right behind us,” Wolford said.

Wolford said immedi-ately after the explosion,

police started to clear the scene.

“They made us get out of the courtyard,” she said. “They were like, ‘ev-eryone get out.’”

After the area was cleared, Wolford watched as they started search-ing for the source of the bang.

“They got out gloves and picked up every-thing,” Wolford said.

Vincent said during other times he witnessed things detonating, it’s been diffi cult to spot the devices.

He said that the amount of trash around the courtyard makes it hard to spot something that could explode.

“You’ll be sitting here,

along the wall and then all of the sudden a piece of trash just explodes,” he said.

Johnson said that the department isn’t releas-ing what chemicals were used to make the devices, because the department didn’t want to make the information public.

She advised students not go near the area of the device’s explosion, and said that three stu-dents are reported to have been injured by the devices.

The police depart-ment is currently going through the common-wealth attorney’s offi ce to press felony charges against the student sus-pect.

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“We have really, intentionally tied in a lot of archi-tecture from around the campus,” Skaggs said.

For example, the 13 spouts in the fountain outside the center represent the 13 columns of the Colon-nades, Skaggs said.

Other similarities are the brick, the columns in the front of the building and the building’s pitched roof.

The fi rst fl oor of the center features a ballroom, a WKU-related museum and a gallery that will show photography and artwork done by WKU students and faculty.

Skaggs said that there would also be a tile mosaic on the fi rst fl oor that will “display the fl avor of life on the Hill.”

The second fl oor features a replica fi replace to the one in the current alumni center.

Skaggs said the current alumni center building will stay on campus, but plans for that building aren’t fi -nalized.

A library, dining room, boardroom, auditorium and a “Hall of Inspiration” completes the second fl oor.

The Hall of Inspiration plans to display a group of distinguished alumni plaques and display cases showing what WKU alumni have done, Skaggs said.

He said that people visiting the hall will understand what alumni can do with their degree.

“…you can be an astronaut, you can be a fa-mous musician and win Grammy Awards and Dove Awards, you can be an outstanding visual artist, you

can invent Diet 7UP or the nicotine patch; anything that you might want to accomplish,” he said.

The top fl oor will be for offi ce space.Ogden said that the building is also set to be LEED

certifi ed.A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

certifi cation means the building has environmentally friendly practices and helps WKU earn recognition in sustainability.

Kathryn Costello, vice president for Development and Alumni Relations, said efforts to fundraise the

$8.6 million cost of the center are going well. “The whole alumni board and staff have really been

good,” she said. “They are very close to what they consider the basic goal of $5 million.”

Costello said that the alumni reaction to the build-ing of the new alumni center has been overwhelm-ingly positive.

“The alumni of this institution, in my experience, really have an affection for the place and they want to come back and now they will have a home to come back to,” she said.

ALUMNI CENTER CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Construction started on the Augenstein Alumni Center on July 15, 2011. JEFF BROWN/HERALD

• Freshman Matthew Elliot Stewart, McCormack Hall, re-ported on Sept. 10 reported his iPhone stolen from his gym bag while swimming in the Preston Center pool. The value of the sto-len item is estimated at $259.

• Graduate student Shawn Smi-ley, Bowling Green, reported on Sept. 10 the loss of his WKU-is-sued key.

• Psychology professor Sharon Mutter reported on Sept. 11 the

theft of her iPhone from Gary A. Ransdell Hall. The value of the stolen item is estimated at $300.

• Offi cers responded to a pos-sible explosion in the Pearce Ford Tower courtyard on Sept. 11. Evi-dence was located and a suspect identifi ed.

• Former student Nathaniel Da-vis reported on Sept. 12 the theft of his bicycle from Barnes Camp-bell Hall in October 2011. The value of the stolen property is es-timated at $1,000.

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Remember, you chose WKU

UK blue a known tradition

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BOTTOMS to not knowing how soon.

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OK, I get it. You’re a born-and-raised Ken-tuckian. You were brought up to “bleed blue” and adore all things rogue feline. You yelled “Go Cats” and knew the fi ght song by the age of 5. UK has that whole national championship/eyebrow thing going for them. I get it — I do.

But some-where along the way, you grew up and made one of the biggest decisions in your 18 years of living — where to go to college.

And that’s when the bleeding turned to red — which, by the way, is ana-tomically correct — and a confl ict was born.

That confl ict hit a high note when our occasion-ally tongue-tied football coach mentioned that he doesn’t like Hilltoppers wearing UK gear on the Hill.

Yeah, it sounded bad, but I’m glad he said it.

When a student has been wearing royal blue since birth and makes the choice to attend the school to the west, that student is making that decision for him-self (or herself). It wasn’t based on the fact that their momma’s brother’s cousin’s dad’s entire fam-ily — if they even went to college — attended UK since the beginning of time. It was based on the fact that, for that particu-lar student, WKU was the better choice.

And that’s where my intolerance of the mass of blue shirts walking around the Hill begins — especially this week.

Nobody forced UK fans to come to WKU. If your life goal was to get into UK, and Willie called it right and you didn’t get

in, shouldn’t WKU be considered a blessing that we would be here for you? If that was your goal, why didn’t you transfer to UK once WKU had given you the tools you need-ed? If you’re such a die-

hard UK fan, wouldn’t you want to support that school in every way pos-sible — includ-ing with your tuition dollars?

I’m not of the opinion that you can’t wear gear from other schools. That’s ludicrous. But

I am of the opinion that you should support the one you attend.

My family heritage is tied to Mississippi State. I’ve gone to State’s games and I’m glued to the TV when they’re playing. And, yes, sometimes I wear Bulldog gear to class. But should the stars align and WKU be slated to play State, I’d proudly wear red and wave my towel. I expect nothing less of the UK fans on this campus.

My pride, my alle-giance and my heart will always be with WKU, because I chose this uni-versity — as did the other 21,000 students on the Hill today. It was based on academics, yes, but being fully immersed in this school means sup-porting WKU through thick and thin. And what an exciting time this is to be a Hilltopper!

I wouldn’t trade my ex-periences on the Hill for anything, and if these UK fans can’t say the same, maybe they’re in the wrong place.

If their loyalty has been to UK since birth, maybe they should go to Lexington. Or maybe should grow up and real-ize that they’re here be-cause WKU offered them something that UK never could.

Ask WKU football head coach Willie Taggart his favorite color and he’s likely to tell you red. Evidently that should be the same answer for all 21,000 students in the student body. On Monday, Taggart hast-ily reacted to a reporter’s question about whether or not seeing student’s adorning UK colors is trou-blesome to him. He later somewhat apologized via Twitter, claiming it was his pas-sion for his school that sparked the comment. But, we all know he likely got a good tongue lash-ing behind closed doors. Saturday’s loss to Ala-bama may have left the coach a little delusional, especially after he called the Tide an NFL expan-sion team who could beat fi ve or six current pro teams. And he went on to add that the Hill-toppers could beat the Tide. Speechless? Just let it sink in and I’ll continue. Much like the Tide, UK is a member of the Southeastern Confer-ence, home to college athletics’ top teams. All due respect to them, the Hilltoppers are in the Sun Belt. The football program just recently en-tered the Football Bowl Subdivision. UK is among college basketball’s great teams, and while WKU has been competitive as a “mid-major,” even in that realm it doesn’t live up to the status of UK or any other national power. Growing up, I — and I’m sure many other col-lege sports fans — found a connection to a certain team. I’m sorry, Coach

Taggart, and any loyalist to the school, but it’s just not the same.

You’ll hardly, if ever, hear, “Dad, please fi nd the Western game on TV. I can’t wait to watch

us play. They’re great.”

Replace “West-ern” in the previ-ous quote with UK, Texas, Flor-ida, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio State, North Carolina, Duke or Florida State and it fi ts like a glove for my generation.

Simply going to a school doesn’t make you indebted to its ath-letics program. At the end of the day, most prospective college stu-dents realize they must fi nd the school that is geographically, fi nan-cially or academically suited for them. UK has its sports and academic perks, but WKU has its advantag-es. For example, the Her-ald's Caitlin Herrington — think she cared about the school’s pri-mary color? Probably not. Given WKU’s suc-cess in journalism, she set her sights on aiming to be the best journalist possible. I considered WKU, but Lexington was closer than Bowling Green, with a rivaling journal-ism program. So, one day removed from the game, Willie Taggart — although pri-or to my college experi-ence I never thought I would say this — it isn’t all about sports. P.S. Topper fans, if you see your football coach out in a Stanford Cardi-nal shirt (running backs coach, 2007-09), be sure to let him know that’s a different shade of red.

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If any of you happen to know me, or know someone who knows me, or are friends with me on Facebook, etc., you’re likely to hear one detail men-tioned over and over: “She’s a Trekkie.” They’re right. In the past three years, I have be-come known for that little three-season show that spawned conventions, fi lms, spinoffs and general mayhem. And I couldn’t be prouder to admit that, but that wasn’t always the case. In fact, when I fi rst decided to delve into that whole world, I was a closeted Trekkie. Yet the more I delved, the more it be-came a part of who I was, who I am. I have been so many places, met so many people and overall had so many experiences that I would not have been

graced with had I not decided to come out of my Trekkie closet. First and foremost, I have made many friends through this franchise that I can’t imagine hav-ing never known, and in fact, I’ve only known them three and a half years. I’ve been places I never would’ve thought

possible. I mean, I’d heard of Comic Con as a kid, but it was always one of those places like Australia (where I’ve also been), where people always said, “Oh, it’d be cool to go there!” but never actually did. Well I did. Twice. And I’ve met so

many people, seen so many new faces, including the faces of those actors I so admire, and I wouldn’t have done any of that without Star Trek. So while Star Trek’s infl uence is be-ing felt 46 years later, it also had an im-mediate effect on the public, because it was the fi rst of its kind: there was so much diversity on the bridge, and it was never made a big deal. The show had an Asian, a Russian and an African-American woman on the bridge of the ship in a time in the real world when tensions with the USSR were tense and racial prejudices were still widely ac-cepted. That was huge. For example, according to an article I read, Whoopi Goldberg decided to be-come an actress after seeing Nichelle Nichols (Uhura, an African-American female crew member) on TV, because

she wasn’t a slave or a nanny, and when Nichelle wanted to quit the role because of tensions and uncertainties offscreen, she was told that she should stay by none other than Dr. Martin Luther King himself. Now that's infl u-ence. The show also featured the fi rst in-terracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura, which then was considered a scan-dal, and it provided us with one of the fi rst “slash” couples of all time in Kirk/Spock, which brought LGBT to the fore-front of media in a time when everyone on TV was assumed heterosexual. That’s what made Gene Roddenber-ry the Great Bird: he took controver-sial topics like race, sexual preference and nationality, and brought them to the forefront. He broke the barrier that 1960s television was, and literally brought us into the future.

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This summer, I went back home to Georgia to have a relaxing summer, but instead, I was bom-barded with rants from my mother and father about their day dealing with their students at school.

My father ex-plained to me the new schedule of seven forty-fi ve minute classes, as opposed to the original form of four hour-and-a-half classes. He also told me how there was no longer a standardized test neces-sary to graduate but in-stead several small stan-dardized tests at the end of each course.

He went on to say how he enjoyed the new for-mat because it helped cater to kids’ short at-tention spans and keep them from getting into trouble. I was happy that it helped raised the graduation rate, but un-easy at the same time. If these students can barely sit through an hour-long class, then how is the sys-tem preparing them for university or a job?

I grew up in the honors system, where our recess was exchanged for more learning. I learned very early to sit in a class for hours. My public school

system catered to honors students by giving them access to scholastic as-sistance that many other students didn’t even know was available to them. In other words, our public education system

needs reform. According to a re-search study pub-lished by Harvard University, Amer-ica shows no signs of catching up to the 24 na-tions that beat us in education.

America has al-ways prided itself on be-ing one of the best, but it is obvious that we’re not when it comes to educa-tion.

Both parties support education reform, but Republicans suggest that we try to not spend more money for education re-form, while the Demo-cratic party wants to en-courage states to make room in their budget for the reform.

The problem is Amer-ica has little money to spend on anything right now, cue national debt clock that Republicans have ready at any speech. However, with the little room for negotiation we have on American spending, one thing’s certain: We can’t sacrifi ce our youth’s education for less debt. I’m sure there’s another place we can cut our spending.

LEAH [email protected]

Barack Obama dropped the economic F-bomb many times during his speech last week: fair. What is fair? Who has an unfair ad-vantage? It is an arbitrary term and must be done away with if we are to see through political rhetoric.

He especially used “fair” when talking about education. Ap-parently, states invest-ing $10,000 per student every year for a public education isn’t enough to have a fair chance.

That’s $120,000 per stu-dent, K-12. If someone is not able to garner fund-ing for college after hav-ing that much money pumped into them, can we blame the govern-ment?

Let’s pretend Obama realizes this and out of sheer goodwill wants to provide more money to prospective college stu-dents.

We would be lying to ourselves — only 2% of his budget goes to edu-cation — even less to-

ward college funding. That’s one-eleventh of the health care budget, one-tenth of defense funding and a third of pure interest we are pay-ing on our debts.

The states pro-vide us with as much of an op-portunity wecould ask to be col lege-ready, including fi nan-cially.

If one can’t “af-ford” college,

it’s because theysquandered high school and didn’t utilize the tools given to them. Even still, Obama’s budget doesn’t refl ect his cry for fairness.

Just because some-one can’t afford col-lege, it doesn’t mean they didn’t have a fair chance. I wasn’t chosen over someone else to get here; I had to work hard, be a leader and apply for over 200 scholarships all through high school.

Fairness isn’t gauged on what we have, but what we are able to have. When it comes to educa-tion, we all have access to the same resources. The government is not a scapegoat for personal responsibility.

KEATON [email protected]

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POLITICAL CARTOON BY DARREN VOGT

U.S. Secretary of Education — Arne Duncan — Duncan is the ninth Secretary of Education. He attended Harvard University and served as CEO of Chicago Public Schools. During his tenure in Chicago he is credited with signifi cantly raising test scores on national and state tests.

Kentucky Commissioner of Education — Terry Holliday —Holliday recieved his doctorate from the University of South Carolina and served as superintendent in the Iredell-Statesville district. He is also the co-author of “Running All the Red Lights: A Journey of System Wide Education Reform.”

Parents are responsible for the education of their children. We do not believe in a “one size fi ts all”

approach to education and support providing broad education choices

to parents and children at the state and local level. Maintaining

American preeminence requires a world-class system of education, with high standards, in which all

students can reach their potential.

Student face-off: Public Education

People to know:

Public education is one of our critical democratic institutions. We are committed to ensuring that every child in America has access to a world-class public

education so we can out-educate the world and make sure America has the world’s highest proportion of college graduates by 2020. This

requires excellence at every level of our education system, from early learning through post-secondary

education.

@MittRomney — On this most somber day, America is united under God in its quest for peace and freedom at home and across the world. — sent 9/11

@BarackObama — As painful as this day is and always will be, it leaves us with the lesson that no act of terrorism can ever change what we stand for. -bo — sent 9/11

@BarackObama — “We just proved we can go head to head with Romney and the Republicans and win. That can’t stop now.” sent 9/10

@MittRomney — If last night was the party, this morning is the hangover. 43 straight months of unemployment above 8%. America deserves better. — sent 9/7

2012 Democratic National Platform stance on education

2012 Republican Platform stance on education

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One of the few who cares for the many students living in Keen Hall, Susan Wilkerson could easily be described as a ray of light.

From the kind and motherly way she referred to the young man at the front desk as her “special one,” to the way she called out a warning to the boys in the hall saying that the bathroom fl oor was still wet and they should be careful, it is obvious that Wilkerson takes pride in her daily interactions with students.

She is a building services attendant (BSA) on WKU’s campus and has been serving the students in the residence halls for nearly fi ve years.

Wilkerson received her position on campus because of her experience in both residential and corporate clean-ing, skills that make her qualifi ed for the task of maintaining the homes of hundreds of students each day.

“My day starts at 7 a.m. and goes to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday,” she said. “I am responsible for the lobby and the second and third fl oors.”

The responsibilities of cleaning the residence halls each day are split be-tween the BSAs assigned to each build-ing. BSAs clean the restrooms, kitchens and hallways of each fl oor.

When asked about his day-to-day job as compared to that of the cleaning staff, Brian Kuster, Director of Hous-ing and Residence Life said, “Students won’t notice if I’m not at work, but students notice right away if the BSAs aren’t there.”

Kuster said a lot of education takes place inside the dorms.

“My job is more fulfi lling when I see students succeed,” he said. “You get a sense of pride in that this student was

successful and you got to play a little part in that.”

Wilkerson feels a strong connection with the students in her hall. She said the building isn’t the same when they’re gone in the summer.

“The students do make the job a whole lot better,” she said. “I like mess-ing with them. If they weren’t here, we wouldn’t have a job. Their good atti-tudes and smiles make our days easier.”

Ja’sha Reed, a resident assistant in Be-

mis Lawrence Hall, feels strongly about respecting the cleaning staff. The Lou-isville junior described them as a surro-gate family to her residents.

“You should treat them as if they are your own parents,” Reed said. “Would you want your parents’ co-workers or staff making your parents’ life more dif-fi cult?”

Reed said it’s important to recognize how much work goes into maintaining the living environment students have

on campus.“It says a lot about your character if

you can appreciate the people who make your residence hall comfortable,” she said.

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Rows of bright, bold clothes line the walls of Bluetique, a new shop on Park Row in downtown Bowling Green. The store, which caters to college-aged and young professional women, has been in town for a little more than a month.

“It offers you trendy clothing that’s affordable,” said store manager Bridget Sexton.

In fact, none of the items in Bluetique are more than $70.

The store originated in Lex-ington, but Bluetique has re-cently set up shop in two more locations.

“Our plan was always to open more,” said head buyer Elizabeth Shipley.

Along with the Bowling Green store, one opened a few weeks ago in Oxford, Ohio,

near Miami University. Shi-pley said the owners decided on Oxford and Bowling Green because of the close distance between the locations.

All of the stores are roughly within two hours of each other, which makes it easy for Shipley to have an active role, she said.

The small boutique atmo-sphere in each of the stores al-lows for a lot of customization for the needs of the shoppers.

Sexton said red, black and white clothing and accessories sell out quickly in the Bowl-ing Green store because WKU students purchase outfi ts for campus and sporting events.

Based on Sexton’s feedback, Shipley purchases more red items specifi cally for the Bowl-ing Green location during her buying trips to Los Angeles, New York and other locations.

“We really listen to what our

customers say they want,” Shi-pley said.

She usually buys only six copies of each garment, two articles of clothing for every size, to help keep the original, one-of-a-kind vibe of the store.

Although the store was origi-nally geared toward college women, Sexton said the clien-tele is more inclusive than that in Bowling Green.

“It’s really all across the board,” she said.

Sexton said she sees high school students looking for homecoming dresses, college-aged women, young profes-sionals, mothers who are fashion-conscious and older women, who come in to shop on a daily basis.

Sexton employs WKU stu-dents to help run the boutique.

Kaylie Boehm, a Scott Coun-ty junior, likes working at Blu-

etique because she gets to socialize with customers she wouldn’t see otherwise.

“I get to meet a lot of people,” she said.

The store also connects with its clientele through its Face-

book page, Bluetique Cheap Chic. Customers can apply for a chance to be featured in a Bluetique ad by posting a pho-to with their name, university, affi liation and interest in being a Bluetique girl.

New boutique keeps fashion cheap and chicANNA [email protected]

Bluetique, which originated in Lexington, is a 'cheap chic' shop that targets fashionable college girls. CONNOR CHOATE/ HERALD

So long, 100-de-gree temperatures and humidity. Good-bye, short skirts, ruf-fl e tanks and chiffon dresses.

A new season is upon us and once again, I fi nd myself resisting the urge to donate every article of clothing I have and replenish my closet with the new-est, trendiest pieces.

Obviously, this is unrealistic and fi -nancially impossible — well, for me at least.

So, naturally, I have to fi nd a way to think outside the box and make my wardrobe staples transition into the new season.

I’ve come up with a list of what I think are wardrobe essentials that can be worn season through sea-son — regardless of the trends.

I present to you, the “fabulous four transition pieces for fall.”

You’ve heard it be-fore, but I’ll say it again. If you don’t own a dress that fl at-ters your best fea-tures, then it’s time to go shopping.

A neutral colored dress in black, navy or khaki with classic features, like an A-line skirt, will transi-tion seamlessly from summer to fall.

Neutral colors act as a blank canvas and will allow you to add pops of au-tumn’s trendiest

colors — emerald green or crimson red — without clashing and will in-stantly up-date your basic dress.

Next on the list: d e n i m . Ev e r y o n e wears den-im, usually as jeans or a jacket or maybe both (just hopefully not at the same time).

The kind of denim you need in your closet year-round isn’t your average pair of faded jeans.

Invest in a dark wash of denim in a classic fi t that best suits your fi gure. A boot cut is time-less and generally fl attering on every-one, whereas a fl are works best for pear-shaped women.

As for color, a dark wash is best for tran-sitioning from day-time to nighttime and is more fl at-tering than lighter shades. But please, no denim with holes.

Pair denim bot-toms with this sea-son’s embellished tops or a chunky knit.

This may come as a surprise, but, believe it or not, a crewneck sweater is a defi nite year round essential as well.

And it’s perfect for fall.

The goal here is to buy a lightweight sweater that can be used as layering

pieces for those awk-ward not-really-cold and not-really-hot

days as we transition into fall.

My pref-erence is to have a variety of sweaters in solid col-ors and a few striped ones as well.

For this season, a crewneck sweater over a col-lared shirt is the per-fect way to partici-pate in the ladylike trend.

The fourth ward-robe essential is the classic blazer. They’ve been every-where, in every store and at every price point for the past few seasons.

They come in an endless possibility of colors and are a pivotal piece for any woman’s wardrobe.

Invest in a good blazer that fi ts you well and is propor-tionate to your body. It should hit at your hips and shouldn’t be too tight across your back.

Not only can they be worn as layering pieces as the weath-er gets cooler, you can top your favorite summer dress with a blazer in the cool, early fall mornings.

This is by no means an all-inclusive list, but I hope it will give you some inspira-tion as you begin to think about your fall wardrobe.

The four essential items for cooler weather

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ADVENTURES IN PINTEREST

Tessa:You know that saying, “leave well enough

alone”?I should try that some time.A couple of weeks ago, I came across a pin

that seemed too good to be true: make cake batter fudge in only 10 minutes and with four ingredients.

I’m in.All you need is a cup of yellow cake mix,

a cup of confectioners’ sugar, half a stick of butter and a quarter cup of milk.

And the best part? You mi-crowave it. No actual effort required!

Mix the cake mix and sugar together in a microwave safe bowl, then add the butter and milk. Don’t mix it, just stick it in the microwave for two min-utes.

After microwaving, you stir it all together. It looks like a bowl of yellow goo, but it’s delicious yellow goo.

I threw in a few sprinkles and poured it into a long, fl at plas-tic container. After setting over night, it was good to go.

The fudge only lasted about an hour at the Herald offi ce. So, it must have been really good, or everyone was just eating the free food because it was there. But they defi nitely didn’t eat it to fl atter me.

One note after my fi rst go around: remem-ber to coat your container with something non-stick. I only made that mistake once.

Since it was such a big hit the fi rst time I gave it a second whirl about a week ago. That was a mistake.

This time I had just enough cake mix for double the fudge. I just assumed that if I doubled everything else, I’d have another perfect batch on my hands.

Whoops.I microwaved for two minutes and mixed

the batter all up. It looked and smelled the same. It wasn’t until two days later when it was still only a semi-fi rm goop did I realize that I’d messed up.

I’m trying to look at the bright side, though. No, I can’t cut the fudge and share it. But you

know what I can do? Eat it with a spoon dur-ing my rare free time. After all, it tastes the same.

Caitlin:I’m on a budget, as are most college stu-

dents. I sometimes joke that the only reason I’m graduating early is because I’m out of money.

Thanks to Pinterest, we all have access to how to make homemade, well, everything.

And I’m sure there are people that would never dream of purchasing anything but the most expensive laundry detergent on the

shelf — because it’s obviously the best.

Wrong.I searched “homemade

laundry detergent” for a few weeks before I landed on the perfect recipe. It was called “No-Grate Homemade Laundry Detergent,” and it had my name written all over it.

Many other recipes call for buying soap, grating it into tiny pieces then cooking it on the stove. They also require

huge pots, 5-gallon buckets and way too much effort.

This one requires only:3 Tablespoons of Borax3 Tablespoons of Washing Soda2 Tablespoons of DawnAll three ingredients are in the same aisle,

making shopping super easy. For me, the hardest part was choosing a scent of Dawn. (Dawn is known for cutting through grease and oil, so I’d go with name brand on this.)

I rinsed out my old laundry jug, put in the ingredients and added four cups of boiling water (use a funnel!). Swish them around to mix them together — it’s a very technical process — and let the whole thing cool.

After it’s room temperature, add water to it straight from the faucet. Bubbles will run over, but try not to let too much of the actual detergent fl ow over.

That’s it! You’re done. It does require you to use a little more, I use two capfuls, but you’ll have the ingredients left for months.

My clothes are still wonderfully clean, I hand-picked the way they smell, and it will probably be 2013 before I need to buy more Borax.

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The Confucius Institute is reaching out of WKU and into the community to teach chil-dren. The group is sponsoring a program to teach preschool children basic Chinese for a six-week series and a session for middle- and high-school home-schooled students that will last most of the semester.

Two Chinese volunteer teachers from the Confucius Institute, Lydia Yang and Jas-mine Wang, started the pre-school class at the main War-ren County Public Library on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. At the fi rst lesson, they taught the children numbers one through fi ve in Chinese as well as the word for “hello.”

“We had a lot of fun,” Wang said. “There was a few stu-dents, but we enjoyed the class, and we do a lot of things in the class.”

Wang said when they were fi nished with the class, one of the students could speak all the numbers and the word for “hello.” “This is a new experience for us, and we prepared for a long time,” Yang said. Yang also said they did a dance with the children to re-iterate the lesson. Betty Yu, assistant director for educational outreach at the Confucius Institute, said they use activities to keep the chil-dren interested. “The little kids have less at-tention span, so they need several different activities,” Yu said. Yu said they’re focusing on community outreach and pro-moting language and culture to the entire population. She said she feels that preschool children can be overlooked. “They’re going to make it fun,” Yu said. “So, when they make it fun, it will be very en-

gaging.” The middle- and high-school-aged home-school children meet on Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. from Sept. 13 to Dec. 6 in the Helm Library. “Middle and high school is completely language lessons,” Yu said. “If they were in a regu-lar junior high, it would be the same language lesson.” Wang said the focus of the fi rst class for the home-school-ers is basic Chinese language and characters. Stephanie Wycihowski, youth outreach coordinator at the Warren County Public Library, said they have a part-nership with the Confucius Institute, and they are mostly just the host institution for the class. “We’re advertising for them," Wycihowski said. "We’ve also, you know, purchased some bi-lingual materials to, you know, be an accompaniment

to what they’re doing,” Wycihowski said they have materials for beginners that have already been circulating. “It’s the perfect time for

them at that age to be learn-ing the languages,” Wyci-howski said. “I think it’s a lot harder as an adult to learn those languages.”

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Celie Perkinsen, 3, of Bowling Green, learns Chinese from Xiaoye Yang, 23,of Hebei Province, China, at the Warren County Public Library on Wednes-day. Yang is working on her master’s degree at WKU, and this is the fi rsttime she has taught preschool age kids. “It’s a big challenge,” Yang said.DOROTHY EDWARDS/HERALD

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Beginning Sept. 21, WKU’s Kentucky Museum will be host-ing items from historical icons in a new exhibit called “Instru-ments of American Excellence.” The items expand far beyond WKU and even Kentucky. “I feel that this is an American collection,” said Dan Murph, a songwriter originally from Dal-las. Murph, a Bowling Green resi-dent, read news articles about the growth of museum exhibits at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center in Austin. He drew a parallel between the suc-cess of the museum and the suc-cess of the university as a whole. In October 2010, he ap-proached WKU with an idea to do a similar exhibit and offi cial preparations began at the begin-ning of last school year. One of the preliminary steps in organizing the exhibit was form-ing a team of students to help acquire and catalog items for the collection. Ginger Brothers, a second year graduate student in the folk studies department, was asked to be a part of that team. The 24-year-old, originally from Haymarket, Va., arrived at WKU last fall after graduat-ing from the University of Mary Washington with a degree in his-toric preservation. Brothers said she was in charge of contacting certain public fi g-ures to see if they would be will-ing to donate items. She was asked to keep the items and their donors discreet, to maintain an element of sur-prise for future visitors. “You learned how to handle confi dentiality issues,” Brothers said.

While the team has chosen to disclose some items on the web-site and in press releases, some items will have to be seen fi rst-hand when the exhibit opens. One of Brothers’ most memo-rable experiences was sending a letter to Patch Adams early on in the procuring process. “Getting in touch with him was the scariest to begin with,” she said. The famous activist and physi-cian donated some of his clown props to the exhibit. If he came to see his items on display, Brothers said she defi -nitely wants to meet him in per-son. Other items that will be on display include a skateboard be-longing to Tony Hawk, a pair of Liza Minnelli’s shoes she wore in “The Act” and former President Jimmy Carter’s Habitat for Hu-manity hammer. “That’s one of the iconic em-blems of philanthropy,” Murph said. Brothers said the diversity of the collection would attract a lot of people to the museum be-cause everyone can relate to at least one of the items. “This is kind of universal in it’s own way,” she said. Murph said collecting piec-es for the exhibit went pretty smoothly, and after a while they began to experience what he called, “success by association.” Some donors were more willing to contribute items after Murph and his colleagues had already procured some notable items for the exhibit, he explained. Murph is confi dent that more iconic objects will be donated in the future. “I feel that from today going onward we can get anything from anyone we want,” he said.

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WKU ceramics students want a new kiln — so they’re taking the matter into their own hands.

The students are beginning to build a wood-fueled kiln as part of a ceramics course, which they will later get to use to fi re their work.

Lindsay Oesterritter, assistant profes-sor in the art department, said they are making a train kiln, which looks like the engine of a train. She said wood-fi red ceramics is in her research area.

The kiln is scheduled to be built over two weekends, Oct. 10-14 and Oct. 18-21. Oesterritter said a kiln building ex-pert, Ted Neal from Ball State Universi-ty, will be coming to help build the kiln.

“It’s an awesome opportunity to learn,” Oesterritter said.

The kiln is scheduled for its fi rst fi ring, when the students will get the chance to use the kiln to fi nish their ceramics, at the end of November.

The fi ring should last about 30 to 45 hours and the students will work in shifts.

Oesterritter said there are multiple reasons for building the new kiln.

“One is, right now we have a gas kiln and we have electric kilns, so it’s offer-ing kind of an alternative atmosphere and fi ring process for educational pur-poses,” she said.

She said another reason is that wood is a renewable resource. The students will be doing the building because it is helpful for them to see how the entire process works.

Oesterritter’s students are eager to get

the chance to build the kiln.Beaver Dam senior Lauren Taylor-

Farris said the chance to work on the kiln was “one of the most exciting things ever.”

Taylor-Farris, a ceramics major, also said she fi rst got involved with pottery because clay is limitless.

“There is so much you can do with clay to manipulate the media and it’s one of those things that you can never really get bored with,” Taylor-Farris said.

Taylor-Farris said Oesterritter has had this in the works for a while and she is glad it’s happening while she is in the class.

“It’s very rare for an undergrad to be able to help build a kiln,” Taylor-Farris said.

Somerset junior Phil Claunch will also get to work on the kiln.

“This is actually my fi rst time being a part of building a kiln, but I’ve been a part of a couple of fi rings out of a wood kiln,” Claunch said.

With a wood-fueled kiln, Claunch said they will work as a group because there are a lot of jobs to do, such as checking on the wood, stacking wood and stok-ing the kiln.

“All these students are going to be a part of something that doesn’t seem like a big deal right now, but it’s going to bring a lot of attention to the ceramics department at Western," Claunch said.

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—Lauren Taylor-Farris

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The WKU Sisterhood, an alum-nae group, will to give $38,000 to one university project looking to impact WKU.

The group, developed in 2009, is looking to give their pooled funds to one specifi c project that “improves the WKU communi-ty,” according to Sisterhood co-chair, Kristen Miller.

In order to receive the money, a group or individual must submit an applica-tion no later than Sept. 19.

A previous recipi-ent of the money is the Women in Tran-sition program.

Women in Transi-tion assists non-tra-ditional female stu-dents adjusting to a college setting while also juggling work, school and family.

Miller said there are three compo-nents she’ll be look-ing for in the appli-cations.

“First, they have to have a well-thought-out premise,” she said. “We want it to be a fully-baked idea. We also prefer things that do directly relate to the univer-sity community in some way and have as broad an impact as pos-sible.

Lastly, we want something that supports the university’s mission … and speaks to an issue that af-fects student life.”

Amy Hardin, development of-fi cer and co-developer of the Sis-terhood, said the group is made up of 35 to 40 women each year

who will review the applications before narrowing them down.

She said from there the appli-cations will be narrowed down to a top fi ve.

Miller said it’s a month-long process to decide which proj-ect receives the money, and she wants to make sure they pick the “right” projects as fi nalists.

Co-chair Julie Ransdell said the Sisterhood provides alum-nae with a unique opportunity

to give back to their alma ma-ter.

“Before this, women nev-er really had their own de-cision (over where dona-tions went),” she said. “Most gave as cou-ples and don’t have much say about where their dona-tions go.”

P r e s i d e n t Gary Rans-dell said this sort of alumni group is cru-

cial to reaching a set of donors largely untapped.

“Historically, our women haven’t been as engaged in phi-lanthropy as our men,” he said. “However, women represent most of our alumni association.”

Ransdell said he’d love to see the organization grow over the next several years.

“It’s such a neat concept,” he said. “I’d love to see it get up to hundreds of members and get to the point where they can pick two or three or four initiatives to support.”

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WKU Sisterhoodto donate $38,000

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$200M fundraising campaign nears end

WKU’s largest do-nation campaign to date, Century of Spirit, is coming to an end.

Publicly an-nounced in 2006 during the univer-sity’s centennial, the campaign set the largest goal in WKU’s history of giving, $200 million. While the offi cial total for the six-year cam-paign hasn’t been publicly announced yet, Ransdell said the alumni association had surpassed the $200 million goal.

That money has gone to sponsor teaching endow-ments, student schol-arships, programs decided by specifi c donors and fund-ing building reno-vations, Kathryn Costello, vice presi-dent for Develop-ment and Alumni Relations, said.

“We had $54 mil-lion raised for stu-dent fi nancial aid, $11 million of that was for fully en-dowed scholarships,” she said. “We have roughly 30 faculty positions supported by this campaign as well.”

Costello said this campaign was large-ly built on the previ-

ous campaign’s suc-cess.

“The $100 million goal set with the fi rst campaign started out as a $75 million goal,” she said. “That particular campaign brought a lot of visi-bility to campus, and showed the univer-sity is on the move.”

As of June 30, the campaign had 42,795 donors, and donations for the 2011-2012 year were $17.85 million, ac-cording to Costello.

Donald Smith, ex-ecutive director for Alumni Relations and Annual Giv-ing, said he’s been thrilled with the re-sponse despite the national recession.

“We knew it’d be a challenge when we announced the goal,” he said. “We’ve had tremendous re-sponse from alumni, even through these times.”

Smith said while it’s easy to focus on fi gures, the most im-portant part of the campaign is what the money funds.

“Sometimes peo-ple get caught up in the money, but the real focus should be what it’s used for,” he said. “The real testa-ment to the success of this campaign is what’s done with the funds.”

President Gary Ransdell said the campaign’s strat-egy relied on “persis-tence and strategy” to meet the $200 mil-lion goal.

“Capital campaigns are now a part of the WKU culture,” he said. “We will always be planning one, en-gaged in one or fi n-ishing one. As we fi n-ish this one, we’ll be about the business to planning the next one.”

Although the next campaign hasn’t been discussed, Ransdell expects the next goal to be “considerably larger” than its predecessor.

“The fi rst cam-paign was a shocker to our community… an ‘are you serious’ kind of a thing,” he said. “When we suc-ceeded, we proved that we could do that, we had donors who would do that."

To celebrate the achievements of the campaign, Ransdell said there would be “victory celebration” at this year’s Presi-dent’s Circle Gala on Sept. 21 where the grand total would be revealed.

“But I can promise you, we would not be engaging in a vic-tory celebration had we not reached the goal,” Ransdell said.

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After mapping 3-D shots of the streets across America, Google Street View took on the task of photograph-ing areas that cars can’t reach — plac-es like universities.

In early June, a street team from Google began mapping out WKU’s campus, with the help of Corie Mar-tin, creative web services manager for WKU’s Division of Public Affairs.

Martin said marketing, communi-cation and web services proposed the idea, and then the WKU administra-tion council approved the proposi-tion.

“We launched a new virtual tour of campus last fall and we have had great response to this tour from pro-spective students and their families,” Martin said. “Adding the 360-degree imagery to our existing photo and video galleries greatly enhances the users’ experience and enables them to get a feel for what it would be like to walk on the Hill.”

Chief Marketing Offi cer Stacey Biggs said it was Google that approached Martin about having the campus mapped.

“It sounded so cool, so much more hands on,” Biggs said.

Martin and the university wanted to make sure student safety was a top priority. This is why the team came over the summer when there was less foot traffi c on campus, she said.

“Campus security and student pri-vacy was a major concern for us going in,” Martin said. “We talked about it in great detail with members of the Ad-ministrative Council before we made the decision to join the Partner Pro-gram.”

Biggs said student security was one reason that there were no interior shots of academic buildings or resi-dence halls. The only building that had interior shots was Diddle Arena.

“The only building we mapped the interior of was an empty Diddle Are-na, so that visitors and season ticket holders could get an idea of where their seats are,” Martin said. “And so they can have a nice, close-up view of our historic arena.”

Once the site goes live, people will be able to link up to the map and take a virtual tour of campus.

Biggs said the tour would really al-low a person to see the whole campus minus construction areas. Since the Goggle street team wouldn’t travel through a construction site, they skipped the new alumni center area along with the Downing University Center in this mapping experience. However, the team will return once those projects are completed.

Martin said she expects the live foot-age to be up by the end of the year.

“It will be available on Google’s web-site and we will be integrating it into our virtual tour,” she said. “We will link to it from our Foursquare campus tour as well.”

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school and now and now he’s 252, 253. He looks great.”

Smith will be an important part of the defensive effort against Kentucky this weekend.

The Wildcat offense, led by sopho-more quarterback Maxwell Smith, has relied on short passes and a no-huddle offense in their fi rst two games of the season.

Quanterus Smith said the WKU pass defense will have to step up to shut down the Kentucky quarterback.

“He gets the ball out of his hands

quick, but our DBs are going to do their thing,” Smith said. “They’re go-ing to make him hold it a little longer so we’ll have time to get back there.”

Smith is slated to start at defensive end for the Toppers this Saturday in Lexington.

WKU will be in good shape if Smith brings the same intensity he brought against Alabama, Mathies said.

“He had a look in his eye last week that was almost like a prizefi ghter,” Mathies said. “It was great because Evander Holyfi eld came to talk to the team and it was like he was stepping in the ring with Mike Tyson and he knew he could knock him out, and that’s how he played.”

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The Lady Toppers (10-3) will be without junior outside hitter Janee Diggins this weekend when they head north to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the Coke/Michigan In-vitational.

Diggins suffered a severe ankle sprain on Tuesday in the Lady Toppers’ 3-0 win over Lipscomb, closing out a weeklong homestand in Diddle Arena.

“We’ll get her in and start getting some ther-apy and see how quick-ly we can get her back,” Coach Travis Hudson said.

There won’t be any cakewalks on WKU’s schedule this weekend, as the Lady Toppers’ opponents have com-bined for a 27-5 record.

WKU will battle Duke (8-1) at noon on Friday. The Lady Blue Devils are on a fi ve-game win-ning streak and are tied for second in the Atlan-tic Coastal Conference standings.

The Lady Toppers will then turn around and face No. 22 Michigan that night at 7. Michi-gan moved up one spot in the AVCA polls this week and are 10-1 on

the year.WKU concludes the

tournament against 9-3 Eastern Michigan (9-3) at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The Lady Eagles are coming off a loss to Oakland that snapped a six game winning streak and have a 7-1 record at neutral site tourna-ments.

WKU received 23 votes for the AVCA Top 25 polls this week and will look to move into the rankings with an impressive outing at the tournament.

-Elliott Pratt

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“I’ll be tailgating and in my blue supporting Kentucky,” Evans said. “Kentucky born, Kentucky die.”

Elizabethtown sophomore Regan Ates will be doing the same.

“I’ll be in Lexington cheering for Kentucky and wearing my blue, even though the outcome may not be best,” Ates said. “I could see Western winning.”

Ates also said she wouldn’t be up-set if WKU beat the Wildcats, but would never pull for WKU over UK in sports.

She also said that she got into UK, but chose to attend WKU instead.

“I like Western, but I didn’t come here because I’m a Western fan,” Ates said. “I like the campus better and my sister lives down here and I still have family down here. I didn’t have that in Lexington.”

Evans, a transfer student from UK, said he chose to transfer to WKU be-cause it was closer to home and had a good broadcasting program.

He said this could be the year WKU gets its fi rst win over UK.

“I feel like Western has a good

chance to beat UK this year,” Evans said. “With their strong fi nish last year and the experience of playing Alabama last week, I think they’ll have the confi dence to challenge another SEC team in Kentucky and have a chance to win.”

Another transfer student, Evans-ville senior Jeff Locher, began his college career at WKU, transferred to UK for his junior year and is now back at WKU to fi nish school.

Locher cheers for the Wildcats in basketball, but said he’ll be sup-porting the Toppers on Saturday.

“When I moved here as a fresh-man, WKU had just recently moved up as a (Football Bowl Subdivision) team,” Locher said. “Every year they have progressively gotten better, and I feel like I’ve watched them grow up.”

The trend of WKU students walk-ing around campus wearing blue may change if the Toppers win this Saturday, he said.

“They are going to be really em-barrassed whenever we beat UK, especially with them being an SEC team,” Locher said. “I think those people will be the ones to be more proud to wear WKU red later on.”

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Sophomore forward Nigel Snipes will miss the entire 2012-2013 men's basketball season af-ter tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee.

Snipes will have surgery in the near future to help repair the ACL, which he injured at practice on Monday.

The 6-foot-6 forward averaged nearly 16 minutes of playing time per game last season and posted the highest free throw percent-age on the team at 83.9 percent.

He also averaged 3.7 points and 2.3 rebounds.

Coach Ray Harper said the loss of Snipes is a blow to the Toppers.

“Nigel has been working ex-tremely hard this offseason, and

we feel for him after this news,” he said in a state-ment. “Nigel made great strides since last season ended, and we were ex-pecting a big sophomore season from him.

“…Nigel will come back bet-ter than ever, and he will be right there with his teammates every step of the way this season.”

-Herald Staff

“I came out because I like to be in-volved in my school, and I think it’s a great event,” Myers said.

Many of the participants have had relatives and friends affected by can-cer.

Elizabethtown senior Tyler Perkins, also on the Pike team, said his father’s recovery from prostate cancer was a part of why he was there.

“I’m a competitor — I don’t like los-ing to anyone,” Perkins said. “I’m try-ing to represent my fraternity and my dad.”

Lexington junior Courtney Craw-ford, on Alpha Xi Delta’s team, said she didn’t have any family members affected by cancer, but her sorority

sisters do.“I’m having so much fun, and I

wanted to show support for my sis-ters,” Crawford said. “They didn’t let their family members fi ght it alone, so I’m not going to let them.”

After much suspense, heart and sweat, the AXiD's team “Xi Best” and Phi Gamma Delta’s team “Cabell Cas-tle” pulled victories. AXiD, also known as Fiji, won the tournament last year.

Rhode Island sophomore Madison Peercy, a member of “Xi Best” said the team’s victory meant more to her than a regular tournament.

“It feels good to win but feels even better knowing that we did it for a good cause,” Peercy said.

Alyssa Frommeyer, a freshman member of the “Sigma Nu Girls” team, gets hit during a dodgeball tournament at the Preston Center. JABIN BOTSFORD/ HERALD

There's no doubt that after a dis-appointing 5-7 record one year ago, Kentucky coach Joker Phillips is squarely on the hot seat this year in Lexington.

Meanwhile the Toppers go into Saturday's matchup 0-3 all-time against the Wildcats. WKU is also seven-point underdogs, marking the slimmest point spread in series

history.With those circumstances in mind,

the Herald asked two UK football beat writers, Ben Jones of CatsIllus-trated.com and Keith Taylor of the Winchester Sun.

Would a UK loss to WKU be the end for Joker Phillips?

Jones: Barring a major turnaround in SEC play, probably.

Losing to Louisville is one thing, but dropping a game to WKU would create a huge stir among the fan base.

Many feel Phillips could survive another losing season as long as he doesn't lose one of the three non-conference games that fans pencil in as wins every year.

Another showing like last year's WKU game could be almost as dam-aging, though.

Kentucky is supposed to be SEC, after all.

Taylor: I think that wouldn’t be good.

I think the fans are kind of luke-warm right now and if he loses to Western that could turn out to be cold.

If Western beats UK on Saturday it may not be the end but it could be the beginning of the end.

BRAD [email protected]

What would a Kentucky loss mean for Phillips?QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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Alvin “Bud” DupreeNo. 2, Linebacker, 6-foot-4,

249 pounds • Had 2.5 sacks last season as

a freshman.• Has recorded six tackles in each of Kentucky’s fi rst two

games.• Will be used as a hybrid linebacker/defensive end

in coordinator Rick Minter’s scheme.

Larry WarfordNo. 67, Right Guard, 6-foot-

3, 343 pounds• Will play 38th career game and make 28th consecutive start on Kentucky’s O- line.• On the Outland and Lom-

bardi Trophy Watch Lists for the nation’s best interior

lineman.• Was SEC Co-Offensive

Player of the Week following UK’s win on Saturday over

Kent State.

Maxwell SmithNo. 11, Quarterback,

6-foot-4, 224 pounds• Beat out former starter

Morgan Newton and new-comers Patrick Towles and Jalen Whitlow for the job.

• Has thrived in a no-huddle spread offense, averaging

32.5 completions, 317 yards and three touchdowns pass-ing through two games this

season.

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But WKU has never beat Kentucky, or any other SEC school, for that matter.

If the Toppers win, it’s a program milestone and a statement that the program “belongs.”

Lose, and they’ve blown one of the best chances they’ll ever have to beat an SEC team.

For a matchup of two unranked teams played in front of a sure-to-be partially empty stadium, this game has all the drama a college football fan could want.

With that, here are some observations going into Saturday:

— Don’t expect a Morgan Newton-like performance from UK quarterback Maxwell Smith on Saturday.

As you’ll recall, in last year’s 14-3 Cat win, Newton was busy almost singlehandedly undoing his school’s solid quarterback reputation.

Tim Couch, Andre Woodson and the ghost of George Blanda were surely wincing as Lance Guidry’s WKU defense forced Newton into a 7-of-18, 97-yard, three-interception eyesore of a stat line.

But UK seems to have achieved the right offensive combination of quarterback and system with Smith and the no-huddle spread.

Mix that with an improved receiving corps, and the Topper secondary could have its hands full come Sat-urday.

— Don’t expect any Topper running backs to be fumbling on Saturday.

Taggart wasn’t kidding when he compared turn-overs to cigarettes this week. Three fumbles and a bad interception gutted WKU’s chances last week against No. 1 Alabama.

With UK’s improved offense, WKU can’t afford to waste possessions with turnovers come Saturday.

Surely after a week of classmates trying to rip foot-balls out of their hands, none of last week’s fumblers will commit the great sin against UK.

— All eyes will be on WKU linebacker Andrew Jack-son.

Sure, people down here loved his infamous “they s’posed to be SEC” quote regarding Kentucky during last year’s game.

But you can bet the boys in blue have that quote tacked up all over their football facilities.

Jackson predictably declined talking to the media this week, probably wanting to avoid feeding the Wildcats any more bulletin board material.

The Cats will be doing all they can to make Jackson eat the words he’s already said.

“It’s not anything that we think too much on — we think we can win every game,” Golden said on Wednesday. “This week it’s an SEC team, but we’re not backing down. We’re just going to come out here and play our game.”

Some Toppers might look at the Wildcats as a rival due to their proximity to Bowling Green and WKU. Senior defensive end Ja-marcus Allen, though, said the Toppers are just trying to get another win.

“We’re going into this game trying to beat UK,” Allen said. “It’s not just because it’s UK. We go into every game trying to beat our opponent.”

Kentucky might not be as strong of a pro-gram as Alabama, the defending national champions and current No. 1 team in the country, but the Wildcats do play in the SEC, which has an automatic BCS bowl bid.

Coach Willie Taggart said the Toppers have nothing to lose and everything to gain by playing a program like Kentucky.

“I think we’re getting better when we play these opponents, these so-called BCS op-ponents,” he said. “Our football team is get-ting better every time we play them.”

With the level of competition between the two teams closer than it’s ever been, coach-ing fi gures to play a big role in which a team wins or loses, and Taggart has a lot in com-mon with Phillips.

Both are in their third year at the helm of their respective teams, and both could use this win to bolster student support for their

football programs.WKU has had trouble fi lling up seats and

getting fans to travel. The Wildcats, on the other hand, might need this one just to save their coach’s job.

Taggart said Phillips is a better coach than people give him credit for, and Kentucky, which has used a no-huddle offense to throw off opponents this season, has weap-ons that will challenge the Toppers, espe-cially their quarterback.

“I think that no-huddle is really helping them and (Smith) is effi cient with the ball,”

Taggart said. “He’s getting it to guys where they can catch the ball and run after the catch, and that’s really helping them.”

The Toppers have yet to notch a win over a BCS opponent since they became a mem-ber of the Football Bowl Subdivision. Tag-gart said a win this weekend would rank among the best in program history.

“They’re still in the SEC — it’s an SEC op-ponent,” he said. “I hear a lot of people say-ing, ‘Oh, you guys should win this week; you should do this.’ I look at that as a sign of our program progressing and moving forward.”

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The Alabama defense tackles WKU’s Kawaun Jakes on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tus-caloosa, Ala. AUSTIN ANTHONY/HERALD

Martavius NelomsNo. 1, Cornerback, 6-foot-1,

186 pounds• Has switched back to the cornerback position after switching from corner to

safety in 2011.• Recorded seven tackles, had a tackle for loss and forced a fumble against

Kent State.• Ranked third on the team last season with 71 tackles.

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WKU defensive lineman Quanterus Smith sacks Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, forcing a fumble in the process, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday, Sept. 8. The Toppers lost 35-0 to the defending BCS National Champions. AUSTIN ANTHONY/HERALD

WKU’s fi rst two games of the 2012 season were predictable blowouts — the Toppers were expected to beat Aus-tin Peay and to lose at No. 1 Alabama.

It’s the third game on WKU’s sched-ule that’s been raising eyebrows across the state.

WKU (1-1) will take on Kentucky (1-1) on Saturday in Lexington (6 p.m. CDT, ESPNU) in a marquee non-con-ference game for both teams.

The Wildcats, who have won all three meetings between the teams in the past four seasons, lost to Louisville be-fore rolling past Kent State last week-end. They have a new quarterback in sophomore Maxwell Smith and a coach on the hot seat in Joker Phillips.

WKU, on the other hand, is dealing with higher expectations than it’s used to.

The Toppers come into this game with a confi dence around the program that hasn’t been present during the last three meetings between the teams.

WKU lost to the Wildcats 14-3 last season at LP Field in Nashville. But with the advances the program has made in the year since, some WKU fans are already penciling this one in as a win for the Toppers.

Senior linebacker Tye Golden, who’s been on the WKU roster for all three losses to Kentucky, isn’t in that group, but that doesn’t mean he’s not confi -dent.

LUCAS [email protected]

WKU looks to make statement against Wildcats

Smith shining as Toppers’ pass rush ace

Senior defensive end Quanterus Smith snuck up on Alabama, but he won’t have that chance against Kentucky on Saturday.

Instead, the man known as “Q” has likely earned high priority on the Wildcats’ scouting report.

After missing the fi rst game of the 2012 sea-son due to a violation of team rules, Smith returned in a big way against the Crimson Tide last weekend.

He had three sacks while anchoring a defensive unit that recorded a total of six sacks.

That kind of break-out performance against one of the most respected offensive lines in the nation will change the way teams prepare for Smith, but he said he thinks he’s got a chance to do the same thing against Ken-tucky on Saturday.

“If I do the same things I did as far as pre-paring like I did for Alabama, I’ll do the same thing for UK,” Smith said.

He has his team behind him. Smith is re-spected by the rest of the linemen he lines up next to, including fellow senior Jamarcus Al-len, who said he thinks Smith has the poten-tial to be playing on Sundays next year.

Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams and Houston Texans scouts have been at practice this week watching Smith.

“He’s always been a great football player but even better, he’s become more of a student of the game, which also helps us on the defen-sive line,” Allen said.

The person most impressed with Smith’s performance, though, might be defensive line coach Eric Mathies. He’s coached Smith throughout his WKU career.

Smith is a rare combination of mental per-sistence and athletic talent, Mathies said.

“He’s motivated, and he’s extremely athletic, and any time you’re athletic and you’re moti-vated and you’re a pass-rusher, you’re going to have suc-cess,” he said.

Mathies said Smith’s greatest im-provement came

after he became a “student of the game.”“Last weekend at Alabama was a great illus-

tration,” he said. “He knew what he could do to beat those guys.

“It was awesome to see because he beat both of the tackles, and he knew he could do it based on the moves he was working on all last week in practice.”

Mathies also doubles as WKU’s recruit-ing coordinator. The coach said Smith had strong attributes and potential in high school, but some of the larger schools in the country didn’t recruit him.

“He was undersized, so that kind of took away from some of his recruiting,” Mathies said. “He was 200 pounds coming out of high

LUCAS [email protected]

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”“any time you’re

athletic and you’re motivated and you’re a pass-rusher, you’re

going to have success. — Eric Mathies

Defensive line coach

The PrizeFighter

sports

Saturday’s WKU-Kentucky matchup has brewed a campus con-fl ict this week as to who some WKU students will be cheering for.

The issue was brought up on Monday when coach Willie Taggart criticized students who go to WKU but cheer for the Wildcats.

“That makes no sense at all,” Taggart said.

More than 80 percent of WKU students hail from the Common-wealth, according to WKU’s 2011 Fact Book.

The prominence of UK sports, especial-ly men’s basketball, throughout the Com-monwealth means many of those in-state WKU students grew

up cheering for the Big Blue.

So on Saturday a large group of WKU students must choose between the school they at-tend and the school for which they grew up cheering.

Owensboro junior Dylan Evans will be at Commonwealth Stadi-um on Saturday pulling for the home team. Bowling Green freshman Blake Holley is a UK fan. “Been a UK fan all my

life. I believe that (WKU) will beat (UK).” WKU plays the UK football team on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at UK. JEFF BROWN/HERALD

WKU-UK game draws mixed loyalties

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ELLIOTT [email protected]

BRAD [email protected]

This should be a fun one.

I’m honestly looking forward to Saturday’s WKU-Kentucky game in Lexington more than any game I’ve ever covered.

In a lot of ways, it might be one of the most impor-tant WKU athletic events that I can remember.

On one side is the “big brother” Wild-cats, and they’ve fallen on hard times.

Their coach, Joker Phillips, is fi ghting for his coaching life. He’s also trying to win back a fan base grown so apathetic that some of its members have not-so-jokingly called for the embattled Bob-by Petrino to come save the day.

A loss to directional school WKU would practically doom Phillips, and everyone in Commonwealth Stadium knows it.

On the other side are the “little broth-er” Toppers, an upstart bunch who’ve gone from punching bag to punchers.

Coach Willie Taggart’s “Who’s got it better than us?" swagger has caught on with his team and his fans. WKU ex-pects to win.

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