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November 22, 2013 Baker University Student Media/Baldwin City, Kansas vol. 121 [issue 4]

Carrying the Weighta brothers story

It had been just over a year since Charlie Coleman was awakened by

the sound of his mother screaming.

Charlie tried to forget the sound of that cry, but on this morning he

couldnt shake the feeling that something terrible had happened again.

Instinct led him to his bathroom, which was locked. When he didnt get

a response after knocking, Charlie knew his hunch was right and broke

down the door.

Rape, depression and a months worth of antidepressants left his

younger sister Daisy, who was 14, lying unconscious in front of him.

Charlie immediately picked up the limp girl, carried her to the car and

sped off to the hospital.

He was overcome with the terror of losing his sister.

Tera Lyons/The Baker Orange

Lauren Bechard

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MARYVILLE:Trouble follows in new townSmall-town attitude

Michael and Melinda Coleman andheir four childrenCharlie, Logan,

Daisy and Tristanmade up a close-

nit family in small-town Albany, Mo.As the oldest of the Colemaniblings, Charlie, who is now aophomore at Baker University, wassed to playing the role of a protectiveig brother. He was only 13 years old

when he felt the entire weight of thatesponsibility fall on his shoulders.

On Feb. 17, 2007, Michael wasn his way to watch his son in a

wrestling tournament with Daisy andogan when his truck swerved on aatch of black ice and overturned intoravine.Logan and Daisy made it out

afely, but Michael didnt survive.When the Colemans didnt receive the

ews they were hoping for, Charliewas crushed.

I threw a t, Charlie said. Itarted hitting stu, crying andomiting.

Charlie lost much more than hisather that night. He lost his shingartner, a friend to play catch with,is little league coach, someone who

was always there for him.Charlie is a strong and steadfast

uy, Thomas Hawkins, Charliesoommate at Baker, said. When hisather died, he knew he had to stepp and raise his brothers and sister,nd he did. He took charge. Hes been

hat father gure.To cope with the loss of hisather, Charlie became motivated bythletics.

(Sports) were my escape fromverything, Charlie said. I wouldo to a eld, a weight room, nd a

wrestling mat, anything, just to keepmy mind o of it.

However, he had a hard timeetting go of the memory in his smallometown and was ready for a neweginning.

We just needed to get away from, he said. It seemed like it followeds in Albany.

Enter Maryville.

A fresh start

Charlies family moved toMaryville, Mo., during the middle of

is sophomore year of high school.At rst, Charlie was intrigued by theown because of its size and the facthat nobody knew his business.

Hardly anyone knew us, so thatwas nice, Charlie said. And therewere more opportunities for mend my siblings, academically andthletically.

Charlie became a three-sport

thlete in Maryville, but he was mostxcited to play baseballa chance heidnt have in Albany, where the highchool wasnt big enough for a team.

Within two weeks, Charlie hadlready formed acquaintances withhree classmates whom he wouldonsider his good friends: Nick

Groumoutis, Cole Forney and Jordanech.

It wasnt until the end of the boysunior year that the popular Matthewarnett would start to hang around

hem as well.

I didnt think (Matthew) was abad person to talk to or hang out withat the time, but I always knew he didsome shady stu, Charlie said. Iknew he could get me in trouble, butI also knew he never got in trouble orstayed in trouble.

Barnett is the grandson of RexBarnett, a former state representativewho was a Missouri highwaypatrolman before making a name forhimself in politics.

Charlie remembers that Matthewhad always seemed proud of hisstatus in Maryville and liked to boastthat he had gotten out of multipleoenses, including a DUI and twoMIP charges. Charlie distinctly recallsa time when Matthew was braggingat football practice about getting othe hook and one of the defensivecoaches called him out about it.

Charlie never knew how Matthew

always got out of trouble, so he madesure to be cautious when Matthewwas around. Charlie preferredhanging out with his other friendsinstead.

Those friends and his new homewould turn out to be much dierentthan the rst impression they gave,though.

On Jan. 7, 2012, after a wrestlingtournament, Charlie invited Zechover to play video games. Zechdeclined, saying that he was going tostay in for the night.

Little did Charlie know, a dierentColeman would be hanging out withZech that night.

I dont think they

planned on getting

caught.

Sometime in the early hours of Jan.8, Charlie was awakened by the soundof his mother screaming.

Melinda had found Daisy lyingoutside in the below-freezing weatherwearing only a T-shirt and sweatpants.

The young girls hair had frozen to herbody and she was missing socks andshoes.

Charlies rst thought was, Why isshe sleepwalking outside?

Come to nd out, Daisy wasntaware of her surroundings, but itwasnt because she was sleeping. Itwas because the boys Charlie calledhis good friends had dropped heron the Colemans front porch threehours earlier.

As his mom tried to warm Daisyup, Charlie went outside to see if hecould discover any clue of what mighthave happened to his sister and found

her cell phone lying in the snow.Charlie went through her messagesfrom the night before and recalls textsfrom Matthew that read, Nick, Jordanand Cole are here, but you cannot tellyour brother, and another that asked,Do you want to drink?

Charlie felt closest withGroumoutis, and he called him rightaway to see what had happened.Groumoutis told Charlie to hold onbut then never got back to him.

I kept texting and calling him,Charlie said. Soon, 15 minutes had

gone by and he kept hitting the ignorebutton. I knew instantly that he wasgoing to shut his mouth and not sayanything.

Charlie made his way to thehospital, where he found his mom in a

state of hysteria. Daisys blood alcoholcontent was at 0.13 at 9 a.m., nearlyseven hours after sneaking out of herbedroom window to hang out withMatthew and his friends.

Charlie said that after hearing theresult of Dailys medical examination,the family felt sure that she had beenraped.

Once word of the incident hit thetown, it spread like wildre. Gossipallowed for many dierent versionsof the story, but after the NodawayCounty Sheris Departmentquestioned the boys at the Barnettshouse that night, law enforcement

ocials had a clear indication of whatactually happened.Matthew, who was 17-years-old at

the time, confessed to giving alcoholto Daisy and having sex with her.He was charged with a felony forsexually assaulting an incapacitatedvictim and a misdemeanor forendangering the life of a minor.

The police found out that hisactions were recorded by Zech onan iPhone. Zech was charged withsexual exploitation of a minor, afelony. Although Charlie never saw

the recording himself, he knows thatit was passed around school andheard it was pretty gross.

None of the boys who were withMatthew that night have talked toCharlie since the incident. When he

found out what happened to Daisy,Charlie was in disbelief. He didntexpect that his friends would ever dosuch a thing.

Honestly, I would have stopped itfor one of their sisters, Charlie said.

Jordan Ratterman/The Baker OrangeDespite the publicity his family has received, Charlie Coleman remains active on the Baker campus as astudent and a member of the baseball team. Coleman is shown here working at the baseball teams boothduring the Maple Leaf Festival on Oct. 19.

Sympathy was expressed for Daisyand her family at rst, but it wasntlong before the attitudes changed.

Classmates and members of thecommunity began to side with theaccused boys.

Two weeks after the incident,Charlie received a text from his sisterduring school.

She texted me crying from thebathroom because someone yelledat her in the hallway that she was alying whore, Charlie said.

The harassment became unbear-able, and Charlies family would soonleave town.

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Getting Daisy back

Daisys story made national newsafter it was reported in the Kansas

City Star on Oct. 13. Dugan Arnett, thelead reporter for the story, investigatedthe case for seven months.

Charlie was OK with the processbut didnt expect the outrage that ithas generated.

Actually, Charlie didnt expect thatanything would come from the story,since thats how it had always been inMaryville.

I knew it was going to be a partof the healing process for my sister,so I was all for it, Charlie said. Ijust wanted my little sister back. Shewasnt herself for the longest time, soanything that would help her, I was

OK with.Daisy and Melinda have appearedin various interviews with nationalmedia outlets including CNN, 20 for20, Inside Edition and XO Jane. Thefamily has also been contacted by Dr.Phil and Oprah.

Daisy, Logan, and Tristanransferred back to the Albanychool district. Melinda was redrom her job. All the while, Charlie

became frustrated because it seemedike Matthew and Zech were being

praised.After the incident, I didnt really

have any friends, Charlie said. Iwas kind of on my own, but I knewhat I needed to nish school in

Maryville and nish playing baseballo I could possibly play in college.

As if the harassment werentnough stress for the family, theharges against Matthew and Zech

were eventually dropped withoutwarning.

The lead investigator of thease, Sheri Darren White, blamed

Melinda. He says she would notooperate and tell her side of thetory. However, Melinda said she was

eady and willing to work with theprosecution from the start and wasupset by the outcome.

In an interview with the KansasCity Star, White said, We did ourob. We did it well. Its unfortunatehat they are unhappy. I guess they

are just going to have to get over it.Charlie didnt have time to react

o the news before it had blown up atMaryville High School.

I didnt really get a chance to heart for myself before people startedweeting about it and running up and

down the halls disturbing class andyelling about it, Charlie said. I canemember one girl who yelled downhe hallway, Matt and Jordan areree.

Soon after word hit the hallways, aTwitter storm began, Charlie said.

All kinds of people, people Inever would have imagined, tweeted

about it, Charlie said. I was readingtweets that said, thats what you get,you skank.

Charlie also remembers one tweetthat read, My Twitter feed is beingraped, but oh well. I wont presscharges. #MattAndJordanAreFree.

No one dared to say anything toCharlies face. However, he said hewas harassed as well. On the nightof his nal home wrestling match,Charlie said he was booed whilebeing honored.

(Senior night) was excitingbecause I was close with some of thewrestlers and their families so I feltsafe in that environment, Charliesaid. I was the only senior and whenI went out for my ceremony, I justremember looking up in the corner ofthe gym and I could see Matthewsfriends and they were booing me. Ididnt understand why, but it went

around school and people werejoking about how funny it was.Charlie was glad to get out

of Maryville and come to BakerUniversity to continue playingbaseball, the sport that continued tobe his escape.

After BRV, a sexual assaultawareness and prevention groupat Baker, gave a presentation to thebaseball team, Charlie opened upto his closest friend and teammate,Tevin Thompson.

One day, we were just talkingand he asked me if he could tell mea story about something big thathappened in his life, Thompsonsaid. It wasnt something I expectedat all, just because of how good of aperson Charlie is.

Charlie mentioned the incidentto his roommates and the few otherteammates he felt comfortable with

as well, but kept it to himself for themost part. Hawkins says that Charliedoesnt wear stu on his sleeve.

Charlie has carried the weightof (Daisys story) on his shoulders,Hawkins said. He likes that the story

At Baker, Charlie nds it hard to beaway from his family during this time.He doesnt let the attention aect himon the eld, though. Thompson sayshe hasnt acted any dierently thannormal.

Charlie came up to the team andtold everybody that he wouldnt beat practice one day because of whatsgoing on, Thompson said. He saidhe wanted to be here, but had somestu he needed to take care of. He

came back the next day, same personhappy, working hard. Througheverything thats happened, I thinkits brave and courageous how heshandled it all. He really is a greatperson.

Charlie isnt sure how the casewill ultimately end or whether hisold friends will get in trouble. He justhopes Daisys story will make othersthink twice.

If you really look at everythingwe have worked for, its alreadyaccomplished, he said. My sisteris being heard nally. She isnt beingcalled a lying s-l-u-t. Other girls mightthink its OK to step up (if theyvebeen raped) and they wont be scaredto talk.

Although the case continues togenerate national attention, as far asCharlies concerned, the battle isalready nished.

MARYVILLE: Daisys story gains attentionAfter the incident, I didnt have any friends. I was kind

of on my own, but I knew that I needed to nish school in

Maryville and nish playing baseball so I could possibly

play in college. -Charlie Coleman, sophomore

Houseboys find friendship in work

Befriending 50 women can seem to be adaunting task to most men, but not for thedaring men who become houseboys.

Senior Tim Laughlin became a houseboy forZeta Tau Alpha sorority after hearing about theposition from his girlfriend, a member of ZetaTau Alpha. Freshman Rick Rosas, another ZetaTau Alpha houseboy, also heard about the jobthrough his girlfriend.

While there are other ways to learn aboutopenings, most communication is done throughword-of-mouth. Rosas said that the womenprimarily tell people they know about thepositions.

Anyone the girls knew, they would just say

hey, were looking for a houseboy, Rosas said.The responsibilities of a houseboy vary fromhouse to house, but the basic duties are thesame. House boys are in charge of putting outfood and dishes for the women, cleaning up thetables after dinner and general maintenance ofthe kitchen.

Its a good college job, junior Ben Sobek, ahouse boy for Alpha Chi Omega sorority, said.

There are perks to being a house boy, bothmonetary and otherwise. The benets are whatdrew in Laughlin, Rosas and Sobek.

Houseboys get paid per meals they work, and

can earn anywhere from $60-100 a month. Theyalso get to eat at every meal they work. Rosasenjoys the food the most.

Sobek and Laughlins favorite part of the jobis the social aspect. They have become friendswith the women at the respective sororitieswhere they work.

Sobek credits Alpha Chi Omega for bringinga new perspective to his life, which he triesto bring back to his own fraternity. Sobek isthe chapter president of Zeta Chi, so beinga houseboy adds variety to the people hesees. He said that if he didnt work at AlphaChi Omega, he would eat meals, live and havemeetings with the same people.

Laughlin said he never had a sister growingup, so seeing and interacting with the womenevery day is like having 50.

I kind of feel like, when I go over there, they

are like my sisters in a sense, Laughlin said.I kind of kid around with them. We talk likebrother and sister(s).

Although it is a job, Laughlin likes the work.Its fun, but its work, too, Laughlin said, I

mean, you know, Im getting paid, too. I have todo the dishes and things like that.

Sobek said interacting with the women is fun,but working alongside the other houseboys isalso enjoyable.

It can (be) fun, Sobek said. It can havesome highlights when you are working with theright people.

Marissa SmithBUMASSMEDIA

Laura Price/Baker Orangeunior Ben Sobek prepares a meal for Alpha Chi Omega as part of his

houseboy duties. Houseboys are in charge of putting out food and

dishes for the women, cleaning up the tables after dinner and generalmaintenance of the kitchen.


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Three presidential candidates visit campusSara Bell

editor

The Presidential Search Committee welcomed three nalists for Bakers 29th presidency to campus during the rsttwo weeks of November. Each candidate had the opportunity to meet with university constituencies and speak at anopen forum. The committee hopes to announce the next university president during the rst week in December.

LYNNE MURRAY

Charles Taylor, the chief academic ocer forDrury University, only applied for the presidencyof one institution Baker University.

One of the things I nd most attractive about auniversity presidency, this university presidency,is the ability to serve as advocate and chief onbehalf of the good work that is going on at BakerUniversity, Taylor said.

During an open forum, Taylor spoke withmembers of the Baker community on theirimportance to the world around them, sayingthe university has a responsibility to serve itscommunity.

One of the things that impresses me mostabout Baker University is that it honors that socialcontract, Taylor said. It gets where it is and whatits about. I think its a part of this community, andI think it takes great pride in leaving that worldbetter than the way it encountered it.

Taylor also observed that calls for accountabilityamong members of the university are loud andfair. He said higher education institutions arecalled upon to provide students with the programsthey need and to deliver those programs in waysthat will enrich learning.

Baker is accountable to itself. You areaccountable to each other, Taylor said. I thinkyou are absolutely committed to each other and

helping this place move forward in all the rightkinds of ways.Taylor believes he can help Baker continue to

improve through his professional backgroundand skill set. In his position at Drury, Taylorleads the universitys academic programs,contributes to enrollment management andresource development and works with variousconstituencies.

Although Taylor administers Drurys facultyand academic programs, he still enjoys teachingand interacting with students. The nalist worksas a professor of communication and is teachinga course with guidelines similar to Bakers Questprogram.

Im fundamentally about students, Taylor

said. I love being part of the campus community Were on college campuses. We have access tothe brightest minds among faculty, sta, etc. Butwhat keeps us young is the ability to work withstudents.

Taylor is the rst of his family to earn a collegedegree and Hoot Gibson, chair of the PresidentialSearch Committee, recognized Taylors continuedamazement toward post-secondary education.

Dr. Taylor is a rst-generation college student,and Ive taken to heart about his comments thatbeing in higher education for many years, he stillhas a gee-whiz attitude toward higher education,Gibson said.

When Carolyn Stefanco, one of the threenalists for the 29th university presidency, rstsaw an advertisement for the position, she knewBaker was something special.

Then after conversations with Julie Tea, aconsultant for the Association of GoverningBoards, about the transparency of theuniversitys search prospectus, Stefanco knewBaker was an institution where she could beherself.

I really want to be who I am, and I want to behe authentic person, Stefanco said. And when

you act in a way that reects who you really areon the inside, then I think youre really destinedor success.

As the vice president for academic aairsand dean of the college for Agnes Scott Collegen Atlanta, Stefanco has experience with liberal

arts colleges and believes in the value of thesenstitutions.

Baker for me, combines an ability to be at asmall, liberal arts college and to draw on what know to be true liberal arts education reallyransforms lives, Stefanco said.

The former Fulbright scholar said she was notonly attracted to Baker for its education but itsprinciples as well.

I also think its the values of Baker that really

have drawn me and drawn (my husband) here,Stefano said. The commitment to community,he commitment to character building mostlyor students, but also for faculty, sta and

administrators, so that we are all the best peoplewe can be as a result of our connection to Baker.

Throughout her career in higher education,Stefanco has worked in Oklahoma,Massachusetts, California and Georgia. HootGibson, chair of the Presidential Search Committee,also noted Stefancos role at nearly every level ofa university.

Shes been a professor, a department chair,a dean, higher education administrator andex ocio trustee, so a very well-roundedndividual, Gibson said.

Before accepting her current position atAgnes Scott College, Stefanco was a director ofwomens studies, department chair of historyand special assistant to the dean for facultydevelopment. She was also the founding dean ofhe College of Humanities and Social Sciences at

California State University, Stanislaus.What Im seeking is something that Ive

known twice before in my career, which is tobe a part of a community and to an extent, thatcommunity is made up of students, Stefancosaid. ... I think its denitely important to ben this kind of environment, a friendly face and

someone who is known to the community.

CHARLES TAYLORCAROLYN STEFANCO

After growing up in a town much like BaldwinCity and spending her undergraduate years atan institution similar to Baker University, LynneMurray was immediately interested in theuniversitys 29th presidency.

When I looked at Baker, I saw the similaritiesnot only in the kind of institution, which is qualityand distinctive, but also in the small-town feel andthe spirit, Murray said. The more I found outabout (Baker), the more attracted I was to Baker.

Murray currently serves as the vice presidentof development, alumni & international relationsfor Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.,which is a leading institution for deaf and hard ofhearing students. She works in fundraising andadvancement eorts and raised more than $79million for scholarships, academic programs andfaculty excellence.

Murray previously worked at GeorgetownUniversity, where she raised $317 million in twoyears, and at Johns Hopkins University, where sheserved in corporate and community relations.

Hoot Gibson, chair of the PresidentialSearch Committee, introduced Murray as anadministrative leader who has experiencedconsistent success in her profession.

She works with a number of communitypartners, initiating national and global

partnerships, spearheading fundraising eortsand has generated substantial revenues to theuniversities shes represented, Gibson said.

Murray hopes to use these talents to carryout the universitys strategic plan introduced byadministrators last fall.

I commend (the university) on the progressthat youve had so far and the work that youvedone toward your strategic plan, Murray said.I believe that somebody with my experience, mybackground and talents can take us even to thenext level. So it would be a joy for me to work witheach and every one of you.

She said increased enrollment appears to be ofmost importance to the university and believesutilizing scholarship funds can help BU reach its

desired enrollment numbers.I could hit the ground running with the Bakerfunds scholarship initiative, Murray said. Ibelieve by setting up a scholarship fund we canattract and keep some of the distinctive studentswho make us who we are.

Although moving from the Washington, D.C.,area to Baldwin City may seem daunting forMurray, she said she would be excited about thetransition if selected for the position.

I love Baker for what Baker represents,Murray said. You could stick it in Washington,D.C., or you can stick in Nebraska, I would still beattracted to it.


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He can be identied from a mile away.Dressed casually, junior McLain Clemens

trolls across Baker Universitys campus on hisway to class, a daily routine for him and manyother students.

What sets him apart from the other studentss his hairstyle a long, full set of golden

dreadlocks reaching down to the middle of hisback.

They are about three, almost four years old,Clemens said while playfully running his handshrough his hair.

For some, being one of the few people on acollege campus sporting an unusual hairstyle

can be a source of stress and self-consciousness.For Clemens, the dreadlocks have been a way totand apart from the social norms and focus onnternal growth.

However, these days are soon coming to anabrupt end.

Clemens recently announced he is shaving ohis full set of dreadlocks to sport a more clean-cut and professional look.

Soon, I will be graduating and entering theob force, Clemens said. I feel like someonemay judge or look over me because of myhairstyle. You shouldnt judge someone on howhey look the rst time you meet them, but in the

working world it happens. I think it will makeme look more professional.

Despite the patience and commitment that

t took to don his dreadlocks, Clemens, anOklahoma native, is preparing to cut his hair inDecember.

When I rst started, my hair was abouthree inches long, and we put it in rubber bands

to keep them together, Clemens said. Imnot even going to lie, I looked like an idiot fora while. I had these little worm-like thingsin my hair with rubber bands everywhere. Itold myself to stick with it because it wouldeventually pay o, and it did.

As a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity,a running back for the BU football team, abusiness major and a faithful boyfriend in afour-year relationship, Clemens is denitely nostranger to commitment.

My girlfriend hatesthem, Clemens saidwhile laughing. Butthat doesnt really playa factor in whether ornot I want to cut them.I was committed to

having the dreadlocks,and now I need to makethe commitment to thisnext phase in my life. Ifeel like it is time for achange.

Aside from beingClemenss mainidentiable trait, thedreadlocks have also inspired other students toparticipate in dread-locking journeys of theirown.

He denitely was an inuence, seniorClayton Hill, a teammate of Clemens, said. Hisdreadlocks are pretty badass, so seeing themall the time at practice made me want to get myown.

While many students may not realize theamount of work that goes in the maintenance ofthe dreadlock hairstyle, Clemens work ethic iseasily recognizable on the football eld, where

many of his teammates are used to seeing himwith a head full of hair.

McLain is a really tough player, sophomoreteammate Matthew MaUmalanga said. Heworks very hard on the eld. He displays alot of heart and always has a positive attitude.Seeing him without dreadlocks will feel a littleweird because Im so used to seeing him withthem. Im sure he wont change as a person, butplaying with him would feel a little dierent.

Although the moment of his haircut isimminent, Clemens still gives favorable andencouraging advice to those aspiring to havedreadlocks that will one day reach his currentlength.

Im a business major, so a lot of successdepends on presentation, Clemens said. I thinkas long as you keep them looking good and neat,you will be all right. There will be some dayswhen you want to get rid of them and they seemlike a pain, but stick it out until you know forsure that you are ready to cut them.

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End of an era: Clemens to shave dreadlocksEJ CarterBUMASSMEDIA

Tera Lyons/The Baker OrangeMcLain Clemens, a junior running back for the BU football team, is set apart on Bakers campus by his long set of golden dreadlocks. The locks, which reach to the middle of his back, are set to be cut off in December.

I was committed to having the

dreadlocks, and now I need to make

the commitment to this next phase

in my life.

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Some sociologists believe thereare ve milestones that mark apersons transition into adulthood

completing school, leaving home,becoming nancially independent,marrying and having a child.

In 2000, less than half of 30-year-olds completed each of thesemarkers. This idea of delayedadulthood is all around us. Wesee and feel it, but do we reallyunderstand it?

This generation, coined asmillennials, has emerged intoa world where everything is fast-paced and basically handed to themwith little to no work needed. Theyfeel entitled instead of putting fortheort to have independence. With

this mentality, the idea of adulthoodhas changed and with it, so has thedea of when should people start

taking responsibility and gainingndependence.

According to the United StatesDepartment of Labor statistics,the unemployment rate for peoplebetween the ages of 16-24 is 16.3percent. That is higher than thenational unemployment rate,which stands at 7.2 percent as ofSeptember 2013. This means thatpeople are either not looking forobs or not taking the initiative tobecome responsible enough to get aob and work toward independence.

We see more and more youngpeople depending on their parentsfor their needs. By depending onparents, millennials are passingtheir responsibilities on to theirparents. If parents continue to allowtheir children to depend on them,

they are inhibiting their childrenfrom learning the true meaning ofindependence.

The dependence that millennialshave on their parents is not justmonetary. There are those whoalso rely on their parents fortransportation and materialisticconcerns.

By relying so heavily on parents,millenials are not making theirown decisions or making attemptsat being independent. In many

cases, this delay of adulthood alsodepends on the parents enabling.Parents should set limits to howmuch help they give because itwould allow children to begin totake responsibility for themselves.This should begin early in the

teenage years so that they will learnto start working toward the thingsthey want, rather than just havingthings handed to them.

As college students, we feel thestruggles of independence. Somestudents rely entirely on theirparents, while others only rely onthem partially or not at all. Notrelying on parents as much givesstudents the chance to make theirown decisions, take responsibility fortheir actions and gain independence.

Students dont have to be entirelyindependent, but doing soprogressively will allow them to beresponsible, contributing membersof society.

College is a good place to gainindependence. Students are away

from parents, so their problems arenot their parents problems anymore.College is a stage in peoples liveswhen they can start to becomeresponsible for their actions. Thereare many opportunities for studentsto start doing things for themselves.One of the main opportunitiesstudents have is work-study oncampus. This allows them to gainwork experience and know what itslike not to rely on parents as much.

Gaining work experience and

learning to be responsible is key forpeople to become independent. Noteverything in life is willfully handedover or will be given by parents.Adulthood should not be delayed,but rather arrive progressively.

EDITORIAL

Students should gain independence

Baker Orange newspaper undergoes printing changesStarting in January, the Lawrence

Journal World will no longer have aprinting service, a fact that we found

out via Twitter last month. Thismeans that the Baker Orange had tosearch for a new printing providern order to continue releasing a

print edition.The November issue of the

Baker Orange is a trial run through the Examinerout of Independence, Mo. The company will printour newspapers and deliver them to campus. Wewill evaluate the results, and we currently plan toresume print distribution in early February

As our sta nishes these pages, we are

unable to predict how the paper will turn out.This is a trial print run on a slightly dierentquality of paper.

The Baker Orangebrings me personalpride and allows for aphysical product of thestas hard work. We

are an online-rst news outlet, but just becauseour philosophy has changed over the years doesnot mean that we want to drop the print editionaltogether.

We are, however, quickly running out ofprinting options, which may lead to changes inhow we operate. We will update the campus on

these changes as we encounter them.Ideally, we hope that switching printing

services will provide us with a better quality

printer on a higher quality newspaper. However,we know that the news media industry isconstantly changing, and at some point we mayhave to move to a purely online version of theBaker Orange.

BU student media outlets strive towardworking more closely together while providingstudents with opportunities for training in audio,video and news writing. That goal will not change.

Thank you for everyones support, and onbehalf of the sta we hope that this edition turnsout acceptable.

TAYLORSDOODLES[TAYLOR SCHLEY]

TERALYONS


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Twelve years ago, I found out that mymother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Iwas 6 years old at the time and didnt really

understand what was happening.My dad kept reminding me, Mommys sick,sweetie, and she wont be home for a couple ofdays.

I started to get nervous that mom was nevergoing to come home that she was stuck in thehospital. When we were nally able to visit mymom, I didnt recognize her.She was pale and weak, notthe strong mother that I wasused to seeing every day.

It was dicult going toschool, knowing that mymom was not going to behome when I was done.Luckily, my mom hadcommunicated with myteacher, Ms. Busy, and she helped me stay ontrack.

On July 5, 2001, my mom was diagnosed.She had to undergo four rounds ofchemotherapy and four weeks of radiation.

They caught it early, my Grandma Ginniesaid.

I didnt understand what she meant. Mymom was gone and always sick. Looking back,she was one of the lucky ones. It helped thatmy grandma was also diagnosed with breastcancer and knew what to look for in a self-examination. If it wasnt for my grandma, Idont know what would have happened to mymom.

Once my mom nally came home from the

hospital, she was dierent. She was exhaustedand bald.

I wore wigs, hats, and scarves a lot because

I knew you didnt like seeing me bald, mymom said.She was right I wasnt scared. It was just

another reminder that my mom wasnt feelinggood, and I didnt know the outcome of hersickness.

During chemotherapy and the surgeries mymom had to undergo, paying the bills was notas large of an issue as it could have been. Theinsurance covered all of the payments but notthe permanent scar that was left on my moms

chest.Unfortunately,

insurance doesnt covereveryones treatments.Organizations like theNational Breast Cancer

Foundation, Susan G. Komen and the AmericanCancer Society help those that cant aord theexpenses that come with cancer.

My family has participated in cancer walks,attended athletics events that support Susan G.Komen and donate when we can.

To this day my mom is still in remissionbecause you are never actually cured ofcancer. By the end of 2001, she was done withtreatments. I am happy to say that my mom ishealthy and well but every day is still a battle.

Im ne now but at rst I was scared, mymom said.

My family gets nervous when she goes toher yearly checkups, but each time she hasreturned home cancer free.

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Submitted Photo/Illustration by Taylor Schleyessica Lane (right) stands with her mother Shelley (left) while Shelley recovered from breast cancer.

I believe women should get checked for breast cancer so theyarent as caught of guard as my mom was. We were luckyenough to have someone in the family with experience to tellmy mom to get checked, but not everyone is so lucky.

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SportsNovember 22, 2013 www.thebakerorange.com Page 8

GALLERYMens soccer team wins HAAC

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Football takes share of conference title

With his family watching in the stands, seniorrunning back and San Diego native Dillon Baxterknew he couldnt disappoint on Saturday.

With my son watching, and my girlfriend, mom,dad, grandparents, I think that drove my wholegame, Baxter said.

Baxter saved his best performance for the lastregular season game of his career, rushing for 219yards and a touchdown on 30 carries. His eort ledthe Wildcats to a 38-13 victory over the Peru StateCollege Bobcats on senior day at Liston Stadium.

Weve been watching (Peru States defensive line)

all week, and the O-linemen had all the answers,Baxter said. Im going to go out and say that this ones dedicated to the oensive line.

With wind gusts as high as 40 mph, Baker ranonly nine pass plays in the rst half.

Once we started running, they started stackingthe box, and luckily the wind cut down in the secondhalf so we were able to throw a little more, Baxtersaid.

As the wind died down, senior quarterback JakeMorse was able to throw the ball downeld, whichresulted in two long touchdowns a 43-yarder tofreshman Clarence Clark and a 32-yard pass to seniorTyler Hatcher.

As the clock was winding down, (Morse and I)

had a big hug, and he said to me, This is my rstchampionship ever, and you dont realize that witha 23-year-old kid, whos played a lot of football in hislife, and this is his rst time experiencing that, headcoach Mike Grossner said.

Facing a strong triple-option team, Baker stilloutgained the Bobcats on the ground 274-224. JuniorCamren Tornaden added to Baxters 219 yards with37 of his own, including a six-yard score.

The Wildcats defense held the third-ranked PeruState rushing attack to 59 yards below its seasonaverage.

We were very assignment smart. There was onlyprobably two missed assignments all day, and itshowed with a few big runs, but we had the fullbackcorralled, the quarterback corralled, and the late pitch

we were all over, Grossner said.Sophomore defensive tackle Myron Tipton, onlytwo weeks removed from surgery to repair a tornmeniscus, added, With Austin Hamm and I at thedefensive tackles, coach said all week to stop theinside, so we stopped the inside, and all they had leftwas the outside pitch.

Baker also had the edge in the passing game,as Morse went 12-23 passing for 169 yards, threetouchdowns and an interception, compared to PeruStates team eort of 11-25 for 96 yards and twointerceptions. Both of those interceptions came fromsenior linebacker Emmerson Clarke, picking o hisfth and sixth passes of the season.

Our defense has been very good at turning the

ball over all year, Baxter said. Emmerson andDarrick Smith have been on point with interceptionsthis year.

After a scoreless rst quarter, Clarence Clarkknocked in a 24-yard eld goal for Baker to take a3-0 lead in the second. But the ensuing Peru Statedrive ended with a 25-yard touchdown run byjunior Marcus Spearman and a 7-3 Bobcat lead. TheWildcats answered right back with a touchdownof their own, a 12-yard connection from Morse tosophomore Alex Stebbins to regain their three-pointlead into halftime.

We always start out a little slow, and thatssomething we need to work on, but once we get itgoing it is really hard to stop us, Baxter said.

And the Wildcats got it going in the second half,outscoring Peru State 28-6.

With the win, the Wildcats improved their recordto 10-1 overall. Baker also won its 10th game of theseason for the rst time since 1983.

Chad Mullen

STAFFWRITER

Tera Lyons/The Baker Orangeenior Dillon Baxter runs the ball against Peru State College during the Nov. 16 game at Liston Stadium. Baxter recorded 219 rushing yards in the 38-13 win over the Bobcats.

The No. 4 Baker University football teamwill host No. 13 Sterling College at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Liston Stadium for the opening

round of the NAIA playoffs.

Wildcats to host NAIA playoff game


9/16

The Baker University mens socceream defeated MidAmerica Nazarene

University to take home the 2013 Heartf America Athletic Conference title.

On Nov. 15, BU fans packed thetands at Pioneer Field in Olathe toheer on the Wildcats to a 1-0 victoryver MNU.

The championship triumph earnedhe Wildcats an automatic bid to the013 NAIA Mens Soccer Nationalournament.

Sophomore Andrew Miller says itsn overall love for each other thatarned Baker the win.

We have all really bought into thiseam, Miller said. While we mightot have the most talent in the country,

we have the best team chemistry.Miller scored the lone goal ofhe game in the 71st minute afteronnecting with a corner kick sent iny freshman Chris Tuso.

I see the ball come to my foot and Im just praying please dont mess thisp, Miller said. I see the ball cross

he line and they bury it in the back ofheir net after it had already went innd it was just pure elation.

Miller describes his rst goal of hisollegiate soccer career as a total teamort.

Were the hardest working team inthe country without a doubt, and sincewe have that we can go places, Millersaid.

Playing against the wind, theWildcats were outshot by the Pioneers

10-1 in the rst half. Head coachNate Houser is proud of the team forplaying through adversity.

I thought we were mentallytougher than we have been, Housersaid. Things certainly didnt go ourway for a while and we had to chaseand claw and ght.

Houser was also pleased with theperformance of senior goalkeeper MattBickley, who made six saves during thegame.

Matt Bickley was unbelievablein the rst half, and when we haveperformances like that, I cant doanything but take my hat o and

applaud, Houser said.As team captain, senior AndyGrin was focused on making sure histeam stayed together throughout thematch.

Everybody came out and triedas hard as they could, left everythingon the eld and had no regrets,Grin said. I couldnt have asked foranything else.

After MNU fans wore custom-madeT-shirts, which read We Own Baker,to prepare for the BU homecomingfootball game on Oct. 5, Wildcat fans

have made a joke of the phrase.I dont think anybody owns Baker

anymore, Houser said after the win.Miller chimed in, I dont think

MNU owns Baker. I think the plaquewill have something to say about that.

The No. 3 Wildcats will now hostNo. 10 Midland University for theopening round of the NAIA nationaltournament at 7 p.m. on Saturday atListon Stadium.

Until then, Houser suggested to histeam in a huddle after the game, Havethe night o and act like were theHAAC champions, maybe.

The Baker womens soccer seasonended on the Pioneers eld in the rst

round of the HAAC tournament onNov. 9.

After 110 minutes of scoreless play,the game came down to a penalty kickshootout in which Baker fell to MNU,3-2.

Juniors Shelby Schiraldi and BaileySosa each made a PK during theshootout; however, the Wildcats missedthe last three shots.

Between the pipes, junior RachelTheobald made one save during theshootout to add to her total of 70 savesduring the season.

The women ended their season witha 7-5-7 overall record and a 3-2-2 recordin conference play.

Tera Lyons/Baker Orange(Top) Sophomore Andrew Miller celebrates making a goal against MNU during the HAAC championship.

(Below) Freshman Hayley Seibel comforts junior Shelby Schiraldi after the womens soccer team wasknocked out of the HAAC tournament by MidAmerica Nazarene University on Nov. 9.

Mens soccer

shuts out MNU

Lauren Bechard

SPORTSEDITOR

Wildcats take home conference crown;

womens soccer season ends in shootout

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Stepping onto its home courtfor the first time this season, theBaker University mens basketballteam took down Kansas WesleyanUniversity 83-63.

The Wildcats improved to 2-2 onthe season after outscoring KWU53-31 in the second half of thegame.

Junior EJ Carter recorded histhird double-double of the seasonwith 15 points and 10 rebounds.

EJ has really improved byeaps and bounds, assistant coach

Connor Bechard said. Hes beena good leader, he plays hard every

day.Four other Wildcats scored in

the double digits against KWUncluding freshman Javeion Grey

with a team high of 16 points.Senior Todd Johnston and juniorsJared Fulks and Eric Watson eachsunk 10 points of their own.

The home-court win came justdays after Baker lost a double-overtime thriller to the Universityof Saint Mary and claimed its firstwin of the season over OttawaUniversity.

The 97-91 loss to the Spires onNov. 8 came despite a 31-point,

11-rebound effort by Carter.The Spires were led by a48-point effort by guard GrantGreenberg, who went 29-32 from

the free-throw line. As a team,Saint Mary was 45-51 from the line,shooting over 88 percent.

Johnston says that defensively,the team is still getting a feel forthe court.

The only thing we really needto improve on defense is helpingeach other out more, sophomoreNick Wilson said. Since wereundersized, were going to needhelp when someone gets beat andwe need to box out as a team.

The Wildcats fell behind 34-30at halftime, but bounced back witha 43-point second half to tie thegame at 73 at the end of regulation.

Baker took 27 more field goalattempts than the Spires due tothe Wildcats edge in offensive

rebounding and turnovers, but BUonly shot 38.8 percent and missed12 free throws.

Most recently, the Wildcatstraveled east for exhibitiongames against the University ofCentral Missouri, losing 87-59,and Northwest Missouri StateUniversity, where they fell 96-50.

The season is going aboutwhere it was to be expected,Bechard said. Since we have 11new guys, there is going to bea learning curve with all of theinexperience.

The Wildcats will return to

their home court to take on theMcPherson College Bulldogs at 4p.m. Saturday at Collins Center.

Mens basketballwins home opener

Chad Mullen

STAFFWRITER

Tera Lyons/The Baker Orange

Senior Julian Mills goes up for a shot against Kansas Wesleyan Universitys Jacob Luntz and Tremaine TwittyNov. 12 at Collins Center.

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EJ Carter

Q: How long haveyou been playingbasketball?

A: Ive beenplaying basketballever since I was 6.

Q: Have youalways wanted toplay in college?

A: Collegebasketball is something

that I had always watchedgrowing up and always

wanted to do. All my olderfamily members that I grew upwith, they all played collegesports ... It was something I knewI always wanted to do, and coulddo and always worked hard for.

Q: How did you end up atBaker?

A: Thats a long story.Basically in a nutshell, I couldntgo to a (Division I) or (DivisionII) school right out of highschool because I had transcriptproblems and ended up going to(junior college) ... coach Dooleyheard about me through someonehe knew while he was back at

Columbia College, and when hegot the job here he gave me theopportunity, and Ive loved him

for it ever since.Q: Whats your favorite part

about playing for Baker?A: My favorite part about

playing here would probablybe the atmosphere. I feel like allthe people here, they care aboutbasketball, they care about theplayers. When they come to thegames its like your friends arewatching you and they want youto win, and you go and watchthem and want them to win intheir respective sports. (Baker)isnt the biggest place, but atthe same time, I feel like the factthat the atmosphere is small andenclosed it creates a better settingfor the camaraderie of everybodyas a whole, as a fan, player andfriend.

Q: Do you have a part of thegame that youre specifcallygood at?

A: Im a jack-of-all-trades, Ican do a little bit of everythingwell. All my life Ive been a

guard. Coming here theres abig size level so you have toplay where the coach puts you

as far as size is concerned, soI play forward here. Its reallyhelped me to develop my game --outside, inside, perimeter, guardplay as well as post play, so thatway I can become a more well-rounded player. So Im prettymuch that one guy who can do alot of things. You put me on theoor and I do whatever needs tobe done so we can win.

Q: How would you describea Baker basketball game tosomeone who had never seenone before?

A: Its real. Were going to playhard. This season, its going tobe exciting. I mean were not thebiggest team, but man are wefast and athletic. So you may seea few dunks, steals, some alley-oops, some real exciting stu. Ifyou come to a game this year ,be prepared for an exciting showbecause thats what we bring.Were bringing the show. Itsshow time out here in BaldwinCity.

junior basketball player

1 ON1is a section in which a Baker Orange

sports writer interviews a prominent Baker

athlete about his or her sport and life.

1 - on - 1 with


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BU Scoreboard

Football:

vs. sterling

The fourth-ranked BU football team will host thefirst round of the NAIA-FCS playoffs for the first

time since 1983. Baker earned a share of the HAAC

title after defeating Peru State College 38-13. The

10-1 Wildcats will take on No. 13 Sterling at 1 p.m.on Saturday at Liston Stadium.

mens Soccer:

vs. midland (neb.)

After defeating MidAmerica Nazarene University

1-0 on the Pioneers home field, the Cats earnedthe HAAC title and jumped to No. 3 in the final

NAIA Mens Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll. Baker will

host No. 10 Midland University at 7 p.m. Saturday

for the first round of the national playoffs.

cross country:

national championships

The No. 25 Baker womens cross country team

took home the HAAC championship after its

conference race in Marshall, Mo., on Nov. 9.

Senior Lauren Jaqua took first place with a timeof 18:54. Baker will compete at nationals on

Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.

womens basketball:

@ mid-america christian

Winter sports schedules are now underway for Baker

University, and the Wildcats earned three Heart of

America Athletic Conference championships from itsfall sports teams.

wrestling:

@ University of Iowa

With ve new bowlers on its roster, theBaker University bowling team is lledwith fresh faces. But despite the teamsyouth, the Wildcats have big aspirations.

Our goal as a team is to make

nationals, head coach Cheryl Keslar said.We have to do one tournament at a time.On Nov. 9-10, the team nished

in 16th place of 33 teams at the ISYLLeatherneck Classic in Davenport, Iowa.This performance came just a week afterthe Wildcats nished third at the JayhawkCollegiate Challenge in Lawrence.

As a team, we always do really wellwhen we bowl against schools that arehigher than us, freshman Rebecca Woodsaid. It makes us try even harder.

Junior Carly Schmidtlein led the Wildcatsby placing 30th during the LeatherneckClassic, followed by Wood, who had a 50th-place nish. Sophomore Heather Wrighthas shown improvement over the seasonand placed 226th out of 276 bowlers with523 total pins. Her team voted her the mostvaluable player for the tournament.

Some of the starters werent having avery good day and we put her in and shedid a great job, Keslar said.

The team practices three times a weekexcept for nursing majors Schmidtlein andunior Shaley Epperson. They meet at theWestridge Family Fun Center in Topeka,which is owned by Keslar and her husband.Keslars husband meets Schmidtlein andEpperson in order to keep them on track

and work on fundamentals.The Wildcats are preparing to bowl

against teams like Wichita State University,which they consider to be their topcompetition this season.

Its important to just focus and it makesme strive to do better, Schmidtlein said.

During the Jayhawk Challenge, theWildcats tallied a team total of 5,566 points,

falling only behind Wichita State andLindenwood University.

Senior Brittani Kelly led BU with afourth-place nish and an average scoreof 196 points. Schmidtlein followed infth place and an average score of 193points. Three tournaments into the season,Schmidtlein leads Baker with a 180 average.

The team will be competing again onNov. 29-30 at the Bel-Air Bowl in Belleville,Ill.

While the Wildcats prepare for theirupcoming tournaments, they are alsoworking to support their teammates.

The team chose to adopt a soldier,Woods brother, Zach. He will be deployed

on Dec. 1 and will be stationed inAfghanistan. Junior Ally Eckert lost herbrother in Iraq a few years ago and hasbeen donating to service men and womensince.

I think its what her brother would havewanted, Keslar said.

When Eckert heard about Woodsbrother, she wanted to help anyway shecould and brought the idea to her team.

It means the world to me that theywould do something like this, Wood said.Its hard not to see him all the time buthes doing this for a good cause.

Bowlers chase national dreamdespite adding five newcomers

Jessica Lane

STAFFWRITER

Tera Lyons/The Baker Orangereshman Rebecca Wood celebrates with her teammates during the Jayhawk Collegiate Challenge on Nov. 3 in Lawrence. The

Wildcats finished third during the tournament.

Baker womens basketball is off to a 5-1 start on its

season. The Cats defeated Haskell University on

Tuesday night and will travel to Oklahoma City, toparticipate in the Mid-America Christian Classic on

Friday and Saturday.

Ranked No. 14, the Baker wrestling team went

2-1 in the HAAC quad at Missouri Valley College.The Wildcats defeated Graceland University and

Benedictine College before falling to No. 3 MVC.

Baker will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday to

take on the University of Iowa in a dual.

mens basketball:

vs. mcpherson

BU mens basketball is on a two-game losing streak

after dropping exhibition games at University ofCentral Missouri and Northwest Missouri State

University. The Cats will return to their home court at

4 p.m. Saturday to play McPherson College.


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Runners claim HAAC championship

Callie Paquette/The Baker OrangeSenior Megan Rosa runs during the NAIA pre-nationals meet on Oct. 12 at Rim Rock

Farm in Lawrence. The womens cross country team will race at Rim Rock again for theNAIA national meet on Saturday.

The Baker University womens cross country team won theHeart of America Athletic Conference championship meeton Nov. 9, earning the Wildcats first team bid to the NAIAnational championships since 2010.

Five women finished in the top 10, including seniorLauren Jaqua in first, senior Megan Rosa in third, freshmanJillian Benson in fourth, senior Ashley McBride in sixth andjunior Kerry Kurta in 10th.

The last two years we have been pretty disappointedat conference, Rosa said. But to finish on top and go tonationals my senior year is really awesome. At the finish lineit was like freshman year all over again. Everyone was crying,laughing and hugging. It was so great.

This was Jaquas third consecutive year to take home firstin the HAAC championship meet. This year, she finishedwith a time of 18:54.

It feels amazing to be a conference champion three yearsin a row because I made it a goal of mine and I have achieved

it, Jaqua said.Jaquas personal goal is to become an All-American atnationals on Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. It hasbeen a dream of hers throughout college, and she finds thegoal to be realistic as well.

I expect to give nothing less than my best in my finalcollegiate cross country race, and I refuse to let myself crossthe finish line with any regrets, Jaqua said. Ending mycross country career will definitely be bittersweet. I endedmy high school cross country career at Rim Rock Farms, andI will finish my collegiate cross country career crossing thesame finish line.

The last time the womens team advanced to nationals wasin 2010, but Jaqua and McBride have qualified each season.

Before the race, freshman Jillian Benson was worriedher stressful week and nerves would affect her running.However, she was able to push through and race better thanshe expected.

Im so proud of my team. We really wanted to win, and(Central Methodist University) is such a good team, and theywere right there with us, Benson said.

Rosa hopes the team is able to take advantage of theirknowledge of the Rim Rock course and be prepared for thehills, unlike teams from other parts of the country.

We hope to take advantage of the opportunity to race atnationals, Rosa said. We have some stud hill runners whoraced really well a few weeks ago, so hopefully theyll be ableto race at that caliber again and maybe we can creep into thetop 15.

The mens team ended its run of back-to-back conferencetitles Saturday, falling behind Missouri Valley College,Central Methodist and Graceland University. While BU didnot have any individual qualifiers for the national meet,

freshman Corey Matteson and junior Vincent Tadokoroearned all-conference honors

Megan HenryASSISTANTSPORTSEDITOR

Wrestlers win weekly conference honors

The No. 14 ranked Baker University wrestlingteam went 2-1 at the HAAC quad on Saturday,defeating Graceland University and Benedictine

College before losing to No. 3 Missouri ValleyCollege.Senior Jakob Price won the HAAC Wrestler

of the Week award after going undefeated inthe HAAC quad, the second time a Wildcat haswon this award in three weeks. Freshman BryantGuillen won the award on Nov. 11 after postinga 6-2 record for the week.

First-year head coach Pete Di Pol is proud ofthe teams effort and dedication thus far in theseason.

I like our leadership, he said. We haveParker Owen who is an All-American, and RobShadrach, and Alan Callahan. To be honest, Imreally impressed with all our guys right now.

One other wrestler had a 3-0 record onSaturday, as freshman Bryce Shoemaker wentundefeated in the 133-pound weight class.

The 157-pound class for Baker, which is madeup of sophomore Connor Middleton, juniorNick Haugen and freshman Aaron Seybold, alsoswept the HAAC quad.

Guillen, Callahan and junior Beau Bennetteach went 2-1.The Wildcats swept the Graceland

Yellowjackets, going 10-0 in their matches andscoring 49 points. Baker then took seven of the10 matches against Benedictine, winning thedual 33-12.

Facing Missouri Valley, Baker went 3-for-10 inits matches, with Price, Shoemaker and Seyboldall winning. The Cats ultimately lost the dual24-12.

The Wildcats will hit the road to Iowa City,Iowa, on Friday for a dual with the University ofIowa, a top five NCAA Division I program.

This will be the second time for Baker to

participate in the Iowa City duals. Its firstmeeting came in 2011, when the Hawkeyesdefeated the Wildcats 47-3.

Coaching a new group of wrestlers who wererecruited under another coach has been a toughtransition for both Di Pol and the team.

I think its always hard at first, because

youre so used to style, and then I come in witha different style, Di Pol said. I think theyvehandled the transition well, because we havefocused on good communication. We talk tothem a lot, and I think they see my philosophyand the way I run things. They like it for themost part, and the things they dont like we talkabout.

Although Jimmy May stepped down as headcoach, he still works with his former student-athletes on occasion.

Coach May has come in a couple times towork with our guys, and it gets them happy andexcited, and theyre motivated to be successful,Di Pol said.

Chad MullenSTAFFWRITER


13/16

After MidAmerica NazareneUniversity cut the Wildcats seasonshort for the last two years, theBaker University volleyball teamhoped to change the trend duringthe Heart of America AthleticConference tournament nal onSaturday.

During the opening set, Bakerseemed to have the momentumagainst a team thats only lostone conference match in the lastthree years, but the eighth-rankedPioneers found their way back intothe championship.

BU took the rst 25-17, but MNUmanaged to win the next three setsand claimed their third straighttournament crown.

Prior to the match, head coach

Kathy Allen highlighted the teamsbond, saying they enjoy eachother, they enjoy the game, likeplaying together and they really dowork well as a team.

One of the things that keepsthis team working is theirchemistry and not getting down onthemselves, Allen said.

Despite this chemistry,Baker was unable to overcomeMidAmerica Nazarenes oensiveattack or its own errors during thetournament nal. Baker struggledserving throughout the match,missing a season-high 11 serves.MNU also found the holes in theWildcats defense as the Pioneerscompiled 62 kills to the Wildcats42.

MidAmerica Nazarenes LinjunJi saved her best performance of theseason for Baker, posting 19 killsand 14 digs. Three other Pioneersalso recorded double-digit kills.

Senior Crystal Simon led theWildcats oensively in the rst set,grabbing four of her team-high12 kills in the match opener. Herperformance helped BU take therst set by an eight-point margin,but MNU took control for the

remainder of the match, claimingthe next three sets 25-19, 25-17 and25-15.

To get to the tournament

championship, Baker outlastedthe Evangel University Crusadersin ve sets and swept Peru StateCollege in Collins Center.

The Wildcats defense was ondisplay against Peru State on Nov.9 as they posted eight team blocksand held the Bobcats to a .195hitting percentage.

Peru State has improved a lot,Allen said. Even though we wonin three (sets,) last time we lost aset to them. They actually playedus better ... than the last time weplayed.

Oensively, the Wildcats tallied50 kills. Senior outside hitterJasmyn Turner had a team-high16 kills, and Simon followed with

nine.The opening-round victory led

Baker to Springeld, Mo., to facesecond seeded Evangel on Nov. 13for the tournament seminal.

BU and the Crusaders battledfor control throughout the match,trading sets 25-18, 22-25, 25-22, 17-25 and nally 15-10.

Freshman setter Hannah Bettgeled BU with 54 assists, and seniorlibero Renata Dill anchored Bakersdefense with 26 digs.

I call it and go for it, Dill said.Thats the role that Kathy gave me.

Dill held down Bakers back rowthroughout the season, posting ateam-high 556 digs. Her digs pergame average ranked among the

top 45 in the country, and she wasone of six Wildcats to earn all-conference honors.

Dill and Bettge were namedto the rst team, and Bettge alsoearned the Freshman of the Yearaward.

Sophomore Danielle French,Turner and Simon were alsoawarded second team all-conference honors. Junior ShannonMcCarty rounded out the award-winning Wildcats, making thehonorable mention team.

Wildcats fall to MNU in tournament finalSara Bell & Jessica Lane

EDITOR& STAFFWRITER


Callie Paquette/Baker OrangeThe Baker University volleyball team prepares for its match against MNU on Nov. 16. Baker took the opening set 25-17, but the Pioneers claimed the next three25-19, 25-17 and 25-15. With the loss, Baker finished the season with a 23-9 record.

Womens basketball pushes record to 5-1

Junior Kyrstie Ehm led the Baker Universitywomens basketball team with a season-high 23points against the University of Saint Mary in theHAAC/KCAC Challenge Classic on Saturday.

The team pulled o an 83-67 win againstthe Spires then defeated Haskell University onTuesday, improving its record to 5-1.

Ehm, sophomore Jami Hodge and freshmanSydney Buchel were all double-gure scorersagainst Saint Mary. The team also made eight3-pointers and outrebounded the Spires 57-34.

I feel like our team has grown tremendouslyeven though weve only been playing actualgames for a few weeks, sophomore SarahLowry said. We still have a long way to go, butif we can put the pieces together and nd thatchemistry, I think we will be pretty good thisseason. Were building o last year and werecontinuing to do so in hopes for a very brightfuture for the basketball program.

Junior Rashida Simpson believes the startersdid an excellent job of setting the tempo,executing plays and making rebounds duringthe Saint Mary game. However, after the 70-66loss to Ottawa University, which came the daybefore, she thinks the teams season should havebetter results.

We shouldnt have lost to Ottawa. Theyre agood team, but theres no way we should havelost to them, Simpson said. We just need toshow up to every game and play like we knowhow and stop stooping to other teams levels ofplay But its still early in the season, and Imcondent that as the season progresses we willstart playing to our fullest potential.

The team will travel to Oklahoma City onFriday and Saturday for the Mid-AmericaChristian Classic, where they will take on Mid-America Christian University and SouthwesternChristian University.

I think so far this season is going prettywell, sophomore Ericka Simpson said. We arestarting to jell together and hopefully on ourway to becoming the team we want to be.

Chad Phillips/Baker Orangeophomore Jami Hodge drives past an Ottawa University opponenturing the HAAC/KCAC Classic in Collins Center on Nov. 14.

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As a child, Jessica Prather was shy and quiet. Herarents knew she was a talented singer, but Pratherefused to perform in front of an audience. Herarents eventually put her in dance, hoping it wouldelp her come out of her shell.

After years of dedication to the art of danceerformance, the junior is nally letting her singing

alents show. She recently performed at the RodeoOpry in Oklahoma City.

It was so much fun, Prather said of her

xperience. It was absolutely terrifying butwesome at the same time because it was the rstind of professional performance that I was involved

n, and I loved every part of it. Everyone who wasnvolved was very supportive and really kind andiving more support throughout.

The Rodeo Opry has seen more than 20,000rtists perform on its stages, including country star

Reba McEntire. The Rodeo Opry is supported by aonprot organization dedicated to reaching widerudiences and promoting Oklahoma music.

Prather isnt a stranger to the Sooner state.efore this semester, she attended Oklahoma City

University. But Prather transferred to be on the Baker

dance team after what her mother Darla calls a littlebit of soul searching.

Oklahoma wasnt a good t for me anymore,Prather said. I like the (Baker) atmosphere better.Everyone here is so much nicer. The communityfeeling wasnt there like it was here at Baker. It was alot more competitive over there. Its hard to explain,but I feel like people just werent as friendly.

Her entrance into the world of vocal performancewas somewhat of a uke. Prather said to be inmusicals in New York City, dance performers haveto be able to sing. So in line with that, Prather wentto random singing auditions as a practice tool. Butwhen she actually landed a gig, she realized she

might have a shot at singing.The Rodeo Opry was the rst time Pratherperformed publicly, and she said the audience madeher believe that she was good enough to keep doingit. And that is exactly what she plans on doing.

I think this experience is kind of going to helpme go in the right direction of what I want to dowith singing, Prather said. Ideally, I want to beprofessional and make a living. It would be amazingto be as famous as someone like Carrie Underwood,but I just want to be able to sing and perform and dosomething with the rest of my life.

Friends and family are also very supportive ofPrathers dreams.

Shes denitely got the heart for it and thats themost important part, senior Morgan Brown said.She believes in herself, and she know what shewants and shes going to go for it. Enough of herheart is in it that shes going to persevere and shesgoing to try for as much as it takes.

Her family is hopeful that Prathers talents willtake her far, but they also understand how tough it isto be successful in the music industry.

I would like to see her get a chance to dosomething. I think making it in that kind of industryis not just about talent, Jessicas mother, DarlaPrather, said. Its about what you present and beingin the right place and the right time. I think it would

be great, but I also understand how hard it is. I thinkshes done a good job with what if it doesnt workout, then she has her future gured out.

In the future, Prather plans to reach out to othervenues like the Rodeo Opry. She also hopes tosubmit a piece to The Voice, a popular televisionshow based on promoting unknown singing talents.

One thing she wont do, though, is give up.The best piece of advice that Ive received is

this ... If you really love it, keep going for it. Dontlet people telling you no stop you from doing whatyou want to do, especially in a business like this,Prather said. And thats exactly what Im going tokeep doing.

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Callie Paquette/The Baker Orangeunior Jessica Prather performs during the Arts Sampler/Collage Concert in September. Prather recently performed at the Rodeo Opry in Oklahoma City, where more than 20,000 artists have performed throughout theast 35 years, including country star Reba McEntire.

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Vespers concert to feature special guests

File Photoenior Brandon Haefke sings at the 2012 candlelight vespers in Rice Auditorium as part of the communityhoir. The 83rd annual vespers performances will be at 2 and 5 p.m. on Dec. 8 in Rice Auditorium.

The 83rd Annual ChristmasCandlelight Vespers will once againfeature an array of holiday music,spirit and cheer, but this year,two special guests will make anappearance.

University President Pat Long andUniversity Minister Ira DeSpain willboth play a special part in this yearsprogram.

Vespers will also feature the BakerUniversity concert choir, chamberchoir, university community choir, theBaker Little Big Band jazz ensemble,percussion ensemble, brass quintet andthe orchestra.

Its a time to draw together andjust have a shared spirit for thatmoment at that special time of year,Cathy Crispino, interim director of

choral ensembles, said.There will be two performances,at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 8 in RiceAuditorium. The event was movedto Rice Auditorium from the BaldwinFirst United Methodist Church lastyear in order to accommodate its needfor a bigger venue. There is no eveningperformance this year so that studentperformers have the evening to studyfor finals, which will take place duringthat week as well.

Junior Adriane Dick said the changeof venue is beneficial in that it gives

the different ensembles a chance todisplay their hard work.

(Its) nice because its a largervenue, so were able to work with theother ensembles and we can not onlyhighlight just one of the departmentsbut the entire music department,which is really cool, she said. It givesus a chance to see each other and whatweve been working on this semester.

Crispino said several musical pieceswill be historical and traditional carols,but there will also be some new pieces,including a really fun and reallychallenging piece by Vaclav Nelhybeltitled Estampie Natalis, whichuses the piccolo, violin and cello asaccompaniments.

Freshman Luke Miltz said he islooking forward to his first Vespersperformance to see how singing inhigh school compares to singing with auniversity choir.

Im looking forward to singing

Wanting Memories, because Ivedone that in high school and I want tosee the direction we take it in college,Miltz said.

Crispino said she hopes the campusand community will take time out oftheir day to come together to celebratethe holiday spirit.

Were all looking for somethingthat lifts us up out of our every dayand that maybe takes our focus awayfrom the mundane to something thatis universal, you know, Crispino said.A coming together.

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Parting Shot

Callie Paquette/Baker OrangeBaker University students cheer on the BU volleyball team during the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament championship on Nov. 16 in Olathe.

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