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Exerc i se Sc iencegrows on local, national level

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Baker students major in exercise

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REACHING NEW HEIGHTS

Senior Ryan Terstriep tests his vertical reach during the “Exercise is Medicine” fi tness challenge. The event was held by Baker’s Exercise Science Student Alliance (E.S.S.A), a club that formed this year. Photo by Chris Ortiz

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Theater department opens newest production, “A Mark Twain Storybook.”

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Julia SouthernBU MASS MEDIA

“So, what have you been up to?”Most Baker University freshmen have heard

this question from their parents since leaving for college.

“My mom didn’t believe me when she called me and asked me what I did over the weekend,” freshman CJ Hess said. “I told her ‘I don’t remember much,’ and she just laughed.”

After arriving at Baker, Hess went out to meet other Baker students on his �irst weekend. After a quick "what's up" with his roommate, the two became friends. He said there was no conversation about cleaning, organization or rules. It was simply fun.

Recently independent freshmen like Hess often do not want mom and dad checking up on them daily, partly because their actions upon arriving to college aren't always appropriate or easy to discuss with parents.

Freshman Bethany Oeser admits that she hid some “not-so-hot" grades from her parents.

“It is nice not (living with) parents at some points, but there is no extra reminder, so it can get you in trouble, too,” Oeser said.

Pursuits that students may choose to keep hid-den include getting a �irst tattoo or piercing since most freshmen are turning 18 years old and do not need parental consent.

Last year, sophomore Hayley Seibel got two tat-toos during the �irst semester without telling her parents.

Seibel's �irst tattoo was on the left side of her chest above her heart and reads: “Seibel” and “Bross” within an in�inity sign representing both sides of her family.

Seibel got her second tattoo to represent the love she has for her moth-er. Eventually, Seibel’s parents saw that she had taken money out of her bank account and called her to �ind out why. When it came time to discuss the tattoos, Seibel started by telling them about the �irst one.

Since the tattoo represented the bond between her two families, she talked to her dad �irst, thinking he would appre-ciate the meaning behind the family-inspired tattoo. Her dad’s surprised reac-tion shocked her because he wasn’t mad. He only asked was if she was smart about the process.

Seibel’s parents found out about her second tat-too through her brother.

“They cornered me,” Seibel said. “They made me breakfast, said they loved me and asked about the

tattoo I had not yet told them about.”The choices that students, especially freshmen,

make in college may not provide satisfying answers for parents who ask the question, “What have you been up to?” But, making one's own decisions is just another step in preparing for the real world.

Freshmen make use of newly found freedom

MONDAY:Cafeteria: France Day | Chicken Cordon Bleu Wraps | Dessert: Napoleons12:30 p.m: Study Abroad/Travel Interterm Info Session | hosted by Joe Watson and Kathy Wilson | LI1152:30 p.m-3:15 p.m: Spanish Table | meeting room by Starbucks

TUESDAY:Cafeteria: Canada Day | Canadian Bacon and Mozzarella Penne | Dessert: Blueberry Cobbler11 a.m-noon: Taste of Culture | Enjoy exotic coffee and teas with international students | Lower level of Collins Library11:30 a.m: French Table | Cafeteria

WEDNESDAY:Cafeteria: Caribbean Day | Jerk Chicken and Coconut rice | Dessert: Grilled Pineapple with Caramel Rum Sauce8 p.m: IEW Movie Night | hosted by Language Dept./Cynthia Appl | The Oscar-winning fi lm “The Lives of Others (Das Laben der Anderen)” is in German with English subtitles | Owens AV

THURSDAY:Cafeteria: African Day | Samosas | Dessert: Bread Pudding with Pineapple Rum Sauce

FRIDAY:Cafeteria: Australian Day | Fish and Chips | Dessert: Chocolate Crackle Cookies12:30 p.m: Study Abroad/Travel Interterm/Harlaxton Info Session | hosted by Robyn Long and Kathy Wilson | LI115

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INTERNATIONAL

Mykaela Cross and Sarah BakerASSISTANT EDITORS

The final events of inaugural week were canceled following the death of sophomore Sione Maumau. In their place was a prayer service led by University Minister Kevin Hopkins Oct. 30 at the First United Methodist Church. In the weeks following, the Baldwin City and Baker communities are banding together to remain, what the campus calls, Baker Strong.

Maumau was on the Baker football team, a resi-dent assistant in Irwin Hall and a member of Speech Choir. Tweets posted all over the country, from friends, family, class-mates and Baker alumni, used the hashtag #Bak-erStrong with words of wisdom and memories of Maumau.

The prayer service in memorial of Maumau began at 11 a.m., the previously scheduled time for an inauguration ceremony for President Lynne Murray. Murray said she decided to cancel inauguration events so that she and the Baker community could focus on being there for one another in order to “get through this together.”

There was not an empty seat to be found at the prayer service as students, faculty and staff, many blurry-eyed from lack of sleep and an abundance of emotion, filled both the sanctuary and balcony.

News of Maumau’s death shocked campus. Soon after Maumau was found in Irwin Hall at night on Oct. 29, a crowd gathered outside the dormitory. Sob-bing could be heard from Dearborn Street.

One student fell to his knees while another was already on the ground, his face buried between his arms. Some students embraced one another while others walked away, heads down, from the area. Later in the evening, students, staff and faculty were invited to convene in the Long Student Center for support.

The memorial service began with Hopkins greet-ing the church and attempting to give words of comfort with scriptures and prayers. Speech Choir Director Susan Emel, who taught Maumau, also re-cited a few words about grace and love.

Murray addressed the group briefly, but her mes-sage was powerful as she spoke through tears.

“I don’t know what to say to make you feel better,” Murray said. “Except, let’s get through this together … What makes Baker great is that we’re here for you every day.”

At the end of the service, members of the Baker University Concert Choir, many of them crying, sang “The Road Home” in honor of Maumau. Following

the song, the entire church held hands in united prayer.

Hopkin’s final words of the ceremony were, “We are Baker Strong, and we will get through this together.”

Although Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Mar-tha Harris emailed faculty saying that campus-wide, classes would not be canceled, many profes-

sors sent emails canceling individual classes. Athletic events were postponed and many other activities were also canceled. The campus, which was sched-uled to be bustling with activity for the presidential inauguration, was instead silent.

Many faculty and staff members are encouraging students to take advantage of the counseling services offered by Tim Hodges, director of the health and wellness center, and are stressing the importance of finding help when it’s needed and being kind to all.

The counseling center’s clientele numbers have grown since the incident. Hodges had to spend extra time at the office in order to make sure that anybody who wanted or needed to talk could do so.

“I sat there (on Oct. 29) as long as students wanted to talk,” Hodges said. “There were a lot of late nights. Many of the students that I see on a regu-lar basis, who aren’t in crisis, were willing to wait another week for their appointments so that I could clear my schedule for walk-ins with students who

were connected with Sione.”Although there were many new students seeking

help from the counseling center, Hodges has found that many of the students he’s seen are actually struggling in similar ways.

“I think the main thing I’ve told students to do is be patient with themselves and each other in the healing process,” Hodges said. “The different emo-tions that are coming up, whether they be shock or anger, are all a part of that process.”

According to Hodges, statistics show that only 5 percent of the 40 percent of college students that consider suicide throughout their years at school, actually attempt, and those that do tend to suffer in silence.

“One of the things that’s typical for everyone in the community is the feeling of guilt, and people ask themselves ‘was there something I could have done or said,’ but the sad fact is that those who are suicidal and really want to be dead are not going to let people know about it and I think this was one of those,” Hodges said. “There was nothing anyone could have done.”

In addition to having the counseling services available, Hodges believes that being Baker Strong may be one of the reasons BU is a stranger to student suicides.

“I’ve never seen such a great support network,” Hodges said. “The support that students have received from that Wednesday night on, including the memorial on Saturday and the rallying around that the coaches and professors have done, has been incredible.”

In memorial for Maumau, the university made a banner that a number of students signed. Dean of Students Cassy Bailey then sent the banner, full of heart-felt messages and memories, to Maumau’s family.

Friends of the family are also raising money to pay for funeral costs. In 12 days, 124 people have raised almost $14,000 on a GoFundMe account. On a local level, students are selling bracelets that read “#BakerStrong Ofa Atu Mau” which is Tongan for “I Love Mau.” The bracelets are $5 and all proceeds go to the family.

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“I don’t know what to say to make you feel better, except, let’s get through this together .... What makes Baker great is that we’re here for you every day.”

- President Lynne Murray

Sophomore Liz Stover and senior Haley Barnes sign the memorial banner for sophomore Sione Maumau. Maumau, a football player and resident assistant for Irwin Hall, died Oct. 29. Photo by Khadijah Lane.

Campus mourns sophomore’s death

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Nathalia BarrBU MASS MEDIA

Now that he has adjusted to the Baker campus, new University Minis-ter Kevin Hopkins, wants to increase student involvement and give students a “faith home away from home.” All students have the opportunity to come to chapel services, sing in the student choir, read scripture and even give sermons.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Stout, who has become involved by reading scripture, attends chapel regularly and is pleased with the new minister.

“He’s so easy to talk to, which is important to us,” Stout said. “He also helps us relate the scripture to our lives as college students during his sermons.”

In previous years, Hopkins worked at other campuses including South-ern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, and Kansas Wesleyan Univer-sity in Salina. Most recently, he was at Leavenworth First United Methodist Church.

Hopkins said the transition to Baker was smooth because of the well-es-tablished traditions of chapel services and the welcome he received from the

community.Although he has worked with

churches in the past, Hopkins prefers college campuses because he enjoys the environment of campus life. He said he hopes to give students the reli-gious resources that he would hope his kids have in college.

Typical chapel services begin with worship songs and a scripture read-ing, followed by a song performed by a choir member. Next, a sermon covers a particular scripture reading in detail. Finally, the service closes with more worship and prayer. Students are then invited to the Osborne Chapel base-ment for a free lunch.

“I am proud to be a part of the long-lived traditions involved with chapel,” senior Alyse Menghini said. “Traditions such as the lunch after chapel services and student-led choir help students connect with one another beyond chapel.”

Students interested in becoming involved are encouraged to join Baker Ambassadors, the religious leadership group at Baker. The group meets twice a month, travels to United Methodist churches in the area to talk to college-bound youth, and participates in com-munity service projects.

Students engage in, increase campus ministry activities

Mungano Vice President Tyler Sloan performs a praise dance to the song “Sunday Morning” during the chapel service on Oct. 16. As his first semester of being campus minister comes to a close, Kevin Hopkins aims to bring more student involvement to the campus ministry. Photo by Laura Price

Julia SouthernBU MASS MEDIA

As the baby boomers age, one of BU’s most popular majors, exercise science, is booming.

More physical therapists are needed to help the baby boomer gen-eration, and many students at Baker University are planning careers to meet this need.

“Society is now making health a high priority,” junior Victoria Paul said. “As the baby boomers go into nursing homes, more physical therapists are needed.”

At Baker University, exercise science can be a track toward many different professions, one of the more popular being physical therapy.

"For the size of Baker, we have a surprising number of exercise sci-ence majors who gain a very good understanding of physical stress, both negative and positive on the body," Associate Chair of the Department of Behavioral Health Sciences Chris Tod-den said.

According to the registrar’s of-fice, Baker has had an average of 100 students for the past three years who declare their major as exercise science, which leaves approximately 800 stu-dents who major in the other 39 fields that Baker University offers. To major in exercise science at Baker, some of the classes students have to take are Intro to Biology, Anatomy and Physiol-ogy, Intro to Chemistry, Motor Learn-

ing and Kinesiology.“One of the most difficult classes

I will have to take is Kinesiology because you learn a lot of informa-tion about the body, movements and origins,” junior Jacob Fultz said.

After college, Fultz hopes to get a job directly in his desired field, athletic training. He should not have a problem; according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the projected percent change in employment of athletic trainers from 2012 to 2022 is 19 per-cent. This means Fultz may have 5,400 additional jobs at his disposal.

Most of the jobs exercise science majors receive have an increase in employment change, including but not limited to, fitness trainers and instructors with a 13 percent increase, occupational therapy assistants and aides with a 41 percent increase and occupational therapists with a 29 percent increase.

Freshman exercise science major Brett Juhl wanted to be able to help people in health care without having to become a doctor, so she chose exer-cise science.

“I don’t really know exactly where I will end up or what I will be doing,” Juhl said. “I guess we’ll see when I get there.”

Most exercise science majors will use various forms of physical activ-ity to help patients overcome injuries and chronic health conditions or work with those who simply have a desire to stay fit, especially aging baby boomers.

Exercise science expands locally, nationallyInform

ation compiled from

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the American Kinesiology Association and the Baker University Fact Book

Travel interterms experience often worth expenseNathalia Barr

BU MASS MEDIA

Instead of envisioning education, some students see dollar signs when thinking of travel interterms, but these trips can also be an investment to expand horizons and experience dif-ferent cultures.

That is certainly the case for junior Hayley Morrical.

“To be able to go to Greece and Tur-key I worked two jobs this summer,” Morrical said. “I know it’ll be worth the money for me.”

Not only is the trip suited for Mor-rical’s interests in art and history, she also has a personal connection with Turkey. Three years ago, a Turkish exchange student lived with Morrical’s family. She is planning to spend some time with her friend while in Istanbul

this January.This will be the first time Morrical

has traveled outside the United States, but she thinks to be a “well-rounded person” you have to see the world and learn about other countries.

Joe Watson, associate professor of mass media, agrees with Morrical. Watson is taking a group of students to Amsterdam and the Netherlands in January 2015.

“Nothing makes you grow more as a person than travel,” Watson said.

This interterm class is not related to a specific major, focusing instead on World War II, Anne Frank, Dutch resistance, famous artists and Euro-pean culture.

Assistant Professor of Art His-tory Brett Knappe also leads a travel interterm course. The January trip to Athens and the Black Sea will be his

fourth trip while teaching at Baker.Knappe teaches interterm abroad

classes to help students learn and understand cultures outside of the United States. Experiences like these help students later on in the job mar-ket, Knappe said.

Although Watson did not get the opportunity to study abroad while in college, he has been to four continents, 19 countries and 46 of the 50 states. Watson’s love of travel drives him to teach interterm abroad courses.

“Students may learn more in a couple days in another country than a semester in a classroom,” Watson said.

The expense prevents some students, or parents who bear the fi-nancial burden, from taking interterm trips, but Watson said, “If you can get past that, you never know what you could discover.”

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Mykaela Cross ASSISTANT EDITOR

Heidi Jo HayenBU MASS MEDIA

With a new semester just around the corner, some students are packing their bags and picking up their pass-ports. According to students who have traveled before, studying abroad at BU comes with ups, downs and in some cases, Victorian manors.

Some of the available destinations for students interested in traveling abroad include countries in Europe, Australia, Asia and South America. But Baker students' most popular choice is Harlaxton. Sitting on 120 acres of land and having more than 150 rooms, Har-laxton Manor is located in Grantham, England.

Five BU students are currently studying at Harlaxton, while nine more plan to travel there for the spring 2015 semester.

Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Martha Harris has been to the mansion more than 15 times and for her, “it never gets old.”

“London is huge and is filled with culturally metropolitan areas,” Harris said. “But Grantham, where Harlaxton is located, is out in English countryside and is a truer English experience.”

Though students studying abroad at Harlaxton College stay in a Victorian mansion initially styled in the 1800s, a sight very different than the walls of the New Living Center, they are still required to take classes. Most of the student schedules are by choice, similar to enrolling on Baker's main campus, except that all students study-ing abroad must take a British history class that directly transfers as their QS212 and linked courses.

It wasn't the unique Quest class

that attracted senior Jillian Miller. After her peers talked about missing their experiences at the manor, Miller decided to study abroad at Harlaxton last semester. But she found that her favorite class would end up being the required one.

“Even though it was at 8:30 in the morning, it was definitely worth it,” Miller said.

Miller said that although some of the classes at Harlaxton seemed a little slow, she found them all entertaining.

Miller’s time at Harlaxton was filled with experiences she felt were enrich-ing and some of her favorite memories were within the manor.

“I had fun exploring the hidden passageways,” Miller said. “They told us to find them, and every time we did we’d go exploring.”

Miller's experiences at Harlaxton gave her a “new perspective” and introduced her to a number of new people.

Sophomores Keaton Anchors and Laura Price are on the Harlaxton ros-ter together for next semester. Though Harlaxton encourages students to build new relationships with students they meet while at the manor, Anchors and Price are excited to have someone they know going with them.

While at Harlaxton, Price hopes to go on various trips, but is especially excited to visit her ancestors’ home-land.

“I really want to go to Wales, be-cause my family is Welsh,” Price said. “I want to go places where my ances-tors lived.”

Depending on the student and the time of the application, preparation varies from student to student. While some start saving money a year in ad-vance, others sign up last-minute after a late decision to go.

In addition to financial require-ments, such as a plane ticket and souvenir money, students must also fill out application paperwork and meet study abroad requirements before they are accepted.

The university makes it easy for students to study abroad; it’s part of what Harris calls “the liberal arts experience.” Baker allows all financial aid awarded by the university to be applied toward studying abroad, from departmental to participation awards.

Harris believes students should take advantage of Baker’s generosity when it comes to studying abroad, a

generosity that does not diminish dur-ing the current budget cuts.

“It’s because of the value we place on studying abroad as a liberal arts experience, even with budget cuts and hard financial times,” Harris said. “Baker maintains it as a possibility for as many students as we possibly can.”

Assistant Professor of Psychol-ogy Robyn Long is the new Harlaxton Coordinator for Baker students. She previously studied at Harlaxton and assumed her new role on Nov. 1. Students who are interested in learn-ing more about studying at Harlaxton should consult Long.

Students benefit from Harlaxton opportunity

Senior Jillian Miller stands in front of Harlaxton University in Grantham, England. Miller attended Harlaxton during the spring semester of her Junior year. Submitted Photo

Study Abroad

Sophomore Aaron Howard repels down a cliff during the interterm trip to the Yucatan Penin-sula in January of 2014. Photo by Chad Phillips

E D I T O R I A L

Following a particularly slanderous campaign trail, students are left contemplating the outcomes. But before midterm elections took place on Nov. 4, students had already been tuned out for months.

Whether it is due to apathy or busy-ness, students and young voters only made up about 19 percent of the 2008 electorate, according to the Campus Vote Project. Many students complain that it is the political advertisements that are the cause of a distrust in the political system, which leads to a lack of interest in voting.

In the Kansas midterm elections,

there were many volatile campaign ads, ranging from blaming Pat Roberts for the number of illegal immigrants in the country to saying “A vote for Greg Orman is a vote for Obama.” Not only are these claims widely exaggerated, they also compromise the system.

When it was the high time for campaigning for the midterm election, students had their own midterms to worry about. For the most part, the only information they had about candidates came from the political advertisements that they saw.

The commercials are too focused on putting other politicians down

rather than the actual issues and policies that the candidates support. And yes, students should be able to do their own research and decide who to vote for based on their outside information, but at the base of the issue is that many students only remember which political advertisement was slamming which candidate.

And if they do somehow avoid all the political slander, students will still usually vote based on party affiliation. In a time of essays and philanthropy events, students hardly have time to read about economic policies and

social welfare.If we are wanting to increase the

amount of student or young-voter involvement, the system needs to change.

Students are turned off by the idea of politics because it’s either horrifically negative or because, at a basic level, it takes a lot of work to really understand. If there was a system in place, one that was reliable and honest, maybe it would be easier for students to find interest and conversely become involved in the political process.

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During my freshman year of high school, my mom made me join pow-erlifting. I didn’t have anything else to do during the winter sport season, so from then on I spent three days a week doing intense workouts, com-peting every weekend, all with the intent to become a stronger person.

Over the next three years, I con-tinued powerlifting because I real-ized I was good at it and it presented me with a challenge that nobody could help me with. In a time when team sports rule, this was the only thing I had ever done that was solely up to me.

While lifting, nobody could push me to succeed or become stronger.

All of the success I had was because of my own motivation and my own strength. At the time, I didn’t won-der why I was the only girl from my school who ever went to competi-tions.

Since arriving at college, I’ve got-ten puzzled stares when people find out about my powerlifting history or my passion for weight training. It’s not unusual for me to be one of three

women in the weight room with 20 men. It’s even more unusual to find a woman who goes frequently by choice.

People usually think that men can lift weights and women are supposed to magically transform into cardio queens. It’s typical to hear from women, “If I lift weights, I’ll get too bulky.”

Strength training is actually a great supplement to cardio work-outs. Studies show that weightlifting actually helps to burn fat and calo-ries more quickly than cardio, which equals more weight loss.

For those women who are con-cerned about becoming too bulky,

workouts with low weight and high reps work well for toning the body.

Weight training has allowed me to set goals and gain a sense of pride when I reach those goals. Strength training offers a never-ending chal-lenge of becoming a stronger person and achieving personal goals.

I want the Baker campus to break the stigma that guys lift and girls do cardio. The benefits of weightlift-ing apply to both men and women. I want more women to find the rewards I have been able to attain through strength training.

Let’s have more women challeng-ing themselves in the Mabee weight room.

The Weight Room: It’s not just for the boys anymore

Faced with political slander campaigns, students tune outAbbey ’s sketch pad

Hayley Morrical

by Abbey Elsbernd

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Word AroundBAKER:

“Did you vote in the mid-term elections?”

“I voted in the midterm elections because I wanted to express my right to vote.”

Allie Davissenior

“I did not vote in the mid-term elections because I didn’t know how.”

Rosanna Richmondfreshman

“No, I didn’t vote because I don’t really know what’s going on because I’m not really into politics.”

Diego Ordonezjunior

Taylor Shuck

A big debate for women today, and quite honestly one that has been on all women’s minds since the start of women in the workforce, is the chal-lenge between having a job and having a family. Women work on a biological clock; researchers say that by the age of 30, 95 percent of women only have 12 percent of their maximum ovarian reserve left in their systems.

Because of this, doctors and re-searchers have been working to make egg freezing a more viable option for women. Egg freezing is the act of tak-ing eggs out of a woman’s body when she is the most fertile, usually in a woman’s mid 20s, and putting them in a reserve until she is ready to have a baby. It is being hailed as the next birth control, next step in feminism and an all-around revolution.

Companies like Apple and Face-book are now paying for their female employees to have the procedure done. Before this, it was an expensive pro-cess, usually upward of $15,000 with annual storage fees. But now, for those who work for these corporate giants, it is a more affordable and realistic op-tion. The question now is whether or not it is a good idea.

Sofia Vergara had her eggs frozen as a means of planning ahead. “I’m 40 years old now,” Vergara told Dr. Oz. “Things don’t happen naturally

anymore so I’ve been very concerned about fertility and I wanted to take advantage of science.”

For women like Vergara, a baby doesn’t always fit into a career plan or marital timetable. Now that there is an option in place that doesn’t involve a concerted daily effort to prevent hav-ing children, women should be raving.

I think it is a step in the right direc-tion for women who find it hard to choose between a career and a fam-ily. Without the crushing pressure of deciding between the two, women can now feel free to explore their career options to the fullest. They can feel assured or even empowered with the decision to freeze their eggs, delaying the start of a family until the time is right according to their own decisions, not the decision of the omnipotent

biological clock.Opponents argue that women are

“selling their souls” to a corporation by giving them their eggs in lieu of promises of a better career track, and my father wonders if women will be messing with the evolutionary process if we start dictating when and where we want to have children. My argu-ment is this: men, you don’t have to worry about this. Having a baby only fits into your lives when you want it to. With women, only recently have we been able to choose if we want to have a baby, and in 40 states, there are still abortion prohibitions in place.

Egg freezing has the potential to change many women’s lives and help us get the conversation rolling again not only about women’s reproductive rights, but general feminism as well.

A step in the right direction

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Zeta Tau Alpha sorority hosts its Think Pink Week to raise breast cancer awareness

Delta Delta Delta sorority will participate in the St. Jude Give thanks. Walk. to raise money for children’s cancer research

“Service is a lifestyle, not something you do just to get hours in. I hope that it becomes a part of life where you just wake up in the morning and want to do something for someone other than yourself, something that’s beyond you.” - Shevonne Booze, BU student affairs graduate assistant

Baker Serves hosted Wildcat Sleep Out on Nov. 6. Students who participated slept outside for the night in cardboard boxes to raise awareness for the homeless. The students were able to experience what sleeping outside feels like, especially in colder weather.

To kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Week, the women of Alpha Chi Omega sorority set up in the Long Student Center to have students paint their hands purple, representing color of the awareness campaign. Students placed their handprints on a banner that read, “These hands don’t hurt.” Also held during this week was the red flag campaign, which brings awareness to dating violence. In support of sophomore Sione Maumau’s family after his death, students have been selling bracelets on

campus to help raise funds for funeral costs. Other efforts to raise money include a GoFundMe account that has reached nearly $14,000.

In spite of exams, essays and busy schedules, student organizations find time to raise both money and awareness for various causes throughout the year

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THREE WRESTLERS TAKE FIRST AT HOME TOURNAMENT

MARRA RETURNS, ‘CATS WIN

MEN’S SOCCER CLAWS ITS WAY TO THE TITLE MATCH

During the annual Dan Harris Open, three Wildcats became champions in the Collins Center. Sophomore Colby Watters dominated the 141-pound weight class while senior Nick Haugen was the champion of the 151-pound wrestlers. Bryant Guillen, won it all for the 184-pound class. Junior Dylan Arnall (pictured) wrestled in the 149-pound weight class for the ‘Cats.

Baker Intramurals will host a dodgeball tourna-ment on Dec. 7. There will be three divisions: women’s, men’s and co-rec. Students can sign up with six-player teams and registration ends Dec. 1. Contact Student Life and Intramurals Director Randy Flowers for more information.

BOWLING FINISHES IN SEVENTH

LISTER REACHES MILESTONE WITH TEAM’S VICTORY

Lauren BechardASSISTANT EDITOR

The Wildcats went 1-1 at their home Baker Wildcat Classic, falling to No. 6 ranked St. Gregory’s, 79-71, then defeating Friends University, 67-47. The ‘Cats are now 2-1 after opening the season with a 62-48 road win against Kansas Wesleyan University.

On her senior night, Sara Slater found out that she earned All-American sta-tus for her performance as the libero for the Wildcats. Slater finished the season at No. 20 in the nation in total digs. The team fell to Culver-Stockton College in three sets in the first round of the 2014 HAAC. Tournament.

The Wildcats’ season came to an end on their home field against Culver-Stockton College in the first round of the 2014 HAAC Tournament. After 110 minutes of play, the game was tied, 0-0. CSC would go on to make four of five penalty kicks. Baker’s sophomore Jessica Hillebert made the lone goal for the ‘Cats ending the game, 4-1.

Women’s basketball head coach Ben Lister earned his 100th career win when the No. 10 Wildcats defeated Lindenwood-Belleville University on Tuesday, 67-53. The team is 3-2, with losses to NCAA Division II teams.

VOLLEYBALL SEASON ENDS, SLATER EARNS ALL-AMERICAN AWARD

DEAD DAY DODGEBALL

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY IS HEADED TO NATIONALSAfter winning the HAAC championship, Baker is headed to the 2014 Men’s Cross Country National Tournament for the third time in four years. The Wildcats had three top-10 finishers at the conference meet hosted by Peru State College. The women fell short, ending in second place behind Benedictine. Sophomore Rachel Ash is the lone woman runner who qualified for nationals, which will take place on Nov. 22 at Rim Rock Farms in Lawrence.

The BU bowlers finished in seventh place out of 26 teams at the 14th annual Leatherneck Classic. Junior Rebecca Wood led the ‘Cats with her 12th-place finish overall and 193.3 average. The Wildcats will next travel to Fairview Heights, Il-linois, to compete in the Team Matchgames Nov. 28 and 29.

The road to the 2014 HAAC tournament championship has been full of upsets for Baker opponents. The men’s soccer team entered the tournament as the No. 6 seed and upset No. 3 Graceland in the first round. The ‘Cats came from behind to win the game, 2-1. Senior forward Preston Phillips scored the game-winning goal in the 53rd minute, earning himself the HAAC Offensive Player of the Week honor. The Wildcats swept the weekly awards as junior Amer Didic was the defensive POW. The Wildcats went on to defeat No. 2 Mid-America Nazarene University on the Pioneers’ home field on Wednesday afternoon, 2-1.

MEN’S BASKETBALL STARTS WITH SUCCESS

WOMEN’S SOCCER SEASON ENDS IN PENALTY KICKS

Junior Robert Hoeven battles an MNU defender Nov. 12 in Olathe.

After sitting out with a fractured tibia, sophomore starting quarterback Nick Marra returned to the field Saturday and led the Wildcats to a road win over the Central Meth-odist University Eagles. Marra threw for 218 yards in the 28-14 Baker victory.

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BAKER ATHLETICS

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Jim Joyner ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The sixth-seeded men’s soccer team came out victorious in the semifinal round of the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament with a 2-1 win over the third-seeded MidAmerica Nazarene Uni-versity Pioneers Wednesday. For the second straight season, the Wildcats knocked the Pioneers out of the HAAC tournament in Olathe.

Last season the story was junior Andrew Miller. Mill-er scored the only goal of his career with the go-ahead point in the 71st minute to capture the conference title and earn Baker a trip to the national tournament.

This time, the story was a combination of junior Austin Shiney and sophomore Keaton Anchors that propelled the Baker win.

On a freezing afternoon in Olathe, temperatures maxed out at 28 degrees with a sharp wind.

Shiney put Baker up, 1-0, just three minutes in by taking advantage of a missed clearance by the Pioneer defense. The midfielder slotted his shot past second team all-conference sophomore goalkeeper Yann Passet. This was Shiney’s third goal of the sea-son and first in the conference playoffs.

The Wildcats took advantage of the sharp wind at their backs in the first half to control the game, taking five shots compared to four from the Pioneers. Baker also had three different corner kick opportuni-ties and kept MNU off its attack during the first 45 minutes.

When it had the chance, MNU capitalized on the wind. MNU took eight shots in comparison to Baker’s two in the first 30 minutes of the second half.

The game’s momentum changed significantly in the 74th minute when MNU senior midfielder Niklas Larsson picked up his second yellow card of the afternoon. Larsson was ejected from the game, putting the Pioneers down to 10 men for the final 16 minutes.

Three minutes later, Baker’s persistence on the at-tack was finally rewarded. Sophomore midfielder Jor-dan Thacker connected with Anchors, who finished with his head for a 2-0 lead with just 14 minutes left to play. This was Anchors’ third goal of the season and, arguably, Baker’s biggest goal of the season.

The celebration and 2-0 lead for Baker did not last long, for MNU wasn’t going down without a fight. The Pioneers went right back into attack and found their chance to cut the deficit in half.

MNU senior midfielder Jelani Jillo beat BU fresh-man goalkeeper Pat Rydberg from 12 yards out to put his team right back into the game with 13 min-utes to play.

But Baker’s back line held strong and fought off the Pioneers’ final two shots and two corner kicks to prevail, 2-1, and advance to the conference champi-onship game for the second consecutive season.

Rydberg made four saves on the afternoon and fought off 15 MNU shots and three corners. Rydberg took over as the full-time goalkeeper in the Wildcats’ second conference game against Culver-Stockton Col-lege and since then, the team is 4-2-2. Rydberg has allowed 1.1 goals per game this season.

Senior forward Preston Phillips led the team with three shots, Shiney had two, and Anchors, junior mid-fielder Shane Hunt and first team all-conference junior defender Amer Didic each took one shot apiece.

The Wildcats will play for the conference title on the road Saturday at fourth-seeded Culver-Stockton. Baker defeated Culver-Stockton 2-0 on Oct. 11 at Liston Stadium. A win will clinch a spot in the 2014 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Tournament.

Men's soccer advances to HAAC championship

Chad Mullen STAFF WRITER

On the field, Bailey Sosa has trained herself to constantly maneuver her body to protect her left side from any potentially damaging contact.

Sosa suffers from venous malforma-tions, visible blue clusters of veins on her back that can lead to severe con-sequences when coupled with contact sports.

“They’re essentially benign tumors that run down the left side of my body and the left side of my back,” Sosa said. “By themselves they aren’t really rare, but what makes my condition pretty rare is the fact that mine attack my muscle, and they become intertwined with my muscle, which causes a lot of pain and discomfort.”

Sosa, a midfielder from Emporia, was diagnosed with the condition when she was 4-years old, but she noticed it beginning to worsen during her sophomore year at Baker. She dealt with her misfortune and stuck with her team until its season and her career came to an end Nov. 7.

The number of lumps on her back has since increased to six and she has undergone four different cycles of in-terventional radiology treatment, each

coupled with its own long and arduous recovery process.

The treatment that Sosa went through involved hundreds of injec-tions with an alcohol solution in effort to find the feeder veins, which are what causes her tumors to grow.

“It’s a treatment, not like a cure. It’s never going to go away, but this is kind of a way to slow the process of the growth," Sosa said. "The treatment it-self doesn’t last long, but after it, my re-covery is probably two to three weeks where I can’t do anything. I can’t walk, I can’t really dress myself, I can barely eat, and I’m just on bed-rest after the treatment for a few weeks.”

Sosa has learned to develop an awareness of her left side as she plays soccer.

“My teammates are really good about it in practice,” Sosa said. “They don’t hit me and they’re really cautious about how they move around me.”

It's a completely different atmo-sphere in games for Sosa.

“It’s kind of scary, because stepping on the soccer field used to be so safe and harmless for me and something that I really like to do,” Sosa said. “Now I feel vulnerable when I’m out there because I never know when I could get hit the wrong way and it could be dan-gerous and really painful for me.”

Besides the pain, too great of an im-pact on the malformations could cause them to rupture, resulting in internal bleeding. These factors led her to won-der whether continuing to play soccer would be in her best interest.

“Sometimes I can barely get out of bed, but I have to go to soccer and pretend like everything is OK and run like I’m OK,” Sosa said. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘this isn’t worth it, why am I doing this to myself?’"

But Sosa has found support from her team, which kept her playing the game she loves until Nov. 7, when the Wildcats’ sea-son ended to Culver-Stock-ton on penalty kicks in the first round of the 2014 Heart of America Athletic

Conference Tournament.“I’ve had so much support from my

coaches and my teammates forever," Sosa said. "I know that it’s something I can get through, and something they can always help me through and they’re so supportive no matter what.”

FIGHTING THE PAIN

Junior Andrew Miller sprints in for a 50/50 ball during the semifinal match at MidAmerica Nazarene University on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Photo by Madie Armoniet

Bailey Sosa protects herself with her arm as a Park University player challenges her for the ball on Sept. 10 at Liston Stadium. Sosa has been battling Venous Malfor-mations since she was 4-years-old. Photo by Chris Oritz

Senior soccer player Bailey Sosa overcomes uncommon condition in her time as a Wildcat

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Chad Mullins STAFF WRITER

The Baker University football team went back to its winning ways Satur-day, defeating the Central Methodist University Eagles 28-14 following two consecutive losses.

Head coach Mike Grossner believed that the Wildcats’ mentality heading into the game was a big factor in the win.

“We had a good week of practice,” Grossner said. “And in pregame, we were saying the right things, and we had leadership from our quarterback that we didn’t have before.”

The leadership Grossner speaks of came from sophomore quarterback Nick Marra, who played in his first game in over a month, coming back from a fractured tibia to throw for 218 yards and four touchdowns.

“He just brings that confidence,” junior Tucker Pauley said. “He goes out and flies around, and while we are all uptight about how the game is going, he brings the looseness to our team.”

The Wildcats jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and scored again on their first drive of the second. The Eagles were unable to get on the board until 3:52 remained in the half, giving BU a 21-7 lead into halftime.

The first two touchdowns by Marra came from great field position, set up by a 45-yard kickoff return by Dylan Perry, then a 6-yard punt gave the Wildcats a short field, which they capi-talized on with an 11-yard touchdown pass to freshman Ledai Shawn Boose.

The run defense struggled at times, giving up 131 yards to Eagles' running back Tyler Steinkamp, but the Wildcats

held the rest of the team to 34 yards on 29 carries.

“They had some success, and they stayed committed to it, even up until the end,” Grossner said.

The Eagles had an uncanny desire to run the ball, but it may have been due to the lack of success in the passing game. CMU quarterback Nic Stephens complet-ed just 10 passes for 78 yards on the day.

Conversely, the Wildcats had one of their worst per-formances on the ground this season, running for only 68 yards as a team.

“We knew it would be tough sledding,” Grossner said. “We thought we would be able to throw the football early, then get our run game going, and I think we would have done better if not for all the penalties.”

Ranked 13th in the country coming into the game, the Wildcats will likely have to win their next game against Missouri Valley College to ensure a playoff spot. Grossner has been well

aware of the playoff-type atmosphere leading up to these last two contests.

“This game against Central Method-ist was a playoff game for us, because if we lose we’re out of the race,” he said.

The senior day game with Missouri Valley will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at

Liston Stadium. The Vikings will come into the game with a 7-2 record, 6-2 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. The last time the two teams met, the Wildcats pulled off a 13-10 victory on the road, behind two 50+ yard field goals by Clarence Clark.

Football wins crucial road game

Hayley MorricalSTAFF WRITER

Baker wrestlers had a busy sched-ule to start their season. Ranked No. 16 nationally in the NAIA, the team ex-perienced difficult matchups in a quad hosted by the University of Oklahoma followed by a dual win over Bacone College and then the Dan Harris Open.

In Oklahoma, the team struggled, losing to the University of Oklahoma 50-0, Oklahoma City University 19-18, and Shorter College 36-9.

Three days later, the ‘Cats hosted Bacone College for their first dual of the season. At a final score of 35-6, the men easily bested Bacone, winning every match but one.

Seniors Nick Haugen and Beau Ben-nett, junior Connor Middleton, sopho-mores Josh Thomas and Bryce Shoe-maker and freshman Juan Rivera, Alex Fortuna and Tyler Dickman all brought back wins in their weight classes.

Sophomore Colby Watters said the team’s success so far is attributed to high level of competition and intensity

during practices.“I think we have a good room to

practice in that really pushes everyone to be the best they can be," Watters said. "When we wrestle each other we are wrestling someone that is as good as the person that you will be wrestling at the tournaments, and that helps a lot.”

After another three-day break, the wrestlers competed in their annual Dan Harris Open in Collins Center. Both Haugen in the 157-pound weight class and sophomore Byant Guillen in the 184-pound weight took first place.

Freshman Sean Dolan at 125 pounds and freshman Billy Leone at 197 pounds brought home second place. Dickman at 149 pounds came in third.

“I think we have done well. I think if you added up all the team points we would have won the (Dan Harris) tournament. That’s as good as you can ask for during a first open,” said Watters.

This Saturday the team will host the HAAC Quad at the Collins Center.

Wrestlers find success in busy start of season

Freshman Keith Loneker and sophomore Kharon Brown tackle quaterback Chris Swingle during the game against Culver-Stockton College. The Wildcats are 8-2 on the season. Photo by Khadijah Lane

Freshman Alex Fortuna faces his opponent from Bacone College during the Wildcats Dual on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Fortuna, who brought back a win for his weight class, helped his team defeat Bacone, 35-6. Photo by Laura Price

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Chad MullenSTAFF WRITER

The Baker University men’s cross country team has won the Heart of America Athletic conference champi-onship for the third time in four years, defeating six other HAAC teams in Auburn, Nebraska, Nov. 8.

This will advance the Wildcats to the national championship meet at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. Narrowly

behind Baker was Central Methodist University, finishing with 57 points to the Wildcats’ 53.

In 2013, the Wildcats were unable to take the HAAC championship after consecutive titles in 2011 and 2012, placing fourth in the annual meet, but they returned to the top spot by plac-ing seven runners in the top 25, three in the top 10.

The Wildcats' women almost matched the men’s success but fin-

ished second out of nine HAAC squads to Benedictine College. The Ravens had each of the top three individual finish-ers in the meet. Sophomore Rachel Ash led the Wildcat women in with her sixth-place finish in a time of 19:08 and individually qualified for nationals.

Sophomore Corey Matteson was the top Wildcat runner on the men’s side, finishing sixth overall with a time of 26:11 in the meet hosted by Peru State College. He was followed by sopho-

more Jamie Stuery in eighth and junior Gunnar Hayes in ninth.

On top of his team's success, BU interim head coach Tim Byers earned HAAC Coach of the Year, having to fill in after the sudden death of former cross country and track and field coach Zach Kindler, who died of cardiac arrest in August.

The national championship meet in Lawrence will take place Saturday, Nov. 22.

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Total blocks from junior center Macy

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Senior forward EJ CarterPhoto by Khadijah Lane

Junior guard Jami Hodge’s shooting percentage from the field this season

Junior center Macy WallischPhoto by Madie Armoneit

Senior forward EJ Carter’s shooting percentage from the field this season

Number of starters returning to the 2014-15 team

Freshman guard Gregg Easter’s average points per game

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Sarah BakerASSISTANT EDITOR

The play “A Mark Twain Storybook” is a contemplation of Twain’s books and short stories, including Tom Saw-yer, Huckleberry Finn and The Prince and the Pauper. The works are told by a modern traveling acting troupe com-posed of six actors who play 12 roles throughout the play.

Sophomore Emi Kniffin plays the narrator and Huckleberry Finn.

“This play is much more light-hearted than the last show we did,” Kniffin said. “It is designed to entertain an audience as opposed to moving or informing an audience.”

The comedy contrasts the depart-ment’s last production, “The God Com-mittee,” which was a drama.

“In dramatic shows, I feel like I re-ally become the character I’m playing,” Kniffin said. “But in comedic shows I’m just trying to be goofy.”

The play director, Associate Profes-sor of Theatre Tom Heiman, said that the actors will be interactive with the audience.

“There is no safe place to be in this theater,” Heiman joked, “which is con-sistent with my directing.”

Heiman said Mark Twain was one of the most famous Americans of his time.

Twain was aware of God’s sense of humor and incorporated that aspect in his work. Twain’s characters often find their worlds turned upside down and do not always get what they deserve.

Heiman ensures that, in the play, “goofiness will ensue.” The cast will be using “tacky and cheap-looking” props, so there will be no risk in damaging expensive props. Some actors will have added personal im-provisations to their characters.

Junior MacKenzie Sammons is the lighting designer for this production.

“Going from a production like ‘The God Committee’ to Mark Twain can be a challenge, especially in an atmosphere that could use some laughter,” Sammons said. “And that’s what ‘A Mark Twain Storybook’ is all about, making people laugh and maybe learning a few new things along the way.”

Sammons said this production is similar to the fall 2012 comedy “Robin Hood” because it is fast-paced and full of non-stop fun, and it may even “jerk your funny bone and strum your heart strings.”

“A Mark Twain Storybook” will be performed in Rice Auditorium Nov. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m.

Theater brings Twain’s stories to lifeSophomore Emi Kniffin and freshman Katie Zeluf are bluejays during the theater production of “A Mark Twain Storybook.” The show opened Thursday and runs through Sunday. Photos by Chris Ortiz

Top: Senior Joey Majchrzak and freshman Katie Zeluf talk from behind bars in “A Mark Twain Storybook.”Bottom: Junior Jesse Miller interacts with senior Joey Majchrzak during the show.

Top: Freshman Emily Robbins sings to the audience.Bottom: Freshman Katie Zeluf talks at senior Jillian Miller.

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“Journeys in Wind” Syphonic Winds Concert

7:30 p.m. | Rice Auditorium The concert will feature the Baker Uni-versity Percussion Ensemble with Frank Perez conducting. “Journeys in Song” will feature music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Kevin Walczyk, Alfred Reed, Steve Grimo and Morten Lauridsen. “I’m proud of our band students,” Perez said. “They have worked very hard preparing this concert. I hope the com-munity is able to come out and enjoy an evening of fun and diverse music.”

Orchestra Concert7:30 p.m. | Rice Auditorium

The concert will feature two works, one by Beethoven and another by Mozart. During the first work, the Baker University Orchestra will be joined by members of the chamber orchestra from Johnson County Community College. The second piece contains some difficult horn parts and cycles between fast and slow movements. “The orchestra is excited to play the concert and anxious to prepare for Ves-pers with six rehearsals left,” Director of Orchestral Activities Mark Pretzel said.

17th Annual Baker UniversityJazz Festival:

Jazz Ensemble Concert7:30 p.m. | Rice Auditorium

The concert will feature guest artist Mike Bogart. Bogart, who has played with bands like Aerosmith and Earth, Wind and Fire, was the lead trumpet and trombone player for nine years with the jazz/rock fusion band Tower of Power. “I believe that having Mike Bogart per-form in our concert may be the most ex-citing guest artist we have ever featured in conjunction with our jazz festival,” JD Parr, director of the jazz ensemble, said.

Jazz Festival: HS Band CompetitionAll-day | Rice Auditorium

The Baker University Jazz Festival will continue on Nov. 21 with a full day of competitive performances by 21 area high school jazz bands.

One-Act Plays7:30 p.m. | Darby-Hope Theatre

In addition to the two days of jazz mu-sic, five music and theater students will be performing one-act plays Nov. 20-21 at 7:30 p.m. both nights in Darby-Hope Theater in Parmenter Hall.

Baker PercussionEnsemble Concert

7:30 p.m. | McKibbin Recital Hall The Baker University Percussion En-semble’s fall concert will feature music specially written for percussion ensem-bles, and the group will perform music intended for other instruments. The concert will include Perez guest-conducting one of the pieces. The ensemble recently toured Northeast Kansas, visiting high schools and middle schools in hope of recruiting of new music students.

84th Annual Candlelight Vespers2 p.m. and 5 p.m. | Rice Auditorium

Vespers is a long-standing Baker tradition. The program features Christ-mas music by many of Baker’s musical groups, including the choirs, orchestra and jazz ensemble. The concert will also feature President Lynne Murray reciting a Christmas poem. “Christmas Vespers has it all,” Cathy Crispinio, interim director of choral ensembles, said. “From the reverent alleluia opening, to the joy of choir with brass ... there is something for everyone in a short, sweet package.”

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NOV. 20 NOV. 21 NOV. 24 DEC. 7Baker alumnus Kevin Mahogany performs on Oct. 26 in Rice Auditorium. Photo by Chad Phillips

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President Lynne Murray commenced her inaugural week on Oct. 27 by greeting students in the Long Student Center, where she served free coffee and breakfast to students, faculty and staff. The week began with a concert from world-renowned musician Kevin Mahogany on Oct. 26, followed by the breakfast at the Daily Grind, called “Good Morning, Baker.” On Oct. 28, Professor of Biology Darcy Russell gave the Kopke Lecture, but following her speech, news of the death of sophomore Sione Maumau hit the campus. The official inauguration ceremony for Baker’s 29th president was canceled following Maumau’s death. Photo by Khadijah Lane

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