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March 6, 2015

vol. 122 [issue 7]Baker University Student Media ~ Baldwin City, Kansas

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PARTYThe story of how one studententreprenuer took the initiative

to start a company, all before his

senioryear. pg. 3

TEA


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Heidi Jo HayenSTAFF WRITER

A former group on campus has been revived and

transformed. Several years after the club known

as GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) stopped meeting, a

group of students and a professor have formed TEA

(Total Equality Alliance) in its place. TEA members

plan to meet every other Thursday at 9 p.m. in

Mabee 100.Sophomore Brittney Harmon, senior Ben

Sobek and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Nicholaus Pumphrey discussed forming the group

last semester. After they talked to others on campus,

they realized that many people would support an

LGBTQ group.

In order to establish TEA at Baker, we are

working on writing a constitution, by-laws, filling

out the proper paperwork to be recognized, the

works, Harmon said. "We are very lucky to have

such a large group interested in helping kick-start

this organization.

The leaders of the group were pleasantly

surprised when more than 50 students and faculty

members came to the groups first open gathering.

They werent expecting 53 people, Pumphrey

said. At first there were only 20 people and the club

leaders were already really excited. We even got

emails that more students wanted to attended, but

that they couldnt make it for various reasons.

Pumphrey thinks the turnout at the first meetingshows that TEA will be a popular and successful

club at Baker. He thinks every college campus in

America should have an organization similar to this

one and is glad that Baker students are taking the

lead in forming one.

Eleven students were involved in starting TEA,

and each have his or her own ways that the club can

get involved in the Baker community.

Harmon hopes to give BU students and faculty an

opportunity to attend Safe Space training. The goal

of this training is to create a space where students

can be relaxed and fully self-expressed without

having to fear feeling uncomfortable, unwelcome or

unsafe.

Sophomore Rachel Ash has additional ideas for

TEA to be involved on campus.

April is Gay Pride month, and I am hoping to get

white roses and dye them so they are rainbow and

hand them out on campus, Ash said. I thought this

would be a fun way to say TEA cares, and hopefully

everyone will put the rose in their room and it willremind them to be supportive of all individuals.

TEAs last club meeting was held at 9 p.m. on

March 5 in Mabee 100. Members discussed a group

t-shirt. They were also visited by a group people

from the Equality House, also called the Rainbow

House, from Topeka, who spoke to the group.

According to its website, the Equality House is a

non-profit organization that serves as a symbol

of peace and positive change for the LGBTQ

community.

Students, professor form Total Equality AllianceDesign courtesy of Brittney Harmon and TEA. Graphic by Spencer Brown.


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Jenna WarmundBU MASS MEDIA

It's been said before that coffee ishe drink of college students, but junior

Sean Driskill is hoping to change that

o a more, well, European tradition.Driskill has concocted Momma DsMedicinal Tea as a replacement forhe well-known and well-used drug

Adderall. According to Driskill, theea is made up of a natural organicompound of herbs that stimulatehe brain to release more chemicals

naturally, while working at anenhanced rate.

The biggest thing we have foundamong college campuses is the abuseof self-prescribed Adderall that alltudents are using nowadays," Driskillaid. Half of the people dont even

know the effects that it has on the bodyand with the brain overall. We would

like to introduce (the tea) to Baker andallow people to try it and see what theythink.

The name behind the drink camefrom Driskill's mother.

My mom was the one who hookedme on hot tea alone. She always hadhot tea or was always willing to makeit," Driskill said. Her family comesfrom Boston and so they love tea ingeneral.

Driskill's family isn't the only partyinterested in the contents of his coffeemug.

Driskill spent the past summer atthe Kauffman Center, meeting investorsand speaking with potential clients,and he snagged a potential deal with ahealth food distributor. Driskill plansto sign a contract with the distributorupon graduation and work full-time at

the company.By the time I graduate, my goal is

to have the company ready to launch,Driskill said.

To fund his venture, he recentlybought a franchise called College ProPainters.

Right now Im just trying to makemoney and find investors to help back

Momma Ds Medicinal Tea, Driskillsaid.

Driskill's friends show him supportand some even hope to be involvedwith the company someday.

I hope he accomplishes all ofhis goals, and I know he will," seniorMichael Stevenson said. "Sean isambitious and when he has his mindset on something he is going to get itdone whether he has help or not. Imexcited to see what the future holdsfor Sean. I know theres nothing butblessings and prosperity coming his

way.Junior Alex Baird recognizes the

work that Driskill will need to put in,but thinks he will be up to the task.

I dont have any doubts thathis business will take off here veryshortly," Baird said. "Its going to take alot of work and effort, but he is a verydriven person."

Driskill's goal for his company isfor him to see revenue as soon as hegraduates. He wants the tea to be soldin convenience stores, gas stations,Wal-Mart and GNC.

Driskill said that the hardest partof the adventure is that everything is arisk, and there are no guarantees. Withhard work and a little elbow grease, hehopes to see success.

The only way this company willbe successful is with the work I putin myself, Driskill said. I have to goout and do everything on my own. All

the work is on me and I cant rely onsomeone else to do it.

Student entrepreneur starts at BU

Lexi LoyaSTAFF WRITER

King and Queen of Courts, aundraiser put on every springemester by the Cardinal Key

National Honor Society, raised $660or the Juvenile Diabetes Research

Foundation. At the basketball gameson Feb. 21, seniors Travis Ray andAlyse Menghini were crowned kingand queen.

Students voted for candidatesby putting money into jars set upn the Long Student Center. Coinsounted as positive points towardhe candidate, but dollar bills wereecorded as negative. A person was

also able to write a check for eitherpositive or negative points.

We usually raise about $500 eachyear, Sara Crump, faculty advisor of

Cardinal Key, said.The candidates in the running

this year for the men were Ray (DeltaTau Delta), Barkley Edison (KappaSigma), Seth Swearengin (Sigma PhiEpsilon) and Collin Studer (Zeta Chi).

The female candidates wereMenghini (Delta Delta Delta), ClaireWhite (Alpha Chi Omega), RashidaSimpson (Zeta Phi Beta) and BaileySosa (Zeta Tau Alpha).

Crump said for the past coupleof years, the jars remain nearlyempty until the last day of voting,when everyone comes and dumpschange into candidates' jars. Despitethe donation being mainly coins,Crump said that they still raise agood chunk of money for juvenilediabetes.

Senior Abbey Elsbernd, memberof Cardinal Key, said that this

fundraiser has always done well inthe past.

I think its successful becauseit brings out a little competition,Elsbernd said.

Freshman Forrest Young thinksthat, while the competition is for agood cause, it seems to be more of apopularity contest.

But its for charity so I can seehow its justified, Young said.

While Elsbernd acknowledgedthat there was competition inthe King and Queen of Courts,she disagreed that it was aboutpopularity due to all the money beingraised.

Yes, youre voting for yourcandidate, but youre also helpingout while youre doing it so it kindof changes the dynamics, Elsberndsaid.

Junior Sean Driskill is a self-starter. He has created his own company, Momma Ds Medicinal Tea, in hopes of promoting it as a replacement for Adderall forstudents. The tea, according to Driskill, is made up of a natural organic compound meant to stimulate the brain. Photo by Chad Phillips.

King and Queen of Courts raises $660

Freshman Christian Jackson places changeinto a candidates jar for Cardinal Key HonorSocietys King and Queen of Courts, whichwas held Feb. 16-20. Photo by Khadijah Lane


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Hayley MorricalSTAFF WRITER

After 11 years in a trolley cart, the Jitters coffee

shop along the north side of Highway 56 in Baldwin

City is soon to be no more. The change is not due to

a lack in business but an increase in customers.

Our business has doubled every year since webought it, owner Doris Sage said. Sage and her

daughter Sara Castaneda have owned the business

for ive years after purchasing it from the original

Jitters owner.

Jitters will move from the trolley cart to a

storefront around the end of next year.

The increase in business is pushing the shop

from its iconic cart into a sit-down business, across

Highway 56 and down the road from its original

location, which means it will be a shorter walk for

Baker students. Although the decision is yet to be

approved by the city, Sage and Castaneda expect the

new location to be open toward the end of 2016.

We had a couple opportunities that came up and

those fell through, so those kind of put our plans on

hold, Castaneda said. But end of next year is what

we are hoping. We are excited to be on that side of

the highway so we will be within walking distance

of the students. Then they wont have to cross the

highway to have a place to come in and sit down,

have plugins, wi-i and a place for class.

The trolley cart, which was built in Oregon

speciically to be a coffee shop, doesnt offer the

business room to grow with its expanding menu and

offerings.

It has been OK because its a drive-through,

but we deinitely feel like we blend in with our

surroundings, Castaneda said. I still have people

come through, weve been here since 1999, andsay Sara how long has this been here?' Sometimes

people just dont know we are here.

According to the Castaneda, the move offers

Jitters the opportunity to meet more customer needs

and expand its current menu, especially its food.

We do have a hard time letting the customer

know whats available because we are limited on

space, Sage said.

The owners say the continued growth in business

over the past ive years has come from the available

options, consistency and keeping up with trends.

Both Sage and Castaneda think the move will offer

them the opportunity to keep doing so.

However, the journey of Jitters growth has been

challenged at times, such as Baker University's

recent opening of a The Daily Grind on campus that

sells Starbucks coffee.

Its just so convenient, Sage said. And

(students) are all so busy. Starbucks is a big name.

Castaneda said Jitters tries to differentiate its

brand from Starbucks by being more personal withcustomers and using high quality coffee and syrups.

Jitters also makes a point to stay visual to students

by staying open later during mid-terms and inals

week and offering student discounts for the Baker

population.

Weve been fortunate enough to have an idea

and keep it sustained, Castaneda said. Some things

are disappointing to begin with and they turn out

not to be so bad. The potential was here.

Kallie FischerSTAFF WRITER

After 40 years at Baker University, Director of

Library Services Kay Bradt is retiring.

It was 1975 when Bradt completed graduate

school and started her career at Baker University,

but that's not when her love for the profession

began.

A Lawrence native, her interest in the ield

blossomed when she was hired as a librarian at the

University of Kansas at age 14.

Bradt's mother was the one who encouraged her

to look into the profession, saying that it would be agood it to her skills. When she started at KU, Bradt

realized that her mother was right.

She had a sense that I was an organized person

and I loved reading and I should look into that,"

Bradt said. "In eighth grade, I took an after-school

class on how to use the library and it made sense to

me Thats when I realized this was right for me.

In 2000, Bradt was promoted to the position of

director of library services.

I came as the other librarian,' Bradt said.

There was the director and then there was me, and

we had lots of other staff and gradually the shape of

the staff has changed.

Bradt has taken many responsibilities as the

director of library services. Because the organization

is small, Bradt and her staff have to do many of the

front-line jobs, such as working at the reference desk

and organizing books.

But as a self-proclaimed lover of books, these are

the tasks that Bradt inds enjoyable.

We have to decide which books in the library

have outlived their usefulness," Bradt said. "I do

what librarians call collection development, but it

basically means that I just shift books around

upstairs. I also have to keep up with new library

updates and what new products are out there.

Bradt is sad to part ways with the friends she has

made throughout her time at the university.

I will miss the people, students, interaction and

all that stuff the most, Bradt said. Its going to take

awhile to get used to not having all these people

around me all the time.

The library staff is saddened to see Bradt go. Jill

Brungardt, interlibrary loan assistant, said what she

will miss the most about Bradt is her management

style.

Shes very non-micromanaging. Shes very

relaxed, kind of takes it all in stride and thats one

thing that I really appreciate, Brungardt said. Shes

very giving of her time and that will be missed.

Technical Services Librarian Nathan Poell

expects to remain good friends with Bradt after her

retirement. They both live in Lawrence and often

see eachother at the farmers market or WheatFields

Bakery and Caf.

Poell said not having her expertise will affect the

library the most.

We are going to miss the hell out of her, Poell

said. Shes irreplaceable and thats the bottom line.

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Jitters to trade trolley for storefront

After 40 years at the university, Director of Library Services KayBradt is retiring from from Baker at the end of the semester.Photo by Khadijah Lane

Bradt to retire from BU after 40 years

Bobbie Jo Halford, one of Jitters baristas, has been working there for three years. Due to increasing number in customers, Jit-ters owners have decided to change locations from its iconic trolley to a storefront. Photo by Khadijah Lane

Jitters current residence is an old train trolley, located offHighway 56. Photo by Khadijah Lane


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Whitney SilkeySTAFF WRITER

Jumping into freezing cold water isusually not a popular winter activity,but that doesn't stop the hundreds ofbrave souls who take the plunge intofrigid Kansas waters.

Peace. Love. Plunge. This is thetheme for Lawrence's irst ever

Polar Plunge, which is scheduled forSaturday, March 7 at Naismith Hall.The fundraiser, which is also called thePolar Bear Plunge, is for local SpecialOlympics programs. For some, divinginto the freezing water has become atradition.

Sophomore Luke Miltz plungedfour times at Lake Shawnee in Topeka,but he is excited for the changeof venue this year. Because of hisdedication to the project, he joined theplanning committee for the plunge,hoping to spread the wordaround the Baldwin Citycommunity.

Miltz has

formed a team through Student Senatefor any Baker University students, anda few other organizations are joiningin on the fun; Bakers Greek life, AlphaChi Omega and Zeta Chi have alsocreated teams.

Sophomore Emi Knifin is on

the team for Baker Universitystudents, because the Polar Plungeis a fundraiser close to her heart.Her autistic brother is a member ofa Special Olympics team. This willbe her second year participating in

the Polar Plunge and she hopes tocontinue to plunge in the future.

It is a great way to raise moneyand awareness for the SpecialOlympics, Knifin said. It is also good

for the athletes and their families.Knifin volunteers at the Special

Olympics state track meet every yearin

Wichita. When she lived in Wichita,she helped out as a coach for a tennisteam.

According to Knifin, jumping into

ice-cold water is not as bad as peoplethink because of the adrenaline.

You dont feel it until an hourlater, Knifin said. Its exhilarating.

A member of the Alpha Chi Omegateam, freshman Annie Hanson, isexcited to take her irst plunge.

Hanson has volunteered for theSpecial Olympics softball tournament

in Missouri over the summer. Sheknows that the event will be arewarding experience and she hopesothers feel the same way knowingthat they helped make a difference insomeones life.

Miltz hopes that the Bakercommunity will have a good time at

the Polar Plunge while supporting thecause.

Im passionate about providingopportunity and community forspecial needs, Miltz said. Fundraisingfor them is important because it givespeople with special needs somethingthat is their own.

The Baker University Alpha ChiOmega team is currently second infundraising amounts for the Lawrenceplunge with $375. Zeta Chi follows inthird place with $277.

Anyone can register for theLawrence Polar Plunge from nowuntil the day of the event. The plungeis taking place in a pool located atNaismith Hall on the University ofKansas campus.

On-site registration begins at 10:30on March 7, and the plunge is at noon.The only requirement is a minimum

of $75 for each person that canbe raised from supporters or

donated by the plungersthemselves.

Lawrence to host frst annual


During President Lynne Murray'sState of the University address, shenoted that in 2013, 100 percent oftudents graduating with an education

major found a teaching job uponearning their diploma. This statisticgives some current BU educationmajors hope for getting jobs andoining the workforce next year,

despite the state's funding cuts forpublic schools and higher education bya combined $44.5 million.

Amy Wintermantel, associateprofessor of education, does not seehe recent budget cuts to Kansass

public schools as a major concern yet,and she is not concerned about Baker

graduates gaining employment in thenear future.

Recent BU graduate Renata Dillwas one of two winners of the 2014Teacher of Promise award given out atthe Kansas Teacher of the Year StateAwards Banquet. Since receiving the

award, she is optimistic that she will beable to ind a position close to home.

Im from Manhattan, so it wouldbe nice if I could get a job up there,Dill said. Im really willing to workwherever, though.

Often, student teachers can getinterviews in the school districtswhere they student-taught; Dill landeda six-week stint as a para-sub forthe same district where she did herstudent-teaching.

She plans to attend a career fair in

April, where she can talk to differentschool districts and network. Fromwhat she understands, it will be anopportunity to have mini-interviewswith schools from across the area. Dillsaid she is planning on applying forjobs around spring break.

Hannah Geenens, who is alsoan education major, is planning onapplying for more jobs as the semestergoes on. She is currently studentteaching in the Blue Valley district andhopes to be a Spanish teacher. Spanishteachers are used at both the primaryand secondary level, so she has theopportunity to work at both levelswhile student-teaching this spring.

Geenens is conident that she will

be able to gain employment becauseSpanish teachers are in high demand.

With the inlux of Spanish-speaking

students, Geenens thinks that schoolswant their students to know thelanguage.

Both Dill and Geenens areoptimistic about employmentopportunities and believe that

attending Baker University has giventhem an advantage.

My educational background doesexceed others from other universities,along with the rest of my fellowstudents in the Baker UniversityEducation Department, Geenenssaid. We have incredible professorswith outstanding educationalexperience that have really pushed ourdepartment to provide conidence to

be some of the best educators aroundKansas.

Education majors optimistic in face of cuts

Participation in the Polar Plunge is anincredibly rewarding experience ... I wont lie, the plunge iscold, but the causeis incredibly heartwarming.

-Sophomore Luke Miltzin Polar Plunge for a Heartwarming Cause

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E D I T O R I A L

If asked, many Baker Universitystudents would say that the reasonthey chose to attend Baker was

the personal and small-town feel thatcomes with a private college in a townlike Baldwin City.

Baldwin City is tiny, certainly nobigger than the stereotypical ruralmidwestern town. The perfect placefor a college like Baker, which strivesto give students a personal classroomexperience, making each student feelmore like a person than a number.

Many students talk negativelyabout the city, but a part of goingto college is loving the college townatmosphere. Baker is one-of-a-kind interms of its programs and offerings,but Baldwin City adds a sort of charmto it as well.

From the outside, students atlarger universities do not understandthe appeal of such a small town, butas BU students, we should be theones who ind the lovable parts. Overand over we hear about the Bakerfamily and how it is such a tight-knitcommunity - why does that have tochange on a Friday or Saturday night?

Baldwin City may be small but itoffers more entertainment choicesthan many students realize. No,there isnt a movie theater or a nightclub or even a McDonalds; however,there are other choices for food and

entertainment that could arguablybe better options for students andare beneicial for both Baker and therest of the Baldwin City community.

The fact that Baldwin City doesnot have some of these things canbe considered more of an advantagethan inconvenience. Having fewerdistractions keeps students morefocused on academics, and thedrive to Lawrence is more likely todissuade students from choosing togo out and party instead of study fortomorrows test.

A movie theater can be replacedby Netlix and a couch full of friends.The club could be a weekend fratparty that is carefully planned andclose to home, making it easy tomake the right choice to walk homeafter that last drink.

Other than the monetary andsafety beneits of living in BaldwinCity, the small-town atmospherebrings us closer together as acampus.

For those of us who are 21,The Mine can be a really goodtime. Instead of going to a Lawrencebar where you only know one outof maybe 30, here its people yousee every day, whether its on thesidewalk by the Osbourne Chapel or inCollins Library.

College is a time to foster

friendships and make memories, bothof which can be done in this city ifstudents take the time to look for it.

Just because Baldwin City doesnthave the variety of out-on-the-townentertainment doesnt mean that itis lacking possibilities. Places like

the Mine, the Baldwin City Diner andthe Lumberyard Arts Center - localbusinesses that are a part of thecommunity we as Baker students livein - are often forgotten when studentschoose where they want eat or spendtheir time.

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Students often forget the benefits of Baldwin City

Abbey s sketch padby Abbey Elsbernd

Taylor Shuck

A projected $600 million budgetdeicit for next year. Over $25 millionn budget cuts to our elementary

and secondary schools. A massive,Dr. Frankenstein-esque experimentgone horribly wrong. These are thessues that we should be discussing

as Kansans, but with Gov. SamBrownbacks recent executive order,we seem to have returned to a debatehat we thought to have closed years

ago: the rights of the LGBT community.The governor's executive

order rescinded protections for

tate employees from workplacediscrimination based on sexualorientation and gender identity. Theseprotections were established in 2007by then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. ThisBrownback power trip is embarrassingor us as a state.

This order followed his irstexecutive order of the week, in whichhe announced that companies shouldbe more aggressive in their hiringpolicies for veterans and those withphysical and mental disabilities. He

said, it makes good business sense totreat employees . . . with dignity andrespect. But, apparently, this doesntapply to LBGTs anymore.

When Sebelius signed the executiveorder in 2007, she told members ofthe Kansas Equality Coalition, "I'm

sorry it took us so long." The chairmanof the Kansas Traditional RepublicanMajority, Andy Wollen, had a one-sentence response:

Its about time.

Apologies today to everyone whowas excited to see the same basicrights of job protection for all Kansans.We just ... kind of changed our minds?

But the question is, what doesBrownback's latest action really mean?

Annulling the law doesntnecessarily mean that LGBT workerswill get ired from their jobs, but itdoes allow companies the freedomto do so if they wish. It puts the LGBTcommunity in the classiication ofsecond-class citizens - a group withoutbasic guaranteed rights.

It is ridiculous that in 2015, we arestill in the process of discussing whatis and isnt love. This is no longer anargument between Republicans andDemocrats; its a conversation of basicfreedoms.

According to The Pew ResearchCenter, in 2007, when the initialbill was passed, only 37 percent ofAmericans were in favor of same-sexmarriage and freedoms for those in theLGBT community. And now, eight yearslater, 54 percent of Americans arein favor. It's obvious that people arechanging their age-old opinions - whatthe hell, Kansas?

America is growing and adapting,especially within our generation; 70percent of millennials now believe that

same-sex marriage should be legal.And in a few years, these troubadoursare going to be taking the seats ofBrownback and Mitch McConnell,dusting off these civil rights bills andpassing them without a second glance.

On a basic level, I ind Brownbacksexecutive order mean-spirited. Theprotections had been in place foreight years, why do they need to berescinded now? Hes lost in a sea ofhopelessness, washed over by thetroubles he created for himself. Hisexperiments with tax cuts and the

state budget have gone completelywrong, and he needs something else todivert our attention.

Yes, at a federal level there stillare no legal protections for LGBTs,but there have been strides by theSupreme Court to make same-sexmarriage federally legal. Statesshould be making headway on anti-discrimination laws in order to protecttheir own citizens. Kansans shouldfocus on our future rather than arguingover petty concerns.

Shuck: What the hell is wrong with Kansas?


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Word Around

BAKER:Where is your favoriteplace to go onSaturday night?

SigEp because its fun anda cool place to chill andhang out.

Matt Maumalangajunior

The apartments becauseits fun to just hang outwith friends.

Elizabeth Arnoldsophomore

My favorite place is withmy teammates in thesoccer apartment.

Katie Hibblersophomore

You dont want to smell my butt,

so dont make me smell yours.

On my way to class last week, Ifound myself having to walk througha gauntlet of smoke outside the LongStudent Center. Not only did I smelllike an ashtray, I had been exposed toharmful second-hand smoke. Havingrecently lost a loved one to lung cancercaused by smoking, this hits real closeto home for me.

According to the American HeartAssociation, the link between second-hand smoke and disease is well known.Each year about 38,000 people diefrom heart and blood vessel diseasecaused by other peoples smoke.Non-smokers who are exposed tosecondhand smoke increase their riskof developing heart disease by 25 30%.

The push for smoke-free

campuses is increasing every day; TheTobacco Free College Campus Initiativestates that smoke-free campuses aredefined as smoking is prohibited on

campus property including, but notlimited to parking lots, fields, sports

and recreation areas and stadiums.The policy applies to all students,faculty, staff and other persons oncampus."

As of January 2015, there are 1,514smoke-free campuses in the U.S. Ofthese 1,514 campuses, 12 are in Kansas.

In the fourth quarter of 2014,legislation posted that there are fourindustries that are now 100 percent

smoke-free: government worksites,

private worksites, restaurants anddaycare centers.

Smoke-free campuses do notexpect every smoker to just quit coldturkey since smoking is not allowedon campus. USA Todayreports thatuniversities are providing smokingcessation services. Students areoffered support groups and nicotinereplacement therapy such as gum,patches and lozenges. Some even offerquit-kits, such as packages containinggum and cinnamon sticks.

If Baker doesnt push for a smoke-free campus, then we should have adesignated area, closed off for thosewho cant kick the habit. It invades myairspace to walk by a smoker. Thoseof us who dont smoke are extremelysensitive to it.

The American Lung Associationclaims that smoking is deadlier than

ever, saying tobacco kills 480,000

Americans a year. It upsets me to seemy classmates harming their bodies aswell as the bodies of students aroundthem. I have seen first-hand what

smoking can do to a person. Not onlyis smoking bad for your health, it alsocauses an eyesore for our beautifulcollege campus, with butts litteringthe lawn and the ashtrays outside thebuildings.

According to Public Health FactSheet, tobacco smoke contains morethan 172 substances consideredtoxic, and the smoke isnt the onlyproblem. Cigarette butts are a anotherconcern for biologists as they are notbiodegradable and are the number oneform of litter found on beaches.

I realize that it is a smokers rightto be able to smoke out in the openair, but next time you light up, pleaseremember that we also have the right

to clean air.

Kallie Fischer

Fischer: BU should be smoke-free

A debate over the color of a dresswent viral last week. Thats right. Apicture of a striped dress that looksike it belongs on clearance at Dillards

was responsible for dividing thenation.

Why did #TheDress trump moremportant current events such as the

debate over LGBT rights in Kansas

or the huge snowstorm that wasupposed to hit the northeast part ofhe state, all because dress is seen as

black and blue to some, and white andgold to others?

The debate supposedly started onTumblr after a woman was frustratedabout the color of a dress she sawat a wedding in early February. Sheposted the picture and soon enoughhere were debates all over Twitter,

Instagram and Facebook for a solid 24hours. Everyone had his or her opinionabout the dress and it did not take longfor #TheDress to become a trendingtopic.

Why do people see the dressdifferently? One theory explains thatit depends on the number of bluecones a person has in his/her eyes. If

viewers have more blue cones, they aremore likely to see the dress in blackand blue, but viewers with fewer bluecones may perceive the dress to bewhite and gold.

Another theory states that itdepends on the brightness of thescreen the person is looking at, andthat looking at the dress on an iPhonerather than a computer could sway apersons perception.

According to one bizarre theory,seeing black and blue might mean thatsomeone is more depressed.

Only two things are known for sure:the dress has lace and it is a crazyoptical illusion.

Some people may have acceptedthat they may never know what thetrue colors of the dress are, but it truly

is black and blue.The dress was from a retailer

in Birmingham, England, calledRoman Originals. The design directorconfirmed that the dress is royal

blue with black lace. According to the

company website, #TheDress is nowback in stock after it sold out duringthe hype. It is selling for 50 Britishpounds or $76.98. The dress alsocomes in other color combinations incase more confusion is necessary.

#TheDress may have sparkedsome debate, but why is this the onlytype of dispute occurring on social

media? It is unfortunate that a dresscan top all other important news. Infact, many of my own peers do notknow who Brian Williams is. I wouldlove to see debates over vaccinatingchildren on my Facebook timelineor #Iran as a trending topic on myTwitter feed. Social media shouldbe a useful tool for news-relateddiscussions, but for now all I see arepetty debates.

#TheDress takes over social media, pop culture

Whitney Silkey


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The Other Place:How a modest local barbecame home to many

Taylor ShuckEDITOR

From the outside, it doesnt look like

much. Maybe a run-down auto parts

store, established years ago but long

forgotten. The Mines owner, Mike

Magers, bought it in October of 98, six years

after graduating from Baker.

I think every guy wants to own a bar,

Magers said. It seems like a good idea when

youre young.

He was 28 at the time, saying at that agehe was still young enough, where that kind of

thing appealed to him, a place where he could

get to know everybody.

I could never remember how to make

a shot, Magers said. If there was more

than one liquor in

a drink, I would

struggle. But getting

to know people and

learning about folks,

its interesting to

see them develop

and form good

relationships. Baldwin

City is a great town.

It could be a dinky

restaurant, one only

frequented by those who know of its hidden

gems. It does in fact sell food, but Magers said

its not the biggest selling point. While he

could take out a pool table in favor of booths,

he likes the atmosphere too much to make a

change.

The parking lot, which is really just a patch

of gravel and pebbles, is mostly empty. A blue

Ford F-150, spotted with rust, sits at the front

door, probably the irst patron of the day

claiming his spot. A silver, dust-covered Chevy

Tahoe in the far corner. My red MitsubishiEclipse is an obvious tourist, standing out in a

sea of small-town normality.

The maybe-its-an-auto-parts-store,

maybe-its-not-even-open bar sits right

off Highway 56. The Mine opened in the

mid 70s and has since gone through a few

transformations. Associate Professor of

History John Richards remembers when he

was a student and it was called The Other

Place because of the bar that was already

established at the junction of Highway 56 and

Highway 59. At the time it was a taproom,

only 3.2-beer was sold and everyone could

legally drink at the age of 18.

The atmosphere was the same as it is

now, Richards said. There were pool tables,

people getting around, shooting pool. Well

bad pool.

The door, with windows into the bar, is

slightly off the hinges. From the inside, you

can see rays of light persistently pushing

through the small space between the frame

and the door. When you turn the door handle,

its loose, like someone had too much to drink

one night and broke it, but no one bothered

to ix it. You need a irm grip, an Im-trying-to-

get-a-beer-right-now grasp, to open the door.

The place is just as plain on the inside,

with its long, light tan bar straight ahead.

The loor is a cracked-white linoleum, with

scattered stickers, advertising (you guessed

it!) Bud Light and Budweiser, chipped from

years of boots scufling the edges. There aretwo pool tables on the right side of the bar,

just before you get to the door to the beer

garden.

The bartender, McCoy Nelson, says the

place has been the same since he was a

student here; he started bartending at the end

of his senior year, 2005.

Back then they called

it The Salt Mine or

Mio. It was crazy back

then, he says.

Nelson left Baldwin

City at age 23 to try his

hand at the real world.

But like Magers, this

place called him back.

I was sad when I left

the irst time, Nelson said. I never thought

I would be back here. I feel like this was the

bar I grew up in; I moved around so much and

have done so many things, but this bar has

really kind of always been home to me. It was

like coming home.

The only time it gets crazy now is during

Stag, a tradition of Bakers Alumni Weekend.

Although its stressful for the bartenders, he

says its just a ridiculously good time. Magers

agrees, saying they used to have a capacity

counter at the door, and the bar and outdoorarea have been known to hold up to 700

people at the event.

To the left of the bar is a goling arcade

game, you know the one with the cold white

ball you spin to swing the club. The bartender

said he threw out his arm last week, playing

it when the place was dead. Isnt it dead now?

Out of the eight stools at the bar, only one is

taken, and its mine. There are four older men

sitting around a table, sharing a pitcher of

some light yellow, clearly domestic beer.

Locals (or as many BU students call them,

townies) are a regular in this bar, something

that brings out the charm. Magers said at irst

it was rough to smooth out the differences

between the groups, but now, everybody just

kind of comes together.

The bartenders and the personality can

appeal to both college students and locals,

Magers said.

Nelson said its always been a pretty

healthy mix of people who come into the bar,

something that makes the place so special.

The Thunder Rolls, a country classic, sets

the tone for the place. Its a down-home kind

of bar, the place where you come between

shifts or to meet up with a friend. Its a place

for pool and darts, the King of Country and a

nice cold Bud Light.

The townies get a bad rep about them,

Nelson said. Were just all living in this

small town, you know, and its not only just a

university. Theres not much else to do in thistown and booze is good for you.

Speaking of booze, on draft they have

Copperhead Pale Ale, Boulevard Irish Ale,

Pabst Blue Ribbon, Miller Li te, Budweiser,

Bud Light, Coors (Curs as I just heard this

old man call it) and Boulevard Wheat. The

draft choices are better than you would

expect in a town of this size. The Budweiser

and Bud Light handles protrude from the wall

more than the rest, most likely from overuse.

I choose my go-to, Boulevard Wheat.

McCoy reaches for the cooler to grab a glass

for my beer. My mother always tells me that

draft beer gives her a headache.

Stick with bottled beer, Taylor, its better

for your belly and better for your head.

I never listen. She always tells me that

Miller Lite is the best, too a gap in our

generation and personality made clear by our

choice in beer.

The frosted glass has (surprise!) a Bud

Light logo on it, with a Kansas sunset and

sunlower. The two are a golden yellow now,

thanks to my brew. Its the color of a wedding

ring. That golden-hue of the sun as it rises,

before it hits noon ... the color of light, royalty

but most importantly, good beer. A lemon sits

on the lip of the glass, the cut in the middle

gripping the edge of the cup. I wring it, lettingthe acidity drop into the foam of the beer.

The citrus dispels the white, breaking it up to

allow the gold to shine through the holes in

the clouds.

I pick up the pint again, sti ll as heavy but

probably only half as cold, and inally take a

drink. The lemon hits my lips, a dam to the

izziness of the brew. Its soft and smooth

going down, and the lemon helps bring out

the full-body lavor of the beer with a c itrus

undertone.

After a few more sips, the wheat-color

leaves the logo, leaving it a half-painted

picture. Slowly and methodically, with a few

stories mixed in from Nelson and the townie

who comes to sit next to me (they really are

friendly around here), I inish the beer before

it has a chance to get warm. Nelson looks at

me, raises his eyebrow and I smile. This is our

code for one more, please.

Were just all livingin this small town, youknow, and its not only

just a university. Theresnot much else to do in

this town and booze isgood for you.

-McCoy Nelson

McCoy Nelson has been a bartender at the Mine, a local bar in Baldwin City, for more than four years. The Mine, which has been around since the mid 70s, is a favorite to more than just the college students. Many locals frequent theestablishment, something that is now normal for those who come to call it home. Photo by Chad Phillips


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March 6, 2015

page 10

THINGS TO

KNOW ABOUT

BAKER ATHLETICS

10

The BU softball team

will not be able to play

its scheduled home

games throughout

the month due to

surface renovations

on Cavaness Field. All

doubleheaders that

have been scheduled(March 9, 11, 14 and

22) will take place

where the Baldwin

High School softball

team plays. The

facility is located at

100 Bullpup Drive in

Baldwin City.

CAVANESS

UNDERGOES

RENOVATIONS

The third-seeded womens basketball team won its ninth straight

against the Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-65 on Wednesday to

advance to the HAAC semiinals. The women play at 7 p.m. tonight

at No. 2 Benedictine. The men fell 71-53 to Avila on Tuesdaynight in the opening round of the HAAC tournament.

WOMEN ADVANCE, MENS SEASON ENDS

Senior EJ Carter earned a spot on the third-team

all-conference team while sophomore Javeion

Gray (pictured) was named an honorable

mention all-conference. Carter led the team in

scoring and rebounds with an average of 13

points and ive

boards per game.Gray, former HAAC

Freshman of the

Year, led the Cats

in assists and

steals. Both

men found

success on the

court despite

sitting out of a

total of six games

due to injuries.

CARTER, GRAY EARN

ALL-HAAC HONORS

At the 2015 NAIA North National Qualiier at Doane

College in Crete, Nebraska, the Baker dance team

took fourth place overall and inished with three

All-Americans: sophomore Kaitlyn Stout, junior

Callie Brabender and senior Jessica Prather. The

cheerleading squad (pictured cheering at a BU

basketball game below) inished the competition in

eighth place out of 10 teams. Neither squad qualiied

for nationals; however, the possibility of earning an

at-large bid stands for each. The spirit squad will

compete at the NDA/NCA Collegiate Championshipson April 8 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

SPIRIT SQUAD COMPETES AT

NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

Sophomore Hannah Bettge,

two-time irst-team all-

HAAC setter, tried out for the

USA Volleyball team. Some

200 women traveled to

Colorado Springs, Colorado,

Feb. 20-22, to compete for

a spot on the team at the

open tryout. Head coachKathy Allen says that Bettge

is, humble, coachable, and

extremely likeable, and

as her coach, I couldnt

be prouder of what she

represents for our team and

our university. Results were

not available at press time.

BETTGE TRIES OUT FOR

USA VOLLEYBALL

TEAM

After its irst 11 games, the Baker

baseball team sits at 5-6 on theseason. Junior Tevin Thompson

(pictured) is hitting .385 as he leads

the team with 10 hits. The Cats will

compete against Kansas Wesleyan

on March 10 before opening

the conference season at home

with a doubleheader against

Central Methodist University

beginning at 1 p.m. March 14

at Sauder Field.

BASEBALL LOOKS

FORWARD TO HAAC

Eight members of the Baker

mens and womens indoor track

and ield team are currently

competing at the NAIA National

Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

The athletes and the events theywill compete in are listed below.

Ty Sloan, 60-meter hurdles

Paige Rockers, triple jump

Kendal Holloman, pole vault

Brenda McCollum, 3,000-meter

race walk

Caitlin Apollo, 3,000-meter

race walk

Tyson Robke, heptathlon

Avery Parker, triple jump

Josh Peck, weight throw

Shortly after receiving irst-team

all-conference honors, senior

Kyrstie Ehm was named HAAC

Player of the Week. Ehm (pictured)

went 10-for-16 from the ield and shot

perfectly from the free-throw line, adding eight

points to the Cats score against Missouri Valley.

Junior Macy Wallisch also received recognition as

she was named HAAC Defensive Player of the Year

for the second season in a row.

EIGHT WILDCATS

COMPETE AT

NATIONALS

WRESTLING SENDS FIVE TO NATIONALSFive Wildcats qualiied for the 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championship, including

defending national champion sophomore Bryce Shoemaker. Full story on page 11.

Lauren BechardASSISTANT EDITOR

EHM EARNS TWO

HAAC HONORS

TENNIS SPLITS AT

NEBRASKA WESLEYAN

The mens tennis team

split two matches against

William Jewel and

Nebraska Wesleyan on Feb.

21 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

After falling to William

Jewel 5-4, the men walked

away with an 8-1 victory

over Nebraska Wesleyan.


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Levi BlaylockSTAFF WRITER

Baker is sending ive wrestlers

o nationals in Topeka today and

omorrow. This marks the second

onsecutive year Baker has had ivewrestlers qualify for nationals after

he NAIA Central National Qualiier.

Despite being the defending

133-pound NAIA national champion,

ophomore Bryce Shoemaker will

be entering this weekends natoinal

ournament in Topeka ranked No. 2

n his weight class. Michael Ruiz from

Great Falls, Montana, is in the No. 1

pot.

I never have cared about the

ankings, Shoemaker said. Anything

an happen at nationals. It never ends

he way everyone was previously

anked.Coaches gave the wrestlers

one week off to get ready for the

ournament. Shoemaker used his time

off to mentally focus and prepare to

defend his title.

I feel good, I feel motivated,

Shoemaker said. Its been a good

week off and Im just excited to go

out there and wrestle. It would be

extremely special if I won it twice. I

know Im capable of doing it. I just

need to go out there and wrestle

mart and my match.

Joining Shoemaker to compete at

nationals will be senior Nick Haugen

157 pounds), sophomore Bryant

Guillen (174 pounds), and freshmen

Mike Andreano (125 pounds ) and

Juan Rivera (141 pounds.)

Were all ready to go out there

and give it our all, Shoemaker said.

Weve had a good two weeks of

practice, its always different this

time of year and I like the energy

thats still in the room even after thelong season. Were ready physically.

Its just putting it together mentally

when it comes to nationals.

Haugen returns to nationals for

the fourth time in his collegiate

career. Last year, Haugen was able

to inish in eighth place in the

149-pound class and receive All-

American honors. Going into the

tournament this year, Haugen is

ranked ninth in the nation with a

chance to repeat his All-American

performance.

Guillen is a two-time Kansas 5A

state champion from Topeka. He is

entering the tournament ranked

seventh in the 174-pound class.

Andreano and Rivera are

entering the tournament unranked

but Shoemaker thinks they have

potential to create some upsets.

Our new guys have a good

chance of making it to the All-

American round, Shoemaker said.

We all just need to wrestle one

match at a time.

The NAIA National Wrestling

Tournament will include 44

institutions and 211 wrestlers,including six defending national

champions and 40 returning All-

Americans.

page 11The Baker Orange | SportsMarch 6, 2015

Shoemaker, wrestlers prepare for nationals

Sophomore Bryce Shoemaker celebrates his win last year at the NAIA national championship.Shoemaker earned All-America status along with the national title which he will defend at this yearstournament in Topeka.Photo by Callie Paquette

Joyner: KC Royals ready for spring training, season

Jim JoynerASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Spring training is just around

the corner for the Kansas City

Royals. 31 practice games to preparefor the real 162-game marathon

thats played out over six months.

Even though these games are just

for practice and the records are

irrelevant once the calendar turns

to April 6, I have never been more

excited for spring training. Once the

first pitch is thrown its play ball.

Spring training is one of the

most relaxed environments in any

professional sport. The baseball

players go out every day and simply

practice. Training camp for the NFL

is grueling, the NBA preseason only

consists of about eight games so itsturnaround is much quicker than

baseball, and even at half-speed,

the NHL is so hard on bodies that

playing a six-game preseason is

almost useless.

The Royals spring training

complex consists of more than six

fields and the players are constantly

playing and getting better. I also

wouldnt complain about being able

to play baseball in Surprise, Arizona,

in March compared to the frigid

temperatures in Kansas City.

The Royals have not played since

Oct. 29, when it stranded the game-

tying run at third base in game seven

of the World Series. The Royals have

played as the underdogs for my

entire lifetime, and now they are theteam that every American League

team is out to beat.

Even in the playoffs, the Royals

were not a threatening team to

any opponent. Do you think the

dominant Oakland Athletics were

afraid of Kansas City before the Wild

Card game? How about baseballs

best team Anaheim and the chosen

one Mike Trout? Surely not the AL

East champion Baltimore Orioles?

And no way the San Francisco

Giants, who had played in two of

the last four World Series. This year,

though, the target is now painted

in bright red on the backs of every

powder-blue Kansas City jersey.

The sadness of the departures

of James Shields and Billy Butler

seems to have settled down with

the arrivals of Edinson Volquez and

Alex Rios to the club. The pitching

staff is ready with Ace Ventura,

Jason Vargas, Danny Duff and Jeremy

Guthrie. The Gold Glovers are back

in Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and

Salvador Perez.

Now the only uncertainty is if

the offense is prepared. The Royals

made it to game seven of the World

Series with the least amount of

home runs, 95, and the least amount

of walks, 380. But they struck out

the least amount of times, 985, andstole more bases than any other

team, 153, including seven stolen

bases in the Wild Card game. We

know that this team can make it far

even without offense, but what if

they were in the middle of the pack

in home runs to go along with the

speedsters on the bases?

This is where the deep playoff

run turns into a learning experience.

Mike Moustakas, Hosmer and

Lorenzo Cains confidence levels

have skyrocketed. Those three all

know now the level they can play

at and can carry that confidence

into this season from the beginning.

The addition of the veteran Alex

Rios supplies some added offense.

Rios has three seasons of 20 or

more home runs, a feat that no

Royals player did last season. And if

Kendrys Morales can play the way

he did from 2009-2013, 90 homers

and 300 RBIs, opposed to Kendrys

Morales of last season, who batted

.218 in less than 100 games, the

offense may launch to the top of

baseball.

Spring training numbers are also

misleading. The Royals finished 12-

16-2 in last seasons spring training

and went on to win the American

League pennant. Mike Moustakas

also batted .429 last spring trainingand then started the regular season

0-21 at the plate before eventually

getting sent down to AAA Omaha for

batting .152 at the end of May.

For me it is not as much about the

wins and losses. It is about watching

players develop and prepare, even

if there is not much success or vice

versa. The Philadelphia Phillies lost

to NCAA Div. II Tampa University

on Sunday. Professional baseball

players lost to college baseball

players. Its just not important and

it doesnt matter. Its also about

watching baseball again.

Kauffman Stadium has been

uninhabited since the final hours

of October and were a little over a

month away from celebrating the

best day of the year, opening day,

and raising the American League

championship banner high over the

Truman Sports Complex.

Ill end this by quoting the words

of Archie Eversole, the author of the

Royals 2014 anthem.

We Ready.


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The mens basketball team ended

ts season Tuesday night by losing 71-

53 to the Avila Eagles in the play-in

ound of the HAAC tournament. TheWildcats ended the season at 9-20

overall and fell in the opening round

of the HAAC tournament for the third

onsecutive season.

Bottom line is this: we didnt

we rebound and didnt defend well

nough in the second half and now

were going home, head coach Sean

Dooley said.

The Wildcats entered the game as

he No. 9 seed in the HAAC tourna-

ment and had to play in the opening

ound play-in game while the top six

eams in the standings received a bye.

Baker was facing an Avila team that

had defeated the Wildcats in four con-

ecutive games, including a 73-63 loss

at home and a 74-60 loss in Kansas

City two weeks prior.

The Wildcats slowed Avilas up-

empo game in the irst ive minutes

and kept the game close, limiting the

Eagles to tough looks in the half-

ourt. Baker kept Avila to single digits

hroughout the irst half and trailed

by only two points with 2:45 to play

before the half. Avila led Baker 25-19

after the irst twenty minutes.

I thought we did a good job early,eally in the irst half, Dooley said.

Theyve got a lot of really good offen-

ive weapons there and we did a nice

ob defending them.

Baker only turned the ball over

hree times in the first half. Unfortu-

nately Baker shot only 21 percent to

accompany the well possessed first

half.

Credit them, Dooley said. We

topped two of their best guys but the

next guys stepped up.

The problem for Baker in the

econd half was exactly that, stop-

ping Avilas next three best players inophomore Trey Bales, Junior Nduka

Ezeamii, and senior Brandon Murillo.

I really think, in the second half, if

we had done a better job on the glass

hen we wouldve been ine defensive-

ly. But credit them, they outworked it

and got some of those balls and they

made us pay.

Avila opened up the second half

on ire with three trifectas; two came

from Bales and one from Fennell. The

Eagles lead was 44-31 after the irst

seven minutes of the half. Then Baker

made a run to cut the lead back to sev-

en with 7:52 to play. Avila called onthe long-bombers, Bales and Murillo,

and the Eagles ran away with this

one with a double-digit lead for the

remainder of Bakers season.

Dooley pulled seniors EJ Carter

and Fulks with 1:02 to play in the

game and they received their inal

ovation in a Baker uniform from the

loyal Baker fans in attendance in

Kansas City.

Both of them had great careers

for us, Dooley said. Jared was Mr.

Consistent ever since he stepped

foot on campus. His numbers are the

same and the way he works is the

exact same.

Carter was named to the third-

team all-conference this past Sun-

day along with honorable mention

sophomore Javeion Gray.

EJ has been here a little bit lon-

ger; hes been here for three years

and I think he has grown a lot in his

three years and matured up, Dooley

said. He is as good a person and as

well liked as anybody on campus;

both of them have been great repre-

sentatives.

Dooley told Carter and Fulks earlyin the year that they were a young

team and needed their leadership

as the season went on. Dooley noted

their leadership to have been strong

this season and said that Fulks has

matured a lot over his two years and

that his work ethic had a big impact

on his season.

Hopefully the things those

younger guys will take from Jared is

just his approach every day; not just

showing up but working hard every

day, Dooley said.

Easter was Bakers go-to man

down the stretch and the freshman

inished with a team high 15 points.

Fulks and Carter ended their Baker

careers with games of 10 and 8 points,

respectively. Gray scored 6 and passed

out 3 assists. With a ravenous Avila

crowd in his ears freshman Daniel

Young scored 5 points on 1-3 from the

ield and 3-5 at the stripe.

The Wildcats fell short of expecta-

tions this season. Baker started the

season 7-5 then went on a nine game

skid to take them out of contention in

the HAAC. Baker inished the season

winning only two of its last 14 games.Untimely injuries also eliminated

many chances for Baker to win

games down the stretch. The team

lost sophomore Tyrome Parker for

the final 11 games, Young missed

seven games in the middle of confer-

ence play, Gray missed four games

with his injury, and Carter missed

two pivotal games in the middle of

the schedule.

Baker returns to the loor next

November with young loor generals

who received their training as fresh-

men this season with an injury-infest-

ed team. Freshmen Brock Mick, Nate

Guscott, CJ Bolton, Easter, and Young

all ate away minutes as freshmen this

season that could prove to be invalu-

able come next season.

The Baker Orange | Sportspage 12 March 6, 2015

Track teams set high standards with indoor titlesChad Mullen

STAFF WRITER

The mens and womens track

teams have each won their fourth

consecutive indoor Heart of America

Athletic Conference titles and sent

eight athletes to the NAIA National

Indoor Meet, which started Thursday.

Junior Dayshawn Berndt, who

placed second in the 200-meter

and 400-meter races as well as in

the 4x400 meter relay at the HAAC

championship meet, has been a part

of a Baker team that has won every

indoor and outdoor HAAC title since

he has been a part of the program. He

believes the continued success is a

testament to the culture of the team.

Were basically a family, Berndt

said. Were always rooting for each

other and its a lot of fun to see every-body do well.

The HAAC championship meet,

held in Lamoni, Iowa, was a breeding

ground for success for the Wildcats.

The women defeated second-place

Benedictine College by 72.5 points,

and the men more than doubled the

point total of their second-place foe,

outpacing Benedictine 238 to 117.5.

Baker athletes placed irst in

17 events, and Billi Pipes won the

womens MVP honor with 36 indi-

vidual points. Three Baker men were

among a ive-man co-MVP with 20

points each.

These were the second and third

conference championships won un-der head coach Tim Byers, who also

coached the mens cross country team

to a HAAC title last fall. This is Berndts

irst semester under Byers after spend-

ing last semester studying abroad.

Hes a great guy and a great

coach, Berndt said. There have been

some things Im getting used to, but

thats what you have to expect with a

new coach, no matter who it is.

The team has already switched

gears to the outdoor season, where it

hopes to maintain its well-established

winning formula.

Its been going well, Berndt said.

I think if we just keep working out

and working hard and stay in shapewell be able to win the outdoor cham-

pionship (this year).

Competing in nationals on the

womens side will be seniors Ty Sloan,

Paige Rockers, sophomore Kendall

Holomann, and freshmen Brenda Mc-

Collum and Caitlin Apollo.

The three men joining those ive

will be sophomore Tyson Robke,

junior Avery Parker and senior Josh

Peck. The meet in Geneva, Ohio, lasts

through Saturday.

Sophomore Javeion Gray drives to the basket for a lay up on Feb. 28 against Missouri Valley College. The honorable mention all-conference teammember scored 6 points in the teams 71-53 loss to end the season on Tuesday at Avila in the HAAC tournament. Photos by Kara Doctor.

Mens basketball season ends at Avila


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Women advance to semifnals

Womens

Basketball

By the numbers

Senior Kyrstie Ehm ledthe Wildcats with 20

points during the rstround of the HAAC

tournament

The womensbasketball teamis heading to theseminals of the

HAAC tournamentwith a 9-game

winning streak

74

3


The third-seeded womens

basketball team defeated the sixth-

seeded Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-65

Wednesday in the Collins Center in theirst round of the HAAC tournament.

The Wildcats improved to 21-8 on the

season and won their ninth straight

game. They will take on the second-

seeded Benedictine College Ravens

n the semiinals at 7 p.m. tonight in

Atchison.

I thought we had a really good

offensive game plan and we executed

extremely well, head coach Ben Lister

said. We really felt like we had an

advantage in the paint.

The Wildcats started the game by

knocking down seven of their irst

eight shots to snag a 21-6 lead in the

irst seven minutes. Senior Kyrstie

Ehm scored 14 irst-half points while

sophomore Kelsey Larson snagged ive

rebounds. Baker inished the irst half

up, 41-29.

The light switch turned on for

Baker in the second half, as usual. A

basket from junior Jami Hodge and a

three-pointer from Larson began the

Wildcats inal 20 minutes. The Yellow

Jackets got into foul trouble with their

top guns senior Rebecca Easton and

eading scorer sophomore Sydney

Vaughn picking up their third andfourth fouls, respectively, in the irst

four minutes. Vaughn, visibly upset,

kicked the trash can on the end of the

Graceland bench in disgust.

With a 46-35 Baker lead, the Cats

got a huge break when Gracelands

sophomore Gabrielle Lapinski fouled

unior Macy Wallisch and said a

few choice words to the oficials.

Unfortunately for Graceland, Lapinski

chose the wrong words and was issued

a technical foul, her ifth foul, and was

forced to exit the game 15 minutes

early.

Graceland would then cut the lead

to 48-40 with 13:01 to play and it

looked like the Yellow Jackets might

linger around until the end. However,

emotions got the best of Gracelandhead coach Rich Harrop and he was

issued a technical as well. Gracelands

frustration was enough to swing

the momentum Bakers way and the

Wildcats never looked back.

The Wildcats inished the game

with a cool demeanor even with the

games physicality, hard fouls, and

tough oficiating. The Wildcats 82-65

victory propelled the Wildcats into the

semiinals of the HAAC tournament.

Our kids were aggressive to attack

and they inished under control, Lister

said. They made their high percentage

shots, where weve struggled in thepast.

First-team all-conference guard

Ehm inished with 20 points on 7-10

from the ield and 7 rebounds. Ehm

is averaging more than 20 points per

contest in her last three games and is

reminding the conference of her talent.

Kyrsties in a zone right now,

Lister said. If your best player can

come out and shoot 60 percent from

the ield then youre going to be

successful.

Baker also out-rebounded

Graceland 48-27, including 12 on the

offensive glass. The Wildcats shot

18-28 from the free-throw line for a

sluggish 64 percent.

For whatever reason we continue

to struggle at the free-throw line,

Lister said. Sixty-four percent is

nothing to get excited about.

The Wildcats will now go to battle

with the second-seeded Benedictine

College Ravens at 7 p.m. tonight in

Atchison. Both times the teams met

this season, the games were close and

physical.

Bottom line is (Benedictine is) a

good basketball team and we are going

to need to be ready to go, Lister said.

Benedictine knocked off Baker

77-73 at the Collins Center on Jan. 8

after a 26-point performance from the

conferences top player, junior ChaylaRuttledge. Ruttledge hit every shot

down the stretch to defeat Baker.

They execute really well; theyre

well coached, Lister said. We have

to be really attentive to what were

doing defensively and we cant break

down because they know how to take

advantages of those types of things.

Baker returned the favor in

Atchison on Feb. 12 when the Wildcats

defeated the Ravens 63-57. Baker shot

51 percent from the ield to go along

with the teams best overall inish of

the season.

We still have uninished businessto take care of, Lister said. Were

focused on beating Benedictine not

just because we dont like them and we

want to beat them. We want to win the

conference tournament.

The environment will be lively at

Ralph Nolan Gymnasium in Atchison

and the students in the Pit will be

in the ears of the Wildcats on every

possession. A win should put the

stamp on the Wildcats ticket to the

NAIA tournament as well as a berth in

the conference inals.

I think we should be in after we

won (Wednesday), Lister said. We are

the top three in our league and weve

proved that, yet again, by being in the

semiinals with 21 wins, weve beaten

top 25 competition and we have no

bad losses.

Lister is excited about his teams

chances in Atchison.

Hopefully we are clicking on all

cylinders and playing well, Lister said.

Its going to be a lot of fun to go over

there and knock them off in their own

gym.

Number of blocksfor two-time

HAAC DefensivePlayer of the

Year junior MacyWallisch. Wallisch

ranks secondin the NAIA in

rejections

Number ofassists for juniorEricka Simpsonon the season.Simpson leadsthe Wildcatswith 2.6 per

game

Number of consecutiveseasons the Wildcats have

won 20 or more gamesunder coach Ben Lister

reshman Caitlin Modesett shoots a free throw during the second half of Wednesday nights win over Graceland. The Wildcats will continue in theHAAC tournament tonight in Atchinson against Benedictine College. Photo by Lexi Loya

Senior Kyrstie Ehm

Junior Ericka Simpson


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Steven Stendebach

STAFF WRITER

The Baker Theater Department is performing

Working, the musical adaption of Studs Terkels

noniction book of the same name, at 7:30 p.m.

tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, in Rice

Auditorium.

The musical depicts the career experiences of

different workers often taken for granted in todays

society. Freshman Sarah Queen plays a receptionist

and sings in the chorus.

The show is in the form

of an interview, Queen said.

These different people tell

about their jobs and what

that entails. You take away

knowledge about what people

do every day and about the

trivial, seemingly meaningless,

things that really do matter.In the course of a 24-

hour workday, the audience

meets various workers, including stone masons,

waitresses, iron workers and even prostitutes, and

hears their stories. MTI credits the show to be one

of the most accessible, relevant and substantive

musicals ever created.

Junior Chelsie Pyatt, the shows spotlight

operator, could feel the emotion of the show from

the stage crews perspective.

It was really eye-opening, Pyatt said. I almost

cried once during a rehearsal. They were singing

about helping the elderly. It was very touching, and

the actors really portray the passion for what their

characters are doing.

Theater students are not the only ones excited for

the production. Assistant Professor of English Marti

Mihalyi has taught the book to various classes overthe past few semesters, and is using the musical as a

way to further her students understanding.

When I found out that Baker was producing the

musical, I was excited to the core, Mihalyi said. I am

thrilled partially for personal reasons,

but also because my students will be

using that as a textbook.

Mihalyi teaches the book in both

basic and advanced composition

courses. She believes that the lessons in

the book are relevant to students of all

levels.

This book is a gift to all writing

students, Mihalyi said, adding that they

will encounter voices they will never

forget and consider what it means to be

a worker in America. This book teaches empathy.

Mihalyi believes that by teaching Working

she is not only helping her students but also the

students who are performing the show.

I see the incorporation of the book into my three

courses as a deliberate gift to BU actors, Mihalyi said.

Because many of my students from two semesters

will attend, those actors will have a larger, more

deeply informed audience for their performance.

Theater turns ordinary to extraordinary in musical

The characters in Working reach for the money held up by senior Brandon Haefke, who plays as a fast-food worker, as he sings about making money through the food industry. Photo by Lexi Loya

It was really eye-opening. I almost criedonce during a rehearsal... It was very touching,and the actors reallyportray the passion forwhat their characters aredoing.

-

Junior Chelsie Pyatt

Sophomore Madison Wendt and senior Jillian Miller bust amove during a scene. Photo by Lexi Loya

Junior Morgan Giudicessi portrays a stay-at-home mom who, inthis scene, sings about her life and her everyday duties. Photoby Lexi Loya


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Each semester, Assistant Professor

of English Marti Mihalyi gives her

students a self-titled fake assignment

for which they do not receive credit.Mihalyi says the point of it is for

students to be challenged beyond

heir normal class work. Senior Carly

Berblinger took the assignment to

heart and it paid off.

Berblingers poem entitled Root

was accepted for publication by the

Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, an annual

journal that publishes literary non-

fiction, fiction and poetry. Sigma Tau

Delta is an honors society for English

majors.

I feel really honored to share work

at any capacity, because language is a

really powerful thing, Berblinger said.

Berblinger said she first heard

about the magazine in an advanced

poetry workshop class she took her

freshman year. Mihalyi is the sponsor

for Baker Universitys Epsilon Sigma

chapter of Sigma Tau Delta.

Berblinger said that Mihalyi

encouraged her to submit poetry to

the magazine. Mihalyi said that it was

Berblingers follow-through with the

fake assignment that got her to this

point.

One of the things I most love

about Carly is her humble demeanor,

but I thought she definitely neededsomeone beyond her Baker professor

to give further recognition, Mihalyi

said.

Root is about Berblingers

connection with the Great Plains and

how she loves home but sees herself

leaving. Most of her poetry is about

people and their connections with

their surroundings, and a lot of it is

also about nature.

Its kind of funny that they picked

Root because I have actually revised

it since sending it in, Berblinger said.

I mainly just changed the formatting,

but still, I thought there was room for

improvement and they liked it the way

it was.

Along with her poem being

published, Berblinger was also

asked to read her poem and

another selection of her choice at

the Sigma Tau Delta International

2015 conference on March 18-21 in

Albuquerque, New Mexico. She still has

not decided on what else she wants to

read at the convention, however, she

looks forward to sharing her work.

Berblingers success as a poet

could be attributed to opportunities

she has been given while at Baker. She

taught a poetry workshop class at the

Topeka Womens Correctional Facility

as her senior seminar project. She had

previously participated in Associate

Professor of Sociology Jacob Buchers

Inside-Out Prison class taught at the

same facility.

The women who participated

in the workshop responded very

well to Carly in both her design of

the workshop and to her teaching/

leadership style, Bucher said. She

earned the respect of the class due to

her expertise with poetry and with her

interpersonal skills.

Seniors poem Root to be published

Warm winds broke overmy mothers body, roundand arced as the waning harvest

moon. I began in a sea of dustand stagnant September heat,endless and thick.

My hair grew in tuftsthose rst months. Thinand gold like foxtail barleyacross my scalp. Years later,my mother would tell me I grewfrom the backyard.Just sprouted up right there among the grasses.My mother joking, pulling bottlebrushfrom my pockets.Our chicks lived in the kitchenduring the spring of my rst grade

year. Their wing fuzz becamefeathers and I watchedas they learned to yfrom their cardboard box

on the oor. I wantedto be them: growing, gone.

Today I am twenty-one,a number too bigfor hands and toes,and the farmhouse issomeone elses. I returnto dirt roads, the few square milesof this town. Made here in the dust I was a tinyroot. And yet I wasundone. A tiny rootstill, I am burning

beneath this orange dusk.

Root

enior Carly Berblingers poem titled Rootwas chosen to be included in the Sigma TauDelta Rectangle, an annual literary journal.

Photo by Madie Armoneit


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President Lynne Murray focused on the universitys economic sustainability in a changing educational environment during her State of the University address on Feb. 17 inRice Auditorium. The challenge, she said, is being nimble and proactive with the development of new budget and enrollment plans. For the university, Murray promisedto aggressively seek funding for scholarships and expand the renewable resource base of the university and asks for a little boasting from the community. Lets brag alittle, Murray said. We are an excellent, regionally and nationally distinguished liberal arts university -- a pioneer of online learning and a student-centered institutionwhere values do matter. So much has changed over the past 157 years, but the foundation, the core of who we are, remains the same. Photo by Chad Phillips

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