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April 12, 2013 Baker University Student Media/Baldwin City, Kansas vol. 120 [issue 8]

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Consultant aids in presidential search

Julie Tea, a consultant of theAssociation of Governing Boards,visited the Baldwin City campusfrom March 25-28 to speak to Bakerstudents, faculty, staff, alumni,trustees and community leaders aboutthe process of nding the universitysnext president.

AGB is an organization designed tohelp collegiate institutions search fornew presidents, vice presidents, deansand different high-ranking positions.

I feel like Ive got a goodgrounding in the institution and thatI learned a great deal through thatsearch for (executive vice presidentfor academic affairs and dean of theCollege of Arts and Sciences) Brian(Posler), and yet the institution hasmoved and shaken since I was herelast, which wasnt too long ago, Tea

said. Ive been in learning mode asIve been partnered with Hoot Gibson,who is the very capable and dedicatedchair of the search committee onlaunching the search.

The presidential search committeeconsists of 15 people who Gibsonbelieves makes up an outstandinggroup of individuals.

I believe the individuals on thecommittee represent the diversity ofour university and the constituencieswe serve, Gibson said in a campus-wide email March 8. As with our lastpresidential search, our intention is tohave all voices heard.

Tea said that the timing ofUniversity President Pat Longsdecision to announce her retirement16 months in advance will bebenecial to the presidential searchcommittee, so it will be able to hireone of its top choices among thosewho apply.

There will be several presidentialsearches at institutions that lookand feel a lot like Baker that will

be launched in the fall and byher announcing now is enablingus to hit the ground running thissummer, Tea said. She is gettingus a competitive edge. The hopeand expectation is that well getrst dibs on some of our rst-choicecandidates because well be ahead of

the eight ball.Erin Joyce, assistant dean for

liberal studies, attended an opendiscussion forum led by Tea onMarch 28th and indicated that manyof Longs qualities would also begood to have for the next Bakerpresident.

I was hired under the previouspresident (Dan Lambert,) but Iknow Dr. Long has continued thistradition, Joyce said. I had a fewon campus interviews when I waslooking for my position and Bakerwas the only place where I gotto meet the president during the

interview and that really stood outto me.Tea will return to Baldwin City

in the rst week of May to discussthe search process with the boardof trustees. Following the meeting,she will draw out a draft searchprospectus.

That is going to be a six to 10-page document that talks about theBaker of today, its composition, itsarray of programs and then lays outthe agenda for leadership which youhave all shared with me needs to betackled, Tea said.

Once the presidential searchcommittee looks at the draft search

prospectus, it will be given to themarketing and communicationsdepartments to make it visuallyappealing.

When the document is nished,the search to nd Longs replacementis scheduled to formally begin in thethird week of June.

We will send a copy of thatsearch prospectus to the fullBaker community and you will be

encouraged to share that searchprospectus with colleagues of yoursaround the country and withinthe region, encouraging people tonominate or throw their hats in thering, Tea said.

An email will be sent out toapproximately 5,000 universitypresidents, vice presidents, deans andother people who have prominentpositions in academics nationwidein hope of receiving applications orsuggestions. The email will include alink to the search prospectus.

With all of us working together,well spend the bulk of the summerbuilding that pool and then afterLabor Day, the search committee willbegin its hard work of winnowingdown that pool and well speakwith references on behalf of leadingcandidates, Tea said. Well utilizethe (world wide) web, well doliterature searches and Googlesearches to learn all we can about

these candidates. There will be nosurprises.

Teas goal is for the committee topick three to four nal candidatesby mid to late November. Thosecandidates will each visit campus forone or two days and speak to a varietyof people in the Baker community.

There will be a condentialfeedback loop for campus andcommunity members to share with thesearch committee their impressions ofthe candidates (in terms of) what theysee as their strengths and any areas of

concern they have identied and whothey think is a great match for Bakerand why, Tea said. That feedbackwill be taken very seriously andinstilled by the search committee andoffered in a nal report to the board(of trustees).

Following the feedback, theboard of trustees hopes to select theuniversitys next president by the endof the fall 2013 semester.

Chris Duderstadteditor

Presidential Search CommitteeHoot Gibson - former Board of Trustees ChairAlan Mauch - Vice Chair of the Board of TrusteesBrandon Scarborough - Board of Trustees memberBrian Posler - Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs andas Dean of the College of Arts and SciencesDarcy Russell - Professor of BiologyJoe Watson - Associate Professor of Mass MediaSusan Lindahl - Executive Vice President for AdministrativeServices and Chief Operating OfcerLyn Lakin - Vice President of University AdvancementAndy Jett - Interim Chief Information OfcerPhil Hannon - Head Baseball CoachMark Sims - Alumni PresidentZach Aldrich - Sophomore Economics and Mathematics majorNanette Roberts - Grace United Methodist Church Senior PastorLaura McKnight - Entrepreneur and Author

Myra Glover - Executive Assistant

New members will be steppingin to ll the student senate executiveofcer positions for 2013-14.

Because the online voting systemwas temporarily ofine during votinghours, voting took place in HarterUnion, or votes could be directedto Dean of Students Cassy Baileysofce.

All of the candidates were runningunopposed. Sophomore OwenLewis will become the new studentbody president, with sophomoreRachel Haley joining him as the vice

president.Sophomore Claire White will bethe secretary, and junior Tim Laughlinwill take over as the public relations

ofcer. There was no candidate fortreasurer, but sophomore AlexiaNyoni received enough write-ins tobe offered the position.

Nyoni has never been on studentsenate, but she believes she may beable to use what shes learning aspart of her accounting and businessmanagement major courses to helpher with the treasurer position.

Ive always wanted to be part ofstudent senate and when I saw thetreasurer position was open, I waslike, you know what, I want to take achallenge, Nyoni said, and maybeit will involve learning more aboutour constitution, ... student body

things, and (I can) work well withthem to try and enjoy the experienceat Baker, basically.

Lewis isdenitelyexcitedbut a littleoverwhelmedas well aboutbecomingthe newstudent senatepresident.He said next

years student senate will play animportant role in selecting a newuniversity president.

I think what will be a big functionof student senate is really voicingconcerns about what we want in a

new president as well as what wewant as to how to face where theuniversity is going, Lewis said.

The election of these ofcers bringsthe conclusion of current ofcersterms. This years student senatepresident, Katie Thurbon, said hertime in ofce was spent workingon internal issues to make the nextpresidents job easier.

I feel like a lot of the things senatehas accomplished this year has beeninternal and a lot of my goals wereto streamline some of the processeswithin student senate to make iteasier for the people who come afterme, Thurbon said. Sometimes I feellike we didnt accomplish a wholelot around campus, but I hope thatwhat we have done within our own

organization will make it easier for(the next) presidents and senators toaccomplish things.

Owens elected to lead student senate in 2013-2014Jenna Stanbrough

newseditor

Rachel HaleyVice President

Claire WhiteSecretary

Alexia NyoniTreasurer

Owen LewisPresident

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BOARD: Tim LaughlinPR Ofcer


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Debate sparked by Quest linked coursesFaculty senate votes 13-10 to eliminate links to QS 112

You are the Quest Director but youalso teach a Harry Potter course. Howdid you come up with the idea for thecourse?

Ive taught it three times. Ivealways really enjoyed the Harry Potternovels, and I know that especially thisgeneration of students has a specialplace in their heart for Harry Potterbecause they grew up with the series,and I really wanted to explore withstudents this idea of whether or notHarry Potter is worthy of being calledliterature or is it just pop ction. SoI wanted to, with the students, lookat those types of denitions andhow people label different types ofliterature. And then we could usethe Harry Potter story and look atways that the author might have beeninuenced by other literature like

Charles Dickens and Jane Austen andthose types of things.

Why did you frst read the HarryPotter series?

I had just heard about it. I heard ofpeople that had been reading them

and they said they were great, andI think I started reading them rightwhen the fourth book came out. Iremember one year over interterm I

wasnt teaching a class and I stayedup the entire night and nished thefourth book because I just couldnt putit down.

So would you say its one of yourfavorite book series then?

Absolutely.

Do you have a favorite Harry Potterbook?

I like the fourth one because thatswhen we rst see death of somebodythat Harry knows that dies, and thingsget darker and more complex, and thecharacters are getting older. So Id say Idid like the fourth book the best.

Are there any other fctional novelsthat you like? Twilight or any ofthose type of books?

I have read Twilight. Im not a fan.I just dont think the level of writingis nearly what (Harry Potters is)

and even the concepts just dont gotogether. I just think Harry Pottersa well-written story, not just in thelanguage that the author uses, but

theres humor. The plot is reallywell-constructed, the characters arewell-developed; I dont feel the sameway about Twilight. Were actually,in my 112 class, getting ready to readHunger Games, which I think alsois well-written, the rst one I thinkparticularly. Gosh, Ive read so manythings that I enjoy.

Harry Potter or Hunger Games?Harry Potter. Hands down.

If you had a favorite Harry Pottercharacter, who would it be?

Oh gosh. Id have to say Luna. LunaLovegood. I just think shes great;

shes quirky, shes kind of out in herown little world. Shes smart. Shesloyal. Yeah, I like Luna.

Q and AwithErin Joyce Assistant Dean of Liberal

Studies and Quest Director

Q and a is a section in which a Baker Orange staff writerinterviews prominent BU gures about their life andinvolvement on campus.

Altering the Quest general

education program for the secondtime in two weeks, the BakerUniversity faculty senate votedApril 2 to completely remove therequirement to take a linked courseto accompany QS 112.

The latest change, which wasproposed by Educational Programsand Curriculum CommitteeChairman Darcy Russell, passedthrough faculty senate by a vote of13-10.

Along with eliminating therequirement for linked courses toQS 112, faculty senate reinstated thelinked courses for QS 211, QS 212

and QS 311 as corequisites.

EPC thought this was a bettersolution to the problem that sciencemajors face from the proposalthat senate passed last time and

we voted 6-0-0 in favor of thisproposal, Russell said.The proposal approved on April

2 initially came from the LiberalStudies Advisory Group (L-SAG)following a 10-9 vote by facultysenate on March 19 that had madeall links for Quest classes eithercorequisites or prerequisites. OnceL-SAG developed a new proposal, itwas passed by EPC and brought upagain in faculty senate.

During the meeting on April2, Associate Professor of PhysicsRan Sivron said he believes thatprerequisite or corequisite linkedcourses in the Quest program give

science majors more exibility inscheduling their classes and thatrequiring corequisites makes itmore difcult for some students

to graduate on schedule. Healso expressed concern at theinconsistency of Quest requirementsover the years.

Dont tell me for maybe the 20thtime in three and a half years thatby moving one linked course out oforder that we can solve the wholeproblem because we cant and Iknow that, Sivron said.

The decision of the vote on March19 came as a surprise to manyfaculty senate members. It was onlybriey discussed at the March 18town hall meeting about how toresolve problems with corequisitesand prerequisites for Quest courses.

While the linked course to QS112 will be eliminated, Questdirector Erin Joyce pointed outthat there could be other options

for remaining linked courses in thefuture.Another item of exibility is that

the summer offerings that weretrying to get under way, Joyce said.We have a (QS) 212 and 311 on thebooks for the summer, so that isanother option for students.

The remaining linked courses willstill be structured as follows: the QS211 link will continue to be a sciencecourse typically taken during astudents sophomore year, the linkto QS 212 can be taken during thesophomore or junior year, and theQS 311 link will be available tojuniors and rst-semester seniors.



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Mellinger set to leave for Xavier

Gwyn Mellinger, department chair of massmedia and visual arts, will be leaving BakerUniversity after the spring semester to take

a similar position at Xavier University inCincinnati.

After the semester concludes, Mellinger willhave spent 16 years at Baker, during which shehas served as a professor, the adviser of the BakerOrange newspaper and the media departmentchair.

Its just time, Mellinger said. I was aournalist for about 15 years before I cameto Baker and I knew it was time then to dosomething different.

For the majority of Mellingers time at BU,she was the adviser of the Baker Orange, and thepersonal interaction with students on staff hasbeen one of the things she has enjoyed most overthe past 16 years.

The students that I have had the opportunityto teach have been superior, Mellinger said.The external recognition that they have receivedthrough their work as journalists has representedthe university well. They have represented thedepartment well and have made me awfullyproud.

Baker alumna Rachel Hawkins was the editorof the Orange for the fall semester of 2011 andsaid that Mellinger really helped her in her rstyears on staff.

One thing that I really appreciated abouther was that she always wanted to know, Wellwhat do you think about this? What would youdo in this situation? Hawkins said. She didntnecessarily tell you what to do or how to go aboutdoing things. She wanted you to gure it out onyour own and that was something that I reallyappreciated, especially my sophomore year whenBaker was going through the big nancial crisisand that was what I covered that year.

Dave Bostwick, associate professor of massmedia, has taken over as the adviser of the BakerOrange and credits Mellinger for helping himtransition into the role and for building a strongmedia program at Baker.

I think she has had great vision at leadingthe department. I know for me she has been anexcellent mentor, Bostwick said.

Mellinger feels comfortable about wherethe media department is at this point and hasenjoyed helping the program develop.

During the time Ive been at Baker sincethe late 1990s, if the awards at the professionalassociations are any indication, our students havewon more awards, state-wide honors, regionalawards and national awards than the studentsat any other liberal arts college in the state,Mellinger said. Dave (Bostwick) is continuingthat and those standards, and Im going to miss

seeing what happens next.Mellinger will have the chance to continue

working on program development atXavier, where she will serve as the chair ofthe communication arts department. Theprogram will have majors in electronic media,communications, advertising and publicrelations. It will also have ve minors.

The charge there is to develop new programsand also to develop interdisciplinary programsat a university that emphasizes, as Baker does, aliberal arts foundation, Mellinger said.

Although Mellinger will be leaving her role as

the chair of the media and visual arts department,she recommended that Joe Watson, associateprofessor of mass media, be the person to ll theposition. Mellinger indicated that Brian Posler,executive vice president of academic affairsand dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, isalready working on ensuring that Watson will bethe new chair of the media department.

Fortunately, Joe had a lot of training fromGwyn and hes watched how she operates, so Idont think it will be any kind of abrupt change,

Bostwick said.Hawkins also believes that the mediadepartment will be in good hands with Watsonsince he also has professional media and teachingexperience, but she said that there will be onething in particular that will be missed aboutMellinger.

Nobody will ever edit your stories like Gwynwill, but she did it out of love and she just wantseverybody to give it their best, Hawkins said.I think it is great that she recognizes that it istime for her to move on to bigger things and Imexcited for her.


Chris Duderstadt/The Baker OrangeGwyn Mellinger, department chair of mass media and visual arts, will be leaving Baker University at the conclusion of thisschool year for Xavier University. During her 16 years at Baker, she has served as a professor, the adviser of the Baker Orangenewspaper and the media department chair.

Carolyn Doolittle, associateprofessor of education andinterim department chair for theundergraduate School of Education,will be leaving Baker Universityto pursue a professional careeradvancement at the University ofSaint Mary.

She will become the director ofteacher education programs forthe University of Saint Mary at the

Overland Park campus after workingat Baker University for nine years.

While her decision to leave Bakerbrings new opportunities, shedescribes her leaving as bittersweet.

Well this is an opportunity thatwasnt something that I was goingout looking for, she said. The moreI looked into it, the more I thoughtthis would be a great challenge andmaybe just something differentto do... This is an opportunity forprofessional growth and certainlya career advancement. I have very

mixed feelings about leaving Baker.Jim Foil, assistant professor of

education, worked with Doolittle thisyear and said the amount of work shedoes for the department is equivalentto the work of two people.

She is in charge of some programsthat other people will have to stepup and help with those programslike KPTP (Kansas PerformanceTeaching Portfolio) and shes on a lotof different boards and committees,Foil said. I think the whole campusis going to miss her, really, becauseshe is involved with a lot of thingsacross campus. In the department,primarily just her leadership and thatkind of thing will be missed.

In her new position, Doolittle willbe have various duties, including

working with and advising graduateas well as undergraduate students.What she is most excited about isthe ve new graduate programs theuniversity is launching.

Im going to basically be helpingto get off the ground and get themstarted, she said. Itll be a greatcareer challenge and I think Im readyto do something like that.

However, the deal would havebeen off if her new position did notallow her to continue teaching.

Really that wouldve been adeal breaker. If it wouldve meant

that I had to leave the classroom alltogether, I would not have done it,Doolittle said, but she assured methat I would get to teach as well,because I love the classroom. Thatswhere I enjoy that interaction withstudents. I love what I do in theclassroom.

Doolittle does more than just teach.Junior Lauren Williams said Doolittlehas served as a role model for her.

She is a lot like the teacher that Iwant to be, Williams said, and soI look up to her as kind of a mentor.

She has so much experience and somuch passion for teaching that I hopeto be that way some day.

Although her students are a bigpart of her work and are what shewill miss the most, Doolittle has adifferent perspective than having toleave just the general population ofstudents at Baker.

I have two daughters that arehere, and thats certainly part of it,she said. Ill miss getting to see mygirls everyday. I always enjoy gettingto see my kids drop in, and I wonthave that part.

Jenna Stanbroughnewseditor

Doolittle to depart BU for University of Saint Mary

Hannah Schaake/The Baker OrangeCarolyn Doolittle, associate professor ofeducation and interim department chair forthe undergraduate School of Education, willdepart Baker to become the director of teachereducation programs for the University of SaintMary.


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Proposal combines Quest requirementsSara Bell

MANAGING EDITOR

While the experience outcomes of the Questprogram were fully implemented in 2011, theprograms journey has yet to be completed.

Baker University faculty members discusseda proposal to apply the remaining outcomeswithin the university catalog during the townhall meeting March 18 in Mabee Memorial Hall.

Assistant Dean for Liberal Studies ErinJoyce outlined the Liberal Studies AdvisoryGroups proposal to implement international orintercultural experience and active experiencewith the ne and performing arts within the

Quest program effective fall 2014.In the original Quest outline, international

travel experience and intercultural experiencewere separate outcomes. However, afterfurther discussion Joyce and L-SAG proposedcombining these requirements.

While Joyce said there are some facultymembers who are in favor of requiringall students to travel abroad, she believescombining both experiences is a goodcompromise.

I think now with the resources we have andthe constraints that we have, I think it would bevery difcult to require every student to travel

outside of the United States, Joyce said.Joyce believes interterm would be a key

time for students to fulll this requirement astravel interterms could satisfy the internationalrequirement and intercultural interterms couldact as a substitute for students who may nothave the means or desire to go abroad.

Professor of Music Trilla Lyerla suggestedtalking to members of the Financial AidDepartment about receiving aid to supporttravel abroad experiences.

I think thats really important to students,Lyerla said. Theyll never travel as cheaply asthey do now.

According to the proposal, participatingin selected interterm courses, mission trips,military service and teaching experiences couldt into the intercultural experience category.

Professor of Physics Mahmoud Al-Kofahi saidthe proposal has loose arguments and it needsto make a better effort to make the experienceoutcomes measurable.

We need to be clear. The more we are clear,the more it will be easier to digest by students,by their families, by everyone, Al-Kofahi said.The less we are clear, the more scary it will befor us.

Joyce said she is working on developing a listof approved experiences that would fulll theinternational or intercultural requirements with

the help of Martha Harris, assistant dean foracademic affairs.

With these proposed experiences, theuniversity plans to make an effort to increase itsmarketing of travel interterms and interculturalexperiences.

We think if we could really market toincoming students when they are here on thosevisit days and we let them know that we havethese experiences, ... perhaps more of themwould take advantage of these travel intertermsand could easily get this requirement done overinterterm, Joyce said.

Professor of Philosophy Donald Hatchercommended the proposal for its appeal to avariety of potential students.

One of our strategic goals is to increaseenrollment and we want to make it as easy aspossible for as many students who are out thereto look at us and enroll, Hatcher said.

In addition to these outcomes, the proposaloutlines that students must engage in ne andperforming arts experiences. Students couldagain utilize interterm to fulll this secondproposal. Passing a course in studio art or arthistory or participating in a music, theater orspeech choir performance could also satisfy thisrequirement.

Joyce and L-SAG plan to discuss the proposalfurther before bringing it to faculty senate.

2014 travel interterms approved

Megan HenrySTAFF WRITER

Four travel interterms have been approvedfor January of 2014. As of now, the four placesinclude:

Art, Culture and History with BrettKnappe, assistant professor of art history,in Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Bratislava

History and Culture with Leonard Ortiz,associate professor of history, in theYucatan Peninsula

Business with Kevin McCarthy, business

and economics professor, in Germany Tour of Ireland with Director of Bands Ray

James and the new choral director

I think one of the most important things thatstudents can do during their time at Baker ... notjust my opinion, but the opinion of many of mycolleagues, ... is to have a chance to experience

foreign countries, Knappe said.For Knappes interterm class, there is no set

itinerary in place yet. Knappe hopes to forma schedule around the students input anddetermine the plan from there. This is the rsttime for Knappe to teach an interterm in a placehes never been before.

[The experience offers students] the abilityto see things that arent in the United States,Knappe said. We dont have castles from themedieval period, there arent any ... it doesntmatter how long you look. This is a chance to seesome of those.

Ortizs interterm in the Yucatan Peninsula isalso driven by student interest. While learningabout Mexico and topics such as the Mayan

culture, the students will also have a chance tochoose which activities they want to participatein.

I think its an opportunity for them tobuild condence, Ortiz said. We learn aboutthe pyramids and the cities, but ... were alsovery active. Theres a chance to swim nearlyeverywhere.

Activities will range from exploring Mayanvillages and guided jungle tours, to beach time,

zip lining and repelling into sacred pools ofcrystal clear water.

Its an opportunity for students to experiencea world they wouldnt have a chance to seeotherwise, Ortiz said.

Erin Joyce, assistant dean for liberal studies,believes traveling abroad is a valuable experiencefor any student, and an interterm abroad tsperfectly for students who dont necessarily wantto spend a whole semester in a different country.

I think that students who havent been out ofthe country come back and talk about how lifechanging it was to have that experience, Joycesaid. Its really remarkable.

Travel interterms vary in cost, depending onwhich trip students wish to go on. Along with

the four courses already approved, an intertermin Spain is being considered to add to the list ofavailable options.

I dont think theres any student whoshouldnt go on a trip like this, Knappe said.Theres no experience necessary. You dont needto speak a word of these languages. You dontneed to know a thing about these areas, none ofthats necessary. Mostly its just immersion intothe cultures.

Leonard Ortiz/Submitted PhotoStudents who went on the History and Culture interterm pose for a picture from their trip to the Yucatan Peninsula in January. Ortiz interterm class, along with threeothers have already been approved for January 2014.


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TwiTTerFollow @bakerorange and suggest ideas

Changes to Baker Universitystudent senate voting rights havebeen a hot topic on campus inrecent months. Despite lengthy andcontroversial discussions, the senate

voted to limit the number of votingmembers.While certain organizations

no longer have a direct vote insenate matters, this does not meanstudents voices will go unheard.Although direct representationfor each registered organizationis not guaranteed, these groupsshould continue to make an effort tocontribute to senate discussions.

When student senate is addressingan issue that may directly affector inuence an organization,members should express theirconcerns directly to a student senaterepresentative or attend a senatemeeting and provide their feedback.

The 20 elected senators shouldideally be representative of the Bakerstudent body, and organizationsshould be comfortable sharing theirconcerns or opinions with theseindividuals. However, if this is nottrue, then concerned students shouldconsider running in the next election.

The students who faithfullyattended senate meetings in orderto represent an organization shouldconsider running in senate electionsif they wish to continue servingBaker University. On the other

hand, these elected senators shouldhave the welfare of Bakers entirepopulation in mind. If senators arevoting solely for their individualinterests, then senate decisions willnot meet the needs of the wholecampus.

It has been a tradition for allregistered student organizations

to have a vote in student senate.However, tradition is not alwaysthe best possible solution. Whentradition is no longer applicable tothe needs of Bakers campus, itstime to re-evaluate, and thats whatstudent senate did.

Despite not having direct votingrights, individual organizations

should embrace this change andutilize senate meetings as an outlet tovoice their concerns in a civil manner.Organization representatives canstill make an effort to participatein senate discussions and expresstheir view points, which providesthe voice campus organizations arelooking for.

Organizations should support senate

Thurbon shares fnal thoughts as student presidentAll right Baker University students,

my year as student senate presidenthas given me plenty of insight as tothe most common questions, mythsand misconceptions of an average BUstudent. So here they are, answered,busted and dispelled.

1. Why can students not live offcampus?

Contrary topopular belief,Baker does notwant to keep itsstudents underlock and keytheir entire four years (or howeverlong it takes you to get through allthose general education requirements)here.

The primary reason for requiringmost students to live on campusis monetary. Baker gets a lot of itsmoney from students living in the

residence halls and buying mealplans. So if you dont want tuition togo up even more, Id be content tostay on campus.

2. Misconception: Theres neveranything to do at Baker.

Oh, really? Youre bored? IsBaldwin City too small for you?

Well,Baker hasmore than 50organizationsand while notall of themhost events,

not a single week goes by withoutsome sort of activity.

In fact, another common complaintI hear from organizations is that theirevents have poor attendance. Thatmath doesnt add up. So put downyour beer, stop complaining about BUbeing boring and join the activities!

3. Why are the hours of the weightroom limited?

Once again folks, this one is aboutmoney.

It is a liability to have the weightroom open without someone being inthere acting as a supervisor and theathletic department only has a certainamount of money to pay studentswork study hours to work in theweight room.

While this isnt super convenient, Ican easily imagine a situation wherean overly condent college student(and lets face it, itd be a male) triesto squat 100 pounds over his limitaround midnight and winds upincapacitated on the ground for sixhours until someone else comes intothe weight room.

Males are too important to oursociety for something like that tohappen.

So whine all you want, but I say

safety rst in this situation!

4. Myth: If you get hit by a car whilein the middle of a cross walk oncampus property, your tuition getspaid for.

Sorry everyone, but Ive read thestudent handbook from cover to cover(yes, it was boring) and this mythis busted. There is nothing in thereabout granting tuition to any studentwho gets hit by a car in a campuscrosswalk.

So, Id advise keeping that day joband avoid making a habit of dartinginto the street.

Also, to all of you who haveseen Dean Man On Campus, Bakerdoesnt give you straight As if yourroommate dies either.

So to recap these rather darkmyths: running into the street andkilling your roommate will most likelyhave nothing but bad repercussions.

ediTor ia l [a b b e ys sk e T c h Pa d] ab b e y el s b e r n d

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Real classrooms still have valueRecently, Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer

caused some commotion when she declared thather employees would no longer be able to workfrom home.

In a memo to all employees addressing theissue, Yahoo human resources manager JacquelineReses wrote, Being a Yahoo isnt about your day-

to-day job, its about interactions and experiencesthat are only possible in our ofces.Also among Mayers reasons for choosing to

cut off all telecommuting options were weedingout unproductive employees, clearing thebloated infrastructure and cutting costs.

This is becoming a concern, not only for stay-at-home parents, but for all of those who have takenon the telecommuting lifestyle. Some employeesargue they just arent cut out for the cubicle workspace. They insist they are just as productive, if notmore, from the comfort of their own homes.

It is safe to say that Mayers choice has sufferedmuch criticism from those who think the policychange will fail, but it has left me to ponder asimilarly pressing issue online education.

Lately, institutions aroundthe nation have beentossing around the idea ofdigitally delivering highereducational content todegree-seeking students.

On March 18, the stateof California proposeda bill which necessitates the states 145 publicuniversities allow credit for students completionof massive open online courses.

The shift, which California state ofcials feelis a necessary change for higher education, willprovide more affordable access to courses forstudents and thats about the only benet I canrecognize in the decision. Even then, I dont thinkthats motive enough for such a transformation.

For instance, compare education to a concert.You wouldnt expect to pay a measly amount ofmoney to go see (insert favorite band here) rockout. Theres a reason why people dish out theirmoney, and its called quality.

Now, I agree that the quality of an educationcomes from within the ability to learn dependson an individuals mindset, motivation and styleof gaining knowledge. But I dont think we cantruly discover our own style without a classroom.

Transitioning to online education removesthe face-to-face aspect of schooling, whichshould be valued. In the classroom, students areable to interact at a personal level, developing

relationships with their peers and, moreimportantly, with their professors.

The impact professors make on a student is notone to take lightly its a lasting inuence thatstimulates intelligence and shapes lives. Whengiven the chance to meet in person, professorsare able to determine student progress based on

personality, performance patterns, etc. How is ateacher supposed to analyze such factors withouta classroom?

There are also lessons to be learned in theexperiences, which can only happen in theclassroom. The opportunity for discussion andstudy groups is muddled among the limitationsset by online education.

My one and only experience with onlineeducation came last year when I took a publicrelations course through Kansas State University.Other than the chapter quizzes and tests, I wasgiven a digital textbook and a few PowerPointslides to look at, but that was about as muchguidance as I received from the course instructor.

Now, I may not have as strict of a work ethicas some, but without the structure of a classroom

setting with a living,breathing person tellingme what I need to know, Ifound it hard to learn thesubject. The assignmentswere made available at thebeginning of the semester,

allowing me to work ahead as I pleased, but Icontinuously found myself waiting until the lastminute to turn them in, if I turned them in at all.

Ultimately, my experience with the class led meto retake the course, in a classroom, the followingsemester and I did much better. I was able tomake connections with classmates, form studygroups, ask questions, all of which contributed toimproving my grade not only for the course, but

for my GPA.So, theres essentially a possibility for great

things (lowering the cost of school would be morethan great, actually), but looking closely at howonline education actually functions, I believe otherstudents would agree that transitioning to anonline-only course load would be detrimental tothe quality of education they are receiving.

While some employees may be distressedabout it, I think Marissa Mayer made a smartmove for her company as a whole. You cantbeat the experience of learning or working in anenvironment that allows interaction and inuenceof other people on your life.

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Quest abroad would beneft BUOkay Ill admit it, Im not Lewis or Clark. But I

have visited a fair amount of places in my 19 yearsof life, and I can say whole-heartedly that eachexperience in a new place has altered my way ofthinking, little by little.

Luckily for me, and other BU students like me,Baker is on the verge of requiring internationaltravel or an intercultural experience under theQuest program.

While the detailsare not nal, thegist of it is that atravel Interterm orapproved interculturalexperiences will berequired.

Right now, notall students take advantage of BUs travelopportunities, perhaps because of monetary orpersonal costs. By making it mandatory, BU isforcing students out of their comfort zones.

I dont know what the facultys reasoning is forthis decree, but I agree 100 percent.

College is that time in our lives when we aresupposed to broaden our horizons and learn new

things. And while textbook learning is all newhen we are talking about quantum physics,there is something different about what Professorof Business and Economics Lee Green callsexperiential learning.

In a conversation I had with Green, wetalked about what its like to immerse oneselfin a different culture and almost, in some sense,become a part of it for some time.

In our interconnected society, learning about theway another society functions not only gives younew ideas; it makes you question the social realityyou are a part of. It gives you a new perspective oflooking at things that a classroom cannot.

Stepping out of ones comfort zone also makesfor a more knowledgeable,independent and well-roundedperson. And with Bakerimplementing this new rule,its students will hopefully becoming out of the deal withmore career-worthy traits and,

at the very least, interesting stories to talk about.Another bonus of BU making it a priority is

that the college will (or at least should) cover someof the costs that it would take to provide theseexperiences for students.

My hope with this program is that studentswill see it as an opportunity, rather than a chore.There is much to be learned and experienced

when traveling to another country, and whensyllabi are involved, students are less likely to bekeyed up about the whole thing. But it should beremembered that education, especially educationin another place, is a privilege and not a right.

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Should the Quest program be changed to allowprerequisite or corequisite linked courses?

I would like to do that.

A prerequisite would beeasier and t into yourschedule when you can tit in.

Sheldon Jacks,sophomore

They should change it.Its hard to plan aroundthe classes I need to takeand difcult to build aschedule so you are notoverwhelming yourself.

Colter Schacher,sophomore

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Former Baker University footballplayer Tanner Purdum will prolonghis career in the National FootballLeague as the New York Jets long

snapper after signing a two-yearcontract extension with a signingbonus on March 18.

With the salary cap issue andeverything being kind of tightaround here, they were trying togure out what to do with me andthey let me take the free agentmarket rst, Purdum said. Thewhole time they said they kind ofwanted me back, but they also hada money issue. They kind of settledand worked a few things out withsome of the other guys Santonio(Holmes) and (Antonio) Cromartieand those guys and re-working their

contracts. After that, we kind ofsettled on a deal there last week.Purdum has played 55 games in

his three seasons as the Jets longsnapper. In 488 career snaps, 275have been on punts and 213 havecome on eld goals or point-afterattempts. Purdum has not had asingle snap hit the turf before gettingto the holder or punter and has notsent one high over the punters head.

The times I have seen himthrough the three years have beenperfect, Mike Grossner, BakerUniversity head football coach, said.He is a perfectionist. Hes got sucha strong snap that on eld goals, Ido remember a story from one of theveteran NFL quarterbacks that washolding told him to kind of back offa little on the extra point and eldgoal situations to make it easier tocatch.

Purdum was the long snapper forthe Wildcats from 2003-2006 beforegraduating in May of 2007. Aftergraduating, Purdum spent a yearat Avila University as an assistantcoach before returning to Baker tospend two years on Grossners staff.

The former Wildcat said thatspending time as a coach helped puthim ahead of the learning curve to

be an NFL long snapper and thatplaying in Grossners system madegoing from the NAIA to the NFL auid transition.

Coaching really helps just atthe level you need to prepare foreach game and the understandingfor overall preparation for anopponent, Purdum said. Withplaying, for me a big help was thefact that Coach Grossner broughtin pro-style punting to where (theJets) run the same thing in basicformation and concept as I did incollege.

Coming out of college, Purdumweighed 215 pounds, so in orderto pursue a professional career as along snapper, he needed to put onsome muscle.

The number one thing he hadto do was get bigger and he didthat, Grossner said. He got up to270 pounds and now I think he is

hovering around 260 or 255 pounds,so that was the rst obstacle forhim.

After going to numerouscombines, pro days and camps,Purdum was picked up by theKansas City Chiefs in April of 2009.Purdum ended up being waived fourmonths later, but went on to sign athree-year rookie contract with theJets in February of 2010.

This was his next stage. In hisprofession and his position, that isa commitment from a team because

the logical thing to do with a salarycap is in your fourth year, you arestarting to make some really goodmoney, Grossner said. The easything for a team to do is to go get ayoung buck and do the rookie thingagain and go nd a younger thatthey wont have to pay as much, butthen again, there is a risk involved

there.Purdums success in the NFL hasalso served as an inspiration forfellow former Baker long snapperCaleb Johnson. Johnson was theWildcats long snapper from 2008-2011 and attended an NFL combinethe last week of March in Phoenix.

Tanner was one of the big sellingpoints for Grossner for recruitingme since he was trying to get intothe NFL at that point, Johnson said.Baker kind of breeds good longsnappers and all that. (Purdum)

coached me for about a year thereand I picked up a lot of good stuffoff of him. He has been inspirationalfor me because he showed me thatpeople from Baker could get in (tothe NFL).

Purdums accuracy on his snapsover the past three seasons has notbeen affected by the often cold and

windy weather conditions in MetLifeStadium, where the Jets play theirhome games.

I think his velocity helpsovercome the weather that is thereand the wind, Grossner said. Thatis another thing that you dont eventhink about is that some guys growup (playing) in a dome or for theircareer are able to snap in that kind ofatmosphere. He has probably beentested more than anybody in histhree years as far as elements and itis difcult.


Photo courtesy of The New York JetsNew York Jets long snapper Tanner Purdum greets fans after a game at MetLife Stadium. Purdum signed a two-year contractextension with the Jets on March 18. He spent his college career as the long snapper for the Baker University football team.Purdum has spent the past three seasons with the Jets, appearing in 55 games. In 488 career snaps, 275 have been on puntsand 213 have came on eld goals or point-after attempts.

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Six former Wildcats chase NFL dream

Between April 25-27, 254 footballplayers will have their dreamscome true as their names are calledat the NFL Draft at the Radio CityMusic Hall in New York City.

Six former Baker Universityfootball players have worked outfor NFL teams over the past monthto try to help the chances of beingdrafted or signing a contract with aprofessional team as an undraftedfree agent.

Wide receivers Kyle Boltonand Reggie Harris, tight endJoel Murphy, placekicker StevenStewart, punter Garrett Chumleyand long snapper Caleb Johnsonhave all performed for NFL scoutsat different places around thecountry and head coach MikeGrossner is proud that they are

trying to take their football careersto the next level.Im just excited for all of them,

Grossner said. You never know,but hopefully they land somewhereand get paid to play the game theylove.

Here is a recap of what each ofthe six former Wildcats have doneover the past few weeks in an effortto prolong their football careers.

Kyle Bolton

The 5-foot, 10-inch wide receiverrst had the chance to show off hisreceiving skills in an NFL Regional

Scouting Combine March 23 inSeattle. He did that and then some.Bolton posted a 40-yard dash timeof 4.29 seconds, which was thefastest at the combine.

With his performance in Seattle,Bolton was invited to the NFLSuper Regional Combine Sundayand Monday in Dallas, where all 32teams were in attendance.

I had scouts call my agent,Bolton said. So obviously Iimpressed some people.

His agent has been contacted

by the Minnesota Vikings, SeattleSeahawks, Indianapolis Colts,Jacksonvil le Jaguars and ChicagoBears this week.

The Bears called him (Tuesday)and he said the Bears are prettyinterested, so were looking at theBears right now as a place to try to

go get a camp with (before the NFLDraft) Bolton said.

Joel Murphy

Like Bolton, Murphy also wasinvited to the super regionalcombine in Dallas. Murphy stoodout in a variety of aspects at thecombine with being a 6-foot, 8-inchtight end from an NAIA school.

I was the biggest guy here,Murphy said in an interviewMonday with KNBU-FM stationmanager Brad Barnes. I wasntthe most built or the strongest,but I was the tallest guy here and

I weighed more than just aboutevery tight end here but a couple.I feel pretty condent with the sizebecause that is usually the biggestthing between (NCAA) DivisionI players and NAIA, but I luckilyhave that.

Murphy went up againstmultiple NCAA Division I athletes,including tight ends from Alabama,Oregon and Oregon State.

With this super regionalcombine, if you look at the stats lastyear, 124 people were invited out of2,000 and 87 of them had contractswithin a month afterward,

Murphy said.Caleb Johnson

While making it to the NationalFootball League as a long snapperfrom an NAIA school like Bakermight seem like a long shot,another former Wildcat has provenits possible in New York Jets longsnapper Tanner Purdum.

Tanner was one of the bigselling points for Grossner forrecruiting me since he was trying

to get into the NFL atthat point, Johnsonsaid. Baker kindof breeds good longsnappers and all that.(Purdum) coachedme for about a yearthere and I picked upa lot of good stuff offof him. He has beeninspirational for mebecause he showed methat people from Bakercould get in (to theNFL).

Johnson had theopportunity to attenda specialist combineMarch 26 in Phoenix

in which he got tosnap for 23 differentNFL scouts or teamrepresentatives.

The workouts(were) pretty fun withsnapping in frontof some of the bestpeople around all

trying to achieve thesame goal, Johnsonsaid. Those combinesare pretty fun as far asthat goes.

Garrett Chumley

Chumley wrapped up his

collegiate career with fellow specialteamer Johnson in 2011, but hasalso attended camps and combinesnationwide since leaving Baker.

During the second week ofMarch, Chumley attended a prokicking camp in Boca Raton, Fla.

Chumley and the other puntersparticipated in different drills forthe rst three days of the ve-daycamp, before cuts were made forwho would go on to perform infront of NFL scouts.

Unfortunately during the weekdown there, it was super, superwindy. It was like 25-30 mph gusts

with a 20 mph constant wind,Chumley said.Only two punters met the

statistical qualications toshowcase themselves for the NFLscouts, but Chumley did receivesome encouraging news.

Unfortunately, they didnt callmy name to get in on the last day,but they pulled me aside on mykind of pro day which was the daybefore the scouts came and theywere like, we just want you toknow that you were the next guy inline to get to go on the day with thescouts, Chumley said.

Steven StewartStewart attended the combine

with Chumley in Florida, but alsoattended one much closer to home.

The Olathe native attended theKansas City Chiefs Local Pro Dayon April 5.

It was a really good experiencegetting to be around a bunch oflocal guys who are trying to makeit (into the NFL,) Stewart said. Itwas awesome because John Dorsey,the (Kansas City Chiefs) general

manager, he was there talking andwatching everyone do all of theirdrills.

Stewart realizes that is rare for a

placekicker to latch on with an NFLteam shortly after graduating fromcollege, especially since his rstyear playing was last fall with BU.

Ive only kicked for ninemonths in my life and Im going upagainst guys who have been doingit for years and years, Stewartsaid. Ive denitely got some workto do. Especially in the kickinggame, not a lot of people make itstraight out of college, regardlessof how long theyve been kicking.This is denitely going to be adream that I am going to have tochase for a few years and keep

working because I can still improvea lot.

Reggie Harris

After lining up at wide receiverand being a kick and punt returnerfor the Wildcats for four years,Harris played in the USA FreedomBowl in February with other All-Americans from around the countryand also attended the Chiefs ProDay with Stewart.

Harris graduated high schoolfrom Olathe South and has beena Chiefs fan ever since he canremember.

That was my team ever sinceI was a baby, Harris said. I wasrocking the red and yellow.

Harris thought the pro day wentwell for him and entered it with thesame mindset as he had with theWildcats.

I think just as with every gameat Baker, you have to take it asseriously as it is, Harris said.Just because were NAIA doesntmean that all of our games are likepractice games. Every game is justas serious as we make it.


Tera Lyons/The Baker OrangeKyle Bolton runs past a defender in the BakerUniversity football teams 27-20 win against OttawaUniversity Aug. 25 at Peoples Bank Field. Boltonattended the NFL Super Regional Combine Sundayand Monday at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Tera Lyons/The Baker OrangeSteven Stewart kicks the ball off in his rst game at Liston Stadium in a 48-17victory for the Baker University football team against Evangel University. Stewarttook part in the Kansas City Chiefs Local Pro Day April 5 at Arrowhead Stadium inKansas City, Mo.


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Golfers place first, third in season openers

The Baker University womensgolf team ended its fall seasonundefeated against Heart ofAmerica Athletic Conference

opponents and sat atop theconference leaderboard.The Wildcats kept that streak

alive during their spring seasonopener Monday-Tuesday as theywon the Missouri Valley CollegeSpring Invite in Marshall, Mo.,over Central Methodist University,Graceland University and MVC.

I expect the girls to pick upwhere they left off in the fall, headcoach Karen Exon said. I feel reallygood about where the girls are.

Baker and Central Methodistwere tied after the rst round of

play, but BU nished 25 strokesahead of the Eagles in round two.

Freshman Lindsey Mateer shotthe best individual score of thetournament by posting an 85 duringthe opening round and an 83 on daytwo.

Senior Rachel Strecker helpedBaker sweep the top two spots

of the tournament as she shot atournament total of 180.

Freshman Rebecca Holder postedthe third best score for the Wildcatsas she nished sixth overall with atournament score of 186.

The mens team also had asuccessful campaign during itsrst tournament of the springseason March 24-26, as the Wildcatsnished third behind No. 25Ashford University and NCAADivision III Central College duringthe Graceland University SpringInvitational in Maryville, Mo.

What I am really pleased aboutwas we nished third out of 14teams and we were signicantlybetter than anyone else from ourconference, Exon said. And I amalso pleased that we put two gooddays back-to-back together. Wevestruggled with that some in thepast.

The Wildcats were six strokesbehind Ashford, the eventualtournament winner, after the rstday of play with a score of 304.Baker shot an even better 302 on daytwo, but both Ashford and CentralCollege posted sub-300 scores.

Junior Alex Zuzelski tied forthe third best individual score ofthe tournament and was on topof the leaderboard after day one.Sophomore Kelley Thompsonhad the second best overall scorefor Baker by posting a 153 for thetournament. Senior Mason Dick

rounded out the top three for theWildcats by shooting a 78 and thena 76.

Bakers entire varsity squad shota 79 or better on the second daydespite a one-hour lightning delay.

I was really pleased to see uscontinue to play well in adverseconditions, Exon said. It wasnt

very pleasant playing on Saturdayand they just soldiered through it.

The Wildcats junior varsitysquad tied for a 10th-place nishwith a 663 team score.

Baker will have a chance to playon the course again this seasonas Graceland and Mozingo LakeGolf Course host the conferencetournament April 28.

The mens and womens teamswill resume their schedulesMonday-Tuesday for the EagleOpen in Boonville, Mo. Thetournament is hosted by CMU.

Not much can be accomplishedin the sport of tennis with a lack ofenergy and snow on the ground.

Thats just what the BakerUniversity mens and womenstennis players are thinking, includingsophomore Ryan Gleue who says itsbeen an all right season for BU.

We didnt expect too muchcoming into the season, Gleue said.We knew we could compete withsome good teams, but we also knewthat we would have a tough scheduleand wouldnt be as great againstother teams.

What the team didnt anticipate,though, was how often it wouldhave to practice in an indoor facilityin Lawrence due to poor weather

conditions so far this season. Gleuesaid practicing inside has beena challenge and it hasnt helpedimprove their game much at all.

With a record of 3-8 at this point inthe season, Gleue would like to seethe team come out with more energyin its upcoming matches.

The men will get their chance tostrengthen their action as they takeon Cowley County Community

College this Saturday in ArkansasCity.

The womens team will also takeon CCCC Saturday as the Wildcatslook to improve their 5-7 record onthe season.

In its last ve match-ups, thewomens team has gone 3-2 with6-3 victories over Kansas WesleyanUniversity and Graceland Universityand a 7-2 defeat over Tabor College.

Sara Bellmanagingeditor

Tennis teams tackle weather, tough scheduleLauren Bechard

staffwriter


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Jimmy may

After coaching for almost 40 years,why did you decide that now wasthe time to retire?

I just felt like it was the right time.Its kind of a young mans sport, andIve been dong it for a long time.I felt like it was just time. I didntreally have any one reason. Havingdone it for 40 years is long enough,and it was right.

You had the opportunity to buildthe program from its beginningstages. What has your time at Bakermeant to you?

Its meant everything. When I rstcame to this town, I didnt knowanybody in Baldwin City, or BakerUniversity, or really in the state ofKansas. Ive met a lot of people thatI have become close friends with.Ive met a lot of quality colleaguesand coaches. There are a lot of greatcoaches at Baker, and it was justa privilege to have coached withthem ... I think just the biggest thingthat I take away after ve years ofcoaching is the relationships Ivecreated, and beyond that, buildingthis team and getting these kidsto come on campus as youngfreshmen and develop into youngmen, and our managers come inas young girls and develop into

young women. Thats really nice tosee ... The whole dynamics of beinga coach is something unique, and

unless youve done it, you reallydont understand the relationshipsthat you create stay with you for alifetime.

You will have the uniqueopportunity of being on campuswhile a new coach is here. Whatwill your role be within theprogram be in this coming year?

Just transitioning. Trying to helphim understand what the productthat weve created is. Working withhim to continue improving on thatproduct. I will work as little or asmuch as the person thats in chargeneeds me to. There might be aperson who comes in here who justts in well right away and I will tryto stay out of his way. If somebodyneeds my help, then Ill work fromthat end, too.

I know members of the team havehad a little longer to digest thisannouncement. How have theyhandled it?

At the age of 18-22, they can takeany type of information and processit and handle it in a big way. Withthe kids who have been a part of this

program, Ive had a really positiveexperience with them. To say that Iam not disappointed not coaching

anymore, would be selling myselfshort because obviously Im goingto be disappointed not coachinganymore. But Im excited about thepossibility of a coach coming inhere and him taking control of theprogram and running with it. I thinkwe are all a little disappointed that itis coming to and end, but we are alllooking forward to the future.

You wont be leaving Baker entirelybut instead switching to a rolein the ofce of admissions. What

attracted you to this position?I think it is going to be a big

blessing for me to be able to kind ofhelp bridge between the admissionsofce and athletics. Hopefully, Iwill be a positive force there ... Imlooking forward to learning fromthem, and in turn they can learnfrom me on some of the things thatare important to coaches when werecruit a kid and walk through theadmissions process.

1 on 1 is a section in which the Baker Orange sportswriting staff interviews a prominent Baker sportsgure about his/her sport and life.

Head wrestling coach1 - on - 1 with

After ve years at BakerUniversity, head wrestling coachJimmy May ofcially announced hisretirement March 25 effective in thesummer of 2013.

May has led the wrestlingprogram throughout its rst fourseasons and along the way hascoached eight All-Americans and 70national qualiers.

I just felt like it was time. Ivedoing this for almost 40 years and atsome point it has to end, May said.I wanted to see this rst group ofseniors that I recruited that rst yearthrough, and I think it was a goodtime for me to exit from coaching atBaker.

During his time at Baker, Mayhas helped the young programreach a fourth-place national

ranking, win the Kansas Cupchampionship, send a nalist tothe national championship matchin back-to-back years and post an11-0 dual record during its rst twoseasons.

I obviously didnt do italone, there are a lot of goodpeople around me that helped ithappen, but to look back at thoseaccomplishments, those are special,May said. They will always bespecial to me.

Before accepting the headcoaching position at Baker, May wasa high school coach in Nevada for31 years. During that tenure, he won

12 state championships, coached63 individual state champions andwas inducted into the NationalWrestling Hall of Fame in theNevada Chapter.

May knew very few people inKansas before accepting the headcoaching position at Baker, butgraduate assistant Levi Calhounbelieves he has left his mark on thecommunity.

Hes made a huge impact.Hes taken the program from non-existence to a nationally-rankedteam in four years, which is a thingthat a lot of coaches couldnt do,Calhoun said. Hes embedded

himself into the Baker and Baldwin(City) community very well. Ithink everybody around here reallyrespects him a whole lot. I dontknow that with any other coach itcould have been done the way it

has been.Although May does not expect to

return to coaching, he has accepteda new position with the admissionsofce as a liaison to the athleticdepartment.

I think the university saw aneed for somebody who has beeninvolved in athletics since half ourcampus is student athletes, Maysaid. I think its kind of a naturalthing to have somebody be in the

admissions ofce that possiblyknows all the coaches.May will also use the coming

year to help the team transitionunder the leadership of a new headcoach.

Its been a great ve years, Maysaid. Baker and the Baldwin (City)community have been good to me.Its been a great experience, butI dont see myself ever coachingagain, at least at the head coachinglevel. So its a little bit bittersweet, alittle bit sad because when you giveup something that has been yourlife and part of your DNA for youentire life, its a little bit emotional.

According to the ofcial Baker

University press release, Directorof Athletics Theresa Yetmar willsoon begin the search for a newhead coach who will take over theprogram July 1.

Sara Bellmanagingeditor

May retires as head wrestling coach

Brad Barnes/The Baker OrangeHead wrestling coach Jimmy May ofcially announced his retirement effective in the summer of 2013 on March 25. May has served as the headcoach at Baker University for ve years, but has accepted a new position in the Ofce of Admissions.


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With the Heart of America AthleticConference Championships just fourweeks away, the Baker Universityrack and eld teams would have

normally considered Saturdays meet

o be the middle of their season.However, the Central MethodistUniversity Invitational in Fayette,Mo., marked the only meet MotherNature has allowed the entire Wildcatsquad to compete in.

Im very pleased with where weare at right now, head coach ZachKindler said. I am very pleased withhow we are developing, but its anongoing process for us.

There were separate results for theathletes competing from the AmericanMidwest Conference on Saturday, ashe performances of those athletes

were scored as part of its conferencemeet and not the CMU Invitational.

Junior Katie Thurbon earned a rst-place nish in the pole vault with amark of 3.51 meters, which surpassedhe national B standard. Thurbon

nished as the runner-up in the polevault during the NAIA OutdoorNational Championships last season,and may have the chance to repeat asan All-American in May.

Sophomore Tyler Sloan improvedon her national-qualifying time inhe 100-meter hurdles with a mark of

14.12 seconds. She also nished rst inhe event.

The Wildcats fought through ahree-hour rain delay during the

Wendys Pittsburg State Universitynvitational March 30, but three other

athletes qualied for the nationalchampionships.

Junior and defending nationalchampion Stephanie Nelson fell justout of the top two with a third-placenish in the javelin throw. Her mark

of 44.48 metersnished behindNCAA throwersfrom the Universityof Missouri-Kansas City andthe University ofCentral Missouri.Her throw exceededthe A standard,which gives herthe opportunity tocompete for back-to-back national titles.

I feel like mytraining is reallypaying off as faras throwing thejavelin, Nelsonsaid. I am justexcited I can getthat obstacle out ofthe way so I donthave to think aboutit in the long run. I

know what I need towork on to improvemyself, so hopefullyI can get back intoa position to whereI can be successfulagain.

Junior KatelynWolken broke Bstandard in thejavelin during thePSU Invitationalwith a 39.80-meterthrow.

Senior Jeremy Gathright grabbeda pair of second-place nishes in the400-meter dash and the triple jumpduring the meet, but his time of47.80 seconds in the 400-meter dashsurpassed the national A standard.

Although weather has playeda factor in the early portions ofthe outdoor season, junior CodyViergever said the team is looking

good thus far.We are a pretty solid team,

Viergever said. In the conferencewe are doing well, and it looks

good going into (the conferencechampionships.)

BU is set to compete Saturday inthe Darrel Gournley Open in Liberty,Mo. and will continue its scheduleApril 17-20 as members from themens and womens teams participatein the Kansas Relays in Lawrence.

Kindler will most likely sendBakers national qualiers and othertop athletes to the meet to providean opportunity for them to compete

against elite programs similar to thosethey might face in the NAIA NationalChampionships.

It gets them used to that level ofcompetition, and if we can go overthere and compete and have greatmarks and great times, then obviouslywe will be pleased, Kindler said.

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It was another day andanother no-hitter for juniorErin Greenwood when sheshut down the offense of thePeru State College softball teamSaturday in Peru, Neb.

The reigning NAIA NationalPitcher of the Week followed upa perfect game against Culver-Stockton College by throwing ano-hitter against Peru State.

I thought it was pretty coolto get recognized for what hasbeen going on and for peopleto recognize what youve beenworking for, Greenwood said.

It was also her third completegame shutout in her last fourstarts in a 7-0 Baker victory ingame one of its doubleheader. Awalk given up with two outs inthe sixth inning kept Greenwoodfrom achieving a perfect game.

While Greenwood did receivethe national honor, she alsogave credit to her teammates forstepping up defensively.

In game one, neither teamcould nd any offense in the rstthree innings, until the Wildcats

were able to score on a single byfreshman Mallorie Nelson, andthen three consecutive errors by

the Bobcats put BU up 2-0. Thatheated up the Wildcats bats, asthey were able to compile vemore runs from the fth inningon.

Sophomore Alyse Menghiniled Baker with three hits andtwo RBIs in the rst game, andNelson also had three hits andone RBI.

The second game startedscoreless until the bottom ofthe fourth, when Peru StatesEmily Marish doubled to deepright-center eld to send arunner home. That was the rstof two runs that inning, beforeGreenwood came back in relieffor Nelson.

Greenwoods no-hit streakwas snapped at eight innings inthe fth, and then the Bobcatswere able to score a run off herin the sixth, increasing their leadto 3-1. Thats where the scorestayed, completing a two-gamesplit with Peru State.

Baker is 6-2 in the Heart ofAmerica Athletic Conferenceand 14-8 overall. TheWildcats were scheduled to

play MidAmerica NazareneUniversity Thursday atCavaness Field, but results were

not available at presstime.Our conference is wideopen this year, head coachMatt Windle said. Weve gotto maintain our focus and gettwo wins at a time when wehave that opportunity. I thinkwe go out there and expect towin both games every time. Itsjust a matter of sometimes theball rolls our way, sometimes itdoesnt.

Going into Thursdaysdoubleheader, Baker had onlyplayed two doubleheaders atCavaness Field, so the Wildcatsare looking forward to beingthe home team for ve of theirremaining seven doubleheaders.

That is so exciting for us,junior Tara Chumley said. Wehave a great fan base and welove seeing fans come out andsupporting us. Just knowingwe have that support behind usreally helps us play. Knowingthe eld and knowing how theball bounces and everything isa huge advantage, so we feelreally condent about nishingour season up at home.

Greenwood throws two no-hittersChad Mullen & Chris Duderstadt

staffwriter & editor

Callie Paquette/The Baker OrangeJunior Erin Greenwood follows through on a pitch in game one of adoubleheader against Ottawa University Feb. 9 at Cavaness Field.Greenwood has thrown a perfect game and a no-hitter this season.

Callie Paquette/The Baker OrangeSenior Jeremy Gathright leaps during the triple jump March 30 during the Wendys PSU State Invitational in Pittsburg.Gathright grabbed a pair of second-place nishes during the meet in the triple jump and the 400-meter dash.


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Members of the Baker University baseballteam have a running joke about beinginsane.

We always like to say, the denition ofinsanity is doing the same thing over andover again and expecting different results,head coach Phil Hannon said.

After nine losses in a row, Hannonthought it was time for some adjustmentsto be made and for the team to take itsdenition of insanity to heart.

All it took was some ne tuning anda positive shift in energy, and Baker wasable to end that nine-game losing-streakwith back-to-back wins at Sauder Field onSunday and Tuesday.

Oh, and junior Brett Lechien pitched aone-hitter against Tabor College, whichdidnt hurt the Wildcats either.

(Lechien) is one of those kids that will

step up and do the best he can any timeyou ask something of him, Hannon said.I feel like he fell right into place withwhat our pitching staff has been doing thisseason, which over all theyve done a reallyoutstanding job.

The one-hitter came during Lechienssecond ever start on the mound and justdays after he described the teams season asunfortunate. He typically starts in righteld and is the teams leadoff hitter.

With a record of 4-25 on theseason, Lechien is proud of his teamsaccomplishments in the 3-2 victory overTabor on Tuesday, which came shortly after

a 10-4 win over the University of Saint Maryon Sunday.

The one-hitter was cool, but mostimportantly, we got a win, Lechien said.These past couple wins just go to show thatwe have a lot of potential. We just need to

keep putting in work day-in and day-out aswe keep searching for our identity.After realizing theyve lost 17 games by

two runs or less, 13 of which have been aone-run ballgame, Hannon felt his teamhas been hit with bad luck and hopes theWildcats will nd condence from theirrecent performances.

Anytime you dont have very muchsuccess, as weve had this year, its toughto go to the ball eld, Hannon said. We(coaches) talk all the time about how wejust need the ball to bounce our way once ortwice so the guys know they can win games.I really applaud them for sticking with itand not folding in, so to speak, and justcontinuing to go out and play every day.

The Wildcats are 1-11 in Heart of AmericaAthletic Conference play and will lookto improve this record as they take onMidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathethis weekend. The HAAC rivals will face offon Friday and then again on Saturday withtwo doubleheaders that will each start at 1p.m.

As long as our guys just keep being thetough warriors that they are instead of beinginsane, the adjustments they make willhelp them to gain condence in their abilityon the eld for the rest of the season,Hannon said.

Lauren Bechardstaffwriter

BU baseball team breaksnine-game losing streak

Callie Paquette/The Baker OrangeJunior Ryan Lasneske throws a pitch during game two of the Wildcats doubleheader with Culver-Stockton College

Saturday at Sauder Field. Lasneske allowed just one run and fve hits through seven innings.

BU Scoreboard

Baseball:

Bu @ MNUThe Baker University baseball is 1-11 in conferenceplay, but the Wildcats will look to improve thisrecord during a four-game series with MidAmericaNazarene University Friday and Saturday in Olathe.Both doubleheaders are scheduled to begin at 1p.m.

Golf:

BU @ Central Methodist

The BU womens and mens golf teams nished rstand third, respectively, during their season openers.Both teams will be back in action Monday-Tuesdayfor the Eagle Open in Boonville, Mo.

softball:

Evangel @ BU

The Wildcats were scheduled to make up theirdoubleheader with MNU Thursday after heavyrainfall postponed the series Wednesday.

Results were not available at press time, butBU will continue its conference schedule with adoubleheader against Evangel University at 2 and 4p.m. Saturday at Cavaness Field.

Spirit squad:

NDA/NCA nationals

After qualifying for the National Dance Allianceand National Cheerleaders Association CollegiateChampionships in February, the Baker Universityspirit squad has been preparing its routines overthe last few months. The Wildcats performed inpreliminary rounds Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla.but results were not available at press time.

Expectations are high for many of Bakers springsports teams as they near their respective Heartof America Athletic Conference tournaments.

Baker will be back in action at noon Friday as ittakes on Cowley County Community College inArkansas City. The Wildcats will also make up theirmatches with Missouri Western State University

Wednesday at Laury Tennis Courts.

Tennis:

BU @ Cowley county

Track and feld:

BU @ Darrel Gourley open

After weather caused a slow start to the outdoorseason, the BU track and eld teams won eightevent championships during the Central MethodistUniversity Invitational Saturday in Fayette, Mo. TheWildcats will continue their schedule with the DarrelGournley Open in Liberty, Mo. Saturday.


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The Way We Worked

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Smithsonian traveling exhibit stops at Lumberyard Arts Center

Taylor Shuck/The Baker OrangeThe Smithsonian art exhibit called The Way We Worked is being featured until May 5 in the Lumberyard Arts Center. The exhibit is a culture of work in America over the last 150 years,with pictures and information from the National Archives.

The traveling Smithsonianexhibit entitled The Way WeWorked has opened in theLumberyard Arts Center and willrun through May 5.

The exhibit shows how theAmerican working class haschanged throughout the years viaan interactive walk-through madeup of pictures, videos, and music,among other media.

In addition to the Smithsonian

exhibit, the Lumberyard ArtsCenter has a room dedicated to the

transformation Baldwin City hasgone through since being a part ofthe Sante Fe Trail nearly 200 yearsago.

Thirty-six different townsin Kansas applied to host theSmithsonian exhibit and onlysix were chosen by the KansasHumanities Council.

The chairman of the LumberyardArts Center, Paula Johnson, choseher committee 19 months ago, andit has been working around the

clock ever since in order to bringthis exhibit to Baldwin City.

Johnson believes the exhibit isnot only good for the Arts Center,but it is good for Baldwin City aswell.

Bootsie Lauridsen, a member ofthe LAC staff, agrees with Johnson,adding that it is also good for theacademic community.

Students should be veryinterested to learn about the historyof work as they are about to enterit, Lauridsen said. I feel it takesa lot of time to watch and listen

(to the exhibit), but a wealth ofknowledge (is available) if you do.

Many might be interested to learnmore about Baldwin City, since it istheir home while at Baker.

There will also be four guestspeakers during the time the exhibitis on display.

Exhibit hours:Mon. - Thurs., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Fri., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sat., 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Sun., noon - 5 p.m.


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Matthew Potterton, assistantprofessor of music and director ofchoral activities, will be leavingBaker University at the conclusionof the school year to become the

director of choral activities at EastTennessee State University.This is Pottertons fourth year at

BU.Im very happy at Baker, and

Im proud of everything that hashappened over the last four years,he said, but this is an opportunitythats going to be better fnanciallyand also promote me to thenext level of my career, which isimportant to me and my family.

Before coming to Baker, Pottertontaught high school music for sixyears in California before gettinghis doctorate at the University of

Colorado-Boulder, where he bothstudied and taught from 2006 to2009.

In addition to teaching classes, heconducts the three choirs at Baker:chamber choir, concert choir andcommunity choir.

The community choir issomething that I started my frstyear and thats been growing andIm very proud of that group,Potterton said.

He also served as the adviserfor Bakers Gay-Straight Alliancegroup.

Sophomore Jillian Miller, amember of theater and the concertand chamber choirs, said its thelittle things she and the rest of themusic department will miss aboutPotterton.

Im obviously going to miss himas a teacher, because he loves his

job and he knows what hes doing,Miller said. Im also just going tomiss his closeness with all of us andthe fact that we can go to him aboutanything. Hed take us out to choirdinners and stuff like that, so kindof all the little things he did for us,as well.

Potterton and his family aremembers of the Baldwin Citycommunity, and his wife helpedstart the Baldwin City ChildrensChoir.

One event in particular Pottertonwill miss is the Annual ChristmasCandlelight Vespers performance.

I just am fortunate to be a part

of that tradition for the last fouryears, and I think weve donesome really awesome concertsthat feature our whole musicdepartment, Potterton said.

Senior Paul Eltschinger has hadthe chance to spend his four yearsat Baker working with Potterton aswell.

I was really thankful thatIve had four years with him,Eltschinger said, because I knowif I was a junior right now it wouldhave been even harder. But hes got

to do whats best for him and his

family and it sounds like hes goingto a really great place and helldefnitely be missed in the musicdepartment here.

Potterton hopes the facultymember who replaces him willcontinue to raise the bar, as hestrove to do when replacing thechoral director who came beforehim.

I just wanted to keep buildingwhere (former choir director JohnBuehler) left off and we took it to acertain level and I want the person

who takes over for me to just keep

that progress going, Potterton said.Eltschinger said Pottertons goaleach year was to keep building onthe year before, and that is exactlywhat he did.

One of the things he keepssaying over the years has been,were going to build on what wedid last year, were going to keepgoing up from there, Eltschingersaid. And we have. Its been kindof crazy to watch how the program... just keeps getting better andbetter.

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Xiomara Nunez/Baker OrangeMatthew Potterton (right), assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, hasannounced he will be leaving Baker University at the end of the spring semester to take a newposition at East Tennessee State University. This is Pottertons fourth year of teaching at Baker. Hehas also conducted the chamber, concert and community choirs.


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Jordan Ratterman/The Baker OrangeSenior Devin Freeman works on Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Sigmas entry for the Greek Week event, Chalk the Walk, on April 4. The sorority and fraternity pair won the event with theirVegas-themed drawing. The theme of Greek Week was Las Vegas, and included festivities such as Casino Night and Sin City games and trivia. Alpha Chi Omega and Kappa Sigma wonve-star chapter awards at the end of the week.

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