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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015vol. 123 [issue 2]Baker University Student Media ~ Baldwin City, Kansas
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HOMECOMINGClasses will clash and royalty will be crowned as part of BU’s homecoming week Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. This year’s homecoming theme is “Shipwrecked in Wildcat Nation.” During the same week, the theater department will present the play “Treasure Island.”
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also IN this issue
BU’s Greek system was ranked third in a recent list published by Best College Reviews. Greek organizations also had successful fall recruitment efforts.
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The football team has moved up to No. 3 in the national rankings after winning four games in a row. The Wildcats are the only remaining unbeaten team in their conference.
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HOMECOMING: ‘Shipwrecked in Wildcat Nation’Bailey conklinSTAFF WRITER
The weather is cooling down, tailgating is back in fashion and school is in session. What’s next for the Baker University campus? Homecoming week. This year’s theme is “Shipwrecked in Wildcat Nation.”
“It’s been a process over the last four years, honestly, trying to evolve homecoming to what I think it has become this year,” Director of Student Life Randy Flowers said.
Flowers’ main goal during homecoming is to celebrate all the aspects of Baker’s campus including students, faculty, greek life and student organizations. These aspects will be specifically highlighted during homecoming week events Sept. 27 to Oct. 3.
For the first time, the Last Lecture, scheduled for 9 p.m. on Sept. 27 in Rice Auditorium, will be included in the homecoming schedule to emphasize faculty and staff accomplishments. Professor of Communications Susan Emel will be the featured speaker.
Student-athletes and alumni
will be recognized on Oct. 2 at the Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet and Student-Athlete Awards Banquet. The cost to attend the event is $40 per adult and $15 for children 12 and under.
In previous years, homecoming week mainly emphasized participation by Greek organizations. This, however, has changed with the clash of classes competition.
“We learned a lot,” said Flowers. “The people that participated last year actually enjoyed it.”
The clash of classes consists of participants from each class playing games against the other classes for points. This year’s prize for the winning class is $500.
“My favorite is always the clash of classes,” SAC Vice President of Featured Events Ashley Riniker said. “It should be a lot of fun. We have a lot of new games we are trying out.”
The homecoming football game will kick off at 2 p.m. on Oct. 3, when Baker will face off against Peru State and homecoming royalty will be crowned. Alumni and children, along with students, will be welcome to join by tailgating on a Saturday in autumn.
whitney silkeyASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The number of students walking around campus this year may seem a little smaller due to the size of the freshman class. This year’s freshman class dropped to 184 students from last year’s 224 students and the previous year’s 234.
Representatives in the admissions office say they have known for a while that this year’s class would be smaller than in the past. On one hand, data from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) projected that 2015 would be the smallest class of graduating high school seniors for 10 years prior and 10 years into the future. Additionally, Baker made some policy changes.
“We knew there were going to be some challenges this year,” Kevin Kropf, senior director of admissions, said. “We did some things differently in terms of athletic recruitment and did some things differently in terms of financial aid awarding that we knew could have some impact on the size of the class, and in the end they did.”
Some athletic teams did not have as many spots to fill as they did before. Also, the university did not award as much financial aid as in the past.
The impact of a smaller class may mean the lines are a little shorter in the cafeteria, and there may be a few more empty parking spaces, but to Kropf those are not necessarily things to be happy about.
“I like having the problem of not being able to find a parking spot in the morning,” Kropf said. “To me that’s a reminder that we’re being successful here.”
The small class puts extra pressure on the admissions staff to get a bigger class next year. The 184 students is not at an all-time low, but with the help of added programming and five new staff members, Kropf is energetic about enrollment for the next academic year.
“We didn’t necessarily want a smaller class, but we are very excited about the students that we have,” Kropf said.
Administrators hope that all departments and faculty on campus will become involved in the admissions process.
“We often depend as a university just on one office to do all that work and that’s not realistic, nor is it fair,” Dean of Students Cassy Bailey said.
One of Bailey’s goals for this year is to make sure current students have a positive college experience to help promote the university. She also plans to partner the office of student affairs with the admissions office to help with visit days and other recruitment activities.
Although orientation days over the summer were slimmed down, and the last two sessions had fewer students who enrolled, Randy Flowers, the director of student life, does not see the small class having a
negative impact on campus activities this year.“I just hold the bar even higher for SAC,”
Flowers said.Bailey emphasized quality over quantity with the
2015 freshman class.“This year’s class is small but mighty,” Bailey said.Kropf agreed.“I see a lot of superstars in that class,” Kropf said.
“I am very excited about the potential of this class.”Fortunately for the admissions office, enrollment
starts fresh and back at zero every year. Kropf is already looking at applications that have come in for next year.
“We’re already 60 applications ahead of last year at this point,” Kropf said. “Next year we’re going to bounce back enrollment-wise.”
Freshman enrollment lower than average
Ye Ole EventsSept. 27KC Royals vs. Cleveland1:10 p.m. | Kauffman Stadium
Sept. 28T-Shirts on Sale11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Harter Union LobbySerenades at Greek houses
Sept. 29:The Last Lecturefeaturing Professor Susan Emel9 p.m. | Rice Auditorium
Sept. 30Clash of the Classes9 p.m. | Collins Gym
Oct. 1-3Theater Production ‘Treasure Island’7:30 p.m. | Rice Auditorium
Oct. 2Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet and Student-Athlete Awards Banquet6 p.m | Overland Park Marriott
Oct. 3Alumni Tailgate Luncheon Noon | Liston StadiumBaker vs. Peru State Football2 p.m. | Liston Stadium
Homecoming Court
QueenLauren Allen BrownKayla PaulRyenn JohnsMegan HenryJessica Lane KingAlex BairdBryan RichardsonLuke MiltzPreston BeiserJosh Kock Voting begins on Tuesday at 8 a.m. and will continue through Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Students should log in to Moodle and look for a course named “Fall 2015 Homecoming Voting” and then click on the course title. The only working link in the course is a poll to vote for candidates.
Coronation will be at halftime of the homecoming football game.
Freshman Camron Collins visits with junior Parks Boeschen during the Majors Fair on Sept. 22 in the Collins Center. Freshmen were able to discuss their academic options with professors and upperclassmen. Photo by Cassie Long
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spencer brownSTAFF WRITER
Over the summer, four Baker graduates were hired in the office of admissions. They have
filled four of the five positions that were available within the department.
Now that they are employees instead of students, they each look forward to helping potential students see all that Baker has to offer.
The first is Welcome Center Coordinator Abby Reynolds, a 2013 graduate who spent time in Texas before returning to Baker.
“It felt like it was time to come home,” she said. “I was very fortunate to have this opportunity.”
In her new position, Reynolds works alongside Aftan Jameson, the assistant director of campus visit experience, to plan all potential student visits. This also includes all coordination with the university admissions assistants (UAAs).
“I’m looking forward to gaining more experience, in addition to finishing my master’s degree and
figuring out what I want to do in higher education,”Reynolds said.
Parker Johnson, a December 2014 graduate, is another addition to the department. Now the admissions counselor for western Kansas and 26 other states, Johnson said he “really wanted to return to Baker.”
“Ever since I was a UAA, I kind of thought I would enjoy being an admissions counselor,” Johnson said. “Once you graduate, you start looking at ways of achieving your goals, and this [job] was one of those. It really offered great opportunities.”
In addition to the ability to work with potential students, Johnson enjoys being able to learn more about the professional world through the “great mentors” within the admissions department.
“I’m looking forward to helping [students] find Baker, in addition to finding their own experience within Baker itself,” Johnson said.
Working with the majority of the international students that Baker recruits is Admissions Counselor Sydney Doster. As a May 2013
graduate, Doster spent about a year in Nepal before returning to Kansas and exploring opportunities in Baker’s admissions department.
“Baker doesn’t only care about its students, but it also cares about its employees,” Doster said. “[The job] really encompasses everything that I want in a career. I get to travel and tell people about something that I’m really passionate about.”
The fourth and final Baker graduate now with admissions is Associate Director of Admissions Brian Boyle. After graduating in 1996, Boyle continued at Baker to earn his master’s degree in liberal arts in 1999.
“When I was at Baker, I liked the camaraderie among students and the family atmosphere,” Boyle said. “That has always prevailed here.”
Having coached football at Baker for eight years, taught in the history department and worked in various places in education, Boyle always knew that working in a university setting was something that he enjoyed. However, before his return, he found himself working in the mortgage
industry for the past 10 years. “I’m returning to what I’ve always
wanted to do,” he said. “It’s been something I’ve been thinking about for many years. I really enjoyed admissions work when I had done it previously.”
Being a Baker graduate and living in Baldwin City with his family, Boyle has many ties to the university. Although it has experienced changes over time, he believes that, “who [the university is] and what [the university is] made of is still the same.”
“I care deeply about this university,” Boyle said. “I want to see Baker University into the future. I’m personally looking forward to working with young people and helping them to see their future.”
As all four return to Baker, they hope to help future students experience what they have experienced.
“I’m looking forward to meeting students and learning about their stories,” Doster said, “Not to mention helping them do everything they can to get here to campus.”
BU grads find home in admissions office
Senior Erika Mallery pays a visit to Welcome Center Coordinator Abby Reynolds, a 2013 BU graduate who has returned to campus to work in the admissions office. Photo by Kara Doctor
Bailey conklinSTAFF WRITER
Students and faculty will gather at 9 p.m. on Sept. 29 in Rice Audito-rium to listen to Susan Emel when she speaks for the Last Lecture.
The Last Lecture, not new to cam-pus but new to homecoming-week events this year, provides an infor-mal format for speakers to share from their journey through life.
Last year, Baker’s Last Lecture was named program of the year at the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) Central Regional Conference.
Emel is a professor of commu-nication studies and director of BU
Speech Choir. To find inspiration for her lecture, she turned to those who nominated her, the students of Baker University.
“I talked to a lot of students and even alumni, and they all have inter-esting answers, not necessarily the same,” Emel said.
She mentioned that she had heard many professors give last lectures, but differing answers and many ideas made it difficult for her to pick a topic for her speech.
“It was hard in the beginning to focus, because there were so many ideas, but ... I’ve enjoyed it,” Emel said.
The title of Emel’s lecture is ‘No, Really. What Do You Believe?’ Her
focus is to make students “think about thinking.” Even for those not in attendance, she wanted to give the advice that thinking is hard work, but she couldn’t imagine a better reason to do it other than to form beliefs.
“Beliefs are something we com-mit to because we decide there’s truth, and they have a huge impact on the way we communicate,” Emel said.
Those who plan to attend can also look forward to the BU Speech Choir director adding her own twist to the Last Lecture. She has planned for the Speech Choir to participate and she is even using technology as part of the presentation.
The Last Lecture: ‘No, Really. What Do You Believe?’
Professor Susan Emel visited with students at the Majors Fair on Sept. 22 in the Collins Center. Photo by Cassie Long
SEPTEmber 25, 2015page 4 The Baker Orange | News
Unlike most businesses that start out with a business plan, patent or a new piece of technology,
Bob and Claudia Hey’s business, Ad Astra Alpacas, came unexpectedly from the empty family dairy farm and an unwanted farm magazine.
After the death of Claudia’s parents, she moved her family into the farm where she grew up, directly south of Baldwin City.
“When my parents died, my brother and I didn’t want to get rid of the farm. After awhile, a week or two, I couldn’t stand not having anything to look at out in the pastures,” Claudia said. “So I looked and I knew I didn’t want to milk cows again. I knew I didn’t want anything I would get attached to and then send it off to be slaughtered. So I thought ‘What could I do?’ My husband, Bob, brought home a farm magazine and I was getting ready to throw it away, but I saw a picture of alpacas.”
The article in the magazine piqued her interest enough that she then spent a year researching the native South American animals and afterward began visiting alpaca farms.
April 25, 2005, is a date Claudia remembers well. It was the day her first three alpacas arrived on the farm. Knowing what she knows now, Claudia says she was ignorant at the time.
“I was out there dancing up and down, and the biggest trailer I’d ever seen pulled into the driveway. He jumped out of the trailer and said, ‘You got your halters?’ I didn’t know I would need those! So he had to carry them into my pasture,” Claudia said.
Just over 10 years later, Claudia and Bob have a herd of 51 Huacaya alpacas and offer alpaca stud services, as well as an on-site shop selling
socks, gloves, hats, sweaters, blankets, rugs, yarn and more alpaca fiber-based products. All products in the shop are made from the fiber collected from Ad Astra Alpacas.
The quality of alpaca fiber is measured in microns, 1/25,000 of an inch. The smaller the micron, the softer the fiber.
“The difference between alpaca fiber and sheep wool is that alpaca fiber does not have any lanolin in it,” she said. “If you would take a handful of sheep wool and a handful of alpaca fiber, after five minutes with the sheep’s wool your
hands will be greasy.”She added, “A good alpaca will
maintain its fiber fineness as it matures. We have through selective breeding got some alpacas that are really excellent. I would say the whole herd averages a 22 micron.”
However, the most rewarding part of the business for Claudia is the “little moments” she has with visitors and customers. Ad Astra Alpacas has shipped products to loyal customers across the globe.
The alpacas are also frequently brought into Baldwin City to visit
the students participating in the Baldwin City Library Summer Reading Program and the residents at local nursing homes. Other visitors include students from Baldwin Primary Center or birthday parties.
Although the shop is only open between October and February, Claudia invites anyone who is interested in learning more about alpacas, visiting the farm or purchasing their first pair of alpaca socks to contact Ad Astra Alpacas through their Facebook page or at (785) 594-6767.
heidi jo hayenSTAFF WRITER
The stray cat population of Baldwin City seems to have skyrocketed over the past few years, and many students as well as staff and faculty members have noticed. Mass Media & Visual Arts Department Assistant Kathy Elliott has taken it upon herself to help keep the current feline population healthy and prevent it from growing.
Elliott has focused on the cats living behind the New Living Center, and students appreciate her efforts.
“It’s always interesting seeing the different cats hanging around the NLC,” freshman Camden Wheatley said. “But I’m glad someone is stepping up and trying to do something about the excessive number living back there.”
Elliott began this project last April.“Originally there were just two
litters we started taking care of,” she said. “Both of those litters were born last spring, and we made sure not to take the kittens from their mothers too soon.”
Elliott began taking the mother cats to the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City. There the cats were given the standard vaccinations. Once the kittens were old enough, Elliott would take them there as well.
Some of the kittens were spayed or neutered at that shelter and had their ears clipped so that later, when she took the kittens back to where she got them, Elliott would know which cats had already been spayed or neutered and she would not put them through another surgery.
With the help of her husband, Elliott also took the kittens to the Great Plains Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), a no-kill shelter.
“Before we took the kittens to the Great Plain SPCA, they stayed at our home for quite some time,” Mark
Elliott said.The Elliotts had foster families
help take care of some of the kittens, because it was too difficult to bottle-feed all of them at the same time when they were younger.
The cats had their own room in the Elliotts’ home from the time when they were taken off the streets until they were released after being spayed or neutered. The kittens spent most of their time at the Elliotts’ home sleeping, but when they were awake, the Elliotts
said the kittens enjoyed engaging in play fights and always hurried to be first to the food bowl at dinner.
“It was always funny to watch them run out of the back room in the house and fight each other for the food,” Mark Elliott said. “They would just pile around the bowl and there would be a few of them squished under the others.”
The Elliotts spent enough time with the kittens this summer to share fun and memorable experiences with them. Throughout the summer, they formed a strong bond with the kittens.
“I love animals,” Kathy Elliott said. “That is why I took this project on, and I cared deeply about all of them. It was hard to see the kittens go to their foster homes, but I did keep one of them.”
Elliott’s devotion to helping the cats of Baldwin City has not gone unnoticed on campus.
“I think it is a great idea to have the cats spayed and neutered,” sophomore Olivia Allen said. “I just hope people will give some of these cats a home off of the streets.”
Elliott said that 15 cats have been adopted so far.
Campus cat catchers control feline population
Ad Astra Alpacas brings joy to BCK
Story by Hayley Morrical
Photo by Lexi Loya
Photo by Cassie Long
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Catholic ministry looks to create spark on campus
Olivia Beins receives Delta Mu Delta award
lauren frekingSTAFF WRITER
If you asked juniors or seniors on Baker’s campus what they knew about the Catholic community here, most would not have any idea. For the past few years, the campus ministry for the Catholic Church
has been almost completely invisible to students. However, all of that may be about to change.
This year several priests in the Kansas City diocese received re-assignments to different parishes. Father Chris Rossman was assigned to Church of the Annunciation here in Baldwin City. Rossman is originally from Ottawa, Kansas, and his sister attended Baker University in the 1990s.
Rossman knew he wanted to be a priest for the first time when he was in fourth grade. He thought about it off and on over the years and ended up attending Emporia State University to start an education degree. After dropping out to accept a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and working for a while, he had an epiphany one year at a Christmas Eve mass that becoming a priest was his calling.
Since then, he attended seminary and traveled the path that eventually led him to Baker. He hopes that, as he adjusts to having his home here in Baldwin City, he will be able to make some students feel comfortable with this as their home church. He said he is very enthusiastic about giving the college ministry a “reboot” here on campus.
“I want to have social events to bring people together, and as the relationships develop the faith will come naturally,” he said.
He also plans on attracting a lot of students with
food. Rossman recently hosted a Baker Catholics cookout at the Rectory.
“I’m looking forward to all the future events Father Rossman is having and just the opportunity to be able to connect with other Catholics on campus,” freshman Mitchell Lierz said after attending the cookout.
Rossman has several events in mind, including Wednesday evening mass followed by an ice cream social, movie nights and sports such as flag football.
Junior Luke Miltz also attended the kickoff cookout and said that during his first two years he didn’t feel the presence of the Catholic Church here.
“I am excited by Father Rossman’s involvement on campus because it has given me the chance to learn a bit about the Catholic community,” Miltz said. “I look forward to seeing that community grow as part of the Baker experience.”
Rossman has several aptitudes that may come in handy with the remodeled ministry. He mentioned that he is tech savvy and this allows him to connect with younger generations. At his previous parish he created and established a new high school youth group format that he considered successful. The youth group had doubled in size by the time he was reassigned.
“It’s the people we meet along the way [of our journey] that shape our faith,” Rossman said.
spencer brownSTAFF WRITER
Junior Olivia Beins has been selected as one of 27 recipients of the Delta Mu Delta Board Award, a scholarship that recognizes students for their academic excellence, character and ethical behavior.
“I was really excited,” Beins said. “Not only because it was money, which is great for any college student, but also because it was a big honor.”
Delta Mu Delta is a national honor society that recognizes students in business. The organization has chapters at nearly 300 schools, and Baker’s chapter is nearly 20 years old. In its history, members of this chapter have won $11,200 in scholarships.
The Delta Mu Delta Board Award recognizes excellence in the study of business administration. The judges, who were business educators, received
a short essay on character and ethical behavior, a list of organizations and honors, transcripts and recommendations from each applicant.
Beins decided to apply with the push of Professor of Business and Economics Kevin McCarthy, who believed she was a “well-rounded” applicant.
“I think she exudes trustworthiness,” McCarthy said. “Her hard work and responsibility are the things I think came out in her application.”
Another factor that McCarthy believes set Beins apart from other applicants is her experience. Because the application was not due until June, Beins was able to include her summer internship with Heritage Tractor, a John Deere dealership located in Baldwin City.
As an accounting assistant, Beins helped with bank reconciliations, recorded John Deere invoices and assisted with the preparation of monthly customer statements, along with many other duties.
“She was very outgoing and confident,” Sherry Broers, the controller at Heritage Tractor, said. “She definitely pays attention to detail and always has a good attitude. She is a delight to be around.”
As part of her application, Beins decided to write her essay about integrity. This character trait is something that both McCarthy and Broers often saw within her.
“I don’t know anyone her age who has as much integrity as she does,” Broers said. “She’s very honest and wants to do a very good job with everything that she touches. I truly believe that she will succeed at anything that she pursues in her career.”
The national Delta Mu Delta Biennial Conference will take place in November in Kansas City. McCarthy is currently working on scheduling a time for the nearly 250 Baker alumni members to reunite during the weekend, as well.
Father Chris RossmanPhoto by Khadijah Lane
Junior Olivia Beins Photo by Chad Phillips
The Golden Rule seems simple enough to follow, and it applies to nearly every aspect of our lives. In sports, the Golden Rule is better known as sportsmanship. With college football seasons beginning this past weekend, we would assume that colleges want to start off the year on a sportsmanlike note.
The Kansas State marching band, better known as the Pride of Wildcat Land, recently created a stir due to a halftime performance during the home opener against the South Dakota Coyotes.
What began as an apparently innocent space-themed halftime show quickly raised eyebrows as the band formed the Starship Enterprise, from the show Star Trek, on the �ield. The Enterprise was supposed to be crashing into the University of Kansas’ mascot, a Jayhawk, on the 50-yard line.
Unfortunately for K-State, the marching band failed to accurately form the “Enterprise.” As a result,
the band transformed its shape into something that resembled a part of the male anatomy instead of the spacecraft.
Regardless of whether or not the members of the Pride “nailed” their formation or not, there was no reason for the Wildcats to have the Jayhawk on their �ield in the �irst place.
Sportsmanship is not limited to how players, coaches and fans act after the game. It should encompass everything that goes into the preparation for a game, all the way through the post-game speeches and press conferences.
There was no place for the K-State band to ridicule the University of Kansas during the halftime show. This goes back to the Golden Rule. Would
KSU fans have liked it if the Marching Jayhawks of KU had done the same to them?
As for the NSFW portion of the halftime show, what was the band director thinking? Why would he even put the members of the band in a formation that could be interpreted as it was by people across the country? This was unfair to the students in the band. The slightest mistake in the formation resulted in an epic error that was seen around the country. The K-State band director, Frank Tracz, addressed this in the early morning hours of Sunday on Twitter.
“There was absolutely no intent to display anything other than the Enterprise and the Jayhawk in battle,” Tracz said. “If I am guilty of anything it would be the inability to teach the drill in a manner that these young people could have succeeded.”
What makes this incident even more interesting is that, according to the Wichita Eagle, Kansas State
students, band members included, had to sign a sportsmanship pledge before they could pick up any tickets for a sporting event. This pledge follows an incident last year when K- State students stormed the court after defeating the Jayhawks in basketball and several Kansas’ players were shoved.
What is the point in having students take the pledge when your school’s band demonstrates malice toward a rival opponent in the �irst halftime show of the year?
K-State’s president Kirk Schulz also took to Twitter offering an apology.
“I am sorry if anyone was offended by the performance at halftime,” Schulz said.
It will take a lot more than a couple of tweets from Kansas State of�icials to make things right again. The best result that can come of this is more awareness, not just in the Big 12, but nationwide, of what crosses the line when it comes to sportsmanship.
September 25, 2015
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K-State halftime show lacked sportsmanshipHEIdi jo hayen
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Although #BUWiFi was sometimes slow before, it seems that despite the promise of “high-speed”
update, it’s now worse than ever. More often than ever before,
students must go to the library for a decent wi�i connection, and even then things can get spotty. It isn’t that we don’t enjoy utilizing the resources provided by having a library’s resources available 24/7; in fact, it’s the exact opposite.
Because so many students have no other choice than to turn to Collins Library, the poor wi�i just can’t keep up. The more devices, the slower the signal.
In addition to the �inicky connection and slow speed, having to go to the library on a late night is not only inconvenient and a hassle, but it can
also be distracting for some students. With hoards of people vying for an internet connection, the library can get crowded and with crowds come noise.
It doesn’t help that internet is a large part of academic life and success at Baker. Campus-wide programs and educational tools are widely used by professors, and those programs require internet. With Moodle being a crucial part of Baker’s curriculum, it is vital for students to have consistent internet access.
It can be frustrating and dif�icult for students trying to complete online assignments, most of which are due by a set time, when the internet cuts in and out or is not available at all.
Although students have put in many technical reports, it seems
that nothing is helping. Not to say that the IT department is to blame, because they have been trying their best to fix the problem. The problem is, however, that a better internet was advertised and promoted to students and we’ve been given nothing but problems.
The only hope we see is that the campus connection to the new RG Fiber internet is still in its early stages and could have a few bugs. With any luck, administrators have heard the hordes of complaints from students across campus and will come to the rescue soon. Until then, we suggest you pack your backpack with snacks, a drink and your homework and get cozy over at Collins Library, because it’s going to be slow buffering.
Internet more high-stress than high-speed
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Word AroundBAKER:
How well has the BU Internet connection been working for you?
“Not great at all. The tech guys are really nice, though. They gave me their ethernet cord. But it’s really bad.”
“In the union and library it’s pretty good. I get home trying to be productive and it brings up a white screen … I’d rather have my old wi�i back.”
“My daddy’s going to hate my data usage. It’s absolutely horrible ... It always disconnects.”
Coca-Cola uses misleading advertising to boost salesWe all have experienced a
situation that caught us off guard or did not make sense. I always thought it was weird to wear all black in the summer. Peanut butter and jelly may be appealing to most, but what about peanut butter and pickles? Or taking a ‘leisurely vacation’ to Iraq? Well, the soda industry is introducing a new form of cognitive dissonance: healthy habits and sugary soft drinks.
Yes, you heard me correctly. Over the past several years, soda sales have fallen due to increasing health concerns. In response to the struggle, Coca-Cola is planning to release “�itness focused” advertisements to cover up the adverse health effects. The general idea of the campaign is to promote exercise over proper diet. In the consumer’s mind, Coca-Cola seems to be saying: “Yes, you can out-exercise a bad diet.”
An upcoming Coca-Cola commercial shows consumers participating in fun or uplifting activities such as laughing or going on a walk with friends, all of which would burn the 140 calories in a can of regular Coke. The ads fail to mention the over-consumption of sugar and chemical effects of the drink on the human body.
In addition to false assumption advertising, Coca-Cola recently increased funding to select research groups in what looks like an attempt to skew the “unhealthy” view of the beverage. In a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, a Coca-Cola spokesperson summarized recent criticisms, saying, “Our company has been accused of shifting the debate
to suggest that physical activity is the only solution to the obesity crisis. There also have been reports accusing us of deceiving the public about our support of scienti�ic research.”
Since this interview, the controversy has only heated up. Almost 20 physicians have now resigned from the American Academy of Family Physicians after it accepted a grant from Coca-Cola to fund education about dietary beverages and sweeteners.
The food and drink industry has long been known for employing similar strategies to alter the health perceptions of its products. One example came when McDonald’s sponsored the Olympics. Historically, consumers have voiced concern about this type of advertising, but I think consumers should be taking action. Here is why: Legislation banning certain information on nutrition labels has been considered time and time again in Congress.
Americans are already notoriously bad at measuring the calories they need to eat each day and which nutrients are actually healthy. As time has progressed and Americans have looked to become healthier, companies have continued to try and hide the negative consequences of their products. The new advertising
strategy and research funding from Coca-Cola only create further problems by hiding the negative health effects such as elevated blood sugar and bone decomposition. As a result, consumers have been overwhelmed and confused by false and misleading messages.
Clearly, Coca-Cola has set aside its moral compass in order to improve the image of an unhealthy product. Funding a group of physicians dedicated to improving health with money earned from sugary drinks is a combination that, like peanut butter and pickles, does not make sense. Additionally, there is the deception leading consumers to believe that although Coca-Cola products have twice the recommended amount of daily sugar, calories are the only thing that matter.
Regardless of what goes into your body, you can just burn it off, right? Wrong. The idea that you can just
dance or run to burn the calories from Coca-Cola may be true, but due to the other adverse nutritional qualities, exercise and Coke is still not a combination that works or makes sense.
Most combinations that do not work can be ignored, like watching someone walk out into the 90-degree sun wearing black jeans, but some, like Coca-Cola’s advertising campaign, require action.
So what should we, the consumers, do? Be careful with how you drink these Coke products and educate yourself on how they can affect your health. Do not be misled by the ads, and learn not to trust studies with flashy headlines. Basically, use your common sense. Treat yourself, if necessary, but do not think you can out-exercise the harmful sugar and chemicals that follow finishing a 32-ounce Cherry Coke.
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Kiana turner junior
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GREEK LIFE spencer brownSTAFF WRITER
In Best College Reviews’ most recent college ranking for Greek life, Baker has been named as the third best among schools around the country. This is the first time that the Greek system has been nationally recognized.
“I thought it was really exciting to be on the list,” Katie Sellers, fraternity and sorority life coordinator, said. “To be amongst some of [the other] institutions, I think it speaks to how special our Greek system is.”
According to Best College Reviews’ article, the ranking is based off of a number of key characteristics including the percentage of students enrolled in Greek life, number of Greek organizations on campus and number of criminal offenses occurring on campus between 2011 and 2013.
“I think it goes to just Baker University in general,” Sellers said. “Because it is a small community, students have an opportunity to be involved in
many activities. They are not just gaining leadership positions but also strong relationships.”
Brittany Crittenden, a sophomore member of Alpha Chi Omega, joined the Baker Greek system for this exact reason. Originally from San Diego, California, Crittenden grew up surrounded by larger schools and their respectively big Greek systems.
“I grew up going to San Diego State University games,” she said. “Being around that, I never thought I wanted to be in Greek life because there were so many people in their chapters, and it was such a small portion of their campus. But at Baker, with about 40 percent of the student body being Greek-involved, I felt like it was more of a community that I could fit into.”
Junior Nick Yarbrough, the current chapter president of Delta Tau Delta, similarly found this type of experience with the Greek system.
“Here at Baker, you actually get to know every single person in your house,” Yarbrough said. “You form a lot close bonds and relationships with the members in your chapter.”
With the small chapter size and small campus overall, Yarbrough noted the diversity that also exists on the campus. With students involved in many different organizations on campus, being in a Greek organization doesn’t limit options for students, but rather opens up other opportunities as well.
“I think Baker Greek life is obviously a lot different,” he said. “Having such a small campus, you get to see people involved in things other than Greek life, such as sports.”
As the media often portray Greek life as a whole in a negative way, Sellers hopes that the article will show Baker’s uniqueness, as it is noted to be one of the safest schools when it came to the number of criminal offenses on campus.
“I think people really look out for one another and really care about the well-being of their classmates,” Sellers said. “I hope that this article lets both students and parents know that [Greek life] isn’t just a social activity. It’s part of the Baker community that helps develop leadership and opportunities.”
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A total of 60 women have joined Baker University’s three Panhellenic sororities, and 51 men have joined its four fraternities.
“This was a really successful year,” Fraternity and Sorority Life Coordinator Katie Sellers said. “I feel really good about it.”
Sellers’ assessment of recruitment success is based on the numbers.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority brought in 22 new members, while Delta Delta Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities each took in 19 new members. Zeta Phi Beta sorority, which is the fourth campus sorority but is not part of the Panhellenic Council, will recruit in the spring semester.
While new members continue to turn in bid
cards, the running fraternity total is 51 men. Delta Tau Delta brought in 22 new members, Sigma Phi Epsilon gained 20, Kappa Sigma took five and Zeta Chi acquired four.
Sorority recruitment is a three-day process when women attend events at each of the sorority houses. On the first day, sororities discuss their philanthropies. The second day displays sisterhood in a series of skits at each house, and the final day is preference day when prospective recruits fill out their bid card.
The fraternities have a two-night selection process. The first night is a barbecue at each fraternity in an open-house style when men can come and go between the houses. The second night brings all four fraternities together to promote fraternity life as a whole. At midnight on the second night, the fraternities deliver bid cards to the doors of the men they wish to recruit.
Within the organizations, recruitment strategies differ. Some host specialized events prior to recruitment, while others wait to meet potential new members during the recruitment process.
Over this past summer, Sigma Phi Epsilon hosted three events for prospective recruits. They invited male students to play paintball, attend a Royals game and visit the house. The fraternity uses these events to have a first look at incoming recruitment candidates.
“This is one of the best classes since I’ve been here,” Sigma Phi Epsilon President Nick Shondell said.
Delta Delta Delta President Erika Mallery and her sorority sisters focused on qualities such as responsibility, respectfulness and commitment to guide them in their recruit choices.
“It was good to see the effort we put in over work week pay off with our new members,” Mallery said.
BU Greek system ranked third in Best College Reviews
Greek recruitment considered a success
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The No. 1 menʼs tennis player SPARTAK RAHACOU IS HEADED TO NATIONALS in Sumter, South Carolina. Rahacou won fi rst place at the NAIA Regional Championships. This is the fi rst time a Baker player has qualifi ed for nationals.
Senior AMER DIDIC EARNED THE HEART MENʼS SOCCER DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR. The Wildcats are 8-1-1 on the season. Baker defeated Evangel 12-0 on Wednesday with two different players scoring three goals.
Running back Adonis Powell struggles to push past the Graceland defense. Powell had 24 yards rushing and caught a 26-yard pass.
2The No. 1 menʼs tennis player 2The No. 1 menʼs tennis player South Carolina. Rahacou won fi rst place at the NAIA Regional Championships. This is the fi rst time a 2South Carolina. Rahacou won fi rst place at the NAIA Regional Championships. This is the fi rst time a Baker player has qualifi ed for nationals.2Baker player has qualifi ed for nationals.
1After starting the year with a No. 15 national ranking, the BU FOOTBALL TEAM HAS WON ITS FIRST FOUR GAMES of the season. When the Wildcats were 3-0, they moved up to No. 6. The ʻCats then defeated Graceland 52-21 and climbed to No. 3 in the latest NAIA
Football Coachesʼ Top 25 Poll.
3Following her fi rst-place performance in the Culver-Stockton Fall Invitational, senior LINDSEY MATEER earned another HEART GOLFER OF THE WEEK honor. The Wildcats took fi rst overall with a team score of 697 and a 27-stroke win.
The WOMENʼS SOCCER TEAM HAS WON FIVE GAMES IN A ROW, bringing its overall record to 8-1-0 and 2-0 in conference play. The ʻCats have landed the No. 18 ranking in the latest Top 25 Poll.
BAKER ATHLETICS HAS PARTNERED WITH STRETCH INTERNET to upgrade the live stream experience of Baker sports. Every home football, menʼs soccer, womenʼs soccer, volleyball, wrestling, menʼs basketball, womenʼs basketball, menʼs track and fi eld, womenʼs track and fi eld, baseball and softball game will be streamed. Stretch Internet is a sponsor for the NAIA,
so the ʻCATS WILL ALSO BE ON THE NAIA NETWORK.
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Nathalia BarrASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Senior TUCKER PAULEYʼS key performance in the 58-0 win over Culver-Stockton College earned him the HEART DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. That award went to Baker
safety Hayden Jenkins the week prior.
THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM BOUNCED BACK from a losing streak with a conference win against William Penn. The ʻCats won in straight sets, 25-17, 25-22, 25-15. They then lost to the
undefeated, No.9 Evangel Crusaders in four sets. This brings their overall record to 8-7 and 1-2 in conference play.
VOLLEYBALL̓ S JENNA SACKMAN EARNED HEART SETTER OF THE WEEKearlier in the month after Baker went 4-0 at the Bellevue Tournament. Sackman had 96 assists in
those four matches.
After a fi rst place, 15:40 4K in the Maple Leaf Invitational, sophomore ROSIE HOLLIS RECEIVED THE HEART RUNNER OF THE WEEK. Hollis then fi nished fi fth overall in
the Southern Stampede, helping the women reach their 10th place fi nish. The men placed third overall at the Southern Stampede with Jamie Steury leading the pack, fi nishing 12th individually.
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Senior Natalie Minchow serves the ball to be spiked by junior Haleigh Offi eld. Baker hosted the Baker Invitational Sept. 12-13.
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page 11The Baker Orange | SportsSeptember 25, 2015
JIM JOYNERSPORTS EDITOR
The men’s soccer team won its third consecutive game by defeating Evangel 12-0 Wednesday night at Liston Stadium behind hat tricks from sophomore Blake Levine and freshman Joe Houlihan. This was the first time the men played with their new No. 10
national ranking in the first regular-season NAIA Coaches’ Poll. It was the first time they’ve scored 12 goals in one game since 2007.
The Wildcats currently have the best overall record in the Heart of America Athletic Conference and are one of five Heart teams undefeated in conference play. Baker’s overall record is 8-1-1 with its draw and loss
coming in back-to-back games.On Wednesday night, Baker got the
scoring going early against the 0-5 Evangel Crusader team. Senior Austin Shiney and Levine took advantage of the Crusaders’ weak defense and each scored a goal in less than 30 seconds. Baker led 2-0 after just 13 minutes and Levine’s night was not over yet.
The Wildcats’ bombardment of goals continued throughout the first 45 minutes. Goals poured in from junior Keaton Anchors in the 19th minute, senior Amer Didic in the 20th minute, junior Matt Hamm in the 33rd minute and freshman Joe Houlihan in the 44th minute. Baker led 6-0 at the half.
The six goals at the half were already the most goals that Baker has scored in a single game since beating Culver-Stockton 6-0 in 2012. Baker outshot Evangel 25-0 in the first 45 minutes. Anchors took a team-high seven shots in the first half.
Levine, Baker’s leading goal scorer in 2014, started the second half with a goal in the 48th minute to put the Baker lead to 7-0, Levine’s second goal of the night and second goal of the season. This was the first time Baker had scored seven goals in one game since beating Culver-Stockton
7-0 in 2009.Immediately following the Levine
goal, freshman Steeve Pouna scored in the 51st minute to make the score 8-0. At that point Baker had 28 shots before Evangel could even take one.
Levine scored his third goal of the night in the 56th minute and the hat trick was complete for the sophomore. Junior Alex Brivik followed up Levine’s goal in the 66th minute for Baker to score a decade of goals and take a 10-0 lead.
Baker scored in the 86th minute when Houlihan put in his second goal of the night to push the score to 11-0. This was the first time Baker has scored 11 goals in one game since the Wildcats beat Avila 11-1 in October of 2007. Baker outshot Evangel 50-2 on the night. Baker’s final goal was scored in the 90th minute by Houlihan, as he too completed a hat trick for the evening.
In just one game, the BU men were just four goals shy of their entire goal total in 2015.
The men play next at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. This is the same field that Baker won its second consecutive Heart tournament championship in 2014.
jim joynerSPORTS EDITOR
The No. 18 women’s soccer team won its fifth consecutive game Wednesday at Liston Stadium, beating the Evangel Crusaders 5-0. The Wildcats improved to 8-1-0 on the season and 2-0-0 in conference play.
Baker’s five-game winning streak is its longest since 2011, when the Wildcats had two different streaks of six or more wins in a row. Throughout the course of this winning streak, Baker has outscored its opponents 20-5, including three shutouts. The five wins came against conference foe Central Methodist 2-0, at No. 13 Hastings 3-2, at home over Doane 4-0, and at Park 6-3.
The Evangel women came into the game 0-6-0 after a 7-1 loss at Heart newcomer William Penn on Saturday. Evangel had only scored eight goals in those first six games.
BU junior Keeley Atkin scored two goals in the fourth minute and the 52nd minute for Baker to put her season total to eight. In addition to leading the team in goals, Atkin also leads Baker in shots and shots on goal with 37 and 16. Atkin entered 2015 with eight goals in her career and through the team’s nine games already has tied that number. As of Sept. 23, Atkin is tied for the lead in goals in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
Junior Krista Hooper scored Baker’s second goal in the 10th minute to put Baker up 2-0. Hooper was second behind Atkin and senior Jenna Carducci with four goals in 2014 and already has reached that number in 2015. Hooper assisted
on sophomore Megan Johnson’s goal in the 60th minute.
Carducci also scored in the 68th minute, her third goal of 2015. Carducci, along with junior Katie Hibbeler, has led the Wildcats in assists. The two are No. 1 and No. 2 in the conference in assists in 2015 -- Hibbeler with seven, and Carducci with five.
Baker outshot Evangel, which is in its first season of soccer, 30-1. Baker put 15 shots on the
Evangel frame and Evangel never once tested sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Hunt, who recorded her fourth clean sheet of 2015.
Baker tries to make it six straight at 1 p.m. this Saturday at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. This is a revenge game for Baker because Culver-Stockton eliminated Baker last season in the Heart tournament at Liston Stadium. That game ended in a 0-0 draw, but the Wildcats lost in penalties to end the season.
No. 18 women’s soccer wins fifth straight
Men’s soccer dominates Evangel 12-0
Sophomore Megan Johnson fights for possession against Evangel. Johnson scored her fourth goal of the season Wednesday night in the 60th minute. Photo by Khadijah Lane
Junior Kyle Young fights for position against the Doane defense on a ball coming into the box. Following a loss to Doane on Sept. 9, the Wildcats have won three in a row. Photo by Khadijah Lane
The Baker Orange | Sportspage 12 SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Levi blaylockSTAFF WRITER
The volleyball team split a pair of weeknight matches with its win coming on Sept. 13 against William Penn in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The Wildcat loss came Sept. 15 against No. 9 Evangel at home. The Wildcats now sit at 8-7 on the year and 1-2 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
Against William Penn, Baker played strong defense, getting 11 total team blocks. Senior Danielle French led the charge with seven block assists and eight kills on 16 attempts.
Fellow senior, Paige Meader commented on some of her teammates’ play this week.
“Danielle French has been having some amazing games and really showing her senior leadership out on the court,” Meader said. “Freshman Kailin Cordes has also been really stepping up and doing great things as one of our outside hitters.”
Cordes recorded nine total kills against William Penn. This was the most by any Baker player that day.
Baker won in straight sets 25-17, 25-22, 25-15. The loss for William Penn dropped the Statesmen to 2-12
on the season and 0-2 in the Heart.
The match against Evangel did not go as well. The Wildcats came in hot in the first set to win 25-17. But Evangel played much better in the next three sets, knocking off Baker 25-19, 25-17 and 25-16.
Sophomore Jenna Sackman was a highlight player for Baker. She passed out 22 assists and also helped on the defensive end with five digs. Junior Kadie Baumgardner led the team this match with 19 digs. Baumgardner is No. 9 in the NAIA in digs in 2015.
Despite the loss to Evangel, Meader is still confident moving foward.
“We have a great team with a lot of skill, but we are young and still trying to figure out how to play with each other on the court,” Meader
said. “I know that we have all the tools to win games and I have a lot of faith in this team and our ability to play. We just need to get back to the basics and we will do fine.”
The Wildcats will spend this whole week on campus before the
annual MNU tournament tomorrow and Saturday in Olathe.
“Not having to travel anywhere this week will be really nice and allow us to rest up and focus on the tournament this weekend,” Meader said.
Jim joynerSPORTS EDITOR
The men’s cross-country team finished third out of 16 teams in the college/junior college division of the Southern Stampede hosted by Missouri Southern State University Saturday in Joplin. The BU women finished 10th out of 20 teams.
Junior Jamie Steury led Baker on the men’s side and finished just outside the top 10, in 12th, with a time of 26:51 in the 8K race. Right behind Steury for Baker was sophomore Joe Linder, who finished in 27 minutes flat and took 16th place. Junior Corey Matteson was the only other Baker runner to crack the top 25 with a time of 27:09, finishing 23rd.
Three other Baker men finished in one big group in the middle of the pack. Senior Gunnar Hayes finished 35th and juniors Andrew Dare and Andrew Emanuels were neck-and-neck in 40th and 41st. Freshmen Stephen Deveau and Cole Stallard and sophomore Joshua Bostick were the final Baker runners to finish in the top 100.
The BU men finished third behind Kansas Wesleyan University and
the Missouri University of Science and Technology. This is the second consecutive third-place finish for the men this season.
On the women’s side sophomore Rosie Hollis led the way for Baker again. After finishing as the individual champion at the Maple Leaf Invitational, Hollis ended the Southern Stampede in fourth place with a time of 19:04 in the 5K. Hollis has already been named the Heart Runner of the Week once this season and has a chance at a second this week.
After that only one Baker runner finished in the top 50. Freshman Jenna Black took 48th place. Sophomore Brenda McCollum ended the morning run in 62nd, freshman Madison Dispensa in 64th, junior Shelby Stephens in 90th and sophomore Caitlin Apollo in 92nd. No other Wildcats finished in the top 100.
The women’s 10th-place finish was four spots worse than their sixth place finish at this event last season. The men dropped one spot after finishing second in 2014.
Baker ran in the college/junior college division of the Southern Stampede, but the event also featured larger universities and programs. In
the university/open division, the race featured runners from the University of Arkansas, Missouri State University, Dallas Baptist University, the University of San Diego and Pittsburg State University.
Next Saturday both teams will run in the Roy Griak Invite in Minneapolis, Minnesota, hosted by the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota. Griak worked for the Golden Gophers’ cross-country program for more than 50 years and served as the head coach from 1963-1996. Griak died on July 9 and the event is dedicated to him.
Volleyball splits midweek matches
XC men take third at Southern Stampede
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Middle hitter Olivia Brees smacks the ball toward the Ottawa Braves’ defense during the Baker Invitational Tournament Sept. 12-13. Photo by Khadijah Lane
Top right: Sophomore Rosie Hollis took first place in the women’s 4K at the Maple Leaf Invitational on Sept. 5 at the Baldwin City Golf Course. Above: The gun sounds to start the men’s 5K race at the Maple Leaf Invitational. Photos by Madie Armoniet
page 13september 25, 2015 The Baker Orange | Sports
Chad mullenSTAFF WRITER
The Baker University football team, now ranked third nationally, had its third straight blowout victory with a 52-21 win over Graceland
University on Saturday night at Liston Stadium. The Wildcats remain undefeated at 4-0 overall.
The defense was once again a turnover-creating machine, forcing three in the first 4:23 of the game, all resulting in Wildcat touchdowns.
“(Dileel Bartley) was one of their top offensive threats, so when he was taken out, I think it jumbled them up a little,” junior defensive end Adam Novak said.
First, junior Nick Becker forced a fumble in the end zone that junior Kharon Brown pounced on for the first Baker score and his first career touchdown. On the ensuing Graceland drive, the last action Yellow Jackets’ leading rusher Bartley saw in the game, senior Tucker Pauley picked off a Myles King pass and raced 27 yards to the goal line to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead.
On the very next Yellow Jacket possession, junior Darrian Winston intercepted a pass at midfield and returned it all the way to the 1-yard line. It took only two plays for junior Dalton Buehler to capitalize, taking an off-tackle handoff and putting the Wildcats up 21-0.
“Offensively, we struggled a little in the first quarter, but we were scoring touchdowns in other ways,” head coach Mike Grossner said. “Then I thought we got on track late first quarter and through the second quarter and played really well.”
They executed offensively and defensively throughout the first half, ending with a 49-0 lead going into the locker room. The defense finished the game with five interceptions, bringing its 2015 total to 16.
“It was a team effort all the way around,” Novak said of the first-team defense’s performance. “The D-line did our job, the linebackers did their job, and the defensive backs worked off of that, and that all resulted in a good game.”
In the second half, the reserves on defense gave up some big pass plays, giving Graceland’s quarterback King three touchdowns on the night. There were
also several personal foul penalties, ones that irked Grossner.
“My big thing with my teams is finish, finish, finish,” Grossner said. “In the second half we played well for the most part, but then we had stupid personal fouls. I don’t care where you’re playing at what level, a personal foul is a selfish act.”
Novak agreed with Grossner.“I think there’s always room for improvement, and
I think there’s a lot of room for improvement from tonight, especially near the end,” Novak said.
Graceland was able to drive by running and throwing the ball in the second half, with 282 yards of offense after halftime.
The Wildcats’ lead allowed sophomore Logan Brettell to come in relief of Nick Marra for the third consecutive game. Brettell finished 7-10 passing for 58 yards and added 12 rushing yards on three carries.
“He was able to get in and get some good reps in live conditions and was able to move the team down the field and use his legs and made some good decisions,” Grossner said. “That’s what we want to see, because we’re going to need that young man.”
Marra did not see as much action due to the short fields and defensive touchdowns. He finished 15-26 for 172 yards.
Novak likes what he has seen from the starting quarterback.
“Nick can get the ball out so quick, and the offensive line has been able to keep him upright, and the offense has just been doing such a great job,” Novak said.
The 31-point victory did not come without its drawbacks, according to Grossner, aside from the mental mistakes.
“We got some guys banged up tonight, so we’ll see where we are tomorrow,” Grossner said.
At 4-0, the Wildcats are the only remaining undefeated team in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. They will take their first-place standing on the road to face Benedictine College at 1 p.m Saturday, in Atchison. The Ravens are 2-2 on the season after losing Saturday to MidAmerica Nazarene University 41-17.
The Wildcats lost the last time they played in Atchison 42-28 in 2013. They gave up three unanswered fourth-quarter touchdowns in that game.
UNDEFEATEDFootball moves to No. 3, remaining the only unbeaten team in the Heart
Defensive back Byron Roath returns an interception 27 yards for a touchdown against Graceland.
Clarence Clark makes a break past Graceland’s defensive back CJ Counts. Photos by Khadijah Lane
The ‘Cats take a moment to celebrate a big play against Graceland. Photo by Marilee Neutel
Josh Seybert’s teammates congratulate him after he caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nick Marra in a 48-13 win over William Penn in the home opener. Photo by Khadijah Lane
September 25, 2015
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Sarah BakerASSISTANT EDITOR
The first Baker University theater production of the fall term is “Treasure Island” and it aligns with homecoming weekend.
The story of “Treasure Island” features a fatherless young boy who is given a treasure map and goes on an adventure with the pirate Long John Silver and his crew. Originally it was a children’s novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and was later adapted for the stage.
The director, Associate Professor of Theater Tom Heiman, said that there is something unique about this production.
“This particular version is a little bit different,” Heiman said. “It’s the karaoke version of the show. ‘It’s Raining Men’ is featured in it. Just about all ‘60 and ‘70s classic rock songs are in there -- it just gets crazy.”
Senior Jesse Miller is playing the pirate Long John Silver thinks the audience should be prepared for the craziness of the show.
“You have the classic story of ‘Treasure Island,’ and that thing is older than our parents, take that, turn it upside down and add in bright colors, a disco ball and feather boas,” Miller said. “That is what we are putting on [stage].”
To add to the “craziness,” some of the humor in the play is at a level that adults will understand the jokes, but they will not make sense to kids.
“Our cast was blushing several times during the read-through, [they were] saying, ‘Are we going to
read this in front of kids?’ So we think it will go over pretty well with the college audience,” Heiman said.
Senior Mackenzie Sammons, who will be a parrot in the show, related the humor to some Disney movies since adults can understand some humor that sometimes goes over the kids’ heads.
“This version is what we call an ‘80s disco karaoke party. While it is still a children’s show, it has
some adult humor in it,” Sammons said. “So we think college kids would like the craziness of it. It is kind of like the humor in Disney movies. There is enough adult humor in it that the adults would be like, ‘Ah-ha,’ but the kids would be like, ‘Oh, that’s just funny.’”
The play will run Oct. 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. in Rice Auditorium and will finish with a Sunday matinee on 2 p.m. on Oct. 4.
Fall Theater Production
TREASURE ISLAND
hayley morricalSTAFF WRITER
A small-town Kansas enthusiast, artist Debra Payne, has brought her works to campus for a display now through Oct. 18 in the Holt-Russell Gallery. Payne prefers to paint intimate, local landscapes and other spaces that are often overlooked but “catch her eye.” The show features paintings of harvested fields, campus walkways, arboretums and scenes from alleyways.
“Something just turns my head and I’m just driving around looking to paint. Sometimes I have to get out of my car and walk through the neighborhoods and alleys,” Payne said. “Sometimes with figurative works, it works a lot better. I always work from observation to start with.”
Payne recently completed a residency in Newton, where she spent time in the community to paint local scenes. Many of these works are on display in the Holt-Russell Gallery.
After a residency this year in Lindsborg, Payne hopes to repeat the experience in Baldwin City. She has a special interest in Baldwin City and Baker, as her mother is a Baker alumna.
“She’s done a lot of intimate spaces around Newton, which is also what she’d like to do in Baldwin City in a year or so… spaces that we walk by all the time, but sometimes don’t pay attention
to,” Professor of Art and Holt-Russell Gallery Curator Inge Balch said. “I felt, too, like the community would appreciate it.”
Balch finds Payne’s exhibit to be unique in the way that the paintings, as a whole, provide a simple user experience.
“They give you a safe homey feeling that we all can relate to, especially if we were brought up in the rural area of Kansas or the Midwest,” Balch said. “They are very safe. By that I mean that they do not ask any questions of the viewers or interpretations. They are what you see.”
Balch also mentioned a fondness of the exhibit due to the way the paintings were set up without titles. She believes that when art is hung without a title, students are allowed to “dream their own stories,” and learn to see, rather than look. Each piece
offers a chance at recalling a long-forgotten memory. For Balch, one example of this memory is in the form of Payne’s painting of a green truck.
Both Payne and Balch agree that art gives lessons to each viewer. Payne hopes that Baker students can use her paintings to learn to keep their eyes open.
“Let the world show you what it has to say,” Payne said. “That’s always what art is about, noticing the world around you and making something out of it from your experience.”
Students who interested in learning more about Debra Payne and her artwork can swing by the Holt-Russell Gallery to observe her oil paintings, or contact her at www.debrapaynter.com. For more details regarding future shows in the Holt-Russell Gallery, contact Inge Balch.
Kansas artist showcases work in Holt-Russell Gallery
Long John Silver flirts with the innkeeper, played by sophomore Haley Roberts, who is anything but amused. Photo by Khadijah Lane
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UPCOMING
EVENTSFree Concert & Community Dinner& Tom Russell Art Exhibit6 p.m. Dinner |8 p.m. Concert with Sellout | Sept. 26 | Lumberyard Arts Center
Last Lecture Series: Susan Emel 9 p.m. | Sept. 29 | Rice Auditorium
Treasure Island7:30 p.m. | Oct. 1-3 |2 p.m. |Oct. 4 | Rice Auditorium
Homecoming2 p.m. | Oct. 3 | Liston Stadium
Symphonic Winds & Jazz Concert 7:30 p.m. | Oct. 7 |Rice Auditorium
Marching Band Festival 1 to 9 p.m. | Oct. 14 | Liston Stadium
Fall Choral Concert: In Nature Renewed 7:30 p.m. | Oct. 23 | Rice Auditorium
Debra Payne Exhibit of Paintings Now through Oct. 18 | Holt-Russell Gallery
King David: Poet, Warrior, Seducer and Murderer Quayle Bible Exhibit| Now Through July 2016
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Cathy Crispino is now the director of choral ensembles after two years of being an interim director. She said she is happy to make the title official.
“It’s a helpful change for families and prospective students to know that, ‘Oh, if I do attend Baker, this will be my choral director,’” Crispino said. “You know it won’t be someone who is constantly changing. There will be some stability.”
She thinks another benefit of the change is that she can now make long-term plans. Over the past two years, the choirs have been traveling to local high schools on recruitment tours, meeting students and singing with their choirs.
“[The recruitment tours] are great outreach programs,” Crispino said. “I think it is a reasonable goal to try to broaden the choir. The choir is an ambassador for the university, and I think that we need to be more visible. So we are going to plan for ways to make that happen.”
Crispino will continue doing the same duties she has for the past few years: directing Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and the University Community Choir, as well as assisting in a few theater productions. Last year, she taught a choral directing course, and this year she is teaching a choral methods class.
Crispino discovered her talent for teaching at a young age with the encouragement from elementary teachers, and her passion for music surfaced in high school. She participated in orchestra and, whenever it fit in her schedule, choir. When her arrival at a new school allowed her to do both simultaneously, she realized her love for music.
“Music was always an important part of my life, and more and more, it became the center of my high school experience,” Crispino said. “It just seemed like the road led that direction.
And I am not sorry that it did.”Many of Crispino’s music students sing her praises, like,
Senior Laura Bynum, who has been under Crispino’s choral direction for more than two years.
“She is one of the most passionate teachers I know on campus,” Bynum said. “She loves what she does. Her enthusiasm for music and teaching is evident through the way she carries herself, as well as through how she interacts with other music faculty members and students. Overall, she is a wonderful teacher, and the Music Department is very lucky to have her as part of the Baker family.”
Freshman Jason Shipps agreed, saying she is a great teacher and he loves her Concert Choir.
“After doing choir in high school for so long,” Shipps said, “I was worried I wasn’t going to have as much fun doing it in college. Now that I’m here, I’ve realized that I couldn’t have been more wrong.”
Cathy Crispino is here to stay
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Director of Choral Ensembles Cathy Crispino cheerfully ends Convocation on Sept. 1 on a bright note, leading the choir in “Oh Happy Day.” Photo by Khadijah Lane
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Concert Choir member Lela Hautau belts out her solo for the Convocation recessional, “Oh Happy Day.” Baker students, faculty and staff welcomed the Class of 2019 with speeches and song during the ceremony held Sept. 1 in Rice Auditorium. Photo by Taylor Schley.
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The Payne Trainwith Catey Payne and Krista PorterMondays from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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