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Design courtesy of Brittney Harmon and TEA. Graphic by Spencer Brown.

Students, professor form Total Equality Alliance

Heidi Jo Hayen
STAFF WRITER

A former group on campus has been revived and

transformed. Several years after the club known
as GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) stopped meeting, a
group of students and a professor have formed TEA
(Total Equality Alliance) in its place. TEA members
plan to meet every other Thursday at 9 p.m. in
Mabee 100.
Sophomore Brittney Harmon, senior Ben
Sobek and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Nicholaus Pumphrey discussed forming the group
last semester. After they talked to others on campus,
they realized that many people would support an
LGBTQ group.
In order to establish TEA at Baker, we are
working on writing a constitution, by-laws, filling
out the proper paperwork to be recognized, the
works, Harmon said. "We are very lucky to have
such a large group interested in helping kick-start

this organization.
The leaders of the group were pleasantly
surprised when more than 50 students and faculty
members came to the groups first open gathering.
They werent expecting 53 people, Pumphrey
said. At first there were only 20 people and the club
leaders were already really excited. We even got
emails that more students wanted to attended, but
that they couldnt make it for various reasons.
Pumphrey thinks the turnout at the first meeting
shows that TEA will be a popular and successful
club at Baker. He thinks every college campus in
America should have an organization similar to this
one and is glad that Baker students are taking the
lead in forming one.
Eleven students were involved in starting TEA,
and each have his or her own ways that the club can
get involved in the Baker community.
Harmon hopes to give BU students and faculty an
opportunity to attend Safe Space training. The goal
of this training is to create a space where students

can be relaxed and fully self-expressed without

having to fear feeling uncomfortable, unwelcome or
unsafe.
Sophomore Rachel Ash has additional ideas for
TEA to be involved on campus.
April is Gay Pride month, and I am hoping to get
white roses and dye them so they are rainbow and
hand them out on campus, Ash said. I thought this
would be a fun way to say TEA cares, and hopefully
everyone will put the rose in their room and it will
remind them to be supportive of all individuals.
TEAs last club meeting was held at 9 p.m. on
March 5 in Mabee 100. Members discussed a group
t-shirt. They were also visited by a group people
from the Equality House, also called the Rainbow
House, from Topeka, who spoke to the group.
According to its website, the Equality House is a
non-profit organization that serves as a symbol
of peace and positive change for the LGBTQ
community.

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

Student entrepreneur starts at BU

Jenna Warmund
BU MASS MEDIA

It's been said before that coffee is

the drink of college students, but junior
Sean Driskill is hoping to change that
to a more, well, European tradition.
Driskill has concocted Momma Ds
Medicinal Tea as a replacement for
the well-known and well-used drug
Adderall. According to Driskill, the
tea is made up of a natural organic
compound of herbs that stimulate
the brain to release more chemicals
naturally, while working at an
enhanced rate.
The biggest thing we have found
among college campuses is the abuse
of self-prescribed Adderall that all
students are using nowadays," Driskill
said. Half of the people dont even
know the effects that it has on the body
and with the brain overall. We would

like to introduce (the tea) to Baker and

allow people to try it and see what they
think.
The name behind the drink came
from Driskill's mother.
My mom was the one who hooked
me on hot tea alone. She always had
hot tea or was always willing to make
it," Driskill said. Her family comes
from Boston and so they love tea in
general.
Driskill's family isn't the only party
interested in the contents of his coffee
mug.
Driskill spent the past summer at
the Kauffman Center, meeting investors
and speaking with potential clients,
and he snagged a potential deal with a
health food distributor. Driskill plans
to sign a contract with the distributor
upon graduation and work full-time at
the company.
By the time I graduate, my goal is

to have the company ready to launch,

Driskill said.
To fund his venture, he recently
bought a franchise called College Pro
Painters.
Right now Im just trying to make
money and find investors to help back
Momma Ds Medicinal Tea, Driskill
said.
Driskill's friends show him support
and some even hope to be involved
with the company someday.
I hope he accomplishes all of
his goals, and I know he will," senior
Michael Stevenson said. "Sean is
ambitious and when he has his mind
set on something he is going to get it
done whether he has help or not. Im
excited to see what the future holds
for Sean. I know theres nothing but
blessings and prosperity coming his
way.
Junior Alex Baird recognizes the

Cardinal Key, said.

The candidates in the running
this year for the men were Ray (Delta
Tau Delta), Barkley Edison (Kappa
Sigma), Seth Swearengin (Sigma Phi
Epsilon) and Collin Studer (Zeta Chi).
The female candidates were
Menghini (Delta Delta Delta), Claire
White (Alpha Chi Omega), Rashida
Simpson (Zeta Phi Beta) and Bailey
Sosa (Zeta Tau Alpha).
Crump said for the past couple
of years, the jars remain nearly
empty until the last day of voting,
when everyone comes and dumps
change into candidates' jars. Despite
the donation being mainly coins,
Crump said that they still raise a
good chunk of money for juvenile
diabetes.
Senior Abbey Elsbernd, member
of Cardinal Key, said that this

fundraiser has always done well in

the past.
I think its successful because
it brings out a little competition,
Elsbernd said.
Freshman Forrest Young thinks
that, while the competition is for a
good cause, it seems to be more of a
popularity contest.
But its for charity so I can see
how its justified, Young said.
While Elsbernd acknowledged
that there was competition in
the King and Queen of Courts,
she disagreed that it was about
popularity due to all the money being
raised.
Yes, youre voting for your
candidate, but youre also helping
out while youre doing it so it kind
of changes the dynamics, Elsbernd
said.

work that Driskill will need to put in,

but thinks he will be up to the task.
I dont have any doubts that
his business will take off here very
shortly," Baird said. "Its going to take a
lot of work and effort, but he is a very
driven person."
Driskill's goal for his company is
for him to see revenue as soon as he
graduates. He wants the tea to be sold
in convenience stores, gas stations,
Wal-Mart and GNC.
Driskill said that the hardest part
of the adventure is that everything is a
risk, and there are no guarantees. With
hard work and a little elbow grease, he
hopes to see success.
The only way this company will
be successful is with the work I put
in myself, Driskill said. I have to go
out and do everything on my own. All
the work is on me and I cant rely on
someone else to do it.

King and Queen of Courts raises $660

Lexi Loya
STAFF WRITER

King and Queen of Courts, a

fundraiser put on every spring
semester by the Cardinal Key
National Honor Society, raised $660
for the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation. At the basketball games
on Feb. 21, seniors Travis Ray and
Alyse Menghini were crowned king
and queen.
Students voted for candidates
by putting money into jars set up
in the Long Student Center. Coins
counted as positive points toward
the candidate, but dollar bills were
recorded as negative. A person was
also able to write a check for either
positive or negative points.
We usually raise about $500 each
year, Sara Crump, faculty advisor of

Freshman Christian Jackson places change

into a candidates jar for Cardinal Key Honor
Societys King and Queen of Courts, which
was held Feb. 16-20. Photo by Khadijah Lane

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March 6, 2014

Jitters to trade trolley for storefront

Hayley Morrical
STAFF WRITER

After 11 years in a trolley cart, the Jitters coffee

shop along the north side of Highway 56 in Baldwin
City is soon to be no more. The change is not due to
a lack in business but an increase in customers.
Our business has doubled every year since we
bought it, owner Doris Sage said. Sage and her
daughter Sara Castaneda have owned the business
for five years after purchasing it from the original
Jitters owner.
Jitters will move from the trolley cart to a
storefront around the end of next year.
The increase in business is pushing the shop
from its iconic cart into a sit-down business, across
Highway 56 and down the road from its original
location, which means it will be a shorter walk for
Baker students. Although the decision is yet to be
approved by the city, Sage and Castaneda expect the
new location to be open toward the end of 2016.
We had a couple opportunities that came up and
those fell through, so those kind of put our plans on
hold, Castaneda said. But end of next year is what
we are hoping. We are excited to be on that side of
the highway so we will be within walking distance
of the students. Then they wont have to cross the
highway to have a place to come in and sit down,
have plugins, wi-fi and a place for class.
The trolley cart, which was built in Oregon
specifically to be a coffee shop, doesnt offer the
business room to grow with its expanding menu and
offerings.
It has been OK because its a drive-through,
but we definitely feel like we blend in with our
surroundings, Castaneda said. I still have people
come through, weve been here since 1999, and
say Sara how long has this been here?' Sometimes
people just dont know we are here.
According to the Castaneda, the move offers
Jitters the opportunity to meet more customer needs
and expand its current menu, especially its food.
We do have a hard time letting the customer
know whats available because we are limited on
space, Sage said.
The owners say the continued growth in business
over the past five years has come from the available
options, consistency and keeping up with trends.

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

Both Sage and Castaneda think the move will offer

them the opportunity to keep doing so.
However, the journey of Jitters growth has been
challenged at times, such as Baker University's
recent opening of a The Daily Grind on campus that
sells Starbucks coffee.
Its just so convenient, Sage said. And
(students) are all so busy. Starbucks is a big name.
Castaneda said Jitters tries to differentiate its
brand from Starbucks by being more personal with
customers and using high quality coffee and syrups.
Jitters also makes a point to stay visual to students
by staying open later during mid-terms and finals
week and offering student discounts for the Baker
population.
Weve been fortunate enough to have an idea
and keep it sustained, Castaneda said. Some things
are disappointing to begin with and they turn out
not to be so bad. The potential was here.

Jitters current residence is an old train trolley, located off

Highway 56. Photo by Khadijah Lane

Bradt to retire from BU after 40 years

Kallie Fischer
STAFF WRITER

After 40 years at Baker University, Director of

Library Services Kay Bradt is retiring.
It was 1975 when Bradt completed graduate
school and started her career at Baker University,
but that's not when her love for the profession
began.
A Lawrence native, her interest in the field
blossomed when she was hired as a librarian at the
University of Kansas at age 14.
Bradt's mother was the one who encouraged her
to look into the profession, saying that it would be a
good fit to her skills. When she started at KU, Bradt
realized that her mother was right.
She had a sense that I was an organized person
and I loved reading and I should look into that,"
Bradt said. "In eighth grade, I took an after-school
class on how to use the library and it made sense to
me Thats when I realized this was right for me.
In 2000, Bradt was promoted to the position of
director of library services.
I came as the other librarian,' Bradt said.
There was the director and then there was me, and
we had lots of other staff and gradually the shape of
the staff has changed.

Bradt has taken many responsibilities as the

director of library services. Because the organization
is small, Bradt and her staff have to do many of the
front-line jobs, such as working at the reference desk
and organizing books.
But as a self-proclaimed lover of books, these are
the tasks that Bradt finds enjoyable.
We have to decide which books in the library
have outlived their usefulness," Bradt said. "I do
what librarians call collection development, but it

After 40 years at the university, Director of Library Services Kay

Bradt is retiring from from Baker at the end of the semester.
Photo by Khadijah Lane

basically means that I just shift books around

upstairs. I also have to keep up with new library
updates and what new products are out there.
Bradt is sad to part ways with the friends she has
made throughout her time at the university.
I will miss the people, students, interaction and
all that stuff the most, Bradt said. Its going to take
awhile to get used to not having all these people
around me all the time.
The library staff is saddened to see Bradt go. Jill
Brungardt, interlibrary loan assistant, said what she
will miss the most about Bradt is her management
style.
Shes very non-micromanaging. Shes very
relaxed, kind of takes it all in stride and thats one
thing that I really appreciate, Brungardt said. Shes
very giving of her time and that will be missed.
Technical Services Librarian Nathan Poell
expects to remain good friends with Bradt after her
retirement. They both live in Lawrence and often
see eachother at the farmers market or WheatFields
Bakery and Caf.
Poell said not having her expertise will affect the
library the most.
We are going to miss the hell out of her, Poell
said. Shes irreplaceable and thats the bottom line.

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Lawrence to host first annual

Whitney Silkey
STAFF WRITER
Jumping into freezing cold water is
usually not a popular winter activity,
but that doesn't stop the hundreds of
brave souls who take the plunge into
frigid Kansas waters.
Peace. Love. Plunge. This is the
theme for Lawrence's first ever
Polar Plunge, which is scheduled for
Saturday, March 7 at Naismith Hall.
The fundraiser, which is also called the
Polar Bear Plunge, is for local Special
Olympics programs. For some, diving
into the freezing water has become a
tradition.
Sophomore Luke Miltz plunged
four times at Lake Shawnee in Topeka,
but he is excited for the change
of venue this year. Because of his
dedication to the project, he joined the
planning committee for the plunge,
hoping to spread the word
around the Baldwin City
community.
Miltz has

formed a team through Student Senate

for any Baker University students, and
a few other organizations are joining
in on the fun; Bakers Greek life, Alpha
Chi Omega and Zeta Chi have also
created teams.
Sophomore Emi Kniffin is on
the team for Baker University
students, because the Polar Plunge
is a fundraiser close to her heart.
Her autistic brother is a member of
a Special Olympics team. This will
be her second year participating in
the Polar Plunge and she hopes to
continue to plunge in the future.
It is a great way to raise money
and awareness for the Special
Olympics, Kniffin said. It is also good
for the athletes and their families.
Kniffin volunteers at the Special
Olympics state track meet every year
in

Wichita. When she lived in Wichita,

she helped out as a coach for a tennis
team.
According to Kniffin, jumping into
ice-cold water is not as bad as people
think because of the adrenaline.
You dont feel it until an hour
later, Kniffin said. Its exhilarating.
A member of the Alpha Chi Omega
team, freshman Annie Hanson, is
excited to take her first plunge.
Hanson has volunteered for the
Special Olympics softball tournament
in Missouri over the summer. She
knows that the event will be a
rewarding experience and she hopes
others feel the same way knowing
that they helped make a difference in
someones life.
Miltz hopes that the Baker
community will have a good time at

the Polar Plunge while supporting the

cause.
Im passionate about providing
opportunity and community for
special needs, Miltz said. Fundraising
for them is important because it gives
people with special needs something
that is their own.
The Baker University Alpha Chi
Omega team is currently second in
fundraising amounts for the Lawrence
plunge with $375. Zeta Chi follows in
third place with $277.
Anyone can register for the
Lawrence Polar Plunge from now
until the day of the event. The plunge
is taking place in a pool located at
Naismith Hall on the University of
Kansas campus.
On-site registration begins at 10:30
on March 7, and the plunge is at noon.
The only requirement is a minimum
of $75 for each person that can
be raised from supporters or
donated by the plungers
themselves.

Participation in the Polar Plunge is an incredibly rewarding experience ... I wont lie, the plunge is
cold, but the cause is incredibly heartwarming.
-Sophomore Luke Miltz in Polar Plunge for a Heartwarming Cause

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Education majors optimistic in face of cuts

Heidi Jo Hayen
STAFF WRITER
During President Lynne Murray's
State of the University address, she
noted that in 2013, 100 percent of
students graduating with an education
major found a teaching job upon
earning their diploma. This statistic
gives some current BU education
majors hope for getting jobs and
joining the workforce next year,
despite the state's funding cuts for
public schools and higher education by
a combined $44.5 million.
Amy Wintermantel, associate
professor of education, does not see
the recent budget cuts to Kansass
public schools as a major concern yet,
and she is not concerned about Baker

graduates gaining employment in the

near future.
Recent BU graduate Renata Dill
was one of two winners of the 2014
Teacher of Promise award given out at
the Kansas Teacher of the Year State
Awards Banquet. Since receiving the
award, she is optimistic that she will be
able to find a position close to home.
Im from Manhattan, so it would
be nice if I could get a job up there,
Dill said. Im really willing to work
wherever, though.
Often, student teachers can get
interviews in the school districts
where they student-taught; Dill landed
a six-week stint as a para-sub for
the same district where she did her
student-teaching.
She plans to attend a career fair in

April, where she can talk to different

school districts and network. From
what she understands, it will be an
opportunity to have mini-interviews
with schools from across the area. Dill
said she is planning on applying for
jobs around spring break.
Hannah Geenens, who is also
an education major, is planning on
applying for more jobs as the semester
goes on. She is currently student
teaching in the Blue Valley district and
hopes to be a Spanish teacher. Spanish
teachers are used at both the primary
and secondary level, so she has the
opportunity to work at both levels
while student-teaching this spring.
Geenens is confident that she will
be able to gain employment because
Spanish teachers are in high demand.

With the influx of Spanish-speaking

students, Geenens thinks that schools
want their students to know the
language.
Both Dill and Geenens are
optimistic about employment
opportunities and believe that
attending Baker University has given
them an advantage.
My educational background does
exceed others from other universities,
along with the rest of my fellow
students in the Baker University
Education Department, Geenens
said. We have incredible professors
with outstanding educational
experience that have really pushed our
department to provide confidence to
be some of the best educators around
Kansas.

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March 6, 2015

Students often forget the benets of Baldwin City

f asked, many Baker University

students would say that the reason
they chose to attend Baker was
the personal and small-town feel that
comes with a private college in a town
like Baldwin City.
Baldwin City is tiny, certainly no
bigger than the stereotypical rural
midwestern town. The perfect place
for a college like Baker, which strives
to give students a personal classroom
experience, making each student feel
more like a person than a number.
Many students talk negatively
about the city, but a part of going
to college is loving the college town
atmosphere. Baker is one-of-a-kind in
terms of its programs and offerings,
but Baldwin City adds a sort of charm
to it as well.
From the outside, students at
larger universities do not understand
the appeal of such a small town, but
as BU students, we should be the
ones who ind the lovable parts. Over
and over we hear about the Baker
family and how it is such a tight-knit
community - why does that have to
change on a Friday or Saturday night?
Baldwin City may be small but it
offers more entertainment choices
than many students realize. No,
there isnt a movie theater or a night
club or even a McDonalds; however,
there are other choices for food and

entertainment that could arguably

be better options for students and
are beneicial for both Baker and the
rest of the Baldwin City community.
The fact that Baldwin City does
not have some of these things can
be considered more of an advantage
than inconvenience. Having fewer
distractions keeps students more
focused on academics, and the
drive to Lawrence is more likely to
dissuade students from choosing to
go out and party instead of study for
tomorrows test.
A movie theater can be replaced
by Netlix and a couch full of friends.
The club could be a weekend frat
party that is carefully planned and
close to home, making it easy to
make the right choice to walk home
after that last drink.
Other than the monetary and
safety beneits of living in Baldwin
City, the small-town atmosphere
brings us closer together as a
campus.
For those of us who are 21,
The Mine can be a really good
time. Instead of going to a Lawrence
bar where you only know one out
of maybe 30, here its people you
see every day, whether its on the
sidewalk by the Osbourne Chapel or in
Collins Library.
College is a time to foster

Abbeys sketch pad

by Abbey Elsbernd

friendships and make memories, both

of which can be done in this city if
students take the time to look for it.
Just because Baldwin City doesnt
have the variety of out-on-the-town
entertainment doesnt mean that it
is lacking possibilities. Places like

the Mine, the Baldwin City Diner and

the Lumberyard Arts Center - local
businesses that are a part of the
community we as Baker students live
in - are often forgotten when students
choose where they want eat or spend
their time.

Annulling the law doesnt

necessarily mean that LGBT workers
will get ired from their jobs, but it
does allow companies the freedom
to do so if they wish. It puts the LGBT
community in the classiication of
second-class citizens - a group without
basic guaranteed rights.
It is ridiculous that in 2015, we are
still in the process of discussing what
is and isnt love. This is no longer an
argument between Republicans and
Democrats; its a conversation of basic
freedoms.
According to The Pew Research
Center, in 2007, when the initial
bill was passed, only 37 percent of
Americans were in favor of same-sex
marriage and freedoms for those in the
LGBT community. And now, eight years
later, 54 percent of Americans are
in favor. It's obvious that people are
changing their age-old opinions - what
the hell, Kansas?
America is growing and adapting,
especially within our generation; 70
percent of millennials now believe that

same-sex marriage should be legal.

And in a few years, these troubadours
are going to be taking the seats of
Brownback and Mitch McConnell,
dusting off these civil rights bills and
passing them without a second glance.
On a basic level, I ind Brownbacks
executive order mean-spirited. The
protections had been in place for
eight years, why do they need to be
rescinded now? Hes lost in a sea of
hopelessness, washed over by the
troubles he created for himself. His
experiments with tax cuts and the
state budget have gone completely
wrong, and he needs something else to
divert our attention.
Yes, at a federal level there still
are no legal protections for LGBTs,
but there have been strides by the
Supreme Court to make same-sex
marriage federally legal. States
should be making headway on antidiscrimination laws in order to protect
their own citizens. Kansans should
focus on our future rather than arguing
over petty concerns.

Shuck: What the hell is wrong with Kansas?

A projected $600 million budget
deicit for next year. Over $25 million
in budget cuts to our elementary
and secondary schools. A massive,
Dr. Frankenstein-esque experiment
gone horribly wrong. These are the
issues that we should be discussing
as Kansans, but with Gov. Sam
Brownbacks recent executive order,
we seem to have returned to a debate
that we thought to have closed years
ago: the rights of the LGBT community.
The governor's executive
order rescinded protections for
state employees from workplace
discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity. These
protections were established in 2007
by then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. This
Brownback power trip is embarrassing
for us as a state.
This order followed his irst
executive order of the week, in which
he announced that companies should
be more aggressive in their hiring
policies for veterans and those with
physical and mental disabilities. He

said, it makes good business sense to

treat employees ... with dignity and
respect. But, apparently, this doesnt
apply to LBGTs anymore.

Taylor Shuck
When Sebelius signed the executive
order in 2007, she told members of
the Kansas Equality Coalition, "I'm
sorry it took us so long." The chairman
of the Kansas Traditional Republican
Majority, Andy Wollen, had a onesentence response:
Its about time.

Apologies today to everyone who

was excited to see the same basic
rights of job protection for all Kansans.
We just ... kind of changed our minds?
But the question is, what does
Brownback's latest action really mean?

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March 6, 2015

Fischer: BU should be smoke-free

You dont want to smell my butt,

so dont make me smell yours.

On my way to class last week, I

found myself having to walk through
a gauntlet of smoke outside the Long
Student Center. Not only did I smell
like an ashtray, I had been exposed to
harmful second-hand smoke. Having
recently lost a loved one to lung cancer
caused by smoking, this hits real close
to home for me.
According to the American Heart
Association, the link between secondhand smoke and disease is well known.
Each year about 38,000 people die
from heart and blood vessel disease
caused by other peoples smoke.
Non-smokers who are exposed to
secondhand smoke increase their risk
of developing heart disease by 25
30%.
The push for smoke-free

Kallie Fischer
campuses is increasing every day; The
Tobacco Free College Campus Initiative
states that smoke-free campuses are
defined as smoking is prohibited on
campus property including, but not
limited to parking lots, fields, sports
and recreation areas and stadiums.
The policy applies to all students,
faculty, staff and other persons on
campus."
As of January 2015, there are 1,514
smoke-free campuses in the U.S. Of
these 1,514 campuses, 12 are in Kansas.
In the fourth quarter of 2014,
legislation posted that there are four
industries that are now 100 percent
smoke-free: government worksites,

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private worksites, restaurants and

daycare centers.
Smoke-free campuses do not
expect every smoker to just quit cold
turkey since smoking is not allowed
on campus. USA Today reports that
universities are providing smoking
cessation services. Students are
offered support groups and nicotine
replacement therapy such as gum,
patches and lozenges. Some even offer
quit-kits, such as packages containing
gum and cinnamon sticks.
If Baker doesnt push for a smokefree campus, then we should have a
designated area, closed off for those
who cant kick the habit. It invades my
airspace to walk by a smoker. Those
of us who dont smoke are extremely
sensitive to it.
The American Lung Association
claims that smoking is deadlier than
ever, saying tobacco kills 480,000

Americans a year. It upsets me to see

my classmates harming their bodies as
well as the bodies of students around
them. I have seen first-hand what
smoking can do to a person. Not only
is smoking bad for your health, it also
causes an eyesore for our beautiful
college campus, with butts littering
the lawn and the ashtrays outside the
buildings.
According to Public Health Fact
Sheet, tobacco smoke contains more
than 172 substances considered
toxic, and the smoke isnt the only
problem. Cigarette butts are a another
concern for biologists as they are not
biodegradable and are the number one
form of litter found on beaches.
I realize that it is a smokers right
to be able to smoke out in the open
air, but next time you light up, please
remember that we also have the right
to clean air.

According to one bizarre theory,

seeing black and blue might mean that
someone is more depressed.
Only two things are known for sure:
the dress has lace and it is a crazy
optical illusion.
Some people may have accepted
that they may never know what the
true colors of the dress are, but it truly
is black and blue.
The dress was from a retailer
in Birmingham, England, called
Roman Originals. The design director
confirmed that the dress is royal
blue with black lace. According to the

company website, #TheDress is now

back in stock after it sold out during
the hype. It is selling for 50 British
pounds or $76.98. The dress also
comes in other color combinations in
case more confusion is necessary.
#TheDress may have sparked
some debate, but why is this the only
type of dispute occurring on social
media? It is unfortunate that a dress
can top all other important news. In
fact, many of my own peers do not
know who Brian Williams is. I would
love to see debates over vaccinating
children on my Facebook timeline
or #Iran as a trending topic on my
Twitter feed. Social media should
be a useful tool for news-related
discussions, but for now all I see are
petty debates.

#TheDress takes over social media, pop culture

A debate over the color of a dress
went viral last week. Thats right. A
picture of a striped dress that looks
like it belongs on clearance at Dillards
was responsible for dividing the
nation.
Why did #TheDress trump more
important current events such as the
debate over LGBT rights in Kansas
or the huge snowstorm that was
supposed to hit the northeast part of
the state, all because dress is seen as
black and blue to some, and white and
gold to others?
The debate supposedly started on
Tumblr after a woman was frustrated
about the color of a dress she saw
at a wedding in early February. She
posted the picture and soon enough
there were debates all over Twitter,

Instagram and Facebook for a solid 24

hours. Everyone had his or her opinion
about the dress and it did not take long
for #TheDress to become a trending
topic.
Why do people see the dress
differently? One theory explains that
it depends on the number of blue
cones a person has in his/her eyes. If
viewers have more blue cones, they are
more likely to see the dress in black
and blue, but viewers with fewer blue
cones may perceive the dress to be
white and gold.
Another theory states that it
depends on the brightness of the
screen the person is looking at, and
that looking at the dress on an iPhone
rather than a computer could sway a
persons perception.

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page 9

The Other Place:

Taylor Shuck
EDITOR

can see rays of light persistently pushing

through the small space between the frame
and the door. When you turn the door handle,
its loose, like someone had too much to drink
rom the outside, it doesnt look like
one night and broke it, but no one bothered
much. Maybe a run-down auto parts
to ix it. You need a irm grip, an Im-trying-tostore, established years ago but long
get-a-beer-right-now grasp, to open the door.
forgotten. The Mines owner, Mike
The place is just as plain on the inside,
Magers, bought it in October of 98, six years
with
its long, light tan bar straight ahead.
after graduating from Baker.
The loor is a cracked-white linoleum, with
I think every guy wants to own a bar,
scattered stickers, advertising (you guessed
Magers said. It seems like a good idea when
it!) Bud Light and Budweiser, chipped from
youre young.
years of boots scufling the edges. There are
He was 28 at the time, saying at that age
two pool tables on the right side of the bar,
he was still young enough, where that kind of
thing appealed to him, a place where he could just before you get to the door to the beer
garden.
get to know everybody.
The bartender, McCoy Nelson, says the
I could never remember how to make
place has been the same since he was a
a shot, Magers said. If there was more
student here; he started bartending at the end
than one liquor in
of his senior year, 2005.
a drink, I would
Were
just
all
living
Back then they called
struggle. But getting
in
this
small
town,
you
it The Salt Mine or
to know people and
know, and its not only
Mio. It was crazy back
learning about folks,
just a university. Theres then, he says.
its interesting to
not much else to do in
Nelson left Baldwin
see them develop
City at age 23 to try his
and form good
this town and booze is
hand at the real world.
relationships. Baldwin
good for you.
But like Magers, this
City is a great town.
McCoy Nelson
place called him back.
It could be a dinky
I was sad when I left
restaurant, one only
the irst time, Nelson said. I never thought
frequented by those who know of its hidden
gems. It does in fact sell food, but Magers said I would be back here. I feel like this was the
bar I grew up in; I moved around so much and
its not the biggest selling point. While he
have done so many things, but this bar has
could take out a pool table in favor of booths,
really kind of always been home to me. It was
he likes the atmosphere too much to make a
like coming home.
change.
The only time it gets crazy now is during
The parking lot, which is really just a patch
Stag, a tradition of Bakers Alumni Weekend.
of gravel and pebbles, is mostly empty. A blue
Ford F-150, spotted with rust, sits at the front Although its stressful for the bartenders, he
says its just a ridiculously good time. Magers
door, probably the irst patron of the day
claiming his spot. A silver, dust-covered Chevy agrees, saying they used to have a capacity
counter at the door, and the bar and outdoor
Tahoe in the far corner. My red Mitsubishi
Eclipse is an obvious tourist, standing out in a area have been known to hold up to 700
people at the event.
sea of small-town normality.
To the left of the bar is a goling arcade
The maybe-its-an-auto-parts-store,
game, you know the one with the cold white
maybe-its-not-even-open bar sits right
ball you spin to swing the club. The bartender
off Highway 56. The Mine opened in the
said he threw out his arm last week, playing
mid 70s and has since gone through a few
it when the place was dead. Isnt it dead now?
transformations. Associate Professor of
Out of the eight stools at the bar, only one is
History John Richards remembers when he
taken, and its mine. There are four older men
was a student and it was called The Other
sitting around a table, sharing a pitcher of
Place because of the bar that was already
established at the junction of Highway 56 and some light yellow, clearly domestic beer.
Locals (or as many BU students call them,
Highway 59. At the time it was a taproom,
townies) are a regular in this bar, something
only 3.2-beer was sold and everyone could
that brings out the charm. Magers said at irst
legally drink at the age of 18.
it was rough to smooth out the differences
The atmosphere was the same as it is
between the groups, but now, everybody just
now, Richards said. There were pool tables,
kind of comes together.
people getting around, shooting pool. Well
The bartenders and the personality can
bad pool.
appeal to both college students and locals,
The door, with windows into the bar, is
Magers said.
slightly off the hinges. From the inside, you

Nelson said its always been a pretty

healthy mix of people who come into the bar,
something that makes the place so special.
The Thunder Rolls, a country classic, sets
the tone for the place. Its a down-home kind
of bar, the place where you come between
shifts or to meet up with a friend. Its a place
for pool and darts, the King of Country and a
nice cold Bud Light.
The townies get a bad rep about them,
Nelson said. Were just all living in this
small town, you know, and its not only just a
university. Theres not much else to do in this
town and booze is good for you.
Speaking of booze, on draft they have
Copperhead Pale Ale, Boulevard Irish Ale,
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Miller Lite, Budweiser,
Bud Light, Coors (Curs as I just heard this
old man call it) and Boulevard Wheat. The
draft choices are better than you would
expect in a town of this size. The Budweiser
and Bud Light handles protrude from the wall
more than the rest, most likely from overuse.
I choose my go-to, Boulevard Wheat.
McCoy reaches for the cooler to grab a glass
for my beer. My mother always tells me that
draft beer gives her a headache.
Stick with bottled beer, Taylor, its better
for your belly and better for your head.
I never listen. She always tells me that
Miller Lite is the best, too a gap in our
generation and personality made clear by our
choice in beer.
The frosted glass has (surprise!) a Bud
Light logo on it, with a Kansas sunset and
sunlower. The two are a golden yellow now,
thanks to my brew. Its the color of a wedding
ring. That golden-hue of the sun as it rises,
before it hits noon ... the color of light, royalty
but most importantly, good beer. A lemon sits
on the lip of the glass, the cut in the middle
gripping the edge of the cup. I wring it, letting
the acidity drop into the foam of the beer.
The citrus dispels the white, breaking it up to
allow the gold to shine through the holes in
the clouds.
I pick up the pint again, still as heavy but
probably only half as cold, and inally take a
drink. The lemon hits my lips, a dam to the
izziness of the brew. Its soft and smooth
going down, and the lemon helps bring out
the full-body lavor of the beer with a citrus
undertone.
After a few more sips, the wheat-color
leaves the logo, leaving it a half-painted
picture. Slowly and methodically, with a few
stories mixed in from Nelson and the townie
who comes to sit next to me (they really are
friendly around here), I inish the beer before
it has a chance to get warm. Nelson looks at
me, raises his eyebrow and I smile. This is our
code for one more, please.

How a modest local bar

became home to many

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

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March 6, 2015

WRESTLING SENDS FIVE TO NATIONALS

SPIRIT SQUAD COMPETES AT
NATIONAL QUALIFIERS
At the 2015 NAIA North National Qualifier at Doane
College in Crete, Nebraska, the Baker dance team
took fourth place overall and finished with three
All-Americans: sophomore Kaitlyn Stout, junior
Callie Brabender and senior Jessica Prather. The
cheerleading squad (pictured cheering at a BU
basketball game below) finished the competition in
eighth place out of 10 teams. Neither squad qualified
for nationals; however, the possibility of earning an
at-large bid stands for each. The spirit squad will
compete at the NDA/NCA Collegiate Championships
on April 8 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Five Wildcats qualified for the 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championship, including
defending national champion sophomore Bryce Shoemaker. Full story on page 11.

BETTGE TRIES OUT FOR

USA VOLLEYBALL
TEAM
Sophomore Hannah Bettge,
two-time first-team allHAAC setter, tried out for the
USA Volleyball team. Some
200 women traveled to
Colorado Springs, Colorado,
Feb. 20-22, to compete for
a spot on the team at the
open tryout. Head coach
Kathy Allen says that Bettge
is, humble, coachable, and
extremely likeable, and
as her coach, I couldnt
be prouder of what she
represents for our team and
our university. Results were
not available at press time.

10

THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT
BAKER ATHLETICS
Lauren Bechard
ASSISTANT

CAVANESS
UNDERGOES
RENOVATIONS
The BU softball team
will not be able to play
its scheduled home
games throughout
the month due to
surface renovations
on Cavaness Field. All
doubleheaders that
have been scheduled
(March 9, 11, 14 and
22) will take place
where the Baldwin
High School softball
team plays. The
facility is located at
100 Bullpup Drive in
Baldwin City.

WOMEN ADVANCE, MENS SEASON ENDS

The third-seeded womens basketball team won its ninth straight

against the Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-65 on Wednesday to
advance to the HAAC semifinals. The women play at 7 p.m. tonight
at No. 2 Benedictine. The men fell 71-53 to Avila on Tuesday
night in the opening round of the HAAC tournament.

EHM EARNS TWO

HAAC HONORS

Shortly after receiving first-team

all-conference honors, senior
Kyrstie Ehm was named HAAC
Player of the Week. Ehm (pictured)
went 10-for-16 from the field and shot
perfectly from the free-throw line, adding eight
points to the Cats score against Missouri Valley.
Junior Macy Wallisch also received recognition as
she was named HAAC Defensive Player of the Year
for the second season in a row.

The mens tennis team

TENNIS SPLITS AT
split two matches against
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN
EDITOR
William Jewel and
Nebraska Wesleyan on Feb.
21 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
EIGHT WILDCATS
CARTER, GRAY EARN
After falling to William
COMPETE
AT
ALL-HAAC HONORS
Jewel 5-4, the men walked
NATIONALS
away with an 8-1 victory
Senior EJ Carter earned a spot on the third-team
Eight members of the Baker
over Nebraska Wesleyan.
all-conference team while sophomore Javeion
mens and womens indoor track
Gray (pictured) was named an honorable
BASEBALL LOOKS
and field team are currently
mention all-conference. Carter led the team in
competing at the NAIA National
scoring and rebounds with an average of 13
FORWARD TO HAAC
Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
After its first 11 games, the Baker
points and five
The athletes and the events they
baseball team sits at 5-6 on the
boards per game.
will compete in are listed below.
season. Junior Tevin Thompson
Gray, former HAAC
(pictured) is hitting .385 as he leads
the team with 10 hits. The Cats will
compete against Kansas Wesleyan
on March 10 before opening
the conference season at home
with a doubleheader against
Central Methodist University
beginning at 1 p.m. March 14
at Sauder Field.

Ty Sloan, 60-meter hurdles

Paige Rockers, triple jump
Kendal Holloman, pole vault
Brenda McCollum, 3,000-meter
race walk
Caitlin Apollo, 3,000-meter
race walk
Tyson Robke, heptathlon
Avery Parker, triple jump
Josh Peck, weight throw

Freshman of the
Year, led the Cats
in assists and
steals. Both
men found
success on the
court despite
sitting out of a
total of six games
due to injuries.

March 6, 2015

The Baker Orange | Sports

page 11

Shoemaker, wrestlers prepare for nationals

Levi Blaylock
STAFF WRITER
Baker is sending five wrestlers
to nationals in Topeka today and
tomorrow. This marks the second
consecutive year Baker has had five
wrestlers qualify for nationals after
the NAIA Central National Qualifier.
Despite being the defending
133-pound NAIA national champion,
sophomore Bryce Shoemaker will
be entering this weekends natoinal
tournament in Topeka ranked No. 2
in his weight class. Michael Ruiz from
Great Falls, Montana, is in the No. 1
spot.
I never have cared about the
rankings, Shoemaker said. Anything
can happen at nationals. It never ends
the way everyone was previously
ranked.
Coaches gave the wrestlers
one week off to get ready for the
tournament. Shoemaker used his time
off to mentally focus and prepare to
defend his title.
I feel good, I feel motivated,
Shoemaker said. Its been a good
week off and Im just excited to go
out there and wrestle. It would be
extremely special if I won it twice. I
know Im capable of doing it. I just
need to go out there and wrestle
smart and my match.
Joining Shoemaker to compete at
nationals will be senior Nick Haugen
(157 pounds), sophomore Bryant
Guillen (174 pounds), and freshmen

Mike Andreano (125 pounds ) and

Juan Rivera (141 pounds.)
Were all ready to go out there
and give it our all, Shoemaker said.
Weve had a good two weeks of
practice, its always different this
time of year and I like the energy
thats still in the room even after the
long season. Were ready physically.
Its just putting it together mentally
when it comes to nationals.
Haugen returns to nationals for
the fourth time in his collegiate
career. Last year, Haugen was able
to finish in eighth place in the
149-pound class and receive AllAmerican honors. Going into the
tournament this year, Haugen is
ranked ninth in the nation with a
chance to repeat his All-American
performance.
Guillen is a two-time Kansas 5A
state champion from Topeka. He is
entering the tournament ranked
seventh in the 174-pound class.
Andreano and Rivera are
entering the tournament unranked
but Shoemaker thinks they have
potential to create some upsets.
Our new guys have a good
chance of making it to the AllAmerican round, Shoemaker said.
We all just need to wrestle one
match at a time.
The NAIA National Wrestling
Tournament will include 44
institutions and 211 wrestlers,
including six defending national
champions and 40 returning AllAmericans.

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

Joyner: KC Royals ready for spring training, season

Jim Joyner
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Spring training is just around
the corner for the Kansas City
Royals. 31 practice games to prepare
for the real 162-game marathon
thats played out over six months.
Even though these games are just
for practice and the records are
irrelevant once the calendar turns
to April 6, I have never been more
excited for spring training. Once the
first pitch is thrown its play ball.
Spring training is one of the
most relaxed environments in any
professional sport. The baseball
players go out every day and simply
practice. Training camp for the NFL
is grueling, the NBA preseason only
consists of about eight games so its
turnaround is much quicker than
baseball, and even at half-speed,
the NHL is so hard on bodies that
playing a six-game preseason is
almost useless.
The Royals spring training
complex consists of more than six
fields and the players are constantly
playing and getting better. I also
wouldnt complain about being able
to play baseball in Surprise, Arizona,
in March compared to the frigid

temperatures in Kansas City.

The Royals have not played since
Oct. 29, when it stranded the gametying run at third base in game seven
of the World Series. The Royals have
played as the underdogs for my
entire lifetime, and now they are the
team that every American League
team is out to beat.
Even in the playoffs, the Royals
were not a threatening team to
any opponent. Do you think the
dominant Oakland Athletics were
afraid of Kansas City before the Wild
Card game? How about baseballs
best team Anaheim and the chosen
one Mike Trout? Surely not the AL
East champion Baltimore Orioles?
And no way the San Francisco
Giants, who had played in two of
the last four World Series. This year,
though, the target is now painted
in bright red on the backs of every
powder-blue Kansas City jersey.
The sadness of the departures
of James Shields and Billy Butler
seems to have settled down with
the arrivals of Edinson Volquez and
Alex Rios to the club. The pitching
staff is ready with Ace Ventura,
Jason Vargas, Danny Duff and Jeremy
Guthrie. The Gold Glovers are back
in Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and
Salvador Perez.

Now the only uncertainty is if

the offense is prepared. The Royals
made it to game seven of the World
Series with the least amount of
home runs, 95, and the least amount
of walks, 380. But they struck out
the least amount of times, 985, and
stole more bases than any other
team, 153, including seven stolen
bases in the Wild Card game. We
know that this team can make it far
even without offense, but what if
they were in the middle of the pack
in home runs to go along with the
speedsters on the bases?
This is where the deep playoff
run turns into a learning experience.
Mike Moustakas, Hosmer and
Lorenzo Cains confidence levels
have skyrocketed. Those three all
know now the level they can play
at and can carry that confidence
into this season from the beginning.
The addition of the veteran Alex
Rios supplies some added offense.
Rios has three seasons of 20 or
more home runs, a feat that no
Royals player did last season. And if
Kendrys Morales can play the way
he did from 2009-2013, 90 homers
and 300 RBIs, opposed to Kendrys
Morales of last season, who batted
.218 in less than 100 games, the
offense may launch to the top of

baseball.
Spring training numbers are also
misleading. The Royals finished 1216-2 in last seasons spring training
and went on to win the American
League pennant. Mike Moustakas
also batted .429 last spring training
and then started the regular season
0-21 at the plate before eventually
getting sent down to AAA Omaha for
batting .152 at the end of May.
For me it is not as much about the
wins and losses. It is about watching
players develop and prepare, even
if there is not much success or vice
versa. The Philadelphia Phillies lost
to NCAA Div. II Tampa University
on Sunday. Professional baseball
players lost to college baseball
players. Its just not important and
it doesnt matter. Its also about
watching baseball again.
Kauffman Stadium has been
uninhabited since the final hours
of October and were a little over a
month away from celebrating the
best day of the year, opening day,
and raising the American League
championship banner high over the
Truman Sports Complex.
Ill end this by quoting the words
of Archie Eversole, the author of the
Royals 2014 anthem.
We Ready.

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page 12

March 6, 2015

Mens basketball season ends at Avila

Jim Joyner
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The mens basketball team ended
its season Tuesday night by losing 7153 to the Avila Eagles in the play-in
round of the HAAC tournament. The
Wildcats ended the season at 9-20
overall and fell in the opening round
of the HAAC tournament for the third
consecutive season.
Bottom line is this: we didnt
we rebound and didnt defend well
enough in the second half and now
were going home, head coach Sean
Dooley said.
The Wildcats entered the game as
the No. 9 seed in the HAAC tournament and had to play in the opening
round play-in game while the top six
teams in the standings received a bye.
Baker was facing an Avila team that
had defeated the Wildcats in four consecutive games, including a 73-63 loss
at home and a 74-60 loss in Kansas
City two weeks prior.
The Wildcats slowed Avilas uptempo game in the first five minutes
and kept the game close, limiting the
Eagles to tough looks in the halfcourt. Baker kept Avila to single digits
throughout the first half and trailed
by only two points with 2:45 to play
before the half. Avila led Baker 25-19
after the first twenty minutes.
I thought we did a good job early,
really in the first half, Dooley said.
Theyve got a lot of really good offensive weapons there and we did a nice
job defending them.
Baker only turned the ball over
three times in the first half. Unfortunately Baker shot only 21 percent to
accompany the well possessed first
half.
Credit them, Dooley said. We
stopped two of their best guys but the
next guys stepped up.
The problem for Baker in the
second half was exactly that, stopping Avilas next three best players in
sophomore Trey Bales, Junior Nduka
Ezeamii, and senior Brandon Murillo.
I really think, in the second half, if
we had done a better job on the glass
then we wouldve been fine defensive-

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

ly. But credit them, they outworked it

and got some of those balls and they
made us pay.
Avila opened up the second half
on fire with three trifectas; two came
from Bales and one from Fennell. The
Eagles lead was 44-31 after the first
seven minutes of the half. Then Baker
made a run to cut the lead back to seven with 7:52 to play. Avila called on
the long-bombers, Bales and Murillo,
and the Eagles ran away with this
one with a double-digit lead for the
remainder of Bakers season.
Dooley pulled seniors EJ Carter
and Fulks with 1:02 to play in the
game and they received their final
ovation in a Baker uniform from the
loyal Baker fans in attendance in
Kansas City.
Both of them had great careers
for us, Dooley said. Jared was Mr.
Consistent ever since he stepped
foot on campus. His numbers are the
same and the way he works is the
exact same.
Carter was named to the thirdteam all-conference this past Sunday along with honorable mention

sophomore Javeion Gray.

EJ has been here a little bit longer; hes been here for three years
and I think he has grown a lot in his
three years and matured up, Dooley
said. He is as good a person and as
well liked as anybody on campus;
both of them have been great representatives.
Dooley told Carter and Fulks early
in the year that they were a young
team and needed their leadership
as the season went on. Dooley noted
their leadership to have been strong
this season and said that Fulks has
matured a lot over his two years and
that his work ethic had a big impact
on his season.
Hopefully the things those
younger guys will take from Jared is
just his approach every day; not just
showing up but working hard every
day, Dooley said.
Easter was Bakers go-to man
down the stretch and the freshman
finished with a team high 15 points.
Fulks and Carter ended their Baker
careers with games of 10 and 8 points,
respectively. Gray scored 6 and passed

out 3 assists. With a ravenous Avila

crowd in his ears freshman Daniel
Young scored 5 points on 1-3 from the
field and 3-5 at the stripe.
The Wildcats fell short of expectations this season. Baker started the
season 7-5 then went on a nine game
skid to take them out of contention in
the HAAC. Baker finished the season
winning only two of its last 14 games.
Untimely injuries also eliminated
many chances for Baker to win
games down the stretch. The team
lost sophomore Tyrome Parker for
the final 11 games, Young missed
seven games in the middle of conference play, Gray missed four games
with his injury, and Carter missed
two pivotal games in the middle of
the schedule.
Baker returns to the floor next
November with young floor generals
who received their training as freshmen this season with an injury-infested team. Freshmen Brock Mick, Nate
Guscott, CJ Bolton, Easter, and Young
all ate away minutes as freshmen this
season that could prove to be invaluable come next season.

Track teams set high standards with indoor titles

Chad Mullen
STAFF WRITER
The mens and womens track
teams have each won their fourth
consecutive indoor Heart of America
Athletic Conference titles and sent
eight athletes to the NAIA National
Indoor Meet, which started Thursday.
Junior Dayshawn Berndt, who
placed second in the 200-meter
and 400-meter races as well as in
the 4x400 meter relay at the HAAC
championship meet, has been a part
of a Baker team that has won every
indoor and outdoor HAAC title since
he has been a part of the program. He

believes the continued success is a

testament to the culture of the team.
Were basically a family, Berndt
said. Were always rooting for each
other and its a lot of fun to see everybody do well.
The HAAC championship meet,
held in Lamoni, Iowa, was a breeding
ground for success for the Wildcats.
The women defeated second-place
Benedictine College by 72.5 points,
and the men more than doubled the
point total of their second-place foe,
outpacing Benedictine 238 to 117.5.
Baker athletes placed first in
17 events, and Billi Pipes won the
womens MVP honor with 36 indi-

vidual points. Three Baker men were

among a five-man co-MVP with 20
points each.
These were the second and third
conference championships won under head coach Tim Byers, who also
coached the mens cross country team
to a HAAC title last fall. This is Berndts
first semester under Byers after spending last semester studying abroad.
Hes a great guy and a great
coach, Berndt said. There have been
some things Im getting used to, but
thats what you have to expect with a
new coach, no matter who it is.
The team has already switched
gears to the outdoor season, where it

hopes to maintain its well-established

winning formula.
Its been going well, Berndt said.
I think if we just keep working out
and working hard and stay in shape
well be able to win the outdoor championship (this year).
Competing in nationals on the
womens side will be seniors Ty Sloan,
Paige Rockers, sophomore Kendall
Holomann, and freshmen Brenda McCollum and Caitlin Apollo.
The three men joining those five
will be sophomore Tyson Robke,
junior Avery Parker and senior Josh
Peck. The meet in Geneva, Ohio, lasts
through Saturday.

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By the numbers

Womens
Basketball
Senior Kyrstie Ehm led
the Wildcats with 20
points during the first
round of the HAAC
tournament

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

Women advance to semifinals

Jim Joyner
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The third-seeded womens

basketball team defeated the sixthseeded Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-65
Wednesday in the Collins Center in the
first round of the HAAC tournament.
The Wildcats improved to 21-8 on the
season and won their ninth straight
game. They will take on the secondseeded Benedictine College Ravens
in the semifinals at 7 p.m. tonight in
Atchison.
I thought we had a really good
offensive game plan and we executed
extremely well, head coach Ben Lister
said. We really felt like we had an
advantage in the paint.
The Wildcats started the game by
knocking down seven of their first
eight shots to snag a 21-6 lead in the
first seven minutes. Senior Kyrstie
Ehm scored 14 first-half points while
sophomore Kelsey Larson snagged five
rebounds. Baker finished the first half
up, 41-29.
The light switch turned on for
Baker in the second half, as usual. A
basket from junior Jami Hodge and a
three-pointer from Larson began the
Wildcats final 20 minutes. The Yellow
Jackets got into foul trouble with their
top guns senior Rebecca Easton and
leading scorer sophomore Sydney
Vaughn picking up their third and
fourth fouls, respectively, in the first
four minutes. Vaughn, visibly upset,
kicked the trash can on the end of the
Graceland bench in disgust.
With a 46-35 Baker lead, the Cats
got a huge break when Gracelands
sophomore Gabrielle Lapinski fouled
junior Macy Wallisch and said a
few choice words to the officials.
Unfortunately for Graceland, Lapinski
chose the wrong words and was issued
a technical foul, her fifth foul, and was

forced to exit the game 15 minutes

early.
Graceland would then cut the lead
to 48-40 with 13:01 to play and it
looked like the Yellow Jackets might
linger around until the end. However,
emotions got the best of Graceland
head coach Rich Harrop and he was
issued a technical as well. Gracelands
frustration was enough to swing
the momentum Bakers way and the
Wildcats never looked back.
The Wildcats finished the game
with a cool demeanor even with the
games physicality, hard fouls, and
tough officiating. The Wildcats 82-65
victory propelled the Wildcats into the
semifinals of the HAAC tournament.
Our kids were aggressive to attack
and they finished under control, Lister
said. They made their high percentage
shots, where weve struggled in the
past.
First-team all-conference guard
Ehm finished with 20 points on 7-10
from the field and 7 rebounds. Ehm
is averaging more than 20 points per
contest in her last three games and is
reminding the conference of her talent.
Kyrsties in a zone right now,
Lister said. If your best player can
come out and shoot 60 percent from
the field then youre going to be
successful.
Baker also out-rebounded
Graceland 48-27, including 12 on the
offensive glass. The Wildcats shot
18-28 from the free-throw line for a
sluggish 64 percent.
For whatever reason we continue
to struggle at the free-throw line,
Lister said. Sixty-four percent is
nothing to get excited about.
The Wildcats will now go to battle
with the second-seeded Benedictine
College Ravens at 7 p.m. tonight in
Atchison. Both times the teams met
this season, the games were close and
physical.

Bottom line is (Benedictine is) a

good basketball team and we are going
to need to be ready to go, Lister said.
Benedictine knocked off Baker
77-73 at the Collins Center on Jan. 8
after a 26-point performance from the
conferences top player, junior Chayla
Ruttledge. Ruttledge hit every shot
down the stretch to defeat Baker.
They execute really well; theyre
well coached, Lister said. We have
to be really attentive to what were
doing defensively and we cant break
down because they know how to take
advantages of those types of things.
Baker returned the favor in
Atchison on Feb. 12 when the Wildcats
defeated the Ravens 63-57. Baker shot
51 percent from the field to go along
with the teams best overall finish of
the season.
We still have unfinished business
to take care of, Lister said. Were
focused on beating Benedictine not
just because we dont like them and we
want to beat them. We want to win the
conference tournament.
The environment will be lively at
Ralph Nolan Gymnasium in Atchison
and the students in the Pit will be
in the ears of the Wildcats on every
possession. A win should put the
stamp on the Wildcats ticket to the
NAIA tournament as well as a berth in
the conference finals.
I think we should be in after we
won (Wednesday), Lister said. We are
the top three in our league and weve
proved that, yet again, by being in the
semifinals with 21 wins, weve beaten
top 25 competition and we have no
bad losses.
Lister is excited about his teams
chances in Atchison.
Hopefully we are clicking on all
cylinders and playing well, Lister said.
Its going to be a lot of fun to go over
there and knock them off in their own
gym.

Senior Kyrstie Ehm

The womens
basketball team
is heading to the
semifinals of the
HAAC tournament
with a 9-game
winning streak

Number of consecutive
seasons the Wildcats have
won 20 or more games
under coach Ben Lister

Number of blocks
for two-time
HAAC Defensive
Player of the
Year junior Macy
Wallisch. Wallisch
ranks second
in the NAIA in
rejections

74
Number of
assists for junior
Ericka Simpson
on the season.
Simpson leads
the Wildcats
with 2.6 per
game

Junior Ericka Simpson

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

Theater turns ordinary to extraordinary in musical

Steven Stendebach
STAFF WRITER

cried once during a rehearsal. They were singing

about helping the elderly. It was very touching, and
the actors really portray the passion for what their
characters are doing.
The Baker Theater Department is performing
Theater students are not the only ones excited for
Working, the musical adaption of Studs Terkels
the production. Assistant Professor of English Marti
noniction book of the same name, at 7:30 p.m.
Mihalyi has taught the book to various classes over
tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, in Rice
the past few semesters, and is using the musical as a
Auditorium.
way to further her students understanding.
The musical depicts the career experiences of
When I found out that Baker was producing the
different workers often taken for granted in todays
musical, I was excited to the core, Mihalyi said. I am
society. Freshman Sarah Queen plays a receptionist
thrilled partially for personal reasons,
and sings in the chorus.
but also because my students will be
The show is in the form
It was really eyeusing that as a textbook.
of an interview, Queen said.
opening. I almost cried
Mihalyi teaches the book in both
These different people tell
once during a rehearsal
basic
and advanced composition
about their jobs and what
... It was very touching,
courses.
She believes that the lessons in
that entails. You take away
and the actors really
the
book
are relevant to students of all
knowledge about what people
portray the passion for
levels.
do every day and about the
what their characters are
This book is a gift to all writing
trivial, seemingly meaningless,
doing.
students, Mihalyi said, adding that they
things that really do matter.
-Junior Chelsie Pyatt
will encounter voices they will never
In the course of a 24forget and consider what it means to be
hour workday, the audience
a worker in America. This book teaches empathy.
meets various workers, including stone masons,
Mihalyi believes that by teaching Working
waitresses, iron workers and even prostitutes, and
she is not only helping her students but also the
hears their stories. MTI credits the show to be one
students who are performing the show.
of the most accessible, relevant and substantive
I see the incorporation of the book into my three
musicals ever created.
courses as a deliberate gift to BU actors, Mihalyi said.
Junior Chelsie Pyatt, the shows spotlight
Because many of my students from two semesters
operator, could feel the emotion of the show from
will attend, those actors will have a larger, more
the stage crews perspective.
deeply informed audience for their performance.
It was really eye-opening, Pyatt said. I almost

Sophomore Madison Wendt and senior Jillian Miller bust a

move during a scene. Photo by Lexi Loya

Junior Morgan Giudicessi portrays a stay-at-home mom who, in

this scene, sings about her life and her everyday duties. Photo
by Lexi Loya

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Seniors poem Root to be published

Heidi Jo Hayen
STAFF WRITER

Each semester, Assistant Professor

of English Marti Mihalyi gives her
students a self-titled fake assignment
for which they do not receive credit.
Mihalyi says the point of it is for
students to be challenged beyond
their normal class work. Senior Carly
Berblinger took the assignment to
heart and it paid off.
Berblingers poem entitled Root
was accepted for publication by the
Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, an annual

Senior Carly Berblingers poem titled Root

was chosen to be included in the Sigma Tau
Delta Rectangle, an annual literary journal.
Photo by Madie Armoneit

journal that publishes literary nonfiction, fiction and poetry. Sigma Tau
Delta is an honors society for English
majors.
I feel really honored to share work
at any capacity, because language is a
really powerful thing, Berblinger said.
Berblinger said she first heard
about the magazine in an advanced
poetry workshop class she took her
freshman year. Mihalyi is the sponsor
for Baker Universitys Epsilon Sigma
chapter of Sigma Tau Delta.
Berblinger said that Mihalyi
encouraged her to submit poetry to
the magazine. Mihalyi said that it was
Berblingers follow-through with the
fake assignment that got her to this
point.
One of the things I most love
about Carly is her humble demeanor,
but I thought she definitely needed
someone beyond her Baker professor
to give further recognition, Mihalyi
said.
Root is about Berblingers
connection with the Great Plains and
how she loves home but sees herself
leaving. Most of her poetry is about
people and their connections with
their surroundings, and a lot of it is
also about nature.
Its kind of funny that they picked
Root because I have actually revised
it since sending it in, Berblinger said.
I mainly just changed the formatting,

but still, I thought there was room for

improvement and they liked it the way
it was.
Along with her poem being
published, Berblinger was also
asked to read her poem and
another selection of her choice at
the Sigma Tau Delta International
2015 conference on March 18-21 in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. She still has
not decided on what else she wants to
read at the convention, however, she
looks forward to sharing her work.
Berblingers success as a poet
could be attributed to opportunities
she has been given while at Baker. She

Root

Warm winds broke over

my mothers body, round
and arced as the waning harvest
moon. I began in a sea of dust
and stagnant September heat,
endless and thick.
My hair grew in tufts
those first months. Thin
and gold like foxtail barley
across my scalp. Years later,
my mother would tell me I grew
from the backyard.
Just sprouted up
right there among the grasses.
My mother joking, pulling bottlebrush
from my pockets.
Our chicks lived in the kitchen
during the spring of my first grade

taught a poetry workshop class at the

Topeka Womens Correctional Facility
as her senior seminar project. She had
previously participated in Associate
Professor of Sociology Jacob Buchers
Inside-Out Prison class taught at the
same facility.
The women who participated
in the workshop responded very
well to Carly in both her design of
the workshop and to her teaching/
leadership style, Bucher said. She
earned the respect of the class due to
her expertise with poetry and with her
interpersonal skills.
year. Their wing fuzz became
feathers and I watched
as they learned to fly
from their cardboard box
on the floor. I wanted
to be them: growing, gone.
Today I am twenty-one,
a number too big
for hands and toes,
and the farmhouse is
someone elses. I return
to dirt roads, the few square miles
of this town. Made here
in the dust I was a tiny
root. And yet I was
undone. A tiny root
still, I am burning
beneath this orange dusk.

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Parting Shot

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

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