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BLACKLIVES

MATTER

The millennial generationconsists of Americansborn between theearly 1980s & theearly 2000s (& their social media

profiles).

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Bernie Sanders

says freecollege for all,but is that thebest idea?

Baker has recentlyadded a politicsclub.

A co-founder of themovement encouragesothers to speak up.

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#BLACKLIVESMATTER

DORY SMITHSTAFF WRITER

Opal Tometi grew up as part of a Nigerian

family in Phoenix, Arizona, battling with racialprofiling, and she saw her little brother develop

low self esteem because of his skin color and hair

texture.

“I knew at that point that I had to do

something,” Tometi said. “Even though I was a

high schooler, I knew something was woefully

awry when this perfect young child would think

that something could be wrong with him.”

Tometi is now a dedicated activist and co-

creator of a viral Twitter hashtag and movement,

#BlackLivesMatter. She spoke on Feb. 24 at the

Lied Center in Lawrence.

Soon after witnessing these problems, Tometi

became involved in social justice clubs, and in

2013 the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the

shooting death of Trayvon Martin inspired the

hashtag BlackLivesMatter.

“So many of us, myself included, felt like we

were punched in the gut,” Tometi said. “It was

almost like a cloud among us where we just knew

something terrible had happened and that if we

didn’t do something about it, that this was going

to mark our generation.”

Without Twitter and other social media

networks, this powerful movement might not

be as relevant as it is today. Tometi believes

that social media is definitely not the answer

to intense racial issues, but instead it provides

an outlet for exploring possibilities and helpingdisplay ignorance.

“We’re told to be color blind, and it’s a myth,”

Tometi said. “We’re told overwhelmingly to be

quiet about race and racism, more importantly.”

As the hashtag continues to expand, other

variations such as #AllLivesMatter have been

created.

“We continue to say all lives matter,” Tometi

said. “But the fact is, all lives don’t matter, we

know that.”

After traveling across the globe,

Tometi says that people are inspired

and have been waiting for this

movement.“Our culture, our policies, our

economics impact the entire globe,”

Tometi said. “It’s actually important

that we understand how dire it is

to have all of our brothers, sisters

and allies deeply invested in this

movement because ultimately it’s

about multi-racial democracy that

works for all of us, and when black

lives matter, we know that all lives

will matter, and this will have a

ripple effect not only in the United

States but quite literally across the

globe.”

As she spoke, a Martin LutherKing quote, “Our lives begin to end the day we

become silent about the things that matter,” was

shown on the screen.

Tometi believes this quote captures the

essence of why consistency and hard work are

vital in racial justice affairs.

“The only thing that makes us extraordinary is

that we’re engaged in the work.”

Tometi strongly believes that during these

times, we don’t have a choice but to get involved.

“You’re either with the movement or not,”

Tometi said. “In periods like this, you do not get to

be neutral.”

She stressed that the passion, input and

investment of all nationalities and genders are

important in the growth of the #BlackLivesMatter

movement, regardless of how uncomfortable it

may be.

“For folks who have been sitting on the

sidelines, who have been thinking ‘they’re going to

handle it, it’s only about them so I’m not going to

get involved,’ it’s actually about you, too,” Tometi

said. “We can’t tolerate your frailty. We literally

have black boys and black girls dying because of

your frailty and your inability to deal with the

facts.”

Some students, including University of Kansas

junior Morgan Linder, left with an altered mindset

of their role in social justice.

“I can do more as a white ally,” Linder said.

“Outside of just supporting the words and actions

of my friends, but I can actually do something to

help fight white supremacy and other things that

are affecting these communities.”

Mungano President and senior Lauren

Allen Brown also provided insight on Tometi’s

discussion of neutrality.

“You can’t be supportive sometimes,” Brownsaid. “This movement needs supporters all of

the time, but we also have the keep educating

ourselves and those around us.”

Tometi ended the discussion by having the

audience recite a powerful quote by Assata Shakur

that is often chanted at rallies:

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is

our duty to win. We must love and protect one

another. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

Co-founder challenges those who stay silent

Opal Tometi is the co-founder of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Duringher speech on Feb. 24 at the Lied Center in Lawrence, she told the audience,“You’re either with the movement or not. In periods like this, you do not get tobe neutral.” | Photo by Dory Smith

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Posler to become president at Ohio CollegeBRENNA THOMPSON

STAFF WRITER

Baker University will soon say goodbye to

Provost Brian Posler, who will be making the

transition to his new position as president of Lake

Erie College in Painesville, Ohio.

Posler said he will begin his transition

away from Baker at the beginning of May.

However, since he has accumulated additional

responsibilities, he isn’t aware of who will fill all

of those roles.

“It would be an unusual configuration to go

out and say we need somebody who is good in all

these different places,” Posler said. “My guess isthey will move some duties around a little bit.”

Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and

Sciences Martha Harris has worked closely with

Posler for the past few years and said she will

miss his guidance and leadership.

“I don’t think we can do without a dean of the

college, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we have

some interim folks helping out until that search is

conducted,” Harris said.

She and Posler said there is still plenty of time

to work out the mechanics in his absence, and the

faculty at Baker is more than capable of finding a

suitable candidate to fill his positions.

“I believe that the administration is still

working on a plan for the near future as well as for

the search for a permanent replacement,” Harris

said.

However, this is no easy feat as Posler’s role as

provost was one of many different jobs.

“When I arrived, they decided to combine

the dean of the college of arts role with the vice

president of academic affairs role,” Posler said.

“In more recent times, they added the functions of

enrollment and student affairs to this position.”

President Lynne Murray has been aware

of Posler’s presidential opportunity for many

months. She gives Posler and his family bestwishes as they begin this journey. She is

confident in the faculty’s abilities as this shift in

responsibilities takes place.

“Baker University prides itself on the talent and

expertise of its faculty and its students,” Murray

said. “We are so blessed to have among us some of

the nation’s best and brightest.”

Even though Posler will be leaving in June,

Murray plans to keep him involved in the decision-

making processes throughout this semester.

“I will be working with Brian and with

university stakeholders on an interim plan to

transition his responsibilities while developing

a long-term one best suited to advance the

university,” she said .

However excited Posler may be in his

upcoming role as president, he still made known

his gratitude toward Baker University and the

opportunities he was able to fulfill in his time

here.

“I have treasured my colleagues and my

students,” he said. “I will miss the folks here

dearly.”

BRENNA THOMPSONSTAFF WRITER

The national government has granted the stateof Kansas extra funding reserved for victims of

violent crime, in turn giving the Sexual Trauma

and Abuse Care Center in Lawrence a chance to

expand its office.

This funding allows the center to incorporate

the position of a campus advocate for colleges

across Jefferson, Franklin and Douglas counties.

The center serves as a resource for survivors of

sexual assault and sexual violence.

Beginning in February, campus advocate Kristin

Redding is on BU college grounds as a source of

comfort and emotional support for any victims

and survivors of sexual misconduct.

“A lot of times after a sexual assault has

happened people don’t know what to do or what

comes next. So my role is to help them navigate

that process and help allow them to heal after it,”

Redding said.

She will be available in her office, room 201 in

the Long Student Center, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on

Thursdays, or by appointment. The care center

also has 24 hour crisis line (785) 843-8985.

“All our services are free and confidential,”

Chrissy Heikkila, the care center’s executive

director, said. “It all stays with us. We have free

therapy and support groups.”

Most students believe Baker’s smaller size

helps with student safety.

“The [University of Kansas] is so big so I feelikes there’s a greater chance for rape or anything

ike that to occur,” Emily Easum, a transfer

student, said. “It feels more secure at this campus

because it’s a smaller community.”

However, Dean of Students Cassy Bailey said,

“It does happen here, and I think one of the

complicating issues here is that everybody knows

everybody.”

Bailey said students are scared to get someone

in trouble or be talked about, so they keep quiet.

Now they have a safe place to go that is not

affiliated with campus policies of reporting.

Redding said the easiest way to break down

barriers is to be on campus. Her goal is for

“more people to be aware of the service and havesomeone know they have people to call if they

need support.”

Since the services are client-centered, Heikkila

said it is all based on what the client wants and

needs.

“It can be a 5-minute call or years of support,”

Heikkila said.

Bailey wants Baker to be a place where victims

are supported and given resources.

“I don’t want us to be quiet about it. I want us

to prevent it and educate against it,” Bailey said.

“We take sexual misconduct incredibly serious.”

The center plans to reach out to fraternities,

sororities and other groups on campus to spread

the word about the available new services.“I think care centers are definitely needed for

women and men’s safety,” Easum said .

Both Redding and Heikkila said they are willing

to do everything they can to make survivors

comfortable.

“You can come to my office in Baldwin or

Lawrence,” Redding said. “I can meet you at night.

I just want to be available for anyone who needs

it.”

Care center offers supportfor sexual assault victims

Provost Brian Posler, shown here during his rst BU convocationin October of 2012, will be leaving Baker at the end of thespring 2016 semester to become president of Lake Erie

College in Painesville, Ohio.

Graphic by Taylor Schley


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mykaela crossASSISTANT EDITOR

The stone building looks just like any other

building on campus. With obvious wear and

tear, it is clear the building has aged. At the east

end of campus, tucked away behind a corner,

its existence and significance remain unknownto much of the Baker community. Although it is

one of the few campus buildings many students

do not even know exist, the Old Castle Museum

building was actually the very first university

structure in Kansas.

Walking through the entrance before the

venture into the past begins, visitors are greeted

by a smile from University Archivist and Museum

Director Sara Decaro. Immediately, the historic

value can be found in the artifacts that track the

history of Baker.

Now re-opened to the public from 1 to 4:30

p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, the Old Castle

Museum is filling in the pieces to Baker’s past.

As the museum’s director, Decaro is overjoyed

to see the building open to the public. For

her, the historic value and potential learning

opportunities the museum holds are well worth

the effort of tidying up the 158-year-old building.

“The history of the university, Methodist

church and the state are all intertwined, and

so I really wanted to reflect that in all of these

exhibits,” Decaro said.

Originally called “The College Building,” Old

Castle Museum has since been used as a museum

for historic artifacts relating to the histories

of Kansas, Baker and its ties to the Methodist

church. For the past five years, however, the

building has been used partly for storage, a fact

Decaro was eager to change.

“We have a lot of goals for the museum,”

Decaro said. “We have the idea of having students

plan exhibits and help with other things like

that, and eventually we would like to open up the

second floor for exhibits.”

In order to draw in visitors, the Old Castle

Museum opened its doors for an open house on

Jan. 28. The event was to raise awareness and

funds for the museum’s future. For Decaro, it was

a major success.

“I was really happy with the turnout, actually.

I saw more people than I expected. We had about

55 people come, which is great. I’ve seen both

people I know and people I don’t know,” Decaro

said. “There’s been everyone from local folks,

faculty and staff to students and volunteers, so

pretty much people from the whole community.”

According to Decaro, museum visitors have

not only enjoyed seeing it open again, but are

appreciative of the new look and exhibit. One

visiting gentleman even

went as far as to tell her

that it looks better than it

had the last time he had

been inside the building,

and that was more than 30

years ago.

“Reactions have

been overwhelminglypositive. Everyone has

been so very friendly and

complimentary, which

makes me pretty happy.

I’ve never put together an

exhibit before, so this was a

challenge,” Decaro said.

While in the museum,

visitors are transported

into a variety of time

periods and subject

matters -- with information

on everything

from the history of

Kansas beginningjust before the

Civil War, through

the rise of Baker

University and

the Methodist

church, to the more

familiar realm of the

contemporary.

Because Decaro

thoroughly enjoyed

putting the displays

together, she could

not pick a favorite part of the museum, but she

was particularly interested in the early history

of Baker. She also enjoyed learning that the OldCastle Museum has particular artifacts that

neighboring museum have shortages in.

“One thing I found out that was really cool

was the Native American artifacts,” Decaro said.

I had someone from Douglas County come in and

she was talking about the Watkins Museum in

Lawrence, and they only have one or two Native

American pieces, while we have more.”

Putting together the museum came with a

few challenges, Decaro admits, even if they were

challenges she relished in overcoming. The most

challenging element was deciding which artifacts

to display, and where to display them. She knew

she wanted the display to be in chronological

order; however, making everything fit seamlesslywas harder than expected.

Though the museum is now open on the

weekends, Decaro finds that there is still a long

way to go in terms of achieving her goals for the

museum, and plenty of obstacles are on the road

ahead.

“There’s a lot of organization that needs to

happen. The second and third floors are basically

storage right now, so they need a lot of work,”

Decaro said. “Not to mention running a museum

can be costly, and we don’t have a big budget.”

Regardless of the task ahead, Decaro believes

the work will be worth the benefits the museum

can bring to campus.

“Several history students have written

papers on artifacts here in the museum, so it has

academic value on campus as well,” Decaro said.

Now that the museum is open, Decaro hopes to

see the number of student visitors grow, believing

that the Old Castle Museum has the potential to

help students during their time at Baker.

“We really hope students will come by,

whether they’re interested in history, simply

getting out of the dorms or even working on aresearch project,” Decaro said . “And we’re always

happy to accept volunteers.”

Anyone interested in visiting the Old Castle

Museum can visit during the weekend hours at

511 Fifth Street in Baldwin City.

Old Castle Museum now exhibiting new life

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claire sullivanSTAFF WRITER

Thanks to a new campus organization, junior

Michaela Jamison says she finally understandshow the government and elections work.

Jamison, who is the president of the new Baker

University Politics Club, said the purpose behind

the club is “to spark an interest about politics

again and to educate our generation so we can

make a difference.”

The Politics Club began to meet informally

in November and was just approved by

Student Senate to become an official university

organization.

The club meets weekly at 7 p.m. on Thursdays

in a conference room in the Long Student Center.

There are seven dues-paying members, but

anybody can attend the meetings and participate

in events.

Baker Politics Club holds meetings to talk

about current political issues, parties andpoliticians. The club has a variety of goals,

including:

■ getting Baker students interested in politics

■ studying candidates’ positions

■ providing voter information

■ hosting guest speakers

■ raising awareness of international issues

■ attending international awareness events

Jamison said the club motivates her because

she wants “to change the way our generation

views politics.”

Senior Vice President Andrew Meinking said

he joined “because I think forming a politics club

on campus would be a good way to bring people

together and allow people to learn and express

their political ideas.”

Assistant Professor of International StudiesRyan Gibb is the club’s sponsor.

“I want them to have a good time, but I want

them to also deepen their understanding of how

they become active citizens, so that no one is

intimidated in doing anything in the body (of)

politics or asking more questions or demanding

more things from their representatives,” Gibb

said.

Jamison said she hopes to show that “politics

aren’t scary,” and that she wants to help prepare

her generation to make ginormous imprints on

America’s future.

New club sparks interest in politics

Graphic by Kayla Kohn


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EDITORIAL

Many countries around the world offer a

free college education. In places like China,

France, Germany and Brazil, students are

able to attend college without the burden of

lifelong debt that students in America face.

The idea of being free from debt straightout of life’s gate sounds perfect, but is free

college really too good to be true?

As students, we understand that the

possibility of free higher education in

America would be a dramatic change and

would require a major re-evaluation of state

and federal inances. Even so, shouldn’t we

become a larger part of the conversation?

There’s no question that when it comes

to the effects inancing has on American

students, things look fairly bleak, and the

debt that accrues is a detriment to students’

futures. Search social media sites, such as

Facebook, and anyone can see countless

memes regarding the chains of debt collegeeducation shackles students with.

During Bernie Sanders’ recent campaign

rally in Kansas City, he asked those in the

crowd if they had any student debt. The

question created an uproar. Many people

voiced their opinions by yelling and waving

their hands.

“In America, people should not be

punished for getting a higher education,”

Sanders said.

Sanders believes that the way to

accomplish this is to tax the “Wall Street

speculation.” He said the federal government

bailed out the Wall Street banks around

2008, nearly crashing the economy. He

thinks that it is the large banks’ time to pay

for what they have done.Should our government follow Sanders’

suggestion? There are several potential

beneits to free higher education. Every

citizen might have an opportunity for a

higher-paying job, people would have more

money to spend and, theoretically, the

economy would see a boost. Everyone would

supposedly have the same opportunity at

achieving success, the American dream of a

white picket fence and 2.5 children. Still not

sounding too good to be true?

While we’re all for change, there is

obviously a reason our government hasn’t

already toppled the status quo, and we argue

that one major obstacle is capitalism. Themore expensive the school, the higher the

prestige, and the more that education is

worth, literally and in the eyes of employers.

Even here at Baker, we pride ourselves in

knowing there’s a reason we pay what we do

for our education. We take pride in knowing

that Baker graduates go higher.

So what would have to change? There

would have to be more cooperation between

the government and schools. Private

education would have to become an entirely

different animal, or every school would, in a

way, be private.

But, there’s another problem many

college students fail to recognize. In

countries like France, where higher

education is free, achieving the highacademic standards necessary for higher

education is dificult. In America, if our

ideology toward education remains the

same, it will be next to impossible for

students to get into colleges worth anything,

as students would have to earn a place in

prestigious schools by doing well during

their younger scholastic years.

If you look at today’s young Americans,

many consider school to be at the bottom

of their everyday priority list. We fear

that if the status quo is changed too

quickly, it could actually result in fewer

students at the college level, and isn’t that

counterproductive?There are certainly pros and cons to

free higher education, but we ind that a

solution, or a compromise, could be possible

if only the question took more precedence in

today’s political world.

Though a resolution may be years away,

we believe more colleges and students

should be taking a stand on the issue,

whether they agree or not with Bernie

Sanders’ notion that we could actually make

it work in a capitalist society.

In the last couple of years, many

publications that encourage healthy

lifestyles have sometimes redirected

their focus from sharing weight-loss

secrets to glamorizing plus-size

models, thus encouraging girls

and women to embrace their

flaws and imperfections.

Recently Sports Illustrated has

been receiving nationwide attention

from the release of its annual

swimsuit issue. The February issue

used three different cover models:

Ashley Graham, Ronda Rousey

and Hailey Clauson. Graham, the

magazine’s first plus-size cover

girl, weighs 166 pounds and is a

size 14. She is also becoming one

of the media’s newest body image

advocates.

As a “plus-size” model, Graham

presents herself with poise and

confidence regardless of her

audience. It would be in the best

interest of publications such as

Sports Illustrated and Glamour

magazine to highlight her words

and what she represents to the

public eye, which is a beautiful

woman with the same potential to

be a cover model as someone of asmaller size.

In the United States today, an

emerging generation is obsessed

with playing sports, being in

shape, looking healthy and losing

weight, which is often the audience

that publications such as Sports

Illustrated, People and Glamour

appeal to. With the help of Sports

Illustrated and other companies

such as Lane Bryant, Graham has

been able to capture the attention of

millions of people around the world,

especially those who struggle with

body image.

Today in the United States,

distorted body image is a problem

that is often linked with eating

disorders. In 2015 the Eating

Disorder Hope organization

reported that 50 percent of female

college students use unhealthy

weight control behaviors to control

their bodies, and this number only

continues to grow.

As a college student who has

struggled with an eating disorder

throughout my life, I know that

media have a heavy influence on

perceptions. College can be stressful.

We worry about avoiding the

freshman 15, making new friends,

getting good grades and keeping

up with classes. We may not always

think about how those worries can

impact our mental health. Public

advocates like Graham speak

about how women should embrace

themselves and their abilities. It

is important to be influenced by

positivity and encouragement.

With the dangers of eating

disorders becoming more obvious

to society, it may be a sign of

progress that some media outlets

such as Sports Illustrated have

started using plus-size, curvy

models as campaign tools and

positive role models for women.

Mainstream media outlets should

expand these efforts to change the

way that women are portrayed

and recruit more positive body

image advocates and role models.

Graham is only the beginning of

projecting awareness to the public

through popular publications

and advertisements. Soon, being

classified as plus or petite will no

longer be a shameful comparison,

but instead will be embraced as

socially acceptable.

TO FREE, OR NOT TO FREE

Sports Illustrated gets a plus-sized remodeling

madison armoneit

the debate over free college


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At the beginning of every semester,

here is the internal debate of

purchasing textbooks. First deciding

whether you even need the book, then

canning websites and bookstores to

ind the best price. Even with the many

people I see on campus with laptops and

ablets, I still see plenty of textbooks.When digital books irst became

accessible, many people thought the

physical book would become a relic of

he past. In the United States, however,

ales of physical books have seen a

omeback in 2015, compared to 2014.

Physical books may always be around,

no matter how much technology pushes

or change and dominance among

eaders.

When kids irst learn to write, they

have alphabet books, and for many that

dedication to physical learning stays

with them.

With used books, a reader may

ind one that has been annotated orhighlighted. That person, especially

a student, now has a whole different

view on the book thanks to someone

else’s markings. You can’t get that

same experience with a PDF ile that

is new every time you download it.

Manufacturers don’t make “used” PDF

iles.

E-readers and digital books aren’t

all bad. They are instantaneous, so a

student can’t use the excuse that it hasn’t

arrived in the mail yet. Also, they are

much lighter than the 500 page math

book in your backpack that you’ve

looked at once. Best of all might be the

fact that no matter how hard you try, you

can’t get a papercut from an iPad.

Convenience is key when it comes

to digital books, but it might be too

convenient. As an analogy, if a person

were to write his/her signiicant other alove letter but decided to type it out and

send it via email, the recipient would

feel a very different sentiment than

someone who received a handwritten

letter. No, not all books are synonymous

with love letters, but we place more

importance on physical paper than

words on a screen.

Documents that America’s history

are written on don’t hold the same

importance when converted into a word

document or media ile. Sometimes

if something isn’t physically there, it

can be easily forgotten, and in a lot of

cases, (at least with my old homework

assignments) information can be deleted

and just like that, it no longer exists.

I ind it extremely dificult to read an

article on the internet and interpret it

just off the screen. Any article I need to

analyze I have to print out and highlight

and underline to get a full picture ofwhat the article is saying. Scrolling down

a page with a brightly lit screen full of

words is not a way I can learn. Maybe I

haven’t had enough experience doing

so, but why start now when I’ve made it

almost 20 years without it?

Many people have converted to

digital books and are content, both with

their reading material and with the extra

money saved in their pockets. However,

I will always ind a library stocked with

leather bound books and that smell of

rich mahogany more impressive than an

Amazon Kindle library.

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Do you think free college

is a realistic idea?

“No, I think it sounds

good on paper, but it’s

not realistic. We’d have

to raise taxes so much ...

The cost outweighs the

beneits.”

“It’s a good idea, but it’s

far-fetched. I would like

for it to happen, but it

seems like a long shot.

However, I’ll take a free

college education from

Bernie any day.”

“No, if everyone gets it for

free then what happens

to everyone who works

hard for scholarships? ...

Wouldn’t the standard go

down for college?”

Kena metzgerfreshman

Knute holden junior

matt maumalangasenior

Digital vs. Physical: Which textbook version is better?

CDC links pregnancy to alcohol consumptionWhen many Americans think

about college, one of the irst things

to come to mind is partying. Movies

often portray college as a time when

students party and drink as much

alcohol as they can, especially for

the under-agelings because it makes

us super cool ( just kidding, because

we’re all good Americans who follow

the law, right?).

Alcohol is ingrained into American

life. Ever heard of Las Vegas? A wholecity dedicated to alcohol and gambling.

And don’t forget about prohibition.

That was a jazzy time.

But hold on to your whiskey bottles,

ladies, because the Center for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) just

published an infographic proclaiming

that “drinking too much can have

many risks for women” including

pregnancy and sexually transmitted

diseases.

So irst off, what’s this nonsense

about drinking too much can get a

woman pregnant or give her STDs?Alcohol has developed some magical

powers if it can suddenly get someone

preggo. I thought only the male species

could give the divine gift of pregnancy

or the divine curse of STDs? Apparently

scientists have developed some

alcoholic potion and now we don’t

need men to have babies! Isn’t that just

swell? All the feminists should get a

kick out of that.

Speaking of feminism, does the

warning sound a bit sexist, or is it just

me? True, the pregnancy risk doesn’t

exactly apply to men, but the other

risks which include injuries/violence,

heart disease, cancer, fertility problems

and STDs, do. So why single out

women? Maybe because this is a male-

dominated world, and anyone who

disagrees is naïve. Although women

have made substantial progress inequality, unfortunately we’re still not

quite there.

While I made jokes earlier about

alcohol suddenly being a pregnancy

potion, the CDC does give some good

points. Women who are pregnant or

intend to become so, shouldn’t drink

at all. Furthermore, no one should

drink excessively because that’s called

alcoholism and it’s bad and ruins

families and people’s lives. A drink, or

four, here and there, however, may be

ine if you’re of age. Sometimes people

need to unwind and let loose, as long as

they don’t make stupid decisions that

can lead to bad outcomes. People who

drink should be adults, at least that’s

what the laws says, so maybe the key

is to act responsibly when drinking

alcohol.

Women, and men (I add them inbecause I’m not sexist), rest easy.

Alcohol cannot get you pregnant or

give you an STD or physically harm

you. People who overindulge in

alcoholic drinks are the ones that cause

these risks, not alcohol itself. This isn’t

Harry Potter, and magic potions, like

alcoholic drinks that make women

pregnant, thankfully don’t exist.

BAILEY CONKLIN

LEXI LOYA


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the M ILLENNIAL GENERATION

REMEMBERwhen Miley Cyrus licked a

wrecking ball? Remember

when “High School Musical”

was the biggest love story of

your childhood? Remember

when the dance the “Cupid

Shuffle” became a thing, even

though we all hated it? These

iconic memories help definethe millennial generation.

“Our generation is

in just about everything,”

freshman Garrett Howland

said.

The millennial generation

consists of Americans born

between the early 1980s and

the early 2000s and their

social media profiles. We are

bold and radical, like Miley

Cyrus, and have an opinion on

almost everything.

Most Baker students define

the millennial generation as

DYNAMIC, CHANGING, DRIVEN,

YOUNG-AT-HEART, EMPATHETIC

AND INTROVERTED. Howland

added the description

“hashtagyouonlyliveonce.”

Many people believe

that technology defines the

millennial generation.

“Reliance on technology

and lack of fascination withnature is the plague of the

millennial generation,” junior

Andrew Emanuels said.

Millennials are tied to

technology, as we have our

and can’t go 20 minutes

without them. We are

constantly wanting to know

what the person across the

room posted on his or her

Snap story from last night, or

whether or not Kylie Jenner

changed her hair color again.

“Social media is the worst

aspect about our generation

because we are dependent

on it and don’t know how to

function without it,” Howland

said.

However, technological

advances in education

and medicine have helped

millennials.

“With major advancements

in the technology industry in

the last 25 years, millennials

know how to use technology

and are raised knowingnothing else,” Emanuels said.

According to the Pew

Research Center, millennials

are headed toward being the

most

generation in history. We are

pushed toward furthering

our education by going to

college and pursuing careers

that otherwise wouldn’t be

possible.

“I would say that most of

us students attend school for

the reason that the work force

today most often requires a

college education from you,”

Howland said.

However, even with all

of those academic degrees,

approximately 40 percent

of unemployed workers are

millennials, causing some

critics to rename millennials

as

Despite the lack of jobs,

there are many positive

attributes for members of the

millennial generation.

“The best part of our

generation is that we are not

afraid to think outside of the

box and to solve problems

that have gone unanswered

for many decades,” junior

Ashley Kroeker said.

One trait millennials

believe they have is the

power of change. Also, they

frequently attach themselves

to trends, whether it is

bringing back fashion such as

Converse and Birkenstocks or

boy bands like One Direction.

Millennials always change to

something new and adapt to

what’s popping in society.

“This generation is always

changing,” sophomore Carly

Triggs said. “I think that

scares older generations

because of how fast ourgeneration is able to move on

to the next best thing.”

However, millennials live

in a world where people say

you can never be too careful,

you should be cautious about

your surroundings, and you

should not trust people.

“Society tells us we can’t

walk alone in a parking lot

because we might get taken

advantage of or we shouldn’t

show off our body because it

might entice someone to think

we are consenting without

actually saying the words,”

Triggs said.

Millennials also constantly

worry about

drawn-on eyebrows,

the swimsuit body and

contouring. Many of us work

hard to conform to a certain

look, but we also fight for the justice of accepting others

who do not conform.

In addition, we have

become more accepting of

race and sexual orientation.

“Equality movements

have shaped millennials to

care about others without

distinction of sexual

identification, gender, race or

religion,” Emanuels said.

Ultimately, most of us in

the millennial generation want

to be recognized for having the

potential to change the world.

by Madison Dispensa

POLARIZED

PHONES GLUED

EDUCATED

“GENERATIONJOBLESS.”

THIGH GAPS,

One who is more interested ininstant gratification rather thanenjoying the process.

Someone who romanticizes goingoutside and doing things withfriends, but (we) grew up with thistechnology and because of it wesee things wrong with the world andwe tend to be very vocal about it.

Epic as usual

sophomore Kinsey Ford

freshman Blythe Smith

senior Sam Kendrick

As in a new generation, since wewere born into the tech age we aremore focused on texting others firstrather than going to see if they arethere. Instead of going someplaceand meeting new people, we texteach other and meet at a place anddon't interact with anyone else.

“

“

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“

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QUESTION:HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE

MILLENNIAL GENERATION?

BU STUDENTS DEFINE THEMSELVES - AGAIN

illustration by Kayla Kohn


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SENIOR MACY WALLISCH EARNED HEART DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEARFOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. Jami Hodge and Ericka Simpson earned secondteam all-conference honors and Kelsey Larson was honorable mention.

FRESHMAN OLIVIA BREES WAS NAMED HEART PITCHER OF THE

WEEK IN BACK-TO-BACK WEEKS. Sophomore Stephanie Cardonaalso earned a Heart Player of the Week honor.

Kyler Atwood is one of five Baker wrestlers competing at the NAIA nationalchampionships this weekend. | Photo by Khadijah Lane

1FOUR BAKER DANCERS EARNED NAIA ALL-AMERICANHONORS. Alison Prather, Allie Howland, Kaitlyn Stout and

McKenzie Kula were named All-American. The team will travel toDavenport, Iowa, for the NAIA National Invitational March 11-12.

FIVE BAKER WRESTLERS WILL COMPETE IN THE NAIA NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS this weekend. Tyler Dickman, Victor Hughes, ColbyCrank, Connor Middleton and Kyler Atwood qualified for the tournament.

THE MENʼS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM WON THE HEART INDOORCHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIFTH SEASON IN A ROW. First-year headcoach Ryan Pitts earned the 2016 Heart Indoor Menʼs Track and FieldCoach of the Year.

FRESHMAN CLAE MARTIN WAS NAMED HEART FRESHMAN OF THE YEARin menʼs basketball. Javeion Gray was named all-conference honorable mention.

4

Nathalia BarrASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

SENIOR ERICKA SIMPSON WAS NAMED TO THE COSIDA ACADEMICALL-DISTRICT COLLEGE DIVISION TEAM. Simpson is the first Baker basketball

player to earn a spot on the list.

ON APRIL 2, THE BAKER MENʼS AND WOMENʼS TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS WILL HOST THE BAKER RELAYS. Both teams are defending Heart

champions.

THE 2016 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE HAS BEEN RELEASED. Aug. 27 will be theWildcatsʼ home opener against Grand View.

THE MENʼS AND WOMENʼS GOLF TEAMS OPEN THEIR SEASONS MARCH25 IN MARYVILLE, MISSOURI. The women are three-time defending Heart

champions.

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10 Olivia Brees threw her first career no-hitter against McPherson on Feb. 27.| Photo by Khadijah Lane.

THINGS TO KNOW

ABOUT BAKER ATHLETICS10


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Jenna Black & Bailey ConklinSTAFF WRITERS

The softball team split its

doubleheader against the Bethany

Swedes on Tuesday in Baldwin City.

Back-to-back Heart of America Athletic

Conference Pitcher of the Week Olivia

Brees’ pitching put the Wildcats on top

with a 3-2 victory in game one, but the

Swedes rallied during the second gameand beat the Wildcats 19-10.

In the �irst game, Brees was able

to strike out 13 batters giving up only

two runs in the seven innings she

pitched. Junior Lucy Staats had two

RBIs and freshman Caitlin Hardgrove

had the other RBI for the �irst game.

Baker’s offense saw four total hits

in the �irst game, two from Staats,

one from Hardgrove and one from

Stephanie Cardona. Senior Jasmine

Stewart struck out 10 batters for

Bethany in game one.

The break between games was

met with laughter and good spiritsfrom the home side. Players conversed

while eating snacks and played games

on the �ield before the start of the next

game.

“I think that having fun and just

being relaxed and just chilling out,

taking a breather, dancing it out or

something, helps the team morale,”

freshman Rachel Wheeler said. “Also, it

just kept us warm, which helped.”

Wheeler believes the weather

played a factor during the games. Even

with practices being conducted in cold

conditions, Wheeler said it’s a “mental

game” when it comes to cold weathergames.

The second game of the day

brought pitching changes from both

teams. The Swedes scored three runs

in the �irst inning, and four different

Baker pitchers each gave up at least

four runs.

Bethany freshman Elizabeth

Endsley had a game-high �ive RBIs

followed by three RBIs from junior

Anna Crawford. Baker tied the game

5-5 in the third inning, but the Swedes

continued to hit, adding �ive runs in

the fourth inning.“We were always playing from

behind, and I think we were trying to

chase to catch up instead of moving

ahead,” Wheeler said.

After the �ifth inning, Bethany

led 14-7. Baker fought to catch up in

the sixth inning with three runs, but

Bethany �ired back with �ive runs in

the seventh inning. The ‘Cats never

gained a lead on the Swedes.

Cardona, Staats and Wheeler each

had 3 RBIs in the second game, and

Baker as a whole had 14 hits.

Last Saturday, the softball team

swept McPherson. Brees held theBulldogs hitless en route to a run-

rule win in the �irst game, and the

second game was won by sophomore

Stephanie Cardona’s walk-off double.

Brees took control by striking out

almost half of the batters she faced.

Brees says her go-to pitches change

daily, but she uses her screwball and

curveball frequently. Only walking two

batters during her no-hitter, Brees

seemed to improve on the consistency

of her pitches.

The Wildcats started the charge

abruptly as they scored four runs

in the �irst inning alone. The leadoffbatter, freshman Hannah Tolliver,

singled to center, followed by a single

from Hardgrove and another single by

Cardona. Staats �inished off the attack

with a double to center to make the

score 4-0.

Sophomore Allie Zahn led the team

with four RBIs and hit two doubles.

Two of Zahn’s RBIs came in the �ifth

inning that ended the game due

to run rule. Sophomore Teagan

Louthan pitched all seven innings in

game two, accumulating eight

strikeouts.The Wildcats play

today and Saturday

at the Friends

University

Invitational

in Wichita.

Baker plays

McPherson at 10 a.m.,

Oklahoma City at 2 p.m.

and Tabor at 4 p.m. On

Saturday the ‘Cats take

on Bacone at Noon

and York at 2 p.m.

LEVI BLAYLOCKSTAFF WRITER

The men’s and women’s indoor

track and �ield team will send six

athletes to the 51st Annual Men’sand 36th Annual Women’s NAIA

Indoor Track and Field National

Championships on March 3-5 in

Johnson City, Tennessee.

The four women’s athletes are

Kendal Holloman (pole vault), Alex

Garbarino (60-meter hurdles), Brenda

McCollum (3000-meter race walk) and

Caitlin Apollo (3000-meter race walk).

The two men’s athletes to compete

at nationals for Baker are Tyson

Robke (heptathlon) and Josh Peck

(weight throw).

“The key to having success at

nationals is not being intimidated by

the big crowds and great athletes,”

Robke said. “As long as you stick todoing what you have been successful

with, you will be �ine.”

The six athletes going have all been

to either indoor or outdoor nationals

before. This experience should help

the Wildcats earn some All-American

honors.

“It feels great to have another

chance to compete at nationals,”

Holloman said. “I’m excited to cheer on

my teammates and to vault at a new

place I have never competed at before.”

The indoor track and �ield nationals

have not been held in Johnson City,

Tennessee, since the 2010 season.

Baker is sending fewer athletes to

nationals this year than past years.

This is partially due to an ankle injury

that senior Avery Parker suffered in

the quarter�inals game of the 2015

football season. Parker had quali�ied

for nationals �ive times in his career.

“I’d say the best part of nationals

is getting to know some people on the

team you usually wouldn’t get to know

because the group is so much smaller,”

Parker said. “Also seeing some of thebest athletes in the NAIA perform is

amazing to watch.”

Both Peck and McCollum have

reached All-American status in the

past. Robke barely missed the cut

last year and has a great shot at All-

American this year.

“I think experience has a lot to do

with how you perform at nationals,”

Parker said. “Hopefully they all come

back All-Americans.”

A WINNING START

Indoor track athletes ready for nationalsFIRST HOME MEET

Track hosts the Baker Relayson Saturday, April 2, at Liston

Stadium.

Softball team opens season with 10-5 record

Junior outfielderSloane Brady


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The Baker Orange | Sportspage 12 march 4, 2016

Chad MullenSTAFF WRITER

The baseball team lost the opener but rallied

against Park University on Saturday, capping off

game two with a Marcus Jones walk-off single to

give the Wildcats a 3-7 record so far this season.The opening game of the doubleheader started

quickly for both teams, with the Pirates racking

up three runs in the �irst inning, and the Wildcats

striking back with a run in the �irst and two in the

second to reach a 3-3 tie heading into the third

inning. That’s when Park started to pull away, as

the �irst three Pirate batters reached base and Tim

Schaareman scored from second off of a Baker

error. Two batters later, Shane Boyer scored on a

passed ball, then Rafael Torres-Castillo scored on a

Jacob Watt single to put the Pirates up 6-3.

Senior Seth Jones had an up-and-down game

on the mound, giving up two three-run innings but

throwing two perfect innings and allowing just

one hit in the �ifth. He �inished the game with �ive

innings pitched and six runs, �ive earned.

After cutting the de�icit to 6-4 in the bottom of

the �ifth on Jamaal Rashad’s pinch-running efforts,

the Pirates went on another offensive barrage,

scoring four runs in the sixth to stretch the lead to

10-4. The Wildcats last-ditch effort in the seventh

fell short after runs by seniors Travis Johnson and

Cort Brennan.

Senior Charles Coleman led the Wildcats’

offensive effort in game one, going 3-4 with two

RBIs. He led all Baker batters with �ive hits on the

day. Other offensive highlights for Baker included

senior Gabe Greenbaum’s four RBIs, Coleman’s

three stolen bases, and senior Austin Bass’ triple ingame two.

Game one marked the Wildcats sixth straight

loss and dropped them to 2-7 on the season.

The Wildcats had a hot start in game two,

scoring the �irst three runs of the game in the

second inning. Bass’ leadoff triple led to him

scoring on a Jones double. Sophomore Sean Beal

then singled in a run, and Greenbaum grounded out

but advanced Beal to home.

The Pirates cut the Wildcats’ lead to 3-2 after a

strong third inning, but BU answered with a run of

its own to take a 4-2 lead after three innings.Park scored three runs over the next two

innings to take a 5-4 lead, including two runs in the

�ifth inning after starter Justin Bye was taken out

of the game, but Baker was able to tie it up at 5-5

when Greenbaum singled in Beal for his second run

of the game.

Jones sealed the game on a bases-loaded single

that brought home junior Tyler Cawley, improving

the Wildcats’ record to 3-7 and dropping Park’s

record to 9-5.

The Wildcats are scheduled to play thisweekend in a doubleheader against St. Ambrose at

Sauder Field.

Baseball splits doubleheader with Park

Chad MullenSTAFF WRITER

In his �irst year as the head coach of the Baker

University baseball team, Ryan Goodwin is happy to

be back in the area that he calls home.

“Growing up in the area was a big part of the

decision for me,” Goodwin said.

After playing his high school ball at Lawrence

High School, Goodwin attended Highland Community

College, about 75 miles north of Lawrence, before

ransferring to the University of South Dakota, where

as a closer, he holds the career record for saves.

Following his college career, Goodwin

mmediately went into coaching, serving �irst as an

assistant at Lawrence Free State High School, then

raveling the country as an assistant for six different

colleges, from junior college all the way up to the

NCAA Division I level at Jackson State University.

He received his �irst head coaching opportunity

n 2014 at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. It was at

Wiley where Goodwin learned more about Baker.

“We played Baker each of my two seasons

down there, and I saw that they had a lot of talent,”

Goodwin said. “When I had an opportunity to take

hat job and be close to home, I jumped at it.”

Upon his arrival, Goodwin was impressed with

he amount of on-campus support he received.

“I immediately got really good vibes from the

people here,” Goodwin said. “We don’t have all

of the resources in the world, or all of the bells

and whistles, but the administration is very

accommodating, and that makes for a great work

environment.”

He was also pleased with the character of his

players, both on the �ield

during a 3-7 stretch to start

the season, and off the �ield.

“In college sports in

general, you’ll usually have

some guys that have some

off-the-�ield issues,” Goodwin

said. “But no one is getting intotrouble here, and that is always

a good thing.”

Regarding matters on

the �ield, he noted that the

program continues to trend

upward.

“We know we are close.

We just have to learn from

our losses and find the

positives from these games in

order to take something constructive from them,”

Goodwin said.

One thing Goodwin knows he must work on is

establishing a winning atmosphere at Baker, where

the Wildcats �inished 2015 with a 17-33 record,

going 6-20 in conference play.

“I believe in the talent this team has,” Goodwin

said. “We just need to learn how to win. I believe it

is all in your mindset, and I purposely scheduled

tough teams in the non-conference to show these

guys what teams with that winning mentality look

like, and I think easing yourself into the conference

schedule can lead to poor results.”

Along with his win now mentality, Goodwin is

also adamant on adjusting to his players, rather than

having the players adjust to his coaching style.

“I love this group of guys,” Goodwin said. “We are

senior-dominant, and that can be a challenge for a

new coach coming in, but I think of it as a positive,

because I am not just trying to groom my guys.”

Senior Cort Brennan appreciates what his new

head coach has to offer.“He brings a new energy to the program,”

Brennan said. “Last year, it wasn’t always the most

positive atmosphere, and as a team we were sort

of going through the motions. (Goodwin) is a real

player’s coach.”

Translating that energy into victories would make

his return to Kansas even sweeter.

“I am glad to be back near my family and friends,”

Goodwin said. “I am also excited about what is

in store for this program. Once we get a taste of

winning, just a couple of victories or take a couple

of series in a row, I think that will create a snowball

effect and create an atmosphere of winning at Baker.”

Ryan Goodwin begins first season as head baseball coach

Freshman Jesse Hutmacher slides into home in the third inning of the second game against Park University at SauderField on Feb. 27. The Wildcats split the doubleheader. | Photo by Shelby Stephens

Ryan Goodwin is in his first year as the head coachfor the Baker baseball team. Goodwin came to Bakerafter two years at Wiley College in Texas. | Photo byKhadijah Lane


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JIM JOYNERSPORTS EDITOR

The No. 19 Baker wrestling team will send

five wrestlers to compete at the NAIA national

championships this weekend at the Kansas

Expocentre in Topeka. This will be the team’s first

rip to nationals under head coach Cody Garcia.

Seniors Colby Crank (157 pounds) and ConnorMiddleton (165 pounds), juniors Kyler Atwood

(197 pounds) and Victor Hughes (149 pounds)

and sophomore Tyler Dickman (141 pounds) will

represent Baker in Topeka. None of the five has

competed at the national championship level.

Baker has had a big presence in Topeka for the

past two national championships. Last season the

Wildcats also sent five wrestlers to nationals and

finished with three NAIA All-Americans. In 2014

former Baker wrestler Bryce Shoemaker became

he program’s first national champion. Shoemaker

now wrestles for the University of Nebraska at

Kearney Lopers.

The Wildcats finished third at their regional

qualifier in February at Missouri Valley College.Baker finished third behind four-time defending

national champion Grand View University and

second-place Missouri Valley. Grand View enters

he national championships at No. 1 in the NAIA

for the fifth consecutive season.

Baker’s wrestlers will face opponents from

Williams Baptist, Embry-Riddle, Montana State-

Northern and York in their opening matches.

Colby Crank is the only Wildcat that will receive

a first-round bye. These preliminary brackets are

still subject to change. There are 240 wrestlers at

his year’s championship, up 30 from last year.

Six different teams at this weekend’s

championships will represent the Heart of

America Athletic Conference. Graceland, Grand

View, Missouri Valley, Benedictine, William Penn

and Baker are all sending at least one wrestler to

Topeka.

The weekend’s events begin at 10 a.m. today

at the Expocentre. The event will feature four

sessions, leading to the championship rounds that

start at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Five wrestlers headed to NAIA championships

Jim JoynerSPORTS EDITOR

The No. 24 Baker women

beat Culver-Stockton 64-37 in

he Heart of America Athletic

Conference tournament

quarter�inals Thursday

night in the Collins Center.

The win pushes Baker into

he conference semi�inals at

Central Methodist on Saturday.

This is Baker’s fourth straight

appearance in at least the

onference semi�inals.

Baker’s defense held

Culver-Stockton to 21 percent

hooting from the �ield and

only one 3-pointer on seven

attempts. Baker’s shooting and

ebounding stymied Culver-

Stockton from getting withintriking distance in the second

half.

Culver made the long trip

o Baldwin City on Wednesday afternoon, as opposed

o driving the whole trip on Thursday and playing

with restless legs. Culver practiced in the Collins

Center on Wednesday night.

In the �irst quarter, Baker jumped out to a 13-2

ead, propelled by second-team All-Heart seniors

Ericka Simpson and Jami Hodge. But turnovers

allowed for Culver to get back into the game. CSC went

on a 9-0 run in the �inal minutes of the �irst quarter,

and Baker led 16-11.

In the second quarter Baker received help from

every player on the �loor. Three-time Heart DefensivePlayer of the Year senior Macy Wallisch proved why

she was deserving of that honor. Wallisch blocked �ive

shots in the �irst half and didn’t allow Culver to have

any presence inside. Nine BU players scored in the

�irst half with Hodge leading the Wildcats with eight

points. At halftime Baker led 29-21.

Baker started the second half on a 14-2 run into

the �inal minute of the third quarter. Culver struggled

to score, and Baker calmed down the turnovers

offensively. Baker dominated on the glass in the third

quarter with sophomore Sydney Buchel grabbing �ive

and Wallisch with four. At the end of the third quarter

Baker led 45-25.

BU continued to hit shots and all Culver-Stockton

could do was try and keep up for the �inal 10 minutes.

Culver’s 37 points were the

fewest allowed by Baker in

conference play this season.

Culver will now have to hope

for an at-large bid to the NAIA

national tournament.

Hodge led Baker with 14

points, eight rebounds and

four assists, and Simpson

�inished with eight points. The

NAIA’s best 3-point shooter,

junior Kelsey Larson, scored

seven points on only one

trifecta. Buchel �inished with

�ive points, nine rebounds and

three blocked shots. Freshman

Brooke McMillin came off the

bench in the fourth quarter

and scored 10 points.

Culver-Stockton was

without its best player, senior

Randi Lee Plunkett, whomissed the back half of the

month of February due to a

knee injury and was still named �irst team All-Heart.

Senior TJ Hart had been the next best thing to Plunkett

after her injury. Hart was averaging 13 points, �ive

rebounds and four assists per game in the �ive games

that Plunkett missed. Against Baker, Hart scored eight

points, all in the �irst half.

Also on Thursday, the No. 13 Central Methodist

Eagles beat Grand View 78-66 in the quarter�inals

to set up Saturday’s semi�inal game. CMU beat Baker

81-72 in Fayette, Missouri, on Jan. 6. Then on Feb. 10,

Baker led CMU in the �inal minutes in Baldwin City

but squandered the lead with turnovers and a lack of

rebounding and fell 68-63. Baker and CMU will tip offat 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Women open Heart tourney with blowout win

Senior Colby Crank, shown here during a 22-6 victory over Ottawa University’s Mark Smith, is one of five BU wrestlers whoqualified for the national championships. | Photo by Khadijah Lane.

Courtney Hoag takes on Culver- Stockton’s Katie Davis.Hoag finished with

six points and three rebounds | Photo by Shelby Stephens.


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March 4, 2016

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BU Theater Presents

Shakespeare’s

THE TEMPESTSarah Baker

ASSISTANT EDITOR

The newest play to grace the Rice

Auditorium stage will be The Tempest , a

Shakespearean comedy with a little bit ofeverything. The recent award-winning theater

students and their director are putting their

all into this performance with only a few

weeks of preparation.

“It’s been very stressful,” freshman Jason

Shipps said. “We’ve had four weeks to put

together a Shakespeare production. However,

it’s coming together, and I think everyone will

like what they see.”

The Tempest was one of the last plays

Shakespeare wrote and was probably the last

one in which he personally acted. The play

follows Prospero, a sorcerer, who creates

a tempest at sea and causes a shipwreck.

Prospero’s brother and usurper Antonio, the

Duke of Milan, and the King Alonso of Naples

are marooned in the shipwreck on Prospero’s

island. Prospero’s plan is to restore himself,

and his daughter Miranda to their rightful

places.

Associate Professor of Theatre Tom

Heiman, the play’s director, said they have

had to make atypical casting choices for this

production.

“We’ve had to cast some females in men’s

roles,” Heiman said. “And quite literally the

only female on stage is to be Miranda. Well,

in Shakespeare’s time a boy would have been

playing that part. So I feel no regret at all insaying, ‘I have had these excellent women

auditioning and then cast them in those roles.’

We’ve just cast the best person it for the role.”

Because of this atypical casting, Heiman

has changed a few of the characters’ names,

like Alsonso became Alonsa, and Gonzalo

became Gonzala.

Senior MacKenzie Sammons said that

Shakespearean plays are often more dificultto put on, but she believes this cast is more

than capable.

“Working with Shakespeare is always a

challenge,” Sammons said. “But I think we’ve

deinitely risen to the occasion and are going

to do a great job with such a good script and

great cast.”

Five years ago, Sammons saw her irst

Baker University theater production, A

Midsummer Night’s Dream, at a student

matinee on its opening day. Now in her senior

year, with two performances left before

her graduation, she feels her Baker theater

experience is coming “full circle.”

“It was the irst production I saw,”Sammons said. “And it was also the last time

the department had done a student matinee.

This is the irst show in ive years to have

a student matinee and a Shakespearean

play, which I am going to be involved in. It

is coming full circle, and it’s really exciting.

This department has gotten me ready for my

future, and it is nice to be able to look back

on the past and see how far we’ve come as a

department, and me as an individual.”

The Baker University theater production

of Shakespeare’s The Tempest opened with

a student matinee at noon and a 7:30 p.m.

performance on Thursday, March 3, in Rice

Auditorium. The show will continue running

at 7:30 p.m. on March 4 and 5 and will

conclude with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 6.

Top) Sophomore Destiny Bruno as Ariel, a spirit, enjoys playingpranks on the other characters. (Middle) Alyssa Glover as Mirandaonverses with Jason Shipps, who plays Prospero, her father. (Bottom)

Alyssa Glover is in shock by the actions of Ryan Bearrick, who playsFerdinand the Prince of Naples. | Photos by Khadijah Lane

Mykaela CrossASSISTANT EDITOR

The Music and Theatre Department

s featuring a variety of concerts

during the irst few weeks of March.n addition to the choir concert on

March 8, the Symphonic Winds and

azz Ensemble will be performing

n their concert, Out of This World ,

t 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Rice

Auditorium. Alongside the bands, a

maller Dixieland ensemble, Dixiecats,

will perform under Perez’s direction.

According to Perez, Dixieland is a form

f music that emerged in the 1920s,

nd it will be a “great change of pace”

rom the full big band.

While the Symphonic Winds theme

will be space, the Jazz Ensemble,

directed by Professor of Music J.D. Parr,

will not have an overall theme. Even

so, Parr inds that this set has several

fun and uplifting pieces, including twoworks by the group Earth, Wind & Fire.

Since the recent passing of the lead

founder the of group, Maurice White,

Parr thinks their selections are even

more appropriate.

“We’ve also got a famous, early

1960s funk tune called “Mercy Mercy,

Mercy” for Steven Stendebach, who has

been wanting to play this for years,”

Parr said. “I inally gave in.”

Junior Trevon Waddle, one of the

soloists being featured during the Jazz

Ensemble set, is most looking forward

to the Earth, Wind & Fire piece, “In the

Stone,” but believes the entire set is

something to be excited about.

“By the end of it, ultimately

everybody is going to be in a goodmood, and they’ll walk away happier

than when they came in,” Waddle said.

“Everyone has fun on stage, and it’s

really hard not to catch that fever.”

The Symphonic Winds portion of

the program, led by Director of Band

and Assistant Professor of Music Frank

Perez, will feature a space theme,

modeled after the two Star Wars

medleys the group will be performing.

Even though it is a break from the

norm for Perez to feature a cinema

score, he believes that with the sudden

rise in popularity and new release of

the seventh episode in the saga, there

will never be a better time to perform

something that is both nostalgic to

hear and entertaining to play.“Our students have been dying

to do Star Wars, so I gave it a lot of

thought,” Perez said. “It’s a movie that

I grew up with that is near and dear

to my heart, and it’s causing a lot of

excitement worldwide, so I thought it

would be a great chance to program

music students can be excited about.”

For an extended version of this article,

visit thebakerorange.com

Concert, jazz bands go ‘Out of this World’


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Abigaile RoordaSTAFF WRITER

Baker University voices will

join with those of the community

in One Voice: A Baldwin

Community Concert. The

performance will be at 7 p.m.

on March 8 in the Baldwin HighSchool Performing Arts Center.

“It’s a celebration of the town

and the university,” Director of

Choral Ensembles Cathy Crispino

said.

This concert will feature the

Baker University choirs, the

Baldwin High School choir and

the Baldwin Academy of Dance

and Voice.

“To me, it’s bringing a bunch

of people together who enjoy

singing and making music,”

junior Rachel Moore said. “The

more people you have singing

one piece of music, the bigger

the sound and the bigger the

response from the crowd.”

The choirs will feature adiverse mix of voices, from

children to senior citizens. This

concert has been organized by

the Baker University Department

of Music and Theatre.

“As a former choir member,

I really enjoy listening to the

variety of music they present,”

sophomore Victoria Cantrell

said, “and watching my own

friends express themselves

through song.”

Following this concert,

Crispino encourages students

and community members to join

the Baker University Community

Choir, which meets at 6 p.m. on

Thursday nights. The singers

will soon begin to prepare for

the spring concert in May.Last spring, the Baker

University bands held a similar

concert with the Baldwin High

School band. Crispino hopes

to continue this concert in the

future as the bands and the

choirs alternate each year.

“Coming to this concert

doesn’t just support the Baker

choirs,” freshman Sarah Herron

said. “It supports the community

of choirs in Baldwin.”

The Holt-Russell Gallery in

Parmenter Hall will have its doors

open for the Tommy White: Off

Kilter gallery show from now

hrough March 25.

White’s newest works are

about achieving life balance using

abstract works. White’s works, as

he writes in his artist statement,

“explore the relationship between

environment, psyche and balance.”

White hopes visitors have an

increased appreciation for the

artistic process and honesty,

“allowing yourself to explore

territories that are personal but

yet they dovetail to your own social

realm.”

White also hopes that visitors

can personally engage in his

artwork and understand his works

like a musician would understand a

composition.

Pieces in this collection are

composed of graphite and acrylic

on panel. White finished his

last piece for this collection in

December, but some of his oldest

pieces in the collection are from the

summer of 2013.

White has exhibited his works

in over 20 states and numerous

countries. After working in higher

education for almost two decades,

he recently refocused his attention

to his professional practice.

New gallery to feature the abstract art of Tommy White

Baker and Baldwin to join in concertMusic & Art in brief

MacKenzie Sammons’ Senior ProjectPresentation will be on 7:30 p.m. on April 2in Darby-Hope Theatre.

Dante Simmons’ Senior Brass Recital willbe held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11, inMcKibbin Recital Hall.

Kansas Music Educators Association: Agroup of music education students andmusic faculty attended the KMEA In-ServiceWorkshop, which was held in Wichita thisyear Feb. 25-27.

BU alumna Mariah Barnett was recentlychosen as the Kansas American StringTeachers Association String Teacher of theYear.


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Students react to the final round of “Love Is…” Bingo on Feb. 18 in Mabee Gym. The event was hosted by Alpha Chi Omega sorority andthe Student Activities Council. | Photo by Khadijah Lane.

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