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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 3-24-2016 UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 15 WKU Student Affairs Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the African American Studies Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation WKU Student Affairs, "UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 15" (2016). WKU Archives Records. Paper 6456. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/6456 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LADY TOPPERS TEQUILA CRUSHERS: MOVE ON TO FINAL THE FACES BEHIND 16 OF WNIT MEXICO'S TOP NEW SPORTS, PAGE B4 DRINK PHOTO, PAGE A6 THURSDAY,THURSDAY, MARCHMARCH 24,24, 20162016 > WESTERNWESTERN KENTUCKYKENTUCKY UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY > VVOLUMEOLUME 991,1, IISSUESSUE 1515 WKU mourns over loss of Kathryn Costello BY HANNAH SHAFFER [email protected] A former WKU administrator known for her positivity and passion for the university died Sunday of complica- tions from lung cancer. Kathryn Costello, the former vice president for development and alumni relations, retired from the position in December 2015. During her time in this position, Costello impacted many of those she worked with and left a lasting impression on the WKU community. “I think that a number of circum- stances in my life came together, and this was the time,” Costello told the Herald in its April 28, 2015, issue about her impending retirement. “I’ve had some health issues which I have to put Centertown graduate student Leslie Ford recently received a 40,000 dollar grant to continue her studies on water systems into consideration, and I’ve got things management in the Netherlands. Ford is currently sponsored by the Rotary Club in Bowling Green and received the grant I want to do which I haven’t had the money from the national Rotary Foundation. JOSH NEWELL/HERALD chance to do. It gives me a chance to chart a different course.” After hearing of Costello’s death, former Herald reporter Shelby Rogers reflected on the moments she shared WAter, Water SEE COSTELLO PAGE A2 Reagan-era Everywhere economist Art Laff er to Rotary scholarship sends WKU grad student to Netherlands speak at WKU BY CARLY MATHEWS countries, according to a spokesper- spent in Spain and Portugal as par- [email protected] son from the institute. Ford will be in ticipants look at how water is supplied BY EMMA COLLINS a classroom with huge diversity, which to different areas with varying supply [email protected] Graduate student Leslie Ford has to her is “pretty cool.” needs. been awarded the Rotary Foundation “I’ll be able to learn about a lot of dif- Ford is no stranger to traveling, espe- Today, WKU will host a presentation Global Scholarship to study water ser- ferent water systems, and I’ll be able to cially traveling to study water systems; featuring economist Arthur Laffer, vices management at the UNESCO- share about ours with students while she has done field work in both India who was a member of former Presi- IHE Institute for Water Education in I’m there,” Ford said. and Tanzania. dent Ronald Reagan’s Economic Poli- the Netherlands and, in the process, Water Services Management pro- “I wanted to apply for the Rotary cy Advisory Board. gain her second master's degree. grams teach students how to examine scholarship, and I knew I needed to Cathy Carey, the head of the eco- The institute is the world’s largest different areas and understand what make myself competitive,” Ford said, nomics department, said Laffer’s pre- international water training institute their water needs are. “so to do that, I decided to conduct a sentation will give students a chance with students from over 162 different Three weeks of the program will be SEE FORD PAGE A2 to hear from a leading economist. “I think this is a great opportunity for students to hear [Laffer] and just be able to directly relate it to something they talked about in their macroeco- nomics class,” Carey said. Kentucky House approves cuts to state judicial system Laffer rose to prominence when he BY MONICA KAST support, and functioning of contains the judicial branch the biennium on top of the served on Reagan’s Economic Policy the Judicial Brand of the gov- budgets for fiscal years 2014 49 percent overall budget Advisory Board from 1981 to 1989. Re- [email protected] ferred to as “the father of supply-side ernment of the Common- through 2016, the total judicial reduction the court system economics,” he is most famous for the The Kentucky House of has endured since 2008,” wealth of Kentucky and its branch budget for 2014-2015 Laffer curve, a theory that focuses on Representatives passed a Chief Justice of Kentucky various officers, boards, com- was $386.9 million. The to- the relationship between tax rates and bill on March 16 that cuts John Minton, Jr., said in a significant funding from missions, subdivisions, and tal judicial branch budget for tax revenue. press release. Kentucky’s judicial branch other state-supported activi- 2015-2016 was $390.7 million. The curve suggests that increasing Minton also said that be- and could have negative ef- ties,” according to the bill. House Bill 306 lists the to- tax rates after a certain point will only cause personnel costs make fects on the state’s judicial House Bill 306 passed with a tal judicial branch budget decrease the amount of tax revenue workers, according to the 51-to-48 vote on March 16 and for 2016-2017 as $388.2 mil- up a significant portion of the government receives. It has been Supreme Court of Kentucky. outlines the budget and fund- lion and for 2017-2018 as the budget, “the shortfall will used to support tax cuts, which were House Bill 306 is an act ing for the judicial branch for $384.9 million. have a significant impact on especially common during the Rea- “making appropriations for fiscal years 2016 through 2018. “This means we’re facing our nonelected employees.” gan administration. the operations, maintenance, According to the bill, which a $76.9 million shortfall for SEE JUDGES PAGE A2 Carey said the curve shows lower tax rates can lead to an increase in tax rev- enue. Lower taxes encourage people Justice is broke to spend more money because they know they will not lose a significant data from 2015 survey by National Center for state courts and HB 306 amount of money to taxes. 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