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EDITORIAL: ALLEN RUSHES MAKE WKU A FOR PROGRAM, WET CAMPUS C-USA RECORD OPINION, PAGE A4 SPORTS, PAGE B6 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014 > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY > VOLUME 90, ISSUE 23 WKU group fi ghts for Up in renters’ rights BY LEAH BROWN [email protected] The WKU Student Coalition for Renters’ Rights is trying to get a new law passed in Bowling Green, one that the air would offer protection for those who rent property. The idea for the group began last year with Glasgow sophomore Jay Todd Richey, the SCRR chair. When Richey was a freshman, he met with Dana Beasley Brown, chairperson of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a grassroots community organization, and asked what the most pressing is- sue in the Bowling Green community was. Brown replied the lack of protec- tion for renters. Although Richey does not have a personal connection with the issue, it interests him. “I have the opportunity to do some- thing about this and I want to,” he said. “I want to help.” The group formed at the beginning of this semester. It meets the third Monday of every month in Downing Student Union, Room 2081, and is open for all students to join. The coalition’s main goal is to advo- cate for and educate about legal pro- tection for renters in the community. SCRR is advocating for the passage of URLTA, the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, in Bowling Green. The act regulates a legal agreement between landlords and residents, such as requiring hot water for tenants dur- ing the winter time and landlords giv- JAKE POPE/HERALD ing a proper notice before entering the President Gary Ransdell puts on his gloves before boarding the Golden Knights plane. Ransdell jumped from the plane to rented property. deliver the game ball for the WKU vs. Army game on Saturday. In Kentucky, about 18 communi- ties have opted into the act, includ- ing Louisville, Lexington and Pulaski County. resident Gary Ransdell completed a tandem jump with the U.S. Army Parachute Team, SCRR partnered with the Homeless and Housing Coalition in South Cen- the Golden Knights, on Saturday roughly 25 minutes prior to kickoff between WKU and tral Kentucky, as well as Kentuckians Army to deliver the game ball. Ransdell jumped from the Golden Knights Plane and for the Commonwealth, to advocate P for URLTA. landed safely on the practice football fi eld. Because of federal law, the Golden Knights couldn’t Patti Minter, SCRR faculty advisor, said URLTA could help those in Bowl- land a civilian in an area with more than two closed sides. The Golden Knights, now in their ing Green. “Every apartment I ever rented was 50th year of existence, are widely considered the world’s best parachute team and performed in a city that had URLTA…this is the fi rst city I have ever lived in that did for the crowd following Ransdell’s jump. Ransdell said last week that the jump was a tribute to not have that kind of protection for renters, and it’s a big difference,” she WKU’s ROTC program. See page A6 for more photos of the event. said. “I know that URLTA protects SEE RENTERS PAGE A2 Kentucky Building’s 75th anniversary celebrated BY TREY CRUMBIE The 80,000 square foot building is president, after being approached by WHAT YOU SHOULD [email protected] home to the Kentucky Museum and Gabrielle Robertson, a history teacher, department of library special collec- who wanted to create an archive for BE READING TODAY Red and white balloons adorned a tions, which contain the Kentucky Kentucky history. series of wooden tables that were scat- library research collections, manu- Construction on the building began » Resurrection Shop: Store tered throughout the Kentucky Room scripts and folklife archives and the in 1929 using private money. The exte- WKU archives. rior was completed in 1931, but due to brings new life into old in the Kentucky Building on Friday af- ternoon. A group of about 60 people, The building contains over 1 mil- the Great Depression drying up funds furniture B1 ranging from President Gary Rans- lion archives and artifacts collectively, the interior was never fi nished. dell to Big Red, slowly fi lled the area ranging from physical items, such as Cherry applied to the Public Works » Now Playing: 'Dumb and to mark the 75th anniversary of the folk art and Gothic furniture, to audio Administration, a New Deal program, to get the rest of it completed. The Dumber To' humor falls fl at structure. and video interviews regarding WKU’s As WKU alumni and community history. building was fi nished in 1939, and B1 members chattered with one another, Shortly after the reception began, began to accumulate a variety of ar- a slideshow played in the middle of Ransdell delivered a speech about the tifacts, from dioramas for high wheel the room showcasing several pictures importance of the building and what it bicycles to stuffed birds. from WKU’s past such as what the meant for the future of the university. As the collection expanded, the campus looked like in the early de- “Seventy-fi ve years may seem like a building became full and underwent FOLLOW US cades of the 1900s. lot of time, but…75 years in the life of an expansion which doubled the size To the side of the room, next to a se- a museum is not very much,” he said. of the building in the late 1970s. ries of European oil paintings, ginger “Not when what is held here will be The reception concluded with the ale and pieces of cake were served. here for generations and generations announcement of recent donations to Across the white cake were the words and generations to come.” the building, including a series of writ- wkuherald @wkuherald @wkuherald “Happy 75th Anniversary” inscribed The building began as an initiative ten speeches by Ransdell and a model in red icing. by Henry Hardin Cherry, WKU’s fi rst SEE KENTUCKY PAGE A2 A2 NOVEMBER 18, 2014 COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD Fresh Food Company off ers new food options BY RACHEL PHELPS dents enjoyed. Huffman said the feedback, after the “I feel like it’s still limited on what you [email protected] Steve Hoyng, resident district implementation of the new options, can and cannot get,” she said. manager for the WKU Restaurant has been very positive. Hoyng said they are still looking to The Fresh Food Company recently Group, said student feedback is “We touch tables and ask for feed- provide more food options not just at began offering new options for stu- crucial. back from students and faculty,” he Fresh Food, but on campus in general. dents, as a result of feedback from a “Sometimes students wonder, but said. For example, there is going to be a café dining survey. we do rely on their feedback,” Hoyng Nashville freshman Rebecca Zim- in the new Honors College and Inter- The dining location has added vegan said. berg, as a vegetarian, is happy with national Center building. options such as lentil stew, a create- Robert Huffman, director of opera- many of the new options. “The menu is still in development, your-own sandwich and pasta station, tions for the WKU Restaurant Group, “I love the vegetarian and vegan op- but we’re very open to suggestions and extended the hours of the waffl e said they try to continually evolve the tions,” she said. “I also love the soups from the students on what they would station. menu of Fresh Food. because they’re like the only healthy like to see there,” he said. These new options are the result of “Even though we try to plan out a thing on campus." Hoyng said, ultimately, both good a dining survey sent out to students cycle of menus… as we get feedback Louisville sophomore Aubrey Bour- and bad feedback is appreciated. mid-October, which was used to gath- from our students, we make changes,” geois, on the other hand, feels like the “We’re here to make the program er information on the kind of food stu- Huffman said. new options are lacking. great,” he said. RENTERS Bedford sophomore James Line, the Continued from FRONT SCRR public relations chair, said the group had 30 people at its fi rst meet- both parties.” ing in September. Line became in- Minter said the act must be passed volved in the group because he want- through the magistrate court or city ed to pledge his support to something Crime Reports commission. that will make a difference in people’s Minter said she wants everyone to lives. have a safe, affordable place to live. The group is currently contacting • Gallatin, Tennessee junior property is $579. “I was told a story by a female student landlords for support, and would even- Korey Mclin reported his iPhone • Bowling Green sophomore about waking up on the couch and her tually like to go to a city commission landlord was in there,” she said.