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This premium placement is an eighth-page, Football team Across 1234 5678 9 10 11 12 13 BY EMILY DELETTER 1 Fringe benefit 14 15 16 [email protected] dissmisses 5 Colorful fish CLASSIFIEDS 17 18 19 9 Military Quinton Baker Classifi ed Advertising Manager: Will Hoagland installations 20 21 22 undreds of people from [email protected] counties around Ken- 14 Doing business PENSION PROTEST 15 Low-lying area 23 24 25 tucky gathered in Frank- BY JEREMY CHISENHALL 16 Oranjestad’s Hfort on Monday to protest the 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 full-color, horizontal for section fronts and the photo recently passed Senate Bill [email protected] OR ALE island F S 151, a water sewage bill that Teachers gather in Frankfort over SB 151 17 Work garments 34 35 36 37 38 39 was amended last-minute to The Great Escape Records & Comics. 19 Eagle’s claw include the state’s pension re- Rising junior running back BUY - SELL - TRADE: Games, Records, Comics! Also, 20 Eyes 40 41 42 43 form plan. Quinton Baker has been removed Dvds, Toys, CDs, CCGs, RPGs, more. 2945 Scottsville Rd (near Greenwood Mall) (270)782-8092. Open 7 days since 21 Aura 44 45 46 47 Senate Bill 1 was original- from the WKU football team for 1987. 23 Serf ly designated as the pension violating team rules, the program 25 Go wrong 48 49 50 51 52 reform plan. The 291-page announced Saturday. 26 Winter warmer Senate Bill 151 is listed as “An “Due to consistent violation of team HELP WANTED 53 54 55 56 57 29 Shouted act relating to the local provi- rules, running back Quinton Baker page, or eighth vertical or horizontal black and Flexible part time maintenance job. Need light painting 34 Give in to gravity 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 sion of wastewater services,” is no longer a member of the WKU but the entirety of the bill is and lawn care, maintenance experience, dog kennel 37 Improve football program and was removed cleaning. Must like dogs. Can work around classes. Contact dedicated to the pension re- 39 Calendar span 65 66 67 from the team’s roster on Friday,” the 270-796-4085. form plan. The bill was passed 40 Transparent program said in a statement. 68 69 70 by Kentucky lawmakers late Baker was apart of an altercation at 42 Harem room Thursday evening and will the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house BG Hardwood Direct has openings for sales/customer 43 Tortellini topping 71 72 73 land on Gov. Matt Bevin’s desk at WKU last year, which resulted service positions. Flexible hours. Call Tony at 44 Food thickener to be signed or vetoed. 270-991-2140. Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com CHRIS KOHLEY • HERALD in a one-game suspension for him 45 Time being If Bevin signs Senate Bill at the beginning of his sophomore 47 Recipe amt. Down WKU running back Quinton Baker (3) rushes the ball past L.A. Tech’s Deldrick Canty (50) on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at L.T. Smith Stadium. 18 Water cannon 46 U.S.S.R. white for the fun page. Premium placement can 151, teachers hired after Jan. season. Tyler Obee and rising 48 Kind of sauce target successor 1, 2019, will not be placed Local business seeks qualifi ed individual for offi ce redshirt sophomore Xavier Lane manager position. Strong accounting background required. on the traditional pension 51 Consider 1 Somewhat, in 22 Encouraging word 49 Quick-witted were also involved, and both were Send resume to PO Box 1133 Bowling Green KY 42102. plan. Instead, they will re- 53 Twosome music 24 Mr. Turkey 50 French way suspended one game. Drew O’Bryan, 55 Spills 2 Geologic period 27 Writer Uris 52 Dreadful ceive “cash-balance retire- Cecil Stallings, Jahcour Pearson 58 Bouffe 3 Musical show 28 Back, in a way 54 Catchall category ment plans that would invest and Chris Johnson were also team retirement contributions Godfathers and Gangsters 63 Author Jong 4 Death tolls? 30 Soap ingredient 56 Nero’s instrument members involved in the incident. ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com from employees and the state Baker was charged with, and pleaded 1. In Goodfellas, Henry and Tommy pull off a robbery at what 65 Convex molding 5 Reproductive 31 “___ we forget...” 57 Video store and guarantee that the plans SILAS WALKER • HERALD airline? 66 Last Supper cells 32 Diner sign section guilty to, second-degree wanton (a) Air France (b) United (c) Alitalia wouldn’t lose money during a Senior Brenden Ward shows off his school spirit and support for WKU athletics with his handmade red towel outfi t. The hat, shirt, pants and cape took a year in total to make. Ward’s favorite sport to attend chalice 6 Oil source 33 Discontinue 58 Racer’s path endangerment and fourth-degree is basketball because “the players and coaches are close enough to hear me.” 2. What was the name of the social club in Donnie Brasco? also be requested on A2 or A3 at a 5% premium. stock market crash,” accord- (a) Palm Pavillion (b) King's Court (c) Rooster's Cove UP TO SPEED 68 Iranian language 7 Comrade in arms 34 Ella Fitzgerald 59 Sweat source assault under extreme emotional ing to WFPL. 3. Steve Buscemi plays what character in the film Reservoir distress. Dogs? 69 Fencing sword 8 “Steppenwolf” specialty 60 “What ___ is Current public school teach- Hilltoppers making strides in run game With Baker’s dismissal, only two of (a) Mr Orange (b) Mr White (c) Mr Pink 70 Data author 35 Pond organism new?” ers would lose the money they 4. Who does Michael Corleone marry in the 1972 film the players involved in the altercation The Godfather? 71 Admiral’s 9 Lampoon had put into KTRS, the Ken- WKU alumni 36 Equipment 61 Hit the bottle remain on the team. Four of them (a) Sophia (b) Apollonia (c) Emiliana command 10 Mideast hot spot 38 Alborg native 62 Stout relatives tucky Teachers’ Retirement BY ALEC JESSIE We push each other every day to get better. It’s 5. What passage of the Bible does Jules 'preach' to his victims in “ have left the program early, which Pulp Fiction? 72 Musical mark 11 Lollapalooza System. KTRS is the current SILAS WALKER • HERALD 41 Gallery display 64 “Thanks ___!” [email protected] not as much of a selfi sh thing. It’s more like when includes Obee, O’Bryan, Stallings start online (a) Ezekiel 25:17 (b) Exodus 20:15 (c) Judges 15:19 retirement policy for public Teachers and supporters gathered on Monday at the Kentucky State Capitol Building in Frankfort to protest a new pension bill SB 151. “Enough is enough!” and 6. In The Departed, Billy Costigan is killed by Italian mobsters 73 “Go ahead, I dare 12 Slender reed 43 Disney’s “___ 65 Wide of the mark school teachers, which in- “Vote them out!” they chanted. someone makes a play, go congratulate them. If and Baker. Chris Johnson completed from what city? you!” 13 ___ Quentin Pete” 67 “Is it soup ___?” his senior season in 2017. fashion empire (a) Boston (b) Worcestor (c) Providence cludes every public university 7. Who plays attorney David Kleinfeld in the movie Carlito's Way? WKU’s fi rst season under head in Kentucky except the Uni- 49 members of the Kentucky you’re pushing someone else, we’re all getting Baker was also arrested in April CAPE-ABLE (a) Sean Penn (b) Charlie Sheen (c) Robert de Niro @GovMattBevin coach Mike Sanford was a turbulent 2016 prior to his freshman season 8. American Gangster, based on a true story, takes place during versity of Kentucky and the House and 22 members of better.” Pink Lily what war? one. The change in staff was made on charges that included operating Start of a new tradition (a) World War II (b) Vietnam (c) Korean University of Louisville. the Kentucky Senate voted not Running back Tonight 49 members of the worse by a loss of star power from a motor vehicle under the influence Soon after, Ward said he still had a Ward channels this love for WKU 9. At what club does Tony Montana party in the film Scarface? Protesters gathered in front Kentucky House and 22 to keep kicking the pension MARQUEZ TRIGG BY LAUREL DEPPEN BY LAUREL DEPPEN (a) The Midnight Club (b) El Morocco (c) The Babylon To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and the Hilltoppers’ roster, and that was of alcohol or drugs and possession of lot of Red Towels, so he made pants in his spirit at athletic events. Ward of the capitol building chant- members of the Kentucky problem down the road ... any- [email protected] [email protected] 0. Sam Rothstein is based on a real life gangster in the film box must contain the numbers 1 to 9. box must contain the numbers 1 to 9. ing phrases, such as “120 Senate voted not to keep made even worse by the fact that the marijuana. and a shirt. met Aaliyah Hawkins, who he calls Casino. Who is he? one who will receive a retire- (a) Frank Rosenthal (b) Joseph Bonanno (c) Bugsy Siegel strong” and “united we stand, kicking the pension problem ment check in the years ahead Hilltoppers had the worst run game in senior quarterback Mike White held linemen to get our chemistry down.” Baker announced his intention to “I always like to do things,” Ward his game buddy, at a football game down the road ... anyone who divided we fall.” Many of the owes a deep debt of gratitude the nation. the burden of having to do it all on the Rising redshirt senior running back transfer from WKU Saturday before said. “It was something I was doing in 2017. Ever since then, the pair has Solution will receive a retirement check The Hilltoppers ranked dead offensive end, resulting in predictable D’Andre Ferby said that Sanford has Brendan Ward has made a name In just four years, WKU alumni Chris 19 28 5 71 public schools not closed for in the years ahead owes a deep to these 71 men & women who the program released its statement. whenever I was bored. I would just pick been attending games together. for himself at WKU. More commonly and Tori Gerbig started Pink Lily Bou- 1.a 6.c spring break this week were debt of gratitude to these 71 did the right thing.” last out of 130 teams in FBS in total play calling. made the ground game much more of “Attending WKU was an honor and up my towels and stitch them together, Hawkins described her game expe- known as the “Red Towel Guy,” Ward tique, an online fashion source that 2.b 7.a 43 closed to compensate for the men & women who did the Kentucky Attorney General rushing yards. They had only 791 for “Coming off last season, it wasn’t an emphasis in spring practice, and a privilege,” Baker said on Twitter and then it became a whole outfi t.” riences with Ward as “exciting.” 316 said he wants to promote spirit in WKU has surpassed $50 million in sales. 3.c 8.b absence of teachers who took right thing.” Andy Beshear disagreed with the season. WKU only averaged 60 what we wanted,” rising redshirt fi xes are being made throughout the Saturday. “I learned a lot about Originally from Memphis, Tennes- “You never know what he is going athletics. The Pink Lily Boutique offers a wide 4.b 9.c 27 4 off to rally in Frankfort. People 9:26PM • March 29, 2018 Bevin’s approval of the bill, rushing yards per game and 2 yards junior running back Marquez Trigg practices. myself as well as the game of football see, Ward is a broadcasting major. He to say,” Hawkins said. “He will make What makes Ward stand out from range of women’s and children’s cloth- 5.a 10.a also gathered at the capitol to and he appeared on the Cap- per carry. The Hilltoppers were also said. “We weren’t satisfi ed with what “Things we watched on fi lm from last and life. I’m walking away a better recalled fi nding WKU and growing to jokes about the players, coaches and other Hilltopper fans at sporting ing including athletic and swimwear, 3 5 4 protest on Friday. itol steps to speak to protest- the only team in the country without went on. But we defi nitely worked year that can easily be fi xed, they are athlete athlete and a better young love it. the fans. He chants all the cheers at events is his outfi t that he made com- formal attire and more. Co-owner Tori Marilyn Hoffman-Elrod is ers. SILAS WALKER • HERALD a single run of 20 yards or more last on it throughout the offseason. We being fi xed during the spring,” Ferby man. Looking forward to opening my “I can come here, I can learn, en- the game, even if the band, dancers pletely out of Red Towels. The outfi t described the Pink Lily style as ca- 2 6 97 136 a retired fi rst-grade teacher Hoffman-Elrod said. “Most “Today we’re seeing democ- Representative James Kay (D) speaks to the crowd of protestors in front of the year. watched fi lm, worked on alignments said. “It’s been a great improvement.” recruitment back up and for the next joy free games, get my education and or cheerleaders are not saying them. PREVIOUS SOLUTION features a variety of towels that Ward tering to women searching for trendy who taught at Garden Springs people don’t understand the racy,” Beshear said through capitol building in Frankfort on Monday. “Are you ready to fi ght?” Kay asked With no rushing attack to speak of, in practices and working with the still be a college student who learns Overall, he will make you laugh and the protestors. said he has collected since the begin- clothing that has a “bright, colorful 87 62 1 Elementary School in Lexing- importance of this bill. Ken- a megaphone. “You call this SEE SPRING FOOTBALL • PAGE B2 SEE QUINTON BAKER • PAGE B2 and makes mistakes,” Ward said. “All enjoy yourself.” ning of his academic career at WKU. and upbeat aesthetic.” ton for 32 years. Elrod said tucky is nothing without our governor disgusting? I call of this is in one place and I still have Ward said he takes great pride in He recalls having over 30 towels sit- Pink Lily has also expanded the 9 4 8 9 2 5 although she was retired, she public schools.” him one and done.” Assembly said they would join future of Kentucky education. people to support me. That’s the sense standing out at games. He said that if ting around his room and deciding to range of its products by adding a cus- still felt it was important to Bevin has previously been Beshear also told the crowd Beshear in the lawsuit. “It’s unfair because teach- I get from WKU. It’s very supporting. he didn’t want to stand out, he wouldn’t turn them into a cape. tom design department that offers 8 7 3 31 protest to “show solidarity a vocal supporter of the pen- he planned to sue if the bill Shelbyville senior Katie Vo- ers have been paying [into You can be crazy. You don’t have to wear the outfi t. Hawkins called him “I used to wear [the cape] around customers the option of adding mono- with other teachers”. sion overhaul. After the bill passed, reiterating a video gel said she was protesting KTRS] for years,” Vogel said. Hilltoppers get series win with comeback victory worry about being judged. You can be “the most dedicated fan out there.” campus a lot to see how people would 5326 7 9 75 6 3 “We want to get the word out was passed in both cham- statement he posted earlier. today to support her mother, you. That’s what I became when I fi rst take it in,” Ward said. Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com about what’s happening here,” bers, Bevin tweeted, “Tonight The Kentucky Education BY CASEY MCCARTHY they were.” started wearing my outfi t.” a teacher, and to fi ght for the SEE PROTEST • PAGE A3 SEE RED TOWEL GUY • PAGE B2 SEE PINK LILY • PAGE B2 [email protected] The Hilltoppers continue to lead C-USA in doubles, triples, RBIs and on-base percentage. WKU pushed The WKU softball team clawed its its home run total to 28 on the year, Former wrestler Hillbilly Jim to enter WWE Hall of Fame WKU pride index ranks low Herald lawsuit back in court way back to win on Sunday against with bombs from freshman Jordan Texas-El Paso to secure a second Thomas and sophomore Paige BY DRAKE KIZER High School, Morris developed into an sional basketball in Europe before de- He said as he became more impres- straight Conference USA series win. Carter in the weekend series. Carter, All-State basketball player, and he re- ciding to pursue competitive weight- sive physically, friends would often BY SPENCER HARSH universities were scored on a fi ve-star BY EMILY DELETTER arguments made in their briefs. After [email protected] system. both sides present their arguments, On a cold weekend that saw the whose homer on Sunday helped ceived scholarship offers after gradu- lifting. Morris said in the process of joke that the he should become a pro- STUDENT PUBLICATIONs [email protected] WKU ranks second to last with two [email protected] the judge can make a case decision, Hilltoppers and Miners trading runs WKU retake the lead, is also second ating in 1971. Morris wound up playing getting stronger and training more fessional wrestler. Though he enjoyed stars, just ahead of Morehead State with and either the plaintiffs or defendants and leads, WKU (23-14, 7-5 C-USA) in C-USA in RBIs with 33 on the at fi ve different institutions during his rigorously, he found his way to WKU. watching wrestling as a kid, Morris was across from mmth/JRH Jim Morris, 65, has been known as 1 ½ stars. UK and U of L are ranked the have a chance to appeal the decision. pushed its way up what’s currently a season. collegiate career, and he said the diffi - “I’m forever grateful to WKU for not sold on making that fantasy a real- WKU ranks poorly in a list of Attorneys representing both the Hillbilly Jim for over 30 years, and his highest with nearly perfect scores, ac- Lawyers from the attorney general’s crowded conference standings. Carter said she never doubted culties he faced helped him determine affording me even though I never en- ity until he saw a promotion outside of Shyamrock LGBTQ-friendly univesities in Ken- Herald and WKU will appear in court upcoming induction into the WWE cording to the index. offi ce will also be present. “Anytime we can get a conference the team could come back to win his future career trajectory. rolled one semester,” Morris said. Kentucky on television. tucky, according to Campus Pride, a Friday, April 5, to present oral argu- Hall of Fame has given the former pro- Pam Johnson, a professor in the WKU sued the Herald February 2017 series win it’s huge for us,” head Sunday’s game. “I was really made more for indi- “They would let me come up to Smith “When cable TV came out, I start- , 2018 • 1 non-profi t organization that supports ments concerning the ongoing lawsuit coach Amy Tudor said in a press “I had faith in our team putting fessional wrestler a chance to refl ect 19 - 3 school of journalism and broadcasting in order to appeal an order from the vidual sports,” Morris said. “I loved Stadium and work out with so many ed watching Georgia Championship IL p LGBTQ-friendly communities at uni- between the university and the news- release. “When our backs were up runs,” Carter said. “We put up on a life that remained fruitful long af- the concept of team sports, but I soon great WKU athletes. All the coach- Wrestling,” Morris said. “It blew my LIQUORS .m who teaches media diversity courses, Kentucky attorney general, who ruled R versities and colleges. paper. ter his decision to retire. P said she is surprised WKU scored so that WKU had to turn over records of against the wall today I thought we 14 runs yesterday, so I didn’t really realized that you could do your very es loved me, and I even had the great mind because they had these wres- . Campus Pride investigated Transyl- Both the College Heights Herald and Morris was born in Scottsville and A low. sexual misconduct to the newspaper. really stepped up and performed think it was an issue.” best every day and you would still lose Gene Keady approach me one time tlers that looked like guys from the vania University, University of Ken- the University of Kentucky’s student after moving a few times, his family “Clearly I cannot condone a perfor- WKU held the position that they should well both offensively and in the The Hilltoppers took the first if your team got beat. I didn’t like that about helping some of his skinny and gym. Most of the wrestlers we used to tucky, Northern Kentucky University, newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, are put down roots in Bowling Green just mance in which we are ranked six out not have to provide the Herald docu- circle. The crowd played a huge role game of the weekend 10-8 after WITTNEY HARDIN • HERALD part, and I felt like that just wasn’t the weak boys train.” see looked like big fat guys with their University of Louisville, Morehead named plaintiffs in the case. before he started high school. He has of seven,” Johnson said. ments related to employee sexual mis- in this victory for us today. I’ve never only a combined two runs through Sophomore pitcher Haylee Towers prepares to pitch during the Spring Fling tournament at the soft- right kind of payoff for me.” Standing over 6 feet 7 inches tall and shirts off, but these guys didn’t look State University, Spalding University Oral arguments are a chance for at- heard this place get that loud and the first three innings. With UTEP ball complex on March 2. Towers has played a wide variety of positions in her short time so far on kept his home base in Warren County After his time in college concluded weighing 320 pounds, Morris became and WKU, according to the index. The torneys to further explain in court the we certainly appreciate everyone the team. The Lady Toppers lost the game against Austin Peay 5-0. ever since. in the late ‘70s, Morris played profes- a successful weightlifter in his 20s. 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SPONSORED BY INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green
Story by Hayley Robb Cherry Creative
Large dark green trucks transported Senida Husić and her family from the United Nations safe zone in Potočari, Brent Björkman (left), director of the Kentucky Museum and Kentucky a village in the Srebrenica Folklife Program, and Denis Hodžić, a municipality in Bosnia, to the Bosnian-American graduate student next safest town of Tuzla in at WKU, collaborated closely to create an oral storytelling project 1993. and exhibition. The two began Husić could hear the working on the exhibit in 2015. “It is screams and gunfi so multifaceted. This exhibit is just a small glimpse of what it is like to be background. And just re as in they the a Bosnian American. Refugee is not were about to depart, Husić’s our full story,” Hodžić said. (Photos by grandfather was separated Hayley Watson • Cherry Creative) from the family. The Serbian forces said he had to be transported by a different vehicle. That was the last time the Husić family saw their grandfather. Dead bodies lined the side of the road as they traveled. histories with community Individuals captured by collaborators, which is a Serbian forces kneeled in central method folklorists open fi elds with their hands use. The Folklife Program around their backs. This conserves these stories by is what defi Denis Hodžić looks at a photo of placing them in special childhood until thened age Husić’s of 12 himself and his mother, Sadeta, collections for researchers, which is displayed along other when her family fi family members and Bosnian photos from his family at the in Bowling Green innally 1998. settled Kentucky Museum exhibit. Hodžić Americans to experience The war in Bosnia and and his mother fl years later. confl ict of the war ed but Bosnia were due not to able Herzegovina lasted from 1992 to bring many of their belongings to 1995. Over 8,000 men and “I want to create with them, said Hodžić. “What can to the ones you’ve already understanding for people children were you take with you when you have — cultural understanding to fl taken,” Wells said. “It really buried in mass graves.murdered and ee so quickly ... so she took her for people is what’s really pictures. Everything else material can interpret you can replace, but you can’t just expands on the concepts you’ve It’s estimated that Bowling important to me,” Björkman data in so many Green is home to more than replace your memories,” Hodžić said. opportunities it offers students already learned about and talked said. different ways,” Kessinger 6,000 Bosnians, according to CERTIFYINGthrough SUCCESS improved communication about. It gives you the chance to the Kentucky Museum and The second part of the Data exists everywhere in the said. “It’s not just a black and white Kentucky Folklife Program’s and widespread careers. apply those in real scenarios.” cate stands Kentucky Folklife Program. orld, from refrigerators to watches. type of thing.” mission is to “present” graduate career, it didn’t w “With the applied data analytics, Wells said the certifi Folklorists at WKU have its research back to the matter,” Hodžić said. “This The ability to decipher that data is Kessinger said her favorite part collected and shared personal Bowling Green community we’re trying to use a couple of our cate has been the out on resumes and turns into a collaborators it work with to is something that is really about the certifi stories from Kentucky members walk 8,372 steps to called “data analytics” and is a skill validate what is important to central to my heart.” life we moved around so data analytics courses along with great talking point, so much so that communities for over 100 commemorate each life lost that students can learn at WKU. real-world knowledge she has gained. them and to share it further much,” Husić said. “I didn’t SPONSOREDsome CONTENT of our elective courses so that she has even been asked about it in years. The Kentucky Folklife The exhibit opens up in the massacre. The exhibit The Information Systems “You can think of data as the new with the greater Bowling to a maroon wall holding have a proper home. I didn’t Program’s collaborative also features foodways uniting students have a better understanding interviews. Green community, Björkman the decorated slippers a have proper friends and then Department of the Gordon Ford oil,” Blankenship said. “If you have Bosnian Oral History the culture like ćevapi, a of how they might take data that’s in “When you go to graduate, said. Bosnian woman may wear in school to go to. 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On Feb. 5,www.wku.edu/bdan/certifi American graduate student at as painful as they are.” College of Business andwith incorporatehis love of Chipotle’s fast, customizable “If you’re a business student, it’s in August of 2015. Björkman business-driven. the serving style: fast, fresh and personal. WKU, left Germany in 1999 Senida Husić The experiences of these serving style, gave Niemeier an idea for his own 2014, the first location opened its doors. For the and his Kentucky Folklife data in some form. Each customer is able to chooseliterally every aspect two classes that you add on with his mother and settled The fl individuals have aided in pizza restaurant. “It’s honestly a little bit more first three weeks, the restaurant was so popular Program and Department of ow of the exhibit Information Systems Department of their pizza from sauce to finishing toppings in Bowling Green. Hodžić’s stems from individual stories cultural understanding not With the encouragementcreative of Mike thanCassidy, I thought because you it ran out of dough every day. exhibit focuses on the young and watch as an Azzip team member makes it mother had fl of the survivors who later only to the Bowling Green Chair Ray Blankenship onecate of is his andexcitedentrepreneurship the professors, he “We very quickly found out that the idea and Bosnian professionals living in front of them. 1992. ed Bosnia in community but to WKU’s about the certifientered his idea into Purdue’s Burton D. Morgan the concept actually work,” Niemeier said. with one foot in each world. He then recruited friend and chef Bake Bowling Green campus. Business Model Competition. After several The chain expanded over the last four years to “The word ‘Bosnian’ Kollker to invent creative recipes and research is the word that describes Kate Horigan, an assistant | ADULTING rounds of competition, his idea won. He was open six locations across Indiana. The Bowling 04 the freshest ingredients for the soon-to-be American,” Hodžić said. “It’s professor in the folk studies awarded $20,000 to start a business. Green location, which opened in June of 2016, restaurant. Their dough recipe would only take Bosnian American. So, while department and collaborator was the first in another state. Quickly, the vague notion of “someday” two and a half minutes to bake, all of the meat my roots and my heritage in the Kentucky Museum’s became “now.” Evansville senior Olivia Howard has worked roasted in house and vegetable toppings as fresh comes from that country, I am Bosnian exhibit, said she has at the Bowling Green Azzip from the beginning graduate and undergraduate as possible. They also came up with their “pizza an American citizen. This is and has served as manager for about a year. my home.” students come to learn “For me, it kind of feels like a big family,” about ethnography, In an effort to share the Howard said. stories within the Bowling diversity and Islam utilizingcultural Since she is also from Evansville, Howard was Green community, Brent the exhibit. able to see Azzip grow from the beginning into Björkman, director of the “What I do is try to what it is now. She said that she is inspired by Kentucky Museum and understand how people use Niemeier’s ability to start and grow a business Kentucky Folklife Program, led traditional culture and how at such a young age. the creation of a collaborative people use narratives and the “It just kind of makes me feel like anything I oral history project and stories that they tell to recover want to do, I have the ability to do it,” Howard exhibition between the from violence and confl said. Kentucky Folklife Program, disaster,” Horigan said. ict “I and Niemeier said his advice for young Department of Folk Studies and have just been blown away by entrepreneurs is to not be afraid to start small— Anthropology, the Kentucky the strength of this community the first Azzip location was only 1,400 square Museum and the Bosnian and the warmth and got to feet with only one pizza oven, compared to their community in Bowling Green make some new friends and largest store now which is 2,500 square feet called “A Culture Carried: it’s just been a really really awarding and rich learning with two ovens. Niemeier said they knew that Bosnians in Bowling Green.” The construction and the experience.” first store wasn’t going to be the ultimate Azzip Beth and Mark Mittelberg visit the “A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green” exhibit on Thursday April 25, 2019. The location, but it helped them test the concept in traditional arts programming couple recently moved to Bowling Green. “Our daughter is a professor at WKU and she said we should check out the The Kentucky Folklife Program’s Oral History Project a smart way. for this exhibit was made exhibit. We’re trying to fi nd places to go when we have visitors,” Beth Mittelberg said. will be one portion of the exhibit He also said it helped that making pizza possible by a National Endowment for the Arts grant. that continues, as well as the started out as a hobby — something he simply Folk Studies and Anthropology new traveling exhibit allowing loved. “Our mission at the colleagues taught Hodžić Kentucky Folklife Program settled in Bowling Green and the Kentucky Folklife Program “Pizza started as a hobby for me,” Niemeier along with a few of his is to document, present and transitions into the larger to educate communities all said. “I loved it and realized I was good at it, so I friends the deep listening “Bosnia is my birth home conserve traditional arts story of refugees in America over Kentucky. turned it into a business.” and interviewing processes but my true home is Bowling and cultural heritage of the carrying these two cultures. The Kentucky Folklife folklorists use, and they began Green,” Husić said. As for the future, Niemeier said he wants to commonwealth,” Björkman After the stories of three Program and Kentucky see Azzip grow into a strong regional brand meeting once a month to plan individual Bosnian refugees, Husić’s family settled in Museum will host the said. Bowling Green in 1998 when that continues to be active in each of its stores’ the fl ow of the exhibit. images of the Srebrenica Bosnian American Heritage The documentation is she was 12 years old. She communities. This would include continuing the “For me, it didn’t really Massacre fl Celebration May 3 from 6 to 8 performed by recording oral oat in, merging has spent the last 20 years in restaurant’s “We Give A’Zip” giveback initiatives, matter where in my life I was with current efforts happening p.m. celebrating the success Bowling Green, which is the in which individual stores hold benefit nights for –– high school, undergraduate, in Bowling Green like the Walk of the exhibit and thanking the Brad Niemeier developed single longest place she has the idea for Azzip Pizza charitable organizations. to Remember event, in which collaborators who helped on lived in her life. while he was a student at “We want to be a part of the community,” he the project with Bosnian food, Purdue University. There “My fi rst 12 years of my music and stories. are now seven locations, said. “We want to give back and support those including a Bowling Green who are supporting us all year long” restaurant that opened in 2016. Submitted Photo 33
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