Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 9-14-2012 UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 6 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, Mass Communication Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation WKU Student Affairs, "UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 6" (2012). WKU Archives Records. Paper 6284. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/6284 This Article 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]. CHH POLITICS C IS FOR CLEANING CREW Public PAGE 6 Education FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY • WKUHERALD.COM • VOLUME 88 NO. 6 SPORTS HILLTOPPERS-WILDCATS GAME DAY PREVIEW PAGE 12 DIVERSIONS FOR THE LATEST ADVENTURES IN PINTEREST PAGE 7 Q SMITH: A NEWS WKU SISTERHOOD TO DONATE $38K PAGE 9 PASS RUSH FOR THE INTERACTIVE CRIME MAP AT WKUHERALD.COM EXTRAORDINAIRE SPORTS PAGE 12 Police seeking felony charges against student “pop” bomber CAMERON KOCH & bottle. Memphis, Tenn., fresh- es shouldn’t be taken lightly. MICHAEL MCKAY Johnson said the bottles man Austin Vincent said he “This isn’t just a noise [email protected] have been dubbed “pop” witnessed these explosions maker,” Johnson said. devices by the department multiple times. “There are potentially The WKU Police Depart- due to the loud gunshot Vincent said at fi rst peo- harmful chemicals in the ment is seeking felony sound they produce upon ple around the PFT court- mixture inside the bottle.” charges against a student explosion. yard assumed the loud During the second inci- suspect behind numerous Over the past week at least popping sound was from a dent, Vincent was inside the water bottle “pop” devices. two reported cases of these fi recracker going off. PFT food court. Mandi Johnson, WKUPD devices detonating have oc- “It wasn’t until the second “It sounded like a gun- public information offi cer, curred in the Pearce Ford night that people, they fi g- shot inside Popeye’s,” Vin- said the devices are made Tower area of campus, each ured out they were actually cent said. “People thought by placing chemicals that incident eliciting a response bombs,” Vincent said. someone like, got shot at CONFUCIUS later explode inside a water from WKUPD. Johnson said these devic- SEE EXPLOSION PAGE 3 INSTITUTE TEACHES KIDS CHINESE PAGE 8 They’re going “ to make it fun. So when they make it fun, it will be very engaging. “— Betty Yu Associate director, Confucius Institute Members of Alpha Xi Delta, left, and Alpha Omicron Pi run toward the center of the gym during “Protect Your Balls.” WKU students came together on Sept. 12 in dodgeball teams for the fi fth annual “Protect Your Balls,” the kickoff for Relay for Life. JON HERNANDEZ/ CHIC CHICKS: HERALD FOUR FALL ESSENTIALS Dodge, duck, dip, PAGE 7 dive, dodge. Tournament brings awareness for cancer event SARAH STUKENBORG The main Relay for Life event will [email protected] be held on Oct. 26 in Smith Stadium. The Preston Center turned into a Sturgill said the event — which is war zone Wednesday night as teams usually in the spring — was moved fought for victory in a dodgeball to fall because of the overlap it had tournament hosted by WKU’s Relay with Greek Week. For Life committee. “I think we’ll get a bigger turnout The American Cancer Society Re- and more people willing to partici- lay For Life is an organization that is pate,” she said of the move. SERVICE 3G 4:05 PM dedicated to raising awareness and The tournament brought a crowd funding for cancer research. of eager players and relay support- Lexington senior Erica Sturgill, ers. A DJ blasted music while the in charge of team development for dodgeballs were hurled through the WKU’s Relay committee, said the air. There were a total of 15 teams, sev- @wkuherald facebook.com dodgeball tournament “Protect Your /wkuherald Balls” is a fun way to the kick-off Re- en female and eight male. lay. Louisville sophomore Sean Myers, “This is the event that says ‘Hey, on the Pi Kappa Alpha team, came Relay’s on campus this semester,’” as a competitor and a supporter. SEE DODGEBALL Herald App #WKU Sturgill said. PAGE 10 Features of Alumni Center to pay homage to WKU KAYLA SWANSON [email protected] Construction is The center is lo- underway on the cated on Alumni FRI. 82˚/ 53˚ new home for WKU Square, which is on alumni, the Augen- the corner of Center stein Alumni Center. Street and Alumni SAT. 81˚/ 58˚ Project manager Avenue. Kerra Ogden said William Skaggs, di- construction would rector of Annual Giv- SUN. 81˚/ 59˚ Bowling Green sophomore Jessica Seckel, 19, attempts to steal be fi nished in Febru- ing, said the building a football from junior running back Antonio Andrews Tuesday ary 2013 with a grand will have features night in Parking Structure 2. Head coach Willie Taggart tweeted, opening following in that resemble other MON. 80˚/ 61˚ “If anyone see any of our players with a ball in their hand, slap April. parts of campus. it out and bring it to me. You will get to travel with us to UK. Go SEE ALUMNI CENTER Tops!" JABIN BOTSFORD/HERALD PAGE 3 PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • WKUHERALD.COM AS ANY NETWORK UNLIMITED PER MONTH TALK, TEXT & WEB INCLUDES UP TO 100 MB OF 4G SPEEDS Experience the power of our super-fast Samsung 4G smartphones. &DPSEHOO/Q6XLWH%RZOLQJ*UHHQ.< Monthly4G plans provide access to wireless service; capable device required to achieve 4G speeds. 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Samsung and Galaxy S are both trademarks of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and/or its related entities. T-Mobile and the magenta color are registered trademarks of Deutsche Telekom AG. © 2012 T-Mobile USA, Inc. SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 • COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • WKUHERALD.COM PAGE 3 ALUMNI CENTER CONTINUED FROM FRONT “We have really, intentionally tied in a lot of archi- tecture from around the campus,” Skaggs said. For example, the 13 spouts in the fountain outside the center represent the 13 columns of the Colon- nades, Skaggs said. Other similarities are the brick, the columns in the front of the building and the building’s pitched roof. The fi rst fl oor of the center features a ballroom, a WKU-related museum and a gallery that will show photography and artwork done by WKU students and faculty. Skaggs said that there would also be a tile mosaic on the fi rst fl oor that will “display the fl avor of life on the Hill.” The second fl oor features a replica fi replace to the one in the current alumni center. Skaggs said the current alumni center building will Construction started on the Augenstein Alumni Center on July 15, 2011. JEFF BROWN/HERALD stay on campus, but plans for that building aren’t fi - nalized. can invent Diet 7UP or the nicotine patch; anything $8.6 million cost of the center are going well. A library, dining room, boardroom, auditorium and that you might want to accomplish,” he said. “The whole alumni board and staff have really been a “Hall of Inspiration” completes the second fl oor. The top fl oor will be for offi ce space. good,” she said. “They are very close to what they The Hall of Inspiration plans to display a group Ogden said that the building is also set to be LEED consider the basic goal of $5 million.” of distinguished alumni plaques and display cases certifi ed.