Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 8-28-2012 UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 1 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. 1" (2012). WKU Archives Records. Paper 6288. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/6288 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]. CAITLIN HERRINGTON VOTE TO NAME STUDENT SECTION SPEAKS TO FRESHMEN• B3 OF STADIUM AT WKUHERALD.COM TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012•WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY•WKUHERALD.COM •VOLUME 88 NO. 1 NEWS PROVOST PUSHING FOR MORE BI-TERM COURSES AT WKU •A2 • WKU FACING LAWSUITS •A2 DIVERSIONS STUDENTS CREATE ANYTHING SHOP •B5 TODD STEWART: OPINION CHANGES FOR THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD •A4 WKU'S NEW ATHLETIC FINANCE HELPFUL MONEY TIPS FOR THE COLLEGE KID•B4 DIRECTOR SPORTS, A8 COLLEGE HEIGHTS BLVD. 1 CampusCampu Changes “ GARRETT -- The conference center 1 now houses the ID Center, WKU Store, Post Offi ce and Students In Free Enterprise. SORORITY BID DAY 2 DIVERSIONS, B1 I’m so happy you . all have found DUC -- The $49 million renovation MAL ST your place. 2 R project has moved many services it -Paige Pardue NORMALNO ST used to house to other buildings on campus. The DUC Annex will stay open during the entire renovation process. 3 3 PIONS “ TOPPER CAFE -- The new structure houses the Fresh Food Company AVE. OF CHAMPIONS this year only. After the completion UNIVERSITY BLVD. of the DUC renovation, the structure will be turned back into “ green space. STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES FROM Where am I? STUDENT, NATE HOVEE WKU transforms campus with construction B3 KAYLA SWANSON i’m only [email protected] investing in Students returning to WKU may feel like Design, and Construction. incoming freshmen as construction projects The DUC renovation project began on myself. started over the summer have seemingly June 26 and is set to fi nish on July 15, 2014. turned WKU’s campus into a different school. Russell said the contractor, Whittenberg -Nate Hovee Despite the changes, John Osborne, vice Construction, has completed steam and president for Campus Services and Facilities, utility tunnels on the Avenue of Champions said WKU did most of the construction side of the building. during the summer to limit the disruption to There was also demolition work during that students. time. Renovations of Downing University Center Russell said most of the interior has been progressed throughout the summer. demoed, but some demolition work is still Students will not be able to see most of the taking place. construction in DUC, due to a barrier that He said the demolition process for DUC is blocks the side where Fresh Food Company different than others in the past because a was located. goal for the building is to be Leadership in “Most of it will be behind closed doors,” Energy and Environmental Design certifi ed. said Bryan Russell, director of Planning, A LEED certifi ed building promotes “ SEE CHANGES A2 DUC construction forces tailgaters to spread across campus WKU Herald? KAYLA SWANSON We have an app for that. [email protected] South Lawn won’t be the center of tailgating fans,” Skaggs said. for game day like in years past. The university plans to use more of the parking The Downing University Center renovation lot space than they have in the past. AT&T 3G 4:05 PM project and new Topper Cafe site have taken up “Campuses throughout the country tailgate on most of the lawn. parking lots,” said Howard Bailey, vice president @wkuherald WKU Athletics Director Todd Stewart said the for Student Affairs. “We’ve got wonderful game day experience over the next two years will locations and a lot of other grassy areas beyond be different while construction takes place. the South Lawn.” “There will be some tenting and some President Gary Ransdell said he hopes tailgating in the South Lawn area, but certainly Herald App students and fans are going to take advantage of not as much as there has been before,” Stewart the entire campus on game days. said. “Any place on campus, just have at it, and Stewart said most tailgating activities are make the campus, all of the campus, come alive going to move up Avenue of Champions, closer facebook.com/wkuherald to the student tailgating area. There will also be a on game day,” Ransdell said. greater fan presence on Grise Hall lawn. Bailey said the mentality that tailgating has to William Skaggs, the director of Annual Giving occur in only one area will have to change. for WKU, previously tailgated on South Lawn, but “These next two years we’re going to take will now get ready for the game on McCormack it as an opportunity to expand tailgating and Hall lawn. hopefully get our students and other fans to “Mainly it’s a location change obviously, but understand that you don’t have to be in direct we’ll still have the same group of friends and sight of the stadium to tailgate,” Bailey said. PAGE a2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 • COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD • WKUHERALD.COM CHANGES Bi-term proposal aims to help CONTINUED FROM FRONT recycling and sustainable practices. students graduate sooner “The demolition contractor has to come in and they have to separate materials,” he said. “They’ll put the metal together, they’ll recycle SHELBY ROGERS only two or three classes proposal. the ceiling tiles, they’ll take out the stone, [email protected] they’ll take out the steel, and all those things lasting seven weeks, half of “I just don’t see this pro- go into different bins that has to be measured WKU is exploring the op- WKU’s traditional 14-week posal being good for stu- and accounted for.” tion of emphasizing more semester. After the fi rst bi- dents,” Dodds said. “One of Achieving LEED certifi cation is a requirement bi-term courses instead of term, students would then the pros the administration for new construction projects at WKU. WKU full semester classes. select another two or three was trying to push off this is seeking a silver level LEED certifi cation for The proposal was made classes for another seven- schedule is that they would DUC. public at Friday’s faculty week period. be more fl exible, but I don’t There is still access to DUC on the Avenue of convocation, entitled “An The proposed bi-term see how that’s possible.” Champions side of the building, through the Increased Emphasis on Bi- scheduling would also Dodds said he’d be okay Annex. term Learning at WKU?” change tuition payments to with seeing more general The DUC Food Court is open during the renovation, accessible only on the Minton Written by a small com- paying per-credit hour. education classes offered as side, but Fresh Food Company has moved to mittee, the initiative was One of the biggest ben- bi-terms, but believes not Topper Cafe on South Lawn. headed by Gordon Emslie, efi ts touted in the proposal all full-semester courses According to Tim Colley, Dining Services provost and vice president is the ability for students could adequately be taught director, Fresh Food will be in Topper Cafe for Academic Affairs. to easily graduate in three in seven weeks. for the next school year until it moves back to “This idea is very much a years instead of four. “The scary part of what DUC. The DUC Food Court and Red Zone will ‘work in progress,’” Emslie “With this, you can take they’re proposing is that replace Fresh Food in the Topper Cafe for the said in the proposal. a full-time load with bi- this academic calendar 2013-2014 school year. Emslie said the earliest terms plus a summer or change is paired directly “So far the reaction to Topper Cafe has been draft of the bi-term idea winter course and graduate with per-credit hour tuition very positive,” Colley said. “It’s different from involved a full transition to in three years,” President billing,” Dodds said. “That what you anticipate when you see it from the outside. That’s what everybody has said.” bi-term courses. The most Gary Ransdell said of the is very detrimental. I think Topper Cafe owner, Mike Murphy, of Scott, recent proposal focuses on plan. it could have far reaching Murphy, and Daniel Construction Company, exploring bi-term classes. Ransdell said these were consequences for recruit- will remove the facility and South Lawn will Of the roughly 2,800 “plans we have some de- ing students, for revenue, again be green space. course offerings listed on gree of confi dence in, but for almost everything.” In addition to the DUC renovation, the university website, 5 they’re not absolute.” Currently, Dodds is plan- construction of Subway and Provisions on percent are bi-term classes, Student Government As- ning a resolution in SGA Demand at Bates-Runner Hall and Panda according to the proposal. sociation President Cory that opposes the proposal, Express at Garret Conference Center also Under the proposed sys- Dodds said he strongly particularly the per-credit happened during the summer. tem, students would take disapproves of the current hour billing. Subway, which opened on August 19, and Provisions on Demand, or POD, will be combined.