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April 7, 2017
Baker University Student Media ~ Baldwin City, Kansas vol. 124 [issue 8]

Are Textbook Prices

Really Rising?
pgs. 8-9

Whether driven
up by the new
competitive markets
or down by todays
ease of access to
renting or electronic
sources, the price of
college textbooks
is forefront on the
minds of students,
professors and
publishing
companies.

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IS JOURNALISM DEAD?
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL
The future of the media industry depends on us
Alternative facts. Fake news.
This is the world we live in
today. Does it have to be that
way? Both Trump and his
supporters view the media as
the enemy, and this idea is
starting to transfer to the rest
of the U.S. population.
The media are portrayed
as sleazy and tricksters, but
that simply isnt true. Sure,
some journalists are sleaze-
balls, just like some bankers
or businesspeople are, but
not everyone is. There are
conscientious journalists who
just want to report whats
happening in our world so that
people can be informed.
If you think the media are
biased, think again. Even if they
report just the facts, people will
read the information differently
and project their own opinions
onto it, thus making it seem
biased. The solution? Get your
news from multiple sources.
Only then can you truly have an
understanding of whats actually
going on and who is reporting
the truth.
If you think the media are lying
to you, look into the issue yourself.
Investigate to make sure youre
getting the right information.
Someone, somewhere, has told the
truth about an issue, and if you
look you will find the answer.
If we view the media as evil
and the enemy, like chief White
House Strategist Steve Bannon,
we are at risk for knowing literally
Graphic by Bailey Horlander
just automatically saying its fake
nothing. Worse yet, we could rely
solely on social media for all of our
news. Reporting by the masses via
social media, like Twitter, would
involve only opinion and not
provide the whole truth because
no one would put in the effort of
investigating and reporting.
News media outlets serve as
our watchdogs. They alert us to
what is happening in our world,
but we seem to have forgotten
that. We need to embrace media
sources and help them. If you
notice something that seems
untrue, question it and try to help
find the real answer instead of
news.
The future of journalism rests
in our hands. We dont have to
tolerate alternative facts and
fake news. Dispute these things
and find out the real answer so
we can share the truth instead
of complaining that its all lies.
Journalism has the potential to
educate people and help them
make informed decisions in their
everyday lives.
We are the most connected
generation because of social
media, so lets use it to our
advantage. We need to band
together. Even if youre not
involved in a journalism career,
it still directly affects you. A
new golden age of journalism is
just around the corner, and its
millennials like us who will help
get us there.

BU marketing gifs humor to social media

SPENCER BROWN
Assistant Editor
Search for Baker University on
Twitter, and youll see something you
probably would not have seen only a
few short years ago: gifs. Of course,
with any use of social media today,
its all about engaging followers, and
Baker is doing just that. Retweet after
retweet, the marketing department
continues to step up its game,
promoting the enjoyable campus
atmosphere.
What ultimate impact does
this have on students? According
to a recent study outlined by the
Journalists Resource and published
in Computers in Human Behavior in
December 2016, brand loyalty
seems to be connected to students
desires to continue their studies at the
same university, even in the face of
academic difficulties.
Its a small sample size because
the study looked at only the Facebook
use of 206 students at Eastern
Mediterranean University; however,
social media platforms seem to
give colleges a chance to Graphic by Maria Echeverry
establish brand loyalty and
connect with the student
body. Baker utilizes Twitter
and Facebook as well as
other popular platforms
such as Snapchat and
Instagram.
From representing
current students to creating
immediate connections with
potential students, Bakers
social media presence
demonstrates its ability to
continue keeping students
engaged. Whether it be
through celebrating their
successes or encouraging
current students when
theyre down, the
universitys social media
campus itself. socially and academically. The
platforms create relationships that will
Continuing the appropriate and Journalists Resource suggests there
last for years to come.
effective use of social media is more is a relationship between students
And it doesnt stop there.
important now than ever before. As loyalty to a schools brand and their
With each share on Facebook and
long as the university continues to willingness to recommend the school
retweet on Twitter, the university
stay up-to-date on its social media to others, share good experiences
is able to find a further connection
strategies, it will be able to build on with friends and participate in school
with the BU community. From family
retention and create a deeper love for activities.
members of current students to
the university. After all, who doesnt love a like
well-connected alumni, social media
Social media posts can inspire from the top-ranked private university
platforms reach far beyond the
students to better themselves in Kansas?
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Conservative views stifled on campus
LAUREN
FREKING
Columnist
Things usually do not go
right for college professors.
And by right, I mean right-
wing.
According to Boston
Magazine, In the South
and throughout the Great
Plains, the ratio of liberal
to conservative professors
hover(s) around 3 to 1. On
the liberal left coast, the
ratio was 6 to 1. And then
there was New England
standing at 28 to 1.
Conservative professors
across college campuses
are a rarity and could
eventually become extinct.
The four years students
spend attending college
are the some of the most
transformational years of
"
their lives. With such a high
percentage of liberal
professors, it is no wonder
that most college students
are also affiliated with the
left.
Due to a sweeping
majority of college
students identifying with
the Democratic Party, the
conservative minority has
often been silenced on
U.S. campuses. In a survey
at Brandeis University
in Massachusetts, three-
quarters of students who
identified as conservative
said they chose not to
express their political views
Word Around
BAKER:
"Mostly links from Reddit,
Twitter or Facebook. I trust
Twitter the most. If The New
York Times tweets something,
it's most likely reliable, but if
one of my friends randomly
tweets, then I can't be sure."
Tyler Cawley
senior
The Baker Orange | Voices
on campus.
It may be surprising to
consider that liberals are
squashing conservative
views when the typical
glance at social media
suggests that Republicans
are closed-minded and
overly aggressive in their
positions. By stigmatizing
conservatives as the closed-
minded villains, liberals
are creating a faade that
conservatives are actually
the ones suffocating other
viewpoints.
Indeed, even as a college
female who identifies as an
independent conservative,
I have been stereotyped
as discriminatory, closed-
minded, even racist and
homophobic. I can promise
you that I am none of those
things, and the people who
know me well realize that
I have extremely middle-
line views for someone who
identifies as conservative.
I have been
stereotyped as
discriminatory,
"
closed-minded,
even racist and
homophobic.
I rarely express my
opinion to others on
popular issues. I fear that
my professors and fellow
students will immediately
What is your most
trusted news source?
"Most of my news comes from
social media or my peers. I don't
watch the news or read the
newspaper, but if I did, I would
trust the newspaper the most."
Ziara McDowell
junior
assume I am ignorant and
delegitimize my opinions
from that moment forward.
What caused this dynamic
on college campuses? Why
are conservative opinions
hidden in shame and liberal
opinions widely accepted or
even glorified?
Some argue that the
definition of conservatism
has changed to be only what
Fox News and President
Trump exemplify in their
daily proclamations, and
because of this change in
definition, people who would
have normally identified
as conservative now must
identify as moderate or
independent.
"Business Insider and Fox
News are my main sources
because they've never steered
me wrong. I care about
politics because it affects me,
but I tend to avoid news about
politics."
Mariq Stigler
sophomore
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Graphic by Maria Echeverry
Graphic by Maria Echeverry
Another argument points both sides must develop
out that many members a sense of respect and
of a more conservative understanding for people
generation have retired from with opposing opinions.
teaching, opening the door Mutual respect will foster an
for a rise in younger, left- environment of growth and
leaning professors.
College students
learning that could create
progress and change our
and professors need to nation.
examine their own beliefs College students are
and biases. Liberals must the future of America, and
consider whether their professors are cultivating
conservative counterparts the opinions that those
should be stereotyped as students will carry on
racist, homophobic, anti- into the future. When we
feminist or anti-Semitic. begin to respect and listen
Conservatives must become to differing opinions and
more outspoken on issues promote open conversation
instead of continuing to be on campus, our country
silent due to fear. will surely become a better
Most importantly, place.
Sarah Baker
Whitney Silkey
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Interterm to include summer travel
B
JULIA SANDERS
Staff Writer
Baker students will soon have
the option to enroll in a summer
travel interterm, and freshmen will
no longer be required to take an
interterm in their first year at Baker.
Faculty Senate has approved these
changes, which will now be submitted
for administrative approval.
For the past two years, Faculty
Senate has been discussing changes
to improve the interterm program.
According to Associate Professor of
Biology Scott Kimball, a committee
began evaluating how the interterm
program was meeting the needs of
the students and fulfilling the idea of
being a distinctive program to Baker
that would attract students.
Interterm has historically been
scheduled for two to three weeks at
the beginning of January, the time
between first and second semester.
The new summer interterm
will provide distinctive travel
opportunities. The January interterm
session will continue to offer both on-
campus and travel courses.
Travel interterm trips to some
study-abroad destinations are not
always feasible in January. Kimball
said that several faculty members
wanted to offer travel interterms that
did not work as well in the winter.
Also, traveling domestically in January
can be hard due to inclement weather,
and the addition of a summer term
will open up more options for
Visiting biology professor to become full-time
V
ANGELA BOBER
Staff Writer
Visiting Professor of Biology
Danielle Hemingson is no longer just a
visitor on the BU campus.
I really have enjoyed teaching and
being in the classroom, Hemingson
said. I really like our lab experience a
lot, but just being at Baker itself is like
a small family community all in one
little place.
Hemingson is originally from
Waverly, Iowa, and she graduated
from Buena Vista University, where
she studied athletic training before
attending graduate school and majoring
in kinesiology and sports science.
This is the first time I have
taught full-time at a university. I came
from the YMCA, and I am more of a
practitioner, so I have worked with a
lot of clients and patients, Hemingson
said. This is really my first full-time
teaching, but I have always taught
adjunct, which is online a lot more,
and you do not really get to know
your students that well. Being here
Associate Professor of History Leonard Ortiz and his students on the Yucatan, Mexico, travel
interterm in January. | Photo courtesy Logan Pope
domestic travel, which is usually
cheaper than international travel.
Students who participate in
winter sports often miss out on travel
interterms because they have to be
on campus in January. The summer
term will give more students the
opportunity to take part in a travel
interterm during their time at Baker.
It [summer term] provides the
option for science things that need
to happen in warmer weather, or if
you want to do mountain climbing or
orienteering where you need to be
able to be out in the summer season,
Interim Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences Martha Harris said.
Students who enter Baker as
freshmen are required to complete
two interterms, but they can now
complete an interterm at any time
during their four years.
with them in person and seeing them
nearly daily is really fun.
For 2017-18, Hemingson will
become a full-time faculty member,
teaching classes for both biology and
exercise science.
I am so happy for her, senior
Maddie Wilcox said. Baker is really
gaining a great asset in hiring her
full-time, and I have no doubt she
will go on to inspire countless other
students.
Hemingson has had a lot of real-life
experiences involving the sciences,
and some students say this is an
advantage for her classes.
She is super knowledgeable
and knows a lot about how the body
works, junior Brenna Herdman, who
is a teaching assistant for Hemingson,
said. She is super-personal, and if I
ask her a question, she is going to give
a straight-up answer.
Hemingson recently gained
another connection to the Baker
community when she became engaged
to Assistant Professor of Exercise
Science Chris Todden.
The previous policy requiring all
freshmen to enroll in interterm was
not heavily enforced, according to
Kimball, so it didnt make sense to the
Faculty Senate to keep telling students
that it was a requirement if there was
not a continuous effort to enforce it.
The summer term will allow
students to complete their interterm
requirements in one calendar
year. While this increases student
opportunities, it could also potentially
increase the cost, depending on a
students particular situation.
Currently, students are allotted
three interterm hours in their yearly
tuition fees; however, with the new
ability to complete two interterms in
one calendar year, students will have
to pay for additional credit hours
if they go beyond three total hours
in one year. This will cost $425 per
Danielle Hemingson teaches the Anatomy and Physiology class. | Photo by Elizabeth Hanson
We have been dating for a while,
and he proposed a couple of weeks
ago in our living room, Hemingson
said.
They are planning a May wedding.
In the meantime, Hemingsons
students can benefit from the different
types of training and experiences she
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April 7, 2017
credit hour.
Freshman Erynne Jamison
participated in an education
practicum over her interterm and
believes that the program is a positive
experience for Baker students.
Interterm wasnt something that
drew me to Baker, but being here,
I think it is definitely a positive,
because it not only allows us to get
credit over that break, but if we arent
here, it gives us a longer break to
enjoy at home, Jamison said.
Interterm courses must satisfy
one of three requirements: increase
student awareness of cultural
experiences and knowledge, increase
knowledge of the diversity of life or
incorporate a completion of a project
as part of a team.
Freshman Hannah Greer found
out about the changes through her
sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, and she
believes that the summer term could
benefit students.
As long as its not mandatory, I feel
that it is a good opportunity for people
to travel and experience something out
of the norm, Greer said.
Above all, these changes give
students more opportunities to
participate in a travel interterm.
My favorite part is the flexibility
for students and faculty members
and the possibility that we open
up some destinations that werent
available before, Harris said. I like
the idea that we have opportunities
for students to travel that havent had
it in the past.
has gained as an athletic trainer and
working for the YMCA.
My favorite part of the job is when
I see a student realize something,
Hemingson said. Either they realize a
concept in anatomy, or they put some
things together and have an aha
moment.
April 7, 2017
Study drug:
a quick fix with harmful consequences
M
BRENNA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Madison Armoneit lay still on the
bathroom floor of her lecture hall. Her
body had begun to shut down from
days without sleep or food, her heart
rate was dangerously slow, and her
blood count was severely depleted.
She woke up to her sorority sisters
standing above her in fear and disbelief,
completely unaware of the substance
abuse that had taken over her mind,
body and health.
Armoneit, a former Baker student,
left the university in 2016 during
her sophomore year to be admitted
into a high-level inpatient treatment
facility for substance abuse and eating
disorders. Adderall became her escape,
her mechanism of control. Eventually,
however, it took control over her, and
her life spun into a battle of addiction
as she was fighting for months to
overcome a dependence on a drug she
felt she could not function without.
Adderall became THE thing for me
when I thought I had lost everything,
Armoneit said. My emotions were
heightened.
She felt unstoppable. She started
using Adderall to balance her busy
schedule. She could focus on school,
soccer, friends and work without being
influenced by outside distractions.
That was the first time I thought
that I really felt comfortable in my
own skin, Armoneit said. It took me
a really long time to develop a clear
understanding of how deep I had
fallen.
Armoneit not only became heavily
addicted to Adderall, but said it was
the number-one cause for the eating
disorder that ended up threatening
her life.
Food didnt even cross my mind
when I was abusing Adderall, she
said. It was easy for me.
She is now more than three
months clean and hopes she is on the
road to a full recovery. She said she
still has a long way to go and a lot of
learning to do.
Substance abuse and addictions
dont just go away, Armoneit said.
They just change.
ABUSE, MISUSE
AND RECREATIONAL USE
Across campuses throughout the
nation, college students are popping
Adderall like its chewing gum, often
without considering the mental, legal
or physical repercussions that have
been associated with the misuse, abuse
and recreational use of Attention
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
medications. Adderall has been called
a study drug by the National Center
for Health Research, which says that
the abuse rate for study drugs is
somewhere between 7 and 33 percent
among college students and is rapidly
increasing.
Baker University is contributing to
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Graphic by Maria Echeverry
these statistics, as the use of Adderall According to ADDitude Magazine, LEARNING DISADVANTAGES
has become more of a concern in recent users metabolize medication Adderall is not only extremely
years. differently. Therefore, a level of dosage dangerous, but it puts students at a
Its a much larger issue than what may have completely different effects disadvantage when they graduate.
we adjudicate, Dean of Students Cassy on two people, even if they are the Bailey said students arent always going
Bailey said. We know the abuse is same weight and height. to be able to deal with life by popping a
happening. Baker University Nurse Practitioner pill and staying up all night.
Bailey said the schools goal is not Jody Mitchell compared taking Youre learning no skill set, Bailey
for the students selling or abusing unprescribed prescription pills to said. Taking a test is so much beyond
the drug to be arrested or expelled. Russian roulette, a dangerous risk that the content. Its about the preparation,
However, if university officials find students are taking every time they organization of your time.
" "
a large amount of any controlled ingest a medication that isnt medically By taking the easy way out, Bailey
substance, those approved for said students are cheating themselves;
are immediately them. they are developing no coping skills.
turned over People regularly taking You dont She said they are setting themselves up
to the police know how that for failure in the future.
and can result
Adderall at unprescribed drug is going The use of study drugs also detracts
in a student doses are at a high risk of to affect you, from those who have legitimate
facing felony Mitchell said. prescriptions and need Adderall to
charges as well
becoming addicted. She also had perform in school or function normally.
as revocation of a warning for Taking Adderall unprescribed is a
federal student aid and expulsion from students who are taking Adderall on lazy way of learning, Bailey said. You
the university. a prescription. She said you cant tell dont need it.
Bailey hopes to improve students how Adderall will interact with other Sophomore Hunter Collins
awareness of prescription abuse. She medications you are taking. was prescribed Adderall this year
said students dont realize the long- According to Live Science, after struggling with focusing and
term effects of Adderall, both mentally, prolonged use can cause productivity. He said the medication
legally and physically. developmental problems in the brain, has enabled him to regain the ability to
We didnt see this kind of Adderall negative changes in brain activity and feel in control of his school work and
abuse 20 years ago, Bailey said. We severe withdrawal problems such as his life, and he is no longer consumed
dont know the longitudinal impact. depression, psychosis, restlessness and by distractions and stressors.
According to the Addiction Center, agitation. He said his grades truly depend
people regularly taking Adderall at Armoneits story shows the damage on this medication, and it isnt fair
unprescribed doses are at a high risk of Adderall abuse can have on ones body. that those people who dont need it
becoming addicted. In fact, she is still suffering the physical are using it to get an advantage, while
While students may begin taking consequences that came with the others are studying rather than using
Adderall pills only occasionally, for abuse. She said it has taken a while to drugs to get ahead.
example, once or twice during a regain her energy level. For BU students, Adderall may seem
semester in the midst of finals week or Something I dont think people like a quick fix for the stress that comes
before a large project is due, many find really believe or think about when it with attending a private university with
themselves increasing the dosage and comes to substances that have become a tough curriculum. However, it can
frequency over time. so cultured, is that there are major have adverse and life-altering effects.
health consequences, even to someone Adderall controlled Armoneits life
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND prescribed, Armoneit said. as she became dependent, unable to
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS Education is key for proper Adderall function normally without it. She hopes
With addiction comes tolerance use. Mitchell said students need to others can see hope for the future.
and withdrawal. Armoneit said with communicate with their primary care I think its so important to
increased frequency of use, she began physician and discuss the possible side advocate and express not only the
to develop a tolerance to Adderall and effects before deciding to take Adderall harsh realities but also the incredible
needed stronger dosages and increased or any ADHD medication. recoveries, she said.
milligrams to produce the same effects.
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Common book to feature PDF availability

ANGELA BOBER
Staff Writer
The common reading book for
fall 2017 Salon classes will be Deep
Economy: The Wealth of Communities
and the Durable Future by Bill
McKibben.
I think students will have the
common experience of everybody
reading the same book, as well as a
greater understanding of how energy
is produced, Dean of Students Cassy
Bailey said, adding that students will
better understand the environmental
burdens of some of our convenience
items we have, such as bottled water,
and understanding the impact we can
have on our community both positively
and negatively.
Unique to this selection, Baker will
not purchase books for Salon classes.
Instead, students will be able choose
to access it through a PDF version,
which will be emailed to students, or
to purchase a paperback copy.
Part of this is that we do not want
to have the impact of buying books,
Bailey said.
Salon 101 classes have read a
common book since 2009. Choosing
the book can be a lengthy process.
This year, the committee in
charge of selecting the common
book consisted of Bailey, Professor of
Psychology Tony Brown, Director of
Student Life Randy Flowers, Assistant
Professor of Biology Scott Kimball and
freshman Cordy Wesonig.
I was chosen by Dean
Bailey because we had previous
conversations about the environment
and the importance of it, and that
was the objective of next years Salon
book, Wesonig said.
The committee narrowed down the
books to four and went through the
pros and cons of each.
Deep Economy focuses on how we
affect the environment through our
different products and tools.
The more explicit outcome we
are hoping for is to become a little
bit more aware of our environmental
impact as human beings, as college
students, as people in Kansas, as
people at Baker, Kimball said. And to
understand how even small decisions
that we make might have bigger
consequences.
Fitting to its content, the author of
the book is an environmental writer
and activist himself.
Anytime you read someones
writing, you should consider it in the
context of who is writing it, Kimball
said. This fellow Bill McKibben is a
huge advocate for creating a more
sustainable nation and world. He has
written a lot for mass media including
in magazines and newspapers.
Through learning about the
environment, Wesonig hopes that
students will become more cognitive
and have an open perspective on how
our actions affect what is around us.

Harlaxton graduation sashes now available

SPENCER BROWN
Assistant Editor
When graduating seniors walk across
the Collins Center stage, wide arrays
of regalia line their necks - from honor
cords to medallions and stoles - graduates
display their academic achievements
and experiences. This year will feature a
new sash only available to students who
studied abroad at Harlaxton College.
I was so excited to learn of the
Harlaxton sash because Harlaxton was
a huge part of my Baker experience,
senior Liz Minson said. Im proud that
Harlaxton is forever a part of me and that
Im able to show that at graduation.
The sashes became available this
semester through Bakers sister school,
the University of Evansville, which owns
the popular study abroad destination in
Grantham, England.
Weve not promoted [the sashes] yet
because theyre so brand new, Director
of Study Abroad Robyn Long said. Im
glad to hear that Harlaxton is emailing
alumni. Im hopeful that students who are
Harlaxton alumni will make the choice to
[purchase one].
The burgundy colored sashes feature
an embroidered official Harlaxton College
logo on one end.
Senior Brittney Harmon is another
student who will be displaying the sash
as she walks across the stage to receive
her diploma in May.
The sash for Harlaxton College is a
reminder of my time abroad in England,
something I remember quite fondly, she
said. Although I did not go to Harlaxton
with people that I will be graduating with,
it is a way to tie us together and to reflect
on the memories and experiences that we
had abroad.
The new Harlaxton sash is only one
of many that line students necks on
graduation day, however. Both Minson
and Harmon noted the many other honor
cords and regalia that theyll proudly
display.
I will have one for Cardinal Key, one
for the National Society of Collegiate
Scholars and one for Alpha Chi Omega,
Minson said. These symbolize the
participation and achievement that I was
able to attain during my Baker adventure.
They remind me of the opportunities that
Baker provided me and the activities that
helped mold me into a better version of
myself.
Of course, with much involvement
comes much recognition through
graduation regalia; however, Long advises
students to wear their regalia with pride
and in the most representative way
possible.
At their best, I think they are a
recognition that a person has gone
through the process of discernment
about how theyre going to spend
their time and energy at Baker,
Long said. The things that they are
representing indicate things that were
really meaningful to them and are
partially an extension of graduation
itself, which is a celebration for
[students] achievements but also
a way to recognize people who
have contributed to [them] getting
there.
Harmon continues to collect
her remaining cords and honors
before finalizing her graduation
ensemble and walking across
the stage in May.
All of these cords and the
sash represent a part of my
time at Baker, Harmon said.
The honor societies honor
my time and commitment
to my religious studies and
communication studies
degrees, both of which have
been very important in the
formation of who I have
become through Baker.
Delta Delta Delta has given
me many opportunities
and relationships, and the
Total Equality Alliance cord is
a symbol of the hard work I have
put into something that I believe in. Harlaxton College graduation sash

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Introducing all-gender restrooms

LILY STEPHENS
Staff Writer
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Teresa Clounch, Assistant Professor of
Religious Studies Nicholaus Pumphrey
and senior Brittney Harmon placed
gender-inclusive restroom signs over
the specific gender signs of several
single-stalled restrooms around
Bakers campus in early March.
With the backing of Total Equality
Alliance, these signs went up to allow
transgender and non-binary students
to have a comfortable space to use the
restroom.
Members of TEA have been working
for two years to implement this idea,
which they hope will leave a lasting
impact on campus and allow Baker
to be a leader in gender diversity and
held annually on March 31.
These speakers shared with us
their medical complications that arise
from not feeling or being welcome
in public restrooms, Harmon said.
Knowing that we have students and
visitors that are impacted by these
same complications, last spring we
began brainstorming ideas on how to
make improvements on our campus
for those in similar situations.
After a brainstorming session and
review process, TEA and Clounch
decided that transforming these
restrooms would be their new mission.
TEAs purpose as an organization is
not only to serve as an ally to the LGBT
community but also to help advocate
for changes as needed, and the
organization saw the bathroom issue
as a change that needed to occur. Gender-inclusive restroom signs have been placed over gendered signs in eight campus buildings.

inclusion. Most gender-binary students on

The gender-inclusive signs have
been placed on selected restrooms
in the Alumni Center, the Bennett Art
Building, Collins Library, the Long
Student Center, Mabee Hall, the New
Living Center, Parmenter Hall and
Owens Musical Arts Building.
In the past, TEA has brought in
speakers on International Transgender
Day of Visibility, a day of awareness
campus do not have any concerns with
the change.
Bathrooms are bathrooms,
freshman Carlos Galindo said.
People make such a big deal out of it
for no reason.
Non-binary student Blythe Smith, a
member of TEA, was excited to see that
gender-neutral restrooms were on the
clubs to-do list.
In the future, I hope we can have
dorm situations for students who are
trans or non-binary, Smith said.
Smith also said that when filling
out a Same Room, Same Hall
housing form this week, the university
provided female, male and non-binary
boxes under gender.
I got so excited just seeing that there
is the right box for me, Smith said.
In an interview with KNBU-TV,
Clounch said the university and TEA are
really glad about what we are doing.
Harmon said that if students or
staff are uncomfortable with the
idea of gender-neutral restrooms to
remember that all people, not just
cisgender people who identify with the
gender binary, have a right to use the
restroom when they need to.

Big Event to inspire students to volunteer

ANGELA BOBER
Staff Writer
Baker students will have the
opportunity to give back to the
community by participating in the Big
Event on April 22.
The Big Event is a day of
volunteering at Habitat for Humanity,
Midland Railway, Rainbow Experience
Preschool, Homespun Hill Farm,
Worden United Methodist Church and
United Way of Douglas County, as well
as for individuals in the Baldwin City
community.
The Big Event is basically
one big day of volunteer service
that students are given the
opportunity and presented with
opportunities to volunteer in their
communities to give back to those
around them, sophomore and Big
Event coordinator Emily Riggs
said, especially the people and
organizations that support Baker so
much throughout the year.
This years Big Event is slightly
different. Instead of having multiple
times throughout the day, all
volunteering will be from 8 a.m. to
noon. The event is also more geared
toward those within Baldwin City.
I think its a great opportunity
to give back to the community and
interact on a different level, Assistant
Director of Student Life Josh Doak said.
This is actually hands-on connection
with people, and all the locations have
the business employees there so that
(students) can interact with what
those businesses are doing.
Doak said that the Big Event
offers students the chance to develop
community connections, both on
personal and business levels.
Students will get a chance to gain
connections and see how their actions
are helping out those around them.
It brings us together because it
shows that Baker cares about Baldwin
and Baldwin cares about Baker,
freshman Darian Eddy said.
The event is open to all students.
Those who participate will receive a
free T-shirt and food.
Its a really easy day, Riggs
said. It is not a lot of work, as far as
preparation for it goes. You just show
up with a good attitude and help out
for a few hours.

BAKER
IN BRIEF
April 20 BU Theatre: A Late Snow
Calendar times and dates may change after print publication.
For updates on sports schedules, visit bakerwildcats.com.
24 Lawbreakers for the Common Good
7:30 p.m.| Rice Auditorium 7 p.m.| Owens AV Room
8 Bone Marrow Drive 21 BU Theatre: A Late Snow 25 Lunch and Learn: LGBTQ Awareness
9 a.m.| Collins Center 7:30 p.m.| Rice Auditorium 11:45 a.m.| New Living Center: Room 303
Honors Recital 22 SigEp Spiking Out 26 Scholars Symposium (No Classes)
7:30 p.m.| McKibbin Recital Hall Sigma Phi Epsilon Volleyball Court 8 a.m. 3:30 p.m. | Various locations
10 Golf: Baker Spring Invitational Trombone Day Workshop 28 Masterworks Concert
8 a.m. | Eagle Bend Golf Course All day | Owens AV Room 7:30 p.m.| Rice Auditorium
11 Golf: Baker Spring Invitational The Big Event 29 Baker Zach Kindler Invitational Track
8 a.m.| Eagle Bend Golf Course 8 a.m.| Baldwin City Liston Stadium
14 No classes - Good Friday Softball vs Missouri Valley
Softball vs Peru State 1 p.m.| Canvaness Field
Amanda Conrade Senior String Recital May
4 p.m.| Canvaness Field
15 Softball vs Graceland 3:30 p.m.| McKibbin Recital Hall
1 p.m.| Canvaness Field BU Theatre: A Late Snow 1 Corey Matteson Senior Trombone Recital
17 No classes - Faculty In-service 7:30 p.m.| Rice Auditorium 7:30 p.m.| McKibbin Recital Hall
18 Micheal Sturm Senior Trombone Recital 23 Softball vs Benedictine 4 Symphonic Winds Guest Artist Concert
7:30 p.m.| McKibbin Recital Hall 2 p.m.| Cavaness Field 7:30 p.m.| Rice Auditorium
19 Grocery Bingo BU Theatre: A Late Snow 4-5 Production I
9 p.m.| Mabee Gym 2 p.m.| Rice Auditorium 7:30 p.m.| Darby Hope Theatre
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T
he world looks very different in 2017 than it did in 1977.
For instance, in 1977, Apple Inc. was just taking off, Tom
Brady was born and the average annual cost of college
tuition was $4,080. Now, 40 years later, Apple Inc. is one of
the largest technology companies in the world, Tom Brady has five
Super Bowl rings and the cost of going to college is higher than ever.
College students frequently complain about the cost of textbooks.
Are these complaints well founded? According to data from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), textbook prices have increased
more than 1,000 percent from 1977 to 2015, which is more than
three times the rate of inflation. In the 2015-16 school term,
students spent an average of $1,310 on textbooks and supplies
alone, according to a College Board annual survey of colleges. Based
on the 1,000 percent statistic, a textbook that cost $25 in 1977,
would cost approximately $250 today, wholesale.
WHY ARE THEY
SO PRICEY?
The high numbers appears to be attributed to several causes.
First, the earlier BLS statistics likely were focused on the wholesale
price of textbooks, brand new from the publishers, instead of
including an average of prices among both whole and resale (buying
used or renting) market values. The resale market was smaller in
1977. Students would have to visit a physical store to buy used or
rental books, because the internet was not an option.
Second, textbook prices are higher today because of less
competition among publishers. Eighty percent of the textbook
publishing industry is controlled by only five publishers Cengage
Learning, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill Education,
Pearson Education and Scholastic effectively excluding
competition that could drive down prices.
Third, the journey of publishing a textbook, from start to finish,
is long and difficult.
Baker University Professor of Business and Economics Alan
Grant authored his own textbook, Economic Analysis of Social Issues,
published in 2015 by Pearson Education. He recounts the process
for getting his book published as long and painful.
After four years of basically working full-time with someone
from Pearson and all of the other people who are involved in the
process, you end up doing about six or seven drafts with a lot of
eyes on them, Grant said.
The process begins by the author writing a few sample chapters
and a prospectus explaining the need for that particular textbook.
If the author gets a contract with a publisher, then there are a lot of
drafts and editing followed by final publication.
There is just a lot of money that gets pumped into one of these
before it ever hits the market, he said. My guess is that $500,000-
to-$750,000 went into getting this thing ready before it showed up.
So they want to recoup some of that.
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A fourth cause of growing whole-price textbooks occurs when
students choose to buy used or rent textbooks from secondary
markets, like Amazon and Chegg, in the search for cheaper
alternatives. This practice causes textbook publishers to miss out on
profit and compensation for the textbook, leading them to hike up
their wholesale prices.
The textbook market is very different than it was when I was in
college, Grant said. It is very different than it was four years ago in
that Amazon is now doing rentals, Chegg is doing rentals, and plus
we have a much more fluid secondary market. Bookstores arent
getting stuck with old copies. Their students are selling them to
people all the way across the country. That secondary market works
much better, which means fewer primary sales for Pearson, so they
want to get some of that money back on a smaller amount of copies -
making them super-expensive.
STUDENT VS.
TEXTBOOK
Sophomore Caitlin Hardgrove chose to major in biology,
originally intending to become a heart surgeon, but she
rediscovered her love for animals and pursued her dream to become
a veterinarian. Hardgrove is taking 18 credit hours this semester,
plays on the softball team and is vice president of Zeta Tau Alpha
sorority, so finding time to make an extra $800 for a semester of
books is time-consuming.
On a normal day, softball takes up about three hours, and on
game days its at least five, Hardgrove said.
Similarly, senior Jamie Steury, who takes 17 credit hours, is a
member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, participates in track and field,
is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon (economic honor society) and
is pursuing a career in accounting.
I wait until after the first or second day of classes, Steury said.
I do this to see if I need to order the book or not and also to see if
anyone in the class is interested in sharing a book or even splitting
the costs.
Some students end up with extra cash from scholarships to use
on textbooks, but most students end up paying out of pocket. Not to
mention, some professors may not stress the importance of reading
required textbooks. Hardgrove and Steury each estimated that they
have lost $500 on textbook purchases due to lack of use.
We sent out a survey to the Baker University student body and
asked them about their majors, how many books they needed this
semester, whether they buy their books online or in the campus
bookstore and what website they frequent most.
The top two majors reported were those falling under the
category of math and science and those related to business.
Biology and business majors say that their textbook costs ranged
from $250 to $800 per semester. Textbook costs for students in
other majors ranged from $25 to $200.
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Statistics from a survey of 100 BU students | Graphics by Sarah Baker
For most people coming here, its pretty expensive
already, and they have to take out student loans, so adding
ALAN GRANT
a couple hundred dollars on top of that is a pretty big deal, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Hardgrove said. OF SOCIAL ISSUES
Professor of Philosophy Don Hatcher, who has written 2015
two textbooks of his own, recognizes the divide in prices
between different areas of study.
In philosophy, a lot of the stuff that I teach is historical
those being classics like Aristotle, Plato, Aquinas, Kant,
Marx and they are all online. Just follow the link and print
it off yourself, Hatcher said. I try to keep book costs to a
minimum. I would assume the books in the humanities even
in the anthologies that they are pretty reasonably priced, just
because this stuff has been out there for decades and is in the
public domain.
HOW TO MOVE
FORWARD?
With students turning toward resale options more often,
publishers sell fewer total books. The textbook industry, like many
others, must adapt to the new digital age to succeed.
I do think the concern over the rising price of textbooks is an
unwarranted concern from the students perspective, Grant said.
The cost of getting a semesters worth of books actually hasnt
gone up. It is actually probably much cheaper today than it was
20 years ago, because you have access to these temporary rental
markets that just didnt exist before. I think the real concern for
the textbook industry is if the resale industry is so active, how are
we going to cope with that and keep producing new books that
provide more to students? And I do not know the answer to that.
I think the textbook industry is trying to figure that out.
In order to decrease the resale markets and steer customers
back to the source, publishers have started utilizing the digital DON HATCHER
components and forms of some textbooks as a way to keep revenue
flowing. Some textbooks now have access codes to digital content
that students can either buy separately if they bought a used copy or
receive it free when they buy the textbook new from the publisher. SCIENCE, ETHICS
They want to steer people toward the content that is not re- AND TECHNOLOGICAL
sellable, mainly electronic content, Grant said. ASSESSMENT
Grant said that publishers include online components at a lower 1987
price that could drive customers to the electronic market and away
from the resale market.
Some students can make the cost less detrimental to their bank
accounts by using the option to write off textbook expenses on their
REASONING AND
tax forms (IRS form 8863). WRITING: FROM
Whether driven up by the new competitive markets or down by CRITICAL THINKING
todays ease of access to rental or electronic sources, the price of TO COMPOSITION
college textbooks is forefront on the minds of students, professors 2000
and publishing companies.
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April 7, 2017

Director of Choral Ensembles retires in May

A
ANGELA BOBER
Staff Writer

After four years at Baker

University, Director of Choral
Ensembles Cathy Crispino will be
retiring at the end of the semester.
Prior to her teaching at Baker, she
taught in public schools for 32 years
and was involved with the Kansas
City Symphony chorus.
I had retired from public school
and had one year of retirement
when they needed somebody here
at Baker, Crispino said. I was glad I
was able to stay here four years and
see one group of students all the way
from freshmen through seniors.
While at Baker, she has directed
the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers
and the University Community
Choir and conducted music for the
recent theater production Ernest
in Love.
I will miss leading a group of
singers, although there are many
ways to be involved in music, such Director of Choral Ensembles Cathy Crispino directs a Concert Choir rehearsal in McKibbin Recital Hall. | Photo by Mykaela Cross
as joining a choir myself, Crispino
said. Rodenbeek said. Shes like our mom junior Sarah Queen said. She would from her experiences and her passion
Crispino has developed many on campus. go above and beyond when helping for music.
relationships with students during Many are thankful for the personal someone. She is always there for you Its really been an honor to be at
her time at Baker. Both on a personal touch she has added to her classes, no matter what. Baker. Its an experience I didnt ever
and professional level. whether it be a story about her dog or Throughout her time at Baker expect to have, Crispino said. Baker
I was able to sit and talk to a deeper conversation. University, Crispino has left an has always had a great choir and they
her in her office, freshman Chloe She is so kind to everyone, impression on the choral program will continue to have a great choir.

Freshman Danny Griese, a member

of Zeta Chi fraternity, participates
in the donut-eating contest during Members of Kappa
Greek Games on March 30. Griese Sigma fraternity and
was the winner among the fraternity
Alpha Chi Omega
participants.
sorority dance and lip-
sync during Greek Sing.

GR
EEK U
Members of
Sigma Phi Epsilon
participate in

W WRAP
Greek Sing in Rice
Auditorium on
March 27.
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Choral Evensong
Between now & then:
April Baker University Concert Choir will perform with the Grace Cathedral Choir at 4 p.m. on April
9 at the Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka. The performance will take place during a church
April
9 service. The choir will sing Mozarts Vesperae Solennes de Confessore and will be accompanied
by a professional chamber ensemble. University of Missouri Director of Choral Activities R. Paul 6-28
Crabb will conduct the choirs.
A gallery show
Theater Production: A Late Snow highlighting the

April The BU Theatre Department will present A Late Snow by Jane Chambers. The play follows a
college professor, Ellie, along with her first lover, second lover, current lover and possible future
Baker University
Wetlands will be
open through April
20-23 lover all of whom are women as they are snowed in. Awkwardness ensues. A Late Snow will
premiere on the Rice Auditorium stage at 7:30 p.m. on April 20. Subsequent performances will
28 in the Holt-
Russell Gallery on
be at 7:30 p.m. on April 21 and 22, concluding with a matinee at 2 p.m. on April 23. the second floor of
Parmenter Hall.
3rd Annual Trombone Day Workshop
April Approximately 20 to 25 music students from the area will attend the 3rd Annual Trombone Day
Workshop and perform in the following concert that night. The workshop will include a gear talk,
The gallery will
feature work by the
following:
22 a master class and a clinic, available to all participants. The Trombone Day Concert will conclude
the day-long workshop at 4:30 p.m. at Baldwin First United Methodist Church. Director of Bands
Cynthia Back
Caetlynn Booth
Frank Perezs trombone group, KC Bone Connection, will also be featured in the concert. Amanda Bulger
Julie Cambell
Masterworks Concert Stacey Cushner

April
Kathleen Deep
The spring choral concert will feature all three Baker University choirs and will include the Dawn Lee
Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, along with other short works. The concert will also Betsy Litton

28 feature student soloists performing works by Mozart, along with a professional chamber ensemble
conducted by Director of Choral Ensembles Cathy Crispino. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. in
Carsten Meier
Eric Rennie
Rice Auditorium. There will be a reception in honor of Crispino following the concert. Ruth Wetzel

Gallery Hours:
Symphonic Winds Guest Artist Concert
May The spring band concert will feature Friends University Adjunct Professor of Percussion Von
Hansen as a guest artist. The concert will include a marimba solo by Von Hansen and a marimba
Monday Friday
10 a.m. 5 p.m.

4 and vibraphone duet with Baker University Adjunct Instructor of Music Andrew Foerschler. The
concert is at 7:30 p.m. in Rice Auditorium. Saturday
Noon 5 p.m.

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The last SPRING issue of

the Baker Orange
will be Published May 5

Right: Freshman Jack
Taylor throws for his first
attempt in shot put at
the Baker Relays.
Below: Senior Matt Bush
placed fourth in pole
vault with a mark of 4.15
meters.
Wildcats shine
at Baker Relays
NATHALIA BARR
Sports Editor
The Baker University mens track
and field team took first at the annual
Baker Relays on April 1, while the
womens team took fourth.
On the womens side, racewalkers
Brenda McCollum and Caitlin Apollo
took first and second, respectively.
Both McCollum and Apollo hit
the qualifying mark for the NAIA
Outdoor Track and Field National
Championships. They join Cory
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April 7, 2017
Left: Freshmen Myan Elrington and Erica Esch
exchange the baton to help their 400-meter
relay team toward a win with a time of 4:05.57.
Below: Freshman Greg Flores and junior Joe
Linder took second and third, respectively, in
the mens 5,000-meter run on April 1 at Liston
Stadium.
Photos by Marilee Neutel and Alex Fortuna
Peoples and Logan Lamb, who both
qualified for nationals in the first
outdoor meet of the season.
Baker claimed first and second in
the womens 400-meter dash. Gloria
Mares took first, and Myan Elrington
took second. The womens 4x400
meter relay A team also had a first-
place finish for Baker.
Several BU men had top finishes in
their events. In the mens 3,000-meter
steeplechase, Corey Matteson finished
first with a time of 10:09.24. Greg
Flores took first for the Wildcats in
the mens 10,000-meter run. The
Baker mens 4x400 meter relay A
team also ended the meet with a first-
place finish.
Ben Carpenter took second in
the pole vault with a mark of 4.3
meters. Bakers Simeon Windibiziri
and CJ Hess took second and third,
respectively, in the mens javelin throw.
On Saturday, both teams will
compete at the Ottawa University
Invitational. Baker will host the Zack
Kindler Invitational on Saturday,
April 29.
Caitlin Apollo competes in
the womens 5,000-meter
racewalk. Apollo took second
and qualified for the NAIA
Outdoor Track and Field
National Championships.
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Wildcats prepare for conference

CHAD MULLEN
Sports Writer
The Baker tennis teams are on a hot
streak heading into a stretch of matches
against conference opponents, with both the
men and women winning their past three
matches. First-year head coach Keith Pipkin
didnt even realize it.
I just go one match at a time, honestly,
he said following the teams most recent
wins over Hesston College. Tennis is a game
of confidence, so its good to string together
wins, but at the same time every match is
different. You can only focus on so much at
once.
Much of his focus has been on adjusting
to his first college head coaching position
after serving as an assistant at Baker from
2011-2013. He then left to become a head
coach, first at Baldwin High School, then
at Lawrence Free State High School in
Lawrence. His familiarity with the program
gives him a sense of comfort, but he knows
there is still work to do.
Its definitely been a learning
opportunity, he said. I wasnt exactly sure
of how they would react to a new coach, but
I was confident that we would figure things
out together and we would be comfortable
with each other.
After both teams earned victories over
Bethel College and Ottawa University
last month, the men took down Hesston
on Saturday 8-1, and the women won via
forfeit. The men moved to 5-4 on the season,
while the women now sit at 7-4. The one
match loss came on Saturday at the No. 1
singles spot.
(Junior Blake Barnard) wasnt at 100
percent, but he still went out there and gave
everything he had against a good opponent,
Pipkin said.
One player on the mens side who has been
racking up wins is junior Thomas Irick, who
has been playing at the No. 2 spot.
Our number one is great, and (Irick)
has also been playing great, Pipkin said.
Thomas has really dominated these last few
matches, so he would be the one Im most
impressed with.
The lower seeds and doubles teams
on both sides have also been consistently
winning lately, which has pleased Pipkin.
We could always have more depth. We
have a couple of injuries right now, he said.
When it comes down to conference, Im not
sure how our depth will stack up, but for the
teams we have beaten the last three matchups,
that is what really shined through.
Although they did not play formal matches
this past weekend, Pipkin is excited for the
prospects of the womens team against the
coming conference opponents.
Our women should be top three in the
conference, he said. The talent we have on
that side is very impressive, and next year
should be even better.
The upcoming conference stretch starts
Friday against the Missouri Valley Vikings in
Marshall, Missouri.
Mo Valley is great. Theyll be vying for
conference, and William Woods is in the
top 10, he said. Our win streak might be
damaged this coming weekend, but its good
to get whooped every once in a while. You
learn more from the losses than you do from Junior Thomas Irick warms up for his singles match against Hesston College
the wins. on April 1. Irick won his match in the No. 2 spot, 6-2, 6-2. Baker defeated Hess-
ton 8-1 as a team. Photo by Elizabeth Hanson

Cats record another history-making season

NATHALIA BARR
Sports Editor
The womens basketball team
ended another history-making
season after falling in the Round
of 16 in the NAIA National
Championships. The Wildcats
recorded 30 wins on the season,
won the Heart of America Athletic
Conference outright and claimed
the Heart tournament title for the
first time in program history.
The Wildcats finished the 2015-
16 season with 28 wins to set a
school record, which they broke
again this season with 30 wins.
Baker finished the 2016-17
season 30-5 overall and 24-2 in
conference play. The Wildcats
dominated the Heart all season
and earned high honors within the
conference. Ben Lister was named
Heart Coach of the Year for the
third time, and senior Kelsey Larson
was named the Heart Player of the
Year. After the national tournament,
Larson earned a spot as an NAIA Second Team All-
American. This is the fifth-consecutive year a Baker was named Honorable Mention All-Conference.
player has been named an All-American.
Larson was also named First Team All-
The womens basketball team celebrates winning the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament
for the first time in program history. Photo by Chad Phillips
Conference. Kenzie Cook and Jessica Zweifel were
Second Team All-Conference, and Sydney Buchel
Three players also earned honors for their
academic performances. Buchel, Sydnie Hanson
and Caitlin Modesett were all
named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-
Athletes. To be nominated for this
honor, athletes must be at least a
junior and have at least a 3.5 GPA.
Three seniors led the way for
the Wildcats all season. Larson,
Buchel and Cook each played their
last game in a Baker uniform. In the
past four years, the Wildcats have
gone 106-31.
Larson ended her career with
925 points, putting her at No. 13 in
all-time scoring for Baker. Buchel,
who played for just three years,
totaled 579 points and 119 blocks,
and Cook totaled 600 points and
357 rebounds.
As a team, Baker led the nation
in total blocks with 168 this season.
The Cats also held several other
top rankings, including being third
in total 3-pointers made with 300.
This historic season marked the
fourth-consecutive appearance for
the Wildcats in the NAIA National
Championships. The run to the
finals in 2016 was the furthest Baker has ever
made it in the tournament, as the Wildcats lost
49-35 to MidAmerica Nazarene University in the
championship game.
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WEATHER ALERT
April 7, 2017

Rain disrupts spring sports schedules

BAILEY CONKLIN challenge student-athletes and
Assistant Sports Editor coaches face is scheduling games that
interfere the least with class time.
A rainy start to the spring season The Baker baseball team has had an
has brought frustration to the Baker easier time being able to get games in
softball and baseball teams. Rain and this season compared to softball.
even some snow and cold weather Marcus Jones is a baseball player
cancellations have caused the second for Baker and says that the team has
half of both teams seasons to be been very fortunate in getting games
packed with games, which can cause completed despite the rain, especially
stress both inside and outside the compared to previous seasons.
classroom. This year honestly has been pretty
This semester has become good, I dont think weve had any
increasingly more stressful for all rainouts this year. I think games have
of us with each game that has been been moved up to prevent rainouts
rescheduled, sophomore softball later in the week, but we still got
player Olivia Brees said. In the the games in, Jones said.
classroom, we are falling behind with Jones played on both junior
the lack of time we can dedicate to varsity and varsity last year, which
homework and managing classes. created conflicts with his time in
Continuous cancellations can lead class.
to makeup dates, which often fill a It was actually pretty difficult
schedule to the brim as the season suiting up for both JV and varsity. For
winds down. example, if we played two mid-week
For the Baker softball team, for varsity and JV games in the same
rescheduling games has caused its week I could potentially miss all of my
longest break between games during Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes
the season to be shortened to just two or potentially miss both my Tuesday,
days without a game until the four-day Thursdays, Jones said. Youre missing
break before Heart of America Athletic a lot of information thats hard to
Conference tournament. make up.
The softball team is currently Jones relied on notes from
scheduled to play 30 games in April, classmates and working with teachers
while baseball is scheduled for 18 to turn in assignments early or after
games in April. he got back from the games to get him
Softball coach Jamie Stanclift has through the semester, something Jones
been at Baker for five years and has doesnt have to worry about nearly as
never seen this many cancellations and much this season.
reschedules in a Baker softball season. This year we had a lot of Saturday-
Ive actually been very grateful, Sunday series so that we wouldnt
Stanclift said. Every season Ive miss as much class, but some of those
been here, weve had very minimal Saturday-Sundays would be bumped
reschedules. I think weve had two up to Thursday-Fridays or Friday-
years with zero [reschedules]. We were Saturdays, Jones said. So once again,
lucky enough that it never rained on I was missing class, but I havent been
our game days. missing nearly as much class this year.
The cancelling and constant This year has been a breeze compared
rescheduling of games doesnt leave to last year.
many weekends open to play games. Baker softball hasnt been nearly
Along with fitting in games, another as lucky with its schedule this year,
and more and more reschedules are
taking time away from athletes in the
classroom. Stanclift is appreciative of
professors who have been working
with her athletes to make up that
missed time, but not all professors are
as easy to work
with.
So far weve had some
professors that have been handling it
phenomenally, Stanclift said. They
understand that this isnt something
were doing on purpose. We have a
few professors who stick with their
guns (on) their and academic policies,
despite the circumstances, and that
is creating a little bit of stress on the
student-athlete.
Brees and other softball players
have been working with their
teachers in advance to make up work
that is due.
We have Dean (Martha) Harris and
Theresa Yetmar step in with emailing
professors and make sure everyone
is on the same page, Brees said. For
the most part everyone has been
very supportive in not punishing us
as students for something we cannot
control.
Other schools in the Heart of
America Athletic Conference are
seeing the same scheduling difficulties.
Three schools in the Heart of
America Athletic Conference have
played only 10 total conference games.
Coaches in the Heart conference
approved a 100-percent completion
rule that requires teams to make
up all conference games in
order to participate in the
conference tournament.
This puts added pressure
on the teams to complete
their schedules to even
be able to play in the
tournament.
Small
inconveniences besides
rescheduling can effect
being able to make
up games as well. Not
all schools in the Heart
conference have lights on the
field, which can take late games
out of the equation.
Stanclift often works with other
schools to schedule games that
allow both Baker athletes and their
opponents to stay in the majority of
classes on game days since Cavaness
Field has lights, allowing teams to play
later in the day.
At Baker we have lights, so Ill
schedule as late as the other team is
willing to play, Stanclift said, just so
that our ladies can be in classes as well
as the opposing team.
The baseball and softball teams
have been working to stay positive
as they make it through this month
in hopes of getting to the Heart
tournament at the beginning of May.
One way we are staying positive
about the situation is that we still
want to play, Brees said. So after
two weeks of just practice, we were
pumped to be back out on the field last
Saturday.

Dance takes third at national competition

NATHALIA BARR
Sports Editor
The Baker University Dance team took third
place at the inaugural NAIA Competitive Dance
National Championships on March 11 in Okla-
homa City. Baker was just 0.85 points behind
second-place Aquinas and 5.6 points behind the
first-place Midland team.
The NAIAs recent decision to consider dance
and cheer as sports resulted in a change in the
setup of nationals as well. Senior dance team
captain Michaela Jamison said the team finally
received the validation they knew they deserved.
We practice year-round and do game-day
things as well as our competition, sometimes at
the same darn time, Jamison said. Its just so
cool to be recognized for the work we put into
our sport.
Four Baker dancers earned All-American hon-
ors, the most from a single team. Alyssa Monson,
McKenzie Kula, Allie Howland and Alison Prather
all earned the honor. Kula and Krista Porter were
also named Daktronics Scholar-Athletes, an that
award goes to athletes who are at least a junior
and earned at least a 3.5 GPA.
As a team, Baker received the NAIA Cham-
pions of Character Award. As the Champions of
Character representative, sophomore Maddy
Lutz visited John Rex Elementary School and
read to pre-K students. Representatives from
each competing team talked to the students
about the NAIAs core values.
I talked to them about how I live those traits Members of the Baker dance team perform their competition routine at
out and why they are important to me, Lutz halftime of a basketball game. Photo by Elizabeth Hanson
said. It was awesome seeing how interested
they were and how eager they were to start ap-
plying these traits.
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WILDCAT WINDUP
Five things to know about Baker athletics

1 Regalado to coach at Clarke

After serving as an assistant coach for the Baker football team
since 2008, Miguel Regalado will now become the head coach
for Clarke Universitys first football team. Regalado has been
the offensive coordinator under head coach Mike Grossner
since 2011 and was named the 2016 Heart of America Athletic
Conference South Division Assistant Coach of the Year.

2
Cats to host Strikeout Sarcoma
The Baker baseball team will host its first-ever Strikeout
Sarcoma series with Avila University on April 28-29. The
series will begin with a doubleheader at Sauder Field on
Friday, and Avila will host Saturdays doubleheader. Both
While Miguel Regalado has been at Baker, the football team has gone 81-25, made five
teams will be collecting donations for Cancer CharityForLife. national appearances and won three Heart championships. | Photo by Chad Phillips

3
Sophomore David Dow finished eighth in his first-ever appearance at the NAIA
National Championships, earning All-America honors. | Photo by Alex Fortuna
Two wrestlers earn All-America
Two Baker wrestlers earned All-America honors at the NAIA
Wrestling National Championships in early March. Victor
Hughes finished eighth in the 149-pound bracket, and David
Dow finished eighth in the 197-pound bracket. As a team,
the Wildcats got 26th place.

4
Wildcat Classic to be in Olathe
The annual Wildcat Classic Golf Tournament will be held
on May 19 at Prairie Highlands Golf Course in Olathe. There
will be a morning and an afternoon round of golf as well as
a silent auction throughout the day. All of the proceeds from
the tournament go to Baker athletics.

5
Mens golf opens spring season
The mens golf team played in the Bethel College
Invitational to begin the spring season on April 1-2. Baker
finished seventh out of 16 teams. Riley Kemmer led the
Wildcats with a seventh-place individual finish. Both the
mens and womens golf teams will host the Baker Spring
Invitational on April 10-11 in Lawrence.

Junior Jordan Brown pitched 3.2 innings for Baker in game one of the MNU Senior Jaimie Myers reaches for a backhand shot in her match against Ottawa
series on March 23-24. Brown allowed three hits but no runs. | Photo by Justin University on March 28. Baker won the match 6-4. | Photo by Alex Fortuna
Toumberlin
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Parting Shot

Freshmen Nathan Sparks and Carlos Galindo participated in the pie-eating contest during Greek Games on March 30. | Photo by Justin Toumberlin