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The Baker Orange Copyright 2014

October 17, 2014
vol. 122 [issue 3]
Baker University Student Media ~ Baldwin City, Kansas
This Edition
Find your way around
this years Maple Leaf
Festival and visit
student-run booths.
pg. 8 & 9
Zeta Chi fraternity breaks
social norms by enforcing
an in-house no drinking
policy.
pg. 5
Battling both on
and off the football
feld, coach Mike
Grossner inspires
success.
pg. 11
Jump to pg. 12
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Mykaela Cross
ASSISTANT EDITOR
After trekking 911 miles, the Santa
Fe Trail cyclists pulled into Baldwin
City and took shelter on Baker Univer-
sitys own Mabee Lawn. They pitched
their tents and enjoyed the hospitality
of the Long Student Centers cafeteria
facilities before the group settled down
to conversation and leisure on campus.
Cyclists with the Santa Fe Trail
Bicycle Trek, celebrating the trek's
22nd anniversary this year, arrived
at the university on the afternoon of
Sept. 22 and departed for the last 185
miles of their journey at 8 a.m. the next
morning.
The trek, which is scheduled over
20 days, ranges over a combined
distance of 1,096 miles and stretches
from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to New
Franklin, Missouri. The ride includes
high altitude changes with steep
inclines and follows the Santa Fe Trail,
bumping into cities and towns along
the way.
Though the organization itself is
non-profit, cyclists intending to com-
plete the trek pay a daily fee of $45 to
cover transportation of camping gear
and some meal expenses, the excep-
tion being those who planned to leave
on day four of the trip.
The Santa Fe Trail cyclists have
been coming to camp at Baker since
the programs inception in 1994.
Lynda Lewis, BU coordinator of confer-
ence services, is currently in charge of
coordinating dates and boarding with
the clubs president.
Every year, when they arrive in
the afternoon at Mabee south lawn, I
will go out to welcome them to Baker,
Lewis said in an email. Its a good
time to let them know if there have
been any changes at Baker since they
were last here, and to let them know
we are available if they need anything.
Most of the cyclists share a high
opinion of their stay on campus. Rob-
ert Macleod, a renowned cyclist from
Georgia, said he enjoys the college
stay and appreciates the cafeteria in
the Long Student Centers food. He is
not the only one.
They say they have always felt wel-
come here with hot showers and good
food available to them," Lewis said.
"Not all of their camping locations are
as appealing."
Most of the cyclists are retirees and
have no problems leaving home for the
long-distance trip, but others must take
time off of work to participate. How-
ever, the loss of vacation time is not the
only challenge the cyclists have to face
on their trip. Other obstacles include
weather, bike accidents, climbing and
unforeseen roadwork or bad traffic.
After having a hole in his air mat-
tress that caused him back pain once
before, Macleod ensures that his camp-
ing equipment is prepared and takes
with him a tent, air-mattress, bag and
pillow.
Richard Chilcott, son of trek founder
Willard Chilcott, leads the trip and be-
lieves having good equipment can help
many of the challenges cyclists face.
There are surprises, Chilcott
said. But making sure your bike is
safe can help.
For those interested in cycling, the
Santa Fe Trail cyclists would suggest
that you have the stamina, equipment,
and basic know-how before attempt-
ing a trek.
Lewis expects that the cyclists will
continue to stay at Baker as long as
Baker continues to house them. Any-
one looking for more information on
the group can visit the groups website
at santafetrailbicycletrek.com.
Bikers camp overnight on Mabee lawn
Cyclists participating in the Santa Fe Trail Bicycle Trek arrived at Mabee lawn on the afternoon
of Sept. 22. The cyclists stopped on Bakers campus after biking 911 miles from Santa Fe, New
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January 2015 Interterm Classes
(Credit hours)
General Therapeutic Modalities (2)
History of Cuban Music (2)
Education in Action (SOE required
course)
Personal Finance (2)
Introduction to Board Games (1)
Geochaching: Modern Day Treasure
Hunt (2)
Methods in Biochemistry and Mo-
lecular Biology (3)
Stress Management (2)
Diversity in Action (SOE required
course)
The Baseball Novel and
Spirituality (2)
Food and Fellowship (1)
Puzzles and Games: Strategy, logic &
Critical Thinking (2)
Taylor Shuck
EDITOR
Last year, Faculty Senate decided to allow
variable credit hours for interterm courses so
students could choose which classes they wanted to
take based in part on the credit hours required.
With recent credit-hour requirements designated
by the Higher Learning Commission, interterm is
changing the way it functions for both students and
faculty.
The most important issue is that the university
has integrity, Educational Programs and Curriculum
Committee Chair Darcy Russell said. If we say we
are going to teach a three-hour course, we are going
to teach a three-hour course.
Russell told Faculty Senate on Oct. 7 that if
demand for enrollment goes as expected, the
university may need to find room for 70 more
students in the January 2015 interterm session,
mainly due to lack of faculty interest in teaching
interterm courses.
Teaching interterm is always optional, Russell
said. Faculty are making money up and above what
they are already making, but some have decided that
they are not going to teach one this year.
Russell said that monetary considerations have
come in to play for many faculty members. Prior to
this year, most were paid for teaching three-credit-
hour interterms.
But in order to follow the HLC guidelines,
interterm courses must fit 90 hours of work into
approximately two weeks of classes, something that
can seem almost impossible. Many interterm classes
have switched from three credit hours to two, or
even one, which means less pay for faculty since they
are paid by the credit hour.
Assistant Professor of Mass Media McKay
Stangler is in his first semester at Baker University,
but said he has always wanted to teach an interterm
course. Stangler believes it is a great opportunity to
teach things that dont fit neatly into the traditional
major structure.
But, with the new HLC requirements, he believes
fitting in the required amount of work for his two-
credit-hour interterm course, The Baseball Novel
and Spirituality, will be difficult.
Mine is not going to be a class for the faint of
heart, Stangler said. But the idea, regardless of
credit hour, is that we all have time. I think that is
part of the philosophy of interterm.
After this year, Russell imagines the university
will have to rethink the format and function of
interterm. Currently, students are required to take
two interterm classes before they graduate.
Because of the amount of seats the university is
short for interterm, Russell said we must solve the
interterm issue.
With Quest, we tried to move it to a format
where all classes we wanted students to take
followed what ideas and beliefs we thought were
important for all students, Russell said. I think we
have to look at interterm the same way.
The university website says that interterm is
a time to spread your wings and discover more
about the world. Last years offerings ranged from
leadership courses to fly-fishing. But this year, out of
the 12 interterms offered, students probably would
put fewer courses under the category of fun.
Sophomore Lauren Freking is the Student Senate
representative at EPC. She said that the first word
that came to her mind during the meeting regarding
interterm was concerned.
I think the changes take away from the idea
of interterm and takes away from the tradition
and the thought that comes to mind when we
think of interterm, Freking said. There are a
lot of changes that will come with this years
interterm, ones that are not necessarily visible
on the syllabus.
Freking said that although the names and
descriptions for each class might be the same,
her example being Introduction to Board Games,
the structure of the class may be totally different.
She wonders how the instructor will be able to
design out-of-class hours in order to complete
the HLC requirements.
As of right now, I dont think interterm is heading
in the right direction, Freking said. Its going to be a
lot of work - not what students expect when coming in.
So while the university is still in limbo about the
future of interterm, Russell has a few ideas on where
the university can go from here.
There are many ways we can look at it, Russell
said, suggesting the idea of a May-mester or that
interterm classes could be taken for no credit. But I
just think faculty need to look at it and see what they
want it to be. The impotence behind this change is
academic integrity, not financial.
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HLC requirements affect interterm structure
Travel Options:
For those who will remain on the Baldwin City campus
for the first two weeks in January, recent changes to interterm
may be unsettling. The good news is that Baker is still able to
offer three-credit hours to those who participate in a travel
interterm because, as Educational Programs and Curriculum
Committee Chair Darcy Russell puts it, they can count all 24
hours in a day as educational.
While some stay on campus, others will be traveling and
seeing places all around the world. These photos by Chad
Phillips are from Assistant Professor of History Leonard
Ortizs travel interterm to Yucatan, Mexico. Ortiz will take
another group of BU students to Yucatan in January.
Amsterdam and the Netherlands
From Athens to the Black Sea
New York City: The History of the Capital of the World
Intergroup Relations in Belize
Yucatan Adventure
Bowl Game Extravaganza
Victoria Bostic
STAFF WRITER
Inaugural events for President
Lynne Murray begin on Oct. 26 to cel-
ebrate Baker University welcoming its
29th president. Advertised events for
the week are open for students, faculty
and staff to attend.
The man behind planning inaugura-
tion week is Jerry Weakley, vice president
for endowment and planned giving.
Inauguration is an opportunity for
the university to celebrate its past, its
current being as it is, and to look greatly
into the future and what Baker University
will become, Weakley said.
The inaugural address will take
place in Rice Auditorium but will also be
streamed live in the Long Student Center
for students who cannot make it to the
auditorium. Weakley said organizers
expect a full house.
I am really encouraging many stu-
dents to take part in this because very
few times in the universitys history have
we had an inauguration, Weakley said. I
really think they will be so glad that they
were there and a part of that tradition.
Much of the preparation for the event,
which began near the end of December,
was delegated to Weakley. He and a com-
mittee follow a planning calendar to stay
on track.
When Dr. Lynne asked me to step in
and take [planning] back over we were
about a month behind, but we caught
up real quickly because we had so many
people willing to really jump on board
and do everything that they possibly
could to make this a really significant
historic and valuable event for the entire
university, Weakley said.
Almost every day Weakley goes
back through the committee calendar
to change things from in progress to
completed.
I meet individually, one-on-one, with
each of the people and just kind of keep
a running account of how they are doing
on their particular portion of [planning],
Weakley said.
Warren Swenson, executive assis-
tant in the presidents office, is look-
ing forward to the actual convocation
ceremony.
It gives the university an opportunity
to showcase itself and give the new presi-
dent a time to communicate [her] vision,
Swenson said.
Swenson also said that inauguration
gives Baker the chance to make known
its accomplishments and future plans.
He also believes inauguration to be the
official start of the presidency and a time
when the Board of Trustees formally vest
authority to the president.
I think it would be really cool to be a
student and to experience this event be-
cause it is a seminal event in the universi-
tys history, Swenson said. It is a unique
opportunity to see something like this.
Oct. 17, 2014 page 4
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Taylor Shuck
EDITOR
Cattle farms, dirt roads and amber
waves of grain. Each are associated
with the plains of the Midwest, but one
company in small-town Baldwin City is
trying to change that.
Baker alumnus Mike Bosch, CEO and
founder of the digital agency called the
Reflective Group, is hoping to switch the
name of the Midwest from the wheat
prairie to the silicon prairie.
I now believe small towns are the
best place to innovate, Bosch, a Dallas
native, said. Theres a higher degree of
trust and transparency in small towns,
which is critical in start-ups.
His start-up is on the verge of
completing its biggest project yet. The
Reflective Group team has made an
impact already on the community by
designing an online enrollment for
the local school district and its own
personal phone system called Ello
Tello, which Osawatomie uses for its
911 dispatch service.
The groups newest development
is called RG Fiber. The design, similar
to Google Fiber in its Internet speed, is
aimed specifically at small towns.
When (the company) grew bigger, we
found that we couldnt keep operating on
a slow Internet, Bosch said. So we found
that we had three options: one, stay small;
two, leave town; or three, do it ourselves.
The official launch of RG Fiber was
held outside Mabee Hall, with many
Kansas leaders and dignitaries in
attendance. Gov. Sam Brownback was
present at the event to show his support
and interest in the venture.
Brownback thinks the launch is proof
that Kansas can host innovative ideas and
compete with a global-based market.
This is a great thing that is
happening, Brownback said. We have
local entrepreneurs seeing a local need
and filling it One of my objectives in
being governor is making Kansas the best
place in America to do two things: the
first is being a great place to raise a family,
the second is to grow a small business.
President Lynne Murray spoke as well,
expressing her appreciation of the project
that will make Baker the first university
in Kansas with full gigabit access. This
will extend to the sports complexes as
well, allowing full streaming from athletic
events.
From an educational standpoint, the
potential that RG Fiber brings to Baker
is immense, Murray said. "Were first in
many things, and Im very proud to add
this to our list of firsts.
The benefits extend further than
the campus, however. Lisa Large, the
telemedicine manager at Childrens
Mercy Hospital, hit on the benefits of
telemedicine for small towns and how RG
Fiber will help advance its development.
These benefits range from allowing
parents to interact with students in a
nurse's office to in-home monitoring,
which allows the hospital to be proactive
instead of reactive.
Telemedicine is bringing medicine
to you, wherever you are, with whatever
device you currently have in your
backpack or in your pocket, Large said.
Its a beautiful thing, but its limited by
the speed of your network.
The Reflective Group has been
working on this project for nearly two
years and hopes to be fully-functioning
to the public by spring of 2015, especially
to its first customer, Baker University.
Bosch said the service will be 100 times
faster for consumers and offered at a very
competitive rate.
Although many wonder why Bosch
and the Reflective Group would take on
such a capitalistic venture in such a small
town, Bosch said he loves this city and
what it offers to not only businesses, but
residents as well.
When I was off in big cities,
pursuing my corporate dream, it was
the generosity that people here showed
my wife that had a profound impact on
me, Bosch said. Through that process,
I became a believer in the moral,
competitive advantage of small-town
America.
Inauguration events set to begin Oct. 26
High-speed Internet hits small-town America
Gov. Sam Brownback gives a speech in front of Mabee Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 8, as a part of the RG Fiber announcement for Baker University and
the Baldwin City community. Brownback applauded the Refective Group and its entrepreneurial work in the state and said he wants to continue to
see it grow in Kansas. Photo by Chris Ortiz
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Dry Zeta Chi
Mykaela Cross
ASSISTANT EDITOR
In 2007, Zeta Chi was struggling for
survival and battled repeated problems
with academic probation. Thanks to
a stereotype-defying decision, the
fraternity now boasts more than 20
members.
The decision? To ban alcohol in
the fraternity house. After its road
to recovery, Zeta Chi fraternity today
remains a dry house.
Around 2007-08, our membership
was down to about six people living
in the house, and most members were
on academic probation, Zeta Chi
senior Ben Sobek said. It was a really
dark time for Zeta Chi. Had we been a
national chapter, we would have been
shut down without question.
The Zeta Chi president at the
time, Sam Coffey, his executive board
and the Zeta Chi Board of Trustees
decided that something had to be done
in order to improve the fraternity.
The house experimented in different
levels of dry, yet the only thing that
seemed to improve student academic
performance was the no alcohol on
the premises policy.
Its not like everybody in the
chapter loved it at the time, but they
all understood it and came to know
what merit it had in the end, Sobek
said. It was difficult for a while since
it was such a big change, but weve
come to a point now where at least I
really celebrate the fact that were a
dry house.
Some students who might
otherwise participate in recruitment
week are turned away from Greek life
due to the stereotypical connection
between alcohol and fraternities.
Many even fear "alcohol hazing," which
generates negative headlines for some
U.S. fraternities and sororities.
Alcohol hazing, according to Sobek,
is when students are pressured into
binge drinking. When Sobek was a
freshman, he was one of the new
members who was timid toward
alcohol.
I love Greek life a lot, but I dont
know if I would have been Greek my
freshman year had a dry chapter not
been available, Sobek said.
Though Sobek is supportive of
fellow Greeks who decide they do want
to drink, he is glad that Zeta Chi does
not allow alcohol and sees benefits in
more areas than academics.
I never worry about spending too
much money on alcohol, Sobek said. I
have no place to put it.
Sophomore Zeta Chi member
Andrew Emanuels agrees with Sobeks
opinion of the policy.
Originally, I did not want to join
a fraternity here at Baker, but Zeta
Chi being dry was a big draw for me
because I didnt want that pressure or
that distraction in my life, Emanuels
said. Thats one thing that is so great
about Zeta Chi, its a safe place to be.
As the internal affairs chairman at
Zeta Chi, Emanuels deals with many of
the rule violations or amendments and
personal issues within the house. Even
though the first steps toward making
Zeta Chi dry occurred more than five
years ago, the issue still surfaces in
Emanuels duties today.
We actually updated the alcohol
policy recently, Emanuels said. We
never used to have an enforcement
clause so that we could do something
with the violation information we had.
Now we can take action.
Sophomore Brittney Harmon is a
member of Delta Delta Delta sorority
and enjoys spending free time at
Zeta Chi. She is particularly fond of
the connections she forms with the
men because they spend more time
socializing.
I think its awesome that they stick
to their dry rule and continue keep the
policy, Harmon said. I can see a lot of
brotherhood and quality relationships
between them because of the quality
time they spend connecting instead of
partying.
Harmon said she feels "genuinely
comfortable" at Zeta Chi, but she can
see why other sorority and fraternity
members might not agree with the
policy.
I see that some of the other
fraternities have the stereotypical
college parties with the loud music
and everything, but Zeta Chi is usually
more laid back at the bonfires or
whatever the plans are that weekend,
Harmon said.
The policy appears permanent,
so future new members will likely
experience the same alcohol-free
environment.
Zeta Chi chapter defes fraternity stereotypes
by banning all alcohol on the premise.
Homecoming brings mixed reactions
Levi Blaylock
BU MASS MEDIA
As Homecoming events wrapped up,
students expressed mixed reactions to
the new format implemented this year.
Homecoming teams were split by
class instead of grouping fraternities,
sororities and other campus
organizations.
Director of Student Life Randy
Flowers said the class competitions
are intended to build a greater sense of
community for Homecoming.
Two years ago, teams were formed
by pairing fraternity and sorority
houses, and independents also
competed on a team. Last year, student
organizations were allowed to form
teams as well.
Only 35 percent of the university
is in Greek life, which means that
65 percent of the university were
not really involved in Homecoming
activities, Flowers said.
Making the transition to creating
teams based on class was put in motion
in March. Flowers reached out to
student organizations, Student Senate
and Greek houses about the possible
change and said he didnt receive any
negative feedback.
I think a lot of people didnt go to
their peers, because we didnt have one
person opposed to the process from
everyone we reached out to, Flowers
said.
Flowerss theory about the lack of
communication among the student
body rang true when senior Ryan Good,
who is a member of Delta Tau Delta
fraternity, discussed Homecoming.
On Monday before serenades, I was
asking what sorority we were paired
with this year when I heard for the first
time that the format was completely
different, Good said.
Flowers said the changes this
year have increased the number of
people participating in Homecoming
events. However, the attendance of
student-spectators at these events has
decreased.
The process upset a lot of people so
our attendance at the events have not
been as well, Flowers said.
Seniors such as Good have been
disappointed that they have not had
the chance to experience the old format
of Homecoming week for the last time.
I feel like the changes made to
Homecoming this year were a step
back for the university and Greek life
alike, Good said.
Good attended and participated in
almost every Homecoming week event
prior to this year. When asked about
being paired with his classmates rather
than his fraternity brothers, Good was
not interested in the idea.
I am friends with the guys in my
house, not as much the people in my
class, Good said. I feel like it took the
competitive aspect out of things.
Flowers is in the process of
coming up with incentives for future
Homecoming competitions that could
boost attendance, such as a $500 cash
prize to the winning class.
If there was a cash prize to the
winning class, freshman Luke Taylor
said. I feel like that would make me
want to attend the events.
(Top) Seniors Colter Schacher and Rachel Theobald smile after being crowned Homecoming
king and queen during halftime of the football teams win over Graceland. (Bottom) Women
from the freshman and senior classes took on women from the sophomore and junior classes in a
Homecoming-week powder puff football game Sept. 25 at Liston Stadium.
I
nterterm at Baker University
is a time in early January when
students attend one class of their
choice for a period of approximately
two weeks. As students only have one
class during that time, interterm can
be a fun and relaxing way to prepare
for the coming semester. At least it
was, until now. New credit-hour regu-
lations threaten to turn some inter-
term classes into a period of dread,
rather than excitement.
Interterm, an experience unique
to Baker University, is a time to spread
your wings and discover more about
the world. This is the universitys
definition of the two-week stint before
students start their spring semester.
Students were able to choose among a
list of one-of-a-kind courses, ranging
from board games, romantic relation-
ships, dramatic arts and even sports.
Whether it was the variety of sub-
jects, the enthusiastic environments,
or the escape from home, when it
came to interterm, most students were
happy. But we fear that is simply not
the case anymore.
New rules and regulations regard-
ing credit hour requirements from the
Higher Learning Commission are be-
ginning to make reforms to interterm
that cause more harm than good.
For interterm, the new HLC credit
hour policies are a traffic jam of
problems. The current definition of a
three credit-hour course would now
mean that in the period of two weeks,
students would have to complete 90
hours of class-related work on their
own time in order to receive credit for
interterm. While not all the classes are
three credit hours, those that are will
be under much stricter regulations and
will be harder than traditional inter-
term courses.
This years interterm looks bleak
as class choices are down along with
student and faculty morale. Due to the
lack of compensation for the amount of
work required during interterm, many
professors are choosing not to teach
or are making the courses worth fewer
credits. We are currently need to find
room for 70 more in the January 2015
interterm session.
With so few classes offered, some-
one will likely be left out. For students
needing certain credits to graduate,
how does administration decide who
gets to take interterm classes?
Interterm is a time for student re-
integration into the classroom routine.
Its not supposed to be harder than
normal semesters.
While we arent arguing against
the HLCs new policies, we wonder
if the definition of interterm needs
to change with these new rules in
place. Where Baker was once able to
offer students this fun and relaxing
courses, it seems that future pros-
pects do not look as bright.
We believe the current policies
regarding interterm deviate largely
from the main purpose of the pro-
gram. Clearly, the policies need to be
improved.
Oct. 17, 2014
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E D I T O R I A L
The more observant I choose to
be, the more I realize that females of
all ages face a growing problem. Too
much attention has been placed on
the size of a clothing item rather than
how it fits.
The issue with pants is that sizes
are numbers. While numbers are just
numbers, one simple digit, or two,
can affect self-esteem. Pant sizes are
determined by hip and waist mea-
surements. In the clothing industry,
sizes fluctuate from brand to brand.
I can be a size four in one brand of
jeans and a six in another, which
makes it unrealistic to have the goal
of reaching a size two or zero.
Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor
said it best in All About That Bass. Re-
leased June 2014, the song contains
the lyrics: Its pretty clear, I aint no
size two and Every inch of you is
perfect from the bottom to the top.
Dont blame your body for being
bigger than a certain size. In fact do
not blame anything or anyone. Buy
different pants.
Please do not be that person who
squeezes into a pair of pants just to
say size two fits. More women would
rather wear something based on the
size as apposed to how flattering it
looks. Chances are if its more than a
little snug, it does not look good.
Get over the number printed on
the tag and wear something that is
not causing you to have a muffin top
or some other uncomfortable result.
Time will be saved as well if you can
slip into your pants instead of lying
on the floor just to be able to button
them. Ladies, you know what I am
referring to.
After graduating high school I
cleaned out 15 pairs of jeans that
required me to squeeze into them.
I had not gained a noticeable amount
of weight; my body was just chang-
ing. I chose to alter my clothes in-
stead of my body. Those jeans would
have fit, but the desire to be comfort-
able outweighed the desire to own
size two and three pants.
Flash forward to a month later at
a shopping trip with a family mem-
ber. At a fairly popular store, I tried
on a few pairs of shorts. One pair
was a size six. I went to purchase the
shorts, because they did not fit too
tight and were of modest length. I
received a comment from the family
member I was with: There is no way
you are a size six.
Well, I was a size six, and I still
am. The temptation to cut the tags
out of my clothes gets stronger the
older I get, especially since I am liv-
ing in a sorority house.
Living with more than 30 college
women, all under the same roof, has
taught me how insecure people can
be. On a daily basis I hear, Does this
make me look fat? And being honest,
sometimes the article of clothing is
the culprit behind making her look
bigger. But who wants to admit they
think so?
Women of every size should not
be concerned, although I know they
are, about what size is placed on a
particular item of clothing. To all
my sorority sisters, fellow Baker
women and all women in general,
what you think might be your size is
potentially not, so wear clothes that
fit you.
A number does not defne a woman or her size
Interterm changes cause frustration
Abbeys sket ch pad
Victoria Bostic
by Abbey Elsbernd
Starting in 2012 in Chicago, the
Fight for $15 campaign is a push from
fast-food workers for a raise in their
minimum wage which currently sits
at $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour.
Workers in these establishments
claim that they are working hard for
such little money -- money that hardly
pays for rent, food and other needs.
The campaigns website claims
that 52 percent of the fast food work-
ers are using some sort of public
assistance to help balance out their
low wages. Many are on food stamps,
welfare or receive Medicaid benefits.
While the cause is noble and the prize
is sweet, I have a few problems with
this Fight for $15.
I know that by graduating college,
my average wage will be $16.81 an
hour, according to CBS News. So if
these fast-food workers wages are
raised to $15 an hour, why would I
graduate with thousands of dollars of
student loan debt to make only $1.81
more than those who havent attended
college? Now, I dont want to sound ig-
norant, but Im hoping my job entails
more than pushing buttons into a cash
register.
The job they are
doing isnt worth
$15 an hour, plain
and simple. But
it definitely isnt
worth the meager
hourly wage of
$7.25 either.
I work two jobs, one at Baker
itself for only $7.25 an hour, and Im a
waitress at a restaurant where I make
$2.31 an hour, money that I never
see because it is taken away for tax
purposes. I dont get a tax refund, I
actually ended up paying the govern-
ment over $300 this year, because the
government says I make too much
money.
Dont get me wrong, I understand
what it means to make little money.
I understand paying rent, paying
phone bills, paying utilities, paying
car payments. Im not fighting against
the idea of pay raises so those who
work can have a
better life. But I am
against the idea
that my burger
flipper at McDon-
alds will make the
same as me, while I
have $10,000 of debt from my college
degree.
Last year, a University of Kansas
researcher found that McDonalds
would only have to charge 68 cents
more for a Big Mac to pay its employ-
ees $15 hour. Many people would be
willing to pay a little bit extra for a
Big Mac if it meant the people serving
it would be able to actually live off of
their salary. But with capitalism, we
have to have a system in place that
rewards people based on the jobs
they do. If we start paying fast-food
workers $15 an hour, we will have to
see other wages rise in order for the
system to stay in place.
There is a larger problem out
there, one that weve been trying to
tackle since Occupy Wall Street, of tax
breaks to the rich and how the trickle
down effect is truly in place in
America. We have CEOs at McDonalds
making 1,200 times the amount of the
average worker, and this is a tradition
in almost all facets of the economy.
So while the Fight for $15 cam-
paign is good in theory, I fear that
its anger is misplaced and will fail to
bring about the changes it hopes to
procure for its union members. We
need a whole revamp of the economic
structure of our economy before
any of us will see the pay raises we
deserve.
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Word Around
BAKER:
What do you think
is the purpose of
interterm?
It is the fun side of classes
before we have to go back
into the harder stuff.
Ebony Parker
freshman
To allow students to
explore outside of their
majors without having to
do such intense work.
LaDachia Cain
junior
The purpose of interterm
is to get student athletes
in shape mentally and
physically for the spring
semester.
Neal Boyce
junior
Fight for $15 threatens my college degree
Taylor Shuck
When I was in elementary school, I
remember being asked what I wanted
to be when I grow up. I answered
teacher, like half of the girls in my
class, and listened to the boys ramble
off answers like police officer and
fire fighter.
Now that Im an adult, I still dont
know what I want to be when I grow
up. Sure, I have my major picked out,
and I have a job track in mind, but I
dont know if thats really what I want
to do my entire life.
And you know what? I think
thats OK.
Its scary to think that 18-year-old
recent high school graduates have to
pick a major theyll spend the rest of
their lives working in, when only a
couple months ago they had to raise
their hand to go to the bathroom.
Thats some major pressure.
Sure, some people know what they
want to do without a doubt. But what if
you dont?
When I entered college, I had a
good idea that I wanted to work with
journalism. Then I took classes in
psychology and business, and I started
questioning my decision. So many
times Ive thought to myself I wish I
could just see where Im at in 10 years,
and Im sure Im not the only person
whos ever had that thought.
The only thing that keeps me sane
when I start having a pre mid-life crisis
about my future is thinking about
something my dad once said: Im
40-years-old and I still dont know
what I want to do when I grow up.
Its reassuring to know someone
who graduated college and has been
in the workforce longer than youve
been alive still doesnt know what he
wants to do when he grows up. The
key words: grow up. It doesnt matter
how old you are. An elementary school
student thinks a teenager is a grown-
up. A teenager thinks a 30-year-old
is a grown-up. And at 40, apparently
theres still some growing up to do.
Age is just a number.
The older I get, the more I like to
think that everything will work out
the way its supposed to. Maybe you
major in one field and work in another.
Maybe you have one kid, or no kids, or
five kids. Maybe you move to a differ-
ent country, or state, or down the road
from your parents. Maybe everything
happens for a reason.
In the words of Ferris Bueller, Life
moves pretty fast. If you dont stop and
look around once in a while, you could
miss it.
Keep this in mind the next time you
wish you had your life put together at
20-years-old. Enjoy the little things,
and dont worry about the future.
I have my whole life to grow up, and
theres no reason to worry about hav-
ing my life put together when Im still
in the middle of living it.
Megan Henry
Live life based on passion, not college major
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by students, for students by students, for students
Inspired by Dr. Ivan Boyd, a former biology professor at Baker University, the Maple Leaf
Festival has been an annual tradition in the Baldwin City community since 1958.
This years celebration kicks off on Saturday with a parade that includes oats, childrens
competitions and marching bands and then progresses into a time of community activities,
craft booths, food and other vendors and carnival rides for children. The festivities continue
on Sunday with more activities, merchandise and food.
Many student organizations host a booth at the festival, selling anything from lemonade to
turkey legs to ornaments.
Alpha Chi Omega
1.
Selling soups, tea to combat the new
October chill and baked goods to
benet the Willow Domestic Violence
Center in Lawrence.
Baker Palooza
2.
Admissions, alumni and the bookstore
join forces at the Alumni Center.
Baker baseball
3.
The men will be cooking Italian sausages
with peppers and onions and jumbo hot
dogs served with limeade and lemonade
to help feed the Maple Leaf masses.
Zeta Tau Alpha
8.
Ornaments, picture frames, a blanket
and a wreath will be sold at this booth,
to help raise money for the Susan G.
Komen Foundation.
Zeta Chi
7.
At the south end of the festival, Zeta Chi
will boast a booth full of crafts provided
by JennyLu Designs.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
6.
The fraternity members will be trying
their hands at barbeque and offering
drinks to benet Big Brothers, Big Sisters
of Douglas County.
Kappa Sigma
4.
To benet military heroes at home and
on active duty, the fraternity brothers will
be roasting turkey legs, a Maple Leaf
staple.
Mungano
5.
Bakers cultural diversity club hopes to
raise money to help send students to
attend the annual Big XII Conference on
Black Student Government.
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Craft booths are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
Baker campus
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THINGS TO KNOW
ABOUT BAKER
ATHLETICS
VOLLEYBALL ENDS
LOSING STREAK

FOOTBALL STAYS PUT IN RANKINGS
POWDER PUFF PLAYS
UNDER LISTON LIGHTS
CROSS COUNTRY
COMPETES AT
PRE-NATIONALS
The volleyball team ended its
losing streak with a road win at
Missouri Valley on Tuesday. The
Vikings gave BU a battle, but the
Cats came out on top after five sets,
25-23, 16-25, 24-26, 25-16, 15-12.
Junior Natalie Minchow (pictured)
tied with sophomores Hannah
Bettge and Haleigh Offield for 13
kills on the night.
BU still sits at the No. 2 spot in the NAIA Coaches Top
25 Poll after its 27-21 victory over Benedictine at Ar-
rowhead Stadium. This is the fourth consecutive week
that the Wildcats have held second place.
SOCCER TEAMS TAKE ON
CONFERENCE RIVAL
BOWLING
SEASON
UNDERWAY
WOMENS BASKETBALL TO
OPEN SEASON AT HOME
Lauren Bechard
ASSISTANT EDITOR
The womens soccer team shut
out conference rival MidAmerica
Nazarene University Oct. 14 at
Liston Stadium. The women
improved to 1-2 in conference
action. Senior Shelby Schiraldi
(pictured) took one shot on goal;
however, it was senior Ashley
Maucks goal in the 64th
minute that won the
game for the Cats.
The men battled
with the No. 2
ranked Pioneers
for 110 minutes but
ended in a 1-1 tie.
Jordan Thacker gave
Baker the first lead of
the game in the 21st
minute and MNU
wouldnt tie things
up until the second
half. The men
are now 1-1-1
in conference
action.
With five newcomers on the team
this year, mens basketball looks to
improve its 11-19 record from last
season. In the 2014-15 Preseason
Coaches Poll, the Cats were predicted
to finish in seventh-place in HAAC
play. The teams first game is Nov. 4
against Kansas Wesleyan in Salina.
The mens and womens cross
country teams competed in the
NAIA Preview race at Rim Rock
in Lawrence, taking 18th and
24th place, respectively.
The softball team had the chance to play three fall games by hosting
an all-day tournament on Sunday. On Tuesday, the team traveled
to Lawrence to face the University of Kansas. The baseball team is
currently playing its intrasquad World Series, which began Thursday.
Womens basketball begins its season on
Nov. 1 against Midland University at 6 p.m. in
Collins Center. The team looks to capture the
conference title for the second season in a row,
and a majority of the HAAC coaches think it may
happen. The Cats received eight of 10 votes to
end up on top of conference action.
MENS BASKETBALL
ADDS FIVE TO ROSTER
SOFTBALL, BASEBALL HOST FALL BALL
MENS GOLF
COMPETES IN
HAAC PREVIEW
The Wildcats finished
in fourth place at the
Avila University HAAC
Preview on Tuesday at
Oakwood Country Club.
The bowling team began
its season on Saturday at
the Mid-State Classic in
Wichita. The Wildcats will next travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, to
compete in the Sandhills Classic.
Women from the freshman and senior classes
took on women from the sophomore and junior
classes in a powder puff football game as a part of
Homecoming week on Sept. 25 at Liston Stadium.
The sophomores and juniors won 24-14. Powder
puff football is one of seven intramural sports
offered this year by the Student Activities Council.
Indoor soccer is the next intramurals sport to be
played, which will begin on Oct. 19.
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The Baker Orange | Sports Oct. 17, 2014
Despite cancer, Grossner leads No. 2 team
That is, I think, what sports ingrain in you.
Being around sports all my life, especially foot-
ball, you just accept it, you fght it, and you
put that mindset together that youre going to
win. - coach Mike Grossner
Chad Mullen
STAFF WRITER
Judging by the way he looks, you wouldnt expect
Baker University head football coach Mike Grossner to
be in the final stages of radiation and chemotherapy
treatment for stage-four cancer. No hair loss, little
weight loss, and he still has a commanding presence
over a room when he speaks, despite his voice being
slightly scratchy. Chalk that up to the ulcers in his
throat.
Its like the worst sore throat you can have, all the
time, Grossner said. The whole back of the mouth
is ulcerated, and there are sores on the tongue ... I
wouldnt wish it upon anybody.
Nor are there signs of turmoil showing in his
teams performance. The Wildcats are now 6-0 after
defeating Benedictine College and have held the No. 2
ranking in the NAIA for four consecutive weeks. Play-
ers have been inspired to give more on the field for
their coach, says senior Michael Lisher.
He doesnt want to make an excuse for us or for
him, Lisher said. Hes really focused on the season
right now, but we definitely want to go out and do ev-
erything we can for him because hes definitely given
us everything he has.
Clarence Clark, no stranger to misfortune this year
after the sudden passing of former head track and
field coach Zach Kindler and a season-ending knee
injury suffered in week one against Ottawa University,
said that after time to take it all in, the team was ready
to work.
With losing coach Kindler this summer, and then
hearing your football coach has cancer, its just been
a whirlwind for me, Clark said. But he told us not to
worry, and we have prepared like we normally have.
Grossner recalled the moment on Aug. 15, just days
after his diagnosis and initial surgery, when he was set
to address his team at the start of training camp. But
this years speech would be different.
I did my normal speech when they come into
camp, and I hit em (with the news) toward the end,
Grossner said. Of course I had this gash across my
neck that was swollen because it was three days post-
op when I told them, so I think people were wondering
what was going on when I started talking, but once I
started on about it, there was a pretty good hush in
the room, a pretty shocking moment for, I think, most
people ... The moral of the story is to just dont put it
off. Dont be stubborn. When your body is talking to
you, get it looked at. I always had a mentality that go-
ing to the doctor is the last thing I want to do. If I had
waited much longer he paused. I dont know. But I
think the timeline
of football coming,
and the timeline
of me knowing
that I wasnt going
to have a chance
after August to get
checked, that kind
of hit me. Like its
now or never.
Although coaching would be a challenge, there
was good news. Even with the cancer being in its
most aggressive stage, Grossner was given an 85
to 90 percent chance to survive.
It was still a little scary, but understanding that
it hadnt spread anywhere else in the body, that was
good, Grossner said.
After finishing treatment, there will be a
10- week wait before he will be able to see the
results.
Physically, Grossner is going through the inevitable
trials associated with his condition, such as feeding
tubes.
Luckily, I have not once gotten sick, he said. I
had a couple of times in the shower when I thought
I would, but I was bound and determined not to let
it out. Thats just been one of my goals through this
process.
He says, whether healthy or not, he has taken vari-
ous aspects of his battle as personal challenges.
That is, I think, what sports ingrain in you. Being
around sports all my life, especially football, you just
accept it, you fight it, and you put that
mind-set together that youre
going to win.
Once Grossner has his
taste back, which he says has
been one of the more difficult
challenges of the chemo pro-
cess, he has a very big, round,
cheesy goal in mind.
My dream is a big old
pizza, he said, laughing. Ill
probably sit and eat until I
throw up.
He has not let his treatment
get in the way of preparing his
team for each game and has not
missed any time since the begin-
ning of the regular season.
I missed two days of work early
because of surgery, but the following day I was
back to work, Grossner said. We give the players off
on Monday because we come in on the weekends, so
Monday has been my big chemo day.
Grossners determination not to fall behind has re-
sulted in long work days in the past month-and-a-half.
I still work while Im doing chemo and radiation,
he said. Its about an 8 to noon deal Monday, other
than that Im in and out of radiation before anybodys
awake. Im up there by 7:45 and back here by 8:15.
If he did have to miss time, the head coach is
confident that his assistants could fill in more than
adequately.
We have a staff that weve put together and estab-
lished, for most of us, over seven or eight years, some
of us 11, Grossner said. I felt like I had prepared
my staff way before this for something that if I was
removed, we would move like a machine.
Offensive coordinator Miguel Regalado and de-
fensive coordinator Jason Thoren have been the main
cogs, filling in for Grossner when he is unable to speak
on Sundays after very loud and excited Saturdays that
wear out his voice.
They have done phenomenal, and I expected that,
Grossner said. I have given them a lot of responsibil-
ity on both sides of the ball,
and theyve taken upon that
responsibility well before
this August, so they were
prepared.
He has been receiving
all of his medical care in
Lawrence, which he says is
a reason he wants to speak
publicly about his cancer. He
wants friends, family or anyone in the community to
know that they do not have to fly out of state to receive
top-notch, phenomenal medical care.
Support for Grossner has come from all over the
country and in every form. From a card from the
grandmother of one of his players, well-wishes from
his former NFL Europe teammates, to a network
broadcast shout-out during the Kansas City Chiefs-Mi-
ami Dolphins on Sept. 21, the outpouring of encour-
agement has been a surprise to Grossner.
Its crazy what social media can do, Grossner said.
All of the people that Ive heard from, that Ive had
friendships throughout my life, have contacted me.
Its just kind of a cool, deep thing that my experience
hopefully can help our football team, our coaching staff
and whoever is close to us realize that life moves on,
life is going to hit you and every day, so you just gotta
keep pushing and keep going. Its not going to stop just
because you have cancer.
The message from the Chiefs game was from
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy, a Baker
alum and teammate of Grossners at Scottsdale Com-
munity College in Arizona, who relayed the message
to broadcaster Kevin Harlan. Grossner got word of it
quickly, and was quite shocked at the reaction.
I was not watching. I was driving back from
Springfield and had my phone off, Grossner said. I
was with my youngest son, and all of a sudden we stop
to get something to eat, and I check my phone and its
blowing up.
At the beginning of the battle, Grossner was more
worried about his family than his own health. But
according to the father of three, the support has been
super.
Its nice to have that support system, Grossner
said. My kids are learning a life lesson, that dad could
be gone just like that, and weve had the opportunity
to prepare for that.
No matter the challenge, Grossner continues to stay
determined, whether it be squamous cell carcinoma,
or taking his football team to heights in which it has
never achieved.
The Baker Orange | Sports page 12 Oct. 17, 2014
UNDEFEATED
No. 2 Baker
jumps to a
perfect 6-0 record
On Oct. 11, Baker University stu-
dents got a chance to see the Wildcat
football team in action at Arrowhead
Stadium in the NAIA Gridiron Chal-
lenge. In seats that would normally
retail upward of $150, Wildcat fans
and family had a front-row look at
the home of the Kansas City Chiefs.
It was not a sellout crowd, but the
crowd noise that came from BUs
side of the stands created a once-in-
a-lifetime occasion for the players.
Senior Camren Torneden relished
the opportunity to play in an NFL
stadium but refused to let the stage
affect his play.
For a lot of us, this is as far as
well make it, he said. (On Friday)
we had a chance to get the oohs and
ahhs out, but its a beautiful atmo-
sphere. We love the attention and
all of our fans and family here. Its
amazing.
Senior quarterback Jake Heller
began the game strong on Bakers
first drive, finding freshman wide
receiver Ladai Shawn Boose for a
24-yard touchdown. Freshman Lo-
gan Brettell connected on a field goal
from 31 yards out and Torneden
followed with a touchdown from the
goal line to put Baker up 17-14 at
halftime.
On the Wildcats first possession
of the second half, Brettell made his
second field goal of the game from
28 yards to push Bakers lead to six.
With 5:28 to go in the third junior
fullback Alex Stebbins pushed his
way into the end zone from the goal
line to help Baker go ahead by 13.
On Benedictines final chance of
the game, with the Wildcats leading
27-21, senior defensive end Andre
Jolly sacked the Ravens quarterback
for a loss of 9 yards. The defense
held and the Wildcats marched their
way out of Arrowhead Stadium with
their sixth straight win.
I have waited a long time for
this, Torneden said. This is a game
we wanted, but week in and week
out, we just go out looking for a win.
(Top) The sun sets on Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 11as Baker and Benedictine prepare for the
NAIA Gridiron Challenge.
(Middle) Freshman Ladai Shawn Boose celebrates with his teammates after scoring a touchdown
on Bakers second offensive play of the game. Boose had six catches for 102 yards, which was the
frst 100-yard game of his career and for any Wildcat receiver this season.
(Left) Senior Camren Torneden jumps over a Ravens defender while freshman Ladai Shawn Boose
blocks. Torneden rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown.
(Right) Senior Hannah Geenens cheers from the top of a stunt during the frst half of the game
against Benedictine at Arrowhead Stadium.
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The Baker Orange | Sports
Cross Country
By the numbers
Antonio Adgers
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Baker University womens soccer team de-
feated the Mid-America Nazarene University Pioneers
1-0 on Tuesday at Liston Stadium. This victory puts
the Wildcats at 8-5 on the year and 1-2 in the HAAC.
We came out ready to fight for the win, senior
midfielder Alexa Fryer said. The fact that we got the
win against MNU made it really sweet.
After a scoreless first half, the Baker women scored
the only goal of the game in the 64th minute with a
shot from senior midfielder, Ashley Mauck. Maucks
goal came off of an assist from sophomore forward
Krista Hooper.
The Wildcats will take on Graceland University at
5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Lamoni, Iowa, and
theyre ready for the match-up.
Were focused, Fryer said. We just have to come
out relentless and ruthless. We need to make them
play our game and not theirs.
The Baker University mens soccer team battled
Mid-America Nazarene University in a 110-minute
overtime game that resulted in a 1-1 draw on Tuesday
at Liston Stadium. The result of this game puts the
Wildcats at 5-6-2 on the year and 1-1-1 in the HAAC.
MNU is ranked No. two in the country, and this tie
game gave the Baker men hope that they could do bet-
ter for the remainder of the season.
This game was probably the most unified team
effort weve given all season, sophomore midfielder
Matt Hamm said. Even though we tied, it still shows
what we can do for the rest of the season.
Baker scored in the 20th minute from sophomore
midfielder Jordan Thacker. Then, in the 57th minute,
MNU scored the tying goal.
I feel like we left chances on the table, Hamm
said. We defended well because they didnt really
have a chance to score, but we created a ton. We just
didnt put them away.
The Baker men will face Graceland University fol-
lowing the womens game Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
28:03
The mens cross
country team placed
18th out of 31 teams
at the Rim Rock Farm
in Lawrence in the
NAIA Preview Meet.
21:16
The mens team ran an
average time of
The womens team ran
an average time of
Distance run by the
mens team at Rim
Rock Farm
Distance run by the
womens team at
Rim Rock Farm
Soccer teams take on conference rival
Sophomore Cody Sliva controls the ball during an Oct. 11
game against Culver Stockton College. The Wildcats won
2-0. Photo by Madison Armoniet
Sophomore Keeley Atkin wins the ball during an Oct. 14 matchup against rival MidAmerica Nazarene. The Wildcats won 1-0 and are
now 1-2 in conference play. Photo by Chris Otriz
Junior Gunnar Hays placed in the
top 100 at the 2014 NAIA Preview
Meet, fnishing with a time of
27:09.70. Hays led the pack of
Baker men to an 18th-place fnish.
Photo by Khadijah Lane
Freshman Sarah Hollis led BU in the
womens race. Hollis fnished in 99th place
with a time of 20:23. Photo by Khadijah
Lane
The womens cross country
team placed 24th out of 32
teams at the Rim Rock Farm in
Lawrence in the NAIA Preview
Meet.
Oct. 17, 2014
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Logan Brettell
BU MASS MEDIA
He has one foot on the field and the other
in Hollywood. With the help of his father,
freshman BU linebacker Keith Loneker Jr. of
Lawrence split his time in high school between
practicing football and taking small roles in
movies.
Lonekers father, Keith Sr., has appeared in
well-known motion pictures such as Super-
bad and Leatherheads and took on roles in 13
movies over his acting career. He began acting
following his retirement from the NFL, when
his agent suggested a potential career in mov-
ies. Shortly after, he was preparing for his first
auditions.
I had always wanted to go into the busi-
ness, Keith Sr. said. After my agent asked me
if I wanted to try it, I was pretty excited to get
started.
As a result of Keith Sr.s experience in the
movie business, Keith Jr. has benefitted from
the exposure to the industry.
Ive been pretty blessed with the oppor-
tunities my dad has given me, Keith Jr. said.
I hope to continue acting and appearing in
movies.
During Keith Jr.s sophomore year in high
school, he played a supporting role in the mov-
ie Underdogs, which is currently on Netflix.
The movie, which was shot in Canton, Ohio,
is a high school football story that combines
action and romance with a story about defy-
ing the odds, Keith Jr. said. The team works to
earn the first winning season in school history.
It seems natural that Keith Jr.s first movie
role would be about football, given that his
fathers career in the NFL.
Keith Sr., a former University of Kansas of-
fensive lineman, began his NFL career in 1993
and played for both the St. Louis Rams and the
Atlanta Falcons.
Keith Sr. appeared in Underdogs as the head
coach, while Keith Jr. played the teams start-
ing linebacker in the flick. Although he had no
acting experience prior to this opportunity,
his father has had what most people would
consider an experienced run with acting.
Following the release of Underdogs, Keith
Jr. said he was a popular name around town
for a while.
After arriving at Baker, it didnt take long
for classmates and teammates to figure out
that he had experience in the movie industry.
Eli Caldwell-Stout, a freshman running
back at Baker, believes Keith Jr.s story is
unique to the Baldwin City campus.
Having a player on the team who acted
in a movie on Netflix is pretty cool, Caldwell-
Stout said. And it makes it even better that he
is a good football player.
Following his career at Lawrence Free State
High School where he was a three-year starter,
Keith Jr. claimed a starting position on the
Baker football team as a true freshman.
He is a fast, talented player, Caldwell-
Stout said. Its no question that Keith has
earned a starting role on the team.
Keith Jr. says he intends to continue his
acting career and attend classes in Kansas City
following his college graduation in order to
improve his skills for the future.
I believe coming to Baker was the right de-
cision for me, Keith Jr. said. I intend to finish
my four years here, win a championship, and
prepare myself for the future ahead.
With the help of his father, Keith Loneker Jr. (44) was able to enter the movie industry in high school and hopes to continue on that path following graduation.
Screenshot from KNBU-TV
Baker football player doubles as big-screen actor
Hollywood dreamin
Music & Theater Department calendar
Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23
Oct. 24 Oct. 25
Jim Funkhouser
Retrospective
Concert
McKibbin Hall
7:30 p.m.
Guest clarinet
recital with Chris-
topher Nichols and
Ellen Bottorff
McKibbin Hall
7:30 p.m.
Fall Choral concert
Wanderers Upon
This Moment
McKibbin Hall
7:30 p.m.
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Oct. 17, 2014
The Baker Orange | Entertainment
Sarah Baker
ASSISTANT EDITOR
The Music and Theater Depart-
ments own Marci Ziegler recently
performed with the Lyric Opera of
Kansas City at the Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts. The Ital-
ian Opera La Traviata, written by
Giuseppe Verdi, is about a young man
and an ill, young woman who fall in
love. The opera opened earlier this
month for four performances.
Ziegler, assistant professor of
music, said that since she's started
working at Baker, she tries to do at
least one opera per year.
"Its hard to do much more than
that," Ziegler said. "I get pretty tired
after teaching, then going to rehears-
als in Kansas City, but its fun. I really
enjoy it. Its kind of my way to con-
tinue my professional development.
Although teaching music during
the day and practicing it at night can
be stressful, Ziegler happily took
the stage earlier this month for the
opera's first performance.
Its definitely worth it, Ziegler
said, especially this opera. We prob-
ably get to wear some of the best
costumes that Ive seen. This is the
third time I have done this opera. The
music is really great, too."
Ziegler has performed with the
Lyric Opera of Kansas City since
1996. In this opera, she sang in the
choir.
The chorus, we are sort of the
comic relief," Ziegler said. "We dress
up as gypsies and some of the men
dress up as matadors. This opera is a
lot of spectacle, which is typical with
grand opera. Its a large production.
We get to hear really fine interna-
tional opera singers. Its really fun to
hear them sing and sing along beside
them.
Associate Professor of Music
Robin Liston, who took her students
to the opera on opening weekend, is
so proud of Ziegler for keeping her
hand in professional music.
Im so excited to have a colleague
that is so active in our field," Liston
said. "It is a very real example for our
students to see a teacher who is still
actively involved in music, outside of
teaching.
Zieglers husband Rand Ziegler,
who is also a professor and depart-
ment chair, said participating in
opera is her way of continuing her
scholarship. He points out how
academic scholars gain credibility
by doing research and studies, and
in that way, Marci uses opera to
further her professionalism as a
singer.
Performing with the opera
is her version of scholarship,"
Rand said. "By her being
involved in a professional
organization like that, it helps
inform her in teaching voice
to her students.
From the office
Professor performs with the Lyric Opera of KC
to
to the opera
Assistant Professor of Music Marci Ziegler
poses in her costume. Ziegler performed
in the Italian Opera, La Travista at the
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Collins Center was swarming with the color pink on Oct. 7 as the Baker volleyball team hosted Graceland University for its annual Dig Pink match to increase breast cancer awareness. Baker lost its
second straight conference match in fve sets. The Cats are now 15-8 overall, 4-2 in conference action. Photo by Laura Price
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