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Dec. 2, 2016
vol. 124 [issue 5]

Baker University Student Media ~ Baldwin City, Kansas

DOUBLE DATE

The womens soccer

team and the football
team have advanced
to this weekends
NAIA semifinals. The
women will face the
defending national
champion Spring
Arbor at noon Friday
in Orange Beach,
Alabama. The football
team hosts Eastern
Oregon at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Liston
Stadium.

pgs . 12 & 13

IN THE NAT
IONAL SEMI
FINALS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Professor devotes
his summers to
digging for artifacts
in Israel.

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Dec. 2, 2016

EDITORIAL

Looking through
a local lens
Theres no place like home, and in
this humble and historic little town, we
are capable of creating memories we
will carry throughout our lifetimes
memories that are unique to us here in
our college home in Baldwin City.
However, many students often
forget that small, local businesses can
help make our college experience more
memorable, and despite what we may
sometimes think, theyre always in
danger of disappearing.
With the recent closure of the locally
owned gas station, the Santa Fe Market,
students and community members
alike are seeing just how easy and
inconvenient losing a local business
can be. Now that we only have one gas
station, the fight for gas pumps is on.
In order to prevent future damage
to our Baker University experience,
we need to remind ourselves of how
important our local businesses are and
make an effort to keep an eye out for
local options when we shop or dine.
The typical fast-food chains attract
us by being quick, cheap and safe (a
pizza from Pizza Hut tastes pretty

similar no matter where you

order it). While Baldwin
City has many mainstream,
fast-food options for meals
and groceries, including
Dollar General, Subway, Sonic,
Taco Bell and more, the locally
owned and operated stores and
restaurants can be places to make
memories and enjoy delicious food
specific to Baldwin City.
Many students would have to admit
their time at Baker would have been
less satisfying without lunches and
late nights at El Patron, the quick to-go
boxes of Chinese food courtesy of Joy
Garden or even the oh-so-common
emergency grocery runs (that might
have actually included running) to the
Baldwin City Market.
We sometimes overlook shopping
opportunities as well, especially now
that many of us are buying Christmas
gifts. As a couple of examples, there is a
local antique shop on High Street, right
next door to campus, and the Shirt
Shack sells Baker gear and customdesigned T-shirts.

Graphic by
Sarah Baker

The community of Baldwin

City and Baker are all in the
Wildcat family. By shopping
and dining locally, we show
our appreciation for the
community that has grown
right alongside our university.
Without our regular support,
some of our favorite memorymaking restaurants and stores
wont always be here for future
Wildcats.

Mental illness in college: Lets talk about it

BRENNA
THOMPSON
Assistant Editor
The student who missed class
three times last week may not be
lazy, immature or irresponsible. That
student may be a prisoner inside his or
her own mind, trapped in the drowning
darkness that leaves a thin film of
sadness on everything. That student is
too depressed to get out of bed.
At Baker University we are blessed
to have a small, intimate campus that
includes a sense of accountability,
an invisible system of checks and
balances. This causes our professors
to notice when we havent turned
any homework in for two weeks,
our sorority sisters to bring us soup
when we cant get ourselves to come
downstairs for dinner and our coaches
to pull us aside when they recognize
our sudden weight loss.
However, this notion of
accountability isnt enough to keep
some students from suffering alone,
fighting their inner demons without
the support of others. These people
are scared, confused and exhausted.

Graphic by Maria Echeverry

These people are sick with mental

illness, and we need to talk about it.
Our campus recently observed
a week dedicated to mental health
awareness, but let us not limit one
week to recognizing mental illness.
Let this be the beginning of the
normalization of such diseases.
The only way mental health is
normalized and destigmatized is by
speaking out about it, recognizing its
ever-present influence on so many
students across every college campus

in America. According to the National

Alliance on Mental Illness, one in
four of your classmates battle with a
mental illness, a diagnosable disorder
that distorts their mind and body. Just
because these diseases are not always
observable doesnt mean they dont
exist. These diseases are all too real.
The majority of these people
receive no professional health care;
in fact, just one in three of them do.
These people are sick. A chronically
depressed person without medication

and counseling is similar to a cancer

patient without radiation. Instead,
they are struggling alone, their minds
feeding them lies, tearing them to
pieces.
According to Tim Hodges, director
of the campus health and counseling
center, only 15 percent of Baker
students seek help, compared to an
average of 8 percent at universities
nationwide. Although Bakers numbers
are encouraging, this still leaves many
students who are in need without
professional expertise and guidance.
The lack of students coming
forward to seek therapy can be
directly attributed to the stigma
associated with mental illness. Our
society has an underlying ideal of
fixing it ourselves, of never revealing
our weaknesses, and of dealing with
our demons alone. However, it is too
dangerous to stay silent.
If you do suffer from a mental
illness, it is not your fault. Do not be
ashamed. In fact, be proud. You are
battling a disease whose main goal is
to make you think you are not enough,
and yet you are enough. Mental illness
should not conquer your personal
happiness, and you can defeat it. So
please, lets talk about it.

Dec 2, 2016

The Baker Orange | Voices

Slacktivism on Facebook:

page 3

By SARAH BAKER
Editor

Are you really making a difference?

LAUREN
FREKING
Columnist
A few weeks ago on
Facebook, I noticed many
of my friends checking in
to the Standing Rock Indian
Reservation location through
the social media site. The
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
is suing the government
due to not being properly
consulted over construction
of the Dakota Access
Pipeline, which would
extend across four states.
Tribal members say that
parts of the construction
will disrupt sacred grounds,
possibly inflicting damage
on sites that carry cultural significance
and are important to the tribe.
Online rumors suggested that
the local sheriffs department was
monitoring Facebook check-ins in
the pipeline area, which many people
thought was an act of discrimination.
In response, many Facebook activists,
or Slacktivists as the term has
been coined, decided to check-in on
their own profiles in order to show
solidarity and hopefully confuse law
enforcement officials.
An official spokesperson for the
local sheriffs department has stated
that the department does not monitor
Facebook check-ins for the area.
Some protest organizers are even
concerned that the check-ins could
eventually make it easier to find out
who is actually at the protest and for

law enforcement officials to issue

subpoenas. Nevertheless, armchair
activists jumped all over the trend in
order to make a difference and change
the world.
I cannot count how many times
a week I get on social media and
see someone blogging about raising
money for endangered species,
drawing awareness to anything from
microbeads in soap to child labor, or
advocating for others to vote the right
way.
All of this can be considered
slacktivism or armchair activism. It can
include changing your profile photo to
raise awareness, sharing a tweet about
an issue or writing an opinionated
post on a hot topic.
To a certain extent, having so much
engagement over certain causes is

Word Around

BAKER:

are living in a dream world,

believing you are making a
difference online: you are
not. Pursuing one cause
with educated intentions
and actual actions will
do far more than signing
online petitions against
the zookeeper who shot
Harambe.
In addition to all of this,
scattering our passions
and empathy only onto the
most popular social media
movements of the moment
leaves us fixated only on
high-profile causes while
ignoring others.
I doubt that anyones
ultimate purpose in life is to
Graphic by Maria Echeverry
share posts on popular issues
of our time and sign online
good. Unfortunately, many Facebook
petitions. In fact, doing that
users pursue causes without a
is probably as effective as lying in bed
true awareness of the background
watching Gossip Girl on Netflix for an
information or whether what is being
entire day.
posted will actually help.
While there are some instances
As Danny Cooper, an opinion
in which social media has made a
writer for the student newspaper
difference with generating positive
at Northwestern University, writes,
change, many times it does not make
Widespread awareness of social
a difference. The real difference
issues also means less of a deep focus
comes with research, education and
on individual causes. Someone may
calculated actions.
watch a John Oliver clip about school
Next time you find yourself
segregation which sparks a sense of
enraged over an article about artificial
anger within them at lunchtime, but
flavoring in dog food, take the time to
by dinner, that rage likely either has
question if sharing this will 1) promote
dissipated or they have moved onto a
true understanding of the issue; 2)
new topic.
raise awareness for a problem that
Showing support or empathy for
is actually a problem (i.e. actively
an issue in the news without backing
harming the world we live in and our
it up by actions does not really change
well being); and 3) make a difference
the world. To the Facebook users who
in changing the actions of others.

Based on this election, are

you more or less likely to be
politically active in the future?

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Mission Statement

"Yes, because it's our future

and my generation needs to
be more involved since we
will be affected."

Matt Emerson
sophomore

"I've seen how divided this

nation truly is. Seeing this,
I will plan on voicing my
opinion in a non-biased
way so that I can benefit
myself as well as others."

Carlos Rodriguez
freshman

"I think it will motivate

me to take the initiative
to educate myself before
future elections."

Meg Detwiler
sophomore

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faculty and staff of Baker University.

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Dec. 2, 2016

DISCOVERING
AKKO

Its only the chance of

Professor Nicholaus Pumphrey

devotes his summers to
digging for artifacts in Israel.

a lifetime to go excavate
ruins and things that are
thousands of years old,

BY WHITNEY SILKEY
ASSISTANT EDITOR

Photo courtesy Nicholaus Pumphrey

EIGHT YEARS AGO

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Nicholaus

Pumphrey found himself on his first archaeological dig
in Megiddo, Israel, while he was studying archaeology
and the history of the Hebrew bible at his graduate
school, Vanderbilt University. Today, Pumphrey says
he is addicted to visiting Israel and continuing his
archaeological endeavors.
After his time at Vanderbilt, Pumphrey continued his
education at Claremont Graduate University. His advisor
there was an archaeologist who invited him to dig in the
city of Akko, Israel. He has visited that same site every
year since.
During Pumphreys first dig in Akko, he was made a
supervisor of one square because of his experience from
his trip to Megiddo. Since then, he said he has moved up
the ranks to an area supervisor, overseeing five squares
of the Tel Akko Project.
As a student youre just like, Wow, this is fun. Im
digging in the dirt! Pumphrey said. When you become
a professor, youre actually doing research and publishing
articles.
His work in Akko is now more research-based, and
he finds himself exploring more than he did as a student.
There are Ottoman and Crusader ruins at the Akko site.
The city itself has the best-preserved Crusader ruins
of any city in the world, Pumphrey said.
The Akko site is also a Phoenician site, Phoenicia
means purple people because of the purple dye (a color
of royalty) they made from crushed snail shells.

ANCIENT FINDS

Along with snail shells, Pumphrey has discovered

other ancient ruins and interesting artifacts on the site.
Usually, the coolest thing that you ever find is found
by accident, Pumphrey said.
The most interesting thing Pumphrey has ever helped
find while excavating is called a cylinder seal.
People in the ancient world couldnt read or write, but
they still had to sign their name, so they would wear these
seals around their neck, he said. So when they signed
their name, they would slide the seal across the ceramic,
which would create an image that was their signature.
The cylinder seal Pumphrey found created an image of
a God standing with lightning bolts in his hands.
Pumphrey also finds pottery on the Akko site.
We find tons, and tons and tons of pottery, Pumphrey

said. The first time youre digging youre like, Oh, this is
something so old, like 2,000 years old, and by the time
youre done youre like, I am tired of all of this pottery,
because at the end of the day you have to wash all of it.
Pumphrey said that workers can barely dig and still fill
up a bucket of pottery, hence the city of Akkos nickname,
The City of Pottery.
Pumphrey has also found numerous bones while
excavating, including sheep bones the ancient people used
as dice.
Its a lot different than just sitting in a library all day
long, reading and writing, Pumphrey said. So to get out
and actually dig in the ground and find artifacts ... its
amazing.
One purpose of the archaeological digs is to try and
find buildings, city walls and whatever is inside the city
walls to help recreate the city. At this point, workers at the
Akko site might still be far away from discovering those
types of ruins, though.

FUTURE DIGS

The site Pumphrey visits is in the seventh year of

what was originally supposed to be a 10-year project.
Pumphrey himself will be visiting Akko for his seventh
time in the summer of 2017.
I dont know if we know the site any more than we
did on day one, so I think were going to be going for a
long time, Pumphrey said. And if this project ends, Im
just going to look for another one.
Pennsylvania State University and the University
of Haifa (in Israel) are the two main universities that
sponsor the Tel Akko Project. The Claremont schools, as
well as a few other schools from the United States, also
send students and faculty to the site.
Seeking a Baker University connection, Pumphrey and
his spouse, Amanda Pumphrey, who teaches Quest classes
at Baker, would love to have students come along with
them.
Amanda also joined the Akko digs through Claremont
University in 2010. She loves the excitement of the
history behind the site, as well as applying what she
learns on the site.
We both started off as students, and now were both
staff members for the excavation, she said.
Pumphrey gives lectures while he is there, in addition
to training students on the site.
The Pumphreys have never taken any Baker students,
although Pumphrey said he tried to drag senior Anna
Hobbs along last year.

Theres a lot of terrorism over there, Hobbs yelled

with a hint of sarcasm from the other room after
overhearing the conversation.
Pumphrey said that is one of the main concerns of
students and parents when it comes to traveling to the
archaeological sites in Israel. Pumphrey himself has
never had any experiences with terrorism or any sort of
violence, though, even while a war was going on in the
area.
Pumphrey encourages Baker students to go. He
believes that is isnt that much more expensive than an
interterm, but it is worth more because you get an entire
month instead of 10 days.
We [Baker] send students all over the world, but
its only the chance of a lifetime to go excavate ruins and
things that are thousands of years old, Pumphrey said.
That doesnt happen every day.
Pumphreys courses back at Baker are heavily
influenced by his experiences in Israel. His interterm
course comes from the same course he teaches while in
Israel, and some of Pumphreys religion classes include
content that he has learned and discovered in Akko.
Therefore, the course changes every year based on his
most recent experiences.
Im constantly learning as I go, Pumphrey said.

LIFE ON THE
MEDITERRANEAN

The digs typically last a month, usually in the month of

July. Pumphrey often goes early or stays later than the set
month for sightseeing. This past year he spent his extra
time bird watching.
One of Pumphreys favorite parts of his trips is the
food.
Its on the Mediterranean coast, so the fish is great,
he said.
Popular items served in the area include hummus,
falafels, and of course, fish. Pumphrey describes deepfried seaweed-wrapped salmon and wasabi sorbet topped
fish as a couple of weird yet delicious foods he has
enjoyed while in Israel.
Pumphrey also enjoys taking hundreds of pictures
every year during his trips. He said that he has probably
accumulated thousands over the past eight years. The
number of photos will continue to increase as he keeps
going back to fuel his Akko addiction.
Its amazing. It truly is, Pumphrey said. Its an
experience that will change your life.

Dec. 2, 2016

The Baker Orange | News

Flowers wins student activities award

ANGIE BOBER
Staff Writer
During the annual National
Association for Campus Activities
(NACA) Central Conference, Director of
Student Life Randy Flowers wore a pink
bunny costume to inspire the audience.
People could pay to put others
in a costume to help raise money for
the NACA foundation, Flowers said.
I chaired the conference, so I put the
costume on to try and get the energy
going.
Leadership ideas like this may be
what helped Flowers win the Markley
Award.
The Markley Award goes to a
professional thats been in the field
for at least five years and has given

Photo courtesy
of Randy Flowers

SOMETHING SPICY
Release date this year was

Sept. 6 2016

This is the year the

pumpkin spice flavor
became a hit thanks to
Starbucks and its latte.

significant contributions to the student

activities field, Flowers said. It is
the highest level award possible for a
student affairs professional.
Flowers had no idea that he was
going to receive the award until the
announcement when he heard a
description of the winner being from a
small school, which gave it away.
At the same fall conference, which
was held in Arlington, Texas, the BU
Student Activities Council also won two
marketing awards. One was for nonposter publicity and the other was for
social media marketing.
The award for non-poster publicity
involved a door hanger that we made
last year for Springfest with all of the
events on it, Flowers said.
With all of these awards, students

Cinnamon
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Steamed Milk

2003

Starbucks Most Popular Item:

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Espresso
Topped with
Whipped Cream
Pumpkin Pie Spice

3 Main Sizes To Order

Tall

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(12 fl. oz.)

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Which equals Other Pumpkin Spice

about $80 Flavored Items:

million per
year in the

Fun Facts:

PSL is Starbucks best-selling seasonal drink of

all time.
Starbucks has a director of espresso.
First cities to carry it: Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, and Washington, D.C.

who plan Student Activities Council

events hope to keep getting stronger in
order to book talent that is enjoyable
for all students. Student Activities
Council brings all of the fun things to
campus to keep students entertained,
junior Brittany Crittenden said.
Freshman Sydney Boggess said that
the main point of the conference was
to bring talent back to Baker. She
went on the trip for the experience
and to gain some insight into what a
leadership role in Student Activities
Council is like.
We booked our whole spring
semester with NACA, Flowers said. We
will have some well recognized people.
The spring schedule will include
performers from Americas Got Talent
and Last Comic Standing.

For many millennials, fall is synonymous with pumpkin spice

everything. Starbucks has capitalized on this trend with its popular
Pumpkin Spice Latte, which is available on campus at the Daily Grind.
Heres more info about the PSL:

Pumpkin Spice
Whats in a PSL?

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Starbucks has sold more than

200 million PSLs over the

last decade.

*https://www.thestreet.com/

most recent
seasons.

Milk
Fresh Desserts
Ice Cream
Yogurt
Dog Food
Baked Bread
Coffee
Creamer

Cream Cheese
Pie Filling
Beer
Cereal
Candy
Marshmallows
Jell-o
Tea

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Dec. 2, 2016

Luke Miltz lands internship with Delta Delta Delta

JULIA SANDERS
Staff Writer
From being the manager of the cross
country and track teams to a member
of Student Senate, senior Luke Miltz
is involved in many campus activities.
Now, Miltz has the unusual opportunity
to work closely with Delta Delta Delta
sororitys national office.
As graduation approaches, Miltz
ideally sees himself working at St. Jude
Childrens Research Hospital. To build up
his future resume, Miltz began looking
into and applying for internships. He has
been awarded an internship that gives
him the opportunity to work for Delta
Delta Delta sorority and its Body Image
3D program.
Since St. Jude Childrens Research
Hospital is the sororitys philanthropy,
Miltz thought that this internship could
ultimately be a good recommendation
for when he applies to St. Jude.
While Delta Delta Delta sorority
is raising awareness about childrens
cancer through St. Jude, the organization
is also raising awareness for positive
body image in college women. Body
Image 3D promotes a healthy mind,
body and spirit by implementing
workshops in which sorority members
around the country can participate.
These workshops are available to
women in their second year of sorority
membership. Miltzs main priority

with this internship

involves organization,
and he will work
remotely at Baker.
My job with
[this internship] is
mostly to work with
the facilitators and
the women in the
collegiate chapters
and help them
connect [for the
workshops], Miltz
said.
Miltz believes
that this internship
is a good fit for him,
and people around
campus agree.
Luke just has
a certain energy to
him that helps make
Luke Miltz holds a Delta Delta Delta sign. | Courtesy Photo
things happen,
sophomore Caringtyn
many people. In fact, statistics from
Julian said. Hes very detail-oriented,
dosomething.org show that 58 percent
this [internship] is where he is supposed of college-aged women have felt
to be. He is going to be great.
pressure to reach a specific weight.
Miltz is excited about getting to learn
According to junior Holly Chestnut,
more about Delta Delta Delta sorority
social media platforms are partly to
through this internship. Based on his
blame for this, but through the Body
previous knowledge and the events
Image 3D program, the women of Delta
he has already participated in, he sees
Delta Delta are able to make people feel
how positive the culture is and how
good about who they are.
the organization affects the lives of the
Through this internship, Miltz wants
women who participate in it.
to see how his connection to the Body
The issue of body image affects
Image 3D program can help empower

SN401 no longer required

after current school year
SPENCER BROWN
Staff Writer

The Baker University Faculty Senate

recently approved the Educational
Programs Committees decision to
remove Salon 401 from all students
catalog requirements starting next fall.
The course will remain available for
students to enroll in but will no longer be
mandatory for graduation.
It was a feeling of the faculty that if
students have already gotten jobs or into
graduate programs then [the course]
might be considered superfluous,
Professor of Psychology Tony Brown,
who oversees the Quest general
education program, said.
According to previous academic
catalogs, SN401 was intended to
help students concentrate on future
employment, graduate or professional
school, individual ethical standards, and a
grasp of the real world.
This decision to drop the SN401
requirement supplements recent
changes to other requirements of the
Quest program, such as the de-linking
of courses and changes in course
understandings.
Were still going to encourage
students to do it, Brown added. We may
even look at the timing of it. If people are
taking this the second semester of their
senior year, its kind of late. So we may be
proposing that people take this course
during their junior year in preparation

for their senior year.

Brown said that EPC will continue
to look at the programs makeup, noting
that Baker faculty members understand
the general feelings of students and
particular course structures.
We arent trying to create
experiences that are totally useless for
[students], Brown said. Everything we
do has a purpose, and sometimes we
just arent good at communicating that
purpose.
Director of Career Services
Susan Wade believes that the course
requirement could be revamped to better
connect to students particular majors.
She hopes that the course will still be
enticing for student participation even
though it will no longer be required.
It needs to be somewhere in the
curriculum for students, so Im hoping
that theyll bring [the requirement] back
in some form or fashion, she said. It is
a valuable course. It is really helpful for
students who are in the beginning stages
of applying for internships or jobs.
Junior Caitlin Apollo agrees with
Wades outlook, as she noted that
students will still find value in the
courses content.
I think the fact that it is no longer
required will make people more excited
to take it because people often tend to
dislike classes simply because theyre
required, she said. I think Ill still take it
because I definitely think it will be helpful
for life after Baker.

and educate Delta Delta Delta women to

be leaders for their community.
Miltz will also get the chance to make
connections that may help him in his
future career while he gets to advocate
for an issue that he finds important.
I would like to ultimately help
the program grow and develop so
that Tri-Delta women can reach their
full potential as leaders, promoters,
and educators for body positivity and
positive mental health, Miltz said.

Dec. 2, 2016

The Baker Orange | News

REPERCUSSIONS

page 7

Title IX is intended to protect victims, but it can protect perpetrators as well

BRENNA THOMPSON
Assistant Editor
If Baker students repeatedly
plagiarize and are caught in the act,
the offense will be indicated on their
academic transcript if they transfer
to another university. However, if
students are expelled for sexual
assault, the offense will not be noted
on their transcript.
This isnt to say that Title IX
does more harm than good, though,
according to Dean of Students Cassy
Bailey, who is Baker Universitys
Title IX coordinator. Title IX still
protects both men and women
who have been victims of sexual or
gender-based crimes.
Bailey said that Title IX policies
require schools to investigate cases
involving sexual misconduct.
Prior to them, institutions were
sweeping things under the rug,
Bailey said. Title IX doesnt allow
that to happen.
However, she said there are still
aspects of the Title IX protocols
that are not only concerning, but
dangerous.
Federal law says that colleges
and universities are not responsible
or legally allowed to release the
names of students who are accused
of sexual assault unless they have
been identified in official police
investigations or court documents.
If a victim chooses to report a
sexual assault to a campus official
but not to the police, for example, a
Title IX investigation could find the

Graphic by Maria Echeverry

perpetrator guilty, but there might

be no police investigation.
Bailey said that since Baker
accepts federal money, the university
has to abide by federal laws. Until a
person is formally charged or until
an investigation has been conducted
outside of the university, a school
cannot legally release an accused
persons name.
However, Bailey said if the name
is released through documents as
part of the legal system, Baker is
free to use that name, since it now is
public information.
Students who decide to transfer
after being found guilty of a Title IX
offense are typically free to do so
without any repercussions as long as
their name has not been published
as part of law-enforcement or court
records.

BAKER
IN BRIEF
December
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BU Football vs Eastern Oregon

1 p.m. | Liston Stadium
Last Day of Fall 2016 Courses
Womens Basketball vs Benedictine
2 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs Benedictine
4 p.m. | Collins Center
Christmas Candlelight Vesper
2 p.m. and 5 p.m. | Rice Auditorium
Final Exams Begin
Stress Free Zone
11 a.m. | Long Student Center
Study Break
9 p.m. | Long Student Center
Final Exams End

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For example, after being expelled

from the University of Kansas for an
alleged sexual assault that was part
of a campus Title IX investigation,
a KU football player transferred to
Indiana State in order to continue his
collegiate football career; however,
academic officials at Indiana State
were initially not aware of the
alleged assault at KU because it was
not part of the student-athletes
official record.
According to Bailey, once students
are dismissed, the reason they were
expelled will not be included in their
record.
If a school called me and asked
why they were dismissed, and I
didnt have the permission of this
person ... I couldnt tell them, Bailey
said.
Bailey said professors, athletes

or students can often move on to

another university after they have
been dismissed from a school for
assaulting another person.
Although Title IX guidelines are
intended to protect men and women
who have been victims of sexual
or gender-based crimes, they also
protect perpetrators by not allowing
names to be released without legal
identification.
Bailey said this is all is an
effort to keep the system fair and
balanced. When Title IX laws were
first initiated and integrated into
universities, it wasnt always fair or
balanced.
Schools swung heavily to the side
of the victim, Bailey said. Some of
the schools swung so heavily that
they were demonizing a person that
had been accused without going
through the whole process.
Therefore, until changes are
made, Bailey said the accuser and the
accused have to be treated equally.
She added that in the past eight
years, every Baker student who
has been found guilty of sexual
misconduct following a Title IX
investigation has been dismissed
from the university.
As a result of the recent election,
Title IX laws are likely to become
more concentrated in the criminal
justice system. The Republican
National Convention platform
statement said sexual assault must
be promptly investigated by civil
authorities and prosecuted in a
courtroom, not a faculty lounge.

Calendar times and dates may change after print publication.

For updates on sports schedules, visit bakerwildcats.com.

Winter Commencement
1 p.m. | Collins Center
Womens Basketball vs Southeastern
2 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs McPherson
2 p.m. | Collins Center

January

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First Day of Interterm

Womens Basketball vs Evangel
5:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs Evangel
7:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Womens Basketball vs MNU
5:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs MNU
7:30 p.m. | Collins Center

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Womens Basketball vs Graceland

5:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs Graceland
7:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Womens Basketball vs Central Methodist
5:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs Central Methodist
7:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Last Day of Interterm
Womens Basketball vs Clarke
2 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs Clarke
4 p.m. | Collins Center
First Day of Spring Courses
Womens Basketball vs Missouri Valley
5:30 p.m. | Collins Center
Mens Basketball vs Missouri Valley
7:30 p.m. | Collins Center

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
FROM THE STAFF OF THE BAKER ORANGE!
FROM THE STAFF OF THE BAKER ORANGE!

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The Baker Orange | Dec. 2, 2016

ELECTION RECEPTION:

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BU campus responds to Trump presidency

Make America
great again!

We reject the
president-elect!

The silent majority

Love trumps hate!
stands with Trump!
Im moving to Canada! Vote third
Drain the swamp!
party 2016!
#NotMyPresident Its in our hands! Lock her up!
How did we end up
with these two!?
Live free!

Hundreds of protesters gathered at South Park in Lawrence for an

anti-Trump protest on Saturday, Nov. 12. The event ended with a
march up and down Massachusetts Street. | Photos by Lexi Loya

BRENNA THOMPSON
Assistant Editor

n response to last weeks presidential

election, expressions of anger,
disappointment and fear rang out across
social media outlets, during organized
protests and inside college classrooms
across the nation.
On the day after the election, some Baker
professors and students walked across Taft Bridge
with tears in their eyes and heavy hearts, while
others celebrated newfound hope and trust in the
American political system.
Locally, Douglas County favored Hillary Clinton
over Donald Trump, which contradicts the overall
Kansas results. In Douglas County, 62 percent of
voters favored Clinton, while in Kansas she only
received 36 percent of the votes. Students at the
University of Kansas and Baker University likely
affected the Douglas County results.
Educated millennials, especially those currently
attending a college, seem upset with the results of
the presidential election. However, after comparing
the millennial vote in this election to the 2012
election, NPR says the millennial vote (for voters
aged 18 to 29) dropped from 60 percent for Barack
Obama to 55 percent for Clinton.
Yes, Clinton would have won if the vote had
been solely up to millennials; however, the results
show they were not as supportive of her as they
were for some past presidential candidates.
There was little to no millennial backlash when
Obama was elected in 2008 and 2012, so why do
some students have such a negative reaction to
Trump? Some Baker students say it is because
they believe he represents sexism, racism and
homophobia.

Sophomore Freddie Barnes, who is a Trump

supporter, said he believes people are misinformed
on Trumps values and that the media have created
a biased and inaccurate image of Trump.
In 30 years of being in the media spotlight, he
has never once been called a racist, but as soon
as he runs against the Democratic Party, hes the
worst guy in the world, Barnes said.
However, not all students believe the new
president is impartial toward minority groups.
Senior Kaci Dillingham said she thinks Trump
doesnt care whether minority groups succeed,
and his rhetoric during his campaign negatively
impacted those groups.
I think minorities have a right to be scared, not
of him, but of the people who backed him because
of his racist rhetoric, Dillingham said.
The anti-Trump protests following the election,
including one held in Lawrence on Saturday, Nov.
12, share a message of equality and a cry for
minority representation.
Professor of Sociology Tim Buzzell is currently
teaching an upper-division politics class and says
throughout this election his class has had raw and
honest conversations about students reactions as
well as what to do next.
Everyone needs to express where theyre
coming from right now, (with) feelings and
experiences being shared, Buzzell said.
He said protest is a form of conversation
between two groups that differ in opinions, and
that it is the way voices are expressed and heard.
People are wanting to have their voices heard,

Buzzell said. Thats hard when theres a great deal

of animosity and disrespect between groups.
Dillingham believes these voices include some
who now feel marginalized and unrepresented as a
result of this election.
I worry these next four years will cause
feelings of entitlement for some and feelings of
exclusion for a lot of others, Dillingham said.
Buzzell encourages us to listen deeply to one
another.
Get off Facebook and meet me at the coffee
shop, Buzzell said. I want to hear what youre
thinking; I want to hear what youre feeling.
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Teresa
Clounch agreed that students, faculty and
staff need to sit down in meaningful and open
conversation.
She said she wants all students who are feeling
marginalized and fearful now, regardless of how
they voted on Nov. 8, to feel safe.
For that to take place, I believe we have to sit
down and have conversations with people with
views that are different from our own, Clounch
said.
However, she also acknowledges that conflict
and challenges may be a necessary part of the
transition process.
With so much emotion surrounding the
election, some protests have been loaded with
anger and occasional violence.
People will talk about how Trump will destroy
the country, but then they go burn, loot and
proceed with violent protests, Barnes said.
Barnes does believe Trump has done some
wrong things, but also said so have all past
presidents, as well as every human being.
Buzzell added, The president and Congress
now have the opportunity to deliver on promises
made in the campaign to make America great
again.

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Dec. 2, 2016

I love people,

and Im looking
forward to being
a part of the
community in
this way.

New bakery opens downtown

Lori Gardner, owner of Homestead Kitchen and Bakery. | Photo by Lily Stephens

LILY STEPHENS
Staff Writer

In a storefront on Eighth Street

that had sat empty for several
months, you can now catch glimpses
of a woman with big brown hair and
a bright smile running in and out the
door.
For 20 years, Lori Gardner was
a hairdresser. Her life shifted when
her family of four became a family
of eight after adopting four children
from China. Living with seven other
people motivated Gardner to start
baking more food at home, and she
soon caught the attention of family
and friends.
I bought a grain mill, and I
started making bread, Gardner said.
I would post about it on Facebook,
and my friends started to say, Oh, Id
buy some of that from you.
From there she began to cater
events and take special orders.
Before she knew it, she was selling at
farmers markets as a regular, and her
husband had built a second kitchen
just for baking. Gardner realized that
she was starting a full-blown bakery
business out of her home.
Yet she soon grew tired of
farmers markets, having to travel
and pack up each time, so she set her

eyes on a space that she could call

her own.
On the storefront at 719 Eighth
Street in Baldwin City, locals may
have noticed big white letters on
the windows that read, Homestead
Kitchen & Bakery, and some Baker
students are excited to welcome a
new source of food to town.
Im so excited [the grand
opening] is on my calendar, senior
Brittany Windom said before the
business officially opened on Nov. 22.
The bakery offers a new space
for students to socialize and study
besides the on-campus Daily
Grind or coffee shops in Lawrence.
Gardner is excited to welcome Baker
students, faculty and staff to her
business new home.
Baker and the Baldwin City
community definitely lack in places
for students to do homework and
hang out with friends, sophomore
Mitchell Lierz said.
At first the bakery will serve
baked goods, wraps, sandwiches,
soups and salads. It will also offer
a Small Bites menu featuring a
cheese board and fruit, roasted
Brussels sprouts and baguette slices
with vinaigrette.
Gardner hopes to have an everevolving menu open to input. She
also would like to host events

focused on college
students.
I have this idea to
do a Homestead Happy
Hour with cold glasses
of milk and cookies like
your mom makes, she
said. I have four boys
and they love milk and
cookies, and I thought
there would be a lot of
campus boys who would
feel the same way.
Gardner said the
goal is to create a warm,
welcoming environment
719 Eighth Street, Baldwin City. | Photo by Sarah Baker
where people want to
stay whether they are sitting
just at Maple Leaf (Festival) time but
with a friend having coffee, studying
other times, too, Gardner said.
or gathering for a meeting.
Gardner said she is excited
She highly values customer
to have her own creative space.
interaction and community,
She said it feels empowering to
something she enjoys most about
be a small-business owner and is
being a small-business owner.
enthusiastic to share and collaborate
When I would do the farmers
with Baker students and other
markets, I would love that customer
Baldwin City community members if
interaction, Gardner said. I love
they have ideas.
people, and Im looking forward to
Gardner thought about putting
being a part of the community in this the bakerys home base somewhere
way.
larger such as Johnson County, but
She thinks her business can
she ultimately decided that she
help the community business
wanted to stay in Baldwin City. Her
environment.
family lives about two minutes from
Baldwin City is really wanting
Eighth Street, and her children go to
to bring outsiders in for the day, not
Baldwin High School.

The Baker Orange | Entertainment

Dec. 2, 2016

Annual Vespers program to

bring festivity to finals week
SPENCER BROWN
Staff Writer
The 86th Annual Christmas Candlelight Vespers
program will take place at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on
Sunday, Dec. 11, in Rice Auditorium. The hour-long
performances are free to all students, faculty, staff
and community members.
I am most looking forward to participating in
what people tell me is one of the biggest concerts
of the year, freshman cellist Andrew Dau said. My
parents always told me about Vespers when I was a
kid, so I am really excited to be a part of it.
Three Baker choirs, the Orchestra and the
Percussion Ensemble will perform. In addition,
the Celebration Ringers, a handbell choir from
the Lawrence First United Methodist Church, will
provide a special guest performance. Sara Wentz, a
Baker alumna, will direct the group.
Its a unique year with the program being
the second Sunday of December instead of it
traditionally being the first Sunday, Director of
Choral Ensembles Cathy Crispino said. I think it will

be really festive with the bells joining us, though.

This years program will feature the return of
Sounds of the Season, a piece written for the Baker
choir during Matthew Pottertons time as choral
director. Crispino is looking forward to bringing
back the tune for this years program.
In her third year participating in the Vespers
program, junior Haley Roberts recollected on some
of her most memorable moments.
I love being able to see all the different musical
ensembles come together, she said. But my favorite
memory from this festive concert was watching Dr.
Parr conducting Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
during my freshman year.
The Department of Music and Theatre hopes
campus and community will use this time to get into
the holiday spirit before winter break. In between
the two performances, an open reception will be
featured at the Collins House.
I know its a busy time of the year, Crispino said.
But we really try to have the program be short and
we hope everyone can take a break from studying to
come in and get into the holiday spirit.

SUDOKU PUZZLE

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Final Exam Schedule

(Final Exam Time / Regular Class Meeting Time)

Monday, Dec. 12

8:00 - 11:00 a.m. / 11:30 MWF

11:30 - 2:30 p.m. / 8:00 TR
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. / 2:00 TR

Tuesday, Dec. 13

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. / 9:30 MWF

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. / 12:30 TR

Wednesday, Dec. 14
8:30 - 11:30 a.m. / 9:30 TR
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. / 10:30 MWF

Thursday, Dec. 15
8:30 - 11:30 a.m. / 12:30 MWF
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. / 1:30 MWF

Friday, Dec. 16

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. / 2:30 MWF

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. / 8:30 MWF

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Dec. 2, 2016

Wildcats reach NAIA semifinals

No. 2 Baker one win away from first
title game appearance since 1986
JIM JOYNER
Assistant Sports Editor
After losing in 2013 and 2015 in the NAIA-FCS
quarterfinals, the No. 2 Wildcats finally crossed the bridge
into the semifinals with a 42-27 win over No. 8 Lindsey
Wilson on Saturday afternoon at Liston Stadium. Baker is
into the semifinals for the first time since 1993 and the first
time under head coach Mike Grossner.
Im so glad that we finally broke that curse, because thats
what it has been for us, defensive tackle Josh Kock said.
Baker will host No. 9 Eastern Oregon at 1 p.m. on
Saturday at Liston Stadium for a chance to advance to the
championship game in Daytona Beach, Florida. The game
against Eastern Oregon will be broadcast on the ESPN3/
Watch ESPN app and locally on KSMO-TV.
With No. 1 and reigning national champion Marian losing
on Saturday, the Wildcats are now the highest-ranked team
remaining of the final four teams.
The only goal we have on our mind is to get to that
national championship, Kock said. I think, as a team, weve
come together and weve put it all together and I think were
going to get there.
Against Lindsey Wilson, Heart South Offensive Player
of the Year Logan Brettell was named the Offensive
Player of the Game after passing for 254 yards and three
touchdowns. He scored the games defining touchdown on
an 8-yard scramble.
This is the first game that Ive had my legs underneath
me and felt confident running the ball, Brettell said. I think
that definitely showed today.
Kock, the Heart Souths Co-Defensive Player of the Year,
played one of the best games of his career. He finished with

nine tackles and four sacks, which were season highs. Kock
tied his career high in tackles, set a new career high in
sacks and was named the Defensive Player of the Game.
Bakers defense forced six turnovers and held an
offense that was averaging 48 points per game to only 27
points. Bakers four interceptions (two from Avery
Parker, one by Kharon Brown and one from
Winston) and two forced fumbles
changed the game and gave Baker
the edge.
When they got close and
got the momentum back, our
defense stepped up big time,
Grossner said. Weve done that
all year.
Ladai Shawn Boose caught
six passes for 116 yards and two
touchdowns and Damon Nolan made
eight grabs for 109 yards and a score.
Baker outgained Lindsey Wilson 483-451 and finished
with 254 yards rushing, led by Adonis Powell with 96
yards on 13 carries. Cornell Brown ended the day
with 90 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns.
Eastern Oregon, out of the Frontier Conference,
is 10-2 on the season and has already posted wins
against reigning national champion Marian and
reigning national runner-up Southern Oregon
twice. The Mountaineers have won eightstraight games coming into the semifinal.
In the final four theyre all good, Grossner
said. To win it all youve got to beat them all.
Baker last appeared in the NAIA national title game in
1986 but lost to Linfield 17-0.

Photo by Shelby Stephens

Logan Brettell

BY THE NUMBERS
4,404 passing yards
45 passing touchdowns
274 rushing yards
6 rushing touchdowns
No. 1 in NAIA in total offense
No. 1 in NAIA in passing
Heart South Offensive Player of the Year
CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year
Damon Nolan finishes a touchdown against Lindsey Wilson in the NAIA FCS quarterfinals. Nolan caught eight passes for
109 yards in Bakers 42-27 win. | Photo by Shelby Stephens

Dec. 2, 2016

The Baker Orange | Sports

page 13

Left: Kady Dieringer assisted on Bakers first goal Wednesday night, scored by Jenna Lattimer. Right: Krista Hooper scored the games winning goal on Wednesday night against
Benedictine in the 73rd minute. | Photos courtesy of Randy Speer

COMEBACK CATS

Baker rallies twice,

advances to semifinals

BAILEY CONKLIN
Assistant Sports Editor

The womens soccer team is into the NAIA

national semifinals after a 2-1 victory over
Benedictine on Wednesday night in Orange Beach,
Alabama. The win snapped Bakers seven-game
losing streak to Benedictine, dating back to
the 2011 season, and the Wildcats are into the
national semifinals for the first time since 2010.
After rallying to beat William Carey 2-1 on
Monday, the Wildcats did it again on Wednesday,
scoring a late first-half goal followed by the
games winner in the 73rd minute.
The 17-3-3 Wildcats will now face the No.
1 21-0-1 Spring Arbor Cougars in the NAIA
National Championship semifinals at noon Friday.
Spring Arbor beat Baker 3-0 last season in the
round of 16 and went on to the win the national
championship.
Baker is looking for its first ever appearance in
the national title game.
After a 3-0 regular season loss to Benedictine in
September, Baker was looking for redemption on

The womens soccer team celebrates an overtime goal by Kady

Dieringer to win 1-0 over Our Lady of the Lake on Nov. 19 in the
opening round of the NAIA national tournament at Liston Stadium.
Photo by Elizabeth Hansen

Wednesday. A rain delay pushed the game back an

hour and a half.
A goal by Liz Intfen in the 13th minute assisted by
Madison Sanders gave the Ravens an early 1-0 lead.
In the first half Benedictine outshot Baker eight
to five. Baker goalkeeper Rachel Hunt proved to
be a defensive powerhouse in the first half, racking

BAKER MENS SOCCER BY THE NUMBERS

SEASON
AT A GLANCE
=

SEPT. 18: FIRST CONFERENCE GAME

4-0 win against Clarke

LARGEST MARGIN VICTORIES

Oct. 8 : 5-1 against Graceland
Oct. 16: 5-1 against Mt. Mercy

GOALS ABOVE THE

ORANGE LINE = BAKER
GOALS BELOW THE
ORANGE LINE = OPPONENTS

This years soccer squad was led by 13 seniors, all with previous national tournament experience.
Numerous players picked up honors throughout the season. Bakers season was cut short after a
loss to Midland in the NAIA opening round at Liston Stadium. The Wildcats finished 13-5-2 overall
and 9-1-2 in conference play.

JULIAN SANSANO

1 GOAL

7
AUG SEPT

OCT

NOV

NAIA Champion of Character

BLAKE LEVINE

AUG 30: FIRST LOSS

2-1 against Hastings

23

SEPT. 24: FIRST TIE

up five saves.
Baker fired back late in the first half with a
touch off freshman Jenna Lattimer that found
the back of the net in the 37th minute. Lattimers
goal was assisted by Jessica Hillebert and Kady
Dieringer. At the half Baker and Benedictine
remained tied 1-1.
In the second half a goal by two-time Heart
Defensive Player of the Year Krista Hooper, assisted
by Katie Hibbeler, gave the Wildcats their lead in
the 73rd minute.
The Wildcats then played strong defense for the
final 17 minutes of the game and protected their
one-goal advantage. Hunt and the Baker backline
prevented any chance of a Benedictine equalizer,
and the Wildcats stormed onto the field as they
sealed the victory over their rival.
Baker outshot Benedictine five to four in the
second half and the players in the senior class finally
beat Benedictine.
Coming into Wednesday nights match, Baker
hadnt scored against Benedictine since 2012. The
Wildcats two goals on Wednesday were enough to
lock up at least another two days at the final site.

STEEVE POUNA

10
1st Team All-Conference

KEATON ANCHORS

SPENCER ATKIN

14
1st Team All-Conference

PEYTON BROWN

19

KYLE YOUNG

2
2nd Team All-Conference

GONNIE BEN-TAL

22

1--1 against Culver-Stockton

Graphic by Bailey Conklin

NOV. 19: BAKER FALLS TO MIDLAND 2-0

IN THE NAIA OPENING ROUND

2nd Team All-Conference

3rd Team All-Conference

3rd Team All-Conference

3rd Team All-Conference

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Dec. 2, 2016

Nurse Ruth still biggest BU fan

game speeches to the football

team, and even a halftime
speech or two. She often writes
out her speech on note cards
After the Baker football
and pulls quotes and ideas
team emerged victorious
from famous coaches like Vince
against Missouri Valley on Nov.
Lombardi. Grossner said her
5, the BU players made their
speeches are best when they
way to the center of the field
come from the heart.
for a post-game talk. Missouri
Junior wide receiver Cornell
Valley handed Baker its only
Brown
can recall several of
conference loss during the
Sarnas
pregame speeches.
2015 season, but this years win
Were
all teammates. Were
meant the Wildcats had clinched
all
working
toward the same
at least a share of the conference
goal,
Brown
said. But its kind
championship.
of
different
to
see an outside
After the men dispersed from
person
with
the
same passion
their post-game circle, Nurse
and
same
support
as the whole
Ruth greeted each player with
team,
and
I
think
we
realize that
a handshake, hug or high-five.
and
see
that.
Parents and players alike took
For the Baker football team,
Ruth Sarna, former director of the Student Health Center, peps up the BU football players before they take the field
photos and made conversation
against Evangel on Nov. 12 at Liston Stadium. Sarna is one of the Baker sports teams most enthusiastic supporters.
coaches
included, Nurse Ruth
with Nurse Ruth, just like they
Photo by Shelby Stephens
has
been
a
constant presence who
do after every game.
not
only
supports
the team, but
After posing for a picture with
I did it to make sure they know I
have a great day and Ill see you ...
believes
in
it,
too.
junior Logan Brettell, senior Quanzee
cared about them as individuals, Sarna
wherever, home or away, Grossner said
I so appreciate coach Mike
Johnson and junior Cornell Brown, she
said. I guess thats kind of how it carried with a chuckle. She meets [the players]
[Grossner]
letting me be a part of the
pulled away and put her hands on her
over to the football team that I got so
coming out in the helmet tunnel if we are
team
and
the
support coming from all
hips to watch the team celebrate. With
attached to, and just making sure they
home. If were on the road, she meets us
the
coaches,
Sarna
said. I am absolutely
a large grin on her face, she said, This
knew I cared about them.
at the gate, slapping high-fives, always.
just
so
blessed.
I
love
the kids, the game
Baker win is the best birthday gift ever.
Sarna began attending football games
Sarna remembers when Grossner
and
the
parents,
and
everything
about it
It was her 74th birthday.
while working her first year as campus
began the first of his 13 seasons
is
just
a
pretty
neat
blessing.
Ruth Sarnabetter known as Nurse nurse in the days of head football coach
coaching the Baker football team. She
Grossner said that he wont ever
Ruth around Baker Universityserved
Charlie Richard. Since that time, and
said she gave coach Grosssner some
be
able
to find a bigger fan. He always
as the campus nurse for 25 years until
even after her retirement, she has
space during his first season and
reminds
his coaching staff to think about
her retirement in 2013. She says that
traveled from her Lawrence home to
eventually built up the courage to step
who
was
there since day one, even in the
those were some of the best days of her
almost every home and away game.
into his office the following season.
hard
times
when the team wasnt having
life.
Current Baker head football coach
Sarna then told Grossner that it was
much
success.
Her care for the students has always
Mike Grossner doesnt know if he ever
her life dream to give a speech to the
I think [the players] see her
run much deeper than just their health,
remembers a time when Nurse Ruth
football team before a big game.
excitement
and dedication and drive
though. She always wanted to make it
missed a football game.
To Sarnas surprise, Grossner replied,
behind
us,
Grossner
said. If she cares
clear that she cared for them as whole
I get a text every Friday from her
OK, well, when do you want to do it?
that
much,
then
why
wouldnt
they care
beings on spiritual, intellectual, athletic
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Cats notch second-straight sweep over Avila

JIM JOYNER
Assistant Sports Editor
After defeating Avila 73-52 at home on Monday
night, the No. 13 Baker women are off to a 6-1 start
overall and a 4-1 start in the Heart of America Athletic
Conference for the second consecutive season.
Meanwhile, the Baker men beat Avila for the secondstraight time, 87-60. Following the win, the Wildcats are
4-4 overall and 2-3 in conference play, including a home
win over No. 3 William Penn on Nov. 19.

Jessica Zweifel has started in five of Bakers first seven games.

Zweifel is scoring 4.6 points per game and is second on the
team in assists with 16. | Photo by Jenna Black

WOMENS UPDATE
Including last seasons run to the national
championship game, the Baker women have won 15 of
their last 18 games overall.
The Wildcats had to replace three All-Heart of
America Athletic Conference performers from last
season, but seniors Kelsey Larson, Sydney Buchel
and Kenzie Cook have stepped up and played the best
basketball of their careers through the first seven
games. All three are in the top four in scoring for Baker.
Larson leads Baker with 14 points per game and has
scored in double digits in five of her seven games. She
set a career-high with 19 points at Central Methodist on
Nov. 16 in Bakers lone loss of the season. Larson was
3-for-3 from beyond the arc when Baker set a school
record for 3-pointers made in a game (15).
Baker immediately began conference play with
road games at Clarke and Central Methodist. The
Wildcats were outscored 21-3 in the second quarter
against CMU, the reigning conference regular season

champions. Baker lost 69-66, but the Wildcats have

been perfect since, beating William Penn, Missouri
Valley and Avila in the next three games.
After this weekend, Baker still has to play at No. 20
Columbia College on Dec. 7. After the Columbia game,
Baker will play seven out of its next eight games at
home. Baker will host No. 11 Benedictine on Dec. 10.
The Ravens are 6-2 overall and 5-0 in conference play.

MENS UPDATE
At 2-3 in conference play, the men are looking for
their first above .500 record in conference since 201112. The Wildcats are averaging 78 points per game so
far this season.
Senior Javeion Gray is the teams leading scorer with
12.1 points per game, including a career-high 33 points
in Bakers loss to Central Methodist on Nov. 16. Gray
followed that performance with 21 points in Bakers
win over William Penn.
Last seasons Heart Freshman of the Year, Clae
Martin, is second on the team in scoring with 10.1
points per game. Martin leads the Wildcats in
3-pointers made with 19 and has a 46 percent mark
from beyond the arc.
The men are making 45 percent of their field goals,
as well as 40 percent from the 3-point line. Their four
wins came against Ottawa, William Woods, William
Penn and Avila, and theyre a perfect 2-0 at home.
They will close out the 2016 half of the season
with a home conference game against the Benedictine
Ravens, who the Wildcats beat at home last season.
Then Baker will host McPherson College on Dec. 31.

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WILDCAT WINDUP

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Five things to know about Baker athletics

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Flores and Linder run at nationals

Mens cross country runners Greg Flores and Joe Linder
competed in the NAIA Cross Country National Championships
in Elsah, Illinois, on Nov. 19. In his first trip to nationals, Flores
finished 130th, while Linder came in 150th in his second trip
to nationals.

Wrestling ranked No. 12

Baker wrestling moved up three spots to No. 12 in the NAIA
Coaches Top 25 Poll. The Wildcats recently competed in the
University of Nebraska-Kearney Open. Sophomore David Dow
took first place in the 197-pound bracket, and freshman Jacob
Smith took second place in the 184-pound bracket. The team
will compete in the Fort Hays State University Bob Smith
Open Saturday.

Head coach Sean Dooley and the Baker bench celebrate a made basket against Avila on
Nov. 28. Baker won 87-60 and improved to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in conference play.
Photo by Elizabeth Hansen

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the Baker Orange will be published on

FEBRUARY 3
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www.thebakerorange.com

Junior Conner Watanabe tries to pin his opponent from Neosho County
Community College as head coach Cody Garcia watches from the side during the
Dan Harris Open on Nov. 6 in the Collins Center. | Photo by Chad Phillips

Home-court advantage

ESPN to broadcast BU football

After spending almost the entire month of November on the

road, the BU basketball teams will spend much more time at
home in the upcoming weeks. Starting Dec. 10, both teams
will play seven out of nine games in the Collins Center, with
doubleheaders against both Benedictine and MNU. Both
teams are undefeated at home this season.

Saturdays NAIA-FCS semifinal football game will be

broadcast on ESPN 3, the Watch ESPN app and KSMO-TV.
Baker will host No. 9 Eastern Oregon at 1 p.m.

Dead day dodgeball tournament

An intramural dodgeball tournament will take place on Dec.
11 in the Collins Center. Each team can have a maximum
of six players. There will be mens, womens and co-rec
leagues, and team registration is due on Dec. 5.

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Parting Shot

Senior pep band member Brittany Windom hugs Director of Bands Frank Perez during senior day at the Baker football game on Nov. 12. | Photo by Jenna Black