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Baker University Student Media Nov. 10, 2017
Vol. 125 [Issue 3]

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Former Dove model redefines beauty
DORY SMITH
Assistant Multimedia Editor
Showing up to a photo shoot in her
underwear was initially a nightmare
for body-image enthusiast Stacy
Nadeau, but once she became one of
the six faces of Dove’s Real Beauty
campaign in 2005, her life and purpose
changed forever. She spoke to a group
of women about her journey as a part
of Delta Delta Delta’s TriHealthy Body
Image 3D Week.
After leaving her part-time job
during her sophomore year at DePaul
University in Chicago, Nadeau was
approached by a talent agent who
offered her a modeling audition
because of her curves.
At first, she turned down the offer,
but when her friend scheduled the
audition behind her back, she realized
she had no choice but to show up, and in
her underwear no less.
“[That] next Tuesday at three o’clock
I show up in my double-layered brand
new white underwear,” Nadeau said.
Six months later she would be one
of the six Dove girls and featured in a
worldwide Dove campaign.
After two 12-and-a-half hour photo
shoots, 3,000 photos had been taken but
only eight were used in the campaign.
She didn’t realize how much those
hours could really count and the impact
she would make until the Dove team
admitted that no one in the history of
Professor couple runs marathons together
JULIA SANDERS
Writer
Ryan Gibb, assistant professor of
international studies, and Keke Gibb,
visiting assistant professor of biology,
are one of the many professor couples
on Bakers campus. However, what
makes them unique is their dedication to
running marathons all around the world.
Keke began running at age 11
when cross country was one of the
only sports she could participate in
at her small middle school. Although
she started running just so she could
“do a sport,” she discovered a love
for it that allowed her to be an NCAA
Division I athlete at the University
of Alabama, and it’s something she
continues to do today.
Her first marathon was on her
18th birthday, but she says that
each marathon is accompanied by a
special memory.
“Probably one of the coolest races
I’ve run was the Rome marathon,” Keke
NEWS
advertising had ever covered numerous
markets with untouched images of
women ranging in sizes 2 to 12.
With such a controversial approach
to a beauty campaign, the team told the
ladies to prepare for the good and the
bad in terms of the media response.
“Not the first thing you want to hear
after you just took 3,000 pictures in
your underwear,” she said.
But all six models made a pact that
if they could influence at least one
woman to focus on her overall health
“instead of the numbers that surround
her body,” then the process would be
worth it.
While waiting another six months
before the campaign launch, Dove
created a survey asking women
simple questions such as “Do you feel
comfortable calling yourself beautiful?”
Only two percent of women responded
yes, and when Dove did the survey
again in 2014, there was only a two
percent increase.
“Ninety-six percent of women do
not feel comfortable with their body, do
not feel comfortable calling themselves
beautiful,” Nadeau said. “And when asked
more questions, ninety-six percent of
participants said that they would at least
change one part of their body.”
Although the response seemed
shocking, taking into consideration the
lack of media representation of average
women and the overrepresented above-
average women, it’s easy to believe
that many women feel insecure about
said. “Ryan and I got engaged at the
race and ran it together all through the
city of Rome.”
Although her current number is 10
marathons, she plans to run until her
“legs fall off” and has run more than
just marathons.
“I’ve run a couple 50k’s and one
50-miler to raise money for the ALS
foundation in honor of my godfather,”
Keke said.
While she is busy being a full-time
professor and a new mom, she views
running as a priority and uses the
miles as encouragement.
“It feels good to get out, move your
legs,” Keke said. “You can’t run for
someone or for a reason because one
day that reason won’t be enough.  The
weather will be bad or your legs will
hurt or you’ll be tired.  You have to
run because you want to run, you have
to run for yourself because you know
you’ll feel better after than you would
if you skipped it.”
Keke’s husband Ryan is also an
avid runner who began running in
Original Dove model Stacy Nadeau presents about women’s empowerment and body image at
Baldwin High School on Oct. 25. The women of Delta Delta Delta sorority hosted the event in
honor of their Body Image 3D Week. | Photo by Jenna Black
themselves.
Senior Nia Madison believes
that when only one side of beauty is
represented, it discourages those who
don’t fall into that “category.”
In seventh grade, Nadeau wanted
to fit in, but clothing in stores like
Limited Too wouldn't fit. Not seeing
similar images of herself in clothing
ads caused Nadeau to blame herself.
“Seventh grade I now lovingly refer
to as ‘the year of the thighs.’ The year
I learned to hate my body. It was the
year I cried every single morning about
how big my thighs were, about how
much I had gained in my butt and in my
graduate school.
“I did a half marathon and then a
full marathon, and part of the attraction
was that it’s tough to finish something
in graduate school,” Ryan said. “It seems
like everything is months and months
and months long, but running you can
feel good after you do it, you can knock
it off in an hour and feel like you’ve
accomplished something.”
After discovering enjoyment from
running, he began an initiative to do
50 marathons in the 50 states by the
age of 50. So far he has run marathons
in Kansas, Utah, Colorado, Indiana,
Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Virginia. He has also run marathons
in other parts of the world, including
Rome and Uganda.
“My favorite part about running
marathons is after that second mile
when you fall into a groove and it’s
almost meditation. Your body kind of
takes over and you don’t notice some of
the miles, they just go by,” Ryan said. “So
you’re in the zone and all of the sudden
you’re [at] mile 13 instead of mile 8, or
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thighs,” she said.
Today she’s learned to appreciate
her body and focus on her health and
nutrition while taking moments to
splurge and get a side of fries with
her salad.
“My best healthy self is when my
mental health and my physical health
meet in the middle,” Nadeau said. “My
own best healthy self is one that I know
very strongly what it looks and feels
like for me. I don’t have to compare
myself to anyone else.”
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the numbers 15 through 19 disappear. I
like zoning out and it’s really cathartic.”
Students on and off the track team
at Baker have run marathons and
understand the difficulty it presents.
Senior and marathon-runner Bailey
Horlander is impressed with the
Gibbs and understands their love for
the sport.
“Marathon running is one of
the most mentally and physically
challenging things I’ve ever done,”
Horlander said. “However, when you
look back and think of each mile and
all the training and people it takes you
to get to the finish line that is the only
moment that matters.”
Next year, Keke will be taking a
full-time job at a local brewery in
Lawrence and will no longer be a full-
time faculty member at Baker. Even
though she and Ryan will no longer be
a professor couple at Baker, they will
continue to share their love of doing
marathons all around the world.
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Baker cracks down on party scene

BRENNA THOMPSON
News Editor
Party registration has been a policy
implemented for Baker University's
fraternity houses for years. However,
with the events of modern college
campuses nationwide, as well as the
emphasis on safety and liability of
fraternity life, the administration has
come together in agreement on the
importance of practicing the policies
and moderating social life to attain
the utmost safe and secure setting for
Baker students.
Josh Doak, assistant director of
student life, said the registration
process has been in place and remains
mostly the same as last year, with the
expectation that a representative of the
fraternity will follow through with the
required process.
The request form is online and
the president, risk management chair
and social chair must sign off on it.
One of these members fills out the
social event form and sends it to the
Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Doak
three business days prior to the event.
However, unlike the sign-in
sheets used previously, fraternities
are now required to have a list of
predetermined guests and send it to
Doak before the event.
Dean of Students Cassy Bailey said
this policy should have been set in
place years ago.
“It is for the safety of the students
and the risk management of the
chapters,” Bailey said.
By analyzing past dangerous, and in
some cases life-threatening, situations
at parties, fraternities and sororities
Graphic by Maria Echeverry
nationwide have adopted rules to limit
liability and to assure the well-being of
the students attending.
“Fraternity life is a highly risky
group and hard to ensure,” Doak said.
The Fraternal Information and
Programming Group (FIPG) was
created in recognition of that very
statement. It is meant to protect the
sanctity and culture of brotherhood by
limiting the chance of an established
chapter to be shut down in response
to an easily avoided tragedy such as
a sexual assault or death by alcohol
poisoning. The group sets standards
and policies for all national fraternal
organizations, which have been
adopted by Baker.
Bailey said the policies set out are
in the best interest of the fraternity
men as well as the students attending
parties. The rules include precautions
such as providing food at all social
events as well as non-alcoholic
beverages, marking all underage
guests with an X and requiring all pre-
listed guests to sign in and out.
Social events are also required
to designate members as entrance
security, sober monitors and if the
chapter allows, designated drivers.  “I get this part of college life, I’m not
“I have seen no social events get
denied, however, we do approve
them under certain circumstances,”
Doak said.
Daniel Rivera, IFC vice president of
judicial affairs, said he is glad to see the
requirements set out for social events.
“There is so much liability that
happens within a party that we have to
have those requirements,” Rivera said.
A big focal point of Doak’s is the
fact that open parties do not exist and
should not occur on fraternity grounds,
not only at Baker but also nationwide
under FIPG policy.
“All national organizations have
banned open parties,” Doak said.
Therefore, anyone who shows up to
a chapter’s house should be a guest
registered under the guest list.
Doak said the Baker mindset should
be that every party is a date party.
However, this creates an issue for non-
Greek students.
Senior Nathan Guscott is one of the
students worried about the limitations
of campus involvement regarding
party policies.
“I see from the responsibility side
of it, however, for the college aspect of
partying and everyone being invited
it’s hard to organize with a situation
like this,” Guscott said.
Doak is well aware of the worries
surrounding the reinforcement of this
policy, but reminds students these
rules are set in place for them.
“As a young adult, you don’t think
about the structure, you’re focused on
the college experience,” Doak said.
Bailey also spoke of the
university's involvement with off-
campus weekend activities.
trying to squash that,” Bailey said. “I’m
just asking people to be very thoughtful
with the decisions they make.”
Doak has also worked to educate
on the Kansas alcohol Amnesty
Policy. This policy states that law
enforcement and intervention is
needed in response to an overly
intoxicated student, and no person
involved will be punished, even if
underage or under the influence.
“We care more about the safety of
the individual,” Doak said. “I would
rather stop a party to save a life than
assume everything is okay and lose
a life.”

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BAKER:
Have you heard of the Baker
grapevine? If so, do you Baker University Student Media

Lexi Loya EDITOR

believe it's real on campus? Nathalia Barr MANAGING EDITOR
Bailey Conklin SPORTS EDITOR
Lily Stephens MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
Jenna Black PHOTO EDITOR
Elizabeth Hanson ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
Brenna Thompson NEWS EDITOR
Spencer Brown ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Maria Echeverry GRAPHICS EDITOR
Taylor Shuck ADVISER

"I 100 percent believe
it's real just because I
feel like there's not a
way to escape the Baker
grapevine. People know
things about you whether
you know they know it or
not."
Samantha Mitchell
junior
"I think the Baker grapevine
is definitely a thing. With
such a small campus it
stands to reason that
things — rumors and such
— spread rather wildly
and quickly. It'd definitely
be nice if things didn't get
spread around so much, but
it makes sense that they do."
Alec Fox
senior
"I think it's real in a
sense, but I don't think
it's as extensive as
everyone makes it out to
be."
Juliana Lloyd
freshman
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The real house moms of
Baker University
“Mama Lynn” or Lynette Lloyd is the house mother of the
sorority Delta Delta Delta. She has been the house mom
for four years now. Her daughter was a member of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority during her time at Baker.
Lynette Lloyd, Delta Delta Delta
Tri Delta’s house mom, Lynette Lloyd,
was born and raised in South Dakota. After
receiving her associate degree in secretarial
science at Bartlesville Wesleyan University,
now Oklahoma Wesleyan University in
Bartlesville, an array of jobs and unique
circumstances kept her in this area.
Her first job was as a secretary, but after
she became interested in court reporting, she
attended school in Sioux Falls, Minnesota,
and landed a job as a free-lance reporter in
Concordia, Kansas.
“I got to travel with it some, too, because I was
the only free-lance reporter in the small town
and surrounding towns, so I did enjoy that,” Lloyd
said. “It was challenging because you have to get
everything verbatim.”
Although she had a job here in Kansas, it was
not just a job that kept her in this area. After
losing her blood-related aunt in a car accident,
Lloyd went to help her uncle-by-marriage with
the children.
She didn’t expect to get married, become
a mom to the children of her late aunt and
eventually have a son of her own.
“We fell in love,” Lloyd said.
While the circumstances surrounding her
marriage were unique, her husband led her to
try many new things that she might not have
done otherwise before his passing 10 years ago,
including scuba diving, water and snow skiing,
riding motorcycles and hiking mountains.
Her job as a house mom began three years ago
after her daughter found the opening on Facebook.
While she still works another job at Ball’s
Food Store in Kansas City, she is able to stay at
the Tri Delta house every night and form quality
relationships with the women.
“There’s a fine line of balancing not being a
mom, but being here for them if they should need
me,” Lloyd said.
Being a house mom has led her down
different avenues on campus, including attending
chapel each week with the Tri Delta women.
When advising the college women that come
to her, she mainly focuses on relationships.
“I know a lot of girls have boyfriends and I
would definitely advise not rushing into getting
married,” Lloyd said. “I can say that now because
I’m older, but I can understand what wanting
to get married is like. I think getting yourself
established in your own career, knowing what
you want to do and knowing who you are just as
an individual is important.”
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JULIA SANDERS
Writer
The women in Alpha Chi Omega refer to their house
mother as “Mom J”. Laurel Jackson, or “Mom J”, was the
president of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority at Baker in
1968. | Photos by Elizabeth Hanson
Laurel Jackson, Alpha Chi Omega
Rewind back to 1968 and Laurel Jackson
would be a senior at Baker University and the
president of Alpha Chi Omega. Fast forward to
2017 and Jackson is the house mom for Alpha
Chi Omega.
“I thought it maybe sounded really fun and
when this [being a house director] came up, I
thought, well since I already lived here once, it
was just a great opportunity for me,” Jackson said.
Between 1968 and 2017, Jackson focused
on her family and career. After getting a
degree in home economics education, Jackson
moved to St. Francis to teach home economics.
This allowed her to be slightly close to her
hometown of Denver, yet in a place that
recognized Baker’s name.
“I thought about going back there, but
nobody had really heard of Baker and weren’t
that impressed that I had a degree from there,”
Jackson said.
After teaching in St. Francis for two years, she
taught in Marysville and then St. Mary’s where
she has resided since 1979.
Jackson worked in schools for a majority of
her life, both as a teacher and a librarian. She
sponsored many programs, describing that as
“her thing,” including student council, scholars
bowl, and TASMAD, a “leadership group that went
around to try to make the school better.”
During her summers off, Jackson traveled
with her friends, and still does to this day.
This traveling has taken her to many places
including Nova Scotia, Boston, Paris, Prague,
Germany, England, Ireland and Scotland. All
this traveling has led her to advise people to
“travel when you’re young” because it is easier.
She has truly enjoyed meeting people through
all of her traveling.
Although this is only her third year as a
house mom, Jackson has enjoyed her time and is
especially nostalgic because of her memories in
the house.
“My favorite part about being a house mom
is all the people that I get to meet. It’s like being
a party planner sometimes because you just get
to do the fun stuff and just being with these nice,
nice people.”
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Joye Dickens is the newly appointed house mother for
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority this semester. She is originally from
Oklahoma and was a part of Pi Beta Phi sorority during her
collegiate years at Oklahoma State University.
Joye Dickens, Zeta Tau Alpha
Joye Dickens was born and raised in
Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State
University until she transferred to Syracuse
University her senior year of college, for her
undergraduate degree in education. While
at OSU, she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi
sorority. Although she received her degree in
education, she only taught for one year.
“I taught one year because I got married and
had children and went that route, as many people
from my generation did,” Dickens said. “Later on
when I was in my 40’s, I went back to school and
got my graduate degree in counseling.”
Dickens moved to Connecticut and attended
St. Joseph’s College for her degree. After
graduating, she started her own practice helping
people with life-threatening illnesses.
“A friend of mine and I started a counseling
center in Connecticut and we worked together,”
Dickens said. “I like working for myself and, of
course, I loved helping people and every human
being is very interesting to me.”
After retiring from counseling, Dickens
became a house mom “by default.” Her first job, a
job in her original chapter house at OSU, led her
to take jobs at numerous other chapter houses
at a variety of places including the University of
Colorado, University of Arizona, University of
Kentucky, Colorado State University, and lastly,
Baker University.
Throughout her life, Dickens has also helped
plant a soup kitchen in South Africa, which she
describes as “quite an incredible experience,”
co-found an adoption agency, traveled to all 50
states and has lived in several places.
“I’m always saying ‘sure,’” Dickens said.
Being a house mom, as well as residing in a
variety of places, has allowed her to experience
many different parts of the country.
Although she came to Baldwin City on a whim,
it’s the people that she finds intriguing.
“I enjoy being around students [this] age,
since I’ve had my own children, watching how
quickly people mature between when they
graduate from high school and when they leave
college,” Dickens said. “It’s a massive exponential
growth in all ways so I get a lot of pleasure being
a support system for that.”
Being around people her whole life has given
Dickens many unique life experiences that have
shaped the advice she gives.
“Rely on your integrity and personal values
as your compass. Remember that for every real
problem there is an elegant solution.”
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Speech choir builds public speakers
SPENCER BROWN
Assistant News Editor
Dressed from head to toe in black
attire and holding notebooks full of
scripts are only two of the descriptions
needed to portray the members of the
Baker University Speech Choir. This
unique group of students from all
different majors is entering its 14th
year on campus this fall.
“Speech choir is the most enjoyable
way to improve your public speaking
skills,” senior Jordan House said. “My
favorite part is being able to do the new
student visit days so we can showcase
ourselves well.”
The Director of the Baker
University Speech Choir Susan Emel
founded the program in 2003 after a
discussion with the Bander Professor
of Preaching at the Candler School of
Theology Fred Craddock.
“He suggested starting a speech
choir at Baker,” she said. “Its structure
allows for the reading of scripture so
Theft becomes an issue on Baker’s campus
LILY STEPHENS
Multimedia Editor
Several Baker students have
been experiencing car damage and
break-ins this semester, specifically
outside fraternity and sorority houses.
The frequency of these break-ins is
beginning to raise questions.  turn was jagged as if something with
Sophomore Payton Ruder had his
car broken into on Oct. 10.
“They stole an amplifier, five packs
of beef jerky, my phone charger, my
bluetooth speaker,” Ruder said.  Unlike Ruder, Lamb thinks that his
Ruder’s car was left with chipped
paint and a slightly dented door frame.
This was the second time Ruder’s car
had been broken into while at Baker.
Ruder lives at Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Junior Conner Petty is one of
Ruder’s fraternity brothers and said
this is not an uncommon occurrence
and that multiple men in his fraternity
have had their cars broken into
recently. The most common item
stolen from the vehicles is stereo
systems, but often times anything left
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that the congregation can hear it from
different aspects.”
As the group performs at eight to
10 different events throughout the
semester, Emel works to construct
her own scripts to match various
themes and requests. She also sees
her roles as “everything behind the
scenes,” as she coordinates with the
event holders, determines any needed
adjustments to venues and organizes
necessary transportation.
“Sometimes we’ll repeat the essence
of a performance we’ve done before,”
she said. “However, I like to start fresh
with the scripts every time.”
Emel, along with her cohorts Russell
Taylor and Philip Schiffelbeing, work
with a group of elected executives, one
of whom is the current president of the
organization, senior Annie Hanson.
“My favorite part of speech choir
is the uniqueness of the organization,”
Hanson said. “This is an organization
unlike any other that allows students
to express themselves and practice
in the car is snatched.
Sophomore Logan Lamb is a
member of the Zeta Chi fraternity
and had the mirror of his Jeep stolen
on Aug. 26, the evening of Baker’s
fraternities “bid day” parties.  “We think they just ripped it off
“It looked like it was hit because the
pole that holds the mirror that lets it
force had hit it and broken it off the
pole,” Lamb said.
Lamb believes the mirror was kept
as a trophy.
mirror “fell victim” to the fun of a busy
night out for many on one of the first
weekends when all Baker students
were back on campus.
However, Lamb now removes the
mirror from his car every time he
hears that Kappa Sigma is hosting a
party. Zeta Chi is on Eighth Street two
blocks from Kappa Sigma. Many party
goers pass Zeta Chi on their way to
Kappa Sigma.
Lamb was not the only student that
had fallen victim to the Baldwin City
oral presentations and communication
skills in a fun environment.”
The Wednesday evening course
is split into two separate sections
within its two-hour time slot. As the
president, Hanson leads much of the
group discussion at the beginning of
the meeting, before breakout sessions
on individual presentation skills and
preparation of new performances
take place.   “This year, for the first time ever,
“The officers lend a student voice
and presence to the decisions that we
make about how the group is run,” Emel
said. “It has evolved into a course that
is also fun, and we work really hard to
preserve that aspect.”
Though students can earn one credit
hour through the course, they can also
receive a participation scholarship to
supplement their efforts.
“I initially decided to join speech
choir with the encouragement of a
sorority sister to improve my public
speaking skills,” Hanson said. “I’m
naturally a very talkative person,
mirror snatcher. Angela Bober and her
sister Ashley Bober, both sophomores
and members of the Alpha Chi Omega
sorority, had the passenger side mirror
ripped off of their custom Jeep.
because the wiring wasn’t cut or
anything, but it was broken,” Angela
said. “Someone had to have ripped it off
on purpose.”
Their vehicle was left much like
Lamb’s, with the mirror completely
gone. However, unlike Lamb the
Bober’s received a tip regarding the
reason their mirror had been taken.
“Someone told us that the frats’
hazing was to go around and mess with
each sorority’s cars,” Angela said.
When asked, the women of the
other two sororities, Delta Delta Delta
and Zeta Tau Alpha, could not confirm
damage to their cars or a sisters.
The Baker University Clery Report
was released in October and it reported
two instances of “motor vehicle theft”
in 2016, which refers to the complete
theft of a vehicle. This year there have
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but public speaking to my peers was
virtually impossible. Once I joined, it
took some time to work on those skills,
but now I know for a fact I wouldn’t
have survived college without it,
especially being a [mass] media major.”
Luckily, that is the gist of the
organization, as the current group of 25
students comes from a wide range of
experiences and interests.
we have only nine returning students
and 16 new ones,” Emel said. “As
speech choir has evolved we have
started taking anybody who wanted to
improve their speaking skills. We like
forensic participants, theatre students
and even those who are simply afraid
of public speaking.”
Their performances throughout
the semester, however, depend largely
on outside groups coming to them
with requests. As one considers
bringing uniqueness to his or her next
event, look no further than the Baker
University Speech Choir.
been no reported instances of complete
motor vehicle theft.
The number of burglaries that
occurred in the past three years
where as follows: 2014, one on public
property, 2015, one on campus
property and 2016, eight all occurring
in residence halls.
The report for 2017 will not be
released until Oct. 2018. The students
mentioned in this article will all fall into
the burglary category of the report.
Angela said she was surprised
that her car was damaged while in
Baldwin City. Baker and Baldwin City
have historically low crime rates, but
last years celery report and the events
reported this year are beginning to
create a new trend.
This spike in last year’s reported
crime is disconcerting for many on
campus and car break-ins are becoming
a much less isolated area of concern.
Students are becoming extra
vigilant, ensuring that they lock their
cars and remove valuables.
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B(F)aker University:
EDITORIAL
The Baker grapevine
Can Baker possibly be the
*dun dun dun* Land of Snakes?
Gossip isn’t a new concept to
college students. It’s something
that we’ve had plenty of practice
in and mastered years ago.
It usually doesn’t matter
what friend group one is in,
friends talk behind each others’
backs, people listen to rumors,
spread them, start drama and
the cycle continues. You might
tell a “friend” a “secret,” but
it’s not really a secret after you
tell them because they’re not
actually your friend. They’re
your fake friend. Those fake
friends feed into and sustain the
ongoing social phenomenon that
we all know as gossip.
Fake friends and gossip are
like peanut butter and jelly. Sadly,
fake people are both the peanut
butter and the jelly. Once they
get ahold of you, they’re sticky,
hard to get rid of and leave a big
mess. But what makes these fake
people thrive and create these
messes at Baker?
Since Baker is a tight-knit
community, the details of
people’s lives spread like wildfire,
leaving Baker students intimate
lives exposed to what sometimes
seems like the entire campus.
Because of the pressure to
sustain one’s reputation, we are
forced to modify our behavior
based on different groups at
Baker. Students are surrounded
by each other for nine months
out of the year, sometimes more.
They see each other in classes, at
sporting events and at multiple
meals throughout the day.
At times it may be difficult
to keep up with the flow and
personality types of every friend
group. No matter whether one’s
interactions are mainly through
a sports team, a greek house or
a campus organization, Baker
students encounter numerous
times when they have to change
themselves ever-so-slightly to
best fit into a separate group.
That sounds simple, but these
personas that students create
can quickly become a problem
when there’s a rumor started
about a close friend or one’s own
personal conversations.
We all know by now that the
old saying “sticks and stones
may break my bones, but words
will never hurt me,” is a lie. It
was probably created to spare
people’s feelings from the harsh
things that others say.
Honestly, though, at times it’s
easy to fall into gossip. Not only
is it constant, but it’s difficult to
keep one’s true feelings inside,
especially when others feel the
same way. That’s how gossip
get’s started and how fake
people thrive.
Fortunately for all of those
who have been affected by the
Regina George’s of Baker, there’s
hope because the fakers won’t
thrive for long.
No one wants be known as
the person who can’t be trusted,
but that’s the typical outcome
of being fake. Sadly, fake people
usually have other fake friends
who they can’t trust either.
Is there a diagnosis for the
Land of Snakes?
Sometimes it’s difficult to
detect a fake friend so it’s easy
to believe that fake people are
skilled at slithering their way
into our lives. At this point,
learning to live with the fact that
everyone isn’t always a friend
and trying not to fall into gossip
traps could help prepare for any
mess that could happen later on
in life.
Sure, these sticky situations
don’t go away completely after
one’s college career ends;
however, many of these real
world snake bites will be non-
venomous and ones that do more
harm to others’ reputations than
our own.
Though we now depend on
the Baker grapevine to keep our
social life alive, we must think
through the consequences first.
We must recognize that being
fake isn’t all it’s cut out to be in
the real world. Understanding
that these types of people are
going to constantly be around is
vital to helping one stay sane in
college, but the most important
point to learn at Baker may be
that one can actively work to
avoid becoming a fake person.
Some final advice: think
before you speak; think before
you do; and always remember
that the vine may be thornier
than you had originally expected.

Millennials should join health care debate

SPENCER BROWN
Assistant News Editor
The recent health care debate
has sparked some controversy in
its effects on different demographic
groups. Though the baby-boom
generation is largely affected by the
potential change in funds allocated to
programs like Medicaid, millennials
may be the generation to see the most
long-term effects.
Throughout Donald Trump’s
presidential campaign of 2016,
the repeal and replacement of
“Obamacare” was one item that
shaped much of his platform.
In March 2017, the House of
Representatives presented the
American Health Care Act (AHCA)
as the beginning of the Republican
health care movement.
Though the bill saw immediate
support from Trump, the timeline
has not been as strong in support
by both the House and the Senate,
with multiple amendments and
discussions stopping much of its
movement. Of course, each of these
is important to the development of
the most beneficial health care plan
moving forward; however, these
changes have been dominating
headlines for nearly six months of
Trump’s presidency with no firm
changes in sight.
The most potentially influential
modification to health care moving
forward is the impact it may have on
insurance companies. As insurance
companies lose the subsidies that
have traditionally allowed them to
provide health care for lower-income
individuals and families under the
Affordable Care Act, they will no
longer have the incentive to offer
these low-cost plans.
Unfortunately, with this subsidy
elimination comes an even higher
increase in insurance companies’
risk levels. This will cause increases
in insurance premiums for almost
everyone, as the future of the
health care industry remains highly
uncertain and insurance companies
will be looking to continue mitigating
as much risk as possible.
For college students, the most
essential part to this new plan includes
its effects on them as they prepare
to enter the world. When joining the
workforce, it will be important that
students stay aware of the potential
their government representatives
have on influencing these changes to
medical support and that they vote
accordingly.
As each new presidential term
brings about constant desired
changes within health care, it is
nearly impossible to prepare oneself
for the costs associated with health
insurance. Though it’s not directly
in our hands, the influences of the
millennial generation may be some of
the strongest the country has seen.
As college students prepare
themselves to enter the workplace,
they must take a holistic view of a
job, recognizing that the insurance
benefits that a company offers
are also assets of that career
opportunity. Insurance companies
may begin to look toward the future
of their employee benefits programs,
and firms – big and small – will
have to act accordingly, ultimately
affecting the millennials who begin
to enter the workforce.
Sure, the entire health care
adjustment will take time, but the
best way to handle these impending
changes is to be prepared. What the
millennial generation can be doing
now includes getting a better grasp
on the role that potential health
care changes play within their
decision-making.
Staying informed will continue to
be even more critical as each moment
passes. Millennials are the future of
health care, of the workplace and of the
world. It is officially their time to voice
their opinions, stay up-to-date and,
most importantly, work to make drastic
changes within the health care industry.
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#MeToo highlights sexual assault
BAILEY CONKLIN
Sports Editor
I was sexually assaulted.
Was that awkward for
you to read? Did it make you
uncomfortable? Almost the same
kind of uncomfortable a person
would feel if someone approached
them in a crowded room and
grabbed or touched them without
asking? It’s funny, in a non-funny
way, how the person doing the
grabbing doesn’t feel bad or
embarrassed, but the person that
received the unwanted advance now
feels insecure and immediately their
heart drops into their stomach. Have
you ever felt this way? #MeToo
If you’ve been on social media
lately, you might have seen #MeToo.
This hashtag was started by actress
Alyssa Milano on Oct. 15 after
sharing a tweet of her friend that
suggested if all victims of sexual
harassment or assault wrote #MeToo
as a status, people could gain a sense
of the magnitude of the problem. I
don’t think anyone expected just the
magnitude of #MeToo. Friends and
family of both genders flooded my
timeline with the hashtag, sharing
American flag doesn’t respect black culture
DORY SMITH
Assistant Multimedia Editor
I pledge allegiance to the flag, of
the United States of America, and to
the Republic for which it stands, one
nation, under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice…for y’all, not us.
I remember having to stand up,
put my right hand over my heart
and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
in elementary school. I never felt
any resentment, annoyance or
disappointment toward the pledge
The Baker Orange | Voices
their experiences of times when they
had been sexually harassed.
Despite this, I didn’t feel that
it was my time to share. I could’ve
shared my own experiences, but
I kept quiet. Kind of how so many
victims keep quiet about their
experiences, whether they’re not
ready to speak out or they’re afraid
because of their attacker’s influence.
Someone’s influence to keep a
person quiet can range anywhere
from that person being popular at
school, a star athlete or maybe even
a big-time film producer. I’m looking
at you, Harvey Weinstein.
For those who don’t know,
Weinstein played a large role in the
#MeToo in the worst way possible.
Weinstein was first accused of sexual
assault by actresses Ashley Judd
and Rose McGowan in early October.
Since the first accusations, Weinstein
has now been accused by more than
60 women.
While the Weinstein scandal is
centered in Hollywood, the 12 million
posts, comments and reactions to
#MeToo are from all over the globe.
Since the original hashtag there has
been plenty of commentary on how
while this is powerful stuff, it doesn’t
Graphic by Dory Smith
during those times and who knew
at 23 years old, as a college student,
I would see another young black
woman be thrown out of school for
choosing to sit in her seat during the
pledge.
India Landry, a senior at Windfern
High School in Houston, and her
family filed a lawsuit against the
school in early October after Landry
was suspended for refusing to stand
for the pledge.
According to Landry, she has
never stood for the pledge, but
change the attackers and doesn’t fix
the problem.
In response, Australian
journalist and screenwriter
Benjamin Law created the hashtag
#HowIWillChange as a way to show
his commitment to making a change
“
in his own life to help end sexual
violence against women.
While more
light has been
shed on the When the
issue and how
people plan on
changing it, I
hashtag
fear this will
soon be swept
disappears,
back under the
will the guilt
rug where all
great hashtags
go to die. How go away?
long until we
stop caring?
How long until the #MeToo’s
disappear from our timelines and
we somehow mindlessly forget that
sexual violence affects one in five
women and one in 16 men in college.
When the hashtag disappears, will
the guilt go away? Will your friend
or sister’s memory of the sexual
violence disappear?
since the recent National Football
League protests initiated by football
player and now social activist Colin
Kaepernick, the school has an issue
with it.
There’s a quote from Tupac
Shakur where he says, “America
wants its respect,” but I never
understood what he meant until now.
White America has never treated
blacks as equals. For hundreds of
years black people were enslaved
and at the exact moment president
Abraham Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
it seems a plan was made to enslave
us institutionally.
Maybe it wasn’t expected for us
to see through the implicit racism,
let alone act on it, and it’s scary that
our reactions have always created a
frenzy in a country that’s caused it.
When I think about the responses
athletes like Kaepernick and young
black and Latino teens like Landry
have received based on their
reactions to injustice and outright
“discreet” racism, it makes Tupac’s
quote not only timeless but clear.
It’s unrealistic for us to stay quiet
or not respond to the ignorance we
see, especially when social media
shows us police interactions with
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As I sit here ready to wrap up
this column, I want to say we’re
heading toward better days, but I
can’t. I know we’re not.
Since I’ve gotten to Baker, the
number of consent presentations
I’ve listened to have increased.
As I sit in the front row of the
presentation raising my green and
red cards for each
issue on whether
consent is given or
not, I think about
how I’ve never once
seen a green or red
card raised at a
fraternity party or
at the Salt Mine.
”
I get frustrated
by the fact that
we need to teach
things that should
be common sense to
everyone. You don’t touch someone
that doesn’t ask, no one owes you
anything if you by them a drink and
no one ever deserves to feel guilty
for getting something they didn’t
ask for.
Are you waiting to see how long
this hashtag awareness lasts?
#MeToo.
young black men, which initiated
the kneeling and sitting during the
national anthem and the Pledge of
Allegiance in the first place.
Nevertheless, America wants its
respect, and if you, as a minority,
use your First Amendment right
to not acknowledge the American
flag, you’re being disrespectful to a
country that’s always disrespected
you.
That sounds stupid because it is
stupid.
Racism is real and it comes in
many forms. It exists. It’s present
in our society and always will be
(call me a pessimist). Unfortunately,
whether it’s blatant or hidden by
excluding a man from the NFL or
refusing a young woman education,
we will always let America know that
we’re aware.
We march. We protest. We kneel.
We sit. We don’t cross our hearts
and pledge to a flag that doesn’t
respectively represent our culture,
beliefs and lives.
There are tons of young India
Landry’s in America, and although
their actions stem from a dark place,
it’s refreshing to know that the
respect America wants, they won’t
get from us until it’s reciprocated.
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SPENCER BROWN
Assistant News
Editor
Where
in the world
are you from:
Baker Edition
When one asks the conversation-starting
question, “Where are you from?” in college,
he or she typically expects to hear a
response that includes a local city or town.
It is not often that the response includes a
completely different country. However, for
27 students at Baker University, their reply
includes some foreign land.
Currently, Baker has students from 19
different countries, spanning all around
the world. From Canada to Saudi Arabia,
these students come from a wide-range of
cultures and experiences.
“I played for a soccer club in Colombia
that had connections with American
colleges that offered scholarships,” staff
member Maria Echeverry said. “I sent a
video of me playing soccer, and I got a
scholarship from five colleges.”
How each of these international
students found Baker is quite diverse.
Though many of them were recruited
through their respective sports, their
involvement once on campus spans far
beyond just their athletic abilities.
For some, moving to the United States
was a childhood dream. Of course, being
thousands of miles away from home can
be particularly tough, but it is ultimately
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the family-like atmosphere that Baker and
Baldwin City provide that allows them to
feel right at home.
“I feel really comfortable at Baker Liam Barnsby, freshman
because all of the students and faculty Inver, Scotland
members are really helpful,” junior Asail “I graduated high school
Aljmeeli said. Originally from Kuwait, in August 2016, and while
Aljmeeli loves that everyone at Baker is most of my friends applied
always “willing to help.” and went to a university in
Though their future locations remain Scotland, I decided that
uncertain, it is indisputable that these I would try and make my
international students bring a different dream come true of going
light to Baker’s campus life. As all students
work toward achieving a liberal arts-backed Maria Flores Tome, senior to the United States on
degree, these international perspectives Malaga, Spain Steeve Pouna, junior a scholarship for running
track and cross country.
open up the opportunity for exposure and “I found Baker, or rather,
Douala, Cameroon One day, out of the blue,
growth, even on American soil.
“Having international students here at
Baker found me because “My dad’s friend, who has my coach was approached Clae Martin, junior
of soccer. [Former] Coach lived in Kansas for several by a couple who had a
Baker allows me to learn about different Davy Phillips contacted me years, invited me over for holiday home in Scotland.
Sydney, Australia
aspects of other cultures on a more during the summer of 2016. spring break when I was a They just so happened “A lot of people don’t
personal level that can’t always be achieved
in a classroom setting or in a textbook,” Maria Echeverry, junior We started to talk about senior in high school. He to be from Baldwin City, realize I am Australian
the possibility of coming to first took me to MidAmerica Kansas. And so when they until they meet me, mainly
freshman Camille Henderson said. Bogota, Colombia Baker to play soccer and Nazarene University and found out I was looking to because my accent isn’t as
Taking advantage of these opportunities “I chose Baker because finish my degree. I would then Baker. I wasn’t really a go to school in the States, strong as the other Aussies
is key, however. On Nov. 12, several of these they had the best program say the best part of my big fan of the atmosphere they said that they would here. This is because my
international students will share insights of for my major and because time at Baker has been the at MNU, while the Baker talk to the head track & father is American and
their experiences and home countries in a the soccer team was in the people I have met and all community felt so much cross country coach at I heard his accent a lot
student forum. It will take place at 4 p.m. in top 25.” the friends I have made.” better for me.” Baker University for me.” growing up.”
Owens AV.

Paranormal activity: BU edition
Editor Lexi Loya and writer Jamie Pellikaan share their paranormal experiences
Beforehand
Lexi -- When I first heard about the paranormal
investigation happening at Baker, I knew I had to go.
After watching paranormal shows all throughout my
childhood, I couldn’t believe I finally had the chance to
take part in a real ghost investigation. I am a definite
believer in the paranormal and supernatural and I
always have been (living in a haunted house during your
childhood will make you a believer). That being said, I
didn’t think anything was actually going to happen on our
investigation. Boy, was I wrong.
Jamie -- My fascination with the paranormal began
December of 2010 when I got a rerun of Discovery
Channel’s “Ghost Lab.” Albeit the show was low
production, but I was enthralled. Since then I have
been an avid viewer of paranormal shows like “Ghost
Hunters” and “Ghost Adventures.” The chance to go
on an investigation like I see on the shows and maybe
even have a few of my own experiences was a dream
come true, so to say the least, I was pumped for the
investigation around campus.
Parmenter Hall
Jamie -- The investigation started at 6 p.m. in the
Darby Hope Theatre in Parmenter Hall. There we met
the other students, staff and the professionals who
would be walking us around. My initial reaction was
excitement. Here was all the equipment the TV shows
use, and I can see it in action. However, my excitement
quickly died down as EVP and C.R.E.E.P.Z (the paranormal
investigation groups) started an hour-long presentation
going over their organizations, the equipment and their
credibility in the field. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s
fascinating stuff. However, it’s the same information I
received the week prior when interviewing the crews for
the Baker Orange. All that stood between me and my
paranormal dream investigation was a lecture. It’s a good
thing college has taught me to sit through lectures.
The hour-long talk finally ended, and we were ready
to get down to business. The group split into two, with
half of the people going with Jim and Tami Beth from
EVP to the Old Castle Museum. The other half, my
group, went with Adam and Alec Tillery, brothers who
are two of the three members of C.R.E.E.P.Z. We headed
to the loft of Parmenter, which acts as an art classroom.
That room is creepy. I had heard some stories of things
flying off tables from some art students, but I didn’t think
I would ever get to experience anything like that.
I was wrong. Five minutes after entering the room
something happened. We were all surrounding these
tables near the middle of the class facing toward the
wall listening to Alec talk about what to expect. We
were sitting down, when I heard something against the
tile floor. I dismissed it and a few seconds later an easel
came crashing down. Now, I do know that skeptics exist,
and my first thought was “did that just happen?” But,
after we scanned the area, I suggested we attempt to
debunk it. I jumped in front of the easel repeatedly and it
failed to move at all. Alec pushed it a few times and that
didn’t even bring it crashing down. So, my thought is, if
a person couldn’t move it then wind wouldn’t be able to
move it. I must assume it was paranormal activity. And,
just for the record, there were no windows open, the
door into the room was closed and the easel is not near
an air vent.
Some other creepy stuff happened in that room as
well. For a majority of our time in the loft, I was holding
an Ovilus device. It’s something that spirits can talk
through by manipulating their energy to say words. I
had accidentally run into a table because it was dark,
A&E
and I couldn’t see. I moved it a bit and two seconds
after I ran into that table the device said the word
“shove.” I was spooked. It was such a connection and
that was crazy to me.
Old Castle Museum
Lexi -- I had never been in the museum before, but it
looked pretty creepy from the outside. We started on the first
floor by asking questions using the Spirit Box, a device for
spirits to communicate with us using radio frequencies.
We asked questions about who used to live in the building
and a voice came over the Spirit Box whenever we mentioned
“President Dennis.” We also put the K2 Meter on his desk
and it would flux from yellow to orange, meaning there was
electromagnetic energy near.
It didn’t start to get crazy though until we went up to the
second floor. As soon as we walked in the door the energy of
the room felt different from downstairs. It was much heavier.
We went to the other side of the room and sat down in a
circle. Alec got out the REM pod and set it in the middle of the
group. This device would light up and make a beeping sound
whenever something got close to the antennae. He set it far
enough away so we wouldn’t accidentally set it off by moving.
Alec began by asking if there was anyone here with
us, after which a green light lit up and the device beeped. I
was pretty spooked because I didn’t think this thing would
actually work, yet no one had moved so it definitely wasn’t us
making it go off.
The group then took turns asking things, like if the spirit
was male or female (no answer since we later found out that
there were multiple spirits present), if they went to the school
or to the church here (yes). We kept asking questions and the
light would go off and beep in response.
As we were sitting there, they started asking questions
about being lonely and a strong wave of sadness suddenly
washed over me, making me tear up. I couldn’t even hold the
tears back; the sadness was that strong. Alec asked if I was
okay and I said yes. I told them that a really strong sense of
sadness had just overwhelmed me when they asked about the
spirit being lonely.
This took me by surprise since I had been feeling fine just
a few seconds before. They continued asking questions and
Adam brought out the voice recorder to try an EVP (electronic
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Nov. 10, 2017
Alec Tillery, a team member of C.R.E.E.P.Z. Ghost
Commandos, holds up a K2 Meter. This device is used for
measuring electromagnetic energy in a room. It was one of
the many devices used on the ghost investigation around
campus on Oct. 28. | Photos by Lexi Loya
voice phenomenon)
session.
The questioning
turned to the fires that
happened on campus,
specifically with the
fraternities, and one
member of the group
asked if the spirits had
lost someone in the fire
and if they missed them.
The device went crazy
and the green light lit
up and started beeping
This easel fell over in the art
continuously. studio. It fell perfectly so that it
This part is fuzzy to me, didn’t hit anything on the table,
though, because as soon not even the glass jar that’s on
as the green light went the right side of the table.
off I was consumed by sadness again and I burst out crying.
I couldn’t even control it. It was such complete and utter
sorrow, like nothing I’ve ever felt before. Think of the saddest
thing to ever happen in your life, multiply it by 10 and that’s
what it felt like. I couldn’t stop crying for almost 15 minutes.
Later, I would try and reason this out, but I wasn’t the only
one who had felt the sadness.
After a bit, the emotion started to go away and I could at
least contain my tears. At this point, I realized I wasn’t scared
anymore. I could feel that these spirits didn’t mean us any
harm, that they were just sad and alone. I felt sorry for them
more than anything. We left soon after and once I stepped
outside the building, I felt much better.
We went to Pulliam Hall next, but it was relatively quiet
after our experiences in the Old Castle Museum. We also went
back to the art studio in the top of Parmenter and heard a few
unexplainable noises, but nothing major happened again. This
investigation was definitely one of the coolest and creepiest
experiences I’ve ever had. Oh, and Baker is definitely haunted
so that’s fun.
*To read more, go to thebakerorange.com
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Theatre performs Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors’
JAMIE PELLIKAAN
Writer
The Baker University Theatre
Department will be preforming
its second production of the year,
“Rumors” by Neil Simon this week.
Performances will be held Friday and
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee
being performed on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Admission is free and reservations are
not required.
The play follows a group of six
people at a dinner party where
something has gone horribly
wrong with the host and his wife.
It has a mystery format with each
character bringing their own wacky
personalities to make the story
amusing and suspenseful.
The play also marks the first
theatre production performed in the
newly renovated Rice Auditorium.
Patti Heiman, instructor of theatre
and the play’s director, wanted this
production to be one written by Neil
Simon.
“Neil Simon is a stylized writer and
very popular,” Heiman said.
Another reason she wanted the
play to be written by Simon was
because she wanted theatre students
to experience acting in one of his plays
before they graduate. She wanted them
to walk away with this experience so
they would be ready to act in his work
again in the future.
Freshman Morgan Masters plays
Cassie Cooper and is looking forward
to performing in front of an audience.
“The whole play is spastic, which
makes it really fun to perform because
Murder, mystery and mastering the stage “I chose to join the group because
MYKAELA CROSS
Writer
Baker University’s improvisation
club, Loud Noises, hosted a
Halloween night themed show on
the Halloween in the McKibbin
Recital Hall. The “spooky” special
was a murder mystery themed show
featuring improv actors solving the
mystery on stage ad lib.
Junior Noah Taylor is a member
of the improv club and has been
involved in improv since high school.
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“Rumors” opened Thursday in the recently renovated Rice Auditorium. Senior Haley Roberts, junior Jason Shipps, and sophomore Erynne
Jamison are pictured above. | Photo by Carody Franklin
everyone is running around like
a chicken with their head cut off,”
Masters said.
Simon wrote the play to be absurd
in nature and the comedy aspect has
made it challenging to perform.
“With anything in comedy timing is
key,” Masters said. “Some of the jokes
need to be timed perfectly to come
across as funny and that is where it
gets difficult sometimes.”
Another challenge with the play is
the crew.
“We got a very green crew and they
just haven’t gotten the rhythm down
I really enjoyed doing improvised
duet acting in high school,” Taylor
said. “This group isn’t very different
than that, so it was a great fit.”
Taylor believes that being a part
of Loud Noises has benefitted him
both on and off the stage. Adding
quick-thinking skills to his resume
has helped him in his professional
life as well.
“This group has done amazing
things for me as a student and as a
person,” Taylor said. “As a student,
this group provides a fun way to
yet,” Heiman said.
Sophomore Rose Ulrich is a crew
member and is in charge of running
the lightboard.
“I have run the lightboard for two
shows, but now we have a brand
new lightboard so it has been a little
challenging to figure out how to use
it,” Ulrich said.
Ulrich is also having a difficult
time adapting to different stage
managers’ styles.
“The stage manager [Tom Heiman]
calls cues differently than any other
stage manager I have worked for,”
de-stress after a long week. As a
person, it’s forced me to become
better at thinking on my feet, not
to mention it has always seemed to
stand out on my resume. Employers
are always looking for groups that
inspire quick thinking.”
Junior Emily Sutherland became
involved with the group when
she was a freshman. According to
Sutherland, while being an improv
actor has its good days and bad days,
she has found being a part of the
group has been a way to relieve the
stressors of campus and student life.
“It’s helped me grow as an
actor, but it can be really tough to
improvise,” Sutherland said. “There
are some practices where I go in
and I feel like I’m on fire, I’m on a
roll and I have all the funny jokes,
but there are sometimes where I’m
like, ‘I got nothing.’”
Sutherland also admits enjoying
the opportunity to offer a funny
form of relief for students on
campus. Sutherland hopes that any
students interested in becoming
a part of Loud Noises will get
involved and come to a practice to
see what the club is all about.
“Don’t be afraid,” Sutherland
said. “Some people are very
intimidated, thinking they have
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Ulrich said.
Despite those challenges, Ulrich
enjoys seeing the whole show come
together in front of an audience. She
said seeing the audience’s reaction to
the jokes and the play will be the most
enjoyable part for her.
Heiman said she enjoyed working
with the actors involved because the
dedication they have shown has been
her favorite part of this production.
Heiman encourages everyone to see
the play as it will “be a blast.”
to be funny all the time, but that’s
really not the case. You can’t be
afraid to make a fool of yourself. Our
audiences don’t come in thinking that
we look stupid, they laugh and find us
funny.  It takes practice, but we’ll help
prepare you and train you.”
Senior Kinsey Ford has enjoyed
improv since eighth grade and
immediately knew Loud Noises was
for her when she came to Baker.
For Ford, one of the challenges of
being an improv actor is simply
overthinking things.
“Maybe people tense up and think
about what they are going to say
for too long,” Ford said. “That was
probably the most difficult thing for
me to overcome so far.”
While auditions have concluded,
Sutherland and Ford acknowledge
the group’s need for new members,
particularly men.
“One of the hardest things
we’ve had to deal with has been
recruitment,” Ford said. “Our
numbers for Loud Noises are fairly
low, and we are in need of more
members.”
For students looking to watch or
get in on the ‘act’ion, Loud Noises
meets at 8 p.m. on Sundays in the
McKibbin Recital Hall.

Wildcats earn spot in Heart Championship
Junior Austin Halsey battles a Central Methodist player for the ball during the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament
Semifinal match on Tuesday. The Wildcats defeated the Eagles 1-0. | Photo by Jenna Black
BAILEY CONKLIN
Sports Editor
The No. 2 seeded Baker men’s soccer team
fought its way into the Heart of America Athletic
Conference Tournament Championship match
Tuesday night, after defeating CMU 1-0 at Liston
Stadium.
The lone goal that sent the Wildcats to the
Championship came from Heart First Team All-
Conference award winner Blake Levine in the
33rd minute, marking Levine’s eighth goal of
the season. Levine’s goal was assisted by junior
forward Joe Houlihan.
Baker goalkeeper and 2017 Heart Freshman of
Quarterfinal loss marks end of women’s soccer season
BAILEY CONKLIN
Sports Editor
The Baker women’s soccer team’s season came
to an end Saturday after falling to Benedictine
3-1 in the quarterfinals of the Heart of America
Athletic Conference Tournament.
Benedictine was the first to score in the Heart
rival matchup. Benedictine senior midfielder
Rosie McShane earned a penalty kick after a Baker
foul in the box, leading to Baker trailing 1-0 after
the 26th minute.
The Wildcats were held to just two shots in
the first half compared to Benedictine’s eight. The
Ravens’ offensive dominance continued into the
second half as the team recorded 12 more shots,
while Baker had just one.
Benedictine was able to extend its lead in the
72nd minute with a goal from sophomore Emily
Ambuul assisted by senior Madison Sanders.
Ambuul’s thirteenth goal of the season put the
SP RTS
the Year Alberto Ciroi proved to be a problem for the
Eagles, earning the shutout victory with seven saves.
After scoring in the first half, the Wildcats took
a defensive approach in the second half. The ball
was kept on the defensive third of the field for the
majority of the half, creating opportunities for CMU.
The Eagles totaled 10 shots in the second half, five
of which were on goal.
The match was reminiscent of the 2015 title
match where both teams faced each other for the
title, but Eagles walked away with the 2-1 victory
after double overtime.
With the 1-0 victory the Wildcats will now travel
to face No. 1 seeded Missouri Valley at 7 p.m. Friday
in Marshall, Missouri. The Wildcats closed the 2017
Freshman Kara Knapp works to control the ball down the field
against Benedictine on Nov. 4. The Wildcats end their season
with a 7-8-4 record. | Photo by Carody Franklin
Ravens up 2-0 against Baker.
Ravens junior forward Anna Romano’s goal
in the 83rd minute assisted by McShane was
Benedictine’s last goal of the night extending the
team’s lead to 3-0 against the Wildcats.
With just three minutes left in the season
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First Team All-Conference member Blake Levine scored the
game-winning goal in the 33rd minute for the Wildcats on
Tuesday night. | Photo by Jenna Black
regular season against Missouri Valley ending in a
2-1 loss.
With a quick turnaround for an important game
of the season, the team is staying focused, but also
doing its best to stay healthy with two important
games in one week. Many players on the team have
made regular visits to the training room.
“Most of us, if not all of us, go to the training
room,” junior Aaron Bowers said. “It’s pretty
common to go in the training room and see a group
of guys in the ice bath.”
Bowers believes one of the most important parts
of preparing for another game against Missouri
Valley is focusing on past footage of the team.
“We’re going to look at that again, analyze it, and
look at what they do,” Bowers said. “We’re just going
to try and prepare the best we can.”
In the past two conference tournament matches
the Wildcats have earned four yellow cards. While
the cards can be seen as a warning to some players,
Bowers believes it won’t hurt the teams style of play.
“I think it just makes people aware of what
they’re doing,” Bowers said. “You can be as physical
as you want to be, just be smarter about it.”
for Baker, junior Allyson Hertig put one past
Benedictine goalkeeper Ellen Loughman
shortening the Ravens lead to 3-1.
The Wildcats weren’t able to keep the offensive
fire alive for the final minutes of the match,
handing Benedictine a victory in Atchison, Kansas.
Senior goalkeeper Rachel Hunt recorded seven
saves during the match, her second game in a row
with seven saves.
The Wildcats end their season with a 7-8-4
record, while the Ravens advance to the semifinals
against Missouri Valley.
Three Wildcats earned Heart of America
Athletic Conference All-Conference recognition this
season. Senior Kady Dieringer was named to the
First Team All-Conference. Dieringer tallied five
goals this season and six assists. Freshman Kara
Knapp and senior Megan Johnson earned spots on
the Third Team All-Conference.
The Baker women’s soccer team will graduate
three players.
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Volleyball season ends against CMU
BAILEY CONKLIN
Sports Editor
The Baker volleyball team’s season came to an
end on Oct. 31 with a loss against Central Methodist
University. The Wildcats fell in three sets against
the Eagles, 25-20, 25-20, 25-21.
The team posted a 13-19 record this season,
going 6-13 in Heart of America Athletic Conference
play. The Wildcats ended on a similar note last year,
going 12-20.
Baker volleyball will say goodbye to seven
seniors including team leader in digs Jenna
Sackman. Sackman led the team this year with 388
digs total.
For senior Madeline McCrary this season saw
both highs and lows with it being her final season
at Baker. One of her highs of the season included
starting the regular season with a win against
Concordia in a three-game sweep.
Some of the lows of the season for the Wildcats
included games that ended too close. McCrary refers
to those games as “the games you want back.” For
McCrary, one of those games they want back was
against Heart rival Mid-America Nazarene University.
“I think MNU was a game that we could’ve had,
taking sets away from them,” McCrary said. “That’s
the first time I had taken a set from them my
whole career.”
The Wildcats weren’t aware until hours before
their final regular-season match against CMU that
making it to the Heart tournament this year wasn’t
an option. The team thought that in the event that
the Wildcats won and Evangel lost, they would have
a chance at the tournament.
“Coach [Windle] did the math and realized
that no matter what we weren’t going to be in the
Cross Country qualifies three for Nationals
LILY STEPHENS
Multimedia Editor
The Baker men’s and women’s cross country
programs hosted the 2017 Heart of America
Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at
the Baldwin City Golf Course.
Baker welcomed 13 Heart conference men’s
teams and 14 women’s teams.
The women’s team took home a fifth-place finish
overall.
On the men’s side, the team took fourth overall
Baker football falls to Missouri Valley
Freshman JD Woods ranks first in the NAIA in total scoring
with 23 total touchdowns. | Photo by Marilee Neutel
NATHALIA BARR
Managing Editor
The Missouri Valley Vikings handed Baker
its first loss of the season, breaking its Heart of
America Athletic Conference winning streak as
The Baker Orange | Sports
The Baker volleyball team’s season ended on Oct. 31 against Central Methodist University. | Photo by Justin Toumberlin
tournament prior to starting our game,” McCrary
said. “So before we even started against CMU, he
came into the locker room and told us we weren’t in
the tournament.”
McCrary said Windle did it out of respect and
didn’t want the team to get their hopes up in the
event of a win against CMU.
Tournament entry for Baker and Evangel came
down to points from the teams’ head-to-head
matches during the regular season. Baker defeated
Evangel by 12 points late in the season, but Evangel
beat Baker by 17 points earlier in the teams’
first meeting, giving the Crusaders entry into the
conference tournament.
and had three runners place in the Top 20. named to the 2017 Heart First Team All-
Sophomore Greg Flores earned the top spot
for the Wildcats with a fifth-place finish overall
with a 26:25 8K run. Freshman Liam Barnsby
placed 10th with a time of 26:42 and senior Joe
Linder took 13th with a time of 26:50.
The three men will run in the 2017 NAIA
Men’s Cross Country National Championship
on Nov. 18 in Fort Vancouver, Washington.
This will be Linder’s third year and the second
year for Flores competing at the NAIA National
Championship. Flores and Barnsby were also
well. Before the 27-22 loss, the Wildcats were
unbeaten in the last 26 Heart games since Sept. 26,
2015 at Benedictine.
This puts the ‘Cats at 9-1 overall and 3-1 in Heart
South play. After sitting at the No. 2 spot since the
beginning of August, Baker fell five spots and is now
ranked No. 7 in the NAIA.
Offensive-line protection against Missouri Valley
proved to be a struggle for Baker as freshman
quarterback Marco Aguinaga was sacked six times
by the Vikings. Baker’s offense was still able to
remain productive as Aguinaga completed 30 passes
from 54 attempts for 347 yards. The 54 attempts set
a new Baker record for the most in one game.
Freshman Nick Snider broke another Baker
record for most receptions in a game with 18. The
previous record of 14 was held by Jimmie Rose in
1993. Snider is second in the NAIA for receptions
per game, averaging about eight.
Freshman JD Woods had another active game on
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While the team is expected to lose a majority of
starters, McCrary thinks there is a lot of potential
with other members of the team who will return.
“They’re not losing skill, but they’re losing
presence and that leadership,” McCrary said.
Expected returners for the Wildcats next season
who look to lead the team include juniors Ashley
Sparks and Olivia Brees. Sparks led the team in kills
with a total of 393. Brees had 35 solo blocks and
121 block assists this season. Brees is also ranked
third in Division I for total blocks with a combined
total of 156.
The Wildcats will continue to search for their
first winning season since the 2013-2014 season.
Conference. Linder received an Honorable
Mention.
As a team, MNU took first in the women’s
race and Missouri Valley took second. They will
both compete as a whole team at the National
Championship.
Missouri Valley’s men’s team took first as
a team and Mount Mercy’s men’s team took
second. They will also run as teams at the
National Championship.
offense with 40 rushing attempts for 214 yards and
a touchdown. Woods still ranks first in the NAIA in
total scoring with 23 touchdowns and second in the
NAIA in total rushing with 1,481 yards this season.
Baker remains second in the NAIA in total
scoring offense. The ‘Cats have outscored their
opponents by 271 total points this season.
With the sole loss and only one regular-season
game remaining, the Wildcats are still in the
running for the Heart South Division title. Baker
will travel to Springfield, Missouri, to take on No. 25
Evangel at noon on Saturday.
In a preseason poll Baker was picked to take
the Heart South Division title while Evangel was in
fourth place in the poll. Currently, Evangel holds
the top spot in the Heart South Division at 4-0 and
7-3 overall.
Baker looks to snap Evangel’s five-game winning
streak to earn the conference title for the third year
in a row and fourth time in five years.
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Men’s basketball starts season 2-0
Senior Brock Mick totaled 25 points in the Wildcats season-opener against Ottawa University. | Photo by Alex Fortuna
BAILEY CONKLIN
Sports Editor
The Baker men’s basketball team earned its
second victory of the season after defeating Kansas
Christian College 85-59 Tuesday night inside the
Collins Center.
The Wildcats are now 2-0 for the season, after
opening the season on Oct. 31 with a 79-72 victory
over Ottawa University.
The Wildcats hit 13 three-pointers against the
‘Cats break school record with 108 points
BAILEY CONKLIN
Sports Editor
The Baker women’s basketball team broke its
record for most points scored in a game Tuesday
after defeating Kansas Christian College 108-26
in the Collins Center. The victory was the largest
margin of victory in coach Ben Lister’s era.
The Wildcats led the Falcons for the entirety of
the game and outscored Kansas Christian 58-9 at
halftime. Baker shot 60 percent from the floor and
55 percent from the three-point line.
Senior Sydnie Hanson led the Wildcats with 21
points for the second game in a row. Six Wildcats
including Hanson scored double digits against the
Falcons.
Junior Anna Hignight had 15 points during the
game, followed by junior Caitlin Modesett with 14,
and sophomore Julia Bannister with 13. Freshman
Hannah Madsen and senior Courtney Hoag had 10
points each.
Modesett contributed a game-high six assists and
led the team with four steals.
Baker held Kansas Christian to 18 percent from
the field and 14 percent from three-point range.
Junior Kate-Lynn King led the team in rebounds
with 10.
The Wildcats now move to 3-0 for the season
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Braves and senior Brock Mick led the team going
5-7 from three-point range, ending the game with
25 total points.
In the Wildcats latest win, senior Tyree Peter
led the team to a victory against the Falcons while
posting a double-double with 21 points and 14
rebounds. Sophomore Vandy Hopson was the other
Wildcat in double digits with 17 points of his own.
The Baker offense shot 46 percent from the
field, while the Wildcat defense kept the Falcons to
shooting 31 percent from the field.
after the record-breaking victory.
The women’s basketball team opened its season
against the University of St. Mary on Nov. 3 posting
an 83-76 victory, followed by a 79-55 victory against
Ottawa University.
Unlike previous seasons for the ‘Cats, the women
will continue to play non-conference opponents
until the end of November. In the 2016-2017 season,
the Wildcats began conference play after two games
into the season.
The Wildcats will now travel to compete in
the Benedictine Classic. Baker will face Park
University at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and No. 24 ranked
Lindenwood University at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Both
games will be played in Atchison.
Nov. 10, 2017
Young and sophomore Jesus Izquierdo recorded
seven rebounds each for the Wildcats.
Baker lead Kansas Christian 38-32 at halftime
before pulling away in the second half, outscoring
the Falcons 47 to 27.
The beginning of the season welcomes back nine
Wildcats to the men’s basketball program. Senior
Dan Young believes there is an advantage that
comes with “knowing what we like to do and how
we like to play.”
With two games played at home and two more
approaching the Wildcats see both the good and the
bad that comes with hosting games.
Young says one of the pros includes the
comfortability of playing on a court you’ve been
used to since preseason, but distractions can also
come easy when playing in the Collins Center.
“That’s one of Dooley’s pet peeves,” Young said.
“He watches that on film and sees who’s paying
attention in timeouts and who’s in the crowd, I think
that happens more at home.”
Young says with girlfriends and parents it can be
easy to lose focus, but at the same time wanting to
win for those watching can be a motivator.
The Wildcats will now host the 2017 Baker
Classic inside the Collins Center. Baker first faces
St. Gregory’s (Okla.) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, followed
by Haskell at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
After the Baker Classic, the Wildcats will play
their first game of the season away from the Collins
Center. Games on the road pose a certain difficulty
for the team, especially to newcomers that aren’t
used to the travel time.
“It’s going to be a learning process for them,
especially at a brand-new program,” Young said.
“So, it could be a slow start but we’ll see on the
first road game.”
Above: Junior Caitlin Modesett scored 14 points and
had six assists against Kansas Christian on Tuesday. Left:
Senior Anna Hignight passes to sophomore Carrington
Ream during a record-breaking 108-26 victory against
Kansas Christian College. | Photos by Alex Fortuna
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WILDCAT WINDUP
Five things to know about Baker athletics

1
Seven earn conference awards
Alberto Ciroi was named 2017 Heart of America Athletic
Conference Men’s Soccer Freshman of the Year and joined Joah
Hickel, Steeve Pouna and Blake Levine on the First Team All-
Conference. Gonnie Ben-Tal earned a spot on the Second Team
All-Conference, while Joe Houlihan and Austin Halsey were
named to the Third All-Conference team.

2
Baker hosts Dan Harris Open
The Baker wrestling team began its season at the 2017 Dan
Harris Open on Sunday in the Collins Center. Sophomore
David Dow won the 197-pound bracket, while junior Tyler
Dickman and senior Jon Blackwell finished third in their
respective weight brackets.

Freshman Alberto Ciroi tallied seven saves in the Heart semifinal shutout against
CMU. Ciroi has earned 66 saves this season. | Photo by Jenna Black

3
Bowling takes second place
The Baker bowling team finished second out of 12 teams at
the Jayhawk Collegiate Tournament Sunday in Lawrence. The
Wildcats finished behind first-place Wichita State University.

4
Golf finishes fall season
The Baker men’s and women’s golf teams finished their fall
seasons at the 2017 Baker University Fall Invitational on Oct.
19 at Eagle Bend Golf Course in Lawrence. The men’s team
took first out of four teams, and the women’s team took third
out of six teams.

5
Season ends for BU tennis
The men’s and women’s tennis teams ended the fall season
on Oct. 25 against Cowley County Community College and
Missouri Western. The men’s team fell 9-0 to Cowley County, Freshman Abbey Jacobs competes at the Jayhawk Collegiate
while the women’s team fell to Missouri Western 6-3 and Tournament on Nov. 4. The bowling team was one of 12 teams that
Cowley County 6-3. competed in the tournament in Lawrence. | Photo by Elizabeth Hanson
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Parting Shots

Sophomore Alanna Dierking competes at the Jayhawk Collegiate Tournament at Royal Crest Lanes Nov. 4-5. Dierking finished 20th overall, knocking down a total of 1,065 pins over
the two-day tournament. The team placed second out of twelve teams competing. | Photo by Elizabeth Hanson

Above: Senior Brooke Barnard returns a serve in her match against Missouri
Western State on Oct. 21. This was Barnard’s final match as a Wildcat, as she
will be missing her spring season due to studying abroad. | Photo by Alex
Fortuna

Below: Student Activities Council members, Mindy Lo and Serenity Boggess

call out numbers during Grocery Bingo on Nov. 1. Students received a sack of
Senior Haley Roberts practices her role in the dress rehearsal of “Rumors” by Neil Simon in Rice Auditorium groceries as a reward for winning a game of bingo and were also encouraged
on Nov. 7. The performance opened on Thursday and runs through Sunday. | Photo by Carody Franklin to donate a canned food item in order to receive food provided by Sodexo. |
Photo by Justin Toumberlin
Right: Senior Joe
Linder pushes
toward the finish
line at the Heart
Conference meet
at the Baldwin
City Golf Course
on Nov. 4. Linder
placed 13th overall
and was the final
individual qualifier
for the national
meet. Teammates
Greg Flores and
Liam Barnsby also
qualified for the
national meet in
Fort Vancouver,
Washington. The
men’s team finished
fourth within the
Heart and the
women finished
fifth. | Photo by Lily
Stephens