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Rice Decision, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

How surprising was it when the arbitrator in the Ray Rice case ruled that Roger Goodell had acted “arbitrary in his discretion,” and had punished Rice twice for the same offense? In addition when Goodell claimed that Ray Rice misled him about the severity of the incident, the arbitrator found otherwise. Goodell was fully apprised by Rice as to the severity of the incident.

Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As with all American traditions, if it happened once or twice it is one. Therefore I present my traditional Thanksgiving piece.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

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Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring football.

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Seniors Have Unfinished Business to Complete – Football
• Williams, Kyle. Tops’ Balanced Offense Set to Match-Up with Experienced University of Texas San Antonio
• Williams, Kyle. Hilltopper Defense Hitting Its Stride at the Right Time
• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Aiming for Fourth-Straight Season of Bowl Eligibility

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Harney, LaShana. Students, Student Government Association React to Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Expansion – Schneider Hall
• Mudd, Aaron. Student-Led Drug Policy Group Gains Ground – Students for Sensible Drug Policy
• Bradley, Erian. Box by Box: Students Learn About Homelessness at Shantytown – Housing & Residence Life
• Brown, Leah. Administration, Faculty Share Their Fight for Civil Rights
• Harney, LaShana. Student Government Association Executive Cabinet Vetoes Smoke-Free Measure – Smoking, Tobacco
• Retention Malfunction
• Parker, Jacob. Chin Up Despite the Chill – Winter, Weather
• Kolb, William. Gym Class Heroes – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Brown, Leah. WKU Group Fights for Renters’ Rights – WKU Student Coalition for Renters’ Rights
• Up In the Air – Gary Ransdell, Skydiving
• Crumbie, Trey. Kentucky Building’s 75^th Anniversary Celebrated
• Phelps, Rachel. Fresh Food Company Offers New Food Options – Dining Services
• Meyer, Giorgi. Parking & Transportation Services Uses Surveys, Focus Groups for Parking Feedback
• Harney, LaShana. Survey Measures WKU Student Climate
• Editorial Cartoon Big Red with Beer – Alcohol
• Drink Up Let’s Make WKU A Wet Campus – Alcohol
• Line, James. Students Should Demand Renter’s Rights in …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees – Chris Price, Dan King, Darnell Mee, Lee Murray
• Pratt, Elliott. From Topper to Titan – Antonio Andrews, Football
• Williams, Kyle. Depleted WKU Defense No Stranger to Adversity – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Five Questions to Be Answered Against University of Texas El Paso – Football

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Prochazka, Tyler. Campus Reacts to US Senate Results – Elections, Politics
• Brown, Leah. The Spirit Makes the Defaulter – Student Financial Aid
• Harney, LaShana. Race Discussed in Student-Organized Forum – Barrett Wright
• Harney, LaShana. Clinic to Provide Legal Services to Students
• Bradley, Erian. Multiplayer Game Serves as Bond for Group – League of Legends, Entertainment
• Cole, Tanner. Looking for Love? 10 Best Places to Hook Up at WKU – Sex
• Parker, Jacob. Partners Bring Peachy Keen Days – Dating
• Midterm Madness Photos – Elections, Politicians
• Jessie, Stephanie. The Kentucky …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald - New Tops On The Block, Wku Student Affairs

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Special homecoming edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Harney, Lashana. Homecoming Theme Based on Conference Move – Conference USA
• Homecoming 2014 Schedule of Events
• Pettway, Shantel-Ann. National Pan-Hellenic Council Homecoming Step Show Inspired by 90s Sitcoms – Fraternities & Sororities
• Eli Young Band to Headline Annual Homecoming Concert
• Voorhees, Jessica. Students, Community Gear Up for Homecoming Parage
• Kirk, Kierstin. WKU Sweethearts Get Engaged – Zach Talton, Madison Schwettman
• Phelps, Rachel. Homecoming Queen to Be Announced at Saturday Game
• Holloway, Kae. Pulitzer Prize Winner Inducted Into Alumni Hall of Fame – Rick Loomis
• Martin, Madison. Jazz Musician Inducted into Alumni Hall …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Holloway, Kae. Enrollment Discussed at Regents Meeting
• Harney, LaShana. Minton Hall Flood Damages Elevator – Housing & Residence Life
• Harrison, Taylor. A Hilltopper Remembered – Tyler English, Fires
• Mudd, Aaron. Cancer Survivors Share Stories, Remember Loved Ones – Relay for Life
• Holloway, Kae. Barbara Burch to Begin Another Chapter at WKU – Regents
• Editorial Cartoon Condom
• Sex Ed: Word Is, WKU Is Lousy in Bed
• WKU Student Identity Outreach – WKU Doesn’t Need to Survey All Students for LGBTQ Issues – Gays, Lesbians
• Nolan, Lauren & Sally Wegert. Horror …

Nigerian Football: Interests, Marginalization, And Struggle, Chukwuka Onwumechili

Department of Strategic, Legal, and Management Communications Faculty Publications

Nigerian football has achieved a long line of success at both continental and global levels. A significant part of that has occurred through its local clubs and players. However, while player labour has sustained Nigerian football in many ways, the increasing capital interests of administrators have created a situation of marginalization and domination, which not only leads to player flight but also has threatened the sustainability of the league itself. Using critical theory, this paper exposes the structure of power, interests, and marginalization that define local football in Nigeria today. In so doing, it also identifies player resistance in a …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Voorhees, Jessica. Parking & Transportation Services Gathers Student Feedback for Parking
• Harney, LaShana. WKU Plant Has Psychedelic Effects – Datura stramonium, Jimson Weed, Martin Stone, Horticulture
• Crumbie, Trey. Kentucky Museum Store Closing Next Semester
• Phelps, Rachel. Sex in a Fishbowl Forum Spurs Dialogue About Sex – Phi Beta Sigma
• Harney, LaShana. Student Government Association Committee Focuses on Diversity Issues
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Encourages Organ Donor Registration
• Crumbie, Trey. Voting Precincts to Move
• Parker, Jacob. Halloween Creates Happy Haunts, Frights
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Halloween Witches Brew & Alcohol
• Cole, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Plans to Improve Enrollment Numbers
• Mathews, Mackenzie. Mouse Trap – Sleep, Biology, Noah Ashley, Experiments
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Book Store to Increase Book Buybacks
• Prochazka, Tyler. Exhibit Educates, Memorializes Professor – David Coffey, Year of Ecuador
• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Looks to Improve Retention Methods
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Students Don’t Vote
• WKU Needs to Rock This Election
• French, Jackson. Ouija Fails to Overcome Its Gimmicky Premise – Movies
• Mountain Photos – Photojournalism, Mountain Workshops
• Jessie, Stephanie. Treasure Hunts Become Real with Geocaching
• Latte Love – Coffee …

Football And Police, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Over the past few weeks college sport has once again taken over the lead in ink and air time; not actually games, of course, but stories that illustrate the corruption of higher education in America by the presence of intercollegiate athletics on campus, or more precisely football on campus.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra - On Another Level, Wku Student Affairs

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Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Williams, Kyle. Band of Brothers – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Execution Key for Hilltopper Defense Moving Forward – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Wood Selig’s Impact as Athletic Director Still Resonating at WKU
• Players to Watch – Brandon Doughty, Nicholas Holt, Taylor Heinicke, Ray Lawry

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Holloway, Kae. WKU, State Policies Questioned After Election – Regents, Barbara Burch, Nepotism
• Brown, Leah. All-Gender: Single-Occupancy Restrooms to be Renamed
• Mudd, Aaron. Students Get a Taste of Ecuadorian Culture – Dining Services
• Henderson, Andrew. Pecha Kucha Provides Variety of Opportunity
• Pettway, Shantel. Ask in the Dark Provides Sexual Awareness for Students – Housing & Residence Life
• Editorial Cartoon Guthrie Bell Tower
• Cole, Tanner. 10 Best Songs Played by the Guthrie Bell Tower
• Parker, Jacob. Happiness Is Brews Can Get You Out of the Blues – Alcohol
• Pope, Jake. …

Sports News Puts Focus On Society's Problems, Richard Lapchick

UCF Forum

Recent sports news has been filled with terrible stories about racism, gender violence, child abuse, and concussion-related brain damage for one in three former NFL players.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey & Leah Brown. Regent Election Causes Debate – Nepotism
• Pettway, Shantel. Boom, Clap Drum Circle Offers Alternative to Thirsty Thursdays – Counseling & Student Affairs
• Brown, Leah. WKU Involved in Six Lawsuits
• Voorhees, Jessica. Honors Housing Affected by Gatton Academy for Mathematics & Science Expansion – Schneider Hall, Housing & Residence Life
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Police Department Works to Return Stolen Items to Its Owner
• French, Jackson. The Book of Life Fun Celebration of Mexican Culture – Movies
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon WKU Dining Services Ball & …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Brown, Leah. Regent to Leave After Seven Years – Patti Minter
• Henderson, Andrew. Speak Out: Voices Rise Against Domestic Violence – Barren River Area Safe Space, BRASS
• Cole, Tanner. A Two-Wheeled Mission – Sustainability, Big Red Bikes
• Harney, LaShana. Gary Ransdell Hosts Casual Dinner for LGBTQ Students – Gays, Lesbians
• Crumbie, Trey. College Heights Herald Advertising Manager Arrested, Four Charges Filed – Sidney Wahle
• Parker, Jacob. Happiness Is Running with Roomies
• Editorial Cartoon Happy Face Emoji
• Cole, Tanner. 10 Great Things About Being a Hilltopper
• Isham, Mercedes. Don’t Let …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Voorhees, Jessica. Science Building Plans in Progress – Snell Hall
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Works to Address Vegan Option on Campus – Dining Services
• Harney, LaShana. LGTBQ Students Celebrates National Coming Out Day – Gays, Lesbians
• Phelps, Rachel. Student Ambassador Group Promotes WKU – Spirit Masters
• French, Jackson. Courtroom Thriller, Family Drama Collide in The Judge – Movies
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Gary Ransdell on Money
• Gary Ransdell’s Salary Too High
• WKU Coalition for Social Justice. WKU Policy Doesn’t Protect Assault Victims
• Franke, Luke. Purple Rain Photos – Phi Gamma …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mudd, Aaron. Movin’ On Up – Kentucky Street Apartments, Housing & Residence Life
• Brown, Leah. WKU Updates Title IX Policy – Sexual Harassment
• Henderson, Andrew. Students Set Off Bells on Second Day of Wacky Engineering Camp
• Mudd, Aaron. Students Inducted Into Honors Organization – National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Police Department Changes Uniforms After Four Decades
• Parker, Jacob. Happiness Is Singing in the Rain
• Editorial Cartoon Ghost & Parking Spots
• Cole, Tanner. 18 Things That Are Somehow Easier to Find at WKU Than a Parking Spot …

Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There are many terrific and zany baseball quotations that make there way across the nation at this time of year. Between Dizzy Dean, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto almost all aspects of the game were covered. Broadcasters too have added to the diamond lexicon. My favorite, however, comes from the former pitcher for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals, the incomparable Joaquin Andujar whose most memorable line covers nearly all of the possibilities of the game.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Brown, Leah. Gary Ransdell Donating Salary Increase – WKU Foundation
• Pratt, Elliott. Jimmy Feix 1931-2014 Celebrating a Legend
• Harney, LaShana. Uniqueness Defines MajorRedz
• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Opens Passport Office for Students
• Bradley, Erian. WKU Hosts Food Fight Food Drive Encourages Students to Participate – Leadership & Volunteerism
• Eldridge, Brittany. Good Samaritan Foundation Donates $50,000 to Institute of Rural Health
• Cole, Tanner. Headaches of a Student Cyclist – Bicycles
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Cycling on Highwire
• Support Cycling: WKU Needs Better Biking Options
• Osborne, Sam. Lucinda Williams Latest Record a …

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Homecoming on the Hill
• 42 WKU Students Earn National Scholarships
• WKU Student Wins Heart’s 2014 National Photojournalism Title – Jabin Botsford
• WKU Elizabethtown/Fort Knox Selects Regional Chancellor – Evelyn Ellis
• Lynette Breedlove Named Director of Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science at WKU
• Jace Lux Named WKU’s Director of Recruitment & Admissions
• $249,978 National Science Foundation Grant Aids Chemistry Research at WKU, South Korea
• WKU Researcher Shines in Science Idol Competition at Symposium – Jill Maples
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Named Top High School in the US
• Gatton Academy Students …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Brown, Leah. Regents Committee Approves Psychology Program
• Allen, Whitney. Remembered: Fraternity Celebrates Life of Brother – Sigma Phi Epsilon, Cory Beavin
• Mudd, Aaron. Sorority Uses Football to Fight Autism – Alpha Xi Delta
• Voorhees, Jessica. Convenience Stores’ Hours Change – Housing & Residence Life
• Harney, LaShana. Chinese Culture Comes to Bowling Green – Confucius Institute
• Crumbie, Trey. Two WKU Films to Be Screened at Film Festival
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Sisterhood Grant Finalists Prepare for Award Presentations
• Parker, Jacob. Fall Break Allows Students Chance to Unwind, Catch Up
• Cole, Tanner. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. Regents Committees to Meet on Friday
• Prchazka, Tyler. Against All Odds – John All
• Harney, LaShana. Campus Improvements Drives Student Government Association Meeting
• Harney, LaShana. Student Government Association Discusses LGBTQ Issues – Gays, Lesbians
• Lawson, Anna. History Department Holds Trivia Night
• Brown, Leah. Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
• Editorial Cartoon Crying Emoji
• Cole, Tanner. 10 Best Places to Cry on Campus
• Parker, Jacob. Find Relaxation in Daily Campus Life
• King, Jennifer. On the Air Photos – NewsChannel 12, WKYU-TV
• Jessie, Stephanie. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Pettway, Shantel. Emergency Texts Alert Students of Crimes
• Voorhees, Jessica. Big Green Tractor – Agriculture, Biofuels, Dining Services, Sustainability
• Bradley, Erian. Former Forensics Team Student Returns as Director – Ganer Newman
• Mudd, Aaron. Ebola App Uses Tweets to Track Virus – Armin Smailhodzic
• Corum, John. WKY Dynamic Leadership Institute Inspires Activism
• Editorial Cartoon She’s Not Asking for It
• WKU Making Strides in Preventing Sexual Assault But Much More Work Still to Be Donoe
• Hughey, Aaron. Our Tolerance for Differences Is What Makes Us Strong
• Among the Stars Photos – …

Goodell's Press Conference, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

After last week’s debacles in the NFL and Goodell’s retreat into a cave somewhere, I read a number of references to Goodell as a Nixonian figure. These were amusing and vaguely resonant. Then came Friday’s Follies as Goodell surfaced publicly and assured us that he would not resign, that he would get it right, and that the NFL remained a moral leader that America could count on.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mudd, Aaron. Students Discuss Rental Rights – WKU Student Coalition for Renters’ Rights
• Mudd, Aaron. Marchers Gather to Remember Michael Brown – Demonstrations, Protests
• Greer, John. Burger & Bun Gives Bowling Green an Upscale Burger Joint – Restaurants
• Martin, Madison. Kentucky Museum Displays State’s Uniqueness
• Brown, Leah. WKU Welcomes 40 New Faculty Members
• Crumbie, Trey. New WKU Book Store Director to Be Hired Within Next Month
• Parker, Jacob. Nature Offers Escape from Everyday Life
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Student Flunking Out
• Cole, Tanner. Is It Too Late: Reasons You …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Voorhees, Jessica. Parking & Transportation Services Tries to Correct Parking Issues on Campus
• Brown, Leah & Trey Crumbie. Students, Faculty Discuss Islam & Parallels to Christianity – Housing & Residence Life
• Harney, LaShana. WKU Best Buddies Chapter Continues to Grow, Advocate
• Kirk, Kierstin. Campus Hosts Sexual Violence Awareness Presentation – Stephanie Gilmore
• Brown, Leah. Administrators React to Findings of Diversity Survey
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Hands Up
• Don’t Shoot: Join WKU’s Peace March Today – Protests, Demonstrations
• Tougas, Jennifer. Parking & Transportation Concerned About Parking
• Catch Me If You’re …

Goodell's Quagmire, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The continuing saga of the NFL and Ray Rice has now become basically the Roger Goodell story. The Commissioner has not managed to stay ahead of the news cycle and has failed to cut his losses. Rather than to accept responsibility for his mistakes and missteps he has continued to deal in what now seems to be his only task as Commissioner, to Protect the Shield. And it’s not going well.