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Bowls Everywhere But None To Match The Poulan Weed Eater Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I entered a state of deep depression recently when I learned that the folks at Poulan are no longer sponsoring the Independence Bowl. The Poulan Weed Eater Bowl is no more. The irritating, loud and stupid relative of all the bowl games is gone. The Poulan Weed Eater Bowl has whacked its last weed.

John Rocker's Si Interview, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It wasn't all that long ago that John Rocker was complaining about being stereotyped by Met fans and New Yorkers. He said that New Yorkers seemed to think that everyone from Georgia had one tooth and married their cousin. The self-styled good old boy resented this sort of sweeping generalization about Georgians and Southerners.

Notre Dame On Probation: The Cost Of Selling Your Soul And The Ncaa As Judge, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Can we say that the final blow to the concept of intercollegiate athletic integrity has now been delivered? With the announcement Friday that Notre Dame has been placed on two years probation and lost two football scholarships, seemingly the last bastion of intercollegiate athletics has been tarnished. A sense of shame walks the campus beneath the Golden Dome.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

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Commencement program listing graduates.

Fay Vincent, Pete Rose, And Reinstatement, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Pete Rose just won't go away. He just doesn't seem to understand, and probably never will. His ban from baseball was not about his popularity, whatever that might have been, or is. His ban from baseball is the result of the Commissioner of Baseball concluding that there was sufficient evidence that he had been gambling on baseball. He did not contest the finding, but then he also refuses to acknowledge the finding.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Gaines, Jim. Alcohol Policy Shelved Indefinitely
• Karen, Mattias. Ray Mendel Resigns, Blames Deborah Wilkins
• Lynch, Caroline. Dream Walker – Kaye Cantrell, Quadriplegics
• Bennett, Jacob. Graduation Next Saturday
• Lynch, Caroline. More Parking Coming
• Lynch, Caroline. New Shuttles Coming
• Ragan, Jason. Shop with a Fire Fighter Saturday
• Bennett, Jacob. Western Alumni Among List of Notable Kentuckians – E.A. Diddle, Sue Grafton, Jim Miller
• Lynch, Caroline. Rules for Gated Lots Change
• Corcoran, Kate. Western Looking at Film Minor
• A Wish List for Western
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon – Evil Elves
• Cunningham, Joy. …

Ua12/2/1 In The Spirit, Wku Student Affairs

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College Heights Herald magazine edition regarding Christmas.

• Clark, Ryan. The Gift of Love – Hines Family, Children
• Lucas, Fred. Don’t Forget First Christmas Gift – Jesus Christ
• Hutchins, Chris. Holiday Emotions Can’t be Expressed with Material Gifts
• What’s the Nicest Thing You’ve Done for Someome for Christmas?
• Walsh, Erica. 10 Ways to Help – Charities
• Heath, Mark. A Century on the Hill – Big Red
• Heath, Mark. Plaything Big Red is Creator’s Personality – Ralph Carey
• Warren, Brandy. Christmas Everywhere
• Eslinger, Justin. Christmas Fun Coming Your Way – Mammoth Cave, Riverview, Nutcracker, Living Christmas Tree

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Gaines, Jim. Expensive Furniture Still in Storage – Huda Melkey
• Brown, Abbey. Former Regent Leaving Legacy – Raymond Preston
• Moore, Brian. Alleged Harasser Nabbed – Sean Francis
• Bennett, Jacob. Henry Cherry Tops Century List
• Lucas, Fred. It Was Time Well Spent, But Now it’s Time to Go –
• Warren, Brandy. Date Rape Drug Scare an Email Hoax
• Moore, Brian. ABC Cites Good Tymes, Pepe’s, Norma Jean’s – Restaurants
• Privatizing Eliminates Campus Input – Student Health Services
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon – Mars Probe
• Harper, Molly. Running Into High School …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Karen, Mattias. President Gary Ransdell Pushing for Greek Village – Fraternities and Sororities
• Moore, Brian. Pearce-Ford Tower Fires Deserved Reporting – Housing & Residence Life
• Brown, Abbey. Schedule Finally Final – Registrar
• Gaines, Jim. Collegiate Health Service Cans Student Health Services Director – Charles Lott
• Ragan, Jason. Professor Honored – Charles Smith, Music
• Moore, Brian. Campus Safety is Moderate
• Ragan, Jason. Student Selected for Leadership Program – Anna Woodring
• Ragan, Jason. Program to Improve Water – Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality
• Ragan, Jason. Book of Western Wisdom Published …

The Effects Of Repetition Speed On The Development Of Skeletal Muscle Strength, Kevin Taylor

Graduate Theses

Taylor, K. D. Effect of repetition speed on the development of muscle strength. 1999. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of repetition protocols on strength. Training was conducted 3 times per week for 8 weeks using 1 set of the free weight bench press in the fast (1 second concentric and 1 second eccentric contractions, N = 15) or slow (2 second concentric and 4 second eccentric contractions, N = 7) speed repetition protocol. Training weight increased from 50% 1 RM weeks 1-2, 75% 1 RM weeks 3-6, and 85% weeks 7-8. Subjects completed 10 repetitions …

Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The History of Thanksgiving and of Football both go back into the Middle Ages, and so it may not be so strange that the two would become intertwined in modern America.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Moore, Brian. Suspicious Fires Plague Pearce-Ford Tower – Housing & Residence Life
• Gaines, Jim. Transpark Proposed for City
• Brown, Abbey. Few Join Protest to Save Vice President Position – Student Affairs, Demonstrations
• Karen, Mattias. Baker Street Café Closed
• Ragan, Jason. Kentucky State Police Supports Safety Programs for Holidays
• Batcheldor, Matt. Stop Treating Us Like Babies – Housing & Residence Life
• Gaines, Jim. Computer Information Systems Minor in Suspense – Curriculum
• Banner 2000 Waffling Dumb, Just Dumb – Registrar
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Smoking
• Bennett, Jacob. The Word Is Out, …

Ex-Athletes As Politicians, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In recent days and weeks there has been considerable discussion in the national press of Bill Bradley's presidential run and its relationship to his professional basketball career. Such questions as: Should he exploit his NBA fame for political purposes? Should he be using this fame to raise money as he did in the big fund-raiser in Madison Square Garden last week? Why after years of disconnecting himself from his basketball career does he now seek to reconnect? Does this negate his claims that he much more than a basketball player?

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Karen, Mattias. New Rules Forcing Program Reviews – Curriculum
• Brown, Abbey. Students to Protest for Vice President – Student Affairs, Demonstrations
• Lynch, Caroline. McLean Hall Gets a Makeover
• Warren, Brandy. Mice Continue Their Stay at Dorm – Bemis Lawrence Hall, Housing & Residence Life
• Hammock, Michelle. Article Shows How Precious Life Is – W.C. Fowler aka Tra
• Rexroat, Scott. Brain Cancer Article
• Murphy, Ben. Commission Listened to Constituents – Bowling Green City Commission
• Nichter, Kevin. Ordinance Anything But Fair – Fairness Ordinance, Bowling Green City Commission
• Bedo, Leslie. Professors …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Gaines, Jim. Staff Paying Steep Price for Parking Tags – Parking & Transportation Services
• Brown, Abbey. Schedule Change Rethought – Registrar
• Warren, Brandy. Studies Show College-Age Smoking on Rise
• Batcheldor, Matt. Banner 2000 Presentation
• Ragan, Jason. County Reinstates Ban on Open Fires – Drought
• Ragan, Jason. Gary Ransdell Will Speak – Delta Sigma Pi
• Ragan, Jason. Senior Wins Drawing – Janet Thompson
• Ragan, Jason. Council on Postsecondary Education Approves Joint Program – Bowling Green Technical College
• Ragan, Jason. Regents Chair Receives Leadership Award – Cornelius Martin
• Welcome to Western, …

Luther Bedford, Luther Bedford '59, Yvonne Jones

All oral histories

Bedford discusses how he came to enroll at Illinois Wesleyan, some of the faculty who mentored him, difficulties with campus social life, and successes with roommates. Bedford played on the football and track teams but was denied an opportunity to play varsity basketball. He also discusses difficulties he faced in getting his desired teaching position after college and volunteer work he engaged in at the time of the interview.
Bedford served as Athletic Director at Marshall High School in Chicago for 33 of his 40 year tenure there. He received the Minority Alumni Network Award from Illinois Wesleyan in 1995 …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brown, Abbey. New Class Schedule Begins in Fall – Registrar
• Brown, Abbey. Student Government Association Plans Protest – Student Affairs, Demonstrations
• Karen, Mattias. Thompson Science Complex Funding Falters
• Moore, Brian. Campus Police Get New Chief – Robert Deane, WKU Police
• Macky, Crystal. Concert Tonight – Gumbo, Grits & Gravy
• Moore, Brian. WKU Police Investigate Peeper
• Moore, Brian. Backhoe Stolen
• Bowling Green City Commission Holds On to Small-Town Stereotypes – Fairness Legislation, Gays, Lesbians
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Bowling Green Walking Into Dark Ages – Fairness Legislation, Gays, Lesbians
• Black, …

Ua12/2/1 Fountain Of Youth, Wku Student Affairs

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Special basketball edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Mayo, Travis. Hilltoppers Take the Court This Year with Eight Youngsters
• Clark, Ryan. Hilltoppers Predicted to Finish Fourth in Sun Belt Conference
• Mayo, Travis. Western Hopeful After Last Season’s Success
• Sisco, Scott. An Invitation to Dennis Felton
• Meet the Hilltoppers – Team Roster
• Williams, Travis. Big Men Could Be Answer to Toppers Low-Post Problems
• Mayo, Travis. Questions Loom as Toppers Begin Season
• Mayo, Travis. Cincinnati Leading Men’s Top 25
• Yeo, Chris. Managers Key to Team’s Success

Sport And The Denial Of Death, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

References to death are frequent in the language of sport. "Sudden death," ends the overtime period. Winning teams often "kill," "wipe out," or "bury" their opponents. In baseball you are a "dead duck" when thrown out at the plate.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Lynch, Caroline. Fairness Proposal on the Ropes – Bowling Green City Commission, Gays, Lesbians
• Lynch, Caroline. No Pill for Parking Pain – Parking & Traffic Services
• Lynch, Caroline. Parking Committee Not Popular
• Mayo, Travis. Life & Death – W.C. Fowler aka Tra, Obituaries
• Moore, Brian. Crime Prevention Comes to Western – WKU Police
• Warren, Brandy. Historian Expects Ideological Turnabout – Marion Lucas, Politics
• Students Losing Their Voice in the Interest of Down-Sizing – Student Affairs
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Student Affairs Robot
• Bennett, Jacob. The Freshman 15 Looms Large …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 19 [20], Wku Student Affairs

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

• Karen, Mattias. Gary Ransdell Plans to Eliminate Vice President Position – Student Affairs
• Brown, Abbey. Student Government Association Members Oppose Move – Student Affairs
• Brewer, Jerry. Breaking Down Jaime Walz – Basketball
• Ragan, Jason. Business Job Fair
• Ragan, Jason. Intern from Western Extra in NBC Show – Charlie Lanter
• Karen, Mattias. Dero Downing to Be Speaker at Lancaster Lecture Friday
• Ragan, Jason. Low Voter Turnout Plagues Polls Across Kentucky – Elections
• Warren, Brandy. American Civil Liberties Union Speaker Encourages Students to Fight for Their Rights – Jeff Vessels, ACLU …

Ua12/2/1 The Little Team That Could, Wku Student Affairs

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Special basketball edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Brewer, Jerry. This Year’s Team Is Ready to Prove the Doubters Wrong – Basketball
• Clark, Ryan. Sun Belt Conference Should Have Another Predictable Year
• Brewer, Jerry. Lady Tops Have Remedy for Doubters – Winning
• Brewer, Jerry. Volunteers, University of Connecticut Lead College Heights Herald Top 25
• 1999-2000 Lady Topper Roster
• Brewer, Jerry. Meet the Lady Toppers
• Mayo, Travis. Trying to Uncover These Lady Tops Could Be Tough
• Yeo, Chris. Post Players Crucial to Lady Toppers’ Success
• Knox, Malcolm. Walk-Ons Contribute Depth to Roster
• Brewer, Jerry. Questions Loom As Lady Tops Begin Season

On Sport And Society 11-03-1999, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There are several items to note in this potpourri of sports which has been delayed while I try to recover from the pain of watching the Atlanta Braves get turned every which way but loose by the New York Yankees. Realistically I did not think the Braves would beat the Yankees but I did expect to see a competitive six or seven game World Series.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Mayo, Travis. Chris Marcus New Guy in World of Hoops – Basketball
• Gaines, Jim. Governor Burns Midnight Oil – Paul Patton, Elections
• Moore, Brian. Police Have No Suspect in Murder Near Campus – Kevin Ragland
• Walsh, Erica. Author to Speak on New Fatherhood – Allan Johnson
• Gaines, Jim. Candidate Wants Mayberry Image – Robert Deane, WKU Police
• Bennett, Jacob. Chief Prospect Favors Prevention Program – Mari Harris, WKU Police
• Big Show Could Come to Western – Concerts, University Center Board
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon WKU Turning Dave Matthews Band …

Pete Rose And Jim Gray Damage The All Century Team, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The release of "The Blair Witch Project" on video has once again brought the attention of the Orlando community and film fans everywhere to the blockbuster surprise of the summer. It has also focused local attention on the University of Central Florida film program where the filmmakers began their work.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol 75, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Karen, Mattias. Gift Will Change Looks of Campus – Guthrie Bell Tower
• Back, Shannon. On His Own – Corey Nett, Handicapped Persons
• Brown, Abbey. Health Fee May Go to Academics – Student Fees
• Gaines, Jim. Policy Up for Review by Regents – Post-Tenure Review, Faculty
• Alcohol Policy Decision Stalled By Bureaucracy
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Halloween
• Harper, Molly. Cover Your Eyes, the Scary Part’s Coming Up – Halloween
• Is There A Class You Would Recommend to Other Students?
• Brown, Abbey. Student Government Association Doles Out $12,500 to Campus Organizations …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Karen, Mattias. Campus, City Split on Gay Rights – Lesbians, Bowling Green Human Rights Commission
• Hall, Rex. Stomp & Shout – Fraternities and Sororities, Step Shows, Alpha Kappa Alpha
• Moore, Brian. Girl, 16, Arrested for Shooting Father – Bill Anderson, Laura Anderson
• Moore, Brian. Tennessee State University Players Report Thefts
• Batcheldor, Matt. Women Invited to Contact Advisory Committee – Women’s Advisory Committee
• Moore, Brian. Harassment Cases Spur Self-Defense Seminar – Martial Arts
• Bennett, Jacob. Magazine Salesmen May Not Be What They Seem
• Faculty Shortage May Delete Useful Minor – …

The Beauty And Appeal Of Baseball Shines Again In Playoffs, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

If you have been watching baseball the last few weeks, and you didn't get it before, you should now fully understand the beauty and appeal of this intricate and always surprising game.

Ua12/2/1 Shout The Century Out, Wku Student Affairs

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Special homecoming edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Brewer, Jerry. Coming Home to the Hill – Homecoming
• Hall, Rex. Otis Day Helping Hill Shout Out the Century – Big Red’s Roar
• Adams, Robert. Coming Home Like Christmas
• Brown, Abbey. Lowell Harrison A Living History of Western
• Warren, Brandy. Gordon Ford’s Legacy is Donation
• Homecoming 1999
• Gaines, Jim. Buildings Change, But College Friendships Stay the Same
• Logsdon, Jeremy. Alumnus Spends Life Fighting AIDS – Gene Shearer
• A Message from the President – Henry Cherry, Class of 1931 (WKU)
• Grubb, Christy. Jann Aaron Pioneered for Women in the Medical Field
• Eslingers, Justin. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Karen, Mattias. Jerry Wilder Leaving Vice President Post – Student Affairs
• Moore, Brian. Beer Still Part of Tailgating – Alcohol
• Gaines, Jim. New Student Health Service Promising Better Care – Collegiate Health Care
• South End Parking to be Improved – Parking & Transportation Services
• Karen, Mattias. Lack of Faculty May Doom Popular Computer Minor – Curriculum, Computer Information Systems
• Student Representatives Missing from Schedule Debate – Banner, Registrar
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Student Government Association on Schedule
• Harper, Molly. E-Mail Captures Hopeless Romantic’s Eye
• Would You Go to Class …