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Arizona cross-country’s young runners race at GCU UA veterans catch a break in the competition The Arizona men and women’s crosscountry teams will stay close to home this weekend, competing on Saturday in the Grand Canyon University Invitational in Goodyear, Ariz.

“This weekend is more of a time trial for our newer runners. We’re not going to try to win so our top runners will not be competing,” said associate head coach James Li. Despite freshman Lawi Lalang’s recordsetting 8,000-meter performance and junior Jen Bergman’s third-place finish in the 6,000-meter race at the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn., last week, both the men and women’s teams dropped in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) rankings. The women dropped one spot to No. 4 in the West Region rankings and are No. 14 in the nation while the unranked men dropped five spots to No. 14 in the region.

“The competition is a little tougher this year,” Li said, “but this weekend is a small meet. We will have about seven or eight female runners and five or six male runners.”

The women will start off with the 5,000-meter race scheduled to start at 8 a.m. followed by the men’s 8,000-meter race at 8:45 a.m.

With a lull in the competition this week, the UA’s top runners will train and prepare for the following week’s Wisconsin Adidas Invitational taking place on Oct. 14 in Madison, Wisc. As it’s one of the biggest meets of the year with 38 teams competing, all runners will be expected to compete at the highest level.

“Next week’s race and this week’s race is like comparing a high school game to a Final Four,” Li said. “You just can’t speak of them in the same terms.”

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Offseason changes not affecting women’s swim’s desire to be the best First-year coach Eric Hansen debuts at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center The Arizona women’s swimming and diving team begins its season Saturday against the Kansas Jayhawks at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center with one thing in mind.

“Our goal is always a national championship,” said first-year assistant Geoff Hanson.

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Arizona’s cross country team races in Tucson’s Dave Murray Invitational on Sept. 16. The veterans will take a race off to allow for the newer harriers to gain valuable experience in Goodyear, Ariz., this weekend.

Leading the way for the Wildcats is senior captain Alyssa Anderson, who is coming off her best season yet. Anderson will be relied on to set the example for the rest of the women on the team, and has no problem with that responsibility.

“As the captain, I just want to lead by example.

It’s my last year, and I want to go out with a bang, and have fun most importantly,” she said.

Although she is the leader of the team, the coaching staff is proud of the team Anderson has behind her. The Wildcats had two female swimmers in addition to Anderson — sophomore Margo Geer, and junior Ellyn Baumgardner — invited to the Pan-American games, an international multi-sport event that is held in Mexico each fall.

The meet this weekend will be a huge test for not only the swim team, but the new coaching staff as well. Head coach and Arizona alum Eric Hansen recognizes the challenges that await the team, and he embraces them.

“We need to refine some things and race sharp, even though we are implementing a new system,” Hansen said. “Relays are our focal point. We’ve put some together that are going to give us a chance to win.”

The coaching change has not affected Anderson, whose focus has not wavered.

“Winning is still the focus,” she said. “We need to race well, and the first one is always difficult.

It’s just about making sure our hand is on the wall first.”

Men’s tennis travels to N.M. for invitational Chen, Bermudez, Chou, and Pigou compete in 2011 Balloon Fiesta Invitational Four players from the Arizona Wildcats men’s tennis team will participate in the 2011 Balloon Fiesta Invitational this weekend in Albuquerque, N.M. All matches will be held at Linda Estes Tennis Complex.

The tournament begins today at 9 a.m. and continues through Sunday.

Representing the Wildcats is junior Frank Chen and three freshmen in Carlos Bermudez, Robin Chou and Mike Pigou.

“The competition is regionally pretty strong,” said head coach Tad Berkowitz. “It will be an opportunity for our guys to show what they can bring to the program this fall.”

The Wildcats’ opponents this weekend include tournament host University of New Mexico, NAU, New Mexico State University, Air Force, Western New Mexico, Colorado State-Pueblo and New Mexico Military Institute.

The 2011 Balloon Fiesta Invitational marks the third tournament of the Wildcats’ season.

Prior to this tournament, Chen, Bermudez and Chou participated in the 2011 Aggie Fall Invitational.

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Junior Tori Moore sets up the ball against Eastern Washington on Sept. 2.

They even won a game against the Stanford Cardinal last week.

“We’re going to put ourselves in a position to beat teams if we continue to get better and focus on the process of getting better, rather than the end result of a win or a loss,” Rubio said.

The Trojans are coming off of six consecutive wins, and the team is not only nationally ranked, but is also composed of multiple nationally ranked players.

“USC is clearly the team in our conference that has the ability to win a national championship,” Rubio said.

“I look at them and say they have size, they’re well skilled and they have experience.”

Following the Trojans, the Wildcats will take on the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins are currently 6-1 in conference play.

“The Bruins have extremely wellskilled players,” Rubio said. “They’re not as physical as USC. But those two teams, USC and UCLA, are clearly the two best teams in our conference at this point.”

While bookies might favor USC and UCLA, there’s always the possibility of an upset.

“Right now, are we good enough to beat a team like USC and UCLA?” Rubio said. “It’s hard to say, every match takes on its own complexion.

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The winless Arizona soccer team will host two games this weekend against Pac-12 Conference foes Oregon. The Wildcats play the Ducks at 7 p.m. and Oregon State on Sunday at noon.

Against Colorado and Utah last weekend, the Wildcats had arguably their most successful weekend, as they scored three goals. Unfortunately, those goals did not produce any wins as Arizona tied Colorado 2-2 and lost to Utah 3-1. In head coach Lisa Oyen’s eyes, the team made some progress, despite the fact that it remains winless at 0-9-2.

“We made some positive progress.

We scored three goals on the weekend, which was good. We had to deal with a number of injuries but everyone did

well to work through,” Oyen said.

Injuries have been a problem recently for the Wildcats, and Oyen believes that is a primary reason for some of the recent struggles.

“We have some players that are dealing with illness and injuries right now,” Oyen said. “It’s that time of the year where they break down. They’re just trying to keep themselves healthy. The injuries affect our ability to play well as an entire unit, and we had to make changes in areas we normally don’t make changes.”

Despite the injuries, there were still a few standout performers for the Wildcats. Juniors Susana Melendez and Jessica Culver both scored goals against Colorado, and sophomore Ana-Maria Montoya scored Arizona’s only goal against Utah. Oyen praised Culver, Montoya and junior defender Alex Smith for their performances last weekend.

Arizona will need the rest of the team to step up if it hopes to end its eight-game winless streak in the Pac12, dating back to last season.

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But while the first-quarter defense has been nonexistent, the offense has been nearly as ineffective. The Wildcats are averaging a measly 0.75 points and 75 total yards in their last four first quarters.

In their first two possessions of each of the last four games the Wildcats have punted seven times, had four three and outs and thrown one interception. During those possessions they’ve gained only 113 yards on 44 plays, yielding an average of only 2.5 yards per play.

“It just makes it hard in general,” running backs coach Garret Chachere said of the slow starts. “There’s so much that we have to wait on to get going. The sand is running out of the hourglass and then also you don’t have as many possessions left. We have to start from the beginning and get going.”

The Wildcats won’t win any games with that combination of first-quarter offense and defense. But luckily for Arizona, that came against top-tier competition, which the winless Beavers (0-4) certainly are not.

Like Arizona, Oregon State is a slowstarting team, scoring only nine points in its four first quarters. So if the Wildcats hope to break out of their early-game slump, the Beavers seem to be the perfect opponent.

Quarterback Nick Foles should also have his way with a mediocre Beavers pass defense that’s given up 10 passing touchdowns through four games.

Arizona should also continue to improve on the ground against a rush defense that yields 149.5 rushing yards per game. As Ka’Deem Carey continues to develop and the young offensive line builds continuity, the Wildcats’ ground attack is getting stronger, and that should continue against the Beavers.

“The highlight of the game was that front line just coming together,” Carey said after the Wildcats rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns against USC. “Seeing them come together, get a push, open up some holes, that was just a highlight. That just means there’s more where that came from.”

But for the Wildcats to get their first FBS win since Oct. 30, 2010, they need to come out with their hair on fire, while stopping the Beavers’ pass-happy offense. One week after Robert Woods grabbed 14 balls for 255 yards, Arizona will face two of the Pac-12’s top receivers in James Rodgers and Markus Wheaton, who ranks second in the conference in catches and fourth in receiving yards.

“They’re extremely quick on the outside with the two receivers Rodgers and Wheaton and the quarterback’s getting better every week,” said defensive coordinator Tim Kish. “They stretch the field.

We’ve got to be prepared for all of it.”

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Volleyball faces top-5 opponents from SoCal The Arizona volleyball team (10-5, 2-4 Pac-12) is heading into another highly competitive weekend, playing No. 5 USC tonight and No. 2 UCLA tomorrow. This time, the team will have the home-court advantage. The Wildcats are coming off a weekend where they fell to both No. 4 California and No. 6 Stanford on the road.

Head coach Dave Rubio is striving for consistency with his team.

“To be honest, you just kind of hope that we play at a more consistent and sustainable level,” Rubio said. “We played well last week against two very good teams but weren’t able to sustain that level long enough.”

The Wildcats are 2-4 in conference, but have shown the ability to keep up with big teams on the scoreboard.

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Ohio football team looking for first place in MAC East Cody Wilson out with injury

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Senior guard Shonda Long attempts to shoot against Akron sophomore guard Taylor Ruper during the first half Jan. 29 2011 at McGuirk Arena.

Women’s basketball hosts second annual Hoops for Hunger Friday

By Brandon Champion Staff Reporter

Friday is an important day for the Central Michigan women’s basketball team.

Not only will it open its 2011-12 season against Northwestern, but the game will be the second annual Hoops for Hunger.

Hoops for Hunger is a charity event where the Chippewas team up with local area schools in order to fight against hunger.

“This is a great event for us to be a part of,” said head coach Sue Guevara. “This is a small contribution we can do for the community that supports us so well.”

The goal is to create competition between the schools

to see who can collect the most food. Last year, the Chippewas collected more than 42,000 pounds of food throughout the event. Montabella Schools raised the most out of any school, collecting the equivalent of 10,000 pounds of food.

“We really got involved when some members of my staff went out and were shown a presentation,” Guevara said.

“It was about people who needed food and couldn’t afford to buy it and how we could help them.”

As a result, CMU coaches and players have gone out and tried to encourage students to get involved. The goal is to beat last years total.

Many area schools are expected to attend Friday’s

season opener, including Coleman Schools, Belding Schools, Montabella Schools, Mary McGuire Elementary, Fancher Elementary, Sacred Heart Academy, Chippewa Hills Middle School and Petoskey High School.

“The main purpose is to teach our young kids how to reach out and help others.”

Guevara said.

The Chippewas play against Northwestern following the Hoops for Hunger festivities, with all the schools in attendance.

“We have a Big Ten team coming into McGuirk,” Guevara said. “I expect it to be a full house, it should be a good atmosphere. sports@cm-life.com

Offensive line injuries plaguing football team

By Justin Hicks Staff Reporter

Left tackle Eric Fisher will be sidelined for the remaining two games of the season after suffering a knee injury last week against Kent State.

The junior started the first nine games of the season and Thursday’s matchup will end his consecutive game streak at 19.

“That’s a huge blow for us, he was playing outstanding and he’s a leader in that group,” said head coach Dan Enos. “We had to put (Mike) Repovz in at left tackle and he hasn’t played there all year, but he went in and did an admirable job. Aaron McCord came in and did a decent job.”

Fisher isn’t the first loss for Central Michigan’s offensive

line this season.

Right tackle Jake Olson was sidelined with an upper body injury he suffered against Eastern Michigan and has missed the past three games.

Senior Rocky Weaver slid over from right guard to fill in for the injured Olson, but it was short-lived as he endured a shoulder injury, requiring season-ending surgery.

With Weaver and Fisher out and Olson’s status questionable for Thursday’s game against Ohio, Enos has had to look deeper down his depth chart to protect quarterback Ryan Radcliff.

“Just the other day, Fisher got assigned an assistant captain,” Radcliff said. “His leadership, we’ll lose a bit of that, but those younger guys have been preparing all year for this.”

Andy Phillips has started three-straight games at center and will get the start Thursday. Henry will start for the third-straight week at right tackle and McCord will make his first start of the season at right guard.

“We all have things to work on, but they come to work every day and they’ll get better as the days go on,” Repovz said.

“We know we can get it down, we just need to execute.”

Fisher appeared in eight games his freshman season and nine his sophomore year.

He has put in time at right tackle, right guard and left tackle.

The Rochester native has another year of eligibility, while Weaver has played in his last game for CMU.

The Central Michigan football team last faced Ohio at Ford Field for the Mid-American Conference championship in 2009.

When the Chippewas take the field Thursday night at Kelly/ Shorts Stadium, they won’t have a championship to play for, but the Bobcats will.

They are tied for first place in the MAC East division with a 3-2 conference record.

“They’re a very good team, very well coached,” said CMU head coach Dan Enos. “Old veteran team. They have 27 juniors and seniors in their two deep. Their program has continuity and they’re solid every year because of that.”

Ohio linebacker Noah Keller had a MAC Championship record 16 tackles in that championship game.

“He’s very good player,” Enos said. “He can be dominant at times.”

The Bobcats offense has a facet the Chippewas haven’t seen much of this season: A mobile quarterback.

Tyler Tettleton, former Detroit Tiger great Mickey Tettleton’s son, has had success running the option for Ohio.

“They run the option and they do a very good job of it,” Enos said. “They can throw the ball a bit, too.”

The option is meant to draw the defense in, then the quarterback pitches the ball to the running back with space to run.

“Just got to contain them,” said CMU cornerback John Carr. “We can’t have them running up and down the field and nobody on him. Really haven’t seen much (option offense), but we practice it all the time just in case. We’ll be prepared for that.”

When Tettleton pitches it, the football usually goes to running back Donte Harden. He broke an Ohio record for all-purpose yards last week with 322 yards.

He rushed for 184 yards, caught for 75 and had 63 yards returning.

“He has tremendous athletic talent as a running back and is an extremely tough, tough individual,” said Ohio head coach Frank Solich. “Those two things, when you add them up, generally produce an outstanding running back.”

Junior receiver Cody Wilson didn’t play receiver against Kent State, but was the holder on field goal attempts. He has a streak of 28 consecutive games with a reception and that streak wasn’t broken. NCAA rules say players who appear in a game as a placement holder on kicks don’t officially participate in the game.

Enos said Wilson won’t be back for Ohio, but hopes he can return against Toledo, but that’s still in doubt. sports@cm-life.com

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Police: PSU failed to stop abuse

By Mike Dawson Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.

HARRISBURG — Penn State officials had three opportunities to stop Jerry Sandusky from preying on young boys but failed to take action, state police Commissioner Frank Noonan said Monday at a news conference with Attorney General Linda Kelly.

“This is not a case about football, it’s not a case about universities — it’s about children who have their innocence taken from them and a culture that did not nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others,” Noonan said.

Two Penn State administrators are charged with lying to the grand jury and failing to report an abuse allegation.

Kelly said Monday that head coach Joe Paterno was a witness for the grand jury and faces no charges.

However, when asked if Spanier could face charges, Kelly said only that the investigation is ongoing. And spokesman Nils Frederiksen

said Penn State president Graham Spanier was not a witness for the grand jury when he testified about what he knew regarding a 2002 incident in which a graduate assistant reported seeing Sandusky sexually assault a boy in Penn State’s Lasch Football Building.

Paterno had testified that the then-graduate assistant, who’s been identified as wide receivers coach Mike McQueary, reported the incident to him as fondling or something sexual. Paterno released a statement Sunday saying he wasn’t told of the specific acts, just that it was inappropriate conduct.

Paterno reported what he knew to Athletic Director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, former senior vice president for business and finance.

“We believed that under the statute he had an obligation to report it to school administrators,” Kelly said, “and he did that.”

“The graduate assistant described what he saw, the prosecutors took into consideration his age, the way he reacted when he saw this,

the fact that he immediately contacted his father to seek advice because he was so shocked by this, and then early the next day immediately contacted someone he thought was an authority figure, Joe Paterno, who’s the coach of the Penn State football team,” Kelly said.

Curley and Schultz did not report the incident to police or child protective services, she said.

The two were arraigned on the charges in Dauphin County on Monday, and their attorneys said they are innocent and the charges against them are baseless.

The charges were filed Saturday, after a two-year subsequent investigation found evidence that Sandusky selected boys he’d met through The Second Mile, the charity he started in 1977 for at-risk youth, lavished them with gifts, and earned their trust.

In the showers of Penn State football buildings, at his home, and in hotel rooms, according to the grand jury, he fondled and had sex with eight young boys between 1994 and December 2008.

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Local schools take Tuesday off for firearm opening day

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Maybee senior Mike Willer skins a Whitetail deer outside of his home Tuesday evening at the corner of South University Avenue and May Street. “I’m going to be taking a lot of this venison to my families for Thanksgiving,” Willer said. “Making steaks, chili and a lot of jerky.” Willer woke up at 6 a.m. on opening day Tuesday morning to hunt for a few hours before his class at 10 a.m.

Student deer hunters have limited options for storing weapons

By Orrin Shawl Staff Reporter

One crucial problem is faced by college-aged hunters — where should they store their rifles and bows?

The only place Central Michigan University students with rifles or any other type of weapons are allowed to keep these possessions is at the CMU Police Department.

Shaun Holtgreive, associate director of Residence Life, said all guns are to be checked into CMU Police.

“Students are not allowed to store any kind of guns in a residence hall room,” Holtgreive said. “The process is that students who want to be able to hunt will check their gun in and out of their storage facility.”

Holtgreive said students are also not allowed to store their dead deer anywhere on campus waiting to be processed.

“Obviously, we wouldn’t allow it because you need the space to have someone do that,” Holtgreive said.

“We’ve had issues where folks didn’t store their guns.

It happens every now and then.”

CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley said there is a signin procedure for students to store their weapons free of charge.

“We have an armory where we store our weapons,” Yeagley said. “We have a variety of weapons for our police department, and there’s a section of that armory that’s put aside for the weapons of anyone from the campus that wants to store them.”

CMU Police Captain Fred Harris said students have to fill out a one-page document, a weapons storage forum, as part of checking in their weapon.

“We give them a receipt, and they can come back and check it in and out when they take off to go hunting,” Harris said. “They can come back anytime they’d like to and check them out.”

“There’s a section of that armory that’s put aside for the weapons of anyone from the campus that wants to store them.”

Bill Yeagley, CMU Police Chief

Yeagley said the number of weapons stored each year on campus varies.

“It does increase during the hunting season,” he said. “We get about 15 or less a year.”

Arboretum Apartment Homes, 1825 Liberty Dr., states in its lease that there are no weapons allowed, said Manager Michael Henkel.

“You can’t register them (here),” Henkel said. “If anybody has them, we don’t

know about it.”

Mount Pleasant Police Public Information Officer Jeff Browne said the Mount Pleasant Police haven’t had any issues with weapons during hunting season.

“Obviously, we’ve asked people to follow good safety procedures,” Browne said.

“Treat every gun as if it’s loaded, and never point it at anything you’re not willing to destroy.” studentlife@cm-life.com

Local school children, teachers and administrators celebrated what some might call a “hick holiday” on Tuesday.

Tuesday was opening day of Michigan firearm deer hunting season.

Many schools in more rural areas across the state elect to cancel school on opening day because of poor attendance.

“Ultimately this began about 20 years ago,” said Mount Pleasant High School Assistant Principal Jeff Platte. “In order to have a school day count you need 75 percent of students in attendance. If there aren’t enough students in attendance, that means we have to add an extra day in June.”

Not only were schools noticing many kids not attending class on opening day, but teachers were also skipping out.

Platte said it is easier to overcome low numbers of teachers, but the district didn’t want to take the chance of low student attendance.

“It’s just not worth it to take the chance of only having 50 to 60 percent of students here,” Platte said.

Mount Pleasant resident Edwin Courser said he has been hunting around the area for the past 10 years.

He said he would have probably taken the day off if school was canceled years ago when he attended Mount Pleasant Public Schools.

By having the day off, it doesn’t risk students missing out on anything important, he said.

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“The best part was that it was a way to spend time with my dad and uncles,” Courser said. “It’s a way to be outside in the woods and wait until you finally see a deer.”

Courser said he shot a buck every year from the time he was 12 years old until he was 20 years old. He said the biggest buck was a 10-point the year after he graduated high school.

“One year, after I shot a buck, my dad came over to help me move it,” Courser said. “Then all of the sudden the deer got up and started dragging my dad through four to five rows of corn. It didn’t hurt him but the look on his face when it happened,

it was hilarious.”

The biggest lesson hunting has taught Courser is patience. His younger cousin Erica Lybeer agreed.

The 13-year-old Mount Pleasant resident said in the two years she has been hunting, she has shot a seven-point and a 10-point buck.

“I really like having the day off from school so I can be out in the wilderness and getting to watch the animals,” Lybeer said. “Last year I was in the blind looking at a smaller deer. I was with my Dad and when he turned around he saw a 10 point right in front of me.” studentlife@cm-life.com

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Men’s basketball to face Ferris State in regular season opener

By John Manzo Sports Editor

The Ferris State men’s basketball team has at least one advantage over the Central Michigan men’s basketball team entering Saturday’s game.

And that’s playing competition.

The Bulldogs opened their exhibition schedule on Oct. 30 against Michigan State.

Although they lost, the team gained experience versus toptier competition and has a two-headed monster leading the way. “(Daniel) Sutherlin is an undersized forward who can play the three or the four,” said head coach Ernie Zeigler. “(Jerrell) Sanders is going to be a great challenge for us defensively” The two upperclassmen led FSU with 14 points each in the game against Michigan State.

The Bulldogs lost 85-58 at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, but should not be intimidated when they come into McGuirk Arena at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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season with a 24-8 record, having a winning record on the road (7-5).

Guard Dontae Molden was one of three players on FSU who started all 32 games last season. He scored 25 points in three exhibition games this season.

Molden will likely face an ultra-quick backcourt for CMU. Point guard Austin McBroom has been what he calls, “the floor general.” He’s averaged 14 points per game in the two exhibition wins over Marygrove and Northern Michigan, limiting himself to three turnovers.

McBroom has been a bright spot from long range, knocking down 62.5 percent of his three-point attempts.

Derek Jackson was third on the team with 7.5 points per game last season and second with 57 assists. He’s been doing more of the latter with more scorers on the floor.

“I like my ability to share the ball,” he said. “I’ve been getting everybody else shots.”

Jackson had eight assists in the exhibitions, including

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a game-high six in the 90-82 win against Northern Michigan last Saturday.

The 90 points against NIU weren’t even the most scored

by CMU so far this season.

The team scored 93 points in the win against Marygrove on Nov. 2, thanks in large part to more scorers and a runand-gun offense implemented by Zeigler.

“I’m very comfortable, I like running,” Jackson said about the offense. “We got more guys and are deeper this year.

Everybody can shoot, so us getting the ball up the court is going to benefit us well this year.”

Ferris State against Michigan potentially good thing for CMU

By Matt Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

The Central Michigan men’s basketball team is catching Ferris State at the right time.

The Bulldogs face Michigan in Ann Arbor tonight and then come to Mount Pleasant on Saturday.

Back-to-back games are usually played in tournaments, such as the trip CMU takes to Anchorage, Alaska, playing in the Alaska Shootout beginning Nov. 24.

FSU comes off an exhibition loss to Calvin College Tuesday night. It went 1-2 in exhibition play, losing to Michigan State and beating Grace Bible.

Junior forward Daniel Sutherlin averaged 17 points

in the three exhibition games J e r r e l l Sanders adds length to the Bulldogs offense.

He’s 6-foot-4, 210 Ernie Zeigler pounds at the forward position.

CMU head coach Ernie Zeigler said, “Both are really athletic guys, Sanders is going to be a great challenge for us defensively. He can make shots from the perimeter and he’s really athletic at finishing at the basket.”

“It’s going to be interesting for us to have those type of caliber players to defend against.”

CMU and FSU have faced off 89 times. Only Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Alma and Northern Illinois have played CMU more in men’s basketball.

The Chippewas won 82-69 in the last meeting in 200910.

That same year was the last time CMU lost its season opener. The Chippewas fell to Princeton by three.

“It’s very important, putting in all the hard work in the offseason, it’s starting to show,” said CMU guard Derek Jackson. “We just want to start our season on the right foot and get off to a good start.” sports@cm-life.com

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Junior forward Olivier Mbaigoto guards the ball from Northern Michigan University sophomore forward Matthew Craggs on Saturday night at McGuirk Arena during the basketball game versus NMU. CMU won 90-82 against NMU.

Small forward Trey Zeigler and power forward Olivier Mbaigoto will have the duties of containing Sutherlin and Sanders.

Center Andre Coimbra

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Guevara won’t reveal a starting lineup, but did leave a hint as to who will be in at tipoff.

“I know who I’m starting tomorrow and they are experienced and four out of the five played against Northwestern,” Guevara said. “I’m not looking for starters as much as I’m look-

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Four Chippewas placed in the top six in last year’s open at Michigan State.

Redshirt sophomore Kyle Waldo finished fifth in his first year at CMU after transferring from Nebraska. Adam Miller also placed fifth, while Christian Cullinan and Scott Mat-

should round out the starting five for the Chippewas.

They lead the all-time series 68-21 over the Bulldogs, a match-up that dates back to 1926.

CMU remains home after the weekend, facing Charlotte at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

ing for finishers.”

CMU held a closed-door scrimmage Sunday and Guevara liked what she saw from her team.

“It was good,” she said. “I got a chance to see a lot with different combinations. It served its purpose.”

A game against a Big Ten opponent will play a role at the end of the season when the NCAA Tournament committee looks at RPI rankings. A win

against the Wildcats could go a long way in determining if the Chippewas get into the NCAA Tournament if it fails to win the MAC Tournament.

“It would be a huge win and confidence boost that we’ll carry on for the rest of the season,” DiGuilio said. “It is import for us to give us the confidence to upset the bigger teams.”

tingly jostled for the sixth spot in their divisions.

Tyler Keselring, at 133 pounds, dominated the freshman/sophomore division. He added an exclamation point to his title, defeating Ohio’s Gavin Moore with a 15-4 major decision in the championship match.

Mattingly, Ben Bennett and Peter Sturgeon look to continue the momentum gained from wrestling with a crowd as wit-

nesses to their successful intersquad matches.

They won by a combined score of 42-11. Sam Hanau, Kurt Adler and Mike Murray were their adversaries.

“We’re really looking for our individuals to wrestle as good as they can and bring home some championships and figure out what we need to work on,” Borrelli said.

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Student poetry, prose writers to read Central Review work today in Library ing the submissions individually and deciding which pieces they like best, Priest said. After this individual process, the editors meet to discuss their favorites.

“Usually our picks match up, but when they don’t, we arm wrestle it out for a few hours and the winner decides,” Priest said.

Fiction and non-fiction submissions are limited to 4,000 words and poems do not have a length requirement.

Assistant Editor Leigh Jajuga hopes to make the literary journal as accessible as possible.

The Mount Pleasant junior said the selection process is very involved.

“There are so many different styles of writing,” Jajuga said.

Priest and Jajuga agreed publishing student work in the undergraduate magazine is

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PR Central partnered with Central Michigan University’s To Write Love on Her Arms UChapter to host its 10th annual Battle of the Bands.

About 50 people gathered from 9 to 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Blackstone Bar and Grill, 212 W. Michigan St., to watch three bands compete.

President of PR Central Rebecca Kerster said the Battle of the Bands is PR Central’s biggest fundraiser and they partner with a new campus organization each year to split the profit.

“Our goal is to just provide cheap entertainment for a good cause,” the Hartland senior said. “Partnering with TWLOHA was an integrative idea with the music theme and we hope to (help) further their cause.”

According to its website, TWLOHA is a non profit meant to encourage, inspire and invest in the treatment and recovery

to those suffering with depression, addiction and suicide.

Chantell LaForest is a member of PR Central and the president of CMU’s TWLOHA UChapter and said she was happy both organizations could benefit from one event.

“TWLOHA has become an international movement and each UChapter aims to embody its vision and work with it on a campus level,” the Escanaba junior said.

PR Central is a non profit, student-run public relations firm comprised of 18 members that work with organizations at CMU and within the Mount Pleasant community.

It is a part of the Public Relations Student Society of America, which is a professional development registered student organization.

“PRSSA is more about professional development and a learning opportunity,” Kerster said. “PR Central is more about gaining practical experience and actually working with the

clients.”

Kerster said the event raised $186. This came from the $5 ballot cost to vote for a band and raffle tickets, which were sold at $1 for three. The prizes included gift cards to local shops and restaurants.

The visiting bands were Charlatan, Priorities, and West and Run. Charlatan and Priorities were both from East Lansing and were the first to perform, each featuring around five songs of a similar genre.

West and Run, a Grand Rapids four-piece, took first place.

Blanchard senior Julian Lobert said he caught West and Run’s last few songs and thought they sounded great.

“All my friends were here so I decided to check it out,” Lobert said. “It was pretty cool. I know nothing about the cause, but this was a great way to do it.”

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Fanning especially singled out the rhyme in Bean’s verse for praise.

“Bean’s work has a beautiful rhythm to heighten awareness of life situations with eloquent and beautiful languages,” Fanning said.

Roberson said he wanted to read something he wrote recently, and chose from a 60page story and several somber stories. Two of the pieces were about missing spouses.

The first story was written with the intention of using “didn’t” in every line, which many considered a success.

“Matt’s rare heavy-moving quality feels really human,” Fanning said. “Bean assesses humanity through humor, beauty and natural rhythm of language.”

The evening began and ended with Doyle thanking those in attendance at the last College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences reading of the fall semester.

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The themes at a reading Thursday shifted between absurd humor and tragic loss.

More than 150 filled the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room to watch Assistant Professor of English language and literature Jeffrey Bean read his poetry, at one point striking a pose depicting his daughter’s conversation with a river otter.

Meanwhile, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature Matt Roberson read short stories depicting loss.

“It was great to hear new stuff they’ve just wrote,” said Darrin Doyle, assistant professor of English language and literature. “It makes me want to go home to write.”

Doyle said he was happy with the support he saw from students.

“I love the work Matt is doing with repetition,” said graduate student Ben Lambright. “It is interesting to define someone by what they’re

not.”

Lambright said Bean’s reading reminded him of a manic street feature with soul.

Bean received his Bachelor of Arts in music at Oberlin College and his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama.

He is from Bloomington, Indiana, which he incorporated into the theme of his final poem.

Lambright said Bean’s work has appeared in many publications ending in “review,” listed several of lengthy list of Bean’s published works.

Roberson holds a PhD. in American literature.

“Matt strokes a low note and Bean strokes a high note in your heart,” said Denise Fanning, artist and wife of Robert Fanning, assistant professor of English language and literature.

Bean read of past experiences while also reciting the work of another whose work stuck and resonated in his mind.

Bean deemed one of the poems he read “sassy.”

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English Language and Literature Assistant Professor Jeffrey Bean talks and acts out his daughter’s reaction to seeing a stuffed otter at the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland Thursday evening in the Baber Room of the Charles V. Park Library.

Poets and prose writers will share their work at the Central Review reading at 6 p.m. today in Charles V. Park Library’s Baber Room.

“We received a lot of submissions this year,” said John Priest, assistant editor of Central Review and Elk Rapids senior.

The review will reveal the winners of this semesters’ prizes at the reading.

Priest said the undergraduate literary magazine is publishing more work by writers and visual artists than in previous semesters.

Priest estimated that Central Review is publishing the work of 16 writers and four photographers.

The selection process involves all of the editors read-

important and wish that they could publish more.

The magazine accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and photography.

Jajuga said selecting cover art is an important decision related to the construction of the journal.

“It’s important to have an attractive cover that people will want to pick up,” Jajuga said.

Priest and Jajuga both hope a good number of people come to the reading tonight.

“The reading will be a great opportunity to celebrate each other’s work,” Jajuga said.

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Charlevoix sophomore Raymond Shenoskey performs a hoop dance during the Native American Food Taster Monday Evening in the Rotunda.

Native American Food Taster includes hoop dancing demo

By Sienna Monczunski Staff reporter

The Native American Food Taster offered more than a cheap meal and a good show.

About 300 students enjoyed food, dance and song at the event, held as part of Native American Awareness Month.

The taster began at monday evening in the Bovee University Center Rotunda. Well before the start of the event, a line of people extended down the hallway reaching to the Central Michigan University Bookstore.

After many of the tasters finished gathering their food, a hoop dance was performed while they ate.

“I’ve been hoop dancing for a few months. I learned with my tribe, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,” said Charleviox sophomore Raymond Shenoskey. “I learned that the hoop represents life because there is no beginning and no ending.”

The items on the menu included wild rice, cranberries, an assortment of nuts, sauteed vegetables, roasted turkey, corn soup, fried bread and strawberry shortcake.

The speaker for the event, Nathan Issac, said the foods on the menu are very important aspects of American Indian culture.

Alma resident Mark Prout attended the food taster for the second consecutive year.

“I enjoy different kinds of foods; this allows me to get outside the box,” he said. “I liked the wild rice, it had its own taste and it was simple with not a lot of additives. It’s nice to get to know new people too.”

Audience members joined in a few dances while American Indian vocalists sang traditional songs.

When Director of Native American Programs Colleen Green joined the North

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Lansing senior Nichole Humes samples some food with her friends at the Native American Food Taster Monday evening in the Rotunda.

American Indigenous Student Organization in 2007, the food taster was held offcampus. She said she revitalized the program by bringing it on campus.

Green said in the past, their native recipes were not cooked properly, so a collaboration with the Aramark catering company allowed

foods to be prepared accurately.

“A lot of people do not understand our culture and traditions,” Green said. “It’s a great opportunity for people to learn more — it’s not every day you get to eat fried bread or wild rice.”

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“Thirty percent of on-campus MSA enrollments/great potential for growth if courses are updated and offered online and if additional campus sections are available,” Shapiro said in the report.

Coles said he agreed there is a great potential for growth and there is a need to be more nimble and quick to get out in the market. “(We have to) compete with private schools to do it better,” he said.

Highland graduate student Shannon Salk is in the Masters in Public Administration program, which received a Priority 3 ranking.

Salk said the degree is extremely marketable and deserves to be Priority 1.

“MPA students become well versed in budgets, administrative law, how intergovernmental relations work and in human resource management,” she said.

Salk said the system is fair overall for those programs which only produced one graduate student in the past several years.

“But in terms of ranking fine arts lower, those may not be marketable degrees but they provide culture and enrichment to our society.

(These are) things I don’t think you can really place a price tag on,” Salk said. “I think it is kind of a biased system in that sense.”

There are two undergraduate ProfEd programs that received a Priority 5 ranking. These programs include an administration major in guest services administration and the recreation option in community development.

Peter Ross, associate vice president of academic programs and ProfEd, said the recreation major had already started the process of being eliminated.

“There have been no students in it for quite a while,” Ross said.

Ross said any final decisions are made within each department.

“ProfEd itself does not own or house the programs,”

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INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup butter 1 cup mashed, ripe bananas 3 tablespoons milk 2 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts

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CHOCOLATE CHIP banana bread serves as a

delectable complement to a chilly homework-filled Sunday afternoon. Take a break from the books to prepare this simple and savory snack.

You will need 1 cup of sugar, an egg, 1 1/2 cups of butter, 1 cup of mashed bananas, 3 tablespoons of milk, 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of finely chopped nuts. You will also need a 9-by-5-by-3-inch baking pan, a large

spoon and a mixing bowl. For best results, make sure the bananas are extremely ripe.

First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the sugar, egg and butter until fluffy with a spoon or hand mixer. Set the bowl aside. Mash the bananas and measure 3 tablespoons of whole milk and combine them; set aside.

Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda together.

Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the banana mixture into the creamed

butter mixture, stirring until the batter is moist. Make sure the mixture becomes moist. Afterward, stir in the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of finely chopped nuts.

Grease the baking pan and allow bread to bake for 1 hour. After the bread is baked, let it cool for 10 minutes and serve it.

If you are the coffee-loving type, a cup of black coffee will complement the chocolate chip banana bread’s sweetness. mkeith@chroniclemail.com

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I SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

This year, tension may stem from an exodus of approximately 180,000 members of ChiContinued from PG. 33 cago’s black population, a decrease in the city’s white population and a notable rise to lose some of the gains they’ve made in in the Latino population during the last the past.”

10 years, bringing the city’s population down to around 2.7 million.

Each ward will need to contain roughly 54,000 residents to reflect the decrease, resulting in the redrawing of many.

Because the City Council is in charge of this particular round of reapportionment—the council’s Rules and Finance committees in particular—it’s worth mentioning the racial breakdown of the council and how that relates to the city’s racial demographics.

The 50-member council is made up of 22 white, 19 black, one Asian and eight Latino aldermen.There’s no rule stating that an alderman needs to be of the same race as the majority population that he or she represents, but this tends to happen more often than not.The “rule” can be similarly applied to the 44th Ward, which encompasses “Boystown”—it’s Among the not entirely coincity’s 50 cidental that aldermen, 22 are white the city’s first (represented in blue), 19 are black (in red), eight openly gay alderare Latino (in yellow) and man represents one is Asian (in purple). the ward.

Of the 50 wards, four are not represented by an alderThe population man of the same race as shifts that Chicathe ward’s majority popugo has seen in the lation (ward numbers in white)—this includes past 10 years will Alderman Robert Fioretti of the mean that some 2nd Ward, where Columbia is located, the wards will need city’s first Asian alderman, Ameya Pawar (47th Ed Kang THE CHRONICLE Ward), as well as longtime powerhouse Aldermen to give up seats Mell (33rd Ward) and Burke (14th Ward). for others to gain.

“With the redistricting, Latinos are looking to add four to six majority Latino wards, which will mean reducing the AfricanAmerican and white wards by approximately three or so,” Simpson said. “By sheer population they’re due.”

While Latinos make up roughly a fifth of the City Council, they now make up nearly a third of the city. An increase in Latino majority wards, by the numbers, should eventually lead to an increase in Latino aldermen.

However, there are only so many seats on the chamber floor and non-Latino aldermen likely won’t give them up readily.

But the reality is that the city’s changing demographics will force change regardless.

Either that or lawsuits.

past, community organizations are taking an active role in engaging residents.

This is to prevent gerrymandering—the redrawing of district lines to the disadvantage of minority populations—but, in general, to raise awareness on an issue that operates largely under the radar.

“It’s a civic education question,” said Jocelyn Woodards, a consultant to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. “Redistricting is a bedrock principle of our American democracy. We’re reeducating the public on what’s at stake and [its] ability to elect a representative of [its] choice … some members of the council may not feel a connection to their communities sometimes, so we hope to reengage the community in holding elected officials accountable.”

We’re reeducating the public on what’s at stake and [its] ability to elect a representative of [its] choice.”

-Jocelyn Woodards

Racial conflicts involved in ward redistricting since the 1960s have, in most cases, led to court cases and frequent changes in the balance of power, according to Simpson.

This year, a forthcoming election could complicate matters further. Petitions for ward committeemen are due in November, and it’s not clear which set of maps they will run under. Members of the council would like to get the new maps drawn as soon as possible—Thanksgiving seems to be the preferred unofficial deadline. But approval of the new map could take longer, especially if enough aldermen object— leading to a ballot referendum.

But as with redistricting cycles in the

One example of this may be seen in the 33rd and 14th wards, where longtime Aldermen Richard Mell, chair of the council’s Rules Committee, and Ed Burke, chair of the Finance Committee, preside over wards that have an increasingly Latino majority, despite the two aldermen being white.

It’d be unfair to say that Mell and Burke preside over wards in which they don’t represent the needs of their majority constituents, but power is in play with remapping, and the two aldermen are arguably the most powerful aldermen currently sitting on the city’s council. dholliday@chroniclemail.com

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xx CELESTIAL Continued from PG. 3 his lover, as his friend and as the person he ate with.”

The play features a cast of 20 Columbia students and is directed by Will Casey, adjunct faculty member in the Theatre Department. The lead actors are senior Erin O’Brien, who plays Gamba, and British exchange student, Lee Bainbridge, who plays Galileo.

Casey took on this play, he said, because it “seemed to really speak to me.” He emailed Schlesinger to discuss what he wanted the play to look like and bounce ideas around.

They later set up meetings to further expand on those ideas and talked to The-

atre Department Chair John Green, who approved the play to be produced.

“I love that this play takes a different take on [Galileo’s life],” Casey said. “It included the woman who was the mother of his children, Maria Gamba, and makes that story a part [of] his. It tells both stories at once.”

Casey admires the way Schlesinger executed the play and taught the audience about a person they may not know.

In “Celestial Bodies,” Gamba is portrayed as a stargazer who has an interest in comets and is searching for knowledge, O’Brien said.

According to O’Brien, in the beginning of the play, Gamba is a peasant woman who can’t go to school because she is a poor, young girl. Because of her circumstances, Gamba dresses up as a boy and ends up

studying with Galileo, O’Brien added.

“Something kind of happens between [Gamba and Galileo] romantically,” O’Brien said. “It’s not as easy as boy meets girl, because she is a boy, technically, and lives as a boy for a long time.”

The part in the play where Gamba dresses as a boy is fictionalized, O’Brien said.

The play takes place during the course of 12 years, when Gamba and Galileo work together, O’Brien added.

The most challenging part about playing Gamba was the way she always had her head in the clouds, while O’Brien needed to focus and interact with other actors, O’Brien said.

Similarly, Bainbridge said he likes the way the play was written because it gives him room to portray Galileo as a contemporary figure.

Both actors agreed that the characters they play are fun and witty because O’Brien gets to dress as a boy and Bainbridge runs out on stage in just his underwear.

“I think that when you write plays, you have a clear idea of what they would look like, so it is really exciting to see them come to life,” Schlesinger said. “This is a pretty difficult play, and [the actors] are really doing an amazing job, so it is exciting.”

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is typical for designers, especially when they’re first beginning, RamseyPassmore said. She added that as a professional, designers are entitled to a stronger opinion of what’s best for the work and a client’s requests.

“They’re going to have to learn to be adaptable and try to come to a halfway point with the client,” she said. “When they have a little more credibility, they’re able to do that. But as a student, often they’re at a whim of what the client really wants in the end.”

Timing is crucial to submissions, Salinas said. Some classmates who entered didn’t follow through with the submission process. A project started must be finished, she said.

“You can change the world with design,” Salinas said. As far as changing the minds of smokers, “If you get at least one person to quit, you’ve made a difference. And it’s all about the way you communicated that message.”

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Charlie Haumersen puts the finishing touches on his costume during a dress rehearsal for the faculty written play “Celestial Bodies.”

“It communicated the message clearly and in an eye-catching way.”

Interested in experimenting with typography and silhouettes, Salinas put her ideas to work in a single day and rushed to meet the deadline two weeks after polishing up the design, she said.

Salinas received critiques from classmates on her project, which originated as an assignment from her instructor, Renee Ramsey-Passmore, an adjunct faculty member in the Art and Design Department.

The design was slightly altered from her original submission, she said. Instead of the word “Cancer,” the typography now reads “SIDS,” to better inform its viewers of the possible detriment of a child’s health.

White space was also added to the original design to draw attention to the eye and to emphasize boldness of the silhouettes Salinas said.

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Grand Valley Lanthorn THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

MEN’S GOLF

Missed putts lead to second-place finish for Lakers

By Zach Sepanik GVL Staff Writer

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Just below par: Senior Travis Shooks lines up a shot during a past match. Shooks led the GVSU men’s golf team during the second day of the Al Watrous Memorial Invitational over the weekend, finishing with a 143.

A final round one-under par 287 positioned the Grand Valley State University men’s golf team for a second-place finish Sunday in the Al Watrous Memorial Invitational at the Bay City Country Club in Bay City, Mich., this past weekend.

After finishing day one tied for fourth place, the Lakers battled back to finish the weekend with a two-round total of 577.

In his first collegiate tournament, sophomore Jack Rider led the team as the highest individual GVSU finisher. Rider’s threeunder par 141 for the tournament, including a final round 71, placed in a tie for fourth.

“Being my first tournament it caught me off guard playing as well as I did. I was extremely nervous and a little antsy before the first round,” Rider said. “I played consistent golf all weekend and didn’t make many mistakes which makes a huge difference in scoring. I pretty much surprised myself.”

Meanwhile, seniors Travis Shooks and Nick Gunthorpe played solid golf over the two days as well. Shooks led the team on day two with a two-under 70 and finished the tournament with a 143.

“It is comforting when you have guys like Travis and Nick on the team, who are both great guys to have on your team just from a skills standpoint, knowing they are going to produce something of at worst a 73,” Rider said. “It made me less nervous knowing I have plenty of talent on my side.”

Gunthorpe also finished the tournament with a 143, but shot a one-over 73 in the final round, still good enough to finish in a tie for ninth place in the individual results.

As a team, the Lakers finished 11 strokes behind first-place Ashland University, who finished at 10-under par 566.

“We hit the ball really well for the most part,” Shooks said. “It was just the same story from everyone each day that we couldn’t make any putts. As a team, we really struggled on the greens.”

The Lakers also barely outdistanced the University of Findlay by one stroke, and Wayne State University and Northwood University by three strokes, which rounded

out the top five.

“It’s a good warm-up tournament and it’s nice to win them, but I would much rather win the conference tournament which is one of the biggest tournaments we have for the whole season,” Shooks said. “We will get a lot of confidence coming off the way we played this weekend.”

“It is comforting when

you have guys like Travis [Shooks] and Nick [Gunthorpe], who are both great guys to have on your team just from a skills standpoint...

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-Jack Rider GVSU sophomore golfer

As the Lakers continue to face a string of conference opponents in the upcoming weeks, they look to improve on their play from the first tournament of the year.

Rider, Shooks and Gunthorpe all remain close when it comes to scoring. However, each player brings a different strong point to the team they hope to carry out heading forward.

“I am a pretty good ball striker and a leader on the team since I have played all the golf courses in the conference,” Gunthorpe said. “During practice rounds I can put in my input of how to play the course and where to hit the ball and where to hit the greens at.”

While Gunthorpe leads the team with his reliable ball striking ability, Shooks stands out around the greens with a strong short game and will look to improve his ball striking. As for Rider, he hopes to continue to ride his strong play.

The team heads to Midland, Mich., to play in the Northwood University Invitational at Currie Municipal Golf Course on Friday and Saturday. zsepanik@lanthorn.com

MEN’S HOCKEY

D–II club finalizes 2011-2012 roster

By Jon VanZytveld GVL Staff Writer

With its long-awaited roster finalized, the Grand Valley State University Division II club hockey team is setting

its expectations high, and for good reason.

After winning their first ACHA National Championship title last year, many of the team’s top players have graduated, including forward Jeff Anonick, defender Jake

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Iced out: (Above) GVSU senior Ryan Welch hones in on the puck during a past game. (Below) Junior Shane McCusker goes in for the kill.

Ochsner and goalie Grant Lyon.

For weeks, the prospective players for this season engaged in intensive tryouts, which were presided over by third-year head coach and 2010-11 ACHA Men’s Division II Coach of the Year Mike Forbes.

“Essentially what we do is we have six sessions of tryouts and the guys play games,” Forbes said. “Most of the assessment is done by watching players in game situations, just paying attention to their competition level and their skill level and whether or not they can maintain a high level of play for all six games.”

From this process a team emerged that included all 16 returning members of last year’s team, as well as eight new freshmen. The newcomers to the team include forwards Jacob Endicott, Brad Wilhelm, and Ian Hamilton.

“My expectation is that we always compete at the highest level possible and that we represent Grand Valley and represent ourselves with dignity,” Forbes said.

“My goal every year is to go to the National Tournament.

It’s not that this season will be a failure if we don’t do that, but that is an attainable goal.”

However, before any of this can be achieved, the team must work on coming together as a group, said returning forward Brad Keough.

“Last year, our team was very close knit,” Keough said. “I’d like to see that happen again first and then, obviously, we’d like to go back to Nationals and make another run at it. But I think our first step is to come together as a team, that’s the reason we had so much fun

“It’s not that

this season will be a failure [if we don’t get to Nationals], but that is [our] goal.

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-Mike Forbes GVSU head coach

and we did so well in the first place.”

In the coming days before the season opener at Eastern Michigan University, the team will continue to work together in rigorous practices that aim to incorporate the new players into the team.

The Lakers are becoming a cohesive whole, on and off the ice.

Returning defender Craig Marrett said the freshmen are already part of the family.

“They just eventually become another member, another player, and eventually another brother to these guys,” said Marrett.

Like the rest of the team, Marrett is optimistic about the upcoming season, and looks forward to playing again.

“We can’t expect of ourselves anything lower than repeating the National Championship, coming off our first ever championship title for this program,” he said. “We can’t expect anything less from here on out.”

The team’s season opener will be on Sept. 23 at Eastern Michigan University. The puck will drop at 10 a.m. jvanzytveld@lanthorn.com

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Grand Valley Lanthorn THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

W. BASKETBALL

SHORT STATURE

BIG GAME Height no obstacle for powerhouse Padin

THE MAKEUP OF AN ATHLETE NAME Jasmine Padin POSITION Point guard YEAR Senior HOMETOWN Wyoming

HEIGHT

5”2

CAREER Ranks fifth in total assists with 378 in the GVSU record book ... Second in free throw percentage (80.1) ... Third in 3-pointers made (175) GVL Archive Photos

Three-piece to 3-pointers: Senior point guard Jasmine Padin (4) leads the Laker offense in several instances throughout her career. Padin once considered taking up boxing before turning to basketball at an early age.

By Stephanie Deible GVL Intern

H

er name may be etched in Grand Valley State University women’s basketball record books now, but senior Jasmine Padin’s first encounter with sports began in a boxing ring, not on a basketball court.

Padin, a native of Wyoming, Mich., took on boxing for four years before her older brother, Jose Padin, sparked her curiosity in basketball.

“One day my brother picked up a basketball, and I saw him playing in the park,” Padin said. “I was like, ‘Hey what is that?’ He honestly taught me the game of basketball, and I fell in love with it.”

Although GVSU’s 5-foot-2 point guard gave up boxing to pursue the game of basketball, boxing principles came in handy when she had to “fight” to prove she could play the

basketball beyond high school.

“I’ve kind of embraced my shortness — it was nothing I could change, so it allowed me to be more motivated,” she said. “People would tell me that I’m too little or I’m too short, and I’m never going to play basketball at a high level, but I never saw my height as an issue. I saw it as a benefit.”

Padin even had to prove herself to GVSU head coach Janel Burgess, who said she was initially hesitant to recruit Padin but decided to give her a chance to suit up for the Lakers.

Now in her fourth season as a GVSU starter, Padin has put to bed any doubts Burgess may have had. In 90 games, Padin has left her mark on GVSU basketball history, ranking second in all-time free-throw percentage, third in all-time 3-pointers made and fifth in all-time career assists.

But with all of her offensive accomplishments at GVSU, Burgess said it’s Padin’s defensive prowess that makes her a special player.

GV adds club baseball team

By Bryce Derouin “I didn’t want GVL Staff Writer

While the season may be three months away, Grand Valley State University is now giving its students the opportunity to participate competitively in “America’s favorite pastime”, better known as baseball.

The newest club aims to give everyone an opportunity to continue playing the game, even if it is not at the varsity level.

“It started out where I first tried out for the varsity baseball team, and I didn’t make it,” said club president Dale Dorsey. “I didn’t want to just not play baseball at all. So I figured I would try to start the school’s first club baseball team since the school didn’t have one.”

Before the club team, students at GVSU were unable to play organized baseball since there were no options to play baseball at GVSU aside from pick-up games with friends.

“Baseball is a popular sport, and the school doesn’t have any other means for students to play baseball besides the varsity team,” he said. “So

I figured it would be a good idea to start a club because there are a lot of students.”

Dorsey had to go through several steps, included speaking with the student life organization at GVSU and the National Club Baseball Association, to get a baseball club team supported at GVSU. There was no lack of initial interest in the club by students. Flyers were posted around campus to gauge how much interest there would be in the club.

“I found out about it when I saw a sign outside my dorm,” said freshman Patrick Dooley. “I played high school baseball and figured it’d be a way for me to continue playing. I just want to have fun and go out and play.”

Dorsey received enough interest to the point where he had to make cuts in order to trim the roster down.

“Right now we have a roster of 30 guys,” he said.

“When I first started putting interest out, I had about 70 people or so interested.”

The club team will compete against other universities that sport club teams. Some of the schools the team will face include the University

to just not play baseball at all (after not making varsity).

”

Dale Dorsey Club president of Michigan, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Western Michigan University and Saginaw Valley State University.

“I think it’s nice. We’re able to play against other colleges and see how we compare against other teams,” said junior Dominick Padovini.

As of now, Dorsey is in the process of searching for a coach with Eric Garvelink, club sports graduate assistant for the Office of Student Life.

“We’re advertising for a coach, but if we don’t get one our team can function without one,” Dorsey said. “We would have a player coach who would coach if we don’t find one.” sports@lanthorn.com

“What makes her good is her ability to be a defensive gnat, a defensive anchor on the full-court,” she said. “And her ability to be able to be a strong point guard, offensively run the show and make her teammates better. She can also hit a deep three and alleviate pressure on the inside.”

Padin’s teammates, on the other hand, look to her for her knowledge and commitment to the game.

“From a coaches perspective, she is probably the perfect point guard,” said senior forward Kara Crawford. “Because she’s a senior now, she has a lot of knowledge, and I think that Coach can trust her. A lot of times Coach doesn’t have to call a play because Jasmine already has one in mind.”

In her last season with the GVSU, Padin said her goal is to have a successful year and embrace her opportunities with her teammates.

“Of course, everyone wants to win the big one,” she said. “To be GLIAC season champs

“What makes (Padin) good is her ability to be a defensive gnat, a defensive anchor on the full-court.

”

Janel Burgess GVSU head coach and be tournament champs, and hopefully win a national championship. As far as my senior season goes, I want us to be successful on the court, but at the same time, I just want to build friendships with my teammates, which I have done since I’ve been here.” sports@lanthorn.com

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Grand Valley Lanthorn THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011

DODGEBALL

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Ready, aim, fire: The GVSU dodgeball team takes aim at opponents at a past game. Fresh off a strong showing at the Bowling Green Invitational last weekend, the Lakers will host Saginaw Valley for their home opener on Nov. 6.

Lakers prep for home opener against Saginaw Valley

By Melanie Huhn GVL Staff Writer

I

n accordance with its slogan, “Headshots Guaranteed,” this season the Grand Valley State University club dodgeball team is looking to give out plenty of headshots to any opponent it comes across.

With only six returning players from its 2010 national championship team, the team put together a strong showing in its season opener last weekend at the Bowling Green Invitational.

The Lakers went undefeated on the day and surrendered just one point in the first match against Kent State University.

The team is coming off a rebuilding year that saw many firsts, including back-to-back losses, the first home loss in program his-

tory and falling to Central Michigan University in the final of the NCDA National Championships. this year’s team is back for revenge.

“It was truly a great team effort on Sunday,” said Mark Trippiedi, team captain.

“The young players on the team spent most of last year getting their feet under them and learned a lot last year.”

With many young players on team, it would seem that this year would be another learning experience, but Trippiedi assures that it won’t be.

“I am so excited about how much talent we have on the team this season,” Trippiedi said. “Unfortunately, there are 20 spots on a varsity roster and there are more players than that who are talented enough to play on the varsity team. It is an awesome problem to have.”

In response to the fully-loaded roster, the team has taken a different approach during practices this year. As in former years, the team will come and play dodgeball at every practice, but this year members are putting more emphasis on making catches and communicating.

“I’m stressing on making catches, blocks and communication with the rest of the team,” Trippiedi said. “At practice when we communicate better, we tend to play quicker and more efficiently as team while keeping it fun so the team stays loose.”

Along with those keys, the team will use strategy as a way to prepare for its upcoming home opener against Saginaw Valley State University.

“We go over the other teams strengths and weaknesses and form different strategies to combat each scenario,” said Dan Lesley,

an assistant captain. “By the time game day comes around, everything becomes second nature knowing where and what to do on the court.”

When the game rolls around, the Lakers know that the target will be on their back again this year.

With four national championships already under their belt, they expect to contend for a fifth this season.

“Over the last few years we have always been considered the best, or at least one of the best teams in the country,” said assistant captain Jeremy Stempky. “Our team is good enough this year to have a chance at winning the national championship.”

The Lakers will play their home opener against Saginaw Valley on Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. in the Fieldhouse Arena. sports@lanthorn.com

M. HOCKEY

Three players chosen for ACHA DII Select Team

By Joe Maher-Edgin GVL Staff Writer

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All star: Senior Ryan Welch (left) faces off in a past game. Welch is one of three members of the GVSU hockey team selected to be on the ACHA Division II Select Team. Head coach Mike Forbes will serve as an assistant coach.

Three players and the head coach from the Grand Valley State University Division II club men’s ice hockey team were chosen to be a part of the 21-man roster of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II select team on Sunday.

Senior forward Ryan Welch, junior forward CJ Pobur and junior defender Shane McCusker will meet with their teammates from around the country next month in Albany, N.Y., along with head coach Mike Forbes, who was chosen to join the coaching staff as an assistant.

Each of the players selected were required to apply to play for the ACHA selects. Most players were then evaluated at the 2011 ACHA All-Star game prior to selection.

“Our guys chose not to attend the showcase game because our season was essentially over,” Forbes explained. “They were part of the selection process just by competing in the National Tournament.”

The GVSU men’s hockey team competed in the ACHA National Tournament last March, defeating Michigan State University 6-1 for its first ACHA Division II National Championship.

Forbes said he supports all three of his selected players and feels they have what it takes to compete on an international level.

“With international rink sizes, skating is going to be at a premium,” Forbes said.

“CJ came off a pretty good season last year … he had a good year points wise. He’s

“I know a few names who

have been on a previous team, and they’re all really talented guys … Some of them I’ve actually played with. It’s just a huge honor to be involved in something with them and being selected to do that.

”

C.J. Pobur Junior forward a solid two-way performer and a great skater, and I think that will be a great benefit to the team when we get over to Europe.”

Probur said he is especially honored to join a list of familiar players, both from his past and present.

“I know a few names who have been on a previous team and they’re all really talented guys … Some of them I’ve actually played with,” Probur said. “It’s just a huge honor to be involved in something with them and being selected to do that.”

Probur said he will feel right at home along side his Lakers’ teammates and coach.

“Having Forbes there will be huge and going into it having two guys that you’ve played with all year will help with the comfort level,” Probur said. “Welch is our captain, and he has been a solid forward on this team for five years, so he’s definitely shooting to be effective on the team.”

Welch said he is looking forward to playing alongside McCusker, who will look to bring his physicality to the selects.

“Shane is one of the toughest guys I’ve played with and a great intimidator,” Welch said about his teammate. “You see him in the locker room and he’s a excellent guy … A very, very nice guy, but when he gets on the ice, he changes.

He moves the puck well and he’s just a hard-nosed defender.”

Forbes shared similar sentiments for McCusker, calling him “a beast” in his play last year.

“At the National Tournament last year he really dominated whenever he got on the ice,” Forbes said.

“He’s a big physical body that is an exceptional skater and has as good speed as anybody in the ACHA. He’s the type of shut-down defenseman that any team would look for, which is why I think he was selected.”

The three Lakers and the rest of the players, representing 18 ACHA Division II colleges and universities, will tour Europe from Dec. 27 to Jan. 5. The team will play five games against teams from Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Croatia. jmaheredgin@lanthorn.com

A2 NEWS Conference continued from A1

will also be helpful to other chapters around the country,” Penning said. “Grand Valley’s chapter has really grown over the past 10 years in terms of numbers but also in terms of what they’re doing.”

Along with presenting

growth within the GVSU chapter, GV PRSSA will also explain how agency trips can be beneficial to chapter members and they will also give guidance to other chapters on how to plan agency and public relations department tours.

“I expect to learn a great deal of new information from the presenters and

Grand Valley Lanthorn THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 chapter development sessions at the conference,” said Allison Root, vice president of member services for GV PRSSA. “The keynote speakers have years of experience and insights that I as a student may not have had the opportunity to consider yet.” assistantnews @lanthorn.com

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dean of students at GVSU, said the university is actively working with the city to recruit more minority students in general for the university.

“We’re doing everything we can to support the admissions staff in their efforts to diversify our enrollment and it’s an ongoing challenge,” Merkle said. “There are a number of programs that we are involved in, or at least through my division, that are trying to work with students in high school. There is a gear up program that we are working with students in Grand Rapids on.”

Christina Brown, president of the Black Student Union, said she was asked by the Admissions Office to recruit students from Grand Rapids Community College after talking with their BSU counterpart.

“I know from having friends working within admissions is that they are

having more African American students doing tours and working with the new intake of students,” Brown said.

“Admissions reached out to me to go to GRCC and communicate and talk with their BSU there to see if some of those students there would be interested in transferring to Grand Valley. I don’t necessarily think that they are doing everything possible.”

Brown is also disconcerted with the slow growth rate of minorities on campus, as well as the area.

“To say the least Allendale is not the friendliest area, it’s not the most comfortable place to be in,” she said. “Being an AfricanAmerican person and being highly involved with the community and being active in the town that we stay in, I don’t feel like we’re welcome. I don’t feel like the campus is doing everything — they’re not pulling out all the tricks to get that minority group here because the numbers don’t lie.” dwolff@lanthorn.com

Sustainability Week to kick off Friday

By Judson Rodriguez GVL Staff Writer

Campus Sustainability Week at Grand Valley State University will start Friday with the fourth annual Sustainability Champions Awards Breakfast, celebrating individuals who support the ideals of sustainability both in practice and belief.

“We have about 40 percent of our waste being composted instead of winding up in a landfill,” said Steven Leeser, facility services operations supervisor.

These programs, he said, make the GVSU community more aware that waste can be broken down and reused.

Campus Dining and the GVSU sustainability department have made a huge impact on the composting effort, as a portion of the 248.8 tons of compost was even used in the Community Garden.

This year, the Sustainability Community Development Initiative will partner with Colin Beavan, otherwise known as the No Impact Man, to bring a different experience to CSW. Beavan’s No Impact Experiment, GVSU’s theme for CSW, focuses on whether or not living a zero-impact lifestyle will lead to a happier existence.

Beavan lived completely without an environmental impact in New York City, eating locally-produced seasonal foods and using no elevators or electricity.

“Each day, we will focus on a specific aspect of life — trash, food, transportation, etc. — and will challenge you to reduce your impact in that area,” said Jenny Jordan, a graduate assistant in the Sustainable Community Development Initiative.

Monday will begin with a focus on trash. Tuesday will focus on transportation and feature a bicycle maintenance workshop. Wednesday will see a showcase of sustainable foods with a farmer’s market in the Kirkhof Center lobby.

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Thursday’s emphasis is on energy, and water is the priority on Friday.

Peter Wampler, associate professor of geology at GVSU, will take students and faculty on a “ravine romp” and will also speak about storm water runoff. A service day on Saturday will give students and faculty an opportunity to volunteer together in the Grand Rapids community.

CSW wraps up with the Eco-Sabbath on Sunday.

There will be hiking, yoga, meditation and sustainable snacks to wind down with after a full week of events.

“CSW is not meant to simply create awareness for one week, though,” Jordan said.

There have been sustainability efforts all semester leading up to CSW. At recent home football games, the Student Environmental Coalition has been picking up and recycling pizza boxes and plastic bottles to promote a more sustainable community.

Students are encouraged throughout the week to join in by attending movie screenings, panel discussions and other events such as free trade fairs that will be around campus for sustainability awareness.

“I think oftentimes people think about recycling and reducing energy consumption, but there is so much more that can be done individually,” said Andrea Marz, office coordinator of the Sustainable Community Development Initiative.

Marz points to eating seasonally, locally, and whole plant-based foods to replace resource-intensive animalbased foods.

“We recommend minimizing consumption, donating and re-purposing items that would otherwise be recycled or thrown away,” Marz said.

To learn more about Campus Sustainability Week, visit www.gvsu.edu/ csw. jrodriguez@lanthorn.com

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NEWS BRIEFS GV Dance Marathon fundraiser enters fourth year

For the fourth year, students at Grand Valley State University will raise money for Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital by dancing this Saturday.

Dance Marathons are among the largest student-operated philanthropy events on campuses across the country, with the goal of keeping participants dancing for eight hours.

Across the country students raise money for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.

Dancing starts at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Kirkhof Center and lasts until 2 a.m. Individual teams can register and start raising funds at www.helpmakemiracles.org/event/gvsudancemarathon

Health benefit enrollment opening soon

From Oct. 25 until Nov. 9, Grand Valley State University will have an open enrollment period for health benefits for eligible faculty and staff members.

Faculty and staff members are asked to review their options for benefit plans by going online to www.gvsu. edu/healthwellness and clicking on “2012 Open Enrollment.” Health benefit group presentations will run through Oct. 25.

Princeton Review names GV in “Best Business School” guide

Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business has been named one of the Best 294 Business Schools” for 2012 by The Princeton Review.

The rankings are based on an 80-question survey among business school students conducted during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 academic years that asked students questions about their school’s academics, student body and campus life, themselves and their career plans.

The Princeton Review compiles lists based on surveys of more than 19,000 students at AACSB-accredited MBA programs worldwide.

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Suicide is the third leading cause of death in Indiana for residents between the ages 10

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and 24, according to Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis. Sept. 4 through Saturday is Suicide Prevention Week. If you or someone

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Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon performs Friday at the Rib America Festival.

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Reverend Peyton of The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band sings and plays guitar behind his head Friday at Rib America Festival in Indianapolis.

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Dominic Balente of Chicago BBQ serves ribs to waiting customers Saturday at the Rib America Festival.

sticky ďŹ ngers 16th annual Rib America Festival brings music, barbecue to Indianapolis

BY BAILEY LOOSEMORE bloosemo@indiana.edu

A waist-high fence separated Alison Ruess from singing with Blind Melon lead singer Travis Warren, so 40 minutes into the band’s Indianapolis show, she jumped it. “My friend standing right next to me pointed to me, and he waved me up to the stage,�

Ruess said. “No one in the front row wanted to sing, so I just jumped the railing and went for it.�

Behind her, another Rib America Festival crowd member wasn’t as lucky. As Ruess reached for the microphone, two security guards led the second gate-jumper away.

“They tried to make me leave, too, but Travis said, ‘No, I need her to sing,’� Ruess said.

From Friday through Monday, thousands of rib eaters and music lovers from across the country made their way to Military Park at White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis for the 16th annual Rib America Festival.

More than 75,000 people visited the festival in 2010, and despite the weekend’s heat, Rib America Marketing Manager Jo Carlin said everything was going as expected. “It looks like Wal-Mart on a Saturday,� one crowd member said.

The festival began in a parking lot in 1995 with about

seven vendors and moved to Military Park four years ago with more than 10 regular vendors.

John Giovenco of Chicago BBQ said his company’s truck has traveled to the festival every year since its inception. “It’s always a good time,� he said. “People out here are friendly.�

In the Chicago truck, more than 1,680 ribs in 140 cases waited to be distributed. “I’d like to not go home with any,� Giovenco said. “We went through about 15 cases last night, which is not a lot.�

But the truck has a reputation for having the best ribs in the festival, at least in Rachael Chuman’s opinion. Chuman works with Chicago BBQ and

has attended the festival as a cook for the past few years. “I work at another restaurant, but I don’t eat anyone else’s ribs but ours,� she said. “I like flavor. I like the rub. I like the way they fall off the bone.�

To make the ribs, Chuman said the meat is rubbed down with spices and placed in a slow roast cooker for three and a half to four hours. “We normally get here pretty early to cook them,� she said.

After they’re tenderized, the ribs are taken out of the cooker and given one brush of barbecue sauce on each side.

Vendors have different ways of making the ribs, but

festival attendee Scott Brackney said there’s one main way to eat them. “With your fingers,� he said. “Just pick them up and gnaw on them. I just do the Neanderthal thing.�

During the course of Labor Day weekend, bands including REO Speedwagon, Everclear, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Johnny Lang and the Doobie Brothers performed for crowds of stickyfingered music lovers.

But crowd member Cheri Johnson attended the festival for one band in particular: Blind Melon.

Like Ruess, Johnson went through great lengths to see her favorite musicians, traveling from Massachusetts to

see them live for the seventh time. “They’ve got, like, a hippie, fun vibe,� she said.

Though she chose not to sing with Warren — “I can’t sing that in tune� — Johnson said she enjoyed the show. “It was great to see Nico sing,� she said of original lead singer Shannon Hoon’s daughter.

Hoon died of a drug overdose on the band’s tour bus in 1995, less than four months after Nico was born.

Now, Johnson said Nico performs with the band at shows near her hometown, Chicago. “She was great,� Johnson said. “That was history in the making.�

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» CHICK-FIL-A CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and Transgender Student Support Services. “There’s nothing illegal in what they’re doing, (but) should the University be using the services of groups like this?”

Bauder, his advisory board and the Commission on Multicultural Understanding have been working with Indiana Memorial Union Director Bruce Jacobs in recent months to gather information about their concerns.

“We’re not taking any stance right now,” Jacobs said. “We’re trying to fully understand this before we make a decision.”

Jacobs said Chick-filA was contracted through Sodexo Corporation, the Union’s food service provider.

“All contracts that the University signs goes through the University Purchasing Department,” Jacobs said. “In this case, the contract is with the Sodexo Corporation. They, in turn, sign the contract with other food service providers.”

While no other corporations on campus have been found to donate money to anti-gay corporations or legislation, several companies in Bloomington do.

Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters, which has a store near campus on Kirkwood Avenue, has a history of supporting anti-gay groups.

Urban Outfitters Chairman Richard Hayne has been labeled a “staunch conservative” and donated $13,000 to former Pennsylvania Senator and current presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s political action committee.

Santorum told the New York Times Magazine in May 2005, “(gay marriage) threatens my marriage. It threatens all marriages. It threatens the traditional values of this country.”

Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. Inc. both received 15 point deductions on Human Right Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index 2011.

Target contributed $150,000 and Best Buy contributed $100,000 to Minnesota Forward. The group supports an anti-LGBT gubernatorial candidate.

Bauder said it is up to students to decide as individuals whether or not they want their money to go to corporations that support anti-gay groups and legislation.

“It’s an ethical issue. It’s not a legal issue,” Bauder said. “But that matters to many of us.”

WHERE DID CHICK-FIL-A’S $1,733,699 IN DONATIONS GO? MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LEGACY FUND, $994,199 Launched by Chick-Fil-A Senior Vice President Donald Cathy, the Marriage and Family Legacy Fund “pools funds for a national marriage media campaign,” according to equalitymatters.org. It is also the funding arm for Marriage CoMission, a coalition of anti-gay groups who say gay marriage is destroying traditional family values in America.

Focus on the Family, Family Life and the Family Research Council.

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY, $12,500 Founder James Dobson has called the gay rights movement the greatest threat to children. The group’s website also claims, “The homosexual agenda is a beast.

It wants our kids.”

EAGLE FORUM, $5,000 FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES, $480,000 All ministry leaders must agree to the fellowship’s Sexual Purity Statement, which says, “The Bible is clear in teaching on sexual sin including sex outside of marriage and homosexual acts. Neither heterosexual sex outside of marriage nor any homosexual act constitute an alternative lifestyle acceptable to God. The fellowship’s desire is to encourage individuals to trust in Jesus and turn away from any impure lifestyle.”

Their website also highlights one of their coaches who was “delivered from homosexuality.”

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION, $240,000 The foundation gave grants to anti-gay groups, including

They opposed the Supreme Court’s decision to decriminalize homosexuality in 2003 and claimed the courts are promoting a gay agenda in schools.

EXODUS INTERNATIONAL, $1,000 Exodus said being LGBT is perverse and a form of sexual brokenness. It promotes “exgay” therapy, the practice of trying to make a gay person straight.

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL, $1,000 The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled the FRC a hate group because it propagates “known falsehoods about the LGBT community.” The council President Tony Perkins also said pedophilia is a homosexual problem.

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» Q&A CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 going to be, but for me, the show was kind never a storydriven show, more of a vibe of friendship. So whatever it was when I started, I just wanted to have some feeling at the end, like, we like these guys. We like being with them, and hopefully, we’ll follow them if anything else happens. So it wasn’t going to be very plot-driven.

IDSDid that change at all?

ELLIN No, that stayed consistent. That was always kind of my thought process, that no matter what the story was going to be, that was it. Also I wanted to get away from any dark, serious drug stuff that was leftover from the season before.

IDS With a core cast that is so small and a show that’s so much about those people, how did those relationships translate off-screen throughout the course of seasons one through eight?

ELLIN You know, it’s kind of what you see on the screen is what it is. It was a really tight group on and off screen.

» ENTOURAGE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Hollywood that he and his friends really had. In order to be cast for the show, actors had to feel believably real to him.

“That’s all I cared about, having them speak the way they would to each other,” he said.

Senior Ross Schneider, who used to watch the show, said he agreed Ellin achieved his goal of creating real life depictions of males and

Everyone was very sad when it ended. It was kind of like a family. I’m so close with all of them that I brought a lot of their stuff into the show, too.

IDS The end of the series wrapped up very quickly plot-wise. Was that a plan or a logistical necessity?

ELLIN You know, I don’t plan too much ahead, but at the end of the day, it’s a wish-fulfillment show.

There are people who are like, “Oh I wish it got more dramatic. I wish worse things happened,” but at the end of the day, it’s supposed to be, “I wish that was me and my friends, and I wish it all worked out.”

And at the end of the day, for movie stars, it usually does. That’s what happens.

I’ve done some dramatic things on the show that some people criticized, and it didn’t go far enough and this and that. But I look at Mark Wahlberg’s life, and it’s not as dark and dramatic as people wanna hope it is, you know?

It’s pretty good — life’s pretty good. And that’s what I was going for. It was supposed to be a happy ending. Things are going to be pretty good

their friends.

“I liked the dialogue between the characters — not factory script. It’s real life,” Schneider said. “It is the ‘Sex and the City’ for men.”

When asked about the “titless” season eight from an audience member, Ellin said, “The actresses who will take their tops off usually can’t talk.”

There have been rumors of a movie being made based on the show’s plot.

Ellin said he wanted to create a balance on the show

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IDS Was there one story, one sequence or season that you thought worked better than another, or was a favorite?

ELLIN I don’t look back too much and think about it.

There was one time that we had this “Medellin” thing that I thought, this is just going on and on and on, and I couldn’t figure out a way out of it. Other than that, I’ll look back one day on it, but I thought we did a good job with the dark stuff. Some people thought drug addiction — how’s he so addicted to drugs? I didn’t look at it like a drug addiction, though.

I thought it was a bad week with a girl. I’ve had friends who that sort of situation has happened to.

me about it felt forced or unnatural. That’s one of those things that people who want to look for criticism will say, but if you’re walking around a college campus, you’re going to see college kids, and if you’re in Hollywood, you’re going to see celebrities. That’s just how it is.

IDS With all the celebrities you paraded in, was there ever a time you worried about the potential novelty that could create?

ELLIN No. No, because that’s again, everything I’ve tried to show on the show is realistic.

If you’re in Hollywood, you’re going to see a celebrity, and if you’re Mark, you’re going to talk to them. Nothing to

IDS What do you think the legacy of the show will be in five-10 years? What would you want the legacy of the show to be in five-10 years?

ELLIN The best thing for me was always hearing from especially young people that are like, “We got together with our friends and watched the show.” So they’ll remember that whether they like the show five or 10 years from now or not. They had a good time on Sunday nights. Hopefully, it’ll be a show that sticks, that people talk about and remember.

For me, again, it was more about the friendship than the Hollywood stuff, but I think we probably did the most realistic portrayal of Hollywood that’s ever been on television. Hopefully, people will remember it. That’s all you can hope for.

of both intelligent and outrageous factors on the show and its characters. He is not entirely positive if the show will be made into a film.

“It’s getting ridiculous (and) expensive,” Ellin said. “(I’ve) got to write a script — need a story first.”

Senior Stephanie Dewhurst said she thinks the movie is a good idea.

“You can tie everything up. It’s different to see a 30-minute show made into an hour-long production. It’s a new element,” she said.

Although the movie is up in the air, Ellin is working on two new television shows: “Forty” and “Da Brick.”

Ellin said a minimal amount of talent is needed to truly succeed in the industry.

Although it is important, it mostly revolves around one’s own perseverance.

Schneider agreed.

“He’s a really cool guy, hardworking,” Schneider said. “Like he said, perseverance. It takes that. I’m looking forward to see how he grows past ‘Entourage.’”

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A new Turkish Flagship Program has been granted to IU, which has similar programs in Chinese and Swahili.

The program is sponsored by the National Security Edu-

cation Program of the U.S. Department of Defense and is the only Turkish program of its kind in the country.

Kemal Silay, director of the Turkish Studies Program

and chair of Ottoman and Modern Turkish studies, will lead the initiative, which will be funded with a three-year $1.5 million grant.

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Members of Occupy Bloomington meet Thursday in People’s Park. Occupy Bloomington is planning protests in Indiana to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protestors in New York. The group has staged other protests as well, including hanging banners that read “We are the 99%” from the windows of Ballantine Hall.

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BY KIRSTEN CLARK kirclark@indiana.edu

On an average workday, the first thing Thom Atkinson does is check Facebook.

Then, he goes to Twitter. He tracks conversations, posts and tweets. He bounces back and forth among social media platforms for the rest of the day.

For Atkinson, IU Bloomington’s social media strategist, this isn’t a diversion from work. It’s his job to keep followers of @IUBloomington and fans of the University’s other social media accounts informed and engaged. Atkinson is part of IU’s social media team, which oversees the online presence of each IU campus.

“What is new and different about our team is we’re not really media relations,” Atkinson said. “We’re not just internal communications. But people are listening to the things we talk about all over the state, all over the country and all over the world. So what we do, really, is public relations in the widest possible sense.”

This ongoing interaction between IU’s social media team and its followers — current students, alumni, prospective students and others — has landed IU among the top-10 most influential schools in terms of social media use in a recent Klout survey.

Klout is a San Franciscobased company that conducts research on social

media usage based on three criteria, Klout Marketing Manager Megan Berry said.

The first is the number of people influenced by a social media user’s network.

The second measures how much a network influences those people, measured, for example, in how many retweets a post to Twitter receives. The third measures how influential a network’s followers are to the network.

All this culminates in a user’s Klout Score, measured from one to 100, said Berry. While the Klout Score of IU and other universities can be tracked year-round, the company publishes a list of the most influential colleges on its blog every once in a while.

IU scored a Klout Score

of 66 in the Sept. 30th study, ranking higher than schools like University of California, Berkeley and Louisiana State University.

“The average score is about 20,” Berry said. “Sixtysix is definitely a good score.”

While proud of IU’s accomplishment, Atkinson said the average Klout Score reflects an individual social media user, not a large institution like IU. “The University as an institution is almost its own kind of celebrity,” he said.

“Certainly, we’re no Ashton Kutcher, but we have these many deep, affectionate relationships with our students, our fans and our alumni all over the world, and I think that’s what this really represents.”

International center sponsors belly dancing

BY DARAH PATTON pattond@indiana.edu

Some students relax by watching an episode of “Modern Family” after finishing class for the day. Others might hit the gym for a game

of basketball. IU grad student Krithika Rajaram goes to belly dancing class.

“It is fun to be able to come to belly dancing class at the end of the day and take my mind off things,” Rajaram said. “And it gives me some-

thing to do besides research and studying.”

Rajaram attends Middle Eastern dance classes, more commonly referred to as belly dance classes, every Tuesday evening at the Leo R. Dowling International Cen-

ter. The International Center offers both beginner- and intermediate-level classes.

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Feeling unsafe in the dorms?

Residential Programs and Services Assistant Director for Student Conduct Jon Riveire said the best advice is to find someone to tell when something feels out of place.

Students should contact their resident assistant. If that person is unavailable, contact the building’s live-in graduate students or professional staff members, he said.

“These staff members have great experience in helping students and know resources and procedures on campus to help the student feel safer, even if the safety issue does not involve a residence hall issue,” Riveire said in an email. “If it’s a matter of life or death they should call IUPD, who will respond and alert the residence hall staff to a problem.”

There are staff members on call all the time, Riveire said. When the center desk is closed, the main phone is forwarded to a staff member’s night number. A list of residence hall phone numbers is available at rps.indiana.edu/flipbooks/AtoZ_ guide/atozguide.cfml.

There are a few policies students might not be aware of.

“In terms of lesser-known policies, one of the biggest is not loaning out or sharing your room key or student ID card,” he said. “By doing so, a room, floor or entire building — depending on the residence hall — is put into jeopardy by giving someone access to a space that is not theirs.”

Students should also lock their rooms when leaving them even for a short amount of time, Riveire said.

HOW TO PLAY IT SAFE

The Dean of Students office, the Office of Student Ethics and Residential Programs and Services have provided the following personal safety practices: Let someone know where you are going and when you will be back.

Lock your doors and windows, even if leaving home for a short time.

Do not leave valuable items visible in cars, and remember to lock vehicles and use anti-theft devices.

Travel in groups of three or more people.

Walk in well-lit, populated areas at night.

Be aware of your surroundings and make sure you can see and hear clearly.

“We often get reports from students about computers, televisions or cell phones being stolen from their room,” he said. “While we will investigate these reports unconditionally, it’s hard to feel too bad for the student when you read in the report that the student left his or her residence hall room door wide open for two hours while they went to class.”

It’s important for students to know their surroundings and walk with someone else if it’s late at night, he said, adding that the University and Bloomington offer resources to help students reach where they need to go safely.

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Greek organizations plan for charity and recruitment Pi Kappa Alpha auction brothers to raise money for American Cancer Society after Fraternity Recruitment event

Rent-A-Pike Facts 1,909 dollars was raised without donations Over 50 dollars was raised only on donations

Over 50 dollars was raised only on Future Pi Kappa Alpha donations What: Pedaling for a Cure

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How to get involved: Fill out a form located in the Student Recreation Center Cost: 10 dollars for one 10 minute session Donations exepted Indiana Statesman/Heidi Staggs Ian Redman, right, a junior criminology and criminal justice major, auctions off his fellow Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brother Aaron Stoerman, left, a junior business management major, Thursday night during the annual Rent-A-Pike event held in Dede I in the Hulman Memorial Student Union.

Ishaan Vadhera, a sophomore business major and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, talks to Jon Faust, a freshman communication major, during the informal fraternity reruitment night.

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Aaron Stoerman was purchased at $80 after a battle among his mother, sister and his girlfriend.

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Indiana Statesman/ Nathan Boruff Sycamores fans gathered at the Ballyhoo Tavern (900 Chestnut St.) to watch the Sycamores defeat the University of Northern Iowa Patherns 76-74 Tuesday night.

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Superhero, Blue Out themes planned for Senior Day

By Caitlin Martin Editor in chief

When seniors Aaron Carter, Jake Kelly and Isiah Martin take the floor for their final home game with Indiana State University Saturday, event promoters hope they will be greeted by superheroes and a sea of blue.

The Sycamores (10-6 MVC, 15-13 overall) will take on the Illinois State Salukis (5-11 MVC, 1216 overall) for the Senior Day game.

Student Government Association Vice President Jaden Brown said the theme for the game is superheroes for students, taken from the team’s promotional calendar.

In addition to a student theme, SGA and ISU Athletics are also promoting a Blue Out. “We’ve done the Black Out, we’ve done the White Out,” Brown said.

“The Blue Out will help not only with the students but with the community,

as well.”

Brown added that the community had been a large part of the Black Out’s success earlier this season.

Megan McKenna, director of new media for ISU Athletics, said the Blue Out could be seen as a “thank you” to the athletes.

Brown said students can also participate in a coloring contest in the days coming up to the event.

Three posters for the event feature Carter, Kelly and Martin as superheroes and are designed to be colored in.

Brown said SGA is running the contest for the best colored or designed posters.

“We want students to take this idea and just run with it,” he said.

McKenna said they were encouraging students to be creative and help promote the day.

Posters can be found

around campus or downloaded from the event’s Facebook page today.

After coloring them in, students can take a photo and upload it to Facebook for judging, Brown said.

In addition to prizes for the contest, McKenna said they have a “couple surprises up [their] sleeves” for the Senior Day game.

McKenna said attending the game was a great opportunity for students to bond with each other and support the Sycamores.

“We are fighting toward the top of the conference,” she said. “The team hasn’t lost its momentum going into the post-season.”

Brown and McKenna joked that they are going to “empty the closet” and “go out with a bang.”

“It’ll be a whole day of entertainment,” Brown said.

Game time is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. Saturday in Hulman Center.

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their pre-existing judgments about the show.

“A lot of people express negativity towards drag shows because they think that drag shows are ‘disgusting’ or ‘dirty,’” said Clarissa Jones, a freshman human resources development major and director of the outreach program for the organization. “However, Miss Gay ISU is a pageant, and contestants, along with performers, are expected to display qualities such as grace, poise, talent and tastefulness.”

Owens has never participated in Miss Gay ISU as a contestant himself, but has dressed in drag for themed parties and other events.

“One year, at Relay for Life in my home county, there was a ‘Miss’ Relay for Life pageant and I won,” Owens said. “I also went with other members of Advocates for Equality to the March for Equality in Washington DC in October of 2009. On the last day, thousands of people protested the inequality the LGBT community across America and the world. For the march, I put on one of my wedding gowns, some makeup, and a tiara and rode on a subway to the National Mall and marched with my friends to Capitol Hill. I was actually stopped, literally, dozens of times so that people could pose with me or just take my picture. It was the best day of my life.”

Not all of Owens’ experiences have been good, however.

“A drunk man told me (out of drag) that drag was a train wreck,” Owens said. “I just smiled and said, ‘Oh, no it’s not.’”

Part of the problem with people acting negatively toward drag shows and their participants is the seemingly set in stone rules of what is masculine and what is feminine, Anderson

said.

“Another more general misconception is that women should only behave in feminine ways and men should only behave in masculine ways,” Anderson said. “Obviously, this viewpoint is very restrictive and can prevent people from developing a healthy identity. Such restrictive beliefs can also lead to prejudice and discrimination. One of my favorite quotes, attributed to the well known drag queen and entertainer Ru Paul is, ‘We are all born naked and the rest is drag.’”

The only truly odd thing about the Miss Gay ISU pageant is that so few current students of ISU compete, but Seth Matteson, a senior psychology major, has an explanation.

“There are stereotypes and stigmas that go along with drag queens, which could make some people hesitate to perform,” Matteson said.

“Also, some people are just not comfortable getting in front of that many people and performing. Advocates for Equality has done its best to promote the event and the student involvement associated with it by posting flyers throughout campus, as well as notifying our followers on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.”

As for how the ISU campus views Miss Gay ISU, the consensus has generally been positive.

“Everyone that I have spoken to that has attended previous years is fairly pleased about the entertainment quality of Miss Gay ISU’s performers and contestants,” said Jones.

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Meghan McCain Speaks for herself

Meghan McCain speaks of the importance of being Republican.

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Being a role model for the political youth

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On being a model for the political youth— “I have been doing this since I was 21 and doing everything viral, I have heard the frustrations of young people, especially young Republicans. They don’t know where they stand because the party has moved so far right, and they look at me as someone to relate to. There are a lot mixed reactions, but it’s mainly frustration.”

On falling into the middle of the political parties— “I grew up in a conservative house, but we traveled a lot, and I moved to New York City when I was 18. Being a young adult in New York City [taught me] that not everything is black and white.

My world is grey. I am an NRA member, and I go out on weekends to gay clubs with my gay friends.

I have a weirdly culturally confused life—my nickname is ‘Republican By Name.’”

On the two-party system— “I feel like any kind of group think is dangerous.

Purification of one political party or one belief is dangerous. I have never understood it. I can handle it, but I worry about how other young people react.

I was a registered independent when was 18 and I would like to see the Republican Party grow, but I don’t think pundits like Glenn Beck are helping by shouting at the TV screen—actually, I know they aren’t helping. People don’t like it.”

On aspirations, image and status“I think I have proved I am here to work. This is my life and my passion. At first there was a lot of negativity towards me. I understand the hate and the anger, but I am a big girl; I put myself out there and can handle it. I just don’t like the personal com-

ments. It is difficult to handle as a woman. It sucks sometimes. I wanted to be a music journalist and become the next Hunter S. Thompson, but after joining my dad’s campaign, I realized how much I loved politics. But I have started phasing into women’s lifestyle issues. As long as it’s still fun, I am fine.”

On women in politics— “I started in politics at young age, when I was 21.

Being a young, single woman in politics does not go hand-in-hand. Most women in politics are married and have children, if not married with children for a long time. I don’t like that it is the norm. It’s a jungle out there. People will comment about who I am dating or what I am wearing, but if it was my brother, people wouldn’t be worried about who he is dating.”

On Twitter and media networks— “It’s the ultimate game-changer. If I had a Twitter account in the last election, I would have been thrown off a long time before because it’s instant gratification and instant reaction. But people like being involved and being in the process. Older journalists and politicians have trouble adapting, and I am interested in seeing how it is utilized in the next election. I think it will be game on.”

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ouldn’t it be nice to be awake 22 hours of your day, alert and refreshed?

For me, there’s a lot of Dungeons and Dragons Online to play, but perhaps you’d stay up for a more noble pursuit.

Either way, with our current sleep schedules, we spend about a third of our lives drooling on our pillows.

The majority of us sleep by a mono- or biphasic sleep schedule, that is, one in which we have a core “sleep episode” at night, the former requiring no additional sleep and the latter including an afternoon nap.

But to be a powerhouse of productivity (and who couldn’t use the extra time in college?), one has to adapt to a polyphasic sleep schedule, in which the time spent sleeping is broken up and shortened to anywhere from 2 to 4 hours.

People that sleep through all their classes need read no further; they are already successful polyphasers. In fact, they’re following in the steps of famous sleepers through the centuries.

Leonardo da Vinci is one of the first noted “polyphasers.” Legend has it that he slept for only two hours per day, napping for a half an hour at three-and-a-half-hour intervals.

In the mid-20th century, Buckminster Fuller, an American futurist, experimented with the same sleep schedule as da Vinci. He rebranded it “Dymaxion,” and claimed that if American’s leaders adopted it, they would shorten WWII. Dr. Claudio Stampi, founder, director and proprietor of the Chronobiology Research Institute near Boston, wrote about polyphasic sleeping in his 1992 book “Why We Nap.” The book chronicles one of the few formal attempts at researching polyphasic sleep.

A decade later in 2001, Dr. Stampi worked with Ellen MacArthur, that year’s secondplace winner of the Vendee Globe, a solo nonstop yacht race around the world, to develop a sleep system that allowed her to pilot her yacht as efficiently as possible.

Flash forward to the present day – anyone who’s watched a cat sleeping pleasantly on a couch knows that polyphasic sleeping is common in the animal kingdom.

That makes sense; small animals become small snacks if they sleep too long.

Internet user Puredoxyk is perhaps the most experienced person with regard to polyphasic sleep, having been on both the

Uberman sleep schedule (six 20-minute-long naps spread equally throughout the day) and the Everyman schedule (a three-hour sleep episode at night and 3 20-minute-long naps through the day) for extended periods.

In her 2008 book “Ubersleep,” Puredoxyk explains that someone following the Uberman schedule for 20 years gains about five years of time spent awake. Apply that over a lifetime and adherence to the Uberman nets you a little over a decade of “extra” time.

But where Puredoxyk supports a strict schedule to maximize effectiveness and minimize sleep, psychologist Piotr Wozniak argues the very opposite.

Dr. Wozniak’s theory is that the body consolidates sleep into a single main episode regardless of adapted schedule. By the reasoning of “Your body knows best,” he believes free running sleep, that is, sleeping whenever you feel like it, is the most efficient way to snooze.

I can see one clear benefit of polyphasic sleep over free running sleep; I can have a life outside of sleeping.

To be clear, there are no case studies tracking the health of long-term polyphasic sleepers. Fuller only managed a Dymaxion sleep schedule for a short while. Puredoxyk pulled off the Uberman in college; beyond that she seems to have switched to the Everyman, and even so, she’s only slept polyphasically since 1999.

Sleep deprivation is a bad thing, filled with memory loss and cloudy cognition, which is to say nothing of the depression and occasional hallucinations.

In my research I’ve not yet found an explanation as to why polyphasers are unaffected by sleep deprivation while getting at most four hours of sleep a night.

This makes me unsure of the health factors of Puredoxyk’s experience. While she does point out that polyphasic schedules aren’t for everyone, I think the long-term health concerns about the Uberman or Everyman schedule make them better suited for situations where sleep deprivation is bound to occur, i.e. college. Adapting it as a lifestyle doesn’t seem wise to me, for one core reason. Would I really want it?

Like the man who finds immortality, damned to watch those he loves die around them, my sleeping friends would surround me, and through the lonely nights, my sole consolation would be the Internet.

I guess it wouldn’t be so bad after all.

o I’ll admit it, I’m a geek. I love science fiction, playing video games, computers, science and the obsession included with those hobbies.

The other day, I was watching “Star Trek” with my roommate — “Star Trek Deep Space 9” if you really wanted to know — when one of the characters pulled out their tricorder, or handheld scanner for the non-Trekkie, I realized something.

We as a society have managed to, in essence, “catch up” to “Star Trek” in terms of some of their technology.

We have created our own tricorders. They’re called smartphones, and of course I’m kidding, but they’re pretty darn close to the real thing.

Hear me out.

So, what does a tricorder do? It scans things, analyzes information and records data.

It gives us information we wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Same goes for a smartphone, if not more. Turn on the GPS and you can know right where you are, where others are, and how to get directions to wherever you need to go. All smartphones are Internet enabled, giving you any information about any specimen or culture you may come into contact with, even Hawkeye fans.

A lot of this can be made possible in thanks to an application called Google Goggles. This app allows you to take a picture of almost any landmark, book, art or other item and give’s you information about that item just from the picture of it. Now all you need is to put on a cool Bluetooth headset and you’ve got yourself a combadge to call back to the Enterprise.

The most recent breakthrough has been translating

Modern flip-phones share a clamshell shape and some functions with the communicators used by Kirk and his crew in Star Trek.

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languages on the fly.

One aspect of the show that many overlook is the idea of the universal translator.

When the characters on “Star Trek” came into contact with alien life, they spoke different languages.

What you didn’t see was the computer in the background translating the language for both parties to understand and respond — that and it was easier for audiences.

Well guess what? Google has made the universal translator, almost.

The app is called Google Translate, and it has a special speech recognition mode.

Simply start up the app, say what you want to say, and it’ll translate it and play it back in the other language. It then gives a second party the chance to respond in their language and Google Translate plays it back for you.

Right now this app only goes from English to Spanish and back, but I can see this catching on, rendering all

those foreign language classes you took back in high school useless.

Keep in mind this is just one aspect of that world.

We have yet to develop the advanced medicine they claimed to have on “Star Trek,” not to mention our lack of teleportation.

I once overheard someone saying why they liked “Star Trek.” They made no mention of the cool devices or space ships, they said it was because they didn’t have money on the show, you got to do what you wanted for your career in life; you were able to help build a better society and were allowed “to boldly go where no one has gone before.” And I think that’s what it’s all about.

As much of a fantasy world as that may seem, it’s always nice to think that such a day could be near. A day when there is actually world peace, food is “replicated” and you get to carry around a phaser.

All we need now is a fleet of warp-capable ships and we’re good go.

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In the end, after much debate, the vote was rescinded and proper presentation and debate of amendments was postponed. Had the voting been sustained, the bill would have passed a point in the legislation where it could be amended, leaving no room for future negotiation.

Now, regardless of what you may think of the current state of politics in Wisconsin and regardless of your political alignment, corrupting of the legislative process is unacceptable.

While it is true, one could point out that the session only began five or six minutes ahead of schedule. It seems like a small time difference, I grant you. But it is in the conduct of the Republicans after the debacle begins that is perhaps worse.

Not only is the session started early, but amendments are skipped over on the agenda in order to get to the budget bill while the Democrats are still en route.

Once the Democrats arrive on the scene, the Republican staff encouraged leaders to “keep going” despite cries of protest.

These Republicans have the majority in the House, meaning they have little to fear from the sheer voting power of the Democrats.

It seems they are simply working to avoid any possible debate and discussion

of proposed amendments.

For a bill that proposes such drastic changes in the public employee unions, the least they could do is be open to discourse about the matter.

As the protester turn-out has shown, a significant number of Wisconsin residents are opposed to passing the bill as it stands. The unions have shown willingness to concede benefits, as long as their bargaining rights remain intact.

If the Republicans would take the time and have the decency to listen and debate the proposed amendments, perhaps a middle ground could be reached. Their eagerness to bypass proper conduct for their own purposes only incenses the opponents of the bill and increases the already tense negotiations.

Hopefully these coming weeks will bring a compromise between the unions and the government of Wisconsin and the Republicans in Wisconsin owe it to their constituents to behave as upstanding members of the Assembly to which they were elected.

No one is ever happy with budget cuts and changes that must be made in the current economy, but our government at least owes us a system that makes those changes fairly and with the due process that has been given to the legislative bodies.

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an attempt to block the passing of the bill, the Wisconsin Assembly is still meeting to vote on amendments to various bills, including Walker’s.

In a stunningly underhanded move last week, Wisconsin Republicans began an Assembly session before the scheduled time and without the Democratic representatives. Footage from the session shows the Republican speaker taking roll and beginning voting on amendments before Democrats had entered the chambers and before the time the session was to begin.

About five minutes in, a Democrat representative runs into the room and clearly calls for a “point of privilege.” A point of privilege is typically used to address issues of misconduct within the assembly; and I hope most would agree, starting a session before it is scheduled and holding votes seems to fall into that category.

Shockingly, the speaker plows right ahead with the voting, despite the first voice of protest.

The Democrats then file in, a minute before the official start time of the session, with a loud uproar as the voting proceeds without them. The shouting eventually subsides enough for Rep. Peter Barca to demand he be recognized by the speaker and that the previous vote be thrown out.

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am not usually one to get heavily involved in politics beyond social issues. I avoid discussions of fiscal policy or health care programs, mainly because I don’t want to give an opinion on a topic I haven’t thoroughly researched.

Regardless of what the policies actually are, there is something to be said for the political process itself.

America has a rather good system of checks and balances overall, but when one of those systems is corrupted, someone must speak up.

Unless you pay no attention to the news, you will have heard of the recent protests in Madison, Wis. In short, the Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is pushing a budget bill that will take away all collective bargaining rights of public-employee unions.

The bill would also force these employees to put 5.8 percent of their salaries toward their pensions as well as nearly double their health care premiums.

While Democrats and Republicans have offered other plans and amendments for the bill, Walker refuses to budge. Unions have even agreed to the cutting of benefits, but remain steadfast in maintaining their collectivebargaining rights.

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Original VEISHEA purpose upheld Chris Hoffman is a senior in agricultural engineering.

In response to Jason Witte’s letter, “What has happened to VEISHEA?” — as I see it, VEISHEA has stayed right on course.

It still serves to highlight the accomplishments of current and former ISU students and faculty.

The display on the front lawn of Davidson Hall that Witte referenced consists of a Case IH combine, a John Deere Tractor towing a Brent grain cart, and an AgCo Challenger tractor. They were not brought to campus by “giant, multinational corporations” to “invade our campus and set up forward operating bases of arrogant advertising and patronization.”

Conversely, the display was actually requested by the Agricultural Systems Technology Club. Several of those pieces

of equipment are regularly operated by ISU students at ISU research farms. ISU alumni were directly involved in the design and marketing of all of the equipment displayed. They serve as a showcase to all who visit campus for VEISHEA what our programs and students are capable of.

One of the many things that set the Iowa State Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering department apart from other programs around the country is our incredible partnership with industry elite. This partnership ensures jobs for many of our graduates immediately following graduation, allowing them to contribute their knowledge and experience to the industry as soon as possible.

The presence of such high-tech equipment also encourages prospective students to investigate the ABE department and the opportunities it provides to its students. In addition, it shows Iowa State’s appreciation for the continuous donations from

companies. Donations from industry have furnished the John Deere Engines Laboratory and the AgLeader Precision Ag Lab, both in Davidson Hall. These spaces ensure that Iowa State remains a frontrunner in agriculture technology and engineering.

Each company represented in the display hires graduates from all departments within engineering as well as the Colleges of Agriculture and Business. When I look at the diversity within the display, I see an opportunity for Iowa State to better my education, the future of agriculture and, in doing so, better society as a whole.

It is not an example of Iowa State “whoring out its pristine ... campus to agriculture implementers” but rather a demonstration of ISU’s ability to work with industry to provide students with the best opportunities to excel in life. If that doesn’t epitomize the original purpose of Iowa State University and VEISHEA, I don’t know what does.

Protect all rights, not just the ones you like Barry Snell is a junior in history.

It’s insanity, needing to defend the most essential right of all: the natural right of defense, protected by the Second Amendment.

I can’t fathom why liberals viciously defend other rights yet so vehemently oppose this most fundamental Constitutionally protected right.

Democrat John F. Kennedy said, “... we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily lives ...”

What changed since JFK spoke those words that caused liberals to cease their support of the entire Bill of Rights, and instead defend only those rights they like?

ISU Professor Warren Blumenfeld recently gave us an emotional and irrational argument against concealed carry on school campuses.

Reality check time: On October 1, 1997, Luke Woodham brought a gun to Pearl High School in Mississippi, killed two and wounded seven more. It was Assistant Principle Joel Myrick with his .45 pistol that stopped the shooting.

On April 24, 1998, at a Parker Middle School dance in Pennsylvania, Andrew Wurst killed one and wounded three. It was James Strand, the guy who owned the dance hall, who stopped the killing with his shotgun.

On January 16, 2002, Peter Odighizuwa went to the Appalachian School of Law in Virginia, killed three and wounded three more.

It was two students, Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross, who stopped Odighizuwa with their .357 Magnum and 9mm handguns.

As for the infamous University of Texas shooting that Blumenfeld sorrowfully closes his histrionic plea against carry on campus with, he needs to talk to Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez, who killed Charles Whitman.

According to Martinez, it was the students who retrieved rifles from their vehicles and laid

down suppressive fire that allowed officers and one armed civilian to climb the clock tower and end the massacre.

Twisted anti-gunner logic says these shootings can’t happen because schools are so-called “Gun Free Zones.” Apparently criminals haven’t received that memo. In a breath of fresh air though, Utah has allowed students to carry concealed on campuses since 2006. Guess how many shootings have occurred there? Zero.

It’s usually the shooter who decides to stop school shootings, typically by committing suicide. But those stopped prematurely are mostly ended by armed citizens, not cops. Take the notorious Columbine shooting: the school officer fled and SWAT waited outside, listening to the slaughter over an open 911 call. It was the suicide of the murderers that ended the tragedy.

If you still think the government will protect you, here’s more moments in history: In 1968, nine South Carolina officers killed four and injured 28 South Carolina State University and Wilkinson High School students during a protest. In 1970, the Ohio National Guard killed four and injured nine Kent State students, also during a protest, and a few days later, the Mississippi State Police killed two and injured 12 Jackson State students during another protest.

I’ve worked for two sheriff’s departments prior to coming to ISU and I can tell you that police are almost never there when crap hits the fan. They’re mostly just a clean-up crew to investigate a crime after the fact. And while I cannot name names, I know officers of the ISU Police who support students carrying on campus. Most cops actually believe in the individual right of keeping and bearing arms, even if their talking head politician administrators say otherwise, because they know they can’t be everywhere.

Individual responsibility isn’t a political philosophy, it’s the truth. America’s founders knew that unless we could defend our lives, states and nation, we would never truly be free. If you can’t preserve your life and country, what good

are your other rights? What good is your right to free speech when tyrannical government can legislate it away, or you can easily be dominated by force?

The Second Amendment gives all the other rights teeth. Without it the others are just words on paper with meaning only as long as the government allows it. Our rights are a team, backing one another up. You can’t chip away at one and keep the others strong. Violation of the Second Amendment does nothing but diminish all other protected rights.

Perhaps Sigmund Freud was correct when he correlated emotional and sexual immaturity with fear of weapons. It seems this country is full of people who are not only unwilling to

defend themselves, but who are determined to keep others from defending themselves as well.

Blumenfeld, you have a right to be a pacifist, but you don’t have the right to make anyone else be a pacifist too. It is anti-gun pacifists who have created target-rich “Gun Free Zones” where crazy people know they can slaughter people safely, without resistance. Shame on you!

I’m conservative and I believe in rights; all of them, for everyone. Modern liberals claim they do too, so I am challenging all liberals to put their money where their mouths are and support all the rights protected by the Constitution.

Anything short is hypocritical and immoral to the victims of liberal legislative disenfranchisement. Just ask Suzanna Hupp.

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Patriotism

Appreciating the Star-Spangled Banner

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Book brings understanding of the American flag

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have recently become addicted to antiquing.

As something that I had always considered the realm of single 60-year-old men who refuse to buy pants big enough and middleaged engaged couples, this is a new and foreign shopping experience that, dare I say, excites me almost as much as next-day shipping on online shopping.

Here in Ames there is a veritable plethora of antique wares, and among these I found a book that was like nothing I had seen before.

“King’s Handbook of the United States” by M. F. Sweetser, first edition, published in 1891, has a profile on each state and a history of the United States.

I greedily devoured this book, starting off with the Iowa section, of course, and then flipped back to find out some historical facts about America. It genuinely amazed me to read a book that was created before my country had even won federation from the United Kingdom.

Opening its worn cover revealed illustrations of a typical landscape in the north and south of this vast land, while the back cover and last page show typical scenes of the east and west.

The title page is chock-full of American symbolism: an eagle, the flag, Capitol Hill and a picture of George Washington holding a copy of the book. But the greatest, most inspiring part of this book was the description of the American ensign.

“The colors are red, signifying Divine love, valor and war; white, whose language is hope and truth, purity and peace; and blue, the color of loyalty, sincerity and justice.”

This description immediately changed my perception of the flag, as it morphed into something that represented not merely the United States, but an innate American ideology.

Further down the page was a quote from Henry Ward Beecher, a man of whom I had not previously heard. He was a Republican and a Protestant preacher who was an advocate of Darwin’s theory of evolution, abolition of slavery and women’s suffrage. He allegedly had an affair with his best friend’s wife and is said to have been handsomely muscular and long haired.

He was a playboy liberal in his day, achieving celebrity and notoriety for his very separate public and private lives.

He and his writings are quintessentially American. Rousing and inspirational, he did have his flaws, but he was adored by the public at large and people flocked to see him speak.

Columnist Hayward, a native of Australia, acquired an antique book, which changed her views of American symbolism . Courtesy photo: Thinkstock

He wrote, as quoted in this aged collection of American facts and patriotism, a description of the flag that has, without doubt, changed all that I knew of America and what it stands for.

“So on the American flag, stars and beams of many-colored light shine out together. And where this flag comes, and men behold it, they see in its sacred emblazonry no ramping lions and no fierce eagle, no embattled castles or insig-

nia of imperial authority; they see in it symbols of light. It is the banner of dawn. It means liberty ... Our flag carries American ideas, American history and American feelings ... Every color means liberty; not lawlessness, not license; but organized institutional liberty — liberty through law, and laws for liberty!”

The American flag is, with my new understanding of its meaning, more beautiful than it

had ever been before. Moving gracefully through skies across the land of the free and the home of the brave, the American flag encapsulates everything that is America.

It is contradictory, idealistic and laden with historical meanings; it is able to unite all Americans, inspiring young and old, but above all else it is a symbol of liberty for all.

That is America; that is the American flag.

Religion

Lent offers opportunities for self-improvement

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ent, for most Christians, is a time to reflect upon your faith. It is also a time when adult members of the Christian faith give up something they enjoy so that they can better understand what Christ went through during his 40 days and 40 nights. You get the picture.

Last year, for those very few who would remember, I wrote on the importance of non-religious members of the community participating in Lent. Giving something up can be beneficial for you in so many ways. You can not only reflect upon your religion, as the holiday was created to do, but you can reflect upon yourself.

Let’s face the hard truth here. Every year you make a resolution. Every year around this time, it starts to wane. Lent is the perfect time for some students to reflect upon their resolution, their strength of will to continue on with the resolution, and best of all, it’s the one time of year where you’re friends will be making sure you stay on track.

Addictions are crutches. Webster defines “addict” as such: to devote or surrender oneself to something habitually or excessively. Addictions come in all shapes and sizes. One could even be addicted to Facebook use, for example. I hate this definition because I know I’m addicted to a few things — the biggest for me being caffeine.

It’s a drug and I need it, I don’t just want it. Honestly, if I don’t have caffeine by around 2 p.m. I can feel a headache swelling in

my brain.

You know you’re a caffeine addict when you start planning your next intake. When you spend just as much money on caffeinated beverages as a smoker spends on a pack a day. When you literally can’t go a day without it because you just don’t feel right.

Anyway, back to the point. Lent could be a great time to get yourself to start that exercise regimen you always promised to yourself, or give up that specialty coffee you get every morning, or to stop smoking. Because things like smoking, buying lottery tickets or specialty coffee — or yes, even pop) — are things that people get used to.

It becomes something we don’t even think about anymore. It’s early morning and you’re on your way to class? Grab a Caribou Coffee! The effects aren’t just bad for your health, it’s bad for your wallet, too.

Add up the costs. If you spend $3 on a coffee three times a week, that’s $9 a week. That’s more than $450 in a year spent just on buying coffee in the mornings. Lottery tickets don’t cost much, but if you buy one Powerball ticket for each drawing, that’s still $100 more than you could be spending, especially since no one usually wins back as much as they spend.

Cigarettes just keep getting more expensive, so there’s never been a better time to quit and save your bucks. Even going out and drinking on the weekends adds up to quite a bit if you drink every

weekend, especially if it’s going out to the bars. Maybe you could try only drinking at home instead of at the bars and see how much money you save after a month.

This year I’m giving up something that’s very hard for me. I’m giving up skipping classes. I mean it. I have to make it to every class. It’s hard for me as I suffer from chronic migraines and arthritis in my neck, which causes many severe migraines. But it’s getting bad.

I looked at my U-Bill to see how much I paid in tuition for the semester — $3,051, not including fees, etc. — and how many times my classes meet during that semester — 12 a week x 16 weeks = 192. So, dividing those up, I am paying about $16 per class period. $16 is a lot just for one class period.

So medicate me up, slap on the Band-Aids and send me on my way. I’m getting my money’s worth. And as for hitting up Lied Rec for that workout, check out your U-Bill to see how much you’re paying for those services. It might make you just a little more willing to jump on the track for a few rounds.

Find something that needs to be re-evaluated in your life as a student, as a Christian, as an addict. Start today. After all, excuses are like assholes. Everyone’s got one and they stink.

Letters

Hoben, Knight best fit for positions Hey, Iowa State. As many of you are aware, we’ve got some important decisions to make this coming Monday and Tuesday. We’ve got to elect some leaders to represent our thoughts, opinions and ideas.

And we aren’t just tasked with selecting senators to vote on our behalf, we’ve got to choose a president and a vice president to lead this campus next year.

First and foremost, I implore you all to vote in the GSB elections. All you have

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Library reacts to theft from front page

The stolen books varied widely in subject matter, language and age. They were mainly travel and exploration literature, but also included art books (such as a fi rst-edition book of Picasso), books on Indian philosophy, and the correspondence of Napoleon. When Ka Leo interviewed Grosenheider, “The Great Sea Serpent” by A. C. Oudemans was sitting on his desk, awaiting examination by a detective who was coming in later that afternoon.

Grosenheider estimated that each of the stolen books would have a resale value of between $400 and $2,000. He added that the library also has many more valuable books that are locked away, such as the journals of Captain Cook. “We have one-of-akind things that are literally priceless, irreplaceable,” said Grosenheider.

However, the books Perry allegedly stole were all located in the open stacks. “For us it’s important to have browsable stacks. We want to keep as much in browsable stacks [as possible], because it provides better access to the user.” He explained that keeping resources open fosters serendipity – the accidental discovery of something you didn’t know you needed.

Grosenheider said that the library does not want to lock away more books because of the incident, as they are a valuable resource to the community.

But he added, “We might look at this list and maybe

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There will also be no changes in public access to the library. “Anyone can browse the stacks and use the closed collections, and have pretty much the same privileges as the faculty and students,” said Grosenheider. He explained that this policy allows the library to function as a meeting place, where students, faculty and independent researchers can run into each other and have conversations that add to the university’s intellectual development.

But security is being addressed. “We have a very good idea how he did it, so we’re taking steps to improve the security so it won’t happen again. Obviously I can’t say how he did it,” said Grosenheider.

He added, “The fact that someone stole from a common resource is a betrayal of trust to the community. We’ll try very hard not to react to this by locking down, over-reacting.”

The repercussions for Perry are still uncertain. He has been arrested and released pending further investigation. As for his status at UH, Captain Dawson of Campus Security speculated, “if he tried to become a student again I’m sure there would be some issues. That’s just a guess, but I know the chancellor [Hinshaw] was really upset about that case.”

“It appears he lacks judgment,” said Grosenheider, of Perry’s actions at the university.

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According to ASUH President Anna Koethe, with negotiations at a stalemate regarding the athletic fee benefit package, former ASUH President Andrew Itsuno and the rest of the athletic fee working group had to step down as Koethe and other newly elected leaders stepped in. No new working group was formed because Chancellor Hinshaw took over at that point.

Koethe explained, “The chancellor unilaterally pushed it through.

She looked at what both parties wanted and did what she could.”

“I think a lot of the issues came because she didn’t delegate her authority,” said Itsuno, “we’d meet but there wasn’t a decision maker at the table. It was a waste of time.”

“I completely understand that the money was sitting there. The package needed to be passed through so students could access the money,” said Koethe. But she added, “I wish there had been more of an opportunity.”

“I think the strategy was to just wait us out,” said Itsuno.

“We had asked for shared usage of facilities, which we did indirectly get in the package, but that’s something I personally want to see worked on so more students have better access to it,” said Koethe.

The shared uses of athletic facilities was one problem that ASUH addressed about the chancellor’s new version.

“There are some of us that aren’t student athletes but are interested in using the facilities, like the playing field, pool, and the gym. I would want to see those facilities more open to those who want to take advantage of them.”

Another issue that was looked at heavily by the athletic fee work-

ing group is seating designated for students at Aloha Stadium, Stan Sheriff Center and Les Murakami Stadium.

“I think they [the seats] were the least expensive because if you break it down, there are sections that are promised to season ticket holders. They couldn’t afford to take that out, but they did take us out from behind the scoreboard,” said Koethe.

ASUH is still fighting to obtain better stadium seats for students.

“In the future, we can work to fight for better seats,” said Koethe.

Before stepping down, Itsuno and the rest of the athletic fee working group pushed for fi ve to eight percent of athletic fees to be given to all students, as well as a right to renegotiate if the fees were to be increased. This demand was met at eight percent in the new package.

Koethe said, “It’s defi nitely going to be eight percent, so it’s a huge chunk of money that the committee will have free reign over. It’s exciting to see what they will use that money for.”

The Athletic Department is planning to give that percent of funds back to student benefits such as reserved student seating at UH games and use of athletic facilities around campus for intramural activities.

Koethe commented on the idea, “That was athletic’s vision.

They were trying to figure out what they could give back to students.

Hopefully, they will really take account of the student’s voice.”

“I feel like it [the funds] should go back to the greater student body,” said Koethe. “I would love to see athletics open up to the greater campus community ...

They are trying to work with us as much as possible.”

The chancellor’s office has not yet been able to comment on the breakdown of negotiations. Diane Chang, Director of Communications, apologized, saying it was due to the closure of campus over the holiday weekend.

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Future work from front page

showy but often-used Maile Way is not slated for repairs this summer, though East-West Road is. Brandon also cited the College of Education parking lot as a place in need of repairs and pointed out that this would benefit the many Lab School parents and visitors that use the lot.

Hafner fl atly refused this idea, saying, “It has nothing to do with APEC.” He explained that repairs and improvements to campus facilities are prioritized by a computer system called Lifestyle, which predicts when roads and facilities will need repairs.

“They pretty much go by the software unless the location ages prematurely,” said Hafner. However, maintenance is sometimes deferred.

Repairs on Maile Way will begin next summer.

“It’s pretty beat up,” said Hafner. “We weren’t sure when Hamilton Library would fi nish [being repaired] and were uncertain for Maile Way [because of a flood a few years back].” He also added that he would have

preferred to work on Maile Way this summer.

Hafner admitted work on a structure was deferred in order to fi nish Bachman, but said, “Everything has to be a choice. We have to keep roads running.” He said his offi ce prioritizes “Health and safety of the students and faculty, protecting the campus and its buildings, and energy savings, because UHM has one of the highest costs in the nation for its upkeep – in the range of $24 million a year for the campus.”

Future projects include a new biology department building, a new school of social work in Bartley Hall, and renovations to Kuykendall Hall. In addition, “There are 145 projects they are working on, ranging from air conditioning to classroom renovation,” said Hafner.

But for the moment, these things are still in the planning stage. Hafner explained that all repairs and construction constitute a 56 -month process. While East-West Road is under construction, the Parking Offi ce has recommended that students and faculty enter the campus via Maile Way. “If you ride your bike like me,” said Hafner, “it’s pretty bumpy.”

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AMERICAS PUERTO RICO – President Barack Obama is visiting Puerto Rico for a second time, having promised to return to the island after his 2008 visit as a Democratic nominee hopeful. Residents of Puerto Rico cannot vote for the presidency, but Obama’s visit might be aimed to gain votes from Puerto Ricans on the U.S. mainland, as well as votes from Hispanic populations in general for the 2012 election.

Before the president’s arrival, pro-independence protestors held a vigil in San Juan for the release of Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned in the U.S. Meanwhile, Obama has said that his administration will stand by the Puerto Rican people’s decisions regard-

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A S I A/PAC I F I C THAILAND – Yingluck Shinawatra is a popular candidate for prime minister and a new face representing Thailand’s opposition party, Pheu Thai. Her older brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is leading the party from Dubai where he must stay in exile to avoid imprisonment for corruption after being ousted by a coup in September 2006. Pheu Thai is supposed to represent the interests of the rural poor, as opposed to the royalists, bureaucrats, military officials and businesspeople that backed the 2006 coup.

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For the Wai‘alae Avenue project, the city is set to open bidding to contractors this month. Cycle Mānoa, a group that works to increase bicycle access, attempted to get the attention of the DTS and make the community’s demands heard. On May 27, students and community members waved signs on Wai‘alae that expressed the desire for a bike-only lane, asking the DTS to reconsider the current plans and rework them to include a lane solely for bicycles. So far, the DTS has not officially responded. When asked for comment, the DTS declined to return phone calls.

A deterrent to revising current plans is that the project would be more costly and cause significant delays. Workers would need to produce new blueprints, and the issues of traffic lanes and access to businesses are concerns.

“The plan that they were working on to include the bike lane involved taking away a lane of traffic, so it would affect other traffic, and create fewer parking spaces, and that could affect local merchants,” said Alexander.

Members of Cycle Mānoa approached businesses on Wai‘alae Avenue for support, garnering a list of over 20 stores that support the creation of a lane designated only for bicycles. The list was presented to the DTS. Alexander mentioned that the first city plans for bike rows were created in 1973. These plans sought to build bike lanes all over Honolulu, but never came to fruition. In addition, 12 years ago Wai‘alae Avenue was

designated by the DTS as a priority 1 project, but was never addressed. In 2006, the city presented the O‘ahu Bike Plan, which intended to include more bike lanes along Wai‘alae Avenue, but is still pending approval.

“For the city, it’s a timing issue,” said Sakuma.

“This repaving plan has been in the works for some time. If they went ahead with revisions for a bike lane, the whole process would be delayed for quite a while.” Sakuma said the city’s proposal is to create a share row now, and repave the roads later to include a lane for bicycles “the next time around.”

Sakuma added that while share rows may not be the ideal, promoting education about how to use share rows, and how to drive and bike safely within a lane, is the key to getting optimal results from the arrangement until the next repaving.

However, Alexander said with this arrangement Wai‘alae may never see a lane exclusively for cyclists. “[The city] has had these plans over and over again, and very little has come of it. My apprehension is that it’s not a matter of now or six [years] from now, it’s a matter of now or never,” he said.

Regarding city plans for share rows versus bicycleexclusive lanes, Sakuma said, “If we miss an opportunity, it will take a long time before the next one comes up.”

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The volunteers organized the group due to the fact that cells of older people divide more slowly when exposed to radiation than those of younger people, thus slowing down the damage done to their bodies. The volunteers stated that they are near the end of their lives and can take the risk, whereas a 30-year-old exposed at the plant could get cancer as early as age 35.

M I D D L E E A S T/A F I RC A LIBYA – Iman al-Obeidi, the Libyan woman who told the world that 15 of Gadhafi’s soldiers raped and beat her, has been evacuated to Romania. She had previously sought asylum in Qatar, but was deported back to Libya after officials disregarded protests from various human rights organizations and requests from the United Nations to let al-Obeidi seek refuge in another nation.

NIGERIA -– Nigerian police raided a “baby factory” in which 32 pregnant teenage girls were rescued from the underground human trafficking ring. Raped, impregnated and held against their will, the girls (aged 15 through 17) were forced to produce babies that were sold on the black market for use in rituals, unauthorized adoptions, slave labor and organ trafficking. Smugglers bought the babies for around $190, depending on the sex of the child.

E U RO P E GERMANY – A recent outbreak of E. coli originating in Germany has lead to at least 2,400 infections and 24 deaths.

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AMERICAS USA – The town of Joplin, Missouri, is still reeling from the 200 mph May 22 tornado, and has registered the current death toll at 138. Those hospitalized with critical injuries continue to add to the tally. The town of 50,000 lost an estimated 2,000 buildings; among the damaged were schools, a hospital, a nursing home and private residences.

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Bill threatens East-West Center funding

The United States House Committee on Foreign A ffairs recently passed a bill to eliminate federal funding for the EastWest Center. The bill, proposed

by Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), must now go through a long process before being accepted or rejected. A ffiliates of the center are watching the process closely, but say that it is highly unlikely that funds will be cut off.

“The decision has not been made to eliminate funding. Full Congress has not voted on that.

East-West is still in existence.

[This is only] one committee vote in this long process,” said Karen Knudsen, director of the center’s offi ce of external affairs. “One committee is involved in a long process because once it goes through this committee it will go through another committee,” Knudsen continued.

The East-West Center was

established in 1960 to facilitate cultural and technical exchange between the United States, Asia and the Pacifi c through internationally cooperative research.

Detractors, such as Dana Rohrabacher (R- Calif.), argue that the East-West Center has not had any important accomplishments in years and foreign countries that want to keep the center should pay for their students with their own money.

Supporters assert that the center provides a vital network in public diplomacy and brings together international professionals who would otherwise have little contact.

STUDENT AID The East-West center provides students from around the world with fi nancial aid and features specialized programs related to training, research and economic development.

“East-West is not like any other foundation,” said Shab-

bir Cheema, a senior research fellow and director of the Asia Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiatives. “I recall when I was a student, I had other opportunities, but I chose East-West because it broadens my crosscultural understanding.” He attended UHM through an EastWest scholarship and went on to get his Ph.D. in political science at the university. He explained that the center helps students obtain scholarships and come to UHM to study.

The center’s students are approximately half from the United States and half from Asian countries, although there are also students from Europe and the Middle East, according to Knudsen.

“There are students from over 100 different countries,” said Derek Ferrar, a media relations specialist for East-West. “[It ’s] ver y important for the university because it brings a larger perspective. Hawai‘i is the closest to Asia-Pacific

regions as part of the U.S,” Cheema said.

He went on to say that bringing so many foreign students helps to internationalize Hawai‘i.

By living, working and studying together at UHM they gain lasting relationships and a sense of community among people from all over the world.

P O T E N T I A L I M PAC T Certain students will be directly impacted if the resolution is passed.

“Right now, East-West has [approximately] 500 students, and while some of them receive Congressional funding, many others are on private scholarships and they will not be affected.

The students on Congressional funding, if we suffer budget cuts, those students will be affected,” said Knudsen.

Ferrar disclosed that there has already been a reduction in the number of students on full [Congressional] scholarships. He

explained that cutting off funds would impact the number of students the center can accept.

These effects, however, would not be immediate. “There will be some safeguard; worst-case scenario is we lose all our funding.

[There are] some reserves that would be able to lessen the immediate blow,” said Knudsen. She went on to say that it is “highly unlikely that overnight we lose our funding.”

But some supporters say the value of the center surpasses individual educational opportunities. “ The value [of the East-West Center] is not only education, not only cultural, but [it has] benefits in trade investment and cooperation between the United States and regions of the Asia-Pacific,” said Cheema.

“As a staff member and former grantee, this center should continue. [There has been] a lot of polarization among countries, and there is a greater need for cross culturalization.”

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Online voucher business growing Lending a helping hand

Michael Scott and Matt Ludwin aspire to tackle new business opportunity in Manhattan.

Deal Garden aims to help locals, comes to Manhattan Sam Diederich news editor Michael Scott, regional manager of Dunder Mifflin-Scranton branch, once tried to negotiate a spat between employees by utilizing a “win-win-win” strategy.

Needless to say, the fictional character from “The Office” failed to successfully apply his improbable negotiation tactics, but another business manager - this one much less outlandish and much more pragmatic - is finding that “winwin-win” is not as unattainable as it sounds.

Pat Lazure, co-founder of Deal Garden, is in the process of building a business that can save money for customers, bring revenue to merchants and make him and his partner Mark Ludwin accomplished entrepreneurs.

Deal Garden is an online distributor of vouchers and the creation of Lazure and Ludwin.

“I ran the interactive division at the Omaha World-Herald and ended up getting into the daily deal space,” Lazure said. “Mark had started a successful business and was available, and together we started Deal Garden. I quit my day job and we launched.”

Deal Garden offers customers discount prices and vouchers for local eateries, entertainment and services. A comparison to Groupon, another discount distributing site, is apt, but only in the sense that Deal Garden dishes out deals; Lazure and Ludwin want their site to have a more local feel.

“There are some larger deal sites out there that are focused on the big towns. We are going in the opposite direction. We are focusing on small and mid-size towns,” Lazure said.

Lazure and Ludwin began in Topeka, but soon began branching out, first to Sioux City, Iowa, and now to Lawrence and Manhattan.

“Mark and I have been to Manhattan. We have friends there, and it’s a great town. We knew we wanted to stay in the Midwest,” Lazure said. “It’s really a demographic and a population size that fits within our strike zone.”

The regional approach also allows Lazure and Ludwin to have a physical presence in communities rather than negotiating deals from a distance.

“We do that because it helps us understand the lay of the land and helps us understand which merchants are popular,” Lazure said.

“We take a consultative approach.

We want to understand what needs are so that we can craft a good deal.”

The website has only been offering deals in Manhattan for a short time, but already Planet Sub, Pita Pit and several other local businesses have agreed to discounts and vouchers. Lazure said the obvious benefit for customers is the money saved, but a little more digging is required to reveal the upside for local businesses.

“It’s something that’s new. This is a completely different form of advertising. There is a process involved in explaining to a merchant how an upfront discount to customers can help their brand and business,” Lazure said. “Businesses get an immediate shot in the arm with customer flow. It’s a way to

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obtain new customers without any upfront costs.”

There is no upfront cost because Lazure and Ludwin assume the risks; if few customers buy into a deal, then Lazure and Ludwin lose out on advertising costs and time spent, but the business is protected.

“If we do our job successfully, then what we do is we send a truckload of customers to the cash register,” Lazure said. “If we don’t do that, then there is no payment because we haven’t done our job.”

The risk may not sound like a “win” for Lazure and Ludwin, but a penchant for taking chances is exactly what drove them to found their own company.

“Mark and I are entrepreneurs by our nature, so it is just kind of in our DNA,” Lazure said. “It’s a very exciting space to be in.”

Deal Garden’s newest market is Manhattan, which has been mostly passed up by larger discount providers, and Lazure is fast learning the ins and outs of the city.

“Just about anything in Aggieville is really popular. Restaurants are popular to the extent that almost everyone eats food,” Lazure said. “We are just getting the Manhattan market started. As we go, we will drift into the more niche deals like salons and spas.”

As Deal Garden has grown from Topeka to surrounding cities, Lazure has started adding personnel to his company staff.

“Now, we are a seven person company. We just hired two people and we are looking to hire more,” Lazure said. “If you know any good marketing majors out there, let us know. We are really excited to be in Manhattan.”

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International Coffee Hour explores Moldova’s history, culture Speaker discusses the economy, industry Balasubramanyn Meenakshisundaram staff writer The International Student Center bustled on Friday with a healthy crowd of international and American students assembled, along with Manhattan community members, for the last of the Coffee Hour series of the spring semester.

The speaker for the day was Svetlana Cotelea, graduate student in public health and a-oneof-a-kind member of the multicultural K-State community.

Cotelea is the only student here at K-State from the Republic of Moldova, a fragment of former

U.S.S.R. with an area one-sixth the size of Kansas and a population one-and-a-half times greater than that of Kansas.

The Coffee Hour began with the introduction of the speaker

by Sarinya Sungkatavat, graduate student in human ecology and organizer of the Coffee Hour series.

Cotelea came to K-State through the Muskie Fellowship Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. government. The organization gives out scholarships to eligible candidates across Eastern Europe and Asia to pursue their studies in the U.S. According to Cotelea, interested candidates apply to the fellowship with their choice of program and if selected, they get matched to a suitable university at which to study.

“I did not pick K-State, the government did for me,” Cotelea said.

She added that she is one of only five Muskie fellows currently studying in the U.S. Cotelea spoke about her country, the history and culture of Moldova, its economy, and popular events and holidays of the country with the help of an elaborate slide show presentation and accompanying videos.

She gave the audience a glimpse of everything ranging from traditional food, clothing, lifestyle, major cities and the close cultural ties the country shares with its neighbor Romania in the form of language and customs.

She also shared interesting facts about the country; for example, Moldova has a place in the Guinness Book of World

Records for having the longest underground wine cellar that stretches for 161 miles across. It is also interesting to note here that the longest north-to-south distance in the country is a mere 217.5 miles.

Cotelea gave an elaborate insight into the country’s economy and industry, which are both agriculture-based.

“We have a pretty high literacy rate of 96 percent,” she said.

Cotelea also told the audience of a holiday in Moldova called Knowledge Day, celebrated on Sept. 1 of every year. The holiday marked the first day of school for that academic year.

Most of the audience was fascinated by what Cotelea had to say.

“I have heard about the country but didn’t know much about it,” said David Stuckenschmidt,

Manhattan resident. “One can read from books or newspapers about a place but it is a totally different thing to be told about the place by a native, as one can learn a lot from the talk.”

Dahnika Sachs, senior in life science and women’s studies, plans to spend 27 months in Moldova as part of a Peace Corps mission, starting this June. Sachs will be teaching health education during her time in Moldova. She said she has been trying to learn about the culture and language through various sources.

“I have been trying to learn Romanian,” Sachs said.

The Coffee Hour series has been going on at K-State since 2001, according to Sungkatavat.

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“We brought fun stuff like soduku, recipes and mazes,” said Jessie Rose, junior in gerontology, biology and pre-medicine. “We’ve been talking mostly about the secondary major (gerontology). And also to teach people how to age well and give them tips.”

There were also maps provided that showed different routes to take on campus that equal up to a mile in walking.

Jordan Keller, junior in gerontology and social work, said the college’s goal was also to promote healthy habits. The college also made bananas, nuts, and other healthy foods available.

At the K-State Student Union, a whole different recruitment process took place, both indoors and outdoors.

Inside the Union, many people recruited for different organizations on campus.

“We’re (at the Union) because I want to show my buddies the different fraternities and other things to do at K-State,” said Adam Fox, freshman in pre-psychology. “It’s so crowded in here, too, so we’ll probably take a break and listen to the music outside.”

In the midst of craziness inside the Union was also a busy outdoors experience.

Five performing groups, including K-State’s improv group and the band Catching Amy, took place outside of the Union.

Also outside of the Union was a major attraction: an Army National Guard rockclimbing wall.

Staff Sgt. David Dunbar, recruiter for the National Guard, said open house was used as a recruiting tool.

“It’s a chance to set up connections with different people,” Dunbar said.

But April 16 was also a day of display and demonstration.

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culture and tradition,” she said.

According to Sungkatavat, candidates for each semester are picked from a pool of requests based on the country represented, the student population and the perceived interest in the K-State community to learn about that particular country and culture.

There was a good turnout at the International student Center for the event, although it was not the highest, according to Sungkatavat.

“We are trying to focus on countries that are not so famous,” she said.

Traditional Moldovan food was served after the talk and the house was opened for questions.

“The food is delicious,” said Samantha Broz, sophomore in social work, on her way to a second helping.

College of Agriculture was stationed, had a carnivallike atmosphere because of the many treats and keepsakes available. From the pancakes to the popcorn and the ability to take a picture with Willie the Wildcat on a green screen, the agriculture department was a happening place.

One event that made sparks fly was a demonstration within the College of Arts and Sciences - the chemistry magic show. The demonstration also attracted numerous children, whose faces lit up with excitement each time something blew up.

“I liked the show,” said Julie Meyers, 8, referring to the chemistry demonstration. “It was scary, but then the soda fell everywhere and it was funny.”

Regardless of which age group was targeted or people involved, many left the K-State campus with a smile, and that’s all that matters.

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Samuel Khang, Manhattan resident, watches as another child plays while climbing through an inflatable obstacle course outside of Justin Hall during the All-University Open House on Saturday afternoon.

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Above: Andrea, Eric and TJ Tiede shoot jets of water into the air at the Fountain Wars design team demonstration at K-State Open House 2011. Each stream of water can be shot by pressing a corresponding button. Right: Members of the Marching Cobras perform in Bosco Plaza for K-State Open House 2011.

earned its first bid into the NCAA tournament since 2009.

The team also notched the program’s 800th victory, one of just 12 programs in the country to have done so. The Wildcats finished tied for third in the Big 12 conference, defying Big 12 coach’s predications who slated K-State in ninth during the preseason.

Expectations were high heading into this current offseason.

With all five starters returning and a plethora of experience on the bench, it appeared that the Wildcats would be in great position to not only repeat their NCAA tournament appearance but also challenge for the top spot in the Big 12 and perhaps make a deep run in March.

Sadly, these departures create a large hole in those high hopes for next year. Although the Cats are returning junior forwards Branshea Brown and Julana Childs as well as sophomore guard Chambers Mariah White, the team will have to find a replacement for the strong play from all three departing athletes.

For those looking into the future, it will be interesting to see who steps up and fills the missing spots on the K-State roster.

This past season, the team featured a fairly up-tempo style, so it will be unlikely for a forwardlike player to replace Karr as the starter, unless the match-up calls for it.

This means freshman forward Chantay Caron has a smaller chance at taking the spot. Caron started in 11 games this season, all at the forward position.

There are several other possibilities from this past season’s team. Senior guard Emma Ostermann, senior forward JuliAnne Chisholm and freshman guard Stephanie Wittman all saw time last season for Coach Patterson.

Another possibility might be the use of incoming freshmen Haley Texada and Ashia Woods.

Both of these women come into the program with impressive high school performances in Texas and Kansas respectively. If either of them becomes the fifth starter, it might provide excellent leadership experience for the team moving forward.

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NIGHT | Severe weather keeps turnout low Continued from page 1 statistics. I am not a statistic.”

Lindsey was not only abused by a boyfriend; she was also called to testify in the Ali Kemp trial. Ali Kemp was a former student at K-State who was killed at a pool during the summer of her sophomore year.

Members of Fire, a K-State student and community feminist organization, organized this year’s Take Back the Night event, and said this is the 12th time the event has happened at K-State.

“It is meant to bring aware-

ness to domestic and sexual violence, and also empower them and create a sense of community,” said Amelia Engel, senior in women’s studies and treasurer of Fire.

Take Back the Night is a global event, and Engel said each celebration is different. Some groups hold a candlelight vigil in silence, but Engel said Fire aims to commemorate life.

Due to the threat of severe weather, not all seats in the Union Ballroom were filled.

Nevertheless, attendees still made plenty of noise after the

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speeches, when they marched to Aggieville chanting empowering slogans.

Dan Hornsby, junior in English, said he went to Take Back the Night because he had friends in the group, and his band The Low End was playing after the march. Hornsby said he enjoyed the event.

“I thought the speaker was very compelling, to have personal narratives was inspiring,” Hornsby said. “I was a little disappointed with the turnout, I hoped more people would come to support this great cause.”

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“I just think that it’s ridiculous that they won’t let him come cause he’s not DNA,” Gonzales said in the April 12 KSN broadcast. A clip of the broadcast and an article can be found

on the KSN website.

All of the Facebook “likes” and support paid off. Yesterday, the Army told Owen that he could return to Kansas to say his final goodbyes to his would-be adopted son. As of Thursday afternoon, Owen was on his way back to Kansas.

“I saw my son into this world, and now I want to be able to see him so he knows I said my last goodbyes,” Owen said in

a telephone interview with a KSN reporter shortly before he left Kuwait for Garden City on Thursday afternoon.

This opportunity to say goodbye is something that Owen deserves, Ortega said.

“He’s been a really good dad.

He deserves to be commended for it,” Ortega said. “He’s not his biological son, but it’s more respectable because he stepped into it.”

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Niner in New York: My experience at Gaga’s Workshop Scarlett Newman

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B. One of the sculptures from Gaga’s Workshop.

C. A whimsical train in Gaga’s Workshop.

D. Gaga-themed candy sold at the workshop.

Last Monday, I lived what is not only my dream, but the dream of millions of “little monsters” across the world. I attended the formal unveiling of Gaga’s Workshop at Barney’s New York.

On the fifth floor of Barney’s NY is popstar Lady Gaga’s take on Santa’s workshop.

It all began about a month ago when I entered a sweepstakes through the Barney’s NY Facebook page to win a chance to attend the special event. I brushed it off because I thought that there was no way that I would ever win something like this; I never win anything!

A few weeks later, I received an email from one of the Barney’s employees stating that I had won a golden ticket, granting me access to the ribbon cutting of Gaga’s workshop.

I read the email about seven times, reassuring myself that this wasn’t a scam.

At the same time, I was on the phone with my best friend Chelsea crying tears of joy because I’m one of the biggest Gaga fans walking this planet and I couldn’t believe that this was happening to me. Unfortunately, I also cried tears of sorrow because I knew that there was no way that I would be able to afford a plane ticket to New York City on such short notice.

Days before the workshop, my mom and her boyfriend, knowing my love for Lady G, devised a plan to make the trip happen. So off to NYC I went!

I was one of 30 golden ticket winners.

We were already on the VIP list, so upon arrival we were lead straight to the cocktail party on the fifth floor.

There were waiters serving free drinks and hors d’oeuvres, as well as an open bar.

Lady Starlight, NYC DJ, and Gaga’s best

friend, was the DJ for the VIP party.

I saw and conversed with many celebrities Blake Lively, Alan Cummings, Neil Patrick Harris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander Wang and Nicola Formichetti.

Gaga’s parents and younger sister Natali were also in attendance.

The workshop was filled with unique gifts, such as Gaga-shaped cookies, Willy Wonka-esque lollipops, stiletto stockings, edible Alexander McQueen shoes, snow globes, tote-bags, t-shirts and much more.

Gaga was an avid reader of Roald Dahl novels when she was young, so special editions of the novels were made specifically for the workshop.

The songstress was in attendance and cut the ribbon. She made her way around the party and then proceeded to begin the workshop where she taped a special interview with Robin Roberts to be aired on ABC’s Good Morning America the following morning. She left shortly afterward.

I didn’t get to meet her, but I managed to snap one photo of Gaga heading into the workshop.

She was dressed in a custom Chanel gown that Karl Lagerfeld designed specifically for the event and Noritaka Tatehana studded skyscraper platforms. She was an ethereal vision in all white, an angel in my eyes. She posed for photographers from top fashion magazines like Vogue and WWD. I am so grateful to Barney’s for providing me with an opportunity like this. I would have been heartbroken if I had not been able to attend.

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Rachel Sloan, a secondyear junior and book enthusiast, was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at birth and uses her motorized wheelchair to get from point A to point B. And she has known no other way.

“I get around pretty well,” Sloan said. “My legs don’t work very well, but my brain works just fine and my mouth works even better.”

Tyler Propst, a sophomore accounting major, was also born with Cerebral Palsy and has learned to get wherever he needs to, using the crutches he has had all his life.

“You get used to it when it’s your only option,” Propst said.

Dealing everyday with Cerebral Palsy is not something that comes easy for them, especially when having to adjust to a new environment and routine such as coming to college and getting around campus. But they manage.

“It’s hard. I’m not gonna say it’s easy or that I do it gracefully,” Sloan said. “Nothing could be more Hollywood – esque than saying I handle it just fine, it just seems that way. It’s just not easy being in a place that’s built for people who can walk, and that’s anywhere.”

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However, Sloan and Propst both, make it work.

“Coming to Northwest, it definitely took some adjusting walking back and forth to class and I got used to that, and then it snowed,” Propst said. “I knew I’d have to give myself extra time to get places, and I did and it worked out alright. Yeah you slip, you fall sometimes.

It happens, but there’s really nothing you can do about it.”

Both Propst and Sloan have either slipped and fallen on the ice, been stuck in the snow or been faced with other road blocks due to the weather.

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Although labeled “disabled,” neither Propst nor Sloan are prone to ask for help every time they find themselves in a jam.

“I don’t like (asking for help). I absolutely hate it,” Sloan said. “I was raised by my mom and dad to take care of myself. There were times when they’d be like ‘I’m going to choose not to help you in this situation because I think you can get out for yourself’ and it was times like that where I was just like, I’m not ever going to take for granted that people are going to help me because sometimes… they don’t.

“I just don’t like asking for it because there’s always the chance that somebody can say, ‘Sorry I just don’t want to help’ or ‘I just don’t know how to help,’ and that scares me.”

But as Sloan has found out, sometimes she does not have to ask.

“My freshman year it was a downpour, the wind was bad and it was raining and hail and everything else and all my friends that I could readily call were either in class or at work,” Sloan said. “So when it starts

raining really bad my battery sometimes just quits because of the water.

“So I was stuck and there was this guy who was walking by and I didn’t even say anything because I was cursing the elements and I wasn’t doing it quietly and without me having to ask he says ‘Looks like you need some help, where do you live?’ I was all the way across campus and he was like ‘What do I have to do?’ I offered to get out and help him, but he was like ‘No, stay there, I got it.’ And he pushed me all the way across campus in the rain without a coat, no umbrella, the works.”

When winter finds its way to Maryville, or rain, or wind, or hail, it poses a challenge to everyone. Anybody is likely to slip and fall or find it too difficult to get out and about.

Everyone is likely to complain that the weather is harsh or that the sidewalks are not clear enough. But for Rachel Sloan, Tyler Propst and other students with disabilities, the challenge is slightly amplified.

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Phelps named volleyball assistant Head volleyball coach Jessica Rinehart announced the addition of Amy Phelps to her coaching staff last week. Phelps has spent the past six seasons as the assistant coach at Alaska Fairbanks.

Prior to her time in Alaska, Phelps assisted the men’s and women’s teams at her alma mater, Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

Phelps will serve as the

primary recruiter and work with the setters and middle hitters.

A setter in college, she earned first-team all-conference and all-region honors. She was also named an honorable mention NAIA All-American and an NAIA All-American Scholar Athlete.

Phelps will begin her duties with the Bearcats March 1.

Tjeerdsma will lead Team USA Former head football coach Mel Tjeerdsma has been selected to lead the 2011 U.S. Men’s National Football Team.

The team will compete in the fourth International Federation of American Football Senior World Championships July 8-16 in Austria. The tournament features eight nations and has been held every four years since 1999.

Team USA first competed in 2007 and brought home gold, defeating Japan 23-20 in double overtime in Tokyo.

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Australia, Germany and Mexico are the other three teams in Group A. All of the medal games will be held in Vienna.

Team USA is looking for 45 athletes age 20 and older, including current NCAA athletes, graduating seniors and other athletes older than 20.

A training camp will be held June 28 to July 4 before the team leaves for Austria. Team USA’s first game is against Australia at 9 a.m. July 8.

Soccer adds 9 for 2011 season Head soccer coach Tracy Hoza announced Friday that nine players have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Bearcats next season.

The ’Cats emphasized defense and versatility with the incoming class.

Northwest signed defenders Taylor Rae Sellars (Platte City, Mo.), Breah Sanders (Kansas City, Mo.) and Emily Arnold (Council Bluffs, Iowa).

Amanda Spade (Holton, Kan.) can be used as a defender or midfielder, Jonna

Welch (Bolivar, Mo.) and Beth Walde (Omaha, Neb.) were recruited to play both offensive positions, forward and midfielder.

Forwards Tori Von Mende (Council Bluffs, Iowa) and Tammie Eiberger (Shelby Township, Mich.) along with midfielder Rachel Harada (Des Moines, Iowa) round out the 2011 recruiting class.

Northwest opens its season Sept. 2 against Texas A&M-Commerce at Bearcat Pitch.

Northwest wrestlers in action Jordan Peter recently won his 165-pound weight class at the Missouri Valley Open.

Peter competed against wrestlers from Division I, II, III and NAIA. He earned two pins during the tournament,

while his younger brother Travis, 133 lbs., collected five pins on his way to a fifth place finish.

In all, seven Northwest wrestling club members competed at the open tournament in Marshall, Mo. last weekend.

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SOPHOMORE GUARD DESHAUN Cooper drives the lane in Wednesday night’s game in Beacat Arena. The Bearcats lost the game 55-71. The ’Cats broke a six-game losing streak on Saturday against Fort Hays State.

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All it took was one cut to the basket to end a sixgame losing streak and give the Bearcats their first road win.

Junior forward Jake Reinders took a pass in the lane from sophomore point guard DeShaun Cooper and laid it in with one second left to give Northwest a 7573 win over No. 7 Fort Hays State.

“It was actually designed to go against a man defense,” head coach Ben McCollum said. “They went zone against us, so I tried calling a play that we have in against a zone that’s pretty automatic. We kind of panicked, so then we just went with give the ball to DeShaun and get out of the way. A guy stepped to help and Jake Reinders was right there to make the layup.”

The Bearcats trailed by three at halftime, 34-31, but committed only one turnover in the first half.

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Walter, Myers set program records at Mule Relays history, but the nation’s seventh best throw this season.

Her throw was three feet farther than that of the past record holder, Julie Humphrey, which stood for the past 13 years.

“That was one that we were just kind of waiting for it to happen,” head coach Scott Lorek said. “She’s had some big throws in her and it finally just kind of came through.”

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Another weekend gone as marks continue to fall in the track and field record books.

This time it was senior thrower Kate Walter and junior heptathlon athlete Zane Myers leaving their marks atop the record boards.

Walter launched a throw of 58 feet, 5.75 inches at the Mule Relays, which was not only the best woman’s weight-throw in program

2009 mark by 14 points.

Myer hit a NCAA provisional qualifying mark and currently sits seventh in the nation.

“He had a tremendous weekend, especially in the high jump. He PR’d by 5 inches, which is crazy,” Lorek said.

Myers placed second at the weekend’s meet.

Junior hurdler Tyler Shaw and freshman Ashli Mosby each brought home the 60-meter hurdles titles.

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The ’Cats called timeout with 20 seconds left and set up the game-winning play that gave Cooper his first career double-double with 17 points and 10 assists.

Jones scored a gamehigh 23 points, but three Bearcats finished in double figures. Allen and Haake both finished with 18 points in addition to Cooper.

Northwest is at home for its next two games. The ’Cats take on NebraskaOmaha tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Bearcat Arena.

Pittsburg State comes to town Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m. at Bearcat Arena.

“Now it’s a matter of if we can understand that just because you beat (Fort Hays) doesn’t mean you have a better chance in the next game,” McCollum said.

“It just depends on if we can handle adversity, because we’re going to be down at some point in both games. Whether we say, ‘Here we go again’ or ‘OK, lets go. Let’s figure out a way to keep fighting and keep battling and make them beat us.’ Hopefully we can do that.”

Senior cornerback Ryan Jones highlights D2football.com’s 2010 All-American team released Tuesday. Jones was Northwest’s lone first-team selection and the website’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Jones recorded 56 tackles, six interceptions and blocked a kick in helping to lead the Bearcats to a 12-2 record and a sixth straight appearance in the Division II national semifinals.

Senior quarterback Blake Bolles, junior wide receiver Jake Soy, senior tight end Josh Baker and junior linebacker Chad Kilgore were all named to the honorable mention team.

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“We stayed positive and we stayed with the game plan,” McCollum said. “In the past, we would have went away from what we were doing and panicked a little bit, or got afraid to lose. In this game, we played without that fear and just said, ‘Hey, we’re trying to spoil people’s seasons and if you’re in our way, hopefully we can do that to you.’”

Northwest took a threepoint lead with 1:27 left to go on junior guard Kyle Haake’s third 3-pointer in the final nine minutes.

Fort Hays answered back and tied the game at 73 on a 3-pointer by senior guard Dominique Jones. “(Haake) was open the whole game, he was just missing shots,” McCollum said. “I knew eventually he was going to hit one. Once he hit one, I knew two was probably inevitable. The next time we called timeout and drew up a play for him and he hit his third one. He

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Continued from Page 1 David said during a gathering at the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado earlier Monday evening.

Both David and Sonia flew to Colorado from their home in Honolulu, where Sascha grew up.

“We’re devastated,” David Franzel said. “There’s no rhyme or reason to this.”

According to her parents, Sascha was passionate about helping others through community service. She was active in various charities, as well as in Hillel, the center of Jewish campus life at CSU. “She always loved to volunteer,” David Franzel said. “It was nice to hear that she was carrying that on at CSU.”

how many of you are here and how many lives she touched,” said Karen Franzel from Fullerton, Calif.

Sascha was a biology major and, according to her parents, hoped to work in medicine after graduating.

“I knew her as a delightful, wonderful student,” said Dean of Students Jody Donovan, who met Franzel when she was a freshman.

“She was a spark of light, filling the campus with her spirit, and she’ll continue to fill it.”

“On a campus of 26,000, it’s remarkable that I got to know her and her family as well as I did,” Donovan added. “We’re all going to miss her.”

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Described by friends as a lover of music and sushi, Sascha was also known for her sense of humor.

“I met Sascha freshman year,” said junior English major Kevin Bartz.

“We were walking along trying to find something to do when she found out I’d done theater. She kept bugging me to sing with her.”

“We ended up singing show tunes at the top of our lungs outside of Westfall (Hall),” Bartz added. “I remember thinking, ‘wow, this girl is awesome.’”

While sharing memories, attendees also sang “Seasons of Love,” a song from “Rent,” one of Sascha’s favorite musicals.

“She would be absolutely blown away to see

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According to Rosch, Cans Around the Oval not only helps the hungry in Fort Collins, but it also serves as a bridge between the CSU community and Fort Collins residents. This is why Rosch encourages students to get involved.

Interested parties can register to participate in Cans Around the Oval Tuesday. Set to take place in the Associated Students of CSU senate chambers, participants will be able pick up food drive start-up kits, designed to make the organizational process easier.

“We are having our Cans Around the Oval distribution day, which is an opportunity for anyone who wants to participate to come pick up materials,” said Brett

Rundle, who serves as the program coordinator. “We will have boxes and bags and flyers and posters and also canvassing territories there.”

According to Rosch, the food that comes from Cans Around the Oval provides food for the food bank well into Thanksgiving, serving thousands of people throughout the county.

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By Tori Cummings Staff writer

When Ross Evans entered high school, he had never touched a football. He did, however, know how to kick a ball.

“I played soccer for a really long time, ever since I was in first grade all the way up till seventh grade,” Evans said.

“That’s when I went to Burnet [high school] and they didn’t have a soccer team.”

A classmate encouraged Evans to try out for the football team as a kicker. He made the team and has been placekicking ever since.

Evans, now a senior for the Frogs,holds the TCU record for extra points made and is fourth in field goals made.

Evans has been on the Lou Groza award watch list his entire tenure at TCU. The honor is special to Evans but he doesn’t let it distract him.

“It’s a pretty prestigious

thing to be on one of those watch lists but I can’t really let that bother me because I have to focus on the game,” Evans said.

Playing all four years at TCU has left Evans with many memories, but the two that stand out were early in his collegiate career.

“The kick at Stanford my freshman year was in the pouring rain,” Evans said. “We had to kick it to clinch the game and put a two posses-

sion game so they couldn’t score and beat us.”

He said the Air Force game his sophomore year was another cold game where he couldn’t even feel his feet. He made two field goals to seal the win.

Some kickers have trouble with all the screaming fans and excitement but Evans doesn’t let their presence bother him. In fact, he uses it to his advantage.

“I’m more calm,” Evans said. “It gets to some people but me personally it makes me more confident. I don’t know why, but it does.”

Evans said he hopes to play professionally someday; otherwise he will pursue a career in his field of study, environmental earth resources.

For now, Evans is focusing on the upcoming season and leaving TCU as a kicker remembered for making all the right plays.

“I want to leave here knowing that I’m a kicker that everybody remembers for the right things, not the wrong,” Evans said. “That’s all I really care about.”

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Cameroon native plans return

By Jennifer Retter Staff Reporter

Five years ago, Yanic Simo could not speak a word of English. Today, he is preparing to graduate from TCU this December with a degree in electrical engineering.

The Douala, Cameroon native took an unconventional path to Fort Worth. Simo said he always knew he wanted to go abroad, but he did not have the United States spe-

cifically in mind. The choice to attend TCU came from his father. And Simo accepted it.

“My dad actually decided for me,” Simo said. “He had a friend in Texas who told him about TCU.” Simo traveled to TCU before his freshman year and took intensive English classes before beginning his degree.

“It was hard to adjust because I wasn’t speaking the language at the time,” Simo said. “It’s like any other person going to a different country to study. The education system is different.”

Simo, who speaks five other languages, said he expected the education system to be similar to the French system he was used to and was shocked when he almost failed his first chemistry exam.

Reflecting back on that exam, Simo said he did not understand that decimal points were used in America to represent numbers like 1.5.

Instead, Simo used commas like in the French system of

education, so his professor deducted points.

Simo said he was also surprised that American schools advocated for classes outside the science realm.

“It’s like any other person going to a different country to study. The education system is different.”

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“In the French system, if you’re doing engineering, you are expected to take science classes,” Simo said. “Here, it doesn’t matter. It’s OK to take music, English, anything.”

Simo has held an internship at Textron since May and said he hoped it would lead to a full-time position — for now.

“I don’t know exactly when I’m going back, but I don’t plan to stay in America,” Simo

said. “I’m not from here. I value the social life back home.”

In his neighborhood in Douala, Simo said was close with his neighbors and members of the community.

“In my town, I know everybody’s name, and everybody knows me,” he said. “If I went up to any of the houses and gave them my name, they could tell you exactly where I am.”

On the other hand, Simo said he saw the opposite behavior amongst communities in Fort Worth.

“Here, people seem to be scared of others,” he said.

“They don’t seem to know who their neighbors are.”

Simo said his family was planning its first visit to Texas soon, but he looked forward to getting back to his home and reuniting with family and friends.

“Back home, you always see a lot of people outside on the streets: kids play soccer, enjoying life, making friendships,” he said.

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Lady Frogs look to overcome loss of two key starters

By Jennifer Iller Staff Writer

The TCU women’s basketball team was picked to win the Mountain West Conference with junior Starr Crawford raking in preseason allconference accolades.

But that was more than a week ago.

Now, what seemed like a smooth flight to a conference title has turned into a strategic struggle to keep the plane in the air for the Lady Frogs, even after an 80-52 win Nov. 1 versus Cameron University.

The team’s turbulence began

with Crawford. She sustained a concussion this past spring that led her to miss three postseason games. This year, another concussion means that she will be out for the season, according to a press release issued by TCU media relations.

Crawford was cleared to play in September, but coach Jeff Mittie said her symptoms came back after a fall during practice in which she hit her head on a teammate’s leg. The Lady Frogs will be losing their top returning rebounder, only doubledigit scorer and lead scorer on six occasions this past season.

Then the oxygen masks

fell from the ceiling. Briesha Wynn, a sophomore and one of the team’s main contributors off the bench in her freshman season, has been suspended due to academics. While coach Mittie said Wynn should be back this season, it was up to her as to when that will be.

“It is a situation where if she does what she’s supposed to do, she’ll be back,” he said. “I’m hoping that she’ll get back on track, get her priorities in line, and then she’ll be back.”

The main source of stress for Mittie as he tries to pilot his team? Their age.

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Head coach Jim Christian criticized the current NCAA practice rules and pointed to the restrictive bylaws as a cause for the influx of injuries that occur early in the season.

Under the current NCAA rules, teams are allowed two hours of organized practice time a week leading up to the start of official practice on Oct. 15. Christian said the rule, which forces

players to adjust from a two-hour to a 20-hour week schedule, leads to injuries.

“I hate this time of the year,” Christian said. “I think they do these kids an injustice to be quite honest with you. We’re allowed two hours a week then we throw them into 20 hours a week.

Look around the country at the people who get hurt.”

Christian suggested the rule be changed to what it is on the women’s side — teams begin full practice 40 days before their first games.

“I wish they would go to the women’s rule, and I wish they would let you scrimmage every week like you do in high school,” Christian said. “You play every week against somebody within 50 miles of your campus. That’s what these kids want. That’s what we want. You get a better judge for your team going into the year. I think we’re missing the boat in college basketball with what we’re asking these kids to do with their bodies.”

either freshmen or sophomores, including Wynn.

Only two starters from this past season’s squad would be returning this season ­— junior Delisa Gross and lone senior Antoinette Thompson.

“It hasn’t been the smoothest of starts,” Mittie said. “This is our youngest team going in, and it’s gotten younger, and that presents some challenges.”

Mittie added that he would be relying heavily on Thompson, Gross and freshman guard Natalie Ventress to emerge as strong leaders this season.

A rough patch Mittie said the team has had to overcome in its

flight to the season opener was the shift in roles it experienced as these changes occurred.

“They’re going into different roles than they were going back to [the exhibition date on Nov. 1],” Mittie said. “I thought they were progressing ahead of pace, and now, based on where we need them to be on Nov. 11, they’re not anywhere close.”

Because of this shift in roles and need for players to step up, Mittie said he would not be redshirting any players this season.

“Everybody has got to find their way to play to their strengths and grow up as fast as

they can,” he said. “We’ve got to get this group further along.”

He also said that this year’s roster contained the most speed and athletic ability the Lady Frogs have had in four years.

This young team would look to keep its engines running against one of the top schedules in the country this year with games against six opponents who reached a postseason tournament in the past season, including five who made the NCAA Tournament.

The season opener will be Nov. 11 at the University of Georgia with tipoff set for 5 p.m.

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Halo Anniversary Edition Xbox 360 (released Nov. 15) It’s been a decade since the original “Halo” proved that shooter games could work on a console and single-handedly made the Xbox into a musthave. Revisiting the landmark title shows just how much has changed (courtesy of a shiny new coat of paint) while showing just how compelling the series’ original entry was.

It’s just how you remember it, with all the highs of singleplayer and multiplayer preserved.

And if you need to see just how much has changed, the ability to switch between the new graphics and the original in real time will satisfy both the purist and the curious.

Best for fans of: Reliving those bygone innocent days of shooting aliens in the face

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii (release date Nov. 20) The first original “Zelda” title on a home console in five years also arrives just in time for the franchise’s 25th anniversary.

“Skyward Sword” maintains the series’ traditional structure, so players will guide

Link through dungeons, find new weapons and eventually save the day.

But the addition of fullmotion controls, courtesy of the required Wii Motion Plus accessory, that match exactly to players’ movement turn even the most pedestrian arrow shot or sword slice into a gripping experience.

The series’ devious puzzles also play with these new conventions to make some real head-scratchers.

Best for fans of: Cleaning, as gamers rush to dust off their Wii

Assassin’s Creed Revelations Xbox 360, PS3, PC (released Nov. 15) The third “Assassin’s Creed” game in three years culminates the story of Ezio Auditore started in 2009’s “Assassin’s Creed 2.”

The “Assassin’s Creed” games have always been about “location, location, location,” and this third entry in the Ezio trilogy finds him scouring Constantinople for the memories of original franchise star Altair.

The game promises to close off character arcs through flashbacks while setting the stage for next year’s proper sequel.

Expect more freerunning, sneaking and

Renaissance-inspired gadgetry, as well as an expansion of the surprisingly solid multiplayer introduced in “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.”

Best for fans of: Vaguely historical homicide

Rayman: Origins Xbox 360, PS3, Wii (released Nov. 15) Rayman has had his franchise usurped from him, as the “Raving Rabbids” games on the Wii pushed him away from the spotlight.

“Rayman: Orgins” makes a graceful and purposeful statement that should return the limbless back into the limelight with this year’s most charming and polished platformer.

While the first thing to note is the gorgeous art style (backgrounds and characters were hand-drawn and scanned into the game), the biggest surprise is that it plays as well as it looks.

Rayman runs, jumps and glides with the finesse and precision that will leave a certain Italian returning to his day job.

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HIV | Singer urges students to get tested, because ‘silence will not heal’ from page A7

“I have witnessed with my own eyes people dying from this epidemic, so I decided to do something about it,” Ralph said.

Today, DIVA is the longest running HIV/AIDS movement in the country, Ralph said.

“When it comes to HIV and AIDS, people have kept their mouth shut for too long,” Ralph said. “Silence will not heal this deathly epidemic.”

During her time on Broadway, Ralph remembers hearing how gay men were dying all around New York City.

Ralph soon became aware of the prevalence of this deadly virus.

“Back in the worst time of the ’80s there was no dying process,” Ralph said. “The silence that fell over these men and women as they suffered and died was unreal.

After someone would die, no one would say anything.”

Ralph said many of her friends would die after being sick for only one day.

“No one chose to get tested back then,” Ralph said.

Throughout her speech, Ralph urged students to get tested instead of ignoring their sickness.

“This virus is brilliant; it can get into any part of your body and hide,” Ralph said.

“People around the world do not want to get tested because they are afraid of their own past behavior.”

Ralph challenged students to find an appropriate way to talk to their friends directly about why getting tested is a vital part of their health.

“This virus is brilliant; it can get into any part of your body and hide.”

Sheryl Lee Ralph singer and actress

“This is part of students’ everyday lives, and students need to hear how not to minimize this issue,” said Anne Simmons, outreach director of Student Life and Wellness.

Students appreciated how Ralph used entertainment to spread her message.

“The way Sheryl Lee Ralph mixed humor and modern slang into her speech was really relatable and helped keep students interested,” said Melodie Basso, a sophomore justice studies major.

“I could not wait to hear what she was going to say next.”

While one in 500 college students are infected with HIV, it’s hard to get an exact figure for JMU, because of the lack of reported cases and because many people don’t get tested, said Dr. Todd Sabato, an assistant professor of health sciences.

Sabato worked alongside Madison Equality, leading study abroad programs to Africa for health sciences majors to see the effects of HIV/AIDS. He works to help students become more engaged in spreading information about the epidemic.

“We as JMU can improve our efforts toward solidarity and take effects to a global awareness. If we choose to turn the tide of HIV across the globe, people will see a change,” Sabato said.

Ralph’s event kicked off a week of HIV/Awareness. The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt panel will be on display in the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts all week.

There will also be free HIV testing all week where students can receive a free JMU dining voucher.

Contact Katelynn Lee at leekn@dukes.jmu.edu.

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RESIDENCE LIFE

Sophomore housing slated for 2014

By PATRICIA BOH Staff Writer pboh@smu.edu

SMU plans to augment an on-campus housing requirement for sophomores by building the Residential Commons as early as fall of 2014.

The Residential Commons complex will include five residential buildings and a dining hall.

This new housing will satisfy the housing requirement for first- and second-year students, as well as work to facilitate more community interaction.

The class of 2017 will be the first class at SMU to live both years on campus.

Construction will begin in early 2012, and is expected to open in fall 2014. The complex will house 1,250 students with residential space, classrooms, “seminar space” and

faculty accommodations.

Executive Director of Housing Steve Logan explained the rationale behind implementing mandatory on-campus housing for freshmen and sophomores.

Logan illustrates two points behind the two-year on-campus housing requirement: to better the overall “retention of students”, and to strengthen SMU’s “academic reputation.”

“The stronger [a university’s] reputation], the stronger your degree is when you leave SMU...We as university are committed to students getting the best overall quality experience,” said Logan.

Logan also wished to correct the terminology “sophomore housing.”

“The Residential Commons complex will meet the sophomore housing requirement, but will also house students from all four years,”

Logan explained.

Many students are in favor of increasing the housing requirement, especially current sophomores.

Rising sophomore Lauren Wells, who did not make the housing lottery, is “still in the process of finding housing and crossing [her] fingers [that she] gets a room on campus.”

Similarly, mechanical engineering student Ayush Agrawal was also waitlisted for housing.

As an international student, Agrawal explains, “it’s kind of difficult for me to get an apartment and live off campus.”

“Transportation would be an issue if I could not live on campus ... living on campus usually creates [a] better study environment too,” remarked political science major Mary Elizabeth Castle.

Conversely, many students are

against this new requirement.

Premedical student Katie Krenek and Martha Pool, the Student Body Secretary, would not want to be required to live on housing for another year.

“I would absolutely not like to live on campus again,” said Krenek.

Pool expressed similar sentiments.

Funding for the construction is budgeted through donations and the university’s bond process of all buildings. Student room rates will go towards the maintenance, staffing, upkeep and programming of the complex.

SMU Alumni Elisabeth Martin Armstrong and William D. Armstrong from Denver, Colo. donated the lead gift of $5 million.

The Residential Commons will be located north of Mockingbird Lane across from the SMU bookstore on the main campus.

ALUM: SMU honors Rep. Eddie B. Johnson CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Johnson awarded $31,000 of the scholarship money to her own grandchildren and the children of her top Dallas aide, violating nepotism rules. Johnson further violated rules when she requested the money be given directly to those individuals instead of to an educational institution. Johnson later admitted she made a mistake and repaid the $31,000.

The ceremony, which was part of SMU’s Second Century Campaign D.C. kickoff, was held June 1 at D.C.’s Newseum.

Nearly three weeks after

the presentation, SMU had not announced the award on its website, the alumni website or sent out a press release, nor was Johnson on the list of past recipients of the award.

Dina Craig, Johnson’s director of communications, said she did not know why SMU had not sent out a press release or announced the award on its website since she “sent them a press release to send out” herself.

Craig chose to announce the award on Johnson’s website two days after it was given, saying she waited to announce it because she “wanted to put it up with pictures.”

Paddock said that there “must

have been a misunderstanding,” because her department “hasn’t sent out press releases for Distinguished Alumni for four or five years.”

Paddock said that not announcing it on the SMU website, the alumni website or on the list of past recipients was “simply a mistake, since the office has been so busy lately.” “[Hiding this] is not our intention at all,” said Paddock. “We said we would honor her at a future date, and that’s what we did in D.C.” The only other time SMU has presented to the award to someone not present in Dallas was in 1988 to Melrose Place creator Aaron

Spelling, who was unable to travel at the time, Paddock said.

Giving the award to Johnson in D.C. was also a matter of convenience, since the D.C. kickoff for the Second Century Campaign was already scheduled, Paddock said.

Johnson’s family, SMU President R. Gerald Turner, national leadership and SMU alumni living in D.C. were also able to attend the event there.

The event attracted around 150 people in total, Paddock said.

“It was really the best of both worlds,” she said.

QUAD: President Turner, wife ‘grateful’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

and emphasized that SMU’s progress had been a “team effort with the vision and support of a forward-looking Board, generous

donors and the commitment of the entire university community.”

When completed, the project will end up costing around $2.5 million and will be fully funded

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Second Century Campaign” which has already raised $538 million in gifts and pledges to support the university’s continued growth and increasing quality.

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Muslims unite, celebrate holy month of Ramadan

By PATRICIA BOH

Associate News Editor pboh@smu.edu

Sundown on Aug. 1 marked the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, an Islamic holiday observed by millions around the world.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, lasting around 29 days.

Many Muslims find themselves closer to their faith during Ramadan because of the emphasis on spirituality, humility and submissiveness to God. Sophomore Mai Bedair feels that Ramadan is about “gratitude” and “empathy.”

Many find that fasting, while difficult, helps put their faith into perspective. “[Fasting] makes me appreciate how blessed I am,” Bedair said. “[Ramadan] makes me more grateful for the rest of the year.”

Sophomore Sarah Jaffar believes Ramadan is “not only physically cleansing yourself, but also spiritually and mentally . . . as well as teaching you to be grateful for all God has given you.”

“We become optimistic and

excited for this holy month because it’s the month that allows us to ask for any forgiveness and brings us a sense of purity,” junior Zuha Rafi said.

For sophomore Hiba Ibad, Ramadan is like “our miniChristmas.”

“Everyone is so happy to live for another Ramadan. It’s a time for self-reflection and a time for reconnecting with what really matters, faith.” Ibad said.

The SMU MSA offers a variety of services for the Muslim community during Ramadan.

Such services include iftars, the meal after sunset, student led talks about Ramadan and transportation to the Islamic Association of North Texas in Richardson.

MSA President Khurram Taufiq believes that the iftars are great because “they bring everyone together at the beginning of the year and allow new members to meet the general body and really become part of the family environment.”

MSA will host iftars from the first day of classes, Aug. 22 until Aug. 30.

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OIT Help Desk moved locations, more accessible

By ASHLEY WITHERS Editor in Chief awithers@smu.edu

The Office of Information Technology Help Desk moved locations Friday.

The desk is now located in Fondren Library West instead of its original location on the fourth floor of Blanton.

The Help Desk is making a few other changes to make their services more accessible to students.

The Help Desk, Student Tech Team and Field Support Team are now available for support via LiveChat.

Students and faculty can visit remotesupport.smu.edu to receive

help on technological issues.

The IT support services department can assist students and faculties with all University computers, as well as applications on both Macs and PCs. When the semester begins on Aug. 22, the Student Help Desk and reception area will also offer extended support during the

evenings and weekends.

Changes are also being made to the phone support system at the Help Desk.

Voice-mail will no longer be available; customers seeking help will have to either wait for the next available staff member or email their request to help@ smu.edu.

CREDIT: Professor weighs in on debt crisis CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“Washington’s performance in the recent debt crisis debate was abysmal,” said Jillson, who agreed with public opinion polls that level most of the blame on the Tea Party wing of the GOP, but said most of the problem was in the House “for blocking a stronger start on resolving the nation’s deficit and debt problems.”

“Looking back, the agreement that Speaker Boehner and President Obama were working on before the Tea Party caucus jerked Boehner’s chain was far better than the smaller

agreement they ultimately were able to achieve,” Jillson said. “It was a lost opportunity and there is only a slim possibility that it can be recovered in the coming congressional debates.”

This “slim possibility” is a sentiment carried forth onto the new so-called “super committee” pulled from both parties to cut $1.2 trillion dollars out of the deficit between now and Nov. 23, which few think will come up with an equally agreeable plan.

In the mean time, the market continues to fluctuate because of the downgrade.

But this up and down behavior may not last long, said SMU

economics professor Nathan Balke.

“Clearly the market is uneasy about future economic prospects which might portend an increased likelihood of a recession in the near future, but remember stock prices also fluctuate quite a bit so they are not necessarily a reliable indicator of future economic activity,” Balke said.

Balke said that while the markets “hate uncertainty” and stock prices reacted negatively due to the downgrade, the same uncertainty led investors to buy treasuries, driving yields lower.

The downgrade, along with weak economic growth and

a fluctuating international economy because of debt in large European countries like Italy and Spain, has contributed to this uncertainty, said Balke.

Balke said is it hard to attempt what will happen in the future because of how quickly the stock market can change, but that this may present an opportunity to purchase undervalued stocks.

In any case, Balke believes the crisis will probably be fleeting.

“After all, it is just one agency’s opinion, and the market was pretty well aware of economic and political situation before S&P made its downgrade,” Balke said.

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AWARDING AWARDING THIS THIS SUMMER’S SUMMER’S STELLAR STELLAR LINE-UP LINE-UP OF OF FILMS FILMS BEST ACTION MOVIE

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BEST ROM-COM

CRAZY STUPID LOVE

Starring Steve Carrell and Julianne Moore, “Crazy Stupid Love” takes the title for best romantic comedy by a landslide.

Separating itself from other summer flops, like “Something Borrowed” and “Friends with Benefits,” “Crazy Stupid Love” carries a compelling storyline along nicely with the help of subplots and one shocker of a twist.

After learning that his wife has slept with a co-worker, Steve Carell’s Cal transforms himself inside and out with the help of ladies man, Jacob, played smoothly by Ryan Gosling. In a story-line ripped from the pages of 2005’s “Hitch,” Cal changes everything from his wardrobe to his wallet.

BEST COMEDY

BRIDESMAIDS

This writer’s opinion for best movie of the summer, “Bridesmaids” may very well be the best female-driven comedy of all time.

Starring Kristen Wiig as the down-on-her-luck maid of honor, Annie, “Bridesmaids,” utilizes Wiig’s comedic timing to deliver jokes that would even make George Carlin laugh.

When her best friend, Lilllian, played perfectly by Maya Rudolph, decides to have a lavish wedding, Annie’s life take a turn for the worst.

With a supporting cast that steals the show, “Bridesmaids,” is responsible for the astronomical rise of Melissa McCarthy.

McCarthy’s character, Megan

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What makes “Crazy Stupid Love” so charming is the movie’s ability to separate itself from the normal cliches strewn across almost every other romantic comedy in theaters.

Sure, there is a kiss in the rain, but with the help of directors, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, it all seems fresh.

Chalked full of supporting actors like Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon, and Marissa Tomei, there is definitely not a lack of acting prowess in the film. With such refined performance, it’s very hard to find a dull scene in its 118 minute run-time.

Easily one of the best romcoms in the past decade, “Crazy Stupid Love” is great from start to finish.

With releases like “Thor,” “Captain America” and “Transformers,” the race for the summer’s best action movie was a crowded one. However, corssing the finish line first was none other than “X-Men: First Class.”

As a prequel, “First Class” does a solid job of explaining some of X-Men’s most prolific story lines. Explaining the relationships between characters like Magneto and Dr. Xavier as well as Mystique and the Beast, any devoted “X-men” fans got their money’s worth.

BEST INDIE FILM This summer’s best independent film takes viewers on an adventure back in time to the highly romanticized city of Paris. Star Owen Wilson plays a nostalgic scriptwriter who yearns to travel back to Paris in the 1920’s. His dreams come true

X-MEN FIRST CLASS Starring a relatively popular cast, “X-Men: First Class” features actors like Rose Bryne, Jennifer Lawrence, and James McAvoy.

Set during the backdrop of the world’s Cold War, “First Class” is almost as much of a false history lesson as it is a daring action movie.

While “Thor” and “Captain America” may have captured the media’s attention, “X-men: First Class” captures the title as the summer’s best action movie.

BEST

HORRIBLE SUMMER SURPRISE BOSSES A hilarious tale of three best friends attempting to rid themselves of their life-ruining bosses, “Horrible Bosses” took this critic by surprise. To learn how to best exterminate their bosses for good, they consult with an ex-con (played by Jamie Foxx), have a few too many drinks and embark on their mission, running into a few rookie mistakes on the way. Even though it had strong competition with last summer’s

BEST

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Did anyone really doubt that a movie with Stephen Spielberg and J.J Abrams would be bad? Didn’t think so.

“Super 8” follows a 1970’s town after a government issued train is destroyed by a secret-wilding scientist.

With scene-stealing performance by Elle Fanning, “Super 8,” is the perfect film for adults looking for a nostalgic

“The Hangover,” “Horrible Bosses” still charmed audiences with its raunchy comedy and clever story line.

For once, Jennifer Aniston, actually comes across as funny in her role as the sexually harassing dentist, Dr. Julia Harris.

No one expected “Horrible Bosses” to be as hilarious as it was, but with a solid cast and genius writing, the movie is a welcome surprise.

SUPER 8 return to their childhoods.

Credit should be given to the special-effects team of “Super 8’s.” The scene in which the train crashes looked genuinely real. Look for a little recognition when the Oscar’s come around, if “Super 8” is lucky, it may get a nod for effects and sound-editing.

Comparable to Spielberg’s earlier film, “E.T.” “Super 8” is definently out of this world.

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Essentially, “Bridesmaids” is “The Hangover” in a pretty dress.

While the original screenplay., written by Annie Mumolo, varies vastly from the final, filmed, product, Mumolo still deserves credit for crafting such compelling characters.

Directed by Paul Fieg, the same man who brought us “Knocked Up,” Fieg’s knack for telling comedic stories peaks with “Bridesmaids.”

Even though “Bridesmaids” had formidable competition this summer, it comes out of August as comedy’s champ.

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23 Pennzoil letters 24 Carrier with a hub at LAX 25 Con opening 26 Arena cheer 29 Measure of neighborhood drug traffic?

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50 “Wheel of Fortune” buy 51 Half a cocktail 52 “Kinda” suffix 53 Half-witted 56 Pigmentation variations?

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40 See, and then some 43 Fighting 47 Kingsley role 48 Family gathering staples 49 Crowd 53 Slew 54 Formal doorstep response

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Fashion show raises money for promgoers

By Amanda Elser COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

Red plastic lined the floor of the Gingerbread Man, 130 Heister St., Thursday night as models walked the make-shift runway for the 3rd annual PRSSA fashion show “Savvy in the Valley.”

PRSSA friends and members modeled clothing from local boutiques for the event benefiting the Prom Attire Event, a local organization that collects prom dresses, shoes and jewelry to ensure that every student who wants to go to prom can.

Or as one host, Zach Dugan (freshmen-public relations) said its “FTOK or for the older kids.”

The fashion show was separated by spring styles, including busi-

ness casual, casual, formal attire and the Victoria’s Secret PINK spring line.

Clothing was donated from Jezebel’s, Harper’s, Sydney Mac, Connections, Victoria Secret and Maurice’s.

In-between each collection were performances by the Penn State Dance Company, None of the Above and the winners of last semester’s PRSSA battle of the bands “Memphis Hat.” At the end of the catwalk, Victoria’s Secret PINK collegiate representatives set up a table with some PINK swag gifts for audience members who signed up to be PINK nation members and voted for Penn State in the PINK collegiate showdown.

PINK collegiate representative

Michelle Turli (senior-public relations) said a fashion show was the ideal event to partner with.

PINK products were also included in the raffle baskets given away throughout the event.

Each raffle ticket was a $3 donation to Prom Attire Event.

Chairwoman for the event planning committee Ashley Hendrix (junior- public relations) said PRSSA started planning the event a few months ago. Hendrix said PRSSA has been collecting prom products for Prom Attire Event for a while now and they wanted to take it a step farther. This is the second year proceeds from the spring fashion show have gone towards Prom Attire Event.

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A model walks down the runway during the Public Relations Student To email reporter: ale5045@psu.edu Society of America's fashion show at the Gingerbread Man on Thursday.

FBI agent talks art crimes

By Anita Modi COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

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Conspirator performs at the State Theatre on Thursday evening.

Conspirator jams at State Theatre

By Hannah Rishel COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

Two members of a popular jam band returned to Happy Valley on Thursday night.

Conspirator, a side project for two members of the Disco Biscuits, performed at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner formed the group with Chris Michetti of RAQ and a rotating cast of drummers for each show. The Disco Biscuits have previously played at the State Theatre, most recently last semester.

Kaitlin Bass attended the show with a friend after seeing the Yonder Mountain String Band, another jam band, with him last semester.

“I’m into seeing concerts here,” Bass (freshman-sociology) said.

She added that low-ticket prices were part of what drew her to the venue, as opposed to more expensive shows at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Bass said she wasn’t familiar with the Disco Buscuits or Conspirator’s music, but plugged them into a Pandora station earlier that day. What struck her was the long instrumental portions of the bands’ music, a common characteristic of jam bands, she said.

“They’re very mellow, but still very jammy,” Collin Russo freshman-aerospace engineering While some attendees, like Bass, wanted to experience new music, others were there because they’re fans of the Disco Biscuits. Griffin Brunson and Collin Russo were two such fans.

“They’re very mellow, but still very jammy,” Russo (freshman-aerospace engineering) said.

Brunson (freshman-business) said he liked Conspirator’s music but hadn’t previously listened to it until the day of the concert to prepare himself for the show.

Russo said he and Brunson also listened to the opening band, Indobox, in preparation for the event and enjoyed its music too.

“They’re very similar [to the Disco Biscuits],” Brunson said.

Bass also enjoyed Indobox’s music and the light show that accompanied it, which she thought added to the performance because it made her want to dance more.

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When Robert Wittman left his family’s antique business in Baltimore and joined the FBI in1988, it was fate that brought him back to the arts.

Wittman, now a private consultant and author, shared his experience as an FBI agent specializing in art crime to an audience of more than 70 members at the Schlow Centre Region Library on Thursday night. His lecture and subsequent book signing were hosted as part of the library’s First Thursday program.

During his 20-year career in the FBI, Wittman solved a number of civil cases related to art theft, and created the bureau’s Art Crime Team. Since retiring from the FBI, Wittman and his son Kevin, Class of 2006, started a consulting service specializing in art theft recovery, collection management and security.

Robert Wittman documented his experiences solving both criminal and civil cases in his memoir, “Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures,” released in June 2010.

He and his son have traveled across the nation since the book’s release, speaking at public libraries, universities and art museums about an issue that isn’t usually addressed, Kevin Wittman said.

“We work with both museums and private collectors, promoting awareness of cultural property security,” he said. “Cultural property security isn’t on most people’s minds, but it’s such a huge issue.”

During his lecture, Robert Wittman said the art industry is worth $200 billion globally, of which $6 billion fuels an illicit cultural property market characterized by theft, fraud, forgery and fakes.

“Art crime is the fourth largest crime worldwide,” Robert Wittman said, citing gun crimes, drug crimes and money-laundering as the first three.

Catherine Alloway, library director of Schlow Centre Region Library, said the issue of art theft

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Robert Wittman, retired FBI agent, talks to a packed audience in Schlow Library on Thursday. was a crime not only against museums and private collectors, but against all of humanity.

“The very media that chronicle human history and emotion are being stolen,” Alloway said. “And as priceless pieces are sold for much less than they’re worth, the value of art begins to diminish. It’s sad.”

“Priceless” reads like a television drama or thriller movie, Alloway said, combining romance, detective work and security issues to convey a powerful message to its readers about the timeless value of art.

Robert Wittman encouraged State College residents and Penn State students to visit and support the Palmer Art Museum on campus, a local venue to explore cultural artifacts and artwork.

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Exhibit features Taiwanese art, tea

By Anita Modi COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

Jason Cohen nervously arranged miniature Chinese tea cups on the platform in front of him, placing them in an arc and in a row before settling on a zigzag formation and turning to his guests.

Students, faculty and State College residents alike gathered in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on Thursday afternoon to partake in an authentic Taiwanese Tea Ceremony, organized by the Tea Institute of Penn State and Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony (GongFu Cha) Club.

Cohen (sophomore-political science, anthropology and economics) founded both organizations last year as a freshman and has since sought out ways to bring the tea culture to Penn State.

After spending almost two

years studying the art of producing, brewing and serving tea in China, India and Nepal, Cohen decided to host an event showcasing tea culture to coincide with the Taiwanese International Watercolors Exhibition.

He and several members of the GongFu Cha Club stationed themselves at five different platforms in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center to brew and serve tea to small groups of guests.

Each platform was equipped with eight teacups and matching coasters, a ceramic teapot, a covered bowl and a sample of whole tealeaves.

“Tea originated in China, and spread throughout Asia over time,” Cohen began, bathing the cups and the covered bowl in boiling water as his guests passed around the leaves. “Buddhist monks were the first to realize that tea was really useful during meditation, so the first tea cere-

monies were held in monasteries and Buddhist temples.”

With time, tea ceremonies spawned a tea culture, which is still heavily valued and preserved across the world, he said.

Tea Master Tea Parker and his tea specialists, Pauline Chan and Stéphane Erler, flew in from Taiwan to open the ceremony with a few words about their passion for the tea culture and their hopes that people from other parts of the world would come to appreciate it, as well.

“The tea culture is like a seed,” said Parker, founder and chairman of the Tea Culture and Arts Association in Taiwan. “It will take root in all the world, introducing other people to a range of global drinks.”

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Martin embraces role

By Dan Norton and Derek Keightly COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

When reflecting on her rotating roles this season, sophomore Maddie Martin could only laugh.

She enters nearly every match in the dark, not knowing WOMEN’S what position she’s VOLLEYBALL going to play that day.

Coach Russ Rose could use her as an attacker, he could use her as a defensive specialist or he could use her as both.

At any given time, a player could be struggling anywhere on the court.

Rose has a short leash on all his starters, so Martin has to be ready to take over any position in the middle of a match. While this may be a daunting task for some players, Martin takes it all in stride.

“It is [difficult] and it isn’t,” she said.

“This is what I’ve done my whole life.

It was weird just solely playing defense for a while. I had never done that before. But as long as I’m playing, I don’t really care what I’m doing.”

Among non-starters, Martin leads the team with 137 combined kills and digs. In practice, she participates in both offensive and defensive drills to stay sharp.

Last season, she was used mostly as a serving specialist, tallying only 15 digs. A little more than halfway through this year, she has more than quintupled that number, playing most of her rallies in the back row.

“I knew my role coming in this year was going to be whatever he needed me to be,” Martin said. “It changes every day, what he wants me to do.

But wherever he puts me in, that’s what I’m going to do.”

For example, Rose subbed her into the Purdue match as a front row attacker when the team was having communication problems on the court. He said he was impressed with her eight kills against the Boilermakers.

However, he couldn’t say the same for her -.429 hitting percentage the next day against Indiana.

Many of the players have had seasons like this — where they’ll be productive for one match and ineffective 24 hours later. But most of their positions aren’t in question.

Martin knows her position — everywhere.

“I think she’s a pretty resilient kid,” Rose said. “I don’t think she gets too high if she’s good or too low if she doesn’t do so well.”

In practice Tuesday, Martin began on the defensive side of the net receiving serves. Her intensity showed even in practice when she shouted after a ball bounced off her outstretched arms into the bleachers.

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Kristin Carpenter (5) receives the ball at the game against Northwestern. Penn State won the game 3-2.

Lions host Ohio State

By Stephen Pianovich COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

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Maddie Martin (6) spikes against last Northwestern on Wednesday at Rec Hall.

Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Darcy Dorton — one of Penn State’s most competitive players — said Martin’s devotion is key to her versatility.

“Maddie always comes in and works hard in practice,” she said. “So you know people like that are going to be prepared at game time, and that really showed this weekend. I think she deserved to play, she earned that.”

Martin said she was originally an offensive player, but now she doesn’t associate herself with any position. A few times, Rose has successfully employed a strategy where he alter-

nates senior Katie Kabbes and Martin as a blocker and back row defender, respectively.

Other times, sophomore outside hitters Deja McClendon and Ariel Scott may rest in Martin’s favor.

With 13 starts and 56 games under her belt, she is the Lions’ seventh man.

“She’s certainly been playing more, and on any given day she could be our starting outside hitter,” Rose said.

“Roles change… It’s not like it’s a revolving door and everybody gets a chance.”

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Coach adjusts to Happy Valley

By Stuart Yacobian COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

Making the transition from 50degree winters to frigid Happy Valley is no easy task, but for field hockey assistant coach Stuart Smith, it’s a FIELD change he has gladly HOCKEY embraced.

Hailing from Australia, Smith came to America as a part of an international exchange program in 2008.

In now his second year as a volunteer assistant coach for the Nittany Lions, Smith Smith says the transition has been made much easier by working under head coach Char Morett with the wealth of knowledge she has to offer.

“Coming from Australia, I never actually coached in female athletics, so to be in transition with her and to know her, she’s a book of knowledge,”

he said. “My game has improved so much from learning under her, not just the way she coaches, but the way she sets things up and the way she looks at training and looks at the team we’re about to play.”

After a long career in field hockey that spanned 16 years, the former goalkeeper moved to America where he graduated from the Ohio State Turf Grass Management Program in 2008.

Shortly after, he moved to Florida where he spent four years working at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, serving as assistant golf course superintendent, before re-connecting with field hockey and moving to State College.

While working with a coaching staff that provides a combined total of 51 years of experience has been of great benefit to Smith, his move from halfway across the world has not been devoid of issues.

Being away from friends and family has posed its challenges, but Smith says missing the experience of playing with his team from home has been especially tough.

“The transition, being so far away, is massive,” Smith said. “Being away from my team especially. Ive played with them my entire life.”

Beyond missing his team, Smith cites the rigorous travel schedule as the biggest stumbling block he has had to overcome, but also one that has provided some of the greatest experiences.

“My club team back home, we had a few places we visited but definitely not around the country,” he said. “Being able to see the country and see the teams we play and their campuses is phenomenal.”

Now having fully adjusted to life in America, Smith hopes to take advantage of the knowledge he has gained in his time here to help propel him to his ultimate goal of being a head coach one day.

“I want to coach the rest of my life.

I love hockey I eat, breathe, sleep it,” he said. “To be a part of Penn State at the moment, I don’t want to leave. I love it to bits.

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Two wins behind Illinois and Nebraska, every conference match is an important one for Penn State.

The No. 9 Nittany Lions (13-5, 6-2 Big Ten) will host No. 23 Ohio State tonight at 7 in Rec Hall.

The Buckeyes (14-7, 4-4 Big Ten) enter tonight’s match fresh off of a 3-1 loss Saturday to No. 12 Purdue — the same Boilermaker team the Lions beat 3-1 on Friday.

With just more than a month and 12 matches left in the conference season, coach Russ Rose knows the significance of every match left on Penn State’s schedule.

“All the matches are big matches,” Rose said. “Except for Illinois and Nebraska, that have seemed to be able to dodge the upsets, everybody else is beating each other and all the matches are competitive.”

The No. 1 Illini and No. 4 Cornhuskers have given the Lions their only two conference losses of the season and have remained to stay unbeaten in the Big Ten. But both Illinois and Nebraska have been tested in the conference with the teams having a combined six five-set Big Ten wins between them.

But for right now, Penn State is keeping their focus on the Buckeyes.

“Ohio State is very good, I think we need to do everything well. They are a well-rounded team, they have the team chemistry down, they look really good,” junior Kristin Carpenter said. “We need to do everything, I mean everything.”

One thing that the Lions are focusing for the Ohio State match is cutting down on errors.

In Penn State’s five losses the team is averaging 5.88 hitting errors per set, while averaging just 4.35 hitting errors per set in their 13 victories. “[Ohio State] doesn’t give away lots of points at a time and that’s what we’ve been struggling with this year,” sophomore Maddie Martin said. “We really need to play well as a team to beat them.”

Tonight’s top-25 showdown will feature the best two servers in the conference. The duo of the Lions’ Micha Hancock and the Buckeye’s Emily Danks currently sit in first and second respectively in the Big Ten in service aces per set.

Hancock’s 0.82 aces per set are good for second nationally and Rose called Danks — whose 0.53 aces per set are good for 10th in the country — the best server in the conference last season.

The team’s 94-match overall home winning streak was also snapped this year and now the team is trying to execute on their home floor.

“Winning at home should be a definite goal of ours, no matter what. Whatever team it is, it’s a Penn State volleyball tradition, you win at home,” Carpenter said.

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Lions see improvement with free kicks

Nairn, Hayes find scoring touch

By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

Taylor Schram knew exactly what was going to happen.

She didn’t see Bri Hovington’s 50-yard free kick until it started to drop in the box, WOMEN’S SOCCER but that didn’t matter.

Once Schram saw the ball, she instantly read how it was going to drop in.

“I was standing on the back post and it was a good ball,” Schram said. “I saw that it was going to bounce early before the defender so I just took a couple steps back of everybody, and it bounced right to me so I just flicked it past the goalie.”

Goal, Penn State.

Schram’s fifth-minute tally was the first of two set piece goals for the Penn State women’s soccer team (7-3-0) in its 4-0 over Bucknell Tuesday night. After an offseason focused on the area, the Nittany Lions have seen improvement this season with their set pieces.

Bucknell started the game with a lot of intensity, trying to knock Penn State off of its game. With the Bison tackling hard early, the Lions were able to draw fouls and set up free kick chances, which they made the most of.

“We have so many weapons, I think we finally got the right players in the right spots,” coach Erica Walsh said. “Now it’s just putting the ball in the back of the net.”

In the 33rd minute, senior defender Emma Thomson was fouled just outside the box, setting up a free kick on the left side of Bucknell’s penalty area.

Last Saturday in Wisconsin, Thomson played a free kick short to junior midfielder Christine Nairn who then cracked a longrange shot on net that just missed, striking the post.

Tuesday night, Thomson played another short ball to Nairn, but this time the midfielder didn’t miss. Despite a misplayed first

By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

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Bri Hovington (23) kicks the ball during practice on Sept. 13. touch, Nairn recovered and blasted the ball into Bucknell’s net for her first goal of the season.

“After tonight we can take a deep breath and we can see the hard work paying off,” Nairn said.

In addition to the free kick goals, Penn State won 16 corner kicks against Bucknell. Though they didn’t score a goal off a corner, almost all either generated a shot or were in an area where a Lions player could have gotten to them.

Penn State had three different players take corner kicks, backing up Walsh’s point about the variety of weapons available to the team.

The next step is breaking down

the film and seeing what adjustments have to be made to not only get the ball on target, but in the back of the net.

A year ago, the Lions saw their season ended on a free kick goal and that memory served as motivation up to the start of this season. If the team wants to have a deep run into the postseason, it knows a big part of it starts with set piece opportunities.

“We knew all spring and the beginning of preseason that had to be our big focus because we were so weak with that,” Schram said.

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For a striker, consistency and rhythm are everything.

If they aren’t scoring, their form slips and the rest of their game suffers as a result. Take for example, Chelsea’s Fernando Torres, who is in such a funk he couldn’t hit an empty-netter against Manchester United Sunday.

But for Maya Hayes, that won’t be a problem.

After having her seven-game goal scoring streak snapped against Wisconsin, Hayes rediscovered her touch quickly, netting the final goal in the Penn State women’s soccer team’s 4-0 win over Bucknell Tuesday. But Hayes wasn’t the only Nittany Lion to break a scoring hex Tuesday as junior midfielder Christine Nairn scored her first goal of the season.

“Maya’s a machine, she’s been scoring every game so it was good to see her get her goal like usual,” said sophomore forward Taylor Schram, who also scored.

“Christine, it was good seeing her get a goal too, she needed it. She’s been working hard all season for it and making plays so it’s good to get that first one for her. It was a sweet goal.”

Hayes is currently tied with Michigan State senior Laura Heyboer for the national lead in goals with 13. She almost had 14, but the sophomore was stoned on a breakaway by Bucknell keeper Colleen Garrehy.

Nairn scored off a free kick, but nearly broke her drought in the 13th minute when she headed a cross just over the bar, prompting the junior to put her hands on her head in the universal soccer sign meaning she should have had one.

The midfielder has played very well this season even without a goal. Nairn leads the team with seven assists and has been a major factor in the success of Schram and Hayes.

“Maya’s a machine, she’s been scoring every game so it was good to see her get her goal like usual.”

Taylor Schram forward As a junior, Nairn has taken on a larger role in leading the team and, as the No. 10, is the player her teammates look to as the creative spark on offense. As she celebrated her goal by crossing the field to get congratulations from the bench, it seemed like the pressure to finally score was being lifted off her shoulders.

“It was just a release of energy and hard work after putting so much effort and pressure on myself to put away one 10 games into the season,” Nairn said. “It’s over and the monkey’s off my back so I’m glad.”

Nairn said she hoped her first goal would get her rolling into a scoring spree, but if her teammates are the ones scoring instead of her, the midfielder won’t mind.

The junior also said she was glad to see Hayes and Schram both score against Bucknell and that the two forwards have been doing all the right things this season.

As the team goes into this weekend’s games with Northwestern and Illinois, its offensive triangle is clicking again. While Schram and Hayes had been doing it all season, Penn State coach Erica Walsh was also glad to see Nairn get her first tally under the goals column.

“It’s a long time coming at this point and you knew it was only a matter of time,” Walsh said. “I’m very proud of her.”

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Offense resurges against Kent State

By Dan Norton COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

A slugfest and a walkoff are two equally efficient ways to build confidence.

The Nittany Lions did both yesterday against Kent State.

Coming off a SOFTBALL tough weekend offensively against Indiana, the Penn State softball team needed to spawn some production at the plate against the Golden Flashes.

After throwing away two nice starts in the circle on Saturday and Sunday by redshirt senior Jackie Hill, the Lions needed something to get pumped up about.

Wednesday’s doubleheader did just that.

In game one, the Lions took out their frustration on the softball.

With at least one hit from every slot in the batting order, the players seemed to hit the ball hard in every at-bat. Penn State had the number of Golden Flash pitcher Danielle Abernathy all afternoon, scoring nine runs off her through six innings.

The game ended early on account of the run rule.

With opponents hitting .303 off Abernathy, she was a welcome sight for a Penn State lineup shutdown by Hoosier pitcher Morgan Melloh for 15 innings last weekend.

“I just thought that we hit the ball really well today,” coach

Robin Petrini said.

“I was hoping that would be something that we would do.”

The 15-year-coach also said leadoff hitter Cassidy Bell’s ability to get on base in game one was key to the Lions’ win.

She went 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring three of Penn State’s nine runs.

Freshman Alyssa Sovereign also supplied the Lions’ first home run to clear the fences at Beard Field.

Everything indicated that the second game would be no different from the first.

Kent State’s overall numbers in the circle are abysmal, spotlighted by a 4.64 ERA and a .330 opponents’ batting average in the weaker Mid American Conference.

But Petrini wasn’t going to take game two lightly.

“When you blow out a team, one of the toughest things to do is to come back, refocus and respect them enough to get back out and play the second game,” she said.

And just like she foreshadowed, the second half of the doubleheader played out very differently at the plate.

Kent State jumped out early against junior hurler Lisa Akamine, putting the Lions’ offense in a hole against Golden Flash pitcher Lauren McNeil.

McNeil, a freshman, went on to pitch the best game of her season.

The Lions’ bats significantly cooled down as McNeil fired in

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Lisa Akamine (right) gets tagged out during the Nittany Lions’ doubleheader against Kent State. pitch after pitch with a vicious windup accompanied by an intimidating grunt.

The Lions’ offense could only match the Flashes’ two runs through seven innings, sending the game to extras.

In the bottom of the eighth, sophomore Kailyn Johnson stepped up to the plate with a runner on second.

She expected to bunt, but Petrini gave her the green light.

“If I overthink, it turns out bad,”

said Johnson about entering a clutch situation at the plate.

“You definitely have to go in like it’s every other at-bat.”

She ripped a homerun to left field, finally sending the Lions home after more than four hours of softball on a cold, rainy afternoon.

“It was kind of a crappy day,” Johnson said of the weather.

“Everyone just wanted to get off the field.”

For junior Ashley Todd, the vic-

tories were especially meaningful as Petrini gave her the nod at third base last night in place of a struggling Lauren Rossi.

Todd said she was just happy to help out anyway she could.

“Two victories was huge,” she said.

“That pitcher had a great performance in the second game.

There’s no better way to end the day than [with a walkoff].”

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Freshman catcher fills in well for Lions

By Emily Kaplan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER

Bobby Jacobs didn’t have to say anything.

It was just an understanding.

B e f o r e We d n e s d a y ’ s baseball game BASEBALL between Penn State and Pittsburgh, Jacobs, a senior, had a moment with freshman Alex Farkes.

“He knows I’m ready,” Farkes said. “He just gave me a pound and said, ‘You’re good.’ ” In last Sunday’s game against Northwestern, Jacobs — the Nittany Lions’ usual starting

catcher — was hit by a pitch, which fractured his jaw and put him out of the lineup indefinitely.

The senior’s injury meant Farkes will assume catching duties for at least the next few weeks, and Wednesday’s 5-4 victory against the Panthers was the first step.

And the Lions said Farkes has embraced the challenge beautifully.

“I think he’s handled it really well,” left fielder Ryan Clark said.

“Handling the staff well, which shows real maturity for a freshman.”

Farkes went 0-for-3 in Wednesday’s game, but he still reached base twice.

The Boston native, who was rated the fourth-best newcomer in the Big Ten this season by Baseball America, led off the second inning. The ball grazed his foot, and the freshman advanced to first base via a hit pitch.

In the bottom of the fourth with no outs and runners on first and second, Farkes reached first base on a fielder’s choice, advancing Joey DeBernardis to third.

DeBernardis would score on the next play thanks to a Michael Glantz sacrifice, which gave the Lions a 2-0 lead. Farkes would then take two bases and score later in the inning to push the lead to 3-0.

The freshmen struck out in his

final two plate appearances.

“He’s good. I really like him back there,” coach Robbie Wine said. “He brings energy and life, and he has fun in the game. He had a couple good at bats. In the very beginning of the year we were wondering how fast he’d move along, but he’s a gamer and he’s picked it up a notch.”

Wine said he might consider moving Farkes down in the lineup — he batted sixth on Wednesday — to relieve some pressure for the catcher.

Still, the team has been impressed with what it’s seen.

Wine said that losing Jacobs meant that the team has less experience behind the plate, but

Farkes has filled in nicely.

Farkes himself was pleased, too.

“I caught well and saw the ball well, and just happy we got a victory,” Farkes said. “It’s great catching a win. It’s the best thing.”

His teammates think there might be more of those to come.

“He’s a heck of an athlete, so I think he’ll adjust, especially in the years to come, I think he’ll be a good player,” Clark said.

“He’s been [Jacob’s] little protege in drills and stuff like that. He learns a lot from Bobby, but he also has a good skill set coming in.”

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H i g h T i me s m a g a z i ne editor Steve Hager said the only side effects of marijuana were “dry mouth, red eyes, i ncreased appet ite a nd awesome sex” during Tuesday n ight ’s “ Head s v s. Fed s” debate in the Russell House.

Ca rol i na Produc t ions hosted the humorous and, at times, intense argument concer n i ng mar ijua na lega l izat ion t hat brought cheers and applause f rom students. The debate pitted Hager against Bob Stutman, a retired Drug Enforcement Agency special agent.

H a g e r, k n o w n a s t h e “world’s most famous pot head”, opened the debate with five points on why cannabis should be legalized: health benef it s, hemp materials, lower crime rates, decreased f u nd i n g of d r u g c a r t e l s and cannabis’ centralit y to hippie culture. All of Hager’s points were met with rounds of applause by visibly high attendees.

“I love being high as sh--,” said first-year music student Br e t D o n ne l l y . “ T h i s i s awesome and just confirms what I’ve been tell i ng everybody.”

Hager said that marijuana is completely safe in comparison to other drugs if vaporized or put i n food. H is ma i n p o i nt w a s t h at c a n n ab i s is free health care that the pharmaceutical companies don’t want people to k now about.

“Marijuana can be grown f ree a ny where u nder a ny circumstances, from Alaska to A rgentina,” Hager said.

“It ca n help w it h a l l kinds of diseases and the pharmaceut ical indust r y d o e s n’t w a nt t o lo s e business.”

Hager inv ited t he audience to attend the annual National Rainbow Family Gathering, which typically takes place on a mountain meadow. Attendance, food and extracurricular activities are free and open to people of all races and beliefs.

“We have mainly vegetarian food and alternative health care,” Hager announced over cheers from the audience.

“It’s a ceremony and a part of out culture. We’re just as American as apple pie.”

The High Times editor a l s o s a id t h at hemp wa s Spencer Soctt / THE DAILY GAMECOCK the foundation of the early Students watch High Times magazine editor Steve Hager debate marijuana legalization with former A mer ica n economy a nd was used for paper, rope, Drug Enforcement Agency special agent Bob Stutman in Russell House Ballroom Tuesday night. clot h i ng a nd ma ny ot her dope. A nd wit h t hat, t he items. George Washington debate really lit up. was a marijuana user and “ W hy don’t we out law encouraged farmers to grow ever y t h i ng t hat cau ses hemp because of the plant’s dependence?” Hager versatility. questioned in a voice verging Stutman aggressively tore on shouting. “W hat about down Hager’s points, saying tobacco or alcohol? W hat that the “world’s most famous about pills actually being pot head” doesn’t know the prescribed by doctors that difference between fact and kids are getting addicted to fiction. every day?”

He especially focused on Hager said that marijuana Hager’s claims of the magic do e s not c au s e t he side of ma r ijua na for med ica l effects of many prescription use, pointing out that it is drugs when used responsibly impossible to determine the and that people have used it correct dosage. for medicinal purposes for As the question and answer opinions.

“There are over 400 thousands of years.

H ag er e nt hu s i a s t ic a l l y segment ensued, it was obvious chemicals in cannabis and Once ag a i n, st udent s that not many students were signed autographs and took only two of them have been sprung to their feet cheering p i c t u r e s , h a v i n g p e o p le anti-legalization. proven medically beneficial,” as the debate went on for two “First, I’d like to say that I say their favorite strain of St ut ma n sa id. “I nstead hours. wish I was one of your kids,” marijuana instead of “cheese”. of ex t ract i ng t hese t wo “They bot h have really His favorite is Sour Diesel. one student started off in a chemicals, Steve is telling you arguable points,” said business question directed to Hager. to smoke the whole thing!” student Myron Hardin . “It A f ter ward, st udents Stutman also stated that was interesting to follow both lined up to speak with both people become dependent sides and I learned about the Stutman and Hager to ask on cannabis and waste their posit ives and negat ives of i nd iv idu a l que st ion s a nd Comments on this story? whole lives away smok ing legalization.”

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The arrest data is split on whether USC police relied more on arrests in 2009 than more merciful disciplinary referrals. Oncampus arrests for liquor violations tripled from

10 to 30 between 2008 and 2009 as disciplinary actions decreased, and then arrests dropped to 21 in 2010 as disciplinary actions increased.

But on-campus arrests for dr ug v iolat ions decreased from 52 to 28 between 2008 and 2009 as disciplinary actions also decreased, indicating that enforcement was being softened overall.

Grabski said USCPD h a d n o t c h a n g e d it s enforcement levels in the past three years. He added

the individual officers have discretion in whether to arrest or refer students, b u t U S C PD h a s n o t tried to inf luence their individual decisions.

Bot h Cooney and Fink said the increase in disciplinary actions for drug and alcohol violations from 2009 to 2010 could be explained by data from the 2010 CORE Alcohol & Drug Survey.The survey, conducted in Spring 2010, shows that 80 percent of male students surveyed had used alcohol in the past month and 35 percent had used marijuana.

About 75 percent of females had used alcohol in that same period and 19 p e r c e nt h a d u s e d marijuana . About half of t he 1, 205 st udent s surveyed were freshmen under 21.

“Marijuana use among st udent s is increasing pretty significantly,” Fink said.

Fink also said t here were increased problems with alcohol in 2010 due to students “pregaming” with the popular energyalcohol fusion drink Four Loko.

Of f icials did not provide CORE data for previous years Tuesday.

Fink said the same policies reg a rd i ng d r ug s have been in place for the past three years, and that there have been increased antisubstance abuse seminars

by USCPD and alcoholfree activities offered by University Housing.

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“Stereotyping is not confined to women,” Elsenhans said. “The best response is to exceed expectations.”

Despite her many achievements, Elsenhans emphasized balancing decisions with family life. One of the main reasons for her switch to Sunoco wa s t he p o sit ion’s stabilit y and closer prox i m it y to her r e c e nt l y w i d o w e d mother. “ I f i nd t h at t he people who deal the best are people who recognize that they need to rearrange their priorities around their fam ily,” Elsen ha ns said.

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DEBT ● Cont. from 1 t hought f u l, pla n ned, structured, organized and anticipated,” said Charlie Fit z Si mon s , d i rec tor of capital budgets and financing.

What has caused the debt?

Un iversit y of f icia ls point to a combination of aging buildings and little state funding for higher education construction.

The General Assembly hasn’t issued funds for the university to build in more than a decade. “ We d o n’t b o r r o w for operations, and we don’t borrow to pay the bills,” said Ed Walton , USC’s ch ief f inancial officer. “Imagine what people would say if we let everything deteriorate.”

Much of the u n iversit y ’s debt is a product of new residence halls and new athletics

facilities. Both housing and athletics don’t depend on tuition dollars or state appropriations. Instead, their customers — in this case, students or fans — will pay off the debt with higher fees.

USC currently owes about $136 million in housing debts.

K i r s t e n K e n n e d y, USC’s housing director, and other USC officials point to deteriorat ing buildings across campus as an unavoidable impetus to build and renovate.

Many of the facilities have lived well past their 30 to 50 year lifespan. Federal dollars — supplied in an era of post World War II posterity — helped many universities build a slew of facilities, Kennedy said, but now those dollars are gone. And newer, nicer facilities are much needed, according to Kennedy.

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For hou s i n g, mor e debt is on the way. The universit y is currently preparing for a master housing plan, which will cost about $200 million and eventually raze five dorms and construct six more. That plan, set to happen over 11 years, will basically recreate all university housing.

In turn, housing rates will rise for new dorms or facilities that receive extensive renovations.

Rates t ypically rise 10 to 15 percent, Kennedy said, putting the facilities “at market value.” That — coupled with housing reserve funds — allows the housing office to pay its debts within the 20 or 30 year period prescribed in the terms of the bond.

Will students pay those rates and fill the residence

halls? Recent indications say probably. Housing officials have seen the size of waiting lists in recent years surge — a result of s wel l i ng f resh men classes, full of students who are required to live on campus. That’s left upperclassmen fighting for the fewer remaining spots.

But a recent housing st udy, conducted by a consulting firm at the behest of USC, shows that the off-campus housing market here is ver y competitive. The report warned t he universit y it wou ld s t r u g g le t o compete with off-campus complexes and private homes for upperclassmen st udents who are concerned about costs.

At h let ic s a lso has embarked on a building

frenzy as of late. Consider the athletics village — complete with a parking garage, several academic facilities, a new softball stadium, football stadium upgrades and more. The u n i ve r s it y w i l l o p e n another luxury tailgating area next year in the old fa r mer’s ma rket nea r Williams-Brice Stadium.

How have they paid t he debt? Obligat ions a re met t h rough $3 on each football ticket sold, $4 on each men’s basketball t icket sold and $1 on each women’s basketball t icket sold.

They’re also helped with the $69 every full-time student pays each year.

The YES! Seat licensing fee, a controversial plan wh ich charges season ticket holders a fee to purchase seats, has helped meet the obligation. The plan has led thousands to d rop t hei r sea s on tickets. But indications show sales are up again this year, and athletics director Eric Hyman said last month at a board of trustees meeting that he remains confident they will eventually return.

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ASSEMBLY ● Cont. from 1 zones, Quasney said.

Larger staging areas will stand on each corner, g iv ing st udent s more room to wa it for t he light. Traffic signals will be adjusted so students won’t have to wait as long, Walton said.

But that, in turn, will leave cars waiting longer on a street already known for historic train delays.

Add a 12-foot pedest rian lane for st udents to cross, and USC of f icials say t he intersections will be much safer. Currently, the lane is three feet, Quasney said.

In its original plans, USC h ad pla n ned to remove all parking spaces and reduce the street’s w idt h. That now is unlikely due to high costs, Walton said.

“That turned out to be more of a beautification measure,” Walton said. “ We wa nt to put ou r money into as much safety enhancement as possible.”

A few spots near each intersect ion will b e el i m i n ated i n t he construction process.

Improvements are also likely for the spiraling stairs and tunnel that runs u nder neat h A ssembly St reet f rom nea r t he law school to out side the Carolina Coliseum, according to Quasney.

USC wants to add an elevator for disabilit y access. Quasney said USC of f icials will consider improving streets from Pendleton to Blossom as well.

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LGBT rights advocates discuss fight for equality in RH forum Speakers see progress, but struggle continues Dashia Starr

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S o u t h C a r o l i n a ’s L e s b i a n , G ay, Bisex ua l a nd Tra nsgender organ izat ions have come a long way from the hardships faced in the past, but activists continue to raise awareness and seek equalit y for homosexuals.

In honor of LGBT History Month, LGBT Programs and Leadership Programming partnered to host a forum Wednesday night featuring gay rights advocates who discussed their experiences in the fight for equality.

Drew Newton, graduate assistant for LGBT Programming, saw the forum as an opportunity to celebrate USC’s progress and the history of LGBT. “These act iv ists are icons and motivators for those who support them,” Newton said. “We hope that people understand their progress, changes and difficulties.”

A lv i n McEw i n , a g raduate of Winthrop University, spoke at the forum about his college experiences in the 1980s and how society’s views on homosexuality have shifted. He expressed his struggle with isolation in college as an openly gay student. It was uncommon for open homosexuals to hold campus leadership positions and express concerns publicly out of fear and shame from society.

“You could not tell others about your thoughts because they wouldn’t understand,” McEwin said.

Speakers also discussed how they were criticized and shamed religiously and socially for their sexuality.

“It was totally different when I was in school,” McEwin said. “People lost their minds. They put biblical slogans on ... posters. Back then you didn’t talk about being gay. Even it if was a rumor, they wanted to fight you.”

Tony Snell, who was president

of South Carolina Pride from 1995 to 2000 , introduced himself as the “Bible-thumping Republican.” He often judged homosexuals, but says that redemption is what changed him.

Snell took South Carolina Pride on the road with hopes of equality for homosexuals in South Carolina, but he was faced with hatred instead.

“There were flyers telling people to stay away for fear of AIDS and homosexuality,” Snell said. “Preachers said homosexuality is Satan’s plot for our children.”

He also discussed the cancellation of events in Myrtle Beach, including a highly anticipated concert from the Village People. Citizens did not want homosexuality mixed with their family values.

“We still had our events though,” Snell said. “We had some support from businesses that understood that we were important.”

Harriet Hancock spoke at about her experience as the parent of gay child. She wanted him to feel accepted, which lead to the 1982 founding of Parents and Families of Lesbians and Gays in Columbia . She focused on educating society about transgenders.

“It was tough back in those days,” Hancock said. “People would beat you with the Bible and quote scriptures.

They don’t do that anymore.”

The forum highlighted many other issues for homosexuals. Homosexuality was to be kept a secret in the workforce, and people could be fired over their sexuality. Columbia was the first city in South Carolina to have protection for employment for sexual orientation.

The activists said they are proud of the progress for homosexuals at USC and South Carolina.

“More students are out and open.”

McEwin said. “I always get amazed when I see a gay alliance that is open.

Don’t take that for granted.”

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Despite rain Tuesday night, Columbia remained occupied.

Most of Occupy Columbia protesters had migrated to the top of the Statehouse steps under the arch where they met for their evening general assembly, one of two meetings every day during which the protesters discuss and negotiate the strateg y of their leaderless and purposef ully mission-less protest. Strewn about them were their scarce belongings — sleeping bags, backpacks, musical instruments and signs from “The Middle Class is Too Big to Fail” to “End the Fed.” W hile the Occupy movement is opposed to politics, Travis Bland said the group had to do a little politicking to be allowed to move off the wet lawn onto the steps for the night.

“We talked to a state senator to allow us to get up there,” said Bland, a 23-year-old Columbia resident. “We’re all kind of wet and exhausted from CONCERT ● Cont. from 3 man professing his love for her and telling her he wants to marry her,” Portnoy said. “It’s really

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“The singers’ emotions were communicated really well,” Scheper said. “Some parts were really moving and others were really funny.”

the rain.”

Yet the group was determined to stay the night.

They had covered their coolers and other objects that remained on the lawn facing Gervais Street.

A pair of women in ponchos brought the grateful group a hot meal donation: brown rice, onions, peppers and mushrooms. Catherine Bruce, who is on the group’s food committee, said individuals and businesses had been donating food since the protest began on Saturday.

“I try to come out here three hours a day,” said Bruce, a USC graduate student. “We try to make sure people have something to eat.”

Bland said many protesters came to and from their jobs to the protest. Others, he said, were underemployed or jobless. Bruce, like many of the protesters, was reluctant to identify any specific issue that brought her out to the Statehouse.

“I see this as an evolving, organic movement that is giving people some confidence that they can stand up and stand together,” Bruce said. “There was a time that people didn’t feel like there was anything they could do.”

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Por t noy a nd t he Symphony Orchestra will be taking The Telephone on the road, starting next week.

The program closed with Beethoven’s Piano

Concerto No. 4, featuring Bush and conducted by Lepore.

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ACADEMICS ● Cont. from 1 S o f a r, U S C h a s been able to have it s h igher SAT c a ke a nd eat it , too . T he u n iversit y i nc reased its enrollment by more than 50 percent in the past decade , allowing it to admit more South Carolinians, more academically talented out-of-state st udents and, importantly, bring in more tuition dollars to offset state budget cuts.

B u t n o w, U S C i s running out of quality i n- s t at e s t udent s to recr u it , places to f it t hem and qualit y professors to teach them.

“We are limited by the size of the freshmen class, we are limited by the in-state and out-of-

state percentages and we are also limited by the average SAT score of South Carolinians,” A m i r id is sa id. “ T he high school SAT scores in South Carolina are not getting any better.

Frankly, they’re getting worse.”

USC ’s tot a l undergraduate enrollment, currently over 21,000 , is swiftly catching up to its peer institutions’ average of 23,000, especially since 20 07. T he i n f lu x of students has rendered it desperately in need of more space for lab sessions, 50-60 student classrooms, 10 0 plus st udent aud itor iu m s a nd residence hall rooms. A ll f reshmen a re requ i red to l ive on-campus, so further increasing the size of

t he f resh men class means deny ing more dor m itor y room s to upperclassmen.

A m i r id i s s a id t he university will lose even more classroom space once the Moore School of Business moves to it s new locat ion a nd USC leases the Close/ Hipp Building to the Ju st ice Depa r t ment .

He said the next time a significant amount of classroom space will be freed up will be when the law school moves into its new building.

A not her issue wit h i ncreasi ng f resh men class size is a ballooning student-facult y ratio, an measure of academic quality in which USC is lagg i ng it s peer s.

U S C n o w h a s a 19 to 1 st udent-f ac u lt y ratio, up from 14 to 1 a decade ago . USC’s peers have an average 17 to 1 ratio.

USC is not only suffering in numbers of facult y, but also in quality of faculty. USC has a 28 to 1 st udent to tenured and tenuret r a c k-f a c u lt y r at i o .

A m iridis says t he university can decrease that ratio to 24 to 1 by 2014. It plans to hire 200 new tenure-track facult y over t he next four years, and replace tempora r y fac u lt y w it h d o c t o r a l - l e v e l

instructors.

Amiridis said simply i ncreasi ng tenu red facult y members’ teaching load wouldn’t solve the problem.

“The minute that we cha nge t he teach i ng load significantly we’re going to lose the best f ac u lt y member s we have, because t hey are com m it ted to r e s e a r c h ,” A m i r id i s said.

So to decrease t he r at io a nd s p ac e problems, besides adding new faculty and buildings, Amiridis said the universit y should hold steady or decrease t he size of incom ing classes. An unexpected number of applicants who decided to come to the university, coupled w it h a n i ncreased nu m b e r o f t r a n s f e r students may require a decrease of about 100 students in next three years, the provost said.

He sa id he ex pec t s e n r ol l me nt t o le v e l out at about 24,000 to 25,000 students.

“The size of t he f resh men class has to stay f lat unt il our infrastructure catches up,” Amiridis said.

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He spent much of the time, though, talking about Jobs’ relationship with his counterpart, Gates. The two were polar opposites, Isaacson said, and compared them to a “binary star system.”

“They were very different,” Isaacson said. “Steve was all about artist control, every element of the experience. Gates had the open model. Neither is the exact right answer, but the two extremes defined the digital age.”

Jobs believed in end-to-end vertical integration, controlling every aspect of a product, from the design in the factory to the store in which it’s sold, whereas Gates believed in a system that allowed lots of different companies to use his operating systems and hardware in their products.

At the end of Gates and Jobs’ conversation, Gates, reportedly a warm, kind man, admitted that he never knew the end-to-end integrated model could work. Jobs, who Isaacson characterized as anything but warm, responded “you proved your model could work as well.”

Isaacson said he considered the dialogue for the ending to the biography, but couldn’t end it there.

“Bill told me afterward, ‘What I didn’t tell Steve is this: The end-to-end process only works when you have someone as creative and artistic as Steve,’” Isaacson said.

W hen Isaacson told him what Gates had said, expecting a positive response, Jobs instead responded with anger.

“What an a------. Anyone could have made it work if they’d cared, he just has no taste,” Jobs said.

And Jobs, after all, had specifically told Isaacson he wanted it to be honest.

“Make it honest, I’m brutally honest. I want you to write an honest book,” Jobs had said to him.

Moore said she’d read the book and thought it was “riveting.” She said she had known Isaacson for the last 10 to 12 years, as she serves on the national board for Teach for America with his wife.

“This talk was terrific,” Moore said, joking that she had wanted to ask her friend a bunch of questions during the Q & A session.

Sali Sumer, an international masters of business administration student , said she’d also enjoyed Isaacson’s book.

“I couldn’t put it down,” Sumer told Isaacson as he signed the book for her. “And I have an exam this week.”

Second-year international business student Emily Craft agreed it was an engaging read.

“Don’t start reading this before exams,” she warned.

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The Mixtape

When I first played The Mixtape Volume Five, I was sitting at my computer with my roommates around me, and when I looked up mid-head bop, I noticed that both of them were swaying, too. And that’s just how the whole album is — it compels the listener to get up and groove. The Hood Internet is made up of two guys from Chicago that work together to create killer mash-ups. The name of The Mixtape Volume Five is a bit deceiving, since they’ve actually made seven mixes prior to this one.

In each of their mixtapes, they pick two songs and put them together to make the perfect mix. They combine a more alternative-indie song with a popular hip-hop single. This blend doesn’t sound like it should work, but in fact, it’s quite the opposite: the songs come alive and make you crave them and want to listen to them over and over again. In all honesty, the mixtape just came out a week ago, and I’ve been playing it on repeat since.

My play count is actually getting embarrassingly high, yet I’m not even ashamed.

One of my personal favorites on the mix combines a song by Drake and Free Energy, “This Shit Was (All I Know).” It has Drake rapping over the happy-go-lucky instrumentals of Free Energy’s song “All I Know.” It creates a perfectly versatile song that you can either listen to while you’re just chilling out or while you’re getting pumped up to go out. Two other great songs from the mix are “Oh My Kids” that mashes Usher and Sleigh Bells, and “Virginia Is For Cameras,” which combines Clipse and Matt & Kim. And the best part of this all is that you can get it for free! All you have to do is check out their page on Twitter or just Google their name and voila! A link for you to download your little heart out and receive an hour of pure listening joy!­ — Maisie Sackett

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Let England Shake

As one of the biggest names in female-driven rock, England’s PJ Harvey never hesitates to try something new. Originally a ‘90s rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse, Polly Jean Harvey toned her style down a bit to a more dramatic and expressive form of art over the past decade. At the turn of a new decade, Harvey brings her voice, guitar and saxophone playing to the likes of a British anti-war album, 2011’s Let England Shake.

The album itself extends across a large stylistic range — something PJ Harvey hasn’t really done in her past two releases. Her opener, “Let England Shake,” emits a driven but mellow, eerie message that “England’s dancing days are done.” It reminds you of the innocent child-ghost in mid-budget horror films who warns tourists of the dangers at the closest roadside attraction. The album’s single, “The Words That Maketh Murder,” blends blues, folk and rock into a rhythmically catchy protest anthem that one would expect to hear at popular folk festival in the middle-of-nowhere, Midwest.

Then, “Hanging in the Wire” represents that universal, hopeful end of war dream that most people have at some point in life. Every track on this album is definitely worth the forty minutes and eight seconds of time it would take to listen to all of them.

But even though this album is musically and stylistically incredible, PJ Harvey just shouldn’t have made this an anti-war album. While musicians like Bob Dylan, praised for their anti-war music, focused primarily on lyrical content to offer inspiration and insight to the warring world around them, PJ Harvey failed to add anything new to the overflowing pool of peaceful protest artistry, even while she attempted to do so with archaisms like “words that maketh murder.”

Hopefully, PJ Harvey’s lyrical ability will one day catch up with her overflowing amount of musical talent. — Adam Barnett

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Tyler Reynolds, freshman in Education, organizes class supplies in the office of the Twin City Bible Church on Wednesday. Reynolds works at the church as a children’s education assistant as one of two jobs that she keeps throughout the week, and will probably need to take on a third job if her Pell Grant is reduced.

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Tyler Reynolds, bottom, tutors a student at the Wiley Elementary School on Wednesday. Reynolds works at the school under a federal work study program.

Students express concern over expected Pell Grant cut Budget plan calls for $100 billion reduction in awards by krizia vance staff writer

Student Tyler Reynolds works 11-plus hour weeks in addition to 17 hours of class to support her studies. She also receives the maximum amount the federal Pell Grant can award.

But if legislators in Washington succeed in slashing Pell Grant funding to balance their budget, students like Reynolds may need to take on extra jobs to afford tuition at the University.

As part of an attempt to lower government spending, President Barack Obama’s budget plan for 2012 calls for a decrease in funding for Pell Grants — a federal award program intended for the nation’s

neediest students.

Obama is planning to strip $100 billion dollars from the Pell Grant by awarding only one grant per student for the academic school year and not for a summer term. Graduate and professional students would also receive reduced loan subsidies from this.

Republicans in Congress are proposing to cut the maximum Pell Grant amount by 15.2 percent. That would cut $845 from the current maximum award of $5,550, bringing the total a student could receive to $4,655.

Dan Mann, director of Student Financial Aid, said the Federal Pell Grant is considered the cornerstone program of all

financial aid. The Pell Grant is a Pell Grants is something that need-based grant program, and we are very concerned about,” it’s the first thing that goes into he said. a student’s financial aid award The decision to make financial cuts to something as vital consideration, Mann said.

Currently, 7,100 students as Pell Grants will prove to be a receive part of their financial hard decision for everyone, said aid from the Pell Grant. If the Randy Kangas, associate vice $845 were to be cut from the president for Planning and Budgrant, it could geting. The strain the three campuses in the Unifinancial aid versity system office more, supplement aid especially these students, to the point of Mann said. $45 million in Mann said at need-based this point, the aid, and they Office of Stuhope to keep dent Financial the balance Dan Mann, Aid does not of quality and director of Student Financial Aid have any kind affordability, of funding to Kangas said. replace that loss to the students, Natalie Uhl, communications and it might result in more loan officer for the Graduate Empolyborrowing by the students. ees’ Organization, said loan sub“Any type of reduction to the sides help reduce the debt bur-

“Any type of reduction to the Pell Grants is something that we are very concerned about,”

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the main reasons she is able to attend the University. She said she believes the proposal made by the Congress Republicans proves to be unfair.

“You can’t just take it away.

Obviously we need it if they’re giving it to us,” said Reynolds.

“We apply for it and based on the information we gave it’s beneficial. If they’re trying to decrease it, it’s going to decrease a lot of people’s chances to go to college.”

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“When we graduate, a lot of graduate students already have their basic debt to worry about,” Uhl said. “If you have unsubsidized loans, you already have interest compounding on those loans the whole time you’re in school. It just increases that debt load once they graduate.”

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