The Cauldron - issue 7

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Monday, march 1, 2010

The Melting Pot

Little Johnny the Porpoise

By Reid May

News

Columnist Discusses Economic Impact of Immigration at City Club

By David Edwards

Arts & Entertainment

Borderlands: Where a Picture is Worth 100,000 Guns

By Justin Brenis

SPORTS

Ex-NFLer’s Foundation Awards Cleveland State :

Project SERV Ahead Of The Curve

By Robert Ivory

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Living on Campus What Can it Do for You?

By Samantha Shunk

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Contents VOLUME 110 • ISSUE SIX

THE MELTING POT

03 Little Johnny the Porpoise 04 illumination: healthcare summit, jobs bill 04 Little Johnny the Porpoise 04 hazing editorial

NEWS

05 Math club ‘Swarms’ Fenn Tower 05 Weekly Event calendar 06 Former cleveland State Professor returns For Inspiring WWI Lecture 06 columnist Discusses Economic Impact of Immigration at city club 07 Photo spotlight: International Food Fest

Living on Campus:

What Can it Do for You?

By Samantha Shunk

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

10 Borderlands Where a Picture is Worth 100,000 Guns 11 Noise Inspectors 11 Smile Empty Soul “More anxiety” 11 NOW!

THE CAULDRON Samantha Shunk Editor-In-Chief

Managing Editor Reid May advertising Manager Jayson Gerbec Copy Editor Kristen Mott Copy Editor Justin Brenis News Editor Alexes Spencer

SPORTS

13 tiger woods: “It turns out he is not bigger than life” 14 Pucks or Balls: americans Stop Them all 14 Playoff atmosphere rocks as Vikes Take Double Dip

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opening Statements

By Jonathan “Killstring” Herzberger As I look out my window, the sky is a flat, gray ceiling.

Snow covers the dirt and grime of the city like some kind of blanket; pristine and pure. It’s beautiful.

It’s also an illusion.

StoLEN: The Cauldron Print Issues

By Samantha Shunk This theft is a crime, and those responsible will be punished.

Lenhart claims that he “will not let this go.”

Concert Picks

By Jonathan “Killstring” Herzberger and Jon Conley Yes, there are neo-nazis on the Internet who think HuG is great.

It’s like advocating genocide on Mexico because you like Springsteen, but it’s the Internet – someone is probably doing that too.

Ex-NFLer’s Foundation awards Cleveland State: Project SERV Ahead Of The Curve

By Robert Ivory Cleveland State’s Project SERV has been selected by the Pat Tillman Military Scholarship Program to become partners in educational scholarships for veterans, service members, and their families. “It recognizes the veteran program as one of the top programs in the country,” John Schupp, SERV Program Director, said of what the scholarship meant to the program.

Sports Editor Rob Ivory

arts & Entertainment Editor Jonathan D. Herzberger Layout Editor Steve Thomas Business Manager Anne Werner Student Media & Web Specialist Daniel Lenhart Faculty advisor Dr. Rodger Govea

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OPENING STaTEMENTS Little Johnny the Porpoise

By Jonathan “Killstring” Herzberger The Cauldron A&E Editor

As I look out my window, the sky is a flat, gray ceiling. Snow covers the dirt and grime of the city like some kind of blanket; pristine and pure. It’s beautiful.

It’s also an illusion.

The alleyways are just as riddled with litter, the streets in just as much disrepair as ever – Cleveland hasn’t transformed into a Utopian wonderland overnight, it just looks that way. There’s nothing that’s actually wrong with this, but for some reason, I’m furious. Why hide like this?

Do you think we’ll reject you for what you are? Nothing good will come of this deception.

And then, of course, I realize why I’m really upset.

On Dec. 22, 2009, one of my favorite people in the world up and left it. I didn’t find out until Christmas eve. I can’t remember if it was snowing or not, but these angelic, pretty white blankets of snow, they remind me of her.

And I’m angry.

As alluded to more than once in this newspaper, the place I come from, both physically and socially, isn’t all that great. Poverty, violence, abuse; things weren’t easy for anybody. We all tried to hold each other up back then as best we could. A bunch of broken, half-deranged punk kids, putting on brave faces for a world that didn’t seem to care. Music was everything back then, and instruments in hand, we were like gods for fleeting, ephemeral moments - islands in an otherwise numbing void. Friends, real friends, have always been hard to come by, and when you find them, well. You want to protect them. You try your best to hold one another up. That’s friendship. That’s love.

At least, as I’ve always understood it.

So life was hard, but damned if we’d let it show. Little masks, little routines to look and sound all right, well-adjusted, happy – we all had them. A lot of people still do.

Pretty white blankets.

Time goes on, and if you were lucky enough to make it out, you grew up. We were lucky enough to make it out. And if not in one piece, well, we knew where the pieces were, anyway. Held on with duct tape, safety pins or whatever.

I won’t torture the metaphor any further.

April wasn’t ok. But she’d never let you know, just flash that disarming smile and shrug. Life goes on. We’re survivors.

Everything’s okay.

It’s not the purpose of this story to condemn alcohol or narcotics. We’re all big kids here, capable of making our own decisions. April was making some bad

ones. I said I didn’t understand, but that wasn’t true. Thinking of all the times I wished that something could make the – for lack of a better term, the bad - just go away, even for a little while; well, I understood that.

Didn’t have to like it, though.

April fought back and forth with narcotics, winning and losing in an ebb and flow that tore one’s heart out to see - when she’d let you see. Drugs don’t play fair, and eventually, she lost. I can’t remember if it was snowing when I got the call, but, it snowed like hell when we finally put her in the ground. Stillness. Tranquility.

Pretty white blankets.

Not a day goes by that I don’t miss her.

Not a day goes by that I don’t wish she hadn’t spent so much time pretending to be fine. Not a second goes by that I don’t wish I’d been more persistent. But wishing doesn’t change anything, and as I curse at the snow, impotently shaking my fist, I realize I’m every bit as guilty of this. A lot of us are.

Dealing with loss, whether it be the death of a loved one to something as seemingly insignificant as failing a test or having a car break down, can be crippling.

It’s something a lot of us face, and it seems to gravitate toward the winter months as the preferred stage for its little dramas to unfold. So what do we do? Grin and bear it? When someone asks how we are, do we crack wise, and make light of the situation?

That’s what I do. And it’s not always the right call.

So yes, world: I am upset, and rightly so. I’m not always going to be okay, and there’s nothing shameful about that. The world still feels a little less bright to me, and it serves nothing to lie about that.

It’s not the end of the world, and yes, I’m perfectly capable of continuing to function in society; but this is where I find myself.

No apologies. Just truth.

As you read this, maybe you’ve faced something similar. Maybe not – maybe you’ve been lucky so far, and life has been gentle. But regardless, loss and grief are part of this experience that we call living. They’re okay. They’re nothing to be embarrassed by. I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I don’t know how to end this; after opening up to this degree what does one say?

I will say that life is beautiful. I will add that it’s worth living. I hope that everyone remembers to tell the people they love, that they love them. And as for April, I hope there is peace wherever you are; I hope there is something like rest.

Regardless, this strange world can’t hurt you anymore.

By Reid May, The Cauldron Managing Editor

A recent study performed by researchers at Ohio State University revealed some rather obvious things about childhood obesity. The study, which focused on preschool aged children, showed that those children who frequently eat dinner as a family, get adequate sleep and limit weekly television viewing time are likely to have a lower risk for obesity.

Really? Apologies to the topnotch research team in Columbus, but I could have given you the same conclusions in about 15 seconds, off the top of my head, and without draining the resources of the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, who funded the project.

The issue here, folks—and excuse the lack of political-correctness that you are about to experience, but this concerns an issue which to me is so blatantly clear that it was a significant struggle not to vomit on my computer while reading about this research—is not so complex as to mandate a high-priced study.

There is, in fact, a very simple formula for understanding obesity.

A lack of exercise, plus unhealthy eating habits, means a little more you. For children, “Ho-Hos” plus that XBOX 360 they love so much, means childhood obesity, severe health risks, a lousy future of medical bills and, probably, a shortened life.

Now, it is true that some obesity is a result of genetic coding and cannot be helped. However, what is becoming the clearest problem in our society is not the fault of genetics—it is the fault of culture.

With children, it is actually very simple. Mommy and Daddy have had a long day at work so when they come home to a very excited young child, they stick them in front of the box of pictures and a video game system.

For many parents, the problem is solved. Peace and quiet can be had for only the price of a Nintendo.

Even better, buy some TV dinners and a few sugary snacks and those incessantly bothersome children will leave you alone all evening.

The same things occur during long summer vacations, when children have no structured world in which to remain active. Instead

of being healthy and mobile, they become sedentary. Once again parents, baby sitters and others find the mind numbing “boob tube” a quick solution to the proverbial “what do I do with Johnny, he’s always under my feet?” question.

Here is a thought: Do you know what I did when I was five years old? My brother, my neighborhood friends and I spent approximately 12 hours every day running. We ran outside, ran to the park, ran to the little creek by our house. We played sports and ran races down the street.

Sometimes we rode bikes, roller bladed—point is, we were active.

We liked being active and when we got up in the morning that was what we wanted.

There was no video game system in my house until I was 16 years old. By then, I had no real interest in spending all my time in front of it—I still wanted to move everyday.

When we were young, our mother left nutritious lunches on the kitchen table when she went to work and we never had unlimited access to the junk food cupboard. Today, I still like to eat well. In fact, I find it hard to eat poorly.

The important thing to take away from this is that obesity— especially childhood obesity—is not a problem that needs to be solved by countless trips to the doctor’s office or million-dollar research initiatives. This is a problem that can be handled at home, with strong parenting and a willingness to say no to more television, more video games and more sugar-filled snacks, while saying yes to more activity and healthy eating habits.

Ignorance is not an excuse for slowly killing our children with doughy, sugary, fried foods. We need to stop feigning misunderstanding to our healthcare professionals with claims that we “don’t understand what is wrong, why little Johnny is becoming a porpoise and why the Oreos keep vanishing.” Hint: the cat is innocent.

How about, instead of a research initiative that allows us to continue our claim of ignorance and pass the responsibility on to someone else, parents unite to take a stand and, more importantly, take some responsibility. It could do us all— especially Johnny the porpoise—a little good.

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IllumiNation:

healthcare summit, jobs bill

By Reid May, The Cauldron Managing Editor

Image courtesy of flickr.com/photos/whitehouse

Hazing Editorial

By Reid May, The Cauldron Managing Editor

After the Feb. 24 bi-partisan summit to discuss healthcare, indications are that the Democrats may pursue passing healthcare legislation as it stands now and without returning to the drawing board. Senior congressional Democratic sources told CNN that the process known as reconciliation is still being considered as a method to put a bill on the President’s desk immediately.

Reconciliation would allow the House to approve the version of the bill that has already passed through the Senate, and then allow both chambers to pass a package of changes that mirror the President’s plans.

The reconciliation vote would only require 51 Senate votes, which the Democratic leaders view as attainable, unlike the 61 Senate votes that new legislation would require.

One of the questions being explored is whether those changes can be passed before the House votes on the Senate version of the bill. Members of the House are concerned about whether the Senate will follow through with the package of changes after the House approves.

There is also some doubt whether the House can muster a majority, since it will miss several votes due to vacancy and because of the provisions in the bill, which some say are not strict enough to make sure taxpayer dollars are not spent on abortion procedures.

According to CNN, some estimates put at least a dozen conservative Democrat votes in question because of the abortion issue.

Those concerns, along with the impending election and the hesitancy of many Democrats to participate in a controversial vote—especially one that is considered to be short-circuiting the process—make the passing of the legislation suspect at best.

The summit, which was televised with the intent of demonstrating bi-partisan cooperation, only stirred up the waters and demonstrated little cooperation. Nothing

conclusive was decided and it is unlikely that anything substantial will be agreed upon based on the meetings held at the White House.

Whether the legislation is pressed through as it stands or not, Congressional leaders will undoubtedly struggle this fall when it comes time to answer for the growing partisan games and dissatisfaction among voters—especially given the polls, which show resounding favor for removal of incumbents.

Progress was made this week with the Senate’s passage of a $15 billion jobs bill that will provide businesses that hire the unemployed with tax breaks. The bill was a bi-partisan success, with five Republicans, including newly elected Scott Brown, R-Mass. and George Voinovich, R-OH. The bill, according to CNN, is comprised of four parts. The first will exempt employers from social security taxes on new hires who were unemployed.

The others will fund highway and transit programs through 2010, provide tax breaks for businesses that make capital investments, and expand use of the Build America Bonds program.

Widely hailed as a first step, the bill will fail to create more than a few hundred thousand jobs, said Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, according to CNN. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said that there will be more votes on legislation to spread tax breaks and implement additional small business jobs measures in the near future.

Consider this a small first step, at best. Most small business owners will still find it difficult to absorb the cost of new hires in this economy. Tax breaks stand to help—but not much. While a bigger bill may provide more short-term relief, I would argue that the economy needs to be left to its own cycle. The answer to these major economic problems is not more deficit spending.

Last week, The Cauldron ran a news story regarding recent hazing accusations and correlating University judicial charges filed against Delta Omega Phi sorority.

This story, titled, “Hazing: Everything You Thought It Was - And More,” was meant to inform the University community of the facts surrounding an important issue.

In the course of reporting those facts, the writer of that story mistakenly included some of his own opinions—clearly not appropriate in a news format.

For that, The Cauldron wishes to apologize. While we consider the information relevant and worthy of printing, speculation was not appropriate in that situation.

The story also misreported some of the facts; again the mistake of a young writer who is only beginning to learn the journalistic process. The Cauldron, its editors, writers and staff meant no ulterior harm to any person.

Once again, any offense was incidental.

However, considering the importance of the information included in the story, and the implication that such accusations have on a campus such as ours, we consider it appropriate to clarify our stance on the issue.

Hazing is under no circumstances reasonable. It is plainly outlined in the Student Code of Conduct as “any conduct, act, method of, or coercion of another to do an act of initiation or admission into any organization which occurs on or off University premises and which willfully or recklessly causes or creates a substantial risk of causing physical or mental harm to any student or person.”

This definition is basis enough to explain why accusations of hazing—even when nothing is proven— should be of the utmost concern to the entire University community. When enough reasonable suspicion exists for judicial charges to be brought on a student organization, no individual or group should turn a blind eye.

As such, The Cauldron found the charges both unfortunate and immediately newsworthy. As a campus publication, we consider ourselves a set of eyes and ears for the University community, especially the students.

Given that self-assigned responsibility, we find ourselves duty-bound to spread important information, especially information that affects us all, to the very bounds of our ability.

To some, these charges should have been a private matter. There was a sentiment that this was between the sorority in question—Delta Omega Phi—and the University Judicial Board. We are of a different opinion.

Given the nature of hazing, that it is a particularly heinous and reprehensible act, any possible occurrence should be a burden to all associated with the governing body.

While The Cauldron cannot, and will not, say that hazing has happened in the case of Delta Omega Phi, the possibility is enough to merit a response.

When heinous and reprehensible acts are committed in a community, is it best to feign ignorance, or to work diligently to improve the community as a whole? The latter is the only choice.

Here at Cleveland State University, that responsibility is universal. It is clear that certain members of our community want the information printed in The Cauldron last week ignored. We must decide together whether we choose to defy those wishes and condemn any activity on campus that is a violation of the no-hazing clause.

In summation, The Cauldron would like to assert that we, as an editorial staff, consider hazing highly inappropriate and deeply regrettable under all circumstances. Should it have occurred in the past or at any time in the future, we encourage a response that is both swift and severe as accommodations allow.

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NEWS

<< Correction for Hazing article The Cauldron wishes to address the incorrect information given in the article entitled “Hazing: Everything You Thought It Was - And More.” Amber Alt did not make the accusation of Delta Omega Phi hazing their pledges. The University sent the letter to the president of Delta Omega Phi informing that her sorority had been accused of hazing. The writer has learned the importance of listing sources for all information. And, The Cauldron will continue to print the truth about what is going on on campus in the future.

>>> Page 7 | Photo Spotlight: International Food Fest | Where the diversity of food is celebrated by cleveland State University students | Photography by amy Gircsis

ThE caULDrON PrINT ISSUES

By Samantha Shunk, The Cauldron Editor-in-Chief

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On Tuesday, Feb. 23, it was discovered that entire racks of The Cauldron’s current issue had been stolen.

The theft was reported to the Cleveland State Police Department this afternoon in the form of a police report filled out by the Student Media Specialist, Dan Lenhart. Lenhart and the entire Cauldron staff are not pleased with this act of theft and will prosecute those responsible.

There are security cameras near many of the racks where the newspapers were stolen. this theft is a crime, and those responsible will be punished. punished Lenhart claims that he “will not let this go.”

Further information to follow.

Math Club ‘Swarms’ Fenn Tower

By Kristen Mott, The Cauldron Copy Editor

The Cleveland State Math Club held a presentation entitled ‘Swarm Action’ on Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 3-3:45 p.m. The presentation, which was held in the Fenn Tower Ballroom, was an interactive demonstration of emergent behavior in certain types of insects.

The event was led by Dr. Daniel Palmer, a professor of science at John Carroll University. In addition to being a professor, Palmer works with the John Carroll Swarm laboratory. Through the presentation, Palmer wanted to “explain what’s going on from a swarm point of view.”

Palmer started the presentation by placing large square tiles on the floor which varied in color. Students then participated in a variety of activities to demonstrate swarm behavior. The first exercise involved everyone moving to the same colored square, but without speaking. The exercise proved that once an individual chose a colored square and moved to that tile, others followed suit.

Palmer then related this activity to swarm behavior in ants.

Certain species of ants will go out and find a new place to live.

The rest of the colony will eventually follow and a new colony will be formed. This is an example of emergent behavior.

The next exercise involved students looking around the room and randomly choosing two people in their minds, which were designated person A and person B. The students were told, again without talking, that they must move so that they positioned themselves between person A and B. After attempting to complete the exercise, the students found themselves piling into a large group. According to Palmer, this happens because “everyone follows a certain set of rules, which leads to synchronization.”

Palmer once again connected this exercise to swarm behavior.

In Southeast Asia, there is a certain species of fireflies which will flash in synchrony. The fireflies release chemicals which signal when other fireflies should flash, and the end product is the fireflies flashing together as a group. He continued with giving an example of army ants. These ants will release chemicals when looking for food, which will cause other ants to follow. However, if an ant from the front of the group loops around to the back, the ants will continue to march in an endless circle. The greatest known army ant circle lasted for two days and was over 200 m wide.

The presentation gave insight into the swarm behavior of insects and demonstrated how humans too participate in swarm behavior, even if unconsciously. Being able to participate in the demonstration allowed the students to get a better grasp of the information being presented, and made the presentation more interesting.

Chris Mentrek, who was in charge of the event, said the Math Club decided to host this presentation because “we had seen Palmer host similar presentations in the past and had a lot of fun with him.”

The Math Club meets weekly in RT 1516 on Tuesdays from 3-3:50 p.m. In addition to hosting presentations and providing academic opportunities, students are allowed to participate in the ‘Problems of the Week’ contest. For correctly answering difficult math problems, students have the chance to win $10 in CSU Dining Dollars. Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings.

For more information on the Math Club or to find out about upcoming events, contact them at mathclub@csuohio.edu.

Weekly Events Calendar

By Alexes Spencer, The Cauldron News Editor

>> 3/2: Research presentations by STARS at noon in MC 104.

TRIO Time Management Workshop at noon in MC 104. >> 3/3: Leadership Roundtable from 2-5 p.m. in MC 103. >> 3/4: Social Work Bake Sale from 12-4 p.m. in MC Atrium.

Cavs Watch party at 8. Fenn Tower, 3rd floor. >> 3/5: SGA Senate at 5 p.m. >> 3/6: Hispanic Community Forum at Lincoln-West High School. 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. >> Weeklong events: The “In Their Shoes” Fundraiser for Haiti continues in the BU Lobby.

Don’t see your event here? E-mail cauldroneditors@gmail.com to ensure your club or group’s next event gets listed.

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Former Cleveland State Professor Returns For Inspiring WWI Lecture Story Robert Ivory, The Cauldron Sports Editor | Photography Robert Ivory

Quiz time: Where did Ernest Hemingway experience the horrors of war that inspired his novel A Farewell To Arms? Where did Mussolini serve and get wounded in the Great War? Where did Erwin Rommel ‘The Desert Fox’ earn his Pour le Mérite as a first lieutenant? What sparked fascism in pre-World War II Italy?

If you are scurrying for your World War I books, you still may not find the answer.

Last week, former Cleveland State distinguished professor, with degrees from the University of Trieste and Western Reserve University in Political Science and the University of Michigan in Slavic Languages and Literature, Dr. Vladimir Rus spoke about the SočaInsonzo Front, which featured the Allied Italy fight against the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the Central Powers.

Dr. Rus, who was invited by the Center for

Slovenian Studies and this specific speech was organized by the Program Liaison, Ivana Majer Yuko, talked about the front in the war that has not been written about in the English language.

“You need to have as much knowledge as you can,” Rus said when asked why talks about different historical events that are not widely known about should be held.

“History is written by the victorious side. When you look at smaller groups, like Slovenians, who cares about them?

The large groups don’t care.”

As for the front itself, there were a dozen battles (which lasted from June 1915 to November 1918) that were situated in present-day Italy and Slovenia. Before April 1915, Italy had been in the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy), but in the secretive Treaty of London in 1915, Italy left for the Triple Entente (the UK, France and Russia) with the hope that they would receive key territorial lands after the Allies won the war.

“The expansionist (in Italy) desired colonies and saw the opportunity to get hold of key territories that were populated by Slovenes and Croats, but had Italians living in the area,” Rus said in his speech. “They were also promised key port cities in Albania and some parts of Turkey.”

Much like the war on the Western Front, Italian military intelligence believed that the war would be over quite quickly, lasting from mid-May 1915 to mid-summer 1915. But, the war against the AustroHungarian Empire would last many more months in which many soldiers were killed or wounded.

“It’s a pity when you look at the figures,” Rus said. “689,000 Italian soldiers were dead, one million seriously wounded, 400,000 deserted and 300,000 were captured at the Soča-Insonzo Front during the war.” Rus added that 600,000 civilians were killed in military actions. The professor said that the high numbers were due to the character of trench warfare. Rus pointed out that

it cost the Italians 2.289 million people, yet the history books rarely talk about this front. “Only in 2001 did a book come out about this front in the English language.”

The Austro-Hungarians only lost 650,000. What the Italians were not counting on was the soldiers from the opposing side were fighting for their independence, since they were under the rule of the Hapsburg Empire since the 18th century. Also, the Italians were fighting on Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian soil, and those who lived in that area did not want to become part of Italy.

“Including in their tactics, the Austro-Hungarian Empire brought soldiers into their armies that they knew were opposed to the Italians,” Rus explained. “This is what stopped the Italians; they were defending their own land, even with their supremacy 3 to 1.”

The Austrian command put in charge a Serbian general, General Petar Bojovic, since the army on that front was made up of 60% of soldiers that were of Slavic background (Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, Poles, Czechs, etc). Therefore, the general knew the topography of the land and knew the soldiers well which gave the Austro-Hungarians an advantage. Rus also added that former Cleveland mayor and US Senator George Voinovich’s ancestors came from the area and were tough fighters. Rus noted that Voinovich means “war” in Slovenian.

Although there was a deep loyalty to Bojovic, toward the end of the war, the soldiers from the Austro-Hungarian side wanted to go home and create their own independent nations. Italy was victorious in the war, but did not get the territories they sought, thanks in large part to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

“Too many times we (Slovenians) say that we are not a nation of warriors,” Rus concluded.“We put up statues of poets. Read what the opposing side had to say about the infantry that was made up of Slovenians, they fought like lions.”

Columnist Discusses Economic Impact of Immigration at City Club

By David Edwards, The Cauldron Contributing Writer Last Friday, professor and columnist Steven V. Roberts visited the City Club of Cleveland to highlight the economic impact of immigrants and to promote his book entitled “From Every End of This Earth.”

Roberts used anecdotes of various immigrants to show some of the hardships they had to endure to come to America. Roberts told the audience that many immigrants have a hard time leaving their traditional homeland. One woman from Afghanistan compared her experience of leaving her country for America to celebrate Persian poet Rumi’s “Song of the Reed.”

She said she felt like being plucked from the reed.

Another story Roberts used to highlight the difficulties faced by immigration was a Vietnamese woman who said that her generation made sacrifices to get over here. She told Roberts that she almost had to cut her wrist to feed her children while they were fleeing Vietnam. “If they arrived at Thailand they were safe; if they came to Cambodia, they would be killed,” said Roberts.

Roberts also spoke of the problems faced by xenophobia. “There have been spasms of antiimmigration periods in America,” Roberts told the audience “Today, Hispanic and Muslims are perceived to be the problem.”

Roberts used a man’s name “Pablo” as an

example. Pablo barely knew any English when he came to America. He worked in the lettuce fields of Salinas, California.

Pablo leaves his job as a lettuce picker in California, joins the army and leaves for Germany.

While in Germany, Pablo develops an insatiable appetite for knowledge, so much so that when he enrolls in a community college back at home he is kicked out of the library for staying too long.

Pablo’s professor convinces him to apply to medical school. Pablo does and enrolls in a local university. Pablo’s dreams were nearly crushed when he went to take an exam for a professor who made it blunt to Pablo that Hispanics and Latinos were not supposed to be doctors. Tears ran down Pablo’s face as the instructor handed back his exam marked with an F. After Pablo convinced his instructor to let him look at the exam, he discovered that the test was graded incorrectly. Pablo ended up with an A. Eventually, Pablo opened his own community hospital where 84% of the patients were farm pickers like himself.

Roberts said that immigrants are vital to our local economy. Roberts states that 30% of employees at Microsoft are immigrants. “The next Silicon valley will be in Mumbai or Shanghai. That is why we need to lift bans,” Roberts said. Many entrepreneurial immigrants operate their businesses internationally.

Roberts cited a man from Tamil Nadu in India who owns a business in Medina, as well as his native country.

Roberts states that he acknowledges that there are problems associated with an open borders policy, but that closing doors is not the answer either. Roberts also stated that the opposition to immigration policy from the right is fairly new. “The notion of keeping immigrants out of the country is contrary to conservative orthodoxy,” Roberts said, referring to Regan’s immigration policies to support his point.

Not everyone agreed with Roberts’ conclusions.

Political Science professor Joel Lieske, said that immigration is more complicated. According to Lieske, one of the consequences of immigration has been minimum wage. Many Americans do not take jobs done by illegal immigrants because they would not make enough to live off of.

According to Lieske, 30-45% of the labor force comes from immigration. “We are flooding this country with immigrants. That is why we have higher rates of unemployment,” Lieske said. Lieske also criticizes Roberts’ assertion that illegal immigrants contribute more than they take. According to Lieske, a third of uninsured Americans are immigrants.

The speech by Roberts at the City Club shows that the debate over illegal immigration is far from over.

Photo Spotlight: International Food Fest Photography Amy Gircsis

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March 1, 2010 Latinos Unidos took first place.

The sisters of Chi Lambda Omega pose for a photo at their German-themed table.

The International Food Fest Helped Raise Funds for Relief in Haiti.

The National Society of Black Engineers Took Second Place with their delicious dish.

Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow Present Asian-themed Cuisine.

Students present tastes from Liberia.

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All images courtesy of Cleveland State

Living on Campus What Can it Do for You?

By Samantha Shunk, The Cauldron Editor-in-Chief

Although Cleveland State is a mostly commuter school, the benefits of choosing to live on campus are great. “I think living on campus is one of the best decisions a student can make,” claims Rudy Braydich, associate director of residence life.

Anyone who has ever met Rudy knows that he is not just trying to sell a product of oncampus living, he truly believes in its power and has experienced it himself during his undergraduate career at BW. Brooke Schroeder, a graduate student living in Viking Hall, exclaims in response to on-campus living, “I love it!”

Brooke says that one of “the pros definitely is having the library nearby” because it alleviates a lot of hassle when it comes to getting there and if something is forgotten.

When she was living off campus Brooke says, “I didn’t meet anyone.” Therefore, her choice to live on campus benefits her socially as well as academically.

Brooke notes one negative that most residents’ share, “It’s noisy; however, to counteract that I live on the grad floor, and it’s so quiet.” Brooke expresses how much she appreciates what residence life has done, she says, especially “I really like how they incorporated the quiet floor.” One other negative she experiences is that, as Brooke says, “I can’t have my cat here.”

But Brooke reveals, “For the most part it is so much better living on campus.

Meeting friends, having people come over, everything is easily accessible. Everything you need is here as far as food, you have laundry, you don’t have to worry about the bills.” After living off campus at another university, Brooke is thoroughly grateful for not having to deal with bills while living on campus. And, she feels, “It is a little community.”

Rudy Braydich reiterates Brooke’s point saying, “It’s your home.” Braydich also says that while living on campus “you start challenging yourself in a whole different way. When a lot of students that live on campus still get to go home, but have that appropriate distance to start challenging themselves to figure out who they really are, and that’s what we offer, a safe environment for students to live and learn.”

Amanda Haley, a junior, lived on campus in Fenn Tower for her freshman year and moved to a single room in Viking Hall for her sophomore year, but she no longer lives on campus because, as she says, “I couldn’t afford it anymore.” She continues, “I didn’t want to take out any more loans, so we decided it was cheaper just to live at home.” Although it is more expensive to live on campus than to live at home, it is often cheaper than living in a downtown apartment.

When asked what she thinks could be improved to get her to live on campus again, Amanda states, “The dining hall” because “I got sick quite a lot of times.” Amanda claims it might not just have been the fault of the dining hall as she was adjusting to life

at college and pretty nervous.

But she notes about the dining on campus, “A lot of people who live in the residence halls go home every weekend, and I also went home like every weekend most of the time, and even the smallest meal plan was way too big.” For example she states, “I would still have like 50 meals left at the end, and it felt like a waste of money because it was the smallest one you could buy.” Campus dining plans are one aspect of on campus life Amanda was happy to get away from because “it felt like a huge waste of money.”

Rudy Braydich reveals that with the new dormitory in process, “dining really came forward with having more flexible dining plans so that since we are offering a full kitchen next year in Euclid Commons to really offer that flexibility for the students.” With the new plans, Braydich believes that the negative of expensive meal plans that Amanda feels will be reduced “so [students are] not spending too much money on a meal plan and can save a little money too.”

Since living at home, Amanda has noted, “I have to drive two hours every day, and that’s too much driving, and there is the gas cost that comes into it.” Living on campus most definitely saves the commute time and gas money as classes are just a short walk across campus at the most.

Matthew Skeel, a sophomore who lives in Viking Hall, says that he lives on campus because “I live too far away to commute.” The benefit of living on campus in his opinion is that there is no need to drive because “everything is so close.”

Matthew feels that the building of Viking Hall is inadequate as he claims it is cold, dusty, has connecting doors between rooms that let sound through, and emphatically adds, “There are roaches in this building.” Another problem Matthew has with on campus housing is that it is “so expensive!”

Rudy Braydich says, “I think it’s expensive if you don’t break it down, but when you break it down with all the amenities and all the different things that you have access to, you are really getting everything for your money.” Included in the cost of a room on campus is cable, internet including wireless, heating, air conditioning, electricity, water, trash, and not to mention the amenities available in the building, as well as community programming and security. Looking at rental housing, it would be difficult to find a place in this location with all those amenities and utilities included for that price.

Braydich also says that if students have a complaint with the facility in any way that they should “come down to the office; we’ll fix it.” And, for those students too shy to report the issue to the office, you should “talk to your RA.” Braydich continues, “We’re willing to change; we’re willing to offer new things, but we don’t know about it until somebody talks about it.” As those working in the office often do not live in the building, they do not know when there are issues that are bothering students unless

Monday, March 1, 2010 / Page nine Euclid Commons will add much needed space for student attending Fall 2010

“I used to live in Viking Hall. I really like downtown, so I haven’t moved far. I now live in the Euclid Lofts. I wanted more space, I wanted quiet and I wanted something nicer than what Viking Hall had to offer. Plus, the restrictive rules about guests were very annoying.” someone tells them. So, make sure they are aware of the issue so it will be addressed.

Victor Gregory Hatcher, a freshman Viking Hall resident, feels that Americans have been brainwashed to think that “you won’t be a real college student if you don’t live on campus.” But as he says, “I feel that living on campus is a distraction.” Victor says that he knows students who commute that achieve higher grades than those he knows that live in the dormitories, and he attributes this to the distraction of having a room on campus, so many friends and choosing to skip classes. It seems just as easy to skip class as a commuter, but as a resident, skipping could provide a real nap.

The positives that Victor can find in the experience of living on campus are that “it broadens your whole growing-up experience coming from high school and living with your parents,” and that “you meet a lot of new people and become very independent.” Developing independence from parents and meeting new people is all a part of what that college experience that Victor claims is brainwashed into the minds of Americans is all about.

By living on campus, students develop more of an independence that helps them grow and discover who they want to be. And, Rudy Braydich says that one of the positives for residents “is a chance to get involved; it allows a student to really get engaged.” Although becoming more engaged can become a distraction, it can also help students to learn what they want from life and succeed.

Besides living on campus being a distraction and Victor expressing his opinion that people are

brainwashed into living on campus, the only other negatives he expresses are that “the pricing is ridiculous” and that “this dining is so horrible.” Victor claims that eating at Viking Hall has resulted in his weight gain.

Michael R., sophomore, says, “I used to live in Viking Hall. I really like downtown, so I haven’t moved far. I now live in the Euclid Lofts. I wanted more space, I wanted quiet and I wanted something nicer than what Viking Hall had to offer. Plus, the restrictive rules about guests were very annoying.” Living downtown comes at a high price when not staying in the dorms, so to combat Michael’s complaints of space, quiet and quality, Residence Life is offering a new building to satisfy most of his wants.

Braydich says, “We’re improving our facilities.

Euclid Commons is one of the biggest projects right now that we’re involved with. Looking at the feedback of what everybody loves about Fenn Tower and what everybody didn’t like about Viking Hall and creating a brand new hall for students to enjoy.” In this new facility, students will each have their own bedroom space where they can go to and close a door to keep out noise and distraction. In addition, this new facility will have even nicer amenities than the other dormitories. The guest rules will remain intact, but only to retain the safety of the residents.

Michael reveals some of the positive aspects he found while living on campus, “Every utility is covered in the money paid for a room, such as wi-fi, cable and electric. The fun that can be had with being surrounded

with one’s peers is great.” Michael knows as well as Braydich says, “You got to walk out your door and enjoy it a little bit.” It is not just about the room, it is about the experience of living with your peers and being independent.

Michael also shared what he did not like about on campus living, but it mostly has to do with the location of the campus in the surrounding areas and the lack of specific amenities downtown. He exclaims, “There is a major lack of basic retail! We need a full service grocery such as Giant Eagle that sits along reliable public transportation. We need a retailer like Target or Walmart downtown so students can meet their basic needs. If you live in the dorms and have no car where are you going to buy an affordable roll of toilet paper downtown?”

Dave’s Supermarket is probably the closest full service grocery store in the downtown area being located on Payne and East 33rd. But, in agreement with some of the other students, Michael says, “Viking Hall food is terrible.”

Although students may not be pleased with the food served at Viking Hall, many will be happy to know that a new dining hall will be created to open in the fall in the Student Center. Viking Hall will no longer be serving cafeteria style food as the new dining hall will replace it. For those unsatisfied students, make sure your voice is heard in regards to campus dining in the online dining survey that will influence the food at the new, as well as existing dining locations throughout campus.

Braydich feels about living on campus at Cleveland State, “It’s really a phenomenal experience.”

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“In this case, there are two million deployed vets since 9/11, they are coming home around the country and I have to make sure that the rest of the country knows how to do this,” Schupp added as his goal.

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BORDERLANDS

WHERE A PICTURE IS WORTH 100,000 GUNS

By Justin Brenis The Cauldron Copy Editor

Ok, lets get this out of the way before I even start this review...

NO I DID NOT PLAY BORDERLANDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH! Got that? Ok, I’ll give you a minute to vent your frustrations about how a reviewer can possibly have the audacity to review a game he didn’t finish...ok...we good? All right, here we go.

The reason I didn’t take the time to finish Borderlands before reviewing it is two-fold. First, after playing about five hours in single-player, and about three hours in multiplayer (Split screen and LIVE combined), I just had no invested interest in continuing to play all the way through to the end, especially since it is a GameFly rental and there are a lot of games I’d rather play on my queue.

Secondly, I am going to use my responsibility to you, the reader, as an excuse for time restraints, so I couldn’t possibly put off my column for more than two weeks...

You buying it? Didn’t think so...sorry, I just don’t think this game is all that great, honestly.

So let’s start with some good about Borderlands: Firstly, the cel-shaded graphics are absolutely stunning. I tend to appreciate that most game-designers avoid cel-shading, but Borderlands really does it so well that it didn’t bug me. Seeing as my experiences with cel-shading in games prior to this rest solely in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, and all of its Nintendo DS spin-offs, you can see why my skepticism was running high. From the minute the game started though, videos and gameplay alike, it felt so natural to the environment of Pandora, the vibrant post-apocalyptic world the game takes place on, that to not have cel-shading would ultimately have taken away from the whole experience.

Another thing worth complimenting GearBox, the developers behind Borderlands, on is their pretty true-toform sandboxing engine. While most games only allow you to take on single missions at a time, and deviation from that mission ends the one you are currently working on, Borderlands implements a system that allows for a flexibility not seen in most video games today. You can stock up on both plot missions and side missions in any amount you want, switching seamlessly from mission to mission using the games pause-menu interface, and the missions themselves are of a decent enough variety that you don’t feel like you’re running around collecting or killing the same things over and over again. Besides all this there is enough random happenings all around

Pandora, although many of them are just regenerative scenarios you will beat over and over again, that when you’re not doing any missions at all you won’t just be left to stand around twiddling your thumbs.

Finally, and probably most importantly to what Borderlands is as a game, is that at no point does the game take itself even remotely seriously. The game pretty quickly sets up as a romp through what is quite possibly the most reckless and inappropriate planet in this made up galaxy. In order for this to be accomplished, in some consideration of good taste, it is essential that while the jokes may be frequent, and breaching on uncomfortable 99% of the time, that they don’t happen so frequently as to become annoying and childish. For example, the very first boss you pursue after entering the Arid Badlands of Pandora is Nine-Toes the second in command to the ruling clan of Raiders in the area.

Obviously his name alludes to a particularly innocent physical deficiency, but beyond this lays an unexpected childish chuckle. When you first approach him the game freezes to highlight him (as it does all bosses) where it says in large bold text “Nine-Toes (he also has 3 balls).” Unnecessary? Yes. Worth a quick, catch-youoff-guard laugh? Sure. Unexpected? Not at all, which is part, strangely enough, of the games appeal. Think of it as South Park meets Family Guy meets the Colbert Report and you’ll get a general idea of where the game is coming from.

With that summing up the good, lets take a look at the areas that could really have used some improvement.

Firstly, I’m not entirely sure where this game wants to fit in the currently rigid genres that exist for video games. Clearly it fits pretty well into the FPS category because...well, because that is exactly what it is, a FirstPerson Perspective Shooter. But then it also clearly wants to be a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) by allowing for class selection at the beginning of the game, as well as level-capped items and weaponry throughout. These two genres don’t tend to find a comfortable blending ground however because for the most part they are starkly different in their operation.

Whereas FPS games allow for the typical one-man super-soldier renegade experience, with the bonus, but not necessary, addition of co-op gameplay, MMORPGs rely heavily on balanced team efforts, usually of four or more players at a time, and these players have to be in a mindset entirely devoted to cooperation to succeed.

Unfortunately the two communities don’t typically

have gamers that can adapt to both styles at the same time, and for this reason both the single-player and multiplayer modes suffer. The game itself is entertaining alone for about an hour or two, and then the fun is only extended in multiplayer when you build up a wellbalanced team of at least three of the four character types, and all the players are committed to success and not to grieving the other players in the party...a true rarity on XBOX Live.

To this same point, beyond genre confusion the game also has a hard time deciding on where it wants to borrow its plot from. Yes, all forms of entertainment borrow from one another quite extensively nowadays, and I am not faulting them for that. What I am faulting Borderlands for is more the terrible Frankenstein’s Monster of a game they have stitched together from some of the past years’ more popular titles. With gameplay and plot elements from games like Mass Effect, Halo, Fallout 3, BioShock, World of Warcraft, Oblivion, and Diablo (just to name of few) the adage “too many chefs spoil the broth” quickly comes to mind. While each of these games was great for the individual contributions they made to the gaming industry, stealing all their highpoints and combining them does not a good game make.

Finally, the game also totes the accomplishment of offering gamers an unusually robust selection of weaponry, ranging in the 100,000s thanks to what they call a “groundbreaking content generation system.” While this does sound appealing, in essence it is a major let down. While my mind raced with the possibilities of what this could mean in unique weapon experiences, it turned out, in reality, to just be tens of thousands of each type of gun (be it shotgun, SMG, launcher, etc) with various tweaks to damage, reload speed, elemental damage, accuracy, and color. While that does technically mean variety, it clearly isn’t in all fairness, and I think, deep down, GearBox knew this walking in.

Overall, let me note that the game is indeed entertaining, though minimally at best. If you aren’t terribly concerned with plot/storyline and are looking for an aesthetically appealing, co-op based, shoot’em up filled with the same quality college humor you’d expect from the likes of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, than you may want to consider Borderlands as a TRY IT title first.

Anyone else though, I’d say just FRY IT and pick up one of the aforementioned games that Borderlands borrows so heavily from.

Noise Inspectors Now!

By Jon Conley, The Cauldron Staff Writer

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

(2010 A Records) I’m wondering how many times I’ll get to use all of these d*** asterisks in this review. The Brian Jonestown Massacre are already lucky enough to have one of the all time great (if not greatest) band names in rock ‘n’ roll history, but they are also fortunate enough to have spawned a 20 year career by creating musical content that stays an outlier. Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? (further proving that they excel in awesome nomenclature) is their latest effort released on forever kitten front-man Anton Newcombe’s label “A Records.” It was completely recorded in Iceland and Berlin and features a slew of international musicians and sounds from eastern to gestapo, from sitar to psychedelic. This being said, they stay true to their form of sarcastic abrasiveness mixed with the classic tripped-out sound established in the 80’s by the likes of Black Angels and Spacemen 3.

This album bounces around a lot less than most anything they’ve recorded in the past, opting for a more subdued transient architectural sound. Stream of conscience seems a major theme, which adds to a haunting drone. I still hear the 1990’s present in just about every song; “Tempo 116.7 (Reaching for Dangerous Levels of Sobriety)” is the first track – an instrumental reminiscent of a calmer version of Oasis’s “F*****’ in the Bushes”, which is an appropriately inappropriate title, considering the content within most of this album. This appealing lack of tact can be the downfall of a lot of tracks though, seeing as the youth aspect of a lot of the topics can come off as too sarcastic making it seem fake. In the great musical track “Someplace Else Unknown,” Newcombe says, “Look, m***********, now I’m looking for drugs. I’m not asking ‘bout Jesus, not asking for hugs.” Not exactly material to get you nominated for role model of the year. While the line has a certain amount of counterculture appeal, the delivery seems like my parents are trying to seem hip and clever in front of my friends.

Not their strongest or most concerted effort, but this disc still proves them to be a viable, original, and fairly relevant (at most times) presence in rock today. They refuse to settle for any commercial conformity and also refuse to settle in anyone place.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are trying to stay as timeless as their name and are doing a pretty good job of it while remaining commendably original. Pick this up next time you go out for fear and loathing.

Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me (2010 Drag City) I got really excited for this album. I know that Joanna Newsom’s harp playing and story weaving have made her a darling of the indie scene (she was recently picked to headline this year’s London version of All Tomorrow’s Parties), but it has to be the quirk in her that keeps everyone coming back for more. That voice and her ethereal atmosphere that only rings sentiment of middle earth is just too mind boggling to not want more. When I found out this was a triple disc, I was totally apprehensive. Then I saw that the tracks averaged out at about 7 minutes which should way up my chances of falling asleep while listening. This ambitious choice could have gone either way but luckily payed out large, son.

It kicks off slow and shows her patience in song-writing right off the bat. The fact that there’s no effort shown in forcing a track to reel in listeners is a huge upside, foretelling that we are really going to get a genuine effort. Her first single “Good Intentions Paving Company” is the closest thing to an active pulse, and barely gets past a jazzy gallop. Unlike her past efforts Ys and The Milk Eyed Mender, Have One on Me has Newsom’s musical aptness pulled back and more focused, despite her fluidity, which allows the offbeat story telling to take the front seat making this an extremely enchanting and whimsical affair (you know, Lord of the Rings style). Her inimitable voice is definitely at it’s most dynamic and possessed as it commands control of a mitigated and timeconsuming 18 tracks.

It’s nice to follow the account of a true artist in growth, and I do love this album. Joanna Newsom is stepping further from pop and indie than she ever has and we’re all better off for it – this only construes more integrity and has Have One on Me reading more like an honest novella than an attention seeking article (like this one).

By Paul Kahan, The Cauldron, Staff Writer The Missing Hometown: Cleveland, OH Recent Release: From Ohio to the Grave No matter how much complaining one may hear about the current state of the Cleveland music scene, there will always be those few exceptions, and that goes for any city. These bands that work hard to top each musical effort, make valient efforts to make new fans at every show; The Missing is one of Cleveland’s exceptions.

The band is led by frontman Christopher Marinin, who you may know from his previous work in both Who Killed Marilyn? and Dead Even.

The band is rounded out with Rick Ksiazka (Bass), Elliot Barry (Guitar), and Chad Martin (Drums).

As The Missing begins their climb to beyond what Marinin’s two past projects have acheived, it’s the fire in Marinin’s croon off The Missing’s latest release, From Ohio to the Grave, that begins to make it apparent this alternative quartet is playing for keeps.

A firm mixture of Social Distortion, The Misfits, and your favorite alternative rock band, The Missing is perhaps the cure to all the stagnant rock that Cleveland and many other cities have been plagued with. There are no formulas to be

Monday, March 1, 2010 / Page Eleven found here. Be sure to check out the bands latest single ‘Matches’ off their upcoming release at www.myspace.com/themissingmusic. Or catch the band on St. Patrick’s Day at Peabody’s Downunder.

Cursive Hometown: Omaha, NE Recent Release: Mama, I’m Swollen (March 2009) So emotional and beautifully atmospheric, we have Cursive hailing from Omaha. The band takes on a wonderful blend of post-hardcore and indie, but what singer/guitarist Tim Kasher ensures is that instead of the highly uniform and untalented form of the scream-whine he shifts between soulful singing and eerie crooning that makes for a tasty, and dare I say it, almost sexy sound that drives the songs between the vast array of emotions.

The band formed in 1995 with Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Steve Pederson, and Clint Schnase.

Kasher and Schnase are the only two remaining members of the original lineup, but the sound that won the hearts of so many in the last 15 years remains intact. The band is currently on their 7th release, Mama I’m Swollen, which was also the catalyst to them performing for the first time on national television via the David Letterman show.

The best way to catch Cursive is to go to the House of Blues on March 4th where they are direct support for Alkaline Trio.

Images courtesy of rockonrequest.com

Smile Empty Soul “More Anxiety”

By Justin Brenis The Cauldron Copy Editor

More Anxiety is the fifth CD from post-grunge/ alt metal group Smile Empty Soul out of Santa Clara, California. My experiences with the band are limited to my liking their first hit single, Bottom of a Bottle,

off their first, and self-titled album back in 2003.

Well, I don’t know what I was thinking back then, because it really isn’t that great a song, and in what may be one of the smoothest journalistic transitions I have ever made, this new CD isn’t so great either.

More Anxiety from the get-go looks like an intimidating(ly bad) listen just by looking at the front cover…which features four Mummy/Medusa heads vomiting blood at each other from cattycornered positions. In all fairness though, the music Continued on Page 12

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concert picks of the week

By Jonathan “Killstring” Herzberger, The Cauldron Arts & Entertainment Editor & Jon Conley, The Cauldron Staff Writer

Hello. This is usually the part of the show, where Alexes or Johnny would ramble on about something unrelated to the body of the article. Crack jokes. Try to bring a smile to your face, because such opportunities should never be wasted, and we have ever been loathe to squander them. If you caught this week’s Opening Statements, you’ll be unsurprised to find that Mr. Killstring might not be particularly funny today. Even so, we find ourselves at the concert picks of the week, and his enthusiasm is anything but diminished.

Music is important. Music is magical. If music isn’t among the most powerful forces in the universe, then I don’t know what is. What follows is music that we believe in, or believe you will. Because it is important.

Rock on.

There’s a lot more than the above this week. Don’t take our word for it:

Other Shows This Week: 3/2 New Found Glory w/Saves The

Killstring’s Pick

03/05

Hanzel Und Gretyl w/Ventana @ Peabody’s

Day, Hellogoodbye @ House of Blues, $19.99 3/3 Attack Attack! w/Breathe Carolina, I See Stars @ Peabody’s, $15 3/4 Alkaline Trio w/Cursive, The Dear and Departed @ House of Blues, $18 3/4 Split Lip Rayfield w/Not So Good Ol’ Boys, Heelsplitter @ the Grog Shop, $10 3/4 Howie Day w/Serena Ryder, Mikey Wax @ House of Blues, $20 3/5 This Moment In Black History (Record release party) w/Sun God @ Beachland Tavern, $5 3/5 Green 17 Tour w/Flogging Molly,

Jon Conley’s Guest Star Pick

03/05

other bands that aren’t Flogging Molly @ House of Blues, $29.50 3/6 Chip Tha Ripper @ Peabody’s, $15

Beachland’s 10th Anniversary weekend: Pere Ubu w/ Short Rabbits

Admittedly, this pairing can be difficult to recommend – not because of the bands themselves, but some of the people surrounding them. Confused? Bear with me.

Two New Yorkers of German descent, HuG (best acronym for a band this gothy I’ve ever seen) play rapid and intense industrial, like actual German bands KMFDM and Rammstein (whom they’ve toured with). Now, the sticky bit – HuG’s whole shtick is satire – a cursory examination of their lyrics will reveal this pretty quickly. The band, like many in the industrial scene, is pretty vehemently anti-facist – but HuG does this through kitschy “Futuristic Wagnerian Rock

Operas” - which are apparently easy to misunderstand, if one happens to be a hatefilled bigot.

Yes, there are neo-nazis on the Internet who think HuG is great. It’s like advocating genocide on Mexico because you like Springsteen, but it’s the Internet – someone is probably doing that too.

So, is this going to be an exciting Industrial concert? Yes. Might one be shocked and terrified heading in unprepared? See the above, where it’s pointed out that it’s an Industrial concert.

But I can absolutely understand why it’s not for everyone. Ok. Disclaimer/ Recommendation/Clarification time over.

As you were.

Wait...what?!? Yeah, I don’t need to convince anyone. Pere Ubu is arguably one of the greatest bands to ever come from Cleveland and is performing The Modern Dance Album in it’s entirety. You’re a sucker if you don’t go. SO GO. They’ve been a garage punk band from their first days in 1975 but their flirtation with abstract distorted art rock is what makes them so damn weird and appealing.

Where I fail for words, singer David Thomas does not, so I’ll let this quote confound and (maybe?) convince you; “...we are the longest lasting, most disastrous commercial outfit to ever appear in rock ‘n’ roll. No one can come close to matching our loss to longevity ratio.” Just take my word for it and go.

3/8 Spoken @ Grog Shop, $10

Smile Empty Soul “More Anxiety”

• Continued from Page 11 turned out to be exactly what one would expect from such and Creed. an image.

That being said, the one thing I found worth noting The first song, “Bright Side” starts off very quickly by is that I kept thinking while listening to the CD that it reminding us that it’s best to “break everything you love/ could have been good a few years ago, but being released after all there’s no hope or god above” and in all honesty in 2010 is what really hurt it. While SES calls themselves this is one of the more uplifting songs on the album. When “post-grunge,” I kept getting this familiar feeling from followed by songs like “Self-Inflicted” a song that I’m their songs that would better label them more specifically still not sure as to whether it speaks to awareness of those as “suburban bar-mitzvah grunge™.” You know what who cut themselves or acts as a power anthem, and “Fight I mean? That kind of grunge rock just hard enough for of a Suburban Couple” which sings the evils of television white kids to mosh to at their 8th grade dances, but not so hard as to eliminate that safe and comfortable feeling through an emotionally verbal fight essentially over who that nobody is going to get shanked? It’s that same bubble gets the remote control, you can kind of see where this shared by most of Eminem’s more popular rap songs, album is heading.

Alanis Morissette’s definition of Irony, and pre-torn pants All of the tracks, while occasionally catchy, seem from American Eagle™ that wear comfortably around your to lack variety. At no point was I surprised to hear kneecaps. what came next. While SES does fit the style of their Well, I figured out why I was feeling this way after chosen genre, I would hesitate to think that all postdoing a little extensive research (cough—Wikipedia— grunge is so heavily stifled within itself that it lacks cough). As it turns out, More Anxiety is not an album full variance from song to song. Even the acoustic bonus of new material at all, but rather a re-release of anexpanded track just seems lacking, and after having listened to version of their 2005 album Anxiety, with the addition lead singer Sean Danielsen from about track three, and of a Bonus DVD. The version produced by LAVA in until track twelve (a track that is just a message left on Danielsen’s answering machine), I found myself thinking 2005 featured the original 15 tracks, and the version later produced by MRAfia, still in 2005, featured the two I was listening to the unfortunate offspring of Linkin Park

additional bonus tracks that, when added to the one hidden track I discovered, make up More Anxiety’s 18-song track list.

So, does the Bonus DVD really make the re-release of an album that didn’t chart the first two times around worth trying a third time? Well if I worked for Monster™ Energy Drink or Shine™ Drum Kits than I would probably say yes, as it was clear within the first few minutes of the DVD just who sponsored its creation. Outside of that limited audience however, I’d say the DVD, which features a mini-documentary as well as a making-of a SES music video, really isn’t worth more than a good chuckle at best.

Unless, that is, you want to make a drinking game out of how many times you see the Monster™ logo…but if you do, I highly recommend you have someone ready to rush you to the hospital.

All in all, there’s really nothing good to be said here. More Anxiety is clearly a cash-grab attempt on the part of Smile Empty Soul to pick up the pieces from their second most recently failed release Consciousness, and as far as spending your money on music goes, I could probably recommend a number of better artists first…or at least burn you a mix CD of the best of Nickleback. Yah, it would be short, but it’d be better…trust me.

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Monday, March 1, 2010 / Page thirteen Don’t forget sports gamers, Sony’s MLB 10: The Show and 2k Sports’ MLB 2k10 are released on Tuesday, March 2. Look for the MLB 10: The Show review in the March 22 issue of The Cauldron, which will be our first complete baseball Sports section.

>>> Page 14 | PUcKS Or BaLLS: americans Stop Them all | It’s time for their most fearful test: they have to stand up to The cauldron’s Staff Writer, Will Wodka

Ex-NFLer’s Foundation awards Cleveland State: Project SERV Ahead Of The Curve

By Rob Ivory, The Cauldron Sports Editor

Cleveland State’s Project SERV has been selected by the Pat Tillman Military Scholarship Program to become partners in educational scholarships for veterans, service members, and their families. “It recognizes the veteran program as one of the top programs in the country,” John Schupp, SERV Program Director, said of what the scholarship meant to the program. “It recognizes that we have a great program and every vet knows Pat Tillman. It is great to know that another vet thinks that we [the vets at CSU] are this good.”

The Wal-Mart Foundation, who worked very closely to Pat Tillman, recognized the program at Cleveland State as one of the top ten programs in the country two years ago.

“It’s import to understand that these individuals decided to defend me and I never even met them,” the Director said. “Two million people since 9/11 decided to defend John Schupp and make sure he is ok and they have never met me. That kind of personality is something we should embrace and treasure.”

In a News Release that awarded the SERV Program the honor, Cleveland State President Berkman said, “[The] program is a national model for addressing the very special needs of veterans as they re-adjust to civilian life.”

Schupp stated that the national model came from the humble beginning of the program.

“It was built from answers from Vietnam vets. I am not a military man, so I had to get answers to why these

TIGER WOODS: “It turns out he is not bigger than life”

By William Wodka, The Cauldron Staff Writer On February 19th Tiger Woods made his first public appearance since the scandal that he was involved in where he mostly apologized publicly for hurting his family and those who looked up to him. But one thing that stuck was the fact that he stood up there as a man instead of the giant some think that he is when he is on the greens.

An article written by Sports Illustrated senior writer Alan Shipnuck titled “Tiger Woods’s mea culpa heard round the world was a sad performance” says that Woods was a different person on that stage than what he was like on the golf course. Shipnuck states that when Woods was on the golf course, “the oversized flat screens that fill America’s living rooms could scarcely contain his overwhelming physical presence, opponents shrank Woods’s presence.” Winning 71 PGA Tour events can make any opponent intimidating, but are we really giving him too much fame?

Looking at Tiger Woods’s personal website at tigerwoods.com, he has earned a total of $111,433,044

vets were not graduating. The Vietnam vets gave me the answers,” Shupp said. “From that then, I built it around there. Once I built it I wanted to make sure I shared it.”

“In this case, there are two million deployed vets since 9/11, they are coming home around the country and I have to make sure that the rest of the country knows how to do this,” Shupp added as his goal. He also added that what ever he has learned, he has tried to share with campuses around the country.

For those who are not familiar with Pat Tillman’s story, Pat was an outstanding linebacker who went to Arizona State University and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League in the 1998 draft. Tillman, who once turned down a five-year, $9 million dollar contract to stay with the Cardinals out of loyalty he had to the team.

“Veterans are people that put themselves second in any situation,” Shupp added.

Tillman turned down a $3.6 million dollar contract over three years to enlist in the U.S. Army in reaction to the September 11 attacks. On April 22, 2004, he was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan by friendly fire.

Pat was only 27 years old.

The Pat Tillman Foundation was created by Pat’s family and friends the same year of his death and was established ‘to carry forward Pat’s legacy of leadership and civic action by supporting future generations of leaders who embody the American tradition of citizen service.’ The group has handed out over $600,000 since the foundation began.

With the scholarships, money will go directly to the veterans for their education as their benefits may run out. Schupp said that it will bridge the gap as former service members can choose what profession they want to go into, rather than just picking a field to get school over with.

Shupp has put more hours into this program then most people would ever dream of. He adds that the goal of those returning home and heading back into the classroom is to make sure that every former service member gets their degree, better known as a unit

mentality, working together for the common goal. That is why Shupp can be found with a small group of the nearly 300 veterans enrolled at Cleveland State, helping them with chemistry homework.

However, with the nationally ranked program that Shupp has built, he takes no personal glory in the goals that have been accomplished.

“I never think of it that way,” he said honestly, “because in my opinion, the country needs these groups of people to succeed. I was given the opportunity for an idea, I am doing it because it is supposed to happen, it has to happen and I do not think about personal accolades. It’s all about what these men and women have to do and what this country has to do to welcome them back.”

Not only will this give CSU more recognition for their work with veterans, but it will also shed light on what they have already accomplished, including being one of only three campuses in the country to have a VA Benefits Expert. Being recognized by the VA means that Cleveland State has the right program on its campus if the VA wanted to help.

“When you are ahead of the curve and you are not reacting to it, but you are leading it, it’s great for the University,” Shupp said. Shupp also added that during a conference in Florida, the head of the Veterans Affairs and member of the current President’s Cabinet, General Shinseki, said, “Cleveland State University is one of the top programs in the country.”

“Cleveland State University has done a great job supporting us,” Schupp said, “and I appreciate their efforts because they took a chance on me.”

Finally, Schupp had key advice for the service men and women that have returned.

“If they want to know more about this demographic, if any of their friends they know served and they do not know what to do about college, have them call me. I don’t care what part of the country they are at, because I will make sure they will get into the right school. I don’t care where they go to school, as long as they go. That’s the key.”

since turning pro in 1996. He had everything going for him, a beautiful wife and kids, money, all the success from over ten sponsors, and people respected him. He set all the records for the PGA tour, so where did he go wrong?

In his statement which can be found in its entirety on ESPN.com, Woods said that he felt he worked hard is whole life and that he mistakenly felt entitled to enjoy the temptations that were in his face, mostly because he did not have to go far to find them considering all of the money and fame. He felt like he was on top of the world and that he could do whatever he wanted to do, but this is not the case. Money is not everything, and he finally started to figure that out, but it was too late.

So the question is, are these athletes getting paid too much money? I think so. It is ridiculous how there are Americans fighting to just stay afloat and yet he can blow all kinds of money just on himself. I understand the working hard part and I commend him for that, you have to work hard to get somewhere in life, but you should want to work hard without thinking that you deserve something more because of it.

Though he seemed to forget his priorities, I think he has found them again. He was a follower of Buddhism until late and said that he has gone back to those teachings.

He is currently getting help through various treatments and

has made no effort to come back to golf anytime soon. One of the many things that he does is help out kids. Kids look up to him as a role model. In his speech, he did want to personally apologize to the families of those they look up to him by saying he was truly sorry. He is also dedicated to making sure that the students that he is helping out and reaching out to continues. He feels that it is very important for those kids to get an education.

Though it is going to be a tough, long road ahead for the golfer, he is working through things, and I think for now it is best to give him the space he needs to put his life and family back together. After all he is not just an athlete that we all aspire to be like, he is a person first. At his speech he said “It’s not about what you accomplish it’s what you overcome.” aCCoMPLISHMENtS: - Won the 2000 British Open to become the youngest to complete the Career Grand Slam of Professional major championships - First ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time.

- Career victories leader with 71 wins as well as the career money list leader with 92,862,539 in the PGA Tour.

- He was the first major championship winner of African or Asian heritage.

- Has 12 sponsors including Nike and EA sports

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Pucks or Balls:

Americans Stop Them All

By Robert Ivory and William Wodka The Cauldron Sports Editor and Staff Writer

There is no doubt that one man has been the talk of USA hockey’s dream run at the Vancouver Games.

Ryan Miller has been the main reason that the team they sent to the Olympics has become the sensation that shocked Canada (although it was in the Preliminary Round), and has given up only six goals in the tournament coming into the Gold Medal game.

But that got me to thinking; Americans have a rough time competing on the international stage, unless they are ‘in between the pipes.’ American goaltenders have been at their best when the eyes of the entire world are on them, when they are playing ‘for all the marbles.’

I want to introduce the four goalies that I feel have helped paved the way for the American goalkeeper to fulfill their dreams and play when national pride is at its most.

In hockey, there is only one American goalie that stands out from all the rest, as he played in the ‘Big Apple’ and played when the position was dominated by Canadian goaltenders. I wish I could say that it was the ‘Beezer’ (John Vanbiesbrouck), but this goalie, Mike Richter, was born in Abington, PA and won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers. That was the famous 1994 Stanley Cup victory for the Rangers, as Captain and center Mark Messier guaranteed (when a guarantee meant something) that the Rangers would win the Conference Finals.

As for Richter, he won the gold medal at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and silver at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, UT at the age of 35. At the Olympics, the US gave up only three goals in the Preliminary Round, but lost to a stacked Team Canada 5-2.

Presently, Team USA is led by Miller, who has stood on his head from time to time to keep the Americans looking like the best team in the world. Miller has been

Playoff Atmosphere Rocks As Vikes Take Double Dip

Story Robert Ivory, The Cauldron Sports Editor Photography Robert Ivory

The Cleveland State Vikings men’s basketball team (15-16, 10-8 Horizon League) and the Wright State Raiders (19-11, 12-6 HL) showed fans at the Wolstein Center what playoff basketball feels like on the last day of league action. Cleveland State beat the number two team in the league 68-63 Saturday afternoon as the Vikings claim a home court playoff game Tuesday night. The women’s team (15-12; 10-6 HL) cruised past the Raiders (10-17; 611 HL) 63-53 in game two of the doubleheader.

First, the men’s game consisted of a true team effort, as CSU head coach Gary Waters explained, seeing how four Vikes finished in double figures. Sophomore Jeremy Montgomery led the Vikes with 18 points (and two key buckets with under 2:06 to go in the game) and added six assists. Juniors D’Aundray Brown, Norris Cole, and freshman Tim Kamczyc each had 11 points.

“That was a tough, tough battle out there,” Waters said after the game. “They (Wright State) are a good team and they fight you until the end. In my opinion, they are the best offensive team in the league.”

With that said, the Vikings were able to hold the Raiders to 63 points and kept them to only 39.1% from

no stranger to the city of Cleveland, as he competed many times against the Cleveland Barons (2002-06) when he was in the minors. The Michigan State native has been as dominate as any goalie in the league, not to mention, he donned a pretty cool USA themed mask featuring Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeve and looking to kick some butt.

Hockey is not the only sport that Americans continually exceed at. Both Tim Howard and Brad Friedel have been not only the United States’ number one soccer goalie at one point, but have shined in the most famous league in the world, the English Premier League.

Howard has been an inspiration for many Americans as this keeper has been solid in the Everton net. Not only did Howard graduate from the MLS to move on to the EPL, but also he has been able to compete even while suffering from Tourette syndrome. A $4 million transfer took him to Manchester United in 2003, and Howard was playing on one of, if not the best, team in the world. In the world’s greatest soccer competition, the UEFA Champions League, Howard let a silly goal get by, eliminating Man Utd. from the competition, but he became the first American to be awarded a winner’s medal in England’s FA Cup, which has been held every year since 1871-72.

After a 2006 transfer to Everton, Howard has been the top goalie in the league. He did get his first senior cap for America in 2002 and has impressed ever since.

He won the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-1 win over Mexico and he helped the US beat Spain in the 2009 Confederations Cup, one of the biggest upsets for the Americans in the past 50 years. As the US finished second in the tournament, Howard was awarded the Golden Glove award, which is awarded to the best goalie of the tournament. Look for him and the Americans to ruffle some feathers in South Africa in June when the World Cup starts.

Finally, Howard backed up for our last player at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Brad Friedel. Friedel’s name should ring a bell to Northeastern Ohioans, as this American was born in Lakewood.

Brad has come a long way from graduating from Bay High School. This standout played for Europe’s

most successful club ever, Liverpool FC. Despite not getting time at Anfield, Friedel has become a solid goalie for both Blackburn Rovers and most recently with Aston Villa, the club that Cleveland Brown’s owner Randy Lerner bought. Internationally, he is the third most capped player in US national team history and he became the first goalie to save two penalty kicks in the World Cup since 1974. In 1999, he helped the US take the bronze medal at the FIFA Confederations Cup. There are many, many more examples of Americans that make their living as team’s last resort. These four can show any coach or manager in the world that when the pressure is on, you can count on a Yank at anytime.

Now that we at The Cauldron have basked in the glory that these men have given sports fans in the US, it’s time for their most fearful test: they have to stand up to The Cauldron’s to-the-point goaltending expert, Will Wodka: Mike Richter: Looking at a lot of his video, he was a small guy compared to the other goalies that were in the league at the time. This was a disadvantage, yet he worked hard on cutting the angles off to make the shots harder for the opponent. One weakness other than his stature was he was weaker on his blocker side rather than his glove hand.

He was amazing with going post to post but had times where he could not get his blocker up.

Ryan Miller: He is a freak of nature, he can stop almost anything, but he does have some flaws. While protecting his net, he has a tendency of making the first move and sometimes leaves the top half of the net open. On breakaways or shootout opportunities he likes to try and poke check the puck out, but when he fails, he is out of position and leaves the five whole open.

Tim Howard: He does not always cut off the angles leaving a big chunk of the net open. There are times where he is unable to get the high ones. He has a good mind set of where the ball is going but he doesn’t always get there.

Brad Friedel: He tends to give up big rebounds in front of the net and is slow when going post to post. He has the ability to chase the ball down but tends to come out of the net when he should not.

the floor during the game, which included shooting only 33.3% in the second half. Both teams held early leads as the Raiders led as much as six in the first two minutes of the game. Cleveland State outscored them 13-2 over the period of five and a half minutes to hold a nine point lead at the 12:14 mark. “They got us to play a little faster and some situations opened up easy shots for them,” Raiders’ head coach Brad Brownell said. “We just didn’t do a good enough job, especially in the second half, to do what we needed to do.”

The cat and mouse game ensued from there.

“Coach gave us a word tonight to stick by,” Montgomery said. “It was about faith, and we stuck with it.”

Cleveland State got down by seven with three minutes to go in the half, but thanks to two baskets and a free throw by Kamczyc, who coach Waters said “played his tail off,” and an Anthony Wells layup, his only points, the Vikes had tied the game. Wright State turned the ball over 11 times in the first half, 17 total, in which Raiders’ head coach Brad Brownell claimed as the reason they lost.

“We had trouble scoring,” the coach said. “I think both teams adjusted reasonably well.”

The run in the first half for the Vikings shifted to the second, as the Vikes would push out to a seven point lead at the 12:39 mark. An eight point run would give the visitors the lead, but several lead changes ensued as the game was tied at 60 with 1:36 to go. In total, the teams were tied a dozen times and there were nine lead changes.

With the game coming down to the wire Jeremy Montgomery, who was rested on the bench due to his four fouls, put a floater from the corner to give the Vikings a 62-60 lead with 50 seconds to go.

“It irritated me (sitting on the bench) and not being able to help my team,” Montgomery said. “One of the assistant coaches told me to be ready because they were going to need me.”

After the Raiders Cory Cooperwood missed an easy shot under the Wright State basket and a Wright State foul put Norris Cole on the line, Cole hit his eighth and ninth points with 25.8 seconds in the game. The points gave CSU a four-point lead and after the Raiders missed another three shots in quick succession under the basket, Tim Kamczyc was whistled for a shooting foul.

“There are three things we talked about coming to the end of the game that will lose it for you,” Water proclaimed. “One is free throws; if you lose free throws you can lose a game. Two is turn the ball over and the last thing is give up offensive rebounds. We called a timeout and reminded the guys about those things, then we executed well.”

Wright State’s N’Gai Evans missed both of his free throw with 15.3 seconds and after the Vikes’ Kamczyc hit both of his own free throws, the Vikes had the lead they needed to feel somewhat safe of winning the game. Closing out the game against the second best team in the league could help Cleveland State’s momentum and mentality going into the tournament.

“It could not be better, it was the perfect time of the year,” Montgomery answered when he was asked if this was a good time to play the Raiders. The Vikes end their regular season with ten Horizon League wins and a matchup with Loyola on Tuesday. Waters also noted that injured sophomore guard (concussion) is still undecided and most likely would not start if he is cleared to play.

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Playoff Atmosphere Rocks As Vikes Take Double Dip The Cleveland State men’s basketball year can be compared to a wild rollercoaster ride; key wins here, losses there, and injury issues to deal with.

And the ride is only at the half way point.

The women’s team had no problem with the female rendition of the Raiders basketball program as they blew past them 63-52 in a deceiving score line. Cleveland State recognized its senior class (Kailey Klien, Stephanie Crosley, and Jessica and Angel Roque), as they finished their last regular season game at the Wolstein Center.

“I think we have shown signs that we have reached our peak as a team,” head coach Kate Peterson-Abiad said after the game, “and we are doing it at the right time.”

Wright State took the first basket of the game on their first possession, but did not the hold a lead the rest of the game. Cleveland State led by as much as 15 in the first half and led by 14 at the half.

Wright State got the lead down to eight with 5:59 to play in the game, despite only having seven players suited up. One may think that the Vikings would just run the team around, but Peterson said it’s about playing smarter.

“That’s as many as I play,” the coach said.

“We played six with 20 plus minutes. The problem with Wright State is that their pressure hurt us. If they get you to turn it over, the intensity seems to increase.” But Peterson thought that they handled that pressure well, “We did a great job of spreading out, taking the gaps, and we hit open players for open shots.” The Vikes had wrapped the Wright State pressure up tightly and were far enough ahead to pull their player that has the most minutes played on the team.

“I thought we were just getting the rest of

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the team in,” Klein said about being taken off.

She was substituted with just under a minute to go as she received a well-deserved standing ovation for a tremendous career on the hardwood of the Wolstein Center. “It wasn’t until coach (Peterson) hugged me and then I remembered. It was a good feeling.”

Klein finished with a double-double, 25 points and 14 boards, Crosley had 12 points, Jessica Roque had three assists and a bucket and Angel had seven points and a pair of assists. The Senior Class becomes the second winning class in the women’s program history. Only the 1982-83 squad has more victories, with 65.

“It’s amazing to see how far we have come since our freshman year,” Klein said. “Since then we have been going up and up. It says a lot about Coach P and the players she is bringing in.”

The seniors had eight wins their first year at CSU and now the Vikings end their regular season career with two road games in some of the player’s home state.

“I think everything happens for a reason,” Stephanie Crosley, a Milwaukee native said. “It’s like a homecoming, I think I am more excited for next weekend then I was this week.” The Vikings head to Milwaukee Thursday night for a battle with the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin, then on Saturday take on league leaders Green Bay. CSU does have the tools to do well in the Horizon League tournament and these next two games, one of the building they won their HL Championship in, will prepare them for the road they will have to take.

“I think the biggest thing we have learned this year is how to close games,” Klein said. “We are now more prepared in the last five minutes of the game.”