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2011 Inamori Prize recipient, human rights activist imprisoned in Zimbabwe >>mikeMCKENNA newsEDITOR<<

The 2011 Inamori Ethics Prize recipient Beatrice Mtetwa, a renowned human rights lawyer, was arrested and charged this week with obstruction of justice in Zimbabwe after protesting the search and arrest of a fellow government opposition party member.

A high court order that called for Mtetwa’s release was ignored

by Zimbabwe police, who as of press time have continued to hold Mtetwa.

“The allegation is that I have been obstructing the police in the performance of their duties,” Mtetwa said in a recorded statement to The New York Times that was snuck out of the police station where she is being held. “The view I take is they have been obstructing me in my duties as a lawyer.

I have a client whose rights have been violated, and I am unable to help him because I am now an ac-

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eatrice Mtetwa ] is an incredibly courageous human rights lawyer. What we’re seeing now is that she is being jailed due to her defense of the rights of others.”

-Shannon French, director, Inamori Center

cused myself.”

Mtetwa was arrested by plainclothes police at the residence of a fellow human rights activist when she protested their warrant-less search.

Director of the Inamori Center, Shannon French, said that the Center is “outraged” by the current situation. The Inamori center is a Case Western Reserve University organization designed to foster worldwide ethical leadership.

“We believe this is an unjustified and illegal arrest and that she is being punished for her attempts to uphold the rule of law in Zimbabwe,” French said. “It’s an unjust and political move.”

Mtetwa was given the Inamori Ethics award for her stand against a corrupt Zimbabwe government and the defense of the Zimbabwe people, according to the Inamori Center.

Several of Mtetwa’s high-profile cases have included the defense of Zimbabwean and foreign journalists illegally detained by the Zimbabwe government, many of whom were reporting on the 2008 presidential election.

“She is an incredibly courageous human rights lawyer,” French said. “What we’re seeing now is that she is being jailed due to her defense of the rights of others.”

This is not the first time the

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Beatrice Mtetwa, a human rights activist, speaks to a crowd at Case Western Reserve University after receiving the 2011 Inamori Center’s Ethics Prize for defending the Zimbabwe people from a corrupt government. Shannon French, director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, said that Case students “adored her,” with some saying she was so inspiring that meeting her was a “transformational experience.”

Zimbabwe police have illegally harmed Mtetwa. She was jailed in 2003 for fabricated allegations that she was operating a car while intoxicated and was physically abused during her three-hour holding at a Zimbabwe police station.

In 2007, Mtetwa was beaten by police on two separate occasions:

for trying to serve a court order and for protesting the mistreatment of two fellow lawyers.

“This is serious,” French said.

“We don’t know if that is occurring this time.”

French emphasized that students can support Mtetwa by making her story known. She en-

Saturday Night Live writers headline campus event >>katyWITKOWSKI copyEDITOR<<

The lobby of Severance Hall filled as 8:00 p.m. approached this past Tuesday. Case Western Reserve University students, community members, and families joined together to watch Colin Jost and Seth Meyers perform—not on the television screen.

“I’ve never seen him live, but I’m a big Saturday Night Live fan,” said sophomore Ian Taylor.

Every spring, the University Program Board brings one of the biggest names in comedy to campus.

“I’ve seen [Meyers’] stand up before,” said sophomore Matt Drezdzon. “It’s unique and a nice break from other comedians out there.”

Excited fans took their seats in the elaborate performance hall.

Where they would usually enjoy some Chopin or Tchaikovsky, all expected a night of laughter.

Jost walked on stage promptly to an initially lukewarm audience.

However, his jokes on voter turn outs in developing countries and driving around Cleveland brought many to life. A line on how comedy writers must have voted for Mitt Romney had laughter reverberating through the hall.

Although his set was much appreciated, many in the audience did not know who Jost was before the performance. Jost was not mentioned on the event’s Facebook page or in UPB’s weekly emails.

After 30 minutes, the co-header writer introduced his counterpart to much admiration from the audience. In a suit straight out of Weekend Update, Meyers quickly related to the audience by making references to the college-aged crowd. Sex on futons, pushily inquisitive girlfriends, and accessibility to pornography now versus when he was growing up make young and old laugh and applaud, only able to agree that these were laughable matters.

“What makes standup funny is how able the audience relates to what the comedian is talking about,” said senior Aaditya Vishwanath. “I know from experience that my girlfriend [always asks me what I’m thinking] as well.”

Meyers then delved into the two universally touchy subjects: religion and politics.

“I feel like a lot of his jokes were anti-Republican,” said Vishwanath.

Mitt Romney took a couple hits for the team throughout both sets.

The headliner’s jokes about recent pedophile cases in the Catholic Church brought about the one

courages students to share stories about her arrest through social media and by signing circulating petitions that demand for her release.

French said, “Her safety depends on the Zimbabwe government knowing that people are paying attention.”

Senior guard Evy Iacono named Honorable Mention All-American after stellar season earns her UAA MVP honors See Sports, page 19

Juicy asparagus, Seth Meyers, and Conan as an avenging dragon See Arts & Entertainment

courtesy paul mannix Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” host Seth Meyers sits down for a chat with The Observer’s own Katy Witkowski. Meyers, along with fellow SNL writer Colin Jost, performed in Severance Hall Tuesday. of two notably uncomfortable moments. He reacted by saying that he did not know whether the joke would go well but he had to trudge through anyways.

Although the sets were obviously meant for the stage, the two performers more often use their comedic skills to write NBC’s Emmy Award-winning late night sketch comedy show.

“There’s no time to procrastinate,” said Meyers after the performance in an interview exclusive to The Observer. “We have to cre-

ate material for 90 minutes every week. There’s a definite deadline we have to meet.”

But Jost and Meyers do not just write for themselves, performing on stage. They have to accommodate to all of SNL cast’s styles, which can be a challenge. “It’s a huge gift to be able to write for such varied styles,” said Meyers. But writing for hosts that do not have comedic experience can “bring a perspective [the writers] didn’t think of. They

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The Observer’s editor, Tyler Hoffman, on why the imprisonment of Beatrice Mtetwa marks a pivotal movement for CWRU See Editor’s Note, page 8

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Outside the Circle: Spring Break News Recap >>sarahGROFT national.newsREPORTER<<

Catholic church chooses new pope A cloud of white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel two Wednesdays ago indicated that the Catholic Cardinals had chosen a new pope. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a cardinal from Argentina, is the first South American to lead the church. Bergoglio, now the 266th pope of the Catholic Church and has taken the name Pope Francis I. His Argentinean heritage makes him the first non-European pope in over 1200 years. Additionally, he is the first member of the Jesuit order to lead the church.

Francis I is 76 years old and had previously been the archbishop of Buenos Aires.

“I would like to thank you for your embrace,” said Francis I from the white balcony on St. Peter’s Basilica. “My brother cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am.”

Francis I is known as a humble man

who was born to Italian immigrant parents and was raised in the Argentine capital.

Immediately after being chosen, Francis I spoke to former Pope Benedict XVI on the phone. Reverend Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, called the phone call “an act of great significant and pastorality.”

In a message released by the White House, President Barack Obama said, “As a champion of the poor and the most vulnerable among us, he carriers forth the message of low and compassion that has inspired the world for more than 2000 years – that in each other we see the face of God.” Obama continued saying, “As the first pope from the Americas, his selection also speaks to the strength and vitality of a region that is increasingly shaping our world, and alongside millions of Hispanic Americans, those of us in the United States share the joy of this historic day.”

Radiation belt found around Earth courtesy ksl.com Six thousands pig carcasses were found in Shanghai’s Huangpu River last Tuesday. Officials say that the bodies were dumped into the river in protest against the illicit trade of pork products.

6,000 dead pigs found in Chinese river Believed to be the work of police campaigns against the illicit trade of pork products harvested from diseased pigs in the Zhejiang Province, nearly 6000 dead pigs were found in a Shanghai river. The Shanghai municipal government said that 5,916 pig carcasses had been recovered from the

Huangpu River by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 12. Authorities also said that the city had taken proper measures to dispose of the carcasses safely and that the water plants were increasing efforts to disinfect public supplies. Additionally, the plants would be testing for six common swine viruses.

Sinkhole endangers Florida neighborhood In early March, a sinkhole opened in the middle of a Seffner, Fla. home. Six people in the home at the time were preparing for bed when the ground suddenly opened up directly underneath one of the bedrooms.

Five of the six residents were able to get out, but one resident, 37-year-old Jeff Bush, was swallowed by the sinkhole.

Bush’s brother Jeremy Bush jumped into the sinkhole and tried to find his brother amidst the rubble, but was unsuccessful and had to be rescued by a sheriff’s deputy. Jeremy Bush said, “I jumped in the hole and tried to get him out. I couldn’t get him out. All I could hear, I thought I could hear him screaming for him, hollering for me to help. I couldn’t do nothing.”

Upon further investigation, one of the surrounding homes was also found to be in danger of being swallowed by the sinkhole. It is still unknown exactly how large the sinkhole is or if it is connected to other tunnels or caverns throughout the rest of the neighborhood. Engineers say that the

sinkhole is complex and it is continuously evolving and sinking further. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to continue the search for the missing resident. “I just want my brother out,” said Jeremy Bush, “I don’t care what they do.”

Larry Madrid, an engineer looking into the sinkhole’s properties, said, “We’ve determined that there was an initial collapse, followed very shortly by another collapse, and we have noticed movement in the ground since then.” Madrid would not be surprised if the entire house collapsed.

According to Jeremy Bush, an inspector came to the home a few months previously to check for sinkhole and similar problems.

The inspector informed the family that there was nothing wrong with the house.

Rescue crews have been combing the area with sensitive equipment that should detect any noise from Jeff Bush, but have heard nothing. Bush’s grandfather Buddy Wicker owns the home and said, “He is in God’s hands. That’s all I can say. He’s in God’s hands.”

Six teenagers killed in crash Sunday, Mar. 9, brought shock and sadness when a single car crash claimed the lives of six teenagers. This crash was the deadliest car accident in Ohio in over three years. At approximately 7:00 a.m., a sport utility vehicle in Warren hit a guardrail and flew out of control. The car stopped in a nearby pond.

Those killed in the crash were 19-yearold Alexis Cayson, 14-year-old Andrique Bennett, 17-year-old Brandon Murray, and 15-year-olds Kirklan Behner, Daylan Ray, and Ramone White. The other two teenagers, Brian Henry, 18, and Asher Lewis, 15, were able to escape from the vehicle and find help. The teenagers were driving the Honda Passport at normal highway speed, but hit the guardrail when the speed limit decreased to 35 mph. The vehicle was only meant to hold five individuals.

Investigators do not know where they were coming from or going to. Additionally, the car involved in the crash did not belong to any of the teenagers, but was registered to another owner in Youngstown, Ohio. It is yet unknown as to whether the teenagers knew the car was stolen. Additionally, the stories about where the victims were before the crash are only speculation. Lisa Williamson, one of the mothers described the teenagers as good kids who weren’t troublemakers.

Chris Jones, a fellow classmate said, “They’re not always the best kids. They’re not out there looking for straight A’s. But none of these kids should be where they are today. This should have never had happened.” Drug use or alcohol was not obvious. Specific reports are pending on a toxicology report.

Last year, a new ring of radiation surrounded the Earth for a short period of time before being annihilated by a powerful interplanetary shock wave. This phenomenon was found by NASA’s twin Van Allen space probes. The probes are named after the first radiation belts that were found in 1958. The Van Allen radiation belts are zones of magnetically trapped, highly energetic charged particles.

The Van Allen probes were launched in 2012 and were covered in sensors that

analyzed the plasma, energetic particles, magnetic fields, and plasma waves in the radiation belts. These probes discovered a new radiation belt that was made of super-high-energy electrons that were embedded in the outer Van Allen belt. This outer belt is located 11,900 to 13,900 miles above the Earth’s surface. The new ring formed on Sept. 2 and lasted for over four weeks. The interplanetary shock wave that got rid of the new radiation ring caused a spike in solar wind speeds that disrupted the belt.

On the Beat >>cwruPOLICE

Case Western Reserve University Police Department would like to welcome everyone back from Spring Break. We hope everyone got to recharge, relax, and hopefully no one got left behind in a Mexican jail. Now it’s back to business.

The good news is that there are only six weeks of class left, and this is the time of year when Cleveland’s cold rains change into Cleveland’s warm rains. The bad news is that this is a time of year when CWRU PD typically sees a rise in incidents of all types: spring fever is probably as good a term as any to describe it. So here are some tips to help us all get across the finish line safely.

Better weather means we all start to crawl out of our winter mole holes, which is a good thing. But bad guys tend to do the same. After getting the cobwebs off your bicycle make sure you get the cobwebs off your U-lock as well, and use it. Bicycle theft numbers historically rise in April.

Changing seasons mean more daylight and more people out and about, also a good thing. It doesn’t mean that anything has changed when it comes to moving around the area late at night. Sticking to welllit and well-travelled routes, going with friends or using services like Safe Ride and

shuttle buses to move around are still good ideas.

One constant through all seasons here is that our biggest problem is the theft of unattended valuables, especially electronics. So don’t leave your stuff unattended- a potential thief will not know or care that your blood, sweat, and tears for the last eight months is stored in that unattended laptop sitting on a table.

Alcohol incidents also typically tend to spike in April. The end of the year can be a time for celebration, but if you are starting to lose control of basic bodily functions, it’s probably time to stop. Enough said.

Feedback to On the Beat can be sent to policecolumn@case.edu.

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March 8 - Robbery - Male robbed by several juveniles. All suspects located & detained by UCPD & CWRU PD officers. Euclid/E.116th.

March 14 - Felony theft - Backpack taken from office, Kent Hale Smith Building.

March 15 - Felony theft - Items removed from purse in break room, Pathology building.

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A look at CWRU’s major construction projects Case Western Reserve University currently has five major capital projects underway or in the planning stages: the Tinkham Veale University Center, the Wyant Field House, The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, the proposed pedestrian bridge to the future West Campus, and a new medical school building. Below is a snapshot of each project:

Tinkham Veale University Center

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Pedestrian Bridge to West Campus Still very much in the planning stages, this proposed future suspension bridge will cut over Wade Park and help connect CWRU’s central campus to its West Campus. Officials expect the bridge to cost around $7 million.

Medical School Building

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$7 million $8 million Wyant Field House

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Construction has already started for the Tinkham Veale University Center. Located next to the Kelvin Smith Library, the $50 million project will be LEED certified, include a ballroom, classrooms, and dining and meeting spaces. It is expected to be completed by fall of 2014.

A major donation from CWRU trustee James Wyant helped secure the funds to build the Wyant Field House, a new athletic and recreational facility for athletes and students.

The field house will be located in the North Campus Residential Village and will be approximately 24,000 square feet. Ground is expected to be broken on this project this spring. It is expected to be completed by 2014.

In 2016, CWRU will break ground on a new medical school building on its future West Campus. Located on East 105th Street at the site of the former Mt. Sinai Medical Center, the new medical school building will be equipped with the necessary advanced technology and research equipment for continued growth at the medical school.

$25.6 million

$50 million

The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center After receiving $12 million from the Maltz Family Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, CWRU will restore the Temple-Tifereth Israel located on 1855 Ansel Road, CWRU’s prospective West Campus. The Temple-Tifereth Israel is in the National Register of Historic Places. After the renovation, it will house dance, music, and theater rehearsal and performing spaces as well as offices. It will be reserved as a place for worship on Jewish High Holy Days. The project is expected to cost about $25.6 million.

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USG Brief >>nooraSOMERSALO student.affairsREPORTER<<

courtesy freda li Dance Marathon participants danced the day away on Mar. 2. The event raised $18,000, twice as much as last year, for Children’s Miracle Network.

‘Increased interest’ nets Dance Marathon $18,000 for Children’s Miracle Network >>brianSHERMAN campus.eventsREPORTER<<

On Mar. 2, the main gym in the Veale Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center suddenly became a place for exciting music, nonstop dancing, and smiles all around. From noon to midnight, SpartanThon took over the center and never looked back.

A fundraising event that benefits Children’s Miracle Network and, by extension, Rainbow Babies, Dance Marathon is an event put on by the student organization, SpartanThon, that had students dancing the night away while earning money for charity based on how long they danced. Individuals and whole student organizations alike were encouraged to participate.

“It was very exciting to be part of a young organization that is starting to really gain traction on campus,” said executive board member Allen VanMeter, enthusiastic about SpartanThon. “It was a large challenge rebranding our organization from Dance Marathon to SpartanThon and making it one of the most entertaining and rewarding marathons for the dancers who committed to the 12 hours.”

The event raised $18,000, which is more than double the amount collected last year by Dance Marathon. Anna Czekaj raised the most money as an individual by bringing in $1000 alone, while the group that raised the most money was the

Phi Mu sorority, accumulating $1177.

“I feel Dance Marathon was a huge success,” said VanMeter. “We more than doubled last year’s fundraised total and had much more interest from campus.

There was also a greater emphasize on programming. We had more fun activities like human-sized Jenga and the morale dance that was performed at the top of every hour. We saw a huge increase in the number of people dancing for the 12 hours as well as attendance throughout the day.”

“My favorite moment was probably learning that we raised $18,000 at 11:00 p.m. and the executive board trying to contain the overwhelming excitement and pride for the big reveal at the end.”

Looking ahead, members of SpartanThon are excited for Dance Marathon’s and their organization’s futures. Earning more than twice as much as last year, the group is enthusiastic about future marathons.

“I hope and know this event will only grow in the future,” said VanMeter proudly. “With the increased interest we are getting from the Case Western Reserve University campus and the awesome, talented freshman class in our general body, the organization will only keep improving. Years down the road, I see many more organizations participating as dancers, the fundraised amount only getting larger, and the entire campus uniting behind this cause.”

At the General Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 5, the members of Case Western Reserve University’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) had a number of issues to discuss. Perhaps the most significant concerned the inclusion of the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each assembly, an issue that caused a stir among the GA at the Feb. 19 meeting.

During the meeting, the GA had informally voted on removing the Pledge from its agenda, and the issue was now brought up again in the form of Bill B. 22-23, a bill to end the practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the GA meetings.

The bill was justified on the premises that not every CWRU student or member of USG is a citizen of the United States. It was also stated that neither USG nor CWRU are entities that require service to the United States, which would make the recital of the Pledge unnecessary.

Contrary to the prior discussion on the issue, this time there were no speakers strongly against the ban. It was noted that USG is a non-governmental organization and can choose how it runs its meetings. The bill ultimately passed with 67 percent affirmation.

The Executive Committee informed the GA that it would explore the possibility of replacing the Pledge with an alternative oath more relevant specifically to USG. Another important topic the GA discussed was the frequency of its meetings. During the 2012-2013 academic year, USG has implemented a new system of biweekly meetings instead of meeting every week. The purpose of Bill B. 22-22 was to retroactively establish that the current system is indeed formalized

among the GA for this academic year – a procedure which would normally be undertaken at the beginning of the academic year.

Along with the bill, the Executive Committee also stated that it would explore possible means for the Finance Committee to allocate funds for student organizations without being obligated to wait until the biweekly meetings to make its final decision. The idea was a result of discussion over the efficiency of the Finance Committee under the current biweekly system. Bill B. 22-22 was passed with 61 percent affirmation.

The GA also voted on Resolution R. 2202, which concerned supporting the university’s new posting policy. The Student Life Committee emphasized that the new posting policy has already been passed by the university administration, but was to be endorsed by USG. By passing the resolution, USG would agree to abide by the policy and encourage other organizations to do the same.

Why the posting policy is being implemented without the consent of the GA was questioned, but the Student Life Committee noted that the policy is a university policy, not a USG policy. The resolution passed with 94 percent affirmation and it came into effect on March 18.

Per usual, the Finance Committee introduced Bill B. 22-20, which recognized the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.

Bill B. 22-21, a bill to allocate additional funding to student organizations, ruled that out of the $13,443.30 requested, $7,736 would be allotted. The former bill was passed with 97 percent affirmation and the latter was passed unanimously.

With officer elections approaching, USG also appointed representative Tom Dooner as the Elections Commissioner.

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Students lobby for well-meaning summer program Camp Kesem aims to benefit children of cancer-fighting parents >>tanviPARMAR contributingREPORTER<<

In 2001, students of the Stanford University Jewish Hillel started a nonprofit project called Camp Kesem. The free, weeklong, student-run sleep-away camp was targeted to serve kids ages six to 16 whose parents have (or have had) cancer by providing them the opportunity to just be kids over the summer. In addition, the camp would support the children and devote the special attention they need in a fun but cancer aware environment.

The word “Kesem” translates to “magic” in Hebrew, which is what this camp provides for many kids. Children whose parents have suffered from cancer face pain and emotional distress that often goes unnoticed.

Thirty-seven campers attended the first summer session of Camp Kesem free of charge in June 2001. Due to the success, founder Iris Rave and a group of student leaders developed the project and continued to work to bring “magic” in the lives of children in need.

Since then, 38 other college campuses around the United States have adopted the project as well. This year, Case Western Reserve University’s Camp

Kesem initiative has been selected to be a candidate for the LIVESTRONG Foundation Community Impact Project.

This project offers $1.2 million in funding to increase cancer-support programs across the country. LIVESTRONG, itself, has spent over $80 million on supportive organizations in communities.

LIVESTRONG is planning to sponsor 10 schools to hold Camp Kesem during the summer of 2014 at their university. In order to win a spot, they created an online voting campaign that is running until Mar. 28. The university sites with the top votes will receive up to $15,000 to start programs in their community. Students are encouraged to get online and vote for CWRU at vote.livestrong.org/applicants/16-CaseWestern-Reserve-University/.

Other universities in the competition include University of Dayton, Ohio University, University of Colorado-Boulder.

Juniors Yssra Soliman, Vashti Aguilar, Vid Yogeswaran, Brandon Vu, Fusanoske Kambara, and Jocelyn Tucker started the CWRU Camp Kesem initiative. They have been working to spread the word about Camp Kesem so that it can be brought to Cleveland. They have been approved by Camp Kesem National and have been sponsored under the

“Although we are all rather involved

on campus, this summer we realized that there was still something missing from our college experience. We wanted to do something for our community and Camp Kesem was the perfect answer.

- Yssra Soliman

guidance of George Kikano, M.D. Since the summer of 2012, the students have been trying to bring a Camp Kasem chapter to the university. The team worked for seven months with mentor Liz Gray and the university counsel to prepare for the project.

“Although we are all rather involved on campus this summer, we realized that there was still something missing from our college experience,” said Soliman. “We wanted to do something for our community and Camp Kesem was the perfect answer.

Camp Kesem is not like any other camp.

It is a way for the youth to use their experience as a foundation for courage, confidence, and leadership.”

The group stated that Cleveland is at the heart of world-renowned medical care, yet there is still a large need for such a program to serve families affected by cancer. They pointed out

that the university, itself, is close to the Cleveland Clinic, Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals, and MetroHealth Hospital. They believe that they can reach out to many families in these health centers. They also stated that CWRU has the resources as well as student interest to make this project a success.

“I first found out about Camp Kesem from a friend who was involved with his chapter at MIT. I immediately thought about how awesome it would be to work with people at CWRU to make a camp like this possible for families in Cleveland. We have the resources, the compassion, and drive here to make it possible,” said Aguilar.

The CWRU Department of Family Medicine and Community Health wants to guide the project as it is established in the Cleveland community. The students of the initiative also point out that The Gathering Place, a local cancer support center, has been willing to contribute to this cause.

“Young children, especially in more urban areas, are more likely to turn to other ways to deal with their grief and frustration,” said Yogeswaran. “And as a community we need to do everything we can for these kids.”

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New tunes with Newshoes

Local rock band Newshoes will be headlinig a show at The Foundry tonight.

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>>anneNICKOLOFF away Brother, and OceanSpeak will also be Their music blends reverberating guitar for it to still be an awesome show,” he said. musicREPORTER<< performing at the show. bits with sudden crashing riffs and a wide vaWith many future shows planned and an Tonight, local rock band Newshoes will be headlining at the Foundry at 8:00 p.m.

Although Newshoes is a “rock band,” it cannot be adequately defined by just one genre. Band member Matt Deulley’s instrumental diversity represents the band’s variety itself; he plays guitar, keyboard, some percussion, horns, and strings.

“Musically, we draw from many different influences, but I’d have to say that overall we play some good ol’ rock and roll,” said Deulley. “We try our best to instill dynamics in our songs. So, if you stick around for the whole show, you can expect to hear bluesy solos, rhythms you can dance to and passionate vocals that you’ll be singing on your drive home.”

Budding music groups Captain Kidd, Run-

Captain Kidd, an alternative band, combines smooth vocals with fun melodies to create beachy music reminiscent of Rooney and The Strokes. Runaway Brother is a little bit heavier in terms of melody, but still fun and popping.

OceanSpeak has had a connection with headlining Newshoes since their beginning.

Newshoes Bassist, Anton Sidari, shows nothing but admiration for OceanSpeak.

“OceanSpeak kills it! They are one of the most entertaining bands to watch play live. They’re from Columbus, and whenever we play, we try to get them to come up into town.”

The band’s music, however, is a little difficult to label. OceanSpeak singer and guitarist Jeremiah Claudio defines his band as a group of “Jesus-lovin’ Indie Progressive Rock dudes in a band together.”

riety of vocals to create a catchy sound that is quite distinct from most rock bands.

An interesting choice for their band name, OceanSpeak derives from a Bible passage, which reads, “The voice of the LORD is over the waters.”

Newshoes gained their name from a different source, however. “The band name is just a play on my last name,” said vocalist/guitarist Brad Newshutz. “It doesn’t mean anything, but we’re fine with that!”

Newshutz is excited to perform with the other bands on the Foundry’s stage tonight.

“As far as local rock shows go, I think it’s going to be a blast! There are some really cool bands playing, all of which are our good friends or we’ve played with before and really enjoyed. Every band is different, which excites us, but they all have enough in common

album/extended EP in the works, Newshoes is on a road of exciting successes, though they never forget their beginnings.

“We are an extremely close-knit group of friends who share a love for music - nothing more, nothing less,” said Sidari. “We like to hang out, jam some tunes, and make some memories along the way. Newshoes is more than just a band to us. This band keeps our heads on straight and our feet on the ground.”

OceanSpeak also knows what it means to be a band, and knows that tonight’s exciting concert will be something students won’t want to miss.

“If you want to see a show unlike any one you have ever seen, then you should probably come so you don’t have to hear about it from all of your friends who came and loved it,” warned Claudio.

Food rundown: Hodge’s Cleveland >>jackBEHREND foodREPORTER/copyEDITOR<< Created by Food and Wine Magazine’s “The People’s Best New Chef Award 2013” nominee Chris Hodgson and restaurateur Scott Kuhn, Hodge’s Cleveland presents a delightful blend of modernity and comfort food at a price reasonable for a middle to upscale outing. For those who may be a bit shy about spending $20 or more on a plate, the portions and flavor more than match the price and will leave any appetite more than satisfied (a finding confirmed by my two football-playing companions and I).

Location Hodge’s is extremely student accessible, located on Euclid near East 9th street. Students can take the train, ride the bus, or comfortably drive with both valet and lot parking close by.

Setting The most outstanding detail of the Hodge’s experience is the restaurant’s keen focus on embodying its charter -to present familiar comfort food in creative and modern ways -- in every aspect of the dining experience. This thorough expression was immediately evident the moment I walked through the doors and

saw the brilliant dichotomy of the restaurant’s décor. Stylish red-leather seats and metallic tables offset incongruently-stained wood planks that flow from the floor to midway up the walls. The unique contrast is made even starker as a stainless steel bar, lofted ceilings, and bar-friendly televisions are grounded by the truly unique presence of what looked to me like a sliding barn door.

First Course The décor was only the beginning of this unusual blend, however, and continued right into the first course: selections from the pre-appetizer “snack” portion of the menu. This sort of complimen-

tary warm-up nosh is fairly uncommon at middle to upper-middle priced restaurants, so I was particularly curious.

I selected the deviled eggs (a personal favorite). Tuna poppers and chicken liver toast were among the other “snack” options, the latter of which was a bit too comfortable for me. As was the case with most other dishes on the menu, the deviled eggs reflected a unique and delicious take on an old staple. The standard egg and cream flavor was pleasantly offset by the seemingly incompatible blend of sweet beets and savory horseradish.

The flavors blended together marvelous-

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Reverse Shark Attack by Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin main strengths is his vocals. From his hectic drum fills, the song collapses under >>jasonWALSH and the 10-minute closing title track. baritone grumble on the chorus of “I Wear itself and the track and album draw to a The first six songs/10 minutes of the musicCRITIC<< Given that he released three excellent albums in 2012, it’s understandable that Ty Segall’s first album of 2013 is a rerelease. Originally released only on vinyl in 2009, Reverse Shark Attack finds Segall working with frequent collaborator Mikal Cronin. Both are prolific garagerock, singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, active in multiple bands, and have released solo music.

Reverse Shark Attack opens with “I Wear Black,” which is about as close to a classic song as Segall and Cronin can have, considering they have only been around for a couple of years. At just over two minutes, “I Wear Black” is an anthemic, super-distorted shot of garage/punk that sets the tone for the rest of the album.

Out of eight songs, only two of the first six are over two minutes. The only two songs on the album longer than two and a half minutes are a Pink Floyd cover

album are a flurry of pounding drums, distorted guitars, and even more distorted vocals (If you can pick out more than the chorus or title of the song in any of the lyrics, let me know).

Other than the unusually long “Drop Dead Baby,” (two and a half minutes), none of the first six songs have more than a measure of intro before dropping into their main riff, or more than a few seconds of outro before the next song picks up.

The fourth track, “Ramona,” is 82 seconds of breakneck guitar and drums that comes into full swing after about two seconds of an intro. About a minute in, the guitars drop out for what seems like a reprieve, but then they come back in full force for a blistering solo until the whole thing stops on a dime and “Doctor Doctor” kicks in. That’s basically the pattern of the first six songs.

Despite his affection for distorting them beyond recognition, one of Segall’s

Black” to the falsetto interludes of “High School,” Segall has a knack for writing catchy vocal melodies and good harmonies with Cronin.

“Bikini Babes” rounds out the first six songs and leads into “Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk.” This song is apparently a Pink Floyd cover and very easily could have fooled me. The only thing about it that is significantly different than the first six songs is that the psych-freak out lasts two minutes longer than usual.

“Reverse Shark Attack” is the ten minute closing opus, and probably the best track on the album. It starts out as a kind of shambling, psych-folk song for about a minute and a half, then calms down to a strummed acoustic guitar and mostly undistorted vocals (two firsts for the album).

After a few minutes it shifts from acoustic to electric, clean to distorted, and then, all of a sudden, the whole thing shifts into a Dick Dale-on-acid surf rock jam. After four or five minutes of surf guitars and

close.

Despite being originally released four years ago, Reverse Shark Attack feels like a distillation of the aesthetic Segall trafficked in 2012. It has the psychedelic flavor of Hair (his collaboration with White Fence), the breakneck punk of Slaughterhouse (his album with Ty Segall Band, of which Mikal Cronin is a member), and some of the more melodic side explored on Twins, his solo release from 2012.

Segall combines garage, punk, and surf, infuses it all with some psychedelia, and then channels it through distortion until you have something that sounds like you’ve heard it before, but is still somehow unique. Reverse Shark Attack doesn’t reach the same heights as his trio of 2012 albums, but it’s a good look back if you’re already familiar with Segall and Cronin and a decent introduction for the uninitiated.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Late night wars: medieval edition Watershed Down this knight is not going to get sacrificed house band, The Roots, will probably The Late Show with David Letterman. >>drewSCHEELER this time out. be staying with him as well. Who would Like Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel is putting film&tvCRITIC<< Enter Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy Fallon have thought that hiring an actual band out a consistently entertaining show Once upon a time, a noble flamehaired comedian was groomed and promoted to take over the kingdom of The Tonight Show. But a dragon older than time itself ruled The Tonight Show. And this dragon blew so much hot air at network executives that they felt no choice but to give him a new show to prevent him from jumping to another channel.

And even though the two comedians had agreed on no take backs, by March of 2010, Jay Leno was back in his original throne, for he was a master of the game of thrones. Following this desolation, Conan was exiled to the realm of basic cable, to the kingdom of Tee-beeess where he continues to do well for himself, raising his own dragons in secret until one day, when they will be old enough to exact his revenge.

According to a recent article in The New York Times, a new knight is being primed to enter the holy land of The Tonight Show. And, unlike a game of chess, there’s a pretty good chance that

is simply a great host. If you haven’t seen Jimmy since his frequent laughing fits on Saturday Night Live, then you’ve missed out on the development of a worthy successor to the legacy of Johnny Carson. As seen on Late Night, Fallon understands the under-30 crowd and has enough impressions of aging folk stars to keep the oldest television viewers entertained. Fallon likes making references to common cultural touchstones of the ‘80s and ‘90s, like Thundercats and video games and Reading Rainbow.

When Jay Leno talks about reading rainbows, he normally refers to how he used to use the sky to communicate because pictograms hadn’t been invented yet. And Fallon has cultivated a set of recurring sketches and formats that can be successfully moved back an hour, unlike some of Conan’s more post-bedtime characters.

Best of all, Fallon will be returning The Tonight Show to its birthplace, New York City. And this means that his

to be the house band would turn a cliché into an integral part of the comedy?

At this point, Leno’s shtick is just old. When Internet commentators cite Saturday Night Live as the most tired part of NBC’s late night programming, it is hard to believe that they are overlooking Leno, who hasn’t tried anything new since the Clinton administration.

Admittedly, I am not part of Leno’s target audience because I am under 50 and can read newspaper headlines for myself. But tried-and-true formats like “Jaywalking” – where Jay asks stupid questions to young people who can’t remember how many states there are or who the president is— aren’t shocking anymore because we all know that stupidity is a national epidemic. At any time on basic cable, characters like Chumlee and Snooki are making brands from their cultural ignorance.

One proposed reason for Fallon’s upgrade relates to Jimmy Kimmel Live, which was recently moved up to start at the same time as The Tonight Show and

that is a lot more hip than whatever plastic thing is in Leno’s coxa.

Moving Fallon up now would prevent ABC and Kimmel from monopolizing the younger viewers that networks need to drive strong advertising sales.

Both Fallon and Kimmel will be able to exist side-by-side. And until Letterman decides to throw in his towel sometime in the next 10 years we’ll be left with an impeccably strong lineup of competing comics.

Jimmy Fallon may be taking over The Tonight Show as early as next fall.

So let’s all celebrate the start of a new late night dynasty, one that lacks the animosity and bitterness that has tainted Leno’s return to the desk. And let’s pray that this time somebody remembers to Leno-proof the studio so he can’t take it back. Remember that Leno has collected an airplane hangar’s worth of sports cars to drive around in his long-overdue retirement. It will be hard to feel sorry for Jay. At least until Conan’s dragons go torch his place.

CWRU students create award winning game

>>owenBELL At first glance, it is clearly a unique where you could choose to do almost for an artist and describing what I needed, games&techREPORTER<< game with a personality all its own. What whatever you wanted and I knew I want- he came up a lot, so we were introduced.

You may have noticed the indie game The Bridge showing up on Steam. A strange fusion of gravity shifting puzzles and dimension-shifting levels, the game looks like something straight out of an MC Esher sketch. Paths intersect in impossible ways and what was just the ceiling a second ago is suddenly the ground.

you might not know about the game, though, is that it is made by a couple of Case Western Reserve University graduates: Ty Taylor and Mario Castañeda.

The game first started as a project in one of Taylor’s computer science classes in 2010. “I started working on the engine for the software engineering course,” he said. “That was a sort of open course

ed to make a game so I choose to work on this.”

During that semester, Taylor met Castañeda and the team was born. Both of them had taken the Advanced Game Design course at CWRU and had mutual friends, but they had never actually met until Taylor started looking for an artist for his new game. “When I was looking

After that, I saw his work and I knew that he was the right person for the job.”

After graduating in May of 2011, Taylor and Castañeda got serious about working on the game. Competitions were coming up and they needed to have it done in time. After several months of

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An out of this world building >> aditya Rengaswamy | Strange Architecture In the world of architecture, you never really know where the next strange marvel is about to pop up. Yet it is rarely a mystery who builds these sorts of structures: wealthy corporations, people, or banks. Today our journey takes us to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Among the bustling streets and electric nightlife, those that venture a bit into the suburbs can find an odd looking gem, built by the ING bank as their Netherlands headquarters.

In the early 2000s, ING bank was planning on building their main office. To make things interesting, they invited a slew of young architects in the area and hosted a competition to see who could design a building that portrayed their ideals: fast moving, transparent, innovative, eco-friendly, and open. Architects Roberto Meyer and Jeroen van Schooten whipped up a spaceship-like creation that dazzles tourists and employees today.

In its grand appearance, the architects matched company ideals with design – a task that takes great innovation. The building looks almost like a spaceship, covered almost entirely with glass. This is to signify the open-

ness and innovative nature of the bank.

Two layers of glass were installed in each panel to ensure heat retention. On the bottom of the building are several tilting stilts that create the perception that the building is moving.

Looking at this building brings out the inner astronomer inside of me. It makes me feel like I’m going to blast off into the new frontier. As Tim Evans once said, “[i]nspiration from what we see is usually the most powerful. It makes us dream of new possibilities.”

Perhaps dreaming of a place where I can work and blast off into space in the same day is far-fetched…. But that is what dreams are for, aren’t they?

Join me next time as we continue to explore the weird of our universe. From the vast monuments erected by mankind to the peculiar discovery of scientific phenomena, there is plenty left to discover around us.

Aditya Rengaswamy is a sophomore accounting student at CWRU. He enjoys doing various service projects like Kids Against Hunger, being a part of USG, and hanging out with his brothers in OX.

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Editor’s Note All Quiet on the Western Front Four days can pass quickly at Case Western Reserve University. But I imagine they constitute an eternity when spent in a Zimbabwe prison cell.

Beatrice Mtetwa, the 2011 recipient of CWRU’s Inamori Ethics Prize, does not have to envision this comparison. It has been her forced reality for more than 96 hours.

The Zimbabwe government jailed Mtetwa, one of the world’s most prominent humanitarian rights attorneys, this past Sunday for allegedly obstructing the actions of police officers. According to The New York Times, Mtetwa was arrested after she refused to give officers her purse and cell phone when they failed to produce a search warrant.

The arrest of Mtetwa and three other activists is part of a larger effort in Zimbabwe to suppress opposition politicians and civic groups. This suppression is occurring before the nation’s presidential election, which is anticipated to occur later this year.

Mtetwa first earned international acclaim for her defense of journalists who were being held or deported by the Zimbabwean government. In more recent years, she has stated her work involves defending the elementary civil and human rights of average citizens in her country.

“Beatrice Mtetwa has been battling injustice and defending vital human freedoms for over 20 years, at great personal risk, in a country where the law is used as a weapon against independent professionals,” CWRU’s Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence stated in the official citation for the 2011 Inamori Ethics Prize.

Mtetwa was awarded the prize on Sept. 7, 2011 in a ceremony at Severance Hall. “You need to do good, not necessarily live well,” she told a crowd of university students, staff, faculty, and administrators.

Attempts to free Mtetwa had yet to prove successful at the time this edition went to print. Additionally, while Shannon French, director of the Inamori Center, has denounced Mtetwa’s imprisonment through social media, the university as a whole has remained mostly silent on the issue.

As of press time, CWRU has yet to condemn Mtetwa’s imprisonment in either a statement to the press, a posting on case.edu, or updates on social media. Some may argue the university isn’t responsible for denouncing a human rights violation occurring half way around the world. I would assert those are the same people who will never qualify for the Inamori Ethics Prize.

But this moment doesn’t belong solely to university administration; students should share it as well. By denouncing the actions taken against Mtetwa in ways applicable to their organizations, students can help garner more attention for a global issue.

This juncture represents an unprecedented opportunity for CWRU. It’s the time to show a distinction bestowed by our institution runs deeper than the surface it is engraved upon. It is an instant when we can substantively support the values we honor, even after the acceptance speech has been given and the celebratory drinks have been poured.

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Breaks in the Republican party >> evan WILSON | FAIRLY UNBALANCED To say that the Republican Party has been in trouble recently would be a massive understatement. Since the last election, it has become more and more clear that the American public is becoming increasingly supportive of progressive ideas. The GOP has been losing ground on nearly every single issue. To break it down point by point, let’s take a look at the some recent polling numbers from the Pew Research Center.

On the deficit, 76 percent of Americans support increased taxes as well as spending cuts opposed to the conservative proposal of extending tax cuts and slashing the budget. On another money issue, 71 percent of the nation supports increasing minimum wage to $9.00 per hour, including 50 percent of those that identify as Republicans.

In the wake of the gun debates, 67 percent of the country wants to see major gun legislation passed in the future and an overwhelming 85 percent hopes to enact stricter background checks for gun purchases.

On environmental issues, 54 percent of Americans believe that we should invest in alternative energy over attempting to get a few more years out of fossil fuels. Despite recent GOP pushes to win on immigration, only 34 percent of the nation trusts congressional Republicans to create a better plan for our borders. And as of this week, 58 percent of people support gay marriage versus the 37 percent in favor of it 10 years ago. Two thirds of the country supports a national decision

on gay marriage with the Supreme Court set to hear the case in upcoming weeks.

The right can no longer continue to claim that they are the voice of true Americans, unless you believe that loud, white, conservative Christians are the only true Americans. As history has shown, progressive ideas eventually catch on with the public and inevitably become the law of the land; thus we, as a country, progress. But the problems facing the GOP are more pressing than the inevitability of time. Internally, the Republican Party is fracturing over how to become relevant once again.

The big conservative news of the week is the convening of the CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, where the “Next Generation of Conservatives” was supposedly going to be revealed. However, with speakers such as Palin, Santorum, McConnell, LaPierre, and Trump, as well as Mitt Romney’s return to the spotlight, it is hard to see the changes that are supposedly happening.

Conspicuously missing from the conference was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who enjoyed a huge popularity boost after his response to Hurricane Sandy and his lashing of House Republicans. He took a new tone for his party and put his constituents first, worked with the President, and actually got results.

While both Democratic and Republican voters were impressed with these actions, his party leadership was not amused. Despite polls showing Christie to be the second most viable candidate for a GOP victory in 2016, his cooperation with Democrats

CWRU’s next marketing move: go tobacco-free >> CWRU House Mafia | FROM THE MAFIA

There have been rumors that Case Western Reserve University will go smoke-free sometime in the future, but with only rumors in the mix, this change seems far off.

However, in light of a new draft policy that is being quietly circulated amongst staff and administrative leadership, the campus may make the switch in time for the fall semester.

The draft, which you can read online, takes a principled stance against all tobacco products citing health as the motivator for preventing their use on campus. Practically, the new policy has nearly non-existent consequences for violators: Students who smoke, or use tobacco products, in violation of this policy will be reminded of the policy and asked to stop.

The policy does threaten citations and fines for students who don’t see the light after being politely asked to stop, but if enforcement is anything like what we see with the current policy, the likelihood of a fine for even the most persistent violators will be nearly zero.

Given the veil surrounding the topic and the slap-on-the-wrist approach to enforcement, it seems that the new policy isn’t

meant to coercively convert smokers from their unhealthy ways, but rather will become a new arrow in the university’s marketing quiver.

By going tobacco-free, the university will be one of the first top-50 comprehensive institutions to join a list made up largely of religious and state schools. But is being on the vanguard of tobacco-free schools worth the trouble?

At the very least, the university could build internal buy-in and hash out the unpleasant points of the policy by making it vulnerable to criticisms from all campus members. But that doesn’t seem likely. The draft was secretly circulated and revised and will likely be approved by the administration before being publicly aired for the first time. It may be a pro for public health, but will come at the expense of organizational health.

has earned him backlash from the obstructionist bloc of hardline conservatives that seem to have a stranglehold on the RNC platform.

In another recent public display of party disunity, Senator Rand Paul stirred things up with his filibuster of John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA Director over the issue of drone warfare against United States citizens domestically. While he initially stood alone and drew the ire of some of his fellow Republicans, as word spread about the filibuster and support from social networks emerged, more and more senators began to stand behind him including Mitch McConnell, the Minority Leader in the Senate.

However, other senior GOP senators did not embrace Paul’s efforts so wholeheartedly. Former presidential hopeful John McCain called the filibuster a “stunt that fire[s] up impressionable libertarian kids in their college dorms.” Senator Lindsey Graham said that he doesn’t believe Paul’s question about domestic drone strikes even deserves an answer and decided to change from opposing Brennan’s appointment to voting for it as a means to support the drone program.

The clear fact of the matter is that the Republican Party is splintering. They have strong principles that are fiercely supported by the vocal minority of the party, but it has become overwhelmingly obvious that their strongest supporters cannot win elections.

The current approach that the GOP is pursuing relies on seeming more in touch with minority voters without actually changing any policies. They don’t seem to understand that minorities are voting Dem-

ocrat because of issues, not simply because Republicans are overwhelmingly white and lack understanding of minorities (though they are and they do). The Latinos are a particularly sought-after group because the right believes that since Latinos are largely Roman Catholic, they should support Republicans against issues such as marriage equality and abortion, despite the issues having 59 percent and 74 percent support respectively among Latinos.

Instead of this, Republicans should take advantage of the awful situation that our two-party system presents.

They could safely become more moderate and give way on clearly unpopular elements of their platform without the risk of losing their most conservative members, but only if they take such a course at a national level.

Otherwise, progressive conservatives will continue to be exiled for breaking the solidarity set by the most stalwart members of the party and nothing will change. After all, if the GOP decided to shut its mouth on abortion, gay marriage and climate change, what Tea Party member would suddenly decide to vote Democrat in the next election?

Evan Wilson is a junior studying Cognitive Science and Biology. For him, politics is akin to watching a car crash... you know something awful is about to happen, but you can’t really do much now, so you might as well enjoy the show.

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Beyonce - “Bow Down / I Been On” OH DAMN A NEW BEYONCE SONG. It’s basically a victory lap.

Beyonce repeats “Bow down, bitches” a couple times and transitions to chopped and screwed vocal samples the rest of the way. Apparently HitBoy produced the first half, and Timbaland, the second half. And TheDream and Polow da Don were also involved somehow. That’s like, the heaviest weight A-Team ever, for a song she barely sings on.

follow up to James Blake’s truly excellent 2011 debut. Overgrown is one of the most anticipated albums of the year.

Rustie - “Triadzz” Rustie makes music that’s somewhere between trap, club bangers, and the most over-the-top electronica you’ve ever heard. “Triadzz” hits all three of these, and is consequently awesome.

Kendrick Lamar ft Jay-Z “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix)” Let’s round out this week’s playlist with another victory lap - this time featuring the other half of Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Lamar’s Good Kid, Mad City was universally lauded as a masterpiece debut, and this remix finds Kendrick and Jay uniting for some A+ braggadocio. K.Dot out-raps Hov, but does it really matter? It’s a sick remix.

James Blake - “Voyeur” “Voyeur” is the most recent single from James Blake’s upcoming album Overgrown, and Overgrown is the

Vampire Weekend - “Step” “Step” is one of a pair of singles released in anticipation of Vampire Weekend’s upcoming album Modern Vampires of the City, due out May 6.

“Step” is fantastic and bodes well for the album (if Vampire Weekend’s first two albums weren’t reason enough to be excited).

from FOOD | 6 crisp, flavorful outside provided the per-

ly and were a wonderful way to begin the meal.

Second Course To follow up the initial bite, my companions and I selected a plate of Korean barbeque and a plate of tempura-fried popcorn shrimp. While each appetizer was OK, they were a bit of a letdown, probably given that such selections were not particularly reflective of Hodge’s soul-food mantra. The Korean chicken was a hearty plate of wings that were fried to perfection and coated in a light, sweet sauce. They were quite tasty, but didn’t particularly wow, especially for their $9 price tag. The shrimp were equally disappointing as $12 got us all but flavorless, previously frozen baby shrimp doused in a bland sauce unreflective of its “jalapeño” description.

Main Course While the appetizers were notably mediocre, the main course put the outing on its back with absolutely delicious servings of braised veal short ribs and housebrined pork chop. In each case, the meat was phenomenally cooked. Truly, truly, truly, my veal short ribs were easily the most tender meat I have ever eaten. The pork chop was equally delectable as a

fect textural contrast to a melt-in-yourmouth interior. Perhaps the best aspect of the meats was that, though doused in their respective sauces, only the deep, rich flavor of the meat dominated each bite. And the deliciousness didn’t stop there! The veal short ribs lay on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes, adjacent to three stalks of fire-grilled asparagus. I was at a loss for words as the asparagus was as sweet, savory, salty, and magnificent as I have ever tasted, given the miserable weather we’ve experienced for months.

Each plate cost less than $25 and was worth every penny.

Dessert In my opinion, no meal is complete without dessert. Thus, despite my loosened belt and drooping eyes, a dessert menu was a must. To my dismay, there were only two selections offered: an apple crisp and a flowerless chocolate brownie, topped with Mitchell’s chocolate ice cream. Naturally, we ordered both. While the Mitchell’s and brownie combination is basically the greatest thing ever in theory, in actuality, it was a bit overwhelming. The two chocolates did not complement one another and, in the end, had to be enjoyed separately.

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Ridiculous Fishing >>sheehanHANNAN arts&entertainmentEDITOR<< Platform: iOS (iOS 5.0 or later) Price: $2.99 It’s easy for mobile games to go awry.

Over-complication, ineffective controls, and ignorance of a phone’s capabilities can make a game into an utter waste of time, or even worse, a waste of money. But when a game knows how to exploit the medium, good things happen. One such game is Ridiculous Fishing. It’s damn ridiculous, but it’s also damn good.

The simple key to a good mobile game is addiction. To achieve success, a game has to be absolutely indispensible, the perfect filler for five minutes of free time.

Ridiculous Fishing fills that niche nicely, even while it exceeds it. The game’s mechanic is remarkably simple: the player casts a line and dodges fish to get as deep as possible. After they hit something, they pull the line back up, collecting as many fish as possible and flinging them into the air, where they promptly unload on them with an array of automatic weapons.

Fish are worth money, and the fish deepest in the ocean are worth the most. Money earned can be used to buy upgrades and different weapons. Additional locations can also be unlocked by catching all the fish species in a given area, with each locale featuring a completely different color scheme, artistic tint, and varieties of fish.

Like any good mobile phone game, Ridiculous Fishing hinges its success on exThe apple crisp was markedly pedestrian. The apples were tart and the ice cream was sweet, but the $8 may have been better spent back home at the real Mitchell’s Ice Cream.

Fun Surprises While every meal is predominately defined by the main courses, fun and pleasurable little details can make or break a dining experience. Hodge’s was full of little surprises that really made the meal a complete dining experience.

One such surprise came at the end of the meal when our checks came in little red envelopes that read “the damage.” Also, throughout the meal, courses were broken up by small, free dishes that, to a table of large young men, were quite the treat. The snack course coincided with bowl of tater tots – need I say more? Our main course was preceded by a serving of corn bread as rich, textured, and tasty as I have ever eaten. One last detail,

from BRIDGE | 7 their spare time. Now it was suddenly a IGN gave the game a 9/10. Adam Sessler long days and nights cramming to get it done, the two submitted their game to Dream.Build.Play, a Microsoft indiegames competition, and IndieCade, one of the biggest independent games festivals in the world. The Bridge came in as a finalist at both.

Taylor and Castañeda were suddenly on the independent video game scene in a very big way. The pair flew out to California for the main IndieCade event and were flooded with requests for interviews. “All of a sudden we were being interviewed by G4 and all of these other media sites.”

It was a big surprise for a couple of people who had been full time college students a few months ago. This was just a game they had been working on in

huge deal. “I was pessimistic. Perhaps not rightfully so since, looking back, The Bridge deserves all the recognition it’s gotten…I don’t know. I was never expecting it, but it certainly deserved it.

It was very motivating and very unexpected.”

Taylor and Castañeda spent the next year and a half working on the game while balancing working full time. “I was spending every single night and every single weekend on this to get it done while still having all the obligations of a full-time job. [Castañeda] was doing the same too.”

When the game was done, it was time for the gaming press to finally get their hands on it. Copies were sent out to reviewers and scores started coming in.

The critics loved it. Both Destructoid and

of G4 called the game “Phenomenal” and The Indie Game Magazine’s James Attard said, “I was simply flabbergasted at the complexity and simplicity they present at the same time.”

Finally, after three years of work, the game was out, and it was a success.

Taylor is now working full time as a Software Development Engineer at Microsoft and Castañeda is a graduate student at the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Ariz. They are not done making games together though. “I have dozens of ideas in my head and I’m not sure which we’re going to do next.

I’m certainly not going to do a three year project again. I want to make a couple one or two month projects just to clear my head and get a few more things out the door.”

treme re-playability. Even after unlocking all the upgrades, the ocean is ever deeper, with leaderboards for maximum depth achieved. It’s just an enthrallingly simple gaming experience that evokes the actionreward-goal formula of arcade games. It plays as both a time-filler game and as a sit-down-for-hours game, excelling at both.

Perhaps the most addictive part of Ridiculous Fishing is not actually the expertly tuned mechanics, but the beautiful art style. It’s vaguely vector-art-esque, with expert shading that seems inspired by classic graphics. Everything is constructed of heavily pronounced polygons with expert shading and simple arrangements that imply shape rather than directly portray it. Every character is vaguely cartoony, but with definite lines and thoroughly enjoyable color schemes that catch the eye and stick in the brain. It’s simply beautiful and new even after multiple hours of constant play.

Ridiculous Fishing is a perfect example of the advantages of mobile gaming.

It’s easy to pick up, cheap at a meager $3, and makes excellent use of the hardware, mixing motion-based controls and simple touch interfaces. As a game, it’s simple in all the right ways, providing exceedingly rewarding gameplay with minimal investment. It will humbly steal hours upon hours of your time and leave you feeling much better than you were when you picked it up. In short, it’s a perfectly packaged piece of entertainment worth every cent. often overlooked during the dining experience, is the background music. Our meal was accompanied by number-one hit after number-one hit from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Repeatedly throughout the course of the meal, my companions and I broke our conversation to sing along to Bill Withers, The Beatles, and even Journey. I regret nothing.

Rating Overall, Hodge’s offers a wonderful dining experience that pairs an upscale feel with home-grown dining at a midrange price. Wonderful service, fantastic décor, and superb music complement remarkable dishes for a thoroughly positive dining experience. Given all of these factors and the intermixing of a few minor letdowns, I give Hodge’s four out of five stars and would gladly recommend it as a prime date location or for just a nice meal with hungry friends.

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courtesy case sports informationr Junior captain Maggie Dillione will compete this weekend at the NCAA Championship. Dilllione is seeded fourth in the 200-yard butterfly and will look to become the program’s first All-American since 2007.

austin sting / observer Sophomore leftfielder Ashley Parello and the Spartan defense led the UAA Tournament with a 96.7% fielding percentage. Case committed just seven errors, the only team in single digits for the week.

from SOFTBALL | 16 three homeruns among her nine hits.

Rebecca Taylor (7-6) led the Spartans on the mound and was the only pitcher to appear in every game, finishing with a 5.78 ERA and a 3-4 record. Taylor led the tournament in strikeouts with 29 ‘K’s. Rebecca Taylor was backed up by freshman Rebecca Molnar (0-2), who pitched in five games, racking up a 4.61 ERA in 13.2 innings. Molnar finished

third in the tournament for her strikeout rate, averaging .909 strikeouts per game.

The Spartans will return to the diamond on Tuesday, Mar. 26, after a week of cold weather and rain cancelled their first two home double headers. The Spartans will travel to Westminster before coming back for their home opener on Wednesday, Mar. 27 at 3:00 p.m., against the University of Mount Union.

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Dillione looks to leave mark at NCAA Championship Swimmer seeded 4th in 200 fl, 14th in 100 fly in nation >>courtesyOF case.sportsINFORMATION< Case Western Reserve University junior captain Maggie Dillione opened her week at the 2013 NCAA Division III Championship Meet on Wednesday morning at Conroe Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas.

Dillione, whose specialty event is the 200-yard butterfly, competed in the 50 freestyle prelims as a warm-up for the next two days of competition. In the 50 free, Dillione swam to a time of 24.58 seconds, placing 44th overall.

The third-year Spartan is back in the pool on Thursday morning for the 100 fly,

where she enters as the No. 14 seed with a mark of 56.25.

Dillione then swims in the 200 fly on Friday as the No. 4 seed with a schoolrecord time of 2:03.20. She achieved her entry time when she won the University Athletic Association Championship in the event on Feb. 16. Senior Hannah Saiz, 23time National Champion of Kenyon College, is the top seed in the event with a time of 1:57.32.

Prelims and finals begin each day at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., respectively.

Dillione is the first CWRU female to compete at the NCAA Championship since Lauren Preyss earned All-American honors in three separate events in 2007.

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No. 30 women split spring break trip, 3-3 >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<

The Case Western Reserve University women’s tennis team split their spring break trip, going 3-3 on week.

The No. 30 ranked women went 0-3 against ranked competition but were able to pick up three other wins to improve to 9-5 this season.

The women opened their trip at No. 13 University of Redlands where they fell 2-7 in California. The Spartans then picked up a 6-3 win when they defeated Whittier College. Case was then swept at No. 9 Claremont-MuddScripps Colleges, failing to pick up a single point. After a three day break the women pounced back with a 6-3 win at the University of La Verne. The women came within a single point of a huge upset of No. 11 Pomona-Pitzer College but lost the top four singles spots to fall 5-4. Case then rounded out the trip with a dominating sweep at California Lutheran University.

The women had trouble at the top of their lineup, failing to win in the top slot until the sweep at California Lutheran. The No. 2 spot picked up victories in each of the teams wins while the third and fourth singles spots each picked up just two victories.

The fifth and sixth spots and the double spots were where the Spartans picked up the majority of their points.

The No. 5 and No. 6 Spartans went 4-2,

falling against Redlands and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The top doubles spot went 3-3 on the week while the second two doubles spots each went 4-2.

Freshman Surya Khadilkar had an exceptional week going 4-2 in her singles matches. Khadilkar went 3-1 in the fifth spot and picked up a win in the third spot and a loss in the sixth.

Khadilkar also went 3-2 in doubles, picking up her three wins with senior Erika Lim. Erika Lim went 1-3 in the second singles spot and went 4-2 in doubles.

Lim picked up her other win with Michelle Djohan against Whittier.

Senior Emily Pham and sophomore Marianne Bonnano picked up three wins together in the No. 3 doubles spot. The duo teamed up for an 8-2 victory at Whittier, an 8-5 win at La Verne and an 8-2 win over California Lutheran.

Freshman Taylor Sweeney went 3-3 in her six singles matches and finished 3-1 in doubles, picking up a win with Kathleen Evers in the No.3 spot and a pair of wins with Sara Zargham, one each in the first and second positions.

The women will had the week off and will take another week of rest before they retake the court at Allegheny College on Mar. 30 at noon. The women’s next home match is senior’s day which will take place on Apr. 20 against Walsh University.

Men's ITA Top 30

School Prev.

1 Kenyon 1 2 Emory 2 3 Williams 3 4 Claremont 4 5 Bowdoin 5 6 Cal Lutheran 6 7 Trinity (TX) 8 8 Johns Hopkins 9 9 UC Santa Cruz 11 10 Texas-Tyler 20 11 Redlands 17 12 Case Western 7 13 Whitman 13 14 Middlebury 14 15 N.C. Wesleyan 15 16 Washington 10 17 Gustavus Adolphus 21 18 Carnegie Mellon 18 19 Amherst 19 20 MIT NR 21 Bates 12 22 Pomona-Pitzer 16 23 Washington & Lee 22 24 Mary Washington 23 25 Skidmore 24 26 Whittier 27 27 Swarthmore 25 28 Trinity (CT) 26 29 UW-Whitewater 28 30 Chicago 29

Women's ITA Top 30

School Prev.

1 Johns Hopkins 1 2 Amherst 2 3 Williams 3 4 Emory 4 5 Chicago 5 6 Carnegie Mellon 6 7 Middlebury 7 8 DePauw 8 9 Claremont 9 10 Bowdoin 10 11 Pomona-Pitzer 11 12 Washington 12 13 Redlands 22 14 Trinity (TX) 13 15 Washington & Lee 14 16 Tufts 15 17 Skidmore 16 18 UW-Whitewater 17 19 Sewanee 18 20 Vassar 19 21 Trinity (CT) 20 22 MIT 21 23 Brandeis 23 24 Wellesley 24 25 TCNJ 25 26 Mary Washington 26 27 Whitman 27 28 UC Santa Cruz 28 29 Bates 29 30 Case Western 30

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chen bai/observer Sophomore Will Drougas went 5-3 over Spring Break playing mainly in the second singles spot against seven ITA Top 30 teams.

from BASEBALL | 16 Case sluggers brought the power all week long, as the Spartans had the most runs (56) and home runs (5) in the tournament and the second-most hits, doubles, and triples.

Senior centerfielder Paul Pakan was the Spartans top hitter and the only representative in the top ten for hitting on the week. Pakan batted .406 at the plate, finishing seventh in the association.

Pakan scored five runs and racked up eight RBIs on 13 hits, with a UAA-high four doubles and two home runs. Pakan was named to the UAA All-Tournament team for the second straight year.

Senior shortstop Matt Keen hit for power, notching two doubles and two home runs on nine hits for nine RBIs. Keen hit .300 and tallied a UAA-high 12 runs. Keen pulled off a rare feat and stole home against Brandeis; it was one

of Keen’s two steals in three attempts.

Keen was also named to the UAA AllTournament team for the fourth time in his career. Keen set the school career record for runs during the week.

Freshman Andrew Gronski also had a strong week, batting .333 with seven RBIs on nine hits. Gronski crossed the plate eight times and earned a UAA high nine walks.

The Spartans will return to action, after having the week off, when they host Heidelberg College this Saturday, Mar. 23, for their home opener. The first pitch is scheduled to be thrown out at noon for the first game of the doubleheader and at 2:30 p.m. for the second game.

Case will then travel to Heidelberg for a one-off to finish the three-game series on Sunday, Mar. 24 at 1:00 p.m.

The Spartans will also host Muskingum University on Mar. 27 at Nobby’s Ballpark at 3:00 p.m.

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No. 12 men’s tennis survives Spring Break gauntlet Spartans finish trip 4-4 with seven matches against ITA Top 30 >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<

The Case Western Reserve University men’s tennis team ended their spring break campaign even with a 4-4 record. The No. 12 Spartans opened their Spring Break trip with a win before dropping three in a row. The men closed out strong with a fifth place finish in the stacked Stag-Hen Invitational.

Case finished the week with a 15-4 overall record.

The week for the Spartans was capped off at the Stag-Hen Invitational, which was co-hosted by PomonaPitzer College and Claremont-MuddScripps Colleges.

The eight-team field was packed with teams that were all ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Top 30.

Host No. 4 Claremont-MuddScripps took home the tournament title while UAA rival No. 2 Emory University finished second. No. 1-ranked Kenyon College, who is also the top team in Case’s ITA Central Region, finished third. No. 5 Bowdoin College finished fourth and No. 12 Case finished fifth.

The Spartans opened the tournament with a loss, swept by the hosts Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 9-0. The men bounced back and toppled No. 25 Skidmore College 5-4 to move into the fifth place match. The Spartans were able to finish out strong as they dismantled No. 27 Swarthmore College with an 8-1 win.

The men opened their trip with a 6-3 win over No. 26 Whitter College. The Spartans then met their match with a pair of losses to two of the top teams in the nation. Case lost to No.7 Trinity College of Texas 7-2 and then fell again 7-2 to No. 11 University of Redlands. The losses snapped a 13-match winning streak and were the team’s first two defeats of the season.

The Spartans nearly upset No. 5 Bowdoin, but came up a point short

5-4. Case snapped their three game losing streak with a shutout over Chapman University. The Spartans bounced back with a 9-0 win over the 14th-ranked team in the ITA’s West Region.

The Spartans have been exceptional in doubles so far, winning 70.2% of their sets this season. The No. 1 doubles team struggled on the week, going on 2-6. The No. 2 and 3 duos were exceptional over the trip, going 6-2 and 5-3, respectively.

Kyle Gerber and Christopher Krimbill combined for six of the teams matches at the No. 2 spot. The duo went 5-1 on the week together, only falling to No. 7 Trinity’s Nicholas Moreno and Charlie Curtis.

Alex Solove teamed up with Richard Brunsting and Nicolas Howe for matches four and three, respectively.

He was in the No. 3 doubles spot and rounded out the final match of the week with Gerber. Solove went 1-3 with Brunsting in a quartet of matches that were never more than three games apart. Solove then went undefeated with Howe in three matches and won his only match with Gerber.

Individually, Will Drougas had a good week, going 5-3 in his singles matches. Drougas finished 5-2 at the No. 2 spot and dropped his only match in the top spot. John Healey finished 4-1 in his singles matches, going 2-1 and 2-0 in the sixth and fifth spots, respectively. Krimbill finished the week even in the top spot, going 4-4 in seven matches in the top spot and one match in the second spot.

The men haven’t competed since and will take another week off before they travel to Allegheny College on Saturday, Mar. 30, to play at noon.

The men will host their first matches of the semester in two-and-a-half weeks when Wittenberg University and Oberlin College come to town on Wednesday, Apr. 10. The Spartans will play Wittenberg at 2:00 p.m. and Oberlin at 5:00 p.m.

chen bai / observer Sophomore Will Drougas went 5-3 over Spring Break playing mainly in the second singles spot against seven ITA Top 30 teams.

Iacono named D3 Hoops.com Honorable Mention All-American UAA Player of the Year is second ever Spartan to earn All-American honors >>courtesyOF case.sportsINFORMATION<

adrianna wage / observer Evy Iacono was named a D3Hoops.com Honorable Mention All-American in addition to being the UAA Most Valuable Player. Iacono led the conference in scoring and had the second highest scoring season in program history with 447 points

Case Western Reserve University senior guard Evy Iacono became just the second player in program history to garner All-America honors this weekend when she was named to the 16th annual D3Hoops.com All-America Team. Iacono was tabbed as an honorable mention selection.

JeNine Nickerson is the only other player in program history to be named an All-American. She earned the honor after the 2001-02 campaign.

Iacono, also just the second CWRU women’s basketball student-athlete to be named University Athletic Association Player of the Year, was selected to the D3Hoops.com All-Great Lakes Region Team early last week.

In 2012-13, Iacono led the UAA in scoring at 17.9 points per game and posted the second-highest single-season scoring total (447 points) in school history. A four-time UAA Player of the Week this winter, Iacono joined the program’s 1000-point club in late November and twice set the school sin-

gle-game scoring record with 37 and 38 points, respectively. Overall, she scored in the double figures in 21-of25 games and averaged 4.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.4 steals.

In 99 games, Iacono finished her decorated career third in school history in points (1352) as well as tied for first in three-pointers (179), fifth in field goals made (463), and sixth in steals (200), free throws made (247), and assists (334).

Earlier this season, Iacono was lauded for her efforts both on the floor and in the classroom with Capital One Academic First Team All-District VII honors.

Iacono and the Spartans ended the season at 16-9 overall, landing them at fourth place in the ultra-competitive UAA (8-6). The 16 victories are the most for the program since the 2001-02 season, when the team was 20-9 overall and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In six years under Head Coach Jennifer Reimer, the Spartans have produced five winning campaigns.

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Sluggers win first ever conference Championship Spartans, Bears finish atop UAA with 5-3 Association records >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<

The Case Western Reserve University baseball team won a share of its first ever University Athletic Association Championship last week, finishing 5-3 in the conference tournament. The Spartans will split the Association title with the Washington University Bears.

The Bears, who also finished 5-3, were unable to pick up a win in the final game of the tournament.

The Spartans defeated the Bears in both of their games last week on their way to the best finish in program history.

The Spartans (7-4, 5-3) and Bears (9-6, 5-3) finished tied atop the conference standings while Emory University (109, 4-4) and the University of Rochester (4-4, 4-4) finished just a game behind the two champions. Brandeis University (4-10, 2-6) rounded out the tournament field in fifth place.

The Spartans opened the tournament on a mission, squeaking out a 7-4 win over Emory, followed by a 12-0 dismantling of the Yellowjackets. Brandeis would halt the Spartans momentum in extra innings with a 10 inning 4-2 victory early on Tuesday. The Spartans bounced back later that day and run-ruled the Bears 13-3 in seven innings. Rochester took one back as the Case bats cooled off in a 4-3 pitch-

er’s duel between Yellowjacket Stephen Cool and Spartan Jamie Hora. Another blowout in an 11-0 win over Brandeis, followed by a 6-2 win over Washington, left the Spartans at 5-2 in the conference, guaranteed at least a share of the conference title with a win over Emory on Saturday. Case was left disappointed after leading 2-1 in the fourth; the Eagles would score three in the fifth and two more insurance runs in the seventh to top the Spartans 6-2.

With their fate out of their own hands, the Spartans could only watch as Washington took on Rochester in the tournament’s final game on Sunday morning. The Yellowjackets came out swinging with the game on the line and were up 4-1 until the Bears tied it with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Rochester would add an insurance run in the seventh and three more for good measure in the ninth and would shutout the Bears down the stretch. The win moved Rochester into a tie with Emory for third place and left Case and Washington tied at 5-3, forced to share the Association title.

The Spartans were led by their pitching staff as the squad combined for a 2.48 ERA during the tournament, the lowest in the conference by .69 runs.

In addition, the Spartans pitching staff allowed just 23 runs for the week, nearly half as much as second place Emory

courtesy case sports information Senior centerfielder Paul Pakan picked up his second straight UAA All-Tournament honors as the Spartans won a share of the conference championship for the first time in program history. and Washington, who each let up 42 runs.

The pitching staff was led by freshman Neal Krentz, who led the conference with two wins and no earned runs allowed in 10.1 innings. Krentz had a pair of unearned runs on his record and recorded four strikeouts to two walks. Senior southpaw Jarrett Gish was fourth in the

UAA in ERA, allowing 1.12 runs per game. Gish went 2-0 on the week and struck out 10 batters in 16 innings of work.

Krentz and Gish were both tapped as members of the UAA All-Tournament Team. They are both first-time honorees.

Sophomore Kevin Johnstone was the other top pitcher for the Spartans, starting two

games with a pair of no decisions. Johnstone finished fifth in the conference with a 1.42 ERA, allowing two earned runs in 12.2 innings on the mound.

The Spartan bats had an exceptional week and finished second in batting percentage, hitting .291 as a team. The

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Softball finish tied for 3rd at UAA Championship Spartans match last year’s win total in competitve conference >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<

austin sting / observer Sophomore Rebecca Taylor led the Spartans on the mound and at the plate. The pitcher went 3-4 on the week with an ERA of 5.78 while leading the team with a .409 batting average and three doubles.

The Case Western Reserve University softball team won three games at the University Athletic Association Championship, tying for third place among the five teams present.

The Spartans matched their 2012 win total and improved a spot in the standings under third-year head coach, Josie Henry. Just two years removed from three straight 0-8 seasons in the UAA, Henry has the Spartans in the thick of it in the highly competitive UAA. The Spartans finished 3-5 in the UAA, bringing their overall record to 7-8 as the first month of the season come to an end. The Spartans picked up a sweep against the University of Rochester (1-11, 1-7) and split against Brandeis University (76, 3-5). Nationally ranked No. 2 Emory University (32-1, 8-0) and No. 24 Washington University (17-5, 5-3) both swept the Spartans.

Emory took home the association championship with its fourth-ever perfect conference record and second in the past three years. The Eagles locked up the association title with a

day to go and improved to 32-1 on the season. No. 24 Washington locked down the runnerup position, going 5-3 in the tournament. The Judges tied with Case for third place, also finishing 3-5. Brandeis swept Rochester as well and split with the Spartans. Rochester finished last in the conference for the second straight year, going 1-7. Rochester picked up its lone win with a surprising upset over the Bears in the tournament’s final match.

The Spartans finished the tournament with the second best batting percentage as a team, hitting .329 for the week.

The Spartans were consistent at the plate, finishing second in hits, third in runs scored and doubles, and fourth in home runs. The weakest spot for the Spartans at the plate was in drawing walks; the team earned just 14 free passes to first base, the least in the UAA. Fortunately, they were efficient in two of the other most important aspects of their offense, striking out the fewest times in the tournament and going 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts.

The Spartans had four players in the top 15 for batting average. Sophomore pitcher

Rebecca Taylor led the Spartans, hitting .409 while sophomore second baseman Molly O’Brien hit .400 and led the team with eight scored runs.

Rebecca Taylor and O’Brien finished ninth and tenth in hitting, respectively.

O’Brien also finished perfect when stealing bases, going 5-for-5 and tying for third in the conference. The sophomore now has 25 career stolen bases and ranks fifth all-time, just 10 away from the program record.

O’Brien was also named to the UAA All-Tournament team for the second year in a row. She was the only Spartan to receive the honor.

Freshman Erin Dreger had an exceptional debut at the UAA championship, finishing 12th in batting. She hit .370 and had six runs and four RBIs on 10 hits. Junior Gena Roberts provided the brunt of the Spartan’s offense, finishing tied for second in RBIs and slugging percentage for the tournament, with 12 and .808, respectively, and was 13th in batting with an average of .346. Roberts also finished tied for second in the UAA with three doubles and

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