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SPECTATOR SPORT Injured Megan Rogowski sits out on senior day By Savannah Fish Contributing Writer
“I really thought that I made it to the end of my career. I really thought I was going to get away with it, but it caught me,” women’s basketball guard and DePaul senior Megan Rogowski said. Rogowski was just about to finish her successful college basketball career as one of the best three-point shooters in the country, until she heard the dreaded “pop.” On Jan. 2, 2015, halfway through her senior year, Rogowski was playing in an away game against Villanova and tore her anterior cruciate ligament, commonly known as the ACL. DePaul women’s basketball coach, Doug Bruno said he remembers the moment “vividly.” “There was a steal and Brittany Hrynko stole the ball,” Bruno said. “Megan broke for the basket and Brittany threw the ball over the top for Megan to run under, something we
I do feel a little bit more distant knowing that I’m not able to be next to (my teammates) playing, but I try to be there for them as much as possible. Megan Rogowski practiced in our running game. Megan ran under it and a Villanova player was chasing her down. It was right in front of our bench, she planted and went up and the next thing you know she was down. “It looked like she got hit, but when you watch it on tape she didn’t get hit. It just gave in and gave way and that was the end,” he said. Rogowski had to face the worst news the next day. Rogowski and the team were at Georgetown for another game when the team trainer was able to get in contact with the Washington Wizards doctor to get an MRI, which confirmed the tear. Since then, Rogowski has been sidelined, unable to play in games or practice with her teammates. The injury took being able to play in her senior day game away from her, a day she had been looking forward to her entire college career. “I do feel a little bit more distant knowing that I’m not able to be next to (my teammates) playing, but I try to be there for them as much as possible,”
See ROGOWSKI, page 27
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For the Neighborhood Housing Services’ 40th anniversary, students wrote what they want to see change in their communities in the next 40 years. The event was organized by students competing in the naional Bateman Case Study Competition.
Competing for the community
Students partner with local nonprofit for national competition By Megan Deppen News Editor
Graduating seniors are handed not only a diploma, but also the responsibility of finding employment, paying off student loans and building credit. It’s an overwhelming feeling and tends to contribute to the bitter half of the bittersweet relief of graduation. With this in mind, several DePaul students decided to target Millennials in partnership with the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (NHS) for a national public relations competition. NHS focuses on building strong communities through education and resources for homeowners living in the
city. Senior Chris Devadatta lead one of two teams of students that will represent DePaul University for the first time next month at the national Bateman Case Study Competition. The Bateman Competition challenged students to design a campaign that raised awareness, increased media coverage, introduced potential fundraising and broadened the reach of the teams’ chosen non-profit housing organization. DePaul’s teams chose NHS which, since its founding in 1975, has provided foreclosure counseling and education to more than 27,000 homeowners and given out $577,000 in loans. “Their niche is housing, but (NHS) specializes in a lot of things like savings, credit and managing student loans as well,” Devadatta said. “The end-all goal (for NHS clients) is to get housing, but we kind of want to focus on other aspects, like branching out to Millennials and
things they find relevant.” Associate professor Maria De Moya leads the class that participates in the competition. At the end of March the two teams will submit their results in the hopes of winning the $2,500 firstplace prize and an all expenses paid trip to the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. “This is the first time DePaul is doing (the competition) because it requires resources,” De Moya said. It costs $50 per team to enter the competition, which DePaul paid for, and each team member must pay the $50 PRSSA membership fee to participate. Students also paid about $30 each to fund half of each team’s $300 budget, the other half of which was also paid for by DePaul. Students had to apply to take De Moya’s class and needed experience in
See COMMUNITY, page 6
What do you want for the community in 40 years?
Photos courtesy of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
More accepting.”
Less black violence.”
Cancer free.”
More opportunities for less fortunate.”