MONDAY, OCT. 27, 2014
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Basketball has returned. Hoosier Hysteria, page 7 MEN’S SOCCER
No. 8 IU rallies for 3-1 victory By Andrew Vailliencourt availlie@indiana.edu | @AndrewVcourt
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IU’s ROTC cadets are briefed about the safety precautions to observe while flying in the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Friday’s field exercises.
An uphill battle For ROTC members, field training experiences build camaraderie By Amanda Marino anmarino@indiana.edu | @amandanmarino
Cadets in Platoon Bravo One lined the road, their eyes darting in all directions. They looked first behind their formation at where they had come from and then ahead to the hill they had to scale to drop off supplies. Jakota Davidson, senior and public affairs officer for the IU ROTC program, said the ROTC is in the middle of a curriculum change to move the focus from assessments to teaching. For him, it’s the difference between teaching a class to prepare for a standardized test versus lessons students can apply to their own lives. “We kind of were given leeway to do whatever we want,” he said. Davidson said the change in philosophy is what led to the new set up of Field Training Exercises. * * * They knew there was an improvised explosive device, or IED, hidden somewhere on the road, and they had to find it before there were causalities. Among Platoon B1 were people acting as foreign citizens, warning them of danger ahead. But they couldn’t stop. The platoon had a mission. Even though they knew it was training, there was obvious tension in the group. Adrenaline flowed through cadets as though it were all real.
A cadet hides behind his bag to keep watch for threats during training exercises Friday. Cadets must be able to conceal themselves well to prevent the enemy from spotting them.
The entire exercise lasted from about 7 a.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday, Davidson said. He said cadets started training by boarding helicopters near Memorial Stadium and flying to the cross country course. There are six different scenarios, which are called lanes, that the cadets have to prepare for, Davidson said. The first lane consisted of using Zodiac riverboats to complete a mission. Following that, cadets had to make a rope bridge and then use it to transfer supplies.
Cadets then had to interact with a village leader on peaceful terms in the third lane. At the fourth lane, cadets would simulate being on a mission and finding an IED either through its detonation or containing it. In the fifth lane, cadets had to locate an enemy camp and share observations with superior officers to form a plan of action. The sixth lane was a mission SEE ROTC, PAGE 6
Senior midfielder Jamie Vollmer is known as a throw-in specialist. His throws Sunday led to two Hoosier goals as No. 8 IU beat Michigan 3-1 in Ann Arbor, Mich. It was a first half that didn’t go as planned for IU Coach Todd Yeagley, but his team turned it around with three second-half goals. “I thought today after a slow first start in a lot of areas, our second-half performance was excellent,” Yeagley said. “We haven’t been behind in many games this year. It was a real gutsy, tough performance.” Michigan (4-7-3, 2-2-2) got out to an early 1-0 lead in the sixth minute after forward Selemani Ahinga scored. That score would remain until just 30 seconds into the second half. Vollmer delivered a throw-in inside the box where freshman defender Grant Lillard headed it home for his third goal of the season. “It was huge for us,” Vollmer said. “We knew we didn’t play a very good first half or at least up to our standards, so to come out and score like that in the first minute was just huge for all of us.” Yeagley said you could see the goal had an effect right away on the whole team. “It immediately set the tone,” Yeagley said. “We just played some really good soccer in the second half.” Lillard came out of the game in the first half after colliding with another player on a ball in the air. He went to the locker room where he got three stitches near his right eye. Lillard said he was excited to get back on the field and that he likes Vollmer’s ability to throw the ball into the box. “It’s fantastic,” he said. “We are getting better with (the throw-in) and starting to utilize it more. We’re more dangerous definitely, and I feel like we’re going to keep getting more dangerous as we keep practicing it and keep getting goals from it.” IU’s second goal was also a by-product of a Vollmer throw in. After the initial shot was blocked, the rebound came right to junior forward Andrew Oliver, who then netted his second goal SEE MEN’S SOCCER, PAGE 6
Mathers Museum hosts monster-themed family event By Sanya Ali siali@indiana.edu | @siali13
The Mathers Museum of World Cultures hosted its annual Family Fun Fest on Sunday afternoon. The event’s theme was “Monsters,” and the museum invited children to explore their creative sides with a plethora of spooky crafts. The event attracted young children, families and some students as well. Meagan Allen, a graduate student, said she heard about the event through the college calendar and was intrigued by the idea. “I’m a medievalist, so I do a lot with religion, so that’s kind of my interest,” Allen said. Allen joked that the event gave her “an excuse to avoid doing work,” though she enjoyed her time working on crafts. Attendees enjoyed crafting their monsters of choice from toilet paper rolls or paper plates and munching on Halloween treats as they worked. Maggie Sher brought her son and
daughter to the museum for some family fun, though her son, just three years old, was focused on the crafting only for a little while. “He made a toilet paper roll monster and a treat bag, but he’s not so into the crafts,” Sher said. Her son proudly showed off his treat bag, covered in stamps of Tigger, his favorite character. Sher said her family has been coming to Mathers since the children were small, and she loves the enriching experience of attending museum events. “I just like that the kids get exposed to a bunch of different cultures,” Sher said. Nikki Albright, who brought along son Allen and daughter Alexis, said she heard about the event through a friend. “They’ve been doing a lot of crafts at home, and we like coming here,” Albright said. “I’m glad they had things for them to do.” Albright’s daughter Alexis said ANNA POLOVICK | IDS
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Yoyo Xu picks out candy with his mother Luming after making a monster bookmark at the Mathers Museum’s Halloween Family Fun Fest.