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NEWS

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Coffee Break

by Kim Coffey

Com Department takes on ‘Idol’

By Kelly McLendon mclendon.kelly@gmail.com

Is the next Kelly Clarkson or David Cook on campus? “Do you have what it takes to be the next IPFW Idol?” Those are the questions campus group Lambda Pi Eta and the Department of

Communication’s Honor Society asks. Both will host IPFW Idol on Friday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in Neff 101. Come out and watch as 15 of your fellow students will compete to see who has the best voice on campus. A cash prize of $100 will be awarded to the winner, with $50 going to the runner-up. The event is sponsored as part of Com Week.

IPFW Parking: A Shark Hunt OpEd

By Kristan Mensch kristanbreanne@gmail.com

I recently stumbled across a group on Facebook entitled “The amazing moment when you finally find a parking space at IPFW.” Of course, I checked it out, giggled for a bit, and then went on my merry way. Yet, ideas were forming in my head … ideas involving non-IPFW parking spaces.

As I once described, IPFW is a shark hunt when it comes to parking. People go every-whichway in order to snag every last spot - and that is exactly the lesson for today.

Coming home from IPFW the other day, I needed to stop at the gas station. While gas stations aren’t known for their distant parking spots, I was still angry just because I knew I’d have to stop and get out of the car to use my legs even more, after the weight of a backpack had worn them down throughout the morning.

Not to worry, though, I pulled straight up to the first parking spot, took no more than four steps and was in front of the counter.

Success.

Although everyone hates

walking from out in the middle of nowhere to their most boring class to sit and listen to a lecture just to end up walking all the way back, it forces us to appreciate the “little spaces.”

For instance, when we scrounge for a place to stop our cars all day at school, we surely do not want to run errands on the way home. Upon arrival at the bank, grocery, pharmacy or whathave-you, we get exceptionally close parking spots. The glory!

There is no such thing as an experienced IPFW parker who

will not sit and think “wow, front row,” and bask in the excellence before stepping out.

The all too experienced IPFW parker would also probably hang around said bank, grocery, pharmacy or what-have-you to accomplish un-needed tasks just to hold on to that spot for a little while longer, as well.

So get into the game - scrounge for the spots, get angry, get sad just make sure you give yourself a moment to sigh and pat yourself on the back when you really catch a good one.

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One disadvantage to that is IPFW’s campus also being very close in range to nightlife favorites for of-age college students, including Pierre’s, known as the “Midwest’s largest night club,” and Snickerz comedy club.

Because of that, Canterbury is also where a lot of younger people who like to drink and party end up living. While that is not necessarily a bad thing, it turns into one very quickly when crimes are committed - often due to alcohol consumption.

Unfortunately, Canterbury residents are not unfamiliar with those sorts of events.

In September 2009, Amanda McLaughlin, an IPFW student, fell victim to a hit-and-run after stumbling off of a median in Canterbury.

According to a News-Sentinel article on November 18, 2009, “Northgate and Canterbury boulevards, which cut through the sprawling Canterbury Green apartment complex, now boast six new caution signs that warn drivers of curves ahead and urge lower speeds.”

They continued to state that an allegedly drunk driver had ran over a curb and crashed into the Canterbury business office just days before.

McLaughlin’s friends and family have created a Facebook group who’s members are actively protesting the speed limits in Canterbury and asking for speed bumps to be placed along multiple roads.

Sadly, during all of these efforts from area people, Canterbury was the location for yet another death March 11.

Wade A. Reader was shot to death after a fight broke out at a local bar.

According to a News-Sentinel article dated March 11, “It is believed the Pufhal-Reader feud reached a boiling point at a northeast-side bar earlier in the evening, where an altercation resulted in the two being kicked out. Allegedly, the two then agreed to meet at an arranged spot in the apartment complex, where the argument reignited and shots were fired.”

IPFW junior Kalie Amber said “Me and all my friends who live there [Canterbury] are planning on moving out,” adding that it was “not just because of all of that [the shooting], but because of all the things happening there. It’s just really going down hill - it seems it’s not very safe anymore.”

As it seems, many other residents also feel unsafe in their own apartments. According to apartmentratings.com, Canterbury only receives a 2.9 safety rating on a scale to five.

Nevertheless, these tragic events have unfolded close to home for many IPFW students. For many more, they have occurred too close.

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worldandcampus The rundown on what is happening on campus and in the world

Walk to “Take Back the Night” The community will come together again to support an end to violence against women in the “Take Back the Night” event on Thursday, March 25 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The half-mile walk will begin at Cole Commons.

Participants at the event will receive pizza and a free t-shirt once the program closes.

Campus Police are Bicycle Friendly The IPFW Police Department’s bike patrol unit is made up of 10 officers.

“Officers can perform nearly all of their duties on bicycles, with the exception of transporting prisoners,” according to the 2009/2010 Annual Security Report.

The Department also registers bicycles for students in case of theft.

Take your bike to Student Housing, or the Police Station, located behind the Science Building, to be registered.

Scavenger hunt includes a cow, donuts and Facebook IPFW students are encouraged to participate in Citilink’s “The campusLink Experience,” March 29 through April 1. The event is a

scavenger hunt with prizes. “Giveaways include Ivy Tech, IPFW, and Citilink apparel and promotional items, as well as several gift cards to area businesses, bookstores, and restaurants,” according to the news release.

The rules of the game are simple: each day students will have a task to complete, which includes taking video or pictures at specified locations and then posting it to the campusLink Facebook page.

For more details, visit www. fwcitilink.com.

By Avi Goltz

Hearing the word gamer means different things to different people.

To some it is a hobby or a word some people use but doesn’t mean much, while to others it can mean a lifestyle that may or may not require a lot of time and money devoted to it.

In general, to non gamers, there is a slight stigma to the word denoting it as something negative, time-wasting, geeky or not normal. When most people hear the word gamer they usually think of the most popular games of the time such as the massive multi player online role playing game: World of Warcraft or the Call of duty series with its new release, Modern Warfare II. The term conjures up the image of some shut in kid in his mom’s basement yelling at the computer or TV with empty Doritos bags along with half empty mountain dew cans lying all over the floor. While this image may have been popularized by the TV show South Park it doesn’t mean all gamers are like that.

Playing video games is just like reading books or taking up a sport like snowboarding, they are all activities people choose to do in their spare time and choose how involved they want to be with that activity. Take snowboarding for example. Let’s say you get invited to go with some friends.

You go to some local place and try it out, fall a few times, but generally get the hang of it. Now that you find out you like snowboarding you can go in many different directions. You could snowboard for fun every once in awhile with your friends, or you could decide that snowboarding=life and

relieved to know that the fish ban requested by the Conventional on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Qatar failed to go through.

CITES is responsible for restricting such things as the trade of elephant tusks. In an article from The Washington Post, the organization’s spokesman said the ban was not enacted because the tuna is commercially important.

iPad stronger than iPhone In the minds of customers, the iPad carries more weight than the iPhone.

The tablet’s sales are expected to beat the first 3-month sales of the iPhone.

“Apple sold 1.2 million original iPhones back in 2007 when it launched the handset, and the WSJ report says the iPad could outperform this number if demand keeps steady,” PCWorld said.

-Compiled by Kelly McLendon

Google on the screen Google TV is the “next big thing” the company plans to add. Google, Intel and Sony are working on the project, which will be, “a platform and service that will funnel search, video, Twitter and other web applications through set-top boxes and onto televisions,” according to the Ghana Broadcasting Association. A release date has not been set.

Bluefin goes unrestricted Japan, a consumer of 75 percent of the world’s stock of bluefin tuna is

“Gamers” not who you think they are golta01@students.ipfw.edu

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spend gratuitous amounts of money on gear and lessons then head out into the white snowy yonder to find your destiny snowboarding every day for the rest of your life. The same is true for gamers.

No matter what the type of game, gamers fall into one of many unofficially defined categories. Since gaming covers many aspects such as counsel and computer and since there is no official gaming ruling council, most terms are player made and by constant usage come to be more or less accepted.

Here are a few gamer stereotypes.

There is the social gamer who only really games when others game. There is the old school gamer, someone who was into games as a kid and likes to remember the good old days.

The last two categories are casual and then hardcore. You can go from being someone who owns a system and maybe a few games who plays from time to time to pass the time to someone who has a library of games has all the apparel and spends all their free time (and maybe even more outside of free time) gaming. Most of what someone is is self defined.

Hearing the word gamer might conjure up some negative stereotypes but remember being a gamer doesn’t mean only one thing.

Like any other activity gaming is multi faceted with many diverse and unique followers. From playing a game here and there to being a paid professional gamer (yes, they do exist) the term gamer means many things.

So next time you hear someone saying they are a gamer find out what kind and maybe join them for a game or two.

Before you know it you might become a gamer yourself, who knows what kind.

Now you can find out what’s happening at IPFW. All in one place.

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OpEd

By Robin Crowell robinyourgrave@gmail.com

It is fairly remarkable to me the difference that just a few days of nice weather can do for the overall morale on campus.

I see people playing Frisbee in the grass, I see crowds amass at the Smoke Huts instead of bolting for the doors of the buildings, and I see girls that find it necessary to wear short shorts and tube tops in fifty degree weather. Spring is awesome.

It seems as though at the beginning of the semester it was difficult to get people to open up at the Huts, it seemed that the new faces were ‘intruders’ and wanted nothing to do with me, and it seemed that the days were way too long. In the two week since spring break has

been over, there is an entirely different climate (no pun intended) associated with my smoke breaks.

For one, there are a ton more people gathered around in the Huts. Sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes it isn’t.

If anything, it’s more people to try to offend. Secondly everybody just seems far more jovial. There are still those people that still (and probably always will) refuse to crack a smile, and that’s fine. I’ll just smile on the inside while thinking about how miserable they are going to be for the rest of their lives.

The one aspect of positivity that doesn’t come through, though, is the complaining. I am guilty of it, probably more so than others, and here is why.

Not to complain more about the establishment of college in general, but it seems that as

soon as spring break comes to a close that our professors have it ingrained in their brains that “oh, well, they just had a break, let’s make the remainder of their semesters a living Hell.” Since the weeks before break and the one, single week that we’ve been back… my work load has close to doubled. Why is this?

Logically it would seem that it’s the latter half of the semester and to draw it to a close, the pace needs to pick back up. But wouldn’t that lend cause to better distribute the work toward the beginning of the semester?

Maybe I’m wrong in thinking that it’s doubled, simply because the last thing that I want to do is be holed up in classrooms burying my nose into books that I don’t want to read and losing sleep over papers that I don’t want to write. Seven more weeks, friends. Be strong.

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By Kelly McLendon mclendon.kelly@gmail.com

In light of a few events that have happened this week it is clear that Twitter and Facebook may report the news far sooner than other sources. Or at the very least, a jumbled version of it. The two social media sites have also been saving the lives of unhappy people.

This week, it was reported that the life of an 18 year old Florida man who suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder was saved because actresses Nia Vardalos and Demi Moore saw the posting on his Twitter and reported it to authorities. The teenager wrote that he was planning to hang himself. Vardalos called the Sheriff’s Office where the teenager lived in Casselbury, Florida. Deputies then went to the man’s house and took him into protective custody. It could be said that Vardalos’ call may have saved a life.

Other lives have been saved from Twitter postings in nearly identical ways.

Suicide Prevention News lists two examples of people posting how they were going to kill themselves and the people who followed their accounts have called the police. One story details how an Oxford, England, boy told a Maryland girl he was chatting with that he planned to take his life. The girl told her mother, who alerted local authorities, who then contacted Scotland Yard.

If the girl would have found it to be a joke, maybe the plan would have been carried through and the Englishman wouldn’t be alive today. The right channels of law were used and the boy was saved.

In other cases, Facebook seemingly reports the news, or at least part of it, before other media outlets.

Such was the case Saturday March 20, when there was a fire in Fort Wayne. Before it was on the 11 p.m. local news, there was a post on Facebook, with someone asking what happened on the road the fire was on and other people responded with the details they knew. Some media outlets also update current events on their Facebook before the story actually hits their website, letting selected readers know before everybody else.

All in all, while social media sites may take up a great deal of time for people, they are useful for saving people’s lives and for knowing what is going on nationally or locally before it is officially reported.

Since more than 200 million people had Facebook accounts in 2009, it is clear that people are using the site to get informed ahead of everyone else.

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March 24, 2010

For the love of traveling according to them. But honestly, who can really judge something like that… not me, and I do love a good bag of gummi worms.

Looking for something local, we tried dinner at a place called the Purple Steer. It was a lame version of Liberty Diner; I wouldn’t make my dog, if I had one, eat those leftovers. When the waitress asked if my friend needed a box and we refused, she asked “What about the kids in Africa?” When she returned with the box, I asked how I was supposed to get the food to the African kids, she had no answer. I must say, that joke was in poor taste for a restaurant. I definitely

By Hana Al Hawash have a soft spot for suffering children, hanahawash@yahoo.com and now when I think Purple Steer all I picture is a bunch of starving children and a funny looking cow. Sigh.

Some places you could check out With “It’s Times like These” by The Foo Fighters playing in the back- definitely start with a tour of the candy ground, my best friend and I set off for factory, which is located on Lincoln our one day adventure to Hammond, Highway shortly before you reach Hammond. Hammond does contain one of Indiana last Saturday.

Hammond is not really that differ- the biggest inland marinas of its kind, ent from Fort Wayne, but you feel like with a beach called Whihala Beach, which is worth the you are in a different state with “Hammond does contain one trip to spend the day there. Other the one hour time of the biggest inland marinas than that, there redifference and even the climate of its kind, with a beach called ally is not a whole lot you couldn’t changes. While it Whihala Beach, which is find in Fort Wayne, seemed that spring worth the trip...” but we really only had come for good had a few hours on that warm Saturday afternoon, it began to snow and since we got a late start. If you are lookrain freezing rain upon arrival to Ham- ing to chill on the beach this summer without driving too far, definitely check mond just a short three hours later.

The coolest thing we saw was the out Whihala. Other than that, just enjoy Albanese Candy Factory, which resem- the ride with some friends. If you get bled a fairy tale story house with a fac- adventurous, you never know what you tory attached to its behind. This factory might find; just get yourself a GPS to is home to the “World’s Best Gummi,” get you home and go out and explore.

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OPINION

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Horoscopes For the Week

ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Don’t settle for less than the best. Opportunities to expand your circle of friends will result in possible new romantic encounters. You will be prone to carelessness that could result in accidents.

Professionalism will be of utmost importance.

TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Don’t ruffle the feathers of those you care about most. Don’t allow your personal problems to interfere with your professionalism. You will earn recognition for the work you are doing. Don’t be a pest or a troublemaker this week.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You are best to work at home, clearing up overdue projects. Don’t be angry, but be on your guard. You may be up for some changes in your home. Your lack of responsibility and attention has been a key issue in your relationship.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) You will communicate easily and should be able to develop new friendships. Secret affairs will only lead to heartache. Your ideas may be good, but they aren’t necessarily right for everyone. You will have a little more energy than usual.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Someone you care about may not be too well. Mingle with those who can help you get ahead.

Expressing yourself in novel ways should lead you down new avenues. Don’t expect romantic encounters to be lasting.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Don’t confide in anyone for the time being. Anger might lead to carelessness and minor Injuries. You will have to make some changes regarding your direction if you wish to keep on top of your career expectations. You may attract attention if you get out socially.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Don’t let any small misunderstandings get in the way. Focus on forming business partnerships. Keep calm. Someone around you is bouncing off the walls. Get involved in volunteer work that will bring you satisfaction, not an empty wallet.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)

You will have to be sure not to burn the candle at both ends. Go over their important documents and take the time to suggest alternatives. Be prepared to lose friends or alienate other people if you insist on being stub born. Family outings that aren’t expensive will be enjoyable and help strengthen ties.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Acknowledge your lover’s needs. You can enjoy doing things that include children. You may want to talk to your boss about your future goals. Don’t get depressed, get busy. You can accomplish a lot if you’re willing to put in a little extra time.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Try to understand their point of view. Try not to at tempt to do something unless you are fully intent on following through with the plans.

You can make changes to your home that will be pleasing to all concerned. Find out more, if you want to start your own business.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)

This is not the best time to take a risk, to gamble or spend money you really can’t afford to part with. Problems with skin, bones, or teeth may mess up your schedule. You must use discretion when talking to others. Gambling should not be an option.

Attend seminars that will bring you in contact with the right people.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Depression may result if you don’t get to do things your own way. Go out with friends or family. Don’t expect support from your mate. Romantic relationships should stabilize.

Provided by astrology-online.com

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March 24, 2010 . Movies . Music . Theatre .

Alice in Wonderland Review Jillian

Speece

By Holly Gallaway

gallha01@students.ipfw.edu

By the end of her senior year at IPFW, Jillian Speece will have many impressive accomplishments under her belt. Not only will she have two degrees in her hand this May, but her band will likely be steadily growing in popularity. As of now, the Bergamot, the band Speece sings lead for, are an LLC (a legally formed and protected company), have their own record label, and have an album release on March 20. The Bergamot has had a lot of other excitement already this year.

The band has headlined in Chicago twice and did a radio interview with WGN Chicago in the Tribune Tower during which they had a question-and-answer session and were able to play four of their songs.

Speece and boyfriend Nathan Hoff started the band late last year after spending several years playing music together.

They’ve dated for six years and have been writing and playing music together for the seven years they’ve known each other.

Furthermore, they’ve worked together at a musical studio for a number of years.

“We added the drummer and the bassist a few months ago and it has all clicked,” Speece said. Since bringing in Andrew Teeple on bass and Grant Inman on drums, the band has flourished beautifully. Speece settled on describing their music as alternative and explained that their influences range from Motown to Radiohead. Speece also mentioned the Beatles, James Taylor, and Joni Mitchell when discussing

By Holly Gallaway gallha01@students.ipfw.edu

“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogroves and the mome raths outgrabe…”

While it may seem like complete nonsense, Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and “Jabberwocky,” takes the time to explain it (albeit through other characters) in his stories.

When Johnny Depp’s character, the Mad Hatter, spouts it in a Scottish accent to Alice, he only explains it insofar as it relates to Alice defeating the monster Jabberwocky and thereby taking Underland back for the White Queen from the Red Queen. Director Tim Burton once again brings a dark fantastical background to his work, while doing an impressive job of melding not only Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, but also Carroll’s nonsense poem “Jabberwocky.”

Like many movies adapted from books nowadays, the plotline changes somewhat, with the director adding his own interpretation to it. In this case, Burton encouraged Depp to shift through three accents, owing to the fact that the character was the “Mad” Hatter. Also, there is unmistakable chemistry

her personal influences. The band as a whole plays funk, R & B, folk music, and hard rock.

As she’s been writing more and more music, she’s been realizing that she wants her music to mean something. The mark of good music is the impact it has on your life, and Speece wants to make sure her music, if written carefully and purposefully, will “touch lives, connect with people, and make their days change significantly.” Speece loves to connect with people. She’s working on a double major in media and public communications and interpersonal organization, so spending time talking to people is one thing she thoroughly enjoys. (In fact, when we sat down to talk, it turned from an interview to a long, relaxing, interesting conversation.)

Speece’s boyfriend and band mate Hoff is also working on a double major, but his is more finance-oriented. Speece hopes to be able to handle the publicity side of the band, while Hoff handles the finances. Speece, while discussing possible future endeavors, said she was optimistic about how far the band will go.

Despite the diversity of their music, The Bergamot generally plays concerts on Thursday nights. While they are able to play Friday and Saturday shows, they usually don’t, simply because they are not a cover band. Those Thursdays, during which they do perform, they can be seen at Columbia Street West. The most recent weekend show they had was March 6 at the Dash-In, opening for national artist Ellis.

Students will likely be able to see Speece playing more and more shows around town in her remaining amount of time here at IPFW.

between Alice and the Hatter, something that the books never really show in detail. Other subtle differences include Alice calling the magical place “Wonderland,” while the Red Queen claims (in the movie) it is really Underland.

While many movies rip away the rich plotline of a given story, Burton’s interpretation both alters and enhances Lewis Carroll’s popular tale of a girl who fall down a rabbit hole.

Burton brings Carroll’s “nonsense literature” style completely to life. To those who don’t know, nonsense literature is not simply literature that does not make sense. Nonsense literature is literature that is absurd purely for the sake of being absurd. As Carroll (and other nonsense authors still widely read today such as Dr. Seuss) shows, the language controls the users, not the other way around. Think back to a Dr. Seuss book—“I do not want green eggs and ham, I do not want them, Sam I Am.” Are ham and eggs really ever green? Furthermore, do mome raths outgrabe? Who are we to say? Lewis Carroll knew, though, and Tim Burton understood him. Oh, and to learn the explanation of the “Jabber-baby-wocky,” as Helena Bonham Carter’s character, the Red Queen, calls it, you’ll just have to read Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and fall into a world of absurdity.

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Photo Courtesy from Jillian Speece

One-man Indie band inspired by Zelda

By Hana Al Hawash hanahawash@gmail.com

It really is hard to describe some things in one short sentence, and Beacons is no exception.

Beacons, or Mason Hunter, is a one-man-band in the self described genre of Indie/Jungle/Pop. The amazing thing about this description is its’ precision. Upon hearing his song entitled “Cherub Shrines” you will immediately imagine yourself in a jungle in India, sitting around with Bengal tigers (Jungle) while Hindu priests play the Sitar (Indie) with Hunter mixing in his pop beats from the planet of Neptune (Pop).

Hunter, a Homestead high school graduate, is currently working on his first official album called “The Long Stretch Out to See” and is hoping to release it in the next few months. He has been working with his music since he was a kid and has been in a few bands over the years. He started out in a punk band in seventh grade, and then moved on to a hardcore band called Alternate Endings where he was into vocals. After that he played keys for The Ready Set and was also with a band called Saints around the same time. He sings, mixes, plays and produces all of his own music and has since he started.

Hunter gets a lot of influence from a video game he played called Zelda saying that “the music from that game is really different from what people had heard and it is very orchestrated. It seems kind of nerdy, but whatever.

We all kind of emulate somebody to get our sound; I definitely draw from Animal Collective, The Beatles and The Shins. Pretty much anything I listen to, if I hear something cool that will stick in my head.”

This lyric from his personal favorite song, “Withdrawn,” is an excellent example of the theme of his entire album, which Hunter says is all about life experiences and letting go of the negative to pursue the positive aspects in life. He is all about being himself, doing what he loves and relaxing, which is reflected in his life motto of the day: “Just relax, I feel like people wig so much about little things and you just need to chill, just relax and take things at your own pace.”

For now, Hunter plans to play more shows and work on finishing his album to get it distributed to the masses. Someday he hopes to make it big and spread his love for music and maybe eventually even produce.

“I always want to have a musical project; I’m never going to stop,” he

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said.

To learn more about Beacons, check out his blog at Thebeaconsblog. blogspot.com where you can listen to his music and find out about new happenings and developments.

By Robin Crowell robinyourgrave@gmail.com

Photo by Pastepunk.com

Photo by Storenvy.com

Artist: Brendan Kelly/Joe McMahon Album: Wasted Potential Label: Red Scare/Anchorless Release Date: March 16, 2010 Sounds Like: Acoustic renditions of punk songs.

Rating: 4/5

Photo by Lucas Carter / LucasCarterPhotography.com

Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms and Joe McMahon of Smoke or Fire have teamed up to release “Wasted Potential”, a collection of acoustic versions of their bands’ songs along with Jawbreaker and Johnny Cash covers.

The album is raw with every intention of being such. Kelly utilizes his voice in two different styles, one of which being the triumphant sing/scream that he uses in

the majority of Lawrence Arms’ songs and the other being a more toned down, almost melancholy, droning. Surprisingly enough, his voice suits the pairing with an acoustic guitar very well.

McMahon’s songs seem to run a little more smoothly than Kelly’s do, probably partly due to Kelly being a bassist and McMahon being a guitarist, marking the stylistic transition a little bit easier.

The songs flow along the album gracefully, nothing really seeming too out of place or unnecessary. If these songs we not of “sing along” quality before, they most certainly are now. Both musicians do well to take songs from their bands and change the tones entirely, marking this album perfect for summer gatherings around a campfire.

Artist: Streetlight Manifesto Album: 99 Songs of Revolution vol. 1 Label: Victory Release Date: March 16, 2010 Sounds Like: A half-hearted collection of covers by a ska band that is obviously tired.

Rating: 2/5 Victory Records is putting out a collection of nine 11 track albums of covers by genre specific bands on their label.

The first in the series has a fun collection of songs on it, ranging from “Hell” by The Squirrel Nut Zippers to “Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine. Unfortunately, though, either front-man Tomas Kalnoky is tired of the label, tired of making music,

or tired of producing quality.

The concept of the album sounds great and it has potential to be a lot of fun, however early on it’s pretty obvious that they could care less about what they are recording. As a fan of Streetlight Manifesto, it’s difficult to watch them fall victim to this.

A reasonable explanation could be that Streetlight has made it abundantly clear that they hate being a part of Victory records and, as record contracts go, they are bound to releasing a certain amount of material via Victory. It could be too, though, that the band has simply lost touch. This is their second cover album in the last seven years and far more of a disappointment than the first.

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March 24, 2010 . Movies . Music . Theatre .

Alice in Wonderland Review Jillian

Speece

By Holly Gallaway

gallha01@students.ipfw.edu

By the end of her senior year at IPFW, Jillian Speece will have many impressive accomplishments under her belt. Not only will she have two degrees in her hand this May, but her band will likely be steadily growing in popularity. As of now, the Bergamot, the band Speece sings lead for, are an LLC (a legally formed and protected company), have their own record label, and have an album release on March 20. The Bergamot has had a lot of other excitement already this year.

The band has headlined in Chicago twice and did a radio interview with WGN Chicago in the Tribune Tower during which they had a question-and-answer session and were able to play four of their songs.

Speece and boyfriend Nathan Hoff started the band late last year after spending several years playing music together.

They’ve dated for six years and have been writing and playing music together for the seven years they’ve known each other.

Furthermore, they’ve worked together at a musical studio for a number of years.

“We added the drummer and the bassist a few months ago and it has all clicked,” Speece said. Since bringing in Andrew Teeple on bass and Grant Inman on drums, the band has flourished beautifully. Speece settled on describing their music as alternative and explained that their influences range from Motown to Radiohead. Speece also mentioned the Beatles, James Taylor, and Joni Mitchell when discussing

By Holly Gallaway gallha01@students.ipfw.edu

“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogroves and the mome raths outgrabe…”

While it may seem like complete nonsense, Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and “Jabberwocky,” takes the time to explain it (albeit through other characters) in his stories.

When Johnny Depp’s character, the Mad Hatter, spouts it in a Scottish accent to Alice, he only explains it insofar as it relates to Alice defeating the monster Jabberwocky and thereby taking Underland back for the White Queen from the Red Queen. Director Tim Burton once again brings a dark fantastical background to his work, while doing an impressive job of melding not only Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, but also Carroll’s nonsense poem “Jabberwocky.”

Like many movies adapted from books nowadays, the plotline changes somewhat, with the director adding his own interpretation to it. In this case, Burton encouraged Depp to shift through three accents, owing to the fact that the character was the “Mad” Hatter. Also, there is unmistakable chemistry

her personal influences. The band as a whole plays funk, R & B, folk music, and hard rock.

As she’s been writing more and more music, she’s been realizing that she wants her music to mean something. The mark of good music is the impact it has on your life, and Speece wants to make sure her music, if written carefully and purposefully, will “touch lives, connect with people, and make their days change significantly.” Speece loves to connect with people. She’s working on a double major in media and public communications and interpersonal organization, so spending time talking to people is one thing she thoroughly enjoys. (In fact, when we sat down to talk, it turned from an interview to a long, relaxing, interesting conversation.)

Speece’s boyfriend and band mate Hoff is also working on a double major, but his is more finance-oriented. Speece hopes to be able to handle the publicity side of the band, while Hoff handles the finances. Speece, while discussing possible future endeavors, said she was optimistic about how far the band will go.

Despite the diversity of their music, The Bergamot generally plays concerts on Thursday nights. While they are able to play Friday and Saturday shows, they usually don’t, simply because they are not a cover band. Those Thursdays, during which they do perform, they can be seen at Columbia Street West. The most recent weekend show they had was March 6 at the Dash-In, opening for national artist Ellis.

Students will likely be able to see Speece playing more and more shows around town in her remaining amount of time here at IPFW.

between Alice and the Hatter, something that the books never really show in detail. Other subtle differences include Alice calling the magical place “Wonderland,” while the Red Queen claims (in the movie) it is really Underland.

While many movies rip away the rich plotline of a given story, Burton’s interpretation both alters and enhances Lewis Carroll’s popular tale of a girl who fall down a rabbit hole.

Burton brings Carroll’s “nonsense literature” style completely to life. To those who don’t know, nonsense literature is not simply literature that does not make sense. Nonsense literature is literature that is absurd purely for the sake of being absurd. As Carroll (and other nonsense authors still widely read today such as Dr. Seuss) shows, the language controls the users, not the other way around. Think back to a Dr. Seuss book—“I do not want green eggs and ham, I do not want them, Sam I Am.” Are ham and eggs really ever green? Furthermore, do mome raths outgrabe? Who are we to say? Lewis Carroll knew, though, and Tim Burton understood him. Oh, and to learn the explanation of the “Jabber-baby-wocky,” as Helena Bonham Carter’s character, the Red Queen, calls it, you’ll just have to read Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and fall into a world of absurdity.

Photo by Darkinthedark.com

Photo Courtesy from Jillian Speece

One-man Indie band inspired by Zelda

By Hana Al Hawash hanahawash@gmail.com

It really is hard to describe some things in one short sentence, and Beacons is no exception.

Beacons, or Mason Hunter, is a one-man-band in the self described genre of Indie/Jungle/Pop. The amazing thing about this description is its’ precision. Upon hearing his song entitled “Cherub Shrines” you will immediately imagine yourself in a jungle in India, sitting around with Bengal tigers (Jungle) while Hindu priests play the Sitar (Indie) with Hunter mixing in his pop beats from the planet of Neptune (Pop).

Hunter, a Homestead high school graduate, is currently working on his first official album called “The Long Stretch Out to See” and is hoping to release it in the next few months. He has been working with his music since he was a kid and has been in a few bands over the years. He started out in a punk band in seventh grade, and then moved on to a hardcore band called Alternate Endings where he was into vocals. After that he played keys for The Ready Set and was also with a band called Saints around the same time. He sings, mixes, plays and produces all of his own music and has since he started.

Hunter gets a lot of influence from a video game he played called Zelda saying that “the music from that game is really different from what people had heard and it is very orchestrated. It seems kind of nerdy, but whatever.

We all kind of emulate somebody to get our sound; I definitely draw from Animal Collective, The Beatles and The Shins. Pretty much anything I listen to, if I hear something cool that will stick in my head.”

This lyric from his personal favorite song, “Withdrawn,” is an excellent example of the theme of his entire album, which Hunter says is all about life experiences and letting go of the negative to pursue the positive aspects in life. He is all about being himself, doing what he loves and relaxing, which is reflected in his life motto of the day: “Just relax, I feel like people wig so much about little things and you just need to chill, just relax and take things at your own pace.”

For now, Hunter plans to play more shows and work on finishing his album to get it distributed to the masses. Someday he hopes to make it big and spread his love for music and maybe eventually even produce.

“I always want to have a musical project; I’m never going to stop,” he

S’NIBORROBIN’S SWEIVERREVIEWS

said.

To learn more about Beacons, check out his blog at Thebeaconsblog. blogspot.com where you can listen to his music and find out about new happenings and developments.

By Robin Crowell robinyourgrave@gmail.com

Photo by Pastepunk.com

Photo by Storenvy.com

Artist: Brendan Kelly/Joe McMahon Album: Wasted Potential Label: Red Scare/Anchorless Release Date: March 16, 2010 Sounds Like: Acoustic renditions of punk songs.

Rating: 4/5

Photo by Lucas Carter / LucasCarterPhotography.com

Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms and Joe McMahon of Smoke or Fire have teamed up to release “Wasted Potential”, a collection of acoustic versions of their bands’ songs along with Jawbreaker and Johnny Cash covers.

The album is raw with every intention of being such. Kelly utilizes his voice in two different styles, one of which being the triumphant sing/scream that he uses in

the majority of Lawrence Arms’ songs and the other being a more toned down, almost melancholy, droning. Surprisingly enough, his voice suits the pairing with an acoustic guitar very well.

McMahon’s songs seem to run a little more smoothly than Kelly’s do, probably partly due to Kelly being a bassist and McMahon being a guitarist, marking the stylistic transition a little bit easier.

The songs flow along the album gracefully, nothing really seeming too out of place or unnecessary. If these songs we not of “sing along” quality before, they most certainly are now. Both musicians do well to take songs from their bands and change the tones entirely, marking this album perfect for summer gatherings around a campfire.

Artist: Streetlight Manifesto Album: 99 Songs of Revolution vol. 1 Label: Victory Release Date: March 16, 2010 Sounds Like: A half-hearted collection of covers by a ska band that is obviously tired.

Rating: 2/5 Victory Records is putting out a collection of nine 11 track albums of covers by genre specific bands on their label.

The first in the series has a fun collection of songs on it, ranging from “Hell” by The Squirrel Nut Zippers to “Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine. Unfortunately, though, either front-man Tomas Kalnoky is tired of the label, tired of making music,

or tired of producing quality.

The concept of the album sounds great and it has potential to be a lot of fun, however early on it’s pretty obvious that they could care less about what they are recording. As a fan of Streetlight Manifesto, it’s difficult to watch them fall victim to this.

A reasonable explanation could be that Streetlight has made it abundantly clear that they hate being a part of Victory records and, as record contracts go, they are bound to releasing a certain amount of material via Victory. It could be too, though, that the band has simply lost touch. This is their second cover album in the last seven years and far more of a disappointment than the first.

March 24, 2010

STUDENT ISSUES

P. 8

2010 Student Senate Candidates

Ryan Houck

Matthew Lash

Terel Lynn

Arthur Mann

Running for: President

Running for: President

Running for: President

Running for: President

Ryan Houck is a Mechanical Engineering Technology major. He hopes to get IPSGA more involved with student life. Houck wants to benefit the majority of the IPFW students.

Matthew Lash is a Chemistry major. He is part of the Chem Club as well as Students for Life. Lash wants to focus on what the students want out of Student Senate.

Terel Lynn is an Interpersonal Communication major.

He is running on the same ticket as Anthony Decker, Nikita Mathews and Eric Smith. He wants everyone to know what a “cool guy” he is.

Arthur Mann is a major in the math department. He has almost six years of experience as a tutor for math and two years as a Writing Center consultant.

One of his objectives is to maintain a open door policy.

Kyle Miller

Thomas Motter

Anthony Decker

Jonathan Humberson

Running for: President

Running for: President

Running for: Vice President of Legislation

Running for: Vice President of Legislation

Kyle Miller is a Political Science major. He wants to accomplish three main objectives if elected: to be the most giving, transparent and interactive Student Body President that IPFW has ever seen.

Thomas Motter is a Economics Major. He founded the Economics Club, is an economics tutor at CASA and a member of the National Guard. Motter hopes to expand and strengthen relations between IPFW students and faculty and the greater Fort Wayne area.

Anthony Decker is a General Education major and is pursuing 4 minors. He served as the Student Senate Pro Tempe for the 2009/2010 school year. Decker is running on the same ticket as Eric Smith, Terel Lynn and Nikita Mathews.

Jonathan Humberson is a Chemistry major. He enjoys tutoring students in math and is a member of the Honors Center. Humberson wants to make sure that everything that Students Senate does serves the student body.

DeAngelo LaVette

Shante’ Smith

Andrew Stackhouse

Nikita Mathews

Running for: Vice President of Legislation

Running for: Vice President of Legislation

Running for: Vice President of Legislation

Running for: Vice President of Programming

DeAngelo LaVette is a Psychology major. He is involved with numerous student organizations, and devotes much of his time to service projects.

DeAngelo served as the chair of the Student Senate Legislative Committee.

Shante Smith is a Marketing major. She has served as the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee of Student Senate for one year and would like to be “a bridge for other students.”

Andrew Stackhouse is an English major with a concentration in writing. He is the president of United Sexualities and wants to help develop diversity in Student Senate.

Nikita Mathews is a Sociology major. She has been a part of SAB for the four few years. Mathews is a student athlete, has been part of STARS and other service organizations.

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P. 9

Patrick Deady

Amanda McCann

Aimee Springer

Eric Smith

Running for: Vice President of Finance

Running for: Vice President of Finance

Running for: Vice President of Finance

Running for: Vice President of Finance

is an Anthropology major. He has worked with the Student Activities Board (SAB) for three years. He actively supports the mens and women’s athletic teams on campus.

is a Political Science major with a minor in Economics. She served as Student Body President for 20092010.

is finance major. She works at Junior Achievement as a program coordinator and is the Vice President of the IPFW of Delta Sigma Pi.

is an Electrical Engineering and Technology major. He wants to make the website more user friendly and add special feature letting students know where there money is going.

Student Senate funding continues to fall

By Luke Henkenius henklt01@stuedents.ipfw.edu

It seems that the Student Senate has run out of money. Over the past 8 months of the fall semester and the beginning of the spring semester, the amount of funding available to student orginizations has steadily gone down. This includes funding for both campus activities and for travel.

The availability of funds going down has been attributed to the increase in business that the Senate has received over the past couple of years. While the total number of funding requests made by student

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organizations was only 115 in the 2007-2008 year, it went up to 139 in the 2008-2009 year, and this year, it has gone up to a total of 204. One fact that points to this increase in business is that, in prior years, the Senate membership has had more numbers at the start of the academic year, in the 2009-2010 season membership at the end of February has increased from between 15 and 20 to more than 25. Furthermore, it seems that the Senate has recently had to begin turning down requests for funding, as the amount available decreases.

Kody Tinnel, Vice President of Legislation, states that “Generally, we don’t run out of funding until

April.” There seems to be a steady trend, the amount of available funds is being streched out thinner. Tinnel guesses that the reason is because students are becoming more aware of the availability of funding for student run organizations, and are beginning to take adavantage. The organizations that have requested money in years prior continue to do so, and new requests are coming in all the time. Although the lack of funding may be seen as a bad thing, Tinnel thinks it is good that the students are becoming more aware of their opportunities. However, it seems that with the current lack of funding it might now be up to the student organizations to raise funds of their own.

March 24, 2010

STUDENT ISSUES

P. 10

Spring 2010 Fashion Tips well with pirate pants, which is sort of a mix between leggings and slouchy skinny jeans; these are comfortable and easy to pull off.

Clunky jewelry or simple jewelry, it Spring 2010 is pretty much a free for all when it comes to fashion. Every- is such a difficult decision. Fortunately where you go this season, you will see they can both work; it is completely up a mix of styles and colors that might be to you. If you choose the heavier route, surprising. Spring usually brings about keep it simple and don’t try to layer too pastels and floral prints, but most fash- much. Large, dangling earrings are in ionistas will be stepping into the sun- style and can be worn anytime, except with your sweats, shine in leather, bold animal print “This season is a great time to of course. Try giving your hair a and even natural, give your face a break; break by throwearthy tones.

This season’s spring is all about being fresh ing it up in a loose bun or a braid and and new.” best trend, as usugive your earrings al, is bright colors, pastels and vibrant floral prints. Old center stage. Remember, if you choose Navy is currently featuring an array of larger than normal earrings, go for a tiered skirts in all lengths, prints and simple or even no necklace and do a colors. The best part about Old Navy bracelet or a ring instead.

This season is a great time to give is that they have simple pieces that go with just about anything and are ap- your face a break -- spring is all about propriate for school and even the less being fresh and new. Instead of loading up on foundation, powder and heavy professional work place.

Next come tan leather accessories eye makeup, try getting a new facial of all shapes and sizes; messenger bags cleanser to suit your skins needs. Most and gladiator style sandals match just people think that the expensive stuff about anything in your wardrobe for is what works, but try something from spring and summer. Add some fringe the Clean & Clear line like the grapeand turquoise beads and you have got fruit scented facial scrub which is great yourself a pow-wow. This trend mixes for waking your senses up in the morn-

By Hana Al Hawash hanahawash@yahoo.com

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ing. Get a tinted moisturizer with SPF for your face and try a light, shimmery eye shadow swept over your eyelids and your waterline.

Use a blow dryer to heat up your eyelash curler a little and curl your lashes before brushing on a light layer

The

Main idea for this spring: keep it simple. Stick to light makeup, bright colors, floral prints, and appropriate accessories. of mascara and you will look perfectly fresh and bright. If you are digging the cat-liner look, you will definitely need to grab a pot of gel eyeliner, which goes on smoother. For instructions on how to perfect that look, check out some tutorials on Youtube.

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March 24, 2010

60 Second Sports Report

March Madness 2010, Part 1 er beater winning 66-65. Xavier won over Minnesota 65-54 behind a big game by their star Jordan Crawford. Pittsburgh man handled Oakland 89-66. BYU survived against Florida winning 99-92 in two overIt is that time of the year again. It is March Mad- times. Kansas State easily beat North Texas 82-62. In ness! That means only one thing, three great week- round two Syracuse took over against Gonzaga winends of college basketball. In the first weekend of the ning 87-65. Butler held off Murray State to win 54-52. tournament we went from 64 teams all the way down Xavier won late to beat Pittsburgh 71-68. Kansas State was too much for BYU winning 84-72. to 16 teams.

In the first round of the Midwest Region Kansas In the first round of the South Region Duke handled the play in winner Arkansas Pine Bluff 73- easily beat Lehigh 90-74. Northern Iowa beat UNLV 44. California took advantage of Louisville winning 69-66. Michigan State held on to win over New Mexico State 70-67.

77-62. Texas A&M Maryland handled avoided the dreadHouston to win ed five-twelve up89-77. Tennessee set winning 69-53. survived against Purdue surprised San Diego State to many by beating win 62-59. Ohio underdog Siena 72beat Georgetown 64. In the first game in the first rounds of the tournament biggest upset winOld Dominion upning 97-83. Georset Notre Dame gia Tech held on 51-50. Baylor surto beat Oklahoma vived against Sam State 64-59. Ohio Houston State 68State easily beat 59. St. Mary’s upset UC Santa Barbara Richmond 80-71.

68-51. In round Villanova survived two Northern Iowa a huge upset beatshocked the world ing Robert Morris upsetting Kansas in overtime 73-70.

69-67. This upset In round two Duke messed up brackfinished off Califorets all across the nia winning 68-53.

Photo by Breuters/Bill Waugh country because Purdue beat Texas A&M late in overtime 63-61. Baylor ended Old Do- most people had Kansas in the Final Four and winminion’s Cinderella story winning 76-68. St. Mary’s ning the whole thing. Michigan State scored a three at the buzzer to beat Maryland 85-83. But in the game stunned Villanova winning 75-68.

In the first round of the East Region Kentucky they may have lost their star Kalin Lucas to a knee inbeat down East Tennessee State 100-71. Wake Forest jury. His replacement Korie Lucious hit the game winpulled one out against Texas winning 81-80. Cornell ning shot. Tennessee dominated Ohio winning 83-68. upset Temple 78-65 with hot shooting. Wisconsin held Finally, Ohio State held on to beat Georgia Tech 75-66 off Wofford 53-49. Washington upset Marquette 80-78 behind the nation’s top player Evan Turner.

This sets up what we call the with a last second shot. New Mexico “In round two, Northern sweet sixteen: In the Midwest Resurvived against Montana winning 62-57. Missouri won against Clem- Iowa shocked the world, gion, No.9 Northern Iowa vs. No.5 son 86-78. West Virginia won easily upsetting Kansas 69-67.” Michigan State and No.6 Tennessee vs. No.2 Ohio State. In the West Reover Morgan State 77-50. In round two Kentucky dominated Wake Forest 90-60. Cornell gion, No.1 Syracuse vs. No.5 Butler and No.6 Xavier vs. continued their Cinderella story beating Wisconsin No.2 Kansas State. In the East Region, No.1 Kentucky 87-69. Washington continued to roll as they upset vs. No.12 Cornell and No.11 Washington vs. No.2 West New Mexico 82-64. West Virginia survived against Virginia. In the South Region, No.1 Duke vs. No.4 Purdue and No.3 Baylor vs. No.10 St. Mary’s.

Missouri winning 68-59.

In next week’s issue watch for March Madness Part In the first round of the West Region Syracuse won easily over Vermont 79-56. Gonzaga beat Florida II for a recap of the sweet sixteen and the elite eight.

For more sporting news from across the country, State 67-60. Butler won over UTEP 77-59 with great shooting. Murray State upset Vanderbilt with a buzz- go to ipfwcommunicator.org

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Volleydons struggle for wins

By Monica Gerdeman m_gerdeman2007@hotmail.com

With a strong start against George Mason this past weekend, the Volleydons were able to jump ahead right away 13-8. and were able to pull a win out of the first two games of the match. (30-25, 30-28) In the third set, the Mastodons thought nothing of it when they took the early lead 13-9. The lead later expanded to 24-19 before the Patriots began come back to send IPFW on a run for their money. Mason’s rally continued for eight straight points totaling their total at 27, and leaving the final set score at 30-28.

The fourth set was won by the Patriots as well, but this time, IPFW couldn't get their wheels moving from

the start. IPFW drug their feet for 9 straight points as the home team lead 9-3 and later 19-9. The forth set went to Mason hands down with a 30-18 finish.

With the momentum swinging against the 'Dons, the fifth set also went to the Patriots. The score board read 15-12 as the teams deserted the floor.

Freshman Elon Fyfield finished the night with a career-high 28 kills in a single match. Sophomore Dan Mader created 52 assists and libero Shaun Dryden led the team’s defense with 15 digs. Rob Samp totaled six blogs for the team.

The Volleydons fall to 8-11 for the season and prepare for their next match next Friday March 26 as they travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Starting time for the match will be 7 p.m.

SPORTS

P. 11

Fish Picks vs.

Pea Predictions

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Blazers at Thunder Fish: Thunder- More weapons Pea: Thunder- Blazers drop another

Canucks at Sharks Fish: Sharks- Turn away Canucks Pea: Sharks- Canucks struggling

Glames at Capitals Fish-Capitals- Best team Pea-Capitals- Ovechkin rolling

Lakers at Spurs Fish: Spurs- Duncan takes over Pea: Lakers- MVP

Magic at Hawks Fish: Magic- Superman inside Pea: Magic- They are hot

Nuggets at Celtics Fish: Celtics- Nuggets struggle Pea: Nuggets- Take advantage of Celts

Lakers at Thunder Fish: Lakers- Kobe with ball late Pea: Thunder- Durrant wins

Nuggets at Magic Fish: Magic- Last team with ball wins Pea: Magic- They roll

Nuggets at Mavericks Fish: Mavs- Win close take 2nd place Pea: Mavs- Nuggets struggle

Penguins at Capitals Fish- Capitals- Ovechkin back Pea: Penguins- Ovechkin vs. Crosby

Fish: (49-47) Pea: (57-39)

By Lucas Fisher / lucoruco8@comcast.net

By Logan Pea / pealt01@students.ipfw.edu

March 24, 2010

SPORTS

P. 12

Spring brings big expectations Courtney Cronin

By Logan Pea pealt01@ipfw.edu

There’s a new coach in town, and she knows what she wants. New head softball skipper Coach Amy Tudor is leading the 2010 Mastodon Softball club through a new season with high, yet reasonable expectations.

So far this season, the softballers have been impressive on the road. They have explored the states and handled the travel well, spending time in Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio, picking up wins in each state. IPFW started the season off right with a 1-0 shutout victory on the road against national powerhouse University of Memphis. The Dons’ most recent victims were taking down handily in Ft. Wayne on Mastodon turf.

IPFW swept conference foe Southern Utah in a threegame set, outscoring SU 15-7 over the three days.

The high point thus far for the Dons came in the Winthrop Early Bird Tournament in Rock Hill, South Carolina. IPFW won the tournament with ease, defeating Winthrop University, Siena University, Winthrop again, then clinched the championship in stunning fashion by shutting out Morgan State University in just five innings 9-0.

From February 19 up until March 16, IPFW played every single game out of the state of Indiana. On the road trip, the Dons’ went an even 9-9, defeating two key conference opponents. The Dons’ are happy to be home and look to take advantage of playing on familiar territory. From now, up until March 27, All of IPFW’s games will be played in Ft. Wayne.. Throughout the homestand, teams such as Western Michigan, Detroit University, and Oakland will visit the Fort. It’s almost as if the state of Michigan is taking on a seven game battle against Don Nation.

In order for not only the homestand, but for the remainder of the season to be a success, IPFW will be looking for big numbers from sophomore pitcher/ infielder Courtney Cronin.

“Cronin has a good combination of pitching and hitting” says Coach Tudor.

Tudor says she is also looking forward to seeing the statistics of pitcher/infielder Rachael Staschuk who carries similar ability to Cronin. Staschuk currently sits in sixth place all-time on IPFW’s list of career ERA’s (earned run average) with a stellar earned run average of 2.81. Staschuk also sits tenth all time on IPFW’s career complete games with 14 and has a slugging percentage of .456.

On the other hand, Cronin has similar statistics that spell victory of the Dons’. She finished last season with a 1.85 ERA and was named to the Summit-League Academic All-Team, a big accomplishment for any studentathlete.

In order for this season to be considered a success, Coach Tudor says, “We want to go out and be competitive day in and day out. We want to make an appearance in the Summit League Tournanment, and we just want to get better every weekend.”

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The long road ahead for IPFW baseball

By Joseph Robinson robinsonjoseph20@gmail.com

As the IPFW baseball team looks ahead to their first home game of the year on April 6th, they faced tough competition this last week on the road.

The Mastodons(2-16) started the week out travelling to Scott Park to face the Toledo Rockets(7-6) on March 17th.

Pitching was on show during the first six innings of Wednesday’s game.

Toledo’s Kyle Shaw(2-1) pitched a scoreless game in nine innings of work allowing three hits while earning four strikeouts. the ‘Dons kept the game within striking distance with the help of pitcher Matt Antos(0-2) who pitched six innings allowing one hit no runs six

strikeouts and just one walk . Antos was stand. The first game of the series the relieved by pitcher Ryan Jensen in the Don took a beating losing 21-6. Pitcher seventh, whose pitching allowed the Brandon Knowling(0-1)-who made his Rockets bats to take flight. In Jensen’s first start in nearly two years due to arm third of an inning he allowed three runs problems-was given a rude welcome on four hits while recording just one back to collegiate baseball. out. The offense struggled throughout The Morehead State Eagles hit the game with on three hits.

Knowling for seven runs on six hits in Two of the hits came back to back just the first inning. Despite pitching in the fifth inning by second baseman woes throughout the game the Dons Jason Doerffler and manage to score “In the second game, the did left fielder Ryan Beer runs. proving to be the Dons used their offense to The ‘Dons only offensive push offensive strikes were take an early lead.” the ‘Dons had all lead by homeruns game. The Rockets added one run to from A.J. Christensen(3), Brett Clark(2) their lead in the bottom of the eighth and Cody Galbraith’s(1) three run shot to secure a 4-0 win. Just two days after in the eighth frame. In the first game a tough loss, the Dons travelled to of Saturday’s doubleheader the Dons Morehead State(11-12) for a four game luck wasn’t much changed losing 15-6.

Despite another big loss the Dons bats awoke for the second day. This time it was Kurt Dudley(1,2) hitting two big homeruns to give the Mastodons a chance.

The opposition bats and pitching proved to be just too much for the second day in a row. In the second game the Dons used their offense to take an early lead. On the bat of Shaun VanDriessche’s(1) second inning blast the Dons jumped out to a 2-0 lead.

IPFW jumped out to a 5-2 lead but inevitably the Eagles mounted a comeback and taking the game into extra innings. It was on the bats of Cody Galbraith and Brett Clark that the Dons took a 9-7 lead in the top of the ninth, inevitably winning 9-8 for their second win of the season.