WEDNESDAY | 1.25.12 MACEANDCROWN.COM | Vol. 54, Issue 13
MONARCHS’ FOUR GAME WIN STREAK SNAPPED AGAINST RAMS BY: MATTHEW MCCRACKEN Sports Editor
ELAINA ELLIS | MACE & CROWN
ODU’s Marquel De Lancey shoots for the basket as Chris Cooper prepares himself for the possible rebound
ODU pranksters on the Tonight Show see B1
Lights, Camera,
Action,
“Scapino!”
NSU defeated by women’s tennis see C1
Old Dominion (11-9, 6-2) turned the ball over 25 times with only nine assists against the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (15-5, 6-2), losing 61-48 in Richmond on Sat. “The thing that is ironic to me is if you told me we had 25 turnovers and only lost by 13 points, I’d say geeze, can’t believe it was that close,” Monarchs’ head coach Blaine Taylor said. The Monarchs started off with a 7-0 run only to allow the Rams to answer back with their own 7-0 run. VCU didn’t obtain the lead until the four minute mark in the first half with junior Troy Daniels’ free throws. Going up 21-19, the Rams didn’t give up the lead again. Going into halftime, the Rams were up 32-25. Old Dominion cut VCU’s lead to three in the second half, only to suffer to the sound of Ram Nation. Selling out the Siegel Center for the
ODU Students help stranded fishermen see A2
thirteenth consecutive time, the Rams went on an 11-0 run, led by Daniels. Daniels scored three of his four three pointers during that run. He finished with 16 points going 5-12 from the field, and 4-9 from beyond the arc. “It was a great feeling. Growing up, you look for opportunities like that. I just made it happen,” Daniels said. The pain and suffering continued for the Monarchs as they didn’t hit a shot from the field for about seven minutes in the second half. Old Dominion was unable to chop down VCU’s lead, despite being put in the bonus early. The Monarchs shot 58.8 percent from the free throw line for the game. VCU’s senior Bradford Burgess averages 13.6 points per game. Against the Monarchs, he finished with two points due to early foul trouble and missed shots. The Rams bench stepped up to replace the expected scoring effort of Burgess by scoring 20. The Rams outscored the Monarchs 26 to 17 on points off of turnovers.
Playoffs in sight for ODU Hockey see C3
Somewhere over the rainbow students are afraid to be themselves BY: DEREK PAGE News Assistant The Safe Space Committee, an organization striving to reduce homophobia, transphobia and heterosexism in the Old Dominion University community, drafted a proposal for the Lavender House; an attempt at creating a “special interest themed living space” for members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Questioning, also known
as LGBTQ, community and its allies. “Members of Safe Space at Old Dominion span across campus in all sectors of academia and are visible in every administrative division,” said Assistant Director for Community Outreach Christina Lipuma. “We are committed to creating a campus community that is open, safe and accepting to all LGBTQ people and allies.” The proposal hopes to provide a themed floor in an ODU continued to A3
BY: ALYSSA NARVELL Arts & Entertainment Editor The sixteenth century French comedy “Scapino!” made its way onto Old Dominion’s stage on Jan. 19, making it the first performance at the new Monarch Theater. This play has everything one might be looking for in a standard Commedia dell’arte piece, with star-crossed lovers kept apart from one other by their parents, disgruntled, greedy old men, comical servants tricking their masters, and a light-hearted ending. The name “Scapino” means “escape” in English, which suits Scapino’s character as he is notorious for fleeing fights. His character always finds his way into an entanglement of lies and confusion. Scapino, played by ODU’s Josh Cooper, is a character whom is known as the town’s trickster. He is arrogant and has a knack for stirring up trouble. His forte consists of scheming new ways to play pranks on members of continued to B2
“You turnover the ball 25 times, you not going to beat anybody. We could’ve played anybody and lost. I had seven myself so I failed to show any leadership as far as taking care of the ball,” Monarchs’ senior guard Kent Bazemore said. Bazemore led ODU with 15 points, but had seven turnovers with only one assist. Monarchs’ senior Chris Cooper finished with 14 points and nine rebounds. Cooper and Bazemore accounted for the first eight points for Old Dominion in the second half. The third highest scorer for the Monarchs, Trian Iliadis, was held scoreless against VCU. For the Rams, a contributor alongcontinued to C3
Paterno Dies
Jan 24
Jan. 22, 2012, #JoePaterno, who coached at #PennState University for 46 years and has 409 career wins, died at 85 years old #RIP http://bit.ly/xvL5YK
TED Rocks with ADTR & Rise Against Jan 24 Photos of @WhereisADTR and @riseagainst rocking #ODUʼs stage in the #TED http://bit.ly/A1ON0U
Tia Lewis 16th
Jan 24
@TeeLew_44 #TiaLewis passes Shareese Grant in Lady #Monarchs all time scoring with 1,451 points #ODU #Ranked http://bit.ly/waODCO
Internet Strike aids to freeze SOPA Jan 23
#SOPA will go no farther through congress days after large internet companies assisted with the First Internet Strike #Reddit #Wiki #Google http://bit.ly/wEHyMH ELAINA ELLIS | MACE & CROWN
Kate Griffin and Charles Lowman quickly review plans for a new proposal on LGBTQ community housing on ODU’s campus