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St. Pat’s Auction helps fund service trip by hannah way | executive copy editor

For over 56 years, Loras has been putting on the St. Pat’s Auction, an event which has become a tradition in its own right. Bringing together students, faculty and staff, and alumni, the St. Pat’s Auction provides an evening of fun for a good cause.

This year, hundreds of items will be up for bid with all proceeds going toward the Service Trip Fund which helps alleviate the cost of the trips and allows students to give back to the community partners at each location. The Auction will be held this Friday in the ballrooms. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. with the bidding on live auction items beginning at 6

p.m. Items up for auction include the number one housing spot, musical instruments, vacation packages, and Debbie Gross’ famous Scotch-a-roo’s.

In addition to the live auction, there will be a gift-card draw and a raffle for a 40-inch Samsung Smart TV. Loras College offers eight service trips that travel across the country and the world throughout the year, and this year over 100 students applied to take part in these experiences. With more students showing interest than ever before, it is becoming more and more important to fundraise in order to continue to provide service to these communities and allow students to become involved in

these life-changing experiences.

Last year, close to 350 students, staff, alumni, and community members gathered for the St. Pat’s Auction which included music, both live and silent auctions, and a gift-card raffle.

The St. Pat’s Auction, a tradition in itself, has become an important event, bringing together Duhawks, young and old, for the sake of service and community.

Raffle tickets for the Samsung Smart TV are being sold during lunch hours in the ACC by the CORE team and will be sold the night of the auction. For more information on what items are being auctioned off this year, stop by Campus Ministry.

End the R-word Week by seabelo montwedi | staff writer

For the third consecutive year, Du-Buddies hosted the End the R-word annual event. The event is a week-long campaign aimed at eliminating the word “retarded”.

“The main goal of the campaign is to eliminate the derogatory use of the word ‘retarded’ from the English language” said Mary Dodson, president of Du Buddies.

The campaign’s goal is to promote the human dignity of each individual. Du Buddies partnered with several organizations such as, eDucation Club, CAB, and the Catholic Identity Committee, to sponsor this year’s campaign, with the theme, “Du Buddies P.E.E.R.S. End the R-Word”. Through this theme, the campaign was aimed at promoting Participation, Equality, Empowerment, Respect, and Socialization (P.E.E.R.S.). In addition, each weekday embodied one of the words from the acronym.

To kick-start the campaign, Du Buddies held a Du-Buddies families panel. This event celebrated Participation by bringing in Mary Schroeder, the mother of one of the buddies, and Josh and his mother Kathy Brokus, who are members of the Du-Buddies community. These panelists spoke about their journey with Du-Buddies and the significance of this week in their lives.

As Mary Dodson remarked, the Du-Buddies community is “lucky to have them share their inspirational stories.”

To celebrate Tuesday’s mini theme, Equality, Du-Buddies partnered with the Intercultural Programs Office to host a DuTalk on the topic of Equality and ending the R-word. Although the discussions

First-years Audrey Hooks and Ellie Horst dance the chicken dance with their DuBuddy. photo by Courtney bowen

P. quality E. mpowerment E. espect R. ocialization S. articipation

P.E.E.R.S. was a slogan used by the campaign to promote the week’s goals. Each letter represented a day’s events and focus. were fruitful, the most memorable moment of the event was when two buddies, Jayne Sudmeier and Kellie Klein, who are in the Du-Buddies executive board, gave personal testimonies.

“End the R-Word means you need to respect others, not treat them badly, and not hurt their feelings. Think before you talk, because when you say the r-word it hurts.

When I hear the r-word, I feel angry. It has

to stop. My Du-Buddies family has been so supportive of me and I am very grateful for them,” said Klein.

“End the R-Word Week is about treating people with respect. I’m not ‘retarded’ and I am not stupid. I am Jayne, a group leader of Du-Buddies. I feel happy when people give me the courtesy of respecting me and my circumstances. I want people to take action and speak out for all those with disabilities and say they care for them. I want all the students at Loras College and in Du-Buddies to be respected and loved for all time,” said Sudmeier in her testimony.

Wednesday was a t-shirt decorating day. Everyone from the Loras and Du-Buddies community was invited to bring their own t-shirt to decorate and wear at the talent show, which was held on Friday. This was followed by a prayer service on Thursday, promoting Respect.

“It was nice to bring the faith element into the week,” said Dodson.

To end the campaign, Du-Buddies held a talent show, featuring people from the Du-Buddies community, both inside and outside of Loras. The idea was for everyone to socialize and have fun, to prove that we can interact with one another regardless of our mental challenges. Most importantly, the goal of this event was to show that people that are mentally challenged can and should be part of society.

“We hope the week helped make everyone at Loras more aware of the importance of promoting human dignity. Our buddies are our peers, and they should be treated with respect and equality,” said Dodson.

Students raised money for service trips sponsored

by Campus Ministry during last year’s St. Pat’s Auction. photo contributed by campus ministry

Loras celebrates Heritage Week

In commemoration of a rich 175-year legacy as the first Catholic college in Iowa and second oldest Catholic College west of the Mississippi River, Loras College will celebrate its annual Heritage Week March 17-21.

The week-long celebration’s keynote event, a Hesburgh Lecture with Rev. Ronald J. Nuzzi, Ph.D., titled “Only the Strong Can Be Gentle: Toward Spirituality for Leadership” will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18 in the Alumni Campus Center, Marie Graber Ballroom. Sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Alumni Club of Dubuque, the event is free and open to the public.

Nuzzi, a priest of the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a high school administrator and currently is the Director of Catholic Leadership Programs in the Alliance for the Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame. He is a nationally known speaker and author.

In addition to the Hesburgh Lecture, Loras will offer the following free public events: Saturday, March 15 through Friday, April 25 the Center for Dubuque History at Loras College will exhibit a seamless, 110-foot panoramic group portrait picturing hundreds of DubuqueFest 2013 festival-goers.

The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College (CDH) will be open to the public from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, with Director Michael Gibson (MA ’91) available to answer any questions. The CDH is located on the lower level of the Loras College Academic Resource Center and contains numerous and varied sources of local history including: more than 30,000 photographs, sketches, and manuscripts.

The Special Collections of the Loras College Library will be open to the public from 6:00 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. Located in Room 302 of the Loras College Academic Resource Center. The collection contains over 7,500 items including a collection of Bibles in over 225 languages of the world and the Rev. Karl G. Schroeder T. S. Eliot collection.

All are invited to join the St. Joseph’s Day Mass, presided over by Most Rev. Michael O. Jackels, Archbishop of Dubuque, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 in Christ the King Chapel.

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Psi Chi stimulates the brains of youth and adults

by DALE ELENTENY| staff writer

On Monday during Common Time in the ACC Ballrooms, cogs in the minds of 60 elementary students and 40 Loras ones were whirring. The reason these brains were working is because Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, hosted an event titled “Brain Games” in honor of Brain Awareness Week, which lasts from March 10-16 this year.

For this event, Loras students and students from Marshall Elementary and the Homeschool Association could participate in mind games and activities that stimulated various areas of the brain.

Stations were set up around the ballroom, each with a different activity.

There was one called “Semantic Memory” where a list of 15 words was read off, and participants were to write down as many as they could remember. The “Tower of Hanoi” station involved three disks of different sizes and three spokes.

Using the parietal lobe of the brain, the participant had to move the disks from one spoke to another without placing a larger disk onto a smaller one. Another station involved perceptual adaption, which involved the participant wearing goggles that inverted his or her vision.

Not only did participants perceive the ceiling where the floor should be, they had to walk from cone to cone and catch a ball. Other stations involved optical illusions, building a model of a neutron, and even holding a human brain.

“I’m really proud of Psi Chi and the NeuroClub for organizing and running all of the games,” said Dr. Sara Bagley, Assistant Professor of Psychology. “Watching college students play with little kids just puts a smile on everyone’s face.”

Due to the success of Brain Games, Psi Chi hopes to make this an annual event during Brain Awareness Week.

Board of Regents’ David Spahn

by ANDREA BERNS | staff writer

Above: Senior Dan Duffy helps two young boys with a project at his station during the Psi Chi Common Time event in the ACC Ballrooms.

Left: Senior Carolina Rusinque explains an activity to some girls visiting at her table during the event. photos by KATHERINE EDWARDS

Since 2001, David Spahn’s duties as a member of the Board of Regents have varied from serving on the finance committee, the executive committee, and most recently, ensuring diversity on campus.

“I have the good fortune of working with a strong group of faculty, staff, and students,” said Spahn. “It’s really been amazing to see what’s occurred on campus relative to diversity and inclusion.”

Spahn graduated from Loras in 1971 after four years of focusing on nothing but attending class and attaining a degree. It wasn’t until years later when he served on the Loras Club of Dubuque and attended a local golf outing that he realized what Loras had to provide.

“I began to realize what a unique experience Loras is,” he said. “The quality of the education and the strength of the liberal arts program allowed me to comprehend things more effectively. Loras provides you with an incredibly strong skill set for processing and communicating your thoughts and for tackling whatever might be thrown your way. It gives you that broad base of skills that allow you to be successful with whatever discipline you decide to follow.”

After graduation, Spahn worked as a federal bank examiner for seven years and then served Vice President at 1st National Bank of Dubuque until 1992 when he reached his current occupation as a chief financial officer for Dubuque Stamping & Manufacturing Inc. But he enjoys watching the progress his Loras family is making throughout the years.

“There is so much positive energy and such a strong sense of cohesiveness that for someone who walks around on campus maybe twice in a month, you can’t help but feel good about the direction everyone is taking at Loras College.”

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Internship experiences more important than ever by seabelo montwedi | staff writer

Every year between one and two million Americans work as interns for several reasons. For college students, the most fundamental reason is to gain experience.

Employers have been known to prefer candidates with experience in a real job setup, thus driving the already stiff competition for jobs up. Loras College, through the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL), helps students gain this much needed experience through different programs and services.

“The first step for students would be to attend the Internships workshop hosted by the CEL,” said Faye Finnegan, internship and career services coordinator.

“The workshop provides basic and general information on internships. The philosophy of our office is that we teach students how to find internships because they are going to need those skills for the rest of their lives.” From then, students can attend several other workshops and programs offered by the CEL on different issues regarding internships and job search.

A calendar of these events is available in the CEL office and on the Loras Portal. On March 19, the office will host a workshop on LinkedIn in the Arizona room at 5 p.m.

Finnegan says they decided to host this workshop because LinkedIn is fast becoming very popular as a networking program

for internships and full-time positions , dubbing it the “professional Facebook”.

Finnegan continued to say that employers are looking for four key skills: strong communication skills, an understanding of a professional setting, teamwork and interaction, and initiative. She continues to stress that an internship does not have to be related to one’s major. Instead, students should be on the look-out to gain hands-on experience.

Loras College offers a great variety of internship opportunity for students. First are the affiliation programs. These are semester programs offered to full-time students only. The Chicago program is offered in the fall only. This program gives students the opportunity to intern in one of many organizations in Chicago over the fall semester; the students have the option of taking classes at a college in Chicago while interning. The deadline for application for the 2014 fall program is early April. The Washington Center, in partnership with Loras College, provides an intensive “professional semester” that entails a nearly full-time internship, academic coursework and real-life experiences and matches students with an internship.

However, unlike the Chicago opportunity, the Washington Center program is offered all year round (Spring, Summer and Fall).

The deadline for application for the 2014 fall semester is May 7.

In addition, Loras College offers the opportunity of an international summer internships. According to Finnegan, students have, in the past, interned in countries such as Portugal and Ireland. Finally, Loras College partners with the Walt Disney Company, which runs one of the world’s largest internship programs, employing between 7,000 and 8,000 interns annually. There are so many other internship opportunities that one can take advantage of, and a student can receive credit either through their academic department or the CEL office. Although a student can intern at any time, Finnegan says it is important for students to decide when they want to do an internship and plan accordingly.

“We won’t say no to a student wanting to intern,” said Finnegan. “However, it is important for students to sit with their academic advisors and figure out how an internship will feature into their academic plan. This is especially important when students plan on doing a study away internship.”

For away internships, students can apply for financial assistance. The Scholl Award offers a $1000- $1500 award to students participating in internships outside of Dubuque and outside a student’s hometown. Alternatively, students can apply for the Paul Adducci Centennial Internship Student Loan which was established to assist students in pursuing internship op-

portunities outside of Dubuque and their hometown. The loan request per internship is from $500 to $3000, repayable over three years 6 months, beginning after graduating from college.

Mary McClure, who participated in the Loras College Chicago semester in fall 2012 and interned at Bridge to Success, is now a student worker in the CEL office.

McClure says she was able to practice the social work skills related to her major. Furthermore, she also developed new skills in volunteer management, data collection and presentation, amongst others. The internship, which was one of four internships she will complete by graduation, helped shape Mary’s career interests and played a big part in her graduate school applications.

“I would encourage all students to pursue an internship as early in their academic career as possible,” said McClure.

“Through experiential learning opportunities, you can connect what you are learning in the classroom to real world experiences.

You have a chance to develop and enhance skills, interests, and passions, along with building a professional network. Students need to know how important—and fun— these opportunities are.”

Students are encouraged to contact the CEL office if they need help, and to take advantage of the many opportunities offered by the office and the college at large.

Loras choir appears alongside Briar Cliff

photo by seabelo montwedi

Members of the Briar Cliff University choir sang alongside the Loras College choir and chamber singers on Friday, March 7, at Mt. St. Francis. Briar Cliff was on their Chicagoland Tour and was excited to join the Loras singers for this concert. by seabelo montwedi | staff writer

The Briar Cliff University singers and Chamber choir invited Loras College concert choir and chamber singers to join them on the Dubuque leg of their current Chicagoland Tour. The tour ran from March 6-9, with the choir performing in different areas of Iowa and Illinois. The concert, held at Mt. St. Francis on Friday March 7, demonstrated the importance of music-making between two institutions of higher education who share the common bond of Roman Catholic identity. Before opening the concert, Briar Cliff University choir conductor, Dr. Sean Burton, expressed gratitude and delight in being joined by two of Loras College choirs.

“We are very excited that Loras College could join us for our concert in Dubuque.

It’s great to be able to share such an experience with the school,” said Burton.

Briar Cliff University singers opened the concert with a “Vox populi, vox Dei” by composer Giedrius Svilainis; a brief choral fanfare prior to introducing an ostinato in the bass voices of the choir which sets the tone for a rhythmically contrasting theme in the tenor section. Syncopated entries follow in the soprano and alto voices and eventually all voices unite together on the words “Ubi Concordia” (where there

is unity). After the lively opening performance, both schools took turns enchanting and captivating the audience with both somber and high energy pieces; regardless of the mood of the songs, they were all spirited. Among the songs performed

by Loras College was a piece composed

by Morten Lauridsen. The song is a poem written by Dana Gioia in memory of his infant son whose brief life was tragically ended by SIDS. When speaking, Bruce Kotowich, director of choral and vocal studies and Loras College choirs’ conductor, thanked Briar Cliff University for offering Loras College the opportunity to share a concert with them.

“I think it is great that as Catholic institutions, we are able to come together and share something as great as music,” said Kotowich. “Often times we are confined to what we do and don’t take the moment to share with other schools.”

Briar Cliff University singers closed the concert with a joyful performance of “Praise His Holy Name.” The song, composed by Keith Hampton, employed the African-American high energy soul usually seen in church scenes in African American movies. Ultimately, Friday was a night of coming together and sharing the God-given talent of making music.

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s if its own governments’ jackboots and nightsticks failed to impede Ukrainian stability enough, external threats have slipped into the forefront following the country’s pro-West power shift. Insignia-less soldiers, whom Vladmir Putin insists are simply Dale Elenteny independent militiamen moved by Russian nationalism, have been attempting, often with success, to seize strategic points in Crimea. The region is historically and, by majority, ethnically Russian. While 58 percent of the current residents are Russian-speaking, it has seen diverse groups of states and ethnic groups come and go. The plurality ethnic Russians hold today is largely stemmed from Stalin’s forced removal of Greeks, Tatars, Armenians, and Bulgarians in the 1940s.

Crimea was then given by the USSR to Ukraine as a relatively meaningless gesture

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of good faith (considering Ukraine was itself a satellite of the Soviet Union) in 1954. This didn’t become significant until the USSR dissolved in 1991, leaving Crimea in the hands of an independent Ukraine and Russia without naval access to the Black Sea. Russia’s interest in the peninsula is mostly based in the port of Sevastopol. A deal between now-ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and Putin in 2010 extended the Russian navy’s lease on its port there until 2042, but the restructuring of the Ukrainian government and consequent shift towards EU and NATO alignment could jeopardize its perceived legitimacy. Cue Russian alarm. Almost immediately in the wake of a new, pro-Western government, the unmarked soldiers began surrounding or forcibly (though, as of yet, not violently) assuming control of hospitals, military bases, and anything else which would allow for a sustained resistance should the area legally be ceded to Russia. A referendum will be held on March 16 to settle its national alignment. Seeing that a dominant majority of the region’s inhabitants are

An open letter to the student body on bullying at Loras On March 10, 2014 a group of males were rating women on a scale of 1-10 by flashing the numbers at them in the cafeteria during lunch hours. This incident has been upsetting to some students and faculty and must be addressed.

This act relates to bullying and sexual harassment against women based on the definition of bullying itself. Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time (stopbullying. gov). Also, it clearly states in the Student Handbook that we have a policy against sexual harassment and discrimination: the Sex Discrimination Policy and Grievance Procedures Policy against Sex Discrimination. Examples of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination in relation to this incident would include insults, threats, jokes or derogatory comments based on gender (Loras College 2013–14 Student Handbook pg. 16).

Overall, this type of behavior is unacceptable at Loras College. Due to

events such as International Women’s Day that was just recently on March 8, Ally training week, and the day of silence coming up in April, this would be a great time to address this issue of bullying in the school.

We need to understand as a whole that bullying can fall under all types of acts such as verbal, social, physical, and cyberbullying. All of these acts are used to cause harm towards others and are not something to take lightly. Further actions will be taken if necessary in response to future incidents.

We are a supportive campus. This does not include making people feel insecure about themselves. Just ask yourself these questions. How would you feel if your sister or good friend was offended by the acts of bullying in relation to this recent incident? What would you do to help those who were affected? We want our students to have the best years here at Loras, and now is the time to step up and take action. ~ Loras Social Work Student

TV: A reality disaster C

ommercial television networks have only one goal in mind when they produce shows: profit.

This has been the reality of the television industry since its inception, but our modern televised world seems to have been engulfed by the alcoholic, hairpulling regime of Brett Robbins reality television.

Reality television sits on the television industry’s clearance rack, characterized by low paid actors, thoughtless plot lines, exaggerated stereotypes, and vulgar, uneducated behavior. The incentive for television networks is that reality TV is cheap, very cheap, and seems to succeed in popularity.

The consequence for America is the degradation of our entertainment.

Reality TV is no longer regulated to networks like VH1 and MTV. TruTV, TLC, ABC, and seemingly every other network has at least one reality TV show on its schedule. The concept of reality TV isn’t inherently wrong. A reality show with educational content or an actual substantial plot line would be more than appropriate for television audiences. The problem is that the vast majority of reality television is centered on three concepts: violence, sex,

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and stupidity. You know television has taken a turn for the worse when dribbling rednecks on “Duck Dynasty” are beloved by a substantial portion of the American population. Or when Lifetime premiers a show centered on the personal escapades of hyper-sexualized “preacher’s daughters.” Finally we have the Kardashians. They are self-explanatory.

I cannot claim that reality television is destroying the moral and mental fabric of America: I would need a substantial amount of scientific literature to defend that assertion. However, what I can conclude is that the standards for what is appropriate for television audiences are seemingly deteriorating. Perhaps this is a simple consequence of having an ever-expanding and diversifying show selection, but we should reflect about what the trend towards reality TV implicates about our society. No one wants to be a prude, and perhaps watching half-naked morons beat each other up in a hot tub serves as a form of comedic relief for those who otherwise engage in educational pursuits. But with trash TV comes the risk of creating a trash-minded audience. My hope is that viewers treat shows like “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” the same way they would treat taking medication: a moderate dose can help alleviate your stress, but in excess can seriously harm you.

ethnically Russian and 70% voted for Yanukovych in Ukraine’s 2010 elections, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the locals are preparing by raising Russian flags and denouncing the Kiev government as fascist.

The U.S. and EU have both feebly denounced Russia’s actions, and NATO has begun aerial surveillance on the Romanian and Polish borders. Many prominent Republicans, including John McCain and Sarah Palin (surprise, surprise) argue that Russian intrusion in Crimea wouldn’t exist had President Obama taken firmer stances in foreign policy. The claim can be thrown into the general bucket of most American political dialogue today: a partisan distraction at best. The evidence most prominently offered is Obama’s pump-fake on intervention in Syria, an action almost unilaterally opposed by Americans. Ignored are troop surges in Afghanistan and an invasion of Libya, neither of which have apparently done enough to flex muscle abroad. The burden of Putin’s ambition shouldn’t be placed on Obama. In 2008, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, then both part of Georgia (the southeastern European

one, not the southeastern American one), were annexed by Russia through actual armed conflict. A “war” was fought, and five days later Georgia was a little smaller and Russia a little bigger. The West’s reaction: denunciation and economic sanctions.

Sound familiar?

What Putin sees is a destabilized Ukraine which is about to take a drastic shift away from Russia and towards the European Union, NATO, and the United States.

Ukraine’s main geopolitical weakness is its non-alignment with all of the above.

The protests and subsequent change in government represented a desire to remedy this. Russian troops have also mobilized along the Polish and Lithuanian borders, but those countries are each protected by NATO. Assuming he maintains some shred of desire for national self-preservation, Putin won’t declare war on 28 of the world’s most geopolitically prominent countries simultaneously. In all probability, Crimea will return to Russia, the port at Sevastopol will be secure, and the scoreboard in the New Cold War will have tipped one point away from the West.

Surviving is not living

by SEABELO MONTWEDI | staff writer

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s she looked around her apartment, it dawned on her for the first time that she had made it. With the two million dollars she had inherited, she realized that she was free.

The knowledge that lack of money was no longer her major worry felt foreign in her mind. No more begging for deadline extensions, begging for money, working three jobs to try make ends meet. She could do what she wanted. She was free to get eight hours of sleep, to have more than one pair of shoes she hoped would last her through the bitter and harsh winter.

But what would she do with her life?

Nikki had spent her entire life surviving the moment. She never took a moment to think about what life would be like if she could do what she wanted. The feeling of emptiness, despite her abundant bank account, left her feeling depressed.

Many of us are like Nikki (except we wish we could inherit two million dollars). Every day is a contest in the survival race: work harder at school to get that internship, work even harder at the internship to get the job, and even when we get the job, work harder to get a promotion. Even when we go on vacation or take a “break,” we spend most of the time worrying about our current problem and how we are going to survive it. Eventually we get what we need to survive: a steady job, a roof over our head without the threat of eviction. But then we realize that our lives are empty. We find that we don’t know what we want with life apart from surviving. Life has been an ever-ending routine embedded into our minds, and the idea that we can just stop and truly relax for more than a few stolen moments seems very scary.

Our lives are filled with so many thrills but no sense of spiritual contentment.

We complain when our schedules are busy but are quick to fill them when they become less busy. Sometimes life

throws punches at us and we find ourselves saying, “If only God can give me $800 to pay off this semester’s tuition, I’ll be more than happy.” It is in those moments that we find what it truly means to survive.

However, surviving becomes too much of a price when we start drifting through life, fighting battle after battle. Don’t become Nikki, just focused on surviving, so that when the star lands at your feet, life becomes harder because you realize you’ve lost yourself. Take a few moments during the day to reflect on the direction your life is taking and your spiritual and emotional well-being. For one day, analyze everything you do: the decisions you make, your words, your thoughts, and your interactions.

Are they adding or deducting from your happiness tank? My bet is the latter. Make a conscious effort to add to your happiness tank with the little things that fill our everyday lives. For instance, we agree with others for the sake of fitting in even though we have a different opinion.

A wise man once advised me to keep an emotion diary. In this diary, should you decide to employ this method, you’ll make detailed entries of how things make you feel.

Alternatively, you can consciously think about how things make you feel and accept your emotions. We are raised in a society where certain emotions are labeled “bad.”

For instance, angry people are generally thought of as bad. You don’t believe me, watch out for the next time you pretend not to be angry because you don’t want to be upset the person you’re angry at. If some emotions were bad, they wouldn’t be part of being human. Next time you feel something, first acknowledge it, then deal with it, instead of brushing it aside. And as a side note, mismanagement of our emotions and acknowledging our emotions are two different things. I’m sure there are many other ways of making sure we are spiritually well and living life. My point is, don’t strive to survive to the point that life loses meaning.

Don’t forget how to live because surviving is not living.

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Faces of traveling: Mysterious man of intellect T

oday we cut right to the chase as we have a story (of sorts) to tell that is quite lengthy. I’ll share with you today, my most loyal readers, about a man who is almost even a pure mystery to me, and one should consider that most interesting as I’d to say that I know Kalli Miner dare him best of all people in this great capital city.

Recent photos of him are rare, his last name is unknown, and his presence, well, just odd. A brilliant mind, Virgilio, or ‘V’ as I call him, is not equipped with outstanding social skills but he does love to talk. What he lacks in people skills, he more than makes up for in intellect. This, and his inquiries on my status as ‘friend of the hippies,’ are what drew me to this 46 year old, self-proclaimed desperado.

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, ‘V’ is at home here in the city by the bay, but his stunningly crisp English and tales of faraway lands tell me that he’s traveled around the world, maybe even a few times over.

A friend of a friend, I first met ‘V’ at a social, but more often run into him on the subway or while he’s walking his beat at the security desk on the ground of my

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building. Here we talk about his work with governments, social crises taking place around the world, and any one of the basket case of conspiracy theories that amuse us on any that morning.

And, nearly every time, he laughs as the people on the subway gaze at the two of us with bolded eyes wondering if they should help me, or let me carry on with my conversations with the Einstein vagabond.

Perhaps I forgot to mention before, but Virgilio’s appearance is less than easy on the eyes to some. His thinning black hair sticks up in frustration around his even thinner face and high cheek bones. His bolded brown eyes and inquisitive brow dance as his crooked teeth shower even the most occupied on-looker with earcatching information. As for his clothes, they’re always the same: A light green wool sweater, brown scarf, khaki pants and a dark brown over coat. Simple, but they are what make up his hand-rolled cigarette scented ensemble. It’s not much, but it is the expected get-up of a traveler who spends every dime he has on coffee and education. And he doesn’t pay it a second thought as he tells me, “cleanliness is just below Godliness, and as you know, I have no interest in the first.”

An agnostic scholar, Virgilio is working on his third Master’s degree with ease,

Russia looked to the United States as example O

ver the last The list goes on and on, few weeks, Afghanistan, Poland, Nicaragua. If CNN has been the people have elected a ruler with filled with stories of socialist land policies or anti-U.S Secretary of State John .trade policies, you can bet it was at Kerry calling various least discussed if we “ought not to Russian diplomats and help the poor, oppressed people of telling them that they country x replace their ruler.” This are wrong. That their was precisely the justification behind ploy to enter Crimea to the Red Scare: we made communists protect the “ethnically out to be morally reprehensible and Russian citizens” is all dangerous. Don’t get me wrong, Jessie Donels too obvious. That they communist governments can be and are making a clear, have been dictatorships throughout colonial bid for power in carving out the Cold War. But many of the the chunk of Ukraine which happens to governments we helped to replace give them access to a large trading port. were merely heavy-handed on socialist The message is clear: the government in principles, on trying to help out Ukraine has been democratically elected, the poor. This directly affected our and Russia should keep its mitts off of it. economic interests, so we interfered.

Although I agree in theory that Russia More recently, we’ve shifted our shouldn’t interfere with a government justification from these actions from chosen by the people, I can’t help but protecting the “victims” of socialist understand why Russia would make government to protecting the victims this move. They want to solidify their of religious government. We claim position as a global and that the people of economic superpower.

Afghanistan, Iraq, I agree in theory So they look around for Egypt, etc. need us. examples, and they settle But the truth is that that Russia upon the United States. we as a country are shouldn’t interfere We have a long history out for economic gain, with a government of interfering with other and routinely attempt country’s democratically to destroy or replace chosen by the elected governments governments that people, I can’t help to install dictators who don’t like us so that but understand are favorable to U.S. we can gain access economic interference. to their country’s why Russia would resources.

In 1953, the CIA helped make this move.

No one has to organize a coup in They want to sanctioned us for Iran to overthrow the these actions. Other democratically-elected solidify their countries have even leader. He wanted position as a global helped us clean up to nationalize oil and economic the messes afterwards production, which would (think: war in lead to lower oil profits superpower. So Afghanistan). Yet in the U.S. In 1954, they look around Russia does the same the CIA helped Jacobo for examples, and thing to the Ukraine, Arbenz overthrow the attempts to annex a democratically-elected they settle upon small peninsula that leader of Guatemala, the United States. would be economically in order to help the beneficial to them, Chiquita banana with the support of the company keep their people living in that peninsula, and land. In 1964, we helped to overthrow they are the ones who get sanctioned? the democratically elected government Don’t mistake me. Russia is in the of Brazil, and in 1970 we helped put wrong. All I ask is that John Kerry the Chilean dictator Pinochet in power, recognizes the irony of his talks to the replacing another democratically elected diplomats, of his political rhetoric. leader.

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but planning to travel to Crete and London while completing his fourth. He spends what time he has outside of class reading the news, perusing edgy blues bands, and spreading the good word about justice. In fact, one of his favorite people to talk about is Sheikh Aljabal, the Muslim justice seeker.

He casually tells me one morning over a cigarette and Portuguese C-SPAN, that he plans to spend his day completing all of the work he has left to do for his classes for the rest of the semester. “Eh, I’ll get it done before Easter break so I can enjoy the rest of Spring before the weather gets too hot,” yet another ode to his remarkable intelligence.

I admire him very much, and I have to tell you, dear readers, that I feel like he’ll be one of those characters in life who appeared and was gone in a flash, never to be seen again. But, with more stories than Hub and Sherlock Holmes put together, I cannot be so delusional as to think that I haven’t learned a little something from this gypsy man.

In fact, as I bugged him about places to go to get medicinal teas and foods he just slyly shook his head and said, “if you wish to find your tree hugging solutions, ask the hippies and walk with them through the city, I will not tell you because you can learn for yourself,” he told me. “It’s an ‘endeavour,’ no? You

know, ‘all valuable things come with work and time,’” he told me. And, as I write to you over a warm cup of blackliquorish medicinal tea or ‘cha,’ I can tell you that he’s right.

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The most recent photo taken of ‘V,’ cigarette in hand, taken about three years ago.

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wo weeks ago, the right to decide who governs them, on the topic what their national identity will be. of Ukraine, I In the instance of Ukraine, since the expressed a strong alternative is Russian allegiance, the U.S. opinion that third adamantly opposes the self-determinacy party actors ought to of Crimea. Meanwhile Russia, who avoid intervention adamantly implored the U.S. had no and permit the right to aid Syrian Rebels, now finds Constitutional checks itself flip-flopped and aligning with the of the Ukrainian anti-government factions of Ukraine. government to work.

With each nation behaving relative to Since then, both the their interests rather than consistently Jack Mescher United States and abiding by principle, it becomes Russia have found incredibly difficult for any party to claim themselves so obliged to meddle in that the other is in the “wrong.” The the internal affairs of the Ukrainian Ukrainian problem displays this most political crisis. vividly. If either the U.S. or Russia were Russia has expressed itself particularly interested in protecting the much more blatantly in its military norms of sovereignty, self-determination movement into the Crimean and economic freedom, they would peninsula. permit this very Meanwhile, the U.S. internal and largely I remain adamant that offers economic aid, peaceful dispute support of Ukrainian intervention, be it of the Ukrainian nationalism, and the people to manifest militarily or economic, condemnation of how it will. is not occurring in Russia as a “carrot” Furthermore, offered to Kiev. The the interest of the if a case could be nature of this display made that any Ukrainian people, that of international external power were it will lead to further politics depicts a moral actor, then destabilization and quite adequately perhaps a case for the consequences intervention could tarnish global relations of “international be supported in for many actors in both relativism,” a term Ukraine. Since, the short and long-term. meaning “we do however, the what we think is best U.S. and Russia for us.” appear only to be International interested in outcomes that respectively relativism depicts foreign policy benefit themselves, no foundation rooted in perceived benefit rather for intervention can be identified. than policy rooted in upholding actual Unfortunately, politics is a game which norms or ends. Both Russia and the is obsessed with the present and fails U.S are guilty of this type of foreign to consider the long-term. Any sensible policy: moreover, the empirical student of history can see that many problem with this approach rests in global issues would fail to be had actors the fact that circumstantial responses considered the future before they moved to international events only result in on their short-term interests. long-term destabilization.

In the case of Ukraine, I remain Some examples of American adamant that foreign intervention, be international relativism are made it militarily or economic, is not in the apparent in the Ukrainian situation. interest of the Ukrainian people that it President Woodrow Wilson once will lead to further destabilization and championed a norm of “selftarnish global relations for many actors determinacy”—where countries have in both the short and long-term.

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12 Years a Slave, One Year a Blockbuster

Note: 12 Years a Slave is now out on DVD, so go out and buy the film that deservedly won Best Picture!

Let me put it this way: This is the kind of movie that inspires you to grab everyone in sight by the lapels and yell, “YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!” 12 Years a Slave captured the attention of virtually everyone in earshot, from its monumental reception in Toronto to the near-universal praise it got from critics. If this movie doesn’t win Best Picture, it will be perhaps the biggest shocker at the upcoming Oscars.

Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a free black man living in New York. He’s happily married with children, and an accomplished violinist. Then his life turns upside down when he’s lured to Washington, D.C. by two con men who end up selling him into slavery. From there, Northrup must learn how to survive in his new environment, enduring daily life under the watch of truly despicable white people.

Eventually, he finds a way out, only after years of abuse and degradation.

In a year fraught with real-life displays of racism and human depravity (George Zimmerman is but one of the most public examples), 12 Years a Slave puts into perspective how utterly bad things were before the Civil War changed the face of the U.S. forever. Nearly 150 years after the Union decided the direction of the country by winning

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over the Confederate South, we’re still feeling the effects of slavery and racial divides. 12 Years a Slave forces us to acknowledge how white people treated black people, effectively making a statement that erases whatever false portrayals of slavery have been ingrained into American consciousness (Gone With the Wind, as classic as it is, is one of the worst offenders of falsely portraying slavery in film).

This movie is completely right. The acting is stellar all around. Ejiofor may not have won for Best Actor, but this is a career-best performance. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) is very good as a Baptist slave owner who treats Northrup with some dignity. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine) stuns as Cumberbatch’s slave overseer, who delights in being cruel and condescending to the people he’s in charge of. Michael Fassbender gets under your skin as

Northrup’s second owner, a man who is so disrespectful and vile he can’t be ignored. Fassbender’s nomination for Best Supporting Actor was well-deserved. And Lupita Nyong’o, as the slave Patsey that Fassbender abuses in numerous ways, is so good that you may not realize that this is her debut role. She deserved to win for Best Supporting Actress.

This movie is also extremely well-made. Director Steve McQueen, who ironically is British (a number of people who worked on this movie are non-American), is brave enough to keep the camera rolling to maximize impact, such as when Northrup is literally staying on his tiptoes to stay alive and he stays there without anyone coming to help him for a long while. McQueen won as a producer for the movie (as did Brad Pitt, who also played a Canadian carpenter in the movie), while writer John Ridley was also a winner this year.

This movie resonates not only because it’s so great, but because it’s so important. By addressing the issues of racism and slavery so fearlessly, 12 Years a Slave provides a look at where we have been, which can help us understand where were are now and what we can do to make things better. That might be the biggest accomplishment McQueen and company can achieve with 12 Years a Slave. Winning Best Picture will complete the solidification of this film’s place in cinema history.

Beyonce Stuns the Senses

by mychole price | staff writer

Beyonce has always been a struggle with me; I hate to like her and love to insult her. I dislike her mainly because of the contradiction to herself as a woman and as an artist. Personally she’s not on the list of artists I would support. But I love music and am not biased. The album has been out for a while and after digesting it with the visuals, since this is a “Visual Album,” I’ve made my final decision on Beyoncé’s self-entitled album, ‘Beyonce.’

I didn’t watch the videos in the beginning so as a disclaimer, it’s essential to watch the video the get the full effect of the song. Aside from the cinematography there wasn’t much to offer, excluding Beyonce’s post-pregnancy body, which she should be very proud of. Maybe some Illuminati imagery if you’re a follower of that.

‘Pretty Hurts’ starts off the album, a simple beat that could have been produced on FL Studio. The message makes this track listenable if you’re into that sort of thing. Her view on women being nothing more than dolls for the eyes of men and being scrutinized for how they look is the main message. The allusion of surgery is great for the title of Pretty Hurts. The video itself is a great view of what society has turned women into with beauty pageants and such.

We drift into a dual track ‘Ghost/Haunted’ which is a very erotically dark song and the video mimics that. In the beginning you have a young Beyonce giving her acceptance speech which then falls into a steady beat that made me jump into a frenzy of praise-dancing. Her voice is backed by some kind masculine tone, reminiscent of Andre 3000. The lyrics for ‘Ghost’ are haunting, speaking of struggle and being heard. Then the song picks up as it goes into ‘Haunted’ that has a tribal drum beat throughout. The lyrics are sexually charged as well as yearning-filled. The track is 6 minutes and near the end we get into a head-nodding hip-hop beat. Beyonce’s voice is perfect on here; this is one of her best songs.

“Drunk In Love” is the turn-up song of the year, at least in groups who recognize urban music. A little cameo from her husband, Jay-Z, made the track even better. Not only has this song ignited parodies, but it’s also taught slang to the masses that they shouldn’t even know, such as the term ‘surfboard.’ The beat is simple and the lyrics are hypnotic. “Eat the Cake Anna Mae” and “I’ve been drinking Watermelon” will leave you puzzled about what she’s talking about, leaving you to Google search everything.

One thing I love about Beyonce is she gets great producers such as Timbaland and Pharrell to feature. The track ‘Blow’ is probably the best on the whole album for me. Aside for my natural love of 80’s R&B, the groove on the track is undeniable. Most will think it’s a slow song, but it’s a classic-sounding Atlantan roller rink sound.

The provocative lyrics, “Can you eat the skittles, it’s the sweetest in the middle, pink is the flavor, solve the riddle,” made me do a double take. I know she’s been like this since her ‘Dangerously in Love’ days, but this whole album is full of unexpected surprises.

‘No Angel’ is a smooth, slow love song that sounds like a 90’s throwback which I love. As most would call it a baby-maker, I call it a slow song. Even though the lyrics give instructions of what to do in the bedroom between Beyonce and her lover, presumably her husband.

The song is about not being good, but being bad where it matters.

After the slowing down we pick it up with another dual track, ‘Yonce/Partition’. This song had choreography only after a few weeks from its arrival. Yonce is sickening; it’s intoxicating tribal sound in the back and Beyonce rapping with occasional arias is a perfect blend.

“I sneezed on the beat and the beat got sicker, Yonce all on his mouth like liquor’ is a line that gets you going. ‘Partition’ comes in after a brief interruption and this beat is simple but clearly meant for the clubs of a certain theme such as a cabaret…or something of that trade. Yanis Marshall even did a full routine in heels. IN HEELS. Ladies, you try! This is one of the best! But her contradiction here comes in because she speaks about being a feminist yet she repeats “she wants to be the girl he likes.” But I’m not complaining.

‘Jealous’ is lackluster; her voice isn’t interesting, but it’s clearly a song relatable by many women due to its content about seeing your ex and doing what you need to do in order to create jealousy. I’m not too impressed by the sound. But the following track ‘Rocket’ sounds like something from the 90’s from D’Angelo “How Does It Feel” days. It’s a slow song, increasingly sexual with hidden innuendos. This is a favorite for sure, probably the most erotic of all songs. Her lyrics here are amazing and should be examined by poets.

‘Mine’ featuring Drake, is a touching track in the beginning; we get a feeling of her inner emotions as well as the miscarriage we never knew she had. A piano ballad that still sounds ethereal and hip then climbs into a totally different sound. “You’re mine, you’re mine, I just want to say you’re mine you’re mine,” is the chorus, which sounds great. Drake tries again to sing, not helping the track, but they sound decent together. It’s very repetitive and the video alone is…artistic, but I still don’t know what’s going on.

“XO” is one of those road trip songs you listen to when you want to smile and just chill out, but overall I didn’t think it worthy of being the first video out.

“Flawless” shows the roughness of Queen Bey, calling out her competition and telling them to bow down. I get crunk, I’m going to deny that.

It’s a great motivational song when you’re getting ready to break rules. The TED talk of, “We Should All Be Feminist,”

sampled in the track from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, brought the discussion of feminism as a whole. “Superpower” featuring Frank Ocean had a great instrumental, something from the 50’s. But both singers on the track sound soulless. That didn’t stop me at first. “Heaven” tries it’s best to appease Beyonce’s emotions pertaining to her unborn child with repeated cries of “Heaven couldn’t wait for you” haunt the track. The video alone makes the message confusing but after viewing you can put pieces together. However “Blue” uplifts the very end with a message to her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. It’s cathartic song with the violins in the back and paced piano.

The video has to be seen to get the full effect of showing Bey’s journey to where she is with her baby. The beat grows deeper yet heavenly, which threw me off. Hearing Blue’s voice was a great ending for such a beautiful song It’s truly a visual album because the videos enhance the message of the song. I wasn’t too impressed with most of the videos, nor was I in love with the album aside from 4 songs but I can understand why fans of Queen B could appreciate this album. I certainly say it’s an album to check out; you get videos for every song for the price of an average album. I have my own feelings towards Beyonce as a person (and her vocal ability) but I can see she is a great performer and artist and no one can take that away. So if you want to turn up, cry or even feel empowered as a woman, check it out!

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11 Things To Do This Spring

by Louisa pavlik | staff writer

As I sit in the stuffy basement of Keane pondering all of the hills I could be rolling down around campus, I can’t help but get caught up the passion of the season. Here are some things I would like to accomplish.

1. Finally visit the Mines of Spain- I’ve seen enough of you Duhawks’ Instagrams and Facebook pictures with profound quotes in the caption to fully understand the beauty that is to be had. Though most of my life is lived vicariously through social media, I think this is one visit I will have to make myself.

2. Swim in Graber- Now that your wet hair won’t break off in an icicle immediately upon stepping outside, there’s never been a better time to break out that one piece!

3. Act touristy in Downtown Dubuque- Everyone’s friendly! Great restaurants! Safe streets! Grab that fanny pack and let’s go a- shoppin’!

4. Buy a fanny pack!- I dare you to name a more convenient way to carry all your most valued possessions (AKA your cellphone, fob, and ID.)

5. Hit up Galena- In the event that Dubuque doesn’t quite tickle your fancy, have no fear! There’s a little-known nearby town with a gorgeous view and friendly town folk. I hear they don’t even let you walk the sidewalks without a smile!

6. Start your base tan- Or, for you Iowan natives, get a jump on that farmer’s tan.

7. Go for a run outside- Remember how you said you’d start working out for approximately the past six months? There’s no time like the present, and now you won’t bust your knee open on a patch of ice outside of the house of that cutie from your math class!

8. Show off those legs- Ladies, you can no longer use those winter layers as an excuse for your furry legs; it’s time to break out that razor and shaving cream. And if you’re one of the few people who actually stuck to their new year’s resolution and you have been working out, or participated in natural beauty week this winter, you have the body and or confidence to show off them nice stems. Gals and guys, why not break out the jorts (cut-off jean shorts)?

9. Speaking of cut-offs- Better get a jump on the

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impending 90 degree weather with 80% humidity and start slashing the sleeves off of your t-shirts now.

10. Take a cat nap in Faber-Clark- Remember those picturesque trees from the brochures that brought us all to Loras? Their leaves shall soon grow back. And they shall make shade. And that shade is a great place to nap with a friend.

11. Shout-sing “The hills are alive with sound of music”- I sing this every time I walk outdoors. It feels great every time, no matter the fact that I have never actually seen the original musical nor compare to Julie Andrews vocally. I considered being a nun once, though.

No matter how you look at it, this weather is a momentous occasion regardless of the fact that seasons change roughly every four months and this transition really isn’t any different from fall to winter.

Save a Seat; Table the Immaturity

In a college lunchroom where cliques are still prevalent and relevant, one student dares to break norms for the sake of a powerful point. by mychole price | staff writer

Everyone in high school hated when seats were assigned by the teacher, mainly because the seat placement was set up so most students wouldn’t talk to their best friend or because the teacher could remember their students names that much easier. But when left to their own devices, students would assign themselves their own seats, sitting in the same place with little variation throughout the school year. And it was the same way in the cafeteria. You would walk in and immediately know where the band geeks, the jocks, Goth kids, and any other stereotypical school identity that every teen movie offered. You knew your role in that small society of high school and there was no stepping out of it. However, there were those few divergent individuals who broke the social norms and cared not of their representation to the rest of the population.

So arriving at college, one would assume that this way of thinking would quickly disperse. Freshmen year is understandable; you’re still in a high school mindset because you just arrived out of that universe, but upper classmen should know better than to fall into that idiotic delusion of a caste system. But I was wrong. On March 5th, 2014, I decided I had sat at every other table in the cafeteria except the long row of supposed royalty placed in the back of the Café.

I didn’t truly plan it out. I was sitting at dinner the day before with friends and said to everyone ‘I want to sit at the football table. We should sit there tomorrow.’ The faces of grim and uncertainty were abundant. But after repeating it I heard replies confirming this plan of just sitting down and eating. But when the day came it was not what I expected.

That evening I met with my friends at the Café and asked them if they were ready, and to my dismay they kind of ditched me. I thought we had an agreement but I foolishly thought wrong. So here we were walking in the café and going

our separate ways, and they really assumed that I wasn’t serious about what I said, but I walked over to that table, placed my coat on the back of the chair, my lanyard set on the table and went to go get food. Now mind you, I saw the looks of people in booths, eyeing me as if I was breaking some sacred code that’s been in existence since the dawn of man. Even the few boys at the table were looking at me like I had lost my mind.

I brought my food back to the table, thinking I was going to sit alone surrounded by the “knights of the round table”, however another group of my friends came down and took up half of the table. I was utterly surprised that I wasn’t going through this act of rebellion on my own. I paid no heed to the football players there. I actually didn’t even notice them to be honest. Except one took a Snapchat of me, I’m sure. I should have chucked up the peace sign and smiled, but I was classy that day.

I was minding my business thinking everything was okay but twitter was ignited with tweets spawning from people exclaiming they should be at the café to see this act of tyranny and on the other side of the fence were the feelings of the self-claimed “kings” of the table. But one tweet from, I’m guessing the ruler of the table, stated; “to all the randoms, what the heck do you think you’re doing?”

The tension from their side of the table was evident: resentment, confusion and anger…emotions that weren’t even valid. There is no rule where to sit, whether or not a group of people controls a certain area, or if they have the right. No place in the café except the “football” table holds such an air of self-righteousness and everyone in the café follows their lead. If that wasn’t the case, there

wouldn’t have been such a big deal over my friends and I sitting there. Instead, there was this high school maturity of “we sit here and you can’t” mentality that should have been checked at the door when you realized you were going to be cohabitating with other people from different walks of life.

Why did I do it? Because I could, because I don’t like to follow rules, because I never sat at that table before and most importantly because I believe in the words of Deepak Chopra: “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” I personally felt like it was wrong for a certain space to be monopolized by a certain group because they feel like they have ownership, when in reality they don’t pay a fee to own that collection of tables. Almost all athletic groups have a certain space where they sit in the café but they aren’t so territorial from my experience. Everyone in school knows where the sports teams sit, yet they avoid them, for reasons I’m not entirely sure of.

So here’s a message to those that feel holier than thou.

Until you’ve reached an amount of precedence that comes from doing something noble, worthy or just something of substantial quality, you have no right of ownership over anything. You have no right to make the rules and abuse power that you “believe” you have. This isn’t high school!

Act like an adult, have some humility and have several seats. You are not the staple of everyone’s existence nor will you be. Loras College is about growth, kindness and understanding. Better yet, that’s just not Loras; that should be everywhere. Yet you’re acting like little children who complain about a toy being played with by someone else. There are other toys, broaden your horizons. Stop being in the dark, open the blinds, let some sunlight in and let’s grow together. And on a more important note, say how you feel and address the issue you have. You’re a big boy/girl, you can handle yourself. You shouldn’t need twitter to assist or help. That is all. Thank you! #TheRandom

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Fasting Lent a Hand to Health

by CASSANDRA busch | news editor

Lent is upon us, and for a lot of us here at Loras College, that means a few things. Going to Mass more, abstaining from meat on Fridays, fasting, etc.

However, even if you’re not Catholic you can use these forty days as extra motivation to improve yourself, and more specifically, your health. Many Catholics use Lent as a time to give something up, or do something extra, so that they can devote more time and energy to God. Non-Catholics can also use these forty days as a period of abstaining or fasting, and devote more time and energy to whatever they want to improve themselves. There are countless different options that you can use to better yourself during this period.

One thing that you can do is try to abstain from meat as much as you can.

Research has shown that incorporating “vegetarian days” or even vegetarian meals into your diet periodically can be a healthy choice. Numerous studies have shown that vegetarians less often suffer from heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and more. Incorporating vegetarian days into your routine can help to lower your risks. Catholics are already supposed to abstain from meat during Fridays of Lent, so taking on this practice should not be that hard, as many restaurants offer additional meatless options during this time for that reason.

Another Lenten practice that is common is giving up sweets or desserts.

This is obviously a healthy decision because it reduces sugar, sodium, fats, etc. that are harmful to us. Also, the longer you go without these things, the less appealing they will become. Sugar is almost addictive to our bodies, and once we break the cycle, it is much easier to stick to a more wholesome diet without them. Use the extra calories and room in your appetite to incorporate a healthy item, like a piece of fresh fruit to add more nutrients and vitamins to your day.

A third suggestion could be to give up TV or social media, or at least reduce it. Use the extra time in your day to pray, socialize with friends in real time, or to get off the couch and into the gym. Any of these options will benefit you physically and mentally, as all are great stress relievers and also will wake you up instead of putting you into a Netflix-induced coma. It can be difficult to keep yourself away since these influences are so prevalent in all of our lives today, but it is well worth it in the long run.

Lent is a Catholic season, but that doesn’t mean that others can’t participate in the spirit of self-improvement. These forty days can be used to better yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally if you take the time to set a goal and prepare yourself to stick to it. Many people look at Lent as a second chance at their New Year’s resolution. Don’t put off your ideas for a better you any longer, use these forty days as a jumpstart to a better tomorrow, and a better rest of your life.

College Cooking Stir Fr y

Photo from www.simplyrecipes.com by colin halbmaier | co-executive editor

Here’s the great thing about Stir Fry for college students - it’s a mixture of everything you like, and nothing you don’t! For the best results, you’ll need oil for your pan and soy sauce for flavor, plus any stir fry sauces you’d like.

First, take your meats and brown them in your oiled pan.

Add the soy sauce to the mix as desired (for best results, mix it with an equal amount of water - it will mix better, and the water will boil away, leaving the flavor). Set the meat aside and add whatever vegetables you want to include. My favorites include bell peppers, onions, celery, carrots, and water chestnuts - essentially anything you’d see at HuHot. Once they’ve been seared to perfection, add soy sauce (again, in equal parts). Re-add the meat to the mixture, and cook everything until warm and delicious.

Serve on noodles or rice, and top with stir fry sauce. If you’re looking for something to try, HyVee sells jars of a spicier sauce called Saigon Sizzle. Give it a try if you’re looking for a new taste. Enjoy!

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Lights, Camera, Festival! by nino erba | staff writer

The snow is melting, the sun is out, and the temperature is rising. This can only mean one thing. No, winter isn’t going away; this is the Midwest, after all. Instead, it’s time once more for the Dubuque Julien International Film Festival to come into town. The annual festival is coming back in April to provide hours of entertainment to local audiences. To kick things off, there will be a reveal party that will let us know, among other things, what films will be shown and who the celebrity guest is this year.

“The reveal party will be held at the Hotel Julien on March 20th at 6 pm,” say Samantha Reyes, a student at Loras who also is working for the film festival. “I’m just an intern, but one of my jobs is to spread the word about the festival to a younger audience.”

One way that the festival is reaching out to young people is by making the reveal party free for students. When asked if this is provided to not only Loras students but for those from UD and Clarke as well, Film Festival Executive Director Michael Coty noted: “Yes, all students are admitted to our Reveal Party free.” Coty encourages students to come and experience the festival: “We would love to get local students involved and excited about the film festival – especially those who are studying theater or film.” To repeat a point made earlier, Loras students can get in for free, so this is a great opportunity for everyone to come downtown on the 20th.

Another way that the festival is getting students involved is by showcasing their work at the festival. This year, Loras Media Studies professor Craig Schaefer is involved in two ways for the festival: “I helped provide a few Loras-produced films for a competition for junior high and high school students to compose an original score. I am also working with Dr. Paul Kohl right now to select a series of Loras student-produced films to be screened at the festival.”

Schaefer also mentioned that “Loras students will have their own session featuring a variety of work,” so this can be encouraging for students who want to see their or their friends’ work displayed in public.

For those who are interested in knowing what goes on behind the scenes, Film Festival Senior Manager Susan Gorrell has some insights on accumulating films for the festival: “The submission requests began in September, 2013 and officially ended February 15, 2014.” All in all for this year: “More than 175 films were submitted.” Gorrell also notes: “All kinds of genre were submitted (Comedy, Drama, Documentaries and Shorts).”

Though Coty and Gorrell are part of the selection process when it comes to choosing which movies get shown, Gorrell revealed, “We had a large Selection Committee of over 40 local participants that viewed all the films. Each committee member would then score the project on a scale of one to five in ten different categories that was then averaged.” The top rated films are then chosen, with 45-50 films selected. There are also “top nominees” that are viewed by a grand jury, who eventually pick the winners in seven categories that Gorrell brought to attention: Grand Jury, Best Documentary, Director, Actor, Actress, Use of Music, and Best of Iowa (which is an audience choice award). Apart from Best of Iowa (Gorrell didn’t mention any notion of this), the winners of each category receive cash prizes.

On the website for the film festival, it will run April 23-27. According to Reyes, there will be a showing of Field of Dreams on the 23rd. Coty had also mentioned this event, as he notes that some of the events that will be talked about this year “include a 25th anniversary screening of “Field of Dreams” with special guests on April 23, a Silent Film Showcase with a live orchestra on April 25 and more.” Whatever the occasion, the Julien Film Festival will make a splash this year. See you at the movies!

Mind & Soul

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From the Seminary

Boydology Dr. Mike Boyd, director of the Counseling Center is here to answer student questions. Send questions or comments to Dr. Mike, Loras Box 100, or to the e-mail address michael.boyd@loras.edu. All names of those sending questions will be kept confidential.

Ain’t Happy No More Hey Mike: I am not happy. I am tired all the time, and it’s not just because I get too little sleep. Whether I sleep for ten hours or four hours, I feel down, tired, and basically unhappy.

I’m a first year student here, and I really miss my friends back home. I left the most wonderful group of people. We were close, close friends. Sure, there are people I hang out with here, go to parties with or sit by at lunch, but I have a hard time making new friends because I feel like I’m replacing the old ones. I know the saying “Make new friends, but keep the old...” but I am having a tough time finding the right group of people. I’ve tried getting involved in many things, but I just can’t seem to find the people I “click” with. This whole thing has me very down and out, and I spend more time on the phone with family or friends than anything else.

What should I do ... how can I be the happy guy I once was? It is second semester and I should be fitting in.

— Down n’ Out

Mike says: Ok, first off, as trite as it sounds, you are homesick, even if it is second semester.

You may also be depressed. Lucky you, neither of these is fatal, although they are sure not fun.

You have the benefit of close, supportive relationships that taught you the value of friendship. That will never leave you. Friendship is very important and leaving a friend can hurt as much as leaving a lover. The wonderful thing that you still need to learn is that, unlike human lovers who want exclusive rights to you, healthy friends are willing for you to have more friends. You never replace a good friend. You just add. Some friendships that start in college last for years and cross continents and oceans.

OK, what do you do? Keep in contact with your home friends. Write, call and text. Visit over breaks. But also make friends here. Hang out. Most important, join organizations. Get to know a few people closely. You had 18 years to get to know your home friends. Give a little time to get to know the new ones.

If you still feel down and unhappy after working at this for a while, see someone who can help, a counselor or other person who can help with depression. Life should be enjoyed, not endured.

Yes, No, Yes, No Hey Mike:

This past week, my boyfriend broke up with me out of the blue. We had been dating pretty seriously for the past eight months. We have talked every day, but each day he tells me something different. Like, one day he wants to work things out and hopefully get back together, the next day he says the break up is final and he just wants us to be friends, then he cannot be friends with me until I “recognize” that we are broken up, and then again he tells me he still loves me and wants to work things out and hang out. I am SO confused. I do not know whether to try to work things out and wait for him or if I should just move on. Not knowing what he wants makes me stressed and anxious. How does a person know if a relationship is worth putting in so much time and effort and how does someone know when to just give up?

— Broken-Up

Mike says:

So let me make sure I understand, Broken-Up. He dumped you all of a sudden, then said, “I really did not mean it,” and you were all happy and then he broke up again, but then he said, “No, I must have you in my life,” and you were feeling wonderful, and then he said, “No, I must have my freedom.”

And you are the one who is confused? Miss, your problem is not confusion, it is gullibility. As long as you are willing to always be there when he comes back, he has no motivation to make a commitment to any relationship. You are training him to treat you badly.

So far he has made the decisions in this relationship. Learn from this relationship, but it sounds like it is past time for you to make your own decision about whether you want to continue to be a victim.

There is no easy way to know if this relationship is “right.” If you get out of it about as much as you give, if you think kindly of the other person and they treat you well, and if you can look ahead and honestly say that you will be happy years from now with how the other person behaves toward you, then it is probably right. Can’t say yes? Well that does not mean it is wrong, it just needs work. Anything worthwhile takes effort, but do not be a sap about this current guy. Current behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, so he is likely to continue to jerk you around.

On Friendship

by Michael McAndrew St. Pius X Seminary

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ost people have had a great variety of friends over the course of their lifetime.

Perhaps in grade school, friendships formed with those closest in proximity.

In high school, many start to form friendships with others who share the same interests like sports, movies, music, etc. Most adults say that they make their best friends in college, and I would agree. Most of the meaningful relationships in my life are from college. So what makes a good friend? Shared interests? A person who is fun to be around?

My experience of true friendship is one of love — friends that show interest for the good of one another. Now this doesn’t mean that all friendships are based in a self-giving love, but the ones that are lasting and meaningful for life are ones of total self-giving love.

I had the pleasure of hearing Monsignor James Barta speak on the topic of friendship at last week’s Holy Spirits and Biblical Brews.

He also spoke of strong friendship as a bond of love, as a relationship where one would do anything to promote the good of the other, being uninterested in the consequences for themselves. In my experience, these have been the most beautiful relationships in my life, the people that can be far away for months and at our next meeting we pick up right where we left off.

I’ve gradually begun to realize that friendship is not simply something that happens and carries on naturally. Truly virtuous friendships occur when two people unite in a mutual willing for the good of the other. It is two people that come together to grow toward something that transcends each

of them individually. Professor of Theology Edward Sri describe virtuous friends as: “two friends committed to pursuing something outside themselves, something that goes beyond each of their own selfinterests. And it is this higher good that unites them in friendship.”

So why would it benefit us to engage in loving friendships? Is it not easier to live life in pursuit of our own wants and needs without worrying about what our friends need? Real intimate friendships lead us to live fuller lives that point us to heaven. Our hope in heaven includes full, rich, and loving relationships with everyone in sharing the beauty of God’s kingdom. Friendships have the potential to reveal the love of Christ on Earth in a real way by self-giving when there is no responsibility to do so. C.S. Lewis writes: “Friendship exhibits a glorious ‘nearness by resemblance’ to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the fruition which each has of God.” If we have the chance to experience a small reflection of a slice of heaven, would we not be wise to jump at the opportunity?

How do your friendships appear?

Your most beloved friendship? Are they relationships of loving and giving or do they resemble something else? Something I pray for each day is a greater willingness to love others, especially those whom I call friend. I ask you to reflect on how you show love to others, and how that enriches your friendships. The great spiritual writer Henri Nouwen expresses the beautiful power of loving friendships: “Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.” May we dare to love completely, and allow ourselves to be loved as Children of God.

What are you looking for? the life that is true life

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by Fr. gross | for the Lorian

ey Duhawks! We are in week one of Lent and this past weekend we reflected on Jesus’ temptation in the desert. It is so consoling to know that the Savior of the World also experienced temptation. We experience temptation every day. Whether it is to gossip about someone, or to view others as objects or to be tempted to live social lives that lead us away from Christ, we are faced with temptation.

The temptation of Jesus shows us what we are capable as men and women alive with the Spirit to resist temptation and use them as opportunities to grow in grace. We have to remember that the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert to be tempted. It was Jesus’ spring training for his earthly ministry. That’s the way we have to view temptation in our lives.

We will often fall in temptation, but that should never give us a spirit of giving up.

Rather, Jesus spurs us to get back up.

What made Jesus victorious over temptation? It was his desire to will the one thing, his Father’s kingdom. So in the spirit of that I would like to share with you the prayer I ended last week’s homily with, written by Soren Kierkegaard. Let us, in this Lenten season, will the one thing which is to know God our Father in Jesus our Savior, and in the Holy Spirit.

Here’s the prayer:

Father in Heaven, what are we without you?

What is all that we know, vast accumulation though it be, But a chipped fragment if we do not know you?

What is all our striving?

Could it ever encompass a world, But a half-finished work If we do not know you?

You, the One who is one thing and who is all So may you give To the intellect, wisdom to comprehend that one thing To the heart, sincerity to receive this and this only To the will, purity that wills only one thing In prosperity, may you grant perseverance to will one thing Amid distraction, collectedness to will one thing In suffering, patience to will one thing.

You that gives both the beginning and the completion May you early, at the dawn of the day, Give to the young the resolution to will one thing As the day wanes, may you give to the old A renewed remembrance of that first resolution That the first may be like the last And the last like the first In possession of a life that has willed only one thing, To know God.

‘Step out of your comfort zone’ and attend Antioch

by MOLLY CAIN| for the Lorian

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y first Antioch experience was the spring semester of my freshman year at Loras, and I went because I wanted to meet more people and deepen other friendships I had made. I was craving a new experience that would connect me to the Loras community and family—I was feeling quite homesick at this point. So, I took the chance and signed up for the

weekend, and I wasn’t disappointed. What really made the experience wonderful for me wasn’t just Debbie Gross’s scotcheroos, the fantastic student leaders, or the relaxing “getaway” from campus, but the deep and close relationships I formed with my small-group. In this small-group time, I feel like I finally found my roots in the Loras community and that I had a place here. I’ve always been a reserved person when it comes to personal things,

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especially my faith, so I knew it would be a challenge for me to work up enough courage to share my story with people I didn’t know very well or at all. When it came to our first meeting as a small group, I decided to take a risk and speak first. It was a step that I don’t regret one bit! The team and other peers on my Antioch made me feel afe enough to step outside my comfort zone, and it has absolutely paid off. Now, as a senior, I have been on team

twice and preparing for my third retreat. It is an experience I would invite everyone to try. I encourage you to step outside of your comfort zone and think about Antioch as whatever you need it to be: a break from classes to regroup and think, a time to pray and grow in your faith, or an opportunity to meet new people. I am so blessed to have met the people I have and would never take back the time I have spent on Antioch!

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Duhawks will send 3 wrestlers Duhawks drop 2 to Nationals this weekend Two weekends ago, the Duhawks wrestled at the NCAA Division III Central Regional at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque by boo wood | sportswriter

The regional tournament is arguably the strongest regional, consisting of six of the top thirty teams in the country: Wartburg ranked No. 1, No. 8 Coe, No. 10 Loras, Luther & Cornell tied at No. 16 and No. 20 University of Dubuque.

With ten wrestlers competing in this tournament, the Duhawks had a long road ahead of them. At the end of the day, Loras ended up sending three wrestlers to the national tournament. Senior Matt Holmes was the first of the Duhawks to make it down to nationals, securing his trip with a pin in the semi-finals in twenty-five seconds. Holmes,

the two-seed at 141 pounds, finished the day in second place, losing in overtime to Wartburg.

Junior Steve Dewitt, the two-seed at 157 pounds, paved his way through to the semi-finals where he won a nailbiter of a match 10-9 over Wartburg. Dewitt would go on to the finals where he would come up short to Coe 6-3.

The third wrestler to make it to Nationals was heavy-weight James Buss who was also the two seed. Buss wrestled into the semi-finals where he won his match over Augustana 11-0. He would go on to lose to Wartburg in the finals 8-1.

The Duhawks not only captured three second place finishes but went on to place four other Duhawks. The first being first-year Rudy Johnson at 125 pounds who took fifth.

First-year Wilson Metellus at 133 pounds, senior Joe Wood at 149 pounds and senior

The Duhawks not only captured three second-place finishes but went on to place four other Duhawks.

Bill Wood at 165 pounds all captured sixthplace finishes. Loras finished sixth overall out of the eleven teams competing.

The wrestlers were not the only people awarded on this day. Head coach Randy Steward and associate head coach Ryan Birt won head coach of the year and assistant coach of the year.

The three national qualifiers will compete this Friday and Saturday in Cedar Rapids at the U.S. Cellular Center.

Baseball team gets back on the diamond after a long winter hiatus ‘‘

by Katie Truesdale | sportswriter

After a long winter, the 2014 baseball season has finally started. The Duhawks had a rocky start on opening day in a doubleheader against North Central College in Jacksonville, IL, last Saturday.

In the first game, Loras allowed six runs and struggled to get on the scoreboard until the seventh inning when senior Eric DeSousa brought in the first run of the game for the Duhawks. Later in the inning and with the bases loaded, sophomore Lucas Jacque would bring in a run from a walk making the score 6-2.

Unfortunately, the Duhawks were not able to drive in any more runs and lost the first game of the doubleheader 6-2.

Game two didn’t go as well as expected either. Loras ended the game scoreless while North Central had 11 runs in total after the final inning.

After losing their first two on Saturday, the Duhawks could only hope to turn things around on Sunday in their double-header against UW-Platteville.

The game started well for the Duhawks as senior Mark Jablonski scored the first run of the game giving Loras the lead. The game remained close throughout, yet the men ended

up losing by the score of 8-7.

The men were determined to come out with at least one win going into the last game of the weekend. In the second game of the double header, the Duhawks finally got back on track. Sophomore Patrick Walsh threw a shutout game as Loras took home a 4-0 win over the Pioneers.

“After this first weekend of games, it was tough to determine what the rest of the season is going to look like,” said sophomore outfielder Adrian Nuñez. “Our team had both positive and negative moments against North Central and Platteville. However, we can only learn from these situations and get better as our conference games and tournament approaches.”

“In the game we won, we came together as a team,” commented Walsh. “Our enthusiasm was there the entire game and we fought hard. We realized what our potential was and how good we really are when we bring everything together. The reason we won that game was because of solid defense and we brought in the runs when it was needed. We didn’t make a single error which was vital in our game because it didn’t extend the game.

If we limit the errors and hit with runners in scoring position, our pitching will do the rest

We realized what our potential was and how good we really are when we bring everything together.

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and we will shut teams down.”

The men are now 1-3 and are scheduled to face Wabash College and Dominican University on the road this upcoming weekend.

“Through the many weeks we had in Graber, it was nice to finally be outside,” said sophomore Nick Petruzzi. “Although the weekend did not go as planned, there were many positive aspects that we can take from it. Our pitching staff had a good weekend with Pat Walsh striking out 10 through seven innings and other good performances from Jake Norton, Will Petrosky, and Adam Schwoebel. We look forward to a rematch against North Central this weekend in Wabash, IN.”

straight in Storm Lake Men’s tennis team still in search of its first win as it enters an 8-match home-stand

by Ryan Graham | sports editor

After another two losses earlier this March, the Duhawks have slid to a 0-6 record. On March 1, the Duhawks fell to conference opponent Buena Vista by the score of 8-1. The Duhawks’ the lone point was scored by sophomore Ulises Hernandez, who competed in the No. 2 singles slot, beating his opponent in two sets, 6-4 and 7-6. Their loss to Buena Vista drops the Duhawks’ conference record to 0-2.

In their second game that day, the Duhawks faced off against Cornell College, in a match they lost 7-2. Points were scored by junior Brian Falvey from No. 1 singles slot and by the combination of Falvey and first-year Sam Steingraeber in the No. 1 doubles slot.

Despite their winless record, the Duhawks have shown signs of improvement lately by winning more individual matches last weekend than they had all season.

“I think the biggest thing we’ve been doing better is that we’ve been playing with a little more poise and patience,” said head coach Daniel Kurt. “We seem to know what kind of shots we need to hit. There are still times when we’re missing shots, but we at least have a better idea of what we’re trying to do and what I think the we’re trying to accomplish out team has there.” more natural With the way singles the season is players so it structured (due to weather), the has taken a Duhawks will lot of work not play another to get them match until late March. When comfortable asked what it with doubles would take for his and we’re team to pick up their first win of not quite the season, Kurt there yet. emphasized the Daniel Kurt importance of the head coach | doubles matches.

Men’s Tennis “We need to start getting points in doubles,” he said. “We’re getting some points at 1-doubles, they’ve been playing pretty well, but we haven’t won at 2-doubles or 3-doubles all year. That’s something we have to get going on.

We’ve been working a lot of doubles in practice but it just hasn’t quite translated over yet. Hopefully that will start to come around. I think the team has more natural singles players so it has taken a lot of work to get them comfortable with doubles and we’re not quite there yet.

It’s tough to find the right combination because we have a couple of guys who are talented but just don’t play well together.”

After their first six matches took place on the road, the Duhawks’ remaining eight matches will take place at home.

“I think it’s always easier to play at home,” said Kurt. “You don’t have the bus ride and you can get there early and get some shots in. You’re not really on a set schedule as much so it’s a lot easier to play at home, especially with all the fan support. Hopefully we can start to play better at home and see some wins.

We’ve definitely got some room to grow and hopefully being at home will help us do that.”

The Duhawks’ next match will take place Sunday, March 30, against St. Mary’s University.

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If interested, contact Michael Rovansek at Michael.Rovansek@loras.edu

Sports coach’s corner

Why aren’t the Bulls sucking?

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Graham Slam

he Chicago Bulls should be losing. With the season-ending injury to Derrick Rose, 25 percent of their payroll is sitting on the bench.

They traded Luol Deng, their leading scorer Ryan Graham and best perimeter sports editor defender. They have no star power, nor do they have any depth. Instead, their roster is a conglomeration of try-hard defensiveoriented players. They can’t score the ball — their 93.1 points per game is the worst in the NBA. Yet somehow, they keep winning.

At first, I didn’t like it. I was one of those Bulls fans who wanted the team to tank.

After Rose went down, the future looked grim. Frankly, even with Rose, the Bulls probably couldn’t compete with the likes

of the Heat and Pacers in the East. They needed another superstar player, someone to shoulder some of the load for Rose. But the Bulls were $20 million over the salary cap. They simply had no room to sign another great player, or any player for that matter. Luckily, the NBA has a salary cap exemption for draft picks. A team is always allowed to sign their draft picks, regardless of their payroll situation. So in my eyes, if the Bulls were going to get that superstar running mate for Derrick Rose, their only hope was the NBA draft. After the trade of Luol Deng, I thought for sure the Bulls would be in the lottery, in position to possibly select one of this year’s collegiate greats like Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins or Marcus Smart.

Then things got complicated.

The Bulls started winning. All of a sudden, D.J. Augustin decided to resurrect his career. Taj Gibson decided to emerge as a legitimate low-post scoring threat.

Jimmy Butler decided to start scoring again. Kirk Hinrich decided to not have bones made of glass.

And Joakim Noah decided to lose his damn mind.

It’s unthinkable that Noah, that uncoordinated, bow-tie donning spaz from 2007 would develop into the force that he is today. He had always been a hustle guy, an energy guy. He’d run the floor. He’d get tip-ins and dunks. He would get you 11 and 11 a night. He was a good role player. Then suddenly, over the last three months, he has exploded.

All of a sudden, Noah’s dishing out assists like a point guard. He’s dropping triple-doubles like he’s Magic Johnson. It’s like he touched the aliens’ magic basketball from “Space Jam” and assumed the powers of John Stockton.

Where did this come from? How did he suddenly become the best passing center in the league?

The answer can be found in one man -- one seven-foot-tall, unathletic, tobaccospitting country boy from Kendallville, Indiana. I’m talking of course, about Brad Miller.

Miller was always my favorite player in the league. Despite having the athleticism of a bacon cheeseburger, he had always able to use his intelligence (and that subtle pump fake) to be one of the league’s most effective centers. Miller was known for being one of the best passing centers in the league. He had a knack for racking up assists, something he passed down to Joakim Noah while he was with the Bulls from 2009-2010. Fun fact: Joakim Noah leads all centers in assists per game. Who’s second on that list? Spencer Hawes, who started his career as Miller’s backup, playing behind him from 2007-2009 in Sacramento. Brad Miller needs to be a coach somewhere.

But Miller was never this good.

Throughout his 14 seasons in the NBA, Miller only hit double digits in assists one time. Noah has done it five times in the last two months. So there must be a second factor contributing to Noah’s passing

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explosion. That factor is Tom Thibodeau.

With his team struggling to score and on the brink of a mid-season collapse, Thibodeau made a decision that would end up turning the Bulls’ season around.

Instead of relying on his point guards Kirk Hinrich, who doesn’t have the explosiveness to get into the lane at this point in his career; or D.J. Augustin, a scoring point guard who has never averaged more than four assists per game in his career; Thibodeau decided to run his offense through Joakim Noah in the high-post.

And the results have been fantastic.

Teams aren’t used to defending the Bulls’ style of offense. It’s unconventional, and less than ideal, but it gets the job done. In the grand scheme of things, Tom Thibodeau is the biggest reason for the Bulls’ rejuvenation this season. Like a great poker player, you can give him an awful hand and somehow he’ll still find a way to win the pot.

I guess I should have known that a Tom Thibodeau coached team wouldn’t go gentle into that good night. I don’t know if all this is for the better. The Bulls success this season could very well be preventing them from drafting a once in a lifetime player who could put them in position to win multiple NBA Championships. The Bulls might be making a huge mistake.

But I’ll be damned if they’re not fun to watch.

Lacrosse team gets into the win column Loras defeats Illinois Institute of Technology 12-3 behind Kutsch’s triple hat trick

by Jill Liebforth | sportswriter

This past weekend, the Duhawks went head-to-head with the Illinois Institute of Technology Scarlett Hawks in Chicago. The Duhawks proved victorious by the score of 12-3, earning their first of the 2014 season.

The Scarlet Hawks drew first blood, slipping a shot in the net within the first minutes of the game. But first-year midfielder Anna Schwalbe responded within 15 seconds, sending the ball passed IIT’s goalkeeper to even the score.

Soon after, the Duhawk’s offense took flight with sophomore Kaitlyn Kutsch scoring a program record nine goals for the Duhawks. Kutsch was a dominating factor in scoring and draw controls in the match.

First-year Hannah Nelson also chipped in with two goals of her own. On the defensive end, first-year goalie Claire Sheahan was solid for the Duhawk defense, racking up 10 saves throughout the match.

Overall, Loras dominated the match in shots (28 to 17).

The Duhawks’ next game will take place next Saturday at home against Albion College. On the following Tuesday, March 25, the Duhawks will take on cross-town rival University of Dubuque, in a game that was rescheduled from this week due to weather.

“This win definitely builds our confidence before heading in to play University of Dubuque,” said head coach Emily

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Sophomore Kaitlyn Kutsch fires a shot on goal. Kutsch was named the Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference Player of the Week after scoring a program record nine goals against Illinois Institute of Technology last Saturday.

Goetz. “We saw a lot of things we need to focus on in practice but it was great being able to implement our new defense and see where our weaknesses and strengths are. We will keep building on the defense this week.”

Goetz also emphasized the “pumped up” vibe she wanted to create for her the

team. Recently, the Duhawks have seemed to respond to that vibe.

“I think we worked really well this weekend as a team,” said Sheahan. “We worked hard on our defense and transitions this past week during practice and it really paid off. We are really looking forward to our match against UD and coming

in with a positive attitude will make all the difference in achieving another win.”

The Duhawks will look to continue the momentum off their most recent win next Saturday, March 22, against Albion and the following Tuesday against UD. The two games will mark the beginning of a seven game home-stand for the Duhawks.

Track and field teams finish indoor season strong

by Dale Elenteny | sportswriter

The men’s and women’s track and field teams both turned in solid performances in the Iowa Conference Championship hosted by Luther College two weekends ago. Of the eight teams competing, the women took second while the men took third.

On the men’s side, senior Josh Goerdt took first place in the 400-meter run while sophomore Stedman Foster finished behind him in third. Sophomore Keontae Neely took second place in the long jump and sophomore Zach Frey took second in the 800-meter run. First-year Dylan Toole took second in the high jump. Fellow first-

year Ben Kieler finished in behind Toole in third. Finally, the relay team of Foster, senior Sean Lewis, junior Zac Gassman, and sophomore Nick Ball took second place in the 4x200-meter relay.

“I thought the team performed really well,” Goerdt said. “Everyone went out there and ran as best they could and we had some good times to put up on the board.

We finished third, even though we competed against Central and Wartburg who always have national caliber athletes. As a senior, it’s a great feeling seeing first-years step up and compete to help the team even as first-years.”

Unfortunately, Goerdt suffered an injury

during the meet that will cause him to miss some time.

“Moving forward, I am out for six weeks due to my stress fracture,” Goerdt continued. “I hope to get in as much training as I can during that time and hope my foot heals sooner than later and get back to practicing and competing with the team.”

For the women, first-year Maggie SaenzRuiz took first place in the 5000-meter race, while fellow first-year Elizabeth Brandenburg won the pole vault. Senior Laura Wondra also helped out with a second place finish in the long jump.

Additionally, a few Duhawks competed in the UW-Stevens Point Last Chance Meet

last Saturday. On the men’s side, the relay team of junior Ty Wittman, Foster, Frey and sophomore Sam Whan took second in the men’s distance medley relay.

On the women’s side, Bradenburg placed third in the women’s pole vault, while junior Morgan Steere placed twelfth in the weight throw and fourteenth in the shotput.

Steere was the only Duhawk to qualify for Division III Indoor Championships where she will compete this weekend.

The rest of the Duhawks will resume their season later this month at the Alumni Meet which will take place in the Rock Bowl on March 22.

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Junior Victoria May dishes to senior Katie Wheeler on the fast-break during the Duhawks’ win over Coe in the Iowa Conference Championship.

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Senior Katie Langmeier does a lay-up during the Duhawks 81-57 win over Coe in the Iowa Conference Championship.

Duhawks playoff run comes to an end Loras loses a nail-biter to St. Thomas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

“Rarely do things go as planned, but I do think this year went as planned,” said Heinzen.

“We had quite the mix of newcomers to our roster and molding the team took some time.

We scheduled one of the toughest non-conference slates in the nation with the intent of growing as a group, learning how to compete at the highest levels possible and helping

by Katie Truesdale | sportswriter us identify weak areas in our team’s offense and defense. Credit the women, after a 5-6 The Duhawks’ 2013-2014 season came to an end Saturday night in St. Paul, MN against start, they kept focused and really improved as the year went along, more than any team St. Thomas in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

I’ve had. I was proud of our leadership and happy we could send our seniors out with the The women’s team finished one of the best seasons in school history with an overall re- gift of an NCAA tournament appearance.” cord of 19-9 and a 12-2 record in conference play. Not only did the Duhawks win the Iowa Although next season is far away, after this NCAA tournament, the returning players conference regular season title, they also breezed through the conference tournament with expect nothing less for next season. wins over Wartburg and Coe. By winning the conference “Each individual has things they will have to get bettournament, the Duhawks received an automatic qualter at to keep the program’s momentum high” Heinzen ifying bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. It had continued. “Accountability will be very important, in “ We certainly had our chances but I was very happy been over a decade since the Duhawks have been to the the weight room, in the summer and on days where NCAA tournament. with how we went out. We started on our heels a bit our women are alone in the gym. From a graduation In the first round of the tournament, the Duhawks standpoint, we will lose a lot of rebounding, a lot of and allowed St. Thomas to dictate the game in the faced off against the St. Thomas Tommies last Saturday toughness and leadership that we will have to make up first half, but our women responded. We showed a evening. Despite Loras’ strong start, St. Thomas roared for as a group. I don’t think we’ll ask one player to do back to secure a 29-21 lead at halftime. The second half lot of toughness and grit the last twenty minutes what Langmeier, Wheeler, or Byrne did, that’s not fair continued to be a back and forth nail biter as each team to either our seniors or returners. We’ll be a different and really gave ourselves a good shot to win.” had a short lead at one point in the game. Unfortunateteam for sure and building our identity in the offseason Justin Heinzen, will be crucial.” ly, the Duhawks fell short at the end by the score of head coach | women’s basketball 52-49.

As the season came to a close, three Duhawks com“I wanted to keep them loose and have them enjoy pleted their careers as Loras: Katie Wheeler, Katie the game, while finding the balance of competing and Langmeier and Lauren Byrne. representing our league,” said head coach Justin Heinzen. “St. Thomas is a tradition-rich “This season, our team adopted a motto that we held on to,” said Wheeler. “We said program with loads of tournament experience and they presented a lot of individual the phrase BLESS1A before and after every practice and in team huddles throughout match-up problems for us. I thought we had to keep it a physical game and, especially in the season. It stands for ‘break limits, embrace struggle, and serve one another.’ It was the second half, we did. If the game got into the full court, they had a definite advantage something that we constantly said, but it took time to really understand it. I think a lot of so we had to slow them down by shrinking the floor and by keeping them out of the paint our success as a team this season can be attributed to understanding the deeper meaning with drive help and post defense. Guess you could say we made it ‘ugly’ but that’s what behind it. It incorporates a variety of aspects of what it takes to be a good teammate and good defense does and was our best shot to win.” player both on and off the court. I think the younger girls should continue this tradiDespite the loss, Heinzen was pleased with his team’s effort in the tournament. tion, because once we took the saying to heart, we broke limits, embraced struggles, and “We certainly had our chances but I served one another. We became was very happy with how we went out,” an unstoppable team because he said. “We started on our heels a bit we lived by ‘BLESS1A.’ Each and and allowed St. Thomas to dictate the every person on the team was an game in the first half, but our women re- integral part of our success and sponded. We showed a lot of toughness I have no doubt about what this and grit the last twenty minutes and re- team will do in the future.”

After the season, several Dually gave ourselves a good shot to win.”

With team a team high of ten points hawks on both the men’s and and nine rebounds, Loras was led by se- women’s side received recogninior Katie Wheeler, in the last game of tion from the Iowa Conference.

On the women’s side, Heinzen her basketball career. was named Iowa Conference “This season was more successful than I could have ever imagined,” Coach of the Year. Langmeier said Wheeler. “We had such a tough was named the Iowa Conference non-conference schedule in the begin- MVP and Co-defensive player ning of the season that gave us mixed of the year. Sophomore Kaitlin feelings about how we would do in con- Phillips was named to the firstference play. But ultimately it taught team All-Iowa Conference team, us a lot about our team as a whole and junior Victoria May was named what we needed to do in order to be suc- to the second-team and firstcessful. We were picked to finish 6th in year Kathleen Cabrera received our league which did not seem to faze an honorable mention.

On the men’s basketball team, us, we were determined to break limits and show how great this team truly was. whose season ended two weeks I sure wasn’t ready for this season to ago, junior Aaron Schueller was photo by Kat Edwards come to an end, but I am nothing but named to the first-team All-Iowa photo by Kat Edwards grateful for being able to be a part of this conference team; while senior Senior Katie Wheeler stands at the top of the key Junior Victoria May pulls up for a shot against team. It was an incredible experience Alex Cline and junior Nathaniel and prepares to pass to first-year Lori Obendorf.

Coe. May was one of three Duhawks named throughout it all and I couldn’t have Smith were both named to the Wheeler led the Duhawks in points with ten and second-team. to the All-Iowa Conference team. rebounds with nine. asked for a better way to finish.”

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