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MONDAY JAN 9 2017 VOL 59 ISS 16
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First Dean of Engineering Passes Away Dr. Harold V. Rodriguez passed away this past November. Page 4
Football Recap for 2016
The Newest Niche
Our sports editor reviews some of the strengths and weaknesses from this past season. Page 9
Wedgie’s moves into Picklefish’s old building across from campus. Page 7
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Editor’s Note: Retraction & Formal Apology
Glass is heated to more than 2,000 degrees before an artist can shape it. Photo by Jake Cannon.
Devon Earl receives encouragement from a fellow player during the Arizona Bowl. Photo by Briana Cunningham.
USA football competes in second bowl game By Casie Carr | Sports Editor
USA football made history in their bowl game agaisnt the Air Force Academy this past December. The Jaguars scored a touchdown in the first offensive play of the game, which is a rare occurance. Josh Magee caught a 75- yarder from quarterback Dallas Davis, the longest pass in Arizona Bowl history. Although they ultimately lost against the Air Force Falcons 45-21, USA still played a strong game, but they ran out of steam midway. “We had been practicing that all week and we knew what look we were going to get so we executed,” Magee said. In the first quarter, the Jaguars were able to hold the Falcons to one field goal
By Alanna Whitaker | Editor-in-Chief
and USA put up another touchdown by Dami Ayoola. The score at 2nd quarter was 14-3, USA with the lead. Davis stepped up in the beginning of the 2nd and scored again for the Jaguars. Unfortunately, this would be the last points on the board for USA. With the score 21-3, the Jaguar defense just needed to hold off the Falcons. Before the end of the first half, AFA scored another field goal and two touchdowns. They had worn our injured defense down. Going into the second half the Falcons played a similar first drive as USA, with a 75-yard pass. AFA scored a touchdown in the first minute of the 3rd quarter. With USA down only one touchdown,
the Jaguar offense was challenged to work harder, but the AFA defense only seemed to get stronger as our defense weakened. “In the second half, Air Force changed up their defensive scheme; they were playing two-high [coverage] at first and then they changed to one-high,” said Magee. We needed to adjust to that, but hats off to their defense; they stuck on us and caused some confusion for us.” By the end of the 3rd AFA scored another touchdown and another field goal, making the score 38-21, the Falcons in the lead. In the fourth quarter, the Falcons finished us off with another touchdown, making the final score 45-21.
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The Vanguard apologizes to Matthew Patterson for a previously retracted article in issue 12 titled “Renowned head of galss (sic) blowing department loses tenure.” The article was based on unsubstantiated anonymous comments. The Vanguard regrets the errors and apologizes to Patterson and all others who may have been wrongly criticized by the article’s poorly reported and unvetted information. This article did not live up to The Vanguard’s high standards of rigorously reported and carefully edited journalism to which the staff aspires. The Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to serve the USA community through honest and objective reporting.