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Kelsey Lutz Feature Reporter Some earlier fans may know of them as Timeflies Tuesday with Cal freestyling along to Rez’s beats. Now they’ve dropped the “Tuesday,” have original songs of their own and are headed to Normal on their first headlining tour, Warning Signs. The Warning Signs Tour will be featuring Timeflies with two opening acts of Chiddy Bang and D1rty No1ze. D1rty No1ze just so happens to be a pair of local ISU DJs who have created a strong following on campus. Preparation for this concert has
been going on for quite some time. Jenna Cusumano, University Program Board (UPB) Center Stage Chairperson, has put a lot of work into getting ISU ready for the tour to run through the campus. Planning and organizing have been going into this project since May. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. tonight. Doors open at 6 p.m. Timeflies, Chiddy Bang and D1rty No1ze will be performing in the Braden Auditorium at the Bone Student Center. Tickets to see them are not sold out, and can still be purchased at the Braden Box Office, on ticketmaster. com or by calling (800) 745-3000. The prices range from $18 for an ISU student, $25 for the general public and $35 to be close to the stage in the pit. However, to receive the student ticket price, one must buy the ticket at the Braden Box Office with a valid ISU student ID. Timeflies has a very large following consisting mainly of college students. Ever since they went viral from one specific YouTube video, a remix of The
Little Mermaid’s “Under the Sea”, the two talented men have been quickly climbing the totem pole of fame. Their unique style of music sets them aside from other groups, making them likeable in their own way. “They do covers, they remix songs and they have their own music. They’re kind of pop, electric dance music and rap all mixed into one, so we decided to bring them because we thought it’d be a good idea to combine a bunch of different genres to give people something different instead of just a regular band coming,” Cusumano said. Cal, the singer of the group, likes to do something unusual on stage at his concerts. In many of their YouTube videos, Cal can be seen freestyle rapping by picking words out of a hat. He does the same ritual with his audiences. “Normally, during their concerts, they’ll ask for words pertaining to that town. Then they’ll do a freestyle on stage,” Cusumano said. So, not only can students attend the concert, they can participate by helping the performers freestyle a rap.
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Boogie band to visit Firehouse Pizza Kristina Austin Reporter
At 9 p.m. on Friday straight-up honkytonk band, Tilford Sellers And The Wagon Burners, is coming to Firehouse Pizza in Normal. Based in Bloomington, Ind., the band plays a mixture of country, boogie and swing music, said Zak Etscheid, general manager of Firehouse in Normal. “Tilford Sellers has played here a couple times before, and he’s one of our friends,” said Etscheid. “His style is pretty cool, and on top of that, he has background in some of the stuff some of us do, like hard core punk. He really likes music, and he’s nerdy about it like we are.” Etscheid described Tilford Sell-
ers as a modernized 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll band. “But it’s not like going to see a Rockabilly guy. It’s really been brought up to date. It’s got kind of like a classic feel, and it’s really fun rock ‘n’ roll,” he added. Etscheid said Firehouse is hoping to attract all age groups as long as they are people that are in to having fun. ISU students should especially want to come because of Firehouse’s relaxed atmosphere. “We just like to goof off, hang out. The people that play here are really regular and really nice too. We’ve totally broken down that boundary of artist and audience, performer and crowd. I think it makes it really inclusive,” he explained. When the show starts, Firehouse will be serving half-price pizzas and drink specials, including $3 wells.
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Tilford Sellers and The Wagon Burners will make their way to Uptown Normal’s Firehouse Pizza to play a variation of country, boogie and swing music this Friday night.
World-renowned trumpeter to make his way to Bloomington Jenna Zbinden Staff Writer At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Grammy-Awardwinning Doc Severinsen and His Big Band will bring “The Tonight Show” era sound to the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts. World-famous trumpeter Doc Severinsen is known to light up the stage with his colorful jackets and to blow the roof off by playing classic numbers from artists like Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Jazz, pop, latin and big band sounds will also be featured among the classics by Severinsen and His Big Band. They are also known to slip in the famous fulllength version of “The Tonight Show” theme
song. “It should be some wonderful music,” said Erin Manigen, marketing manager of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts in Bloomington. The concert’s pre-show will feature the Normal Community High School Jazz Ensemble which will begin at 6:45 p.m. A post-show will be hosted by Glenn Wilson, a baritone saxophonist that will also be playing with Doc Severinsen and His Big Band. Severinsen began his career as a band leader and the famous trumpeter to blast the introduction of “The Tonight Show” theme song, a late night television hit lasting three decades. When the show came to an end in May of 1992, Severinsen began to tour.
Playing full shows on tour has revealed the depth and full talent of Doc Severinsen and His Big Band. Some of the best members from “The Tonight Show” toured alongside Severinsen in his band and got their welldeserved place in the spotlight. Like Severinsen, many of his band members are also accomplished trumpet soloists. “People recognize him and his music,” Manigen added. Severinsen visited ISU School of Music last April for a public interview in the Center for Performing Arts where he gave advice to students on making it into the music business. Spots are still available for the concert and range in price from $41-$60. Tickets can be
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Genetics: Most important factor in health?
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hen we were little kids, we were told what is healthy and what is unhealthy by our elders. Our parents would not allow us to leave the dinner table until we ate all our vegetables and drank our milk. Physical education teachers would drill into our minds the importance of exercise in order to ensure a long and prosperous life. We like to believe we have a general idea of what is healthy behavior and what is not. We think eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, drinking plenty of water, exercising regularly and avoiding toxins like nicotine will extend our lives far past the average life span. But, there have been an increasing number of cases where unhealthy behavior has not affected the lifespan of certain individuals. A recent article was published by the Houston Chronical about the oldest veteran in the United States, Richard Overton. He lives in Texas, and is currently 107. His age peaked interviewers’ interest, and he was asked how he has been able to maintain his longevity. According to the article, in a television interview in March, Overton said he regularly
smokes cigars, does not take any medicine and adds whiskey to his morning coffee every day. Yet, he walks without a cane and still continues to drive his car at 107. Cases such as Overton’s have baffled health experts for years, but genomics might be the answer. Genetics can be the determining factor when it comes to health and longevity, and what we consider as “healthy.” It can affect every individual differently because of genetic makeup. Genomics is essentially the study of all a person’s genes and how they interact with each other and the environment. According to genome.gov, genomics also includes the “scientific study of complex diseases … because [complex] diseases are typically caused more by a combination of genetic and environmental factors than by individual genes.” In other words, genomics can determine if a person is susceptible to deadly diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The website also clarifies that genomics is the reason why some people lead “healthy” lifestyles and still die young of disease, while others lead incredibly unhealthy
lifestyles and live very long lives. When it comes to health, genomics can be an important factor when determining treatment for illness. If someone is genetically susceptible to heart disease, stroke, or any other serious disease, precautionary measures should be taken. Genome.gov states that genomic factors contribute to nine out of 10 deaths in the United States, which makes genetics the determining factor in health. Obviously, precautionary measures should be taken in regards to health. Exercise and a healthy diet are beneficial, but health is largely determined by the genetic lottery. If you are lucky enough to inherit resilient genes, then unhealthy behavior will not likely affect you as much as those with susceptible genes. Because of genomics, health care should be based individually instead of collectively. Since everyone has different genetic makeup, treatment should adjust accordingly. By all means, keep on exercising and eating healthy. It still has an impact on overall health, but it is not necessarily the primary factor of a long and healthy life.
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Emanuel’s gun bill may not be the best answer MY VIEW Nick Ulferts Columnist
As gun violence continues to be a major epidemic in Chicago, lawmakers are still divided as to how to deal with the problem. Recently, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempt to create stricter consequences for illegal gun possession was stalled by state legislatures.
The bill would have required a mandatory one year sentence for illegal gun carry, and would have extended the period of incarceration for repeat offenders. While the bill was initially expected to pass, a large outcry from African American legislators stalled its progression. Lead by figures such as Rev. Jesse Jackson, opponents of the bill questioned whether or not there were better ways to fight gun violence other than pouring millions into longer prison sentences. I have always been a huge proponent of gun control, and generally support any laws that prevent gun violence. However, arguments put forth by lobbyists like Jackson have really made me wonder: Are longer incarcerations for gun offenders really the answer for the violence in Chicago? I understand that a huge motivation for lengthening such sentences is the hope that it will deter crimi-
nals from carrying guns. Yet I can’t help but think if a criminal is willing to carry a gun, what they are willing to do with said gun could yield much longer prison sentences. Therefore, it’s hard to think that harsher sentences for just possession would really discourage a criminal that much, as they already plan on committing worse crimes. I also understand that the bill acts as a precautionary measure; criminals caught with illegal firearms, especially repeat offenders, could be put in prison before they could use them. While I understand that this could be potentially beneficial, I believe that there are other precautionary measures that would be more effective at stopping gun violence. Instead of pouring millions into longer incarcerations, why not spend it on better rehabilitation programs for prisoners? Too often criminals are released from prison only to repeat offenses. Frequently this is because
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getting a job as an ex-convict is incredibly difficult, and there are limited opportunities. While this doesn’t justify their actions, better programs could lead to fewer repeat offenses, and therefore less gun violence. As always, education also needs to be a greater priority. The millions that would be needed for Emanuel’s bill could instead be poured into the local schools. Retaining students, bettering their education, and getting them motivated to go to college would do wonders to decrease the amount of criminals on the streets. While it may not yield instant results, these are the types of investments that will most certainly yield a better future. Hiring more police is another method of decreasing gun violence. Having an even stronger police presence would obviously decrease crime, as evident by what New York City did in the ’90s. According to the National Bureau of Economic Re-
search, the amount of police in the city increased by 35% during this period, and is widely attributed to the crime rate drop of this time. It is very possible that this effect could occur in Chicago as well. While I think Emanuel’s ideologies on gun control are great, creating stiffer consequences for illegal gun possession may not be enough to truly solve the issue of violence in the city. More needs to be done to better the communities that are most effected by gun violence. Education and better rehabilitation programs could accomplish this. If the culture behind gun violence isn’t better combatted, it may not matter what the prison sentence is for carrying an illegal gun. Nick Ulferts is a junior English education major and columnist for The Vidette. Any questions or comments regarding his column can be sent to nlferts@gmail.com.
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Redbird Rumble: To the NBA team the Minnesota Timberwolves for banning all rookie hazing in an attempt to clean up locker room behavior.
Redbird Rumble: To all the people who have donated to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
Redbird Fumble: To winter. It is finally here.
Redbird Rumble: To Former ISU coach Linda Herman who will soon be inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
Redbird Fumble: To the Congress approval rate. Nine percent of Americans now approve of Congress, the lowest it has ever been.
Redbird Fumble: To North Korea for executing dozens of people for trivial reasons, such as possessing a bible or watching South Korean movies.
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Students find a voice and a family in a cappella A cappella is a form of musical performance that has gained popularity rapidly in the past decade. The name comes from the Italian word for “in the manner of the church,” but what it really means is vocals with no background music.
Jessica Smith Staff Writer
Movies like “Pitch Perfect” and shows like “Glee” are both a marker of the genre’s success and a boost that inspire more teens to try out for a cappella groups. ISU is home to three a cappella groups: the Acafellaz, Secondary Dominance and the Clef Hangers. These groups typically have around 12 or 13 members, including singers of each vocal range as well as beat boxers. This creates the unique sound of a cappella. They can perform any type of music with an interesting twist. The Acafellaz are a male only group formed in 1999. They are ISU’s oldest a cappella group, made up of a dozen guys of all ages. Secondary Dominance is the female only counterpart to Acafellaz, formed in 2004. The group prides itself on arranging much of the music they perform. The newest a cappella group on campus, and currently the only mixed group of males and females, is the Clef Hangers. “The Clef Hangers are a family first, and an a cappella group second. We’ve really worked hard to build a solid support system and to develop a sound that is a true reflection of our love for music and for each other,” Ashley Foreman,
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The Acafellaz is an all-male a cappella group at ISU, consisting of around a dozen singers. They will participate in the a cappella concert Saturday. president of the Clef Hangers, said. A cappella groups are not limited to music majors for participation; anyone is allowed to join. “Clef Hangers is open to all majors at ISU,” Foreman said. “Current members of the group study anything from music ed. and acting, to physics and information technology.” Auditions for the groups are held
each fall semester, and like much everything else, the decision is made together, Foreman explained. “The entire group is involved in the decision making process. This holds true for most of what we do in Clef Hangers. We all vote on new music and do our best to make decisions as a group,” she said. A typical week consists of multiple rehearsals as the groups pre-
pare a set of contemporary music, adapted to their group’s style and vocal ranges. For example, the Clef Hangers rehearse three times a week. All three groups perform regularly, both on and off campus; interested groups can book gigs for their events by contacting the group members. This weekend, the Clef Hangers
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Since 1999, this spot has provided McLean County with great food and a place to watch sporting events. You can also catch great live music performances at this location on the weekends — Friday and Saturday nights typically headline local bands.
Windjammer Lounge Drifters Pub 3 This 2 When Bloomington bar has you think of Drifters,
and Deli 4 ACoffeehouse favorite among college students, the Coffeehouse regularly hosts live music from singer-songwriters from around the area. The laidback environment provides coffee shop goers and music listeners with a great atmosphere to get free Wi-Fi and enjoy varied musical acts.
all the features you would expect — darts, plenty of TVs and pool tables. The best part, however, is the live music. With a stage conveniently located right in the center of the bar, you can see live bands perform nearly every weekend.
you are likely to associate it with Thursday, Friday and Saturday nightlife in downtown Bloomington. However, the pub actually hosts open mic nights every Monday night. Music fans get their chance at the beginning of each week to perform live on the Drifters stage.
Firehouse Pizza and Pub 1 While this restaurant/bar is best known for its pizza and liquor, it is also a great venue for amateur artists to perform. Firehouse regularly features all different kinds of musical acts; most recently the Colin L. Orchestra performed, and 500 Miles to Memphis will be performing this weekend.
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The Pod Brings Local Art to Uptown Normal
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“The Pod is an eclectic mix of many locally made items including fine art, jewelry, ceramics, clothing and much more,” Natalie Wetzel, owner of The Pod, said. “As space frees up, we are able to rotate in new artists from our waiting list.”
Melanie Lowe Senior Staff If you’ve ever walked the lively streets of Uptown Normal, you may have taken note of the bright, multicolored building on the corner of Beaufort St. This vibrant building is home to The Pod, an eclectic specialty art and gift boutique. Once you get past its vibrant exterior, you’ll notice that this one-of-a-kind shop has a lot to offer. “The Pod is an eclectic mix of many locally made items including fine art, jewelry, ceramics, clothing and much more,” Natalie Wetzel, owner of The Pod, said. The store is unlike any other boutique located in Uptown Normal, with an imaginative atmosphere and a variety of alluring artwork covering the walls. Once you enter The Pod’s welcoming doors, you may find it difficult to leave without trying on every piece of jewelry and evaluating every piece of art. “We try very hard to offer something for everyone and at many price ranges. Many college students frequent our establishment and find our merchandise affordable, even on a lean budget,” Wetzel said. But before it was an established business, The Pod was nothing more than a beloved dream shared between two close friends. After graduating from Illinois State Univer-
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sity, Natalie Wetzel and Bekah Berry made and sold art in the community of BloomingtonNormal. “We both shared a vision of owning a small business in Uptown Normal,” Wetzel recalls. Throughout 2010 and 2011, Wetzel and Berry spent a considerable amount of their time developing a comprehensive business plan. Once the plan was in progress, they took possession of the property, and it was at this time that The Pod coordinated the recognizable community mural that can be found on the side of the building. “It has become our pride and joy over the years,” Wetzel said. What sets The Pod apart from other retail establishments in the area is the fact that they represent a large number of artists throughout the community. The store consigns new art on a quarterly basis, meaning the artists who are selling with them at the time have the opportunity to renew their contract or step out at the beginning of each quarter. “As space frees up, we are able to rotate in new artists from our waiting list. This keeps The Pod fresh and enables us to serve many people,” Wetzel said. Most recently, The Pod is selling Lindsey Maubach’s LuuLuv handmade bows and headbands, as well as original paintings by Lydia Culik Puddicombe and Moriah Gramm.
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The Pod in Uptown Normal offers an arrangement of specialty art and gift options perfect for the holiday season that is swiftly approaching.
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Cherry Berry’s party room hosts local bands
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Cherry Berry is best known for its frozen yogurt bar, but now the business has extended to include a party room next door where events can be held. Saturday, there will be a concert featuring local bands.
Kelley Bowles Reporter
If you like local music and frozen yogurt, the perfect event is coming up on Saturday. Cherry Berry on Main Street, across the street from Southside, will be having a concert with local Bloomington-Normal bands. The store opened last year and has been a major hit amongst the college crowd. It is spacious for meetings and outings with friends, and it recently added a large party room for big events and birthday parties. The party room is on the North side of Cherry Berry where Movie Fan used to be located. On Saturday, the store will be hosting a concert for local bands to come and perform, and anyone is welcome to come check it out. Alan Hunt, an employee at Cherry Berry, will be performing with his band this Saturday, and thought it would be a great venue
to have the event. “We started booking a couple bands,” said Hunt. “It’s a great place for playing music and having fun.” Hunt and his band are called Daydream Director, and it consists of five members. The other members are Jose Perez on vocals, Nathan Gerard and Austin Dehart on guitar, and Simon Amr on bass guitar and vocals. Hunt is the drummer of the band and is a student at Heartland. The band came together over time and officially started back in July. “We’ve been jamming for a couple years now,” Hunt said. He went to high school with one of the members, and he has been in bands with the others in the past. The band plays alternative music with a mix of pop-punk as well. Since there are limited venues and space for local bands to perform, Hunt wanted to
open up another opportunity with Cherry Berry. The local bands like to come together, but the common places in Blo-No often fill up fast. Cherry Berry’s large, new party room is the perfect location. “These concerts are a great way to put our band’s music out there and it’s a really cool atmosphere and everyone was really excited about it at the last show,” Hunt said. There have been several bands booked already, and their first concert event was a big hit. For extra entertainment, this event is extending Halloween to the event Saturday, and fans can get into the event for half price if they dress up as their favorite horror character. So this weekend if you are looking for good music and a great snack, go to the concert for $6 at Cherry Berry on Main Street. The event will be going on from 7-11 p.m. and
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Still-hot Eminem breathes fire on ‘MMLP2’ ‘Thor’ displays box office clout Mik ael Wood Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — When news broke in August that Eminem had completed a new album, it arrived in a fashion nearly identical to the way Jay Z had announced his own record just two months earlier: in a tech-related TV commercial (Samsung for Jay Z, Beats headphones for Eminem) that aired during a much-watched special event (the NBA Finals, the MTV Video Music Awards). Both rappers, veterans of a joint 2010 stadium tour, even touted their involvement with Rick Rubin, the bearded superproducer celebrated for his truth-teller vibe. That’s about the extent of the similarities, though, between “Magna Carta Holy Grail” and “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” (“MMLP2”), due officially Tuesday after an unauthorized leak last week. Where Jay Z’s album felt chilly and glazed-over — the work of a king in search of a specific mandate — Eminem’s scorches, spewing emotion as hot (and as damaging) as lava. If anything, the record shares more with “Yeezus” by another of Jay Z’s recent touring partners, Kanye West, who like Eminem appears to view aging as a sharpening process. But really “MMLP2” just demonstrates how singular a presence Eminem at 41 remains. Though he’s unquestionably one of the form’s giants — his last album, 2010’s quadruple-platinum “Recovery,” was that year’s biggest seller — he seems no less a hip-hop outlier today, in an age of sensitive smooth talkers such as Drake, than he did when he emerged amid the bling purveyors of the late ’90s; his outsized feelings still set him apart. Perhaps that’s why his primary reference point here is one of his own records, “The Marshall Mathers LP,” the 2000 CD, titled after his birth name, that solidified Eminem’s reputation as both a superstar and a
serious artist. The rapper has said the new album isn’t a sequel to the earlier set so much as a “revisitation” of its themes: his relationships with his mother and his ex-wife, for instance, and the toxic effects of celebrity. Yet he hardly made an effort to avoid the throwback tag, with jokes about Monica Lewinsky and the Backstreet Boys as well as sizable samples of wellworn hits by the Zombies, Joe Walsh, and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. “It’s like I’m in the dirt, digging up old hurt,” he admits in “Bad Guy,” which by the end of its seven minutes has turned into a deranged monologue by the little brother of the obsessed fan from Eminem’s “Stan”; later, “Legacy” recalls “Lose Yourself” in its account of the direction that music provided a young man badly in need of some. And then there’s “Berzerk,” the Rubin-produced Beastie Boys homage in which Eminem urges, “Let’s take it back to straight hip-hop and start it from scratch.” But if the layers of nostalgia caking “MMLP2” make starting from scratch impossible, Eminem sounds more alive — angrier, yet more fully present — than he has in years, including on the sometimesdreary “Recovery,” where he playby-played his crawl back from drug addiction. His intricate rhyming in tracks like “Love Game” and “Evil Twin” is nearly without equal, an opinion Eminem appears to share, as only one rapper, L.A.’s Kendrick Lamar, is permitted a guest spot — a rarity by cameo-lousy 2013 standards. (Female singers, including Rihanna and Skylar Grey, are more plentiful.) Which isn’t to say that “MMLP2” lacks for varied voices. As always, Eminem keeps flipping between his alter egos, a means of demonstrating his technical ability — he even nails Yoda’s
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — With its god of thunder “Thor” lighting up the box office this weekend, Marvel has struck again at the multiplex. The 3-D sequel “Thor: The Dark World” debuted with a healthy $86 million, according to an estimate from Marvel distributor Walt Disney Studios. That’s the year’s fourthhighest opening, but well behind Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” whose $174 million debut is still the biggest of 2013. Heading into the weekend, prerelease audience surveys suggested the comic book adaptation would debut with a minimum of $90 million — and given strong early interest, even a $100 million launch didn’t appear impossible. Of course, $86 million is still a great start, significantly more than the $65.7 million the original “Thor” launched with in 2011. And although “The Dark World” cost Marvel Entertainment $170 million to produce, the film will probably do so well overseas that the studio should end up in good shape. Yet a film from the Marvel universe is held to exceptionally high standards. With the latest “Thor” hitting theaters in the wake of 2012’s “The Avengers” and this past summer’s “Iron Man 3,” some expected “The Dark World” to see an even larger box-office bump. “Iron Man 3” raked in an insane $1.2 billion worldwide. The movie no doubt benefited from the success of “The Avengers,” which features both Iron Man and Thor, and became the top-grossing film of 2012 with $1.5 billion in global sales. The first “Thor,” which in the end collected $181 million domestically and $268 million abroad, wasn’t viewed as a massive hit. But it was the first in the franchise, so it was given the benefit of the doubt. With the sequel’s launch, it seems clear
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Kansas’ Wiggins doesn’t have to be LeBron or Durant, just himself Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star CHICAGO — He walked into the biggest moment of a life that will have many bigger ones with all the tenseness of a happy hour and, actually, that’s not really accurate. Andrew Wiggins did not walk from the locker room into this moment on the court. He danced into it, hopped into it, smiled into it. There are nerves underneath, of course. College basketball’s mosthyped star in years is OK admitting that, because how could it be any other way? He is the magazine coverboy, his name in sentences with everyone from Wilt Chamberlain to LeBron James. He’s an 18-year-old from Canada unveiled to a mainstream American audience for the first time in front of millions. Dick Vitale and Mike Krzyzewski and some 60 NBA scouts watched what turned out to be a 94-83 win for No. 5 Kansas over No. 4 Duke here on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic, which has become the unofficial kickoff of college basketball. “The hype was big,” Wiggins says. “I saw it all over TV. I tried to
block it out.” Wiggins will tell you the nerves got to him. Early, at least. He admits sweating it all, but the folks who stayed to the end saw what started all that hype. A glimpse of it, anyway, when Wiggins hit the kind of step-back jumper in isolation that coaches will run for him in the NBA, then a breakaway dunk with less than two minutes left that pushed KU’s lead to four, then six. “I (saw) a lot of people packing the lane, waiting for me to drive” Wiggins says of the play that led to the jumper. “So that was off-limits. I had confidence in my jumper. That’s what I’ve been practicing.” For most of the 38 minutes before, Wiggins wasn’t the best player on his team, let alone the game. That this could be the case and Wiggins still finish with 22 points (on 15 shots) and 10 rebounds is a testament to his ludicrous talent, but Perry Ellis scored 24 points and led an effort that kept KU close and then ahead of Duke with Wiggins (and Tarik Black) in foul trouble. Duke freshman Jabari Parker, who beat Wiggins to Sports Illustrated’s cover by a little more than a year, stole the scene, going for 27
points on an NBA star’s Rolodex of jumpers, dunks, transition finishes and midrange game. Parker was the star for most of the night, the one with the bounce, sort of like what happened to Wiggins two years ago when he dominated a summer showcase. Ever since, Wiggins has been treated like a star far beyond his accomplishments. The LeBron comparisons are a good example, more a game of telephone than anything legitimate. One person says he’s the best high school prospect since LeBron, the next says he’s as good as LeBron, and the next thing you know he’s posing for GQ before thinking twice and asking his coach out of the media machine. This is a different experience for Wiggins, and it’s only to grow more extreme. Depending on who you talk to around the KU program, there is a feeling that the hype grew too quickly. For the first time, he is being chased by something instead of chasing. Maybe you can see some of it in his game. Outside the comfort of that moment with his team outside the locker room, just them, there is hesitation. Adjustment. A need
to figure out which moves to tweak against better and bigger competition. Maybe it’s telling that most of Wiggins’ best moments against Duke came with backdoor cuts, filling lanes in transition and guiding his own miss into the basket. On this night, at least, Parker was the best player and now takes back some of the attention and hype that’s been Wiggins’ for much of the last two years. Wiggins is an elite talent, a freakish athlete even by NBA standards. But that’s not enough, which isn’t necessarily fair — but it is reality. Even in basketball circles, you can hear the beginnings of a backlash to the hype that Wiggins never asked for. He’s not LeBron. He needs to get stronger. Needs to improve his jumper. The world Wiggins now lives in moves fast. NBA scouts and stars watched this game, curious like everyone else, and their opinions are shaping. Is Wiggins an NBA star like Kevin Durant (who Wiggins compared himself to in that GQ interview)? Or is he an NBA star like Rudy Gay, uber-talented but somewhere below the game’s true upper class?
This was Wiggins’ first of many nationally televised chances to tell us this season, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the message was mixed. It will be missed by a lot of people that Wiggins could score 22 points, including two key baskets down the stretch, and still not match a ridiculous set of expectations. But that’s important to remember. So is this: Wiggins’ teammates are good enough that he doesn’t have to be LeBron or Durant right now. He can be himself, picking spots, surrounded by his friends, dancing, hopping, smiling into one season’s worth of big moments.
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Chloe Nelson grabbed eight points for the Redbirds in last night’s game against Northern Kentucky University.
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just over seven minutes to play in the opening half. NKU then broke out of its seven scoreless minutes, putting five straight points on the board to take a 16-15 lead. Foley then answered with three of her own, turning the score back to 1816 ISU. The Norse returned with a two-point lead before Nelson connected another jumper, tying the game at 20-all with 3:27 left to play. After a pair of free throws, an Oliver jumper and a late NKU turnover, Nelson sank her third jumper at the buzzer to give ISU the half-
time advantage. At the end of the half, the Norse had only connected 28 percent of the shots while the Redbirds recorded 44 percent of their attempts. ISU and NKU continued to exchange basket for basket in the second half, until the Norse took a five-point run to a 32-30 lead. An NKU foul brought Gebhardt to the free throw line, tying the game again. This moment gave the ’Birds an eight-point run with 10 minutes left to play. The Norse’s turn for an 8-0 run in the back and forth match up gave them a 44-40 advantage, just as the Redbirds began their 10 minutes without a field goal.
They managed three free throws, but it was not enough. Without scoring a field goal in the final 10 minutes, and turning over the ball a total of 28 times, NKU finally came out victorious, 61-48. “It has to be a win-by-committee. It’s a challenge for us to get outside of ourselves and stay outside of ourselves, and to work together as a team. It’s something we’re working on, and actually, it is turning; we can see it,” Smith said. On Monday, the ’Birds will take on rival DePaul in Chicago.
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ISU students partner with Hoops for Haiti for “Managing Change” class assignment
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CORNER Don’t worry about Redbird hoops just yet DAN FOX Sports Editor
When presented with the assignment of “Managing Change” in their management and quantitative methods class, Austin Smith, Chase Breeden, Wes Taupin, Lauren Sroka and Katy Sotiroff chose to partner with Hoops for Haiti and the ISU men’s basketball team to donate basketball equipment to Haitian children. Already a member of the not-for-profit organization Hoops for Haiti, Smith was able to lead his team in its efforts to collect sports equipment to be donated to the children of Haiti. “It’s just a good thing to do,” Smith said of participating in Hoops for Haiti. “The message of Hoops for Haiti is to bring love and hope through basketball … and my group members were all on board with that.” Hoops for Haiti was inspired by Sarah Aubry, a former college soccer player, who traveled to Haiti and organized soccer camps for the children there. Aubry encouraged her husband, Mark, a former college basketball player, to get involved as well, which led to the formation of a basketball camp consisting of over 1,000 boys and girls. The first official Hoops for Haiti trip was in March of 2010 and there have been several trips since then. On each trip, team members ask for used basketball equipment to be donated so that the children of Haiti can experience the joys of the game. With the help of the Student Recreation Center, Smith and his group were able to set up a donation box where students can donate equipment to be shipped to Haiti at the end of the semester. “There are students out there who do care,” Smith said. “We have gotten some amazing donations from people and it shows that there are people who are willing to get involved.” In addition to raising awareness for their project and Hoops for Haiti through the Student Recreation Center and Her Campus, an online community for college women, Smith’s group has been working with the ISU men’s basketball team to create an inspirational video to be included with its donation. “We did interviews with different basketball players, some transfer students, some international students, about their stories and how
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Even after a brutal 38-point loss to No. 14-ranked VCU to open the season last Friday, and a competitive home-opener defeat at the hands of Drexel on Tuesday, it is still too early to draw conclusions about the ISU men’s basketball team.
Submitted Photo The Hoops for Haiti Travel team gathered before leaving Haiti after its most recent trip.
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Head coach Austin Smith and assistant coach Bob Bills lead basketball camps in Haiti. they made it to ISU,” Smith said. “It’s just to “We are a very select few and we are privileged in a way that nobody knows until you go show kids in Haiti to follow your dreams.” One main goal of the project is to bring out and see the world,” Smith said. “So what awareness to the students of ISU about the we’re trying to do is raise that awareness that situations in less fortunate countries such as there are people out there who need help and this is a great way for students to do their part.” Haiti.
Turnovers, drought bring ISU down in opener zack fulkerson Reporter
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Alexis Foley accounted for nine points for the Redbirds in Wednesday’s game against the Norse, shooting 50 percent from the field.
Trouble connecting from the field and a bevy of turnovers were enough to stop the ISU women’s basketball team from taking home the win in its season opener. Taking on the Norse (2-0) on their home turf at Northern Kentucky (NKU), the ’Birds now fall to 0-1 on the season after topping Northwest Missouri State in their singular exhibition match on Nov. 3. With a ten-minute scoring drought to bring them down in the second half, the Norse topped the Redbirds 61-48. “We’ve been battling this all year so far,” head coach Barb Smith said. “It’s just that when it gets tough or it gets a little bit frustrating — our shots aren’t falling or something, or we get calls — we tend to go inside ourselves and we stop being a team. If we’re going to win games this year it’s got to be as a team.” Leading Illinois State was Alexis Foley, who nabbed nine points,
shooting 50 percent (4-for-8) from the field, while Chloe Nelson added eight. Stekara Hall, Maddie Oliver and Brianna Puni each had six points a piece. Puni also had three offensive boards, as did Octavia Crump who brought down seven total rebounds. Alison Seberger had six boards. The ’Birds outrebounded the Norse, 41-24, including 16 offensive rebounds. Nelson connected on a jumper and a layup in transition, which lifted ISU to a 4-0 run and its first lead of the game, 8-7, just past the 14-minute mark. After grabbing those four points, the Redbirds remained without a basket until 16 minutes into the first half, when Foley and Puni recorded back-to-back layups. Crump then added a free three to give a 13-11 advantage to ISU. Kalyn Gebhardt hit a jumper to keep the offensive effort alive and increase the ISU lead, 15-11, with
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The 2013-14 ’Birds do not in any way resemble the team they put on the court a year ago. They have a total of two players with Division I experience returning to the team — sophomore guard Kaza Keane-Kajami, and redshirt sophomore guard Nick Zeisloft. Everybody else is either a transfer from a junior college or a freshman, so it is hard to expect the team’s chemistry and rhythm to be at its full potential after a couple of tough opening round games. It will take a little time for everybody’s game to meld. A couple of things that have stuck out to me about this year’s team are the size of some of the players, the speed of some of the players and the overall athletic ability of the whole team. The Redbirds frontcourt is much bigger than any I can remember in recent history. Junior 6’ 9” forward Michael Middlebrooks is making an impression early. In Tuesday’s loss to Drexel he pounded the boards for 15 rebounds, and chipped in 10 of the team’s 70 points. Junior forward John Jones, 6’9”, 260 pounds, is an intimidating force down low. His size, strength and athletic ability will continue to develop as the season goes on. He grabbed four boards and scored 12 points on Tuesday. Also look for big-men sophomore forward Jamaal Samuel and freshman center Reggie Lynch to make strides as the season, as well as their Division I experience, progress. All great post players need good guards to complement their game and the Redbirds have some great talent at those positions. Lee Paris, Zach Lofton, Daishon Knight and Bobby Hunter all have shown the ability to get to the hole and score. Plus team veterans Keane and Zeisloft are involved in a healthy competition for playing time. Each of the six guards played over 15 minutes against the Dragons on Tuesday. While the result of two losses to open the season isn’t the result the team or Redbird fans were hoping for, there is still much to be excited about this basketball season.