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Flashing back: 50 years ago
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Remembering JFK 50 years later
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President John F. Kennedy reaches out to the crowd gathered at the Hotel Texas Parking Lot Rally in Fort Worth, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963.
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Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon B. Johnson console Jacqueline Kennedy shortly after Johnson took the oath of office aboard Air Force One.
Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — a moment that rattled the world at the brink of the Cold War. Matt Johnson Reporter President John F. Kennedy was a beacon of hope for a new, younger generation. In his inaugural speech, Kennedy promised to unite America by exploring problems together instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. He was an inspiring public icon, and the American people found it difficult to accept that a ‘lone gunman’ (Lee Harvey Oswald) could single-handedly kill the president. Alan Lessoff a history professor at ISU, said he was four years old at the time, and that the assassination was his first coherent
memory. “Then all of the sudden I can remember Walter Cronkite coming on and saying, ‘We interrupt this program because the president has been shot,’” Lessoff said. “So, I ran into the kitchen and said, ‘Your stories have been taken off because the president has been shot.’” The media covered the event for four straight days leading up to the president’s funeral, clearing commercial interruptions. President Johnson took over immediately after the assassination and continued the president’s policies (such as the Civil Rights Act), Ross Kennedy, associate professor of history, said.
Tensions were high at this time with Cuba and Russia. In 1961, President Kennedy had issued an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba, today known as the Bay of Pigs, undertaken by the CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro. A week after the assassination, the Warren Commission was established by President Johnson to investigate the murder of JFK. The Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone, Lessoff said. The material from the Warren Commission has proven controversial and has been both challenged and supported by later studies, including the 1978 House Select Committee on Assassination, Ross Kennedy said.
The conspiracy theories include that multiple gunman were on the scene, the mob had a hand in the assassination, Fidel Castro planned the attack and the CIA did it, among others. “It really matters if one thinks JFK would have done the same in Vietnam and there are a lot of historians who argue back and forth on that,” Kennedy said. “The assassination had such a physiological shock on people. The whole sequence of events from this in 1963 to 1973 seemed to have shaken Americans’ faith in their government.” In 2017, the rest of the Kennedy Collection documents will be declassified for investigation.
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Black Friday starting early holly petrovich News Editor
This holiday season, some retailers are bringing their employees into work the evening of Thanksgiving to open their doors for Black Friday earlier than ever before. Eastland Mall, located in Bloomington, is allowing stores to open either at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving night or at midnight on Friday. Sean Phillips, regional marketing director of Eastland, said they left the decision to each department store, and Macy’s was the first to announce they will take advantage of the extra hours to remain open. “If the department stores are all open but the mall isn’t, it is inconvenient for the customers,” Phillips said. “We have a minimum hours set and all stores have to be open by 5 a.m.” This is the first year Eastland is allowing shopping before Black Friday, and Phillips thinks it will benefit both the shoppers and retailers. “When we did open at midnight for the first time, we did notice there was a little bit of a shift throughout the day,” he explained. “We think it will benefit the retailers [to be open even earlier] because in the lull they can restock up their shelves.” The term Black Friday originally came about because it is the one
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Stores like Walmart and Target plan on opening their doors as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving to begin the holiday shopping season this year. day a year retailers move from the red into the black, and is one of the busiest days of the year, Gary Hunter, marketing professor, said. “For many retailers, the Christmas season produces approximately half of their total sales for the year,” Hunter added. “The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been the start of the Christmas selling season. If you can move that up by a day wouldn’t that be a good idea?” Hunter managed retail stores for about 13 years and worked parttime for another four; he has been
through 17 Black Fridays and said he would rather work this day than shop due to the large crowds. However, many families have made Black Friday shopping a holiday tradition, and this year these families can start shopping as soon as they finish their turkey dinner, Phillips said. Another reason stores want to open earlier is because Thanksgiving is a week later than normal, shortening the regular Christmas season by six days. see sales page 5
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arly Sunday morning, at approximately 5 a.m., a fatal crash occurred at the intersection of College Avenue and Mitsubishi Motorway, which took the life of Illinois State University student Jacob Garber. Alcohol was in the system of Braiton A. Holloway, who is currently being held for Aggravated DUI at McLean County Jail. Garber is yet another innocent victim who was taken from us too early, which happens too often. According to thecenturycouncil.org, 276 alcohol impaired fatalities happened in Illinois in the year 2011 alone. Although the website above mentions that in the last 10 years DUI fatalities have decreased in Illinois, the Town of Normal has decided something has to be done to try to prevent young adults from getting behind the wheel after a night of drinking. Cases like Garbers’s should not happen with such frequency, and parents are afraid for their kids when they go out, and rightfully so. Normal’s response to this frightening trend is the “Because I love you” Campaign, geared
towards junior high and high school students. The Campaign will be carried out by the Bloomington-Normal Parent Program. The campaign aims to encourage parents to talk to their children about underage drinking, overall safety and tips about how to carry out the conversation. This editorial board loves what the parents are trying to do to protect young adults. Yes, young adults are going to party, and they like to party, but something needs to be done to prevent young adults from making ignorant decisions when they drink. Preventing these people from drinking will be nearly impossible, but they need to be more aware of the consequences of their actions when
they have been drinking. In regards to the “Because I love you” program, parents of the teenagers targeted should try to understand why these kids drink instead of just telling them to stop. Drinking can help kids fit in with the rest, muster up the courage to ask someone out, etc. If this program can actually get parents to understand the true intentions behind their child’s drinking, this program could actually work. The goal of this program should not be to completely eradicate teenage drinking; it should be geared towards helping teens make better decisions. Teenage drinking will never cease to exist. The life of a teenager is a complicated one, and it is unlike any other time period of someone’s life. They feel the need to fit in and be noticed, and in order to fit these qualifications, alcohol could potentially be involved. Even with people a little older, this can be the case. But, repercussions must be understood before someone chooses to drink, and this is exactly what the “Because I love you” program aims to do.
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respects for student’s death holly petrovich News Editor A twovehicle accident S un d a y morning on College Avenue reJacob A. sulted in Garber the death of one of ISU’s students, Jacob Garber. The funeral arrangements have been made for any family members, friends or faculty who wish to pay their respects. Visitation will occur from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Grace Church in Morton. Additional hours will be from 9 to 9:45 on Saturday, followed by a service at 10 a.m., located at Rock Church in East Peoria. Pastor Chuck Tate will be officiating the service, helping the visitors celebrate Garber’s life rather than mourn his death. After the service, the burial of
Jacob will take place at StewartHarmony Cemetery in Metamora. At the burial, an Army National Guard Unit will be conducting military rites, to honor the time Jacob spent as a National Guard member. The Garber family welcomes any students or faculty to join them in this memorial; they also ask that any flowers or donations be made under Jacob’s name to Morton Community Foundation for the Morton High School Marching Band Endowment Fund to support the Marching Band he was a part of in high school. To send a gift to the family, please visit the Sympathy Store knappjohnson.com/store/. For more information on Jacob’s life, the funeral services, directions to the churches or his obituary, visit sknappjohnson.com/ obituaries/. Any students who require counseling services to help cope with this tragedy are encouraged to contact ISU’s Student Counseling Services.
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UCLA students bring attention to lack of campus diversity MY VIEW Nick Ulferts Columnist
Creating a diverse environment in college settings has been a challenge that universities constantly try to tackle. There is an obvious disparity between the number of
whites and minorities at the collegiate level, and the solution as to how to solve this problem is the subject of much controversy and debate. Recently, a group of students from UCLA brought additional attention to the issue when it filmed a video titled “The Black Bruins,” pointing out the lack of AfricanAmerican students attending the university. The statistics given in the video, which were from 2012, stated that there were only a total of 660 African-American males attending the school, 65 percent of them being student-athletes. Perhaps even worse was only 48 out of the incoming 2,418 male
freshmen that year were AfricanAmerican. The video reflects a serious problem in the United States. The United States Census Bureau in 2010 states that only 18% of African-Americans above the age of 25 had a bachelor’s degree or higher. It’s a sad statistic, especially since African-Americans account for more than a tenth of the nation’s population. However, it isn’t just AfricanAmericans who are underrepresented in the nation’s universities. Many minority groups have incredibly low enrollment numbers, not just in California, but throughout the country. A more active approach needs to start being taken in order to improve the diversity in institutions of higher learning.
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After watching this video, I thought it would be interesting to find out exactly how diverse Illinois State University is. According to Illinois State’s own website, only 18.2% of the student population is a minority. This makes us not nearly as diverse as some other state schools, such as Southern Illinois-Carbondale and Northern Illinois University. That being said, Illinois does have a higher population of African-Americans than UCLA. According to Forbes, which compiled enrollment statistics for many of the nation’s universities, 6.01% of the 2012 student population was African-American. Given what ISU’s total enrollment numbers are, this translates to about 1,281 African-Americans at Illinois
State. Better, but not by much. This is very much a school that could see an increase in diversity. The good news is, ISU seems to be improving. President Flanagan spoke in his State of the University address about the growing number of minorities in our incoming freshman class. Flanagan stated that 26% of the freshman class came from minority groups, including a 27% increase in African-American freshmen. This is a trend that will hopefully continue.
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@ilstu.edu.
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Redbird Rumble: To Netflix for satisfying our craving for new content. Netflix is currently pushing to get movie titles onto its live stream 30-45 days after theatrical release.
Redbird Rumble: To the Illinois State athletic department for putting together a water bottle drive to help the tornado victims in Washington, Ill.
Redbird Fumble: To Jewel-Osco for discontinuing their 15 percent student discount.
Redbird Rumble: To Normal Community High School for offering its football jerseys, of the same school colors, to the Washington football team.
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Walmart will be holding one-hour guarantee sales with great electronic deals. Stores will be offering an Xbox 360 4GB Console for $99. Also available at Walmart is Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox 360 or PS3 game for $39.96.
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Target will be pricematching between Nov. 1 and Dec. 21, and will have deals including a Samsung Galaxy S4 with a two-year agreement for $39.99. Target will also have a seven-inch Nook for $79 and Beats by Dre Solo HD Headphones for $119.
This department store’s Black Friday deals will include half carat diamond earrings for $179, a Bella panini maker and a fourquart Crock-Pot for $7.99. Additionally, stores will have 50 percent off all toys.
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Best Buy is offering a seveninch Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablet for $99.99. Stores will also be lowering the price of the iPad 2 16GB WiFi Tablet to a mere $299.99. Plus, a 4GB SanDisk memory card will be $0.99.
Macy’s 1 Macy’s sales include a five-piece Tag Fairfield luggage set for $49.99; 40 percent off all blenders, juicers and food processors; plus any appliance from Bella, Black & Decker and Westinghouse for $9.99.
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“Retailers want a profitable year since there is a shorter season, so being open as many hours as possible is going to be beneficial,” Phillips said. Although Thanksgiving is late this year, Hunter believes that stores that open earlier to accommodate for this change will have to continue these hours or even increase them again next year to satisfy customers. Phillips is eager to see how this change in the shopping season will play out, and while he does not have any expectations, he hopes it will be successful. Eastland Mall’s hours for Black Friday weekend are posted on its website, and hours for all other stores can also be found online.
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Remembering that day 50 years ago Quinn Wermeling Staff Writer
Like Pearl Harbor and 9/11, the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a traumatic event that defined an entire generation. Almost everyone who lived through the assassination remembers exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. The Vidette asked some members of the ISU community to share their memories of that powerful moment in American history. Photos by Quinn Wermeling “I was 16 or 17, a student in a little rural area in Minnesota. I was working alone in the school office during that hour when the phone rang. It was one of the instructor’s wives, and she said, ‘I was listening to the radio. Our president has been shot.’ After the call ended and I hung up, it just didn’t register. After a few minutes, I began to think that it might be true, so I went upstairs to the classroom that the principal was teaching in and I knocked on the door and I said, ‘Mr. Weeks, Mrs. Beech called and said the president’s been shot.’ His response was a lot like mine. He said, ‘Okay, Diane. Thanks.’ And he continued to teach the class. About 10 minutes later, he walked down to office and asked me what it was that I had told him. It was almost as if it just dawned on him. He gathered the whole school for an assembly, and he brought in a TV set that we all watched. It was incredible. Students were crying. The teachers all looked completely shocked.” -Diane Mather, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Sciences, and Nursing Librarian. “I was a junior in high school. I had a job in study hall where I was sent to the principal’s office and “I was 12 years old, in eighth grade at a Catholic grade school, when when they had new things coming out I would I heard the news. I remember we were all sitting in class doing deliver them to the various classrooms. the usual thing, and one of the nuns came to the door and moOne of the things that I got that day was tioned our teacher out. We knew something was happening the news that Kennedy had been shot. because all of a sudden all of the teachers were out in the They didn’t know if he was alive or hall. We had no clue what was going on. They said, ‘The dead. It was my job to take this news president’s been killed.’ We had been chanting through around to the various classrooms. Kennedy’s whole presidential campaign, ‘Kennedy, KenThe response of some of the teachers nedy, he’s our man! Nixon belongs in the garbage can!’ was pretty disturbing. Some said they Everyone in the school, even the youngest children, were couldn’t be bothered with announcing very involved in this fact that a catholic president had it to the class. One guy said, ‘Well let’s been elected. So this just stunned us. The nuns were so hope this brings us back to constitutiondistraught that they weren’t even paying attention to us. al government.’ By the time I got to the Some of them were crying. We really couldn’t comprehend 10th or 11th place, pretty much everyone what had happened. None of us children had really experienced knew it and was in shock.” death before. No one had expected that this could happen to us.” -Louis G. Perez, History Professor -Sheila Hufeld, Senior Library Specialist
“I was three years old. I remember that my mom was really upset. And on Saturday, his funeral was on live TV, and all the cartoons were cancelled. I can vaguely remember watching it, but what is really more interesting, from my perspective, is what happened afterwards. My mother ordered a copy of the Warren Commission, and she still has it. My mother also sent a sympathy card to the White House, and I remember she received an embossed acknowledgement card on cream cardstock with the first lady’s signature as the stamp. They didn’t have to pay postage. I took it to show-and-tell at school.” -Julie Derden, Children’s Literature, Teaching and Learning, and Teaching Materials Librarian.
Budget-friendly side dishes to bring to Thanksgiving dinner with family Kayla Stroner Reporter As young adults, we won’t be able to merely show up and eat at Thanksgiving dinner for much longer. Soon we’ll be preparing our own holiday meals or at least contributing to the feast with side dishes and desserts. Many quick and easy recipes are easy to find online through Pinterest, subReddits and food blogs. ISU students have also come up with their own inexpensive and easy-to-prepare side dishes, revealing some pretty tasty results. Consider these options if your aunt pulls a fast one on you and asks that you bring something along with you to her house on Thursday, or if you’re planning on spending Thanksgiving on campus with friends. Senior philosophy major Devon Hartwig shared a recipe for parmesan green beans that she plans to make for her family this year, and said, “[They] are not only easy to make and affordable, but absolutely scrumptious.” Senior costume design major Shelby Brand suggests a delicious recipe for vinegar cucumbers. Prep time for this dish is admittedly not as quick as the green beans, but the unique side is assuredly worth the effort. For a quick and delicious dessert option, senior acting major Abby Vombrack suggests cookie butter crescent rolls, which consist of nothing more than slathering the rolls with cookie butter while they’re lying flat on the pan
Devon’s Parmesan Green Beans 1. Rinse fresh green beans. 2. Add a little bit of olive oil to saturate them. 3. Sprinkle on some salt and pepper. 4. Lay them on a cookie sheet. 5. Sprinkle grated parmesan over them and bake in the oven at 450 for 15 to 20 minutes until cheese is golden brown.
Shelby’s Vinegar Cucumbers MCT Campus
and then slipping them into the oven for the time allotted on the package. It is also suggested that you try this recipe using Nutella. For those looking for super lowmaintence, and yet still super tasty last-minute options, follow the advice of seniors David Fisch and Zach Simmons, who suggest making a sweet dish of Craisins mixed with colorful mini-marshmallows. According to Fisch, calling this dish “can” berries is a great way to make it sound more legitimate. The most important part of any Thanksgiving meal is the care that went into putting it together. Bring one of the recipes listed over to your parents’ or grandmother’s house this year, and surprise them by how much you’ve learned in college.
What you will need: 2 cucumbers 2 onions 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup white vinegar 2 cups water Steps 1. Cut cucumbers into slices. 2. Sprinkle on salt. 3. Put on baking pan with paper towel under and over the cucumbers. Put another baking pan on top and for an hour, to release extra liquid. 4. Slice onions. 5. Boil sugar, vinegar and water, then let cool. 6. Combine liquid, cucumbers, and onions. 7. Put in fridge overnight or for a day.
Give thanks, help others this season and walk with St. Jude Kelley Bowles Reporter Looking for a way to kick off the holidays by giving back? Saturday, the St. Jude Give Thanks Walk will be taking place. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is unique because it does not turn children away from treatment if they do not have the ability to pay. The founder of St. Jude, Danny Thomas, opened the doors in 1962, and today it still stands that every child deserves treatment no matter what his or her circumstance is. Since there are thousands of children fighting cancer and other diseases, and St. Jude is supporting so many of those children, donations and volunteer opportunities can go a long way for a patient in need. One of several fundraisers hosted by St. Jude is a nationwide walk that is coming to Normal this weekend. The walk takes place all over the nation throughout the year, and on Saturday it will kick off in Uptown. The check-in is at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 9 a.m. There will be a Special Holiday Presentation at 11 a.m. after the walk at the Normal Theater. Registration for the event is free. You can have a personal or team fundraising page and raise money to go toward St. Jude. You can also write emails and send letters to family and friends in different locations and encourage them to walk in their area and donate. Participants are using social
media to their advantage to encourage donations and are posting videos about how you can start your own fundraiser for St. Jude. Thanks to the continuous support and donations from people everywhere, families do not pay for their children’s treatment. In addition to treatment, families are provided with meals, transportation, housing, care and more through the fundraising that is done for the hospital. On campus there are a few organizations that work specifically with St. Jude fundraising. Delta Delta Delta, also known as Tri Delta, and Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) are two organizations on campus that reach out to the students and families of ISU. Last year ESA raised more than $104,177 for St. Jude just by fundraising and reaching out to the university. ISU’s Tri Delta is one of more than 115 Tri Delta collegiate chapters nationwide working toward a goal of raising $10 million dollars for St. Jude over the next 10 years. To date, Tri Deltas throughout the nation have raised around $3 million, thanks to their philanthropy events throughout the year and their continuous fundraising. These organizations’ members are everyday people trying to make a difference for those in need. You do not need to be part of a major organization to help make a difference. The walk for St. Jude this weekend is a great way to take a few hours out of your day to make a large impact on children
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Redbirds fall to Jasper defense, 79-70 Dan Fox Sports Editor Illinois State men’s basketball team’s offense had problems getting past intense defensive pressure put on by Manhattan (3-1) and fell to 1-3 on the season with a 79-70 loss on Wednesday in Redbird Arena. “Manhattan came out and was more ready to play than we were,” Head Coach Dan Muller said. “The start to the second half killed us. We didn’t compete hard enough and the better team tonight won.” The Redbirds turned the ball over seven times in the first five minutes of the game and fell to an early 8-0 deficit. They fought back a couple of times but ultimately could not recover. A late-game push by ISU cut the Jasper lead from 16 to four points, but it could not overcome the deficit. The defensive pressure put on the ’Birds by the Jaspers forced Muller to go with a small lineup for most of the second half. Manhattan controlled the glass in the contest with a total of 46 rebounds, compared with ISU’s 32, and a 17-to-seven advantage on the offensive boards. Manhattan connected for 24 second-chance points in the game The rebounding, turnovers and lack of preparation compared to the Jaspers were key contributors to the loss, Muller said. “Our rebounding effort was horrendous,” Muller said. “They competed harder than we did for 40 minutes.” Freshman center Reggie Lynch had a career high with 12 points. He chipped in five rebounds and
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Reggie Lynch (left) had 12 points and pulled down five rebounds, while Daishon Knight led the team with 21 points in ISU’s 79-70 loss. three blocks. Lynch scored the Redbirds’ first seven points of the game giving them some muchneeded life. ISU had four players with double-digit points led by Daishon
ton added 10 apiece. “We came to the huddle and we said we were going to never stop playing,” Knight said. “Maybe a couple of times we got a little stagnant but we got through it
“Our rebounding effort was horrendous. They competed harder than we did for 40 minutes.” Dan Muller ISU head basketball coach
Knight with 21, Lynch with 12, while Nick Zeisloft and Zach Lof-
and put-up some good shots and hopefully next time we are going
to make those shots.” Big men Michael Middlebrooks and John Jones could not get their offensive games going, as each of them did not score a single point in the contest. Middlebrooks led the team with 10 rebounds and five blocks in 25 minutes played. Manhattan was led by George Beamon who scored 24 points on 8-16 from the field and 7-9 free throws, followed by Rhamel Brown with 14 points and 13 rebounds. The Jaspers did not shoot the
ball much better than the Redbirds. They shot 35.7 percent from the field on 20-for-56 from the field, while the Redbirds went 20-for-53 and shot 37.7 percent from the field. The turnover game was even with each team turning the ball over 21 times. The Redbirds return to action next Wednesday, when they face Vermont in the first game of the USF Golden Gate Challenge tournament in San Francisco, Calif. Tip-off is slated for 10:15 p.m.
ISU hockey icing its competition Brandon hillary Staff Writer
Illinois State hockey has turned the Pepsi Ice Center into a winter wonderland this season, not only because of the ice, but also because of all the Ws.
The ’Birds have come away with wins in 16 of their first 19 games, which marks the best start in school history. They are currently ranked third in the nation and first in the central region. Last year, the team advanced to the Frozen Four in the Men’s American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) national playoffs before losing to Grand Valley 1-0 on a third period Grand Valley power play. This season the expectations are even higher. “We came close to the finals, but not close enough,” Coach Brian Corley said, who is in his ninth season with ISU. “It is our intention to get back there this year. We intend to be there in Boston this March and bring a National Championship back to Illinois State.” While most teams play with a championship mentality, Corley and the Redbirds have assembled a team that poses a legitimate threat to this year’s title. Fourteen players are returning from last year’s Frozen Four run, hungry to make another appearance. They are led by fourth-year team captain, Josh Ambrosat, who joined the team after playing for the Chicago Fury, and third-year alternate captain, Connor Anderson, who leads the team with 19 goals Submitted Photo through 19 games. They are also fortified by goalie Scott Czarnik, who has compiled an The Illinois State hockey team is currently ranked third in the Nation after 16 wins to start the impressive career record of 20-1-1 over the season.
last three seasons. To be able to mention all of the noteworthy players would require a complete list of the roster. All 25 Redbirds compete and contribute every game. Every team at this level will have at least 10 great athletes to put on the ice each night, but many times it is the second set of 10 players who are the ones who help win it. Corley believes that the depth of the Redbird bench is the key to the ongoing success of their season. As if a National Championship goal is not enough, the team desires nothing but the best en route to Boston. “I would say the first goal is winning the regular season MACHA conference title,” junior defenseman Jordan Leach said. “Then after that, winning the MACHA conference tournament. If we accomplish both of those goals, we have a good chance of finishing the season ranked first in our region.” Winning is not a problem for these Redbirds. It has proven to be something they are good at after last year’s postseason stretch and this year’s early success. Currently, the only problem is dealing with the disappointment of a rare loss. “I think our biggest struggle is learning how to lose,” Corley says. “These guys are so hyper-focused on perfection that when something doesn’t go our way and we lose a game, it can be quite stressful for everyone. We’re working on learning how to lose in such a way that we can build off of it instead of letting it push us down.” The Redbirds will be traveling to Missouri State (11-4) this weekend to take on the Bears Friday and Saturday. The ’Birds will return home to the Pepsi Ice Center on Dec. 6 and Dec. 7 when they host the Michigan Wolverines (7-2-1).