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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017 Vol. 129 / No. 55
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fter a cold and rainy start to April, the weather is getting warmer, and Illinois State University is blossoming in its own way.
April showers bring campus flowers The Quad and surrounding areas are decorated in an array of flowers and colors this time of year. To be ready for the feat of planting 10,000 flowers, preparations are made in the fall. “We do annual beds and those are determined and ordered in the fall,” Larry Milby, assistant superintendent of grounds, said. “By the middle of March, plugs come in and they are transferred to planting pots.” Also determined in the fall is what design the grounds crew will plant the flowers. As Milby explained, there are three groups of designs that are rotated every third year. So last year’s plant design will be much different than the one planted this year. ISU is a Tree Campus USA institution. However, emerald ash borers have attacked ash trees on campus, which has resulted in infection. To mitigate the loss of these trees, the grounds crew will plant 100 trees every calendar year.
Warm weather, hot concerts To get as many people on the Quad as possible, University Program Board announced its Springfest artist will be JoJo. The free concert will start 8 p.m. Monday. It is part of the singer’s Mad Love Tour with special guest Stanaj. “It is important to give students the opportunities to see artists they might not be able to see and to also make Redbird moments with the University Program Board,” UPB Director of Marketing and Communication Caitlin O’Donovan said.
Hanging around on the Quad As the year comes to a close, more students study outside and set up various activities on the Quad to take up as much sun as possible. “I enjoy getting work done on the Quad especially during the spring because not only is it quiet, but it is also clean and ISU has done a great job making sure there is enough seating,” junior mass media communication major Anthony Irsuto said. “I sort of want to get one of those cool hammocks though.” Junior elementary education major Peyton Rotolo and junior accounting major Courtney Rohs complete school work on the Quad Wednesday. Photograph by JENNA KADZIULIS Vidette Photo Editor
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Illinois State University will say goodbye to two of its staff members this month as they retire with more than 60 years of ISU experience between them. ISU Chief of Staff Jay Groves will leave the university after 35 years, while Vice President for Finance and Planning Greg Alt will leave the Redbird family after 27 years. The reception will be from 2 to 4 p.m. April 27 in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. There will be a program at 3 p.m. Groves, who received both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the university, said the reception is a good way for the university to say farewell to him and Alt. “I’ve been at Illinois State a long time — if you count grad school, 35 years — I’ve enjoyed every year of it,” Groves said. “ISU is responsible for most of my higher education and most of my career so obviously I feel a very strong and long-lasting attachment to the university.” As an undergraduate student Groves was a part of the fraternity Sigma Nu and ISU’s student-run television station TV-10. Groves eventually served as news director for the station and after 11 years, he stepped into media relations for the university.
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Groves also pr a i s e d fel low retiree and ISU alum Alt for all the work he has done for the university over the years. “I think that one Jay Groves Greg Alt of the big reasons Illinois State is in the financial shape it is in today is because of the intellect and guidance of Greg Alt,” Groves said. “He has steered us through some very difficult budget times and the university is better off for it.”
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LEFT: Marketing and Communications Manager Giotto Troia explains what the 60 barrel lauter tun does in the brewing process. ABOVE: The new DESTIHL Brewery will be on Greenbriar Drive in Normal.
A look at the new DESTIHL Brewery Before doors officially open May 27, The Vidette takes a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility KEVIN SCHWALLER | Senior News Reporter | @kevschwa
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he new DESTIHL Brewery is expected to open its doors to the public May 27. The brewery, at 1200 Greenbrair Drive in Normal, sits on six acres of land. There will be a 6,300 square-foot Beer Hall to accommodate more than 200 guests in a communal setting. There will be patio seating outside as well. The new brewery will have 36 beers on tap, as well as some non-alcoholic options. DESTIHL’s Marketing and Communications Manager Giotto Troia said the brewery will also serve food in its Beer Hall. “We’ll have a limited menu, but nothing is going to be full entrees or anything,” Troia said. “We want it to be a brewery atmosphere that you can get food at.” Guests will be able to observe the brewing process and brewers through large windows in the Beer Hall. “You’ll be able to see the brewing process, to see the brewers,” Troia said. “You don’t want it to be like looking in an aquarium, so there is a little bit of a mirror effect on it, but it will be nice for patrons who always like to go to breweries and see the equipment, see the people.” The kitchen in the new brewery is roughly the same size as the kitchen at the restaurant at 318 S. Towanda Ave. “You’ll be able to, for a lot of the day, order food yourself at the end of the bar,” Troia said. “For another part of the day it’s going to turn into a more restaurant-style restaurant.” Visitors can go on various tours, including a 20-minute free tour and a $7, 45-minute tour with samples. There will also be a $75, two-hour bimonthly “brewer’s tours,” which includes dinner with a beer pairing. Private tours will also be available. Tours will be available from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday to Friday and noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. All tourists must be at least 13 years old. Troia said the $14 million project is the result of increasing demand for more production. “DESTIHL is a brand that’s distributed in 19 states all around the country, and the pro-
duction brewery just didn’t have enough space or capacity to meet the demand of all 19 states,” Troia said. “So this facility is basically fulfilling the need for our national distribution.” “We wanted to keep it in Normal, and central Illinois, because we love this area and everyone’s embraced the brew pubs in Champaign and Normal, and we didn’t want to compete with ourselves with this,” he said. “This is going to have its own niche; they’re not going to be stepping on each other’s toes.”
The new brewery will expand if needed. “Once this entire facility is up and running, we want to give people a fun place to enjoy their weekends and evenings,” Troia said. “We want to continue expanding to new states and filling out the states we’re already distributing in. We want to serve more beer, and more varieties of beer.” “It’s something that Bloomington-Normal has never seen before,” he said. “This is something completely different. When
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Excelsior Scholarship: The first battle of a great war
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ew York State took the country’s first grand stride toward nationally affordable higher education Friday when the legislature passed a program providing free public college tuition as part of the state budget. The Excelsior Scholarship would offer free tuition at two- and fouryear colleges. The catch? Only full-time students whose families make up to $100,000 a year will be eligible, leaving many students out. Critics point out that often students from low-income families take time off of school to work jobs. According to The New York Times, more than 90 percent of the state’s community college students would not benefit from the program as a result of taking education breaks to work. This number remains a steady 60 percent at four-year institutions. Though the program has been coined with “free tuition,” most students will still pay a sum. Excelsior is set to cut the cost of a four-year degree in New York from nearly $83,000 to about $57,000. A grand slash, but still weighing heavy in students’ pockets. In reality, the road toward tuition-free college is winding and cannot happen simply overnight. If
it was easy, we would have done it by now. Even the smallest of victories need to be cherished. We all know that to progress as a country, national college education should be at our forefront. This is merely a step along the way. It may not be the best, but the Excelsior Scholarship allows for a model that other states can base similar, perhaps better, programs on.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posted on Twitter after the program passed stating, “Let’s celebrate New York State getting something important done that we wanted to do nationally. A great step for progressives.” A step the Democratic 2016 presidential nominee campaigned on, Clinton pushed for students to have the ability to graduate from a
public college or university without taking on any student debt. Though the Excelsior Scholarship has its holes that need filling, this is still an encouraging move toward national affordable education. Across the globe, there are 24 countries who offer free tuition. Don’t pack your bags yet, though. Unfortunately, a majority only offer this perk to citizens or European
Union citizens, and a handful are not offered in English. Regardless of whether U.S. citizens can attend these colleges across the pond, the fact that we as a country are finally stepping up to make a statement that education is important to us should be something to be proud of. The ideal of free tuition in the U.S. has been something of a fantasy; now it is only slowly reaching reality. The sad truth is, free tuition means tax increases, and Americans hate paying taxes. Does the Excelsior Scholarship need serious revisions to make room for low-income family students? Yes. But should we still take time to rejoice in the idea that New York has just done something we once only dreamed of? Of course. As college students who felt the Bern for this same cause, we should voice our contentment or critiques of New York State’s decision. This program may have only been passed in one of our 50 states, but this is simply the first battle won of a great war. And this war is going to need a lot more bodies if we are to improve and expand tuition-free college.
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It’s time to amend the Second Amendment MY VIEW KEVIN SCHWALLER | Columnist
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unfire erupted inside an elementary school classroom Monday in San Bernardino, Calif., which left two adults and one student dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Another student was listed in stable condition at a medical center. The two students were standing behind their special education teacher, one of the two adult victims. The shooter reportedly walked into the classroom and without speaking opened fire on his wife. “We believe this to be a murder suicide,” San Bernardino Police
Chief Jarrod Burguan tweeted. “Happened in a class room. Two students have been transported to the hospital.” Enough. The sound of gunfire on school grounds has haunted the country for years. From the infamous Columbine shooting to the heartbreak of Sandy Hook, school shootings have become a fact of life for far too many people. How many school shootings should our nation find acceptable? There should be only one answer: Our nation should tolerate zero gun incidents, ever. Monday’s shooting marks the 12th school shooting of 2017, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a pro-gun control group that keeps running tallies of these incidents. There have been 220 school shootings since 2013. This is 220 shootings too many. We are a generation that knows school lockdowns. We
have all encountered them, from elementary school to the gunman near Illinois State University’s campus just a few weeks ago. Since I am part of this generation that has been involved in school lockdowns, there have been several times I’ve sat in a classroom and thought about the possibility of a gunman just walking into a lecture hall or classroom. While I feel appreciative of the fact that I believe I would know how to handle myself in that situation, I shouldn’t have to be thinking about it in the first place. It’s disturbing that every school must prepare for an active shooter scenario. The gun homicide rate in England and Wales is about one for every 1 million people, according to the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, an organization based in Switzerland. In a population
of 56 million, that adds up to about 50 to 60 gun killings every year. By contrast, the U.S. has about 160 times as many gun homicides in a country that is approximately six times larger in population. Americans have become increasingly desensitized to these shootings over the years. We allow politicians who bow down to a gun lobby to push an agenda of guns everywhere, for everyone, no questions asked. Too many of us are far too devoted to the right to bear arms. Hundreds of millions of guns are in circulation, and I don’t think one person genuinely believes it is possible to fully abolish guns. No one is going to take them away. However, there needs to be stricter control over these weapons. And the answer should definitely not be to introduce more weapons in schools and universi-
ties. They may make some people feel safer, but allowing guns on campuses increases the potential for accidents and other unintended consequences. Gun owners may have completed the training required to receive a firearm license, but that doesn’t mean they can take on emergency situations. Those types of extreme incidents are best dealt with by trained professionals, not college students or faculty members. Until our nation begins to take guns more seriously, the list of school shootings will unfortunately continue to grow. Kevin Schwaller is a news reporter and columnist for The Vidette. He can be reached at vidette_kschwal@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter @kevschwa.
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Normal Theater to hold premiere of ‘Black Book’ CLAIRE WEINZIERL News Reporter | @claireweinzerl
Vigilant Studios, an individual film studio created by Illinois State University alumni, will premiere its new original short horror film at the end of this month. The new film “Black Book” is about a newly engaged couple, Skylar and Elizabeth, who are trying to adapt to their recent move from a small town to a big city. The move causes many issues in their relationship due to Elizabeth working the third shift as a nurse while Skylar holds a day job in an office. Skylar’s character was a history major in school and has an interest in mythology and medieval legends, so Elizabeth buys him a rare and mysterious book from a local bookstore for his birthday. Upon reading the peculiar book, the couple begins to experience evil presences and paranormal activity. “Black Book” was filmed at local establishments such as Babbitt’s Book Store in Uptown Normal and the ISU campus. The movie will premiere at 5:30 p.m. April 29 at the
Normal Theater and will have a second showing May 3. Both showings are free and open to the public. Auditions were held last fall where 16 people read the script for a spot in the film. The two lead actors chosen, Adam J. Rebora and Anastasia Ferguson, are both ISU students. “We all work on these voluntarily,” Zakk Fairley, film director and co-owner of Vigilant Studios, said. “Ricky [Punjabi] and I split the cost of the production expenses but we all just work on them for fun.” Vigilant Studios is the production company created by Fairley and Punjabi. “We lost a lot of crew members after our first film because they also graduated last May and moved away, so we recruited new members and we started working on a second film this past September,” Fairley said. The first film by Vigilant Studios was “Beyond Normal,” a raunchy comedy that premiered last May at the Normal Theater. Fairley said that after “Black Book” is release on May 3, it will be submitted to several film festivals in the coming months. The team has plans for its next
two films and hope to start the next one at the end of the summer or early fall. “We started Vigilant Studios because we have a passion for filmmaking and creating stories,” Fairley said, who works his day job as a production assistant for creative services at State Farm. “We wanted to make them so we just figured nothing is stopping us and did it and found other people who had the same passion for it as we do.”
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In remembrance
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Elizabeth Hatmaker, English professor, passed of ALS in March MARIDSA CHOUTE Features Reporter | @Maridsa_
In a fancy green and yellow robe, Elizabeth Hatmaker recited her poems at the Association for Writers & Writing Programs conference. Her dark, insightful words rang through the audience, but why the fancy robe? “Well, I have ALS,” English Professor Christopher Breu recalled his wife saying. She was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS, on April 18, 2015. When she learned of the disease, she learned to do whatever she wanted. “We really were soulmates,” Breu said. Hatmaker and Breu were together for 17 years, married for 14. Breu said she created a fun home life and was his true partner in crime, as they bonded over their dark sense of humor and sought deep intellectual conversations with each other. “The diagnosis was hard and painful, but a sign of her strength was that she found something to laugh at and tried to have fun every day,” Breu said. Breu admires Hatmaker’s relentless spirit as she fought through her illness. She taught here at ISU until her body would not let her anymore; her last semester teaching was in the fall of 2016. Hatmaker passed away on March 3, 2017. The loss was difficult for the community. On March 25, at the poetry event @Salon, friends and faculty remembered her eccentricity by reciting poems from her latest book, “Infrastructures.” “We all came together to celebrate her life at her memorial and at @Salon and the community feel felt beautiful,” Breu said. Part of the community who celebrated Hatmaker were students. Teaching was very important to her, as Breu explained. She taught her students that they had the ability to both consume and create literature and culture themselves. “Dr. Hatmaker always made me feel so smart and treated me as though everything I had to say was important, and that was so impactful to me,” Jonah Mixon-Webster, PhD candidate in English, said at @Salon. Along with teaching, Hatmaker was the faculty adviser for “Euphemism,” a creative arts journal produced by ISU students. “She was adamant about getting students’
work out there. It was important for her to give everyone a chance,” Kara Hamilton, editorin-chief of “Euphemism”, said. Hatmaker’s work in her final book “Infrastructures” paralleled the deterioration of her body due to ALS and the collapse of Illinois’ infrastructures. Breu said that Hatmaker’s poetry was personal, yet social. Director of Publishications Unit Steve Halle and Hamilton, a junior English—publishing studies major and Publications Unit intern, worked on getting “Infrastructures” published from selecting the cover photo, Submitted by Steve Halle a picture of the oil Dr. Elizabeth Hatmaker passed away in March after being diagnosed with ALS factory on I-55, to in 2015. She was passionate about life, poetry and teaching. designing the layout of each poem. of them and who gave them the right to make “It leaves a great multifaceted and artistic those people villains. legacy,” Halle said. “The two interests of horror and poetry “She gave different voices and narratives, but emerge in her first book of poetry, ‘Girl in there’s also ‘Reflections on the Spirit Houses Two Pieces,’ about Elizabeth Short, the Black after my Husband’s Tenure Decision’ which Dahlia,” Amato said. reworked life and also poked fun at me a little,” Breu explained that “Girl in Two Pieces” is Breu said. explicitly feminist where Hatmaker empathized That funny, quick-witted personality, along with the Black Dahlia, a woman who was mutiwith her love of horror films, made Hatmaker a lated in 1947. Hatmaker’s related that death to standout to others. her role as a woman in society. “One of my favorite memories of Elizabeth is While recognizing and understanding the that we both shared a love of horror films and lives of those around her, she always managed poetry. I’ll miss having someone to talk to who to appreciate the small things in life by taking can jump from poetry to horror without missing great pleasure with what she did have. a beat,” Joe Amato, assistant professor in the Hatmaker had her fancy robes, a proud husDepartment of English, said. band, wonderful colleagues, grateful students, Hatmaker loved B-movies and horror films, three adorable cats: Irma, Chester and Curly, which is reflected in her poetry. She empathized and, of course, her immense talent. with the villains and looked at society’s view
Students share sentiments on senior year Graduating from college can be scary. It’s the next step in everyone’s lives, and it’s the first step to really “adult-ing” in the real world. It’s also hard to leave all the friends made in Bloomington-Normal. A lot of seniors at Illinois State University probably don’t know exactly how they feel about graduation, but I decided to ask them anyway.
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While many students are traveling back home for Easter weekend, some students do not have that luxury. Here is the Weekend Top 5 for students at Illinois State University this Easter weekend.
I have mixed feelings. It’s sad to leave my friends and the special people I met here, but I’m excited to start a new chapter too.” Cody Thuente, accounting major
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It’s bittersweet. It’s sad I’m leaving ISU, but I’m glad I’m starting my future.” Annie Stock, athletic training major
Redbird baseball Cheer on the Redbird baseball team as it takes on Evansville at 6 p.m. Friday at Duffy Bass Field. Admission is free for students.
Asian cuisine Students expand their palettes to Asian cuisine at the Asian Dinner and Show from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the CPA. Following the dinner will be a showing of the play “Harvest.” RSVP is necessary and the cost of the event for students is $20.
‘Harvest’ See the live play of “Harvest” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the CPA. Tickets are $12 for students and $14 for ISU faculty and staff.
Skate with the Easter Bunny The Easter Bunny learned some new tricks this season. Instead of hopping into Easter weekend, come skate with the Easter Bunny from 12:40 to 1:55 p.m. Saturday at the Pepsi Ice Center. Cost is $6 for admission plus an addition $2 for skate rental.
Festival of Colors Students can brighten their weekend at the Festival of Colors Holi Celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the McLean County Fairgrounds. Smear fellow community members with colors of friendship, togetherness and unity. The cost is $7 for admission for the first 350 tickets and $10 thereafter.
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Simple. I don’t think about it so I don’t feel.” Maddy Zinnani, psychology major I feel like one of those kids crying on their mom’s legs when it’s time to go.” Carlie Rambo, marketing major It’s hard to believe that the past four years have gone by. It’ll be hard to leave such a great campus, but I’m excited to see what my future holds.” Emily Tomaszewski, business management major
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Miller will head to the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League this summer to showcase his talents among the nation’s best players. As of 2016, nearly 300 CCBL alumni were rostered on a major league team, per the league’s official website. ““Owen is as instinctive as a ballplayer I’ve been around,” ISU coach Bo Durkac said. “He understands the game and has great awareness, but the most impressive thing is his ability to hit.”
With two years of eligibility remaining following this season, Miller has just one goal—and it has nothing to do with personal accolades or recognition. “I want to win the conference with my team. Owen I’d love to Miller have a dogpile celebration.” Nate Head is a sports reporter for The Vidette. He can be reached at vidette_ndhead@ilstu.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @NateHead51.
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“It’s hard to score runs in baseball when you don’t get free bases from the pitching staff, and with only the two walks they gave us today, we had to rely on a couple hit by pitches and errors to get guys in scoring positon. But ultimately, it doesn’t do you any good to get guys in scoring position unless you get the big hit and Nick Zouras did that twice for us today,” Durkac said. The Redbirds will host their first MVC opponent this weekend against the Evansville Purple Aces, with the first game scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Friday at Duffy Bass Field.
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Redbird hoops officially ink Copeland on spring NSD JOSH TOLENTINO Sports Editor | @JCTSports
Zach Copeland made it official Wednesday signing a National Letter of Intent to continue his collegiate basketball career at Illinois State University. Copeland, a 6-foot-4 sophomore guard from City College of San Francisco, visited ISU this past weekend and announced Saturday on Twitter he verbally committed to the Redbirds. ISU coach Dan Muller officially offered Copeland in January. Copeland was considered ISU’s
top target in the spring signing period. “We are excited to welcome Zach Copeland into the Redbird basketball program,” Muller said. “Zach is a big-time offensive player who is a threat at all times on the court. He is a lights-out shooter, a terrific finisher and will only get better.” Copeland, an Oakland, Calif., Zach native, averaged Copeland 18.7 points, while
shooting 49.1 percent from the field, 47.7 percent from three and 86.2 percent at the line during his sophomore campaign. He also averaged 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
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Copeland joins two other guards who Muller signed in the fall, 6-4 point guard Elijah Clarance, a senior at St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, Md., and Lake Land College 6-6 sophomore guard William Tinsley. Copeland kept a close eye on the Redbirds this year, saying he wants to get the Redbirds another MVC Championship but more importantly, a NCAA Tournament berth. “I really like the pieces we have,” Copeland said. “Phil (Fayne) is a beast, Milik (Yarbrough) is an automatic scorer. I know nothing
is guaranteed but I’m confident in our guys. We really gelled together during the short time we played on the court together this weekend. Illinois State showed a lot of love. Coach Muller and coach Luke (Yaklich) visited me multiple times in California. It meant a lot. I think it is a great fit for me.” Muller’s interest in Copeland sparked when he watched him play at a “Top 100 JUCO Players Camp” in Kansas City last summer.
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Sophomore Owen Miller rounds first base during Tuesday’s game against Illinois, where he hit a home run and scored twice in a 6-5 loss to the Illini.
Shining sophomore
Shortstop Miller considered consistent veteran on young Redbird baseball team NATE HEAD Sports Reporter | @NateHead51
Everyone in sports is familiar with the dreaded “sophomore slump.” But not for Illinois State shortstop Owen Miller. Miller slashed .328 BA/.498 OPB/.368 SLG in his freshman campaign last season, marks that landed him squarely among the best first-year players not only in the Missouri Valley Conference, but entire Division I baseball. The slugging shortstop was awarded
MVC Honorable Mention and national freshman honors by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and Louisville Slugger. Was Miller worried about falling short of the expectations he placed on himself after such a dazzling start to his career? “The biggest thing for me was to not to be complacent,” said Miller who has started every game this season. “Whether that was showing up to the field or the weight room with the same attitude, I just tried to keep working hard.” It is safe to say Miller’s tenacity is paying off. Halfway through the season, Miller has posted even better numbers than his
remarkable freshman year. Miller has posted a .333/.519/.357 thus far this season, improving in virtually every category on the stat sheet. But it isn’t just at the plate. Miller is known for his bat, but he has also taken considerable strides on defense. Last year, the shortstop committed 12 errors. Thru 31 games he has made just three blunders. However, underneath Miller’s personal achievements lies a battered 26-58 team record paired with a first-round exit in his lone MVC Tournament appearance. Better days for the program look to be
on the horizon. This year’s core of new personnel has infused a sense of life into a team coming off a disappointing season. Newcomers John Rave, Noah Sadler and a trio of freshmen starting pitchers in Brady Huffman, Matt Walker and Brent Headrick have shown signs of optimism that could come to fruition in coming seasons. “It definitely looks promising,” Miller said. “There’s a lot of projection for those guys, and if they put the work in, I think Redbird baseball will be a force in the years to come.” See MILLER page 7
Battle of Blo-No ends in 7-5 victory for Redbird baseball KADE HEATHER Sports Reporter | @Kade_Heather
Illinois State (10-21) topped its neighbors, the Illinois Wesleyan Titans 7-5 Wednesday in the annual Horenberger-Bass Classic at Duffy Bass Field. ISU starter David Meade lasted only one inning, surrendering three earned runs on two hits and two walks. The Redbirds bullpen held
down the fort for the rest of the game against IWU (14-8). Mitch Weis, Matt Walker and Jack Spicer combined to pitch eight innings and allowed six hits, two runs and struck out seven. “We were a little bit taxed with our pitching staff after yesterday, so to use only a few guys out of the bullpen today with Evansville coming in this weekend was big for us,” ISU coach Bo Durkac said. Weis earned his first win of the
season, tossing three innings and only allowing one hit. Spicer also got his first save in only his second appearance of the season. Owen Miller was a big help to Spicer in the ninth inning when Pat Mollo smoked a ground ball to the Redbird shortstop, and Miller made a beautiful pick and turn to second base to start a double play. “That was a big play because that gets two outs with one pitch and that
allowed Jack to finish out the game,” Durkac said. ISU sprinkled 10 hits in the game throughout the entire order. Nick Zouras went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in four runs. Collin Braithwaite got ISU on the board with an RBI double in the first and went 2-for-4 with that double, a run scored and a walk. ISU capitalized on two Titan errors in the second inning and
scored two runs to tie the game at three. The Redbirds added two more runs in the third from Zouras’ tworun double. They were successful on three sacrifice bunt attempts in that inning, their first three attempts all season. Zouras’ two-run single in the fifth inning was ultimately the difference maker in the game, giving the Redbirds a 7-3 lead at the time. See IWU page 7