Cody Erbacher Daily Kent Stater W hen it comes to a college hoops rivalry, Kent State vs. Akron is among the best … for two mid-major schools. The schools are about 14 miles apart. The teams are historically among the top of the Mid-American Conference. The fans bleed their schools colors — blue and gold. “If we were both the two worst teams in the league it would be a big game, no matter what,” senior guard Chris Singletary said. “But it helps the rivalry when both teams are doing great.” It’s reached that time of the sea- son where the MAC powerhouses are ready to face off for a regular season conference championship. But this season there’s a little extra flare heating up the rivalry. Both teams enter with an identi- cal 22-8, 12-3 MAC record, and the winner will receive an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tour- nament. Not only do the rivals have identical records, but the Flashes have also won 12 of their last 13 games, and the Zips have won nine of their last 11. “There’s no question it’s the big- gest game of the year,” Kent State coach Geno Ford said. The Rhodes Arena, which seats 6,204 fans, has been sold out since Wednesday, according to the Akron DAILY KENT STATER Friday, March 5, 2010 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Mostly cloudy HI 39, LO 19 LATEST UPDATES AT KENTWIRED.COM Sign up to receive breaking news updates from Kent State student media at KENTWIRED.COM Kelly Petryszyn Daily Kent Stater Before Jill Rhoads started coming to the medical clinic at Townhall II, she was managing Type II diabetes and high cholesterol without medi- cal treatment because she had no health insurance. After three years as a patient at Townhall II, Rhoads said she feels “one hundred percent better.” “Truthfully I probably wouldn’t be around today if it wasn’t for the clinic,” she said. Stories like hers may stop The free medical clinic at Town- hall II is facing a $67,000 deficit, and if it doesn’t raise that amount by June 30, it will close. The clinic offers free medical services for general prob- Fight to the finish Ford: ‘There’s no question it’s the biggest game of the year’ Townhall II deficit may force center to shut down athletic department. The Akron fans will be more than willing to bring the noise, as did Kent State fans in the first matchup, and the Flashes know that. “The crowd’s going to be into it,” Singletary said. “It’s going to be loud, but at the end of the day we’ve got to be a family and play together and play with emotion and fight through adversity.” See KENT , Page 3 lems such as diabetes, hypertension, and sinus and repository infections. It serves about 460 Portage County adults who do not qualify for Med- icaid or Medicare, have no health insurance and are 200 percent under federal poverty guidelines. The entire agency faces an $113,000 deficit. In an e-mail Sue Whitehurst, executive director of Townhall II, said she expects to receive less government fund- ing next year as well. Reductions have already been made. Five staff members have been laid off and one resigned, but has not been replaced. The agency directors agreed to each donate $2,000 back to the agency. The prevention staff has agreed to reduce their hours by 100 for this coming year. See CLINIC, Page 3 ONLINE KentWired.com Go to KentWired after tonight’s game to see how the Flashes fared. ‘Big bang’ re-creation finds antimatter Kathryn McGonagle Daily Kent Stater Professors and researchers in Kent State’s physics department recently uncovered the heaviest antimatter known to man. Since 2000, Kent State scientists have studied alongside hundreds of researchers, each analyzing dif- ferent aspects of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collidor’s STAR detector, physics professor Dr. Declan Keane said. “We make a miniature version of the big bang,” Keane said about the process of creating antimatter. Kent State researchers collide the nuclei of atoms of a heavy nucleus at extremely high speeds and are able to recreate the condi- tions under which the big bang, or origin of the universe, is theorized to have occurred about 14 billion years ago. “We smash these guys together at 99.99 percent the speed of light and look to see what comes out,” Keane said. And what came out was the heaviest antimatter and antinucleus ever discovered. An Scientists make ‘heavy’ discovery integral researcher and physics professor, Dr. Spiros Margetis said this groundbreaking development will aid scientists in discovering what goes on inside neutron stars, why antimatter isn’t found in our universe and what a supernova consists of. In Upton, N.Y., the Brookhaven National Laboratory houses the STAR detector, which weighs 1,200 tons and allowed Dr. Jinhui Chen to find not one, but 70 examples of the new antimatter. “Normal matter are abundant around us, but there should be ‘hidden anti-matter,’” Chen said. “Like we have female and male animal around us. If we set normal matter as female, the anti-matter will be male.” Chen, who has been research- ing antimatter since 2005, worked for endless hours with the help of computers to comb through 100 million particles, only 70 of which were antimatter. “He was glued to his computer every day,” Keane said. Margetis said the physicists are able to study on earth will be invaluable to studying such astro- nomical events. See SCIENCE, Page 3 WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU: Townhall II provides medical care to those who are 200 percent under the federal poverty level. Young adults who rely on the center would be forced to go elsewhere. Kelly Maile Daily Kent Stater Excitement, unity and hope swept the gymnasium floor Thurs- day night at the dodgeball tourna- ment for Haiti. “It’s a good way for the whole university to get involved with something as big and tragic as what happened in Haiti,” said C.J. Steward, a sophomore on the finance dodgeball team. “We are doing a great job by having an event like this where we can give back to people who are in need of our help.” Thirty different majors, decked out in sweatbands and dodgeball gear, gathered at the Student Rec- reation and Wellness Center at 5:30 p.m. to compete in the tournament and to donate their time and mon- ey to the people in Haiti. “I have close ties and fam- ily members who are in Haiti so this has been very hard for me,” Steward said. “I was supposed to go to Haiti this summer, but with all the devastation there I don’t think I will be able to go, and I wish there was more that I could do to help.” Ashley Wagner, captain of the athletic training dodgeball team, also wanted to do more to help Haiti. When she first men- tioned the dodgeball tourna- ment to her fellow students, no one signed up, but more people in her major joined the cause at the last minute. Together, her team donated over $100 toward the tournament. “We donated money and it’s not just that we are giving away our money, but we actually came together as a student population to participate in a really good cause,” Wagner said. “We are really excit- ed; we are all playing hard and we want to compete and help those in Haiti at the same time.” Dodging for a cause: tournament raises money for Haiti Brent May, a senior who joined the dodgeball finance team to help Haiti, said the tournament was a fun way to raise money for Haiti. “I think this tournament is great and it will help people think more about what is going on in the world and how much the people in Haiti need our help,” May said. “This is an opportunity to help them because everyone here just had to donate $5, but when you look at the big picture we are rais- ing $10,000, and I think that will make a big difference.” EMILY HORNE | DAILY KENT STATER Joe Stephenson participated in the dodgeball tournament to raise money for Haiti as part of the Army Air Force team. See HAITI, Page 3 Sports: Flashes take a less-than experienced roster to the conference championships this weekend.
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Cody ErbacherDaily Kent Stater
When it comes to a college hoops rivalry, Kent State vs. Akron is among the
best … for two mid-major schools.The schools are about 14 miles
apart. The teams are historically among the top of the Mid-American Conference. The fans bleed their schools colors — blue and gold.
“If we were both the two worst teams in the league it would be a big game, no matter what,” senior guard Chris Singletary said. “But it helps the rivalry when both teams are doing great.”
It’s reached that time of the sea-son where the MAC powerhouses
are ready to face off for a regular season conference championship. But this season there’s a little extra flare heating up the rivalry.
Both teams enter with an identi-cal 22-8, 12-3 MAC record, and the winner will receive an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tour-nament. Not only do the rivals have identical records, but the Flashes have also won 12 of their last 13 games, and the Zips have won nine of their last 11.
“There’s no question it’s the big-gest game of the year,” Kent State coach Geno Ford said.
The Rhodes Arena, which seats 6,204 fans, has been sold out since Wednesday, according to the Akron
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Before Jill Rhoads started coming to the medical clinic at Townhall II, she was managing Type II diabetes and high cholesterol without medi-cal treatment because she had no health insurance. After three years as a patient at Townhall II, Rhoads said she feels “one hundred percent better.”
“Truthfully I probably wouldn’t be around today if it wasn’t for the clinic,” she said.
Stories like hers may stop The free medical clinic at Town-
hall II is facing a $67,000 deficit, and if it doesn’t raise that amount by June 30, it will close. The clinic offers free medical services for general prob-
Fight to the finish
Ford: ‘There’s no question it’s the biggest game of the year’
Townhall II deficit may force center to shut down
athletic department. The Akron fans will be more than
willing to bring the noise, as did Kent State fans in the first matchup, and the Flashes know that.
“The crowd’s going to be into it,” Singletary said. “It’s going to be loud, but at the end of the day we’ve got to be a family and play together and play with emotion and fight through adversity.”
See KENT, Page 3
lems such as diabetes, hypertension, and sinus and repository infections. It serves about 460 Portage County adults who do not qualify for Med-icaid or Medicare, have no health insurance and are 200 percent under federal poverty guidelines.
The entire agency faces an $113,000 deficit. In an e-mail Sue Whitehurst, executive director of Townhall II, said she expects to receive less government fund-ing next year as well. Reductions have already been made. Five staff members have been laid off and one resigned, but has not been replaced. The agency directors agreed to each donate $2,000 back to the agency. The prevention staff has agreed to reduce their hours by 100 for this coming year.
See CLINIC, Page 3
ONLINEKentWired.comGo to KentWired after tonight’s game to see how the Flashes fared.
‘Big bang’ re-creation finds antimatterKathryn McGonagleDaily Kent Stater
Professors and researchers in Kent State’s physics department recently uncovered the heaviest antimatter known to man.
Since 2000, Kent State scientists have studied alongside hundreds of researchers, each analyzing dif-ferent aspects of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collidor’s STAR detector, physics professor Dr. Declan Keane said.
“We make a miniature version of the big bang,” Keane said about the process of creating antimatter.
Kent State researchers collide the nuclei of atoms of a heavy nucleus at extremely high speeds and are able to recreate the condi-tions under which the big bang, or origin of the universe, is theorized to have occurred about 14 billion years ago.
“We smash these guys together at 99.99 percent the speed of light and look to see what comes out,” Keane said. And what came out was the heaviest antimatter and antinucleus ever discovered. An
Scientists make ‘heavy’ discovery
integral researcher and physics professor, Dr. Spiros Margetis said this groundbreaking development will aid scientists in discovering what goes on inside neutron stars, why antimatter isn’t found in our universe and what a supernova consists of.
In Upton, N.Y., the Brookhaven National Laboratory houses the STAR detector, which weighs 1,200 tons and allowed Dr. Jinhui Chen to find not one, but 70 examples of the new antimatter.
“Normal matter are abundant around us, but there should be ‘hidden anti-matter,’” Chen said. “Like we have female and male animal around us. If we set normal matter as female, the anti-matter will be male.”
Chen, who has been research-ing antimatter since 2005, worked for endless hours with the help of computers to comb through 100 million particles, only 70 of which were antimatter.
“He was glued to his computer every day,” Keane said.
Margetis said the physicists are able to study on earth will be invaluable to studying such astro-nomical events.
See SCIENCE, Page 3
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU:Townhall II provides medical care to those who are 200 percent under the federal poverty level. Young adults who rely on the center would be forced to go elsewhere.
Kelly MaileDaily Kent Stater
Excitement, unity and hope swept the gymnasium floor Thurs-day night at the dodgeball tourna-ment for Haiti.
“It’s a good way for the whole university to get involved with something as big and tragic as what happened in Haiti,” said C.J. Steward, a sophomore on the finance dodgeball team. “We are doing a great job by having an event like this where we can give back to people who are in need of our help.”
Thirty different majors, decked out in sweatbands and dodgeball gear, gathered at the Student Rec-reation and Wellness Center at 5:30 p.m. to compete in the tournament and to donate their time and mon-ey to the people in Haiti.
“I have close ties and fam-ily members who are in Haiti so this has been very hard for me,” Steward said. “I was supposed to go to Haiti this summer, but with all the devastation there I don’t think I will be able to go, and I wish there was more that I could do to help.”
Ashley Wagner, captain of the athletic training dodgeball
team, also wanted to do more to help Haiti. When she first men-tioned the dodgeball tourna-ment to her fellow students, no one signed up, but more people in her major joined the cause at the last minute. Together, her team donated over $100 toward the tournament.
“We donated money and it’s not just that we are giving away our money, but we actually came together as a student population to participate in a really good cause,” Wagner said. “We are really excit-ed; we are all playing hard and we want to compete and help those in Haiti at the same time.”
Dodging for a cause: tournament raises money for HaitiBrent May, a senior who joined
the dodgeball finance team to help Haiti, said the tournament was a fun way to raise money for Haiti.
“I think this tournament is great and it will help people think more about what is going on in the world and how much the people in Haiti need our help,” May said. “This is an opportunity to help them because everyone here just had to donate $5, but when you look at the big picture we are rais-ing $10,000, and I think that will make a big difference.” EMILY HORNE | DAILY KENT STATER
Joe Stephenson participated in the dodgeball tournament to raise money for Haiti as part of the Army Air Force team.See HAITI, Page 3
Sports: Flashes take a less-than experienced roster to the conference championships this weekend.
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FOR YOUR INFORMATIONTODAY’S EVENTSn Clothing driveWhere: Student Center lobbyWhen: 11 a.m.
n Resource FairWhere: Student Center second floorWhen: 12 p.m.
n Gymnastics vs. KentuckyWhere: M.A.C. CenterWhen: 7 p.m.
n Fashion ShowWhere: Student Center Ballroom When: 7 p.m.
n Men’s basketballWhere: James A. Rhodes Arena, AkronWhen: 8 p.m.
n “Brothers”Where: KivaWhen: 11 p.m.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s that time of year again: Undergraduate Student Government elections. Throughout the week, the Daily Kent Stater will be running candidate profiles for the nine director and 16 senator positions. The USG election is Tuesday, March 9. Students can vote then by logging onto their FlashLine accounts.
usGELECTIONS 2010
Director of Student Advancement
Director of Communications
Drew Patenaude wants to provide more hands-on activities for students.
Patenaude is a sophomore business management major with a minor in entrepreneur-ship and is the vice president of community service and philanthropy for Delta Upsi-lon. He is running for the
position of director of student advancement.
Maximizing the judicial advocate program as well as appointing different commit-tees and incorporating more reflective programming is what he would like to accom-plish as director of student advancement.
Patenaude also said that he is a previous member of judicial affairs so he consid-ers the director position one step higher.
“I want to get more involved with campus and lead by example,” he said.
— Antonio Stephenson
Drew Patenaude
Chad Budy believes the more students are involved on campus the more success-ful they will be.
Budy is a sophomore accounting major and the inductee of finance for Delta Upsilon. He is running for the position of director of student advancement.
“Kent State has been very influential to me and I would like to give back by encourag-ing and passing down expe-rience to other students,” he said.
Budy says that he would like to build a better rela-tionship with the Kent State faculty as well as the campus police department.
He would also like to pro-vide more judicial advocate programs.
“It’s best to be less of an idealist and have realistic goals,” he said “Justice is my foundation.”
— Antonio Stephenson
Chad Budy
Kathryn Hetz said she wants to make USG more transparent with the student body.
“With any communica-tion, you want your pro-grams to be out there,” Hetz said. “You want Kent state to know about what’s going on within USG because it is a huge organization at Kent State, and it’s just very important to get the word out about it.”
She said she wants to encourage students to get involved in organizations by informing them of what is available.
Hetz said she wants to do this through monthly news-letters, an info table, up-to-date Facebook and Twitter accounts and surveys.
“I feel like if I got the posi-tion, after I got it, I would just keep coming up with ideas,” she said.
—Lydia Coutré
George Antwi-Obimpeh said he wants to open up communication between USG and students.
“That’s who USG is sup-posed to cater to: the people of Kent State, the undergrad-uate students,” he said.
Antwi-Obimpeh is a soph-
omore integrated social stud-ies major. He’s running for director of communications.
“I feel like actually getting out there and giving differ-ent surveys and polls to the students would help us find out more about the students,” Antwi-Obimpeh said.
He said he wants to pro-vide a way for students to share their complaints because such issues “shouldn’t fall upon deaf ears.”
“In perfection, I would want every student on this campus to know what USG is, what they stand for (and) what they do,” he said.
—Lydia Coutré
JaRel Clay said he wants to give the student body a sense of community through com-munication.
“You have to try to find a bridge between what stu-dents want to hear and what students need to hear,” Clay said. “When you find that
common median, you can relate to each other more.”
Clay is a junior applied communications major. He is running for director of com-munications.
“I feel as though USG needs to have a bigger part in knowing how other orga-nizations work on campus,” he said.
Clay said he wants to make sure students know about “positive things going on on campus.”
“My main goal is just to give students a reason to say ‘Kent State University is my home away from home,’” he said.
— Lydia Coutré
JaRel Clay George Antwi-Obimpeh
Kathryn Hetz
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Michelle BairDaily Kent Stater
Diversity describes Kent students and their thoughts about entertainment. Mul-tiple events are offered on campus, but those who don’t attend have their reasons.
“I don’t know who Jay Sean is,” said Andy McEntee, a senior VCD major. “And I can’t say I’ve ever heard of DJ $crilla.”
Sophomore Justin Cephus, a sports medicine major, said he was excited about Jay Sean coming to Kent.
“I have heard of DJ $cril-la,” said Cephus. “He’s done a couple of parties in Cleve-land, where I’m from.”
Besides not knowing the rappers, time and money are issues as well.
McEntee said that stu-dents usually have to pay to see good speakers, bands and comedians when they come to Kent.
“It’s kind of (wrong),” he said. “Like when Flight of Conchords came last year, I couldn’t see them because it was like $50. My brother goes to OSU and he saw some big-named artists, like The Roots, for free.”
Some students say they are happy with events on cam-pus, they just wish for more.
Rebecca Spott, a fresh-man nursing major, said she thought $10 was a good deal for her ticket to see Jay Sean and she was excited to see the comedians who performed last Friday in the Ratt.
Spott said that the campus should offer more events that interest more students.
“I know they have speech-es and stuff in the Kiva,” she said. “But it’s not entertain-ment per se. I would like to see more big-named artists come to the M.A.C.”
Cephus said that he has fun in Kent, and he loves it, but he wishes there were
There is a plan to keep the crowd a minimal factor in the game. Kent State needs to get on the scoreboard quick and develop a strong presence in the paint early, as the players have ran their offense all season.
The combination of a post pres-ence from sophomore forward Jus-tin Greene, who recorded a double-double in the win over Akron earlier in the season, and the passing abil-ity of Singletary will be a vital factor to open up shots for the guards.
“You’ve got to get off to a good start. You don’t want to fall behind early in the game,” Ford said. “We want to make it a little more of a grind physical around the basket toughness game.
“When we’re at our best we’re a team that scores a lot of points around the basket. Our whole offensive philosophy is to play insideout.”
Today’s game marks the fifth-straight season that Kent State and Akron have met in the final game with the outcome deciding either a divisional or overall league title for one or both teams.
The first matchupIn the matchup between the
rivals at the beginning of the MAC season, Kent State recorded five players in double digits.
In the mix was Greene who re c o rd e d 2 3 p o i n t s a n d 1 3 rebounds anchoring the 87-70 vic-tory over the Zips.
Kent State held Akron’s 3-point shooting to a miserable 23.5 percent (4-for-17).
But the Zips are shooting 33.7 percent on the season from behind
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KENTFight to the finish
the arc. Akron’s offense is able to go on some hot streaks from three-point range, and Ford said the Flashes cannot let this hap-pen in today’s game.
“They’re a really good shoot-ing team,” Ford said. “We can’t allow them to get hot from three and get a comfortable lead.”
The postseasonThe team that leaves Rhodes
Arena with a win will earn the title of MAC Regular Season Champions. Also, the team will receive an automatic bid to the NIT.
Regardless of the outcome, Kent State has an opportunity for an at-large bid to the NIT because of its schedule strength.
“We play the regular season to get a postseason bid,” Ford said. “That’s our focus. We’re in a position this year with our RPI at 47 I’d like to think that we’re a lock for the NIT win or lose Friday.”
If the Flashes can win the MAC Tournament, which starts next week, they receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
But Ford said Kent State’s record mixed with its schedule difficulty should guarantee them a spot in a postseason tournament. Whether it is the NCAA, NIT, College Basketball Invitational or the CollegeIn-sider.com Tournament.
The clinic lost funding from two big donors, Robinson Memorial Hospital and Portage County Com-missioners. Clinic manager Cathy Smathers said these two places are experiencing financial trouble, but the United Way of Portage County, along with other grants and dona-tions continue to provide financial support. The clinic has been open since 1974 and was converted into a free clinic in 2002.
“We are a lifeline for a lot of patients,” volunteer registered nurse Kay Sinclair said. “If it weren’t for the clinic, a lot of people would not be able to get their medicine.”
Pat ient Pat Garr ison also described the clinic as her life-line. She has received medication from the clinic that would have cost her thousands of dollars for a few dollars and some at no cost. Townhall II also treats and manages her skin cancer for no cost. Garrison has not had health insurance since 1999 and started coming to the clinic in 2002.
Garrison feels so strongly about keeping the clinic that she wrote to the Record Courier, State Represen-tative Stephen Dyer, State Represen-tative Kathleen Chandler, United Way and all four Portage County Commissioners.
Whitehurst is seeking alternative sources of funding. The clinic is look-ing for foundation support and part-nerships with other organizations.
I f the c l in ic shuts down, patients will wonder where they will go. They can go to the Por-tage Community Health Clinic, but they will have to pay. There is a discount program for uninsured patients, in which fees are based
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CLINICTownhall II deficit may force center to shut down
on income and household size. The patient will pay either $20 or $40 or a percentage of the cost, with extra fees for lab tests and medications. They can also go to private physi-cians offices at a fee.
Many who rely on the clinic do not have the money to pay these fees
Rhoads is one of these patients. She hasn’t worked in 15 years because of a bad back, and her husband is on disability. There are some days she has no money at all, so paying a fee is out of the question.
“I think that a lot of people would really be in bad shape if this place closes up,” she said. “If they’re in the same situation I am, there would probably be a lot of people who can’t afford to go to the doctor. Especially the elderly, they really need to see doctors on a regular basis.”
What you can do to help:•Test your luck at the “Casino
Night” benefit for the clinic at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls on March 6 at 7-11 p.m. Tickets are $60. Call 330-678-3006 for more information or to sponsor.
•Monetary donations can be made out to the Townhall II Medical Clinic and can be mailed in to 155 N. Water St., Kent, OH 44240.
“First of all, it’s a first,” he said about the importance of the discovery. Other impor-tant factors are neutron stars, which are stars that burn out and collapse under its gravity, that are studied by astrophysi-cists and it is still unknown what is inside these collapsed stars. The antimatter, Keane said, will help discover what goes on inside these mysteri-ous stars.
“In the mini big bangs and in the original big bang, matter and antimatter are known to be created in equal amounts,” Keane said. “But the universe as we know it doesn’t have very much antimatter.”
Keane said that exemplifies one of the main unsolved prob-lems of physics: where did the antimatter go?
Martgetis compared the discovery of the most massive antimatter to striking gold.
“We will be able to describe things people take for granted, not people like my mother, but
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SCIENCEScientists make ‘heavy’ discovery
scientists,” Margetis said.Kent State researchers dis-
covered the antimatter using advanced computer software, and their findings will aid the research of other scientists and graduate students.
“Every time we find (some-thing), even if it’s what we’re looking for, nature tells us that it has unexpected features,” Mar-getis said. “This was definitely unexpected.”
Contact arts and sciences reporter Kathryn McGonagle
n Next Wednesday, March 10 is “Alter-native / Heavy Rock Night,” featuring SailingOn, Astrovan, Stay At Heart and Light Years. n The 18th is a night of Rock, including Part Time Ninja, Nixon, Joey Priore& The Two Timers and Dinsaurs Rex.n “Indie Pop Rock Night” is the 24th where Roscoe, The Holes, Rocks Bleuand The 4-Q’s will perform. n Winners for each week will compete at the Finals on April 14.
more shows for students to showcase their talents, “like a talent show.”
Self-expression and variety draws different audiences to certain events.
Bat t le o f the Bands , for instance, has a line-up of new bands that vary in style.
They will perform over a four-week period, in the Ratt, with hopes to win over the crowd that night. Attendance is free for students, and $2 for non-students.
The winning band f rom Wednesday’s “Acoustic Night” battle is Soaked In I, where Kah-ley Cleveland, Cody Ray Hays and Brett Juhasz performed as well.
Lack of awareness, interest, time and money are common fac-tors for students who don’t par-ticipate in certain events—But there are more opportunities on campus than some may think.
The money raised in the dodgebal l tournament is going to Haitians through UNICEF, and the univer-sity dubbed the fundraiser Ten Ten Ten.“It’s $10,000 in 10 weeks in 2010, so that’s where the idea came from,” said Mike
Matousek, president of the Financial Management Asso-ciation and founder of the dodgeball tournament. “We are in the sixth week right now, and we should reach our goal tonight.”
Matousek didn’t set any expectations for the tourna-ment, but the turn out for the event was what he hoped and
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HAITIDodging for a cause: tournament raises money for Haiti
aimed for. “I love seeing everyone come
together and have fun for a good cause,” Matousek said. “Every-one is doing their part and a little bit goes a long way.”
In addition to the money he is raising, Matousek set up an inspirational message board to the people in Haiti for all the dodgeball teams to sign.“I just hope that not only the money goes over there, but the words reach the people in Haiti, too,” Matousek said. “It will give them hope and it will make a huge dif-ference because they will know we are thinking about them.”
Contact College of Buisness Administration reporter
This Fr iday, however, Kopp is excited to see her team match up against Ken-tucky, because she feels they will be one of the better teams they’ve faced so far.
“The other teams that came in to the M.A.C. Center were good teams, but they weren’t at our level,” she said. “We just have more depth than them. It will be nice to have a close meet where we really have to pull together.”
Kentucky happens to be coach Sabin’s alma-mater,
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GYMNASTICSSenior gymnast leads by example
and she is also excited for the match-up of a MAC team and an SEC team. This week in prepa-ration, Sabin has told the girls that they really need to concen-trate on their team and control the things they can control. She believes it will be a good meet to find out who the pressure-athletes are.
“Whether it’s a team ranked 50th or 15th in the country, you still have to go out and do your job,” Sabin said. “This is our turning point.”
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Students carried out raucous rallies on college campuses nationwide Thursday in pro-tests against deep education cuts that turned violent as demonstrators threw punches and ice chunks in Wisconsin and blocked university gates and smashed car windows in California.
At least 15 protesters were detained by University of Wis-consin-Milwaukee police after as many as 150 students gath-ered at the student union then moved to an administrative building to deliver petitions to the school chancellor.
University spokesman Tom Luljak said campus police allowed one person inside, but when she emerged, she encouraged everyone to rush the building, he said.
The violence began when police tried to turn them away. No serious injuries were reported.
The school was among doz-ens of nationwide campuses hit with marches, s tr ikes , teach-ins and walkouts in what was being billed as the March 4th National Day of Action for Public Education.
In Northern Cali fornia, rowdy protesters b locked major gates at two universities and smashed the windows of a car.
Protesters at the Univer-sity of California, Santa Cruz surrounded the car while its uninjured driver was inside. Earlier, demonstrators blocked campus gates.
University provost David Kliger said there were reports of protesters carrying clubs and knives, but Santa Cruz police Capt. Steve Clark could not confirm those reports. No arrests had been made.
An advisory posted on the school Web site urged people to avoid the campus because of safety concerns.
At the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley, a small group of protesters formed a human chain blocking a main gate to the campus. Later in the day, hundreds gathered for a peace-ful rally.
“We’re one of the largest economies in the world, and we can’t fund the basics,” said Mike Scullin, 29, a gradu-ate student in education who plans to become a high school teacher. “We’re throwing away a generation of students by defunding education.”
Rowdy protesters target funding cuts at US campuses
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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. The recent Win-ter Olympic Games in Vancouver was a tale of two cities.
It began on a tragic, somber note, following the death of a luger just hours before the opening cer-emony. The host nation of Canada faced an uphill battle in trying to remedy a tragedy.
These Olympic Games enjoyed many dramatic and inspiring sto-rylines with athletes from across the globe. Records, hearts, egos and limbs were all broken. In the end, one country came out on top. No, it was not the overall leader in the medal count, U.S.A., but rather its northern neighbor, who, against all odds, salvaged a dire situation and ended up putting on one hell of a show.
The following are some final thoughts on what turned out to be an extremely entertaining Olym-pics:n As I wrote in my column two
weeks ago, the wreck and subse-quent death of Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili — at a track which saw lugers go faster than the sport has ever seen before — was an irreversible tragedy. Even worse, perhaps, was the Olympic com-mittee placing all blame of the crash on “human error” and none on the controversially dangerous luge track. After watching video of the gruesome crash online, I found myself on the edge of my seat, wincing, whenever I watched a luge event during the games. I expected a crash to be possible at any second while seeing men and women ride a sled at 90 or more mph on the sketchiest track ever built. Vivid images of Kumaritash-vili’s morbid crash have remained in the back of my mind, as I’m sure is the case for the millions of oth-ers who also saw it.nGoing into the Olympics,
there was only one word that could really excite me: curling. And oh baby did it not disap-point! Sure, the sport is basically bocce ball on ice, but all the broom sweeping and over-the-top yelling is funnier than any movie Adam Sandler’s been in recently. In what other sport can balding men, well into their 40s (Kevin “Old Bear” Martin of Canada), win gold in an Olympic event?n American snowboarder
Shaun White, a.k.a. “The Flying Tomato,” blew my mind with his Double McTwist 1260 and earned himself his second Olympic gold medal.n Lindsey Vonn is more than a
pretty face; she’s actually a pretty good skier. Vonn overcame injury and bitter American teammate/rival Julia Mancuso to take home a gold and bronze medal in the Olympic alpine competition.nApolo Anton Ohno is my
hero. With eight medals, the star
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On this day in 1963, the Hula Hoop, a hip-swiveling toy that became a huge fad across America, is patented by the company’s co-founder, Arthur “Spud” Melin.— History.com
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DON WRIGHT’S VIEW
Too many credit cards could be troubleCollege students are constantly bom-
barded with financial options. Many stores constantly ask if these young
people want to sign up for their credit card to save a percentage on that day’s purchase or to receive discounts toward future pur-chases. This sounds great because every-one likes to save money, especially college students.
The amount of cards offered may be harming young adults. As students try to establish and build their credit scores, it seems helpful to have a variety of cards to put smaller purchases on and pay off the minimum payment — the saying ‘more for less’ applies, temporarily anyway.
The long run is a different story. If someone plans to only pay off the mini-mum payment for several cards, years lat-er, the actual amount of charges increase substantially. Everyone assumes they will have money when they graduate to pay
them off, but things happen and it hardly runs that smoothly. Minimum payments increase, unexpected expenses happen and eventually, the bills get bigger and harder to pay.
The idea that students are going through a financial transition period doesn’t help their credit building either. Some may still be getting help from family, getting accounts in their name for the first time and paying off school. It’s important to only take on what they can handle. Even more importantly, students have to understand how much they will be capable of paying off after graduation.
To keep a good credit score students just have to be smart. Understanding how each credit card company operates before signing up or charging things can determine what their future scores can look like. A student who knows the amount a credit card com-pany expects for minimum payments and
how many credit cards he or she can afford to pay off sets the framework for the type of spender he or she will be in the future.
Paying more than the minimum, paying on time and only taking on as many bills as a student can handle will help in the future because creditors acknowledge good scores. They use this to determine what kind of bor-rower someone might be.
For students who have had a credit card for several years, it is beneficial to view their credit history. Web sites like www.annual-creditreport.com offer one free copy of three credit reporting agencies every 12 months.
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Rabab Al-Sharif
Olympic observations
short track speed skater, and “Dancing with the Stars” cham-pion, became the most decorated Winter Olympian in U.S. history. I thoroughly enjoyed Ohno’s heated rivalry with the South Korean skat-ers. I also enjoyed his soul patch, which is cooler than the other side of the pillow. Although unlikely, I hope Ohno decides to go to Sochi, Russia in 2014, at the ripe old age of 31, to compete again in what would be his fourth Olympics. n When Russian prima-donna
figure skater Evgeni Plushenko came second to American Evan Lysacek in men’s singles, he pub-licly criticized Lysacek for not landing a quad jump in his win-ning performance. On his Web site, Plushenko awarded himself a made-up platinum medal for his “superior” effort in Vancou-ver. Now, I don’t know too much about figure skating (most of what I know comes from “Blades of Glory”); however, I do know a sore loser when I see one. Mr. Rus-sian blonde mullet needs to stop talking trash and show some class. The Cold War is over.n There is no point in having
cross-country skiing in the Win-ter Olympics when there is also the Biathlon. It is the exact same thing, only the Biathlon also has rifle shooting.n The most exciting single event
of the Games was by far the hock-ey gold medal finals between the U.S. and Canada. The game-tying goal by American Zach Parise with 24 seconds left in the game almost gave me my first heart attack. Nonetheless, the game-winning goal by Canadian Sidney Crosby in overtime was a perfect end-ing to the Olympic Games for the Canadians. Hockey in Canada is like football, basketball and base-ball combined in America. They definitely deserved it more.
It’s hard to determine who the overall winner of the Olympics was. The U.S. took home the most overall medals, but Canada won the most gold. Their 14 first-place finishes was a Winter Olympics record. To help settle the debate, I quote Ricky Bobby: “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”
Mike Crissman is a freshman journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him
In response to Frank Yonkof’s column, “Humans always come before animals” (March 1).
You, sir, are a conceited fool. Obviously you have never spent any time around the animals that you deem as inferior, because if you had, you would know that the levels of caring and sentience that they possess are real and beautiful.
People like you think that humans are superior to every other living being. You cut down the rain forest, deplete the ozone layer and have no problem with the animals you eat being butchered alive.
In your article, you talked about the American Society for the Prevention of Cru-elty to Animals commercial featuring Sarah McLaughlin’s song. What is wrong with your brain that you can’t look at a puppy covered
The message spread on 80 billboards throughout the state of Georgia is causing quite a stir across the nation.
These billboards, put into place by Anti-abortion groups Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance Foundation, feature a picture of an adorable but rather sad looking black child and read: Black Children are an “Endangered Species.”
Before I go any further into this, I want to make a few things clear. This is not about whether or not I think abortion is right or wrong. It’s not about whether I’m anti-abor-tion or for abortion rights. Last but not least, this is not about whether or not I think that those who originally fought for reproduc-tive rights were eugenicists who wanted to reduce the African American population.
This is about this particular ad, which simply happened to be about abortion.
That being said, I find these signs to be not only outrageous, but also offensive.
First of all, black children are not a spe-cies of their own. They are human beings, making them part of the human species. Referring to them as a “species” detached from the rest of humankind makes them sound like animals.
Secondly, they are not endangered. The black population is actually growing and is expected to continue on that path. The black population is projected to rise from 35.8 mil-
in dirt and scars because someone decided he wasn’t important? Have you ever even held a puppy, felt the unbelievable joy of that contact? I guess not.
Humans are advanced, yes. We found ways to exploit our environment in ways no other species has, evolving into intelligent masters of our habitat. But this does not make us special. You, sir, are an animal too, whether you like it or not.
Humanity’s self-centeredness causes all of its own problems. We’re raping the plan-et of its resources because we want to and we can. Because “humans are special,” the world is disgustingly over-populated. Obvi-ously, I don’t mean I want people to die, but if there were fewer people, poverty and hun-ger would not exist. Then you wouldn’t even
lion to 61.4 million in 2050, according to a 2004 release from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Finally, those responsible for carrying out the termination of black fetuses, their black mothers, seem like an unlikely group to working toward a racial genocide. Someone else might be facilitating and carrying out the actual abortion, but ultimately the mothers are the ones making the choice.
The bottom of the sign refers to a Web site: TOOMANYABORTED.COM.
The site tells visitors that the number of black women who have abortions is dispro-portionate to the number of white women who do. It also urges black women to “get outraged” about this racial disproportion.
The site goes on to say abortion clinics are in “urban areas where blacks reside.” And suggests that they are strategically placed so because, “abortion is the tool they use to stealthily target blacks for extermination.”
I have no idea as to whether or not there
need to donate your money to soup kitchens, anyway.
Humans can fight for their rights. They can speak. They can get jobs. Surely, some people cannot, and they do deserve help. But no animal can save itself. Animals are capable of the same love and compassion we are and deserve to live and be loved back.
Take a look at the book “The Emotional Lives of Animals,” and maybe try thinking about everyone who needs help, not just the ones who walk on two legs.
is any truth behind those suggestions. For all I know they could be put in urban areas to encourage blacks to get abortions, although I doubt it. Even if they are, it doesn’t negate the fact that black women still have a choice and a brain.
Just because the clinic is there, doesn’t mean that women have to use it. They still have a choice, and I’d like to think that black women, or any women for that matter, aren’t so easily persuaded.
There could be a club of Nazis in my neigh-borhood, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to feel any more compelled become a Nazi.
Besides that, whether there is an abortion clinic in their backyard or one 20 miles away, if someone wants to get an abortion they’ll find somewhere to get one.
I highly doubt that anyone thinks to them-selves: “Well since I’m pregnant with a child I didn’t really want and there is abortion clinic right here I guess I’ll just go ahead and get an abortion.”
Life just doesn’t work that way.
Rabab Al-Sharif is a sophomore magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected].
Mike Crissman
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Today’s Birthday (3/5/10) Expect creative ideas to emerge from dreams and imagination over the coming year. You handle most responsibilities with greater grace because you understand the logic behind your actions. Creative writ-ing or artistic projects reveal your inner beliefs and aspirations.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7. Group activities inspire you and a partner. Your efforts go in a creative direction, while your partner keeps the project within reasonable bounds.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 6. Use both creativ-ity and logic to fuel household activities. Logic tells you to reset the thermostat. Turn down the emotional volume to get more ac-complished.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)Today is a 7. Creative ideas pop up in every area you look at. The changes you need are easily made. Love grows when you incorporate exotic elements.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 6. Education pays off now. Choose a seminar or class that allows lots of creative input. Then, work hard to get the most out of it.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. Work closely with a partner or other associate to brain-storm ideas for any writing project. The two of you share similar views concerning hidden significance.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is an 8. Use your creative skills to complete your own work and aid others in finishing theirs. That way, you can cheerfully go home on time.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7. Use your imagination to devise new methodology. Logic is only one part of the formula. Feelings impact the bottom line.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8. Whether you know it or not, you’ve been hatching a plan for home improvement. Import decorative tile or accents to add fresh color.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5. Today you see how to bring less conscious concepts into reality. Others need to understand your logic. Make sure they also grasp the mood.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 6. Use your imagination to dream up a plan of action. Oth-ers will contribute happily if they see your willingness to roll up your sleeves.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 5. An older person bases logic on tradition and the historical record. Take that information and mold it into a unique story in order to increase profits.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 7. Use your creative methods to finish a project before quitting time. Drag out the thesau-rus to be sure you’ve chosen the right words.
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Randy Ziemnik
As the old saying goes, “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say any-
thing at all.” I try my hardest to live by that saying, but growing up in a home where you were encour-aged to speak your mind, the old adage often goes by the wayside. As is the case with the University of Akron, their athletic teams and, most importantly, their fans.
Believe me, I’ve tried to think of nice things to say about the Uni-versity of Akron — it’s harder than you think — but all I could really come up with is that they have a nice football stadium, their presi-dent is in pretty cool commercials and LeBron James used to go to Akron basketball games. But that’s about it.
When it comes right down to it, the University of Akron has more flaws than a Toyota gas pedal. But since Kent State is taking on the Zips with the MAC regular season title hanging in the balance, we’ll focus on The University of Akron’s basketball program.
Let’s start with the James A. Rhodes Arena, where Akron plays its home games. It is easily one of the worst facilities in the MAC and is in dire need of a total reno-vation. It really shows you where the University of Akron’s priori-ties are when they build a brand new multi-million dollar football stadium for a god-awful football team and leaves a winning basket-ball team to play in a second-rate facility. And not to mention the arena’s named after a governor who ordered national guardsmen to the Kent State campus in early May 1970, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Then there’s the nickname and mascot. First off, I understand that Zips is short for Zipper, which has its origins in Akron — and I challenge you to button your pants without one — but a zipper just doesn’t instill fear in anyone unless you’re a male who gets a certain body part stuck in it. And as for the overweight kangaroo “Zippy” goes, I’ve never seen a kangaroo anywhere in Northeast Ohio besides the zoo. I simply don’t fear him/her as the slogan “Fear the Roo” would want you to think. I believe Zippy would be better served on an episode of “The Biggest Loser” than at an Akron sporting event.
And while we’re on the topic of the biggest loser, let’s take a look at Keith Dambrot. Now don’t get me wrong, Dambrot has really turned around the fortunes of Akron bas-ketball. But if there were no LeB-ron James, Dambrot wouldn’t be anywhere near a college basketball program, unless he had tickets to the game. Dambrot left Central Michigan in the early 90s amidst controversy, with a subpar record and was exiled to coach high school basketball in Akron. Insert Leb-ron James and you know the rest. Dambrot owes his recent success to Lebron James, plain and simple. It’s pretty sad when a grown man owes his career to a high schooler.
Now to the worst part of the Akron Basketball program: the fans. The so called “AK-ROWDIES” are anything but. If dressing up in face pant, wearing all white and don-ning wrestling belts is your idea of being rowdy, then Akron fans are rowdy. If showing up at opposing stadiums and spray painting them is rowdy, once again Akron fans are mad rowdy. And if posting a video on YouTube of a freshman sideline reporter who’s learning, a foreign concept to Akron students, then Akron fans are the rowdiest in the country. Bottom line, Akron fans’ actions are more trashy than rowdy if you ask me.
The Kent State Women’s gym-nastics team has had trouble this season putting together an error-free meet as the team has yet to have a meet with no falls.
Senior Brittany Kopp has been one of the few consistent gym-nasts, and brings an element of strength to the team, especially on the beam.
Kopp, a psychology major, plans to attend graduate school or apply for med school after gradua-tion. She plans to enter the profes-sional arena someday in the field of neurology, and is thankful for the concentration and organization the sport has helped her master.
Kopp’s coaches know her academ-ics are important to her, and respect her dedication and concentration.
“She’s very smart and com-petitive,” coach Sharon Sabin said. “She works really hard for what she wants and she doesn’t like to lose.”
Sabin said that when ‘BK’ (as she’s known to her teammates) first came in to the gym freshman year, she had never competed beam.
“Sophomore and junior year
Rachel JonesDaily Kent Stater
When the Kent State wres-tling team heads to the Mid-American Confer-
ence Championships this weekend, it will only bring two upperclass-men: senior Danny Mitcheff and junior Matt Cathell.
The rest of the lineup includes four freshmen and four sopho-mores.
Kent State coach Jim Andrassy is bringing a young team to the big-gest competition of the season, but he does not want to use that as an excuse.
“Even though they’re freshmen, I expect a lot of things from them,” Andrassy said. “I expect them to go out and wrestle the Kent State way — always attacking, working hard, fighting hard and making guys fight for every point they get.”
The Flashes, ranked 16th in the nation, will face various wrestlers from Ohio, Buffalo, Northern Illi-nois, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan at 1 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday at Central Michigan University. This tournament deter-mines who advances to the NCAA Championships.
“For some people, this could be the end of the season,” Andrassy said. “(This tournament) is the most important thing we do.”
After losing to Central Michi-gan Feb. 21, the team heads into the tournament ranked second in the conference.
“Our first goal was to be team MAC champions, but we took sec-ond,” Andrassy said. “It’s not a bad thing; we were just upset we didn’t accomplish it. We need to go back to the drawing board and now try to win a team tournament championship.”
Andrassy said this may be hard-er for the newer wrestlers, but it is a good experience for them.
“I think until you’ve been to this tournament, it’s a tough tour-nament,” Andrassy said. “If you go into it and you’re not ready to wrestle seven hard minutes, then
The youth of the nation
FILE PHOTO BY JESSICA KANALAS | DAILY KENT STATERKent State sophomore Dustin Kilgore (184) holds down Central Michigan’s Dillon Kern during a meet on Feb. 21. Kilgore won the match 11-3.
Underclassmen lead charge for MAC title
“Even though they’re freshmen, I expect a lot of things from them. I expect them to go out and wrestle the Kent State way — always attacking, working hard and making guys fight for every point they get.
JIM ANDRASSYCOACH
KEITH WITT FRESHMAN
174 LBS.(22-11)
3RD, 32ND
ADAM COGAR FRESHMAN
197 LBS.(18-8)
2ND, 15TH
CHASE SKONIECZNY FRESHMAN
141 LBS.(19-15)
TIED FOR 3RD, NOT RANKED
ROSS TICE SOPHOMORE
165 LBS.(23-11)
4TH, 29TH
MALLIE SHUSTER FRESHMAN
157 LBS.(23-11)
3RD, NOT RANKED
UNDERCLASSMEN WRESTLERS IN THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP(NAME, WEIGHT, RECORD, MAC RANKING, NATIONAL RANKING — NOT PICTURED: SOPHOMORE DUSTIN KILGORE AND SOPHOMORE BRENDAN BARLOW)
TROY OPFER SOPHOMORE
125 LBS.(16-17)
4TH, 40TH
you’re not going to have success. That’s what this is about: learning how to compete at the highest level so they can fulfill their goals either this year or in the future.”
This is the first big collegiate tournament for redshirt freshman Adam Cogar (18-8).
“It’s my whole season,” Cogar said. “Other meets are like practice for this tournament. It determines whether or not I go to nationals, so it’s very important.”
Andrassy said Cogar (197) has done well for a freshman, and he is relying on him this weekend. While that seems like a lot of pres-sure, Cogar said he is not worried.
“I’m not really that nervous because I don’t have anything to
lose,” he said. “Most of the guys I’m wrestling are seniors, so all the pressure’s on them. If I don’t make it, then I’m not supposed to, but if I do, then that’s a good thing.”
Cogar will only face opponents he wrestled earlier this season. He has been watching film this week to fix the previous mistakes he made.
“The way I wrestle, I think it’s easier (to wrestle previous oppo-nents) because the goal of a lot of people is to keep it close and win in overtime against me,” Cogar said. “For me, I get to look at them over the season, so I get to fine-tune what I do against them.”
Another redshirt freshman making his MAC Championships debut is Keith Witt (22-11).
“It’s my first year going to the MAC tournament, so I’m looking to make a name for myself,” Witt said. “I’m just trying to look at it as another tournament and not get too stressed out about it. I’ll just take it one match at a time.”
Witt said his main goal is to go to nationals. To prepare, he is try-ing new techniques to throw off his opponents.
“Kids are starting to figure out what I do on the mat,” Witt said. “I need to switch it up and do differ-ent things or do different things to lead into what I usually do.”
Witt has been icing his right shoulder recently after practice, but Andrassy said it will not hinder his performance this weekend.
“Everybody by this time of the year is beat up,” Andrassy said. “Something hurts on everyone’s body in the entire country. If someone’s 100 per-cent healthy, they aren’t train-ing hard during the year.”
Mallie Shuster (23-11) is another freshman to look for. At 157 pounds, Andrassy said he is one of the most technically sound wrestlers on the team.
“As far as technique, he’s as good as anyone in the coun-try,” Andrassy said. “I think he should go out and be attacking as much and as often as he can because his technique and his athletic ability are pretty good.”
Redshirt freshman Chase Skonieczny (19-15) shined Feb. 21 when he upset Central Michigan’s Conor Beebe 5-4. Andrassy said he is looking for a repeat this weekend.
“He has the ability; everyone knows it,” Andrassy said. “If he can go out there, stay focused and stay mentally tough for seven minutes, he’s as good as anyone in the conference.”
The more experienced wres-tlers going are redshirt sopho-more Dustin Kilgore (30-1), ranked first in the country, and senior Danny Mitcheff (28-3), ranked eighth. Andrassy said he expects both wrestlers to eas-ily handle this tournament.
“Both of those guys know exactly what to expect,” he said. “This should be one step to reaching their goals (of going to nationals).”
With experienced lead-ers and hopeful freshman, Andrassy said he has high expectations for this weekend.
“Our goal is to have ten champions, ten national qualifi-ers and the belief that when we step onto that mat, no one’s in better shape than us and no one is better than us,” Andrassy said. “We’re going to go out there, and we’re going to dominate.”
Senior gymnast leads by exampleKopp willing to fill voids for her team
FILE PHOTO BY PHILIP BOTTA | DAILY KENT STATER
Senior Brittany Kopp competes in the vault during the Flashes’ meet against Eastern Michigan on Jan. 22. Kopp competes in the vault, balance beam and floor exercises.
she was kind of questionable, now she’s a solid kid for us on beam,” Sabin said. “It’s great to see how the girls evolve.”
Finding the skills that fit her best and suited the team’s needs became a challenge and Kopp took it on. Now, it’s hard to imagine the beam lineup without her in it.
Kopp said the event has become her favorite.
“I could do beam all day,” she said. “I just started to compete it in college.”
It’s hard for her, as a consistent beam worker, to see her teammates failing to achieve the success she knows they’re capable of.
“The main thing in competing beam is having confidence in your-self,” Kopp said. “The second you doubt yourself, even if you go up thinking you’ll make your routine, that’s not good enough. You have to know you’re going to make it.”
Enjoying her success on beam is short-lived when her teammates fall. She feels the whole point of the competition is for everyone to suc-ceed, and it’s much more exciting when everyone does.
Kopp said that it’s the best feeling to make a routine in a meet, and that the satisfaction of competing a solid routine is unlike any other emotion.
She understands the mental challenges of the beam and strives to help her teammates whenever See GYMNASTICS, Page 3
she can because she sees herself as a role model.
“The problems I see people hav-ing, I’ve had the same problems myself,” she said. “I feel like I can relate, so I’ll help them out and lead by example.”
Kopp can definitely be consid-ered a role model. She’s had many personal issues that she hasn’t let affect her gymnastics. During her sophomore year, her sister received a heart transplant, which chal-lenged her focus as an athlete.
“If things are stressing you out outside the gym, if any of that’s in your mind while practicing it, you’re going to have a disastrous day,” Kopp said. “You just have to put everything aside and be in the right mindset. That’s the hardest thing, to be mentally tough.”
Her focus on gymnastics has helped her earn a solid position in the lineup on beam and also on vault. She’s hoping that the team’s new goal of hitting five out of six routines will help push the team into a position of strength just in time for the MAC tournament.
“As of right now, the way our season is going, hitting five out of six routines would be awesome,” she said. “If it just came together at the right time … MAC champion-ships is when it really matters.”
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