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FEBRUARY 12, 2014 ISSUE NO. 20 VOL. 50WWW.THEGUARDIANONLINE.COM

Wright LifeLocal concert list-ings for V-DayPage 7

Mandy dishes out advice on life and lovePage 4

New crime fighting strategy underway

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Opinion SportsNews PhotoCampus couples: Shared love storiesPage 6

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Illustration by Jonathon Waters: Graphics Manager

Raiders not playing to expectationsPage 9M

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NEWS 3New strategy on crime underway

Disability Services faces troubles with late book orders

New food venue open in The Nutter Center

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Shannon TaylorContributing [email protected]

The Wright State University Police Department (WSUPD) will soon implement a new crime-fighting strategy on cam-pus in response to a recent string of thefts.

Known as Assisted Patrol, this strategy is similar to the bait cars used by other police agen-cies, where a car is wired with tracking technology and left un-attended. However, the WSUPD will be using handheld technol-ogy as the “bait.”

Interim Chief of the WSUPD David Finnie explained in an email how the new technology will help reduce thefts on cam-pus.

“This theft apprehension system allows police to locate and track suspect(s) who re-move these devices such as cell phones and tablets,” Fin-

nie wrote. “Once the suspect(s) takes the property the police can track and locate the indi-viduals by a GPS system within the cell phones and tablets. The police can and will take these individuals into custody and ar-rest them for theft.”

While some might consider it entrapment, many students thought it was a good idea. Graduate student Cooraez Kes-hvani was especially excited to hear about this new strategy.

“I love that idea actually. I had my Beats headphones stolen on campus,” Keshvani said. “I’m completely okay with it, con-sidering I get my [stuff] stolen because I leave it around so I’m really happy about this.”

Likewise, Biomedical Engi-neering Senior Juanita Nicole was happy to hear about As-sisted Patrol.

“Actually, I lost my glasses and I had to get new ones, which sucked,” Nicole said. “I think it

is absolutely a good idea for re-ducing thefts on campus.”

Most theft cases on campus are attributed to individuals who are not affiliated with WSU, according to Finnie.

“We want potential thieves to know that if you steal, new po-lice technology can follow you, identify you and arrest you!” Finnie wrote. “The program should be operational shortly and we want the Wright State community to be aware that the police department is assertively attempting to reduce thefts on campus.”

The WSUPD suggests the following safety tips to avoid thefts on campus: never leave valuables or other belongings unattended; always secure your valuables or other belongings; and when away from your of-fice, lock your office doors and desk drawers.

Wright State police respond to frequent thefts with new approach

Adding to the year’s pleth-ora of new dining options,

The Den is now open in the Nut-ter Center, located next to gate 9.

The Chartwells-operated fa-cility features Outtakes sand-wiches and salads, chips, Pepsi products and fresh brewed Se-attle’s Best Coffee, according to Marketing Director of the Wright State University Hospi-tality Services Clinton Kernan.

The Den serves specifically ‘grab and go’ food and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Dining dollars, flex dollars and swipes are ac-

ceptable forms of payment, not to mention coupons that are lo-cated on their website.

“During the search process for a new food service provider last year, one area brought to our attention was the potential for a venue to serve students who have classes in the Nutter Center. As we are always look-ing for opportunities to better serve students, we were excited to experiment in a new and un-tested location,” Kernan said.

Freshman Amber Miller was doubtful of the Den’s success.

“I don’t think that many peo-ple are going to use it. If they were going to do something like this then they should at least have a bit more options there. I mean, for the commuters that park at the Nutter Center, it might be pretty good. I’m just not sure that it’ll be a success,” Miller said.

Senior Jasmine Monroe dis-agrees and believes the Den is a good fit for the Nutter Center.

“This is especially good for athletes who spend a lot of their time over there. It’s convenient for them since the Nutter Cen-ter is kind of far from the rest of campus. I do think that they should be open longer though,” Monroe said.

The Disability Services Of-fice often faces troubles

with the unpredictable text-book needs of visually/hear-ing-impaired students due to late notification of required books from professors.

Transcribing textbooks for students with hearing and vi-sual impairments takes about two weeks to be made and dis-tributed. With this kind of time line it, is often difficult for dis-abled students to be sure they will have their textbooks by their first class of the semester.

WSU Disability Services Technology Center Coordina-tor Donna Harris said that the

technical process of converting textbooks to Braile, text, or au-dio formats can often be time consuming and difficult.

“We do understand that sometimes instructors find themselves being asked to teach a course at the last minute. Situ-ations like this can cause a delay in deciding the book list,” Harris said.

These late decisions of who will teach class often set stu-dents with disabilities behind on homework because there has not been enough time to transcribe their textbook by the beginning of the semester.

WSU Senior Lecturer Jane Blakelock explains she has in the past had to research differ-ent books to update course of-

Photo by Lindsey Roberts, Contributing Photographer

ferings before giving notice of the required text. The research time is not always plentiful dur-ing a prior term, which can ex-tend the wait to transcribe text-books at Disability Services.

Blakelock also factored in the new transition from quarters to semesters.

“After teaching for decades with deadlines based on quar-ters, long-time faculty are still trying to imprint semester term deadlines,” Blakelock said. “But it’s important for us to be re-minded getting the orders in place promptly is a crucial part of teaching and serving stu-dents.”


OPINION

‘Monument Men’ enjoyable but dissapointing

George Clooney directs, co-writes and stars in this

story based on true events. “The Monument Men” is the tale of a rag tag group of art scholars, museum curators and art his-torians turned soldiers who go into enemy territory during the final months of World War II to rescue pieces of art plundered by the Nazis.

It isn’t as great as I was hop-ing it to be and it does suffers from a lot of problems, but at the same time it was really en-joyable.

One of the problems in “The Monument Men” is its drastic changes in tone. One minute will

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be a very sad a somber scene in-volving the death of a character. Seconds later it will jump to a comedic scene like Bill Murray’s character chipping his tooth on homemade beef jerky.

Another problem element is that there isn’t much character development. The movie seems to rely on the actors portray-ing them to get the personali-ties across. For example, one of the Monuments Men, a sculptor named Walter Garfield, is por-trayed by John Goodman and he comes off exactly as you’d ex-pect. He’s jolly and friendly but can be tough and determined. That’s it-- the characters just come off as you would expect from the actors. Only a few characters actually have a per-

sona outside of the actor. One is Sam Epstein (Dimitri Leonidas), a Jewish German immigrant who signed up for the Army and the other is Claire Simone (Cate Blanchett), a Frenchwoman who has the inside scoop on where the art from France may have been taken.

While I do see this point as flaw, it honestly doesn’t bother me. Because these actors do have distinct personalities, as-sociating them to their charac-ters isn’t so bad. Though that doesn’t actually help Matt Da-mon’s character.

This is a pretty enjoyable film and worth at least a matinee. It gets a thumbs up from me.

My Dearest Mandy,

How would you suggest working up the courage to tell the guy you like that you want to date him?

-Ready

Disclaimer: Ask Mandy is satirical and intended for humorous purposes. The views and opinions reflected are

those of Mandy, not The Guardian as an organization.

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Flappy Bird (I Hate You)

Flappy Bird will be the end of me. It is quite possibly

my rendition of the antichrist.For those you who don’t know

who Flappy Bird is, be glad he is not a part of your life. For those of the less fortunate stature like me, we know that he is an app on our phone or other device that has one of the simplest con-cepts of any game ever…but it’s literally impossible to get good at.

Here’s the premise: you have a bird (presumably Flappy) and some Mario Bros. rip-off pipes that come out of the ground, as well as sky, to make a lit-tle opening. You must tap the screen to make the dinosaur-descendant jump through the pipes without hitting any part of them (he moves forward on his own). Sounds easy enough, right? That’s what I thought. Be-fore about a week ago, I had no idea who this “Flappy” guy was. However, let me explain how I got to know a little bit about this

pixilated Mario Bros. fish with-out any gills.

A few friends and I were working on filming a roman-tic comedy at McDonald’s on a Saturday night. Okay, I really wasn’t involved at all on that one so I just ate my McChick-en and went on with my day. I chomped and chomped then I felt a vibration go on in my pocket. I pondered to myself, “huh, thought I shut that off.” So I reached in there and thank-fully found that it was just my phone. I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE. Jeez, this must be important. This is what it read:

“Have you heard of the game Flappy Bird?”

I replied with a “no.” Little did I know, that simple reply would lead me to an interest in the thing. I figured it was just an app on my phone because board games are so 10 years ago. I checked it out on the iTunes store and lo and behold, it was there in all its free-down-loading glory. I downloaded it. What. A. Mistake.

I played a few rounds and it

was extremely difficult. I asked the few that were with me if they had ever heard of the game. One said, “Please don’t tell me you like it.” Another asked me, “What’s your best score, Beez?” I responded with”2”. His was five. As the night went on, everyone started to play the ridiculously stupid battery drainer. 4 hours later, we were still playing the ridiculously stupid battery drainer. I amped my score up to five while others got around to the likes of thirty. Freakin’ thirty.

Remember the guy that asked me, “What’s your best score, Beez?” Well, he made a bet with me that if he exceeded 100 pipe passes, I would have to do something to one of my friends that would, in turn, make me not so straight anymore. I don’t want that. He’s got till the be-ginning of spring break. This is going to be a stressful month. If it comes down to it, I’ll move very far away. I hate you, Flappy Bird. I hate you.

Dear Ready,

Give up.

You’re putting the cart before the horse. Make sure he knows you like him first before you suggest dating him.

You can’t have courage on an empty stomach. Pasta always works for me, or any cheesy dish.

Always have an escape route. You don’t want to get yourself trapped. If they say, “Ew, you’re gross, buzz off,” you want to be able to run. But make sure you have appropriate footwear.

Or you can play it off as a joke. “Just kidding, I don’t like you either!” Or you could say you were asking for a friend. Neither of these work, but it might make you feel better to try.

Actually approach them and say, “Do you want to date me?’ because that happens to no guy ever. It’s pretty rare.

Don’t talk to their friends.

Don’t stalk them. Don’t hang out waiting for them outside the bathroom. Don’t hang out waiting for them inside either.

To avoid a rejection that’s as bad as Nickelback’s music, lie until they love you, (“You like Nickelback? ME TOO!”) and then break it to them gently.

Don’t be awkward. Just, please, don’t be awkward.

Love,Mandy


Student thoughts on Tim Hortons: good products, bad hours

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Tim Hortons has officially opened its new branch in

the Union Market of the Student Union. With products in high demand, students are pleased to have another food vendor on campus, but many are disap-pointed that Tim Hortons closes so early in the day—at 3 PM.

WSU student Ethan Lewis likes that there is a coffee shop on campus.

“I’m so happy for that,” Lewis said. “But I did not expect them

to close so early, since every-body studies at school at night.”

Mohammed Al Hakeem is one of the many students who did not have the time to visit Tim Hortons since it closes by the time he is finished with classes.

“It is unfair that my classes end at 3 P.M.,” Al Hakeem said. “Tim Hortons is closed by that time.”

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Wright State couples share their love stories

Romance rocky? Cheer yourself up with stories of bad dates

Zeppelin Hoehn & Alayna Spence

Freshman biology major Zeppelin Hoehn and freshman finance major Alayna Spence both met while in high school at a state theater competition and became close when they took an improv class together.

Hoehn and Spence both prefer to approach their relationship from a simple perspective, with the majority of their romance consisting of sweet notes and small tokens of love and appreciation.

“I firmly believe that you don’t need a lot to be happy,” said Hoehn.

Both Hoehn and Spence boiled down what they believe to be the most important aspects of a relationship to communication, trust and sticky notes. They said new couples should take it slow and make sure to take some alone time occasionally.

Sarah McHenry & Mikki Patterson

Sophomore Biology major Sarah McHenry and senior TESOL major Mikki Patterson first met each other at a Rainbow Alliance meeting, but were currently in separate

relationships. They even helped each other get over their break-ups. “We became close friends when we were

both going through relationship issues,” said Patterson. “Once we broke up with our girlfriends

we didn’t really want to date at first, but eventually we couldn’t resist. We just got along so well.”

Patterson and McHenry said that they like to hike, camp, go to coffee houses and watch movies together on

dates, but admitted that they do everything together and they said that forgiveness is one of the most important things for a

strong relationship.

Nick Lovensheimer & Abby Daniel

For Nick Lovensheimer, senior communications major and Abby Daniel, senior international studies major, Greek Life and Facebook were instrumental in bringing them together. They enjoy hanging out together with friends and quiet evenings at home.

Lovensheimer and Daniel said humor is one of the most important aspects of a relationship because it helps to patch up the damage made from any arguments that may occur.

Lovensheimer and Daniel also said people in new couples should sometimes give in during fights.

“Sometimes the fights don’t matter,” said Lovensheimer. “Once we realised that, we argued less and less and now it seems like we barely argue at all.”

Jack & Libby Pence

Jack Pence, assistant director for the Office of Student Activities first met his wife, Libby, at their best friend’s wedding, flirting at the rehearsal dinner, but the two had to begin their relationship long-distance.

“She was in Ohio and I was in Texas,” said Pence. “It was probably the toughest thing that we’ve gone through, but we made a commitment to each other that we were going to do everything we can to make it work.”

They keep the romance alive by doing activities with each other, like cooking, or making a point to stay close even though they are pursuing different hobbies.

Pence believes it is important to express feelings in a relationship and to keep on the same page with your spouse.

Pence’s advice for those looking for a relationship is to figure out what is desired in a significant other and to be honest with yourself as a person in what is wanted and why.

Romance is in the air, and to some, it’s not a pleasant smell. We’ve heard about the cute crap all week and we’re tired of it. Romantic dinners, surprise gifts and other vomit-inducing tales are going to cloud social media for the next few days. But what about when it goes bad?

Sometimes dates can be self-centered. Ashley Bell, senior business management major said that her date did nothing but talk about himself and in-terrupted her throughout the night.

“He checked out every wom-an’s backside as they walked by,” said Bell. “Very clearly, too. To the point of turning around in his chair to look.”

To top off the already uncom-fortable evening, Bell also said that midway through the date, a man at the table near theirs began to choke, but Bell said that the staff had it under con-trol.

Sometimes dates can be pretty inconsiderate. Dillon McCowan, sophomore athletic training major said during his first year at Wright State he took a girl out to a dance for their first date. McCowan said after dropping a couple hun-dred bucks on new clothes for himself and a dozen roses for

her, she said that she wanted her ex-boyfriend back shortly after they crossed the threshold into the dance.

“But a lot of people felt pretty bad for me,” said McCowan. “I got a few dancing partners and made some new friends before the night was over.”

Some dates are just awkward. Alia Eckhardt, sophomore bio-logical sciences major, said she asked an ex-boyfriend who was one of her best friends out to Wegerzyn Gardens for her birthday.

“He was the only one I want-ed to celebrate with,” said Eck-hardt.

Eckhardt said they went on a walk and he told her that he didn’t want to talk to her any more.

“Now his mom is my dad’s fiancé,” said Eckhardt. “He’s go-ing to be my brother.”

Some dates are absolutely cringe-worthy. Sophomore Business major Brad Hensley said he and his girlfriend at the time went to play Dungeons and Dragons. Right before they started playing, Hensley said she told him she had been cheating on him with the man they were playing the game with.

“My parents were out of town until midnight,” said Hensley. “I had to stay.” So Hensley said he spent the next five hours watch-ing them flirt back and forth.


WRIGHT LIFE 7

Valentine’s Day ideas for singles


By now, I’m sure all the single people on cam-

pus have already started to see couples everywhere. Fingers are interlinked, kisses are sto-len out of the corner of your eye and gifts given to ecstatic boyfriends or girlfriends. This leaves singles annoyed and the lonely in desperation. How can they celebrate Valentine’s Day–or at least make it through un-scathed?

Netflix it up

Ball up into a human burrito and watch copious amounts of cancelled television. This isn’t recommended, but sometimes people need to bathe in self-pity. This is suggested only to those who are don’t do this very often; it’s good to let go every once and a while.

Indulge

Buy something nice. Video games, clothes, a book or an extra candy bar. It doesn’t mat-ter how much money is blown or what is bought; the littlest indulgence can do a heart some good. It might only last until you hit the bottom of the ice-cream carton, but it’s beneficial none-theless.

Get out and find someone

Wear something nice and hit the town’s favorite hang-outs. Jam out to some music, have a

good time and scope out the ac-tion. Valentine’s Day has a ten-dency to bring out the despera-tion in people. The whole room could be looking to get a little less lonely.

Treat it like a normal day

Go see a movie. Relax—don’t wallow—at home. Catch up on some studying. Clean the apart-ment. Do normal things. After all, Valentine’s day is just an-other reason for people to buy cards, flowers and chocolate. A lot of couples don’t even cel-ebrate it. So why not just go about your business?

Enjoy being single

There are things people can’t do while in a relationship. Why not spend the entire day doing those things? Embrace being single! It’s not a disease, it’s a phase. A lot of times people get hung up on needing a signifi-cant other in order to feel com-plete, but alone and lonely are two very different words. Learn to be complete on your own.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Just because Valentine’s Day is for romance doesn’t mean friends and family can’t be cel-ebrated. Buy valentines and candy for them and let them know that they are important. Let them know that they are appreciated, thought about, ad-mired and loved. Life is short. It’s always a good idea to let them know you care.

Mood musicLooking for something to do on Valentine’s Day? Check out one of these local concerts.The Noodle Factory, Negative Ghostrider, & Box Truck RescueThe Spirited Goat, Yellow Springs6:30 p.m.

Dayton Does Dayton Music FestivalGilly’s, Dayton7 p.m.

The Story Changes, Bearer of Bad News, The FlipsBlind Bob’s Bar, Dayton9 p.m.

Lost on Iddings at Dayton Is For LoversThe Yellow Cab, Dayton9 p.m.

White RabbitHank’s Pub, Kettering9 p.m.

Curious AnimalsTumbleweed Connection, Dayton9:30 p.m.

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Summer or Fall 2014


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Love is laughing [at you]By Kelly Hippenmeyer

There are not many things that are worse than loveMaybe a PT cruiser full of every Nickelback C.D. you could get ahold ofOk, so I thought of oneDon’t go singing hot cross bunsI’ll convince you in the following run ons

Love reeks of cheesy metaphorsOf things written on the bottom of tree trunk coresBut you never get to see initials subtractedLike J-M= she totally overreacted

Roses can be red but violets definitely aren’t blueLove can be as ridiculous as trying to master the kazooAs regretful as a misspelled tattooAt times it starts out nice, maybe with a few drinksBut no matter what, love always stinks

Love leaves you open and far too vulnerableLike just look at Jen once Brad left her…poor girl!Feeling the feelings of love can hurtSo can breaking your arm at a concertAnd even then at least you get to be at a concert

Sometimes I wish people would stop telling stories of loveAnd more about awkward dates that ended with getting pooped on by a bird from aboveBecause usually the search for love isn’t just daisies and rosesIt can be worse than a Nicolas Cage movie about osmosisWhich is something so terrible it doesn’t even exist

So you think I’m too cynicalBut hey don’t call me a criminalIf you don’t take the time to laugh at love,Well, its already laughing at you

The February 2014 “Love Stinks” Poetry Contest Winners

Forbidden Color: Modeled after Hamlet’s soliloquy:by AnneMarie Finfrock

To be or not to be - that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in thy soul’s own eyes To turn blind, conforming to a societal prejudice, Or take the hand of one of thine own kind And by bonding, shock them. To love, but live – No more. As one’s whole life would change.And those who see, in vain, end all support That they hath provided - ‘tis an obstacle To rise above. To love, and live – To live, in relief by being. Ay there’s the idea,Where, in honesty, one may be true to himself – When he hath snuffed the fear of his own being,He finally breaks free. There’s the liberty That makes those few so brave.

For who would bear the snares and scorns of patrons,Fists of anger, discrimination of highest regard, Fragility of a new heart, the heart’s loss in labyrinth, Words of broken glass, and eyes Like pins to a bloat balloon, dreams bursting these do make. When he himself his life could take With a scared silence? Of whom would bear To wear a mask of affection, in his dark reality, Unless the dread of a new reality,Where not many have achieved matrimony, May outweigh the smothered contentment Of secret desire beneath?

The fear of isolation and difference Makes a mute of us all –And thus we are forced to exist in the mind’s limbo And our hands remain longing for another.

Opening NightBy Kegan Sickles

I shed a tear as I face a fear.Stage fright on opening night.I am not ready to play pretend.

As I stare into the light, I know something’s not right.I begin my soliloquy and feel a part of meof which I had once been ashamed.

As the curtain rises, I am surprised asthe crowd shows empathy.

So, I thought I’d let you know- I’m no puppet in your show.Because you manipulate and you don’t articulateyour plans for us in the end.

I thought we were intact, but in fact we were an actin your self-enveloped play. I see that come what may, we were meant to be forsaken.

On, the show must go. My emotions overflowin these words it hurts to say:

“My heart was bared. You never really cared.And my biggest regret is that we ever met.I thought I was your friend.”

Of you I think less and less, and that maybe you are more of a messthan I thought myself to be. What happened between you and me?…I don’t know what happened.

As I watch the curtains flow, I take my bowand forget you in the lights of Broadway.

Someday-By Elizabeth George

Your hairline will shape into a horseshoeand all of the delicate fat will drain from my face. Our skin will melt and stick to the floor, and we’ll be cray- so cray, that we’ll gamble our teeth away and give each other gummy kisses in the kitchen while your oatmeal burns.You’ll yell, I’ll bickerbut you won’t hear me.

That’s okay-because I’ll give you lemonade on our frilly front porchand we’ll throw popcorn at the paperboy and the girl scoutsand skateboarders and squirrels as nuts as we are.

We will go on coupon conquestsand flea market fairsand mall walking marchesand grandkids’ graduations.

And we’ll still snuggle-my stormy hair will still tickle your noseand your pretty eyes will still be blue.

Our infinity will make stars leak out-and star juice will brighten the earth. We’ll make our mark here until the next life.

The Nexus Staff

Zach Moore-Lead Editor/Poetry EditorWyatt Schroeder- Fiction Editor

Jo Bell- Art EditorAlexis Alexander- Assistant Poetry EditorThomas Talbert-Assistant Fiction Editor

Deborah Rocheleau- Assistant Editor

Reminder: All Submissions for the February’s web issue of Nexus is Tuesday,

February 19, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.

E-mail all submissions to [email protected]. For a complete list of guidelines, please visit

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Men’s Basketball: Raiders not playing to expectations

Track and Field: Harrison sets record, examples for youth

SPORTS

In October, the college bas-ketball world speculated

on how well Billy Donlon’s vet-eran squad would do this year. USA Today thought Wright State could earn a No. 12 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

At this point in the year, fin-ishing with a winning record could be considered a minor ac-complishment.

The Raiders had their latest setback on Saturday as Wright State lost its fourth in five tries when Cleveland State rallied late to top the Raiders 72-68.

The Raiders are clinging to an above .500 record at 14-13.

Despite the latest defeat, Donlon is not going to allow his team to dwell on the losses dur-ing an eight-day span without a game.

“This stretch, there is no body in that locker room that is allowed to hang their heads,” Donlon said. “Our season is no-

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where near being over.”With the Raiders nearly

mathematically eliminated from winning the Horizon League regular season title, Donlon’s emphasis is on getting his squad to have the best finish possible.

“We went to Cleveland and won, Cleveland came here and won,” Donlon said. “Other than Green Bay, every team we have played, we have beaten so we have proven that we can beat them once... Our team is very capable of doing good things in the Horizon League Tourna-ment.”

The Raiders are last in the Horizon League in scoring at 67.3 points per game and last in total rebounds per game at 29.5.

In Saturday’s contest, the Raiders had to make three sig-nificant runs to stay with the Vi-kings who led by as many as 13. Playing from behind is some-thing the Raiders have become used to this season.

“This whole year, we have been playing from behind,” WSU forward Cole Darling said. “We have made those runs so we are kind of used to it by now. We just have to get to the point where we make those runs when we’re already ahead. We gotta get the lead and get those stops that help us keep the lead.”

Talkin’ about practice

Having a full week off is not something many teams are af-forded during the heart of con-ference season. The only other time Wright State has had eight days between games was over Christmas.

Wright State played its 12th

conference game of the season Saturday before some teams in the Horizon League played their 10th.

Playing so many games in such a short amount of time concerns Donlon.

“We’re the first team to play 12 games in our league,” Donlon said. “Everybody else has played nine or 10. That’s a whole oth-er story. If you don’t think that wears people out, bodies out…”

Donlon was not using the Raiders’ frantic schedule as an excuse for the Raiders’ loss on Saturday, but it is something the fourth-year head coach would like to have addressed.

“When you’ve played 12 and nobody else has and you’re two games up on people, we’ve got to figure that out,” Donlon said. “That’s got to get right.”

Donlon has given his squad the two of the last three days off of practice. He added that his training staff is using the time off to give players opportunities to rest some bumps and bruises.

The final four

Wright State is down to its fi-nal four regular season games of 2013-14. The Raiders’ next contest is a rematch of Wright State’s conference opener ver-sus Oakland.

The Raiders won the game played in Fairborn 76-64. Sun-day’s visit to the O’Rena will be Wright State’s first.

The contest will be tough for WSU as Oakland is 8-3 at home while Wright State is 2-11 on the road.

The hardest task for the Raid-ers will be to stop Travis Bader. Bader recently set the NCAA re-cord for career 3-pointers made as he topped Duke’s JJ Redick on the all-time list.

As head coach Lynn Curylo gets the softball team ready for its season debut in Tampa, Fla., against Illinois, she drills her squad not only with exercises on the field but having trust for each other during the game.

Last year, the softball team finished fifth in the Horizon

League Conference with a 19-37 record with 21 one-run losses throughout the season.

When asked about the main focus throughout the season, Curylo said her emphasis this year is to instill trust within the team.

#20 Guard Chrishawn Hopkins against Cleveland State, Saturday

Photo by Brittany Robinson: Staff Photographer

Softball Preview: Trusting Team Forty-TwoEmily GayContributing [email protected]

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Wright State track and field star and senior

Maria Harrison is a great ex-ample of the role model that impacts the people around her and her accomplishments are far from over.

Harrison’s recent line of suc-cess started two weeks ago when she set the new school record for shot put at the Grey-hound Classic in Indianapolis. The record-setting perfor-mance led to Harrison being named as the Horizon League Female Field Athlete of the Week.

Despite Harrison breaking the record on more than one occasion throughout her ath-letic career, she is still grateful and humbled by her success.

“Well, first I think that, with-out Jesus, none of this would be possible. I give him thanks first. Then I think about how many times he has allowed me to break the record. I’m so amazed, I’ve broken the indoor record, I think three times and the outdoor record, I believe,

one time. “This is crazy. I never thought

this would happen the way it has,” Harrison said.

Harrison has always per-formed at a very high level as a track star, even before coming to Wright State. Lettering all four years of high school, multi-ple Regional appearances, and a State appearance all rounded up her prep resume heading into her athletic collegiate career.

Harrison gives the majority of the credit to her long-time throwing coach, Doug Weik-ert, who was her coach in high school for a couple seasons before becoming the assistant coach at WSU.

“I think the main motivation that keeps me working hard and improving would have to be because of my coach, Doug Weikert,” said Harrison. “I owe a lot of my success to him. He has taught me how to be a good thrower and I really appreciate that.”

Coach Weikert has watched her career unfold right in front of him and is not surprised at all about everything she has ac-complished.

“She is a real hard worker and

she is coachable,” said Weikert. “ She will do anything for you and she is a smart kid. She works hard and picks up things very quickly.”

With just less than a month to go in the regular season for in-door track, the athletic career of Harrison is getting closer to the end. However, the impact she has on the people around her is just getting started. Currently, Harrison is a youth leader at her church where she serves as a role model for the kids within her group. Following gradua-tion, Harrison will also use her leadership in the classroom as she is looking to one day be a middle school history teacher.

Harrison has exemplified what hard work and determina-tion can get you, and if there is one thing that she has learned from her time at WSU is that you have to earn everything you set out for.

“It is so easy to get down on yourself and discourage your-self. Everything may not happen the second you want it to, but if you continue to put the time in and the work in, you will find the results you have been seek-ing,” Harrison said.


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Wright State head base-ball coach Greg Lovela-

dy has had to try to follow the same advice he tells his play-ers; stay even-keeled and take one game at a time.

Lovelady was promoted from the assistant ranks to head

coach of the baseball squad in August after Rob Cooper left the program to take the top job at Penn State. Lovelady’s near six-month wait will come to an end Friday when the Raiders trek to Cary, N.C. to host the WSU Invi-tational.

“The great thing about the job is that you are teaching the kids things that go beyond baseball in terms of their careers,” Love-

lady said. “I have got to live by the same things I am teaching them on how to live their lives.”

WSU pitcher Joey Hoelzel spent three years under Cooper and said the transition has gone smoothly.

“Coop did a great job but hope-fully coach Love can take to the next level,” Hoelzel said. “Our preparation has been there, the process has been there, it has

been real smooth and a real good transition.”

The WSU Invitational will in-clude other northern teams looking to get out of their frigid climates. The Raiders have only had one outdoor practice in 2014. That has forced Lovelady to manage his time with the team wisely.

“There has only been one oth-er season like this but we had success,” said Lovelady who joined WSU’s coaching staff in 2005. “But there are no ex-cuses. We told our guys ‘if you make every day important, and you make every practice the biggest practice of your career, and then there is no reason when you go outside, it won’t change.’”

Hoelzel understands that playing college baseball in Ohio is a challenge.

“We know that there are some bad situations here in Ohio,” Hoelzel said. “But we under-stand that when we come to practice, we have to make the most of what we have.”

Lovelady’s Raiders will retreat to warmer locales for the first

12 contests of the season be-fore having its home opener on March 7 versus Bradley.

The schedule for 2014 is ro-bust as WSU squares off with storied programs such as Arizo-na State and Oregon State and Ohio powerhouse Kent State, who made a run to the College World Series in 2012.

Despite losing four of his top six hitters and leading start-ing pitcher, Lovelady believes the Raiders have a deep squad. With the addition of junior col-lege transfers as well as two players who sat out 2013 due to injuries, Lovelady only expects one of his four freshmen to see significant playing time.

Of the two top hitters Wright State returns, Kieston Greene, is looking to build upon his team-leading .335 hitting average. He also led the Raiders in 2013 in runs scored with 36.

Greene is among a group of six Lovelady looks towards to be a leader on the team this season.

“It is a shared role,” Greene said. “It makes it easier for me to not to have to be that guy. It makes my role easier.”

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“It is a matter of the team finding a way to stay together throughout the season,” Curylo said. “It is easy for a team to stay together at the beginning of the season when things are going well, and when they are staring to develop their roles, but it is hard to hold onto that until the end.”

“We are the 42nd softball team at Wright State, so that’s what we have been basing ev-erything off of. This team is go-ing to go farther than any other team that’s been here before us. We will never have this team again, so we are trying to make it special,” said Sophomore Bec-ka Peterson who had a batting average of .111 last year.

Junior Reagan Stofcheck said that not only is team 42 impor-tant but so is trust.

“You have to be able to look at your teammate and know that they are able to get their job done and execute, so that’s a huge part of our trust,” said Stofcheck who hit .258 last year and added 9 RBIs

“Our pitchers have to have a lot of trust in us too, so they know we can have someone to put the ball in play and we can field it for them,” Peterson said.

With a tough schedule this season, Curylo believes that Valparaiso is going to be one of the hardest games.

“Valparaiso has two strong pitchers and some pretty good hitters, so that will be the team to watch in conference,” said Curylo.

“We hope to win the Hori-zon League Championship, and make it to the NCAA Tourna-ment and then to the World Se-ries” Stofcheck said.

The softball team has imple-mented weight training and teamwork throughout the off-season.

“We have really been focus-ing on weight lifting and getting stronger. We have this thing called the Raider Cup Chal-lenge where we are on different teams, and we try and max out each other on different exer-cises such as squats. It’s always who can get the most weight based on their body percent-age,” said Stofcheck.

With the USF Tournament beginning on Friday, the soft-ball team will play five games in Tampa, Fla. before heading to Bowling Green, Ky. on Friday, Feb. 28 for the Holiday Inn Hill-topper Classic.

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