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WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS NEWSPAPER

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. 014 Student Union, Dayton, OH 45435 I Issue No. 28 Vol. 43 I A CMA All-American Newspaper Horizon League Champions

Kristen Farley (left) Juul the game-winning hitfor Wright State in the eighdi inning when he hit a bases-clearing double to put the Raiders ahead 6-3. Pitcher Jamie Perkins (above) was named the tournament MVP, as ·he recorded two wins and batted .500.

7-3. Randi Salyer Larabee said. Jamie Perkins in the circle Cleveland than enough run support to win salyer.1 [email protected] And better they were. It would State's Haley Keller hit one clear to In the tournament Perkins went have been impossible to predict the the left field wall where Michelle undefeated for two games, batted Ryan Hehr successes that Wright State has felt Logan reeled it in for and very long .500 and earned herself MVP honors. [email protected] this year, pulling off some big wins and scary out. Also earning league honors were against some big schools. "I was just thinking, 'Don't miss it Malerie Klinger, who batted an aver­ Unimaginable and unthinkable This new tradition of making Michelle,"' said Perkins. "I was hop­ age of .417, Allison Cox who had a might be two words to describe things happen, being aggressive and ing the wind would push that one pitching win and batted .400 and Wright State 's tournament focusing on team chemi try contin­ back." Jacqueline Macy had a batting aver­ run. ued this weekend at the tournament Then there wa the eighth and age of .467 in the tournament and After a di appointing ea on last in Cleveland. After winning their final inning of the game. That's when knocked in three RBI' . year, the Green and Gold improved fir t three games of the weekend, senior Kristen Farley came up to the Freshman Briuana Birl was also enough thi year to earn themselves a Wright State went on to face host plate with one out and the bases acknowledge for her outstanding Horizon League championship and school Cleveland State in the final loaded. defensive skills, by being given the are headed to the NCAA Tourna­ game. "I didn't get a hit all game and I Tournament Defensive Player Award. ment. Cleveland State scored three runs knew that I had to clutch up," said The NCAA Tournament birth is It would be unfair to say that in the third inning, leaving the Farley. "It was a pitch outside and I the team's first since 2003 when everyone agrees that the team Raiders to come from behind. But in swung and luckily I had teammates Wright State also defeated Cleveland exceeded their expectations, because the top of the fourth Wright State on base." State that year in the Championship. to the team, they did not. responded with three runs of their Farley ripped a double to right They will take on Northwestern on "Three years ago, I didn't expect a own and tie things up at 3-3. center field and cleared the bases. University in Evanston, Illinois championship. I expected us to be There was a scare for the Raiders Farley then score on an Allison Cox Friday at 3:30 p.m. better this year." head coach Mike in the seventh inning though. With single, which gave the Raiders more -...... · ...... NEWS 2 THE GUARDIAN I Wednesday, May 09. 2007 I

ne ed a male urinating on the ide of a Fore t Lane apartment. The officer attempted to mak contact with the male ubj ct but he ran into an apart­ m nt. he o 1 er kno ked and w allowed into th apartment and found be r bottle and can scattered on the floor and the individual in th apart­ May 12, 2007 - A tudent reported ment admitted to drinking. that om one had thrown v ral egg They were i ued citations and at her dorm room window in referred to Judicial Service . Sycamore Hall. Police followed up on suspicious persons in the area but no May 11, 2007 - An underage suspects were found. female and her mother's boyfriend were seen smoking marijuana together May 11, 2007 - Officers were dis­ by the girl's father at an event at the patched to the annex of Millet Hall in Nutter Center. reference to two males skateboarding. The girl's mother was contacted The officers asked the males to stop and came to pick her up and her moth­ and banned them from campus. er's boyfriend admitted that he had made a mistake. May 13, 2007 - An officer wit- 'H'SU student Ben Ausdenmoore griD.s hamburgers and hot dogs la.st week at the Studmt Govem­ ment Speak Out even4 which raised money for the Student Government scholarship. Index

Page 2 Editor-in-Chief Jessica Lander Assistant Graphic Designer News Managing Editor Karilynn Nisha Panday Opinion Page 7 Quillen Political Cartoonist News Editor Kerry Lipp Becky Brudzynski Features Page 9 Assistant News Editor Web Editor Keith Swartz Nikki Ferrell Advertising Reps Tori Bernstein, Sports Page 12 Features Editor Mailinh Nguyen Claire Nert, Lauren Lange Cla ifieds Page 15 Marketing Manager Circulation Manager April Newsom Opinions Editor Ibrahim Asadi Laura Lander Sports Editor Ryan Hehr Staff Writers Nicole DeVendra, Copy Editor Aaron Larson Chelsey Levingston, Tina Chief Photographer Pandza, Lee Mowen, Emily E Lindsey Fultz Franklin, Amanda Kauppila, Phil Advertising Manager Estes, Randi Salyer Jamie Baker Staff Photographers Ad Graphics Manager Jennalee Ziegler, Zack Fehrman Stacy Gayheart Faculty Mentor Dr. Jeff John Graphic Designer Cassandra Hall Letters to the Editor The Guardi an encourage letters to the editor and The Guardian is printed weekly during the regu­ commentary piece from students, faculty, administrators lar school year. It is published by students of Wright TV and staff. State University in Dayton, . Editorials without •Letters should be typed, have the writer's printed full bylines reflect the majority opinion of the editorial 177 •• • RD. name, address, daytime phone, major and clas standing board. Views expressed in columns, cartoons and NI (if applicable). X advertisements are those of the writers, artists and •Deadline for submi sions i 5 p.m. on the Friday preceed­ 37 advertisers. ing the next is ue. Th Guardian reserves the right to censor or •Letters hould be kept to 500 word or less reject advertising copy in accordance with any present w w 0 h 0 c m •All letters are subject to editing for pace and content. or future advertising acceptance rules established by •Letters which duplicate others may be omitted. The Guardian. All contents contained herein are •When responding to another letter, refer to the date and the express property of The Guardian. Copyright headline. privileges revert to the writers, artist and photographers -Quotes that cannot be confirmed will not be used. of •The Guardian reserves the right to refuse printing letters specific works after publication. Copyright 2006 The Guardian, Wright State University. All rights TheGuardianOnline.com ·. E-mail: [email protected] reserved. First issue free. Additional copies may be requested for $.50 each. Guardian Phone Numbers Editor-in-Chief: ns-55341 Opinions & Sports: ns.55381 News Desk: n~ I Advertising: nS-5537 I Fax: nS-6535 NEWS Wednesday, Moy 09, 2007 I The Guardian I

Emily Franklin Franklin. l [email protected]

right tate h appr ·imately 190 c mpu tudent organization but e ry y ar a £ w tand out for their mcjor a ompli hm nt nd vi ibiJity n ampus. 1 hi y ar, tw ti ns hav b n tud nt J< v mm nt and Rainbm: Alli, nc , aid I ick anal\ ir ctor of had nt Activiti s. tudent ov mm nt ha h d a phe­ n menal year a r ult of Pre idcnt Brad Turner's leader hip skill said Danal . Turner and G min put all item of their platform into action thi y ar, accompli hing much of what they had planned, Danals added. Every member of SG ha been very per i tent. One idea ha a lot of facets to it, including a lot of campus faculty to approve and upport the idea so SG ha been very producti e in carrying out their promises through working with student ~ and faculty said Danal . '"Thi year the group accomplished more ... they've had a lot of vi ibility on campus," Danals aid. A few things Danals compliment SG members Ed Getnin alld .lJi.ke Gess11er stand outside one ofSG~ LED sign, 011e ofmany SG a£·compli

w w w . t h e u a r d i a no n 1 i n e . c o m NEWS 4 ~ THE GUARDIAN I Wednesday, May 09, 2007 I Students on a soapb.ox: What do you think of the advising in your college?

"Both advisors in my undergrad a11d Master's were helpful. '

-Swapllaa air MB proj ct ma11a , "r major "The University oil e advi or wa lwrribl "· They sent me to three cla!;ses that I didn't need to take and it set me back one quarter. However, Charles Long in the College of Business is excellent. He has been very helpful." -Kara Kn1eidl Finance major

"Not only was my major advisor hellpful in assisting with my academic require­ ments but he also inspired me to do well in my field." -Laura· Laugle Modern language major

"They are quite helpful " -Todd Heffner Modern language major

"He's helpful." -Dershan Patel Biomedical engineering major

See p ·ge 5 for the full story on college advising

w. ·, · w w . t h e ' . u a r d · · i a · n o n · 1 i n e · . c o ·m NEWS Wednesday, May 09. 2007 I The Guardian I .. s Students speak out about college advising

went wrong for Martin Davis a junior ing their awareness to the multitude of the university. • One student at WSU. re ource available to them around "A student who is trying to get the unhappy with "I really don't have much of a clue campu ," aid Brad Pompos, an aca­ mo t out of their education will u e right now a to what I need to do in demic ad vi or for Univer ·ity College. their advi or to talk about goal and the the way his order to graduate," aid Davi . One major difference between the future while eeking advice on the best "(Advising) seems a lot more strenu­ two type of advi ing i , that as a tu­ way to accomplish thi:," said Johnson. advising has ou now than when I first came to den t progre'se, in college, it is his or By seeking advice, ·tudent can help Wright tate. I don t her rcspsmsibility to make that light at the end of the tunnel changed; other even kn w what to "A student who is trying to contact the advisor. a bit clo er for themselves as well a a k of my advisor nlikc the Univer'i­ their advisor. says she doesn't mo t of the time," get the 1110 t out of their ty ollegc that s nd Don't know what to ask your he added. education will use their r minder in the have a problem H w can it b mail to stud nt ·. advisor? Here ar a few David Montei that ad ising uld advisor to talk about goal· udvi ors within questions to start with: Montei.3 a "ght.edu be so much di ffcrent m ~ors respond to on th univer ity and the future while ·eek- studenL-; that initiate When can I expect to Many tudcnts see big

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un I r p ·y hiatri ·t, f: m­ upp rt group i not affiliat d i ly, fri nd leg 1 y t m , nd chur h with , ny ct d n mination politic I tamily to help me :vith my many ne d m vement idcol gy organization, or but no one felt the ay I did therefi r , in titution. However, the group is not they couldn't under tand arid meant to take the place of a doctor or empathiz ." therapi t. Scott found group for PTSD cott is also the vice pr ident of th through the Veteran ffair but those A ociation of ative Ameri an Stu­ w re for vet Fans only. There wa noth­ dent at Wright tate and ha. rec ivi.;d ing available for civilians o he tart­ more than 13 ,000 in ~cholar hip for ed her own upport group. "Studic her tudie from th eneca ation. She how that 1"' mi1lion Americans suffer al o re eived a 5 000 cholar hip from from PT D and there really i no cure. th ene a Diabete undation that But treatm nt program can help, and if was partially ba ed on her PTSD work. people don t have an outlet they can Student or anyone who has dealt uffer for the rest of their life,'' said with a trauma as well a · their families Nam.y Scott began a upport group at JVSUfor post-traumatic stress disorder. StudU!s Jzow Scott. are welcome. They can contact Scott at diat about 13 million Amerit:mis sufferfrom PTSD, he said. 1 he type of trauma that can lead to 829-7318 for further information. ... Then stop by Cimarron Woods University Art Galleries TODAY and check out our showcases work of seniors BRAND EW COMMU ITV! Amanda Kauppila who· work is b ing displayed in the Kauppila2 a 'ght.edu sh w. ' he overall e pcri nee has been a The senior art e hibition is located pro e s of gradual art-obses ed immer­ in the University Art Galleries of the sion, one that has shaped my future in a Creative Arts Center. The artwork will very po itive way," added Satinovcr. be on display in the reative Arts Cen­ "I have accepted an offer for gradu­ ter, A 1 2, through aturday, June 12. ate studies in printmaking at Illinois The galh::ry i free for everyone and State University. I have a full time op n to the public. graduate as istantship and will be pur­ "Art work from the entire school suing my M.F.A. I will be moving year has been submitted to a faculty there after I graduate with my fiance. committee who chose a number of We plan to adopt a puppy," said Sati­ piece to be in the show," said Tess nover. Cl Both 4 and 5 bedroom floorplans available! Check Cort s, gallery coordinator. The gallery exhibition fulfills a out our deluxe units that include options such as This exhibition spot is reserved requirement for art students to gradu­ Campus (;1" I , • ~!lft I( and every year for the annual senior show. ate. plasma TV's, vaulted ceilings, balconies, The work represents students in the "All media i represented and a vari­ Village Cmnmunlties covered parkingl All residents will have ac· B.A. program and the B.F.A. program, ety of subjects are explored. There is cess to our tanning booth, computer lab, and as well as art education majors. The not a particular theme, it really was just 1421 Cimarron Circle· off Zink Rd. lo oge with pool table along with many other work of 31 students will be represent­ whatever the students wanted to sub­ ed. mit," added Cortes. www.campusvillage.com amenities! stop in today and see our 3D model! This i the only show that is entirely "The two drawing I have in the (937) 431-8160 tudent art work and the Wright State sh w are the most recent work on dis­ ommunity can take thi opportunity to play, 'We t Carrollton Wingman' and ob erve what the art department ha. 'The Moraine Mound.' They are very been learning and producing during the striped down in process and media. just year, said Corte . graphite on paper,' said Satin0ver. "My experience [at Wright State] has The gallery is open Tue day through been very good. Like most people I Friday 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and fi~st struggled through my foundation Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 p.m. until classes. but found my calling in print­ 5:00 p.m. making," said Nick Satinover, a senior

w w · w . t h e . u a r d i a n o n 1 ·· i n e . c o m OPINIONS 7 THE GUARDIAN I Wednesday, May 16. 2007 I

Fin:ling the right or:ganizat~an for yai. Editorial • • • • • Lets get

Organized Swing Dance Club Society of W i a campus that has quite Physics Students a few student organization each Premedical Society-Wright State of }'Vhich h Id its own particular purpo c nd mi ion. American Humanics On may recogniz ·uch rgan­ izati n a ' th tudent vcm- m nt and the Rainbow Alli ance but h w nm h cf ort do uch rganization put int b ing inclu­ i fall th cm 1pu populati n. Though many organization campu wide hold many events nd gathermgs, there i very little effort to pull in tho e who do not fit a certain mold. Cirde Klntema.: uonal This appears to be the case for mo t organizations but a select few are taking the extra step to Spanish Club ensure that all students at WSU know what's happening with their organization on the campus. Recently on campus the Asian/Hispanic/Native American Council had their 10th annual Asian Culture Night. This event allows students of al I backgrounds to get together and enjoy experiences from asian culture. This has been occurring since 1997. The fact that this event is every year and includes the entire cam­ pus should make other organiza­ tion consider attempting to do the same. National Society of What i mo t intcre ting about this organization i that it is one of Collegiate Scholars the smaller major organizations on campu . Maybe it is because of their size that they wish to be inclusive of all WSU students and staff, but the effort alone is com­ mendable. Imagine if every organization held one annual event that unified all people on campus by sharing their differences in a celebration. Letters to the Editor Not only would the campus feel more cultured, but barriers between these social groups would start to disappear. Paper has no journalistic integrity This isn't only to address organizations who are more domi­ LarryTuryn Your poor writing mixed up several SOME newspapers do state that they nant on campus, but also smaller [email protected] distinct threads. may publish anonymous letters but and less known organizations. In a similar way, your April 18 arti­ your newspaper does not state such a Once organizations begin to In your May 2 article, "Living in a cle, "Business professor arrested for policy in your masthead. share their causes with others who danger zone," you wrote ''The tunnels stalking" mixed up several distinct Even if your newspaper allowed may not particularly already know at Wright State were built as a protec­ events and showed no interest in get­ itself the option to publish letters them, they will be able to find tion in case of a nuclear attack." I ting the facts straight by contacting all anonymously, your editor should fol­ strength in numbers and support of believe this is nonsense. the parties involved. low the highest journalistic standards in those outside their organization. While the tunnels should provide To top it off, on May 9 you pub­ choosing what letters to publish anony­ Imagine the strength of an shelter for severe weather such as a tor­ lished an anonymous letter to the edi­ mously. organization whose message is nado, being in a WSU tunnel would not tor. That letter appeared to be part of a understood and received campus allow one to survive the asphyxiation This factually incorrect and mali­ smear campaign against a good man wide. and radiation exposure of a hydrogen cious letter should not have been pub­ who I believe is not a threat to anyone Even a few events to pull in the bomb explosion a few miles away. lished, according to your policies: On on this campus. majority of the campus owould be Your article continued in the next page 2 of that issue you state that "Let­ Your poor journalistic standards con­ an incredible improvement. paragraph in such a way as to suggest ters should be typed [and] have the stitutes a greater threat to the well that President Hopkins agreed with writer's printed full name ... " being of this university and its students. your statement. I believe he does not. 8 OPINIONS Wednesday, May 16. 2007 I THE GUARDIAN I Abortion protesters mislead students

Lindsey Fultz For some reason I became very found that was similar to the quote sidize the cost of abortion rvice for Berry24a ·ght.edu interc ted in where th e people found u ~ed on the pamphlet was "There i a tho e who choose aborti n but cannot their informati n. Luckily for me great dang r that we will fail be ·au c afford it. ' This policy was adopted in Being again t abortion I was rather everything they quoted was also cited the Ncgroe. think it a plan for c ·termi­ 1984. sixty-eight years after Planned happy wh n J h ard that the1 e were in their pamphlet. nation'. Parenthood wa founded by anger in peopl pr t ting thi; Mi ionarie to The main one that I was concerned Ironically the 1ery person that tl1ese 1916. the Preb m 1erc h r on campu . ith wa Woman' Body, Woman· Mis il narie to the Prcbom are attack­ here will ahvay b p ople for and I didn t think any more of it until J Right, writt n by Linda ordon in ing hold the ame view as them. Jn against abortion and ther will alway~ was walking to my I 0:25 ch . and l < 76. 1 n foun ti c, edition that th y her autobiography. written in 1938. be debates betwe n the :>1 oup about rccci cd u 1 amphlct thut th1.: pr t skrs quot d. anger talk about h1:r oppo ition to abortion. \ r han ing out. When I b gan r ading, I found that 'borti n. Alth ugh I am ag, in t abortion thi I re d uot that a in lar r red my in tin t ere correct. Gordon''" 1t i obvious that the Planned Parent­ pi c'-= is not about that. It i · about these l...:ttcr on th front of the p.unphl t. he book tatc that thL idea which the hood oft day is different than it wa. in protesters that look like idiots because quot that th y u ·ed wa · upp cdly protc ters arc trying to pin as racism 1 16 when it was started. th y ar attacking a woman who ha written by Margar t ang r the wa actually an id a t try to help the According to Planned Parentho d' the ame view that they do. fi und r of Planned Parentho d and it p erty level in the outh which website their view of abortion is that I do not ide ith the Mi ionarie read. "We do not want word to go out Sanger believed wa cau ed by too 'Abortion must always be a matter of of the Prebom because they took ome­ that we want to exterminate the Negro many people having too many kids. personal choice. Planned Parenthood one's quotes completely out of context Population." Gordon writes in her book that in recognizes its responsibility to guard to try and get their point across. Their When I opened this pamphlet there 1939 Sanger argued that .. Southern equally against coercion or denial of website is just as bad as the pamphlets were more quotes from Sanger. poverty was a major national problem services in connection with a patient's that they handed out on campus. The fir t thing that came to my mind and one which could be ameliorated decision about continuing a pregnancy. Just because you don't agree with after reading these quotes wa the con­ through birth rate reduction". No one should be denied abortion what an organization does in 2007 text in which they were originally writ­ She wanted to give birth control to ervices solely because of age, or eco­ doesn't mean that you can use the ten in and the context in which they people so that the poverty rate would nomic or social circumstances. Public words that they used in 1916 out of were being used in this pamphlet. not be so high. The only quote that I funds should be made available to sub- context against them.

writer wished to remain anonymous. I A m erica n De mocracy: Note from agreed with this reasoning, so The Guardian printed to letter without the writer's name. What does that mean? the Editor: The Guardian, for clarification purposes, should have printed the let­ Robert G. Thobaben, Ph.D political community on earth: After The Guardian printed an ter under the byline of "name with­ [email protected] • A state where the vice-president anonymous letter in the May 9, 2007 held" to make it clear to our readers is een by many a · the power behind i 'UC it came to the attention of our that we did know the id ntity of the I propo~ to tell you what true th throne: :taff that we needed to clarify our writer, but did not print it. Amcri an cmocracy is but before we • A state where a pre id ntial can­ policies for printing opinions ubmis­ This policy for withholding name'

••••••••••• . . ••• ••• •• Clockwiwfrom top right: • • .. •• .• . • • •• • • A dancer from the Thai Community ofDayton fans herfingers at the lllldi- • ence during du!"Faawn Le" dance, also known as the "Fingernail Dance." : (Photo cou~ ofAHNA Center) • •. . • The highlight ofdu! evening was "Journey f1J the Wat The Mon- • • • • key King," which Mm peefonn«l by the PhiJadelphia Chi- •• • • nese Opera S'ocietj& (Photo by Ude • • Fehnnan/Ihe Guardian) • • • • •• •• • • • • •

Chelsey Levingston gemail Dance," a traditional Thai dance A fashion show represented the [email protected] presented by the Thai Community of many aspects of Asian life in the seven Dayton in which dancers sported fin­ countries represented. sian Heritage Month's grand gernails so long flowers hung off them. "This is my first time to take part in finale, Asian Culture Night, The fingernails are used to accentuate the performance. Yeah, I enjoy it so drew a large crowd of students the hand movements. The crowd started much," said Chinese MBA student and community to the Apollo Room 9lapping with the music when four Michelle Zhao, who was wearing a last Saturday. A ian culture was Wright State students performed a tra­ Qipao. sponsored by explored through a variety of perform­ ditional Indian dance about 5,000 years Asian Culture Night's the Asian/Hispanic/Native American ances. old. The best Center (AHNA), which celebrated its "Our three largest groups of interna­ "This is my forth time. They tenth anniversary with cake during tional students are from China, Korea thing that I like is the diversity. they have intermission. Models gave out red roses and India, so the significance and don't have just one country, Even the second half is for Mother's Day that commemorated impact of these students cannot be all 4 7 countries. something the occasion. underestimated," said WSU president good, they always have an opera. I'm There are currently around 500 reg­ David Hopkins in his remarks. cool. This time they have it," said grad­ istered Asian students on campus, The night began with traditional really looking fotward to a comput­ according to the University Center for dances like the "Faawn Lep" or "Fin- uate student Nikhil Agrawal, er science major. International Education. WRIGHT LIFE 10 111C TH E GUARDIAN I Wednesday, May 16, 2007 I

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Nicole DeVendra per Wright One card. Students may [email protected] bring people from off campus, but are responsible for the behavior of their guests. ·aid Curtain. Non-Raider may al o purcha e ticket for $10. The event will be held on Thur day, May 17 in the Student Union Multipur­ po c Room. Franci ·co take the tage at 7:00. urtain c p ct the show to la t appro imatcly an hour to an hour and a half. Pre- ale ticket· arc available at the tudent ni n b x oflice I cat d n t t th b ok t r . urtain n t d that

urtain. Frm ci co fan sa Miracle i., excit- ed about the chance to c th comedi­ an. 'I love Pablo ·ranci co. I do plan on attending. He ha a way of doing different voices and it is so entrancing to watch one man make so many differ­ ent voice. so well. It' so amazing to hear someone do the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger one moment and then do a pretty perfect rendition of a Mexi­ can woman the next. "He is nothing short of amazing. I also like that he i willing to poke fun at different cultures and al o point out universal similarities. What can I say? I Pablo Francisco gets die crowd aO riled up for some laughs. love men that can make me laugh'' said Miracle. students aet ready to put on their poler lace Campus recreation gets students to exercise with fifth annual Poker walk

Nicole OeVendra loop. Throughout the walk, partici­ Although the event is known a a The walk begins at noon and the la t [email protected] pants will collect poker cards. The walk, the course is fully accessible and contestant must have started the walk walkers with the best hand at the end those with wheelchairs are welcome to before 1 p.m. ampus Recreation i hoping to of the walk will win health related participate. In addition. runners are "I don't know if I will participate, improve Raiders' health and prizes. ------also welcome, aid but this sounds like a good way to actu­ have a little bit of fun with the The walk will "We hope that this event Erwin. ally have fun while you exerci ·e" said C at the moat in Maps will be marketing major Nicky Zimmerman. fifth annual Poker Walk. begin front of Allyn Hall, active and available at the reg- "We hope that thi event get every­ According to Chri Erwin, associate gets everyone one active and will help to get them in director of Campu Recreation, the and circle past the will help to get them in an i tration table to help participants navigate an exercise routine to see how impor­ Poker Walk is a part of a larger project library, Student tant exercise is to their known as the Healthy Ohioans Fitness Union, and Univer- exercise routine to see how the course, even with the current daily lives. There are Walk. sity Hall to finish back at the moat, is to campus construction. many different The project is sponsored by Healthy important exercise ways to get Ohioans, the Governor's Advisory Erwin said. their daily lives. " In addition, water and snacks will also involved, Council on Physical Fitness, Wellness, The event is open including fit­ and Sports, and National Employee to all WSU students, -Chris Erwin, associate director be available to par- ness classes, the Health and Fitness Day. The goal of alumni, faculty, and · of Campus Recreation ticipants. The walk will fitness center, and the project is to challenge all Ohioans staff, and there is no charge. According ------take place on campus recreation to collectively walk a million miles on May 16. A registration activities" said a specified day. to Erwin, last year's event was the Wednesday, be set Erwin. At Wright State, Campus Recreation biggest one ever, with 135 participants. table will of is helping to. meei this goal through the This year the goal is to beat that num- up in front the moat. Poker Walk. The walk is a one mile ber with 150 participants, Erwin said.

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20-4 30-17 Wright State 19-8 32-18 UW-Milwaukee 14-12 21-28 Butler 8-18 19-29 Youngstown State 8-18 16-31 Cleveland State

Brian Shoup rounds third after liittin a home nm against UD last week might State has won five straight and clinched second place in the Hori­ 7-16 10-40 wn League standin for a first round by in the league tournament. Lee Mowen inning. After a two-win stand again t non­ out 15 hits and eight of the nine WSU [email protected] Be ore the eventh inning became a conference foe , it was time to get back tarters collected at lea t one hit. reality again t Toi do tarting pitcher on th road and head towards Cleve­ K archer, in game one, threw eight A fivc-g me winnin., trcak i, a nice Ro · Vagede went 4.2 inning,; gi ing land tate. At home, Wright State went innings of work, while striking out thing to have. e pecially if you're the up two walks, four earned run on 2-l against the Vikings. The Raiders seven and walking three batter . He Wright State Raider . After taking two even hit -, while triking out three bat­ dropped the erie opener while taking gave up ten hits and one run during the games from Mid-American Conference ters. Greg Robinson, who came in after the next two away from Cleveland eight innings. Kris Steffen and Sam teams, the Green and Gold swept Hori­ Vagede was done got the win while State. Mote each posted three hits in the con­ zon League foe Cleveland State. pitching 2.1 innings with two run on On Friday's single game between the test, with Steffen recording three RBI's In this contest, Wright State pounded five hit baseball. two teams, it was Erich Schanz's time for the second straight contest. out fifteen hits, compared to Bowling The Raiders roared back in the sev­ to shine. Schanz threw a complete In game two, nine different Raiders Green' ten: and cored at least one run enth inning as they cha ed the econd game while only allowing four hits and smacked bits and nine player crossed in even innings. There were three Toledo pitcher of the evening in reliev­ no runs, while al o striking out six in the home plate. Jeremy Hamilton was home runs, two from short top Ross er Todd Thomas. The inning started the contest and walking two batters. On three-for-five at the plate and hit four Oeder and catcher Gerald Ogrinc. with hits from Gerald Ogrinc, pinch­ the offensive side of the ball, seven RBis. Dan Biedenham bad a busy Justin Parker co1lected his 22nd double hitter Stephen Marquez and a run- cor­ runs on twelve hits were collected all game, as he tied the single-season of the eason, breaking the school ing single from Sam Mote. Oeder together by the Green and Gold. record for sacrifice hits with his 18th record f 21 which wa set by Mark stepped to the plate and cracked his In the double-header on Saturday, sac bunt in the fir t and extended hi Frankenberg and Kris Jarosz. eighth home run of eason. The Raider - Wright tate picked up a pair of wins hitting streak to 18 game with a ingle The final core was 10-6, with were up 7-6. and the weep of the Vikings in Cleve­ in the ninth. Wright State winning on the road. Ja on Bennion threw two scoreless land. Game one was Kyle Kearcher's The finale of the regular season is The next day saw a home contest innings and allowed one hit to the performance on the mound that kept this weekend, where Wright State wel­ against the Toledo Rockets. The game Rockets. He closed out the game in Cleveland State away, while Game two comes the Flames of Illinois-Chicago. was a nail-biting suspense through and every closer's dream, as he struck out saw a total explosion of the Raider The single game is Friday at 6:30, through with the final push for the win the final two batters of the game to offense. while the final two games conclude on coming in the bottom of the seventh pick up his sixth save of the season. In game one, the Raiders pounded Saturday starting at 1:00. SPORTS THE GUARDIAN I Wednesday.May16.2007 I -13. Track c ompetes Selection Sunday a t league meet for softball team II Track team her last summer and is not your typical Ryan Hehr The Wildcats will give WSU quite a freshman," said head track coach [email protected] battle. They won the regular season comes in seventh in Sylvia Kamp. title in the Big Ten and played 30 Another of the Raider's conference The softball team packed the athletic games against ranked opponent during final meet of the hopeful , Ca anav Simmons fini hcd department on Sunday as they all wait­ the season. The team went 20-10 fourth in the 400 meter dash, just after ed eagerly to see where they would be again t those opponent . season returning from a hamstring injury. Sim­ going for the first round of the NCAA Also in Wright tate's bracket is Illi­ mon. h d a time of 58.11. Tournament. nois State (42-15-1) and Notre Dame The Raider'. 4x400 team placed Randi Salyer With open newspapers sitting at their (3 1-22). Wright State will play at lea t fourth with a time of 48.63, and Megan salyer. 15 a ·ght.edu feet it was obvious that ever player had one of these opponents once since the •ea cl, who ran the 5000 meter nm in already read the article about th m on toumam nt i double elimination. I : 4 . >0 . 1 The W1 ight t t worn n track the front pa e of the ports e tion. As for the op ning round game Whil the re n nd old w re hop­ 1 teain f II ' h rt thi wcckcn I, a th ·y There wa. then a cheer from the ladi . Larabee hope to ct . omc help from ing for a bett 1 ndin, to their year, to fini ·hed s nth o crall al the I lorizon as E PN .. W began announcing th an unlikely ource though. Prior Kamp i . till proud of the ucce,'ses caguc Toumamcnt in Indianapoli. thi. toumamcnt location . coming to Wright tatc Larabc was an that hav com for her team over the 11.;ague pa t vcckcnd. But there wa till mor waiting to assi tant coach at Illinois, a course of the season. The Raider did have three top five ,. be done. opponent with orthwcstcm. He hope Earlier this eason, at the Cedarville fini hers over the weekend, but they They went through every tournament that Illinois head coach Terri Sullivan Invitational, the team combined for a just weren't enough to accomplish what location and teams that would be play­ will give him some'inside information third place finish, with seven finishes in they had hoped. ing at them one by one. Then finally, about the Wildcats. the top five. Tiffany Brigham, a conference on the sixteenth and final location, But as for his game plan, there does­ Continuing their success in favorite for both the 100 and 200 meter Wright State finally found out just n't seem to be any change from what Cedarville, Jill Britton placed second in dash, fell slightly short at the tourna­ where they would be playing. he originally planned to do. the pole vault at the Cedarville Outdoor ment as she placed fifth in the 100 "I was starting to worry (if they for­ "I thought we did an outstanding job Open, with a jump of 3.20m. with a time of 12.41 econds and got us)," said head coach Mike this past weekend," said Larabee. "We meter As a team, Wright State placed seventh in the 200 meter, running Larabee. "Doctor Cusack said it seems don't need to change a thing, just go ur then fourth at the Yellow Jacket Open. a 25.39. like we're always the last bracket to be to Evanston with that same type of att1 · Brigham also broke two school records "With such a young squad this year, finished." · tude." this year, running the I 00 meter dash and even more freshmen on the team The Raiders will be playing at And maybe the same type of results with a time of 12.02 seconds and then year, it is important for Tiffany to Evanston, Illinois and will take on as well. next the 200 meter in 24.61. be a leader and role model to the oth­ Northwestern (45-11) in the opening ers. She has matured since I first met round.

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It no ecret that athlek are some of the mo t sup ·r titiou people anyone can c m aero . It's a routine that they fall int and they fi el that if they break that routin only bad luck can fi !low. rd l ct hi ~ er u t like hi fing r · an t u h th b1im of hi hat aftc;r \cry pitch he thr . nd an a ey and r i parr g thr ugh a ritual r pit h ot ti it ning batting ·md tting th ir settin th ir fj t th y walk a k in the batt r's h up r titi u athlct arc <. dime a doz n nd \ right tat athl t are no c ·c ption to that rnle. Religion i often a big thing for athlete to often take after when it come to these uperstition .. Take oftball player Jacque­ line Macy for example. Before she enter the batter's box for her at-bat ~ he makes the ign of the cro in the dirt. Or tenni. athlete Dani 1 Sunder ighn, who pray in tongues to J us during a match. But there are oft n other superstition hat athlete h re at Wright State have·that have religiou affiliation or physical for that matter. that athletes still do. In addition to prayer· Sundersighn also does not step on any lines on the court between points. He tart out every match with three tenni ball· and does not switch until he ha lost a point. Then there is diver Dani Dimas o. Before every dive she a · to have either a Jolly Rancher or a jawbreaker in her mouth whenever ·he dive~. It' a routine he ha been doing for year and does n t feel comfortable whcncv r h dive unle · . he i ~ enjoying one of those two andics. But th1;n thcr are those who so things that are ju. t way out there in left field. Ca e in point Dan Biedenham and Jere­ my Hamilton of the baseball team. One game Hamilton walked up to Biedcnham and smelled hi hair. He ·aid he thought it wa. the be t . cent evc:r. After that they two of them one of the best games they had ever had ince becoming teammate. It has become a ritual ever since, that before they head out on the field Hamilton has to smell Biendenharn's hair. So whether it's religious, a comfort feeling, or perhap what many people would consider a strange event, athletes do these things all the time. And it must be working too. In the past calendar year Wright State has captured four Horizon League titles and has become a powerhouse in the league. It's probably safe to say too that they all hope by them talking about their uper­ stitions they hope they didn't jinx them­ selves with some bad luck. CLASSIFIEDS Wednesday, May 16, 2007 I TH E GUA RDIAN 1-.-15 Want ed For Rent FOR RENT : Campus Crest Sudoku EASY SUMMER BABYSITTING Apartments - 2 bedroom, 1- care for 2 children in my Ketter - 1/2 baths. Rent from $ 625 The challenge is to fill eveiy row across, every coltunn down, and every ing hare. r.Drning availability up . CALL 937-427-8837 preferred with additional earn.in:J 3x3 box with the digits 1through9. Each 1through9 digit must appear !X)tential if desired. TranspJrta - only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box. tion required. 298-4642 Ask for Dayton Historic District near Ll.s:t. UD/MVH, Oregon district, and Brown Street businesses. Restored Victorian woodwork, brick walls, 1 Attention Su.rraner Work, Regular­ ircrl fence. Efficiency/studio $15. 25 base-appt, ft/pt customer 325+, 1 bdrm. 375+, 2 bdrm. sales/service , m exp. nee. cx:n:ii - house 600+. Call 937-224-3022 3 7 9 5 tioos ai;:ply, all ages 17+, call 4 now, 937 - 859 - 7981, for 19 2 Bedroom townhouse in Fairborn other Chio & w. Va. locatirns visit 1 , 040 sq. ft., 1 - /2 baths, new 4 www.workforstudents.com kitchen, no pets. $540 per month 8 call 902-0888 Rec tionist a NCR COUntJ::y Club 2 fo ev · d weekend hours. c · ous 1 and 2 bedroan apart · 7 l'can shou hav custcmer ments; $400 /month; central air; relat · ons, ccrrpu er, phon and Shroyer Park clerical ski.1 s. Shar lnirs with area in Dayton/Kettering area; 7 6 4 another receptionist are Saturday water ~, and trash paid. can and Sunday lOam to 9pm, and 937-478-5168. Tuesday through Friday 4 : 30pm to 1 5 3 6 9pn. Excellent J;OSitiai for a stu­ Solution with ti.ma to study. $8. 00 per Sudoku dent g g OOu.r. Ai;::ply in persai and dress v £ L 9 z l. 6 6 4 9 1 appropriately Wednesday through L 9 z ... g 6 g v £ lOam to 4pm. NCR Coun ­ Friday, ~ 6 s g v £ 9 z L try Club 4435 Dogwood Trail Ket ­ 4 1 6 I. 9 s G g v L.. g tering, OH 45429 . t-. ~. -e- ..- ..-, ,-,.. - g ... v 9 L ~ £ 6 G - care for 2 children in my Ket ter z- £ g 6 l- v L 9 g 9 2 ing hare. r.Drning avail ability g L £ 9 6 g I. preferred with additional earn.in:J v z Solution Page 2 © 2006. Feature Exchange potential if desirerl. TransJ;x:rrtatiai 9 g ... s 6 L G £ v requir ed. 298-4642 Ask for Lisa. £ G 6 v g I. g L g '*" -)()(,.I-_,.,, ... ~ " .,...,_If"" Judith Lancaster Keller Williams Home Realty 937.361.3843 2 Br. lower half of duplex, cable TV, off treet parking. Owner pay water & tra b. 45/mo + deposit & 25 app fc for credit check. 1 yr lea e req ulred. 110 . Irwin. The Guardian Hiring for 2007-2008 Positions Available for 2007-2008:

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