Dragons Upset by Hens in NAC Final, 67-64 Counseling Center Robbed

Reply from the Faculty Senate on grants~in-aid„.pi^e 4 Volume 68 • Number 20 The Student Newspaper of Drexel University March 12,1993 Dragons upset by Hens in NAC final, 67-64 A n d r e w R o s s ize what a season it’s been.” featured 17 lead changes and 13 Sports Wrtter The NAC could not have ties. Neither team enjoyed a lead They were picked to finish asked for a better showcase in bigger than five points, and seventh in an eight-team confer their nationally televised champi Delaware’s biggest lead was its ence. Their starting five was a onship game. A matchup be three-point lead at the end of the complete changeover from last tween two of the conference’s game. year’s starting five. And a lot of most bitter rivals, the loudest The Hens won the first-half their hq>es were riding on play crowd in Physical Education battle inside, with £)elaware get ers who really did not have a lot Athletic Center history, and a ting 11 inside baskets to Drexel’s of college playing experience. great game that went down to the four, and grabbing 20 boards to When you take all of that into final seconds of play. Drexel’s 13. They also did a consideration, a school-recoid 22 The PEAC crowd, who stood good job of getting in the way of wins and a share o f the NAC reg- for the entire game as weU as for Drexel’s transition game, allow ular-season title seem miracu about a half-hour before the ing oniy one Dragon basket off a lous. game, was pumped. When the turnover, despite seven Hen Yet, the Dragons wanted PA announcer stated that ESPN turnovers. more. And you could see the hurt had Drexel on the air, the specta But excellent three-point and disappointment written all tors raised a deafening roar and shooting from Holden and Mike over their faces after they fell to did not let up for forty minutes. Wisler kept the Dragons in the archrival Delaware (22-7, 13-4 But the Blue Hens, who had game. NAC), 67-64, in the North just come off a road upset of It was this three-point barrage Atlantic Conference champi Nonheastem, seemed to feed off that gave Drexel a five-point lead onship game the night of March of the hostile crowd, talking trash with 1:51 to go in the half. But 1 0 . to the crowd and generally enjoy Ricky Deadwyler and Kevin “When you see someone cut ing the atmos[Aere. Blackhurst had other ideas about down your own nets, there’s a lot “It was a great bonus to play that, as Deadwyler hit the front of pain,” said Drexel guard Brian hard up here and win,” said end of a one-and-one, a 19-foot Holden, who led the Dragons Delaware star and NBA prospect shot, and Blackhurst hit a short (22-7, 14-3) with 18 points and Spencer Dunkley. “I don’t think shot to tie the score at tiie half. was named to the all-toumament we were affected by the crowd. “With 10 or 11 minutes left in team. *lt’s tough to swallow.” We just went out to play and the game, I turned to my assistant *Tou get to this point, a cham have fun. The crowd helped us coach and said, ‘Put your seatbelt Brian Holden was named to the NAC all- Scott WnxiAMs/r>ffir«ttjvGtf pionship game, and you host it more than anything. They were See MEN on page 2 conference and alUtotimament teams. [and lose]. It hurts,” said head good motivation.” coadi Bill Herrion. “It’s a very Unlike the two regular-season unfortunate way to end, but once matchups, which were both Counseling center robbed you get over the hurt, they’ll real home-team blowouts, this game Three security rounds failed to notice computers in hallway M ichael J. Lebieozinski above the ceiling tiles over the confidential files w oe taken. She Ed-OpEdttor frame of the door. The counsel stated that the vandals must have Two computers, a TV set, a ing center used to be an open spent between three and four VCR, three digital phones and area in addition to several locked hours in the center. “They really various other computer equip offices. However, door frames trashed the place, and even ate ment were stolen from the and locks were installed a year our food,” she said. The incident Matt Celotta, Alplla Pi couseling center Monday night, and a half ago in repsonse to sev was discovered by a member of prei&ideiii. said. March 8, according to Richard eral incidents o f vandalism at the Instructional Media Services who i$a*t a Gteek. Rowe of Drexel security. The center. noticed computer equipment in Ws bow you feel abom couseling center, scheduled to be The 18th District Police the hallway. A[^arently, the van s m e ^ y Eiefer aiKl outsourced by the end of June Department was notified about dals exited by a stairwell that 1993, is currently located on the the incident An ofiRcer respond leads directly out to 33rd Street w«ift on to the fouith floor of MacAlister hall. ed, took a report and left, accord A storage room adjacent to the Rowe said that guards general ing to a representative from the counseling center was also van ly make hourly rounds through center. She also said that no fin dalized over the weekend of the building. However, he con gerprinting was done, although a March 6 and March 7. According firmed that between 11:00 p.m. maintenance woiker repairing the to Rowe, no signs of forced ratry and 8:00 a.m. that night, three ceiling told police there were were discovered. He believed rounds were made and no van “lots of fingeiprints on the door that the vandals must have had dalisms, intrusions or anything firame” near the ceiling. access to the room. More than out of the ordinary were reported. A representative from the $20,000 of computer equipment Entry was gained by climbing counseling center said that no was reported missing. Freshman will receive spring schedules via electronic maU M aikG audiosi to them while trying to think of consultant in Koiman Center. NEWsWumn ways to get more freshmen The freshmen themselves Electronic mail, or E-mail, familiarized with E-mail. This hav6 a mixed view on this poli arrived at Dfexel this year. As would not only get the students cy. **I don't feel that the pait of its aoftwafe pad^ e, this familiar with E-mail but would men are computer literate year’s finshman received a cut down an paperwork. The first enough to start this now. For the communications program, Tin- step was taken last term when non-computerized ma}ors, it puts Can, and a modem. As part of fireslunen schedules were distrib- See E-MAIL on page 2 their university seminar course uted by mail and also through E- last fall all fitshmen weie intro mail. This was done to ease stu duced to and shown how to use dents into using E-mail to get TinCan to communicate through their schedules. E-mail. Dr. Gail Gottlieb, associ Students who are not ftmiliar ate provost for undergraduate with E-mail are urged to get affairs, estimates that only 40 familiar with it quiddy. E-mail percent of freshmen actually log will be the only way for fresh on to their E-mail accounts. In an men to receive their spring class effort to get all freshmen to log schedules. Those who need help on to their accounts the spring are prompted to ask their fiiends course schedules will be disttib- who are familiar with E-mail for uted on E-mail. This was an idea help. There is also a help line by Gottlieb and Carol Stanley, that students can contact at 895- director of OSIR. The idea came 1776, or they can speak with a 2 • The Triangle • M arch 12,1993 Men lose NAC final game Continued from page I in our offense diat allowed them tournament MVP Blackhurst to go on a scoring nin." stole and got to Anthony Wright on. It’s going down to the wire,”* The I>ragons had a 64^ 2 lead, for a two-point lead. Tlie next trip said Herrion. And he was right but then a series of turnovers up, Holden ran into a Delaware With 9:11 to go, the Hens had a doomed the Dragons. Cornelius trap and lost the ball, and the three-point lead, and Drexel Overby, who otherwise had a game was pretty much over at struggled to take the lead again, tremendous tournament, went that point exchanging baskets until the 4:54 inside and lost the ball; the Hens “You have to give Delaware maik, when a Jim Rullo jumper quickly converted that error into credit. They have some seniors ‘gave the Dragons a 6 1 -^ lead. a Ehinkley jumper. The £>ragons who have been there before and Dunkley responded with a pair of then came back up the floor, have tasted it and they made the free throws, and Holden wofked the clock a bit, and called big plays," said Herrion. “Put] answeied that with a three. timeout with 0:49 left you can’t under any circum “The whole game, we were It appeared that the Dragons stances take anything away frran answering [Drexel] runs,” said were trying to get the ball to what these kids have done.

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