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Tiffany Johnson and w lfar check after noticing "My be t friend called me that [email protected] H ntrich di appearance, aid John night and told m ,"Kopec aid about rawford, Director of Facilitie for how he found out about Conner' Tw W U tudents, Th ma AM Managem nt. death " he wanted me to go to his Hcntri hand Nath n nncr, were Hentri h wa often een itting on parent ' hou e with her but I wa till ti und dead in campu hou ing within his porch sm king and telling torie, NatJ1m1 Co1mer at chool." three days f ca h thcr during pring in the ilia c ap rtment '. h d rib d onner a kind and loving; h wa~ intcre ted in t hnolo r k. "He wa, v ry p pular in the om1 r wa found riday, Mar h gy and c mputer' Villag : said r, wford. during heal h and welfare ch ck. 21, a "H was als v ry, v ry sarc tic , Thomas Hentrich raw ford said that if th y know a An an nymou urcc report d H ntrich wa ii und Wcdn day, aid K p , .. hat' actually h w we rc:ident' hcdul and n tice an onner' , di appear nee and rcquc tcd March 19, on hi bathro m floor f became fri nd . He wa area ti and unexp ted disapp aranc for a couple a health and welfare check. hi Village apartment by hi I'm sarca tic owe would get into of day , they will report it to Two Community Director on call Community Advi or (C.A.) according the e arguments about nothing of Residence Service . performed the check on Conner. to the police report. importance and just keep going back Hentrich died of natural causes and Conner' cause of death is currently The C.A. aid that Hentrich had not and forth hara sing each other, deter the case is closed. unknown and the case is still under been seen for several days and wa mined that we were right." Hentrich wa a WSU tudent in the investigation by the WSU police found during a health and welfare Student affected by this tragedy 1970 s and returned to work on his department. check by her and the community are encouraged to contact Counseling Ma ter s degree in public hi tory. Police are currently waiting on toxi director. and Wellness Services. Go to As of Tue day, March 25, service cology reports before determining the Re idences Services runs a health www.wright-counseling.com for more for Hentrich are pending. cau e of death. and welfare check when someone information. Office hours are 8:30 Friends should contact Newcomer Conner was a sophomore registered usually a parent, reports that they 'have a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Funeral Home for more information. with the U niver ity College who not seen or heard from a student living Friday. planned to major in computer engi- Plan to increase educational attainment II Ohio Board of chool early college credit program . WSU strategic plan Regents announces R bcrt ween y, Ph.D, xccutivc ten-year master Vice Pre ident for Planning and Secretary to the Board of Tru tee , strategic plan; WSU said that after 40 year , WSU is already above average in educational revisits its strategic attainment. "We're not having to make plan many change becau e the Univer ity y tern of Ohio already align with what we've been doing,, aid Chelsey Levingston Sweeney. [email protected] WSU's strategic planning commit tee is revisiting the current five-year A ten-year master strategic plan for strategic plan established in 2003. higher education was announced by Sweeney said the draft of the new Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor strategic plan for 2009 builds on Eric Fingerhut to Governor Ted President David Hopkins Board ofRegents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut 2003 's teaching, research and commu Strickland and the Ohio state legisla are for funding. and funding. nity service goals by proposing five Centers of Excellence ture Monday, March 31. that we do real "You're here for a reason. You want strategic goals. "Let's find the things The goals outlined by the master to have confidence when you graduate The teaching strategic goal was ly, really well," said Sweeney. plan include enrolling 230,000 more service strategic that the doors will be open to you. You separated into an academic distinctive The community students, r~taining graduates and campus activi want to be confident that we've posi ness and program quality goal and into goal aims to transform attracting out of state talent in an the commu tioned you for the next step," said a recruitment and retainment goal. ties into activities serving effort to increase Ohio's educational Sweeney. Re earch will comply with the nity. attainment. as a separate fifth The University System of Ohio, University System's Centers of Now identified In hopes to provide high quality added created last August, has 13 public uni Excellence by evaluating how our cur strategic goal, the value education at a low cost, the plan cre to nurture and versities, one medical college, 24 rent centers of excellence like neuro resources goal aims ates distinctive missions for each uni capital through regional branch campuses, 23 commu science research, Model UN and the develop capital, raise versity to establish Centers of and apply nity colleges and adult literacy and theater program work in order to apply endowments and donations Excellence, offers many educational workforce centers. Higher education that leverage or synergy to improve prudent fiscal management. options, offers degree programs within plan is implement was ex~mpt from Strickland's budget other areas. WSU's strategic 30 miles of every Ohioan, allows then reflected on cuts January 31 and increased funding WSU is still in the process of deter ed for a year and community and University System changes in has led to a two-year tuition freeze. mining what its University System yearly to respond to dual admission and encourages high demand, technology, demographics

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•Debate • Cabinent planned for positions are still Student open for students to Government apply residential tickets

Adam Feuer Adam Feuer [email protected] [email protected]

Student Government (SG) el c Student Government tions are Tuesday, April 15, and election were moved up thi year candidates will begin campaigning to allow incoming officers and today at 1 p.m. and continue until senators to have more time to get the elections SG officials said. acclimated to their jobs, said The bigge t part of the cam Daniel Fague, SG Director of paigning proces i the debate Special Election . between the three presidential Thi means that if you haven't ticket , said Daniel Fague, SG declared your candidacy yet you Director of Academic Affairs and may have to wait until 2009 to Special Elections Chair. run for office. The debate will take place However, two elected positions Wednesday, April 9 in the Student remain open for the 2008-09 Union Atrium from noon to 2 p.m. year: Commuter Senator and Also important are the candi College of Education and Human date profiles that will appear on Services Senator. the SG website and in next week's Students interested in being i ue of The Guardian, Fague said. elected to these positions may be He encouraged tudent to par written in on the April 15 ballot, ticipate in the el ction b cau e he Fague aid. aid tbi will be an important year Intere ted partie hould con for higher education in Ohio. ta t Daniel Fague in the G "All Ohio school are in the office, which i in the student process of switching to emesters. organization complex in the Student There is just a lot of stuff going on in Union. higher education in the state, and stu It is not too late to become dents should know who i running Positions on the ballot involved in SG in another way, the tudent body,' Fague aid. though. Although Fague aid tho e who Many SG jobs are in the Cabinet, participate in the election in the April 15 which i appointed each year by the greatest numbers typically have a student body president. stake in the outcome, SG expects a • President and vice-president "Once the new president is elected, good turnout this year in part because that person will set up a deadline for of their efforts to incentivize the elec •Ten senate positons: Cabinet applications," Fague said. tion process. After the deadline is set, interested "If a student votes in this year's Raj Soin College of Business students should submit a resume and elections they are automatically reg College of Nursing and Health personal essay. istered to win a number of prizes," They will then be interviewed by Fague said. Residential the president, vice-president, incom Prizes include 30 parking passes, a ing senators and any other members free half-quarter of tuition, $100 College of Liberal Ans of SG who wish to participate in the campus book tore vouchers and free interview process, Fague said. food from Qdoba. College of Science and Math "The interview is painless. It's just Those incentive , along with easy like interviewing for any other job," voting procedures courtesy of CaTS, Boonshoft School of Medicine he aid. has SG expecting a bigger voter Qualified appointees will have at turnout than last year, Fague said. least a 2.0 GPA, be in good standing Tables will be set up in the with the university, and have been Hangar, the Quad and Student Union enrolled at WSU for at least one for laptop voting, staffed by current quarter, Fague said. members of SG to answer any ques All appointed and elected jobs in tions, Fague said. SG are paid positions. Additionally, students can vote from their home computers through a link that will be set up by CaTS, he said.

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ome tudent · have r p rt d inci d nt. of pri cy in a ion by :mununity dvi or in on-campw re idcncc ·, including ntciing dom1 and apartment uninvit d. Dan Bertso , Director o Re idence Service , aid he ha heard complaints about community advi or invading re ident privacy, but only from resi dent that were violating the universi ty' rule and regulation . He aid the complaints were only from tho. e re ident who e behavior has drawn attention to the individual ituation. Student living on-campu are expected to adhere to the student code of conduct and abide by floor and apartment unit tandard . Following that fa hion ommunity Ad i or C.A. :: for all living areas are expected to enforce tho e tandards. However, re ident privacy i to be re ·peeled by each .A. a well. Michael Booher Managing Attorn y at tudcnt Legal ervicc , said that th Bill of Right till applies on-campu , a well a the student code of conduct. Booher said thi Other colleges guarantee certain privacy rights and in pection of room by univer-i The University of Dayton also out- to1ies and apartment complexe , a • Some students ty or law official· for purpo es of di· line. its tudent '1ight to privacy in mentioned in the Alcoholic Beverage concerned about covering violation · of univer ity rules it Student Hou ing Contract. section of the Student Hou ing and regulations, or local, state or fed According to the contract, "univer- Contract. their privacy; eral law hall be reasonable and in sity employees re erve the right "to "I think not allowing alcohol in the others have never accordance with university policy and enter and inspect the premises during dorms really cuts down on problems state and federal law." reasonable hours and upon reasonable with privacy," said Megan Lemming, had privacy ··1 lived in the dorms for a few notice to make ____· ______senior education problems years, and I never had any problems repairs, alter major. "People with people entering my room when I ations and "I think not allowing alcohol in know it's not allowed and gen- John Sylva didn't expect it," aid Stacey Bennett, improvements the dorms really cuts down on erally respect that" [email protected] senior international business major at to the premis UC. es ... as the uni rule." problems with privacy. " Craig Schmidt, Student who live on campu at the · Other tudent have expre ed con ver ity may director of hou - University of Cincinnati and at the cerns regarding their privacy. deem neces- University of Dayton are both guaran "I don't quite know when people ary." Megan Lemming, Education major at ing at UD, doesn't are going to walk in and say they UD employ believe students' teed certain rights to privacy as out the University ofDayton privacy is being lined by each school's housing con need to fix something," said Kim Luc, ees are also violated on cam tract. freshman psychology major at UC. able to pus. UC students are guaranteed a "24- To educate on-campus students "forcibly enter" ''to investigate a "Students have a great deal of pri hour notice for damage, maintenance about rules and regulations in the dor students' rooms rules vacy," said Schmidt. "All students are . or cleanliness inspections," according mitories, UC offers mandatory resi potential violation of university according to the con afforded their reasonable rights." to the chool's 2008-2009 Housing dence hall educational activities "to or regulations," For more information, please visit Agreement Terms contract. · enhance the quality of life," according tract. is completely uc.edu/housing and The contract also states that "entry to the Housing Terms Agreement con Furthermore, alcohol tract. prohibited in a number of UD donni- housing. udayton.edu.

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Editorial Character Select

Ohio Strategic Plan: Good for WSU?

At fir t glance, Ohio s tcn y ar . tratcgic plan for higher ducati n : cm go d and me: dr1w in mor • tudcnt from out of- ·tatc and m kc ducati n m re ace ssibl fi r studcn in Barack Obama tat . They propo e p cializing funding to offer a variety of strong program in Ohio col leges, encouraging post- econd ary education and offering a so ciate' and bachelor program within 30 miles of every Ohio re ident. But for Wright Stat , it seems that the plan ha a few flaws. Fir t and foremo t, our universi Hillary Clinton ty ha a very different student body than most: many people who attend WS U do o for the affordability and ar commuter . If. a propo ed, school in Ohio get more money to spe cialize certain program , what ''program' would we fit into? an our C nter of Excell nee be nontraditional education? And what about all the tu Strength, Defense, Speed .• What do you look for in a President? dent who can't afford to l ave home to attend chool? Or can t move their family aero the state to get the Center of Excellence that applies to their Letters to the Editor major? Would they have a uh-par education becau e uddenly school are expected to special ize in certain things? Student shares more Meadow Run issues Where is the money coming from? WSU, for example, may Sneha Desai It took Meadow Run two whole guilt, nonchalance, inconsideration, or have Centers of Excellence in [email protected] hours to contact us and let us know racism, I wonder. theater, but does that mean that that we were being given a new apart We are still suffering the aftermath Liberal Arts will be granted less I could not help but begin to write a ment that we absolutely had to move and I suspect we will continue to do money to make up for that? letter to you after having read your in by 5 pm that day. No apologies, no so for another week, at least We are Apparently, the system that article regarding the evergreen bed explanations, no sympathy. Only rude still living out of boxes, trash bags, has been proposed is similar to bug problems that exist in Meadow demands. and suitcases. the University of California's Run apartments. They provided us with a U-Haul This is my 4th loyal year to sy tern: the idea is that with The entence that triggered my truck and told Us that the maintenance Meadow Run. I pride myself in being many branch campu cs sp cial enthusiasm in an otherwise acute tate crew would help us move. Thi o a great renter. I am never late in pay izing in diffcrent things, a tu of fatigue i the warning by a ~ tudent callcd as i tance included ~riving ing the rent, seldom complain, do not dcnt will likely find a UC that about broken pipes causing water from one apartment complex to the have illegal tenants, keep my apart offer a great program in their damage in apartments. other. ment clean and do not mess with what major. And UC is well-known I am one of the victims of a water We were told quite bluntly that they belongs to Meadow Run. And yet, this for that. damaged apartment. My roommate would not help us carry a single box. treatment is meted out to us? Ohio is known for high and I woke up one morning to a strong So while 9 of us impoverished did the Last year it was the bed bug hassle, tuition, and costs aren't likely to stench in a soaking wet apartment manual labor, the crew smoked ciga and this year its the water damage has go down. only to find puddles of water in the rettes and sipped on Coke, all the sle. I guess I learned my lessons the Maybe this is a good way to utility room, bathroom, and the while shaking their heads at the hard way. make the money worth it - but kitchen. amount of stuff we had accumulated Once bitten, twice shy. I'm running maybe not. There are more All our stuff that was on the floor ·over the years. from Meadow Run this summer and questions to be answered, espe was pretty much damaged including When asked what the reason for the am counting the days anxiously. I only cially in regards to WSU specif books, shoes, papers, and trinkets col water clogging was, we were given a hope I do not get an eviction notices ically. lected over the past three and a half cold shrug coupled with poor eye con once this letter is published. years. tact and a grimace. Was that an act of w w w . t h e g u a r d i a I} o n I i n e . c o m ...... ~ ...... QJ:~!N.J.9.N~ .. 1.. ~~9.o.~~.9.9.Y.1.. ~r: ..'.?.· .. ~~~t.l .. I.tt~... @.~~.'3.R!~.~-·············· ...... 7 Letters to the Editor Continued... - Student is fed up with the College Store Allen Cline guy took up the conversation with, in payroll." they were. [email protected] "you can come back in 3 week when Ok. strike number THREE: I was I'm shopping online this quarter we have thi area open and then you the only customer in the back of the just like hundreds of other tudents do All students can agree on one thing can get what you need." Ok, here' the store even looking for books at the each quarter but WSU and book tores at the beginning of each and every lack of logic behind that answer. time. When I approached to get my (who are the only on s who have quarter ... the co t of text book bought ONE: In three week· we'll already books, the guy was watching CAA access to our books lists) won't give from a bookstore is ridiculous! be one week into the quarter. ba ketball so whu' wasting payroll? up the information in time, preventing Here' my complaint: Why arcn 't TWO: ven if I d cided to come I remember something about "cus us from using any other source besides more ffort being made to give tu back and get the I B ' , It would take tomer retention" in my tudie and their tore to purcha - books. dent better information on th need d another 7 - I 0 day (with ru h deliv maybe even ·om thing about 4•1ife Al ·o profes ·ors hould list the text b ok for next quart r? Here ery) to get my b ok hipped to me. time value fa cu tomer.' I have been I BN number of the b ok they are what trigg r d me writing thi article. 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"I'm not sure why you feel you need to Eaitorial Polley tag children with an &chip like they are dogs. Doesn\ that seem a little "big brother-ish" to you?"

"Vote for either candidate and you're going to end up with the first steps to socialism/communism. Have we V1Sit us online to vote on next week's question: learned nothing from Ru8.$ia, Cuba, V10tnam, China, etc ... ?"

How important are the SG "It seems you don' understand that SCHIP is healthcare provided to chil elections to you? dren who would otherwise suffer the oonsequences of no medical attention. I work with children who benefit from this 42 people voted in this week's poll program."

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JohnSytva that all highlight international cultures. ration of the Olympics being held in Ferrari. [email protected] "The friend hip affair is an oppor China," she aid. "There will be a La t year's recipients of the awards tunity to bring the world to Dayton," variety of recreational activitie on were Manal Al-ha awi for the Global aid Michelle treeter-Ferrari, di play from different countrie ." Citizen Award and K.ri han Jo hi for Director of the Univcr ity enter for Two award will be given at the the International Student/Scholar Internati nal Education. "'It' a great evening' clo , aid treeter-F rrari. dvocate Award. way for both international tudent One award will be gi en to a tudent tud nt who i h to get involv d and American tudcnt to get a ta tc of for hi or her role a a global citizen with th fri nd hip affair may call culture th er th n th ir wn. •· and th other will b award d t a tu 775-5745. The th m of thi ye r fri nd hip . d1;nt who erv a an advocat for a air i port game and re reation, intern, ti nal ·tud nt . said tr\.: tcr- rr 1 i. omin cs for th , wards will be ·· his year'· vent i in commcmo- r al d at the event said tr cte1-

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John Sylva institute for business integrity at the "The cases can be about almost "We're interested in students with Sytva.3~ght.edu WSU Raj Soin College of Business. anything," said Petrick. "Business raw talents that they want to develop," "For a public in titution, runner-up is ethics, medical ethics and gun control said Petrick. "We 're mainly looking On Feb. 21 a team of five WSU quite an accompli hment." are three of the many different topics at student 'abilitie in rea oning tudent wa named runner-up at the Petrick along with Andrea D. the ca e might be about." analy is and oral communication.' ational Intercollegiate Ethic Bowl Harri , W U In tructor in Engli h and Student in the competition were Petrick encourage joining the in an Antonio, Texa . Women' tudic , upervi cd the given randomly elected ca e and ethic bowl team not only for the oral The team c nsi ted of team captain team. then had to pre ent a l 0-minute expo communication kill it help· develop Dani l Fum1an, a enior financial W U wa one of roughly 200 ' ition and re olution before a panel of but also the job opportunities it may ervic . /accountancy dual major, Riku tc, m participating in the competition thre judge . offi r. it, alo, a junior financial rvice · aid P tri k. " nly 20 univer itic W ha had oth r ucce e with "'Being on an ethic bowl team adds and pre-law major Dana Flectham. a wcr invited to the national final in pa t ethic b wl team . a distinctive charact ristic to a stu nior · nthr p logy major Texa ," 'aid Petrick. In 2002 W U had the national dent's j b candidacy" aid Petrick. lu i ·tophl.!r Young a senior c crci ·e thcr univ r itic. in the comp ti hampion team and in 2004 it had •· ot m ny chool. have thi pportu biology majo1 Jo h ht:arc..:r a tion includ d Dartmouth alitomia the runner-up team. nity. Ifs quite uniqu . material cicncc ngin cring maj r talc University, the University f tud nt int rest d in j ining th For more infonnati n including the and T: ra Thunnan a junior organiza lorida nd Indiana Univcr ity aid thic bowl t am m lSt have a 3.1 onlin application to join the ethic tional le der hip major. Petrick. cumulativ grad point avcrag . bowl team plea e vi it "Wright Stat i d veloping a The W U ethic bowl team give Pro pective ethic bowl team mem http://www.wright.edu/-jo eph.pet strong r putation for developing stu tudent a chance to present argument bers mu t al o fill out an online appli rick/ethicsbowl/ethic bowl.htm. dents' leadership sk~lls," aid Dr. for and against variou cases that are cation and undergo an interview with Robert A. Petrick, professor of man randomly selected by a panel of Petrick and an ethics bowl team cap agement and executive director of the judge said Petrick. tain.

Student Soapbox: Did you think that Spring break was long enough?

"I noticed compated with out Fall break it's kind of a disappointment."

-freshman Ashley Osterfeld, psychology

"Yes. I don't like being out of school that long. I get out of the loop and I don 't like getting back in."

-freshman Ashley Petitjean, mechanical engineering

"I think it ought to be two weeks instead of one. "

-freshman Eric Beackmann, acting

"No. Maybe I'm just used to the first break being so long since it's only a week. By the time to get comfortable, you have to leave."

-freshman .Krystine Cantabrana, marketing

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Clint Davis trophy was Green Bay, who went 17-1 in [email protected] League play, winning the season title by a mile. The women' ba ketball team rode their Luck was very much on the Raiders' out tanding play and a little bit of luck to side though as GB wa knocked out in the th Horizon League champion hip game tournament emifinals by Cleveland State, but it wa n 't enough to bring home the a team WSU had gone 1-1 with in the sea- title. on erie and looked forward to facing In head coach Bridgett William ' even off with in th Horizon League champi ycar career at Wright tate he ha been on hip game. , hie t lead the Raider to a 40-40 mark in The title game tart d with the Viking their la ·t five year in H riz n League inking all eight of th ir opening hot to play, an area where th y were 20-52 the take a big lead arly and attempt to 1 ave five y ars prior to that. the Raider in the dust. 2007-2 0 ha ' been, with ut a doubt lcveland tatc, playing with purpose, ne of th be t in William ' career with hot the ball to th tun of 52 p~rccnt in her team going 11-7 in conference play, the fir t half with Wright tate going only and being the number two eed in the 35 percent from the floor to begin. league tournament. CSU continued to give the Raider all The team's success thi season has been they could handle, coming out of the lock due in large part to the incredibly domi er room sinking the first six points of the nant play of their young tarter , guards second half, giving them their biggest lead Shey Peddy and LaShawna Thomas. The of the day, 36-21. fre hmen phenoms averaged 16. 7 and 11.4 Williams' squad wasn't lying down point per game, re pectively in their though, and would charge back, clo ing rookie seasons, helping the team to a 16- the gap to three points with 11 minutes to 16 finish on the year. go. Not only have the young players The Vikings ended up being too much stepped up and filled their gaps but the for the Raiders to handle, dominating few Raider senior have been able to every big stat category all day and finish prove their worth even further before ing the game with a 70-56 decision, giving graduation by itting right near the top of Wright State their second, runner-up finish the stat beets as well. in the Horizon League in the last four Seniors Whitney Lewis and Sierra years. Crayton averaged 11.1 and 7 .8 points per Peddy finished her final game as a game, respectively, lifting their names Raider rookie with a sea on high 31 points even further atop the WSU all-time li t and fellow fre hman Thomas totaled 13, and fellow enior Danielle Duncan uf the team only two player coring over fered from a broken finger in the middle five. of the a on that put her out until very With Bridgett William continuing her late in the Horizon League schedule but tenure at Wright State next ea on it's a was able to contribute when healthy. good time for women's ba ketball in Entering the Horizon League tourna Fairborn as the young talent on her squad ment, which began prior to spring break, prepares for an even stronger showing Freshman Shey Peddy led the Raiders in scoring this season and had 31 points against the Raiders knew the toughe t opponent next season. Cleveland State in the Horizon League Championship game, but it was not enougk 11te between themselves and the tournament Raiders lost 70-56. Softball team finds winning ways

Matt Gahris of the series and was solid throughout. far has been their defense. Poor runs and are on pace to crush the sea gahris.2©wright .edu She recorded 10 strikeouts in the first weather has forced the team to prac son mark by over 60. game, and carried a 3-2 le~d into each tice indoors, and they haven't been Leading the way offensively is sen The Raider softball team kicked off of the first two contests before losing able to work on their fielding. ior Jherica Williams, batting .461. the Horizon League schedule and both 4-3 due to untimely defensive Errors hurt the Raiders in their two She's on pace to break the individual played their first home games of the errors. Although the Vikings plated a losses to Cleveland State, but they single-season records for slugging per season last week. They played eight total of eight runs, only two were looked like a different team in the centage, home runs, and runs batted games at the friendly confines of the earned. - final game of the series as infielders in. WSU Softball Field over break and Palma did earn the win in the final Louie Haney, Kristen Bradshaw, Williams averages over one RBI won five of them. game of the series a the sophomore Heather Bauer, and Allison Cox com per game. Her seven round-trippers They started the homestand by win- · southpaw allowed only one hit and bined for several flashy plays. this year are only one shy of the sin ning a season-best four straight games. three walks en route to her second One thing the team can practice gle-sea on record. In fact, she is on The Raiders won them all by run-rule, shutout of the year. indoors is hitting, and this year's pace to challenge the career home run scoring an astonishing total of 50 runs "Right now she's our number one offense is already rewriting the school record of 18 despite playing only two in that span. pitcher," Raider head coach Mike record books. seasons at Wright State. Then Cleveland State came to town Larabee said. Earlier in the homestand "Definitely the best team I've had The Raiders are now 12-15 overall for a three-game series that was sched Palma pitched three perfect innings to offensively since I came to Wright and 2-2 in the Horizon League. They uled to take place in Cleveland. Poor pick up the win as she and Jamie State," said coach Larabee. return to action today, April 5, at 3 field conditions forced them to play at Perkins combined to no-hit Rio Through only 27 games, the p.m. with a doubleheader against Ball - Wright State, though the Vikings were Grande. Palma is now 7-6 with a 3 .05 Raiders have hit 28 home runs as a State at the WSU Softball Field before still the home team. ERA. team, breaking the previous school Green Bay comes to town for a week Sharon Palma pitched every inning The Raiders' primary weakness so record of 25. They have scored 147 end series.

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• Athletic director will be remembered for success and pride in athletes

Ryan Hehr COMMENTARY

r the last 2 year: n hing ha be n c n i tant in Wright tatc athlcti d partmcnt: Michael u ·ack P.h.D. has be nth man in charg . o n~ that will n l ngcr b th cas . n June 30, 65-yc r-old u ·a k will t p d wn a Wright late', athletic dir t r and pa s the torch on t m nc el e. For many Raid r fan , it will be a ad day. During his career Cusack moved Wright State from the Div. II level to Div. I, and oversaw the building of the Nutter Center and The Setzer Pavilion/Mills Morgan Center to go along with building a trong athletic program. But I will remember him for something much more: the way he tood up for hi athlete . I have interviewed Cu ack everal time during my four years at The Guardian. Whether it wa about an athlete, a ports program or a sports policy, Cusack and I have talked about them all. That' what makes everything o amazing to me. ever once did he tum me down for an interview and n ver once did he degrade an athlete or coach, even when they may have been in the wrong. He · alway stood by Wright State' athlete and wanted nothing but the best for them. Once in tance in particular tand out in my mind. After our hock y club made th ir third traight appc ranee in th A HL ational Toum ment I a ked Cu ack if he thought about tarting a cho I p n ored hockey team. Hi answer wa a tiff no. I wa hocked. Here was an accompli hed t am that that he could label a his own and he said no? We had - and till do have - one more women's team than men' team, o it couldn't be a Title IX violation he wa worried about. Plu , we already have a plac for them to play at the Nutter enter. I pointed out all these thing and was given a 101 lesson about tarting a new sport program. Cusack asked if I thought we had the best team in the Horizon League in every sport. My answer was no. Then he asked if I thought students and fans would want all the programs to be great. My answer was an obvious yes. This is where I got my answer. As he leaned back in the chair in his office and said his goal was to make every sports team at WSU compete for a league title year in and year out. Once that was accomplished, he would worry about adding more teams. Well Wright State may not have the best sports teams in the Horizon League, but they're pretty damn close. In the past two and a half years WSU has sent three different sports teams to the NCAA tournament - men's basketball, baseball and softball. Also, the men's swimming and diving team have won two league championships while the women have fin ished second four straight years. That's a pretty impressive resume for a mid-major school. My attitude on Cusack retiring: give the man a break. He clearly deserves one. Athletic Director Dr. Michael Cusack will be retiring on June 30. Cusack has been the athletic director at might State since April of1982

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