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TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 2015 NEWS // Recipient of prestigious A&E // UD grad forms band with OPINIONS // Stop trying SPORTS // Archie’s Flyers fall in VOL. 62 NO. 19 2015 Oscar Romero Award named, sister, pg. 8. to rebrand the ghetto, another road contest pg. 16. pg. 4. pg. 12. First year Mike Molchan at UD- CON. Ian Moran/ Chief Photogra- FLYER NEWS pher UDRI Mumma lab researches on the radar DOM SANFILIPPO Staff Writer The word “radar” usually conjures images of television weather forecasts, a map of red dots in the control room of a submarine or a police officer clocking drivers’ speeds on a highway. However, what if radar could be used in larger, more complex and creative ways to improve human life? The University of Dayton’s Mumma Radar Lab’s re- searchers spend many hours thinking and working toward that exact goal. Since reopening under the guise of both the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute for Development and Com- mercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology [IDCast] of the UD Re- search Institute in March 2014, the Radar Lab and its growing team of graduate students and researchers have received tens of millions of dol- lars in grants to use its cutting-edge Don Donoher (left) is one of only 12 Hall of Famers whose entire college coaching careers were spent at their alma maters. Photos courtesy of Dayton Athletics. technology to explore the many possi- bilities of radar. Michael Wicks, Ph.D., to the current state of men’s bas- tion, staff, fans,” Donoher said. toward the end of the 1964 season, Lorenzo Lo Monte, Ph.D., and Donald ketball at the university. “I’ve looked carefully but I’ve Blackburn passed away from can- Kessler, Ph.D., all known experts in the “We’re rolling this year, and never seen a coach’s name in a box cer. It was then that Donoher was interdisciplinary field of radar, direct it was time for the Hall of Fame score. To me, it all comes down to promoted from assistant to head the lab, which has been around UD for to lift a glass to the University of the people around you on these coach. decades. Dayton Flyers,” Donoher said dur- types of things.” Despite receiving calls from the The Mumma Lab, nestled down a ing a media session Monday. The Hall of Fame, located in NBA, Finkel remained on campus back corridor on the second floor of It is no mistake however, that Kansas City, Missouri, will hold for not one, but two of his remain- Kettering Labs, is easy to miss at first. Donoher’s vote was cast. He its induction Nov. 20 of this year ing years. Finkel took Donoher’s Chalkboards full of scribbled equa- amassed 437 wins among his 25 at the Arvest Bank Theatre. Dono- Flyers to the Sweet Sixteen both tions cover the walls above computer years as head coach. Though he her joins seven other classmates in seasons, with both losses to the terminals and posters of research had a hand in coaching his team the award. tournament’s number one seed. proposals, blueprints and various to the NCAA tournament eight When asked about knowing his “He’s eligible for the NBA draft scientific instruments are scattered times, Donoher played under his tenure at the university would and for two years, back-to-back, he around the room. Upon entering, mentor Tom Blackburn. One of his spread two decades, Donoher re- stays,” Donoher said. “I’ve always the eye is immediately drawn to four greatest memories as a Flyer was called a story he tells often about called him ‘four-and-more,’ com- large, blue robotic arms, which tower scoring the game-winning basket Hank Finkel. pared to today’s ‘one-and-dones.’ over everything else. Fastened to the KEITH RAAD in the upset of No. 1 Seton Hall “You’re just year-to-year [as Had he gone pro that year, I would floor several meters away from one Sports Editor University. head coach],” Donoher said. have been ‘one-and-done.’” another, they create an open space in Donoher is the first of now three “You’re hoping you can just milk the center, resembling a rudimentary coaches in the history of basket- another year out of it. The key for time machine. When former Dayton Flyers ball to take his team to the NCAA me was Henry Finkel.” head coach Don Donoher heard of Division I championship game as a The seven-foot Finkel played his election to the National Basket- coach, after qualifying as a player. under Blackburn in the early 60s ball Hall of Fame, he humbly redi- “I just think it’s all about the and averaged over 20 points and rected the attention from himself, university: players, administra- 10 rebounds per game. However, See UDRI, pg. 5 FOLLOW @FLYERNEWS ON TWITTER FOR MORE UPDATES ON CAMPUS, LOCAL, NATIONAL AND WORLD NEWS VocAdFlyerNewsNov2013_Layout 1 10/29/13 4:26 PM Page 1 2 NEWS NEWS 3 Online at flyernews.com Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 Online at flyernews.com CAMPUS ARTISTS EXAMINE ‘GHETTO’ BLACK HISTORY MONTH CONCLUDES Members of the ArtStreet creative team UD’s Black History Month program- paired up with fashion designer Rodney ming will wrap up with “One Sunday in Veal to unpack what this word means Birmingham,” a play by Joyce A. Barnes economically, politically and socially. The featuring a local nonprofit. It depicts opening reception will be held Tuesday the 1963 Children’s Campaign and the in the ArtStreet White Box Gallery from bombing in the Sixteenth Street Baptist 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and the exhibit will re- church. The performances will be in KU main on display from then until Tuesday, Boll Theater, Friday and Saturday at 9 Welcome home March 31. Source: udayton.edu p.m., for $7. Source: udayton.edu to a life of community, service and prayer GO GREEN DOT GET A JOB IN 140 CHARACTERS This week is Green Dot Week, a week Do you know which photo to use for a focused on choices that defeat or com- LinkedIn profile for a professional-chic municate the threats of power-based look? If you answered ‘no,’ the social personal violence. Participate in events media and job search workshop is for listed under the university’s Green Dot you. Go to the Career Services confer- page under Student Development to ence room, Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. Regis- Students get down in the KU Ballroom to raise funds for the Dayton Children’s Hospital at UD Dance Marathon 2015 all get raffle tickets for a chance to win ter on Hire a Flyer. For more information, Saturday night long. Zoey Xia/Staff Photographer President Curran’s basketball tickets. visit www.udayton.edu/careerservices. Source: Green Dot website Source: udayton.edu NATION LOCAL PUBLISHER DENIES GAY AUTHOR THAT MAKES SIX LEAVE LANA ALONE $28K RAISED FOR DOG HEROINE CALL THE PARTY POLICE Destiny Image, a Christian publisher, can- On Wednesday, Oregon Secretary of State Kim Gordon, former Sonic Youth mem- More than $28,000 was raised to pay for Around 3 a.m. Valentine’s Day in Spring- celed a book deal with Brandan Robert- Kate Brown was sworn in as governor, ber, recently released her memoir, “Girl the medical bills of Carmen, a 9-year-old field, Ohio, police arrived at the scene: son, a gay evangelical author, for refusing making her the first openly bisexual gov- in a Band,” a part of which expresses her boxer/canine heroine. Earlier this month, a bar party. They were called to a bar for to say he didn’t “condone, encourage, or ernor—and raising the number of women opinions about other musicians includ- Carmen tried to save her owner from their a noise complaint. There, they found 80 accept the homosexual lifestyle.” The heading states to a grand total of six. Al- ing Lana Del Rey. Gordon arguesd Del burning house. Her owner died, and Car- to 100 people drinking and dancing— word “gay” only appeared once in the au- though Brown now holds the position, Rey doesn’t understand feminism. Gor- men was taken to a hospital in Cincin- an hour after the bar was supposed to thor’s manuscript. The publisher cited fi- it was only after the resignation of her don then said if Del Rey truly believes nati. Carmen, although still in critical be closed. The bartender, Erica Trinkle, nancial reasons for pulling out of the deal. predecessor. An openly bisexual politi- in her romanticizing of drugs, misogyny condition as of Sunday, started breathing was charged with a misdemeanor. Source: Time Magazine cian has yet to be elected to the position. and suicide, then “why doesn’t she just on her own and acting like herself again. Source: WHIO Source: New York Magazine off herself?” Source: Pitchfork Source: CNN DOCTOR REFUSES TO TREAT BABY BILL TO STYMY COLLEGE SUICIDES Dr. Vesna Roi, a Michigan pediatrician, KIM K OK YOU CAN’T MEET WITH US TEACHER CHARGED WITH CHILD PORN The recently established Ohio House met lesbian parents Krista and Jami Kim and Khloe Kardashian drove off an FBI Director James B. Comey was not in- A Yellow Springs fourth-grade teacher, Community and Family Advancement We invite you to consider Contreras and agreed to treat their baby, icy road and landed in a ditch in Mon- vited to last week’s three-day conference Benjamin Trumbell, was arrested Feb. Committee will have the first hearing “prayed about it,” then decided she could tana Saturday, but they and their car in Washington to address violent extrem- 13 on the charge of child pornography.