Sept. 19 - Sept. 25. 2012

Humans vs. Zombies

Going to Gorlok Games

hvZ started as a game between friends and spread across the nation.

a new athletic department policy pushes Webster athletes to attend peers’ games.

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The Student News Source For Webster University

the journal Sept. 19-Sept. 25, 2012

Volume 66 Issue 5

By Collin Reischman

path unclear

after Ordinance

8753

Staf Writer

eden heological Seminary and Webster university have shared buildings, facilities, books and other academic resources since 1967. he relationship will continue, eden president David Greenhaw said.

Whether that relationship will include the sale of eden property to Webster university, though, is now up for debate. representatives from the city of Webster Groves, eden and Webster university continue to negotiate the use of eden property in the wake of the passage of Ordinance 8753 and the eden master plan.

“Our (master) plan states that we don’t plan to occupy or use certain buildings on our campus as we downsize,” Greenhaw said. “We entered into a contract a few years ago, printed in your paper, I believe, with (Webster) university to develop a use for them in those spaces.”

Webster university intends to utilize some of the now-empty buildings at eden. however, those intentions remain unclear. early planning by the university and eden examined the possibility of a science building on the property, according to city oicials. hat plan has since been abandoned and the new Webster university master plan shows a future science building on existing campus grounds near the newly-constructed east aca-

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Before Webster university and eden can inalize transactions, they must be approved by the city. representatives from the city are concerned with the lack of speciicity in these plans.

“Before (Webster university) does much of anything, they have to get through the rules,” Webster Groves city Mayor Gerry Welch said.

“If and when Webster (university) moves across (lockwood avenue), what do they intend to do?

We — the city — we don’t know.”

Several options have been presented to the city, Welch said. Several options have also been withdrawn. he construction of a residence for Webster university president elizabeth Stroble and a new science building were separately proposed and withdrawn, Welch said.

Webster university associate Vice president and chief communications Oicer Barbara O’Malley provided he Journal with a written statement: “he passing of Bill 8753 limits and restricts the use of eden’s property. Because we are such close and collaborative partners with eden, the ordinance is an obstacle to constructive dialogue and conversation as we consider moving forward with our master plan. It is our hope that the conversations with city council, eden and See Ordinance

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a call For Justice

Dan Duncan / he Journal

Local rapper Tef Poe performs at a rally for Reginald Clemons on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Kiener Plaza. Poe said he has worked closely with Amnesty International in support of Clemons. Clemons was sentenced to death for being involved in the murder of two young white women in 1991. Amnesty International wants to stop Clemons’ execution so the case can be investigated again. Clemons has claimed innocence multiple times. For a full story, go to page 2.

Diversity training makes Delegates’ Agenda top ive Student alleges racism in the classroom, issue to be presented to the administration on Oct. 2

By Luree Furr Videographer

During the Sept. 14 Oicers’ Summit, Kayla hompson proposed that Webster university require faculty and staf to complete diversity training prior to the start of their employment. hompson, president of Webster’s association for african american collegians, said the training is needed ater she heard of an incident between an african-american student and a professor.

“One of my peers asked a teacher what a multiplechoice test was because she had never taken one before,” said hompson, a senior anthropology major. “he teacher then went on to explain how it worked, saying that she would pick a number just like she would pick a piece of chicken out of a KFc box.” ralph Olliges, president of Webster’s Faculty Senate, said he was not aware of a requirement for faculty to complete diversity training prior to employment.

“every employee of the university has to agree to an ethics policy that addresses race and tolerance before they are hired,” Olliges said. “unfortunately, racism can’t always be prevented.” hompson said she also learned of another incident at an african american alumni chapter event held Sept. 13. She said these incidents do not afect only african-american students. “another student told me they were followed around the (Webster) bookstore like they were up to something, even though they were just trying to ind their textbooks,” hompson said.

For hompson, these situations conlict with her understanding of the university’s core values.

“You cannot create global citizens if they aren’t educated in an environment that includes cultural awareness,” hompson said. hompson also said the training would help faculty and staf understand how to better interact with students of diferent ethnicities and cultures.

If students believe they are the victim of racism in class, Olliges said they should contact the department chair or dean the ofending professor answers to.

If the incident takes place outside of the classroom, Olliges recommends students to contact ted hoef, dean of student afairs.

Student leaders amended hompson’s proposal to include SafeZone training. SafeZone is a program designed to help participants create a welcoming environment for people of diferent genders and sexual orientations. he amended topic received the secondmost votes of the 20 issues proposed at Oicers’ Summit and will be presented to administration oicials at Delegates’ agenda.

Other issues to be presented at Delegates’ agenda are: — an increase in class oferings with speciic attention paid to the 10-student limit and degree-speciic See Diversity Training

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Faculty member mourns sibling, US ambassador to Libya

By Megan Favignano Managing Editor

David commanday last heard from his stepbrother J. christopher Stevens, the deceased u.S. ambassador to libya, via email about a month ago. In the message, commanday said Stevens downplayed libya’s instability.

Stevens was one of four americans killed when gunmen opened ire at the u.S. consulate in Benghazi, libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. “he told everybody how much he loved the people there. he really thought it could be a great country,” said commanday, conductor of the Young people’s Symphony at Webster university’s community Music School.

Stevens’ death came more than a year ater his return to libya.

In 2011, he was one of the irst american diplomats to arrive in the country. he diplomats’ arrival occurred as conlict developed between col. Muammar Gaddai’s forces and the libyan rebels, according to he new York times.

Stevens had served as deputy chief of mission in tripoli, libya, from 2007 to 2009. commanday said Stevens provided guidance to the libyan people. During a Sept. 12 press conference addressing the consulate attack, president Barack Obama said Stevens worked hard to support democracy in libya. “at the height of the libyan revolution, chris led our diplomatic post in Benghazi,” Obama said.

“With characteristic skill, courage and resolve, he built partnerships with libyan revolutionaries and helped them as they planned to build a new libya.” commanday, now 58, was 22 years old when his father married Stevens’ mother. Stevens was 16 at the time. commanday said even as a teenager, Stevens was a good listener.

“It wasn’t hard to get close to chris,” commanday said. “he made everybody feel like family. … he took pleasure and interest in everybody he encountered.”

Following the overthrow of Gaddai’s regime and the creation of a transitional libyan government, Stevens was named ambassador to the country in May 2012. commanday said Stevens understood a great deal about arab perspectives on the world.

“I think chris earned respect,” commanday said. “It was simply a matter of hearing what someone had to say.” commanday worried about Stevens over the years. commanday said his stepbrother had been posted in several dangerous areas on multiple occasions.

Stevens spent 21 years in the Foreign Service. he also spent time as a peace corps volunteer in north africa. Stevens spent much of his diplomatic career in the Middle east.

“I think chris was an idealist and I think he was deeply committed to american ideals,” commanday said. “he was excited that the libyan people had set themselves free from a dictatorship and wanted a democracy.” commanday said Stevens was excited about the united States’ role in fostering economic development and improving the quality of life for the libyan people. commanday said dialogue and understanding is key to reducing tension in the Middle east. he said the world needs more communicators like Stevens for that dialogue to be possible. “he last thing chris would like to see is the united States disengaging from libya or the Middle east, certainly not over him.”

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NEWS BRIEFS Webster University baseball team honored by the City of Shrewsbury he city of Shrewsbury honored the record-breaking 2012 Webster University baseball team at the Sept. 11 weekly meeting.

A proclamation was awarded to coach Bill Kurich along with several members of the team at the Shrewsbury City Center. he 2012 team holds the record for the most wins in a single season by a Webster baseball team with 36. he Gorloks also won their sixth straight St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship, won their irst Division-III Regional Championship and made the NCAA Division-III College World Series — all irsts for Webster.

Singled out for their performances during the 2012 season were senior pitchers Steven Dooley and Cody Hafeli, and graduate David Mueller. Also senior Cody Stevenson, juniors Taylor Stoulp and Kevin Kojs, and graduate Tom Henke.

State to increase funding for Bright Flight and Missouri Access grants Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced that his administration is increasing the potential award amount for the Access Missouri and Bright Flight Missouri college scholarship programs. he increase per Bright Flight scholarship will be up to $2,000 in the 2013 iscal year, which is an increase of $200 from 2012. To be eligible for Bright Flight, the student must score in the top three percent of Missouri students on either the ACT or SAT. Access Missouri scholarships will increase 3 percent in each of its three maximum award levels. Access Missouri is a inancial aid-based scholarship awarded to students whose family income qualiies for tuition assistance.

Missouri’s public four-year institutions had the lowest tuition and fee increases in the nation during the past three years, stated the national nonpartisan College Board Advocacy and Policy Center.

Webster University climbs four spots in regional college ranking Webster University moved up four places in America’s Best Colleges to the No. 24 spot in the Regional University-Midwest category, as ranked by US News and World Report.

Released on Sept. 12, Webster made the largest jump by any Missouri institution this year. Of the 149 colleges recognized by US News, Webster has been ranked a Tier 1 institution for the past decade.

Webster’s study abroad program received special recognition for the second straight year.

It ranked in the top two percent of about 1,400 colleges ranked

by US News and World Report. he Webster class of 2011 was also recognized for the fourth-lowest average debt upon graduation in the Regional University-Midwest category.

MISDEMEANORS AND MISHAPS Sept. 12 Loretto-Hilton Center 10:15 a.m.

Burglary attempt to gain entry into two rooms.

Sept. 12 Lot K 6:35 p.m.

One vehicle struck another then let the scene.

Sept. 13 lot D 3:02 p.m.

Staf requested medical assistance.

Sept. 14 WVA 12:10 a.m.

Window latches broken by unknown person.

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Student, staf member promote recycling

By Elise Rich Staf Writer

Geof Janovsky said nothing stops him from recycling Webster University’s trash.

“We’re going out every day — ice, snow, whatever,” said Janovsky, sustainable operations and development manager. “It has to be done. We have to get the recycling.”

Janovsky was hired in 2004 as a groundskeeper and recycling manager.

Since then, Janovsky has worked to have recycling bins available everywhere on campus.

“If you want a trash can, I want a recycling bin by it,” Janovsky said.

He and members of the Webster University recycling program work to educate others on recycling.

“You know you can’t recycle plastic straws in single-stream recycling?” said Caitlin Zera, student liaison for the Webster University recycling program. “Recycling education is not just about what you can and can’t recycle.

“It’s a gateway for a person to ask themselves, ‘Is all this really necessary and do I really need a plastic straw to begin with?”’

Zera is a junior ilm production major and student employee in the Webster facilities operation department. At Ursuline Academy in Kirkwood, she was a member of the Environmental Club, which implemented recycling programs.

Zera said she is excited to have a job doing what she loves.

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I went into the facilities operation department looking for recycling resources and came out with a job.

Caitlin Zera

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Student liaison, recycling program

“I went into the facilities operation department looking for recycling resources and came out with a job,” Zera said.

Webster University produces about 14 pounds of single-stream recycling each week. Single-stream is a process in which collection and processing is designed to handle a variety of recycled materials: paper fibers, plastics, metals and other containers. he facilities operations department manages the single-stream recycling at Webster. Janovsky works with Zera and a team of student employees to gather recyclables on campus.

“How did we get sold on all this plastic?” Janovsky said. “Go out and get yourself some nice glass containers, put your meals in there and not some toxic plastic container.

“It’s not just about recycling. It’s a personal understanding of how we can either help or hinder our environment.”

According to the Environmental Pro-

DAVID NASH / he Journal Geof Janovsky stands next to the cardboard reuse station in the irst loor of the parking garage while Caitlin Zera makes cardboard signs. The station has intact cardboard boxes and packing material that students are encouraged to use.

tection Agency (EPA), in 2010 the United States generated almost 14 million tons of plastic containers and packaging. Almost 11 million tons were generated as durable goods, such as appliances, and almost seven million tons as nondurable goods, such as plates and cups.

Webster participates in the annual RecycleMania, which is a competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction. Weights are taken every week to record how much Webster recycles and how much it throws away.

“A goal for me is to see that the university recycles more than it throws away,” Zera said. “I think we’re getting pretty close.”

According to data from the 2012 RecycleMania competition, Webster was at or just above a 50-percent recycling rate by the end of the competition.

Zera said she has a goal of supporting better programs for specialty recycling. If students have materials like electronics, old bike parts, batteries or VHS cassettes, those items can be recycled, but not in single stream.

Currently, the team can help students with their specialty recycling needs by either taking the products directly or referring students to special recycling facilities.

“I would like to one day have bins available to collect special recycling,” Zera said. “It would help the process. he student wouldn’t have to approach us with their recyclables, but be able to handle them directly.”

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Supporters rally at Kiener plaza for death-row inmate reggie clemons

By Dan Duncan Staf Writer

Rev. Elston K. McCowan shouted out to an assembly of more than 150 people in a call-and-response chant. With a preacher’s fervor, he made it clear what he wanted.

“No justice? No peace! No justice? No peace! No justice? No peace!”

Friends, family members and human rights advocates gathered of Saturday, Sept. 15 at Kiener Plaza in support of death row inmate Reginald Clemons.

Clemons was found guilty of irst-degree murder in 1991 for the deaths of sisters Julie Kerry, 20, and Robin Kerry, 19. he women were said to have been raped and then forced to jump to their deaths from the Chain of Rocks Bridge.

Clemons confessed to the crime, but has since withdrawn his statement.

Clemons said police coerced his confession by beating him. Clemons’ attorneys have worked the last 15 years for free, but other costs have been incurred. Clemons’ stepfather, Bishop Reynolds homas, said those costs forced him and his wife, Vera homas, to declare bankruptcy last year. Bishop Reynolds homas said Amnesty International, sponsor of the Sept.

15 rally, has agreed to cover all future expenses for the case.

“Amnesty International is here in support of Reggie and his family and believe this case has a long list of problems that need to be addressed,” said Ernest Coverson, Amnesty International Regional Field Organizer.

Speakers at the Sept. 15 rally alleged police brutality, prosecutorial misconduct and racial bias. he rally also included a number of performances, ranging from poet Cheeraz Gorman to local rapper Tef Poe. Margaret Phillips, a member of Missouri for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, said potential jurors in the original

DAN DUNCAN / he Journal Advocates hold photos of Reginald Clemons’ face over their own at a rally for Clemons, on Saturday Sept. 15, at Kiener Plaza, to show that each one of them could be in his situation.

trial might have been excluded on the basis of race.

Coverson said Amnesty International’s involvement in Clemons’ case has garnered international attention. He presented Clemons’ parents with a binder of 16,000 letters of support from across the world.

On Monday, Sept. 17, a special master, Jackson County Circuit Judge Michael Manners, held the irst hearing to reevaluate Clemons’ case. Special masters are appointed by a court to review a case on behalf of the court. Ater new evidence is

presented, Manners will decide whether Clemons’ case can be argued before the Missouri Supreme Court.

Jamala Rogers, coordinator for the Justice For Reggie Campaign, said this is the irst time the Missouri court has appointed a special master to review a death penalty case.

Clemons was one of four men charged in the murder. Daniel Winfrey pled guilty to second-degree murder and spent 15 years in prison. Clemons, Antonio Richardson and Marlon Gray were sentenced to death. Richardson’s sentence was re-

duced to life without parole due to his age, 16, at the time of the crime. Gray was executed in 2005.

Attendees at the rally were conident Clemons would not be executed like Gray. McCowan ended his speech with another chant.

“When I say Reggie, you say freedom — Reggie! Freedom! Reggie! Freedom!”

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Ordinance: Eden, city, university face uncertain future, continue collaboration FROM PAGE 1

Webster University taking place outside of the city council meeting format will help to move things forward.”

O’Malley declined to comment on the speciic designs for the use of Eden property.

She would not conirm what options Webster University has presented or withdrawn.

Stroble could not be reached for comment.

Despite the diiculty, Webster Groves City Councilmember Ken Burns said the university’s movement across Lockwood Avenue and development of a portion of Eden is inevitable.

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There is certainly a solution out there that will work, and I’m very optimistic about it.

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City Councilmember

“he solution can be more obvious than we sometimes make it out to be,” Burns said.

“I believe we’re going to ind a solution that is in the longterm interests of Eden, Webster (University) and the city in a way that is optimal for all the parties. hat certainly needs to involve Eden downsizing, Webster growing and the city overseeing that transaction in a responsible way.”

Ordinance 8753 established new requirements for the use of Eden’s property. Burns, who was the only councilmember to vote against the ordinance, said he is conident the solution can be found in a “timely” manner.

“here is certainly a solution out there that will work, and I’m very optimistic about it,” Burns said. “I think we all value the green space on Bompart and Lockwood, and I think (Eden and Webster) are sensitive to that. It’s in the city’s interest to help Eden downsize and Webster grow, so I would hope we can ind a solution quickly if we act appropriately.”

Welch referred to the joint discussions among the city, Eden and Webster as “bigpicture” meetings, and a way to make longterm decisions.

Whether all three parties can work together successfully is yet to be seen. Greenhaw and Burns have both expressed frustration with the city code zoning Eden as a residential property. Greenhaw called the zoning of Eden “antiquated.”

“We completed this campus in 1924, and that same year the city established its irst zoning ordinance, zoning Eden as residential,” Greenhaw said. “It’s silly. We’ve never been residential and we never will be. Other cities have areas zoned for higher education. Why can’t we explore that option and provide new uses for the property?” he path forward for the three parties remains unclear. he city demands speciicity, Webster demands expedience and Eden demands rezoning. “he direction of the discussions is yet to be well-deined,” Burns said. “However, I’m fairly optimistic they will be successful.”

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Diversity Training: Students request faculty, staf diversity training as a topic at Oicers’ Summit FROM PAGE 1

classes ofered only once each academic year.

— Possible inancial assistance for students who earn passing test scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and Praxis tests. he GRE must be taken for students to attend graduate school. he Praxis test is required for students to become teachers.

— he creation of more budget jobs on campus following cuts to inancial aid packages and reductions of work-study funding.

— he establishment of an alumni-mentor program to connect undergraduate students to professionals in their area of study. he goal of the program would be to provide students with alumni support and networking as they prepare to graduate. he Oicers’ Summit acts as a forum for attendees to voice concerns about issues afecting the student body. Five issues are selected each fall and spring by the delegation and then presented to the administration. More than 70 of Webster’s student leaders gathered in Sunnen Lounge for the Friday, Sept. 14 meeting.

John Ginsburg, director of the University Center and Student Activities, served as one of the moderators for the summit.

“I think they raised issues that relect the opinions of the entire student body,” Ginsburg said. “It’s a diverse group of issues that have the potential to change several things on campus.” he ive selected topics will be presented to administration oicials at Delegates’ Agenda on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. in Sunnen Lounge.

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Opinions

Sept. 19-Sept. 25, 2012

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Webster defeats Blackburn in Volleyball.

The Journal weighs in on the issues Boston pediatritian arrested for child pornography.

NBC’s “Today” talked about Kris Jenner’s breast augmentation during 9/11 moment of silence.

Disney World will start selling beer for the irst time.

he iPhone 5 is announced.

New monkey species, the lesula, is discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Graphic by Josh coppenbarGer

How cruetly got cool and how we can ix it Never forget, politics is a substitute for violence. Dick Gephardt said that at the 2004 Missouri Democratic Convention, and this was a man who retired from the political stage before Tea Parties, Occupiers and people named Allen West. Politics isn’t a substitute for violence. It’s a substitute for cruelty.

Look around the last few years and the rhetoric we use. Examine for a moment the politicallymotivated shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifords. Consider threats of violence against the president from prominent public igures like Collin Ted Nugent. Ponder the Reischman haunting reality of our discourse revealed when several members of the armed forces were arrested last week when they were discovered to be plotting, from within the military, to assassinate the president and overthrow the United States Government. his is the world we live in now, a world where cruelty is OK as long as the target of your cruelty doesn’t vote the way you do. When then-candidate Obama referred to rural voters as “clinging to their guns and bibles,” liberals secretly cackled at the sentiment. When Mitt Romney called 47 percent of the country “victims” and “entitled,” conservatives everywhere secretly shrugged and

grudgingly agreed.

Neither man made an efort to improve these apparently unwelcoming conditions. Neither man laid out a plan to correct these failures. hey merely stated them as facts of the electorate to be known and then carefully considered. he statements relected our national politics as an understanding of voters merely as calculations, easy arithmetic in various demographics to be conquered.

“It’s not my job to worry about those people,” Romney said. hey are in the tank of the President, so they don’t deserve my attention, now or when I’m in oice. he crowd did not reject this notion, because “those people” were freeloading, unpatriotic liberals unworthy of help or even consideration. his is our new reality. his might be hard to believe, but there was a time when bragging about overseeing more executions than any other governor — as Rick Perry did — would be in poor taste. And there was a time, not long ago if you’ll recall, when chanting “Let him die” in response to a question about an uninsured American would be considered very ugly behavior. Not anymore.

Now, overseeing record executions is a statement about your toughness and dedication to law enforcement, not your brutal failure in lowering violent crimes or decreasing criminal behavior. Now, letting the uninsured man die is patriotic because the founders believed in personal freedom and abhorred charity.

Once, upward mobility was the measure of the success of our public policy. More upward

mobility meant a better nation and a better people. Now, upward mobility is a measure of the worth and value of us as human individuals. hose who succeed are better, smarter and luckier. hose who fail are the victims of fate, let to their own devices in a society without compassion. So now, less upward mobility is not a failure of government or markets, but of people, because they just aren’t trying hard enough.

We are not these people. We are not broadstroke statements fumbled by incompetent men begging for power and inluence. Disagreement is not an excuse for simple men to say things that turn us on each other like wild dogs. Every voter wants the same thing: better schools, cleaner, safer streets and a good job. hese are universal truths of an electorate whose similarities far-outweigh their petty diferences.

We might disagree on the path, but we can all agree the journey must be undertaken, and no journey can succeed if we continue to eat each other like hungry cannibals with no shame. We cannot burn this house down in order to rebuild it.

Collin Reischman is a staf writer for The Journal.

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Letter to the Editor To the editor, Once every semester, students on Webster University’s campus brandish Nerf guns and adorn themselves with variously colored apparel for a bizarre and ritualistically organized role-playing game called “Human vs. Zombies” (HvZ). We are able to gather that its object is the “turning” of every “human” into a “zombie,” but its precise rules are unknown to us. his game goes on for an entire week. his game goes on unquestioned. We all love HvZ — and why shouldn’t we? Sure, the HvZ’ers do not conine their activities to planned and designated locations (as clubs are wont to do). hey roam about the campus at random and otentimes serve only to distract both players and spectators from their work. his is only a triling matter, however. here is nothing seriously wrong with HvZ; it is just a bit of harmless fun. his is what we are led to believe. But we are not convinced.

No one seems to notice, or care, that this is functionally a children’s game — a slightly more sophisticated form of tag. It has absolutely no educational value, no social or political signiicance, no artfulness or creativity.

It is, at base, a collegiate-level continuation of recess (which usually terminates ater grade school). It also resembles something one would play at a summer camp. hese chipper young lads and lasses remind us of “the good ol’ days,” before our innocence gave way to culpability, when the camp spirit of Lake Takanahoe reigned supreme. HvZ is indicative of our gener-

Corrections In the Sept. 12 issue of he Journal, the article “Student literacy corps receives $20,000 grant from Moritz” incorrectly referred to Kate Milligan as Kristen Milligan.

In the same issue, the article “Ben Franklin store to close ater almost 30 years of business” misquoted Greg Gunderson to have used the word “tenement” instead of “tenant.”

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ation’s collective regression; it allows us to remain children indeinitely and to defer the momentous responsibilities of adulthood.

Consider, also, how the “Humans vs. Zombies” scenario — a popular one today — is borrowed from video games and movies, which are themselves “virtual worlds,” simulations of real life. As if the increasing immersion of our generation in this kind of media weren’t problem enough, now real life itself has become a video game. HvZ is an artiicial copy of a video game world, which is itself an artiicial copy of the real world. It represents a double transposition — from the real world to the cyber world and back again. It is a simulation of a simulation. he real world thus becomes layered over by the logic of the video game, which serves only to further obfuscate a reality already muddled

by Facebook, advertising, and television. Nothing terrible ever happens in video games. One plays in an insulated world. Death is merely “game over,” and one can soon start again — no serious commitments required.

HvZ is this insular world writ large. Elsewhere, in the real world, real people hunt each other with real guns (just as in HvZ, because they are “the wrong kind”). But in our world — the video game comes to life, the neverending summer camp — this is just a bit of role-playing fun pursued at our leisure. Disquieting realities are pushed out of focus in favor of a children’s game. he sharp but unintentional farce of HvZ is that it actually is turning humans into zombies. Of course, these kinds of reservations about the hidden motives and consequences of HvZ are immediately “refuted” with that inescapable retort: “Chill out, it’s just a game.” But it is not just a game.

HvZ in and of itself may not be a grave concern. But the world which HvZ represents — the world of childhood and simulation, the only world where HvZ is possible — is a grave concern.

We do not mean to suggest that HvZ — or the generally well-meaning people who play this game — are singularly responsible for some egregious ofense. HvZ is only one representation of a much larger problem, one that concerns each of us. What is of primary importance is not that we cease playing this silly game, but that we give ourselves to thought, and relect on the possibility that we may be playing out, in disguised form, but one more part in the play of a widespread cultural regression, one that unwittingly refuses to face up to the unforgiving facts of contemporary life — war, poverty, gross inequality, untreated sickness and disease, and genocide (to name but a few). his is the world we live in and we should be wary of the pernicious worlds of childhood and simulation — lest we bury our heads in the sand.

For those of us who still prefer to think critically about our surroundings, “Humans vs. Zombies” is every day of our lives. And we are losing.

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My children, We need to talk. As you know, I am very busy with things like preventing Earth from crashing into the sun, managing time and space, and on top of all that, listening to your grievances on a day in which I would rather be watching football. Having to work on my day of isn’t a big deal, but here’s the thing that I’m kind of tired of: people killing other people in My Name. Let’s be real; I’m a laid-back kind of God. So, when I heard there were all kinds of my followers getting upset about a poorly-created online movie trailer about Muhammad, I was confused for a few reasons.

First, I was confused why so many people think it is all right to kill other people for the sake of morality. Let’s get one thing clear here: there are things that are right and there are things that are wrong. Killing people is wrong. To kill someone in a it of ethical outrage is like becoming a prostitute to raise money for chastity awareness. Sure, making fun of someone’s personal beliefs regarding religion is tasteless, but murder is a sin regardless of what the religion is of the murderer or the victim.

Second, I was confused why so many of you were angry about the video that you may not have even seen. he protests occurred in very poor countries like Algeria, Yemen and Libya. Interestingly enough, only two percent of the total population of Yemen have access to the Internet. Only about six percent of Libyans have access to the Internet.

What is even more perplexing is why you would take your frustrations out on a group of people that had nothing to do with the movie in the irst place. he ilm was in no way, shape or form in afiliation with the United States government. It was as if someone had broken your car window and when you found it in the parking lot, in retaliation, you attacked the closest person to you. If you want to protest anyone, it should be untalented racist ilmmakers, but I don’t think Mel Gibson would appreciate another group of people hating him.

Either way, I am a very peaceful entity. My very existence is the deinition of compassion, joy and most of all, love. When you commit an act of violence against one of My children, you commit an act of violence against Me. You know that thing I said about loving your neighbor? I meant it. Treat others as you would like to be treated, unless you want someone to kill you. In that case, seek help. he right to live is the most sacred git I have bestowed upon humanity. Please don’t take that right away from someone else because he or she sink sto a level of hatred and bigotry. So in conclusion, don’t be hatin’ just because they be hatin’. Just because someone else is ignorant doesn’t give you the right to be. It only gives them reason to believe their preconceived judgments are correct.

Sincerely, God

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Members of the “Rogue Squad”, from left: Wes Schnitker, Tony Burgesen, Patrik Coyne, Dylan Schnitker, Katie Ploesser, Scott Pinkston and Forest Wharton. The squad will primarily focus on their own survival during HvZ.

he double agent of Humans vs. Zombies HvZ player Dylan Schnitker leads the ‘Rogue Squad’ when human, captains the zombie horde ater being ‘turned’

By Caillin Murray Lifestyle Editor

hree zombies surrounded Dylan Schnitker. He did not want to spend money on a gun, so his only weapons were balled-up socks in both ists. It was nighttime and he needed to get home, but he was trapped.

“I want to get by,” Schnitker, a junior ilm production major, told the zombies.

“Well, we’re going to get you,” replied one of the zombies.

Schnitker pelted socks at the zombies, successfully striking, and therefore stunning, all three. He safely survived another night during his irst game of

Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) as a freshman spring 2011.

“I just ran around using socks the rest of the game and everybody thought it was funny,” Schnitker said. “(Socks) turned out to be very successful.”

Since his irst foray as a sock-wielding human in HvZ, Schnitker has continued to not

just play the game, but also lead others in the charge — whether it be defending the lives of humans or trying to take them as a zombie.

As a human, Schnitker usually leads a “Rogue Squad,” a pack of seven other humans who are primarily focused on their own survival.

Forest Wharton, a junior ilm production major, joined Schnitker’s squad during last spring’s game of HvZ. “We’re going to go of and do our own thing and survive, rather than trying to work with a mass group of humans, which Dylan says is a bad idea because you’re just going to get picked

of one by one,” Wharton said. hough their top priority is their own safety, the Rogue Squad still watches out for the survival of other humans. “here were two or three missions in the spring where if Dylan and the Rogue Squad See Leader of the Horde

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It’s all Greek to Paul Badsios Sodexo worker at Café a la Carte is known for his catchphrase, “Opa!”

By Victoria Dickson Staf Writer

In between serving students and faculty at the Café a la Carte in the Sverdrup building, Pavlos “Paul” Badsios will whistle or sing a tune.

He will answer customers’ questions and yell out, “Opa,” every so oten. As the supervisor of campus dining at Webster University, he said he feels it is his duty to give great customer service every day.

Badsios was born in Greece and has lived in the United States since 1967. He moved with his family to Michigan, where he was raised. he restaurant business has played a role in his life since he was young.

A chef by profession, he has worked in numerous restaurants in Michigan and Granite City, Ill., with his brothers. He also ran a restaurant in downtown St. Louis for 18 years called Crackers. Badsios called the restaurant “Crackers” because the restaurant’s specialty was soups. He has lived in Granite City for almost 30 years.

Badsios has worked at Webster for six years. he aspect of Badsios’ job he said he loves the most is meeting new people. He said he has met people from all over the world during his life. During orientation, Badsios said he does what he can to make new students feel comfortable in a new environment.

“I try to talk to them then, make them feel welcomed and then perhaps when they come back, you know they’ll say, ‘Oh, I remember you. I saw you at this and that,’” Badsios said. “It makes me happy when they acknowledge the idea that I’m friendly to them.”

Ambreya Eddins, a sophomore legal studies major, said Badsios loves to interact with the student community and also loves to joke.

“He seems like he’s happy to do his job and I really like the way he conducts himself,” Eddins said.

Badsios said his positive attitude mainly comes from his mother. He

said she was the kind of person who related to other people. When Badsios has a bad day, he said he does not carry it to the workplace. He brushes it of.

“If I came in here with a bad attitude, everybody will sufer. So I just leave it out the door,” Badsios said.

“I feel like, ‘Why should I bring my problems here?’ hese kids have enough of their own. hey’re stressed and all this stuf.”

Linda Williams met Badsios in the late ‘80s when she worked at KSDK Channel 5 in downtown St. Louis.

Williams, academic advisor in the School of Communications, would go to Crackers almost every day for lunch or dinner. Williams saw Badsios at Webster last year and they instantly recognized one another.

“It was like, ‘Paul!’ ‘Linda!’ It was kind of a ‘What are you doing here?’ type of moment,” Williams said. “He’s always very cheerful, very happy and always friendly.”

Badsios overcame a major setback in his life. he irst year he started working at Webster, he found out he had high blockage of the arteries of his heart. He eventually had to have a four-way bypass surgery to clear his blocked arteries. Ater the operation, Badsios said he felt like he was given a second chance at life. When he heard the nurse’s voice ater his surgery, he said it was the happiest moment of his life. Diabetes is another obstacle he deals with on a daily basis.

“I’ve seen my father pass away from a stroke and diabetes. My mother had Alzheimer’s,” Badsios said. “So the fear of all those things, you think about them sometimes.”

Badsios said that he is not inished living and hopes to live a long life.

“I’ve been pretty fortunate in my life with coming to America and inding a good way of living,” Badsios said. “I’m happy with the events of my life.”

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Pavlos “Paul” Badsios works at the Café a la Carte in Sverdrup. Badsios, who was born in Greece, is known for his friendly manner and for yelling the Greek phrase “Opa!” at passersby. Badsios has worked at Webster for six years.

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HvZ’s plot involves Stroble and Schuster Storyline includes election theme, humans splitting into two teams

By Megan Favignano Managing Editor

his fall’s humans vs. Zombies (hvZ) game plot will focus on a civil war between teams led by president elizabeth Stroble and provost Julian Schuster.

“Initially it was just a joke I threw out,” said chris hawk, hvZ mission designer and Webster junior. “What if the science department was creating this new vaccine that turned out to accidentally make zombies?” he 11 moderators of hvZ looked to incorporate the upcoming presidential election into the plot. hey decided the hvZ storyline would include an election between Schuster and Stroble.

“Stroble is up for re-election at Webster and provost Schuster doesn’t like the way she’s running things, so he’s going to try and run against her,” said junior paige andrews-Johnson, head of

hvZ plot design. “But amongst all this, a zombie outbreak has begun.” hawk said the moderators wanted this game to be “Webster-driven.”

“Webster has a lot of school pride, but not too much school spirit,” hawk said. “he best way to (increase school spirit) as Webster students, we can laugh at ourselves.” hawk said hvZ moderators, or mods, knew they wanted to include Stroble and Schuster in the plot, but wanted to get the administrators’ permission beforehand. hawk, andrews-Johnson and three other hvZ mods met with Stroble and Schuster during the summer. hawk said he was intimidated upon meeting with the president and provost. he mods explained the concept hvZ and the possible plot to Stroble and Schuster. andrewsJohnson said the two were both excited about the game.

“We were in the meeting room with (Stroble and Schuster), just those two. We presented the plot and they really loved it. hey were very enthusiastic, especially Stroble. She loved the idea of being involved.” andrews-Johnson said. neither Stroble nor Schuster will be directly involved in the game’s missions. One of them may make an appearance at hvZ’s inal gathering, Andrews-Johnson said.

“When you really look at it in a whole world perspective, it just seems like a silly game of tag.

But for the people who play it, it’s a lot more than that.” Hawk said.

“It takes a special type of person to be up at 3 a.m. sitting in front of the WVA surrounded by zombies, trying to igure out their best way to get out.”

Andrews-Johnson is the quest-giver for Stroble’s human team, which Andrews-Johnson said is the more peaceful of the two teams. Hawk

is the quest-giver for Schuster’s human team, which Andrews-Johnson said is more militant.

Hawk compared the two competing human teams to the two tribes on the television show “Survivor.” He said he wasn’t aware of an HvZ plot with two human teams who compete against each other. “his is not a human-centric game, this is not a zombie-centric game. his is a player-centric game,” hawk said. hawk said as a moderator, he will make sure the humans are more focused on themselves than on the zombies. “as moderators, our job is basically to make sure that players are having a fun and fair time … and acting like big children,” hawk said.

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A young boy does a handstand as the Webster University Jazz Ensemble performs on the Webster University stage on Saturday, Sept. 15.

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William von Hombracht plucks the strings of a bass during the Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, September 15.

SPICE team members married, have 3-year-old child together Brazilian couple met at chess tournament

By Hayden Andrews Staf Writer

hey arrived in the u.S. in august of 2010, but couple Maraani Kamphorst and andre Diamant were world-traveling chess champions before they ever set foot on american soil.

International relations major andre Diamant, 22, was irst exposed to chess at age four when he learned the game from his sister and father. Today, his father doesn’t stand a chance. In the last 18 years, Diamant has played chess tournaments in over 20 diferent countries including Greece, France, Spain, Germany, Cuba, China and Russia.

“My father used to play chess, not for tournaments but for fun. (Chess is) a challenge and I like challenge,” Diamant said.

Diamant is the youngest chess player to be a two-time national collegiate champion, from competitions in 2011 and 2012. In addition to that title, Diamant is also the youngest grandmaster ever in Brazil.

“Andre is an exceptionally good chess player,” said Susan Polgar, director of Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) at Webster University. “He was the champion of Brazil at 18. He brings a lot to the table and is an important part of the team.” he other half of the duo is Diamant’s wife, 21-year-old international relations major Maraani “Mara” Kamphorst.

Her love for chess began at

age 10 when she participated in a chess tournament at her school.

She won and moved on to a city tournament where she again came out victorious.

She progressed to a regionwide tournament, which she also won.

“Mara is bringing a lot to the table more from a social aspect, in an organizational aspect, helping direct tournaments or teach classes, or bringing a community service element to the program,” Polgar said.

Diamant said the two have tentative plans to “move back to Brazil and inish our degrees.” For now, the couple said they are content with raising their 3-year-old son, Isaac, in St. Louis. Diamant and Kamphorst are already encouraging Isaac to play chess.

“He’s starting to learn the name of the pieces, but if he likes it, we’ll have the option for him,” said Kamphorst.

Kamphorst is familiar with teaching. She serves as a children’s chess teacher and oten inds that the lessons chess provides can last for life.

“Every time I tell them (the students) to do tactics and puzzles, I tell them that it’s not only going to help them in chess but learning how to do these things will help them to have very fast thinking and logic. It’s proven that kids that play chess are better in math and logical thinking and critical thinking,” Kamphorst said.

Diamant and Kamphorst met at a chess tournament in

the Hebraica Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in September 2007. hey moved from Sao Paulo to Texas shortly ater their marriage three years later in 2010. here, they were able to join Susan Polgar and her team.

“We are really happy to be here with Susan Polgar,” Kamphorst said. “She’s been wonderful with us. She told us she was moving (from Texas to St. Louis) and we followed her.

She had been really nice to us.”

Polgar was also happy to have the couple join her team at Webster. “hey’re a lovely couple,” Polgar said. “hey’ve done the life experience that gives them the maturity probably a little bit earlier than most cases.”

Polgar, Diamant and Kamphorst came to Webster just before the 2012-2013 school year. hough they stayed in Texas for almost three years, Diamant and Kamphorst said they are still adjusting to their new life in the U.S. “In Brazil, we had more friends, of course,” Diamant said.

Kamphorst added that the weather in Brazil was more stable compared to St. Louis’ climate.

Something Diamant and Kamphorst said they enjoyed adjusting to was American cuisine.

“We can eat everything: Japanese food, Vietnamese food,” Kamphorst said.

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Ammie Leachman (center), a member of Delta Sigma Theta, participates in an icebreaker with attendees of her sorority’s Peppermint Social, a sorority etiquette presentation in the East Academic Building on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

Sorority demonstrates interview skills at Peppermint Social etiquette workshop

By Victoria Dickson Staf Writer

As Annyce Echols talked about etiquette skills and interviewing techniques, the young women who attended the Peppermint Social took notes, because the information might help them in the future. he Alpha Omega CityWide Chapter of Delta Sigma heta Sorority Incorporated and the Association of African American Collegians (AAAC) hosted the Peppermint Social, a sorority etiquette presentation. It was held in the auditorium room in the East Academic Building on Sept. 18. he Peppermint Social has been going on for several years. It gives members of the Delta Sigma heta sorority an opportunity to know the young women who are interested in joining. he event focused speciically on networking and making irst impressions. he name Peppermint Social is connected to the fact that the

Delta colors are crimson and cream. “(he Peppermint Social is) a chapter tradition that we’ve come to love and we want to keep up year ater year,” said Daphne Washington, president of Delta Sigma heta.

Echols, a sophomore biochemistry major at Saint Louis University (SLU), is a member of the sorority. She went to a workshop on leadership skills in business over the summer and wanted to incorporate that information into her presentation.

“I wanted to give the girls a little something they can take away besides Greek etiquette, even if they didn’t want to be Greek,” Echols said.

Many of the young women who attended the social went to a variety of schools, ranging from SLU, Washington University, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Harris Stowe State University. Two Webster University students attended the event. Jay Russell,

a senior advertising major, attended because her mother and grandmother are Deltas and she wanted to carry on the tradition. She said she also came because of the values of the sorority.

“It’s (about) sistership and being in an African American organization as opposed to the other diferent ones,” Russell said.

Russell said networking with other African American women and gaining more knowledge about sorority etiquette was beneicial and helpful to her. “(he social) did provide some useful information and was deinitely a refresher. hings to be mindful of — making sure you’re appropriately dressed everywhere you go,” Russell said. “Sometimes it’s really easy to throw on sweatpants and a T-shirt and run up to Schnucks. You never know who you might meet.”

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Nerf guns and socks: a history of Humans vs. Zombies Creators of HvZ based the game of an older game called Assassins

By Gabe Burns Assistant Online Editor

he week long live action roleplaying game known as Humans vs.

Zombies (HvZ) has spread across the nation. It all started with a trip to a going-out-of-business toy store.

“We all took a trip there and got a bunch of cheap Nerf guns and we were like, ‘We should make a game to play,’” said Chris Weed, one of the creators of HvZ. In 2005, Weed and his then-roommate Brad Sappington at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., sat down to create HvZ — a game now played on hundreds of college campuses.

“It just sort of grew. It wasn’t something we planned. We didn’t think we’d get other schools to play. People just started developing their own plans,” Weed said.

Weed and Sappington are both fans of the zombie genre but said when creating the game, they didn’t intend on zombies being a facet of the game. hey ended up just working their way into their games.

“I’ve always found that zombies are really interesting characters,” Weed said.

Weed’s interest in long-form games like HvZ came long before college, though.

“When I was in high school I had a teacher who told me about these weeklong capture-the-lag games they would play. And they’d have to have someone guarding the lags at all hours of the night or someone would sneak in their room and steal it,” Weed said. “hat was the moment when I decided I really wanted to go to college.”

Weed said HvZ itself spawned from a much older game called Assassins, where players are given another player’s name and they must eliminate them however the game’s rules dictate. But as the game evolved amongst Weed and Sappington’s friends, HvZ was created.

When the irst game started, Weed expected players to carry on their normal lives while playing the game. Instead, he was surprised by how serious some players took it. “here was this new culture that sort of emerged where (HvZ) was all they would do,” Weed said. “heir entire life became focused around it.”

William Penn University gears up for irst HvZ game

By Gabe Burns Assistant Online Editor

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While Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) has been at Webster University for three years, universities across the nation start up their irst games every year.

Josh Stutting of William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, will bring the long-form, role-playing game to William Penn University in October.

Stutting got the idea when his friends from another university began playing and he started to hear the stories. “hey couldn’t come hang out or anything because they had to survive,” Stutting said.

Stutting began planning in late August and has the game set to begin the irst week of October.

“It’s spreading like wildire. I have people coming up to me and asking questions when I’ve never met them before,” Stutting said.

Besides word-of-mouth, Stutting is using viral marketing, such as online videos, and having students in zombie makeup appear in public areas to advertise for the irst game.

Stutting said he’s had nothing but support from William Penn’s administration for the game, but funding the game has been a problem. He has high hopes that the game will be successful and carry on at William Penn.

“Hopefully this is a sustainable thing for us,” Stutting said. “We want this to do well enough that people will want to do it.”

Stutting added he isn’t worried because he expects HvZ to bring together his campus unlike any other activity.

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Chris Hawk, HvZ moderator, acts out part of the HvZ storyline at the HvZ meeting on Tuesday Sept. 18 in the Winnie Moore Auditorium.

Hawk, junior international relations major, is the quest giver for Provost Julian Schuster’s team. For this semester’s HvZ game, the humans have been split into two teams — President Elizabeth Stroble’s and Schuster’s.

Longtime moderator of HvZ at Webster University, Jeremy Day, said he sees the same phenomenon happening at Webster, but added that’s what makes the game great.

“You play it however you want to, and that’s part of the fun, is creating new strategies. You plan it however deep you want to,” Day said.

In 2008, when former Webster student Sam Vest visited Truman State University, he saw HvZ in action and decided to bring the game to Webster. hrough the sponsorship of Residential Housing Association, Vest had the game going the next year.

In 2010, Day took over as the head moderator at Webster and said his goal is to always help HvZ move forward.

“Every game is interesting,” Day said. “Every game is diferent because we are always trying to be innovative.

Every year we try to bring something new that we didn’t do before.”

To make the game more diicult, Day has helped build game economies, create achievements and challenges for

players to take on.

But same as Weed, Day discovered he can’t predict how players will react to the environment of the game.

“Every time something went wrong, it’s like, we didn’t expect the humans to do something a certain way and get themselves killed,” Day said.

Over the years, HvZ has stirred up controversy when players’ actions have caused harm to others or themselves or have broken school policies. Like last year, when a player from Webster climbed on top of the University Center. Or two years ago, when some Webster players threw rock-illed socks at other players. But Weed and Day both say that the actions of a few players don’t represent the whole community. “here are 199 other people who did not do that (break the rules). he majority are having fun and playing the game in a safe and responsible manner,” Day said.

Weed said the reason for these incidents is because of how easily players can become engulfed in the game envi-

ronment. “he more immersed someone gets into the game, the more fun they’ll have. But that can be taken to an extreme when they forget to be safe sometimes,” Weed said.

Weed said as a whole, HvZ has been a positive experience for players as well as himself. Today, Weed is still actively involved in HvZ. He still attends conventions and works to grow the license. One day Weed hopes to be able to make HvZ and game-making his primary source of income and quit his job as a manual laborer for an auction company.

“I’ve always loved games. hat’s always been my one passion. But even through high school, I never entertained the idea I could be doing that with my life,” Weed said. “I always thought that would be a hobby. I still wake up some mornings and think ‘Am I really doing this? Is this for real?’”

Leader of the horde: Schnitker leads the zombies in ambushes and attacks FROM PAGE 5

hadn’t shown up, the humans would have lost,” Wharton said.

Ater Schnitker gets tagged, or “turned,” by a zombie, he steps higher into a leadership role, as the ringleader of the zombie horde.

“Every time I get tagged, I really enjoy it, be-

cause I go over to the zombies,” Schnitker said.

“Helping to lead the zombies is a lot diferent. I never get any tags because I’m more so just kind of orchestrating and running some really interesting setups, ambushes and stuf. It turns into a chess game at that point.”

Schnitker recalled a tactic he used as the leader of the zombies last spring. A tent was set up on the Quad that had items humans could purchase with

specially-earned coins. he tent was open from midnight to 3 a.m. Schnitker arranged the zombie horde in a ring around the tent, encircling it two to three zombies deep. He equipped the horde with Maglites — powerful lashlights — to survey the Quad. “hey looked like these prison spotlights, shining around the edge of the Quad,” Schnitker said. “he spotlights actually got a bunch of people a few times. hey were creeping up over the edge, and the spotlight caught them, and they freaked out when they saw how many of us there were.

And they just ran back to the dorm and we never saw them again.”

Despite this defense, a human was able to iniltrate. hat human was Logan Landolt, a junior education major and friend of Schnitker’s, who blufed the zombie horde with a fake talisman to gain entry to the tent.

“He was holding something in his hand and everybody (the zombie horde) was getting ready as he was coming close,” Schnitker said. “He was just saying out loud, ‘I wouldn’t tag me if I were you, I wouldn’t tag me if I were you,’ holding it up in his hands. And everybody was confused and they were backing up like, ‘Well, wait, should we tag him? Should we tag him?’ And I’m like, ‘Tag him, tag him! Don’t listen, tag him!’ hey backed up and right as soon as he got close, he just jumped and dove into the circle.”

Landolt has played with Schnitker since the two irst began participating in 2011.

“He deinitely is the best when it comes to leading the zombies,” Landolt said.“he coolest thing is that they all look to him as a leader and they’ll listen to him.”

Schnitker irst played HvZ his freshman year, ater he and a friend both agreed to give it a shot.

“I loved running around, playing with guns and playing tag when I was little,” Schnitker said. “I hate the idea not to have that anymore, because it was fun and it would be fucking stupid if we think, ‘Oh, you know, I guess now that I have reached 20 years of age I’m no longer allowed to have fun anymore.’ I think that’s a really pretentious idea. I

was like, ‘Yeah, let’s keep playing and having fun, because to not do that because we’re old is fucking stupid.’”

Schnitker admitted that during HvZ week, his schoolwork sufers. He said he once fell asleep in a video-editing lab ater going 48 hours without sleep during HvZ. “I nerd-out a little too much,” Schnitker said.

“You remember how much fun you had when you were little and you got to go outside and play and have fun. It’s not like Mom is going to come outside and be like, ‘Come inside, dinner!’ It’s like ‘Dude, you’re 20 and you get to fucking do it for 48 hours straight if you want to.’” his year, Schnitker plans on sticking with his Rogue Squad, which will consist of Schnitker, Tony Burgesen, Scott Pinkston, Katie Ploesser, Patrik Coyne, Emily Holmead, Wes Schnitker and Forest Wharton.

Rogue Squad member Scott Pinkston, who Schnitker described as a “genius engineer guy,” has fabricated new weapons for the Squad.

“A big thing in HvZ is using PVC pipe to make the guns do things they shouldn’t do,” Schnitker said. “We recently went to Ace Hardware and blew $40 on PVC pipe and all sorts of other neat stuf.”

One of Pinkston’s new inventions this year is a ive-foot-long Nerf dart blowgun.

“It’s a gun. But instead of pumping it or springing it, you use your lungs, which is more powerful than any toy pump,” Schnitker said. “It’s like a fucking tribal blowgun. It’s ridiculous. And they’re silent.”

Schnitker said he enjoys the community aspect of the game because it brings students from many diferent backgrounds and majors together.

“What’s so cool is how much everybody on campus gets involved,” Schnitker said. “You’ve got everybody from track kids to ilm kids, or you’ve got animation students or music students. Everybody gets in on it and plays.”

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Men’s soccer splits physical road contests near Chicago Gorloks squander lead against North Central, finish trip with win over Manchester

By Jeff Mosblech Staf Writer

he Webster university men’s soccer team carried a 2-0 lead late into a road game on Saturday, Sept. 15 against the north central college (Ill.) cardinals.

Goals by junior forward Korey Gauvain and senior forward clint carder put the Gorloks in control. hen, the Gorloks’ game started to fall apart. north central scored its irst goal with 16 minutes let to cut the deicit in half.

Four minutes later, north central tied the game. hen, with less than ive minutes let, the cardinals took the lead for good. he game was particularly physical.

In all, 54 fouls were called, 30 of which were on Webster, including a red card on sophomore midielder Mike Wells.

“Some of the fouls shouldn’t have been called,” carder said. “But it got chippy because some of us got lazy and had to pick it up for others. We made some late hits, (but) there were a lot of diferent things that could have been prevented.”

Carder said despite the loss, the team looks to learn from the game and use it to prevent another similar situation from happening again.

Junior midielder carlos espinosa said the referee lost control of the game.

But the biggest problem was the Gorloks’ inability to adjust to the calls made.

“I felt they were really chippy and taking cheap shots even ater the play or when the ref wasn’t looking,” espinosa said. “We were really upset towards the end. hey scored the third goal and the guy celebrated by telling us to shut up with the inger. hat was pretty frustrating.”

Following the loss, the Gorloks beat Manchester college (Ind.) 3-2. carder put the Gorloks up 1-0 in the 38th minute with his team-leading fourth goal of the season. ater the Spartans tied it up going into the half, espinosa netted his irst and second goals of the year, giving the Gorloks the win.

“It was a great feeling. everything was going right our way, we were playing really well, but we weren’t putting goals away,” espinosa said. “In soccer, you have to put goals away or else you’re going to get punished. So it was great to be able to score two and put the team up 3-1. It was nice to play well and get the irst two goals of the season and hopefully there’s more to come.”

With the win the Gorloks improved to 3-2 on the season. hey play William Woods university hursday on Sept. 20 and Wheaton college (Ill.) on Saturday Sept. 22. Both games are at St. louis Soccer park and start at 7 p.m.

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The 2012 season is the first time in seven years that Webster men’s soccer has won three games in its first five matches. The graphic below shows the number of wins for the Gorloks in the first five games of each season since 2006, the number of goals allowed and the number of goals scored by Webster in those five games.

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New policy gives each team a home game Gorlok athletes, coaches supposed to attend Staf Writer

In the Webster university men’s basketball team’s conference tournament semiinal game at Grant Gymnasium last season, fans from MacMurray college overpowered a much smaller Webster fan section.

Webster lost that game to the highlanders, even though the Gorloks were the no. 1 seed in the tournament. he loss ended Webster’s season. his year, Webster athletics expects to have a much stronger fan base than ever before.

“We as a staf noticed that isn’t the purpose of a homecourt advantage, and we tried to igure out the best way to energize our fan base,” said tom hart, Webster director of athletics. at the Webster volleyball match on tuesday, Sept. 12, almost the entire athletic department illed the stands at Grant Gymnasium. hart is selecting one home event from each sport and is encouraging all staf and student athletes to attend and support their peers.

Volleyball coach Merry Graf said the crowd deinitely contributed to her team’s 3-1 win over Westminster college.

“We already have a great parental following and it’s awesome,” Graf said. “now to know you’re going to have students is a really good thing, too.”

Webster is an ncaa Division-III school. Some athletes know their events don’t get the

same attendance as D-I or D-II schools do, but an initiative such as this is seen as a big step.

“I wish it was diferent,” said Kyle Leonard, senior midielder on the men’s soccer team. “It’s better as a player in front of a large crowd of your peers so you can show of your skill.”

Even in a sport like crosscountry where Webster athletes typically don’t attend the meets, the cross-country runners felt the support at their irst race — the Washington university early Bird in Forest park on Sept. 9.

“It’s a lot of encouragement that you get when you do well in front of a lot of your peers and people you know,” senior runner Daniel henkey said. “It’s just amazing to see people out there at 8 a.m.”

Some Webster athletes weren’t excited to be pushed to support sports such as crosscountry.

“Watching cross-country is just hard,” leonard said. “You see them once at the start but then they are gone, and then it’s like, ‘What now?’” even for the volleyball match against Westminster, some Webster athletes didn’t want to attend. Jordan Fosburgh, Student-athlete advisory council (Saac) co-president for the St. louis Intercollegiate athletic conference and women’s soccer junior forward, said she heard some of these complaints.

“Some people felt that they didn’t want to go,” Fosburgh said. “But once they got there,

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The crowd at Grant Gymnasium watches as senior setter Sami Murray (left) sets the ball for sophomore middle hitter Sam Kersting (center) on Tuesday, Sept. 11. This volleyball match was one of the home contests the Webster athletics department was scheduled to attend.

we all got into spirit and showed our support.” hart and the athletic department are looking forward to continuing the initiative and will attempt to maximize attendance in of-campus sports as well. he baseball team, which plays its home games at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., oten supports other Webster teams’ events. Senior pitcher Zach Schneider said he and many of his teammates are regular spectators at home basketball and

volleyball contests, and they hope other athletes do the same for them.

“I think it should just be common courtesy that we should go to other events,” Schneider said.

“It is unfortunate, though, that our home ield is 20 minutes of campus. So, you can’t do much about that.”

In the past, Webster has provided free bus transportation to take students to and from games, but the turnout wasn’t great.

“We have to try to igure out

what works and what doesn’t,” hart said. “We just let them know that’s the game to go out and support their fellow student athletes, and we’ll see what happens.” he next time the Webster athletic department is scheduled to attend a sporting event is for the men’s soccer game on hursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. against William Woods university at St. louis Soccer park.

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Volleyball storms past Blackburn, improves SLIAC record to 3-1 After splitting 2 conference matches, Gorloks sweep Beavers on the road

By Sam Masterson Staf Writer

he Webster university volleyball team swept the Blackburn college Beavers 25-10, 2511 and 25-12 in carlinville, Ill., on tuesday, Sept. 18. he victory puts Webster at 4-5 this season and 3-1 in the St. louis Intercollegiate athletic conference.

Despite being in third place in the SlIac this early in the year, compiling a 2-1 record during the past week and losing only four sets in those three matches, the Webster university volleyball team is disappointed.

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went 1-1. ater winning 3-0 over Spalding university (Ky.), the Gorloks were swept 3-0 later that day by Greenville college (Ill.). coach Merry Graf said it looked like two diferent Webster teams playing.

“In the game against Greenville we weren’t able to execute our attacks, which caused a lot

of problems,” Graf said.

In the match against Greenville, Webster’s hitting percentage was .096 with 34 kills and 24 errors. hat, compared to the earlier game against Spalding, was an almost 200-point drop, as the Gorloks hit .267 on 39 kills and had only 12 errors. “hat is not what I expect,” Graf said. “We are a better hitting team than that and we have some strong attackers, but we made too many mistakes.”

Webster hit .364 at MacMurray College on Sept.18. hat is the Gorloks’ best percentage since September of last year when they hit .376 again at MacMurray.

Sophomore outside hitter Jenny Howard, who was named the ofensive SLIAC Player of the Week for Sept. 10 through 16, returned from injury on Sept. 15, and in her irst three matches she leads the team with 31 kills.

“It feels great to be back and to get that award,” howard said.

“I deinitely felt a little bit of pressure like they were focusing on me, but we got the ‘W’ and that’s all that matters.” howard was out for a week and a half with a sprained let lcl, a ligament that is located on the outer side of the knee. also returning from injury this week was junior defensive specialist liz abraham and 2011 Webster blocks leader, sophomore middle hitter emily ratkewicz.

“We had a lot of injuries and it was really hard to get

the team together and running smoothly,” howard said. “now we’re taking the steps to getting back to where we expect to be.” all three played in the past three matches, but none are 100 percent healthy and were limited in playing time. Graf believes they should all be close to all the way back by their next matches on Saturday, Sept. 22.

“It’s awesome to look forward to having them all the way back against our next conference opponents,” Graf said. “now that they have some time under their belts, it will be a lot smoother.” as the team comes back to full strength, abraham said she expects the team to improve on their third-place ranking in the SlIac. “We want to be back in irst place,” abraham said. “We need to play hard together as a team. I think we can doso. We are excited.”

Webster continues its string of conference matches with two Sept. 22 matches at home against Fontbonne university and Westminster college.

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he Webster men’s soccer team had an improbable run at the end of its 2011 season. he Gorloks sneaked into the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament on the last day of the regular season and knocked of topseeded Westminster College in the irst round. hey did not complete their quest as they fell short in the championship match, losing to Greenville college 2-0. he Gorloks return eight starters from last year’s squad for 2012. Bringing back that much of a team that came within one game of winning the conference can give reason for optimism.

I know it’s early in the season, but so far the Gorloks haven’t disappointed. hey currently own a 3-2 record. heir irst loss came at the hands of loras college, the fourth-ranked team nationally in ncaa Division III. he Gorloks sufered their second loss this past Saturday when North Central College took advantage of a red card on Webster midielder Mike Wells and scored the gamewinning goal while Webster had one less player on the ield.

While it’s a team efort for Webster so far, two key players have stepped up early on. One is a irst-year starter looking to make a name for himself. he other are, a reliable veteran and star player seeking a bounce-back year.

Sophomore Brian Woodward is a irst-year starter in goal for Webster and has already proven that he is up to the task. Woodward has started all ive games for the Gorloks and has recorded shutouts in two of them. his work in net earned him the SlIac Men’s Soccer Defensive player of the Week award for the irst week of the season.

Woodward spent last season as the backup to alex cupp, who graduated last spring. When he did get in goal last season, Woodward posted a save percentage of .675 and allowed an average of 2.12 goals per game (cupp’s save percentage was .829 last season as he allowed 0.97 goals per game).

In his irst year starting, Woodward has improved his numbers as his save percentage sits at .757. he is allowing an average of 1.83 goals per game. and, keep in mind, the Gorloks haven’t faced a SlIac opponent yet, and Webster’s history of scheduling tough nonconference opponents is well documented. he other player commanding attention is senior forward clint carder. carder’s sophomore campaign was one of the best Webster ever saw. he posted 15 goals in 2010, a mark that only four other men’s soccer players in Webster’s history have reached.

In 2011, carder took a step back. he scored only seven goals. he still led the team in goals scored, but did not match the numbers he showed he was capable of during his sophomore season. carder looks like he has regained his scoring touch early this year. he leads the team in goals, scoring four in the Gorloks’ irst ive games. his fast start was recognized as he stood alongside Woodward, earning the irst SlIac Men’s Soccer Ofensive Player of the Week award of the 2012 season.

If Woodward can keep up his stellar play, and Carder resurrects the potent goalscoring of 2010, the Gorloks will ind themselves primed to make a promising run at the SlIac title again.

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID NASH AND BRITTANY RUESS Left to right: Megan Morrison, Sam Kersting, Jordan Vehlewald, Jenny Howard, Kristen McDowell, Rachel Hays and Allie O’Toole. All of these players are part of a sophomore class Howard hopes can “win the conference title all four years.”

Sophomores not pictured: Emily Ratkewicz and Mason Finch.

Volleyball coach hopes sophomore group can repeat success of ‘09 With help from upperclassmen and 8 freshmen, ‘extremely talented’ sophomores want to win 4 SLIAC titles

By Ava Roesslein Staf Writer

In 2009, the Webster University volleyball team completed a streak of four consecutive St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, an accomplishment this year’s sophomore class is striving for. his season, Webster has 23 players on the roster, nine of which are sophomores. Six of the sophomores came in as freshmen, while three of them are new transfer students.

Coach Merry Graf always considered the class of 2009 to be her best recruiting class, but she now hopes to be able to say that about her current group of sophomores. he coaches and players know they will have to work together as a team to accomplish their goals. “he sophomore class is extremely talented, but they couldn’t be what they are without the other players on the team,” assistant coach Abby Williams said. “I deinitely think that this year we are expecting this team to win the conference, go to the NCAA tournament, and even further than that for the irst time in school history.”

Returning veterans his sophomore class has an ad-

vantage in having three assistant coaches who have played in highstake title games before. Both Ashley Scanio and Williams were setters for the 2009 class that won four straight SLIAC championships.

Megan Floarke played volleyball for Webster from 2005 to 2007.

Each of the assistant coaches has a diferent role in helping the team on the court. Williams works more with the setters and travels with the team on all their trips. Floarke mostly works with the hitters and Scanio mainly runs the camps and summer activities. he players, like senior setter Sami Murray, realize how important it is to have experienced coaches to guide them along the way.

Murray is one of only two seniors for the Gorloks this season, but she was a part of the team in 2009 that completed the long streak of SLIAC titles. Murray got the opportunity to experience part of the 2009 title runs irsthand. Murray played alongside Williams.

“She (Williams) deinitely knows what she’s talking about,” Murray said. “She’s very knowledgeable. It’s great to have her there to really help because she’s been in our shoes.”

he 2009 legacy One of the players that Williams worked so well with during her time at Webster was outside hitter Jackie Schall, a member of the class of ‘09.

Before Webster, the two had played together since they were 17. Graf was an assistant coach on the club volleyball team Schall and Williams played on for two years before coming to Webster. Graf said having an established relationship helped in getting them to play for the Gorloks.

Once they started playing at Webster, Williams and Schall began a streak that brought them titles for four years. For Williams, it was easier for her to stay focused during her junior and senior year because she knew it was coming to an end.

During the 2009 season (Schall’s and Williams’ senior years), Graf said there was a turning point in the year that turned their season around.

Originally, the team had planned to go to California over fall break. he tournament, however, was canceled early, taking the players instead to Ohio. here, they played Carthage College, Heidelberg University and Wittenberg University.

Graf said at least two of the three teams were nationally ranked, and even though the Gorloks lost all three

contests, it gave the team conidence knowing they could compete with highly skilled teams.

“It was one of those things where I knew there was a chance we might go out there and drop all three games, and I knew as a coach it could either kill us or it’s gonna help us,” Graf said.

“Because they’re going to see that they can play with this competition, and when we get home we’re gonna cruise through the rest of our conference schedule.”

When they got home, the Gorloks advanced to play Greenville College for the conference championship. he games went back and forth until the match eventually went to a deciding ith set.

Schall still remembers the inal moments of the last set, putting the closing stamp on a 15-13 victory.

“We were all screaming and she (Williams) ran over and jumped up into my arms and it was an amazing moment for us,” Schall said.

Repeating history Having been on the 2009 team, Murray knows what it’s going to take to get the 2012 team back to the title match. he last two times the Gorloks have made it to the NCAA Tournament (2009 and 2011), they have

been knocked out in the irst round

by Washington University. But the players are conident that they can overcome that, and sophomore outside hitter Jenny Howard believes the sophomores can bring another four straight titles back to Webster.

“We have a really large group of sophomores and everyone is talented,” Howard said. “Every one of our sophomores can contribute at the varsity level, so I think the future is really bright. We can be like Abby’s class and win the conference title all four years.”

he current Gorlok squad took on three conference opponents this past week. Turn to page 8 for coverage of Webster University volleyball.

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Marathon man: Webster alumnus has run marathons on all 7 continents Tony Reed was the first African-American to accomplish the seven-marathons-on-seven-continents feat pounds, which Reed said is very heavy for a marathoner, Reed is one of about 225 people to have run marathons on all seven continents. He has run 50 marathons in Texas and completed a marathon in Australia on his 50th birthday. Reed currently lives in Dallas, though he said he’s been to Webster and St. Louis several times since he graduated from the university.

Reed said he also developed interest in triathlons because his wife, Deborah, has completed four of the swimming/ biking/running events. Reed promised Deborah Reed that once he runs a marathon in all 50 U.S. states — a goal he hopes to inish by next year — he will participate in a half-Ironman event with her.

“Running marathons has basically told me that I can do anything I put my mind to,” Reed said. “Last year, I decided I wanted to get to the point where I could swim a mile, and I was able to do that. To be 56 years old and able to

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Webster University alumnus Tony Reed encountered numerous wild animals — including rhinos, cheetahs and fur seals — en route to becoming the irst African-American to run marathons on all seven continents.

Reed went toe-to-toe with penguins in Antarctica: “You smell them about 200 yards before you get to them,” he said.

Reed prepared for the worst when humpback whales circled the tiny boat carrying him and other runners prior to the start of the Antarctica Marathon.

One of the whales swam under Reed’s boat and tapped the bottom of it before harmlessly gliding away.

But for Reed, the most frightening confrontation with a predator came in June 2007, when he inished his sevenmarathons-on-seven-continents journey by running the Safaricom Lewa Marathon in Kenya. Reed had spotted rhinos, zebras and cheetahs roaming the area earlier in the day, but he and his running partner weren’t prepared for what they saw next.

“We were running along and an animal literally came lying out of the tall grass on one side and ran across to the tall grass on the other side,” Reed said. “We were startled. We came to a complete stop because in our minds we’re thinking, ‘Something might be chasing that animal.’

“We just kind of looked at each other. Do we turn and go back the other way? Do we wait here and see what’s going on? We hesitated and waited and nothing came ater us, so we continued on the race. hat was scary. It was just a blur.”

Reed’s running adventures have taken him from the top of the Great Wall of China to the streets of Paris and Amsterdam. Reed, 57, began running marathons in 1982 and has completed 116 of the 26.2-mile races over the past 30 years.

Reed, a 1978 Webster graduate, talked about how he’s applied lessons learned from running to his professional career as a CPA and in Information Technology during a hursday, Sept. 13 presentation at the East Aca-

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If you put me in a box, I’ll probably end up getting out of it. I’ve done so many things that I’m not supposed to do or the odds are deinitely not in my favor.

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COURTESY OF TONY REED Webster alumnus Tony Reed poses for a photo in Antarctica in 2007 at the starting line of the Antarctica Marathon. Reed encountered humpback whales, fur seals and penguins during the race. Reed is one of about 225 people who have completed marathons on all seven continents.

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put in a box” have kept him running marathons into his 50s.

“If you put me in a box, I’ll probably end up getting out of it,” Reed said. “I’ve done so many things that I’m not supposed to do or the odds are deinitely not in my favor. For example, at the time I took the CPA exam, there was an article out that said 0.6 percent of the CPAs in the U.S. were African-American. For me to go into the CPA realizing that it was just that few of us would have scared some people away.

“But I looked at it and said, ‘Well, the odds of inding an African-American in this country who have run a marathon is an even smaller percentage. So if I can run a marathon, I can pass the CPA exam.’”

swim a mile, that’s pretty remote.”

Reed, who has six children and ive grandchildren with Deborah Reed, intends on running well into the future. hough Reed has run marathons on all seven continents, there is one place he has yet to set foot on, one place he has yet to conquer. “here are about (225) people in the world that have run marathons on all seven continents,” Reed said. “here are six people in the world who have done those two plus run a marathon on the North Pole. I thought about it; I’ve never been to the North Pole. Why not give it a shot?”

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demic Building. Reed has more than 25 years of management experience and said he’s had fewer than ive people quit while they were working for him.

Reed develops passion for running Reed was born and raised in St. Louis and graduated from John Burroughs School in St. Louis in 1973. He earned degrees in mathematics and management from Webster, though he admitted he found time to “spin records at some of the Webster parties.”

When Reed was 8, he was diagnosed with a prediabetic condition. He was told he’d have to go on insulin at some point in his life. But to this day, Reed has never taken insulin, as his active lifestyle and determination to not “be

Reed played soccer and ran track and cross-country in high school. He fell in love with the sport of running when he discovered its health beneits.

He said he runs every single day and has jogged more than 36,000 miles during his running career. “(Running) is inexpensive. It doesn’t require a lot of equipment — shoes, shorts, socks and a shirt,” Reed said.

“I can do it anywhere, and I can do it anytime — day or night — and in any country. I remember reading early on that you can burn more calories running in one hour than you can just about everything.”

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Pratt trick: freshman leads Webster in rout of IWC After 2-0 loss to Rose-Hulman, freshman’s 3 goals paces women’s soccer in 11-0 victory

By Ava Roesslein Staf Writer

Freshman forward Lauren Pratt scored three goals, giving her a hat trick in the Webster University women’s soccer team’s 11-0 thrashing of Iowa Wesleyan College (IWC) on Sunday, Sept. 16 at St. Louis Soccer Park.

Webster went into haltime with a 3-0 lead over the Tigers with goals scored by sophomore forward Kristin Montgomery, Pratt and junior midielder Kelsey Tsukayama. While the Gorloks outshot the Tigers 19-0, they also had a total of 16 ofsides going into haltime.

Coach Luigi Scire said the ofside calls were due to the Tigers’ backield setting up a trap to cheat and go forward. But the Gorloks made an adjustment at haltime.

“I think the players did a really great job the second half of bettertimed runs and better execution,” Scire said. “I was really pleased at how they ran the ofense the second half.”

Coming out of haltime, the Gorloks went to work. Webster consistently put pressure on IWC and scored seven goals within a 20-minBRITTANY RUESS / he Journal ute span. he Gorloks also spread the Freshman forward Lauren Pratt kicks the ball down the ield against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at St. Louis ball around, as seven diferent players Soccer Park. In the next game against Iowa Wesleyan College, Pratt collected a hat trick and an assist, giving her ive goals so far in 2012. scored goals. “hat’s what I love about this team he Gorloks showed an example man defender Jessica Mess scored with Pratt inished with her best statis— they’re extremely unselish,” Scire tical game as a Gorlok with the three said. “It’s not ‘Me, me, me — I’ve got of that when junior forward Jordan about 17 minutes let to play.

“We knew what we had to do, and I goals and one assist. She had been to score.’ It’s ‘We as a team have to be Fosburgh scored with 25 minutes let successful, and we’ve got to do what- in the game. On the inal goal of the think we moved the ball well and in- dealing with a groin injury in the pregame, she took the assist while fresh- ished well today,” Pratt said. season, but has since healed and gained ever it takes.’”

back her speed.

Another player the team has a lot of assurance in is sophomore goalie Jessica Davis. While Davis only had to face a total of three shots in the game, this is her third shutout in four games this season. Davis gives credit to the team’s defense for her success this season.

“Not a lot of shots come at me, so I pick up what they (the defense) can’t do,” Davis said. “It’s a team efort.” he only game where Davis didn’t have a shutout in the last four games was Wednesday, Sept. 12. he Gorloks lost at home to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Ind.) 2-0.

Webster gave up two quick goals in three minutes in the irst half and wasn’t able to recover. he Gorloks only managed four shots on goal against the Engineers. But the loss gave them added motivation for the game against IWC (see below for more information about IWC’s transition from the NAIA to the NCAA).

With the split in games, the Gorloks progress to 4-2 on the season. Webster’s next matchup is against Millikin University on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. in Decatur, Ill. he Gorloks then return to the Soccer Park to face North Central College (Ill.) on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m.

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Iowa Wesleyan College continues exploratory year Athletic administrators of future SLIAC school will attend meeting to determine next steps to NCAA membership

By Tim Doty Sports Editor

he St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is on pace to grow to 10 members as Iowa Wesleyan College (IWC) progresses toward NCAA membership. he school, located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, has an undergraduate enrollment of about 850 students and has 12 intercollegiate sports. he IWC Tigers are currently an NAIA Division-II member and are in the Midwest Collegiate Conference. here are currently nine members of the SLIAC, with Webster Univesrity being a

1989 charter member.

IWC submitted its application for exploratory NCAA membership in January. he NCAA, whose headquarters are located in Indianapolis, must accept schools applying for membership. Once accepted, the institution must complete an exploratory academic year, which in IWC’s case is 20122013.

Linda Buchanan, vice president and dean for Student Life at IWC, said IWC will attend a meeting in Indianapolis regarding its exploratory year on Wednesday, Sept. 19.

“Sept. 19 is really the oicial kickof of our exploratory period,” Buchanan said. “And we’re

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very much looking forward to that meeting.”

Ater the initial exploratory year, IWC would have to participate in a provisional year.

SLIAC Commissioner Will Wolper said not only is IWC fulilling requirements, but it is doing so quickly. “hey are meeting all the re-

quirements that are required of exploratory members,” Wolper said. “In fact, they are going to use the exploratory year to, as much as possible, complete all the requirements of provisional year one so they can try to stay a year ahead.”

Buchanan said the NCAA will provide IWC with more details at the meeting on Sept.

19. his would be the next step in transitioning to the NCAA from the NAIA, a process which could take up to ive years.

“Our hope and our intent is to do everything to the letter of the NCAA law, so to speak, and earn a waiver year or two,” Buchanan said. “We will do ev-

erything as expeditiously and thoroughly as possible and hope for the best in that regard.

But, obviously, that’s down the line.”

Webster is scheduled to play the Tigers in two sports — volleyball and sotball — this academic year ater playing IWC women’s soccer on Sunday, Sept. 16 (see story above). IWC will also go up against other SLIAC schools, which would be nonconference events, in crosscountry and men’s golf.

“I’ve had many conversations with them regarding their internal operations that they need to change going forward from NAIA to NCAA,” Wolper said. “hey’re really focused

on that. From a conference perspective, we’re maintaining contact with them, but there’s no ailiation between the conference and them this year other than a few schools who took it upon themselves to schedule nonconference games against them.”

In other SLIAC news, Spalding University (Ky.) announced Sept. 13 that it is oicially an NCAA Division-III member ater a six-year transition period. Brian Clinard, Spalding’s sports information director, said the Golden Eagles can now participate in SLIAC championships.

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