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Dating in the palm of your hand A real-world dating app that matches you with nearby singles Leah Kelley Editor-in-Chief Kelley.90@wright.edu
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He’s on Tinder,” she said. “He’s single!” What the heck was Tinder? Was it some psychedelic drug, or a new medication? After further exploration I learned that it was not a dangerous street drug, but rather a dating app that used GPS to locate
other Tinder-users nearby, and there was no random messaging from creeps. One simply views a profile, and if they like what they see, they swipe right. If not, they swipe left. If the other person also swipes right, it’s a match. Simple? Absolutely. Like all dating apps, politics are involved. With Tinder, there are two kinds of users. Half the population of users are looking for an
easy hook-up, while the other half are looking for a real life relationship. That leads to the main issue with Tinder (and in life?): finding a person who wants the same thing as you. Chances are that half the time you make a match, he other person will want casual sex while you are looking for someone to wine, dine and marry you. The same issues that exist with
real dating exist within Tinder, except with Tinder you have nothing to lose. Many students use Tinder to strike up conversations with singles nearby, and then meet them later on a date. Like all dates, some end in disaster, and some end in love. Readers submitted stories of Tinder failures, successes and downright weird conversations they’ve had.
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OPINION From disappointed to impressed, my journey with Taylor Swift Leah Kelley Editor-in-Chief Kelley.90@wright.edu
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Dear Mandy, How do I get Justin Bieber to notice me? I’ve sent him e-mails and letters and commented on all his Instagrams, no response. I’m anxious for the day I can gently caress his firm glutes and tell him that he’s my love. How do I remain patient until we meet and he realizes his mutual feelings for me? Give me advice, please!
ith four albums under her belt, Swift has finally moved away from hopeful “Juliet in search of Romeo” inspired songs. Instead, she’s trading them in for more mature, darker lyrics with a hint of funky, electropop that we haven’t heard before. Albums previously laden with first kiss ballads have morphed into “1989,” which is Swift’s first exclusive pop album. With each lyric of the 13-song album, Swift embraces a “haters gonna hate,” reckless abandon that was all but expected of her new album. With synthesizers and drum machines galore, the new tracks are multi-layered. “Out of the Woods” is particularly hard to sit through, as Swift repeats “Are we out of the woods yet?” a whopping total of 29 times in a style that is reminiscent of Enya and some African war chant. Part of me wonders if she’s just conforming to the pop music that bogs down my radio, or if she’s actually twisting pop music into something different, something new. Unlike most, Swift uses her swing to pop music as her declaration of independence, when it’s usually the other way around. While a few songs on the album are difficult for me to listen to as a Swift fan, others fulfill everything I ever thought I needed from her. They’re poppy, electric and the real-life lyrics that made her famous have done anything but disappear.
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Let’s begin with the obvious question: Why on earth would you want to touch Justin Bieber’s butt—sorry—his glutes? How do you know his bottom is firm since it’s hidden so well behind that baggy denim? Maybe your imagination is playing tricks on you, and you somehow are seeing a butt oasis that isn’t there in real life. It’s really just a shimmering mirage, far in the distance. A butt mirage. It’s time to take a long, cold drink of reality and get back to civilization. Love, Mandy
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love “1989” because it makes me want to dance. The CD player in my car has truly never been happier. The windows are down, the volume is up, and all the drivers in the cars at every stoplight are staring because I am singing at the top of my lungs and I’m dancing as much as I can behind the restraint of my seat belt. The catchy tunes run through my head all day and I seem to annoy everyone around me by singing “Shake It Off” constantly. I’ve enjoyed watching Taylor’s transformation over the years in her lyrics and style, and her new CD does not disappoint. @wsuguardian
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Liberal arts students Changes in the Center for given internship Teaching and Learning affect opportunities teachers and students alike Alan Hieber News Writer Hieber.2@wright.edu
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he College of Liberal Arts (CoLA) offers a variety of internship opportunities that can offer a potential prelude to students’ future careers. COLA students might be unaware of the internship opportunities available to them, as Vice President for Career & Workforce Development Joseph Slater explains.
“Often, when an employer comes looking for students, they are not necessarily looking for the kinds of students that we assume.”
“Clearly, professional degrees do specify the types of jobs they are going to do. The other degrees have broader more generalist takes, and there are a slew of different opportunities jobs for them, and these employers come looking,” said Slater. “Often, when an employer comes looking for students, they are not necessarily looking for the kinds of students that we assume.” If a student, no matter the major, struggles to obtain an internship, learning an appropriate strategy is vital, according to Slater. “If students are having difficulty finding internships, they often need to become more proactive and resilient. You need a multi-pronged strategy. Career services offers a number of ways to help people get here,” Slater said. One source that CoLA students and any other student could use is Wright Search, which offers internship and resume posting. The Communication Department offers a number of internships, according to communication internship 4
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director Scott Peterson. “Currently, we have students interning with the Dayton Better Business Bureau, Green Country Libraries, and Cox Media,” said Peterson. “In the near future, we will have students working with the Dayton Demonz hockey team, Miami Valley Hospital, and the Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals (SICSA).” Peterson expects to see ten to 12 students interning in the spring, with a potential to see even more in the summer. Communication internships give students that opportunity to improve their skills. “As interns, students benefit by getting experience in the workplace, sharpening the skills they have learned in writing, public relations, or social media classes, while also putting theory into practice,” said Peterson. “Another benefit is that the internship
“The internship gives employers the opportunity to evaluate the students as potential employees.”
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he Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), meant to provide faculty the resources they need to effectively teach their material, have reconfigured their staffing to allow teachers more time to be teachers. This means better, more fluent interaction with colleges and students. The center, which engages in faculty Pilot training, instructional design for teachers who aren’t trained to teach their material in specific ways, teaching learning circles and distance learning, has appointed a new staff director, Terry Klaus, and a new faculty director in an effort to idealize the way the organization is run. The Faculty Advisory board is also new for this December. It consists of one faculty member from every college, who will make recommendations for activities in the Center. These members will also take information back to their colleges. Chris Roberts, associate director for CTL, has high
hopes for the new system. “It makes our faculty support unit way more in-touch with faculty, simply because there are now reps from each college who can let us know what’s going on in their colleges,” Roberts said. The primary push for the reconfiguration arose when it became apparent that faculty appointed to the CTL staff positions were not spending all the time they should as teachers. They were handling duties meant for a staff person—managing staff, filling time cards, etc— while sacrificing their time as teachers. “Instead of having faculty members do that, we now have a staff director,” said Roberts. Now, faculty can provide their staff time at the CTL without dealing with the day-to-day functions of being a director. “When faculty were coming into position as directors of CTL in the past, it was foreign to them,” said Terry Klaus, the appointed staff director. “It’s a culture shock,
gives employers the opportunity to evaluate the students as potential employees.” In the 2013-14 academic year, 150 internship partners in the community and internally at Wright State offered CoLA students internship opportunities. Around 200 CoLA students participated in an internship and logged nearly 25,000 hours outside the university during the same academic year.
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different to what they were expecting.” Klaus believes the faculty should be in the classroom. “We want to reduce the amount of time they spend here as staff, and promote their time here as teachers,” Klaus said. This benefits the students. “Faculty teaching their courses will be more aware of some of the options we offer in the CTL,” Roberts said. “With representation from every college, we get to know what the faculty needs are, which would naturally meet student needs.” Faculty will still influence and guide the CTL, said Klaus. “CTL is never going to be successful without a faculty member at the helm, whether it’s partially or wholly. They have to be involved.” Some of the existing faculty will also be trained in an exposé run by Roberts for the upcoming Active Learning classrooms in the New Classroom Building, currently under construction by University Hall.
NEWS 5 All you need to know about Course Studio and Pilot Taylor McKinley News Writer McKinley.25@wright.edu
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right State University utilizes two programs, Course Studio and Pilot, for professors to provide course information to students. Chris Roberts, associate director for the Center for Teaching and Learning, discussed the different aspects of each program. “Pilot is a full-fledged course management system that offers content delivery, online testing, assignment submissions, a grade book and communication tools, such as e-mail, discussions and Pilot Live. Pilot is also a flexible system and can be used to meet a variety of teaching needs. Faculty can use it to post a syllabus or other learning materials for their students; they can provide a grade book or facilitate a discussion board, or they can teach a totally online course with it. Course Studio offers some of these options like e-mail, message board, content postings and announcements, but it was not designed to be a complete course management system,” Roberts said.
Although there has been talk about Wright State utilizing a single program as its sole provider for online access to courses and course material, there have been no official plans made yet. Roberts, like many others, thinks it would be valuable to the university. “I believe it would be beneficial for faculty and students to have one course management provider, so hopefully the university will move in that direction,” Roberts said. Wright State’s Computing and Telecommunications Services, or CaTs, has informed faculty that Course Studio would be discontinued, according to Dr. Lars Soderlund, assistant professor in the department of English. “We faculty were told by CaTS that they were discontinuing Course Studio a little while ago, so we’ve all been encouraged to get off of it to make the transition easier. I think CaTS tried to hang onto it as long as they could, but it does not seem sustainable when most people have switched to Pilot and most students know Pilot’s interface better than CaTS,” Soderlund said. Because of this information,
Soderlund explained his preference for Pilot. “For my part, I found Course Studio to be much easier to use, but I’m now finding a way to use Pilot’s features since learning of Course Studio’s imminent demise. Software is not always chosen because of a universal need for it; sometimes it is chosen because it is available and the greatest number of people are basically okay with it,” Soderlund said. Although the trend seems to be that most professors and students prefer Pilot, some still choose Course Studio as their preferred method of course communication due to its simplicity. A faculty member in the department of English explained their preference for Course Studio. “Since Course Studio meets my instructional needs—posting course documents and the occasional link to a website— I see no reason at this time to switch to Pilot, which seems to be plagued by major technical problems at the start of every semester. I also think Pilot has an unnecessarily complicated interface,” the professor said.
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Weirdest classes of the spring semester Zara Qureshi Features Writer Qureshi.15@wright.edu
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ost of the classes offered during the spring semester are typical college courses in math, biology, English and other subjects, but there are some classes on the list that stand out as unique. One of these classes is “Scuba and Skin: Open Water,” where students can learn how to scuba dive and also skin dive, using a snorkel to breathe while underwater instead of an air tank, through the classroom and pool work. Kenneth Charpie, who will teach the class next semester, talked more about what the class entails. “The class involves learning about the physics of breathing compressed air at depth, the physiological effects that has or can have on your body and how to safely manage the dive time and amount of time spent on the surface between dives,” Charpie said. After students complete the class, they will have the opportunity to obtain a scuba
certification from the National Association of Underwater Instructors. The class is open to all majors and anyone who is interested in scuba diving. Charpie also explained though, that the class is useful for some specific careers. “The experience can be useful in a number of career fields,” Charpie said. “Marine biologists are well-served to be divers. Other career fields include paleontology, marine archeology, police and fire fighters.” Another class that is unique this upcoming semester is “Social Media and Brand,” a communications course on social media offered to juniors and seniors of all majors. In the class, students learn about a variety of social media information such as blogging, marketing and social media analytics for their personal and business brand. They also will have the opportunity to create a social media campaign. It is probably one of the only courses that encourages being on social media during class time. Ike Brunner, who co-teaches the
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course with Russ Shirley, said social media posting is a major part of the course. “Posting is a big part of the class,” Brunner said. “We have a hashtag for the course, which is #DDWSU. We generate hundreds of posts a week. The class helps students learn to use social media in a more productive way, which is one of the main points of the course.” “Zombies and Gender in Pop Culture” also sticks out from other courses. The women’s studies course will focus on how zombie TV shows and films explore gender and other topics. “We will be exploring how zombie tales in television and film are participating in social discourses of gender, race, class, sexual orientation and nationality,” said Andrea Harris, the course instructor. Some of the works students will watch in the class are the TV show the “Walking Dead” and the films “Resident Evil” and “Night of the Living Dead.” @wsuguardian
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Review: “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
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American Horror Story” is in the fourth year of its run, but this season might just top them all. The season opener,
“Monsters Among Us,” introduces a vivid cast of characters settling in Jupiter, Fla., in 1952. Among the members of a carnival-style sideshow are characters played by AHS regulars like Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Jessica Lange, but the truly chilling part of the story is the other new arrival: Twisty the Clown. For those who don’t have even the slightest twinge of clown anxiety, the name sounds slightly ridiculous. How could anything be that scary? Though disgustingly stereotypical, Twisty is indeed an evil clown, though his motives remain unclear. Does he just like to murder people or is he in search of a captive audience for his new act (or both)? While the “evil clown” is done to death, it seems to fit with the carnival theme of the new season, even though Twisty isn’t part of the
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sideshow and it’s almost too much of a coincidence that he shows up at the same time to terrorize the town. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect so far is the introduction in the third episode “Edward Mordrake,” of Emma Roberts as Maggie Esmeralda, a fauxfortuneteller who appears to be casing the joint. In the first installment of this Halloween two-parter, Esmeralda and her partner, Stanley, are con artists looking for their next “authentic” museum piece—a subject that takes on a particularly sinister tone, since it is first discussed in a gallery of bones and suspicious-looking jars. While Esmeralda seems uneasy around the other performers, Stanley worries only about “the size of the jar [he] has to get.” The members of the troupe are a mixed bag. The back-
and-forth between Bet and Dot, a pair of conjoined twins with warring personalities, is particularly well-written and Lange as Elsa Mars, the showrunner with dreams of fame, leaps from achingly sad to ruthlessly professional. Kathy Bates plays Ethel Darling, the troupe’s “bearded lady.” Her accent, frustratingly difficult to place and, at times, to understand, takes away from her sensitive portrayal of a mother struggling with guilt. Creators Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy, who also created “Glee”—go figure—may have outdone themselves with the setting. The circus is eerie and opulent, just run-down enough to be stunning. However, AHS is known for its title sequences, and this season’s is a bust, using lots of obviously CGI effects when there are few in the actual
show. Overall, “American Horror Story: Freak Show” is a good thrill with a talented cast of characters, though at times the writing can be a little clichéd.
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Not what I expected
According to 116 WSU Students surveyed
“There was a guy in one of my classes who I thought was really cute. We matched on Tinder and started talking, and I was super excited, but he started getting a lot dirtier than I expected. When we went out for drinks, he was nothing like I hoped. We left that date, and I don’t miss him one bit.” Banana Hammock
“One time I was messing with this guy I met on Tinder and he was obviously into it because he said, “This would be easier on Skype.” I was sending VAGUELY dirty messages. When I went home and went to bed and I got a text that said, “Hurry babe, call me,” and I got him to send me a photo of him in his bright yellow underwear.” Neither Here nor There
“I met a girl on Tinder, but there was no chemistry between us. We ended up going out for drinks, and we’ve actually become pretty good friends.” Boyfriend Material
“I got Tinder because all my friends were getting it. I matched with three guys, then handed the phone to my brother and told him to choose one for me to start talking to. The guy he chose is my current boyfriend!”
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The Blueberry Café Andrea Schaaf Contributing Writer Schaaf.13@wright.edu
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nown for their delicious breakfast menu and warm hospitality, the Blueberry Café is frequented by all kinds of people. From Dayton television anchors to local farmers, the Café is enjoyed by anyone and everyone. On its simple and fairly priced menu, the restaurant offers typical breakfast items, omelets, Mammoth Muffins and freshbaked quiche, among other items. When visiting the Blueberry Café for lunch, be sure to try a “BBC signature,” a freshly chopped salad, or a sandwich with a side of homemade potato chips. Just be sure to get there early enough to grab a seat: tables at the Blueberry Café fill up fast. Blueberry Café and its owners have been in business for over 10 years, keeping their food fresh and their customers com-
ing back. Although it may seem that they always have a full house for breakfast and lunch, the Blueberry Café successfully maintains a small dining room of approximately fifteen tables, allowing for a more home-style dining experience. Students appreciate the Blueberry Café for its delicious food and reasonable prices. Sarah Spitzer, a Wright State junior, is in agreement. “Eating at the café is always enjoyable, it is a quaint restaurant that just seems to keep becoming more and more popular,” Spitzer said. Though small, the Blueberry Café is a treat for the Dayton community. Open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day of the week and during evening hours from 5 to 8 on Fridays, the Blueberry Café offers fantastic service, though sometimes a bit of a wait.
A brunch cafe located in Bellbrook
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New Greek org to focus on helping veterans, wounded soldiers Zara Qureshi Features Writer Qureshi.15@wright.edu
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he newest sorority to join Wright State’s Greek life is Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII). The organization’s national philanthropy is arthritis research, but WSU’s chapter of AOII will especially focus on helping veterans and wounded soldiers. Current president of AOII Haley Mruz explained why it is important for the chapter to support military individuals. “We are right next to the military base and veterans are a big part of people’s lives here,” Mruz said. “They are the heroes of our community, so we want to something really big in support of them and their families such as a ‘Wounded Warrior Dash,’ a big field day.”
AOII was selected in April 2013 to become the university’s seventh sorority. It joins Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, Phi Sigma Rho, Theta Phi Alpha and Zeta Tau Alpha. President of the Panhellenic Council (PHC), the governing body of WSU sororities, Katie McGrath talked about what it’s like to have AOII become part of WSU.
“They are the heroes of our community, so we want to something really big in support of them and their families .”
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“Having AOII come on campus has been really exciting,” McGrath said. “I feel that our community has really come together in support of something bigger than ourselves. We all want as many women as possible to find a home away from home, and AOII has opened another door to making that happen.” AOII recently became a full chapter with the induction of 54 members. Members pledged to AOII and were pinned with sorority badges and at the Colonization Ceremony on Oct. 8. After that, AOII will have an installation ceremony, where members will be officially initiated by the international president on Jan. 24. AOII also plans to participate in Raiderthon, a
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dance marathon at WSU which raises money for the Dayton Children’s Hospital, and has already raised over $700 for the event. Mruz hopes to have more on campus events and include not just fraternities and sororities, but many other organizations, students and community members as well.
“I feel that our community has really come together in support of something bigger than ourselves.”
“We want to be a very inclu-
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sive organization,” Mruz said. “Everyone here is impacted by military life in some way, so we want to involve all WSU students and the community. AOII is more than just a sorority. We are a group of people who want to be leaders and bring change on campus.” “We are an opportunity for students to get more involved and make connections on campus,” Mruz said. “Students who did not find a fit with the other sororities may find a place in AOII instead. As a new organization, we can do something new and different on campus. We want to bring a new perspective on campus and just keep evolving Wright State.”
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SPORTS 9 Men’s soccer: Raiders clinch tourney spot in dramatic win Justin Boggs Sports Editor Boggs.59@wright.edu
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right State clinched a berth into the Horizon League Championships following the Raiders’ 2-1 win versus UIC last Saturday that marked WSU’s first win over UIC in a decade. Wright State avenged its loss Photo By: Nick Hoffman from the Horizon League semifinals last season against UIC. WSU head coach Bryan Davis said he was happy to finally beat UIC, but the program’s history versus the Flames was not something he emphasized before Saturday’s match. It was Davis’ first win over UIC since joining the program in 2009. “We have had great years and lost to them,” Davis said. “They have done well historically. For me, I pulled the monkey off my back; it is nice to finally beat every team in the conference.” The Raiders and Flames Photo By: Johanna Schmitz played an evenly matched first half that gave way to an energetic second half. “I can’t be more proud of the energy and the belief of this “We had about an 18 minute group,” Davis said. After a 1-1 score at halftime, lull in the second half,” Ferguson said. “We’re still learning how to play calm and finish a game and not panic.” It was not until the 84th minute when senior Natalie Sedlock put the game away with a breakaway goal to lift WSU to a 2-0 advantage. “It felt like we were panicking so that goal put us at ease,” Sed- Greg Felder Sports Writer lock said. Felder.3@wrght.edu Last Saturday’s win keeps the Raiders tied for sixth place in he Wright State men’s and the Horizon League standings. women’s cross country WSU is one of five teams bat- teams will be traveling to Kenotling for the final four spots in sha, Wisc. this weekend for the the Horizon League Champion- Horizon League Championships ships. and will look to finish the year Wright State’s regular season strong and place high in the finale is Friday at Oakland. If the conference. Raiders win, they will clinch at Both teams are young, but top-four seed and host a first- have shown improvements round match in the Horizon throughout the year and bright League tournament. A tie en- moments showing a promising sures both Oakland and WSU a future for both teams. spot in the conference tournaOne of those bright moments ment. A loss means WSU’s sea- was the meet in Peoria, Ill. at son likely comes to a close. the Bradley Classic. Nick Durkee “It is a big one, it will be in- led the men’s team with a time teresting,” Sedlock said. “The se- of 26:57 in the 8K race. Durkee niors would really like [having is a sophomore who walkedanother home game]. It would on the team as a freshman and be an advantage having it here.” now, according to Coach Fabien
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n a contest that Wright State head coach Pat Ferguson said his squad had to win, the Raiders dispatched firstyear Horizon League member UIC 2-0 Saturday in WSU’s 2014 home finale. The Raiders outshot the Flames 25-5 for the contest with 17 of WSU’s shots attmpeted in the first half. “I put pressure on them and for the young kids, the kids coming back next year, it is good to be put in that position,” Ferguson said. “We have to win, there is no tomorrow.” WSU’s Bryce Hueber scored off a free kick from 20 yards in the eighth minute after teammate Paige Aguilera drew a foul. Hueber’s goal held up as match’s lone goal for the majority of the match. WSU struggled to match the same intensity it had in the first half when the Raiders outshot the Flames 17-1 in the half. While UIC had a lot of the possession in the second half, the Flames were unable to get any quality chances on goal.
the Raiders played a dominating half of soccer outshooting the Flames 13-4 in the second culminating in a Peguy Ngatcha goal. Ngatcha took a cross from Eric Lynch and beat all UIC defenders to lift WSU to a 2-1 lead in the 68th. “I am killing him, getting in
“I can’t be more proud of the energy and the belief of this group.”
his face at halftime and he is talking to me and he is unconfident and you know what he does? He puts the game-winner away,” Davis said about Ngatcha. “That is belief.” “This game was really important for us,” Ngatcha said. “I really liked the group and how we reacted. The first half wasn’t quite what we expected. We came back, got our confidence back and we finished the game well.” Davis said the team received a spark off the bench from Avery Ball who assisted Ngatcha in his
goal. “It was a team effort,” Ball said. “For us, it was a must win. We wanted to control our own fait that we’re going to be in the tournament. That was extremely important to put everything on the line.” Wright State got on the board first as Eric Lynch’s free kick bounced off the crossbar but landed on the foot of defender Jake Stovall who buried his fifth tally of the season in the 29th minute. UIC responded eight minutes later with a goal of its own as Sergio Fuentes tallied from inside the box to knot the game at one. UIC outshot WSU 5-3 in the first half. Wright State concludes its Horizon League slate Saturday at Oakland. A win gives WSU a good opportunity to host a firstround matchup on Nov. 10. “Definitely having another game here at home is extremely important,” Ball said. “We are so used to our field and we have a great record at home.” The Raiders went 8-1 at Alumni Field during the regular season.
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runner on the team. The Bradley Classic was a high point for the women’s team who is hitting its stride of late. WSU finished the race with three of its runners posting top 10 times in program history for the 6K. Sophomore Alexandra Brown led the way with a time of 23:01; the third fastest time in WSU history. Corbillon said Brown has been the MVP of the team so far this season, and has a really good chance of being a first-team all conference runner this season. Brittany Bailey followed Brown at 23:13 and Vanessa Hopwood at 23:33, who Corbillon also expects to have a chance at being honored this year. “They’ve already done more than we could hope for. The girls are very young, we have no seniors. But I think this year www.theguardianonline.com
we have the potential to finish higher than any women’s team has ever finished at the League Championships,” said Corbillon. The runner to keep an eye on for the Raiders at the League Championships this year is freshman Andrew Lake. He has led all runners for Wright State at a couple of meets already this season. “I think that within the next couple of years, Andrew will be the number one runner in the Horizon League, and he may eventually be the best runner ever at Wright State,” said Corbillon. The Raiders took a shorthanded roster to the Cedarville Open this past Friday as a warm-up meet before the League Championship. The Horizon League Championship will be held this Saturday at noon. October 29, 2014
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hile Wright State is no longer in a multipleyear conference losing streak, the Raiders are still looking for their first Horizon League win in McLin Gym since 2011 after WSU fell to Cleveland State 3-0 last Saturday. Wright State is tied for last place in the Horizon League with a 1-8 record. As the season is slipping away, short-term goals such as reaching Horizon League Championships are starting to fade. But WSU head coach Susan Clements said she is seeing progress from her young players. “We’re very competitive,” Clements said. “(Against CSU), if we had some plays go our way or better serving opportunities, I think the match could have ended up differently. You can see that progression with this group but we just have to pound home the consistency.” Senior Ashley Langjahr said the young players around her are starting to step up. Langjahr 10
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is the only senior and one of three upperclassmen regularly in WSU’s rotation. “They have been really great about stepping up into a role,” Langjahr said. “It is not easy where they’re literally half of our team and all of them play. They have done a great job and being a part of the team to help us win.”
“With such a young team, in the next few years, once they get an actual team settled in, they will be really good.”
As her time at WSU comes to a close, Langjahr said she could help this team build for the future in the final three weeks of the season. “Knowing that we’re helping to build something for the future,” Langjahr said. “As they say, ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day.’ With such a young team, in the next few years, once they get an www.theguardianonline.com
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actual team settled in, they will be really good.” Cleveland State presented the Raiders with a tough challenge, as the Vikings were aggressive off the serve. CSU had six aces in Saturday’s contest compared to three from the Raiders. “We have to pinpoint our passing because they have a lot of veteran play with their setter and outside hitters,” Clements said. “We didn’t do that well.” The Raiders were competitive in the first set leading at one point by five. With WSU up 16-13, CSU had a trio of service aces and a kill that took the lead away from WSU. CSU took the opening set 25-20. After never leading in the second set, WSU responded with a good start to the third set with nine ties and a pair of lead changes. With the third set tied at 17, CSU went on a 7-0 run to put the set and match out of reach. For the first time all season, WSU stays home back-to-back weekends. The Raiders host Oakland on Friday. “We have been pretty road worn this year,” Clements said. “We can get our legs back under us.”
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he Wright State volleyball team is one of the youngest teams in the Horizon League, and only having two seniors, head coach Susan Clements has had to rely on the youth of her squad led by freshman Megan Hopkins. Hopkins has always had a desire for athletics, however volleyball is the sport that she fell in love with early on. “I am just a really competitive person and volleyball really brought that out in me. I love the sport and I love being a part of a team that is so close. It’s just such a fun sport and that’s why I love it,” said Hopkins. Hopkins played basketball and volleyball at Westfield High School in Carmel, Ind., where she was a four-year letterman in both sports. As much as she enjoyed playing basketball, Hopkins believed that volleyball was her calling. After an eye opening conversation with a club coach during her sophomore season, she knew she was correct. “My sophomore year in club season. That’s when my coach talked to me and asked if I was serious about it and if I wanted to play in college. That’s when it opened my eyes and was like ‘Wow I can actually play in college,’ so that’s when I started looking at schools and getting serious in the whole recruiting process,” Hopkins said. A lot of Division II schools showed interest in Hopkins early on and even a couple of Division I schools like Bradley and Miami (OH) University. Once Wright State became interested, Hopkins said that it was a no brainer where she wanted to play.
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“A lot of other Division II schools came out but Wright State was definitely my number one focus and my number one choice. When they came out to me I was so excited because it was everything that I wanted in a school. I didn’t really look at anyone else because Wright State was it for me I guess,” said Hopkins. Closeness to family and the size of the school were the two main factors that led to Hopkins decision to become a Raider. “My goal was to play DI college volleyball and that’s what Wright State offered me. Its only two hours away from my home and it’s the perfect size for me so it was honestly the perfect school,” Hopkins said. Being a freshman, Hopkins has already made an impact and her talents have already been recognized as she was named to the Chattanooga Invitational All-Tournament Team earlier on in the season. Hopkins credits some of her success early on fellow team mate, Haley Garr, who has pushed her and inspired her to play at such a high level. “I looked up to Haley Garr the most because she was such a competitive person and she has such a drive to win and she does whatever it takes. She just inspired me to also play like her,” Hopkins said. As talented as the 6-foot freshman is, Hopkins knows that it is not just her talents that will turn WSU’s volleyball team around. With many people pointing to ‘youth’ as a factor for its current record, Hopkins believes that its ‘youth’ is what is going to make the program better as time goes.
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