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erry M., otherwise known as the “Quad God,” demonstrated his views of Christian values on Wright State’s campus Tuesday causing debate and leading some students to take their frustrations out on members of his ministry. Jerry and members of his nondenominational Christian ministry located northeast of Columbus visit eight public colleges on a regular basis. Students responded by stripping clothing and singing AC/ DC’s song “Highway to Hell.” A number of students took their frustrations to Twitter during the
rally. Jerry took the criticism in stride. “That is normal wherever we go,” he said. “The Bible already tells us ahead of time that when you preach the truth, that those who do not want the truth will get angry and rise up against you.” Some students considered some of the material presented by Jerry graphic. “I want them to know the truth,” Jerry said. “I believe the truth is in the Bible.” While Jerry’s goal was to spread the word of the Bible, some stu-
dents saw Tuesday’s demonstration as homophobic and anti-Christian. WSU student Jack McGrath said he has seen similar protests on campus before, but not drawing the response that Tuesday’s demonstration caused. “I have never seen them be surrounded like this b e f o r e ,” McGrath said. W S U student Jay Holzapfel watched Tuesday’s demonstration for several hours. He thought that Jerry’s demonstration did not represent Christianity positively.
“He is not representing the majority of people who tend to be religious,” Holzapfel said.
“He is not representing the majority of people who tend to be religious,” Holzapfel said. Pictures of abortions and of planes hitting the World Trade Center were prominently displayed. “We know that people learn by using visual aids,” Jerry said. “We see those visual aids on television and billboards, and we use visual aids for people who walk by and don’t want to listen to you but they can learn something.” Holzapfel said he saw students get angry over the provocative graphics being displayed. “It’s interesting to watch because people are getting angry and rightfully so,” Holzapfel said. “There are posters that are say-
Naked chick on campus trying to argue with the quad god today. Put her clothes on. Cop showed up. Still arguing. Nothing solved. Stay tuned. ing homosexuality is a perversion and that people who died 9/11 should have repented beforehand and all these things.” Jerry said he plans on returning to WSU’s campus in several weeks. While McGrath disagreed with the content of Jerry’s message, he agreed that he should be allowed to demonstrate on campus. “They should be able to set up and express their opinion,” McGrath said. Wright State Police had a presence at Tuesday’s rally. A message was left for Wright State Chief of Police David Finnie seeking comment, but no response was received.
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You would be shocked at how common online dating is amongst college students. Tinder, OkCupid and Grindr are only a few dating/hook-up apps that are available at the tip of your fingers. Therefore, it’s not that uncommon or weird anymore to meet people online.
The beauty of online dating is that you get to talk to people online or on your phone for as long as you want before you meet them. You can gauge whether or not the guy you’re talking to is a creep through the texts and snaps you’ve sent and received from him.
When you meet in person, you’ve skipped all the fluff and you both know you’re interested in each other. If you click then you click. If you don’t, then you never have to see that guy again. Oh, the beauty. So don’t be scared of it, or even embarrassed. Online dating is often a huge success! Love,
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ost people use the term Great Britain interchangeably with England and the United Kingdom. Great Britain refers to not only England but also Wales and Scotland. In 1707 the kingdoms of England (which also encompassed modern Wales) and Scotland united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. Today, Northern Ireland is also part of this kingdom. For anyone who is not an anglophile, this is where I urge you to keep reading. On Sept. 18 there may be some massive changes occurring for all of Great Britain. After over 300 years, Scotland is voting for their independence
and may no longer be part of the United Kingdom. For the most part, the polling has shown that voting against independence is barely ahead of the vote for it. This doesn’t mean a lot for us Americans. No, unfortunately there won’t be an onslaught of burly ginger men wearing kilts flooding the world. I know. I’m sad about it too. What it would mean is that Great Britain would lose a significant part of their kingdom. This would lessen their pull in the political realm and it would completely change how their government functions. As it is, Great Britain is asking Scotland to remain as a part of the United Kingdom. They consider them
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n Sept.10, Obama delivered a speech addressing the rising threat of ISIS and what the United States plans to do in regards to their continuing terrorism. His solution: conduct air strikes across Iraq and Syria. So, on the eve of Sept. 11, 2011, it would be fair to say that America has declared yet another war over in the Middle East, if not officially then at least in theory.
I’m disappointed in Obama. He’s like the big summer blockbuster that everyone gets so hyped to see. Everyone watches in awe as dazzling previews of what’s to come flash across the big screen. People want this movie to be the next big sensation, but when summer comes around, they end up leaving disappointed and misled. They realize that this movie is no better than the dated, generic films that came before it. In the case of Obama, he is no better than George W. Bush
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to be an extremely important part of these United Nations and greatly value their involvement. Currently the vote for “no” is only a few points ahead of the “yes” vote, but the gap has slowly been closing. Only Scottish citizens have the ability to vote on this referendum so the rest of the British people have nothing to do but wait and see what way the voting turns. It’s hard to imagine how much something like this could effect a government from all the way across the pond. But these nations have been one for even longer than ours has been a country at all.
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when it comes to war strategies. What Bush did in response to the staggering amount of innocent American lives lost in the September 11 attacks was invade Iraq. And many people disagreed with this action; I was one of those people. Now we have ISIS beheading an American journalist, and President Obama’s response is to wage war on Iraq. The similarity here can’t be ignored, though many would like to think that this time is different. If this action continues, we’re going to be entering another war with Iraq instead of ending the war in the Middle East as Obama promised at the beginning of his campaign, and that is something that the American people simply cannot afford.
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4 WRIGHT LIFE WSU to commemorate 100th anniversary of WWI Zara Qureshi Features Writer Qureshi.15@wright.edu
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t has been 100 years since the start of the First World War, which ravaged the world from July 28, 1914 until Nov. 11, 1918. WWI was physically fought mostly in the Eastern hemisphere, but it involved over 100 countries in total. It resulted in over 37 million deaths and left destruction across the oceans and three continents. WSU will commemorate the war with “A Long, Long Way: Echoes of the Great War,” a series of events hosted by the Collaborative Education Leadership, and Innovation in the Arts center (CELIA) that will include musical programs, films, lectures and exhibits. WWI pitted the United States and other great powers of the world against one another and changed the world drastically in technology, politics and economics. Professor of history and senior CELIA fellow Paul Lockhart explained how the
war impacted many of the nations involved at that time. “It was the first real war of nations, in which entire populations were involved,” Lockhart said. “It was the first war of massive armies of citizen-soldiers and that really put a strain on the newly industrialized economies of the Western nations. Its most obvious impact was on Europe, where it completely altered the balance of power, but it was arguably even more significant in changing everything about politics in Asia and Africa, too. For the US, the change was equally dramatic. WWI was America’s first significant war overseas. It was the first time the US acted as a ‘great power’ in world affairs and could really draw on its newfound strength as an industrial giant.” The war also shook the world emotionally—not just because of the many lives lost, but because a war of its magnitude had never occurred before that time. Much of the world was shocked at the sudden conflict
and horrors. Senior lecturer in history and CELIA fellow Christopher Oldstone-Moore talked about how the war impacted the people in the nations involved at that time, including the United States. “People did not know that the war would last so long,” Oldstone-Moore said. “The… death and injury was on a scale never seen before. It was also the first ‘total war’ in the sense that civilians were deliberately targeted. American suffered much less than European countries, but with some four million men mobilized into the armed forces and some 300,000 men killed or wounded, it was enough to touch many Americans directly. One the most important effects was a sobering realization that modern warfare was not a romantic adventure, but a terrible calamity that should be avoided at all costs.” However, even though it was so emotionally shocking and is also often marked as the “Great War,” people do not always take
time to remember WWI. It is often overshadowed by the devastating war that followed it almost 20 years later—WWII— which led to the greatest number of deaths of any war in history. Director of CELIA Hank Dahlman explained why it is important to commemorate WWI today. “WWI was the great event which shaped the whole 20th century, and still shapes our world today,” Dahlman said. “With WWI, we see the beginning of mechanized warfare, weapons of mass destruction, the decline of monarchial empires, the birth of new nations and states, the rise of fascism and communism, the fall of colonialism, the seeds of the Great Depression, and the start of the spiral into the Second World War.” Dahlman went on to explain that the Great War also had an impact on arts, letters and sciences in unprecedented ways, remarking that “Perhaps no other four-year period has had as much impact on our lives.” “So, it’s good to examine this event so we remember where we came from, understand how we got where we are today, and imagine where we might be headed,” Dahlman said. “Perhaps we can then begin to shape our world in new ways for coming generations.” Various American cities, including Dayton, were directly involved in and impacted by the war. Lockhart explained why it
is not only important to remember WWI as Americans, but also as Daytonians. “For Dayton, it was the war that created the city we know today, that first made the city an industrial giant,” Lockhart said. “Dayton-Wright Aircraft was the only manufacturer of the DH-4 light bomber, the only warplane made in the USA for service in WWI. Two-thirds of the U.S. Special Tractor M1917, the only tank made in America for American service, were made right here in Dayton.” Lockhart added that Dayton also “paid for the war in blood”—about 2,000 men and women from Montgomery County died serving in the Great War. WWI ended when the ceasefire armistice was signed on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11:00 a.m., now known as Veteran’s Day in the U.S. One of the commemoration events will be “Holidays in the Heartland,” a special choral concert for veterans, featuring WSU’s choral ensembles. “At the concert, we will honor the Armed Forces, including active and retired military, and veterans,” Dahlman said. “We will recognize our veterans as we perform a medley of armed forces anthems, and take a moment to commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of members of our military, past and present.” The WWI commemoration events will begin on Oct. 11 and end on Apr. 24.
recent research developments in their field. The chair of the Math and Statistics Department‘s Colloquium Committee Qingbo Huang talked more about this benefit. “It is hoped with the colloquium series, the faculty members can track new developments related to their research and design their research projects,” Huang said. “It is often [that] junior researchers find research opportunities through these talks.” Huang also emphasized that students can benefit from the presentations as well and they are important for both students and WSU academically. “Not only faculty, but graduate students and upper-level
undergraduates can benefit from attending these presentations,” he said. “[They] can be exposed to latest research and outstanding open problems and benefit from interchanges of ideas among researchers, in addition to creating a superior academic atmosphere at WSU. Faculty members may learn the contents of talks more and deeper. But graduates and upper level undergraduates can learn knowledge, ideas and methods beyond textbooks and classes.” The seminars are planned to continue throughout the rest of the school year.
Wright State departments offer weekly science and math seminars ach week, a variety of seminars on science and math topics including psychology, chemistry, statistics, molecular biology and environmental science are held on campus. These seminars are led by different experts including professors and researchers from Wright State, from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and from other universities such as the University of Cincinnati. Some of the seminars, like the Math and Statistics Colloquium, are more specialized and most ben-
eficial to those with a higher competency in the field such as faculty, graduate students and upper-level undergraduates. Others are geared towards a more general audience. One of the main benefits that both faculty and students attending the seminars can receive is the opportunity to make connections with experts outside of WSU. Professor of Organic Chemistry Kenneth Turnbull elaborated on the goals of the seminar and the kind of connections that can be made. “There are multiple goals for these seminars,” Turnbull said. “We want to expose our stu-
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dents to the ‘state of the art’ and allow them to meet with external speakers to find out about what they do and how they got there, allow speakers from Ph.D. programs to recruit our students, and to provide opportunities for our faculty members to meet with scientists from industry, government, and other academic institutions. We also want to foster community engagement by providing an open forum for interested members of the public and showcase our department and WSU to external speakers.” Furthermore, faculty who are doing their own research will not only be able meet other researchers at the seminars, but can also learn about the most
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Urban Nights makes a splash downtown Leah Kelley Editor-in-Chief Kelley.90@wright.edu
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rban Nights is a free event featuring local artists, musicians, nightlife, restaurants, art galleries and performers on the streets of downtown Dayton. The event takes place twice a year, once in May and once in September. The goal is to draw people from the suburbs into
the center of the city, to experience local art, talent and cuisine. “This has become an anticipated social event amongst my friend group,” one spectator said. “We really look forward to this!” Many vendors have special offers on their wares, and several downtown apartment buildings open up their doors for personal tours. Walking the streets,
a spectator could decide between listening to a drum core, or viewing a local artist’s gallery or art display. “I love the food truck lineup,” Jennifer Smith said. “I always look for something different.” Urban Nights won’t be back until the spring, but make sure to mark your calendars. It is an event you do not want to miss.
was basically to clear off the top layer where we were.” After the top layer was clear, Conley said, the volunteers loaded buckets of dirt into wheelbarrows and carted it to another area. “You were covered in dirt the entire time,” Conley said. “Even when you took a shower, you still had dirt on you.” Then came the excavating. “First you had to take pictures, flag off an area,” Conley explained. The volunteers were assigned to stratographic (SU) units, which they excavated four or five inches at a time, using pickaxes and moving excavated dirt as they went. “After a week or two, we each got to have an SU unit to ourselves, where we totally took charge of it and didn’t have a supervisor watching us all the time,” Conley said. Conley said her first SU unit was located where the corner of a house used to stand. “What really got interesting is when I got to move to a fire pit,” Conley said. “We had to save a lot of the dirt and ash because we also did a lot of soil samples.” Conley said she used an apparatus made out of “a trash can, [and] a pump, kind of like a shower head that pushed air up through the bottom of the trash can.” The soil was poured into a net, which separated out things
like charcoal or grains. “Basically,” Conley said, “cleaning dirt.” “From that we could tell what they were eating and what they were using in their fire pits and food,” Conley said. Conley said her supervisors wanted the volunteers to excavate the fire pit even more. “We had…ground-penetrating radar, and they must have seen something.” Conley said she and another volunteer dug around five feet down, trying to reach the rock bed beneath the soil. “I was scraping at the side with my trowel and I hit something hard and I thought, ‘That’s the rock bed,’” Conley said. “Usually when you hit rock bed, it’s when you’re going straight down. I kept scraping, and it was going in a straight line. That’s not something that naturally happens.” What Conley found was actually the site of an infant burial. “The people thousands of years ago had cut into the rock bed to bury the baby,” Conley said. “And it was really a significant find because it dated back to a century earlier than the other things we had been finding… It had grave goods around it, I think four or five jars that were placed around
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Student spotlight: Fayelee Conley, graduate student
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I always wanted to uncover a human body,” said Fayelee Conley, a Wright State graduate student, of her archaeological aspirations. In the summer of 2012, Conley went on an archaeology trip as a student volunteer for the Gabii Project, an international archaeology campaign headed by Nicola Terrenato, a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Michigan. The project began in 2007 to excavate and study the ancient city of Gabii, some 11 miles outside of Rome, Italy. Gabii was inhabited from the 10th century B.C.E. until the second or third century A.D., according to the project’s website. Conley found out about the project while working for an archaeology professor during her undergraduate studies, where she double-majored in history and art history and took a minor in Spanish. Conley and about 25 other student volunteers worked from June to August, carefully scraping, digging and recording their activities. “Sometimes we had to clear off a ten to 20-foot area just scraping, little scrapes. You couldn’t dig deep,” Conley said. “That
him, and he also had a bronze necklace.” Conley was given the opportunity to name the infant that was found in her unit. “I named him Alfonzo, so we could call him ‘Alfie,’” Conley said. Conley explained that the infant was from the archaic pe-
riod, between 600 to 480 B.C.E. and the style of his burial was very different from that of the Romans. “So at Gabii, finding this infant burial—and there were two other infant burials, too—this shows that they were trying to move away from Roman practices,” Conley said.
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EXPOSURE: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography September 2–October 12, 2014 Curated by Tracy Longely-Cook and Joy Hyatt Exhibition reception: Sunday, October 5, 3:00-5:30 p.m. Exposure highlights over 70 photographs by worldclass artists presenting a wide breadth of aesthetic, conceptual and technical approaches to the medium. This diverse selection of images showcase a comprehensive range of subjects, processes and themes relating to social and cultural issues, race and gender, as well as traditions and movements within the last 60 years of the photographic genre. In addition to exhibiting photographs from the Stein Galleries’ permanent collection, supplemental works are on loan from The Dayton Art Institute, Aileron, Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell of Cincinnati, and Ben Montague and Jenn Farrington of Dayton. The Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries is pleased to be a participating venue with the 2014 FOTOFOCUS Biennial, a Cincinnati based month-long celebration of photography and lens-based art. FOTOFOCUS features special exhibitions, lectures, panel discussions, screenings, and performances during the month of October. For additional information please visithttp:// www.fotofocusbiennial.org/. The exhibition is supported by the College of Liberal Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and CELIA. Information provided by the College of Liberal Arts’ website.
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right State senior Gustav Svensson is a member of the Wright State men’s soccer team. Svensson has had a passion for the sport since he was a young child and has since then turned it into a successful career thus far. Growing up in Sweden, Svensson grew up in a culture where soccer was the main attraction, just as football and basketball are in the U.S. “Soccer is a very big sport in Sweden and both my dad and my older brother play soccer so
it was natural for me to start,” Svensson said. Growing up, Svensson used his athleticism in other sports such as tennis, hockey, handball and floor ball, however it was his passion for the sport of soccer that allowed him to pursue a future in the sport. Svensson began to succeed early on in the sport of soccer in Sweden during his high school years. “I won nationals in Sweden when I was 15 years old on my club team and then we represented Sweden in the U.S. the year after that,” he said. When it was time to begin
looking to the future, Svensson hired an agent who helped him contact schools around the country. “I had an agent in Sweden who helped me contact schools in the United States,” Svensson said. “That is what got (WSU coach) Bryan (Davis) to come to Sweden to see me and others who play like Joakim Carlsson, who is on the team now.” Other schools in the U.S. were interested in Svensson as well but it was a fellow teammate that made the transition to the U.S. a little smoother. “I think the major point was that Joakim Carlsson was also
coming here. So I at least had one more Swede on the team so I could talk Swedish with him,” Svensson said jokingly. The transition to playing in the U.S. was not as simple as Svensson was hoping for. After spending the majority of his lifetime in his home country, it was the language barrier that altered the experience for Svensson early on. “It was very similar except for the language. When I came here it was really hard because I always spoke Swedish in Sweden and its English here. It took about one year and then it became pretty easy,” Svensson
said. While Svensson struggled with English early on, he has become a leader for Davis’ squad this season. Svensson often wears the captain’s armband for the Raiders. Currently, Svensson and the Raiders are 4-1-1 after their road win at Grand Canyon Sunday. WSU won with a doubleovertime goal by Jake Stovall. With this being Svensson’s last season with the Raiders, he looks to continue his success in the classroom as well as he will be pursuing his master’s degree in Europe following graduation.
Air Force Marathon: Local runner looking to follow Beyer’s footsteps Alan Hieber News Intern Hieber.2@wright.edu
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he United States Air Force Marathon, one of the marquee events in the Wright Patterson vicinity, will run Saturday, Sept. 20. Last year’s winner and Dayton resident James Beyer will not be running this year, but the victory is still ingrained in his mind. “I’ve been shooting for the win for quite a few years, so it was a bit nerve wracking when I realized very early in the race that this was going to be my year,” Beyer said. “I had to force myself to run conservatively and focus on simply not making any poor race decisions. “For example, I usually whoop
it up with the spectators in Fairborn, but this year I felt like I had to stay focused on the race. Of course, it felt great to finish. I think I appreciate the victory even more now, because I can’t run the marathon this year,” said Beyer. Kettering resident Dustin Sprague will be one of the top local contenders to watch as he hopes to run a sub 2:40 time, which is the time Beyer had. Beyer is an inspiration in his running efforts, according to Sprague. “(Beyer) is a runner that I look up to. This is a guy who is a little older, but has a goal and has achieved that goal,” Sprague said. Sprague admits training for a marathon has no single strategy
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that will apply to everyone. “There is no secret to marathon training; pile on the mileage. Be smart, don’t neglect what your body is telling you, but you have to push yourself. It’s really about building tolerance. You can’t do this halfway; there is no meeting in the middle. You have to make sacrifices and those are hard decisions. But in the end, it’s about the outcome. It’s about you, the course, the competition and your own expectations,” said Sprague Beyer trains by building up miles until he can comfortably run five hard 14 milers and one hard 20 miler every two weeks. Having the physicality and mentality to run a winning marathon is 50 percent training and 50 percent good fortune, @wsuguardian
according to Beyer. Sprague’s vision of winning includes several factors going in his favor and a momentous moment if he pulls it out. “It would be a dream come true. I have envisioned myself crossing the line and breaking the tape. I think it’s important to see yourself there when you run training runs. It provides purpose and motivation. It’s a long race. It really is an anyone’s contest type race. It all depends on who’s on, who trained the best, who prepped and who want’s it more. A win in this race could be a signature event in a runner’s life.” Beyer and Sprague each shared their advice to collegeaged runners in this year’s marathon. www.theguardianonline.com
“Run your race. Only you know your expectations, so run to achieve those. Running is a very personal experience, so know what you’re looking for. Why are you running? How successful do you want to be? And how hard are you willing to work to get there? Once you know those answers, you will know where you are going with your running,” Sprague said.” “Find your ideal marathon pace by converting a recent half marathon and stick to it. There are a lot of race result predictors online that can help with this. It’s far better to run a race with even splits than to go out fast and try to survive,” said Beyer. September 17, 2014
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8 NEWS Facts and figures for the USAF Marathon and 5K Sarah Olsen Contributing Writer Olsen.15@wright.edu
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he Air Force Marathon reaches out to thousands of runners, volunteers and observers from not only around the country but around the world. Along with the marathon, there is a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and wheeled race for those with disabilities. The Air Force Marathon first began in “1997 to celebrate the birthday of the United States Air Force while still focusing on the fitness,” said Rob Aguiar, the race director. The marathon is going on its 18th year. There will be 15,020 runners for all the races combined with the majority running the half and full marathon. There are 4,156 runners in the full marathon, 6,614 individuals running in the half marathon, roughly 2,109 individuals running the 10k and about 2,040 participants running the 5k. There are 29 individuals in the Wheeled
Division Race, which is part of the full marathon. The Wheeled Division is for participants in both push-rim and hand-crank wheelchairs. Visually impaired individuals can also participate. To qualify, participants need medical documentation for disability classification. All runners in the Wheeled Division race have a guide to assist them. The visually impaired “are almost tied together” to their guides, according to Aguiar. Those with disabilities do not get extra time compared to the non-wheeled participants. Good locations to watch the marathon are beside the starting and finishing points and in downtown Fairborn. “There is a Fairborn Fly Zone… they’re incredible people,” said Aguiar. The Fairborn Fly Zone are individuals dedicated to helping those serving in the military. Their location is also ideal to view runners, as observers will be able to see them twice at that location.
“Another great area is off of Raider Road,” Aguiar added. The biggest challenge with the Air Force Marathon course is that “there is a long period of the course where there is no crowd, where you’re running by yourself and that becomes difficult,” said Sean Magee, a WSU graduate student in Computer Science. Eighty percent of the marathon is on Area A on base, with off-base roads closed from Kauffman Road all the way to Colonel Glenn Hgwy. Route 844 will be closed off at I-675. Everything else is on base. The Air Force Marathon is considered a Boston Marathon qualifier. “This means that our course is certified by the U.S. Track and Field,” said Aguiar. To be qualified for the Boston marathon, runners need to meet a specific time given for their age and gender. The Air Force Marathon will be Sept. 20 and the 5k will be Sept. 19.
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Faculty and students consider alternatives to the Allyn moat Alan Hieber Contributing Writer Hieber.2@wright.edu
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he body of water around Allyn Hall, informally called The Moat, is now under discussion amongst university faculty and students for possible alternative uses. According to Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Kathy Morris, the moat is not used in the way it traditionally used to be, leading to talk of replacing it. “It’s definitely not the space it used to be when it was built back in the 1960s,” said Morris. “It’s not used or permitted to be used in the way that it used to be. There have been some conversations about making some changes in that space.” Director of Physical Plant Jeff Trick laid out the specific expenses used to keep the moat operational, which requires large amounts of time and money to maintain. “The cost of the water, the chemicals to treat the water, the labor to continually clean the moat, the labor to clean and repair the pump and sand filter and the repairs to the expensive waterproof lining total approximately $30,000 per year. Every several years, the waterproof lining must be replaced or refurbished,” said Trick. According to psychology major India Cool, the moat could be
replaced with something else. “They could do something different. The water isn’t even in there during winter. I think it should be replaced with something like a garden,” said Cool. While mass communications major Taylor Ryan sees the moat as an important feature of the quad, the problems outweigh the benefits. “I feel that the moat is an essential part of the quad, but because of the cost to keep it running I think Wright State should consider replacing it for the lack of use. They should use the money for educational purposes,” said Ryan. Morris went on to say that the physical changes made to the moat lead to it lacking its traditional uses. “I know that some time ago there was a coating that went inside like a liner in that space to prevent leaks and other kinds of problems. That precluded us from allowing students to be in with their little kayaks and doing things that they have done in the past because there could be damage to that finish. It may be more a matter of this is very expensive to maintain and if we had to prioritize how we were going to spend money on campus this might be one way to mitigate that,’ said Morris. Other potential moat replacements include a garden, a shaded eating or study area with a roof, a combined patio and smaller water feature and solar panels.
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resolution calling to finance and hire one fulltime staff member for the LGBTQA and Rainbow Alliance resource room has been passed this Tuesday, Sept. 16. The resolution, stating that “faculty, staff, and students who identify within the LGBTQA community have no full-time staff member as a resource for information, complaints, or educational opportunities,” will go to President Hopkins and the university higher-ups. The current unstaffed community is organized much like a student organization in terms of its volunteer basis. A full-time staffer would be able to provide more professional support. Emily Bingham, Director of Campus Culture in Student Government, drafted the resolution back in August of this year. “We and some other people in the Rainbow Alliance had been talking about it for a couple months at that point,” Bingham said, “around the beginning of summer.”
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Ally community continues to grow on campus. Other communities, like Latino Affairs and Black Student Union, have acquired paid staff to organize and coordinate them. Though it is not just a matter of internal campus adaptation. Wright State looks to other Ohio universities and the way they accommodate their LGBTQA students. “It’s a matter of looking at what the standard is,” said Max McConnell, Student Government Director of Communications and Marketing. “UD, Ohio
“This would be a good step to filling Wright State’s statement of diversity.” State, all these other universities that we try to maintain parity with have this position we’re looking for. We look at our peers and what we want to be.” The University of Dayton has begun their hiring process for an LGBTQA program coordinator. Kent State has one as of now, and Ohio State has acquired a whole building for their community. Bingham believes Wright State is falling behind in their service to LGBTQA students. “This would be a good step to filling Wright State’s statement of diversity,” she said. “We talk about it all the time, and sometimes inclusion gets thrown in, but we don’t necessarily take all the steps at the right times.” There are plans for a larger office space to hold the staff and community, though these plans lie in the future. LGBTQA students can visit the organization’s Rainbow Alliance resource room in 016 Student Union for more information.
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WSU students participate in adapted recreation Greg Felder Sports Writer Felder.3@wright.edu
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raduate assistant Jessica Kelbley leads student employees and volunteer to assist student with disabilities enjoy a couple hours of recreation every Wednesday in the Student Union gym from 7 to 9 p.m. Adapted Recreation is an open gym for students with disabilities as well as volunteers to play intramural sports such as basketball, football, soccer and baseball. Kelbley started as a graduate assistant in April after having attended sessions in the past as a student. She has five student employees and several
volunteers helping her keep the program running. Although the gym is their main location for recreation, they also hold events at other venues in the area and provide free transportation. There are outdoor events like kayaking and skiing, and indoor events such as adapted bowling. Adapted rec is open and inviting environment and is a way for students to connect with one another. Everyone is welcome to join and they have extra wheelchairs available. Students and volunteers were eager to express how much they enjoy their time at adapted rec. Jacob Huff, a WSU sophomore, began attending as a freshmen and is now helping as a volunteer.
“It’s fantastic. It’s easy to get involved and they make it a lot of fun for everyone,” said Huff. Students passed the football and bumped wheelchairs as they laughed and enjoyed some friendly competition. Freshman Hunter Whitt heard of adapted rec through a friend and has been attending since. “She said it’s really fun. It’s a place where people go out and play sports just like me. I’ve been out playing sports every Wednesday and I love it,” said Whitt. The next event will be adapted bowling on Sept. 20 at Beaver-Vu Bowl in Beavercreek.
Brown and his high school basketball coach built Wright State’s basketball program from the ground up. “We built the program from scratch. We had four partial scholarships, played our games at Stebbins High School and practiced at the fairgrounds downtown,” Brown said. He remained on the coaching staff for the next 26 years as an assistant for Wright State’s men’s team, and spent his final year as head coach. “When I left Wright State
I thought that was it. I didn’t think I would coach again,” Brown said. His coaching career was far from over though, as he would spend his next 16 years as the head coach for Northmont High School in Dayton. When he arrived, they were coming off of a four-win season and according to Brown, “The whole program was in disarray.” He turned things around quickly, leading them to 14 consecutive winning seasons finishing with a 17-8 record for his
Tennis courts to be relocated Greg Felder Sports Writer felder.3@wright.edu
Plans are in the works for Wright State’s tennis courts to be relocated behind Alumni Field. They are currently between Nischwitz Baseball Field and the lake by the Nutter Center. The courts are also near the Nutter Center parking lot as well as State Route 844 and Colonel Glenn Highway which can cause a noise issue according to WSU Director of Athletics Bob Grant. “For tennis, you want a peaceful environment. The new location near the soccer fields will be a much more tranquil area,” Grant said. The new facility is set to be built in the open space behind Alumni Field that will give fans access to the restrooms and a concession stand. Although the courts will be used for the Raiders’ home matches, they will also be open for students, faculty and staff. “We’re new just building new
facilities for the sports program to use, but for the entire Wright State community,” said Grant. According to assistant athletic director Chris Bethel, specifics on the facility and a timetable for construction are still being discussed. A map including the new location and an illustration of what it will look like can be found in the new Raider Pride handbook. WSU uses its on campus tennis courts on a part-time basis. The program has used the South Regency Tennis Center in Miamisburg for the majority of its practices and matches as the season starts in January. In the coming season, the program is moving its indoor facility to the tennis club on WrightPatterson Air Force Base. Wright State’s newly appointed interim head coach Todd Tucker declined to immediately comment on the changes. Tucker was given the job on an interim basis after former head coach Sean McCaffrey left the program to lead Armstrong State’s tennis program.
Former WSU coach teaches students how to be coaches Greg Felder Sports Writer Felder.3@wright.edu
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ith his years of roaming the sidelines at Wright State men’s basketball games, former WSU coach Jim Brown teaches a basketball theory course to WSU undergrads. “If you can’t teach, you can’t be a good coach. Coaching is teaching,” Brown said. Brown has been teaching in the classroom as well as on the basketball court for over 40 years. Forty-five years ago, 10
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