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Rather than with food, Native Americans, according to Cardwell. music or dancing, Native “We pray for guidance, we pray for the life American Heritage of people we love and care about, we pray for Month at IPFW began with information. ceremonial reasons, we pray for our ancestors,” Not at all the November image of the Indians of she said. Thanksgiving, two female speakers from different Though Tippmann and Cardwell shared much Native American about their native cultures, not all tribes spoke about “It was very hard to reconnect information has been preserved plants, health care, or can even be spoken about. to the earth out there, but spirituality and the According to Tippmann, many keeping of traditions people managed to do it.” tribal elders are reluctant to share to an audience of both some information with outsiders -Dani Tippmann faculty and students. to the tribe. Dani Tippmann, “It’s a sad thing, I suppose, director of the Whitley County Historical because it comes from that lack of trust,” she said. Museum, spoke about plant use, particularly in In addition to that, culture has been repressed the Miami tribe, which inhabited the area around even within Native American communities. Fort Wayne. The Miami tribe was a hunter and “Even in my own family, being Native gatherer society, but they were also gardeners. American was something to be ashamed of up Today, certain plants such as white corn are still until my generation,” said Cardwell. “Many people passed from generation to generation and many of of my generation and even younger have been the old traditional uses of native plants continue. deprived of that culture.” However, after the Miamis were forcibly Still, people like Tippmann and Cardwell wish removed from Indiana to Oklahoma, some to reinvigorate Native American culture within the traditions were lost. tribes and spread knowledge to people interested “When that removal happened, in making intercultural a lot of that information went West, connections. but because a lot of the same plants “I think it’s so important weren’t there, a lot of it was forgotten,” to continue traditions … said Tippmann. “It was very hard to it’s what unites us in so “Even in my own reconnect with the earth out there, but family, being Native many ways. It really creates people managed to do it.” a thread through time and American was Spirituality and healthcare was the space,” said Tippmann. “It’s something to be focus of the next speaker, the diversity important enough for them coordinator of St. Vincent’s Hospital in ashamed of up until my to be passed down, I hope Indianapolis Teri Cardwell. they’re important enough generation.” “There are about as many ways to for them to be listened to.” -Teri Cardwell look at spirituality as there are tribes in “I think we all have America, which at the last count was to, I think, sometimes around 565,” said Cardwell. And the term compromise,” said Cardwell spirituality is preferred over religion. about balancing American “You do not hear a lot of Native Americans talk and Native American cultures. “I have learned about their, quote, religion … we have a very to walk in two worlds. Sometimes those worlds strong respect for spirituality,” she said. collide, but mostly they work in harmony.” Apart from burning herbs like sage or smoking However, Cardwell added, “It’s not always tobacco for ceremonial purposes, prayer is an easy.” important component of the spirituality of many
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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief The Communicator has gone through many changes this year with our print product as well as the online edition. Thankfully, our creative, dedicated and hardworking staff has been able to keep up with all the changes and continue to get issues on the newsstands every week—even when that means we need to spend a 12 hour day in the newsroom. We are committed to being the most accurate, thorough and impartial news source for IPFW and the surrounding community, and we strive to put our best work out. At times, we do find
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Campus racket: noise pollution or just noise? With newer forms of technology, today’s society seems to show lack of silence and an abundance of noise that not everyone wants to hear - a phenomenon that has been termed noise pollution. And because we college students are considered to be part of a rather selfcentered generation, we catch a lot of flack for noise pollution, with college campuses being some of the noisiest places you’ll find. But how much of what people term noise pollution is actually a problem? Excessive noise is relative to the area on campus that you happen to be in. A Facebook poll found that most students consider dining areas, such as the Stomping Grounds, to be the loudest areas on campus, followed closely by the rest of the student union and housing. And the area you are in will affect how the situation should be handled. Housing, for instance, has a time schedule that limits noise, so even if your neighbor is playing their music loud enough to hear it two doors down, you probably wouldn’t lodge a complaint Staff Editorial
until after quiet hours. Tenants allow each other a certain amount of leniency when it comes to noise. Noise levels on campus are slightly different. Inside buildings, there is usually a cap on noise levels, especially inside academic buildings where classes take place. However, a building such as the Student Union might be different. Students hang around these areas between classes, and not all of that time is spent studying. Yale did a study on the effects of noise on stress in 2004 and found that noise pollution can have negative mental and behavioral effects; However, this is often after very repetitive or long-lasting noises that have become commonplace to the brain by the time they have any affect - living next to a busy highway, for example. While some individuals can get extremely loud about things that no one else is concerned about, IPFW’s campus is a public place, which means they have the right to do so. Unlike living next to a busy highway or airport, you can easily remove yourself from an area that is plagued by noisy individuals, and the library happens to be
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Fort Wayne Jesse West Branford Marsalis is an important name to know, even among non-jazz enthusiasts. Marsalis is a famous jazz saxophonist and producer. One of his associates is local resident and musician Clif Wallace. Considering this connection, it is no surprise that Wallace has extraordinary facility on the drum set. On jazz, Wallace said it’s more than music, “It’s a culture.” Wallace brings jazz culture—one that is in short supply—to Fort Wayne. Phil Schurger, IPFW faculty member, composer and guitarist, spoke of Wallace: “He has the fluidity of rhythm like the great drummers of the jazz tradition. He moves elegantly in both modern and traditional contexts sculpting rhythms with dynamism.” Seeing Wallace play live, one is likely to experience the catharsis of powerful drum sound and resonant cymbals. He typically plays in a trio that pairs upright bass and tenor sax. With veteran bassist Michael Patterson, the two provide a formidable rhythm section. Patterson, the elder, provides deep bass lines that are supportive and richly varied. The two draw upon a compendium of harmonic and rhythmic knowledge that stems from timeless traditions and transcendent borders. Drummers who see Wallace perform live are often blown away. Two such drummers are Kevin Bender and Rob Goodin. They go to see him every time he plays at the Dash-In and each time they walk away completely inspired. They talked about how much sound Wallace draws out of the kit without using too much force, a common mistake of less seasoned drummers. “His focus is uncanny,” said Bender. “He is a natural talent with a grasp on technique that is unmatched. His dynamics can only be described as a deliberate conscience of form that delivers the mood at will.” ceab
Phil Schurger plays with Wallace regularly. Both have lived in Chicago, a music scene where individuality is apprized. Not only do they possess a propensity for music, but they also bring their unique identities to the scene by pushing boundaries. Because their musical contributions go beyond playing and into the progressive nature of each performance, they have become indispensable to the artistic diversity of Fort Wayne. But Wallace is likely to move on to better things. In this year alone, he has toured internationally, started his own radio show and held educational forums at the Acoustic SpokenWord Café. According to Wallace, he will probably go eastward in the near future in pursuit of greater playing and teaching opportunities. His presence will be missed and his contributions to our music culture will be irreplaceable.
Arjia Rinpoche is the highest ranking lama to have escaped Tibet since the Dali Lama in 1959. Rinpoche and seven monks from the Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehra Dun, India are currently holding community events and touring the Fort Wayne area. In 1951, China forcefully annexed Tibet and has since been trying to assert control over their Buddhist tradition. “When I decided to escape in 1998 … I held a very high position, political and religious,” Rinpoche said. “Forty years later the situation is [very] different.” Because of Rinpoche’s position in the Chinese government—the result of China’s efforts to manipulate and maneuver high ranking Tibetan leaders in order to gain control of the Tibetan people—he could not simply cross the Himalayas into India. He would need to make a presumably routine visit to southern China, which they of course allowed. “So I went there and changed my clothes into a [Western] disguise and got my passport. From [there] I flew back to Beijing. From Beijing I escaped to Guatemala. Because Guatemala and China do not have foreign relations they don’t [require] visas. From Guatemala I went to US,” Rinpoche explained. In 1958, at Kumbum monastery where 8-year-old Rinpoche was training to be a teacher and lama, Chinese Communist soldiers came, beating and arresting hundreds of monks. Afterward, Rinpoche would be committed to 16 years of hard labor and re-education. Today, Rinpoche wears a contagious smile and relaxes on the couch at Starbucks downtown with his tea, just as naturally as the other people surrounding him. He is the director of two Tibetan Buddhist centers—one in Bloomington, IN., and another in Mill Valley, CA. “We live in this world that is wonderful but
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contaminated,” Rinpoche said, explaining what a mandala represents. “[It] is a pure land without contamination … we go there and meditate and practice and purify our minds.” “The mandala is one of the [most] important arts in Tibetan tradition. We usually make three kinds of mandalas. One is a flat painting mandala like on paper or a wall or fabric … the second one is the sand mandala. That is for the ritual practice.” This ritual represents the transience of life. “[Then] for studying and analyzing and a deeper understanding we also make threedimensional mandalas; which is like a model for somebody’s practice,” he said.
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The mandala is like a palace with multiple floors, “which represent body, speech, and mind.” The mandala also has four gates: North, South, West and East. The gates represent the “four directions, the Buddhist understanding of the universe, which [is] made of four elements: earth, water, wind and fire.” And just as the Earth is comprised of these four elements, the Buddhist views the human body in the same way. “Our body is a small universe which also has [these] qualities. Earth is our muscles and bone. Water is our blood. Wind is our breath. Fire is our temperature. Those four elements make balance so the body survives,” he said. In 1999, Rinpoche created a 3D mandala and presented it to His Holiness the Dali Lama, which was in turn donated to the Smithsonian Institute. Today, it can be seen at the Tibet House, New York. “When I made that one I used very special material like glass beads. I used the beads to make it very colorful and beautiful,” he said. Oct. 14 to 18, the seven monks created a sand mandala in the main hallway of the downtown Fort Wayne library. After its destruction, Rinpoche spoke to a group about his escape from China to America. From now until Nov. 20, Rinpoche and the monks will continue performing community events such as the ritual creation and destruction of the sand mandala. Festivities also include memoir book signings by Rinpoche himself.
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WARNING! YES, ALL OF THIS IS FAKE. C’MON. FAKE, FAKE, FAKE, FAKE, FAKE. THERE AREN’T TROLLS ON CAMPUS OR HIPPIE COMMUNES IN OUR WOODS. DUH.
Local Man Claims Diary is Journal It’s decked out with neon colored animals and tropical plants. There’s a little silver lock with an unmistakably tiny key. Nowhere in sight is an 8-year-old girl. “It’s my journal,” said Ron Craftsman, 32. “I fill it up with the normal journal stuff—who I like, what I did today, the general gossip.” Craftsman, whose taken flak from friends and family, denies the possibility of his notebook being a diary. “It’s Lisa freaking Frank,” said his daughter, Izzabelle. “I didn’t even know they sold those anymore.” Craftsman shows no budging: “It was clearance, Kristan Mensch
you know, in the journal section. Could’ve paid top dollar for leather bound, but this one came with pricey color on the cheap. Just what I look for in a journal.” Angry and embarrassed, Izzabelle has formed a protest group amongst friends in an attempt to rid the alleged diary from their home. In a joint effort, she has also established a rather large support group, Daughters of Diary Dads (DDD). The DDD meets once weekly to share struggles, feelings and diary relapses. Minutes are available in a leather padfolio. “I’m just glad she doesn’t know where I hide my journal,” Craftsman said. “Can’t be too careful with journals.”
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Aspiring Comedic Writer: “It’s Depressing” Last Friday marked Jacob Asterman’s first meeting with the writers and editors of The Nugget. He was full of hope and talent as he decided to finally write for the wondrous newspaper. “I’ve always dreamed of writing for The Nugget! My friends always said I wrote funny stories,” he said. Asterman entered the newsroom in Walb Student Union with a notebook full of completed stories and headlines, some of which included detailed drawings. His sheer joy for the occasion was apparent to everyone in the room. Unfortunately for Asterman, his dreams would soon come to a screeching halt as the meeting for The Nugget began. “It’s depressing, really. We just sat there silently Sean O’Leary
for 10 minutes at a time. When somebody did finally come up with an idea, people came up with the headlines for it. They suggested more and more headlines until somebody eventually killed it with a bad one.” Asterman’s rant of The Nugget’s work ethics didn’t end there. “I don’t know how they manage to even get this stuff into the paper. I mean seriously! The deadline is for 10 minutes before they start printing the papers.” After about 30 minutes of discussing possible Nugget articles, Asterman was seen storming out of Walb Student Union with a look of deep emotional distress. The Nugget staff said, “[We] are very worried for Jacob. He seemed like a nice person… but we’re so lucky that he left his notebook behind.”
English Prof Gives Up: “Students Will Never Understand the Use of ‘Literally’” IPFW English Professor Martin Hicks, has been battling a new enemy. The formidable adversary is a single word that is causing much turmoil: ‘literally.’ “No matter what I do, I cannot get students to understand that they are bastardizing the English language with their misuse of the word,” Hicks emphasized. According to Hicks, the word ‘literally,’ as in “the literal sense of a word,” has shifted meaning to intensify figurative, symbolic and metaphorical statements. “I feel like my head is going to explode when one of my students says that they are ‘literally starving,’ or that ‘we literally just broke up’-yes, because I can see that your literal remains are violently divided into pieces across the classroom floor...” Hicks stated, overcome with anger. Remarked one of Hick’s students, Kayla Bardow: “I think he is literally being a grammar nazi, and I literally have no idea what he is talking about.” Upon hearing this, Hicks’ literal head erupted, splitting open his skull and spewing brain matter in a two-foot radius. Alysen Wade
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Hoosiers Drop 1st Season Opener in Legette-Jack Era By Aaron Siegal-Eisman, Indiana Daily Student I career by putting up 12 points and eight The Racers finished last year with a 9-21 record For the first time since IU Coach Felisha LegetteJack has been in control, the IU women’s basketball team lost its regular season opener. IU fell to the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears, 58-46, Friday in Conway, Ark. The Hoosiers kept a 30-21 lead with 14:20 remaining in the game and won the rebounding battle 40-31, but it wasn’t enough in a match that featured four ties and nine lead changes. Junior center Sasha Chaplin had a strong performance to return from last year’s knee injury, leading the team in scoring with 13 and completing a double-double with 10 rebounds, her first since Dec. 22, 2009, versus Toledo and the fifth of her career. She also added two blocks and two steals. “It was great to Sasha (Chaplin) back out there and playing well,” Legette-Jack said. Two of the five newcomers started in their first game, junior forward Linda Rubene and junior guard Jasmine McGhee. McGhee made an impressive start to her Division
rebounds. For a team that usually likes to fire away behind the arc, the Hoosiers only attempted three triples and made one, all of which were by junior forward Aulani Sinclair. IU kept the Sugar Bears to just six field goals on 20.7 percent shooting in the first half, but Central Arkansas ended up with a field goal percentage of 36 after shooting 61.5 percent from long range and 57.1 percent overall in the second half. “We just let it slip away late in the second half in a tough road environment,” Legette-Jack said. “They hit some open outside shots and were able to size the momentum. We’ll get back in the gym this weekend and get some work in to be ready for Murray State at home on Monday.” IU will come home for its regular season opener at 7 p.m. Monday against Murray State at Assembly Hall. This game will be only the second meeting between the two schools. The first game was in 1980. Murray State won by a score of 71-56.
overall and posting a 5-13 record for their conference. After defeating Evansville by 15 in their regular season opener, Murray State will be coming to Bloomington looking to start the year 2-0. If IU falls to the Racers, it will be the first time since the 2005-06 season that the Hoosiers open their season with two straight losses. The last time they did so, they lost to Baylor and Notre Dame. Height will be a strength for IU on Monday. The Hoosiers’ roster includes nine players at least 6 feet tall compared to only six for Murray State. The Racers’ tallest player is 6 feet 3 inches, while IU has five members of at least that height, including Chaplin and Rubene. Murray State has a high-pressure defense that forced Evansville into 31 turnovers in its first game, but Legette-Jack is already preparing for it. She tweeted Saturday that IU was getting ready for 40 minutes of pressure Monday. She ended the tweet by proclaiming, “We will b ready.”
Hulls Finds 3-Point Shot in Sunday Win Against Chattanooga By Kevin Bowen, Indiana Daily Student It was only 40 minutes of basketball Sunday, but the Jordan Hulls 3-pointer is just fine. After only attempting one 3-pointer and scoring four points in Friday’s season opener against Stony Brook , a more aggressive Hulls knocked down 6-of-9 from behind the arc Sunday in IU’s 78-53 victory against Chattanooga. Any sign of a passive Hulls was shunned early as the junior guard opened up the scoring with a three pointer 38 seconds in. With the Hoosiers down 18-15 early, Hulls knocked down his second three on the evening, igniting a 21-6 run to close out the half. Following a timeout with 2:57 left in the first half the Mocs changed to a 2-3 zone defense but forgot to find No. 1. Back-to-back threes for Hulls capped off his first half scoring (12 points ) and pushed the lead to double digits, a place IU would keep it for the rest of the game. The first half was all Hulls and junior guard Victor Oladipo, as the two combined for 24 points, equaling the Mocs entire output. Hulls’s ability to stretch the defense spaced the floor for the Hoosier offense, and his teammates took notice. “I’ve been with Jordy since the summer in China, and I know what he’s capable of,” Oladipo said. “I know when he’s going, it’s hard to stop him, especially when he gets that three ball going. It’s really nice to see him hitting because it takes the pressure off us, so hopefully he can continue to do that.” To start the second half, Hulls once again recorded the Hoosiers’ first points, knocking down his fifth three-pointer of the night. Despite only playing 10 minutes in the second half, Hulls capped his night with his sixth and final three at the 5:13 mark, pushing the lead to 26 points. On Friday against Stony Brook, Hulls took
more of a facilitating role, dishing out six assists while only attempting three shots. “The other game I just felt like I never had my feet with me,” Hulls said. “My shot didn’t feel as well. I was getting open looks tonight. I had open looks Friday. I just wasn’t taking them. If it was there, then I was going to shoot it.” IU Coach Tom Crean said his staff had a meeting Sunday deciding on what to add to the Mocs game plan. After deliberating, the coaches came back to the notion they needed their point guard to pull the trigger. “We wanted him to be more aggressive looking for his shot because there were numerous times the other night he passed up shots,” Crean said. “Him being aggressive is really, really key for us.” The six three-pointers for Hulls is the most since last year’s season opening win against Florida Gulf Coast and marked the third time in his career he has made at least that many. Hulls said a reason for his open looks was the constant double teaming of freshman forward Cody Zeller. The attention paid to Zeller allowed for the shooter to get some clean looks, which he used to his advantage. “I have to have the shooters mentality that the next one is going to go in, so we’ve got to keep on shooting,” Hulls said. “I may have passed up a couple on the fast break, but I just have to keep the mindset and keep shooting.” Chattanooga Coach John Shulman said you have to pick your poison when trying to guard the Hoosiers. “I’d rather Hulls shoot one from 20 (feet) trying to get a hand up then just give up an uncontested layup or a post move that we can’t guard of Zeller,” Shulman said. “I thought we did a really good job with our double team, (on Zeller) but we did lose Hulls. He’s a good player. Looking at their team, I love that kid. I love that kid.”
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Cross Country Makes NCAA Championships By Matt Spears, Indiana Daily Student For the second straight year, the men’s cross country team is heading to the NCAA Championships. The Hoosiers placed six runners on the AllRegional squad as four men and two women finished in the top 25 of their respective races. The men clinched their tournament berth during the weekend with an automatic qualification by finishing second in the 10K NCAA Great Lakes Regional with 70 points. The men finished 20 points behind Wisconsin. Senior Ben Hubers led the way for Indiana in the 10K run, finishing fifth overall in 30:21.3. Running right next to him was junior Zach Mayhew, who also finished in 30:21.3 and was awarded sixth place. Andrew Poore placed seventh with a time of 30:25.0. Adrien Dannemiller grabbed the 23rd
spot at 30:52.0, and Andy Weatherford rounded out IU’s scoring with a time of 31:00.0, good for 29th place. The men ran at a controlled pace, increasing their speed in 2K increments. Their plan was to run well but not overtax themselves before the NCAA Championships next Monday. “They did exactly what we wanted them to,” IU Coach Ron Helmer said. “They moved well and recovered fairly quickly. That’s a reaffirmation that we’re getting out of the race exactly what we needed to, so everyone’s encouraged.” The women also ran this weekend, taking seventh place with 191 points as their season came to an end. Junior Samantha Ginther paced the women in their 6K race. She completed the race in 20:58.3 at 14th overall. Senior Chelsea Blanchard finished 25th in 21:16.6. Junior Caitlin Engel and seniors
Helene DeLone and Breanne Ehrman were the other women to score for the Hoosiers. Though the women’s season came to a close Saturday, Helmer said he was pleased with the way they ran after their Big Ten Championships performance. “We didn’t get the result we still would have liked to (have) had, but I felt like we had a far better effort,” Helmer said. “They could have gone and packed it in and hung their heads after a pretty poor showing at the Big Ten meet, but I thought they represented themselves well.” Still, the women’s performance never met expectations this year. “I’m still disappointed we weren’t able to accomplish more,” Helmer said. “We came up a little short on race days on a regular basis, so that’s probably as much on me as anybody else. Continued on pg. 12 u
IU Knocked From Big Ten Tourney By Nathan Brown, Indiana Daily Student Junior goalkeeper Luis Soffner succeeded for a ninth time this season in shutting out IU’s opponent. The problem was, he didn’t shut out his own teammate, senior Tommy Meyer. With just 13 minutes remaining in IU’s Big Ten semifinal match against Northwestern on Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Hoosiers were holding onto a 1-0 lead. The Northwestern Wildcats were attacking once again. Meyer saved a ball just inches away from the goal line, but when he tried to clear the shot, the ball ricocheted off of Soffner’s back, right into IU’s goal. And just like that, Northwestern rode a fluke goal into penalty kicks, winning the shootout 3-2 and knocking the Hoosiers from the Big Ten tournament. Even with the second game in just two weeks that the Hoosiers tied Northwestern in regulation, IU Coach Todd Yeagley said he thought his players put up a better fight Friday. “We were definitely better prepared for them after seeing them late in the regular season,” Yeagley said. “We defended Oliver Kupe, who’s been pretty dangerous all season, and we did a pretty good job after our rough first 10 minutes.” Northwestern’s offense started quickly, making two quick strikes on Soffner, but the first shot hit the bottom of the crossbar and the other struck the right post, and IU escaped the attack. Then IU’s offense began to click. The Hoosiers maintained the ball for much of the rest of the first half, and with 25:30 remaining in the first period, Meyer played a ball down to freshman
forward Eriq Zavaleta, who was posting up on a Northwestern defender in the right side of the box. Zavaleta spun around his opponent and snuck a shot into the left corner of the goal, his 10th goal of the season. “It’s always good to be the team to get the first goal of the game,” Zavaleta said. “You can really dictate the pace of play there on out, and I really felt like we were able to do that pretty well.” Even after IU’s own-goal, senior Chris Estridge said he still felt he and his teammates were going to be able to get another goal before the end of regulation and then again during one of the overtime periods. “We just felt really confident with the ball,” Estridge said. “I really felt like another goal was coming.” Yeagley also said he felt like his players played their best soccer toward the end of the game after they’d relinquished their lead, something they did often throughout the regular season. “I really thought we were most aggressive in our chances late in the second half and in overtime,” Yeagley said. “But things happen, and I told our guys that it’s just how you respond to it.” After seeing he and his teammates let go of another second-half lead, Estridge said he really feels the key going into the NCAA tournament is just simply scoring more goals and putting their opponents out of reach. “In the rest of our games this season, we just really need to battle and play with a killer mentality,” Estridge said. “We really need to be pushing for those third and fourth goals instead of trying to hold onto those one- or two-goal leads because those have come back to bite us.
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“We need to work on putting teams away instead of letting them hang around.” After the tough loss, Yeagley said he tried to stress to his players that they still had games left to play. They still had to refocus and now have to forget their misfortunes from Friday. “We’ve still got a lot of important soccer ahead of us,” Yeagley said. “There’s sure nothing to ease the pain and the deflating feeling from this loss, but we’ve got time to cool off and get our heads right. And once we’re back in Bloomington, we’ll get ready to go wherever the tournament draw takes us.”
Women’s Volleyball Nov. 18. @ 7:30 p.m. Oral Roberts @ Fort Wayne, IN.
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Men’s Basketball Nov. 21. @ 7 p.m. Judson @ Memorial Coliseum
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Women’s Basketball Nov. 17. @ 2 p.m. Butler @ Gates Sports Center
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*As of November 7.