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Fate of Creationism Bill:Unknown What it May Mean for the Next Generation of IPFW Science Students
Indiana State Bill 89 has recently caused a national stir. The bill would mandate teaching religious theories on the origins of life in public schools, including faiths such as Islam, Christianity and Scientology. SB 89 was passed through Indiana’s Senate Jan. 31, with a vote of 28 to 22. The author and sponsor of the bill was Republican State Senator Dennis Kruse, who represents District 14. That district encompasses part of Fort Wayne. The bill adds a new section to already-existing Indiana Code 20-30-6, which deals with “optional curriculum.” Previously included in this code are measures that allows schools to offer voluntary religious observances, provided a school or clerical employee does not “cause or encourage attendance.” Other sections provide for courses on American Sign Language and the risks of sexting. The bill, which would become IC 20-30-6-18 if signed into law, states, “The governing body of a school corporation may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of life. The curriculum for the course must include theories from multiple religions, which may include, but is not limited to, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Scientology.” What that means is that any course which Jessica Geyer
teaches a theory of life has to include at least two religious beliefs. Though the text of the bill is not long, it is vague and could be interpreted in a number of ways and certainly could enter the arena of biology. IPFW student Harry Francies is among those who do not support the bill. He does not believe religion belongs in the science classroom. “It makes me think that we have a bunch of idiots in charge,” said Francies. “There is always a high probability of our lawmakers doing stupid things. But that is what democracy is based on.” The Discovery Institute, an organization which promotes the teaching of intelligent design, issued a statement about SB 89, calling it “bad science” and that it would allow creationism into the classroom. “Instead of scrapping SB89 in deference to legal precedent, the Indiana Senate has amended the bill to allow more religious views on origins, as if more religion could cure the original problem,” said the Discovery Institute. They would prefer to introduce intelligent design, which they claim is scientifically-based rather that religiously based. However, intelligent design is also highly criticized for being unscientific. “The main thing to keep in mind is that the
scientific explanation for the origin and diversification of life is based on observations of the natural world that are followed up with extensive hypothesis testing,” said IPFW biology professor Mark Jordan. That is, religious theories and intelligent design don’t meet the criteria of the scientific method, which serves as the basis for any study in the scientific fields. Students who take a course in biology, chemistry or similar areas need to know this method. “Other explanations do not use this approach and are therefore inappropriate in a science curriculum,” said Jordan. Allowing religious theories into the classroom would possibly undermine this foundation of science education by showing students that the scientific method doesn’t always matter. The matter could also be one of strictly religious motivation, which would violate the First Amendment. James Farlow, professor of geology at IPFW, wrote for the Journal Gazette on Feb. 2, saying, “Those who push for teaching creationism in public schools are primarily driven by a desire to have science teaching reflect and reinforce their literal reading of the opening chapters of Genesis.” ► Continued on pg. 3
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Obama Birth Control Policy Angers Religious Groups President Barack Obama on Friday announced a change in a controversial
statement from the White House. While religious employers will not have to provide these services if it contradicts their faith, birth control policy. a female employee can still receive it directly from Under the Affordable Care Act, which goes the health insurance company. This service is into effect August 2012, most health insurance mandatory on behalf of the insurance company, plans would cover preventative care for women, again without co-pay or deductible. The employers including birth control, without a co-pay or will not have to pay for this. deductible. This caused an uproar among pro-life Obama said he believes this is a compromise religious institutions that works for all who are against parties. any form of “I’ve been contraception. confident from the “Under the start that we could mandate, the work out a sensible government forces religious insurers to write approach here,” he said. policies that violate their beliefs,” said the United The president added that this should not be “a Sates Conference of Catholic Bishops in a press political wedge issue.” release, Feb. 6. Indiana legislators Senator Dan Coats and Catholic television network EWTN even filed Congressman Marlin Stutzman both issued a lawsuit against the federal government with the statements disagreeing with the president’s stance. U.S. District Court. “This announcement does not offer genuine Obama, hoping to mollify these employers, conscience protections,” said Stutzman. “Instead, offered a compromising change. it offers a flimsy hope that … religious groups will “Under the new policy … women will have disregard their enduring values.” free preventive care that includes contraceptive A current poll on Stutzman’s website asks if services no matter where she works,” said a the administration should be able to “force faithbased groups” to offer plans that include birth control. Over 68 percent said no while just under 32 percent said yes. “ T o d a y ’ s announcement changes nothing,” said Coats. “...what the president 2011–2012 fails to understand is that when it comes to IPFW freedom of religion … there is no room for Omnibus compromise.” Lecture Leading Republican Award Winning Journalist presidential candidates Series Mitt Romney, Newt The Grace of Silence Gingrich and Rick and the Power of Words Santorum had also CELEBRATING previously condemned Jessica Geyer
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the Affordable Care Act. Bioethicist and MSNBC contributor Dr. Art Caplan wrote that the stance of the Catholic bishops was harmful to women. “Would anyone in the media be sympathetic if the entire leadership of the Jehovah’s Witnesses said they would not budge an inch in including coverage of blood transfusions?” he wrote. “Every woman should be in control of her own health. Period,” said Obama. This isn’t the only controversy to have swept women’s health this month. Earlier, breast cancer awareness group the Komen Foundation rescinded funding to Planned Parenthood because the organization was under a Congressional investigation. Komen later reversed its decision. ► Continued from pg. 2
“I don’t think we really want to go there,” he added in the article. Though it has made it through the House, many believe that SB 89 will never make it through the Senate or even be put to vote. Backing this is a legal precedence from Supreme Court ruling Edwards v. Aguillard in 1987. That case stemmed from a Louisiana law that required schools to teach creationism alongside evolution. Because it violated the First Amendment and did not have a secular purpose, the law was deemed unconstitutional. Some speculate that the wording, which includes several major religions, would also make the bill unattractive to legislators. That amendment was proposed by state senator Vi Simpson D-IN. In an interview with Village Voice blogger Tony Ortega, Simpson said, “I offered that amendment because I wanted to get the bill out of the science category, and secondly because I wanted to give school board members some pause, to get them thinking about what kinds of things would come up in the classroom, and that they wouldn’t be able to get away with only a Christian or a Genesis perspective.” Currently, the state of the bill is up in the air. Brian Bosma, current Indiana House Speaker, told the Northwest Indiana Times that he had not made a decision yet on bringing SB 89 to vote.
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Helmke to Possibly Offer iPads Last year at this time, The the details of how we might move forward on this Communicator reported project are not set in stone,” said student body on a new netbook checkout president Terel Lynn. service being offered by the Ipads are already in use by Helmke Library. Despite that some faculty members as part of program being little over a Project #mobileEDU. year old, the library wants to The devices are tablet format make new devices available— with a touch screen. Keyboards iPads. come as accessories for an Helmke recently additional price. Without the approached the Indianakeyboard, typing essays can Purdue Student Government be difficult. The devices can be Association (IPSGA) about used for web browsing, watching this new project and they Get more News and Politics via Twitter video and playing games. They are currently engaged in also tend to have a longer battery talks about the possible life than a netbook, but less collaboration. storage space. IPSGA also funded the netbook program. The retail cost of an iPad is $499. HP ProBooks “At this point, nothing has been finalized and are similarly priced. Jessica Geyer
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Indiana Passes Right-to-Work Indiana became the Some who are in favor of the bill state that not first manufacturing having this law is forced unionism. belt state in over a decade to Joshua Snyder, senior year business students, pass the right-to-work law. Indiana now joins 22 said, “It is unfair to require employees to pay costly other states making Indiana the 23rd dues for a service state to pass the right-to-work law. they may or may “Some against the bill say that Out of the 50 senators that voted, 22 not want. That Indiana has now become the 23rd of them were against the bill. Indiana it is downright ‘right-to-work for less” state.” also repealed a similar law in 1965. unethical to -Thompson According to Senator Carlin require all Yoder, the right to work bill will not employees to pay stop anyone from joining a union, only allowing union dues as a condition of employment.” those who are against it the option to opt out of Some against the bill say that Indiana has now union dues. become the 23rd “right-to-work for less” state. The right-to-work bill states that a person Sarah Lauren, junior marketing student, said, cannot be required to pay any portion of union “This law will lower wages and give employers the dues as a condition of employment nor can he be right to fire a person without a union.” fired if he joins the union. Other states fear that with Indiana passing the Governor Daniels commented that he signed right-to-work law the other states will be obliged the bill after several businesses decided not to to do the same. open shop in Indiana. Ashley Thompson
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Students: Focus More on Education Professors Shouldn’t Keep You Updated on Grades, They Will Match Your Work As it currently stands, students are responsible for knowing their own grades. Grades are only required to be posted once during the semester, and that is after finals. But not all students believe this is the fairest route to take. Indiana-Purdue Student Government Association (IPSGA) gets suggestions and ideas from students all the time about how they might want to improve the school, and a recent suggestion involves the posting of grades. “I told them that I thought teachers should have to update grades at least three times a term, including midterms but not final grades. [We] need to know our grades so that we can better prepare ourselves,” said Jessica Grabowski. Many teachers, however, think that students should take a little more initiative when it comes to their grades. “Students are given a syllabus with a grading scale at he beginning of each semester. Part of that syllabus should be a grading scale and a distribution of points or weights given to each assignment. Students need to take responsibility for their grades. Do the math. If there’s a question ask the professor,” said Professor Suzanne Rumsey. Having dealt with the issue of calculating grades, Grabowski asserts that this isn’t always as straight-forward as the syllabus presents, especially when deviations in the class make the syllabus inaccurate. “I approached my teachers and asked for a tentative grade. They were kind enough to still show me my grade, but I was upset again that they expected me to take time out of my studies to Staff Editorial
compute my grade,” said Grabowski. While Grabowski thinks that students would have a better advantage in knowing their grades at intervals throughout the semester, Rumsey believes this is not the case. “It assumes that students will do better if they know their grades more frequently. This is usually not the case. Students who want to do well in a class take responsibility for their work, their grades and their ability to ask questions,” she said. Rumsey points out that frequently posting grades can also detract from the learning process. Students get more caught up in the grade they’re getting in the class than actually taking something away from the material the class is meant to teach. The issue of grade posting is not clear cut. On one hand, many students, especially those who don’t calculate their own grades throughout the semester, would probably find grade posting helpful and useful. The problem with mandating that all teachers post grades several times a semester is that it may not always be possible. Upper level classes that may be based on a semester long project or long and infrequent papers may not have grades to post at regular intervals. For courses that allow for frequent posting, teachers who have the time to post grades may find students to be quite grateful, but it appears as though grades will still have to be handled on an individual basis. Students who want the update and aren’t willing to compute grades - or happen to be baffled by it - should be willing to approach the professor.
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Famous Soloist to Perform Two Concerts at Fort Wayne Venues
The Fort W a y n e Philharmonic is bringing American pianist Andrew Von Oeyen o its Saturday, Feb. 18 Masterworks oncert at the Embassy Theatre. The ollowing Tuesday, Feb. 21, Von Oeyen will erform again, this time as a part of the hilharmonic Friemann Special concert in he Rhinehart Recital Hall at IPFW. Von Oeyen, 32, began his study of the iano at age 5. His first orchestral solo erformance occurred when he was 10, ollowed by a performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 16. His education was completed at Columbia University nd the Julliard School of Music in New ork. Von Oeyen has performed across the United States and internationally with such rchestras as the Saint Louis Symphony, he Berlin Symphony Orchestra, and the lovak Philharmonic. According to his website, Von Oeyen erformed with the National Symphony n Washington D.C. in 2009 as part of the elevised “A Capitol Fourth” Independence Day celebration. Von Oeyen has recorded with violinist Sarah Chang under the EMI lassics label. As a soloist, he has recorded variety of works by the composer Franz iszt for Delos. At his Fort Wayne Philharmonic erformance in the Embassy Theatre, Von Oeyen will be playing the Brahms iano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15. The Philharmonic will also be playing the chaikovsky Symphony no. 5 in E minor, p. 64. For the Freimann Special concert in he IPFW Auer Auditorium, music for he program will include Berg’s 4 Pieces or Clarinet and Piano, the Beethoven erenade in D and the Schumann Piano Quintet. Louisa Danielson
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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.
Nugget Writer Fired After Fabricating Fan Mail Jasper Whitman, a 10 year writer for The Nugget, was fired last Friday after reports of falsifying praise in letters to the editor. The letters depicted Whitman as “a God amongst mere mortals with writing like an angel.” In each letter, it was suggested that Whitman receive a raise in payment that would result in over $400 a week. Editor-in-Chief Art Vanderlay stated that “it was obvious that it was him since he used the
email that he sends in articles with. Besides, why would we pay him that much based off of 30 letters that were all identical?” Whitman plans to sue The Communicator, claiming that “they can’t possibly know it was me just because I ... I mean, the readers that sent emails used my email account.” Whitman’s case was thrown out immediately by the court after reviewing the request that he be payed $400 bi-weekly for life.
Dear Editor, Jasper Whitman is the best writer in the world! Why don’t you guys pay him more? I mean, clearly his writing expresses comedy in a way that some people can’t comprehend. You guys should also consider letting him write more. I mean, one article each week? I hear he writes at least 3, and you guys say they’re stupid and he should do a better job.
His intellect and creativity set him aside from all others in writing. He is a God amongst mere mortals with writing like an angel. I really think you guys should pay him $400 a week, since he really deserves it, and wants to get a new computer (from what I’ve heard).
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Fort Wayne: We’re Cooler Than a Box of Juice Fort Wayne’s mayor Tom Henry held a press conference Monday to address the increasing concern that Fort Wayne is “totally bland.” Henry explained that “Fort Wayne has lots of stuff to do. We have a miniature golf course, over two movie theaters, and even a baseball team. Plus, we have the nickname ‘Fort Fun.’” Despite Henry’s urges citizens aren’t fully convinced. Harry Walsh, head of the Bureau Of Residents Zach Crook
Ending Dullness (BORED), responded that “nobody even likes baseball anymore. This city needs something like a theme park to spice things up. Even if we got a zoo or a bunch of ponies the city would be about 20 percent cooler.” Henry insists that he will try new strategies to gain the city some rep with the cooler cities. Henry has even drafted plans for a mandatory citywide game of duck, duck, goose. He hopes that the event will spark interest in community involvement and get people to think that Fort Wayne is fun. Henry closed his press conference with the statement: “Come on guys, we’re really trying. “The only friend the city has is Indianapolis, and that’s no Chicago. But even then, we’re cooler than a box of juice!”
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On Monday night, four friends decided to wipe the dust off an old Nintendo 64 and blow into the cartridge of Mario Party 2 and play a few games— for nostalgia’s sake. They fought, battled, dueled and Chance Time’d their way through several grueling games. However, when one of the players, IPFW junior Gregory Stinch, ran past a star space, he decided against buying it, despite having the 20 coins required. “It was horrifying. Here we were, trying to get to the star,” said IPFW sophomore Lu Sir. “And little things kept popping up on the map. Blockades, go-back-to-starts, and others. Greg finally reaches it and, when Toad asked ‘Do you want to buy the Star,’ he answered, ‘No, thanks.’ He even had more than enough coins, too.” The objective of Mario Party, as most people remember, is to obtain as many stars as possible throughout the match. To refuse a star deliberately when given the chance is unheard of, and many strategists agree that it isn’t part of a secret tactic. “I don’t see what the big deal is,” said Stinch. “I just decided not to buy a star. I mean, I can use the star for other things… Like, maybe I could buy a car! And I could drive it around the game board instead of hitting the stupid dice blocks. And then I could get more stars.” Sir apparently yelled at Gregory Stinch, saying, “But the stars are how you win!” Zach Crook
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Student Not Texting Really Just Staring at Crotch Professor Roebuck’s composition class was in uproar monday after a student accused of texting in class claimed he’d done so such thing. According to several student witnesses, Charlie Vance was sitting at his desk staring intently at his lap for the majority of class before the teacher stopped class to request he hand over his cell phone. “Most people just glance down every so often while texting, and if they’re really good you might not even notice. But this kid was just staring down the whole time. “I’m surprised Roebuck didn’t say something to him sooner,” said Angelica Simmons. Confrontation ensued as Vance asserted that he hadn’t been using his phone. “I wasn’t texting. Can’t a guy just stare at his own junk in a thoughtful and melancholy manner? Gosh,” he said. Vance’s instructor angrily denounced this as “the worst alibi in the history of idiotic excuses students have tried to use on professors.” Vance, however, intends to hold his ground. The 50 minute class was disrupted enough to entirely skip the small lecture and quiz planned for the day. In support of Vance, students in composition classes throughout the campus are planning a Melencholy Crotch Stare Day. They are planning to all sit in the same position, admiring their own laps, until their classtimes are overwith. “This whole thing is just ridiculous,” said Roebuck. “Don’t these students know they’re paying thousands of dollars to now stare at their lap instead of learn the material?” Vance said he is expecting to receive an A in the class Laura Rosenbaum
Study: Blutooths Still Annoying The Mustards Kristan Mensch
He says “Hello.” She looks at him. He’s looking at her.
She responds, “Hey.” He continues his conversation via Blutooth headset, ignoring her greeting. The situation described has happened more times than the American public can count since the insurgence of Blutooth-powered telephone conversations, and the country in general is in a constant state of annoyance. A study recently conducted at the Michigan Institute of Pretty Much Just Cellphones has concluded that even with the introduction of tablets which steal all attention from in-person communication, cell phone keyboards that have been magically glued to teenage thumbs worldwide and Angry Birds, the Blutooth headset is still at the top of the scale of annoyance. “I just can’t stand it,” said sophomore Jenny Numbero. “I never feel like more of an idiot than
when I accidentally insert myself into a Blutooth conversation. Like, technology isn’t supposed to make anyone under 40 years old feel like an idiot.” According to the study, the accidental conversation with one using a headset falls second on the scale only to the constant blue flashing from the head in a movie theater. “I went to go see ‘Sherlock Holmes’ when it came out and there were no odd tears or flies on the screen that took my attention the whole time,” said movie buff Jason Wilson. “That’s the perfect set-up; however, this dude would not turn off his Blutooth and I sat and stared at it the whole time. The. Whole. Time.” Despite most of the population being willing to yell out in the theater for Blutoothers to turn off the flashing, the study showed the majority of Blutoothers were unwilling to turn it off, for no apparent reason. “I don’t know why I keep it on,” said Blutoother Jen Lull. “I actually don’t know why I have it.”
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Weekend Wins Against Miami of Ohio, Ball State Extend Hoosier Streak to Seven By Evan Hoopfer, Indiana Daily Student The Hoosiers increased their winning streak to seven Saturday with wins against Miami University (Ohio) and Ball State University. The action started at 11 a.m. as the Hoosiers took on the Miami of Ohio Redhawks. The Hoosiers ousted the team from Oxford, Ohio, with a score of 5-2. Competing for the doubles point, the tandems of sophomore Kayla Fujimoto and senior Evgeniya Vertesheva and freshman Alecia Kauss and junior Leslie Hureau both won 8-1 in their matches. With the doubles point already secured, the freshman tandem of Katie Klyczek and Carolyn Chupa were down 4-6 before rallying to take the last four games of their match, 8-6. The singles matches were tightly contested against the Redhawks. Hureau played the No. 1 spot and took the match 7-5, 6-1. The Hoosiers’ two losses for the match happened in the No. 2 and 3 slots. Vertesheva lost in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. Chupa lost in three sets 6-4, 0-6, 6-3. “In the first match I had a bad matchup,”
Vertesheva said. “I had trouble with her game style and lost the game, which was frustrating.” Klyczek won her match in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3. Her opponent’s return went into the net, which secured the win not only for Klyczek but also gave the Hoosiers the fourth point of the match, securing the team’s sixthstraight win. In the No. 5 slot, Kauss rolled to victory against her opponent 6-1, 6-0. After losing the first set of the match, Fujimoto came back to win the next two sets to take the match 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. IU Coach Lin Loring said he was not surprised with the fight Miami showed. “Miami is always (No.) 1 or 2 in the MAC Conference,” Loring said. “I was pleased with the doubles, but I think we came out flat in the singles. We knew they wouldn’t be intimidated with a Big Ten team.” In the second match of the day, the Hoosiers took on the Ball State Cardinals and swept the Muncie team 7-0. In doubles, Chupa and Klyczek, Fujimoto and Vertesheva and Hureau and Kauss all won against their opponents while not giving up more than three games in any one match.
“In the second match of the day, the Hoosiers took on the Ball State Cardinals and swept the Muncie team 7-0.” -Hoopfer
When asked who he was most impressed with for the day, Loring said he was particularly happy with the No. 2 doubles tandem of Vertesheva and Fujimoto. “The No. 2 doubles played as good as they have in a while,” Loring said. “They have been up and down this season.” The singles matches had larger margins of victories than those against Miami. Klyczek, Fujimoto and sophomore Sophie Garre all won their matches 6-0, 6-1. Kauss and Vertesheva also had little trouble with their opponents as Kauss won 6-2, 6-0 and Vertesheva won 6-1, 6-0. “I played better in the second match,” Vertesheva said. “I played like I’m used to.” When freshman Shannon Murdy’s opponent put her shot into the net, it secured the Hoosiers’ sweep of the Cardinals. Murdy won 6-3, 6-2. The Hoosiers were able to get other players court time in the Ball State match. “We are eight players deep, so we were able to keep engaged,” Loring said. “It’s not like basketball, where you can play someone for 10 minutes and take them out.” These wins extend the Hoosiers’ streak to seven, which Loring said wasn’t surprising. “It’s where we should be,” Loring said. “If it was up to us, we would be 7-1.”
Hoosiers Advance to 5th Place Game Against Maryland By Alex McCarthy, Indiana Daily Student Since being ranked in the top 10 in the preseason poll, the Hoosiers have continued to earn their ranking, entering the weekend as No. 9. Through the first three games of the Triton Invitational in Santa Barbara, Calif., the team had compiled a 2-1 record, improving to 6-3 for the season. The first of the wins came against Santa Clara on Saturday, when the Hoosiers had a 9-6 victory. Sophomore Amanda Redfern scored a trio of goals in the first half. Freshman Colleen McNaught helped her teammates’ offensive barrage, compiling a career-
high five assists. Despite a three-goal comeback in the final period, the Broncos were kept in check for most of the contest by senior goalkeeper Cassie Wyckoff, who notched 10 saves. No. 12 Loyola Marymount proved to be too much for IU, and the Hoosiers fell 7-5. The defenses kept the game scoreless until Loyola Marymount scored with 33 seconds remaining in the first period. Freshman Alexis Jones put IU on the board with a goal at the 1:03 mark in the second period, but the Lions quickly responded 22 seconds later with a goal of their own. A second-half momentum swing wasn’t
enough, and the Lions completed the victory and sunk the Hoosiers to 6-3. IU played No. 16 UCSB for the second time in as many weeks Sunday with a similar result. The Hoosiers defeated the Gauchos 7-5 to advance to the fifth-place game against No. 17 Maryland. Fournier led the Hoosiers with four goals in the game. Wyckoff had 10 saves again, making it the eighth game this season for her with doubledigit saves. IU advances to face Maryland at 3:10 p.m. PST Sunday. ► @IDSNews.com
IPFW Blanks Cardinal Stritch, 3-0 From gomastodons.com: A solid team effort from the first serve to the final point helped the IPFW men’s volleyball team shutout NAIA member Cardinal Stritch, 3-0 Saturday evening at the Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. IPFW finishes the weekend 1-1 with Saturday’s win, improving its 2012 overall record to 7-4 (1-1 MIVA). Cardinal Stritch falls to 10-8 with the road loss. The Mastodons are a perfect 3-0 all-time against the Wolves. IPFW grabbed the early lead in the first set, jumping ahead 12-8 after Phil Peterson tagged
three kills. A kill from Elon Fyfield midway through put the Mastodons up six at 17-11, forcing a timeout from the Wolves. The break didn’t slow down IPFW, though, as the home team prolonged its attack on Cardinal Stritch defense, leading to set point at 24-15. On the final play, Omar Rivera found Ramon Burgos alone at the middle of the net, and with a powerful right swing, Burgos blasted a powerful kill to give the ‘Dons set one, 25-15. The teams traded points to open the second frame, with Cardinal Stritch showing a more aggressive game plan early on. Tied at 12-12, the
Wolves committed back-to-back attack errors, handing IPFW the lead at 14-12. When it appeared the Mastodons would pull away, the Wolves responded and tied the set at 24-24, as the frame went into extra points. IPFW earned set point at 27-26, and on the ensuing play, Fyfield delivered a pass to Eddie Rivera, who blasted home a kill to the back line, providing IPFW the frame, 28-26. In the third set, the Wolves fed off early IPFW errors to take a 9-6 lead. The Mastodons marched back and tied the set at 9-9, before E. Rivera and Continued on pg. 12 t
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Hoosiers Lose By Wide Margin To Sooners By Ben Simmons, Indiana Daily Student For the Hoosiers, the third road match in a month against a top-20 opponent proved almost as insurmountable as the first two. On Sunday, No. 19 Oklahoma slugged No. 25 Indiana to the tune of 6-1, dropping the Hoosiers to 6-3 on the season. The solitary point for the Hoosiers came in the encounter’s final match, as junior Josh MacTaggart defeated the 53rd ranked player in the country, Guillermo Alcorta, in straight sets, 7-6, 6-4, to avoid another shutout away from Bloomington. In vanquishing Alcorta, MacTaggart registered the most notable individual victory of the season to date for the Hoosiers, who currently lack a player ranked in the ITA top 125. Oklahoma swept the three doubles matches that commenced the action in Norman, Okla., though none of the victories came easily. The top two IU duos, the first comprised of junior Isade Juneau and senior Jeremy Langer and the second of MacTaggart and junior Alastair Barnes, both fell to ranked Sooner tandems in identical fashion, 8-6. The initial action in doubles play was then
capped off by a 9-8 defeat of the Hoosiers’ No. 3 team, seniors Will Kendall and Stephen Vogl, to Lawrence Formentera and David Pultr. Though IU had seized the doubles point in the same fixture a year ago, which was in Bloomington, the initial action proved a tougher task to the Hoosiers this time around. The premier Oklahoma pair of Costin Paval and Dane Webb was ranked No. 14 nationally heading into the contest, while the No. 2 team of Tsvetan Mihov and Peerakit Siributwong clocked in at No. 38. In singles play, MacTaggart’s triumph represented the only favorable result for the Hoosiers. Juneau was unable to solve the highest ranked opponent he has faced to date, No. 4 Paval, taking only two games from him en route to a 6-0, 6-2 loss. Fellow countryman Langer fared no better, dropping a 6-1, 6-3 decision to No. 9 Mihov at the No. 3 spot. The bottom three matches of the singles slate followed a similarly sour narrative for the Hoosiers; sophomore Dimitrije Tasic, Kendall and Vogl were all defeated in straight sets at the fourth, fifth and sixth positions, respectively. Tasic was unable to dethrone Siributwong
at No. 4 singles, falling 6-3, 7-6, to the Thailand native and 39th ranked netter in the country. In his season debut at the fifth spot, Kendall dropped two contested sets to No. 63 Webb on his way to a 6-4, 6-4, setback. The other match, which pitted Vogl and Pultr against one another once more, saw Pultr prevail by a 6-4, 6-3 scoreline. The Hoosiers now have a break of more than two weeks before they welcome No. 30 Notre Dame to the IU Tennis Center for a leap day grudge match of Jan. 28’s 6-1 victory. IU Coach Randy Bloemendaal has consistently said this year’s Hoosier squad is ahead of schedule compared to this past year’s. Despite the team having been convincingly beaten in three road matches so far this season, each of those three defeats have come on the road to more highly ranked outfits — No. 3 Ohio State, No. 7 Kentucky and the No. 19 Sooners. The schedule appears more manageable in the coming month, as the Irish represent the only opponent ranked in the top 50. ► IDSNews.com
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crowd. Klimek’s point led IPFW to set point at 24Bryan Sanders teamed up for a block to put 22, where Wolve George Ghassan missed long on the ‘Dons in front 10-9. The teams traded points attack to give IPFW the match in three sets. until 20-20, when red-shirt freshman Albert Burgos totaled a career-high 12 kills in the Klimek entered the game to serve for the first time non-conference win, while E. Rivera managed in his Mastodon career. With one swing, Klimek eight, and Fyfield and Dan Mader each recorded blasted a service ace, igniting the IPFW bench and seven. O. Rivera and Adam Quinn totaled 27 and
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17 assists, respectively. As a unit, the Mastodons managed a season-best .415 hitting percentage against Cardinal Stritch. The Mastodons will remain at home for their next match on Feb. 17, when Carthage enters the Gates Sports Center. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
The next Men’s Volleyball game will be on Feb. 17, facing off against Carthage at Gates Sports Center. The game will begin at 7 p.m.
Abraham, Wagner Start Strong as IU Splits First 4 Games By Justin Shockey, Indiana Daily Student Home runs were not a rare sight in this weekend’s opening tournament for the Hoosiers. Sophomore Jenna Abraham’s two home runs Friday and junior Amanda Wagner’s two home runs Saturday helped lead the Hoosier softball team to split its four opening weekend games. The Hoosiers (2-2) first faced Devin Miller and the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames. Abraham opened the scoring column for the season in the first inning, scoring after a sacrifice
fly from freshman outfielder Brianna Meyer. The next inning, Abraham answered with a line-drive two-run home run over the center field wall. Heading into the sixth inning, the Hoosiers were up 6-0. Then the Flames offense started getting hot. After allowing four runs late in the game, freshman pitcher Lora Olson found herself trying to close the game with a runner at second and the tying run up to bat. With two outs completed, pinch-hitter Kelsey Sturgeon blasted a shot into left field. As the ball approached the fence, Abraham answered the call again by stealing the home run and bringing the ball back over the fence for the win. “I was just thinking, ‘track the ball, stay on it, don’t give up,’” Abraham said. “I knew I was close to the fence, so I was just going to jump and reach over as far as I could, and hopefully I would grab it. I really didn’t know I had it ’til I felt it in my glove.” Olson finished the entire game in the circle for her first collegiate softball start. Abraham finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBI, two runs and a home run. “Hitting is something I’ve been working hard toward,” Abraham said. “I’ve been struggling a little bit, but it felt good being able to be confident. The home runs felt good. It’s just one of those things, when you hit it well, you can just tell it’s going to go over.”
The next game against New Mexico State ended in a 10-2 loss for the Hoosiers. Sophomore Meaghan Murphy, Indiana’s only returning pitcher, started in the circle. Murphy was able to limit the Aggies to just three runs going into the fifth inning, when they had a 3-0 lead. Olson returned to relieve Murphy, who allowed five runs on 11 hits with five strikeouts, and during the final inning and a third, the Aggies scored another five runs on three hits. In the sixth, Abraham hammered another two-run home run to complete the final score of 10-2. On Saturday, Indiana opened up against Saint Mary’s. Olson started, but Murphy came in to relieve after the Gaels recorded six runs with no outs in the bottom of the first. Down 7-1 after the first inning, the Hoosiers fought for a comeback. Abraham looked as if she could steal the show again after opening things back up with a stolen base after a single. However, Saturday was Wagner’s day. “Friday, I got the first game jitters out and was a lot more confident in the box on Saturday,” Wagner said. “I want to be a more consistent hitter.” The junior power-hitter blasted a two-run home run to center field to keep the game close at 7-3. Hoosier hitting, however, ended with the home run, and the game ended with a 8-3 loss. Coming off of two losses, the Hoosiers looked for revenge against Santa Clara. Everyone showed up to play in the 9-1 win against the Broncos. “We came out and played well and did a lot of good things as a team. It’s always good to get those first games under your belt,” IU Coach Michelle Gardner said. “Meaghan threw well, and we hit well. It felt great getting some good performances on the field.” Gogreve drove in a career-high four RBI, including a three-run double. Senior Samantha Berenter went 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs. Murphy threw a career-high eight strikeouts. After struggling Friday with a 1-for-6 performance, Wagner found her groove Saturday, notching two home runs while hitting 5-for-6 with five RBI total for the day. ► IDSNews.com