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Homecoming: what to know for NKUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big week

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Preview: Norse look to even with Grizzlies

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Soccer Stadium gets new turf, track

HOMECOMING 2019: Once a Norse, always a Norse EVENTS, GAMES AND MORE pages 4 & 5

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

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WHAT TO DO Check out the hottest campus happenings and can’t-miss events in Greater Cincinnati.

TREVOR NOAH: LOUD & CLEAR TOUR | ARONOFF CENTER | $39 | 7:30 P.M. Trevor Noah, host of the Emmy and Peabody winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, is bringing his unique blend of humor and life stories to Cincinnati. Noah was named one of the most influential people in the world by TIME magazine in 2018 and one of “The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media” in 2017 and 2018 by the Hollywood Reporter. Tickets are $35 and up.

ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI AT 150 | CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM | 11 A.M. - 5 P.M. The Art Academy of Cincinnati opens their new gallery to celebrate its 150th year of operation with a selection of works on paper from alumni and faculty. Over 90 drawings and prints will be on display for free in this stunning display of art from one of Cincinnati’s most esteemed art schools.

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IN THE HEIGHTS | CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK | $10+ | 7 P.M. See the musical that started it all for the creator of Hamilton. “In the Heights,” a play about HispanicAmericans in New York City, was nominated for 13 Tony Awards and won four, including Best Musical. The hip-hop and salsa-infused musical was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first before he went on to write international hit “Hamilton.” Tickets $10 on Tuesdays. CINCINNATI CYCLONES FROZEN 5K | CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM |$35 | 9 A.M. Cincinnati’s local hockey team is holding a unique 5K run. The race will take participants underneath Second Street through Cincinnati’s Transit Center and along the banks of the Ohio River. All participants will receive a long-sleeve shirt, a finisher medal, free hot chocolate and a free ticket to any Cyclones home game in 2018-19.

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From University Police logs, here’s the week in crime at NKU.

Jan. 18 - Report of two people smoking marijuana in a vehicle in Lot P. Jan. 24 - Subject reported being harassed by two males. One was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Jan. 26 - Report of a physical altercation between two subjects in University Suites.

What you missed at SGA Jan. 28 Josh Goad ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Co-curricular transcripts A.J. Miller, a coordinator with the Office of Student Engagement, spoke about an upcoming MyEngagement feature that will showcase what you’ve done outside of the classroom. “Co-curricular transcript is a university document that outlines all the great things that you’ve done here at the university,” Miller said. “If you have involvement in different student groups, if you’ve gone to different events—this is just an official university document that you can use when you are applying for graduate school, internships, co-ops. It’s just one more thing to polish the presentation of yourself.” The transcript lists organizations and events that have been registered through MyEngagement, but internships have not been integrated into the system yet. Events that have happened that are not listed may be applicable for backdating so they can appear on the transcript.

Rally for Higher Education

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Members of SGA will be traveling to Frankfort on Feb. 12, to join in on the Rally for Higher Education. NKU will be attending along with several other universities, including University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Western Kentucky University, Morehead and others. As of this report, 11 legislators have been booked to meet with the members of NKU who decided to attend the rally. SGA President Hannah Edelen, among other students, will be sharing their educational experience in Kentucky and how it has changed them. SGA invites those interested to reach out and join them. Katie Mitchell, secretary of public relations, said that they are willing to bring those interested with them and depending on attendance, SGA may charter a bus to Frankfort.

Pension update Adam Caswell, NKU assistant vice president for government, corporate and foundation engagement, spoke to SGA about the looming pension crisis Kentucky faces. Before the rate freeze went into effect, some employers were looking at the possibility of paying 84 percent of payroll into retirement systems. Once the decision was made to freeze the current rate of 49 percent, Kentucky legislators directed the various retirement systems of Kentucky to come up with a solution by the end of 2018. “What happened at the end of 2018 was that the pension system did not come up with a very good solution,” Caswell said. “What they recommended was to freeze the rates for another year and have a legislature appropriate additional money to cover the cost to not increase to 84 percent. That’s not a solution, that’s a one year Band-Aid.” Caswell went on to showcase a proposal that was created by the various universities that were apart of the state pension system, including NKU, WKU, EKU, Murray and Morehead. The proposal would do several things, including: placing all new hires into defined contribution (DC) plan, creating a onetime window of time for existing Kentucky Employee Retirement System (KERS) employees to opt out of KERS and into DC plan, conducting actuary analysis to determine institution-specific liability for active, inactive and retired employees and providing financial options for agencies to have a set number of years to pay off unfunded liability through a “level-dollar” approach, thus eliminating the percent of payroll process. The Kentucky legislature is currently in a short session where they will meet for 30 days out of the year. This “Higher Education Consensus Proposal” will be presented to them sometime next week.

Ed 63, Issue 3

Josh Kelly

Editorial: The day Zac Efron came to NKU

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ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

On Friday night, Zac Efron tweeted the movie trailer for “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile.” The film stars Efron as notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. But look closely at the trailer and you might see some familiar spots. In one of the shots, you can see Zac hitting his castmate with a crowbar; yet in the background, you can see the Steely Library’s NKU logo. Several scenes in the trailer are in the library itself. Toward the end of the trailer, Efron busts through the front doors of Steely. Efron came to campus on Feb. 17 of last year. Many students hunted for a moment to catch a glimpse of the star, but none have an experience like this investigative journalist. Let me flash you back to my experience looking for Zac. The day began as any other snowy Saturday. I woke up on Feb. 17 and went to Norse Commons for breakfast. I sat and ate alone. My mind wandered, thinking on what I had to do that day: take photos for a friend. My friend Daniel Mantilla came over and said, “Josh, Zac Efron’s on campus.” To which I responded, “Why are we still in Commons?” In that moment, I remembered that my Presidential Ambassadors’ advisor had told me all of Zac Efron’s potential sets on campus. I was told Nunn Hall’s mock courtroom, the law library and our own Steely Library were all potential sets. Daniel and I then herded our friends and began the trek to our first stop. On the journey, the snow started coming down even harder, covering car windows driving through campus. Our group began bubbling over with theories that Zac was in the cars being transported from building to building to protect him from students (such as ourselves). As we arrived in Nunn, we saw moving trucks loading set pieces and costume racks into the building. We entered the building’s northeast stairwell and immediately saw people in black outfits lounging in the law library. Sadly, the door was locked. So, we stared at them, very intensely. While staring, we saw the renovations to the law library. The people, who were trying their hardest to ignore our very loud pleas, that was only boosted by the reverb of the stairway, were obviously not students. After a few minutes of staring and pleading for them to open the door, we decided to investigate the rest of the building; if there were cameras, there should also be Zac. We ran through each floor with nothing to see other than the off-white

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What do you think of the trailer for “Extremely Wicked...” featuring NKU? PHOTO COURTESY OF COTA FILMS, ILLUSTRATION BY JOSH KELLY

walls of our law building, until we got to the fifth floor, where we caught a whiff of something. Something more pleasant than the breakfast we had at Commons. We started pacing up and down the halls when we found a sign that read “CATERING.” The smell became more and more prominent as we started running after it, until it disappeared. Shortly after, we found a stack of empty pizza boxes from Toppers, still unsure if that was the food they were enjoying. We headed back to the stairways. There was a group of girls in the stairway and our group told them that the second floor was locked. I then suggested that they take the elevator to the floor and see what they can find. We sent them on their way from the third floor and down the elevator. I haven’t seen those girls again since the door shut. Our group became hopeless that we would not come across the star. We recruited (the one and only) Jake Wietmarschen to help us along the journey. Jake told us that he had an in with someone that could help us find Zac. Unfortunately, my group decided to split. I walked with Jake, Daniel and Paula Marie Gagne to the library, his rumored second location. On the way there, we ran into Christian Dichoso, who had an internship with NKU Police, who were supervising Zac’s day. He confirmed that Zac was in fact filming in the library, but he didn’t know when. We raced to the front desk to ask the attendant if Zac was filming today. After a short chat with his boss in a glasswalled office, the attendant solemnly replied: “I can’t speak on it.” “So, is he coming later tonight?” “I cannot answer that.” We knew that meant yes. The five of us decided to sit, rest and

warm up for a bit before we continued. I, however, had to run to my dorm to charge my phone and also prepare for the photoshoot I had coming up. After about 30 minutes, I headed back to the library. My friends were nowhere in sight. I snapchatted Daniel asking where he was. I found them in Lot I across from the Library. I walked up to them, past the cop cars and semi-trucks, and they took a step away from the set. The set was a teal Volkswagen bug and white sedan with a white tent nearby. They explained that they were told for every person that arrives they have to take a step back. Shortly after, a man strolled to our group of five. He told us he is in the assistant director’s circle for the film and explained that he was fine with us watching the scene. However, he suggested that we move to find a better angle, pointing to some places in the lot that would be clear from the shot of the camera. He also asked us not to post any pictures we take of Efron and to remain quiet wherever we go. “He is just in a such a state that if he comes out of it, he won’t be able to go back,” he said. Christian left our group as we migrated down to Jake’s car to watch the scene unfold. There we saw Zac swinging his crowbar—the same clip from the trailer— and he saw us. I left halfway through the scene’s filming to do the photoshoot in SOTA. As I walked out of the Greaves Hall exit, I saw bright lights and strolled all the way through the library’s culdesac. Sadly, after being removed from the hunt for an hour, I forgot Zac was even on campus. It wasn’t until I turned around and saw the cameras that I remembered that Zac was filming there—and I wouldn’t be surprised to find myself on the special features of the DVD.

“I thought it was really good and cool to see NKU in there.” Allison Gabert, dance, sophomore

“I saw the Steely Library doors and made sure to pause it on that part.” Kylee Caudill, public relations, sophomore

“It seemed more like an action trailer than about a serial killer, but I am also really excited to see it.” Erica Wilson, human resources, senior

Homecoming 2019

04 Arts & Life

Josh Kelly ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

Homecoming week is a time that allows NKU to celebrate what it means to be a Norse. Kim Vance, director of fraternity and sorority life, recalled that during her undergraduate years, homecoming used to be celebrated during soccer season. Since then, NKU has changed a lot over the years. Back then, NKU was still Division II and a “much smaller school with only about 400 people living on campus,” Vance said. They played the homecoming game in Regents Hall and there were only a few events that happened during the then weekend-long celebration. There would be spirit activities in the halls since the players lived closely among the students; the student section would be crammed into the Regents gym and everyone would be “excited and loud and court was always a big deal,” Vance said. Those were Vance’s favorite memories of homecoming. Homecoming now looks vastly different. Now, the week-long celebration has 16 events happening all around campus and the community with events for every student. “It really is a true representation of the campus community and the student body,” Leah Koch, coordinator of programming, said. The events are changing to be more inclusive each year. The Activities Programming Board is actively trying to plan events that get more than the general majority of the student body involved.

PHOTOS BY COLIN JOHNSON

Koch said in the past, typical involvement during homecoming “was very Greek heavy. It’s not that way anymore.” One way that they plan to welcome more students into the homecoming festivities is by the inclusion of non-binary terms to describe their homecoming court. Koch said before they made the switch they spoke to other schools who had already done so to ensure they were doing such in a proper way. “We, as a community, have the opportunity to recognize students in a wider way,” Vance said. The community of NKU gets involved with the season by having the student organizations and offices across campus come together to celebrate what NKU has done for them. The different organizations are pushed to go to as many events as they please during the week. With events ranging from a volunteer opportunity to a Black History Month speaker to a step show by the National PanHellenic Council, “there’s an event for everyone,” Vance said. Attached to the organizations and events are the “very intense” point systems. Each organization has the opportunity for their members to sign in to every event they attend and the team that ends up with the most points in their division wins. “Something that we also tried to do was to make it so that when you’re competing,

you’re competing against organizations that are similar numbers to you,” Koch said. “So that’s where the black, gold and white divisions come into play.” Outside of the student involvement, homecoming is also a time for alumni to come back to their college home and see how much campus has changed. Alumni Programs and Councils plans for the alumni side of the week, together with all five alumni councils and the board of directors. “Homecoming has always been a celebration—a campus wide celebration,” Amy Wylie, director of alumni programs and councils, said. “Even when I didn’t work here, as an alum, this is kind of weekend I held in my calendar to come back to campus.” This year there is an Alumni Awards celebration dinner in the Campus

Recreation Center to recognize the prestigious alumni recipients’ accomplishments of the year within the NKU community. “The Black Alumni Council actually plans a whole series of events just geared towards the black alumni that we have here...it’s a campus-wide event,” Wylie said. Homecoming week at its core is a time for past, present and future NKU students to celebrate what it means to be a Norse— and what that means for different students. The Office of Admissions is hosting a prospective student section to attend the Feb. 9 game to allow the students to experience NKU’s student section. “I think Homecoming is a great time of year. It makes me fall in love with NKU all over again and celebrate Northern,” Vance said.

DREEZY AT NKU: Upcoming Chicago rapper headlines Homecoming concert Josh Kelly & Kane Mitten ARTS & LIFE EDITOR, ASSISTANT ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

After plenty of student speculation, NKU Homecoming announced on Twitter Friday that Chicago-based rapper Dreezy will be performing at the Homecoming Concert in Lot D at 4:45 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 9. Dreezy is known for her album “No Hard Feelings” that hit #15 on the Billboard Top Hip-Hop Albums Chart, which featured hits like “Close to You” featuring T-Pain, “Body” featuring Jeremih and “We Gon Ride” featuring Gucci Mane. Vice Magazine’s sister publication Noisey crowned her the “Princess of Chicago Rap” after she released her first viral song at just 18 years old, and she was nominated for Best New R&B Artist at the iHeartRadio Awards in 2017. Director of Homecoming Programming for APB Alexia Ball said APB is “thrilled” that Dreezy is coming to preform. Ball said APB “bringing her to campus will encourage students to attend, since she is a rising star.” Dreezy is playing NKU’s Homecoming Concert fresh off the launch of her new album “Big Dreez,” which was released Jan. 25. The concert is part of the homecoming festivities and will be following a tailgate in Lot D. After the concert, the men’s basketball team will be playing Oakland in BB&T Arena. Last year’s homecoming performance was 2000s throwback hip-hop artist Ying Yang Twins. The concert is free for students.

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‘Carry the Torch: Once a Norse, always a Norse’

PHOTOS BY COLIN JOHNSON, DREEZY PHOTO COURTESY INTERSCOPE RECORDS.

Left: President Ashish Vaidya blows the Gjallarhorn at the 2018 NKU Homecoming game. Center: Chicago-based up-and-comer Dreezy will perform on Saturday in Lot D outside BB&T Arena at 4:45 p.m. Above: Drew McDonald goes up for a shot against Green Bay on Feb. 10, 2018.

Homecoming 2019

04 Arts & Life

Josh Kelly ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

PHOTOS BY COLIN JOHNSON

DREEZY AT NKU: Upcoming Chicago rapper headlines Homecoming concert Josh Kelly & Kane Mitten ARTS & LIFE EDITOR, ASSISTANT ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

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‘Carry the Torch: Once a Norse, always a Norse’

PHOTOS BY COLIN JOHNSON, DREEZY PHOTO COURTESY INTERSCOPE RECORDS.

06 Sports / News

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Preview: Norse look to get even with Grizzlies Dada,

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Trevon Faulkner (right) is introduced before the game against UMBC, Nov. 30, 2018. PHOTO BY COLIN JOHNSON

NKU Norse face Oakland Golden Grizzlies at BB&T Arena Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. Watch live on ESPN3. Follow us on Twitter @northernersport for updates.

NKU men’s basketball team is on top of the Horizon League with only one loss on the board. On Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m., the Norse look to settle the score against Oakland in the main event of Homecoming weekend. It’s also Kenton County Night, meaning tickets will be $9 with proof of residence. This game is important for not only the Norse, who would remain on top of the Horizon League, but also for Oakland, whose ranking would get a boost from a Norse loss. Oakland currently sits tied at second with Wright State with a conference record of 6-3. It’s a bit of deja vu: the last time the Grizzlies and Norse met, the game was a fight to the last second to see who would come out as Horizon League leader. Oakland dominated with home-court advantage. Recently, Head Coach John Brannen has attributed home wins to the help of the crowd. Redshirt junior forward Xavier HillMais averaged 20.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game on the season, but NKU could not hold him in the last match. He scored 32 points and was 4 of 5 from behind the arc. The defensive match up on Mais will be imperative to win. Redshirt junior guard Jaevin Cumberland averaged 17.4 points and has 80 assists on the year and shot 87 percent from the free throw line. Against the Norse, Cumberland chipped in 15

Sierra Newton SPORTS EDITOR

points, sinking 4 of 4 from the free throw line and 6 assists. Junior guard Tyler Sharpe and redshirt junior Jalen Tate led the Norse with 14 points apiece in the last showdown. Senior forward Drew McDonald was held to 13 points and 9 rebounds (McDonald normally averages 19 points and 10 rebounds per game). NKU leads in defensive rebounding in the Horizon League with an average of 27.4 per game, while Oakland sits at the bottom of the league averaging 21 defensive rebounds per game. On offense, NKU ranks second with an average of 79.5 points per game and Oakland is ranked third, scoring an average of 77.4 points per game. The teams are almost evenly matched when it comes to scoring efficiencies, so this game will truly come down to grit and who wants the win more. In the Horizon League, Oakland has lost to Wright State 89-73, Milwaukee 67-64, and IUPUI 73-71. The Norse beat both IUPUI and Milwaukee by double digits and Wright State by 4 points. NKU men’s basketball is currently ranked 20th and 21st on collegeinsider. com and midmajormadness.com and are the only team from the Horizon league ranked in the Top 25. The Norse are currently on a 13-0 home win streak and are looking to keep the streak alive.

Northerner wins 5 Kentucky Press Association awards

Northerner Staff

The Northerner won five Kentucky Press Association (KPA) awards Jan. 25. The Northerner, along with all Kentucky student publications, was also recognized for a year of watchdog reporting and a student press fight for public records. Former Editor-in-Chief Mackenzie Manley won first place for Best Column. Video reporters Katherine Veith, Emma Wilson and Jen McMahon won first place for Creative Use of Multimedia. The Northerner staff won first place for Best Front Page. Manley and Editor-inChief Sam Rosenstiel won second place for Best Enterprise or Analytical Story. Photo Editor Colin Johnson won second place for Best General News Photo. The Russ Metz Memorial Most Valuable Member Award, traditionally given to a Kentucky journalist who performed the most outstanding service, was instead awarded to the staffs of all state college Northerner editors Josh Kelly, Nicole Browning, Sam Rosenstiel, Natalie Hamren and Kane student publications. The Northerner Mitten received awards at the KPA Conference in Louisville on Jan. 25. was recognized alongside The College PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELE DAY Heights Herald (WKU), The Kentucky

Kernel (UK), The Murray State News, The Eastern Progress (EKU), The Louisville Cardinal and others. “We are honored that KPA recognizes the hard work of Northern Kentucky student reporters, photographers and designers,” Rosenstiel said. “To receive the Russ Metz award along with the other talented and courageous student news organizations across Kentucky is an honor our staff is proud to share. In this new year, we look forward to creating a Northerner that continues to inspire and inform our NKU community.” The Northerner was recently recognized nationally for its coverage of sexual misconduct, sports photos and editorial illustration. KPA, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, is an organization for the advancement of professional and student journalists, and its Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association supports student news publications around the state.

Ed 63, Issue 3

New turf, track coming to NKU Soccer Stadium Dada,

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After playing on the same field for almost ten years, the NKU athletic department has decided that it is time to overhaul the turf in the Norse Soccer Stadium. According to Associate Athletic Director Chris Hafling, the decision came at the end of last season because waiting another year would have been a threat to the players’ safety. “We identified last season specifically that our soccer turf was going on right on almost ten years since it was put in,” Hafling said. “It identified that we really needed, for player’s safety and to enhance the facility, to look into a replacement of the turf where it has worn down over

time. Luckily, we are able to work with the university to come up with a plan to get that done this off season.” Replacing the old turf will result in a slightly different look to the soccer field. Before, the field had been international size, meaning that it is the size of a World Cup field. With more recent NCAA regulations, the size of the field will be five yards smaller in width while maintaining its length. With the extra space, the athletic department has decided to add a couple of lanes and a jumping pit for the track and field athletes. The planning and budgeting for the

renovation took about six months. According to the Associate Athletic Director for Business and Finance, Dan McIver, the athletic department was given a budget of $600,000 to work with. After all the turf, the track accommodations, design work, cost overruns and preparations, they are just under this budget. The actual work on the field started a couple of days after Christmas. The goal was to get the field completed by Feb. 1, but with recent severe weather conditions, the progress has been delayed. The new goal is to have it done by the middle of February as long as the

weather cooperates. Fortunately, Hafling said, that he does not think that the delayed progress will hinder men’s or women’s soccer in their training for next season. “It definitely has a strong impact on our student athletes in the long run,” Hafling said of the whole project.

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NKU women’s basketball team faced off against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and defended their home court with a score of 72-50. In conference play, NKU now stands at 5-4, while Oakland women’s basketball team drops to 1-8. Freshman point guard Ally Niece led the group with 17 points, sinking 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Redshirt junior Molly Glick contributed 16 points, making 4 of 5 from the three point line, and freshman forward Emmy Souder added 10 points and 4 rebounds to the board. The first half went well for the Norse on both defense and offense, holding the Grizzlies to 34 percent from the field goal range and 18 percent from behind the arc. While on offense, the Norse shot 44 percent from the field and and 42 percent from the three. The Norse were up at the half by nine points with a score of 33-24. Niece scored 15 of her 17 points during the first half. In the third quarter, the Norse took off with 23 points. NKU women’s team shot 4-8 from behind the arc in the second half and held Oakland to 1-7 from behind the arc. The Norse also had big contributions from the bench—they added 24 points with help from Souder, who had 10 points, and senior guard Taryn Taugher, who had 2 points and a lot of defensive

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pressure. Head Coach Camryn Whitaker felt that her bench had a very productive game. “It was one of the first games that I really felt our offensive flowed a lot better,” Whitaker said. A big part of NKU’s win was their free throws. “Shooting 88 percent is huge. We got to the foul line which is something we continue to emphasize on,” Whitaker said. NKU out rebounded Oakland by 21 boards during the game and had 15 assists to 21 shots made. Coach Whitaker said the Norse fought hard for this win and she was happy with her team. The Norse ended the night shooting 41 percent from the field. The next game for the Black & Gold will take place on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. defending their home court against IUPUI. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Above: Taylor Clos (4) goes up for a shot during the game against Oakland at BB&T Arena. Below: Kailey Coffey (23) fights for possession. PHOTOS BY COLIN JOHNSON

Men’s basketball - W, 73-60 vs. Milwaukee, Jan. 26. Next: Feb. 1 at IUPUI, 7 p.m. ESPN+ Women’s basketball - W, 72-50 vs. Oakland Grizzlies Jan. 27. Next: Jan. 31 vs. IUPUI, 7 p.m. ESPN+

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08 Homecoming

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Carry the Torch: