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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a feisty twist on Jane Aus-tens classic tale, directed by Burr Steers and starring Lily James (Cinderella), Matt Smith (Dr. Who), Douglas Booth (Noah), Bella Heath-cote (Dark Shadows) and Sam Riley (Maleficent). The movie is based off a 2009 horror comedy novelization by Seth Grahame-Smith.

The film stays true to much of Austens nineteenth -century original storyline, except this time a plague has hit England and instead of husband hunting, the Ben-nett sisters are hunting zom-bies instead.

Get spooked with Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesAn exclusive interview with the cast Lily James plays Elizabeth Bennett, the strong-willed protagonist most famous for her romance with Mr. Darcy. Its cool because you still get Jane Austen, James said

in a conference call with The Guardian. That all remains at the heart of the story. The zombies just make it an ex-citing romp. Its Austen with less traditional values and more candy on top. Because theres zombies in the film, that allows you to make bold choices, Matt Smith said about playing Mr. Collins, the obtuse cousin of the Bennett sisters. I went back to the book as a source of material to try and make things up and improvise.

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Wright State is intro-ducing a new form of payment for vending ma-chines and restaurants called RaiderCash.Formerly known as Flex Dollars, RaiderCash will work the same as Flex Dollars but will provide a five percent dis-count on all vending and par-ticipating restaurant locations off campus.

If a student uses excess fi-nancial aid to go on to a de-clining balance debit card at a university; at the end of that academic year, the unused amount has to be refunded to the student, Steve Adams Associate Director of Wright1 card and vending services said.Adams said when WSU started to enforce this federal regulation, WSU could no lon-ger mix financial aid flex and regular flex together WSU had to separate them out.We changed it (Flex Dol-lars) to RaiderCash because the names were too similar. We wanted to eliminate con-fusion, Adams said.

RaiderCash is the new Flex DollarKelsey PowellContributing [email protected]

This way, students dont mix financial aid flex with regular Flex Dollars. Once promotions start happening with the card, they will only be applicable with RaiderCash and no other form like financial aid flex.RaiderCash is the

m o n e y students de-posit on their Wright1 card themselves and can be used anywhere on campus and many places off campus. There are four machines on campus that you can use to deposit money on your card or you can go the online route and deposit money right from your credit card.Credit cards are promi-nent, everyone loves to use a credit card now-a-days, so if you make a deposit, you still get your loyalty points, re-

ward points, discounts, what-ever it is you get from your credit card because you made an expense, Adams said.T h i s is another

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t o t h e five per-cent discount students receive from 17 merchants and about 100 vending ma-

chines. These merchants include Marcos Pizza, the shopping center that has Hot Head Burritos, Penn Station and Pita Wrap. Also included is The Flying Pizza along with Subway and Tropical Smooth-ie Caf, with many others on the list.Adams said the goal is to move across the freeway into Beavercreek.Students might use it more. Flex Dollars are kind of con-

fusing; RaiderCash makes more sense. I wasnt sure what Flex Dollars were until I heard of RaiderCash. I might put money on it instead of us-ing my credit card, local bank employee and Wright State student Garrett Crawford said.Crawford said that the five percent discount is more than the money he gets back on his credit card but hes not sure about convenience.Its not convenient to go on-line all the time to put money on the (Wright1) card from the credit card, Crawford said and even suggested that mak-ing it an app would be easier and faster for students.Crawford said he would like to see more merchants such

as Taco Bell, Chipotle, Burger King and Wendys as well as grocery and health food stores.There is literally no down-side to the student putting money on the card when they use RaiderCash, Adams said.Adams wants students to keep an eye out for more mer-chants to come and be added

to the five percent discount that RaiderCash provides.

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guaranteed to have less than 200 calories, less than 10 grams of fat and fewer than 20 grams of sugar.Fayelee Conley, a graduate student studying public his-tory, supports the updates and said that the presence of the stickers may influence which snacks students de-cide to purchase.

I think its a good idea because its hard for people to control themselves some-times. I think that [the stick-ers] will change peoples de-cisions, especially this time of year when everyone is working on their New Years resolutions, Conley said.The second change be-ing made is the addition of a touch screen interface,

known as The MIND, to ev-ery vending station on cam-process of removing the art piece once it was initiated by the CoLA Senator Lukas Wenrick. Since then, Direc-tor of Student Affairs Drew Ratzel and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Gary Dickstein have worked through the process to re-move the piece.

Though a deal was almost finalized with a Cincinnati park, the two are hopeful for a new location.We are currently working to find another location for the art piece either on or off campus, Ratzel said. No lo-cations are concrete yet.

The Wright State Physical Plant has allocated around

We have to disclose the calorie count of every product in our machines by Decem-

ber, Adams said.

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All vending machines on campus are cur-rently in the process of be-ing updated in order to make choosing healthy snacks eas-ier and more convenient for students.The first change being made is the addition of Wright Choice stickers to the labels of snack items deemed healthy in regard

to specific qualifications. In order to obtain the Wright Choice sticker, an item must meet the healthy snacking guidelines put forth by the American Heart Association and by the National Auto-matic Merchandising Asso-ciation (NAMA).Examples of specific quali-

fications include maximum fat, sugar and sodium levels.The purpose of the stick-ers is to allow students to instantly know what theyre getting when they purchase an item. Every item with the Wright Choice sticker is

Divisions, the twisted metal sculpture locat-ed at the base of the outdoor amphitheater, is set to be re-moved.Though known to many

students as The Bacon or Bacon Strips, Divisions was created by sculptor Linda Cunningham and placed on the staging area of the amphi-theater. The piece was origi-nally in front of the New York City United Nations Building before it was transferred to Wright State in 1998. Divisions is made up of scarred wood with twisted steel and arranged in six groups. Each of the groups has its own plaque with Em-manuel Lvinas Totalit et Infini in the French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish and English languages.

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The Wright vending: Healthy options and labels added

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pus. The MIND is an easy to use nutritional information guide and will allow stu-dents to view the nutrition labels of every product in the machine before they decide what to purchase. This system is being put in place largely as a result of new federal guidelines which

require the school to disclose the calorie count of all vend-ing snacks in clear view of the machines.Steve Adams, the associ-ate director of vending ser-vices on campus, said that although the update will cost around $8,000 to implement, The MIND system is current-ly the best available option in terms of usability, conve-nience and aesthetics.We have to disclose the calorie count of every prod-uct in our machines by De-cember, Adams said. Unless things change, by the end of the year youll probably see at least one MIND system at every vending bank on cam-pus.$5,000 to $7,000 for taking the piece and shipping it on a semi-trailer, according to Gary Dickstein. If a park is willing to ac-cept the sculpture, the park will pay for the reinstalla-tion. Once it is scheduled to be moved, Cunningham will oversee the relocation.Once Divisions has been removed, it will to open up the space for all students to put on various performanc-es, host events among other activities. Some goals for the amphitheater are to hope-fully renovate it to include better electric, lighting, some coverage and better handi-cap accessibility.

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Smith explained that add-ing zombies to a classic sto-ry gave the cast license to tweak their characters to fit the heightened laws of the universe. You can reinvent characters that have been played before, much like Hamlet, where actors take their spin on that character, Smith said. But you have to bring something new to the table.I mean, we had knives hid-den in our knickers! James added.In order to make the zom-bie slaying look realistic, the cast spent several months training with various weap-ons of destruction.

I swung a bat against a punching bag for months, James said. The sisters all became a sort of girl band with swords.Bella Heathcote, who played the shy Jane Bennett,

especially loved the physical demand of the film. Its pret-ty rare that I get to kick ass, Heathcote said. Its nice to have a physical role and kick the crap out of someone.Austen purists may have resisted the gory twist on their beloved novel, but James argues that Jane Aus-ten would have been at the forefront of the crowd cheer-ing the production forward.

Austen is all about female empowerment, James said. I think she would love it. Austen loves girl power! I think Jane Austen purists do too.The storyline has not changed drastically from the original. Zombie attacks

aside, the film still includes the romantic tension of Eliz-abeth and Darcy that readers know and love, only this time its heightened as the charac-

When youre sitting in class, do you ever wonder to yourself, Why am I here? or This is a waste of my time.

That has been me for the last five years at Wright State and Clark State for many dif-ferent reasons and I feel that it is time to voice my frustra-tions.

This is to all of the profes-sors who require attendance. Correct me if Im wrong, but dont we pay you? If a student feels that they can learn the material and pass the class without showing up, why should they be punished?First, I want to express that I understand some classes require students to engage and communicate with oth-ers which is a good skill to have, but what about the classes where the professor

Opinion: Attendance policies are a scamliterally goes over a Power-Point and thats all? The concept of opportuni-ty cost taught me a lot about how to manage and value

my time. The term refers to what activity you give up to do whatever it is that youre doing. The opportunity cost for sitting in class could be many different things that could help reduce stress on stu-dents and help their time management. For example,

if Im not required to be in class, I could go over the PowerPoint online or read the material, possibly in a more efficient manner than if I were in class. Maybe the person suffering from the freshman 15 would find the time to run or hit the gym or the aspiring entrepreneur could find the time to get business booming.

I also find that class time is not spent as wisely as it

could be sometimes, because I know professors who go slow, get off topic or even just dont know what theyre doing. One time I had multiple two-hour classes in which the class was told to throw their notes away at the end of the class because they were wrong. That was two hours of my life wasted where I couldve been doing so many other things like, I dont know, maybe working to pay

off these ridiculous student loans.The designed in-class structure is not always the

most efficient for all types of students and personalities. While some students may find it easier to learn while sitting in class, I am the op-posite. As an introvert, I find that I am more efficient and detailed when I am studying in my own comfortable set-ting and sometimes in class Im simply going through the

motions and tuning out the lecture. My intent is not to bash professors but to point out that it should be the stu-dents responsibility to learn the material and earn their grade. So rather than re-quiring attendance, maybe these professors need to look at themselves and earn the respect of their students to make them want to learn what theyre paying for.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies continued from Pg. 1...

Its Austen with less traditional values and more candy on top.

- Lily James

The sisters all became a sort of girl band with swords.

- Lily James

ters fight to survive.Take something as sur-real as zombies and its al-most like the themes become heightened, become clear, James explained. Liz Ben-

nett gets to beat the crap out of Darcy, which is an expres-sion of her sexual frustration. My character is much angrier and fiercer. She cant hide her feelings as much as in the

original.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will be released in the United States on Friday, Feb. 5.


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Veteran Spotlight: Jon GranataWright State Univer-sity makes accom-modations for a multitude of people from diverse back-grounds and some of those people fought for our free-dom. Jon Granata is a graduate student, as well as a Commu-nity Engagement Coordina-tor for the Veteran and Mili-tary Center and President for the Veterans League.I was in the Air Force. I did about five and a half years, Granata said. I was a C-130 Loadmaster, so I got to fly around all kinds of places. I did two deployments and I had a good time. I cant com-plain.A C-130 Loadmaster, ac-cording to Granata, is re-sponsible for dropping sup-plies to troops in combat zones on rough terrain. To him, it was a dream job.I live within eyeshot of the runway. I did that so I could hear them take off and land, Granata said. Thats what I did for so long, I find it very calming. Im sure a lot of peo-ple hate it. Some people are trying to go to sleep, Im sitting out there with my cof-fee. I cant fly again. I got m e d i -

cally discharged. I didnt want to get out, but I loved what I did. I would have nev-er left. After Granata left the Air Force he had some difficulty transitioning into civilian life.Im getting used to [being a civilian], but I think thats why Im doing what Im doing now and trying to stay so ac-tive, Granata said. I always want to be doing something for veterans. Especially with transitioning. For me, tran-sitioning was not good at all. It was difficult, but Id like to make that easier for people. I served, I wasnt planning on stopping, so why quit now that Im out?

The Veterans League raised around $20,000 with The Veterans Ball and used the money to send 20 v e t e r a n s to the Stu-dent Vet-erans of America national c o n f e r -e n c e

in Orlando, Florida, which provided information on expanding their organiza-tion and helped those in attendance clean up their resumes, network with com-panies looking to hire veter-ans and more.Granata said that WSU is very supportive to the vet-eran community.It was cool coming back and seeing how much sup-port we have, Granata said. That happens here. Wright State is very military friend-ly and were moving to the top, as one of the most mili-tary friendly schools. Wright State gave us $1.2 million to build the Veteran and Mili-tary Center.

This is a safe spot for veterans. If youre ever hav-ing an issue, you can always come here and feel comfort-able and be yourself. Dr. Gor-don and his staff always try their best to take care of everyone. He will call pro-fessors and advisors and try and get the best for ev-eryone.

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A tred quickly growing in Europe, North America and South America, hookah smoking is a prevalent topic on any college campus. Also referred to as a wa-terpipe, shisha and narghile, hookah is typically smoked in social situations with the same mouthpiece being passed from person to per-son. A specially made tobac-co, usually flavored, is used. It is widely believed to be a healthier alternative to other tobacco-related products, but more recent information contradicts the common per-ception.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, The volume of smoke inhaled during a typi-cal hookah session [of one hour] is about 90,000 milli-liters, compared with 500 to 600 milliliters inhaled when smoking a cigarette.

The statement has some largely different numbers, but the misconception that hookah smoke isnt harmful or is only minorly harmful might leave some indiffer-ent in the wake of such a fact. World Health Organization (WHO), however, has pub-lished contrasting informa-tion.Laboratory analyses of waterpipe smoke reveal measurable levels of carcino-gens and toxicants such as nitric oxide and heavy met-als. Additionally, the burning charcoal generates high lev-els of carbon monoxide (CO)

High risk of carcinogens from smoking hookah

and carcinogenic PAH.WHO went on to state in their findings that hookah smokers are exposed to simi-lar levels of nicotine than cig-arette smokers. In fact, mul-tiple attributes of cigarette smoking - including second-hand smoke, the compila-tion of chemicals intaken and long-term repercussions like lung cancer and acute cardio-vascular effects - are present in hookah smokers.

The CDC also reported that hookah smoke is at least as toxic as cigarette smoke, stating, The charcoal used to heat the tobacco can raise health risks by producing high levels of carbon monox-ide, metals, and cancer-caus-ing chemicals.

They went on to give fig-ures showing a widespread use of the products, which, in the light of the previous fig-ures, can be disconcerting.Other small studies of young adults have found high prevalence of hookah use among college students in the United States. These studies show past-year use ranging from 22 percent to 40 percent.

Though hookah is clearly not meant to be treated as much more dangerous than any other tobacco products, the increasing number of young adults smoking hoo-kah combined with a similar-ly widespread ignorance of certain facts isnt conducive to a general state of health in the population. For more information on the subject, visit the WHOs or the CDCs website.

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When she initially started her tennis ca-reer at Wright State in 2013, Linsey Verstrepen had to adjust to being the only for-eign player on the roster, but it didnt take long for her to become the pulse of the team she is today. The moment Verstrepen arrived on campus as a fresh-man after traveling from her home country of Belgium, she felt an instant connection with her teammates. I like that Im accepted by everyone, Verstrepen said. When I came in as a fresh-man I was the only foreigner because they were all Ameri-cans. I just felt like one of them immediately. I cant re-ally name a negative except for being tired a lot.Last season Verstrepen had a stellar 24-1 singles record, 17-7 doubles record and was named the team MVP. If last Fridays 4-3 team victory

against The Uiversity of Day-

Verstrepen aces as a team memberHorizon League Player of the Weekton is any indication of how the season will go, it would be no surprise to see similar results follow for Verstrepen. Against Dayton, Verstre-pen won her singles match in two sets and followed that up with a 6-2 victory in dou-bles with teammate Karline Haller. Before Fridays match, it was clear Verstrepen had it circled on her calendar. We lost to (Dayton) last year in a very close match and I think this year were just going there for revenge, she said. Verstrepen is now com-fortable with the American culture, but one thing that has been missing was an easy way to keep her friends and family up-to-date on her

progress. To remedy this, first year head coach Eric Burns is trying to set up live scoring.People from home can fol-low our home matches on-line. Our new coach (Burns) really wants to do that, Ver-strepen said. In the past years, I used to just text them

about it. I hope this year theyll finally be able to keep track of my scores when Im playing.

To say Verstrepen is excel-ing as an international busi-ness major would be an un-derstatement. She currently holds a 3.88 GPA and was on the Horizon League All-Ac-ademic team last spring. In order to manage her time on and off the court Verstrepen says she keeps a big plan-ner. As a team captain, Verstre-pen is responsible for boost-ing team morale and her optimism for the upcoming season should help accom-plish that. Last year didnt end very good because we didnt make the Horizon League tourna-ment, Verstrepen said. I think thats our main goal this year and Im pretty sure we can achieve that with the team we have at the moment. Were physically ready for it and I think were all really pumped to start.

The challenge of golf

There are many aspects in golf that challenge players including the grass, weather, clubs, balls and the mental aspect of the sport. A strong work ethic is also re-quired with golf in order to keep a consistent swing with consistent low scores.I dont want team mem-bers, head golf coach Pete Samborsky said. I want someone who wants to be the best and wants to win.Although there is a Wright State golf team, golf is very much an independent sport, differing from other sports like basketball or soccer where the team works to-gether interdependently. Golf is a sport where you cant out-hustle anybody, Samborsky said. In golf if you try harder, youre going to do worse. Its important to stay relaxed and focused.

During a golf match, five players take on the course for each team with a goal of achieving the lowest score possible on an individual lev-el. At the end, the four lowest scores are added together for a team score. The lowest to-tal wins the match.Even when theyre out there playing, its an indi-vidual sport, Samborsky said. Its not like they can tag somebody in to take a six-foot putt for them. They have to play from the first tee shot, to the hole-out on the eighteenth.With golf being an outdoor sport, despite the snow and cold weather during the win-ter, players at Wright State do not make excuses for not practicing. Samborsky said

the team motto is, I prepare myself today for when my time comes, Ill be ready.Youve got to have a rou-tine, junior Austin Sipe said. Youve got to have a game plan of what you want to practice. Instead of going out there and hitting balls for five minutes and saying you practiced; youre working to get quality shots, not quan-tity.During the cold off-season, players practice at the Bea-vercreek Golf Course and Rollandia to make sure they are staying on top of their game.

They have a simulator that I hit wedges on to get my distance down, junior Ryan Wenlzler said. I do that, then I also putt in my room. Its not the same, but I try to stay in the mode of practic-ing.

Weve been working on the mental preparation of staying positive, Sambor-sky said. Getting in with the trainer, doing exercise, weight cardio and getting with the yoga instructors.Wright States golf team does not begin their spring season until Mar. 21 at the Bobby Nichols Intercolle-giate, but Sipe thinks the team will be ready for it. A lot of guys on our team are really hard working, Sipe said. Theyre a great group of guys and were try-ing to be a force in the Hori-zon League.


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In golf if you try harder, youre

going to do worse. Its important to stay relaxed and focused.

- Pete Samborsky


10 SPORTSRaiders women drop back-to-back gamesJesse [email protected] WriterWright State womens basketball team re-turned home from a two game road trip riding a five-game winning streak for two games at the Nutter Center this past weekend.

The first of two games was against the Milwaukee Pan-thers. The Panthers came to town and dominated the Raiders from beginning to end, winning 82-60. At one point in the contest the Raid-ers trailed by as many as 34 points.

The loss came with a bit-tersweet twist. Senior guard Kim Demmings scored 25 points to pass, ironically, Milwaukees Traci Edwards (2,340 points from 2005-09) to become the all time wom-ens leading scorer in Hori-zon League womens history.WSU outscored UWM 26-16 in the fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late as the Raiders struggled to score in

the previous three quarters.Head coach Mike Bradbury was clearly frustrated with the team as they suffered their first defeat in confer-ence play. He said the team got caught in a trap looking ahead to Green Bay, allowing Milwaukee to capitalize.Were good enough to beat anybody and were bad enough to lose to anybody, Bradbury said. I think we were distracted and thats nobodys fault but our coach-es. That is 100 percent my fault for letting our team get distracted.

The outcome and attitude of both the team and Brad-bury were obviously dif-ferent on Saturday as the Raiders took on the Horizon Leagues first place team, the Green Bay Phoenix.WSU lost a close, but well fought battle against the Phoenix but came up just short (63-58).I thought our effort and attention to detail was

much better, Bradbury said. Thats why we were in the game. I think that this is something we can build on.With 25 seconds remaining in the game, Demmings con-nected on one of two from the free-throw line to cut the deficit to one point.

Im over Thursday and af-ter tomorrow afternoon Im going to be over Green Bay, Bradbury said. Were going to get better again and Im looking forward to continu-ing the journey.Were 15-5; that is the best start through 20 games of any team thats ever played Wright State womens basketball, he said. Im not going to sit here because we lose a couple games and act like the skys falling. Its not.Wright State (15-5; Ho-rizon 5-2) resumes play on Thursday Jan. 28 as the Raid-ers take on the Youngstown State Penguins (13-5; Hori-zon 4-3) at 7 p.m.

Wright States mens basketball team has been on fire the last few weeks after winning five straight games at the Nutter Center and nine out of their last 10 games to move into first place in the Horizon League.We dont want to lose at all, sophomore guard Mark Alstork said. The winning streak matters but we just want to keep winning and keep pushing it each game. We want to beat everybody.

The Raiders (13-8; Horizon 7-1) hold a tie-breaker over Valparaiso after defending their home court with a 73-62 victory on Friday, Jan. 22. Senior forward Joe Thoma-son pushed the Raiders past the Crusaders in the battle for first after scoring a game-high 21 points with 10 clutch free-throws in the final 2:36.He just has it, head coach

Mens basketball completes a perfect home standBilly Donlon said. Thats why were successful. His self-confidence is unbeliev-able. Theres nobody else Id rather have at the line.Alstork has been locked-in during the winning streak with an average of 15.6 points per game including a team-high 19 as the Raiders defeated UIC 80-66 on Sun-day, Jan. 24. He was honored by the Horizon League as Player of the Week.He (Alstork) is having an All-Conference season right now, Donlon said. Any time theres a basketball related question in the film room, he has the answer. His basket-ball IQ is off the charts.Sophomore guard Grant Benzinger has been feeling it from behind the three-point line during the winning streak by averaging three per game with an average of 12.4 points per game. Benzing-er made an appearance on Sports Centers top ten plays of the night after he sank a

three-quarter court shot as the buzzer expired against Valpo at halftime. He also hit a game-winning three-pointer with 18 seconds left against Detroit on Jan. 18.Since conference play be-gan on Jan. 24, Alstork is averaging a team-high 16.3 points per game while senior forward JT Yoho is not far be-hind, averaging 12.4 points off of the bench. Despite bat-tling an injury, senior center Michael Karena is averaging 11.4 points per game during that time.We have so many guys who can go off of the drib-ble and create for others, Yoho said. We have so many things going for us and I think thats what makes us hard to guard.

The Raiders will look to continue their success on the road as they travel to Michi-gan for match-ups with Oak-land and Detroit. They begin with Oakland at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29.


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Wright State mens and womens soc-cer teams both had multiple players named to the OCSA Division All-Ohio team.The mens team had two players, junior forward Pe-guy Ngatcha and junior for-ward Eric Lynch, both named second team All-Ohio.Ngatcha was tied for sec-ond in the Horizon League with seven goals; he was also

named as a first team All-Horizon League selection in 2015.Its great when you have guys that get accolades, head coach Bryan Davis said. We have lots of talented players and Im really proud of the two guys that were named.Davis is excited for the up-

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coming season as well as the announcements to come for signing day on Feb. 1.Our goal every season is a conference championship, he said. Training every way we possibly can and prepar-ing the best.Ngatcha was happy when he heard the news.I was honored by it, Ngat-cha said. It was for the team, for the program.

The womens team had three players receiving honors. Sophomores Niki Romero and Bryce Heuber received first team honors, while teammate senior Ash-ley Gogolin was named to the All-Ohio second team.WSU womens head coach Patrick Ferguson was pleased to hear the news of his play-ers and they have their sights

on returning to the confer-ence championship.I think they are all very deserving, Ferguson said. I think we are one of the better teams in Division I.I think our goal is to win the regular season title and the conference champion-ship, Ferguson continued. Weve been in the confer-ence championship three of the last five years and the semi-final one time where we lost 1-0 in penalty kicks.Honestly we couldve been there four of the last five.

The Raiders have only one returning senior, but Romero and Heuber are returning as well.I think we have a great young team, Ferguson said. A lot of underclassmen and one senior.

Five players recieve All-Ohio honors


HoroscopesAries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)Youre feeling spontaneous this week, Aries. But instead of dying your hair green and piercing your septum, you should consider taking a

roadtrip instead. The stars have aligned and you could meet someone of value at a rest stop in Indiana. Look for a man in a trucker hat driving a big rig. He has something he wants to say to you. Your lucky conversation topic is: Oprahs book club.

Gemini (May 22- June 21) Dress fancy on Saturday, Jan. 30, as you will encoun-

ter an important figure who could further your career. Make a good impression by not mentioning your bun-ions. Your lucky conversation is: Cartoon characters on BandAids.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 21) Youre technically minded, which means you tend to overanalyze your relation-ships. You might be tempted to overthink the little details,

but resist! Your significant other does not have evil in-tentions towards you this week, Leo. Theres no tell-ing about next week though. Your lucky show is: Brules Rules.

Libra (Sep. 24-Oct. 23)Buy yourself a litter of kit-

tens, Libra. They just might be the thing you need to get over Kimmy or Jenny or whatever his name is. Just be careful, because its a slippery slope from cat afficionado to filling that baby-hole in your heart with a manx dressed in ridiculous fluffy dresses. All of your friends will cringe at every dinner party, but if you let it go too long, you wont have any friends, so win-win. Your lucky facial hairstyle is: Mutton chops.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)Stay away from alchohol this week, Sagittarius. You

will inevitably find yourself within a White Castle sur-rounded by walls of slid-ers. You will regret every bite while you are clutching the toilet calling out to the heavens for relief. Your lucky pickle this week is: Gherkin.

Pisces (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)Unless you eat a pound of

kale by next Tuesday, you will experience sleep paralysis al-most every night. Get munch-ing! Your lucky conversation topic is: Tapeworms.

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)Dont be stingy with your

phone number, Aquarius. There are people out there that want to talk to you, but no, you refuse to answer phone calls from numbers you dont know. Waiting for them to leave a voicemail just isnt cutting it when the stranger from Starbucks calls for a date this week. Your lucky conversation topic is: Lucid dreaming.

Taurus (Apr. 21- May 21) You have a tendency to be

judgmental, Taurus, but dont let that stop you from get-ting to know the kid next to you in your Tuesday/Thurs-day class. You could learn a lot more from people if you were more friendly. Your lucky duck this week is: The Mallard.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Settle down with your sig-

nificant other by dropping hints that you want to buy a puppy with them. This is a great way to guage how com-fortable they are with long-term committments with you. If they do not want the puppy, dump them and buy a puppy anyway. You deserve it, Cancer. Your lucky conver-sation topic is: The different ways to pronounce the plan-et Uranus.

Virgo (Aug. 22-Sep. 23)Speaking in a German ac-cent on Sunday, Jan. 31 could win you thousands of dol-

lars. The stars are twinkling, which means you must seize the moment when it grips you. Your lucky conversation topic is: Your favorite smells.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Get all wrapped up...in your love affair with celery! Keep-ing a fresh stalk of celery on you at all times will ward off sickness, as well as unwant-ed strangers who like to talk to people they dont know in the Union Market. Dont let your celery go lonely though, Scorpio. A tomato is a per-fect addition and will help you keep your balance when you almost fall on the walk to Lot 4. Your lucky phone num-

ber is: 662-1991.

Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)Do you always have the feeling that youre being

watched? Thats because you are being watched...by the neighborhood birds. Make sure to keep your blinds closed, for your local birds are planning to attack your cat within the week. Lucky for you, your windows are in the way. But these birds will rally, they will rise and they will not be stopped. Your lucky conversation topic is: The healing properties of El-derberries.

Jan. 27-Feb. 3The Jumble

M A P C R

Can you unscramble the words?

P H E W S I R

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Answers in order from top to bottom:

Cramp, Whisper, Brain, Oozing

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