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3OPINION

Disney’s animated mov-ies have been around

for generations and they are specifically known for keeping small children amused during their many hours of free time. Teenagers and adults are ex-pected to groan when their younger sibling or child says, “I want to watch Frozen!” for the hundredth time. However, this is a complete stereotype. Teenagers and adults can en-joy watching Disney movies right along with their young family member…or even by themselves. Not only are they entertaining, but the mov-ies’ hidden messages and ele-ments (such as animation and music) can inspire a young adult’s spirit.

Watching these movies through the eyes of a college student is certainly a differ-ent experience than when you watched them as a child. You

OPINION: You’re never too old for Disney movies

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notice and appreciate different things. The message of “Beauty and the Beast” is not lost on me now and the sweetness of “En-chanted” leaves me pining a bit for my own true love’s kiss. I have also come to love the ani-mation and musical scores of these classic fairy tales. As a child, they were innocent di-versions and now I see them as more of an art form filled with life lessons. These films have inspired generations of young adults to enter careers such as computer animation, musical composition and voice acting.

I must confess that after I was around six or seven years old and done obsessing over “The Little Mermaid” and “Hunch-back of Notre Dame,” I didn’t really watch Disney movies any-more. I found them to be rather childish. I even admit to draw-ing a mustache on my “Cinder-ella” diary when I was in middle school. When I was thirteen years old, however, I was forced to see Disney’s “Tangled” in the-

aters with my then four year-old little sister. I did not want to see the film at the time, yet now I am so glad I did. It truly showed me that Disney is not just for children. My sister and I quickly bonded over having the com-mon interest of liking “Tangled.” I also quickly identified with the movie’s themes, which include dreaming big, self-discovery, and stepping outside comfort zones. As I am entering my freshman year of college, each one of those themes pertain to me. “Tangled” has quickly be-come my source of comfort over the last few years, and now I will not turn down the offer to watch a Disney film.

Disney movies are for every-one, and it doesn’t matter if you are an eighteen year-old college student or a forty year-old stay at home mom. They can fuel the hopes and dreams that you were saving for later or burying in the back of your mind. Watch one in your free time and I doubt that you will regret it.

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Dear Sarah G,As we all know, relationships are a give-and-take. If he does everything you like to do, but you rarely take part in his hobbies, you could understand why he might burn out. That’s an example of all give, no take. When you get involved in something he loves, not only will the two of you feel closer to each other, but you’ll have a stronger foundation. In defense of body building and working out, it’s scientifically proven that exercise produces oxytocin--the happy hormone. Think of all the good vibes you two will share as you do those heavy weight squats. Love,Mandy

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Dear Mandy, I’m an Air Force girlfriend and my boyfriend Josh has been away for two months now. I saw a picture of him with another girl on Facebook, and now I’m freaking out. I know he’d never cheat on me, really, so I don’t know why I’m dwelling so much on this dang picture. I don’t want to sound needy and mention it, but I’m going to. It’ll help me sleep at night if I know that it’s nothing. Any advice on how I should go about broaching the subject? I need tips.-Katie

Dear Katie,You’re experiencing a natural reaction, so don’t feel bad. The key to dealing with this situation is to be ma-ture, calm and open. Don’t freak out on him, but be honest with your feelings. Just saying the words “I’m upset” or “I’m concerned” will make you feel better. You sound confident that he’s been faithful, so go into the situation assuming that he’s done nothing wrong. If he knows something like this bothers you, he should go out of his way to make sure it doesn’t hap-pen again. On the other hand, make sure you under-stand that in and of itself, there is nothing wrong with taking a picture with another girl. He shouldn’t feel like he can’t talk to other females, but should always respect the boundaries of your relationship.Love,Mandy

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4 NEWS

Miami Valley’s own re-ality television show,

The Valley, is entering its second season on The Day-ton CW. This Season which is promised to be bigger and better with the new slogan: “Letting it all hang out,” is set to premiere on Sunday, Sep-tember 13 with an intended lineup of 12 episodes.

The Valley, the brainchild of Steve Bailey, follows the lives of high school graduates from the Miami Valley area as they set out for the next chapter of their life.

“I wanted to make a real-ity show that was different from the industry standard,” Bailey said. “I wanted a show that explores the daily prob-lems that young people face.”

This season features a total of 11 cast members: six new and five recurring from the first season. The selection process for the show began at the Dayton Mall last May with a turnout of hundreds of eager young adults.

“There are three stages of the audition process that you have to go through in order to get on the show,” said Ryan Belcher, a Fairmont graduate

Wright State Universi-ty and the University

of Dayton are kicking off the year with some competition. A battle royale for charity, the first annual Hunger Cup will commence on Septem-ber 13. The Hunger Cup is a donation battle between WSU and UD to provide food for the hungry in the community.

According to the Day-ton Foodbank, one out of six people in the United States are considered food insecure; there are currently 130,200 in-dividuals living in the Miami Valley who don’t have consistent access to nu-tritional food throughout the year. Food banks help to alle-viate that burden by offering services and aid to individu-als and families who may not have the means to provide for themselves.

The original idea was pitched for a panel of repre-sentatives from local non-profits and businesses as a class project for WSU’s De-partment of Communica-tion Instructor Ike Brunner’s Public Relations class. “It’s really humbling to see all of the work and dedication that we put into last semester’s work actually come into frui-tion,” said Eli Chizever, senior Mass Communication major and Wright State Student Ambassador for The Hunger Cup.

Each school will have the opportunity to make food and monetary donations for the cause. The proceeds will go to the Dayton Food-bank, Bogg Ministries and the Wright State Friendship Food Pantry to be used to feed individuals in Dayton and the surrounding area.

The Valley: CW brings reality TV show to Dayton for second season

The Hunger Cup: A battle royale for charity

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appearing on season two. “The first stage consists of you handing in an applica-tion; if they like you on the spot, then you proceed to the next stage. The second stage is a further interview where they essentially want to know your story. The final stage, which had about ten people left, was pretty much to see what you had to offer the show.”

Once the selection process

was made, filming began shortly after.

This season will have a big-ger budget and will feature fun, adventurous opportuni-ties for each cast member to explore, including a visit to the circus and a police ride along.

“Being on this show has definitely changed my life for the better and has opened

the door for more pos-sibilities, such as a job in criminal justice,” said Ellis Igo, a West Carrolton High School graduate also appearing

on season two.Viewers can expect ro-

mance, drama, thrills and adventure for this upcoming season.

“Our goal for The Hunger Cup is simply to feed people,” said Bruce Heintz, junior Mass Communication major and Wright State Student Ambassador for The Hun-ger Cup. “There are a lot of families in the area who need food; the Foodbank and their partners do a really good job of providing for those people, so we want to be an asset to what they’re already doing.”

Wright State Alumnus and Hunger Cup Ambassador Justin Boggs suggests that the competitive aspect of the project is what has driven The Hunger Cup thus far. “Our partners love the idea of pitting two universities against each other to fight for the common good,” Boggs said.

Both Wright State and UD are charging full force to prepare for the competition. Jason Johnson, Director and Co-Founder of Bogg Minis-tries, is enthusiastic about what the students at both universities are doing so far.

“It’s really great to see the universities come together. I’m hoping that in the future, the event can become a part of what Wright State and UD are about,” Johnson said. “We believe that students are the future in the business world, so we should have the same expectation for charities and nonprofits.”

The Friendship Food Pan-try is acting as the hands and feet for Wright State. In con-junction with WSU’s annual Rowdy 500, students and faculty will be able to donate food at 22 different locations on campus. Many of the uni-versity’s organizations and departments have also lent their support to the Hunger

Cup. Wright State’s Depart-ment of Communication, for example, has agreed to match donations to the cause.

UD’s involvement with the project started with their annual ‘Up the Orgs’ event, where students from the UD Rotaract passed out flyers to students. UD will also have donation barrels around their campus throughout the duration of the competition

and will hold outreach-es for their campus or-ganizations and alumni to push for online dona-tions.

“There is still so much to do, but I believe that the efforts of UD and WSU will not only be

a great way to compete, but will also greatly help our community,” said Colleen Castle, Political Science ma-jor and University of Dayton Hunger Cup Student Ambas-sador. Representatives from both universities can also do-nate on their school’s behalf on The Hunger Cup’s Crow-drise page.

The Dayton Foodbank, Bogg Ministries and the Friendship Food Pantry an-ticipate that the project can raise $30,000 in monetary donations and will accept as many food donations as possible by the end of the competition on September 30. For those who can’t do-nate, all organizations invite all who are still interested in getting involved to volunteer.

For more information, like The Hunger Cup on Face-book. To donate online, visit https://www.crowdrise.com/HungerCup2015.

WSU faces off against UD to raise money for local food banks

“It’s really great to see the universities

come together.”

“I wanted to make a reality show that was

different from the industry standard.”

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“Our partners love the idea of pitting two universities

against each other to fight for the common

good.”

“There is still so much to do, but I believe that the efforts of UD and WSU will not only be a great way to compete,

but will also greatly help our community.”

“Being on this show has definitely changed my life

for the better.”


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Prompted by the Wright State Student Govern-

ment to provide another safety measure for students, WSU has officially launched the new Raider Guardian app, making the campus a safer place one smartphone at a time.

The app, available to stu-dents, faculty and staff for

free on iOS and Android de-vices, lends several differ-ent functions, one of which includes a panic call feature. With just a few buttons, us-ers have a direct means of contact for the Wright State Police Department while on campus without needing to know the number. The func-tion also works for off-cam-pus use, connecting the user with 911.

Raider Guardian also al-lows users to text tips and pictures to Wright State police as a more discreet way to report crime on campus.

“This will just allow police to respond faster to crime if they can actually see what they’re looking for,” said Kimberly Nagel, Director of Wright State’s Department of Emergency Man-agement.

In addition, the app also provides a safety timer fea-

NEWS

Student enrollment at Wright State University

plummeted after the univer-sity transitioned from quar-ters to semesters. However, enrollment is climbing faster than expected, creating an influx of students choosing to live on campus.

Occupancy jumped from 2,400 students last year to an estimated final count of 2,700 students for this fall, just 300 people short of the 3,000 allocated residential spaces on campus. While there is still some space in the three resident hall com-munities, all of the campus apartments are full with up to a dozen people on wait-ing lists for housing. Some female quarters in the dorms have even been converted to accommodate the surplus of male students taking up resi-dence on campus this year.

Director of Wright State’s Department of Residence Life and Housing Dan Bert-sos suggests that the draws to campus housing are con-venience, safety and most influentially, a sense of com-munity as students get the opportunity to get to know An Ohio bill was intro-

duced last week that could make college textbooks tax-free. Introduced by State Representative Niraj Antani, R-Miamisburg and two other legislators, H.B. 308 will ex-empt tax on textbooks sold in Ohio.

The bill was presented to the Ohio State House of rep-resentatives in hopes of re-lieving some of the financial burden upon college stu-dents. Antani, who is a recent college student himself, says he understands that text-books can be costly to a col-lege student.

“I am the youngest mem-ber of the Ohio General As-sembly, having attended col-

WSU sees surge in residential students

Ohio House of Reps: Tax-free textbooks

Wright State app helps keep campus safe


Jeremy TkachContributing [email protected]

each other outside of class. “We offer benefits that stu-dents simply can’t get living off campus,” Bertsos said.

For the short term, the uni-versity has the resources on hand to meet the demand. Lounges and other spaces in the dorms can be refashioned to provide roughly 130 beds for students if residential enrollment breaks current capacity. Bertsos predicts that enrollment over the next couple of years should start to level out, but the univer-sity’s master plan also has funds that can be allocated to creating new housing if the need arises.

“Many universities will build more housing then pour out more resources to fill those spaces. We’ve al-ways built housing to stay up with the demand.” Bertsos said. “We have to manage our properties smartly, while still having spaces available to provide housing for students who need it.”

lege only 3 years ago. I know how much textbooks can cost,” Antani said.

According to the Bureau of Labor Textbooks, text-book prices have been on a constant rise since the 70s. Though prices continue to rise, students have found ways around these high pric-es. Many students often rent or find cheaper digital copies of their textbooks in order to save a few dollars and used text books are relatively easy to find. According to the Na-tional Association of College Stores, students have been spending less on course ma-terials each year since 2007. “I introduced this bill to help curb the cost of textbooks, as


“We offer benefits that stu-

dents simply can’t get living off campus,”

Bertsos said.

ture. Users appoint ‘Guard-ians’ from their phone’s contact lists, giving friends, family or police the oppor-tunity to watch out for them while they walk around cam-pus. When the timer runs out, the guardians are notified. If the Wright State Police is set as the chosen guardian, users will be contacted to ensure their safety.

“Whether you’re going on a blind date, or you’re walking back to your car by yourself, it’s a blue light phone in the palm of your hand,” Nagel said.

Raider Guardian is GPS-en-abled and designed with ease of use in mind. The app is also ADA compliant, making it simple for Wright State’s disabled students to use. “It’s our way of meeting students where they are,” Nagel said.

So far, usage of the app is low, but new user rates are high. The app has seen an average of 100 downloads every day since its release. Nagel hopes that as more people continue to download the app, it’ll become a staple for students and faculty to continue to make Wright State a safe and secure insti-tution.

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far as the state can do,” An-tani said. Antani’s bill will be another step to help lower the amount course materials cost for college students.

When asked about the bill, student Charles Wallace said ,“This is good but what about the actual cost of textbooks? But I guess any little bit helps.”

As far as taxes are con-cerned, Antani proposes that state taxes will be taken from the general revenue and that taxes will not increase with the approval of the bill. The bill must still be approved by the house committee, though if passed the bill can go into effect as early as December.

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Found in the middle of the Oregon District

in downtown Dayton is the freshly established Brim on Fifth Street. Three years in the making, owner Amelia O’Dowd has begun a new era in the hat industry in the Dayton area, with classic old jazz radio playing Frank Sinatra as you walk through the door.

Brim offers a wide variety of eclectic hats as well as oth-er accessory items including hand-made jewelry, ties and bow ties, scarves, shoelaces and shaving supplies. The prices for hats at Brim range from $30 to several hundred, but for good reason.

“We pride ourselves in sell-ing American-made prod-ucts,” O’Dowd said.

The closest provider, rest-ing in Sylvania, Ohio, is Bai-ley, a small manufacturer of vintage style hats. Other providers include Stetson and Dobbs and New York Hat Company.

Not only are they made in America, but Brim purchases their products in extremely small quantities.

“Everyone hates running into people who are wear-ing the same clothes or ac-cessories. Our clothes are about to make us who we are,” O’Dowd said. “Our pur-pose is to bump up your own personal look, not give you someone else’s look. You

The fifth annual Cyclops Festival will commence

on September 12 in the John Bryan Center in downtown Yellow Springs. This festival is home to an array of hand-made wonders.

With more than 80 vendors showcasing their handmade goods, it is certain your next favorite treasure will arise from this unique event. From one-of-a-kind apparel (hand screen printed) to home goods like bath and body,

Dayton’s Not Dead: Become a hat person at Brim

Get One-Eyed with Cyclops Fest in Yellow SpringsSarah Christy

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have to express yourself.” O’Dowd assures the price

is worth the purchase, as the American products they pur-chase are bought from qual-ity and made to last forever.

Although hats aren’t as popular as they used to be, there are still popularized parts to this store. Though they buy in small quantity, one of the most popular style of hats resembles the Bailey “Tino,” a 1 ½ inch brim with a center crease. The most popular times of the year for this store is surprisingly not Easter, but Derby and Christ-mas seasons. Christmas Eve is O’Dowd’s favorite day to work all year, because de-spite the frenzy occurring at other retailers, her custom-ers come in calm and relaxed.

“I think they realize that they’re either getting some-thing or they’re not. They aren’t as concerned as other shoppers that night. It’s a good time to spend the holi-day eve with customers I tru-ly love,” O’Dowd said.

If you’re thinking about becoming a hat person, Brim is a great start to your quest. However, be forewarned that it is Amelia O’Dowd’s mis-sion to transform every per-son that steps into her store a hat person.

“We will tear apart the store for you, even if you think you aren’t a hat person,” O’Dowd said, “By the time you leave, you will be.”

even original works of art, sculpture and pottery, the vendors at the Cyclops Festi-val are sure to catch your eye.

You can check out some of these vendors on their Etsy pages (Inspiredgardens, Preble Clay Works, etc.), their Facebook pages (Re-cyclabowls, A-Round Day-ton, etc.), or their websites (BeeTree EcoArt, 7THIRTY8 APPRAEL, etc.). All vendors and links to their respect-able pages can be found on the Cyclops Fest website: cy-clopsfest.com.

Apart from the homemade

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goods, there will also be a food truck court ready to service your growling stom-ach, including Zombie Dogz, which serves gourmet hot dogs and others.

To end the night, Repeat-ing Arms, a local band will be performing. They special-ize in modern folk and blue-grass. Some of their hits are on reverbnation.com if you want to be able to jam out with them at the show.

Students interested in at-tending Cyclops Fest need not worry about admission as it is free.


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Mark Curry, a WSU Judo instructor, picked up

judo when he was six years old due to his father’s in-volvement in the sport.

“My dad was the draw and it became a family thing for us,” Curry said. “I had two older brothers and younger sister and we were all active in Judo.”

Curry’s father was trained by Master Sergeant John Powell, who practiced Judo in Japan while stationed overseas and opened a Dojo of his own in Dayton. After several years, Curry’s father opened his own club.

Mark Curry: From Judo champion to Judo teacherAdam RamseyFeatures Editor [email protected]

Curry has practiced Judo for 48 years and has many wins under his belt, both at a national level, as well as the international level. At the state level, Curry has been the Ohio state champion 18 times, holding the title for 13 consecutive years, which, according to Curry, remains a record in individual and amateur sport.

“That is a very memo-rable moment for me, going to Ohio State for the state championships every year knowing that I’m the target. Everybody else just wanted to beat me. I wanted to win, they wanted to beat me. That is certainly a highlight.”

In addition to his long run

as state champion, Curry also has gone two years without being scored upon in local and regional competition and toured with the Unit-ed States Judo team across South Africa and maintained an undefeated record.

“We were the only foreign team, not just the US team, but the only foreign team to tour South Africa undefeated at 32 and zero. It hadn’t been done before,” Curry said. “At that time, South Africa was still governed by the apart-heid system, so they would sponsor foreign teams to compete against their Olym-pic athletes, who were called the Springbucks. They were South Africa’s best athletes.

WRIGHT LIFE

There are some college majors and minors

that just seem to fit together, but a trio made up of Anthro-pology, Political Science and Marketing just doesn’t seem all that typical. Lauren Duke, an ambitious WSU student, made the connection.

Now juggling her strenu-ous education along with her position as the Internal Di-rector of Raiderthon, an an-nual charity event and dance marathon hosted by Wright State, Duke sets an example for both school spirit and hard work within her edu-cation. Previously the Direc-tor of Marketing for the UAB and Morale Captain, she has advanced in her field dra-matically for a student in her third year of college.

“[As Director of Marketing] I created marketing materi-als like flyers and ordered them. I also ran the social media accounts for UAB,” Duke said.

Now, Duke’s responsibili-ties have changed.

Kasi FergusonContributing [email protected] “I am in charge of five dif-

ferent chairs that include morale, family relations, en-tertainment, event manage-ment and dancer relations,” Duke said. “My job in a nut-shell is to oversee the amaz-ing individuals in these five chairs and make sure they are completing their tasks.”

For a busy student, taking on such a position and all the responsibility entailed can be a scary prospect, but Duke is actually glad to participate.

“I really enjoy being in-volved on campus,” Duke said. “I fell in love with all the people I met being involved and from then on I took ev-ery opportunity that I could. I am much happier and much more excited about going to school and my plans once I graduate.”

Her plans aren’t any small task, either. After develop-ing a love for archaeology, which is under the anthro-pology umbrella, she added a dual major in Political Sci-ence and a minor in Market-ing, managing to pursue her interests while also gaining

experience for her dream job as the Press Secretary for the President.

“Just because you can skip class doesn’t mean you should, and study even though it sounds cliché. And also, of course, to get in-volved,” Duke said. “There are over 100 student orga-nizations on campus that are sure to fit everyone. It makes going to college a lot more bearable and you make great friends.”

We would come in and com-pete against them, as well as the South Koreans, teams from France, Germany, Great Britain and Russia.”

Curry’s favorite competi-tion, however, was the Ju-nior Olympics in Lincoln, Nebraska.

“It was a very tough com-petition, with over 2,000 athletes, but it was a very proud moment for me, be-cause I was representing Ohio,” Curry said. “That year, I won second. I eventu-ally lost to the representa-tive from Florida, but I had beaten everyone else in that competition.”

The most important expe-rience to Curry, is learning

how to pass on Judo to oth-ers.

“I think the thing that I’ve learned most is how to share my talent with other people and give some of the bless-ings that I was given,” Curry said. “I have a real passion and drive to watch others grow and accomplish.”

Curry has taught Judo to a variety of students, including senior citizens with severe arthritis and a student with-out legs.

“What I think is important is that Judo is a way of life,” Curry said. “It is truly a way of life when you can demon-strate to others beyond phys-ical ailments.”

STUDENTSPOTLIGHT:LAUREN DUKE

Lauren Duke Photo by Emily Nurrenbrock

We asked Lauren...


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The Wright Brothers Room

Adjacent to the Apollo Room, the Wright Brothers Room is used for press conferences, executive dinners and more.

The Green HouseCreated in 2012 behind the

Child Development Center, this interactive classroom creates a unique learning environment for children of Mini University.

The Nursing Learning Research Center

This classroom doubles as a lab and is located in the basement of University Hall. Unknown to most university students, nursing majors use this space to practice basic hospital skills. The lab is complete with a dummy that aspiring nurses use to simulate real life situations.

President Hopkins' OfficeOn the second floor of

University Hall, Hopkins’ office overlooks BART. Being the big name he is, Hopkins even has his own porcelain throne.

Motion Pictures Storage Room

Located in the new motion pictures building, near the library, few know what lies behind the doors. But to our film makers on campus, this room is sacred terretory.

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Photos by Josh Cunningham

Little known spots on campus

You’ve seen BART, you’ve seen the Wright Flyer, but there’s a few places on campus

that few students know exist. From President Hopkin’s office - which has an

amazing view, we might add- to the green house, Wright State is full of surprises.

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Two players on Wright State’s volleyball team

have already made a big impact in the young season.

Spectators at the Hampton Inn Invitational hosted by Bowl-ing Green last weekend wit-nessed defensive specialist Ka-tie Glassmeyer giving it her all by sliding to the floor to save the ball and middle blocker Marisa Aiello rejecting shots and firing kills to the opponent’s side of the net.

Aiello (All-Tournament Team) played high school volleyball at Avondale in Rochester Hills, Mich. For Aiello there was an allure to attend Wright State in order to build a program.

“I liked the whole idea of

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building a new program,” Aiello said. “I talked to coach before-hand when she was at Niagara. She came here, so I followed her here on a visit, and really liked it.”

Glassmeyer played her high school volleyball at Notre Dame in Edgewood, Ky. Head coach Susan Clements recruited her when she was playing in a vol-leyball tournament in Dayton. Like Aiello, the appeal of build-ing a program stood out for Glassmeyer when deciding on

what program to attend. Aiello and Glassmeyer are the

only seniors in the Raider line-up. According to Glassmeyer, there is a sense of responsibility to be a positive influence on the team’s underclassmen.

“All the younger girls come in and look to us for our ethic and what we do on and off the court,” Glassmeyer said. “So-cially if we’re doing something we shouldn’t, they’re going to look to that and say, ‘If they do it, it’s okay.’ We really have to set a precedent for what can and can’t be done.”

Glassmeyer is a key piece in the lineup this season with her ability to keep the ball alive, which has been on display with her second highest team dig to-tal of 60.

In addition to Glassmeyer’s noticeable effort this season, Aiello’s impact has been made clear with her team leading .388 hitting percentage and third highest team kill total of 46.

“In the gym Marisa has a work ethic like nobody else,” Cle-ments said. “We will definitely miss that from her.”

Aiello is a communication studies major, which she finds can translate into strong com-munication on the court. This was on display in the Niagara match when she was directing her teammates on the frontlines to get into position.

Aiello and Glassmeyer agreed that being on the same page is vital in the flow of a point.

Glassmeyer said, “I’m the be-ginning of it, and she (Aiello) is the end of it.”

The Raiders (5-2) will be back in action as they host the Holi-day Inn Invitational at the C. J. McLin Gymnasium starting Fri-day Sept. 11 at 7 p.m.

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Photo by Emily Nurrenbrock

After rain and lightning canceled the game

against Miami (OH) on Friday, the Raiders defeated Dayton (1-0) in thrilling fashion on Sunday Sept. 6 for the first time since 1996.

The game was competitive as the teams remained tied until Senior Natalie Sedlock scored the game winning goal with 1:48 left, off of a pass by senior Kalee Thompson for her first as-sist of the season.

“It’s awesome to get back to back wins but this game has a special meaning,” head coach Pat Ferguson said. “To beat them at their place is absolutely fantastic.”

Ferguson has been head coach of the Raiders since 2005 and was glad to pick up his first win against Dayton. In his ten years with the team they had previously lost four times and tied twice.

“Every time we play UD it’s a

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game we’ve got marked,” Fer-guson said. “It always goes to another level of intensity. No matter what you tell the girls

that it’s just another game. To them it’s not.”

The Raiders have now won back to back games and have posted shutouts in both of them. Senior goal keeper Halle Pyle (Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week) played the whole game and collected four saves to give her a total of 15 on the season.

“UD is a very good team. To get a shutout against a team like that is very difficult,” Fergu-son said. “For us to hold them scoreless is fantastic and it’s a testament to our goal keeper and defenders.”

Sedlock has been leading the way for the Raiders so far in the season with three of the teams eight total goals scored.

“She has taken her game to the next level this year,” Fergu-son said. “I’m so pleased for her. She’s been here four years and I’ve coached her for eight years and to see her, her senior year, score against UD to win the game was fantastic.”

The Raiders (3-2) will look to keep their winning streak alive as they travel to Indianapolis, IN on Wed Sept. 9 to challenge the the Butler Bulldogs (4-1-1). The game will begin at 7 p.m.

“It’s awesome to get back to back wins but

this game has a special meaning.”

“All the younger girls come in and look to us for our

ethic and what we do on and off the

court.”

“We really have to set a precedent for what can and can’t

be done.”


10 SPORTSLooking forward:Women’s basketball impresses in Canada over the offseasonTre [email protected] Writer

Last year’s squad, led by Tay’ler Mingo, reached

the Horizon League Cham-pionship game but failed to punch their NCAA tourna-ment ticket, falling to Green Bay in the final game. That loss sent a 25-win Raiders team to the NIT where they’d fall to Toledo in the first round.

Fast-forward to now, this is hardly the same Raiders team that came in second place in the conference.

“This is a completely differ-ent team,” head coach Mike Bradbury said. “We gradu-ated more than half of our team. This is a completely different bunch; there are only just a couple of hold-overs. So it’ll be different, hopefully they’re hungry.”

This new bunch played in three exhibition games in Canada this summer, giving Bradbury an idea of what he has to look forward to this coming season.

“We played mostly the young players (in Canada). Kim (Demmings) had very limited minutes and Richelle (van der Keijl) did too,” Brad-bury said.

Limited minutes or not, Wright State dominated the competition, winning each game by an average of 17 points, including a 22-point victory over McGill.

Demmings, who took a medical redshirt after suffer-ing a season-ending injury in the Raiders last season open-

er, will have to take hold of a team that will likely depend on talent trumping the lack of experience.

“The young kids, they played well, played hard so we’ll keep progressing with them. Some of them are go-ing to have to play and help us,” Bradbury said. “(Kim’s) very talented and she’ll have to be the leader of the team.”

While Bradbury acknowl-edges youth being a possible hurdle, that hasn’t reduced the expectations of the team.

“(The NCAA tournament) was the goal last year, as it was the goal the year before. It’s the same thing. We won (the league) two years ago; we lost it last year. We’ll see what this year holds,” Brad-bury said. “I’ll expect us to be back in it; we’ll see and hope-fully we’ll come out on the right end of it.”

While the opponents they faced in Canada aren’t ex-actly Horizon League-level competition, Bradbury has to use the performances of his younger players as a barom-eter for the coming season. As good as Demmings and van der Keijl are, their sea-son depends on the progres-sion of those fresh faces.

“We have enough of them that are good enough. Talent won’t be our problem,” Brad-bury said. “We’ve got to grow up and do things the right way, and we’ll be okay.”

The Raiders open the sea-son on Friday, Nov. 13 against Miami (FL) at 11 a.m.

Returning home: Michael Karena tours New Zealand with AIALee Barker [email protected] Editor

Karena was one of 11 play-ers selected to tour his

home country of New Zealand with Athletes in Action over the summer. At the camp, the play-er’s day consisted of basketball practice at eight in the morning followed by Bible study, lunch, Bible study again and more practice until about 6 p.m.

“I enjoy my mid-afternoon nap which was a struggle,” Karena said. “I like my showers after practice and sometimes we didn’t get to shower after practice. We had to go on to the next activity which wasn’t the best for me. It was exhausting but good.”

Karena grew up in Christ-church, New Zealand and made the decision to attend South Plains College in Levelland,

Photo Credit: AIA Teams 2015 New Zealand

Texas in 2012 where he played his freshman and sophomore seasons before transferring to Wright State in 2014.

“It was a trip that I was look-ing forward to,” Karena said. “I was excited about playing in front of friends and family. They thought I got a lot bigger. Since moving to America I’ve gained 30 pounds.”

The tour was coached by Ath-letes in Action’s, Kelly Combs who has 18 years of experience coaching college basketball.

“I expected more yelling,” Karena said. “He was definitely a good coach with a different style of coaching. He brought us all together.”

“I’m a tough player that runs off emotion,” Karena said. “Get-ting on to me motivates me. If

no one gets on to me I’ll start to slack a bit.”

Karena collected 113 re-bounds last season for the Raid-ers and averaged nine points per game while shooting 54 per-cent from the field. He scored a career high 21 points against UIC on Feb. 2, 2015 with nine field goals in the game.

“I thank Wright State for my foot work. That’s part of the rea-son why I came,” Karena said. “All of the coaches work tire-lessly to improve your game.”

The complete 2015-2016 men’s basketball schedule was released earlier this week. They will kick the season off on Nov. 13 against South Dakota in the NIU Showcase in DeKalb, Illi-nois.


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Tweets of the week

Starting off the week-end with handcuffs,

blindfolds and locked rooms might not be a common idea for a good time, but Breakout Day-ton makes it so. Breakout Dayton is an “escape the room” style attraction built to test your brain.

Breakout Dayton is a game in which a group of contestants are locked in a room and given clues that eventually lead to reveal-ing the code to unlock the door to the room. Clues could be locked in boxes with keys or combina-tions, sometimes they sit right in front of your face, written on the wall.

There are three differ-

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ent scenarios that you can play. In “The Kidnapping,” the team is handcuffed to a bed and blindfolded. The kidnapper has left for an hour and you must solve the clues to escape before he comes back. In “Muse-um Heist,” the team must find a priceless piece of art and return it to a gallery and in “Casino Royale,” your team becomes trapped while searching for a missing secret agent and must escape. In the future there will be an “Is-land Escape,” scenario in which the team must find the keys to a boat in order to escape an erupting vol-cano.

With multiple scenarios, there is a fair amount of playability. You can con-tinue to test your team’s wits with the other sce-

narios and see if you fare better than your first try. This makes you want to try again almost immedi-ately ater you finish.

While solving the puz-zles in the room, the game masters observe the room and offer hints if progress isn’t being made, which is really helpful. The puzzles are hard enough that you will probably need a little bit help now and then.

The atmosphere is true to the scenario themes. “The Kidnapping,” came complete with severed fingers in jars and vials of blood. Both of which are integral in finding the code.

Students interested try-ing Breakout Dayton can find more info and book time slots for their desired scenarios on their website.

An “escape the room” style attraction that gets your adrenaline pumping

Dayton is one of the first major cities

in Ohio to adopt a paid parental leave policy for both public and private employees.

The new policy in place allows a continuous six-week period for parents to give support and care to a newly born child, as well as one that has been adopted. The six-week pe-riod begins after a 14 day unpaid period that can be financially supplemented by sick days or vacation leave the employee has saved. The six-week pa-ternity leave offers 70 per-cent of regular pay, which is significantly more than no pay at all.

“One of the things we talk a lot about is the re-tention and attraction of a quality work force,” Mayor of Dayton, Nan Whaley said. “This parental leave will affect families in the Dayton workforce, for both men and women and will strengthen and increase the families of the workforce of Dayton. The city of Dayton will be a place that you can work that will be supportive of your efforts and your tal-ents.”

Elizabeth Brown of In-novation Ohio is an ex-pectant mother. A critical question she asked was, “How long will we be able to take at home with our child for her first, crucial,

early months of life? That question is one parents all across the country have to grapple with, because un-fortunately in the United States we are the only ad-vanced nation in the world that doesn’t have some form of guaranteed, legal-ly protected paid parental leave for new parents.”

Parents in France, for example, are allowed six months of paid paternity leave, according to the In-ternational Labor Organi-zation. In Norway, parents are allowed 70 paid days, as well as either 26 fully paid weeks, or 36 weeks at 80% pay. Nationwide, the United States gener-ally allows zero days for parental leave.

Wright State offers a similar policy to that of Dayton, granting a paid leave of absence ranging up to six weeks if employ-ees meet the criteria, ac-cording to WSU Human Resources. For instance, an employee must have worked at Wright State for a minimum of one year prior to the date of leave to be eligible for paid pa-rental leave. The birth or adoptive mother is offered six weeks off, while the birth or adoptive father is offered three.

The White House offered its congratulations to the City of Dayton via Twit-ter on August 26 with the hashtag, #LeadonLeave.

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Congrats to @CityOfDayton and every city in America expanding paid leave: go.wh.gov/3ViTlH #LeadOnLeave

The White House @WhiteHouse


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