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The Indian Student Asso-ciation (ISA) celebrated Holi, a Hindu festival for the arrival of spring, on Friday, March 25 in the field between Lot 4 and Hamilton Hall.Holi consists of throwing a variety of colored powders at other participants, as well as water balloons. There were also hoses and sprinklers to be playfully used against fel-low students. ISA also played a variety of music to brighten up the party, including Indian and American music.Though on the surface it may just seem like a wild

party, Holi does carry with it symbolism, according to ISA Cultural Coordinator Varsha Raghavendra.Holi is a festival of colors, and each color symbolizes some feelings, Raghavendra said. Thats why, in the begin-ning of the spring, we Indians celebrate this in India with a lot of colors that will not wash off even after a week, so its like the feeling you have to-wards a person stays on the person for a very long time. Thats what the color is for.Holi is open for people of all races and backgrounds to celebrate, and many American students participated in this

years celebration.Its not just for the Indian students, its for everyone who wants to share their feelings towards each other, or who want to share friendship with each other, Raghavendra said. Its like 50-50. The response is awesome and we are loving it.Kathryn Shinlever, Junior English major celebrated Holi for the first time.I think its really fun, Shin-lever said. Ive heard about it, so I thought I would come over and check it out. Im covered [in color]. People are running around. This should definitely be in a more open place where

people can see it. I had to take off my hoodie, because I didnt want to get bad dirty, but Im like, whatever. Its just clothes and colors, theyll wash out. Its a lot of fun.Jonathan Bowers, Senior Bi-ology major would like to see more Americans give these celebrations a try.I think its really fun, its re-ally enjoyable, Bowers said. I definitely think Americans should broaden their horizons more and see more of the Indi-an culture. I feel like more stu-dents should come. [I loved] getting all the colors on me and being covered in beauty.

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Indian Student Association hosts the Festival of Colors

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Wright States food ser-vice provider, Chart-wells, has endured harsh criticism since its arrival in Fall 2013.Students and staff alike have taken to multiple out-lets to express their frustra-tions with the prices of meal plans as well as the qual-ity and freshness of the food provided. Chartwells has not taken the criticism lay-ing down, however, which is evident based on the large number of changes that have been made in response to student input.Chartwells recently began swapping brands and prod-ucts for healthier alterna-tives in response to student requests for more nutritious options. For examples, Hell-mans mayonnaise used to be served in the Union Mar-ket and the Hangar, until a healthier alternative was

Chartwells responds to student requestsTravis SollarsContributing [email protected]

discovered. A new brand of mayonnaise, called Just Mayo, is now served in place of Hellmans.Chartwells has also re-sponded to students re-quests for specific menu items in specific locations. After receiving requests for more pasta options in the Union Market, baked pasta is now available daily at 2.Mato, the fire-baked pizza station near the back of the market. Previously, pasta was only available as a featured item served on a weekly, rather than daily basis.Hospitality Services team associates are fully accessi-ble and open to receive input from students, faculty, and staff through direct inter-views and conversations and from an online feedback tool on our website, the Chart-wells team associates said.Another request came from a Wright State staff member, who noticed that the Han-gar had toppings available

Animated movies will be taking over the movie theater in the next few months, and at the start of it all is Disneys Zootopia.This movie isnt just for kids; its for the young at heart and there is really something for everyone. It delivers laughs, action, ad-venture and a very important tale of friendship and living in harmony.Zootopia was adorable, whimsical and fantastic in many ways, and after watch-ing it I definitely saw how it lived up to its expectations of topping the box office at $500.3 million.

Judy Hopps, the first bun-ny cop voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, learns to fight back against stereotypes and fight crime no matter her size, but she is not fighting crime alone. She enrolls con-artist fox Nick Wilde, voiced by Jason Bateman, to help her along the way to find 14 missing mammals and finds that friends can come in any size, shape or form.It can be compared to real-life situations in the ways of discriminatiom because foxes and predators are be-

Movie Review: ZootopiaKelsey PowellContributing [email protected] ing targeted by taking Night-

howler, a flower that makes them go crazy and find their deep down predator in-stincts.The predators on this Night-howler go after their prey but after being caught they have been tested and what happens next is a to-tal surprise (which I wont spoil).Judy pushed through her stereotype of her small size and being a dumb bunny, to being clever and being able to catch the bag guys no mat-ter how big and bad they may be. Young ones and old one alike can learn a lesson or two from the moral of this story.Everyone can really enjoy this movie the laughs come almost one after the other with clever jokes both for kids and adults. The anima-tion is well done and the vi-brancy of this movie can ap-peal to anyone and everyone. And if nothing else in the movie will make you laugh, the sloths sure will.Fun for the whole family and with valuable lessons to learn, this movie sure is a win-win.

for the daily soup but the Union Market did not. The Chartwells team recognized the inconsistency and a full selection of soup toppings are now available in both the Hangar and the Union Mar-ket.In addition, twice a year, Hospitality Services con-ducts guest satisfaction sur-veys for every on-campus dining location, the Chart-wells team associates said. When we receive feedback that requires immediate at-tention, multiple directors are notified and we look into the concern immediately. Also, student suggestions are discussed during our weekly meetings and we host focus groups in order to research specific topics.Students looking to make changes in the dining halls are advised to stop into the dining services office in 060 Student Union, or to visit the dining services website at di-neoncampus.com/wright.

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election of 1960 and adding a social media component to it.We are going to replicate and extend the original study that looked at the implica-tions of the audience mem-bers who watched the Ken-nedy-Nixon debate versus those who heard the debate over the radio, Spirek told the Wright State Newsroom.

The first scholar to publish a book on the televised Presi-dential Debates was Dr. Sid-ney Kraus who wrote about the Kennedy - Nixon debate.This experiment will look at how social media will influence the way that the public will perceive the can-didates and their messages based not only on what the candidates say or how the media perceives them but also by other people on their social media feed according to Brunner.We will be drawing from Krauss work to determine the impact, if any, that social

media channels are playing in how Americans view the first debate, Sperik said in an email. Inductive and de-ductive multimethodologies will be embraced by students to analyze data that address-es the students research questions.Guest scholars, Drs. Denise Bostdorf and Rachel Hol-loway, have agreed to come to speak to the class and share their knowledge with Spireks students so they can not only analyze the effects that social media will have on audiences perceptions of the debates but also dis-sect the subtle methods that candidates use to manipu-late viewers. Bostdorff, who has had students go on to become presidential speech-writers, will share her analy-ses of presidential speeches.Presidential candidates who are skilled at social me-dia understand the digital landscape and how people interact with content online, Eli Chizever, social media manager for the College of Liberal Arts, said. Evaluat-ing the social media discus-sion around this presidential race will be monumental and I am eager to see the out-come of the class study.

The results of the Stu-dent Government As-sociation elections were re-leased Friday, March 25, with the new senate being spear-headed by president Lukas Wenrick and vice president Dakota Johnson. Wenrick, an accomplished Wright State student, was very open about his intentions as the next stu-dent body president.We will focus on Exter-nal Affairs, said Wenrick, to eliminate some of the disconnect between the stu-dents and their leaders, and we will strengthen and grow our committees as well as our Freshman Internship Program.Wenrick mentioned that he has core goals of getting stu-dents involved on campus or in campus activities, whether it be regarding school spirit or the regular community service projects which he and other members intend to develop.

Melissa Spirek will lead a group of students in a social media experiment that will monitor the presi-dential debate on campus this September.Spirek, a communica-tion professor, states that her students will collect the statements of the candidates during the debate and will carefully monitor and track them on social media to mea-sure the impressions and opinions of voters.The two major platforms that will be used in this ex-periment are Twitter and Facebook and were recom-mended to Spirek by com-munication instructor Ike Brunner.Twitter and Facebook, they want part of that. They have initiatives in place to be in those conversations, Brunner, who teaches a social media and personal brand-ing class, said. They want their platforms to be used as a tool for political discus-sion so those two platforms would be the best suited for a experiment like this.Spirek is taking the concept of a previous experiment that focused on a particular de-bate during the presidential

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Wright States Eng-lish Club donated over 100 books to the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. Last semester, they took donations, the left over books from the fall book sale and also bought books from the book sales profits to send to inmates. Dylan Ward and Court-ney Cattell are two students that have helped take on this project and seen it through. They have helped with the process of gathering books by donation and by purchas-ing through the English Club.We tried to buy things that were on a various scale of genres and reading levels so that it is suitable to all audi-ences, Ward said.We also tried to look for books about certain health is-sues because they dont have access to Internet, so if they get diagnosed with some-thing they can learn more

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about it, Cattell chimed in.Ward feels that giving in-mates material to read can help them avoid the culture shock that many prisoners feel coming back into the real world. It can help them have opportunities that they might not have had other-wise if they had not been able to read and gain knowl-edge and it can keep them connected to the real world.This donation event by the English Club has taken place the past two fall semesters and they plan to have it again next fall and they are hoping that this turns into an annual event that they can put on. They also have the hope to possibly do this donation for others and possibly orphan-ages.Anyone that would like to donate now for next falls donations can contact the head of the English Club Carolyn Stoermer. Stoermer can be reached at [email protected] or 937.775.2882

Wenrick also had impor-tant directives that hit rather popular anxieties among the student populace.As for changes to Wright State University, well focus on the big issues. Well put forth action plans to address Food Services and the Park-ing Issue on campus.Consistently taking into ac-count student feedback was his final concern, so as to make sure all student voices can be heard by those in of-fice.For anyone curious about the credentials of the freshly elected leaders, theres no need to worry. The president and vice president, as well as everyone elected to the sen-ate, have put in the effort to ensure they can most effec-tively represent the student body.

To find out more about the election results, visit the SGA page on Wright States offi-cial website.

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Sorority Alpha Xi Delta is holding two events to raise support for their organization philanthropy, Autism Speaks, during the month of April, according to Alpha Xi Delta Social Chair Mica Arnett.

On Autism Awareness Day, April 2 from noon to 4 p.m., is the annual Strike Out Autism, in which Alpha Xi Delta part-ners with the WSU Baseball Team and provides raffles, a cook out, games and activi-ties before the baseball game.Later in the month on April 15 is an Autism Awareness Walk in which Alpha Xi Delta partners with the University Activities Board to provide games, raffles and food while participants walk around the quad in support of Autism Speaks.In addition to attending the events, students can help raise awareness for autism by signing a pledge to light

it up blue on April 2, which will involve wearing or light-ing up your community blue.Though this coming April is Autism Awareness Month, Alpha Xi Delta hosts events throughout the year.We have other things like Football Frenzy, in the fall as well, Arnett said. Organi-zations can sign up and pay money to enter a flag football tournament, and there are raffles, games and more. We dont just host these events during April, we try and raise awareness during any part of the academic year.Some of the students active in Alpha Xi Delta were im-pacted by autism before join-ing, while others grew to be passionate about their cause though spending time with the organization.Its really cool because this philanthropy has im-pacted a lot of our girls, Ar-nett said. For a lot of our girls, it might be that they

know someone with autism. They might have their own experience within their fami-lies or within their circle of friends, so it might just speak more to them. Some of them who may or may not have ex-perience working with peo-ple with autism, work in the Office of Disability Services now. We have quite a few girls who live out our phi-lanthropy daily; not just be-cause theyre Alpha Xi Delta, but because it has spoken to them.Arnett herself was not very familiar with autism, and credits Alpha Xi Delta for ed-ucating her on it.I wasnt as aware about autism when I joined Alpha Xi Delta, Arnett said, and now that I know more about it, have participated in these philanthropy events and as I grow within our chapter, I learn more about our philan-thropy and it speaks more to me.

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The last production of the school year from the Wright State theatre pro-gram is The Music Man, the award-winning story set in Iowa in 1912, and so far, the musical has been getting wonderful reception.The story centers on Har-old Hill, played by Nathan Pecchia, a conman who sells music equipment to towns-folk with false claims to train their children to be musi-cians. His con is put to an end when he falls in love with the local librarian, Marian Paroo, played by senior Emsie Hap-ner.It is such a special show, and it shows especially with this company. We knew from the first week of rehearsals that this project was going to be amazing, said cast mem-

Wright State production of The Music Man is a hitber Lauren Everett. So many talented, hard-working peo-ple go to this school, and we put a lot of thought and heart into it.The production is directed by Marya Spring Cordes, who has said in interviews that The Music Man is about hope, and Everett believe the show represents this and more.There is heart and Ameri-can spirit within all aspects of the show. The purpose is to tell a story of stubborn people colliding with others

who are different, and find-ing love and acceptance from that. It is a great work of art, said Everett.The actress also had one parting message on what she would like the audience to take away from the perfor-mance.I hope the audience takes away hope and understand-

ing of others. The Music Man is a story of a woman who found her long awaited White Knight in an unexpect-ed person, and she learns to be grateful for him and ac-cept him for who he is, and in turn he accepts and loves her back. I hope everyone learns to do that with all of their loved ones, and remembers what is most important.Upcoming shows are hap-pening March 31 and April 2 and 3, with tickets being $22 for adults and $20 for stu-dents and seniors. Contact the box office at 937-775-2500 for more information.

Sorority hosts events for Autism Awareness Month

Having a baby can be difficult, and being pregnant while working to-ward a degree can compli-cate the process. If you are a student who is pregnant, here are some things you should know.One issue that may arise regarding pregnancy, is the possibility of missing classes for an extended period time, whether due to giving birth, complications or necessary doctors appointments.If you have been enrolled in classes and feel like you may need to be absent from class to the point you fear your grade will be negatively impacted, you can drop the class up until the tenth week into the semester, according to Assistant Vice President of University Curricular Pro-grams Carl Brun.Brun also stated that if it is too late to drop the class, stu-dents should speak with the professor to try and amend the situation. This could re-sult in taking an incomplete

for the semester and finish-ing the work for the course after the semester has fin-ished. Even if the student is in a situation in which they cannot notify the professor of the absence, students can appeal process they can un-dergo.When Assistant Director of the Womens Center Cindy Vanzant is asked for advice regarding pregnancy and classes, she recommends that they speak with their professors.I always encourage them to meet with their professors and or future professors if their pregnancy carries into the next term, to discuss what is expected if they are un-

able to attend class because of the birth, Vanzant said. Most professors, if they are informed, are understanding and willing to work with the student.Pregnancy, among other things, are protected by WSUs Non-discrimination Policy, regarding to employ-ment, admission, treatment, or access to its programs or activities. Students who feel as though they have been discriminated against by professors or other WSU employees in regards to the Non-discrimination policy should contact Director of the Office of Equity and In-clusion Matthew Boaz.Another source for stu-dents who feel like they have been treated unfairly by the university can contact the University Ombudsperson, Hazel Roundtree.According to the 2015-16 Student-Athlete Handbook has a pregnancy policy. Preg-nancy is protected by Title IX, meaning that expectant mothers are protected from discrimination, however, student athletes are encour-aged to immediately let their trainer know to prevent any issues in the future. Students are then able to still partici-pate on the team, but in a limited manner.According to Vanzant, WSU has resources to benefit ex-pectant mothers on campus. There are three lactations rooms on campus and one currently under construc-tion. There are also scholar-ships available though the Womens Center, as well as charity opportunities. The Womens Center partners with Hannahs Treasure Chest, which provides fur-niture, clothing and toys to children in the area.

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Class Roomby Bill FreedmanMy daughters friend,also six or seven,cut my daughters hair,almost to the scalp.They were playing classroom,not Apache raid,but her friend, taller, was the teacher,and my daughter wasnt lis-tening,spoke without permission,or to a classmate,though there were only a fewpropped dolls in other chairs,some bald, some with one stuffed armripped off at the shoulder,or a dangling button eye,all with cross-stitched mouthsor painted mouths rubbed raw,

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Necrophiliaby Paige CobosNot yet 6 feetWrapped in burial shroud sheetsStill breathing, spentIn this mausoleum bedroomGoodnight means goodbye As I walk into the nightHe sleeps with the dead sea dogsMaybe dreaming of a sance His ghost keeping an eyeAs I fade away Its the last timeI have paid my respectsTo have but never to hold tightTo love what will never love backJust cold meat, a dead heartNo soul to keepJust another gravestone In guilts pasture

Nexus Literary Journal

I Am Fromby Sierra HunterI am from smooth, yellow ba-nana shaped candiesSweet corn dripping with melted butterJuicy, sweet apple cider and powdered doughnutsAnd the wafting smell of choc-olate brownie batter quickly tastedI am from hamster replaced by furry hamsterItchy, red eyes brimming with cat hairAnd love for cats anyway

I am from smoky bonfiresDirt encrusted fingernailsEndless mazes of cornfieldsAnd feebly glowing fireflies

trapped in sweaty fistsI am from its okay if you failIts okay not to tryAnd lets sit this one outI am from the mahogany wood of guitars that fell silentDo you believe in God?Are you having fun?And You Are My SunshineI am from the empty boxes of orange citrus Tic TacsThe empty orange bottles of prescription medicationsWe rise, we fallAnd Well See You Tomorrow.

The Nexus Literary Journal and Advocate of the Arts seeks to en-courage a culture of lit-erature on campus by publishing student and faculty creative work and hosting and pro-moting events for liter-ature on campus. The journals for the 2015-16 school year will be free to all students, staff and faculty. They will display work from writers and artists who submitted this year, as well as a few pieces that were solely pub-lished online through Nexus in the past three years. The team would like to showcase all

the winners through a print edition, so the team chose this route. Brady Allen, Senior Lecturer of English, is the faculty advisor. Mindy Hartings is the Editor in Chief, while Erin Sherrets is both the Assistant Editor and Lead Graphic De-signer. Zach Moore re-vived the literary mag-azine several years back, after it faded away. Nexus Literary Journal and Advocate of the Arts began in the 1980s and its lat-est publication will be out in the end of April 2016.

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Afterlife by Jenna Resch I have this journal where I re-cord my thoughtslike when I used to go to church and wonderwhat it would be like to have neverlooked out from inside the stained glass.I used to kneel among the

Tess by Joshua CompaleoI watched you dance from far awayTook a step or two myselfFirst the tread and then the fallMoving flat to the cadence of your voiceMemories rot away like lilies in the coldIt feels like Im seeing a stranger in the parkBecause I dont think of you at allFireflies in the pale of the moonCatching everyones attention but their ownI wouldnt pitch the soil if I hadnt knownThat you would rise from be-lowDifferent people live in the same little houseLike rats share the alleyways We may stay clear of the tollBut we all use the interstate

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who wouldnt have leanedor cupped an ear to hear her,wouldnt have smiled or laughedif what she said was funny,

Justice is done, the sport is throughBlood as pure as a servants flumeFinding solace in substanceNever ending give and takeTransgressions from the worlds weightFalling in love with love that wont be madeIve made something of my-selfYoure still painting the same page

wouldnt have replied,even if they could have,who had been in this class be-fore,who knew this teacher.

flock,heads bowed, singing praises to heavenbefore breaking bread in re-membrance.I used to write poems in my journal aboutsurrender, atonement,answered prayers and lessons learnedfrom the pulpit.I used to believe in things un-seen.Theres a guy whose lips stilllinger on the back of my neck.He lives in my journal and in thecolors I see when I shut my eyes.Hes a writer, too.I wonder if I exist when his fingerstouch keys; if Im made im-mortalin his stories and songs.Maybe we are divineA god and his masterpiece,a goddess and her hero.

Psalms of desire:we were scraping up words to refabricatewhat we had watched bleed out.I was told my time here is fleeting.I was told to pick up my cross.So I buried it deep within my journal,sopping with dangerous lyr-ics,scorched by what was ours.

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Two competitors for Wright State track fin-ished first in events at the Yellow Jacket Open while the Raiders finished third as a team on Saturday, March 26.Junior Natassia Roberts found much success in the throwing competitions at Cedarville University with a first, second and fourth place finish. In the disc throw Rob-erts threw the disk 38.52 meters for a first place finish while freshman Alexis Pett finished sixth with a throw of 30.30 meters. Roberts fin-ished second in shot put with a throw of 12.79 meters and fourth in the hammer throw

Track finished third at the Yellow Jacket Open

with a 39.04 meter throw.With a time of 59.05 sec-onds, junior Jessica Doepker

finished first in the 400 me-ter dash, while senior Brit-tany Busse finished 3.52 sec-onds later for a seventh place finish.Freshman Aaliyah Patten finished second in the 200 meter dash with a time of 26.38, third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.88 and was part of the 400 meter re-lay team that finished third with a time of 4:08.79. Doep-ker, Busse and junior Gabri-elle Markley were the other members on the team.

While the Raiders finished third, they also had multiple competitors place third in the events. With a time of

19:20.89, Vanessa Hopwood finished third in the 5000 meter run while freshman Kristina Bennett ran the 100 meter hurdle in 15.56 sec-onds and Aurora Turner ran the 800 meter run in 2:27.26.

Senior Kaley Moss finished third with a 3.31 meter pole vault while Courtney Ballard and Maria Heckman tied for fourth at 3.16. Lastly, sopho-more Katie Abrahamowicz finished third in the triple jump with with a 10.64 jump while senior Brittany Jones jumped .12 meters shorter and finished sixth.Wright State will be back in action in Cincinnati on Sat-urday, April 2 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitation.

Swimming takes third at the Horizon League ChampionshipWright State had both their mens and womens swimming and diving teams finish in third place this past weekend at the Horizon League Champi-onships.Sophomore Mitch Stover set a school record while winning the 200 back-stroke with a time of 1:44.10, to win the event for the men.I was excited to watch the men make improvements from the results of the 2014-15 season, Wright State head coach Kyle Oaks said. They were ultimately able to achieve a top three finish the year prior, but this sea-son they really ran away with that place and nearly created the upset for second.The women had junior Emily Hayow set the school, league and meet record in the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.14 and senior Kayla Fe-arrin set a school record in the 200 breast with a time of 2:16.20.

Over the last few seasons weve had a bit of a trend of breaking several records, Oaks said. I am fairly con-fident weve set over 50 dif-

ferent records between our pool, competitors pools, our school and the Horizon League. Anytime you do that it is a lot of fun. Oaks was named Horizon League womens swimming coach of the year.I really wish the award was called something else,

Oaks said. I feel it gives a lot of credit to one person and the teams performance wasnt a consequence of only one persons efforts.With that said, I am grate-ful and appreciative of being recognized as the coach of the year. Oaks said. To me, it is a major testament to what weve done as a group of ath-letes and coaches.The coaching staff was happy with the work and ef-fort put forth by both teams this season.The team put a lot of great work in this season. I would say our training trip over the winter months was one of the best blocks of training I have seen from them in my time here, Oaks said.It was a really great ex-perience and they deserved that, Oaks said. I am excited to see their progress from here.

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10Baseball wins series against Valparaiso The Wright State base-ball team won the out-side ends of the series on the road against Valparaiso this weekend, but dropped the middle game that wouldve given them the series sweep.Its weird because Im happy, Wright State head coach Greg Lovelady said. We always talk about the series, I go through and map out what I think we can do based on the other teams and what I know about us.I always pencil in taking two out of three at Valpo, Lovelady said. They are probably the most veteran team other than us.The Raiders scored runs in six of the nine innings ver-sus the Crusaders; four runs came in the top of the sixth inning. Junior Mitch Roman, sophomore Matt Morrow and freshman JD Orr knocked in two runs for WSU, while senior Jesse Scholtens im-proved his record to 3-0 as Wright State took the open-ing game of the series on Fri-day evening, 9-6.The second game of the se-ries was the first of two in a double-header on Saturday. The Raiders scored two runs in the top of the third in-ning, one coming as Roman singled to score senior Jason Defevers for the first run of the contest. WSU led most of the game

and came one out away from what would have been a se-ries sweep. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth in-ning, Valpo had four hits and scored two runs to put them ahead of the Raiders for the 3-2 victory.

The third and final game of the series, the back end of the double-header, saw WSU emerge victorious, giv-ing them two of three in the series. The Raiders put two runs on the board in the sec-ond inning and didnt look back.Wright State scored seven runs, but only three were scored traditionally by RBIs, the others came by way of errors, Valpo had five errors on the game. Freshman Caleb Sampen improved his record to 3-0 as the Raiders took the rubber game 7-3. Its not an easy place to play, Lovelady said. Taking two out of three was the goal in my mind of what I hoped we were able to do, but when youre one pitch away from taking all three it kind of leaves a little bit of a bad taste in your mouth.

After defeating Xavier 8-3 on Tuesday, March 29, Wright State (15-8; Horizon 5-1) will be back in action as they take on the Northern Kentucky Norse (7-16; Ho-rizon 0-6) for a three game series beginning Friday, Apr. 1 at Nischwitz Stadium. First pitch is Friday at 6:30 p.m.

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Wright State outfielder Macey Gunther and pitcher Ally Russell each took home Horizon League player of the week honors last week, earning them praise from head softball coach Lynn Cu-rylo.They (Gunther and Rus-sell) are both extremely hard workers. It is nice for it to pay off, Curylo said. Mac-ey has been working really hard on sticking to her plan and I know that Ally being a freshman, she is still learning about what it takes to con-tinue to be herself out there.Gunther, Russell and Raid-er catcher Kate Pfeffer have each earned the weekly league honor and one thing that stands out about the three is the selfless mindset that is instilled in each of them.I worked really hard, but I know I couldnt do it with-out my teammates, Gun-ther said. We really focus on moving runners. That has been my focus and with-out my teammates you cant move runners and they cant move me.

Gunther and Russell getting work done for streaking Raiders

I thought it was nice be-cause I couldnt have done any of it without my team be-cause they played great de-fense and hit awesome last weekend, Russell said.Russell, a freshman out of Greenville, Ohio, has been stellar on the mound this season with a 2.96 ERA and a 5-2 record, including one earned run in seven innings against Big Ten opponent In-diana.

I like that we know that we can team up with the Big Ten, Russell said. Weve kept the momentum roll-ing and we carried it over into when we played Dayton and started conference this weekend.Ally has really impressed me with how far she has come with her pitching since day one in terms of being able to find her command out there and getting her pitches to do what they need to do,

which is break late, Curylo said.Gunther, a Youngstown native, has been productive from the plate with a .280 av-erage and the basepaths with seven stolen bases. In last Fridays game against Green Bay she hit a moon shot ball over the fence.During the Raiders sec-ond game of a double header against Green Bay last Satur-day, the audible cheers from the teams dugout could not be missed. Gunther along with infielder Jordan Ken-naw, are two players that are notorious for keeping their teammates fired up.Macey Gunther is one half of the juice sisters. What that means is that her and Jor-dans job is to fire people up no matter what, Curylo said. That is one of the things I rely on from her and we count on. She brings the juice with Jordan.

One of the Raider dugout cheers is about getting work done on the field and judging from high-level performanc-es from Gunther and Russell along with a six-game win-ning streak, this team is ex-emplifying that. Photo by Emily Nurrenbrock

Photo by Emily Nurrenbrock

I like that we know that we can team up with the Big Ten, Russell said.

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7. Element Fe

8. European country

9. Beer brand

10. Bike brand

11. Facebook founder

13. Starz Scottish mini-

series

14. Windy City

16. African river

19. WSU food vendor

21. Office Scranton

Strangler expert

22. Makeup brand

23. England football club

25. Shoe brand

26. Brazil language

28. Colorful Hindu holiday

29. Star Trek captain

Down:1. WSU library

3. Western movie star

4. Leader of Thumb-

Thumbs in Spy Kids

5. Wes Anderson film

6. Pizza topping

12. Fairy tale involving

shoe

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the Beast

15. Animated lion

17. Native American tribe

18. Presidential candidate

20. Canada capital

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Libra (Sep. 24-Oct. 23)You have a lot in common with a baby goat, Libra, but thats not your fault. Your in-nocence is adorable, and ev-erybody thinks so. Use this to your advantage to sabotage your friends plan to set you up with that gross person

from W.O. Wrights. Your lucky conversation topic is: Bats.

Taurus (Apr. 21- May 21) Youre a professional at ig-noring Facebook messages, but reform yourself before the end of the week because a life-changing Facebook mes-sage will be sitting in your inbox and you wont want to miss it. Trust me. Your lucky

conversation topic is: Job op-portunities on the Kenai Pen-insula.Sagittarius

(Nov. 23-Dec. 22)

Avoid The Quad at all costs this week, because something mysterious and secretly evil is waiting for you there. Your lucky conversation topic is: Edward Cullen.

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)Do you daydream about far-off lands? Look no farther than downtown Fairborn, a world so strange and alto-gether frightening that youll never want to leave home again. Your lucky conversa-

tion topic is: Thrift stores.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Youre a bit of a hypochon-driac, Cancer. Maybe thats why your horoscope sign is called cancer. But dont worry, you dont have cancer, its ac-tually just a wart. A really gros wart. Your lucky conversation

topic is: Scraping the wart off my body until you bleed. Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)Youre in desperate need of exercise, Aries. Those rolls and lumps arent going to take care of themselves. Commit to a quinoa-only diet and watch the pounds fall off in the shower when the water hits your skin. Your lucky conver-

sation topic is: Phosphorus.

Virgo (Aug. 22-Sep. 23)Watch out for the birds! Yes, the birds! Your only option is to get a herd of cats to follow you wherever you go. They have a plan to hurt you, and theyve been taking plenty of laxatives. Your lucky con-

versation topic is: Umbrella brands.

Gemini (May 22- June 21) Grabbing butts is a danger-ous hobby, Gemini. Not only is it risky, but strangers gener-ally dont like it. Not to men-tion you could get a handful of the wrong kind of chocolate. (Then again, maybe thats

what you wanted in the first place.) Your lucky conversa-tion topic is: Your achilles ten-don and basketball injuries..

Scorpio (Oct. 24- Nov. 22)

Friends are fickle, but so are your bowels. Dont let your in-testines stab you in the back when youre getting coffee, eating apples, or eating Fiber One bars. Stock up on some Depends because it will be a crappy couple of weeks. Lol. Your lucky conversation topic is: Slang terms for port-o-pot-tys.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 21) You are a sexual goddess and everybody knows it. Use your sexual energy recruiting volunteers for your nightly ex-ploits in the basement of Faw-cett. Your lucky conversation

topic is: Being naked in front of a stranger.

Pisces (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)Find out what is causing your left eye to twitch, Pi-sces. Youll soon meet some-one who will interpret your twitching for morse code, and they wont like what youre saying. Your lucky conversa-

tion topic is: Kittens named Mittens.

Capricorn (Dec. 23- Jan. 20)Your next rendezvous is with a modern-day gold min-er named Chip. He builds log cabins with his bare hands, and can cuddle a baby moun-tain lion to sleep at night. Dont worry, theres room for you beneath the quilt. Just make sure youre kissing the right whiskers. Your lucky

conversation topic is: Eating beans out of a can by the fire.

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