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President designee holds first conference
Chelsea Pflugh
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Cynthia Anderson held her first press conference 
Wednesday since being unanimously nominated next 
president of Youngstown State Univei^ity by the board 
of trustees.
Introduced by chairman of the board ScotLSchulick as 
“president designee,” Anderson returned to her office in 
Tod Hall on Tuesday after an academic conference in Las 
Vegas, which she attended during the meeting for the an­
nouncement of the next president held last Wednesday.
“I think I’m here this afternoon because you all decid­
ed to have a big party last week without me,” Anderson 
said in her opening statement.
Anderson began her statement by thanking the mem­
bers of the university community, her colleagues, the 
board of trustees, and the Presidential Search Advisory 
Committee for their work in the presidential search pro­
cess. She also acknowledged the two university presi­
dents she worked under, Leslie Cochran and David C. 
Sweet, for their guidance throughout her time at the uni­
versity. Anderson personally thanked Sweet for “setting 
the stage” for the seventh president.
“I certainly didn’t get here alone and any accom­
plishment that I make throughout my tenure h^re at 
Youngstown State will also be the accomplishments of 
many individuals,” she said.
Anderson is the first Youngstown native and YSU 
graduate to be nominated president of the university.
ANDERSON page 3
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The student voice of Youngstown State University since 1931
Professors
air grievances 
about students
Dan Pompil
ASSIST. NEWS EDITOR
Students frequently share stories 
about difficult professors. Instructors 
assign too much homework, their 
tests are too difficult, the reading is 
too demanding; the list goes on.
The student, however, may not 
be aware that professors have com­
plaints too.
A blog called Rate Your Stu­
dents provides an extreme example 
of just how irritated professors be­
come with issues like student apa­
thy toward education.
A Feb. 24 entry from an anony­
mous professor berates a student 
named Dave.
“What you fail to understand, 
you pathetic imbecile, is that a col­
lege degree is not a guarantee of 
gainful employment, it is merely 
a prerequisite. [Careers] require 
hard work and initiative, things you 
proudly admit you lack,” the pro­
fessor said.
Another Web site, the College 
Bound Network, provides exam­
ples of student excuses and ridicu­
lous comments, along with witty 
responses from faculty:
“Student: T wasn’t here on 
Monday. Did I miss anything im­
portant?’ "
Teacher: ‘Yes, the entire class.’ 
Student: ‘Well, can you just tell 
me what I missed?’
Teacher: ‘The entire class, and 
don’t ever ask that again.’”
The University of California, 
Irvine provides an online resource 
page, offering faculty suggestions 
dealing with troublesome student 
behavior. Students who are rude 
and disruptive can be ordered to 
leave class and told to report to the 
department chairperson before re­
turning to the next class period.
The university also suggests 
that faculty clearly state academic 
and behavioral expectations on the 
course syllabus to avoid confusion.
On Wednesday, U.S. News and 
World Report ran an opinion col­
umn that included the gripes of pro­
fessors from across the country.
“Trish of D.C.” referred to stu­
dents being bored in class and 
simply said, “Tough. I am here to 
teach ... and I will be no one’s en­
tertainer.”
“Clay of [Illinois]” said, “To­
day’s students are woefully self- 
centered and completely ignorant 
of appropriate classroom behavior. 
Most of those posting negative 
comments clearly know nothing 
about academia.”
Professors at Youngstown State 
University, at least those who con­
sented to comment, do not seem to 
have such a harsh view of students, 
but voiced concerns nonetheless.
Economics professor Dr. Albert 
J. Sumell said the most common 
bad habit he notices is texting in 
class. Sumell said he finds the habit 
distracting and rude to himself and 
other students.
“If it only affected their own 
performance, I wouldn’t care,” Su­
mell said.
History professor Dr. Anne York 
voiced similar concerns about tech­
nology-related disruptions. York 
cited students who actually talked 
on their cell phones in class and one 
who played games on his laptop.
The trend continued in the con­
cerns voiced by English professor 
Dr. Rick Shale.
PROFESSOR page 4
Professors Dr. Martin Abraham, Dr. Ganesh V. Kudav and Northern States 
Metals chief financial officer Robert Voytilla stand in front of the newly donated 
16-square-foot cross section wind tunnel after a press conference on Wednesday.
Partnership brings wind 
tunnel to YSU engineering
Adam Rogers
M ANAGING EDITOR
A new partnership between 
Northern States Metals and 
Youngstown State University is 
making noise on campus.
Robert Voytilla, chief financial 
officer of Northern States Metals, 
presented a new wind tunnel the 
company built for YSU’s depart­
ment of Mechanical and Industrial 
Engineering at a press conference 
on Wednesday.
A $77,000 research grant do­
nated by Northern States Metals 
helped fund the construction of 
the 16-square-foot cross section 
wind tunnel. Also donated were 
high-tech sensing and measuring
devices, computer software and a 
wind-generating fan.
YSU faculty and students are 
using the wind tunnel to help 
design a wind deflector to be 
used with Northern State’s So­
lar FlexRack. The FlexRack is a 
ground and rooftop mounting sys­
tem for thin-film and framed solar 
panels. Students are using a scale 
model of the wind deflector to test 
its design and stability in windy 
conditions; something a rooftop- 
mounted solar panel is subjected 
to on a regular basis.
Voytilla said the company ini­
tially searched elsewhere for help 
on the wind project but eventually 
found the knowledge and exper­
tise they were looking for here in 
Youngstown.
TUNNEL page 4
Chris Cotelesse
REPORTER
Class offerings for this summer have 
been cut 5 percent on top of the 10 per­
cent cuts made the summer before, de­
spite expectations of an increase in sum­
mer enrollment.
Dr. Charles Singler, interim associ­
ate provost, said the cuts were made for 
“budgetary reasons.”
Dr. Ikram Khawaja, Youngstown 
State University provost, said summer 
offerings were reviewed last year. Most 
felt “that there was not as much efficien­
cy of scheduling,” Khawaja said.
Khawaja compared the situation to a 
parking lot.
“If three parking lots are offered, but 
not being used efficiently, we can offer 
two instead and save what was being 
used on the third. My goal is to run the 
university efficiently. I look at the big 
picture. What we gain from efficiency 
we can use on other initiatives,” Kha­
waja said.
Khawaja said the deans were given 
the choice on which classes to cut, and 
that the order was given last August.
CLASSES page 4
YSU to cut 
percentage of 
summer classes
" Going to Panama. Me 
and my cousin are driv­
ing down there. I don't 
know; a road trip, I 
guess."
Aaron Gilam, sophomore
"No plans. Just plan on 
studying or maybe meet 
up with my cousin at 
some point."
Sonng Moon, freshman
No, lm  going to 
work and just hang 
around."
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that area of the building.
Officers find 
marijuana and 
drug paraphernalia
When YSU police officers 
pulled over a driver on Sunday, 
they discovered marijuana and 
other drug paraphernalia. The 
suspect was issued a minor 
misdemeanor for possession 
of drug paraphernalia.
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NEWS BRIEFS COMMENTARY-
Vatican 
astronomer to visit 
university
On Thursday, March 4, 
Brother Guy Consolmagno, 
aka the “Brother Astronomer,” 
will speak at the Ward Beecher 
Planetarium. His presentation, 
titled “God Under the Dome,” 
will begin at 7 p.m. Consol­
magno, who is originally from 
Detroit, has been at the Vati­
can Observatory since 1993. 
He has written more than 100 
scientific publications and sev­
eral books.
Film screening 
celebrates African- 
American History 
Month
As a part of YSU’s celebra­
tion of African-American His­
tory Month, the film “Contra­
dictions of the Heart” will be 
shown in Kilcawley Center’s 
Chestnut Room on Saturday. 
The film, which was directed 
by Walter Allen Bennett Jr. 
and focuses on aspects of rela­
tionships in the African-Amer­
ican community, will begin at 
8 p.m.
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Seeking the best search engine? Bing vs. Google
Ralph Lewis III
REPORTER
In the battle of the information search engines, a clear winner 
has yet to be named.
Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin back in 
the late ’90s. Both Page and Brin were University of Stanford 
computer science graduate students. According to Google’s cor­
porate Web site, when Google was initially created, it started as a 
search engine called “BackRub,” which was primarily only used 
on the Stanford campus. Once the search engine grew to be too 
large, Page and Brin decided to change the name of the Web site 
to “Google.” The name is derived from the mathematical term 
that “googol” which is the numeral 1 with 100 zeros behind it.
In December of 1998, PC Magazine was quoted stating 
“(Google) has an uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant 
results.” The magazine also recognized Google as the top search 
engine of choice in the Top 100 Websites for 1998. Yahoo! even 
allowed Google to become their default search provider in June 
of 2000. The American Dialect Society voted Google the “most 
useful Word of the Year” in 2002. Since this time, Google has 
continued to grow and develop into a multicultural, multilingual 
search engine used by millions of people across the world. Bil­
lions of searches have taken place through different varieties of
Google search whether it is web, images or maps.
Now it seems there is a formidable match for Google: Bing. 
The Web site Bing was created by Dr. Qi Lu, the president of 
Microsoft’s Online Services Division, in May of 2009. Lu spent 
10 years working as a Yahoo! Senior Executive before joining 
Microsoft.
Bing has taken great strides in.attempting to do more for us­
ers than what Google has provided. A Software Development 
Engineer at' Microsoft stated “the underlying difference between 
Google and Bing is that Google is a search engine, while Bing 
is a decision engine.” Bing takes the step of search to the next 
level. Not only does Bing search a keyword, it also takes into 
account area, income and direct information that is usually as­
sociated to the keyword.
For example, if YSU student were to look up movies on Bing, 
the search would show a list of local riiovie theatres as well as 
restaurants in the nearby area of said movie theaters. Bing essen­
tially thinks along with a search. Microsoft and Bing are now also 
collaborating with Yahoo! in an effort to boost advertising. Ac­
cording to Microsoft engineers, there are more Hotmail or Live 
e-mail accounts (affiliated with Microsoft) then there are Gmail 
accounts (affiliated with Google), a statistic that Bing hopes to 
continue to capitalize on in the future. Eweek.com claims that 
Bing has beaten Google in design and search results but Google 
has enough built up loyalty to still retain users.
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On Feb. 18, a student re­
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been stolen from the Lariccia 
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plugged into the wall just a few 
feet away. He checked on his 
phone every couple of minutes 
until he noticed it was missing. 
A police officer asked the Kil­
cawley Center staff about sur­
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no cameras were installed in
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ANDERSON page 1
“Some people talk about 
living the American dream, 
I have been and I am now 
living more than ever the 
YSU dream and I am so 
very grateful,” she said.
In her statement, Ander­
son stressed new and updat­
ed technology as imperative 
for students to be considered 
top-notch and competitive. 
The heads of the computer 
science department have 
been in talks with her and 
have bright ideas for the fu­
ture, she said.
Anderson repeatedly 
cited YSU faculty, staff and 
students as being “some of 
the best” in the world. Stu­
dents, she said, are the core 
part of the university, a part 
she has been personally af­
filiated with since being 
appointed vice president of 
Student Affairs.
“I’ve had the privilege of 
working with them for the 
past 15 years, and I wouldn’t 
trade them for the world,” 
she said. “You could com­
pare them to any student 
body in the country.”
Following the chancel­
lor and governor’s vision 
of YSU becoming an urban 
research university is a high 
priority for Anderson, stat­
ing that academic programs 
need to be a bigger recruit­
ment tool for the university, 
not necessarily just brand 
new facilities.
“‘Build it and they will 
come’ didn’t work for the 
shopping center industry, 
and it isn’t going to work 
for higher education,” she 
said. “Our university has to 
also be an incubator for new 
ideas and programs.”
Anderson said although 
YSU is currently an open 
enrollment institution, she is 
unsure if the Eastern Gate­
way Community College 
will affect future enrollment 
for YSU.
“What I will say is that 
I think there are plenty of 
students to go around,” she 
said. “It all depends on what 
the students’ needs are. I 
don’t know that we yet have 
a handle on the effect of the 
community college. Much 
of it is still up in the air.”
Anderson said she hopes 
there will be some sort of 
agreement or process where 
students could attain an as­
sociate degree at the com­
munity college, then earn a 
bachelor’s degree at YSU 
under a smooth transition.
“We have to help them 
define that transition,” she 
said.
Anderson said processes 
need to be put in place at the 
admissions office to set stu­
dents up for success in light 
of the state funding being 
changed from basic head­
counts to course completion 
and graduation rates, a sta­
tistic Anderson called “stag­
gering” at YSU.
“We have to secure stu­
dents who place into reme­
dial courses for success,” 
she said. “We haven’t neces­
sarily done that in an orga­
nized manner at this point. 
That means that during 
freshman and sophomore 
years, students will have to 
be mentored!”
Anderson said its incum­
bent for faculty to follow 
through on student mentor­
ing processes.
“In many cases, we have 
processes for these prob­
lems, but we haven’t nec­
essarily followed through,” 
she said. “And who suffers? 
Our students.”
Schulick said contract 
details for Anderson are still 
under negotiation, partially 
because Anderson was out 
of town. The details will be 
available by the end of next 
week, he said.
Anderson concluded 
her press conference with a 
pledge to serve the Valley 
and the university commu­
nity.
“Failure for me is abso­
lutely not an option,” she 
said. “If things don’t work 
out for me, my husband and 
I can’t just pack up our bags 
and go home. We already 
are home. We made the con­
scious decision to stay home 
here in the Mahoning Valley. 
So I will work very hard for 
the university community 
and the Mahoning Valley.”
WITH DR. A
JAMBAR: Were you
shocked when you got the 
phone call for the job?
ANDERSON: 1 was
shocked to be offered the 
position, yes. When Mr. 
Schulick called and officially 
offered the job, my lips were 
moving and nothing was 
coming out to a point where 
he was asking me if I was 
still on the phone. 1 broke 
into tears because to hear 
those words, it was over­
whelming.
JAMBAR: Throughout
your 30 years at YSU, you’ve 
probably seen thfngs you’d 
change if you were univer­
sity president. Now that you 
will be, what will it be like to 
finally have the authority to 
act on those things?
ANDERSON: It’s over­
whelming because I’ve been 
back Tuesday and Wednes­
day, and I’ve already received 
a huge amount of e-mails of 
people who want me to sit in 
and listen to initiatives. I’ve 
said before, we know what 
we need to do, we just need 
to do it. So now, I’ll be able 
to make some of that hap­
pen, and I will, on behalf of 
our students. I qualify every­
thing with that.
JAMBAR: You pride your­
self on still teaching classes 
while still doing the job Of 
vice president. Is stepping 
out of the classroom some­
thing that’s going to be re­
ally hard to give up?
ANDERSON: It is gonna 
be hard to give up, 1 hope 1 
don’t have to give ft all up. I 
hope 1 can still teach at least 
one class, because that has 
been very beneficial to me 
as VP of Student Affairs, 
that’s where I got to learn of 
the real challenges of stu­
dents. Believe me, no one 
ever hesitated to come to 
me with complaints or com­
ments, like needing food 
areas in Williamson, which 
also led to food in Beeghly. 
Students never failed to 
come up to me with sug­
gestions.
JAMBAR: Are you aware 
there’s already a Facebook 
group in support of your 
presidency?
ANDERSON: (laughs) I’ll 
have to look that up! Some­
one will have to show me 
how, but that’s so great!
JAMBAR: It seems the 
students are in strong sup­
port of you. How are you 
going to keep your visibility 
with them when you’re go­
ing to have countless more 
responsibilities than you 
have now as VF>? ,
ANDERSON: I said this a 
million times: The business 
of YSU is education, and 
education means students.
I do intend to stay visibility. 
I do intend to walk to the 
SGA office and make sure 
everyone is getting straight 
As. I do intend to be up in 
Arby’s, and I hope none of 
that changes. That’s not my 
style; I love to be around. 
That’s just me. I hope 1 can 
still stay connected. 1 want 
the students to know I’m 
still here for them. They’re 
my business.
JAMBAR: Are you ex­
cited to livp in the Pollock 
House?
ANDERSON: Yes! I think 
it’s going to be a beautiful 
structure. When 1 was VP 
for SGA, there were many 
students events there in the 
main area of the house. 1 re­
member organizing events 
there ... Yes, I am excited. 
I won’t have to get up quite 
as early to get to campus. 
But it’s going to be different, 
but I think it’s going to be 
beautiful.
Smile...
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they aren’t lazy,” Shale said.
Sumell said he does take 
it personally to some extent 
when students don’t put in the 
effort because his objective is 
“for students to learn as much 
of the information as possible.” 
Sumell added, however, that 
he does not take it as an indict­
ment on his teaching.
“I don’t feel that sense of 
grief if they don’t put a lot of 
effort in. I do feel bad for stu­
dents who try hard and still 
struggle,” Sumell said.
As for rude and disruptive 
students, the UCI Web site 
states that students act out “for 
a variety of reasons. They may 
be attention-seeking, impul­
sive, immature, arrogant, or 
self-absorbed.”
York says that sometimes 
disturbed students are will­
ing to talk and help professors 
understand underlying issues. 
Other times, she said, “they 
don’t know how to get noticed, 
and what comes out is very 
negative behavior.”
York said she twice had stu­
dents wait at the end of class 
for the room to clear, and then 
proceed to scream at her for a 
bad grade they received.
“I always try to see beyond 
the presenting behavior,” York 
said.
Shale suggested that some 
students who “skated through 
in high school” may have not 
be able to do so in college.
“College is supposed to be 
more challenging ... so they 
have to reinvent their work 
ethic,” Shale said.
Sumell suggested that 
upper-division courses have 
a slightly lower incidence of 
poor students because prereq­
uisites may have “weeded out” 
some of them.
Shale also said that some 
freshman in his introductory 
classes “take a while to figure 
out how to be successful col­
lege students.”
The professors all seemed 
to think highly of YSU stu­
dents and appeared uncompro­
mised by the few instances of 
bad behavior, such as students 
coming to class drunk (a favor­
ite example of Shale’s).
“I really like students at all 
levels,” York said. “There’s 
that moment when you know 
that a student gets it, and that 
is the most awesome feeling in 
the entire world.”
TUNNEL page 1
“We did our due diligence 
interviewing many private 
labs and engineering firms but 
in the end the brainpower we 
needed was right here in our 
hometown, Youngstown State 
University with its faculty and 
students,” he said.
Dr. Martin Abraham, dean 
of YSU’s College of Science, 
Technology, Engineering and 
Mathematics said that the 
partnership was years in the 
making and is excited that 
students will have the oppor­
tunity to work hands-on with 
the wind tunnel.
“You’ve got students who 
are able to work on a real 
project, applying real technol­
ogy,” he said. “They get to see 
how innovation is done and 
innovation is made.”
Mark Harvey, a junior me­
chanical engineering major, 
has been involved with the 
design and testing of the wind 
deflector and thinks it’s a 
unique experience that will be 
helpful to him and his pursuit 
for career in engineering.
“Its very exciting. It’s going 
to be very beneficial to nie in 
the future. When I look for a 
job I have lots of job experi­
ence doing things that most 
other students haven’t had 
the chance to be involved in 
as an undergraduate student,”
CLASSES page 1
However, not all deans are 
sold on the idea. Dr. Shearle 
Furnish, dean of the College of 
Liberal Arts and Social Scienc­
es, said his experience with the 
cuts “has not made it more effi­
cient. It isn’t any easier or hard­
er.” He said the only difference 
is that he is “taking more flak 
from the heads of programs.”
Dr. Philip Ginnetti, dean of 
the Beeghly College of Edu­
cation, said that although he 
understands the reason for the 
cuts, the process is “not easy. 
It’s difficult and frustrating.”
Even given almost six 
months since the order went 
out, administrators are finding
Harvey said.
Mayor Jay Williams was 
also on hand for the announce­
ment and said that the project 
is just another example of a 
company using local talent 
and resources to help trans­
form the Mahoning Valley’s 
economy.
“That a graduate student 
and a junior engineering 
student are working with a 
Youngstown-based company 
to help refine this wind deflec­
tor for these solar racks that 
are marketed across this na­
tion and ultimately across the 
globe shows that these are the 
type of things we can engage 
in, in the Mahoning Valley,” 
Williams said.
The wind tunnel won’t be 
exclusive for use by engineer­
ing students. Abraham said 
that it would be available 
for any suitable projects or 
research from other depart­
ments on campus.
“Its a resource that be­
comes available across the 
university so if there was 
something appropriate to be 
done in here this becomes an 
opportunity to be used for any 
type of an activity,” he said.
Additional reporting by 
Chelsea Pftugh.
it hard to adjust.
“We’re still trying to tweak 
our schedule to get it in line 
with the provost’s cuts,” said 
Dr. Betty Jo Licata, dean of the 
Williamson College of Busi­
ness Administration.
All administrators affirmed 
that the cuts would not affect 
courses needed for students 
to graduate on time, but they 
could not give the same assur­
ances for students who want to 
use the summer semester to get 
ahead.
“Each summer it gets harder 
to schedule. They should have 
told us about the cuts sooner,” 
said junior Danielle Hosey.
PROFESSOR page 1
Shale said that one of the 
“most asinine” things he had 
ever seen was a student who 
came into class late, sat in the 
front row because no other 
seats were available, then im­
mediately began texting right 
in front of him. Shale did add 
that the behavior is not one he 
frequently encounters because 
of his clear instructions to stu­
dents.
All three professors said 
their syllabi clearly forbid the 
use of cell phones in class.
Other behaviors were also 
cited as irritating to professors.
Shale said that “overriding 
everything” was failure to at­
tend class.
“Showing up is half the bat­
tle,” he said.
Shale said that in his 30 
years of teaching, he has no­
ticed that absences are getting 
worse. He added that he sees a 
clear correlation between better 
attendance and better grades.
Similarly, York said she 
finds it offensive when students 
enter class “26 to 30 minutes 
late.”
Another problem similar 
to absence, which Shale cited, 
was students whose names are 
on his roster but never show up, 
or disappear from class without 
withdrawing officially.
He said that a lot of his 
classes close, and when a stu­
dent fails to show up without 
officially withdrawing, it pre­
vents another student from 
registering. His other concern 
was that some students might 
be “gaming the system” for fi­
nancial purposes.
All professors concurred 
that some students fail to take 
their class responsibilities se­
riously, but a statement from 
York seemed to exemplify the 
sentiments of all three.
“I think a few irresponsible 
and rude students splash a lot 
of red paint on the majority 
who are responsible. I think it’s 
really unfair. It’s just unfair,” 
York said.
Shale said that the quality 
of students remains high and 
that faculty should be flexible 
to accommodate for extenu­
ating circumstances. He said 
students with families and non- 
traditional students who work 
may be “stretched” and so they 
may not give 100 percent to 
their work.
“I remain optimistic that
Opinion
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,2010 THEJAMBAR.COM
One step forward
RELATED STORY
Tunnel, page 1
One thing that outgoing President David 
C. Sweet has repeatedly stressed as a vital 
part of Youngstown State University’s future 
is the further development of partnerships 
with area businesses and the community.
With that goal in mind, the university took 
another step forward yesterday with the an­
nouncement of collaboration between YSU’s 
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering de­
partment and Northern States Metals. The 
new alliance brought a wind tunnel to campus 
as part of the company’s $77,000 research 
grant donation.
Over the last few years, Youngstown May­
or Jay Williams has put a major emphasis on 
the fact that the area and its workforce have 
the necessary skills, talent and resources to 
draw companies to the valley and create jobs. 
Partnerships like this with Northern States 
Metals can only help propel that image to oth­
er local, regional and national corporations.
With the recent announcements of expan­
sion projects by General Motors, V&M Star, 
VXI and IPSCO Koppel Tubular Corpora­
tion, the Mahoning Valley is starting to see 
some success in bringing more attention and 
jobs to the area.
The partnership also shows the caliber of 
students YSU has to offer to local business 
and companies looking for help in research 
and development. If a prospective company 
needs any convincing in regard to that sub­
ject, all they need to do is speak with Northern 
States chief financial officer, Robert Voytilla, 
who did nothing but praise the work of YSU 
faculty and students, like junior Mark Harvey, 
for their hard work and expertise they have 
given to the wind deflector project.
As Sweet leaves office in June, we hope 
that the university’s departments, along with 
incoming president Cynthia Anderson con­
tinue to keep up with his challenge to create 
more of these opportunities for students.
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bumper
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Toyota has been running apologetic TV 
ads and vowing to win back customers’ 
trust. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the 
company is busy doing damage control.
Toyota has hired two crisis management/ 
lobbying firms to join a mini-battalion of 
32 lobbyists Toyota already has working 
on Capitol Hill. The beefed-up public-rela- 
tions and lobbying effort will help buttress 
Toyota's sizable political-campaign and 
charitable giving.
More than 40 percent of the 125 mem­
bers of Congress on the three committees 
investigating Toyota have received tens of 
thousands of dollars in campaign donations 
over the last 10 years from a network of 
sources tied to the carmaker, according to 
an analysis by the Washington Post.
Many of the donations are targeted to 
key lawmakers on committees and states 
that intersect with Toyota’s operations.
In the last two years, Toyota gave $1 
million to charities and nonprofits with ties 
to Congress, according to the Post.
While Toyota was spreading the lar­
gesse, company officials boasted of saving 
more than $100 million on recall and safety 
efforts by the government, internal docu­
ments show. The documents reviewed by 
the Associated Press list savings achieved 
by putting off safety regulations, avoiding 
investigations of defects, and slowing in­
dustry mandates.
In one instance, Toyota saved $124 mil­
lion on a phase-in of safety regulations for 
side air bags. A delay in a rule requiring 
tougher door locks saved $11 million. Toy­
ota listed the savings as ’’wins.” But there 
was a steep cost.
Toyota’s reputation for quality has taken 
a severe beating largely due to reports of 
a sudden-acceleration problem in several 
models. The problem first surfaced several 
years ago and is being blamed for a number 
of crashes involving injuries and deaths.
Last month, Toyota was forced to recall 
millions of cars and shut down auto plants 
in an effort to fix the problem. Critics con­
tend the company was slow to respond and 
put profits ahead of safety.
Top Toyota executives have been tes­
tifying before two House committees, in­
cluding Toyota U.S. president James Lentz 
on Tuesday. Toyota president Akio Toyoda 
will testify Wednesday. It will take more 
than talk to restore consumer confidence in 
their cars.
In regards to the story in the February 4th edition of 
the Jambar, to remove the writing and oral intensives and 
the critical-thinking requirements is a major mistake on 
the university’s part. Sure, there is more work involved, 
but do you think there is a reason that we have those 
classes? I’m a former student of Dr. Tessier, who also 
commented against the Academic Senate’s decision in 
the article. (I took Myth, Symbol, and Ritual with her 
last spring, which is an oral-intensive course.) Between 
taking her course, taking Aging and Social Policy with 
Dr. Binning last semester (I have two oral-intensive cred­
its towards graduation in December instead of the mini­
mum one.), and my two writing-intensive courses I’m 
taking this semester, those courses are designed to make 
you think. Have I taken “regular” courses that make you 
think as well? Yes. But these courses are designed to 
help you think in the real world. And all that the dis­
continuing of these courses will do is lose credibility for 
the university. YSU has a lot to lose by dropping these 
courses. And to be honest, having several people of dif­
ferent majors taking these courses makes it a more in­
teresting class, especially if it’s an oral-intensive course. 
After December, I don’t really care what happens, as I 
will be graduating around that time, then taking at least 
a year off before I decide whether or not to pursue a 
Master’s Degree through the University of Phoenix. But 
YSU needs to consider the long-term ramifications for 
dropping such courses, and it’s not just the students that 
YSU will have to worry about with this.
Joseph Gerard
Bemanke is getting ready for his 
next tough task
Chicago Tribune
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When the financial crisis hit, the Federal Reserve Board didn't 
have the option of being cautious and deliberate. It had to act 
and act on a massive scale. That was the only plausible hope to 
prevent a major panic from pushing the U.S. economy, and most 
likely the economies of many trading partners, into a full-fledged 
depression. And it succeeded.
For that work, Chairman Ben Bemanke, whose mistakes 
helped spawn the crisis, earned reappointment by President Ba­
rack Obama. But huge as his rescue role was, it may not be the 
hardest task of his tenure.
Averting a severe downturn is one thing. Averting it without 
unleashing high inflation is another. Next, Bemanke has to figure 
out how to restrain prices without stifling a recovery that is only 
starting to gain steam.
Last week, he began the tricky task of sopping up all the 
money the central bank pumped into the economy. The Fed, in 
an unexpected move, announced that it was raising the discount 
rate 'the interest rate it charges for short-term loans to^banks to 
0.75 percent from 0.5 percent.
That will encourage banks to turn to private capital markets 
and rely less on Federal Reserve lending. More important, it 
served as a clear signal that the Fed is preparing for the inevi­
table tightening of credit needed to keep inflation from flaring 
up. After the shock had worn off, the markets responded with a 
yawn, with the Dow closing slightly higher on Friday.
Making the Fed's job easier is that so far, consumer prices 
have remained conspicuously stable. On Friday, the government 
reported that core inflation, which excludes volatile food and en ­
ergy prices, declined for the first time since 1982. Over the past 
year, the overall consumer price index is up only 2.6 percent.
Consequently, Bemanke and Co. have some latitude. The 
Fed emphasizes that it is not actually tightening up on monetary 
policy, given the relative weakness of the economy. In fact, it 
may not do that until next year. This rate boost is not what you do 
when you ^ant to curb credit. It's what you do when you want to 
let everyone know you're getting ready to curb credit.
That day will have to come because the Fed did so much to 
expand the supply of money. Eventually, if uncorrected, that 
would mean too many dollars chasing too few goods, thus push­
ing up prices. Everyone agrees on that. The dangers are that the 
Fed will act too late, after inflation has already broken out, or 
that it will act too soon, choking off the recovery.
Bemanke knows that he will eventually have to wean the 
economy off easy money. Let's hope this is proof that when the 
time comes, he will follow through.
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lenge” will be a once a 
month challenge for a 
Jambar staff member to 
complete a task avail­
able at Youngstown State 
University that many 
students may be hesi­
tant to attempt. Within 
the coming weeks, you, 
our readers, will be able
to vote online for the ac­
tivities for our staff to ac­
complish next. Our first 
volunteer, Dan Pompili, 
assistant news editor, at­
tempts to climb the rock 
wall and the Rec Center. 
Read on to follow him 
along his adventure, and 
maybe you will take the 
challenge, too.
Dan Pompilli
ASST. NEWS EDITOR
When my co-workers at 
The Jambar challenged me 
to climb the rock wall at the 
Andrews Student Recreation 
and Wellness Center, I thought 
back to my days of installing 
gas fireplaces. I had walked 
across roofs and climbed 
through rafters. Seated my­
self upon cross-framed ceiling 
joists, 25 feet above a concrete 
slab floor, trying to adjust 
ventilation pipe. So I thought, 
“I’m up for it;”
I did not, however, know 
how to go about climbing the 
rock wall. I mean the process 
and requirements. I knew for 
certain that a large rock and 
climbing would be involved, 
but beyond that ...
So I called and spoke with a 
young lady at the Rec, named 
Christie Galazia, who gave me 
some of the essential facts.
First, I had to be a student 
or faculty member with a valid 
YSU ID. Check.
I needed to be at least 
18 years old and taller than 
48 inches. Check and check 
again.
I would have to sign a 
waiver ... Wait! What exactly 
am I waiving? Time to march 
down there for some on-site 
investigating. I sign nothing 
without reading it.
Why waste time, though? 
The way I saw it, if this waiver 
was none too forboding, there 
would be no time like the pres­
ent to attack my quarry. So I 
gave the order for my troops 
— Features Editor Lamar Salt­
er and News Editor Josh Sti- 
panovich — to accompany me
and bring some of the heavy 
photographic artillery with 
them. After some argument 
with Lamar over the fact that I 
did not have to wear “work-out 
clothes” (street clothes are in 
fact perfectly acceptable when 
climbing the rock wall), we set 
out on my grand adventure.
Carrying cameras and tri­
pods like lethal weapons, we 
marched toward the Rec like 
three Klingon warriors to a 
glorious battle. Surely songs 
would be written, extolling the 
glory of my great victory.
We walked in like we 
owned the place and made our 
way to the rock wall. Pounding 
my fist on the desk, I demand­
ed with profound authority to 
see Christie and this infamous 
waiver of hers.
It was really very straight­
forward. Name, address, con­
tact information, student ID 
number and date of birth must 
be provided. Would I be using 
my own harness? Of course 
not. (Dammit, Jim! I’m a news 
editor, not Sir Edmund Hil­
lary!)
Then there is the helmet 
release. Sign if you do not 
want to wear a helmet. The 
way I saw it, no warrior goes 
into battle without the proper 
armor. I’ll take the helmet, 
please.
So they handed me a pair 
of rock-climbing shoes, my 
harness, and a helmet. Then 
another pair of shoes (the first 
was too small).
Christie showed me how to 
put on the harness. I slapped 
on my headgear and my now- 
properly-sized shoes, and I 
stepped up to the mark.
I looked up ... and up ... 
and up. There it was. The sum­
mit of tallest rock wall in Ohio
stared down at me from 53 feet 
above. Akron University ar­
gues over a half-inch, but good 
gakh, who cares? All I could 
think of was that old Klingon 
battle cry “today is a good day 
to die.” I hoped otherwise.
Christie, who was “belay­
ing” for me (meaning she held 
the harness rope from an an­
chored position on the ground 
as I ascended), tied the rope to 
my harness and another atten­
dant assured me that the 8 mil 
to 11 mil ropes were capable of 
holding up to 3,000 pounds.
There was no stopping now. 
I began climbing the part of the 
wall known as “the chimney,” 
the inverted comer section. Up 
I went, with my warrior heart 
pounding.
And then up, and up and 
up and ... Well, where do I go 
now?
I stood there, more than 
halfway up the wall, looking 
for another step to continue 
my acrobatic endeavor. I saw 
nothing of promise. So after 
a few minutes of idle suspen­
sion 27 feet above the ground, 
I decided that for lack of an 
upward option — or any good 
option for that matter — it was 
time to come down. So much 
for songs about my victory.
I stood there for a few min­
utes after my return to terra 
firma, discussing with Christie 
about the various clinics the 
Rec provides.
You can take classes on 
“bouldering” .(free climbing 
up to 15 feet) repelling, top- 
roping (what I just did) and 
belaying.
I reverted to my civilian 
apparel and departed, feeling 
somewhat belittled, but know­
ing that the rock wall had not 
seen the last of this warrior.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
EDITOR
In the beginning there was 
My Space, the Web site that 
emphasized personal free­
dom and a “place for every­
one.” Then, the world shifted 
to Facebook, with its simpler 
page design and easier ac­
cess to friends and colleagues.
Now, Twitter has created a 
new standard in the social net­
working realm.
It’s incredibly simplistic 
concept -  updating about your 
life in just 140 characters of 
less -  was just enough charac­
ters to warrant over 14 million 
accounts and over 50 million 
updates or “tweets” a day, ac­
cording to http://www.social- 
marketingexpert .org.
Don’t believe the numbers? 
Well, just ask your favorite ce­
lebrity.
Everyone from rapper Lu- 
dacris to British comedian Ste­
phen Fry to pro skateboarder 
Tony Hawk uses Twitter.
Twitter was not the first to 
feature famous personalities. 
MySpace frequently adver­
tises celebrity pages and Fa­
cebook has also created fan 
pages to interact with famous 
personalities.
But Twitter’s case is dif­
ferent. Some celebrities have 
taken the Web site to heart, 
updating about their lives mul­
tiple times a day. .
Instead of waiting for inter­
views and behind the scenes 
documentaries, fans are now 
just a click away from learn­
ing what their idols are doing 
at any given time.
Twitter also brings down 
the borders of professionalism 
where raw, uncensored dia­
logue is concerned.
Take singer Pink (@pink), 
for example. Under her Twitter 
account, the singer tweets at 
least twice a day about what’s 
going on in her life, sometimes 
adding some comedy.
In one of her latest tweets, 
Pink went to war with kitchen 
chores, tweeting, “Why can’t 
dishes wash themselves?”
With more than 4 million 
followers, actor Ashton Kutch- 
er (@aplusk) frequently tweets 
humorous rants about his wife 
Demi Moore (@mrskutcher) 
and her cooking habits.
Some celebrities also use 
Twitter to fend off controver­
sy.
Pop star Britney Spears 
(@britneyspears) consistently 
responds to rumors about her 
through Twitter.
Singer John Mayer (@ 
johncmayer) defended his rep­
utation using the networking 
tool after making controversial 
racist remarks in an interview 
with Playboy Magazine.
“I wanted to be a blues gui­
tar player. And a singer. And a 
songwriter. Not a shock jock. I 
don’t have the stomach for it,” 
the artist posted.
Others use the networking 
site to address conflict.
"Celebrities on 
Twitter are 
lar, because it s 
the celebrities 
creating the con­
tent themselves. 
Something not 
usually found in 
traditional media"
-Ian Corbin, founder of Celebtweet.com
Rapper The Game (@ihat- 
egame) went through a short 
conflict with underground 
rapper Knoctumal (@knoc- 
tumallbc) via Twitter that was 
highly covered by other media 
services.
“4 days ago, knoctumal 
was hittin me on here, sayin 
how much he a fan & can 
we work, now he on da radio 
talkin sideways cuz I said NO! 
ha ha,” The Game posted.
Twitter has become so 
popular among the Hollywood 
and Beverly Hills community 
that it has even served as an 
unofficial gossip outlet.
Before being deleted, mu­
sician and vocalist of punk 
rock band Good Charlotte 
Joel Madden tweeted the first
announcement of his engage­
ment to Nichole Richie shortly 
before making it official.
The big names have taken 
Twitter above and beyond and 
while competing entities strug­
gle to catch up, Web sites like 
http: //celebritytweet .com have 
capitalized off of its success.
Founded by 29-year-old 
New York Resident Ian Corb­
in, CelebrityTweet is a digi­
tal encyclopedia of celebrity 
Twitter accounts.
A graduate of the Art Insti­
tute of Seattle in graphic de­
sign, Corbin created the Web 
site as “an experiment pulling 
all the known celebrities on 
Twitter into one easy-to-read 
Twitter stream.”
The Web site lists hundreds 
of celebrities and links to their 
Twitter accounts.
Each celebrity link provides 
statistics about their account 
including how many tweets 
are posted per day, reply rate 
percentage and even a rank­
ing system on the chances to 
friend them.
Corbin said the Web site 
receives about 200,000 visi­
tors a month.
“Our traffic spikes when 
celebrity news breaks. Mi­
chael Jackson’s death was 
huge for CelebrityTweet, 
as was Brittney Murphy’s 
death, and whenever Tila 
Tequila makes headlines,” 
Corbin said.
Corbin said that the success 
of his Web site is based on the
popularity of celebrity gossip 
and the short attention span of 
the Internet.
“Celebrities on Twitter are 
popular, because it’s the ce­
lebrities creating the content 
themselves. Something not 
usually found in traditional
media,” Corbin said.
“On Twitter, celebs create 
their own controversies, typos 
and upload photos that media 
wouldn’t normally have ac­
cess to.”
Local personalities are tak­
ing advantage of Twitter as 
well.
Fredo, the saxophonist/key­
boardist for local act Jones For 
Revival, handles the band’s 
Twitter account.
Just coming back from 
touring in South Carolina, 
Fredo said Twitter helped the 
band connect with local fans 
back home while away and 
even connect with new fans.
“We met a lot of people out 
there and with Twitter, able to 
make some new fans to follow 
us,” he said.
Fredo said that he also uses 
Twitter to post concert photos 
and provide followers with 
demo tracks.
“It’s a great way to promote 
our albums and have our fans 
listen to the progress we are 
making,” Fredo said. “Every 
artist thinks about the best way 
to get their music out to their 
fans. Twitter is great because 
its fast paced and straight to 
the point.”
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BASKETBALL DOUBLEHEADER
Lack of depth contributing 
factor to winless season
Senior DeAndre Mays starts the offense with a set play.
Penguins look to finish strong
Keith Langford Jr.
SPORTS EDITOR
The Youngstown State Uni­
versity men’s basketball team 
will host the Wright State Uni­
versity Raiders in the second 
game of a basketball double- 
header Thursday evening.
The men’s team has its 
own losing streak to worry 
about as it has lost seven 
games in a row, but the last 
two losses have come down 
to the final possession.
In the game against the 
University of Wisconsin-Mil- 
waukee,Penguins sophomore 
guard Ashen Ward thought 
he hit a game-winning three- 
point shot, but it was waved 
off in the team’s 64-62 loss.
In the ESPN Bracket- 
Buster game against the Uni­
versity of California, River­
side, the Penguins allowed an 
offensive rebound and layup 
with less then one second re­
maining on the clock to lose 
that game 62-60.
“Our kids are playing very 
hard, and obviously the dis­
appointing thing for me as 
the coach of this program 
and their coach is that they 
haven’t got any rewards for 
their hard work,” said head
coach Jerry Slocum at his 
weekly press conference.
During their recent seven- 
game losing streak, the Pen­
guins aren’t getting blown 
out, as their biggest margin 
of defeat has been 11 points. 
Earlier this season, the Pen­
guins were 7-8, and since 
then, the season has gone 
south, losing 11 of 12 games. 
Their sole win in that stretch 
came against non-conference 
opponent, North Carolina 
Central University.
“I’m proud of this group in 
terms of how hard they have 
worked. They have never 
quit ... and we will continue 
to play that way until the end 
of the year,” Slocum said.
With just two games left in 
the season, Thursday against 
WSU and Saturday against 
the University of Detroit, the 
Penguins do not have much 
time to shape up before the 
Horizon League tournament, 
which will take place follow­
ing the regular season.
Earlier this season, the 
Penguins dropped both 
games and were outscored 
149-125.
The Penguins could finish 
no higher than ninth place in 
the Horizon League, regard­
less of the games’ outcomes.
Keith Langford Jr.
SPORTS EDITOR
The losing streak that 
won’t go away for the 
Youngstown State University 
women’s basketball team can 
come to an end as part of a 
doubleheader this Thursday 
against the Wright State Uni­
versity Raiders. .
“Wright State is big and 
strong and physical and very 
athletic ... [and] tenacious 
on defense ... that’s going 
to cause some problems on 
offense,” said head coach 
Cindy Martin.
The Penguins have not 
won a contest in their last 
26 games; this streak has 
stretched for two seasons and 
almost a full calendar year.
In the Penguins last game 
against Cleveland State Uni­
versity, they were close ear­
ly, but could not sustain the 
Vikings’ ball movement and 
activity. This is a theme that 
has plagued the women’s 
team all season.
With just four games left 
in the season, the chances for 
a win are dwindling.
The lack of bodies has 
heavily impacted the win- 
less season. This season, the
Penguins have sometimes 
played with only seven play­
ers available on their roster, 
which puts tremendous strain 
on their starters to produce 
while logging long minutes 
on the court.
Martin said she has to get 
coaches and male students to 
fill up the court at the team’s 
practices.
Junior Boki Dimitrov has 
missed considerable time 
this season, adding to the 
short rotation. When Dim­
itrov was out, with injury or 
sickness, the rotation fell to 
seven players.
Martin would have three 
more bodies to work into the 
rotation, but three recruits 
she signed in the spring were 
declared ineligible to play 
this season.
“We had a lot of things the 
first three weeks of school 
with injuries and a few girls 
not being eligible that we 
signed in the spring, you 
know, and we got left short- 
handed,” Martin said in her 
weekly press conference.
Despite the unpleasant 
season, Martin said the team 
could control only so much, 
but it would need to continue 
practicing every day.
Junior Boki Dimitrov sizes up the defense in the triple threat 
position.
Four-star recruit signs with YSU
Sam Marhulik
ASST. DESIGN EDITOR
Youngstown State Univer­
sity head football coach Eric 
Wolford once again showed 
why he is considered one of 
the top recruiters in the nation.
On Wednesday, four-star 
running back Adaris Bellamy 
of Dunedin High School in 
Dunedin, Fla. signed with the 
Penguins. This signing is con­
sidered to be the biggest of 
the YSU 2010 class and at the 
FCS level, according to a press 
release.
As a junior at Dunedin 
High School, Bellamy rushed 
for over 1,900 yards and 20 
touchdowns making him one 
of Florida’s top prospects.
Bellamy, who originally 
signed a letter of intent with 
the University of Southern 
Florida, was the first verbal
commitment for the USF re­
cruiting class of 2009, but they 
informed him last month his 
scholarship was no longer ob­
tainable.
As early as the beginning 
of February, it was expected 
that Bellamy would sign with 
the University of Cincin­
nati. However according to 
an interview with Bellamy’s 
high school head coach Mark 
Everett with http://blogs.
tampabay.com/usf/, Bellamy 
couldn’t schedule a visit with 
the Bearcats because he hadn’t 
signed his release from USF.
Everett talked with Cincin­
nati head coach Butch Jones 
last week and again on Mon­
day, but he said that Bellamy 
decided he didn’t want to wait 
any longer and that he would 
be signing with the Penguins. 
He will be playing with high 
school teammate Ali Cheaib,"
Jones hopes to catch attention at NFL Combine
Chelsea Miller
SPORTS REPORTER
Former Youngstown State 
University wide receiver Don­
ald Jones will have an oppor­
tunity to showcase his talents 
this week at the NFL’s Scout­
ing Combine in Indianapolis.
The Combine will run Feb. 
24 through March 2 at Lucas 
Oil Stadium, showcasing the top 
college football players as they 
face off against one another in a 
series of grueling events.
Players taking part will par­
ticipate in a series of drills, as 
well as tests and interviews with 
more than 600 NFL head coach­
es, general managers and scouts. 
The top players potentially will
be drafted to an NFL team.
Donald Jones’ agent, Jason 
Bernstein, said Jones was ex­
cited upon hearing the news 
that he was invited.
“Getting invited to the 
[NFL] Combine, that’s a very 
big deal,” Bernstein said. “He 
was obviously very excited. It’s 
more of an honor for these play­
ers because there’s only 330 
players total, especially coming 
from a smaller school.”
Jones has been training 
since January with NFL Com­
bine training expert Mike 
Gough at his Athletic Edge 
sports facility in Florida to 
prepare for the events. Gough 
has worked with top NFL play­
ers including Super Bowl XLI 
champion Joseph Addai and
2007 top-10 draft pick Amobi 
Okoye.
Training for the Combine is 
slightly different than training 
for a college football game, 
however.
“It’s a different type of 
workout,” Bernstein said of 
Jones’ training. “It’s basically 
like training for a track meet.”
Jones, though, has proven 
his skills on the field while 
playing for the Penguins. He 
holds the single-season school 
record with 77 receptions. He 
had six touchdowns and 790 
receiving yards his senior sea­
son, the most since 1999. Jones 
was also named First-Team 
All-Missouri Valley Football 
Conference and, was named 
team captain, the first wide re­
ceiver to do so since 1992.
Jones participated in the 
2010 Under Armour Senior 
Bowl in January and was the 
first Penguin selected since 
Ron Jaworski in 1972. In Feb­
ruary, Jones also played in the 
Texas versus The Nation All- 
Star game in El Paso, Texas.
Bernstein said he believes 
that Jones has a good chance 
of being a draft pick this year.
“Donald was invited to the 
Senior Bowl, which gener­
ally are the top players in the 
country as far as the seniors 
are concerned ... so obviously 
he’s well on the radar,” Bern­
stein said. “From what we’ve 
heard, it’s all been positive 
feedback from teams. I think 
he has an excellent chance.”
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HORIZON LEAGUE
1 #15 BUTLER
2 WRIGHT STATE
3 GREEN BAY
4 VALPARAISO
5 CLEVELAND STATE
6 MILWAUKEE
7 DETROIT
8 LOYOLA (IL)
9 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 
10UIC
NCAA TOP 25
1.KANSAS (61)
2. KENTUCKY (4)
3.PURDUE 
4.SYRACUSE
5.DUKE
6. KANSAS ST.
7.VILLANOVA
8.WEST VIRGINIA 
9.OHIO ST.
10.NEW MEXICO
11.GEORGETOWN
12.PITTSBURGH
13.BYU
14.MICHIGAN ST.
15.BUTLER
16. VANDERBILT
17. WISCONSIN
18.GONZAGA
19.TENNESSEE
20.TEMPLE 
21 .TEXAS
22.TEXAS A&M
23.RICHMOND
24.BAYLOR
25.NORTHERN IOWA
PENGUIN SPOTLIGHT
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Feb. 25 WRIGHT STATE
Feb. 27 DETROIT
Mar. 2 Horizon League
Tournament
First Round
Mar. 5 Horizon League
Tournament
Quarterfinals
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Feb. 25 WRIGHT STATE
Feb. 27 DETROIT
Mar. 4 @ Green Bay
Mar. 6 @ Milwaukee
BASEBALL
Feb. 26 @ New Orleans
Feb. 27 @ New Orleans
Feb. 28 @ New Orleans
Mar. 5 @ Cincinnati
Mar. 6 @ Cincinnati
Mar. 7 @ Cincinnati
Mar. 9 @ Lipscomb
Mar. 10 @ Lipscomb
Mar. 12 @ Walsh
SOFTBALL
Mar. 5 @ South Carolina
State
Mar. 7 vs. Indiana State
Mar. 7 vs. Penn
Mar. 8 vs. Sacred Heart
Mar. 8 vs. Fairfield
Mar. 10 vs. St. Louis
Mar. 10 vs. South Dakota
Mar. 11 vs. Wagner
Mar. 11 vs. Bryant
Mar. 12 vs. LaSalle
Mar. 12 vs. Florida A&M
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Feb. 27-28 @ Horizon League
Championships
Mar. 5-6 @ Alex Wilson
Invitational
Mar. 13-14 NCAA
Track and Field
Championships
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