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A $4.4 million renovation of Brown Street, began recently by the University of Dayton and city, is scheduled to be finished in Au-gust 2013.

The project began on Feb. 29 and aims to resurface and reconstruct the street from Miami Valley Hos-pital to Irving Avenue, according to

a Feb. 22 Dayton Daily News article. Nan Whaley, Dayton city com-

missioner, said the renovations will make Brown Street more accessible to UD students.

“It is more about making [the street] pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly than anything else,” Whal-ey said. “The street will be widened, but it is for new sidewalks and bike lanes; it is not about accommodat-ing more car traffic.”

Construction will not block en-

trances for student move-in next August, as Whaley said the city worked with UD to create a con-struction schedule to accommodate campus.

Beth Keyes, vice president for UD Facilities Management, said in an email to Flyer News that most of the construction will be done while students, faculty and staff are off campus. She said Brown Street is slated to be closed between Stewart and Caldwell streets between early

June and mid-August. Keyes also said that businesses

along Brown Street will remain open and accessible during con-struction. Parking on Brown Street currently is prohibited, and traf-fic has been restricted to one lane between Stewart and Wyoming streets. The construction also will include underground utility work and other new additions to the street.

“The overall project includes

complete replacement of the road-way from Wyoming to Caldwell and resurfacing from Caldwell to Irving Avenue,” Keyes said. “Also included are decorative street light-ing, new sidewalks and bike lanes. Major underground utilities, traffic signals and signs will be replaced.”

New curbs, gutters and under-ground utility lines also will be added, according to the Dayton

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see Brown Street on p. 5

administrators preparefor st. Patrick’s day

Multi-million dollar construction project begins on Brown street

The University of Dayton is tak-ing a number of measures to keep campus safe and happy on St. Patrick’s Day.

Public Safety will have its full staff on duty Friday, March 16, and Satur-day, March 17, according to Christine Schramm, dean of students.

“Half the staff will be on a 12-hour shift and the other half will be on the other 12-hour shift,” Schramm said. “It will be all hands on deck.”

Schramm also said Dayton and Oakwood police have been notified in advance.

“We want to try to be proactive and be good neighbors,” she said.

Dayton police also will have extra officers on duty in case the university needs them, said Larry Dickey, direc-tor of UD police operations.

In addition to extra police, em-ployees from the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control will patrol bars near campus.

“The state is sending agents to be here both Friday and Saturday,” Dick-ey said.

Schramm also said there will be

increased security in residence halls. She said UD will lock doors and have only one point of entry in order to keep out individuals that do not be-long there.

“We are hoping students will ob-serve their own safety and visitors need to go to the front to get access to the residence halls,” she said. “This is to keep [out] people who don’t belong on our campus. We are not denying access to our students.”

Schramm also sent a letter to parents during midterm break ear-lier this month, and Provost Joseph Saliba sent a similar email to faculty Tuesday, March 13, expressing con-cern for St. Patrick’s Day.

“It exceeded my expectations,” Sch-ramm said about parent responses to her letter. “All parents were really positive and liked how the university was working to keep students safe.”

She said cookouts in the student neighborhood were scheduled to make sure students are eating food. The goal, she said, is not to dissuade people of age from drinking alcohol, but rather to keep people safe.

Schramm also said the letter’s

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university of dayton students pose with President Barack obama, tuesday, March 13, at halftime of a first four game at ud arena. obama brought British Prime Minister david Cameron to the game and sat with a group of over 20 ud students. JACob RoSen/eDiToR-in-Chief

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Flyer news • Friday, March 16, 20122 NEWS

THE TickErinvestigative series update This is an update of a series of stories on campus dining halls based on health reports from Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County.

Kennedy union food court and Barrett din-ing Hall passed Feb. 24 health inspections with no violations. according to an inspection report from the same day, the Jury Box dining facility located in Keller Hall received one violation of section 4.6(C)(3), stating cutting boards were not being frequently sanitized. The Jury Box receives shipments of food and equipment from Marycrest Complex, ac-cording to Marycrest din-ing facility general man-ager Mary Eilbeck. She said the violation at the Jury Box was corrected while the inspector was at the facility.

dcdc WorkSHop dayton Contemporary dance Company will host a free liturgical dance workshop at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in artStreet Studio B. For more information, contact artStreet at 937-229-5101.

lockS of lovE fuNdraiSErStop by Studio Blue at 1932 Brown St. from 4–7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, to get your hair cut to support the ud Locks of Love chapter.

arTSTrEET friday film SEriESCheck out artStreet Stu-dio B at 9 p.m. Friday, March 16, for a screen-ing of ‘For Colored Girls,’ a 2010 drama on what it means to be a female of color.

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formEr flyEr firEdFormer ud player London Warren was fired from his student-manager position under former ud head coach Brian Gregory at the Georgia Institute of Tech-nology this week. Warren was charged with duI, and police found two handguns in his car. Georgia Tech junior forward Glen rice Jr., charged with unlawful oper-ation, was in the car along with one other person. rice also was dismissed from the team.Information from USA Today

campaigN updaTEFormer Pennsylvania Sen. rick Santorum won the alabama and Mississippi GoP primaries Tuesday, March 13, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt romney won Hawaii.

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students listen to professor Jamie longazel at the “racial Climate on Campus” teach-in, Wednesday, March 13 in kennedy union torch lounge. the teach-in was hosted by members of the sociology, anthropology and social work department. kevin longACRe/PhoTogRAPhy eDiToR

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6 to 10PM @Pub March Madness, FREE Food and soft drinks9PM @ArtStreet Friday Night Film Series “For Colored Girls” 6PM to Midnight @RecPlex Bongo Ball Mania (check out cuttingedgepi.com or YouTube)7PM @ArtStreet Cookout!10PM @RecPlex Flick 'n Float10PM @the Hangar FREE movie (Sherlock Holmes 2), Bowling and Pizza Midnight to 3:00AM @Marycrest “Cheesy Nights” Free Grilled Cheese and coffee and water by Campus Ministry

11AM to 4PM @ArtStreet, Woodland/Alberta, and the Volleyball court next to RecPlex. Cookouts and DJ at north student neighborhood.Noon to 5PM Service Saturday with the Center for Social Concern2-5PM @Campus South basement Club Six open (dry) party with music, dancing and mocktails2 to 3:30PM @ArtStreet Band (Speed Bumps) concert and cook out.2PM @Stuart Field UD Men's Lacrosse vs Briarcliff, with UD Cosa Mera Irish Dancers at half time4 to 9PM outside @RecPlex. Bongo Ball Mania (check out cuttingedgepi.com or YouTube)6-10 PM @Pub March Madness FREE Food and soft drinks10PM @the Hangar FREE movie (Sherlock Holmes 2), Bowling and Pizza Midnight to 3:00AM @Marycrest “Cheesy Nights” free Grilled Cheese and coffee and water by Campus Ministry

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Bestselling author Ben Mezrich said he might find the inspiration for his next book and hopeful Hollywood hit at the University of Dayton in two weeks.

Mezrich, whose non-fiction books inspired films “The Social Network” and “21,” will be the final keynote speaker at UD’s Redefining Invest-ment Strategy Education forum. Mez-rich’s speech at 5:30 p.m. March 29 will mark the end of the forum’s first day of events at UD Arena.

He said students will be able to learn lessons from his books.

“It’s these sort of stories of young people doing creative, wild things and making it, that’s kind of what turns me on,” Mezrich said. “And specifical-ly, I think that’s what a lot of college kids are trying to do.”

Mezrich said his books have dealt with many finance-related topics, which fits with the goal of R.I.S.E.

Emilee Wood, a junior marketing and entrepreneurship major, said the

Davis Center for Portfolio Manage-ment sponsored a film screening of “21” on March 7. The Davis Center helps to organize the R.I.S.E. event.

“It’s unique to see those stories and the possibilities that could come,” said Wood, a Davis Center member. “Like ‘The Social Network’ clearly did hap-pen, so it would be neat to think that there could be someone out there at this university who could be a devel-oper of the new Facebook.”

“The Social Network,” released in 2010, was nominated for eight Os-cars as an adaptation of Mezrich’s 2009 book about the origins of Face-book, “The Accidental Billionaires.” His 2003 book, “Bringing Down the House,” inspired the 2008 movie “21” about a group of Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology students that won millions gambling in Las Vegas.

Mezrich said his keynote speech primarily will intertwine the stories behind the two books.

Davis Center members said they encourage all students to attend his speech.

“I think it’s just an awesome expe-

rience just because he appeals to the whole university and not just the busi-ness school, so that’s really what we’re trying to do this year,” said Conor Fly-nn, a sophomore marketing major and Davis Center member.

Mezrich said he is a method writer, in which he jumps into the stories he writes about and lives vicariously through his characters. For “Bring-ing Down the House,” he said he taped a quarter million dollars to his body to sneak through airport security every weekend just like the main characters.

“I try to just place myself into the story as much as possible,” Mezrich said. “You know, I’m not a journalist running around with a notepad, that’s never sort of been my thing. I’m more just the person in the back of the bar at 2 in the morning who’s just over-hearing what’s going on.”

From his research, Mezrich said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg perfectly fits the “accidental billion-aire” title as he never cared much for money. Mezrich said Zuckerburg de-

clined to speak to him for the book.“Zuckerburg is an interesting char-

acter, he’s a guy who literally changed the world,” Mezrich said. “Certainly, [he] socially changed the world, but he’s also the most socially awkward person ever.”

A.J. Ziegler, a junior finance and economics major and Davis Center member, said he hopes Mezrich will share lessons to help students find fu-ture success.

“Everyone would love to be Mark Zuckerburg or have that great new idea,” Ziegler said.

Wood also said several business and finance classes have Mezrich’s books as required readings, such as 2004’s “Ugly Americans” about Japa-

nese index futures in the ‘90s.Mezrich said he’s currently

working on another book about col-lege students similar to “Bringing Down the House,” but provided no further details.

His 2011 book “Sex on the Moon,” about an individual who sneaks into NASA, is also being adapted for Hol-lywood with the same producers as “The Social Network.” He said film production hopefully will start later this year.

As R.I.S.E. approaches in a few short weeks, Mezrich said he is excit-ed to be a part of the forum’s energy and excitement.

“You never know, I might just find my next story out of it,” he said.

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Bestselling author to speak at campus finance forum

ThuRSDAyr.i.S.E. KEynotE SpEEchauthor Ben Mezrich will deliver the keynote speech at the redefining Investment Strategy Education forum at 5:30 p.m. March 29 at ud arena. Mezrich wrote the books that led to popular movies “The Social network” and “21.” Professional dress is required. To register, visit rise.udayton.edu or call 937-229-3384.

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KU Pub set to close indefinitely due to low sales

The University of Dayton’s Ken-nedy Union Pub, a long-time favorite venue for students and alumni, will close indefinitely after a final night March 30.

The KU Pub will close because of recent lack of attendance, according to Doug Lemaster, associate director of Dining Services.

Lemaster said Paula Smith, KU Dining Services director, made the decision based on the low sales thus far this semester. He said there is also a precedent of low attendance in the final stretch of the academic calendar.

“We haven’t changed anything since January, but no one comes any-more,” Lemaster said. “Our sales on Friday [March 9] didn’t even cover the DJ, and then the weather gets warmer and you have to compete with outdoor events like Lowesfest, and Pub sales

just sink hard.”Despite its lack of success this se-

mester, the KU staff hasn’t completely discarded plans to re-open the Pub in fall 2012, according to Dining Services director Paula Smith.

Smith said she has alternate ideas for the Pub’s future. She said the Pub may re-open next year as a “sit-down, casual dining place,” available to ev-eryone all weekend with alcohol avail-able for those of age.

“There would be something for ev-erybody” she said about the potential new Pub. “It would be a totally new venture – place, setting, atmosphere, everything – where people could have a drink or a bite to eat after class. I think it would definitely bring people in, but it’s still just an idea.”

In hopes of bringing in more people the rest of this semester, Lemaster said the KU staff scheduled numer-ous events to coincide with the Pub’s

final nights.Student Life and Kennedy Union

rented the Pub for Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17, for students interested in watching the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Lemas-ter said. Free snacks will be offered be-

ginning 3 p.m. Friday and from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, but no alcoholic beverages will be served.

Phi Alpha Theta, UD’s professional history fraternity, also is hosting a trivia night Friday, March 23.

Anne Skuse, senior history major and Phi Alpha Theta member, said there will be a $3 cover charge for al-cohol and five rounds of trivia with a $100 UD Bookstore gift certificate as the grand prize. All proceeds will ben-efit the fraternity.

Dining Services will then offer free pizza during the Pub’s last night as a final farewell, according to Lemaster.

Lemaster said it’s frustrating to see the Pub’s attendance and sales figures plummet from last semester when they were higher than they’d been in years. When the Pub re-opened this school year on Sept. 16, 2011, it made 488 transactions, Lemaster previously

said to Flyer News. “We’re not even doing 20 percent of

that right now,” he said. “It’s killing us. There were only two people in here last Friday.”

The Pub extended its operating time by two hours this school year, staying open until 9 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. Lemaster said. He said the Pub also brought in live bands and a DJ from UD Information Technologies, and started allowing drinking games.

However, Lemaster said the new at-tractions only generated a short spike in sales early this year and were not enough to keep the Pub afloat.

Michael Ward, a junior economics major, said he’ll miss the Pub when it closes.

“The Pub was one of my favorite spots on campus and it [is a shame] to see it go,” Ward said. “It wasn’t a place you’d go every weekend, but it was a good way to have fun after a long week, and it’s always been a trad- ition here.”

The Pub will not re-open even if the indefinite closing sparks a student backlash such as what occurred in 2010, according to Lemaster. He said he respects students’ concern over a university tradition, but deemed the success of Dining Services a higher priority.

“These talks have been going on for a while and it always generates a lot of noise,” he said. “People complain that we’re ending a tradition, but no one celebrates it. If they really cared about it, they’d be here.”

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purpose was to encourage par-ents to talk to students about making good decisions.

“What influences us is the people who know us and care about us,” Sch-ramm said. “It would not serve me to come down heavy-handed [on] what we know will be a high-risk event, so we knew the best way to do this was to partner with students, families and faculty.”

She said the Health Center will be open Saturday for students who might need it as local hospitals could be busy.

Schramm also warned students that they are responsible for their visi-tors.

“I think that it is important [stu-dents] understand they are responsi-ble for what their friends do,” she said. “You invited them here, that holds you responsible.”

She said students should watch out

for each other on St. Patrick’s Day. “If you go with someone, leave with

someone,” she said. “That is the basic nature of our Marianist community.”

Dickey said he agrees and encour-aged students to be aware of how much alcohol they are consuming.

“Be responsible,” he said. “Don’t forget to eat some food.”

Amy Lopez-Matthews, director of Student Life and Kennedy Union, said several activities are scheduled around campus this weekend to pro-vide students with an alternative to drinking.

Free food will be offered at several events, including a cookout at 7 p.m. Friday at ArtStreet. There will then be cookouts Saturday at ArtStreet, the volleyball court next to the RecPlex and the corner of Woodland Avenue and Alberta Street, according to a Stu-dent Development poster.

Students also can play bongo ball mania from 6 p.m. to midnight Fri-day and from 4-9 p.m. Saturday at the

RecPlex. Lopez-Matthews said bongo ball is a paintball-like game, and stu-dents can learn more by visiting cut-tingedgepi.com.

She said some of the activities were planned specifically for students who are under the legal drinking age, or who do not drink.

“The goal is to provide activities for students who want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and do something other than consume alcohol,” she said.

But she said other events were geared toward students who do drink.

“Some of the activities are specifi-cally geared to keeping people safe,” she said.

Schramm says she knows this holiday is important to UD students, but to not forget to watch out for one another.

“I’m not saying don’t drink, I am not trying to judge or lay out appropriate behavior,” she said. “I’m talking about community, plain and simple.”

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Daily News article. The project will be paid for most-

ly by state and federal funds, and a Friday, March 9, article in UD’s

Campus Report said the new side-walks will be funded partially by the university.

The project is being completed by Sunesis Construction Co. of West Chester, Ohio, according to

the Campus Report article.Keyes said there currently is no

impact on Brown Street south of Stewart Street, but people traveling from the north should consider us-ing Main Street as an alternative. “We want to make the city more

walk-able for pedestrians and bik-ers so that it is a place where peo-ple can stop at the small businesses easily and enjoy the area,” Whaley said. “It will be a challenge this year, but once it’s done, it will be an amenity for the students, staff and

faculty of UD, as well as the em-ployees at Miami Valley Hospital.”

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Instead of Sleeping, a Pitts-burgh-based indie rock band, said it is excited to play another show in the Dayton area later this month.

The band will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 at The Attic, located at 2852 Wilmington Pike in Kettering, Ohio. The show also will include local bands Generation 25 and Fol-low the Norm.

“We love this town,” the band said in a tour update on its web-site. “We love this venue. We love the people we have met here. We can’t wait to be back in town with you guys!”

Instead of Sleeping has four band members. According to the group’s lyricist, Shaun Sweeney, it began as an instrumental band in 2008 while the members were still in high school, and then began adding lyrics about a year later. Sweeney said their songs are based off real life experiences, and their music is developing and becoming more serious.

The band already has released two EPs and one full-length al-bum, according to its website. This show in Dayton will be part of the band’s pre-promotion tour for its upcoming album, “The Reds, the Blacks, the Grays.” The album, due out in the spring, will be available on iTunes and Amazon.com.

Sweeney described the band’s music as “melodic indie rock,”

and listed Brand New, Manchester Orchestra and Minus the Bear as some of its biggest influences.

He said the group has played shows with Hawthorne Heights, Fall of Troy, Envy on the Coast and Fun. He said he believes that fans of these bands will be fans of Instead of Sleeping’s music as well.

Sweeney said he thinks the show will appeal to everyone, no matter their taste in music. He described an Instead of Sleeping concert as an event and a show, not just a typical music concert. He said the members focus on putting on good performances just as much as they do recording their music.

Sweeney said they make it a point to interact with all of the fans that attend their shows, which has led to them building a healthy fan base.

“We consider them friends,” he said.

Though Instead of Sleeping’s shows are interactive and intimate in nature, The Attic is roomy with two stages, each with a large au-dience capacity, according to the venue’s booking manager Eliza-beth Kilby. The venue also offers pool tables, video games, an air hockey table and a concession stand, Kilby said.

Kilby said Instead of Sleep-ing has great sounds and quality music.

“They do a great job interacting with their fans,” she said.

Although this is not the only Dayton concert March 31, In-stead of Sleeping’s show will of-fer qualities that set it apart from Lupe Fiasco’s highly publicized performance at the University of Dayton Arena.

Fans are able to get very close to the stage at The Attic, Kilby said, so anyone who enjoys interacting with bands on-stage would prob-ably prefer this concert. This show also will feature indie rock music as opposed to the hip-hop at UD Arena.

The Attic is a perfect venue for those looking for something more active to do than just listen to mu-sic because of its other amenities offered alongside the performance,

Kilby said.Tickets for the show will be

available at the door for $10. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For more information about and demos from Instead of Sleep-ing, visit its website at www.in-steadofsleepingmusic.com.

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Indie band Instead of Sleeping set to rock in Dayton

Pittsburgh-based indie rock band instead of sleeping will perform March 31 at the attic in kettering, ohio. the band is promoting its upcoming album, “the reds, the Blacks, the grays.” PhoToS ConTRibuTeD by ShAun SWeeney

SATuRDAyinStEad of SlEEping at thE atticPittsburgh-based band Instead of Sleeping will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 at The attic, located at 2852 Wilmington Pike in Kettering, ohio. The band recently posted on its website that it is excited to return to dayton for another concert soon. The group will be promoting its upcoming album, “The reds, the Blacks, the Grays.” also performing at the concert are local bands Generation 25 and Follow the norm. doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets cost $10.

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artS and US: Visit the gallery in the entrance of roesch Library to see memorabilia from 50 years of university of dayton arts Series programs. The exhibit is open now through June 10. noteworthy performers in the exhibit include Van Cliburn, Marcel Marceau and the Kronos Quartet. For more information, visit udayton.edu/libraries.

forM and fUnction: Explore paintings and drawings in “Investigating the Female Form,” an exhibit created by visual arts students. The opening reception for the exhibit takes place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in artStreet Studio d Gallery.

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‘diScardEd MEMory’: Catch it before it closes! This exhibition, curated by visual arts department faculty member Suki Kwon, shows the sculptural creations of artist Eun-Kyung Suh. The exhibit is open through Friday, March 16. For more information, contact gallery coordinator Geno Luketic at 937-229-3261.

lEap into Spring: Enjoy classical and contemporary ballets now through Sunday, March 18, at the Victoria Theatre in downtown dayton. Performances include Gregory robinson’s “Hot riffs & Blue notes,” as well as two world-premiere ballets. Student tickets are available for $20. For more information, visit www.daytonballet.org.

The University of Dayton’s In-ternational Festival will offer a variety of cultural activities for all students from 6-9 p.m. March 23 in the Kennedy Union Ball-room.

The festival will include booths set up by students representing their home countries, cultural performances, a fashion show, ethnic food and a final group dance.

Annea Hapciu, a senior entre-preneurship major and Interna-tional Club president, said the

club organizes the event each year.

Michel Tabchouri, a senior me-chanical engineering major and International Club member, said it’s not solely an international event.

“It’s an opportunity for Ameri-can students to experience differ-ent cultures, different foods from around the world, enjoy some per-formances from other fellow stu-dents, enjoy a fashion show and hang out with other international students,” he said.

Hapciu, a native of Kosovo who has been involved with the club during each of her four years at

UD, said each club officer is re-sponsible for a different commit-tee related to the festival. Some of the committees include perfor-mances, food, fashion show and charity.

Tabchouri, a native of Leba-non, said he is involved with the performances committee. He said that he is helping to organize the festival’s main attractions and has worked with the students set to present about their home coun-tries.

Hapciu said she enjoys the fi-nal group dance where all the at-tendees join together on the ball-room’s main stage. And she said

the ethnic food recipes prepared by Dining Services as suggested by the international students are always a big hit.

“The food is always one of peo-ple’s favorite things,” Hapciu said.

Hapciu said the event attracted 400 guests last year and she is hoping to expand on that number next weekend. She encouraged all interested students to consider at-tending.

“[The festival] brings foreign students and American students together so that they can inter-act, share their cultures with each other, learn from each other and appreciate the differences,” Hap-

ciu said.Admission to the International

Festival costs $3. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit two charities this year, the UD Dance Marathon organization and a yet-to-be-determined human traffick-ing awareness group, Hapciu said.

In working with the charities, Hapciu said the event is able to “make a local difference as well as an international one.”

For more information about the International Club and its annual festival, visit its website at sites.google.com/site/udinternational-club.

international festival celebrates culture with activities, foodJaCoB rosenEditor-in-Chief

Can you hear it in the air?

Students are whis-pering ev-erywhere.

P a r e n t s r e c e i v e d the letter in the mail,

Warning them of the day that makes the administration wail.

Halloween is great while win-ter slowly looms,

Freshmen figure out you don’t buy costumes.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are very nice,

But does anybody really want to see their family twice?

New Year’s and Valentine’s days bring about romance,

But the real fun is planning in advance.

But after all the holiday cheer and “happy new year’s,”

What we are looking for is a reason to grab the beers.

So when March rolls around and the weather gets nice,

We realize our schoolwork re-quires some sacrifice.

The bar crawl has happened and was a blast,

But doesn’t come close to what we’ve been waiting for, at long last!

It is the day that is named for a saintly man,

After whose death in the fifth century a holiday began.

St. Patrick’s Day is what I’m talking about,

The day when no one even con-templates working out.

You might question why we are so amped for this day of luck,

But it’s in Ohioans’ Irish blood to make this day not suck.

The blowing up of kiddie pools is heard the night before,

Hoping nobody pops it is what the owner is praying for.

Public Safety has been train-ing for this day all their years,

But my personal goal is to get them to just say “cheers.”

We’ve been looking at our phones to check on the weather,

Knowing rain won’t stop us, but sun would be better.

Now, as the first ray of light hits the campus at last,

Just the thought of kegs and eggs will be quite a blast.

The frat guy pulls out his neon jersey of choice,

The girl drinks water to pre-pare her karaoke voice.

But laid out on my bed is the official outfit of the day,

A green T-shirt is all you need to join in on the play.

Tim’s has already opened at 5:30 a.m.,

So grab your roommates and begin the party with them.

Only one simple rule students think they must follow,

Stay off the sidewalk or you’ll be put in a cop car to wallow.

With no class on this day and free time galore,

Anyone will have a much more likely chance to score.

You haven’t done the day right if your clothes remain clean,

And if you aren’t nervous that you might pee a little green.

You’ll find students on porches yelling at those in the street,

Challenging them to a shotgun contest, trying not to get beat.

So good luck student body, this is our biggest test,

To prove we do St. Patrick’s Day better than all the rest.

opiNioNS8Flyer news • Friday, March 16, 2012

“i am imperfect in many things, nevertheless i want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul’s desire.”

St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, fifth century

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It seems as though all of campus is green with anticipation. St. Pat-rick’s Day is almost here, and for the first time in decades, University of Dayton students will be celebrating it on a Saturday on campus.

This auspicious occurrence has made our community members everything from anxious and nervous, to jubilant and excited. While students plan activities and outfits – see our online gallery of UD Street Style’s DIY tips – the university administration is preparing deterrents both of a positive and negative nature.

In this issue, Flyer News reports on the preventative measures in-cluding an open Health Center on Saturday, full-staffed Public Safety, cooperation with local police and presence of plain-clothed state-supplied liquor board officers. There are also plenty of fun activities designed to offer alternatives to dangerous drinking, such as free food and water, as well as a Flick ‘n’ Float and bongo ball mania.

Flyer News supports any action taken with the interests of our students in mind. However, we wonder, if nothing serious occurs this weekend, will it have been because of the university’s many prepara-tions, or would the day have been calm regardless?

As a staff, we have faith in our fellow Flyers, though history would have us think otherwise. The privilege to enjoy a St. Patrick’s Day on campus is something years of Flyers past lost due to the thoughtless actions of a few.

This weekend will be a test with far-reaching consequences. It’s up to us not to behave in such a way that would cause the tradition to be taken from us again. Whether you say “be green dots,” “make good choices” or “drink responsibly,” the sentiment is the same: Don’t screw this up.

We encourage our peers to take care of themselves and their com-munity, and above all, have a jolly St. Patrick’s Day.

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Last month, Flyer News pub-lished a column stating “we’ve forgot how to rage.” It was au-thored by Opinions Editor Dan Cleveland. The editorial implied that our University of Dayton community doesn’t party like it used to. The column referenced a time in history when UD police reportedly showed “unsurpassed leniency.” It also referenced a time when Flyer News urged peo-ple to “burn couches and start dumpster fires.” That time in his-tory is gone.

Subsequent to Cleveland’s col-umn, UD experienced three delib-erately set fires. While this likely was not Cleveland’s intent, it re-minds us that we are responsible for our actions. Remember the wisdom of the ancient injunction in that we should think twice be-fore acting once. We must always think about safety before we act.

The UD Public Safety depart-ment is well-staffed. It employs highly trained professional po-lice officers. They are not cam-

pus security guards; they are professional police officers. As professional police officers, they are sworn to protect and serve the public.

In addition to UD Public Safety officers, our campus and the ad-jacent community is patrolled by many other professional, uni-formed and plain-clothed law enforcement and peace officers. Among their duties, they prevent and detect crimes and maintain public order. They detain and ar-rest people. I don’t think anybody wants to be detained or arrested. Think about safety and think about the consequences of every action you take.

Fire spreads faster than most people realize. I am a profes-sional firefighter, and I can tell you from experience, fire grows out of control in minutes. Fire destroys property and hurts people. Sometimes, fires hurt the people setting them. More often, fires hurt innocent bystanders or hurt the responding firefighters.

I hope that nobody wants to hurt innocent bystanders or firefight-ers. Think about everybody’s safety and think about the conse-quences.

Cleveland’s column stated “I’m not saying we need to set couches on fire and attack UD police or anything. I’m not even saying you need to drink to have fun.” This goes without saying. Police officers and firefighters are public servants in our com-munity. Nobody in the UD com-munity should want to set a fire, which could hurt or kill a fire-fighter, or attack a police officer. We always must think about safe-ty and think about the potential

worst-case scenario consequenc-es before we act.

Intentionally igniting couch-es, dumpsters or anything else is absolutely unacceptable and constitutes arson. If an ignited material spreads to an occupied building or vehicle, it increases the crime to aggravated arson. It doesn’t matter if it is only in-tended as a prank; the law treats it as a first-degree felony. No-body should want to risk their entire future over horseplay. Think about the safety of every-one in our community and about how wrong things can go. The consequences of starting a fire deliberately may be devastating.

Of course it is all right to “pick up our game” and “creatively have fun” as Cleveland sug-gested. But, it is not worth it to ruin your future and throw away everything you worked so hard to get. It’s not worth it to hurt yourself or anyone else. It is ab-solutely unacceptable and crimi-nal to deliberately light anything on fire, even if you are just fool-ing around. Always, think about safety and the consequences.

I love St. Pat-r i c k ’ s Day. I can think of no other h o l i d a y that so ve-hemently o b l i g e s me to eat

green eggs and ham, listen to the Dropkick Murphys all day long and swim through a veritable sea of my favorite color. But in my opinion, the best thing about St. Paddy’s Day is the symbolic posi-tion it holds as a reminder of the millions of immigrants who have made America the nation that it is today.

You see, while there is still an important religious compo-nent to the holiday, St. Paddy’s Day in America is very much about celebrating the culture and contributions of Irish im-migrants and their descendants. It wasn’t all shamrocks and pots of gold for these refugees. They fled persecution and poverty

in their homeland, only to find these hardships once again here, working as second-class citizens in some of the worst jobs imag-inable, including indentured servitude and canal digging. But in a distinctly American way, they persevered, standing their ground against injustice, build-ing a better life for their children and insisting on practicing their cultural traditions. It is exactly that kind of attitude that made possible the opportunities avail-able in our country today.

Why, then, do we look down upon today’s newcomers, who just want to make a better life for themselves and their families, just like the Irish? Could we pos-sibly ask for a more motivated, devoted individual than one who has left his family, his friends and his homeland to come to the cultural zoo that is the U.S. of A.? I think not.

As an American who traces his ancestry across the map – the son of over two hundred years of small southern farmers, several generations of Irish-American

railroaders and Lord knows what else – I stand in solidarity with the American immigrants and aspiring immigrants of today. Be-cause the fact of the matter is, we are all immigrants. Heck, even

the indigenous peoples of North America had to find their way here at some point. We are living in a terrifying, rapidly changing world, in a landscape far differ-ent than the continents our fami-lies came from, in a society much

different than the ones that our ancestors called home. We have to deal with today’s problems together, and the last thing we should be doing is stifling new ideas by discouraging enthusias-

tic, highly motivated people from crossing into our borders.

To those Americans who wor-ry about losing the American culture: fret not. The truth is there is no “American” culture. There is only an American soci-

ety that celebrates and revels in the culture of hundreds of im-migrant groups, and that holds sacred the founding principles of our forefathers that we should be free to pursue life, liberty and happiness. As long as you con-tinue to respect these principles and recognize the contributions of others, your traditions will never be lost.

Inscribed at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is a call to the nations of the world; “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Unfortunately, I don’t believe that many people in the U.S. take that call seriously, but St. Patrick’s Day is a chance to change that perspective. As we celebrate the lives and cul-ture of our Irish-Americans this weekend, let’s also remember the contributions of other im-migrant groups to this nation we call home, and extend an out-stretched hand to those still wait-ing to walk through the door.

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For one night, I was one of the luckiest stu-dents in the world, and I couldn’t have been prouder to represent the Universi-ty of Dayton.

On Tuesday, March 13, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Day-ton for the NCAA tournament’s First Four at UD Arena. Obama treated Cameron to his first-ever basketball game, and I had a fourth-row seat to the greatest show on earth.

But, it all started with an un-prompted short email from Dean of Students Christine Schramm to call her quickly during the afternoon Sat-urday, March 10. I then called her cell and was told the following:

“Jacob, I’ve got an interesting proposition for you,” said Schramm, followed by a dramatic pause. “How would you like to sit in a box with President Obama?”

I replied immediately with an en-

thusiastic “Absolutely,” joined the eventual list of about 20 student rep-resentatives, and began a whirlwind of awe-inspiring events.

In the end, the box turned out to be UD Arena’s section 101– an exam-ple of security and communication troubles that confounded many of my peers – but I truly can’t complain about receiving the opportunity of a lifetime.

After hours and days of anticipa-tion, Obama and Cameron arrived in section 101 to hundreds of flashing bulbs around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. I was one of about eight students to shake Obama’s hand just before he got situ-ated in his seat, exactly three rows in front of me.

It was all surreal. There I was, just one of less than two dozen students, but also taking on a larger role as a UD representative shaking the right hand of the commander-in-chief. I hardly even knew how to react.

The best description of the hand-shaking aftermath was from junior residential assistant Chelsea Cooper, a marketing and leadership major. As she ate her jumbo-size snack mo-ments later, with her now-famous

hand, she said: “It’s like the president is feeding

me popcorn.”Speaking of food, a few minutes

into the game, Obama whipped out his wallet stacked with $20 bills and bought a large order of food for some of his surrounding guests. Eventual-ly, two young women returned with a box of hot dogs, soft drinks and more.

For those keeping score at home, Cameron chose mustard as his hot dog condiment. I had it down as ketchup while live-tweeting the event, so mark that one as an error in my scorebook.

Other notable front-row political guests with Obama and Cameron were Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Down-ing Street Chief of Staff Ed Llewellyn and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.

Seated closer to me in section 101 were NCAA President Mark Emmert and COO Jim Isch, UD President Daniel Curran, Sinclair Community College President Steven Johnson, Wright State University President Da-vid Hopkins, and several administra-tors and coaches from UD athletics.

I was too far away to chat with the politicians, but enjoyed schmoozing occasionally with the high-profile col-legiate innovators. These folks even joined us students in goofing off with nearby Secret Service agents – who seemed to exponentially increase throughout the night – and guessing the species of Western Kentucky Uni-versity’s mascot, Big Red.

But, the luckiest stars of the night were redshirt junior outside hitter

Rachel Krabacher, redshirt junior setter Samantha Selsky and redshirt sophomore right-side hitter Shayne Brown from the UD volleyball team. These three sat in the front row and continuously mingled with the two powerful guests.

Senior Lindsay Fouse, Student Government Association chief of staff and economics major, and se-nior forward Josie Grant from the women’s soccer team also had their moments of fame in the section. Fouse routinely joked around with Obama in the first half, even receiv-ing one of the free hot dogs. Mean-while, Grant, a UK native, received instant international recognition after sharing the name of her home country with Obama and Cameron upon their arrival.

Oh, and by the way, a basketball game was played during all of this too. A darn good one at that, as WKU rallied late to win 59-58 over Missis-

sippi Valley State University. After the game, several students

joined me for one final photo opportu-nity with the president on the court. I stood on my toes to be just over Obama’s right shoulder, and plan on framing some of the noteworthy pho-tos from that moment.

As he left, I finally had my one shot to say something quick to the leader of the free world. And fortunately, the only thing that mattered at that point was short and sweet:

“Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for coming to the University of Dayton.”

The experience is still a daze in my mind, but it’s something I’ll never forget for the rest of my life. And, if it weren’t for UD and my amazing jour-neys here over the last four years, this never would’ve been possible.

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T h e First Four started one of the best times of the year for sports fans, with W e s t e r n K e n t u c k y University’s come-from-behind win a g a i n s t Mississippi Valley State University T u e s d a y , March 13, at the Univer-sity of Day-ton Arena.The NCAA

tournament creates a wide range of emotions for fans from excite-ment and utter joy, to despair and gut-wrenching agony. Everyone, regardless of interest in sports, has a moment from the NCAA tourna-ment that always will be with them. The Flyer News sports editors dis-cuss theirs.

Chris Moorman, Sports EditorTwo of my favorite NCAA tour-

nament moments happened all in the same day.

I had baseball practice after school when Dayton made the tour-ney in 2009. A friend was recording it for me and we planned to watch it after practice. My teammates had

been saying all week that Dayton would lose to West Virginia Uni-versity and Ohio State University would prevail inside UD Arena.

If anyone tried to give me a score update, I would run out of the gym where our indoor batting cage was setup until the “all clear” sign was given.

When practice was over and it was time to watch No. 11 seed UD upset West Virginia, tragedy struck. An electrical blackout had struck the city and my friend’s DVR was one of the victims. The only thing it recorded was the postgame inter-view with a smiling senior Charles Little, junior Marcus Johnson and the man who stole the show that day, sophomore Chris Wright.

For the next three hours, I watched continuous highlights to make up for the fact that I couldn’t watch the game. Every sports chan-nel was replaying Wright’s perfor-mance in Minneapolis, and for a Dayton fan, it was a proud moment. Then came the night games.

I always pick OSU to lose in the NCAA tournament. In the first round even, and the same goes for Xavier.

On this night, the high I was on from Dayton’s win was exponential-ly increased by a little school from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer-ence.

No one gave Siena College a chance, but after the end of regu-lation, I did. OSU had Siena on the ropes for much of the game. Then Siena came back to force overtime,

only to need a clutch shot from ju-nior Ronald Moore to force a second overtime.

The game was already great for

me as a Dayton fan living in OSU country; it showed Buckeye fans that the infallible Bucks were, and are, in fact flawed.

It was then that Moore hit a three with 3.9 seconds left in the second overtime to win the game. Oh, hap-py day! The wicked witches from Co-lumbus were gone and UD was still dancing. It doesn’t get much better.

Steven Wright, Assistant Sports Editor

The setting was a first-round matchup at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2008.

Duke University was up to its usual tricks and had grabbed a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. Its opponent, Belmont University, was just a lowly No. 15 seed that was sup-posed to fall to the powerhouses in the early rounds.

On this day, Belmont did indeed go down to Duke, but not before the

team reminded us how special the NCAA tournament can be for fans around the country.

Trailing by 10 points early in the

second half, the Bruins would not go away. A 9-0 run cut the lead to one, but Duke did not panic and contin-ued playing, extending its lead up to four. Belmont eventually grabbed the lead by one with 11 minutes left, officially getting over what I deem as “the hump.”

The remainder of the game was a back-and-forth affair that allowed me to dissect the action with my fa-ther on how Belmont could pull off

the upset. After all, only four No. 15 seeds have ever won a game in tour-nament history.

My father was not entirely into the tournament in 2008 after years of bracket shredding and frustra-tion from picks gone wrong. But, the majesty of the game being played at a high level on the grandest stage is enough to get any sports fan’s affections to grow again, giving me another moment between my father and me that will last in my memory.

Belmont eventually grabbed a late one-point lead that looked like it could hold up with two minutes remaining, but Duke sophomore Gerald Henderson snatched away the upset bid with 11.9 seconds to go, denying America a memorable, historic upset.

What was not denied though was the pageantry, the excitement and the anything-can-happen nature of the NCAA tournament. It also al-lowed meaningless friction to come to an end, and let a father and son bond in ways that many can relate with.

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The home team went on the road and lost.

The University of Dayton men’s basketball team’s season ended with a first-round loss in the Na-tional Invitational Tournament Tuesday, March 13, in Iowa City, Iowa. The second-seeded Flyers fell 84-75 to No. 7 seed University of Iowa.

Dayton, designated as the home team with its higher seeding, had to play on the road due to UD Arena hosting the NCAA tournament’s First Four. This was the third straight NIT appearance for Day-ton and the second consecutive first round loss.

Redshirt junior point guard

Kevin Dillard led the Flyers with 23 points and six assists. Iowa fresh-man forward Aaron White led all scorers with 25 points and had 11 rebounds.

Dayton (20-13) struggled defen-sively in the transition game, allow-ing 10 fast-break points and several dunks that allowed the Iowa crowd of 13,190 to get into the game. Dil-lard said after the game it was the players’ inability to defend in tran-sition that cost them the game.

“We got killed in transition to-day and their big guys, they did a great job of getting on the glass and controlling the paint,” he said. “We tried to get back from that, but we couldn’t quite get it.”

First-year Dayton head coach Archie Miller said the tempo set by

Iowa was the main culprit for Day-ton’s defensive difficulties.

“But their pace and the way that they ran was on us quick,” he said. “If we did not get the offensive re-bound, we were behind the ball and we needed transition defense to ab-sorb some of those, and we didn’t. I thought they hurt us as much as any team that we have played all season in transition.”

The Flyers allowed 48 points in the paint to Iowa. The Hawkeyes also shot 33-for-58 from the field while Dayton struggled with a 26-for-66 shooting performance.

UD trailed 44-41 at halftime and was quickly down by five points in the opening moments of the second half. Senior forward Chris Johnson and Dillard then sparked a 6-1 Day-

ton run to tie the game at 49 with 16:42 left.

The Hawkeyes responded with a 13-3 run over the game’s next 4:40 to pull away. Iowa led by as much as 15 points for a majority of the second half.

Dayton got within single digits with a buzzer-beater three-pointer by sophomore walk-on forward Mitch Asmus, his first career points as a Flyer.

Senior guard Paul Williams said Dayton was in a tough game and the Iowa crowd made it tougher.

“The fans came out and support-ed them,” he said. “Thirteen thou-sand-plus, it was a very energetic crowd. We just ran into a dogfight today.”

Miller didn’t want to make ex-

cuses about the loss. He said despite being the higher seed, playing on the road is part of basketball and that’s part of life.

“It’s reality,” he said. “When you are playing the No. 2 seed in the NIT, the chances and the ability to advance are significantly increased when we play in front of our 13,000. But that’s the reality of the game when you host an NCAA Tourna-ment. That’s not a ‘woe is me’ or a ‘boo-hoo.’ It didn’t matter if we were a one seed; we were going to go on the road at least for the first game.”

The senior class of Johnson, Wil-liams, forward Luke Fabrizius and guard Josh Parker leave as mem-bers of the second-most winningest senior class with 94 wins.

Men’s basketball

Dayton falls in first round of NIT, played on the road due to First Four

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steven Wrightasst. Sports Editor

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SporTS12Flyer news • Friday, March 16, 2012

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cHeck out tHe flyer news website for tHe latest updates from tHis weekend’s ncaa tourna-ment action for tHe ud women’s basketball team in college station, texas.

Freshman guard Andrea Hoover sat nervously, awaiting the an-nouncement of her team’s place-ment in the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship with her teammates Monday, March 12.

After two sections of the bracket were unveiled on ESPN’s women’s selection special, Hoover said the jitters set in, despite having the as-surance of being an automatic qual-ifier.

“Even though we were already in, I was thinking ‘What if they for-get about us?’” she said. “‘What are they going to do?’”

The Atlantic 10 Conference tour-nament champion University of Dayton eventually received its as-signment as the Flyers get set for their third consecutive NCAA Tour-nament.

Dayton (23-6) will be the No. 11 seed in the Raleigh region, facing No. 6 seed University of Arkansas at 4:05 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in Col-lege Station, Texas.

The winner will advance to face either No. 3 seed Texas A&M Uni-versity, the site host and defending national champions, or No. 14 seed University of Albany on Monday,

March 19.“I didn’t really care where we

went,” head coach Jim Jabir said. “I think it’s a good matchup. They play similar to us.”

The team joined over 200 Day-ton fans, along with cheerleaders and the Dayton pep band, in the Time Warner Cable Flight Deck at UD Arena to learn its place in the bracket.

“I think four years ago I would have been surprised,” said senior forward Justine Raterman about the fan turnout. “Our fans are second to none. The support that they’ve shown us over the last four years has been incredible. Not that it has become an expectation, but they never cease to amaze me.”

Arkansas (23-8) is making its first trip to the NCAA tournament since 2003. The Razorbacks finished in fourth place in the Southeastern Conference and tied a school record for the most wins ever prior to the postseason. The team is led by se-nior guard C’eira Ricketts, who av-erages 11.3 points and 4.4 assists per game.

Dayton and Arkansas have pre-viously met four times, with the Razorbacks winning every contest, most recently a 73-55 win on Dec. 21, 2001, in Fayetteville, Ark.

In Dayton’s two previous NCAA

tournament appearances, the team is a combined 1-2, defeating Texas Christian University 67-66 in its first-ever contest on March 20, 2010. Both losses in 2010 and 2011 came against teams playing on their home courts, a scenario Dayton could en-counter again if it were to meet Tex-as A&M in the second round.

Jabir said if the team plays the

way it should, the game location will not come into play.

“It really doesn’t matter,” he said. “At the end of the day, you have to go play the game. ... I think we’ve got to come and play like we play and do the things we do, and I think we have a chance.”

Senior guard Patrice Lalor said the first two trips to the tournament

were enjoyable, but this time will be different because of the experience gained from those games.

“We’re going down there to win the first game and then if we win the first game, then win the next one,” she said. “It’s all business when we go down there this time.”

Flyers ready for Razorbacks in upcoming NCAA gamesteven Wrightasst. Sports Editor

Women’s basketball

the dayton women’s basketball team celebrates the unveiling of the nCaa tournament bracket, Monday, March 12, at the time Warner Cable flight deck at ud arena. ud will play the university of arkansas at 4:05 p.m. saturday, March 17, in College station, texas. MiCkey Shuey/leAD PhoTogRAPheR

The University of Dayton baseball team welcomed its head coach back to the diamond this week, but lost two games against in-state opponents.

The Flyers (4-11) fell 3-2 to Bowl-ing Green State University Tuesday, March 13, in Bowling Green, Ohio. UD then followed up with a 7-4 loss to the University of Toledo Wednesday, March 14, at the Athletes in Action facility in Xenia, Ohio.

Linklater said the team’s early season struggles have been a factor of consistency and overall team play.

“I don’t think you can put your fin-ger on whether the slow start is be-cause of pitching, hitting or defense because they all feed off each other,”

he said. “Baseball is a game of mo-mentum and being able to handle ad-versity has been our biggest issue.”

Dayton entered this week’s action coming off two consecutive wins at the Riverview Inn Challenge Satur-day, March 10, and Sunday, March 11, in Clarksville, Tenn., before losing to Bowling Green.

On Monday, March 12, head coach Tony Vittorio then returned to the team after spending a week away with his family following the passing of his father. Vittorio was able to at-tend UD’s game at Butler University March 6 because he was in Indiana, but he missed the Tennessee tourna-ment last week.

Associate head coach Todd Lin-klater was in charge of the team dur-

ing Vittorio’s absence.Freshman first baseman A.J. Ryan

said before this week’s games that the team did a good job coming together with Vittorio away from the team.

“It’s a lot different not having your leader on the bench or on the field with you,” he said. “We had to come together as a team and some-what coach ourselves, but coach Link did a good job picking up the leader-ship. Of course, we want our head coach there, we love him.”

Ryan got the scoring started early for the Flyers Tuesday with a solo home run in the top of the second inning off BGSU redshirt senior left-handed pitcher Patrick Martin.

Martin pitched four innings, only allowing one run. The home team then tied the score in the bottom of

the third and stretched the lead to 3-1 by the bottom of the eighth.

Senior outfielder Zach Stewart knocked out a solo home run in the top of the ninth, but it wasn’t enough as BGSU junior right-hander Nick Bruns finished the game to beat the Flyers 3-2.

Redshirt freshman left-hander Matt Miller took the loss for Dayton. The loss was the second against the Falcons in as many tries for UD this season.

In the Toledo game, junior right-handed pitcher Parker Schrage took the loss for UD after yielding three runs on five hits through three in-nings. Senior infielder C.J Gillman went 4-for-5 with three RBIs for the Flyers.

Linklater said he thought the play-

ers did a phenomenal job handling last week’s adversity.

“Coach V wasn’t there, but he was there,” he said. “The guys realized how important it was to come togeth-er as a team, and they took over. This past weekend the guys did a good job taking it upon themselves to take control in coach’s absence.”

After last weekend’s wins, Vit-torio said he didn’t think the team previously had played to its strength, which he said is experience.

“Offensively and pitching, we have what I consider to be our top three guys back,” he said. “… The positive is that everything is ahead of us.”

The Flyers begin a 12-game home stand at 3 p.m. Friday, March 16, against Oakland University at Wo-erner Field.

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ud’s head coach returns, flyers drop two gamessteve MaloneyLead Sports Writer