Signals April/May 2014 - University of Rio Grande

In Review — Pages 35 — 42
2013-2014: The Year
Rio Baseball Tops
Ohio University
In Close
Game
— Page 28
Rio Grande, Ohio
Signals
Rio Student Accepted
Into Mayo Clinic’s
Radiation Therapy
School
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University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College
April/May 2014
Number 9
Justice French To Address Rio’s 2014 Graduates
Commencement Ceremonies
Scheduled For Saturday, May 10
By BECCA STEINER
Signals Editor
“Don’t be afraid … In the long run,
a mistake is a learning experience,”
this is a message Ohio
Supreme
Court Justice
Judith French
says is important for
students to
understand.
Justice
French, who
will serve as
Ohio Supreme Court commenceJustice Judith French ment speaker
for the University of Rio Grande and Rio
Grande Community College graduation exercises on Saturday, May 10,
became a justice of the Supreme
Court of Ohio on January 13, 2013.
“I was very excited to say yes when
(University President) Dr. Danley
asked if I would be the commencement speaker for this year,” Justice
French said in a telephone interview.
Commencement exercises are
scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on the
campus green.
The daughter of a school teacher,
Justice French said she appreciates
her Ohio roots and education, and is
committed to being a part of civic
education in Ohio.
For the past two decades, Justice
French has dedicated her career to
public service. In that time, she has
served the State of Ohio as a lawyer
for a state agency, an assistant attorney general, counsel to the Governor,
and, now, as a supreme court justice.
“Don’t be afraid, I regret all of the
times that I was afraid and didn’t do
something. In the long run a mistake
is a learning experience,” Justice
French said in summarizing the
knowledge she has gained from her
2014 Commencement
Information — Page 43
File Photo: 2013 Rio Grande Commencement
THE UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE and Rio Grande Community
College 2014 commencement is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at 1 p.m.
on the campus green. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French will
serve as commencement speaker.
years of public service.
Having learned from so many talented teachers and professors, Justice
French said she is dedicated to serving as a resource to them and their
students.
As an attorney, she served as a tutor
and mentor in the Columbus Public
Schools. As a justice, she speaks frequently to students from around
Ohio, particularly those studying the
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Dr. Richard Sax: ‘We Are Here For The Students’
New Provost, Vice President Of Academic Affairs Discusses His Views Of Higher Education
By BECCA STEINER
Signals Editor
“We are here for the students,” Rio
Grande’s new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs said in a
recent interview. “The institution is
Dr. Richard Sax
Educational
Degrees
BA, Haverford
College; MA, PhD.
The University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Biographical
Statement
Dr. Sax has served
as Dean of the College of Arts &
Humanities at Madonna University, Dean of the School of Arts,
Humanities, & Social Sciences at
Fort Lewis College, and as Vice
President of Academic Affairs &
Dean of the College at Lake Erie
College.
He comes to Rio Grande from
the University of New Mexico,
where he serves as Dean of Instruction and Chief Academic Officer at the UNW-Valencia Campus in Los Lunas, New Mexico.
here for the students.”
Dr. Richard Sax, whose appointment to his new post was announced
in late February, is scheduled to start
on July 7.
During an April 9 telephone interview, Dr. Sax said he viewed academic administration as, “…
extremely important, just as important as working collaboratively
with others.”
Dr. Sax became aware of the position at The University of Rio Grande
through a higher education weekly
newsletter. “I have worked at four
institutions in the last 30 years,” he
said.
One goal Dr. Sax said he would
like to accomplish at Rio Grande is to
raise the overall morale of the academic body: students, faculty, staff
and administration.”
He also said “I would like to help
accomplish the goal of having a sustainable enrollment rate … and graduation rate, as well.”
Dr. Sax described himself as being,
“…like Atticus Finch from To Kill A
Mockingbird.” Referencing a scene in
the book in which Finch is spat upon,
he said, “It is good to be like Atticus
Finch, wipe it [the problem] off and
do the right thing.”
Upon his arrival in July, Dr. Sax
said he will have an “Open Office/
Door Policy,”: if the door is open,
you may stop in and speak to him, or
ask him a question.
Although, the protocols in the student handbook need to be followed,
he said, “If I am there, I will listen.”
Dr. Sax said he is “not the boss of
you, but a leader among equals.” He
also proposed several initiatives to
help boost student morale on campus,
including:
 Have end of term Student To Professor evaluations;
 Have an active student government;
 Make sure the leaders of each organization speak with one another
so that the groups may all work
together.
“We are a tribe that works together,” said Dr. Sax, “my fascination for
the institution goes back to Oxford
and Cambridge, and it is incredible to
be a part of the fascinating operation.
“Sharing experiences is important.
When I was in high school, my buddy
and I loved going to political campaigns, setting up for events in order
to know all that was going on.
“When I got to college I fell in
love with literature, and since then I
have wanted to take part in institutions of higher education and be a
leader among
equals.”
“Dr. Sax
comes to Rio
with a proven
record of academic leadership experience having
served in positions of increasing responsibility and complexity over a
course of nearly 25 years,” a statement issued by Rio Grande’s Human
Resource Department said in announcing his appointment.
“This includes serving as Honors
Program Director, English Department Chair, twice as an academic
dean, and twice as a chief academic
officer. He currently serves as Dean
of Instruction and Chief Academic
Officer at the University of New
Mexico-Valencia Campus in Los Lunas, New Mexico.”
Sax received a Bachelor of Arts in
English from Haverford College, a
Master of Arts in English Language
& Literature and a Doctorate of Philosophy in English Language& Literature from the University of Michigan.
In his role as Provost and Vice
President of Academic Affairs, Sax
will provide leadership in the development, assessment, budgeting and
oversight of all academic initiatives.
Rio Grande, Ohio
April/May 2014; Number 9
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Campus News
Justice French To Address Rio’s 2014 Graduates
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Ohio judicial system.
During her first year as justice on
Ohio’s highest court, she has participated in hundreds of decisions. She
also found time to travel the State of
Ohio, visiting all 88 counties. With a
history of public service, Justice
French is committed to serving as a
resource for the people of Ohio.
A History of Public Service
In 1993, Justice French joined the
Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency as deputy director for legal
affairs. From 1997 to 2002, she
worked for Attorney General Betty
Montgomery as an assistant attorney
general, and later as chief counsel.
During her time in the Attorney
General’s Office, Justice French argued two cases before the United
States Supreme Court. One of those
cases was the Cleveland School
Vouchers case, in which she served
as lead counsel. Her successful
presentation of the state’s position
helped ensure equitable educational
opportunities for every Ohio student.
From 2002 to 2004, Justice French
served as chief legal counsel to Governor Bob Taft. In that role, she
served as the chair of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Task
Force, which made recommendations
to the legislature for making Ohio’s
sex-offender laws more effective.
In 2004, Justice French was elected
as a judge on the Tenth District Court
of Appeals, which hears appeals from
Franklin County courts and state administrative agencies. While a judge
on the court of appeals for eight
years, she authored more than 800
legal opinions.
In December 2012, Governor John
Kasich appointed her to fill a vacancy
on the Supreme Court of Ohio. She
became the 155th justice of the Ohio
Supreme Court on January 1, 2013.
A Wide Breadth of Legal Experience
Although her two decades of public
service are critical to her understanding of state laws and the Ohio judicial
system, Justice French said she also
has the benefit of experience in the
corporate and private-practice arenas.
Madog Fellow Presents
‘The Art of Seeing Wales’
University News Service
RIO GRANDE – The Madog Center for Welsh Studies’
annual fellowship presentation was held Thursday, April
17, at the University of Rio Grande.
“The Art of Seeing Wales” by Dr. Robert Hopkins II, an
associate professor of biology at Rio Grande, is a lecture on
the remarkable flora and fauna of Wales, from the mountains of Snowdonia in the north to the waterfalls of Brecon
Beacons towards the south.
The aim is to help increase one’s ability to appreciate the
landscapes of this beautiful country
more deeply and holistically,” Madog
Center Director Jeanne Jindra said.
“Dr. Hopkins has worked extensively
with biology experts in Wales over the
past year to bring authenticity to his research on the natural flora and fauna of
the country.”
Dr. Hopkins is the 11th Madog Faculty Fellow.
The fellowship was developed in 2003 with
the aim of involving full-time Rio Grande faculty in Welsh-related research.
As the 2013-14 Madog Faculty Fellow, Dr.
Hopkins presented his full
research paper
–
“Biodiversity
Conservation
in Wales, UK:
DNA Barcoding Applications and Implications” –
during the
Association of
Southeastern
conference
Biologists in
South CaroliDr. Robert Hopkins II
na earlier in
Associate Professor
April.
Of Biology At Rio Grande
She began her career
as an attorney with the
Columbus law firm of
Porter, Wright, Morris
& Arthur, specializing
in environmental law.
Justice French also
served as in-house
counsel for a large
manufacturing company.
In 2004, Justice
French was recognized
as a “Super Lawyer.”
A Commitment
OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH, right, apto Education
pointed Justice French to fill a vacancy on the SuJustice French grew preme Court of Ohio in December 2012. She beup in Sebring, Ohio, a came the 155th justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
small town in Mahon- on January 1, 2013.
ing County. She graduated from Sebring McKinley High
ies), and a J.D., with honors. She curSchool in 1980, when she started her rently serves her alma mater as a
undergraduate studies at The Ohio
member of the Moritz College of
State University.
Law National Council.
She received three degrees from
Justice Judi French currently resides
OSU: a B.A. in political science, an in Grandview Heights, near ColumM.A. in history (with a concentration bus, with her husband and two chilin military history and strategic stud- dren.
“The Art of Seeing Wales”
Source: University News Service
From the mountains of Snowdonia in the north to
the waterfalls of Brecon Beacons towards the south,
many are familiar with the inspiring Welsh landscapes.
Lesser known perhaps are the individual species
which fill those spaces. The appreciation of a
sweeping landscape often comes at the expense of
observational acuity and regard for detail.
Instead of the failure to see the forest for the trees
we have a case where we fail to see the trees for the forest.
The April 17 lecture and exhibition, “The Art of Seeing Wales,” was a brief examination of some of the remarkable flora and fauna of Wales. The overarching aim was to
help increase one’s ability to appreciate the landscapes of Wales more deeply and holistically. Thus, is the art of seeing Wales.
Dr. Robert Hopkins II is an Assistant Professor of Biology at URG and has taught a
variety of courses since joining the university in 2009. He teaches primarily for the Wildlife and Fish Conservation and Management major and feels blessed to live and work in
southern Ohio.
He holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from Southern Illinois University, an MS in Biology from
Morehead State University, and a BS in Environmental Science also from Morehead.
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Rio Grande, Ohio
April/May 2014; Number 9
Page 3
Rio Hires AGB Search
University Announces Presidential Review Committee
Source: Eric McKinney, Director
Marketing & Communications
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande has hired AGB
Search to coordinate the national
search for its 22nd president.
Founded by the Association of
Governing Boards of Universities
and Colleges in 2010, AGB Search
has assisted more than 215 searches
at more than 157 institutions.
“The Association of Governing
Boards is one of the most respected
institutions in higher education,” said
Jack Finch, chair of the University of
Rio Grande Board of Trustees.
“Hiring AGB Search grants Rio
Grande access to a robust network of
resources to ensure our presidential
search produces the right candidate to
lead Rio Grande.”
Finch co-chairs the joint Presidential Search Commission along with
Rio Grande Community College
Board of Trustees Chair Shawn Saunders. The commission is tasked with
providing oversight and direction for
the national search and transition.
Rio Grande’s 22nd president will
follow President Dr. Barbara
Gellman-Danley, who has been appointed president of the Higher
Learning Commission effective July
7. The HLC is a nonprofit regional
accrediting agency that accredits
more than 1,000 colleges and universities with a home base in one of 19
states stretching from West Virginia
to Arizona.
AGB Search’s primary responsibil-
ity in Rio Grande’s presidential
search is to identify and recruit quality candidates from an inclusive and
diverse network that is the result of
more than 92 years of AGB service to
board members and administrators
throughout the landscape of higher
education.
AGB Search also will provide support for a successful transition of
leadership at Rio Grande following
the hire of its 22nd president.
Dr. Loren J. Anderson will serve as
Rio Grande’s AGB Search consultant. Dr. Anderson completed 20 years
as president of Pacific Lutheran University in 2012 and has 40 years of
experience in higher education to
draw from in assisting Rio Grande
with its presidential search.
“It’s an honor for me to work with
the Presidential Search Commission
at Rio Grande,” Dr. Anderson said.
“The University of Rio Grande and
Rio Grande Community College represent a partnership that is unique in
higher education that provides a vital
and essential educational resource.”
Dr. Anderson met with Rio Grande
administrators, faculty, staff, students, trustees and community stakeholders throughout Monday and
Tuesday in order to develop a formal
presidential search profile. Once finalized by the Presidential Search
Commission, the search will officially launch through national advertisement and promotion in leading higher
education trade publications and the
extensive networks affiliated with
Campus News Brief...
Rio Grande Blood Drive Yields 47 Units
Forty-seven units of blood were donated during Rio Grande’s blood
drive on April 16, according to a statement released by Marlene Childers,
Director of Health Services.
“When using Component Therapy, each one of those units are manufactured into three life-saving blood products,” Childers said. “Because
of your efforts, enough blood product was collected to save 141 lives.”
“Thanks again for all your support and many thanks to all who volunteered during the blood drive,” Childers concluded. “We could not be
successful without you.”
Upcoming Welsh Events and News
Welsh Heritage Days — May 17 & 18, 2014 at Bob Evans Farm- Work continues between the Madog Center
and Bob Evans Farm on the revival of Welsh Heritage
Days for spring 2014. The central focus will be on an Eisteddfod and the guidebook for competitions will be available in January. Contact the Madog Center at 800-2827201, ext. 7186 for more information.
AGB and Dr. Anderson.
“The Association of
May will be devoted to
Governing
Boards is one
the building of an extensive candidate pool, with of the most respected instievaluation of applications tutions in higher educato begin in early June by tion … Hiring AGB
the Presidential Review Search grants Rio Grande
Committee. Finalists will access to a robust network
be brought to campus in of resources to ensure our
mid-July for final inter- presidential search proviews.
duces the right candidate
Presidential Review
to lead Rio Grande.”
Committee members include: URG Board mem—Jack Finch, Chair, University of
ber, Gallia County CoroRio Grande Board of Trustees
ner and co-chair Dr. Daniel H. Whitely; RGCC Board memKyger Dental’s Timothy V. Kyger,
ber, Farmers Bank & Savings Co.
DDS.
President and co-chair Paul Reed;
“This is an exciting time for Rio
URG Board member and Information Grande with a wealth of promising
Investors Group Managing Director opportunities lurking on the horizon,”
Ronald K. Glover; URG Board mem- said Saunders, chair of the RGCC
ber and Sullivan University System
Board and co-chair of the Presidential
Senior Vice President/Chief Operat- Search Commission. “The level of
ing Officer Thomas F. Davisson;
engagement and commitment from
RGCC Board member and Adelmann the entire Rio Grande community has
& Clark, Inc. President Andrew
been a pleasure to witness as we
Adelmann; RGCC Board member
begin this national search for our
and Atomic Credit Union Chief Op- 22nd president. These next few
erating Officer and General Councel months will shape the future of Rio
Aaron C. Michael; Rio Grande Chief Grande and our region.”
Financial Officer and Vice President
As president of the university, the
of Finance Tim Pruett; Rio Grande
22nd president also will preside over
Executive Vice President/Vice Presi- Rio Grande Community College. The
dent of Institutional Advancement
partnership provides students profesPaul Harrison; Rio Grande Commu- sional networking and philanthropic
nity College Vice President of Adengagement opportunities through
ministration Rebecca Long; Rio
improved student convenience with
Grande College of Health and Behav- centers in Meigs and Vinton Counioral Sciences Dean Dr. Donna
ties, while granting students from
Mitchell; Rio Grande Associate Pro- Ohio, and select counties in Kenfessor Dr. Jacob White; Rio Grande tucky, with state supported tuition.
Professor Dr. Ray Matura; Rio
For media inquiries please contact
Grande Assistant Professor Jason
Eric McKinney, Director of MarketWinters; Rio Grande Student Senate ing & Communications, at emckinPresident Samantha Hammond; and ney@rio.edu or 740-245-7225.
Rio Grande Enactus Team Looking
for New Members!
Meetings are Fridays at 11:30 AM in the Meeting Room
of the Berry Center (Up the stairs and to the right).
Advisor is Mrs. Carol Smith,
who is also the Director of the
Berry Center.
en•act•us
A community of student, academic
and business leaders committed to
using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and
shape a better more sustainable world.
entrepreneurial—having the perspective to see an opportunity
and the talent to create value from that opportunity;
action—the willingness to do something and the commitment to
see it through even when the outcome is not guaranteed;
us—a group of people who see themselves connected in some
important way; individuals that are part of a greater whole.
Feel free to stop by for a meeting any Friday at 11:30 in the
Meeting Room of the Berry Center
Rio Grande, Ohio
April/May 2014; Number 9
Rio RAD Student Accepted
Into Mayo Clinic’s
Radiation Therapy School
By Stephanie Campbell
Signals News Staff
Emily Burnham, a second year RAD student, has been accepted into the
Mayo Clinic’s Radiation Therapy School in Rochester, Minnesota. She is one of only seven selected
from a nationwide pool of more than 140 applicants.
Burnham will graduate in May from The University
of Rio Grande with an Associate’s Degree in Applied Sciences.
Burnham feels that what she has learned from the
University of Rio Grande has prepared her for the
once in a lifetime journey that she will soon embark
upon. Burnham will begin her journey at the Mayo
Clinic in the Fall; she is scheduled to complete the
program in August 2015.
Burnham is 21 years old and was born and raised
in Montana. When asked what sparked her interest in
radiation therapy, she said, “When I was in high
school my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Emily Burnham
The people in the hospital and cancer center were
nice, supportive and caring. It sort of inspired me.”
Burnham said that therapy was not her original choice. The overwhelming
support and encouragement she has received from her instructors, Chris
Barker and Tracy Boggs, has proven to be essential in her pursuit to further
herself in her field.
Emily is not sure where she wants to be upon completion of the Mayo
Clinic program; however, she is extremely optimistic about her future.
Mayo Clinic ‘Pools Resources’
Of Knowledge, Skills In Medicine
The Mayo Clinic developed gradually from the medical practice of a
pioneer doctor, Dr. William Worrall Mayo, who settled in Rochester,
Minn., in 1863. His dedication to medicine became a family tradition
when his sons, Drs. William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo,
joined his practice in 1883 and 1888, respectively.
From the beginning, innovation was their standard and they shared a
pioneering zeal for medicine. As the demand for their services increased,
they asked other doctors and basic science researchers to join them in the
world's first private integrated group practice.
Although the Mayo doctors were initially viewed as unconventional for
practicing medicine through this teamwork approach, the benefits of a
private group practice were undeniable.
As the success of their method of practice became evident, so did its
acceptance. Patients discovered the advantages to a "pooled resource" of
knowledge and skills among doctors. In fact, the group practice concept
that the Mayo family originated has influenced the structure and function
of medical practice throughout the world.
Along with its recognition as a model for integrated group practice,
"the Mayos' Clinic" developed a reputation for excellence in individual
patient care. Doctors and students came from around the world to learn
new techniques from the Mayo doctors, and patients came from around
the world for diagnosis and treatment. What attracted them was not only
technologically advanced medicine, but also the caring attitude of the
doctors.
Through the years, Mayo Clinic has nurtured and developed its founders' style of working together as a team. Shared responsibility and consensus still provide the framework for decision making at Mayo.
That teamwork in medicine is carried out today by more than 55,000
doctors, nurses, scientists, students and allied health staff at Mayo Clinic
locations in the Midwest, Arizona and Florida.
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Rio’s New Block Scheduling
Begins Fall Semester 2014
By Emily Rorrer
Signals News Staff
Starting fall of 2014, the University of
Rio Grande will be implementing the
block schedule for all traditional and hybrid classes. Classes will be offered with
approximately half of the courses on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the other half
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and any remaining classes will occur on Fridays.
Laboratory and studio classes can be
offered Monday through Friday as long as
they abide to the block schedule start
times, and curtail overlapping blocks.
Clinicals are not required to follow these
time blocks.
With the changes made to each class
period within the new block schedule, the
total duration of the semester at Rio has
been reduced to 15 weeks (14 weeks instruction and 1 week of exams). This also
allows for a new winter or “J” term January 2 – 23.
Rio will continue to offer compressed
terms, about 7 weeks long, per semester
for some classes in certain programs.
Summer terms and classes will not be effected by Rio’s new block schedule.
Scheduling policies, days and times, will
continue to be the same for the 10 week
summer term.
What are the Advantages?
A consistent meeting time from Monday to Thursday is one advantage students
can expect from the new block schedule.
Some other forecast advantages are as follows:
 Fridays are open for clinical experiences and/or extended student activities
 Athletics have Fridays to travel without missing classes
 Commuter/working students have the
option of scheduling classes on two
days a week (Monday – Wednesday
or Tuesday – Thursday)
 More attractive and manageable
scheduling for working adults.
The new block schedule also encourages and allows more interaction with
peers and instructors, and also opens up
Friday morning for meetings and joint
office hours in schools or departments.
Block Scheduling at Rio
and Elsewhere
The new block schedule that Rio is
implementing this coming year is not a
typical block schedule. Block scheduling
is usually found in schools K through
twelfth grade. There are very few universities and colleges that run on a traditional
Sample Time Block
(Monday through Thursday)
Block 1 8:00 – 9:50 am
Block 2 10:00 – 11:20 am
Block 3 11:30 am – 12:50 pm
Block 4 1:00 – 2:20 pm
Block 5 2:30 – 3:50 pm
Block 6 4:00 – 5:50 pm
Block 7 6:00 – 7:50 pm
Block 8 8:00 – 9:50 pm
Friday blocks are two hours ach,
beginning at 8:00 am and ending at
9:50 pm.
block schedule. Those that do, focus more
time and energy in a specific area. For
example Colorado College offers four
blocks a semester, eight blocks a year, totaling in thirty-two blocks for students
graduating from Colorado College. Students spend intensive three and a half
week blocks on one course at a time during these blocks.
Rio Grande’s block schedule has been
modified to better suit the unique student
body. Ideally, the block schedule will
make it possible for those post-traditional,
or working students, or those with families, to have two-day school weeks. This
schedule can give those students more
available time outside of class to work, or
commit to other opportunities.
Because there will be fewer course sections offered, it could be difficult for students to schedule for certain classes or Gen
Eds. More hybrid and online classes could
lessen the difficulty of scheduling, and
offered self-disciplined students to complete their coursework in a manner that
best suits them.
J – Term
The new January Term, or “J-Term”
will provide many students with the opportunity to get ahead in their collegiate
course work. Students that perhaps failed a
course might have some opportunity to
take a course over during the concentrated
3 – week term. In the future this term
could be a good opportunity for some departments to offer intensive and more discipline specific courses.
New Schedule a Learning Process
RGCC/URG’s new block schedule
will be a learning process for faculty and
students alike. Rio’s faculty is still figuring
out the linguistics of this new schedule.
While there are high hopes for the new J –
term, adjusting to the block schedule
might take some time.
The changes that are made have the
objective to better catering to the needs of
RGCC/URG’s very unique and diverse
Veteran Rio Grande Professors Retire
Two veteran professors in the School of Liberal Studies are
retiring at the end of the current academic year. Retiring are Dr.
Joanne Ford, Assistant Professor of English, and Ellen Brasel,
Assistant Professor of History.
Ford came to Rio Grande in 1974. She earned her B.A.
(1968) and M.A. (1969) at Ohio University. She completed her
doctoral studies at Ohio University in 1996.
Brasel, who graduated from the University of Rio Grande
with a B.S. degree in 1993, earned her M.A. from Ohio University in 1997.
A retirement party honoring both professors was held on
Wednesday, April 30. Fellow faculty and former students attended to pay
tribute to the two retirees.
Rio Grande, Ohio
April/May 2014; Number 9
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Signals Feature
Career Fair Links Students With Prospective Employers
The annual Rio Career Fair
was held Monday, March 31, in
Bob Evans Farms Hall at the
University of Rio Grande/Rio
Grande Community College.
Designed for graduating Rio
Grande seniors and alumni, the
career fair was free and open to
the public. A total of 33 prospective employers participated in the
event that was sponsored by the
New Student Advising Office,
Testing and Career Services.
Approximately 200 students attended the Rio Career Fair Day.
“THE RIO GRANDE EXPERIENCE extends
well beyond the classroom,” said Susan Haft,
(above far right) Director of the New Student
Advising Office, Testing & Career Services at
Rio Grande. “Career services are an essential
part of what we offer our students and alumni.
The annual Rio Grande Career Fair is a significant event in that it helps extend and strengthen
the professional networks that benefit our students and graduates. It also provides local and
regional employers direct access to a large pool
of qualified employees.”
Susan Haft On The Benefits Of Career Fairs
“Career fairs are excellent opportunities for students to have a number of
possible employment fields an employers represented in one place, and in a
convenient location.
“Sometimes it’s easier for first time job seekers to have the benefit of other
people being present – courage in numbers, and less intimidating! Students
are exposed to businesses and companies that they might not be otherwise.
“Arrangements for student participants are often made in advance, as in
the case of our student teachers, and allow for students to interview with
multiple employers within a short period of time.
“Pre-career services such as resume reviews and tips on attire are available to students through campus offices. Career fairs are also beneficial to
the University in terms of networking and foster good community relations.”
Haft’s Pointers For Follow-Up After The Career Fair
 Do whatever the employer asked you to do; submit an online application, submit resume elec-
tronically, etc.
 If your conversation at the fair went well, send a note of thanks to the employer for their time
and consideration during the fair.
 If further opportunities present themselves with a particular employer, do your research about
the employer, so that at your next meeting you will be more knowledgeable about them.
RIO GRANDE STUDENT CYDNIE FEW,
(above, left) talks with a representative of
Avon during the March 31 job fair. A total of
33 prospective employers participated in the
2014 edition of the annual event, which was
hosted by Rio’s New Student Advising Office,
Testing and Career Services Department.
Photos and Copy by Karen Proffitt,
Signals Staff Writer
Graduating students lined up to do final graduation registration for 2014 (below, left). Students completing degree requirements on or
before August 7, 2014, visited the Grande Finale on Monday, March 31. The registration
was held in conjunction with the job fair in
Bob Evans Farms Hall. During the registration, students were afforded the opportunity to
meet with Rio’s Business Office, Financial
Aid Office, Office of the Registrar, Community College Office, and Alumni Office. The
event was provided as a service to the graduates, so they might meet with the offices in one
location to ensure all of their information was
accurate, as well as being advised on what to
expect after graduation.
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Grande Chorale To Perform Annual Spring Concert May 2
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The Grande Chorale, one
of the premiere musical ensembles at the University of Rio Grande, will perform its annual spring
concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 2, at the Berry
Fine & Performing Arts Center.
The concert, free and open to the public, will feature a variety of jazz styles including swing, salsa,
bossa nova and ballads.
“The Grande Chorale will perform a selection of
vocal jazz works that will entertain and educate the
audience,” Grande Chorale Director Dr. Sarin Williams said.
“Listeners may know some familiar tunes such
as ‘Do Nothin’ Till You Hear
From Me,’ ‘Moon River’ and
‘I’ve Got the World on a
String.’ Everyone should
know at least one tune from
this concert, and will leave
wanting to dance the night
away.”
Grande Chorale members
include sopranos Aryn Gritter
and Ally Waddell; altos
Brooke Wolni, Chloe Nared
and Stephanie Cartmell; tenors
Matthew Rhinehart and Andy
Knipp; and bass Jordan Lombardo.
GRANDE CHORALE MEMBERS include
Skyler Thompson plays persopranos Aryn Gritter and Ally Waddell; altos
cussion
with accompanist SaBrooke Wolni, Chloe Nared and Stephanie Cartbrina Hurt.
mell; tenors Matthew Rhinehart and Andy
The spring concert will mark
Knipp; and bass Jordan Lombardo. Skyler
the final Grande Chorale perThompson plays percussion with accompanist
formance for Thompson and
Sabrina Hurt.
Cartmell. Thompson is scheduled to graduate later
this May, while Cartmell is moving on to beauty
school.
“We wish them all the best in their future endeavors,” Dr. Williams said. “They will be greatly
missed here at the University of Rio Grande.”
Follow the link below to view a copy of Davis Library's most recent newsletter, Ex Libris et Altera, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 2014.
http://www.rio.edu/library/documents/
ExLibrisEtAlSpring2014.pdf
THE March EDITION of “Tower & Times” is now available at the University’s main webpage (www.rio.edu). In edition to the President’s update of
campus events, the online publication features articles on RedStorm Athletics and Campus Life.
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Masterworks Chorale Performs Renowned Caribbean Mass
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The renowned work of composer Glenn
McClure will
took center
stage on Sunday, April
27, as the
University of
Rio Grande’s
Masterworks
Chorale performed “St.
Francis in the
MASTERWORKS
Americas: A
Chorale Director Dr. Caribbean
Sarin Williams
Mass.”
The spring
concert, which was free and open to
the public, was held in conjunction
with the Rio Grande vocal and percussion departments. The performance was held in the Berry Fine &
Performance Arts Center on campus.
“This will be an event not to be
missed,” Masterworks Chorale Director Dr. Sarin Williams said prior to
the event. “The work features lively,
Latin rhythms, combined with the
traditional mass texts
and original Spanish
poetry by St. Francis
of Assisi.”
The Masterworks
Chorale is a regional
chorus comprised of
both Rio Grande students and community
members under the
direction of Dr. Williams and accompanist
Mary Billman. Chorale members include
THE MASTERWORKS CHORALE is a
from the choral repertoire, including larger
Kathryn Campbell,
regional chorus comprised of 40-60 Univer- works such as Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
Stephanie Cartmell,
sity of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community (Mass No. 11 in D Minor) and smaller colMary Jane Getty, Aryn College students and community memlections of pieces, like traditional spirituals
Gritter, Marlene Hoff- bers. This group performs standard works and musical theater compilations.
man, Evelyn Kirkhart,
Andy Knipp, Jordan Lombardo, Alva from Gritter, Knipp, Waddell and
ious Continental Harmony CommisMcCoy, Vinton Rankin, Nickie
Wolni.
sion by the American Composers FoSmith, Ally Waddell, Duane Will and “St. Francis in the Americas: A
rum.
Brooke Wolni.
Caribbean Mass” has been performed
“With this major work we will
Levi Billiter led Rio Grande perin New York City’s famed Carnegie bring the flavors of the Caribbean to
cussion students Skyler Thompson
Hall with McClure’s works persoutheastern Ohio,” Dr. Williams
and Allen Hudson. The concert also formed all over the world. The com- said. “I am proud to offer such an unincluded vocal performances, under poser and arts integration consultant usual work at the University of Rio
the instruction of Valerie Tanner,
is a two-time recipient of the prestig- Grande.”
Rich History Of Rio Jazz Ensemble On Display During Reunion Concert
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – For 20
years the University of Rio Grande’s
Jazz Ensemble has entertained the
musical palates of southeastern Ohio
and the region. That rich history and
tradition was celebrated on April 22
with the 20th Anniversary Jazz Ensemble Reunion Concert.
The current five-member Jazz Ensemble was joined by nearly 20 Rio
alumni for a memorable performance
under the direction of Dr. Chris Kenney. Free and open to the public, the
concert was held in the Berry Fine &
Performance Arts Center .
“The audience will hear an evening
of great jazz, performed by many
generations of Rio students,” Dr.
Kenney said prior to the concert.
“This is the first time that members
of the Jazz Ensemble has gotten together for a reunion.”
The Jazz Ensemble consists of Rio
students Jacob Hocker (trumpet), Jordan Lombardo (bass), Andy Milliken
(guitar), Matthew Rinehart
(trombone) and Skyler Thompson
(drums).
Dr. Kenney formed the Jazz Ensemble when he joined the Rio faculty in the fall of 1993, and the April
22 reunion opened with the first song
the ensemble ever performed, Blue
Train by John Coltrane.
“A lot of alumni are really excited,”
said Kristin Coen, a saxophone player on the Jazz Ensemble from 2001 to
2005 who performed at the reunion.
“The pieces that we’re playing are
iconic in American music history.
The concert will be a great event for
the campus and entire community.”
Coen works as the band director for
Huntington Local Schools in Chillicothe.
The reunion featured other songs
performed throughout the years by
the ensemble including Fables of
Faubus by Charles Mingus, In
Walked Bud by Thelonious Monk,
Tin Tin Deo by Gill Fuller, original
compositions by Dr. Kenney and
more.
Ensemble alumni schedule to perform included Justine Baker
(saxophone and flute, 2008-2013),
Andy Boyer (saxophone, 2002-05),
Jimmy Caudill (trombone, 2000-03),
Jay Godeaux (bass, 2005-06), Sabrina Hurt (piano, 1998-06), John Jackson (drums, 1994-95), Michelle Miller (trombone and piano, 1997-98),
Amy Ryan (saxophone, 1993-95),
Bobby Sandlin (drums, 2008-09),
Christian Scott (piano, 1994-95),
Andy Sigman (trombone, 1995-99),
Sonja
Thompson
(saxophone,
1997-98),
Matthew
West
(trombone
and guitar,
2006-10),
THE RIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE is made up of University
Matt Willis
students and community members.
(drums, 199394), Marilyn Wills (piano, 1996-98), their experiences from the past,” senChris Wyscarver (drums, 1996-2000) ior Skyler Thompson said prior to the
and Coen.
event. “I think opening with the first
“I’m looking forward to the conjazz piece that they did (in 1993) will
cert. It’s nice to get to perform with be pretty neat. I think the audience
all the old jazz people and get to hear will really enjoy that.”
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Rio’s BSN, Community
Health Students Host
16th Annual Health Fair
ROCK ENSEMBLE MEMBERS included: Tyler James Phillips, guitar and vocals; Ally Waddell, keyboard and vocals; Skyler Thompson,
drums; Andy Milliken, guitar and vocals; Brooke Wolni, vocals; Jeremy Martin, bass; and Terry Byers, guitar. Dr. Kenney (guitar/vocals)
also performs with the ensemble.
Rock Ensemble Performs April 25
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – Rock enthusiasts were invited to attend the
spring concert for the University of
Rio Grande Rock Ensemble on Friday, April 25.
The concert was held in the Berry
Fine & Performing Arts Center on
the Rio Grande campus. Admission
was free and open to the public.
“The students have selected the
songs, sharing their diverse influences,” Rock Ensemble Director Dr.
Chris Kenney said prior to the
event. “The audience will hear an
eclectic blend of the old and the
new, of folk and Indie, of gentle and
hard edged.”
Rock Ensemble members included: Tyler James Phillips, guitar and
vocals; Ally Waddell, keyboard and
vocals; Skyler Thompson, drums;
Andy Milliken, guitar and vocals;
Brooke Wolni, vocals; Jeremy Martin, bass; and Terry Byers, guitar.
Dr. Kenney (guitar/vocals) also performs with the ensemble.
The concert included popular
songs from Cream, The Pixies,
Stealers Wheel, Asking Alexandria,
Bread, 3 Doors Down, Traffic, Violent Femmes, Bill Withers, Heart
and Modest Mouse.
THE RIO ROCK ENSEMBLE is a student ensemble consisting of
guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocalists and specializing in classic rock music. An audition is required. The ensemble will perform in
two concerts on campus each year, in addition to performances off
campus at area schools, fundraising benefits, and other community
events.
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The 16th annual Rio Health Fair hosted by the
University of Rio Grande was held on Tuesday, April 15.
Since the inaugural Health Fair in 1999, Rio Grande and its Nursing students have provided a variety of free screenings, information and door prizes through partnerships with
local vendors to help insure
“I believe the Rio
the continued good health of
Health Fair prothe region.
vides an excellent
The 2014 Rio Health Fair
service to students,
was held from 10 a.m. to 2
faculty and staff, as
p.m., on April 15, in Conferwell as to the comence Room C of the Davis
munity … I am very
University Center located on
proud to see our stuthe Rio Grande campus.
dents working to“Monitoring your personal
gether to foster optihealth is very important, and
mum health for all
this event gives everyone conwho attend.”
venient access to screenings
and information that leads to
DR. DONNA MITCHELL, Dean,
improved quality of life,” said
Health & Behavioral
Amy McKenzie, a senior
Sciences, School of Allied Health
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student at Rio
Grande. “It’s amazing to see how the community and university come together each year to create an event that truly benefits everyone.”
Free screenings offered at the Health Fair included total cholesterol, nonfasting blood glucose and blood pressure. Also available free to fair attendees were Zumba lessons from Deb Adkins and massages from Mark
Hasseman of The Kneaded Touch Massage Therapist.
Attendees were also eligible for a variety of door prizes ranging from
tickets to Kings Island and the Cincinnati Zoo to restaurant gift cards, 31
bags, a blood pressure cuff, glucometers, gas cards and much more. More
than 30 door prizes were awarded during the fair.
The Health Fair was hosted by Rio’s BSN and Community Health students. For the BSN students, it served as the culmination of their senior
capstone course.
“I think it gives us a good perspective. It’s a different kind of nursing,”
McKenzie said. “A lot of it is about management, coming together as a
group and working effectively. I think it’s made me a better nurse, and increased my awareness of caring for a community as a whole rather than just
taking care of one patient.”
Outside vendors scheduled to participate included: Abbyshire Place, Arbors at Gallipolis, Area Agen“Monitoring your per- cy on Aging, Beauti Control,
Diles Hearing, Edgewood
sonal health is very im- Manor, FACTS Drug PrevenFamily Oxygen and Medportant, and this event tion,
ical Equipment, Family Senior
gives everyone conven- Care Jackson, Gallia County
Department and WIC,
ient access to screenings Health
Gallia Jackson Meigs Board of
and information that Alcohol, Drug Addiction and
Mental Health, Genesis Oxyleads to improved quality gen, Holzer Center for Cancer
Holzer Geri-Psych Unit,
of life … It’s amazing to Care,
Holzer Home Care, Holzer
see how the community Wellness Program, Kneaded
Massage, Medi Home
and university come to- Touch
Care, Paramount Beauty
gether each year to create School, Planned Parenthood,
Social Security Adan event that truly bene- ResCare,
ministration, Southern Ohio
fits everyone.” Medical Center Wellness and
Nutrition, University of Rio
Grande Health Services, UniAmy McKenzie, a senior Bachelor
versity of Rio Grande Nursing
of Science in Nursing (BSN)
students, University of Rio
student at Rio Grande.
Grande Psychology Club, Veteran’s Services Office of Jackson, Walmart Vision Center, the YMCA and
more.
“I believe the Rio Health Fair provides an excellent service to students,
faculty and staff, as well as to the community,” said Dr. Donna Mitchell,
College of Health & Behavioral Sciences Dean. “I am very proud to see our
students working together to foster optimum health for all who attend.”
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Graduating Classes Of
Allied Health Students
2014 Diagnostic Medical
Sonography Graduation, Pinning
DMS STUDENTS — Front Row, Left to Right: Jodi Simmons, Molly
Williams, Jillian Wooldridge, Elizabeth Tackett, Luke Taylor, Jeremy
Bartley; Back Row, Left to Right: Taylor Long, Kelsey Griffith, Abigail
Adams, Olivia Boone, Emilie Sigler, Kari Eisnaugle; Not Pictured: Danielle Brannon; Bachelor Graduates Not Pictured: Renee Davis, Shelby
Malone, Amy Martin, Katelyn Fisher, Kristen Eblin.
The pinning ceremony for Diagnostic Medical Sonography graduates will be held in August. The students will walk with Rio Grande’s 2014 graduating
class on May 10. The pinning ceremony comes in
August at the end of summer school when the students do their last clinical rotation. Their pinning
ceremony will be held on Friday, August 1, at 6:30
p.m., in the Davis University Center, Conference
Room C.
Radiologic Technology Graduates (Right)
RAD's Pinning Ceremony will be held Tuesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m., in Bob Evans
Farms Hall, Room 118; RAD students: Front Row, Left to Right: Heather Graman, Tia
Wallace, Amanda Williams, Jocelyn George; Back Row-Left to Right: Emily Burnham,
Ginger Brown, Robert Ray, Jared Bartley.
Respiratory Therapy Graduates (Below)
RCP's pinning will be held on Wednesday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m., in Bob Evans Farms
Hall, Room 111. RCP Students: Front Row, Left to Right: Krystal Hively, Shameca
Armstrong, Jessie Nixten; Back Row, Left to Right: Chris Scherfel, Justin Collins, Alisha VanAtta, Whitney Patrick, John Mount, Corey Hutton.
“Rio Grande students enjoy an educational
experience that is both challenging and invigorating … Our graduates are highly sought
after by Allied Health employers in a field
that is very much in demand and extremely
rewarding on so many levels.”
—Vicki Crabtree, Chair, School of Allied Health
The Pinning Ceremony for 2014 ADN and
BSN students will be held on Friday, May 9,
at 7:00 p.m., in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
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Signals Special Report
Students Walk For Cystic Fibrosis
First And Second Year Respiratory Students
From Buckeye Hills, Rio Grande Sponsor Event
First and second year Respiratory Therapy students from Buckeye Hills Career
Center, Rio Grande Community College,
and The University of Rio Grande sponsored a Cystic Fibrosis Walk on Sunday
March 30,at the Gallipolis City Park.
In the 1950s, few children with cystic fi-
brosis lived to attend elementary school.
Today, advances in research and medical
treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with
CF. Many people with the disease can now
expect to live into their 30s, 40s and beyond.”
Respiratory students at the Cystic Fibrosis Walk
while working registering the walkers Krystal
Hively (second year student) and Megan
Hayslip (first year student).
Shane Collins, second year Respiratory student,
grilling at the food station during the Cystic Fibrosis Walk at Gallipolis City Park.
Shameca Armstrong, a second
year Respiratory
student, working
a station during
the sunny spring
day during the
Cystic Fibrosis
Walk at Gallipolis City Park.
“What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease
that affects the lungs and digestive system of
about 30,000 children and adults in the United
States (70,000 worldwide).
A defective gene and its protein product cause
the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that:
· clogs the lungs and
leads to life-threatening
lung infections; and
· obstructs the pancreas
and stops natural enzymes from helping the
body break down and absorb food.
The first and second
year
students attending
Mark Rinehart and
Buckeye
Hills Career
Melinda Clonch,
both first year Res- Center, Rio Grande Community College, and the
piratory students
University of Rio Grande
working at the
in the Respiratory Therafood station during py program sponsored the
the Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis walk on
Walk.
Sunday March 30, 2014.
Marty Arms and Bethany Lidel, both first year
Respiratory students, painted faces during the
Cystic Fibrosis Walk.
Above: Miranda Holter, a first year Respiratory
student, working at the Bounce House station at
Gallipolis City Park during the Cystic Fibrosis
Walk, sponsored by the Respiratory students.
At Right: Alisha VanAtta, Whitney Patrick and
Corey Hutton, all second year Respiratory students, working at every station during the Cystic Fibrosis Walk at Gallipolis City Park.
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Signals Feature
www.ted.com: Ideas Worth Spreading In Short, Powerful Talks
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today
covers almost all topics — from science to business to
global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
TED (Technology, Entertainment,
The TED main conference is held
Design) is a global community, wel- annually in Vancouver, British Cocoming people from every discipline lumbia and its companion TEDActive
and culture who seek a deeper under- is held in Whistler. In 2014, both
standing of the
conferences
world.
moved to British
A Website Students
“We believe
Columbia from
May Actually Find Useful
passionately in
Long Beach and
the power of
Palm Springs,
ideas to change attitudes, lives and,
California respectively.
ultimately, the world,” the TED webTED events are also held throughsite proclaims.
out North America and in Europe and
“On TED.com, we're building a
Asia, offering live streaming of the
clearinghouse of free knowledge
talks. They address a wide range of
from the world's most inspired think- topics within the research and pracers — and a community of curious
tice of science and culture, often
souls to engage with ideas and each
through storytelling. The speakers are
other, both online and at TED and
given a maximum of 18 minutes to
TEDx events around the world, all
present their ideas in the most innoyear long.”
vative and engaging ways they can.
TED was founded in 1984 as a one- Past presenters include Bill Clinton,
off event. The annual conference be- Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al
gan in 1990, in Monterey, California. Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Daw[4]
TED's early emphasis was technol- kins, Bill Gates, Bono, Google
ogy and design, consistent with its
founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
origins in the Silicon Valley.
and many Nobel Prize winners.
AS OF JANUARY 2014, over 1,600 talks are available free online. By
January 2009 they had been viewed 50 million times. In June 2011, the
viewing figure stood at more than 500 million, and on Tuesday, November
13, 2012, TED Talks had been watched one billion times worldwide, reflecting a still growing global audience.
TED's current curator is the British
former computer journalist and magazine publisher Chris Anderson.
Since June 2006, the talks have
been offered for free viewing online,
under Attribution-NonCommercial-
NoDerivs Creative Commons license,
through TED.com.
As of January 2014, over 1,600
talks are available free online. By
January 2009 they had been viewed
50 million times.
A Ted.Com Example:
The Psychology Of Evil
other nations in the middle of war. In an experiment with the United
States military on the
night shift of Tier 1-A,
the interrogation hold.
The soldiers were told to
do whatever they wanted and Zimbardo shows
many graphic and disturbing images of how
the people were treated.
Zimbardo is wellknown for his psychological studies of how
people can become “evil” when given the right
amount of power – and, this experiment is no different. He then refers back to Milgram’s study of
good, normal people giving other normal people a
“lethal electric shock.” Zimbardo talks about the
Lucifer Affect
when he speaks
about the incident in the Guyana jungle in
1978 when Pastor Jim Jones
convinced a
group of people
to commit mass
suicide.
Zimbardo then
PHILIP ZIMBARDO is well-known for his psychological studies of how people
speaks
about his
can become “evil” when given the right amount of power. He discusses his own
own 1971, Pris1971 Prisoner and Guard experiment.
By Daniel Fraser
Signals Staff Writer
In this video lecture, https://www.ted.com/talks/
philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil, famous psychologist Philip Zimbardo, well known
for his Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971,
speaks about the dif“If you give people
ferences between
good and evil.
power without overZimbardo explains sight, it's a prethat evil is the exercise of power: to in- scription for
tentionally harm peo- abuse.”
ple psychologically,
– Philip Zimbardo
to hurt people physically, to destroy people mortally, and to commit
crimes against humanity.
Zimbardo continues his discussion by giving an
example of how the U.S. army treats people from
oner and Guard experiment.
Zimbardo ends his discussion on a positive note
saying that heroes can be made in the same way
that villains are.
“The key to her- “And more importantly, that
line between good and evil -oism is two
things. A: you've which privileged people like to
got to act when think is fixed and impermeaother people are ble, with them on the good
passive. B: you side, and the others on the bad
have to act socio side -- I knew that line was
-centrically, not movable, and it was permeaegocentrically.” ble.”
He tells the
– Philip Zimbardo
audience that we
may only be given one chance to be a hero, whether we take it or not is up to us, but if we don’t, we
will always remember the time when we COULD
have been a hero, but chose to follow evil.
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Signals Feature
FIRE Works To Protect Student Rights On Campuses
Organization Focuses On Free
Speech, Legal Equality, Due
Process, Religious Liberty,
Sanctity Of Conscience
cannot happen properly
when students or faculty
members fear punishment
for expressing views that
might be unpopular with
the public at large or disfavored by university administrators.”
“Nevertheless, freedom
of speech is under contin- THE CORE MISSION of FIRE is to protect the unprotected and educate the public
uous threats at many of
and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on AmeriAmerica’s campuses,
ca’s campuses --- and educate students about the means to preserve them.
pushed aside in favor of
politics, comfort, or simply a desire
those individuals facing rights viola- Americans can be secured only
to avoid controversy.
tions, but also for the millions of oth- through the establishment of fair proAs a result, speech codes dictating er students affected by the culture of cedures and with a consciousness that
what may or may not be said, “free
censorship within our institutions of all are equal in the eyes of the law.
speech zones” confining free speech higher education.
Yet on many campuses, the group
to tiny areas of campus, and adminisIn addition to the defense of specif- alleges, the accused face “kangaroo
trative attempts to punish or repress ic individuals and groups, FIRE
courts” that lack fair procedures, in
speech on a case-by-case basis are
works across the nation and in all
which the political viewpoint or insticommon today in academia,” organi- forms of media to empower campus tutional interests of the “judges”
zation argues.
activists, reform restrictive policies, greatly affect the outcomes of trials.
Fire states, “The First Amendment and inform the public about the state
The accused are often charged with
to the United States Constitution is
of rights on our campuses.
no specific offense, given no right to
the part of the Bill of Rights that exReligious liberty protects the right face their accusers, and sentenced
pressly prohibits the United States
to follow the faith of ones choice or
with no regard for fairness or conCongress from making laws
to follow no faith at all. According to sistency.
“respecting an establishment of reli- the FIRE, “Religious liberty is a corA generation of students is being
gion,” prohibiting the free exercise of nerstone of our nation and is the very taught the wrong lessons about jusreligion, infringing freedom of
first freedom guaranteed to Ameritice and facing the ruinous consespeech, infringing freedom of the
cans by the Bill of Rights.”
quences for their personal, academic,
press, limiting the right to peaceably
Yet on many college and university and professional lives as a result. Stuassemble, or limiting the right to peti- campuses, the right to associate on
dents must come to know that justice
tion the government for a redress of the basis of religious belief and even means more than merely the enforcegrievances.”
the right to express those beliefs is
ment of the will of the powerful and
The Fourteenth Amendment lets the under attack.
the suppression of the views of the
protections of the First Amendment
Under the guise of
powerless.
extend to state governments and pub- “nondiscrimination” policies, reliFreedom of conscience means the
lic university campuses.
gious groups are often told that they right to be free to think and believe as
FIRE says it defends the fundamen- may not choose the membership or
one will without the imposition of
tal rights of tens of thousands of stu- leadership of their groups using reli- official coercive power over those
dents and faculty members on the na- gious criteria.
beliefs.
tion’s
Other students who merely express
Liberty cannot exist when people
campuses religious beliefs in public are conare forced to conform their thoughts
while
demned and even punished for “hate and expression to an official viewsimulta- speech” or “intolerance.” FIRE’s cas- point, FIRE asserts. Differences of
neously es dealing with religious liberty dis- opinion are the natural byproducts of
reaching play our commitment to defending
a vibrant, free society.
millions America’s religious pluralism by pro- At many of the nation’s colleges
on and
tecting students’ rights to express
and universities, however, students
off cam- their views and to associate around
are expected to share a single viewpus
shared beliefs.
point on hotly debated matters like
through
The right to due process refers to
the meaning and significance of dieducation the idea that governmental authorities versity, the definition of social jusand out- must provide fair, unbiased, and equi- tice, and the impermissibility of “hate
reach. In table procedures when determining a speech.”
case after person’s guilt or innocence. The same Mandatory “diversity training,” in
case,
principle applies to judicial hearings which students are instructed in an
FIRE
on college campuses. Those campus- officially-approved ideology, is combrings
es must provide fair and consistent
mon. Foundation for Individual
about fa- procedures for the accuser and the
Rights in Education states “Some inaccused, if they care about the justice stitutions have enacted policies that
THE ORGANIZATION ASSERTS that freedom of speech is a vorable
resoluand accuracy of their findings.
require students to speak and even
fundamental American freedom and a human right, and there’s
tions not
FIRE explains to students that his- share approved attitudes on these
no place that this right should be more valued and protected
only
for
tory
has taught that the rights of all
matters or face disciplinary charges.”
than America’s colleges and universities.
Compiled By Cydnie Few
Signals Staff Writer
The mission of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is
to defend and sustain individual
rights at America’s colleges and universities, according to the FIRE website.
The foundation asserts, “These
rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious
liberty, and sanctity of conscience—
the essential qualities of individual
liberty and dignity.”
The core mission of FIRE is to protect the unprotected and educate the
public and communities of concerned
Americans about the threats to these
rights on America’s campuses --- and
educate students about the means to
preserve them.
University of Pennsylvania professor Alan Charles Kors and Boston
civil liberties attorney Harvey Silverglate founded FIRE in 1999. They
decided develop their mission after
the overwhelming response to their
1998 book, “The Shadow University:
The Betrayal Of Liberty On America’s Campuses.”
The organization asserts that freedom of speech is a fundamental
American freedom and a human
right, and there’s no place that this
right should be more valued and protected than America’s colleges and
universities. “A university exists to
educate students, and does so by acting as a ‘marketplace of ideas’ where
ideas strive.”
According to FIRE, “The intellectual vitality of a university depends
on this competition —something that
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Sexual Assault Task Force Issues Recommendations To Colleges, Universities
Rory Gerberg, a graduate student
Source: WhiteHouse.Gov
A White House task force on sexu- and advocate at Harvard University,
al assault recommended actions Tues- said that while the task force recomday, April 29, that colleges and uni- mendations will play a central role in
versities should take to protect vicdetermining how universities deal
tims and inform the public about the with sexual assaults, they only go so
magnitude of the
far.
problem, such as
"As students, it
A new website, notalone.gov, will be our reidentifying confidential victim's ad- will post enforcement actions sponsibility to
vocates and conand offers information to vic- put pressure on
ducting surveys to
tims about how to seek local our university
better gauge the
help and information about administrations
frequency of sexual
to ensure these
filing
a
complaint.
assault on their
recommendacampuses.
tions are put into
The recommendapractice," Gertions stem from a 90-day review by
berg said.
the task force that President Barack
Molly Corbett Broad, president of
Obama created after his administra- the American Council on Education,
tion heard complaints about the poor said her organization representing
treatment of campus rape victims and college and university presidents welthe hidden nature of such crimes.
comed the chance to collaborate with
The task force also promised great- the government on handling sexual
er transparency. A new website, no- assaults, "which the task force notes
talone.gov, will post enforcement ac- is a 'complicated, multidimensional
tions and offers information to vicproblem with no easy or quick solutims about how to seek local help and tions."
information about filing a complaint.
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, president
"Colleges and universities can no
at Kalamazoo College in Michigan
longer turn a blind eye or pretend that and the immediate past chair of the
rape and sexual assault doesn't occur National Association of Independent
on their campus," Vice President Joe Colleges and Universities, said there's
Biden said in announcing the results room for improvement in how colof the task force's work.
lege campuses and communities hanAdvocates praised the rare, highdle sexual assault cases. She said colprofile attention being given to the
lege presidents will have to review
issue, even as they acknowledged that the recommendations to determine
much of the action required will still what works best in their particular
need to come from college adminis- situation.
trators.
"If you ask a president what keeps
Lisa Maatz, vice president for gov- them up at night, more than anything
ernment affairs with the American
it's the safety of our students," Wilson
Association of University Women,
-Oyelaran said.
said the "smart schools" will take the
On the same day, the Education Derecommendations and adopt them.
partment issued "questions and an-
swers" that
spelled out to
colleges and
universities and
K-12 schools
how to handle
circumstances
under Title IX,
which prohibits
gender discrimination at
schools that
receive federal
funds. The
1972 Title IX
law is better
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA signs a memorandum
known for
creating
a task force to respond to campus rapes during an
guaranteeing
event
for
the Council on Women and Girls in the East
girls equal access to sports, Room of the White House in Washington. The Obama adbut it also reg- ministration is taking steps to help colleges and universiulates institu- ties measure the magnitude of sexual assaults on their
tions' handling campuses and provide better protections for victims. A
of sexual vio- White House task force on sexual assault recommended in
a report released April 29 that schools identify trained,
lence and inconfidential victim's advocates.
creasingly is
being used by victims who say their
—Straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual
school failed to protect them.
and transgender students are all proAmong the directives:
tected and a school must resolve
—A victim's sexual history cannot "same sex" violence in the same way
be brought up in a judicial hearing
it does for all such complaints.
unless it involves the alleged perpeIn its report, the task force said the
trator and that those working in onJustice Department will help develop
campus sexual assault centers can
training programs in trauma care for
generally talk to a survivor in confi- college officers and assess different
dence.
models for schools to use to adjudi—A school is required to process
cate such cases, since some sexual
complaints of alleged sexual violence assault survivors are wary of a legal
that happened off campus to deterprocess that can expose them to pomine whether it occurred in the con- tentially painful or embarrassing
text of an education-related activity. questions by students or staff.
—In a K-12 setting, when a school
While 1 in 5 female students is aslearns that a teacher or other employ- saulted, the White House said the reee has sexually harassed a student, it view was also about protecting male
is responsible for taking "prompt and victims and engaging men in discuseffective" steps.
sions about preventing such assaults.
Cedarville Dumps Adjunct For ‘Electile Dysfunction’ Campaign Ad
Speaker, accusing him of not Full text of the Winteregg ad against Speaker John Boehner
Source: Internet Web Sites
A cleverly raunchy web ad progoing far enough to stymie
Voiceover: "You make a great team. It's been that way since the
duced by Speaker of the House John President Barack Obama or
day you met. But your electile dysfunction? It could be a question of
Boehner's conservaeven stand blood flow."
Statement from Cedarville:
tive challenger J.D.
up to the
"Sometimes when a politician has been in DC too long, it goes to
"
“
J.D.
Winteregg
has
been
an
adWinteregg has cost
more mod- his head, and he just can't seem to get the job done.
junct professor of French for the erate memhim his teaching
"Used on a daily basis, Winteregg in Congress will help you every
past three years. He instructed bers of his
job.
time the moment is right to have your voice heard at the federal levone online class each semester own party.
Winteregg, 32,
el. When using Winteregg, it's important to note that the borders
but last week concluded his
has lost his position
It casts
will be secured, Second Amendment rights protected, Obamacare
Winteregg
teaching responsibilities. He is Boehner as
as an adjunct
and Planned Parenthood will be defunded, and common sense will be
French instructor at not scheduled to teach any future a Washing- used in solving the nation's problems.
classes at Cedarville University. ton insider
Cedarville Univer"Other signs of electile dysfunction may include extreme skin discoloration, the
Cedarville University does not who has
sity, a small Chrisinability to punch oneself out of a wet paper bag, or maintain a spine in the face of
tian school 25 miles engage in partisan politics and gone soft
liberal opposition... smoking, and golf.
holds a high regard for display- on his valeast of Dayton,
"If you have a Boehner lasting longer than 23 years, seek immediate medical ating Christian values in the com- ues after
Ohio, over a viral
tention. Winteregg, because Boehner shouldn't count his chickens before they
munity. When faculty or staff too much
attack ad that parohatch."
dies a Cialis erectile members participate in political time in
Boehner: "It's boner."
conversations, interviews, adver- D.C., and
dysfunction mediWinteregg: "I'm J.D. Winteregg, and I approve this message. But I don't golf."
cation commercial. tisements, or endorsements, they even pokes
The video, "When are doing so as individual citi- fun at the
zens. Mr. Winteregg in his recent speaker's last name tion.
the Moment is
Mark Weinstein.
political
campaign
video
did
not
Right," was warmly
and his notoriously
"Cedarville University does not enThe primary election pitting Winrepresent the views or values of bold tan.
received by a tea
gage in partisan politics and holds a teregg against Boehner is scheduled
Cedarville University."
party wing of the
A Cedarville
high regard for displaying Christian for May 6. Boehner, who became
GOP that has been
University spokes- values in the community," said Cespeaker in 2011, has represented the
deeply critical of Boehner's tenure as man confirmed Winteregg's termina- darville public relations director
Ohio 8th since 1991.
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Related Stories Next Page
The University
of Rio Grande’s
Theatre Department presented
Rio Grande in Retrospect: A TalkRock Evening with
Abbie Hoffman &
the Rio Grande 41,
a student project
written and directed by Luke
Lawrence that explores Vietnam
War protests and
other student/
campus demonstrations during
the late 1960s.
Davis Library Trips Back To 1969
Program Focuses On Student Activism, Protest At Rio Grande
Source: Amy Wilson, Davis Library
Reference Outreach Specialist
In keeping with the year’s National Library
Week
(NLW)
theme Lives
Change @
Your Library, the
Friends of
the Davis
Library presented a speTHE FRIENDS of the Davis Li- cial event
that exambrary presented a special event
that examined certain life chang- ined certain
ing moments and activism during life changthe Vietnam era of the late 1960s. ing moments
and activism
during the Vietnam era of the late 1960s —
Steve Free, Vietnam War veteran and awardwinning singersongwritermusician, performed a tribute to
the legendary Pete
Seeger, whose
work playing and
collecting folk music from around
the world influenced the development of Rock ’n
Roll, as well as the
American folk music revival of the
1960s.
those decisions to support and go to war, as well
as those choices to challenge the system through
protest.
On Saturday, April 12, on the Davis Library’s
Main Floor, Steve Free, Vietnam War veteran
and award-winning singer-songwriter-musician,
performed a tribute to the legendary Pete Seeger,
whose work playing and collecting folk music
from around the world (including Appalachia)
influenced the development of Rock ’n Roll, as
well as the American folk music revival of the
1960s, which is associated with both the civil
rights and anti-war movements taking place at
that time.
Following the musical program, the University
of Rio Grande’s Theatre Department presented
Rio Grande in Retrospect: A Talk-Rock Evening
with Abbie Hoffman & the Rio Grande 41, a student project written and directed by Luke Lawrence that explores Vietnam War protests and
other student/campus demonstrations during the
late 1960s.
Abbie Hoffman, famous political activist and
author of Steal this Book and
Woodstock Nation: A TalkRock Album, visited Rio
Grande in 1969 and helped students stage protests outside
Davis Library.
This NLW event is part of
Our War, an oral history project examining the impact of
the Vietnam War on the local
Ohio Appalachian region.
Remembrances from veterans, Rio Grande
alumni and members of the community are being
collected and preserved.
Started in fall 2013, the project will be included on the Ohio River Tales
(ohiorivertales.rio.edu) site.
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Davis Library Trips Back To 1969: The Key Players
Program Focuses On Student Activism, Protest At Rio Grande
Abbie Hoffman:
More than 40 years ago, social activist and politician Abbie Hoffman paid a visit to the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College
to meet with students and faculty.
Hoffman was a prominent national figure in
the 1960s and 1970s,
and now a Rio Grande
student has researched
Hoffman’s visit to
campus and has created a theatrical production based on the visit.
Lucas Lawrence, a
sophomore from PatriAbbot Howard Hoffman ot, worked on the proBorn: Nov. 30, 1936
ject with Greg Miller,
Died: April 12, 1989
Ph.D., director of culOccupation: Writer,
tural advancement at
Activist, Psychologist,
Rio Grande.
Speaker.
In 1969, Hoffman
was in Ohio for a student rally at Antioch College,
Miller explained. Some Rio Grande students attended the rally, and then invited the social activist back to Rio Grande. Hoffman agreed to come
to campus with the students, and then spent the
night at Rio Grande.
Lawrence has read about Hoffman’s visit to
campus, and he consulted with alumni and area
residents who met Hoffman during his time at Rio
Grande. His goal was to get a sense of what students, faculty and area residents thought of Hoffman during his time on campus.
Armed with the information he gathered, Lawrence turned the stories from alumni and area residents into a theatrical production.
The University of Rio Grande’s Theatre Department presented Rio Grande in Retrospect: A TalkRock Evening with Abbie Hoffman & the Rio
Grande 41, on April 12.
The visit to campus made an impression on
Hoffman, as he mentions it in his book,
“Woodstock Nation,” and it likely made an impression on several Rio Grande alumni and area
residents.
Rio Grande has recently been able to successfully create several other theatrical productions in
this manner. The show, “That Was Bob,” for example, is based on stories from family members
and friends of the late Bob Evans.
Hoffman Quotes:
“The only way to support a revolution is to make
your own.”
“I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people
were forced to eat what they killed, there would
be no more wars.”
“Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburgers.”
“Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should
make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results.
Why waste even a rock?”
Steve Free:
Steve Free is an internationally acclaimed award
winning singer/songwriter/recording artist.
On Saturday, April 12, on the Davis Library’s
Main Floor, Steve Free, Vietnam War veteran and
award-winning singer-songwriter-musician, performed a tribute to the legendary Pete Seeger, whose
work playing and collecting folk music from around
the world
(including Appalachia) influenced
the development
of Rock ’n Roll,
as well as the
American folk
music revival of
the 1960s, which
is associated with
both the civil
rights and antiwar movements
taking place at
that time.
The winner of
numerous Music
Steve Free
Industry Awards
including 9 ASCAP AWARDS, a Platinum Record
and a GRAMMY nomination he has charted over 30
Pete Seeger’s contribution to folk music,
both in terms of its revival and survival, cannot songs on the National & International, Americana,
Country & Billboard Charts, including 15 #1 songs,
be overstated.
With the possi- while remaining one of Music's Top Folk Artist both
in the U.S and in Europe.
ble exception
In 1996 he was named International Independent
of Woody
Guthrie, Seeger Recording Artist of the Year; in 2008 he won the
Governor’s Award as the #1 Artist in his home state
is the greatest
of Ohio and in 2009 was honored by The Kentucky
influence on
State Senate for his musical contributions to Appalafolk music of
the last century. chia.
He is an Ohio Arts Council and Midwest Arts
Born in New
Council
“Ohio Artist On Tour.”
York City, he
In 2000 he received a lifetime achievement award
was the son of
PETE SEEGER: banjo,
from
Airplay International in Nashville for his decmusicologist
guitar, mandolin, vocals;
ades of international airplay.
May 3, 1919 – Jan. 27, 2014 Charles Seeger.
His song ‘SEIGE AT LUCASVILLE’, about the
He took up the
banjo in his teens and in 1938, at the age of 19, 1993 Ohio prison riot was filmed by CBS TV's 48
assisted noted folk archivist and field recorder Hours in 1996 and his song OUR HOMETOWN is
featured in the PBS Documentary ‘BEYOND
Alan Lomax on his song-collecting trips
THESE WALLS.’
through the American South.
In 2009 he was honored by being named an OffiHe soon began performing on banjo, guitar
and vocals. In 1940, he formed a highly politi- cial “Ohio Treasure.”
To date in 2014, he has performed on PBS, NPR
cized folk trio, the Almanac Singers, which
and THE NASHVILLE NETWORK and been fearecorded union songs and antiwar anthems.
tured in The AFM International Magazine, GTE MuThey toured the country, performing at union
sic Magazine in Nashville and numerous other music
halls for gas money, and recorded three alindustry magazines and newspaper articles.
bums. Woody Guthrie joined in 1941.
The Almanac Singers broke up with the advent of World War II. After a short stint in the
army, Seeger formed the Weavers in 1948: a
popular concert attraction who were at one
point America’s favorite singing group.
During the communist witch-hunts of the
early Fifties, however, the Weavers were
blacklisted, resulting in canceled concert dates
and the loss of their recording contract with
Decca Records. Under congressional subpoena
to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Seeger asserted his First
Amendment rights, scolding the committee, “I
am not going to answer any questions as to my
associations, my philosophical or my religious
beliefs, or how I voted in any election or any
of these private affairs. I think these are very
improper questions for any American to be
www.stevefree.com
asked.”
Pete Seeger
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Entertainment
Is That An Ark I See?
Crowe Portrays Noah As An action Hero
“My father said that one day, if man
continued in his ways, the Creator
would annihilate this world...”
On the way to see Methuselah, they
come across a place where people had
been killed and their belongings scavThe 2014 film Noah is an amazingly enged through. This is where they
inspirational film. Directed by Darren meet and take in a little girl named
Aronofsky, Noah is based (some ar- Ila, who was so badly hurt that she
gue too loosely based) on the Biblical was not going to able to bear chilaccount of the building of Noahs Ark. dren. After taking Ila in, Noah and his
This action packed drama stars sever- family are chased by Tubal-Cain’s
army.
al well-known actors. The legendary
Russell Crowe plays the part of Noah;
“Noah” is a mod- They run
through a
Jennifer Connelly portrays Nammeh,
ern blockbuster, dark rocky
who is Noahs wife. The remaining
chock full of the place
cast members include Ray Winstone,
visual effects audi- where the
Logan Lerman, and Emma Watson.
ences expect from fallen anThe movie opens with Noah as a
young boy watching the killing of his
modern block- gels
father by a man named Tubal-Cain,
busters: flash-cut known as
who is played by Winstone. The film
nightmares and the
Watchers
then moves years ahead and introduchallucinations, take them
es the adult
prophecies and old in. The
Noah with
wise men, predic- Watchers
his wife, and
their three
tions of apocalypse were
sons named
and a savior's rise, forced by
Shem, Ham,
computer- the Creator to live
and Japheth.
generated mon- on Earth
Noah starts
sters with ga- as stone
to have
lumphing feet and creatures,
weird, but
deep voices, because
very vivid
dreams; bebrawny men they disocause of this punching and stab- beyed the
Cinema
he takes his
bing each other. Creator
and befamily on a
By Cydnie
cause they
journey to
helped
humans
after
they
had
been
visit his
banned form the Garden of Eden. Hugrandfather, Methuselah.
mans tied to kill and enslave the
Watchers, but thanks to Methuselah they escaped.
Methuselah gives Noah a seed
from the Garden of Eden, and
Noah plants it in the ground. Moments later a forest grows; a
stream of water that extends over
the world appears. Noah is proud
to tell everyone that the trees are
going to be used for the wood to
build an ark. Noah and his family, supported by the Watchers,
start on the ark right away. Eight
years later the ark is almost fully
completed. Two pairs of different animals came to the ark each
day. The animals are put to sleep
by incense that Noah makes.
Later, Noah tries to find three
wives for his sons at a nearby
camp where people are trying to
survive with limited amount of
food. Seeing this, Noah is now
“NOAH” is writer-director Darren Ar- truly convinced that the Creator
onofksy's interpretation of the story of
wants all the humans gone, beNoah and the flood. He's made a few
yond nonexistence. As this is gochanges.
ing on, Nammeh asks MethuseBy CYDNIE FEW
Signals Staff Writer
HE NEW MOVIE "
“Noah,” director Darren Aronofsky's $130 million epic retelling of the story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood, carries this advisory: "
While artistic license has been taken, we believe that this film is true
to the essence, values and integrity of a story that is a cornerstone of faith
for millions of people worldwide."
lah for a favor. Ila is given the gift to
bear children by Methuselah. TubalCain and the people start to run towards the ark but the Watchers fight
them off. The Watches soon die but
they fly to Heaven for helping and
sacrificing their lives. The flood
washes over everyone, however, Tubal-Cain has made it on the ark by
breaking into it, Ham discovers him
and is friendly.
Ila finds out that she is pregnant,
and months later the rain stops. Noah
finds out and goes mad; he says that
if the child is a boy, he can live but if
the child is a girl, he will have to kill
her to please the Creator’s wishes.
When Ila delivers, she gives birth to
twin girls.
Tubal-Cain tries to attack Noah, but
the ark hits a mountain and TubalCain dies. Noah then searches for Ila
and the twin babies. Just as he is
about to kill them, he feels love for
them and spares their lives. When
they finally find land, Ham goes off
on his own. Noah blesses the family
as the new beginning of the human
race. They see a rainbow in the sky
that covers the whole Earth. The rainbow represents the Creators promise
to never destroy the human race with
a flood again.
This film was very inspirational. I
rate this movie a 5 out of 5 stars. The
special effects were amazing. Seeing
the ark take on the deadly waves had
me on the edge of my seat. One thing
that caught my attention in this movie
was that they never once used the
word God. They always said Creator.
Even if a person is not religious, this
movie has value.
RAY WINSTONE plays Noah's
nemesis, Tubal-Cain, a descendant
of Cain, in “Noah.”
THE MOVIE'S ARK was built to the dimensions specified in the Bible.
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Buckets Of Blockbusters Rain Down In Theaters This Summer
It's that magical time of year again,
When Hollywood lets their buckets of blockbusters
rain down upon us in all of their glory. Some 50 major
films will hit theaters between now and Labor Day;
and this year, there's truly a mix with superheroes, revivals, comedies and sequels in store.
This season brings superhero blockbusters, animated sequels and even a
musical from Clint Eastwood. To help sort out which movies should
be on your list over the summer, the Signals staff has previewed
some of 2014's must-see summer flicks.
And, fittingly, it all begins with a superhero...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2)
Andrew Garfield’s sophomore adventure as the
Marvel Comics web-slinger finds Peter Parker facing Electro
(Jamie Foxx),
while Gwen
(Emma Stone)
swoons and
Harry Osborn
(Dane DeHaan)
gets green (as
in, Goblin) with
envy. Marc Webb again directs. In this age of superheroes, Spidey is still one of the biggies.
Chef (May 9)
Over the course of his career, Jon Favreau has
alternated passion projects (“Made”) with moneymakers (“Iron Man”). This dramedy has a new ingredient, with Favreau not only writing and directing but starring as a chef who leaves his highprofile restaurant gig for a food truck. Robert
Downey Jr., Sofia Vergara and Dustin Hoffman co
-star.
Neighbors (May 9)
In a bit of unexpected casting, Seth Rogen is the
responsible suburban dad who — along with wife
Rose Byrne — goes ballistic when a hard-partying
fraternity moves in across the street. When the frat
president (Zac Efron) ups the volume, the battle
begins. Directed by Nicholas Stoller (“Get Him to
the Greek”).
Devil’s Knot (May 9)
Atom Egoyan’s dramatization of the “West
Memphis Three” case — memorably captured in
the “Paradise Lost” documentaries — stars Reese
Witherspoon as the mother of a boy killed in 1993;
the subsequent arrest and conviction of three teens
led to discussions of innocence, guilt and trumpedup evidence. Colin Firth is a private investigator,
and Dane DeHaan is one of the young suspects.
Godzilla (May 16)
Here comes the giant reptile again, stompin’ and
chompin’ up cities (San Francisco and New York
are on the
menu) and
again with
the world’s
worst halitosis. The surprisingly
game cast
includes Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, David
Strathairn and Juliette Binoche. Geez, we’d watch
those people in a movie that didn't have Godzilla.
The Immigrant (May 16)
In the 1920s, a Polish woman (Marion Cotillard)
moves to New York to make a better life for herself and her sister — only to have their fortunes
changed by a mysterious stranger (Joaquin Phoenix). Can a dashing stage magician (Jeremy Renner) save them? Don’t dashing stage magicians
always save people?
Million Dollar Arm
(May 16)
Based-in-truth inspirational sports dramas rarely
come with surprises. But director Craig Gillespie
(“Lars and the Real Girl”) favors the off-kilter, and
it’s unlikely his lead, Jon Hamm, would sign up
for generic warm and fuzzies. Hamm plays a desperate agent who heads to India in search of the
next great baseball pitcher — by scouting cricket
players. Naturally, everyone thinks he’s a madman.
X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23)
More than a decade after “X-Men 2,” original
series director Bryan Singer returns to one of the
most reliable superhero franchises of this century.
Almost everyone else is back, too, since the original cast is connecting with their earlier selves: Old
Xavier (Patrick Stewart) sends Wolverine (Hugh
Jackman) through time to find young Xavier
(James McAvoy). Jennifer Lawrence, Michael
Fassbender, Ian McKellen and Halle Berry also
suit up. X-cellent.
Blended (May 23)
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore reunite as
single parents who have to share a suite with their
various kids at an African resort. Uh-oh, this
sounds suspiciously like a vacation the studio paid
for.
Maleficent (May 30)
Angelina Jolie in that
witchy head
garb is enough
to bring us to
this one, the
Sleeping Beauty story told
from the point
of view of the
villainness. We
see her backstory, of course,
and hopefully
the way she got the ability to turn into a dragon.
Elle Fanning is the dozing honey, Aurora.
A Million Ways to Die in the West (May 30)
Exactly 40 years after Mel Brooks’ “Blazing
Saddles,” Seth MacFarlane (“Ted”) upends the
Western once again. The writer-director-producerstar plays a laid-back frontiersman who goes up
against a tough gunslinger (Liam Neeson) just to
impress the women in his life (Charlize Theron,
Amanda Seyfried). And yes, there’s a campfire
scene. Don’t like that? Tough beans.
Edge of Tomorrow (June 6)
Tom Cruise fights aliens — yes, again — only
this time, he’s Earth’s fiercest defender in the future, and he keeps dying over and over again as a
glitch in a time-travel loop sends him back to the
same day. Emily Blunt co-stars. Maybe he can remake “Vanilla Sky” while he’s going back in time.
The Fault in Our Stars (June 6)
How do you tell a sad story based on a bestselling young adult novel? First you hire Shailene
Woodley, who’s just coming off her “Divergent”
success, to play a teenage cancer patient. Then you
cast her “Divergent” co-star Ansel Elgort as the
boy who insists on falling madly in love with her.
Tissues recommended.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (June 13)
The sequel to the 2010 animated smash, again
adapted from Cressida Cowell’s terrifically flavorful kids’ book series, finds an older Hiccup (Jay
Baruchel) eager to prove himself worthy of his
Viking ancestors and fight for peace in his kingdom. His best ally is again his dragon, Toothless,
silent but stalwart as ever.
Jimi: All Is By My Side (June 13)
OutKast’s Andre Benjamin plays the great Jimi
Hendrix in this biopic from writer-director John
Ridley, a newly minted Oscar-winner for his script
of “12 Years a Slave.” Set in the mid-to-late ’60s,
it co-stars Imogen Poots and Hayley Atwell. As
Jimi might say, are you experienced?
Lullaby (June 13)
A young guy (Garrett Hedlund) hears his dad
(Richard Jenkins) is taking himself off life support
in two days. Father and son attempt to reconnect,
as an old love (Amy Adams) comes back into the
picture. Jennifer Hudson co-stars.
22 Jump Street (June 13)
It’s been a very good year for directors Phil Lord
and Christopher Miller, thanks to the hundreds of
millions their
“Lego Movie” has
already pulled in.
Presumably, they’ll
bring their sense of
snarky silliness to
the “21 Jump
Street” sequel, too.
Undercover buds
Channing Tatum
and Jonah Hill have graduated to college, but
they’re no smarter than they were in high school.
But who is?
Think Like a Man Too (June 20)
Steve Harvey’s nonfiction couples’ chronicle,
turned into a hit comedy, begets a sequel. Here,
the whole gang (including Michael Ealy, Meagan
Good, Jerry Ferrara, Taraji P. Henson and Gabrielle Union) go to Vegas for a wedding. If they made
a comedy from a Suze Orman money advice book,
we’d be there.
Jersey Boys (June 20)
Though it shouldn’t really be opening the week
after Father’s Day, you can still bring Dad to director Clint Eastwood’s musical biopic of Frankie
Valli and the Four Seasons. Bonus: Even if you
take the whole family, it’ll cost less than a single
ticket to the popular Broadway show on which the
movie is based.
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Third Person (June 20)
Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, James
Franco and Adrien Brody are lovers and fighters
whose stories play out in New York, Paris and
Rome in this movie of interconnected couples.
Written and directed by Paul Haggis (“Crash”).
Transformers: Age of Extinction (June 27)
The title almost sounds like a tease, but as long
as Michael Bay keeps raking in the money, Transformers will never die. At least Bay has replaced
Shia LaBeouf with Mark Wahlberg, and the robotic Rosie Huntington-Whiteley with up-and-comer
Nicola Peltz. As father and daughter, they reignite
the war between the Autobots and Decepticons.
No ! Things were going so well!
Snowpiercer (June 27)
In a desolate sci-fi future, a failed globalwarming remedy kills most life on Earth (we bet
cockroaches survive, though). The world’s last
people travel around on a perpetual-motion train
called Snowpiercer, though everything starts to
drive them mad — especially that whole worldending thing. Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton and Ed
Harris star.
Deliver Us From Evil (July 2)
A series of supernatural crimes is plaguing Gotham. Who ya gonna call? How about a New York
cop (Eric Bana) and an unorthodox priest (Edgar
Ramirez). Based on the real-life cases of officer
Ralph Sarchie. Olivia Munn co-stars as a woman
who ain’t afraid of no ghost.
Earth to Echo (July 2)
A family adventure about three kids who pick up
an odd transmission on their cellphones. Wouldn't
you know, it's from a stranded alien. Let's hope
these guys saw "E.T.," or at least have iPhone 5's.
Tammy (July 2)
Melissa McCarthy is out to prove again that
what she comes up with, audiences love. Here,
she’s a waitress who finds her husband with another woman, ruins her car and gets fired from her
job. She decides to stop her run of bad luck by taking her cranky grandma (Susan Sarandon) on a
road trip. Written by McCarthy and her husband,
Ben Falcone, who also directed.
Begin Again (July 4)
Known by the more evocative title “Can a Song
Save Your Life?” when it was shown at Sundance,
this rom-dramedy with music stars Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo as singer-songwriters who
find their hearts are in tune when they meet in the
East Village. Directed by John Carney (“Once”).
With Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener.
Life Itself (July 4)
This documentary about the late film critic and
man for all seasons Roger Ebert is for lovers of
film and lovers of life. Director Steve James
(“Hoop Dreams”) filmed Ebert as cancer was ravaging his body, but as the movie shows, his mind
and spirit were as strong as ever.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (July 11)
Those damned smarty apes are back, walking
upright and emerging as the heroes of this successfully rebooted franchise. Andy Serkis is again
chimp leader Caesar. These flicks have somehow
found the Forbidden Zone of quality and boxoffice primacy.
And So It Goes... (July 11)
Rob Reiner’s recent résumé has not unfolded as
we’d have liked, coming from the director of “The
Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally.” But
we’re betting he’s back in fine form for this comedy about an obnoxious realtor (Michael Douglas)
who needs help (from Diane Keaton) when he gets
stuck with his precocious granddaughter.
Boyhood (July 11)
One of the big hits of this year’s Sundance was
director Richard Linklater’s unique coming-of-age
drama about 12 years in the life of a Texas youth
(newcomer Ellar Coltrane). Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette play his parents. Actually filmed
with the same actors over a dozen years, with
emotionally epic results.
A Long Way Down (July 11)
Pierce Brosnan, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette and
Aaron Paul meet cute on a London rooftop on
New Year’s Eve: they’re all intent on committing
suicide. With that plan called off, they agree to
give life another shot for a few weeks. From a
Nick Hornby novel. Rosamund Pike, who’ll play
the titular “Gone Girl” this fall, co-stars.
The Purge: Anarchy (July 18)
The lickety-split-here-it-is sequel to last year’s
future-set horror
thriller finds the
neighborhood
killing spree
happening without Ethan
Hawke, star of
the last one.
Planes: Fire & Rescue (July 18)
Rather than being grounded by dismal reviews,
last summer’s animated comedy “Planes” made
good money — which, of course, is the signal of
soaring success in Hollywood. So Dane Cook returns to voice Dusty, the crop duster ready to
prove himself as an aerial firefighter. Take off!
Jupiter Ascending (July 18)
Andy and Lana Wachowski follow up their trippy “Cloud Atlas” with this sci-fi about a woman
(Mila Kunis) who discovers she’s a warrior from
beyond the stars. Channing Tatum co-stars.
Wish I Was Here (July 18)
A thirtysomething dad (director Zach Braff) is at
a crossroads with family, friends and career. Kate
Hudson is his patient wife, and Mandy Patinkin his
cranky dad in this Kickstarter-funded flick, Braff’s
followup to 2004’s “Garden State.”
Hercules (July 25)
Brett Ratner hasn’t directed a feature film since
2011’s “Tower Heist,” an uneven callback to ’80s
action comedies. And Hercules has already buckled at the box office this year, in Renny Harlin’s
January flop, “The Legend of Hercules,” starring
Kellan Lutz. But this one stars Duane (The Rock)
Johnson, a man with the gift of making Hercules
look like Hamlet.
Sex Tape (July 25)
After 10 years together, a couple with kids
(Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz) tries to get zesty
again by making their own sex tape. Guess what
happens? Yup, it gets seen by other people. Hate it
when that happens.
Step Up: All In (July 25)
The “Step Up” series has delivered diminishing
returns with each effort, and this is director Trish
Sie’s first time on the floor. At least she has an
advantage in the concept: “All-stars” from the other films are reuniting for a battle in Vegas. It’s always nice to see Adam Sevani’s amusing Moose,
but we won’t be all in until this franchise secures a
cameo from its original all-star, Channing Tatum.
Get on Up (Aug. 1)
The colorful, musical life of the Godfather of
Soul, James
Brown, comes to
the screen. Chadwick Boseman
(“42”) stars, with
Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and
Jill Scott co-
MARK WAHLBERG takes over as the hero in
“Transformers: Age of Extinction,” coming in
"
June.
starring. Tate Taylor (“The Help”) directs. Please,
please, please let it be good.
What If (Aug. 1)
Medical school dropout Daniel Radcliffe and
animator Zoe Kazan cross paths and fall in love in
this romantic comedy. Because when a doc and a
cartoonist fall in love, it can only be funny. We
wish them luck, but only one of them seems to
have a promising profession.
Guardians of the Galaxy (Aug. 1)
It’s about time daringly deranged director James
Gunn (“Super,” “Movie 43”) got a superhero-size
project to call his own. This offbeat Marvel adaptation — in which Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin
Diesel and a raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper
protect the universe — sounds perfect. It features a
surly, heroic raccoon. How could it go wrong?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Aug. 7)
The Turtles return in this live-action adventure,
which brings us back to their beginnings with stars
Megan Fox and Will Arnett. How did they get so
big? Why are they so good at fighting? Will 21stcentury kids even care? What do we do with all
those old trading cards?
The Two Faces of January (Aug. 8)
Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen are a
wealthy American couple traveling through
Greece in the 1960s. Oscar Isaac is the con artist
who gloms on to them in this version of a Patricia
Highsmith novel.
Lucy (Aug. 8)
Scarlett Johansson is pregnant now, but before
having to stay away from action flicks, she made
this adventure thriller with director Luc Besson.
ScarJo plays a woman working as a drug mule
who's captured but turns the tables on her tormentors when she develops powers — thanks to the
drugs inside her body. Morgan Freeman co-stars.
The Giver (Aug. 15)
Hollywood’s love of dystopian dramas continues
with this adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel about a
boy (Brenton Thwaites) who must learn all of history’s secrets from an old recluse (Jeff Bridges)
with the memory of mankind. Meryl Streep and
Katie Holmes co-star.
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Scheduled Release Date: December 18, 2015
Fans Eagerly Await Next ‘Star Wars’ Installment
Wars: Episode VI - Return of the
Compiled By The Signals Staff
Jedi."
Primary Source: starwars.com
The screenplay for the upcoming
No sooner had production begun
Episode VII, according to the saga's
of the latest installment, Episode
official Web site, begins 30 years
VII, than "Star Wars" fever started
after the end of
spreading like a
"Return of the Jedi"
plague, with reports
and features "a trio of
of its similarity to the
new young leads
original George Lualong with some very
cas trilogy, rumors of
familiar faces," which
new adventures and
subtly supports ruexotic locations.
mors about the apDisney and Lupearance of some of
casfilm have divulged little official STAR WARS: Episode VII the original stars THE SCREENPLAY for the upcoming Episode VII, according to the
Harrison Ford (Hans
information and
will be directed by J.J.
some that was even a Abrams (Super 8, Mission: Solo), Mark Hamill saga's official Web site, begins 30 years after the end of “Return of the
Jedi” and features “a trio of new young leads along with some very famil(Luke Skywalker)
little deceptive.
Impossible III, Star Trek)
iar faces.”
and Carrie Fisher
In March they an- and is being scripted by
(Princess
Leia).
nounced that the
Abrams and Lawrence
Abu Dhabi will
shoot of "Star Wars: Kasdan (Raiders of the
substitute
Tunisia as
Episode VII," diWhy Is May The 4th Called Star Wars Day?
Lost Ark, The Empire
the chosen location
rected by J.J.
Strikes Back, Return of the
Abrams, would begin Jedi). Lucasfilm president for recreating Luke
Say "May the 4th Be With You" out loud
Skywalker's native
at London's Pinand
you'll hear the pun that Star Wars fans
Kathleen Kennedy, J.J.
home planet, Taewood Studios in
worldwide have turned into a rallying cry to
Abrams, and Bryan Burk
May, but on April 2 are producing, with Tom- tooine.
proclaim their love of the saga.
Adam Driver,
the president of Dis- my Harper (Mission: ImIt's the worldwide day to say "May the
known for his role in
ney Studios, Alan
Force
be with you" to all, and celebrate the
possible - Ghost Protocol,
Horn, said the work Jack Ryan, Star Trek Into the HBO series
beloved Star Wars story that binds their gal"Girls," will be the
had already begun.
axy together.
Darkness) and Jason
new villain of the
Horn also said in
One of the earliest known records of "May
McGatlin (Tintin, War of
piece,
Variety
reportan interview with
the 4th" used in popular culture is in 1979, as
the Worlds) serving as exed.
The Hollywood Re- ecutive producers. John
described here by author Alan Arnold while
While Disney has
porter that they still Williams is returning to
he was chronicling the making of The Empire
not officially conhadn't completed
Strikes Back for Lucasfilm:
score Star Wars: Episode
firmed that Driver
casting due to delays VII.
Friday, May 4: “Margaret Thatcher has
will actually be the
in finishing the
won the election and become Britain's first woman prime minister.
villain, the producscreenplay, written
To celebrate their victory her party took a half page of advertising
tion
company
has
officially anby Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan,
space in the London Evening News. This message, referring to the day
who created "Star Wars: Episode V - nounced that the premiere is schedof victory, was 'May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. CongratulaThe Empire Strikes Back" and "Star uled for Dec. 18, 2015.
tions,' further proof of the extent to which Star Wars has influenced
us all."
“Once the Internet allowed Star Wars fans around the world to connect with one another, May the 4th soon became a grassroots tradition each year, with fans online and offline proclaiming it "Star Wars
Day."
While the idea of May the 4th did not start with Lucasfilm, the film
company that created Star Wars has fully embraced the spirit of fandom that makes the day so special. The official blog at StarWars.com
as well as the official Star Wars social media channels on Twitter and
Facebook help spread the word and showcase fan activity.
Official Star Wars partners have offered sales, giveaways and ex“MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU” is
clusives,
and have hosted parties and other activities to mark the day.
a rallying cry issued by Star Wars fans
May the 4th kicks off a season of celebration, particularly since the
around the globe. This pun on “May the
month of May has always been important to Star Wars fans. The six
Force be With You” has led to fans around
the universe celebrating May 4 as Star
live-action movies of the Star Wars saga debuted in May (starting
Wars Day. Star Wars is an American epic
with the original Star Wars on May 25, 1977) and this year, May 25
space opera film series created by George
marks the 30th anniversary of Return of the Jedi. The month of May
Lucas, right. The first film in the series was
includes George Lucas' birthday (May 14, 1944), and has been the
originally released on May 25, 1977, and
traditional start date of the popular Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disbecame a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. It was followed by two sequels, released at three-year intervals. The original
ney World Resort (this year, the fun begins on May 14).
series, which introduced viewers to such iconic characters as Darth Vader, above,
With the exciting launch of a new trilogy of movies beginning with
was then followed by a sequence of three prequels. Since the phrase "May the Force
Star Wars: Episode VII coming in the near future, this day to celebe with you" is a famous quote often spoken in the Star Wars films, fans commonly
brate the saga and its amazing fans is certain to become even bigger
say "May the fourth be with you" on this day. The as-yet-to-be titled Star Wars VII
each year.
is currently in production.
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article may contain spoilers for readers who have
not watched the most recent season.
By Taryn Strawser, Signals Staff Writer
Before Being Trapped At Terminus
Rick Takes A Bite Out Of Season Finale
Season four of AMC’s The Walking Dead may
have started off with a whimper, or rather a soft
Walker moan, but it ended like the final sound a
Walker hears—with a bang! Many viewers were
restless with this half of the season. A lot of background information was offered.
The third episode of Season Four Part II was entitled “Claimed.” The episode had viewers’ hearts
racing from start to finish. Viewers
see that Michonne has reconnected
with Rick and Carl. Michonne and
By Taryn Strawser Carl leave
Signals Staff Writer Rick to
hunt for
supplies. The two, already known
to share information back and
forth, strike up an unlikely bond. One laughable
moment between the two occurs when Michonne
makes a tower of “Crazy Cheese” (spray cheese)
in her mouth to cheer Carl up. Although it does not
work, it does serve as a gateway for discussion.
Michonne used to do things such as that to make
her young son laugh.
As Carl and Michonne clear a house, she answers one question per room. Finally, viewers find
out that Michonne had a two-year-old son named
Andre. His father was one of her “pets.” Viewers
also learn that Michonne was one of the few survivors of her group even though her lover saw her as
a weakling.
The trip ends with a gruesome discovery: Michonne stumbles through a passage way of rooms
to find a bright pink, butterfly and rainbow themed
room complete with the non-reanimated corpse of
a young girl. This scene was truly gut-wrenching
and when combined with the story of Michonne’s
son, serves as a reminder that the Zombie Apocalypse effected everyone, even small children.
Meanwhile, Rick finds himself in quite the conundrum. The house the trio was staying at is
overran by a group of gruff men. Rick, still weakened after his fight with the Governor, is forced to
hide under a bed to avoid confrontation. However,
in classic Rick Grimes fashion, confrontation cannot be avoided for long. He hides under the bed for
an extended amount of time, but never safe, he is
spotted by a member of the group. A fight breaks
out between two group members over who can nap
on the bed above Rick. One group member states
he “claimed” the bed and a fight breaks out. The
loser ends up on the floor, eye to eye with Rick but
is knocked unconscious before he can squeal.
Rick finally ninja crawls out from under the bed. He looks for an escape
route; when in doubt, look for a bathroom way out! Seeing as nothing can be
easy in TWD, Rick walks in on an occupied bathroom. The innocent bathroom
goer is suffocated on the john. Before
escaping out of the window, Rick cracks
the door to insure an instant “Walker
Bomb.” After reaching the outside and
wondering how he will sneak past the
main leader of the pack, Rick hears
screams, a sign of Walker Bomb success. He spots Michonne and Carl up
DARYL AND BETH get ripthe road and the trio takes off.
roaring drunk, swap stories,
Also in this episode, Glenn wakes up and flirt. The sexual tension
in a truck with Tara. He meets Sargent in this episode is at an all-time
Abraham Ford, Rosita, and Dr. Eugene high; especially when Beth
Porter. Glenn and the new trio finds out croons, “You’re going to miss
that they have different plans for where me when I’m gone Daryl Dixthey should go from the prison. Natural- on.” The two decide to torch
ly, Glenn is on the search for his wife
the house and the moonshine.
Maggie and refuses to give up on her.
Flipping the bird at the small
The new trio is trying to get to Washshack they walk away, leaving
ington, D.C. Dr. Porter supposedly
a pile of smoke and ash
knows what caused the end of the
(where could that go wrong?).
world. He has the knowledge needed
about the disease. Abraham Ford is bound and de- teach her how to shoot his crossbow. She sees it as
termined to deliver the mullet clad scientist safety. unnecessary torture and stabs the Walker. A verbal
The next episode (4.12) is the only episode thus dispute follows in which Beth yells that she knows
far to center around only two characters. Naturally, when he looks at her he sees “just another dead
if the showrunner had to pick any two characters
girl.” He breaks down about not being able to save
to focus on, one would have to be the infamous,
Hershel or keep the group together. Beth rushes to
sexy rebel, Daryl Dixon. The other character is his hold him from behind.
comrade Beth Greene. Beth and Daryl have been
Many tears later, the two get rip-roaring drunk,
traveling together since the prison attack. Daryl,
swap stories, and flirt. The sexual tension in this
hardened by life is on edge with Beth who is deepisode is at an all-time high; especially when
pressed by the recent death of her father.
Beth croons, “You’re going to miss me when I’m
The episode starts in an intimate space. The duo gone Daryl Dixon.” The two decide to torch the
are forced to hide from a mini-herd of Walkers by house and the moonshine. Flipping the bird at the
jumping in the trunk of a car and spending the
small shack they walk away, leaving a pile of
night. After safety rises up with the sun, they are
smoke and ash (where could that go wrong?).
on their way. They stumble upon a formerly ritzy
The next episode, “Alone,” opens with a flashcountry club where Beth changes out of her grimy back of Bob. Viewers see what he was like before
clothes into a sweet white sweater and yellow top. meeting up with the prison group—he was a loneA vision of innocence, the first words out of Beth’s mouth ly alcoholic. The episode is a filler with the main
is that she wants to experience her first alcoholic drink.
action taking place between Bob, Sasha, and MagShe finds a half bottle of Peach Schnapps and sits down gie. After an epic, albeit scary fog scene, the trio
for a drink. Daryl decides to smash it on the floor and find becomes a pair as Maggie leaves to find Glenn.
her a real drink.
She leaves a trail of Walkers in her wake, using
One mini-herd and one ruined sweater later, Dar- Walker blood to write notes to her husband (all
yl and Beth stumble upon an abandoned shack
reading “GLENN MEET AT TERMINUS MAGstyle house. The house is
GIE”). The group meets back up and Sasha and
complete with a moonshine Bob share an awkward kiss. Also, Beth and Daryl
distillery. The duo plays a
kindle the small embers of a romance at an abangame of “Never Have I Ev- doned funeral home. Daryl cares an injured Beth,
er…” Beth insults Daryl by who’s foot was caught in a bear trap, into the
assuming he has been in
home and shows a strong interest in her until anjail. He calls her out on it,
other mini-herd attacks and causes them to sepaadding that at least he had rate. Beth is taken or driving off in a car. Daryl
never slit his wrists for at- chases her but eventually collapses in a heap only
tention which is exactly
to be found by—who else?—the “Claimers.”
what she did in Season
The next episode, “The Grove” is the most conTwo.
troversial episode to date, yet is clearly one of the
About
the
time
the
insults
best episodes ever written. Although a whole artiLIZZIE DOESN’T WANT TO KILL the Walkers because she thinks
cle in itself could be dedicated to this episode
that they are sick people. She is obsessed with playing with them, claim- start flying, a Walker is
heard
outside.
Daryl
roughalone, a summary will suffice.
ing them to be her friends.
ly grabs Beth and attempt to (Continued On Page 21)
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article may contain spoilers for readers who have
not watched the most recent season.
By Taryn Strawser, Signals Staff Writer
Before Being Trapped At Terminus
Rick Takes A Bite Out Of Season Finale
to shoot Carol because she wants Mi(Continued From Page 20)
The grove is a place found by the
ka to reanimate. Carol assures her
last of the prison group: Tyreese,
that she will stay with Mika until she
Carol, Lizzie, Mika, and Baby Judith. comes back and will tie her up with
After wandering around for many
her shoelaces. She convinces Lizzie
days, and discussing how differently to leave the baby alone stating that it
the two sisters are, the
is stupid to kill her
group finds a small
because she can’t
cabin with pecan trees.
even walk yet so
This where everything
she would not techfalls apart. Carol disnically be a Walkcovers that Mika is not
er.
willing to kill. She beTy and Carol delieves in the good in
bate about what to
everyone, even Walkdo with Lizzie. She
ers. Lizzie on the other
admitted to Ty that
RICK, WITH A GUN to his
hand doesn’t want to
she mutilated sevhead watches in terror as a
kill the Walkers beeral animals includman is about to rape Carl. All
cause she thinks that
ing the rat seen
straight from the comics—
they are sick people.
flayed at the prison
Rick does the unthinkable.
She is obsessed with
and she also fed the
He rips out the leader of the
playing with them,
Walkers mice at the
Claimers’ throat with his
claiming them to be her
prison which cause
teeth.
friends.
many pile ups. CarIt is apparent Lizzie is not mentally ol decides to run away with her. She
stable. Mika has to tell her to “look at takes Lizzie for a walk and changes
the flowers” to calm herself down.
her mind. Realizing that Lizzie is a
She contemplates letting a Walker
danger and would never be allowed
bite her, plays chase with a female
to be around others, she urges her in a
Walker then screams when Carol
Of Mice and Men moment to “look at
kills the Walker to save her. She says the flowers” before fatally shooting
something about knowing what she
her in the head. After burying both
needs to do, after that incident.
small girls, Ty (who now knows and
Writers pushed the limit when they accepts that Carol killed a suffering
decided to go through with the next
Karen while the virus was spreading
scene. Taken straight from Ben and
at the prison), Carol and the baby set
Billy in the comics, when Tyreese
out in hopes of refuge.
and Carol leave the three girls, Lizzie
“Us” served as another filler epidoes the unthinkable. She murders
sode. Daryl tries to adjust to life with
her little sister. Bloody and not apolo- the “Claimers” who fight and kill
getic she is excited because her sister over anything. Glenn and Tara break
will soon be back because she did not away from Abraham, Rosita, and Eustab her in the head. She was getting gene in order to find Maggie. They
ready to do the same to Baby Judy
end up stuck in rubble with Walkers.
when the adults arrived. Carol calmly When all hope is lost, Maggie, along
talks Lizzie down. Lizzie threatened with Sasha, Bob, and the other three
How Does Carol’s Garden Grow?
IF VIEWERS THOUGHT CAROL had a zero-tolerance attitude when
she killed and burned two bodies back at the prison
to stop the spread of a deadly virus, in the episode
“The Grove,” she went truly sub-zero. The insanity
began when Lizzy stabbed and killed her sister Mika to prove that she would come back to life, leaving Carol to knife Mika’s brain to stop her from
coming back as a zombie. She and Tyrese then had
to decide what to do with Lizzie, with Carol saying,
“We can’t sleep with her and Judith under the
same roof. She can’t be around other people.”
With that, Carol walked Lizzie outside, told her to
“look at the flowers,” and then put a bullet in her brain. Analysis of the
episode exploded on the Internet, with some fans adding their own interpretations of “Carol’s Garden.”
save the two.
The group manages to make
their way to
Terminus. They
are welcomed
by a woman
grilling meat.
The grilling
of the meat
should have
been the first
sign of what
was to come at
Terminus. In
THE SEASON ENDS with the group (save for Ty, Carthe Season Fiol, and Baby) being reunited in a locked train cargo car
nale, “A,” two
simply marked “A.” Rick vows that they have messed with
major events
the wrong group.
occur. The
Claimers face off with Rick. In antoes of the eaten.
other controversial scene, Daryl is
The season ends with the group
being beat up and Michonne is held
(save for Ty, Carol, and Baby) being
captive while Rick, with a gun to his reunited in a locked train cargo car
head watches in terror as a man is
simply marked “A.” Rick vows that
about to rape Carl. All straight from they have messed with the wrong
the comics—Rick does the unthinka- group.
ble. He rips out the leader of the
Many questions arise from the seaClaimers’ throat with his teeth. (Fun son. Where is Beth? If she is alive
fact: the ripped throat was raw,
will she get with Daryl? What will
bloody chicken that Andrew Lincoln Carol think of that? Who else did the
bit several times to provide accuraTerminus townspeople eat? This cancy). After killing the others and tor- not be answered by the graphic novturing Carl’s attacker, the foursome
els. Although cannibals are menhead to Terminus.
tioned (cannibals who, by the way,
Terminus turns out to be another
started by eating their own children),
bad seed like Woodbury. Quickly
they only both one character for a
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creepy cult. They promise sanctuary killed by Rick. Also, how will the
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easy to see the half eaten bodies
Breathless fans anxiously await an(hence the meat on the grill—who
swers and count down the days to the
many, sadly believe to be Beth) and Season Five premiere in October. As
the sacrifice room filled with cult
always, The Walking Dead does not
sayings, and the names and memen- disappoint.
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RedStorm Divides Pair With No. 23 Campbellsville
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - The University of Rio
Grande upended No. 23 Campbellsville University
in the first of two games on Monday, March 31,
but the Tigers roared back in the nightcap to earn a
split of the Mid-South Conference twinbill with
the RedStorm at Rio Softball Park.
Rio ran its winning streak to five straight with a
2-1 triumph in the opener, but failed in its attempt
to forge a tie with Campbellsville for second place
in the MSC standings as the Tigers pulled away
for a mercy rule-shortened 8-0 victory in game
two.
The split left the RedStorm at 15-8 overall and
10-6 in league play.
Campbellsville ended the day at 25-9 overall and
12-4 inside the conference.
Game one proved to be a pitcher's duel between
Rio freshman Jenna Jones (Lancaster, OH) and
Campbellsville's Victoria Decker. Both allowed
just five hits.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth,
taking advantage of the game's only errors to push
across an unearned run.
Alyssa Barker led off with a single to right and,
one out later, moved to second on an opposite field
single to left by Kristin Benton. Both runners
moved up when Shelby Ray's grounder to third
was errored and, on the same play, the throw from
first to third trying to catch Barker straying off the
third base bag was wild, allowing Barker to score
the game's first run.
Jones escaped any further damage by retiring
Heather Oakley on a grounder back to the circle
and Sara Paragon on a grounder to second base.
Rio, which had been limited to just one hit and
only two baserunners through the first four innings, wasted little time in rebounding from the
deficit, though.
Junior Haley Gwin (Troy, OH) led off the home
fifth with a single to center, moved to second on a
groundout to third by sophomore Mattie Lanham
(Rio Grande, OH) and scored on a triple to left by
freshman Alex Kuhn (Oak Hill, OH). One out later, freshman Cheyenne Hamaker (Hilliard, OH)
singled to left to plate Kuhn with the go-ahead
marker.
Jones kept the Tigers scoreless over the final
two innings to nail down the win.
Sophomore Kim Rollins (Cincinnati, OH) added
a double in the victory for Rio, while Jones pushed
her record to 9-5.
Adrean Jordan had two hits in the loss, while
Decker suffered her fifth loss in 15 decisions.
The nightcap was also a pitcher's duel between
Jones and Campbellsville's Taylor Wroe for four
innings, but the CampbellsvilleTigers turned
things ugly by erupting for five runs in the fifth
inning and two sixth inning markers to get a lopsided win.
Wroe retired the first 11 batters she faced until
Rollins broke up her bid for a perfect game with a
two-out single to left in the fourth inning.
The RedStorm had just one other baserunner in
the game - sophomore Ariel Roder (Parma
Heights, OH), who was hit by a pitch to lead off
the home fifth inning.
Campbellsville
scored what proved to
be the only run it
would need in the
third inning when
Brittany Rippy
reached on a one-out
error, moved to second on a wild pitch
and scored on a single
to left-center by Kristin Benton.
Campbellsville
lowered the boom by
hitting five runs in
the fifth, highlighted
by a two-run double
RIO'S JENNA JONES
by Barker, before
throws
a pitch in the
closing out the scorMarch
31
opening game
ing in the sixth inning
win over No. 23 Campon a two-run single
bellsville.
by Paragon.
Oakley finished 3for-4 with two runs
scored, while Paragon had two hits and three RBIs
to lead CU offensively.
Ray also had two hits and two runs scored.
Wroe struck out eight en route to her 10th win
in 11 decisions.
Jones fell to 9-6 on the season for Rio, allowing
eight hits and six runs - four of which were earned
- and striking out four in 4-2/3 innings.
St. Catharine College Completes Series Sweep Of Rio Baseball
all and 3-12 in the conference. Nine
of the RedStorm's 12 losses in league
play have been by two runs or less.
St. Catharine jumped to a 1-0 lead
in the second inning of Sunday's
opener on an RBI single by Drew
Kissel, but Rio tied the game in the
home fifth on a two-out, bases-loaded
infield single to shortstop by junior
Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico). The deadlock didn't last long,
though, as the Patriots scored the goahead markers in the top of the sixth
without the benefit of a hit.
Pinch-hitter Dominique Guevara
drew a leadoff walk from Rio senior
reliever Mike
Deitsch
(Cincinnati, OH)
and moved to
second when Ty
Broady's sacrifice bunt attempt
to first base was
errored.
Harold Diaz
bunted both runners into scoring
position before
Deitsch retired
Kissel on a
grounder to third
for a big second
out, but Alfredo
Bohorquez' apparent inningending grounder
RIO'S CHRIS FORD connects for a second inning sin- to second was
gle in the March 30 game two loss to St. Catharine.
errored and both
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Visiting St.
Catharine College completed a series
sweep of the University of Rio
Grande, rallying for a game one win
and hanging on late for a victory in
game two of the March 30 Mid-South
Conference baseball doubleheader at
Bob Evans Field.
The Patriots pushed across a pair
of unearned runs in the sixth inning
of the opener for a 3-1 win before
posting a 3-2 triumph in the nightcap.
SCC improved to 16-14 overall
and 10-5 in the MSC with the wins.
Rio Grande slipped to 13-20 over-
runners scored to make it 3-1.
Rio stranded a runner in scoring
position in the home sixth and
brought the would-be tying run to the
plate with one out in the bottom of
the ninth, but could not dent the plate.
Andrew Nelson picked up his second win in five decisions for SCC,
allowing five hits and a run in six innings. He also walked two and
fanned nine.
Jake McCoy earned his second
save in as many games and his sixth
of the season by tossing a scoreless
ninth inning for the Patriots. Deitsch
was the hard-luck loser for Rio, despite allowing just one hit and the
two unearned runs in 4-2/3 innings.
The RedStorm outhit the Patriots, 6
-4, in the opening game loss.
In the seven-inning nightcap, SCC
took a 2-0 lead in the third inning
thanks to an RBI double by Nick
Rosso and a run-scoring single by
Adrian Garcia and extended its cushion to 3-0 in the fifth when Garica
scored from second base on a two-out
single off the bat of Guevara.
Rio started the road back in the
home fifth thanks to a trio of errors
by the Patriots. Sophomore Kirk
Yates (Chillicothe, OH) and freshman Luis Jimenez (Salinas, Puerto
Rico) reached on consecutive errors
to begin the frame and Yates scored
thanks to a throwing error on freshman Clark Rice's (Louisa, KY) subsequent sacrifice bunt attempt to make
it 3-1.
The comeback short-circuited
when Jimenez was thrown out at the
plate trying to score on a bunt by Arroyo, junior Grant Tamane
(Pickering, Ontario, Canada) forced
Arroyo at second with a grounder to
second and sophomore Jonathan
Schob (Decatur, OH) struck out looking.
The RedStorm made it 3-2 in the
sixth when senior Marcus Makuch
(Baltimore, OH) singled to center
with two outs, moved to second on a
wild pitch and rode home on a single
to left by Yates, who was then thrown
out at second trying to advance into
scoring position on the throw to the
plate.
Rio did put a runner on base in the
seventh when Arroyo reached on a
two-out error, but SCC starter Steven
Borkowski wrapped up his complete
game effort by retiring Tamane on a
game-ending flyball to center.
Borkowski improved to 5-2 on the
season, allowing five hits and just
one earned run in his seven innings
on the mound. He did not walk a batter and struck out four.
Garcia finished 2-for-3 with a double and a run batted in, while Rosso
also had a double and an RBI for the
Patriots. Senior David Steele
(Kettering, OH) pitched well enough
to win, but suffered his fourth loss in
seven decisions. The right-hander
allowed seven hits and three runs - all
earned - while walking two and fanning eight over six innings.
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Patriots Rally Early, Hold Off Rio Late For Win
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Alfredo
Bohorquez had three hits and scored
a pair of runs, while four others had
two hits and two RBIs each as St.
Catharine College rallied from an
early four-run deficit to defeat the
University of Rio Grande, 9-6, Saturday morning, March 29, in MidSouth Conference baseball action at
Bob Evans Field.
The Patriots evened their overall
record at 14-14 with the win, improving to 8-5 in league play in the process.
Rio Grande saw a modest threegame win streak snapped, falling to
13-18 overall and 3-10 in the MSC.
The RedStorm jumped on SCC
starter John Werner for four first inning runs, but the Patriots tied the
game in the second, took the lead
with two runs in the fourth and extended their advantage with three
runs in the eighth inning.
St. Catharine banged out 15 hits
against Rio's southpaw duo of sophomore starter Kyle Miller
(Wilmington, OH) and junior reliever
Ryan Christophel (Cincinnati, OH).
In addition to Bohorquez' multi-hit
effort, the Patriots also got two hits
each from Francisco Gonzalez, Nick
Rosso, Adrian Garcia, Drew Kissel
and Eric Standafer.
Four members of the two-hit
qunitet - Gonzalez, Rosso, Garica
and Kissel - also drove in two runs
each.
Sophomore Chris Ford (Athens,
OH) led Rio Grande's 12-hit offensive attack, collecting a career-high
four hits in as many official at bats.
He was also hit by a pitch.
Fellow sophomore Kirk Yates
(Chillicothe, OH) had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs, while junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, Puerto
Rico) and senior Marcus Makuch
(Baltimore, OH) both had two hits
and one RBI.
Makuch had an RBI double, junior
Kyle Findley (Cincinnati, OH) added
a run-scoring single and Yates had a
two-run double as the RedStorm parlayed four hits and a pair of walks
into a 4-0 first inning lead.
SCC answered with four runs of its
own against
Miller in the
second thanks
to three hits
and three
walks. Kissel
and Gonzalez
both had tworun singles in
the frame.
The Patriots
took the lead
for good in the
fourth on a two
-out RBI single by Rosso
and a
subsquent runscoring single
RIO SECOND BASEMAN GRANT TAMANE applies a
by Garcia.
Rio Grande tag to St. Catharine's Drew Kissel during the Saturday,
closed to with- March 29, game.
in 6-5 in the
sixth inning when Yates led off with Christophel in the eighth inning.
a double and rode home on a two-out
Rosso and Garcia had RBI singles
bloop single to right-center by Arand Ty Broady plated the final run of
royo but, as a steady rain began to
the frame on a slow-rolling grounder
fall, SCC pulled away for good with to second which saw Garcia score all
three insurance markers against
the way from second base.
RedStorm Softball Takes Two From WVU Tech At Warriors’ Field
Rio Grande
Sports Information
BELLE, W.Va. - Jenna
Jones had four hits and drove
in three runs, while Jessi
Robinson added three hits
and two RBIs and Kim Rollins knocked in three runs to
lead the University of Rio
Grande in a doubleheader
sweep of West Virginia University Tech, Tuesday, April
1, in non-conference softball
action at Riverside High
School's Warriors' Field.
The RedStorm pushed
across three runs in the seventh inning to post a 5-2
opening game win over the
Golden Bears, while using
three big innings in the nightcap to record a 10-1 victory.
Rio Grande improved its
overall mark to 17-8 with the
sweep. WVU Tech saw its
record dip to 2-14 as a result
of the two losses.
Freshman Tiffany Bise
(Circleville, OH) earned the
win in the pitcher's circle in
both the games - the first in
relief and the second as the
starter - to improve to 8-2.
The right-hander allowed
three hits in 2-2/3 innings of
scoreless relief in game one,
while surrendering three hits
and an unearned run over
four innings in the back end
of the twinbill.
Rio took a 2-0 lead in the
opener with single runs in the
first and third innings. Jones,
a freshman from Lancaster,
Ohio, drove home the first
inning run with a groundout,
while the third inning marker
crossed on a throwing error.
Tech knotted the score at 2
-2 in the bottom of the third
against Rio freshman starter
Katie Noll (Loveland, OH)
when Emily Geldbach led off
with a single and rode home
on Megan Blythe's home run
to left field, but the RedStorm
rallied with three runs in their
final at bat to get the win.
Freshman Cheyenne
Hamaker (Hilliard, OH)
reached on a one-out double
to left-center and moved to
third on a single to center by
Robinson, a junior from Wilmington, Ohio. Robinson
then stole second before Rollins, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, plated Hamaker with the go-ahead run on a
single to left-center.
Jones followed with a bunt
single to bring home Robinson and Rollins eventually
came around to score as
sophomore teammate Mattie
Lanham (Rio Grande, OH)
reached on a passed ball
while striking out.
Mackenzie Wilson went
the distance in a losing cause
for the Golden Bears and finished with a career-high 11
strikeouts.
The game two win came a
bit easier for the RedStorm,
who scored 10 unanswered
markers after spotting Tech a
1-0 first inning lead.
The Golden Bears grabbed
their early advantage when
Geldbach reached on a twoout error, stole second and
scored on a single to center
by Ashley Boggs.
Rio answered in resounding fashion, though, scoring
three times in both the second
and third innings before closing out the day with a fourrun seventh inning uprising.
Hamaker had a run-scoring
single and Robinson had a
two-run single in the second
inning, while Jones had a solo
home run and freshman Kari
Jenkins (Jackson, OH) had a
run-scoring groundout in the
third. The seventh inning explosion was the product of
three Rio hits, four walks,
two Tech errors and a passed
ball. Two of the four runs
scored on a throwing error,
while the other two crossed
as a result of a double to leftcenter by Rollins.
Jones, who had three of her
four hits on the day in game
two, also tossed three innings
of two-hit scoreless relief.
She struck out six in the process. Rio Grande also got two
hits in the nightcap from
freshman Brittany Walk
(Unionville Center, OH).
Blythe had two of Tech's
five hits in the game. Boggs,
the first of three pitchers for
the Golden Bears, suffered
the loss.
RedStorm Baseball Shuts Down Ohio Christian University In Sweep
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - University of Rio
Grande pitching limited Ohio Christian University
to just one run and five hits over the course of two
games and the RedStorm rolled to a doubleheader
sweep of the Trailblazers, 9-0 and 4-1, in nonconference baseball action, Tuesday, April 1, at
Bob Evans Field.
Rio Grande, which ended a three-game losing
slide with the victories, upped its season record to
15-20.
Ohio Christian slipped to 1-17.
A quartet of Rio pitchers - two in each game also combined for 23 strikeouts on the day.
Sophomore Kirk Yates (Chillicothe, OH) and
junior Landon Hutchison (Baltimore, OH) teamed
on a two-hit shutout in the opener. Yates allowed
one hit and a pair of walks while striking out a career-high nine over five innings for his third win in
four decisions.
Offensively, senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore,
OH) had three hits - including a triple - and drove
in a pair of runs, while fellow senior David Steele
(Kettering, OH) took advantage of a rare nonpitching start by going 3-for-3 with a double.
Junior Grant Tamane added a double and two
runs scored to the winning effort, while junior
Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) drove in a
run and also scored twice.
In game two, the freshman duo of Daryin Lewis
(Circleville, OH) and Trent Downs (Kingston,
OH) authored a three-hitter. Lewis, who was making just his second pitching appearance of the season, allowed three hits and a run while walking
one and striking out 11 en route to his first collegiate decision.
Downs earned his first save by retiring the
Trailblazers in order in the seventh.
Tamane's 2-for-3 showing was the only multihit performance for the RedStorm in the nightcap.
Rio Grande grabbed the lead in the opener
thanks to a two-out, RBI triple in the third inning
by Makuch and extended its advantage to 3-0 in
the fourth thanks to a throwing error and a sacrifice fly by freshman Carlos Flores (Guayanilla,
Puerto Rico).
The lead reached 5-0 in the fifth as a result of
another throwing error and a run-scoring single by
Makuch, while a four-run sixth inning set the final
score. Junior Anthony Knittel (Portsmouth, OH)
had a sacrifice fly and sophomore Chris Ford
(Athens, OH) delivered an RBI single in the sixth.
A run-scoring single by freshman Luis Jimenez
(Salinas, Puerto Rico) gave Rio a 1-0 lead in the
second inning of game two, while sacrifice flies by
Makuch and Steele extended the cushion in the
third.
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RedStorm Baseball Blasts Bluefield College 12-0
Rio Grande Sports Information
BLUEFIELD, Va. - Marcus Makuch had two hits and drove in five
runs, while David Steele flirted with
perfection in a masterful pitching
performance as the University of Rio
Grande routed Bluefield (Va.) College, 12-0, in a mercy rule-shortened
Mid-South Conference game, Saturday, April 5, at chilly Bowen Field.
The RedStorm improved to 16-20
overall and 4-12 in league play with
their third straight win, snapping a
seven-game MSC losing streak in the
process.
Bluefield slipped to 22-11 overall
and 6-9 in the conference.
Makuch, a senior from Baltimore,
Ohio, had a two-run single for Rio in
the third inning and delivered a threerun double in what finished as a sixrun fifth inning uprising.
Steele, a senior right-hander from
Kettering, Ohio, allowed just one
baserunner in a complete game effort
- a fluke infield single by Tyler Timmer in the home half of the third.
"David should have had a perfect
game," said Rio Grande head coach
Brad Warnimont. "It was a popup
between the plate and the mound and
there was a little miscommunication
as to who was going to get it. The
ball hit the front slope of the mound
and had some english on it. It started
and rolling toward the foul line and,
just before it got there, David picked
it up and tried to make a play. Had he
let it go, it probably would've gone
foul. He was really upset with himself after the game. He threw the ball
very well."
Steele finished with four strikeouts
in evening his record at 4-4.
Rio also got two hits, three runs
scored and a run batted in from sophomore Chris Ford (Athens, OH),
while freshman Luis Jimenez
(Salinas, Puerto Rico) drove in a pair
of runs.
Zac Russell-Myers started and
took the loss for the Rams.
Rio Grande scored what proved to
be the only run it would need in the
second inning when Ford reached on
a one-out walk, moved to third on a
single by sophomore Kirk Yates
(Chillicothe, OH) and flyout by
Jimenez and then stole home as part
of a double-steal with Yates.
The lead reached 3-0 in the third.
Freshman Clark Rice (Louisa, KY)
led off with double and was replaced
by senior courtesy runner Eric Ford
(Chagrin Falls, OH), who moved to
third when junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa
Baja, Puerto Rico) reached on a bunt
single.
Arroyo reached scoring position as
a result of defensive indifference and,
one out later, Makuch brought both
runners home with a single to rightcenter.
It was the fifth inning, though,
when the RedStorm lowered the
boom on Russell-Myers and the
Rams.
Rice got things going with a walk
and was once again replaced by Ford,
who moved to third when Arroyo
was hit by a pitch and junior Grant
Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada)
reached on an infield single.
Makuch then lined an 0-2 pitch
down the left field line to clear the
bases and make it 6-0. One out later,
a single by Chris Ford allowed Makuch to score and, after Yates was hit
by a pitch and a passed ball, Jimenez
singled to right-center to plate both
runners and make it 9-0.
Rio set itself up for the mercy rule
win by pushing across three more
runs in the seventh inning.
Junior Kyle
Findley
(Cincinnati,
OH) led off
with a walk
and was replaced at first
base by freshman pinchrunner Carlos
Flores
(Guayanilla,
Puerto Rico),
who promptly
moved to second on a single SENIOR DAVID
STEELE tossed a
to right by
one-hit shutout in
Chris Ford.
the April 5 win at
Flores
Bluefield.
scored when
Yates' grounder to second was errored and Ford
crossed home when Jimenez hit a
grounder to first base that was also
errored.
Yates scored the final run of the
contest when freshman Daryin Lewis
(Circleville, OH) grounded into a
double-play.
RedStorm Softball Divides Two With Shawnee State University
Rio Grande Sports Information
WEST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - Tiffany Bise
threw the first shutout of her collegiate career and
Kim Rollins cracked a solo home run to lead the
University
of Rio
Grande to a
game two
win and a
doubleheader split
with rival
Shawnee
State University,
Saturday,
April 5, in
Mid-South
Conference
softball
action at
Boone
Coleman
Field.
FRESHMAN TIFFANY BISE
Rio's 3tossed her first collegiate shutout in 0 victory
the April 5 split with Shawnee. State. in game
two came on the heels of a dramatic 1-0 win by the
Bears in the opener of the twinbill.
The split - Rio's second in as many meetings
with Shawnee State this season - left head coach
Kristen Bradshaw's RedStorm at 18-9 overall and
11-7 in the MSC.
Shawnee State finished the day at 18-11 overall
and 10-8 in league play.
Bise, a freshman from Circleville, Ohio,
blanked the Shawnee State Bears on just four hits
and 76 pitches. She also issued a pair of walks and
didn't record a strikeout in improving to 9-2 for the
season.
Rollins, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, hit
her club-best seventh home run of the season in
the top of the third inning, lining a 1-0 pitch from
Shawnee starter Miranda Pauley over the fence in
the left-center to extend the RedStorm lead to 2-0.
Rio had pushed across a second inning marker
against Pauley when freshman Jenna Jones
(Lancaster, OH) led off with a single and eventually rode home on a two-out single to center by
freshman Shaena Long (Wellston, OH).
The RedStorm added their final run of the day
in the sixth when Jones led off with a single, was
bunted into scoring position and scored when junior Haley Gwin's (Troy, OH) grounder up the mid-
dle got off the glove of a diving Kirsti Yates, the
Shawnee State shortstop.
Jones and freshman Cheyenne Hamaker
(Hilliard, OH) had two hits each in the win for Rio
Grande.
Hannah Foster had two of Shawnee State's four
hits and Abby Barrett added a double in a losing
cause.
Pauley went the distance in the loss for the
Bears, dropping to 8-3 on the season.
The opening game was a pitcher's duel between
Jones and Shawnee State's Allie Chapman.
Chapman (10-6) walked three and allowed only
a pair of singles by freshman Alex Kuhn (Oak
Hill, OH), while striking out three.
Jones (9-7) walked seven, but allowed just five
hits and struck out three. She worked out of basesloaded jams in each of the first two innings and
stranded two runners in the Shawnee sixth, but the
Bears managed to push across the game-winning
run in their final at bat.
Holly Brabson led off with walk, moved to second on a groundout and took third on a wild pitch
before Hannah Dittoe grounded a single to center
to plate the game-winner.
Yates had two hits, including a double, in the
win for SSU.
Bluefield Rams Tough On Redstorm Baseball In Doubleheader Sweep
Rio Grande Sports Information
BLUEFIELD, Va. - For the University of Rio Grande baseball team,
the April 6 doubleheader against
Bluefield (Va.) College turned out to
be far from the optimum follow-up
showing to, arguably, the club's biggest win of the season.
The homestanding Rams rallied
late to win game one and then never
trailed in game two, sweeping the
RedStorm, 5-4 and 5-2, in Mid-South
Conference action at sunny Bowen
Field Rio Grande, which posted a 120 mercy rule-shortened win in the
series opener on Saturday night,
slipped to 16-22 overall and 4-14 in
league play with the losses.
Head coach Brad Warnimont's
team finds itself 2-1/2 games out of
eighth place in the league with only
nine conference contests remaining.
The top eight teams in the 10-team
league qualify for the post-season
tournament in early May.
Bluefield, which improved to 2411 overall and 8-9 in the MSC, currently sits in seventh place in the conference standings, two games ahead
of the University of the Cumberlands
and the University of Pikeville.
However, the league's near top-tobottom logjam has the Rams just two
games behind Campbellsville University and Shawnee State University,
who are tied for second behind current leader Georgetown College.
In game one, Rio Grande rallied
from a 3-1 first inning deficit only to
watch the Rams score twice in the
bottom of the ninth for the win.
Rio took a 1-0 lead in the first on
consecutive two-out singles by junior
Kyle Findley (Cincinnati, OH), senior David Steele (Kettering, OH) and
sophomore Chris Ford, but Bluefield
countered with an RBI double by
Jakob Schober and run-scoring singles by Jacob Wright and Sawyer
McLamb to go in front.
The RedStorm mounted a rally of
their own, though, scoring single runs
in the second, fourth and fifth innings
to take the lead. Senior Marcus Makuch singled home the second inning
run, while freshman Daryin Lewis
(Circleville, OH) had an RBI single
in the fourth and Steele plated the goahead run with a fifth inning
groundout.
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Wilson Leads RedStorm At Wittenberg Invitational
Rio Grande Sports Information
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Freshman
Austin Wilson had a pair of top five
finishes, while fellow freshman Dallas Guy set a new personal record
with a second place finish of his own
to lead the University of Rio Grande
track & field team at the April 5 Wittenberg University Invitational.
Wilson, a native of Gallipolis,
Ohio and a transfer from Coastal Carolina, took second place in the men's
100m dash with a time of 11.11,
while also placing fifth in the 200m
dash after crossing the finish line in
22.89.
Guy, a native of Buffalo, Ohio,
shaved nearly a minute off of his previous personal best in the men's
5,000m run, finishing in second place
with a time of 15:56.38.
Guy was among 14 Rio Grande
athletes who established new personal-best efforts during the meet. The
group also included freshman Nate
Kosnich (Pickerington, OH), who
placed third in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 15.09; freshman
Clint Campbell (Malta, OH), who
was third in the men's 400m hurdles
with a showing of 56.86; freshmen
Nate Goodhart (Kent, OH) and Blake
Freed (Uhrichsville, OH), who placed
third and fourth, respectively, in the
men's 3,000m Steeplechase with
times of 10:48.50 and 10:54.98;
freshman Andrea Edelmann
(Gallipolis, OH), who recorded a
third-place finish in the women's triple jump with an effort of 31-10.75
and who placed 12th in the women's
100m hurdles with a time of 17.68;
freshman Matt Engstrom (Dover,
OH), who was fifth in the men's
5,000m run after finishing in
16:28.15; freshman Alex Nichols
(Pickerington, OH), who was fifth in
the men's discus with a toss of 12901; freshman Floyd Lowry (St. Paris,
OH), who took seventh place in both
the men's 110m high hurdles and
400m hurdles with times of 16.18 and
58.65, respectively; senior Mary Beth
Schramm (Marietta, OH), who was
eighth in the women's hammer throw
with a heave of 139-05; sophomore
Tim Warner (Pomeroy, OH), who
was 12th in the men's 400m dash after finishing in 53.98; freshman Katie
Glover (Ashville, OH), who took
12th place in the women's 1,500m
run with a time of 5:24.23; freshman
Lane Hagar (Hilliard, OH), who was
12th in the men's 1,500m run after
crossing in a time of 4:22.72; and
freshman Issac Andrews
(Nelsonville, OH), who was 12th in
the men's discus with a toss of 108-09
and 15th in the men's hammer throw
with a heave of 84-06.
Rio Grande also had a number of
other top 15 finishes on both the
men's and women's side of things.
Among the men's high finishers for
the RedStorm was senior Kaleb
Kimber (Salisbury, NC), who placed
third in the high jump with an effort
of 6-00.75; sophomore Kyle Sanborn
(Dover, OH), who finished third in
the 1,500m run with a time of
4:10.84; Andrews, who was fifth in
the shot put with a throw of 41-10.50;
sophomore Andrew Lawrence
(Gallipolis, OH), who was fifth in the
javelin throw with a toss of 94-07 and
13th in the discus with an effort of 97
-08; freshman Charlie Ronan
(Cincinnati, OH), who placed sixth in
the 100m dash
and ninth in the
200m dash with
times of 11.38 and
23.27, respectively; Lowry, who
was seventh in the
javelin throw with
a heave of 80-11;
freshman Brandon RIO'S AUSRay (Columbus, TIN WILSON
OH), who was
had a pair of top
seventh in the tri- five finishes in
ple jump with a
the April 5 Witleap of 37-09.50; tenberg Invitafreshman David
tional.
Bakenhaster
(Frankfort, OH),
who was 10th in the long jump with a
leap of 17-05.50; Nichols, who
placed 12th in the hammer throw
with an effort of 115-10; and freshman Aaron Evancho (Mt. Perry, OH),
who placed 14th in the 400m dash
with a time of 54.85.
Two men's relay teams also finished in the top six.
The 4x100 relay, comprised of
Wilson, Ronan, Lowry and Kosnich,
placed fourth with a time of 44.24,
while the 4x400 relay team - featuring Warner, Evancho, Sanborn and
sophomore Jerrele Lyles (Dublin,
OH) - was sixth in a time of 3:34.40.
Rio's top showings on the women's
side included junior Allison Keeney
(Cincinnati, OH), who took fourth
place in the high jump at 4-04.00;
freshman Lauren Stacy (Bethel, OH),
who was fourth in the discus at 11802, seventh in the shot put with a toss
of 35-07.75 and 10th in the hammer
throw with an effort of 127-02; freshman Alex Ellis (Ona, WV), who was
fifth in the 800m run with a time of
2:32.62; freshman Clarissa Johnson
(Hillsboro, OH), who was fifth in the
long jump with a leap of 14-08.50
and sixth in the 400m hurdles with a
time of 1:11.12; freshman Chantal
Higgin (Delaware, OH), who was
sixth in the 100m dash and ninth in
the 200m dash with times of 13.52
and 27.03, respectively; junior Brittany Piccone (Crooksville, OH), who
was sixth in the 5,000m run with a
time of 21:03.21; sophomore Ciara
Herring (Cleveland, OH), who placed
sixth in the shot put with a toss of 3600.00; sophomore Carrie Coriell
(Lucasville, OH), who was sixth in
the discus at 111-08, ninth in the shot
put with a toss of 35-04.50 and ninth
in the hammer throw with an effort of
128-05; junior Renee Davis
(Amsterdam, OH), who was 10th in
the 400m hurdles with a time of
1:14.27; freshman Lindsey Golden
(Milford, OH), who was 10th in the
800m run after crossing the finish
line in 2:49.62; and sophomore Lauren Rhoads (Waverly, OH), who
placed 10th in the shot put at 3008.25 and 11th in the both the hammer throw and discus with heaves of
118-11 and 85-08, respectively.
The women's 4x100 relay, which
included Davis, Johnson and Higgin,
placed fifth with a time of 54.23.
As a team, the Rio Grande men
finished fourth with 94 points and the
women were fifth with 53 points. Tiffin University won both team divisions, while Otterbein and Wittenberg
finished ahead of the Rio men and the
trio of Wittenberg, Otterbein and
Ohio Dominican also outscored the
RedStorm women.
RedStorm Baseball Shakes Slow Start, Routs Cougars
RIO GRANDE'S KIRK YATES
had three hits and drove in three
runs in the April 8 win over OULancaster.
Rio Grande Sports Information
LANCASTER, Ohio - Kirk Yates
had three hits and drove in three runs,
while teammate Kevin Arroyo added
two hits and four RBIs to lead the
University of Rio Grande in a 16-3
mercy rule-shortened win over Ohio
University-Lancaster, Tuesday, April
9, in non-conference baseball action
at Beavers Field.
Senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore,
OH) and freshman Luis Jimenez
(Salinas, Puerto Rico) also had two
RBIs each for the RedStorm, who
improved to 17-22 for the season.
The Cougars dropped to 7-6 with
the loss.
Rio Grande scored 16 unanswered
runs - four in both the fourth and
sixth innings and eight in the seventh
- after OU-L bolted to a 3-0 just five
batters into the contest.
Drew Wollenberg reached on a one
-out infield single against Rio sophomore starter Kyle Miller
(Wilmington, OH) and moved to second when Ben Kerr drew a walk, setting the stage for a two-run double
along the right field line by Dalton
McKee. McKee was thrown out at
third on the same play trying to
stretch his run-scoring hit into a tri-
ple.
Luis Mejia followed with a rocket
over the fence in left to give the Cougars a 3-0 lead.
But from that point on, it was all
Rio Grande.
Miller, who collected his third win
in seven decisions, limited OU-L to
just two hits and three total baserunners over his final 5-2/3 innings of
work and junior right-hander Landon
Hutchison (Baltimore, OH) worked a
perfect seventh inning to wrap things
up.
Meanwhile, after being no-hit for 3
-1/3 innings by OU-L starter Mitch
Harding, the RedStorm began their
comeback in the fourth.
Junior Kyle Findley (Cincinnati,
OH) struck out to begin the inning,
but reached base safely on a throwing
error after a dropped third strike. He
scored moments later after a trio of
wild pitches by Harding.
Senior David Steele (Kettering,
OH) then reached on a walk and, one
out later, moved to third following a
single by Yates - Rio's first of the
game - and a walk to Jimenez.
Harding was lifted in favor of former Rio Grande pitcher Donson
Dearth, who promptly uncorked a
wild pitch of his own to make it 3-2.
One out later, freshman Clark Rice
(Louisa, KY) was hit by a pitch to
reload the bases and Arroyo followed
with a single to left to score Yates
and Jimenez and give Rio a 4-3 lead.
The RedStorm tacked on four more
runs in the sixth - all of the unearned
variety - thanks to three hits and as
many Cougar errors.
Jimenez began the inning with
bunt that Dearth bobbled for an error,
moved to second on a bloop single to
right by freshman Daryin Lewis
(Circleville, OH) and scored when
Dearth threw wildly past first base on
a sacrifice bunt attempt by Rice.
Freshman Carlos Flores
(Guayanilla, Puerto Rico) came on to
run for Rice and immediately stole
second base, setting the stage for a
two-run double to right-center by
Makuch, who scored himself two batters later on a single to right by
Steele, extending the lead to 8-3.
Rio Grande then puts itself in position for the run-rule victory by exploding for eight runs in the seventh.
Yates, a sophomore from Chillicothe, Ohio, greeted reliever Matt Leckrone with a home run to right-center
to make it 9-3.
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Jones Leads Rio RedStorm To Split With Jackets
Rio Grande
Sports Information
INSTITUTE, W.Va. - Jenna Jones clubbed a two-run
eighth inning home run to lift
the University of Rio Grande
to a game two win and a doubleheader split with West
Virginia State University,
Wednesday, April 9, in nonconference softball action at
Lady Jackets Field.
Rio's 6-4 extra innings win
in the nightcap came on the
heels of the Yellow Jackets
rallying from an early 4-0
deficit to post a 13-5 mercy
rule-shortened victory in the
opener.
The split left the RedStorm's overall record at 1910, while WVSU - a member
of the NCAA Division II
Mountain East Conference finished the day at 19-17.
Jones' game-winning blast
in game two put Rio in front
to stay after it had coughed
up leads of 2-0 and 4-3 late in
the contest.
The RedStorm took a 1-0
lead in the second inning
when Jones - a freshman
from Lancaster, Ohio - led
off with a double and eventually scored on a two-out
passed ball. The lead reached
2-0 in the fifth when junior
Haley Gwin (Troy, OH) led
off with a double and scored
on a two-out single by fresh-
man Cheyenne Hamaker
(Hilliard, OH), but the Jackets rallied in the home half of
the fifth to take the lead.
Victoria Crawford had a
two-run double to tie the
game and eventually scored
the go-ahead marker on a
fielder's choice grounder to
second by Mattie Best.
Jones hit a two-out home
run in the sixth to tie the
game and Gwin homered
with one out in the top of the
seventh to give Rio the lead
back, but WVSU tied the
game again in the bottom of
the seventh thanks to an error
and the contest headed to extra innings.
Sophomore Mattie Lanham
(Rio Grande, OH) doubled to
right-center with one out in
the eighth, setting the stage
for a mammoth home run to
left-center by Jones - her
fourth homer of the season to give Rio the lead for good.
But the win didn't come
without some tense moments
in the home half of the
eighth. Kelsey Martin and
Sydney Kaplan opened the
frame with consecutive singles, but both were ruled out
moments later on Dee Dee
Loftis' groundball to shortstop when Martin was called
for interfering with Hamaker's ability to field the ball.
Jones then induced Anna
Eggleston to groundout to
second for the game's final
out.
Jones finished 3-for-4 at
the plate with three runs
scored and three RBIs, while
Hamaker and Gwin each had
two hits and drove in a run.
Freshman Alex Kuhn (Oak
Hill, OH) added a double to
the winning effort.
Jones improved to 10-7 in
the pitcher's circle with the
win, allowing 11 hits and
four runs - three of which
were earned - while striking
out three. Crawford had two
hits and the two RBIs, while
Best had two hits and drove
in a run and Hannah Griffith
added a triple in a losing
cause for the Yellow Jackets.
Eggleston suffered the loss
in the circle for WVSU, allowing nine hits and six runs
- five earned - while walking
one and fanning four.
In the opener, Rio Grande
grabbed a 4-0 second inning
lead, but watched as the Yellow Jackets rallied and closed
the game with 10 unanswered
runs to win going away.
Hamaker opened the contest with her first collegiate
home run before adding a run
-scoring single in the RedStorm's three-run second inning. Junior Jessi Robinson
(Wilmington, OH) also had
an RBI single in the frame.
Ronan Leads RedStorm
At All-Ohio Championships
Rio Grande Sports Information
CINCINNATI, Ohio - Charlie Ronan had a pair of top 15 finishes, while Kyle
Sanborn had a sixth place finish to lead the University of Rio Grande at the AllOhio Track & Field Championships hosted by the University
of Cincinnati.
Ronan, a freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, placed 11th in
the men's 100m dash with a time of 11.01 and was 15th in the
200m dash with a time of 22.92.
Sanborn, a sophomore from Dover, Ohio, took sixth in the
men's 800m run after crossing the finish line in 1:55.37.
Rio Grande, which finished 14th in the men's team competition, also got a seventh place finish from freshman Brandon
Ray (Columbus, OH) in the men's triple jump with a leap of
11.79m and a seventh place showing in the men's 4x400 relay
with a time of 3:40.23.
RIO'S CHARLIE
The foursome was comprised of Sanborn, sophomore Tim
RONAN had a pair
Warner (Pomeroy, OH), freshman Aaron Evancho
of top 15 finishes at
(Zanesville, OH) and freshman Adrian Shields (Fleming,
the All-Ohio
OH).
Championships.
Other top 15 showings for the RedStorm were provided by
senior Kaleb Kimber (Salisbury, NC), who was 10th in the men's high jump with a
leap of 1.89m; freshman Issac Andrews (Nelsonville, OH), who was 12th in the
men's shot put with a toss of 13.38m; and freshman Austin Wilson (Gallipolis, OH),
who was 13th in the men's 100m dash with a time of 11.19.
Rio also got a 12th place finish from its women's 4x400 relay team, who finished
in 4:24.62.
The quartet included freshman Shelby Pickens (Racine, OH), freshman Katie
Glover (Ashville, OH), freshman Alex Ellis (Ona, WV) and freshman Clarrisa Johnson (Hillsboro, OH).
Akron won the men's team title with 205 points, with Cincinnati (138) and Miami
-Ohio (129.5) rounding out the top three.
Akron also won the women's title with 199 points, with Cincinnati (109.5) and
Miami-Ohio (97) completing the top three.
WVSU
parlayed
three hits
and three
Rio errors into
a trio of
unearned
runs in
the home
second
and, after
the RedStorm got
one of
RIO'S JENNA JONES watches the flight of her
the runs eighth inning home run in the April 9 game two
back on a win at WV State.
two-out
run-scoring infield single by - all earned - while walking
Gwin in the top of the third, one and striking out five.
Best clubbed a leadoff home
Hamaker had three hits to
run in the bottom half of the go along with her two runs
inning to get the Jackets
batted in, while Robinson
within 5-4.
finished 2-for-4 with an RBI
WVSU took the lead for
in a losing cause.
good by scoring five times in
Freshman starter Katie
the fourth inning before inNoll (Loveland, OH), who
voking the eight-run mercy
retired the first five batters
rule with two runs in both the she faced in the game, suffifth and sixth innings.
fered the loss in her first colKaplan had three hits, in- legiate decision. The rightcluding two doubles, and
hander allowed nine hits and
drove in two runs to lead the nine runs - only two of which
Yellow Jackets, while Sabri- were earned - while walking
na Schouten, Best and Loftis one and striking out one in 3all had two hits and two RBIs 1/3 innings.
in the victory. Crawford also
Fellow freshman Tiffany
finished 3-for-3 with a trio of Bise (Circleville, OH) tossed
stolen bases. Eggleton earned the final 2-1/3 innings, allowthe win in the circle, surren- ing seven hits and four runs
dering nine hits and five runs in the process.
Late Rally By RedStorm Falls Short
Rio Grande Sports Information
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - Campbellsville University methodically built a four-run lead and then held off a late rally by the University of Rio Grande for a 4-3 win, Saturday, April 12, in MidSouth Conference baseball action at HIG Field.
The Tigers, who eliminated Rio Grande from last year's MSC
Tournament, won for the sixth straight time and improved to 22-14
overall and 11-7 in the MSC.
The RedStorm slipped to 17-23 overall and 4-15 in league play
with the loss - their 11th setback by two runs or less among the 15
conference losses.
Campbellsville scored single markers in the second, third, fifth
and eighth innings to back a solid pitching performance from starter Brett DeRooy, who took a five-hit shutout into the ninth inning.
Rio Grande shaved the deficit to one in the ninth by scoring
three times on five hits, but T.R. Dunne came on to record the final
out for his second save of the season.
Jaime Valle had a run-scoring single in the second inning and a
throwing error in the third gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead, before Alex
Kline added an RBI single in the sixth and Steve Ferraro plated
what proved to be a big insurance run with a pinch-hit single in the
home half of the eighth.
Rio more than made it interesting in the ninth. Sophomores
Chris Ford (Athens, OH) and Kirk Yates (Chillicothe, OH) opened
the inning with back-to-back singles and both scored on a double
by freshman Luis Jimenez (Salinas, Puerto Rico), who was thrown
out at third trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
Freshman Daryin Lewis (Circleville, OH) followed with a single
to right-center and, one out later, moved to second on a single by
junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico). DeRooy was lifted
in favor of Dunne, who surrendered a grounder to third off the bat
of junior Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) which was
errored, with Lewis scoring and Arroyo and Tamane ending up at
third and second, respectively.
Dunne then struck out senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore, OH)
to end both the threat and the game.
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RedStorm Softball Rebounds, Splits With Patriots
Rio Grande Sports Information
ST. CATHARINE, Ky. - Jenna
Jones tossed a complete game fivehitter and Kim Rollins drove in a pair
of runs to lead the University of Rio
Grande to a game two win and a doubleheader split St. Catharine College,
Saturday, April 12, in Mid-South
Conference softball action at Salt
River Electric Field.
The RedStorm posted a 5-2 win in
the back end of the twinbill after the
Patriots posted a 7-2 victory in the
opener. The two teams also divided
their doubleheader in Rio Grande in
March.
The split left Rio Grande at 20-11
overall and 12-8 in the MSC, while
St. Catharine finished the day at 1221 overall and 8-16 in league play.
Jones, a freshman from Lancaster, and Hamaker both scored two runs
Ohio, allowed just a first inning RBI each.
single by Taylor Steff and a solo
Cammuse had two hits in the loss
home run by Krystal
for the Patriots,
Cammuse en route to
The RedStorm post- while Brittany
her 11th win in 19 deMcKee started and
ed a 5-2 win in the took the loss inside
cisions. The righthander walked one
back end of the
the pitcher's circle.
and struck out three,
In the opener, St.
twinbill after the Pawhile helping her own
Catharine took a 1-0
cause at the plate with triots posted a 7-2 vic- lead in the second
a fifth inning sacrifice
tory in the opener. inning thanks to an
fly.
RBI double by
Rollins, a sophomore from Cincin- McKee, before adding two runs in
nati, Ohio, sealed the win with a two- the third inning and four runs in the
run double in the seventh inning,
sixth on a Brandi Hood grand slam
while freshman Cheyenne Hamaker home run.
(Hilliard, OH) and junior Haley Gwin
Rio Grande, which managed just
(Troy, OH) added two hits each. Jun- one hit off of Cammuse through the
ior Jessi Robinson (Wilmington, OH) first six innings, avoided a shutout in
the seventh when
Jones doubled,
moved to third on
a passed ball and
scored on a
throwing error.
Two outs later,
Gwin hit her third
home run of the
year.
McKee had a
pair of doubles to FRESHMAN
the St. Catharine CHEYENNE
offensive attack. HAMAKER had
Cammuse im- two hits and two
proved to 4-9
runs scored in
with the victory, the April 12
while Jones start- game two win.
ed and went the
distance in the loss for the RedStorm.
Campbellsville Lady Tigers sweep RedStorm Softball
Rio Grande Sports Information
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - Victoria Decker
tossed a two-hit shutout in game one, while Kristin
Benton went 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs in
the nightcap to lead Campbellsville University to a
doubleheader sweep of the University of Rio
Grande, Sunday, April 13, in Mid-South Conference softball action at Veterans Memorial Park.
The Lady Tigers ran their overall record to 3115 and improved to 18-10 in conference play with
victories of 6-0 and 10-4.
The RedStorm, who were swept for the first
time in league play this season, dropped to 20-13
overall and 12-10 in the MSC.
In the opening game, Decker allowed just a single by freshman Jenna Jones (Lancaster, OH) and
a double by freshman Shanea Long (Wellston,
OH) in a complete game effort. She did not walk a
batter and recorded four strikeouts en route to her
12th win against eight losses.
The Lady Tigers scored twice in the first inning
against Jones, before adding a single run in the
third and three more markers in the fourth to blow
the game open.
Only two of the six runs allowed by Jones in her
4-1/3 inning stint in the circle were earned as a
result of five Rio Grande errors.
Adrean Jordan had two hits to lead CU, while
Shelby Ray, Heather Oakley, Sara Paragon and
Erin Benton all drove in one run each.
In game two, Oakley gave the Lady Tigers a 2-0
lead with a two-run first inning home run before
Rio tied the game in the second on a two-run home
run by junior Haley Gwin (Troy, OH).
Campbellsville pulled away, though, with two
more runs in both the second and third innings and
a single run in the fourth to take a 7-2 lead. Benton's first home run accounted for the fourth inning run.
The RedStorm closed the gap to 7-4 in the sixth
on a two-run homer by sophomore Ariel Roder
(Parma Heights, OH), but the Tigers set the final
score with three runs in the home sixth. Benton's
second circuit-clout and a home run by Brittany
Rippy highlighted the threerun sixth.
Gwin finished with two hits
and sophomore Kim Rollins
(Cincinnati, OH) added a
double, while freshman Tiffany Bise (Circleville, OH)
started and took the loss for
Rio Grande.
In addition to her three hits
and two RBIs, Benton also
scored four times for the TiJUNIOR HAgers.
Oakley and Markie Smith LEY GWIN had a
added two hits and two RBIs two-run home run
in the April 13 loss
each in the winning effort,
at Campbellsville.
while Jordan also had two
hits.
Taylor Wroe earned her 13th win in 15 decisions despite allowing five hits and all four runs in
5-1/3 innings in the circle. She also walked two
and struck out seven.
Campbellsville Tigers Complete Sweep of Rio Baseball
Rio Grande Sports Information
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - A season of "close, but no cigar" finishes
for the University
of Rio Grande
baseball team
continued on Sunday, April 13.
The snakebitten RedStorm
were swept by
host Campbellsville University, 4
-3 in 11 innings
and 5-2, in MidSouth Conference
play at HIG Field.
JUNIOR KEVIN Rio finished the
ARROYO had day at 17-25 overtwo hits in both all and 4-17 in the
ends of the April MSC after the two
13 DH loss at losses. Of the 17
Campbellsville. league setbacks,
12 have been by
two runs or less and eight have been
by one run - including three in extra
innings.
Campbellsville ran its winning
streak to eight straight with the
sweep, upping its record to 24-14
overall and 13-7 in the MSC in the
Tiger pitching.
process.
The RedStorm took a 1-0 lead in
The Tigers pushed across the game the first inning and tied the game at 2
-winner in the home half of the 11th -2 in the sixth before going in front
inning on a two-out
again with a run in
RBI single by Jacob
the 10th inning.
The snake-bitten RedRussell off of Rio
CU tied the game
sophomore reliever
in
the home 10th
Storm were swept by host
Kyle Miller
and scored the game
Campbellsville University, -winner one inning
(Wilmington, OH),
who came on in the
4-3 in 11 innings and 5-2, later.
10th inning when senSophomore Kirk
in Mid-South Conference
ior starter David
Yates (Chillicothe,
play at HIG Field. Rio OH) and freshman
Steele (Kettering,
OH) was lifted.
finished the day at 17-25 Luis Jimenez
Russell finished
(Salinas, Puerto Rioverall and 4-17 in the co) drove in runs,
with three of CU's 11
hits, while teammates MSC after the two losses. while Miller sufCarlos Torres, Alex
fered his fifth loss in
Kline and Ricky
eight decisions for
McColloch all had two hits each.
Rio.
Torres, McColloch and Jaime Valle
Steele scattered nine hits and two
also drove in one run each.
walks over 9-1/3 innings. He was
Rio Grande had just five hits, incharged with three of the runs scored
cluding two each by junior Kevin Ar- by the Tigers and also struck out
royo (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) and
eight.
senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore,
T.R. Dunne, the last of three CU
OH), but failed to take advantage of pitchers, got the win to improve to 4six CU errors and a total of four hit
0 on the season.
batsmen and three walks issued by
In the seven-inning nightcap, the
Tigers snapped a scoreless tie with a
pair of fourth inning runs and blew
the game open with three fifth inning
markers against Rio senior starter
Eric Ford (Chagrin Falls, OH).
The RedStorm made things interesting down the stretch, scoring twice
and leaving the bases loaded in the
sixth inning and leaving runners at
second and third in the seventh inning.
Junior Grant Tamane (Pickering,
Ontario, Canada) had a sacrifice fly
and Jimenez added a run-scoring single in the sixth for Rio.
Arroyo finished 2-for-3 for the
RedStorm, who had just six hits as a
team. Ford slipped to 0-6 with the
loss, allowing seven hits and five
runs - three earned - in 4-2/3 innings
of work.
Valle finished 2-for-2 with two
RBIs to lead Campbellsville, while
Ryan Squires also had two hits and
drove in a run.
Allen Hewey improved to 5-1 for
the Tigers, allowing two hits and two
runs over 5-1/3 innings. Alex Kline
worked a scoreless seventh for his
second save.
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Rio Softball Blanks Cumberlands In Doubleheader Sweep
at Rio Softball Park.
The RedStorm collected wins by
scores of 4-0 and 5-0, improving to
22-13 overall and 14-10 in the MSC.
The Patriots finished the day at 1322 overall and 10-12 in league play.
Jones, a freshman from Lancaster,
Ohio, allowed just a one-out single in
the second inning to UC's Tori Poma
en route to her
12th win in 21
decisions. She
walked two
and struck out
six.
Bise, a
freshman from
Circleville,
Ohio, surrendered a oneout infield single to Missy
Buchanan in
the first inning
and a leadoff
single to Mary
Beth Hogue in
the sixth inRIO'S ALEX KUHN connects for an RBI single in the
ning of game
fifth inning of the April 16 game two win over Cumbertwo. She
lands.
walked one
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RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Jenna
Jones tossed a one-hit shutout and
teammate Tiffany Bise followed up
with a two-hit shutout of her own as
the University of Rio Grande swept a
doubleheader from the University of
the Cumberlands, Wednesday, April
16, in Mid-South Conference softball
and struck out three, while improving
to 10-3 on the season.
Cumberlands had just two runners
advance as far as second base in both
games.
Offensively, Rio Grande inflicted
all the damage that it needed to in the
first inning of game one.
Junior Jessi Robinson
(Wilmington, OH) reached on a oneout single, moved to second on a single by sophomore Kim Rollins
(Cincinnati, OH) and scored on a
double to left by Jones. Sophomore
Ariel Roder (Parma Heights, OH)
followed with a two-run double to
left-center to make it 3-0.
The RedStorm tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when Jones
reached on a one-out walk and scored
on a two-out double by junior Haley
Gwin (Troy, OH).
Jones finished 2-for-2 in the victory.
Nichol Chesley started and took
the loss for UC, allowing seven hits
and a walk while striking out five.
In game two, Rio Grande pushed
across single markers in the second
and third innings before blowing
things open with three runs in the
fifth.
Freshman Shaena Long (Wellston,
OH) plated the second inning run
with a two-out single which scored
Gwin, who had reached on a one-out
single.
Rollins had a two-out RBI single
in the third to score freshman Cheyenne Hamaker (Hilliard, OH), who
had reached via a fielder's choice earlier in the inning.
The three-run fifth inning uprising
began with a one-out single by Robinson, who scored moments later on a
double to left-center by Rollins.
Jones followed with a single which
moved Rollins to third and, when the
throw to second on Jones' subsequent
steal attempt of second was dropped
for an error, Rollins raced home to
make it 4-0.
Jones also stole third and scored on
a two-out single by freshman Alex
Kuhn (Oak Hill, OH).
Rollins and Gwin both finished 2for-3 in the victory.
Ashleigh Hopf started and took the
loss for the Patriots, allowing all nine
Rio hits and the five runs - four
earned - over five innings. She did
not walk a batter and fanned three.
RedStorm Baseball Tops Ohio University In Close Game
opponent, no less.
Anthony Knittel and Mike Deitsch
combined on a two-hit shutout and
the RedStorm pushed across a pair of
sixth inning runs en route to a 2-0
win over Ohio University, Wednesday, April 16, at Bob Wren Stadium.
Rio Grande improved to 18-25
with the
victory,
just its
sixth of the
year in 22
games decided by
two runs or
less.
Ohio, a
member of
the MidAmerican
Conference,
slipped to
5-28 with
JUNIOR ANTHONY KNITTEL allowed just two hits over 8- an 11th
1/3 innings in the April 16 win at Ohio U.
straight
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ATHENS, Ohio - After finding
themselves on the short end of so
many narrow losses this season, the
University of Rio Grande finally
found a way to emerge victorious in a
close game.
And against an NCAA Division I
loss. The Bobcats also remained winless in 11 outings at home this season.
Knittel, a junior left-hander from
Portsmouth, Ohio, authored his best
performance in a Rio uniform, taking
a one-hitter into the bottom of the
ninth.
The Bobcats picked up their second hit of the contest on a one-out
single by Jake Madsen, prompting
Rio head coach Brad Warnimont to
lift Knittel in favor of Deitsch, a senior from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Deitsch induced John Adryan to hit
into a fielder's choice grounder to
second, which forced Madsen, before
surrendering a walk to Tyler Wells
that put the tying runs on base and
brought the potential game-winning
run to the plate.
The threat - and the game - ended,
though, when Deitsch struck out Austin Rieman looking for the final out
and his second save of the season.
Knittel evened his record at 3-3,
allowing four walks in addition to the
two hits in his 8-1/3 innings. He
struck out two.
In the second, Adryan opened the
inning with a walk and, one out later,
Rieman drew a free pass as well.
However, Adryan was thrown out at
third on the front end of a double
steal attempt and, after Knittel issued
his third walk of the inning to Garrett
Black, Anthony Winters popped out
to first base to end the inning.
Rio Grande, which had left runners
in scoring position in the first, third
and fifth innings, finally scored a
breakthrough in the sixth inning by
pushing across both of its runs
against Ohio starter Gerry Salisbury.
Sophomore Chris Ford, who was
making a return to his hometown,
slapped a two-out double to right and
scored on a single to left by freshman
Luis Jimenez (Salinas, Puerto Rico).
Freshman Daryin Lewis (Circleville,
OH) followed with a single that sent
Jimenez to third and, after Lewis
stole second, Salisbury was called for
a balk to force home the second run.
Rio Win Over Ohio University First Ever
Victory Against Division I Foe — Perhaps
RIO GRANDE'S LUIS JIMINEZ is tagged out at home in the
8th inning of the April 16 win over Ohio University.
Source: Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio -- Head coach Brad Warnimont's club posted a 2-0 win
at NCAA Division I Ohio University on Wednesday, April 16 – the program's
first win against a Division I opponent during the veteran head coach's tenure
and, perhaps, the school's first-ever win against Division I foe.
Unfortunately, full-season records in the Rio Grande Sports Information office
go back only as far as 1997, so whether the April 16 shutout of the Bobcats was,
in fact, the school's first over an opponent from the ranks of the NCAA's top division remains unclear.
What is clear, though, is that the victory was the first non-loss against an
NCAA Division I foe since March 1, 2000, when the then-Redmen, ironically,
battled Ohio University to a 16-16 tie in Athens.
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Jones’ No-Hitter Fuels Doubleheader Sweep Of Bluefield
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Simply being good on
Good Friday was not good enough for the University of Rio Grande's Jenna Jones.
The freshman righthander from
Lancaster,
Ohio, was,
for lack of a
better term,
great inside
the pitcher's
circle.
Jones
fired the
second nohitter of her
collegiate
career to
fuel a game
one win and
spark the
RIO GRANDE'S JENNA JONES RedStorm's
fires a pitch during her game one doubleheadno-hitter on April 18 vs. Bluefield. er sweep of
Bluefield
(Va.) College in Mid-South Conference action at a sunsplashed Rio Softball Park on April 18.
Rio Grande, which won the opener 4-0 before
posting an 11-4 triumph in the nightcap, improved
to 24-13 overall and 16-10 in league play with the
victories.
Bluefield, which saw its losing streak reach 17
straight games by day's end, dropped to 3-41 overall and 1-29 in the MSC.
Jones, who lost a no-hit bid against the Rams on
March 22 with two outs in the seventh inning, retired the final 16 batters she faced on Friday.
She allowed only a two-out walk in each of the
first two innings, while BC's only other baserunner
also reached in the second inning as a result of an
error.
Jones had previously no-hit the University of
Pikeville on March 21 - Rio's first no-hitter in
nearly five years.
The RedStorm backed up Jones' pitching performance by scoring once in the third inning, twice in
the fourth and once more in the sixth against Bluefield starter Ali Bartley.
Freshman Brittany Walk (Unionville Center,
OH) reached on a three-base error to start the third
inning and scored moments later on a Bartley wild
pitch, while freshman Alex Kuhn (Oak Hill, OH)
had an RBI triple and freshman Kari Jenkins
(Jackson, OH) followed with a run-scoring single
in the fourth.
Jenkins added a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning
for the game's final run.
Kuhn finished 2-for-3 in the win, while sophomore Kim Rollins (Cincinnati, OH) added a dou-
ble in the winning effort.
Bartley (0-5) allowed just six hits and three
earned runs while striking out two in the loss for
the Rams.
In the nightcap, Rio Grande spotted BC a 2-0
first inning lead before roaring back with three
runs in the third inning and five runs in the fifth to
open up a 9-2 advantage.
Kuhn had a two-run triple to highlight the threerun third, while junior Haley Gwin (Troy, OH) had
a run-scoring triple and Kuhn followed with an
RBI single to kickstart the five-run fifth.
The Rams, who parlayed two hits and three Rio
errors into their two first inning runs, scored twice
more in the sixth to pull within 9-4, but the RedStorm got the runs back in the bottom of the frame
on sacrifice flies by Gwin and Kuhn.
Kuhn finished 3-for-3 with four RBIs, while
Gwin had two hits and knocked in three runs.
Jones also had three hits, including a double, while
Jenkins finished 2-for-4 and freshman Shanea
Long (Wellston, OH) had a pair of RBIs.
Freshman Tiffany Bise (Circleville, OH) earned
her 11th win in 14 decisions, allowing six hits and
two earned runs over 5-2/3 innings.
Anna Davis went the distance in the circle for
BC, slipping to 1-10 on the season.
Morgan Stephens had two hits and drove in a
run for the Rams, while Kasey Holcomb also had
two hits and Madison Fielder drove in a run in the
loss.
RedStorm Baseball Upends Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, 2-1
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Senior
Mike Deitsch's final appearance on
the mound at Bob Evans Field is one
he won't forget anytime soon.
The right-hander from Cincinnati,
Ohio limited visiting Lindsey Wilson
College to just one run over 7-2/3 innings and fellow senior David Steele
recorded the final four outs to give
the University of Rio Grande a 2-1
win over the Blue Raiders, Friday,
April 18, in Mid-South Conference
baseball action.
The RedStorm, who won for the
second straight time, improved to 1925 overall and 5-17 in conference
play, keeping their faint post-season
hopes afloat in the process.
Lindsey Wilson slipped to 25-23
overall and 11-10 in the MSC with
the loss.
"Our senior pitchers threw extremely well and we played great defense behind them," said Rio head
coach Brad Warnimont. "We needed
Mike and David to step up and that's
exactly what they did. This time of
year, every game means something."
And then some.
Despite the win, the magic number
to eliminate the RedStorm from the
MSC tourney dropped to four after
the University of the Cumberlands
scratched out a 3-2 win over St. Catharine.
In order to reach the post-season,
Rio Grande needs to pass Cumber-
lands and the University of Pikeville,
who were tied with each other for the
eighth and the final tournament berth
at day's beginning. While the Patriots
posted their one-run win, the Bears
were the victim of a ninth inning
walkoff win at Shawnee State.
Regardless of what happened elsewhere, Rio Grande took care of business on its end thanks to its duo of
senior hurlers.
Deitsch, who recorded the final
two outs for a save in Wednesday
night's win over NCAA Division I
Ohio University, scattered seven singles over his 7-2/3 innings of work,
but was constantly forced to wiggle
out of trouble as a result of four walks
and a career-high five hit batsmen.
The win was the third in eight decisions for Deitsch this season.
Steele, a right-hander from Kettering, Ohio, came on to record the final
out in the eighth inning and strand a
pair of runners on base. He issued a
leadoff walk to pinch-hitter Nick
Hoffman in the ninth, but coaxed
Kory weeks to ground into a 4-6-3
double-play and Michael Rosario to
fly out to center to seal the win and
notch his second save.
Lindsey Wilson stranded a seasonhigh 16 runners on base, including
eight in scoring position.
Still, it was the Blue Raiders who
drew first blood by using the speed of
Derek Shugart to push across a third
inning run.
Shugart and
Mitchell Osnowitz began the
inning with
consecutive
singles and
Jeandro Andino reached moments later
when Deitsch's
throw to third
on his sacrifice
bunt attempt
was late in an
effort to retire
SENIOR MIKE DEITSCH allowed just one run over 7Shugart.
2/3 innings in the April 18 2-1 win over Lindsey Wilson.
One out later, Jordan Berry hit a popup that jun- OH) then bunted both runners into
ior second baseman Grant Tamane
scoring position and both scored
(Pickering, Ontario, Canada) manwhen sophomore Kirk
aged to track down with a nice over- Yates' (Chillicothe, OH) grounder to
the-shoulder catch in shallow rightshortstop was misplayed for an error.
center field, but Shugart took adAside from the two runners who
vantage of his speed and Tamane's
scored in the fourth, though, Rio
momentum taking him away from the Grande advanced just one other runinfield to tag from third and beat the ner beyond first base the rest of the
throw home.
day - freshman Carlos Flores
Rio Grande, which managed just
(Guayanilla, Puerto Rico), who led
four hits on the afternoon against
off the home eighth with a single and
LWC starter England Smith, rewas bunted into scoring position bebounded to erase the deficit in the
fore being stranded.
bottom of the fourth.
Smith was the hard-luck loser for
Junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja,
the Blue Raiders, allowing the four
Puerto Rico) led off with a single and hits and the two unearned runs in a
promptly moved to second when
complete game effort. He did not
Smith errored Tamane's subsequent
walk a batter and struck out five.
bunt attempt.
Osnowitz and Andino both had two
Senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore, hits in a losing cause for LWC.
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Baseball Splits Nail-Biters With Lindsey Wilson College
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Grant Tamane drove in
three runs, including the game-winner with a oneout squeeze bunt in the bottom of the seventh inning, to give the University of Rio Grande a 6-5
game two victory and doubleheader split with
Lindsey Wilson College, Saturday, April 19, in
Mid-South Conference baseball action at Bob Evans Field.
The dramatic win came after the Blue Raiders
rallied to win the opener, 7-6 in 12 innings.
Rio Grande finished the day at 20-26 overall
and 6-18 in the MSC, keeping its slim post-season
hopes alive in the process.
In order to reach the MSC Tournament, the
RedStorm would need a sweep of Cumberland
University next weekend in Lebanon, Tenn., as
well as a Lindsey Wilson sweep of the University
of the Cumberlands and a sweep by Georgetown
College over the University of Pikeville.
"We know we have to have a lot of things happen in order for us to make it, but we're still alive.
There's breath in the body," said Rio Grande head
coach Brad Warnimont. "Our guys battled all day
long. They deserve a lot of credit."
The split, coupled with a 2-1 win on Friday,
gave Rio its second MSC series win this season.
All three games were decided by just one run.
Through the first six innings of the seven-inning
nightcap, a dramatic finish was nowhere in the
script, but Lindsey Wilson (26-24, 12-11 MSC)
rallied to scored four times in its final at bat to
knot the score at 5-5.
In the home half of the seventh, freshman Daulton Kenyon (West Portsmouth, OH) reached on a
single, moved to second on a wild pitch by LWC
reliever Keith Patton and moved to third on a
bloop single by junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja,
Puerto Rico), who took second on the throw toward home.
Mitchell Osnowitz was then brought on to face
Tamane, a junior from Pickering, Ontario Canada.
Tamane put down a bunt in front of the plate
which Osnowitz fielded and tried to flip to catcher
Russ Morse, but Morse couldn't handle the flip
cleanly as Kenyon slid in safely with the gamewinning run.
The Blue Raiders actually took a 1
-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI
double by Osnowitz, but Rio countered with three runs in the third two of which scored on a single by
Tamane - to take a two-run lead.
The RedStorm extended their
cushion to 5-1 thanks to a two-run
single by freshman Luis Jimenez
(Salinas, Puerto Rico) in the sixth,
but LWC parlayed three hits, two
walks, an error and a wild pitch into
four seventh inning runs and set the
stage for the dramatic finish.
Arroyo and Jimenez both had two
hits in the win for Rio Grande, while
sophomore Kirk Yates (Chillicothe,
OH) - the last of the RedStorm's
RIO'S KEVIN ARROYO forces out Lindsey Wilson's Jorthree pitchers - earned his fourth win
dan Berry during the April 19 DH split.
in five decisions.
Jacob Roberts had two hits in a losing cause for
LWC reliever Jason Turner retired the side in
the Blue Raiders and Patton suffered his third loss order in the bottom of the inning to wrap up the
in four decisions.
victory.
Game one was a near four-hour marathon which
Derek Shugart and Jordan Berry had three hits
saw both teams surrender the lead early on.
each for the Blue Radiers, while Osnowitz, AndiRio jumped to a 1-0 first inning lead with an
no and Bautista all finished with two hits each.
unearned run that crossed as a result of a sacrifice
Turner improved to 6-4, allowing just two hits
fly by senior Marcus Makuch (Baltimore, OH),
over 6-2/3 shutout innings in relief of starter Scott
but the Blue Raiders struck for four runs in the
Sebald.
third - three of which scored on a two-out home
Arroyo and Ford had three hits each for Rio
run by Jeandro Andino - to take their first lead.
Grande, while Yates and Lewis both had two hits.
The RedStorm started the road back in the home
Junior Landon Hutchison (Baltimore, OH) took
third when sophomore Chris Ford (Athens, OH)
the loss, despite pitching well in relief of senior
scored on a double by Yates to make it 4-2. A run- starter David Steele (Kettering, OH).
scoring double by freshman Carlos Flores
Hutchison allowed four hits and the one run,
(Guayanilla, Puerto Rico) and an RBI groundout
while walking three and fanning two in four inby Tamane in the fourth tied the game at 4-4.
nings of work.
Rio then regained the lead in the fifth thanks to
"Hutch threw the ball well. You can't fault what
a two-run single by freshman Daryin Lewis
he did on the mound. We just came up short,"
(Circleville, OH), but Lindsey Wilson would
Warnimont said.
eventually tie the game at 6-6 on solo home runs
"In the second game, you can't overlook the sinby Alex Bautista in the sixth and eighth innings.
gle in the seventh by Kenyon, the bunt that Grant
The game stayed deadlocked until the Lindsey put down or the job that Yates did to get us out of
Wilson 12th when Bautista led off with a walk,
the jam in the top of the seventh. We had different
moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored
guys step up. Everybody battled. It was an emowhen Trey Davis' grounder to shortstop was ertional day, no doubt. But we're still alive and that's
rored.
all we can ask for."
Walk-Off Hit Gives Rio Softball Sweep Of U. Of Pikeville
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Freshman Alex Kuhn
delivered a two-out, game-winning single in the
bottom half of the seventh inning to lift the University of Rio Grande to a 4-3 game two win and a
doubleheader sweep of
the University of Pikeville, Saturday, April
19, in Mid-South Conference action at Rio
Softball Park.
The RedStorm parlayed two early runs
and a strong pitching
performance by freshman Jenna Jones
(Lancaster, OH) into a
3-1 opening game triFRESHMAN ALEX umph.
Rio Grande, which
KUHN'S two-out, sevhas
now won each of
enth inning single gave
Rio a game two win on the first six games on its
final homestand of the
Saturday, April 19.
season, improved to 2613 overall and 18-10 in league play.
Pikeville, which entered the weekend hoping to
overtake St. Catharine College for the eighth and
final spot in the upcoming MSC Tournament,
slipped to 13-26 overall and 9-21 in the MSC. The
sweep, coupled with two losses at Shawnee State
on Friday, April 18, leaves the Bears two games
behind the Patriots.
Rio Grande was forced to rally from a 3-1 deficit in game two in order to complete the sweep.
Freshman Kari Jenkins (Jackson, OH) had a
game-tying, two-run single in the bottom of the
fourth inning to knot the score at 3-3 and that's
how things stayed until the home half of the seventh. Miranda Owens, who came on in relief of
starter Sydney Morris in the fourth inning, retired
each of the first two batters routinely before issuing back-to-back walks to Jones and junior Haley
Gwin (Troy, OH) and throwing a wild pitch that
put both runners in scoring position.
Kuhn (Oak Hill, OH) followed with her heroics
moments later, lining a 1-0 pitch into center field
and scoring Jones with the game-winner.
Both teams scored in the first inning thanks to
sacrifice flies - by Pikeville's Hollie Hinkle and
Rio Grande sophomore Kim Rollins (Cincinnati,
OH) - before the Bears got an RBI triple by Taylor
Weeks in the third and scored on a wild pitch by
Rio starter Tiffany Bise (Circleville, OH) to take a
3-1 lead. After the RedStorm tied the game in the
fourth, both teams coughed up opportunities to retake the lead.
Pikeville left the bases loaded in both the fifth
and seventh innings, while Rio left a pair of runners on in the fifth.
Kuhn finished 2-for-4 in the win and was one of
four RedStorm players to record two hits. Jones,
Gwin and freshman Cheyenne Hamaker (Hilliard,
OH) also had two hits each and all had a double.
Jones earned the win as the pitcher after coming
into to record the final two outs in the top of the
seventh, running her season mark to 15-9.
Emily Castle had four hits, including a double,
while Weeks had two hits and an RBI in the loss
for UPike.
In the opener, Rio Grande scored twice in the
second inning and added another run in the fifth to
take a 3-0 lead. Jenkins and sophomore Mattie
Lanham (Rio Grande, OH) had run-scoring hits in
the second and Rollins added an RBI hit in the
fifth. UPike had just two baserunners in the first
three innings against Jones - one thanks to an error
and the other as a result of a hit batsman - but
mounted a bit more of threat in the fourth.
Castle ended up at second base after her apparent inning-ending routine flyball to right was
dropped for an error. Sara Browning followed with
a single to right - the Bears' first hit of the game but Castle was ruled out at the plate in a controversial call trying to score on the hit.
UPike did score on a Courtney Morgan fielder's
choice in the sixth, but left runners at second and
third base as the inning ended.
Jones surrendered a two-out infield single to
Kayla Brown in the seventh, but struck out Brandi
Jo Howard to seal the win.
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RedStorm Softball Splits With Lindsey Wilson
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - University of Rio
Grande freshman pitcher Jenna Jones limited
Lindsey Wilson's potent offense to just one run
and the RedStorm rallied to post a 2-1 win over
the eighth-ranked Blue Raiders, Monday, April 21,
in Mid-South Conference softball action at Rio
Softball Park.
Lindsey Wilson rebounded to post a 6-1 triumph
in game two, snapping Rio's seven-game win
streak. The game one victory, which marked just
the second time all season that LWC had been limited to one run or less, was also the RedStorm's
first-ever win over the Blue Raiders in 13 all-time
meetings.
The split left Rio Grande with a 27-14 record
overall and a 19-11 mark in the MSC, while Lindsey Wilson finished the day at 38-6 overall and 244 in league play.
Jones, a right-hander from Lancaster, Ohio,
scattered five hits - four singles and a double - in a
complete game effort and did not walk a batter.
She struck out two en route to her 16th win in 25
decisions. The lone run scored by the Blue Raiders
came in the top of the fourth inning when Amanda
Trampe led off with a single and, one out later,
scored all the way from first base on a double to
left by Abbi Goedde.
Rio Grande, which stranded a pair of runners in
the first and one runner in both the second and
third innings, finally scored a breakthrough against
LWC starter Casey Bryan in the bottom of the
fourth.
Sophomore Mattie Lanham reached on a oneout walk and, one out later, scored from first on a
double to deep right-center by freshman Kari Jenkins (Jackson, OH) - the first hit of the day for the
RedStorm - to tie the game at 1-1. Freshman pinch
-hitter Shanea Long (Wellston, OH) followed with
a hard grounder that stayed under the glove of
LWC shortstop Madison Scott and went into leftcenter for a single which allowed Jenkins to score
the go-ahead run.
The Blue Raiders were retired in order in the
fifth and managed just a one-out infield single by
Trampe in the sixth, but they did make things a bit
interesting in the seventh.
Travatia Bowden was hit by a pitch to begin the
inning and moved to third on a pair of groundouts,
but Jones induced Andrea Whelan to pop weakly
to second for the game's final out.
Bryan suffered just her third loss in 21 decisions, despite allowing just three hits in a complete
game effort. The freshman did issue a season-high
four walks, but also had a season-high 12
strikeouts.
Game two was a showcase for Lindsey Wilson
pitcher Jordan Hood.
Hood, a junior right-hander and the MSC Pitcher of the Year in 2013, took a perfect game into
the fifth inning and finished with a complete-game
two-hitter. She walked just one and fanned 12.
Hood also starred at the plate, going 3-for-4
with a solo home run and two runs scored. Scott
also had four hits in the victory, while Kristina
Krupinski and Brittney Graves both had two hits
and an RBI and
Goedde added a double.
Hood's home run
gave the Blue Raiders a 1-0 second inning lead, before run
-scoring hits by Scott
and Krupinski in the
fourth and and RBI
hit by Graves in the
fifth extended the
lead to 4-0.
Jones coaxed a
leadoff walk from
Hood in the fifth to
end the perfect game
and, one out later,
FRESHMAN KARI
Lanham singled to
JENKINS had a key RBI
left to end the no-hit double in the Monday,
bit and send Jones to April 21, game one win
second. Freshman
over Lindsey Wilson.
Alex Kuhn (Oak
Hill, OH) followed with a single to center to plate
Jones, but the rally died shortly thereafter when
Hood fanned both Jenkins and Long.
Lindsey Wilson tacked on a pair of insurance
runs in the seventh thanks to an RBI double by
Goedde and an error.
Freshman starter Tiffany Bise (Circleville, OH)
suffered her fourth loss in 15 decisions for Rio,
allowing four hits - including the Hood home run in two innings of work.
Rio Grande Freshman Jenna Jones Honored By MSC Again
Mid-South Conference
COLUMBIA, Ky. - University of Rio Grande freshman Jenna Jones is the MidSouth Conference Softball
Pitcher of the Week and
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) junior
Kristina Krupinski is the
MSC Player of the Week,
conference officials announced on Monday, April
21.
The weekly honor is the
third of the season for Jones.
She also earned the award on
March 10 and March 24.
Krupinski earns her first
weekly honor of the season
and second of her career. She
was player of the week as
well on Feb. 25, 2013.
Jones posted a 4-0 record
the previous week, including
hurling her second no-hitter
of the season to earn the MidSouth's top weekly pitching
honor.
The Lancaster, Ohio, native, finished last week with
three complete games while
allowing just one run and
four hits in 21-2/3 innings.
Jones began the week with
a one-hit shutout in a 4-0 win
over Cumberlands. She
struck out six in the win
while issuing a pair of walks.
In her next outing, Jones nohit Bluefield (Va.) in a 4-0
win over the Rams. She concluded the game with three
strikeouts in the win.
Jones recorded both wins
in a sweep of Pikeville (Ky.).
She allowed one run on three
hits in a 3-1 complete-game
win in the first game of the
doubleheader and picked up
the win in relief as the RedStorm beat the Bears 4-3 for
the sweep. Jones -- who
pitched out of a bases loaded
jam in the seventh -- threw a
scoreless two-thirds of an inning to preserve the 3-3 tie.
The RedStorm scored in the
bottom of the seventh to give
Jones her 15th win of the season.
Jones ranks third in the
Mid-South in wins, fourth in
opponent's batting average
(.212), sixth in strikeouts
(103) and eighth in ERA
(2.38). Nationally, Jones'
wins ranks 28th in the NAIA.
Krupinski posted a .455
batting average with three
home runs and seven RBIs to
earn the conference's player
of the week honor. She
helped the No. 8-ranked Blue
Raiders to a 4-0 week.
The Elizabethtown, Ky.,
first baseman began her week
with a 2-for-4 performance in
the first game of a doubleheader with Georgetown
(Ky.). She hit a seventhinning grand slam to help the
Blue Raiders win in comefrom-behind fashion. Krupinski added a two-run home run
in the second game in a 4-1
win.
Against Cumberlands
(Ky.), Krupinski hit a solo
home run in the first game of
the doubleheader to become
the program's all-time home
run leader with 36 career
homers.
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RedStorm Baseball Rolls Over Miami Harriers
Rio Grande Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande backed up a
trio of two-run innings with a pair of
three-run frames and cruised to a 123 win over visiting Miami University
-Hamilton, Tuesday, April 22, in nonconference baseball action at Bob
Evans Field.
The RedStorm, who had divided a
doubleheader with Harriers in Chillicothe back in early March, won for
the fourth time in their last five outings and improved to 21-26 on the
season.
Miami-Hamilton, which had won
five of its previous six outings entering play on Tuesday, slipped to 24-14
with the loss.
Sophomore Kirk Yates
(Chillicothe, OH) had two hits and
drove in three runs to lead the Rio
offensive attack, while junior Anthony Knittel (Portsmouth, OH) had two
hits and two RBIs and sophomore
Chris Ford (Athens, OH) also
knocked in a pair of runs.
Junior Ryan Christophel
(Cincinnati, OH), the second of five
RedStorm pitchers earned the win his third in four decisions this season.
The left-hander allowed one hit and
run over three innings.
Daniel Franschetti had two hits and
drove in a run for the Harriers, while
Ryan Griffis also had two hits and
Heath Stricker drove in two runs.
Chris Ticherich started and took
the loss for Miami-Hamilton, allowing six hits and seven runs - only
three of which were earned - in 5-2/3
innings. He walked two and struck
out three.
Six of Rio Grande's 12 runs were
unearned as the result of four errors
by the Harriers.
Rio Grande jumped to a 2-0 first
inning lead on a run-scoring double
by senior Marcus Makuch
(Baltimore, OH) and a subsequent
RBI single by Yates, but MU-H
grabbed a lead of its own with two
runs in the second inning and another
marker in the third.
Stricker had a tworun bases loaded single
off of Knittel, the starter
for Rio Grande, in the
second inning and
Franschetti had an RBI
hit off of Christophel in
the third, but that was
the extent of the offensive output for the visitors.
Rio Grande regained
the lead with three unearned runs in the bottom of the third, two of
which scored directly
RIO GRANDE'S GRANT TAMANE dives back
on errors and the other
on a groundout by Ford. into first base during the April 22 12-3 win over
The RedStorm then Miami-Hamilton.
tacked on two runs in
both the sixth and seventh innings.
came against MU-H relievers Tyler
Freshman Carlos Flores (Guayanilla, Stansbury and Grant Ballou in the
Puerto Rico) drove in one of the sixth eighth. Yates and Ford were both hit
inning markers with a fielder's choice by pitches with two outs and the bagrounder to second, while Knittel had ses loaded to force in runs and Knittel
an RBI single in the seventh.
drew a bases-loaded walk to plate the
The final three runs of the game
final run of the day.
Cumberland Dashes Rio Baseball’s MSC Tournament Hopes
Rio Grande Sports Information
LEBANON, Tenn. - Cumberland University
scored in its each of its first four at bats, bolting to
an 8-0 lead and never looking back en route to an
11-3 win over the University of Rio Grande, Friday, April 25, in Mid-South Conference baseball
action at Ernest L. Stockton Stadium.
The loss officially extinguished any post-season
hopes for the RedStorm, who slipped to 21-27
overall and 6-19 in the MSC. Rio Grande needed a
sweep of the weekend series, in addition to a
sweep of the University of the Cumberlands by
Lindsey Wilson in order to reach the upcoming
MSC Tournament. But, even had the RedStorm
won on Friday, they would've been eliminated
thanks to Cumberlands' win at Lindsey Wilson.
Cumberland improved to 33-17 overall and 15-9
in league play with the victory. The Bulldogs, who
banged out 20 hits, scored single runs in each of
the first two innings before blowing things wide
open with a four-run third and a two-run fourth
inning. Rio Grande got two of the runs back in the
fifth inning, but saw its hopes of a comeback
dashed shortly thereafter when CU countered with
three more runs in the sixth. Justin Byrd finished 4
-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in for
the Bulldogs, while Ricky Coleman and Richie
Seaton both had three hits and two RBIs in the
winning effort. Coleman also hit a home run.
Cumberland also got two hits and three RBIs
from Josciel Veras and Chris Hall finished 3-for-4.
Anthony Gomez, the reigning MSC Pitcher of
the Year, improved to 5-2 on the season after allowing four hits and two runs - one earned - with a
walk and nine strikeouts over seven innings.
Freshman Daryin Lewis (Circleville, OH) had a
double and junior Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) had the lone run batted in for Rio
Grande, which managed just five hits as a team.
Georgetown Tigers Blank Rio En Route To DH Sweep
Rio Grande
Sports Information
RIO GRANDE, Ohio Visiting Georgetown College
limited the University of Rio
Grande to just one run and
five hits en route to a doubleheader sweep of the RedStorm, 1-0 and 4-1, Wednesday, April 23, in Mid-South
Conference action at Rio
Softball Park.
Rio Grande, which was
playing the final home games
of its 2014 scheduled, suffered just its second sweep of
the year in MSC play this
season in falling to 27-16
overall and 19-13 in league
play. The Tigers, who received votes in the latest
NAIA Top 25 coaches poll,
improved to 28-12 overall
and 23-9 in the conference.
The opening game was a
pitcher's duel between Rio
freshman Jenna Jones
(Lancaster, OH) and
Georgetown's Kayla Williams.
Jones allowed just three
hits and an unearned run,
while walking one and striking out six in a complete
game effort.
Williams also went the distance in a four-hit shutout
effort. She walked one and
struck out 10 en route to her
11th win of the season in 17
decisions.
The game's lone run scored
in the top of the fifth when
Sandy Young reached on an
error to begin the inning,
stole second and moved to
third on a groundout. After
another groundout and a walk
to Rachel Simms, Young
raced home on a passed ball.
Rio Grande, which didn't
have a baserunner until sophomore Kim Rollins
(Cincinnati, OH) reached on
a two-out single in the fourth,
left runners at first base in the
fourth, fifth and sixth innings
and also managed one final
scoring chance in the seventh.
Jones led off with walk and
moved to second on a one-out
single to center by freshman
Alex Kuhn (Oak Hill, OH).
Sophomore Mattie Lanham
(Rio Grande, OH) followed
with a blast to left-center
which appeared ticketed for a
game-tying extra-base hit, but
Georgetown's Emily Snow
made a dazzling running
catch in the gap for the second out and freshman Kari
Jenkins (Jackson, OH)
grounded to second to end the
game.
Young had two of the Tigers' three hits, while Chelsea
Riney had the other with a
leadoff double in the sixth.
Game two saw GC push
across an unearned run in the
first inning and three third
inning markers against Jones
to open up a comfortable
lead, but the Tigers had to
sweat out the final two innings to nail down the win.
Georgetown scored its first
inning run when Riney led
off with a single to center,
was bunted into scoring position, stole third and scored on
a throwing error. The three
third inning runs crossed on a
double by Ashley Coppage, a
single by Young and an RBI
single by Cassidy Taylor.
Rio Grande again was held
hitless by GC starter Jessica
Claxton until mounting a
sixth inning rally.
Jenkins reached on an error
to begin the inning and, one
out later, was forced out at
second on freshman Cheyenne Hamaker's (Hilliard,
OH) grounder to shortstop.
Hamaker then stole second
and scored on a bloop single
to left by junior Jessi Robinson (Wilmington, OH). Rollins followed with a walk to
bring Jones - representing the
tying run - to the plate, but
she popped out to third to end
the threat.
The RedStorm also threatened against reliever Sydney
Goyette in the bottom of the
seventh when Lanham and
Jenkins reached on consecutive two-out errors to bring
up freshman Shanea Long
(Wellston, OH) representing
the tying run, but Goyette induced Long into a gameending popout to shortstop.
Young finished 3-for-4 in
the win for the Tigers, while
Riney, Coppage and Taylor
all had two hits. Claxton allowed the one hit and the unearned run over six innings,
while walking three and striking out nine for her 14th win
in 18 decisions.
JUNIOR JESSI ROBINSON had Rio Grande's only
hit in the Wednesday, April
23, game two loss to
Georgetown.
Goyette was credited with
her second save.
Jones allowed seven hits
and four runs - three earned in 2-1/3 innings. She took the
loss in both games and stands
at 16-11 for the season.
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RedStorm Softball Earns Second Split With Lindsey
Rio Grande Sports Information
COLUMBIA, Ky. - It took 13 alltime meetings before the University
of Rio Grande softball team finally
earned its first win over Lindsey Wilson College on Monday, April 21.
Win number two against the eighth
-ranked Blue Raiders didn't take nearly as long.
Sophomore Kim Rollins
(Cincinnati, OH) clubbed a pair of
home runs and drove in four runs,
while junior Jessi Robinson
(Wilmington, OH) had three hits and
two RBIs to lead Rio in a 7-4 game
one victory over LWC, Friday, April
25, in Mid-South Conference action
at Lindsey Wilson Park.
The Blue Raiders held on down the
stretch for an 8-4 triumph in the
nightcap.
Rio Grande finished the day at 2817 overall and 20-14 in the MSC,
while Lindsey Wilson closed the afternoon at 41-7 overall and 27-5 in
league play.
Rollins snapped a scoreless tie in
the fourth inning of the opener, clubbing a 3-1 offering from LWC starter
Casey Bryan over the center field
fence for a 2-0 lead. The blast also
scored Robinson, who had reached
on a one-out single.
The Blue Raiders got one of the
runs back in the bottom of the inning
thanks to a fielder's choice grounder
off the bat of Savannah Madison, but
the RedStorm erupted for four more
runs in the fifth.
Robinson had a two-out single to
score sophomore Mattie Lanham
(Rio Grande, OH) and, on the same
play, a throwing error allowed freshman Brittany Walk (Unionville Center, OH) to score as well. Robinson
stole second and Rollins followed
with her second home run of the
game on the next pitch to make it 6-1.
Lindsey Wilson made it interesting
with three runs in the home half of
the sixth thanks to run-scoring hits by
Brittney Graves and Madison Scott
and an RBI groundout by Kristina
Krupinski, but Rio got one of the
runs back in the top of the seventh on
an RBI single by Robinson.
Freshman pitcher Jenna Jones
(Lancaster, OH) retired the side in
order in the
seventh to nail
down the win.
Jones improved to 1711, allowing
eight hits and
the four runs
in a complete
game effort.
She walked
two and struck SOPHOMORE
out five.
KIM ROLLINS hit
Abbie
three home runs in
Goedde had
the Friday, April 25,
two hits for
DH split with LindLindsey Wil- sey Wilson.
son, while Andrea Whelan and Travatia Bowden
each had a double in a losing cause.
Bryan suffered her fourth loss in
23 decisions - and her second in five
days to the RedStorm - after allowing
four hits and six runs, two of which
were earned, with two walks and
eight strikeouts over five innings.
In the nightcap, the host Blue
Raiders scored twice in the third inning and three times in the fifth to
take a 5-0 lead before Rio rallied to
score four times in the sixth inning
and draw within a run.
LWC mounted its own rally in the
home sixth, scoring three more times
to seal the win.
Krupinski had two hits, including a
home run, and drove in two runs to
lead the Blue Raiders, while Bailey
Mize homered and drove in three
runs and Amanda Trampe had a tworun home run.
Ashley Evans also had two hits
and pitcher Jordan Hood helped her
own cause with a double. Hood allowed three hits and four runs - three
earned - with a walk and 10
strikeouts in a complete game effort.
Rio Grande's four-run sixth inning
rally was the result of a pair of tworun home runs - one by Rollins and
the other by freshman Shanea Long
(Wellston, OH). Jones had a double
for the RedStorm's other hit.
Freshman Katie Noll (Loveland,
OH) started and took the loss for Rio,
surrendering five hits and five runs four earned - with three walks over 41/3 innings.
RedStorm Softball Splits Twin Bill With Cumberland Bulldogs
Rio Grande
Sports Information
LEBANON, Tenn. - Haley
Gwin hit a grand slam home
run to highlight a five-run
fifth inning rally and help the
University of Rio Grande to a
6-3 game two win and a doubleheader split with Cumberland University, Saturday,
April 26, in Mid-South Conference softball action at
Cumberland Softball Park.
The Bulldogs scored three
times in their final at bat to
win the opening game of the
twinbill, 5-4.
Rio Grande finished the
regular season at 29-18 overall and 21-15 in league play,
tying Cumberland (35-18, 2115 MSC) for fourth place in
the final conference standings. The RedStorm earned
the No. 4 seed based on a tiebreaker and will face the
Bulldogs again in the opening
round of the MSC Tourna-
ment on Wednesday, at 10:30
a.m., at Millenium Park in
Danville, Ky.
Gwin's home run, her fifth
of the season, allowed Rio to
erase a 2-1 deficit entering
the fifth inning.
Freshman Shanea Long
(Wellston, OH) reached on a
one-out walk and, one out
later, a walk to junior Jessi
Robinson (Wilmington, OH)
and a single by sophomore
Kim Rollins (Cincinnati, OH)
loaded the bases. Freshman
Jenna Jones (Lancaster, OH)
drew another walk from CU
starter Jessica Lozano to
force home the tying run before Gwin, a junior from
Troy, Ohio launched a 1-2
pitch over the fence in leftcenter to give the RedStorm
the lead.
The Bulldogs got a two-out
home run by Jessica Roper in
the bottom of the inning, but
could get no closer the rest of
the way. Freshman Katie Noll
(Loveland, OH) earned her
first collegiate win in relief
for Rio, allowing four hits including the Roper home run
- over five innings. She did
not walk a batter and struck
out one.
Gwin finished 2-for-4 in
the victory, while Jones added a run-scoring double in the
first inning and Long had a
double of her own. Roper accounted for all but two of
Cumberland's five hits. In
addition to the home run, she
also had a double and the
team's lone run batted in.
Tessa Tomaselli also had a
double in the loss, while
Lozano suffered her fifth loss
in 14 decisions, allowing six
hits and as many runs - only
one of which was earned over 4-2/3 innings.
In the opener, Rio Grande
rallied from a early 2-1 deficit by scoring three times in
the fourth inning, but the
Bulldogs scored three times
in their final at bat to get the
win. Jones had a run-scoring
single in the first to give Rio
the early lead before a tworun single in the home third
by Emily Nicholson put the
Bulldogs in front, 2-1.
Rollins had a sacrifice fly
and two more runs scored on
a throwing error in the RedStorm's three-run fourth and
Rio maintained its two-run
cushion heading into the bottom of the seventh.
Sarah Murray led off the
inning and was hit by a pitch.
She stole second and third
before pinch-hitter Katelynn
Stoll drew a one-out walk. A
groundout advanced Stoll into scoring position.
An infield single by Shawnee Kirk plated Murray and
moved Stoll to third before
Roper lined a single to left
which scored Stoll with the
game-tying run. A throwing
error on the same play allowed Roper to advance to
second and wild pitch while
Nicholson was striking out
for what would've been the
final out of the inning allowed Kirk to scamper home
with the winning marker.
Roper finished 2-for-2 in
the winning effort, while
Courtney Maynard went the
distance in the circle to get
her 19th win in 28 decisions.
Jones, Long and freshman
Cheyenne Hamaker (Hilliard,
OH) all had two hits in the
loss for Rio Grande. Long's
hits were both doubles and
Jones also had a two-base hit.
Jones was the losing pitcher as well, allowing five hits
and five runs - four earned in 6-2/3 innings. She also
walked four, hit a batter and
tossed four wild pitches in
falling to 17-12 on the season.
Cumberland University Completes Sweep Of RedStorm Baseball
Rio Grande Sports Information
LEBANON, Tenn. - The Mid-South Conference
swansong for the University of Rio Grande baseball team ended in the same fashion as many of
their preceding outings did this season - in frustration.
Cumberland University finished off a weekend
series sweep by posting a pair of walkoff wins
over the RedStorm, 7-6 and 8-7, Saturday, April
26, at Ernest L. Stockton Stadium.
Rio Grande, which is leaving the MSC for the
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(KIAC) next season, finished the day at 21-29
overall and closed the MSC portion of their season
at 6-21.
The Bulldogs improved to 35-17 overall and 179 in the conference
Josciel Veras was the biggest thorn in the side
of the RedStorm on the day, collecting two hits in
each game and driving in the winning run in both
contests. His bases-loaded single in the bottom of
the ninth inning plate the game-winner in the
opener, while one-out single to center in the bottom of the seventh inning produced the game two
victory.
Rio Grande cut a 4-1 deficit in the opener down
to one run after a two-run double by senior Marcus
Makuch (Baltimore, OH) in the top of the eighth
inning.
The Bulldogs got both of the runs back in the
bottom of the inning, but the RedStorm rallied
again and tied the game at 6-6 on a two-out, threerun home run by freshman Carlos Flores
(Guayanilla, Puerto Rico) in the ninth inning.
Ricky Coleman led off the Cumberland ninth
with a walk, stole second and moved to third on a
single by Sam Lind.
Brady North was intentionally walked to load
the bases and set the stage for Veras, who lined a 1
-2 pitch by Rio junior reliever Landon Hutchison
(Baltimore, OH) back up the middle to score Coleman with the winning run.
Coleman, Lind and Veras all had two hits in the
win for CU, while Lind and Bryan Haney drove in
two runs each. Jake Collier went the distance on
the mound to get his sixth win in nine decisions.
Flores finished with a career-high four hits in as
many at bats for Rio Grande, while freshman
Daryin Lewis (Circleville, OH) had two hits and
sophomore Kirk Yates (Chillicothe, OH) hit a
leadoff home run in the second inning.
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Rio Men 3rd In Conference; Kosnich Named Top MSC Freshman
Rio Grande Sports Information
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - Freshman Nate Kosnich took first place in
the 110-meter hurdles and third place
in the 400-meter hurdles to help the
University of Rio Grande men's track
& field team to a third place finish at
the MidKosnich, a native South Conference
of Pickerington, ChampionOhio, crossed the ships, Saturday,
finish line in 15.02 April 26, at
to take top honors the Univerin the 110 hurdles sity of the
Cumberand posted a time lands.
Kosnich,
of 57.07 in the 400
a native of
hurdles. He was alPickeringso a member of the ton, Ohio,
RedStorm's 4x100 crossed the
finish line
and 4x400 relay in 15.02 to
teams, which take top
placed third and honors in
the 110
fourth, respectively. hurdles and
posted a
time of 57.07 in the 400 hurdles. He
was also a member of the RedStorm's
4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, which
placed third and fourth, respectively.
By virtue of his 18.75 points
scored in the meet, Kosnich earned
the league's Freshman of the Year
award. He edged out fellow freshman
Austin Wilson (Gallipolis, OH), who
tallied 15.75 points, for Rio's highpoint honor.
Wilson, also a member of the
4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, took
fourth in the 100-meter dash finals
with a time of 11.04, while placing
fifth in both the 200-meter dash
(22.79) and javelin throw (131-01).
Rio Grande finished with 126
points as a team. Host Cumberlands
took top honors with 233 points,
while Lindsey Wilson College was
second at 132. Shawnee State University finished behind Rio in fourth
place with 123 points and
Georgetown College was fifth at
122.50. Rio Grande also received
double-figure point outings from senior Kaleb Kimber (Salisbury, N.C.)
and the freshman duo of Alex Nichols (Pickerington, OH) and Floyd
Lowry (St. Paris, OH). Kimber and
Nichols both tallied 13 points, while
Lowry had 10.5 points.
Kimber was third in the triple jump
(42-7.50), fifth in the high jump (65.0) and sixth in the long jump (211.25), while Nichols took fourth
place in the discus throw (136-05)
and fifth in both the shot put (42-0)
and hammer throw (123-02). Lowry,
another member of the 4x100 relay
team, was third in the 110 hurdles
(15.94) and sixth in the 400 hurdles
(59.58).
Among the others who scored six
points or more for the RedStorm were
sophomore Kyle Sanborn
(Dover, OH), who was third
in the 1,500-meter run
(4:01.64) and eighth in the
800-meter run (2:00.89);
freshman Charlie Ronan
(Cincinnati, OH), a member
of the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, who placed sixth
in the 200-meter dash
(23.25) and seventh in the
100 (11.15); freshman Issac
Andrews (Nelsonville, OH),
who was third in the shot
put (45-0.5), eighth in the
discus (120-0) and 10th in
the hammer throw (95-11);
freshman Brandon Ray
(Columbus, OH), who was
third in the pole vault (11RIO GRANDE'S NATE KOSNICH won the
11.75); freshman Dallas
110m hurdles and was named MSC FreshGuy (Buffalo, OH), who
man of the Year on Saturday, April 26
took fourth in the 5,000
(16:10.92); and freshman Blake
sophomore Matt Engstrom (Dover,
Freed (Uhrichsville, OH), who was
OH), who took seventh in the 3,000fifth in the 5,000-meter race walk
meter steeplechase (10:35.60); fresh(35:47.27) and seventh in the 10,000- man Aaron Evancho (Zanesville,
meter run (34:58.63).
OH), who was 10th in the 800
Rio also got top 10 finishes from
(2:02.90); and freshman David Bankfreshman Nate Goodhart (Kent, OH), enhaster (Frankfort, OH), who placed
who was sixth in the 10,000
10th in the 400 (54.49).
(34:53.98); sophomore Jerrele Lyles
The 4x100 relay team (Wilson, Ro(Dublin, OH), who was seventh in the nan, Lowry, Kosnich) took third with
800 (2:00.00); freshman Lane Hagar a time of 43.47, while the 4x400 team
(Hilliard, OH), who placed seventh in (Kosnich, Sanborn, Wilson, Ronan)
the 5,000 (17:00.78); sophomore Tim was fourth at 3:36.60 and the 4x800
Warner (Pomeroy, OH), who was
squad (Lyles, Evancho, Hagar, Guy)
seventh in the 400 hurdles (59.89);
took fifth in 8:23.93.
RedStorm Women Track & Field Place 4th At MSC Championships
Rio Grande Sports Information
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - Sophomore Carrie Coriell took top honors
in the javelin throw and added a trio
of fourth place finishes to help the
University of Rio Grande women's
track & field team to a fourth place
finish at the
late April
Coriell, a na- weekend MidSouth Confertive of Lucasville, ence ChampiOhio and a Mar- onships hosted by the Unishall University versity of the
transfer, edged Cumberlands.
Coriell, a
her senior teamnative of Lumate, Mary Beth casville, Ohio
Schramm and a Marshall Univer(Marietta, OH), sity transfer,
with a toss of 98- edged her
03 - five inches senior teammate, Mary
longer than Beth
Schramm's throw Schramm
of 97-10. (Marietta,
OH), with a
toss of 98-03 five inches
longer than Schramm's throw of 9710.
Coriell also grabbed fourth place in
the shot put (39-0.5), discus (122-09)
and hammer throw (131-02) en route
to a team-high 25 points. Freshman
Lauren Stacey (Bethel, OH) was a
close second for the honor, tallying
23 points for the RedStorm.
Stacey took second place in both
the discus (127-08) and hammer (142
-03), while placing fifth in the shot
put (38-8.75) and sixth in the javelin
(83-05).
Rio Grande finished with 127
points as a team, while Lindsey Wilson (185), Cumberlands (174) and
Campbellsville (141) filled the top
three positions. Georgetown rounded
out the top five with 120 points.
Rio Grande also received doublefigure point outings from freshman
Chantal Higgin (Delaware, OH),
Schramm, junior Renee Davis
(Amsterdam, OH) and freshman
Clarissa Johnson (Hillsboro, OH).
Higgin totaled 14.25 points, while
Schramm had 14 points, Davis finished with 10.5 points and Johnson
tallied 10.25 points.
Higgin finished second in the 200meter dash (27.16) and fourth in the
100 (12.92), while Schramm was
third in the hammer throw (135-10)
and ninth in the discus (95-06), in
addition to her second place showing
in the javelin. Davis was fourth in the
400-meter hurdles (1:13.20) and sixth
in the 100 hurdles (17.17), while
Johnson was third in the 400 hurdles
(1:10.16) and sixth in the 400-meter
dash (1:02.47).
Among the other top finishers for
the RedStorm were freshman Nikki
Worsham (Beavercreek, OH), who
was fourth in the 5,000-meter race
walk (30:00.64); freshman McKenzie
Coriell (Lucasville, OH), who was
eighth in both the long jump (14-
RIO SOPHOMORE CARRIE CORIELL won the javelin throw at the
Saturday, April 26, MSC Championships.
10.75) and triple jump (28-05); freshman Alex Ellis (Ona, WV), who was
seventh in the 800-meter run
(2:29.25); freshman Randi Wray
(Bidwell, OH), who was fifth in the
pole vault (7-06); junior Allison
Keeney (Cincinnati, OH), who placed
sixth in the heptathlon (2070 pts.);
junior Rachel Hoffman (Franklin,
OH), who was seventh in the heptathlon (2050 pts.) and 10th in the high
jump (4-03.25); freshman Shelby
Pickens (Racine, OH), who was
eighth in both the 100 hurdles (18.16)
and 400 hurdles (1:15.48) and ninth
in the 400-meter dash (1:07.31); junior Brittany Piccone (Crooksville,
OH), who was 10th in the 5,000meter run (21:20.35); junior Shameca
Armstrong (Cincinnati, OH), who
was 10th in the long jump (14-0.5);
and freshman Alicia Ferrell (Bidwell,
OH), who was 10th in the high jump
(4-03.25).
The 4x100 relay team (Higgin,
McKenzie Coriell, Armstrong, Davis)
took fourth with a time of 52.59,
while the 4x400 team (McKenzie
Coriell, Johnson, Ellis, Davis) was
fourth at 4:23.63 and the 4x800 squad
- comprised of Ellis, freshman Katie
Glover (Ashville, OH), Piccone and
freshman Lindsay Golden (Milford,
OH) placed fourth in 10:47.34.
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Rio’s 138th
Commencement
Honors 391
2014 Graduates
Source: University
News Service
The 138th Commencement will honor 391 graduates that have earned 413
degrees – 219 Associate’s
Degrees, 158 Bachelor’s
Degrees and 36 Master’s
Degrees.
Two graduates – Mark
Anthony Bentley and Cody J. McNeely – each will
receive four degrees. Each
earned their Bachelor of
Science in Industrial
Technology, Associate in
Technical Science in Industrial Automation and
Associate of Applied Science in Plant Maintenance
Technology. Bentley also
earned an Associate of
Technical Science in
Power Plant Mechanical
Maintenance, while
McNeely earned an Associate in Technical Science
in Welding.
The graduates also will
feature award-winning
artist Kayla Malone, published author Jordan Pickens and Mayo Clinicbound Emily Burnham.
Malone was one of six
Ohio seniors honored at
the seventh annual
Awards for Excellence in
the Visual Arts hosted by
the Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities of Ohio
(AICUO). It was the second consecutive year a
Rio art student was honored. Malone’s work will
be featured in a walking
exhibition as part of Gallery Hop on May 3 in the
Short North District in
Columbus.
Pickens is another accomplished senior who
will walk across the stage
at commencement. The
Integrated Social Studies
Education senior coauthored “Meigs County”
with professor emeritus
Ivan Tribe, Ph.D. The
book is among Arcadia Publishing’s
popular Images of America series and
brings the rich history of Meigs
County to life through more than 200
vintage images and captions.
“I transferred to Rio Grande because of the outstanding Education
program, but I never imagined I’d be
a published author before I earned my
cap and gown,” Pickens said.
Burnham also credits Rio for helping
her to realize, and attain her dream.
The Radiologic Technology student
from Montana was accepted to the
prestigious Radiologic Therapy program at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota beginning this fall.
“I don’t think I would’ve ended up
at Mayo if I didn’t come to Rio,”
Burnham said. “The faculty got to
know me and
“We are always proud of our graduates, and what I would
be good at. At
everyone looks forward to a wonderful day.”
Rio Grande President a bigger
Barbara Gellman-Danley, Ph.D. school I probably would’ve
just settled.”
The 2014 Class is filled with similar stories throughout each of Rio’s
academic programs. With friends and
family there to share in the celebration, May 10 promises to be another
day filled with rich tradition and Rio
pride.
“We are always proud of our graduates, and everyone looks forward to a
wonderful day,” said President Barbara Gellman-Danley, Ph.D. “I approach this commencement with
mixed emotions, as it will be my last
at Rio Grande. Just as our graduates,
I close one door and walk through to
a new journey. It’s been a great honor
to serve Rio.”
President Gellman-Danley has been
appointed president of the Higher
Learning Commission, effective July
7. The HLC is a nonprofit regional
accrediting agency that accredits
more than 1,000 colleges and universities with a home base in one of 19
states stretching from West Virginia
to Arizona.
Rio Grande has hired AGB Search
to coordinate a national search for its
22nd president. Founded by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges in 2010, AGB
Search has assisted more than 215
searches at more than 157 institutions.