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At this time of year, basketball games are all the hype.

While athletic skill, supportive fans, and delicious food work to create an exciting atmosphere at the games, the experience would leave something to be desired without the Creighton University pep band.

!e pep band greatly enhances the experience for some spectators. Playing pump-up tunes and psych-out songs, the pep band contributes to the atmosphere just as much as the players contribute to the game.

!e pep band is an all-volunteer group that consists of students, faculty, and alumni who dedicate their time and energy to help cheer on several athletic events including the men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as the volleyball team. !e band also plays at a few other events throughout the year such as viewing parties, homecoming and Welcome Week move-in.

Arts & Sciences sophomore and pep band member Karli Green said, the pep band season starts at the beginning of the school year with a weeklong training camp. Members practice two hours a week and generally play at two events per weekend throughout the school year. In addition, pep Band participants travel with the sports teams to a few tournaments throughout the year to bring Creighton’s spirit to wherever the teams may be playing.

!is past fall, the band traveled to Minneapolis, Minn to support the volleyball team at the NCAA volleyball tournament. !e band will also be playing in St. Louis and St. Charles, Mo. for the men and women’s MVC basketball tournaments respectively. If the men or women’s basketball team advances to the NCAA basketball tournament the pep band would follow the Jays to that tournament as well, Green said.

Members of the pep band stressed the fact that the pep band is a great way for them to incorporate their love of music with their passion for sports.

“We’re Jays fans "rst, musicians second,” Pep Band vice president and Arts & Sciences junior Erik Gustavson said of the band’s uno#cial motto.

!e pep band members are some of the Jays’ biggest fans. While most of the pep band’s time is spent in the stands cheering on the Bluejays, pep band members also enjoy showing o$ their skills on the Intramural court every now and then.

“Another valiant e$ort was given on the IM court, but a bad stretch to start the second half doomed team Pep Band, who is now 1-1,” the Pep Band’s twitter feed reads.

While playing music is the pep band’s main avenue of heightening spirit at the athletic events, members also lead cheers and "nd creative ways to spread school pride at the games.

In the recent athletic events, a Gangnam Style PSY lookalike has o%en been caught dancing around the courts and entertaining the crowds. !is trendy character is the product of a pep band member who loves rousing the sports fans.

“My favorite part about doing it is how it excites all the Jays fans,” PSY! lookalike and Pep Band sophomore representative Jonathan Santiago said.

Members of the Pep Band are die-hard Creighton athletic fans, and they work hard to make the athletic events the best they can be.

“We provide a lot of support for the teams and I think without us there the whole experience would be a lot less fun,” Green said.

!rough exciting cheers, interesting performances, and awesome music, the pep Band is the de"nition of fun. As the basketball season continues, the pep band will remain in the stands cheering on the team and "ring-up fans and athletes.

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Creighton students will have the chance to learn beginning self-defense techniques during a one-hour course supported by the Graduate Student Government Student Life Committee.

According to third year medical student Marsha Pierce, a graduate student and the Graduate Student Government Life chair, there will be two Introduction to Self Defense courses in order to meet the needs of both full-time and part-time students.

!e "rst one will be held on !ursday at noon and will be located in the Harper Center. !e second one will be held on March 2 at 11 a.m. and will be located in Skutt Student Center. All students are welcome to attend these courses.

Workout attire is preferred for students that decide to attend.

!is course will teach students basic defense techniques. Instructing these courses will be a public safety o#cer and Self-defense Awareness and Familiarization Exchange certi"ed instructor, James Dorsey, and a Radiation Safety Specialist and certi"ed instructor by American

News Reporter

Simulation encourages hope, insight

Tuesday, Sigma Lambda Gamma, a multicultural sorority on campus, began their poverty simulation in order to let participants experience the struggles of low-income families.

!e simulation entitled, Walk a Mile in my Shoes: A Poverty Simulation, is led by the Nebraska State Extension o#ce which has held the event statewide with positive results.

Kayleigh Shultz, vice president of program development for Sigma Lambda Gamma brought the event to Creighton for the "rst time this year a%er participating in a poverty simulation in her hometown.

“I guess the best way to explain the simulation is kind of like a big game of life or Monopoly,” Shultz said. “You are given a packet which tells you how to live. It tells

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Schedule of Upcoming Pep Band Appearances:March 2: Men’s BasketballMarch 3: Women’s Basketball

March 7-10: Men’s MVC TournamentMarch 14-17: Women’s MVC Tournament

Mark Tiedemann, Ph.D a professor of English at the Nagasaki University

of Foreign Studies in Japan, gave a lecture about Nagasaki on !ursday in the Skutt Student Center. He commented on Nagasaki’s impact on both Japan’s history and world history. !e Asian World Center sponsored the lecture.

!e Creighton Mock Trial Blue Team quali"ed this past weekend at

the Topeka Regional for the second round of the American Mock Trial Association’s annual national tournament. !e team will compete next month in St. Louis, Missouri on the campus of Washington University for a chance to advance to the national tournament’s "nal round in Washington, D.C. hosted by the University of Virginia.

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Feb. 18 - 9:40 a.m. A visitor fainted in the Harper Center but did not require medical attention.

Feb. 12 - 3:49 p.m.Public Safety responded to the call of a bat in Creighton Hall. !e bat was captured and turned over to the Humane Society for testing.

Feb. 18 - 5:00 p.m.A sta$ member reported that he was at-tempting to park his vehicle in the Burt Street Lot when the sun blurred his vision causing him to strike a concrete barrier and damage his car.

Feb. 12 - 9:54 a.m.An individual loitering and sleeping in St. John’s Church was banned and barred from campus.

Feb. 14 - 5:55 p.m.A room search was conducted in Kiewit Hall. A small amount of suspected marijuana was con"scated.

Feb. 12 - 12:54 p.m.A sta$ member reported the loss of an iPod from a closet in Brandeis Hall.

you how much your bills are, gives you a meager budget with which to live, and other stipulations you have to follow.“

Participants are divided randomly into families and sta$ers monitor them to ensure that they pay bills and follow the rules.

!e aim of the event is to have participants step into the shoes of those who are living in low-income families and to truly understand and empathize with the struggles these individuals face.

Everyone is encouraged to participate, especially those who will work with or encounter low-income families.

!e simulation hopes to show participants a new perspective on the di#culties of less privileged individuals and create a better understanding as to their motivations, hopes, and intentions.

“I would have to say my favorite part is seeing how real it gets for families toward the end of the month, you start out in week one and people are sort of giggling as they hand you their monopoly money,” Shultz said. “By the time week four has arrived, people are stressed and angry and haggard, clinging to that last monopoly dollar with their life and pleading with you to give them an extension on their bill because they won’t be able to feed their family if you don’t grant it.”

Sigma Lambda Gamma hopes to make this an annual event if it is well received by the Creighton community. With so many organizations on campus doing service for low-income individuals, this simulation o$ers students a way to really understand the situations of those whom they are serving.

As month-long experiment goes on, it becomes real for participants.

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!e Heartland Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun, an event organized to raise funds for Omaha area Energy Assistance programs, will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Turner Park at Midtown Crossing. !is year marks the sixth annual Walk for Warmth.

From 2009 to 2011, there was a 20.9 percent increase in the number of Omaha area households requesting assistance with their utility bills, according to Tracey Christensen, event chairperson.

“From being out of work to mounting medical bills and other di#cult circumstances, the need for this service continues to grow,” Christensen said.

According to Susan Eustice, divisional director of public relations and Communications at the Salvation Army, the energy bill can be “quite the burden” when added to the cost of providing for children, buying groceries and paying rent.

“Some people take drastic measures to heat their home, like turning on their stoves to keep their houses warm. !is method of heating a house can be very dangerous,” Eustice said.

Paula Steenson, whose company — Paula Presents! — is the event and campaign manager for Heartland Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun, explained that one of the reasons this event was created at this time of the year was to make people realize just what it is like to be out in the cold without heat.

“[!is year] We hope to raise more than $100,000 and register at least 1,000 participants,” Christensen said.

In order to meet these goals, the walk has been slightly altered from past years. To attract more participants, Christensen noted, the event was moved from a Friday evening to a Saturday morning, and a "ve kilometer run was added.

“We moved the event to Turner Park at Midtown Crossing, which is a great venue and an opportunity to raise more funds through the Restaurant Month promotion,” Christensen said.

From Feb. 1-28, according to Christensen,

all restaurants in Midtown Crossing are graciously donating a portion of the month’s proceeds to support the Heartland Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun.

One way Creighton students can get involved with the Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun is by participating in the walk or run, individually or with a team.

Registration for the walk is $25 while registration for the run is $35. Each person participating will receive an event stocking cap. Check-in at the event is from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. !ose interested in participating in the event should register online at www.HeartlandWalkforWarmth.org.

Another way Creighton students can get involved is by making a donation. !is is the "rst year that the Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun has o$ered a text to donate option, according to Christensen. By texting HWFW to 80077, students can make a $10 donation.

Additionally, the Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun is a great opportunity to take care of some of those community service hours.

“Community volunteers bring the event to life,” Steenson said. “!e actual event has many di$erent elements: registration, handing out materials, being on the walk route, being on the run route, welcoming participants and making them feel a part of the event. Without volunteers, that doesn’t happen.”

Steenson also noted that any student interested in volunteering should contact her via email at presents@aol.com or phone at 402- 346-3950.

“We welcome student organizations, fraternities and sororities, who may want to provide volunteer or community service,” Christensen said.

Volunteering for the Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun is a rewarding experience. Creighton students should volunteer for the Walk for Warmth and Run for Fun, according to Eustice, to acquire a greater depth of understanding for their community and those that are less fortunate.

“!e people they [Creighton students] are helping could be their friends and neighbors,” Eustice said.

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Annual Walk for Warmth hopes to raise $100,000

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School of Karate and Judo, Mary Joe.“For me the idea of self-defense is about

prevention and awareness rather than just learning how to punch and kick or defend yourself,” Dorsey said.

!e courses will consist of bene"cial presentations to prepare students if they were to encounter an event in which these skills are needed. Pierce said that this course o#ers important skills for students especially graduate students, who tend to work long and odd hours. Skills learned in this class include mental preparedness as well as physical self-defense tactics. Dorsey said that both mental

preparedness and physical preparedness are imperative when it comes to self-defense.

“!is class is just another opportunity to enhance your knowledge, have some fun, and also pick up a life skill,” Dorsey said.

Both Pierce and Dorsey would like to see this class develop into a course that meets at least once a month. Students would be able to review and develop skills that they have already learned in an ongoing class as well as pick up some new skills.

DEFENSE: Courses and presentations will prepare students to "ght back

Mary McCoy, an Arts & Sciences junior, knows the process of the CARE program "rsthand.

McCoy was sent to CARE in September of her freshman year, about a month a$er "rst coming to Creighton. She described the perfect storm of circumstances around the incident as beginning with the fact that she didn’t drink in high school.

“I was pretty involved in sports,” McCoy said. “If you got caught drinking, you sat out for four or "ve games. [I came to college with] no experience. I didn’t know my tolerance.”

Her friend, however, was an experienced drinker and partier. One night, McCoy and her friend decided they were going to “go out” a$er a stressful week of di%cult tests. McCoy dropped her curling iron while she was getting ready for the evening, which caused her to accidentally grab the barrel, burning her hand. Her friend told her to take shots so she wouldn’t feel the pain of the burn. !at was when the evening took a turn for the worse.

“I went shot for shot with her with half a bottle of vodka,” McCoy said. “I don’t remember very much of that night.”

What she does know was reported to her later by the Center for Student Integrity sta#.  McCoy was “barely functioning,” and somebody was dragging her up the mall. !ree RAs in Gallagher noticed McCoy and her friend and took them inside to ask them questions. McCoy was not speaking and barely conscious, only waking up to vomit.

When McCoy awoke in the hospital the next morning, she had no idea where she was. She was surprised to learn that she had blown a BAC of 0.24.

“!at’s crazy,” McCoy said. “!ere’s no way I wouldn’t have been caught and sent [to CARE]. I could have easily died.”

While it may have seemed crazy at the time, it is not much di#erent from an average CARE case. Most cases are underage students who have a BAC much higher than the legal limit.

A$er a case occurs, the student involved

will be sent a letter from the Center for Student Integrity, asking them to set up a meeting with a professional such as associate director of the Center for Student Intergrity Matthew Sullivan. He or she is then told the violations to the Student Code of Conduct they committed. !e most frequent infractions are exhibiting behavior unbecoming of a Creighton University student and intoxication, especially in the case of students under 21.

Associate vice president for Student Life Wayne Young, Jr. stressed that the CARE program was designed to be holistic and educational in nature. If a student cooperates, he or she could be extended the chance to attend CARE Opportunities: the Alternative Course Program in addition to other possible sanctions.

!e program consists of "ve sessions, taught by "ve di#erent speakers on a variety of topics. !e sessions are focused on leadership, alcohol’s a#ect on mental and physical health, laws about alcohol and the student’s future.

“!ey have a doctor, a policeman and other di#erent speakers come in and help us see how to practice safer habits,” said McCoy, who went through the program. “It was interesting.”

Young said that is the point of the program—to educate students— rather than be a punitive system.

However, McCoy disagrees with that sentiment. While she believes it is good to educate students about healthier drinking habits, she still believes it is an obvious penalty system.

“Even just the "nes; you can’t say it’s not a punishment,” McCoy said.

She had to spend the night in an intensive care unit, which potentially saved her life but also cost a lot of money. However, she estimates she had to pay an additional $350 in "nes to the university.

Completion of the program does not necessarily expunge an incident from a student’s record. However, it can be downgraded from probation to a disciplinary reprimand, which is an o%cial warning. !is change can make a big di#erence on a graduate or medical school application.

“If you comply with us and work with us, it won’t generally put an end to your medical school dreams or have you lose your scholarships,” Young said.

McCoy isn’t really worried about the impact the CARE incident will have on her future plans.

“!ere are a lot worse things that could have happened,” she said. “It’s not a DUI, and I think medical schools will give me an opportunity to explain that I was very young and I didn’t realize what I was doing.”

Hulme appreciates the program for its life-saving e#orts. “!ere have been times that students legitimately needed to go to CARE because their BAC has been so high they risked serious injury or even death,” Hulme said. “!e few times that we catch someone who could have drank themselves to death, because that’s what some students have nearly done, themselves to death, makes the entire program worth it.”

Young had similar sentiments about the program and recounted the story of the very "rst CARE case at Creighton, when a desk receptionist stopped a student in McGloin Hall. !e student actually stopped breathing during the incident and needed medical treatment right away.

“It was not a stretch to say that the "rst CARE case was a life that was actually saved,” Young said.

Despite these severe cases, most people involved with the CARE process emphasize that they are not “out to get” students who choose to drink.

“Let’s be honest, some guy may go out and consume "ve beers in an hour and a half and be "ne,” Hulme said. “All he needs to do is go back to his room and sleep it o#. However, sometimes people go too far.”

Young said CARE is for someone who is severely intoxicated.

“We’re not talking about … folks that have decided to have two or three drinks. !ey are people who are choosing to be very ignorant about their alcohol intake.”

He then added with a chuckle: “Let’s face it, if we wanted to get people in trouble, I would be hanging outside of Kiewit on a Friday night.”

!e numbers themselves point to this. According to data from the past three semesters, there is an average of 24.7 CARE cases. !at amounts to less than one percent of all undergraduate students at Creighton.

Sullivan believes the program is worthwhile, despite the generally negative views from students.

“As a professional I like it,” Sullivan said. “I think that as someone who is concerned with students and how they live … it serves to protect the entire Creighton community. Stu#

will happen when people are drinking.”!e response from students who have been

through the program is not as bad as one might think, Sullivan said.

“A good chunk of students who I have spoken to say, ‘I’m glad they were there, I was scared, I didn’t know what was going to happen to me,’ ” Sullivan said. “!ey are usually in a bad place — they have lost control and it scares them.”

McCoy echoed that sentiment.“In my case it was de"nitely necessary,

because if the people I was with took me out of the room in the "rst place, they obviously didn’t know how to take care of me,” McCoy said. “If I had stayed in the room and fallen asleep, there’s a good chance I would have choked on my vomit and died.”

She said she thinks that severe cases are the only ones that require such drastic interventions.

“Kids that go just because they blow over a 0.08 or have shown mild signs of intoxication, I think that’s a waste of resources,” McCoy said.

It is unlikely that students and administrators will ever see eye to eye on issues involving alcohol on college campuses. Putting the statistics, procedures and penalties aside, Young said that university has one major sentiment that is widely adopted by sta# and faculty alike.

“We recognize that alcohol is the drug of choice right now,” Young said. “But we implore students to abandon high-risk drinking.”

AMANDA BRANDTSocial Media Editor

CU CAREs for Students (Pt. III)In the previous two issues this semester, “!e Creightonian” published an in depth look at CU’s CARE Program. !is week is the conclusion of that story.

Bluejay CrossingHeartim (Heart) Williams Class of 2014, Brother of Phi Kappa Psi

“The deals you get at Marcus Cinema are ideal! For starters, you get discounted student tickets! On Tuesdays they have $10 pizzas AND you get $2 fountain drinks and popcorn! The fact that it’s conveniently located to campus makes everything perfect. You can’t go wrong with this place.”

The fact that it’s conveniently located to campus makes everything perfect.

To read the full three part story on CARE, vist our website: www.creightonian.com.

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“What do you think of the

snowmageddon?”

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?Question of the Week...?

Nicole MethvenBusiness freshman

!eresa MaloneyNursing sophomore

Harry BiggsArts & Sciences freshman

Sid PinapatiArts & Sciences junior

“I would love for there to be a snowday so my test would be cancelled.”

“Yeah there’s a lot of hype, I don’t want to get my hopes up.”

“I think the hype is way too exaggerated...”

“I think there will be a snowday because the weather channel says 90% chance.”

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O"en times, those who are in bands started by themselves and with their friends from college, who live across the country from one another don’t expect fame and success from these side careers.

However, sometimes the music gets o# the ground and leads to unexpected success, just as it did for Creighton

alumni Zach Fuller and Ben Salzinger, whose band “Type B and Zach Fuller” just $nished recording their $rst EP, titled “!e Other Line.”

!ough both of these musicians work full time in their respective careers, they still make time for their music, which was started at Creighton.

Salzinger, who graduated in the fall of 2010 with a business degree, had made the decision to become a musician and vocalist prior to meeting Fuller, but was unsure how to do that.

“One day when I was sitting in my dorm room I thought to myself, ‘How can I become a musician without having a full band?’ ” Salzinger said. “Right a"er I said that, I looked down at my feet and saw my old CD case from high school that had all my hip-hop CDs in it. At that moment I began a long hard process of trying to teach myself how to rap.”

Salzinger, whose full-time career is working in Internet Sales at O’Daniel Honda in Omaha, is the lead vocalist in the group and writes all of the lyrics as well as helps with

arranging the songs.Fuller, who is currently working on his

Ph.D in molecular evolution at Penn State, and Salzinger began working together when Fuller was a freshman at Creighton and Salzinger was a junior. Fuller joined Salzinger’s fraternity at Creighton, Pi Kappa Alpha, and through the grapevine, Salzinger learned that Fuller made Hip Hop music. So, they got together and started making music.

Tyler Langnes, close friend of the group as well as a fellow Creighton alumnus, supported them and remained close to them as they began working together.

“As they got better they became more serious and Ben built an in home studio so they could produce at the highest quality,” Langnes said. “In essence, this all started small but got much bigger as they both grew in experience.”

“A"er one or two years of recording, we really started to $nd our sound and a direction we wanted to take our music,” said Fuller, who serves as the producer and lead composer for the group, as well as mixing and combining the tracks. “We both liked alternative rock and hip-hop, so we wanted to take in%uences from both genres.”

!e name “Type B” came from Salzinger’s name for himself, “Typically Ben.” !e two worked with people throughout the Omaha community and also added a guitarist from Salzinger’s place of employment as well as a singer and guitarist that had heard of them, to their group, and it began to take shape.

“!ey both added to the sound I had already created and really took our music to the next level,” Fuller said. “It was all about getting out there and networking and meeting

as many people who share the same interests in music as you do.”

!is combined interest in music has led to the growing success of the small group, which focuses around Salzinger and Fuller. !ough working across the country from one another, the two have been able to work together through the home-built studio where they record all of their music. Fuller said this allows them to be in control of the process from beginning to end.

“!ere truly has been a movement to get Type B where he is now,” Langnes said. “Everything from concerts at Creighton, to shows at local bars, passing out stickers and mixtapes downtown, and overall networking within the music community in Omaha. I know everyone involved has worked very hard and I’d say it’s all paid o#.”

In addition to the work with this group, the two have also been working on a clothing company, called Above Zero, that also represents what they strive to relay to their fans, friends and family.

“As much as we pride ourselves in making music, we understand that something has to pay our bills in the future,” Salzinger said. “We have used our Creighton education to create a company that we feel can not only help us with future earnings but can help grow our music and other people’s music. Our clothing company represents under appreciated talented artist and our goal is to get them exposure through sponsorship.”

For more information and to download the group’s newly released EP, log onto www.typebmusic.com.

From Creighton to iTunes: Alumni in the real world

Why is it that some of the greatest girls we know keep chasing a"er the boys who treat them like the gum stuck to the bottom of their shoes?

Why do they hang around the kind of guys who continually use

them? Why are they always so insistent that these boys are di#erent around them? Why do these fun, amazing girls always seem to go trailing a"er the “$xer-upper” men?

I had a friend whose boyfriend was notorious for being a player. One day, I confronted her about his dating history and why she stays with him. She told me she liked him because it made her feel special that he was so awful to everyone but sometimes not awful to her. She said she knew she was di#erent and would be the one to change his ways.

Well as you guessed, she wasn’t di#erent, he didn’t change and in the back of her mind, I bet she knew that it would end up that way. She knew exactly what she was getting into but

she just sat there and let him tear her apart.For some reason if you are a human

being, over the age of 13 and have a gender, you have heard the age old question: Why do girls like jerks?

Here is the answer to that question. Girls do not like jerks, but they like bad boys, which are men who act like jerks but really aren’t.No matter how many times a girl says that she is looking for a nice guy, she always seems to fall for the bad boy. !is is because everyone likes a challenge, and in this case, the challenge being his emotional unavailability. !is right here is why good girls love bad boys: every girl, particularly the bleeding heart type, wants to think she can $x the broken bad boy and be the one he falls for; chances are she isn’t.

A nice guy is a guy who cares for the well-being of the girl he’s interested in, the downside is he usually resides in the friend zone. Nice guys want to get to know a girl, fall in love with her, and treat her right. Nice

guys take the harder path than the bad boys where they endure rejection and feelings of inadequacy. !e saying nice guys $nish last does not always hold true, because when nice

guys do win, they win big, it just may take a while.

Why does it take so long for girls to $gure out that the nice guys are the better choice? !is is because girls take forever, not only when it comes to

getting ready to go somewhere or shopping

in the Buckle, but forever in general. At some point,

girls learn to fully understand and recognize the immense

bene$ts of being with a nice guy. Girls have to $nd their self-worth and for

that to happen we have to have someone who believes in us. We want someone who treats us with respect and someone we can trust.

It may seem like good girls only like the bad boys, but in the end, it’s the nice guy who gets the good girl.

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SceneDating

KASSAUNDRA

HARTLEY

Scene Columnist

Why do the good girls go for the bad boys?

L o ok i ng to br i ng s om e on e s p e c i a l t o s e e “S a fe Have n” t h i s we e ke n d ?

You may want to think again.

!ere are a couple questions you might need to ask to make sure it is a good idea.

!e $rst question is if they have read the book. If the answer is yes, I highly

recommend you rethink your date night idea.

!e second follow up question is, do you care if the movie adheres to the book’s story? I mean, when most books are translated onto the screen, there are minute di#erences, right? !oughts have to be translated weirdly and the adaptation has to be short enough so the audience doesn’t get up and walk out because they’re bored. !ere are legitimate reasons to tweak parts of the movie. But only parts. Not the whole thing.

Now “Safe Haven” didn’t have any minute changes, but instead enormous rewrites to the story and characters. I don’t want to give anything away, but one thing that can be mentioned is how the color of Erin’s hair was changed so that the actress could have the color that looked the best on her for most of the movie. Now Hollywood, come on. Obviously this isn’t an extremely signi$cant part of the movie, but it was written into the book for a reason. Because of this change, anything related to the blonde and brown hair was lost within the movie.

As romantic comedies go, it wasn’t too tear jerking. Now whether you believe this is a good thing or a bad thing is totally up to you. !e acting was on par with other Nicholas Sparks books that were turned into movies. !e person the audience will de$nitely fall in love with for the sheer fact that she is adorable is the little girl, who goes by Lexi in the movie.

!e child actress who plays her is bubbly, happy, and most importantly, has the charm that sweeps Katie away and makes her want to be a part of this new family’s life.

!e brother Josh is also adorable, but seems to be a little angrier than he should be. He talks back to his dad, but every so o"en tries to a have deep conversation with him that shows how children’s minds think. !ese scenes are very moving because of how raw the emotion gets. As for the rest of the cast of characters, you will have to go see the movie to $nd out.

If I were rating Safe Haven on a $ve-star scale, I would probably give it a three. It’s an interesting enough story to keep you watching, but I also wouldn’t go out of my way to pay outrageous movie ticket prices for it. My advice would be to wait until it comes out on DVD and watch it with a group of your friends, where you can talk out loud about all the things that made it worse than it should have been.

New film plays it “safe”

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Creighton University students will be slipping on ballet slippers, raising curtains, giving lighting cues and taking the stage for a chance to broadcast their talents to visitors next week.

Creighton’s annual Spring Dance Show is an inspirational event that participants and visitors alike look forward to each year.

!e show is open to students enrolled in one of the many dance classes o"ered at Creighton. !ose participating in the dance composition and !eory class are given the opportunity to choreograph pieces to be showcased in the concert, while students in the lighting and costume design classes gain backstage experience.

“!is is a great opportunity for the students,” Creighton dance coordinator Patrick Roddy said. “All of the students have such a gi#.

!e fact that they are able to show o" their hard work is truly amazing.”

One may assume that the short show would be composed solely of ballet. !is is not the case, however, as the show will showcase a mix of jazz and contemporary with bits of ballet throughout.

“It would be great for students to come and realize that there are di"erent pieces that will appeal to everyone,” said Hope Piernick, a junior dance major and choreographer for the show.

“I am looking forward to seeing the di"erent styles of each of the students and witnessing their visions come to life on stage,” said Marcus Denker, an Arts & Sciences participant in the costuming and lighting of the show.

Student choreographers have been imagining their pieces coming to life since last year, but most of the work has been put in since Christmas break. Between scheduling rehearsal

times and making last-minute changes, the process is one that choreographers would describe as hectic, but very ful$lling.

!e Spring Dance Show will open on !ursday and will run through Sunday at Creighton’s Mainstage of the Lied Education Center for the Arts.

Performances from !ursday through Saturday will be at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s matinee will be held at 2 p.m., General admission is $18 with a discounted price of $15 for senior ctizens and $5 for Creighton students, faculty and sta".

“I hope people going to the show can take away the fact that students at Creighton, in their Jesuit and liberal arts education, are given the opportunity to dance on a pre-professional level before they head out into the world,” Roddy said. “!is is something that is really important and special to the students. It is their outlet.”

Even though she isn’t performing, Piernick can relate to the dancers with whom she

is working.“When you $nally take the stage on

opening night it just hits you,” Piernick said. “It’s so nerve-racking, but the rush that comes with it is so worth it. !is is a chance for us (students) to say, ‘this is what I’m capable of and this is my vision for you,’ and I hope that the audience can appreciate that.”

MAGGIE MCCORMICKScene Reporter

JACQUELINE LOScene Reporter

As the busy college students we are, it is usually too time consuming to have to buy fresh groceries, take the time to stand in front of a stove, and then a#erwards clean up the dishes.

Our dining opt ions therefore usual ly consist of e ither Brandies cafeteria food, frozen

cuisine or the occasional trip to an Old Market restaurant. Because of convenience and lack of a car, “dorm-room cuisine” is limited to putting together meals with stolen bread from Brandeis and a value pack of cold cuts. Nebraska, while severely limited in the variety of cuisines o"ered, puts a twist on the classic hot pocket with the Runza.

Runza is a mid-western fast-food joint located on 5051 Center St with 10 other Omaha locations. Rather than being limited to a typical ham & cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, customers are given the choice between Cheese, Swiss Mushroom, Cheeseburger, or BBQ Bacon $lling.

While there is a wide variety of options, there was nothing extraordinary about the overrated sandwich more resemblant of a hot dog bun with ground meat and cabbage with spices in it. !e “made-fresh” bread felt like a brick in my stomach and I would not want to drive out of my way again to feel myself being pummeled by the dead weight of carbohydrates and greasy meat.

To cater to the hundreds of college kids here in Omaha, Runza should o"er a delivery service. If I wanted to order Chinese food right at this very moment or

even at 9 pm, I could call in my order and have it delivered to me within 20 minutes. Instead, Runza forces their customers to drive into the cold weather to hang out with the sketchy fast-food crowd while waiting for essentially an overrated sandwich and burger.

While I stood there waiting for my order to be $lled, I was accosted by one of my fellow customers, a bearded-man wearing a thug-like beanie. It was great to be in the company of a homeless guy interrogating me as to how it was possible that I could speak proper English without an Asian accent. If I’m going to take the time to leave campus for dinner, I would rather shell out extra money so as to not feel like I had to defend myself with a sandwich.

As a West-coast resident, it is frustrating that Nebraska glori$es mediocre sandwiches and burgers like Runza’s. !ere is a whole world of ethnic foods to try and I have spent many of my weekends wanting to try something beyond the frozen section of Walmart or Sodexo menu.

While there is Blue or Indian Room in the Old Market, the restaurant options remain the same year a#er year. !ere is nothing wrong with having American pride in classic sandwiches and burgers, but to never be able to try di"erent cuisines is a missed opportunity for kids to learn about new cultures and inspire them to travel to new places.

With 11 locations throughout the city and over 75 throughout the midwest, Runza is a favorite among Nebraska locals.

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Out of the three main dining halls on campus, some students say that Becker makes them feel most at home because the sta" takes the time to get to know students that frequent the dining hall.

Becker dining hall is open to students Mo n d ay t h r o u g h Friday for

breakfast and lunch only. Because students do not have the opportunity to eat at Becker as o#en as they do at Brandeis and Skutt, the sta" tries to make each visit worth the student’s while.

Sta" worker Debbie Griggs works the Becker front desk, swiping cards to enter the hall. She has been doing this for the past nine and a half years. She said that her favorite part of her job is meeting the students that come in.

“I love my job because I love talking with the kids and getting to know them and what is going on in their week, Griggs said.

Griggs thinks that Becker stands out from the rest because everyone in the building is so friendly and welcoming. Even her co-workers get along and all have a great relationship.

“Everyone around here does their share and helps in any way they can,” Griggs said. “It helps when you have such a cool manager like we do.”

Arts & Sciences senior Blair Wittenburg agrees that Becker takes the cake for friendliness. She had some especially kind words to say about Griggs.

“My brother and his best friend graduated three years ago and still visit Debbie every time they are in Omaha,” Wittenburg said. “Debbie exempli$es Creighton values and is why I love Becker.”

While students %ock to Becker for the friendly faces, some said that the meals are delicious as well. Freshman nursing student Kaylee Arakaki loves having a meal at Becker.

“!e lunches in Becker are way better than in Brandeis, but that is just my opinion,” Arakaki said.

!e selection on a normal day in Becker usually includes a salad bar, pizza, grilled cheese, burgers, soup, fruit, desserts, and a special main line meal that changes each day. Students can also prepare their own sandwiches or pour themselves a bowl of cereal on a daily basis.

“!e quality of the food di"ers every day, but is generally good,” said Business sophomore Amy Johnson.

Johnson mentioned that some aspects of Becker food are great because you see the food being prepared in front of you. !e students

can see that it is fresh.“!e only two problems I have with the

quality of the food in Becker is the grease factor in the grilled cheese and the stale birthday cake that they set out the day a#er the ‘monthly birthday celebration,” Johnson said.

!e dining hall likes to hold special events throughout the year as well in hopes to increase tra&c. Griggs said that Becker saw a great turn out last week for their Mardi Gras celebration, with a Fat Tuesday meal that brought a taste of

New Orleans to the school. !is dinner was also special because it was one of

the few times during the school year that Becker opens its doors for dinner.

!e dining hall currently tries to change up the food choices o#en enough to keep things interesting. Griggs says that Becker will continue to think of creative

ways to cater to the students’ requests. In the meantime, she said she hopes

the friendly atmosphere will keep students coming back time and time again.

Students find comfort in dining hall

MAGGIE HINRICHSScene Reporter

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After nine years of working at Creighton, Debbie Griggs still smiles at the entrance of Becker dinning hall where she greets students while swiping their I.D.

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When: !ursday-March 2 at 7:30 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m.

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22 February 2013

OPINIONTHE CREIGHTONIAN

Evan Holland, opinion@creightonian.comFollow us: @cu_opinion

Quote of the Week“And two soon-to-be-published studies demonstrate how there can be more giant blizzards yet less snow overall each year. Projections are that that’s likely to continue with man-made global warming.”

- Seth Borenstein, AP Science writer, in his article “Climate contradiction: Less snow, more blizzards”

“Why are you in college?”Today was one of those days. Like the title

suggests, it was one of those glorious, beautiful days where I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that where I am in my life is exactly where I need to be.

I hope and pray that you all know exactly what I’m talking about. !ose days when things come together for you in such a way that it seems like the stars are aligned. You run into people who mean the world to you and they say just what you need to hear. You have perfect timing when it comes to what you do in your day, because things just fall in line. It’s the idea that “all is as it should be.”

Obviously, that means that there had to be something that made me get to that point. For me, it was my COM312 class with Dr. Rob Dornsife. A radically unique and brilliant English professor, Dr. Dornsife engages our class in a way that I have never experienced before in my life. He challenges us to think beyond and outside the way in which society forms us to think — encouraging us to understand reality for ourselves rather than go with the "ow of tradition.

Our class is o#cially titled Mass Media and Modern Culture, but that doesn’t even begin to cover it. Each day, we spend the 75 minutes questioning everything about the nature of language — inclusivity, exclusivity, immutability, and so on. He uses crazy examples and engages the class by his dramatic way of lecturing and moving about, getting in the faces of students and nearly yelling sometimes.

Add in to your (already probably pretty interesting) idea of him in your head that he is a 6-foot-6ish lean 40-something year old, always donning a dress shirt, Dockers and Air Jordans.

Yep. So needless to say, I look forward to his class every Tuesday and !ursday; I have come to realize that I will never be bored by him.

So when he started o$ class today and said that it was going to be a bit di$erent, I felt a mix of emotions. He seemed pretty serious, and explained that he was going to talk about this particular subject to all of us because he had been asked about it by three separate students from the class all in one day. I glanced over at my roommate, wondering what it could be. I de%nitely didn’t expect it to be what he spent the next 65 minutes talking about.

He posed the question “Why are you in college? Like, why do you actually come here? Why do you go through this system?” Everyone in the class was smart enough to realize that this was an epically rhetorical question, and he was going to answer it for us.

I can say with con%dence that he then launched in to one of the most meaningful and memorable lectures I have ever been blessed enough to witness. As he said, “I’m telling you this because it scares the hell out of me that I might be the only one who ever says it to you.” He told us that we go to college for two reasons: to hone our passion, and to get a credential in it. Dornsife then pointed out how many people go about college the wrong way, honing something that they’re not passionate about to get a job that they then will be miserable with.

Perhaps most memorably, he said “!e only chance we have to succeed in life is if we have the courage to follow our passion.”

I love that he used the phrase “have the courage to,” meaning that not only do we all have a passion (or more than one), but we also all have the capability to follow it. Nothing is out of reach. Rather, what he focuses on is the necessity for us to have the courage to follow the thing that we are passionate about. He went

on and on, explaining how passion drives us in a way that money and dreams of wealth can never do.

!e second time that I was simply struck by his words was when he said “If you live your life based on what other people expect of you, that will only get you to miserable mediocrity. !is is because you will be beaten every time by the person who you work with who is actually passionate about what you’re doing.”

Wow, right?!is lecture was simply too good for me

to keep to myself, or within the con%nes of the classroom walls. I wish this post would give you the full experience of being there, but there is absolutely no way I can re-create it. So I gave you my best shot at sharing the wisdom.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it all day. A&er I le& class, I walked around in a daze of “mind blown” status for a good hour.

One thing that came to me during this time was the quote by Howard !urman: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Subsequently, I thought of the quote by Frederick Buechner when it comes to %guring out what that thing is that makes you come alive: “!e place to which God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

What makes you come alive? Where do you %nd your deep gladness? And more importantly, do you have the courage to pursue it? I wish you well.

!is column came from Chirstina Moore’s personal blog, “readmoore.” You can read more by Moore at: readmoore.wordpress.com

CHRISTINA MOOREGuest Columnist

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American diet examined

Americans are quickly becoming the most overweight people in the world. !is trend has been going on for a while now because of easy access to fast food restaurants and cheap food. It is an issue that needs to be addressed, because it can cause problems for people at a young age. Poor health will keep kids and adults from doing what they want with their lives.

Sure food is amazing and delicious, but it can also be bad if it is not the kind of food needed to be eaten regularly and there is no exercise being done.

Most of the time people tend to eat when they are bored or stressed and it can be di#cult to stop if it is really good. Being able to eat foods that are not high in calories and other things are important. Even though it might not be the most appetizing sometimes, it is better to %nd ways to enjoy them than not eat them at all.

Although I do not eat like that all the time, I understand if eating unhealthily is done constantly, then it can lead to serious health problems.

I think it is okay to have those days when you just want to eat whatever you want, but it does not mean that it has to be a lot. People need to realize if they do it, it will not make them feel any better.

Although, in many instances, physical activity and eating habits are e$orts people are required to have in order to have a balanced combination to not be unhealthy, there are still others who develop other problems.

Even limiting yourself to all those foods and trying to not gain weight is an issue that needs to be discussed with people at a young age because whichever spectrum of weight they are in it is important that they try to be healthy and not do things that is detrimental to their health and body.

Our American way of life is responsible for both our weight problem and poor health. Americans live in places that encourage us to drive everywhere. In other cultures, people are able to have di$erent habits that keep them from becoming overweight.

!e pressure of society to be a certain weight or look is also an issue that makes it hard for people and leads them to either eat more or develop other kinds of weight problems.

If people start sharing this type of information with people at schools and make it important to participate in physical education every day then it could make them less likely to face these issues.

For those that are older, it is important that they realize the impact it can make on their life. If they went to the doctor to get checked out they could see if they were okay and whether they needed to work on things to get healthier.

It does not have to be rigorous amounts of work, but can be taken slowly if they start eating the right amounts of healthy food and exercising a couple times a week, in order to make it a habit that can potentially save them.

EDITH VILLEGASOpinion Columnist

22 February 2013

SPORTSTHE CREIGHTONIAN

Matt Bourgault, Sports Editorsports@creightonian.com

MATT BOURGAULTSports Editor

OUT OF BOUNDS

Jays win pink out game!e Creighton women’s basketball team

won more than a game Saturday a"ernoon. !e Bluejays defeated Wichita State Unniversity 56-46 in their annual “Pink Out” game in D.J. Sokol Arena.

“I’m proud to be a women’s basketball coach because I think we’ve made a commitment to raising awareness,” head coach Jim Flanery said.

!e Bluejays joined the 1,378 in attendance to raise awareness for breast cancer.

“When you think about what we’re #ghting and how much awareness we’re raising, I think it’s great that we commit to that in women’s basketball,” Flanery said. “I’m proud to be a part of that.”

!at said, Saturday’s win over Wichita State was a big one for the Bluejays.

Creighton (18-6, 10-3 MVC) claimed sole possession of second place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. Wichita State (17-8, 11-2 MVC) remained in #rst place in the MVC in spite of the loss, but its lead has been cut to only one game.

On top of that, the Bluejays won this game in an unusual way for a team that leads the nation with 9.5 3-point #eld goals made per game — with stellar post play.

“Jennie Vickers, my assistant coach, [said] we needed to throw the ball inside,” Flanery said.

Sophomore forward Alexis Akin-Otiko was Creighton’s leading scorer with a season-high 13 points. She also led the team with eight rebounds, three assists and a pair each of blocks and steals.

“Our purpose was to spread them out,” Akin-Otiko said. “!ey’re a really good pressure team. !ere were a lot of open lanes for me.”

Junior center Alyssa Kamphaus added nine points, including a jumper on the opening possession of the game.

Creighton jumped out to an 11-6 with 11:38 remaining in the #rst half. Wichita State answered with a 9-2 run to take a 15-13 lead at the 7:15 mark.

A layup by junior forward Sarah Nelson and a jumper by sophomore forward Alexis Akin-Otiko reclaimed a 17-15 lead for Creighton.

A deep 3-pointer by Michaela Dapprich gave Wichita State an 18-17 lead, and another 3-pointer by senior guard Jessica Diamond following a traveling violation by Nelson expanded the Shocker lead to four with 4:29 remaining in the #rst half.

Junior guard Carli Tritz answered Diamond’s three with one of her own on the following possession, which sparked a 12-4 Bluejay run that would give Creighton a 29-25 lead at hal"ime.

Creighton picked up right where it le" o$ in the #rst half, making another 12-4 run to take its largest lead of the game with 14:23 le".

Physical defense from Michelle Price, who limited Nelson to six points, and the rest of the Shocker lineup forced Bluejay turnovers that contributed to a 9-0 Shocker run. A turnover by freshman guard Marissa Janning resulted in a fast break layup by Price that cut Creighton’s lead to three at the 10:01 mark.

Akin-Otiko ended the the Shocker’s run and the Bluejays’ scoring drought that lasted slightly shy of six minutes with a layup with 8:29 remaining. Over the following #ve minutes, she scored nine of the Bluejays 11 points to put Creighton ahead by 10, the margin of victory.

“I was trying to coach, but I was cheerleading, too. I felt really good for her (Akin-Otiko).” Flanery said. “A game like today can make a big di$erence in terms of her development as we go forward.”

!e other Bluejay to score in double digits was Marissa Janning with 12 points. She has averaged 18 points since replacing Tritz in the starting lineup following the loss at Indiana State University on Feb. 8, including a career-best 26 points against Missouri State University !ursday night.

!e Bluejays take to the road next weekend for the #nal time during the regular season. !ey face the University of Northern Iowa (12-12, 7-5 MVC) !ursday night. !e game in Cedar Falls, Iowa, is set to tip o$ at 7 p.m. and Saturday a"ernoon’s game at Bradley University is scheduled for 2 p.m.

MICHAEL KOTROUSSports Reporter

Fun with questions

I would like to start by thanking all of you for s u b m i t t i n g q u e s t i o n s to the #rst ever Out Of Bounds: Fun with questions. You asked, and now you shall receive:

Why do white people love Wayne Brady?

!at’s easy. White people love Wayne Brady because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.

You want us to ask you questions and you will put them in !e Creightonian?

Yeah, that’s exactly what I want.Where do babies come from?Hospitals, but I’m just guessing here.

I haven’t actually been to a hospital since Obama took all of our guns away to pay for illegal immigrant abortions.

Why do men have nipples?Because “nipple” is a funny word that

everyone should have an opportunity to take part in.

What happened to Bobby Brown?I’m not going to intrude on Mr. Brown’s

personal life to tell you. !at’s his prerogative.Where’s Tupac?Ever since last year’s Coachella, Tupac has

been hiding out in the last scene of “Return of the Jedi.” Pop in the ol’ VHS, you’ll #nd him.

Will there ever be a “Full House” reunion episode?

I hope not. “Full House” is one of those awful shows that people remember a little too fondly. Sort of like how I remember Harold Miner.

What is the best sport?I always trust Kurtis Blow, so I’m going to

go with basketball here.What’s the most cat hair anyone has

ever eaten in one sitting?More than you’ve ever done. You need to

train harder.Why isn’t 11 pronounced “onety-one?”I have no reason why not, you’ve changed

my life.Why 2 Chainz always on MTV Jams?Because it’s incredibly fun to yell “2

Chainz!” It’s much better than actually listening to his music. While we’re on the subject, did you know 2 Chainz is 35? He also appeared on “2 Broke Girls,” which is an even worse show than “Full House.”

Why isn’t there mouse-"avored cat food?

Mom, stop asking me questions.What’s the deal with airline food?You know, I’ve never actually been on

a plane long enough to be served a meal. I assume it’s bad because airline companies hate us.

Who really killed JFK?It’s gotta be LBJ, right? I don’t trust him

or his policy on Vietnam.Is Obama a lizard person?Absolutely. We have to wake up and

acknowledge the lizards among us. Obama, Rumsfeld and Russel Westbrook are here to do the bidding of their overlord, Willam DeFoe.

Why do we, as a nation, allow our president to continue being a secret Muslim?

More importantly, what do we know about Bo’s faith? We have to keep Sharia Law out of our dog houses.

If you know Snot Boogie is gonna take the money, why do you let him play?

!is is America. You gotta let him play.Did Randy the Ram die at the end of

“!e Wrestler?”Of course he did. If someone passed you

on the street and asked, “Randy the Ram, dead or alive?” any reasonable person would answer dead.

!anks for all of the questions. We should do this again sometime.

Women’s tennis struggles in home loss!e Creighton women’s tennis team

continued their struggles Tuesday with a 5-2 loss to University of Arkansas-Little Rock at Hanscom Tennis Center.

!e home defeat came at the hands of the Trojans (8-2) who continued their hot streak with a #"h consecutive victory. !e loss adds another early blemish to Creighton’s record which now sits at 1-4 on the season.

“!ey’re a tough team,” sophomore player Jennie Hartjes said. “!ey’ve always been a tough team and we always have good matches against them.”

!e trouble for the Jays started early as they had a hard time #nding rhythm in the #rst two doubles matches.

In doubles court No. 1, senior Anna Kirshenbaum and junior Analese Snyder of Creighton lost their match to Yana Kakovkina and Viktoriya Plyuta 8-4.

Court No. 2 saw similar results as Michaela McShane and Veronique Luksich of UALR took down Hartjes and freshman Sam Anderson 8-4, winning the doubles point.

!e Creighton sophomore duo of Amanda Noonan and Liz Vermillion faced Dané Vorster and Kamilla Galieva in court No. 3, but with the score tied up at 6-6 the match was suddenly halted and remained un#nished.

“We just didn’t come out and play as well as we were capable in doubles,” head coach Tom Lilly said. “It was really a matter of execution ... it was us beating ourselves today.”

Singles matches provided a bit of spark for the Jays, but ultimately there wasn’t enough electricity in the building to overpower the Trojans.

Hartjes came out hot for Creighton and downed UALR’s Luksich (6-1, 6-2) in Court No. 1, extending her singles victory streak to three.

Court No. 6 saw success for the Jays as well as Vermillion won her match against Christel Amsallem (7-5, 6-2).

!e Jays played tough in the remaining four matches, forcing three games to three sets, but the Trojans closed out and ultimately handed Creighton defeat.

Snyder fell to Kakovkina in Court No. 2 (6-3, 2-6, 6-2) as Galieva beat Kirshenbaum in Court No. 3 (6-2, 7-6).

Noonan dropped her match to Plyuta (6-4, 2-6, 6-1) in court No. 4 and Anderson lost to Vorster (2-6, 6-2, 6-1) in court No. 5.

“In singles, they showed that they were the

better team,” Lilly said. ”It’s good that Jennie won at No. 1 and continued her streak ... I like way we competed and things a"er kind of laying an egg in doubles.”

“We know what we have to do we just have to execute a little bit better,” Hartjes said.

!e Jays are set to take on the University

of Wyoming this Friday at 10 a.m. !e matches will be held in Lincoln.

“It’s another really good team,” Lilly said. “Wyoming is nationally ranked. Hopefully we can give them a good match.”

TYLER CATANIASports Reporter

Sophomore Jennie Hartjes stands at the ready to receive a serve. Hartjes sparked the Jays’ individual efforts by scoring a (6-1, 6-2) victory on Court No. 1.

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Creighton downs the Salukis

!e Creighton men’s basketball team beat the Southern Illinois Salukis 59-45 at CenturyLink Center Omaha on Tuesday night in an ugly, low-scoring a"air. Despite the poor play, the loss allows the Jays to build on the momentum from their win against the University of Evansville on Saturday and make a run at the Missouri Valley regular season title.

Creighton took control for the most of the game, going inside early to senior center Gregory Echenique and junior forward Doug McDermott. A dazzling alley-oop from junior guard Jahenns Manigat to Echeniqiue allowed the Jays to take a 12-2 lead #ve minutes into the game.

!e Jays maintained control due to poor shooting from SIU (31.3 percent in the #rst half) and some easy interior buckets for Creighton thanks to some frontcourt size mismatches. !e team shot 52.4 percent in the #rst half and only made two 3-point baskets, while McDermott and Echenique lead the team in scoring with six points each and senior guard Grant Gibbs collected #ve assists.

However, SIU continued to hang in the game in the #rst half because of some sloppy play from the Jays — who committed seven turnovers in the #rst half — and some timely second chance plays that allowed the Salukis to take 11 more shots than the Jays. At hal$ime, Creighton led 28-22.

In the second half, SIU gradually narrowed the gap, as Creighton struggled to get Echenique and McDermott into a rhythm, as the two only combined for four points in the second half. Creighton continued to commit turnovers in the #rst few minutes of the #rst half, and both the team and crowd appeared lifeless. A jumper from SIU senior guard Kendal Brown-Surles cut the Creighton lead down to 35-31, and the Salukis seemed poised to take the lead.

Everything changed, however, when sophomore center Will Artino entered the game. Artino’s play energized the team, as he scored nine crucial points in the second half and six points in a six minute span that altered the momentum in the game. Artino dominated the smaller Salukis inside with assistance from freshman guard Nevin Johnson, who scored four points in the second half, two of which came on a beautiful alley-oop pass from Artino.

A$er the game, head coach Greg McDermott praised Artino’s e"ort.

“It was huge,” McDermott said. “It really saved us. We were banged up so we needed bench guys to step up. !e combination of Ethan [Wragge] and Will was a little better for us tonight.”

Gibbs also poured the praise on for Artino.

“Without his e"ort I don’t know how it would have turned out,” Gibbs said. “He took advantage of the moment, and we needed it. It was huge.”

Creighton never stepped on the throat

of the Salukis and put the game away, but they maintained control and composure for the last 10 minutes of the second half and led by around 10 points for most of the remainder of the game. !ough it was a sloppy and poorly played game, including some referee confusion about the amount of foul shots on one play, the Jays got

the 59-45 win and notched another tally in the MVC win total.

Artino and Gibbs #nished as the leading scorers for the Jays with 13 apiece, while senior guard Je" Early led the Salukis with 12 points.

A$er the game, Artino talked about his amazing performance.

“All year the coaches have preached to the bench players to be ready when your number is called because you never know when it’s going to come or how many minutes you’re going to get,” Artino said. “I try to bring as much energy to the table as I can because I’m not the strongest guy or the most athletic guy. I try to bring a spark and do whatever I can to help the team.”

SIU coach Barry Hinson provided some entertaining insight a$er the game when he described the team’s e"ort.

“!ere’s gonna be a lot of fans who walk out of here tonight and they don’t know the di"erence,” Hinson said. “But those who do, they saw all my peckerwoods and my goobers play their tails o". I’ve got three guys crying in the locker room and I think that speaks volumes.”

!e game was sloppy, but according to Hinson, that was the Salukis’ game plan.

“It was exactly what we wanted. I told them, make it the most boring game you’ve ever seen, make it the worst B-movie you’ve ever watched, I said make it the worst food they’ve ever got so they don’t tip the waiter … I used every analogy I could think of. We knew that beer was on sale for 99 cents and I said make sure they just drink a ton of beer so that they’re so drunk they can’t move the chair in the second half.”

Despite the win, Greg McDermott was concerned with the team’s recent play and addressed the team for approximately 10 minutes a$er the game. McDermott wanted the team to recapture the success they had earlier in the year, and he shared some of the things he said with the team to the media.

“We’ve got to #nd a way to get the swagger back,” McDermott said. “Our message in the locker room was that we have to #nd a way to capture that enthusiasm and that enjoyment with which these guys have played with each other in the past.”

“If they have a fault it’s that they’re too good of guys and they probably don’t demand as much of each other as they should demand of each other at times.”

!e Jays will look to build on the momentum of consecutive wins to capture the MVC regular season title from Wichita State University and make a deep run in the NCAA tournament. !ere’s certainly hope the team can regain their “swagger” thanks to the contributions of Will “Big Swag” Artino.

JOHN GALVANOSports Reporter

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Sophomore center Will Artino dominated the paint on his way to a game-high 13 points. Senior guard Grant Gibbs also ended the game with 13 in the 59-45 victory.

Artino sparks the Jays to a 14-point victory over SIU(L-R): Freshman guard Nevin Johnson, senior center Gregory Echenique, senior guard Grant Gibbs, junior forward Doug McDermott and junior guard Jahenns Manigat huddle up.