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BY ALDEN HEURINGStaff Reporter

Some students party over Spring Break.Others visit their families. But students inthe Purdue Outing Club are going on anadventure.

Following this week of classes, membersof the club will climb the Red Rocks nearLas Vegas, backpack in Utah’s Zion

National Park and kayak in the Carolinas.“The club is about getting out of West

Lafayette and doing something outdoorsthat you wouldn’t be able to do,” said AndyConstantino, club member and a senior inthe School of Mechanical Engineering.“We go between an hour and five hoursaway every weekend.”

The Outing Club is popular among out-door sports enthusiasts. Members go ontrips to kayak, climb rocks, spelunk and ridemountain bikes, among other activities.

“Usually when people join the club theypick one major activity, but they dabble inthe others,” Constantino said. “Before myfreshman year at Purdue, I went to WestVirginia and did some rafting, biking andclimbing. It was so amazing, I knew it was

what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.Then I found this group and they acceptedme right away.”

The club’s biggest event of the year takesplace fairly close to home. The PurdueOuting Club Adventure Race is held everyJanuary during Martin Luther King Jr.Weekend. “The last two years we’ve had itat Hoosier National Forest, but we try tochange it up every now and then,” said racecoordinator Tyler Hall. “Basically, it’s areally long orienteering race.”

Participants in the event are given coor-dinates to find in the middle of the woodsusing only maps and compasses. The coor-dinates are marked by flags, and the first

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at IowaW, 67-56

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vs. Minn.W, 79-60

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at Wis.L, 73-66

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vs. Mich.W, 69-59

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vs. Wis.W, 60-57

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vs. PSUW, 66-46

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at IUW, 78-75

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at OSUW, 60-57

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15 wins

12 wins

9 wins

6 wins

3 wins

CONFERENCE JOURNEY | A GAME-BY-GAME LOOK AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONSaturday’s win at Penn State thrust Purdue to a Big Ten title it shares with both Ohio State and Michigan State. The following

chart depicts how the Boilers ascended to their final conference mark of 14-4.

Tough stretch: Buckeyestar Evan Turner willedOSU to a second half

comeback win, Purdue’ssecond of three straight

losses.

Helping hand: Rarely used red-shirt freshman John Hart came off

the bench to help Purdue avoiddropping its fourth straight con-

test. Hart scored 14 and has beena mainstay in coach Matt

Painter’s rotation ever since.

Big W’s: Junior JaJuanJohnson played well inroad wins at Ohio State

and Michigan State.

Key loss: Purdueescaped Minnesota with

a win, but lost RobbieHummel to an ACL tear.

Four days later, MSUbeat the Hummel-less

Boilers at Mackey.

Attacking the Big Ten: Senior Chris Kramerled Purdue to a rebound romping of in-state

rival Indiana on Senior Night. The Boilers fol-lowed by closing the season with a narrowvictory at Penn State to claim a share of the

Big Ten title.

BY PAT ARMSTRONGStaff Reporter

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – For now, Purdue can celebrate its title aschampion of the Big Ten.

Junior center JaJuan Johnson led Purdue (26-4, 14-4 Big Ten) with21 points and senior guard Keaton Grant chipped in 17 to beat PennState (11-19, 3-15 Big Ten) to clinch a share of their first regular seasonBig Ten Championship in 14 years.

Purdue got off to a quick start, getting big threes from Grant on their wayto a 20-9 advantage in the first half, but Penn State refused to go away.

“It was important to get that run,” head coach Matt Painter said about histeam. “Being on the road never allows for big runs, especially in the Big Ten.”

Penn State showed why, closing the gap in the first half with big shots fromteam leader Talor Battle and getting a big three from forward David Jackson tocut the lead to eight before halftime.

In second half, Penn State switched to a zone. Purdue looked a little stag-nant on offense, but senior guard Chris Kramer had a steal and a layup with15:48 remaining to get the team started on another run – this one highlight-ed by two monstrous Johnson dunks.

Still, Penn State refused to turn away and slowly came back to within ninepoints before Grant hit a big three to put Purdue up by 12. That shot gavethe senior 1,000 career points.

“I was trying too hard when we played IU, so I said I was going make surethat I got them all against Penn State,” said Grant, who joins teammatesJohnson, E’Twaun Moore and Robbie Hummel in the 1,000-point club.

Penn State kept bringing it, though, attempting to spoil Grant’s big dayand the Boilermakers’ shot at a share of the championship. A 3-pointer byguard Chris Babb and a jumper by Andrew Jones cut the Boilermakers’ leadto six. Then Battle went down.

COURTS

STAFF REPORTS

Former Purdue student Cory Lynch will not serve any jail time forfiring the shot that killed Landon Siela.

According to James Bell, Lynch’s attorney, Judge Don Daniel sen-tenced Lynch to community corrections.

“Community corrections can place him on home detention, workrelease or day reporting,” Bell said in an e-mail.

Bell also said that the sentence was unusual and that the judge saidhe had never seen a case in which somebody dies but no one goes toprison.

Lynch was charged with a Class C felony, which Bell said can carry aprison sentence of up to eight years.

In January, Lynch entered a guilty plea with an agreement negotiat-ed with the prosecution that Lynch’s two other felony charges, criminalrecklessness and pointing a firearm, could be dropped.

On Aug. 22, 2009, just days before classes began for Purdue’s fallsemester, 22-year-old Lynch of Carmel, 22-year-old William Calderonof Fort Wayne and 21-year-old Landon Siela of Fort Wayne werereportedly playing with an airsoft gun. Lynch and Calderon reportedlyattempted to play a prank on Siela by pointing real firearms at him ashe exited a bathroom in an apartment at 204 Wiggins St.

The firearm Lynch was holding allegedly went off and struck Siela inthe throat. Siela later died at a local hospital.

Police said alcohol was a factor in the incident. Calderon recently pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm, a Class A mis-

demeanor, and will be sentenced during a hearing on Tuesday.

Former studentsentenced infatal shooting

BY ANDREA HAMMERCampus Editor

Purdue will work with several departments in the coming months toinstall a campuswide surveillance system.

When finished sometime next fall, cameras in 133 locations willloosely monitor the campus.

Purdue Police Chief John Cox said the department will not closelymonitor the cameras, but instead will use them as more of a tool for fur-ther investigation of a reported crime.

“It’s going to be a passively monitored system, we don’t have the staffand we don’t have the numbers to be able to have someone sit there andconstantly watch all of these cameras.”

Jeanne Norberg, University spokeswoman, said these plans havebeen in the works for several years.

“We were talking about it back when (former Purdue student) WadeSteffey disappeared,” Norberg said. “At that time, we had cameras at(Ross-Ade) stadium, and those were new. It’s a long process becausefirst you have to identify the funding, which of course is always an issue,and then trying to put it together, it was a huge project to try to figureit all out. It’s not like just putting a camera there, you know, you put thecamera there and then you’ll feed into the police station. You have tofigure out how you’re going to monitor it and what software to use.”

Twelve cameras at Ross-Ade have been installed for several years.They point toward the street on non-game days. They are able to mon-itor the path between Ross-Ade’s C parking lot which, according to Cox,is a highly-trafficked pedestrian area.

Cox said some buildings have their own separate internal systems,but these can be difficult to rely on for video if a crime takes place. Hesaid there was no continuity between cameras that we placed in build-ings and that some had very bad video quality, which makes it very hardto identify possible suspects involved in crimes.

Cox said two points of reference helped to decide what areas to monitor.“One was crime statistics, and the second way was taking a look

at major pedestrian thoroughfares and looking at infrastructuresafety,” Cox said.

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APPHOTO

SECURINGTHE TITLESECURINGTHE TITLESECURINGTHE TITLE

PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE PURDUE OUTING CLUBMembers of the Purdue Outing Club kayak at Gauley Fest.

SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE

SPRING BREAK

Purdue holds off PSU,shares Big Ten crown

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Outing club offers travel opportunities for adventurous students

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System will monitorbusy campus areas

BY AMANDA SLIEPKAStaff Reporter

House of Heroes rocked a greatopening performance to the AwakeTonight Tour Friday at Elliott Hallof Music, opening a show that leftmost attendees breathless.

John Cooper, lead vocalist of Skil-let, promised the audience they wouldnot have voices the next day becauseof screaming that night. Skillet per-formed an amazing set that includedexplosions and movable risers thatlifted the performers above the stage.

In the middle of the set, Cooperdecided to change things up.

“I have two voices: raspy andraspier,” Cooper said, in referenceto some fans asking why he sings soloud at his performances. He thencontinued to sing his own acousticrendition of “In the Arms of an

Angel” by Sarah McLachlan to showoff how great his “raspy” voice couldbe. To get the crowd’s energy up,Cooper then played a quick acousticversion of “Jesus Freak” by dc Talk.

Skillet made the show, in part dueto one of the rock world’s mostintense young female drummers, JenLedger. Ledger had a few minutes onstage to really show her talent to thecrowd, and she definitely proved her-self. Her long blonde hair swung backand forth as she banged her head tothe beat of her incredible drum solo.

Skillet also brought JonathanChu, violinist, and Tate Olsen, cel-list, to steal the show away, bring-ing a new meaning to rock music.

“It rocked,” said Anthony Isun-uoya, a sophomore in the College ofEngineering.

Screams filled the air whentobyMac stepped onto the stage.

Kevin McKeehen, aka tobyMac,apologized to Purdue University forthe misspelling of Purdue’s name onthe back of their tour T-shirts as Per-due. McKeehen said he is a Purduefan and that it wasn’t his fault, jokingthat it was actually Cooper’s fault.

McKeehen is very well known forhis rapping skills, but made surethe show wasn’t about him. Hisband, Diverse City, had as much ofthe limelight as him and had amaz-ing talents to match up with him.

McKeehen ended the show forthe night with the song “City on OurKnees,” which made the crowd raisetheir arms in the air in worship.

Will Snider, a freshman in Collegeof Liberal Arts, had the chance toenjoy the show with some friends.

“Skillet blew me away as usual.TobyMac took my breath away,”said Snider.

Awake Tonight Tour bandsrock Elliott Hall of Music

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REVIEW

OSCAR RESULTS

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The IraqWar drama “The Hurt Locker”has won best picture and fiveother prizes at the AcademyAwards, its haul including bestdirector for Kathryn Bigelow.

Bigelow is the first woman inthe 82-year history of the Oscarsto earn Hollywood’s top prize forfilmmakers.

First-time winners took allfour acting prizes: SandraBullock as best actress for “TheBlind Side"; Jeff Bridges as bestactor for “Crazy Heart";Mo’Nique as supporting actressfor “Precious"; and ChristophWaltz as supporting actor for“Inglourious Basterds.”

Other winners include:Animated Feature Film: “Up” Art Direction: “Avatar” Cinematography: “Avatar” Costume Design: “The YoungVictoria” Documentary Feature: “TheCove”

Documentary (short subject):“Music by Prudence” Film Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Foreign Language Film: “TheSecret In Their Eyes (El Secretode Sus Ojos),” ArgentinaMakeup: “Star Trek” Original Score: MichaelGiacchino, “Up” Original Song: “The WearyKind (Theme From Crazy Heart)”from “Crazy Heart,” RyanBingham and T Bone Burnett Animated Short Film:“Logorama” Live Action Short Film: “TheNew Tenants” Sound Editing: “The HurtLocker” Sound Mixing: “The HurtLocker” Visual Effects: “Avatar” Original Screenplay: MarkBoal, “The Hurt Locker” Adapted Screenplay: GeoffreyFletcher, “Precious: Based onthe Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Bigelow becomes first female Best Director

McDonald’s parkingspot dispute turnsviolent

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) – Along-running argument over afavorite McDonald’s parkingspot has resulted in anassault conviction. AColorado jury on Friday con-victed 52-year-old VernonBrandt of Loveland of felonythird-degree assault for a2008 fight with 85-year-oldRichard Albers.

On the day of the assault,Albers walked up toBrandt’s truck becauseBrandt was blocking thespot Albers has been usingalmost every morning for 16years. Albers tapped onBrandt’s door, and Brandtthen swung open his truckdoor, knocking Albers to theground. Brandt then alleged-ly got out of his car, grabbedAlbers and threatened tofight him. Prosecutors saidthe men had argued over thespot before.

Sentencing has not been set.

Woman charged inbreast milk assaulton jailer

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) –A woman in jail for publicintoxication was accused ofassaulting a jailer by squirt-ing breast milk at her.WYMT-TV reported that a31-year-old woman was

arrested Thursday on a mis-demeanor charge of publicintoxication. But as she waschanging into an inmateuniform, she squirted breastmilk into the face of afemale deputy who waswith her.

The woman now faces afelony charge of thirddegree assault on a policeofficer. Her bond was set at$10,000.

Granny camps out 43hours for grandson’sice cream

STEVENS POINT, Wis.(AP) – Here’s one Wisconsingrandmother who makestime for her grandson.Michelle Cuestas of GreenBay used two vacation daysand camped out for 43 hoursto make sure her grandsonwould be first in line for the2010 opening of a StevensPoint ice-cream landmark.

Belts’ Soft Serve openedfor the year Friday at 11 a.m.Thanks to grandma, 6-year-old Brayden Banks placed thefirst order.

The Stevens Point Journalsaid Cuestas arrivedWednesday at 4 p.m. Sheplanned to spend the nightin her car but after lockingher keys in the car, sheinstead slept in the Beltsbathroom.

Brayden arrived Thursdaymorning. The two passed the

last 24 hours playing games,reading and drawing.

Cuestas said the wait wasworth it. She said makingmemories with her grandsonis priceless.

Woman again triesusing cabs to stealtelevision sets

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP)– Police said a North Polewoman accused inDecember of stealing televi-sions and hiring a cabbie asher getaway driver is nowaccused of trying it again.The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman wascharged with second-degree felony robbery andmisdemeanor theft in theFriday incident, whichoccurred just one weekafter she posted bail in thesimilar case last year.

The newspaper said thewoman was arrestedFriday after police werecalled to a Fred Meyerstore on a report of awoman walking out with-out paying for a TV andtrying to leave in a cab.

Court records said thewoman was arrested latelast year for going into aSam’s Club on two occa-sions and allegedly steal-ing $6,000 worth of televi-sions, then loading theminto a taxi.

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Q: If one body part of yourscould be replaced with a robotpart, which would you choose?

A: My eye.

Q: How many times do youattempt to force a dollar into amachine before you give up?

A: Three.

Q: What’s the most annoyingsong in the entire world?

A: “Poker Face.”

Q: If you could instantly becomean expert in any major at Purduebesides your own, which wouldyou pick?

A: Women’s studies.

Q: What’s your favorite amenityto take from hotels before youcheck out?

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A: Thanksgiving – because youjust eat on the hour.

Q: Would you rather have:superhuman vision, hearing orsense of smell?

A: Vision. X-ray vision.

Q: Bar soap or body wash?

A: Body wash.

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A: Being loud.

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ALISSA BERGER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERKyle Rioux, a sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts, recites multiple poems he had developed for the Poetry Slam in the Union lastFriday. After performing “My First Keg Stand,” “I’m Sorry” and “Casady” he ended up winning first place in the competition.

team to find them all and return tothe start, wins.

Although the race is a gruelingevent, competitors are content towalk away without much beyondbragging rights. Everyone whofinishes receives a commemora-tive patch, and winners havetheir entry fee ($45 for Purduestudents) waived at next year’srace. “We usually have about 200people doing the race each year,”

Hall said.In addition to the adventure

race, the Outing Club is planninga new event for kayaking. “We’reworking on a public kayak all-nighter at the pool,” said Con-stantino. “People can come inand learn to kayak, and we’llhave kayak videos and somegames as well.”

Constantino said the projectis still in its planning stages, buthe hopes to see it come tofruition before the end of thesemester.

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PURDUE 64, PSU 60NO. 6 PURDUE

Johnson – F 36 5-8 11-14 10 1 21

Grant – G 36 6-13 0-1 2 3 17Kramer – G 36 3-5 0-0 3 1 6

Jackson – G 19 1-3 0-0 2 3 2

Barlow 16 2-2 0-2 6 1 4Moore – G 35 3-10 2-4 4 2 9

Hart 18 2-4 0-0 2 0 5

Team 1Bade 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

TOTAL 22-45 13-21 30 11 64

PENN STATE

FFGG PPeerrcceennttaaggee 48.9% (22-for-45) FFTT PPeerrcceennttaaggee61.9% (13-for-21) 33PP PPeerrcceennttaaggee 35% (7-for-20)BBlloocckkeedd SShhoottss 3 TTuurrnnoovveerrss 12 SStteeaallss 8TTeecchhnniiccaall FFoouullss None FFoouulleedd OOuutt None

FFGG PPeerrcceennttaaggee 40.8% (20-for-49) FFTT PPeerrcceennttaaggee78.6% (11-for-14) 33PP PPeerrcceennttaaggee 40.9% (9-for-22)BBlloocckkeedd SShhoottss 1 TTuurrnnoovveerrss 15 SStteeaallss 5TTeecchhnniiccaall FFoouullss None FFoouulleedd OOuutt Jones

PLAYER MIN FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A TP

Jackson – F 30 1-4 3-4 5 1 6

Jones – C 28 3-7 0-0 8 0 6Brooks – F 33 5-8 1-1 7 2 12

Babb – G 38 4-11 5-5 2 1 17

Edwards 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0Battle – G 31 6-10 2-4 1 3 17

Borovnjak 6 0-1 0-0 2 0 0

Woodyard 5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0Frazier 20 1-4 0-0 2 5 2

Ott 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

TOTAL 20-49 11-14 29 12 60Team 2

PLAYER MIN FG-FGA FT-FTA REB A TP

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With 7:06 left in the secondhalf, Battle left the game withleg cramps and did not return.With Battle down, Purdue tookanother nine point lead beforePenn State made one lastattempt to come back.

Leading 58-49, the Boiler-makers gave up consecutivebaskets to Babb and Jones thatcut Purdue’s lead to three.Scrambling, the Boilers got ahuge, banked-in 3-pointer fromMoore that seemingly put thegame out of reach.

“I knew I shot it hard,” hesaid, “but it went off the back-board so I was like, ‘OK, I’ll takethat.’”

Penn State still found a wayto stay in the game, getting adunk from Jeff Brooks andthree straight free throws fromBabb that came off of a Grantfoul on a three-point shotattempt.

Moore stepped up and icedthe game with two clutch freethrows. Another free throwfrom Johnson sealed the fourpoint victory, 64-60.

It wasn’t pretty, but a win is awin. Big Ten champs sounds

good to Grant, even if the Boilers haveto share the title. “This was one of ourgoals that we marked down in thebeginning of the year, and we accom-plished it.” he said.

The cameras will all be in publicplaces such as entrances and exitsfrom parking garages, the malls oncampus and high-trafficked pedes-trian areas.

Cox said the dispatchers at thepolice station will be able to pull upthe live feed of video and help offi-cers respond more efficiently. Thecamera feeds will not be accessibleto the public.

From now until May, crews willinstall cameras in 54 locations.Wiring is already underway insome areas, including theMcCutcheon parking garage.

However, there aren’t any plansfor more internal video camerainstallations.

“We’re trying to stay out of the

business of the internal videorecording,” Cox said.

The only area inside a buildingthat the police department current-ly monitors through live video isthe Visitor Information Center.The decision to do so came afterthe Center was remodeled. Coxsaid there was quite a bit of discus-sion as to whether the policedepartment would bring the livefeed into their department.

“There’s a lot of angry peoplewho show up at the parking deskto contest tickets, their vehicle iswheel-locked, we do get calledfor service over there when upsetcustomers are at the front desk... so we felt like that was a gooduse of the server space, so wemonitor and record the activityat the front desk in front of theparking desk.”

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BY MIKEL LIVINGSTONExecutive Reporter

For Purdue’s theater department,there aren’t any costs left to cut.

The already financially strappeddepartment in the Patti and RustyRueff School of Visual and Per-forming Arts has been devastatedby the wave of budget cuts enactedto combat Purdue’s estimated $67million recurring deficit.

Course offerings have beentrimmed, and teaching assistant andfaculty positions eliminated. In 2008,one-third of the department budgetwas eliminated and the departmentnow has less than half the funding ithad in 2002. Next year, the numberof stage productions offered will becut by one-third.

For department chair RichardRand, times are truly grim.

“We’re in a real crisis,” saidRand, his voice solemn. “The wholefaculty here are teaching doubleoverloads and working night andday trying to keep this going.”

The department employs 11 fac-ulty members and serves roughly1,600 students. Under other circum-stances, the efficiency and precisionwith which the department operateswould be commendable – but in thisclimate, the department’s position isanything but comfortable.

Academically, the departmentshould be flourishing. When Randcame to Purdue in 1987, the depart-ment had 32 majors and few, if any,minors. Since then, the number ofmajors has ballooned to 86 with anadditional 60 minors. With each newmajor, however, faculty members –the number of which has shrunksteadily since 1987 – are spreadincreasingly thin, stretched betweentheir work at Purdue and obligationsoutside of the University with theirown theater performances.

It’s an issue that poses addition-al problems in a field that places aheavy emphasis on faculty-stu-dent mentorships.

“There is a lot of individual atten-tion that we give to every student,undergraduate and graduate,” Randsaid. “We have faculty teaching doubleand triple overload doing one-on-onementoring with students and there’sjust not enough time in the day.”

Compared to its contempo-raries, Purdue’s theater depart-ment is undersized. It is the small-est theater department in the BigTen and has roughly one-third thenumber of faculty members as theBig Ten average.

Harry Bulow, head of the School ofVisual and Performing Arts, said thebudget situation has been a challengefor every department on campus, but

agreed the theater department hasbeen hit particularly hard.

“They’re as tight as they can pos-sibly be,” Bulow said. “When welooked at possible cutbacks, we did-n’t even look at the faculty in the-ater to be honest.”

Bulow said it has been a priorityto preserve faculty positions and thequality of education for students inthe School of Visual and PerformingArts. He said if further cutbacks areneeded in the theater department, itwill result in additional decreases incourse offerings.

“There wasn’t a lot of places to cutto begin with, but we’ve made neces-sary cuts just to try to follow thewishes of the dean and the higher-ups,” Bulow said. “My sense is afterthis year, if we have additional cuts,it will be more obvious that a seriouschange may be needed in how we arethinking through our curriculum.”

If additional budget cuts arerequired from his department,Rand said he doesn’t know whatwill happen next.

“We’re saving paper clips andmemo pads,” Rand said. “We can’tcut any more then we already have.”

Theater department facesstruggles with budget cuts

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University decision-makers can beas “transparent” as they want, butthere’s still a lack of full considerationin regard to budget-cutting options.

Purdue’s administration has said itstrives for transparency and inclusionwith budgeting procedures and possibili-ties. President France Córdova cited theseefforts in her State of The Universityaddress Feb. 25. She said the administra-tion “sought your (the Purdue communi-ty’s) input through a Web site. Many ofyou offered suggestions. All of your sug-gestions were shared – upon request –with the local and campus newspapers,which published selected examples.

“That’s transparency,” she said.Yep, that’s a type of transparency, all

right. She also noted how the administra-

tion has included the input of Purdue’scommunity in 15 representativegroups and committees, consisting offaculty, staff, students and administra-tors. She said these have helped theadministration “contend with difficultand sensitive issues. That’s inclusion.”

All of this is valid. Feedback was madepublic and committees have discussedthe issues. Córdova also said no decisionshave been made yet: “Everything is onthe table for review and consideration.”

What troubles me is what is actually onthis “table” for consideration. The fullrange of possibilities, which many mem-bers of the Purdue community are lookingfor, is not on the table. As I recall, much ofthe feedback given to Purdue on the Website Córdova spoke of had to do with fundsin regard to the higher rungs of Purdue.

Here are just a fewexamples of somefeedback the sitereceived: “Cut high-level administrators’salaries. Start withCórdova. As theleader of the Univer-sity, she should actlike one, and lead byexample,” “Cut by 5percent all salaries of employees whomake over $125,000 a year,” and“Reduce the salaries of the administra-tion. Does the president REALLY needto make 450K a year?”

These three examples are not the onlyones of their kind. Countless other piecesof feedback echoed these opinions.

What’s funny is that I’ve yet to hearabout any of these suggestions being con-sidered. That’s not inclusion. The optionsthat are really “on the table” regard most-ly the lower rungs of the University.

One possibility being considered forreducing costs is a change in employeebenefits, which, according to Purdueofficials, would affect employees acrossthe board on a percentage-based scale.This would most negatively affectlower-salaried employees; the presenceof health benefits is one of the mainreasons staff members who make$50,000 or less a year stay at Purdue.

It’s nice that benefit changes wouldaffect everyone, but I’m fairly certainthose who make upwards of $300,000a year wouldn’t be begging for medicalcare if these changes were enacted.

William Cramer, professor of biological

sciences and concernedemployee, explainedwhy benefits areimportant.

“Benefits alreadyare a great attraction.Do away with them,then you do away witha great tool for recruit-ment and retention,”Cramer said. “Then

you undercut yourself. It strikes me asnot a good thing to do.”

Another part of the University thatis “on the table” for cutting costs iscustodial services across campus.According to Chris Sigurdson, assis-tant vice president for external rela-tions, a committee has been formedthat will assess the custodial system,then provide a recommendation to theadministration on how to proceed.

Following the assessment and con-sideration of offers from private com-panies, this recommendation willreflect whether Purdue can take care ofcustodial services “in-house” for cheap-er, or whether outsourcing these taskswill save the University some dough.Sigurdson stressed the fact that no deci-sion has been made, as the administra-tion knows no definitive facts aboutoutsourcing’s advantages yet: “There isstill fact finding to be done, particularlyin custodial services.”

So, nothing is set – yet. This doesn’tstop custodial workers from imagining anice big pink slip on the day the Univer-sity does decide to go forward with out-sourcing if it appears to be the best

option. Just this week I spoke with adeeply concerned 10-year employee ofcustodial services, who questioned why ithad to be “the little guys” getting thrownon the table.

I appreciate that all options on thisbudget-cuts table are still just options.But, it’s disheartening that I see nothingon the table regarding cost cutting at thetop of the Purdue ladder. I’m not askingPresident Córdova to take $1 a year – Ido get how capitalism works. If a personexcels, works their ass off, and becomesa top official of a leading university, ofcourse they deserve recognition and apay scale that reflects their efforts.

Many have said the high pay foradministrators helps Purdue retainthose members who make us excellent.“They’d leave for better pay if salariesare cut,” I’ve heard. That’s fine, but asI’ve said before, if $450,000 is what ismainly keeping a president at a univer-sity, isn’t that a bit like mercenary-styleeducation? Even the consideration ofhigher-level paycuts would show thestudent body, faculty and staff that theadministration has a loyalty to Purdueand its community.

At this point, all the “little guys” (stu-dents, faculty and staff) want to see is afair process of consideration. We knowcost cutting at lower levels is inevitable,but it might help our morale to see the“big guys” at the top putting morewide-ranging options on Purdue’sdreaded table of budget cuts.

Lydia Williams is a senior in the Collegeof Liberal Arts and may be reached at

opinions@purdueexponent.org.

Budget cut table’s spread not nutritionally balanced

COMMENTARY

Freedom is usually thesolution to the problem

In response to Ryan Scheidt’smisinformed health care letter(“Unregulated health care marketsdon’t work,” Wednesday): You mis-understand health care markets.You say “unregulated markets don’twork for health care – never havenever will,” and then go on to giveexamples of how broken the healthinsurance system is. The issue atstake here is not getting peoplehealth insurance, it is getting peopleaffordable health services. If peopleare merely covered, that does notensure them proper services. Help-ing people become insured is liketaking a cough drop when you havea sinus infection: It provides tempo-rary relief, but does nothing to fixthe actual problem of sky-rocketinghealth costs.

The best way to bring down thecost of health care is to allow morefreedom in the market of services.Competition between doctors (andcompetent nurses, med-techs, etc.)will drive prices down and quality ofservices up through basic economicprocesses. Open competitionbetween pharmaceuticals will lower

the cost of drugs. That’s the way markets work.

When the government tells healthcare providers what services they canand can’t perform (as it does throughthe current licensure system), iteliminates competition in the mar-ket. When the government tells sickpeople that they can’t take particular(possibly life-saving) drugs becausethey aren’t “FDA approved,” it elim-inates competition in the market.Getting the government out of thepicture will result in the lowest pos-sible prices for health services. It isalways better to give people the free-dom to choose for themselves whatservices, drugs and products are bestfor them. As in almost every situa-tion, freedom is the solution to thisproblem.

Ben WickizerAlumnus

Stranger displays rarestkind of honesty

I would like to express a sincerethank you to the kind lady who foundmy lost wallet on campus Wednes-day. My initial despair was quicklyturned to relief when Hovde

informed me that it had turned up.May God bless you for displaying thekind of honesty that is so hard to findin today’s world. I will certainly passit on.

Kyle RawlesFreshman in the College ofEngineering

Conditioning by guilttrippers has worked well

In regard to James Brickell’s let-ter (“White whining about big, badworld is silly,” Thursday): Yourconditioning has worked well! Theguilt trippers of the “age of equali-ty” have programmed you with adouble standard. You have been sowell indoctrinated that you aredefending the institution that youdeplore only sentences later. Thishas nothing to do with slavery, asnobody in the current era has expe-rienced slavery. Why should I bepunished for an institution that wasabolished over a century before Iwas born? Maybe instead, whitesdon’t have the ability to speakabout racial injustice because of thecivil rights movement, after all,people are still alive from that era.

However, again, you’re punishingme for the sins of a generation thatwas approaching age 50 when i wasbeing born. Again, how is this fair?Evidently there are other studentswho don’t have as good of grades asi do, who didn’t do as many extracurriculars as I did, but because oftheir skin color or gender, they aregiven a significant advantage overme in college admissions.

Throw out my individual example,as I was blessed with a high enoughGPA to be accepted here, but whyshould a white male with the samecredentials as a minority be given aninsurmountable disadvantage? Isn’tthat the sort of thinking that the civilrights movement tried to abolish? Iwould ask you to reevaluate youropinions and try to apply the logicyou used to bash the “white whiner”to see if it would hold up in yourutopian world view if you applied itto a black person. Would you everdare to write in to The Exponent tocall a black person shameful fornever being a slave? Who’s the realracist?

Alex BridgeSenior in the College ofEngineering

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New campuscameras are sureto be a good thing

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Lydia WilliamsOpinions Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New surveillance cameras added toPurdue’s campus camera populationwill provide opportunities to betterprevent crime.

Some students may have noticednewly installed security cameras inplaces such as residence hall parkinggarages, among other locations. Onemember of the Editorial Board com-mented that Purdue is just getting clos-er to “Big Brother” behavior with thisupswing in cameras. While this can bean easy position to take, we believe thecameras will do much, much more goodthan harm.

From now through May, Purdue isinstalling cameras at 54 locationsinside the Visitor Information Centerand in garages, which are sometimesdangerous places to be. Depending onbudget, the University also plans toinstall cameras at roughly 56 addition-al locations on academic campus bynext fall. These cameras will monitoronly public spaces and be mountedoutside on buildings, and none will beinstalled on residence halls. In theevent of an emergency, Purdue Dis-patch will gain access to the cameras,making it easier to immediately viewsuspicious activity or crime.

According to Purdue Police Chief JohnCox, additional surveillance camerashave definitely been a plus at otherschools. Cox said after more cameraswere installed at Indiana University-Pur-due University Fort Wayne, there was aspecific instance of the cameras leadingto the capture of someone who hadallegedly stabbed someone.

Purdue officials also said, “The pres-ence of cameras will deter crime and mayassist in the prosecution of criminal acts.”

Every so often, we are in agreementwith Purdue – and this is one of thosetimes. Additional surveillance in publicplaces on campus can only do good,even if an occurrence of crime seemsimprobable. The old adage of beingbetter safe than sorry certainly appliesin this situation.

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STATE DEPARTMENT

BY ALISHA YADAVStaff Reporter

Capricia Marshall, a Purduealumna, has faced a gruelingSenate committee, workedclosely with Secretary of StateHillary Clinton and held aprotest on Memorial Mall.

She described those instancesand more as she spoke to studentsin the College of Liberal Arts Fri-day. Marshall graduated from Pur-due in 1985 with a political sciencedegree and concentrations ininternational relations and Span-ish. Upon graduation, Marshallattended Case Western ReserveUniversity School of Law. Mar-shall, a first-generation American,recalled a certain speech her fathergave her upon her graduationfrom law school.

“My father told me that I can’tsit on two chairs at one time,” Mar-shall said.

This advice stuck with Marshall

throughout her adult life. Marshallalso said she has considered her lifeto be like a popular quote from“Forrest Gump.” “Life is like a boxof chocolate; you never know whatyou’re gonna get.”

As she spoke about her expe-riences, Marshall wove thisquote into all of her stories,calling each experience “anoth-er piece of chocolate.”

Recalling her time at Purdue,Marshall said one of her mostmemorable experiences waswhen she protested apartheid inSouth Africa on Memorial Mall.Along with several friends, theybuilt, then lived in, a SouthAfrican-style shanty. Marshallremembers thinking at thatmoment, “I might want a careerin law, and I really hope I don’tget arrested.”

Unsure of where a degree in lawmight take her, a professor hadtold her about a governor fromArkansas who was running for

president and asked if she wasinterested in working on the cam-paign. Taking a leap, once Marshallgraduated with her law degree, shemoved to Arkansas.

Marshall explained that at thetime, no one wanted to work forthe spouse of the candidate.

“No one wanted to work withHillary Rodham,” she said.“That’s what everyone called herback then, Hillary Rodham, notHillary Clinton.”

Marshall then became specialassistant to first lady Hillary Clin-ton. The moment she knew shewanted to go into public service,she was with Clinton in Louisianawaiting for a delayed flight. Mar-shall explained this was the firstopportunity she and Clinton had togenuinely speak.

She said, “I saw (Hillary Clin-ton)’s passion for public service,”and said after that moment, “I wasbiting into all sorts of ‘chocolate.’”

Marshall entered the Clinton

administration as the travelingchief of staff to the first lady.She grew close to the presidentand the first lady, with whomshe traveled with all over thecountry and world. When for-mer President Bill Clinton wasinaugurated in 1997, he askedher to become the White Housesocial secretary.

Marshall recalled her initialhesitancy toward accepting theposition, but eventually agreedand became the youngest socialsecretary in the history of theWhite House.

Marshall explained that as socialsecretary, while onlookers maybelieve she was just planning a din-ner, she was doing much moreregarding international relations.She detailed to students the impor-tance of having heads of state beingphotographed shaking the presi-dent’s hand, especially for leadersfrom smaller democracies.

Marshall now serves as the

chief of the Office of Protocol atthe State Department, a positionthat required her getting nominat-ed by President Barack Obamaand confirmed by the Senate inSeptember 2009. Marshalldescribed the nomination processas being “absolutely grueling.”

When a student asked her toexplain what it was like to gothrough a Senate confirmationprocess, Marshall said, “The ideaof a Senate confirmation used tobe about who was best for the job.The intent now is Republicansversus Democrats.”

She recalled that as she stood onstage with her right hand on theBible being sworn in, she thoughtabout her Purdue education and allher political science degree haddone for her.

When asked by a student in theaudience if her education in polit-ical science and internationalrelations from Purdue helped herin such situations, Marshall

responded, “My degree from Pur-due gave me a great foundationfor addressing challenges.”

Courtney Bante, a senior inthe College of Liberal Arts, saidshe loved how open and honestMarshall was. “She talked abouther good days and her bad days.Most speakers focus on theirgood days, but I liked how shespoke about both.”

Carolyn Curiel, a clinical profes-sor of communication, formerWhite House speech writer andU.S. ambassador, worked withMarshall in the Clinton adminis-tration. Curiel called Marshall awonderful colleague and said hereducational background andenthusiastic nature can be creditedfor her success.

“Capricia is somebody who justshowed an amazing amount ofmaturity and poise. She stood outfor that,” Curiel said. “That is whyshe has always been able to do sucha great job.”

Gov’t. official speaks about her life after Purdue

GREEK ORGANIZATION

BY MIKEL LIVINGSTONExecutive Reporter

The president of a new studentgroup to monitor fraternity andsorority functions says the system isa vast improvement over the old.

Caliber, currently in its firstfull semester of operation, wascreated Oct. 29, 2009, as an inde-pendent organization to enforcethe policies of the InterfraternityCouncil, Panhellenic Associationand the Office of the Dean ofStudents, specifically withregard to functions and riskmanagement. The new systemmarked a shift in party manage-ment by emphasizing educationover punishment.

Members of Caliber must go

through at least six hours of trainingbefore conducting party observa-tions, during which they look for vio-lations from a checklist that includes10 event management proceduresincluding: that there is only one des-ignated entrance to the party area,that each individual has brought hisor her own alcohol, and that partygo-ers are adhering to the ticket systemto ensure an individual has access toonly his or her own alcohol.

In contrast to the previous poli-cy, should they note violations, theCaliber observers will not correctbehavior at the function, but willreport back to the organization foran educational followup some timein the following days.

“Focusing strictly on punish-ment leaves no room for

growth,” said Caliber presidentCory Bultema. “Purdue has thethird largest fraternity andsorority community in thenation, and we would like tokeep that status.”

In addition to its focus on edu-cation, Bultema cited the ability ofwomen to join Caliber as a dra-matic improvement over the pre-vious policy, which was calledLower Board.

“These women bring a differ-ent perspective and communica-tion approach than some of themen involved,” Bultema said. “Italso helps the sorority women tobecome more comfortable in aco-sponsorship. The sororitywomen are a part of many func-tions, so it only makes sense to

have them play an active role inobservation and education.”

Interfraternity Council presidentNick Kitchell said the educationalfocus is an asset.

“(Caliber members) use edu-cation to help them,” Kitchellsaid. “They’ll say, ‘Hey, you’reusing multiple entrances,’ andthey’ll explain that, (whereas)previously Lower Board wouldleave and write it up and (thehouse) would get in trouble.”

Although Kitchell said the sys-tem is an improvement, heacknowledged that it is still a workin progress.

“It’s going to be semi-fluid,”Kitchell said. “We’ll change whatneeds to change. But really, the endresult is an increase in safety.”

Group uses education to combat risks The Boilermakers picked uptheir first win of the season asthey went 1-2 at Southern Illinois.

Friday’s game saw Purdue (1-6) have an offensive explosionas the team scored 18 runs on19 hits. The contest saw 11 ofPurdue’s 12 hitters finish thegame with at least one hit. TheSalukis (4-6) put up just two runsin the game, falling 18-2. SeniorMatt Bischoff (1-0) picked up hisfirst win of the year as heallowed only two runs on fivehits over six innings.

Saturday saw theBoilermakers create a 8-0 leadafter five innings of play. TheSalukis picked away atPurdue’s lead, however, withone in the fifth and six runs inthe sixth. Southern Illinoisadded five more to make it 12-9as the Boilermakers headed

into the final inning. A three-runhome run would tie it up for theBoilers, but the Salukis scoredanother on a sacrifice bunt, awild pitch and a single in thebottom half to win, 13-12.

Compared to the first twogames, Sunday’s game wouldbe a low scoring affair. Purduescored its only two runs in thethird after Jon Moore doubledto right. An Eric Charles singlesent Moore home and Charlesadvanced to second on thethrow. A passed ball and thena Perkins single gave Purdue a2-0 lead.

All of the Salukis’ runswould come in the sixth withseven hits, including a BlakePinnon two-run home run off ofPurdue starter Matt Jansen.Southern Illinois would go onto win the game, 6-2.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BY MICHAEL MAROTAssociated Press

INDIANAPOLIS – Sunday wasjust another work day for OhioState’s Jantel Lavender.

The Buckeyes center tied a BigTen tournament record by scoring35 points, the last two coming onfree throws with 1.9 seconds left togive the Buckeyes a 66-64 victoryand the conference tournamentchampionship.

It was a huge day for Lavender,who joined the 2,000-point cluband had her 100th straight double-figure scoring game on the sameday Ohio State (30-4) tied theschool mark for victories.

Not surprisingly, the three-timeBig Ten player of the year also earnedher second straight Most Outstand-ing Player award for the tourney.

Ohio State, the six-time regular-season conference champs, won itssecond straight tourney andclaimed the automatic bid to theNCAA tournament. The Buckeyesare the first team other than Pur-due to win back-to-back tourneytitles since Penn State in 1995-96.

Iowa (19-13) was led by KamilleWahlin with 20 points and KellyKrei with 18. The Hawkeyes had achance to win it after Lavender’slate free throws, but Wahlin’s shotfrom near half-court missed therim to the right.

“We want to thank everyonefor coming out and once againyou guys proved that you are thebest fans in the country,” Pain-ter said. “These are some guysthat haven’t given up on eachother. We’re just proud of themand proud of our guys who con-tinue to fight. We’re looking for-ward to the Big Ten Tourna-ment, going to Indianapolis.”

Before each senior took themicrophone, he had to wait for thecrowd to settle enough to be heard.

Keeping it brief, Grant said, “I justwant to say thank you to all the fansand we’ve got a lot more to play.”

Wohlford referred to a basketball

icon, saying “I think Shaq said itbest: ‘Can you dig it?’”

The last senior, Kramer, pointedout the ratio of Boilermakers toLions fans present at that after-noon’s game. Penn State is current-ly on spring break and studentattendance was low.

“All you guys came here and weappreciate all that support,” Kramersaid. “I think we might have hadmore fans at Penn State than PennState did. I appreciate all of you guyshere showing your support. There’sonly a couple things left. We have alot of games to play, so we needeverybody there everywhere we go.”

The Big Ten Tournament willrun March 12-14 in Indianapolis,where the Boilers have nowsecured the number two seed.

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second block at the 15:27 markagainst Penn State’s Jeff Brooks.

“It is something Penn State hasdone the whole year,” head coachMatt Painter said. “They havealways made runs and continued tofight. We knew we had to step upand make some of those free throwsand step it up defensively.”

When it came to free throws, noone on Purdue shot better thenJohnson. He went 11-14 from thefree throw line, including one withfive seconds left in the game,putting victory out of reach for theNittany Lions.

There were several memorablemoments during the game that willstick with any fan who was watch-ing, but there are two in particular

that will be remembered. Purdue’ssecond largest lead of the game was12 points at the 14:37 mark in thegame when Johnson had his firstdunk of the game, causing PennState fans to become silent. TheNittany Lions quickly answeredback with a three-point shot byChris Babb. Kramer scored a quicktwo points and ended up stealingthe ball at the 13:23 mark andrushed down the court with John-son right behind him. With onePenn State defender in the way,Kramer went to his right as hehanded the ball to Johnson on hisleft. Johnson went up for a dunkthat not only silenced Penn Statefans, but caused the Paint Crewfans to go crazy.

The Boilermakers will play nextat the Big Ten tournament on Fri-day at Indianapolis, Ind.

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BY JOANNE NORELLAssistant Sports Editor

INDIANAPOLIS – Prior to Fridaynight’s 73-51 loss to the WisconsinBadgers in the Big Ten Tournament,the women’s basketball team hadnever made such an early exit underhead coach Sharon Versyp.

In her first three years on thejob, Versyp coached the Boiler-makers to an 8-1 Big Ten Tourna-ment record, including two cham-pionship wins. In fact, 2010 wasthe first year in which Purdue didnot make the championship gameunder Versyp.

“We didn’t have it,” Versypsaid. “They had it all and wehaven’t had it.” Purdue (14-16, 9-10 Big Ten) has amassed a 75-32record in the past three yearsunder Versyp, but a team that hasjust two starting seniors and noeligible juniors has had to relyheavily on the limited experiencesof its freshmen and sophomores.

Last year, Purdue graduated fiveseniors who had a hand in the BigTen Tournament Championshipsin 2007 and 2008, as well as EliteEight appearances in 2007 and2009. Seniors Jodi Howell andFahKara Malone were also part ofthose teams, but their experiencewasn’t enough to match the senior-and junior-laden Badgers.

Poor shooting contributed to the

Boiler’s woes asthey shot just 34percent from thefloor. Converse-ly, Wisconsinmade 50.8 per-cent of its shots.

Versyp saidthat as young as

her team is, missing shots is morecritical than age.

“They were knocking downshots and we didn’t get the ball tothe hole and that’s been our storyall year,” she said.

Despite the loss, the Boilers arestill hopeful they can make theWomen’s National InvitationTournament. To do so, they willhave to be the highest-standingBig Ten team not to make theNCAA Tournament.

The seniors would just like tocontinue playing together.

“As seniors, we obviously don’twant it to be over,” said a tearyMalone following the loss. “Imean, NIT, anything is better thangoing home.”

“Even though it’s not NCAA,”said Versyp, “it’s still a great tour-nament if you can get in and,because of our youth, I think it’svery important.”

Purdue will learn its fate onMarch 15 when the NCAAannounces the 64-team field forits tournament.

Team stunned bydefeat in Big Ten

BY DEREK BULTHUISSports Editor

The Purdue wrestling team madehistory this weekend as it matchedits best Big Ten Championshipteam finish in 18 years, taking sixthplace on Sunday.

The Boilermakers finished theBig Ten Championship with 76points and had seven wrestlers earnspots on the podium. Junior ColtonSalazar’s second-place finish at 157pounds was the best finish by a Boil-ermaker, and six wrestlers earnedautomatic qualifying spots for the2010 NCAA Championships.

Head coach Scott Hinkel washappy that his team finished aheadof others that had beaten Purdue indual play, including Indiana andMichigan State.

“We lost some tough ones thatwe shouldn’t have, but we camethrough and were able to win somematches, and I thought our guysstepped up really nice in terms oftrying to get some extra pointswhen they had a chance for thosebonus points,” Hinkel said.

In Salazar’s first-place match, hefaced the sixth-ranked No. 2 seedCyler Sanderson of Penn State, oneof his friends. The two have beenbest friends since they were five,and Salazar credits Sanderson withgetting him started in wrestling.

Salazar would not fare as wellagainst his friend as he would have

hoped, findinghimself down 4-1after the first.After a Sander-son escape,Salazar struckback and scoredhis first take-down of the

match, making it 5-3. Sandersonwould get another escape and take-down. Salazar would score anotherescape as time expired, losing 8-4.

“It feels good to be in the mid-dle of the pack,” Salazar said.“We could have done a little bitbetter, but it’s better than whatwe’ve done in past years that I’vebeen here, so I’m happy withwhat happened.”

In addition to Salazar’s second-place finish, junior Juan Archuletafinished fourth at 141, No. 15 juniorLogan Brown finished fourth at197, No. 5 junior Luke Manuel tookfifth at 174, junior Akif Eren tooksixth at 133, No. 18 freshman CashéQuiroga finished sixth at 125 andsenior Nick Bertucci finishedeighth at 149.

Six Purdue wrestlers automati-cally qualified for the NCAAs, andEren is also eligible for an at-largequalifier, which will be releasedlater this week.

The 2010 NCAA Champi-onships take place March 18-20and will be held at the Qwest Cen-ter in Omaha, Neb.

Boilers advanceto NCAA games

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BY ERIC MARKHAMExecutive Reporter

Wisconsin shot more than 50percent from the field and shat-tered the Boilers’ chance at afifth-straight Big Ten Champi-onship game.

Purdue head coach SharonVersyp said that Wisconsin wasable to get any type of offense itwanted against the Boilers duringthe 73-51 Badger win.

“When you hit shots early, it justis contagious,” Versyp said. “Theywere able to get inside-outside andobviously any team that gets to thepaint, it’s going to hurt you.”

Just like the last time thesetwo teams met, Wisconsinjumped out to an early lead.The Badgers opened the gameup to a 15-2 run and ended thehalf with a 41-25 advantage.Wisconsin shot 52.9 percentfrom the field, out-reboundedthe Boilers 22-13 and

outscored Purdue 24-8 in thepaint in the first period.

“I think today we were flowingreally well together,” Wisconsinjunior Alyssa Karel said. “We werereading our teammates, and we werereading our defense well, and I thinkthat just keeps teams guessing.”

Unlike last time, when Purduemade a second-half comeback tobeat the Badgers in Mackey Arena,the Boilers were unable to catchup. The Badger back court combi-nation of Rae Lin D’Alie and Kareltorched the Boilers for 27 pointscombined on 10-of-15 shooting.

The closest Purdue got in thesecond half was at 12:58, down 50-36 following a 9-2 run. Then,Karel scored five-straight pointsand the Badgers owned a comfort-able lead for the rest of the game.

For only the third time thisyear, a Boilermaker opponentfinished with more than 50 per-cent shooting from the field.The Badgers shot 50.8 percent

overall and 47.1 percent fromdistance for the game.

Purdue shot only 34 percentfrom the field and 23.5 percentbehind the arc.

“What can I say? They shot 52percent from the field and 48 per-cent in the second half,” Purduesenior Jodi Howell said. “And wejust didn’t hit our shots, andsometimes that’s just how the ballbounces, but there’s nothing wecan do about it now.”

With the loss for the Boilers,they won’t be going to the NCAATournament for the first timesince the 1992-93 season. Howev-er, they still have a chance at goingto the WNIT. For that to happen,they will have to be the highest-seeded Big Ten team to not go tothe NCAA Tournament because oftheir under-.500 record.

Purdue will find out if it is eli-gible for a bid on March 15 whenthe NCAA selects its 65-teamfield for the NCAA Tournament.

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Purdue’s men’s tennis team failedto win its first Big Ten contestSunday.

The No. 65 Boilers traveled toState College, PA to face No. 42Penn State, and failed to pull offthe upset. The day started slow asPurdue failed to capture the dou-bles point, and things did not getmuch better as the dual matchturned to singles.

Only senior Branko Kuzmanovicwas able to lock down a singlesvictory. His win at the No. 3 spotrepresented the lone bright spot forPurdue on the day. Since therewere only four courts available,Purdue’s players for the No. 5 andNo. 6 spot had to take the court toplay, after the dual match hadalready been decided.

The road gets no easier forPurdue as they continue their three-match road trip in Columbus againstNo. 3 Ohio State on Friday. Thematch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Purdue’s women’s tennis teamwas unable to overcome a slowstart Saturday against the nation’sbest team.

The No. 48 Boilers (9-1, 1-1 BigTen) put themselves in a hole, andlost momentum by getting swept indoubles for the first time this sea-son. No. 1 Northwestern (11-1, 2-0)was able to give the doubles tandemof senior Michelle Sammons andsophomore Jenny Rabot their firstdefeat of the year, and would go onto win the dual match 5-2.

There were bright spots, however.Purdue was able to score two sin-gles victories. Freshman ImogenGolder improved to 8-2 on the sea-son with her victory at No. 5 singles,and Rabot bounced back from a firstset loss to win the second set in atie break, and then the third set 7-5.It was Rabot’s second consecutivevictory over a nationally rankedopponent.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Ian Kennedypitched two scoreless innings in hisfirst start for the ArizonaDiamondbacks, a 9-3 victory overthe Colorado Rockies in a gamebetween split squads that wascalled after 5Ω innings Sundaybecause of rain.

Kennedy walked one and gave uptwo hits. He was sent to theDiamondback by the Yankees in athree-team trade this winter. He isexpected to be Arizona’s No. 4 starter.

Rockies left-hander FranklinMorales allowed eight runs in 1 2-3innings. Morales, who is expected tostart the season in the Coloradobullpen, gave up three-run homeruns to Stephen Drew and RustyRyal. He also balked and walked two.

Arizona closer Chad Qualls threwa 1-2-3 inning in his first appearancesince dislocating his knee in August.

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BY NICOLE JOHNSONStaff Reporter

There was no shortage ofschool spirit in the PurdueUniversity Airport parking lotSaturday night.

Students and fans crowdedaround the airport doors, waitingto welcome home the new Big Tenchampions around 7:30 p.m.,joined by the band, cheerleaders,Purdue Pete and both of the Boil-ermaker Specials. Earlier in the

day the Boilers had defeated PennState’s Nittany Lions 64-60.

When the team arrived, cam-eras flashed, Hail Purdue wassung, signs were waved and theteam gathered aboard the trainto celebrate with fans and say afew words. Head coach MattPainter was the first to speak,followed by the team’s threeseniors, Keaton Grant, MarkWohlford and Chris Kramer.

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JaJuan Johnson finished theBig Ten season for the Boiler-makers with one of his bestgames.

The junior center finished thegame with 21 points, 10rebounds, three blocks and oneassist. While Johnson has had bet-ter statistics at the end of a game,it was the plays between the statsthat were important. The Boiler-makers got out to a quick startand never let the Nittany Lionsgain the lead, and Johnson got thefirst and last points for the team.

“It was a great start for us,”Johnson said. “Our guys reallywanted this game, we knew theimportance of it. It was just oneof those games we were not goingto take no for an answer.”

The first points for the teamwere scored by Johnson on along range jump shot. Out ofPurdue’s first 10 points, John-son had six of them.

Penn State started their springbreak on the same day as thegame and it was obvious with theamount of Penn State fans inattendance. Throughout thegame the Penn State fans wouldbe out-cheered by the Paint Crewfans that made the trip. When theBoilermakers’ lead started todwindle away, a timely steal andlayup by senior guard ChrisKramer was able to silence anyPenn State fans that believed theyhad a fighting chance with 15minutes and 48 seconds left in thegame. What sent the Paint Crewfans in a frenzy was Johnson’s

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NEW CHICAGO BEARNew Chicago Bear Julius Peppers, who signed a six-

year contract that could see him earn up to $91.5 million,said that he was willing to remain a Carolina Panther,but it all came down to money. Peppers said that the twosides were split by a $6 million difference for a four-yeardeal, or $1.5 million per year. “My feeling is they couldhave done that,” Peppers said. “If they wanted me tostay, it wouldn’t have been that big of a deal.”

Johnson lights up final game

Fans welcome home champs

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Boilers fall to Wildcats

Badgers knock Boilers from tournament

Team upset by Lions in conference opener

BRIAN POMEROY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSenior guard Jodi Howell attempts to block Wisconsin’s TeahGant during the Women’s Big Ten Tournament at IndianapolisFriday.

BEN FAHRBACH | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERJunior forward JaJuan Johnson dunks against Penn State during Purdue’s victory at BryceJordan Saturday.

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BEN FAHRBACH | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERJunior forward Robbie Hummel and the Purdue bench celebratea victory at Penn State as time expires. The Boilermakers heldoff a late run by Penn State to win 64-60.

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