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1 Unversty of Rhode sland The Good 5 Cent Cgar (Student Newspaper) Unversty Archves The Good 5 Cent Cgar (362013) Unversty of Rhode sland Follow ths and addtonal works at: Recommended Ctaton Unversty of Rhode sland, "The Good 5 Cent Cgar (362013)" (2013) The Good 5 Cent Cgar (Student Newspaper) Book Ths Book s brought to you for free and open access by Unversty Archves at DgtalCommons@UR t has been accepted for ncluson n The Good 5 Cent Cgar (Student Newspaper) by an authorzed admnstrator of DgtalCommons@UR For more nformaton, please contact dgtalcommons@etaluredu

2 - ",,, l -< THE UNVERSTY OF RHODE SLAND STUDENT NEWSPAPER SNCE 1971 Volume 62 ssue 48 Wednesday Just what ths country needs March 6, 2013 wwwramcgarcom Walkng Dead star Norman Reedus shows Tro of UR graduates starts dfferent sde than nflm, televson roles Provdence-based law frm BY CONOR FAGAN Contrbutng Entertanment Wr#er n a style that beles nature of Daryl Dxon, character he portrays on crtcally acclamed TV seres "The Walkng Dead," Norman Reedus stepped onto stage of Edwards Audtorum at Unversty of Rhode sland wth an mpossbly broad smle on hs face The dude was planly stoked t s a long way off from zombekllng crossbow man that audences have come to know and love For almost two decades, Reedus }:las been slppng nto skn of hardened kllers lke "Boondock Sant" Murphy MacManus and weapons dealer Scud n "Blade," whch makes wtnessng actor n such a joval state a jarrng experence to say least Wthn moments of appearng, actor whpped out hs Phone anq gleefully ntated now-ubqutous" panorama BY ALLSON farrelly News Reporter Walkng Dead star Norman Reedus mmcs holdng a crossbow, hs characters weapon of choce on televson seres crowd photo career began, ncludng Reedus began show by star-crossed endeavor of folregalng audence wth dramatk tale ofhowhs adrtg- Q9_!ttlmt«!l2U!:fgt_, Student fnds unque way to rase money for local Alzhemers charty BY AUDREY ONEL News Edtor A student at Unversty of Rhode sland has used her personal experences to help rase money for Alzhemers Senor publc relatons and communcatons studes double major, Jacquelne Atkns, created Scavenger Hunt for a Cure for Alzhemers event Ths event s a zero-budget charty event Atkns wanted to create an event for her last year at UR so that she could make a dfference " created ths event because wanted a chance to test out my sklls n event plannng feld Last sprng took an event management class and learned about zerobudget events and thought what better way to test out my sklls than to plan one of my own," Atkns sad She and her frends decded that a scavenger hunt would be a unque charty event that would also be cost-free Atkns s also a member of Sgma Kappa sororty and Student Senate She decded to focus on donatng money to Rhode sland Chapter Alzhemers Assocaton because she wanted to choose somethng that was relatable to her lfe The money from ths event s gong toward Alzhemers Assocaton, but event s beng presented through Student Event Advsng Offce The Rhode sland Chapter of Alzhemers Assocaton executve drector wll be speakng at concluson of scavenger hunt Alzhemers research s one of my sorortys natonal phlanthropes, so as a senor thought t would be nce to do an event that benefts my sororty," Atkns sad "My great grandmor also had Alzhemer s so t s somethng that hts close to home Ths event s a team photo scavenger hunt and wll be held on Sunday, Aprl 21 from 10 am to 4 pm Teams may consst of up to four players, and each member s asked to make a $5 donaton Every team s gven a lst of pctures y need to take Atkns sad an example of one of tems on lst s a photo of one of members under a bed Each pcture contans a pont value, so a more dffcult photo wll be worth more ponts Some local busnesses and restaurants have donated przes that wnners wll receve " Anyone nterested n partcpatng n event can create r own team or jon an exstng one Students can regster onlne at scavengerhuntforacureeventbrtecom f students are nterested n helpng wth event, Atkns s lookng for volunteers to run check-n and tallyng at end of event Students who volunteer are also able to partcpate n event and can Contnued on page 3 Eght months ago, three Unversty of Rhode sland graduates made decson to become r own bosses and open a law frm upon graduaton from Roger Wllams Unversty law school n May 2012 Jonathan Whaley, Lsa Bowe, and James Bagley started Whaley, Bowe & Bagley Legal, a Provdence based legal company, n hopes of jumpng corporate ladder by startng a small busness and workng for mselves " thnk a lot of t had to do wth job market," Bowe sad "We were all near top of our class n law school, and when we got to last year and started lookng for jobs re wasnt much around and t got frustratng" _ --The--orgnal dea for frm was ntroduced by Whaley, who was close frends wth Bagley from r work on RWU s mock tral team Whaley added Bowe to equaton and after a few beers, WBB Legal was born "Here we are almost a year later and were gong strong," Whaley sad "ts stressful, challengng and scary, but ts rewardng at same tme" Despte unanmous consent n r decson to start a small busness, partners wll readly admt that ths has been a learnng experence "ts tough because youre learnng how to be a lawyer and a busness person at same tme; and none of us really had any experence wth small busness," Whaley sad "Were learnng how to be our own bosses, partners n busness, and how to talk to customers and conduct ourselves n a court room at same tme" Though WBB Legal s equpped wth sklls to deal wth many dfferent types of law, man types Todays forecast 41 F Nckel Bref: A wnter storm watch s n effect ljnable to se, Vagna Monologues ths past weekend? Pck up tomorrows ssue to read all about t of cases yve seen so far are famly, crmnal defense, DU, and landlord tenant Despte challenges, partners at WWB Legal are startng to see "lght at end of tunnel," Whaley sad n addton to beng busness assocates, Whaley, Bagley, and Bowe all have a deep amount of respect for work ors are dong "Were all very ntellgent n our own way," Whaley sad "Jm [Bagley] defntely brngs a sense of humor and a personalty to keep thngs lght even when we go through stressful tmes Hes very passonate and a hard worker" "John [Whaley] s workhorse of group," Bowe sad "Hes one who at begnnng, even when we only had one or two cases, came n every day at nne and stayed whole aay:" s " Bowe one of smartest people ve ever met," Bagley sad "She has an ablty to dssect problems and offer nsghtful analyss on how to deal wth m" The tro dd not attend UR at same tme, wth Bagley graduatng n 2005, Bowe n 2008, and Whaley n 2009 However, partners all feel that y use sklls y got from r undergraduate educaton on a daly bass Bowe and Whaley graduated wth degrees n wldlfe and conservaton bology and busness admnstraton, respectvely, whle Bagley gjaduated wth a degree n atre " thnk that my atre background has defntely helped me wth law," Bagley sad "From start was comfortable gettng up and talkng n front of people, whch s somethng not many of my peers were able to do" Despte versatlty r undergraduate majors have gven m, law school was not where any of Contnued on page 3 Need your Rhody sports fx for day? 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3 , (, -- >, 1,- " " -, -, J l r >-,- _, ; r Page 2 The Good Fve Cent Cgar Weesday, March 6, 2013 CAMPUS Student Senate Sprng 2013 Electons PresdentVce Presdent On-Campus & Off-Campus Representatves poston as an on-campus Presdent & Vce Presdent representatve As an out of state Presdent, Matw K lduff & student, understand how onvce Presdent, Chrstopher Ccero campus lvng can nfluence ones college experence want Matt has been on Student Senate for past 2 years n to represent student body here lvng on campus and help whch he has served on Cultural Affars commttee, provde solutons to any probelectons commttee, Students lems that arse wth on-campus Rghts and Responsbltes com- lvng would lke to brng posmttee, Senor Speaker commttve tee and s currently Chef outcomes to any exstng ssues nformaton Offcer Chrs has and make lvng on-campus a been on senate for 3 years and better experence for all has been a member of Cultural Affars commttee, Electons commttee, Rules and Gna Cont Ethcs commttee, Summer Senate, NCAA Athletc Advsory Hello! My name s Gna Cont Board and s currently and am runnng for on-campus Cultural Affars Char As representatve am a Presdent and Vce-Presdent our sophomore accountng major wth a double mnor n man goals are to collaborate as a team to mprove our current Leadershp and talan am a connectons wth varous very departments on and off-campus outgong person and feel that as well as establsh new connec- would be best advocate for tons wth dfferent organzatons campus because thnk t s crucal to have a that we as a senate have not strong voce for student reached out to yet Vote for body Feel free to ntroduce KlduffCcero yourself and say hello! On-Campus Representatves Peter Natowch Arstdes Kappatos Hello UR! My name s Peter My name s Arstdes Kappatos l Natowch and am runnng for am runnng for on-campus repre- On-Campus Housng sentatve for URs Representatve of Student Student Senate My goal s to be Senate Currently lvng n Tucker nvolved n makng helpful dechall, know that on campus sons that beneft lvng s not homest lfestyle, students on campus as well but f you vote for me, wll make sure your housng s as as unversty as a whole want to represent comfortable as possble f you students and ensure our voces have any ssues or deas about are heard throughout UR lvng, am 9re than wllng to communty hope lsten and voce your thoughts serve you, students well as Than you! a future UR senl;torfeel free to Cate Runyon contact me at akappatos@ myuredu Hey everyone! My name s Cate Runyon, am a freshman runyookyung (Erca) Lee, nng for one of Hello, my name s YooKyung On-Campus Representatves! (Erca) Lee m runnng for a My nvolvement at UR started at to Leadershp nsttute; snce n, l;ve been a Leadershp Ambassador and have be_gun pursung Leadershp Mnor here at UR am also nvolved n Student Admssons Representatves and Random Acts of Kndness am ecstatc to be more nvolved by becomng your On-Campus Senate Representatve! tryng to make a dfference n world Allow me to make a dfference n yours VOTE ALVA POULOS! Saad llyas Saad llyas? Who s that? could wrte an essay descrbng my exceptonal attrbutes but what good s that to you - RAMs You just want someone to lsten to problems you encounter at UR and work m out so that Barrett Jourdan your college experence s Hey everybody, my name s most rewardng Ths s guy Your vote wll determne f you Barrett Jourdan and beleve that am an deal canddate for have a frend as ypur on-campus representatve who puts your an on-campus representatve on URs Student Senate, and real- concerns on top of hs agenda ly hope you wll agree wth me As a student am nvolved n many wonderful organzatons on Off-Campus Representatves Brent Barrows campus ncludng UR TV Network, Pep Band, and Student " am more than qualfed to Alumn Assocaton ntend to serve as a Student Senate represent dverse gr_oup of Representatve for off-campus students throughout housng students As a former Unversty of Rhode sland Senator on Suffolk Unversty Tyler Pavlk Student Senate, am a hardworkng, determned leader who Hey everyone, my name s Tyler wll be focused on representng Pavlk m a sophomore Poltcal commuter students at UR Scence major; m Vce have commuted to UR for two Presdent and one of semesters; n fall from founders of UR Student Smthfeld and from Narragansett Advocacy Organzaton want n sprng wll be your voce to jon Senate to work wth to address concerns of Unversty to rewrte student commuter students" handbook want handbook to gve stt:jdents more rghts and Martn Lannan freedoms on campus and work am runnng for poston of to make sure students know off campus representatve for m from r rghts gven handbook Please vote for area of Pt Judth 3 years experence lvng off campus n Pt me! Judth Seeng as how Pt Judth Alva Poulos s far from campus, am makng transportaton my prorty As refl, WHY VOTE FOR ALVA POU- wll work for a "beach bus" provdng trps from campus to LOS? That can be answered wth anor, queston: Why NarraganseTown Beach n wouldnt you want a carng, selfsprng and early fal Wll also champon a weekend shuttle less, dedcated person workng servce from campus to for you on your school senate? m Alva Poulos, just _anor guy nghtspots Lets keep Sourn Rhode sland clean Please RECYCLE your Good 5 Cgar when you are fnshed readng t to

4 <, : \,,:, ; -- :,,, - : > -,, : " r, The Good Fve Cent Cgar Tuesday, March 6, 2013 Page 3 CLASSFEDS lvng 21 and Over well worth cost of admsson at aters Wth a TV show, you can drop lttle seeds of detal n early epsodes that later grow to From page plot pont sprouts and t en later Plot t rees and show med cal school ntervew s BY BLLY BOWDEN lowng a grl to Los Angeles keeps gong ts beautful, 1 Contrbutng Entertanmen t Wrter scheduled at 8 am on and gettng too drunk at a really" - mornng after hs 21st brthfancy Hollywood Sttng n Edwards and For those who found day Whle some p eople could On subject of "The hearng deafenng shreks mselves watchng both wake up, drnk some coffee Walkng Dead" tself, Reed us of all Daryl-lovers gath- "Hangover" flms multpe and be on r way, Changs had remarkably nsghtful ered n tny hall made t tmes after r release, get m frends Mller and Casey wll answers to all of questons hard to beleve that re were 1 your car now and head to not let that happen The two that ravenous fms hurled at even crazer fans out re, ater Ths past weekend, frends surprse Chang at hs On subject of pos- but Reed us spun a bzarre "21 and Over" was released apartment whle he prepares sble romance brewng super fan yarn that all but con- to general publc The flm for one of bggest nterbetween anor character vnced me portrays a combn aton f vews of hs lfe and Daryl, Reedus engmat"some lady sent me her alcohol-nduced events SmlWhle he does not thnk t cally rebuffed, breast mplant," sad Reedus, lar to those found n "Project s a great decson at frst, hs "f t happened wouldnt stll dearly bewldered by X" and "The H9ngover" pals are able to encourage be madbut lke dea scenaro "Whch now use as Concdentally, wrt- hm to have one drnk, and that se two damaged nd- a cell phone cradle!" He blurt- ers of "21 and Over" were from re nght begns vduals sort of gravtate ed ths out n mdst of also responsble for Knowng what our culture toward each or for reasons uproarous laughter, an unn- "Hangover" flms Jon Lucas assocates wth average or than, you know, that" tentonal punch lne to a real- and Scott Moore wrote 21st brthday celebraton, one By far most fascnatng lfe joke screenplays for se flms, could expect what follows behnd--scenes fact that Judgng by wde var- and ths tme y stepped Yet, ths s Hollywood, and t Reedus revealed to crowd ety of objects that audence nto drectors postons s assured that flm s was seasonal rtual of members held aloft (whch too Not only was flm even more than you expected what he called "The Death nclded a handmade hlarous, but t also had an Not only does "21 and Over" Dnner" "f your character s "Walkng Dead" lamp, a copy nterestng plot to support t nclude a nght of havoc and gonna get klled off, y of Daryls ear necklace and Walkng nto ater, one but plot always tell you frst," he dozens of zombe dolls) to could expect tradtonal runs through lves of explaned, "and we always er gve to Reedus or have party flm full of red solo se three young men as have a bg dnner when some- actor autograph, some of cups and naked college grls y learn more about each "one goes, res always a lot crazest fans were present Whle you wouldnt be wrong or than what y had of drnkng, a lot of cryng, a n UR audtorum on n that assumpton, re s a thought y knew lot of remnscng" Sunday The second hall story behnd flm that The flm s consstent m The speech nvoked a lght came on, a tsunam of nvolves more than a lttle provdng laughs, bouts of heartwarmng mage of overeager nerds surged forth satre awe, and an urge to crack a "Dead" cast gared ar?nd over Edwards seats and onto Three frends from hgh Pabst Blue Rbbon (n modera grandoak table, provdmg Reedus n a stunnngly zorn- school have cut r tes from aton of course) Lucas and old frends lke Dale or T-Dog be-esque occurrence Unlke 1 eah or whle purn _MQorhve_ fo_und a way to wth a proper se_11d ot Redt1-Qa-r-yl,--Reedu-s:Feaeted--wth---th:er- ad Ulthoocl:- Tllere- s ncorporate exctement - aso falkea:-about d1mce to th nly vsble anxety as he lad-back, alcohol-abusng found n "Project X" and ":he use real flm stock as oppsed snatched and scrbbled on Mller, played by Mles eller Hangover" whle mcludmg to dgtal cameras f?r fl: flers, took photo after photo, Then res promment an nspratonal plot bout ng of "The Walkmg Dead shouted back answers to fnancal student, Casey, redscoverng he meamng of and emphaszed, :Our camera shouted-out questons and played by Skylar Austn, and frendshp gve flm a crew,ts th best m e bust- gracously hugged occa- hlarous yet suspensefl B+, and strongly encourage ness, desptte aqmty sonal female fan Jeff Chang, played by Justm general pubhc to splure Even televson show Chon on ths vson of one heche format n comparso to_ eawe dscover that Changs nght ture flms fell under hs cnhcal far s a reserved doctor scrutny, much to delht who expects hs son to thrve of true geeks that spnnfrom page l n medcal school However, a kled audence "Wth a conflct arses when Changs move, you have a very small partners saw mselves of tme to tell a story wth a headng whle at UR "[f an d end very lnear b egtnnmg some one had told me whle was at UR that was gong to go to law school] would From page l have told m y drank too contact Atkns at scavengermuch," Bowe sad Whaley has stayed Academc Excellence $500 Scholarshp Announcement " started workng on ths nvolved wth UR snce graduaton through hs spot on event over summer so t Any son of a UR s elgble to me to see Sgma P fraterntys hosng wotld be to apply for a $500 scholarshp aard corporaton Whaley S a people actually come and There wll be sx (6) $500 awards m total bror of Sgma P from hs make event successful;" (two sophomores, two junors, two,senors) Atkns sad " would love to tme at UR "f anyone consders show what UR students can The scholarshp wll be awarded on e bass?f ca:- gong to law school and wants do when y :\atl,t to make a :-; dmc achevement Scholarshp applcants Wth th to cht-chat and get some dos dfference Atknshopes to get at least and donts, feel free to gve us hghest grade pont averge among pool of aph one team from every group on a call," Whaley sad calts rt each category wll be awarded scholarshps WBB Legal hopes to keep campus to partcpate She tes wth UR and help stu- sad ths would equate to Applcatons may be obtaned n dents wth r legal troubles about 400 people, wth UR Alumn Offce possblty of ors jonng n future 73 Upper College Road "We hope to relate to kds from campus or generor at UR a lttle more because al publc Download an applcaton at Although she s graduatweve been re and anyhttp:advanceuredualumn(sch?larshpsfdefaulthtm thng y can get mselves ng n May, Atkns hopes to Deadlne for all applcatjons 1s June 7, 2013 nto, we hope to be able to get contnue plannng chanty 11ft events n future m out of t" UNVERSTY "My dream job would be Ther nformaton can be O H UODE lsland found on r webste to be a corporate event planfltlnkfjg WE 00 ner and plan large-scale events wwwwbblegalcom -!and benefts for companes" Beautful 4-bedroom2-bath house for rent n Narragansett Comes fully furnshed wtb all amentes Academc year $1,600month (401) Cute 2-bedroom cottage for rent ll Narragansett Fully furnshed, all amemtles Academc year $700month (40 1) bedroom n per wth bg ocean vew great house quet street bg screen 5 Contnental Road call Sue (401) or (401) bedroom n per wth bg ocean vtew great house quet street bg screen 5 Contnental Road call Sue (40 1) or(401) Eastward look 4 bedroom washerdryer $500 each, Sept-May call (40 1) Renovated one bedroom apartment rental, new applances, washerdryer, near beach, 15 mnutes to UR $600month ncludes heat, quet (401) Nanagansett Per; 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5 t Page ( 4The Good Fve Cent Cgar Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Rhody SPORTS Softball teamstllwnless after sweep n SC BY JACOB MARROCCO Sports Staff Reporter The Unversty of Rhode sland womens softball team extended r seasonopen ng losng streak to sx games after droppng three games at Wnthrop Unversty Combat nvtatonal n Rock Hll_ SC last weekend The Rams were shut out 4-0 aganst, Furman Unversty and lost to Unversty of Vrgna 4-2 on Frday Rhode sland also fell to Unversty of Hartford 6-5 n nne nnngs on Saturday Though y were scheduled to play Wnthrop Unversty and Unversty of North Carolm - Greensboro as well, both games were cancelled because of nclement wear Furman started off scorng n frst game wth a two-run home run off bat of freshman shortstop Taylor Jenkns The Paladns padded r lead n ffth nnng when freshman leftfelder Ambree Muller smashed a two-run double down left feld lne Rams freshman ptcher Catln Kennedy took her second loss on season, gong sx nnngs and gvng up four runs on eght hts wth one strkeout "Offensvely, lke our approach," Rhode sland head coach Ern Layton sad "We have kds who are startng to make qualty contact and yre startng to really drve ball Our tmng s better" Rhode sland took an early advantage later n day aganst Vrgna Redshrt senor shortstop Courtney Prendergast opened game wth a walk, advanced to second on a bunt, stole thrd and scored on throw home after freshman thrd baseman Lauren Klepchck stole second base Freshman leftfelder Emly Hendrcks added to Rams lead n top of second nnng on an RB sngle that drove n junor catcher Stacey Fox The Cavalers chpped away at defct n bottom of nnng after an RB double from senor catcher Krstn Hawkns Senor shortstop Alex Sknks ted game after she drlled a solo shot n bottom of ffth nnng Vrgn a sealed r vctory after back-tohack h ome run s from junor thrd baseman Marcy Bowdren and sophomore rght felder Megan Harrs "Were makng contact, now we need to make qualty contact," Layton sad "We need to ht behlld runners, ht n power stuatons and execute n frst-ptch bunt stuatons" Junor ptcher Sam Bedore suffered her frst loss of season She went fve nnngs and gave up four runs on fve hts and had two strkeouts Rhode sland started r fnal game of weekend down early, after Hartford senor desgnated player Taylor Hanes blasted a threerun home run n top of frst nnng The Rams shortened lead n thtd nnng after an RB sngle from Klepchck Rhode sland was able to te score on a two-rb double from sophomore leftfelder Megan Congro n sxth nnng The Hawks jumped back out n front n eghth nnng after a Hanes double drove n senor shortstop Kate Wacyk Hartford added to r lead later n nnng when graduate centerfelder Erca Phelps brought n Hanes on an RB sngle The Rams evened score once more n bottom of nnng when Congro scored on a felders ch oce and Prendergast hammered a solo shot to center feld However, an RB sngle from Wacyk n top of nnth put Hawks on top for good Rhode sland gets back on damond lhs weekend when y travel to Unversty of Maryland Baltmore County Dawg Pound nvtatonal The Rams wll face off aganst Mount St Marys Unversty, Coppn State Unversty, UMBC and Marst College "We need to work on httng low-end ptch offensvely," Layton sad "Defensvely, were gong to make some poston changes Were gong to brng our leftfelder n to play thrd base, our thrd basemen to catcher and out catcher nto outfeld and thnk thats gong to be a very good second lneup to go to" Womens basketball ends season wth loss to VCU BY EMLY JACOBS Sports Staff Reporter The Unversty of Rhode sland womens basketball team dropped ts fnal game of season Sunday aganst Vrgna Commonwealth Unversty The Rams were lookng for an elusve wn n fnale, and showed late sgns of lfe But just as n games past, late rally proved neffectve, as y allowed VCU to snap ts three-game losng streak VCU was led by Atlantc-10 Conferences leadng scorer, Robyn Parks, who came out frng and led all scorers wth 22 ponts Rhody went nto locker room down only nne and came out n second half wth momentum The Rams were able to close gap to as lttle as four ponts wth under two mnutes remanng, but VCU ht ts free throws late to seal vctory "We fought back," Rhode sland coach Cathy nglese sad, " was really happy wth how our team kept fghtng urtl buzzer We unfortunately fell short, but team played hard and m proud of efforts" Yet agan, Rams struggled n turnover department They commtted 23, compared to14 by VCU The Rams also struggled n asssts, only dshng out eght compared to VCUs 14 Rebounds, bench ponts, and ponts n pant were all brght spots for Rhode sland The Rams collected 40 rebounds, 10 of those comng from junor Kerry Wallack The Rams also got 26 bench ponts, compared to VCU s three 20 of those ponts came from Wallack, who had her frst career double-double Wallack played great for us," nglese sad "She has been a great rebounder for us all season, and today she was able to get ponts" Rhody outshot VCU from floor, httng 37 percent of ts feld goal attempts VCU shot 34 percent Rhody gared 26 of ts ponts from pant, 11 of m comng from freshman Samantha Tabakman Tabakman reached double dgts n each of last four games for Rams She also pulled down eght rebounds "Samantha has been playng tough;" nglese sad "She has been bg down low and gettng ponts for us n pant Beng a freshman, look forward to watchng her mprove" The Rams fnsh season wth a 6-23 record, and a 1-13 record n Atlantc 10 play " was very pleased wth how team played, y were more consstent n game, and that s somethng we have been strugglng wth," nglese sad " am so proud of how hard ths team played and effort y always gave" Mens track and feld fnshes 9th at C4As BY JAKE MARROCCO C4As," Rhode sl;md head coach John Copeland sad "Thats always a nce thng to The Unversty of Rhode look at You want guys who sland mens track and feld obvously want to acheve at team fnshed ted for nnth r hghest level every place at ntercollegate tme " Assocaton of Amateur On second day of Athletes of Amerca (C4A) competton, senor Thaddeus ndoor Track and Feld Kusak grabbed seventh place Champonshps last weekend n weght throw wth a The meet dosed out dstance of 1821 meters Rams ndoor season, and Senor Ronald Woodley took r 29 ponts were more top spot n trple jump than y scored last season at wth a heght of 1551 meters C4A Champonshps Woodley clamed crown Junor Trent Baltzell took by just less than one halfpart n heptathlon and meter over Bucknell won hgh jump event on Unversty junor Ray frst day of competton Holmes wth a heght of 6 feet 11 nchbaltzell fnshed thrd!l es Baltzell was also able to heptathlon at end of record a person al best n Saturdays competton He 60meter dash wth a tme of took seventh place n pole 753 seconds, despte takng vault, launchng hmself over 12th place overall H s 45- th e b ar at a h eght of 415 foot 35-nch throw n shot meters Baltzell also fnshed put earned hm second place nnth n 60-meter h urdles n event wth a tme of 883 seconds " ddnt see that anyone and was v ctorous n underperformed at Sports Staff Reporter 1,000-meter run at 2:3946 Rhode sland sa t n second place behnd Unversty of Connectcut by end of frst day of competton wth 18 ponts On fnal day of events, junor Anthony Davdson fnshed thrd n 400-meter dash wth a tme of 4698 seconds Davdson broke Rhode sland school record n event "What mpressed me was 400-meter dash," Copeland sad Davdson ran really, really well thnk Woodley had one of best jumps ve seen hm have n three years Baltzell had h s thrd weekend n a row dong seven events and h e was pretty mpessve t was a good weekend for us" Woodley grabbed fourth place n long jump wth a dstance of 23-4 Senors Jonathon Bartlett and Andrew Psctell took tenth place Jn pole vault and shot put, respectvely Rhode sland -begns r outdoor season n a few weeks at Unversty of Connectcut nvtatonal on M arch 30, n Storrs, Conn The Rams were scheduled to compete n meet last year as well, but event was cancelled "Bascally were tryng to get back to our basc tranng," Copeland sad "[Were also] gettng used to outdoor condtons a nd those knds of thngs Weve got a lot of work to do n three weeks" Contact Cgar We want to hear from you!