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Thanks texasdave, but I was about to post this. I'll generally be able to do it before early afternoon, but I work second shift and keep late hours, so I generally wont be updating on Thursday before 11 or 12.
Thanks texasdave, but I was about to post this. I'll generally be able to do it before early afternoon, but I work second shift and keep late hours, so I generally wont be updating on Thursday before 11 or 12.
(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
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Thanks, Dave and OGB.
"Walking Juan." Chuckled out loud.
After a dismal organizational performance last year in the win-loss context, it's nice to see the farms standing at a collective 16-8. I attribute a good bit of it to the decision to stock AAA with veteran free-agent types, and the corresponding trickle-down. A lot of folks have criticized that move, preferring to see the truer prospects promoted, but it appears to me that the plan is working. One, there is now an inventory of experienced players who can be called-up in a pinch without burning a prospect option. And two, young guys are finding success. They're forging a foundation to build on. That's not to mention the value of winning, and developing an identity in that regard.
Last edited by mace; 04-10-2014 at 03:30 PM.
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I've enjoyed reading the mix of styles of the folks handling this thread this season. Thanks again for your contributions. Hoping to start to see Phil Ervin popping up on these reports soon.
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-Walt Whitman
Thursday, April 10: Sal Romano, Dayton . . . 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. The strikeouts were a little light, but the big Connecticut Red (RZ prospect #40) made up for it by throwing a dozen ground balls. On a club with a team ERA of 1.60, his 3.00 is the highest among the starters.
Also notable . . .
Layne Somsen, Evan Mitchell, Pedro Diaz (Dayton): Romano's relievers combined for a line of 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, preserving the shutout. All three sport early ERAs of 0.00.
Carlton Daal: 3-5, 2B, R. The slender Dragons SS is batting .348, and his strong suit is defense. Redszone's prospect #56 is rising rapidly, as some thought he would.
Sean Buckley: 2-5, 2 RBI, SB.
Sebastian Elizalde: 2 BB, R. The Mexican god of walks.
Chris Nelson (Louisville): 3-4, BB, 3 RBI. The Bats' third baseman won the game with a walkoff single. His bat has made a big and immediate impact.
Ruben Gotay: 2-5, 2B, 2 R. Second baseman opened the decisive 9th with a double and scored the winning run.
Felix Perez: 2-4, R, RBI.
Mike Wilson: HR.
Josh Smith: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 7 K. Righted himself after a shaky first.
Chad Reineke: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 B, 0 BB, 1 K.
Jumbo Diaz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.
Daniel Renken (Pensacola): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K.
Sean Black: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K.
Rey Navarro: HR.
Ryan Wright (Bakersfield): 3-4, 2B, R. Leading off for the Blaze and batting .344, Wright should score approximately 700 runs.
Juan Silva: 2 BB, SB.
Jimmy Moran: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. For the season--6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. Didn't see that one coming.
Friday, April 11: Ben Lively, Bakersfield . . . 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K. He's at it again. After posting a dizzying 0.88 ERA in his rookie season, the 6-4 righthander (RZ prospect #10) is flashing an 0.82 after two starts in the hitting-heavy California League. In 11 IP, Lively has walked nobody. Friday night, featuring a brisk (shall we call it lively?) fastball and a big, slow curve, he threw 54 strikes in 76 tries.
Also notable . . .
Junior Arias (Bakersfield): 2-2, 2B, BB, R, SB. After his fifth-inning double, the swift center fielder (RZ #17), who's off to a sizzling start and leads the Cal League in steals, hurt his ankle attempting to swipe third. He was, in effect, carried off the field.
Seth Mejias-Brean: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI. The rare game in which he didn't walk.
Zach Vincej: 2-4, 2B, R, RBI.
Carlos Gonzalez: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, Sv (2).
Sebastian Elizalde (Dayton): 3-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI. The former Mexican Leaguer sports a .485 OBP.
Ismael Guillon: 5 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 5 K. The control slipped a bit, but the stuff did not.
Alejandro Chacin: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K.
Joel Bender: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Beau Amaral: 2-4, BB, K, 3 SB (7).
Sammy Diaz: 2-5, 2B, 3B, R, 3 RBI, SB. It's the switch-hitting infielder's third season in Dayton.
Chris Nelson (Louisville): 3-4, 2B, RBI. The tiny sample size has him at .571/.600/.857/1.457.
Tim Crabbe: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
Ryan Dennick: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. Finding a niche in the bullpen?
Juan Duran (Pensacola): HR, 2 RBI.
Bryan Anderson: 2-4, HR.
Rey Navarro: Homered for the second straight night.
Daniel Renken: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K. A full-time starter the past three years, his early line from the bullpen is 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 8 K.
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Saturday, April 12: The Corkster, Louisville . . . 4 AB, 3 R, 3 H, 2 2B, 3 BI. The mustachioed legend grows. Corky tied and eclipsed the all-time Louisville Bats record for doubles, crashing numbers 97 and 98 in a 12-4 win over the awed Columbus Clippers. Sitting -- no, crouching -- at .375 on the season so far.
Also notable . . .
Ruben Gotay, Bat: 2-4, 2 2b (4 on the year), 2 BI, 1 BB
Felix Perez, Bat: 3-5, 2 R, 2 BI, 1 HR. A .423 average for the Cuban who seemingly plays year round.
Rey Navarro, Blue Wahoo: 1-4, go-ahead HR (#3) in the 10th. Switch-hitting middle infielder is still 24 and off to a strong start.
Jon Moscot, Blue Wahoo: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K. 57 of his 79 pitches were strikes. Departed with a blister.
Jamie Walczak, 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K. Through 5.1 innings so far, 1 run allowed with 1 BB and 9 K for the Ohio native.
Ryan Wright, Blaze: 2-6, 2 R, 1 BI, 3B
Jesse Winker, Blaze: 2-5, 2 R, 1 BI, BB
Kyle Waldrop, Blaze: 0-2, 2 BB. Moved to cleanup with Arias out of the lineup.
Marquez Smith, Blaze: 2-4, R, 2 BI, 2B, BB. Now at 16 RBI on the year.
John Tolisano, Blaze: 1-4, 2 R, 2 BI, BB, HR (#2)
Juan Silva, Blaze: 2-5, 2 BI
Zach Vincej, Blaze: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB
Brooks Pinckard, Blaze: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, K. Unblemished in 7.1 IP so far, 1 BB, 5 K.
Sebastian Elizalde, Dragon: 4-5, 2 R, BI, 2 2B. Hitting .357 with an OPS of 1.205
Tanner Rahier, Dragon: 3-4, 2 R, BI, 2B. Up to .303.
Beau Amaral, Dragon: 1-5, HR, 3 BI, outfield assist.
Amir Garrett, Dragon: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 2 HR allowed. Not a bad outing for the lanky one.
Layne Somsen, Dragon: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K.. He'll turn 25 this year, and he'll strike you out. 12K in 5.1 so far.
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Mr. Elizalde just filed a protest with the MiL Player of the Day Commissioner's Office.
If you want to catch Elizalde in a Dragons' uniform, you might want to plans soon. He was signed out of the Mexican League where he put up good numbers. I always thought the Mexican League was the equivalent of AAA. I was surprised when they started him in Low-A.
Sunday, April 13: Donald Lutz, Pensacola . . . 3-4, 2 HR, BB, 3 RBI. The burly outfielder--arguably, the Reds farmhand most likely to club 30 homers this year--is OPSing 1.114 and justifying his place on the 40-man roster.
Also notable (only three games, since Dayton was rained out) . . .
Marquez Smith (Bakersfield): 3-4, 2 2B, 3B, 3 R, 3 RBI. Too bad he's 29. The guy can rake. He has 19 RBIs in 11 games, tops in the Cal League.
Juan Silva: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI.
Kyle Waldrop: 2-4, BB, 2 R, SB. Batting .436.
Seth Mejias-Brean: 2-5, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB.
Jesse Winker: 2-4, 2 BB, 2 R.
James Allen: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K.
Jimmy Moran: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Sv. This is getting serious. Moran, previously inconspicuous, has now thrown 9.1 innings on the season and yielded only three hits, with 1 walk and 8 K.
Rey Navarro (Pensacola): 2-5, 2B, R. For the first time in four games, the Puerto Rican infielder neglected to homer.
Rossmel Perez: 2-4, BB, 2 R.
Juan Silverio: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI.
Yorman Rodriguez: HR (#1).
Michael Lorenzen: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K. So far, so good, on the conversion to starting. His GO-FO: 8-1. ERA: 1.32.
Mikey O'Brien: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Ruben Gotay (Louisville): 2-4, 2B, HR (#4), BB, 2 R, 3 RBI. The Marquez Smith of AAA.
Tucker Barnhart: 2-4, HR, 2B.
Jumbo Diaz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Corky Miller: 1 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 2 BB, 1 K. Well, it was notable. The Corkster also teamed with Diaz in setting a minor-league record for combined poundage of successive relief pitchers (565).
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Monday, April 14: Beau Amaral, Dayton . . . 3-5, 2B, 2 3B, R, 2 RBI. The lefty leadoff man is off to a blazing start, with a .925 OPS and seven steals, second in the Midwest League. Perhaps underrated on RZ, he's reputed to be an exceptional center fielder.
Also notable . . .
Zach Weiss (Dayton): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K. For the season, the UCLA product is unscored upon, having surrendered just 3 hits in 8.1 IP, with 10 K.
Daniel Wright: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K. First career start an attention-grabber.
Jeff Gelalich: 2-4, BB, 3 R, RBI. Amaral's more heralded and higher drafted college teammate makes his first appearance of the season on the list.
Joe Hudson: 2-3, 2 2B, BB, R, 4 RBI.
Daniel Mateo: 2-4, 2 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI.
Sebastian Elizalde: 2-5, RBI, SB.
Tanner Rahier: 2-5, 2B, R, RBI. Early .316 BA is encouraging.
Phil Ervin: 2-5, R, RBI.
Jamodrick McGruder: 1-2, 2B, 3 BB, R, 2 RBI.
Max Ramirez (Louisville): 2-3, R.
Tucker Barnhart: 1-2, 3B, BB, 2 RBI.
Jason Bourgeois: 1-2, BB.
Kris Negron: 1-2, 2B, R.
Lee Hyde: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Donald Lutz (Pensacola): 1-3, 3B, RBI. When the big fellow does something like hit a triple, it's mandatory to say, "He really runs well for a guy his size."
Juan Duran: 1-2, 2B.
Juan Silva (Pensacola): 2-4, RBI, 2 SB. Responded well to his leadoff opportunity.
Jon Matthews: 1-1, R, RBI. First AB of the season.
Juan Perez: HR, BB, 2 RBI.
Yovan Gonzalez: 2-4, 2B, R.
Ben Klimesh: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Gratuitous stat of the day: Layne Somsen is tied for 8th in the Midwest League in strikeouts, and he has pitched only 5.1 innings.
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dreich, adjective = cold, wet, dismal, dull, bleak, misearable, dreary, overcast, drizzling
Origin: from Middle English dreig, drih (enduring), possibly from Old English drēog. Related to the Old Norse drjugr – lasting.
Examples of usage: It's gey dreich the day (It's very dismal today). Which it was, in Brighton at least.
It can also mean lang, borin and uninterestin. In the auld days, whan services in the kirk gaed on for oors and oors, ye micht hae fund the sermons a bittie dreich.
It can also mean long, boring and uninteresting. In the old day, when services in the church went on for hours and hours, you might have found the sermons a bit boring.
This is one of the many wonderful Scots words for describing the weather. It doesn't always rain in Scotland, but you certainly have plenty of opportunities to use this word. On all but one of my many holidays in Scotland it has rained every day or most days. The only rainless holiday was a wonderful trip to the Inner and Outer Hebrides in September 1996.
A few other Scots weather words include: mochie – warm and damp; rumballiach – tempestuous; gandiegow – a squall or heavy shower, and smirr – light rain. The idea that Eskimos (Inuit) have many words for snow is a myth, but the Scots certainly have many words and phrases to describe wet stuff falling from the sky.

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Anyone who has been tracking health policy debate at a national level over the past three years could be forgiven for expecting a bit more of their politicians during this 2013 federal election campaign.
In March 2010, before he was axed as Prime Minister,
In 2013 there are no big visions or competing plans for reform. There are worthy funding announcements of a hundred million or so here or there, but rather than conducting a policy argument, Labor and the Coalition have traded blows over who might have the most budget cuts up their sleeves.
The conclusion one might draw from this is that both sides have decided the status quo is not that bad. Both health minister
"There doesn't need to be revolutionary reform any more. There needs to be consistency and attention to detail now," Plibersek says. "The changes we made to the health system from 2007 were really bringing rigour and transparency to the health system that just wasn't there before.
"Where hospitals get more money to treat more people, and [we are] moving to a system that rewards people for meeting targets for elective surgery and emergency waiting times.
"They are the big fundamental reforms, the big shifts we need in our health system."
Dutton agrees there is not too much wrong with a health system that has produced the third-highest life expectancy in the world. At the Coalition's health policy launch, Opposition Leader
Mugged by reality
Dutton attributes the lack of real policy debate this time around to his opponent, indicating he would have liked to have come up with more big policy ideas if Labor had let him.
"There are two reasons. One of them is we're mugged by the reality of Labor's $300 billion debt, so that makes it very hard to announce multibillion-dollar programs similar to what we may have done in 2007 or 2010.
"Secondly, Labor's record on health over the course of the past three years and the past six years has been absolutely woeful.
So they haven't got a record to talk on and that's why the Labor party's not able to run on their record in health in the last six years and that's why they've gone silent."
It is hard to draw a line between the two parties on health policy alone. Plibersek has not launched a comprehensive health policy as such, choosing instead to go for small and discrete announcements – $15 million for cancer care nurses, $250 million for a medical research innovation fund and individual upgrades to hospitals.
The main pledges from the Coalition, totalling $340 million, are fast-tracking the approvals process for listing new medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by taking away the requirement for cabinet approval for drugs that cost less than $20 million in any year over the first four years of listing, and a series of promises to bolster general practice by providing incentives for teaching. The Coalition has also promised scholarships for nurses and allied health professionals, more places for medical interns, the accelerated implementation of national bowel cancer screening and more funding for diabetes research.
Separately, it made a pitch for the seniors' vote by pledging to index the income eligibility threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, which lowers costs on healthcare on a range of fronts.
Judged purely on volume, the Coalition has presented more policy ideas this election than the incumbent government.
Difference of practicalities
Dutton sees the difference between the two parties as not one of policies but of practicalities: "It's the ability to deliver," he explains.
"The government has had good intent, but they just haven't been able to deliver. They've been divided and, obviously, Tanya Plibersek hasn't had much influence within cabinet. She has a testy relationship with Mr Rudd.
"So the difference is our capacity to implement what we promise in this election."
Abbott took away one of the key points of differentiation between the Labor and Liberal parties on health when he pledged last week that a Coalition government would not abolish any of the government's flagship primary healthcare hubs, Medicare Locals.
Although Dutton later denied it was a backflip, both men had previously chosen their words very carefully to not rule out Medicare Locals closures.
Earlier this year Dutton pledged a review, and has often used them as examples of unnecessary bureaucracy. Abbott on August 22 said he could not rule out any Medicare Locals closing. Following the apparent change of heart, he sought to clarify the comments by stating: "I don't guarantee that they're all going to stay exactly the same, but our focus is on trying to move money from the back office to frontline services and I am confident that Medicare Locals will flourish, provided they are focused on frontline health services, not simply on more health bureaucracy".
In another act of apparent reassurance, shadow treasurer
Unsurprisingly, Plibersek doesn't believe this pledge.
"All of the things they've said just don't back up as true. So at first they were refusing to quarantine health or education from cuts.
"Tony Abbott said that he supports the conservative state governments that have made these cuts to health and education in particular. The Liberals have worked out people are nervous about that.
"They've come out at the last second and said, 'oh, you know how we said we weren't going to quarantine health and education? Well actually we will.' "
Promises watered down
One of the Coalition's big promises – repealing means testing on the private health insurance rebate – has certainly been watered down by budgetary considerations. Like many of the other promises it has made, the closer the election comes, the more the opposition has been forced to concede that it can not easily turn its back on many of the savings instituted by the Labor government during its six years in office. And means testing the private health insurance rebate, at about $3 billion over four years, is a big saving to get rid of.
Dutton insists Abbott's recent announcement that the Coalition would remove means testing "within the decade" is a relaxation on the part of the Coalition.
"No. We've been clear on this from day one that it's about us trying to restore confidence to grow the economy again and to increase revenues so we can restore integrity to private health insurance," Dutton says.
Squabbles aside, for many with involvement in the healthcare sector, whether as providers or patients, there are many very big issues which are not being discussed at all in this campaign.
Although there has been some improvement in waiting times, in 2012 only 66 per cent of patients presenting to emergency departments at public hospitals had completed their visits within four hours, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Patient advocacy organisation the Consumers Health Forum has also raised concerns about increased out-of-pocket medical costs for those who slip between Medicare safety nets and cannot afford private health insurance. The CHF alleges Australia is now in the top five highest-spending nations in the world for these costs, with many patients having to draw on their superannuation to pay for treatments.
Allied to that, think tank the Grattan Institute earlier this year released a much-discussed report suggesting the Australian government is paying in excess of $1.3 billion a year more than it needs to on drugs.
Points lost in national debate
But in a campaign which has focused on the cost of living, boat people and budget deficits, these points have been lost in the national debate.
Plibersek says she is proud of her record in the nearly two years she has been health minister and would like to keep the portfolio if the government is re-elected. She acknowledges that the areas she would like to do more work on are lifestyle diseases and preventative health – trying to discourage Australians from "eating too much and not moving enough".
She says her main concern is an untested Coalition health minister coming to power and "smashing up the place".
"It would be like going to the pharmacy and getting a packet of tablets with no label on them and swallowing them on trust, letting [Dutton] become the health minister. You simply don't know what you're getting. People don't know what they're getting."
It is true that in opposition, Dutton has been very quiet indeed. He has said he asked for the health portfolio and is committed to it and has certainly given little signal he is hiding a scythe behind his back.
Whichever way voters decide to go on Saturday, it is unlikely that their vote has been swayed because of health policy. Neither side has signalled it will be particularly proactive on health.
Which means those hoping for radical reform – or fearing slash-and-burn-style cuts – will probably get neither.
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text: By NAOMI SNYDERStaff WriterWOOSTER Rural King of Ohio hopes to attract not only farmers, but those who enjoy a rural lifestyle, when it opens its doors Sept. 1."It's kind of hard to describe what a farm store is," co-owner and store manager Tom White said. "It appeals to the production farmer, the hobby farmer, the do-it-yourselfers and people who live the lifestyle."The store will be located on U.S. Route 30, the previous home of Quality Farm and Fleet in Wooster. White is well aware of this, considering he worked for Quality for 25 years."We knew about the building, and this was always one of Quality's top performing stores," White said. "Plus, this is a great, great farming community that's part of the reason we decided to locate here."White said he has wanted to open a rural-lifestyle store at the location for more than two years and found the right partnership in Rural King Supply.Rural King Supply is based in Mattoon, Ill., and has 31 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. The company will support White with products and marketing."We're locally owned, so we can be really flexible to the needs of the local community, but have ties to a larger corporation and have buying clout smaller companies don't," White said.Rural King will offer an extensive product mix, including livestock feed, farm equipment parts, lawn mowers, work-wear, fashion clothing, housewares and toys."When it comes to jeans, we're going to have the most of anybody in Wayne County," White said, listing such brands as Wrangler, Carhartt and Rockies.White said even though the store offers an overwhelming amount of goods, customer service is what's really important."We not only want to offer products, but services and support," White said. "We know service is very important, so there will be a service shop to support our tractor sales."White said he hopes the store's inventory and service will persuade shoppers to patronize Rural King."We want for when people have a choice, they prefer to work, shop and do business here," White said.One person who already prefers to work for Rural King is Assistant Manager Jeff Ullom. He worked for Wal-Mart for 11 years, but was drawn to a new opportunity for several reasons."I'm one of those people that like the rural atmosphere more of a laid-back, relaxed environment," Ullom said. "Another reason is I wanted to be part of getting some of these folks who have locally been laid-off back to work."The store employs 32 full- and part-time employees, with plans to hire up to 10 more people."We want team members who enjoy the same lifestyle as our shoppers," White said, adding there are specific needs in the store's tire center and small-engine repair shop.For more information, contact Rural King of Ohio at (330) 264-5475.Business editor and health reporter Naomi Snyder can be reached at (330) 287-1623 or e-mail email@example.com.


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WARSAW (Nov. 27)
An international congress of Jewish relief organizations to coordinate their work was proposed tonight in an interview with newspapermen by Dr. David Lvovitch, vice-president of the World ORT Federation, organization for Jewish vocational retraining.
He expressed hopes that the conference could be held next Summer with the participation of the ORT, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Jewish Colonization Association, the HIAS-ICA Emigration Association and other groups.
The conference would "greatly facilitate the working out of a general constructive plan for the next few years, " Dr. Lvovitch said.


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FINAL: SULLIVAN 61, EDGEWOOD 45. Mustangs couldn't sustain their rally in the fourth quarter, with a lot of shots rimming out. Sullivan just too tall and tough at home tonight.
3:27: Sullivan 54-45. Timeout Edgewood.Mustangs couldn't sustain their rally in the fourth quarter, with a lot of shots rimming out. Sullivan just too tall and tough at home tonight.
5:44 to play: Sullivan 48, Edgewood 40. Final stanza doesn't start well for EHS, with fourth fouls on Derek Driver (bad call) and Tommy Black and some makeable shots missed. Timeout Mustangs with the ball.
END THIRD QUARTER: Sullivan 42, Edgewood 40. Mustang D throws a 5-point quarter at the hosts. Very impressive. Edgewood had two shots to take the lead rim out.
2:42: Sullivan 41, Edgewood 36. Mustangs missed their first five shots of the third quarter but kept battling and now have Ryan Newman and Clayton Settle hitting 3s. Back in it.
HALFTIME: Sullivan 37, Edgewood 26. Mustangs are battling a big, strong, tough, veteran club pretty well on its home court. Sullivan broke out to a 10-point lead with a buzzer-beating 3 at the end of the first period and eventually moved to a 30-13 bulge two minutes into the second quarter, but the Mustangs showed some fight, closing the half of a 13-5 run. Kyle Kinnaman has 12 points to lead a very balanced Sullivan attack while Derek Driver came off the Edgewood bench to score 10.
END FIRST QUARTER: Sullivan 21, Edgewood 11. Big center Jake Kinnaman 10 points for the Golden Arrows.
5:15: Sullivan off to a 6-0 start. Mustangs 0-3 on their first possession, all good looks, and two subsequent turnovers.
PREGAME: Edgewood looks to bounce back from Friday's tough one-point loss to Owen Valley, but it won't be easy against the host and Western Indiana Conference-leading Golden Arrows, 12-3 and ranked No. 12 in Class 2A. Sullivan's No. 4-ranked girls' took tonight's opener, 63-34, behind 30 points by All-Star candidate Rhagen Smith. We'll have boys' quarterly scoring updates here and via Twitter at htograham.


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HOUSTON - Houston police said thieves have broken into at least 26 cars outside a popular restaurant in the Washington Heights area in the last month.
Christine Herrera said she parked along Eli Street near Shepard outside Pluckers Restaurant. When she returned to her car she noticed one of her windows was smashed.
Herrera said she made the mistake of leaving empty bags in her car.
Houston police said within the last month they have received at least 26 calls of car break-ins in the blocks surrounding Pluckers Restaurant. Shattered glass lines the streets and ditches.
"It's been happening constantly. I feel the police should take care of it. There should be police patrolling this area at night if this is happening every day," said Herrera.
Houston police said the area along Eli and Shepard will now become the focus of a new crime-fighting initiative. They will be looking at possibly increasing patrols.
Police said they will also reach out to the restaurant owner to discuss ways he can improve security and educate customers about the risks of leaving valuables in plain sight.
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Kisho Yano scored three minutes into the second half to give Nagoya Grampus a 1-0 win over FC Tokyo on Tuesday and end a run of five straight defeats.
Grampus went into the game on an opposite trajectory to Tokyo, which had won four of its previous five matches while conceding only three goals under Italian manager Massimo Ficcadenti.
But it was Grampus who pulled off the "catenaccio" smash-and-grab raid at National Stadium, taking the lead from a Yano header and then shutting up shop to leave the capital with three vital points.
"We hadn't been getting results, and this game was close but we got there in the end," said Nagoya manager Akira Nishino. "There are a lot of things that we didn't do well and that we still need to work on, but given the situation we are in, we did what we had to.
"Five straight losses had dropped Grampus to 15th in the table heading into the game, and the 2010 champions were determined to get back on an even keel having begun the season with three wins from their opening four matches.
"Scoring the first goal was very important," said Yano, who played at right-back despite being known as a striker. "If you concede first then you have to go looking for a goal whatever it takes.
"Once we had scored the first goal, everyone was determined to see out the win. Our desire was what made the difference today."
Tokyo enjoyed the greater possession in the first half but it was Grampus who created the better chances, Kensuke Nagai and Taishi Taguchi both shooting over the bar within minutes of each other.
The match soon livened up when Grampus took the lead in the 48th minute. Yoshizumi Ogawa swung in a corner, and Yano met it at the near post with a firm header that evaded goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda.
Grampus defender Shun Obu then hit the crossbar with a header, minutes before Tokyo also hit the woodwork when Kazuma Watanabe unleashed a close-range shot that smacked against the outside of the post.
A spectacular 69th-minute diving header by Sota Hirayama almost got Tokyo back on level terms, before Nagoya goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki twice performed heroics to keep out a Kosuke Ota free kick and a shot from Edu.
Masato Morishige also went close as Tokyo had further chances to claw back an equalizer, but Grampus stood firm to leave Ficcadenti pondering a setback for his side's recent revival.
"Both teams were very tactically organized in the first half, didn't leave much space and canceled each other out," said the former Cesena manager, who arrived at Tokyo in the offseason.
"After they scored we had to hold on for five minutes or so, but after that we re-organized ourselves and made a lot of good chances.
"The players were very tired from playing just three days ago, and it was a tough game."
Elsewhere in the J. League, Tokushima Vortis picked up their first points of the season with a 1-0 win over Ventforet Kofu. Yuya Hashiuchi scored in the 73rd minute to end the Shikoku side's run of nine straight defeats in its debut first-division campaign.
Kashima Antlers moved one point clear at the top of the league after a 2-1 win over Shimizu S-Pulse, with champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima jumping into second after Naoki Ishihara's 82nd-minute winner gave them a 2-1 victory over high-flying Sagan Tosu.
Vissel Kobe slipped off the pace after a 1-1 draw with Albirex Niigata as World Cup hopeful Kengo Kawamata hit a 90th-minute equalizer, while Urawa Reds moved level with Vissel after a 1-0 win over Yokohama F. Marinos. Tadanari Lee scored the decisive goal in the 56th minute.
Junya Tanaka struck twice as Kashiwa Reysol beat Gamba Osaka 2-1, Kawasaki Frontale and Vegalta Sendai drew 0-0, and in the day's late match, Kenyu Sugimoto pounced in the 94th minute to rescue a 1-1 draw for Cerezo Osaka against Omiya Ardija.


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MARSEILLE, France -- Robin Soderling of Sweden will play Marin Cilic of Croatia in the final of the Open 13 on Sunday.
Soderling beat Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 7-5, 6-1 and Cilic saved a match point before downing Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 in Saturday's semifinals.
The top-seeded Swede now has won 16 of 17 matches this year, clinching titles in Rotterdam last weekend and in Brisbane last month.
"I have a lot of confidence and I'm playing really well right now," Soderling said. "I really feel that I can play my own game and be aggressive on the important points."
The unseeded Tursunov was betrayed by his serve at key moments, while Soderling played solidly in his service games, not conceding any break chance.
Soderling took the first set on a double-fault from Tursunov, a former top-20 player whose career has been hampered in the past two years by a nagging ankle injury.
"I wasn't maybe aggressive enough in the beginning," Soderling said. "At the end [of the first set], I told myself to be a little more aggressive. It brought out some mistakes from him."
In the first semifinal, the unseeded Cilic double-faulted at 5-3 to face a match point, but saved it with an ace.
Cilic rallied at 5-5 when Youzhny sent a backhand into the net and then clinched victory when a forehand from the third-seeded Russian sailed long.
"It's for me a big relief to come back against this kind of player and also to back it up with yesterday's win," said Cilic, who upset Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. "It shows that I was waiting for this moment for a while and I'm satisfied with [my] on-court mentality. I was there fighting for my chance even though I wasn't playing great."
Cilic broke into the top 10 a year ago but has struggled for consistency since, slipping to 28th in the world rankings.
The Croatian baseliner dictated the points with his powerful groundstrokes in the first set, hitting 10 winners to four for Youzhny.
Youzhny fought back in the second set by mixing up his shots and changing speeds, especially with his backhand slice. He also served better, landing 80 percent of his first serves and cracking five aces.
Youzhny seemed to have the match under control in the last set as he whipped a forehand winner down the line to break Cilic in the fifth game. He then fired two aces, and hit a backhand volley and a smash to hold serve and lead 4-2.
"It was really amazing that I came back and that I had a chance to win," Cilic said. "From the beginning of the second set until 4-2 in the third, he was playing extremely well. He was almost making two aces per game. He was making me work a lot."
Cilic had lost their four previous meetings. It is his first final since the BMW Open last May in Munich. He will chase a sixth career title.


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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Review by Dune Tiger
"The Prince FINALLY gets his due"
POP's had its ups and downs. The first Prince of Persia was a magnificent feat of rotoscoping and complex, mind-boggling puzzles if not sadistical for it's very, VERY tight time limit. I know -I- never beat it, yet I still played it over and over again, mastering every piece of the game I knew.
POP2 had a graphic 'overhaul' and really made the game look silly. However, it still played the same, the puzzles were even more diabolical, but it was nothing new, nothing fresh. At least it didn't spawn 6 sequels with the same engine (*cough*ROCKMAN*cough*).
POP3D was horrendous. Magic Carpet was a better experience. Let's not talk about the long-forgotten POP3D.
And now Sands of Time. If there was ever an action/adventure game, this is it. First, it's one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen. With effects like overexposure, ridiculously large rooms, and elegant puzzles that take the form of the room itself, not to mention some of the greatest lighting a game has ever seen, it really sets the bar. Sure, DOAXVB was pretty, but it could afford to be given it took place on like, 4 squares of map; the castle in Sands of Time (SoT) is expansive and STILL looks like a painting. If there was any doubt as to the ambience and atmosphere of the game, forget about it.
And character models. My god, the models are fantastic. If you took the rendered pre-demonized Raziel (Soul Reaver), gave him some skin color and a little beard, you'd have the titular Prince. And to see him move is another thing altogether.
The simple and just under-intuitive control system allows you to run along walls, leap off to a ledge, climb up, sommersault forward past a trap, leap yet again to a horizontal bar, swing over to a swarm of baddies, vault over your enemies and stab them in the back. And all this with three buttons.
The last button is reserved for the Dagger of Time itself, a marvel of the game to be sure. As you dispatch each enemy, you have a chance to gather some sand into the dagger, which will let you control time on several levels. You can rewind time and undo up to ten seconds of mistakes you've made, freeze enemies in stasis, forward time to strike faster, and slow time down to let you think. All become useful sooner or later, and to watch it in action is something you have to see for yourself.
But if it sounds like combat is all you've got, then you're very wrong. One of the major appeals of the first POP was that a) the Prince was an agile monkey, and b) you had to think your way past trapped rooms. But yes, there are traps (and it's actually quite clever how they worked them into the story), seemingly-exitless rooms, etc. but the one thing that translates very well from the original to SoT is the Prince's agility and his ability to climb, vault, swing, etc like the monkey he once was. And you'll need all of this to solve the rooms you get stuck in. For example, one room requires you to run up a wall to hit a switch, climb up the resulting platform, hop onto a bar, swing onto a ledge, climb up and jump to a doorway. Similarily, another area has spinning sawblades moving up and down the walls and you'll have to time your wall-run to slip past AND time it so that when you jump (and you'll need to, or you'll die), you land on the ledge across the room which you can then shimmy to safety. And all of this is intuitive. I mean, you don't have to fumble around to do exactly what you want to do. You just do it as if you were the guy himself.
Oh, and if you're thinking it's another ''rescue the princess'' story a-la previous POPs, then think again. This time, an epic story unfolds as your father the King raids the Maharaja's treasure room after a sweet victory. There, the Prince collects the Dagger of Time and the Hourglass central to the story. Betrayed by a greedy Vizier (it's always the vizier in these stories), the Prince is tricked into opening the hourglass, releasing the Sands of Time. The only survivors? The Prince, the captured Princess, and the Vizier. As for the others, the Sands of Time rob you of your sanity and turn you into vicious, mindless Sand Creatures, bent on killing anything with a heartbeat. And with only three survivors of the incident, it's not so hard to figure out who to chase after. Think of it as an Arabian Zombie fest.
Honestly, the presentation and epic feeling of the game feels a lot like a Legacy of Kain storyline, especially since the once-beautiful castle has transformed into a den of horror. Only remove the gothic setting and the convoluted 'family' story, and drop in a quest for survival. And while it's interesting to see how the story plays out (told in a narrative which, by the way, is superbly done), the real draw of the game is simply thinking your way out of a room. There's nothing more satisfying than solving a room without help from anyone. Like checkmating someone you know practices chess. The puzzles themselves aren't none too difficult, but they're none too easy, either. Every one takes some thinking, but once you get it, you'll feel great. The story is simply a plus.
So anyone avoiding POP cause of the awful tarnish POP3D put on it, forget about it. SoT is definitely a very good step in the right direction, and honestly, it can only get better from here. A thinking man's (or woman's) action adventure is what I call it, and when you're done with it, you'll feel like you've been on one of the greatest journeys the world has to offer.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 11/16/03
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Welcome to Wine Selectors' celebration of all things wine and chocolate!
This issue will help you get creative at home with some Wine and Chocolate matching, let you know about the latest wine and chocolate Member events, plus tell you about Zema Estates' Coonawarra wine and chocolate winter special. If you're after a wine perfect for winter and chocolate then you won't be able to go past our Centre Stage Shiraz article, or if you are after something even more indulgent, we shine a light on our Hidden Treasures limited release wines from the Wine Selectors cellar. Enjoy!
Greg Walls, Managing Director
Wine and chocolate matching is like walking the streets of Paris for the first time. It is a passionate affair filled with decadent aromas and flavours. Follow these three simple guidelines to transport your tastebuds and ignite the passionate flavours of wine enjoyed alongside chocolate.
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The first and easiest rule to remember is the wine should be sweeter than the chocolate you are matching it with. For example, a bold, ripe red will not fare well alongside a sweet white chocolate. For white chocolate you should be leaning towards a Moscato for instance. Big reds tend to need dark chocolate.
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High quality chocolate is very important. Poorer quality chocolates tend to have loads of added sugar and oils that can really play havoc with the taste of the wine. Look for chocolates that have a high cacao count like 50-85%. Chocolates like this will provide well-balanced bitterness to bring out the natural characteristics of the wine and actually enhance the flavours, not work against them.
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Experiment with the flavours. Why not buy a whole range of different chocolate styles, open up your favourite drop and see what the different chocolate flavours do to the aromas, tastes and overall appeal of your wine. You'll be really surprised how the fruits can change and tannins react differently.
Zema Estate is the result of the love between Francesca and Demetrio. Their early romance was tested when Francesca's family moved to Australia in the early 1950s to escape the aftermath of the war and give their family a fresh start. But Demetrio needed little convincing to uproot his life at home to reunite with his soul mate and follow both families' long-standing relationship with wine in South Australia.
Demetrio's great grandfather Matteo had actually opened the first wine bar in Calabria back in 1835 and Francesca's father had started working at Wynns hand pruning the vines and picking the fruit soon after his arrival in Australia. Life, love and family ensued, and finally in the early 80s Zema Estate was founded on a prime piece of Coonawarra's terra rossa soil.
Zema Estate's handcrafted quality wines are renowned for displaying intense rich fruit flavours, excellent varietal definition and great elegance and balance – which just happens to be the perfect starting point when matching wine with chocolate. If you happen to be travelling through the Coonawarra wine region this winter, it's the perfect time to stop by Zema Estate's cellar door between 9am and 5pm for a little bit of wine and chocolate indulgence! From now until the end of August you can explore how different types of chocolate with varying percentages of cocoa, complement different varieties of red wine: Cabernet, Shiraz, Merlot and Cabernet Merlot. Delicious!
Getting a great Shiraz and chocolate match isn't difficult if you have great wines to choose from and of course some premium chocolate. A successful Shiraz with chocolate match requires a youthful, rich and fruit forward Shiraz that isn't too mature or doesn't display too much pepper and spice. Then grab yourself some really good quality dark chocolate, like Lindt, and you're set. It really is that easy and delicious – well mostly. It may still require a little bit of fun experimentation.
To really get your tastebuds going and try matching Shiraz and chocolate for yourself, the Centre Stage Shiraz selection in our latest catalogue Vino Spectacular is the perfect place to start. The pack includes three Shiraz from the stellar regions of McLaren Vale and Yarra Valley. Then as a delicious comparison there are three blends – Shiraz Viognier, Shiraz Cabernet Merlot and Shiraz Grenache – from Mt Benson, Coonawarra and Barossa Valley.
Next it is down to the shops to stock up on some premium quality dark chocolate. We'd recommend starting with the Lindt Excellence range of dark chocolates as they generally have a high cacao content and low sugar levels – perfect for red wines! The Lindt Excellence dark chocolates are available as 85% Cacao, 50% Cacao, or with orange, raspberry, blueberry, caramel, sea salt and more.
Once you have tried out your own combinations at home, we'd love to hear from you to let us know what your favourite combination was. Enjoy!
Now is the perfect time to spoil yourself with some limited releases from the Wine Selectors' Cellar. We've unearthed some stars with distinction that represent the pinnacle of Australian winemaking from lauded brands that are trusted and loved. You can add some serious quality to your wine collection with six hidden treasures you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else.
For only $299.70 you could stack your wine rack with a Drayton's Susanne Semillon 2005, Stonier Reserve Chardonnay 2005, Umamu Estate Chardonnay 2006, Mitchelton Print Shiraz 2002, Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2006, Saltram of Barossa No1 Shiraz 2003. Get your Hidden Treasures today!
Calling all chocoholics and sweet tooths! Wine Selectors invites you to indulge in this delicious partnership of Lindt chocolate and quality wines presented by our expert wine educator.
Our Sydney events earlier in the year were sold out 2 months in advance. There are places still available in our remaining events throughout Australia, but you will have to be quick. Book now!
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NAGOYA – Jungo Fujimoto, a midfielder with national team experience, will move from Nagoya Grampus to Yokohama F. Marinos, it was learned Thursday.
The 29-year-old native of Kanagawa Prefecture, moved from J.League club Shimizu S-Pulse to Grampus in 2011. Fujimoto scored three goals in 28 games for the Nagoya-based club this season.
Also Thursday, J.League first-division side Sagan Tosu on Thursday announced the acquisition of defender Michihiro Yasuda from demoted Jubilo Iwata.
Yasuda, who has one goal in seven international games for Japan, had been with Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem since January 2011 until he returned to Japan this past September with Jubilo. He did not score in seven games for the club from Shizuoka Prefecture, which will compete in the second division J2 next season.
Sagan were 12th in the J1 this past season, but allowed 63 goals — a total exceeded by only last-place Oita Trinita.


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An elderly man died from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in his home in Kibbutz Yakum, on Tuesday morning.
The 85-year-old man was dragged from the smoke and flames by his caregiver, but efforts by Magen David Adom medics to save the victim failed. Firefighters tackled the blaze that was apparently started by a short-circuit in an electric blanket.


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Rockers Iron Maiden have teamed up with a British brewery to release their own beer.
The heavy metal icons have partnered with Robinsons Brewery in Stockport to create Trooper, a deep golden ale which features a hint of lemon.
Frontman Bruce DICkinson tells Classic Rock magazine, "I'm a lifelong fan of traditional English ale; I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when we were asked to create our own beer. I have to say that I was very nervous - Robinsons are the only people I have had to audition for in 30 years. Their magic has been to create the alchemical wedding of flavour and texture that is Trooper. I love it."
The beverage is due to hit stores in May (13) and brewery manager Oliver Robinson says, "Not only do Iron Maiden genuinely enjoy a good pint of cask ale, but so do many of their fans - and they have an important part to play in our customer base. This partnership works for both of us."


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Bucharest (Jun. 7)
The national minorities in Roumania will have the right to establish schools of their own, with their own national language as the language of instruction, according to an amendment passed today by the Roumanian Parliament at the second reading of the educational law.
In reply to a question asked by Deputy Pistiner as to what the status of the Jewish minority in Roumania would be, Roumanian Foreign Minister Duca stated that the Roumanian language is considered to be the mother tongue of the Jewish minority in Roumania, and that, therefore, the instruction in the Jewish schools will have to be carried on in Roumanian.


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DEAR FRIENDS, On behalf of the entire Indiana Tech community, it is my pleasure to introduce you to the new Indiana Tech Law School. Consistent with the philosophy of our University, Indiana Tech Law School will serve as a model of relationshipbased experiential education and outcome-based learning. It is our hope that you will quickly learn that Indiana Tech Law School will provide you with a different kind of education, one that is innovative and exciting. From the very first semester of law school, you will experience a transformative legal education. You will take courses in Professionalism and Ethics in your first year. Additionally, in every required course and in at least one-half of the upper-level electives each semester, your professors will share their classrooms with attorneys and judges who will bring real life experiences into each course. The faculty and our colleagues from the bench and bar will work together in a unique way to ensure that the theory, history, and practice of law are blended seamlessly. Outside of the classroom, you will have many opportunities to experience the practice of law as well and we hope that you will take advantage of them. Indiana Tech Law School will operate seven legal clinics right from our building. In addition, you will have the ability to work in non-profit and governmental law offices all around Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio for course credit. These work experiences can be part-time or, in some cases, full-time for one entire semester! As a potential member of our Charter Class, you will be a part of the force that shapes the direction of our law school for years to come. You will have the opportunity to be a part of the publication of the first law review volume, sit on the first Moot Court Executive Board, or be the first president of the Student Bar Association. When you graduate in 2016, your name will forever be a part of the first class to graduate from Indiana Tech Law, a legacy only 100 people will share. I invite you to read our Viewbook from cover to cover and contact us if you have any questions. The descriptions in the pages that follow may seem different from most other law schools you are considering. That is intentional. Indiana Tech Law School intends to make it a priority to prepare students for success in law, leadership, and life and we hope that you will join us on that journey.
Dean Peter Alexander is a dynamic and energetic individual who comes to Indiana Tech Law School with an impressive professional and academic background, making him most qualified to lead the School both during its formative years as well as for many years to come. His creative and imaginative ideas will make the Law School a true leader in the legal profession. As a practicing attorney, the one idea I find most exciting and most important is his emphasis on legal ethics, professionalism and civility. In my career, ethics have always been a very important part of the practice of law but the practice has evolved over the last few years to the point where sometimes it appears that professionalism and civility now take a second chair to the end result of the case. Peter's leadership at Indiana Tech Law School will best prepare new graduates to be prepared to be zealous advocates for their client's position and his emphasis on ethics and civility will allow Indiana Tech graduates to achieve that result bringing honor and dignity to the legal profession. JACK E. ROEBEL DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ALLEN COUNTY, INDIANA
CONTENTS A New, Better, Kind of Law School By The Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Innovative Skills-Based Curriculum . 5 First-Year Curriculum. Upper-Level Curriculum, Concentrations
Experiential Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Semester-In-Practice, Clinical Education, Externships
Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Highlights, State Of The Art Moot Courtroom
Fort Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Campus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Application Requirements, Scholarships, Financial Aid, Character And Fitness, Non-Us Citizen Or Permanent Resident Applicants/Non-Us Educated Applicants
Not a new law school, but a better law school … a top-notch faculty dedicated to turning students into lawyers who are ready to hit the road running, a state of the art physical facility and a community committed to making it happen… that's Indiana Tech Law. JEANNE LONGSWORTH, JD, CPA LONGSWORTH LAW LLC
A NEW, BETTER, KIND OF LAW SCHOOL Find your place.
At Indiana Tech Law School, there's a place waiting for you.
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Indiana Tech Law School's curriculum reflects the very best thinking about legal education. 5
Full-Time, Day-Only Program First-Year Curriculum From the very first day of Orientation, you will experience a new and exciting learning environment. We aim to bring you the very best practices in legal education today, taught by a dynamic, innovative faculty. You will learn legal history, philosophy, and theory—just as students at other law schools will do—but you will also learn first-hand how judges and lawyers apply those lessons to the practice of law and to finding solutions to people's problems. You will study professionalism and ethics beginning in your first semester and you will discover that these are among the most important topics that lawyers need to know. You will discover that Indiana Tech Law School is a place where theory and practice are equals in the classroom so that you are better prepared for the world beyond law school. In every first year course (and in many upper level courses), you will be asked to apply your knowledge to a real-life problem introduced to you by your professor or a member of the bench or bar. You will be asked to provide written documentation in response to the problem presented, and you will receive feedback from your instructors. The first-year curriculum will consist of thirty (30) credit hours of study, one-third of the ninety (90) credit hours that will be required to graduate. During the first year students will enroll in the following courses:
Collaborative and experiential learning will serve as cornerstones, and you will be challenged to hone your lawyering skills from day one in a variety of ways including, ethics and professionalism courses in the first year of law school, mandatory pro bono activities, and experiential learning opportunities in many classes.
Civil Procedure (4)
Constitutional Law (3)
Contracts (4)
Ethics (2)
Criminal Law (3)
Property (4)
Professionalism (1)
Torts (4)
Legal Research & Writing (3)
Legal Research & Writing (2)
Are you ready for an adventure?
Upper-Level Curriculum After the first year, you may choose to enroll in a wide variety of electives. You may opt to follow a general, traditional curriculum, or you may decide to focus your upper-level course work. If you would like to focus your education in a particular area of the law, you will have four "concentrations" from which you may choose. Students who choose a concentration will also participate in either a clinic or a "Semester-in-Practice."
Today 95% of civil cases filed and 90% of criminal cases filed never go to trial. Those facts make having a solid grounding in alternative dispute resolution a foundation your future clients will value and you will find you use on a daily basis in the practice of law. For those cases that do go to trial, having the skills necessary to be a zealous advocate for your client in today's technologically advanced courtrooms will put you a cut above the rest.
With both a business track and an estate planning track, this concentration will equip you will the skills needed for a transactional law practice. If business law is where you choose to concentrate, you'll learn the basics of business organizations, take classes on the Uniform Commercial Code, and then choose electives based on your area of interest. If you see yourself as an estate planner, you'll learn the basics of trusts and estates, federal income tax, and estate planning.
One of today's fastest growing legal fields is Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Attorneys who are practicing in this area of law focus on issues regarding Internet privacy and regulation, ownership of inventions, trade secrets and images, and a host of other 21st Century issues. As society becomes increasingly digital, many questions must be answered about the use and misuse of data, images, and ideas. Enrollment in this concentration will uniquely prepare you for this fast-paced, ever-changing area of law.
Each day, the world becomes a smaller community of nations. Described by some as a global community without borders, international law and international business transactions will require that lawyers around the world are equipped to participate in a complex marketplace where knowledge of other languages, customs, laws, and cultures is essential. Enrollment in this concentration will expose you to a wide variety of courses that will prepare you to assume leadership in areas such as human rights, international trade, and international litigation.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING All of the experiential learning opportunities at Indiana Tech law will work together to ensure that our students graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in today's competitive legal job market.
Semesterin-Practice A "semester-in-practice" opportunity is one of the more exciting features of academic life at Indiana Tech Law School. If you choose to participate in a concentration, in your third year of law school you will earn class credit by working full-time, for one semester, with a non-profit or government law office. You will learn—first hand—what it is like to practice law well before you graduate. This unique experience will better prepare you for the day-to-day rigors of the practice of law, so you can hit the ground running upon graduation.
Clinical Education If you participate in a clinic in your second or third year, you will be able to practice law under the supervision of a staff attorney or faculty member without leaving the law building! Clinical education will supplement your classroom instruction and will have the additional benefit of providing free legal services to a segment of the Fort Wayne community.
Students will assist the Vice President for Enrollment Management by facilitating the resolution of certain disputes between Indiana Tech students through mediation.
A faculty member will serve as a clearinghouse for the trial judges in Allen County, Indiana, and surrounding counties. The professor will supervise a team of law students who will be "on call" to provide law clerk assistance to the trial judges as needed. In Indiana, not all state court trial judges have full-time law clerks so the availability of a pool of law clerks will permit the local trial bench to examine more conveniently new, novel, or complex issues of law.
Students will draft simple wills, living wills, healthcare advanced directives, and related documents for Indiana Tech employees and their spouses or partners.
VITA will operate as the Indiana Tech chapter of the national Volunteers in Tax Assistance Program that exists nationwide. In VITA, students will prepare income tax returns for low-income senior citizens in accordance with the conditions established by VITA, under the supervision of a law professor.
Students will represent indigent clients who are not native to the United States in court or before administrative bodies regarding immigration and naturalization issues.
member who supervises the tech-transfer clinic will direct teams consisting of one law student and one MBA student. The pair of students will be expected to work as a team to resolve the intellectual property and business issues that each inventor will confront when trying to move their ideas to market.
Law students will be given the opportunity, under the supervision of a full-time faculty member, to write "shadow reports" for non-governmental organizations that act as monitoring committees to document the progress (or lack thereof ) of member states that have adopted international treaties.
This clinic will provide Indiana Tech engineering and technology students and faculty who have an invention they wish to take to market with an interdisciplinary team to assist them. The faculty
Externships In addition to semesters-in-practice and clinical offerings, there will be externship opportunities available to you in places such as the General Counsel's office at Parkview Regional Medical Center, the Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana, and the Allen County Prosecutor's office. If you participate in an externship, you will be able to work 10 or 20 hours a week under the supervision of a practicing attorney and will earn class credit while sharpening your practice skills.
FACULTY From the minute you arrive on campus, you will notice that Indiana Tech Law School is different. Our faculty is engaged in your education and committed to your success. Faculty members will not only serve as instructors, but will also become mentors and life-long colleagues.
The Law School curriculum will reflect a purposeful effort to shape your education in a structured way, providing advice and counsel throughout your career, beginning with course selection and ending with career planning, with an express goal of preparing you for the practice of law or for whatever career path you decide to pursue. The faculty will be guided by the most current thinking about teaching and learning as it plans both the overall curriculum and each classroom experience. As a result, the Law School will offer abundant opportunities to expose you to legal theory and legal practice and the school's program of legal education will be regarded as dynamic, intentional, thoughtful, and innovative.
Peter C. Alexander DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW
Illinois, and the Hon. Harold A. Baker, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois.
BA, Southern Illinois University JD, Northeastern University On January 9, 2012, Peter C. Alexander became the Founding Dean of Indiana Tech Law School in Fort Wayne. Dean Alexander served as a member of the faculty at the Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinois from 2003 until January of 2012, and he served as Dean of the law school from 2003 until 2009. Prior to joining the Southern Illinois faculty, Dean Alexander was on the faculty of The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University for eleven years, where he served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development for two years. Before joining the Penn State-Dickinson faculty, Dean Alexander was in private practice in Champaign, Illinois for seven years. Dean Alexander also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Larry L. Lessen, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of
Dean Alexander is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute; he is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, the American Bar Foundation, and the Illinois Bar Foundation; and he is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Dean Alexander's ideal vacation is a long, lazy weekend in Quebec City to practice his French.
Bankruptcy Law Evidence Trail Practice
andré douglas pond cummings ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROFESSOR OF LAW BS, Brigham Young University JD, Howard University Before joining the faculty at Indiana Tech Law School, Dean cummings was a Professor of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law. Prior to embarking on his academic career, Dean cummings worked as a judicial law clerk for Associate Chief Justice Christine M. Durham of the Utah Supreme Court and for Chief Judge Joseph W. Hatchett of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In addition, he worked at the Chicago, IL based law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, focusing his practice on complex business transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and securities offerings of publicly traded corporations. Simultaneously, Dean cummings represented clients in the sports and entertainment industries, including athletes in the National Football League, record labels, and a variety of authors, including Hollywood screenwriters and novelists. Dean cummings has written extensively on issues regarding investor protection, racial justice, and affirmative action, publishing in the Utah Law Review, Indiana Law Journal,
Iowa Law Review Bulletin, Nebraska Law Review, Harvard BlackLetter Law Review, Louisville Law Review, Marquette Sports Law Review, Iowa Journal of Gender, and Race and Justice amongst many others. Dean cummings recently released a book entitled Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor, Gender, and Race in 21st Century Sports Law (with Anne Marie Lofaso). Dean cummings has been recognized as Professor of the Year on three occasions since 2004, including the University Distinguished Professor Award by the West Virginia University Foundation. Dean cummings has taught as a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Syracuse University College of Law and Temple University Beasley School of Law — Tokyo Campus.
Civil Procedure Business Organizations Entertainment Law Hip Hop and the American Constitution Securities Regulation Sports Law
Phebe Poydras ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR LIBRARY AFFAIRS AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, Southern University Law Center
to librarianship. She has recently served on the Advisory Group on Medical and Law School Libraries which provided assistance to the Task Force on the Future of Academic Libraries in Florida. Her research interests are many, but primarily focus upon student learning and legal research instruction.
MLIS, Louisiana State University
Dean Poydras is also an avid scrabble player.
Dean Poydras joins Indiana Tech after nine years at Florida A&M, where she served as the Director of Library Services for Florida A&M University College of Law and Assistant Professor of Law. Over the course of her time in Florida, she not only managed the law school library's budget but also the Orange County Bar Collection's budget. She has over 12 years of professional law library experience collected from Florida A&M University and Southern University Law Center.
BA, University of New Orleans
◆◆ Advanced Legal Research ◆◆ Legal Bibliography ◆◆ Legal Methods
Dean Poydras is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the Southeastern Association of Law Libraries, and various other library associations. She has served on various committees and is truly committed
Guadalupe T. Luna PROFESSOR OF LAW BA, University of Minnesota
on the nation's food production systems and agricultural workers. Professor Luna is additionally a blog contributor to the AALS, Agricultural Law Blog and Nuestras Voces Latinas Blog.
JD, University of Minnesota Guadalupe T. Luna began teaching at Northern Illinois University College of Law in 1992 and served as Interim Associate Dean in 2008–2009. Before entering legal education she practiced immigration and employment law in San Antonio, Texas, with the Mexican American Legal Educational Fund. She also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Theodore McMillian, United States Court of Appeals, for the Eighth Circuit. She completed law school at the University of Minnesota where she was editor-in-chief of the Law and Inequality Journal.
Professor Luna is a night-owl whose ideal vacation is wandering in colonial castles and churches from the feudal time in Sweden or Mexico.
COURSES TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR LUNA ◆◆ Agricultural Law ◆◆ Landlord Tenant ◆◆ Property Law ◆◆ Remedies
Professor Luna has published widely in a number of areas and her particular areas of interest include property, race and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that concluded the United States war against Mexico in 1848. She has also published
Victoria Duke ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW BA, Southwest Texas State University JD, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Professor Victoria Duke brings to Indiana Tech School of Law over twenty-one years of experience in legal academia, seventeen years of experience in the practice of law, and thirteen years of experience of municipal court knowledge. Over these years she has not only served as a professor of law, but also as a director of a Legal Methods program and as an Interim Clinical Director. Professor Duke is one of the few professors who have experienced the law by concurrently itinerating in three intertwined legal career paths over the course of many years. As a result of her experiences, Professor Duke has found the need to incorporate an array of experiential learning opportunities as the common denominator for many of the courses she teaches. Here at Indiana Tech School of Law Professor Duke will include these teaching formats in her torts, advanced torts, and juvenile law classes. Her motto is that the goal is not teaching, but rather providing a learning opportunity for all students to grasp the information in the format in which they are best able to learn. Thus, her objective is to utilize teaching methods that complement a variety of learning styles.
Professor Duke's scholarly research focuses on the integration of torts law to consumer-related issues primarily to address remedies for civil misconduct. Additionally, she published an article on remedies for disagreements in international environmental disputes. Her publications are in selected law reviews such as Santa Clara Law Review, Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review, Florida State University Law Review, and an upcoming article in the Seton Hall Circuit Review. In spite of her busy career, Professor Dawson is currently working on her "pre-bucket" list. She has taken professional dance lessons, learned how to play golf, participated in a flash mob, and learned to ride a motorcycle. She is looking forward to adding more exciting and adventurous activities in the near future.
COURSES TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR DUKE ◆◆ Advanced Torts ◆◆ Elder Law ◆◆ Juvenile Law ◆◆ Legal Education Access Program ◆◆ Legal Methods I and II ◆◆ Professional Responsibility ◆◆ Torts I and II
Law school is a great learning experience—but the opportunity at Indiana Tech Law School emphasizes the experience part of learning. Indiana Tech Law School will give you a chance to learn the law while you apply legal principles in a context of current legal issues. You can see how your studies make a difference in the world—in real time! How much better to go beyond words on a page to know the application to a business or personal context. It not only makes sure that the principles are clearly understood, but it makes law school a lot more interesting—and better prepares the student for the practice of law or its application in business. That's great education, Indiana Tech Law School! CATHERINE A. WILCOX SR. VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL PARKVIEW HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. 13
Our brand new 70,000 square foot facility will open in the summer of 2013, and members of the charter class will be among its very first inhabitants. A state-of-the art moot courtroom, law library, in-house legal clinic, and abundant study spaces are just some of the features of our facility which will be conveniently located on the west (downtown facing) side of Indiana Tech's campus.
Facility The main entrances to the law library and the legal clinic, as well as the administrative office suite, are found on the first floor. The clinic will be paperless and client interview rooms will include closed-circuit cameras to allow the law student clinician and client to interact under the remote supervision of staff attorneys, thus permitting a more natural attorneyclient relationship to develop. The second floor will house the student lounge, including tables and chairs for study and sofas for relaxing, along with a television for break time. The second and third floors will both be homes to faculty offices, classrooms and additional library space. Located throughout the building, you will find soft seating areas designed to encourage faculty and student interaction. Nine small- and large-group study areas dot our building, including seven rooms on the top floor of the cylinder, which will offer sunfilled study environments and expansive views of the city.
Highlights ◆◆ Entire building will offer wireless computing ◆◆ Distance Learning Classroom ◆◆ 24-hour key-card access to the law school building and law library ◆◆ Outdoor terrace with covered seating for study and social interaction
State-of-the-Art Moot Courtroom ◆◆ Seating for 120 with power outlets throughout. ◆◆ The second story of the two-story courtroom will boast a balcony with additional seating and a 180-degree viewing platform enclosed in glass, with sound from inside the courtroom broadcast through speakers, so students on the move can observe proceedings without interrupting as they come and go. ◆◆ Students will be trained to use the litigation support software that is utilized by the federal courts.
FORT WAYNE Located just blocks from the center of downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech Law School offers all the advantages of city life combined with the friendliness and low cost of living for which the Midwest is so well known. With a city bus stop across the street from the law building and easy access to downtown on foot, you will never lack options for a quick meal or entertainment. A Greyhound bus station offers access to your favorite spots in the US. Fort Wayne's international airport makes coming and going from destinations across the country and around the world a breeze. In your free time, cheer on the TinCaps, Fort Wayne's minor league baseball team at the award winning Parkview Field; visit the animals at Fort Wayne Children's Zoo;
take in an evening with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic; or research your family tree at the Allen County Public Library, home of the nation's largest public genealogy collection. Over 80 parks and recreational spaces are available to take a minute to "stop and smell the roses." Interested in doing a little shopping? Between the local outdoor mall, Jefferson Point, and indoor mall, Glenbrook Square, you will have no trouble satisfying your shopping needs. Also, with over 500 restaurants, this "City of Restaurants" will have something to delight any palate. When you need a weekend out of town, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Columbus, OH are situated three hours or less driving distance from Fort Wayne.
OTHER FORT WAYNE HIGHLIGHTS: ◆◆ Embassy Theatre ◆◆ Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory ◆◆ Fort Wayne Komets Hockey Club (2012 President's Cup Champions) ◆◆ Fort Wayne Mad Ants Basketball ◆◆ Fort Wayne Museum of Art ◆◆ Fort Wayne Cinema Center ◆◆ Historic Fort Wayne
As members of the Charter Class, you will be the founders of the student groups within the Law School. Indiana Tech Law School will be home to a Student Bar Association, Law Review, and several Mock Trial and Moot Court teams. There are many other student organizations commonly seen in law schools that you and your fellow class members will have the opportunity to start, including, the Black Law Students Association, Christian Legal Society, Decalogue Society, Federalist Society, Law School Democrats, Law School Republicans, OUTLaw, Phi Alpha Delta, Women's Law Society, and the list goes on! The law school building will be alive with visitors and speakers. With our legal clinic housed right inside the building, members of the Indiana Tech community and the surrounding area will drop by to meet with their studentattorneys regularly. In addition, the courtroom will be made available to the Indiana Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and local state courts to hear cases and arguments. Adding to the vibrant hustle-and-bustle of our building, we will also offer continuing education to members of the bench and bar.
When you want a break from the law building, our location on Indiana Tech's park-like campus allows for a short walk over to Andorfer Commons to grab a bite to eat, bowl a few frames, or watch a movie! Our Wellness Center, located about 2 city blocks from the law building and connected to Andorfer, houses state-of-the art fitness equipment and offers fitness classes, such as yoga, Pilates, and kickboxing and access to a nurse practitioner at no cost to you.
ACCREDITATION In Indiana, the only accrediting body for law schools recognized by the Indiana Supreme Court is the American Bar Association (ABA). Some states independently accredit law schools apart from the ABA; Indiana does not. In order to sit for the Indiana bar you must have graduated from a fully or provisionally ABA-accredited law school. In order to sit for the bar in any other state as a graduate of Indiana Tech Law School, we must also be fully or provisionally accredited by the ABA. A student will be deemed to have graduated from a provisionally ABA-accredited law school if that school is provisionally accredited when the student matriculated OR is granted provisional accreditation during the student's course of study, even if the school loses its provisional accreditation while the student is enrolled. In order to be granted provisional accreditation, a law school must be reviewed by the ABA. That review includes a site visit to the school. The ABA does
not permit an initial site visit to be conducted until a law school has been in operation (with students having matriculated) for at least one year. Because Indiana Tech Law School will not matriculate our first class until the fall of 2013, the earliest we are eligible for a site visit by the ABA is the fall of 2014, and the earliest the ABA could grant our provisional accreditation following that site visit is in the late fall of 2014 or the spring of 2015. The Dean is fully informed as to the Standards and Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools by the American Bar Association. The Administration and the Dean are determined to devote all necessary resources and in other respects to take all necessary steps to present a program of legal education that will qualify for approval by the American Bar Association. The Law School makes no representation to any applicant that it will be approved by the American Bar Association prior to the graduation of any matriculating student.
CAREER SERVICES The career services office at Indiana Tech Law School will be committed to ensuring your success as you enter the job market. With the wide variety of experiential learning opportunities that will allow you to practice law during law school, employers looking to hire practice-ready graduates will take notice of our graduates' experience levels.
On-campus job interviews Résumé and cover letter review and drafting assistance Seminars on career related topics such as, "Choosing the Right Legal Career Path for You" and "Non-Traditional uses for Your JD" Mock interviews
The opportunities for learning at this campus are exponential. Not only do they have a curriculum focused on practical learning through experience, but also a wealth of opportunities of learning through clinic experiences and community partners. Its a novel approach to law school learning, and I believe an asset to those law students and their future employers. What a benefit to the Fort Wayne community! DESIREE KOGER-GUSTAFSON STAFF ATTORNEY NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINIC, FORT WAYNE OFFICE
APPLY Indiana Tech Law School is committed to creating a community of legal scholars who are passionate about the law and justice, represent diverse factions of society, and who will serve as positive reflections on themselves and our school. In reviewing each application, the admissions committee will consider undergraduate grade point average, LSAT score, community/university involvement, work experience, life experience, education beyond the bachelor's degree, diversity, preparation for the rigors of law school, letters of recommendation, and any and all information that an applicant provides to us in his or her personal statement.
To apply to Indiana Tech Law School, please submit your application (requirements at right), along with your $50.00 application fee to Indiana Tech Law School through the Law School Admission Counsel's website, www.lsac.org.
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A bachelor's degree from an institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the US Department of Education. An LSAT score that is less than five-years old (when more than one LSAT has been taken, Indiana Tech Law will consider the highest score). A minimum of two letters of recommendation (one must be from someone in the academic community who can speak to your ability to succeed in law school). A résumé. A personal statement. Your personal statement can cover any topic important to you, but it is helpful to the admissions committee if you include information about your desire to pursue your Juris Doctor degree at Indiana Tech Law School. A $50.00 application fee. Please be aware that if LSAC has granted you a waiver for their fees, we will grant you one as well.
SCHOLARSHIPS Highly qualified candidates will automatically be considered for scholarship awards.
FINANCIAL AID If you plan to apply for need-based loans, you must fill out the Federal Application for Student Aid (FAFSA). It is available January 1 at www.fafsa.gov.
CHARACTER AND FITNESS Beyond the necessity of passing a state bar examination, in every jurisdiction, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications you will need to demonstrate prior to your admission to the state bar association. Prior to your matriculation at Indiana Tech Law School, you are strongly encouraged to determine the licensure requirements of the state(s) in which you intend to practice. While you are required to answer certain questions related to Character and Fitness as a component of our application, admission to Indiana Tech Law School does not guarantee admission to any bar.
NON-US CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT APPLICANTS/NON-US EDUCATED APPLICANTS If you completed more than one year of your undergraduate education outside the US, you must have your foreign transcripts sent to LSAC for authentication. For additional information on authentication of foreign transcripts, please visit www.lsac.org/JD/Apply/cas-internationallyeducated-apps.asp. If English is not your first language and you were not awarded a bachelor's degree from a US college or university, you must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). For additional information on the TOEFL, please visit www.ets.org/toefl/.
YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM Indiana Tech participates in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program. For more information on the Yellow Ribbon program, please visit www.gibill.va.gov or contact Christian Arnold, VA Representative, at 1.800.937.2448, ext. 2242.
CONTACT US: 1600 E. Washington Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46803 855.TECH.LAW email@example.com www.indianatech.edu/law
Published on Aug 14, 2012
A viewbook for a more in-depth look at Indiana Tech's new Law School.