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The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team had its four-game winning streak stopped by fourth-ranked Rockhurst University, 1-0, Sunday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri. The Screaming Eagles, who have won a season-best four-straight, rise to 7-6-0 overall and 5-6-0 in the GLVC, while Rockhurst sees its record go to 11-0-2 overall and 10-0-1 in the league.
With the loss, the Eagles fall below the .500 mark in the GLVC and to ninth in the league standings with three matches remaining in the 2017 conference schedule. USI trails Missouri University of Science & Technology and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, which are tied for seventh by percentage points; and Drury University and Bellarmine University, who are tied for fifth, by one-and-a-half games.
The top eight teams in the standing qualify for the GLVC Tournament that is slated to begin October 29.
USI and Rockhurst battled to a draw through the first half and until 67:05 when the Hawks scored the only goal of the match. The Eagles had a chance to take the lead nearly 10 minutes before the game-winning goal, but the tally was called back due to an offiside call at 59:06.
USI returns to Strassweg Field for the longest and final homestand of 2017. The Eagles are scheduled to host Drury October 20; Missouri S&T for Senior Day October 22; and McKendree University October 25 for the 2017 regular season finale.
The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team lost a tough battle with Rockhurst University, 2-1, Sunday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri. USI goes to 6-4-4 overall and 4-3-4 in GLVC play, while Rockhurst ends the match 7-7-0 overall, 5-6-0 in the league.
The loss drops USI into a tie for fifth place in the GLVC with Bellarmine University with the possibility of a tie for fourth pending the outcome of the University of Indianapolis-Truman State match later today. The top eight teams in the GLVC advance to the league’s post-season tournament with the top four squads earning the right to host a first round contest.
USI fell behind early in the match and trailed 2-1 at the intermission. Rockhurst took the initial lead at 3:48, holding the advantage until 29:50 when freshman defender Madelyne Juenger (Columbia, Illinois) picked up a loose ball and scored from inside the 18 to knot the match at 1-1.
The Hawks, however, were not finished in the first half and retook the lead, 2-1, with a tally at 44:10. The Eagles did not get another shot before halftime as the Hawks went into the locker room with the eventual 2-1 margin of victory.
In the second half, the Eagles and the Hawks battled back-and-forth across the pitch with neither squad breaking through the other’s defensive line. USI had plenty of chances to find the back of the Rockhurst goal despite being outshot, 9-7, in the final 45 mintues.
USI returns to Strassweg Field for the longest and final homestand of 2017. The Eagles are scheduled to host Drury University October 20; Missouri University of Science & Technology October 22 for Senior Day and the annual Kick for the Cure match; and McKendree University October 25 for the 2017 regular season finale.
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Dear Mr McGinn:
I accept you resignation as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. If your email is an accurate representation of your line of thinking, I suggest you also resign from your City Council position as well.
You ran and was elected as a Republican. You have already stated you are not going to run for re-election in 2019–so resign now from your position as a City Councilman, so voters can be represented by a Republican because that is what they thought they were getting when you ran for office.
As I have in the past, I will continue to voice my opinion on issues to all elected officials no matter what party they belong to if I believe their vote is not in the best interest of the citizens and the Republican Party.
You are not acting like the person I once knew and I do not know why.
Wayne Parke-Chairman VCRP
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Raging Moderate by Will Durst
Sadly fascinating to endure another predictable dance performed on the national stage by our elected politicians in response to the recent horrendous concert shooting in Las Vegas. Well, not a dance, really, more like the choreographed twitching of an unruly mob. Both parties retired to their respective corners while spasmodically jerking and mumbling hushed gobbledygook that even first graders could recite verbatim in a show and tell version of hypocritical cliches.
As surprising as milk-soaked hay after a missile strike on a dairy farm, Republicans slowly shook their heads somberly intoning that in the wake of such a tragic tragedy, this is neither the time nor the place to discuss gun control. Out of respect for the dead and injured we should wait for them to heal or die. And our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
Meanwhile, the Democrats pointed out that the only right time and right place to talk about gun control is right here and right now because these appalling incidents happen with such frequency we’re stuck in a constant state of perpetual bereavement. Experiencing a remarkable lack of intermissions.
The mythical waiting period is nothing but a ploy to insure nothing gets done, obviously the GOP’s intent all along. (And quite possibly, a secret agenda of the Dems as well.) And our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
The difference being, this time, both sides may actually reach a compromise on the regulation of something called the “bump stock,†a device that can turn a semi-automatic weapon, more automatic. Battlfield automatic. Video-game automatic.
But considering they didn’t do anything after the slaughter of 6-year-olds at Sandy Hook Elementary, the chances of our esteemed representatives accomplishing real change is similar to that of our president admitting he made a mistake. About anything.
The NRA chimed in to say they were not dead set against this new restriction, which seems to indicate the accessory in question is a novelty item and not very widespread or effective. Like banning the use of flasks in the hollow shafts of putters on the PGA Tour. Telling bakeries to give up the habanero sprinkles. Forcing baseball players to use round laces instead of flat ones on their cleats.
The Gun Owners of America maintains its opposition to any regulation, at all. Ever. These guys make the NRA look like a radical wing of the ACLU. You know that new phenomena of conservative politicians getting primaried from the right, well, that’s what the GOA threatens to do to the NRA. “You want extreme, we’ve got your vastly more extremer right here.â€
In the wake of Stephen Paddock’s rain of terror, a GOA spokesman said “America will never truly be safe until all the gun-free zones are eliminated.†You know, like schools and churches and hospitals. Because that’s everyone wants; pre-teens playing cops and robbers with real guns.
Their point is gun violence can be stopped by more guns. This is the kind of logic that makes ordinary people chew their fingers off to the third knuckle. So, the best way to deal with floods is more water? To combat concussions, more hammers to the head. Got yourself a rat problem? What you need to do is meet more members of Congress.
