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The Social Work program is at it again. The junior social work majors have been working diligently towards another successful Empty Bowls event. On February 15th, from 4 pm- 7 pm. at the K of C, the Defiance College Social Work program will be selling bowls and soup to donate to the PATH center. For DC Students and employees, admission is $8. Admission for children 12 and under is $6. For others, admission is $10. Admission includes a bowl made by Defiance alumni, Brandon Knott.

Senior social work major explained why Empty Bowls is worth all of the effort, saying that “it’s a longstanding community tradition in it’s 18th year that directly supports the local homeless shelter, PATH. The event brings together community members, business donors, and students for a cause bigger than any single one of us. All monetary proceeds benefit the PATH center as well as additional food donations. The outreach of PATH is powerful and especially vital in a small, rural region”.

Please consider joining the social work program tonight! Help donate to those who need it and help make a difference in someone’s life!

Written by Jordan Osborne

(Defiance, OH) The Defiance College Yellow Jackets returned home in hopes of sparking a new start to their season this past Saturday against the Transylvania Pioneers. This was senior night for our Men’s Basketball team, and they honored Jonathon “Rags” Ragland.

DC came into the game 3-19 overall, and 2-13 in conference, while Transy came in 10-5 in the HCAC. The game started off neck and neck, but Defiance was able to put something together and take the lead by the middle of the first half. DC led as much as 32-25, but Transy was able to answer back, and cut the deficit to 44-43 by the half.

DC came out in the second half with the same intensity, but could not match Transy, who was able to get ahead in the 2nd half, and stay ahead as well. The game finished at 83-77. The Jackets fought hard, but could not pull it off against the Pioneers.

The Jackets were led by Kiewuan Graham, who had an impressive 27 points, followed by Desmoines Whitney with 19, and Ben Singer added 14 of his own. Leading the team in rebounds was Jordan Maschino with 8, while Whitney added 5 of his own. Randall Aikans Jr. had 6 assists.

The Jackets shot 45.3% from the field compared to Transy’s 46%. They had 31 rebounds, and 27 points off the bench. They also had 17 assists as a team. After the game, we caught up with freshman Cohen Nies, who had this to say, “We played hard in the first half and came out with a lot of energy, but they had more energy in the second half. As a young team we’re getting better and we have to learn how to bring the energy into both halves and play our best basketball the whole game.”

The Jackets play Earlham at 7:30 PM on Valentines Day! Make sure you bring your date to a very high intensity and fun basketball game! Go Jackets!

Written by Zac Bires

(Defiance, OH). The Defiance College Men’s Basketball team traveled down to Cincinnati to take on the Mount St Joseph Lions this past Saturday. The Lions were deemed to be a strong opponent, coming into the game at 10-3 on the conference, while the Jackets were looking to turn their season around coming in at 2-11.

The Jackets looked to come out hot to start the game, but could not stop Mount’s offense. The Lions were able to put up 50 points to the Jackets 32. Mount shot an impressive 72% during the first half, while out Yellow Jackets hit 46% of their own.

The Jackets tried to turn it around the second half, but could not recover from a strong first half by Mount. The final of the game was 92-57, with the Jackets falling to 2-12 in the conference.

The Jackets finished the game shooting 38%, while Mount was still able to keep an impressive 62% from the field. DC hit 8 3 pointers during the game, and was able to pull down a total of 26 rebounds. They were able to add 8 assists, and pull 30 points from the bench.

The leading scorer for the Jackets was sophomore Jordan Maschino, who had 12. Desmoines Whitney and Noah Goodrich were able to add 9 a piece. Maschino led the team with 11 boards, while Allante Wheeler was able to add 3. Whitney led the team with 3 assists.

After the game, we caught up with Noah Goodrich, and he had this to say, “We’ve been playing well in stretches but just haven’t been able to put a full game together lately. But we’re really looking forward to getting one Wednesday night against Bluffton.”

As Noah stated, the Jackets look to take one from the Beavers this Wednesday, at home! To add to this, it is Pink Night to help support Breast Cancer, along with prizes and a bake sale with the proceeds benefiting Project Pink!

Come out and support, and as always Go Jackets!

Written by Zac Bires

(Bluffton, Ohio)- The Yellow Jackets dropped game 77-62 against rivals, Bluffton Beavers, in HCAC play on Wednesday evening.

The beginning of the game was a close one, trading points back and forth. With the Beavers hanging on to the lead, Rogers sinks a pair of free throws and Carruthers got a layup for a DC 3 point lead. Only a few minutes later the Beavers went on a 7-0 run to steal the lead away with a score of 15-11 with 2:54 left in the first. Cassidy Yant with a bucket cut the Bluffton lead to 2 points, but the Beavers scored a few more to make the deficit 5 points heading into the second quarter.

Opening the second quarter, Carruthers cut the lead to 3 points, 20-17 before Bluffton went off on a 15-2 run to take the score to 35-19 still with 5:17 left in the half. A three pointer by senior Whitney Schalk ended the run. A couple buckets from Rogers and Carruthers, and a Bluffton jumper ended the half Beavers up 41-29.

For most of the third quarter, DC and Bluffton traded points, the Yellow Jackets cut the deficit to 10, but couldn’t find the momentum to cut the deficit to single digits. Bluffton pulled away with a 5 point run making it 59-14 but Defiance scored the last 3 points of the third quarter. Going in to the last quarter with a score of 59-47, Bluffton still with the lead. Bluffton took a lead as high as 20 points and finished the game with a score of 77-62, taking a victory on their home court.

Mekai White said, “We realized how important our bench was and how much we needed everyone on the team from starters to the last person on the bench.”

Danielle Carruthers led the scoring with 18 points and 6 rebounds, Lauren Rogers with 16 points and 6 rebounds, and Whitney Schalk with 4 assists.

DCWBB returns to action at the Weaner Center on Saturday, January 10th for another HCAC matchup with Mount St. Joseph at 1pm.

Written by Jessi Davis

(Lexington, Kentucky)- The Yellow Jackets were taken down in HCAC play, 65-52, at Transylvania on Saturday afternoon.

Transylvania started out with a 4-0 lead before Schalk connected with ROgers who hit a 3 pointer to bring it to 3-4 with 8:28 left to play in the first period. Defiance kept chipping away at the deficit to get in the lead 9-7 with 6:52 left in the first. The teams went back and forth before Transy took the lead back 13-9. Schalk with an assist left the score at 15-20 Transy up to finish the first quarter.

A slow start to the second period led to senior Mekai White hitting a three and Shelby Stamm also from behind the arc bringing it to a tie, 21-21. The Pioneers took a 6-0 run after that, up 27-21. Transy continued to bring the offense as they took their biggest lead 34-23. Ervin with a shot at the buzzer brings it to 34-25, a Pioneer lead at the end of the second period.

The Pioneers came out of the locker room ready to go as they pushed the score to 42-30 with 7:15 left in the third. DC went on a 5-0 run before the quarter ended, and they went into the final quarter trailing 40-51.

Carrying the momentum into the last period, the Yellow Jackets bring the score to within 7 points. Carruthers continued to be successful in the post as she got a three point play with 6:33 left. The Pioneers pushed on to take the win with a final score of 65-52.

Samantha Ervin said, “It was a close game that we should have won, in the third quarter we struggled with box outs and turnovers.”

Lauren Rogers led DC with 14 points, while also having 7 rebounds. Schalk had 4 assists on the game.

(Defiance, Ohio)- The DCWBB team claimed a 61-651 victory in conference play over Mount St. Joseph on Saturday afternoon in the Karl H. Weaner Center.

The Lions came out in the first quarter ready to go as they took a 14 point lead right out of the gates, leaving the score at 16-4 with about 4 and a half minutes left. Schalk with a jumpshot ending the run, but MSJ answered. A layup by Sidney Faine was the last points of the first quarter, cutting the deficit to 10.

At the start of the second, the Lions came out and scored the first 5 points to put them in the lead by 15. A DC spark of energy started at the 8:34 mark, cutting the lead to 9 as Ervin got 4 straight points. The Yellow Jackets then scored 9 points and Stamm hit a 3 to make the score 23-21, Lions up by only 2. At halftime, MSJ was up, 25-23.

MSJ came out of the locker room and took the lead back up to 9, but jumpers from Ashley Lee and Lauren Rogers cut it to 5. Defiance took their first lead of the game after Stamm and Ervin both connected a few times. The Lions tied it back up before Stamm hit another three to give the Jackets a 41-38 lead. Free throws and a layup by DC, and a three from MSJ ended the third quarter DC up, 45-41.

The Lions kept up as they cut the lead to 1 in the first two minutes of the last quarter. An and one by Ervin and a pair of free throws from Yant put DC back ahead by 6. The Yellow Jackets put up a 9 point lead before an MSJ three pointer to cut it back to 6 points with two minutes left to play. Ervin hit a layup and Stamm got two free throws to make the lead 10 and come out with the win 61-51.

For Defiance, Sam Ervin lead the scoring with a career high of 23 points with 9 rebounds, Shelby Stamm had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and senior Whitney Schalk with 7 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists in the victory against MSJ. Whitney Schalk said this about the game, “While tough, tough losses exposes weaknesses for us, it shows us areas of our game we needed to improved immediately”.

Mekai White had this to say about the game, “This was a game where the team realized our potential and set the bar for what we can play to.”

Defiance plays another HCAC game on Wednesday, January 17th as they play Earlham at 7:30pm in the Weaner Center. Go Jackets!

Written by Jessi Davis

This week the brothers of Alpha Phi Omega will be putting on a series of Olympics related events this week for their Rush Week! The service fraternity is the only co-ed fraternity on-campus. The fraternity is based around the covenants of Leadership, Friendship, and Service. They are currently recruiting for people to join their Spring 2018 pledge class!

Monday the fraternity will be hosting a movie night in Whitney hall with snacks and Olympic themed movies. Tuesday night features the women’s soccer coach, Coach Vincent as she discusses ways to develop character at 9pm in the Buchman Board room. Wednesday night the brothers will participate in Pie-A-Bro in Serrick at lunch. On Thursday, the brothers will put on a carnival in the Hive from 8-10 pm. The brothers will also be raffling off an Olympic themed prize, with the entry fee being a handmade Valentine for the residents of the Laurels! On Friday there is snowman building in between the residence halls with an Olympic opening ceremony watch party from 8-10 pm.

Please join the brothers of Alpha Zeta Rho and take the time to see what they are about! With any questions, feel free to ask any APO brother!

Written by Jordan Osborne

The Defiance College Campus Activity Board would like to invite you and your friends and family to join the campus in Family and Friends Weekend! Bring your favorite people to your favorite campus and show them some of the fun things that go on at campus!

Family and Friends weekend starts on February 10th, 2018 at 10:00 am- 12:00 pm in Hubbard Hall. During this time participants will receive their tickets and a t-shirt. Then the festivities moves to Serrick for brunch from 11:00 am- 1:00 pm. Then the Women’s Basketball team plays Mount Saint Joseph at 1:00 pm and then the Men’s Basketball team plays Mount Saint Joseph at 3:00 pm. Both of those games will be in the Weaner Center. Saturday will end with a movie at Northtowne Cinema, paid for by the Campus Activity Board! You and your guests can go whenever you please, just make sure to get a ticket at registration! The weekend will end on Sunday with brunch and bingo in Serrick from 11 am- 1 pm!

Bring some of the most important people in your life to one of the most important places in your life and have some fun!

Go Jackets!

Written by Jordan Osborne

(Defiance, Ohio) Early struggles result in a loss for the Yellow Jackets in a non conference game against Alma, Michigan on Tuesday, 84-69.

Defiance started off on top 10-9 against Alma until they answered the Yellow Jackets with a three pointer and went on a run with 3:59 remaining, taking it to a Scots lead, 21-16. Senior Whitney Schalk with a bucket made the score 21-18 with 2:10 to play. Junior Sam Ervin closed out the first quarter with  three, to cut the lead 25-23 Scots.

The Yellow Jackets started off scoreless for nearly four minutes in the beginning of the second period, before Lee got a 3 pointer in to end the drought with 5:57 left in the first half. Score now 35-26, Alma went on a 6-0 run over the next three minutes making the score 41-26. Senior Mekai White helped out Defiance by adding 7 points before the end of the first half cutting the lead to 41-33.

The Scots came out of the locker room charging ahead early as they got their largest lead 55-38 with 5:49 left in the third quarter. Defiance finally getting something going on the offensive side with a jumper and a three pulled them within a 10 point game, 55-45. After 3 quarters, Alma was only up by 8, with a score of 60-42 heading into the final period.

Alma continued to bring the hot shooting out on the court, once again making the lead 10 points with back to back buckets. A three from DC, with an answer from Alma with 5:34 left brought the score to 75-61. Outscoring the Jackets 24-17 in the fourth quarter, the Scots defeated the Yellow Jackets.

Sam Ervin said about the game, “We struggled to score in the second quarter and they got hot shooting. Our defense really struggled.”

Lauren Rogers and Ashley Lee both had 13 points each, and as a team the Yellow Jackets shot at 39.7% from the field and had 29 rebounds for the game, lead by Danielle Carruthers with 7 of the 29. Whitney Schalk led the team with 6 assists.

Defiance is back December 30th, as they host Adrian College in non HCAC play in the Weaner Center at 1 pm.

Written by Jessi Davis

(Defiance, OH) Our very own Defiance College Men’s Basketball Team traveled to Franklin, Indiana this past Saturday to take on the Grizzlies. Defiance was looking to turn their season around, coming into the game at 3-15, and 2-9 in conference play, against Franklin, who came in 5-13, and 4-7.

The weren’t able to start the game how they wanted, ending the first half trailing by 7. They were down by 12 at one point in the first half, but an offensive spurt helped shorten that lead to 7.

The Grizzlies came out just as strong in the second half, outscoring the Jackets 44-31. The final of this game was the Grizzlies 86, and our Yellow Jackets 66.

The Jackets were led by Trevon Grimes who had 16 points, followed by Kiuwan Graham with 14 points. Graham was also able to pull down 9 rebounds of his own, followed by Allante Wheeler with 8 more to add. The team had 6 assists total.

The Jackets also had 15 turnovers, while shooting just 34.8% from the floor. The Jackets were able to score 31 points off the bench.

After the game, we caught up with sophomore Keith McClure, who had this to say, “It was a well fought game by both teams but Franklin made more plays toward the end of the game to get the win. We just have to keep improving each day as a team and putting it all together.”

The Jackets look to turn around the season this Wednesday, at Anderson, at 7:30. If you see a member of the Men’s Basketball team, make sure that you wish them good luck, and as always, Go Jackets!

Written by Zac Bires

(Adrian, Michigan) Monday evening the Defiance College Women’s Basketball team dropped a game to Siena Heights, 84-55.

In the first quarter, Defiance took a lead with 7 straight points from Rogers, Siena answered with 2 points at the 7:18 mark, and Rogers then connected for another 3 pointer to make the score 10-2. Whitney Schalk answered a Saints run with 5 points and ended the period up, 19-18.

The Saints came out ready to go in the second quarter getting their first lead of the game, 20-19. The Yellow Jackets and the Saints went back and forth scoring before the Saints outscored Defiance in the final 2 minutes of the second quarter, to go into halftime Siena Heights up 46-37.

Siena Heights defense came out quick and fast as they held Defiance scoreless for almost 4 minutes before Ervin connected with the bucket with 5:03 left in the quarter to bring the score to 43-60. The Saints continued to dominate the third quarter finishing with a layup, the score 68-49 heading into the final quarter.

Saints quickly up 8 points in the beginning of the fourth pushed their lead 79-51 with 5:25 left on the clock. The Yellow Jackets tried to get something going in the final minutes of the game, but ended up getting defeated 84-55.

Junior Lauren Rogers led the team with 14 points and 5 rebounds, while junior Sam Ervin ended with 10 points and 6 rebounds for Defiance. Ashley Lee had 4 assists for the Yellow Jackets. As a team DCWB finished 31 for 71, 43.7%, from the floor while shooting 42.1% three pointers, 8 for 19.

Senior Whitney Schalk said this about the game; “We started out hot and played well for a while against scholarship players. But when they began building a lead we struggled to keep up”.

Written by Jessica Davis