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CONTENTS
Editorial:
Editor-in-Chief
Dylan Lepore
dlepore1@radford.edu

Managing Editor
Ida Domingo
idomingo1@radford.edu

Copy Editor
Shiza Manzoor
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News Editor
Ida Domingo NEWS + CULTURE + THE TEA + SPORTS

The Tea Editor

Jennifer Bennett
jbennett49@radford.edu 04 3RD ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE:
Sports Editor RADFORD GIVES BACK
Davis Byrd
dbyrd16@radford.edu Oct. 17 marks Radford University’s 3rd annual commitment to
the Radford City community in its mission to feed over 140
Staff Writers: Tristan Rines, Shiza children with weekend food insecurity.
Manzoor, Gabby Cohen, Hannah
Curran, Savannah Roberson, Morgan
Hutcheson, Denny Price, Nay-Quan
Bryan, Lucas Carr, and Devin Stubbs 05 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE CHOIR
Photography and Advertising:
PERFORMANCE FROM THE RADFORD
Photography Manager CHOIR ENSEMBLES 
Hailey Scherer
hscherer1@radford.edu

Staff Photographers: Shiza Manzoor, 06 VENOM: A MOVIE REVIEW

Jordan Bennett, and Suzanne Dorr After having the biggest opening weekend in the history of
October at $80 million according to The Hollywood Reporter,
SMADs Manager
Yves White Venom has everyone lining up to see it.
ywhite4@radford.edu

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explore and delve into issues that team to win three sets to one. The Highlanders improve their
affect the university student body and record to 13-2 for the season.
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Grant to Radford Encourages Inclusive Education and Employment Opportunities
T
he Virginia Board for
People with Disabilities
(VBPD) is awarding over
$444,000 in federal grants to
three institutions, including
William & Mary, Virginia
Commonwealth University,
and Radford University to
promote an equal and inclusive
environment in the state.
W&M and VCU were both
awarded $150,000, and Radford
was awarded $144,187, as per
the goals set forth by the Board
in its 2017-21 five-year federal-
state plan.
According to the VBPD,
the donation to Radford is
meant to fulfill what’s known
3rd Annual Day of Service: Radford Gives Back
O
ct. 17 marks Radford
University’s 3rd annual
commitment to the
Radford City community in its
mission to feed over 140 children
with weekend food insecurity.
Radford Gives Back is a
The food
drive will
take place in
the Student
Recreation
and Wellness
Center
Shiza J. Manzoor | The Tartan
as the “3 Cs Inclusion Project”
by “building inclusive school
communities through culture
The executive director of VBPD
Heidi Lawyer said the Board
is committed to creating and
improving educational and
employment opportunities.
month-long campus-wide
food collecting event that goes
toward the Bobcat Backpacks
Program, a nonprofit community
organization making sure no kid
has to go to bed hungry.
The food drive will take
place in the Student Recreation
and Wellness Center from
Tuesday, Oct. 16, noon - 8 p.m. to
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. - 3:30
p.m., with a short celebration
and packing of 300-weekend
food bags to follow at 5 p.m.
This year’s goal is the same
as last year’s: over 15,000 food
items.
Some examples of what you
can give:
• Canned Chunky Soup
• Canned Ravioli
• Canned Beans
shift, collaboration, and
coaching.” Plans are to bring
up the capacity of schools in
• Canned Vegetables
• Canned Fruit
• Macaroni & Cheese
• Applesauce (individual
cups)
• Popcorn
• Oatmeal (individual
packets)
• Peanut Butter (small
jars)
Another way to get involved
with the event is by signing
up to volunteer with the
collecting, sorting, and packing
of donations.
Students can sign into
RUInvolved and click the
“Radford Gives Back” alert at the
top of their page.
B y S h i z a J. M a n zo o r
smanzoor1@radford.edu
the southwest areas of Virginia
that make it their mission to
serve all students.
“Inclusive education has
been identified as a critical
area of need in Virginia public
schools as a practice to improve
educational outcomes
students with disabilities,” said
for
Liz Altieri, an associate professor
with Radford University and
project co-director.
“There is ample
documentation
effectiveness of
of the
inclusive
educational practices
warrant support for a project
that
designed to create two model
school divisions - one county
5K Fun Run by the New River
T
he 5K fun run by the New
River will take place at
10 a.m Saturday, Oct. 20.
The meeting location for the
run will be at Bisset Park shelter
#2, which is located behind the
Greenhill Apartments.
If you plan to attend
this event, a waiver must be
signed before the race on the
day of the event. To enter in
the competition, community
members must pay a fee of $20,
and if you are a guest registrant,
there is a $20 fee.
There is also an option to
make an additional gift amount.
All the proceeds from the
5K Run by the River will go to
an Intramural Sports student-
employee who is “in need of a
helping hand to pursue their
dreams of earning a college
degree at Radford University,”
according to University
Advancement & Alumni
Relations office.
The department of Student
Recreation & Wellness explains
that intramural sports are “A
variety of individual and team
sports/activities [that] are
planned, ranging from regular
News
and one city - to build the
capacity and achieve systems
change.”
The executive director
of VBPD Heidi Lawyer said
the Board is committed to
creating and improving
educational and employment
opportunities. “These grants
support the Board’s mission, the
Commonwealth’s Employment
First Policy and the Governor’s
focus on improving educational
outcomes for all students.”
For more information, please
visit https://www.vaboard.org/.
B y S h i z a J. M a n zo o r
smanzoor1@radford.edu
league competition to more
informal tournaments and one-
day events.”
The Student Recreation
& Wellness Center offers an
intramural sports program
where students can receive many
employment opportunities.
Students can be employed
as officials for a sports team,
scorekeepers, field supervisor,
and office assistants.
If you do not wish to
participate in the run, but
would like to contribute
to the Intramural Sports
Scholarship Fund, please visit
https://connect.radford.edu/
intramural-scholarship-fund.
Walkers are also welcome in
the run. The event offers a one-
mile turnaround for walking
participants.
If you wish to participate
in the run, register at https://
connect.radford.edu/intramural
although you can also register
at the day of the event; however,
only cash or checks will be
accepted.
B y I da D o m i n g o
idomingo1@radford.edu
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Arts and Entertainment in Radford
Choir Ensembles Preforms Love is Love is Love
O
n Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m.,
the Radford Choir
Ensembles put on their
fall concert titled ‘Love is Love
is Love.’ The show was located
in the Performance Hall in the
Covington Center.
Radford University hosts
three different choir groups;
University Chorus, University
Chorale, and Radford Singers,
all under the direction of Dr.
Meredith Bowen. The three
groups consist of over 100
members combined.
When entering the concert,
attendees were given rainbow
pride ribbons along with their
programs. The choir members
were also wearing the ribbons
on stage.
Caitlyn Stultz | The Tartan
The Hispanic Heritage Month Dinner
S
panish music is playing,
people are talking and
laughing, and the smell
of Latino food wafts around
the room. I take a look around,
and I’m surrounded by the
mesmerizing sense of the Latino
culture.
This lovely scenery and
energetic atmosphere took
place at the Hispanic Heritage
Month Dinner; where Latino
individuals and welcoming allies
could converse about sensitive
topics and commemorate the
diversity that is at Radford.
However, the affair held
more than food and hoorahs
as open-minded people had a
message for the community and
the university as a whole.
The event held a variety of
speakers and presenters that
had exciting topics to speak on.
Talking with one of the
speakers before dinner even
started, Ana Portillo spoke about
the importance of this event.
She stated, “It’s important
The concert opened with
Dr. Bowen speaking about
Matthew Shepard, a University
of Wyoming student killed in
1998 by two men because he
was homosexual. Dr. Bowen said
that she wanted the night to
celebrate all types of love, and
the songs they would be singing
celebrated many different types
of love.
Along with singing, the
concert also consisted of
choreography, piano, violin, and
percussion. Songs were sung
in multiple languages, such
as English, German, Spanish,
Bulgarian, and Zulu. A total of
13 songs were sung that night.
The choirs started rehearsing
for this concert at the beginning
to educate our community
especially since the Latino
[population] is small on campus
- I’ve attended all [dinners] for
the past four years.”
Portillo is the type of person
who is driven by the cause of
diversity and inclusion, a person
who has no intention of backing
down from her beliefs. However,
she wasn’t the only person to
speak on the importance of
the event as many others had
thoughts to share.
People from various
organizations such as Michelle
Acosta, Cecilia Carreon, and
even former board member of
the Inter-American Foundation,
Luis A. Viada, had different
topics to speak on.
However, they all had one
similar theme in common: the
concept of struggle and trials,
but having the ability to stand
back up no matter how grave the
situation.
This, perhaps, was the most
important message to take away
of the Fall semester, so they had
been practicing for a total of
seven weeks.
Lorainia Weikle, a junior
at Radford University in the
University Chorale, said “I loved
the theme Love is Love is Love.
[Dr. Bowen] said it went really
well, and she was really proud
of how quickly we were able to
memorize the songs. My favorite
song tonight was Nyon Nyon,
sung by the Radford Singers. I
also really loved the first piece
we did, Ergen Deda, and I’d say
that was the piece we worked
hardest on.”
Nyon Nyon, the first song
of the night, was written by
Jake Runestad. On his website,
Runestad says, “Nyon Nyon is an
from the banquet as a whole:
not to let doubts, fears, and hate
cloud our path to success and
freedom; to have the strength
to continue ever-forward in this
unforgiving world, because we
are the generation of change and
ideas.
The president of the Latino
Student Alliance (LSA), Luisa
Cutting was one of the people
who spearheaded the event
from the beginning until the
end; making sure that every
minute detail was perfect for
this banquet. As she wanted for
the people of Radford to realize
why Hispanic Heritage month
was so crucial for the Latino
Community, as it represents
“unity and inclusion” at both a
micro and macro level.
Also, Cutting did have one
final message for the students,
faculty, and alumni of Radford:
“This event just proved how
much of a success [cooperation]
is; Many Hispanic organizations
came together to pull off the
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exploration of the effects that
one can produce with the human
voice. I created original words
to achieve varieties of colors
and mixed and matched them
within the ensemble to produce
a diverse sonic landscape.”
The Radford Singers
added choreography to their
performance of the song and
sang without the conduction of
Dr. Bowen.
Kevin Pham, a sophomore
in the University Chorus, said,
“It was super fun and rewarding
to see all of our music come
together and sound so good.”
Near the end of the concert,
Dr. Bowen spoke more on
love. She recited Lin-Manuel
Miranda’s 2016 Tony Award
acceptance speech, which is
where the title of the show
gets its name. Miranda gave
the speech soon after the 2016
Orlando mass shooting at Pulse,
a gay nightclub.
Dr. Bowen quotes Miranda
saying, “We rise and fall and
light from dying embers,
remembrances that hope and
love last longer and love is love
is love is love is love is love is
task of teaching the university
and students the meaning of
Hispanic Heritage Month ...
I hope you all come to more
events in the future, as we plan
to hold many more.”
Thoughts of progression
and unity were the theme of
the night; Various Latino and
non-Latino communities came
together for the sole purpose to
learn more about culture and its
wonders.
However, more was
discovered because of that.
love is love cannot be killed or
swept aside.”
The concert ended with
two songs sung by the three
choirs together. The first being
“Love is Love is Love is Love” by
Abbie Betinis. Dr. Bowen taught
the audience a part to sing, so
everyone in the room would be
singing. With the performance
hall being almost at capacity, the
auditorium was full of singing.
The very last song was “All
of Us” composed by Craig Hella
Johnson from Considering
Matthew Shepard, a 2016 album
based on the life of Shepard.
Camden Ferris, a junior at
Radford University, said about
the performance, “Matthew
[Shepard] would have been
proud.”
Matthew Shepard’s life and
death also inspired the writing
of the play The Laramie Project.
The play will be performed by
the Radford Theatre Department
in the Pridemore Playhouse
inside of Porterfield Hall on Oct.
16, Oct. 18 to Oct 21.
B y C a i t lyn S t u lt z
cstultz4@radford.edu
Speeches of motivation and the
strength of determination were
also told - To always stare at the
abyss of hate and prejudice and
never blink - for Radford is filled
with influential individuals.
If you would like to join the
LSA or send messages of support,
feel free to contact them:
Twitter: @RU_LSA1,
Snapchat: @LSA_RADFORD, and
Instagram: @LSA_RADFORD
B y C a r lo s M i r a n da
cmiranda3@radford.edu
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A Movie Review
B y T r i s ta n B l a k e R i n e s
trines@radford.edu
A
fter having the biggest
opening weekend in the
history of October at
$80 million according to The
Hollywood Reporter, Venom
has everyone lining up to see it.
However the reviews are not
favoring this comic book anti-
hero flick, and this review is no
This movie feels like it was intended on being Rated R until Sony decided to make it PG-13 last minute.
exception.
Some people may not know
what Venom is, considering the
last time we saw the character
on the big screen was in the
2007 movie Spiderman 3.
Venom is commonly known
as an antagonist to the Marvel
hero Spiderman and is an alien
from the planet Klyntar. Venom
resides in a liquid type form,
referred to as a Symbiote, which
attaches to a host for survival
Venom
and gives the host special
abilities.
In this film, the Symbiote
finds its host in journalist Eddie
Brock, and then the film picks
up from there.
Now that we have the title
character’s background out of
the way let me start by saying
this … Venom is a fun movie,
but it is not a good movie.
Start of light spoilers
Allow me to elaborate on
one part of this film that is just
bad in general.
There is a subplot to the
movie that makes no real
sense. The movie begins with
a spaceship carrying many
Symbiotes on its way into
Earth’s atmosphere when one
Symbiote, the main villain of the
film Riot, breaks containment.
This results in the killing
many crew members and
inhabiting one to keep alive
during the crash landing in
Malaysia. After which the
Symbiote jumps from host to
host until it makes its way to
the United States where the rest
of the Symbiotes get taken for
experimentation by bad-guy
CEO Colton Drake.
Why? The Symbiote didn’t
need to do that.
End of light spoilers
On the positive side, the
best parts of the movie happen
when Venom is on screen for its
humor and sadistic attitude.
The primary initiative of
Venom is to take over the world,
but it finds a fondness for Earth
(on a dime) and instead decides
to stay. What makes this movie
fun is Venom itself. Whether it’s
directing Eddie Brock, eating
people, executing some solid
comedic timing, or having some
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decent fight sequences, Venom
is what makes this movie
enjoyable.
Venom, unfortunately, does
not live up to the hype due
mainly to what feels like lazy
writing at times and by having
a lousy villain in Colton Drake.
This movie feels like it was
intended on being Rated R until
Sony decided to make it PG-13
last minute. Honestly, some
more blood and guts would have
improved this movie and made
it better, and the lack thereof is
noticeable.
See it with your friends or
a relative, and you’ll probably
enjoy yourself, but the best part
of the movie is merely the credit
scene at the end.
Overall: 4/10
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O
ver the past three years,
the College of Business
and Economics (COBE)
has gone through many name
changes.
In the Fall of 2012, when it
was first opened, the name of
the building was merely called
COBE. Unlike other buildings on
campus, it was not named after
anyone when it was initially
built.
In 2016, the building was
renamed to Kyle Hall in honor
of the service of 11 years and
departure of former President
Penelope W. Kyle.
Two weeks ago, a shocking
surprise came. A ceremony
was held outside of Kyle Hall
to announce the name change
of the College of Business and
Economics.
Sandra and William C.
Davis donated $8 million to the
college. The money will provide
scholarships for students in
the College of Business and
Economics and the College of
Visual and Performing Arts. This
donation is the largest one that
the university has ever received.
In honor of this donation,
the university decided to change
the name of the college to the
Sandra C. Davis and William C.
Davis College of Business and
Economics. For short, it will be
called Davis College of Business
and Economics.
Even though I understand
the name changes, I think it is a
little much in a short amount of
time. It’s confusing because no
one seems to know what exactly
to call it. Do we call it COBE,
Kyle Hall, or DCOBE?
COBE is the only college on
Radford’s campus that has gone
through so many name changes
in the past three years.
With the name change, it also
forces the university to change
all of its marketing materials for
the college. All the pamphlets,
T-shirts, and other items have
to be changed over to reflect the
new name.
The university has been
promoting the college as COBE
all school year, and now it has
to change in the middle of the
semester.  All the prospective
students that have come and
toured the university over the
last few months have pamphlets
and other marketing material
with the old name on it.
I feel that the change
should have been pushed back
to next school year so that the
university could start the year
with a new name.
They could have new
marketing material printed to
start the year off instead of
having to rush and do it in the
middle of the school year.
I also think that the
university should have waited
to name the building Kyle Hall. I
understand that it was to honor
former President Kyle, but they
could have waited a few years
after she was gone to rename the
building.
Most of the buildings that
are named after people did not
get their names until after they
were gone. For example, the
fifth President of the university,
Dr. Douglas Covington retired
from the university in 2005. The
Covington building did not get its
name until 2008. The university
waited a few years before they
named something after him.
I feel that it would have been
better and less confusing if the
university waited until at least
2019 to call something after
former President Kyle.
It also in a way overshadows
the honor of President Kyle.
People aren’t going to remember
the building being named after
her. They are only going to
remember the big donation from
the Davis’.
Hopefully, this is the last
name change we will see for the
college.
B y D e n ny P r i c e
dprice10@radford.edu
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The
Origins
of
Halloween
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H
alloween is a favorite
holiday for many
Americans, but most
don’t know the origins of
the holiday. They all love the
hayrides and trick-or-treating
but might not know where it all
comes from.
After researching somewhat
where this idea came from, it
seemed that there was a festival
that the Celtics celebrated called
Samhain (the first day of winter
celebration).
At these festivals, there
were bonfires, and the partakers
wore costumes to keep ghosts or
spirits away.
The reason that Halloween,
or hallows eve falls on this day
Courtesy of pexels
is that Celtics believed that this
was the time of year that spirits
of the dead would return to earth
and wreak havoc.
The Celtics didn’t want these
spirits here because the people
thought the spirits would take
from their lands and caused
danger to the people.
That is why they wore
costumes to scare them off,
which is where the idea of
children wearing costumes came
from. Costumes have gone from
what they were in the Celtic’s
time to now having millions of
options at societies fingertips to
pick from for the big day.
Halloween first came to
America in the colonies.
The people would share
stories of the dead, tell fortunes,
and have a party. This was
very limited when it first came
through, only being celebrated
in a few colonies, and still
mostly for adults.
Next came trick-or-treating.
That was solely an American
ideal, not coming with the
tradition at all except for the
costumes. Children going house
to house and adults having
parties.
It turned from ghost stories
to a sort of free for all of horror
with costumes and trickery.
Also notice that in the
Celtic’s way, the festival was
for adults, however, now even if
adults have a party or dress up,
the main focus is making it a
good day for the children.
Halloween lost its religious
and spiritual undertones when it
came to America.
Now it has become even more
dramatic with parades, haunted
festivals, haunted houses, trick-
or-treating, and huge parties
every year. There are rarely
even tricks played anymore at
Halloween, but it is all about the
treats and being scared.
For instance, almost one-
quarter of the annual candy
sold in the United States is sold
during the Halloween season.
Even the town of Radford
partakes in trick or treating,
Halloween Costumes on a Budget
D
ressing up for Halloween
is one of the best parts of
fall, but it can also be the
most expensive.
It may seem like it’s not
even worth buying expensive
costumes for just a night or two,
but at the same time, no one
wants to miss out on the fun of
Halloween. The best way to look
great but not break the back is
by making homemade costumes.
Not only is making costumes
is a good solution to expensive
costumes, but it’s another fun
way to celebrate Halloween.
Most people would agree
that carving a pumpkin is half
the fun, so most people probably
wouldn’t buy a pumpkin that
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with businesses handing out
candy on holiday.
Although not many people
think about where Halloween
comes from amid all the
excitement, historical roots are
always important. Halloween
seems to be something that
keeps everyone childish.
Adults still dress up to hand
out candy for the children and
decorate their houses and lawns.
It helps society view how such
a holiday can change over time
from a religious and spiritual
day to a fun-filled children’s
holiday.
By Hannah Curran
hcurran1@radford.edu
was already carved.
Costumes are the same
way, making them can be fun.
Deciding on what costume,
which friends to coordinate
costumes with, finding
materials, and designing your
costume can be a Halloween
celebration all on its own.
Another benefit of making
your costume is being completely
in control with the specifics of a
costume. As opposed to buying
costumes in stores or ordering
them online, making them gives
total say over how precisely the
costume should be.
>> Costumes
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Costumes
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One of the only fundamental
things to keep in mind is when
anyone designs a costume
one needs to be creative and
have fun. Besides that, the
possibilities really are endless!
The possibilities definitely
expand the more creative a
person can be when looking for
materials to make a costume
with. It’s surprising how many
things can be found around the
average house that can be used
for a costume, and many people
may not even need to buy
anything at all.
Last year, I was a watermelon
for Halloween, and one of my
friends was a pineapple. We
did not have to buy anything
new besides t-shirts. We used
fabric paint to draw seeds on
our costumes, and we made a
hat for the pineapple costume
out of paper that looked like
a pineapple stem. We bought
the t-shirts in larger sizes than
we normally wear. Before we
knew it, we had some great fruit
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costumes for Halloween and we
had barely spent any money at
all.
DIY costumes are a great
alternative to spending money
on overpriced store-bought
costumes.
Last year, when some of my
friends and I made costumes,
we got many compliments on
the originality and detail of our
costumes.
Additionally, Halloween was
even better because we were able
to get through the holiday while
still keeping to our budgets.
Making the costumes together
was a lot of fun, and they looked
great when we were finished.
Anyone willing to invest a
little time, creativity, and effort,
can create their own awesome
Halloween costume, all while
saving money and making
memories.
B y S ava n n a h R o b e r s o n
sroberson8@radford.edu
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Letter: Student Voices Concerns about Parking Issues
Dear Dr. Hemphill: Often, other commuters are service. However, commuting
circling my car to get a space as students often need to go
Unfortunately, my class the lot fills up before 8 a.m.  If I back to their cars to retrieve
project presentation is need to go back to get something items that they need for other
scheduled for the same time as from my car, commuters are classes.  Perhaps Alumni could
the student forum on Thursday.  still circling at noon.  It usually be made aware of this great
I also commute a total of 3 hours diminishes by 2 p.m. need and initiate fundraising
per trip and coming on another The parking situation for additional parking lots. 
day would create a hardship. creates much stress for daytime President Kyle got many nice
My concern is with parking, commuting students. Radford buildings, but parking is a need,
especially for commuting University is better than this! too.
students such as myself.  As Perhaps adjoining property
B y J o s e p h E. J ac k s o n
you know, paying $140 per year such as the old Cantonese
jjackson55@radford.edu
does not guarantee a commuting Restaurant might be acquired to
student a parking place.  I try to enlarge parking within walking Radford’s First Undergraduate Coed
leave by 6 a.m. to get a parking distance of campus. and Current Graduate Virginia Se-
space by 7:30 p.m. Yes, there is good transit nior Citizen Tuition Waiver Student’
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Meme of the Week
Marino
Promoted to
Director of
Basketball
Operations
F
ormer Assistant Director
of Basketball Operations,
Jaren Marino has now
been promoted to Director of
Basketball Operations effective
immediately.
Marino joined the programs
Assistant Director role during the
2017-18 season which became
Radford’s most successful season
in the university’s history where
earning them their third Big
South Conference title and their
first NCAA Tournament win.
After playing a significant
role with last season’s success,
Marino will look to continue to
help the successful programs
ways in his new position.
He now oversees the general
daily operations of Men’s
Basketball from logistics of
budgets, game-day management
to travel and equipment
coordination - Marino will
manage it all.
Men’s Basketball Head Coach
Both teams played well throughout the
match as they each had ten servicing aces.
Mike Jones commented on
how “extremely hard-working”
Marino is.
Before coming to Radford,
he was at Louisburg College
during the 2016-17 season. That
year, Louisburg went 30-5 and
19-1 in conference play. Then
they managed to make it to the
NJCAA National Championship.
It seems like success follows
Marino wherever he goes.
Marino has some playing
experience of his own in college.
He played for West Virginia Tech
from 2011-15, managing to start
for an impressive three out of
his four years.
While scoring over 1,000
points, he was named to the All-
Conference team twice. During
the 2012 season of his playing
career, West Virginia Tech won
their conferences regular season
championship with him playing
another key role in his team’s
success, as they eventually
moved to the NAIA National
Tournament. West Virginia
Tech averaged 20 wins a season
during his time there.
Marino’s career has seen
every program he’s touched, in
some way, blossom to success.
His first year here at Radford
proved every bit of that to be
true. Now, we can look forward
to the coming year where the
team can hope to build upon
their success.
However, this season Radford
is picked to finish first in the
Big South Conference by Athlon
Sports. The high expectations
will be even more pressure for
the Highlander squad.
The team will be making
a comeback with Carlik Jones
and Ed Polite Jr. both returning
this year, as well as senior Caleb
Tanner, with them looking to
continue to improve. Returning
four of their five highest scoring
players, Radford is in a great
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sport to repeat last seasons
success. This team has a very
high ceiling, and most are
expecting an even better season
this year than last year.
Radford Men’s Basketball
is in position to prove their
doubters wrong as Marino looks
to lead his team from his new
job as the season draws closer.
The 2018-19 Men’s
Basketball will begin on Tuesday,
Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Dedmon
Center. The Highlanders will
look to take on Davis & Elkins.
With being the Director
of Basketball Operations,
Marino has much weight on
his shoulders for the upcoming
season. This year hopes are
high for the basketball team,
and we’ll be looking for him to
continue to deliver his string of
success.
B y Z ac h a ry P ot t e r
zpotter2@radford.edu
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The Rain Clears as Men’s Soccer Clears #16 Charlotte

T
he Highlanders Men’s
Soccer team has made
short work of games that
make their way into overtime
this season. Amadou “Macky”
Diop hammered in his second
goal of the night in double
overtime this past Wednesday to
help knock off the 16th ranked
Charlotte 49ers.
The night of Oct. 10 proved
Freshman Goalkeeper, Sam
Farrell has proved himself
worthy from the start making
some very much needed saves
for the majority of the second
half. However, as the rain began
to let up, the 49ers were able to
head one off of a corner kick into
the back of the net in the 79th
minute in regulation.
The Highlanders found
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Big South in scoring, with 1.75
goals per game.
Throughout regulation and
both overtimes, the Highlanders
were able to outshoot Charlotte
20 shots to their 16.
The Highlanders hit
12 of those 20 shots were on
target as opposed to Charlotte’s the field after halftime
to the tune of ACDC’s
8. Radford has been able to
bounce back after a 0-5 start to
their season and is now 4-6 and

‘Thunderstruck’ and
to be a wet one as rain was themselves headed to overtime 2-2 in the Big South Conference.
falling slow but heavy under the for the second time in their last They then will face
lights. Both sides created equal two games as a Kieran Roberts the Virginia Cavaliers in

goal scoring opportunities, but
good defending prevented either
team from jumping ahead.
A header by Diop that sailed
high right of the goal provoked
some disgruntled jeers by the
crowd after the attack showed
some serious promise. The end
of the first half saw a goose
egg on the scoreboard for both
teams.
The Highlanders hit the
field after halftime to the tune
of ACDC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ and
heavier rain. Some persistent
attacking led to Radford’s first
goal shortly after the halftime
kickoff.
Junior Wyatt Erzen volleyed
a nice lead pass over the
Charlotte defenders to Diop. He
took the ball to the left around
the goalkeeper and chipped a
shot into the back right corner
of the goal.
heavier rain.
shot was knocked off the path Charlottesville. They then come
by an outstretched Charlotte back for Senior Day in Cupp
Goalkeeper. The first 10 minutes Stadium against Winthrop
overtime was well defended by University on Oct. 20.
both teams and produced no
score to speak of. By Lucas Carr
The Highlanders dominated lcarr15@radford.edu
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possession of the ball in extra
time. With less than three
minutes left in the second
overtime, Sophomore Defender
Max Edwards laid a pass off
to Diop who then fired a shot
over the heads of the 49ers and
curved the ball into the top right
corner of the goal.
The bench cleared and
rushed to Diop as the final
whistle blew closing the book
on the #16 49ers. He totaled six
shots with four on goal during
that night. This game-winning
goal for “Macky” was the first in
his young career and now leads
the team with six goals and the
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