The Purdue Exponent

Thursday
03/09/2000

Group confronts Purdue officials

Chris Pickard/Chief Photographer

Purdue President Steven Beering accepts a prepared statement from Elizabeth Wolthausen, a representative of Purdue Students Against Sweatshops on Wednesday afternoon after students arrived unannounced at his office.

By Vanessa Renderman
Features Editor

At 3:30 on Wednesday afternoon, a group of anti-sweatshop student activists marched from St. Thomas Aquinas to Hovde Hall with a message.

They carried two sheet-sized pieces of cloth. A red cloth, which had printouts of factory locations attached to it, represented Indiana University. IU has revealed the locations of most of the factories that make clothing with its logo on it.

A black cloth represented Purdue. It was blank, symbolizing the fact that Purdue has not disclosed the location of the factories that produce Purdue apparel.

"There have been no results … we don’t appreciate this dragging of heels," said Ben Partridge, a junior in the schools of Liberal Arts and Science and a member of Purdue Students Against Sweatshops.

"Because if you don’t know where the factories (that make Purdue apparel) are, you can’t monitor them," Partridge said.

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Coaches, players hope for 'magic'

Which team will win the Big Ten Tournament?

By Paul Trembacki
Sports Editor

While the Boilers have boasted all year that, with five seniors among them, they have plenty of experience, there are still things they haven't experienced.

Heading into this weekend's Big Ten Tournament all of the Boilers are lacking two experiences. No one on No. 21 Purdue (21-8, 12-4 Big Ten) has played on a team that has won a Big Ten championship or on a team that has gone to the Final Four. The team's goal this year is to change that, and to do so, it will have to play at what the players and coaches call "the magic level."

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The magic level, according to Purdue coach Gene Keady, is a level of play that the coaches tell the Boilers they need to perform at in order, "to play with enthusiasm — to not just play at the level of other players — to play above the level of other players."

Assistant coach Jay Price said the coaches urge the players every day to practice and play at that level. He said it's not a number; it's a feeling. Price said a player who is simply running around at practice and taking shots isn't playing at the magic level.

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