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CHRISTINA CLARKStaff Columnist

It’s one thing to diagree with abortion, and it’s one thing to not want to pay for something that you don’t believe in, but it’s another thing entirely to expect a woman to know if she’ll be raped.

Michigan women beware, because this is exactly what a new law that comes into effect next year expects you to do.

That’s right, ladies: you, your mother, aunt, sister, niece and daughter bet-ter anticipate being raped, because if this heinous act of violence happens to a woman, they get pregnant and want an abortion, they can’t have one unless they purchase a separate rider on their private insurance

plans... before it happens. This law contains no

exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest and a woman can not purchase the rider after becoming pregnant, The Detroit News reported.

This past Wednesday, with a 27-11 vote in the Senate and a 62-47 vote in the House, legislation was passed that requires a woman to purchase an addi-tional rider on their insur-ance if they want or need an abortion.

Similar legislation was brought to Lansing leaders last year, but was vetoed by Gov. Snyder.

This time around Snyder doesn’t get a choice and the law will go into effect March next year. The new legisla-tion was sparked by a peti-tion from Michigan Right To Life group. The petition gained a little over 300,000 signatures, according to The News

“Opponents characterized the proposal as govern-ment overreach that doesn’t

provide general coverage for abortions in cases of preg-nancy complications, such as fetal defects and miscar-riages to save a mother’s life,” The News reported.

Not a single republican senator stood with woman’s rights, even when Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer shared her story of rape, according to The News.

According to the U.S. census website, there are 9,883,360 people living in Michigan, as of 2012. Appar-ently, 300,000 of them just made a decision that affects all of us, and not in a good way.

According to operation-rescue.org, an anti-abortion website, there are about 1.2 million abortions performed in the U.S. every year and approximately one percent of abortions in America are caused by rape or incest.

One percent doesn’t seem like a huge amount of people, but let’s do the math; one percent of 1.2 million equals about 12,000.

That’s approximately 12,000 women in the U.S. that had to endure the horror of rape and had to terminate their pregnancy, and that’s a big number; one percent is a lot friendlier when you’re trying to push anti-abortion legis-lation on women.

A rape victim didn’t choose to be raped, they didn’t want to be raped, they weren’t irresponsible to be raped. They had all choice and control taken from them once, and now, if they get pregnant they are getting that control and choice taken from them again.

If a rape victim gets pregnant and they choose to have that child, that’s their choice but they shoudn’t have to prepare for a crime ahead of time.

Apparently, 300,000 signatures just decided that every Michigan woman needs to prepare to get raped. Shouldn’t this deci-sion that have been made by all Michigan voters?

It’s your vagina -you should have a voice.

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Republican lawmakers pass ‘rape rider’

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Inspirational ceremony ‘a day worth remembering’

KRISTIN SHAWContributing Writer

Over 1,200 students became Wayne State alumni Saturday, Dec. 14, during three sepa-rate ceremonies.

The Matthaei Physical Education Center gym was filled from the front stage to the back wall with eager graduates, the leaders that brought them to this day and their supporting friends and family.

Anticipation was heavy in the air as gradu-ates anxiously waited for the moment their names were called to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. The hunter-green books that they were handed represented so much more than just their completed degrees; they signified the memories they’ve created as Warriors.

The graduation ceremony at WSU is one of tradition. As the faculty sat dressed in their robes of gold and green with attire represent-ing their field, the graduates proudly wore their robes and caps in a similar fashion.

The 10 p.m. ceremony celebrated the Col-lege of Education; College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts; School of Medicine; both doctorate and master’s candidates; and the College of Nursing.

The 2 p.m. ceremony graduated students of the School of Business Administration, the College of Engineering, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the School of Social Work.

Finally, the 6 p.m. ceremony celebrated the graduation of the students of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Library and Information Sciences. The turn-ing over of the tassels brought smiles to all of those in the room, as the students became alumni.

In true Michigan tradition, the weather forced the attendees to spend a little extra time

traveling. The attendees of the ceremonies had to journey through more than 7 inches of freshly fallen snow, but the rough weather conditions didn’t take away from the feelings of achievement and pride.

The final 6 p.m. ceremony fell a little out of tradition. Another sort of beginning was in order for two new graduates — Jainessa Ada-Caballero Richards and Rodney Wilson — after Wilson proposed to Richards on the stage. The moment rang true with WSU President M. Roy Wilson’s acknowledgement of the commence-ment as a “day worth remembering.”

David Chapman was the final speaker for the ceremonies, as he is a man worth recognizing in the city of Detroit and in the WSU commu-nity. He encouraged the graduates to take the successes they have achieved at the university and apply them to the world that they live in. He credits WSU for helping him develop his passions.

The ceremony showed the ideal of what be-ing a Warrior meant in the WSU community, the city of Detroit and the “real world” that the graduates were soon to join. Many faculty members gave praises to the students, but for the first time, students were honored by Presi-dent Wilson.

Margaret Winters, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, introduced President Wilson for his first WSU graduation commencement. President Wilson touched on his vague memories of his first college gradua-tion, as he said he has attended many. He said he remembered his father’s pride in him and that students must also acknowledge those that have helped them on their journey to this special day.

President Wilson told the graduates they have learned not only their chosen subjects, but also many other things they will need to find success, particularly preparedness and perseverance.

New WSU graduates take the stage

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‘Queen Bey’ Surprise Warm winter readingBeyonce drops risque new album Battlefield romance takes a holiday

JAMILAH JACKSONThe South End

Beyoncé fans everywhere may need a defibri l lator after the star ’s latest surprise.

“Queen Bey”, as she is known by fans, dropped an album with no marketing whatsoever. She just announced on social media Thurs-day night that i t was available on iTunes.

The self-t it led album includes 15 new songs and 17 videos. The best part of the album is that she did al l of this while on tour. The songs aren’t that great.

As a die-hard Beyoncé fan, I am very upset with this album. I ’ve l istened to i t over and over just to make sure I wasn’t passing up its value but after the umpteenth t ime I st i l l didn’t l ike i t .

This album is not typical Beyoncé material . She took a different, and sluttier, route. About half of the album is about her sex adven-tures with husband Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.

Longtime fans of the singer would have thought the song “Drunk in Love” featuring Jay-Z was a newer version of “Crazy in Love”, the f irst song the couple did together that launched her solo ca-reer. No, i t ’s just as the t it le says. They got drunk and had sex.

The funniest l ine in the song is when the rapper tel ls fans Beyon-cé’s breast are his breakfast . Re-al ly?! I was utterly shocked when they put the most intimate part of their l ives in song.

The couple is usually private; try-ing to keep their l ives as a couple and a family private.The album also includes two songs about oral sex (Insert straight face here). Who told Beyoncé she needed to sex up

her image? Hello! She was named People Magazine’s “Most Beauti-ful Woman of the Year.” I hope she didn’t feel l ike she had to sex up her image after having her daugh-ter Blue.

As far as musical production goes, Beyoncé took it back to her southern roots. Almost every song has that Houston, chopped and screwed feel . The singer even takes a dab at rapping on the song “Yonce”.

The redeeming part of the album may be the songs “Heaven” and “Blue”.

When I heard “Heaven”, I almost burst in to tears. In the singer’s documentary, she opens up about the miscarriage she experienced before having daughter Blue Ivy. If you l isten to “Heaven” close enough, i t sounds l ike she may be talking to that baby. It ’s such a sweet and heart wrenching song.

The meaning behind “Blue” is pretty obvious. She sings about her love for her daughter. In the end, you hear the toddler speaking to her mother. Blue is almost two-years-old and from the sounds of i t is a very smart baby. In the music video, you see the vivacious cutie walking, smil ing and just l iving a regular l i fe.

These two songs makes Beyoncé human. Her fans put her on such a high pedestal that when you hear songs l ike these it makes you feel l ike you can real ly connect with her. She may be a superstar, but she tel ls us in song that she’s just a mother who loves her child more than anything else.

Overall , the album is O.K., but not her best work. Although I don’t l ike the lyrics of some of the songs, I do l ike the production of the album and wil l st i l l blast i t in my car.

SYDNEE THOMPSONThe South End

Editor ’s Note: The author re-ceived a review copy of this novel from the book review website Edel-weiss in exchange for an honest review.

Bestsel l ing romantic suspense author Cindy Gerard is one of my favorite authors. Even though she fol lows a basic formula for al l her series, she adds nuances to the plot and characters that make them stand out.

“The Way Home” diverges from that formula a bit , however. In-stead of building characters around a plot, the plot is built around the characters. Tyler Brown and Jess Albert met brief ly in “Last Man Standing,” the f inal book in Ge-rard’s Black Ops series.

Although their interaction was brief , they felt a strong connection, so Tyler returns to town a year later to pick up where they left off . Jess, however, is wary of the sexy warrior after her Special Ops husband J.R. was ki l led by an IED three years prior. But of course, you can’t turn down a giant hunk of man candy forever, so they even-tually hook up and get engaged. Rainbows and butterf l ies galore. The problem? Jess’ husband isn’t actually dead.

Tyler and Jess don’t feel f leshed out as individuals, so they’re doubly bland as a couple. There’s nothing wrong with them, per se — they f i t into standard romance tropes pretty easi ly — but some-thing’s missing that I can’t quite put my f inger on. There’s no pal-pable chemistry between them l ike there has been in every other one

of Gerard’s books that I ’ve read, and maybe that has to do with the storyline.

For the f irst half of the novel , high stakes have been exchanged for relationship melodrama, and although I love romantic melodra-ma, I don’t think Gerard handles the new tone skil l ful ly enough to make it work. Plus, I real ly don’t have any clear picture of what Jess or Tyler even look l ike. Sure, there are generic descriptions of blue eyes and brown hair, but I don’t have anything more than an inkling of who they real ly are. Basical ly, they’re supposedly real ly attrac-tive and into each other, but that doesn’t translate well to the page.

With that said, I did thoroughly enjoy the realist ic exploration of the tol l that war and violence takes on our soldiers; Gerard shows their vulnerabil i ty and struggle without making them out to be helpless, broken victims. I ’m not an author-ity on mil itary experiences by any means, but I think that those who have been affected by the service would be happy with the portrayals in this novel .

I also loved the relationship between J.R. and Rabia (and ap-preciated the inclusion of Muslims who are awesome/aren’t terrorists of some kind) and the cameos of the Black Ops team. I only wish we could’ve seen more of them, be-cause they had a lot more charisma than the main couple did.

Overall , the novel started out real ly s lowly, but the cl imactic f iref ight, heartfelt and bittersweet relationships and the supporting cast real ly saved it for me. It ’s a f luffy holiday romance that ’s per-fect for cold winter nights snuggled up on the sofa.

A&E


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Detroit bankruptcy affects 68 -year- old studentLIZ SCUTCHFIELDContributing Writer

Having your pension cut because of Detroit ’s bankruptcy isn’t a typi-cal concern for a col lege student, but Angela Sangster-Doss isn’t your typical student.

She’s a spunky 68-year-old wom-an who enrol led at Wayne State to answer her cal l ing as a teacher. Nobody was more surprised than her.

“I said, ‘Lord are you sure i t ’s me and not my daughter, ’” Sangster-Doss said, laughing her infect ious laugh. “But he said, ‘You’re going. ’”

Now, Sangster-Doss may need her second career for the income.

After nearly 30 years of working for the c i ty of Detroit , i ts bank-ruptcy poses a real threat to her pension checks, and those pension checks help her make ends meet each month. Fortunately, she’s a fai thful woman and bel ieves the Lord, and the promise the c i ty

made to pay her that pension, wi l l protect her.

“I don’t bel ieve i t ’s going to be cut . I bel ieve i t ’s a smoke screen,” Sangster-Doss said. “Plus my pen-sion is insured by the state. They promised me i f I do this , they’ l l do that . They didn’t say unless we go broke.”

That faith doesn’t stop her from adding up the bi l ls her monthly Social Security checks won’t cover. The thing that concerns her most is the f irst car she’s had in years. At 68, Sangster-Doss has been get-t ing up at 5:30 in the morning to take the bus to school . She worries about the insurance for her 2004 Chevrolet too – i t ’s over $350 a month. That ’s because she l ives in Detroit .

“I just want to be able to keep my car and pay my insurance,” she said. “I don’t want to be afraid driving around without i t .”

Sangster-Doss started working for the c i ty in 1976, short ly after Coleman Young became mayor. She

worked as a bui lding attendant before becoming a senior c lerk, and f inal ly a combination of del inquent water bi l l col lector and meter reader troubleshooter. She de-scribes paying into a pension plan for the f irst 15 or 20 years at a rate of 1 percent, with the c i ty making a matching contribution.

“They would come back and ask for more and more,” Sangster-Doss said. “I should have f igured they were up to something.”

In the last decade or more that she was working, she said the employees were asked to increase their contributions, f irst to 3 per-cent and eventual ly to 7 percent. The ci ty continued to match at the higher rates.

“We just kept going through may-ors. Mayor Young was long gone, and the c i ty was going to hel l in a hand basket ,” she said.

Her monthly pension has al-ready decreased from when she f irst started col lect ing i t , dropping incremental ly from $1,000 to $850

when she became el igible to col-lect Social Security . “They have a schedule, and as you get older, i t ’s supposed to get cut back because Social Security is supposed to pick up,” Sangster-Doss said.

Her annual pension has de-creased too, but she’s not sure why. “Every year we used to get a longevity bonus from our pension, about $900 or $1,000,” she said. “One day I looked up and i t wasn’t coming anymore. I only got about f ive or s ix of those.”

With just a few classes to take before gett ing into the School of Education, Sangster-Doss is unable to attend school next semester. She st i l l owes money for the current semester, but she’s planning to pay i t of f and be back at i t the fol low-ing semester. Losing a port ion of her pension wil l s low her down, but i t won’t stop her.

Sangster-Doss doesn’t let what-i fs bother her. Laughing out loud, she said, “I ’m just too blessed to be stressed.”

WSU ‘Senior’ may lose pension

WSU teams with U of D Mercy on summer session

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Dental program enriches students

ASHLEY GAILLIARDConributing Writer

Wayne State University’s Michi-gan- Area Health Education Center (AHEC) has teamed up with U of D Mercy’s dental school to provide a free six-week Summer Enrichment Program (SEP).

The program, which runs May-June 2014, is offering students preparation for the Dental Admis-sions Test (DAT), professional development, and hands-on dental modules.

The program’s goal is to get more disadvantaged students exposed to the field of dentistry, and to become more competitive applicants for dental school.

“I ’m just really excited about our continued partnership with AHEC,” said Dr. Deirdre Young, Director of Multicultural Affairs at U of D Mercy and founder of the pipeline program, entitled Dental Imprint.

“Our partnership enables us to

distribute information about our program not just in our region but throughout the state,” she said.

Dr. Young received her DDS at University of Michigan, and re-ceived her Bachelor of Science at Howard University. She’s a clinical assistant professor at the Depart-ment of Patient Management and has her own private practice in the Detroit metro area.

Young decided to compete for the Health Careers Opportunity Pro-gram (HCOP), a government funded grant aimed to help people with dis-advantaged backgrounds who want to pursue dental careers.

For three years her program was funded along with other partner-ships that helped develop the pro-gram, by the Ronald Wood Johnson Foundation National Learning In-stitute and a continued partnership with AHEC.

“I believe when you’re trying to do something good, good things fol-low,” she said.

The program helps students pre-

pare for interviews, get hands-on training by going over dental anat-omy, dental materials, and growth anatomy observations.

Students will have exposure to dental specializations: oral surgery, pediatrics, orthodontics, periodon-tics, endodontics, general dentistry and public health dentistry. Stu-dents will receive both cultural competencies training to help with communication skills and intense training for the Dental Admissions Test (DAT) sponsored by Kaplan test prep.

“I call it the pipeline for Dental Success,” Young said.

Students will go to various clinics within Detroit and rotate through the Advance Education General Dentistry Program, also referred to as the AEGD clinic. The Program Qualifications are as follows: • U.SCitizenship• Minimumof2.75GPA• Demonstrateaninterestin

pursuing a dental degree• Havecompletedatleast2

years of college• Economicallyoreducation-

ally disadvantaged students “It ’s a six-week program with 100

percent dedication, Monday through Friday, 9 to 5p.m, Saturday pro-gramming is offered as well,” Young said. A course that typically costs $1800 is available to students for free, she added.

Housing is set-up for students who stay on campus, and transpor-tation is provided roundtrip from main campus to dental school daily. During the course of the program students can expect to receive a sti-pend- wage or salary.

“I’m excited to do this program,” Young said. “I was born and raised in Detroit and went to Detroit Public Schools. I think it ’s really important as a DPS alumna to have programming that is available for other students in the district that are graduated”

For those interested in more in-formation, visit www.dental.udmer-cy.edu/enrichment

DANIEL FORTUNEContributing Writer

An Ital ian plummer in red over-al ls runs across a brown cobble-stone road. He eats a mushroom, stomps a few unsuspecting turt les , and warps down a green pipe to col lect gold coins in a secret un-derground lair .

No, this is not the f irst act of a bad David Lynch f i lm.

It ’s Mario – in the style of the original Nintendo Entertainment System. It ’s the 8-bit generation of v ideo games – the pixi lated graph-ics , the retro bleep sounds, the game cartr idges that wouldn’t work without blowing on them before-hand.

And apparently , there ’s an entire community in Detroit that is dedi-cated to the art ist ic aesthetics of this disenfranchised culture. They cal l themselves Piko Piko Detroit (“Fleet Fleet” in Japanese) , and they create music and art inspired by the 8-bit technology of v intage video games.

“We’re actual ly not profession-als ,” said Yuuya Masada, 27, a graduate of Western Michigan Uni-versity and founder of the Detroit organizat ion. “[We’re] mostly ama-teurs and hobbyists that just l ike to do what we l ike to do and express

ourselves.” Masada said that he was inspired

by an onl ine scene of net labels to turn Piko Piko Detroit into some-thing s imilar .

“These are basical ly indie record labels onl ine that get art ists to-gether to produce things,” said Ma-sada. “What we wanted to do was kind of be more of a tradit ional record label , but at the same t ime uti l ize the Internet powers to get our work out.”

Pika Piko Detroit releases their art ists ’ various musical oeuvres, which are created with original Game Boys that are reprogrammed into bleep-buoying music-ma-chines.

“The art ists actual ly compose on the Game Boy,” Masada said. “Our Game Boys we modify to hack through the soundboard, and we can actual ly plug in straight into a PA system or audio system, and play r ight off of i t .”

Masada says that none of the reminiscent bleep sounds are actu-al ly taken from the 8-bit v ideo games, but are original sounds inspired by that culture. Never-theless, Masada said the nostalgic sentiment def initely plays a role in the appeal .

“In terms of marketabi l i ty , we def initely drive off the nostal-

gic sound theme,” Masada said. “Whenever we do a show, i t ’s a lways nice to have covers of wel l known songs in 8-bit format. I t ’s l ike – ‘Oh, i t ’s l ike I ’m hearing a video game! ’”

Masada said the reprogrammed Game Boys have especial ly reso-nated with fans.

“Everybody relates to i t ,” Masada said. “Even kids that have never seen an original Game Boy come up and ask, ‘Why is this Game Boy so big and looks l ike a brick?’”

While 8-bit music has been around since the video game generation i tsel f back in the mid ‘80s, Masada said i t was not unti l a “surpris ing, unexpected meet-ing” with some l ikeminded fans at an anime convention, Youmacon Detroit 2011, that Piko Piko Detroit was conceived. Masada said their shared affect ion for 8-bit music was an immediate source of fe l low-ship.

“It ’s a rarity ,” Masada said. “I think many people think they’re one of the few people in the world that are fans, so we were excited to f ind each other l ike this .”

Masada said by 2012 the newly formed col lect ive was bringing in more art ists and putt ing on regular l ive shows at “cafes, part ies , wher-ever we could get in for a very low

budget .”Piko Piko Detroit recently com-

memorated i ts 2-year anniversary back where i t a l l began – at the 2013 Youmacon Detroit .

“We decided i t ’s kind of our holy ground, so we kept going there,” said Masada. “We host panels there now, showcasing with some of our art ists . And we actual ly do some workshops of our expert ise that has been growing.”

Masada said he hopes the local 8-bit community continues to grow with Piko Piko Detroit .

“We are very much focused on l ive events and shows around Mich-igan,” said Masada. “It ’s important that people see i t and experience i t f irsthand, and experience that something [ l ike an old Game Boy] that ’s been neglected and kept un-der your bed and haven’t seen s ince elementary school can explode to become a huge production or an inspir ing art tool . I t would be great for a lot of people to get involved personal ly .”

Hear the music for yourself and get more information on Piko Piko Detroit on their website – www.pikopikodetroit .net .

Get updates on upcoming shows and connect with the community on their Facebook page – www.face-book.com/pikopikodetroit .

Piko Piko Detroit embraces retro culture

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Old school video games alive & bleeping

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Warriors win three in a row WSU weathers Storm

MICHAEL LEWISContributing Writer

The Wayne State men’s basket-ball team (4-1 overall) was able to extend its winning streak to three games with a 74-66 victory over Kalamazoo College (3-3 overall), Dec. 11.

The Warriors came out firing after the opening tip. The Warriors hit their first three shots to jump up 7-0 including five points off of steals.

However, the Hornets bounced right back with a seven-point spark from Mark Ghafari. For the rest of the first half, the Hornets gave the Warriors all they could handle. They held the Warriors to 37 per-cent shooting and shot the ball at 48 percent.

The Warrior defense helped seal their halftime lead as they forced 12 turnovers resulting in 14 points on the other end.

In the second half, the momentum

swung the Warriors way. The War-rior defense continued to suffocate the Hornets as WSU was able to force 20 Kalamazoo turnovers. Big men Bryan Coleman and Mike Mar-tin both tallied four blocks down low, while guards Chene Phillips and Clark Bishop reached 11 total steals. The Warriors also held the Hornets to 39 percent shooting.

This meeting marked the first time these two teams played each other in 72 years. On Dec. 13, 1941, the Warriors were able to outlast the Hornets, 39-30. This game also gave Coach David Greer his 188th win in his 12 years at WSU. In last Saturday’s matchup against the Ohio Dominican Panthers, Greer passed the renowned Joel Mason for second place on WSU’s all time wins list.

Kalamazoo College is the 43rd op-ponent Greer has beaten in his WSU tenure. The Warriors’ next home game is not until Jan. 2 against Walsh University at the Matthaei.

MICHAEL LEWISContributing Writer

The Wayne State men’s basket-ball team (5-1, 3-0) remained un-beaten in GLIAC play after a 79-70 victory over the Lake Erie College Storm (3-6, 0-3), Dec. 14.

The Warriors were able to hold the Storm to 19 points and 28 percent shooting from the field in the first half . Led by Gavin Toma’s 12 f irst half points, WSU led by as many as 21 points. Lake Erie Col-lege was held scoreless from the 12:31 mark until the 7:54 point. The Warriors were able to enter the break with a 34-19 lead; how-ever, the Storm ended the half on a 6-0 run.

With over f ive minutes gone in the second half , senior Bryan Coleman increased their lead to 22 points with a two-point jumper. The Storm responded with a 6-0

run at the nine- minute mark to cut the Warrior lead to 58-49. Freshman forward Nick Wells con-nected a three- pointer to cut to within seven points, but that is as close as the Storm would get to the Warriors’ lead. Coleman responded with a triple of his own to push WSU’s lead back to double digits.

Toma ended the game leading all scorers with a career-high 24 points, followed closely by Cole-man with 22. Senior Guard Chene Phill ips tall ied 11 points and seven assists while freshman guard Clark Bishop added seven points and seven rebounds. In his sec-ond game back off injury, senior big man Gerald Will iams-Taylor contributed 11 points and seven rebounds.

The Warriors will travel to Ashland for their next contest on the Dec. 18 before returning to the Matthaei to take on the Walsh Cavaliers.

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Coleman and Phillips combine for 47 points Gavin Toma drops career-high 24 points

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