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will talk with students at least a half dozen times, with events scheduled with the Ross-Ade Brigade (Purdue���s student section) to meetings with fraternities and sororities. Tom Campbell Student TyHazell, with AD Morgan Burke, spoke to about 800 JPC members and ler Gray, a junior students Wednesday evening, challenging them to come out to Rossin the School of Ade to support the Boilermakers. Health and Kineand get butts in the seats in siology, attended Wednesday���s Ross-Ade, because these last few event in Mackey Arena and likes years have been pretty dismal.��� what he sees from Hazell. Petraits says he likes how Ha���From almost every standzell has handled his first couple point relevant to football, he���s months on the job, from insisting an upgrade,��� Gray said. ���And his on discipline with his players to coaching staff is an upgrade. He the formation of his staff and ev- brings some enthusiasm and his erything else. IQ, simply put, is better than what ���I���ve also been impressed we had in the past.��� with his ability to shake hands Gray, like Peand meet people,��� Petraits said. traits, likes Hazell���s ���Some of the high school coaches approach with the around the state have said ���Coach Boilermakers, parHazell���s been in to see us.��� And ticularly how he���s I think that���s great, we need to stressed discipline build up that local support, build and accountability. that local fan base and really re- He pointed to Hacruit the state of Indiana hard, zell���s suspension of build interest up. We need to get receiver O.J. Ross. into Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.��� ���He���s arguably In the next few weeks, Hazell our best receiver coming back,��� Gray said. ���But you need a coach who is going to put the hammer down and have players who are doing the right things outside of football. I think that���s important.��� Gray will be in attendance in Ross-Ade this fall, but Purdue needs other students to come out, as well. Student attendance has declined consistently over the past six years, from an average of 13,347 in 2007 to 7,505 last season. It was 16,049 for the 2000 Big Ten championship season. ���I think if someone were to (increase student attendance), it would be him,��� said Brant Coburn, a sophomore in the College of Science who attended Wednesday���s event in Mackey. ���It���s hard for me to say personally because I���m such a fan; I would always be out there no matter what. I don���t really have the perspective of someone who would sway back-and-forth whether they went, but seeing how well he did at Kent State, I can���t imagine things being worse (here). I���m really excited. I think we���ll be one of the top teams in the Big Ten.��� Coburn says Purdue can build momentum toward 2013, and if the Boilers win early, more fans could show up on Saturdays. ���Part of it is, as more and more people start coming out, they���ll be more encouraged to start coming out,��� he said. ���Like some of my friends, if they���re like ���So and so isn���t going to the game, so I don���t really want to go either.��� So the more students that come out, the more will go with them.��� j GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 21��� ������ 9