/ "Ty Eagle Eye £ocA: ffavi/t University s Student Newspaper v\ - Volume 62 Issue 5 This week in history ... On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus lands at the Bahamian island, believing that he had reached East Asia. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 ATM fraud affects LHU students Students and faculty at IUP ATM users advised not to cash checks for strangers peacefully protest job stability Leona Livingston Staff Reporter I LbbbbbV '•• - f ™ —Him It K rek _\ rf— Maggie Herrickl Eagle Eye LHU student Nathan Carlson withdraws money from his account at the ATM in Bentley dining hall. Sarah M. Wojcik Staff Reporter Law enforcement believes they are close to an arrest in the case of the fraudulent robberies that have occurred numerous times at the PUB's ATM machine. Exact numbers could not be given, but Law Enforcement suspects that a man has approached four or more students that were using the ATM at the PUB this semester. Each case occurred in a similar fashion with a man approaching the student and asking if they could cash a check for him since he had lost his debit card. If the student obliged, they would give him the proper amount only to discover that the check was no good. Law Enforcement Chief Heppner warned of the danger of ever doing a favor such as this for a stranger. "If they don't know a person, I cannot emphasize enough, do not cash their checks," Heppner said. The frequency of the attempts reflects the desire of LHU students to be helpful to strangers, but when money is involved Heppner cautions students to be more vigilant. "It's happened more than we wanted it to," he added. Similar incidents occurred late last semester, but according to Heppner, those incidents led the police nowhere. This semester, however, has been more successful for Law Enforcement. "We've been able to develop some leads that led us to this point," Heppner said, adding that in addition to the man that has been carrying out the fraud. Law Enforcement also has a number of "people of interest" that they believe are involved. While Law Enforcement is making progress on the case, at least one of the victim's parents wondered why more was not done to inform the students about the incident. "I very much feel that all students should be aware ofthe situation so that they can be on their guard," a victim's mother . While there were articles and warnings posted last semester regarding the incidents, very little was publicized during the current semester. Vice President of Student Affairs Linda Koch sent an email to students last semester, but the warning about the fraud was attached to a larger email which dealt with the final listing of all course offerings for tutoring and many students dismissed it. says the victim's mother, and that it was easy to sec why. Koch recently sent a more noticeable warning Tuesday. One ofthe victims expressed impatience with Law Enforcement's efforts to find the perpetrator, who she claims was caught on tape. An arrest in this case will bring some closure lo victims of the fraud as well as a sense of safety to the rest ofcampus, but Law Enforcement encourages students to learn from these unfortunate incidents and to be on guard against such fraudulent attempts in the future. Protestors handed out flyers and protested peacefully in front of Fisher Hall at IUP Thursday, Oct. 6. showing the Chancellor of PSSHE that they are not content with the current situation. This came from growing tensions and frustrations by members of SCUPA (State College University Personnel Association) about their contracts and the stability of their jobs. IUP resident personnel are not in favor of the plans to demolish some ofthe 15 current resident halls and replace them with privately owned apartment-style buildings like LHU's own Evergreen Commons. The demolition of lUP's Wahr Hall is slated for summer 2006. The plan will decrease the number of resident halls there from 15 to 13. Even though 8 of the 14 State schools are in plans such as this, this project is considered the most ambitious at a cost of $250 million. There are also governments in the counties ofthese universities who are challenging the right of these apartments to be tax exempt. Universities having buildings challenged arc Lock Haven, West Chester, Clarion, Bloomsburg and California. Michael "Max" McGee says At the beginning of this the reason companies want semester, Evergreen Commons more buildings owned by priwas at 100% capacity. At the vate organizations is because end of the past spring semester, the Code of Conduct does not there was a waiting list for students wishing to move down to apply to those facilities. Others have similar worries the apartments. that the new owners wouldn't be Since June of 2004, SCUPA interested in what's best for has been working without a contheir student tenants. tract. The Pennsylvania State President of the IUP local System of Higher Education chapter of SCUPA, Frank (PSSHE) refuses to back down DeStefano, worries that the hir- on their idea to include a clause ing of an outside business manallowing for the outsource of ager would mean the hiring of jobs currently performed by someone who would "collect members of SCUPA. rents and make sure the toilets These jobs, which are now flush. That's all." on-campus positions, would McGcc says the growth in become available to off-campus enrollment is another attempt by management corporations. the PSSHE to run the universiThere have been more than ties more as businesses than 15 meetings between both sides, schools. none resulting in a substantial "We're not putting out cookagreement. ie-cutter beings, we're putting "We've already tried to meet out minds," he said. as many requirements as we lUP's enrollment topped cou!d,"says McGee. 14,000 for the first time this One sacrifice members have semester. Their graduate and taken is a decrease in healthcare transfer student enrollment benefits. increased by 10%. In a memo to SCUPA LHU enrollement has risen, Campus Presidents from Ray also. Some estimate 6,000 peoBazylak, the State President and ple will be enrolled in the uniMerris Chief Harvey. versity by 2008 at the rate at Negotiator, they point out that which it is growing. This angers the new contracts proposed by many because it seems to put PASSHE offer no guarantee for stress on students to live in a full 3% General Pay Increase Evergreen Commons. for the 2005-201)6 school year. "There is no market for housing in Lock Haven, "says See SCUPA, A3 McGee. I LHD8VLUMPI F LHU campus helps with breast cancer awareness Denise Nicole Crawford Staff Reporter and donate to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. This year marks tne 10tn Friday, October 7 was not year anniversar y of *e foundajust another ordinary day of tion The foundation has set denim. fondraising goal to $10 This was the first year that mi,lion and Lock Haven Lock Haven University particiUniversir was to y happy participated in the Lee National Denim P ate However, teachers are not Day. on,y ones who get involved $5 For a donation, teachers the could dress down for the day dunn8 Breast Cancer Awareness **** - A1-A4 Parsons Union Building Lock Haven University Lock Haven. PA 17745 Newsroom 893-2334 Business Office 893-2753 -- See Awareness, A3 Samuel Carlson! The Penn IUP Students and faculty protest their job stability and contract issues. History of at The Eagle Eye Month. The organization. Colleges Against Cancer, are also giving ,ne students the opportunity to get informed as well as involved this month. Colleges Against Cancer will hold their second annual Think Pink Week October 2426. the LHU Campus Volleyball wins 15th straight See Bl HRRHH Strange fact In the Caribbean, October 12, 2005 lhueagleye.com A2 Career services helps with resumes Brandy L Rissmiller Staff Reporter Resumes are often the first introductions to prospective employers and can be very nerve-racking for students to compile. Luckily, for Lock Haven University students, help is on the way. On Tuesday October 18th there will be a workshop hosted by Director of Career Services. Joan Welker, at 7 p.m. in the PUB Meeting Room 2. Welker will hold the workshop "Writing the Perfect Resume." If students already have resumes they are urged to bring them along to the workshop to have them critiqued afterwards. Resumes allow students to present their best characteristics and past successes to an employer in ways which demonstrate the potential for further success. The resume should show a sense of career direction, present students' responsibilities and achievements and reflect examples oftheir transferable skills. Students need to list their identifying information, objective, education, experience and reference's statement. They also have the option of listing their special skills, certificates or licensees, community service, honors, activities and memberCommon errors found in the identifying information category include the lack of a permanent address and telephone number. Students are recommended to include their present and permanent addresses if a change in residence is expected. Students should list their e-mail addresses and the telephone number that they use most often and make sure voice mail recordings are appropriate. Objectives are brief statements reflecting the type of job or career that students are currently pursuing. If students are interested in more than one job or career field then they should modify the objective. Students should include the name of their college, degree, major and date of graduation in the education portion of their resumes. Students should also include their GPA if it is a 3.0 or higher. Under the education category students can also include curriculum highlights and related coursework, additional workshops, certificates and licenses and independent study or signif- leant projects. In the experience portion of address of the office. More information concerning the references can be accessed through the Career the resume, students can list full- or part-time jobs, summer jobs, volunteer work and internhttp://www.lhup.edu/career. ships. Positions are usually listed In the special skills section be in of a resume, students can list chronologically, but can order of significance. Each skills they have acquired that entry should include: job title, would benefit them in their company or organization name, future employment, such as location, dates employed and computer and foreign language skills. descriptors. Students should highlight Descriptors describe the responsibilities and the results activities and or memberships that are closely related to their ofa student's job title. It is recmajor and their career goals. ommended to use numbers, percentages and dollar amounts to That includes activities that are both college and community quantify and clarify information. It is important to include related, and students should information that is relevant to identify any leadership roles or accomplishments. the desired position and transResumes should be written ferable skills. in first person, but exclude the It is not necessary for students to list references. They word "I". Concise phrases should indicate that references should be used in place of comare available and how they may plete sentences. Students should cut nonbe obtained. Students can choose to write essentials out of their resumes "References available upon and be direct and to the point. If students are unable to request" and prepare a separate name, attend the workshop, they are sheet of references with title, organization, address, more than welcome to stop by phone and e-mail. Another the Career Services office, option that is available to stu- located in Akeley 114, for more dents is to write "References information pertaining to Career resumes. available through Services" and include the Pakistan earthquake kills thousands ents. Another guy from my high Pakistani President Pervez school was found under the rubMusharraf, told CNN, "The ble, and he is lucky to be alive." Mukhtar further described army has been fully mobilized ST. LOUIS, Mo. A massive to the devastation. "The rubble is handle this situation. This disearthquake with a rating of 7.7 aster is by far the biggest in its three stories high, and there are on the Richtcr scale hit 60 miles many people underneath," she north-northeast of Pakistan's magnitude and scale so far that said. "The army is there going we have witnessed in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Saturday the rubble and the through history." at 8:50 a.m. (II:50 p.m. Eastern British Freshman Nyda Mukhtar is are there with sound Time on Friday). The earthdetection devices." from Pakistan. She was on the quake also affected major cities A school crumbled 40 miles phone with her parents when the in India such as Lahore and New from Islamabad, and 250 stuearthquake hit. Delhi. "[I] was chatting with my dents were killed. Three other As of Sunday afternoon. when the phone went school buildings have also been 20,000 dead, mostly in the parents offline," said Mukhtar. "I demolished in the Pakistani Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, area, resulting in more Kashmir power thought there was a and over 43,000 injuries have but there had been a than 200 child deaths. shortage, been reported, according to massive earthquake. It was the The death toll is expected to Prime Minister of Pakistan worst that my grandparents had continue to climb because resShaukat Aziz. cue workers and the military Balakot. Pakistan, a village ever seen." The also affected have been unable to access cerearthquake of about 30.000, was hit the some of Mukhtar's friends and tain areas due to massive landhardest. In Kashmir, the death said, "One slides. their families. She toll climbed even higher, with The army is trying to help guy from my high school is dead 30,000 casualties as of yesterand best friend can't find her the my injured by setting up medday. Thousands more are injured parents. My parents are very ical camps and aid centers. throughout Pakistan. tense about my best friend's parMilitary forces are also airlifting Major General Sultan, a spokesperson for the Elizabeth Lewis Washington I . - supplies and taking the injured hospitals but report that the roads are too full of rubble to transport any supplies for the victims ofthe earthquake. There are many wounded people who need to be treated, but this task is made even more difficult because one ofthe three hospitals in Pakistani Kashmir collapsed. Relief workers are continuing to feed the newly homeless survivors ofthe earthquake, as well as to relieve those trapped under the rubble. Many Pakistanis stayed in the streets on Sunday for fear of returning home and facing possible aftershocks. People are extremely frightened and have lost their loved ones. Mukhtar can understand their sentiments. "I am in shock," she said. to Courtesy of Services Online EVENING WITH CAMERAN FROM MTV'S REAL. WORLD SAN U-WIRE DIB THURSDAY, OCT. PRICE AUDITORIUM * OME SEE WHAT THE CAST HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE "REAL WORLD" LHU food service manager addresses students' questions Sarah M. Wojcik Staff Reporter In order to familiarize herself with campus student leaders, Gail Hanson, the LHU food service manager, attended last Wednesday's SCC meeting and faced the senate body in a 15minutc question and answer session. Candace Clauss, head of the Food Service Committee had convinced Hanson to attend an SCC meeting so that she could hear more about the students' concerns with the new food service provider, Aramark. Hanson confronted issues on line chaos, prices, meal equivalencies and more. On most issues she admitted that she was aware of the problem and steps to solve it were being enacted. Easy to read menus are to be posted in various places throughout the cafeteria to alert students as to where certain items will be served, according to Hanson. By calling the Food Hotline at extension 3990 students can listen to the day's menu choices, however Hanson would also like to see this feature available online along with nutritional information. Problems with prices are much more difficult to address, but Hanson expressed sympathy for the students and offered to do a competitive price analysis with nearby restaurants. The process of actually changing the prices would be a longer procedure, but if it can be done Hanson said that she would like to see such change. Senators also addressed troubles with food heating, with which Hanson was quick to reply. "We have encountered the heating problem," she said, adding that measures to correct the problem are already being put into action. Hanson also explained that food made by the food service employees (salads, parfaits, etc) SBflcfe are able to count for a meal but anything sold by a vendor must be paid for with cash or flex. Changing this would require changes in the contract with which the university agreed to last year. Students also wondered why this year, unlike last, they are not permitted to make their own food. The concern was met with explanations regarding the safety. Hanson clarified that because the food service is new and still learning about the wants and needs of the students such privileges are slower to develop. By attending the meeting, Hanson believed that she was taking the steps to understand such wants and needs. Once the session was over, students expressed their gratitude at Hanson having taken the time to address them and their concerns. Hanson found that the questions and remarks voiced at the meeting were very similar to those that she has heard at various other meetings as well as written comments that she had received. The consistency is a good thing, according to Hanson. "This way we can focus on those needs in order to meet the expectations of the student," she said. Other developments of the evening included the appointment ofa chairperson to the ad hoc Lighting Committee. Sophomore Shara Ruffin will be in charge ofthe committee, is required to havea report within a month about what it has investigated the quality of current campus lighting. Ruffin is enthused about the new position. "The goals of this committee, in my view, will increase safety for students on campus and make them more comfortable in their surroundings," Ruffin said, adding that, "Students should feel comfortable to walk around areas of campus that are well lit." up your ft Birth Control 1^-' P Planned Parerrthood" of the Susquehanna Valley 112 West Main Street 748-1895 www.ppsv.net Have a story J ISmJ U An upcoming The scoop on latest Haven Happenings? Tired of the kinds of stories that appear in The Eagle Eye and complain about it frequently? 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Google 'GmaiP offers students more space from the ".edu" e-mail address. James Davis, chief information officer at Iowa State, said he doesn't believe this will have AMES, Iowa Any student a major impact on the Webmail still coveting a Gmail account at Iowa State. He said the usage no longer needs to beg a friend university currently processes for an invitation. 1.6 million e-mails per week. announced Google Davis said even if students Thursday the Gmail beta servget a Gmail address, all ISU ice is now available free to all correspondence will still go to people with e-mail addresses their ISU Webmail account. that end in ".edu." A number of "Every student brings a perother features aimed at college sonal e-mail with them when students have also recently they come to Iowa State," been announced. Davis said. Debbie Jaffe, group product "Google is just offering for marketing manager another free option." www.google.com, said Gmail Along with the Gmail prohas always been free but Google Talk is now required an invitation until it gram, available. It is a downloadable was made available for stuWindows application to instant dents. Jaffe said this innovation message or talk, Jaffe said. She is furthering Google's mission said the service requires a to "organize the world's inforalso automation and make it universally Gmail account, but it all Gmail user matically adds accessible and useful." Gmail "When first names in a person's [Gmail] launched, we were testing the address books. Jaffe said the service is also capacity and interest in the beneficial because it is a small service," Jaffe said. program that won't drag on a "By organically growing the computer's resources, as well as service, we have users who no clutter and no ads. plan to use the services." She said the service proJaffe said one of the many vides free phone calls all over advantages to using Gmail is the world, as well as an educathat it can store an immense tional tool for students who amount of e-mail as well as want to practice different lansearch, rather than sort e-mails. guages with a native speaker. She said the Gmail service A third service now offered allows an e-mail holder to store by Google is called Google up to 2.5 gigabytes of data and Scholar, which Jaffe said helps is increasing exponentially students find promising articles every day. at either their local university Yahoo mail gives its users or by looking at other one gigabyte of storage, and library student's citings, which may Hotmail only offers 0.25 gigastudents choose better help byte of storage. sites browse. to "Gmail can be like a second When using Google Scholar hard drive for students that are at a university library, such as constantly putting data on CD Parks Library, if any citations or flash drives," Jaffe said. are available at your own Students worried about conScholar library, will tell the fusing friends with a new eit, Jaffe said. user about mail address need not worry This service is available either, Jaffe said, the "From:" from the Google home page or field may be customized to look at http://scholar.google.com. as if the e-mail is being sent Morgan McChurch Iowa State Daily - Mayumi Matsumo, Product for Marketing Manager Google, spoke about the tips and tricks of using Google. She said Google does not simply search, but it can solve basic arithmetic problems, as well as more advanced functions and conversions of data. Matsumo said simply typing in a problem will produce the answer. The service also has a builtglossary. in To use this feature, a user can type 'define' and the word to be defined. Another new feature when searching is to restrict the search to certain Web sites. Matsumo said when searching, a user can start the search term with 'restrict:' and list the site which the search should be restricted. Two final features Google provides are a question and answer section, as well as page translation for eight languages. Matsumo said the question and answer section is very useful because if the answer is online anywhere, Google will find it for the user. She said a user may ask when Albert Einstein's birthday is by typing "When is Albert Einstein's birthday?" Matsumo said the Web site translation service translates from French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese and Simplified Spanish. She said Google's interface understands more than 100 languages. Jaffe said Google Earth can be helpful, not just for seeing what a place looks like, but a user could overlay their favorite pizza places on a section of the map to give to friends or plot a trip to a new destination. Courtesy of V-WIRE Services Online Google shares search tips to help out college students and the ability to answer questions typed into the search engine. According to Jaffe, if a Google user wants to find out Albert Einstein's Birthday, all they need to do is type in W.Va. "Birthday Albert Einstein" and from the date is brought up. www.google.com shared "tips Jaffe also spoke about other and tricks" to help college stu- program s and features Google dents in their everyday searches has been developing. Along during a nationwide conference with the normal Internet search call with college newspapers engine, Jaffe spoke about their from around the country. new program "Google Talk." to Mayoni According "The downloadable Matsuno, a Google representaWindows application allows tive, the worldwide Internet users to speak to each other search engine first began in around the world for free," Jaffe September of 1998 and since said. Besides free online calling then has been striving to make to anywhere in the world, Jaffe users' lives easier. "Our goal is said Google Talk also allows a to make your life as easy as we free Instant Messenger service. can," Matsuno said. "Google is According to Jaffe, Google truly dedicated about helping Talk users can speak to anyone students." with an Internet connection and During Thursday's 45a headset. Jaffe said this feature minute conference call, Debbie will save people money on longJaffe, Google's Group Project distance calling. said Marketing Manager, "Google's passion is helping Google has many other uses University students," Matsuno besides just being a convenient said. search engine. Because the initial Google Jaffe noted that if a matheWeb site was started by two matical equation is typed into Stanford University students, the normal search engine, the Jaffe said many of their proGoogle Calculator will answer grams are focused toward stuthe equation. Also, Jaffe said dents. the search can translate basic "Google Scholar" allows Chinese, Korean, Spanish, students to search scholarly Japanese and many other lantexts online. Each book, reprint guages. and peer-reviewed paper has the Some of the other tips and number ofindividuals who cited tricks included word definitions By Christian Aiexandersen The Daily Athenaeum (West Virginia U.) - the text in their work. Jaffe said the texts with higher citing numbers are shown to be more reliable Although Google has expanded many new programs and search engine capabilities, Jaffe said one of their biggest achievements is the free offering of"Gmail." When Gmail was First launched, Jaffe said users needed to be invited by other users before signing up for a free email account. "Historically (users) needed to get an invite," Jaffe said "When we first launched (Gmail), it was to gauge the system and our capabilities: now Gmail is free." Jaffe said Gmail is now open to students with a college or university e-mail address. "Gmail has unlimited storage. Students don't have to worry about over loading their email." Jaffe said. She also noted that users can either show their school address or "custom Gmail address" when sending e-mails. Jaffe said the new and improved enhanced spam filter will allow students to get through their email without going through junk. To find out how Google is trying to help college students, visit services.google.com/universify/. Courtesy of V-WIRE Services Online Samuel Carlson/ The Penn A protestor holds a sign to express his concern outsourcing at IUP. From SCUPA. AI A tentative agreement would have to be reached first. PSSHE also suggests a wage re-opener as opposed to a General Pay Increase in the last year ofa four year contract. If on-campus positions were available for outsourcing, positions such as resident assistants and advisors could be eliminated. Judy Hample. the PASSHE Chancellor, is from Florida, where she previously broke the unions there, according to McGee. Bazylak and Harvey also point out that the Chancellor, the Presidents, and other management personnel received a large raise this year. In an interview with The Penn. the student newspaper for Indiana University of PA, Kenn Marshall said the decision to outsource would be "entirely up to the university." The inclusion of the clause would just add some flexibility to the options for the universities. In hopes of resolving this conflict. FactFinding has been requested. This means an individual, separate of the two partics, would come in to review both sides and make a decision. This would hopefully result in a report in early November. of press time, additional sources were unavailable. As Uncle Al's Live music this Friday: W£B\ Ken Volz t^^LH . 1 HAC Salsa Magic Dance Party 'FullService 'Noun: JA-T 8-3 andSaturday 8-4 Whom.-JiiS-ySjJ kttf>://www. wnmessakm. com/ Check out college tanning specials unfitCfiristrmslreai' Shjfe | for ty.OO. Kjxfulary $i<}.00 'Wed. Shampoo, Cut, jt% t I ' This Saturday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. In the PUB multipurpose room lUncle Al's Home of the Old School |&jjjBj|T*gj7 special "Human Rights and the Global Economy" Hamblin Hall of Flags, Robinson Hall Tonight, 7 p.m. Dr. Rita Manning, professor of philosophy and Philosophy Department chair at San Jose State University speaks on this topic. Sponsoredby the LHU Ethics Center. so then visit our university president Dr. § 1 T. Miller during his office hours in between the hours of 2:00 to 3:30 1 A4 lhueagleye.com New bill requires criminal DNA for central database printing." Jesselyn McCurdy. a legislative counsel for the Civil Liberties American Union, said in an interview with the Washington Post. "It contains genetic information and information about diseases." group The questions whether the measure is constitutional, McCurdy said. "It is an attack on our privacy, on our Fourth Amendment rights." she said. In the recording procedure, DNA is taken from a suspect's saliva using a swab. A DNA profile consisting of a unique numeric signature is generated from the sample that can be stored without including private genetic information, according to law enforcement officials cited the in Washington Post. But according to privacy advocates, the records are being made available to too many government officials, and uncertainty over how the samples are being handled, recorded and secured in state and federal agencies is leaving open potential for abuse. Individual states began to maintain their own DNA registries for criminals in the late 1990s. Initially samples were only taken from arrestees convicted of sex offenses, but since that time state and federal legislation has expanded the use of DNA registries to include DNA information of other convicted criminals. If passed, Kyi's proposal would be the first in the nation to permit the collection of DNA from people not convicted of crimes. Kyi's measure was added as an amendment to a bill to strengthen penalties for violent acts against women. Jaclyn Schiff DC BUREAU WASHINGTON - A new bill could force suspects arrested or detained by federal authorities to give samples of their DNA for storage in a central database. Current law permits federal authorities to collect DNA samples from individuals convicted ofcrimes to store in an FBI registry. Law enforcement officials compare DNA in the registry to samples found at crime scenes. But a bill sponsored by Sen. John Kyi, R-Ariz., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex., would go beyond that by allowing DNA samples to be collected from suspects who may never be convicted of a crime. The proposed law would require arrestees who are not convicted to petition to have their information removed from the database after their cases arc resolved. The bill which was recently approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and has support from the White House; it is pending a vote on the floor. According to its sponsors, the bill would prevent some crimes and help law enforcement officials solve others more efficiently. "When police retrace the history of a serial predator after he is finally caught, they often find that he never had a prior criminal conviction, but did have a prior arrest," Kyi said in a statement. "That means the only way they are likely to catch such a perpetrator after his first crime rather than his tenth is if authorities can maintain a comprehensive database ofall those who are arrested, just as we do with fingerprints." But the bill has privacy Courtesy of U-W1RE advocates concerned. "DNA is not like finger- Services Online - — Government increases credit card payments to alleviate debt problem Jason Gallagher Daily Kent Stater - Jim Donahue, spokesman for MBNA, said that his company will start requiring at least 1 percent of the minimum outstanding balance, in addition to interest and fees, by the end of this year. What does the change mean in simple terms? Families with an outstanding balance of $10,000 will now have to pay $400 a month instead of $200. College students with a $1,000 balance will now pay $20 more than before. $20 can buy a lot oframen. Still, there are indeed some long term benefits from the new rules. "Anybody that doesn't have credit at this point or people that are not living from payday to payday, it's going to help them because they're paying less interest in the long run," said Judy Booth, program manager at Kent Credit Counseling Services. "The problem is where they're counting on that minimum payment being at 2 percent." A larger bill isn't the only change consumers will see on their statements. The government will make another change to help consumers understand the problems behind credit card debt. Credit card companies will soon be required to post a warning on the statement that notifies the consumer how long he will be in debt if he makes only the minimum payment. Booth said most people she's encountered are not aware ofthe changes. "Most of the people we have coming in are people this has already happened to." she said. "Most people are not aware of this. I think what's happening is that the first ones (the credit companies) have pulled is anyone that has been slow with payments." KENT, Ohio Consumers could be in for a nasty surprise the next time they open their credit card statement. Credit card companies are being forced by the federal government to raise the minimum monthly payment they demand of their customers, in some cases by as much as double the current amount. The government has grown increasingly concerned about the amount of debt Americans arc carrying and these new regulations aim to alleviate that problem. By paying off more of their outstanding balance with each payment, consumers will get out of debt faster. Under guidelines issued by a division of the Treasury Department two years ago, minimum payments must be high enough to cover both interest charged by the creditor and at least some amount ofthe outstanding balance. All card issuers are required to adopt this policy by 2006. While the government has good intentions in mind with this new policy, some consumer advocates are concerned that consumers already heavily in debt might not be able to handle the additional charges. "1 can't believe they'd be doing this to the American public all at the same time, said Jo Czirok, office manager at Falls Consumer Credit in Akron. "The group this is really going to affect is college kids. College kids have a lot ofcredit cards." In past years, the average minimum payment required on credit cards was about 2 percent, to according Bankrate.com. Each credit company is doing its own individual adjustment to the new law, but most industry watchers expect the Courtesy of U-W1RE new monthly amount due to Services Online October 12, 2005 Study indicates Gars1 brains made up differently Elaine Wu Daily Trojan (USC) - LOS ANGELES Ever wonder why some people are just so much better at lying? A new University of Southern California study suggests that the brains of some people are simply more wired for deception. In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that there are structural abnormalities in the brains of people who habitually lie, cheat and manipulate others. Pathological liars have more white matter and less gray matter in the prefrontal cortex of their brains, which is located right behind the forehead, according to the study published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. White matter speeds neural connectivity between brain cells, enabling quick and complex thinking, while gray matter ~ the brain cells that are connected by white matter plays a role in mediating inhibitions. In other words, if each part of the human brain were analogous to several computers working together, then "white matter is the networking that connects the computers together," said USC psychology professor Adrian Raine, one of the principal researchers leading the study. Raine headed a team that included researchers from USC's psychology department, the Keck School of Medicine and Hillside Hospital in New York. A group of 108 subjects underwent extensive psychological tests and the individuals were grouped into three categories: Those who had a history of repeated lying, those who exhibited levels of antisocial behavior but had no history of — pathological lying and those who were normal controls. Subjects were then scanned using Magnetic Resonance Imaging to obtain detailed structural images of their brain tissue. The results showed that liars had a 22 percent increase in prefrontal white matter and a 14.2 percent decrease in gray matter compared to the control group. What these findings essentially suggest is that liars have a better-adapted brain for, well, lying. "Compared to normal people, they have better connectivity between neural cells, which gives them a better ability to lie," said Ya-Ling Yang, head author ofthe study. "Having reduced gray matter in the prefrontal cortex affects decision-making skills, judgment and morals," she said. "We predict that aside from having a better ability to lie, these people lack control. They find it hard to control the tendency to keep telling lies." The prefrontal cortex of the brain is involved in executive functions, such as the ability to plan, make complex decisions and regulate and suppress emo"Lying is a cognitively complex process," Rainc said. "Creating a lie involves many factors, and to do it we need to use these executive functions. It seems that pathological liars have a natural advantage to lying. They have the infrastructure to support it." That is not to say that all people with this structural abnormality are pathological liars. "Just because you have more white matter doesn't mean you have pathological lying tendencies. There arc a lot of normal people with a lot of white matter who don't lie," Raine Retraction The Eagle Eye staffwould like to extend its icerest apologies for a misquote and misidenication in the opinion section, "Law enforcesnt serving injustice." Officer Bethurst, badge 26-10, was not the Ficer on duty and was not involved in the cident on North Fairview on Sept. 24, 2005. Officer Bethurst was out of town on vaca>n. He was on his honeymoon in Hawaii )m Sept. 19 to Sept. 27, 2005. PL STUDENTS! JS. said. "These findings suggest that more white matter might give you a predisposition for lying by raising the odds of going in that direction." "The causes of what makes a pathological liar are complex," he said. "We are stumbling onto one piece of the answer to why people become liars." Raine pointed out that everyone has a tendency to lie. In everyday life people use small white lies to facilitate and smooth social interactions, he said. "This is a behavior that is found in all human beings," Yang said. "But it's only when people use lies significantly to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain that we classify them as pathological liars," Rainc said. Although previous studies have been done on the effect of lying in the brains of normal people, this is the first time a study has been done-on pathological liars. Other studies have also been done on the abilities ofboth autistic and non-autistic children to lie. In the brains of non-autistic children, white fake illness for financial benefits, for businesses to screen potential employers and for police interrogations. "One of the questions is whether brain-imaging techniques will eventually take over for the usual method for detecting lies, which are polygraphs," Rainc said. Polygraphs work by measuring physical responses like increased heart rate and sweat in liars, but the problem with polygraphs is that there are a lot of false positives. Rainc said. USC Keck School of Medicine professor Patrick Colletti. a member of the research team, said he expected the current study would pave the way for new studies investigating the prefrontal cortex. "I would look for a series of studies that would affect the prefrontal area. One could look at a variety of other disorders, such as depression," he said. But researchers warn the results oftheir study are not 100 percent conclusive. "Our paper needs more study to see if it can be replicated," said Yang. "Our study is just the beginning," Raine said. "People haven't really studied pathologbetween the ages of 3 to 10. but ical liars and we know very litno such thing occurs in autistic tle about them. Ours is the first children. finding that uses structural "Kids are capable of lying brain abnormality to characterby the age of 3. and by the age ize pathological liars." of 10 they're pretty good at it," But the researchers remain Yang said. "Between those ages excited about the future impliwhite matter increases 60 percations of the study. cent, which shows that the lying "It's a fascinating area to be abilities ofthe brain are improvinvolved in," Colletti said. "The ing. But in autistic kids, white research was well planned out." matter only increases 10 percent "This is a really interesting between those ages, which sugtopic, one that hasn't really been gests that autistic kids have a studied in-depth before. I hope real difficulty in lying." this will stimulate other studThe practical applications of ies," Yang said. the current study could be extended for use in clinical testCourtesy of U-WIRE ing to pick out malingerers who Services Online Financial Manager needed for the Eagle Eye paid position The Eagle Eye is looking for someone with a business background and strong business (communication) skills. They also need to be prompt, reliable, organized, and can work in a high-pressure environment (under deadlines). For more information call x2334 and leave a message for Dani De Luca or apply online at http://www.lhueagleye.com 2005 C1UB DERECOGNITION ™e lowing is a list of clubs and are currently recognized by the S.C.C., Inc. 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Contact CampusFundraiser at (886)9234238 orvlsKwvm.campuafundraiser.oom - Saturday, October 15th The bookstc will be open from 9:00am to 3:00pm. We have all your shopping needs! -Fresh flowers daily -Bus tickets available -1 cent a minute phone cards, no connection -FREE gift wrap with any purchase Also, check out the new clothing for the fall! Bookstore COMICAL CONSIDERATIONS WWW Hfek Matthew McKeague News Editor ***mW? In celebration of Columbus Day this past Monday, I have compiled a Comical Considerations full of pilgrim jokes. "The Last of the Mohicans" references, and a celebration of the grandness of America. Well. I didn't, but hey, that saves me from having to come up with another introduction doesn't it? Warning: the following may cause robotic warriors to rape and plunder the Karth or just drowsiness. Are you willing to take the chance? If so, once again it's time for some comical considerations. 1 feel like a cannibal when 1 eat Nerds. Mary had a little lamb ... causing the midwife to have a heart attack. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, while abstinence makes something completely different grow. ... when we're getting I scream, you scream, we all scream brutally murdered. Uh oh. I'm experiencing writer's block right now and can't quite figure out how to end this column. Bye. (Matt sits there blankly staring.) What? Wasn't that satisfying enough? That wasn't a proper ending? You know what, you're completely right. My readers should not be served such an injustice to be let down; the situation is unacceptable. Come back in two weeks to see what a fitting ending looks like for some more comical considerations. 99 October 12, 2005 www.lhueagleye.com A6 Hjhml btt hMQDdf? I . Family importance Kristen Buonfiglio Guest Columnist The Ten Commandments is a list ofrules that God wants us to at least try to live our lives by. One of them is "Honor thy father and thy mother." which is the fifth means is basically what it says. We are to honor our parents no matter what they ask of us. We had a three day vacation this past weekend, so I decided to head home and visit my parents and younger brother, who live about three hours away from the University. Now I don't know about some people, but I know that 1 was one of those teenagers that just did not get along with her parents. I remember this past summer I could not wait to get to college just so I could be away from my parents. But now as I look back on that, I feel foolish for thinking that way. I can understand why I did in some situations, but in most of them 1 was taking advantage of my family and was not ready to face the fact that within a matter of weeks I would only be talking to them on the phone and not seeing them face to face for quite a long time. Of course then I thought that was the greatest thing ever, but again. 1 wasn't prepared for the things 1 was about to face without them. I remember crying for days after move-in day at the University. Every time something came at me 1 just kept thinking "1 want to go home to my family." But of course, being a freshman with no car on campus or any way of getting home, I was stuck facing my problems without the help of my parents. But during those times of misery I was facing without my parents. 1 realized God was trying to teach me something and just how important family can and must be. I took advantage ofmy parents while growing up, and I never really understood that until now. 1 wasn't so sure about being in a new environment other than my own room at home, nor the fact of having to share a room for the first time. For the first few weeks I found myself calling home to complain about these things and more to my parents. But as the school year went on, I seemed to understand that the way I was acting towards them just wasn't right. It was a slow process, but I suddenly found myself calling them less and less just to complain or when I needed them to get me something or I needed more money. I found myself telling knock against her, but if 1 am 1 must agree with Ms. wrong on any of those I will DeMafteo [Kanye was out of gladly buy her dinner. The realine 10/5] when she said that son why I made those assumpKanye West was wrong to make tions was because in my experithe statement "George Bush ence, people who fit that criteridoesn't like black people" dur- on have a tendency to not fully ing the telethon to raise money understand or have a one-sided for Hurricane Katrina victims. view ofthe problem ofracism in That was not the proper place America. What we saw in Louisiana for that. That event should have could have been an example of devoid of politics. been totally classism and economic racism, should have done was What he mixed together. In oppression an interdoing wait until he was America blacks are at least twice Worship view on some "Let's to be below the poverty likely as talk or so called Celebrities" know, whites. I I know, level as show to make "entertainment" they can get jobsand pull themhis statement. selves up. Yeah 1 heard that with the writer agree I also before but that is another letter of a hurricane gen"that the idea for another day; but while peoshould be diserates racism"... continue to believe that I will ple without thought. regarded wait for the mother ship. rain, generate Hurricanes In these poverty stricken destruction, and despair for people when it hits populated areas, areas we see people who are forbut could it possibly expose gotten. 1 am sorry, forgotten racism? I believe Mr. West was until election time, when the Joe speaking for a very large section Schmoe Republican and Betty of people who feel just as he Lou Democrat try to persuade does; but it was not only George the people to vote for them by W. Bush who didn't care about saying the other side is at fault black people, but rather govern- for their situation and they can help. When the poor, and yes, ment in general. overwhelmingly black are forto go am out on a going I limb and guess that Ms. gotten, they are thrown into the DcMatteo is Caucasian, grew up real estate with the least value in a middle class family, leans such as the 9th ward. If that area more to the conservative side of was prime resort land, I am pretthe house than liberal and has ty sure that we would not have never really spent an extensive any resemblance of what we saw amount of time in an urban or with Katrina. Most Americans poverty stricken areas in will gladly send money to the America. That is by no means a poor of other countries but chasTo the editor: Parsons Union Building Lock Haven University Lock Haven, PA 17745 Newsroom: 570-893-2334 Faculty Advisor Dr. Douglas Campbell Photographers Holly Lutz John Reith Editor in Chief Daniella De Luca Advertising Office: 570-893-2753 Fax: 570-893-2644 News Cynthia Martinez Matthew McKeague Jess Lucarelli Cody Michalowski Melissa Trentadue Cheryl Wilbur Features Jessica Stokes Jess Thompson Circulation Manager Marie Haas Marissa Brunner Business Manager -In transition- Doug Spatafore Opinion Mike Porcenaluk Classifieds/ Copy Editor Sarah Gerhart Photo Editor Maggie Herrick Staff Reporters Nicole Jacobs Leona Livingston Kelly McCoomb Jaimie Monahan Nicole Pinto Timothy Pratt Brandy Rissmiller Melanie Shellhammer Pier Salamone Sarah Wojcik .because deep down you care. SlUt&Af Testes _ So what is your favorite meal in Bentley this semester i' them in depth information about differently. And of course, God, my day, which I usually don't who is always there for me and do. and when I mentioned prob- for all, was right by my side lems to them, 1 told them that I helping me along the way. Paul writes in Colossians could take care of them. Basically, I talked to my parents 3:20, "Children, obey your parwith kindness rather than harsh ents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the words. Lord." from away my parI've been Sometimes people learn the ents before on trips with my such, hard way just how important and but never for friends more than a week. I believe that parental units can be in somesometimes being away from one's life. I know I did, but I one's parents for a little bit can know others who have learned make a difference in how we act this in a tougher way however. I towards them. After being away am not alone in this, no one is. from my parents for almost two For the Lord is always with us months, I went home this past no matter what happens. He weekend and found myself knows we are not perfect, but we being a lot nicer to my parents should at least try and strive to than I had been the past summer do things that the Lord wants us when 1 was around them all the to do. and that includes followtime. I was treating them with a ing this commandment of honormuch greater respect than I had ing our parents. I agree that sometimes it is been before. to honor our parents when span it the time between hard Was seeing them face to face? Was they arc acting upon us with college life changing me? Or rules and such. But a true parent was it God helping me to realize would only want what's best for how important my parents are to his or her child, and sometimes me in my life? 1 truly believe it rules are needed to help a child is a mix ofall three. succeed. All children are differThe long time span between ent, and they change rapidly as seeing them face to face made they grow. But God will never me start to miss them, but when change, and he will always be 1 was busy with schoolwork or there for us even for those that friends and not thinking about don't have any parents. He will them, both the influence of other be a father to those who don't people at school and the school have one, and a second father to itself was having an impact on those that do, because that is me; making me think and act how much he loves us. tise those on welfare or briskly walk past those who are homeless and asking for a little bit of change. This is classism at its best ladies and gents, the rich get richer and the poor get walked favorable to the poor, minorities or even the elderly. So for Kanye to say what he said, whether it was factual or hogwash. the man had reason to believe in his statement. The 1st over, forgotten, penalized, and Amendment allows him to do so, whether it is the appropriate poorer. not that big ofa fan of time or not. Rodney King asked I am the current rap scene, most of it one of the most challenging does give Caucasians the wrong questions of the 20th Century. idea about African American "Why can't we all just get culture, but do we fault Kanye? along?" I don't have the psychoIn the capitalist society that we logical, sociological, economic, live in, we encourage making historical, political science, money and celebrate making legal, medical, biological or lots of it. If people are buying educational system knowledge his music, white, black, Asian, to think that I confidently know whoever; who do we blame for the answer. If you find someone who does please let me know. I pushing product that the connot sumers want? That's a race do know this though, in issue; that is an economic and America, we do not spend philosophical one. Kanye West enough time trying to get to is providing some of the best know and understand one anothsocial commentary heard in er. We do not try to learn our music in a long time. If anyone neighbor's history, heritage, cullistens to his albums in entirety, ture and current situation. Until they should be able to see that. that happens, we will continue For all of the positive outlook on a slow course to harmony. I that he brings, I think we can let doubt if any of us will see that in him go for one song that is sub our lifetime. Think about where par on content but a definite we were 100 years ago and ask yourself; how much progress money maker. us to So that leads the ques- have we made in that area? Will tion of the day. Does George those answers be divided along Bush like black people? I don't the racial lines? I am sure it will know the man personally so I be. don't know. Public image and Del Sellers private personality of politicians Junior are two different things. Trent Political Science and Lott and Dick Armey showed Criminal Justice that. One thing that I can say is that his policies have not been Cartoons that make you go "Hrmm ..." , Actually, since they redesigned it I can't afford to be too picky. OPINION • Write a letter to the editor, j • • • • When writing, please include your full name, and phone number where you can be reached. Send it to lhueagleye@yahoo.com with "Opinion Letter" in the heading. •• : : Regardless of perspective, students come first For the most part, management and union members of our As president of Lock Haven university community have a lot University, nothing pleases me common. Both consist of a in more than to hear that university of caring people good group employees are primarily conwho want to provide the best cerned with maintaining a qualifor the students. opportunities ty college experience for the stuthat there are going respect We dents. to different of view, points be to In a recent letter the editor most of us think that Lock but in the Eagle Eye, a SCUPA It special place. will Haven is a union member mentioned she regardremain a special place, was concerned about keeping up the excellence the university less of the outcome of negotiaprovides in terms of living and tions. This is a place of giving. educational experiences for the between the stuRelationships young adults who elect to come dents and arc invaluemployees here. Fm pleased to hear it and 1 able, the work and go beyond believe most employees have and the classroom. day 1 realize this perspective. staff, that the university faculty In my discussions with management and all oftheir give SCUPA, AFSCME, APSCUF and SPFPA members, everyone free time to help students in agrees on one premise students need. Our faculty and staff also are number one. Dear Editor: have contributed financially to Tomlinson Center locker room, the well-being of the university. all made possible through They've given generously to the Foundation gifts. The Fredericks Lock Haven University Family Carillon, the pergola outFoundation, which directly supside of Raub Hall, the Jury ports LHU with scholarships, Fountain and some of the garbuilding projects and other dens around campus were all built through contributions. improvements. They've set a good example Evergreen Commons also was for the students, many of whom built to meet the university's come back to contribute to the need of additional housing as Foundation as alumni. There arc enrollment has increased. All of 30 volunteers, consisting of these things were intended to alumni and community memhelp, and do help the students. bers, who spend long hours raisAs different points of view ing contributions and planning are continuously expressed, students are the priority regardless projects that benefit the students. Without their work, the of perspective. Hence, Lock university wouldn't have such Haven University is a special fine facilities and terrific place. Athletics has benefited from having Hubert Jack Stadium. Charlotte Smith Field and the Dr. Keith T. Miller University President Personal attacks prompt a response tion. I also am involved in severMany of you have read the al higher education administranumerous articles and flyers tion associations, including over the past year regarding tax serving two for years as a directorate member with a national and management issues revolvaround Evergreen standing committee. ing A flyer recently posted Commons. As the Community around campus also implied that Evergreen of Manager treat my position as "just a I Commons, I have remained who knows me Anyone job." patient and relatively private see a great deal of can that have I with my opinions. However for and working passion my job recently, my education, professtudents. I frewith college sional experience, and integrity and to beyond above quently go have been questioned. Although families, residents, their help my my name was not directly menand my staff. It is also my tioned, I am compelled to chalto our owners that responsibility lenge several assumptions and efficiently and I run the business would like my voice to be heard. This makes my economically. A statement was made referwhen challenging especially job ring to my lack ofeducation and I have to make difficult deciIn fact, I hold a Master's of sions such as evicting residents, Education degree in College hiring or firing staff, and choosStudent Personnel. This is the ing vendors. When decisions same degree that most Student need made, it always comes Affairs professionals have. In down to the thought, "Will this addition, I gained a great deal of benefit the Evergreen Commons experience as a Resident Many members of SCUPA Director for five years prior to feel that the Lock Haven moving up to my current posi- Dear Editor: University Foundation should have hired them to manage The Evergreen Commons. Foundation instead chose my employer Allen & O'Hara, Education Services, Inc. a successful corporation that manages over fifty student-focused properties across the country. My background in traditional housing helps me understand the fear and sometimes false assumptions that many traditional housing officers have towards private housing or outsourcing. For example, when I became employed by Allen & O'Hara, 1 was shocked by previous colleagues' statements such as, "You are going over to the dark side." In fact, when I came to Lock Haven two years ago, I had the idealistic plan that 1 would be able to collaborate with the Resident Directors with programming initiatives and staff training. I naively thought this would build a bridge between off-campus and on-campus housing. Sadly, I was met with. "Don't take it personal, but we don't like you." That comment still stings to this day, but ultimately it is the students who lose out due to the lack of collaboration. I realize that there will always be critics and it is not possible to please everyone. But how dare you (Mr. McGee and Co.) invalidate my education, experience, integrity and everything that my staff and I have done to make Evergreen Commons a successful business in spite of all of the negativity directed towards us. In closing, I am thankful for the support that we have from many students, parents, community members, businesses and LHU administrators. I sincerely hope that Evergreen Commons can continue to make a positive impact on the Lock Haven community. Sincerely, Jennifer Jerousek Community Manager Evergreen Commons Act of faith involves doubting yourself To the editor: This letter is in response to The Weekly Devotional of October 5, 2(X)5 entitled "Doubt and Faith." The writer ofthis column starts off by statingthat with a negative attitude success is impossible. I agree with that statement. To succeed in any endeavor you must, first, believe that you can do it. However, her advice for how to succeed is better described as advice for how to fail. Why? Because it puts the responsibility ofthe success on God and takes it offofthe shoulders of the one who wants to succeed. The writer goes on to tell a quite ridiculous story ofa high school student who is confused about the existence of God. Her argument for why she now believes in God is basically this: If you pray to God for proof ofhis existence and find a perfect flower (wh at is a perfect flower, really?) on your driveway in January and leave it in your yard and it is still there when you return, then God exists. Convincing, right? Obviously, that is an absolutely absurd argument and really isn't relevant to advising people on how to have a positive attitude. Her advice on how to have a positive attitude and how to succeed is, basically, that if you pray you will succeed. Such a statement inevitably leads one to failure. If you want to succeed you must take the responsibility ofthat success on your shoulders. Prayer is for the weak and incapable. Think about it. If you knew you could succeed then why would you pray? People pray because they feel that their situation is out oftheir control. They feel that they are incapable, which sounds to me like they have a negative attitude. They believe that no matter what they do they cannot succeed, so they will beg God to do it for them and that is when they will fail. Success does not come from divine intervention. It comes from human action and is experienced by those who are willing to take the responsibility oftheir life on their shoulders and make it want they want it to be. If you do not have a plan to achieve what you want to achieve then you will achieve nothing. As Jean-Paul Sartre once said, "Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing else than his life." Getting on your knees and praying to a deity for assistance is not a plan and is surely no way to define your life. Sniffing dead flowers and believing that God "loves you more than anyone in the world" for confidence, will get you nowhere. Instead envision what it is that you want, figure out what it is you need to do to get it, and go get it. Use your desire as your drive, not a false sense of confidence from a symbolic object. If you fail, which we, in many things, will, then take a step back and reevaluate your desires and if they are still desirable, reevaluate the actions you thought would get you there and didn't. Failure is an excellent situation to evaluate your actions and find the best way to get to where you want to be. Praying to Go d for some sort of direct revelation is a cop out. Success, be it academic or career, is within our means as humans. We simply have to be up to the Alex Hambleton LHU Senior are the Letters on diversity and devotion unless it is for one ofyour many To the editor: complaints against something. I am astonished that one of our dear professors has come down from the ivy tower of knowledge to share another piece of opinion, not information, on a subject. This time it is on our student newspaper. However, our beloved professor did not realize this is a student newspaper. This newspaper is printed in Williamsport and put together by a fine staff of student reporters that are located in the Parson's Student Union Building. They receive funding from the Student Cooperative Council, not the State System of Higher Education. The SCC is self funded off of the bookstore and their own applied activity fee. Therefore Dr. Podol, ifyou have been picking up my many hints the University is not emphasizing the weekly article; the students who provide money for you to get paid have emphasized the article. As a matter of fact, since you seem to know so much about the demographics on this campus, can you tell me what is one of the largest clubs, if not the largest is? Pardon me, but oh Heavens! It is New Life. The group that is devout in worshipping Jesus Christ. I thought you might have seen that from your tower. The second item I would like to bring before you honorable Podol, is the fact that at least 80% of Americans claim their belief in the Christian God. Hold on now, that means that statistically 8 out of 10 people in your class believe in this horrible myth. This also means that 4/5 ofthe campus also believes. It seems the statistics are against you Dr. Podol. It also tickles me about how you throw out the Constitution Being offended doesn't mean the article should be taken out. I am offended by many things that are constitutionally protected. You seem to forget freedom of the press, speech, and any other item on the Bill of Rights that protects this article when you are offended. You can, however, fight back. You have the right to boycott the article. Many people who believe in killing life through abortions have a slogan: if you don't want an abortion, don't get one. Well 1 think that applies here. If you don't like the article, don't look at it. I am also astonished that you have not a clue what diversity means. It doesn't mean hating Christians. It actually means celebrating how unique we are as a species on this planet. Everyone is different. As a country of freedom and liberty, we should be all able to pronounce our pride in what we believe. I don't think shutting Christians out of the fold is celebrating diversity. We might not like everything that is being celebrated, but we are also not required to celebrate with them. Maybe the term you ought to study is tolerance. Since about 80% of the campus claims they believe in a Christian God, then 1 think it isn't a shock that we have this weekly article. I hope the student newspaper decides to keep their publication an example of the use of the Constitution ofthe United States through freedom ofreligion and press. I look forward to next week's article. To the editor: heard too. The article Dr. Podol says is offensive simply states that many feel that we (fellow Americans) should not help them, but that they should help themselves. Only last year. Lock Haven and surrounding areas had their own flooding and several areas "National were declared Disaster" areas, thus allowing those affected to receive Federal funding. Those who do not want us to help Katrina and Rita victims are saying our neighbors should not have been helped in our hour of need. This is wrong and goes against what we do as Americans and some of us do as Christians. I was very pleased to see that the Eagle Eye did keep "The Weekly Devotional" running and pray that they will continue. If you are truly offended by "The Weekly Devotional" then I simple suggest that when you see the title (always clearly marked) simply do not read that area. It is not the intent of the Christian to alienate anyone, but in the name of acceptance, do not silence our voice. A Christian Voice within the LHU Community, Why do diversity, social acceptance and equal tolerance end when God. Christian, or other Christian terms come into the picture? 1 am referring to the "'Devotional' doesn't honor diversity" letter that appeared in kst week's Eagle Eye. I greatly appreciate that the Eagle Eye has finally given a voice to the Christian community that does exist at LHU. This university claims to be diverse, accepting to all who enter its domain and yet, once again, someone is complaining that their rights are being violated because the article "The Weekly Devotional" appears. As a Christian there are many articles that appear every week that I find to be vulgar and offensive to me. but I do not say a word because I practice accepting people as individuals who have a right to believe or not believe in the God I profess, so 1 simply skip those articles. Dr. Podol is correct that Katnna is a real concern and Christians are concerned for their citizens as well, but that does not mean we are to keep those concerns quiet. Christians have a point of view on worldly events and our voice should be To the editor: I am writing in response to Dr. Peter Podol's staunch criticism of Weekly "The Devotional" in the October 5 edition of The Eagle Eye. Dr. Podol claims he wants diversity in The Eagle Eye. but he does not want the inclusion of views that diverge from his own. In order for the paper to be truly diverse wouldn't all views need to be included? By calling for a removal ofreligious content from The Eagle Eye, Dr. Podol is attempting to deny someone their right to express themselves religiously. Your brother in Christ, James Hacketr LHU Senior Melanie Parmenter blinded by his own animosity towards Christianity that he has forgotten what the very definition of diversity is? Diversity in The Eagle Eye means that there is room for multiple views, religious or secular. While I don't necessarily agree with the content of "The Weekly Devotional," the views of the columnist have every right to be published. One last factor that maybe Dr. Podol is unaware of is that the column appears in a section called OPINION. Matthew Uhl A8 lhueagleye.com Infirmary keeps students healthy October 12, 2005 Writing center offers personal service for all Melissa Trentadue Staff Reporter Cindi Howard/ Eagle Eye Nurse Kim Wetzel checks the temperature of LHU student David Martinez. Pier Salamone Staff Reporter need something stronger, a prescription will be written out for them, and can be taken to a local Lock Haven University pharmacy to be filled. The infirmary also assists offers many services to their stustudents with their injuries. dents. One of the most imporThey supply everything from tant services is offered by Band Aids, ice packs, and Glennon Infirmary. crutches, to even hot water botThe infirmary extends aid to tles. Along with minor cuts and students with injuries or illnesses. If a student is feeling sick, scrapes, the infirmary can the infirmary will perform an remove sutures and change evaluation on them. If the stu- dressings on wounds. At the end of last semester, dent needs an antibiotic, the infirmary holds the six basic antibiotics; Amoxicillin, Penicillin, Bactrim ds. Doxycycline. Erithromyacin, and Cipro. Should the student junior Erin Froehlich broke her wrist and hand. "They helped me for the entire six weeks that I needed my pins cleaned and wrapped. They did a great job, and kept me infection free," said Froehlich. Glennon Infirmary has also been associated with the Health Department, in arranging clinics requested by R.A.V and R.D.'s ofthe university for dorms. With cold and flu season approaching, the infirmary would like to remind students to wash their hands and not share drinks, as these are two main ways germs are spread. If students have any ques- On Thursday, Dr. Schulze. a health science professor, provided the LHU faculty with important tips about how to attain government giants to teach abroad and other details about his time spent in the Lugansk Ukraine. From January to June of 2005. Dr. Schulze was based at the Lugansk State Medical University and taught at the National Pedagogical University. Schulze went to the Ukraine because of the country's need for health science professors. He went into the Medical University thinking he was going to teach an Introduction to Public Health class, but ended up being assigned to two sections of a Public Health Ethics class, each section having approximately 75 students. At the Medical University he also conducted an open lecture series for physicians, taught an advanced English class, and gave English lessons to the University's Russian speaking professors. Along with sharing his experiences in the Ukraine, Dr. Schulze also gave background and insight into the country. He commented that he was surprised how poor the people were and how fortunate people in the U.S are. The Ukrainian people have to deal with many shortages on a daily basis including gas and food shortages. Dr. Schulze even experienced a running water shortage while visiting the country. Many of the technologies that American students view as part of everyday life are true luxuries to the average Ukrainian. The Medical University in Lugansk, for example, had one television and one DVD player for its 3,000 students. The University had a lab that held only ten computers with internet access which was rarely open for student or faculty use. Schulze was given the opportunity to go to the Ukraine by winning a Fulbright Scholars Program award. Fulbright is a program funded by the state department that sends 800 faculty and professionals abroad each year. Fulbright award winners travel to 140 countries worldwide. This program sends faculty to teach, conduct lecture series, and do research with international colleagues. Any professor who is a permanent resident of the United States and has a doctorate is eligible for a Fulbright Scholars Program award. Dr. Schulze received his award and grant to travel to the Ukraine after submitting his first application. Throughout the presentation, he gave several tips on how to get accepted by the program. His advice included: having good references, being specific with a goal and destination, and demonstrate cultural sensitivity. Other tips can be found at www.cies.org. The director of the Institute of International Studies, Daniel Roberts, discussed several of the programs available with the interested staff members present for his informational program. Roberts touched on different opportunities that varied from year long to week long stays in 20 different countries. Lock Haven currently has 32 international partners that span study, think and share ideas. "The Writing Center does not offer simple correction of papers. While student papers generally improve because of tutorial assistance, our goal is to help writers become more confident and successful, not to produce a one-time only "A" ( ' paper," said Van Dyke. The Writing Center is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.; 7 p.m. and on Friday from 10 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. In addition to the center's traditional walk-in tutorial services, they are now asking students to think ahead and sign up for appointments as well. There is a tutor available to take scheduled appoints from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Monday through Friday; however walk in services are still available. "Our tutors and resources are most effective when student writers come to us as soon as possible as they realize that they can use us, "said Van Dyke. tions, or need medical assisthe infirmary is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8a.m. to 5 p.m. tance, Friday. They can be reached by phone at x2276. x2277, or x238. Professor shares Ukraine experience Adam Roberts Guest Writer If you are having trouble with that term paper, are not sure what MLA and APA style is, or have any other writing questions, then the Writing Center in Raub 409 can help. The Writing Center is a tutoring service which is available at no charge for all Lock Haven University students. The primary purpose of the Writing Center is to help students develop their composition while providing face to face tutorials, writing resources and technology to complete their assignments. "Our goal in all cases is to help students to become more confident and independent writers," said Dr. Richard Van Dyke, supervisor ofthe Writing Center. "In the process, we also hope to build enthusiasm for writing as a primary means to be actively engaged in the college experience." When walking into the Writing Center, students can expect to get more than just assistance with their writing. Students have access to a full range of writing resources to help complete assignments. "At the center, students work with students, build lasting conversations and learn from each other. When working at its best, the center nurtures a writing culture across campus," said Van Dike. There are writing tutorials for students in any class on campus at any stage ofthe writing process, from interpreting the assignment to brainstorming ideas through final editing and proofreading stages. There is also self-instructional aids including print and on-line reference materials and handouts, help and assistance with basic office-type or word processing applications, computer, printer and photocopier access and table space and a friendly student environment to six continents. LHU's partner Universities include three in China, four in Spain, and several in Western Europe. The most common program that the International Studies Institute offers LHU faculty is a semester or year long exchange. Roberts described this option as a challenge but stated that it was an enormous opportunity. The semester and year long stays in other countries are much like the bed for bed exchanges that are offered to students. A faculty member who wants to take advantage of this program needs to submit a proposal to Lock Haven stating which partner University they would be interested in teaching at and what they would do there. If a professor from the partner University cannot be found in that department who wants to travel to LHU, it is still possible for faculty members to work at the institute of their choosing. The other three programs Roberts discussed are for a considerably shorter time period, and is for professors to work on a lecture or conduct research with an international colleague. A new program that is growing very rapidly is the new faculty internationalization program established in 2003. This program provides LHU faculty with hands on experience abroad. Traveling to partner Universities gives the new staff an opportunity to connect and appreciate partnerships. The Institute for International Studies would like to provide every member of the LHU faculty with some form ofinternational experience in the next ten years. II \ 1^/ Wt / ■ W 1 EE. Cindi Howard! Eagle Eye LHU Seniors Bret Zawilski and Ed Savoy work at the Writing Center. CA\l NOW! LOCK HAVEN 748-3100 W } 3 ijli | & a 203 Joy Street LARGE 1- TOPPING PIZZA $«99 l# ANYTIME |l,1 ;' DEIJVWORCARRV-OUT^' fl MurmsiATniaiN-rsniihsn n ar« i«»»lH*««> _ � Ark Check It Out Inside LHU Bookstore Athlete of the Week Pratt and Spat Page B3 Page B2 HAVGN SPORTS i #19 Volleyball riding 15 game win streak Bill Buckenmeyer Sports Reporter The No. 19 Haven volleyball is on fire! The team has extended its winning streak to 15 matches after a three game sweep at the PSAC West crossovers this past weekend in Edinboro and a demolition of Clarion in their first home match of the season last Tuesday. The Haven got its 12th win in a row, and 16th on the season, by crushing a solid Clarion team. The team won in straight sets (3026,30-16,30-20). Li Yizhi can't be stopped as she put up another magical performance for the Haven with 12 kills. 16 digs, a .706 hitting percentage, four blocks, and a teamhigh six service aces. Stacey Borgia has quietly been putting up big numbers for the Eagles as she added eight kills and three blocks in the win. lnga Kurgonaite kept up her stellar season by nailing eight kills and collecting four blocks. dished out 37 assists. The weekend got better for the Haven as they steamrolled Cheyney and Kutztown. both m straight sets. In the first match agairjg| Cheyney, the Eagles dominated (30-4. 30-5, 30-2) with Kelly Kostelich setting a new school, record with 14 service aces in i match. Michelle Deehan led theoffensive charge with 10 kills.—■ The second game of the dajr was a little tough, but had tfe same result, a win (30-21, 30-2fi,; 30-26). These two sweeps extended Lock Haven's set-wia. ning streak to 38. a new school record, lnga Kurgonaitc led the team with 13 kills and Li Yizhi added another double-double to her resume with 10 kills and 11 digs. Allison Furry led the team in setting with 30 assists. The Eagles try to extend their streak at home this comwinning Stacey Borgia looks (o slam home a Haven point in yesterday's match ing weekend as they host the against IUP. Lock Haven Classic VolleybuM The setting tandem was once East foes and they stayed on fire top of the box score by crushing Tournament. The team will play again phenomenal as they added by sweeping all three games over 14 kills and collecting 10 blocks. games against St. Anselm 37 more assists to help the team to the weekend. They played Friday Allison Wade chipped in with 12 College, Mount Olive College. a dominant win. night and rolled over Millersville kills and a team-high seven digs. Mercy College, and Dowling The ladies traveled to (30-26,30-28. 30-12). The setting team ofAllison Furry College. The Haven play on Edinboro to face some PSAC Li Yizhi was once again on and Kelly Kostelich once again Friday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Women's soccer goes 1-1 Brandy Rissmiller Sports Reporter Sam Engard predicted the against California University and Slippery Rock University were going to be tough, but she believed the women's soccer team could do it. "If we play like last week I predict that we will come out with two great wins this week," said the sophomore midfielder. Engard was half right. On Wednesday Lock Haven defeated California, 2-0 in an exciting match. In the 12th minute of the first half, sophomore Colleen Kafka continued her dominance and scored Lock Haven's first goal. The forward's goal came off an assist from Engard. In the 39th minute Lock Haven crossed the ball into the box and it was mistakenly played into the net by a defender from the California team. games dribbles upfield past a defender, looking to make a pass in earlier season action. Sam Engard This is the second rime this tallied two more goals and out season that there was an own shot Lock Haven, 12-3. goal between Lock Haven and Kafka continued to show California. brilliance by leading Lock Lock Haven out shot Haven with six shots on goal California 6-5. and eight shots all together. Senior Monica Mangual had three shots, two of which were on goal. By making four saves, Wagner made three saves sophomore Emily Wagner against Slippery Rock before recorded her fifth shutout of exiting the game early in the the season. Defenders Lynnette second half. Amie Barcikowski Reitz, Jamie Cranmer. Jenny replaced Wagner and the junior DeGeorge and Kim Thompson made six saves. helped Wagner. Lock Haven, now 5-10, has On Saturday Lock Haven three away matches coming up. played Slippery Rock On Wednesday they will travel University and although they to Edinboro University. On dominated the first half, they Saturday the team will play lost 3-0. against Adelphi University and Lock Haven out shot on Monday they will attempt to Slippery Rock 9-6 in the first defeat Clarion University tor 45 minutes of the game, but the second time this season. was not able to get the ball into The matches against Edinboro the net. and Clarion are both PSAC Slippery Rock scored their West games. first goal in the 20th minute. In PSAC West competition. The second half, however, Lock Haven is currently 2-5. belonged to Slippery Rock who Field hockey bounces back from first conference loss with shutout Bill Buckenmeyer Sports Reporter The Lock Haven field hockey team suffered its first Northeast Conference loss in its two years competing in the conference. ft The loss came at the hands of a very tough Rider University team, by the score of 2-1. It was a defensive battle throughout the first half until Rider's Tricia Crotty knocked one in the goal to give the Broncos a 1-0 lead going into halftime. Crotty added another goal early in the second half to give Rider a 2-0 lead. Lock Haven valiantly battled back as they got within a goal via the stick of Rebecca Steffen off an assist by Mandy Daschbach. The Haven ran out of time and the Broncos escaped with the win. The defenses by both squads were superb, only allowing five shots a piece. The Eagles rebounded in grand fashion as they shutout Northeast Conference opponent Monmouth 3-0 on Sunday. The Lock Haven defense was the story of this game by only allowing the Hawks one shot on goal and it was saved by Becca Yerkes, who upped her record to 8-4 on the season. The first Lock Haven goal was knocked in by Sarah Huber on assists by Courtney and Jennifer Hughes Churetta. Nikki Swcger put the game away in the second half as she tallied two goals, one unassisted and one via an assist from Sam Stoycr. Nikki Sweger battles for a loose ball in recent action. Sweger moved up in the all-time LHU ranks in goals The Haven will be at games this weekend againstQuinpacUiversty Quinnipiac University to seventh (50). and to sixth Robert Morris today, before Siena College on Friday, a 5SundIay, ps.mtar, Sunday, a I p.m. start. in points (124). returning home for a pair of p.m. start and a game versus a on on October 12, 2005 B2 Red Raiders top LHU 26-7 Krktaveii University licksttre Athlete cf the Week Kelly Kostelich of LHU Sports ment with a 3-0 mark, dent athletes. The LHL extending their winning Bookstore is available Information Courtesy streak to 15 games, and for all academic texts. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. a school record 38 LHU apparel and more The Bookstore is located Senior Kelly Kostelich straight sets. (Venetia, Pa./Peters in the Parson's Union has been Township) Building on the campus named LHU Bookstore of Haven Lock Athlete of the Week for University. her efforts in the week ending Oct. 9. This is the first honor for Kostelich and the second for the No. 19 LHU Students can vote volleyball team. each week in Kostelich exploded Bentley Dining Hall tgainst Cheyney for who they think University in this weekwill win athlete of md's batch of PSAC the week. Crossovers, setting a Kostelich and the rest ichool-record in service of the Lady Eagles are Winners recieve ices. The senior setter back in action today at 7 gifts from the :ollected 14 service p.m. when they host Lock Haven IUP. ices, besting the previUniversity ius mark of 12 by forThe LHU Bookstore Bookstore. ner players Patty sponsors the Athlete of )slislo and Jena Crabb. the Week to better pro,HU defeated tourna- mote Lock Haven stu- - Corey Cicilioni rolls out of the pocket looking to make a big play against the Red Raiders of Shippensburg. combing for 33 total tackles. turnover the entire game. Garen Amirian "I thought our defense played the run real well Sports Reporter Defense didn't win this football game as the LHU Bald Eagles fell to 2-5 on the season, 0-2 in the PSAC West, the against Shippensburg Red Raiders 26-7. looked promising against the Shippcnsburg Wing-T offense with Strong Safety David Show, and linebackers Derek Harsch and John Nalewak all Shippensburg Red Raiders 26 Lock Haven Bald Eagles 7 today, the best I've seen anyone stop Ship this season," said Coach Klacik Show. Harsch. Nalewak, and the rest of the Eagles' defense failed to force a Sophomore wide receiver Adam Lawrence led the team in receiving yards with 72 and was responsible for the Bald Eagles' lone touchdown on a 65-yard pass from quarterback Corey Cicilioni. The Bald Eagles go on the road to face the 2-4, 0-2 PSAC West Clarion Golden Eagles in a battle of the birds this Saturday at 6 pm. Clarion is coming off a decisive loss to the East Stroudsburg Warriors 56-0. Men's soccer falls to Millersville 1-0, loses third straight game Marissa Brunner Sports Editor LHU-0, Millersville-1 Despite intense efforts, muluple opportunities, and numerous attempts on goal, the men's soccer team was unab/c to outdo the Millersville Marauders in contest on yesterday's McCollum Field. The Bald Eagles (6-7-2. 4-5PSAC) tallied a 13-7 advan2 shots, but the final score tage in to -0. came 1 The Haven's strong defense kept the Marauders from scoring throughout the first half, while the offense kept up the pressure on the other end of the field. The Marauders scored the only goal of the game with 30 minutes remaining in the second half. In response, the men turned up the heat, making 11 shots on goal in the final 20 a minutes. Then with 20 seconds on the time clock, the Bald Eagles had a comer kick, but were still unable to produce a goal. "It was very disappointing because we didn't play poorly," said Coach Moore. "We had the game, wc had the chances, but we couldn't score. And if you can't score, then you can't win." The Haven fell to sixth in the PSAC standings, and for the first time since game three of the 2004 season the team fell below .500. LHU-0, Slippery Rock-1 On Saturday afternoon, the Bald Eagles were unable to pull through in their game against Slippery Rock, falling 0-1. Sophomore Ashley Rosindale and junior Andrew Meehan both led the Haven, each with four shots on goal, while junior Patrick Long contributed three shots. Sophomore goaltender Chad Feerrar made one save in two LHU-3, Cal. U-4 Last Wednesday, the Haven fell to California University of Pennsylvania, 4-3. The Vulcans racked up three goals before Rosindale scored the Haven's initial goal right before the close of the first half. Rosindale scored off a free-kick assist from Long. The goal was Rosindale's seventh goal of the season, while the assist was Long's seventh. In the second half. Chris Spinks rolled on to the goal, escalating the score to 3-2 in the 56th minute. Rosindale brought the score to a 3-3 tie with his unassisted goal, but the Vulcans answered with less than nine minutes left, bringing the final score to 3-4. Lock Haven's goalkeeper William Trimble III made four saves in the game. Looking forward, the men will travel to East Stroudsburg University for another key conference battle on Sunday Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. attempts. f•a t•tt••••9•?••*•••• The Lock Haven University Biology Club is inviting you to participate in the First Annual Volley for Charity Tournament! j Eagle Eye j Sports ! Reporters I : i Jte Garen Am{rlan • Dave Johnson slams the ball while Zach Gibbon stands by during yesterday's game against Millersville. jBS -• j Bill Buckenmeyer j nannanan. j Kevin Carver fo* • a. Laura Faust j Matt Fedyniak j - V j Leanne Rolu-bach j than we ran Handle! _B£&%< A portion ofproceeds from this event will be donated to local and national charities such as the Red Cross and the Lock Haven Women's Shelter. Immediate Openings Inbound -Customer Service Reps :Klm Moerschbacbtr j Brandy Rissuiller j aal w* baw mon Work The event will t>e held on Sunday, We Otter: • • Paid Training Weekly Par • • Flexible Schedule Great Environment Don't HealUtta, Stop In or Call TQDAVIt ICT GROUP. INC. trorwactaronp.coni / Bal d Eanjo Coart, McElnattan. PA (570) 769-0255 October 16, 2005 at 12 Noon behind the Student Kecreation Center. There will be an entry tee of $5 per person with (<>od and drink provided by the Hiolog\ club. This event students, laculty and members of the community. * random on the day of the event. Bradley at Anyone Te;uas is open to will be chosen at interested should contact Kelly for complete details *Rtiin location inside Student Recreation Center Baseball has lost its luster. No, I'm not saying that because my beloved Orioles have not had a winning season in almost a decade or because the entire American League East has been eliminated from the playoffs; I'm saying it because it is no longer America's pastime. It would not be so bad if the players still had some type of honor and commitment to their teams, but like all sports, baseball has turned from a sport into a business. You cannot sit around and root for a team anymore because that seed of doubt is in the back of everybody's mind. Is he on steroids? If he goes down, will he take a teammate with him? Will he be back next season or go find the highest bidder? No teams exist in the MLB. The current situation says that whoever has the most money will buy the best team. Very few franchise players exist. They all chase after the all-mighty buck with total disregard to their teammates and fans. Things have always been that way, I realize this, but there is no more team loyalty. Raphael Palmeiro lied about taking steroids, and then tried to bring Miguel Tejada- the ultimate team player- down with him. The fact of the matter is that America's pastime has lost its appeal. We are no longer content to sit in front of the TV for three hours to watch a bunch of juiced up wife beaters swing for the fences. We need action and excitement, not intentional walks and pop outs. The NFL season is well under way and hopefully the baseball season will come to a close shortly. To watch a baseball game in November is absurd. For years to come, baseball's homerun records will be a source of controversy; for one, they now play 162 games a season as opposed to the 154 they used to play; and with the nasty steroid allegations flying around, everyone looking at the record books down the road will have to ask themselves if America's pastime has been tarnished. 4 T. Pratt ..... jHHM|«|i|ug|ggg^ "Joe must go!" These words have been chanted by numerous Penn State football fans the last few /ears. He is too old. He has lost the respect of his players. He can't recruit. He can't win. "Joe must go!" Yeah right, I don't think so. Joe Paterno and his Nittany Lions are back and business is good for the boys in lappy Valley after beating their second ranked opponent in two games. This past weekend No. 8 Penn State upset No. 6 Ohio State and won 17-10. PSU mproved to 6-0 and have earned their highest National ranking since 1999. After their dominating 44-14 win two weeks ago against No. 18 Minnesota I was :xcited, but not yet sold on this Penn State team. I felt Minnesota was overrated and was just too good to be true for Nittany Lion fans. As a Penn State fan, 1 could not be happier with a win over Ohio State, but what hould we really think? The defense dominated again for the Nittany Lions, but was )hio State really any good? I don't think so. In my opinion they were extremely, and mean extremely overrated. So it's hard to get a good idea of how good this Penn State earn is now, and how good they can be. Now 3-0 in the Big Ten, PSU has three big games on the horizon. Next week they ravel to Michigan, and then host No. 23 Wisconsin, before ending the season at No. 6 Michigan State. How big are these games? Penn State beat Northwestern, who topped Wisconsin liis past weekend, while Minnesota, a team the Nittany Lions romped beat Michigan. The Big Ten is going to be very interesting as the season rolls on. One thing is certain, the Nittany Lions have showed they are back and ready to play Ath the top teams in the country again, finally. The best part of the win had to be the crowd. A crowd of over 109,000 fans showed p to cheer on their beloved Nittany Lions. It was a much different scene at Hubert Jack Stadium as Lock Haven fell to hippensburg University in front of a whopping 100 fans. Just one week ago for the irst time in my four years here, it looked like a big game atmosphere inside the staium, but this week a completely different story. Only about six members of the Eagle's Nest showed up and not even our mascot howed up. No mascot? How do we expect to win without a mascot? I guess everybody's minds were on the big game down the road. t D. 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Chris Farley vs. Showtime 4:00pm on Thursday, October 13 at the Student Recreation Center Women's Basketball: Trainers Angels vs. The All-Stars 9:00pm on Wednesday, October 12 at the Student Recreation Center lj | |V Indoor Soccer: Shooting Stars vs. The Company Crew j 4:00pm on Wednesday, October Tennis 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-2 Men's Basketball 546 The Punishers Fightin Whites R.I.P. Chris Farley Too Beaucoup Showtime Hawks Kiskoo Kids Alpha Chi Rho "uHhT .500 9:30pm on Wednesday, October 12 at Hubert Jack Stadium m 1-0 1-1 Flag Football: Resilient Orange vs. The Guerilla Army 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 0-2 .000 Carl Martini Abraham Joseph Matt Gray Jaclyn Buskey Justin Seitz Women's Basketball 3-0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1-0 - Jess Kramme Gary Raia Alex Fuller 12 at the Student Recreation Center 1-1 .500 U2 0-1 Ck3 .333 .000 .000 (M) .000 Trainers Angels The All-Stars LHU Fanciest Crazy Hands J.S. 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B6 lhueagleye.com October 12, 2005 Feature Tiih Mai.ic review Antigone Rising: From the Ground Up A Corpse is a Corpse, Fifteen minutes are gone of Corpse, of Corpse Tim Pratt Staff Reporter Ed Savoy Staff Reporter In any Tim Burton film, there are three elements that are nearly always present; said elements are, in fact, such consistent ones that one might shape a '"Unified Tim Burton Film Field Theory." The three components of the theory are that 1.) a Tim Burton film must always have an inventive visual sense, 2.) a Tim Burton film must always have a quirky or mildly off-kilter take on reality and, 3.) a Tim Burton must film always feature a killer sound-track, whether it be original to the film or picked by Burton. Tim Burton film's success revolves around adherence to these elements. This prelude is an exceptionally long way of saying that Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is the model on which the aforementioned theory should be based. Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" features Johnny Depp, Internet Movie Database/IMDB.com only member of the voice cast that does not hail from the British Isles. Albert Finney and C hristopher Lee. among others, excel in their voice work, as do Emma Watson and Helena Bonham Carter as the prospective live bride and prospective Burton's "Corpse Bride" was just a little too predictable. All my friends who saw the movie saw the major plot twist coming a mile away. The ending was not as satisfying as it might have been; the company of friends that 1 assembled to watch the dead bride, respectively. film with me were strongly conThere is much good to be sidering writing a letter to the such a consistent Burton p/ayer said about this pleasant fairy producers to protest the ending, that, when the theory is revised, tale. The music, written by which seems like it was chopped he might be added as a fourth Elfman is terrific; given a minute short. Being lazy colDanny element, as Victor Van Dort. a the state of musical theatre, I lege students, we desisted, but soul too sensitive for this world somehow see a future for this the thought did occur. who is being driven by his famiHowever, these are small on the film stage, w ith Elfman's ly to marry for money and music attached. The visual and we should be thankful gripes instead marries, accidentally, so is also inventiveness we something that have the ability to make that being "too sensitive for this at; to marvel while the contrast them. If these are the worst world" is not such a problem; it land the livbetween the dull of that we can complain things tends not to be when you acciland of rocking and the the Burton's "Corpse ing Tim about dentally marry a dead woman, er-obvious, a dead is bit ov it still 1 Bride," then think we can all be the titular corpse bride. Depp, serves to make a point. valuable satisfied. interestingly, seems to be the However, like a fairy talc, Tim Their sound is more appropriate for a Volkswagen commercial or a coffeehouse show than for any type ofmainstream media, but that is a part of the charm they're counting on to survive. When you hear their music, you can't help but picture a car full of teenage girls, cruising along a back country road with the top down and a Starbucks cappuccino in each hand. Or you might see a dimly lit, smoke-filled room in HaightAshbury- the epicenter of the 60's hippie movement- with a little group of anonymous women on stage, pouring their hearts out about the ills of society. Either vision would be appropriate, given the duality of the group and the sort of contradictory persona they exude. On one hand you have a group of self-proclaimed hippies, making their own music and not caring about what society thinks, but on the other, you have a group of women selling albums in Starbucks and many other multi-national corporations. The band is Antigone Rising and their debut album "From The Ground Up" is causing a stir across the country. They marketed themselves for the indie hipster, pseudointellectual crowd found at Starbucks, and rightfully so; their sound is less mainstream and more fitting for that sort of counterculture demographic; a demographic they have been catering to for years. It just so happens that their style is reminiscent ofthe 60*s and they happened to have been born a generation too late. Antigone Rising is a female quintet from the New York metropolitan area, and the fact that their sound can be classified as anything from country to soft rock makes them all the more interesting. But being interesting docs not sell records. Lead singer Cassidy. who gives no surname, is the driving force behind the band. Her piercing vocals sound like a mixture of Sarah McLachlan and Melissa Ethcridge, and that is fitting given their affinity for independence and strength. "From The Ground Up" is an hour long unplugged performance, recorded in front of a live audience. Originally sold exclusively at Starbucks locations, the album hit stores nationwide on Sept. 13 and has already sold well over 100,000 copies. The band has made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as well as being a featured artist on VHI. They seem like they would be more at home playing shows like the now-defunct Lilith Fair tour than prancing around on a major network, but once again their duality comes into play. Obviously they are talented musicians, but the songs all sound the same, and their success is based partly on their image. They try to put off this image of wanting nothing more than to do their own thing and be successful on their own terms, but then go ahead and "'sell out" when the time comes to get big. That is my only beef with this album; they seem to try a bit too hard to be hip, but end up coming otY as pretenders. Who sells their records exclusively at Starbucks? People looking to seem hip and different, that's who. As a whole, the album is decent. They open the with "Hello." which is by tar the best song in their repertoire, and close it out with "Broken," a typical song about overcoming teen angst. That is who this album will appeal to; teenage girls with a lot of time on their hands and a lot of money in their pockets, but for the rest of us, this album serves as nothing more than background music. You know an album is weak when you realize you have listened to half of it and can't name a single memorable part. Sure, we may see more out of this band in the future, but they can only survive on image for so long. Hopefully they can maintain a unique style but also grow as musicians. If not, they might fade away into obscurity once their 15 minutes is up. HOROSCOPES by Linda C. Black Tribune Media Services March 21-April 19 ur friends will be glad help you find anyg you need. Put > to work solving a riddle that's had you stopped for a while. April 20-May 20 Do the best you can, and don't worry. That's the best anybody can do. Gemini May 21-June 21 Take on a challenge and assume more authority. You have what you need to sueceed. Cancer June 22-July 22 not how much you spend that makes the big impression. It's how much they think you spend. bargains. » July 23-Aug. 22 You're learning very quickly now, if you're studying with a master. Soak up as much as you can. Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The more you study a complex subject, the more you'll be convinced that some things must be taken on faith. That's just the way it is. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Capricorn You're almost to the Dec. 22-Jan. 19 point where you think Earlier is better for any you can walk away, and financial discussion. the operation will take Later, get into the care of itself. But, it design phase of the project. won't. Don't. Courtesy of Band Discovery Antigone Rising recently released their debut album "From the Ground Up". Wbaj: For former Upward Bound students and anyone Ummt ay a—< U-HaUaafcaaaakai* Aquarius Sept. 23-Oct. 22 You flourish under the attention of a devoted admirer. Allow yourself to be magnificent, but inhibit the spoiled brat. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Fix things up the way you want them now. Don't procrastinate. You'll soon be wanting to spend your time on more personal endeav- Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Go ahead and be enthusiastic about your plans. Don't spend on celebrations, though, until after the money comes in. Feb. 19-March 20 Finish up a couple of loose odds and ends before you get involved *».v ifcpl tK - aatf aa lap Irata* aa aa»« Ma t <.aa» aaa a«al as i ■ w*« * * to, n«» «••.* i.^r« L«fix* I'll Cjd «i i'wmM. f» aiaaat »»tj-»j Ipn*> aaaHaaaj •.-.. interested in mentoring through interactions with high school students. (Students from any UB program are invited.) When & Wham: Monday, October 17 4:30 p.m. PUB meeting room #4 fMt Anyone interested but cannot attend contact IMHl li*itn MI*J4«M i»t>iM>nniiu»lMi»r« CW"^l«-«*M*Hr>^-laTa»W.a|*lalM./» Carroll Rhodes, Upward Bound in a new project. Keep the clutter down. iwaat td a> ■* h• ytm lv v« aj„ at Director, October 12, 2005 lhueagleye.com B7 Feature Tim A tribute at the Apollo Jessica Stokes Features Editor The Distinguished Gentlemen held their third annual "Night at the Apollo" on Friday, Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. in Price Auditorium. The event was organized to showcase student talent at the university and was designed to resemble the popular television show "Showtime at the Apollo," a show based out of Harlem at the famous Apollo Theatre. The talent show was comprised of many different acts including singing, rapping, stepping, and even poetry reading. In addition to the scheduled performances, at one time during the show volunteers from the audience we allowed to go up on stage and show off their own talents. Some were praised and some were booed off stage, but it was all for the sake of entertainment. The participants of this year's show competed for first and second place in which they were awarded cash prizes. Each act was judged by the amount of audience applause that they received. A step group consisting ofAlicia Addison, Paulette Davidson, and Vanessa Escobar won first place and were an audience favorite of the night. A female volunteer from the audience who chose to come up and sing her rendition of"Hero" by Mariah Carey won the audience over as well and earned herself second place overall. Other acts included singing by duo Paulette Davidson and Charise Barbour, a solo song by Carlicia Lomax, a step selection by the fraternity Lamda Sigma Upsilon. and a poetry reading by Ebony Hackney. One unique aspect of this year's show was a special tribute to two past Hip-Hop performers that passed away over the summer. One tribute was for wouldbe LHU junior Alex Oyewole, in which a student rapped to some ofAlex's original lyrics on stage. Alex passed away in his sleep on May 27. The other tribute was for Lance Boykins. who would be a sophomore this year Two students came on stage and read an extended obituary about Lance and his accomplishments. Lance passed away on Aug. 25 from cancer. Both Alex and Lance were and Hip-Hop performers appeared at past Apollo nights at LHU. The Distinguished Gentlemen gave their friends and fellow peers a chance to say goodbye to these two performers. The show came to an end with a featured guest, the VMF crew, a hip-hop group from Boston. Mass. This group had the opportunity to display their to talents the group. Unfortunately the audience was not too pleased with their performance. "The VMF crew seemed like they were trying desperately to get recognition but the audience didn't seem to warm up to them at all," said Keri Schmid. Overall the turnout for Apollo night was a success for the Distinguished Gentlemen. "Due to the holiday weekend we weren't sure of how many people would be here, but we were very happy with the turnout this year," said DG Historian Pierson Smythe. "We were very pleased with all the acts." — . hhwerhohUBSgtTEy* ; " Safe Haven la sponsoring the upcoming "Alcohol Awareness Week*. will be th.t ye* InformJessa Hoover around the Lane ing people Ivy held and making a differGoett Writer * Fountain. A MAD victim's ence". To anyone who is considerRelatively new to Lock panel will be held on « Haven is the Sale Haven Club, a group dedicated to raising awareness about alcohol, drugs, safe sex, and student wellness concepts. Safe Haven was originally launched in 1990 and after a period of inactivity resumed action in 2003. Theclub is affiliated with the Bacchus and Gamma ll^ll^ll^ll^ll^ll^ll^ll^ll^ll^lfl Jessica Stokes/Eagle Eye A student battles to stay on the stage during the audience participation portion of the night. Come to New York City With the Fine Arts Society! -Leaving Lock Haven on Saturday, Oct. 29 @ 6 a.m. -Only $32 per person Have money (cash only) to Jason Bronner (Sloan 332) by 12 noon on Oct. 13 -First Come, First Serve! -Hang out with the group or go off on your own!! National Peer Education Organization and is comprised of nine people. Although small. Sails Haven is exploding with fresh, innovative ideas. In effort to open students eyes to the effects of alcohol abuse, the club is organizing Wednesday and on Thursday, ing joining Sale Haven, she students will have the opportu- says, "It is a fun club to get to nity to experience an alcohol know people and make a differsimulator on Ivy Lane. ence in the college communiIt is Safe Haven tradition to ty. . .especially if you are lookcomplete the week with the dis- ing for a good service commitplay of a bashed car from an tee." actual alcohol-related crash. The club's doors are wide However this year they hope to open, all you need to do to be receive a vehicle with all of the involved is attend the meetings, glass removed so that students which are every Monday can bash the car themselves at evening at 9:15 in PUB Room 1. theend ofdie week, as a sort of Safe Haven has teamed up mid-terra stress reliever. with the Social Work Ctub and In the remainder ofthe year, die club has plans to set up a program titled "Alternative to Bendey Meals" in each residence hall, begin a "Designated Drivers" program with local Alcohol Awareness Week, and variousBreast support bars, which will run from Oct. 17 Cancer Spring plans charities. through die 21. Each day mere is a compelling program include organizing a Safe planned. On Monday, there will Spring Break Week and a be a program called "Genius in Sexual Education Program. Cheryl Wilbur, Public the Bottle" at the Recreational Relations Director for Safe Center. On Tuesday, a candle Haven, says that her favorite light vigil for Lock Haven stuabout part in the club is being dents who have lost their lives some fraternities and sororities on campus in the past "Weare mom than happy to work with any club worfanization that is willing to work with us," said Cheryl. Safe Haven has also collaborated with Distinguished Gentlemen, the Latin Student Association, and die Gay Straight Alliance, and would like to give a special thanks to these three organizations, which have been tremendously helpful. her bedroom door. However when she went downstairs, the front door was wide open. After confronting her housemates, Pakosh came to the same conclusion as Reading. No one had come in that evening. It is reported that the former McGhcc Elementary School has a story of its own. According to teachers at the school, a school custodian died very suddenly of a violent heart attack in the school's multipurpose room during the 1996-97 school year. His presence has been seen and felt by teachers and students of the school. Regardless of the age of a building, ghosts and spirits can hover anywhere. Watch where you go next time. Kim might be there communicating or photographing another one we are not aware of. Research has been conducted in regards to all of these stories, but some pieces are still missing. If anyone has any supporting evidence, please let us know. From HAUNTED. B8 wooden steps of her house to the second floor, creaking the way steps in an hundred-yearold house do. When she opened her bedroom door, which was located at the top of the steps, no one was around. Later that evening she approached her other housemates and no one had come in that evening. Pakosh mentions that every night when home alone, she would lock the front door and October 12, 2005 B8 History haunts the Haven dangling from the bridge, along with the soldier patrolling it. Countless studies have been completed in regards to this bridge proving what Kim saw that night. When she goes out to these locations, Kim takes with her a camera and a recorder. While ■ ghost hunting, she has taken a variety of pictures of ghosts and orbs that have made themselves known throughout Gettysburg. The different colors of the orbs tell a story about them. Red and orange orbs are considered to show angry spirits, whereas lighter colored orbs are said to be harmless. She has tried to record the sightings at Sac's bridge at a variety of different times but has had no luck. Other people that she tends to travel with have had success with recording. She tends to go out with experts who have great knowledge and more success than herself with recording and taking pictures. Maggie Henick/Eagle Eye On occasion before even Three ghosts are reported to haunt Sloan. Two of these ghosts reside in sighting a ghost or a particular the main theatre while the other is in the Countdown Theatre. orb, Kim uses a sixth sense Kim is of average height the countless stories about the when out at these locations. Carrie Anthony When spirits are nearby, the area with strong arm muscles, com- local battlefield Guest Writter pliments of hours of color guard Throughout high school, around her is colder than norWith practice. strawberry blond Kim would pay a visit to Sac's mal. A dark and chilly night in the She would love to get hair and a tanned face lightly the Bridge, a famous bridge in mountains overlooks the involved with local stories either Susquehanna Valley. The valley color of butterscotch, she is a Gettysburg. According to Kim, to be around joy with her curithere is said to be a soldier that in town or on the LHU campus. rich in history, is full of ghos ous personality. patrols the bridge. His name is Formed in 1870, LHU is rull of stories. A ghost hunters'job is to Kim first became involved Tennessee and he actually ghost stories. find out these stories. Residences of Russell Hall with ghosts after watching the restricts vehicles from driving Kim Eskildesen, a freshman have named her Mary. film "The Ghosts of Gettysburg" across the bridge. One night at Lock Haven University, is an According to past residents, in middle school. near there, She Jives when she saw avid ghost hunter. was Kim Mary was a student who found Gettysburg and was intrigued by the outline ofthree soldiers • ■ out that she was pregnant. Not knowing how to deal with this, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She proceeded to the bell tower and attic of Russell Hall and hung herself from the bell tower. According to Resident Assistant Love Modeski, Mary hung from the ceiling for a few weeks before she was discovered. After she was removed, residents noticed something not quite right on the third floor. Residents have noticed appliances turning on when not plugged in, loud noises in the middle of the night similar to a herd of elephants, and actual sightings of Mary wandering the halls. The most recent sighting was a woman crouched behind the recliner in the second floor Study Lounge. When the resident glanced back, she was gone. The Resident Director of Russell is the only owner ofthe attic key, but Jeff took four RA's upstairs and according to Love, it was an experience. Believing in ghosts and spirits. Love felt a strong presence in the attic and wants an expert in the building to communicate with Mary. Love has not experienced anything personally, eventhough she lives next door to Mary's old room, where the ghost tends to cause mischief. There have been reports ofa gentleman that haunts the basement ofRussell, tending to stay near the laundry room. Love noticed one night when she proceeded to the basement to do her rounds that the main door to that section of the basement was open, even though it had been locked a few hours earlier. Reports say that this gentleman will watch residents doing their laundry and will actually lend a hand when needed. It is reported that Sloan, the fine arts building, is the occupant ofthree ghosts. It has been said that there is a small child in the Countdown Theatre on the third floor. This child likes to play tricks on the cast by playing with the lights. Reports also mention a woman draped in white that watches the theatre performances in the main theatre. The last ghost is a black fast moving blur ofa spirit. It is reported that this black blur is very menacing and that the woman in white tends to protect students from this blur. Stories are also told in the surrounding Lock Haven area. According to Heather Reading, a recent graduate from LHU, she believes that her house was inhabited by spirits. Living with three roommates, Heather's housemate Heather Pakosh, noticed the same reoccurrences. Reading stated that one night when home alone, she heard the front door open and what sounded like someone walking up the WHk See HAUNTED, B7 Artist paints own mind in his work Mike Porcenaluk Staff Editor Washington are always in the back ofmy mind, I am constantly thinking about how they are ruining this country and driving An orange Bic lighter sparks us into the ground. So when I to life, igniting an ever present think of a way to convey that, 1 cigarette that is balanced on just need to get it out," he said. Looking at his exquisitely Jim's lip. His eyes squint to detailed and often politically avoid the wisps of blueish charged works, mostly painted smoke that come curling toward on wooden planks, scrap cardthem and to better focus on the board, canvases, or it is large large sheet of white sketchbook hard believe to that he has never paper that is lying on the cluttered coffee table in front of had a class in the formal techniques of painting. 'him. "1 believe that learning a * A sculpture major by acaor way of painting from style demic definition, Jim Crowley someone else would influence truly shines when he is painting. my stylistic techniques and At age 24, Jim has been at Lock would make a forced evolution Haven University since the fall of work. not my just I'm ready ;of 1999. Somewhat bulky in that," for he said. Tstature, his face is hidden by a Simply talking about the act hat and a scruffy auburn beard of painting stirs something sculpted in a way that creates a inside of him, and he rushes to ■pronounced goatee. his bedroom to dig out an easel, * "There's no top or bottom to which he sets up in a corner of ;them. Ever," he said ofhis comhis kitchen. With one cramped positions, "Not until the end." movement, swift guillotine a I His quick rendering of two clamp on the steel slams tripod cell phones floating in a white background is engaging, but it is down on a large wooden palette he had pulled from a pile of something he was obligatwhat seemed to be trash against ed to create for homework. the wall. ; "The professor told us to In a few quick strokes with a make interesting art out of Sharpie marker, the silhouettes household items. I've definitely ofthree figures begin to emerge had worse assignments, but I from the sea of paint splotches still shouldn't have waited until and stains that had previously the last day to do it," he said. been onto the surface. slapped '. Those who know him would Jim's most recognizable expect nothing less. Jim's genius are pieces completely unrecog•shows through in a few nizable from where first they moments ofpassionate painting. started. Often with a beginning Spontaneity is a way of life, and of swirl black outlines which are it only takes him a matter of minutes to articulate a sudden randomly scrawled onto the idea onto the nearest canvas. Jim painting, he fills them in with color, and then tries to pick doesn't create thumbnail sketches or do detailed studies before objects and characters out of the embarking on a new painting sea of nonsense shapes. "My paintings start as a project. cathartic exercise, working with "It's quite the opposite realthe interaction between colors ly," he said. He simply squirts lines," and he said. out some paint and starts flingif he doesn't immediately ing it onto the nearest surface. find anything worth working "These [politicians] in . Mike PorcenaluklEagle Eye Artist Jim Crowley concentrates while working on his "Meeting of the Minds" piece. with, he paints over it, adding another layer to his composition. A finished painting may involve anywhere from ten to fifty different layers and attempts. "1 just keep working it until there is nothing else I need to do to it. Then it is finished," he said. Continuing to work on the trio of people on the wooden palette. Jim cocks his head, and then reaches for a soft-bound Bible lying nearby. After flipping it open and deftly tearing out a page, he shreds it into small pieces and starts to glue them onto his masterpiece. A page from a notebook is also ripped from its spiral binding and immortalized on the canvas. Almost ironically, the subject of the scribbled page is thoughts and musings about how the introduction of mixed media and collage into painting is needed in order to bring anything new to the medium. "Robert Rauschenberg is my idol, and I learned from his ideas about assemblage and collage; that there needs to be a blurring between the art forms in order to create an original piece of work," said Jim. Rauschenberg was a member of the Beat generation in the 1950's and pioneered the use of found objects, newsprint, and photos in his paintings. Chris Jones, a fellow art student, feels that Jim's most successful works incorporate the textures and levels associated with a multi-media approach. "I think his piece 'The Last Supper' is simply amazing. It was found objectsand paint, and it just really captured the feeling of the famous images of The Last Supper," he said, "I think that putting objects into and on his paintings is an effective combination of both his passions." When Jim puts photography, images from anatomy books or newspapers into his work, it makes the viewer want to study it closer. "The way he uses these texts and images in his paintings, using them to create gradients or shapes, it makes you want to read it. Even though none ofhis work is really narrative in nature, you want to get closer and figure it out," said Chris, Another acquaintance, Martin White, has known Jim for four years. "He has really grown as an artist. The topics in his paintings are more diverse than they used to be," said Martin. He continued by saying, "I think that by using collage and mixed media in his paintings, it really helps to make them more interesting. What I like most about his work is the depth and dark reality that he portrays." Though Jim has been at this university for a number of years, he is looking forward to moving on in his career. "I would like to focus more on doing larger works, get into more sculptural works. 1 have an apprenticeship with a professional sculptor, and that will allow me to learn so much more about creating work. It will be invaluable," said Jim.