Arts walk Football heartbreaker during Homecoming becomes a venue for talented students Index Vol. 64, Issue 6 News A1-A4 Classifieds A5 A6-A7 Opinions Clubs/Organizations A8 Sports B1-B4 B5-B8 Th? fc'agfe Eye Parsons Union Building Lock Haven University Lock Haven, PA 17745 Newsroom - 893-2334 Business Office 893-2753 Partly Cloudy - High: 70° F Low: 51° F Lock Haven University's Student Newspaper Lewis, Ruff in: Lock Haven royalty fctfi Nicole Pinto Staff Reporter The King and Queen ofthe University have been chosen. During the Homecoming football game at half-time, President Miller announced the winners: Jaivon A. Lewis and Shara Denise Ruffin. The couple was chosen by the student body through a series of voting rounds. "I felt this year somebody with leadership should represent the campus and represent the student body," Ruffin said. During the past two years Ruffin has attended Lock Haven she realized the pattern of Homecoming winners. "Everyone chosen so far has been a student leader, connected with students, and was open minded. It was not based on popularity," said Ruffin. In the past Ruffin was Adhoc committee chairmen and focused on the safety issue of campus lighting. She hopes that now as Queen she can continue to focus on campus 11 ' iii - ' mmm- mW .mmmm Lewis, meanwhile, hopes be a representative for the student body and will continue to strive to make LHU a more diverse campus. Also, according to Lewis, he would like to promote attendance to campus events as well as having school spirit. The only role the King and Queen have received so far was the community service project involving building a mm group mmmmfmm^^^^^^^^^W Adam Roberts Guest Writer Beginning early this the PUB has become the home to Lock Haven's very own spokenword poetry group. The group that goes by the name Lyrically Speaking is a diverse group of students who perform and workshop their original poetry each Tuesday at 5 p.m. Dr. Laurie Cannady, of the English department, is the group's faculty advisor. She created Lyrically Speaking after several students expressed interest in a spoken-word poetry group. Lyrically Speaking is inspired by the HBO series "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam" which features poetry semester, mum Jmm\ ' mmm ■l . .*,M safety. to . klUv^l Ba m Courtesy ofShara Ruffin Jaivon Lewis and Shara Ruffin stand with President Miller after winning the title of Homecoming King and Queen of 2006 at the halftime of the football game on Saturday. playground done by the Royal Court. Lewis is involved in numerous activities on campus since he has reached his senior year. He is involved in Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity in the Nu Phi Chapter, the Distinguished Gentlemen Club, the Black Student Union, the LHU Gospel Choir, and is a Residential Assistant and an SCC Senator. Lewis is Recreation Management major with a concentration in Therapeutic Recreation. He plans to finish up his bachelors degree, and then work on receiving his masters. "Until then, I'm going to enjoy my time here at LHU," Lewis said. Ruffin is involved in the Social Work Club, the Honor's Program, and does peer tutoring. She intends to finish school with a BA in social work and then plans to move on to graduate school for her masters degree in social work. Ruffin hopes to some day open up her own rehabilitation center for abused women and children. See, Royalty, A3 PSECU not just credit union, offers internships I |PSECU -4/ana Beightol / Eagle Eye A student intern helps a fellow student with a question regarding her account at the PSECU E-Center located in Bentley Dining Hall. Jessica Thompson News Editor thrives in campus Pennsylvania State Employees the credit union when she was Credit Union, is more than a member. that. "I joined PSECU and PSECU offers my name into a drawentered internship many To students for students on opportunities and won a Magnavox TV ing 'PSECU' is the machine, campus. with a player. 1 went to DVD located in Bentley Dining Hall Internships are offered the e-Center to claim the prize and the Parson's Union the throughout year and are and met the of interns. I group Building (PUB), that gives to all open majors even The between the promoif mix them money to go shopping, not necessarily majorare you tion and the enthusiasm from to go to Wal-Mart, to eat at the fact, Maggie the interns made me want to finance. ing in In Chinese buffet or to go to the Swartz. communication media be a part of the group. I bar. Although these machines major, only decided to try to applied and got the interndo allow for the flow of get an internship after she had ship," said Swartz. After accepting this opporPSECU, the won a contest sponsored by money, tunity, it was the group dynamic that Swartz enjoyed. "The student workers are a unique group of people to work with. They are motivated and enthusiastic and every single person gets along. We really work as a team," said Swartz. Swartz's internship is more focused towards public relations, marketing, promotions and sales. She feels that the things she does on a dayto-day basis mirror what she will be doing once she graduates and finds a job. "I do so much stuff that will help me in the long run. I give presentations about the institution and what it has to offerand why you should be a member. We educate and assist new and current members about PSECU. For example, if a member lost their check card then they would come to us for help. If a member wants information on an "auto loan" or to apply for a mortgage loan, we can assist them. We also have monthly goals to obtain a certain amount ofnew members each month with individual and team goals as well as compete against all other PA state universities. In addition to all that, each month we have a new promotion to push among our perspective members," said Swartz. See, PSECU, A3 performances. The emphasis of both Lyrically Speaking and Def Poetry is on the performance. The type of poetry performed by the groups members vary from blank verse to clearly dramatic pieces. The style of delivery also varies from person to person. "Mike Rinard has soft poetry filled with imagery," said Cannady, "while Charles Mickens' poetry is hard and filled with passion." See, Poetry, A4 ~3Mlfl Jessica Thompson / Eagle Eye The Bentley sidewalk is crowded construction making disability access difficult. Construction, lack of elevators make it hard to get around on wheels Savanna Jennings Guest Writer The Bentley Dining Hall construction is a vital part in the expansion process on campus and will benefit virtually every student. Unfortunately, the construction on the dining hall has made a terrible mess with the sidewalks and pathways, mainly around Sullivan Hall. Before construction began, this hall experienced little, if any at all, handicap accessibility, but now there is absolutely no accessibility for the disabled at all to enter Sullivan. The president's office and student affairs office are located in this hall, therefore if a See, Wheels, A3 A2 October 18, 2006 Ihueagleye.com Preparation key in interviews .. competes "Forensic team focuses on speech, communica nationally, " was published in the Wednesday, October IJ, 1006 edition of the Eagle Eye. Unfortunately, many facts were reported erroneously resulting in the overall description and integrity ofthe team to suffer. This is a correction ofthose Brandy Rissmiller Staff Reporter Whether it is for a summer job, internship or entry-level position, interviews are an essential part of the job hunt. On Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m., Joan Welker, the Director of Career Services, will be holding a workshop titled, "Interviewing to Win." The presentation will be held in Ulmer 201. In a job interview, prospective employers are looking for the answer to one question, "Why should I hire you?" Your role, as a job seeker, is to convince the employer that you can fill a particular need or vacancy. At the same time you should be trying to decide whether to accept the position if it is offered. There are three steps to be well prepared for interviews. The first step is to know yourself. This is achieved by analyzing your strengths and weaknesses, your background and academic performance and your personal aspirations and values. The second step is to know the organization. Learn as much as you can about the company or school district. Find out all you can about the position for which you are applying. Another important hint is to know beforehand what questions you want to ask the interviewer. Projecting a professional image is the third and final preparation step. Dressing appropriately and emphasizing I orsnsics Tearn - ffiimi Courtesy of Google Images the positive are key factors of achieving this final part of the perfect interview. It is vital to be assertive while answering questions and projecting selfconfidence. "Think of the interview as simply a conversation between two people," advises Hannah Thompson, a Peer Career Facilitator for Career Services. Thompson says it is important to remember to relax during the process. The four stages of interviewing are the reception, information exchange, "your turn" and the closing. The reception is the first stage and it occurs when you meet the interviewer and during which the interviewer usually forms a first impression. The second stage is when the employer may talk about the organization and job. The interviewer will ask questions to determine if you are qualified for the occupation and if you will fit into the overall organization. During "your turn" you have the opportunity to ask questions. Ask questions with detail, but avoid ones that regard salary. Money related questions may be asked at a later time if a job offer has been made. During the final stage the employer indicates the interview is over and when and how you will be informed about the outcome. If the information is not offered, then it is your responsibility to ask what the next step is in the procedure. After the interview it is essential to send a follow-up letter. It reminds the interviewer of your qualifications and interest in the job. It also leaves a very good impression and could be the one factor that makes you stand out from the crowd. Through Parliamentary Lincoln-Douglas debate, debate, informative speech, persuasive speech, after dinner speech, communication analysis speech, impromptu extemporaneous speech, and oral interpretations in the areas of poetry, prose, solo dramatic, duo dramatic, and program, the Forensics Team focuses on the form of forensics that goes back to the legal systems in ancient Greece and Rome. This is opposed to the more contemporary form of forensics popularly known as today, as criminal forensics. The team, which is currently comprised of 38 members and growing as people sign up to attend tournaments for the season, competes on weekends in which competitions are held wilhin the distant limit of team. These competitions consist of all different kinds of forensics - According to the team's constitution, the purpose of the Forensics Team is to provide the university body with reai-life experience in the \ of oral communii cation in a competitive setting that cannot adequately be duplicated in a classroom environment To this end, the organization will strive to make available a variety of forensics experiences for both the membership and, by exhibition and performance, for the community as a whole. The team's first competition of the school year was the Shenandoah Classic Novice Tournament. Seven awards were won in the nine events participated in, including having one speaker place 3rd in the Pentathlon, which tallies total speaker points from all other events, and essentially equates to having the 3rd best speaker at the whole tournament. Jennifer Krystek, President of the Forensics Team, won 6 awards, securing her spot at Nationals in at least four events. Ashley Mascho won an award for her Informative Speech, and Lisa DiGangi won for her Lincoln-Douglas bVhh events than in debates. While they don't discourage more debaters because they would love to have more, mere are many more facets to the Forensics Team than just Debate, debate. It's a team thj|t The team meets every appeals to those who enjoy Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to performing literature, or 8:30 p.m. in Sloan 242. For those seeking credible public more information, please speaking experiences to put contact Lisa Riede, team advisor, at Iriede@Ihup.edu. on resumes. Sorority sells sweets for fundraiser I I Jessica Thompson News Editor One girl didn't have a dollar affect. "I think college students but still offered us the change she did have. Even when I want to donate because „, up the differ- Alzheimer's affects many of c ■ , u Social sorority Sigma offered to make , • , we ourence, she refused to take the our grandparents. And Kappa recently held their Amanda selves may one day be d.agl lli P°P" said annual Lollipop Sale in hopes ° slster Horsch nosed ,f ,reatment cannot be ' of raising money for their sa,e The lolll came found. The more research that P°P national philanthropic cause of can be done the clos " Alzheimer's disease. er we can come to a mmwr With the lollipops Jmr Wmw said Horsch. cure, e Jmw ci .1 W mmm the selling for only a $1, IHk Sigma Kappa has 105 with a BSbL over the short tune span ot two ■w 1 members days ** mm -... < , r a I I Cadets gain real life experience - Am Courtesy of Chad Pilker Louis Kohl and Chad Pilker recently completed the Leader Development Assessment Course (LDAC) in Ft. Lewis, Wash. Chad Pilker ROTC guest writer Like all ROTC cadets after their junior year of college, Louis Kohl and myself, Chad Pilker, attended the Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) located at Ft. Lewis, Wash. However, at the completion of the course, we were privileged enough to attend follow-on training called "Cadet Troop Leading Training" or CTLT. CTLT is a three week long experience in which cadet's attach to an Active Duty unit stationed somewhere around the world. In our case we were able to receive CTLT slots with the 23rd Military Police 16th Company, Police and Brigade Military Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 73rd 1st Brigade Regiment, Combat Team (BCT), 82nd Airborne Division in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Both of us had to first complete LDAC and be Airborne-qualified to receive this slot. Kohl was stationed with the 2nd platoon from the 23rd Military Police Company. During his time at the 23rd, they were preparing for their fall deployment. He spent three days out in the field where he practiced various scenarios that they might encounter while on deployment in Iraq. Kohl was given the chance to lead one of these scenarios, and was put in charge of 2nd platoon consisting for 42 soldiers and 7 military HMMWV's. Also, he was able to familiarize himself with the various weapon systems used by the Military Police. Kohl also had the opportunity to train with military polices' SRT unit (Special Reaction Team) and Special Forces. I was stationed with the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, and served as a Scout Platoon Leader with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop. The unit 3-73 Cavalry (an Armor Scout Unit) just recently had their activation ceremony and 1 was very much involved with the stand- ' - ° 11 y before November, which is National Alzheimer s Awareness Month Horsch feels as though this is a worthwhile cause due to the amount of P eoPle the disease can s h 0r ' research An estimated 5 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and 360,000 people are newly diagnosed every year. - £^ ty 8 duriiig raaUy >hitied ,u fx, awareness and a;r drive ™a A ;„ tor their fundraising "Many people realized that this is a wonderful cause, Several people donated money without even taking a lollipop. * I Iff YOURCMIK OMANM10N Hit I 9CMflHfWMPM£ COMIC ON JMPHt) I I up of the unit. My main responsibility during this three week tenure was to prepare the A Troop's arms room to be able to receive weapons at the end of my stay. Also during my tenure, I participated in an Airborne Operation over Holland Drop Zone, exiting a ■ C-130 Transport Airplane at an elevation of 800 feet. I believe this experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity and provided me with an accurate depiction of what it takes to be a Platoon Leader in an active duty unit, I recommend that all qualified cadets should fight for a CTLT slot for the priceless experience. Brandon Apter Louis and I are both senStaff Reporter iors in ROTC and have been assigned the staff positions of The university Choir, Executive Officer and Cantori, Men's Ensemble and Battalion Commander, respecthe Vocal Jazz Ensemble unittively. Louis Kohl is a senior ed to perform a concert on majoring in Criminal Justice, Sunday in Price Auditorium in while 1 am majoring in honor ofthe homecoming fesCellular and Organismal tivities of last weekend. Biology. We will both be "A Choral Homecoming" commissioned 2nd was dedicated to the alumni Lieutenants and graduate in that graduated and were May 2007. returning to their college alma I youwouaunitMim I I I MMUIfl MliflfMllli ■ MfMUMLAT WVHIIIilil I ■ I UPJUMUTl9Yill00.COM. I Singing groups honor alumni mater. Over 100 students perThe Choir also welcomed formed in this weekend's contwo of their newcomers with cert and notable song titles solos by Kieran Benton and included "Bridge Over Lindsey Griffith in "Bridge Troubled Water," "The Road Over Troubled Water." The Not Taken" and "Go Out With concert was directed by Joy." Professor Ron Miller and "I think that it is very accompanied by Kathleen important to let our alumni Malenke on piano. know how much we appreciOther upcoming musical ate what they have done for concerts include the Marching us," said music major Chuck Band Revue on Nov. 11 and Bungo. "Without them, the the Choir's Winter Concert on choir program would not be Dec. 3. where it is today." October 18, 2006 Ih ueagleye.com ~~m— Downtown vacancy dropped from efforts of C owntown LHU, Inc. During Monday's city council meeting, improvements to downtown Lock Haven topped the agenda as Downtown Lock Haven, Inc. gave a presentation ofthe current fundraising efforts by the organization. Bob Rolley, speaking on behalf of the organization, stated the organization's goal is to make the community more vibrant and at the same time attract private investment. Rolley stated that downtown property vacancy rate has dropped from 11 to 4 percent as a result of the organizations efforts. The organization gives up to $5,000 to improve store fronts in an attempt to attract businesses and customers to the area. Attempting to secure funds for future projects, Rolley explained that the organization has raised $90,000 so far in an attempt to vitalize the city Trick-or-treaters will be able to go on their yearly chocolate excursions on Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. In an attempt to alleviate congestion downtown, the council voted to designate certain areas and close Vesper Street between Water and town area. Main Streets for a Halloween am certain that "1 people event on Oct. 28 from 12:00 view the council's comwill p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Many mitment as positive, encouragdowntown businesses are coning others to follow our lead," tributing candy and providing said Vilello. activities for kids. Councilman Joel Long The council also addressed strongly agreed with Vilello the issue of leaf pick-up for and proposed a donation of the city ofLock Haven. From $7500 a year for two years to Oct. 30 Nov. 10 between the non-profit organization. 12:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., The donation was unani- curbside leaf removal will be mously approved by the available. Residents are urged to rake leaves onto the edge of board. "This is important. We the street all the way against have to do this and show our the curb for removal by the support," said Councilman city. Alan D. Black. Bagged leaves will be Also on the agenda was the removed by the city on Nov. issue of Halloween as board 27-28 and Dee. 11-12. members designated the hours for trick-or-treating this year for the city of Lock Haven. PUB MPR. "Becoming homecoming King fulfilled some of my goals that I had set out for myself," Lewis said. From, PSECU, A1 Swartz believes that the things she is learning now while doing her internship can apply to and help most students. "The internship benefits anyone that plans to work with people. It improves communication skills and teaches you how to be professional. You gain knowledge about finance as well," said Swartz. PSECU is currently looking for new intern candidates. Although interviews are taking place, interested students can still apply due to the need for three new paid interns next semester. Swartz feels as though she has learned just about as much at her internship at PSECU as she would in the classroom. "I feel prepared for an entry level marketing 'PR posi- tion in field of finance. 1 feel new they will receive $50 in Sheetz gas cards. Members must be a PA state employee, or a family member of a student, faculty or staff member. equip^n Route i so west lock Haven, pa f 7745 4 25384764 1427445970 6073 6 21 13 1931 57 67 7 17345261 - students with disabil.ties to get around campus. "If you are someone who uses a wheelchair, it is difficult to get around campus." said Junco - Although it might seem like the construction ot Bentley is causing a lot ol anguish for students trying to I > , fm (he Ben[)ey construction is for the handicap," said Koch. -vVn elevator that will take studcnts U) any floor wjjl be ()cated whcre hc st( p sjgn js , . , , now There js a temp0rary inconvenicncc for students bu( withjn me ncx month once the construction workers hope 0 egtab isfa the extcrior wa|)g ofthe bujk)ing and work Qn the jnsjde Qf me building Koch believes this will make Re process smoother, '-Hopefully, this will slow mmgfJ rfown gaid Koch > interested. "I encourage people to check it out," said Cannady. "You will be changed." Currently Lyrically Speaking is drafting a constitution and is hopeful they will be approved by the SCC by the end ofthe semester. Aside from the weekly meetings, the group has several plans for this semester tfnd beyond. On Nov. 7, Lyrically Speaking will be hosting an Open Mic Night in the PUB at 7:30. The group's members are being encouraged to perform, but the stage will be open to anyone who would like to perform. The following month on Dec. 7, Lyrically Speaking will be hosting a performance in Sloan Hall. This performance will feature original poetry by members as well as a Def Poet from Def Poetry Jam. Next Semester the group will be traveling to New York City to experience a night of live spoken-word poetry, at a yet to be determined club. In the future the members of Lyrically Speaking will also be traveling to Loganton, Pa. for a performance. They will be performing at the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School. Both Jenkins and Cannady expressed the high level of talent and creativity that the members of Lyrically speaking posses. "I've encountered more creative people in this group than I have in a long while," said Jenkins. "(We have) Women's Appreciation Day, where we wine and dine women letting them know that they are a major force in our lives, the Distinguished Gentlemen's Date Auction and community service events, just to name a few," said Lewis. The primary goal of The Distinguished Gentlemen is to become members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity although the gentlemen also help to unite African American men on campus and help them to be seen positively on campus and in the community. "The Distinguished Gentlemen help diversity on campus because the organization is open to everyone and we offer activities that everyone can relate to," said Lewis. The Distinguished Gentlemen also try to help make the incoming freshmen more comfortable. "We are to have higher expectations and hope to achieve leadership and brotherhood for all males on campus," said Dave Sylvain, President ofThe Distinguished Gentlemen for the upcoming year. 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E-mail lhueagleye @yahoo.com, subject line "Classifieds" It' s free for students and students love free stuff!! A6 October 18, 2006 lhueagleye.com OPIN ON Before helping private schools, Pa. should invest more money in state-owned university system Dear Editor, We need to re-examine the and shows in their lower resident tuition costs. wisdom of these investments These are when these dollars take us rankings conand have been appalling away from fulfilling one of Over the past 20 years, (Source: sistent the the commonwealth's primary years state appropriations have over www.HigherEdInfo.org). responsibilities-providing steadily declined from providOur state legislators exac- affordable, high quality, and ing 62% of the costs to attend erbate the affordability prob- accountable public higher our state-owned universities lem by continuing to invest education. (e.g.. Lock Haven University) large sums of state tax dollars To illustrate, let me to the current 38%. It is stuto universities. support private describe our annual state dent tuition that has had to We have fine investment in higher educaprivate many make up that difference. universities tion through the PHEAA State in the commonCurrently, Pennsylvania are to Grant program. important ranks 48th in the nation in wealth that and which Qualifying Pennsylvania proour economy affordability of four-year pubstudents vide a high quality education attending public and lic institutions. private universities benefit We are 41st in amount of to many of our citizens. from this $345 million proCertainly for those reastudent debt. We are also 44th state tax dollars gram. in state government support of sons, using This is a large investment higher education ($107 per may seem like a good investment. that exceeds the total state capita). However, the current clifor Penn State. appropriation Contrast that with the New mate of scarce resources and also distributes PHEAA York state government sup$40 demands of is another million accountability in port which ranks 12th ($276 Assistance quite different from the 1970's Institutional per capita). That rate of support is when those investments were Grants that is spent exclusively for students attending one 61% higher than Pennsylvania first regularized. of the 82 qualifying private universities in the commonwealth. Last year, PHEAA spent $385 million in grant awards. A full 55% ($212 million) of that money was spent on grants to attend private universities that have an average tuition and fees of $22,300! Further, those same high tuitions create higher PHEAA State Grant awards for private university students reducing the pool of money available for others to attend the more affordable public universities. Moreover, when we do invest our scarce resources, shouldn't we make that investment in students who will remain in the commonwealth? State-owned university alumni by a large margin are more likely to stay in Pennsylvania. Science and religion share common goal Chris Hoskavich Guest Columnist The United States was founded on both secular and Throughout its existence, it has served as fertile ground for scientific development as well as for ethics derived largely from religious tenets. That is why I am disturbed by the increasing animosity between religion and science. The intensity of this conflict is a relatively new phenomenon. History shows that these two disciplines cannot only coexist peacefully, but Western civilization developed as rapidly as it did during the Industrial Revolution because of Protestantism and an increase in technological So, why now are elements in both fields insistent on rejecting the legitimacy of the other? The answer may lie more in politics than in doctrine. It is important to recognize where alliances lie in this struggle. It is essentially a battle of wills between fringe elements: the Christian far-right and the secular far-left. Both have conflicting agendas and both would benefit from destabilizing the public's confidence in the other. Appealing to these traits, particularly in a time in which we are dependent on scientific advancements on a daily basis, could prove the perfect method for marginalizing an institution based primarily on faith. science Unfortunately, could prove to be a casualty in this battle of extremes. In response to the far-left's manipulation of science, an increasing number of conservative Christian leaders are promoting the idea that scientific evidence is irrelevant in the face of Biblical evidence. So where does this ideoChris Hoskavich logical mess leave the average According to the Marxist American? As mentioned earworldview, religion serves to lier, science and religion are create a false sense of social not incompatible and both can consciousness in the lower benefit society. In order to reconcile these classes that prevents them from standing against the two schools of thought, we must first separate them from higher classes. Obviously, this ideology political agendas and then recrepresents a threat to religion, ognize that they deal with two particularly Christianity, different aspects ofthe human which is the predominant faith experience. in the U.S. The issue of evolution has Thus, those who adhere been a point of contention intensely to this faith are between the secular far-left drawn to the political right, and the Christian far-right for which functions to counter the some time. public policies promoted by Essentially, the theory of the left. evolution creates a problem Science provides an ideal because it is apparently conweapon to the left in combattrary to the Christian teaching the obstacle of religion. ings ofthe origin of man. Is it, Human beings are logical by though? nature and reliant on observOn the story ofcreation in Genesis, Pope Benedict XVI able evidence. The far-left seeks to instill socialist ideals in the American people. Religion, as any Marxist can tell you, presents a roadblock to achieving this end. said, "It is obvious even in the Bible that this is a theological framework and is not intended simply to recount the history of creation." In this example, we can see the difference between the value ofreligion and the value of science. Religion helps us deal with our relationship with our Creator and our own nature. Science uses observable evidence to help us understand how our world functions. We must recognize this distinction and understand that religion and science share a fundamental goal: the betterment of mankind. Further, the values at the core ofreligion and the values at the core of science depend on one another. A religious teaching that ignores scientific fact is simply a myth and will soon find itself obsolete. 'Science that is applied without ethicg and regard for human nature, or that attempts to answer metaphysical questions that are outside of its field of study, is an abomination. If we appreciate the intrinsic value of both, we can separate them from politics and allow them to flourish sideby-side as they have for centuries. In this way, we can work toward an enlightened, ethical and prosperous future. Clinton 'incompetent' on national defense Jason Hackney Guest Columnist We finally found out what Clinton was really all about in the last couple of weeks. He isn't just "Bubba," but another raving lying liberal lunatic. Won't this man ever give up the limelight he desires so much? I almost laughed myself to death watching him throw a tantrum during an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace. He actually tried to convey he was strong on National Defense. This, however, as most level-headed people know, is not true. He claimed in the interview that those "conservative republicans" thought he was "too obsessed" with Osama bin Laden when he bombed spots terrorist hot in Afghanistan and Sudan. Well, back here in reality the Washington Post in the August 21, 1998 edition had both then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and majority leader in the U.S. Senate on record of supporting President Clinton. So are those two not representative ofthe "conservative" wing ofthe Republican party? Clinton must not have read that issue, since it wasn't delivered under his desk. In his circus-like interview, Billy told the public that Osama bin Laden was not even known of in 1993. Of course we can believe he didn't know this since he was locked in the Oval Office working many of nights maybe. National Security Advisor Anthony Lake said Clinton knew of bin Laden due to the first World Trade Center bombing and then was later briefed again on bin Laden later in 1993. Not only did the national security advisor talk with Clinton about this, but also Rep. Bill McCollum (R, FL), the founder and chairman of the House Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. He sent numerous writings to President Clinton that warned him of Osama bin Laden and Islamic terrorists. Rep. McCollum established - within the Afghanistan mujihedeen that he tapped as sources in these many sources So what about Clinton trying so hard to capture Osama bin Laden? Did he? What do you think I am going to say? No, contrary to liberal belief. In 1996, according to the 9/11 commission, the CIA received information about Osama bin Laden leaving Sudan. We did not pursue him because Because why? Clinton said, "At the time, in 1996, he had committed no crimes against America, so 1 did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America (Vanity Fair 6/04)". Way to go. You get an A for effort! So now you may know why our most incompetent president on national defense was so mad. He was backed into a corner and he did not feel very comfortable about it. He lashed out at Fox News and Chris Wallace for doing the conservative bidding. Note, this is usually the response you get from a liberal who not agree with something on Fox News. It is almost like the poor man a couple weeks ago in the opinion section saying that MSNBC was biased. I guess that means all other sources of news besides cable television aren't biased. I mean look at the bang up job the Reuters photographer did with the photos out of Lebanon. The point is, attacking someone else's sources without addressing truthfully the main idea of the argument is faulty. This is what Bill Clinton did, and that's why loony liberals cheered when he "called out Fox News' bias". If you take a gander at the work most liberal writers did on this interview, you will find a pride they took when Clinton blew up on Fox News, not the factual truth of Clinton being another example of liberals failing to do theright things on national defense. Don't look too long though, the idiocy you see might blind you. One reason they are more likely to stay is that our stateowned universities enroll a much higher percentage of Pennsylvania citizens. Several years ago, the PASSHE Board of Governors mandated our state-owned universities to limit out-ofstate admissions to approximately 10%. That limit was instituted to avoid using state tax dollars to subsidize the education of out-of-state students. In contrast, private institutions in the commonwealth average 39% out-of-state students. Thus through PHEAA, our state tax-dollars end up subsidizing the education of many more out-of-state students than if those resources were directed toward our state-owned universities. We should re-examine the wisdom of investing so much of our tax dollars ($212 million in state grants alone) to support private universities while we rank 48th in affordability of four-year public institutions. We should also re-examine that wisdom when we can't always see how those funds are spent and cannot hold those institutions directly accountable. The notion of giving our citizens a "choice" though PHEAA grants seems like an attractive idea. However, that is a false choice when the legislature simultaneously makes the state-owned universities less affordable through insufficient appropriations. Spending less state tax dollars on private institutions is just one way to address the issue. Our first priority should be investing more in our stateowned university system to provide higher education Pennsylvania citizens which high quality, and accountable. Only the state-owned universities have the level of transparency and control through the PASSHE Board of Governors that can deliver on ail three. are truly affordable, Mark Cloud Professor of Psychology, LHU Letters to the editor are the opinion ofthe author and do not reflect the views of the Eagle Eye staff or its associates. | on your mind? 8 I Is there a hot-button topic that you would like to discuss? | § Write a letter to the editor. • .> | Don't just get red in the face... a • When writing, please include your full name and a phone number where you can be reached. • • Also include your year and major. • sendittolhueagleye@yahoo.com • with "Opinion Letter" j • I in the subject line. • Do you like to draw? Do you have a passion for comic books or satirical cartoons? Draw an editorial cartoon, and submit it to the Eagle Eye for the Opinions section. Send it to lhueagleye@yahoo.com with ''Editorial Cartoon" in the subject line. 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A7 lhueagleye.com October 18, 2006 OPINION THE EA CLE EYE VOLUME 64, ISSUE 6 Parsons Union Building Lock Haven University Lock Haven, PA 17745 lhueagleye@yahoo.com acuity Adviaor Dr. Sharon Online Editor Kara Wilt Stringer Photographers Editor in Chief Alana Beightol Marissa Brunner Garrett Graziano iella De Luca Kasey Le John Reith Jessica Thompson Sarah Wojcik r Features Advertising Sarah Goetter Jennifer Hayes Cory Messinger Jessa Hoover Melanie Shellhammer Circulation Trey Buehler Sports ■ Garrett Graziano Financial Manager Christina Fried James Cooney I Opinion hanie LaSota Staff Reporters Brandon Apter Patrick Bower Classifieds Ads Manager Sarah Goetter Kris Glad Sara Gerber Erin Hippie Nicole Jacobs Copy Editor Jennifer Dell Moshe Jenkins Leona Livingston Len Mahonski Photo Editor Nicole Pinto Marina Brandy Rissmiller Kara Wilt Tsygankova THE EAGLE EYE, THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. THE ARTICLES, OPINIONS, PICTURES AND LAYOUT OF THE EAGLE EYE ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STAFF AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE STUDENTS. THE FACULTY OR ADMINISTRATION, UNLESS SPECIFIED. THE EAGLE EYE IS FUNDED BY THE STUDENT COOPERATIVE COUNCIL AND IS PRINTED BY THE LOCK HAVENEXPRESS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE iMfts ri a* fcns-inr cr rxr /-> a 7r-rrr Bentley must improve food service this year for sake of students Kenneth Dawson Guest Writer Besides the Eagle Rock Cafe at the PUB, Bentley Hall is the only dining service available to LHU students on campus. With numerous new students attending the university, the standards should be set much higher than the reports that have been coming in. Last week I personally experienced Bentley at its worst. 1 was sitting with two of my friends when I noticed something that felt like chicken gristle in my mouth. I figured it to be normal, however, due to the fact that I was eating a chicken cheese steak. Minutes went by and I still tasted it. When I went to pull it out, I was surprised and disgusted to find that it was a long black hair. The very next day I was shocked again to find it in my salad. "I've heard plenty about finding workers' hair in Bentley's food. It's never happened to me, but I watch them day in and day out handling food without the proper measures," sophomore Steven Clister explained to me. As if the hair wasn't enough, I also had a problem with the management. On Friday, Oct. 13, I walked into Bentley expecting to get a good meal before I went out. When I got up to the register my card did not scan, nor were the numbers able to be punched in. When the manager came he explained that my only option was to pay in cash. I tried to explain to him that I have a Bentley Hall meal plan so 1 don't have to carry cash. Regardless, 1 was denied a meal. Unfortunately, I let my anger get the best of me and gave the manager a real piece of my mind. Tiberia, Filippo Production at Manager Bentley, explained to me that if any incident like that were to happen again, he is to give the student a card for the dining hall upstairs - kind of like a free pass. I have always loved Bentley's food and service until this year. In my opinion, I just think that the whole staff is slacking due to the immense increase in student population this year. I am not ready to give up on Bentley yet, however, it's only the second month and 1 still have $77 left in flex money. With the winter months just around the corner, Bentley has to bulk up the service to keep us students healthy and happy. Television will never tell the truth of a lineage that parallels the life of Paris Hilton. The majority of the population of industrialized countries now has their lower class In the days when radios feeling hopeless rather than ruled America and most of the motivated to better themindustrialized world, families selves. This may be good for would sit in the living room stability, but certainly not the and listen to thrilling stories, physiological well-being of presidential "fire side" chats the community. and receive the news of the Not only does television day. contribute to unwillingness to The radio was an acceptparticipate, but also to closeable way to end the day with mindedness. Channels like large degrees ofnondenominaFox News and even CNN dedtional information filtered icate their programs to coverthrough to the public - keeping ing one side of a story and everyone well informed. treat any of their opinions as Joseph Melber Today we have diverged either distinctly liberal or disfrom that into the modern state tinctly conservative. celebrity worship that televiof cable television. on, individuThe truth about issues is sion has spurred This form of mass media to at their social that they should not be classitends more towards socially als tend look as more of a product of fied as a topic with only two destructive programming, like class rather than ends to find. Many multidichannels that emphasize their own failures itself. mensional solutions should be society the of product youthful debauchery like ofpeolooked at closely. exception With the MTV and programs which Hilton, With such programming people like Paris ple spread political lines in such a tend to look at the rich and on television it's no wonder way that free-thought is actuas a majority of indiwhy voting participation rates ally discouraged, like the famous displayed continue to drop in many viduals which have O'Reilley Factor. to achieve industrialized countries. For these reasons I have talent and drive It is no wonder that citiwhat have. they selected the creation of modthis is a nice idea zens continue to know less and Although ern cable television as my fifth a society should be, less about their governments most detrimental event in the for what the truth is that the majority of and their world. course of human history. Finally, the moral of the the upper class is the product Joseph Melber Guest Columnist Likely one of the most detrimental facets of television, especially in the United States, is that it tends towards giving people reason not to try to better their situation. In the modern era of week is watching television is bad thing, actually quite the opposite. An intellectual viewer can watch television as a comment on the current state of society without being drawn into the opinions which it puts forth. Television will never tell the truth so long as the truth cannot be proven, and thus leaves it to you. the viewer, to decipher opinion from fact being mindful of the context which the programming exists in. You should take this further into your everyday life as well. Always remember the majority of things said, done and ever felt are mostly in the context of opinion and not truth. Be aware of the existence of opinion in all places ofyour life and always try to dispel them from your mind when they should not be allowed to coexist with your own. not a *** This is the sixth in a series of ten columns concerning the top ten historic events that have the greatest negative impact on life today, according to this writer. Sports officials get more than just money as reward for their hard work the concept of fair play and This is an active recruitment good sportsmanship. period for the Central *For the competitor in you. Counties Chapter (Clinton and I am an alumnus of LHU Officiating appeals strongly to Centre Counties). and I am writing to you and the competitive spirit that all If you feel you have the your readers about my many us tools needed to become an of possess. football officiating experia a official and believe that you Below is list of reasons The successful official is ences over the last ten years. and find any or all of the will fierce competitor who enjoys would I also write with the hope why I love officiating with above to to the to work reasons to officiate as a opportunity give back the of recruiting new officials as continue reward, 1 you to regof football. towards the comchallenge sport teammates youth our area is currently experimon a ister exam and take officiating great can assume of for this safely goal I you encing a shortage of sports a list once next game form similar that collectively. step. will officials. �Personal development. Do not be overwhelmed by While working out at the you begin your officiating the To become a great Officiating requires process. career. to you local YMCA ten years ago, I will need to dediofficial decisions, Because love the make instantaneous you you * read a recruitment poster lookdeal with cate and be willing you many years conflict, football, love or resolve and game. If ing for high school and youth stress and to as much gain experience as sport, other is officiating pressure. any football officials. to get started you to but officiating stay can, the best involved way Additionally, you I thought, like many of you demands good communication only need to be willing to take have, that I could handle in the game. the first step ofregistering and great The about thing becoming an official as I have an official is that *Make friends. being you lifelong taking the exam. watched and played football at can to can A class will be offered at a be on the Your fellow officials actually get many different levels. not on become friends for life. later date and free of charge field and the sideline. your A After passing the required to stay �Great tremendous bond for those interested in becomway develops in exams, joining a local officiata as a between officials work football official. shape. Officiating provides they ing ing chapter and obtaining my to for a This call be designed together good will stay reason common meaningful in first game, 1 learned that this to understand the and can be shape. only fully help people was going to be more of a exam offootball get many you older, As we after and the basics explained experichallenge than I had ever officiating. adults find it more difficult to enced it. thought. to *For I welcome your questions find the time exercise. the money. It is this challenge that I an you the is not and comments. Feel free to Officiating gives Officiating extremely want to extend to anyone that to out me at (570) 748-0225. profitable hobby, of the but then contact opportunity get has ever thought, like I did ten and an house see a You can also contact the PIAA participate again, you positive in will years ago, that they could do (PIAA.org). and cash flow. enjoyable rewarding physas good a job as anyone you Unlike other hobbies, the ical activity. watched on television. a spent at officiating will *Be role model. time positive Anyone that has ever a Officiating provides unique help in putting money in your attended a sporting event or Kevin Ransom to pocket. influopportunity positively watched one on television has Lock Haven The Central Pennsylvania surely heard the many ways ence young people. The official is a role model area is currently experiencing that a crowd ora coaching staff who is charged with enforcing a shortage offootball officials. can verbally abuse an official. Dear Editor, Knowing that, why would anyone want to become a sports official? The reasons to become a sports official far outweigh the Library employee should read book on etiquette I waited patiently for a few Whether it is student workers. minutes and then when the Rick Lilla or Sandy Probst, On Friday, Rick Lilla, an woman at the desk decided to theyall seemed polite and caring. Until today, that is. assistant at help me, she was unnecessariprofessor Afterwards, I was told that ly discourteous, which upset Stevenson Library, helped me I was directed to the wrong out greatly, even though his me to a great degree. I asked if she could give offices. So now, I have no idea shift was over and he was if Lilla has received the note. headed home to enjoy the him what I was returning. After Just in case the note has I explained that I weekend. As many students know, wasn't sure where his office gotten lost, I just wanted to Lilla is always willing to assist was, she pointed me to the thank Lilla again for his them the best he can and he direction of some offices, politeness. It's justa shame that it hasalways does it with a smile on explaining that the doors were n't rubbed off oo all of his felopen. his face. Since no one was in the low employees yet. On Monday I went back office and I had to get to class, to the library to return something to him and to give him a I placed the note on what I thought was his desk. thank you note. Asa senior at Lock Haven, I stopped at the circulation Brandy Rissmiller desk because I didn't know I have never dealt with anyone Staff Reporter being rude to me at the library. where to find Lilla. Dear Editor, October 18, lhueagleye.com I Spotlight Haven I International faculty use experieces to adjust —n—HMMmuBBwy *• nwMi < vk mm DBF""" ■ & HuQi ■ Han Jin, China B H ' I I K I ■ HHl Infibti »W 'Wi II IP ■** « _ ff> BlfKF'^i^H Mh^Hh^hV I Daniella De Luca Editor in Chief mWWS ~H1 B] Hi I & S^H^Efl j fffl Hi Hi j| Hi H^H^H^H^H^H^HiRiiiiisiiBiH^H^H^H^H^k^ Daniela Ribitsch Graz, Austria Bernardino Vernanzi Rome, Italy Four international faculty members from three different continents are currently serving Lock Haven University language classes and international students. All of them are calling the International House on campus their home for now, although it is different from their home countries. Hu Qi from Tian Jin. China is a teacher recruited from Yaohua High School to assist 14 of her students pursuing fouryear degrees at the university. As an English teacher, she said she has been working on further developing her English skills while she is here, but has been using the language for ten years. "I really like Lock Haven very much. It is quiet andpeaceful, and the people are very friendly," Qi said. Getting along with her new housemates hasn't been a problem for her, and she has enjoyed the dinners and recipes that they have shared. She notices many differences between Lock Haven and her home near Beijing including the way people dress and preshousehold ent themselves, appliances like dishwashers, and size of living space to name a few. "It is different from my city full of people. Here, you can smell the forest and be very close to nature," she said, mentioning her apartment living situation in China, twenty stories high. In her spare time, Qi enjoys reading, talking with students, spending time with friends and watching international news on TV. "1 would like to introduce a part ofChina to America while I am here." Also eager to introduce their culture to students studying abroad is Youness Mountaki from Casablanca, Morocco. He is one of two Fulbright Scholars of the Institute of International Education at the university this year, and is enjoying his time in Lock Haven so far. "I will be teaching students interested in going to Morocco: Moroccan Arabic, Arabic Language and Moroccan cul- ture. There are fewer universi- ties in Morocco than there are here." Most studying is done through host families instead of schools, he added. When he's not assisting the International Office, Mountaki enjoys playing soccer, taking pictures and spending time researching on the internet. He has also tried his hand at cooking, a task usually reserved for women in his culture. The biggest differences he notices between Pennsylvania and his country are in the weather, meal times, one generic language (English), and other traditions like Ramadan, which is not as widely practiced. He said he doesn't mind the differences though because he has felt welcome from the moment he got here. "Everyone here has been very good to me. It's small, but the people are friendly and hospitable." The second Fulbright Scholar of the Institute of International Education is Daniela Ribitsch from Graz, Austria. This year, she is a language teaching assistant in German 1 and 3 with Dr. Charles Hayes. She says her hometown is slightly larger than Lock Haven so this location isn't so different for her to adjust to. "It's more of the little things notice that are different," she I said. "Like the way you lock the door or turn a faucet on or off." Classes in Austria only meet once a week, so adjusting to class every day is something Ribitsch had to acclimate herself to. She has busied herself helping out around the classroom, grading tests and taking time reading with a small German group twice a week for those who want to further explore the German language. The World Axis Club is also something she has joined, meeting once a week discussing world topics and affairs. "We don't have many clubs like this at home, so I am happy to meet new people and talk about new things." Although not keen on playing sports, she does enjoy watching soccer and ski jumping. Walking and reading are of her favorite pastimes. Also representing Europe this year is Bernardino Vernanzi from Rome, Italy. He will be teaching Italian 1 this semester on Lock Haven's campus and Italian 2 online from Cassino University in partnership with LHU's exchange program in Italy next semester. Vernanzi has been embracing the quietness of the area, look at the taking a and River the Susquehanna campus sites. He keeps active and knowledgeable by running, reading and traveling. Vernanzi admits to being a traveler at heart. "You can grow and learn so many things. When you travel, you feel so very alive, and all of your senses are open," he said. After visiting Ethiopia. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in Africa and teaching for two years in Turkey, he is accustomed to different educational situations, although the United States surprises him. "In Italy, the teachers are the center of the educational system. Here, the students are at the center (of the university) with many services available to them. In Italy, that is not comtwo mon." Adjusting to time is something he had to adapt to while here. "We have dinner much later, around 9 p.m. and punctuality is different because you can arrive much later than you say you will." Vernanzi said he feels welcome and his housemates are all getting along very well. "Even though we are all from different places, it is still okay," he said. The Fulbright and student exchange programs are offering an exchange between universities and facilitates student and faculty from around the world. Director of the Institute for International Studies Dan Roberts is optimistic for the opportunities teaching learning abroad offer. and "It offers a comparative perspective on the world, and students are able to have a comparative perspective on the world and process all the things they learned at the university in an international context," he said. Musically gifted student youngest in Williamsport Orchestra Jenny Charney Guest Writer Despite her young age and short stature, Caitlin Hagy has never had a problem with being heard. Hagy, a senior majoring in International Studies with a music minor, recently became one of the newest and youngest members of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra. When she was nine years old, Hagy attended a concert and immediately fell in love with the violin. With cheerleading and dance already on her plate, she had to work persistently on her parents until they allowed her to pick up another hobby. At the age of 12, she auditioned for the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Music. Because of her skill and potential, she was accepted and awarded a scholarship. For a small town girl, Hagy was proud of her accomplishment against the odds. "1 was a country girl brought into the city from parents that didn't have any musical background, and I was playing with rich kids that have had an instrument in their hands since they were in diapers," she She attended the academy until her sophomore year in high school. She then took private lessons from a member of the Lancaster Symphony, Sally Hart, who was well traveled in the music world and played alongside many famous musi- cians. Hagy also provided lessons to her peers as a side job. Her talent of playing the violin helped her win the Miss Solanco Scholarship Pageant in Lancaster County in 2003. As part of her duties, she played at various community events. "My violin has opened so many doors for me and allowed me to meet so many nice people. It has given me many great opportunities," she said. After high school, she Chester West attended University. While attending, she participated in two symphonies, including the Wilmington, Delaware Symphony. Now a member of the Lock Haven orchestra and a performer in the annual student recitals, Hagy has made her presence known all over the state, as well as south of the border. Through the Study Abroad program she was able to travel to Mexico in the spring of 2005, where she performed in two student recitals. "The people appreciated the music so much and they offered me a job in an orchestra after hearing me play," she said. Throughout her lifelong musical journey, Hagy has acquired many famous inspirations, such as classical musicians Josh Bell and Vanessa Mae, who mix classical, jazz and pop to create interesting pieces. From the beginning, however, Hagy possessed some not-so famous role models as well. "My parents are my biggest supporters, as well as my biggest fans. I would not be where I am today without them behind me and my decisions," she said. Motivation and time management also play a key role in Hagy's success. Finding time to practice is important, especially when juggling a busy school schedule, and two part-time "1 strive to dedicate at least 45 minutes daily, although sometimes I practice more or less, depending on my schedule," she said. As the youngest member of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, she feels the pressure. Photo courtesy or" Jenny Charney Caitlin Hagy poses with her instruments. She is currently the youngest member of the Williamsport Orchestra. " "It's strange to look around and see so many people that are older than me, sitting right next to me. In the end it doesn't matter because you're all there for the same reason: the music," Hagy said. The violin became a part of her life very early and her passion will continue to grow. according to Hagy. "I'll always play no matter what. It was such an enriching part of my childhood and has become an incredibly positive ambassador and as a bartender at the Fallon House and Town part of my life," she said. Orchestra are held in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport and the schedule of events can be found on the website, www.wsc.org. Hagy currently takes lessons from Professor Beverly Schmidt. She works in the Admissions Office as a student Tavern. Concerts Williamsport the Symphony for Check out Inside... . Features.. Volleyball defeats WCU Homecoming Pep Rally B2 B8 Lock Haven University's Student Newspaper Volume 64, Issue 6 " Wednesday, October 18, 2006 * B Homecoming overtime thriller LHU Football against Shippensburg, 20-17 ses Brandon Apter Sports Reporter -**^riS^2^^^^*, *, After a valiant effort the football team fell just short to Shippensburg, 20-17, in an overtime thriller at Hubert Jack Stadium this past Saturday. The Bald Eagles defense wasted no time by intercepting a Red Raiders pass and bringing it back to midfield. After failing to get it into the end zone, freshman kicker Mark Domonkos punched in a 39-yard field goal to give Lock Haven the early 3-0 edge. That is how the first quarter would conclude, as this game was looking to be quite a defensive struggle. Shippensburg would not go away without a fight though. On their second drive of the second quarter, the LHU defense was nowhere to be found as running back Chris Infante ran 50 yards for the score, which made it 7-3. With the Bald Eagles still down four with three and a half minutes to go, freshman quarterback llio DiPaolo completed a 46-yard pass downfield to Rafael Smith giving LHU a chance to - '^^^v^S^^^mBb^^^RB ' «i Garrett Graziano / Eagle Eye Ilio DiPaolo passes to an open Troy Wile Jr. in the Homecoming game against strike before halftime. On Ship's 14-yard line, DiPaolo handed the ball to Troy Wile Jr. who powered it in for a touchdown. The teams went into the locker room with Lock Haven having a slight lead over Ship, 10-7. The third quarter did not disappoint as both defenses took the spotlight. Lock forced a fumble thanks to Shane Barie, but they could not capitalize as the Ship defense immediately came back with an interception. Neither team would score during the third quarter, leaving the score 10-7 in favor of the Bald Eagles with 15 minutes left. On Ship's second possesHaven sion of the fourth quarter, they were threatening with the ball on the LHU 15-yard line but again failed to get into the end zone to take the lead. The drive would end in a field goal, making it a tie at 10. chance to take the lead with the ball on LHU's 39-yard line. The Red Raiders took advantage of their opportunity as quarterback Tony Gomez completed a 39-yard pass to Pat Ferguson to give them a 17-10 lead over LHU. Reggie Farrior intercepted llio DiPaolo's pass on the next drive, giving Ship a See, Football, B2 Men's soccer in first place by one goal, Lock Haven fought back to tie the game Sports Reporte with a goal by Paul Huckett. His goal was assisted by Chris The men's soccer team was most recently in action Spinks. The winning goal for this Saturday against Lock Haven came in overtime. A double assist by Huckett and Shippensburg University. Spinks set up Rosindale to net the ball past Ship's keeper for a final score of 3-2. was outshot by Shippensburg This game was the second PSAC match up against Lock Haven 22-12 in the Shippensburg for the Bald game. The win for the Bald Eagles. With only nine minput them in first place Eagles utes played in the game, the PSAC contest. in Ashley Rosindale struck the On Wednesday, the team ball past Shippensburg keeper Kutztown John Humerick for the first challenged their second University in of the goal game. ofthe season. meeting Shippensburg bounced back The game was a high scorfrom the lost goal with one of one for the Bald Eagles, their own by junior R.J. ing not so much for Kutztown. Pursell. Only minutes later but shut out Haven came a second goal from the Lock Kutztown 6-0 in a dominant Red Raiders, this time by senior Damon Kegerise who was win. In the 31st minute of the assisted by Pursell. After emerging from half game, Chris Spinks aided Paul time, down to Shippensburg Huckett in placing the first goal ofthe competition. Pier Salamone Only four minutes later Huckett took a pass from Ashley Rosindale to steal the second goal. Following the trend was Patrick Long in the 38th minute of the game. Long accepted a pass from Rosindale to place the ball as the third goal in the half. Without missing a beat, the Bald Eagles came back from halftime and picked up right where they left off. The 78th minute held a goal from K.C. Mayer, unassisted. The next goal came from the Haven's Philip Liversedge. Taking a corner kick headed teammate by Long, Liversedge headed the ball keeper. past Kutztown's Sophomore Leadopoe Geain netted his first goal only seconds before the final whistle. The men's soccer team will be in action again at California University on Saturday for their final regular season game. W « mmt^^Aam^rM M P r Photo Courtesy of Lyndsay Jasper Renee Kem merer works her way down field during a game. Field Hockey takes down Lehigh and Saint Francis shots. Harris has now won all five of her starts in net for Lock Haven. Offensively, Samantha The Lady Eagles Field had a stand out game Stoyer Hockey team continues to for the Lady Eagles as the lone look impressive as they beat first both Lehigh University and goal scorer. In just the two goals, half Stoyer posted Saint Francis University in while tacking one more in the this past week's action. second half to give her a hattrick. The three goal performance gave Stoyer six goals in on the season. With a current record of total Last Wednesday saw LHU 11-4 the Lady Eagles had no to Lehigh to take on the travel problem beating Saint Francis, Mountain Hawks. 3-1, on Sunday. Goalkeeper, Ali Harris, Sec, Field Hockey, B2 remains undefeated on the season stopping five of six Garrett Graziano Sports Editor John Reith / Eagle Eye File Leadopoe Geain takes the ball down field against earlier this year. ■HHHHHMHHHHMNHH October 18, Ihueag B2 Volleyball beats WCU Brandy Rissmiller Sports Reporter A close loss led to what Kim Windstein believes to be the highlight of the weekend for the women's volleyball Lock Haven University Bookstore Athlete of the Week Samantha Stoyer team. Volleyball "We successfully pumped ourselves back up from a tough five game loss from Shippensburg and played as a team to defeat West Chester," said the freshman middle hitter. "We all decided that we weren't going to walk out of there with another loss." Senior Maggie Borden agrees with Windstein to an extent, but says that when it was time to play West Chester, the team knew they had to forget the loss and focus on the upcoming match. The Lady Eagles fell to Shippensburg University in a five match battle, 30-22, 2730, 30-20, 24-30 and 13-15. Inga Kurgonaite, a junior opposite hitter, led the way with 20 kills. Seniors Li YiZhi and Maggie Borden combined for thirty kills and three service aces a piece. Borden also recorded 15 digs. Kurgonaite, Li and freshman Fabiana Gomez each had four blocked assists. West Chester University suffered from Lock Haven's wrath, falling 30-24, 30-21 and 30-13. Sophomore Stacey Borgia and Li led the team with 14 kills and 10 digs, respectively. Li also recorded ten kills and nine blocks. Kurgonaite's kills added up to seven. Windstein tallied nine blocks. On Friday night the Lady East Eagles played Stroudsburg University and prevailed: 30-18, 30-17 and 30-15. led Lock Kurgonaite Haven with 13 kills and 6 digs. Li recorded ten kills, hitting for .438, while Borgia tallied 11 kills. Gomez had an impressive night with 43 assists and two kills. Borden contributed with nine kills and five digs. "We did a great job playing as a team and meeting the goals we set for ourselves," said Borden. Tuesday night's game Rock Slippery against University resulted in another victory for the Lady Eagles, winning three games, 30-18, \m\r mmm\ Mmmm .B unior Samantha Stoyer (Lititz, PaVManheim Township) has been named LHU Bookstore Athlete of the Week for her efforts in the week ending Oct. 15. This is the first honor for both Stoyer and the Lock Haven University field hockey team (11-4, 4-0 NEC) this season. Stoyer won both games for the Lady Eagles this week. on Lehigh First, at successWednesday, she was ful on the winning stroke-off attempt. Then, Sunday at Saint Francis she posted a hattrick (her second multi-goal Lady Eagles are back in action Friday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. when they travel to Quinnipiac University. The LHU Bookstore sponsors the Athlete of the Week to better promote Lock Haven student-athletes. The LHU Bookstore is available for all academic texts, LHU apparel and more. The Bookstore is located in the Parsons Union Building on the campus of Lock Haven University. victory. Stoyer and the rest of the Lock courtesy of Haven University Sports Women's soccer drops two Kris Glad Sports Reporter Photo Courtesy of Al Weston Christina Laury jumps up for the spike in a match at Thomas Field House. 30-27 and 30-28. Lock Haven hit for a total of .379 on the night and accumulated 11 service aces. Gomez recorded 33 assists and five service aces. Li led the Lady Eagles with 18 kills, 11 digs, two blocks and a .640 attack percentage. Kurgonaite had an impressive night as well with 12 kills, ten digs and five blocks. Windstein had seven kills and five blocks, while classmate Christina Laury tallied eight kills. Borden recorded 12 digs and three service aces. Next up for Lock Haven are two home PSAC West matches. Borden says the goals for the upcoming matches are to treat every team the same. "It's the end of the season and all the teams are getting a little tired and worn out, so we have to make sure we stay at the top ofour game because as seen from the past weekend, all it takes is one slip and we walk away with a loss." Head Coach Tom Justice's goals for the upcoming matches are to finish the season with a winning streak. "I think if we can do that, we can be prepared for postseason play. It will not be easy. Our conference is very deep in talent, and all of the teams are well coached," said Coach Justice. On Saturday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. the Lady Eagles will compete against Clarion University. Tuesday, Oct. 24 the team will play California University (Pa.) at 7 p.m. Tuesday night also marks Senior Night for the Lady Eagles. Coach Justice is looking forward to having the opportunity to honor the seniors. "At the same time as I look forward to honoring them, I know how much I will miss them when they graduate. So I have mixed feelings. I will be sad to see them leave Lock Haven, but 1 will be very happy for them to see them graduate and move on to productive careers." The seniors on the team are Mayumi Ishihara, Maggie Borden, Larissa Goldoni and Li YiZhi. Haven Lock The University women's soccer teams (8-9) played two hard games, but unfortunately were defeated in both games. Women's Soccer "Our recent games have all been on the road and against quality teams that are ranked. That is a tough situation. No excuses, it has been a huge challenge and we have learned a lot from those games," said Coach Kendra. Holly Homsher had a big game this past Saturday in a 30 loss against Shippensburg University (9-6-2). She had 10 shots and five of which were The defense played well as LHU Junior goalkeeper Emily played well offensively as they got a 20-8 shot advantage Wagner recorded seven more and 9-4 shot on goal against saves. She allowed no shots on goal. Shippensburg University. Despite the two losses the This past Wednesday, the to Lady Eagles still have a Lady Eagles traveled of chance at making the University Indiana State AthleticPennsylvania Pennsylvania (11-4) where (PSAC) women's they were defeated by the Conference as need playoffs, they soccer Indians 6-3. to win more clinch the one In the first half, LHU senspot playoff in the ior Holly Homsher scored the final PSAC-west. well in "Playing lone goal, but the story was two our next is games key,'" quite different by the second Coach Kendra. half. said The Lady Eagles finish off In the second half, LHU sophomore Stephanie Fisher their regular season against scored the only other two PSAC-West rivals. First they goals in the game with an will travel to Edinboro University (7-7) and then will assist coming from LHU junfinish off the regular season at ior Coleen Kafka and senior the California University of Holly Homsher, who lead (6-11). Pennsylvania team with four shots. on goal. The Lady Eagles John Reith / Eagle ball to her ready pass Wall to the teammates. gets Diane From, Field Hookey, Bl ir A ■ |p7m* IBM' iff Garrett Graziano / Eagle Eye Chris Hawkins turns up field after receiving a hand off from llio DiPaolo. From, Football, Bl On the Eagles next possession llio DiPaolo rushed for 33 yards and completed two passes for 29 yards including an 11-yard completion to Chris Hawkins for a touchdown, tying the game at 17. That's what the score would be at the end ofregulation. Shippensburg won the toss overtime and chose to play in defense. Their strategy paid off in the end as they forced Lock Haven to a big three and out. The Bald Eagles failed on a 52-yard field goal, giving the ball to Ship with a chance to win the game. Three rushing plays was all the Red Raiders needed to setup kicker Jamie Reder for a 32-yard attempt which sailed through the uprights, spoiling Lock Haven's homecoming with a victory, 20-17. DiPaolo ended the game 13-of-31 for 131 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Chris Hawkins led the Bald Eagles with 44 yards rushing. On the other side of the ball, linebacker Derek Harsch racked up 13 tackles and Shawn Crebs grabbed the lone Lock Haven interception. The Bald Eagles look to rebound from their homecoming heartbreak as they travel to Slippery Rock (4-3) next Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rock was handed their third loss of the season by California University of PA 24-14 last week. The last time the Bald Eagles faced Slippery Rock was last year, losing in a blowout 55-7 and by a score of 31-3 in 2004. After falling behind 2-0, the Lady Eagles took the game over in the second half. Carrying the torch for LHU was Blair Wynne, scoring two goals in the second half igniting a swing in momentum. The Lady Eagles took the lead late in the game when Sarah Huber got the go ahead goal off of a corner attempt. Megan Bullock is credited with the assist that gave Huber her 10th goal of the year. The Mountain Hawks tied the game again however, forcing overtime play. In overtime neither team managed to capitalize on scoring chances forcing a strokeoff session at the end of the overtime period. The stroke-off period Seven place in meet James Cooney Sports Editor The Lock Haven Men and Women's Cross Country teams were back in action this past weekend at the Slippery Rock University Invitational. There were ten teams in the field for both men and women. The women placed fifth, while the men placed sixth. Leading the way for the women was freshman Lindsey Scheller. Scheller finished 14th out of the field of 98. Two seconds behind her was her sophomore teammate Alyssa Douma. Also finishing in the top 30 for the women were Missy Weaver, 21st, Jessica Wooten, 24th, and Shala Simms, 26th. For the men, individual leaders were freshman Kenny George, senior Chris Robson, and freshman Brandon Pomerantz. George placed the best coming in 19th. Robson took 25th and not too far behind was Pomerantz, who took 27th. This Saturday both the men's and women's teams will be back in action at the Elizabethtown University Invitational. Eye File Photo proved to be detrimental for Lehigh as Nicole Dearden, Renee Kemmerer, Bullock, and Stoyer all made good on their attempts for Lock Haven. The Lady Eagles eventually won the stroke-off 4-2 and the game 4-3. The Lady Eagles will be in action again on Friday as they travel to Quinnipiac University and then Fairfield University on Sunday. Sports Editors James Cooney Garrett Graziano Bfandy Rissmiller Kris Glad Pier Salamone , Brandon Apter October 18, 2006 B3 Ihueagleye.com cli i. Houston, we have contact comedy, horror, and action all rolled up into one split second when world's collide and one ceases to exist afterwards. Hockey doesn't hold the viewer in as much You know why 1 like football? People are does, in fact ifyou're given brutally punished for 60 minutes on end. You suspense as football an indicator that something brutal is about to hapknow why I like hockey? If you have a problem pen, you're lucky. So often everything is going you fight it out in the middle ofthe rink. perfectly fine and before you know it, there is a You know why I like this time of the year? full scale gang riot in the middle ofthe ice. Here Both my favorite sports are on at the same time. is what to look for. I'm in heaven. 1. The instigator. Every team has one. This It recently occurred to me, as I repeatedly will be the guy who doesn't really look like he's watched the Miami/Florida International brawl, game itself, but more in finding the reason I watch these two sports in particular interested in the notice right before the face-off his victim. You'll is the relentless pain and suffering these athletes he'll trash talk his opponent into a fight, and as inflict on themselves and each other. soon as the puck is dropped,the gloves come off. Please do not take me for a disturbed individ2. The goalie fight. This only happens ual, I assure I'm not. I think. I just enjoy the finer when the rest of their teams are fighting and it aspects of contact sports-ike the contact. seems like the logical thing to do. Known to just Sure I'm a fan of a good run, goal, save or be calm in nature, it truly is a rare occurrence catch, but nothing's better than that one sweet when two opposing goalies meet in combat, but moment suspended in time where you know when they do it's a hockey fans reward for folsomeone is about to be hit devastatingly hard. a struggling sport. lowing So to celebrate, I have decided to share my 3. The gang fight. These spectacles usualfavorite moments throughout the course of a ly are reserved for the end of a game. After an game that everyone should look for. First off" is embarrassing loss, usually the instigator will take football. a cheap shot at another player inciting benches to Hitting is as much a part of football as the clear and pandemonium to ensue. It's especially a football itsself, so the next time you see one of treat when the two teams are rivals. these events taking place, know a jaw wrenching 4. Lastly, but in no way least, is the open blow may soon follow. ice check. The bench mark statement of hockey 1. A high hanging punt with no fair catch brutality. It never ends well. Two players at full signal. You can only hope that while that camera speed crash into each other at mid ice and usualfollows that punt through the air it will lead you ly one if not both of them remain down and out. straight into massive collision that may jar the It may not seem like much, but if it happens in ball loose from the punt returnee's hands, which such a manner it can trigger the instigator which in turn sets off a chain reaction of more collisions the fights, which is the one thing the fans triggers in effort to retrieve the ball. really come to see. 2. The safety blitz. If your team is on These eight reasons are the reasons I love defense, you know your eyes light up like the sun and football. It's not the fancy play makhockey when you see a safety charge in unblocked to a ing ability; its nothing like that. It's simply the QB's blind side. It's a thing of beauty and car- hard hits that are delivered and absorbed. I love it. nage. 3. A receiver comes across the middle. It's almost like the world is moving in slow motion at The opinions this point. All you can do is wait. You know its stated here are coming, I know its coming, the blind, homeless those of the bum sleeping in the cardboard box knows its editors. coming and the only thing you can do is bet if the They do not receiver will get back up after he is demolished in reflect the mid-air. of opinions 4. The mismatch, my personal favorite. It the Eagle Eye doesn't happen too often but when it does its like or its staff. art work. Perhaps its a punter vs. a linebacker or a half back vs. lineman, either way its drama. Garrett GrazianO Sports Editor Five Miami players ejected for brawl Lance Leggett handle the situation. Their receiver scored two of those touchfinal decision included muldowns, and recorded 77 tiple calls of unsportsmanyards on seven receptions. like conduct and the ejection Just when you thought of 13 players initially. After The defense also played its they were back on the right reviewing game tapes, the part, with safeties Kenny track, the Miami Hurricane suspendPhillips and Lovon Ponder teams' conferences football team managed to 31 players in total, 13 of each picking off interceped make a mess of a good situations and defensive end which were from UM. tion. "I think the officials did a Calais Campbell recovering On Saturday, the 'Canes good job," Coker said. "They a fumble that led to a scoring were involved in a brawl that let us know that if there were drive. cleared the sidelines during Fullback James Bryant more altercations that any their 35-0 win over Florida the also recorded his second game would have canInternational. The melee celed. I didn't want that for touchdown of the season off resulted in 13 players being of a five yard reception from our team." ejected, including five from It's fortunate for the Wright. Following his touchMiami. the game was down, Bryant appeared to minutes Hurricanes that With nine canceled, because they point to the F1U bench, and not remaining in the third quarseemed more inspired after then gave a bow to the ter, a few linemen began the incident occurred. After stands. After drawing an shoving at one another folinto halftime with a unsportsmanlike conduct call going lowing a PAT by Miami. of 7-0, the 'Canes for his antics, the PAT was score Those shoves turned into picked up in the second half, good for Miami. A player punches, and multiple playthree additional from Fill continued to shove scoring ers from both teams became while keeping against Miami's offensive touchdowns involved. As fists began to line after the kick, which led Panthers scorethe Golden fly, the benches cleared and less. to the huge fight. the fight turned into an allAlthough FIU had been Considering the negative out brawl. Players could be playing on the same level as attention that has surrounded seen punching, kicking, Miami in the first half, it is the Miami football program swinging their helmets and possible that the ejections and Coker all season, this is even attempting to body slam played a part in their sudden clearly not the ideal situation each other. Injured players lack of focus, since seven of for the team. However, were also seen trying to get their eight ejected players Coker believes that if the involved, with crutches were starters. The Panthers image ofthe team is affected, being used as weapons. After were also coming off of a it will be positively. the players were finally set"I think that it will affect seven overtime loss to North tled back on their benches, the previous week. the image of our program Texas fights began to break out in greatly, but in a positive "It changed the momenthe stands, with police havtum of the game," said FIU way," Coker said. "I think ing to escort fans out of the center Xavier Shannon. that when they see the video stadium. "When the backups came in and they see how it was hanMiami Head Coach Larry to the huddle, it felt different dled, they will be impressed Coker was disappointed in than when the score was 7-0. with our players." the team's behavior. It didn't determine the game, Despite the emotion "I was shocked and because we still have to shown on Saturday, Miami said. Coker angered," come out and play, but it quarterback Kyle Wright said "College football doesn't changed things." that the most important thing need it, FIU doesn't need it, is that the team seems to be The Hurricanes finished and it's not the way you want their third consecutive win back on a winning track. this game to unfold. We with 279 total yards com"They're going home [won], but we did not need pared to FIU's with a 35-0 loss and they're yards. 114 the altercation." 0-7," Kyle Wright Wright said. "We've Quarterback The fight lasted for about completed won three straight and we're of passes 14 22 five minutes, and it took a with a positive direcmoving in and passing yards 117 24-minute game delay for the three touchdowns. Wide tion." officials to figure out how to Joel Brown Miami Hurricane . Tigers will win the World Series , . c. After losing game one to the Yankees in ' have rolled off seven the ALDS, the Tigers straight wins behind clutch hitting and pitching. victories have given These geven the confidence mA momentum WorM Serjes headmg Reason number four The Nationa i League a Wor d Series gflme since 2Q03 The Amerjcan Uague has dominated the NaUona League the ast two seasons and look to conti(we ty, year. 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Seniors! I Are you a Senior planning to graduate this Fall or Spring? Sign up tor your Yearbook Photo to be taken and placed in the 2006*2007 Edition of the Lock Haven University Praeco Yearbook It's tree to sign-up and the yearbook is also tree to all graduating Seniors! se log on to cws.ourvear.com (school code register tor a time slot on one ot tour dates: 30* and 31* & November 1" and 2nd Pictures will be taken A UTO ANASTOS KHj} SALES* 308 East Church Street, Lock Haven in ' PUB ROOM 4!!! If you have an* question* please contact EIC Will Dowd or Photo Editor Lyndsay Jasper at Louis ANASTOS - You can also contact Carl Wolf Studio, Inc at 1-800-6! MondayFriday8:30to 7:30 (EST) ore-mail at at m\\\ M ' m\\\ B6 A Day in the Life of: A Professor Jessa Hoover Features Editor hat would it be like to stay at college for the rest of your life? As fun as it may be at times, the majority of us are hoping to get out ofhere some day. However, not everyone does decide to leave. Some choose to stay and teach young ruffians like us. The question is, what exactly do these people do and why do they do it? What does it mean to be a professor? Using my sweet investigating skills, I decided to get to the bottom of these plaguing questions for all of you. You can thank me later. For now. 1 want to share with you a small sampling, but nonetheless revealing snapshot, into the professional life of one of our very own, Dr. Robert Myers, chair of the English Department, and help you to sort through the pestering uncertainties of this profession. Myers shared his agenda for Oct. 11, 2006. which he judged to be a fairly typical day. The alarm went off at 6 a.m. and he was in his university office by 7:30 a.m., ready to begin wading through papers and emails. Throughout the day, he would receive 68 emails, respond to 20 of them, and send out an additional 13 unrelated emails. Grading papers is another time-consuming task. From the time he arrived until his first class at II a.m., Myers graded papers and prepared for two back-to-back classes. Then from 1:30 to 3 p.m., he Spent another hour and a half grading papers. "In a class of 40 students, it takes me about 15-20 hours to grade papers. I usually turn them over in a week, so I try to do about five a day," Myers said. Because of Myers' administrative role, he spent 3:10 to 4 p.m. observing one ofthe 16 faculty members that he is designated to observe. Myers also attends 12 committee meetings a month, one of which he attended at 4:30 p.m. and one at 6 p.m. on this particular Wednesday. However, most days, Myers is able to leave the university between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. "The academic life is bursts ofactivity," Myers said. "October brings a lot of faculevaluations and in ty November I advise about 20 majors." Another part of his job is helping to construct the schedule, which involves asking the rest of the English professors when they would like to teac h; the majority of them get to choose their hours, provided there is a classroom available during that time slot. However, there is a flipside to the added responsibilities of being a department chair: Myers is only required to teach two classes, as opposed to the usual four. Although Myers is tenured and published a lot early in his career, professors who are not to that point are required to publish something every year, whether it is getting an article accepted or reading a paper at a conference. "Finding the time to write is really hard," Myers said. "A lot of people turn down summer teaching and write in the summer. I think it enriches your teaching and gives you something new to hring to the classroom. Recently, I've gotten back into research. I've . presented some papers at conferences in the past few years, which I hope to revise into a book. I don't have to publish, but I want to." After all of the logistical questions were answered, I wanted to get to the "why" of my inquiry. Q: What made you want to become a professor? A: After I graduated from Penn State with a B.A. in English, I didn't know what to one talk today?" but you want sense that most of the students are involved. Good classes are a lively, interesting conversation, and like a good conversation, it should be give and take. I like it when students have learned something and felt like it was worth it to come to class, and I like it when students make me think about a text. That is when we are creating knowledge and not just rehashing what we've ■ IBJ «wBJ BRraBJ *i9Ifl\. j^B^B^BJ bBbbbbjf'N ■ R2BJBJ ' • Bv IHpB* 1 BJh ''nJBJMflBJMBBBBBj! ' BSN-BJ j(fl jpi B/ ■»? :* ,; ' ■' Playlist} to BJ JH -^BBBBBBBBBBBBJ Jfl Jjpj jBJ Melanie Shellhammer plaining and just go to shows This isn's my usual band blurb. This issue I decided to discuss some problems 1 have pertaining to the local music venues, or lack there of, here in the Lock Haven area. Considering that I've been going to shows since high school, it was definitely hard coming to Lock Haven and realizing that cheap, small venue concerts were out ofthe question. Then, one glorious day, freshman year, I was introduced to a little gem called Crowbar. Nothing fancy, just a hole in the wall venue that provided music fans, such as myself, with an outlet to see slightly smaller, up and coming bands that were coming through the area. Sometimes a slightly larger act would even grace the stage of Crowbar, making it even harder to resist heading out to a show. The only downfall was the drive to and from State College to go see these shows that seemed to start right after classes let out and lasted into the early morning hours, making it rather difficult to function in my 8 or 9 a.m. lectures. But in the end it was well worth the aggravation. After three years ofventuring back and forth, I was confronted with the devastating blow in May 2006 that Crowbar would be closing its doors. After 14 years ofbusi- el someplace else. Well it would be great to go to shows at Bryce Jordan Center, but with my unfortunately mediocre budget, spending at least $30, but most likely more on a ticket to see two bands doesn't seem terribly economical. On top of that, why would I subject myself to stadium seating, only to be able to see the artist as if they were roughly the size of my pinkie? 1 understand that a lot of people are accustomed to such large venues. Growing up outside of Philadelphia, I've gone to a few concerts exactly like that, but once I realized that the smaller venues were much more intimate and enjoyable, 1 immediately became hooked on such shows. Traveling the distances to other venues seems a little ridiculous, considering most other venues are at least two hours away, and with the cost of gas prices, I'm basically spending the same amount of money or more if 1 were to go to Bryce Jordan Center. The whole point is to be able to go to a small show and see a handful ofbands for a reasonable price. Downtown we have Java Therapy and Uncle Al's that host live music nights, but sometimes the mellow bands aren't exactly what you're in the mood for. From time to time, you need high energy Features Editor ness, Crowbar was bowing out gracefully. Due to competi- P/70t"o Courtesy of Maribeth Vaiana Dr. Robert Myers shares the responsibilites and challenges of being a professor and sheds light on why he would choose no profession but this. do, so I applied to grad school and got a teaching assistantship. It was there that I fell in love with leaching. The desire to be a researcher came later. Q: What are the top three perks to being a professor? A: This is a wonderful career; 1 can't imagine doing anything else. I get paid to talk about books with smart young people. At times it almost seems like a scam to collect money for doing this because it's so much fun when it's working well. I also like the changing nature of it. liveiy semester is a new group of students. It's never consistent. Thirdly, 1 like my colleagues a lot. 1 think we've got a great department of professional smart people who are fun to work along side. Q: What do you find most challenging? A: The teaching. Keeping the teaching fresh and figuring out what works for each new group of students is challenging. The nice thing about teaching two classes a day is that I have many days that I feel things went well in both classes; when I had three a day, it was tough to have all three go well. The terror of teaching are those classes that don't work, when I walk in the room and the class feels cold often for reasons that are beyond my control. It's tough when 1 look at my watch and only three minutes have gone by. Sometimes it's lonely up there. Q: What does "a class going well" mean to you? A: Classes going wall means that it's a reciprocal feeling. I don't want my class to just be based on "Did every- done in the past. Q: How much time do you spend planning tion from other newly added music venues in the area, such as Bryce Jordan Center and the nature of the music industry. Crowbar was throwing in the towel, leaving a lot of music fans disappointed. Now I know what most of you are thinking. Stop com- A: Less now than at the beginning of my career because I recycle a certain percentage of lesson plans. But each semester I also try to change a certain percentage to keep it fresh. 1 reread everything that I'm teaching in my classes. When I teach a new author, I probably spend 20-30 hours, in addition to reading text, researching the author and figuring out what questions to ask and how to approach the work. Q: What frustrates you the most? A: What frustrates me is my sense of the helplessness of some of our students. Perhaps because they've been "taught to the test" in the past, some students want everything spelled out: they want a sample of every paper assignment and they want to know exactly what is going to be on the test. One of the most important things you learn in college should be problem solving. Q: What would you do if you could have any job in the world? A: I'd be a college professor. I wanted to be lawyer when I was a junior in high school, and in grad school 1 occasionally second guessed my English degree because I knew I could make a lot more money being a lawyer with significantly less education, and I'd be using many of the same skills that I use in English. But I fell in love with teaching when I was a teacher's assistant, and I really can't imagine doing anything else. Even our very own spring isn't always what you're looking for. While most are naive and think, oh, wow, 1 get a free ticket to the show, think again. If you check your student bill, which I'm sure most of you have never seen before, look at the little section called SCC Activity/Concert Fee. Yeah, it's a little over $100. So in the end you are putting a little more than a few bucks towards this show, or at least your parents are, and how many of you have actually made it out to the spring concert every year? I know that I haven't, and it wasn't because I was so overwhelmed with schoolwork that I couldn't pry myself away from my computer and books for the few hours that the concert lasted. Personally. I think that there is a need for a music outlet here on campus. It's not often that Lock Haven students get the opportunity to go out to a show for the night and enjoy some live music. What other way are students going to be exposed to new music, and don't tell me that the chart-topping selection of cds at the local chain store is sufficient, or else you obvioulsy can't tell what quality music is. Wouldn't it be a pleasant change of pace to go to a concert one night of the weekend, instead of blowing money on other activities that tend to leave you aching and pondering the next morning how you managed to draw all over yourself with a Sharpie marker in your sleep? While moments like these can be enjoyable, live music is just another alternative on a weekend that seems to be overlooked in this town. concert ' shows that get the crowd on their feet and moving, not sitting in a booth with their eyes closed swaying their head back and forth. There are the times when you want to scream the lyrics at the top of your lungs and know that no one around you has noticed because they too are yelling back at the band. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••< for classes? at Bryce Jordan Center or trav- Alcohol A 1 Week entertains, educates Nicole Pinto Staff Reporter week with a simple question and answer session about alcohol in downstairs Bentley. Answers provided facts about How many alcoholic alcohol, such as 100,000 drinks does it take to become deaths in the United States are impaired? What is the legal caused by excessive alcohol Content consumption each year, Blood Alcohol and a (BAC)? few of the long-term effects of If you know the answers to alcohol are high blood presthese questions you could be sure and different types of canwinning prizes and saving cer. lives. If you don't, then you Students were rewarded should be participating in the with condoms for their right annual National Alcohol answers, but the wrong Awareness Week, which runs answers were still rewarded from Oct. 16-20. with candy just for expanding Every October around their education on alcohol. Homecoming, Safe Haven and III killed by a drunk driver, and I want to make more people aware that when it happens to you and that fast it's not fun," said Kelly Turick, the second treasurer of Safe Haven. Beer Olympics, in which participants complete an obstacle course while wearing DU1 beer goggles, was scheduled for Tuesday but was cancelled due to rain. It will be rescheduled for sometime next week. The remaining events for this week include a MADD Impact Program tonight, featuring Dottie Smith, followed by a cand je light vigil Planetarium IH'"at I Thursday, a Alcohol I Drinking/ Driving 9 Simulator will be I available on Ivy Lane to 5 p.m. tjUtm from I for passersby to expeI rience. holds the Bash the I main noon to 4 ■ Car. p.m on Russell Hall ,,,„ ,,• '" -1 Lawn. During this nf ',uAf, ...i ,i, Marissa Brunner / Eagle Eye event anyone on camBashed car on Russell lawn serves as stark pus can pay 25 cents to 50 cents to "bash reminder of alcohol abuse. the car" with a basethe Wellness Center promote "It's educational and it gets ball bat or sledge hammer. Alcohol Awareness. The activmore people involved with This event's money will be ities throughout the week are knowledge about alcohol," donated to MADD. mostly student run. said Amanda Robbins, a senFor more information "The purpose is not to say ior participating in the ques- about Alcohol Awareness, 'don't drink,' but to do it in a tion and answer session. there are pamphlets in the responsible manner by being This week has already gotbasement of Woolridge, or you educated," said Lydia Dively, ten personal for students and can speak to Max McGee, Safe Haven treasurer. faculty on campus. advisor ofSafe Haven. Monday kicked off the "Three ofmy friends were — IdUI ' > B ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ W ■■■■■ Scor^esenotdepa^ -faceted directorial style inside the department for the ruthless and relentless Irish mob. Sullivan, who was taken care of as a little boy The new Martin Scorsese Costello, is an up and by "The Departed," comcoming investigator within an all-star cast with an the department. 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A stellar cast added with a solid script makes this movie definitely worth seeing. .. Il_J hb* ■ Br f 4/ana Beightol / Eagle Eye A Farewell Rescue and other local bands performed Oct. 16 at the PUB MPR for the first installment of WLHU Radio Club's concert series. New local ban Marissa Brunner Co-Editor in Chief Everyday, through the radio and television, we are exposed to so-called popular music with repetitive beats and similar rhythms. We hear the same old songs over and over again on MTV or VH1, and it's almost impossible to turn on the radio without hearing Justin Timberlake or Christina Aguilera buzzing from the speakers. It's not often that you come across a group of musicians that will choose to do something unique and offthe beaten track of an ordinary bands. Contrary to popular belief, there's more to music than what's playing on the radio, which is precisely the message that the three man band, Realix, is trying to get across. At the beginning of this semester, seniors Mike Rinard, Felix Noy and Chris Wazynski formed the band Realix with hopes of introducing music and rhythms from artists who are unfamiliar to the typical college student. "I'm tired of mainstream radio and MTV and VH1 defining what people listen to and like," said Rinard, who is the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the band. "1 think it is important to play not only our own music, but also music by like Ben Harper, Paddy Casey, even and Dispatch Radiohead." In order to create a distinct sound in their music, the band shares gift of originality chooses to use a djembe rather than the common drum. According to Noy, who plays the djembe, it adds a more ethnic sound to their performances. Even the name of their band is unique and out of the "Our friend Adam always used to call Felix 'Realix,' so we thought it would be a cool name for a band," said Rinard. But it wasn't just the nickname that influenced them to choose that particular title. The band strives to write and play music that is different and unknown to most, which is what they consider to be genuine music. "We wanted to come across as performing real music, not \\wi m\\\\ chintzy stuff like you hear today," said Wazynski. who is the lead guitarist. As of right now. when Realix performs, they play mostly covers from a variety of artists, as well as songs that they have written themselves, but they're currently working on expanding their abilities. "We want to learn to play a plethora of genres, like bluegrass, blues and funk," said Noy, who is in the process of teaching himself to play the harmonica. The band as a whole admits that their love for music, combined with their love for performing for audiences, is what inspires them to practice crazy hours and be committed to writing new songs. "Music in general is art' inspiration to me. When I hear a good song 1 immediately want to pick up the guitar and play along with it," said Wazynski. "Knowing that people are enjoying what you're playing is a naturalhigh." Realix performs every other Thursday of the month from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Uncle Albert's Restaurant and Bar in downtown Lock Haven. In addition to introducing new artists and music, they have' one more message for their" audience. "We're just ordinary people with ordinary lives," said Noy. "We live to give the gift of music to others." m\\\\ \\\\ Brunner/ Eagle Eye Wazynski (left LHU students, Mike Rinard, Felix Noy and Chris to right) play in their new band, Realix, featuring contemporary sounds. Marissa Make an old holiday fresh with scary schemes Samhain [summer's end], when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing Halloween is a time for trouble and damaging crops, one to exhibit his or her creCelts thought that the presative side, while brewing in a ence of the other worldly bit of witchery and cackle. spirits made it easier for the Whether it is in the form of a Celtic priests to make predicscary goblin, a funny clown tions about the future. ...these or a pretty princess, the mere prophecies were an important thought of turning oneself source of comfort and direcinto something completely tion during the long, dark different for one night winter." throughout the year is what After many centuries, gives Halloween its mystic, Christianity spread into the enchanted feel. Celtic lands. From there, to According Pope Boniface IV designated Halloween History.com, November 1 as "All Saints' began many moons ago. Day" in which to honor saints "The Celts, who lived and martyrs. The holiday's 2,000 years ago in the area name eventually turned into that is now Ireland, celebratAll-hallow's Eve and it is ed their new year on known today as Halloween. This day November l. "Even later, in A.D. 1000, marked the end of summer the church would make and harvest and the beginning November 2 All Souls' Day, a of the dark, cold winter. It day to honor the dead. It was was a time of year that was celebrated to similarly often associated with human Samhain, with big bonfires, death. Celts believed that on parades, and dressing up in the night before the new year, costumes as saints, angels, the boundary between the and devils. Together, the worlds of the living and the three celebrations, the eve of dead became blurred." All Saints', All Saints', and All Also, "On the night of Souls', were called Hallowmas," October 31, they celebrated states History.com Erin Hippie Staff Reporter Create fake eyeballs by peelthe youth's costumes and thick, black permanent markHalloween party ideas, it is er and write fun or scary ing the skins off of green just as easy to create replicas Halloween quotes on the grapes. Fake blood can be with a few, inexpensive sheet. When the wearer is added for the "ripped out items. ready to put on the costume, feeling." Then, add the eye-* The ever-popular ghost take a piece of rope and tie balls to drinks, on top of Fake costume: While choosing to loosely around the stomach, cookies or pizza. dress like a ghost would cinching in at the sides. worms and fake blood cart, induce the highest form of Viola! 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As a wide tradition in the United States, millions of children pour into the streets in costumes, anticipating the immense amounts of candy that will surely find its way into pumpkin-shaped baskets to Real World cast members heat up crowd at Homecoming Kara Wilt Staff Reporter Even with Friday night's temperatures causing everyone's teeth to chatter, this year's homecoming pep rally heated up. To get things amped, HAC brought in two cast members from "The Real World". Johanna Botta was from the Austin cast, while MJ Garrett premiered on the episodes in Philadelphia as well as on the "Real World/Road Rules Challenge." As Johanna and MJ introduced the 2006 Homecoming Court, the hundred plus students that were crowded into the yard beside Zimmerli erupted into congratulations and cheers. "I'm not sure if we stood so close in order to see what was happening, or if it was for the body heat so we could all stay warm," said Carren O'Keefe. 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It was only 7:30 William Dowd / Eagle Eye when p.m. LHU students celebrate their university and create memories at Homecoming Controversy finPep Rally, led by Johanna Botta and MJ Garrett of MTV's Real World. ished up and the Brian Young. fireworks were not backs, the competitors had nied by the band. thirty seconds to eat as much scheduled to start until 8 p.m. The cheerleaders then With the audience pumpjumped in and got the crowd ing, it was time for the offthe plates in front ofthem So, Johanna and MJ got creative and held a questionpumped up. Keeping the Homecoming Court to put as they could. The plates conexcitement rolling, the Hip- aside their hopes for the tained gummy bears, Oreo and-answer session. Students were permitted to come on crown and have a little cookies and other assortHop Club got the crowd stepfriendly competition. Lined ments of sweets, all topped stage and ask the cast memping to their beats. ber anything they wanted. "I couldn't help but want up behind two tables with with whipped cream. Mia Frankle won the to dance along," said junior their hands behind their Questions took an inter- BBBBBBBBBJBBhk _ -j^^f *" * •> ' ■ I it .jffijltf I ™| bW' wBYsrPB' P* l Am\m\\w V «1 BMHI i esting toll. MJ and Johanna were asked about some of their most embarrassing moments on the show. "When I got into a fight with Nehemiah on like the second night, because 1 had drank too much," said Johanna. MJ's answers got a chuckle from the crowd. "Imagine sitting with your mom watching your season of the show and all of a sudden you go running across the screen in your whitey-tighties," said MJ. embarrassing After moments were revealed there was just enough time for one more cheer. The band brought the night to a musical ending as the fireworks began, erupting the sky into an array of colors. During the fireworks, students stood in line anxiously awaiting their opportunity to have Johanna's and MJ's autograph, and maybe even a quick snapshot to hold the of the 2006 memory Homecoming in place forever. Friday Art Walk displays exceptional talents of locals, students yet again William Dowd Guest Writer The Clinton County Arts Council (CCAC) held its opening reception for the Art Walk Friday in downtown Lock Haven. Various artists displayed and sold their art work. The Art Walk, which is held twice in the fall and twice in the spring, is a self guided tour through historic Lock University Players in association with the SCC and the UfqNil UIMlII of Performing Aits* " Theatre Division presents "Stop Kiss ,* opens today, Oct. 18 and runs through Oct. 21 in the Countdown Theatre (Sloan 321) at 8 p.m. After the premiere peron Oct. 18, audience members are invited to stick join in the fall 2006 Curtain Talk Series, in which cast, director designers will take part in post-show discussions, moderated from the Women's Studies program. HmwiJim mmm ft I 4|H| Haunted studio set for screams Sarah Wojcik News Editor Every year, as the leaves begin to fall and the mornings are threatened with frost, people start to look around for a place to scare themselves senseless. Lock Haven's University Players (UP) extend an invitation to such fear-loving individuals for their annual Haunted Studio, which will be open for screams at Sloan 321 on Oct. 27 and 28 at 11:00 p.m. with an admission fee of $3. Senior Dennis Berfield directed and designed this and last year's Haunted Studio. These last two years have stood out from previous Haunted Studios because they were handled as productions rather than as committee projects. Berfield proposed this change to the UP Executive Board last year in hopes that the event would run more efficiently as a result. The Haunted Studio has attracted impressive crowds in the past. Last year's show was themed Child's "A Nightmare" and followed a girl through a nightmarish carnival scene. Attendees were forced to use Sloan's art gallery to wait for their turn to tour through the studio, demonstrating an unusual crowd for the event. "Last year we had an amazing turn-out," Berfield said. "We really were surprised with the amount of interest there was. We are counting on the same enthusiasm this year because it's only bigger and better." This year's theme revolves around an apartment with a bloody history; the haunted local has witnessed a series of murders and a number of terrors still roam the rooms and hallways. "When 1 come up with some ideas for a Haunted Studio, I simply grab a stack of note cards and write down the basic room and character ideas and go from there," Berfield explained. "Dantes Inferno and the movie Seven are two sources that I used for some ideas." The characters are a huge asset that can heighten the tour group's fear or dampen their experience. Auditions ensure that enthusiastic and quickthinking individuals are part of the production, though the format for these auditions is starkly different from traditional ones. "With Haunted Studio there is no script," Berfield explained. "The ways I have run Haunted Studio auditions for the past two years is by having the troupe participate in a series ofimprove games. I usually add elements to each scene that an actor can use to develop behaviors that may be in some ofthe characters that I have created for the theme of Haunted Studio." In addition to the actors, there are about 30 people behind the scenes, creating the environment and taking charge other facets of the production. Ray Sturdevant is the acting sound designer and Rob Bergenstock is in charge of lighting, with Kyle Murphy working as his assistance. Rachel Moon and Jaime Torely are makeup designers, and Danielle Kilcoyne is the leader of costume design. Funds come from the UP's special account, but the amount ofmoney spent on the production is minimal. "A lot of the materials you see are props, furniture, or costumes that we have collected over the years," said Berfield. Berfield could not give away details but offered some insight into the effects that will be featured throughout the production. "Even though something may look complicated, it is probably simpler than you would ever imagine,"said Berfield. Haven. Various businesses in Lock Haven hosted the artists work, hanging banners outside of their establishments to let the walkers know they were hosting artists' work. Artists were located at the different businesses to answer any questions that walkers had about their pieces. Light refreshments were given at some ofthe locations. The art work will be displayed in businesses Monday through Friday, from Oct. 13 through Nov. 10. The different types of artwork that are on display include photography, oils, watercolors, mosaic glass, pottery, woodcarving, jewelry, metal work, mixed media and more. At some locations there was live music being played. "Placing the art work in businesses compliments the artist and the business' owner," said Ron McGihiniss, president ofthe CCAC. It is profitable for both owner and artist, as the art work draws walkers into owners' shops, and in return, both get business and exposure. Vivienne Shay, also know as the English Lady, has been involved with art for a little over a year now. She is from Birmingham, England, and her art work includes working with ( • " \\m\\\w William Dowd / Eagle Eye A local business owner hangs banner to promote Art Walk downtown Lock Haven. to make jewelry, polmyere clay and landscape photography from different parts of Great Britain. "I am very proud of my heritage," said Shay. Her art work pertains mostly to English Folklore tales. Two ofLHU's students had work on display as well. Sisters Carleigh and Ashley Wilt had fusible glass jewelry to show off at the art walk. They have been creating art work out of their house and taking their work to local shows to sell it for over a year now. "Our mother, who is an art teacher, got us interested in making jewelry," said Carleigh Wilt. Bill Raco is a photographer and takes pictures of Rural Central Pennsylvania. His stones BJpB>WJBjHflf Ift* c■'IkL ppjj • . M *{flJi #•gg bjkh ■W ly arayi work includes taking photos in color, black and white and infrared. "I love the Amish," said Raco. He finds them to be fascinating people and likes to take pictures ofthem. The Art Walk entertains many LHU students, even some who have already graduated. "Some old friends ofmine have exhibits on display and I wanted to see them," said Lauren Fernanzdes, an alumnus ofLHU, who was in town visiting old friends for homecoming weekend. "I enjoy looking and purchasing art," said Jody Cohen, who has been to several art walks in the past. ' '%w\\ JbJBJBJBJBJAiL. 1 BvjJJ Br " ' JHjBbHjJK- *■«!■; %\\mw " m. 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