California University

VOLUME 14, NUMBER 7 MARCH 5, 2012
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Steele Hosts
65th Annual
Intercollegiate
Band Concert
teve Michel didn’t get to play his trombone with
District Band when he was in high school. But
this month he’ll perform with more than 100 of
the commonwealth’s top collegiate musicians when
Cal U hosts the 65th annual Pennsylvania
Intercollegiate Band (PICB).
The event begins Friday, when students from 23
colleges and universities unpack their instruments and
begin rehearsals at Cal U.
It concludes with a symphonic band concert at
2:30 p.m. Sunday in Steele Hall Mainstage Theatre.
The performance is free, and the public is invited to
attend.
“I enjoy the chance to play difficult music with
very talented musicians from all across the state,”
Michel said. “It is always fun to play challenging
pieces of music.”
In addition to Michel, six Cal
U students have been selected to
perform with the 2012
intercollegiate band. They are
Evelyn Schwer, flute; Lee
Romich, tenor clarinet; Chris
Campus, trumpet; Eric Tito,
euphonium; Brad Harman, tuba;
and Kirill Tyulkov, celeste.
Faculty member Kathy Sacco
Frank Wickes
will play piano.
Leading the band will be guest conductor Frank
B. Wickes, former Carruth Alumni Professor and
Director of Bands at Louisiana State University.
Wickes has conducted more than 40 all-state bands
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Faculty members Maggy Aston (left) and Todd Pinkham, both of the Department of Art and Design, join junior Valerie Herrero
as co­curators of ‘Over My Dead Body: Reviving the Exquisite Corpse.’ The exhibit opens Thursday in the Vulcan Gallery.

Art and Design Students to
Revive ‘Exquisite Corpse’
he Department of Art and Design is
resurrecting an old parlor game as students
prepare to open Over My Dead Body: Reviving
the Exquisite Corpse.
The multidisciplinary exhibition is based the
surrealist game Exquisite Corpse, a name taken from
the original French term cadavre exquis, or “rotating
cadaver.”
“This game is essentially a sort of social
experiment in which a group of people collectively
participate to make a drawing or written phrase, but
none of the participants can see or know what the
rest of the group is doing,” explained Valerie

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Herrero, a fine arts major and president of the
Associated Artists of Cal U.
“Only in the end is the work revealed.”
An opening event will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday in the Vulcan Student Gallery, on the first
floor of Vulcan Hall. The exhibition will remain on
view from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through March 16.
Faculty members Maggy Aston and Todd Pinkham
join Herrero as co-curators of the show. Its concept
arose when Herrero, a junior in the University Honors
Program, gave a presentation about the Exquisite
Corpse process in an art class last fall.
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Women’s Conference Examines
Violence Against Women
n Tuesday, Cal U continues its
celebration of Women’s History
Month by hosting the seventh
annual Audrey-Beth Fitch Women’s
Studies Conference.
This year’s event examines
“International Violence Against Women:
The Political Is Personal.”
Conference registration begins at 9
a.m. in the Performance Center.
Presenters are
Denise V. Holtz, a
special agent from
the FBI office in
Pittsburgh; Dr. Lee
Ann De Reus, a professor at Penn StateAltoona who works
with rape survivors in
the Democratic
Dr. Lee Ann De Reus Republic of Congo;
and a panel of
activists from Cal U.
The program also includes a showing

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of Call + Response, a documentary about
modern-day slavery.
• Holtz will open the conference at
9:30 a.m. with a presentation on human
trafficking in the United States.
A certified FBI instructor, she is the
Pittsburgh Division’s coordinator for the
National Center for the Analysis of
Violent Crimes. During her 15 years with
the FBI, she has investigated cases involving fugitives, bank robberies, interstate
transportation of stolen property, crimes
against children, public corruption and
civil rights.
Holtz, who worked as accountant for
four years before joining the FBI, holds a
bachelor’s degree in accounting from
Northern Kentucky University.
• At 12:30 p.m. De Reus will describe
her work in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
An associate professor of Human
Development and Family Studies and
Women’s Studies at Penn State-Altoona,

her research focuses on women’s ethnic
identity development, white privilege, feminist theory construction, and sexual violence in that troubled African nation. She
also leads annual service-learning trips to
the Dominican Republic and Tanzania.
De Reus holds a Ph.D. from Purdue
University in Child Development and
Family Studies, with a minor in Women’s
Studies.
• The “Activists in Action” panel
convenes at 2 p.m., and the conference
closes with a 3:30 p.m. showing of Call +
Response, which features a host of
activists and entertainment figures.
Women’s History Month events at
Cal U are sponsored by the Women’s
Studies program, the Women’s Center,
the Activists Club, the Office of the
Provost and the Office of the President.
The public may attend the Audrey-Beth
Fitch Women’s Studies Conference;
admission is free. For more information
visit www.calu.edu .

Learning
from Leonardo
Students in Dr. Mark Nowak’s Engineering
Materials and Product Design course are
completing a project based on the
machines in the ‘Leonardo da Vinci:
Machines in Motion’ exhibition on display
in the Convocation Center through May 6.
Above, Jason Sharek uses a jigsaw to create
his da Vinci project in Helsel Hall. See story
on page 2.

Students Re-create da Vinci’s Devices
he technological genius of
Leonardo da Vinci continues to
educate.
Dr. Mark Nowak, a professor in the
Department of Applied Engineering and
Technology, is basing a project for his
course in Engineering Materials and
Product Design on some of the 40
machines included in Leonardo da Vinci:
Machines in Motion.
The exhibition is on display through
May 6 in the south conference wing of
the Convocation Center.
Each year, students in Nowak’s
introductory course are required to
complete a project that uses a variety of
machines and tools found in the
classroom. The course improves
students’ design skills, teaches the safe
use and proper maintenance of
equipment, and emphasizes the
appropriate selection of materials.
Nowak toured Machines in Motion
during the semester break. An idea
emerged as he listened to Tim
Buchanan, executive director of special
initiatives, and Walt Czekaj, director of
University exhibitions, discuss the design
of the replicas, which are based on da
Vinci’s own models and sketches.
“I saw the exhibit and heard about
the craftsmen who made the machines
for the exhibition from da Vinci’s
drawings,” Nowak said. “I thought, ‘My
students could definitely do that,’ so I
made a list of the ones that would be
most appropriate.”

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Dr. Mark Novak watches as students Evan Havics (left) and Collin Beattie take a
measurement in their Engineering Materials and Product Design course. After visiting
the ‘Machines in Motion’ exhibit at the Convocation Center, the class is building replicas
of machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

His class of 17 students visited the
exhibition this semester, taking all the
necessary measurements and handdrawing the designs.
“We had to modify some of the
dimensions to fit the supplies we have on
hand,” Nowak explained. “But once we
got beyond that, these are full scale.”
The sketches on paper had to be
turned into computer-aided drafting
designs before the students, working in
teams, could proceed.

“It’s challenging,” said John Leasure,
a freshman majoring in technology
education. “No one else has ever done
this, so it’s neat that we’re getting the
opportunity. There are a lot of
mechanical parts involved. Some
(machines) have bearings, and ours has a
pulley system.”
As he began the construction phase
of his project, freshman Collin Beattie,
another technology education major,
said he found that even the preliminary

Scuba Course to Give Students Edge
al U students might find
themselves in over their heads if
they opt to take a new course
offered this summer by the Department of
Justice, Law and Society. But it just might
give them a leg up in the job market.
“Underwater Search, Recovery and
Evidence Collection Course with Scuba
Certification” — JUS 399 — will be
offered from June 13-Aug. 18.
“This course will provide a critical
skill set that is needed within the
homeland security, fire and rescue,
emergency management, forensics
science, law enforcement, and
investigations professions,” said Dr.
Michael Hummel, associate professor of
Leadership and Security Studies.
A certified diver, Hummel participated
in underwater recovery and special
operations reconnaissance during his
military service. He said the course will
teach the art and science of conducting
underwater operations for occupational,
recreational, public service or professional
purposes.
Each successful participant will earn
full certification from the Professional
Association of Diving Instructors (PADI),
three Cal U credits, and a certificate that
verifies their training in underwater
evidence collection, search and recovery,
and equipment use.
The course’s primary instructor will be
a PADI-certified master dive instructor.
Hummel will be a guest lecturer.
An upper-level course for Justice, Law
and Society students, the new course also
may serve as a useful elective for students
in other disciplines, such as biology and
archaeology, he said. Cal U police officers
also have spoken with him about taking
the course.
“We in the department of Justice, Law
and Society are always thinking of new
ways to prepare our students and give
them an edge out there in the job
market,” Hummel said. “This is one of
those skills that is a dire need, and I don’t

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steps were educational.
“When we toured the exhibit, we got
to see all the different machines and
what they were utilized for. And it was a
good experience to have to tweak certain
parts that we couldn’t really measure
because they were hard to access.”
Information presented at the Machines
in Motion exhibition has taught students
about the practical uses of the devices
they are building.
“A lot of our classes have practical
applications,” Nowak said, citing
sessions that have incorporated visits to
construction sites and projects with the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission.
“We try to learn about tasks in
meaningful ways; we don’t ‘just do
them.’”
He also was encouraged to see those
with slightly more experience helping
their classmates.
“Many of these students will be
teachers one day,” Nowak said as saws
whirred in Helsel Hall. “They aren’t just
current students; they’re future
professionals. So it’s good to see them
teaching each other.”
“Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in
Motion” continues in the south conference
wing of the Convocation Center through May
6. Hours are noon-8 p.m. each day.
Admission is free. Visitor parking is available
in the Vulcan Garage, off Third Street near
the campus entrance. For more information
about the exhibit, visit www.calu.edu .

State’s Top
Musicians
to Perform
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Cal U is offering a three­credit scuba course this summer. Each successful participant will earn
full certification from the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).

know of any other school in the region
that offers this. “
Dr. David Argent, chair of the
Department of Biological and
Environmental Sciences, does extensive
research in the composition of fish
communities in southwestern
Pennsylvania.
Snorkeling and scuba diving are skills
in high demand among fishery and
aquatic ecologists, he said. Certified divers
can assist with habitat evaluation work,
population estimation, mussel surveys,
and recovery of gear from waterways.
“In the past, I have even used divers to
locate fish that expired during radiotelemetry studies,” Argent said. “While
the Mon River may appear silty most of
the time, water clarity near the bottom is
good enough to perform species-specific
assessments.”
The 10-week course introduces
students to underwater operations through
academic sessions and practical
applications in a confined area and in an
open-water environment.
It will consist of four hours of lecture
on Monday evenings, with pool work in
Hamer Hall on Wednesday or Friday
evenings. Once pool qualifications are

met, open-water dives to demonstrate
proficiency with scuba equipment will be
conducted at Mt. Storm Lake, W.Va.
“This is the real deal, with very
serious written and performance-oriented
exams and a lot of work (but fun work),
with safety being our No. 1 priority,”
Hummel said.
In addition to the usual costs for a
three-credit course, students must pay an
additional fee of $395 for the official
certification, purchase of the scuba
equipment — fins, mask, snorkel and
booties — plus books and other
educational materials required for
certification. These items, provided at a
discounted cost, will become
the permanent property of the student.
The fee also includes rental of a buoyancy
compensator, regulator, air tanks and wet
suit from Washington (Pa.) Scuba Center.
“This is an interdisciplinary course
that will hopefully help attract more
students to our University,” Hummel said.
“With your PADI certification card,
you are allowed to scuba dive anywhere
in the world.”
For more information about the diving
course, contact Dr. Michael Hummel at
hummel@calu.edu or 724-938-6043.

and has led music clinics throughout
the United States and Canada, as
well as in Europe and South
America.
“These student musicians are at
the top of their game,” said Max
Gonano, this year’s PICB co-host and
chair of the Cal U Music
Department. “Under the direction of
a world-class conductor, they will
give the performance of their lives.”
Musical selections for the Sunday
concert include “The Diplomat”
march by John Phillip Sousa,
“Festive Overture” by Dimitri
Shostakovich, “Italian Rhapsody” by
Julie Giroux and “Carmina Burana”
by Carl Orff.
“Our audience is in for a real
treat,” said co-host Marty Sharer, Cal
U’s associate director of bands.
Founded in 1948, the PICB is the
oldest continually operating band of
its kind in the United States. Its
members are nominated by their
college or university band directors
and chosen by the PICB Selection
Committee.
The band festival’s location
changes from year to year. Cal U last
played host to the festival in 1987,
early in Gonano’s career at Cal U.
“This is a great experience for the
students, their directors, and for
everyone associated with the
intercollegiate band,” Gonano said.
“I’m looking forward to hosting it at
Cal U one more time.”
For more information about the free
concert, a biography of the conductor and
a video from a previous PICB
performance, visit www.calu.edu .

Pittsburgh Steelers
quarterback Charlie
Batch and Olympic gold
medalist Maicel Malone
discuss the impact on
sports on the lives of
African­Americans,
during a Feb. 21 sports
panel in Steele Hall’s
Mainstage Theatre.

Black History Month Panelists Talk Sports
lympic gold medalist Maicel
Malone, Pittsburgh Steelers
quarterback Charlie Batch,
award-winning sports columnist Kevin
Blackistone, and Liberty University
defensive coordinator Robert Wimberly
discussed the impact of sports on the lives
of African-Americans.
About 200 people attended the Feb. 21
panel, presented as part of Cal U’s Black
History Month celebration.
“Sports and sports journalism can be
great in breaking down stereotypes and
can also be an arena to perpetuate them,”
said Blackistone, an ESPN analyst who
holds the Shirley Povich Chair in Sports
Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Take the sudden success of New York
Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin, he
said. A graduate of Harvard University,
Lin is the first American NBA player of
Taiwanese descent.
“There’s a suggestion that since he
went to Harvard, he’s particularly
intelligent,” Blackistone said. “It also
suggests that the majority of NBA players,
who are predominantly black, are not
necessarily that intelligent — despite the
fact that there are a number of black NBA
players who went to prominent schools.”
Shaquille O’Neal holds an MBA, he
pointed out. “I wish he’d play that up
more, and play down his role of a
stereotypical young jock.”
Malone discussed the obstacles she
faced not only as an athlete, but also as an
African-American woman.

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Before going on to a successful college
coaching career, most notably at Florida
State, she was a world-class 400-meter
sprinter and a gold medalist on the 1996
U.S. Olympic 4x400 relay team.
Malone recalled dealing with
stereotypes from an early age. She was
only in middle school when a coach
commented on her inability to shoot a
basketball, even though she was tall.
“That totally offended me,” she said.
“I wanted him to understand that I had
talents, but I also had a mind, so I made
him aware of who I was outside of my
stature.”
Malone continued to portray herself
as more than just an athlete, especially
when dealing with the media.
“I did become a force on the track.
But when I was interviewed, I wanted
(reporters) to realize the educated person
I was and what passions I had outside the
athletic world. So when they asked
questions, I redirected them to benefit me.
“You have to define yourself.”
Malone trained with men while
preparing for the Olympics. She said she
often walked a tightrope: Many people
wanted her to “be a lady” on the track,
but she had to run and play hard in order
to succeed.
“It was tough to overcome what I did
overcome, yet keep that feminine quality
about myself,” she said. “I always wanted
to be better than the boys. I trained with
them because they encouraged and made
me better.”

Blackistone contended that Malone
and other black female athletes face more
adversity than black men in sports. As an
example, he pointed to tennis star Serena
Williams, a great competitor who
sometimes behaves badly when she loses.
That has worked against her, he said,
although hot-tempered men, such as John
McEnroe, didn’t lose their endorsements
when they acted in much the same way.
The media is largely to blame for this,
Blackistone admitted. “Sports journalism
is not just fun and games in this country.
Imagery is very important when it comes
to narrative in media and sports.”
Wimberly talked about shaping his
own career in college athletics. Now an
ordained minister, he deliberately took a
career path different from many other
black coaches, he said.
He started his career under Barry
Alvarez at Wisconsin University, then
followed head coach Turner Gill to three
different universities, including Liberty.
He said he used caution, rather than
speed, in moving up through the coaching
ranks. Alvarez once told him that the
quick move is not always the right move,
and that black coaches sometimes are
used merely as recruiters, because of their
ability to influence inner-city prospects.
Wimberly wanted more.
“I turned down eight coaching
opportunities because I wanted to learn
and prepare myself,” he said. “I did not
believe that I could just recruit, and I was
not going to get lost in the shuffle. I knew

I was intelligent and creative — and now
I am a 33-year-old Division I defensive
coordinator.”
Batch, a 14-year NFL veteran, was the
Detroit Lions’ starting quarterback from
1998-2001. There weren’t many black
quarterbacks when he entered the league.
“It’s starting to get better,” Batch said.
“Perhaps the early success I enjoyed
helped open doors for other quarterbacks,
such as Donovan McNabb, Dante
Culpepper and Michael Vick.
“The Steelers organization has always
given the black quarterback an
opportunity,” he added.
All four panelists made the case that
sports can have a positive influence on
African-Americans.
“Sports are an important part of the
black community, and athletes are in the
vanguard of wealth and leadership,”
Blackistone said. “Athletics have played
an important role in developing the
success of the black community.”
Batch said playing football and
basketball kept him off the streets and
away from trouble while he was growing
up. A native of Homestead, Pa., he has
been a part of two Super Bowl-winning
Steelers teams.
“Sports has allowed me the
opportunity to reach heights I never
imagined,” Batch said. “What other event
besides winning a Super Bowl can bring
250,000 people into downtown Pittsburgh
to celebrate one sporting event? You’ve all
been part of that.”

Swimmers Eye National Championships
ational champion Melissa Gates and five other
Cal U swimmers are preparing for the NCAA
Division II National Championships, set for
March 14-17 in Mansfield, Texas.
Gates will defend her national title in the 50-yard
freestyle and compete in several other events. Also
competing will be freshman Alyssa Novotny,
sophomores Clarissa Enslin, Jess Machmer and Kelsey
Nuhfer, and junior Caitlyn Sirkoch.
The Cal U swimmers are heading for Nationals after
scoring the program’s highest point total ever at the
PSAC Championship Meet. For the third time in four
years the Vulcans finished in third place, compiling 412
team points Feb. 16-19 in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Gates was named the PSAC Female Swimmer of the
Week after winning the 50 freestyle (22.62), 100
breaststroke (1:03.09), and 100 freestyle (49.73) contests.
She also swam with Cal U’s championship 200 and
400 freestyle relay teams.
Enslin won the PSAC 200 freestyle for the second
consecutive year. She was part of the title-winning relay
teams, swimming with Novotny and Machmer in the
400 and with Nuhfer and Sirkoch in the 200.
A senior, Gates became just the fifth individual

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Later this month, in Texas, Melissa Gates will look to
win a second consecutive NCAA Division II national
championship in the 50­yard freestyle event.

national champion in school history when she won the
50-yard freestyle last March at the 2011 NCAA Division
II Championships in San Antonio, Texas.
Cal U’s first NCAA national champion in swimming,
she looks to become only the fourth Vulcan to win two
individual national titles.

Ken Hackman won consecutive 190-pound NCAA
Division II wrestling championships in 1988 and 1989,
and runner Brian Ferrari won two NCAA Division II
10,000-meter national titles in 1983 and 1984. Bill
DePaoli was the 118-pound NAIA national wrestling
champion in 1977 and 1979.
Despite Gates’ continuing success, head swim coach
Ed Denny, now in this 10th year, said he doesn’t think of
any individual or team as a favorite to win.
“Each time out we look at it as a challenge to win the
event, do all the little things correctly,” he said. “We just
try to do whatever is needed to beat as many people as
possible. The time will take care of itself.”
The College Swimming Coaches Association of
American has named Cal U swimming a Scholar AllAmerican team for eight consecutive years.
Denny said he is grateful for his student-athletes’ allround commitment.
For the post-season, the team had T-shirts printed
with a quote from 14-time Olympic gold medalist
Michael Phelps.
“The shirt says, ‘I won’t predict anything historic, but
nothing is impossible’ and I think that’s a pretty good
slogan,” he said.

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Hockey Teams Are Playoff Bound
Nevertheless, on Saturday the Cal U
women will face the University of
Wisconsin-Stout at 10:15 a.m. at the
Alice Noble Ice Arena in Wooster, Ohio.
The ACHA Division II Women’s
National Tournament continues through
March 12.
Cal U’s leading scorers are
sophomores Megan Cooper, with 22
points (14 goals), and Alli Paratore, with
16 points (six goals). Freshman
goalkeeper Nicole Jones owns 2.88 goals
against average.

al U’s College Hockey East
(CHE) men’s hockey team and
Delaware Valley Collegiate
Hockey Conference (DVCHC) women’s
team are headed to the national playoffs.

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CHE men’s team
Under the direction of seventh-year
head coach Justin Berger, the Vulcan
men will compete in the American
Collegiate Hockey Association’s Division
III (ACHA) National Championship
Tournament for the sixth time in eight
years.
As of late February, Cal U owned a
22-3 overall record. The team won the
CHE North Division with a perfect 12-0
mark.
The Vulcans will open play at the 16team national tourney by facing the
University of Alabama at 10:15 a.m.
March 14. This year’s ACHA tourney is
taking place at the Canlan Ice Facility in
Vineland, N.J.
Cal U won the ACHA national title
in 2008 and reached the semifinals last
season and the quarterfinals in 2010. The
Vulcans’ cumulative record over the past
three years is 79-9.
Freshman Justin Locante leads both
the team and the CHE in points (65)
and goals (39), and senior goalkeeper
Shane Bickar has a 2.55 goals against
average.

Shown here celebrating one of his three goals in a victory over Robert Morris at CONSOL
Energy Center last December, leading scorer Justin Locante hopes to lead Cal U to its second
ACHA national title in five years.

Senior defenseman Nick Posa was
selected the CHE’s Most Outstanding
Defenseman.

DVCHC women’s team
Only four years after it was founded,
the Cal U women’s team qualified for the
ACHA Division II National Tournament
for the first time, after placing third in

the final regional rankings.
Led by second-year head coach Greg
Kaminski, Cal U reached the DVCHC
semifinals by upsetting once-beaten
Delaware in the quarterfinals, 4-3. It was
their ninth victory of the season.
The Vulcans then were defeated in
the semifinals by eventual champion
West Chester.

Students Revive ‘Corpse’
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Over My Dead Body will feature
paintings, drawings, installations,
prose, poetry and music created by
students and faculty in the
departments of Art and Design,
Philosophy, and English, as well as
the University Honors Program.
Artworks will be unveiled and
installed at the opening event. Most
were created by multiple artists who
didn’t see the result of their
collaboration until after it was
complete.
In one project, for example,
students each blindly contributed a
word — a noun, an adjective, a verb
— to create a sentence revealed
only after they each had said their
piece.
Poets, musicians, painters and
sculptors used a similar approach to
building collaborative compositions.
“Everyone has a different
perspective, and this exhibit will
showcase that,” Herrero said.
“There are hundreds of different
ideas that play into one central idea
of a group working together.
“No one knows what the others
are thinking, but we’re making the
same thing.”
The artworks in Vulcan Gallery
will play off one another, Pinkham

said. As each image, written word
or sound is added, the exhibition
takes on a new look.
“The idea of surrealism is the
embracing of chance,” he said.
“Back in the 1920s when they
played this (Exquisite Corpse)
game, they did not want individual
poetry. They wanted poetry to be
written by all of them at the same
time. It’s madcap, and everyone
contributes.”
Aston is especially pleased to
showcase contributions from a
variety of academic areas. It’s an
approach she also took last fall,
when Cal U hosted the traveling
exhibition Homage to Dunkard Creek.
“We want the whole campus to
know we are making art and want
them to come in and join us with
their own,” she said.
“We are looking to interact and
connect.”
“Over My Dead Body: Reviving the
Exquisite Corpse” will be on display
from 8 a.m.-4 p.m, weekdays through
March 16 in the Vulcan Gallery, inside
Vulcan Hall. An opening event at
3:30 p.m. Thursday is free and open to
the University community and the
general public. For more information,
contact Herrero at Her9998@calu.edu ,
Aston at aston@calu.edu or Pinkham
at pinkham@calu.edu .

CHA men’s team
Cal U’s College Hockey Association
(CHA) men’s hockey team headed into
the league playoffs after winning the
CHA South Division with an 11-2
conference record.
Under the guidance of second-year
head coach Ed Newill, the team posted a
16-5 overall record heading into postseason play.
Senior Zach Pennington is the team’s
top scorer, with 45 points and 18 goals.
Junior Peter Ellis has the team-high 22
goals.
Freshman goalie Boyd Zinger has
made more than 300 saves while wining
10 games in the net.
Follow the Vulcans on Twitter
@VulcansHockey, or look for them on
Facebook.

Campus BRIEFS
U.S. Supreme Court and the importance
of determining the policy issues that law
enforcement executives must consider
when developing operational directives
and officer training in an effort to comply
with current case law.

Trustees Set Meeting
The Cal U Council of Trustees will
hold its first quarterly meeting of 2012 at
7 p.m. Wednesday in the President’s
Conference Room, Room 110 of Old
Main.

Pens Auction Closing

‘Monologues’ Returns
A Women’s History Month tradition
at Cal U continues when The Vagina
Monologues, an award-winning play by
Eve Ensler, is presented at 7 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday in the Blaney
Theatre, inside Steele Hall.
Cost is $10 for community members,
$5 for students. Tickets are available at the
door. For advance tickets, stop by Carter
Hall, Room G45, or visit the sales table in
the Natali Student Union.

Faculty Published
Dr. Christina A. Toras and Dr. Jeffrey
S. Magers, assistant professors in Cal U’s
Department of Professional Studies, coauthored an article that was published in
the Winter 2012 issue of Criminal Law
Bulletin (Westlaw, Vol. 48, Issue 1).
“The Evolving State of Miranda:
Legal and Policy Implications for Law
Enforcement” addresses both the recent
legal interpretations handed down by the

Pittsburgh Penguins fans have until
Wednesday to bid on autographed AllStar jerseys, dinner in the exclusive Lexus
Club at CONSOL Energy Center, or one
of the other prizes offered during the
fourth Pittsburgh Penguins online auction
to benefit Cal U students.
Online bidding opened Feb. 26 at
www.pittsburghpenguins.com . Bidding
closes at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Eleven prize packages are available in
all, including collectibles autographed by
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James
Neal and Kris Letang. A number of fan
experiences, an Iceburgh birthday party
for kids, and a neon wall clock with the
original Pens’ logo also are up for bid.
Complete descriptions are online; visit
www.calu.edu for a link to the Pittsburgh
Penguins’ website.
Cal U is the official education partner
of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Proceeds from
the online auction support the Pittsburgh
Penguins Scholarship, awarded annually
to a Cal U student.

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