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faculty and staff donning pink
attire, the renowned color of
breast cancer consciousness.
To help remind Lock Haven of
this event and collect funds,
ZTA has sold pink t-shirts
which are to be worn on
celebration.
Friday
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Although the event is campusbased, community members
are strongly encouraged to
wear pink as well.
"We sold pink t-shirts that
say 'Real Men Wear Pink' for
the guys and 'The Power of
Pink' for the girls. Everyone
Erin Hippie / Eagle Eye who purchased a t-shirt is
reminded to wear it on Friday,
Scott Bissman, campus police officer, enters a law enforcement vehicle. Bissman will soon
and
if you haven't gotten one,
be permitted to carry weapons beginning Jan. 1 as decided by the LHU Council of Trustees.
anything pink will work," said
sister
Courtney
ZTA
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ZTA's national philanthropy is breast cancer awareness,
but the sisters of LHU's Zeta
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go-ahead to carry firearms
Len Mahonski
Staff Reporter

Taser guns, also referred to
as electroshock guns or stun

with aggressive individuals,
According to LHU law
enforcement, most ofthe incidences on campus require only
verbal communication or
warnings to handle a complaint or situation on campus.
The measure that was
passed also requires all officers to be certified and fully
trained in the use of firearms
before being brandished a

guns, are used to subdue
individuals without the
unruly
The
Lock
Haven
University Council of Trustees use of deadly force. The
has voted unanimously to devices shoot electrodes into
allow campus police to carry the skin and deliver a nonfirearms full-time effective lethal shock as a means ofcontrolling a potentially lifeJan. 1,2007.
According to a press threatening situation.
University campus police
release by the university, the
vote was conducted at the assert that all officers follow a
Clearfield campus during a strict rule of engagement in
Much debate has ensued
public meeting. The motion dealing with criminal matters
passed by the council also on campus and that taser guns regarding the arming of camallows for campus officers to are one ofthe last resorts offi- pus police for past several
cers employ when dealing months and an online discuscarry taser or stun guns.

Women serving in
combat on the rise
Wesley Brown
Guest Writer
According to Captain
James F. Montgomery, most
females that come through the
army are more involved in the
military police corps, military
intelligence, signal corps and
health care.
"The women that come
here have the same desires as
the men," said Montgomery.
"We try to tap in to everyone's
desire to want to serve and
their motivation to go to the
army."
In the process of being
trained in the army, women
have to deal with the ideals of
old traditions.
Cadet April Frye, Lock
Haven senior, has been
involved in the military for
five years now. She is training

be a 2nd lieutenant in the
field ofmedical services.
"To me, it's more difficult
for women because some of
the male peers feel that
women shouldn't be allowed
in combat," said Frye. "I feel
it's a good thing to have
women in the army, however,
my biggest concern is who
would be the first priority to
be saved? Women or men?"
Lock Haven senior student
Cadet Michele Spangler
joined the Reserve Officer's
Training Corpos (ROTC) during her sophomore year. She
has served three and a half
years in the military in the
field ofmilitary intelligence.
"I feel that woman have
the right to join the military,"
said Spangler. "Joining the
military has made me a more
confident person and it has
to

sion forum was set up for the
first time online so students
could debate the issue.
In regards to the online discussion site, Linda Koch, Vice
President of Student Affairs,
said, "I want to thank the
University community for its
participation in the blog that
was established to provide for
discussion ofthis issue. It was
the very first time that I can
remember that we used this
means of commun
such a discussion."

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this affair.
"We have two main
for the Pink Out. The
goal is to raise
be donated to breast
research through the
we've sold and through
ty donations. The second goal
is breast cancer
Breast cancer is
with the month of
because it is breast
awareness month, but it doesn't just exist in October.
We're holding this even in
December to increase awareness year-round about the
invasive disease and keep
reminding people of the
importance offinding a cure,"
said Carren O'Keefe, ZTA
VPIII recruitment chair.
With the extreme achievement of the event so far, ZTA
hopes to make the Pink Out an
annual occurrence.
"After the success of this
year, we are very optimistic!"
said Shepherd. "We had no
idea how enormous our Pink
Out day would be. In only one
week we sold 260 t-shirts and
raised over $ 1000 to donate to
the Susan G Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation.

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Join ZTA and the
participants of Pink Out
on Friday at 1 p.m. in the
library meet & greet area
where three breast cancer
survivors will speak about
their trials and triumphs.
Total money raised
throughout the event will
also be unveiled at
the ceremony.

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things that I once thought I
couldn't."
Even through women have
been allowed into military,
there are still areas of combat
like infantry and armor that
they are not allowed in.
"We are still involved in
some way," said Frye. "But,
really, it's only a matter of
time before we will get there."
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efficient in these fields," said
Spangler. "Men match the
demands needed to complete
the tasks at hand; they are just
more physically capable."
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"I notice that there are
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Laura Theis
Guest Writer

"I consider books like

With advances in technology constantly on the rise,
shopping has evolved from a
trip to the store into the click
of a button with online shopping. Online shopping is convenient simply because it
requires minimal effort, but it
can also be cheaper for the
consumer. This is the case for
students when deciding where
to buy their textbooks: online
or the school bookstore.
Nine out of 10 students on
campus say they have bought
books online at least once. The
reason for this is almost
always the difference in price.
Zachary Glasser, a senior, says
he rarely buys books online,
but did so this semester
because ofprice. "1 got one of
my books for 45 cents online,"
he said.
According to a campus
survey, half.com is the site that
most students use to purchase
their textbooks. Though book
prices online are hit or miss
and depend heavily on the
book and the edition needed,
half.com is consistently cheaper than Amazon.com and the
school bookstore for most
books. For example, the sixth
of
edition
Analytical
Chemistry by
Gary D.
Christian, a required textbook
this semester for CHEM316
students, costs $126.00 new at
the bookstore and $93.95 used.
At Amazon.com, the book
costs $134.95 new and $68.90
used and at half.com it costs
$90 new and $50 used.
Jolene Douty, manager of
the bookstore, said that publishers set the initial price of
textbooks. The seller of these
books, whether online or a
bookstore, then raises the price
as they see fit to make a profit.

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cost books require students to use websites like
Douty

said
publishers
informed her that they donate
a portion of their books to
third world countries. These
countries then sell the books
back to the U.S. through the
black market and the books
reappear online at cheaper
prices than those initially set
by the publishers. She said this
is how some books can be so
cheap online.
About 50 percent of the
students who have bought
books online said they also
resell their books online.
Gerda Smirnova, a junior, said
that she bought and sold all of
her books online last semester.
"I made a lot of money
selling my books at half.com,"
she said.
Smirnova usually uses
half.com to buy and sell her
books and said the process is

very easy. To buy a book at
half.com, the buyer must set
up an account with the site
including his or her name,
address, and bank account
number. Smirnova said to
resell her books she simply
entered the ISBN number
(UPC), looked at other sellers'
prices for the book, and crcated her own price. The book
was then posted and could be
bought by anyone visiting the
site.
When the book was
bought, Smirnova shipped it to
the buyer and the buyer then
paid her through the site (the
buyer charged his or her credit
card to the site and the money
went directly into Smirnova's
account because half.com had
her account number).
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"For example, if the shipping is $3, half.com will cover
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profit," said Smirnova.
Though the bookstore
offers as much as a 50 percent
buyback for books, students
say they can make more
money selling books online.
Smirnova said she bought a
book online for $50 and then
resold it for $70. Bookstore
buyers also have a disadvantage if a new addition of their
book comes out. In this case,
they will receive little or no
money from the bookstore for
the book. Douty said that once
books are sold back to the
bookstore, they must be sold
or the bookstore loses that
money. Last semester the
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Douty said she has seen a
decrease in textbook sales at
the bookstore over the last
couple of years and she is certain it is because of online
sales. She is not worried, however, because she said the
bookstore makes only a small
profit on textbooks.
"I don't mark up books
very much," said Douty,
"We're not here to make a
profit; we're here as a service."
Of the 14 state schools,
Lock Haven has the cheapest
textbooks because of the small
mark-up.

Acknowledging that the
views posted were shared
with the board before making their decision Koch said,
"The thoughts that were
shared indicated it was a
challenging topic with a
number of varied opinions.
As we implement the action
of the council on Jan. 1,
2007, I know the officers
anticipate cooperation from
all who visit, live and work
in our campus community."
Besides the brief press
release by the university,
some university officials and
faculty are being tight-lipped
about the recent vote by the
board that allows the arming
of LHU police.
Also, university officials do
not set policy regarding
these matters. The council
votes on such matters and the
follows
the
university
recommendations
board's
and policy decisions.
Even so, this has not deterred
students from voicing their
own opinions regarding the
subject.
Agreeing with the council's
decision to arm campus
police, Amy Fitzpatrick,
sophomore, said, "1 am glad
the council is putting the
consideration of the students' safety and well-being
first."
Noting that campus
police are trained professionals and adding that officers
need the tools necessary to
protect students in dangerous
situations, Fitzpatrick said,
"Buying and supplying
firearms to campus police
will help deter crime and
potentially protect a students
life."
Fitzpatrick stated that the
cost of a gun and the training
necessary to arm officers are
well worth the time and
money spent. Fitzpatrick
said, "The cost of a life far
outweighs the cost ofa gun."
Still others are not quite sure
that the arming of campus
police is a good decision.
Roseanna Girardi, senior,
said, "I'm not certain the
board's decision to allow
campus police to carry
firearms at all times was the
right one."
Girardi asserts the majority
of crime on campus does not
warrant a firearm response.
Statistics seem to agree with
Girardi, according to police
records on campus, most
criminal violations on LHU
campus are alcohol-related.
According to the U.S.
Department of Education's
website regarding campus
security, there were a whopping 38,576 liquor law violations at public four year
institutions across the United
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food and fuel. You must have
them," said Douty. She said
all the money made on textbooks is then reinvested into
the university. She also said
the bookstore donates about
$12,000 a year for student
activities.
Douty said online book
sales are the reason behind the
new receipt policy at the bookstore. Beginning this semester,
students who buy their books
at the bookstore must bring
their receipts when they sell
the books back. Douty said
this was put in place because
too many students were buying books online and then
reselling them to the bookstore. The bookstore can only
take a certain number of each
book back per semester; once
that quota is met, the bookstore will not take any more of
that particular book. Douty
said students who bought their
books online were selling
them back to the bookstore
and taking part ofthat quota so
that students who bought their
books at the bookstore could
no longer return them. "I want
to make sure our kids are taken
care of first," she said.
Along with the new receipt
policy, Douty said bookstore
books are now marked by the
UPC so there is a distinct difference from online books. In
this way, students who misplace or forget their receipts
will still be able to get money
for their books if they were
bought at the bookstore.
The new receipt policy will
protect bookstore buyers this
semester, but after 23 years as
the bookstore manager, Douty
will be leaving the bookstore
at the end of this semester.
She said it will be up to her
replacement, a man from
Carnegie-Mellon, if he wants
to keep the receipt policy.
Douty said she is very thankful
for her years at Lock Haven,
especially the students.
"I'm not going to miss the
job; I'm going to miss the students," she said. Douty said
she will inform her replacement ofthe receipt policy and
its benefit to students who buy
books at the bookstore.
Though buying textbooks
online is becoming more common, Douty said the LHU
bookstore is not suffering.
Most LHU students said, however, that the deciding factor in
where they buy there books is
price. Smirnova said, "If a
book is cheaper online, I'll
buy it online; if it is cheaper at
the bookstore, I'll buy it at the
bookstore."

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Student Appropriations Committee for approval
before any advertising is placed on campus and a
week before the event.

Forms can be found in the SCC Office outside the
Treasurer's door and are due by Monday at noon in
order to be considered for Tuesday's meeting.
Consequences will be given if this policy is not

followed.

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Carren O'Keefe
Guest Writer

friendly it will encourage business owners to find a new way
to accommodate their smoking

Research is currently being
conducted to start a policy

customers.

banning smoking in all bars
and restaurants in Lock
Haven.

Councilman Rick Harvey
has been researching a ban on
smoking for the past several
weeks and would like to pro-

pose the idea to city council
within the next few. Harvey
said he has been looking at
what cities like New York City
and Philadelphia have done to
implement the ban and the
effects it has had on those
cities.
"Part of the research is also
discussing it with the local bar
and restaurant owners. You
never want to get in a situation
where you are telling them
what to do. I am trying to
make this a partnership rather
than a mandate or an ordinance," said Harvey.
Harvey said that while the
ban is obviously not smoker-

The purpose of the citywide smoking ban is for three
main reasons said Harvey: to
protect the public health, welfare and safety by better ensuring the ability of citizens to
breathe safe and uneontaminated air; to affirm that the
right to breathe has

Connecticut,
California,
Delaware. Maine, and New
York that have already gone
smoke-free state-wide.
"If cities start doing it, it
will be easier for the state to
pass the legislature to make it
state-wide." said Harvey.
The councilman said after
talking to local business owners, the response was generally
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if everyone did it, but none environment," said Anastos.
Another local business
Through his research, wanted to take the first initiaowner who strongly supports
Harvey has found a lot of tive or do it alone.
establishments are going
One local business that has the smoking ban is Dee
smoke-free individually and already taken the initiative to Mantle, owner of the Town
multiple cities are now consid- go smoke-free is the Texas Tavern and the Fallon House,
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semester travel: How and
where to get a passport fast
Laura Theis
Guest Writer
The end of the fall semesquickly approaching, students are registering for next
semester's classes and those
planning to go abroad in the
spring are completing last
minute tasks to prepare for the
trip. Students studying abroad
during the spring or traveling
overseas during the coming
holidays have one extremely
important piece of luggage to
remember: a passport.
Students going abroad in
the spring that have not yet
applied for a passport need to
do so as soon as possible.
"It's a pretty easy process,
it just takes a little time," said
Audrey Ward, junior.
Ward will be studying in
Mulhouse, France at the
Universite de Haute-Alsace
during the spring semester.
She, however, has had a passport for many years because
her family often travels out of
the country.
"It took about a month for
me to get my passport in the
mail," said Ward.
For those who need a last
minute passport, there is the
Expedited service option.
According to the U.S.
Department of State website
(www.travel.state.gov), any
passport applicant is eligible
for the Expedited service;
writing Expedited on the envelope with the application and
paying an additional $60 plus
overnight shipping costs will
ensure that you get your passport within about two weeks.
Ward said she applied for
her passport at a local photo
store in her home town.
"They took my picture for
me, gave me forms to fill out
and sent everything in for me,"
said Ward.
For those interested in
applying for a passport, the
first step is getting the picture.
Most stores with a photo lab,
CVS, Rite-Aid or Wal-Mart
for example, offer a passport
picture option.
At Wal-Mart in Mill Hall,
passport pictures can be taken
at the portrait studio for $7.22.
"We take the picture and
shrink it to 2x2 inches. Then
you take two copies of that
picture to the courthouse to fill
out the paper work," said one
Wal-Mart portrait studio associate.
Passport application forms
can be obtained locally at the
Clinton County Courthouse in
Lock Haven or the post office.
According to the U.S.
Department of State website,
for the initial application for a
passport, you must apply in
person. The site offers a zip
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ing," said Mantle. "1 don't
think everyone else, including
patrons and workers, should
have to be subjected to it."
Don Powers, owner of the
Old Corner, has a different
opinion ofthe ban.
"I am opposed to the ban
because I believe it should be
up to the individual business
owners. Each business should
take a look at what is best for
them economically and decide
for themselves," said Powers.
"We all have a significant
number of customers that
smoke, and there is no doubt it
would hurt the bottom line."
"Objective evidence does
not bear out the fear that elimination of public smoking will
harm a community's economy
or resuP in a net loss of jobs in
restaurants and bars," said
Harvey. "On the contrary,
many independent economic
studies have shown that the
elimination of smoking has no
material economic impact on a
community. These studies are
drawn from the experience of
hundreds of communities that

since 1918.
Owner Phillip Anastos
said, "I thought in the long run
it would increase business and
it has. We've actually had a
major increase in business
since we went smoke-free."
Anastos also said the decision to go smoke-free was
influenced by health problems
of his wife, a waitress at the
restaurant.
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Harvey plans to continue
research and have a committee
of local business owners, college representatives and government officials by the end ot
the year.

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comments and
concerns you
can contact
Harvey at:
rharvey@
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1. Get a passport photo taken at any photo lab that offers the option
and get two copies of the picture.
2. Bring the two passport pictures, photo ID, birth certificate, $97
(usually only acceptable in check or money order), and social security
number to the Clinton County courthouse or post office to obtain the
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attendant. The Clinton County courthouse accepts passports from 8:00
to 5:00 Mon., Tues, Thurs., and Fri. and 8:00 to 12:30 Wed. and the
post office 9:00 to 2:00 Monday through Friday by appointment only.

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closest institutions that accept
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When applying in person
for a passport you need to
have, a passport application
(form DS-ll), proof of U.S.
citizenship (birth certificate),
photo ID, two passport photos,
the passport fee of $97 dollars,
and your social security number.
For students studying
abroad for a semester, another
important thing they will need
is a student visa. Ward had to
travel to Washington, D.C. to
get her student visa to go
abroad.
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on what country you are going

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part
is
of
Berkeley
website.
"We have links on our University's website. The site
to click on a
Whether you are a loyal page that range from career allows students
to
to help them
or
interest
major
to
searches
planning
job
native of Pennsylvania or fell
said
decide
school is the
graduate
if
school,"
graduate
in love with the Keystone
for
them.
right
option
Lavender.
State from attending Lock
government,
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most
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ofthe
University,
Haven
a
PennsylvaniaJobs.com may accessed sites, according to media and law are just few of
The
a
selfthe
selections.
site
is
just be the website for you if Lavender.
Lock Haven's Career
you plan on staying in the state paced guidance tool that
Services
website has a section
students
with
self
assists
following graduation.
that
allows
students to click on
and
career
exploPennsylvaniaJobs.Com assessment
cura
that
list
their major and
their
by
analyzing
link
ration
Photo courtesy of Google contains an abundance of job rent career planning statuses, they are able to search through
and employment opportuniWhile online shopping can be a convenient alternative to crowded
The site offers various interests, personality types, websites that are specifically
malls this holiday season, unsafe websites can jeopardize personal safety. ties.
work values and educational career related to them.
postings from employers look"I love that part of the
goals.
ing to fill positions in profeswebsite,"
said Lavender. "Job
learn
more
Students will
sional, technical, non-professearches are
themselves
and
the
and
internship
sional and any other job cate- about
and
it's nice to
work,
which
turn
hard
enough,
in
world of
gory.
that
won't get
with
the
career
know
you
will help them
The website is easy to navto do
nothing
results
that
have
decision-making
process,
igate. Clicking on My Job Site
your
to
FOCUS
webwith
major."
will allow students to perform according the
Students can take advansearches or submit site.
job
Lisa DiGangi
like Fortify Software, to help online these items can be
tage
feature
about
of the Career Service's
A great
resumes. The newest jobs are
protect their shoppers. Chief found.
Guest Writer
it
automaticalwebsite
by visiting it at
FOCUS is that
scientist at Fortify, Brian
For those who still look listed on the Hot List. Students ly saves the progress students http://www.lhup.edu/career.
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can also compare salaries at
Thc holly-jolliness of the ch ess, said the retailers "are forward to making up their the salary check page.
make, so they can access the They are welcome to stop by
holiday season is often over- starting to integrate security annual Holiday Wish List,
"PennsylvaniaJobs.com site whenever they have a few the office to use their computshadowed by the stress associ- into their Websites to provide retailers' websites cites have also alerts viewers to upcomers and examine the other
minutes.
made the process a fun and
ated with this time of year, more defense to attackers."
stuAt
resources
the office offers.
AfterCollege.com
ing job fairs and events they
Lock Haven sophomore, easy one.
over-crowded
including
and
recent
can
graduates
can attend," said Jessica dents
Urban Outfitters, a men
department stores, pushy Danielle Jacukowicz, shops
search for entry-level jobs.
Lavender.
Visit
shoppers and long lines. With online but tends to stick to the and women's clothing store,
Lavender is a peer career internships and other opportua
wish
list
on
their
"I
well-known
websites.
do
features
new and enhanced security
www.
nities. Students can search for
to use the big names
site. While the gift-hopefuls facilitator at the Career
features, helpful gift-giving
and
enterinternships by
Services Office. Students are jobs
pennsylvaniaidea sites, and online wish because I know if something are browsing, shoppers have encouraged to visit the office ing keywords or choosing a
item
to
like
credit
the
to
add
option
any
bad
happens,
my
lists, many opt to avoid the
jobs.com
in Akeley 114 to use the vari- location, job type or industry.
malls and do their holiday card number gets stolen, I their wish list. It can then be
have a better chance at getting saved, where it is accessible to
shopping online.
The
Federal
Trade mat money back than from a anyone who wants to view it
and can be sent to anyone via
Commission is the nation's small company."
Another
hassle
the
e-mail.
giftin
consumer protection agency.
is
The only downside to
giving
knowing
process
Through their website, ftc.gov,
a retailer's wish list is
what
to
Sometimes
it
give.
using
they acknowledge the easeand
can
to
find
that
the
consumer is limited to
impossible
seem
convenience of online shopthe
for
a
perfect
picky
including
only that store's
present
ping, but remind consumers
friend,
At
member
or
items.
websites
like kaboo- Chris Hoskavich
family
Wise said that Strouphauer resented at senate meetings
that "shoppers who stop and
Websites
like
FindGifts.com
must
now choose committee that are to deal with their conStaff Reporter
think before they click can
a
Gifts.com
solve
this
probperTheThingslWant.com,
and
members
who will then stitutions or else the constituprevent an online Scrooge
son
can
site
at
ern
with
the
register
upon
"decide
the direction of tions "cannot further gain the
from interfering with their
Student
Cooperative
cost,
no
a
to
shopper
The
can
onto
and
add
button
log
the
committee."
approval ofthe senate," at the
purchases and ultimately their
Council (SCC) President
these
and
enter
whom
their
browser
that
is
linked
to
sites
Concerns
The
Student
meeting.
holiday fun."
Matthew Wise announced the
,h
(i.e.
are
for
his/her
wish
list.
When
he/she
shopping
ey
Bill 1, a similar bill, was
by
FTC
has
Committee
was
created
formation of a committee dedAdditionally, the
finds a desirable item online, it icated to addressing students' members of the SCC senate approved by the senate on Oct.
set up a campaign
at Teen Guy, Woman, Couple,
18, but later vetoed by the
OnGuardOnline.gov to pro- etc ). what the occasion is, can be linked to the wish list at concerns at the organization's and executive board at a meetvide additional tips to help what kind of person/people a push of a button. The list senate meeting on Wednesday, ing following the Board of SCC president because of
ambiguity in its wording. Piatt
fight Internet fraud. They tf>ey are (Travel Enthusiast, can then be viewed online or Nov. 15.
Presidents
conference
that
was
sought to maintain the premise
emphasize that consumers Movie Buff, Bookworm, etc.) e-mailed.
The Student Concerns
With improved technology Committee will be responsible held last weekend at LHU.
of Bill 1 in the legislation he
should shop at well-known and the price range they are
looking for. In moments. and new tools online, holiday for communicating with stuIt is part of a broader iniproposed, while ensuring clarand reputable sites.
Major retailers, like Gap pages of gift ideas appear with shopping doesn't have to be a dents about any issue in which tiative to get students more ity in the wording. The new
hassle.
involved with the student govbill met some resistance.
and Amazon are now using accompanying
they are concerned.
ernment.
Sen. Zachary Smith was
external security companies, P"ces, and links to where
The committee will also
to
most vocal critic of Bill 3.
"Our
main
needs
be
the
goal
seek solutions to problems stu••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••A*
student-centered,"
Wise,
said
He
said that it is unnecessary
dents may have and update the
the
are
"If
students
not
and
demands too much of
coming
SCC president, vice president
to
to
us
then
we
need
to
clubs.
go
and speaker of the senate on
"We expect a lot from the
their activities on a weekly them."
clubs,
The
initiative
also
entails
but we should expect
basis.
evaluations
of
clubs
and
more
from
ourselves," said
Speaker of the Senate
an
on
Smith.
organizations,
emphasis
William Baney said that he
Other senators raised conhopes the Student Concerns community service and caman
on
pus
outreach
and
effort
cerns
that the new bill is also
senators
Committee will cause
the
members
to
part
of
SCC
ambiguous
in its wording.
to become "more active" in
more
Sen.
become
William
"approachable."
Dowd disseeking out the opinions of
The senate also discussed missed these fears.
their constituents. He also
"1 don't think it could be
offered suggestions as to how the issue of club members
senate
meetpresent
anymore
clear-cut," said
for
being
senators
do
the
so.
might
at
which
that
club's
conDowd.
ings
to
get idea
"I'm hoping
To address this concern, a
boxes in high-traffic areas," stitution is to be discussed.
a
This
is
the
third
amendment to further
meeting
friendly
in
said Baney.
at
senators
row
which
SCC
the
bill's language was
clarify
Wise nominated Sen.
debated
the
issue.
to
Derek Strouphauer
be the
Sen. Christopher Piatt
The senate approved Bill
chairman of the committee.
3,
3,
introduced
which
with only Smith voting
Bill
was
He
approved unanimously
new
that
clubs
be
it.
requires
repagainst
senators
in attendance.
by the

Brandy Rissmiller
Staff Reporter

Learn to recognize online

shopping security risks

SCC approves bill requiring
club member attendance
during crucial meetings

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OPIN ON
Graduating editor reflects on college career
talent."

Daniella De Luca
Editor in Chief

And, fade up on the beginning freshman year at college.
On move in day I was not at
all excited about living in a
If I have learned anything dorm room the size of a small
from college it is what I tool shed.
I remember feeling like an
learned in my television
outsider
from another world
class.
broadcast
(New
Jersey,
enough said). It
matter
how
or
No
panicky
was
not
until
started going to
I
10
lost you feel during those
classes
and
new peomeeting
seconds before the camera
that
the
whole
ple
college
to
fades up, all you have do is
to
feel
real.
experience
began
pull it together and get
was
While
freshman
year
through it. If you stumble
all
about
new
the
beginnings,
a
over few words in the script
were
about
following
years
there,
here and
just regain
picking it up in academics and
composure and begin again.
to
I like
think of college moving on after my other
life as a series of television upperclassmen friends gradubroadcasts. Each would begin ated.
I discovered that during
as directors say in the TV
business with the words, "Cue college you will find friends

in the least expected places,
and these friends will become
your social network and your
support system in the times

Daniella De Luca
that you need them most in
your "broadcast."
Some will be your best
friends (co-anchors) while

others may take a more indi- forward these next few days, ahead as the director says:
there is a small part ofmc that "Fade to black."
rect approach (camera operators or floor managers). wants to put the tape on pause
Everyone has to be in place or at least run it forward in This will be Daniella De
for it all to work. And slow motion. There are some Lucas last column for the.
although there have been a things that even Avid video Eagle Eye as she will he gradfew "technical difficulties" editing software cannot help uating at the conclusion qfi
this semester. She would like
during my broadcast, I believe me with now, and that is stoplife,
there
is
no
to thank her parents, profesit is safe to say things turned ping time. In
sors, mentors, friends and
or
out anyway just as they tend rewinding, fast forwarding
so
Eagle
Eye staff members who,
I sugto in real life broadcasts.
video manipulation
her and her
we
the
have
supported
delight in
During my time at the gest
moments
journalism
during
Haven I have gained so many
we have before the passion for
runs
too
ahead
and
we
her
time
at
LHU.
She
wants
to
far
valuable friends, many of tape
send
a
thanks
to
special
very
which I met in this, my final, forget those times.
Dr.
am
Karen
Kline.
Sharon
So when I
gleefully Dr.
semester. Although there were
Dr.
Douglas
those great friends every year tossing my cap into the air in Stringer,
Anita
Campbell,
FlemingDr.
Fieldhouse
on
that graduated and moved on Thomas
to the next "block" in their December 10, 2006, along Rife, Mr. Eric Smith and Mr.
video broadcast. In a few with thc rest of the graduating Scott Eldridge and everyone
days, I too will be one ofthose class, I will be smiling and else who has supported her in
thinking ofall the good times her journalistic endeavors.
As much as I want to fast in college and all that lies

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Black Friday takes holiday shopping to extreme
there while they were paying.
The mall I work at is by no
When 1 arrived in the mall
a
large means an isolated case of holthere were already
of
amount
early birds flutteriday hysteria. I have heard of
ing around to the few brave several outlet malls that
stores who elected to open opened their doors to shoppers
before the entire mall opened itching to get a deal at midat 6 a.m.
night on Thanksgiving.
As I hustled around the
Aside from the fact 1 had
store preparing candy and to be awake four hours after
fruit for the eventual customer those stores opened, there is
bombardment, I repeatedly no way I would be shopping at
had to turn away hungry midnight.
The
massive
patrons who could not wait to amounts of tryptophan I took
get their hands on a frozen
in from my Thanksgiving dintreat
ner just would not allow it to
As 1 watched these people happen.
But regardless of my
scamper from store to store
cream
and even request ice
desire to shop during daylight,
six
in the morning, 1 there were still enough people
before
really started to question the piling into stores the very secmental stability of a Black ond Black Friday began to
make it worthwhile for store
Friday shopper,
Sure, 1 will admit that 1 am owners.
3 little nuts for agreeing to be
The most questionable act
but
early,
this
the
differof
these
sleepless deal junkies
"P
is the wait in line many of
ence between me and the peoP'e on the other side of the them willingly put themselves
counter is 1 got paid to be through. It is bad enough to be
the mall by 5 a.m.

Adam Roberts
Guest Writer

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Just as it has so many
years before, the frenzy of
holiday shopping kicked off
with the craziest of all shopping days. Black Friday. The
day after Thanksgiving once
again brought droves of early
birds and door busters to any
establishment that offered
even the hint of a deal.
This year I got to experience this shopping fanaticism
from a first hand perspective
which ultimately led me to
write this article. 1 work at
Dairy Queen/ Orange Julius in
the Viewmont Mall in
Scranton, Pa. Unfortunately, 1
was given the prestigious

honor to open the store on the
Super Bowl of holiday shopping. This meant I slid out of
bed long before the sun even
thought about rising to be at

awake for a store's opening what time the lines started
but to arrive prior to the under that big yellow tag on
employees just to wait for the Friday morning.
doors to open takes a special
To an extent I understand
to
dedication
bargains that I why people do their shopping
cannot quite grasp.
on this holy day of holiday
The Best Buy in my homegift buying.
town opened at 5 a.m. which
To be honest, I bought the
by Black Friday standards is majority of my gifts on
only mediocre, but they Friday, but that wasn't until I
strongly encouraged people to was released on good behavarrive plenty early to wait for ior at 1 p.m. from my Dairy
the doors to open. The front Queen captivity. Tnist me, the
page of Best Buy's ad raved
about tremendous savings on
all sorts of electronics from
laptops to plasma TVs.
The fine print of this ad is
where the real story rests. The
bottom line of this ad warned
shoppers that there could be as
little as five of these items in
the store when they arrived.
To guarantee getting one of
these

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In fact, I never knew that
News Editor
journalism would turn out to
be as much a passion for me as
it has. I went into the major
the
last
issue
be
will
This
one of the semester - the last because I enjoyed writing and
didn't see myself as the starvone of my first semester editauthor type. But 1 discoving
of
confusing?
ing. Kind
ered
early on that there was
not
What's
confusing
Maybe.
is that there will be two editors some magic in this line of
leaving the paper this work and I my interest was
on their way to officially piqued.
December
Print was and still is my
bigger and better things initial
journalism of choice co-ediJessica Thompson, my
tor and Daniella De Luca, one probably so because writing
was my main motivation for
of our lovely editors-in-chief.
am
very proud of them entering the field.
I
But I have every intention
wish
and
them both the best of
spanning
my horizons to
of
endeavors,
luck in their future
broadcast
and
radio in order to
am
sure
do
which I
they will
get a well-rounded and comwonderfully in.
Both girls are talented and plete view of this career. And
driven and have taught me a Jessica and Daniella have been
definite role models in this
vast amount about editing,
respect.
and
leading,
getting myself
Both young women are
elbow deep in newsprint fun. I
can only imagine how boring involved in multiple media
that must sound to some of outlets on campus and
you out there, but I can't between the both of them, all
the bases are covered. So
expect everyone to understand. 1 certainly didn't get it when I wonder to myself if
at

stretching my agenda into yet
ty is possible, all 1 need to do
is take a look at their accomplishments to see that it can be
done.
So, thank you Jessica and
Daniella for all of your
encouragement, support and
Jessica, you've been a fan-

tastic co-editor that has always
been there for me for all kinds
of silly questions. You've
helped this paper through what
I consider its best year since
I've come to LHU, and I hope
that 1 can take to heart so much
of what you've taught me. I
know you'll do wonderfully in
your career - you've got what
it takes. Best of luck to you!
Daniella, throughout your
years here you've earned quite
a name for yourself. I only
wish I had met you sooner. I
greatly admire your work and
your passion for it and was
ecstatic when I found a journalism student as excited
about the field as myself, for

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throughout the fall semester which resulted
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on Christmas day I will omit
my purchases.
To all who braved the
crowds and sacrificed a perfectly good night of sleep I
salute you for your go-getter
attitude, but I still think you

When writing, please include your
better or for worse.
full name and a phone number
Though we've really only
where you can be reached.
spent one semester as colleagues, it has been a great
one. Between our weather
Also include your year and major.
graphics and catching your
"boyfriend" getting changed 0
after a workout - 1would have
Send it to
to say there have been some
with
very good laughs.
I would be sorrier to see
in the subject line.
you go if I didn't know how
much you're going to do with
your career. Knowing this, I
don't think I deserve" to be so
Do you like to draw?
selfish - I want to see you go
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out there and rock the journalism world the way it should be
or satirical cartoons?
rocked.
I'm both proud and sadDraw an editorial cartoon,
dened tb say - I worked with
Jessica and Daniella.
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Cartoon" in the subject line.
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OPINION
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VOLUME 64, ISSUE 11

Representative's argument on
draft contains flaws and merits
Chris Hoskavich

Guest Writer

Parsons Union Building
Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, PA 17745

Office: 570-893-2579
Fax: 570-893-2644

Seemingly from the start of
the US-led campaign in Iraq,
comparisons have been drawn
between the current conflict
and the war in Vietnam.
Advisor
Online Editor
Truthfully, whether these
Sharon
Kara Wilt
are fair and accurate or not is
Stringer
determined largely by individual
political leanings. There is,
Photographers
however,
one considerable difIditor in Chief Alana Beightol
ference: today, unlike during
Maris.sa Brunner Garrett Graziano Vietnam, there is no draft. This
Kasey Le
Daniel1 a De Luca
distinction could end, though,
thanks to the efforts of Rep.
John Reith
Charles Rangel.
News
Rangel, a Democrat from
ca Thompson
Advertising
New York who is set to chair
rah Wojcik
Sarah Goetter
the House Ways and Means
Jennifer Hayes
Committee beginning in
Features
Cory Messinger
January, has said that he will
introduce legislation that will
Hoover
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citizens to serve in the
require
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military. Though it is unlikely
Shellhammer
Trey Buehler
to pass, Rangel has already
proposed similar bills that
failed. It is an idea that is worth
Sports
Financial
considering.
Graziano
Manager
Strange as it may seem,
James Cooney
Christina Fried Rangel is introducing the
measure as a means of deterOpinion
Staff Reporters ring future wars and perhaps
drawing an end to the Iraq war.
Stephanie
Brandon Apter
"There's no question in my
Patrick Bower
mind
that this president and
Classifieds
Kris Glad
this administration would
Ad« Manager
Sara Gerber
never have invaded Iraq, espeSarah
Erin Hippie
cially on the flimsy evidence
that was presented to the
Nicole Jacobs
Congress, if indeed we had a
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Len Mahonski
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Student pleads
with Aramark to
provide better
food service,
sacrifice profits
Guest Writer

Everywhere on campus,
we all hear the grunts and
groans about how terrible the
food is in Upper Bentley this
year and we hear students
reminisce about how great it
all used to be. Until very
recently, 1 personally have
been able to tolerate the obvious decline in food quality
and the overall dining experience in Upper Bentley.
Within the past few
weeks, however, I have realized how much the Lock
Haven University community
is being cheated under the
new professional services
firm Aramark.
This blatant attack on our
food services can no longer
be ignored; the time has finally arrived for the student
community to take action.
While dining was not
grand during the Sodexho
years, they at least prepared a
wide variety of decent food to
the students at LHU at a reasonable cost, and they seemed

to care about our enjoyment
and satisfaction to a reasonable degree. Sodexho's meals
usually provided flavorful,
fresh and healthy choices.
Although you may not
remember, Aramark initially
promised more variety and
healthy choices than ever in
Upper Bentley.
They promised to listen to
student requests, to provide a
fun, friendly atmosphere, and
basically to be a great dining
service company.
Although hundreds of students completed the "Dining
Styles" survey earlier this
semester, and while students
complain and are clearly
unhappy with Upper Bentley
under the new leadership,
Aramark refuses to do much
of anything about it.
Now, let us examine several examples of how
Aramark has disappointed
and outright cheated students
at LHU.
The leading question is:
where are the trays? The goal
of eliminating trays in Upper
Bentley was to reduce food
waste, and I admit that I have
certainly seen a reduction in

because they came from a
wealthy background.
When it comes to national
defense, efficacy should be
held as a higher priority than
social equality or, in this case,
the thwarting of a political
opponent.
There is another set of
problems if the draft is to be
applied randomly. Would those
who are in the middle of their
college education be forced to
abandon it if they are drafted?
Certainly, given the financial
considerations and the importance of continuity in education, this would be unfair to
those individuals and detrimental to the workforce over
the next decade or so.
Allowing them to finish
their education would be tantamount to exemption from the
draft for those who could
afford college, however, and
would defeat Rangel's stated
purpose of helping the uneducated poor and his true purpose
offoiling the Republican Party.
The idea of conscription in
America, and even some of
Rangel's reasoning, is not
without merit,
however.
Rangel said he would like to
see "young people commit
themselves to a couple ofyears
in service to this great republic,
whether it's our seaports, our
airports, in schools, in hospitals."
He also said that they
would receive educational and
other financial benefits as a
part of their service.
I support Charles Rangel in

this regard. I agree with the
basic premise that young people not only would benefit
from a compulsory term of
service, but that it is not outside the government's rights to
require it. This could only
work effectively, though, if
certain
were
guidelines
applied.
The term of service would
have to be a part ofthe national education system and would
have to occur before students
attended college. All recruits
would be trained in a specific
field and would work in it for a
term of several months, and
would choose whether or not
they take a combat position.
Benefits, including educational assistance, would be
guaranteed, but would vary
according to how long the
recruit chooses to serve and
whether they elect to take jobs
that could put them in combat.
A conscription plan such as
this would provide opportunities to citizens who might not
otherwise have them and
would provide all citizens with
skills that would help them
secure jobs after their service.
It would have to be instituted
over a period of years or
decades as part of a larger education reform, however, not
within months as a quick fix to
the war in Iraq.
Also, it should be designed
as a means of developing quality Americans and preserving
our country, not to spite those
with a different political agenda.

More detailed critiques needed
for student-run publication
Joseph Melber
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that their kids from their communities would be placed in
harm's way," Rangel said.
The crux of Rangel's argument is that, as he has asserted
on a number of occasions, the
uneducated poor and workingclass "particularly minorities"
arc overrepresented in the military and only join so they can
receive benefits, specifically
money towards education.
Further, if members of the
educated upper-class faced
deployment to Iraq, the government would not have initiated the conflict.
Rangel's argument is thoroughly flawed. For starters, the
basic assumption about military demographics is incorrect.
The poor are actually underrepresented in the military and
the racial make-up of the military is about the same as that of
the general population.
Also, the average education
level of military personnel is
actually higher than the average education level ofthe general population.
Then there is the issue of
who would be drafted. Would
the draft be random or would it
apply strictly to the upperclass?
Drafting solely from the
upper-class would prove disastrous. Using financial status as
the primary factor in selecting
recruits would eliminate from
consideration millions of
potential draftees who might
make
soldiers.
superior
Imagine if less-able volunteer
soldiers were given preference

als who put time aside each
week and write a column by
writing a quick letter to the editor in protest ofit, but it is truly
just as easy to write and submit
I would like to apologize to your own articles which will
anyone whom I have offended likely be accepted due to the
in my past article which cited low amount of submissions
sent to the Eagle Eye.
Christianity as a violent religion. While I attempted to, I Therefore I pose the question,
did not fully elaborate my arti- where are your articles?
It is an important differenticle with as much explanation
to make between The
ation
as I would have liked to.
Times and the Eagle
New
York
If anyone has any unreEye
and
also
between the news
solved anger about the series of
and
section. This is an
opinions
articles I wrote please e-mail
institution
based
on learning
me if you are too introverted to
mistakes
people
if
and
make
write to the editor. I am always
should
be
corrected.
they
eager to learn further into any
The problem with writing
side of any argument.
for
the paper for many students
I cannot help but be utterly
is
that
when you do it, you put
taken aback by the expectahead
in the shackles and
your
tions of individuals who read a
all
have
to do is wait a
you
college newspaper.
to
week
be
hit
in the face with
It is easy to mock individu-

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food waste, but the "no-tray" difficult to do so in Upper
policy has negatively affected Bentley, unless you eat a
students' dining experiences salad and a sandwich every
day, which gets extremely
in several ways.
Firstly, our food is cold by boring very quickly.
the time we sit down, which is
And the salad and sandexactly what they were trying wich lines have the same
to prevent. Secondly, if we thing, every day. Maybe there
must go in line several times,
is cooked salami one day and
the lines become cluttered sweet Lebanon bologna the
much more easily, making our next, but that does not count
food even colder.
for much when the rest of the
Finally, as another student meat is the same processed
pointed out to me, if the food junk every single day.
The biggest problem
were actually good, we would
eat it, not throw it away. regarding food quality has
There are many other conarisen from the "Home Zone"
structive ways to educate stu- section, where not only has
the variety seriously lacked
dents about food waste reduction and better strategies to all year long, but where they
eliminate waste other than continue to serve leftovers for
several days, until the next
banning trays.
My primary concern has pot of leftovers is served.
"Home Zone" is in a perpetunot been trays, but food qualal state of leftovers.
ity. One student has recognized how a tremendous
Unfortunately, I feel
amount of food in Upper forced to gravitate towards
Bentley is cooked in some the leftovers because "Home
sort of oil, whether it be fried Zone" employees are only
allowed to give us one piece
chicken or cabbage.
Oil is certainly very easy of meat at a time - one lousy
piece of meat.
to cook with, but unfortunateWhile the deathly obese
ly, it is very unhealthy. While
most students earnestly try to are able to eat unlimited hammake healthy choices, it is burgers or pizza, I, a slim,

Developing different evidence is good; developing a
This brings me to the question ofthe value of the univercounter-thesis is wonderful,
sity newspaper. The reason for but simply swatting ideas
this and most activities on down in the most condescendcampus is to make the best ing way possible is worse than
possible use of your free time bad, it is something Bill
during youth. These things are O'Reilly would do.
around not so much to make a
Finally in response to
difference (I have never seen a Nicholas Drayer's letter-tomember of the presidential the-editor last week (although I
cabinet sway their opinion am slightly offended by his
over any ofits contents) but to writing style) I must say I am
give people a chance to pursue impressed.
their interests before they are
I submit that you are cleartrapped in a crummy 40-50 ly better cut out for this than I
hour a week job that they hate am and so I extend to you this
for the rest of their lives like offer; if you will begin writing
the majority of Americans.
for the Eagle Eye, I will no
The point I am trying to longer address anything even
make is this: if you simply close to controversial and will
swat down everything you see only choose subjects such as
,you are not really helping any"Bentley Food" and "SCC
one in doing it by slandering or continues weekly duties."
Please get back to me.
slinging mud at them.
rotten tomatoes.

athletic person who always
eats in moderation, am only
allowed one tiny piece of
meat at a time.
While I have the option of
standing in line two to three
times for more meat, I do not
have the time to wait, over
and over again.
It would be infinitely simpler to just give me those two
to three pieces of meat and
not waste my time. I promise
I am not over-indulging
myself.
We are supposed to be
adults and be able to choose
these kinds of things for ourselves, right? Not that the
fresh (by fresh, I mean less
old) meat is much more appetizing than the leftovers anyhow, but sometimes, it is fairly decent.
Aramark has done anything in its power to save
money. This explains the dismal food quality, the lack of
trays, the one-piece-of-meatat-a-time rule and the nearminimum wage they pay their
employees, but they have
demonstrated quite clearly
their willingness to sacrifice
literally anything to save a

few dollars. In the process,
meal plan costs have risen.
Of course, it is reasonable
to expect food prices to rise
somewhat with inflation, but
the food quality should
remain the same throughout.
It obviously has not. So where
is this extra money going? In
the pockets of the corporate
executives, where else?
Aramark's website claims
that the company is "a global
leader in professional services, providing award-winning
food, hospitality, facility
management services" and
that the Fortune 500 has listed
it as one of the three most
admired companies in the
industry since 1998, but surely they do not act like it.
Aramark has blatantly
neglected its consumers here
at LHU, but this article is an
open invitation for the dining
service to clean up its act.
If Aramark execs continue
to refuse to sacrifice a few
dollars for better food quality
and a more enjoyable atmosphere, both for its consumers
(the students) and its employees, in the long run, the company is only harming itself.

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pie actually ran or walked in
"We envisioned it as an
event. All of the students opportunity for students from
the
Writer
were asked to register for the the two tracks in our departevent, but some were unable
ment to work on a project
to run or walk because they together," said Lally.
"It's
With the help of students
the health and physical had other duties to attend to. also a way to start a tradition
ication and the sports The first 75 people to register of community involvement
ninistration departments. received a free, long-sleeve t- among our students."
shirt.
The class planned everyle First Annual Turkey Trot,
Patricia
stuLally's
thing from voting on the
Dr.
5K run/walk, was held sucjssfully on Sunday, Nov. 19, dents in her principles and name of the event, to getting
practices of conditioning donations from the communiJack Stadium.
Approximately 110 people class planned and organized ty and planning the race
were registered for the first the event. Dr. Richard Lally course.
Stephanie Phillips, a senever Turkey Trot and 85 peo- was the co-director.
ior sports administration
major in Dr. Lally's class, was
in a group of four. Phillips'
group controlled the promotion aspect ofthe event.
"We made a flyer and
hung it around campus; we
put an ad in the Eagle Eye,
and took registration forms to
the area elementary schools to
be sent home to the parents of
the district," said Phillips.
"Individually the students
had to go out into the local
community and identify a
community project or initiative in need," said Lally.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Lally "They then presented the
With the race underway, competitors set
community project or initiathe pace for the finish line. Prizes included
tive to the other students in
gift certificates and free passes to the YMCA.
their small groups. Each

From, Pink, Al
The eagerness ofthe student body as well as the support of the faculty and staff
on campus has just been
phenomenal!"
Lindsay Greer, ZTA
President agreed.
"I believe other chapters
nationwide do something to
this effect to benefit breast
cancer, but locally this is a
first. With the general success from this year's event
we've decided to try and
make this an annual event
and hope to spread it to
other areas of the community, even to the Williamsport
area," said Greer.
After the unifying day of
Pink Out, ZTA will be hosting a small reception for
those who participated in thc
event, with guest speakers
including breast cancer survivors.
"We are so inspired by
this experience. Wc had
such strong responses from
people asking for children's
sized t-shirts for their kids.
We even had multiple survivors tell us their stories
and want to support the
cause. People appreciate
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grandmother, mother, aunt,

cousin or friend had cancer. we wanted a chance to
reach out," said O'Kecfe.

From left to
Erin
Elizabeth
and Meg Feby
with one of the
t-shirts which
been sold to
breast
research. The
ings will be
to the Susan
Komen breast
foundation. The
pus-wide Pink
will be held
Dec. 1. Faculty
bers, staff and
dents are encouraged
to participate
wearing pink attire,
support breast
cer
and
assist ZTA in
cause.

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Photo courtesy of Dr. Lally
Participants bolt from the starting line to begin the Turkey Trot.
Students were responsible for all aspects of the first annual 5K run/walk.
small group had to choose
one community project or initiative, and then present theirs
to the entire class."
"The students in the class
voted on what community
organization would benefit
from the walk. The money
that was raised from the registration fee and the donations
were given to the Tiger Den
Playground Project, an initiative by local parents to build a
playground and recreation
near
space
Dickey
Elementary School and across
from Weis Market in Lock
Haven.

The top three male finishers were Garth Watson, Chris
Bell, and Ian Eisenhauer; the

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top three female finishers month free passes to the Lock
were April Salinas, Kelley Haven YMCA, coupons for
Loser, and Katiera Carey. Pizza Hut, Arby's, Burgei
The top male master (age King, Taco Palace and t-shirts
40+) was Gary Stinetz and top and canvas bags from the
female master was Linua Lai. LHU bookstore.
The top under 18 male was
The Turkey Trot had such
Caleb Liddic and top under a great turnout that Dr.
18 female was Sarah Cryder. Patricia Lally hopes the event
The age group finisher (50+) will continue and eventually
was Dennis Wolfe.
become an annual 5K
Donations were made by run/walk planned by her stuthe Networks Inc. and their dents.
employees, Weis Markets and
"We had a great turnout,'
their employees, and Wal- said Lally. "Over 100 people
Mart. "One of the students in registered for the event. So,
the class works for Coca- yes, we would like to have a
Cola, who donated Powerade class organize a 5K run/walk
and Dasani water for all ofthe every year with the idea thai
participants," said Lally.
the benefactor would change
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Volleyball falls to Texas A&M
LHU loses in the Elite

lht, but looks back on the 2006

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with smiling eyes

Brandy Rissmiller
Sports Reporter
Fabiana Gomez and the
women's volleyball team may
have fallen to the University
of Texas A&M in their first
game of the NCAA Division
II Volleyball Tournament, but
that has not dampened
Gomez's, and the team's,
spirit.

"We make a really good
aren't just good
players," said the freshman.
"We played as a team and
fought through the whole
game."
The Lady Eagles competed in a four-set match against
Texas A&M and lost 3-1 with
scores of 26-30, 28-30, 30-24
and 27-30.
Li YiZhi, a senior middle
hitter, recorded 24 kills, 18
digs and a total of five digs,
two solo and three assisted.
Junior Inga Kurgonaite tallied 18 kills, 14 digs and two
assisted blocks. Gomez had
51 assists, 14 digs and three
assisted blocks.
Senior Maggie Borden
posted 12 kills, three service
aces and assisted with five
digs. Sophomore Stacey
Borgia had 18 digs.
Head Coach Tom Justice
is very proud ofthe team.
"The best part of the tournament for me was the
moment I put my team on the
floor to play for a National
Championship," said Coach
Justice.
While in Florida, the team
was able to cheer on Lock
Haven University's men's
cross country team. Senior
Ryan Blood finished fourth
and the team came in 11th.
"I had a great time going

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Photo Courtesy of Al Weston
Senior Li Yizhi seen in the photo above was named the American
Volleyball Coaches Association Co-player of the Year for 2006 for Division
II. Li and Inga Kurgonaite were both selected to the AVCA's all-region
teams and received first team All-PSAC honors during the Lady Eagles
32-6 season.
the cross country race and
supporting Lock Haven," said
Borgia.
Their season may have
come to an unwanted end, but
the Lady Eagles, who end
their season 32-6, have plenty
of accomplishments to be
pleased with in the 2006 season.
They are the Pennsylvania
to

State Athletic
(PSAC)

Conference

Champions, the PSAC West
regular season champions,
and the Atlantic Region
Champions. Since the program was introduced in 1991,
the Lady Eagles have competed ten times in the NCAA
Elite-Eight tournament.
For Borgia the most mem-

orable part of the season
came when the Lady Eagles
beat California University
(Pa.) for the Atlantic Region
Championship.
"li'S hard to beat a good
team three times in a row and
we did that," she said.
"Winning the game allowed
us to go to Florida."

have not gone unnoticed. Li
was named to the Daktronics,
Inc. All-America squad, for
the third time. Li also was the
PSAC Tournament MVP and
was named to the All-MidAtlantic
Regional
Tournament Team. The title
of 2006 PSAC Athlete of the
Year for volleyball is being
shared between Li and
Kutztown University's Sarah
Brandon.
Li and Kurgonaite were
selected to the American
Coaches
Volleyball
Association's
all-region
teams and grabbed first-team
All-PSAC honors.
Li's and Kurgonaite's
contributions to the teams'
success are evident. Li hit a
team-best .468, with 461
kills, 332 digs and 156
blocks. Kurgonaite hit .353,
and posted 424 kills, 167 digs
and 132 blocks.
Borgia, a middle hitter,
and Gomez, a setter, were
chosen as second team AllPSAC players. Borgia posted
235 kills on .270 hitting, 126
digs and 104 total blocks.
Gomez led the team with
1142 assists, 96 kills and 62
service aces.
With the 2006 season
over, it is now time to start
planning for 2007. Borgia
and Coach Justice are both
thinking about next season.
Borgia says there is nothing
the team can do to change the
results of this season, but
2007 is a different story.
"We can train and work
hard for positive results."
Coach Justice has started
working on next year's team.
"I have some more ideas,
and I'm anxious to see how
they play out in 2007," he
said, adding, "For me the
process never stops."

The Lady Eagles go
2-2 in tournament play
Garrett Graziano

the day, while Shameka Lee
led the Lady Eagles in
The night before, the
Lady Eagles' defense prorebounds with eight.
The day before against pelled them to their first vicAfter a grueling schedule
West
Liberty State College, tory of the tournament and
of tournament play to open
Lee
posted a double-double the season.
up the season, the women's
In a game that saw LHU
basketball team, 2-5, is set to with 10 rebounds and 10
force 36 turnovers, the
travel to East Stroudsburg points.
Gabrielle was the Lady University of the District of
University this Saturday for
scorer Columbia proved to be no
Eagles'
leading
a 1 p.m. tip off.
against WLSC with 12 match for the Lady Eagles.
Lee, Williams, and Lopez
points.
It was not enough, along with freshman, Kristen
Starting off the season, though, as the Lady Eagles Kudrick, all contributed 11
points in the winning effort.
the Lady Eagles participated fell to WLSC 50-70.
as
As tough
the IUP
Lee and Williams each
in three tournaments, the
was
had
11 rebounds which gave
for the
most recent of which being Tournament
both
prior
players double-doubles,
at
the IUP Tournament, where Lady Eagles, a week
Tournament,
while
Gabrielle and Kudrick
the team dropped two games. the Bloomsburg
team
accounted
for three assists
Against No. 8 Glenville the women's basketball
to
their
each.
was able
spread
State College, LHU conwings and put two in the win
Lopez and sophomore,
fronted a number of probLauren Kelshaw, accounted
lems with turnovers. While column during the tournafor eight of the team's 19
forcing 21 turnovers against ment.
In their game against steals on the night.
GSC, the Lady Eagles turned
The Lady Eagles eventuthe ball over 25 times. The Caldwell College, Gabrielle
the
went on to win the game
ally
struggle for ball control posted 15 points against
senior,
while
73-60.
proved to be enough to give Cougars,
With tournament play out
GSC the win over the Lady Candace Sillers recorded 13.
came
of
the
On defense, Lopez
way the Lady Eagles
Eagles, 88-48.
Sophomore, Ilia Lopez, away with five steals on the have a long season ahead of
day, along with Ginger them starting this Saturday
was the team's leading scorer in the effort scoring 13 Williams who had four steals at ESU.
and 10rebounds on the afterFrom there LHU will
points on the day.
have a tough week of action
Along with her 13 points, noon.
Kutztown,
Do in large part to a great against
Lopez also managed four
defensive showing, the Lady Mansfield, and Bloomsburg
steals and six rebounds.
Senior,
Elizabeth Eagles beat the Cougars in a Universities.
Gabrielle, had nine points on closely contested game, 65Sports

Editor

B*J
Photo Courtesy

of Al Weston

Ilia Lopez is one of the standout players on
5 start
this year's basketball team. Alter a 2-o
during the Disney Tip Off, Bloomsburg, and
IUP tournament the Lady Eagles focus their
attention to the remainder of the regular season. This Saturday the Lady Eagles will travel
to ESU and then travel to Kutztown to face
the Golden Bears for 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

November 29, 2006

lhueagleye.com

B2

Mercado defeats
National Champion
"I've been training real
hard for the bout and honestly
expected to win," stated
Haven Mercado. With the victory
The
Lock
University's "All-American" Mercado, a senior, increased
Josh
Mercado
defeated his career record to 21 -6.
Teammate 154 lb., "AllNavy's Antone Aku, 3-0,
American," Jason Sanchez
before a crowd of over 1,000
at
the annual National (15-5) was awarded a 'walkover' win over UNLV's
Collegiate
Invitational at the famed New defending 1561b. National
York Athletic Club last champion, Greg Murrell.
Monday night. Aku is the Murrell was a "no show"
defending 2006 National when it was determined he
could not make weight for the
Collegiate
bout.
Association (NCBA) champiLHU's third competitor
on and had defeated Mercado
All-American heavywas
on a split 3-2 decision in last
Greg Stratton, a sophweight,
's national title bout.
omore with a 4-4 record.
Stratton lost an RSC-2 to Air
Force's
defending national
However,
this
time
Ian
Tuznik.
champion,
Mercado performing before a
also
stopped
Tuznik
had
large contingent offamily and
Stratton
late
the
second
in
friends from the Rio
national
round
the
2006
in
Grande/Wildwood, N.J. area,
out-boxed Aku all three semi-finals. Tuznik again
rounds to easily decision the proved to be just to big and
strong for the 205 lb. Stratton.
midshipman. Relying primathe courageous
although
rily on his ring savvy and
with Tuznik in
Stratton
"hung
potent left jab, the talented
round,
an
even
but the
first
Mercado, in a work-man-like
6'4",
Tuznik
245
lb.
muscular.
manner, won all three rounds
on
pressure
constant
kept
on the judges' scorecards.
Stratton forcing the referee,

Clayton Desmond
Boxing Writer

Photo Courtesy

of

IVesfon

Obenson Blanc wrestles the competition to the mat during the Mat
Town Open held at Lock Haven University this past weekend. The
wrestling team will be in action at the Penn State Open Sunday.

Wrestling opens up
2006-2007 season
Pier Salamone
Sports Reporter
The wrestling team opened
their 2006-2007 season in full
force the past few weeks.
On November 25 LHU
competed in the Mat Town
Open. Obenson Blanc and
Seth Martin both grabbed
titles in the tournament with
their wins. Tom Kocher
nabbed the second place seat
at 184 pounds, while Danny

Lopes and Landis Wright held

third place positions. Mike
Cook, Corey Blake and Zach

Kell scored fourth place standings. Bald Eagles' Mark
Armstrong, Anwar Goeres.
Derrick Morgan, Nick Hyatt,
and Branden Bowden all
secured themselves sixth place
finishes in their respective
weight classes.

Wrestling

team

Vic Drakulvich (Reno, NV) to
call a halt to the bout at 1:32
of the third." "I was
pointed the referee stopped
the bout," stated Stratton,
"but it solidified the fact that J
must get down to the 195 lb.
class in order to have a legitimate opportunity to win the
NCBA's," commented a disappointed Stratton.
Coach Dr. Ken Cox and
his associate coach Ken
Cooper were very pleased
with the boxer's performance
in NYC. "I was happy Josh
could earn revenge over Aku
after dropping that controversial 3-2 split decision to thc
Navy boxer at nationals."
commented Cox. "We have
had an excellent fall semester
of boxing and as we get ready
to break for final exam's and
Christmas break, I believe we
have eight or ten boxers who
can make a positive impact at
next year's easterns (ECBA's)
at West Point, NY and the
NCBA tournament in Reno.
Thc Bald Eagles' should be up
there with the nation's elite
programs," concluded an
optimistic Cox.

defeated York College by

a score of 27-10, and locked in
another win against Clarion

41-6. LHU had only one loss
in the
Lehigh University 12-27.
Leading the wrestling team
was Seth Martin, with three
wins on the day. Freshmen
Nick Hyatt and Danny Lopes
brought in wins as well for the
team.

The wrestling team will be
On Sunday Nov 19th, the
team started the season by
tackling the PA Duals. The

in action this Sunday at the
Penn State Open. Matches are
scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Swimming takes fifth at
Golden Bear Invitational
Kris Glad
Sports Reporter

Smirnova performed well at ished third in the 500 Free
the meet as she took first place with a time of 5:32.96, and
in the 200 IM with a time of finished fourth in the 200
2:17:07.
She also received freestyle at 2:04.26. Freshman
Just before LHU was set to
100 breast stroke Ashley Lightcap took in the
in
second
the
go on fall break the LHU
a
with
time
of 1:10.28. lOOtly with a time of 1:07:22.
swimming team attended the
also
Smirnova
earned
the runThe Lady Eagles will be in
Kutztown University Golden
50
the
free
action
this weekend December
ner-up
position
in
Bear Invitational swimming
1-3
as
race.
they participate in the
meet on November 17 and 18.
Ashland
University
The Lady Eagles put up a
Swimming
and
Swimming
Diving
good showing at the tournaInvitational.
The
Lady
Eagles
ment as they claimed fifth
also
had
other
then
set
to
will
get
LHU
memhost
Juniata
place in a tournament that had
bers stand out at the meet. College on December 9th at
eight schools.
LHU
senior
Gerda Junior Kelly Grieneiscn fin- Zimmerli Pool at 1 P.M.

B

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The men's cross country team, pictured above, is currently ranked
10th in the nation in the United States Collegiate Cross Country
Association polls. The team also won the 2006 NCAA East Region
Championship and the PSAC Men's Championship.

Men's basketball team off
to slow yet productive start

\
Photo Courtesy

of Al

Weston

Sophomore star Billy Arre shoots a jump shot at a recent game. Arre !
looks to lead the LHU basketball team to a productive season.

Brandon Apter
Sports Reporter

Photo Courtesy of Al Weston
Gerda Smirnova pictured above took first place in the 200 IM at the
Golden Bear Invitational. Smirnova also took second in the 100

With basketball season
underway here at the Haven,
the men's team is looking to
rebound after four consecutive
losses.
Haven
Lock
The
University men's basketball

team

began their season on

Nov. 16 with a slim loss to

University of Charleston in
West
84-80.
Virginia,
Sophomore Billy Arre led all
players with 28 points and
right behind him was teammate James Chapell with 21
points. The Bald Eagles were
looking sharp, shooting over

just not being able to close out
the game. Jeff Eveillard had
eight rebounds to lead the
Eagles, Kranthi Senadhi had
five assists, and sophomore
Kyle Skinner had the lone
Lock Haven block.

See, Basketball, B4

November 29, 2006

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n The Bench
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What I've learned

The BCS needs to go

Pat Bower
Staff Reporter
I know I am not alone when I say that the
BCS needs to go.
Year after year, there is a heated debate
over which two teams deserve to play in the
national championship game. And this is just
another season for speculation and controversy.
First of all, does anyone know how the
BCS percentages and standings even work?
Well, here is what they do; they begin by
dividing a team's actual voting points by a
maximum 2850 possible points in the Harris
Interactive Poll and 1575 possible points in
the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Six computer rankings calculated in
inverse point's order (25 for #1, 24 for #2,
etc.) are used to determine the overall computer component. The best and worst ranking for
each team is dropped, and the remaining four
are added and divided by 100 (the maximum
possible points) to produce a Computer
Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard
Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey,
Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer
ranking accounts for schedule strength in its
formula.
The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive,
USA Today Coaches and Computer polls.
(www.espn.com)
Now that we got that out ofthe way, 1 hope
we can all agree the BCS needs to be eliminated. I agree that it does create very good
match-ups, however, in the end, teams are getting jipped out of their shot at the national
title.
An obvious solution to correcting this
problem is by playing a tournament to determine the champion, somewhat like College
Basketball, but clearly with not as many

the four teams that got the bye. Eight-team
tournaments always run smoothly. The top
four seeds would usually get a BCS game anyway, so I feel they would be deserving of at
least getting a bye in thc first round.
Unlike the system now, this tournament
gives twelve teams a shot at the National
Championship Game.
It is absurd that if a team has one bad day
and loses a game at the beginning of thc year,
that their hopes of winning the title nearly disappear. A team could go 11-1 and beat four
quality teams but have one bad loss, and never
get a chance. If I played on a one-loss team,
and knew that our title hopes were gone during the season, 1 would at times feel as if 1 am
playing for nothing. A championship is everyone's goal, how much pride is there in winning
some random bowl game? Does it even mean
anything?
Another aspect of the BCS I dislike is the
fact that a team gets penalized because the
strength of schedule was too weak. It is not the
team's fault their schedule was not difficult.
Just because a team did not play a ranked
opponent, does not mean they could not beat
them.
Take Rutgers for example. They were an
undefeated team who was heavily criticized
because they played no quality opponents.
They got their chance against Louisville and
defeated them. And also, there is Boise State.
They have not lost a game yet, but there is no
chance they will play for the championship, or
even get a BCS bid possibly. They deserve a
shot.
If the season was over right now, I feel the
following twelve teams would earn a spot in
the 12-team tournament I proposed earlier:
Ohio St., USC, Michigan, Florida, LSU,
Louisville, Notre Dame, Boise St., Wisconsin,
Arkansas, Auburn, and Rutgers.
The
opinions
stated here
are those of
the editors.
They do
not reflect
the opinions
of the Eagle
Eye or its
staff.

teams.

Since College Football practically takes
the entire month of December off, what better
time is there to have the tournament? I propose
a 12-team single-elimination tournament with
the top four seeds getting a bye in the first
round. This system could work perfectly.
The number five seed would play number
12, six versus 11, seven versus 10, and eight
versus nine. Then, in the second round, there
would be the four winners ofthese games, and

As much as this pains me to say, I
learned that the Cowboys are by far the
team in the NFC at this point in time. I k
When fending off Bronchitis and a 104
it's awful, but I honestly think if the Cow
i;ree fever a man is given a lot of time to
to play the Bears, Seahawks. or S
ik about all the things that he may have been were
right now they would win.
)ng about it in the past.
All we can hope for is another T.O. suicii
So I've taken it upon myself to come clean
and maybe for "wonder boy" Romo
with what I have been wrong about these past incident,
strain
something major.
11 weeks and what I have learned from my break or
learned
that the Giants are the
I've
football.
in
First of all, I have learned that no matter organization
Manning or Philip Riv*
Hmmm...Eli
have
/ good a team looks on paper, they still
(Rivers) while the other is slipp
ability to stink something wretchedly awful One is 9-2
at
by 6-5(Manning). Good job on trading
;n put into action.
be working out really v
Take, for example, the Arizona Cardinals Manning, it seems to
guys.
I Washington Redskins. During the off sea- for you
And
while all of these are harsh truths
to
assemble
rosters
i both teams managed
swallow,
nothing hurts more than the reali;
I of pro-bowlers and future hall-of -fame
flat out terrible withe
luctees. However, with a combined record tion that the Eagles are
6-16 the only thing pro about these teams are Donovan McNabb.
I have learned that my birds are now av\
: stadiums in which the play, and play pathetfor the rest ofthe season. If it wasn't made a
illy I might add.
they took
Another thing I have learned in the past more apparent by the whipping
ee months or so is never to judge a book by
I think I'll just cry myself to sleep for
cover. 1 mean I'm always going to judge a
then jump on the Saints ba
ok by its cover, but this time it came back to next 5 weeks and
wagon. Go me.
)ve me wrong.
It certainly has been an exciting last 11
so,
for
so
I ripped on the Miami Dolphins
weeks,
and I know I've said a lot ofthings that
named
the
g, because I could. They're
however, before we end
Iphins, and that is reason enough alone to proved not to be true,
my last column ofthe semester let's not forget
ke fun ofthem: however the ever so intimiing Dolphins, to my surprise, have become, the things I happened to be right about.
The Raiders were awful, are awful, and wif
II, intimidating.
to
If it's not enough that they have their last be awful, for a long time come. The Steelen
need to bench Big Ben, before the cripple
r games, it's not like they beat sub par comthrows
another interception, and the N.Y. Jett
won,
ition. Out ofthe four games they
they
have
proven
they can play with the big boys.
Bears,
t teams like the Chicago
Minnesota
Three
out
of several dozen predictions isn't
two
of
which
;ings and Kansas City Chiefs;
bad,
is
it?
Oh
well.
e winning records.
the
decidSee
you
in January.
Titans
Can anyone tell me when
to play football agayi? 1 guess Vince Young
Ithe
real deal, at least for right now. After disThe
abling the Eagles, and humiliating the
iants. the Titans are quickly becoming a force
opinions
be reckoned with.
stated here
I've learned that it's impossible to go undeare those ol
ted in the NFL, it will probably never hapthe editors.
undefeated,
the
Colts
can't
again.
go
If
They do
i
not reflect
n no team can.
For the second year in a row I've come to
the opinions
find out that it doesn't matter Peyton Manning,
of the Eagle
you and your team will have a bad game and
Eye or its
leave me here to apologize for making such a
staff.
brash statement like. "The Colts will go unde-

r

Hunting is a sport and for all you doubters here's an education
proper

Sports Editor
Hunting is a sport! For
you doubters, let's see yor
wake up at 5:00 a.m. and be
in the woods by 6:00 a.m. It
has all the aspects of any
sport you can think of, but
there are different methods
involved. Deer season seems
to be the most liked area of
hunting.
Practice is the longest
When it
comes to hunting, practice is
everything. If you use a
weapon that is not cited in

part of any sport.

beat your opponent. In
order to cite your weapon
you must shoot it over and
over again until it is precise.
Besides road hunting,
deer normally don't come to
you so you must go to them.
Scouting weeks, sometimes
months, in advance, so you
can learn the habits of the
animal.
to

Game Time:
Deer season lasts from

daylight to dusk for 12 days
starting the week after
Thanksgiving. Hunters flock
the woods looking to kill the
biggest buck so that they may

have bragging rights for a
whole year. They put on
their camouflage and their
bright orange for protection.
Some even wear deer urine
and scent blockers so the
prey can't pick up their scent.

In the early morning hours
they walk to their stands or
walk around the woods looking for the competition.
They wait until the
moment arrives and then
boom, the months of preparing pay off as they drop the
big buck. Well not really:
most of the time they miss
for one reason or another. If
they do manage to drop one.

then the fun begins: the gutting and thc dragging. I consider myself to have a pretty
strong stomach, but even
when I'm elbow deep in deer
guts. I gag. t he drag could
possibly be the worst part:
dragging a dead carcass that
can
weigh nearly 200
pounds.
Fairness:
One of the major arguments of why hunting is not a
sport is because there is no
competition or it isn't fair. 1
assure you that it is fair. Not
only do deer have better
senses than humans, they

have the game commission

game cornmission regulates the amount
of licenses sold to hunters.
This gives deer an advantage
over how many of them die.
I dare anyone that doubts
deer have no advantage over
humans to try and sneak up
on one. If the wind is blowing the right way. they will
be gone before you even see

them. Although they are
color blind, deer still have
good vision. They can also
hear very well. They use
sight and their hearing to get
away from you and when a
deer runs, good luck. I don't
know exactly how fast deer

can run.
the run would be like trying
to shoot a motorcycle traveling through beech brush.
So there you go, if you
can think of any more reasons why hunting is not a
sport, come find me. I will
have an argument for you.
On a side note I need to

thank head coach Barnhart,
of my home town basketball
team lor his gift of a Jim
Kelly signed football and hat.
It pays to support your team
even though they stink. Hear
that Eagles and Steelers
fans!

Garrett Grasiano
James Cooney

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Lock Haven
University Bookstore
Athlete of the Week
Seth Martin
LOCK HAVEN, Pa.
Senior Seth Martin
(Selinsgrove,
Pa./Selinsgrove) has

sponsors the Athlete ol
the Week to better
promote Lock Haven

named

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.

-

LHU
Bookstore Athlete of
the Week for his
efforts in the week
ending Nov. 26. This is
the first honor for
Martin and for the
been

University
squad.

wrestling

to get to the finals in
Martin took the dominating fashion.
title at 157 pounds at His second victory, a
the Mat Town Open, second-period tech fall
beating No. 11 Nate of Buffalo's Stephen
Galloway of Penn Muldrow was the 90th
State 6-3 in the finals. of Martin's career.
Martin posted a pin
The LHU Bookstore
and a pair of tech falls

Classic. Sophomore Billy Aire
picked up the slack for the
From, Basketball, B2
Haven leading them in points
Looking to notch their first with 21 and rebounds with
win of the year, the Haven seven. He also shot an imprestraveled to Division 1 school, sive 44 percent from beyond
St.Francis University and were the arc. Jeff Eveillard condominated by a score of 94-60. tributed with a team-high six
Arre and Chapell again led the assists while and James
Haven in points with 22 and Chapell added 20 points and
15. The Haven struggled to get three steals.
In the second day of the
anything going offensively as
they were out rebounded by Gary Miller Classic, the
Haven faced a big offensive
over 15. A.J. Zimmer managed to get five rebounds after squad in C.W. Post as they
coming off of the bench, four were defeated 101-71. The
Haven would find themselves
ofthem being offensive.
The next stop the Bald down by almost 20 at the half
Eagles would take is to as C.W. Post began the game
University of Pittsburgh- on a 14-0 run. Leading Haven
Johnstown where they fell in scorers was Arre yet again,
the first by a score of 86-71 in racking up 32 points and to
Miller compliment that, also grabbed
the annual
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Avoiding stress, conquering th e test
Brandy Rissmiller
Staff Reporter
As the semester winds
down, the anxiously awaited
arrival of winter break is on
most minds. There is just one
barricade between now and a
month offreedom.
The pesky tests come in
all shapes and sizes. Some are
cumulative, while others are
on material covered from
midterm time until the present. Sometimes papers and
projects actually replace tests.
Whatever form they come in,
however, they still cause a lot
of worry and stress to students.
Kenny Scharlatt, a junior
majoring in sports administration, has four finals this
semester.
"There are some finals
that will make or break me
for the class," said Scharlatt.
Scharlatt added that he is surprisingly not that stressed
even though he is heading
toward the close of the
semester.
Dr. Cloud, a psychology
professor, believes much of
the stress accompanying
finals is associated with not
knowing how one will perform.
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gather at my home, then about
two in the morning I would go
out and meet my friends at a
nightclub, after that, there are
usually fiestas on the beach
with fireworks and bonfires,
these parties can sometimes
go on until about two or three
in the afternoon!"
If you're planning on
spending New Year's Eve with
the family, try organizing a
theme or fancy dress party,
that way every one will be
sure to let go and enjoy themselves while slightly making a
fool of themselves throughout
the evening.
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planned and organized, try to
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get stressed during ■■
week before and of
finals, Lock Haven
students offer firsthand advice.
"'I study for them
one at a time with
many
breaks
in
between,
•n," said Rosie
Gunns, an elementary
education major.
take many breaks,
make sure I get
enough to eat and
sleep and take time to
listen to music and talk to my
friends."
Heather Lombardo studies

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people so you know exactly
how much food and drink you
may need to supply for guests.
Decorate your party location
accordingly, supply balloons,
confetti, streamers and party
poppers for guests.
Audrey Lang, an exchange
student
from
France,
explained that the New Year

for French citizens is usually
very family-oriented.
"All my family gathers at
my grandparents home where
we bring in the New Year as a
family," said Lang. "Apart
from Christmas, it's the one
time where all my cousins,
aunts and uncles get together,
so its nice to all be together".
The whole point of having
a New Year's party is to have
fun, but it's also important to
be responsible.
If you're going to any
party to celebrate 2007, be
sure to be safe and most
importantly, be sure to make it
a night you'll never forget.

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Fancy a game of football?
No, I don't mean that silly
game with the helmets and
shoulder pads. I mean real
football. I believe they call it
soccer here in the states.
The sport that has passed
America by and gripped much
of the rest ofthe known world
has been made available in
movie form with a no holds
barred outlook on the English
football league's fanatic following.
"Green Street Hooligans,"
released
Odd Lot
by
Productions in 2006, is a gritty
look at the often violent and
drunken lives of soccer hooligans in England, in particular,
the West Ham United's soccer
firm, the Green Street Elite.
Elijah Woods plays the role
of Matt Buckner, a journalism
student at Harvard who is
expelled after taking the blame
for the possession of cocaine
for his roommate, Jeremy.
With nowhere to go, Matt
moves to England to live with
his sister, Shannon, and her
husband, Steve.
Upon moving to England,
Matt meets up with Steve's
younger brother, Pete, played

Charlie
Hunnam.
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Reluctantly, Pete takes Matt to
the GSE pub where Matt
meets the rest of his crew, and
then onto Matt's first West
Ham United's football match.
It is here that Matt, a yank
from Boston, learns the underground lifestyle of a soccer
firm and its members.
Throughout the remainder
of the movie, Matt must gain
the trust of the hesitant GSE,
which is already skeptical of
Americans and absolutely
despises journalists.
Alcohol-induced violence
ensues throughout much of the
movie as the GSE engage in
back alley battles against rival
firms, taking viewers on a
bloody ride through a story of
friendship and loyalty.
The storyline complicates
as we come to find out that
Pete's older brother, Steve,
was once the major (leader) of
the GSE and his old nemesis
Tommy Hatcher, of the
Millwall firm, is back to exact
revenge for the death of his
son, setting the stage for the
final street fight between
Millwall and the GSE.
I don't want to ruin the rest
of the story for you; justknow
that you can't assume who is
up to no good or who is loyal

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done. Study bits and bits each
night for each exam that is
closest. I think the stress level
definitely increases when you
first study for something the
night before."
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administration major. "The

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Gift-giving made simple
Jeremy Horn
Guest Writer

ones that enjoy activities
such as watching TV. watching sports or listening to

For women, in particular
for the moms, the top three

items

according

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The holidays are upon us
once again, and the burning
question always comes to

according to Peter

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Richmond, Correspondent of
AskMen.com, the following

mind around this time: What
do I get people for
Christmas?
Black Friday came and
went in a blur. Long lines at
the mall made it difficult to
get the perfect present for
your
special
person.
Whether you are getting
something for your parents,
brother, sister, grandparent
or your significant other, I'v«.
compiled a list of items that
will help you find that excellent present for them.
For men, especially the

man for any age:

are:
3. Cotton Pajamas
2. Chocolate Boxes
I. Makeup Sets
For the women who are in
to
college,
according
(iifts.com. the most popular
items are: Digital Cameras,
Makeup Accessories, and
Box TV sets of shows such
as The OC and Lost.
Electronics, especially in
today's age, are becoming
more and more popular with
both men and women.
Gifts.com states that computer and cell phone accessories
are the most popular for college students.

music,

three items are perfect for a

3. A CD player for the
music enthusiast

2. A DVD player for the
movie lovers
1. Sports and Concert
Tickets for those who love to
go to live events
"This year, make sure
your woman gives you a gift
that you can actually use,"
said Richmond. "There is no
such thing as the 'perfect'
gift. Every man is different,
with unique tastes and preferences."

Hooligans, not typical football flick
Garrett Graziano
Sports Editor

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aren't failing
class and have a
decent grade, yo*u
know
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into the final with
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a few days in advance ior her

harder exams.
"Then the day before fach
test I study all that 1 can get
in," said Lombardo. The junior majoring in elementary
education likes to watch
movies and do yoga when she
needs a stress reliever.
"It's good to take a break
from studying and then come
back to it."
Dr. Cloud recommends
good time management, firidinga place to study where ymi
can concentrate and rewarding studying a* ways to..make
it through the stressful week.
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how you can best assign your
time for studying for the different finals. Be realistic. You
need to be alert. Post the
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the cause because it gets
thrown back in your face.
If you're bored with the
typical run of the mill sports
story, 1 highly recommend this
movie. There is no hero or
cliche storyline about a team
or person who beats the odds.
In fact, it has nothing to do
with the game itself.
This movie is about the
lifestyle of a football fanatic.
From their jobs, to the bar, to
the match and the brutal
brawls afterwards, the film is
about what happens before and
after a football match.
If I had one complaint, it
would be that the movie seems
too short in story detail. Just as
fast as the storyline builds up,
the movie climaxes and ends.
It truly left me wanting more.
Mixing the perfect blend of
English humor, drama and
action,
"Green
Street
Hooligans" is the perfect
movie for fans of"Snatch" and
"Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels."
If you watch this movie
and come to find that you like
it, I also recommend "Football
Factory" and "The Firm."
These two movies are guaranteed to excite you just as much
as "Green Street Hpoligans"
will.

However, while electronics may be popular nationally, clothing is more popular
according to a campus survey. Eight out of 10 students
are mainly asking for cloth-

ing for the holidays.
Freshman Tina Mulford is
one of those students who
wants clothes for Christmas
this year.
"I'm asking for clothes

for Christmas because I really need more pairs of jeans,"
said Mulford.
"I have
enough clothing to get me
by for the winter, however I
do need more pairs of jeans
for when 1 come back for the
spring semester."
There are many gifts to
choose from, with different
ideas in mind, so hopefully
these suggestions will help
you find the perfect gift for
any person.

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Playstation and PS2 games,
with the exception of a few
fan favorites like Guitar Hero.
This console also functions as
a DVD and Blu-Ray Disc
player for the gamer/ movie
buff. Like the PlayStations of
the past, this model also plays
CDs. The higher model PS3
even comes complete with
Wi-Fi.
The Wii, however, supports Game Cube and Wii
games only. According to nintendo.com, the users will be
able to play games from systems past.

"Wii owners also will
their youth with 30
classic games available for
download to play on Wii's
Virtual Console," states nintendo.com. "These include
games for the NES, Super
NES, Nintendo 64, Sega
Genesis and TurboGrafxl6
consoles. Players redeem Wii
Points in the Wii Shop
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return to

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Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam star as
fanatical European football fans in this film
that also shows the truth about loyalty to oneself as well as one's friends.

games."

Both the Wii and the PS3
have a lot to offer gamers, but
one thing is true for both systems: their owners will definitely become more popular.

Players portray optimistic view of life after abuse
Stephanie LaSota
Opinions Editor
Before I watched the performance of "How I Learned
to Drive" the 1998 Pulitzer
Prize-winning play by Paula
Vogel, the only insight 1 had
pertaining to the background
of thc production was that it
was about sexual abuse. I sat
in the dark and intimate
Countdown Theatre unprepared for the moving yet
comedic show that I awaited.
The production is narrated
by Li'l Bit (Jaimie Monahan)
and follows her life from her

present age of the early 30s
back into her youth. It is a
medley of flashbacks and
insightful monologues chronicling an incestuous affair
between Li'l Bit and her
aunt's husband. Uncle Peck
(Kyle Murphy).
A perverse grandfather
(Cory Messinger) and a grandmother with a warped sense of
sexual values (Erin Salvati)
unwittingly assisted with the
development of Li'l Bit's
damaged psyche which caused
her susceptibility to Uncle
Peck's romantic advances.
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Introspective band
releases undeniably
complex album
Joey Hildebrand
Guest Writer
The three year wait has
finally come to an end.
Brand New has made their
major-label debut.
Thc new album, titled
"The Devil and God Are
Raging Inside Me," is their
third full length album and
was released Nov. 21.
If you are a fan of Brand
New, then you were most
likely anxious to hear the
final cut of the album. This
album was highly anticipated
with a lot of speculating
rumors going around about it.
The band reunited with
producer Mike Sapone, who
worked with them on their
first album, "Your Favorite
Weapon."
The band has definitely
experimented with a new
style for this album. Overall
it has more of a musical
focus rather than a catchy
feel.
Lacey's lyrics are as poetic as ever, but have matured a
lot. dealing with politics, the
afterlife, and. of course, girls.
The album starts off with
their new single called
"Sowing Season (Yeah)."
It's a slow start, but picks up
in the middle of the song.
The album progresses with
the next two songs keeping a
somber mood, but then picking back up with the song
"Degausser."
The heaviest, and in my
opinion the best track on the
album, is "You
Won't
Know." The song's emotional climax leaves Lacey
stripped and his soul bared
for those listening.
If you attempt to listen to
the whole album it gets a little bland. The songs all have
the same sort of feel to them.

Most of the songs start off
slow and lead into heavy
riffs, but they have strayed
from their common four
chord progressions. The guitar work is definitely more
intricate on this album.
"1 think it sounds a lot
like stuff that The Cure
would write," said junior
Mark Wilson.
There are a lot of people
who illegally downloaded
nine demos that were supposed to be on the upcoming
album. Only two of the
songs made it on to the new
album.
For those who are familiar with the demos, "Untitled
06" is now called "Luca" and
the lyrics have been changed.
"Untitled 08" is a poorly
recorded version of their single "Sowing Season (Yeah)."
If you pre-ordered the
album, it most likely came
with a copy of the single
"Sowing Season" along with
a b-side called "aloC-acoC"
which is "Untitled 03" with
different lyrics.
This is undeniably some
of the best stuff they have
written as a band, and you
will find yourself getting the
songs stuck in your head.
"I really like the approach
they took on the new album,"
said freshman Brendan
Moleski. "Their new sound
is much different from when
they first started."
As much as they have
tried to ditch their catchiness,
they still managed to pull it
off.
If you are looking for
something with a different
sound, or if you are a fan of
Brand New and haven't
heard this album yet, what
are you waiting for? This
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to hate her femininity.
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grasp the extreme seduction merited man that he depicted, a sincere touch, she lot the
that Li'l Bit experienced.
on men and sex.
Uncle Peck's struggle with audience slip easily into the
into
her
plot.
Having glimpses
Li'l Bit's curiosity is
Overall the performance
peaked by several comments present mental state and how
that molestation was enjoyable. Despite the
m the
heavy topic, comic relief was
ical event,
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silly
consolation,
abuser. Ibis and
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for Uncle Peck, Although there were tOUgjj
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scenes to watch, the prodUCi
found myself feeli
for him and also tion took on an overwhelming;
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,
with a gentle air after abuse.
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this dangerous affair.
play wrought with strong
Monahan's role as human emotions and stronger
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me that we are not the sum of
her
vincing
performin
L'il Bit (Monahan) reflects upon lesson learned
ances of a young and our pasts, but we arc the sum
from her Uncle Peck (Murphy).
trusting teen. She looked of our hearts, minds and souls.
So may we take that leap
to her uncle as a teacher and he
which
she
a
begin
from Uncle Peek
arrived at it produced
soon became a figure of stabiland learn to grow. I went to the
of
the
a slow yet steady sexual greater understanding
ity that unfortunately morphed show with an open mind and
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of
into
such
an
manipulation. Li'l
grows facility
falling
into an imperfect romantic did not leave disappointed.
to seek comfort from her
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Murphy performed the role
Monahan was successful is a play that will not soon be
adult and instills a confidence of Uncle Peck with such an in portraying a shy young lady forgotten by all that were
in her that she lacks around easy Hair that it was difficult vulnerable to the pursuits of lucky enough to view it
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when playing games that
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of the controller to mimic real actions.
require the
to mention the Microsoft $250 p er
Nintendo Wii is greatly lack- wheel. In sports games, like
Xbox 360, which went on sale unit.
vering compared to its competitor baseball or tennis, the player
"The
baseline
20GB
about a year ago, game enthufrom
Sony. The quality of the swings the remote as if it were
siasts are faced with another sion of the PS3 retails for
$500, while the step-up deluxe Wii's graphics are around the a bat or a racquet,
tough decision.
The Wii Remote also supThe first thing that comes model boasts a 60GB hard same level as Nintendo's last
console,
the
Game
Cube.
ports attachments like the
drive, built-in Wi-Fi, a multiinto play when buying a new
While the Wii struggles in Nunchuck, which is included
card reader and the graphic department, it with the original controller,
silver trim for strives when it comes to the The Nunchuck fits in the users
$100 more," said innovative Bluetooth wireless hand like the handle of a gun
David Camoy in controller. The Wii uses a con- and has a joystick that can be
his review of the troller called the Wii Remote operated with the thumb,
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PS3 on cnet.com. which is very similar to a normal
or
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for its cutting controller,
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sharper movements.
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New Year's Eve
approaches for all
Jennifer Reekie
Guest Writer
Coming from Scotland, a
country which is known for
celebrating its Hogmanay
(New Year's Eve) in style, I
thought I'd share with
Americans how other nations
around the world will be
bringing in their New Year, or
as we'd say in Scotland:
"Bring in the Bells."
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city has the biggest New
Year's Eve street party in
Europe with over 210,000 revelers gathering at the foot of
the Castle to watch the cannon
being fired.
So my first tip would be to
head to a street party if there
are any in your area, however
if this is something you would
ultimately end up doing, be
sure to wrap up warm and be
prepared for a long night with
limited toilet access.
If you're spending the
night with family or friends, a
big tradition in Scotland is to
bring the bells in with 'a
dram' (a whiskey). After this,
you would go on to 'first foot'

someone. This is where you
are the first person to enter
their home in the New Year,
but be sure to take a bottle of
something with you, if you
happen to be in Scotland,
preferably make it a bottle of
whiskey.
Kaela Johnson, an international student from Australia
.explained how she celebrates
her New Year, as Australia is
in the middle of summer in
"Me and my girlfriends
usually celebrate down at the
beach," said Johnson. "We
have a massive BBQ and take
lots of alcohol with us. The
party usually lasts until after
midday. Thousands of people,
including tourists head to
Sydney on Dec. 31 where a
massive fireworks display
takes place at the harbor."
Olalla Quiroga Bello
explained how the Spanish
usually celebrate their New
Year with family and friend
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Throughout the world, countries ring in the
new year in many different ways. In Sydney,
Australia, large firework displays light up the
sky.

Winter break no longer leisure time for many
Lisa DiGangi

Guest Writer
'Tis the season
day job, and college students
everywhere will soon begin
their annual, and often frantic, pursuit of temporary work
over their month-long winter
break.
There are numerous perks
to snagging a seasonal job
including store discounts, a
chance to build your resume,
and the most obvious, additional cash that can be useful
when doing holiday shop-

In a CareerBuilder.com
survey, 58 percent of employers said they would need
additional help
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ing...the holidays, your
chances of landing a job can
be pretty good."
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retail, hospitality,
delivery, administrative/clerical, and customer
service.
Working retail is the most
popular seasonal job, mainly
due to the number of newly
available positions.
"This is the time of year
that we need to hire the
biggest amount of people,"
said senior Alana Beightol, a
Sales Leader at the Bath &
Body Works in Lycoming
Mall. "We have to hire over
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seasonal
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field
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break. Many venues are happy to welcome
November,
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as a temp during the holidays
because the pay is great, and
the work, although mindnumbing at times is pretty
self explanatory,"
said
Stephanie Carnation, a senior
at
George
Washington
University. "All I have to do
most times is enter information from a sheet of paper
into a database."
No matter what kind of
work you land,/take your
position seriously.'.' Who
knows, if you prove you're
committed, thaf temporary
job may turn into something
long-lasting.