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APSCUF:

What's on deck
Nicole Jacobs
Staff Reporter

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bers ofthe union, according to
a handout distributed by the
LHU Chapter ofAPSCUF.
So far representatives of
the
union have met with the
The
Association
of
Senate, Honors students
SCC
Pennsylvania State College
and
residents
of Gross and
and University Faculties
Smith
Halls.
(APSCUF) has been meeting
"Our first priority in meetwith students at LHU to eduing with students is to let them
cate them on contract negotiaknow
who we are. There are
tions between their union and
individuals on campus
many
the Pennsylvania State System
who
have
never heard of
of
Education
Higher
APSCUF or are not aware of
(PSSHE).
APSCUF, which is the what it represents," said Drew
union for the faculty and Talbot, the student faculty liaison for APSCUF and profescoaches in the PSSHE, represents around 6,000 members sor in the Psychology departacross the 14 State System ment at LHU.
universities; around 95 perSee, APSCUF, A3
cent of the nearly 300 faculty
and coaches at LHU are mem-

Facebook: Type in APSCUF in the search
engine or you can find it under Academic
Organizations.
LHU Chapter ofAPSCUF:
Alarm Beighemm Eagle Eye

Cheryl Orndorf, APSCUF office manager, conducts a meeting with other LHU faculty and staff.

Steinway piano donation
first step in reaching goal
Laura Theis
Staff Reporter

Lock Haven University has
developed a new focus on the
the intro-

duction of the first Steinway
piano to the music department.
Margery Krevsky, a 1966
Lock Haven University graduate, donated the Steinway
piano on Jan. 24; the piano
will be placed in the new

alumni center upon its completion. Krevsky said that this is
the first Steinway in LHU's
campaign to become an "All
Steinway School" and to
emphasize the arts as an
important part of a university

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the Sides Family Music Center pared and more motivated stu"Steinway is a brand name in Williamsport with the dents academically throughout
of excellence and quality. owner, Peter Sides.
the university," said Dr. Grass.
There is not a better piano in
"I indicated that we needed
Dr. Grass said that this had
the world, so the program to initiate something that proven to be true with other
begins with a world class symwould draw students to the schools in the U.S. that had
bol ofthe best," she said. <(
is not a
Dr. Mahlon Grass, chair
of the performing arts
piano
Krevsky said that
the world,
department, said that this
is happy t0 b
so the program
campaign will also add
this
new program by
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Music Education as an
begins with a
contributing the first
obtainable degree by the
Steinway to LHU.
WOrld
world Class
CtaSS
fall of 2007.
Thi, wi n attract
"This adds to the degree symbol of the best." pianists for concerts,
base, but also brings additional culture and performance opportunities for stu""" new dimension," said
dents and the Lock Haven new music education program. Krevsky.
community," said Krevsky.
It was then that Pete Sides rec"Considering that over 90
Dr. Grass said that the idea ommended that we begin an percent of the nation's profesto become an "All Steinway 'AH Steinway School'. He sional pianists perform on
School" came with the beginsaid that this initiative would
ning of the Music Education not only draw many students
degree campaign. As part of to music education, but that it
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Cemetery experiences vandalism, volunteerism
in long-standing relationship with university
Adam Roberts

Staff Reporter
The Highland Cemetery,
located behind Bentley Dining
Hall, has a storied history in
this community. The cemetery
association president welcomes students to walk the
paths and enjoy the area, but
he resents some of the activities that take place on the
property.
The 60 acre cemetery, 40
of which is developed, is nestled close to campus. This has

been both a blessing and a have been in his auditorium," of vandalism in the last 30
problem for the 20 member said Wallace.
years with damages totaling
Highland
Price, who was a wealthy thousands of dollars. Those
Cemetery
Association who is in charge landowner, began the cemelarge scale vandals were both
of operating the active cemetery in the 1860's. The associprosecuted. Wallace points out
tery.
ation still operates on the same that both of those acts were
The tie between LHU and bylaws instituted by Price, committed by Clinton County
the Highland Cemetery goes with the exception of a paid citizens.
deeper than location. David board.
In the three years Wallace
Wallace the association
Price's contributions to the has held the post of President
President has done a great deal community included donahe has noticed a few smaller
ofresearch into the cemetery's tions that began the Central acts of vandalism in the cemepast and the people who are State Normal School, the origtery which were not reported
buried there.
inal name for LHU, and Ross to police.
"It was started as a profit Library.
for the cemetery by a man
According to Wallace,
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International guest speakers teach
educators of the future, share views
Chris Hoskavich

Staff Reporter

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Blotter
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Charge: Purchase,
consumption, possession or transportation
alcohol
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Charge: Purcha.se,
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From, Steinway, Al
Steinway pianos, we felt
that this initiative would be of
great benefit to the University
as a whole and to the Lock
Haven community," said Dr.
Grass.

Suzanne Ballard, a Lock
Haven student and the niece of
Krevsky, played the first composition on the first Steinway
piano at LHU.

Students will have an
opportunity to learn about education systems in other countries this semester through a
series of international guest
The College of Education
and Human Services has
already welcomed four lecturers from four different countries and will present five more
over the course of the semester.
The speakers, who are
studying and working at Penn
State University as participants in the Hubert H.
Humphrey Fellowship program, will be discussing issues
related to education as a part
oftheir coursework.
The Humphrey Fellowship
is an international exchange
program administered by the
Institute of International
are
'Steinway pianos
renowned for being high quality pianos with a nice, rich
timbre," said Ballard.
Dr. Grass said that the "All
Steinway" program means that
alumni and other interested
parties will be asked to make a
donation to the university to
replace the existing pianos
with Steinways.
"We hope to reach our goal of
becoming an "All-Steinway
School" within the coming
decade," said Dr. Grass

Education. It is part of the course," said Winters, "is to Chief among these is a desire
IIE's Fulbright program, take a look at your own educato provide students with the
designed to "increase mutual tion system through the eyes tools they need to find success
understanding between the of an individual from another in life.
"We all want to see the
peoples of the United States country."
and other countries."
She hopes that discussions next generation succeed," she
Humphrey Fellows are
said.
mid-level professionals
Winters believes so
"The purpose of the
who conduct research,
in the value of
CQurse Jg to take a look
work with university and
exposing future teachers
yOUT OWI1 education t0 me experiences of
government offices, pursue
independent study and give System through the eyes their international counterparts that she requires
lectures in order to learn
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individual from
about how their field operher undergraduate stuanother Country.
ates in the U.S. and share
dents t0 atten( j at i east
information about their
two of the Humphrey
Dr. Karen Winters
careers in their respective
—■———^—Fellows' lectures. Given
countries with Americans.
with educators from around the increasing globalization of
The Fellows who are the world will result in solu- our society, she is dismayed
speaking at the sessions are all tions to "shared problems in that there are not more opporprofessional educators.
education systems." She said tunities for students to interact
The lectures, which are that giving students the oppor- with international educators,
held Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in 425 tunity to meet these educators
"This is one of the few
Raub, are recorded and used in person allows them to rec- times that undergraduates get a
by Dr. Karen Winters, associ- ognize the commonalities that chance to really experience
ate professor of educational exist in all education systems.
comparative education," she
fundamentals, for a course she
Winters also said that said.
teaches
called
Global among all teachers "there are
Though the focus of the
not many differences, but there
Perspectives in Education.
Humphrey Fellows' lectures is
"The purpose of the are tremendous similarities." education, students in other

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Krevsky's contribution and
far-reaching vision for the
University and what it can
become with an "All Steinway
School" designation," said Dr.
Grass. "We look forward to
other contributions being
made so that we might accomplish the goal, challenge, and
vision of recruiting a betterprepared and more academically astute university student
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majors who are interested in
hearing these international
speakers are welcome to
attend. In addition to the lecture itself, each discussion also
includes a question and answer
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online discussion afterwards.
Winters says that many of
the students who have attended these lectures have developed an interest in studying
and working abroad as a
result.
"For students, it opens up
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Humphrey Fellows who
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Career Services embarks on
search for new facilitators
Brandy Rissmiller
Staff Reporter
brissmilur lhup. edu
Career Services will be hiring students to work as Peer
Career Facilitators for the
2007-2008 school year.
Peer Career Facilitators
work an average of 6 to 10
hours per week, some of
which are evening hours. They
provide career information to
students and assist students
with resume and cover letter
critiques, among other responsibilities.
To find out more information about the job opening visit
the Career Services website at
http://www.lhup.edu/career/on
campusemployment.htm.
Applications are also available
on the webpage.
Kelly Elvin, Lock Haven
graduate and former peer
career facilitator, said one benefit of working for Career
Services was knowing how to
use the resources, such as
FOCUS, and Mike Murphy, a
fellow graduate and peer
career facilitator agrees.

"It was wonderful to see
the office full of students tak-

office provided me with, I
would not have known how or

ing advantage of the resources

where to look for jobs," said
Ludwig. "I also learned how to
tailor my resume for different
jobs and how to answer certain

the office provides," said
Murphy, who is now Chief
Legislative Aide/Democratic
Executive Director of the
Affairs
Senate
Urban
Committee under Senator
Shirley Kitchen. "Students
who work as peer career facilitators also have a great opportunity to help fellow students
prepare to enter the working
world.
Kristin Frantz said that
working at Career Services has
helped her public speaking
skills and her confidence rise.
"I spoke with a lot of students as they visited the office
and while giving presentations
and those qualities are definitely essential to any career
path one may choose," said
Frantz.
Aerielle Ludwig agrees
with Frantz and thinks students should apply for the
position because it can provide
them with the opportunity to
learn more about what to
expect after college.
"Without the resources the

interview questions."
Students applying for a
career peer facilitator position
should have strong interpersonal, communication and
organizational skills. They
should also have a strong
desire to work with students.
The preferred minimum GPA
is 2.5 and students should be
able to handle multiple and
changing priorities.
Student workers at Career
Services provide support for
all daily office functions,
including answering the
phone, scheduling appointments, filing and photocopying. Reviewing prospective
and
online
hard-copy
resources for the career library
and the Career Services' website are more responsibilities
of peer career facilitators.
If students have any questions they can visit the Career
Services Office, located in
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Studen ts react to separate
comme ncement ceremonies
Marissa Brunner
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AH across campus, students are becoming increasingly concerned over the
idea of two separate graduation ceremonies this spring,
Soon-to-be graduates are
raising many questions on
the matter, wondering what
time their graduation is
going to take place, and who
will be graduating with
them?
As the number of students who graduate from
Lock Haven grows each
year, it seems as if the decision to divide graduation
into two ceremonies was
inevitable, A smaller crowd
at each ceremony will not
only accommodate graduattng seniors, but their families as well. But when a
major change takes place on
campus, there are always
sides ofthe story.
Many seniors are able to
look at the situation from
both sides.
Stephanie
Phillips, a senior Sports
Administt
major,
the university's
to hold two cere,s, but cannot help
feeling a certain sense

two ceremonies.'
"I feel like I understand
Senior Mike Hutchinson
why they are doing it, but sees the change as somethe downfall is that some thing that was bound to happeople are not going to be pen, and impossible to be
able to graduate with their avoided any longer.
friends," said Phillips.
"Lock Haven University
Meghan Mattson, a senhas had many changes over
ior Health Science major, is the last few years, this is just
concerned with the time that
one more change. And
each ceremony will be takone that anyone who
sat
ing place.
through last
"I don't
year's
ceremony
taaaaaam
like my graduation to be
wouldn't
mind."
held at 2 p.m.," said
WM said Hutchinson.
Although rising
having it in the morni seniors are primarily
ing because then
affected by separate
you have the rest
ceremonies,
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students
of the day to
w i graduating in May 2008
with
I are concerned as well,
friends
"It won't affect me
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and family.
until next May, but I think
Despite
9
dividing
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graduation into two
fact that many
ceremonies will be more
convenient for the friends
will be
unable to
and families of those gradusame ceremony as their ating," said Conjetta King, a
friends, many rising gradu- junior English major.
ates find separate graduaFelix Noy, a junior
tions to be appealing and Spanish Education major,
beneficial for a number of also agrees that the idea of
reasons.
two graduation ceremonies
"Now I don't have to is looming in his mind,
decide who in my family I'm despite the fact that he will
going to give tickets to," not be affected until next
said Giancarlo Levrio, a year.
Health Science
senior.
"I feel as though it will
"Hopefully it will not be as be advantageous for my famhot inside the Fieldhouse ily, because it won't be nee-

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prolonged
said Noy.
Still, several students
apprehensive to the idea ot
two separate ceremonies,
despite the perks for friends
and family in the audience,
After spending their college
career building lifelong
friendships, students like
Calvin Gilchrist and Stephon
James are disappointed
the idea of being separated.
"I disagree with sp i
up graduation because
won't get to enjoy the expenence with some of my
friends who are seniors,
said Gilchrist.
Spring commencem it
ceremonies will be held at
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in
Thomas Fieldhouse on May
12, 2007. Students graduating from the College of Arts
and Science and from the
Master of Liberal Arts program will participate in the
10 a.m. ceremony, while students graduating from the
College of Education and
Human Services and from
the Master of Alternative
Education,
Master
Teaching and Learning and
Master of Health Science
Physician Assistant programs will graduate at2p.m.

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Wallace
and
removed.
expressed great distaste for
individuals who use the cemetery as a place to consume
alcohol.
Other acts that violate the
law and offend community
members like Wallace include
two acts of poaching in the
last two years and people who
use the cemetery's only
entrance to turn around in,
which has resulted in damage
to one ofthe pillars outside the

Service

Community members and
LHU students alike often use
the cemete/y to jog or walk
their dogs. Students also use
the grounds for school related
projects including an art classand a journalism class that
investigated deceased residents and wrote obituaries for
them.

Aside from casual use of
the cemetery LHU students
and Lock Haven residents
have volunteered their time to
clean up the area. Because it is
so large and the cemetery has
a very low budget they rely
heavily on volunteers. The
women's Rugby team as well
entrance.
Neighbors to the property as some sororities have assisthave also expressed concern ed in spring clean-up.
Wallace believes that eduover a group who uses the
cating
people and getting them
cemetery for some kind of
involved
in the cemetery will
shooting game. Wallace has
eliminate
vandalism.
help
been called to investigate but
want
to feel
"1
students
has never found this group.
like
are
compart
of
this
they
"It is number one not legal,
said
Wallace.
munity,"
number two not appreciated
Any person or group interand number three very disreested
in volunteering at the
spectful," said Wallace.
Highland
Cemetery is asked to
With the rare indecent acts
contact
David
Wallace at
that occur in Highland
dwallace(i».kcnet.org.

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"Number one, we want
students to be aware that there
is an issue involving our contract negotiations," he said.
"We also want them to know
what are goals are in offering
students a quality education,
and what we hope to accomplish through our contract."
The current contract that
APSCUF has had for the last
four years runs out on June 30
of this year. The first round of
proposals for the new contract
took place on January 19 and
the two parties, APSCUF and
the PSSHE's team ofnegotiators, are scheduled to meet
again on Feb. 19 to go through
a second wave ofnegotiations.
Union members want to
inform students that this year
they will be taking a "No contract, no work" stance.
"We will strike on July 1 if
no agreement is reached," said
LHU chapter of APSCUF
president, Mark Cloud, who is
also a professor in the
Psychology department here.
Cloud has helped to organize
meetings in order to educate

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students on the terms of the
negotiations and what the
results could entail for students in the summer and fall
semesters. If a strike occurs,
students could face a variety
of consequences.

Since classes are available
almost every month of the
year, there is no time when
none would be affected, but
this date would limit the number involved.
"We picked July 1 as our date
because less students would
be affected," said Cloud. "We
don't know how exactly a
strike will affect students, but
we wanted as few involved as
possible."
"I remember the negotiations
from my freshmen year," said
senior biology chemistry
major, Kristin Mcintosh. "I
am really glad that I will be
out of here before a strike
would affect me; however I
have confidence that negotiations will come to a close
before it reaches that extreme.
I don't feel that students
should get too worried until
more is known about the situation."
If students are interested in
hearing more about the situation, there are a variety of outlets available to them.
Aside from
meetings with students. Cloud
has also established a
Facebook group for APSCUF
where he has been posting a
variety of information, including charts and statistics. From
the Facebook site, there is a
link to the official APSCUF
website, as well as a news reel
page with up-to-date negotiation information.
"The Facebook idea was Dr.
Cloud's initiative," said
Talbot. "We wanted to reach
students on a more practical
level, so we chose a medium
that students are using quite
frequently."
Another way that union members are attempting to educate
the student population is
a
through
Negotiation
Awareness Day, scheduled for
tomorrow, Feb. 15. Faculty
will be available at Bentley
and the PUB starting at 10:30
a.m. to distribute handouts and
answer any questions students
might have.
Talbot also encourages students to stop by his office in
Robinson 319 to ask questions
about the union and the negotiations.
"It's encouraging to see how
students care about what goes
on here and have a perspective, not only for themselves,
but for the whole university,"
he said. "If student organizations would like more information, they can email me or
stop by and we will try to have
representatives come speak
with their groups."
On the PSSHE website, a
news reel is also available for
the public to follow the negotiation process.

February 14, 2007

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nator prepares or campus
technology advancement and laptop plan

New S EP coor
Jessica Holcomb
Guest Writer
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Dr. Edward Jensen, associate professor of graduate

studies, director of the
Master of Education program, and coordinator of the I ■
Learning
Teaching and
Degree Program at Lock
Haven University, has been
appointed coordinator of
LHU's Student Technology
Program
Enhancement
Jensen
has
been
employed with Lock Haven
for six years. Before coming
to LHU, Jensen had a lot of
experience in technology. He
was an associate professor of
instructional and information
services at Brigham Young
University-Hawaii for 11
years. He also was the media
services and instructional
development coordinator and
a systems development coordinator. At the main campus
of Brigham Young University
in Provo, Utah, Jensen was
an instructional media production instructor and a utilization instructor.
As a technology guru,
Jensen knows that the field is
constantly changing. Thanks
to STEP, and its new coordinator, LHU has the opportunity to change and become a
advanced school.
The most recent step-up
in technology is the requirement for all Fall 2007 incoming first-year and transfer
students to own a laptop
computer.

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President Keith Miller had
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appointed to the coordinator's position for the university's Student Technology
Program, or STEP. With his new responsibilities, Jensen will be helping LHU become an all
laptop school, requiring incoming and transfer students to have a laptop next academic year.
Enhancement Program evaluate Lock Haven's ability to
become a laptop university.
They also evaluated another
laptop university. With their
evaluation, they decided that
Lock Haven has what it takes
to complete the laptop initiative.
In making LHU a better
and more competitive school,
Jensen feels that computers
are a necessary component.

"There are very few occupations that don't require
technology intelligence. By
becoming a laptop university,
the students will receive a

natural transition into the
technological world," said
Jensen.
Although all students are
ommended to buy the

"There are very few
occupations that
don't require technology
intelligence."
Dr. Jensen

Lock Haven University/Dell
brand of laptop, students can
by whatever brand they
choose, or use one they
already own. Even older laptops can be used, as long as
the computer is loaded with
Windows XP Professional
SP2. The Microsoft Office
2003 Professional (PC) can
be purchased at the Lock
Haven bookstore for $65.
From instant messenger,
to Myspace, checking e-mail.

and playing games, the list is
endless when it comes to
things to do on a laptop.
However, Jensen feels
that this will not directly take
away from the students'
learning experience.
Jensen explained that during class there are always
students that are not going to
pay attention. If it's not a
laptop, then it's a magazine,
I-pod, cell phone, or daydreaming that's a distraction.
An advantage of the laptops
in the classroom is that
unlike having a class in a
computer lab, when the students have the laptops on
their desk, they are ready to
work.
"They all have their
screens up, and the professor
can easily gain control by
telling them to put their
screens down." said Jensen.
The Student Technology
Enhancement Program is
what keeps the university
sprinting forward, so as to
keep up with the fast-paced
change in technology. For
now, the main technological
for
Lock
advancement
future,
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OPINION
LHU men's

From our news room...

basketball fans
Student activities fee may cut discouraged
into valuable text book funds from displays
of school spirit
Issue of the week: The cost of text books

It's difficult to learn withbooks. It's also hard to
afford books
university
text books, that is. But,
that's just too bad. Take out
another loan, kids. There's
simply nothing we can do.
What can universities
do? It's true that publishers
have the bookstore at their
mercy, and professors have
the students at theirs. Either
the publishers need to stop
coming out with new editions every time they decide
to add a new picture, or professors need to continue
using older editions or seek
out less expensive volumes.
But publishing textbooks
is a money-making business,
not a charitable organization,
and professors desire to use
the best tools for their
out

instruction. Is there no way
out?
According to back2college.com, the average college student paid $2,400 to
$3,200 in textbooks at the
end of a four year degree in
2006, and with the average
undergraduate now having
debts exceeding $40,000, it
seems reasonable to search
for ways - other than more
student loans - to alleviate
the costs.
Perhaps removing activity fees from students' tuition
could help lessen the cost of
books, at least in part. Or, at
least giving students the
option of whether or not they
choose to use a definite
amount of money towards
books or entertainment may
help the student struggling to

make ends meet. Demanding
that a person spend money
towards entertainment when
there are academic necessities still left to be purchased
seems backward and unfair
and may be the best solution
to ease the cost ofbooks.
The first priority of the
university should be education, not entertainment.
Providing students with free
entertainment before free or
reduced textbooks is illogical. Having a mandatory
activity fee in tuition bills
assumes that all students can
or want to pay that amount
for the provided entertainers.
Shouldn't students be able to
choose how they spend their
disposable income?
In addition, forcing students from low socio-eco-

nomic backgrounds to pay
for frills puts an unnecessary
burden on those students
now and in their future.
Universities should be striving to open their doors to
people from all econpmic
classes, not just to those who
can afford to be amused as
they study.
Of course, the best of
both worlds - free books and
entertainment - would be
ideal, and may even be possible if entertainment fees
were collected through
fundraisers or the reallocating of other monies.
However, if a sacrifice
must be made, it should be
on the entertainment end, not
academics.
Universities
must keep their priorities
straight.

Philosophy of rationality,
hope in the 'real' world
Matthew Powell
Guest Writer

entire body of knowledge,
owe significant debts to figures like Plato and Aristotle,
dead these last two thousand
years.

Plato expounded a Theory
Last Tuesday night while
closing the library my super-

visor noticed that I'd turned
the lamps next to the couch
on the first floor on again.
I explained that I left
them on as a symbol of hope
that the sun will rise or that
our world leaders will not
push the little red button.
However, it was a rule, and
the rules must always be followed.
Here in the "Academy,"
we have no shortage of rules
rules like rationality, logic
or truth. These ideas, ostensibly the underpinnings of the

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Absolute Truth may be
gleaned, albeit through a
gloss over our sensory data.
Aristotle, the other godfather, had a genius for hierarchies and classification for
which he has, perhaps, been
over venerated, monumentalized beyond much possibility
for meaningful critical revaluation.
Max Weber, an early sociologist, coined the term
'bureaucracy' as a derisive
description of the result of
the imitation of Aristotle
which has become the norm
for most organizations. His

This unspoken thank you
in-turn spurs more enthusiasm
from the crowd. With even
more excitement radiating
across Thomas Field House,
our warriors of thc hardwood
get even more into the game. It
is this give and take between
player and fan that builds
momentum, and shocks PSAC
West rivals like California
University.

Adam Roberts

Staff Reporter

For a long time LHU students haven't gotten behind
their sports teams the way they
should. That was until a series
of White-Outs were organized
at this year's basketball games.
The men's games attendance
shot up from golf style chatter
to a raging clan of super fans
complete with signs, chants,
white t's and yes, even face
paint.
This surge in Bald Eagle
pride can't really be traced
back to any one event, but the
fanaticism has bolstered the
spirits ofthe team. With several big home upsets under their
belts, the men's team has witnessed first hand the power of
Adam Roberts
an exuberant cheering section.
The new found pride and
As part of this crowd I
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that makes going to
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as the players 1 have come to
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limits, which appear to exist.
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It's similar, I would say, assumption about the nature
to an ant farm, whose ants
ofreality, and if we must tell
have learned to pose quesourselves beatific bedtime
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their ant farm, which may or for ourselves, let it be so.
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a society by how it imposes its
harshest penalty." In the
United States of America, the
death penalty is the harshest
penalty that can be imposed
on another human being.
Supporters of the death
penalty argue that the death
penalty is a deterrent, and that
it reduces the number of murders committed in the United
States. Statistics over the
years in numerous studies
have proven that the death
penalty is no more a deterrent
than a sentence of life in
prison.
Do you believe in the
death penalty? Research is
currently being examined in
countries which employ the
death penalty and countries
that do not. Thus far, research
has shown that the U.S has a
higher murder rate in countries such as Canada and
Europe, which do not have the
death penalty.
The death penalty can be
argued as not being a deter-

because the majority of
people who commit murders
do not think through the consequences of their actions
before committing a crime,
and more importantly, do not
take into account the possibility of an execution or life in
prison.

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Currently, on death row in
the state of Pennsylvania, 121
out of the 231 Death Row
prisoners committed their
crime in an act of passion or
acted impulsively due to the
use of illegal substances.
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State
Michigan
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Death
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any deterrent effect from the
death penalty".
Another argument against
the death penalty that 1 fully
support is the risk of executing an innocent human being.
Since 1973 in the United
States alone, over 100 people
have been released from death
row after evidence proved
their innocence. In the past
five years, the Innocence
Project, a national organization dedicated to exonerating
death row inmates based on
DNA evidence, has overturned the verdicts of 12 men
in Dallas and proven their
innocence.
In Texas, Senator Rodney
Ellis has called for two new
bills calling for the creation of
a
Texas
Innocence
Commission and another
boosting compensation in that
state for the wrongly convicted.
study by
A recent
Columbia University Law
School found that two thirds
of all capital trials contained
serious errors. If this statistic
is true, then it can be said that
our justice system and policies should be amended to
allow the possibility of error.

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Restoration of
felon's voting
rights overlooked
Robert Kahne
Kentucky Kernel
U. Kentucky

2004, Gov. Fletcher made it

LEXINGTON,
Ky. The world has plenty of
hot-button issues to talk about.
Think about these words:
abortion, gay marriage, taxes,
gun control, poverty, global
warming, affirmative action.
Each ofthese words elicits
strong feelings in just about
everybody. Unfortunately, the
dominance of such few issues
causes some other very important issues to be ignored. I'd
like to focus on one of those
issues: the restoration of
felons' voting rights.
In Kentucky, if a citizen is
convicted of a felony, he or
she can never vote again
unless he or she gets a pardon
from the governor. No matter
how petty the felony you're
convicted for say, getting
caught with marijuana for a
second time you can never
vote again without a pardon
from the governor.
Kentucky is one of only
Virginia and
three states
Florida are the other two that
does not automatically restore
civil rights to felons after they
serve their time. Currently,
this law affects 186,000 former felons in Kentucky.
To make matters worse,
getting a pardon from the governor is nearly impossible. In
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Day lost in confusion
Stephanie LaSota
Opinion Editor

Valentine's
day, like
Virginia, is for lovers. It is a
romantic holiday meant to
promote romantic love.
In my younger days, like
many other children, I bought
the pre-made Valentine's with
the cliche phrases of "Be
Mine" and "Will you be my
Valentine?" written across the
fronts ofthem.
They were simple, yet
effective. All you had to do
was fill out the "to" and
"from" lines and tear along the
perforated edges. The young
school girls would hand them
to their best friends and save
the mushiest ones for the
cutest boys in the class.
We even had decorated
Valentine's mailboxes to
deposit the lovely cards.
Teachers received Valentines
from
students.
Students
received them from teachers.
It was a big day.
At home, young children
might be busy decorating pink
frosted cupcakes with red
sprinkles with their parents to
commemorate this love fest of
a day. Mothers and fathers will
convey how much they love
their children and imaginative
kids will create homemade
cards to proudly hand to their
parents.
It all seems okay, like great

for anything romantic and
anything traditional when it
comes to coupling up. Why
are we turning away from
long-term relationships?
It seems like an effect of
the ever rising autonomy of
females. More females are
postponing marriage in the
hopes of obtaining a career
and pursuing their passions.
Many females feel thai it is
nearly impossible to have a
husband and a promising
career. Some may even feel
that becoming a "wife" represents traditional roles that
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As the saying goes, 'it's a
man's world." Men all over
the planet have been in competition with each other for centuries. They battled for land.
They battled for religion. They
battled to discover and invent.
In the last few decades,
women have acquired this
competitive nature. We no
longer wanted to stay in the
kitchen watching men achieve
great things. We have begun to

fun. Love is being spread and
care is shown for those closest
to us. But, we may be losing
the true meaning of the day, climb thc corporate ladder. We
have begun to escape the
and that is to show your appreciation, love and respect for bondage of traditional career
roles. We have entered this
your significant other.
Given the rising divorce "world of men."
I think that this is an amazrate, there is an ever increasing
feat, an accomplishment
ing
cynicism on marriage and relafor
women
every where and a
tionships. I even notice among
reassuring
phenomenon that
my fellow generation of
tells
me
that
humans are startfemales, an awakening distaste

From, Fans, A6
game, It has been acknowledged by Coach John Wilson
"We will work on getting
off to better starts so we can
get the best student fans in the
PSAC involved," said Wilson
in the Feb. 7 issue ofthe Eagle
Eye. "When the crowd is
rockin, ' the Thomas Field
House is a difficult place for
our opponents to play."
With all the appreciation
coming from players and
coaches one would assume
that thek student fan would
become some kind, ofa hero in
the hallowed halls of Thomas
Fieldhouse. But actually quite
the opposite has occurred.
Associate
Specifically,
Athletics Director Peter
Campbell leads a weekly
charge against the rowdy but
essential student section. As
the weeks have passed and the
games have become more
important, Campbell,, who is at
times "assisted" by'Director of

ing to acknowledge different
possibilities.
We are starting to see that
there really are no invisible
boundaries keeping people
from doing things. The possibilities are endless when it
comes to life. The possibilities
are within us all, just waiting
to be discovered.
So why are many women,
and many men, so convinced
that having a strong and meaningful career and a powerful
lasting relationship with
another person cannot work?
Marriage is losing its meaning
today because people are getting lazy. The second that
something gets difficult, we
call it quits. We have instant
oatmeal, instant messaging,
soup on the go, Oo-Gurt and
we always expect instant
answers to our problems.
Perhaps the rising divorce rate
isn't because love doesn't
exist, it's because laziness
exists.
Independence is a good
thing. We need to be aware of
our capabilities as people and
strive towards success. We
should have passions and
goals in our lives. We cannot
however, be alone and strong
forever. No man is an island.
We need friends. We need
family. We need some kind of
social network to keep us
anchored
to help us feel

much harder for felons to
receive a pardon by requiring
that, in addition to sending
three letters of recommendation, each applicant submit a
statement explaining why his
or her rights should be
restored.
According to the Kentucky
Catholic Conference, the
2005-06 fiscal year saw only a
31.3 percent success rate of
former felons applying for
their civil rights. At the same
time, applicants for voting
rights plummeted, from '1171
in 2003-04 to 726 in 2005-06.
This is ridiculous. Why
people who have paid their
debt to society should be
required to write an essay to
regain the right to vote is
beyond me. (Gov. Fletcher
says he thinks applicants will
"appreciate it (voting) more").
African- point ofprison to rehabilitate?
This law should be enfranchisement of
the
United
States How can we expect to reintechanged for myriad reasons. Americans in
four
times grate these folks into our soci(8.25 percent) and
People who are subject to our
rate
the
of disenfranchisement ety if we deny them the fundalaws should have a say in our of
mental right of democracy?
all Kentuckians (5.97 pergovernment, no matter who
Allowing former felons to
cent.)
they are. That is a central tento
me
vote
lessens the chance that
There is no way for
ant of democracy. As a state,
conthey
will commit another
adequately express my
we should be ashamed to
statistics,
but
crime.
Kentuckians for the
cern with those
remove the right to vote from
It
Commonwealth
deplorable.
cites a study
I'll call them
anyone.
way
we
a
the
Columbia
long
in
have
Human
Additionally, the racial looks like
go before we achieve a Rights Law Review that
to
is
enormous.
impact
shows 27 percent of non-votcolor-blind justice system.
According to the League of
ers with a prior arrest are rearbenefits
of
The expected
Women Voters, one in four
rested,
to
vote
to
all
while only 12 percent
restoring the right
African-Americans are disensentheir
of
voters
with a prior arrest are
felons upon serving
franchised in Kentucky; that's
to
arrested
enough
again.
tences are reason
nearly triple the average disThe core reason of liberty
pass this legislation. Isn't the

respect.

If more children were
exposed to stronger displays
of respect and affection
between their parents they
would learn by example. They
would place greater value on
relationships. Maybe it could
even help to lower future
divorce rates?
Romantic relationships are
important because they are the
foundation of our families in
this world. If couples have
more love-tilled relationships,
sane.
there will be more love-filled
to families. To me, this would
When it
comes
Valentine's Day, those who are inevitably lead to a more lovecoupled up should take this filled world. But, that's just
day to recognize their love. my hypothesis.
Forget about sending cards to
If you have a significant
your parents and friends. If other, take the time to recogyou are a parent, don't send nize him or her today. And
your kids to school with bags start to recognize them more
full of colorful notes and often. Ladies; loving a man
candy to hand out to their doesn't make you submissive
classmates.
or inferior; it gives you a beauValentine's Day is for tiful feminine power. Men;
lovers and it needs to be repreloving a woman doesn't mean
sented that way.
you are "whipped." it means
People are not lying when that you are blessed with a
they say marriage is hard. It great comfort and joy in life.

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it. It is the nature of a basket-

placed stronger and more outlandish restrictions on the
fans. At first the attacks were
minor, as Campbell sat close
to the section and constantly
reminded students to "stay
positive" as they protested
poor calls and playfully taunted opponents.
But the oppression reached
a new low on Saturday when
students were no longer
allowed to sit in the first row,
the holy land of basketball
fans. Unfazed by the apparent
distaste for their enthusiasm,
the student fanatics set up
shop on the second row, where
Campbell frequently howled
that students were not even
permitted to place their feet on
the bench in front of them.
During Saturday's game there
were also two student ejections. These students were
tossed from the game for starting a chant and protesting a
missed call. Both infractions
are, well, not infractions.
Students are going to call a
referee foul-up when they see

requires a great number of
qualities that many people are
lacking; trust, mutual respect,
and confidence, just to name a
few. This is why you need to
be mentally prepared for the
commitment of marriage. Too
many have the attitude of,
"Hey, there's always divorce,
right?"
If you doubt the possibilities of marriage, or just of
love, you are setting yourself
up for failure. Where there is
great belief and faith, there is
usually success.
Your romantic relationship
will flourish and grow if you
begin devoting more than one
day a year to giving your partner some extra attention. If
you're a parent, showing that
love to your spouse will not be
overlooked by your children.
They will grow up in a home
where they see strong love and

ball fan. Students are also
going to get into the psyche of
opposing teams. It is one of
the great advantages of hosting a contest. Getting into a
player's head comes in a variety of ways but primarily
through chants and yelling
from the Bald Eagle fans.
Lock Haven's team certainly doesn't go to other
schools without some level of
negativity thrown in their
direction. If it wasn't hard to
play at another school's floor
then the concept of home and
away games wouldn't be so
powerful.
The most shocking form of
oppression brought down on
the student section at the
California University game
was at the end of the game.
Lock Haven had just defeated
division leading California by
3 points and all Campbell and
Taylor were concerned with
was the student section storming the court. They were so
concerned, in fact, that they
organized a wall of bodies
and justice for all is compelling, but coupled with this
data that shows tangible benefits of this legislation adds to
the case for restoring voting
rights.
Kentucky should restore
the right to vote to all felons
after they have paid their debt
to society because not doing so
constitutes a failure of democracy.
House Bill 70
a bill
which would call for an
amendment to the Kentucky
constitution to restore the right
to vote to all felons who complete their sentence - has been

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the students and there
basketball playing heroes,
This wall consisted of several
law enforcement officers, student workers as well as
Campbell and Taylor. This
blockade was so determined to
keep students off the court that
the students weren't able to
get close enough to the players
to congratulate them on the
Watching students get
ejected and held back from the
court was a sad sight. When a
group of fans is able to swing
a game the way this crowd
has, itis a tragedy that they are
hoodlums,
treated
like
Because of Lock Haven's size
and still meager attendance
compared to Division 1
schools it is comical that our
student section is hammered
so badly for doing
crowds do, support their
My message is simple,
the fans, great work and la
cheering. And to the pow
that hold them back, relax,
only a game.
jacketed for the current session of the Kentucky legislature.

If you think this issue is
important, please join UK
College Democrats, the Black
Student Union, the Newman
Center,
UK
Amnesty
International, Fayette County
Democrats
and
Young
Kentuckians
for
thc
Commonwealth as we host a
screening of Democracy's
Ghost, a film about this issue,
at the W.T. Young Library and
hear from a host of speakers
who have been affected by this
law.

February 14, 2007

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Sarah Wojcik / Eagle Eye
Bards and wenches belt out
tunes to an unsuspecting
victim for a unique fundraiser by the Underground Role Playing Club.

Bards for hire
hire and member of the club,
has his own theory.
News Editor
"It's new, it's refreshing
and it's something that most
Bright red faces appeared people have never heard
before," Guerra explained.
at a number of different locaSince a majority of the
tions on campus over the past
tunes,
including the most poptwo days and it wasn't the cold
are Renaissance
ones,
ular
weather that caused the crimstudents
tend to pay
songs
son flush. In their first major
to
the
lyrics since
attention
fundraiser since establishare
unaware
of what to
they
ment, the Underground Role
said
Guerra.
This can
expect,
Playing Club brought a new
faces,
to
or
lead
red
laughter
kind of Valentine gift to camboth.
usually
but
pus the Wench-o-gram.
The most sung melodies so
Singing bards dressed in
far
have
been Do Virgins Taste
full-length dresses, tights and
Better
and
The Sleeping
other Renaissance garb delivScottsman.
ered songs to unsuspecting
Junior Jennifer Sobel, a
students and faculty from
psychology
major, said that
Feb. 12 to Feb. 14.
the
idea
for
the Wench-oThe Valentine's Day surwas
the club
grams
something
prise only cost $2 per song and
in
had
mind
for
awhile.
quite
the funds were split between
"We've been talking about
the club's coffers and the
doing
something like this for a
Women's Shelter in downtown
long
time," said Sobel.
Lock Haven. Regardless of
"We've
never had a fundraiser
what the selling point was for
this one would
and
we
thought
customers - be it the charitaan
one to try."
be
excellent
ble cause or the prospect of
Guerra
said
that the most
embarrassing a close friend or
gotten from
that
he's
pleasure
lover with a heart-felt song of
the
has
been when
experience
yore - only two days into the
a
of
the
have
group
singers
fundraiser the club had made
front
of
performed
large
in
nearly $50.
Adam Guerra, a bard for groups. A performance for a

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softball member in upper
Bentley struck him as particularly fun.
"It attracts attention,"
Guerra said. "It's one thing to
have a group of people come
to sing to you, it's quite another to have a group of people
come to sing to you while
wearing tights."
Students requesting the
bards' services selected songs,
told the club who they wanted
to receive the song, where to
find them and when to perform it.
Perhaps in an effort to save
the skin of some of the customers, the Underground Role
Playing Club also agreed not
to disclose the identity of a
customer to the recipient, if
they so desired. Needless to
say, quite a few anonymous
requests have been made.
But students have not been
the only ones eligible to
receive a Wench-o-gram.
"Professors
are
not
exempt," Guerra said, "I've
done two professors so far and
we have a third scheduled."
The merciless singing
troupe spares no one and next
year, they plan to do the same.

With Valentines Day on its
way, some people start thinking of hearts, but last
Wednesday many were also
thinking about the fluid that
they work hard to keep pumping: blood.
The
Residence
Hall
Association held a blood drive
in the PUB multi purpose
room on Wednesday Feb. 7,
which was very successful.
Wendy Walsh, the student
life coordinator and residence
hall director at Campus
Village, was coordinator ofthe
event.

"We met the 130 goal by
reaching 131 (pints of blood),"

said Walsh.
There were over 150 came
to donate blood.
Some students had their
hearts in the right place, but
"were turned away because of
sickness, tattoos or low iron"
said Walsh. Students who have
new tattoos must wait a full
year before they can give
blood.
Giving Blood is one the
best ways for people to help
each other out, as for every
pint of blood collected four
people can get help with illness or injuries. Unfortunately
not everyone gives and blood
shortages remain a problem.
"Sixty percent ofthe population is able to donate and
only about five percent do. in
our case we get about three
percent ofall on and off campus students, faculty and
staff." said Walsh.
If students or faculty want
to give blood they have to follow the guidelines set by the
American Red Cross. Those
guidelines, according to The
American Red Cross' web site,
require individuals to be at
least 17 years and must weigh
at least 110 pounds. Donors
must also not have donated
blood within that last eight
weeks, or 56 days and must be

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chance for students and faculty to give blood. The blood
drive will be on April 11 and
will be in the PUB again with

Hall Association, said.
Wendy Walsh also mentioned that the Residence Hall
Association will also have a
bone marrow drive in April as
well. The exact date and location of this drive will be
announced when it becomes
available.

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It's no secret that time is a
precious commodity for college students. So the idea of
preparing a 10 minute podcast
about the Gospel and its teachings was a bright strategy for
Catholic Campus Minister Jeff
Schaffer.
Yet, according to Schaffer,
the podcast was born out of a
simple concept.
"We need to meet the students where they're at. And
they're on the Internet,"
Schaffer explained.
The podcast, titled Faith on
the Fly, is a Catholic program
in which the host, SchafTer,
reads from the Gospel and
reflects on the real world
implications ofthe teachings of
Christ. The brevity and accessibility of the podcast is what
Schaffer hopes will make it a
success.
"One of the things that's

become more apparent to me in
my time as a campus minister
is how busy students are," said
Schaffer. "People are looking
for something that won't take a
lot of time to enrich their
faith."
The Newman Community,
the Catholic group on campus,
has hopes that the podcast will
not only enrich the faith of
those listening, but also
encourage them to seek
involvement in Catholic events
and activities on campus.
Newman
Community
Secretary Helen Bielski composed and performed the music
that accompanies the podcast.
The junior elementary education and music major said that
she would like to see listeners
take a step forward and connect with the Catholic community on campus.
"We're trying to get people
involved to come to the
Newman Center. We figured
that if we gave them something
like this, they could take it with
them," Bielski
explained,
adding withstudent's time constraints as they are, this seemed
to be the most practical way of

groups, is unity. When differreaching their audience.
Bielski's concept ofthe sit- ent sects of Christianity come
like together for a common cause,
uation was much
Schaffer's.
it exemplifies the real point of
"We came to them instead each ofthe sects, according to
of them coming to us," she Bielski.
said.
Nichole Baier, a junior bioThough there are a few dif- chemistry major, is also a
ferent Christian groups on Catholic on campus and is
campus, Bielski said that she involved with the Newman
has seen the Newman Center Center. It has helped her mainpopulation dwindle during her tain her faith, despite the pull
time here.
of other obligations while at
"People know of us," school.
Bielski explained, "but they
"I don't know ifI would go
are sort ofafraid to come."
to church as much if it were not
The hesitation, which may for the group and if the masses
be born of ignorance, would were not held on campus,"
end once students got to know Baier said, adding, "It's very
convenient."
the Newman Center communiFaith on Fly is sure to add
ty, Bielski said.
are
like
my family. another convenience to the
"They
perks of the Newman Center.
They can help me through anything," Bielski said of her fel- Only two weeks into the podlow Newman community casts and about 79 listeners
members.
have tapped into the Catholic
program,
After a traumatic car accito
according
dent, Bielski found support and Schaffer, who is pleased with
comfort with the Catholic the promising launch.
group and believes that others
"My main hope is that it
would find a similar solace.
will give students a chance to
One thing that Bielski reflect on the gospel themwould like to see more of selves and relate to their lives,"
among campus Christian said Schaffer.

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York.
The Boxing Team was recently in action at West Point Military Academy in
scored a win shortly into the second round after the referee stopped the fight. This Saturday the team will host the Lock
Haven Boxing Invitational.

Clayton D. Desmond
Boxing Writer
This past Saturday the
Boxing team was in action at
the U»S. Military Academy in
West Point, NY. The Haven's
Ail-American, 156 pound.
Danny Marrero (Jr., 11-6)

scored an impressive Referee
Stops Contest Retirement in
0:15 of the second round over
Army's rangy Lauren Green.
Marrero completely outboxed the Cadet in the first
round scoring several standing
eight counts, using punishing
right hooks.
At the start of the second
round, Marrero rapidly scored
with a solid left hook to the

head, forcing the referee to
call a halt to the bout.
Also winning in his initial
collegiate debut, freshman,
Dave Harper, 175, (1-0) scoring an impressive RSC-1 over
Adam Smith from the U.S.

Aaron

Lynch, (Jr., 3-5)
dropped a controversial 2-1
split decision to Army's 2006
National champion, Reggie
Smith. Smith had previously
stopped Lynch in the first

Merchant Marine Academy in
Kings Point.

round to win the 2006 Eastern
(ECBA) 185 lb. title. This
time it was a different story,

After suffering several
vicious body shots from
Harper late in the first round.
Smith, seemed confused in his
corner, and failed to answer
the bell for the start ofthe second round.
In the best bout of the
afternoon, the Bald Eagles

however.
The rangy Lynch used his
excellent jab and much
improved ring skills to keep it
close as the bout see-sawed
back and forth until thc final
30 seconds when the heavy
handed Smith made a wild
charge scoring with several
unanswered, right hooks to the
body of the lanky Bald Eagle.
It was just enough to pull out

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the disputed win.
"I honestly thought Aaron
won the bout. We were very
proud of Aaron's total effort
and the courage he displayed.
He's come a long way this
year and should be ready for
Easterns and Nationals," said
Coach Ken Cooper.
Two of Lock Haven's top
boxers, seniors Josh Mercado,
149 lb. with a 22-7 record and
Jason Sanchez, 156, 16-6,
each elected to move up a

weight class and suffered
tough 3-0 losses. Mercado
moved up to 147 from his
usual 139 lb. class and had a
tough time penetrating Army's
Alberto Marquey's tight
defense while teammate

Sanchez moved up from 14'
to

156

to

take on Army'

stronger Ryle Stous.
an
"Both
Mercado
Sanchez's opponents provt
to be physically as well as
little big for them," sai
Assistant Coach John Stou
"Both boxers are really toug
and it was excellent compet
tion for the two Haven star
They needed this tough con
petition and it will only mal
them better. It will make cu
ting weight easier and moi
practical. We don't want the
to get complacent during the
senior year."

See, Boxing, B2

Bald Eagles upset California
Splitting their games with a win and a loss the men's basketball
managed an upset win against Cal U. at Thomas Field House
game, tallying 14 points. The came storming out of the gates
Brandon Apter
Bald
in the second as they outscored
Eagles were within strikSports Reporter

The Bald Eagles went into
Ship, looking to even out the
season series, as the Red
Raiders took one from Lock
Haven earlier this year at the
Thomas Fieldhouse, blowing
them out. This game seemed to
be another tough one, as the
Haven could never get the lead
in the game, losing 76-61 to the
15-11 Shippensburg Red
Raiders. Billy Arre inched closer to 1,000 career points, scoring a game-high 20 points.
Justin Wilson also had a good

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The Lock Haven University
Men's Basketball team went 11 this week, losing to Ship and
upsetting Cal U. Their record
currently stands at 10-13, which
is more wins than in their past
two seasons combined.

ing distance at half, down by the #2 team in Division II East
only one point, 25-24. It looked by 18. Lock Haven constantly
like the Eagles, were going to cut into the Vulcan's lead as the
take the lead during the close Bald Eagles began to pull away,
second half, but with just under but Cal U. kept fighting and
eight minutes to go, Ship pulled tied it up with just under 14 secaway, leaving the Haven it their onds to go. Coming out of a
tracks. Ship had very sharp timeout, the ball Was put in the
hands of James Chappell as he
shooting down the stretch, hitting over 55 percent of their put up a shot near the basket
and rolled it in, giving the
shots.
Looking to upset the very Haven the big win, 61-59. The
Powerful Cal U. (18-5) team. Bald Eagles handed the
Vulcans their second PSAC
Lock Haven came home look
ing to continue their success in West all season. James
the Fieldhouse. With only 2 Chappell had a good game, netminutes and chan ge 8one
the ting 13 points while Denny
a Mortimer contributed with 12.
first nalf B, "y Arre
three Putt,n 8 him m the record
"It's so much more important
because we got the win,"
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in
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career Arre f,n,shed Wlth 29 said Arre. "It is a great feeling."
The Bald Eagles look to
P0,nts ,n the 8ame 20 of them
continue their success as they
in the first half The score
travel to a struggling Clarion
wouldn't reflect Arre's performance
the first halt, as Golden Eagles team. Earlier in
they went into the locker room the year, the Haven defeated
traihng by 16 Lock Haven Clarion at home, 87-76.

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Billy Arre shoots a jumper over a defender.
Arre's 20 points against Shippensburg inched
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Lock Hav
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LOCK HAVEN, Pa.
Senior Ryan Blood
(Summerdale, Pa./East
Pennsboro)of the Lock
Haven University men's
track and field team has
State
Pennsylvania
Athletic
Conference
(PSAC) Men's Track
Athlete of the Week.

Bald

Eagles

standout distance runner
continues to rewrite the
Haven record books.

eight seconds and has
him sitting fifth overall
in Division II.

Blood and the rest of
Haven
the
Lock
University men's and
women's track and field
teams will be back in

action this upcoming
weekend. Bald and Lady
Eagle athletes will compete Fri., Feb. 16 at the
ing by any collegiate Susquehanna
Open,
runner and his time of hosted by Susquehanna
14:19.61 broke his own University and Sat., Feb.
school record.
17 , at the Kent State
University Tune-up.

Most recently Blood
Blood now has the
competed at the St.
Valentine Invitational three fastest 5K times
hosted
by
Boston ever run at Lock Haven
University and finished to his name. His
is the best in
fourth in the 5,000. His 14:19.61
finish the Pennsylvania State
fourth-place
Conference
marked the highest plac- Athletic
(PSAC) this season by

Information & photo
courtesy of Sports
Information

and two-time AU-American
(2002
2003) Gus Pugliese.
His boxer, Gene Juan, a U.S.
This Saturday afternoon, Marine from San Diego will
with the Preliminary Card box the Haven's Jason
beginning at 1:00 p.m. and the Sanchez, 147, in one of the
featured bouts.
Evening (Main) Card beginThe Bald Eagles' senior,
at
7:30
the
Bald
p.m.,
ning
Eagle boxing team will host Josh Mercado, 139, will tackle
the always popular 28th Mansfield's tough Jarrold Hill
Annual LHU Invitational in in the final but ofthe evening.
Other LHU boxers schedthe Thomas Field House.
Fourteen to sixteen bouts uled to compete on the main
card are Kate Hill, 114
are scheduled for the preliminary card while an additional (female, 1-0), Captain, Josh
14 bouts are scheduled on the Wisniewski, 125, (Jr. 1407),
Jarrett Peak, 119 (Fr. 0-1),
main card. Boxers representing 15 member NCBA institu- Mike Bechdel, 139 (soph. 2tions will participate including 5), Austin Lovik, 132 (soph.,
LHU.
Other institutions 0-0), Addy Pizzaro, 132 (Jr., 9include Army, Gettysburg, 1), Kevin Alvarez, 156 (soph.,
1-3), Chris Collins, 165
IUP, PSU, UWV, U Maryland,
USCGA, Mansfield, Navy, (soph., 1-1), Danny Marrero,
Salisbury, MD, Shippensburg (Jr. 11-6), Nate Van Tassel,
175 (Fr. 2-0), Dave Harper,
and VMI. Each school is sending one or more boxers to 175 (Fr., 1-0), Aaron Lynch,
185 (Jr. 3-5), Greg Stratton,
compete.
Also; amateur boxers from 195 - Heavy weight, (soph', 4USA Boxing Amateur clubs 4) and former 2004 NCBA
will be competing. They are champion, currently a part
(Wilkes-Barre), time student, Osahon OmoOdessey
Shamokin, and San Diego, Osagie, 130, (16-12). Osahon
CA. The San Diego team is has used up his four years of
coached by former LHU boxer collegiate eligibility and is

now presently training with
the LHU team and competing
in USAB events. Gold and silver medals will be awarded to
all competitors along with an
"Outstanding Boxer Award" at
the conclusion of the evening.
"From all indications, we
should have another tremendous invitational," said the
always optimistic, Dr. Cox. "It
should be another great and
exciting night of amateur boxing. Come rain, snow, sleet, etc,
the show will go on as
planned."
"Because of our location
and cultural heritage, we had so
many boxers who wanted to
compete. From the abilities of
sub-novice, novice to open division boxers, we had over 200
boxers contact us from 40
schools from around the country. We just couldn't accommodate them all. Our boxers and
coaches' work especially hard
in keeping LHU in the upper
echelon ofthe collegiate ranks,"
concluded Dr. Cox.
Following the home show
on Feb. 17, the Bald Eagles
return to action at the University
ofMaryland on Feb. 24.

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Lady Eagles split games in
hunt for a playoff birth
total team effort," said Head
Coach Valerie Curtis.
Despite a great perfbrmance, the Lady Eagles were
not able to get the win
With the end of the seathe
visiting
against
son right around the corner,
of
University
California
the women's basketball team
(16-7,
5-3
Pennsylvania
(11-12, 4-5 PSAC) has their
the PSAC) falling 68-55 this
set
on
sights
Pennsylvania State Athletic past Saturday.
Senior Ginger Williams
Conference (PSAC) playcontinued
her spectacular
offs, but the road to the post
her ninth
season
by
scoring
season runs through some
of
the
season
double-double
stiff competition such as
points
17
as
she
recorded
Shippensburg and California
rebounds.
Fellow
and
10
Universities, both of which
Sillers scored
the Lady Eagles played this senior Candice
a team game high 19 points
past week.
and six rebounds.
Kristen
Freshman
Women's Basketball
Kudrick was perfect from
To increase their chances the free throw line as she
game and got
of making the playoffs, the went 8-8 in the
six
rebounds.
Lady Eagles needed to have
The first half was not a
two strong performances and
very good one for the Lady
get some wins.
"I am definitely happy Eagles as they went into half
with the strong performances time down by 16 points, but
that some players have been that they came out in the secputting out. This is definite- ond half and out performed
ly a great time for the team the visiting Vulcan's 33-30.
to peak.
We have played That wasn't enough to overeach team at least once so we come the first half score.
The Lady Eagles faired
are familiar with their style
much
better last Wednesday
ofplay. We just need to conto
as
traveled
they
tinue to have strong perand
Shippensburg
University
formances and make it a
defeated the Red Raiders 66-

Kris Glad
Sports Reporter

57.
This would not have been
possible without the help of
sophomore Ilia Lopez who
had a team high 19 points in
the game. Seniors Elizabeth
Gabrielle
and
Ginger
Williams, had good games as
well as Elizabeth had 15
points and five assists, while
Ginger had 15 rebounds and
six blocked shots and got
eight points.
The Lady Eagles will hit
the road for their final two
road games this week. On
Wednesday, Feb. 14, they
will travel to. Clarion
(7*16, 2-7
University
PSAC).

On Saturday, Feb. 17, the
Lady Eagles will have their
final regular season away
game at Edinboro University
(15-9, 4-5 PSAC), in a game
that could have serious playoff implications.
"I feel our chances of
making the playoffs are
looking very good. Right
now we are tied for 4th place
with Edinboro," said Coach
Curtis.
The Lady Eagles will
need to win out to ensure a
better chance of the team
making it into the playoffs
this season.

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Jermaine Cook clinched a Lock Haven win Friday night with his pin
against Pittsburgh's Eric Cassidy.

Wrestling takes down Pittsburgh
but falls just short against WVU
On Sunday the team sufFreshman Donnie Ament
dominated Mark Generalovich fered a hard loss to West
for an 8-2 win to tie the match Virginia University in EWL
up. At 157 pounds Seth Martin action. Obenson Blanc, Zach
This past Friday the defeated number 11 Matt Kell, and Landis Wright came
wrestling team took on Kocher. Landis Wright stayed out with the Haven's victories,
but all put in best efforts.
Pittsburgh University in the strong in his match t 165, takthe
match
into
overtime.
Blanc
once again started the
ing
Thomas Field House. Amidst
one
this time logging a tech
takedown,
match,
With
final
the cheering fans, the team
secured
the
match
for
fall
Wright
against WVU's Scott
win
came out with at 22-13 victory.
more Haven points. Mike Stuart. At 141, Kell toppled
Metzger had a challenging Vince Gioiella to secure
Wrestling
match, facing number 2 Keith another Haven win. The final
Gavin,
but came up short 10-4. victory from Lock Haven
Obenson Blanc kicked off
184
Tom Kocher won came from Landis Wright who
pounder
the match with a win, marking
his
match
against Kyle held a 12-7 victory over
his 25th win ofthe season. The
In
Deliere.
the
last match, WVU's Eric Connolly.
Haven put in their best efforts
The team's next match is
Ben
heavyweight
Hepburn
for the next two matches from
Friday
February 16th at
win
came
short
of
a
up
just
Danny Lopes and Zach Kell
Sheaffer
by
Bloomsburg
University. The
Pitt's
Zach
against
but came up short, allowing
a
match
at 7:30pm.
begin
will
score
of
3-2.
Pitt to pull ahead overall 7-4.
Pier Salamone
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Garrett Graziano

Sports Editor
It proved to be the St.
Valentines Day massacre this
past weekend at the St.
Valentines Invitational hosted
by
University.
Boston
Finishing in an extraordinary
time of 12:21.18, the
women's distance relay medley shattered the old school
record by 24 seconds and was
good enough for a ninth place
finish and top time in the
PSAC this season.
Sophomores
Alyssa
Douma and Shala Simms and
freshmen Lindsey Scheller
comprised the quartet that

had an absolute stand out day
this past Saturday.
On the men's side, the
distance relay medley team
comprised of Paul Martin,
Ben
Spidell,
Corey
McConnell and Brandon
Pomerantz also put together a
rather productive day capturing a new school record with
a time of 9:55.59

Track and Field standout,
Ryan Blood, fourth overall
had another record breaking
day as he shattered the Lock
Haven record in the 5k.
Blood was also the first collegian finisher running at a

time of 14:19.61.
The women's success
continued at Bucknell as
Richelle Reed took second in
the weight throw, while teammate Kristina Hamm took
third.
On the men's team, Ivars
Lurops won the triple jump.
Jim Dempsey received second place for his efforts in
the high jump and Jed Yeatts
also notched second in the
5,000 meter.
Both teams will be back
in action twice this weekend
as they travel to Susquehanna
for
the
University
Susquehanna Open. Then on
Saturday they will participate
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Men's Basketball
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Baseball could easily be a 45 minute game,
but I guess the general consensus of the MLB
is to put people through agony.
The only thing that is worse than the sport
I've come to the conclusion that as much
is
teams. Well actually, just one team in
the
as I love sports I can have a pure and utter
the New York Yankees. I would
particular,
hatred for them just as well. It doesn't matter
a Dallas Cowboys fan if it
become
gladly
whether it is the actual sport itself or its stars;
meant
the
demise
of the Yankees. Everything
1 have pure malice for a lot of things in the
me, the fans, the city,
team
about
this
annoys
current sporting world. This week my target is
athletes;
pretty
and
thc
much anything that
baseball.
reminds
me
ofthe
Yankees
in general.
My god. I hate baseball. I've tried to
A
will
lot
of
chalk
you
up
my hostility to
watch a whole game on many occasions but
but
can't
be
of
team that has
jealousy
jealous
I
I've come to realize I'd rather plunge head
Series,
won
in
26
World
but
none
this decade.
first into a vat of sulfuric acid than sit through
Boston
did
however.
one game of baseball. Don't get me wrong,
Think about it, the last time the Yanks'
baseball is a great sport to play; I know I
were
in the World Series they lost to the
enjoyed playing the game during my childYes, the Florida Marlins. The best
Marlins.
hood, but now as I get a little older I must calteam
in MLB history lost the World Series to
culate my time wisely. In the time it takes the
Marlins,
the
a team that should qualify for
pitcher to scratch his crotch, shake off multibefore each game.
special
handicap
ple signs, spit on thc mound, scratch his
Look
on
the
side Yankee fans, I may
bright
crotch again, check first base, wipe the sweat
hate
team
stands for, but at
everything your
off his head, check second base, pilot the
don't
have
Barry
least
Bonds.
you guys
shuttle to the moon, scratch that crotch one
What
a
for
a
human. I'm
pathetic
excuse
more time, and finally deliver the pitch, well
ashamed
to
share
the
same
say I
oxygen supI'll probably be dead from heaving myself
this
the
MLB
as
man.
were
ply
If
any type of
into traffic due to the boredom of watching
would
have
had
Bonds
fired
they
government
this sport.
a
time
long
ago.
It's not enough that this is what you have
In fact I'm done talking about this subject
to go through alter every pitch, but then you
have things like the seventh inning stretch. because if I attack Bonds I have to attack 75%
There wouldn't be a need for the seventh ofthe league itself. Stop doing drugs, morons.
inning stretch if it didn't take so outrageously

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Women's Swimming
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Adam Guerra
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Electronic
The
hosted
Society
Entertainment
event,
called
its first
Gamefest. on Saturday, Feb.
10.
The Society, called the
EES, held a series of tournaments in a variety of console
games for the students at
Lock Haven, as well as other
players from the surrounding
Tournaments
for
area.
football,
Madden
'07
Goldeneye, Guitar Hero, Halo
2 and Super Smash Brothers
periodically
were
held
throughout the day.
The highest turnout was
for Halo 2 and Super Smash
Brothers, which have become
staple games for the EES.
The tournaments were
free to enter, and were usually single elimination.
While no one had to pay
to play, in traditional EES
fashion, a collection was
taken for pizza.
Gamefest ran from noon
until midnight, with the high-

tourney

from 7 to 9 pm. agreed that Guitar Hero was
"Most people come and fun. but he was there for one
stay all day, though some just ofthe old classics.
show up for specific tourna"I'm here to play in the
ments," said sophomore Mike Smash Brothers tournament
Cummings, President of the so I can win back my title,"
EES. "There have been a lot said Brown.
Cummings believed that
of new faces this time. The
EES was slowly dying, so overall the EES was doing
we're trying to get it back on well, and he hoped it would
its feet."
continue to grow in the
The format for this year's future. While he thought the
Gamefest differed from those turnout could have been largof the past. Typically, er, he acknowledged it was a
Gamefest is a LAN, or Local difficult time to advertise.
Area Network event. This
"We put up flyers in every
means that many students wing ofthe dorms and had the
would bring their computers SCC print up posters, but
and hook them into one netspace is limited and a lot of
work to play against one fraternities are rushing right
now," said Cummings.
another.
However, Cummings still
While a connection was
established for those interest- considered Gamefest a suced in a LAN, no tournaments cess, and hopes more students
will come out to the next one.
were held for computers.
"It's a pretty decent
"The EES is all about takturnout," said sophomore ing a break from work and
Kevin Graveley, champion of relaxing." said Cummings.
the Goldeneye tournament. "Everyone is a gamer whether
"This was the first time we they know it or not; they just
played Guitar Hero, because have to find what they like to
it's new." The new game was play."
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SAD may begin at any age three or four days and the
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between 18 and 30 years.
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up to 85 percent of diagnosed well with light therapy. Other
cases. That is, exposure, for up psychotropic drugs such as
to four hours per day (average
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bright light, at least 10 times the treatment of SAD. Daily
the intensity of ordinary exposure to as much natural
domestic lighting.
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ly at midday, should help.
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either way.
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light you have to include
another ballad like "Lady" by
the renound musical genius of
the band Styx. It's not enough
that they conquered the lost art
of songs about robots (who
knew that would be a hit?), but
they know how to praise the
ladies in their life,
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name of Kate Havnevik. Her
inn°cent voice is depicted
most perfectly on the track
"Grace."
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don't have to like these songs
and you most certainly don't
have to agree with me, but if
you're at a loss and need to
come up with a present quickly, use this as a guide. Find
songs that suit your significant
other, not songs that make
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When Shara McCallum
left her home in Jamaica at the
age of nine to come to the
United States, she was
unaware of the career and life
in writing that was lying ahead
ofher.
Multiple award-winning
poet McCallum, who currently
teaches at Bucknell University
and is the director of the
Stadler Poetry Center, performed a poetry reading at the
Hamblin Hall ofFlags at Lock
Haven University on Monday.
Marjorie Maddox-Hafer,
Director of Creative Writing
and Professor of English at

poems sueh as "My Birthday.
Vespers and What I'm Telling
You."
McCallum explained that
through her writings, she
hopes to gain peace and generosity with her mother, deal
with the death of her father
and overall, to live a better
life. McCallum also pointed
out that

with sound when 1 read them
solely 'me.' There's a defi"I didn't begin seriously
nite relationship to me, of publicly," McCallum said.
writing until my early to mid
course, but the works have
Sophomore Kelly Burke twenties," McCallum said.
"But, earlier in my life I would
existed in the pen of me," agreed.
McCallum said. "The trick is
have
"1
read much of scribble in journals. I think
that you have to keep some McCallum's work for class that's where it all began."
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McCallum read her poems at
Bucknell... I was captivated
by the sound of her voice, the
wave-like cadences, the rich
and varied undercurrent of her
Jamaican background..." said
And McCallum certainly
did lure the audience with her
poetic voice, Caribbean dialect
and the occasional Jamaicanaccented word.
Throughout the reading,
McCallum gave simplistic historical lessons and detailed
prefaces to her poems, hoping
to better communicate with the
audience.
The poetry selections
McCallum read ranged from
poems of a modern-day
Calypso, verbalized in the
voice ofthe temptress, to grappling with the absence of
parental figures in her life with

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Jamaican poet Shara McCallum signs copies
of her award-winning books.
issues such as racial diversity
and identity, gender roles in
politics, family issues and the
immigrant experience.
Although she authored all
the poems read, McCallum
clarified that the poems are not
exclusively for 'her.'
"The poems, in public, are

Because if it does, that's okay,
too," said McCallum.
She went on to explain that
some writers are not ready to
go beyond the realm of only
wanting to hear positive feedback when it comes to their
■ own writings.
"You have to be
able
to get past the
I
H hurtful criticism to
I grow. Positive feedback is necessary to
I encourage, but it's not
I always
I need to be in the place
accept critiques,
Anyone can flatter
I you. that takes zero
but the perwho critiques
work actually
because they
the time to really
at it and try to see
you want to portray through poetry. It's an act
of
said
engagement,"
McCallum.
When asked what other
types ofadvice she would give
to
writers,
McCallum
answered, "Read widely, read
deeply. Because reading is
where the education of the
poet exists, and also, write!"
The poems performed by
McCallum were excerpts from
her two books: "The Water
Between Us," winner of the
1998 Agnes Lynch Starett
Poetry Prize, and "Song of
Thieves."
The LHU English department
sponsored
Shara
McCallum's visitation event in
cooperation with the Reading
Series Committee as a part of
the LHU Reading Series. The
event was free to students, faculty, staffand the public.

process," she said.
And after reading the
poems to the large audience,
many students took away their
own views and applied their
own personal experiences to
what they had heard.
"It's exciting to see how
the- things I'm most engaged

ject matter ofthe poems," said
Burke.
Earlier in the day, MaddoxHafer hosted an informal question and answer session with
McCallum and students from
her Poetry Workshop class.
During that time, explanations
of McCallum's poetry were
discussed as well as some
valuable advice to writers.
"I've been heavily influenced by poetry of different
kinds, but I write poetry largely to make sense of my own
life, especially with some of
the issues I have faced in the
past," said McCallum.
With her father passing
away at an early age while living in the United States and he
in Jamaica, McCallum had to
learn to cope with the emotions of trauma and loss.

damentally from poets such as
John Keats, Robert Frost,
Wallace Stevens and Emily
Dickinson because of the lyrical nature found in their
poems.

"These four shaped my
ideas of poetry through the use
of image and musicality...
emotion and formal yearning.
Their poems appealed to my
sensibility," said McCallum.
Students from MaddoxHafer's class agreed that they
could too see the same resemblance in some of McCallum's
works.

However, the students
were not the only ones to be
asking the questions. When
sophomore Kristen Buonfiglio
asked how McCallum reacts to
criticisms, McCallum redirect
the question to Buonfiglio.
"Does it hurt you to take
criticism
from
others?

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of mine. "Chicago" at least
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This legend says that
while he was incarcerated for
his crimes, Valentine sent the
first love letter, or "valentine,"
to a girl with whom he had
fallen in love with. He signed
it "from your Valentine." This
is how many people believe
the phrase "from your valentine" was first coined.
Unfortunately, Valentine was
murdered by the Emperor, and
in his memory, Valentine's
Day originated.
Many believe Valentine's
Day was started around 270
A.D,
to
commemorate
Valentine's death. The History
Channel claims that "the
Christian church may have
to
celebrate
decided
Valentine's feast day in the
middle ofFebruary in an effort
to 'Christianize' celebrations of
the pagan Lupercalia festival."
The Lupercalia festival
occurred on February 15th,
and was described to be a fertility festival. Women would
allow touches of goatskin and
hide to be slapped on their
bodies as a way of preparing
secret.

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Valentine's Day is unlike
any other holiday of the year.
Most of society's impression
of Valentine's Day includes
cards, candy, gifts and time
with a significant other.
However, the history of
Valentine's Day offers a
unique insight into this special
holiday.
Saint Valentine is mentioned in almost every tale
about Valentine's Day, but did
he really exist? There are several legends about Valentine's
Day, and each one is very different.
One legend claims that
Valentine was a priest.
According to this tale,
Emperor Claudius II made a
decree that single men were
better soldiers. As a result.
Emperor Claudius II outlawed
marriage for all single men
serving. Valentine disobeyed
the Emperor's orders and
began marrying couples in

themselves to be more fertile. emphasizes the emotional And if a man gets one he big part of the card-giving culloves, He gives her first a pair ture. The Greeting Card
A second part of this legend value of Valentine's Day.
"For always when the fun of gloves; And, by the way, Association makes the most
contends that young women
placed their name in an urn, comes there, Valentine'sDay is remember this, To seal the money off of Valentine's Day,
with an estimation of about 1
while bachelors in the city of drawing near, And both the favour with a kiss."
billion Valentine's Day cards
In
Rome would choose a name men and maids incline, To
today's
Valentine;
a
sent each year.
Valentine's Day has become
choose them each a
and find a mate. Legend contends that these matches would
end in marriage.
St. Valentine's Day was
officially declared a holiday
by Pope Gelasius. The exact
year is unsure, but historians
believe the date lingers around
498 A.D.
Over the years, the amount
of Valentine Day's devotees
have grown and soared. In
Great Britain, there is a belief
that the popularity of
Valentine's Day was at its peak
in the seventeenth century. As
technology grew in the seventeenth century, cards were no
longer handwritten, and printed cards began to be sold to
the masses.
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need to bask in sunlight? Do
the rain and snow seem to
always match your mood?
Does your attitude towards
your day plummet at the same
time as the temperature?
If you have answered yes
to any ofthese questions, you
may be suffering from
Seasonal Affective Disorder,
or SAD, as it is conveniently
known as.
According to the Seasonal
Affective
Disorder
Association (SADA), SAD is
a type of winter depression
that affects an estimated half a
million people every winter
between September and April,
in particular during December,
January and February. It is
caused by a biochemical
imbalance in the hypothalamus due to the shortening of
daylight hours and the lack of
sunlight in winter.
For many people, SAD is a
seriously disabling illness,
preventing them frorn functioning normally without continuous medical treatment. For
others, it is a mild, yet debilitating condition causing discomfort, but not severe suffering. This is called subsyndromal SAD or 'winter blues.'
The symptoms of SAD
recur regularly each

winter,

starting between
September and November and
continuing until March or
April.
A diagnosis can be made
after three or more consecutive winters of symptoms,
which include a number of the
following: sleep problems,
lethargy, overeating, depression, social problems, anxiety,
loss of libido, and mood
changes.
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of a weakened immune, sysduring the winter, and are
more vulnerable to infections
and other illnesses.
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the
spring, either suddenly
in
with a short period (four
weeks) of hyperactivity, or
gradually, depending on the
intensity of sunlight in the
spring and early summer.
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