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Forum sparks debate: Does God exist?
Lyndsey Hewitt
Photo/Online Editor

is the way of know- tional...Leap
of
ing and how things faith in man and
species
work, such as the human

Jennifer Cronover universe.
News Editor
He implied that
jcronove@lhup.edu
fewer people in
hard
sciences
U 1 m e r believe in God, and
Planetarium was they "can't expect
overflowing with
science to find
students and pub- God."
lic on Wednesday,
Talbot went on
as Dr. Talbot and to say that in sociDr. Shaw present- ety, it is implied
ed the open forum, that there is moral
"Does God Exist?" absolution and it is
"Frankly, I am difficult to view
overwhelmed by society under an
the turnout," said atheistic perspecDr. Shaw to the tive.
immense crowd.
In contrast to
"It shows there is Talbot's belief, Dr.
still intellectual Shaw, a philosocuriosity in the phy professor
and
student body."
an atheist of more
were
People
than 22 years,
standing in rows in lives by "my way,
the back of the what's yours? 'The
auditorium and Way' does not
sitting in the open exist."
listening
aisles
Shaw was raised
intently to what Catholic for the
the two professors greater part of his
had to say.
childhood
LHU psychology towards the end of
professor
Dr. those years, he
a
Talbot,
devout said that his belief
Christian, was the in God deterioratfirst to speak. He ed. He came to a
stated that "God is personal decision
real...It requires to void out the relimore than the
gion in his life
[of
attendance
after seeing his
church]...The nonmother suffer from
existence of God is cancer for
15
implausible."
months.
He also comAfter extensive
pared science, reli- research,
Shaw
gion, and faith.
claims that "leap of
Tablot said science God
is
irra-

does make sense"
and how science
can prove it.
He also mentions that "atheism
is a faith; A faith
that is not monproven."
The open forum
attendants Were
not only overheated by the debate,
but also the stifling
conditions
without any air
conditioning for
over two hours as
back and forth conversation continued.
The debate consisted of everything from astrophysics to psychologist Karl Marx.
Taylor Goss, a
student at LHU,
said she is on the
fence about what
she believes in.
"Although I believe
in a 'higher being,'
professors
both
had good points
and it was interesting to hear
opposing views."
"I thought it was
well put together. I
liked the openmindedness and

Above, students and public listen intentley and wait to have their
questions and statements acknowledged to the open forum.
Below, Dr. Shaw, left, and Dr. Talbot, right, answer questions about religion and God to help attendees find understanding within the controversial topic.
Photos by Lyndsey Hewitt.

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points of view,"
stated Christopher
Smith, an LHU
freshman.

LHU student starts 25 day self-improvement blog
or a banana for to lose some weight
breakfast
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able dish for din- good check point at
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no which I can evaluwith
dessert.
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not
that are
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fried foods, white
bread, heavy dressings, and beer.
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usually consisted
of chicken fingers,
soda, candy
fries,
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bars, etc. I received
Jennifer Cronover goal, and will blog a full
feeling
about it every step
News Editor
despite the lack of
of the way.
such fatty foods,"
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Michael Days," is about the
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Westenberger has Apple-Banana
diet
March 22
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long. If the diet
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it to make it work."
He came across
this diet plan from
his

father, who
claims to have ereated it. "He enacted [Apple-Banana
Diet] after his
return from a trip
to Disney World.
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on a few (...a lot) of
pounds. My father
responded quickly
with the "BananaApple Diet." This
diet has been very
effective for himself and several
folks at the office."
A medium-sized
banana contains
105 calories and an
apple contains 53
calories. According
to the rules of the
diet, Westenberger

deserved free for

all yet within mod-

eration."
He wishes to
continue using the
blog after his 25
days of dieting are
over. He has also
been researching
ways in which to
make his blog into
a social network,
where individuals
can set goals for
themselves while
showing support
for others.
can consume anyfollow
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where
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men
regardless of their
race or religious
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residents in the
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Pa. Dr. Amy Way,
fraternity bers. Notable alumprofessor
interested in join- experience
of health the service-learn- rounding
for ni include Ronald
ing Phi Mu Delta today's
at
Jury,
Robert
C.
science
the Lock ing trip as a Zacatecas. "As you
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college
are asked to conand Haven University "remarkable expe- can imagine," she
man, encouraging Lomison
tact Matt Geik at high personal stan- Charles "Chuck" Clearfield Campus, rience." "Our stu- said, "we saw some
616-745-8036 or by dards,
15 dents," she said, surprising sights.
morally Durham. accompanied
at mentally, and spine-mail
Clearfield students "were
excellent Our students hanon an alternative representatives of dled these with
spring break trip Lock
Haven sensitivity
and
Zacatecas, University. They professionalism."
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attentive,
In an LHU
They learned polite and articu- spring break servabout
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Mexico's late.
decentralized form immersed themof healthcare, pay- selves in this inter- Morocco, students
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particular national experi- from the LHU
to ence."
attention
Clearfield
and
healthcare access
Clearfield stu- Lock Haven camin urban vs. rural dents who partici- puses provided a
areas of Mexico.
pated in the serv- health clinic and
While there, ice learning project health education
they
interacted in Zacatecas were for the community,
with over 600 Jamie Benedek, while undergraduMexican children, Melinda Brown, ate
teens, and women. Alice
Crock, engaged in commuAs part of the Elizabeth nity mapping and
experience Way's DiGilarmo, Kilee video documentastudents provided Dyke,
Charles tion projects. LHU
information about Gerst,
Amanda students also travvarious areas of Hendricks, Harriet eled
to
Long
healthcare to the Irwin,
Danielle Beach, Mississippi
Mexican children Lidgett, Elizabeth to do housing
and adults, includ- Richmond, reconstruction and
ing the importance Brandon
Ruiz, community develSabella, opment work in
of proper hand Casey
washing,
tooth Lisa Shifter, Jodie post-Hurricane
brushing, nutri- Stamm
and Katrina Gulf Coast
tion, early detec- Andrea Wisor.
communities.
tion of cervical and
Way said that
The
service
breast cancer and the students, many learning programs
infant care.
of whom had never were coordinated
The course was flown before, had by
LHU's
team taught with the opportunity to MountainServe
Pam Finalle, assis- interact with stu- Center for Global
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nursing at the partner school as
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Taxes on Radio Stations Stir up Concerns
Kristen Buonfiglio
Guest Writer

love.

Unfortunately, all
of this enjoyment
for 235 million
Did you ever radio listeners out
enjoy those days there could change
when you wake up if Congress passes
in the early morn- two simple bills,
ing hours, flip on which could put
your favorite radio 106,000 Americans
station and enjoy out of work and crelistening to morn- ate a fortune of reving show hosts enue for record

cracking
jokes
about celebrities,
updating on the
news or enjoying a
healthy debate? Or
perhaps
you
enjoyed shows on
the air like talk
shows, or religious

companies.

Known as the
Radio Performance
Tax, if passed it
"would require AM
and FM stations to
pay fees to performers and record
labels, correcting
events like Bible what
supporters
studies. Maybe you regard as a copycould care less right
loophole,"
about the talk and according
to
all you want is the Kristina Sherry of
latest and greatest the
Chicago
music that you

Action Center
Take action and stand with people just like you in
communities across America! Here are some things
you can do to help keep radio free

hearings on economic
development to Lycoming
College on March
11 in an effort to

address

the

region's unemployment rate, hovering at 9.7 percent.

"We need to make
the type of investments that will
economic
development and
create jobs in rural
communities," said
state Rep. Rick
(DMirabito
Lycoming), who cohosted the hearing
with state Rep.
Peter J. Daley (DWashington/Fayet
te),
Committee
spur

Chairman.
Keohane,
Tim
director of the
Lock
Haven
University Small
Business
Development
Center (SBDC),
noted that the
region could do
more to facilitate
entrepreneurship
and small business
growth—proven

many times over to
drive job creation.
The Lock Haven
University SBDC
is one of 18 centers
in Pennsylvania
that provides nocost, confidential
assistance to businesses in every
industry and every
stage of business.
State funds to the
program
SBDC
have been reduced
by half since 2007.
"Over the past ten
years, the Lock
Haven SBDC has

.

worked with 1,025

clients and provided them with more
than 31,750 hours
of
consulting.
These clients have
reported creating
or retaining 1,205
jobs, and entrepreneurs

have report-

ed starting 198
businesses
and

so, this also puts a have to "pay an
damper on many annual flat-rate
artists who feel fee according to
revthey are not getting yearly
the royalties they enues, with the

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deserve.
include artists such $500, medium-™*
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Nancy
Sinatra, $5,000, and the
• Become a Free Radio Alliance Member
Herbie Hancock, largest more." The
• Write Your Congressmen"! ber
Billy Corgan of the money, in turn,
• Contact Your Local Newspaper's Editorial
Smashing goes back to the
Board
and record companies.
Pumpkins,
• Join the Free Radio Alliances Social
many
But
Warwick,
Dionne
Networking Groups
all who support the radio stations are
not at all thrilled
performance tax.
If the tax is suc- with this idea. In
Tribune, who pubFor the past 80 cessfully passed an article published
Sherry through Congress, by Tiffany Wright
lished an article on years,
Daily
the
stations in
the tax back in July explains, that com- radio
to
a
located
would have pay American,
of 2009 in the mercial
fee
for every song, in Somerset, Pa.,
Philadelphia broadcasters have
Inquire. The bills produced
music every talk show she quotes Jim
are sponsored by and other forms of they have on the Rogers, the advisor
Republican John entertainment over air, and any onConyers
and the airwaves free of show event. Sherry
Senator
Patrick charge to their lis- states that radio
See, Radio, A4
would
Leahy.
teners. By doing stations

.

timerce committee hears testimony
The Pennsylvania
House Commerce
Committee
brought the second
of a series of public

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on how small businesses can

scape, companies tice's annual revneed to be nimble; enue by 572% and
they need to think by 2007, sought to
strategically, expand. The SBDC
employ creativity, helped
DeWald
create and lever- transition
the
knowledge
and
to
a
new
practice
age
offer unique expe- 6,300 square foot
riences. This is facility and posinew
where the SBDC's tion
for
assistance
can employees, includhelp," he said.
ing other doctors,
Keohane
noted a full time certithat fostering local fied massage therestablishments not apist and adminisonly assures rev- trative
staff.
enues stay in DeWald
now

Pennsylvania but
creates jobs for
Pennsylvanians.
For instance, Dr.
Jenifer DeWald
leaned on the
SBDC to open her
own chiropractic
office in 2001. She
worked with the
center to create a
business plan and
develop a loan
package needed to
begin operations.
Over the years,

obtaining $57.5
million in financing," Keohane tes- she utilized a wide
tified. "Yet at the range of services,
very moment when including
assisthe SBDCs can tance with human

nine
employs
hardworking
Pennsylvania resi-

dents.
"I am very grateful
for all the assistance
I have
received from the
SBDC, from starting my business,
through
the
changes
and
growth that we
made,"
have

DeWald said.
The Lock Haven
University SBDC
recently
has
focused on efforts
to help small busi-

have the greatest resources, nesses capitalize
impact, our ability accounting, evalu- on local opportunito respond is con- ating cash flow ties
with the
strained."
and financial man- Marcellus Shale
"To succeed in this agement.
gas fields. The ceneconomic
land- She grew her prac- ter co-hosted the

Central
Susquehanna Gas
and Oil Expo this
fall in conjunction
with
the
Independent Oil
and
Gas
Associations, the
Williamsport/Lyco
ming Chamber of
Commerce and the
State
Penn
Cooperative
Extension
and
recently offered a
webinar series to
help local businesses understand
arising business
opportunities.
Daley will bring
subsequent hearings to
other
regions of the state
in an effort to
focus on the specific needs of each
region. "Through
these hearings we
can begin to evaluate the sustainability of recovery
and outline initiatives on how to
create jobs of the
future, jobs that
pay well and jobs
that can't be outsourced," he said.
For a list of
upcoming
Commerce
Committee hear-

)lve job woes
ings,
visit
www.pahouse.com
/Daley.
Serving Clinton
Lycoming
and
Counties, the Lock
Haven University
Small Business
Development
(SBDC)
Center
was established in
1992. The center is
part of a network
nationallyof
accredited Small

Business
Development
Centers
in
Pennsylvania that
provides in-depth
consulting
and

education to small
businesses
and
entrepreneurs.
Funding support
from
the
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, the
U.S.
Small

Business

Administration
and the SBDC host
institution enables
consulting services
to be provided at
no charge to the
client. For more
information, visit
www.lhup.edu/sbd
c or call (570) 484-

2589.

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Taxes on radio
good or bad?

sponsored by taxes on radio staSenators Blanche tions for the songs
Lincoln and John played. This is
presented as a way
for
Indiana Barrasso.
The
National to better compenUniversity
of
of sate the artists for
Pennsylvania's Association
In
radio
station, Broadcasters, also their music.
NAB, reality, half of the
known
as
WIUP.
Jim
believes
that have dedicated a proposed performIndiana University section to their ance fee will be
about sent to the record
"would not be able webpage
to afford to operate their opposition to companies, many
NAB of which are owned
were the tax.
they
if
required to pay a states in regard to by international
financial companies, and not
performance tax. the
aspect, "the money to the artists," said
The station is run
completely by vol- would flow out of
On the contrary,
unteer
students your community
into the pock- Geissinger further
and
does not and
funding ets of the record stated that what
receive

From, Radio,

from the university. The station
operates on a little
more than $10,000
a year from student
fees and from member dues. 'This will
have a horrible
impact on us,'
Rogers said."
Additionally,
Meg Geissinger,
the
Program
Director at The
Word FM, a contemporary
Christian radio station, states that the
tax would hit The
Word FM especially hard because
they are a "noncommercial station.
We air "paid Public
Service
Announcements"
and
Business
Sponsorships for a
suggested donation
rate."
Their
finances rely heavily on donations,
rather than government assistance,"
said Geissinger.
The radio station
receives, in average, 124,100 listeners a week, and
said that if the tax
was enforced, they
would have to find

are

labels...The record
labels would like
for you to think this
is all about corn-

FM. They would
also have to make
"some difficult decisions about staffing
and the network
coverage of [the
Word FM] in the
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton,
the
Poconos, and the
Delaware, Lehigh,
and Cumberland
Valleys,"
said
Geissinger.
In addition to
broadcasters, many
lawmakers have
also voiced their
opposition to the
tax. While the protax bills are currently at a standstill in Congress,
two anti-performance tax bills have
also been introduced in the House
and Senate. The
two bills are known
as the Local Radio
Freedom Act and

LHU is first institution in PA
to be in Talloires Network

opposed to is paying some extra
LOCK HAVEN, the globe in their
Talloires
money here and Pa.
to
Lock Haven commitment
Network. It is an
there to help University
pensating
was civic engagement in honor
to
be
artists, but in truth artists who are just recently welcomed higher education.
involved with a
the record labels starting out in the as one of the
Lock Haven is global network of
would get at least business or who newest members of the first college or colleges and uni50% of the proceeds need some extra the
Talloires university
in versities so comfrom a tax on local
Network, an inter- Pennsylvania to be mitted to producing
She also encourradio." They also
national associa- accepted as a civically engaged
feel that communi- ages new bands to tion of institutions Talloires member. and socially responties would be hit promote
themcommitted
to "We are proud that sible
students."
hard if the tax was selves on the web, strengthening the LHU has been
Institute
in place.
such as Facebook civic roles and
as a memnamed
International
"Radio stations or MySpace.
social responsibili- ber of the Talloires Studies dean Dr.
are major contribuGeissinger gave
ties of higher edu- Network," Jennifer Creamer
tors to public serv- a successful examcation. University presi- is "looking forward
ice, generating $6 ple of an acapella
The Talloires dent Dr. Keith to networking with
billion in public group
from Network envisions Miller
said. "Being the Talloires instiservice annually Indiana that was universities around part
of this global tutions...We now
and providing vital having
trouble the world as a movement further belong to a
group of
starting up. After
news and commuexpresses the uni- like-minded instinity information receiving a large dynamic
force in versity's commit- tutions and have
and free airtime to number of hits on
societies, ment to interna- the opportunity to
their
help local charities. videos they posted incorporating
civic tional education learn from and
If a tax were of their band on engagement and and civic engage- share
programimposed, stations' YouTube,
they community
service in e n t . " ming ideas with
critical public and were
located,
into their research
MountainServe universities from
community service offered a contract,
and teaching mis- Center for Global around the world,
efforts could be and are now coms
o
i
n
Citizenship direc- impacting not only
to
reduced,"
said ing
the
As a member of tor
Anne-Marie our local but also
Philadelphia area
NAB.
the Talloires, Lock
our international
Furthermore, to perform in the Haven joins 164 claimed that
is
she
civic engagement."
they explain that near future.
prestigious institu- "thrilled that LHU
radio companies
Both sides of the tions from around was
welcomed into
are not greedy tax are fighting
industries,
and tooth and nail over
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these
claims,
stating income, can have
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asserts
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piece
"abuse" allegation has Girls need to see that
now reached levels of both males and females
downright hysteria, can be in control and be
At Lock Haven, surprise that
the with mothers seeing a trusted.
there is a significant majority of my favorite potential abuser in the
The
convennumber of students teachers were male, person of every male tional view is that this
enrolled in the teaching This is not saying that I teacher. This, in turn, is just a problem for
Obama signed
profession. This is sim- did not like my other makes even the most male pupils. However,
care
reform legissweeping health
Lock female teachers, but dedicated teacher bow girls, too, are growing
ply because
lation into law Tuesday, hailing the
Haven is known for it's because there were less out from the pressure, up in households withmoment as the latest example of
excellent
programs, male teachers, they running from accusaout reliable father figThis is the main reason were more of a rarity. tions that, even when ures and the faint presAmerica facing up to major chalI decided to attend Which made them unfounded, can ruin ence of men in primary
lenges for the benefit of all its peohere. I have heard stand out. There was reputations and turn schools will only reinpie.
nothing but positive just something differ- lives upside down.
force the sense that it is
The bill constitutes the
remarks about
the ent about their methParents think, only mother that matbiggest expansion of federal health
education department, ods of teaching that correctly, that it is good ters, something they
but the reality of the made me more interest- for children to have a may go on to replicate
care guarantees in more than four
profession will not kick ed in the topics, man to look up to; that in the eventual care
in until we are no Honestly, to this day I many pupils, especially they offer their chilstill find it more boys, behave better dren. More than this,
longer the students.
I do not think any- rewarding to work with with a man in charge. the fact that there are
one truly understands male teachers while They think that their only two men under 25
the duties of a teacher, observing. I think it children are being in the whole country
On average teachers has to do with the corn- shortchanged by the working as nursery
spend an average of pletely different nature imbalance. I agree. But school teachers is sure50+ hours per week on that the classroom I also think that too ly a cause for alarm
China state media said
teaching duties, includ- takes on. Recently, I many of these 'con- bells to ring. Something
ing noncompensated was in a third grade cerned parents' have is seriously out of conGoogle's decision to quit censoring
school-related activities classroom and to my only themselves to trast, something which
its China Web site "violated its writsuch as grading papers, surprise is was by far blame. At the same will leave children
ten promise" and was "totally
bus duty, club advising, the best experience I time, this is not the oblivious to the imporfund raisers, phone have had yet observing, only factor that would tant part men have to
calls at home, and The students were less explain the shortage of play in the care and
Google has redirected all
evening activity super- disruptive and more male teachers, as it's education of young chilsearch traffic from mainland China
vision, teachers teach movtiated to work. It is the men too who see the i dren. Not only in the
to Google's Hong Kong site,
an average of 21 pupils interesting from my profession as "women's education of young chilgoogle.com.hk rather than pulling
at the elementary and stand point to watch work" and who refuse dren but in society as a
out of China.
28 at the high school this because of how dif- to do it because of the whole. Females have
level., they spend an ferent the students unsatisfying
pay. worked to be seen as
average of $443 per were with the teacher, Though this may be equal to males in all
year of their own There was a completely seen as 'women's work', aspects but when is
money to meet the different connection it does not explain why someone going to see
needs oftheir students, that held the classroom parents think that just that when it comes to
Elementary teachers together. The students because there child is teaching, males are not
spend about $498 per were just all around being taught by a male seen as equal to
year. Secondary teach- better behaved. To me teacher that they are females. Though males
ers spend about $386., though there is no way being treated different. have been shown to be
and make an average to describe it. I have Research shows that the better teacher,
of been in several class- students in a male females still dominate
starting salary
SSI, 704 per year.
room that just blew my taught classroom stu- and this is wrong.
These are just sta- mind away because dents are actually Males are just as able
tistics. Teachers are they will all around treated better when as females to be teachconstantly under an superior but when I compared to a female ers but aside from it all
enormous amount of was able to step back taught
classroom. the time has to come for
stress on a daily basis, and take a look at the Researchers
believe people to realize there
It is not just because of overalL picture it was that students are seen is a huge hole in the
their students but their amazing to see the dif- more as equals when in school system. This Letters to the editor are the opinion of
peers as well. Teaching ference between the a male taught classhole is created by the and do not reflect the views of the Eagle Eye staff
has gone through dra- students.
or its associates.
and
room
that this bal- lack of male teachers.
matic changes over the
So, if there is ance creates a better
past 40 years. Between such a different atmosworking environment out on so much because
Do you have something on your
1950 and 1970, it was phere with a male for both girls and boys. of this lack of male
common to find teach- teacher then why are
Nevertheless, presence.
ers in classrooms with there none? Does it the importance of a
two-year degrees, no have something to do male teacher and role in schools. For pupils,
behavior management with stereotyping that model should not be the presence of a man
Is there a hot-button topic that
training, and little leads many males away overlooked so easily as is not the same as the
you would like to discuss?
knowledge of learning from the teaching proit is now. We need more presence of a woman disabilities. This has fession. If this is the male primary school and they need to expeobviously
changed case, which I hope it teachers for all our chil- rience both in a healthy
Don't just get red in the face...
because of inclusion. isn't, we as a whole are dren. For boys, they way in order to situate
There were often no tel- losing
many
well provide a glimpse of themselves in relation
evisions in the class- rounded individuals. To potential for their own to their own gender
rooms. No one even me, to be a male futures: a reason to identity.
Primary
dreamed of computers, teacher there has to be work hard, to play fair, schools and nurseries
copiers, portable calcu- something completely to demand respect from (not to mention many
lators, or telephones in outstanding about you. the world around them. special schools) have
the classroom. A class- It takes much determi- It matters, too, for become female territoroom
consisted
of nation to go against the girls. If the first proper ry,
and
this
is
When writing, please include your full
desks, black chalk current and chose a contact a girl has with unhealthy for both genname and a phone number where you
board, chalk, books and profession that may men is as a teenager, ders. This problem
can be reached.
a record player. Onehave people seeing you when her hormones are needs some serious
fifth of teachers held an in a different light.
raging, the conseadvanced degree.
The decreasing quences of her lack of Reality needs to set in
Also include your year and major.
Today, teachers number of male teach- experience of them are because just 25% of the
can send a message to ers is no longer an issue already too obvious. It nation's
3 million
Send it to
print their worksheet we are not familiar is important for both teachers are men. Male
written on a portable with, especially since, boys and girls to be numbers are gradually
laptop to the office all along the years, dif- around a strong male dwindling. This is more
with
in the
printer 500 feet away ferent
publications figure. For boys it gives than a problem in
by wireless message. have taken it upon them the chance to see schools, it is also a
subject
Students are present- themselves to sound that not just females problem for developing
the alarm on this topic. teach and that if you children. Students are
ing reports at the middle school level by Schools worldwide are want to do something not seeing what the
Power Point. These seeing the impact of the nothing should get in presence of a male
Do you like to draw?
changes happened in lack of male teachers. your way of that. For teacher can do for them
25 years and teachers But because of many girls, not only are they academically. All our
Do you have a passion for
have had to keep pace worried mothers, I do given the chance to be children know is female
comic books or satirical
in this world of chang- not think this lack of a around another male teachers and this needs
ing technology. There is male presence will figure but they are see- to change, for the sake
toons?
ing what it is like to be of the children.
more added to their change.
Over-zealous controlled by a possible
already full plate every
Personally,
year. Not only it is mothers, it seems, are father
figure. males teachers need to
and
Eagle Eye
important to worry too focused on their day Oftentimes, girls are be a more consistent
about
books
and TV dramas to get to exposed to a strong aspect of the learning
the Opinion section.
assignments but on top know the realities of willed and independent environment. I just
Send it to lhueagleye@yahoo.com with
of it all we have to be the educational envi- mother which leads hope that this problem
"Editorial Cartoon" in the subject line.
able to master the con- ronments in which them to follow in those will decrease in the
Make sure to include your full name, year,
stantly changing area their children grow up, foot steps. They see years to come.
oftechnology.
are always looking for their mothers consismajor and a phone number where you can
For as long as I can scapegoats in the figure tently in control which
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As students of Lock
Haven University, we
attend school in a very
unfortunate area for
weather. On average
in a year, the city of
Lock Haven receives
38.8 inches of snow.
Snow starts are
early as November
and can end as late as
April. If I remember
correctly, we had a
day full of snow
squalls in early April
of last Spring. You
would think that as
administrators of a
school located in the
middle of Central
Pennsylvania
they
would know how to
prepare for classes
during snow storms.
However, in the past
month, I have learned
that indeed they do
not.
About three weeks
Haven
ago, Lock
received a day of nonstop snow which covered every inch of
campus. There were

campus
employees
working around the
clock to try and clean
up said snow, however
their efforts were
futile because it was
too much to handle.
There is a point of
inclement
weather
when it is too much to
ward off and classes
should be canceled.
This was one of those
times, and we still had
classes. Fast forward
to last week, snow was
yet again impending
and talk of no school
was brewing. This
time the school board
jumped the gun just a
tad and canceled not
one, but two days of
class. Were they both
needed? Not at all.
This leaves the
higher-ups with quite
a predicament.
When class is canceled, it needs to be
made up, which is why
snow days are a rarity
in college save for
extreme cases. Now,
the
administrators
have come up with a
solution to the problem. We are to have
class
on
two

Saturdays in April to
cover the ones we
missed. I hope as fellow hard working students you can all shore
my outrage at this
idea. All week we go to
class, we listen to lecture, we take notes.
Our weekends are our
time, not the university's. Why are we to be
the
punished for
school's poor choices
and ill planning? It is
their job to strategize
for
like
things
inclement weather.
Snow days should be
built into the end of
the school year so this
kind of thing doesn't
happen. Not only did
the school board fail
on when to give us the
snow days, but it also
failed on dealing with
the repercussions of
their own actions.
Holding
make-up
classes on Saturdays
is a bigger inconvenience than coming to
school in the snow
would have been.
Plans for trips home
need to be canceled,
work schedules need
to be changed and

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Also,
classes are not mandatory. They are optional
by professor choice.
This means that a student who lives a half
hour or more away,
not only needs to wake
up for class on a
Saturday, but might
only travel onto campus for one class on a
day where they normally would have
three. When it comes
down to it, we live
where it snows, and
when it snows it
snows in excess. We
are being punished for
actions we did not
take hand in. The
school board failed at
doing what they are
supposed to do: plan
for the benefit of the
students. We should
not have to give up our
time because of weather that should be
for.
We
planned
should not have to
trade our Saturdays
for snow days.

How doyou feel about the two Saturdays this semester that LHU has
designated to make up snow days?

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Former LHU pitcher Erb continues pro career

Jon Gerardi
Guest Writer.

Erb is without a

In her rookie season in 2006, Kristin
Erb started on the
mound in her first
at
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The
of the most elite fastlefty signed with
pitch softball players Philadelphia just a
there is all-around. month after her May
For all of her presence graduation in 2009.
as a pitcher, she was
As a batter in 2009
just as good batting- with the Force, Erb

In that first game,
she struck out 11 batters and only let up
one hit in a 4-0 Lock
Haven win.
Through her next
four seasons at The
Haven, dominance on
the mound was a staple for Lock Haven
and Erb was rarely
beaten.
Now she's continuing that dominance to
the next level in the
National
Pro
Fastpitch League.
The National Pro
Fastpitch was formed
in 1997 and was
known as the former
Women's
Pro
Fastpitch (WPF) and
Women's Pro Softball
League (WPSL).
According to the
NPF, the league was
created to give elite
female fastpitch players the opportunity to
pursue a professional
career in their chosen
sport.

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Not to mention Erb
holds seven career alltime Lock
Haven
including
records,
games

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on the mound her senior year

at LHU.

She's bringing that
with her to the
Philadelphia Force.
Erb, now in her second
season with the team,
is one of seven pitchers in the rotation for
the Force, and the
only one that played

went just 0-for-2,
striking out both
times.
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went 3-10, starting in
11 games and having
three complete games.
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In their
2010
the
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Lock Haven softball
team (8-9, 2-2 PSAC
Photo courtesy of Sports Information
Central) took down
(Left to Kiami OQo
Booster Club Vice President Pat Guerriro, sen- visiting division team
ior pitcher Josh Rote, head coach Smokey Stover, Alan Probst, Booster Mansfield University
(9-2,
Club treasurer Marchal Rote, Booster Club President Dan Sowash,
0-2
PSAC
doubleCentral)
in a
assistant coach Heath Stover and Charlie Probst.
header yesterday.
The first game
ended in the fifth
inning when LHU
shut
out
the
Mountaineers
9-0.
Doug Spatafore
youngsters involved in
"The Lock Haven The second game MU
the
outdoors.
started to put up a
Sports
University Baseball
LHU
Baseball
but still couldn't
fight
Booster Club would
Information
Booster
Club like
the Lady
get
past
to
thank
President
Dan Haywood's on the Eagles. The game
The Lock Haven Sowash, a former Bald Green for doing such a ended 7-6 in the
University Baseball Eagles pitcher called great job hosting and eighth inning.
Sophomore
preparing food for the
Erin
Booster Club held a the event a total success.
led the way for
Clary
event and we would
successful wild game
"The wild game like to thank Doug The Haven in game
dinner and gun raffle
dinner
and gun faffle Powell for coming all one going 2-for-2 at
yesterday (Sunday,
went
extremely
well," the way in from the plate and sending
March
at
21)
said.
"The Pittsburgh to help crehome four runs.
Haywood's on the Sowash
food
was
and
fantastic
ate the recipes and
Pitcher
Becca
Green at the Clinton
the atmosphere was cook food for the Bailey was on the
Country Club.
mound for those five
event," said Sowash.
Alan Probst, an vibrant and upbeat."
that
"Everybody
innings and threw 10
I
"Most
importantly,
Pa.
native
Avis,
and
talked
to
really we want to thank strikeouts to get the
former major league
win. She performed
baseball player, who enjoyed themselves everyone who purwell in the second
the host of "All and we are already chased a ticket, donatforward
to ed raffle items and, or game also, going just
Outdoor with Alan looking
next
year's
event."
game meat, or just over six innings in
which
Probst,"
airs
According
to came to the event to relief with nine strikethroughout the state
of Pennsylvania was Sowash, the Lock show support for the outs.
The Mountaineers
on hand as the guest Haven baseball family baseball program. It
is growing stronger was a success all began showing a sign
speaker.
Probst touched on and stronger with around and just like in of life in game two,
Sowash leading LHU 4-0 after
the importance of the each event and each baseball,"
the second inning.
Lock Haven baseball event gets better and added.
However, in the botteam and getting better.

Baseball Booster Club's Wild Game
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Tuesday

started,

ERA,
appearances,
pitching wins, innings
pitched and strikeouts
and two single-season
all-time records with
sacrifice hits (67) and
walks (98).
Erb also recorded
100 career shutouts,
including tossing 33 in
2009.
To fully appreciate
Erb's ability, one has
to pretty much look at
some of her statistics
in contrast to other
players.
Erb has the all-

time innings pitched
record with 1,240.2
innings, which is more
than Eileen Morse
(1991-94), Jen Geary
(1993-96) and Sandy
Hess (1987-89) combined!
Those three, which
ruled the mound for
The Haven from the
late 1980's to 1996 onand-off, combined for
just 1,220.1 innings.
Erb also struck out
1,388 batters, the alltime record for Lock
Haven.
Again, that's more
than Hess, Shona
Guevara
(2004-05),
Jeanette Middlestead
(2005-06), Morse and
Molly Shuey (2002-05)
all combined, which
total 1,285 strikeouts.
Of the five teams in
the NPF league, the
Philadelphia Force are
coming off an 11-28
record, the worst in
the conference.
The league's other
teams are the USSSA
Rockford
Pride,
Thunder,
Akron
Racers
and
the
Chicago
Bandits.
Chicago took the best
overall record in the
2009 season with a 2712 record.

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and
professionals,
batters
walked just 18
of the 313 she faced.
While these numbers are a contrast to
what most of us
remember from the
power lefty, it could
just be Erb shaking off
her rookie year jitters.
Erb had 208 career
hits as a batter at
Lock Haven including
130 RBI's and a total
of 21 home runs. When
she was on the mound,
Erb was 168-18. She
also never missed a
game, starting in all
231 games at The

Haven.

Saturday

Sunday

college

shadow of a doubt one Pennsylvania.

torn of the fourth the
Lady Eagles tied it up
at four.
By the seventh
inning, The Haven
was down again 6-4
but ended up sending
two runners home to
get an extra inning of
PlaySenior Amanda
Gutmaker had an RBI
in the eighth and final
inning to put Clary
down the third base
line to home plate,
giving LHU the win.
The Lady Eagles
also had a doubleheader on Tuesday
where they dropped
both
to
games

Bloomsburg

University (19-3, 2-0
PSAC Central).
The Haven was
downed 10-4 in the
first game and 11-6 in
the second. Junior
Muthard
Brittany
went l-for-3 at the
plate with two RBI's
while first basemen
Brittany Pataky was
also l-for-3 with a run
and an RBI.
Clary had
yet
another solid performance going l-for-2
with a run as well.
Alicia Cacciotti helped
out LHU with a 2-for3 at bat and one run.
Bailey was on the
mound again for six
innings and managed
two strikeouts.

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The Lock Haven
team (611, 0-4 PSAC West)
•"dropped
both
games of a home double header against
Gannon.

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In the first game,
Gannon took the lead
in the top of the first
inning on a Zach Gall
RBI single. A Greg
Radwan
grounder
would score another
run to give Gannon a
2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the
first Lock
Haven
would even the score.
Brian Kochik reached
on a fielder's choice,
which scored Mark
Strouse, and on a
Ryan Griffin sac fly
which scored Matt
McCamley.
LHU took the lead
in the bottom of the
second, when Kevin
Kochka scored on a
Cody
Young RBI
ground out. They then
added another when
Strouse drove in Gabe
Fellin.
Gannon immediately tied the score in the
top of the third on Gall
and Radwan RBI doubles. Gannon took the
lead for good when
Jordan
Bergado
grounded in Tim Lipp,
Gall then singled in
Kyle Harpster. The
Eagles couldn't manage a come back and

lost to Gannon 6-4.
The second match
was more of a pitcher's
duel
with LHU's
Jordan Kipp pitching
five scoreless innings.
LHU took the lead
when Young singled in
Fellin.
LHU looked on
course to victory, until
the top of the sixth
inning when Kipp
walked in a run.
Gannon would then
take the lead in the
top of the seventh
when Kolton Hoffman
singled in Brandon
Crum.
LHU wouldn't even
the score in the bottom
of the inning and
Gannon walked out
with both wins.
The previous day
LHU also dropped two
road
games
to
Gannon.
In the first game,
Gannon opened the
scoring in the bottom
of the third when
Gannon's Lipp singled
home
Jeff Jones.
Bergado and Michael
Tomko also drove
home runs to give
Gannon a 3-0 lead.
LHU opened its
scoring in the top of
the fifth when Strouse
doubled scoring Fellin
and Cody Young.
Kochik singled in
Strouse to tie up the

won 4-3.
Lock Haven lost the
second game 5-2. The
team took the lead in
the top of the third on
Kochka's home run.
Gannon took the
lead in the bottom of
the
third
when
Radwan singled in two
runs.
Gannon took control of the game in the i
bottom of the fourth
scoring three runs,
thanks to hits from
Shaine Patsilevas and
Bergado.
Kochka drove in
Tyler Deshong in the
top of the fifth, but
LHU wouldn't score
again and Gannon
escaped with the win.
LHU will take the
field again when they
travel to Washington
Adventist today at 1

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Lady Eagles hold down #2 spot in National Poll
Doug Spatafore
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University lacrosse
team continues to hold
down the No. 2 spot in
the
Intercollegiate
Women's
Lacrosse
Coaches Association
(I WLCA)/Under
game.
Armour Division II
However, Gannon Poll.
retook the lead in the
The Lady Eagles
bottom of the fifth on a are a perfect 4-0 on
home
run
from the year with their
Hoffman.
two most recent wins
Despite their best coming
in
efforts the Eagles Pennsylvania State
couldn't muster anothAthletic Conference
er run and Gannon

Western
(PSAC)
Division action.
Last Wednesday,
LHU opened at home
with a lopsided 18-6
win over rival Gannon
The
University.
Golden Knights were
ranked No. 10 at the
time, but fell out of
this week's rankings.
The
Yesterday,
Haven made it a perfect 4-0 with a big win
on the road, as the
Lady Eagles soared
past host-IUP 21-6.
LHU is back at
home on Thursday,
March 25 against
Edinboro in another
PSAC West tilt.
Adelphi.
the
defending National
Champions continue
to hang onto the No. 1
spot and received all
10 first-place votes.

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Kate Smyth works her way around the defender to take a shot.
Cain Chamberlin
Sports Editor
The Lock Haven
University lacrosse
team (4-0, 2-0 PSAC
West) dominated the
field on Monday when
they took down division team Indiana
(Pa.) University (3-3,
1-1 PSAC West) 21-6.

The most impressive
performance
from
Allcame
American senior Leigh
Titus who scored five
goals in the game giving her 215 career
goals, the new LHU
record and third best
in the PSAC.
The past Haven

record was 211.
IUP took the lead
early, scoring two
quick goals to start off
the game, but by the
half LHU was up 12-4.
Like Titus, sophomore Kate Smyth also
had five goals along
with three assists
while
sophomore
Kayleigh
Johnson
scored twice.
Goalie Kira Nuttall
had a great defensive
effort, getting the win

with four saves.
Junior
defender
Katie Zichelli also had
a phenomenal performance with nine
caused turnovers and
ground balls.
The Lady Eagles
will be back on the
home field today at 4
p.m. against Edinboro
University and
again on Saturday at 1
p.m. at Shippensburg

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Clarke showed her
true colors getting two
RBI's in the game
In game two, Clary along with a run and
had an even better going l-for-2 at the
turnout going 2-for-2 plate.
Cacciotti was 1-forwith two runs while
Gutmaker was 2-for-3 3 with a run also.
with
run. Pitcher Sarah Morse
one
went five innings with

Haven had eight hits
in the game compared
to Blooms nine.
The Lady Eagles
are back on the field
Friday at 2:30 p.m.
when they go on the
road to Indiana (Pa.)
University.

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In the second round
of NCAA Tournament,
several games caught
most of the attention.
Some teams hung on
to barely scrape away
with victory in tough
match-ups, while others upset formidable
powerhouses to clinch
a berth in the Sweet
16.
All of the winners
have made a strong
statement in their victories, which will
serve as a confidence
boosters in the games
to come.
News
College
counts down the most
exciting games for
you:

(9) Northern Iowa
vs. (1) Kansas 69-67

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Ali Farokhmanesh,
from
player
Northern Iowa whose
name was unfamiliar
to most college hoops
fans until a few days
ago, sank a 3-pointer
with 35 seconds left on
the clock.
That shoot gave the
Panthers a 4-point,
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starts, who combined
for 83 out of the total
87 points score, the
Big Red turned the
game into a sure victory even before the
middle of the second
half.
The Badgers, for
their part received
strong support from
their duo Jon Leuer
and Jason Bohannon.
But Cornell was simply too much to handle...something the
Badgers found out the
hard way.

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vs. (4) Maryland 8583

The
Spartans
almost
squandered
their early lead away,
after
Greivis
Vasquez's jumper with
7 seconds left gave the
Terps a 1-point lead.
But Korie Lucious,
(11) Washington vs. whose
performance
was
(3) New Mexico 82nowhere
as
64
impressive as Durrell
Summers, who scored
Everyone thought 26 on 10-of-14 shootthis was going to be a ing, sank a 3-pointer
lopsided game. And, to at the buzzer.
be fair, it was. Except
Vasquez, the ACC
that the final result Player of the Year,
was opposite of what who
recorded
26
was expected.
points and 8 dimes for
The Huskies were the night, had to end
able to establish a his NCAA journey
comfortable 12-point early with his team.
lead at half time and
never looked back.
(4) Purdue vs. (5)
Three
Huskies Texas A&M 63-61
scored more than 15
points to hold off a
Nobody expected
strong performance Purdue to have come
from New Mexico's this far after they sufDairese Gary, who tal- fered a humiliating
lied 25 points on 11-of- loss to Minnesota in
20 shooting.
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By contrast, the
Jayhawks made a
total of 6 3-pointers as
a team on 6-of-23
shooting.
A team that always
boasts its offensive
prowess, Kansas only
managed to tally 9
assists in the entire
game, while committing 15 turnovers.
Northern Iowa's last
minute win shook the
NCAA
tournament
like none other.

managed to score in
double figures, and a
36.2 percent field goal
percentage was certainly not enough for a
berth in the Sweet 16.

team work on the
night, recording a
total of 21 assists vs.
the Lobos' 7. All in all,
a very exciting game.
(10) Saint Mary's vs.
(2) Villanova 75-68

Saint Mary's is a
team
filled
with
underappreciated
players in an underrated
conference—
facts that did not stop
the Gaels' quest for
(12) Cornell vs. (4) the Sweet 16.
Omar Samhan, the
Wisconsin 87-69
senior center, explodJust when people ed for a monstrous 32thought knocking off point performance on
Temple early on was 13-of-16 shooting, virunstoppable
pure luck, Cornell tually
makes another huge against
Villanova's
statement in their win sloppy defense.
By
comparison,
on
their only two Wildcats

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without
are
their
best
8 h o o t e r ,
Robbie
Hummel, who
suffered a season-ending
ACL tear.
Yet Purdue managed to rally behind
their defensive specialist, Chris Kramer,
who also demonstrated his offensive power
by sinking the gamewinning layup with 6
seconds left in the
overtime.
The Aggies' best
scorer, Donald Sloan,
only recorded
11
points on 4-of-17
his
shooting
in
farewell game.
The 35.4 percent
field goal percentage
certainly hurt the
Aggies chances of coming up big.
The Boilermakers,
on the other hand, got
a huge boost.

Internship Spotlight:
Rachel Mazza | The Express
Danielle Burkhart
Guest Writer

What started out as
just another high
school activity turned
into a paid internship
for a Lock Haven
University student.
Rachel
Mazza,
freshman and dual
major
in
Communication Media
and Criminal Justice,
began working with
the
Lock
Haven
Express her senior
year of high school as
an editor for the school
paper. As graduation
neared, the editor of
the
Lock
Haven
Express asked Mazza
if she would be willing
to work as an intern
during the summer.
Interning as a
reporter and editor,
Mazza spent between
15 and 20 hours per
week at the Express,
where she focused on
writing human interest and business features.
Mazza's day would
begin by finishing stories from the previous

day, finish any interviews that she had not
completed, write up
the story, and start the
process all over again
with a new story.
Mazza would also help
her supervisor, Lana
Muthler, with any
announcements, birth
announcements, and
birthday wishes to go
into the paper.
As an intern, Mazza
had the opportunity to
work with newspaper
Mazza's
layouts.
responsibilities included the Ross Library
layout and the layout
for
the
Central
Mountain
Middle
school's
Junior
Journal, but she also
got to work on the layout for the Express as
well.
During her internship, Mazza was truly
touched when she was
in charge of a story
regarding the death of
a classmate. Having to
interview friends and
family of the student,
Mazza described the
situation as difficult
and emotional.
"The
student's
cheerleading
coach

said, 'What you have
now might not be what
you have in five minutes.' This was a very
emotional and strong
statement,"
said
Mazza.
According to Mazza,
her experience was
what she had expected,
and more. In fact, she
even suggests that it
helped her "come out of
her shell."
"I am more outgoing; it was a great
opportunity and fun to
be there with such
unique people," said
Mazza.
Mazza contributes a
lot of her success and
growth to the stories
that she covered. She
was assigned to interview people in the Lock
Haven area who are
100 years old.
"They all had cool
stories from their lives,
We took nice pictures
had a nice write up for
them which made a
good birthday present,
I interviewed many
people from "street-car
times." To talk to
someone like that
who's been a part of
history is really cool,"

said Mazza
Mazza says that
this internship has
helped her to keep her
options open for now,
but her true passion is
fiction/novel writing.
"I just want to do
the things that I am
interested in for now
and go from there until
I get something going.
Journalism is the
backbone for that
plan." said Mazza.
Mazza feels that
her internship helped
her during some of her
journalism classes that
she is now taking at
Lock
Haven
University.
"Writing for the
Express was easier
than learning to write
stylistically.
News
Reporting is helping
me with picking out
the importance of a
story. Writing for a
newspaper has its own
distinctive style and is
not like writing a
paper for
English
class," said Mazza
Mazza advises anyone who is interested
in interning to go for it.
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Let Her Voice Be
Heard, a celebration
of women writers and
of women here at
LHU, will be held at
the Hope Center,
located
at
East
Campus (G204) at
p.m.
5:30
on
Thursday, March 25.
The event is a celebration of women's
writing and a celebration of women at
LHU.
The event will feature readings
by
women writers from
Lock
Haven
University as well as
readings of various
works by famous
female authors by
students and faculty.
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work done by women
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gives us an opportunity to read and
reflect upon the writings of women as a
part of a celebration
of Women's History
Month.
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Status of Women, the
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Dickens, and will be starting Faulkner's Light in
August for Rebels in American Literature. In
Q. And you like it, but?
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a whole lot of missing books in between the Iliad Venice.
and the Odyssey. This is in the middle of the
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paving himself a path to what
will become a successful career in film,
he's doing something right, because this
NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," there
face on New York City's streets and
Bret Michaels or Sharon Osbourne, or
of the "Apprentice" gang.
Sunday's episode featured three Secret
one of whom was Blankenfeld. After
behind the scenes at "Project Runway"
directly after leaving Lock Haven, he spent two
weeks testing out the challenges that the celebrities
were going to do to make sure that the producers
got an idea how their episode was going to run,
before being employed on the actual show for the
filming. He says, "I got to do things that I never
imagined or thought that I would have the opportunity to do and it was such an amazing experience."
After appearing on "Celebrity Apprentice," Lock
Haven University's Facebook page advertised the
video clip and Blankenfeld started receiving countless votes of confidence from his peers and friends
and even former professors. He says, "It was great
seeing myself on TV, but it was a little surreal to see
myself interacting with the celebrities. I mean, to
actually be on set that day was an experience, but
to see myself on TV knowing that millions of people
nationwide watched the episode is a feeling no one
can begin to imagine. I was actually noticed in the
city from being on the show which was the coolest
thing ever!"
Blankenfeld's brief appearance on "Apprentice"
also earned him some recognition from
Entertainment Weekly: Dalton Ross, a blogger for
the magazine, mentioned him in his TV Recap of

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now runs through
Sullivan County, and
founded Celestia, a city
dedicated to his followers.
Celestia, as it grew,
had homes, stores, and
a school. It had a newspaper, the Day Star of
Zion. In the center of
town stood a temple,
which was planned as a
home for Jesus when
he arrived. (As Celestia
is mostly forest now, it
would be a good idea
for Jesus to bring a tent
along.)
The
of
people
Celestia believed that
Jesus was coming back,
and that they would be
the first to go to
Heaven. As the Civil
War
progressed,
Armstrong petitioned
to have the citizens of
Celestia exempt from
the draft, by reason of
their religious beliefs.
After getting away with
that, he tried an even
bolder
move:
He
attempted to avoid
taxes by having the
land deeded to God.
In June,
1864,
Armstrong signed the
entire town of Celestia
over to God. And quit
paying taxes. The deed

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countyhistory.com
What do the Heisey
Museum, the Red
Cross, the paper industry, and Jesus all have
in common?
There's no punchline. And it's not a trick
question. It all began in
1850, with a man from
Sullivan County named
Peter Armstrong, who
founded a town called
Celestia.
Armstrong, a goodlooking bearded man
with a wife and children, was a peddler
from Philadelphia. He
was also a follower of
William Miller, who
founded a religious sect
that believed that
Jesus Christ
was
returning on Oct. 22,
1844. When Jesus
failed to arrive, most of
Miller's followers left,
referring to the day as
the
"Great
Disappointment."
Armstrong revived a
form of that belief, and
rounded up his own followers, though he was

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Celestia was meant to be a connection to
heaven.
smart enough to not be
pinned down to a specific date. He purchased several acres of
land along where Route

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grant and convey to
Almighty God, who
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Blankenfeld commented, "It was really cool
about myself [in Entertainment Weekly]
that is one ofthe biggest
there and to read about yourself in a write-up
that extent is truly remarkable."
It has been less than a year since
left Pennsylvania for bigger and better things,
he has already racked up quite a list of names
drop: Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Jessica Alba,
Oteri, Spike Lee, Matthew Broderick,
Ritchie, Tracy Morgan, Sean Penn, Gerard Butler,
Russell Simmons, Kim Kardashian, Susan
Sarandon, Sharon Osbourne, Summer Sanders,
Maria Kanellis, Bret Michaels, Goldberg, Daryl
Strawberry, David Hasselhoff... just to name a few.
He also has his own budding film company,
Blank Look Productions, and recently started a
sketch-comedy troupe, Blank Men Walking, both of
which he co-founded with fellow LHU student Kelly
Monks. Both of these accomplishments have
appeared in the Eagle Eye and can be viewed in the
online archives.
Blankenfeld is currently working on "Design
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The story comes
certain tract of land from ancient legend,
and
improvements handed down verbally
thereof lying and being over hundreds of years.
in the County of George Lewis first
Sullivan and State of heard it when he purPennsylvania...."
chased the land in the
The
Sullivan 1700s. Finally, Henry
County
government Shoemaker wrote it
was less than amused down in a story
by this. It didn't help called/The Story Of
matters that undesir- Lewis Lake", in his
ables and criminals, book
More
seeing an easy way out Pennsylvania
of both taxes and mili- Mountain
Stories.
tary duty, began movShoemaker, who lived
ing into Celestia. By in McElhattan, was a
1876, the Sullivan folklorist who worked
County
officials for the state archives,
reposessed the land for and a member of the
back taxes, and put it Clinton
Lou Bernard
County
up for sheriffs sale. Historical
Society. Peter Armstrong founded Celestia, a city
(This may be why so After his death in 1957, dedicated to his followers.
many prisoners find the Heisey Museum Stormy Torrent grew
Laurel Eyes agreed
God. He's doing time inherited several of his bored. He was running hesitantly---Mostly
artifacts, including his out of new experiences. because
for tax evasion.)
Stormy
The county sold the horse-drawn carriage, He could have declared Torrent was the chief,
land for a minimal which is still on dis- war on another tribe, and she didn't have
amount, and the buyer play.
but he had no interest much choice. The two,
was Armstrong's son.
The story tells of a in combat. Finally, he hand in hand, stood on
Celestia did not thrive Native American tribe decided what his next the edge of the pit, and
any further, however, that lived in the neighadventure would be: He walked together down
and today stands as a borhood of Lewis Lake, would go into the into the entrance to the
ghost town. A few foun- which is now called underworld. He would underworld.
dations
and
the Eagles Mere. The lake descend into Hell,
As soon as they
remains ofroads and a is a placid, quiet area explore, and return tri- were in the caverns, a
pond can be seen, but with a nearby biking umphant.
storm opened up. It
very little else.
trail. Route 42 runs
The rest of the tribe poured on the assemArmstrong's son, right past it. Sixty feet reacted badly to this bled crowd, who immeLewis, moved to Lock deep at its deepest plan. It was widely diately ran for shelter.
Haven, and with his point, it sits on top of a believed that to journey The violent storm only
son Calvin, began the limestone deposit.
into the underworld covered the immediate
successful Armstrong
In those days, the was to invite destruc- area around the pit,
Paper
Company. forest was deep and tion.
But
Stormy filling it with water.
Calvin
Armstrong, primeval. The lake Torrent was not to be Within minutes, it was
grandson of the man wasn't there yet. It was dissuaded—-He was a lake, and Stormy
who once built a town a rocky pit, bottomless going to explore the Torrent and Laurel
for Jesus, met a woman and dark, and the tribe underworld.
Eyes were somewhere
named Mary Ball, and believed it led to the
The morning of the underneath it, trapped
married her.
underworld.
journey,
Native in Hell.
Ball
The tribe was led by Americans from variMary
Is the legend true?
Armstrong was the a young chief named ous tribes around the How far back does the
daughter of prominent Stormy Torrent, who area gathered in huge story go?
Nobody
doctor Francis Ball. had inherited the leadgroups to see the jour- knows. Stormy Torrent
When World War Two ership role from his ney begin. But Stormy was never seen again.
began, she organized father at a young age. Torrent got cold feet, But according to the
the first Red Cross Stormy Torrent was and refused to come out legend, every time
nurses' aid class in the nobody's idea of a good of his home.
there is a thundercountry. She was also leader. He was petty
As the day wore on, storm in the area; the
the granddaughter of and selfish, and only he repeatedly looked surface of the lake
Seymour D. Ball, for- interested in new puroutside at the impa- churns, and the form ol
mer mayor of Lock suits. He demanded a tient crowd, and finally a woman can be seen in
Haven, and the man new wife every week, spotted a beautiful the water, reaching for
who once owned the and
always young woman named freedom.
was
Heisey Museum.
attempting to find Laurel
Eyes.
He
If you happen to be
Celestia was meant something new and demanded that she be traveling along route
to be a connection to exciting to do. (Stormy brought to him—She 42 through Sullivan
Heaven. Not far away, Torrent would -have would be his new wife, County, and a thunderin a deep lake, is a leg- been perfect for reality he
declared, and storm hits, take a
end of a gateway to TV.)
accompany him on his moment to think oi
Hell.
As time went by. journey.
young Laurel Eyes.