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Student's untimely death
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Sarah Wojcik

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Sarah Wojcik / Eagle Eye

MLK celebration
goes on despite
speaker's absence
Sarah Wojcik
Editor in Chief

"With this understood,"
Jones went on, "conversations rose earlier today as
to whether or not we
should cancel or continue.
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But
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King."
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terday as the guest speakand poetry delivspeeches
er, Benjamin Chavis, Jr.,
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by
administration,
was unable to attend.
and
students this
faculty
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"Mr.
Martin
year's
Luther
unable to arrive here due
Jr.
Celebration
King,
capto transportation conflicts,
tured
individual
unique
as I'm sure you all have
put two and two together," perspectives of Dr. King's
legacy.
said Albert Jones, assisThree university stutant to the University
dents
and members of the
president to those gathspoken
poetry group on
ered in Price Auditorium
known
as
campus
for the ceremony.

Lyrically Speaking took
their talent to the stage
for an impromptu show of
their work.
Damar Dowell, Vincent
Goodwin and Zach Fishel
let their poetic phrases
and words illustrate their
feelings about Dr. King,
his legacy and the future
of race and freedom in
America and around the
world.
Dowell's work, a poem
called "Dear Dr. King"
mentioned the progress
made since the marches,
sit-ins and speeches that
came in waves during the
Civil Rights Movement.

The cause of death for
LHU sophomore Julie
Hartwich remains uncertain today, according to
Clinton County Coroner
Donald Walker.
Though city police
Chief Elwood Hocker confirmed that an autopsy
had been conducted yesterday, further toxicology
tests are needed in order
to shed any more light on
the case.
"We won't know anything for at least six
weeks," said Walker.
Hartwich, an elementary education major from
Quakertown, P.A., was
found Sunday evening in
her room at Evergreen
Commons by the complex's senior community
assistant, according to
Commons'
Evergreen
manager,
community
Diana Isaacson.
Dr. Linda Koch and
President Dr. Keith Miller
were notified by city
police about the tragedy
as it developed and met
with Hartwich's friends
and family at Evergreen
Commons that night.
The investigation into
the tragedy lies now with
the coroner's tests, according to Hocker, not with
the police department.
"It's in his hands now,"
said Hocker yesterday,
"It's up to him to make
any appropriate comments (about the case)."
Scott Eldredge, on
behalf of the LHU public

relations

department,

reiterated the general
uncertainty surrounding
the case.
"There is nothing official
it has yet to be
said
determined,"
Eldredge on Monday.
Campus administration have voiced their
grief
regarding
Hartwich's passing and
are encouraging students
to seek counseling assistance if they need someone to speak with about
the tragedy.
Since his time as university president, Miller
has dealt with one other
LHU community loss
when student April Shuey
died in a drowning acciwhile
studying
dent
abroad in Australia in
September 2004.
Mourning the loss of a
life so young is never easy,
Miller said.
"It's important to talk
to people, to talk to counselors," Miller explained
on Tuesday. "It's helpful
to have that support. I
encourage students to use
these services."
In an email sent to the
campus
community
Monday afternoon, the
president listed the various destinations students
can go to seek advice and
comfort.
Carol Schaffer of the
Newman
Center,
a
Catholic organization on
campus, is a leader in one
of the many religious affiliates of the Campus
Ministries.
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Ministries in the bottom
level of the PUB offers

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the names and
contact information of
ministers and religious
leaders whom can help.
"Religion's specialty is
with things that have to
do with meaning and
value," said Schaffer, "we
have a unique perspective
to offer."
Jerry Updegraff, vice
president of university
relations, said his compassion extends to the
Hartwich family and the
pain they are enduring.
'This is a tragic loss to
an academic community,"
said Updegraff. "It causes
people to become introspective. There are just
some things we can't
understand as a society."
Evergreen Commons'
manager said no plans for
a memorial service for
Hartwich are in the works
yet, but are expected to
develop in the near
future.
'That is something we
definitely plan to do once
we can get everything
together," Isaacson said
Tuesday afternoon.
Hartwich's family is
asking for donations to be
made in her name to the
New
Life
Student
Fellowship, the Clinton
County SPCA and the
Cooperstown Animals in
Distress.
Services will be held in
St.
John's Lutheran
Church in Quakertown on
Friday, Feb. 1. A calling
hour will be held from
noon to 1 p.m., with services beginning at 1 p.m.
students

Sarah Wojcik / Eagle Eye

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Some of those responsible for the days' impromptu organization pose for
a group photo (From left to right, Zach Fishel, Damar Dowell, Dr. Roger
Johnson, Shara Ruffin, Dr. Laurie Cannady, Vince Goodwin, and President
Keith T. Miller. Pictured above, Albert Jones).

Job searches begin for upcoming graduates
Amanda Alexander
Staff Reporter
aalexan3@lhup.edu
For LHU seniors, graduation is looming, and with
that comes the job search.
Searching for a job is an overwhelming task, and is
different for every student. According to Joan Welker,
director of Career Services, the question of when to
begin the job search depends on the student's major.
For students who already know the specific job they
want, the job search will be easier than for those who
have a broad liberal arts major and don't know what
they want to do with it.

'The process of a job search (for these students) can
be very overwhelming, because they really have to start
with the initial stage of a career planning process,"
Welker said.
Alison Doyle of about.com also recommended in an
article titled "College graduate job search tips" that students "be flexible and focused," and to "broaden the
number of fields (they) are considering."
Once students have completed that first step and
know what kind of job they want, Welker said, "They
first need to identify the kind of employer that they
want to work for. Then they need to identify geographically where they would like to work. They need to know
the labor market- where the jobs are- and be realistic as
well."

Students need to do as much research as possible
into their field, and while many students don't need to
be applying quite yet they should be scoping out the
jobs in the area they would like to work. Some students,
such as those majoring in accounting, need to apply earlier than others, and students need to research their
field to find this out.
Students need to be as prepared as possible for the
job application and interview process. Welker said students to need to get all oftheir "marketing tools" together: a good resume, a good cover letter, and interviewing
skills.

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Christina Shuman
Staff Reporter
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Students who have
ever wished that they
were an Oscar Mayer
Wiener will be happy to
know that the opportunity
to become an official hotdogger will be arriving in
Lock Haven on February
13.
Caylen Goudie and
Emily Volpini, drivers for
the
Oscar
Mayer
Wienermobile East Team,
will be visiting the university in the hopes of recruiting students in becoming
future hotdoggers.
An open informational
session will take place in
Career Services office; a
time has yet to be determined. Those who attend
will
receive
a
Wienerwhistle.
If those interested are
successfully
recruited,
they will go on to attend
Hot Dog High at the Oscar
Mayer Headquarters in
Madison, WI. Here they
will learn about the company's products and the
history that the company
is built upon.
driver
Specialized
training is also on the
agenda at the school.
Upon graduation, the hotdogger must take the
"Hotdogger Oath." These
hotdoggers travel around

for one year in the
Wienermobile doing various promotional work.
Appearances on radio,
TV, newspaper interviews,
visits to grocery stores and
charity functions are some
of the work a person will
do as a representative of
Oscar Mayer.
Working for the company, one will be able to
work with professionals in
the fields of consumer promotion, marketing and
sales.
They will also help
organize promotions and
pitch TV, radio and print
advertisement.
Plus, participant will
get the fun that comes
with operating and maintaining the mobile.
Being an ambassador
for Oscar Mayer for a
whole year on the road,
not only provides someone
with valuable experience,
but it will also give a person many stories to share.
One of Volpini's most
memorable accounts takes
place in a small town with
a population of about
5,000 residents.
Unfortunately. Volpini
and her previous co-pilot
were unable to find a hotel
with a vacancy. There
was a very large family
reunion in town that
weekend and the majority
of the hotels were occupied
by this family.
Volpini ended up stay

ing in a small bed and
breakfast where some of
the same family happened
to be staying. The family
invited both of them to
their reunion and when
the Wienermobile pulled
in, the looks on their faces
were priceless.
"Living in the middle of
Illinois, the 27 foot hot dog
on wheels was the last
thing that they expected
to see that day," said
Volpini.
The Wienermobile got
the chance to park on the
runway at an air force
base for a two-day air
show in Wichita, Kansas.
This happens to be one of
C-oudie's favorite experiences on the job.
Many pictures were
taken of the Wienermobile
next to a plane known as
the Osprey. This specific
plane was featured in the
movie "Transformers."
"The part I found most
ironic was that while I was
so impressed by the
Osprey, the pilots that
drove it were exponentially impressed by the
Wienermobile,"
said
Goudie.
Hotdoggers get the
chance to both visit small
towns and major cities;
this helps to open the
experience of seeing the
famous Wienermobile to
as many different people
as possible.
"While we both has so

many stories to share, I
think that we both agree
that the best part of this
job is the influence the
Wienermobile has on the
people we meet," said
Goudie.
Students who may be
interested in applying for
this job should submit
their resumes as soon as
possible.
All a hotdogger needs
are the three d's:
A
degree, a driver's license,
and a dream. Preferably,
a degree in public relations, journalism, communications, advertising or
marketing would be best,
although applicants are
not limited to these
degrees.
A hotdogger also needs
to be a positive person
with an outgoing attitude,
along with a strong
resume. There is a competitive
salary,
plus
expenses, benefits and
clothing.
Those interested can
send their resume to the
following address: wmrequest@kraft.com.
"We get to meet some of
the most interesting people with this job. I have
already visited 20 states
and covered 20,000 miles
and I can honestly say
that people everywhere
love the Wienermobile,"
said Goudie.

The
Feeling lucky?
Clinton County Chapter of
the Second Mile program
will be holding a Texas
Hold 'Em Tournament on
Saturday, Feb. 16 to entice
those willing to give their
luck a try and help a good
cause.
The event benefits the
children receiving the program's services and will
occur in Grant's Place at
the Central Pennsylvania
Auto Auction off of Route
220 toward Interstate 80.
With a $50 donation for
admittance, patrons 18
and older will be able to
test their luck from 10:00

AM to 5:00 PM and enjoy a
complimentary breakfast,
lunch and beverages. Up
to $1,000 will be awarded
(based on 100 participants
or 20 percent of proceeds).
There is limited seating
however.
"It is great to give back
to the kids while raising
money; they really don't
have much," said Patrick
Guerriero, assistant professor of academic development and counseling
and part of the Friend
Program here at LHU.
Within the Friend
Program, part ofthe Early
Intervention
services
under the Second Mile,
elementary school students take part in activities with caring collegiate
mentors. Most activities
within the program take

place at the university.
From 2006-2007, 42 children participated in the
Friend Program of Clinton
County.
"The chapter began in
2000. it's a group of dedicated community members who help with programs and raise funds to
provide help and hope to
Second Mile children. We
receive a lot of support
from the University and
from the community," said
Christine E. Faust, director of development for the
Second Mile.
This program is a
statewide
organization
providing nine different
programs touching the
lives of more than 100,000
Pennsylvanian children
annually.
Being a private, non-

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But the young man
also lamented the continual need for change since
elements ofracial discrimination and injustice continue to haunt the country.
"But I'm still waiting
for the day," said Dowell,
looking out over the audience, "when I can say, free
at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty
we're free at last!"
work,
Goodwin's
Peace"
"Reach
For
described his dreams of
harmony among people
across all lines be they of
race, religion or ethnicity.
Fishel's T Have A
Dream - How 'Bout You?"
confronted issues ranging
from worldwide oppression to environmental
destruction
and
his
dreams of peace, security
and solutions to the serious conflicts plaguing the
world.
Dr. Laurie Cannady,
a professor of English at
LHU, spoke candidly
about her fears
of
preparing a last minute
speech for the ceremony
and her youth in a poverty-stricken area.
"When I was contacted to give this speech
about two and half hours
ago," Cannady said as

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Christina Shuman
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the audience chuckled, "I
was afraid. But after all
the visions faded, I was
no longer afraid, I was
empowered."
Explaining her humble beginnings in the
projects
Portsmouth,
Va., Cannady said that
even at 13 she knew that
Dr. King was someone to
be admired. And despite
that she was too young
to witness his actions,
she always felt close to
him and his cause.
"I didn't have to be
watching his T Have A
Dream' speech or see
a
sitting
him
in
Birmingham
prison,"
Cannady said, "my presence here and now shows
he's still with me."
Jones praised Dr.
King's tendency to look
forward and away from
bitterness and advised
the audience to do the
same.
"You must maximize
your time here to
support and uplift the
next generation of leaders on this campus," said
Jones.
University President
Keith Miller delivered
closing remarks during
the ceremony where he
spoke about the merits of
Dr. King and how his
legacy will continue to
translate for years and
generations to come.

profit organization, the
program relies on events
such as this as well as
effort from local volunteers and financial support from individuals,
businesses and organizations in order to serve children in
communities
throughout the state.
With support, the
Second Mile can continue
staying true to their
motto, 'providing children
with help and hope.'
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Super Tuesday sets tone
for presidential election
Kimberly Wonesky
Staff Reporter
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Although, the presidential candidates have
been exhaustively campaigning from state to
state, candidates must
keep pushing and get a
second wind for February.
On Feb. 5. 24 states
will have their primary
elections to choose delegates to represent them in
the National Convention,
where they will nominate
the presidential candidate
from each party.
More delegates can be
won on this day alone
than any other day in the
election process. This day
is crucial for the presidential hopefuls. The candidates must do well in
order to guarantee their
party's nomination for
continuation on the road
to presidency.

the
According
to
Washington Post, the
leader of the Democratic
Party is Clinton with 249
delegates. Obama follows
with 167 delegates and
Edwards holds on with 58
delegates.
The leader of the
is
Republican
Party
Romney with 59 delegates. Huckabee follows
with 40 delegates and
McCain is close behind
with 36 delegates.
But the question is
what impact does 'Super
Tuesday' have on the election? There is a lot of
speculation that 'Super
Tuesday' means nothing,
and that a candidate doesn't need to perform well in
order to continue in the
race for the presidency.
Others say that it is an all
or nothing situation and a
candidate needs to get as
many delegates as they
can in order to continue.
According
to
Dr.

Berard, political science
professor at LHU, 'Super
Tuesday' is important in
the fact that "this is the
largest block of delegates
available to the candidates, and that in itself
makes it an important
day."
Also a political science
professor Dr. McQuaid
believes
that
'Super
Tuesday' closes the doors
to the less endowed candidates."
McQuaid feels that
since 24 states are having
their primaries on the
same day, the candidates
with the money to produce
a national campaign will
have an advantage.
In
result, closing the door or
ruling out the candidates
with not enough financial

"Getting a job is a job
in and of itself," Welker
said. "Part of it is doing
the research." While some
students have told Welker
they try to do job searches
on Google, "there are
much smarter ways than
that," she said. "We've
tried to make the job
search easier."
The Career Services
Web site has job search
Web sites categorized and
specialized by major.
Welker also said that
many students try to
search
for
on
jobs
Monster.com and don't
know that the Web site
has a specific section for
college students and graduates,
located
at
MonsterTRAK.com.
Welker said one of the
most important things a
student must possess for
the job search is good communication skills. They
also need to be able to
answer three important
questions:
(1) Tell me about yourself.
(2) What do you know
about our organization?
(3) Why should I hire
you?

"If you can't address
[these questions] in the
interview, you're not
ready," Welker said. "You
need to know yourself, and
know what your strengths
and weaknesses are and
what you can bring to the
Welker
organization,"
said.
To stand out among job
applicants, students need
to show that they are a
Students can also benegood fit for the company
initiative, fit immensely from the
and
show
of
a
mentor.
Welker said. Students help

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Adam Roberts
News Editor
arobertsfa lhup.edu

have signed up, but his
goal is double that by
April.
Beginning February I,
the registration fee per
Relay for Life may see team is $50. Registration
its final laps at LHU if will continue until spring
students don't meet the break on March 5.
Currently the eight key
$10,000 goal set by the
members
of the Relay for
American Cancer Society
Life
board
have raised
(ACS) at this year's event.
$2,000.
to
According
Relay at LHU will run
Recruitment Chair Chris
very
similar to past
Tague last year's Relay
events,
with the addition
fell short of the goal, raisof
one
rule
from the ACS.
ing about $8,500.
new
The
policy
"Lock Haven is in jeopeach
requires
participant
ardy of losing our chapter
if we don't raise $10,000," raise $100 for a Relay for
Life shirt. According to
said Tague.
He continued that the Tague this is an ACS policy that will eventually be
ACS would no longer recin effect for all Relay's
ognize LHU.
This year's Relay for nationwide.
There are no official
Life will be held in the
that teams must
goals
Student Rec. Center on
meet,
but
to get shirts for
April 11 to the 12 from 6
the
entire
team at least
p.m. to 6 a.m.
$100
needs
to be raised
Last year's Relay had
per
team
member.
32 registered teams. So
An effective
far, Tague says 15 teams
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should "go the extra mile"
by looking up information
on the company's website
and sharing his or her
ideas during the interview. Students can also
stand out by relating
classes they have taken or
projects they have completed with some of the
goals of the organization.
One of the most important tools a student should
possess for the interview
is experience. "If you're
graduating with just the
degree and no experience,
you're going to find it very
tough to find a job,"
Welker said.
For spring semester
seniors who still haven't
had internships, Welker
non-credit
suggested
internships or volunteering for local non-profit
organizations by offering
to help them develop a
business plan, write a
newsletter, or do whatever
the student specializes in.
"Now you've got something for yov portfolio.
Now you have a professional contact in the field,"
Welker said, adding that
many companies go on to
hire
students
who
interned for them.
Students who need desperate
career-planning
help can visit the Career
Services Center for handouts on cover letters,
resumes, and interviews.
They can also set up a
mock
interview
with
Welker.
The Career Services
website offers information
on all aspects of the job
search as well as upcoming events for students
who need to find a job. The
web address for Career
Services
is

According to the Career
Planning Guide 2007 by
"job postings magazine,"
"Alumni love to give back
to their alma mater.
What better way for
(students) to find out
what's
happening
in
(their) field than to talk to
someone who is in it?" The
guide also recommends
staying in touch with
upperclassmen who have
graduated, because they
may be leaving summer
opportunities open. The
guide recommends that
students "develop a relationship with them and
their past employers."
Seniors will have an
opportunity to make professional contacts and
hand out resumes at one
of two Spring Career Days
at Penn State University.
The day for Business &
Finance, Communications
&
General
Design,
Human
Management,
Services, Liberal Arts, and
Sales & Marketing will be
held Monday, February
18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The day for Computer
&
Information
Technology, Engineering,
Health & Life Sciences,
Physical Sciences, and
Research will be held
Tuesday, February 19,
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Both will be held in the
Bryce Jordan Center.
More information can be
found
at
http://www.fairs.sa.psu.ed
u/spring/student/dayl.sht
ml for Day
1 and
http://www.fairs.sa.psu.ed
u/spring/student/day2.sht
ml for Day 2.
LHU will also hold the
Summer
Job
and
Internship Fair February
28 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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speculations and predictions about Feb.5, all are
stuck waiting patiently for
the results.

Relay is through onsite
fundraisers.
"We are trying to
encourage most people to
do that." Tague said of
hosting fundraisers at the
event. "It's the easiest way
to raise money."
The theme of this
year's Relay for Life is the
game of life. The board
game inspired theme will
allow teams to decorate
their camp sites like game
pieces.
The slogan for Relay is,
"Life is a game everyone
deserves to win."
"We were thinking
about using (Life as a
theme) last year but we
went with Disney and we
came back to it this year,"
said Tague.
Tague continues to
clubs
and
encourage
organization form a team
and help the ACS find a
cure for cancer. Teams can
register
at
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Big Event hopes to have impact
on students' willingness to serve
versities' student governword of mouth.
ments
They hope that people
including Bloomsburg, will decide to come and
Mansfield
and bring their friends with, to
Millersville.
have a good time while
On April 26, the
The
Event
was
Big
doing a good deed for the
Cooperative
Student
at
thought
meeting
up
a
area as well.
Council, Inc. (SCO will
that state schools' student
Clubs and organizahave a full day of commuattended
tions
presidents
a couare also hoped to be
nity service which will be
of
times
each
ple
there. Groups such as the
year.
known as the Big Event
"What
we
decided
this
members,
AmeriCorps
Celebration of Service.
students and
This event will be in year was to hold an event Honors
International students are
with
the geared towards communicooperation
Community Service Office ty service to advocate for some that will most likely
on Lock Haven's campus, the state system and help join the cause of service to
also
known
as improve our communities the community.
But it's the hope of the
MountainServe as well as that the universities are
so
involved with," said organizers that not only
the AmeriCorps program.
Will Dowd, the president the area benefits from the
April 26 is coincidenevent but the students
tally the National Day of of LHU's SCC.
The meeting, which is who are volunteering their
Service and also Earth
Day, which is an extra held in Harrisburg, is time as well.
They hope that the volincentive to participate in known as the Board of
Government unteers will learn the lessuch an event. The day Student
son of the importance of
will consist of plenty of Presidents.
The
SCC
and serving and also gain a
community service projects in Lock Haven and all MountainServe hope to good attitude about servhave a big turnout for the ing their community. "It
of Clinton County.
But LHU will not be Big Event. They plan on is my hope that this projthe only university in the gaining interest from the ect will
instill in students'
state participating. This students by putting flyers
up around the campus and minds, a deeper underis
of
actually
event
a
part
area, emails, Web sites standing of why it is
decision made by the presidents of all 14 state uni- and most importantly. important to serve in their

Joe Stender
Staff Reporter
jstender(« lhup.edu

said
communities,"
Melissa Novak, the event's
AmeriCorps Vista.
"Historically, we partner with approximately 8community-based
12
organizations. The projects range from community clean-ups, to youth
mentoring, to playground
improvement, to visitation
with the elderly," said
Anne-Marie Turnage, the
director of community
service on campus.
Though specific projects of service are not
planned yet for this year, a
forum is planned to be
held before the Big Event
so that students can get a
feel of what is trying to be
accomplished during the
day and what is going to
be done. Dowd had this to
say about the entirety of
the day:
"Solidarity is very
important in this endeavor. I want to connect with
students and mobilize
them to serve."

Commity
fen/ice Da\
Photo Courtesy of Google Images
A full day of community service, known as the
Big Event, will be held on April 26. This day is
also the National Day of Service and Earth Day.

Lock Haven City Council succeeds in filling final seat
Erin Hippie
News Editor
ehipplefa lhup.edu
Lock
Haven
City
Council
members
approved Jann Romeo
Meyers, Democrat, as
their final council person
at Monday's meeting, the
first time the board has
been full in over seven
months.

Meyers is a native of
Lock Haven and spent
over 30 years working as
the executive director for
the US Department of
service
Agriculture's
agency serving Clinton
and Centre counties.
Meyers now holds a
part-time position at
PSECU and manages the
Lock Haven University
campus office.
She is also a graduate
of LHU with a degree in

economics.
This was council tabled an issue
Meyers' second time runregarding regulations of
ning for the position of outside heating plants.
council member.
While other municipal"We've had wonderfully ities such as Bellefonte
qualified people apply, have ordinances prohibitwhich makes it incredibly ing the use of outside heatdifficult for council to come ing plants, council was in
to a decision," said Mayor disagreement
as
to
Rick Vilello. "We're ready whether or not the city
to move into the future should create a like ordiand we have a variety of nance.
While some council
backgrounds here."
as
Also at Monday's meetmembers
such
ing, after much discussion Jonathan Bravard felt

that the plants cause air
pollution, act as a nuisance to neighbors and
disrupt quality of life
issues, council members
Rich Conklin and Bill
Baney disagreed.
"It's a personal rights
issue," said Conklin. He
also mentioned that people who use fire burning
stoves in their homes can
also potentially burn anything they wish, causing
the same issues.

Council decided to
investigate the issue further, questioning whether
to mandate setbacks from
property lines, heights of
flews and installation procedures if the city is to
allow the plants.
Currently no outside
heating plants are located
in the city.

Clinton County commissioners presented
with multiple CDBG requests for funding
Erin Hippie
News Editor

Suydam.

ehipplefa lhup.edu
The

Clinton

County

commissioners were pre-

sented with an in-depth
register of requests for the
Community
Development Block Grant
funding early last week by
County Grant and Loan
Administrator
Bill

And at Thursday's
meeting, two of the associations requesting a piece
of the record-low $205,287
plead their case to the
commissioners.
Poorman,
DeAnna
director of the Western
Clinton
County
Recreational Authority,
was present at the meeting to ask for $18,739.06.
The money would be used

[Red

for energy upgrades in the
facility and a gymnasium
floor covering.
Poorman noted that
the savings on energy
alone could be anywhere
from 25 to 33 percent,
according to a recent
study. Poorman also said
that monthly energy bills
can reach as high as $650.
Also requesting CDBG
money is the Whiskey Run
Water Association
in

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in
upgrades. After a feasibility study, an interconnect
project is presumed most
cost effective.
The association is
hopeful for a $500,000
DCED match and possibly
a PennVest loan.
The
total for this project is
approximately $748,000.
it

Western

Clinton

County sought a total of
almost $900,000 in CDBG
funds this year, and the
available money is the
lowest they have seen in
almost two decades.
Commissioners are set
to make a decision on the
requests in February.
Also at Thursday's
meeting the commissioners approved a transfer of

assistant in the planning
department to full-time
tourist and infrastructure
planner.
Lynch will be taking
over for Amidea Daniel
who is seeking other
career options.

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They say when life
hands you lemons; make

lemonade.
Well say that lemon is
stepped on, rolled on the
ground and then thrown
in your face. Should we
still use it to make lemonade?
The answer for at least
two minority groups in
America is yes. They may
even contend that the
lemonade made from such
hardened lemons produces
the sweetest taste.
Arguably the biggest
source of tension between
whites and blacks comes
from a simple little word
that begins with the letter
"N." Though phonetically
simple this 6 letter word
carries with it hundreds of
years of hate and history.
Certainly we are all
aware of the ramifications
associated with Caucasian
people uttering this loaded
word, but as time has
passed the word has been

repossessed and reoriented toward a more positive
light in the black community.
Since the repossession
it has been slightly altered
in spelling and fully reconstructed as an affectionate

tually removed from its
particularly ugly birthplace.
Now
African
Americans
hold that
branch and decided to
turn it into a walking
stick. To the naked eye the
walking stick is still particularly ugly, after all it
hasn't changed much, but
now that branch has a
new owner who is hellbent on beautifying this
stick.
This isn't the only
example of tearing something hideous down and
creating something new
and unifying.
The upside-down pink
triangle that we all identify as a symbol of gay unity
comes from an equally
Adam Roberts
oppressive place with a
much less-known story.
term for one African
During World War II
American to use when different colored triangles
referring to another.
were used to identify difSo what we end up ferent groups of concentrawith is a branch on the tion camp prisoners. The
tree of American slavery. pink triangle was the
This particularly ugly marker used for gay men.
branch that sits on a parThough history often negticularly ugly tree in the lects to mention the stagforest of American history gering number of homohas now been twisted and sexual detainees their loss
twisted until it was even- was another sad truth

about the Holocaust.
As time went on, like
the "N word" the inverted
pink triangle was repossessed and revamped. The
gay community flipped the
hatred and pain that once
was the symbol into a bold
reminder of gay pride.
The disturbing past of
the symbol is now essentially forgotten as the new
reality sends a message of
acceptance and progress.
To rise above hate and
oppression power is the
ultimate ladder. What
these groups have done by
taking the symbols that
have for so long put them
down is reorient the power
from oppressor to the
oppressed.
the
Essentially
unarmed have stolen their
captors' weapons to use
them for good.
As the past gets further
back in our review mirror
the modern definitions are
beginning to be our definitions. The past won't be
forgotten, but the power is
withering for at least two
of the branches on that
particularly ugly tree and
not to mention the lemonade tastes so sweet.

Government acts swiftly on economy
Cameron Johnson
Daily Mississippian
U. of Mississippi
U-WIRE

that the decisions he made
were not only unpopular,
but wrong.
The one shiny gem on
this otherwise twisted and
corroded self-proclaimed
The most astounding crown of thorns 18 the
news last week left my econom y- Bush's economy,
lower jaw hanging agape lf we can ,ve him owner
and drool running down ship of it, would have most
the side of mv face. former and future Presi
President
Bush
and dents Sreen with envy.
lone
Entering
Congress cooperated with That
has now
accomplishment
each other
With what can only be
The sub-prime-lending
described as stellar swiftand the housing
problem
ness, which no doubt left
market
like a
bursting
some Katrina victims ripdot-com
bubble
have
preping their hair out in disof
cipitated
mumblings
a
gust and frustration, our
recession,
which
econofederal
government
mists continue to nervousresponded to a crisis.
ly
deny and laugh off.
Granted, it was our
Last week, however,
economy, and by and large
Bernanke, the chairBen
the biggest and most
man
of the Federal
immediate victims of this
Reserve
Bank, was concrisis are our nation's
a
ducting
regularly schedwealthiest, but it goes to
uled
check
of the gauges
show that our elected offion
the
machine,
economy
cials can keep this plutocand
like
Culkin
Macaulay
racy working.
fame,
of
"Home
Alone"
Few things have been
his
cheeks
slapped
and
going well for the current
screamed.
White House, and in the
It didn't happen quite
11th hour Bush has
like
that, but this is my
become dedicated to makversion,
and talking about
ing up for his failures in
economics
dry
requires
order to instill a legacy for
some
embellishments.
himself -- e.g. the Middle
In response to all this,
East tour.
Bush
made a Friday
Bush fancies that he's
announcement
that they'd
a president who had to
make
it
all
better,
and the
make the unpopular decifollowing
Monday
sions, and that history will
bare him out like a virtual Martin Luther King Jr.
Truman, never minding Day the bottom dropped
out of
stock market

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going through the roof, no
matter what we do with
the interest rates.
Essentially,
rising
energy prices result in
everything getting more
expensive i.e. inflation -so we keep lowering interest rates until we've bottomed out. Essentially,
the housing market bubble, driven by low interest
rates, driven by energy
induced inflation, has
landed us in a recession.
Hence, the world's now in
a recession.

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to Frank Kozumplik. The 49 year-old man
from Adrian, Mich, was arrested for an alleged DUI

on a lawnmower.

Police say that after drinking two bottles of
wine, Kozumplik decided that, despite the snowstorm outside, he would have to get to the nearest
liquor store to buy four more. His wife, however,
had the family car.
Not to be denied, Kozumplik hopped on his
Deere
John
tractor and drove two miles down city
streets to reach his destination.
While a ride-on mower may not be as dangerous as a car, it still can be deadly to the driver
and to others. This is especially true when the driver is intoxicat ed.

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aii this for me is politics, i
have little or no influence
on the economy, but a
strong economy was the
one and only boast that
candidates
Republican
could proudly point to, and
that rug has now been
pulled out from under
them.
It makes me giggle a
little. Democrats, however, need to tread cautiously here and not make a big
issue of the slump. For the
most part it's been an
unprecedented period of
growth and an occasional
expected bump in the road
was a long time coming.

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isn't a sex scandal, ethics violation or the result of
gross individual incompetence.

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apologizing Tuesday to hundreds of thousands of
people stranded at train stations across China due
to severe winter weather and power problems.
These difficulties occurred at a particularly
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With the profits of top
contributors
campaign
poised to disappear like so
many scandalous memos
in Dick Cheney's ash tray,
something had to be done
immediately. So Bush and
congress wasted no time,
and put together a net outlay of $50 billion in tax
deductions - also known as
tax relief - for businesses,
and another $100 billion
for the rest of us, which
works out to about $300
for most of us.
Additionally, Bernanke
is expected to cut interest
rates yet again, by a half
point at a meeting later
this week.
For the time being, it
has worked, and the markets were cautiously gaining later last week. But
how long can it last? What
does all this mean?
I'm realistically pessimistic. I think the economists on TV, denying that
there is a recession, are
simply trying to thwart a
panic. We've been using
the interest rate to control
the economy. If inflation
goes nuts, we try to slow it
down by decreasing interest rates and letting genuine growth catch up.
If growth starts heating up too much, we raise
interest rates and cool it

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feel when a friend is no longer with
us.
Julie's passing has reminded us of
the swift but lasting impressions we

Garrett Graziano
to dispense paper towels
just as much as the next
person, but if I had to pick
between bleeding from my
mouth, knees and arms or
exhausting the minimal
amount of effort it takes to
extract paper from a plas-

tic box, well call me old
fashioned, but I would
rather manually remove
the paper towel.
I understand it's nice to
have the little luxuries in
life: Rolls-Royces, yachts,
private jets, soap and
paper towel dispensers,
but what about the luxury
of properly functioning

visiting families took
notice.
And this isn't just an
issue of appearance, but
obviously safety. Winter
can be quite an experience
on this campus. Not only
do we have to deal with
snow and ice, but we have
to deal with hills and
steps. Not a good mix.
As students, however,
that
the
uniwe have agreed to deal
I just feel
to
with the elements, but
versity has far more
bathwhy add to the problem by
worry about than
to properly mainright
refusing
room dispensers
tain
the
being
steps that practinow. Broken steps
cally
serve as a life line
one of those issues.
between
various sections
Having given tours in
of
the
of
the
the past as a part
campus.
It doesn't make sense.
admissions office, families
in general find our campus If you're going to build and
beautiful, however, the maintain a working unicomplaints I receive, that versity on the side of a
are few and far between, mountain, expect to make
are in large part about the the occasional repair to a
condition of the steps on set of steps.
On the other hand,
campus.
Whether it was cracks though, I guess that paper
in the steps, chunks of the towel dispenser will come
actual step missing, metal in handy the next time I
plates hiding other broken stumble into the bathroom
bruised and bloody from
steps or closing off a section of steps all together, another mishap.

Graduation test would fail
Chris Hoskavich
Opinion Editor
choskavi" lhup.edu

THE EAGLE EYE, THE OFFICIAL STUDENT
NEWSPAPER OF LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY, IS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. THE ARTICLES,
OPINIONS, PICTURES AND LAYOUT OF THE
EAGLE EYE ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
STAFF AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF
THE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY OR
ADMINISTRATION. UNLESS SPECIFIED. THE
EAGLE EYE IS FUNDED BY THE STUDENT
rOOPERATIVE COUNCIL AND IS PRINTED BY
THE LOCK HAVEN EXPRESS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE WILLIAMSPORTSUN-GAZETTE.

witness it.
It was at this point that
I realized that we, as the
student body, should be
questioning some of our
university's recent investments.
Sure I enjoy not having

ma.

Getting passing grades
for four years may not be
enough to graduate from
high school anymore.
A commission appointed by Gov. Rendell recently announced that it supported requiring students
to pass a standardized test
upon completion of their
high school curriculum
before they can be given
their diplomas.
The reasoning behind
this idea is that it will
ensure graduating seniors
are prepared for college
and careers and haven't
just been passed through
the school system undeservedly.
While I also feel that
the education system in
Pennsylvania and the
country as a whole is in
desperate need of reform, I
don't think this is the solution. I don't even think it's
a good first step.
When I was in high
school, we had to complete
a "graduation project" in

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can impart on one another. She has
reminded us of the importance of
showing others, in whatever subtle
ways we can devise, how much we
value their part in our lives.
We should not let her untimely
death be nothing more than a
somber, painful moment that leaves
us wheeling with questions and
senseless sadness.
Though we may never find tangible explanations, the least we can do
as a community of young adults, is
embrace the people in our lives right
now. We should try and look at the
bigger picture, as far away as it
sometimes seems to be, and let go of
the petty drama and futile arguments.
Despite that many of us did not
know Julie, she has found a way into
our lives and taught us, as she had

is to be given after all
coursework is complete. If
Like the statewide test students fail the test, it
idea, this was a wellwill be too late for them to
intended initiative that learn what they need to
some government commispass it. So now we have to
sion passed through varidecide if we would rather
ous levels of bureaucracy, pay for extra years of pubno doubt supported by lic education for these peomeaningless statistics and ple or face an unprecestudies, and eventually dented spike in high
into the laps of countless school dropouts.
It is hard enough to
groaning teenagers.
The project was a get a job without a college
poster and PowerPoint degree. Robbing otherwise
presentation that students qualified individuals of a
were supposed to begin high
school
diploma
because they don't do well
researching in their freshman year. It provided no on a particular test boreducational value that ders on cruel.
couldn't have been offered
As I said, I can appreciin a traditional class and ate the effort to improve
just served as a distraceducation, but we should
tion throughout all of high be addressing the root
school.
cause of the problem. The
This will likely be the problem is that students
case with a statewide don't learn what they
graduation test.
should in high school. All a
The biggest flaw I see standardized test does is
with this idea is that, demonstrate that students
aside from the extra don't learn what they
expense of tax money that
should in high school.
this plan will undoubtedly
The cause is an ineffecrequire, is that it won't do tive system of teaching
anything to increase the them these things. There
quality of education stuare numerous ways to
dents receive and may address this problem that
even do them harm.
would be more effective
Consider that the test and economical.
order to receive our diplo-

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We could, for example,
restructure the school
year so that students have
numerous small breaks
instead of one threemonth-long summer break
during which they forget
everything they've just
learned.
could
we
Perhaps
a
universal
develop
statewide curriculum that
employs the same textbooks, computer software
and teaching methods in
every school. This could
get pricey, but it would
ensure a high-quality education for every PA student.
Plus, if we kept the curriculum focused on the
basic subjects, namely
math, English, history,
geography and science, we
would surely trim the fat
out of many high schools'
bloated budgets.
Perhaps these solutions aren't ideal, but no
single idea will fix the
educational problems in
this country. Requiring
students to take a graduation test, though, will
probably just make things
worse.

In the moments
that pass us by
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aspired to do, about the fragility of life
itself.
We hope that those who knew
Julie as an acquaintance, those who
called her a close friend and those
who were tied to her as family can get
through this very difficult time by celebrating her life.
And we hope that they know how
a tragedy like this one can sometimes alter the lives of others for the
better by helping us to open our eyes
and see our loved ones with a new
sense of appreciation and affection.

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In next week's issue, the
Eagle Eye would like to
compile a tribute to
Julie's life and the time
she spent here at LHU.
Please send your
condolences, thoughts,
pictures and memories
for and about Julie for
this special memorial by
emailing us at
lhueagleye@yahoo.com.

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January 30, 2008

Teamwork is key in author Jim Cain's visit
Olga Malyavskaya
Feature Editor
omalyavs@lhup.edu

resting on top of the ring. groups to place all of the cessful," said Weaver.
Among all of Cain's The task was to lift the balls on the pedestal at the "Everyone just pulled
exercises aiming to bring balls from the floor using same time which meant a together, and it worked."
groups together, the exeronly the strings to balance lot of crawling and stepIn her opinion, this
cise
with
three
tennis
balls
them.
over
others
ping
people's
activity
gave the Haven
Jim Cain, the author of
The students then had strings. This proved to be Achievers students an
six team building texts, on the strings called for
opportunity to be successhis
including
book, the hardest efforts, yet it to place the tennis ball on extremely difficult requircontained
the
most
powera
where
there
a
lot
of
and
ful
and feel like they are
pedestal
ing
dexterity
"Teamwork & Teamplay"
were three different places team work.
finally experts in somewhich won the Karl ful message.
To complete the exer- for a ball, one for each
"I was amazed that we thing. Weaver took much
Rohnke Creativity Award
cise,
the
students
were
Each
on
were
able to do that, and pleasure watching her stugroup.
placement
in 1999, visited LHU on
Jan. 24 to engage students divided into three groups; the pedestal was at a dif- none of the balls fell. dents think and being
There was this common more assertive.
in his teamwork training each equipped with a set ferent height.
of
tied
to
metal
To
strings
a
make
the
task
more
task and everyone wanted
"Today folks talk about
activity.
difficult,
with
tennis
ball
Cain
asked
the
ring
a
else
to
be
so-called
'millennium' stueveryone
sueThe event was organized by a coordinated
effort of the recreation
and
the
department
Haven
Achievers
Program.
The Haven Achievers
Program is a new academic
support
program
launched by the university
in the fall semester of
2007 in hopes to increase
student retention by help*U
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ing freshmen integrate
successfully into the college community.
According to Dr. Lisa
Weaver, the director ofthe
program, one of the most
important aspects of the
program is the creation of
the learning community.
"Some of the stuff that
I asked Jim to do as far as
our students go is assisting them to make a transition to college, to learn
how to communicate with
others, to be independent
thinkers and to learn how
to solve problems," said
Weaver. "I think that
activity went well because
the students were able to
communicate with their
upper-class men from the
recreation
department
Photo Courtesy of Lisa Weaver
and each other."
Robert Smith and Zane Wagner work on a crossword puzzle during author Jim Cain's visit to LHU.

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dents and how some of
them are apathetic and
whiny, but things like that
really reinforced me in
thinking that those kids
are amazing individuals,"
she said. "They are capable and are able to act
given the opportunity."
The
students
had
agreed that Cain's training session was very helpful to them.
"All the games were
really fun," said Kyle
Karmelita, one of the HAP
participants. "It made me
feel better about working
in a team."
Bonding people into
strong relationships is the
goal of Cain's work. As
stated in his Web site
(www.tvHmworktuidU'Hmplav.com). Cain presented
his team building activities in 45 states and 13
countries for over 30 years
now.
His message to Lock
Haven students was simple, yet inspiring:
"Three things help a
group function very well
together: having a task
that is worth doing, a
chance to grow and learn
new things, and the third
ingredient that is really
important is the chance to
create relationships that
will last a life time. So the
friendships you make in
college and in the work
place are critical for people
to enjoy life," he said.
"That is the piece I am
mostly focusing on: helping people connect."

Penny wars rage to benefit Relay for Life
Jamie MacDonald
Staff Reporter
jmacdona(« lhup.edu
This Monday, Jan. 28,
started the beginning of a
two week campus wide
penny war competition.
The Mu Upsilon Delta
service
organization
came up with the idea in
order to help Colleges
Against Cancer (CAC)
raise their $10,000 goal
for the American Cancer
Association's Relay for
Life.
"The idea came about
because we attend Relay
for Life every year and
think it is a good cause
and hate to see it go,"
shared Justin Yatchik, a
brother of Mu Upsilon
Delta. After hearing of
the $10,000 goal, the also
SCC agreed that it would
be a great way to help
raise the money.
"Club and organizations first come up with a
container design with
their respected club's
name," explained Donald
Amoriello, SCC treasurer. The object of the program is to create a
friendly
competition
between clubs and organizations while helping to
raise the money.
During the two week
period, students will be

able to help earn their
After two weeks of State
Education
team points, while trying competing, the winning Association
to take away points from team will receive a $50 (S.E.S.P.S.E.A.), Athletic
other teams.
Walmart gift card and a Training Club, and Mu
"Penny wars in itself $50 Domino's Pizza cerDelta,
Upsilon
had
is misleading as pennies tificate. All the money already turned their conrepresent positive points raised from the competitainers in. But there is
while silver and bills reption will go toward the high anticipation for
resent negative," noted CAC Relay for Life fund.
more clubs to join the
Yatchik.
As of Monday night, war throughout
the
For every penny in a several clubs and organiweek.
container, that team will zations, such as the SCC,
receive
one
point. R.O.T.C., Sigma Kappa,
However, placing silver Secondary
Education
coins in other teams' conStudent Pennsylvania
tainers will cause a
reduction in points for
the value of the coin.
Dollar bills will also have
a negative effect, but are
worth 100 of their face
value, an example is that
$5 will equal 500 points.
The containers will be
located in Bentley street
level during the two
weeks, allowing any student on campus to participate in supporting the
cause.
Amoriello
will be
counting the money every
day to keep a running
track of the totals, posting them daily so clubs
and organizations know
where they stand in the
rankings.
"We are hoping to
raise as much as we can;
i
there is no set goal,"
4dam Roberts / Eagle Eye
Yatchik.
explained
"However every little bit Marc Simmons, junior communication media major, and Justin Yatchik, junior computer information
science major, man the SCC Penny Wars table in Bentley Dining Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
helps."

Penny Wars:

Going on now in
Bentley!

Help Colleges Against Cancer
reach their $10,000 goal for
Relay for Life!

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Swim team goes 2-1 at Vulcan Invite
Beating Mansfield 65-63 on Friday and rival Millersville 75-54 on Saturday, the swim team increases their
record to 5-3 as they prepare for the PSAC
Alan Trexler
in the very grueling 400
Sports Reporter

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The swim team traveled to California for the
Vulcan Invite this weekend and went 2-1 in dual
meet action. Lock Haven
finished third in the overall competition.

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The
Lady
Eagles
picked up wins against
Mansfield and Millersville
before falling to California
in the last meet of the
weekend.
Lock Haven started the
weekend off on a good note
with a 65-63 comeback
win over Mansfield Friday
night. Trailing by seven
points late in the meet, the
Lady Eagles finished
strong and escaped with
the two point win.
"We were a little flat to
start off the first few
races," said head coach
Andrew Waeger. "With
two events to go we were
down quite a few points."
A 1-2 finish from
Ashley Lightcap
and
Amanda Palmer in the
200 butterfly gave LHU a
slim three point lead heading into the final event. In
the meets final race
Freshman
Brittany
Williams secured the win
when she out-touched
Kate Stillattano by .03
seconds for the fourth

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The swim team took two
5-3. There current record
place finish, preventing
the meet from ending in a
tie.
Saturday morning the
swim team took on
Millersville. After a dual
meet loss to Millersville
last season, Lock Haven
was focused on coming
away with the win.
"We were looking forward to this meet the
most," explained Waeger.
"Millersville had beaten us

Staked to an early lead,
the Lady Eagles refused to
allow Millersville back
into the meet.
Terray
picked up wins in both of
the backstroke events as
Lock Haven cruised to a
75-54 win.
In the final dual meet
of the weekend the Lady
Eagles fell to California
119-26. Coach Waeger
dialed back the intensity
for the second meet in an
attempt to keep his swimmers fresh for the upcoming PSAC championships.
"Our main goal going
into the weekend was to
beat
Mansfield
and
Millersville,"
said
"The score
Waeger.
reflects that."
"With that being said,
we had some really solid
swims," Waeger continued. "Amanda Palmer,
Shannon Samanka and
Becky Fountaine all had
really awesome swims in
of three this past weekend to improve their record to
the 500 freestyle."
has them in the middle of the pack in the PSAC.
Samanka
and
last season in our dual for the crucial win.
Fountaine each posted
meet so we were looking to
Palmer used a strong their fastest times of the
avenge our loss from last comeback in the 400 yard season in the 500 yard
year."
individual medley to pick freestyle event. Caroline
They got off to a fast up a win and extend the Sweeney also chipped in
start with a strong team lead in the second event. with a third place finish in
effort to win the 200 yard The early advantage gave the 50 yard freestyle.
medley relay in the openLHU control of the meet.
The swim team is back
Freshman
"We were in command in the pool on Friday when
ing event.
Amanda Terray got the of this meet from the they head to Pittsburgh
team off to a fast start and beginning winning the for the Carnegie Mellon
Stephanie Kudrick, Kelly first relay and Amanda Women's Invitational.
Grieneisen and Caroline Palmer had an awesome
Sweeney held off the field come from behind victory

Young wrestling team falls to Edinboro
Kris Glad
Sports Reporter
kglad@lhup.edu
This past Saturday
the
Lock
Haven
University
Wrestling
team took on their second
straight
Wrestling League (EWL)
opponent in Edinboro
University.

While the team was
not able to get the win
against Edinboro, some
wrestlers did have stand
out performances that
helped keep the Bald
Eagles in the match, particularly John Trumbetti,
Clint Shirk, and Jeremie
Cook.
"Those three went out
and did their job. They
wrestled well and opened
up and scored some
points. I am very pleased
with their performance,"
said Head Coach Rocky
Bonomo.
The first match of the
meet was for the 125weight class. Freshman
John Trumbetti was dom-

inant in the match as he
scored his second shut out
victory in as many matches against Edinboro's
sophomore Greg Sill.
"It feels awesome to be
unscored upon with both
teams being ranked in
the
said
nation,"
Trumbetti. "I am thankful that the coaching staff
has really taken the time
to work with my technique over the past couple of months. That has
really been the factor of
winning and losing for
me."
In the first period
Trumbetti scored two
takedowns putting him
up 2-0. In the second period, Trumbetti exploded,
scoring points off of a
reversal and several takedowns.
At the beginning ofthe
third period Trumbetti
had a commanding 8-0
lead over Sill. By the
matches' end, Trumbetti
scored three more points
giving him the 11-0 victory over Sill.

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Clint Shirk, seen above, picked up a win this past weekend against
Edinboro's Ryan Morgan. The win brought Shirk's record up to 6-6.

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Tyrone Palmer, seen above, dribbles past a California defender. Palmer has
been seeing a lot of time for LHU, starting as well as coming off the bench.

Basketball falls to 1-17 after
losses to Clarion and California
Brandon Apter
Sports Reporter
bapter(« lhup.edu
The Bald Eagles (1-17)
men's basketball team
dropped two games this
past week to Clarion, 6960 and California, 72-64.
They got off to a strong
start against Clarion but
couldn't hold it and a rally
against the Vulcans of Cal
U fell just short.

Men's Basketball
The Golden Eagles of
Clarion University was
the team that beat the
Bald Eagles by one game
in last years' playoff race
so the Haven were looking
to get some revenge on
their PSAC West rivals.
The Bald Eagles played
their hearts out in the first
half as they used Billy
Aire's hot hand to push
them to a 27-26 lead at
halftime. The game went
back and forth until the
Golden Eagles broke a tie
with a 3-point jumper at to
make it 50-47.
The Haven would climb
back to just one down but
Clarion went on a 7-2 run
to give them a secure lead.
Billy Arre would make a
final push, scoring nine
points in the next three
minutes, but the Golden
Eagles sealed the deal

with a six-point run to
give them a 69-60 win.
Billy Arre would lead
scorers with 28, 18 of
those coming from behind
the arc on 6 of 15 shooting.
Jeff Eveillard would pull
down 5 boards while
Denny Mortimer added 12
points to the mix.
"I think the last couple
of games we have stepped
up our rebounding and
defense. We are a small
team, so when we out
rebound our opponents it's
always a good thing," said
Eveillard.
"And
our
defense has been better
the last two games."
The
Bald
Eagles
returned home for a matigame
nee
against
California University of
PA. The Haven would get
off to an early lead as junior center A.J. Zimmer hit
a three from the corner, to
them
put
up
3-0.
Unfortunately, that would
be the only lead that Lock
Haven would have all
game, as the Vulcans
would keep the offense

shot to make the score 6664.
Costly fouls down the
stretch would prove to be
the Bald Eagles Achilles
heel, as they would give
up the final six points and
hand the victory over to
Cal U 72-64.
The
Vulcans
kept
offensive attack of Billy
Arre in check all day with
double-teams as he only
netted 14 points.
"That's what opposing
teams are going to do to
Billy. They are going to
run two people at him, and
double him wherever on
the court. He just has to
fight through some of that
physical play," said head
coach -John Wilson.
Denny Mortimer complimented Arre with 13
points. The Bald Eagles
shot a poor 35% on the
day.
The Bald Eagles have
the week off before returning to action against the
Fighting Scots of Edinboro
(13-4) at home. Tip-off is
slated for 3 p.m.
"Beating
California
With just about seven and Edinboro is considminutes to go, the Bald ered gravy. Right now, we
Eagles found themselves have to focus on IUP,
down by 16 points but just Clarion,
Shippensburg
wouldn't quit. A fast and
Slippery
Rock,"
defense and quick scoring Wilson said. "Those are
would boost the Haven as the teams that are
they went on a 23-10 run hunched together for the
to cut the Vulcan lead to final two spots into the
within two thanks to a playoffs."
Jarre11 Spence three-point
came from Jeremie Cook

From, Wrestling, Bl
The Bald Eagles second victory came in the
141-pound match as Clint
Shirk won his match
against Edinboro's Ryan
Morgan 5-1.
All of Shirks points
came in the first and third
periods, scoring off several
takedowns to gain the victory.
"I feel like I wrestled a
solid match. I slowed
down the match and kept
my mistakes to a minimum," said Shirk. "The
best thing I could say
about my match I wrestled
was that I went out taking
some risks and when I got
the opportunity to make a
move I did. I still have a
long way to go though to
where I want to be at by
the end of the year."
LHU's final victory

he
dominated
as
Edinboro's Donald Walker
the 184-pound match. The
first period featured Cook
and his opponent in a dead
heat as they ended in a 44 tie.
The second period saw
Cook scoring three more
points through takedowns
and reversals. In the final
period Cook ran away
with the match. He managed several near falls and
takedowns, winning the
match 15-5.
The Bald Eagles had
some extremely tough
against
challenges
Edinboro. Four of the
Edinboro's wrestlers that
the Bald Eagles faced
were nationally ranked.
And while LHU was not
able to pick up any victories in any of these matches, they still put up a good
fight every time.

"I felt the team put up
a good fight, we also had a
couple of guys out of the
line-up due to injury," said
Trumbetti. "Also there
were many matches that
could have gone either
way, Billy Ashnault and
Matt Fittery had awesome
performances and came
within a hair of knocking
their opponents off. All in
all I thought we wrestled
very tough."
The Bald Eagles are
looking to capture another
home win before they head
out on a two game road
trip. Their next match will
be this upcoming Friday,
as they will host fellow
EWL opponent Cleveland
State University.
"Should be a competitive match. There is a lot
of toss up match ups. If we
can win them we will win
the dual," said Coach
Bonomo.

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This past weekend saw
both the men's and
women's track and field
teams in competition at
Penn State University and
Bucknell University.

The three LHU track
and
field
standouts
brought their "A game" for
the competition at the
Penn
State National
invite.
Cory Spidell took home
second place in the 1000
meter run with an all-time
PSAC best time of 2:29.09.
Not to be outdone,
Brandon Pomerantz posted a time of 4:14.52 in the
men's one mile run which
was good enough for a
third place finish.
Together Pomerantz
and Spidell joined fellow
teammates
Chris
Edelman
and
Ben
McConnell in the men's
distance medley relay.
Together they earned a
NCAA Division II national
qualifying mark for their
sixth place finish in the
event with a time of
10:08.16.
"The team's effort,
especially on Saturday
was gutsy," said Head
Coach Aaron Russell.
"They definitely showed
they belonged in a meet of
that caliber."
Edelman continued to
produce at the meet with
an all-time PSAC best in
the 500 meter dash with a
time of 1:04.49.
Lady Eagle, Chelsea

Morse had a productive posted a time of 3:32.04 in
day in Penn State as well. the event.
"Our team's
Morse's jump of 1.67m
tough
at
was good enough to land extremely
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Morse also received her es," said Coach Russell.
second PSAC player of the
Both Randy Sylvia and
week honor of the season Jennifer Andrews both
for her performance at finished in the top five in
the weight throw competiPenn State.
"To come away with tion. On the men's side,
high place finishes against Sylvia took fourth with q
teams like Tennessee, throw of 15.98m, whild
Andrews took fifth on the
Georgetown showed a lot women's side with a
of heart on our part," said thrown of 14.99m.
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Coach Russell
The Bison Open at teammates also finished
Bucknell saw a slew of in the top 10 in the event.
Haven runners finish Kristina Hamm, Alaina
within the top 10 within Leonard and Jakia Gumby
their respective events.
finished sixth, eighth and
Leading the way for ninth respectively.
LHU was standout Shala
Among other stand out
Simms who took first performances on the day,'
place in the 1000 meter Lady
Eagle
Amanda
run with a time of 3:07.00. Reinmiller took
home
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was Simms' teammate pentathlon with 3087
Alyssa Douma at a time of points, while teammate
Ashley Mancil finished in
3:12.83.
Theresa Gould and a tie for fifth place in the
Alexis Patrick also posted pole vault.
"We had a bunch of
top 10 times in the race for
the Lady Eagles. Gould's new PSAC Qualifiers and
time of 3:20.67 was good I was extremely proud of
enough for a sixth place how our teams really went
finish while Patrick took after things," said Coach
home ninth place with a Russell.
time of 3:23.94.
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continued to have success amassed seven individual
on the day as the joined up national qualifying marks;
with teammates Ashley two national relay marks'
Hartman and Meagan and two PSAC all-timd
Wolf to capture third place
in the 4x400 meter relay
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with a time of 4:04.28.
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the Lady Eagles off the bench and has even seen some starting time.

A pair of losses drop the Lady
Eagles to 0-4 in the PSAC West
Alan Trexler
Sports Reporter

noon as the visiting
Vulcans controlled the
pace and extended their
win streak to 13 games.
"Cal is a good team,"
The women's basketsaid
Head Coach Jennifer
ball team dropped to 0-4 in
Smith.
"I think we
conference play this seashowed
that
we can play
son with losses to Clarion
with them at times but we
and California last week.
didn't play with them for
40 minutes. To beat Cal
we needed someone to be
LHU
fell
77-46 on fire and we definitely
Saturday
against didn't have anyone hot for
California after dropping us."
Lock Haven (5-13, 0-4
decision
a
95-71
PSAC
West) was cold from
Wednesday
night
at
the
field, hitting only 26
Clarion.
percent
of their shots
The Lady Eagles could
including
0-13 shooting
not get on track against
California Saturday after- from behind the arc.

"We couldn't make anything," Smith explained.
"People were a little
scared to shoot. I don't
know why because we've
been working a lot on
shooting. It was like we
were adjusting our shots."
Sophomore
Kristen
Kudrick was the only
player finding offensive
success, finishing with a;
game high 19 points,'
Despite playing the entirei
second half with three
fouls, Kudrick was effective on both ends of the
court.

See, W. Basketball, B4

January 30, 2008

lhueagleye.com

I

X-Bowl
James Cooney
Sports Editor
jcooney@lhup.edu

was a kid, was Josi Wells. He was
17 years old and almost one the

gold medal in snowboarding. Can

you picture a 17 year old playing
pro baseball? How about the NFL?
A 17 year old in the NFL would get

Well it is finally here. The
Super Bowl is here. Only four days
away is the biggest television event killed by his opponents. His athever.
letic skills wouldn't even close to
Last week I wrote an editorial that of a player in his prime. But
about I don't like the bye week in at the X-Games it doesn't matter
between the Championship games your age.
and the Super Bowl. But not
But enough with the sissy sports
watching football for one week that are out in the cold, lets talk
made me watch something else. about the people that are going to
That something else was the be playing indoors in Arizona.
Winter X-Games.
I am tired of hearing about the
Snow and I are not a very good New England Patriots. I am tired
combination. When I think of sled of hearing about Tom Brady and
riding or snowboarding I think of his stupid boot. I am especially
one thing...pain. That might be tired of hearing about 19-0. So I'll
why the Winter X-Games fascinate I have to say is LETS GO G-MEN!
I won't go in to deep details
me so much.
Crazy people going do slopes at about the game or anything like
least over 40 mph jumping over that I'll be quick and to the point.
100 feet through the air and land- It is almost impossible to go undeing perfectly. That's incredible. feated in the NFL. Only one team
The other event that I loved was has ever done it in the history of
the jumping of snowmobiles. For the league. That is why i don't
those of you who don't know a think New England can win.
snowmobile weighs twice the Therefore, New York Giants 21,
amount of a motorcycle. The crazy New England Patriots 20.
Hopefully there are some funny
individuals are now doing back
flips on their snowmobiles. I'm commercials and a good halftime
afraid to do a back flip on a tramshow by Tom Petty and the
poline.
Heartbreakers for me to enjoy,
I was very impressed with all because if New England wins the
the athletes that competed in the Super Bowl I am not going to be a
games. The one kid, and yes he happy camper.

BAMF'S on skis
Adam Roberts
News Editor
arobertsto-lhup.edu
Even though the gridiron warriors enjoyed a week of rest
approaching the Super Bowl there
was no shortage of athletic insanity last week.
The craziest and most fearless
snow bunnies from around the
world descended on Aspen, Co. for
the twelfth installment of the
Winter X Games.
This year's games stood up the
name with some of the most
extreme competition ever.
The list of reasons why the X
Games are so fan friendly, even for
virtual virgins of the sports, runs
as long snowboard extraordinaire
Shaun White stayed in the air for
his gold medal winning 1260in the
snowboard Superpipe competition.
The intensity of the events at
Winter X is as high as you can get.
With blistering speeds, preposterous air and sheer competition the
games offer the kind of drama that
had me jumping off my couch.
On Sunday, January 27, the
final day of the games, men and
women from all over the world took
to the Aspen slopes in the Skier X
competition. This six person race
which also has snowboard and
mono skier equivalents is a sprint
to the bottom of the mountain.
This is no dainty downhill ski
race though. The X gamers also
battle the slopes as they careen
around
narrow
turns
and
encounter a series of jumps.
With a storm approaching the
Skier X course became faster and
more dangerous than the morning's practice runs. Specifically the
slope's second to last jump which
sent four skiers to the hospital in
the men's and women's competitions.
Those four epic spills only
accounted for part of the carnage
which included several other skiers
taking tumbles onto the fencing
around the course.
In men's Skier X the story was
American Daron Rahlves, who is
legendary in the skiing world for

his giddy-up down the mountain.
two
Rahlves
and
other
Americans, rookie Errol Kerr and
defending champion Casey Puckett
accounted for half of the final six
men.

In the quarterfinals and semifinals Rahlves survived the insanity
on the course including an aweinspiring pass for third place at the
end of the semis (only the first
three racers continue on).
Rahlves walked away with a
gold medal in his second year of
competing in Skier X and defended
.his image as the skiing world's

king pin.
The American women weren't as
successful in the women's Skier X,
but France's Ophelie David dominated the day.
The traditional trick competition for ski and snowboard is the
Superpipe, but the Slopestyle and
Big Air contests provide a different
arena for equally as nasty moves.
In Slopestyle brave athletes
cruise down a slope with a series of
six features that include boxes to
grind and gnarly jumps.
The final feature of the course is
the curiously but nevertheless
awesomely named "Money Booter"
which is a jump that is 68 feet from
the launch to the knuckle. Even
though the landing is just under 70
feet downhill many of the competitors sailed well over 100 feet as
they twisted and grabbed for the
judges' approval.
In the men's
snowboard
Slopestyle finals Heikki Sorsa, who
fifth,
finished
intentionally
undipped his binding for the final
feature and landed the trick with
one foot attached to the board.
In the men's skier Slopestyle
Andreas Hatveit of Norway walked
away with the gold after a run
which feature a combination 1080
on one jump and then a 1260 off
the Money Booter.
Even though extreme sports will
never replace team sports in our
hearts the X Games athletes have
certainly arrived as the most
intense and daring competitors
around.

B3

18,000 words describes one...

Guilty
Alan Trexler
Sports Reporter
atrexlerfflJhup.edu
Back in ninth grade I was
accused of cheating on an English
test. Another student told the
teacher after the test that she saw
me looking at my palms throughout the exam and that there were
notes written on them.
I was told by the teacher that
the following day I would have a
meeting with her and the principal
to discuss the issue and possible
repercussions if I was found guilty.
That night I prepared an 18,000
word statistical analysis of my test
scores throughout my education to
rationalize my high grade.
I knew I was guilty so I started
grasping at straws. While I did not
actually compile a report I was
willing to do anything to make the
evidence against me look tarnished.
Just like Roger Clemens did
Monday to prove that he did not
take steroids or HGH as suggested
in the Mitchell Report. I know desperation when I see it.
I have never been a Roger
Clemens fan. I feel that he should
have been arrested for assault with
a deadly weapon when he threw a
broken bat at Mike Piazza during
the 2000 World Series.
But I do consider myself a
rational and objective person so I
did not consider Roger guilty when
the Mitchell report was released. I
decided to hold my judgment until
I could hear from the man himself.
After a week of hiding, Roger
announced that he would do an
interview with Mike Wallace on 60
minutes. Finally he had a chance
to show his innocence.
During the interview Roger
seemed genuinely offended and
seemed to answer questions sin-

cerely. Then Wallace asked the
$10,000 question.
"Would you be willing to take a
polygraph to prove your innocence?"
Here is your chance Roger.
Take this test and prove everyone
wrong.
"Would that prove anything?"
What? Was that a dodge, Rog?
It was a dodge in its cleverest
form. Answer his question with
another question! He won't know
what hit him!
Of course it would prove something. It would prove A) that you
are willing to take a lie detector
test which is pretty impressive
itself and B) if you pass it you will
have clear evidence that you are
innocent.
I understand that polygraphs
are not sufficient evidence in a
court of law. But in the court of
public opinion it is probably the
strongest piece of evidence you
could have on your side.
For the rest of his life he could
answer all the steroids questions
the same: "I never touched them
and I have the lie detector results
to prove it."
Sounds convincing even to me.
But Roger passed on the opportunity to clear his not so good name.
My verdict was in. Guilty.
Now Clemens has lawyers and
statisticians and public relations
specialists fighting the good fight
for him. C'mon Roger.
An 18,000 word report to tell us
it was you pitching style and not
physical prowess that kept you on
top?
Couldn't you have just said that
without the extra 17,980 words?
You are trying so hard to look innocent that it makes you look guilty.
I don't need a statistical report
to tell me that.

Boxing stars return to the ring
poised and ready to defend
their National Championship
Clayton Desmond
Boxing Reporter
James Cooney
Sports Editor

the
Henderson
Gymnasium. Many boxers
from
the
East
Collegiate
Boxing
Association are expected
to compete. The action
Saturday, five memwill start at 7 p.m.
bers of the boxing team
In a feature bout.
are scheduled to compete Wisniewski will be facing
at
the
Red
Raider off against Mansfield
Invitational
at University's Roi Ligon.
Shippensburg University.
Marrero will trade punches with the University of
Maryland's
Russ
Williams.
Pizzaro will
Just some of the boxers dance around the squared
on the card for LHU circle with Mansfield's
include the National 125 Jarell Hill.
lbs.
Josh
Some new faces for the
Champion
National boxing team will be in
Runner-up at 147 lbs. action
also
at
Danny Marrero, and 132 Shippensburg as freshlbs. National Runner-Up man and former Marine
Addy Pizzaro.
Corps. Sergeant Tom
Lock Haven comes in Dando will face off against
as the defending NCBA Shippensburg's
John
Champions. The card is Harahan.
Dando has
scheduled for 15 bouts at served two tours of duty in

Iraq.
Also, two LHU boxers
will duke it out to see who
will get the honor of fighting Mid-Atlantic hoxer
Terrance Williams in a
cross-over match.
The following Saturday
five or more boxers are
scheduled to compete at
the Gettysburg College
Invitational. Also on that
date six fighters will travel to West Point to fight
the boxers of the United
States Military Academy.
On February 16th the
boxing team will host the
29th annual Lock Haven
University Invitational at
the Thomas Fieldhouse.
There will be boxing all
day as the event is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. and
the main bout is scheduled
to start at 7:30 p.m.

B4

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"She's adjusting to
playing with the fouls,"
explained Smith. "She
didn't pick up any cheap
fouls and she was solid for
us offensively inside."
The
Lady
Eagles
played aggressive defense
and forced an athletic Cal
team into 26 turnovers.
Unfortunately
the
Vulcans (16-2, 3-0 PSAC
West) forced Lock Haven
into 27 and held a significant rebounding edge.
"Sometimes we were
missing our box outs
which is huge because all
five of their girls crash the
boards hard," Smith said.
"The score could have
been a little bit lower if we
had controlled the boards
more."
Junior
Lindsey
Johnson led five Cal players in double figures with
19 points.
Freshman

Amber Dubyak picked up
her second straight double-double by scoring 10
points and pulling down a
team high 11 rebounds.
Lock Haven used a
zone defense to try and
slow the athletic Vulcans
but
Cal aggressively
attacked the basket and
created extra scoring
opportunities.
"They are very athletic
and very strong off the
drive, whether they are
going to the rim or pulling
up," explained Smith.
On last Wednesday
night Lock Haven fell 9571 at Clarion. The Golden
Eagles shot 53 percent
from the field and 88 percent from the free throw
line on their way to a season high 95 points.
Five players scored in
double-figures for Clarion
as they jumped out to a 20
point halftime lead and
held off a strong offensive
second half from Lock

Haven for the win.
Jessica Albanese led the
Golden Eagles with 17
points and 9 rebounds.
Kudrick led the LHU
attack with 20 points and
Casi
eight boards.
Donelan contributed 11
points while Marisa Elliot
chipped in with 10.
Smith attributes the
slow conference start for
the Lady Eagles to inconsistency.
"We need to continue to
get better and some days
we're not," said Smith. "I
think that our biggest
problem right now is that
we're not getting better
every single day."
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Hip hop meets God
Adam Roberts

They employ skits to solidify the message and tell
the story of the lyrics.
Vaughn Wilson, who
acts
and helps to write the
Elements that make
skits,
thought the theatric
hip hop what it is include
element
would appeal to
hot beats, confidence and,
visual
like him.
people
of course, tight lyrics.
added,
Miller
Lock Haven's own hip
"Especially
with
hip
hop
hop crew meets theater
don't
catch
people
the
group, Tha Movement,
along with New Jersey words so it helps explain."
Before their debut
lyricist Christawn are
show
at LHU,
Tha
looking to add one more
Movement
has preformed
element and that's God.
On Friday, Jan. 25, at a prison and done sevgospel hip hop took the eral shows outside in
stage at Price Auditorium. Williamsport.
For both Christawn
"Gospel hip hop is
and
the members of Tha
growing, said Christawn
whose debut album, "The Movement, the night was

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for the show.
Another song by the
rapping pair that talked
about that issue was
"Geek." The upbeat track
had the crowd bopping as
Miller recited the hook "If
loving God isn't cool then
I'm the biggest geek."
Tabatha Wilson's songs
covered the most topics of
the evening.
As she belted out her
touching tales of being
with God, Wilson often
interacted with the characters on stage. Her songs
often ended with a heartfelt mention of praise as
she left the stage.
During her cheerful,

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Vaughn Wilson presents one of the beginning skits during the Real Gospel
Hip Hop show on Jan. 25.
Medicine," will see national
distribution
next
month. "It is very ahead of
where it started."
Tha Movement was
formed in 2004 after
Vaughn Wilson and his
high school friend Allan
Miller discussed starting a
Christian group. The two
traded ideas and added
approximately seven other
performers.
Tha
Musically,
Movement is driven by the
rap duo of Miller and
Jesse Breon who call
themselves the Soldiers of
the Cross and soulful
crooner Tabatha Wilson.
All three performers
write their own lyrics, but
the instrumentals come
from soundclick.com, a
Web site that offers beats
for noncommercial use.
The group's stage show
offers more than just passionate and positive lyrics.

about conveying a message of positivity through
Christianity without being
pushy or judgmental.
"I just see a need for
young people to be more
positive," said Vaughn
Wilson, a junior elementary education major.
The show entitled
"Last Chance" brought a
series of moral dilemmas
to the table.
Tha Movement, who
took the stage first,
touched issues like premarital sex, drug use and
being judged for being a
Christian.
The Soldiers of the
Cross first hit the stage
with
their
anthem
"Unpopular
Stance,"
which explains the difficulty of standing up for
one's beliefs.
The lead-off track
brought rousing applause
from the audience and as
Miller said "set the tone"

but deterring song about
premarital sex, Wilson
spoke to the crowd. "Have
some integrity ladies
because a real man wants
a real woman," Wilson
said to the clapping crowd.
While the audience
that remained through the
entire show was positive
and interactive, there
were many people who
trickled out during Tha
Movement's set.
For those who attended
more for the music than
the message, the show was
thick with uncomfortable
imagery including cloaked
henchmen taking a dead
drug user to hell and a
performer depicting Jesus
Christ in a tattered bloody
cloth carrying a cross.
Miller
admits
he
expected some people to
leave, but said the turnout
was still awesome.
Christawn, a former
drug dealer, brought a dif-

ferent feeling to the auditorium.
In between his elegantly-crafted and streetwise
tracks, Christawn took the
time to share his testimony with the audience.
"I was out here in the
streets deep," admitted
the rapper who sites his
secular influences as JayZ, Nas and Common.
That
until
was
Christawn, who was 19 at
the time, was nearly
arrested.
He explained that one
night on the block he was
approached by the police.
Before the police spoke to
him, Christawn quickly
stashed his bag of crack
cocaine in a cracked wall.
The
officer
put
Christawn in the squad
car and searched the area
near the cracked wall. As
the officer stuck his hand
in the wall where the
were
drugs
hidden,
Christawn prayed that he
would stop dealing and
leave the streets.
Upon completing an
unfruitful search the officer returned to the car and
released Christawn.
The
young
dealer
returned to the stash spot
to find his bag of crack
hanging outside the wall.
That was Christawn's last
day on the streets.
Though
Christawn's
music is undeniably spiritual, he masterfully spins
his message into marketable hip hop magic. His
radio friendly beats and
impressive flow could help
his dreams of mainstream
success.
"I see myself as an
artist who is going to
make a big jump in '08. I
want to be a light among
secular music," Christawn
said before he took the
stage.
Christawn's final song
of the evening, "Dream"
was his most powerful
even though he delivered
the entire song seated on a
bench. His devotion flew
from his lips as he spit the
chorus with his eyes
closed.
Christawn's music can
be
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only three members, that
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Stepping up to this
rock 'n' roll challenge was newest member, Embick,
lead
guitarist
Tony played an awesome solo
while they were trying to
Villella.
some of the problems
fix
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rocked
his
and
He
the crowd cheered with that they had encountered
with their instruments.
enthusiasm.
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set,
it
was
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take the stage.
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"Zero Hero" isn't all
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"Zero Hero" rock Pizza City. Members of the band
include (from left to right) Justin Ingram, vocals and
lead guitar, Phillip Embick, bass and backup vocals
and Josh Miller, drums.
Hero" was setting up for
their set.
Some of the crowd who
stayed consisted of the
obvious fans who were
there to see "Zero Hero."
"Zero Hero" took the
stage and started rocking
their original music.
Their sound was a bit
different than "Dead
Horse" possibly because
"Zero Hero" was only a
three man band.
The members of "Zero
Hero" include Joshua
Miller, drums; Justin
Ingram, lead guitar and
lead vocals; and Phillip
Embick, bass and backup
vocals.
The original songs of
"Zero Hero" were better
than the original music of
"Dead Horse," but the
sound of "Dead Horse"
was better than the sound
of "Zero Hero."
Some of the original
songs that "Zero Hero"
played were "Thousand
Lifetimes" and "Inner

it for much more.
All of the profits that
"Zero Hero" brings in go to
their charity that they
founded "Making Music
and Dreams."
According to their Web
site, all of the money that
they raise or bring in will
go to their charity, and
then once a year all of that
money will go to the
"Children's
Miracle
Network."
Their total donations
are at $633.00, according
to their Web site.
Kowalchick said, "The
band isn't all about making the money. That's
pretty cool."
The crowds that came
to see either "Dead Horse"
or "Zero Hero," or both,
were pleased with their
favorites.
Kowalchick said, "I
was happy that I went to
check out the bands. They
rocked it. I mean for two
local bands that aren't
Beautiful."
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all of the lyrics, Ingram's more than I was expectvocals were awesome, and ing."
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bands. So, when I heard coming up, you can find
that there were going to them on myspace.com.
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you can listen to some of
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original music of "Zero any shows coming soon
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Professor Profile: Dr. Cummings
Joe Stender
Staff Reporter
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Jan

Staff Reporter,

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Joe

Q: What is your
favorite word and why?

Tracey Cummings, an
English professor, to discuss her tastes and life
choices.

Q: Where are

A: No favorite word.
Too many of them that I
love. I do tend to say the
words "perhaps"
and
"alas" an awful lot, but
they aren't my favorite
words.

you

from?

A: I grew up in
Carbondale, Pa., and lived
somewhere in Pa. pretty
much all of my life, except
for one year spent in West
Virginia teaching at WVU.

Q: Where did you
attend college?
A: I went to King's
College in Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., for my B.A., and then
earned my M.A. and Ph.D.
at Lehigh University in
Bethlehem, Pa.

Q: Are

you a glass

half-full, or a glass halfempty type of a person
and why?

Q: If you could meet
any

person, dead or

alive, who would that
be?

A: I'm not so interested
in meeting anyone new. If
I had the power to meet
with the dead, I'd really
just want to see and spend
time with my grandfather
or grandmother again.

Q: What's the first
thing you think of
when you hear the
word,
"supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
A: Dick Van Dyke.

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As a professor, Dr. Tracey Cummings finds joy in
interacting with her students everyday, as well as

reading and thinking about books.

A: I like arguing about
or reflecting on whether or
not the glass is full or halfempty more than I like
seeing the glass as halffull or half-empty.

years old and there was

something about it that
made me want to return to
it and read it again, again
and
again.
did
Why
you
Q:
Part of it is the depth to
choose to become an
the book. One can read it
English professor?
many times and always
A: I loved and continue come away with someto love reading, thinking thing different. I also love
beauty
and talking about books. I the
of
a
also very much enjoy Thoreauvian sentence.
He worked a long time
interacting with students.
on the book, writing wellQ: What is your crafted sentences. And, to
favorite book and why? some degree, it was a life
changing book. It made me
A: "Walden" by Henry think about the world and
David Thoreau. I'm not my life in a very different
completely sure why. I way.
first read it when I was 14

Majors from

Q: What is
favorite movie

your

and

why?

Q: If you could be
any animal what would
it be and why?

A: I don't really have a
A: I think I'd be an
favorite movie. There are otter. Much like them, I
many I very much like, enjoy eating fish and
such as "Bull Durham," seafood and playing and
"Out of Africa," "Hi sliding around in the
Fidelity" and "Secretary," water, in or out of my
to name a few, but no kayak. They seem to have
favorite movie.
quite a good time doing
both.
Q: What types of
things do you enjoy
Q: Do you believe
doing when you're not that there are aliens?
teaching?

A: I like to kayak. I
also enjoy playing with my

A: I don't believe in
aliens.

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Jennifer

Blair,
working as a graphic
designer for the Raytheon
Company at the moment.
"I choose to be a graphic designer because I
wanted to do something
creative but also make
some money while doing
it," said Blair. "I would
recommend this type of
career because the advertising world is growing
rapidly, people and companies will always need catalogs, Web sites, flyers and
other kinds of advertise-

A: The power to have
students want to read and
write. Is that a superpower?

Q: If you had a movie
made about your life,
what would it be
called?
A: I have no idea.
Actually, that might make
a good title for the movie.

Q: Finish this sentence, "The best thing
about teaching is..."

...

interacting with
A:
students.

bouncing ideas off of
other designers you learn
so much that way. The
days go by fast too because
I get to do what I love
everyday," she said.
Unfortunately, when it
comes to studio artists,
they often work at various
jobs to support themselves
so they can maintain their
creative work.
Lynn Estomin, whose
artworks are on display
at the John Sloan Art
Center gallery at the
moment, works as a
teacher of art to be
able to continue
creating her art
pieces.

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Q: If you could have
one superpower what
would it be and why?

: Art, Studio Art

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Olga Malyavskaya
Feature Editor
lhup.edu

(painting, drawing, printmaking and photography),
3-Dimensional
Studies
(sculpture, pottery/ceramics, jewelry/metal-workBeing an artist may not ing and fibers) and
seem as a practical move; Graphics and Online
including
yet majoring in art can Design
lead to a variety of career print design or Web
opportunities in many design.
No matter what
spheres of occupation with
degree you choose,
a wide range of salaries
largely depending on the majoring in art will
make you a "creative and
position.
The Department of Art effective visual communiin Lock Haven University cator," as Heffner pointed
out.
offers two degree pro"Our culture is becomgrams, Bachelor of Arts in
ing
increasingly visually
studio art and Bachelor of
oriented,
and there is an
Fine Arts, that have differincreasing demand for
ent objectives and requirepeople who can use images
ments.
According to Dr. Ray creatively to enhance comHeffner, the department munication," he said.
"Working as an artist can
chair, the studio art program, combined with the be very fulfilling career
full liberal arts experience because it has the potenof
general
education tial to allow us to materialize our personal visions
including foreign lanand dreams and also share
guage, provides a backthem
directly with others.
ground in art practice and
this
regard our personart history as well as an In
al
can bare fruit
creativity
opportunity for skill develthe lives of
by
enhancing
opment applied in an area
other
people."
of concentration.
Yet to achieve a certain
As for Bachelor of Fine
level
of proficiency, one
Arts, it is more concentratwould
need to prepare for
ed in studio experiences,
considerable
amount of
and foreign language and a
Arts & Science seminars work.
According to Heffner,
are not required for graduart majors spend a great
ation.
However, this degree is deal of time in the studio
selective, and to obtain it, outside of class time, and
students are expected to as students advance in the
meet higher standards for program, they are expecttheir portfolio containing ed to take initiative in
from 15 to 20 artworks exploring and developing
which will be reviewed their ideas and, as the
time goes by, to take
four times a year, as stated in the department's responsibility for their
work.
Web site.
"Like in the performing
addition
to
In
the proexcellence in studio
arts,
one
can
grams,
choose
art comes with diligent
from several areas of specialization, such as 2- effort, practice and often a
Dimensional
Studies degree of sacrifice," he

2-year-old nephew.
And, when I have the
time, I like to get out of
town and travel.

merits,

and they
will pay to
get it."

However,
with such a high
demand comes with
a high competitive"There are a lot of
designers out there so you
will have to work hard to
set
yourself
apart,"
warned Blair.
According to her, being
a graphic designer means
having fun and freedom,
and that's what makes
this job very enjoyable.
Yet, there are some
downfalls one should be
prepared for, such as
spending the entire day in
front of computer and
dealing with clients who
don't know anything about

o f
ects are going to be fun, as
Blair explained.
She
also
said,
"Sometimes other people
don't take you seriously
because all you do is draw
pictures all day. People
think that design is easy
and that anyone can do it."
Blair
Nonetheless,
truly enjoys working in
her company.
"I like that I am constantly learning new programs and techniques. I

B

Luckily for her, she
found herself enjoying

teaching, as it gives her an
opportunity to teach and
make art at the same
time.
Therefore, choosing a
major in art can open a
door to exciting opportunities, yet, there are a lot of
things one needs to consider before making a choice.

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30,2008

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True love touches hearts
Amanda Alexander
Staff Reporter
aalexan3@lhup.edu

realize they have fallen for
each other, Robbie is
accused by Briony of a
heinous crime and is put
behind bars.
The movie then follows
these three characters as
they grow up and are continually forced to remember the accusation and
how it has affected their
lives.
Robbie's hunger for life
and excitement for his
plan to become a doctor
turn to bitterness and
despair.
The only thing that
gives Robbie hope is the
promise that someday he
will be free and will finally
be able to be with Cecilia.
Cecilia moves away
from her family and
resolves never to speak to
them again because of
their treatment toward
Robbie. She works as a
nurse and lives alone.
Never a particularly
bubbly or optimistic character, she too grows bitter
in her isolation and waits
for the day when she and
Robbie can finally be
together.
Robbie is the only person Cecilia trusts herself
to be vulnerable around,
and as she waits for him.
they write passionate letters to one another proclaiming their love.
Robbie spends three
years in prison before he is
released on the condition
that he enlists in the
army.
Robbie and Cecilia get
to see each other briefly
before he leaves, and
Knightley and McAvoy
show the true awkwardness of the situation.
Both characters seem
to have doubts about the
lasting power of their
romance based on one passionate embrace and three
years of uncensored love
letters.
Now they are awkward
and stiff. But the promise
of the future still awaits
them - a future in which
they will be together all
the time and be able to
share their thoughts and
feelings face to face daily,
instead of once every three

It's hard to write a good
book. It's even more difficult to turn that book into
a good film. Many have
tried and failed at this art,
but director Joe Wright is
somehow able to almost
flawlessly transition Ian
McEwan's 2001 novel
"Atonement" to film.
McEwan's novel is a
powerful one because of
the author's ability to
explain his character's
feelings so well. He is able
to make his readers identify with and appreciate all
of his characters, despite
their flaws.
The difficulty of making "Atonement" into a
film is that so much of the
book describes thoughts
that the characters are too
afraid to express, but
Saoirse Ronan, Keira
Knightley, and James
McAvoy manage to subtly
portray these emotions in
a way that's very consistent with the picture
painted by the book.
"Atonement" is set in
England during World
War II.
The story is about a
young aspiring
writer
named
Tallis
Briony
(Saoirse Ronan), who has
a very active imagination.
Briony wants to write
the perfect story so badly
that when she sees something happen outside
between her older sister.
Cecilia (Keira Knightley).
and Robbie Turner (James
McAvoy). the housekeeper's son, she becomes
transfixed.
This is the kind of passion real stories are made
of! A chain of events
throughout the day that
would be confusing to any
13-year-old girl eventually
lead Briony to make a foolish accusation against
Robbie that haunts her for
the rest of her life.
Don't be fooled by the
moony previews, which
show Cecilia and Robbie
frolicking on the beach,
holding hands and acting
years.
like lovebirds. This isn't
They look forward to
your typical chick flick.
living together and taking
Just as Robbie and Cecilia
care of one another. They

From, Art, B8
Finally,

the

third

artist, Lynn Estomin, presented her digital art project, called "20 Something."

This project combines
multi-media,
photographs, video, animation
and interview text, and it
was created to explore
values,
"the politics,
lifestyle and worldview of
the new generation of
women," according to
Estomin's artist state-

ment.

'The basic idea behind
the project was that I
think the media tend to
portray women of young
age as not being interested in anything but finding
a boyfriend or how they're
dressed," the artist said.

Photo Courtesy of Google Images

Keira Knightley and James McAvoy give a true
performance of real life passion in this book turned
movie.
want to finally be free of
the curse that has been
laid upon them.
Due to her own actions,
Briony perhaps suffers
most ofall because she has
to live with the consequences she has inflicted
on her sister, whom she
loved, and Robbie, who she
begins to realize with age
and maturity, was probably innocent after all.
Instead of going to
school, Briony (now played
by Romola Oarai at age
18) punishes herself by following in her sister's footsteps and becoming a
nurse, but she spends her
nights still trying to write
the perfect story based on
the events she witnessed
at 13. Briony sees some
pretty
traumatizing
things during her stint as
a nurse, and once she mistakes a dying soldier for
Robbie.
Clearly he is always on
her mind, and she knows
it is her fault that he is off
at war while her beautiful,
bitter sister waits for him.
Do Cecilia and Robbie
get to have their happy
ending? That's not for me
to tell. But Briony does get
her atonement.
The end of the movie

shows her in her seventies. Briony (now played
by Vanessa Redgrave) has
just been told that she has
vascular dementia and
will soon be unable to recognize her family members or even herself. But
she is at peace, for she has
finally completed her
novel based on the events
that took over her life.
She uses the novel to
give Cecilia and Robbie
the years of happiness
they missed out on
because ofher.
"Atonement" is a beautiful movie because it
shows the frailty of the
characters and the fragility of time. It also shows
how one mistake can lead
to a lot of heartache, and
can even ruin or end lives.
It's about accepting the
of your
consequences
actions instead of passing
the blame, but it also
offers redemption.
"Atonement" is a great,
thought-provoking book
and one of the few bookbased movies that hasn't
been a disappointment.
Check it out in theaters
now, so you don't have to
wait for DVD! That is,
unless you want to read
the book first...

the National Guard
are now very active in the
movement against the
war in Iraq.
One of them, Tina
Garnanez, photographed
at the age of 24, joined the
military at 17 to get
money for college.
She shared her perspective in her interview,
"I speak at high schools
now, and I tell the kids,
'You can go, but you come
home and you just hurt so
much inside because you
see things you aren't supposed to see. You've been
told to do things you are
not supposed to do as a
person.' I just want them
to hear the truth."
J
Another young woman,
Lara Estomin, 26-year-old
educator, is very concerned with the situation
in American schools.
"In wealthy schools,

"Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others
do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means
learning to respect and use your own brains and
instincts; hence, grappling with hard work. It means
that you do not treat your body as a commodity with
which to purchase superficial intimacy or economic
security; for our bodies to be treated as objects, our
minds are in mortal danger. It means insisting that
those to whom you give your friendship and love are able
to respect your mind."
Quoted by Dr. SueAnn Schatz after Adrienne Rich's
speech, "Claiming an Education."
"For the young women
that I know, that isn't
true, so that's where the
project came from. The
idea is giving them a voice
and a chance to say what
they want to say," she
said.
The "20 Something"
project portrays nine
young women of different
races, religions, classes
and backgrounds who are
facing different issues on
their way, yet they are
united by their active
social position.
"It is important for me
to create strong female
characters that a broad
range of women can relate
to on some level, find a
story line that engages the
viewer and to maintain a
certain ambiguity that
avoids the trap oftrying to
provoke easy answers and
lets people draw on their
own conclusions," Estomin
explained in her artist
statement. "My goal is not
to provide the answers but
to entice the viewers to
think about questions."
Two of the women portrayed in the project are
Iraq veterans who were in

students are taught to
think. In lower income
schools, kids are taught to
follow directions and look
for
particular
one
answer," she shared.
"Lower income students
are not less intelligent,
but schools have lower
expectations of them."
Low self-esteem rooted
in being a minority is a
problem Josemar Castillo,
a 22-year-old dancer, is
struggling with.
"I've also heard people
say that because I am a
minority and a woman,
some of my achievements
were given to me instead
of earned," she said in her
interview.
Being hurt, Castillo
still tried to help other
women overcome their low
self-esteem issues.
"It's important for
them to know that we are
not alone and that each of
us is beautiful and talented in our own unique
way," she said.
If interested, the exhibition will be on display
until Feb. 21.

How to... remain healthy during winter season

Nikki Wasserman
Staff Reporter

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You have probably
heard the sniffling, sneezing and coughing of the
people around you during
this time of year.
January is a National
Staying Healthy Month,
but have you thought
about what you are going
to do to avoid getting sick
this winter?
There are a few hygienic habits we have learned
while growing up to prevent us from getting sick.
While it sounds easy,
there are many people
that go along each day
without following them.
Everywhere you go,
everything you touch has
probably been touched by
someone before you. One
of the most important
things to remember is to
wash your hands often.
Are you washing your
hands correctly?
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hands when you turn off
the water."
As well as that, carrying around hand sanitizer
helps keep your hands
clean.
If you have to
sneeze, the best thing to
do is to sneeze in your arm
instead of your hand.
Passing germs through
contact is one of the most
common ways to catch a

lips often
occur in this weather, and
when a friend asks for
Chap Stick, the usual
response is "here ya go,"
but sharing things like
chap sticks, cups and
water bottles is just a
faster way of spreading
the bug.
If you decide to do your
grocery shopping in Weis,
they have antiseptic towels in the vestibule before

you walk in the store.

"It is important to eat
healthy. Eat fruits, vegetables and drink lots of
water. Also make sure you
get plenty of sleep," said
Derr.
While we all try to prevent it, getting sick is
inevitable.
A cold usually lasts five
to seven days, and during
that time it can be annoying and frustrating to
have symptoms.
Derr suggests taking
Echinacea, which is an
herb to help prevent and
fight cold
symptoms.
There are also over the
counter decongestants and
medications to help relieve
symptoms.
Make sure if there are
any serious symptoms to
contact a doctor.
"Everyone can get the
flu shot, it is highly recommended for young kids
and older people, as well
as people with asthma,
diabetes and chronic
obstructive
pulmonary
disease (COPD)," said
Derr.

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Inspiring, controversial: art from feminist view
— ——

Olga Malyavskaya
Feature Editor
omalyavs@lhup.edu

John Sloan Fine Arts
•Center Gallery had never
;Seen an art opening like
;this before, for the subject
;of the exhibition, "Women
Artists:
Feminist
Concerns," called for a
change in approaching its
controversy.
Therefore, instead of
[having an exhibition
[where the speakers discussed specifically the
work on display, the
organizers of the event
had
guest
speakers
addressing the issues of
The theme of
the exhibition opened on
Jan. 23.
The necessity of such
.an approach came from
the tendency to avoid the
word itself, as it is widely
associated with man-hat-

fight against is the injustice of a patriarchal culture. Unfortunately, people have got these radical
images of bra-burning
shrill man-hating woman
from the media," she said.
"I think that a show such
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as this can make this
image disappear by showing us many layers ofrichness
that
feminism
embraces."
In her speech, Schatz
addressed the prehistory
offeminism in Britain and
America, while the other
guest speaker,
Nogin
Chung who is a professor
of history of modern art,
contemporary art and
American modern design
at Bloomsburg University,
presented her overview of
gender issues in art.
One of the key points of
coordinator of Women's
her
speech was the marStudies Program at LHU,
of women in the
ginality
pointed out.
of
history
art. To illus"Feminists don't hate
presentation,
trate
her
men. What we do hate and
Chung gave an example of
a research revealing that
in 1989 only 5 percent of
artists
presented
in
Metropolitan Museum of
Art were women, while 85
percent of the nude images
in the museum were
female.
"Do women have to be
naked to get into art
museums?" she asked.
The art exhibition itself
displayed the works of
three women artists.
One of the artists,
Gulia Huber, concentrated
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shadow on the movement,
as the guest speaker Dr.
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"Purposely choosing a
limited number of material and processes for my
work, such as sewing,
embroidery, and knitting,
which are activities that
have long been classified
as women's crafts, I
express my feelings about
accepted, restricted norms
toward women's right and
freedom," she said in her
artist statement.
Another artist, Marilee
Salvatore, presented her
"Scrap Book" made of
mixed media and found
materials.
Salvatore had been
working on this piece for
about three or four years,

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Marilee Salvatore; (4) "I love, I hate, I need, I protest,"
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and the work, consisting of
child drawings, sexual
education materials and
even actual stains of menstrual blood, is still growing.
The artist said that she
was a victim of sexual
abuse as a child, and she
thought a lot about how
this kind of trauma really
affects a person.
"If you are of victim of
some sort of sexual
molestation or, you know,
any type of traumatic
experience as a child, you
are forced to grow up really quick and you are not
allowed to be a child any
more," she said. "This creates confusion about what
your role is: are you a child
or an adult?"
Struggling to comprehend her childhood experiences, Salvatore engaged
herself in exploring the
dichotomy between the
two roles in hopes to "illuminate the deep-seated
confusion and scarring
that sexual molestation
can create," as her artist
statement reveals.

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Rock circuit hits Pizza City
Jessica Horbach
Feature Editor
jhorbachC" lhup.edu
Rock 'n' roll will never
die.
As long as bands like
"Zero Hero" and "Dead
Horse" are still rocking,
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will never take rock 'n' roll
away from us.
The rock 'n' roll circuit,
including "Zero Hero" and
"Dead Horse," hit Pizza
City in Lock Haven at 10
p.m. on Jan. 25.
Both bands played all
original material. This
was very surprising since
most bands usually throw
a few covers into their

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Justin Ingram, lead
guitarist and lead vocalist
in "Zero Hero" said, "You
won't hear any covers
tonight."
Jared Kowalchick, who
was at Pizza City to hear
the bands, said that he
was really impressed that
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Members of "Dead Horse" play at Pizza City. Band members include (from
left to right) Brian Flanigan, bass; Zack Sliter, lead vocals; Tony Villella, lead
guitar; and Kyle Cicilioni, drums.

"They
definitely
exceeded my expectations," Kowalchick said.
The bands rocked Pizza
City, and checking them
out was well worth it.
"Dead Horse" took the
stage first.
At 10 p.m. the music of
rock
'n' roll blared
throughout the cramped
The crowd was excited
to see "Dead Horse" play.
Everyone was shouting
for members of the band,
dancing and pumping
their fists in the air.
The members who
make up "Dead Horse"
include Tony Villella, lead
guitar; Ryan
Collins,
rhythm guitar; Brian
Flanigan, Bass;
Kyle
Cicilioni, drums; and Zack
Sliter, lead vocals.
Some of the original
songs the band played
were
"Good
Lovin's
Coming Tonight" and
"Battering Ram."
The lead vocals were a
little soft in the beginning,
but after about a song or
two you were able to hear
the lyrics much more
clearly.

See, Rock, B5

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