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Symposium draws crowd, raises disability awareness Anastasia Bates STAFF WRITER
CLARION, Pa. - The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps sponsored a talk by the copresidents of Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance in Carlson Library on Monday. The mini-symposium saw Dr. James Conroy and Jean Searle present on the history of the Pennhurst Institution and American Disability Rights Movement and the conditions that were faced by many disabled children. The talk focused on the abuse and segregation faced at such institutions and featured both a personal insight from Searle, who had lived through such conditions, and Dr. Conroy who had studied them. The presentation described Searle as a “survivor of the Pennhurst experience” and Dr. Conroy said, “We are still making mistakes, and you can be part of solving this problem.” Some of the conditions that children with disabilities faced at Pennhurst Institution included abuse, isolation, segregation and children
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Audience members listen to a presentation at the TASH symposium. being left in cribs all day and night. During the presentation, it was said that 2,800 people lived in Pennhurst, a building meant for just 700. The Pennhurst Longitudinal Study began in Pennsylvania, and Conroy describes the outcomes of the deinstitutionalization, which
spread across the world to India, England and Mexico to name a few, as positive. Among the audience were Special Education and Education majors; however, all majors were welcome to hear the talk. The department chair of Special Education and Rehabilitation was also present at the talk and
praised the event, citing the speakers as “experts.” After the presentation, Conroy said, “It is a little known civil rights victory that Americans should know about and celebrate.” Both speakers, Searle and Conroy, were open to take questions from the floor, and were keen to share their perspectives
and experiences with the students. The pair ended by saying that this study was one of the most successful of its kind. TASH sponsored the event, and the vision is to have a world where people with disabilities are accepted in society and participate in society. They association holds an annual
conference each year, and 2013’s will take place on Dec. 11-14 in Chicago, Ill. Young Gyoung-Kim, a TASH board member, international member, and associate professor at Clarion University, said, “We have state TASH chapters, called Pennsylvania TASH, and the Pennsylvania TASH is one of the biggest state chapters. Pennsylvania TASH board members decided to offer mini-symposium across PA. The first minisymposium took place in Philadelphia and I am honored to host the second symposium at Clarion University.” “We want to raise disability awareness and bring disability related international issues here in parts of PA via mini-symposium,” said Gyoung-Kim. She said, “It was a successful event. I’ve prepared for this event for a long time and had lots of conversation with Pennsylvania board members. I feel like I’ve achieved one of biggest goals this year. I hope this was one of the tools making our Clarion students open their eyes toward important issues in this society. I was so glad that many students attended this event and showed their sincere interest.”
Students present scientific research projects Marck Emch MANAGING EDITOR
CLARION, Pa. - An assortment of undergraduate and graduate students presented what was, for many of them, a culmination of years of work and scientific research Wednesday evening at the Pennsylvania Council of Trustee’s student-faculty research project presentation event. Students presented their findings on a myriad of topics, ranging from the effects of woody debris on the stream habitat of Brook Trout, to the cat-
aloguing and characterizing of different types of novae within the Andromeda Galaxy. The research was exhibited on large, detailed posters in the first floor lobby of the Science and Technology Center to a collection of university faculty President Karen Whitney included. The students who presented the projects worked in groups of three or more under the tutelage of a faculty overseer. They selected a topic to research within their branch of scientific study, set up parameters and conducted research. For many of the proj-
ects, research has been an ongoing process for the past several years, with graduating classes handing down their findings to the successive senior class. “It’s been very time consuming, but fun,” said senior Kait Briggs. Senior physics major Matt Walentosky has been working on his project, a catalog of novae in the Andromeda Galaxy, for the better part of three years. “It’s been a 40-hour-aweek project for the last three summers,” said Walentosky. During that time, he’s travelled to all corners of the country. He worked
in collaboration with the University of Alaska-Anchorage, and later presented those collaborated findings last January to the American Astronomical Society, in Long Beach, Calif. He’s even implemented photos taken by the Kitt Peak National Observatory’s telescope in Tuscon, Ariz. into his project. Walentosky hopes to publish his findings by the end of the fall semester. “Several different scientists want to know when the catalogue is going to be released. They want to use it to further look at these different individual binary systems,”
said Walentosky. Many of the projects dealt with localized scientific issues, such as the project graduate student Brandi Hake presented. In her attempt to observe the effect woody debris has on pool formation in streams and subsequently the effect that debris and pool formation has on the stream’s fish population, she, along with a coalition of other students and faculty members, artificially felled 50 trees into a nearby stream. Hake has been observing the effects the artificial debris has had on the stream and its fish population
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Mary Walter leadership series holds first speaker. FEATURES PAGE 5
Clarion theatre’s “Women of Lockerbie” review. ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 9
University quarterback continues to blossom. SPORTS PAGE 12
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since December 2012. “This is my thesis project,” said Hake. “So I’m going to write it up and hopefully get it published.” The multiple projects received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Provost’s Office, faculty contribution and undergraduate research grants. The project posters will be posted at various spots within the STC. Students are encouraged to take time to read the students’ findings, and reach out to those who conducted research to become further involved in the program. (See page 3 for photos)
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Workforce plan discussions end, questions unanswered Tiffany Yeager STAFF WRITER
CLARION, Pa. - A series of meetings regarding the Workforce plan were held over the past few weeks APSCUF leadership and administrative leaders attended these meetings and had a lot to talk about regarding the issue. President of Clarion’s APSCUF, Dr. Elizabeth MacDaniel said, “APSCUF has made some progress but, the administration is not willing to take the retrenchment of faculty off the table.” Although the retrenchment cannot be retracted, MacDaniel said “. . . No faculty in Nursing will be retrenched. In addition, any retrenchment of faculty in Psychology will be postponed by one year. In Academic Enrichment, at least one faculty member will stay at the university so that the federally mandated Disabilities Services will be
able to continue.” While the retrenching is still happening, MacDaniel states that the APSCUF is continuing to work to try and prevent retrenchment of all faculty. There is ongoing discussion about moving different faculty to other departments in order to help the issue. “At this time, the administration has decided to continue offering French courses but not French programs. They stated that the university will not offer German courses in the future. In addition, they continue to state that the Music Education program will be placed in moratorium,” MacDaniel said. Students who are currently in the French, German and music programs facing cuts from the Workforce plan will be offered alternatives to help them complete their degrees. The faculty of these programs will be involved in developing “teach-out” plans that let their students finish
their schooling. MacDaniel said, “In addition, students who have minors in these areas and students who must complete foreign language requirements for their degrees (BA majors in English and History, for example), will be able to take the courses that they require.” There are still discussions happening about what lies in the future of Clarion’s faculty, as well as students. APSCUF still does not have these questions answered: how the student services provided by faculty in Academic Enrichment will be continued and which ones will be continued; how the College of Education will be reorganized; and how departments in the College of Arts and Sciences will be reorganized. There is still discussion among administrative leaders on campus, and in due time these questions may be answered. President Whitney had no additional comments.
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Car-sharing program to bring traveling options Emily Miller NEWS EDITOR
CLARION, Pa. - Student Senate Adviser Shelly Wilson announced at the student senate meeting that a new car-sharing program, Zipcar will be added to Clarion’s campus. The program is being brought to campus with hopes of providing students with a travel alternative. “We are really excited about this, because in
the past, there have been problems for students wanting to get home,” Wilson said. “We are hoping that this allows them to have access to an affordable alternative.” Those seeking to use the cars will be required to have a membership and must be 18 years of age or older. Cars will be available to members of the community over the age of 21. Representatives of Zipcar will be on campus Tuesday Oct. 15 from 1-3
p.m. at Eagle Commons dining hall to answer any questions regarding Zipcar memberships or general use of the cars. Two parking spots have already been allocated for the cars in the parking lot between Becker Hall and Marwick-Boyd. A press release was sent out by David Love providing further details about the program. Student senate meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. in 246 Gemmell.
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Help promised for struggling Pa. schools Mark Levy AP EXCHANGE
Philadelphia schools and privately operated charter schools dominated a Department of Education list released Tuesday of Pennsylvania’s 92 lowest-performing schools that will be in line to get help under a new strategy to meet federal guidelines. Acting Education Secretary Carolyn Dumaresq said the department hopes to have eight to 10
“academic recovery liaisons” ready by November to work with groups of principals from the 92 schools as part of Pennsylvania’s waiver from the No Child Left Behind Law, in which it must undertake an effort to help struggling schools. The list included 47 Philadelphia district-run schools, 20 charter schools — including several cyber charter schools — and five schools apiece in Harrisburg and Pitts-
burgh. Four are in Chester-Upland, two each are in York and Lancaster and there was one each in the Allentown, Duquesne, Easton Area, Greater Johnstown, Norristown Area, Upper Darby and William Penn school districts. The schools were determined by a blend of elements that included poor performance on standardized tests and whether they receive certain categories of federal aid, either for high
concentrations of lowincome students or poor test performance. The department is seeking people with at least a decade of administrative experience in school curriculum to serve as contracted liaisons. The department has set aside $800,000 in federal money for the effort, Dumaresq said, adding that she expects Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget proposal due out in February to include some assistance target-
ed to the schools. Dumaresq said the academic recovery liaisons will work with school principals to try to ensure that the curriculum, teaching materials and teacher training and practices are all appropriate to help children in struggling classes. Tapping regional liaisons isn’t necessarily a new concept, but it could be more effective this time because there is more student test data available to help highlight problems and how
to deal with them, said Jim Buckheit, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators. Superintendents also often welcome having an outsider come in and push school boards or teachers to take action, he said.”School districts are big organizations and they’re sometimes difficult to change and sometimes even school superintendents need some help to make that change happen,” Buckheit said.
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Carter saw five different shutdowns from 19771979, combining for 57 days. (In hindsight, it may not be a surprise that he was so unpopular and lasted only one term.) The highly revered Ronald Reagan experienced eight (yes, eight) government shutdowns over the course of his two terms. The former Hollywood star faced shutdowns in all but three years of his tenure, including two shutdowns apiece in 1982 and 1984. But wait, there’s more. President George H. W. Bush faced a threeday shutdown in October 1990. Bill Clinton saw two government shutdowns in late 1995 and 1996, lasting 26 days total. The most recent shutdown in American history is the last one that has plagued the nation. Provided it wraps up within the next week or two, this current shutdown is one that will simply leave President
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Weeks’“Looks or personality” wrong In response to last week’s column, “What Drae thinks: Looks or personality?” I have a few comments regarding some language used throughout the article. The opinion piece weighing in on the debate on the importance of looks over personality, and vice versa, is filled with highly-opinionated words that are attempting at being universally applicable to all relationships. I disagree with several points that Weeks makes. The article reads, “[looks and personality] are both equally important, and if you can find someone with superb looks and an amazing personality, that’s a great situation to be in.” Weeks continues with, “But let’s be honest, most people only have only one of those qualities, or neither.” While Weeks isn’t targeting anybody’s relationship personally, it is hard to not put our own personal relationships into the debate. As an engaged woman, I believe that my fiancée has both qualities; looks and personality. His long blonde hair, tattoo and nose ring
may not be appealing to anyone else but me, but why does it matter? While I may be slightly biased due to the sapphire stone and diamonds that sit on my ring finger, it’s my opinion nonetheless. My opinion represents something that I’m sure many hold about their significant others, an opinion that is a right for one to have, not for anybody else. For someone outside of your relationship to coin your loved one as not being attractive, having a personality or the impossible according to Weeks, both, is not fair. The article goes on to say, “Being attractive on the outside is always a huge plus for when you’re showing off your partner to your friends or family members, and it’s always a joy to show them off when seeing an ex. . .” Once again, I disagree. When I first introduced my family to Nick, I was nervous, not because I wanted them to think he was cute, but because I cared about him deeply as a person and hoped that my family would
see what a great person he is. I think that most are seeking acceptance from their family members, not approval on how “hot” their boyfriend/girlfriend. Also, I may have felt proud of Nick when being confronted by an ex-boyfriend, but not because of how goodlooking he is. My pride in Nick originates in what our relationship is and what the relationship means to me. Weeks continues to say that “we all love waking up to a beautiful face in the morning, kissing and cherishing that beautiful face.” To the comment about “waking up to a beautiful face,” who is to say that you are thankful for more than a beautiful face to wake up to. One should be thankful for not just a face, put for the person as a whole. We are each lucky to find someone who will put up with hogging the blankets on a bitter cold night and our morning breath may blow their way. Beauty is what we make of it. - Emily Miller The Clarion Call News Editor
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What Drae thinks: Misleading “selfies”
Andrae Weeks STAFF WRITER
Instagram is a social network that features photo and video sharing and enables users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them and then to display them to their friends or followers. Most people only use the network to display pictures, and their followers are able to like and comment on those pictures. I’ve had an Instagram account for almost a year now, and I love the social network. I have always loved taking pictures as well as capturing epic moments of my life and displaying them on Instagram so family members, friends and even haters can see how I am doing in life. On Instagram, users can change the lighting, background and mood of pictures with filters. Filters are special effects that you can use after uploading a picture that usually make ordinary pictures more beautiful. Some believe that others use filters to make themselves look more attractive and more appealing than they really are, basically fooling their followers-- especially those
followers who have never seen them in person. I am an extremely beautiful individual, but who am I to judge if anyone uses filters on a regular basis? Because honestly, when I take pictures and it is not sexy I will definitely use a filter or two. Lish Jones, a sophomore at Clarion, said that she is for using filters. “Filters come in handy,” she said. Using filters can be beneficial in several ways; if you take a picture on a camera with bad quality, a filter can help camouflage it. If you simply take bad pictures but you know that you’re really beautiful, filters can help there as well. Filters can make a blurry or dark picture appealing, and sometimes people like to get creative with the available filters. However, there are cons to using filters. If you are an active participant and you like to flirt on Instagram, you must remember that is not the real you, and you look slightly different in person. If you begin to gain popularity on Instagram because people are finding you attractive online, do not let the likes pump you up, its only Instagram, and others do know what you really look like. I asked sophomore student Brandon Fenstermacher if he had ever met anyone on Instagram and then met up
with them in person, and if they looked completely different. He said, “Yes, I have. I met a girl on there this summer, then met up with her this semester and she looked completely different than she did online. I didn’t recognize her, and I was surprised and shocked to say the least. We remained friends but nothing more.” Kenyana Williams feels that some people try to create an identity on Instagram. “Some people use filters to impress others to feel accepted or belonged and try to create an image for themselves, and usually that is not what they really are,” she said. Shakira Evans, a freshman at Clarion, said she believes most people do use filters on Instagram. “I think most people do use filters. I do not find anything wrong with it. Sometimes a picture might not be that cute, and a filter can help.” I then asked Evans what percentage of people she believes uses filters and she responded by saying, “I believe 85 percent of people on instagram use filters. I think people use them just to look more attractive, and I believe that females use them more often than men.” So Instagram users, be yourself. We are all beautiful in some way, and we do not need filters or even Photoshop to display our beauty.
Matt Knoedler STAFF WRITER
Ten days and counting. With no real end in sight, the partial government shutdown is evolving from a staple of our political discourse and water cooler talk to the “So what’s for dinner?” discussion with your husband or wife. But, while President Obama will receive much of the blame Americans place on Washington for the ongoing crisis, the length of “his” shutdown is still less than many of who preceded his presidency. In 1976, the United States saw a government shutdown under the Gerald Ford administration. It lasted 10 days. Jimmy
Obama as a statistic. He will look more like Gerald Ford or Bill Clinton than Jimmy Carter. Few people fail to acknowledge that Ronald Reagan, despite all the good he did for the U.S. during the Cold War, failed in certain aspects during his eight years in office. Imagine President Obama and this Congress facing eight government shutdowns. If Obama would have faced six government shutdowns in his first term, including two within a month of his re-election bid, he would have lost. One of the main reasons Reagan wasn’t run out of town and voted out in 1984 was because Walter Mondale was a poor excuse for a Democratic candidate. Obama will be labeled as a president with a far-left agenda, no doubt. But this government shutdown will likely hurt Congress more than it hurts him.
College athletes owed compensation
Mike Friend STAFF WRITER
This summer Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel came under fire when allegations arose that he was paid for signing footballs, jerseys and other memorabilia for a vendor. The only proof of the allegations was grainy cell phone video of Manziel allegedly agreeing to sign the merchandise for a set amount of money. The incident was just the latest fuel to the fire in the debate on whether collegiate athletes should receive compensation for playing or not. It’s a difficult decision for the NCAA administration because of the red tape they have already set up and the scores of precedents that would need to be set. This include, but are not limited
to “What sports get paid/ not paid?” and “How much does every player receive?” Not to mention Title IX rules and regulations that every athletic department must account for. In my opinion, I think athletes should receive some sort of compensation for what they do. However, I don’t think that only the “money making sports” should receive the money, every athlete is on the field or court for a reason, and shouldn’t have it held against them because they aren’t cash flow for the ticket office. A further issue with paying athletes that may arise is that smaller universities may not be able to compete in the recruiting game and get fewer athletes to commit. A scenario to contemplate is a basketball recruit choosing between two Division-1 schools, like Ohio State and Youngstown State. Yes both schools are D-1, but YSU is significantly smaller, and has less capital to pay student athletes. What would your deci-
sion be if you were offered $1,000 per game from OSU and $300 per game from YSU? There seems to be only one logical way solve the issue of paying players if it becomes a mandate: Base the amount of payment on need, much like federal and state financial aid. If an athlete comes from an affluent family that can provide more financial support, it only seems logical, to me at least, that they shouldn’t be paid as much as a student who comes from a lower income family that may not be able to provide as much support as the athlete needs. I know all too well that the college years are an expensive time and, every little bit helps. In the case of student-athletes, there often isn’t extra time to get a job on the side, and working eight to 10 hours a day for free doesn’t pay the bills. However, a Division-1 I basketball coach said, in opposition to the idea, “Getting an education for free [in most D-1 schools] is pretty darn valuable in itself.”
No major better than another
Victoria Mikita STAFF WRITER
Recently I have felt more criticism than ever when recognizing the fact that I am a communication major. The doubt from fellow college students as to what kind of job I will get, and how much money I will make is increasing, as well as the perception that being a communication major is “easy.” It seems that many people our age only believe in picking a major that they know has a high salary and demand, while I have chosen a major I am truly passionate about. As a freshman in college, I can still remember what most students in my high school graduating class
chose as their major. The top three majors chosen were engineering, pharmacy and nursing. These are all great majors considering that the chances of getting a job right out of college are highly probable, as well as a generous starting salary. If students are passionate about and dedicated to these fields, I give them all the credit in the world. Most of us are not oblivious to the fact that the majors that I listed are difficult and involve a lot of math and science, which many of us shy away from. That being said, one cannot justify any college major as one of the best majors. The study of communication should not be granted a lower status just because it does not involve numbers and science labs. Like anything else in life, a college education is what you make of it. It is truly up to the student to work hard and become successful, regardless of the major they have chosen. I cannot seem to
find anything more frustrating than being told I am not working very hard for my degree and that I will never get a job with it, let alone a decent paying position. Statistically speaking, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists more job opportunities in the communication field than in engineering, biological sciences, and mathematics. A few careers in this field are advertising, journalism, film and video editing, radio and television broadcasting and public relations. Without media jobs we would not have any sources to report news to us or provide entertainment, including the internet. I do not understand how a communication degree is not seen as relevant in today’s society, as we thrive on so many aspects of the media in our day to day lives. College is about finding a career that is worth waking up to go to, not about picking the most popular major.
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O’Neil of communication department kicks off Mary Walter Leadership series with discussion Kasie Sansonetti STAFF WRITER
The Center for Leadership and Involvement arranged an interactive speech this past Thursday, Oct. 3 that took place in Carlson Library. The lecture was part of the Mary Walter Leadership series, which has taken place every year since 1993. The intention for the series labeled “Defining Your Purpose” is to motivate and prepare Clarion University students for current and future leadership roles, and evaluating what kind of leader they intend to be. Naomi Bell O’Neil, a professor in the Communication Department at Clarion University, was invited to participate in this series. She was chosen to be the first speaker of the series this year. Her workshop “Why Do Leaders Lead?” focused on The Myers- Briggs Type Indicator Perspective, and developing an understanding of what overall attributes of leader each student acquired. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Perspective focused in on what characteristics of each student led to positive and negative leadership skills. The four sets of perceptions to choose from were: Introversion versus Extroversion, Intuition versus Sensing, Feeling versus
Thinking, and Perceiving versus Judging. By choosing one from each set that dominated over the other based on someone’s personality, people are able to create what is called an indicator. Through this exercise, each student was able to develop a sense of self, while comparing positive and negative skills, and learning to apply them accordingly. “I discovered a lot about myself that I didn’t know before,” stated Marishika Wright, a senior at Clarion University. “By learning more about myself, I can expand my leadership, and this makes me want to go back to my council and talk to them about it.” The purpose of O’Neil’s presentation was for the audience to realize that everyone is different. No type indicator prevails over another, each just describes the different characteristic types, and allows students to work on underdeveloped skills. When speaking about her intentions and her own experiences, O’Neil said, “When creating my presentation, I wanted to think about the audience and their interaction. I needed to look for ‘twists’ that separated my workshop from an ordinary lecture in hopes that students walk away knowing it made a difference. My hope is that students will understand themselves better as they interact and
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Naomi O’Neil presents “Why Do Leaders Lead?” in Carlson Library Oct. 5. go through their future responsibilities, utilize their strengths, and learn about and improve their weaknesses.” The interactive workshop allowed students to respond to theoretical questions as well as share
information with one another about themselves and their results. Sophomore Branden Brooks said, “I like that she personalized this, and that she got everyone involved. It helped to keep me more interested. I found some
things out about myself that I never knew before, and now I can further develop myself as a leader.” “The important thing to know is everyone has the potential to be a leader,” said O’Neil. “Everyone will just be a differ-
ent kind of leader.” Since this was the first of the series of the fall semester, there will also be two upcoming lectures taking place in the same location at Calson Library. The next lecture in the series will take place Oct 29.
Thursday, Oct. 10 5 p.m. Tutor Appreciation Celebration 6:30 p.m. Jubilee Launch Party
Monday, Oct. 14 12:30 p.m. Career Research Workshop 6 p.m. Vagina Monologues Auditions
Friday, Oct. 11 7:30 p.m. Kappa Kappa Psi Major Party 8 p.m. EFSN Comedy Performance
Tuesday, Oct. 15 10:30 a.m. Bomb Threat Training
Saturday, Oct. 12 9 a.m. Community Service Day 8 p.m. EFSN Movie Showing Sunday, Oct. 13 11 a.m. Lift Every Voice Service
Wednesday, Oct. 16 7 p.m. Student Leader Empowerment For a full listing of campus events and club meetings, please refer to the master events calendar on the Clarion website at: www.clarion.edu/623/
No trial date set yet in Pa. gay marriage case Peter Jackson
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he would not set a trial date just yet for a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage. At a scheduling meeting with nearly a dozen attorneys, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III said he wants to consider and rule on pretrial motions, particularly one that claims the federal courts lack jurisdiction over
state marriage laws, before the case goes further. “If we’re right ... the case is over,” said William Lamb, a former state Supreme Court justice who represents Gov. Tom Corbett and state Health Secretary Michael Wolf in the case. He was referring to a four-decades-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that is the basis for Lamb’s motion to dismiss Corbett and Wolf as defendants. Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case say they don’t expect the motion to be granted. If it is, they
said they will appeal to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Jones said he would decide that and other motions by mid-November and set a follow-up scheduling meeting for Nov. 22, when he is more likely to set a trial date. The judge said the trial dates suggested so far by the two sides are about a year apart. “I can’t see any reason that this case shouldn’t be tried in (2014), and earlier rather than later,” Jones said. The suit also names state Attorney General
Kathleen Kane and the registers of wills in Bucks and Washington counties. All of them want to be released as defendants. The lawsuit, the first in a growing number of challenges to the Pennsylvania law, was filed in July on behalf of 10 same-sex couples, one couple’s two teenage daughters and a widow. Gay marriages are legal in 13 states and the District of Columbia. All the Northeast states allow samesex marriage except New Jersey, which allows civil unions, and Pennsylvania.
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“Hall-lympics” concludes with dodgeball tournament Joshlyn Lawhorn STAFF WRITER
On Monday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., the Interhall Council hosted a dodgeball game as the last activity for the Hall ‘Lympics at the Rec Center. The Hall ‘Lympics, which is held every year, varies from mind games to physical competitions, and included all of the Halls. Nair Hall won two of the four events in the olympics. Wilkinson Hall needed to win the dodgeball tournament in order to be tied with Nair. The residents were to form one team of no more than 12 players, and if not enough players joined, teams from different halls would be combined. This resulted in several teams with mainly Nair and Givan halls teamed together versus several other teams of mainly Wilkinson residents teamed with those of the Suites. In each 15-minute game, the players lined up at opposite ends of the basketball court. When the whistle was blown, players ran to the center court line to grab the balls that were lined up, and began throwing them. The center line was also the boundary line which the players could not cross. To be considered “out,” players
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Hall residents compete against one another in a dodgeball tournament. had to be hit with the ball anywhere on the body. If someone caught a ball, one person from their team who was “out” was allowed to go back in. The person who went back in was decided by order of who was “out” first. Other rules included no intentional head shots and
no bad sportsmanship. The first game was close, and Wilkinson/Suites came out dominant with aggressive throws getting people out, but halfway through the game Nair/Givan started catching the balls, causing more people to come in to help. The first game
ended in Nair/Givan winning by a long shot. In the second game, the Wilkinson group did a lot of action and catching, resulting in their win against one person standing. The third game was the all-Nair team that hadn’t played yet versus the
Teacher Feature: Richard Sabousky Katlyn Womer STAFF WRITER
Dr. Richard Sabousky is a professor in the College of Education and Human Services at Clarion University. Hired at Clarion in 1992, Sabousky has been the Department Chair of the Special Education and Rehabilitative Sciences for six years. Sabousky resigned from his Department Chair position a couple of months ago, but he still continues to help students and teach Special Education and Rehabilitative Science courses at Clarion University. Sabousky was born and raised in Oil City, where he resides today. Although he has made many contributions in Special Education and Rehabilitative Sciences, he entered the Human Services field by a stroke of luck when he was coincidentally placed in a Special Education program at Clarion Venango Campus in his undergraduate career. As an undergraduate, he studied at the University of Pittsburgh at Titus-
ville and Clarion Venango. Sabousky received his master’s degree at Clarion University and went on to earn his doctorate at Kent State University. During his time earning his master’s at Clarion, different people within the Special Education department had an important influence in his life and professional development. In particular, Sabousky says, Dr. Roy Schreffler was influential at looking at content knowledge. Sabousky recalls Clarion being ahead of its time; professors gave students stacks of journal articles to read while they would lecture from those articles and explain what they were. Sabousky said, “Being on the cutting edge is something that [Schreffler] instilled in me.” Before Sabousky started teaching at Clarion, he worked in Frontiers and Human Resources an spinoff from a program started at Clarion. This program was the first county community residential program for people with intellectual disabilities and
was started by the first department chair who began the deinstitutionalization of Polk Center. Sabousky gained experience working in that area with communitybased residents as well as public school teaching. When asked what he finds rewarding about working in Special Education, Sabousky replied, “Running into adults who were children when I taught them in public school and seeing how well they are doing. It’s always a proud moment.” Sabousky has spent many years educating students. Currently, he is preparing students studying Special Education to go into schools and prevent students with disabilities from falling behind. He states that many students are “curriculum casualities,” which are students without any disabilities but who need a specific kind of instruction to in order to “click” in the classroom. Sabousky said, “I really like that part of it, introducing students to the real
empirically researched base data-driven curriculums that we know make huge differences for kids.” For the past two decades, Sabousky has been teaching classes at Clarion. During this time, one of his accomplishments has been getting the Intervention Specialist program to Clarion through the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the State System of Higher Education. Clarion is the only state school with the Intervention Specialist program and is one of three colleges with the program in Pennsylvania. “Dr. Sabousky is the type of teacher who will make sure you understand the material before you leave the classroom,” said junior Jessica Bedeaux, who has had Sabousky for a number of courses. Sabousky has also been instrumental in curriculum design and training Human Services professionals to enter the workforce of helping people. Sabousky stated that Clarion University has a rich history in Special Education.
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Career Services holds its annual Career Fair Oct. 4, and students and employers gather to share information.
Wilkinson/Suites team that had just won. Nair started off on top, but the game was continually tied due to constant hits and catches. However, the Wilkinson team continued to dominate and won again. The final game was the tie-breaker in which the
best players of Nair played against the consecutively winning team of Wilkinson. Six referees kept watch. The competition between teams was high when the fourth game began, resulting in rising tempers. Several times the whistle was blown about rules, sportsmanship, and egos. Nair dominated the most throughout the game, but Wilkinson did not give up. After playing a full 15-minute game, Nair won due to more people being on the court at the end. One of the players from Wilkinson hall, Travis Woodburn said, “At the end of the day it was for a T-Shirt and we played our hardest and had fun.” The players at Nair had a winning mentality, like that of Aidan Graham stating, “Winners love to win, and winners hate to lose, but we didn’t lose.” Two other players, Nick Yaroszewski and Luke Simpson took a Forrest Gump inspirational approach. “Sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks,” Simpson said. Marissa McIntire, Interhall Council president said, “Hall-lympics was a huge success and a great turnout in the competitive residents this year. It is great to see all the halls pull together for such a large competition.”
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SHIRLEY SPROULE Panic! at the Disco is back with its fourth fulllength album “Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” and say what you will about Panic!’s career, but they have never shied away from experimenting in the studio and straying from having a signature “sound.” This album, out only
MARISSA RIGATTI Shocking. That’s the word most recently associated with Disney darling turned rebellious role model Miley Cyrus. And her newest album “Bangerz” is no different. For whatever reason, the thought of listening
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two years after their third album “Vices & Virtues” came a lot quicker than fans were expecting. Panic! is notorious for a long wait between albums, be it because of perfectionism or animosity among band members. Whatever goes on behind the curtains, Panic! knows how to deliver a solid album full of different, bloodpumping songs, all leading with singer Brendon Urie’s signature charismatic vocals, the only constant that Panic! has stuck with since its inception eight years ago. “Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” is nothing like Panic!’s previous efforts. The songs are more personal and synth-driv-
en, though there are still some nods to the sounds of earlier albums (the end of “Casual Affair” fading out on a piano riff reminiscent of “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’s” “Intermission,” for example.) “Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” takes its title from Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” and Panic! didn’t choose that name for nothing. This album reads like taking an acid trip through Vegas, complete with the glitz, glam, sex and drugs. In “Vegas Lights,” Urie sings, “The Vegas lights, where villains spend the weekend/The deep end, we’re swimming with the sharks until we drown”
over a chorus of children chanting “Five, four, threetwo!” throughout the song. It’s delightfully camp and creepy and everything I want out of a Vegas album. Album opener “This is Gospel” kick starts the album with a beat like a heartbeat, and a more fitting opening to this album I couldn’t dream of. Urie’s vocals are enhanced with a vocoder, not taking away from his natural talent at all, which shines through on the huge choruses. With lyrics like “The gnashing teeth and criminal tongues conspire against the odds/But they haven’t seen the best of us yet,” Panic! is telling its critics (and fans) that it’s
not down for the count, despite multiple lineup changes, marriages, and struggles with addiction. “This is Gospel” and “Nicotine” are the most similar in sound to Panic!’s previous efforts, which make them some of my favorites on the album, but “Girls/Girls/ Boys” has Urie repeating “Girls love girls and boys,” in a sort of bisexual anthem, which I am shocked but pleased made the album. Not to say that “Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” doesn’t have its failings. The album is good, but not imperfect. Lead single “Miss Jackson” featuring Lolo, is explosive but has more in common
with Fall Out Boy’s “My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light ‘Em Up)” than can really be called coincidental. The album’s more low tempo songs (“Girl that You Love,” “Far Too Young to Die”) detract some from the overall feel of the album, like coming down off the acid trip that is the rest of the album, and it is not wholly pleasant. “Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” isn’t Panic! at the Disco’s best effort, not by a long shot. But it’s a fun, trippy jaunt through Las Vegas and Urie’s head, and that’s enough to get me to come back to this album again and again.
to this album could send a shiver down anyone’s spine, but Cyrus shocks again, leaving the listener satisfied. Produced by various music head honchos like Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, and Mike Will Made It, “Bangerz” leaves an overall good taste in your mouth (unlike sledge hammers). Opening an album with a ballad is almost unheard of in pop music, but due to its content “Adore You” leaves the listener enticed enough to continue through this journey with Cyrus. “Bangerz” is an inter-
esting listen with evident college party thumpers like “We Can’t Stop,” “SMS” and “Love Money Party,” but these tracks are just dance anthems with no real lyrical bite. Much of “Bangerz” is filled with an uneducated lyrical drive. The true substance of this album lies within her more personal sets. Heartbreaking songs like “Wrecking Ball,” “Maybe You’re Right” and “Someone Else” show a raw lyrical writing talent that given a few years, and maybe more life experiences, could be perfected. It is within these few tracks that “Bangerz”
earns credibility. On the flip side, a majority of this album lands in the, “Wait, what did she say?” category. Large portions of this album could be mistaken for early Ke$ha workings due to overall silliness, but the album’s song structure is more alarming than a possible Ke$ha remake. From beginning to end, the song placement makes no sense. It goes from a strong somber ballad to a fast-paced thumper with no real transition. This often leaves the listener trying to catch up to Cyrus’ hoedown/country/rock pop flow without
the means to get there. In all matters of the world, it shocks the ear (and not in a misplaced foam finger kind of way). Features on this album include Britney Spears, Nelly, Future, Big Sean and French Montana; however, no matter how much star power they bring, some of the pairings just shouldn’t have happened. Both “4X4” featuring Nelly and “Do My Thang” act as two anchors pulling this album down. They are terrible. Thankfully “SMS” featuring Spears and “FU” with Montana salvage the duets as a whole.
“Bangerz” is undoubtedly a therapeutic album for Cyrus. Although she refers to it as a “dirty south hiphop album,” it resides in the branch of pop music, specifically synthpop. “Bangerz” marks an enormous transition for Cyrus, not only in her personal life, but professional life as well-maybe even more. This starts the beginning of a music career that started long before Hannah Montana. “Bangerz” sparks the beginning of the Miley Cyrus pop culture takeover. No worries though, she’ll be shocking us for the entire ride.
Local writer reads from autobiographical work Andi Fulmer STAFF WRITER
On Thursday, Oct. 3 local writer and businessman John Miller entertained a gathered group with a reading from his book of short stories “What Else Do You Want?” He read two selections, “The Shakeup” and the piece on which the book is titled. “The Shakeup,” a piece that chronicles a visit the author took to California to visit his two quirky uncles when he was in college, touched on the way that age and life’s misfortunes can alter the people we know as children into the worn and broken
down people we come to know as adults. It had the audience laughing as ailing Uncle George calls on Johnny to steer the car as he works the pedals on the long drive from San Francisco back to Los Angeles. By the end it takes a somber turn when it becomes apparent that George, who has suffered a heart attack, doesn’t have long to live. Despite this, it doesn’t stop him from making a comical escape from the hospital where he has heckled the doctors and nurses for days. “The Shakeup” was followed by a lighter story, “What Else Do You Want?” that outlines a call to the narrator’s father to dis-
cuss an upcoming visit. This is an affair in and of itself when it is interrupted often by faulty hearing-aid batteries that need replaced. Then there is the visit itself, the highlight of which is a much-anticipated trip to the Ponderosa. Faced with the vast buffets of breakfast foods, the father can only say “What else could anyone possibly ever want?” The book, “What Else Do You Want?” toes the line between memoir and fiction. “They’re autobiographical with a little bit of my own interpretation of how the events occurred,” said Miller. In fact, one of the sto-
ries in the book doesn’t have Miller in it at all. Miller, who was the narrator both in and of these stories, accompanied them with hand gestures and various voices for different characters, going louder for his boisterous and hard-ofhearing father and giving both uncles their own unique vocal flavor. “Even though they’re very quirky characters, many people will say to me that’s just like my uncle or that’s just like my dad,” Miller said. Not only a writer, Miller is also the owner of local Clarion business Artfunkles. His next short story collection, titled “Life’s Work” is due out in the spring of next year.
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Review:“Women of Lockerbie” hits sentimental core Amerigo Allegretto ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The Clarion University theatre department is presenting the Deborah Brevoort play, “The Women of Lockerbie” this week, directed by Robert Levy. The play can be seen through Saturday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. each night and Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. in the MarwickBoyd Little Theater. For those who don’t know the play’s plot, it’s about a couple who visit Scotland for the seventh anniversary of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing that killed all 259 people, including their son, onboard and 11 people on the ground after the plane crashed in Lockerbie. A few local women try to comfort the couple as the wife, Madeline Livingston, is on a frantic search for evidence of her son’s remains, and her husband Bill struggles between grief for his son and caring for his wife. A U.S. government employee is also in Lockerbie
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Student actors perform a scene from “The Women of Lockerbie.” Top row: Maggie Mae McWade as Woman No. 1, Becca Sears as Olive Alison and Colleen Scheerbaum as Woman No. 2. Bottom row: Jack O’Keeffe as Bill Livingston. on orders to incinerate clothes that were found in the wreckage. The “women of Lockerbie” are angry at this and seek to stop him, while also comforting the couple. The first thing that grabs attention was the atmosphere surrounding
the stage. Dimly lit, simple and eerie, the circular stage complements the somber story well. The chiaroscuro lighting design makes it unnecessary to have fog effects. The acting itself was marvelous, albeit extreme at times. Samantha Moon,
who played Madeline Livingston displays a wide range of emotions, from sad to angry to grieving. Her anger toward everyone and everything around her adds more depth to the circumstances surrounding her son’s death. Becca Sears, who por-
trays Olive Alison, the “head” woman of Lockerbie, acts strong as one of the voices of reason in the story, with a convincing Scottish accent. However, her tantrum toward the end surprises as she explodes at Madeline in a nearly uncontrollable
fit of rage. Bill Livingston, played by Jack O’Keeffe (who did the play for his Bachelor of Fine Arts graduation project), tries to be the realist in all this, and O’Keeffe portrays Bill just right. As the audience sees Bill trying to be strong, it’s obvious he’s holding back emotions. Also worth mentioning is Mary Wagner’s portrayal of Hattie, the U.S. employee’s cleaning lady who acts as a spy for the women. Her lighthearted, cartoonish humor makes for a loving break from the melancholy. “The Women of Lockerbie” is great because it makes you imagine being in Scotland instead of in a theater watching a play, save for a few flaws in the accents. The characters’ portrayals are introspective in that their actions make you think of the what-ifs in life by forcing you to confront your sentimentality. It’s a story of the dismantling and rebuilding of reason, all in the form of a Greek tragedy.
Comedian entertains crowd with anecdotes on hometown, social issues Amerigo Allegretto ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Local band releases extended playlist, hopes to make new music soon Emily Romig STAFF WRITER
Wilhelm, a folk/rock/ pop/alternative/southern rock band made its way into the music industry earlier in the year. The band consists of four members: Kevin McCarl, Corey Swiger, Luke Crouse and Ben French. Swiger, a junior geology major at Clarion University, plays bass and sings. Crouse sings, plays guitar and piano and is working at an internship in New York. McCarl also sings and plays guitar, banjo and accordion. He is attending University of Pittsburgh. France plays drums and sings. He is attending the Moody Bible Institute. These four musicians are from Grove City, Pa. and are all best friends. This location barrier has not been a problem according to Swiger because they “are still constantly talking and group chatting on Facebook to pitch music ideas.” Wilhelm officially became a band in May of this year, though its members have been playing music together
for close to three years. The band’s first performance as Wilhelm was at the Juneteenth Festival in New Castle. If someone were to go up to any of the band members and ask them how they got their name, they might hear one of four stories. The first is they named themselves after a bunny that Swiger found along the side of the road, which they named Wilhelm, which died a few days later. Another is that they based it off the Wilhelm scream commonly portrayed in movies. The third would be that Crouse had always liked the name. The final story is from the helm of a ship, and that people go sailing on ships primarily during the summer, and that is the type of feel you will get from Wilhelm, according to Swiger. Wilhelm has 10 original songs. They recorded and released an album named “EP” in the summer which includes five songs, all of which Swiger says are about girls. He hopes that over Christmas break, Wilhelm will be recording more songs,
as well as performing an annual Christmas show in Grove City. On the recently released album, they had another Clarion University student, Cassidi Udy harmonize with them on the song “Leave Tonight.” Udy went to high school with McCarl, Crouse and Swiger. After being named runner-up for Clarion Idol, Udy was asked by the band to perform with them to mix up their music from being just guys. Evan Spillar, who lives with France in Pittsburgh, fills the role of band manager. Swiger said the band needed an outside party to settle conflicts, so they recruited Spillar to help with this, as well as selling merchandise and carrying equipment. Swiger says that Wilhelm consists of “four of the most absurd people you will meet in your life” and also that they “have come so far, it is crazy to think that Wilhelm is only a few months old.” For more information on Wilhelm go to http:// bandwilhelm.bandcamp. com/ or find them on Facebook as Wilhelm.
Students were treated with a night full of laughter as comedian Prashanth Venkataramanujam performed Saturday evening in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room. The performance was sponsored by the University Activities Board. A Chicago native of Indian descent, Venkataramanujam began his career as a comedian at 17, performing at famous comic venues such as Zanies, the Improv, Gotham Comedy Club and The Comic Strip, according to his website. He graduated from the Stella Adler Acting Studio in New York City in 2008. He began his routine by recalling an incident he was involved in where a drunken man attempted hopping on his back
for a piggyback ride in Wrigleyville. “Wrigleyville is basically a town in Chicago where every frat guy from the tri-state area moves after they graduate college to just continue on with their douchebagery. Everytime I go to Wrigleyville, something stupid happens to me,” said Venkataramanujam. He continued with jokes about racism, marriage and Facebook stalking, among others. “I like having theses, ideas I have and mixing some personal stuff that happens to me,” said Venkataramanujam. “You’ve just got to mix it up with having your rants, having your stories and having your hard jokes.” The routine lasted about 80 minutes, one of the longest ones Venkataramanujam has ever done, according to him.
UAB CampusFest chair Maggie Abrams was pleased with his performance. “We saw him at the Naha conference in Nashville, and we liked his act enough then that we brought him back,” said Abrams. “I think the students were really receptive to it, and he did a really good job.” He said his influences include Mitch Hedburg, Dave Attel and George Carlin, among others. “One of the first comics I ever saw in my life when I was 13 was George Carlin live at the MGM Grand. My sister took me without me even knowing what comedy was. I didn’t even know it was a job,” said Venkataramanujam. For more information and tour dates, visit http://www.prashanthvenkat.com/.
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Prashanth Venkataramanujam performs his stand-up routine in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room.
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Mistakes haunt Golden Eagles football in fir st road contest Traesha Pritchard STAFF WRITER
After having four consecutive home games, The Clarion Golden Eagles finally started their away stretch of the season. Clarion traveled to East Stroudsburg, Sept. 5, for a Saturday evening game. The Warriors defeated the Golden Eagles, who dropped to 3-2 overall. Head Coach Jay Foster summed up the performance of the team saying, “We are disappointed in our performance this last weekend. Too many mistakes both mental and physical.” “I don’t think our guys were mentally prepared for this game,” said student coach Kenny Johnson. “We didn’t execute what we practiced all week.” The East Stroudsburg opening drive took the game to a 7-0 score with an ESU lead. The Golden Eagles came back to tie the game 7-7 in the first quarter with freshman quarterback Darelle Carson having a three yard run and a kick from freshman Phil Esposito. The Warriors dominated the Golden Eagles in the first half with 28 consecutive points going into halftime
with a 35-7 lead. With 6:17 left in the third quarter East Stroudsburg’s quarterback Matt Soltes threw a twelve-yard pass to take the Warriors lead to 41-7. The Golden Eagles made an effort and scored twice in the fourth quarter. The first scoring drive went 37 yards in four plays. It also followed an interception by sophomore Michael Collier at the Warriors 37. Carson then passed for 13 yards to sophomore Mark Nicholas to the East Stroudsburg 24. Freshman Johnnie Martin rushed for 18 yards to the Warriors 14. At 6:21 of the fourth quarter, Carson dashed into the end zone for his third touchdown of the day. Esposito’s kick helped the Golden Eagles to add points taking the score 48-21. The final Golden Eagle drive consisted of 81 yards in 4 plays. Carson rushed for 10 yards, and then he threw a 5-yard pass to Freshman Eric Frye to take it to the Warriors 14 yard-line. “I feel that Matt Lehman and Eric Frye are really emerging as excellent young receivers and continue to get better on a week to week basis,” said Foster.
Sophomore Chris Liberto pushed through for two yards and scored the final Clarion touchdown. Esposito kicked to make the final score East Stroudsburg 48- Clarion 28. “The only thing we can control is our approach and effort,” said Foster. “We need to make sure that we are controlling those aspects and coming to games prepared.” Carson rushed for three touchdowns contributing to Clarions 377 total yards of offense at Saturday’s game. “Each week Darelle [Carson] faces new challenges…opposing defenses are going to show him something he hasn’t seen before,” said Foster. “Carson played with a lot of heart,” said Johnson. The Golden Eagles go back into action traveling to Adamson Stadium at California, Pa. for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. “The only tension is the disappointment with the losses,” said Foster when asked if there were any tension with the players after two straight losses and starting the season 3-0. “Each week you go out and try to win games. The only thing we can control is our approach and effort.”
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Clarion football looks to rebound in its game against the California, Pa. Vulcans
Golden Eagle cross country weathers tough conditions at Paul Short Invitational Jazzmonde James STAFF WRITER
Over the weekend the Clarion Golden Eagle cross country team attended the Paul Short invitational on Oct. 5. They were not just going up against their competition, but they had to face something else as well. The Golden Eagles did well despite the weather conditions they were up against. At the invitation, senior Megan Toddy helped the Golden Eagles take 42nd place for team. She placed 96th out of 365 runners that day. Toddy commented on the
invitation, “I was very impressed by our entire team this past Saturday. It was a very, very tough race in the heat, and we all finished with solid times and places. The race began with almost 500 girls in it, and only 365 girls finished, so even finishing that race was an accomplishment.” Right behind her finishing 194th was junior Milea Schall with a time of 23:35. Schalll comments on her goals for the rest of the season, “My goal for this season is probably to run a faster race than I did last year. It is always nice to improve time-wise, so I hope to be able to beat what
I was able to do last year. I would also like to see our team place well at the PSAC meet and continue to run strong and develop together as a team.” Running in the heat can be challenging, but coach D.J. Bevevino seems please with his team. “I was satisfied with the efforts despite weather conditions that resulted in the cancellations of subsequent races because of heat and humidity. We are better prepared now than we were last week.” The teams next invitation will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Slippery rock University. After this is the PSAC championship and regionals.
Golden Eagle women’s tennis suffers close defeat in trip to East Stroudsburg Trevon Gaines STAFF WRITER
The Golden Eagles women’s tennis team lost a nail biter this weekend. The team have to be disappointed after losing a close match-up to East Stroudsburg 5-4. Even though juniors Lauren Zezenski, Megan Bettwy and Madeline Robinson all won singles it still wasn’t quite enough for the Golden Eagles. Zezenski defeated her opponent Amina Dickson 6-4 and 6-2 at No. 1. Bettwy defeated Allison Bean 6-4 twice at No. 2 while Madeline Robinson lost her first match 1-6 but came back the next two rounds hard
defeating her opponent Brianne Wood 6-4 the second round and 10-5 in the third and final round of the matchup at No. 3. After Robinson’s victory against her opponent, that was the final victory for the Golden Eagles during the singles matches. They lost their final three matches at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6. Sophomore Jessica Kennelly lost to Annie Vega 7-5 and 6-4. Freshmen Allison Probst lost to Amber Jadus 6-1 and 6-0 in her No. 5 matchup. Sophomore Jazmin Harris also lost her match to Taylor Presby 6-0 and 6-1 at No. 6. During the doubles match, the team pulled out a very close victory.
Zezenski and Robinson were teammates as they defeated Vega and Dickson 9-8. That was the only win the team faced against East Stroudsburg in the doubles matchup. Bettwy and Kennelly lost their match 8-6 to Bean and Presby, while Probst and Harris suffered an 8-0 defeat from Jadus and Wood. “When they were at the net, they would slam the ball right at us. They were very aggressive net players,” Zezenski said when asked what was the biggest problem they faced during the match. “We are a strong and willing team, and if we just put our best into it, we can achieve anything,” Zezenski said. The Golden Eagles are now 2-4 and look to move forward in their next match.
FACE OFF Will Sidney Crosby win the Hart Trophy? James Ferguson STAFF WRITER
July 30, 2005 at the NHL Draft, Halifax, Nova Scotia’s own Sidney Crosby was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nine years into the making of his career, he has definitely not only become the face of the franchise, but the poster boy of the entire National Hockey League. Crosby has put up amazing numbers since he has stepped on the ice, and he has won the NHL’s Hart Trophy (MVP) and Art Ross Trophy (Leading Scorer) already in his young career. Crosby should be considered the frontrunner this year for the Hart Trophy. Crosby, who led the league in points for most of the 2012-2013 season until a broken jaw ended his season, was still a finalist for MVP at the end of the year. Crosby finished with 56 points, which was good enough for third best in the NHL, despite missing the final 16 games of the season. For the 2013-2014 year, Crosby has started off hot with two goals in two games. When taking Crosby into consideration for the Hart Trophy, one has to think of the upside for this season. Crosby has a full 82 game length season compared to the 48 last year due to the lockout, in which he had 20 more points than games played. Crosby hasn’t changed at all either, regarding health status or what line he plays on for this year. He is 100 percent healthy and on the same first line as Pascal Dupuis and Chris Kunitz. Crosby averages annually about 21 minutes of ice time, increasing his opportunities to rack up points every shift. Crosby is also on the first power play unit, which will make him more effective at getting chances to put the puck in the net throughout the season. When talking about the MVP race during the NHL season, one must always look at the actual meaning of the “Most Valuable Player.” This player is the most important not only to the league, but to his team. The player who can help his team the most and lead them by his play on the ice as well. Crosby has proven that he is an elite hockey player and has always been considered highly when talk of MVP comes up around the NHL. “Sid the Kid” also returns with an all-star cast comprised of players, including Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Kris Letang and Paul Martin. With the help of these players, Crosby could propel himself to the upper echelon in NHL history. When watching Number 87 on the ice, his talents can clearly be seen as superior to others around him, which gives him the full advantage of becoming the season’s leading scorer. Crosby is the guy that fans want on their team due to his ability to score and put points on the board. Crosby might be referred as the most prolific hockey player of recent years for a good time to come, due to the way he presents himself on the ice. Undoubtedly if asked who the best player in the NHL is, the most common response would be Sidney Crosby. He excels on the ice so well, that he could score goals in his sleep. A final detail to take into consideration, with the newly realigned Metropolitan division, Crosby now has the chance to make himself the new goaltender’s worst nightmare.
Jason Croft STAFF WRITER
The Hart Memorial trophy is given out to the MVP of the NHL season every year. It’s one of the greatest trophy’s a player can hold in his stash. Who will win it this season? Being a Philadelphia Flyers fan, my heart is wanting to say Claude Giroux… That being said, having a brain I am going to use that. My theory is the player with the most goals should win the trophy. Since the 2009-10 season, the year the Flyers went to the Cup Finals, Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning has either finished first or second in the league in goals scored. He finished first once in those years during the last full season of the league. In a line with Martin St. Louis who has finished last year with the most points in the entire NHL I cannot see anybody catching Stamkos this season. Stamkos doesn’t have a great start to this season, but once he catches up and gets on fire nothing is going to be able to stop him. For me, This is a case of not who will win the Hart Memorial Trophy. That I am trying to do with this is really state that Sidney Crosby will NOT win it as my competitor on the other side of this argument says he will. Sure, do not get me wrong Sidney Crosby is a decent NHL player, but there are loads of guys in the league that are better than him. I will put a list of players who are better than Crosby in order for you. Malkin, Ovechkin, Stamkos, Toews, Giroux, Kane. Crosby will not win the Hart Trophy not only for those reasons, but for the fact that he is overrated as well. He is a diver on the ice. He cries to the refs every time he gets touched, and he flat out does not belong in the NHL. He cuts DMV lines to get to the front. He won’t get the necessary votes to win the trophy as it is voted on by a poll of people in the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Crosby has already won it once as well,and it is a hard trophy to win more than once. Only a few of the greatest players have won it multiple times. Crosby is also disliked by some fans in the NHL with the exception of the local Pittsburgh fans (or followers I should say). The only reason Crosby is even good is because he has played with some of the top players in the league. Crosby has played with Mario Lemieux toward the end of Lemieux’s career and has played with Malkin practically Malkins entire career. Crosby is one of the most overrated players in the National Hockey League, and it will not help his chances at winning an MVP when he underachieves what the fans and the voters expect of him. Crosby is a good player, but not one who deserves respect. He makes hockey out to be a joke, and it is disappointing that he is considered one of the faces to the NHL. Crosby does not deserve, and will not, win the Hart trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player.
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Carson continues to blossom for the Golden Eagles Eddie McDonald STAFF WRITER
When you are a backup in sports, you have to be ready to play at all times. Anything can happen during the course of a season, so it is important for the backup players to be just as prepared as the starters. That is no different for red-shirt freshman Darelle Carson, who has taken over the reins of the Clarion Golden Eagle football team. Carson saw his first career action in the Golden Eagle’s second game of the season when senior quarterback Ben Fiscus went down with a leg injury. Carson played the entire second half after Fiscus was injured late in the second quarter. The backup was now inserted into his first role as a collegiate quarterback. When Fiscus went down, Carson knew he had to go in and step up. “I didn’t really have a reaction when it happened. I was just ready to play,” Carson said. Carson finished the game 4-8 for 30 yards and had 11 carries for 38 yards and his first collegiate touchdown. The third game of the season saw Clarion play host to Mercyhurst University, where Carson would see his first career collegiate start. He wasn’t fazed by the
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Carson is a Redshirt freshman and will make his third career start on Oct. 12. fact he was starting a college football game. “The same thing was going through my mind as before any game; get a win and do what I can, what it takes to help the team,” Carson said. Fiscus, who has started the
past couple of seasons for Clarion, has to be more of a mentor and a coach now that he is sidelined with an injury. Carson appreciates that of his teammate. “He [Fiscus] helps me a lot when he can. He helped
me against Mercyhurst,” Carson said. The Clarion coaching staff simply tells Carson to remain calm and go with the flow. In his first start against Mercyhurst, Carson passed for 209 yards and
a touchdown while also rushing for 85 yards. The Clarion offense totaled 352 yards of offense and won the game 20-13, giving the team its first 3-0 start since 1996. College football is way dif-
ferent than high school football, something Carson realizes. “It’s crazy. It’s a lot faster and a different atmosphere,” he said. There will be difficulties for anyone who is put into Carson’s situation. He says the biggest difficulties are getting everyone to hear his voice and getting the offensive players to form chemistry with him. The biggest thing, according to Carson, that he has to improve on his maturity. “I really have to grow up. I have to get the fact that I’m 19 out of my head,” Carson said. One of Carson’s favorite targets thus far is junior tight end Mike Deitrick. Carson enjoys having Deitrick to throw to. “It’s really great to have someone who has been in this system for a while and someone who is a big body who can catch the ball,” Carson said. Clarion has lost two straight games after the 3-0 start and head to California University of Pennsylvania this weekend. Carson isn’t flinching at the Vulcans, who have been a pretty good team from year-to-year. “We basically have to practice harder, keep pushing each other and take advantage of our opportunities. “Cal has to go out and play just like we have to go out and play,” Carson said.
Lack of offense stalls Clarion women’s soccer in losing streak Josh Wagner STAFF WRITER
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Clarion Volleyball goes 16-1 to achieve the second best start in school history.
Clarion volleyball takes two out of three in weekend of PSAC play Alex Henry STAFF WRITER
Clarion University’s women’s volleyball team entered this past weekend with an outstanding undefeated record of 14-0 and 4-0 in a tough PSAC conference. The Golden Eagles played at California, Pa. Oct. 4. They struggled at the start as they dropped the first two sets of the match by 25-20 and 25-23. Clarion persevered as it won the third set 25-22 then the fourth 25-17. Unfortunately the team could not hold off California in the fifth set leading 11-9 they dropped six of the next 7 points to lose the first match of the season. Senior Hannah Heeter performed tremendously in the match with 17 kills, seven blocks and six digs. Junior Laura Subject also played well, recording 41 set assists in the match along with seven digs, four kills and three blocks.
Head Coach Jennifer Mills said the first loss was “Tough. Because they could have played a lot better.” Mills continued [the team] “needs to be more effective with serving, receiving and the outsider hitter position.” Mills said California “did a good job scouting outside hitter tendencies and were unable to make adjustment during the match.” The Golden Eagles were eager to get back on track and played against Seton Hill Oct. 5. They won the match in three sets (25-18,25-8,25-17) behind Clarion Senior Emily Stewart who had 19 kills, seven digs and two blocks in the match. Subject recorded 46 set assists, seven digs and five aces. Junior Corinne Manley had eight kills and seven blocks in the match. Heeter tacked on six blocks for the Golden Eagles. Mills loved “seeing the team rebound so quickly.” She also said “Beating Seton
Hill was important, and they are a very good team.” Tuesday night Clarion was back in action at Indiana, Pa. Clarion took the first set 25-20. Indiana stood tall as it took the next two sets by scores (25-20,25-21). The Golden Eagles held tough taking the fourth set 25-13 before prevailing in the fifth set 15-9 to win the match. Stewart led the way with 26 kills and 13 digs in the match. Heeter provided 14 kills while adding four digs and two blocks. Junior Golden Eagle Carlie Bieranowski chipped in with nine kills and six digs. Manley contributed eight kills in the victory. With Clarion now 16-1, it will continue in PSAC conference play in what Mills said [the] “conference is very strong year and everybody is beating one another.” The Golden Eagles will next be in action Friday night at Mercyhurst.
The Golden Eagle women’s soccer team fell to West Chester 1-0 last Oct. 5. It was a hard-fought game on both sides, but in the second half West Chester scored what was later the game winning goal in the 57th minute. Clarion struggled through much of the game, only recording one shot in the first half and none in the second half. The Golden Eagles were outshot 24-1 in the game. The loss drops the team to 3-4-3, (3-4-3 PSAC) and on the brink of the playoff elimination. Clarion’s lone shot came from junior Casey Harsch from 20 yards out on a free kick. The game could have gotten out of hand had it not been for Clarion junior goal-
keeper Laura Saussol, who had 11 saves for the Golden Eagles. Coach Eaton had this to say about Saturday’s game “Saturday was a miserable game, I thought the other team looked better than us in almost every aspect of the game.” Eaton also said the team had lots to improve on in preparation for Tuesdays must win game. “Possession needs to be better. It was very bad Saturday, so we need to work on that.” When asked about Tuesday’s must win game Eaton said “We need to generate more attacking options, so we’ve changed the way we use our full backs. Were getting them further up the field, and the midfield needs to have a more aggressive attacking mentality.” Eaton also had praise for his goalkeeper (Saussol) .
“She’s receiving most of the play with our team being out shot in most games and has been very consistent.” But then Tuesday, Oct. 8 the Golden Eagles fell 3-1 to Edinboro the lone goal for Clarion was scored by Harch. The Golden Eagles were outshot 20-9 in the loss and Saussol had six saves in the loss. The loss dropped the team out of playoff contention with a record of currently 3-5-3 (3-5-3 PSAC). This losing streak came as a surprise after the Golden Eagles started the season with the second best record in team history at 3-2-3. Clarion will return t looking to bounce back after having lost four of its last five. The game will be on Sunday, Oct. 13, and the Golden Eagles will play non-conference opponent Alfred State at 1 p.m.
Clarion soccer looks to end its skid against Alfred State on Oct. 13.
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