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Past week’s events at Lock Haven University
Women in science, technology, engineering and math panel discussion held in the East Campus Science Center
Pictured above:(Left to right: Dr. Kelly Greenland, Dr. Heather Bechtold, Dr. Jackie Dumm, Dr. Jacinth Maynard, and Dr. Loretta D. Dickson)
Finnish culture night in P.U.B. room 2
Pictured above: (Left to right) Sami Pihlava, foreign exchange student from Finland and Harvey Colin, president of the global viewers club.
Photos: By Derek Danneker
Dr. Janet Irons speaks to a crowd at the unity day rally Pictured above: Dr. Janet Irons
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Man’s best friend: SPCA visits Lock Haven University
Pictured above: “Big” the dog and Jon Callon
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Editor-in-Chief ddd4907@lockhaven.edu As the semester is ramping up, stress can run high. A furry friend can certainly help bring the tension to a manageable level. Anticipating this, Dr. Matthew Girton’s class hosted an SPCA fundraiser on Wednesday in Roger Gym where they sold t-shirts and took donations of animal food. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals provided several dogs and cats that were up for adoption for students to pet. Quaadir, a Senior Health Science major said “We were instructed by Dr. Girton to do a community service project for our communications class, so we decided to do an SPCA event because we all love animals. All the proceeds go directly to the SPCA” A particularly excited dog named “Big” was so happy to see people that he never sat down during the entire event. Jon Callan, who volunteers for the SPCA, said “[Big] will be up for adoption soon, once he’s neutered. We rescued him from a home that was not very good. When he came in, the majority of his spine didn’t have any fur. So we think it was a flea problem, but it’s taken care of now and he’s on the road to recovery.” Callan mainly volunteers by trying to socialize the animals and integrate them with others of their same kind in order to help the animals find new homes faster. Photos: By Derek Danneker
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Bestselling Author of “The Naked Roommate” visits LHU; Asks what do you want? Derek Danneker
Editor-in-Chief ddd4907@lockhaven.edu “Imagine it’s May 15, 2018. What do you want to have accomplished?” said a New York Times Bestselling author, on Tuesday, to 50 students in the P.U.B. multipurpose room hosted by the Residence Hall Association Harlan Cohen travels to college campuses to ease the transition into new circumstances that many students find themselves in. His most recent book is “The Naked Roommate and 107 other things you might run into in college.” Cohen shared his phone number with the room. Students were able to text him anonymous questions throughout the lecture. He also asked many questions to individual students who gradually opened up due to Cohen’s relaxed tone and innocent curiosity. “Especially if you’re a first year student, then it’s all about ‘I need to be good enough so that people will like me,’ I want to switch it around. If you know you’re good enough then it’s just about what you want,” said Cohen But Cohen introduced what he has come to call the universal rejection truth: that not everyone or everything is going to respond to you like the way you want everyone or everything to respond. His first rejection came when he was a freshman in high school and asked a senior girl out for homecoming. “You’re fat, I don’t like fat guys,” said the senior girl. “I let her define me” said Cohen, “but knowing what I know now I
would be like, hey you’re how old? Like 14? How much fat guy experience do you have? She’d probably say ‘not a lot.’ Here’s the thing, we try harder because we’re competing against all the guys with six-packs, and the thing about me is that I’m funny. I’m always going to make you laugh and when they get old they’ll be soft and boring but I’ll make you laugh your whole life. Also, I see you’re sensitive about weight. Well since I’m the fat guy you’re always going to look skinny in all the pictures.” Cohen continued to relate to students by elaborating on his socially inept youth. At the college he went to, he failed to get into any fraternities, make any real friends and ended up transferring to another college after his girlfriend- who Cohen, several times, expressed astonishment at ever having- dumped him. After becoming better at traversing the college landscape, Cohen explained that to feel comfortable in a new setting, students need to find: places where they can sweat, play, live, love, learn and work; people who they can relate to and lean on; and patience for when things go poorly. Put simply, if students want to meet new people then they need to put themselves in places where they can do things with people that you can tell how you feel. Samantha Pauls, a senior communication major and president of the resident hall association, who helped bring Cohen to Lock Haven said, “I liked [his style] because it’s intimate. It’s not like a guest speaker talking to you for two hours, and the audience participation really made it an overall good event.” Photos: By Derek Danneker
NEWS POLICE REPORTS 10/27/17 Mental health issue.
On Campus
10/30/17 On Campus Individual transported to hospital for evaluation.
10/27/17 W Church St. Traffic stop for failure to stop at posted stop sign. Citation issued.
10/30/17 Fairview Suites Reported odor of marijuana emanating from person. Search of person and belonings resulted in negative findings. No charges filed
10/27/17 Fairview Suites Officer dispatched to party involving alcohol. Citations issued for underage drinking. 10/27/17 Sloan Report of harassment involving inappropriate comments. No charges filed at this time 10/27/17 Wollridge Hall Report of suspicious activity. Search of area resulted in negative findings. 10/27/17 Parson Union Building Report of retail teft. Individual returned item and no charges were filed. 10/28/17 On Campus Officer responded to report of possible intoxicated individual. Individual transported to hospital of evaluation. Citation issued for public drunkeness 10/28/17 Off Campus Assisted LHPD with possible sexual Assault
10/31/17 On Campus Medical call for chest pains. Transport to hospital via ambulance 10/31/17 Raub Hall Ambulance call for individual ill. Person declined transport to hospital. EMS evaluated person and left.
5 10/31/17 Smith Hall Officer responded to report of loud party. Consent to search room denied. No intocication was detected by officer. Refer to student affairs. No criminal charges filed 11/1/17 Welfare Check
Woolridge Hall
11/1/17 Welfare Check
Off Campus
11/1/17 Check on welfare.
Fairview Suites
10/31/17 North Fairview St. Traffic stop of speeding. Written warning issued
11/1/17 Fairview Suites Reported odor of marijuana. Search of room resulted in negative findings.
10/31/17 Susquehanna Ave. Traffic stop for no driver side headlight. Written warning issued.
11/2/17 North Fairview St. Suspicious person. Courtesy transport given to individual for safety purposes
10/31/17 North Fairview St. Officer oberved illegally parked vehicle and upon speaking with driver officer detected aroma of maijuana emanating from vehicle. Field sobriety tests were given and deemed a failure. Search of vehicle produced marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Criminal complaint to be filed.
11/2/17 On Campus Traffic related issue. Check for valid license. Insvestigation proved person did have valid license.
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A&E
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Inside Hollywood’s sexual harrassment epidemic Tanner Meeker
Arts & Entertainment Editor tjm1848@lockhaven.edu A few months ago, if you were asked to say what comes to your mind when you think about film producer Harvey Weinstein, actor Kevin Spacey, or even head of Amazon Studios Roy Price, you probably would’ve said “success”, or “fame”. But today these names are associated with sexual misconduct and rape. The allegations started in Hollywood, then spread to Silicon Valley, and after that engulfed New York City media circles. These assaults are affecting people of all genders, all races, and all backgrounds of life. Hundreds and thousands of people have been coming out about their abuse in an attempt to break the silence and gain a new sense of awareness. These brave people have made accusations and confessions, and often shared painful personal histories of the abuse with hopes that no one else will have to go through what they did. Hollywood has long excused or overlooked powerful men for mistreating people solely because of their power. These successful, high-profile men have been using this power to position themselves in a way that they can get away with sexual harassment by dangling the promise of future success in front of them, making the victims feel as though their chances of becoming famous would be shattered if they ever came to light about what was happening to them. This focus on abusive behavior from powerful men comes at an interesting moment for the country, and by that, I mean during the Trump presidency. Near the end of his campaign, several women came forward to allege that Donald Trump had made unwanted sexual advances toward them. About a year ago, The Washington Post released audio recordings of Trump bragging about how he kissed and groped women. Trump could be heard saying, “I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” and “Grab them by the p****. You can do anything.” And it’s horrifying to think that we are bringing up a generation of kids into our society where this type of behavior towards women is acceptable because the President of our country does it. Robin Acarian of the Los Angeles Times, spoke with Juila Horak, a Silicon-Valley middle school science teacher who shared her hopes to end the sexual harassment culture through education. Each semester, Horak spends a couple of weeks teaching her seventh-graders a factbased sex education curriculum,
Teen Talk, developed by the Northern California educational group Health Connected. The lessons reflect the new California law, Healthy Youth Act, which requires schools to teach about adolescent relationship abuse and also focus on healthy attitudes, behaviors and relationships. “Education will help us get beyond this sex harassment and discrimination stuff,” said Horak, 58, who has taught for five years. Previously, she was in sales and marketing for a biotech tools company. During that career, she said, she had wonderful bosses. But as a young scientist, she worked in a research lab where a professor of hers often hugged and touched her inappropriately. But perhaps the scariest element of all, is that Harvey Weinstein had a whole institution working for him. There was an infrastructure that somehow enabled him. In the fall of 2016, Harvey Weinstein set out to snuff out any allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women. He began to hire private security agencies to collect information on the women and the journalists trying to expose the allegations, including Kroll, which is one of the world’s largest intelligence companies, and Black Cube, an enterprise run largely by former officers of Mossad and other Israeli intelligence agencies. Two private investigators from Black Cube met with the actress Rose McGowan, who eventually publicly accused Weinstein of rape, to extract information from her. The investigators used fake identities, pretending to be a women’s-rights advocate, and secretly recorded at least four meetings with McGowan. The same investigator, using a different false identity, implied that she had an allegation against Weinstein to a journalist. She met with the journalist for two days to try to find out which women were talking to the press. In other cases, journalists directed by Weinstein or the private investigators interviewed women and reported back the details. This is how Weinstein was able to stay out of the radar for so long because he knew who was talking. He would then have his lawyers offer those women settlements, or non-disclosure agreements in exchange for their silence. Nondisclosure agreements are features of settlements where the aggrieved party agrees not to disclose information about the settlement deal in exchange for a sum of money. These women trying to make a career at the expense of Harvey Weinstein, were torn between taking the money and keeping quiet, or having their career ruined. So, for those of you who think this behavior is acceptable, be scared. Because the attitude towards sexual harassment has shifted. There is less victim-blaming going on now, and a lot more women are coming forward and telling their stories. Remember that the victims are the brave ones, and they are sparking a huge, much-needed conversation in today’s society. Photos: By Wikimedia Commons
A&E
GUESS THE MOVIE QUOTE
It’s not art for art’s sake!
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Derek Danneker
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
Last week’s quote A Few Good Men
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Did You Know? Darth Vader only has 12 minutes of screen time in the original Star Wars.
Editor in Chief ddd4907@lockhaven.edu I realized that the state of modern art was in shambles while watching television. Flipping through the channels, I happened upon a show where a man was creating what he had already determined to be a work of art. He wrapped wet cement in a plastic bag and pushed a ball through it. Once it dried the monstrosity resembled, to the artist’s pleasure, a butthole. You’ll excuse me if I think that he was missing the point. The problem is the infection of postmodernist ideology within the community which says that there is an infinite number of ways to observe anything. The easiest way to determine that someone doesn’t know what they’re talking about is if they use the words “rebellious” or “countercultural,” or anything of the like. Rebelling against what? Who is voraciously enforcing rules? There is no governing body, counterculture has become culture. To trample the rules of art no longer means anything. In the crisis we find ourselves in, it becomes the duty of the audience to determine and praise what is great art and simply not buy what the majority deems as bad art. But, how do you tell what is good art from bad art? That is the study of aesthetics, and here I’ll give several ways that great philosophers have given to better look at art in a critical manor.
David Hume, a Scottish philosopher most known for development of empiricism, skepticism and naturalism, thought that some people’s opinions simply mattered more than others. Qualified critics have the delicacy of taste, practice, ability to make comparisons, freedom from prejudice and is able to determine if a work of art is good or bad with reference to its type. Leo Tolstoy, a Russian author who has been regarded by some as the greatest author ever, thought that great art is infectious art. A real artist tries to communicate the emotion that they are feeling to the audience. The criteria that account for the infectiousness of art are: Individuality of style; Clarity; and the depth with which the artist feels the emotion. Robin George Collingwood was a English philosopher and wrote the “principles of Art” in 1946. Collingwood thought that a true artist is someone who is inquiring about his or her own emotions. For Collingwood, if an artist didn’t come to new conclusions about themselves through is work then it was he was only a craftsmen. Clive Bell, an English art critic, discerned that all great art has a kind of significant form or a combination of lines and color that moves people aesthetically. The movement that is felt is called aesthetic emotion or a feeling of disinterested pleasure in the appreciation of the form of work. These are only a few different kinds of ways to look at Art to better appreciate what can be objectively called good art. They may be used together or separately. Photo: By Wikimedia Commons
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Songs that referenced William Shakespeare Sophie Biddle
Staff Writer sgb5748@lockhaven.edu When people talk about baseball, they talk about Babe Ruth. When people talk about boxing they mention Muhammad Ali. When people talk ice hockey, they talk about Wayne Gretsky. When people talk about writing or literature, of course Shakespeare is bound to burst into the conversation. Most people can relate to at least one of Shakespeare’s many themes: love, heartbreak, glory, bravery and betrayal. Shakespeare’s brilliant work has lasted through the decades, and is evident today in various art forms. Here is a list of songs, in no particular order, that reference the great works of William Shakespeare. 1. “Romeo and Juliet” – The Dire Straits “Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start / And I bet, and you exploded into my heart / And I forget, I forget the movie song / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?” This song is a retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The song discusses how the couple was essentially doomed from the start due to their last names. The writer of the song takes us through modernized dialogue that the couple would have said to each other. 2. “Sister Moon” – Sting “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” Sting quotes Shakespeare’s sonnet #130. In this sonnet, Shakespeare describes all his mistress’ flaws, but says their love is rare in comparison to other poets who have lied to their mistresses to make them happy. 3. “Ophelia” – The Lumineers “Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love” Much like Ophelia in Hamlet is bewitched by the person she thinks is in love with her, this song talks about people being obsessed with fame and the shiny spotlight. 4. “I am the Walrus” – The Beatles “Oh untimely death...” This quote at the close of the song is pulled from Shakespeare’s King Lear. The band accidently switched stations in the recording studio and stumbled across a broadcast of King Lear. John Lennon decided to include it in the song. 5. “Love Story” – Taylor Swift “‘Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter/And my daddy said, ‘Stay away from Juliet’” Back when Taylor Swift was transitioning from country to pop, she released this hit. The song is about young, forbidden love, from sneaking out to going against her dad’s wishes. 6. “Husbandry in Heaven” – Rebellion “We still have judgement here, that we but teach Bloody instructions which, being taught, return to plague th’ inventor.” This metal band released this brutal song that discusses Lady Macbeth’s doubts about killing Duncan. If you haven’t read Macbeth, check out this song to find out how it ends. 7. “Limelight” – Rush “All the world’s indeed a stage and we are merely players.” Rush, most famous in the 1980’s, references Shakespeare’s As You Like It with the above quote. 8. “The King Must Die” – Elton John “No man’s a jester playing Shakespeare/Round your throne room floor/While the juggler’s act is danced upon/The crown that you once wore.” Elton John is referencing the many works of Shakespeare that deal with someone losing power. Hamlet and Julius Caesar are just a couple works you can link to Elton John’s lyrics.
Photo: By Wikimedia Commons
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Style Savage: walk into LHU best fall fashion
photo by Byrce Hill and Kiara Tinnin
Kiara Tinnin Lifestyle Editor Kct4127@lockhaven.edu Lock haven may be call stickville but these students are showing why LHU isn’t just some boring town. There showing us why fashion never stops moving and how the keep up with the trends by bring their own unique style to the table. So even though early November is relatively slow, a lull between seasons, there’s actually a lot going on. From under-the-radar indie linkups to urban street looks. They’re the perfect pick-me-ups for the coming winter wardrobe blues. Each student style very unique and made to fit their personalty and that their don’t like to follow trends that everyone is follow they branch out to go their own way.
Style Savage continues on page 11
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My journey into spiritual awakening: Discovering the greater power in all of us Mia Swales Staff Writer Mxs3279@lockhaven.edu The Cambridge Dictionary defines spiritual healing as the activity of making a person healthy without using medicines or other physical procedures, sometimes as part of a religious ceremony. It can be used to address many different problems or illnesses and is practiced throughout the world with successful results. People sometimes travel great distances seeking spiritual healing, and a common result is finding a deeper connection to their own spirituality. Through their physical and emotional journey, people can learn to focus on the human spirit or soul as opposed to material things. In her show “Super Soul Sunday,” Oprah Winfrey often talks about her own psychic awakening. She defines spirituality as “the measure of how willing we are to allow Grace - some power greater than ourselves - to enter our lives and guide us along our way.” During my research I learned that spiritual healing and spirituality are very much connected. During the process of engagement there is a greater power that takes over and awakens us, and in that moment one is spiritually connected and healing takes place. People may travel near or far in pursuit of this experience, and there are places all over the world that can expand, inform, and inspire one’s knowledge, with lasting impact. Author Amanda Linette Meder has described intriguing and powerful moments of spiritual healing: • John of God is a healer medium, the miracle man of Brazil. He creates visible and invisible operations with the intent to heal. Oprah once visited John of God and she witnessed him cutting a woman across her chest in the effort to heal the paralysis of her arm. She had no anesthesia or medication, but she felt no pain during the procedure. Oprah herself became overwhelmed, feeling her body get warm and experiencing an overwhelming higher power. Describing what she witnessed and her reaction, Oprah said, “I closed my eyes and sat quietly, feeling the rhythm of my breath. Tears of gratitude started to flow. Gratitude for the whole journey of my life-- not just everything that had gone right, but the things that had not.... I felt an overwhelming sense of peace.” • The beautiful summit of Mount Shasta has the power to inspire and make one feel in touch with the spiritual moment while also sensing one’s
connection with the broad expanse of life and living. • The Integratron is a location three hours away from San Diego which offers a healing bath in “the most acoustically sound building in the world.” • Holy Chimayo is near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a little church that has healing powers, and each year hundreds of thousands visit. Holy Chimayo offers “holy dirt” - healing soil. • Salem, Massachusetts has many spiritual landmarks to visit. • Big Horn Medicine Wheel is located in Wyoming. It is known as a site bringing together several facets of the spirit world, including Father Sky, Mother Earth and Spirit Tree. Many travel throughout the world to experience spiritual healing while learning about different cultural rituals and beliefs. Even if we don’t all agree with these ideas or share these beliefs, it’s important to be open to all possibilities of healing and pathways to peace. Through this kind of journey, people can become better educated and tolerant. “Spiritual healing is often experienced as a state of harmony, balance, greater well-being, and joyfulness...”
Do you have a style of your own or know someone that dresses to impress? Would you like to be featured for the next Style Savage issue of the eagle eye. Send request to the lifestyle editor to see if you’ll be featured in the next publication! Email Kct4127@lockhaven.edu
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Style savage: Trendy fall fashions Kiara: Where do you get the inspiration for your style from.? Natalie: I watch a lot of fashion shows, like MarcoMarco is great and YSL there great. And i really like clothes that fit my body type. I dress in a lot of oversize stuff, so its kind of like slacker-ish. So its like slacker/cute kind of style. K: Any artist you would say you watch or you like their style and maybe there music ? N: No, like I’ll see what there wearing be like that’s nice but, no I have my own style. But i really like Joey Badass like he help me get in the mood for when I’m getting dressed
Kiara: Tell me what your style is like. Daniel: i like mixing the old stuff with the new, so i can create my own style. I take self image so seriously i see people who, don’t as much... They way i see it, like you look good, you feel good. And that kind of comes into place with the website i created called Binks Community closets. i want to have people feel better about themselves and if i can help in that process that makes it even better. K: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever worn! D: Oh man, Back in the day i wore fur jacket to school and boy was i sweating. My motto back then was ‘style over sweat’ and i learned my lesson then.
Kiara: How would you describe your style to the world? Janice: I guess I get most of my style from my dark side. This is were all my fashion come from, i really like wearing dark colors and trying on things that are new for me. K: Are there any celebrities that you get your inspiration from J: I really like Korean dramas style and American style. K: have you ever worn anything that you look back and think ohmygosh J: yeah, when I wore short shorts this one time. Because where I’m from we don’t usually wear these and they will look at you like where are you going.
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Celebrity opinions on gun control Roxanne Aretta
Opinions Editor rab484@lockhaven.edu President Trump said the shooting would have been worse with gun control and completely ignored the fact that the gunman should have never been allowed access to a gun. Sutherland Spring shooter Devin Kelley had a discharge from the Air Force because of domestic violence. This should have prevented him from buying any gun, but the information was never documented in the federal background check system, said Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times. On Tuesday, Trump took attention away from gun control, but celebrities used social media to voice their opinions after the shooting. Here are just a few: Lady Gaga:
Chelsea Handler:
Miley Cyrus:
In a later post, Cyrus also went on to state that white men can be terrorists, too. And that race and religion should play no part in classifying whether or not a mass murder is terrorism or not.
OPINION
Thrift-shopping perks Jessie Smith
Staff Writer jcs2355@lockhaven.edu If you’re like most college students, you don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on clothes and accessories. That doesn’t mean you can’t rock the sweetest sweatshirt on campus. In fact, some of the sweetest sweatshirts I have, I found at thrift shops. They are cheap, comfortable, and stylish! In any thrift shop there are undoubtedly hundreds of items to select from. They can range from corduroy suits, to kitchen utensils, to a pair of old roller skates. Personally, my favorite items in thrift shops are the sweatshirts and jackets. There are typically hundreds of unique sweatshirts and jackets that are just dying to be given a new home! The wide variety of clothing at thrift shops enables the opportunity for you to create a sense of style that is uniquely your own. Over the past four years I have managed to acquire quite the collection of sweatshirts which were broken in well before I purchased them. Fortunate for me, the broken in and worn-down look just happens to be my personal sense of style when it comes to sweatshirts and jackets. At the local Thrift store or Salvation Army store you can find hundreds of old crewnecks, denim jackets, and flannel shirts for under five dollars. These pieces of clothing are essential to being comfortable while remaining sensible with your budget and stylish with your giddup. Any time you walk into a thrift shop you never know what you’re going to find. Occasionally high-quality name brands will pop up, or a Lock Haven football sweatshirt will be calling for a new home. Whether you’re looking to save money, find a fun piece of clothing, or add to your collection of flannels, the best thing about thrift shopping is that it is for a good cause. This is especially true for organizations like Salvation Army or Goodwill, which both have stores in downtown Lock Haven. It is important to note that not everything you see in thrift shops is worth investing in. For every sweatshirt worth buying there are probably twenty other articles of clothing. It is also important to note that if you’re looking for shoes or pants, it is hard to find the right fit at a thrift shop. I recommend focusing your search in the sweatshirt and jacket isle, but don’t hesitate to shoot the other sections a glance. For example, just this past weekend I found a perfectly good suit for twelve dollars! I wore it to a presentation today and people thought I had spent hundreds on it. You never know what you’re going to find! With an open mind on thrift shops you can develop your casual and professional closet for a budget fit for a college student. During these winter months I highly encourage you to check out the local thrift shops and expand your closet in the most sensible way!
OPINION
13 Professor’s page: Words from Lock Haven’s finest
Should hate speech be allowed on campus? Dr. Douglas S. Campbell Professor Emeritus drussel2@lockhaven.edu
The United State Supreme Court has ruled time and time again that free speech is not an absolute legal right. To date, however, repeated attempts to draw a line between what is and what is not free speech has not produced a consensus. Probably the most famous attempt was written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in Schenck v. United States (1919): “The question. . . is whether the words . . . are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger.” His equally famous example is that you cannot “yell fire in a crowded theater.” Zachariah Chafee in “Free Speech in the United States” writes that some “utterances are no essential part of an exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.” I like best the dissenting opinion of Justice Louis Brandeis in Whitney v. California (1927) where he posits what has come to known as the incitement standard: “Advocacy . . . however reprehensible morally, is not a justification for denying free speech where advocacy falls short of incitement.” His solution: “The remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” In short, the solution to hate speech is not to limit it, but to oppose it with love speech. The essential mission of Lock Haven University (and, indeed, of every institution of learning) is to educate. You do not educate haters by forbidding them to speak.
You cannot expose the fallacies of hate speech unless you engage them. You cannot defeat hate without defeating its expression. Suppressing it only drives it underground; the hate itself remains. Should you demonstrate against it? Of course, but a demonstration should be used to draw attention to the evil of hate speech, not to drown it out. If you don’t listen to the content of hate speech, then you don’t know the evil ideology you must confront. Finally, the meaning of whatever speech you use to oppose hate speech, whether symbolic or literal, should be as clear as you can make it. Amorphous expressions blur the focus of the discussion, can dilute support for your position, and may even result in a backlash.
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Jim Chester steps down as LHU head baseball coach Doug Spatafore Sports Information Director dpatafo@lockhvaen.edu After three seasons as the head baseball coach at Lock Haven University, Jim Chester (pictured top right) has stepped down from the position to accept the head coaching duties at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina. Chester was named LHU’s head coach in August 2014 and spent three seasons at the helm of the Bald Eagle program. In those three season, Chester turned around the program and most notably, helped LHU to a historic 2017 season. During the 2017 season this past spring – Chester’s third as head coach – LHU recorded a school-record 32 wins and qualified for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament for the first time in eight years. Chester played a vital role in helping guide three players to the professional ranks following the 2017 season including pitcher Jacob Belinda who was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of June’s MLB Draft. During his three season in Haven Nation, Chester won 66 games, including 36 PSAC East games. He also guided nine players to All-Conference honors. Chester helped place a number of players in summer collegiate baseball leagues all over the country and he was instrumental
in LHU baseball’s involvement in the local community. During his tenure in Lock Haven, Chester also revitalized LHU’s baseball camps, clinics and summer tournament offerings. He also led major improvements and additions to Lock Haven’s baseball facility – The Watkins Field. “I am very sad that Jim is leaving Lock Haven, but I do understand that this is a fantastic opportunity for him and his family,” said LHU Director of Athletics, Dr. Tom Gioglio. “During Jim’s last three years, he helped transform our baseball program by making it one of the premier programs in the PSAC, and he and his 2017 team made history after breaking the school record for most games won in a season. We are especially proud of Jim’s involvement in the community and the mentoring he gave his student-athletes regarding their future career, citizenship and life. It will be very difficult to replace Jim.” “My family and I are very grateful for the opportunity and experience that Lock Haven University gave us. We were able to build life-long relationships and can’t thank the university and local community enough for everything over the past three years,” said Chester. “The relationships with former and current players are what I will miss the most. I truly believe the program is in a great place, and is posed for future success.”
Photo: By Golhu.com
Photo: By Bob McCool
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LHU drops road match to Pitt-Johnstown Doug Spatafore Sports Information Director dspatafo@lockhaven.edu The Lock Haven University volleyball team (11-17, 4-12 PSAC) fell on the road to The University of Pitt-Johnstown (22-7, 12-4 PSAC) 3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-15) in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) action on Tuesday, November 7. The LHU offense was led by Annie Dombrowski (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) and her five kills while Chloe Williams (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) chipped in with her four kills. Katie Eustice (Clarion, Pa./Clarion Area) led The Haven with seven assists while Paige Wolfe (Plano, Texas/Plano West) added six assists of her own. Shaye Whiteman (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) led Lock Haven on defense with 21 digs while Gabrielle Stick (Reading, Pa./Exeter Township) chipped in with 12. Wolfe also played well on defense, tallying nine digs. LHU returns to Thomas Field House on Friday, November 10th when they host Shippensburg. That game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm.
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Football rallies, falls to ESU Alex Sklar Sports Editor aws1509@lockhaven.edu After coming off a big win over Bloomsburg University the week before. The Lock Haven University football team hosted East Stroudsburg University in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East showdown this past Saturday, November 4. East Stroudsburg started the scoring right away in the first quarter, scoring on their first offensive play from scrimmage. ESU’s Jaymar Anderson took the handoff and ran 43 yards for a touchdown. 20 Seconds into the game, ESU led Lock Haven, 7-0. The Haven responded and drove into ESU territory but the drive was stopped short on a fumble forced by ESU. After a forced three and out, Lock haven again drove deep into ESU territory, but the drive once again was stopped on a forced fumble by ESU. The Warriors scored on the ensuing drive and led 14-0 with six minutes left in the first quarter. ESU would get right back on the board, recovering a LHU fumble and taking it to the house, East Stroudsburg’s lead stretched to 21-0. After the quick ESU scores, the Haven came right out and put together a beautiful 13-play, 75-yard drive. True-freshman quarterback, Kyle Knight scampered in for a seven-yard touchdown as the first quarter ended. On ESU’s first possession of the second quarter, Lock Haven’s Shyheim Brown intercepted East Stroudsburg’s Ben Moser and returned the ball nine yards to the LHU 33-yard line. The Haven took over and drove right down the field again. Ralph Hyland capped the 10-play, 67-yard drive with a one-yard plunge into the end zone. Midway through the second quarter ESU led LHU, 21-14. East Stroudsburg scored again before halftime but failed to convert the extra point. Going into halftime the Warriors led LHU 27-14. Lock Haven started with the ball in the second half and again drove deep into ESU territory, but the drive stalled on a fourth down incompletion. After a defensive stop, LHU continued to move the ball well, but were stopped a yard short on fourth down. ESU took over on their own 42-yard line and six plays later Jaymar Anderson scored his second touchdown of the day. With two minutes left in the third quarter the lead was 34 to 14, Warriors. Lock Haven continued their afternoon’s offensive success. The Bald Eagles drove the ball down to the ESU 5-yard line on the ensuing possession, but couldn’t get the ball into the end zone. On fourth down from the 10-yard line, Knights pass fell incomplete, intended for wide receiver Cole Renninger. East Stroudsburg took over on downs after the Haven’s failed fourth down attempt and chipped time off the clock with a 10-play 77-yard drive which ended with a field goal. ESU led 37 to 14 with 6:15 left to play in the fourth quarter. Lock Haven continued to show resilience. Like in the first half when they trailed 21-0, they never gave in or gave up. Knight marched the offense right down the field for a 75-yard, eight
play drive that only took 1:48 off the clock. Knight completed three passes, two going to Jalen Jackson for a total of 33 yards. Then running back John Ford took a handoff 24 yards to the end zone. LHU went for two but failed on the conversion. LHU cut the lead to 37-20. LHU kicker, Nick Boumerhi then converted a successful onside kick. Lock Haven started at their own 46-yard line and went 54 yards in seven plays for a touchdown through the air. Knight threw his first career collegiate touchdown pass to Marcus Williams, a 29- yard strike to the corner of the end zone. The Bald Eagles forced a three and out from East Stroudsburg and got the ball back with 2:06 left in the game, trailing 37 to 27. On the second play of the ensuing drive, Knight hit Ford for 37 yards. But during the run after catch, ESU forced their fifth fumble on defense and recovered the ball for their fourth fumble recovery of the afternoon. Lock Haven’s rally fell short. The final score from Hubert Jack Stadium was East Stroudsburg 37, Lock Haven 27.
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The offense racked up a total of 571 yards, for the second game in a row LHU rushed the ball for over 300 yards, finishing with 307 yards on the ground for the day. Knight had his best passing day of his young career. He completed 18 of his 34 passes for 264 yards, with the touchdown to Williams and no interceptions. Lock Haven had 35 first downs compared to ESU only having 18. The offensive line also had a solid performance, only giving up one sack on the day and paving the way for another 300-yard rushing performance. Hyland also had a career best day, rushing for 165 yards on 27 carries and a touchdown. Ford’s fourth quarter touchdown was his fifth straight game with a rushing touchdown. Tight end Jalen Jackson also set career highs in catches and receiving yards. Jackson had eight catches on the day for 116 yards. The Haven will return home this Saturday, November 11 to finish out their season. The Bald Eagles will host Mercyhurst University with kickoff slated for 12 p.m. The final game of the season will be Lock Haven’s 2017 Veteran’s Appreciation Game, all Veterans will be admitted to the game free of charge. Saturday will also serve as The Haven’s Senior Day.