La Vie Collegienne Vol. 86 Issue 5

LA VIE COLLEGIENNE LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE’S STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1924 VOLUME 86, NO. 5 | NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Christmas at The Valley coming soon Meridyth Sanders ’21 STAFF WRITER LVC’s music department prepares for one of the most attended events of the year as the holiday season grows near: Christmas at The Valley.

Christmas at The Valley is a concert held annually that emphasizes a traditional worship service in a format known as a “Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.” Scriptural readings interspersed with a variety of performances from LVC’s music department will illustrate the story of Jesus Christ.

“Even though some folks have been listening to Christmas music for a few weeks now, our hope is that, for those in attendance, Christmas at The Valley will open their hearts

to the Christmas season,” Dr. Zeuch, director of choral activities and assistant professor of music, said.

“Not the season of shopping, baking and craziness, but the season of anticipation, reflection and love.”

Dr. Zeuch, as director of Christmas at The Valley, aims to perform more songs that include instruments and chamber choirs in this year’s performance than have been used in previous years.

“I’m excited to see how the addition of more musicians can add to the concert,” Zeuch said.

Much of the music performed this year will be familiar, traditional carols, but one song in particular will hopefully move the audience into the Christmas spirit.

Faculty votes today Cassandra Barrett ’19 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The final budget recommendations report will be presented to the full faculty for a vote, scheduled to occur today.

The recommendation report will come as a motion from the faculty task force, and discussion will follow.

The faculty will introduce three amendments to the report; two of them amend the language of the report, and one requests a ballot that separates each line with a separate vote. If this amendment passes, an alternate ballot will be used to vote, and if it does not pass, the faculty will vote yea or nay on the final recommendations electronically through Qualtrics.

The process of determining

involuntary separations of faculty members has begun, but nothing has been officially decided. These separations are expected to produce a savings of nearly $420,000 for the College.

The final results of the faculty endorsement vote will be presented to the Executive Committee of the Board ‪on Wednesday, Dec. 5‪, and the full board will vote on the recommendations at its ‪Feb. 8‪ meeting.

Visit La Vie’s website over the winter break to follow updates about the recommendations as they become available.

“I am most excited about the piece “The Work of Christmas” by Dan Forrest, which we will sing toward the end of the concert,” Zeuch said. “The text of the piece explains that Christmas is not one day, but rather the start of what we must do after Christmas if we truly Photo provided by: LVC Marketing & Communications believe in the meaning ABOVE: Students and community members participate in of Christmas.” the candle lighting service at Christmas at the Valley.

Christmas at The Zeuch said. “The overall experience Valley will be held on Dec. 2, with in planning and preparation has performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

“This is my first year of this campus created much anticipation. I can’t tradition, and I am thrilled to be wait for the first notes to ring a small part of such a long legacy,” throughout the chapel!”

Protect yourself Travis Hall ’19 STAFF WRITER The majority of people today can say without hesitation that they’ve been the recipient of a spam email or other media that had the intent of stealing personal information.

Though it used to be fairly easy to spot these attempts, hackers have become smarter, and the danger of identity fraud has become more prevalent. Luckily, help is on the way courtesy of a group of students at Lebanon Valley College.

On Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m., members of the Homeland Security class will host an interactive display in Chapel 101. The event will feature examples of some of the most practiced methods of identity fraud facing college students, as well as lessons on cybersecurity that can eliminate the threat. The interactive

portion of the gathering will ask attendees to view several fraudulent messages and determine which are real and which are fake.

This project has been a part of the Homeland Security class for several years, but some former members of the course have heard about this particular entry and have echoed its importance.

“Pretty much everyone knows someone who has been affected by identity fraud,” LVC criminal justice graduate, Cody Pessig, said. “Maybe if more people knew about prevention methods, we could counteract the advanced ways criminals are getting that information.”

For more information on the event, please contact Travis Hall at thh002@lvc.edu or Cassandra Barrett at crb008@lvc.edu.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF LA VIE

THANKSGIVING PAGE 2

JAZZ PAGE 2

PASS MY PLATE PAGE 3

MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 4

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November 29, 2018

NEWS

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Giving thanks, LVC tradition Ryan Gilroy ’19 STAFF WRITER On a cold, snowy Thursday night, the LVC community came together for a night of feasting and friends.

LVC’s annual Thanksgiving dinner filled Mund and was attended by more than 300 students on Thursday, Nov. 15; it’s a tradition that has carried on through decades.

“When I first came to Lebanon Valley, it was a tradition that was already here,” Jen Evans, director of student activities, said. “It’s one of our favorite things to do for the students.”

The dinner was served by professors Photo by: Ryan Gilroy and faculty, and consisted of turkey, ABOVE: Faculty members gather to serve Thanksgiving dinner to LVC students. stuffing, corn, mashed potatoes and

Martin Kemper ’21 STAFF WRITER As part of LVC’s colloquium series on power, Dr. David Lai spoke to students, faculty and staff in Zimmerman Recital Hall in early November on China’s growing power and the potential threat that poses to the United States.

The growth of China’s economic and militaristic sectors are variables

Balance of power, China & U.S.

that will challenge established power structures and define foreign affairs for decades to come. China’s economy has seen significant growth within the past few decades which has led to an increase in military spending and a greater willingness to be more assertive in geopolitical affairs.

Because of these changing variables, tensions with established power structures, like the United States and the European Union, could rise.

“There’s often a temptation of a sitting power to preempt a rising power,” Lai said, in reference to the natural tendencies of political actors and a possible path the U.S. could go down.

The U.S. pre-empting China’s development could destabilize global markets and increase tensions between world powers. According to Lai, a fundamental problem is the inability to reconcile differences

gravy, ham, pie, hot apple cider and coffee for the students.

“We did apple pie instead of pecan because a lot of students love apple pie,” Evans said. “We also did away with the vegetable tray but other than that, everything else is fairly the same.”

Metz and LVC thanks everyone who attended the annual Thanksgiving dinner and wish students the best of luck for the rest of the fall semester.

“I thank the students for making it one of our favorite things we have,” Evans said.

because of mutual misunderstanding and mistrust.

“China and the U.S. are so different; they don’t understand each other,” Lai said. “The U.S. accuses China of human rights violations domestically while China accuses the U.S. of human rights violations internationally.”

How the differences are handled could mean a new age of global cooperation and prosperity or the horrible possibility of another world

Jingle Jamboree builds holiday spirit Spencer Paterick ’21 STAFF WRITER Every year LVC has a number of special events that help to get both students and community members in the holiday spirit.

Jingle Jamboree will take place on Friday, Nov. 30, from 8 to 10 p.m. in

the Arnold Sports Center. The event is meant to celebrate the end of the fall semester and also to get the students ready for the holiday season.

There will be a variety of stations and activities that students can partake in. Last year at the event activities included a maze, a snow globe making station, cookie decorating, horse

Jazz musicians perform at LVC Meridyth Sanders ’21 STAFF WRITER The small jazz ensemble performed for LVC students and the community in its fall recital on Friday, Nov. 16.

The recital took place on the stage of Lutz Hall in Blair Music Center. The snug setting complemented the casual atmosphere of the jazz recital and encouraged an interaction between the performers and the audience.

“I hope the audience got to feel present in the moment and connected with the music,” Ethan Swayze, sophomore audio and music production major, said. “A lot of times in big concerts, the audience can feel disconnected with the music and the performers, but the goal with jazz is to create a more intimate environment.”

The ensemble’s performance, di-

rected by adjunct instructor of music Timothy Wolfe, heavily emphasized and relied upon improvisation. The musicians composed melodies on the spot while watching and listening to each other to form cohesive and unique arrangements of the songs.

“We were particularly locked in with each other during ‘Song for my Father,’ and it was a great way to start the show,” Swayze said.

The format of jazz concerts varies each year depending on the number of musicians and the variety of instruments used. This year’s ensemble was divided into two groups of musicians, each playing five standard jazz tunes.

The small jazz ensemble will perform again in the spring semester.

and carriage rides, karaoke, a card writing station for military members, a surprise visit from Santa and number of snacks and drinks including, hot chocolate, apple cider, and snacks including fries, popcorn and funnel cake. Free t-shirts will be given out to a limited number of students, so show up early in order to get one.

“I really enjoyed the event last year.” said Jenna Lysakowski, a sophomore physical therapy student. “The carriage ride was my favorite part and the food was good too. I am definitely going to go again this year.”

The event is free to attend for all students.

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#PassMyPlate My Ho ’21 STAFF WRITER Prior to the Thanksgiving break, LVC’s community contributed to the act of giving thanks through numerous activities including #PassMyPlate – an initiative that helps support children with AIDS. #PassMyPlate is an event where students can donate a minimum of one meal swipe or flex dollar while commuters and LVC’s staff can donate directly to a fund that supports the American Foundation for Children with Aids (AFCA) in building sustainable food solutions for children living in Sub-Sahara Africa who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Also, as part of the event, students and staff had a meal just with rice and beans to experience the daily meal of the families who suffer from extreme poverty.

“The World Bank declares $1.90

as the world’s poverty level,” Jennifer Liedkta, LVC’s service and volunteerism coordinator, said. “In fact, in the countries AFCA is working, it’s even less than that,” Liedtka said.

“The event is about raising awareness about that fact, that people are living on so much less than we are in many parts of the world.”

The event took place on Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Lebegern Learning Commons during lunch. More than $2,500 was raised at the event.

According to Liedtka, this year’s event reached a larger audience because interactions with students were enhanced through a number of activities prior to the Wednesday’s rice and beans meal. Global Education club members volunteered to walk into FYE classes, set up tables in Mund and operate Global Coffee Hours so that every student had an opportunity to understand the message of #PassMyPlate.

Museum internship opportunity

“It wasn’t just here is some rice and beans,” Liedtka said.

“It was here’s this portion of food and each portion a student was given cost $64 cent to make and in many of these communities served by AFCA, that’s it for a day. Just to step back for a minute and think what it would be like.”

As for LVC’s students, the event has been a chance to give thanks and support those in need.

“It’s a great opportunity for students at LVC to be engaged in and to learn more about how other people are living in different parts of the world,” Fatima Madondo, a sophomore biology major, said. “It’s somePhoto By: Jennifer Liedtka thing very meaningful.”

ABOVE: Hima Patel and Allison Liu at the #PassMyAFCA is based in the Harris- Plate event tion has served tens of thousands of burg area with a warehouse in Lebanon. Since 2005, the organiza- families.

Write place to be at LVC

the intern has the opportunity to Raeann Walquist ’20 Courtner Mengel ’19 research and write labels, and learn STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER LVC’s Art & Visual Culture depart- the process of installation and deGreen Blotter Literary Society is ment seeks an intern for the Suzanne installation. looking for creative student writers H. Arnold Art Gallery.

Depending on the intern’s inter- to submit their work for this year’s An internship provides students ests, however, responsibilities may literary magazine. with experience and practical knowl- vary.

Green Blotter is a student-run magedge in a field that interests them.

“We are happy to tailor the experi- azine that accepts creative writing Currently, there is an opening at the ence to suit the student’s needs,” Mc- submissions from any undergraduSuzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery.

Nulty said. “For example, a student ate student. These submissions are Since the fall of 2011, the Suzanne who was interested in curating was combined with photos and artwork, H. Arnold Art Gallery has offered an given the opportunity to go to Mex- also submitted by students, to create internship opportunity under the di- ico to experience and research the a final product. rection of Dr. Barbara McNulty, direc- celebration Dia de Los Muertos (Day The magazine is a great place for tor of the Gallery. The internship is a of the Dead) and then helped to plan students to get their work out into six-credit course and involves an 18 an exhibition for the following year.” the world for the first time. Paige hour per week commitment.

For more information regarding Bryson, a junior English major, “Traditionally, the internship has the Gallery internship, please contact serves as the managing editor for been offered to majors and minors Dr. McNulty at mcnulty@lvc.edu.

Green Blotter. in the Art & Visual Cul“It is a great opportunity to have ture department,” McNulty your work published,” Bryson said. said. “However, we are at a “It gives authors and artists a place to point where we would like share their work with others.” to open this to others who While Green Blotter is a literary might like to have this rich magazine, the magazine also needs experience.” more visual submissions to create its Each week, the intern will final product. submit a journal detailing “We are always particularly in need all work done on behalf of of visual arts submissions, so we enthe Gallery and the learncourage artists to take a few minutes ing experience gained from to share their work with us,” Sally the tasks. The Gallery intern Clark, advisor of the Literary Society will have several responsisaid. bilities throughout the seThe magazine is not only seeking mester. Using InDesign, the submissions but is also encouraging intern will create flyers and more students to get involved. There Photo By: Courtney Mengel post on social media to proare a variety of ways to get involved ABOVE: Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery mote Gallery events. Also, based on personal interests.

“We welcome any students who would like to join us and be part of the process,” Clark said. “We need people to read submissions, evaluate art and photography, help with our webpage and social media, help design the print version on InDesign and work their way onto our editing team.”

Working on the magazine has been a positive experience for many students in their career at LVC. Many students find it to be a great creative outlet that they might not otherwise have.

“We get to pull together writing and art from all over the world and craft a magazine for others to enjoy,” Bryson said. “I think other students would enjoy it because it demonstrates the amount of work that goes into something you care about and something you’re creating for others.”

Green Blotter will accept submissions through Feb. 15, 2019. For guidelines and submission requirements, studens can visit www.lvc.edu/greenblotter/.

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November 29, 2018

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’Tis basketball season Mason Green ’22 STAFF WRITER As winter approaches, the basketball season is in full swing.

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have hit its strides with the beginning of its season starting in early November. With the first few games already played before Thanksgiving break, the men’s team has an overall record of 2-3, and the women’s team has a record of 2-4.

For the men, this season brings a new challenge of having a revamped group of eight freshmen and one senior after winning the MAC championship last season. Because of the inexperienced roster, the team was pre-ranked eighth out of nine conference teams.

“We knew we would be overlooked with such a young team, but we just have to keep getting better every day and take it one game at a time,” Justin Baker, junior guard, said.

Despite the 2-3 record, the team

has shown what it’s capable of early on with two of its losses in single digits and its biggest loss being a deficit of only 11 points.

The team defeated Gettysburg College in the first tournament of the year and Bryn Athyn in the first round of the Rinso Marquette Tournament.

The women’s team has a more balanced roster with three seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen. Going into the season, the team was picked sixth in the MAC conference and looked for guidance from one of its seniors Anne Lehr, a returning captain.

Photo by: Cassandra Barrett Although the team had a rough start with three straight ABOVE: Senior guard Anne Lehr is the captain for the LVC Women’s Basketball team. losses, it has bounced back with conference games,” Emily Mealey, years to come.” two wins out of the last three games, sophomore forward, said. “It has been The next home game for the men’s defeating Bryn Athyn, 73-40, and Penn good for the young players to get game team will be Dec. 5, against LycomSt. Harrisburg, 78-67.

“We have been learning a lot experience and learn from the upper- ing College at 6 p.m. The women will through our out of conference games classmen. I am excited for where we follow at 8 p.m. against Lycoming at and what we have to work on for our are headed the rest of the year and for home as well.

Swim team looks ahead Spencer Paterick ’21 STAFF WRITER Lebanon Valley College men and women’s swim team looks to improve in its upcoming meets.

After the five meets already this year, the men’s swim team currently sits without a win and the women’s team has a record of 1-4.

The team’s last meet was on Monday, Nov. 19, against Elizabethtown College. The men lost 30-215, and the women lost, by a slim margin of, 125-137. The women’s only win came against Wilkes University with a score of 131.50-67.50.

Erika Schell, a sophomore swimmer, was named the MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week after a stellar performance against Elizabethtown. Schell won two individual races against the Blue Jays. She won the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 29.30 and the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 32.48. She was then a member of the 200-meter freestyle relay team that won with a time of 2:01.03.

Schell qualified for MAC championship during a meet at Wilkes University on Nov. 3 and had a time of 1:05.34 in the 100-meter butterfly.

So far this season, the Dutchmen have had multiple swimmers who have qualified for the MAC champion-

WIH takes to the ice

ship, which is set to take place in Feb- Spencer Paterick ’21 STAFF WRITER ruary.

Courtney Betsock, sophomore, had

The women’s ice hockey team is off a time of 2:26.40 in the 200-meter indi- to a slow start this season.

The team might not have started vidual-medley to qualify for the MAC championship during the meet at Wil- the season the way it hoped, but the Dutchmen have reason to be optimiskes University on Nov. 3. Sarah Wolfe, tic with its award-winning players junior swimmer, qualified for a spot in and upcoming home games.

Jill Moffatt, a junior goalkeeper, rethe MAC’s in the 1650-meter freestyle. cently earned MAC Defensive Player of Kaitlyn Welch, sophomore, and Sofia the Week. This is the third time in her Pascuzzo, freshman, both qualified career she has been awarded this honfor MAC’s in the 50-meter freestyle. Ni- or and the first time she was awarded cole Flohr, sophomore, earned herself this season. She currently boasts a a spot at MAC’s with a time of 1:07.99 .932 save percentage with 312 shots in the 100-meter freestyle. D’Anna Sy- against her and only 28 goals allowed on the season. Moffatt had an impresdow, junior, qualified for MAC’s with a sive number of saves in a two-game time of 1:15.71 in the 100-meter back- series against the number one ranked stroke and Jillian Frenick, freshman, qualified in the 100-meter backstroke.

Alexis Morace, sophomore, and Cayla Sydow, freshman, both qualified for the MAC’s in the 100-meter butterfly.

Both the men’s and women’s teams are back in action against MAC rival Stevenson University on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. in Owning Mills, Maryland. The Dutchmen’s next home meet will be Jan. 12, 2019 against FDU-Florham.

team, Elmira College. She made 30 saves in just over 26 minutes of action in the first game and 85 saves in the second game against Elmira.

On offense, the team is led by Chloe Glass, a sophomore forward.

Glass has played in all six games this year and leads the team with 3 goals, 18 shots, 2 assists and 5 points.

The Dutchmen are currently 2-6 but have only played one home game this season. The team’s next home game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 4:30 p.m. The team hopes to gain momentum as a majority of the following games will take place at home.