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Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 3
February 6, 2013
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The Trentones a cappella group perform and impress at the 2013 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Quarterfinals.
By Natalie Kouba News Editor
Before the Trentones came back from winter break, they spent three full days singing, dancing and rehearsing their song set for the quarterfinals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Over the past two weeks, they practiced three times a week. They usually have more time to prepare, said Danielle Bellomo, senior accounting major and Trentones president. Apparently this year, however, the limited amount of time was enough. “The closest we’ve ever come in the five years we have been competing in the ICCAs was my freshman year we got third place,” Bellomo said. The Trentones were founded in 2002, and up until the Quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb. 2, they had never made
it to the Semifinals. The competition was at Rutgers University and consisted of 10 a cappella groups, including the Trentones. The Trentones showcased a dramatic set, consisting of clapping, falling to the stage and stomping, which created an intense plot along with the music, according to The A Cappella Blog. The Trentones began with a mashup of “Some Nights” by fun. and “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkel, continued with “Slow Me Down” by Emmy Rossum and finished the set with “Bottom of the River” by Delta Rae. Dylan Lloyd, senior music education major and music director for the Trentones, arranged the pieces and is looking into changing up the set for the semifinals. Lloyd said he intends to keep the first and last songs in the set, but will replace “Slow Me Down.” “I don’t think that song is going to cut it for the
semifinals,” Lloyd said. “I’m going to make an arrangement of Skyfall from the soundtrack of the newest James Bond movie, which Adele sings.” Demetrios Frangos, sophomore nursing major and Trentones a cappella singer, thought that they would impress the judges, but did not want to get their hopes up. “We put together a pretty cool set and I guess they liked it,” Frangos said. Although they were intimidated listening to the other groups during the performance, they pulled through, never scoring less than an eight out of 10 or a four out of five. “We lost it!” Frangos said, describing how they felt when they found out they were moving on to the next round. “I can say there was overwhelming jumping and screaming on the stage,” Bellomo said. “We didn’t even know who won first because we were so distracted by the fact they said our names.”
PC3 cleans up the College 2010 assault arrest iCarpool drives to reduce emissions
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PC3 members garden on campus. By John Irvine Correspondent
The day after tomorrow may hold a truth that is inconvenient, but the College isn’t standing by idly. In order to fight the climate-changing greenhouse gasses that are emitted from the College, President R. Barbara Gitenstein, in 2007, signed the American College & University President’s Climate Commitment, a pact that binds 665 institutions to strive for environmental responsibility. The President’s Climate Commitment Committee, or PC3, was formed shortly after the signing and was tasked with helping the College to meet the various requirements. To fulfill this mission PC3 has attempted to introduce numerous initiatives to raise awareness about environmental perils and to change student and faculty behavior. Past initiatives include requiring all new appliances purchased by the College to be Energy Star appliances, buying carbon off-sets and sponsoring
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programs to raise awareness and education. “TCNJ has reduced its carbon footprint, as measured by the Green House Gas (GHG) inventory, from 39,927 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2008 to 14,743 metric tons of (CO2) in 2011,” said Matthew Golden, associate vice president for Communications, Marketing and Brand Management. Progress has been made, but the president’s Climate Commitment Committee (PC3) is still rather new. Despite its novelty, The Princeton Review cited the College as one of the 322 most environmentally responsible “green” colleges in the nation in 2012. Another way the College works to reduce carbon emissions and to further this headway is to endorse the College’s iCarpool initiative. The concept is simple: fewer cars on the road see PC3 page 2
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The Demonstration Garden is just one effort to make the College greener.
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By Amy Reynolds Managing Editor
Two former students from the College were sentenced to probation on Thursday, Jan. 31 for sexually assaulting a freshman woman on campus in the fall 2010 semester, according to The Times of Trenton. Samuel Sarpeh, 22, of East Orange, N.J. and Christen Solomon, 21, of Irvington, N.J., were both suspended from the College after the incident. According to prosecutors, the girl had attended a party in Sarpeh’s dorm room that evening. She was intoxicated and asked if she could stay over so she would not have to walk home. During the night, Sarpeh and Solomon sexually assaulted the girl. She reported the incident in late September of 2010 and both men were arrested. On Thursday, Sarpeh pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact and Solomon pleaded guilty to inappropriate touching, according to the Associated Press. Sarpeh was sentenced to five years’ probation while Solomon was sentenced to three years’ probation. The woman and her family were present in court and Sarpeh and Solomon used this as an opportunity to apologize for the agony that they caused. “I’m sorry and for whatever that happened that night, I know that it has held both of us back and our life is never going to be the same,” Sarpeh said, according to The Times. “I have learned my lesson and nothing like that will ever happen again.” The two men were also sentenced to 40 hours of community service and both will have to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
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