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Sixty-seven organizations frozen by CSIL Kelsey Bundra Editor-In-Chief Recently, 67 clubs and organizations on campus have been deemed “frozen,”

by Center for Student Involvement and Leadership (CSIL). The organizations cannot access their funding (via the banking center), reserve space on campus to hold meetings, hang posters or use Get Involved to recruit members. Executive board members must attend at least two Marauder’s Lead sessions with a total of eight participants in order to return back to unfrozen status. This is the CSIL’s response to organization presidents not attending or leaving the Student Organization Leadership Conference early.

Many students and club advisors are upset with CSIL’s email communication and enhanced repercussions than in years past.

Irena Riley, president of German Club could not attend the conference, but sent the German Club’s treasurer.

The treasurer left early. “I was shocked when I received the email,” Riley said. “I get that leadership is important, but I didn’t expect to be punished.”

The original email that the presidents, of clubs and organizations, received states the date and time of the conference and they were invited to join. A link is provided within the email and only within the

link on Get Involved do students see that the conference is mandatory. Nowhere in the emails and the link does CSIL add the consequences of not attending the conference or leaving early.

The Get Involved link leads students to a post that said, “Come out and learn valuable skills that will help your organization while meeting new people. Presidents and Treasurers are required to attend.” “[The organization] saw one was copied to advisers on July 31; however, I checked my email and didn’t receive it. Why send [the original email] to advisers and club leaders in the middle of summer?” Dr. Jill Craven, English chair and advisor of the English Club and the Film Club, said.

Once the conference date passed, an email was sent out to the 67 clubs and organizations explaining the consequences of missing or leaving the conference early.

This email provided the reasons for the organizational freeze and the consequences, but it did not specifically state that clubs and organizations’ funds were frozen.

“Frozen organizations may not reserve any space on campus for meetings, events or fundraising purposes; you will not be approved to hang flyers; and you will not be able to use Get Involved for communication or recruiting purposes,” Nikki Rohrback,

the CSIL Secretary, said in an email to the frozen organizations.

Immediately, the response to the email was negative. Craven responded back to the email sent by Rohrback.

“After years as a successful advisor, I am discouraged about what Students Affairs is doing to make club activities more difficult to have. With student engagement a strategic priority for the campus, I see these policies as working against the strategic plan,” Craven wrote.

This the first year that there is such a strong response from CSIL in regards to missing the conference or leaving early.

“I didn’t hear of any outcomes [from previous years] actually,” Riley said.

Student organizations now have to function while being frozen. Riley said the German Club is affected by this freeze. The German Club has bills that are pending and they need to pay for services they have already utilized.

Certain clubs are unable to operate when their funds are frozen. The Film Club is also suffering from the frozen funds.

“We cannot offer any events. This impacts the film club specifically because it has to schedule films ahead of time. The way they have changed the events to ‘rolling approvals’ has already problematized any volume discounts we had in the past,”

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY The Broadcast Education Association regional meeting featured WGAL broadcaster Dick Hoxworth (right). Bill Dorman is pictured to the left.

POLICE BRIEFS Drug Infractions Sept. 21 There was an information report about drug activity. A report was filed.

Theft Sept. 25 Theft of a credit card was reported. A report was filed. The victim refused investigation.

Traffic violations Sept. 25 There was a traffic stop at Centennial Dr. at residence hall circle. A report was filed and two citations were issued.

Sept. 26 There was a report of people in a vehicle with an open bottle. MUPD made a stop. A report was filed.

Fire Alarms Sept. 28 There was a fire alarm malfunction in Caputo

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KELSEY BUNDRA/SNAPPER The Center for Student Involvement and Leadership provided inconsistent emails.

Craven said.

In order for these 67 clubs and organizations to become unfrozen, they will have to attend Marauder Leads sessions. CSIL has created the Marauders Lead Series for students in leadership roles within Millersville clubs and organizations. Also, these sessions are open to individuals wishing to improve their leadership skills. The next sessions are as followed: •Thursday, Oct. 1 at noon in SMC 118- Escalation •Tuesday, Oct. 6 at noon in SMC 18- Student Organization Funding •Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in SMC 18- Team Work •Thursday, Oct. 8 at noon in SMC 118- Team Work •Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4

p.m. in SMC 118- Student Organization Funding CSIL added two more Marauder Leads sessions to the schedule.

Those wanting to voice their opinions on their club or organization’s frozen status are encouraged to attend the next Student Senate meeting.

“Student Senate meetings are open to all students, faculty, and staff every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in SMC 118. You are more than welcome to come speak at a Student Senate meeting during the Public Comments section. If you would like, we can put you on the agenda for this week’s upcoming meeting on Thurs, Oct. 1, 2015. I would really appreciate it if you replied to this email with your plans to

attend, so you can be added to the agenda. Student Senate also hosts an open Student Concerns committee meeting every Monday at 6 p.m. in the Student Senate office in SMC 118 F. If you and other students, faculty, and staff would like to voice your concerns, this is the most appropriate place to do so,” Christian Copeland, Student Senate president, said.

Both Katherine Kealy, director of CSIL, and Rohrback were reached for a comment.

Neither one responded to attempts of contact.

pay their next set of bills, and all because Tom Wolf decided to play political games with their funding.”

“The fact of the matter is that Tom Wolf is campaigning for the largest tax increases in the country, and won’t accept anything less,” said Gleason.

The funding is now nearly three months overdue. The original budget was proposed for Wolf’s

approval on July 1.

There has been no comment made on when the next budget will be proposed.

For questions regarding frozen organizations, please contact CSIL at CSIL@millersville.edu or call (717)871-7057.

Wolf vetoes another budget Aaron Jaffe Advertising Manager

Governor Wolf recently vetoed the Republican’s plan for a stopgap budget.

“Instead of seriously Governor Wolf’s originegotiating a final budget nal statement can be found that funds education with at http://www.scribd.com/ a commonsense severdoc/283117090/09-29-15-Veance tax, fixes our deficit to-Messages. without gimmicks and provides property tax relief for middle-class families and seniors,” said Wolf.

“Republican leaders passed a stopgap budget that once again sells out the people of Pennsylvania to oil and gas companies.”

“At every turn, Republican leaders have prevented serious negotiations, because they are unwilling to take on oil and gas companies and Harrisburg special interests to make the long-term investments in education and the changes needed to help Pennsylvania families,” said Wolf.

The stopgap budget planned to fund necessary functions of the state including safety net organizations such as United Way, municipalities and public schools.

Republican Party of Pa. Chairman, Rob Gleason, said, “For nearly three months now, school districts and non-profits organizations across PennsylPHOTO COURTESY OF LANCASTERONLINE vania have been forced to wonder if they can Wolf vetoes Stopgate bill as promised.

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THURSDAY.OCTOBER 1.2015

A Catch-22 for Mars nytimes.com

@nytimes The report this week that definitive signs of water have been detected on Mars immediately set off speculation about finding life on that planet. Which raises an interesting conundrum: How best to explore the damp areas on Mars without contaminating them with microbes car-

Mars

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@NYTIMES The business of drones has ascended into the stratosphere, as investors have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the tiny unmanned aircraft in hopes of turning them into big business.

Now Robert Wolf, the financier who is a confidant of President Obama, is raising his bet on an industry that has already drawn names like Amazon and GoPro and top venture capital firms like Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Mr. Wolf’s advisory firm plans to announce on Wednesday that it is spinning off its drone-services arm into a

@NYTIMES Two Japanese nationals have been detained in China on suspicion of spying, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, a development that could hamper efforts to improve strained relations between the two Asian powers. The detentions, which occurred back in May, were said to involve diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea working to arrange a summit

@NYTIMES Brittney Griner will miss the start of U.S.A. Basketball’s European training camp this week after she was suspended by the organization. The penalty stems from Griner’s domestic violence arrest in April. Griner, the 6-foot-8 Phoenix Mercury star, was barred by the W.N.B.A. for the first seven games of the season, which amounts to the same percentage that she will miss of the United States training camp.

Derrick Rose said in a court filing that a woman accusing him of sexual battery consented to group sex and became upset because she felt she should be reimbursed for a sex toy. The Sept. 24 filing is in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman identified as Jane Doe saying that Rose and two other men drugged and gang-raped her at her home.

Steve Ballmer is the richest sports team owner in the United States, with a net worth of $21.6 billion. Forbes announced that Ballmer, the Los Angeles Clippers’ owner

It may not be easy to keep those areas pristine given how little is known about how life propagates.

A review conducted

by European and American experts recently concluded that scientists lack detailed knowledge of the physical and chemical conditions on the surface of Mars and know too little about the ability of terrestrial life to reproduce on other worlds. Will it require one cell from a single species or a million cells for that life-form to take root on Mars?

Some experts think that there is scant risk of contamination and that even if contamination occurs, genetic analysis should be able to distinguish between life-forms from the two planets. Oth-

separate company. The business, Measure, is betting that its ability to fly the devices to take pictures of farmland and oil rigs will draw interest, and dollars, from a potentially huge number of customers.

Nearly two years ago, Mr. Wolf’s 32 Advisors set up Measure to capture that opportunity. Rather than focus on making the drones or the accessories and software that power them, he has banked on creating a fleet of aircraft that can be flown on behalf of customers. For Measure, it is “drones as a service.”

His firm, 32 Advisors, plans to announce on Wednesday that it is spinning off its drone-services arm into a separate company.

Drone-for-Hire Business Makes Big Bet on Industry Credit Fred Prouser/Reuters “We think that over the next 24 to 36 months, we’ll be able to fulfill something that doesn’t exist around the world,” Mr. Wolf, Measure’s chairman, said in a telephone interview.

Drones have increasingly attracted attention as entrepreneurs rush to figure out new applications for the devices — and push the boundaries of government rules over their use.

“It would be like when smartphones were launched, or when PCs were launched,” said Sameer Gandhi, a partner at Accel. “What do we do now?”

Drone start-ups raised $107 million last year. By June of this year, however,

meeting for their leaders, and days after China arrested an American businesswoman, Phan Phan-Gillis, also accused of spying. Ties between Japan and China have been frayed over their wartime history and disputes over maritime territory. The Japanese Foreign Ministry declined to identify the detainees, both men, whose detention was first reported by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Asked if Japan had sent spies to China, a government spokesman said: “As

a nation, we absolutely do not do that. I want to say the same thing to all countries.” China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed questions about the detentions. According to the newspaper, one man was taken into custody near a military facility south of Shanghai, and the other near the North Korean border. The Japanese broadcaster NHK said it was investigating reports that a third national may have been detained around the same time.

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NASA’s two active rovers currently on Mars are not thoroughly sterilized and the next rover, scheduled to launch in 2020, will not be sterile, either. There is a danger that they might harbor microbes from Earth that could spread to the Martian surface and confuse further efforts to distinguish Martian lifeforms from those of Earth.

The space-faring nations of the world have long followed strict treaty-required procedures to protect planets, moons, comets and asteroids from contamination by Earth life. On Mars ”special regions” have been designated as needing protection because terrestrial organisms are likely to propagate there or Martian life-forms may exist.

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ried there from Earth.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on Monday that instruments aboard a spacecraft orbiting Mars had detected signs of hydrated salts at four locations. The salts almost certainly have been hydrated by liquid water in recent days. The water was not standing in pools, but was more like streaks of wet soil. NASA officials described the streaks as evidence that “water — albeit briny — is flowing today on the surface of Mars.”

Since liquid water is essential to life on Earth, the findings raised hopes that microscopic life might be found in the four locations or others like them scattered over Mars. The problem is that

and a former Microsoft chief executive, earned that distinction for the second straight

year. He was 21st over all on the Forbes ranking of the 400 richest Americans. (AP)

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such companies had already surpassed that with $172 million raised, according to data from CB Insights.

(By comparison, fewer than five venture financing deals for drones were struck between 2010 and 2012.)

And analysts have estimated that the commercial drone industry could swell to scores of billions of dollars in annual revenue.

Though consumers may know drones as $50 toys available on Amazon, startups and investors focus on higher-end aircraft like the $1,100 quadcopters sold by the Chinese manufacturer DJI. In May, Accel poured $75 million into DJI in one of its biggest-ever investments —

at an eye-popping valuation of roughly $8 billion. And Kleiner Perkins helped pump $40 million into Airware, which focuses on creating a software platform for drones.

For now, some applications are obvious, according to Mike Abbott, a partner at Kleiner Perkins. Drones can be used to survey tracts of land for farms or disaster areas for insurance companies at a fraction of the cost of helicopters.

And they can replace human inspections for structures like cellphone towers, greatly reducing the risk to workers.

Later on, Mr. Abbott added, drones could be used for even more ambitious roles, like companions for police departments or emer-

gency aircraft on cruise ships.

Since its formation, Measure and its team have focused on several priorities, according to Brandon Torres Declet, its chief executive.

One has been demonstrating the value of drone services.

That has meant working with the American Red Cross on studying how the aircraft can bolster rescue and recovery efforts in disaster zones.

And Measure has teamed with the American Farm Bureau Federation on a tool to calculate how much farmers can save by using drones to scout crops, map terrain and quantify insurance.

To find more of this story, go to nytime.com.

OPINION

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Religious Inequality: Millersville and anti-Semitism Aaron Jaffe @its_jaffe The struggle for equality has been a fight that continues on today. Through ignorance, prejudice continues to be wide spread amongst gender, race, creed and sexual orientation. The perceived majority has always been the leader in politics, societal norms and cultural values. However, how far should the public allow leaders to go before speaking up for the minority?

Millersville University lies in the heart of Lancaster County. It is a community dominated by white, Christian conservatives and traditionally famous for the Amish people that reside here. There is little diversity in this area and this has lead to major decisions being made in favor of the Christian majority.

Though there is more di-

fied by the University to lead students in that religion/faith.

Most of the current ministers on campus are paid by the church they come from to work with Millersville, however, due to the inherent structure of Judaism of not actively working to convert others to the Jewish faith, there is little to no possibility of having a Rabbi be paid to work with the University and its students. Being a campus minister takes a significant commitment of time and energy and to expect a volunteer with no affiliation with the University to make that commitment would be asking a lot of someone.

With that understood, the University would not allow a student organization without a religious leader to join Campus Ministries and would not allow the organization’s advisor to fill that role. This seclusion prevents those organizations from participating in admissions events including the Resource Fair for incoming students.

This then prevents current and perspective students from learning that there is something other than Christian organizations on campus.

When perspective and current

student organization.

She also provided no explanation as to why the Advisor of Hillel, Dr. Barry David, could not serve in this role to include Hillel in these crucial retention and admission-based events.

How can the University hope to be more diverse if they do not allow minorities to be heard?

Millersville has also made it difficult for those students who choose to stay and continue their

THE SNAPPER/ARCHIVES versity on the University’s campus, including Jewish, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists – specifically 15.9 percent according to a climate survey done in 2009 – as compared to the outside community, the decisions made by the administration still seem to be made in extortionately high favor of the Christian majority.

There is an inherent secularization found in the structure of the University and this starts with Campus Ministries. Campus Ministries is an umbrella organization within the University that encompasses religious/ faith based student organizations. According to the Millersville’s website, to be considered a Campus Ministries organization you must have a religious leader that is certi-

students do not see this diversity, it creates a perception that the University is not open to religiously diverse students and leads to a lower diversity count and lower retention rates of students due to their feeling of seclusion on campus.

Katherine Kealey, currently the Director of the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, who planned the Resource Fair during the 2015 Orientation for incoming students, provided no viable explanation as to why the Hillel could not participate in that event when this arguable injustice was explained to her.

She stated, “Campus ministers are invited to participate in the resource fair, not clubs and organizations.” However, these campus ministers are only on campus due to their

education here to practice their religion/faith.

Inside the classroom, it has become far too common for professors who are not educated on the diversity of religious students and the requirements of their beliefs to not accommodate them when needed.

Though the University gives a professor the ability to make the decision whether or not to excuse a student based on religious requirements, it becomes near anti-Semitic when those professors are not consistent with their allowances on excused class absences based on religious requirements.

More conservative Jewish students are required to take days of relaxation on high-holidays (e.g. Yom Kippur) and some professors on campus have not given those

THE SNAPPER/ARCHIVES students the ability to practice their religion freely based on their personal ignorance of the importance of the holiday. However, some of those same professors would allow students to be excused from a class because they share the same belief as that student.

However, if the professor does allow the student to be excused from class, they create an environment where it is nearly impossible to miss a class day and keep up with the course work. This causes the students to not miss class out of fear of losing major points towards their final grade and failing the class and go against their religious beliefs.

Outside of the classroom, Millersville has done little to be accommodating to the non-Christian students.

Dining Services is a considerable example of this.

With the new meal plan – and even before then – the dining facilities on campus have given little accommodation to those students who eat kosher due to the requirements of their religion, primarily for the Jewish students.

Kashrut or Jewish Dietary Laws creates preventions on eating such items as shellfish, pork, eating dairy and meat together and more.

With the new meal plan provided by dining, these dietary laws are not easily followed for those students who are forced to eat on campus.

During Passover Jews may not eat leavened bread.

In an attempt to accommodate this, last year, only after students complained, dining placed a singular box of Matzah (unleavened bread) on a counter top. They placed this same box on the counter top for all eight days of Passover.

In a survey of 130 Millersville students and recent alumni, over 50 percent thought that there was no religious equality on campus. The majority of these students were also part of a Christian-based religion/ faith. If even the majority can see how much inequality there is on campus, then how has this issue not been corrected?

“I think that we are taking steps in the right direction to resolve the issue,” said Amy

Koss, a conservative Jewish student at Millersville. “But only cooperation and dedication from the school as a whole (staff, students and administration), will let people know that religious discrimination is not acceptable on our campus.”

Dr. Barry David, Advisor to Hillel, stated, “There seems to be a blindness to the diversity of religious beliefs on the campus.” This ‘blindness’ has held true knowing there has not been research done on this by Millersville since 2009.

If the University cared, would there not have been more research done into this issue?

There is currently no re-

quired training to educate the campus community on religious diversity. Maybe it is time to start. If this training was implemented on campus it could lead to less ignorance of other religions. This could then lead to less prejudice and further understanding of the students and campus community.

Though there is optional training on people’s race and sexuality, it seems to be taboo to talk about religious diversity and that has seemed to hold back the development of religious awareness.

Thomas Paine once said, “I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious du-

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Boo-Tube: horror movie ads Marie Mosca Opinion Editor A week or so ago I was pulling an all-nighter and trying to get as much work done as I could while listening to music and some podcasts on YouTube. To my dismay, an ad popped up before my video and scared the living bajeebus out of me. It was for some horror movie. Normally I would have been fine with this, but it caught me off guard. I am an extremely visually oriented person, and when I see something horrifying it tends

to stick in my head and start appearing around every corner, hide behind my closet door and under my bed for weeks.

I usually like to be ready for that sort of selftorture.

Being an artist and a small business owner my, I understand the importance of having YouTube ads to make some money, but I do believe there should be options to turn them off, or

is probably not scary at all, but I still did not need to be freaked out that late at night (early in the morning?) I would like to see some options presented by YouTube to be able to filter my ads to avoid this. Heck, I would even pay for it.

A lot of other websites offer a “Premium” or similar membership that blocks all advertisements throughout the site itself. It would be extremely useful for videos and PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDROIDAUTHORITY.COM podcasts when you at least filter the kind you get class the next day. To make it on the double espresso shots get hit with three or before videos. I may be over things worse, every video I in my coffee, but seriously? I four ads throughout the enthe age of 18, but that does not tried to watch after that had had to resort to immediately tire video because it is so long. mean I want to be seeing stuff the same darn ad. It made me muting all my videos and I bet a lot of people would like that at 4 a.m. on a Sunday jump every time even if I sort switching tabs to avoid them. pay for something like that night when I have an 8 a.m. of knew it was coming. I blame In reality, the movie itself if it was reasonably priced.

When did these become pickup lines Nicole Lookfong Staff Writer There is one thing I’ve noticed around Millersville that all I can do is chuckle when I see it. It is simple, men and women of Millersville, please be more creative when you are trying to pick someone up.

Seriously, if your standards are that low then you cannot expect to have a high quality man or woman. You can expect to have a crazy though. Let’s be honest if your pick up lines run like this: “Hey are you a freshman?” Bite your lip and reply “Me too.” Then your standard of a significant other should follow with “Hey, do you want disease with that?”

Because if that pick up line works then odds are they are getting around. People are not as dumb as you may think they are. For instance, if you text someone and say, “Hey, I’m lonely” or “ I broke up with my girl can you comfort me,” and this is hap-

pening at 7 p.m. or 9 p.m.

Then yeah, it is a late night booty call.

Once again if your standard for a person to hook up with is that low and it works. Than the one you picked up may be looking for a boo and its going to be you, because your standards are for crazy. Any self-respecting individual will realize what is happening and block you on their phone.

The quality person will realize what you are doing and it is indeed that transparent. Do not expect Beyonce when you are throwing Kim Kardashian lines out there. Okay, maybe Kanye can’t think of lines that good, but you get my point. What happened to the days of bare minimum and mild amounts of creativity? “Baby did you fall from heaven?” “I think heaven is

missing an angel?” Or “Baby your *** looks like an apple and I want to take a bite.” At least they thought outside of the box with things like fruit and angels. Not freshman and tutoring! I should not be able to look at the bulletin board and find a pick up line at the library, I am sorry.

If these are your standards of picking someone up well then you cannot expect

Hart falling off the side of an apartment? Will Nick Canon and Kevin Hart work it out? Don’t try to disrupt a person’s show.

That is rude and don’t disappoint a person like that. Let them watch their show in peace. How about the quality of the pursuit and not the laziness? Once again, do not throw Kim Kardashain lines out there and expect a Beyonce.

Because the best kind of person you should try to pursue is someone that does not put up with lousy pickup line or a weeks worth of pursuit. Not the kind of person who does not pick up on the sneaky things one is attempting to get with you. They are smart enough to figure out and leave because a PHOTO COURTESY OF SRTRENDS.COM quality person will want someone genuine, somethem to be creative as a sig- trying to feed you, so they nificant other. Because you could give you the energy? one who will improve you know they should be cre- They should be investing in as a person and on your pick ative when they are desper- you. So once again, please up lines. Because running ate to get some. That is when raise your standards. “Net- game will get old and you they should be throwing out flix and Chill” should not be will realize you want sometheir best cards. They should a pick up line that works. one and a relationship that come up with things like; “ExMaybe they really want is real. Not a con. So improve cuse me, you are absolutely to watch the “Real Husbands your game and up your stanbeautiful and I would re- of Hollywood” or “Orange dards or don’t complain. ally like to get to know you.”

Then take you out to dinner.

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Don’t worry, be happy!

International Policy Conference brings happiness to Millersville University

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International Policy Conference brings happiness to Millersville University.

Millersville University is hosting the 2015 International Policy Conference: The Essentials of Happiness on Oct. 1 and 2 in the Lehr Room in Bolger Conference Center (Gordiner Hall).

During the conference, speakers and sessions will explore the science, discipline and art of happiness and wellbeing. There will be several sessions hosted by Millersville departments, which include: •Enhancing the Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations • Pursuit of Happiness: Gender, Public Policy and the Search for Human Happiness •Sustainable Living as a Path to Happiness • Global Happiness and Well-Being: Social Factors and the Movement for Change •Personal Happiness: Cultivating Mindfulness and Stress Reduction •Happiness—Why Wait?: Democracy & Education • Planning and Building for Health, Wellness and Social Connectivity: How our Environment Shape Behavior, Health and Happiness •Power of Ordinary: Voices of the Denied to Shouts of the Affirmed • Location, Location, Location: Looking for a Happy Home

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PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTHSDOWNSOUTH.COM Come join Millersville University and celebrate • A Blueprint for a Better artfully outlines how economQuality of Working Life ics influence people’s everyday lives from law and politics The conference will to behavior and labor. He is a also feature two key- columnist for the Bloomberg note speakers, Linda Lar- View, The New York Times son and Justin Wolfers. and the Freaknomics Blog.

Larson is a former TV acThe conference is sponsored tress who puts a spotlight on by MU Civic Engagement and positivity and achieving goals. Research Project and The RobShe is a best-selling author ert A. Christie Lectureship in of many CD, video programs Economics. The conference is and a book titled, True Pow- free and open to the public, but er: Get it, Use it, Share it. The prior registration is required. book outlines how she was For more information and see held hostage at gunpoint and a full schedule of events please documents about her escape. visit: www.villehappy.com Wolfers is an economist who

She was a Millersville alumna.

She was hired by the CIA to work on mainframe computers. In the 1980’s she assisted her husband in removing Soviet-planted bugs in a U.S. Embassy. Diana Lin Durand lived an exciting life, but it was ended by an 18-year battle with breast cancer. Now through the efforts of her brother, Dr. Dennis Denenberg, Millersville University is hosting an event to educate the campus on the disease that ended Durand’s live.

The Breast Health Initiative of Millersville University, founded by Denenberg, is hosting the fifth annual Breasta-Ville, on Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m., at the Student Memorial Center (SMC) Promenade.

The theme for this year is “Know Your Family History.”

It will focus on the genetic aspects of breast cancer and encourage students to uncover their family history. There will be various interactive games

PHOTO COURTESY OF TRANSFORMINGHEALTH.COM There will be activities and games at the upcoming Breast-A-Ville. and activities to spread awareness about breast cancer.

Vendors that will be present at Breast-a-Ville will include: The Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition, Grace Cancer Care and The Penn State Breast Center.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, regardless of race or ethnicity. It not only effects women, but can directly effect men. In 2012, 41,150 women and 405 men in the U.S. died from breast cancer.

Early detection and understanding family history saves thousands of lives each year,

PHOTO COURTESY OF MILLERSVILLE.EDU Millersville students support breast cancer by creating a human pink ribbon.

because it is detected before it spreads or becomes more dangerous (www.cdc.gov).

Denenberg has expanded his efforts on bringing awareness to breast cancer at Millersville University, through an established endowment named Diana’s Dreamers: Determined to Defeat Breast Cancer, they are hoping to establish online chapters on every campus in the U.S. to promote breast cancer awareness and a spirit garden statue located at Millersville University’s Stayer Hall. Along with Denenberg’s efforts, Dr. Richard Freriches, professor emeritus is honoring his wife Marsha.

The Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative established The Diana & Marsha Breast Cancer Awareness Center Resources, located on the second floor of Health Services. The center provides resources for women including information on prevention of breast cancer, early detection, diagnosis, treatment options, emotional impacts and nutrition.

For more information about breast cancer and Millersville efforts please visit: http:// www.millersville.edu/healthservices...ogram/index.php

Students explore careers at Carnival of Majors Marianne Caesar Features Editor Incoming students were able to continue their journey at Millersville University when attending the Carnival of Majors on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. After swiping their id cards, the students were eligible for raffles to win prizes such as gift cards to the university store, decals, and other Millersville giveaways.

Honoring its thirteenth anniversary, the event offered many programs ranging from the areas of the Exploratory program for undeclared students to majors of Chemistry and Music. Along with the variety of programs available to incoming students came the challenge of deciding one’s future career.

“I think people need to choose a major a little quicker than they realize,” said Len Litowitz, Department Chair for the Applied Engineering, Safety and Technol-

ogy Department. “Millersville has a strong but complex general education scheme and because of that if you don’t pick you major early enough, you could wind up taking additional courses.”

Yet, being unsure of what to major in can also be a positive experience, allowing for personal exploration through courses and outside research.

“I think it allows you to explore a major because 80% of people switch their major at least once when they’re in college,” said Dr. Antonnen.

“It allows them to plan a little bit earlier. If I had my way, I think everyone should come undeclared and declare at the end of their first year.“ Graduate students and undergraduate students were also present, representing organizations which were associated with their current majors or employment.

Graduate Assistant Kristin Calloway offered her advice for students de-

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIANNE LANZALOTTO The Exploratory program was founded by Doctor Ralph Contact: features@thesnapper.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIANNE LANZALOTTO Many majors were available for students to acces as options for their future career. ciding

on their major.

Such advice includes “coming to events such as the Carnival of Majors, talking with your advisor, not being afraid to go sit in their office and talk about your interests and where they align as far as the programs offered at Millersville or any prospective college, and seeing if there are any masters or doctorate level programs to further education in the field. “ The importance of enjoying one’s chosen major also plays a role in deciding what one’s future career should become.

“I think one of the most important things is that they enjoy that subject,” said Dr. Borger-Greco of the Foreign Languages department. “I think that’s more important than thinking ‘Am I going to have a job in this thing, so I should take that [instead]?,’ because I think if you like what you’re studying you get good grades.

What they really like is more important than what their parents think they should study since it’s their life.”

Seniors Nick VanLeuven and Tori Gardner are a prime example this, where she was able to choose their majors as an additional career tool to the ROTC. “A lot of choosing your major comes from your passion,”

said Gardner, Cadet 1SG in the ROTC and English major. “If you don’t know what your passion is than how are you going to choose your major and decide what you’re gonna do with your life. “ Gardner also noted that her major is not directly related to her future plan to study Engineering when she serves in the Military, but it has “helped explain things a lot more

clearly when talking to [her] soldiers or the other cadets so plans don’t get as jumbled.”

Student peer Nick Van Leuven is also a Cadet S3 and is presently a Chemistry major with a focus on Biochemistry. He plans to use his major to teach Chemistry and apply it to his military career.

“I plan on branching Chemical Corp. and having a Chemistry background will definitely

help me in that area understanding how our world is run by reactions and how things can affect people, especially in warfare,” said Van Leuven.

Whether declared or undeclared upon beginning one’s educational career, students should always keep an open mind in making their choices and potential career paths.

“I think the challenges for students today is that they overthink what they want to do. Use the college experience as an opportunity to explore new interests, new subject content,” said President Anderson. “Keep an open mind, and the best thing is to get a good strong foundation in the liberal arts because with that, you can do just about anything you want, even after college. If you can communicate in both written and oral form, if you understand a variation of global perspectives, you will be able to use those throughout the rest of your life no matter what your career is.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIANNE LANZALOTTO Students had the opportunity to discuss potentital majors or minors with faculty and staff members of numerous departments. They also had the opportunity to learn of any prerequisite courses and expectations which may be needed.

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Breaking stereotypes: MU female “Super Scouts” Danielle Barlieb

Staff Writer Leadership, outdoor adventure and pure fun; that was enough to attract MU Computer Science Professor, Beth Katz to the Boy Scouts of America just as her son was old enough to join Cub Scouts in 2001.

Little did she know that 15 years after first joining the scouting program, she would become what many avid scouters refer to as a “super scout,” meaning that if a zombie apocalypse were to strike, hanging with Katz would be your best chance at surviving.

Katz, who has been a MU Professor for 22 years, is a master of all things scout craft including; orienteering, outdoor cooking, knot tying, fire-building and wilderness survival just to name a few.

Since the start of her scouting career, Katz has worked with countless scouts ranging from child to adult age, teaching them many scouting skills that truly “prepare them for life.”

Another female “super scout” is Assistant in the MU Center for Student Involvement & Leadership, Nichelle

Amanda Lyles Staff Writer

DANIELLE BARLIEB/SNAPPER Left to right: Katie Rothwell, Emma Harrison, Daphne Schmuck and Danielle Barlieb pose together as Venturing Scouts working at the cub scout Camp Mack.

Rohrback. As proud and active member of the BSA, Rohrback takes on many diverse scouting roles including, Boy Scout Troop 267 committee member, Venturing Crew 212 Assistant Advisor, Harvest District Popcorn Chair and Harvest District VP. “I feel as though everyone should have equal opportunities for leadership positions.

Leadership is learned by doing.”

Rohrback’s daughter is also

an upcoming leader in the organization as a youth member in Venturing and a staff member for the NYLT program.

However, the BSA was not always as welcoming to female “super scouts” as it is today.

When the organization was founded in 1910, it was created completely by males, for males. Not until 22 years after the BSA was founded had women been allowed to enter the organization as Den-Mothers,

Millersville by 7 a.m. and returned almost 12 hours later around 12 a.m. Students who went on this trip had countless attractions to see, endless variety of food options, live performances and more until 9 p.m. It was certainly an amazing opportunity to go on this trip and to visit places all over Manhattan.

If you ever have the chance to go to NYC to see the fashion related attractions, once seeing the stores, the many items and the outrageous prices, you will surely squeal

with excitement. The stores basically have all that you desire and want, but when you look at that overpriced $65 shirt, you will instantly put it back. But, let’s say you have enough to buy it, so for a second you think about it.

You will soon find yourself overwhelmed with possibilities and choices, so you say, “I’ll come back to this if I don’t find anything else.”

NYC is a wonderful place to shop, eat, learn and explore.

There is no doubt one could ever get bored there. After

which were assistants to the inevitably male Den-Chiefs.

Over the past century, the BSA has become more accepting of females wanting to join in on the opportunity and fun that scouting provides. In 1988, the BSA voted to abolish all gender-specific requirements for all scouting leadership positions, making it possible of women to become scoutmasters in one of the biggest and most influential youth development organizations in the country.

In 1998, the BSA created the coed Venturing program, which serves the purpose of “providing positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.” Venturing is a high-adventure program that provides scouting experiences for both young men and women between the ages of 14 and 20.

In reference to her future in the BSA, Rohrback states, “the program itself is also fabulous. Nowhere else have I found the combination of skills, knowledge and leadership. I’m looking forward to helping to develop this next generation of leaders.”

Katz also stresses the importance of having both men and women as leaders in the organization. By being involved and teaching the boys scouting skills and character development, “we are teach-

ing the boys that they can look up to women as their peers.”

She also adds, “we are stretching the stereotype of what women can do.”

DANIELLE BARLIEB/SNAPPER Beth Kats and her son stand together as leaders of the Cub Scouts, representing herself as a “super Scout.”

Fashion takes heat at New York City

This past Saturday, Sept.

26, Fashion at Heart sponsored a trip to New York City.

The organization offered any student to go on this unforgettable trip, with the very low cost of $8. This cost included the F.I.T (Fashion Institute of Technology) museum exhibit ticket, a group walk to Bryant Park and a whole day planned by you in NYC. The organization left

The ‘Red Flags’: Understanding domestic violence Caroline Campbell Layout Coordinator

• Preventing you from working or attending school • Blaming you for the abuse or acting like it’s not really happening

“The person being abused is focused on the positive and waiting for the next positive. There’s a psychological effect like gambling: the moments of tenderness and intimacy are unpredictable, but they are so intense and fulfilling that the victim winds up staying in the hopes that a moment like that will happen again,” said Craig Malkin, a clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School. For those who are facing a domestic violent relationship—the first step begins with them. For those who know someone facing domestic violence the best thing to do is to support them

“I love him. I just made him upset, it was my fault,” she said, as she iced her face. He had hit her again. • Destroying your property “She is just being diffi- or threatening to hurt or kill cult and stupid,” he said, as your pets he picked his self-esteem back up. She had told him • Intimidating you with guns, he was worthless again. knives or other weapons Each and everyday people are affected by domestic vio• Shoving, slapping, choking lence. It can take the form of or hitting you sexual, physical, emotional or physiological abuse. Ac• Threatening to commit suicording to the U.S. Depart- cide because of something ment of Justice, domestic vio- you’ve done lence is “a pattern of abusive • Threatening to hurt or kill behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.”

Domestic violence can affect anyone regardless of gender, race or age. Some do not directly see the warnPHOTO COURTESY OF LINDASBIBLESTUDY. ing signs or the implications WORDPRESS.COM that is happening to them— or just simply ignore them. Domestic violence is not just physical abuse.

So the questions become, what are the warn- • Pressuring you to have sex and empower them with ing signs and why do people when you don’t want to or available resources of help. stay even if they see them? do things sexually you’re not If you are in an abusive Domestic violence can comfortable with relationship and seeking look different in every support please contact the relationship.

The ‘red • Pressuring you to use drugs Center for Counseling and flags’ can vary from: or alcohol Human Development at 717871-7821. Students can also • Embarrassing or putting • Preventing you from us- make an appointment with a you down ing birth control or pres- YWCA Sexual Assault Counsuring you to become preg- selor, located in the Montour • Controlling who you see, nant when you’re not ready House, at 717-871-4141. where you go or what you do (http://www.thehotline.org/) • Keeping you or discouraging you from seeing your friends or family • Taking your money or refusing to give you money for expenses • Preventing you from making your own decisions

For some people these ‘red flags’ may seem like automatic deal breakers, but for those in a domestically violent relationship getting out of the relationship is not just an action, but a process. They can stay for various reasons from commitment to relationship, low self-esteem, denial or a hope for change.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF FITNYC.COM Susan Bartsch (above) presented her collection at the all, isn’t that why they call it the city that never sleeps?

The trip included going to the museum at F.I.T, where you have the ability to see two exhibitions. One was called “Global fashion capitals”, which explores the history of the established fashion capitals such as Paris, New York, Milan, London and 16 new fashion cities.

According to http://www. fitnyc.edu/24126.asp, “The exhibition opens with a map that locates the fashion capitals and showcases their latest runway and street style photos. Global Fashion Capitals continues city-by-city, starting with Paris, and the birthplace of haute couture, represented by designs from Charles Frederick Worth, Gabrielle Chanel, Christian Dior and the emerging couturier, Bouchra Jarrar.”

Another exhibition was

called Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne

Bartsch, which explores the creative links between her 30 years of sartorial self-expression and its influence on the global fashion scene. She is fascinated by the way that people present themselves.

After seeing the exhibitions, its clear to see that the world has come a long way since the beginning of fashion.

More people today are accepting of differences in one another. Form of expression is highly regarded within American culture now, but not so much throughout history. When in NYC, I could see the differences in culture just by hearing other languages but, as far as dressing, many different cultures would expressively dress alike. This is because as people change, so does fashion.

After exploring the museum and Bryant Park, students

PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.FITNYC.COM The Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch began with a gallery of images and videos about her world. could go to Times Square.

There are many different stores such as ‘American Apparel’, ‘Urban Outfitters’, ‘Sephora’, ‘Macy’s’, ‘Victoria’s Secret’, ‘Forever 21’, ‘H&M’, ‘Express’ and many more!

Many people from all over the world were walking the streets, listening to similar songs, taking pictures with characters you’d see on TV and shopping at the same places. It was amazing to have explored the city, and get a bigger picture of what the world is like away from home.

For more information about domestic violence and programs offered at Millersville University please visit:http://www.millersville. edu/chep/index.php.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FITNYC.COM Bartsch explored self-expression at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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Andy Milne and Dapp Theory performed at the Ware Center

Dan Zalewski Staff Writer

Jazz is one of the few things that we can consider truly American. Born from the streets of the United States, jazz has become an ever-evolving masterpiece that continues to entertain and intrigue its listeners. The beauty of jazz is that it can be mixed and blended with any kind of music. Those timeless sounds were on display at the Ware Center this past Friday.

Andy Milne and Dapp Theory took the stage blending jazz together into a beautiful arrangement with contemporary funk, groove and hip-hop sounds.

The performance at the Ware Center was not just another concert that had seen plenty of other stages. The concert that Friday displayed

the world premiere of “The Seasons of Being”, a project of Milne’s own creation. The compositions, featuring piano, guitar, bass, cello, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and drums, was inspired by Milne’s experiences with homeopathy, a form of alternative medicine.

So as Milne was working to cure his own self-ailments, he was also finding the creative atmosphere to create “The Seasons of Being”.

The performers featured the core group of Dapp Theory, which includes the composer and pianist Andy Milne, clarinet and saxophonist Aaron Kruziki, bassist Chris Tordini, drummer Kenny Grohowski and vocal poet John Moon. There were also many special guest performers joining Dapp Theory in their performance. Ralph Alessi and Michael Attias rounded out

the brass and wind section.

Christopher Hoffman and Ben Monder acted as the cellist and guitarist respectively. Vocalist and narrator La Tanya Hall accompanied John Moon. “[Dapp Theory] started

ticular crew since 2010, with a couple of a couple of previous additions in 2007,” said Milne, “This big group was just put together for this, although I worked with everybody in some formation or other.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSIC.COLUMBIA.EDU Andy Milne and Dapp Theory performed at the Ware about fifteen or sixteen years Frontman Andy Milne has ago, but this edition has been received much praise outside fully together with this par- of his work with Dapp The-

Picking through the gory ashes— a review of ‘The Green Inferno’

Grant Pearsall Staff Writer

“The Green Inferno” is in a position to make a statement.

But it does not. It is additionally primed to shock, disturb and repulse audiences. But it can’t be arsed with those tasks either. Failing to do any of these somewhat noble goals, Eli Roth’s newest matinee horror movie trundles along, delivering shrug-worthy exposition, been-there, done-that gore-splatter and a denouncement so outrageous this reviewer reflexively shouted “What?!” to an utterly empty theater. The responding silence seems entirely appropriate here.

Eli Roth is a curious directorial figure that entered the filmmaking world in 2001 with “Cabin Fever,” a tidy indie horror movie that felt fresh and hip with its gross-out veneer.

Roth continued to work in the medium of horror, creating 2005’s “Hostel,” a film that caused New York Magazine’s David Edelstein to coin the now genre-defining phrase “torture porn,” and helped

usher in an era of hyper-violent filmmaking. As of lately, Roth seems content to chase his own personal rabbit-- the no-budget Italian gore films of the 1970’s, such as “Cannibal Holocaust,” from which the title of “The Green Inferno” is a meta-reference within.

To dispense with the perfunctory plotting, the film, in earnest, opens on the animeeyed Justine (Lorenza Izzo), a freshman at a New York City college who is introduced to the idea of student protest and social activism when a campus based organization demonstrates a cause which, undoubtedly, is modeled after the very real Custodial Jobs Matter movement American citizens are currently embroiled in.

“Activism is so fucking gay,” sneers Kaycee (Sky Ferreira), Justine’s unnecessarily abrasive roommate. Later the pair attend an anthropology class together and Justine is appalled at the way women’s sexuality is treated in 3rd world countries. A film is undoubtedly an artless wash when the topic of female genital mutila-

tion is simply foreshadowing.

In time, Justine crosses paths with Alejandro (Ariel Levy), the swarthy, dipped in granola activist grandstander who brings the young protagonist into his group. These activists plan to physically protest the bulldozing of a small Peruvian village hidden deep in the jungle, which has heretofore not encountered modern civilization. This crew of usual victim-come-suspects (read: lesbian, stoner, geek, fat guy, etc) assemble and begin to belabor the film’s first act with examples of how they are bad at being eco-terrorists, which is made worse because they are first-world tourists. Luckily for audiences their plane inexplicably crashes into the jungle, and before long pygmy cannibals creep in to blow poison darts at them, a “virtue” of being non-white.

When “The Green Inferno” gets down to the business of slaughtering the readymade stable of co-ed victims, it fails to thrill, titillate, or shock.

For instance, plastic injectionmolded bodies are butchered with copious amounts of viscera and slop that, despite all

odds, feels restrained. Meanwhile, the head-hunting natives lope about dead-eyed and inscrutable, portrayed about as terrifying as an issue of National Geographic.

As for abstracting the film to the realm of intellectual discourse, it offers little meat (ha!) to pick from the bone. A smarter film would have placed the alliance of the audience on the cannibals side, having played into the stereotype of the obnoxious college student that picks a raison d’être for their activism. Instead, Roth ignores the possibility, giving over to scenes of explosive diarrhea, masturbation, and creepycrawly bugs approaching genitals.

“The Green Inferno” is a shrug of a film that cannot be bothered to even come close to the zest of originality.

Grade: [D] “The Green Inferno” Running time: 103 mins.

Rating: R Playing in Theaters Now

A star-studded ‘Global Citizen Festival’ shakes New York City

Taylor Cole Staff Writer

The 4th Annual Global Citizen Festival, featuring A-list celebrities and stunning musical performances, shook Central Park’s Great Lawn in New York City this weekend. With hosts Ste-

production and eliminating hunger, education, global health, water, including sanitation and hygiene, and financing for these projects.

Global Citizen is definitely getting the word out there about their Global Goals. Again, 60,000 people joined together to support

The audience wasn’t disappointed. The festival, hosted by Stephen Colbert and Hugh Jackman, featured musical performances from Coldplay and Ariana Grande, Tori Kelly, Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam, and Beyonce. Celebrities, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Oliv-

PHOTO COURTESY OF BILLBOARD.COM Beyonce and Ed Sheeran performed onstage at the Global Citizen Festival in NYC. phen Colbert and Hugh Jackman, the festival brought in 60,000 people from all over the world to come see and support the festival’s cause.

Global Citizen is an organization that aims to eliminate extreme poverty throughout the world with the help of the United Nations and world leaders.

This organization promotes “The Global Goals,” or “The Sustainable Development Goals” as the UN calls them.

All together, there are 17 Global Goals. The Global Citizen Festival summarized these goals into six categories: equality of girls and women, increasing food

the cause of the festival.

How did these 60,000 people get their tickets? Through Global Citizen, they completed “actions” from mid-July to mid-September.

These actions included tweeting, signing petitions, emailing world leaders, and even calling the US Senate to spread the word about the Global Goals.

After completing all of the actions, the global citizens were entered into a drawing to win two free tickets. With the exception of a small VIP section, most of the 60,000 people who attended this event came for free.

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ia Wilde, Salma Hayek, and Sophia Bush made powerful speeches about the importance of ending extreme poverty. Most importantly, the Global Citizen Festival brought important world leaders to the stage such as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and First Lady Michelle Obama.

Global Citizen and the United Nations plans to complete the 17 Global Goals by the year 2030.

Many commitments from world leaders were made at this weekend’s festival. For example, Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, stated that the World

Bank will give $15 million over the next 5 years to fund water and sanitation programs that will help millions of people worldwide.

This is just one of many current and future promises made to better the lives of those living in extreme poverty.

In 2015, countries in the world still lack access to clean water, education, and equality for women and girls.

Living in a “modern” day country, it’s difficult to believe places like this still exist in this world. The Global Citizen Festival is just one event used to make awareness of these issues. With the help of world leaders, influential celebrities, and global citizens themselves, by 2030, the world may just be a place where everyone can thrive.

ory. As a solo composer and artist he has been named an influential voice for today’s jazz scene. Previously working with jazz legends like Ravi Coltrane, his musical experience extends from composing piano textures and free improvisation to orchestral ensembles and film scores.

He has been commissioned by several large, international organizations and even produced the scores of documentaries for William Shatner.

The performance itself was a series of emotional movements as the music compositions peaked with crescendos before quickly receding back into a number of personalized solos. The vocal poetry of John Moon stood out as an accent to the melodic songs and added a verbal component. Often his words gave dialect to the internal

feelings of each movement.

Each piece was created with the personal characteristics of each musician in mind and allows each soloist to bring out their true being in each piece.

The greatest part of jazz, as well as the rest of music, is the freedom that accompanies it. You can be as open as you want when you are creating and performing a piece of music. “Stay open,” encouraged Milne. His advice for inspired musicians was to “[Not] be afraid and just learn to listen deeply. We’re living in a culture right now that’s promoting superficial engagement with everything. So fight the tendency to go shallow and stay deep because that’s what’s going to make your music and you interacting just deeper.”

Purchasing music in the 21st Century Kevin Goldfinger

Contributing Writer Bryan Diem thumbs through the plastic slipcases that housed his record collection.

He finds the album he’s looking for and pulls it out. After slipping the shiny, transparent cover off, he tugs the record out of its sleeve. Carefully placing the needle on the outer edge of the black vinyl, he sits down and waits for the music to begin. “[Vinyl] may be outdated, but nothing beats going to the store and picking a record up,” Diem says. “You put more effort into buying it, so you get more out of it in the end.”

Diem, who studies psychology at Millersville University, has a passion for collecting vinyl records, a habit that is becoming increasingly more commonplace among college students. He’s interested in how we acquire our music, whether it’s from iTunes, Bandcamp, streaming services, file-sharing or illegal means.

“There’s a time and a place for file-sharing websites, but if you have the means to support artists, you should,” Diem says.

There’s much to say about owning an mp3 rather than just renting it. For those who realize and acknowledge this, services such as Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and other free file-sharing websites are offered. On Bandcamp’s model, a user can upload their own music and charge what they want. Many artists offer a ‘pay what you want’ option; a way to avoid paying for downloads.

Monmouth University recently collected results from a survey taken from 5,000 Americans, which targeted how college students obtain their music. An article from Hypebot discussed the analysis, which showed that the students surveyed were more willing to pay for streaming services than non-students, but also heavily relied on the radio, CD’s and free videostreaming services such as YouTube. The article says students “would be more likely to convert to premium services if it [were] harder to get their music from free services.”

Free music seems to be everywhere if you look in the right places. BlogSpot has become a somewhat reliable source for file-sharing.

Libraries are stocked full of CD’s ready to be ripped onto computers. Plus, there are the illegal ways of obtaining it.

Diem thinks that matters “get complicated” when you start illegally downloading music.

“I prefer getting physical copies that come with the digital download,” he says.

Although the free alternatives are popular among students, the premium streaming websites are looked at favorably given that they offer convenience for the consumer.

Streaming services such as Spotify, Beats Music and Pandora offer a wide library of songs for a monthly fee, while others use a different model with no charge. These websites are quite popular among young adults in particular, because they’re easy to use and free. Examples of these services include Soundcloud and Last.fm.

A new streaming model called “Tidal” has recently swept over the music industry with claims of high quality lossless files and high royalty rates to songwriters and artists. The website is owned by Aspiro, a Swedish/Norwegian company. Project Panther Ltd, Jay-Z’s company, bought out Aspiro. While Tidal is more expensive than most traditional streaming services, the higher quality music and royalty rates are appraised for affecting the music industry in a positive way (contrary to what critics are saying about Spotify). A recent New York Times article revealed that “70 percent of the money a listener pays to Spotify goes to the rights holders, usually the labels, which play the largest role in determining how much artists are paid.” Tidal claims to differ form Spotify in that it can pay artists in a more direct way.

Rummaging in dusty, old record stores for used CDs and vinyl is Diem’s preferred way of doing things, and his passion is shared by much of his generation. Record Store Day is one of the ways that the vinyl market appeals to younger consumers.

Every year young adults pack into cramped record stores and spend hours flipping through records and CDs. The habit can get pretty expensive, with some Record Store Day releases priced as high as $50. It’s worth it though, all in the name of vinyl tradition and musical passion.

Choral Kaleidoscope Concert

RACHEL KESLOSKY/SNAPPER The concert featured University Choir, Cantilena, Glee Club, University Choir and some songs with Choral Union.

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Dan Zalewski Staff Writer College is an incredible source of discovering music.

Whether it’s classical, educational performances or new, popular artists, colleges and university love the opportunity to bring in musically gifted individuals. According to the National Association of Campus Activities, U.S. colleges spend a total of $250 million a year to entertain their students with live music. Occasionally, these concerts propel a young new

THURSDAY.OCTOBER 1.2015

Mac Miller GO:OD AM artist into the spotlight, starting their careers. One artist who can contribute his national success to these college tours visited Millersville only last spring semester. Mac Miller is back with another album called GO:OD AM. Dropping his newest album only two weeks earlier, Mac Miller has once again given us more music to jam out to.

The album is the rapper first on a major label, and its style and theming is helping to separate Miller from his association with prior indie albums and supposed ‘frat rap’ reputation.

GO:OD AM, the new 17 track album, takes a slower methodical approach to Miller’s rapping as each track is surrounded by Sound Bites of his life and the hardships he’s faced. GO:OD AM focuses on his new postfame issues like addiction and depression. Along with his own lyrical rhythms the album contains tracks with features including Chief Keef, Miguel and Lil B among others.

The album starts very mellow, and doesn’t have any heavy tracks until the second half of the album. The structure may turn away listeners

Parkway Drive presents hard-hitting, yet confusing, new album, “Ire” capitalism and other typical marks another notch in the Carl Schulz Staff Writer

On September 25, 2015, Australian metalcore legends Parkway Drive released their fifth full-length album, “Ire,” through Epitaph Records.

The band spent the summer of 2014 on the Vans Warped Tour, which is where they began writing, and eventually recording, the album.

The album’s first single, “Vice Grip,” was released in conjunction with the album announcement in early June of 2015. Many fans noted the single’s departure from the band’s typical metalcore style, sounding more like something that would end up on an Iron Maiden/Van Halen love-child album rather than a Parkway Drive album.

The album still includes mostly heavy, Parkway-esque songs such as “Dying to Believe,” “Bottom Feeder,” and “Dedicated,” but it also takes a sharp left turn into a more straight metal or industrial metal sound with songs like “Destroyer” and “Crushed.”

Due to this, many critics have noted that the band draws heavily from Rage Against The Machine, a 90’s band known for their stark criticism on

pieces of the “American way of life.” This influence is most notable in the song “Crushed,” where frontman Winston McCall proclaims, “Because if you can’t see the chains tell me what use is a key? Its cash, blood and oil, in the age of the refugee. They’re trying to buy our minds, we ain’t selling.

Bang, bang, bang, hear they’re nailing down the coffins.”

When speaking about the album with Music Feeds magazine, an Australian publication, frontman McCall stated, “When we finished Atlas and it came time to write something new, we just basically felt that we couldn’t create something within the same genre confines we’ve been writing within for ten years, and still have the same level of passion and drive.” He also commented on the band’s thoughts regarding the fan’s responses to the singles they’d released at that point, saying “it’s been the exact reaction we anticipated in both instances, which is to say it’s been a mixed response.”

However, he also remarked that he wouldn’t comment fully on the fans responses until the full album had come out and people had a chance to hear it.

For what it’s worth, “Ire”

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Parkway Drive totem pole and it’s a solid one. While there are moments in the album that feel wholly out of

PHOTO COURTESY OF GENIUS. COM Parkway Drive recently released “Ire.”

place, such as “Writings on the Wall,” the record is a solid departure from the sound that made Parkway Drive huge.

While “Ire’s” not the type of album that die-hard fans will view as memorable, it is an album that will get casual listeners more interested in the band. Moreover, the band still enjoys playing the songs that gave them their original fame, which contrasts starkly with other recent bands, concerned more with performing, and writing, what feels fun to them, and that’s exactly what they did with “Ire.” Rating: 5.5/10

though, if they were looking for heavier tracks and only listen to the first couple of songs.

Once you reach the midpoint of the album, you then discover some harder, faster singles such as “Cut the Check” (feat.

Chief Keef), “When in Rome” and “Clubhouse”. However, some of his best work is, in fact, these slower melodic beats that help kick off the album. Songs like Brand Name really highlight the struggles and changes that came with his rise to fame, and allow him to speak on how factors that defined him before have become pointless in

his eyes. Other slower songs like “100 Grandkids”, “Weekend” (feat. Miguel) and “Break the Law” currently reside as top five songs on Miller’s most popular list on his Spotify artist page.

Despite excellent work on his craft, his album hasn’t seen a large amount of response on the charts. The Billboard charts don’t have Mac Miller’s album on any of its lists. The same holds true for any single song too. The native Pittsburgh resident is experiencing a slump since his explosion onto the hip-hop scene a few years ago

and needs to figure out a way to maintain his success. Maybe he can take a lesson from fellow Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa. Overall, the album is fine for kicking back and there are some solid tracks. A couple songs feel a little suboptimal though. Unfortunately for Mac Miller, most of his tracks on this album are going to be like his days rapping during high school in Pittsburgh: unknown.

It’s solid music, just nothing you’re going to hear at a party or on the radio.

7/10

South Park attacks pc culture Maria Rovito Managing Editor

“South Park” made its glorious return this month, poking fun at everyone and everything in their wonderfully obscene ways. In an age of political correctness, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone aren’t afraid to tackle sensitive issues—in season 19 alone, they’ve successfully offended Caitlyn Jenner, Canadians and probably Donald Trump.

And they’re not sorry about it.

In the newest episode, Kyle Broflovski receives an award from Caitlyn Jenner because of his speech in the first episode of the season, where he states that Jenner is “stunning and brave.” Caitlyn then whisks Kyle away in her car, only to run over a pedestrian.

This has become a running gag for the first two episodes, as Caitlyn Jenner is considered “a beautiful woman and hero” regardless of what she does or anyone’s personal opinion of her. Anyone who thinks or says otherwise is beaten to a pulp by PC Principal, the newest principal of South Park Elementary who promises to make people more aware of their hatred and biases.

Of course, this is a giant

parody of Internet social justice warriors and political correctness, as everyone in 2015 is totally concerned with not saying or posting anything online that would offend anyone. Unless you’re Donald Trump. Mr. Garrison, the resident bigot at South Park Elementary, decides that he’s sick of seeing illegal immigrants in his classroom, and demands that they get out of “his country.” These illegal immigrants are, ironically, Canadians who are trying to escape their current political climate in their homeland.

Garrison makes a public speech, where he asks his fellow citizens, “Where my country gone?” and that he is going to “**** them [the immigrants] all to death.” After gaining the support of his fellow neighbors in South Park, Garrison announces that he is going to build a giant wall to keep the Canadians out of America.

Much to Garrison’s dismay, the Canadians have already built a wall, and Garrison demands that the Canadian president speaks to him. When he finally is allowed inside Canada, he is surprised to find that the country is completely empty—everyone has either committed suicide or has moved to America.

Garrison then finds the Canadian president—a man wearing an orange toupee dancing to Men Without Hats’ “Safety Dance.” Back in America, Kyle learns from a Canadian that they all voted for their president as a joke; they all let the joke run too long and before they knew it, he was being sworn in.

Garrison saves South Park and Canada by literally ****ing the Canadian president to death. This overjoys the Canadians, and they are able to return home. As the icing on the cake, Garrison announces that he is running for president in the 2016 elections, and that Caitlyn Jenner is his running mate. They leave for Washington in a car driven by Jenner, who immediately runs over (another) pedestrian.

Although many might find South Park to be too juvenile or absurd, the themes they tackle are completely realistic and serious. Illegal immigration, the next president, and human rights these topical issues are genuine problems for everyone.

Fortunately, South Park takes all of these topics and successfully churns out parody after parody. And sometimes, we just need to sit back and laugh at the political situation our world is in.

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Allie and Sam’s sport report

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his frustration but I don’t think there’s ever an excuse to hit your teammate, they get paid too much to not be able to handle their emotions.

Sam- The playoff races are coming down to the wire but the real fireworks took place in D.C. this weekend.

Tempers boiled over the edge in the dugout Sunday afternoon when Jonathan Papelbon thought the eventual 2015 MVP, Bryce Harper did not run out a fly ball to his satisfaction. So Pap took matters into his own hands literally when he grabbed Harper and a short scuffle ensued in the dugout until teammates separated the two. I believe it is great that the men were showing emotions about a very frustrating season but a scuffle within the team shows a sign of a lack of leadership.

complete opposite when he verbally said he wanted out of Philly multiples times. Another tale of Pap is 2011 when the Red Sox collapsed in September and in game 162 he blew

Allie- I remember PapelPhoto Courtesy of Espn.com bon being a hot head when he was still with the Phils and Jonathan Papaelbon instigated a fight with Bryce Harper. trying to get traded. It seems Sam- I remember two the save that would eventulike being traded to a different sides of Pap: the reliable clos- ally knock them out of the losing team hasn’t changed his er for the Red Sox that won playoffs, but that is a whole attitude much. I understand the 2007 World Series and the story by itself. When Pap was

Lady Marauders look to bounce back Mike Eshlemen Sports Writer Millersville women’s soccer is currently sitting at a record of 3-5 which isn’t exactly the start they had envisioned, but their confidence still has not faltered under first year head coach Matt Procopio, and they are looking to rebound in the second half of their season.

“Each season is broken into parts. Preseason, the first half of the season, the second half of the season and then the

sary adjustments that need to be made in order to compete and turn things around.

This will also be a big test for Procopio and his team with him being a first year head coach, but this isn’t his first time coaching in Millersville.

Coach Matt Procopio is not a stranger to the turf at Millersville University. He graduated from the university in 2009 and served as an assistant for the woman’s soccer team in 2012 and 2013 and was also an assistant with the men’s soccer team at Tiffin University in 2014. He

work and contributions from everyone, which is something Procopio likes to drive home. Every player on the field has a job and must execute it well in order to have success as a whole. He has his team ready to move on from the past couple of tough losses (every game was lost by only a goal) and wants them to be ready for the future and not dwell on the past.

“We let a few games slip out of our hands early on and we know that and have moved on and committed ourselves to getting better and

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Hannah Willet anchors the MU defense

postseason, and Monday was the start of the second half of the season”, Procopio stated.

To Procopio, he views the second half of the schedule as a huge opportunity for his team to turn things around.

He has his team setting specific goals and making neces-

was officially named the Marauder women’s soccer head coach on August 3, 2015.

Procopio also played soccer from 2005-2008 under Coach Steve Widdowson, who continues to coach men’s soccer for the Marauders to this day.

Of course the wins won’t be coming in without hard

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improving”, Procopio said.

This is the best mentality you can have, and it will be exciting to see if first year coach Matt Procopio can right the ship and get the Marauders back on track for a postseason push.

traded two months ago the Nats were in the thick of winning the Nl East but as we all know now have way underachieved this season. I see this whole season as a disappoint-

ment for that organization.

Someone has to answer for incident and this season. Pap is done for the year via suspension from throwing at Manny Machado’s head and now this

ludicrous situation. Harper got suspended one game but it did not matter because he had a scheduled off day regardless.

Allie- I’m glad that Papel-

bon had to answer for his actions but I think the suspension against Harper is unfair.

Pap clearly initiated the fight and it seemed that Harper was just defending himself when

he got grabbed and held up to the wall by his throat. Post game interviews showed both players saying they had no bad blood and wanted to ‘move on’ but I can’t believe there won’t be lasting tension and repercussions for these players and the team as a whole. These issues between the players show bigger problems in the organization that hopefully will be solved in the off season.

Sam- The team will be gutted this offseason due to free agency and even managers. It could start as high as general manager, Mike Rizzo and go thru the coaching staff.

I really believe Matt Williams will receive the ax for not keeping this team together even though he had to deal with injuries and lack of leadership. The Harper suspension was just a formality but like I said before it was a scheduled off day for him anyway. The whole situation this weekend was truly a microcosm of their embarrassing season.

Pirates sail into playoffs

though. Korean infielder Jung Ho Kang is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Kang’s .287 batting averPittsburgh is a town that age would have been the 4th rallies around its sports. The highest in the batting order. city is a place of traditions and Another big factor to the stands as a testament of the Pirates’ success is the pitchclassic American way. Unless ing rotation. This season the you’ve attended a game along Pirates have two pitchers who the North Shore, there is no have achieved over 200 strikeway to explain to you the atouts, Gerrit Cole and Francisco mosphere that is held within Liriano. With his 200th strikePNC Park and Heinz Field. out, Francisco Liriano has a The city is ready to rally, and chance to break his personal rally it will. The Pittsburgh Pirecord for strikeouts in a searates have a guaranteed spot son this weekend against the in October and the fans are Cincinnati Reds. His personal ready to cheer on the Bucs. record of 201 strikeouts was During May of 2015 set in 2010 with the Minnethere was a lot of worry for sota Twins. Gerrit Cole, on the the Pittsburgh Pirates. They other hand, has already shatwere nearly nine games back tered his personal record for from the division leading Carstrikeouts by nearly doubling dinals with a record under it. The youngest pitcher in the .500. The Chicago Cubs were Pirates lineup by far, Cole has also ahead of them and they reached this grand mark in were in danger of falling down only his third season in the below the Cincinnati Reds, virMLB. Cole has been designattually crushing their hopes ed to be the Pirates’ playoff of making a third straight apopening starter. Another key pearance in October’s race member of the Pirates’ pitchfor the pennant. However, if ing rotation is A.J. Burnett. there’s one thing that’s woKnown as Batman, Burnett Photo courtesy of USA Today. has reached a milestone of his Gerrit Cole looks to guide the Bucs to the World Series own as he has now reached 2500 strikeouts in his career.

He is only the 32nd pitcher in history to achieve this. Burnett has announced his retirement at the end of this season after 17 years in the league.

At this point, the Pirates are still fighting for the opportunity to claim the NL Central division from the St. Louis Cardinals. If the manage to claim the division then they would face the winner of the NL Wild Card between the Cardinals and the Cubs.

Otherwise, they take a spot in the NL Wild Card against the Cubs in a one game decider to continue in the playoffs. No matter the circumstances, Pittsburgh is in the

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ven into the historic steel city, it’s pushing through tough times. The Pirates began their comeback, first by sweeping the Mets in three games, then sweeping the Marlins in another three games. The team started to click. The season moved into the summer months and the Pirates continue to be like the weather, hot! Within the month of June, the Pirates swept another three teams and won most of their matchups that month.

The summer brought with it a bump to the Pirates batting averages too. Infielders Josh Harrison, Pedro Alvarez, and Neil Walker started to pick up their game and create a working offensive for the Pirates to rally behind. Now, as the Pirates enter the postseason chase, catcher Francisco Cervelli and centerfielder Andrew McCutchen are both on hot streaks with a near .300 batting average. Leftfielder Starling Marte is not far behind with a .288 average to this point. The batting rotation is going to be missing a big bat

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Sam Valentin Sports Editor Millersville golf programs are off to a hot start.

Both teams are carrying a regional ranking midway through their seasons.

“Both programs are moving in the right direction. Both teams are regionally ranked and are strong,” head coach of both teams, Scott Vindegrift said.

The men’s golf team has had a strong showing halfway

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through their season. They third out of a huge field at Glade Springs Intercollegiate Championship and followed it up with a second place finish at the Urbana Invitational.

Heading into this weekend they were ranked fourth in the regional. This week they could have used a mulligan at the Mercyhurst Invitational where they finished 10th out of 17 teams. They were fourth going into the second day, but shoot much higher in round two.

They are lead by senior

captain, Robby Rowe. Rowe has finished in the top five in two tournaments this season. He has been the clear number one for Vandegrift this season. Vandegrift mentions that Rowe can have a big season for the Marauders.

“Robby, for the most part, could win any tournament. It is a matter of when it is going to happen. He is just too good of a player to not be winning.

The most important thing is he truly understands the team concept, “ Vandegrift added.

Photo courtesy of MUAthletics The lady Marauders took home a first place finish last week Photo courtesy of MUAthletics golf team. They have a realistic chance at showing up at Robby Rowe has two top five finishes The team hopes to win the PSAC Championship and get out of regionals later this year.

That means they have to keep their top 10 regional ranking to be able to make regionals.

The women are on the same page as the men. Only in their sixth full year they have come a long way since then. Now the lady Marauders have a regional ranking to show for it. It is the first time they have been regionally ranked. At the Mercyhurst Invitational they finished third out of 14 teams. They took home the trophy at the Michael Corbett Fall Classic.

“So far we are happy with how well we played in the first two tournaments and we hope to excel as a program as the season goes on,” sophomore, Jennifer Gentry said.

In the last 11 tournaments the ladies have won the six. They hope to add more victories this year.

“Our main team goal right now is to place well in the PSAC tournament in Hershey, PA. We are always judging every season as a success because our team is excelling and improving every year,” Gentry added.

Vandegrift knows this year is different for the ladies

the PSAC tournament and taking home the trophy this year.

The team is led by senior captain, Jamie Wharton and sophomore, Shannon Weber, they have battled the past two years for the number position on the team, but it is a friendly competition because both girls understand the team idea.

Both teams look to keep their regional ranking and take home the PSAC championship this season. Although Vandegrift believes it is a successful year if everyone grows on and off the link but he would love to see both teams bring home some hardware.

MU drops another game Jaime Vasquez Brenden Curry Sports Writer

In his second start of “Phil Overton ran hard the season, JJ Paige was especially later on in the able to complete 10 out of game,” Breitbach commented The Marauders returned 22 passes. He carried the on his young running back. home to Chryst Field at ball 16 times and rushed for “We are going to need a lot Biemesderfer Stadium on the 50 yards. Breitbach stated of running backs offensively. losing side once again. Mill- that he thought that Paige He’s a good player and we will ersville lost to West Chester didn’t make a lot of mistakes. use him, but our other runon Saturday by a score of 48-3.

“JJ competed hard,” Breit- ning backs are extremely imThe Marauders have now lost bach commented on his quar- portant to our offense as well.

13 straight to West Chester. terback. “He’s trying hard to Millersville missed many “Obviously we are disap- do the best he can out there.” opportunities in the game pointed,” Millersville head P a i g e coach Greg Breitbach said. managed to “We had opportunities earlier get more proin the season to get a couple tection from of wins, that didn’t happen. his offensive We’ve run into two pretty line this week. good football teams with Slip- His offensive pery Rock and West Chester, line was able both perennial, playoff and to allow him to power houses in their respec- move around tive side of the conference.” to make plays.

Breitbach also stated, that Unfortunately, the team needs to come out of his scrambles the gates with better offence. and throws “Until we start scor- didn’t proing some points and finish- duce points. ing drives, we can’t do what “I thought we did today and expect to they did a litwin,” Breitbach said. “We tle bit better are struggling offensively, today,” Brethere’s no question about it.” itbach comEarly in the game, Bre- mented on the itbach’s game plan included offensive line. trying to get his quarterback, “We need to Photo courtesy of MU athlrethletics JJ Paige outside the pocket, dramatically which turned into some improve and MU Football huddles. decent runs. Those early we need to drives ended by costly pen- keep working alties made by Millersville. hard to push “As the clock began to tick our young people up this race where they could have scored and the game began to go on, to maturity to get better.” more points. Breitbach did mention that Millersville was able to put together a couple of nice drives that resulted in them getting close inside the red zone. He stated that the team needs to finish those drives better than they did.

We need to create more of those obviously,” Breitbach commented, “But when we get down there, you have to be good at finishing drives.”

The Golden Rams scored on their first offensive possession of the game. Tight end Tim Brown caught a 22 yard pass from quarterPhoto courtesy of Muathletics back Pat Moriarty for West Kevin Wiggins catches a pass.

Chester’s first touchdown.

Safety PJ Santos’ tackle was Blair Simon/Snapper broken up by Brown as he walked into the end zone.

MU lines up the offense against West Chester “Our hats off to West we knew that we needed to Alongside JJ Paige, emerg- Chester and their ability to shift gears and try to move ing freshman Phil Overton make plays,” Breitbach said. the football better,” Breit- also carried the ball 16 times.

Moriarty completed a bach said. “We were able to He finished the day with 69 56 yard pass to Shannon do that to a certain extent, rushing yards from the 16 Mayer to end the first quarbut not good enough to score carries. The Marauders were ter. For the first play of the the number of points we able to total 128 rushing yards second quarter, Jarel Elneeded to score today to win.” against the Golden Rams. der scored a 1 yard touch-

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down for the Golden Rams.

West Chester would go on to score three more touchdowns in the second half.

All three touchdowns came from the Golden Rams rushing attack. Eddie Elliott ran 64 yards while Jarel Elder ran 15 yard for his second touchdown of the game. Af-

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utes left and it looked like they were about to take their first loss of the season. Then For Millersville Ma- Vazquez literally put the rauder Jaime Vazquez, soc- team on his back and scored cer is just a way of life. It’s three unanswered goals to something he has loved ever end up propelling Millersville since he was a little kid he to a 3-2 win in regulation.

It has truly been a stowould play with his older brother, and it seems like rybook season for Vazquez it’s something that will sim- as he has earned PSAC ply never grow old to him. Player of the Week hon-

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Photo courtesy of MUAthletics Jaime Vasquez has shone this year on the field

ter entering the game in the second half, Alec Werner scored West Chester’s file touchdown on a 6 yard run.

The Golden Rams finished the day with 255 rushing yards and 233 passing yards.

“Those guys made a lot of people miss and turned plays that they weren’t going anywhere into big plays,” Breitbach said. “But on our end, we need to do a better job of tackling and doing it more consistently.”

Millersville’s only points came from a field goal from Evan Stahl. Stahl nailed a 47 yard field goal attempt which became his career-high.

However, there were bright spots from the game.

Defensively, Rob Varner and Rasheed Johnson managed to finish the game with total tackles in double digits.

Varner led the team with 12 tackles with Johnson’s 10 tackles being second.

“I don’t even remember the exact age I was when I started playing soccer, but I have played for about as long as I can remember,” Vazquez stated. He later went on to say his older brother played a big role in sparking his love for soccer.

“My older brother, Ruben, is the reason I started playing soccer. He was a good player and as a kid he used to take me with him to play with his friends. He really sparked my interest in the game.”

Vazquez is currently a senior and plays forward for the soccer team and is in the midst of an amazing season in which the Marauders are 7-0-1 (edit: could change after tonight’s soccer game).

Statistically, Vazquez has been nothing short of amaz-

ors twice so far in the season for his scorching start.

Vazquez grew up in Reading, PA and then moved to Bernville, PA when he was 10-years-old. He attended Tulpehocken High School and, after graduating, decided that Millersville was the right school for him to attend.

“I really liked the campus when I came to visit, and I also saw that the men’s soccer program was very successful,” Vazquez said. Off of the soccer field, Vazquez is majoring in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health.

While he loves playing soccer, it may not always be a main priority in his life after graduating from Millersville.

“My plan after graduation is to find a job that I enjoy. After collegiate soc-

Photo courtesy of MUAthletics Jaime Vasquez has tallied 22 points on the year. ing. Through the Marauder’s eight games, Vazquez has scored an absurd 10 goals already and a total of 22 points.

In a recent game against Pitt-Johnstown, the Marauders trailed 2-0 with 10 min-

cer, I still plan on playing a little bit on the side.”

Even once he’s out of school and hopefully has a job within his major, Vazquez’s love for the game of soccer cannot be rid of

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