Community takes first step toward First Book

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Vol. 87 No. 3
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Community takes first step
toward First Book
Sarah Magner
Opinions Editor
Classic children’s books, crafts, crayons,
and kids filled the Quad on Tuesday, October 4.
Between p.m. and 5 p.m, members of the
Cedar Crest community distributed new books
to dozens of Allentown students at the First
Book Kickoff event.
First Book is an NFL charity that provides
new books to low-income students throughout
the nation.
Cedar Crest joined more than 1300 communities by participating in First Book, forming a Campus Advisory Board to the organization.
According to www.firstbook.org, “61% of
low-income families have no books at all in
their homes for their children. As a result,
direct access to books is extremely limited for
these children – a fact that significantly
impacts their educational growth and development, as well as their sense of creativity and
imagination.”
In addition to distributing brand new
books to elementary-aged students, the Kickoff
event featured games and crafts that encouraged literacy. One of the stations demonstrated
the relationship between poetry and rap music.
This event had several children smiling and
singing along with some of their favorite tunes.
Kristen Boe, America Reads Supervisor
and member of the Campus Advisory Board
committee said, “it is important for the Cedar
Crest community to respond to the needs of our
larger community….[First Book] provides
children with resources and seeks to build and
foster relationships between local agencies and
the College.”
She stated that the Campus Advisory
Board (CAB) will be able to give book grants
In this issue
Opinions 2-5
Just Blowin’ My Mind
Ms. Takes
News 6-9
Marching out against the war:
Photo essay
Cara’s Corner: Modern day pirates
getting international attention
Lifestyles 10-13
Tips to avoid “freshmen fifteen”
Students enjoy Fall Fest 2005
Sports 14-16
McMurren, Schrock, Swartz, and
Egner named Athlete of the Week
Arts & Entertainment 17-20
On Stage: “Nunsense”
In Concert: Paul McCartney
Reel Review: Lost on DVD
October 6, 2005
Activists
march for
Peace
Christa Hagan
Staff Writer
Sarah Magner | Opinions Editor
Campus Advisory Board Chair Carissa Okie colors with James at Tuesday’s First Book Kickoff event.
to local agencies and programs throughout the
community. As a result, these children will
receive one new book each month for an entire
year.
Boe added, “I first heard about First Book
last
February
from
a
fellow
Americorps*VISTA member at Lafayette
College, where they had recently started a
CAB.” She continued, “I invited him to present
on First Book at an America Reads meeting
that semester and a number of my tutors were
inspired to start a CAB here at Cedar Crest.”
Carissa Okie, CAB Chair and America
Reads tutor also said that Cedar Crest will
begin this program by serving several schools
with whom they have worked in the past. “So
far the programs that have been invited to
apply as recipient groups are the After School
Program at Union Terrace Elementary, Power
Readers at Sheridan Elementary and The Boys
and Girls Club of America Turner Street
Clubhouse,” she said.
Tuesday’s event was well-attended by
children and parents alike, marking the first
step toward promoting literacy in our surrounding communities.
On Saturday, September 24, 2005, the
streets of Washington, D.C. were crowded
with blockades, rioters, packs of police officers and more people than usual. From
Saturday, September 24 through Monday,
September 26 people participated in protests
against the war in Iraq. The three day anti-war
extravaganza was entitled, “End the War on
Iraq!” Over 300,000 people participated in the
march. This does not include the many people
that came to the rally, but did not march. It was
the largest anti-war rally since the war began
on March 20, 2003.
Many main roads were blocked in preparation for the large march. The streets were
crowded with people making their to the
Washington Monument. The rally that preceded the march and took place at the Ellipse. The
large grassy area was taken over by a large
stage, thousands of people and groups advocating ending the war. These groups included
the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism
(A.NS.W.E.R.) a group which holds rallies and
protests and creates petitions and contacts
politicians to try to end the war on Iraq.
There was a wide array of signs, demonstrations and protests in Washington, D.C.
People were milling around with signs hosting
a variety of sayings such as “Peace Not
Pieces,” “Stop the War,” “Support Our
Troops...BRING THEM HOME NOW,”
“Buck Fush,” and flags covered in peace signs.
A group of anti-war protesters were assembling 1900 cardboard coffins in the streets as
homage for those who have died. Other temporary memorials for deaths associated with the
Continued | page 6
Malaria Vaccine Research to be
presented at Annual Houser Lecture
Amanda Rachel Goodman
A&E Editor
Today, Dr. Lorraine Amory Soisson will
be the featured speaker at the annual Naomi
Houser Distinguished Biology Alumna
Lecture. Soisson’s presentation is entitled, “A
Programmatic Approach to Malaria Vaccine
Development.” It will be presented in The
Harold and Miriam Oberkotter Center in Room
1 at 4:00 p.m and a reception will follow.
According to the USAID, an estimated
300-500 million malaria infections occur each
year. This disease causes more 1.2 million
deaths, 85 percent of which occur in subSaharan Africa, mostly among young children.
In summer 2005, the Bush Administration
announced a plan to increase federal funding
for malaria prevention and treatment over the
next five years, focusing heavily on the
research and development of a malaria vaccine.
Soisson is a technical advisor to the
Malaria Vaccine Development Program at the
U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) and an alumna of Cedar Crest.
Soisson received her Bachelor of Science
With so many of our students
focusing their studies in scientific fields, we are thrilled to
have such a distinguished graduate return to campus to present current research about this
timely global issue.
in Genetic Engineering Technology, Biology,
and Chemistry from Cedar Crest in 1988. She
went on to study at Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine where she received her
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
Biology. Soisson served as a Science and
Diplomacy Fellow for the American
Association for the Advancement of Science at
USAID where she formulated and communicated U.S. science, economic, and social policy
and represented the U.S. government at international meetings.
Dr. Kent Fitzgerald, Chair of the
Biological Sciences at Cedar Crest college stated, “With so many of our students focusing
their studies in scientific fields, we are thrilled
to have such a distinguished graduate return to
campus to present current research about this
timely global issue.”
This presentation by Soisson is part of a
series of lectures, that were named in the honor
and memory of Naomi Houser. Houser graduated from Cedar Crest in 1921. She had a distinguished career during her years at Cedar
Crest and after graduation. After her death in
1986, her bequest to the Cedar Crest Alumnae
Association provided the foundation for the
lecture series. It was created to enlighten and
inspire students by showing the paths taken by
successful Cedar Crest graduates.
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OPINIONS
The Campus Corner:
Who is your dr eam pr ofe s s o r ?
Amanda Swartz ‘06
Amanda Boehm ‘09
Tatiana Yepes ‘06
Fallon Mento ‘08
Communication
Chemistry/Forensic Science
Chemistry/Forensic Science
Art and Biology
“The Beatles.
They could take a bad class and
make it better.”
“Mr. Mohan.
He was a previous teacher of
mine, and made every subject
interesting.”
“My favorite author Gabriel
Garcia Marquez because he is
able to describe anything and
make perfect sense, therefore
making it easy to
understand.”
“Someone I would choose is
Sean Connery. Who wouldn't pay
attention if
their prof. had an accent?”
Civil disobedience and literature
The Crestiad
Fall 2005
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Christa Hagan
Staff Writer
For some, the week of September 24
through the first of October may have been
nothing more than the usual flooding of
papers, class, work, homework, studying and
keeping up with social events.
Though, as somebody who considers
themselves a book connoisseur, the last week
of September is a week I look forward to every
school year.
It is the one week where literary civil disobedience is at its best. People every in office,
city, library, school and bookstore across the
world are encouraged to read books which
have been banned.
Now, some may be asking …what is a
banned book? All over the country libraries,
Parent Teacher Associations, schools, towns,
and even the United States government have
all taken it in their hands to ban books due to
all kinds of different reasons.
Today, a book is often banned for sexual
content, violence, vulgar language, politics or
religion. Literary agency Alder & Robbins
Books reported a Minneapolis case back in
1997 where a parent sought to have R.L
Stine’s Goosebumps books removed from the
library shelves because they were worried the
series was too scary for children’s young eyes
and minds.
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston
Women's Health Collective was also a book
seen on the banned book list. Our Bodies,
Ourselves is a book directed towards women
educating them about their sexual and reproductive health as well as body image and common health factors.
Lyndon Baines Johnson could not have
been more correct when he said, “books and
ideas are the greatest weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”
Books provide insight, knowledge, inspiration that should not be denied to those who
desire their hunger for such things to be
slaked. One would like to think that this act of
literary invasion is a thing of the past but it is
not.
It still happens everyday.
The amount of books on the list that have
been banned at least one place at sometime
continues to grow.
A large part of my personal library is
composed of books which have been banned
at one time or another for elements in the
books including: sex, insulting cultures,
homosexuality, drugs or prostitution. I like to
consider these overbearing, righteous, toestepping people who ban books as “book
fairies” adding titles and author to my ever
growing reading list.
This is how Ulysses by James Joyce
moved up on my mile long collaboration of
books I need to read in this lifetime. As soon
as I heard that the United States government
banned the book in 1920 because a segment in
the book dealing with masturbation was considered “obscene” (The Free Expression
Project).
It is at this point where I challenge every
person out there to read banned books.
If freedom of speech is one of your strong
beliefs, this is one of the easiest ways to stand
up for your convictions…opening a banned
book.
For more information on which books
were banned and why, try www.forbiddenlibrary.com and www.feproject.org.
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OPINIONS
Just blowin’
my mind
Beth Coulter
Crestiad Columnist
Greetings all,
orities and make sure that what fulfills you is
at the top of the list. Like Billy Joel says, “if
What does it take to change the world? you’re not good to you, you’re not good for
Can it be accomplished with a handful of indi- anybody.”
viduals working for the change despite the
Micah Sadigh, a psychology professor
odds? Or does it require a larger movement, a here at Cedar Crest, likes to relate his dream
mass of people changing at the same time? for changing the world. He tells his classes
Perhaps you question whether the world needs that if we change the way we treat women’s
to be changed at all.
health, we will change society for the better.
These are hard questions to answer, not His theory is that since women are responsible
because there are no answers, but because for the health of their families, and their physthere are so many different answers, depend- ical/mental condition affects the health of
ing on your viewpoint. My viewpoint, as you their children, then we can eradicate all ills by
all well know, is that the world does indeed making sure that women are healthy, happy
need changing. In fact, it is already in the and whole.
process of changing. It certainly is not the
His dream is to have a “College Women
world that I grew up in, nor is it what I thought Coalition for a Healthy Lifestyle,” form here
“the future” would be like.
on campus and then snake out to other colIt is a sad, scary world, with occasional leges in America and throughout the world.
“bizarro world” moments (the moments when The Coalition would make sure that women’s
you look at what is happening in the world health is at the forefront of all movements.
and wonder, “what planet is this?”). Any
Change the way we treat women, and we
change at this point would
can change the world. Many of
have to be for the better. It is
those reading this column are
hard for me to imagine the
the future of medicine, psy“Do not live
world any worse than what we
chology, social work, etc. You
have currently.
can make changes by making
to fulfill
We need to rearrange our
sure the women you help and
expectations.
priorities. We need to work on
treat know how important their
building up people, not of richindividual health is to the
Live to
es and treasure. We need to
health of society.
fulfill yourself.”
stop running on this great hamBesides the health issue,
ster wheel of life, and start livthere are many other ways we
ing life while we can.
can change the world. The
I celebrated my birthday
simple act of socializing can
last week, and everything I did was a once in do so much to improve our society.
a lifetime experience. Even if it is something I
I find it sad to see groups of people
have done before and will do again, it was the together, yet each is connected to their cell
only time I was ever going to turn 44, so it had phone, off in their own little world. I have a
to be a once in a lifetime thing.
rule in my home that when people come to
You may ask, what is so grand about visit me, they do not talk on their cell phones
turning 44? Nothing. It is all in the perception. at length. I think it is incredibly rude for
If I celebrate each birthday with purpose, it someone to ignore his or her host and other
will never be a disappointment. The same guests in favor of a voice in the ear. Most
goes for holidays and special occasions. I times, it is not a vital conversation. It is a way
greet each event with purpose and joy, creat- to be completely disconnected from the peoing a great experience for myself and those ple in your physical proximity.
around me.
Another social act that could change the
I relate this because it is central to rear- world is looking at people in the eyes. I walk
ranging our priorities and thereby changing around attempting to make eye contact with
the world for the better. If you can greet each everyone I pass. Most people avert their eyes,
day with purpose and joy, determined to get but those I do connect with end up smiling and
every ounce of living out of the day, you will nodding at me in greeting and, most imporfind yourself happier and healthier.
tantly, in connection with me. For a brief,
Most people cannot devote themselves to shining moment, they feel a little less alone
living life everyday. Their priority is to earn and isolated, from the simple act of making
lots of money so that one day, maybe, they can eye contact with another human being.
retire and then enjoy life. Trust me, all those
There is so much we can do to change the
things you want to do in life will not be doable world; so much power is in our hands to make
when you are 60-something. The people who a difference for future generations. We can
live like that are those who never find happi- make this Earth a wonderful place to live. We
ness, who can only have a lifetime of regrets. can make every human being on Earth feel
Do not live to fulfill expectations. Live to wanted, appreciated, and needed. We can
fulfill yourself. This is your only trip on this replace the greed and selfishness with love
earth at this time, so you must enjoy it, or you and kindness; replace loneliness and isolation
will have wasted a lifetime. Look at your pri- with communal connectedness.
How do we do all this? We take care of
ourselves, healing ourselves so we can help
heal others and lead by example. We make the
moves that make the changes, and bypass anyone who tries to make us go in the same old
way. We rearrange our priorities and we will
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Peace,
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Contact Beth at betheqt@voicenet.com
and read other thoughts at
www.bethcoulter.com
Are you ready?
Linda Misiura
Managing Editor
Rings. Everywhere I go, I see rings.
Engagement rings, to be more specific, the
sight of which invokes one of two reactions:
horror, or ultimate excitement.
Ultimate excitement is an easy one to
explain. I’m a woman, and what woman doesn’t love a good wedding? Most times, engagement rings bring on a slight euphoria. The size
of the ring, how he proposed and whether or
not the new engagee was expecting are chattered about excitedly. Talk of flowers, and
bridesmaids, and of course, the MOST important thing—the dress—will almost always follow, leaving the women involved in a slight
dream state for several minutes, if not several
hours. It bonds women together, and gives
them something to gossip about that isn’t
mean and nasty.
Weddings, lavish, expensive, luxurious
weddings, are what women dream about from
girlhood. I wasn’t any different; I had many a
“pretend” wedding in my day. But I’m just not
so sure that right now is the right time for me
to get married.
Which brings me to horror, which I
admit, deserves an explanation, and a good
one at that. I am 20 years old. These 20 years
may or may not end up equaling one fifth of
my entire life. Let’s say, just for this scenario,
that 100 years does represent my entire life, I
have four-fifths left to go and I get engaged
tomorrow. How sure am I that I want to spend
the next 75 years with the same partner? For
that matter, how sure am I that I have done all
the things that I want to experience as a single,
independent woman? And just how sure am I
that I want to be a Mrs. Joe Somebody, attaching my identity with that of the other gender?
All I know is that at 20 years old, I cannot truthfully answer any of those questions
with affirmative answers. Since the average
life expectancy of a woman today is 79.5
years, according to the United States
Department of Health and Human Services,
with today’s technological advances, it is feasible that by the time I hit forty, my life
expectancy could be 100 years or higher. I’d
like to view this in a positive light. I’d like to
think that I really will spend the rest of my life
with the person I marry and not end up
divorced like the growing percentage of
Americans today.
For those who have thought these questions through and have come to the conclusion
that they will love this person for eternity (or
at least the rest of their lives), have experienced life to its fullest on their own terms as a
single woman, and are sure they want to be
Mrs. Joe somebody (or take the modern
approach and keep their maiden name), marriage might just be the next step for you.
Me, I’m almost certain that marriage isn’t
in the immediately foreseeable future. But
who knows, Mr. Right could be waiting at the
deli counter at King’s or behind the circulation
desk at the Muhlenberg library. When the time
is right, I’m sure I’ll be ready.
Yes, I am ready
Courtesy of Stacey Solt | Lifestyles Editor
Stacey Solt with her fiance, Francis Yaroszeufski.
Stacey Solt
Lifestyles Co-Editor
My name is Stacey L. Solt.
Not for long, though! In less than two
years, my name will be Stacey L. Yaroszeufski.
I picked my fiancé not for his last name,
but for his smile. We met in 1990; my father
was his Cub Scout leader, and I was (in his
words) the annoying little girl running around
during the meetings. We’ve both changed a bit
since then, hopefully for the better.
We met again in high school, where my
“band” friends where his “gym class” friends.
We sat at the same lunch table - he had a nice
smile, and he was funny, so I asked him to go
to the movies.
It’s now five years later, and what started
as an innocent date has led to something much
more magical and wonderful. We’re both busy
planning a wedding, saving for a house &
falling deeper in love each day.
While I do feel that I am a little young to
be getting married (I will be 22 on the Big
Day), I wouldn’t change a thing about our relationship. We’re both mature, responsible adults
that want to spend the rest of our lives with
each other. Back home, we plant a garden in
the spring, bring in our tomatoes, corn and
peas in the fall, and build snowmen in the winter. Each season gives us another chance to celebrate life and our love; I miss changing the
seasons with him while I’m at school.
My mother got married at 19; my brother
had his first daughter at 20. I guess we’re just
a young-spirited family. While a lot can be said
for “waiting,” why wait when you have something so perfect right now? Just waiting until I
graduate school is going to be hard.
Am I worried about blending myself with
another person? Of course! Anyone that isn’t
scared of marriage probably shouldn’t be getContinued | page 5
OPINIONS
Terror strikes the heart of London
Emily Pulham
Staff Writer
The other week I was looking at the BBC
news homepage, and the “this week on the
BBC” headline was illustrated by the four big
news stories of the week, all placed together,
forming four corners of a square. On this given
week, the photos showed a casket being carried
from a man killed in an Iraqi stampede, the parents of a child killed in the Russian Beslan
school siege mourning the loss of their child
(the given week being the one year anniversary), a couple staring at the devastation caused
by Hurricane Katrina, and the face of one of
the London transport suicide bombers, speaking from his video of hate.
Staring at the photos of the week in
review, it made me think what a horrible week
it has been—and similarly, what a horrible year
it has been in terms of devastation, destruction,
pain, and loss. Every one of those photos portrayed some sort of loss, and just looking at the
images was a reminder of the loss, the destruction, and the hatred that goes on in our world.
I felt this reflection of hate staring at the
photo of the suicide bomber. Earlier this year,
on July 7, he was one of four men who set out
on public transport from London’s King’s
Cross train station with a mission of murder on
their minds. He was one of four men who detonated suicide bombs on three tube trains and
a bus, killing 52 people and injuring 700. I was
in London on that day, and when I saw on the
news what had happened (as I was getting
ready to go to one of the stations), I burst into
tears. The news was filled with images of people crying, and running out of the train stations
that I knew by heart. The route that I had taken
home from school every day for months had
been blown up; bodies were lying on a track
that I had memorized every inch of.
The day after the attacks I went into the
city—on a tube train. The streets were nearly
empty; the sky was still gray. I’ve never heard
that vibrant city so silent in my life. The first
place I went was to the tube station local to my
old house (Aldgate, where seven people lost
their lives) and just looking at the station sent
chills down my spine. The entire area was
blocked off by police tape, but I could still see
the station, and what I remember most were the
bright lights. Outside of the station, behind the
caution tape and over the blue sheets were
Emily Pulham | Staff Writer
Tower Bridge with the flag at half mast.
abnormally bright spot lights aimed at the
ground outside of the station entrance. I know
what that entrance looks like; I’ve walked
through it hundreds of times, and standing
there that day, I knew that the lights were there
to assist with carrying the bodies out of the station.
Seeing the bus carnage was just as difficult. I hadn’t realized where the bus explosion
had been, and emerged from a tube station one
day to find myself directly in front of what I
had seen on the front of every newspaper for a
week—the image of bright lights behind more
blue sheets, and police tape everywhere. This
time the blue sheets couldn’t keep everything
out. Peeking out from the top of the sheets
were the twisted shards of metal from the double-decker bus.
The days that followed were full of sorrow in the city. On the day of the bombings, the
newspapers in London were all full of joy and
excitement—on the July 6, it had been
announced that London would be the host of
the 2012 Olympics. Most of the people running
out of the tube stations bleeding and burned
were running out in front of these images of
excitement. The Olympic bid was seen as a
hope for the future of London; the bombings
created a paradoxical fear for whether or not
London would even have a future. The people
wondered if this was it for our terrorist attack,
or would the bombings keep on coming? And
if the city did continue to be bombed, how
would you prevent it from happening to you?
The people killed and injured on that day
were representatives of every person in the
world. They were English, Polish, gay, straight,
Christian, Muslim. That makes it difficult to
understand how someone could hate so many
Continued | page 5
Intelligent design is not science
Dr. John Cigliano
Guest Writer
A very important trial is currently being
held in Dover, PA. The question that is being
decided is whether intelligent design should be
taught in schools as an alternative to the theory of evolution as an explanation for the origin
of complexity in nature. Why is this so important? Shouldn’t alternative ideas be discussed
in science class? Yes, when the alternative is
reasonable and scientific. But the problem is
that Intelligent Design is neither reasonable
nor scientific. What is being attempted here is
to have a religious belief that masquerades as
science taught in science classes.
But what is science? Science is both a
way of knowing that is used to explain the natural world and a systematic and rigorous
method of inquiry. For any claim to be considered science it must meet the criteria of falsifiability (the ability to disprove hypotheses),
repeatability (the ability to have the results
repeated by other independent researchers),
predictability (ability to predict the results of a
study) and parsimony (the simplest explanation is likely the correct one, or the right
answer makes the fewest assumptions).
Science also requires empirical evidence (i.e.,
facts) for support of a hypothesis. Religion
does not require evidence, only faith.
While evolution meets all of the criteria of
science, intelligent design does not meet any.
The central argument of intelligent design is
that when a complex pattern that is observed in
nature cannot currently be explained by evolution, it must be the work of an intelligent
designer, be it God or some alien force.
However, this hypothesis cannot be falsified
because it states that if something cannot be
explained by one phenomenon it must be
explainable by some other phenomenon of my
choosing. I can easily hypothesize that if I cannot explain something by evolution that it must
be the work of Zeus or some other god from
Greek mythology. My hypothesis is as plausible as that of any other intelligent designer.
But, neither hypothesis directly tests the claim
that an intelligent designer is the cause of complexity in nature. Science is a rigorous way to
explain the workings of the natural world
because it does directly test hypotheses. But
how does one generate a testable, falsifiable
hypothesis that suggests that supernatural
forces are at work in nature? Can one really set
up an experiment that, when done properly, can
refute the existence of God (the intelligent
designer of the proponents of intelligent
design)? And, it therefore follows, that the
hypothesis of an intelligent designer is also
neither repeatable nor predictive. And parsimony is violated because to assume that supernatural forces produce complexity in nature is a
more complex explanation than one that suggests that only natural forces are at work.
The proponents of intelligent design also
argue that evolution is just a theory and thus
does not have universal support among scientists. And because it is just a theory, it should
be taught as such in science classroom and be
taught along side alternative theories on the
origin of complexity in nature. Just a theory.
The proponents of ID clearly confuse theory
with a hypothesis. A hypothesis is the suggested cause to an effect. From the hypothesis is
generated a prediction that is tested through
experimentation. We do not know if the
hypothesis is correct until the experiment is
completed. A theory is a hypothesis that has to
be tested and re-tested and has NEVER been
disproved and explains a wide range of phenomena. Thus, a theory is not equivalent to a
hypothesis. Theories are held as scientific
truths. Evolution by natural selection has been
tested and supported (read: never disproved) in
over a century of experimentation and has
become the central and unifying paradigm in
biology. But, evolution is more than a theory, it
is a fact. We know from observing the fossil
record (yes, we can see evolution), and from
such diverse fields as anthropology, zoology,
molecular genetics, and medicine (to name just
a few), that evolution is a fact. It is a fact that
all species have evolved over time and that all
species can trace their ancestry to a species in
the past.
What politicians and religious groups are
doing is brushing aside a theory that has had
remarkable support from a diversity of scientific disciplines because they “believe” that
intelligent design better explains complexity in
nature. These groups are trying covertly to
force their theology and political ideology into
schools by insisting that intelligent design is
given equal time in science classes. If intelligent design is allowed to be taught in science
classes in public schools, the results will be
that the religious beliefs of a few will be forced
on others, the separation of church and state
will be violated, and scientific literacy of students will be compromised.
Intelligent design is a religious belief and
the right to follow this belief should be respected, as is the right to follow any religious belief
of one’s own choosing. But, it is not science.
Let’s hope that the supporters of Intelligent
Design do not win the day in Dover, PA.
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Ms. Takes
Jennifer Kumetz
Crestiad Columnist
Food, education and motherhood
London Memorial Garden outside of Kings Cross Train Station (the site from which the four bombers
departed.)
The heart of London
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people so much, that they felt a need to kill all
of them. It’s hard to see who this display of
hatred was aimed at, considering the variety of
nationalities and beliefs that were attacked. It’s
hard to see how these men felt that the lives of
their peers would be improved by them committing mass murder. If anything, hate crimes
and violence against Muslims have unfortunately increased dramatically since the bombings—although Muslims and Muslim leaders
in the community and the world have spoken
out and condemned these attacks.
So what happens now? Sure, the city has
been united against a force of hatred, but really what happens now? How does London, how
does England, how does the world fix this?
How do you stop people from hating, hating
something so strongly that they are willing to
kill themselves and others for a cause? I personally don’t think that there is a way to stop it.
So what will I do? I’ll get back on a tube train.
I don’t know how I feel about double decker
busses (I’ve tried riding one since, and had to
get off it—I was terrified), but maybe next year
I’ll be okay with that. The most important thing
is not letting them interfere with my way of
life, and they won’t.
The city’s healing process was a painful
one, but it showed more than anything how
even though there are acts filled with so much
hatred, strength and resilience exist. The people of London pulled together in one phenom-
enal display of peace and togetherness.
Memorial gardens sprung up all over London,
and the city literally came to a halt during a two
minute moment of silence in memory of those
who died. The most important sign of healing
came a week later, on the 11th, when I had to
stand for a seat on a tube train in rush hour. The
people of London refused to let the attacks dictate their lives, they still take public transport,
they still ride the bus, and they still get out and
live their lives.
The best sign of the city surviving and
recovering was a letter to the editor in a paper
published a week after the attacks. The letter
began with the quote “Dear Mr. Terrorist, I
abhor you, I detest you, but if I could be so
polite as to ask for a moment of your time…”
and began to describe the beauty of the city of
London, the amazing togetherness of the people, and their resilience in the face of terror.
The editorial ended with “the strength of this
city makes it unique. If you are still under the
impression that you can defeat this city, I have
three words for you. You will fail”. I have the
entire piece memorized. Terrorists—when trying to destroy a way of life in a city like this, in
the midst of all the pain that may occur, all the
tears that may fall, all the lives that may be
lost—know this; you will fail.
The city was bombed again on July 21.
No one was injured or killed in these attacks,
and all four bombers were apprehended.
Yes, I am ready
continued | page 3
ting married. Every time I sign my name, I
look at it and think, “Hmm... 23 months until
that’s obsolete.” The past two months since
Frank proposed have flown by, and it feels like
I will be getting married next week. I’m scared
of losing my independence, friends and privacy.
But every time we talk on the phone, kiss,
or touch, I know that I am doing the right
thing. I won’t be losing anything; I’ll be gaining a part of myself that can only be complete
when I am with him.
“You complete me” sounds like such a
trite phrase, but it really means something. I
feel complete with him next to me, talking
about our day, and laughing about something
silly before we go to bed. There is something
magical about having one person that understands your soul, and knows how to make you
happy. He’s not just my fiancé, he’s my best
friend.
While my parents still can’t pronounce
Frank’s last name (it’s said Yaro-chef-ski), I’m
looking forward to the day when I can call
myself Mrs. Francis Yaroszeufski.
One night I was out to have dinner with
my boyfriend, Joel. There was a family of
three at the table next to us. The man at the
table asked the waitress what entrée she would
suggest. She replied, “well, men usually like
this one,” and proceeded to describe a spicy
dish to him. After checking with Joel to make
sure I had heard correctly, I wondered aloud to
him what part of “men” this waitress thought
inclined them to like spicy dishes. Was it
something innate, biological, that maybe
women lacked, like Aristotle might have
thought? Or was it something in society that
made men think they were “tough” enough to
eat spicy foods? I myself happen to love spicy
foods, so the comment puzzled me; would this
waitress think me an oddity, a woman who
eats spicy foods?
I found it much easier to forgive the waitress of her statement, when a few days later I
offered a quote at Preterite’s quote party. As
we pondered the quotes taped up on the wall,
it was pointed out that the implications of one
quote, one that I had happened to contribute,
had underpinnings of sexism. The quote was,
“when once the itch of literature comes over a
man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of
a pen,” by Samuel Lover. It is much easier to
see how ingrained our culture has become
with overt and hidden stereotypes of gender,
than it is to change those perceptions.
Thanks to Dr. Fletcher I recently encountered an article in The New York Times that
was titled “Many Women at Elite Colleges Set
Career Path to Motherhood.” This title alone
baffled me. The article was run on September
20 and written by Louise Story. In the article
are quotes from students and faculty at different Ivy League Schools.
Many of the female students stated that
they would pursue their careers for a few
years, and then completely leave the work
force to raise their children. Some said they
might return to work part-time once their children reached school age.
First of all, it really shocked me that this
seemed like the “correct” option, in terms of
gender roles, to these students who wanted a
mate to support them. I would not want to put
down someone else’s decision on how to live
their life, or want to try and control those decisions, however, these students’ rationales for
their choices perplexed me. Somehow, the
idea of maybe sharing childcare responsibilities with their spouse or partner was not
deemed plausible. I also wondered what kinds
of jobs these students thought that they might
be able to get after leaving the workforce for
any amount of time, since one cannot just step
back into her former job most of the time. I
also wondered if their idea that they would
even be able to live on a single income was
plausible today.
Two students attributed their own mother’s choices as reasons why they would make
their choices. One woman’s mother had stayed
at home with her, which to her meant that that
would be the best choice for her to make.
Another woman attributed her mother’s successful balance of family and career as a reason for her to strive to do the same. What
bothered me was that some of these students
seemed to think that children would not turn
out OK unless raised by their mothers at
home. One said, “I’ve seen the difference
between kids who did have their mother stay
at home and kids who didn’t, and it’s kind of
like an obvious difference when you look at
it.” I just wonder what obvious signs I have
missed.
I also read an article in Ms. magazine
entitled “Too Many Women in College?”
about the increasing numbers of women students in colleges. Their statistics showed that
57.4 percent of bachelor’s degrees and 59 percent of master’s degrees are earned by women.
This should seem like a step forward for
women, who are using their available opportunities to pursue education and careers equal to
that of men. Or does it? The article discusses
schools that have different criteria for admitting men and women, and try to strike a gender balance in their student population. There
was also research done by Jacqueline King,
director of the Center for Policy Analysis at
the American Council on Education, who
found that the real gap in gender occurred only
among low-income students, and that students
in the higher income bracket showed equally
represented genders. Ms. also showed that
women earn 46 percent of doctorates and 47
percent of professional degrees which should
mean that only slightly more men than women
are in the running for positions of power, prestige and income. Yet in reality, more men hold
these positions.
So anyway, it is apparent that there are so
many aspects of life that are permeated with
varying degrees of gender stereotypes. Maybe
just acknowledging that they exist is enough,
maybe not…
If you have any thoughts or feelings on
these, or any other topics, please feel free to
email me at jlkumetz@cedarcrest.edu. Your
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In a promotion and tenure ceremony in
April 2005, Dr. Kent Fitzgerald was promoted
to Associate Professor with tenure. In July
2005, Fitzgerald was promoted to Chair of the
Biological Sciences at Cedar Crest College.
The position of department chair is often
rotated between tenured professors. Dr. Alan
Hale had been the Chair of Biological Sciences
for the last three years. After Fitzgerald was
promoted and granted tenure, he was able to be
appointed by the Provost to the Chair of the
Biological Sciences. “It is gratifying to be recognized in that way and it is an honor to be
selected as the new chair of Biological
Sciences,” said Fitzgerald.
As the chair, Fitzgerald is responsible for
the management of the details within a department. In the 2005-2006 school year, there are
181 lecture and lab courses within the
Biological Sciences that he is now responsible
for. This was overwhelming to Fitzgerald as
first. He said, “I never had to think of certain
classes before. You are just unaware of certain
things like meeting times – over the weekend,
at night – and now they are my responsibility.”
Under the Biological Sciences heading are
the Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Biology, Genetic Engineering, Neuroscience
and Nuclear Medicine Technology majors.
Also included are the Biology and
Bioinformatics minors. Fitzgerald feels that
“the choices are varied here, and the main point
is to make sure we have breadth and depth in
each area that we offer.”
Just because Fitzgerald is the new chair,
does not mean that he lightened his teaching
load. During the 2005-2006 school year, he
will teach, Neuropharmacology, Cell Biology
Lecture and Laboratory, and Independent
Research.
Fitzgerald no longer has the time to teach
the Freshman Biology Laboratory. He is not
going to continue to be a freshman or Health
Professions advisor. Both of these positions are
things he says he will miss. In particular, he
will miss meeting new students as a freshman
Through thousands of firefighters hard
work and planning, thousands of buildings have been saved from the flames.
Over 24,000 acres have been burned. The
numbers went from 7,000 acres on
Thursday, quadrupling to 24,000 acres by
Friday night.
Tourist in space
American Gregory Olsen launched into
space September 30th. Unlike the last
tourist, he will have free range of the
space shuttle including phone and email
access. He is reportedly spending $20 million for his adventure.
Panel to revive New Orleans
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Dr. Fitzgerald works on a microscope that he uses for his research, which covers neuropharmacology; effects
of herbal anti-seizure medicines and confocal imaging of intracellular calcium.
advisor.
Fitzgerald however, has new things to
look forward to, including the hiring of a new
faculty member and being a part of the faculty
development committee. This committee
reviews applications for faculty to receive
funding for research, and to provide travel for
faculty’s own enrichment or to do research. The
Biological Science department requests that
new faculty candidates teach a class and talk
about their research, to ensure that they are
capable of making an undergraduate understand upper level thinking and deduction.
Other aspects of being the new chair that
Fitzgerald is looking forward to are working
with a great group of faculty and students, getting more involved on campus on an administrative level, and getting a better sense of how
everything works behind the scenes. With a
more demanding schedule, comes less personal
time with family, an aspect he has already
missed.
As the new chair, Fitzgerald is hoping for
improvement to an already well-organized and
structured program. He hopes to increase
staffing, increase involvement of faculty in the
bigger scientific community, connect Cedar
Crest with the scientific community and bring
new ideas into the classroom. More faculty
members than ever before are attending national meetings and using new knowledge to
strengthen their teaching skills. According to
Fitzgerald, “there is never a dull moment,” and
he encourages that new students come to introduce themselves. He hopes to facilitate the
function of the Biological Sciences department
and facilitate the communication between the
department and students.
Student Government News
Christa Hagan
Staff Writer
The past two meetings of the Student
Government Association have been all about
the introductions.
On September 21, 2005 College Provost
Dr. Carol Pulham and Associate Provost Marie
Wilde came to the meeting to speak to the students about what it is they do on campus and
why. One of the first things Pulham mentioned
was that they oversee all academics and they
work on “creating an environment that is conducive to learning.”
In addition, she mentioned that the college is looking towards adopting several new
programs. These new programs include a
major in Criminal Justice and a five-year
Masters program in Forensic Science. In addition to the Masters in Education that is already
available, the college is looking at a number of
other masters programs, including a Master in
Nursing Education or Administration and a
Masters of Art Teaching.
The college is also considering making
changes in the current curriculum. Pulham
emphasized the importance of students communicating their problems or concerns about
the academics on campus. She talked about the
student’s option to take part in Student
Appeals. This is a process that can be used by
students if they are having serious conflicts
with academics which are not being resolved
with the professor or chair of the department.
Pulham also told the students that if they have
concerns regarding academics or the curriculum, “Sabrina Kulakowski would be the one to
turn to.” Pulham explained that Kulakowski,
the President of SGA, is the student representative on the Curriculum and Academic Policy
review board, and she would relay suggestions
and questions to the board.
After Wilde and Pulham spoke, the
remainder of the meeting was dedicated to student clubs and organizations petitioning for
money to go to conferences, host events or
refund money that was already spent on an all
campus event.
The process of petitioning for money is
such: a club submits a written form which the
Finance Committee then reviews. The committee will look at it closely and give their recommendation of how much money should be
granted. The petition is then discussed at the
senate meeting with at least one representative
from the club present. Time is given for the
representative to tell SGA why they need the
money. It is an opportunity for the person from
the club and the senate to discuss the event and
answer questions. From there, the senate votes
on the petition.
Walking into the meeting on September
28, one may have wondered if they were walking into a birthday celebration due to the
plethora of chairs, people, fruit punch and
cake. SGA took it upon themselves to welcome
new faculty and staff members to the college
community. They invited them to the meeting
for introductions and refreshments. The invited guests included Alicia Doerflinger from the
Psychology Department, Meredith Gibbons
from the Education Department, Gaetan
Giannini from the Business Department, Kate
McNamara, the Residence Life Coordinator
for Steinbright and the Coordinator of
International and Diversity Programs, and
Angela Kramer, the Residence Life
Coordinator of Curtis and Moore Halls and
Coordinator of the First-Year Programming.
During the meeting the guests introduced
themselves and explained their role on campus
to the senators and other meeting attendees.
Once again, Pulham made an appearance
at the meeting. She made a point at this meeting to mention that the faculty and staff are
getting together to talk about the First Year
Programs. They are going over new ideas and
reviewing what has and has not worked in the
past. “Please email me and send me your ideas.
If you started here, you’re the ones that know,
even if you transferred we want to know if you
had a really good or really bad year at your
first school and why.”
Student Government Association meetings are every Wednesday in Tompkins
College Center 1867 room at 6 p.m.
On Friday, September 30th, New Orleans
Mayor named the people he hopes will
bring the city back by the end of the year.
This comes as more residents are allowed
back into the city. They are bring warned
to “enter at your own risk” due to the
many health problems in the city.
Gas prices affecting air lines
Due to increasing fuel costs, American
Airlines has announced they will be canceling several of their daily round trip
domestic flights. Continental Airlines says
they may be following this trend. Several
airlines have already increased flight costs
to try and counteract the extra cost of the
fuel.
Anti-war rally
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war in Iraq were white crosses and a display of
of army boots with a name tag over them.
There were several people walking
around selling anti-war merchandise. One
merchant was a man who calls himself Coz.
Coz was selling shirts which read Stop
Bitching Start a Revolution. “Change is philosophy based. Laws are only going to change
if we get together and do something. Stop
Bitching Start a Revolution,” Coz said in reply
to why he was at this particular rally.
People came to the rally for different reasons and beliefs. Judy Scott from Silverspring,
Maryland describes herself as “an outraged
American out to do something about the current travesties occurring.” It was not only did
the search for peace bring her there but also
her dislike for the president. “I hate Bush…he
is trying to destroy the country.”
The rally which preceded the march contained poets, mothers of those who have died
in war and peace advocates. Many protesters
grew tired of waiting to march and left. While
some left quietly, others made sure to make
their departure known. Some booed as more
and more speakers were introduced to the
crowd, some started to chant “march, march”
and others yelled obscenities towards the
stage. A man left the rally yelling “I came here
to march. I can’t take this…anymore.”
Just as there were protesters hoping to
end of the war by marching, many of those
who opposed the anti-war march had gathered
on the sidewalk. A temporary metal fence and
line of police officers stood between the two
groups. Those on the side walk held signs
which hosted messages such as “Want Peace?
Shut up, Go Home and Let us Do Our Job,”
“Freedom is not Free,” “Support Our Troops,”
and “Thank a Soldier.” Insults were
exchanged between the two groups. Some
walked peacefully by ignoring those who held
different views, others yelled back.
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Nestled in a cozy office on the third floor
of the Allen House is Angela Kramer, one of
the three new Residence Life Coordinators
(RC) on campus this fall. Kramer is the RC for
Moore and Curtis Halls and is the Coordinator
of First Year Programs.
Kramer came to Cedar Crest in June and
spent the summer preparing for her new job.
She is working with the Big Sis/Little Sis program and said that a number of programs for
First Year students were already planned, but
she plans to bring her own ideas to life.
“It’s a lot of fun” to be living on a college
campus again, Kramer said. A 2005 graduate of
Moravian College, Kramer majored in English
and Political Science. At Moravian, she was a
Resident Advisor (RA) and a Residence
Director (RD), which she compared to the RC
position here.
Kramer said she is known for having lots
of books. An avid reader, she “loves literature,
especially feminist novels.” She had a hard
time choosing a favorite author. “Anything
from Jane Austen and Emily Bronte to
Margaret Atwood and E.M. Forster, but when I
have to pick one, I usually say Jane Austen,”
Kramer said.
Another one of Kramer’s hobbies is gardening and growing plants. “My favorite plants
to grow are tomato plants and any houseplant
that look out of the ordinary. I love gardening,
so any fruit bearing plants are good,” said
Kramer.
Kramer said that her favorite thing about
Cedar Crest is the people on campus. “I love
the people I work with- both the staff members
and the student staff members.” Kramer
described her colleagues as a lot of fun and
“dedicated to Cedar Crest- these people want to
be here.”
Kramer said that the best part of her work
day is meeting with her RAs. “The most exciting part for me is working with the students.”
Kramer is enthusiastic about her position
and is looking to maintaining the tradition of
the First Year programs. The work for the first
semester was planned for her, but Kramer plans
to make her own programs with “students’
input and feedback, as well as her own experiences.”
And what is Kramer’s claim to fame?
“In keeping up with Kate [McNamara], I
produced and directed a segment for local
CNN,” Kramer said, with a laugh.
“At the end of my internship at
RCN/CNN Headline News Local Edition, I
had the opportunity to write, produce, and
voice a news segment on the Every 15 Minutes
program held at Moravian Academy in April
2005.
The Every 15 Minutes program simulates
an alcohol related car accident and the aftermath, including funerals, letters to parents, and
a debriefing session. I was able to be present at
the accident, interview participants and their
families, then put the entire piece together,
writing the voice-overs, picking out the segments, and appearing in the segment,” Kramer
said. “It was a great deal of fun to be a
reporter.”
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Angela Kramer, the new Resident Coordinator of Moore and Curtis Halls relaxes on the swing in Abe and
Tretchie’s Place, located outside the Allen House.
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Modern-day pirates
receiving international
attention
Recent movies such as Pirates of the inundate parts of Somalia.” Another piracy
Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl have incident near a Southern Somali port in
romanticized the image of pirates to be high- August resulted in the takeover of three vesspirited adventurers with no purpose except to sels and the kidnapping of 48 Asian fishermen.
sail the seven seas and drink to their extreme- Countries such as Indonesia have reported
ly good fortune of living such a lackadaisical hundreds of piracy incidents; 103 incidents
life. Pirates of the Caribbean also gives the were reported in 2002 alone.
impression that piracy is a thing of the past;
As noted before, these pirates are not the
when women wore corsets and men wore “yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum” stereotypical
powdered
wigs.
pirates.
However, recent events
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Bureau to describe Somalia’s piracy problem looking for a way to get money.
as “the most serious in the world.” After 21
Although there is a reported drop in piraincidents involving piracy since March 15, cy, there has to be an end to the modern-day
warnings have gone out telling people not to piracy. How is the issue of piracy being dealt
travel off the Somali coast.
with? So far, there are travel warnings out for
This is not the first time modern-day ships traveling along the Somali coast. But
pirates have made international news, but the warnings will not stop these water terrorists,
situation is getting more and more serious. As and world leaders are not commenting on how
Yahoo News reports, the June hijacking was a to deal with the issue. United States President
“U.N.-chartered ship…carrying 935 tons of George Bush has yet to comment on the situarice donated by Japan and Germany for 28,000 tion, although international attention has been
Somalis who had been affected by the Asian brought to the piracy problem, recently hightsunami, whose force was powerful enough to lighted by the International Maritime Bureau.
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Department and attracting new students.
Bethany Mason
Staff Writer
Gaetan Giannini was born in Patterson,
New Jersey and grew up in Parsippany, NJ. He
currently lives in Laurys Station, Pennsylvania
where he purchased a home in 1997.
Giannini attended undergraduate school at
Temple University, and graduate school at
Seton Hall. Prior to coming to Cedar Crest,
Giannini taught at East Stroudsburg as an
adjunct.
When asked what drew him to Cedar
Crest, Giannini said, “the opportunity to do
something I am passionate about in an outstanding environment which is also close to
home.”
As far as the atmosphere is concerned,
and the students being fantastic and focused,
Giannini said, everyone has “been warm and
welcoming, and have given me an amazing
amount of support.”
Giannini will be teaching many of the
business courses at Cedar Crest. His particular
interests include the marketing and behavior
studies courses; he is also looking forward to
teaching senior seminar in the spring.
Giannini’s main objective at Cedar Crest
is to lead the business department to be recognized throughout the region, if not nationally.
In addition to his love of teaching, he strongly
believes his 15+ years of practical business
experience will allow him succeed at this lofty
goal.
There are many advantages and disadvantages to teaching at a small liberal arts college
but Giannini has found in his short time here
that “CCC’s size and structure allows the faculty to have a real impact on the students and
the learning experience.” Also important to
Giannini is the fact that the “liberal arts foundation allows business students to graduate as
well rounded professionals.”
Most of Giannini’s free time is spent with
his family. He coaches baseball for both his
sons, Jake, 10, and Jason, 7, and spends a lot of
time in his backyard playing baseball and foot-
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ball. He also likes to read, cook and listen to
music, his favorites include genres encompassing blues, jazz, and occasionally “some good
old fashioned hard rock.” Aside from listening
to music, Giannini also plays guitar, though it
saddens him that he doesn’t pick it up nearly
enough.
Giannini is the current owner and president of one of the Lehigh Valley’s advertising
and sales firms, Giannini O'Connor LLC. Their
goal is to increase client’s sales through imagination, with a talented staff of sales experts,
marketing strategists, and creative specialists.
Giannini hopes to pass on his experience to students who take his business courses.
Giannini is also very active in the Lehigh
Valley Chamber of Commerce, was named and
Top 20 Business People Under 40 by the
Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal in
2003. He has held managing positions in several companies in the tri-state area
Any additional free time he enjoys spending weekends in his favorite city Philadelphia
with his wife Crystal. Now settling into the
Cedar Crest Community he adds, “This is a
great institution, and it already feels like
home.”
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NEWS
People supporting soldiers and the war effort
gather alongside the march on the sidewalk.
Marching
out the
war
Christa Hagan
On September 24, 2005,
hundreds of thousands
flocked to Washington D.C.
to join and observe the
anti-war rally, protest,
and march. Memorials,
speakers, artists, protesters and politicians
swarmed the capitol from
early morning to late in
the evening. A concert,
demonstrations, and a
march around the White
House were all activities
which occurred to
draw attention to the
anti-war effort.
Boots adorning the name, age, and rank of
the soldiers who have died in war efforts
are set up as a temporary memorial.
Above: Coz, represents the Zendik
artists, peddling t-shirts and
spouts political views to the
crowd.
Left: crosses for those who died
in war spread out on the grass in
front of the Washington Monument.
LIFESTYLES
Wisdom for the seasons
Dreams and their interpretations
Jennifer Jackson
Staff Writer
Under a canopy of stars, a crowd gathered
in the President’s Garden to hear Dr. Micah
Sadigh speak on the importance of dreams.
The bell was illuminated by candles and
Sadigh walked around, as he said, “like a
recurrent dream.”
“A dream that is not interpreted is like a
letter that is not read,” he said, quoting a
Hebrew proverb. He stressed the importance
of paying attention to dreams. While not all
dreams having meaning, many do.
There are two types of dreams - compensatory and parallel. Compensatory dreams are
based on daily experiences and compensate the
dreamer for what he or she has not experienced
in waking life. Parallel dreams reflect the inner
person and do not necessarily relate to what is
going on in the dreamer’s life.
“You have no bad dreams,” Sadigh said.
Most dreams have some meaning to the dreamer, and even ones that we consider “bad” are
trying to tell the dreamer something.
Sadigh discussed the importance of
dreams in other cultures. The Greeks believed
dreams could help to heal people. Native
Americans thought dreams were messages
from either gods or ancestors. The Chinese
believed that dreams were the result of the
spiritual soul leaving the body and meeting
“The reason you feel groggy
in the morning could be that
your spiritual soul has not fully
returned to your body. But I
don’t want you saying you
weren’t in class because
your spirit hasn’t returned
to your body.”
with other souls. They also believe that using
alarm clocks causes violence towards the spiritual soul, by making it come back to the body
too soon.
“The reason you feel groggy in the morning could be that your spiritual soul has not
fully returned to your body. But I don’t want
you saying you weren’t in class because your
spirit hasn’t returned to your body,” Sadigh
said, laughing.
Dreams were so important to the Chinese
that officials were often required to visit a temple and ask for a dream before making an
important decision.
But how do you interpret your dreams?
“Dream interpretation is largely up to the
dreamer,” Sadigh said. Dream dictionaries will
not help you much, because symbols in dreams
mean different things to different people.
The best way to figure out what your
dreams mean is to write down what you
remember when you wake up. Then figure out
what the different parts mean to you, or look at
different archetypes, or recurring images, that
appear in your dreams. Some examples of
archetypes that appear in every culture are the
Great Mother, the Wise Man, the Hero, and the
Child.
Sadigh closed his lecture with, “There’s
more to you than you can possibly imagine.
Pay attention to what your dreams are telling
you.”
Clubs on campus: Needles and Hooks
Jennifer Jackson
Staff Writer
“It takes a special kind of person to be a
knitter. It’s hard to describe but when a bunch
of those people get together it’s really awesome,” said sophomore Rachel Brown, a
member of Needles and Hooks.
Needles and Hooks, a club set up for
anyone who knits, crochets, sews, or has any
interest in textiles, has been in operation for
two and a half years.
Meetings are every Thursday at 9:45 in
the main lounge of Moore. If you want to join
you can simply show up to a meeting.
“Meetings are a lot of fun! We do have a serious meeting once in awhile but we have a lot
of fun just getting together and being social,"
said Brown.
You don’t even need to know how to knit
or crochet. “I think it’s important that people
know we will teach beginners,” said Heather
Caruthers, the president of the club.
Members of Needles and Hooks are
required to donate the first thing they make.
“In most other places, you donate your time.
Here, you’re donating something you made,”
said Caruthers.
Caruthers continued: “It’s one of the best
parts. It really makes a difference.” When you
join Needles and Hooks, materials are provided. “We’ve had so much stuff donated to us…
and I have to drag it to every meeting!” she
said.
So pull out your knitting needles, crochet
hooks, or whatever you have and head over to
Moore to join Needles and Hooks.
International Corner
A custom of cutting: Exploring the
tradition of female genital mutilation
Christa Hagan
Staff Writer
When the term circumcision is heard,
most people think of the well known practice
of the removal of foreskin from the penis. This
custom was at one point primarily a Jewish ritual which many not of the faith also took part
in, and has since declined to roughly fifty-five
percent of the males in the United States.
Many are surprised to learn that in other
cultures it is not the men who are circumcised,
but rather the women. Many more are even
more surprised to find out that in some places,
this is still widely practiced.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) or
female circumcision is done throughout 28
African countries and among small communities in South East Asia and the Middle East.
Every year FGM is performed on approximately between four and five million girls. Of
the large number, seventy-five percent of the
occurrences are in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Nigeria, Somalia, and the Sudan. In Djibouti
and Somalia, ninety-eight percent of all
females undergo some form of female circumcision.
Many people wonder why it is done.
Often, religion is thought to be the answer, but
religion has very little to do with the origination of this ritual of mutilation. Female genital
mutilation is done to encourage chastity and
make sex seem extremely unappealing. In
most cases of FGM, achieving an orgasm is
completely impossible for women, which
takes a great deal of enjoyment out of sex and
leads most to a chaste lifestyle.
By Jewish tradition, male circumcision
occurs on the eighth day of the child’s life.
While FGM sometimes is completed on
infants, or just before marriage, it is most commonly done on girls between four and twelve
years of age.
In the United States, it is accepted that
most medical procedures happen in a clean and
sterile environment with the wonders of anesthesia close by. However, in areas such as rural
Sudan, one could only hope for a clean knife
and soft sheets.
Often, the circumcision is performed
wherever and the tools used can be knives,
razor blades, scissors, sharp rocks or even broken shards of glass. Another women is often
there to hold down the girl as she struggles,
squirms and screams. Twigs or pieces of cloth
are often shoved in mouths for them to bite
down on.
There are four main degrees of FGM. In
the first form, the clitoris is punctured usually
by nicking with a knife or piercing.
Clitorectomy is the second degree of FGM in
which a part if not the entire clitoris is
removed from the body. In the third form of
mutilation excision, the clitoris and the labia
minora are either partially or completely
removed. In pharonic circumcision, the last
and most severe variety, the labia minora and
clitoris are completely removed and the labia
majora is severely clipped to create a raw surface. To close up the wound in pharonic circumcision, a matchstick is often held up to the
raw and sore void between the girl’s legs. The
skin is the sewn shut, leaving a hole the size of
a matchstick head to release urine and menstrual fluids.
Hannah Koroma of Sierra Leone is a
woman who underwent FGM with a blunt
penknife at age ten, and shared her story with
Amnesty International. She had no idea it was
going to happen, for she was merely told by
her family that she would be going to a ceremony by the river and would be able to eat lots
of food after it was over. Koroma was lead to
a secluded area and then forced to lie down. A
cloth was shoved into her mouth to keep her
from screaming as the procedure went on.
“When the operation began, I put up a big
fight. The pain was terrible and unbearable.
During this fight, I was badly cut and lost
blood. All those who took part in the operation
were half-drunk with alcohol. Others were
dancing and singing, and worst of all, had
stripped naked.”
In some rural African villages, families
take their daughters to have it done and hope
that their daughters do not scream while the
task is being performed. It is thought that if she
screams, she is dishonorable and her family
name is stained. Contrastingly, if she dies and
does not scream, she is held in the highest
honor.
The health issues regarding this topic can
be quite serious in respect to both physical and
psychological health. During the procedure,
pain, shock, hemorrhaging and damage to the
organs are serious issues sometimes linked to
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The trials
of life
Lakena Outlaw
Columnist
Ramadan
The month of
Reawakening
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the
worlds. May peace and blessings be upon His
Messenger.
“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those
before you - perhaps you will be God-fearing” (Al-Baqarah, verse 183)
Ramadan is the month of the Quran. The
Quran is the book of guidance for all
Muslims. The Quran was revealed to Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon
him) during the month of Ramadan. During
the month of Ramadan, Muslims reflect on
their lifestyles and do what is necessary to
live righteously.
The fast of the holy month of
Ramadan is about more than
not eating food. It is a fast of
the ears, tongue, mouth, eyes,
and hands. This is the time for
the believer to purify his soul.
It is obligated to fast from sunrise to
sundown every day during this holy month of
Ramadan. The fast is about more than not
eating food. It is a fast of the ears, tongue,
mouth, eyes, and hands. The fasting person
should abstain from all lustful desires. This is
the time for the believer to save himself from
destruction and purify his soul.
During this month, the doors to hell are
closed and the gates of paradise are opened.
If the believer sincerely repents and performs
righteous deed, then he may receive great
reward by the Lord’s Will.
In the famous Hadith of Mu’ath, I said:
O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which
will take me into Paradise and keep me away
from Hell-Fire. He said: “You have asked me
about a major matter, yet it is easy for him for
whom Allah Almighty makes it easy. You
should fast in Ramadan.” Then he (the
Prophet) said: “Shall I not show you the gates
of goodness. Fasting is a shield.” (atTirmithi)
The most special days are the last ten
days of Ramadan. These days are considered
the most blessed. This is the time to perfect
the fast and avoid anything that may break it.
Every Muslims mission in life is to seek
the pleasure of Allah. This mission comes
with many obligations that may seem hard at
times, due to the trials we are put through
during our lifetime. No human being is perfect. This is why repentance is necessary. By
Allah’s will, we are given the chance to learn
and grow from our mistakes.
Muslims believe we are put here on a
test program, and it is our responsibility that
we make sure our good deeds outweigh the
bad. Observing the month of Ramadan is one
of the many ways to increase your good
deeds.
Eid-ul-Fitr follows the month of
Ramadan. At this time, congregational prayer
is performed and the believers give glad tidings. Eid is the celebration for those who successfully completed the fast and now gather
and rejoice together. Many exchange gifts
and visit family members and the elderly.
We cannot divest ourselves from the
misery of others. We cannot shrug it off saying that it does not concern us. To do this
would be an injustice to humanity. The Quran
(5:8) tells us ... Be just: that is next to piety.
LIFESTYLES
Tips to avoid the “freshman fifteen”
Gillian Maffeo
A&E Co-Editor
Unlimited amounts of food roam colleges; the endless buffet in the cafeteria, the
snack machines in every residence hall, and
even the beer you drink when you party. From
French fries to sugary snacks, you’re in for it.
Even when you think you’ve burned over a
hundred calories at the gym, it’s still not going
to cover for the extra calories you eat.
Yes, you did come to a new atmosphere
and started a new beginning in your life. But
does this make it okay to pack on those
pounds, formally known as the “freshman fifteen?” School may be stressful and your chemistry classes may be rough, but does munching
on a Baby Ruth make it better? Food may not
be the only culprit here - what about those
Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Coolattas or the
Starbucks Frappuccinos? Drinks can also be
loaded with calories.
Being overweight is both unpleasant and
unhealthy; according to the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) being
overweight has been blamed for everything
from diabetes and high blood pressure to some
types of cancer. Even modest weight loss can
improve your health and self-esteem.
Here are some tips that can help you avoid
weight gain, both in school and beyond.
Exercise
-- The gym may be a scary place for some
people, but it’s there for a reason and free to
students and staff. Take advantage of it. If
you’re not too keen on the gym, then try other
activities. Whether it’s swimming, bicycling or
skiing, any activity is good for your body and
reduces the risk of future heart attacks, says
The American Heart Association.
-- The USDA recommends at least 30 minutes of exercise a day for good health, and
more activity for weight loss. If you have your
own ideal exercise plan, stick with it; anything
works as long as you make it a part of your
everyday life and make a commitment to get
active.
Alcohol consumption
-- You and your friends hit a party. Three
hours go by, and you have about six cups of
beer and you can’t even remember how many
games of beer pong you’ve played. According
to Weight Watchers’ website, every cup of beer
ranges from 150-350 calories.
-- It’s okay to drink sporadically (and legally), but if this comes to be an every weekend
event, watch your calories. That extra alcohol
will haunt you in the long run!
Count those calories
-- For the average, inactive 150 pound college woman, the USDA recommends 2,000
calories per day. Aim to split those calories
Fresh off the shelf:
between several meals and snacks.
-- It doesn’t take long to eat 2,000 calories.
Enjoy one Whopper Jr. with cheese and a
medium fries and Coke for an astounding 980
calories - possibly half of your caloric needs.
Balance out your meals, and be smart about the
foods you decide to eat.
It doesn’t take long to eat
2,000 calories. Enjoy one
Whopper Jr. with cheese
and a medium fries and Coke
for an astounding 980 calories - possibly half of your
caloric needs for the day.
Balance out your meals, and
be smart about the foods
you decide to eat.
Water
-- It is okay to drink your usual Pepsi or
Coke, but not everyday. Chill out on the soda
and drink lots of water. Consider water your
best friend, whether you want to lose weight or
not. Weight Watchers recommends drinking
eight glasses of water a day. Yes, you will feel
bloated for a couple days and you will make
frequent trips to the bathroom, but your body
will get used to it.
Protein
-- You need protein to function and keep
active. You can get protein from yogurt, beans,
cheese, and meats. Protein will help you feel
fuller longer, so you won’t get hungry so
quickly.
-- Tuna fish and turkey are good sources of
meat protein; both are low in calories and fat.
Fiber
-- Fiber also makes you feel full longer, and
you will end up eating less. High fiber diets are
linked to lower body weight and lower body
fat.
-- You don’t have to get fiber from prunes;
you can get it from vegetables, fruit, legumes,
and whole grains, says Joanne Slavin, professor of nutrition at University of Minnesota.
High-fiber cereals are also a good source of
fiber and can be found at most grocery stores.
Moderation
-- Practice controlling your eating habits; eating in moderation and avoiding overindulgences in greasy foods will decrease your risk
of getting the “freshman fifteen.”
-- It can be so easy to come to college and eat
whatever we want, because food is everywhere. It’s such a temptation, but those
desserts and all-you-can-eat portions in the
cafeteria can do a number on your waistline.
Eat those delicious foods in moderation.
Hit the Trail:
Trident’s Strawberry Fusion Gum Local walking and hiking trails to peruse
Staff Writer
The claim: “FUSE IT UP! Chew the sweet
pieces with the sour pieces and you’ve created
a fusion of flavor that’s all your own!”
From the website: “Not just a new flavor – it's
an entirely new kind of gum... How sweet?
How sour? It's your call.”
How to use it: Trident’s Strawberry Fusion
is composed of two different flavors, one
sweet and the other sour. Then it becomes
completely up to you how you eat the gum.
Enjoy a nice sweet strawberry taste with the
darker pieces of gum or have a mouth watering piece of the lighter colored sour gum. Or
you could “fuse it up” and make a flavor combination with both the sweet and sour.
The results: As an avid gum chewer, I liked
the idea of being able to customize my own
flavor of gum. I wasn’t a big fan of the sweet
pieces by themselves, but the sour pieces had
just the kick that I needed.
utes, which isn’t bad for such a small piece of
gum. And I was able to figure out my own perfect flavor combination of two sours with one
sweet, that nice sour punch with just a hint of
sweet. Trident’s Fusion Gum also comes in
mint, which I’m eager to try.
ARetail cost and where to get it: Find
Trident’s Fusion Gum at most food stores and
retail stores. Expect to pay between 89 cents
and $1.25.
Editor’s Note: Like all Trident gums,
Strawberry and Mint Fusion are sugar free.
Look for another product review in the
next issue of The Crestiad:
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and straight to you!
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Jillian Churchill
Staff Writer
Fads in exercise and weight loss have
come and gone throughout the years, but walking has always been considered an excellent
form of exercise.
There are many health benefits to walking. Studies have shown that walking regularly can help you live longer by reducing heart
disease risk, cancer, and controlling weight.
Another benefit is that walking can
improve mental sharpness. Walking can even
improve one’s mood and relieve stress, which
is so often needed on a college campus.
The region is packed with places to go
walking. Allentown boasts eight parks that
include waking trails, including Cedar Beach
Park behind Moore Hall. The walking trails at
Cedar Beach circle around Cedar Creek on
both sides of to Street. A similarly set up park
is Trout Creek Park, which runs along Mack
Boulevard.
Also close by is Trexler Park, which has
lots of walking trails. It has ample parking on
Springhouse road for those who want to drive
there. The park is located on Cedar Crest and
Parkway Boulevards.
South Mountain Reservoir has walking
trails and playing fields. Located on 10th
Street, off of Emmaus Ave, the park gives visitors a sense of being away from the city without the hassle of a long drive.
Lesser known parks include the East Side
Reservoir (Halstead St.), Kimmets Lock Park
(Dauphin and Lloyd Streets), Lehigh Canal
Park (Hamilton Street), and Lehigh Parkway
(Center City to Cedar Crest Boulevard).
Hiking is an extension of walking in a
rougher form, but usually has the added benefits of better views and less people. Parks in
the general area with hiking trails are
Memorial Lake State Park, which has short
and less difficult trails. Boyd Big Tree conservation Area has a range of length and difficult
options for the hiker, and Hickory Run State
Park, has 43 miles of trails from 0.5 miles to
five miles in length.
For those which seek the ultimate hiking
experience, the Appalachian Trail (a 2,200
mile footpath that runs from Mt. Springer in
Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine), is only a
short distance away from Cedar Crest.
For more information on Allentown
parks, visit http://www.allentownpa.org/
park_rec.htm. For more information on State
Parks,
visit http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/
stateparks/ parks/index.aspx.
LIFESTYLES
You are not alone: Feeling homesick at college
Bethany Mason
Staff Writer
Many students coming to college, maybe
leaving home for the first time, experience
homesickness. Missing the familiarity of
home, family, and friends sometimes doesn’t
allow students to settle into a new surrounding
as quickly as expected.
Research done at Cambridge University
shows that those who experience homesickness may notice an increase in depressed feelings, anxiety, and obsessive thoughts. It was
estimated that 35% of college students get
homesick entering school (University of
Cambridge Counselling Service 1998).
Freshmen Khalia Pray said that adjusting
to the college life wasn’t as hard as she expected; she is only 45 minutes away from home,
and she finds that talking to her mother on a
daily basis helped to lessen any homesickness
she may have felt.
“I talk to my mom like everyday… Just
making new friends and staying busy helps
take your mind off the comforts of being at
home,” said Pray, who also enjoys the fact that
here in college there aren’t as many rules to
abide by.
Freshman roommates Megan Lance and
Carolyn Hastings are not experiencing homesickness at all, except at those times when
phone calls are made home.
“I haven’t experienced homesickness yet.
The only time I get a little homesick maybe, is
when I call home and talk to my family. I am
ready for fall break though,” said Lance, a
Pennsylvania native, who is also a strong
believer in getting involved on campus.
Hastings and Lance both agree that getting
involved is the best remedy for getting over
any homesickness; the two have found a lasting friendship in living together as roommates
and are both pledging in the community service fraternity, APO.
IC: A custom
of cutting
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the mutilation. The circumcision can also
lead to all kinds of infections which can later
lead to death. The form of FGM known as
pharonic circumcision is apt to have even
more serious and long term risks attached to
it. Some of these risks are chronic urinary
tract infections, stones in the bladder and
urethra, kidney damage, reproductive tract
infections resulting from hindered menstrual
flow, pelvic infections, infertility, excessive
scar tissue, and cysts.
The consequences do not stop there.
Intercourse is often extremely painful, especially if the woman has been sewn up to the
point where she only reveals a tiny hole. If
she does become pregnant, she will often
have the remains of her vagina cut open to
have the child and later sewn up to how it
was before.
What about the emotional issues
attached to this? Women are often left feeling long term conditions of betrayal, anxiety,
stress and humiliation. In some cases, serious psychological illnesses and major
depression have been linked to FGM.
Many people are left questioning why it
is not stopped if so many health concerns are
linked to it. In addition they may be wondering if a mother who has had it done knows
how dangerous and painful it is, why would
she ever want her beloved daughters to go
though with it?
Often, this is replied to be the sturdy
and concrete reply of “tradition.” This is a
ritual which has been occurring for years.
Not many want to be the ones who stop the
cycle, no matter how dangerous or upsetting
it may seem.
More information on FGM can be
found through http://www.amnesty.org, and
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGA
CT770061997.
Quick tips for
dealing with
homesickness
For coping with homesickness, here
are some pointers given by student
counseling service from the University
of London.
“It keeps you busy. Amongst other things
here on campus, the free trips are also something that gets your mind off of home,” said
Hastings, who along with Lance went on a free
trip to a Yankees game just last week.
Other students at Cedar Crest find adjusting to school a bit more stressful. According to
freshmen Candice Botright, being homesick
only makes her college experience seem less
fulfilling. “Orientation wasn’t that helpful, it
just made me miss home a little more,”
Boltright said. While living in Durham, North
Carolina, a seven-hour trip from campus, she
doesn’t think she’ll be home until fall break or
as late as Thanksgiving. Even though Botright
has family in Philadelphia, she commented
that not having a car here on campus makes it
hard to see her distant relatives.
While living in Moore, Botright said the
freedom of being on her own helps lessen the
burden homesickness brings. “I like the fact
that I have freedom in a dorm. It makes a difference from being at home and living by
rules; here I can make my own schedule and
either follow it or not.” Although settling in
hasn’t been much of a success so far, Botright
feels that making friends helps ease the tension
of being away from home and relatives.
Food Services helps those who are homesick by allowing students to request foods that
make them feel more comfortable, helping to
make the atmosphere a little more homey. “I
think a good cooked meal helps anyone feel a
little more at home,” said sophomore Food
Services employee Lakena Outlaw, who works
in the Bistro.
Remember that a lot of college students
feel some degree of homesickness their first
year of college, but as sophomore Vikki Brown
commented, “I used to get homesick my freshman year, but my friends and contact with my
family members made it a little easier to
cope… I really started to get involved on campus, joined groups such as BASU and Sisters
Inc. I think you just have to find out what helps
take your mind off of home, and I found the
best security in new friends and involvement
on campus.”
-- First acknowledge the fact that you
are homesick, and know that the feeling
will pass in due time.
-- Decide whether or not keeping in
contact with friends and family back
home helps with coping or makes you
miss home more. Do what works best for
you.
-- Make a real effort to join clubs, and
try to make at least two friends that share
your interests. This can help establish a
sense of security, but shouldn’t limit you
to making friends with different interests.
-- Volunteer; this really takes your mind
off of being homesick, because it allows
you to help someone else and it makes
you feel better in the process!
-- Establish a routine, because the fuller
your days are, the less time you will have
to think about home.
-- Talk about your homesickness. Share
your feelings with a friend or roommate,
or maybe even your resident assistant.
Fall Family Weekend tradition
continues at Cedar Crest
Emily Pulham
Staff Writer
Cedar Crest is proud to present its ongoing tradition of Fall Family Weekend again
this year. This year’s Fall Family Weekend will
run from the 21st until the 23rd of October.
According to Denise O’Neill, Associate Dean
of Student Affairs, the weekend promises to be
an enjoyable time for students, families, and
friends.
Fall Family Weekend was traditionally
called Parents Weekend, but the name no
longer applies to all of the people the program
hopes to attract. This weekend is for more than
just parents - siblings, relatives of any kind and
friends are all encouraged to attend.
Those who decide to come are in for a
weekend of fun-filled events. The weekend
kicks off with a casual dinner on Friday, followed by comedy juggler Josh Casey with a
show that promises that the audience will take
part in the show - and the juggling!
Another activity new to the weekend is
the Cedar Crest College 5k Walk/Run.
Normally the College invites visiting friends
and family to participate in the annual Breast
Cancer 5k, but unfortunately the event does
not fall on the same weekend this year - giving
Cedar Crest the opportunity to raise money for
a different cause. This year the proceeds for
the run will be donated to Hurricane Katrina
victims.
Hosting their own run also allows for
more Cedar Crest students and faculty to help
out with the organization of the race. The
Cross Country Team and Athletic Department
will be facilitating the event. There is a fee to
register, but free T-shirts will be provided to
participants.
The weekend will also include a tradi-
tional favorite - Brunch Bingo! “Bingo is huge
here!” said an excited O’Neill, and Fall Family
Weekend is pleased to present a bingo game in
the TCC Cafeteria, complete with prizes
donated by area businesses and Cedar Crest
Staff members. The bingo game will take place
on Saturday morning at 11 am.
Saturday afternoon also offers exciting
events for students, family and friends. Cedar
Crest is playing host to two athletic events;
soccer and volleyball both have home games
against Arcadia. These athletic events are free
to attend. All the other activities (with the
exception of the run - but who wouldn’t mind
giving money to hurricane Katrina aid?) are
free to registering students with ID.
Students can begin to register themselves,
their families and friends immediately. The
college asks that you pre-register by October
14th, and you can do so in two different ways.
You can fill out a registration form, which is
available from the Allen House, or register
online at http://www.cedarcrest.edu/fallfamily.
Either way, register as soon as possible to
make sure that your friends and family do not
miss out on an exciting opportunity to both
view your school and spend some quality time
enjoying Cedar Crest events. From juggling to
Irish music, Fall Family weekend really does
have something for everyone.
LIFESTYLES
Students enjoy Fall Fest 2005
Lori Gallagher
| News Editor
Right:
Some Cedar Crest
students direct
activities at club
tables, while other
students explore the
activities.
Below:
Three students
make magnetic
poetry at the
Preterite craft table.
Inventive words on
flattened marbles
were used to decorate magnetic strips.
Gillian Maffeo | A&E Co-Editor
Above: Jared Campbell entertains students and community members at
Sunday’s Fall Fest.
SPORTS
McMurren brings a lifetime of experience
Jennifer Woytach
Sports Co-Editor
Brittany McMurren, a sophomore tennis player, was
named Cedar Crest Athlete of the Week Week for
September 5-11.
McMurren, from South Brunswick, NJ, was nominated for AotW after going 2-1 at #3 doubles and 2-1 at #5 singles with all 4 wins versus PAC opponents.
When asked what makes her want to come out and
practice everyday, McMurren replied, “The girls on the
team really make it a fun environment and I really love the
sport. Also with such a heavy course load it is really nice
to just get outdoors and run around for a few hours.”
Though an accomplished athlete who was once on a
swim team and likes to ocean kayak and rock climb when
she can, McMurren has a lifetime’s experience of tennis. “I
began playing tennis when I was two and a half, but I didn’t get serious about it until I was 13,” she said.
New to the team this year, McMurren noted the team’s
chemistry. “The girls on the team are great and really welcoming of new players like me. There is so much history
on the team that the upperclassmen have a joke about every
situation you can possibly get into during a tennis match,”
she said. “We all share a common love for Dane Cook.”
McMurren doesn’t leave tennis on the court either. “I
usually hit at a tennis club once a week and I attempt to
make it to the gym at least twice a week,” she said about
her off season training.
A Genetic Engineering major/Chemistry minor and
Forensics concentration, McMurren is also an active member of FSSO and the psychology club.
AotW Nominees: for the week of September 12-18
Stef Harrington
senior soccer player
Steph Nowotarski
Lauren Sanders
senior tennis player
sophomore cross country runner
LVAIC Women’s Home Sports Schedules
Thursday, October 6
DeSales Tennis vs. Moravian, 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 8
DeSales Tennis vs. Scranton, 1:00 p.m.
DeSales Volleyball vs. Gwynedd-Mercy, 2:00 p.m.
DeSales Volleyball vs. Wilkes, 7:00 p.m.
Lafayette Field Hockey vs. American, 1:00 p.m.
Lafayette Tennis vs. St. Francis PA, 11:00 a.m.
Muhlenberg Volleyball vs. McDaniel (Homecoming) 12:00 p.m.
Moravian Field Hockey vs. Messiah, 1:00 p.m.
Muhlenberg Volleyball vs. Catholic (Homecoming), 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 12
Lafayette Field Hockey vs. Rider, 7:00 p.m.
Moravian Field Hockey vs. Stevens Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m.
Friday, October 14
Lehigh Soccer vs. Army, 7:00 p.m.
Lehigh Volleyball vs. Lafayette, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 15
DeSales (Cross Country) Invitational, 10:30 a.m.
DeSales Field Hockey vs. Manhattanville, 2:00 p.m.
Lafayette Cross Country – Leopard Invitational, 10:00 a.m.
Lafayette Soccer vs. Holy Cross, 1:00 p.m.
Lafayette Tennis vs. Siena, 12:00 p.m.
Lafayette Volleyball vs. Providence, 7:00 p.m.
Lehigh Tennis – Lehigh Tennis Invitational
Muhlenberg Cross Country – DeSales Invitational, 10:30 a.m.
Muhlenberg Soccer vs. Gettysburg, 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 16
Lafayette Tennis vs. Drexel, 1:00 p.m.
Jennifer Woytach | Sports Co-Editor
Sports Photo of the Week
Send your favorite sports photos to crestiad@cedarcrest.edu
to be considered as next week’s “Photo of the Week.”
Tuesday, October 18
DeSales Soccer vs. Kean, 4:00 p.m.
Lafayette Field Hockey vs. Monmouth, 7:00 p.m.
Moravian Tennis vs. Drew, 3:00 p.m.
DeSales Volleyball vs. FDU-Florham, 7:00 p.m.
Lafayette Volleyball vs. Loyola, 7:00 p.m.
Lehigh Field Hockey vs. Rider, 7:00 p.m.
Lehigh Volleyball vs. Wagner, 7:00 p.m.
Moravian Volleyball vs. Albright, 7:00 p.m.
Muhlenberg Soccer vs. Dickinson, 7:00 p.m.
Muhlenberg Volleyball vs. Ursinus, 7:00 p.m.
LVAIC Men’s Home Sports Schedules
Saturday, October 8
Lafayette Football vs. Columbia, 1:00 p.m.
Lafayette Tennis vs. St. Francis PA, 11:00 a.m.
Lehigh Football vs. Holy Cross, 1:00 p.m.
Moravian Soccer vs. Elizabethtown, 3:30 p.m.
Muhlenberg Football vs. Dickinson (Homecoming), 1:00 p.m.
Muhlenberg Soccer vs. Swarthmore (Homecoming), 7:00 p.m.
Monday, October 10
Muhlenberg Golf – Muhlenberg Fall Classic, 11:00 a.m.
DeSales Soccer vs. Widener, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 15
DeSales (Cross Country) Invitational, 10:30 a.m.
DeSales Soccer vs. Scranton, 2:00 p.m.
Lafayette Cross Country – Leopard Invitational, 10:00 a.m.
Lafayette Football vs. Harvard (Homecoming), 1:00 p.m.
Lafayette Tennis vs. Siena, 12:00 p.m.
Lehigh Football vs. Yale, 1:00 p.m.
Lehigh Soccer vs. Army, 7:00 p.m.
Lehigh Tennis – Lehigh Tennis Invitational
Muhlenberg Cross Country – DeSales Invitational, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, October 16
Lafayette Tennis vs. Drexel, 1:00 p.m.
Michelle Durning stands ready to defend in Monday night’s volleyball game versus Immaculata. The Falcons beat the
Mighty Macs in three games.
DeSales Soccer vs. FDU-Florham, 3:30 p.m.
Lafayette Soccer vs. Villanova, 7:00 p.m.
Lehigh Soccer vs. Adelphi, 7:00 p.m.
Muhlenberg Soccer vs. Misericordia, 4:00 p.m.
SPORTS
Team captain emphasizes
importance of teamwork
Schrock aims to be
“threatening force”
Andrea Zajac
Sports Co-Editor
Morgan Schrock was named Athlete of
the Week for September 12 through
September 18.
Schrock is a senior field hockey player
from Bloomsburg, PA, who scored 6 goals
and had 1 assist in 2-0 PAC week, including
tying the school record for goals in a game
with 5 against Rosemont. She was also award-
ed an Honorable Mention in the voting for
PAC Player of the Week.
Although she was awarded these honors
Schrock was very humble about receiving
them. She is just proud to be a part of the
Cedar Crest Falcons and being able to help
her team out. Scoring is one of Schrock’s
strong points, but she is also focused on other
aspects of her game.
“It’s so great to get out on the field with
a team that is so much fun and just play your
heart out,” Schrock said. “To me, the only
thing that feels better than scoring a goal is
carefully working the ball up the field by
making crisp, clean passes.”
Schrock has also been working hard off
the field. A genetic engineering major has
been keeping her busy as well as veterinarian
school applications. These ambitious goals
aren’t the only ones on Schrock’s mind.
“This season, I tried to channel my personal goals into team goals,” Schrock said. “I
think that my biggest achievement as a hockey player is to be part of a truly cohesive
team. Overall, my team goal is to be a threatening force in the PAC play-offs.”
Schrock really appreciates her teams
hard work, not just her own. She especially
admires the defense for keeping goals out of
their end and the coaching staff being an
encouraging force on the side line. This offensive player also can’t get enough of the team’s
goalie’s tough saves, even a secret desire to
score on her.
“Several times I have wanted to leave
my offensive position on the line and make a
mad dash down to our cage to plant a big one
on our goalie, Kirsten Gustafson,” Schrock
said.“She has some of the most outstanding
defensive saves I have ever seen.”
Jennifer Woytach
Sports Co-Editor
Senior soccer forward Amanda Swartz
was named a Cedar Crest College Athlete of
the Week for the week of September 19-25.
Swartz, from Elysburg, PA, was named
to the PAC Soccer Player of the Week Honor
Roll after she scored the winning goal in the
September 24 double overtime game versus
Alvernia.
“I come to practice every day because I
need to, not because I have to,” Swartz
stressed. “My game never has and never will
be perfect, but coming to practice, working
hard and learning from my mistakes makes
me the best I can be.”
Swartz’s humble attitude and leadership
compliment her role as a team captain. The
soccer team is currently 1-5 in the PAC and
while the team can improve their skills and
game, they already have team chemistry to
build upon. “Strong team chemistry is more
important than ever for our team this year. No
matter what happens, if we can remain as one
team and stick together, we’ve won.”
In comparing this season to last years’,
Swartz immediately pointed out the differences. “I started out this season comparing it
to last year, but I don’t really think it’s fair to
do that. We have different players, different
personalities and different skills this year. And
if we keep looking backward at what happened last season, we’ll never be able to successfully move forward through the rest of
this season. We have great talent and a great
drive to succeed - and we definitely will.”
Swartz has goals set for herself and her
team for the rest of the season. “My personal
goal this season is to never let my teammates
down. Whether I score two goals or 20 this
season, I want my teammates to know that
I’ve tried my hardest every game, and that
I’ve left everything I have on the field.”
“As a team, I hope that one of our goals
can be to walk off the field after playing our
last game against Immaculata together, and
remember that through it all, we had fun,” she
said.
A
Communications
major
and
Management and Hispanic & Latino Studies
minor, Swartz is also a member of the basketball team and SAAC, is a Student
Ambassador, Alumnae Phonathon Supervisor,
and Healthy U Coordinator. She has been
playing soccer since she was six years old and
credits her father for her love of soccer.
“I used to have a pin on my soccer bag
when I was 12 or 13 that said ‘the season that
never stops.’ I would jump from my fall outdoor team to the boys’ indoor team in the winter, to my club team in the spring and travel to
tournaments all summer. My dad must have
put a million miles on his car in just one year,”
Swartz said.
AotW Nominees:
for the week of September 5-11
Betsy Bauer
senior volleyball player
Gwen Mayhew
freshman cross country runner
Dan Donohue
Senior Larissa Hall finishes strong at home at the Mule Falcon Invitational.
Jennifer Woytach | Sports Co- Editor
Support your Falcons: Upcoming games and matches
Cross Country
Breast Cancer 5K
10/15 @ Lehigh Parkway
Field hockey
Soccer
Tennis
10/7 vs. Wilson
4:00 p.m.
10/15 @ Gwynedd-Mercy*
1:00 p.m.
10/11 vs. Eastern*
3:00 p.m.
10/12 vs. Alvernia*
4:00 p.m.
10/20 vs. Philadelphia Biblical
4:00 p.m.
10/13 @ Arcadia*
4:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
10/18 @ Misericordia*
4:00 p.m.
10/17 @ St. Elizabeth
3:00 p.m.
Volleyball
7:00 p.m.
10/15 vs. Cabrini*
1:00 p.m.
10/17 @ P.S. Berks
7:00 p.m.
10/19 @ Eastern*
7:00 p.m.
*indicates PAC contest
SPORTS
Laura Egner stands out in
volleyball league
Andrea Zajac
Sports Co-Editor
Laura Egner was named Athlete of the
week for September 19 through September 25
along with Amanda Swartz.
Egner is a sophomore volleyball player
from Whitehall, PA, who had 25 kills, 13 aces,
34 digs and 5 blocks in a 3-0 week. She was
also awarded an Honorable Mention in voting
for PAC Player of the Week.
Egner, a Nuclear Medicine major, was
surprised to receive her honor for Athlete of
the Week. She was glad to have been granted
such credit. “Being named athlete of the week
came as a surprise to me. It felt great to be recognized for my efforts on the court,” Egner
said.
Athlete of the week isn’t her only
achievement on the court. She has also stood
out in the PAC, which something she says is
outstanding to accomplish.
“There are 11 teams total in the conference, girls are always on the court.
Mathematically that means I had to stand out
above at least 65 other girls,” Egner said.
“There are many awesome players in the
league, I’m glad to be ranked among them.”
For someone who was only interested in
volleyball to get out of class in middle school,
she has grown to love the sport. Egner is a
basic all around volleyball player. She has
become fascinated by how fast the game really is and the way a player has to be capable of
being tough. Volleyball is also a game of strategy, something Egner likes to be involved in.
“I’m hooked and can’t imagine not playing,” Egner said.
Her biggest influence is beach volleyball
players. Beach volleyball is a very competitive sport and in exchange for the usual six
players on the court there are only two. Their
skill level and the way they are an effective
two person team is what impresses Egner the
most.
She enjoys helping her team out with
tricky plays. Egner is dedicated to her team
and really hopes to accomplish the team’s goal
of making it to PACs. From her team, she has
become aware of her motivation that drives
her to take risks on the court. “I have learned
to push myself harder and go after every ball
even if it isn’t coming directly at me,” Egner
said. “I always try to play my best, 110%. If I
make a mistake, I want the next ball to come
to me so I can make it up.”
The 1st Annual
Cedar Crest College
Row & Run Indoor Biathlon
Tuesday, October 25 at 7:30pm
If you enjoyed the IronWoman Indoor Triathlon last Spring,
you’ll love this fun, new fitness event!
Row the first leg of the race with a friend in our inflatable
kayaks at the RAC, then race to the Fitness Center for a onemile run on the treadmill.
Enter as a team of two or three;
incentives apply to teams containing staff/faculty!
Sign up in the Fitness Center TODAY!
Participant deadline is Friday, October 21st at noon.
Get FULL DETAILS in the Fitness Center.
Awards to First, Second, and Third place finishers.
Prizes for ALL participants!
AToW nominees: for the week of September 19-25
Larissa Hall
Hilary Prescott
senior cross country runner
junior tennis player
All participants as well as FANS IN ATTENDANCE will be
eligible for raffle prizes throughout the entire evening!
The Race begins at the Rodale Aquatic Center
Tuesday, October 25th at 7:30 pm
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Equestrian team update
Results from the September 24 show:
Lauren Forsyth
Novice Fences, 3rd Place
Cara Watkins
Advanced Walk Trot Canter, 4th Place
Nicole Canfield
Davina Riddell
Aelén Mabillé
Walk Trot, 2nd Place
Catya Donovan
Walk Trot, 4th Place
Jennifer Dowling
Walk Trot, 6th Place
for the week ending September 25
Laura Egner was named to the PAC Volleyball Player of the Week Honor
Roll. Egner, a sophomore OH from Whitehall, PA/Whitehall, had 25 kills, 13
aces, 34 digs, and 5 blocks in a 3-0 week.
Amanda Swartz was named to the PAC Soccer Player of the Week Honor
Roll. Swartz, a senior forward from Elysburg, PA/Lourdes Regional, scored the
game-winning goal in double-overtime against Alvernia College in a 1-1 week.
Next show:
October 8
Host: Lafayette (College) @
Briarwood Farm,
Readington, NJ
for the week ending October 2
Morgan Schrock, a senior field hockey player from Bloomsburg, PA,
was named PAC Player of the Week. Schrock had 5 goals and 2 assists in a
0-3, 0-2 PAC week.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
On Stage:
“Nunsense” leaves them praying for more
Alumnae Museum says ‘I do’
to new exhibit
Emily Pulham
Staff Writer
Beth Coulter
Crestiad Columnist
Cedar Crest College opened its theater
season with a rollicking, laugh a minute version of Nunsense, a popular Broadway musical. It appeared September 29 – October 2 in
the Samuels Theatre, Tompkins College Center
and was directed by Linda Bass.
The production began with a group of
nuns filtering into the auditorium, greeting
people and talking about all sorts of interesting
things, giving out prayer cards and other gifts
to some people before the band started playing.
The stage was set for a production of
“Titanic,” with a large drawing of the “Rose”
portrait displayed on the side. The breasts and
crotch of the model were painted over in a
bright red bikini. As the Reverend Mother
(Karen Cook, Senior) entered, she explained
that the “9th grade of Mount Saint Helens
school” was putting on a show of “Titanic,”
and the nuns did not want to move it for their
fundraiser.
In a high-energy song and dance number,
the “Little Sisters of Hoboken” explain how
“Sister Julia, Child of God,” the Order’s cook,
had poisoned 52 of the Sisters with soup. After
burying 48 of them, the Reverend Mother used
the rest of the money to buy a 52” plasma TV.
Since the New Jersey Board of Health was
making threats about keeping the last four nuns
in the freezer, the nine remaining Sisters decided to put on a show in order to raise enough
money to bury them.
With some audience participation, sight
gags and rapid wit, the hall was ringing with
laughter from the gleeful patrons. Of special
Photo courtesy of Amico Studios
note was Cook’s solo comic spin near the close
of the first act. A nun gave the Reverend
Mother a bottle of “Rush” that was found by
one of the nuns. Cook sniffed it and began a
five-minute routine of sidesplitting gags.
A large beach ball rolled out and Cook
was inventive, at one point stuffing it up her
Habit. A woman in the audience said, “That’s
so wrong,” through her laughter, tears streaming down her face. Cook ended up on her stomach, crying out “Free Willy! Free Willy!” as
the other nuns began to enter from the wings.
Typical comments heard during intermission included, “I haven’t laughed like that in
weeks,” “Every one of them is excellent,” and,
“I can’t believe how talented they all are!”
One highlight from the second act was “A
Home Movie;” a video shot by BA Ciccolella
that featured the cast in a parody of the movie
“Titanic,” entitled “Nuntanic.”
Also, of note were the performances of
the other four leads. Angela Vialotti played
Sister Robert Ann with a Brooklyn tough flair,
bemoaning her status as a “stand-in.” Heather
Timberman was delightful as Sister Mary
Hubert, while Patricia Egner stole the show
with her blank-eyed portrayal of Sister
Amnesia. Angela Romano, who played the
Novice Sister Leo, not only sang and danced
impeccably; she also choreographed the entire
show.
“The Nun’s Chorus,” played by Rachael
Bisceglie, Alison Kazaras, Megan Schroeder,
and Julianne Winters, rounded out the song and
dance numbers nicely with a great deal of zest
and energy.
Leisurely Reading
Eats, Shoots, & Leaves
Christa Hagan
Staff Writer
After being raised by a man who would
refuse dessert if my brothers or I said “we was”
or anything of its incorrect grammar equivalence, I was sure I had seen the worst of grammar police. Then, I was given the remarkable
book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss.
Truss is nothing less of a grammar and punctuation Nazi, yet she pairs the relative and necessary information with her quirky humor and
witty style. It is a quick read 209 pages of the
book overflowing with valid information
regarding the correct usage, history and the
recent decline in standards of proper punctuation. Throughout this nonfiction collaboration
of punctuation do’s and don’ts, Truss points out
common misconceptions people have regarding the English language. The first chapter not
only establishes the topic of punctuation right
away, but also
introduces the reader to Truss’ upbeat fashion
which is all her own. “For any true stickler, you
see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with
an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private
emotional process similar to the stages of
bereavement, though greatly accelerated. First
there is shock…Finally…anger gives way to a
righteous urge to perpetrate an act of criminal
damage with the aid of a permanent marker” .
Some may scoff and not understand why
anyone would want to read a book about punctuation in their free time, yet it is all in the way
it is presented. Punctuation is a topic that could
inspire books which softly rock people to sleep
with their bindings, however, this is not one of
those books. Truss takes a topic that could be
seen as trite, mundane and all around dull and
throws spunk, personality and anecdotes into it.
These additions take a topic which is so easy to
make stale and turns it into something brim-
The Alumnae Museum has just opened a
new exhibit entitled “Cedar Crest says I do.”
The exhibit is all about students past and present who have been married, or involved in
weddings. The exhibit features dresses, photos, wedding favors, and poems from as long
ago as the 1930s up to May 2005.
There are many gorgeous white and offwhite, long and fancy and plain and simple
wedding dresses, but there is also variety in
what is on display. The exhibit opens with two
slightly different dresses from the traditional
all white wedding dress—there is a mother of
the bride dress, and next to that is a dark blue
engagement dress. The exhibit also has a
green bridesmaid dress.
The most interesting thing about the
exhibit is noticing the different styles of the
wedding dresses throughout the years. There
is a dress from 1931, and it is very interesting
to compare it with the fuller dresses from the
sixties, and also with the dress of today’s
weddings. The exhibit offers a lot of visuals—
photos decorate the walls, there are wedding
invitations on display, and you can look at the
dresses from almost every angle.
The exhibit is definitely worth checking
out, and will run from September 21 until
November 4. It is well decorated, and provides handouts with interesting facts about the
dresses, and also about weddings on Cedar
Crest’s campus. The photos and the exhibit
itself invite all of us to take a look back into
the special days of many alumni, and also
allow us to look at our present, with a look
into the special days of current students.
ming with freshness and fun. This book is not
just designed for those of us who adore the
English language and shiver in fear whenever
we see a punctuation catastrophe; it is a perfect
book for anyone who needs a quick lesson on
correct punctuation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves is
loaded with information every single person
who uses the English language will find useful,
but it leaves behind the dullness of primary
school grammar books, blackboards and spitballs.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves is not just my
favorite book, many other people seem to have
the same thought. It “won the national British
Book Award, was chosen as USA Today's Book
of the Year for 2004, and was on the New York
Times bestseller list for forty-five weeks”
(www.eatsshootsandleaves.com). This amazing
book which is uniting punctuation sticklers
everywhere is not a first for Truss. The same
brilliant UK residing author also wrote several
other books including: The Lynne Truss
Treasury, Talk to the Hand and Going Loco.
She also won columnist of the year in honor of
her work which appears in the Women’s
Journal.
I completely recommend this book. I am
Top: Elsie Serra Scherer ‘45, Circa 1951
Left: Ashley Stettner ‘08, May 2005
Right: Jane Snyder Garbacz ‘60, July 1, 1960
not just saying this because I am an English
major with a passion for language, but I am
saying this also as somebody who learned valuable information from it and enjoyed Truss’ offbeat humor. If you would like more information
regarding the author or her work,
www.eatsshootsandleaves.com gives plenty of
information regarding her and her book. Happy
reading! A+
In Concert:
Paul McCartney - Still the “cute one“
Jennifer Kumetz
Crestiad Columnist
When he was one of the Beatles, Paul McCartney was considered the cute one. Today, he definitely still qualifies to fill
that role! On September 23, 2005, McCartney played a packed
house at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, the fourth stop on
his “US on Tour.” He played an amazing, nearly three hour long
set, including hits from the Wings, the Beatles, and his solo
albums, such as his newly released CD Chaos and Creation in
the Backyard (September 2005).
I do not even know where to begin, nor can I do justice to
this concert with words on a page. I am getting goose bumps
just remembering it to relate to you. Before the show, there were
multiple pieces of McCartney’s artwork shown on a screen
above the stage, which was set with a deep red, orange and pink
swirl designed curtain. The concert began at 8 o’clock with an
opening act of a DJ, The Freelance Hellraiser, who played his
own mixes with snippets of McCartney’s songs from the
Beatles while psychedelic images flashed on the screens. I
thought he was good, but found out that the night before at the
Wachovia Center, he was booed, which upset me at the lack of
respect shown by Philadelphia fans.
After the DJ was done, there was a film montage on the
screen with photos of McCartney with the Beatles and Wings,
and on more recent tours; basically highlights from his life and
career, narrated by him. Then McCartney walked on stage, and
the whole place blew up! It reminded me of the scenes you see
on television of the black and white videos of young girls
screeching and passing out when they see the Beatles, but this
time the crowd was a mix of the old and young, and as many
men as women were swooning for Sir Paul. The band opened
with “Magical Mystery Tour” which got everyone singing along
and dancing.
McCartney instantly made the crowd feel at home. After
getting everyone psyched, his band (Brian Ray, guitarist, Abe
Laboriel Jr., drummer, Paul “Wix” Wickens, keyboardist and
sound manager, and Rusty Anderson, guitarist) left him on stage
solo. He said that we would just pretend that we were in the living room, “Just you and me,” said McCartney. The set list was
a mixture of songs new and old. He played several songs off of
his new album including his new single, “Fine Line,” “Jenny
Wren,” “English Tea,” “Too Much Rain,” and “Follow Me.”
After playing “English Tea” he informed the audience of a word
in the lyrics that he said he “must’ve dug up from my schoolboy days.” The word was peradventure, which he told us he
looked up after using it and found out it means “perhaps, or
maybe.” This was just one of many moments when McCartney
really did make you feel like you were at home with him in your
living room.
He also related to us a few stories from the “US” tour thus
far (that’s US as in “us,” not U.S., although it is “a play on
words,” as is stated in the tour program, since this is a U.S.
tour). A few days earlier, McCartney fell into a hole where a
trap door was while performing. He pointed out to us that this
time there was a piano like there was supposed to be, and that
all he could think of while he was falling was “how deep is this
hole?” He also spoke of an incident the night before at the
September 22 show in Philly when the curtain went up, and
took the microphone soaring up into the air as it got caught. He
joked that it was bolted down this time. He also said that while
playing some songs he kept thinking to himself, “just play the
chords and sing the words”, but that the signs people held
begged to be read, so when he messed up he’d apologized to the
audience. “They didn’t mind,” said McCartney. As I’ve said, I
never felt more at home at a concert before.
The stage show was impressive as well. When you were
not glued to McCartney’s expressive face, there was a show of
video, fireworks and pyrotechnics. “Live and Let Die” was
accompanied by impressive flames shot high into the air that
you could feel the heat off of. McCartney introduced “Good
Day Sunshine,” with photos of the NASA crew of STS-114, the
flight commanded by Eileen Collins, the first woman commander and pilot of a space shuttle. McCartney also informed
us that this was the song that woke up the NASA crew on
August 9, 2005, the day they returned home.
When he played “Hey Jude,” he got the whole crowd
involved (there’s those goose bumps again). After the rest of his
set which included hits such as “Penny Lane,” “Drive My Car,”
“Long and Winding Road,” “Yesterday,” and “Back in the
USSR,” McCartney came back out for not one, but two encores.
In the first encore he played “Get Back” which really built on
the crowd’s excitement. He also played “Helter Skelter” which
was a great surprise as this is one of his lesser known songs. For
the second encore, McCartney came out with a “No More
Landmines” t-shirt, lit a single candle on top of his piano, and
played “Let it Be.” He ended the night with the enthusiastic
song “Sgt. Pepper.” I left the stadium with a massive smile on
my face. This has definitely become the best concert I have ever
seen. I would definitely pay again and again to see McCartney
if I ever get the chance again.
“No More Landmines” is just one of the activist groups
that McCartney supports. There were also representatives of
PETA and Amnesty International at the show, and on
McCartney’s website, www.paulmccartney.com, he supports
“Make Poverty History.” Just one more reason to love Paul
McCartney, activist, singer, musician, father, artist, and the list
could go on. The next two stops for the “US on Tour” are
Boston for two shows and New York for four shows.
Leisurely Reading
The Sound Booth
1000 White Women
Rising Stars
Jillian Churchill
Staff Writer
From the first line of this novel by Jim
Fergus, the reader is hooked into a world
much different from our own.
One Thousand White Women: The
Journals of May Dodd, follows the life of one
woman raised in the affluent Chicago lifestyle
of the mid 1800’s and into the life of the last
days of the Cheyenne Indians.
In this story, the Cheyenne Chief Little
Wolf is received in Washington, DC with the
hopes of settling a peace arrangement with the
United States and the dying Cheyenne nation.
His proposal is for the President to send 1000
white women to live as wives of the
Cheyenne. This way the Cheyenne will learn
more about the white man’s culture and the
children of the unions will be part of the white
culture according to Cheyenne tradition.
Although this is taken as severe blasphemy,
the President arranges for this program to
happen in complete secrecy, calling it the
Brides for Indians (BFI) program.
May Dodd, who has been imprisoned in
an insane asylum for a year for promiscuity
with one of her father’s laborers, arranges to
be apart of BFI. The journals chronicle her
adventures starting with her release from the
asylum and the start of traveling to her new
husband. She travels through the country side
meeting the women who are also in this program. Some are like her and have been
released from mental institutions, or prisons,
and some who have volunteered to be in the
program for a variety of reasons.
The group of women travel through the
plains running into various people before they
meet the Cheyenne. May herself marries the
Chief Little Wolf. The women gradually learn
the Cheyenne way of life and come to a crossroads as to which culture they belong in, the
white “civilized” culture, or the Cheyenne
“savage” culture.
The journals end with the United States
Army running though the camp of the
Cheyenne trying to kill everything in its path.
The grandson of May Dodd goes into the
reservations to find these journals and more
about what happened to his “crazy” grandmother who supposedly died in an insane asylum outside of Chicago.
Gillian Maffeo
A&E Co-Editor
“As soon as lead singer Cassidy opens her
mouth, you realize that you’re in for a widely,
passionate, deep experience” says Billboard.
Antigone Rising is a five woman group,
whose debut album, From the Ground Up, was
exclusively for sale at Starbucks Coffee Shops
for the Hear the Music Program. Guitarist
Kristen Henderson best describes Antigone
Rising to Blender Magazine as, “We’re not
exactly pop,” she says, “we’re not exactly rock
and we’re not exactly country.”
These five chicks broke through the
Starbucks scene and are making it into the real
world of music, with their album which hits the
stores on September 13. They have already
sold over 100,000 copies, had a Leno appearance, a Today Show booking, VH-1 Special,
and a massive Seven Jeans campaign.
Antigone Rising was founded by sisters
Kristen and Cathy Henderson, who moved
from Long Island to Greenwich Village and
formed the band that started playing at local
coffee shops and clubs in lower Manhattan.
Each member of the group has their own
girlie, hippie, even boyish appearance that separates them from the norm that we are seeing in
music today. Not only their style, but their
music is superb to listen to. When you’re driving in your car, relaxing, or even throwing a
party; this girl group can set the mood for any
occasion.
“All-female rock band is a mix of the
Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and Lynyrd Skynard”
says New York Post.
The lead signer, Cassidy has an absolutely amazing powerhouse voice. When you listen
to each song her voice gives you chills. The
group creates dazzling harmonics that catch
your ear when you play the CD.
Each of their songs are written passionately about love, tragedy, real life situations,
and conquering your inner demons. For an
example of lyrics, from the song ‘She’s Not
Innocent’, is about a loving woman who doesn’t need anyone, and a survivor who lives on
her own terms. “But she’s fine, she’s not innocent, she’s cool in all her discontent, she knows
it’s always been the same, she’s fine, she’s not
ignorant, she knows there’s no main
event…she don’t give a damn, you don’t have
to understand, she knows its always been the
same and she’ll always be that way.”
I suggest that everyone should definitely
check out Antigone Rising; they are amazing to
listen to and have powerful positive messages
in their lyrics. If they don’t seem like your style
when you first listen to them, just give them a
chance! They are on tour this fall with Rob
Thomas, so check them out!
B+
Bet You Didn’ t Know
Meet Kyle Crimi, media services librarian
I enjoy working with my student workers in
Media Services.
TC: What is your greatest accomplishment to
date?
KC: My family and my husband and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary in
February, so that is quite an accomplishment.
Allison Capik
Staff Writer
The Crestiad: How long have you been
working at Cedar Crest?
Kyle Crimi: It will be five years on September 18th.
TC: What do you like to do in your spare
time?
KC: Spend time with my husband and read.
TC: Where did you attend college?
KC: I took classes at Northhampton Community College and I’m currently taking classes
here at Cedar Crest and double majoring in
History with a World Concentration and Art
with a History focus.
TC: What is your favorite aspect of Cedar
Crest?
KC: I like everything about Cedar Crest but
mostly the opportunity to work with the staff
and the students.
TC: What song or album can you not get
enough of right now?
KC: Desperado by The Eagles
TC: Is there any advice that you have for the
readers?
KC: Just enjoy life and the opportunities that
are presented to you.
Stacey Solt | Lifestyles Editor
The Sound Booth
Jonah33
Staff Writer
Often times when I turn on the radio it
seems like all I hear are the same exact songs
being played continuously. Sometimes that
just becomes tiring and I seriously need a
change. One day I was playing with my internet radio and I found a 'Christian Rock' radio
station, to me that sounded like the biggest
oxymoron there ever was. When most people
think of Christian music, it's very spiritual and
upbeat; and with rock music there is this edge
to it. One of the first songs I remember hearing was by Jonah33, the guitar rift just drew
me into the beat and I was completely hooked.
I had to hear more and so I went out and
bought their self-titled album Jonah33
released on Ardent Records in 2003.
Jonah33 is a Christian rock band from
Arkansas; the band was founded by lead
vocalist Vince Lichlyter after a battle with
drugs and depression. Lichlyter found God
and decided to express his thanks in music;
Lichlyter was able to find three other people
who shared his vision drummer Joshua
Dougan, base player Cory Riley and guitarist
Jason Rooney. The bands name Jonah33 was
inspired from the bible verse Jonah 3:3 which
reads, "Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord
and went to Nineveh." The band chose this
name because they wanted their music to
reflect what they are about, which is obeying
the word of God.
What sets Jonah33 apart from the typical
Christian music is that it is true rock, the only
difference is that they are bringing across the
messages of God. The first song on the album
is probably the edgiest song on here,
"Watching you die" is a fast paced song about
the crucifixion of Christ. If you were hearing
this song for the first time you wouldn't know
exactly who the song was referring too,
"Watch as your life fades away...It's like acid
dripping in, I see it burn but don't wipe the
skin..."These lyrics convey such a powerful
message of pain and despair. But not all the
songs are this depressing but they still manage
to have a similar impact, such as "Faith Like
That" which is a song about a believer wishing he could have seen the miracles of Jesus
and with this place more strength in his faith.
There are eleven great tracks on this CD and
they have different ranges of "edginess" from
songs that are soft such as "Beautiful", to the
songs with some of the best guitar rifts such
as "All that Matters". My personal favorite
song is "Working Man Hands" probably one
of the softest songs on the CD with such a
beautiful message that says that God should
forgive us for all the things that we do wrong.
I know some of the people reading this
are thinking, "yeah I bet this is a good CD and
all they are doing is singing about God." Well
truthfully it is, by no means am I religious but
I just can't seem to get enough of this group.
At least give it a listen and if it still doesn’t
appeal to you, than Jonah33 may not be your
taste. I strongly encourage you to listen to this
album you might be surprised at what you
hear. If you interested in learning more about
Jonah33 then check out their site
www.jonah33rock.com and if you still can't
get enough Jonah33 will be releasing an
album on December 27th called The Strangest
Day.
Reel Review
Get Yourself Lost
Kelly O’Donnell
Staff Writer
ABC’s breakout hit Lost was recently
released on DVD including all 24 episodes of
the first season and over eight hours of extra
footage. The eight hours consists of behind the
scene footage, audition tapes, audio commentary, and bloopers.
The surface of Lost’s plot is simple. It is
about a plane crash where 48 known survivors
are stranded on an island. The survivors are trying to work together despite many differences
such as their survival strategies, attitudes
towards other survivors, and even their cultures. The survivors soon see that there is much
more to the island than there appears to be. This
is where the plot starts developing layers of
depth.
Weird things start happening all over the
island and some of the survivors have a mysterious past. An unknown gigantic creature starts
scaring many of the survivors. Walt, a young
boy stranded on the island with his father,
seems to have supernatural powers when after
reading a comic book about polar bears, one
appears on the island. Jack, a doctor and the
appointed leader by the other survivors, sees
his dead father who helps him find shelter for
the others. Hurley, a young recent lotto winner,
won the lottery by playing the supposedly
cursed numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 which then
appear in the French women’s notes, the mysterious hatch, and even the plane number (815).
Most questioning of all the mysteries is “The
Others” of whom not much is known except
they may have been living there for years. All
these are just glimpses of the mysteries happening on the island.
Each episode contain flashbacks for a particular character, so viewers learn a lot about
where these survivors came from and can relate
to them more so after we see part of their past.
Characters that once seemed so easily
detestable now become an object of pity and
even become likeable. These flashbacks show
the more normal life of the characters before
they got stranded on the island. That also helps
balance the mysterious with the normal creating a perfect harmony that keeps viewers
watching each week.
Included in the bonus feature section is
the making of the pilot, where it’s shown how
the disaster scene was created using a real
plane, brought over to Hawaii in pieces to simulate the different pieces of the wreckage. It
also includes flashbacks that were never used
in the season finale. J.J. Abrams, Damon
Lindelof, and Jeffrey Lieber (Lost’s Creators)
explain how they came up with the idea of Lost
and viewers get even more laughs when Jimmy
Kimmel visits the set and tries to uncover the
mysteries of the show.
With so many extras, and the opportunity
to watch the episodes over and over in hope of
discovering a new hint to the various mysteries,
this DVD is a must have for any true Lost fan.
A-
Chitter
Chat
Nicole
Rubertelli
Crestiad Columnist
Love
is
alive
and
well
in
Tinseltown…well at least for some people.
It’s engagements and annulments galore
in this edition of Chitter Chat…
Jerry O’Connell, 31 (Jerry Maguire,
Crossing Jordan), and Rebecca Romijn, 32
(X-Men, Rollerball), are officially engaged.
The couple who have been dating for about a
year have not yet set a date for the nuptials.
Matt Damon (Ocean’s Eleven, Good Will
Hunting) has kept up the question-popping
trend by asking his girlfriend of two years
Luciana Barrosso to marry him. This will be
Damon’s first marriage, but he will also
become an instant father when they
wed…stepfather that is, to Barrosso’s daughter
Alexa from a previous relationship.
Its official, Demi Moore, 42 (Charlie’s
Angels: Full Throttle) and Ashton Kutcher,
27 (Guess Who) have tied the knot. The ceremony, in traditional Kabbalah style of course,
took place in Moore’s L.A. home and was kept
tightly under wraps.This is Kutcher’s first marriage, Moore’s third.
Of course a week cannot go by without at
least a small baby update. Britney SpearsFederline’s baby was officially named Sean
Preston and weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces
according to Access Hollywood. Both mother
and baby boy are doing fine per the comments
on her official website.
Billionaire Donald Trump, 59, and new
wife, model/actress Melania Knauss, 35 are
expecting their first child together. This will be
Trump’s fifth child. His other children, Donald
Jr., Ivanka, Eric, and Tiffany range in age from
11 to 27.
Now unfortunately we must turn to the
dark side of coupledom, the breakup. By now
everyone has heard about the annulment of
Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney’s
short-lived marriage, but did you know that it
seems to be a spreading epidemic in
Hollywood as of late?
Chad Michael Murray and Sophia
Bush, both of whom star on the WB’s One Tree
Hill have called it quits after just five months
of marriage. Details of the separation have not
been released, but Bush is simply stating, “this
is a difficult and unfortunate situation.”
Throwing in the towel as well are Tori
Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210) and her husband of 14 months Charlie Shanian.
Following suit are Jamie-Lynn DiScala (The
Sopranos) and her husband of two years A.J.
DiScala. The couple that seemed to do everything together is merely separated at this time
and according to A.J. “there’s still a chance for
a reconciliation.”
As we try to unearth ourselves from the
interesting quagmire of the celebrity relationship we turn to some more positive fare…
First Lady, Laura Bush has recently
taped a special episode for ABC’s Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition. She lent a hand to
those in Biloxi, Mississippi whose homes were
destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Although it is
not clear when the episode will air,
E!Online.com is speculating that it might be
shown during the all-important November
sweeps.
On to music… The Dave Matthews
Band has announced a short tour to wrap up
the year. Although they have basically just finished their summer tour they plan to hit State
College, PA’s Bryce Jordan Center (December
6th) and Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center
(December 13th) among 11 other venues.
Finally, the nominees for the 33rd Annual
American Music Awards have been
announced. Mariah Carey, with her The
Emancipation of Mimi disc is doing well with
four nominations as well as the Black Eyed
Peas with two. The live broadcast of the
awards is set to air on November 22nd at 8p.m.
on ABC and will be hosted by Cedric “The
Entertainer.” For more information
ttp://abc.go.com/specials/ama.html.
Reel Review
Mark Your
Calendars
Fate’s power to bring soul mates together, against all odds.
Megan Ammons
Business Manager
On-Campus:
Thursday, October 13, 9:30 PM
Big Sis / Lil Sis Dink Donut Night
Monday, October 17, 3:00 PM
Artist Talk & Reception : James F.L. Carroll
Visit: www.cedarcrest.edu
for more information
Off-Campus:
DeSales University
Thursday, October 13 - Sunday, October 16,
8:00 PM; 2:30 PM (10/16)
“The World Goes Round”
Moravian College
Look for musical performances at Moravian:
Thursday, October 13, Friday, October 14,
Saturday, October 15, and Sunday, October
16
Lafayette College
Friday, October 7, 8:00 PM
Sidi Goma Concert
Friday, October 14, 8:00 PM
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Richard
Goode
Visit: www.desales.edu; www.lafayette.edu;
www.lehigh.edu; www.moravian.edu;
www.muhlenberg.edu;
for more information on events through the
LVAIC Institution
Concerts & Events:
Crocodile Rock Allentown, PA
Better Than Ezra
The Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Busta Rhymes
Sunday, October 9, &
Monday October 10, 8:00 PM
Fall Out Boy
Monday, October 10 &
Wachovia Center Philadelphia, PA
The Rolling Stones
Tuesday, October 11, 7:00 PM
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Houston Rockets
Wednesday, October 12, 8:00 PM
Jason Mraz
Foo Fighters & Weezer
Sunday, October 16 & Monday, October 17,
7:30 PM
U2
Go support the Philadelphia Flyers at the
Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA on
Friday, October 7, Friday, October 14, and
Saturday, October 15.
Visit: www.ticketmaster.com
for more information
If you are excited by romantic and supernatural movies such as Ghost, then you‘ll love
Just Like Heaven. It’s about the great lengths to
which fate goes to in order to bring two people
together who needed each other more than they
knew.
The opening scene shows a beautiful
dream of Elizabeth, played by Reese
Witherspoon, in a garden. It really looked “just
like heaven,” then she wakes up to her fast
paced job, as a doctor in an ER. Elizabeth is a
real workaholic, who lives on coffee breaks,
and hardly goes home, leaving no time for anything else. Her sister, Abby, could not take it
anymore and set her up on a blind date. On her
way to her sister’s house for the blind date, she
gets distracted by her cell phone, watch, etc.
and ends up in a fatal accident. Weeks later,
David, played by Mark Ruffalo, rents a furnished apartment in San Francisco. He hides all
day long in the apartment to escape his grief,
from a recent tragedy that left him a widow.
Unfortunately for him, the peace and quiet that
he cherishes, doesn’t last long. He finds out
that the old tenant has far from left the apartment, and Elizabeth starts to show up at random in the apartment. She is outraged by the
“man dirtying up her apartment” and tells
David several times, to move out. David thinks
that he has lost his mind, or that maybe he
drank way too much, because he is the only one
who can see her. When she still continues to
show up he takes the matter to extremes, calling everyone, including a priest and the
Ghostbusters. When all else fails he goes to a
ACROSS
1. English philosopher
6. Master of Science (Latin)
9. “Self gift”
14. Old Irish alphabet
15. Also
16. Contradict
17. Pee
18. Olive ___
19. Reside
20. Range of skills
22. Elongated “S” shape
23. Deity
24. Sanctuary
26. Keeper
30. Barely
34. Amass
35. Killed
36. Network Address Translation (Abbrv.)
37. Act of moderate indulgence
38. Traveling-Wave Amplifier Tubes
(Abbrv.)
39. Stare
40. Parent Teacher Association
(Abbrv.)
41. Emit light
42. Britzska (Russian)
43. Rope
45. Small hand drums from India
46. Rank above viscount
47. ___ and hers
48. Source of beryllium
51. Isogram having same temperature
57. Avoid
58. “Nightmare on ___ Street”
59. Opposite of sink
60. Stringed instrument from same origin
as 45 across
61. Litigate
62. Far beyond norm
63. Murders
64. Went on “Excellent Adventure”
65. One who laces
DOWN
1. Asiatic sardine
2. Human-eating monster
3. Mrs. Potts’ offspring
4. Citizen ___
5. Came forth
6. Opposite of sat
7. Coconut husk fiber
8. Salt of Molybdicacid
9. Belly
clerk he met at an occult bookstore, named
Daryl, played by Jon Heder, who has “psychic”
powers. They come to the conclusion that
Elizabeth is far from being dead. David and
Elizabeth start their journey together to find out
what happened to her and what they can do to
fix the situation. When they finally uncover
what happened, they discover bad news.
Elizabeth has limited time, as she is scheduled
to be taken off life support. By this time, strong
feelings have grown between the two and they
try to think of any possibilities that would keep
her alive, including David assaulting a doctor
and attempting to steal her unconscious body
from the hospital. But was it enough to save her
and did David finally overcome his grief?
The movie is full of laughs, romance, and
beautiful scenery. The special effects in the
movie really just consisted of the one to make
Witherspoon look like she was in fact a ghost
(walking through walls, tables, etc.).
Witherspoon (Sweet Home Alabama)
brought with her another great performance in
this film, portraying the nagging ghost with
excellence and ease. A humorous quote spoken
by her character: “I may have been a lonely
home-wrecking whore, but I saved lives.”
Ruffalo (13 going on 30, Collateral, and
Windtalkers), had a note worthy performance
with his character’s on going confusion and
physical comedy. The reason most young viewers anticipated this film was because of Jon
Heder, known from his role in Napoleon
Dynamite. To much disappointment he had a
smaller role than expected. He was really only
put in the film for random comedy, entailing a
hippie tone, but still maintaining his Napoleon
Dynamite voice. His catch phrases from the
movie contained words such as, “righteous”
10. Bauble or trinket
11. To the leeward side
12. Heap
13. Electric fish (pl.)
21. 2000 pounds
25. Protection
26. Strikes with heavy blows
27. Large artery
28. Melodic Hindu music
29. Arid
30. African antelope
31. Celestial being
32. Site of 1945 Allied conference
33. To nullify in printed material (pl.)
35. Having the most swirl
38. Norse god of thunder
39. Globe
41. Electronic circuit
42. Shy
44. Prime
45. “Small” (Old Germanic)
47. Guided to a target
and “dude”.
The music in the movie fit perfectly. With
such songs as: “Spooky,” “I put a spell on you,”
“Ghostbusters,” “Just my imagination,” and of
course “Just like heaven” performed twice, by
Katie Meluo and The Cure. Interesting fact:
Just like Heaven was based on the French
novel, “If it were only true” by Marc Levy. The
movie was cute and happy; meeting all the typical romantic movie criteria. This movie was
good, but not something to watch again, once
was enough. All around it was a little too cutesy
and predictable. It was good for a short laugh
though, and worthy to be seen. B-
48. Elizabeth (nickname)
49. Bad
50. New Zealand forest tree
52. Pivot
53. Singer Fitzgerald
54. Reserve Officers Training Corps (Abbrv.)
55. Female horse
56. Celebrity

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