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NEWS
OPINIONS
A&E
LIFESTYLES
SPORTS
Students receive
stock advice
Beauties befriend over
“The Beast”
Why you should drop
everything and read
Lehigh Valley Premiere
of Metamorphoses
Fall sports wrap ups
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The
CRESTIAD
Vol. 88 No. 5
Est. 1923
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
November 9, 2006
Cedar Crest in process of
purchasing Hamilton 2901
Bookstore
nationally
recognized
Lori Gallagher
News Editor
Jennifer Woytach
Editor in Chief
At the end of this month, the
Cedar Crest Board of Trustees
expects to close a deal that will add
almost four acres to the campus.
This increase in size will
come from the purchase of 2901
Hamilton Street, an area that had
been owned by the college until
the 1970s.
At the time of the sale, a stipulation was made in the deed that
stated if the building ever changed
hands, Cedar Crest would have the
first opportunity to purchase it.
A proposal to purchase the
building came in September and
the Board approved the acquisition
at the October meeting.
The building, which can be
seen from the back of Steinbright
Hall is currently an office for
Heritage Family Practice and
Planned Parenthood.
According to Elaine Deutch,
Executive Vice President of
Finance and Administration,
Planned Parenthood will be relocating and the Family Practice will
stay in the building for the duration of their lease.
During the opening session
of their national trade show held
this past March in Fort Worth,
TX, the Cedar Crest College
Bookstore was recognized as one
of five stores nationally for
implementing merchandising
planning and increasing their
used and trade book sales.
As part of Barnes and Noble
College Booksellers, Cedar
Crest’s Bookstore received the
top five honor out of 550 other
stores. According to Maureen
Yoachim, Manager of the Cedar
Crest College Bookstore, there
were new goals [as a company]
to meet last year and Cedar
Crest’s Bookstore did meet these
goals with the increase of used
book sales as well as trade best
sellers, or the non-textbooks sold
Lori Gallagher | News Editor
The Board of Trustees is currently in the process of purchasing 2901 Hamilton street. The purchase of this building, which currently houses Heritage Family Practice and Planned Parenthood will add almost four more acres and to campus.
Although no specific plans
have been made for the 33,333
square foot of space, Deutch said
that the college foresees the space
being used for classrooms and faculty offices.
In addition to extra classroom
space, the purchase will also
increase parking by 136 spaces.
During the next few months,
the college will be working with
contractors to connect the land
with the campus and remodel the
inside of the building.
Construction causes
controversy in courtyard
Brea Barski
Staff Writer
Cedar Crest College has an
extensive collection of art spanning the campus along with a great
deal of natural beauty, but recently
the two have collided in the Pool
Science Center courtyard.
“It was President Blaney’s
wish that the space be revitalized
as a place where science and art
can meet,” said Joan Laffey, Dean
of Student Affairs.
The space will be turned into
a sculpture garden, in which some
of Toshiko Takaezu’s work will be
displayed.
However, this change was not
accepted by everyone. Students
and faculty alike are upset by the
large amount of damage that has
A diseased Birch Tree was removed from the courtyard in the Pool Science Center
to make room for the sculpture garden that will house works by Toshiko Takaezu.
been done to this section of campus in order to provide a space to
exhibit recently donated art.
The courtyard was first
sprayed with the pesticide
Roundup and then all of the
remaining
vegetation
was
removed in order to make room
for the new exhibit. Laffey
explained that the Birch tree that
was removed was diseased.
“It was decided that the current make-up of the courtyard was
not conducive to this exhibition so
it was decided to remove the vegetation and re-landscape the courtyard in a way that was considered
appropriate for the exhibit,”
explained Dr. John Cigliano,
Associate Professor of Biology at
Cedar Crest and Director of
Biodiversity and Conservation
Biology.
No one was opposed to the
Japanese pottery that is being
donated by the artist, but the conflict fell when no Biology or
Chemistry staff was consulted.
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Technological
innovation affects
voting in PA
Jennifer Kumetz
Opinions Editor
Federal legislation was
passed in 2002 to require states to
install new voting machines.
Many states took advantage
of federal funding by installing
them for last year’s primaries in
May
including
Ohio,
Pennsylvania and California.
Illinois installed their machines
for the March primaries.
“I used the electronic polling
machines in the primary elections
this year, so I was familiar with
them, but there were others at the
site who were apprehensive about
using the machines,” said
Elizabeth
Ortiz,
Assistant
Professor of Communication.
Some states have experienced problems with the new system and lawsuits have already
been filed in five states including
Pennsylvania to prohibit the electronic touch screen machines.
According to CBS, more than
one-third of the voting population
will be voting electronically for
the first time this election.
Pennsylvania is currently experi-
encing a shortage of technicians
for their machines.
Twenty-seven states have
implemented laws requiring paper
backup systems for the electronic
machines. Eight additional states
use a paper backup system, but do
not mandate it, while the remaining 15 states have no paper trails
for their vote.
In Pennsylvania, a state senator introduced a bill last week that
would require every precinct to
provide voters with the option to
use paper ballots, which would
involve printing extra absentee
ballots and having them on site. A
similar measure is being considered on the federal level.
Despite all the problems that
have been encountered, many voters like the new system.
“I thought they were really
simple to use. My mom and I
voted at the same time, and neither of us had a problem,” said
senior Stacey Solt.
Ortiz also said that the poll
workers were “helpful and knowledgeable.” She said that they
helped voters become familiar
with the machines.
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NEWS
Flu shot still available
at off campus locations
Susan Lopez
Staff Writer
As winter quickly approaches, so does the threat of contracting
the flu. The “flu shot” is an inactivated vaccine that contains a killed
virus and is given through a needle
into the upper arm.
Influenza is a contagious disease that spreads from person to
person through coughing and
sneezing.
The influenza disease typically only lasts a few days and
includes symptoms such as a fever,
coughing, sore throat, headache,
chills, muscle aches and fatigue.
Influenza must be taken seriously due to the fact it can lead to
Pneumonia, which is extremely
dangerous for people with heart
and
breathing
conditions.
Influenza is responsible for killing
over 36,000 people every year in
the United States alone.
The most prevalent strain of
the influenza virus is always
changing and it requires vaccine
manufacturers to annually update
the vaccines.
After being given the vaccina-
tion, it takes about two weeks for
antibodies in the human body to
provide protection against the
influenza virus.
There are many types of people that are at high risk and are
suggested to get the vaccination.
The people at high risk
include children aged six months
to five years, pregnant women,
people 50 years of age or older,
people with chronic medical conditions, those who live in long
term care facilities, and those in
the medical field.
Health Services at Cedar
Crest College was giving the vaccine but quickly depleted their
supplies. “Nursing students were
given first priority and then it was
offered to students and faculty”,
said Angie Utley from Health
Services.
The Health Services of Cedar
Crest College is now directing students and faculty to Lehigh Valley
Hospital drive-through clinic at
Dorney Park on Saturday,
November 18 from 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. There is also another
free clinic at Northampton
Community College on Sunday,
November 19 from 8:00 a.m. to
Tips from Safety
and Facilities
Contributed by:
James Marstellar and the Safety and Facilities Department
(Safety & Security, Maintenance, Custodial, Grounds and
General Services [Telecommunications, Transportation Services])
Safety & Security requests of everyone:
Please report any strange or unusual activity to us as soon as possible to ensure a quick response by a Campus Safety & Security
Officer. Examples can include people carrying property out of
buildings, seeing strangers loitering in uncommon areas and someone checking doors as they walk down a hallway, people looking
into parked vehicles, etc. Please don’t assume that someone else
will report the problem. Remember to dial “0” to reach Safety &
Security; your timely notification may be what it takes to stop a
crime on our campus.
Maintenance suggests to all resident students and offices:
Now that frigid temperatures and cold winds have arrived, you
might want to make sure that the top of your windows are completely closed. If you require help to do this, please submit a work order
via the College website; click on Faculty/Staff then click Plant
Services, fill out the form and send.
Grounds says:
If anyone is interested in assisting in snow removal on campus and
making some extra money this winter should email Will Meeker,
Grounds Supervisor.
Telecommunications/Transportation has a telephone tip:
To change the ring tone of your telephone, when the phone is not in
use, press the program key, lamp goes on, then press a number
key between 1 and 9, (zero is also a choice) to select the ring you
like. The last number key you press will be your programmed
choice. Press the program key to turn off the lamp.
Custodial informs everyone:
The cleaning chemicals and hand soap that are used on campus are
environmentally friendly and kill most germs, but good hygiene is
important to good health. Frequent vigorous hand washing with hot
water and soap is an effective defense to ward off illness.
4:00 p.m.
There are few side effects
associated with the vaccination.
They include soreness, redness, or
swelling where the shot is given, a
low-grade fever, and aches.
If severe reactions occur, you
should contact your doctor immediately. Be sure to record what the
reaction was, the date and time the
reaction occurred, and when the
vaccination was given.
To receive more information
about the inactivated influenza
vaccine, contact the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention at
1-800-232-4636 or visit the website at www.cdc.gov/flu.
New to the
Crest
Learn about the new faculty members that
joined the Cedar Crest community
The
Crestiad
Fall 2006
Editor in Chief
Jennifer Woytach
Managing Editor/
Photo Editor
Linda Misiura
News/Feature Editor
Lori Gallagher
Opinions Editors
Jennifer Kumetz
Amanda Rachel Goodman
Lifestyles Editors
Stacey Solt
Tiffany Wanzie
A&E Editors
Gillian Maffeo
Kelly O’Donnell
Sports Editor
Jennifer Woytach
Copy Editors
Christa Hagan
Jennifer Kumetz
Amanda Rachel Goodman
Adviser
Elizabeth Ortiz
Staff
Tim Brown,
Assistant Professor of Theater
Tori Hartnett
Staff Writer
Tim Brown is now working
as the Assistant Professor of
Theatre at Cedar Crest, after
working as an adjunct instructor at
Cedar
Crest,
Muhlenberg,
Moravian
Academy
Upper
School, and the Allentown Art
Museum City Arts Day Camp
since 2002.
Brown grew up in the
Washington, D.C. area, completing his undergrad work at
Marquette University, and his
graduate work at Towson
University.
“I served as the founding
Artistic Director for two theatre
companies, and have worked as an
Assistant Director on Broadway. I
also worked for a year at
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre,”
Brown said.
Brown is also a member of
the Society for Stage directors and
Choreographers, a coach for the
Forensic Speech Team, and he
directs the Cedar Crest Stage
Company.
He is currently working on
the production of Metamorphoses,
which will be performed from
November 9-11 in the Tompkins
College Center, Samuels Theater
at Cedar Crest.
He will also be directing the
musical in February, either “Six
Women with Brain Death,” or
“Expiring Minds Want to Know.”
“Although this is my first
year as a full-time faculty member, it will be my fifth year working as a director of shows onstage
here at Cedar Crest,” Brown stated.
Brown teaches Introduction
to Public Speaking and Oral
Interpretation.
“I always knew that I was
going to work in theatre, though I
wasn’t as sure about what level I’d
be working at. And that seems fine
to me, as I’ve worked at all of the
various levels of theatre and have
enjoyed them all,” said Brown.
“In addition to my work here,
I am a local elected official; I am
a Committee Member of the
Lehigh
Valley
Democratic
Committee.
“I also run long-distance, and
am currently training for a halfmarathon and a full-marathon,
totaling almost 40 miles, which
will take place on the same weekend in January,” Brown said of his
work outside of Cedar Crest.
Kim Baksovich
Samantha
Barbato
Brea Barski
Jamie Bosler
Allison Capik
Beth Coulter
Jess Dominiczak
Rachel Edgar
Tori Hartnett
Susan Lopez
Louis Mariani
La Lonnie Moore
Cara Nicholl
Leann Pettit
Emily Pulham
Sarah Relation
Lauren Sanders
Lauren Sandt
Jaime Smith
Liz Skoczylas
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NEWS
Alix Ohlin reads for campus community
Christa Hagan
Copy Editor
Having a Lafayette College
professor on Cedar Crest campus
may not be completely out of the
ordinary, but to have one who is
there to participate in a reading and
answer questions about her stories,
publishing, and herself, is a little
less than typical.
Lafayette’s Alix Ohlin (assistant professor of English) graced
the campus of Cedar Crest College
and filled it with bits of her writing
on Wednesday, October 25.
Preterite, Cedar Crest’s literary club, and the Humanities
Department worked together to
bring Ohlin to campus.
Henry Marchand, professor of
English at Cedar Crest, found a
short story written by Ohlin,
enjoyed it, and read more. On top
of assigning one of her stories to
his class to read, he worked hard to
bring her to campus.
Marchand introduced her to
the crowd and complimented her
writing style. After the introduction, Ohlin mentioned that it
always feels nice to be told great
things about her writing, but that it
was exceptionally great to be told
by a fellow writer.
The reading took place in
Harmon Hall of Peace, where the
author read her short story, “The
Tennis Partner,” talked about her
books of short stories and her
novel, “The Missing Person,” and
Cara’s Corner
worldwide commentary
answered questions asked by students, faculty and visitors.
Reading her work at Cedar
Crest College is not Alix Ohlin’s
only claim to fame. Random
House Inc. listed many of her successes on their website.
“Her fiction, which has
appeared in One Story and
Shenandoah, among other periodicals, has been selected for both
Best New American Voices 2004
and Best American Short Stories
2005.
“She has received awards and
fellowships from The Atlantic
Monthly, the MacDowell Colony,
The Kenyon Review’s Writers
Workshop, the Sewanee Writers’
Conference, and Yaddo,” indicates
Random House’s website.
Ohlin spoke about her success
and also answered several questions regarding the work she read
to the Cedar Crest audience, “The
Tennis Partner.”
When asked about the amount
of time it typically takes her to
write, she said it varies but men-
Linda Misiura | Photo Editor
tioned that “The Tennis Partner”
had its first draft completed in a
“smooth, easy three day period.”
Ohlin said, “I wish my writing was
always like that, but it usually
isn’t.”
The San Fransico Station is a
website that critiques many books
and films, and looked at the short
story Ohlin read in Harmon Hall of
Peace.
It focused on the idea that this
female author wrote the story with
a male voice. “While most of the
stories are crafted with a female
voice, Ohlin experiments with the
male protagonist with great success,” states the website.
Both Preterite and the
Humanities Department hope to
bring more writers to the Cedar
Crest community this year.
Cara Nicholl
Addressing issues
mainstream media
dismisses
Is anyone else tired of hearing about the issues in the Middle
East? There’s North Korea’s
nuclear bomb, Iran’s development
of nuclear weapons, the United
States insurgency in Iraq and
Afghanistan, et cetera, et cetera.
This is not to say these world
issues are not important. They are
extremely pressing in the development of the world today. But does
anyone have an intense craving to
hear some good news? Usually
these good-news stories are buried
and overshadowed by the incessant chatter about wars, bombs,
and political unrest. Sometimes, a
stroke of luck comes, and a positive story can emerge.
Take this story for example:
For three days, the plight of over
100 horses caught international
attention as they were stranded by
a flood in the Netherlands.
Pictures were printed of the horses as they stood in a herd on a
patch of mud, surrounded by
floodwater. They were eventually
rescued after careful planning and
consideration. One of the ideas
included calling in the Dutch army
to construct floating rafts between
the island where the horses were
stranded and dry land. This plan
was not implemented due to dropping water levels, and instead,
volunteers were called on to lead
the horses through the receding
water and to safety.
Or, take for example, the ban
on mini skirts in Korea that has
recently been lifted. As stated by
Kim Jae-kwang, an official with
the Korea Legislation Research
Institute, “The law for excessive
exposure does not match our current society.” This is a far cry from
India, which is installing surveillance cameras and undercover
policemen to monitor India’s
Lakme Fashion Week and assure
the models are not showing too
much skin. This comes from several “wardrobe malfunctions” in
March, which left several models
(and their nether regions)
exposed. This is scandalous in a
country where kissing in public,
or even holding hands as a sign of
affection, is frowned upon and
considered rude.
There are other news stories
that are just considered odd, such
as the woman in Amsterdam who
died beside her husband’s grave
while clutching her will, as well as
her funeral wishes.
Then there is the story of the
three-month old boy who was
accused of robbing bus passengers
in east India.
On the topic of robberies, a
story from western Japan tells of a
man who robbed a noodle bar and,
before his getaway, paid for his
meal and waited for the change.
This news is unorthodox, but
it proves that in a world of media
cynicism, there can be a little
light. While there are tensions
around the world, and political situations escalate daily, there is still
a chance for people to receive
news that is not entirely pessimistic or frightening. While it is
important to focus on what is
going on in the world, people
should also take a break and look
at the news that is considered
unusual. After all, it is this news
that gives insight into what is really happening in the world today
on a more personal and cultural
realm.
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In the
news...
Liz Skoczylas
Kerry offers apology for
comments
Kerry’s comment to students that
if they didn't get a good education they would end up "stuck in
Iraq" was supposed to be a joke
aimed at President Bush. The
comment upset many republicans, as well as democrats, causing Kerry to issue an apology for
his words.
Woman arrested in
connection to hotel fire
A woman was arrested on one
count of arson for allegedly setting a fire in the historic Mizpah
hotel in Reno, Nevada, which
left six people dead. Officials
fear that more victims may be
found once rubble is cleared
where a section of the building’s
roof collapsed.
Planes bump at Newark
Airport
Top: Ring Ceremony Co-Chair Lauren Hetrick joyfully hugs senior Gina
Lewis after receiving her ring at Junior Ring Ceremony.
A commercial plane carrying
more than 300 people bumped an
empty plane last week. The plane
was moving down the runway
when the tip brushed another
plane. Little damage was done,
and no one was hurt. The flight
was delayed while adequate
arrangements were made.
Middle Left: After lighting the legacy candles, members of the junior class, as
well as faculty, staff, family, and friends listen as other students speak about
the importance of the Cedar Crest ring and what it means to different people.
Middle Right: Erin Furstnau proudly gives her hand to Dean Laffey as she
places the gold and onyx ring on her finger.
Bottom: Following the ceremony, Ring Ceremony Co-Chair Nichole Parker
takes a moment by herself to reflect on the evening.
Students receive
stock advice
Lori Gallagher
News Editor
Managing a stock portfolio is
something that may seem foreign
to some students, but to the members of the Investment Club, it is
part of their weekly responsibilities.
The Investment Club was
started
when
Dr.
Henry
Fetterman, husband of a Cedar
Crest alum, donated a stock portfolio to the college so students
could learn about investing
through a hands on approach. The
club now owns a stock portfolio
that has grown from $25,000 in
1997 to $49,653 in 2006.
Club adviser, Chris Duelfer
explained that during meetings,
“members bring information on
companies that they would like to
invest in.” The decisions to buy
and sell stocks are based on a
group decision after everyone has
had time to research additional
information about proposed
actions.
To learn more about the stock
market and the companies in
which they are investing, the club
often sponsors speakers. One
such speaker was Carter P. Atkins,
a Financial Consultant from AG
Edwards & Sons, Inc.
During his presentation,
Atkins explained the risk levels
associated with different stocks.
Atkins recommends purchasing
“value stocks.” He described
these as stocks that decrease in
price for no apparent reason. If
the company is still making
money, Atkins explained, buying
while the price is low is a good
idea.
For the less risky investors in
the audience, Atkins also talked
about core stocks. These are
stocks that are purchased in stable
companies that grow steadily.
One example that Atkins talked
about is Harley Davidson.
Aside from bringing speakers
to campus, the club also visits the
New York Stock Exchange for an
educational seminar each year.
These presentations, seminars, and all club meetings are
open to everyone. The Investment
Club meets every Monday at 4:00
p.m. in the Business Department
Lounge in Curtis Hall.
Firefighter dies due to wildfire injuries
New club sparks
campus interest
Lauren Sandt
Staff Writer
Word on campus is that there
is a new club on the prowl, and
this information is true.
Previously known as the
Entrepreneurs Club, the business
department recently decided to
change the name to the Marketing
Club due to an increasing interest
of marketing majors.
Although the club currently
consists of only two members,
President Lyndsay Hosak and
Vice President Annette Guastella,
the women have heard a lot of
interest from fellow classmates
and students about getting
involved with this thriving and
hot new club.
“I am really excited that we
got approval to move forward
with the club. We have so many
ideas for the upcoming semester,”
said Hosak.
A firefighter who was the lone
survivor of his five-man U.S.
Forest Service crew when they
were overtaken by flames while
fighting a Southern California
wildfire last week has died. All
five firefighters will be remembered at a ceremony later this
week.
Voter Issues
The marketing club’s goals
include informing people about
the marketing major and recently
approved marketing minor.
“We hope to reach all the students on campus by involving art
students, communication students, and all business students.
We hope to make a huge splash
when the club finally gets going,”
said Guastella.
The future is promising for
this flourishing new club. With
the support of students and faculty, the marketing club is well on
its way to being a successful part
of the Cedar Crest Campus community.
For all students who are
interested, there will be an information session about the club and
how you can get involved on
November 15. The time has not
yet been decided, but watch your
e-mail for more information. You
don’t want to miss out.
A poll found that the top concerns for voters are issues with
Iraq. Other concerns include terrorism, and ethics in government. Taxes, immigration and
moral issues, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and
stem cell research, were at the
bottom of the list, and the economy and price of gas dropped in
importance in voting as well.
Cell phone movies
A new class at Boston University
teaches students to make and edit
movies using their cell phones.
Clips are 15 seconds long, and
are shot at a variety of angles,
using different cell phones.
Phones are then plugged into
computers and edited together.
Paris has recently held its second
film festival devoted to cell
phone movies as well.
NEWS
In the
news
at the Crest...
Networking event brings
lifelong learners together
La Lonnie Moore
Columnist
Liz Skoczylas
Nursing Pin Orders
A representative from Herff
Jones will be at the bookstore on
Thursday, November 16 from
4:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., to take
Nursing Pin Orders for the
January Pinning Ceremony.
Also, a representative will be at
the bookstore on Tuesday,
November 21 from 4:30 p.m.
until 6:00 p.m. to take Ring
Orders and January graduation
announcement orders.
Spring Internship Deadline
All paperwork for Spring internships must be turned in to the
Career Planning office by
Thursday, November 30. If you
are still looking for an internship,
stop by the Career Planning
office located in the Allen House
or call extension 3401 to make
an appointment.
New Business Class Offered
BUA
239
Law
and
Discrimination in the Workplace
has been added to the schedule
for Summer Session I. It will
meet on Monday and Wednesday
evenings from 6:00 p.m.-9:00
p.m. If you are interested in registering for the class please see
your advisor or call the Business
Department at 610-606-4666
ext. 3405.
Club Petition Deadline
All petitions for Student
Government funds are due to
Student Government Box 401 by
4:00 p.m. on Monday, November
13, 2006. If you are planning any
events for later in the semester
that require a petition for Student
Government funds, please start
to plan now and have your petitions in on time. There will be no
petitions accepted after this date.
T-shirt Design Contest
The senior class is having a Tshirt design contest. They are
looking for a fun, creative design
that will go on the back of senior
T-shirts. If you have any creative
ideas, please submit them to
class07@cedarcrest.edu, or to
Marie Mazz via campus mail, no
later than November 13, 2006.
Literary Magazine
submissions due
Submissions for "In Other
Words," are now being accepted.
You can submit poetry, prose,
short stories, creative nonfiction,
or photographs or art that will
photocopy well. The deadline
for submissions is Monday,
November 13. All submissions
can be saved on a disk and put in
the box in Hartzel Hall, room
119, or via e-mail to
preterite@cedarcrest.edu
or
jlkumetz@cedarcrest.edu.
On November 3, 2006, the
Lifelong Learning Student Union
(LLSU) held a Networking Event:
Coffee & Conversation Friday.
The event, which took place in the
Curtis business lounge, began at
6:00 p.m.
The members of the LLSU
invited not only the lifelong learners of Cedar Crest’s campus but
anyone who wanted to come and
participate in an evening of conversation and a pot of Foldger’s
Coffee.
The LLSU is a forum for
adult students who have decided to
voice an opinion of their experiences re-entering the college arena
for the second or even third time.
Some lifelong learners are experiencing college for the first time.
In order to be considered a
lifelong learner, a student has to
have graduated from high school
or have earned their Graduate
Equivalency Diploma (GED) more
than four years ago and who may,
or may not have transfer credits
from any type of previous institution, including community colleges, state schools, universities, or
trade schools.
LLSU is the only organization
that focuses solely on the adult stu-
dent and his or her experiences on
and off campus. Currently the life
long learners outnumber the traditional students at Cedar Crest. The
current number is 1,032 which
includes students that are taking
temporary leaves of absence and
students that attend night classes
only or day classes only, as well as
a combination of both.
The LLSU is made up of
women and men who have full
time jobs, have children and other
responsibilities that do not revolve
“Life is a lot
harder than being
at school.”
around their educations.
It is also because of this that
the LLSU was created. In the
Spring 2007 newsletter that was
handed out at the Networking
Event, the LLSU made a point of
reinforcing the goal of the LLSU,
“The LLSU draws its strength
from the involvement of the adult
students. The more students that
get involved, the better our ability
to experience the college life from
the adult perspective.”
The Networking Event:
Coffee & Conversation, was
organized in order to allow lifelong learners to come and meet
other lifelong learners with the
hopes of bonding, networking.
During the event, Patti Leight,
secretary of the LLSU said, “Life
is a lot harder than being at
school.”
Robin Schenkel, Vice president of the LLSU said, “[LLSU]
provides an opportunity for nontraditional students, known as lifelong learners at CCC, to meet and
network with one another.” The
LLSU thinks of its self as the voice
for the lifelong learning student.
The evening was filled with
light conversation as well as brainstorming ideas for future endeavors that cater to the other major
population of the school.
Many ideas were discussed
such as a Wine and Cheese night at
one of the theatre productions here
at Cedar Crest, a spa afternoon on
campus and building a team to participate in the Relay for Life event
that will take place in April.
All of the club’s officers were
introduced and they even made
mention of looking for someone to
fill in a vacant slot in the treasurer’s position.
When asked what is it that the
LLSU wants all students to know
about the organization, the officers
Testing services made
available in academic services
Allison Capik
Staff Writer
The move from the Blaney
Hall Administration Building to
Curtis Hall has resulted in a few
changes for Academic Services.
This is the first semester that
the office has opened a Testing
Center as a resource for faculty
members and their students.
It is used by permission of the
instructor, for make-up exams or
by students with special circumstances or learning disabilities.
The testing center is open during regular business hours (8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Monday to
Friday) and students need to call
for an appointment, while also
having their instructor fill out a
Transmittal Form with the appropriate instructions (length of time
given, use of books or other materials, etc.).
Students may also take advantage of the other services offered,
such as peer tutoring.
This service is available for
100 or 200 level courses and a
tutor request form must be filled
out with the name of the tutor and
when the student is available to
meet with them.
The Writing Center has its
new home in Curtis Room 103 and
has hours by appointment or walkin.
If you need help editing a
paper or using the APA writing
style, then this is the place for you.
Professional tutoring in math
and chemistry is offered by making an appointment with Gary
Moll, and Kenza Glass works with
ESL and International students to
help with their English language
skills.
One-on-one
professional
tutoring is also available for help
with study skills, test anxiety, note
taking, and learning styles.
Services are offered for students
with disabilities and Academic
Advising is available for help with
scheduling, withdrawal, questions
about majors/career choices, or
any other academic issues.
Academic Services is open
from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
On the table that is located outside of Academic Services, on the first floor of Curtis
Hall, students can sign up to meet with tutors and writing consultants and pick up
additional information about Academic Services
and all the members that were
present gave the same answer,
“Come on out and get involved!”
To learn more about the
LLSU, contact, Christine Richie,
President, Robin Schenkel, Vice
President, Patti Leight, Secretary
or Michele Potts, LLSU Advisor.
To learn more about the
Center for Lifelong Learning, visit
the Cedar Crest website and click
on the Lifelong Learning link at
the top of the page.
BEAUTIFUL
lengths
So you’ve been meaning
to get your haircut, but
with your crazy schedule,
you’ve put it off over and
over again. How about a
free haircut on campus?
If you have more than 8
inches of hair (the small
side of a sheet of paper)
that you are willing to
part with, you can stop by
the third floor of the
Tompkins College Center
today. Stylists will be here
from 12-7:00 p.m.
All hair will be donated to
Beautiful Lengths, a charity that makes wigs for
women who have lost
their hair to cancer.
committed
TO CUT
Lori Gallagher
Jennifer Woytach
Linda Misiura
Jenn Kumetz
Gina Lewis
Professor Elizabeth
Ortiz
Cara Goss
Stacey Solt
Kate McNamara
Erin Furstnau
Rachel Lightfoot, ‘05
Leann Pettit
Brittany Fikes
Angela Vialotti
Kelly O’Donnell
Candace Fisher
Jessica Robinson
Mackenzie Lee
FEATURE
Traditions
Sculpture Studio
Now
An opportunity to learn about the art you see everyday, but might not notice
Three Cs
Jess Domincziak
Staff Writer
The “Three Cs” to eJ Kreh, a
sophomore Social Work and Art
major is both proud and
respectable.
Other students on campus see
it as a great representation of what
Cedar Crest stands for, while yet
others see it as a way to express
themselves, and still others see it
as strange. The artist of this work,
Ephraim Peleg has written a statement about his artwork on his
website, www.pelegstudio.com.
“My artwork has been greatly
influenced by the fact that my
childhood was interrupted because
of my experiences in the
Holocaust and the loss of both my
parents,” he wrote.
The “Three Cs” outside of
Alumnae Hall are seven foot high,
steel pivoting elements. They are
owned by the school and were the
reason artist Peleg came to the
United States from Israel.
He was commissioned to create a large scale interactive sculpture for Cedar Crest College in
1978. Since then, he has created
outdoor sculptures for Lehigh
University, Temple University, and
University of Pennsylvania,
among many other places.
Dr. Carol Pulham, Acting
President of Cedar Crest said of
the rings, “I’ve always thought
they were entirely appropriate to
be on campus.” Lauren Hetrick,
junior History major agreed,
“From every angle it looks different, just like Cedar Crest.”
Erica Wertman, a sophomore
Psychology major, also sees the
piece as symbolic of Cedar Crest
and added. “When turned apart,
they represent the differences of
each person at Cedar Crest. When
put together to create the Three
C’s, they represent Cedar Crest as
a school, united as one,” she said
of the piece.
Other students see the piece
as the artist intended it to be.
Christa Hagan, a junior English
and
Communication
major
remarked, “The artist designed it
as a malleable art project. We
should be able to move it. We all
go here we should be able to leave
our touch on it, even if it’s not permanent.”
Allison Kazaras, a senior
Psychology major, agrees there
should be no penalty for moving
the art.
Kreh examined the piece, “I
look at it as a prestigious piece. It’s
The “Three C’s” sculpture, which stands in front of Alumnae Hall was constructed by artist Ephraim Peleg in 1978.
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Kelly O’Donnell
A&E Editor
The beginning of the semester marks not only the beginning
of school work but the beginning
of the year for clubs as well.
The Activities Fair is a time
for all clubs to gather together.
They can sign up for a table and
tries to promote itself, often giving away goodies such as candy
to students who walk by.
The fair originally started as
just a fall event but eventually
became a bi-yearly event occurring in both the fall and spring.
“The January activities fair
provided [students] with an
opportunity to join organizations
for the first time or add a club to
their schedule,” said Denise
O’Neill, Associate Dean of
Student Affairs.
Carol Dao, Senior and
President of SGA said she feels
that the fair helps students
because it is in a “centralized
location” and will help freshmen
“join something and become
more involved” in campus life.
This semester there were
over 40 clubs, 6 departments and
over 275 people who showed up.
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Behind Closed Doors
A deeper look at the services rendered in the buildings on campus
Allen House
Susan Lopez
Staff Writer
February 12, 1927 marked the
day that President W.F. Curtis
moved into his new home on the
college campus. The erection of
the house onto campus was made
possible by the Cedar Crest
College Trustees.
The architecture of the home
allowed for a large living room
which was furnished by Cedar
Crest
College
Club
of
Philadelphia. The dining room was
furnished by Cedar Crest Auxiliary
and the guest room by Miss Emile
Foust , an alumna of the college
who played an important role in
the success of the college through
her generous donations. This
building remained the presidents
home until February of 1951.
In February 1951, a new
home was purchased on College
Drive named "The Hausman
Residence." The house was a colonial type made of brick and had
three stories. It was purchased for
only $45,000. The residence was
purchased in order to make space
for 15-16 more resident students.
The summer of 1952 marked
the year that the former president’s
home was converted into the
library. The library remained here
until February 24th 1964, when it
came to be know as the "old
library". On this day student and
faculty alike moved over some
40,000 books from the old library
to the new one called the Cressman
Library.
Then in 1965, the History,
Math and Education Departments
moved into the old library. In
March of 1966, the psychology
labs were moved into the old
library, which seemed to cause
some ruckus among the other
departments.
In the summer of 1985, the
old library was renovated and
became the new home of College
admissions, development and public relations offices. Renovations
to the old library needed to be done
for 3 main reasons: consultants
recommended improvements in
the physical appearance of the
admissions offices; the building
due to age, required that changes
be made to bring the building up to
date on fire code regulations; and
to improve the efficiency and quality of service.
Dedication ceremonies were
held on October 24 1985, to
rename the building to "Allen
House". The building was renamed
in honor of Roberta Ritter Allen
‘36 and her husband William
Allen, who both served on the
College’s Board of Trustees. The
Allens were also very generous in
their donations to various scholarship funds for the college.
Today the Allen House, is
home to many different offices,
including the Dean and Associate
Dean of Student Affairs, Director
of Residence Life, Director of
Community Service, Coordinator
of Student Activities, Director of
Career Planning, and Residence
Life Coordinators.
The Allen House contains a
rich history within its walls and a
uniqueness unlike any other building on campus.
"If you trace the history of the
Allen House back through the
years, you will find that so many
different departments were located
in the building at one time or
another," said Dr. Denise O’Neill,
Associate Dean of Student Affairs.
"The building is comfortable and
offers a home style office atmos-
The Allen House, which used to be the College President’s home and then the library,
now houses the offices for career planning, student affairs, community service, and
residence life.
phere that is a unique feature of the
Allen House. Students feel comfortable stepping into the offices,"
she continued.
It is no question, that the roots
of Allen House are among the
deepest on campus. It represents
the beginning of Cedar Crest
College and stands tall as a symbol
of the strength and power of Cedar
Crest College to remain as one of
the top universities in the country.
FEATURE
THREE Cs
ALUMNAE SPOTLIGHT:
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Carrie Wiragh ‘94
From Cedar Crest classroom, to a Cedar Crest office
Emily Pulham
Staff Writer
You probably see her on a
daily basis, working tirelessly in
admissions to promote Cedar Crest
College, but how much do we all
really know about the woman
behind the desk; how much do we
know about Carrie Wiragh?
Wiragh, previously Conover,
is a graduate of the Cedar Crest
class of 1994. She graduated with
a double major— in Psychology
and Elementary Education. She
frequently baby-sat for faculty on
campus, including Dr. Carol
Pulham, Acting President.
Since graduating college,
Wiragh has spent the past 12 years
working for Cedar Crest College.
She worked first in admissions, then in development, and
then returned to admissions. Her
job in admissions is something she
is incredibly passionate about, and
when commenting on it she says “I
would never give it up; I love it.”
According to Wiragh, her
Cedar Crest education has been
invaluable in how she has both
approached and succeeded in her
profession.
She credits the college with
providing her with a confidence
that enables her to talk to parents,
students, and professionals—all of
which she has to do on a day to day
basis.
Wiragh sites the hundreds of
papers and presentations she had
to endure as a student at Cedar
Crest as being what taught her how
to approach life situations with this
confidence, that all of her hard
work as a student enables her to
today walk into a situation thinking she can “do the job well.”
When asked what being an
alumna means to her, Wiragh did
not even blink before responding
with one powerful word, “pride.”
She says that she has a strong
a sense of pride instilled in her by
being a member of Cedar Crest’s
community–a community that is
larger than most people can see.
Wiragh enjoys that everywhere she goes (especially when
talking to prospective students and
their mothers) she has women
coming up to her saying the same
thing over and over again—“I
went to Cedar Crest too.”
For the alumni today (the sen-
iors who are
about to embark
on a new journey
of their lives as
alumni) her message is a simple
one, but one that
she feels very
empathic about.
Wiragh advises
the alumni of
today to “take
advantage of all
of your opportunities—you never
know where they
may lead.” She
makes it a point
to say all of your
opportunities—
not just school, but also internships, jobs, experiences, and people.
Next time you see Wiragh on
campus, you can stop by and say
hello to a woman who really
embodies what being a Cedar
Crest alumna is: a strong, smart,
and dedicated woman who has
worked very hard in life to get
where she is.
She is a woman who works
tirelessly for the college because
Tech Tips
Contributed by the Cedar Crest Information Technology department
Cedar Crest Login Accounts – Which is Which and for What?
Confused by the number of login accounts that you are given each semester? Not sure
what your login name and password is? Not sure what each one is for?
Here’s a summary of the four most common accounts.
Novell/Network Login Account
What it’s for: using computers in the public computer labs on campus.
Login name: first initial, middle initial, first 6 letters of your last name, followed by .common.
If no middle initial, it’s the first initial and the first 7 letters of the last name.
(Example, Jane M. Smithport = jmsmithp.common)
Default Password: Student ID Number
Who to Go to for Help: Information Technology Department, Curtis Hall Room 136 Ext. 3348.
GroupWise Login Account
What it’s for: accessing Cedar Crest College’s campus email system via WebAccess.
Login name: first initial, middle initial, first 6 letters of your last name. If no middle initial, it’s
the first initial and the first 7 letters of the last name. (Example, Jane M. Smithport = jmsmithp)
Default Password: Student ID Number
Who to Go to for Help: Information Technology Department, Curtis Hall Room 136 Ext. 3348.
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she genuinely cares about the
school and the people in it.
She is also a dedicated mother, and when she’s not at work, you
can always find this dynamic
woman spending time with her
eight and a half year old daughter
who, she says with a laugh, “keeps
her very busy.”
COURTYARD
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“There was never any resistance to the artwork but many felt
that it was possible to exhibit the
artwork in a way that did not alter
the natural beauty of the courtyard,” said Cigliano, noting that
the landscaping also drew animals
and birds – including hawks – to
the area.
Students and faculty came
together and petitions were passed
and complaints were made. A
compromise was reached.
“There are plans to replant
some areas of the courtyard with
native vegetation that will blend
nicely with sculptures that have
recently been donated to the college and which will also be put
into the courtyard,” explained Dr.
Amy Faivre, Assistant Professor
of Biological Sciences.
Laffey said that future plans
include removing the concrete
slabs and replacing it with top soil
and stones. The sculptures will be
placed in the fall and new shrubs
will be planted in the spring.
The administration has also
agreed to allow the Biology and
more commending and that is
why it’s prestigious. It is kind of
fitting that it’s in front of
Alumnae Hall, because becoming alumnae is what you do after
college. The piece represents just
that, what you do after college,”
she said.
Other people have an even
different angle on the “Three
C’s” of Cedar Crest. Some do not
see it as the artist intended. “I
think that it is very weird and it
kind of reminds me of
ribs–makes me want to go to the
TCC and see if they are having
ribs for dinner,” remarked Liz
Skoczylas,
a
sophomore
Communication major.
Gillian Maffeo a junior
Communication major agreed
with Skoczylas, “It is a strange
piece. It is not like the rest of the
art on campus.”
Pulham explained of the
connection that this piece of art
has with the Cedar Crest ring that
students receive during their junior year. She said the piece is
“Emblematic of the ring because
of the three C’s [engraved on the
Cedar Crest] ring.”
Peleg’s personal statement
goes on to say, “My belief in the
importance of the strength of all
people to stand up against evil
forces continues to be the inspiration for new works.”
Chemistry departments to assist in
the design of the new landscaping.
“The faculty and students
believed that spraying herbicides
and removing bushes and trees
went against the sensitivities of
biologists, especially for a department that has a Conservation
Biology program,” said Cigliano.
Some professors think that
this will be avoided in the future
because it was such a big issue
this time. Cigliano agrees that as
long as communication is kept
key, than it won’t happen again.
“I was extremely proud of
how the students rallied around
this cause and how they
approached it in a respectful and
collegial manner,” said Cigliano.
“I am especially proud of the
Conservation Club, which wrote
letters and organized a petition. It
was wonderful to see the students
do what conservationists are supposed to do – be advocates for the
environment.”
The designs for the new
courtyard are on display on the
windows nearest the lounge in the
science building.
Additional reporting by Lori
Gallagher, News Editor
CampusWeb Login Account
What it’s for: enrolling in classes, dropping/adding courses, viewing class schedules, paying
tuition bills
Login Name: Student ID Number
Default Password: pin number given to student by the Registrar’s Office
Who to Go to for Help: Registrar’s Office, Blaney Hall 210, ext. 3765.
eCollege or eCompanion Login Account
What it’s for: accessing the online course website www.cedarcrestonline.net. Many classes,
besides courses that are completely online, use this website for certain part of the course.
Login Name: Student ID Number
Default Password: pin number given to student by the Registrar’s Office.
Who to Go to for Help: Registrar’s Office, Blaney Hall 210, ext. 3765.
BOOKSTORE
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in the store. “A lot of good things
happened,” she said.
Because of their national
recognition, the Cedar Crest
Bookstore now serves as a sample
store for the region. Yoachim, who
has been manager since February
2000, also travels to other college’s bookstores to train employees. Prior to working at Cedar
Crest, Yoachim worked at Penn
State’s Harrisburg, Hershey, and
Wilkes-Barre campuses and has
been working for Barnes and
Noble College Booksellers for
twelve years, beginning as a student worker in Harrisburg.
Cedar Crest’s Bookstore will
continue to improve, especially
after the recent recognition. “You
always reevaluate expectations.
You always want to do better,”
Yoachim said. She added that
working with other B&N College
Booksellers offers a new perspective on her own store. “It’s fun to
look at other stores and get new
ideas.”
OPINIONS
Just blowin’
my mind
Beauties
befriend over
“The Beast”
Beth Coulter
Columnist
Welcome to the World, Logan
Greetings all,
As of this writing, I am awaiting the birth of my grandson,
Logan Sebastian. This is an open
letter to him.
Dear Logan,
You are being born in a very
uncertain time in this world of
ours. We Americans are in the
midst of a war in Iraq, that I pray
will be over by the time you can
read this (knowing your mother,
that will not be until you are 16).
We have countries that are making
nuclear bombs, and countries that
want peace at the cost of freedom.
The week of your birth was
the nastiest election year ever,
with negative advertisements polluting the airwaves. Our country
has been in crisis mode for a long
time, and some of our leaders have
failed to make intelligent decisions. It is not a nice world into
which you are being born.
However, I have great hopes for
the future, and I make these hopes
my birthday gift to you.
As you grow from a baby to a
man, I hope that intelligent leaders
will be in charge - great men who
know how to govern well, and
who know how to work for peace
(as opposed to the current philosophy that we must fight for peace).
As you grow older, I hope
that you will see a world that is
willing to work together to halt
global warming. I hope it is a
world where all of our differences
are the things that bring us together, as opposed to tearing us apart.
We live in a world that is on
the edge of spiraling down to
destruction or spiraling up to
greatness. It is my hope that greatness will prevail. Instead of tense
negotiations to decide who will
control everything (as the
Americans want to), I hope we
will have a world where we aren’t
concerned about who has control,
only concern with how we are
treating each other.
I hope that the politics that
you come to know is not divided
into red and blue states, Democrats
and Republicans. I hope the politics you come to know is filled
with noble people like our founding fathers and mothers, working
towards a utopia of unity. Not only
in America, but throughout the
world.
I hope the world that you find
while growing up is a beautiful
place without artificial boundaries
or dictators. May you find the
words “dictator” and “tyrant” written only in dictionaries as something that only exists in history.
May the world you inherit be
the world that has been dreamed of
for centuries, not a world of crisis
and turmoil, as it currently exists.
These are not vain hopes. You
see, Logan, the world goes in
Jessica Dominiczak
Staff Writer
cycles from bad to good.
Two weeks after I was born,
America suffered through the
Cuban Missile Crisis. Within five
years, a new philosophy was born,
one carried by the hippies with
hopes of creating a new world. It is
my hope that you find the same
philosophy (or a better one) has
not only emerged from the current
struggles, but has lasted and
bloomed during your life.
You see Logan, your Nana,
Beth is a dreamer who believes in
the innate goodness of human
nature, despite all the bad that we
see at this moment in time.
That is my greatest gift to
you, Grandson. I give to you my
hopes, dreams, and belief in the
innate goodness of every human
soul.
Welcome to the world, little
guy. We will try to clean up our
mess before we hand it over to
you.
Until next time,
Peace,
Beth
Contact
Beth
at
betheqt@voicenet.com and see
more thoughts at www.bethcoulter.com
In search of some
extra sense-abilities
Sarah Relation
Staff Writer
People have always craved
knowledge of the unknown, to discover the undiscovered and to
have all of their questions
answered. People visit psychics
for answers to questions about
dead loved ones, guidance with
life decisions, and a basic feel for
their path in life, all dependent on
a declaration of an alternative
knowledge and a sense of the
future.
Surrounding Cedar Crest
College are two psychic establishments. One establishment is on
Cedar Crest Boulevard and another on Hamilton Boulevard. Each
charges ten dollars for a basic tarot
card reading. This means that a
question is asked and the cards are
shuffled, then placed on a table.
The reader then places them in
order, and deciphers the meaning
to the consumer.
A few weeks ago I decided to
visit a psychic, just for fun. I went
with my boyfriend to visit the
place on Hamilton. We were a bit
confused about where to park, but
finally found the lot behind the
building. We had to circle around
the front of the building to get to
the actual reading office. We went
inside and met a very friendly
longhaired dog and the man who
would be performing our reading.
After deciding who would get the
reading done first, we sat down.
We were allowed to watch each
other’s readings.
The readings were performed
at a small table. We were allowed
to pick the deck we wanted the
reader to use, and then personally
shuffled and cut the cards. While
both my own and my boyfriend’s
readings had the typical encouragements given to people such as,
“You are capable of great things,”
“Challenges are in your future,”
and “You need to focus on your
path,” the psychic also did something that really impressed me.
When it was time for my
reading the man looked at me curiously and began asking about several names, each belonging to a
member of my family. My mother
in particular interested him. He
said he felt her presence around
me and said I was a lot like her. He
spoke about her by name. This
shocked me a bit, especially since
my reading hadn’t even started
yet. I had yet to sit down. My reading continued with an interesting
combination of typical “Choose
your path” phrases and more personal information.
I honestly have no clue how
this man found out these things,
and while I understand that most
of the things said were typical, I
can’t get over the man knowing
the names of members of my family. It was quite impressive.
Perhaps some of it was lucky
guessing, but on some level I
believe that everyone is capable of
some psychic power. Maybe this
man has better access to it than
others.
“You are a tool!”
“Well, you are a tool shed!”
These are probably not things
you would say to a stranger or
even a very close friend at that;
but we have all had those kinds of
friendships where we can call
each other obscene names, but
always in an endearing manner.
Let me back track to over two
years ago when I was a freshman.
I was under the impression then
that I should not stay on campus
on the weekends because all my
friends were still at home and had
not left for school yet. I thought,
who needs friends at the college
they are attending anyway? So my
parents, being the smart people
they are, decided 1) I shouldn’t
have my car for at least the first
semester, and 2) due to the ‘no
car’ situation they created, they
became tired of driving me home
every weekend. In short, they left
me here. My roommate, on the
other hand, continued going home
to see her boyfriend. Being that
she was the only person I really
knew at that point, I was friendless. I made a few friends in each
class by being my normal quirky
and nerdy self.
My favorite, and probably
most memorable, story involves
one of my best friends at school.
I’ll just call her Chief. We were in
freshmen Biology lab together,
and our first words were about a
calculator. Not just any calculator
– the TI-84 Plus! This calculator is
responsible for one of my most
valued
friendships.
Why?
Basically we were gianormous
nerds. Chief had named her calculator (appropriately) “The Beast.”
We became immediate friends.
During our exciting pre-lab
lectures we would write notes on
pages of our lab manuals, usually
professing our undying love for
DQ (not the ice-cream). Childish?
Maybe, but much more interesting
than Drosophila melanogaster.
We drew pictures and wrote things
like, “You are a dirty plug” (referring to the plugs used to cap the
flies in a container), “You are a
tool shed” (the ultimate comeback
for “You are a tool”), “I heart sex
combs” (referring to a way to sex
male fruit flies), and our most
commonly used phrase, “I heart
DQ.” Most of these were
improved by adding “über” into
the mix.
Our similar tastes in, well,
almost everything, was apparent
and we ended up hanging out all
the time. Although we met in a
Biology class when we were both
heart-set on becoming forensic
scientists, she is now an English
and Business major, and I am now
a Marketing major with a minor in
Biology and Communications. We
drifted apart the past few years,
and haven’t been as close as we
were as freshmen. Even though I
know we are going in different
directions and rarely see each
other, I know that if I need her, she
is only a phone call away, and I
would assume she knows the
same.
The friendships I made as a
freshman are just as strong as the
ones I have made recently. I know
when I graduate these friendships
will always be in my memory;
from the seemingly ordinary days
of doing nothing, spontaneous
dance parties on first floor Butz,
dressing up (usually in each others
clothes) to go to a club or other
college, but mostly the individuals
that have been there for me over
the course of these years, through
highs and lows. I will never forget
you.
For the seniors graduating in
the winter or spring – do not lose
touch with those people that have
touched your life. And to the
freshmen, never under-estimate
the importance of staying on campus on the weekends – you could
be missing out on a lot.
Jess Dominiczak | Staff Writer
“The Beast” that helped bring two friends together.
OPINIONS
Life
Mr. Chemist’s
Neighborhood
with Liz
David Raker
Crestiad Cartoonist
Liz Skoczylas
Columnist
Breaking up Is hard enough
Breaking up is hard enough/
Say you had nothing but I called
your bluff/ You’ve got my
sweaters, my hat/ I can’t find my
cat/ The hardest part of breaking
up/ Is getting back your stuff!
I’m pretty sure that the faux
boy-band "2gether" had it right
when they said that breaking up is
hard enough, but getting your stuff
back is damn near impossible. I
mean, have you ever accidentally
left your favorite hoodie at your
significant other’s house, knowing
that you’d be back the next day to
get it? Maybe it was even there for
a few weeks, but you felt secure
knowing exactly where it was.
Then, suddenly, out of
nowhere, the impossible happened.
You got that infamous "we need to
talk" statement. Maybe you’re
even the one who delivered the
line. Personally, it’s one of my
favorites. I hate hearing it, however, I don’t really mind giving it so
much.
It may have come in the form
of a text message, an instant message, an email, or a phone call. I
love when it’s out of the blue;
while you’re taking a walk, watching a movie, or even over dinner.
What a way to make the evening a
lot more fun!
So, you went through the
whole, "It’s not you, it’s me," when
really, it was his habit of drumming on everything in sight,
including your leg/forearm/head
that pushed you over the edge. And
the whole habit of leaving halffull cups of various liquids around
the room thing? Yeah, right.
Of course, there were probably tears. Lots of them. Maybe this
wasn’t even the first time that the
two of you ended things. The ex
that I never got over? We dated
three times before finally calling it
off. I still see him when I go home.
But does that make it hurt any
less? Actually, not at all.
So, after you both cried, you
probably told each other that you
can change. People stared. Your
nose was running, and of course
you didn’t have any tissues. You
went to wipe your nose on your
sleeve, and that’s when you discovered it; your favorite hoodie.
Since you were already crying;
you cried for that as well. Then,
you started making a list of the
other things that you’ll never see
again; your favorite CD, your best
friend’s pair of flip flops, your
mom’s Tupperware container
(from that time that you baked him
three dozen of his favorite cookies). Never again.
He thought that you were
upset over him, when really that
was only a small part of it. He gave
you one last squeeze, promised
that you’ll still be friends, and that
you would still hang out. Which is
exactly what you wanted to hear at
that point. Then you get together
with your real friends, and start
planning out how the next time
you see him, you can look as hot as
possible, while dropping the
names of all of the new guys
you’re seeing.
And, as he was walking away,
he turned and gave you one last
look. "Oh yeah," he said, "I want
my AC/DC t-shirt back."
What an opportunity this presented! You agreed to make a list
of all of the things that belong to
you, and email them to one another. Which was the first thing that
you did after getting home. And
then you waited for his, for two
weeks, while still crying over him.
Good thing that your best friend
was around to keep you from call-
ing him. And it was she that finally called up the scumbag and told
him that she was coming over with
a box of his stuff, and that she
wanted all of yours too. And, it
was she that made the time and the
date.
So, with her help, you tearfully threw his things - not so gently into a plastic garbage bag, including the bear that he got you for an
anniversary, when he couldn’t find
the penguin that you really wanted.
You tried to convince your best
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The Campus Corner
What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving?
Rachael
Diffenderfer ‘09
Theater
Dawn Schpak
‘09
Undeclared
Amanda
Latshaw ‘10
Psychology
eJ Kreh ‘09
Social Work
and Art
Diamonece
Hickson ‘07
Chemistry
"Watching the Macy's Day
Parade."
“Mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce."
"Eating lots of food and
being lazy."
"Sitting with the whole family and watching a movie
twice in a row!"
"The food and my family."
Compiled by Christa Hagan
OPINIONS
What makes a
chick flick,
a chick flick?
Kim Baksovich
Staff Writer
“That’s a chick flick,” groans
a guy when asked to see the latest
film. For years people have been
classifying and distinguishing
women’s films as a breed of their
own. What makes a chick flick, a
chick flick? What elements combine to form this feminine labeled
film? The most obvious point is
that a women’s film is centered on
a woman. In women’s films, the
women are placed in outrageous
and almost miraculous stories
where they overcome every hardship one can think of. They are
usually very educated and outgoing and live out their dreams.
However, a moment comes when
the women have to decide
between their dreams, or love.
When a woman is forced to
make this decision, the irony of a
women’s film comes into play. I
do not know about other women,
but I know that when I watch a
film centered around a woman, I
want to see the leading lady
achieve her dreams and break out
from repression. What most viewers fail to recognize is that women
who choose or find love at the end
of a film are turning themselves
back to repression. They end up
back in the same place they started, in the household. So, what
happens with this happy ending?
It usually ends on the woman
choosing love or showing her
love, and perhaps a marriage. One
rarely sees a movie end by showing what happens after; how the
woman is forced back into running a household. This movement
is very common in women’s films.
“There is a unique convention that almost never appears
anywhere except in a woman’s
film, the Happy Interlude,”
declared Jeanine Basinger in A
Woman’s View. The H a p p y
I n t e rlu d e is a montage, or series
of events, featuring blissful
moments in a character’s experience. It is those happy moments in
films when the characters are
happy and nothing can go wrong
in their lives. It can also be classi-
BROKEN UP
continued | page 9
friend to wear a wire when she
dropped the stuff off - just in case
he admitted that he was still madly
in love with you, and thought
about you every day. After all,
you’ve met his best friend, and
know that he wasn’t really pushing new girls in your ex’s direction, but offered a shoulder to cry
on and taking the phone away, just
like your best friend was doing for
you.
So your best friend left, and
you had nothing to do but sit and
wait for her return. And when she
did, she handed you a box, and
fied as the action scene of a
woman’s film. The audience may
not notice this, because unlike
masculine action, feminine action
could consist of a boat ride, a
party, or even a shopping experience.
“A film about a woman… is
going to be about love, marriage,
men, sex, fashion, and glamour,
and the need to make a decision
about having a career or not,”
Basinger listed. All the various
roles a woman fills are the many
roles the movies portray. Other
aspects that can be used to identify a woman’s film consist of mirrors, tears, swelling music, hats,
and even halos of light. It is my
opinion that women’s films have
brought a lot more recognition to
the abilities of a woman. They
have shown that we are strong,
courageous, and most importantly,
of equal or greater value to men.
However, as long as women
keep choosing love at the end of
their hardships and journeys, they
will keep sacrificing their freedoms. I am not saying that women
cannot love in order to be equal,
but that women should not have to
choose between the two. Neither
should men have to choose
between their career or the love of
their life. Learning to balance both
is something not only important to
an individual’s rights, but to the
changing of society. For this problem of having to choose between
two lives is one that is common in
most households. Perhaps by creating films where jobs and marriage coexist happily, families will
learn how to adapt their own lives.
A women’s film says much
more than a crying woman always
wanting more. A woman’s film
says, I am a woman and I want my
chance for success, but I want to
find security in the household
when I am done. A woman’s film
should say, I am a woman and I
can handle a job and a family, as
long as he can. Of course, there is
no true definition to identify a
woman’s film, because every
woman is diverse. However, one
can identify what makes a chick
flick, a chick flick.
waited patiently while you grilled
her, because you hadn’t seen or
heard from him in a month. When
you finally gave her a chance to
talk, being the best friend she was,
she told you that he looked happy.
And that you should be too. After
all, not only are you now loserfree, but you have all of your stuff
back!
And so it’s time to do just
that, ladies. Take a deep breath,
hug your best friend, put on that
favorite hoodie (but, you might
want to wash it first) and hold
your head up high.
And thank you to my friends
that have seen me through some of
my worst breakups.
Ms.
Takes
Jennifer Kumetz
Columnist
Imprisoning
women’s potential
It’s on nearly every job application out there. One question
which, in so few words, asks you
to reveal your worst deeds. It usually reads “Have you ever been
convicted of a felony (or ‘crime’
depending on the application)?” to
which you must check either Yes
or No. You have to be careful with
this one; I nearly got fired for
assuming that the question
referred only to felonies. Not only
does a check next to Yes immediately send out red flags to potential
employers, but it may also require
you to explain to your future boss
the circumstances of your crime
and conviction. As you can imagine, or may have experienced, this
is not a pleasant endeavor.
The U.S. Department of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
states that from 2004 to 2005, the
number of women in state or federal prison increased 3.4 percent,
with a total of 183,348 female
inmates. This is in comparison to a
1.3 percent increase for men in the
same time period. Since 1980, the
number of women in prison has
increased at almost twice the rate
of men, according to The
Sentencing Project at www.sentencingproject.org. In 2002,
women were more likely than men
to be in state prison due for both
drug and property offenses.
I’ve come across varying
explanations for this phenomenon.
There are those of the opinion that
as women’s independence rose, so
did the incidence of women committing crimes. I don’t buy this.
Not to sound pessimistic, but
women have always committed
crimes. Another explanation is that
the “war on drugs,” begun in the
70s, increased the number of drug
related, nonviolent crimes arrests.
This seems much more plausible. I
could see this happening in two
ways: as male drug dealers were
arrested, women took their places,
and as the war on drugs progressed, more and more drug users
were being arrested in addition to
the dealers.
Either way, many of these
women were, and are, mothers.
The Sentencing Project’s publication titled “Gender and Justice:
Women, Drugs, and Sentencing
Policy” cites that two-thirds of
women imprisoned in 1999 were
single mothers with children under
18 years of age. This means that
many children are put in “the system” as well. Upon being released,
the recidivist rate for women is
more than half with 40 percent
reconvicted within three years,
according to The Women’s Prison
A s s o c i a t i o n
(www.wpaonline.org). The percentage of HIV positive women
inmates is higher than men, as is
the rate of prior physical and sexual abuse (approximately 50 percent) and frequency of mental illness.
“These women do not generally pose a threat to society; insofar as they do, counseling and
treatment often prevent future
offenses more effectively - and
cheaply - than incarceration. A
1994 RAND study is one of many
that point to the relative costeffectiveness of treatment: It
found that every dollar invested in
substance-abuse treatment saves
taxpayers $7.46 in societal costs,”
writes Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow in
the 2004 “Women in Prison” article
for
The
Nation
(http://www.thenation.com/doc/20
040412/tuhusdubrow).
According
to
Amnesty
International, “The Department of
Justice found that women were
over represented among low level
drug offenders who were non-violent, had minimal or no prior criminal history, and were not principal
figures in criminal organizations
or activities, but nevertheless
received sentences similar to “high
level” drug offenders under the
mandatory sentencing policies.
From 1986 to 1996 the number of
women sentenced to state prison
for drug crimes increased ten-fold.
Nationally one in three women in
prison and one in four women in
jail are incarcerated for violating a
drug law.”
I find myself asking whether
our criminal justice system is truly
focused on rehabilitation, or is it a
revolving door? And once out of
prison, where do these women
pick up their lives? Upon release,
women are often denied welfare,
housing (Section 8) and education
benefits, and as related earlier,
prior convictions can cause difficulties in finding lucrative jobs. Of
course, I do believe that criminals
belong in prison, but avoiding
rehabilitation for women becomes
expensive both to our pockets and
our communities, which suffer the
loss of productive citizens who
merely need opportunity and guidance.
The
Women’s
Prison
Association (WPA) is an advocacy
group dedicated to helping women
in prison and coming out of prison
to reconnect with their communities and selves. The Pennsylvania
Prison Society also has a program
called The Working Group to
Enhance Services for Incarcerated
Women.
Jennifer Kumetz | Opinions Editor
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LIFESTYLES
Culture-Shocked
Emily Pulham | Columnist
Forget snakes - Me on a plane is scary enough
Beauty
Works
La Lonnie Moore
Columnist
I have a secret. Some of you
may know this, some may not. It’s
a shameful secret, an “embarrassment to my soul,” if you will. It’s a
secret that keeps me awake at
night, and, I’m afraid to say, makes
me cry on occasion.
I, Emily Jane Pulham, daughter of Carol, globe-trotting jet-setter and dual citizen extraordinaire… am absolutely terrified of
flying.
It scares the living daylights
out of me. I am petrified of heights
and the concept of falling from
them, so being in something that
potentially involves both of those
things is not a good situation. This
really came to a head recently after
I took four flights in the span of
two weeks, including one flight
with my mom. My mom and I
have apparently not flown together
in a while. I say apparently
because before take off I hear the
question, “You’re afraid of flying?” come out of her mouth.
Twenty minutes later she’s
watching me cling to my seat for
dear life (which, in the event of a
plane crash, is not going to in any
way what-so-ever help me live)
with sweat dripping from my
palms, cringing every time the
plane turns even a fraction of an
inch. Every time someone on the
plane so much as sneezes I’m terrified that, in the immortal words
of Yung Joc, “it’s going down.”
My mom, who is calmly
watching
PanicFest
2006 (aka me), is busy
wondering if we’re really related to each other.
Landing
wasn’t
much better. While my mother is
next to me calmly reading the
Chronicle of Higher Education
(seriously), the next few minutes
went as such: “Emily have you
seen this thing about the stoned
professor on YouTube? Oh boy,
wow is he in trouble. What’s
YouTube? Can you find that for
me on the internet?”
No Mom, not right now.
Don’t you realize I am doing
everything in my power right now
to mentally keep this metal beast
from crashing?? I’m mentally willing this thing to stay in the air. I am
solely responsible for keeping
everyone alive right now, so no, I
can’t talk to you about YouTube
right now!
I am a wreck during take off.
Especially if I’m over the wheel —
I spend the first 20 minutes of
every flight listening to every
mechanical whirr coming from the
bottom of the plane, and attempting to use my extensive mechanical knowledge (see also: absolutely none) to try and analyze
whether or not the wheel mechanism is working. Nine times out of
ten I make the “professional”
analysis that it isn’t, and spend the
next two hours paralyzed in fear.
No, I don’t want any peanuts right
now; I’m busy prepping for my
death. Do you have any more landing cards or boarding passes? My
will is longer than I expected.
You’d think I wouldn’t be so
terrified of this. I probably take
about four to six flights a year and
my relationship with the boyfriend
would not even exist without
planes. I appreciate them, but I am
just so afraid of crashes. It’s actually not even logical in a statistical
sense; did you know that you have
a 95 percent chance of surviving
an air accident if your flight originated in or was destined to
American air space? There are far
more car crash deaths per year
than flight deaths (you are actually
twenty nine times more likely to
die in a car crash than a plane
crash), but I don’t break out in a
cold sweat and cry every time I
turn the key in my car… which is
definitely a good thing.
So, why planes? Well, my
being border-line psychotic aside,
flying is psychologically recognized as being something that
exposes human vulnerability —
and puts us in a state where we
have no control over what’s going
on around us. It’s also an anxiety
thing, the fear of what could happen rather than the fear of what is
happening. All of this is great and
all, but how do I keep the plane in
the air?
Well, I can’t. But I also know
that I can’t go back to London,
visit the boyfriend, see my sister,
or leave the continental United
States (all things on my to-do list)
without sucking it up and getting
on a plane, so I will. But I won’t
like it. And if you happen to be
“blessed” or “lucky” enough to be
sitting next to me on the plane,
please just be kind, sympathetic,
and supportive. And if you have
anything heavy, please hit me over
the head with it before take off so
I’m out for the flight. It’s the right
thing to do.
Courtesy | Emily Pulham
Emily and Dr. Carol Pulham outside the Heathrow Airport in London.
INTERNATIONAL CORNER
To speak or not to speak (in Turkey)
Christa Hagan
Copy Editor
In a country where speaking
how one wishes is commonly
practiced, it can be hard to imagine
what it is like to live in a culture
where freedom of speech is far
more controversial and limited. In
Turkey, this is not only a controversial issue, but an issue that
encroaches on the freedom (or lack
thereof) of the people.
Muazzez Ilmiye Cig is a
retired archeologist who was
recently tried in court on a freedom of speech issue. Not only is
she an expert on Sumarian culture,
she is also an accomplished author.
It was her books that really got her
into trouble. In 2005, her book My
Reactions as a Citizen was published and included facts and statements about the Sumarian culture.
One of the issues discussed in the
book that really got Cig into trouble was in regards to the head
scarves worn by Islamic women,
and how the tradition of donning
of these pieces started with priestesses wearing them to educate
young men about sex.
Though this book was the reason she was on trial, it was not the
only bold move Cig made.
CNN.com reported in the article
“Acquittal in veil 'sex rites' case”
that she and many secularists view
the head scarf as “a symbol of
political Islam and of female
oppression” (www.cnn.com/2006/
WORLD/europe/11/01/turkey.veil
.ap/index.html). Acting on these
feelings and ideals, Cig wrote a
letter to Emine Erdogan. Erdogan
is the wife of Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip. The letter
to Erdogan asked the woman of
fairly high power to “take off her
head scarf and set an example to
women in this predominantly
Muslim and secular country, where
more and more women are veiling
themselves in a show of religious
piety.”
Cig was acquitted of the
charges, but freedom of speech
clearly remains an issue in Turkey.
Cig is not the only author who
has gone to court because of political ideas in the written word. The
Christian Science Monitor
reported in the article “Free speech
on trial in Turkey” that the widely
read Turkish novelist Orhan
Pamuk went to court in December
of 2005 for "insulting Turkish
identity." The article was printed
before the trial and mentioned that
Pamuk faced the possibility of
three years in jail for “insulting
Turkish identity,” though it is more
common for fines to be in the resolution of such trials.
What could Pamuk possibly
have done to warrant him three
years in jail? The novelist made
some comments to a magazine
regarding “Turkey's stance on the
mass killing of Armenians during
WWII,” as reported on the
University of Pittsburgh’s website,
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paper-
chase/2006/01/turkish-courtdrops-state-slander-case.php. His
case was dropped in January,
2006.
What is anyone doing about
the limited freedom of speech in
Turkey? Organizations such as
Amnesty International and the
European Union are both doing
what they can to make the Turkish
government see things another
way. Amnesty International
addresses Turkey’s freedom of
speech laws on their website, saying that they are “used to harass
and threaten people with imprisonment and is severe threat to freedom of expression. It must be
abolished immediately.” If you are
interested in learning more about
the abolishment of freedom of
speech and about Turkey’s limited
freedom of speech laws, the
Amnesty International website is
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/turkey/index.do.
Hair
extensions
for all races
Don’t be fooled into thinking that hair extensions are an
ethnic thing. For years women
(and men) have been having their
hair artificially enhanced. Hair
extensions, more commonly
called a weave, are all the rave in
Hollywood and in the music
industry. They can be seen in
many movies and videos on your
favorite actresses and singers,
including Terri Hatcher, Jessica
Simpson, Madonna, Sarah
Jessica Parker, and Eva
Longoria.
To achieve the longer-thanlife look, here are several things
you can try without having to
spend the thousands of dollars
that celebrities do.
Drawstring ponytails
This is perhaps the most
inexpensive way of elongating
your hair for a day or even a
week. Most drawstring ponytails
are made of synthetic fibers that
simulate human hair. You can
find a quality synthetic hairpiece
for around ten dollars or more.
Of course, the more you spend on
your piece, the better quality it
will be. Drawstrings also come in
100 percent human hair.
Human Track hair
This can be bought by the
pound or by the inch. Some
human hair can be bought on
what we in the industry call
“wefts” or “tracks” (sewn bundles of hair) and are used primarily in sewn weaves or bonded
(glued) in weaves. What’s the
difference? Bonded hair cannot
be shampooed until it is time to
remove it. Sewn weaves can be
shampooed two to three times a
week, depending on style and
texture.
In the “sewn” process the
natural hair is braided and sewn
into the braid with a needle and a
thick thread with a waxy coating
to prevent unraveling. Human
hair can also be bought in bulk,
which means it does not come on
a weft. It is primarily used for
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LIFESTYLES
Join the Great American Smokeout
Emily Pulham
Columnist
Put down your cigarettes and
pick up your carrots – Nov. 16 is
the American Cancer Society’s
Great American Smokeout, a day
that has been helping people quit
smoking by raising awareness
about the dangers of smoking
since 1974.
For the first few years, people
were asked to abstain from smoking for one day and then to donate
the money they would have spent
that day on cigarettes to a high
school scholarship fund.
Today, it’s not money the
Great American Smokeout is hoping to raise — it’s awareness.
Smoking is responsible for one out
of every five deaths in the United
States, which amounts to approximately 440,000 people a year.
According to the American Cancer
Society (ACS), “Cigarettes kill
more Americans than alcohol, car
accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined,”
making them a truly lethal lifestyle
choice. Smoking cigarettes also
accounts for 30 percent of all cancer deaths, and an overwhelming
87 percent of lung cancer deaths
are caused by smoking.
Quitting smoking will drastically reduce your chances of getting these cancers (specifically
lung cancer), emphysema, heart
disease, stroke, and lung disease.
The ACS reports that people who
smoke past their fifties have twice
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the risk of dying within the next 15
years as do non-smokers.
It’s easy to see the long-term
benefits of quitting smoking, but
there are many benefits that people
can see almost immediately after
quitting smoking. These include
your heart rate and blood pressure
dropping, the carbon monoxide
level in your blood returning to
normal, your circulation and lung
function increasing, and coughing
and shortness of breath decreasing.
All of these benefits of quitting
should occur within the first
month.
The ACS also offers tips and
advice for those thinking of quitting. They advise that you pick a
date and mark it on the calendar,
and work from there. Tell all your
friends and family about your
decision (for support), throw out
cigarettes and ashtrays, and buy as
many oral substitutes (gums, carrots, hard candies, etc) as possible.
They advise that there is no “right
way” to quit — different things
work for different people, whether
it’s gradually cutting down on cigarette intake or going cold turkey.
On the quit day you’ve chosen, drink lots of liquids, do some
exercise, and try to avoid situations where smoking will be present. Withdrawal from nicotine is
not pleasant, but there are many
quitting aides with nicotine in
them available at your local drug
store. These include Nicorette,
patches, and gums. There are also
quit lines available, including the
ACS’s, which can be contacted at
Tips from the American Cancer Society
-Avoid people and places where you are tempted
to smoke. Later on you will be able to handle these
situations with more confidence.
-Alter your habits. Switch to juices or water
instead of alcohol or coffee. Take a different route to
work. Take a brisk walk instead of a coffee break.
-Alternatives. Use oral substitutes such as sugarless gum or hard candy, raw vegetables such as carrot
sticks, or sunflower seeds.
-Activities. Do something to reduce your stress.
Engage in hobbies that keep your hands busy, such as
needlework or woodworking, which can help distract
you from the urge to smoke. Take a hot bath, exercise,
read a book.
-Deep breathing. When you were smoking, you
breathed deeply as you inhaled the smoke. When the
urge strikes now, breathe deeply and picture your
lungs filling with fresh, clean air. Remind yourself of
your reasons for quitting and the benefits you'll gain as
an ex-smoker.
-Delay. If you feel that you are about to light up,
delay. Tell yourself you must wait at least 10 minutes.
Often this simple trick will allow you to move beyond
the strong urge to smoke.
1-800-ACS-2345.
Quitting is a very difficult
thing to do, but it is more than
worth it in the long run. Giving up
smoking could drastically increase
not only the quality of your life,
but also the length of it.
Scrumptious holiday recipe ideas
Lauren Sandt
Staff Writer
With the holiday season
quickly approaching, parties and
family dinners are almost a must.
While the rest of the family works
on the turkey and stuffing, you can
create fantastic deserts to compliment any Thanksgiving meal. Here
are some quick and easy recipe
ideas that will tantalize any taste
bud.
Bubble Bread
Ingredients:
2 loaves frozen bread dough
1 stick butter
½ cup brown sugar
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
Thaw bread completely.
Melt butter in a medium size bowl.
Mix brown sugar, sugar and cinnamon together in a separate bowl.
Make small and medium size
bread balls from your loaves.
Dip bread balls in melted butter,
and then toss in the sugar mixture.
Evenly layer in tube/bunt pan.
Cover it with a towel and let rise
for one hour.
Bake at 325 degrees for 15-20
minutes.
Let cool for at least 20 minutes,
then turn upside down on a plate to
serve.
Double Layer
Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
4 ounces softened cream cheese
1 tbsp milk
1 cup milk
1 tbsp sugar
1 graham cracker piecrust
1 tub of cool whip
1 can of pumpkin (at least 15
ounces)
2 packs of vanilla instant pudding
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp of ground ginger
¼ tsp of ground cloves
Instructions:
In a large bowl, mix together 1
tbsp milk, 1 tbsp sugar and the
cream cheese until well blended.
Stir in half of the cool whip and
spread onto bottom half of the
piecrust.
In a separate large bowl, pour 1
cup milk and add in pumpkin,
spices and dry pudding mixes.
Beat ingredients together until
thick, then spread onto top of the
cream cheese layer.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Top each slice with a drop of
remaining cool whip.
Banana Nut Bread
Ingredients:
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup milk
1 ¼ cups mashed bananas
½ cup granulated sugar
3 ½ tsps baking powder
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup chopped nuts
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In large bowl, mix together all
ingredients.
Grease baking pans so bread will
not stick.
Bake for about 65-70 minutes
(stick toothpick in middle to test).
Let cool for at least 30 minutes.
Remove bread from pan and cut
into slices.
Serve with butter or by itself.
Recipes
to go...
Swiss
Cheese
Veggie
Sandwich
Submitted by
Rachel Edgar
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup Swiss cheese, shredded
- 1 English muffin, cut in half
and toasted
- 1 tsp mayonnaise or salad
dressing
- ½ cup fresh vegetables, such
as zucchini, carrots, tomato, and
cauliflower
- Pinch of salt
Mix cheese, vegetables, mayonnaise, and salt; spread evenly
over muffin halves. Arrange on
microwave rack or paper towel
(the paper towel will prevent
the muffin from becoming
soggy). Microwave uncovered
on high until hot and bubbly, 3
to 4 minutes.
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Bubble bread (also known as monkey bread) is a quick and easy dessert - all you need
is frozen bread, a bunt pan, and a few common ingredients.
- From Betty Crocker’s
Microwave Cookbook
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Reading for pleasure
Why you should drop everything... and read
Brea Barski
Staff Writer
You just read a 75-page chapter for class and have half an hour
to relax and do something fun.
Reading a book is a productive
way to use that time, but most students on campus cannot seem to
find the time to read for leisure.
Most students I talked to couldn’t
even remember the title of the last
book they read outside of class.
They may be losing out on a positive resource. Studies show that
even reading the latest Harry
Potter book or a John Grisham
thriller can help in many ways.
Reading not only fills time and
provides entertainment, but people
who read regularly have higher
IQs and are less likely to suffer
from depression. Reading can be
beneficial in many ways.
Reading introduces new ideas
By reading different types of
books, away from their major and
out of the “norm,” students can
learn new ideas and different ways
of thinking. Books are methods of
exchanging information and the
millions of writers in the world
have tons of information to share.
On campus example: Denise
O’Neill, Associate Dean of Student
Affairs, recently read a page-turning account of different things in
life and how each relates to economics. Freakonomics by Stephen
J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt is a
best-selling book that relates
wrestlers, drug dealers, the Ku
Klux Klan, teachers, and others to
economics.
Reading introduces you to
new places and people
Not everyone will have the
chance to travel the world and it’s
fairly safe to say that none of us
will get the opportunity to travel to
different galaxies in this lifetime;
books can take you to those places.
California.
Reading makes
people
more interesting
Literature can introduce experiences from the past and future,
places that the reader cannot fathom before opening a book. When
reading for fun, students can
escape from the stress of final
exams and extensive homework to
different worlds and times.
On campus example: Carol
Dao,
Student
Government
Association
President,
read
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur
Golden, over the summer. This
story not only takes the reader to
the world of a young woman coming of age in Japan, but also to the
turbulent 1930s.
People who read
can have different experiences and it helps to
prevent
ignorance.
Books take the reader to
a new place and introduce people from a completely different time
period. Being familiar
with all of this makes a
person more interesting.
To speak about what one
has read makes them
more interesting to talk
to. A well-read person can be
interesting to talk to and intriguing
to friends, co-workers, and
employers. This could be an
advantage in the long-run.
On campus example: Junior
Chelsea Toth just read In Her
Shoes by Jennifer Weiner. The
book is the basis for a 2005 movie
with the same title, featuring two
very different sisters and their discovery that they share more than
just parents and a shoe size. Toth
Reading prevents ignorance
As a whole, American society
lacks the understanding of many
subjects. Some things are
unknown because it is the individual’s particular choice, but others
are not opportunely experienced in
our society. Books can prevent this
by teaching the lessons that the
reader may not have learned elsewhere.
On campus example: A Child
Called It is the true story of author
Dave Pelzer’s childhood abuse.
Student Diane Kohlreiter is reading this series of three books about
what has been called the most
severe case of child abuse ever in
says the book is better than the
film.
Reading develops
your imagination
Having an imagination helps
people to grow. Each person needs
to be able to dream and hope for
the future, all of which literature
can influence. Ideas and hopes all
come from reading. Reading can
give a new, more creative view of
life.
On campus example: Joan
Laffey, Dean of Student Affairs,
said that one of the best books
she’s recently read was Alberto
Urrea’s The Hummingbird’s
Daughter. The novel is the story of
a young girl growing up in Mexico
with healing powers.
reading Stephen King novels.
King’s novels are among the most
captivating of our time.
Reading can teach a
new lesson
In the 1990s, the most popular
series of books were For
Dummies. Anything can be taught
through literature. People can learn
anything from self-help to gardening from a book.
On campus example: Even
world domination can be taught
from a book. Professor Maynard
Cressman last read Adolph Hitler’s
book Mein Kumpf (My Struggle).
The book is a design for the Third
Reich and National Socialism.
Reading teaches literacy
Nearly half of American
adults are functionally illiterate.
They can’t write essays, balance
check books, or understand drug
labels. Reading teaches writing
structures and words. Students can
learn from example and become
more competent writers just by
reading for fun.
On campus example: The
true life story of writer Henry
James was depicted in a novel
read by the acting president,
Carol Pulham. The book by
Colm Toibin tells the story of
the writer at the turn of the
twentieth century and his personal life and loneliness.
Books entertain
Books can entertain a person the same way a movie or
television show can. The difference is that reading can be
done to fit a busy schedule.
Books are written in all genres
and can entertain any type of
person.
On campus example: lifelong learning student Pam
Lagler spends her free time
Reading is fun
Some books don’t teach
much. The writing styles are simple and the places are familiar.
These books, like all others, can be
read just for the fun of it, not for
learning or experience, but
because they are entertaining.
That’s what reading is all about.
On campus example: After
having to read a children’s book
for an education class, junior
Lauren Hetrick fell in love with it.
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
is the story of a penguin that is
very different from his friends, but
manages to save the day. Hetrick
plans to purchase “Tacky the
Penguin” this weekend.
Going to class sick: Keep on truckin’ or stay in bed?
La Lonnie Moore
Columnist
As someone who has been
sick with a variety of illnesses in
the past three months, from
Bronchitis to a severe cough, head
congestion, fever, and mouth
ulcers, there have been plenty of
times that I just wanted to keep
myself in bed. But sometimes that
is just not realistic.
What is the determining factor
that tells us to stay in or get up?
There are times when it is more
detrimental to get out of bed than it
is to stay in it. The reverse is also
true. Nancy Roberts, Nurse
Practitioner and director of Health
Services said, “The question of
whether or not a student should
attend class is up to them.”
However, the attendance poli-
cy states, “Regular attendance at
classes is expected of all students,
regardless of whether attendance is
a factor in the student’s grade for a
course. A student who is absent
from class for reasons such as illness or a family emergency must
contact the Dean of Student
Affairs, who will then verify the
reason for the absence and notify
the student’s instructor.”
But what constitutes an illness, and what if that illness is not
life-threatening but still contagious? A student’s best judgment
of how badly any illness is especially important when it affects
attendance in class. A student
should keep on trucking if it’s
something minor like a paper cut
or even the sniffles from seasonal
allergies. Things like these are
very treatable and usually not life-
threatening or worthy of an emergency room visit.
When asked what she would
do if she suddenly came down with
something, Breanna Thime, 2005
Dean’s List recipient said, “When
I'm feeling sick I have a tendency
to medicate myself and just keep
trucking along. I can't afford to
miss classes this semester since
almost all of them are once a week
classes and missing something like
that can really put me behind.”
The health center is open during the school year Monday
through Friday from 8:30 am to
4:30 pm. Roberts can treat and
diagnose most minor illnesses. The
doctors on staff are available by
appointment on Tuesday and
Friday mornings from 10 a.m. until
noon. Students can make an
appointment by calling extension
3476 from any campus phone, or
by dialing directly 610-606-4640.
At all times other than Tuesday
and Friday mornings, students can
walk-in and will be seen on a firstcome, first-served basis.
During the evening, after 4:30
p.m. and on the weekends, if any
resident student does not have an
emergency but is ill and wishes to
speak to or see a health care
provider, he or she would need to
contact their resident advisor.
More information can be found on
the health services website.
One other thing that students
need to know is that the health
services center treats only traditional resident and commuter students. All services offered at the
clinic are free.
There is student health insurance that is offered through the
school for medications, x-rays, and
diagnostic tests. To find out more
information concerning the student
health insurance, students can contact the student accounts office at
610-606-4602.
So what is a lifelong learner
like me to do when I suddenly
come down with the flu? Pray and
medicate is exactly what I do!
Sometimes it just cannot be
helped. On the other hand, if a student can get some help and get better they just have to do what they
have to do in order to get well.
Using your best judgment is the
best defense when tackling something that attempts to bring you
down. Try not to touch your face,
wash your hands properly, drink
lots of fluids, and reduce your
stress level. Hopefully you will get
better soon.
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Fresh off the shelf You asked for it...
Crocs footwear
Gillian Maffeo
A&E Editor
The Claims:
1. Really soft, super comfortable,
molds to your feet.
2. Barely there, weighing only six
ounces.
3. Vented so air passes through,
keeping feet cool.
4. Bacteria- and odor-resistant.
5. Ultra-hip Italian styling.
6. Port holes allow water and sand
to pass through.
7. Can be sterilized in water and in
bleach.
8. Easy maintenance, just wipe
clean.
9. Orthotic molded foot bed for
ultimate comfort and support.
10. Non-marking, slip-resistant
soles.
Crocs are made for everyone,
ranging from people who boat,
nurses, “fashionistas,” travelers,
gardeners, chefs, etc. Crocs come
in twenty different styles to fit any
consumers need.
How to Use: Just like any shoe,
sandal, or boot, put them on your
feet!
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braiding. Human hair,
depending on brand, texture,
length and color, begins at around
fifteen dollars and rises and individual specifications change.
Synthetic Hair
Synthetic hair can be bought
on the track and in bulk for either
weaving or braiding and is much
cheaper than human hair.
Depending on the quality and
type, synthetic hair will cost anywhere from ten dollars per
bag and up.
There are other
quick methods of applying extensions, such as
with bonding tape and
metal hair clips. These
methods can be more
expensive and harder to
find.
Now you may be thinking, where in the world do I
begin to find any of these things,
and who can I talk to if I want to
know more? If you have a hair
stylist that you are loyal to, feel
free to ask him or her questions if
you would like to experiment for
a while. If you do not have a stylist and are curious, visit any Sally
Beauty Supply store and the asso-
The Results: Crocs are probably
the best experience of shoe wearing you will have in your life.
Despite looking a bit odd, Crocs
are really comfortable and fit to
form anyone’s feet.
The Crocs that I own are the
“Beach” style. I wear them in the
rain, on sunny days, to the beach,
etc. They don’t bother my feet at
all, even when it’s raining out.
Crocs are great after those long
nights of wearing dreadful heels,
when your feet are in pain, or even
just lounging. I wear my Crocs all
the time, and to this day they don’t
have an odor.
Crocs are great to wear with
jeans, skirts, or Capris and come
in many colors. I don’t have any
complaints about Crocs, and I
think they are a great investment.
Cost and where to get them:
Depending on what style you
choose, Crocs range from $30-60.
They are a little pricey, but you get
what you pay for. Why not splurge
a little and make your feet happy?
For more information, visit
www.crocs.com
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ciates will be able to help you.
There is a Sally Beauty Supply
store on McArthur Road in
Whitehall, and one located on
Union Boulevard in Bethlehem.
If neither of these options suits
you, but you are still curious and
want more details, then email me
at ldmoore@cedarcrest.edu. In
the meantime, check out
http://www.doctoredlocks.com.
It’s an online beauty supply store
with tutorials & photographs to
help you get started.
Louis Mariani
Gillian Maffeo
Crestiad Advice Columnists
and
What's the difference between
"I'm in love with you" and "I love you"?
Dear Louis,
My friends and I have
had this discussion over
and over, yet we don't
know the answer to it
ourselves.
What's the difference
between "I'm in love with
you" and "I love you"?
My boyfriend says he
loves me, but he's not in
love with me. Could you
tell me if one is more serious than the other?
Love is a very strong word.
Even said in a small way, it
shouldn’t be taken lightly.
The difference is simple.
When you are “in love” with
someone, you most likely have a
romantic interest in them. And
when you just plain love someone,
you have a deep respect for them
and would never want to hurt
them.
For instance, you would
never say you are “in love” with
your sister or brother. But you
could say “I love my sister and
brother.”
See the difference? You
might love ice cream too. That
doesn’t mean you want to give it a
smooch and caress it at night
while you sing a Ben and Jerry’s
theme song. Chubby Hubby is the
best Ben and Jerry’s flavor, by the
way.
I do find it odd that your
boyfriend said that he is not in
love with you. Unless this is a new
relationship you might want to
have a talk with him about where
you see it going. If he is not in
love with you, the word “love”
should never leave his mouth.
Then you probably wouldn’t feel
so confused right now about
whether or not you want to turn
your air conditioning up so your
ice cream won’t melt in your bed
over night.
Being “in love” is more serious in that you are obliged to give
your all to that relationship. If you
fight, you try hard to make up. If
you have a great day together, you
strive to make each after that
equally great. When you just love
someone, you can fight and not
talk for days, weeks, or years and
still care for them like nothing
happened.
My advice is that you find
someone who will fight for the
relationship during the bad times
and the good. Find someone who
is capable of falling “in love” with
you. In that way you may just find
the answers you are looking for,
and you won’t have to keep
changing your bed sheets when
the ice cream melts.
Louis
The advice given here is the opinion of the individual columnist
and does not reflect the overall opinion of The Crestiad staff.
Any advice given here is a suggestion and not, by any means, a direction of action.
If you have a question for the “You asked for it” team,
please contact Gillian and Louis at Crestiad@cedarcrest.edu.
Dear Gillian,
Recently I have been
attracted to one of my
friends. This is different
for me, because I am
straight and I have
never “hooked up” with
a girl before. I really
want to, but I think it
would ruin our friendship.
I feel as though she
flirts with me and I am
getting mixed messages.
This is all new to me what should I do?
Communication is the number one factor in any relationship,
and once you figure it out, everything will go smoothly. You
should have a chat with your
friend and tell her how you feel.
If you think she flirts with you,
then maybe it’s a possibility she
is attracted to you. You will never
know until you talk about it.
My suggestion would be to
hold off on “hooking up” and do
some talking first. You don’t
want to rush into anything until
you justify the situation. Once
you communicate how you feel,
then you can think about hooking
up, depending on the outcome.
Don’t be so nervous! If she
is your friend then she will
understand you. Like I always
say, try complimenting her too,
which always makes everyone
feel good!
Good luck and make sure
that you talk before rushing into
anything! I am sure everything
will go smoothly once you
express your feelings to her.
Gillian
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Chitter Chat
Bet You Didn’t Know...
Meet Cedar Crest Alum and Staff member, Rebecca Getz
Jess Dominiczak
Staff Writer
Kelly O’Donnell
A&E Editor
On Monday night the
Country Music Awards took
place with many singers happilytaking awards home. Brooks &
Dunn won for their song
“Believe”, Kenny Chesney won
for entertainer of the year, and
Carrie Underwood won for
female vocalist and the Horizon
award. Keith Urban, who has
recently entered a rehabilitation
center, won an award and when
his name was announced he had
a standing ovation. Dunn, one of
the hosts accepted the award on
his behalf and read from a letter
Urban had written.
Reese Witherspoon and
Ryan Phillippe have decided to
separate.
According
to
MSNBC.com the two met after
Whitherspoon’s 21 birthday and
soon afterwards started to date.
The couple have two children,
and there have been rumors floating around that Phillipe may
have cheated. Those rumors are
just that-rumors-but if he did,
that would have been some real
cruel intentions.
Divorce must be popular
among celebs because on
Tuesday
Britney
Spears
announced that she has split from
husband Kevin Federline.
Spears married Federline in 2004
after 6 months of dating. There
had been much speculation since
the beginning of their marriage
that things would not work out
but on talk shows and appearances the couple made the two
looked more in love than ever.
Some speculate that Spears
announced it on election day so
that there would be less media
attention, but come on this is
Britney Spears. Spears has
requested full custody of her two
children. This is her second
quick marriage after marrying a
high school buddy in Las Vegas a
few years ago. I wonder if the
thought of “Oops, I did it again”
has yet crossed her mind.
And in a last train of
thought, is the new trend in television to kill off characters who
audiences get emotionally invested in? (Spoiler Alert: If you have
not been up to date on your
favorite show don’t read on!)
Denny from Grey’s Anatomy,
Eko from Lost, Nora from
Desperate Housewives, and
don’t even get me started on
Andrea from Ghost Whisperer.
That is just the tip of the iceberg.
I could go on and on with the
deaths of important secondary
characters. We as an audience
get sucked into the lives of these
characters and then-WHAMtheir gone. Yet, although I may
miss them and be sad that they
are gone, my favorite episodes
are when they die because drama
surrounds this episode. Oh well,
I’m betting on Claire from Lost
to die next.
Assistant to the chairs of
Business,
Management,
and
Economics/ Mathematical and
Informational Sciences, Rebecca
Getz has been a part of the Cedar
Crest College staff since March of
2000, and a student since mid-summer of that same year. She graduated in January of 2004 with a
degree in Business Administration
with a concentration in Human
Resources. Rebecca joined the staff
with previous experience such as
travel agencies, to Chili’s, and
prisons.
TC: So how did you decide on
Cedar Crest for your degree?
RG: I didn’t know. I picked Cedar
Crest by default. Once I got here, I
stayed because it’s beautiful and
the whole academic culture. I wasn’t really exposed to after high
school, so when I got here I knew it
was right. Also the people, students
and faculty. I was still working a
The Crestiad: So how did you
become a member of the Cedar
Crest College Staff?
Rebecca Getz: I was working for
the county of Lehigh in the Human
Resources department and I
learned about the position by a
Cedar Crest College intern in the
department. I was interview, and
hired. The position was perfect. I
worked full time and finished my
degree in three and a half years. I
just stayed here after I finished.
TC: So you didn’t have to pay to
attend the college?
RG: I could take classes for free
because of the tuition, remission,
and eligibility guidelines for
employees. There is a 90 day period before you can take classes,
which is why I just made it for
summer session two (in summer of
2000).
TC: So you are also an advisor for
some students on campus?
RG: I’ve been a full time advisor
now for two years. I have 62
advisees’. I enjoy working with the
students and love if I can sneak
them out a semester early. I love to
find that out. If they didn’t have
someone helping them out, I have
found that they would just take the
classes their friends would, not
really knowing when they could
take courses.
worked with actual prisoners. I saw
what happened because my desk
[as a file clerk] was in the same
office. So I was trained and made
more money, until I found a fulltime position in November 1997 in
the Human Resources department.
I still worked part-time there while
I worked at Cedar Crest, in January
2001 to August of that same year. It
Jess Dominiczak | Staff Writer
part-time job at the prison at night.
Leaving there at night to work at
Cedar Crest in the morning was
like polar opposites, and it made
me value my time here more,
because of that.
TC: So how did you come to work
at the prison?
RG: When I was twenty-two, I was
working at Chili’s, right after I
moved back home from the beach.
I new I wanted an apartment, but I
just bought a new Jetta, which had
very high car payments. So I knew
I needed another job. My aunt
worked at the county and they post
jobs all the time. So I went in and
applied. The only job was [a file
clerk] taking a stack of papers,
entering the inmate’s numbers into
the computer and file them. After
about a month, month and a half
they moved me up to admissions
and discharge clerk, where you
paid really well for part-time.
TC: So is your current job what
you saw yourself doing when you
graduated?
RG: More of an office-type environment would be my ultimate
goal, the head of the Human
Resources department. Make sure
people have information needed, or
entitled to. I’m basically doing the
same in my advising role, academically based rather than in the work
force.
TC: What do you like to do in your
spare time? Do you have any hobbies?
RG: I am taking a graduate course
online
with
Kansas
State
University. It’s hard to get motivated to log on there. I bartend parttime at a social club by home. It’s
cash-money bingo. I am the bingo
caller, and I enjoy it. I own my own
home, and I enjoy decorating,
painting, and remodeling. Half of
my kitchen is under construction. I
spend a lot of time with friends and
family. I’m very close with my
family and my friends and I still
hang out [with them] all the time
like we did in second grade. I also
spend a lot of time with my
boyfriend. We vacationed in
Maine, at Bar Harbor. We decided
next time it would be for two
weeks, because one week isn’t long
enough.
TC: Why did you choose to wait to
attend college after you graduated
high school?
RG: I wanted to, but I had no idea
about financial aid and neither of
my parents graduated from college
so they weren’t very informed
either. I attended Wilma Boyd
[Career School in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania] certificate program.
It was my first attempt away from
home, and I didn’t have a car. I had
friends from high school at Pitt,
and it was nice to have [them] out
there. I thought I wanted to be a
travel agent, so when I got back I
worked at the AAA on Hamilton
Street for a year and then I went to
Chili’s. I worked in an office [at
19] with a bunch of old ladies. My
aunt worked there too, so it was
like having fifteen mothers. By five
years I was the youngest person
there, I had nothing in common
with anyone.
TC: So now that you are at Cedar
Crest, what do you like most about
working here?
RG: Our department is embarking
on a new journey, a lot of new programs, and we are hiring a new
accounting faculty member (starting in fall of 2007, but may have a
few adjunct positions before then
depending on if there schedule and
our permit).
TC: Do you have a message for the
campus?
RG: Meet with your advisor regularly, and keep communication
lines open.
Alumnae Museum’s “Ladies in Lace”
The Alumnae Museum’s
new exhibit, “Ladies in Lace” is
now open Monday through Friday
8:30am-4:30pm.
Christa Hagan, museum
curator and intern, put together the
vast lingerie collection that was
donated by previous Cedar Crest
Alumnae.
The Museum features all
kinds of slips, night gowns, corsets,
hoop skirts, pantaloons, underwear,
bras, and more.
The quaint little museum
is open to anyone who wishes to
visit!
“Ladies in Lace” will be
featured through January, so stop
by and enjoy the designs of multiple pieces of lingerie.
For more information, contact
either
Christa
Hagan
at
cjhagan@cedarcrest.edu,
or
Alumnae Museum Associate,
Lauren Hetrick lmhetric@cedarcrest.edu.
Gillian Maffeo | A&E Editor
Gillian Maffeo | A&E Editor
Leisurely Reading
Cedar Crest Stage Company soon to present:
Good Omens
Sarah Relation
Staff Writer
Metamorphoses
Gillian M. Maffeo
A&E Editor
On November 9-12, Cedar
Crest Stage Company is proud to
present Mary Zimmerman’s Tony
Award-Winning
play,
“Metamorphoses”. The show runs
November 9, 10 and 11 at 8:00 p.m.
and November 12 at 2:00 p.m.
Metamorphoses will be taking
place in the Samuels Theatre in the
Tompkins College Center.
Metamorphoses is based on
Ovid's Latin text that describes the
transformation myths of the Greek
and Roman gods. Metamorphoses
will exemplify samples of those
stories to life as theatrical vignettes.
Despite the ancient origin of the
subject matter, the play draws on
modern-day situations and dialogue, but still remains authentic to
each myth.
A giant pool of water will be
the centerpiece of play, with the
impression that the water will serve
a specific function in each tale. It
will serve as a mirror for Narcissus,
a river for Orpheus to cross, and a
luxurious pool for King Midas to
own – while symbolically reinforc-
The Sound Booth
Everything in Transit : Jack’s Mannequin
Jaime Bosler
Staff Writer
And you never write me letters/And you never sent my
sweaters/So I could stay warm
when I was without you/Without
you I don't sleep/Just dream...
Jack’s Mannequin is a relatively new band that was started by
Andrew Ross McMahon, the lead
singer of Something Corporate.
Three years ago, McMahon began
writing songs that were more personal to him about relationships
and going back to his hometown.
He realized that this side project
would never spark as
much interest as his
first band, Something
Corporate, however
his passion for music
made him continue to
write lyrics and play
piano. To his surprise
Jack’s
Mannequin
gained a lot of attention. The band began
touring with groups
such as 311, Good
Charlotte,
and
Yellowcard.
Everything in Transit also became
# 37 on the billboard 200. Some
other members in the group are
Bobby Anderson (guitar and backing vocals), Jon Sullivan (bass),
and Jay McMillan (drums).
His first full length album,
Everything in Transit was released
in 2005 containing songs such as
“Holiday for Real” and “Dark
Blue.” The music on the CD is fun,
upbeat, and bound to get listeners
in a good mood. Although Jack’s
Mannequin has a different sound
than Something Corporate, it still
would be classified as punk music.
Many of his songs are about his
home in Orange County, CA, so
they have a summer theme to them.
In the past year McMahon’s music
can be heard on the soundtrack for
Snakes on a Plane as well as on the
soundtrack Sound of Superman.
In May of 2005, two months
before Everything in Transit was
released, McMahon was diagnosed
with acute lymphoblast leukemia.
Fans were becoming more aware
of the disease and
raised money for
leukemia awareness by selling
rubber
orange
bracelets.
The
band itself also
began
“Project
Flip Flop,” a non
profit organization, by offering
official
Jack
Mannequin flip
flops in exchange for a donation to
the Pediatric Cancer Research
Foundation.
Check out the official Jack’s
Mannequin
website
(http://www.jacksmannequin.com)
to learn more about “Project Flip
Flop,” and how you can contribute.
Also, make sure to pick up a copy
of Everything in Transit to support
this great new band!
ing the idea of mutability that runs
throughout the play. Since the play
will be centered in water, the cast
members had to prepare themselves
to act in water, so director of
Metamorphoses Tim Brown, conducted rehearsals in the College's
Rodale Aquatic Center.
Metamorphoses is a Lehigh
Valley Premier and claims to be
“the most technically challenging
production in history.” Cedar Crest
is proud to have students as cast
members including: Chealsea
Anagnosan, Amy Bailey, Samantha
Hyson, Allison Kazaras, Megan
Schroeder, Katherine Stevenson,
and Michelle Tetreault.
Admission is $15 each or four
for $40 for adults and $10 for students and seniors or four for $20.
For more information, contact the
Cedar Crest College Box Office at
610-606-4608
The Anti-Christ is here. He is
eleven. His name is Adam Young.
And he has no idea what is going
on. The book Good Omens is a
collaborative effort by two
authors, American Neil Gaiman
and English Terry Pratchett. The
novel is a fun and unique story
about two mystical beings and
close friends, an angel and a
demon, who decide that they
rather like the way things are with
the world (particularly their cozy
lifestyle) and don’t
really want it to
end. Satan’s child,
however,
has
already been born
and accidentally misplaced, or rather
given to the wrong
family. Instead of going
home with politicians
and
being
named
Warlock as was planned,
the baby boy is simply
named Adam and lives a
quiet life.
The
story
follows
Crowley and Aziraphale,
demon and angel respectively, as
they try to find the missing AntiChrist and save the world despite
the
“Nice
and
Accurate
Prophecies of Agnes Nutter,
Witch”. The prophecies are in fact
very nice and accurate, but a bit
difficult for the characters to
understadn until after they have
occurred.
Meanwhile, Adam has led a
perfectly normal life with normal
parents. He has a comfortable life,
loving parents, good friends, and a
good deal of charisma. He has no
idea that forces on the sides of
both good and evil are preparing
for the end.
Forces like the four horsemen
of the Apocalypse, or rather the
four bikers of the Apocalypse.
They too have been residing in the
world performing various deeds.
Famine, for example had been
developing diet foods that provide
no nutrition or calories and cause
people to simply waste away to
death. War has been causing various disturbances,
both big and small with
her presence or a simple look. Pestilence
has retired due to the
creation of penicillin
in the 1930s. Death
and Pollution are
still making trouble.
Together
these four bikers
are ready to
cause havoc
and
are
revving up
for the end.
In my opinion this
book is quite good. It is very
funny and great for a pick-up during the cold weather. While the
content seems to be religious it
really isn’t. It is about good and
evil, not religion. The story is a
spoof on the Omen films and
while it does borrow plot points it
is not the same story. Good Omens
is not a horror book, it’s a very fun
comedy with a great plot.
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Wednesday, November 15
First Year Program: Sex Jeopardy
9:45 pm @ Bistro
Sunday, November 19
FADED Show 7:00PM
Wednesday, November 22-26
Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday, November 28
Coffee House 7:00PM
Off Campus
Lehigh University
Saturday, November 11
LU Studio Jazz Lab Orchestra:
Porgy and Bess
8:00PM @ Zoellner Arts Center
Friday, November 17
An Evening with MARGARET
CHO
7:30-10:00PM @ Women’s Center
Muhlenberg College
Thursday, November 9
Fashion Show Benefit
7:30-8:30PM
Concerts & Events
Friday, November 11
Imogen Heap
The Electric Factory, Philadelphia
8PM
Sunday, November 12
Sebastian Bach
Crocodile Rock, Allentown 7PM
Monday, November 13
Blues Traveler
Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe 8PM
Ani DiFranco
Keswick Theatre, Glenside
7:30PM
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10 Abundant
14 Expend (2 wds.)
15 Brand of sandwich cookie
16 Alack's partner
17 Intended
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19 Soil
20 Where children can play
21 Fence of branches
23 Genius
24 Colored part of eye
26 Light bulb changing need
28 Appear (2 wds.)
31 "Mister" (German)
32 Kimono sash
33 Subordinate church officer
36 Writer Bombeck
40 Lotion brand
42 Cycles per second
43 Cedar
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49 Off-Broadway award
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11 Book by Homer
12 foolish show; mockery; a
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21 particular variety of such
fermented grape juice
22 Hearing part
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27 Traced
28 Pepsi rival
29 Do what you're told
30 Heavy mud
31 Legion
34 Land unit
35 Certified public accountant
37 Frisk
38 Be gloomy
39 Attention-Deficit
Hyperactive Disorder
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41 Teen hero
45 Toys R Us mascot
46 Information (abbr.)
47 Title of respect
50 Move up and down
52 Perfumed hair ointment
53 Needle worker
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marketplace
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56 BB Player Abdul Jabar
59 Mellow
60 Domain
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63 Because of this
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Thanks to Christa Hagan for her Contribution of
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Cedar Crest Stage Company presents
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Mall and Movie Weekend
12:00PM
American President, Open Range),
Brian Cox (X2, Match Point),
Gwyneth Paltrow (The Royal
Tenenbaums, Proof), and Joseph
Cross (Jack Frost, Wide Awake).
All of the actors did a stand up job
for their characters but I particularly like Paltrow’s performance as
Hope, Dr. Finch’s favorite
daughter. Paltrow seems to thrive
as an actress when she is playing
parts which require her to act
with psychotic characteristics.
Bening, Cox and the rest of the
secondary characters in this film
play up their quirks, which really
helps the audience to better see
and understand Augusten’s
world. Although Cross has been
seen in other movies, this seems
to be a breakout role for him and
really marks what a great actor
he can be.
This is an amazing movie
that any individual would enjoy.
Although there are a few parts
that I felt would be better clarified through reading the book,
overall I would say this movie
was great. I think because this
movie is so great the next thing I
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rating:Rated R for strong language and elements of sexuality, violence want to do is go out, get the
book, and read it one weekend.
and substance abuse
When watching to movie howevDuration: 116 Minutes
er, bring the tissues as you walk
with one young man as he jourthe wacky details of a deranged
The acting in the film is neys through life. B+
and dysfunctional family, which exceptional. The list of actors
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some of whom in reality you
would avoid at all costs. Augusten
has to make some decisions about
his situation like how can he try to
lead a normal life when all those
around him, including his mother,
seem to be leading crazy lives.
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Adapted from the book,
Running with Scissors is an emotionally charged movie that leaves
audiences satisfied overall. This
film is based on the memoirs of
Augusten Burroughs, following
him through his parent’s divorce,
his mother’s emotional and psychotic breakdowns, his adoption
into a new family, and his decisions on how to deal with all
these changes. The film had
funny
moments
scattered
throughout but most of the film
had an extremely sad mood when
seeing what this boy had to overcome throughout his life.
The film starts when
Augusten is about six years old
and shows how he and his mother are bonding at such an early
age. You can see from the beginning that their relationship is
mostly a one way street, with
Augusten being the more giving
one in the relationship and his
mother the more egotistical one.
The plot progresses to when he is
around the age of 15 and the
beginning action show his parents fighting (who eventually end
up divorced thanks somewhat to
Dr. Finch, the psychiatrist
Deidre, Augusten’s mother, has
started seeing). When his parents
separate, Augusten’s father ends
up in a hotel and ignores his son’s
cries for help. His mother receives
more help from Dr. Finch mostly
through medication and makes the
life changing decision to give custody of her son to Dr. Finch. The
rest of the film takes you through
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SPORTS
Doubles team named Athletes of the Week
Jennifer Woytach
Sports Editor
Colleen Ford and Laura
Shively were named Cedar Crest
College’s Co-Athletes of the Week
for the week ending October 22.
Ford and Shively were the
Falcons’ tennis team’s #2 Doubles
team and were seeded #2 in their
bracket at the Pennsylvania
Athletic Conference (PAC) tournament on October 20 and 22. The
pair fell in the semifinals to the
eventual #2 champions from
Gwynedd-Mercy College.
“It was a huge honor to
be seeded #2,” Ford said, of
the PAC tournament. “It also
was a nice reward for our
hard work. We worked hard
all season and played very
well together.”
“The tournament was
really a great experience and
even though we lost in the
semifinals, I think that is the
best we have ever played
together,” Shively said.
“I think our most exciting match was versus
Neumann,” Ford said. “We
both were playing very well,
both individually and together. It was a tough match for
our team, but we put that aside and some fun, and kick some serious
played our best match.” The two butt,” Shively said.
defeated Neumann’s #2 Doubles
“I was very excited to make it
team for Cedar Crest’s only as a team because we did not have
Doubles win that day.
an easy year and for us to make it
While Ford noted that making as a team proved how hard we all
it to the PAC tournament as a team had worked. It was also exciting to
was her motivation during the sea- make it seeing that as a few years
son, Shively
had more individual goals “We have played
set for herself. together all season
“My biggest long,” Ford (bottom)
m o t i v a t i o n said. “It was pretty
was to just go fun,” Shively (right)
out there, have said.
ago, we were at the bottom of the
standings,” Ford said.
“I think that overall as a team
we did really well. We gave it our
best shot, and we will come back
twice as strong next year,” Shively
said of her team, who finished the
year 8-7 overall and 6-5 and in
Season flies by as
field hockey team
plays with heart
Christa Hagan
Copy Editor
It seemed that not so long ago
there was an email sent out
recruiting new players, asking
them to take their sticks out from
under their beds and join the rest
of the field hockey team on the
field. The rest of the season
seemed to fly by and now the
games are over, the record is in
and the memories are being
savored. The season has ended
with a 2-15 record, but more
importantly than scores and
records, a team was created that
was more than a group of girls
who play hockey, but a family
united in the sport.
Senior Kirsten Gustafson
spoke of the team’s unity and
said,” I really felt that our group
of girls were a lot closer than they
have been in the past…our girls
really stuck together and were a
close knit group.” Gustafson has
played at Cedar Crest for four
years and reflected on the end of
the season and the end of her
career as a field hockey player.
“It's amazing to think that it's all
over. I won't play another game
for Cedar Crest College field
hockey again. It was really sad,
but I'm left with so many great
memories.”
One of the highlights for
Gustafson this year was “winning
our senior home game [against
Wilson] in double overtime with
on a penalty stroke.” Senior and
first year Falcon Ashley Herczeg
also commented on that game as
she said, “My favorite highlight of
the season is the game we won
against Wilson that went into double overtime. The whole team
played with a lot of heart and we
worked as a team.” Gustafson felt
that not only did the entire team
work together but also said that
“There weren't many wins, that
was our best game and all the girls
put 200% into the game for not
only themselves, but they played
for the seniors, all of us had tears
in our eyes!”
Playing hard and winning
games were not the only memories had throughout the season. In
addition to games, Herczeg has a
comedic moment that she favors
as one of her favorite memories
from this season. “One of my
favorite memories from the hockey season is when Kirsten and I
had to drive up to Arcadia game
together because we both had
class and we had to leave later
than the rest of the team. We
thought we would make it in pretty good time; however, we ended
up getting lost. Needless to say,
we got to the game for the second
half, but I do not think anyone will
let Kirsten and I drive together
again since we are both so bad at
directions!”
Following directions aside,
the close team has ended their season. And while it might seem
appropriate now, it will not be too
long until girls all over campus,
are pulling out their sticks once
again and hitting the field.
sixth place in the PAC.
”Overall, the team performed
very well. Many people were surprised to hear our team had qualified, but our performance, I think,
proved to them that we did belong
there and we will be back hopefully,” Ford said, of the Falcons’
playoff appearance, the first as a
team in nearly a decade.
Both teammates are already
anticipating next season. “I am
very excited for next season. We
have the majority of our team
coming back, as well as some very
good newcomers and returners.
We are going to be working very
hard in the off season, both on and
off the court, and hopefully the
rewards will follow,” Ford said.
“I really cannot wait until
next year. I will have the same
doubles partner, who is my best
friend, and we will have loads of
fun. I think we will be even more
prepared for the competition. We
are ready to rise to the challenge,”
Shively said.
Ford, a native of Naugatuck,
CT/Naugatuck High School, is a
junior Nursing major, while
Shively is from Allenstown, NH/
Pembroke Academy and is a freshman Biology major/Pre-Vet.
“Strong, talented juniors”
in line to lead soccer team
next year
Jaime Smith
Staff Writer
Even though the Falcons
soccer team did not do as well as
they would have wanted to this
season, many individuals on the
team still made the season great
for themselves. Head Coach
Brian Exton returned for his
fourth season, with Rachel
Lightfoot as the Assistant Coach
for a second season.
The team finished their season on October 21 with a 5-0 loss
at Wesley College to finish the
year 3-14-1, 0-10 PAC.
“I think this is one of the
strongest and most talented teams
I’ve seen in a long time,” sophomore Emily Pulham said. This
year’s soccer team had a very
strong selection of new players,
with many talented freshman and
many great sophomores that had
never joined last year, “including
our super-hero goalkeeper, Toni
Pizza,” she added.
Many players thought a great
game and turnout during the season was the home game against
Philadelphia Biblical University.
Cedar Crest was down 4-0 at
halftime and gathered themselves
together for the second half to
challenge the opponent with a
three goal rally in the second half.
The Falcons fell short one goal
for a final score of 4-3.
The team was upset with different scores after the end of several games, “but we knew that we
had tried our hardest and we
would just have to try even harder next time,” said senior captain
Bridget Szala.
Szala’s best game moment
would probably be the end of the
Wesley game, traveling to Dover,
DE to play under the lights, even
playing a player down at points in
the game. “After the whistle blew
at the end of the second half, I
was proud to jog off the field with
my team no matter what the score
was because we played a great
game and had fun,” she said.
“We know what do work on
and improve for next season, so I
look forward to watching Cedar
Crest move up in the PAC,” Szala
added.
Michelle Myers, Hil Smith,
and goalkeeper Pizza played
strong defense for the Falcons in
the back field. “We just need to
take this season as a building season and hope that we can come
out with a strong defense and
offense next year,” sophomore
Shelby Heydt said.
“We were all very supportive
of each other and when someone
had a bad game, everyone was
always there to pick them up,”
junior Hilary Smith said. Smith’s
most memorable game was at
Penn State Berks when she scored
her first collegiate goal. “I usually have more of a defensive role
on the team, so I was really excited about scoring my first goal.”
“As sad as we are to see our
seniors leaving, there is a whole
herd of strong, talented juniors
who are not only capable of doing
some serious damage to opposition, but who also really deserve
some wins,” Pulham added about
plans for next season.
Athlete
of the
Week
Nominees
Sam Barbato
freshman
cross country
Rachel Orlen
freshman
field hockey
Kelly Oakes
freshman
volleyball
Brittanney Smith
senior
soccer
CORRECTION
The October 26 issue of The
Crestiad stated incorrectly
that team Triumvariate was the
second place winner of the
Biathlon. Team Smack It Up,
composed of Renee Crane, Emily
Dittmar, and Jen Shaffer, finished the race in second place
with a time of 12:30.
SPORTS
Congratulations fall senior athletes
Tennis meets goals,
finishes sixth
Jennifer Woytach
Sports Editor
First row: Jennifer Woytach (FH), Kim King (VB), Bri Lopez (S), Tara Bath (FH)
Second row: Renee Crane (XC), Gwen Rogers (T), Jen Shaffer (XC), Ashley Herczeg
Missing from photo: Emily Dittmar (XC), Michelle Durning (VB), Kirsten Gustafson (FH), Helen Luu
(VB), Brittanney Smith (S), Bridget Szala (S), Hil Prescott (T)
Look in the next issue of The Crestiad for an update on the
Falcons basketball team and interview with Kyle Kauffman
and Rachel Lightfoot, the recently named Head and
Assistant lacrosse coaches.
Volleyball falls short of
playoffs, finishes strong
Linda Misiura
Managing Editor
Victory was almost in the
cards this season for the Falcon’s
volleyball team. Making it just
short of playoffs, the team
improved their record from last
year, winning more games than
losing with a final record of 13-11.
The team had a few challenges this year, including a lot of
freshmen players. “As a first-year,
everything is new to you and these
girls were expected to come to and
play every game, no matter what
else was going on in their lives,”
said captain Kim King. “That is a
lot to expect from someone adjusting to a new world, and I think
each of them stepped it up and
played better than we could have
hoped.”
King commented on another
problem: height. “Most team’s
shortest girl was the same height
as our tallest,” said King. “It
makes it difficult to block as well
as play defense against. I think we
adjusted well, but with a few more
key blocks this season, we may
have been in the playoffs.”
Amanda
Dombroski
described a few personal challenges. “For me the difficulty was
in developing a new style of hitting,” she said. “Every coach is
different and they each have their
own ways of doing things. I felt
like I was starting from the beginning again, but it helped me
improve a lot in the long run.”
With overall resounding
agreement, Devin Ursini was
named as most improved. A freshman with little skill prior to this
season, Ursini listened and learned
to become a stronger player. “We
said call the ball, she was the loudest, we said get your low, she was
almost on the floor,” said Coach
Dave Huber. Dombroski added
that Ursini “has gradually progressed into an amazingly focused
and accurate passer.”
The team’s assistant coach
was invaluable this year. “She had
great ideas on things to do and
physical workouts for the team,”
said Huber. “It didn’t take long for
her to realize her potential as a
coach and find her comfort zone
with the team and take charge.”
All in all, it was an amazing
season as both the coach and captain agreed. “I appreciate all the
hard work and dedication that was
put into this season by my teammates,” King said. “It made the
season much more enjoyable to be
playing with people who wanted to
be there and made me each other
smile when someone was having a
bad day.”
“The team played with such
heart and emotion,” said Coach
Dave Huber. “They refused to give
up.”
Falcons trudge through mud to 4th place
Christa Hagan
Copy Editor
Mud, rain and knee deep puddles could not stop the Falcons
during their cross country PAC
race at College Misericordia.
Instead, the team persevered and
fought through the tough conditions caused by none other than
Mother Nature. October 28 provided the team with a muddy winding
course where runners had to
plunge through water that was
knee deep.
Sophomore Thersia Ault said
that this particular course on that
day was, “the hardest race I have
ever run. The terrain was awful, we
were running in mud. It was hard!
It felt like a three day work out.”
Ault did point out that though the
course was rough that day, “the
team did amazing.” The track did
not present a challenge to just the
Cedar Crest team. Ault said “even
the girl who usually does the best
placed a whole three minutes slower than her usual time.”
The Falcons finished the race
at fourth place out of nine teams.
Coach Dan Donohue said “we
were really hoping for third place
but we are happy with fourth.” He
described the condition that day as
“horrible” and said that the race
track made it so “it was like the
team was running through a
swamp.” Donohue attributed the
“At the beginning of preseason camp, our coach has us complete a questionnaire identifying
our individual and team goals for
the season,” senior Gwen Rogers
said, of setting team goals for the
2006 tennis season. “I think as a
team we wanted to do well and
improve from last season’s
record,” senior Hil Prescott added.
“We met this goal. Last year we
finished seventh as a team [in the
conference] and this year we finished sixth.”
Finishing in sixth place in the
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
(PAC) meant that the team earned
a bid to the PAC playoffs, held
October 20 and 22 at the West End
Racquet Club in Allentown. The
Doubles team of junior Colleen
Ford and freshman Laura Shively
were seeded #2 and made it to the
semifinals, but lost to the eventual
#2 Doubles Champions from
Gwynedd-Mercy College. Rogers
and her Doubles partner Kim
Baksovich also made it to semifinals, while freshmen Maria
Mallery (#3) and Sara Messner
(#5) advanced to the semifinals in
their respective Singles’ rounds.
“Since rain had flooded the
outdoor courts, we had to play
indoors. The courts made the ball
fly so much faster and the lighting
made it extremely difficult to see,”
Messner said. “It was still a great
learning experience and enjoyment to be able to see some of the
top players in the league compete
against each other.”
“It was awesome,” Rogers
said, of earning a spot in the PAC
tournament. “As a senior, I have
witnessed many changes on the
team over the past four years.
Each year, the team becomes
stronger and it will only continue
to become stronger if everyone is
committed and works hard as a
team.”
Identifying the match against
Arcadia University as one of the
most exciting, Rogers said: “It
came down to one singles match,
which we managed to win. I think
that the last week of our season is
considered a great week because
we won all of the three matches
we played,” she added. The team
won matches against Eastern (54), Arcadia (5-4) and Rosemont
(6-3) to end their season 8-7 overall and 6-5 in the PAC.
“In the end I have made some
really great friends and I’m left
with lots of fond memories,”
Prescott said of her final season as
a Falcon athlete. Prescott and
Rogers were the team’s seniors.
“I am very satisfied with how
the season turned out. We did the
absolute best we could no matter
what the circumstances, and we
met our goals. There is not much
more you could ask for,” Head
Coach Lynn Pigilacampi said.
The team is already looking
ahead to 2007. “I am very pleased
at the returning players, and we
are going to be practicing and
working out in the winter and
spring in preparation for next
year,” Pigilacampi said.
“With the new players coming in next year, hard work, and
determination from the team, I am
excited to see what is in store and
I am looking forward to another
winning season,” Messner said
Equestrian team update
11/4 Show Results
Aelén Mabillé
Beginner Walk Trot Canter, 3rd place
Sherry Parker
Advanced Walk Trot Canter, 5th place
Davina Riddell
Maiden cross-rails, 5th place (of 12 riders)
Novice Flat, 5th place
less than desired conditions and
muddy track to the full night of
rain the evening prior to the race.
Donohue made a point to say that
he is “not disappointed in the
efforts or the results of the team,
only the conditions of the
track...After all, all the teams ran
on the same track. We all had to go
through it.”
This is not the last race of the
season for the Falcons Cross
Country team. This Saturday they
will be going on an overnight trip
to Waynesburg, PA for the NCAA
Division III Regional Qualifiers.
At this race, they will be joined by
35-40 other Division III teams
from Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Delaware and West Virginia. In the
other races this season, all twelve
girls on the team were able to race
but during this particular race, only
seven girls will be going to the
track on Saturday. In addition, this
course is an entire kilometer longer
than the typical five kilometer
races.
The team is hoping for better
conditions for this race. The
Weather Channel is predicting no
rain on Friday night with a few
scattered showers throughout the
day on Saturday.

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