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Student performances grace the stage of
Haas Center for the Arts
Catch the Bloomsburg Dance Ensemble’s Spring Show
on Thursday, March 22-23 starting at 7 p.m. in the Haas
Center for the Arts. The theme is “Give Me Everything
Tonight.”
Amy McCollum, a senior Elementary Education major
and banquet chair of the Dance Ensemble, said “ This year
is different for us because we usually have it mid-April and
this year it’s a couple weeks earlier so there’s a time
crunch. So that was a challenge, but I think we did well
getting it together.”
McCollum also spoke highly of the new step team which
will be featured in the Dance Ensemble’s performance.
Pictured left are the Latin dancers for the Ensemble.
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of
the
Past
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PHOTOS: THE VOICE/GABBY VIELHAUER
BY GABBY VIELHAUER
Co-News Editor
As students returned to
campus from spring break,
they were given the opportunity to learn more about
an industry that is here to
stay in Pennsylvania—
Marcellus Shale natural gas
extraction.
From
March
20-29,
Bloomsburg University’s
Green Campus Initiative
and the Institute for Culture
and Society are sponsoring a
series of lectures as well as
documentaries, which are
free to the public. The
College of Science and
Technology, the Institute for
Human Rights and Social
Justice (in addition to the
College of Liberal Arts) are
also helping sponsor the
event.
On Tuesday, March 20,
the film “Gasland” was
shown at the Moose
Exchange
and
on
Wednesday, March 21, there
was a viewing of the movie
“Petropolis” in addition to
the two presentations at BU.
The first speaker to start
the event off was Dr. Bonita
Kolb, a business professor
at Lycoming College. Her
presentation
“Marcellus
Natural Gas Development’s
Effect on Housing in
Pennsylvania,” was shown
in the Kehr Union Ballroom.
She, along with her
research team, explored the
current trends in the housing
market
in
areas
of
Pennsylvania
such
as
Bradford and Columbia
counties due to the growth
of new industry.
In the discussion, she
highlighted
both
the
methodology of her research
as well as the results. Kolb’s
research team took a neutral
stance on the topic, speaking with anti-fracking people, landlords, social services, and employees of the gas
industry. Her research was
funded by the Pennsylvania
Housing Finance Agency.
“We went and we just let
people talk, let people vent.
And believe me, they vented,” Kolb explained.
The results boiled down to
this: there is not enough
housing for the amount of
people who are in demand
of housing. This applies to
everything from apartment
rentals to permanent residential housing.
Kolb’s research found that
this dilemma is hitting
everybody hard, including
families looking for permanent houses that do not exist
anymore, to young professionals, and to laborers
working for big gas companies, such as Chesapeake
Energy.
Of all the people who are
being affected by this housing
A Grand Opening for
College of Business
(continued page 2)
THE VOICE/JOSEPH FISHER
Monday marked a new era here on the campus of Bloomsburg University. Sutliff Hall,
which is home to the College of Business, reopened after being inactive for over three
semesters. Filled with great features, like the real-life inspired live trading room
shown above, the new building aims to provide BU students with the best formal
education that it possibly can.
For more coverage of Sutliff, see Features page 7
courageous college students in Nazi Germany
BY GABBY VIELHAUER
Co-News Editor
History comes alive at
THE VOICE/GABBY VIELHAUER
Bloomsburg
University
through a photographic exhibit of the Weisse Rose (White
Rose) movement, a student
resistance against Adolf
Hitler. The story is prepared
with reprinted photographs
and text on a series of 45 panels
displayed
in
the
Multicultural room of Kehr
Union. The Bloomsburg
University German Club
sponsors the exhibit, running
until Tuesday, March 29, with
financial assistance from the
College of Liberal Arts.
According to the German
World website, the White
Rose was formed by a core
group of students from the
University of Munich in
1942. It was a group that Seniors Shannon Guido (left) Kelly Walsh (right) view the piccalled for non-violent resist- tures of the members of peaceful resistance group “White
ance against the Nazi party in Rose” during the Nazi regime of World War II Germany.
Germany. Together, the group
who earned his undergraduate ago with an email from the
authored six leaflets total.
in
German
at White Rose Foundation. The
Among others, two of the degree
Bloomsburg
University,
says
exhibit has been touring in the
leading advocates of the
group were siblings, Sophie that he believes the exhibit is United States since 2011 and
and Hans Scholl. They extremely important because will continue to tour until
protested the actions of the it shows that there were 2013. Previously, it was
Nazi regime by distributing Germans that opposed the exhibited in the German
American Heritage Center in
flyers
denouncing
their Nazis.
“Everyone
always
says,
Davenport, Iowa. Next, the
actions as inhumane. Seven
will
go
to
members of the original ‘Well why didn't anyone say exhibition
anything?’
Well,
they
did.
Downingtown
High
School
group, including the Scholl’s
siblings, were later tried and And those that did, like the West Campus. In addition to
executed by guillotine for members of The White Rose, these locations, it will also
executed,”
said tour at Mount Holyoke
treasonous acts by the were
Arcangeletti.
College in Massachusetts and
“People’s Court,” a tool of the
“It was not only a police California State University.
National Socialist Party to
remove people who opposed state, but it was involved in a The White Rose Foundation
Hitler and the Nazi Party, in total war with the world. in Munich at LudwigTherefore, it was absolutely Maximilians-University orig1943.
Professor George Juergen imperative that they maintain inated it.
The German Club will be
Wittenstein, who resides in the appearance of 100% supSanta Barbara, is the only sur- port of the people. But it did- hosting several events related
viving member of the original n’t, and never did,” said Luke to the exhibit. There will be a
Springman, a German profes- film night on Thursday,
group.
In his essay, “Memoirs of sor of the Language and March 22 at 6 p.m. in Old
Science Hall in room 220.
the White Rose”, Wittenstein Cultures Department.
Springman
emphasized
that
The
movie is called “Sophie
described the commonplace
practice of arbitrary imprison- the group was advocating pas- Scholl: The Final Days,” won
ment and execution. He sive protest and that it is an Oscar for Best Foreign
recalled a story of being in a important to remember that Language Film of the year in
cinema when the Gestapo they were college students 2005.
A seminar on the White
arrested a man who was operating under the humanistic
moral
ideas
of
social
jusRose
will be held on Tuesday,
caught saying derogatory
March 27 in the Kehr Union
remarks about Hitler during tice and civic engagement.
“Somebody had to start [the Multicultural center from 4 to
the preceding newsreel.
“Organized resistance was resistance], so they stepped 6 p.m., where students in Dr.
practically impossible. One up and had the courage. Springman's German courses
could not speak openly, even That’s why they were so will give presentations on
with close friends, never famous. They were the true various topics, including the
knowing whether they might martyrs of was going to be the Scholl siblings, the White
not be Nazi spies or collabo- New Germany after the Hitler Rose Leaflets, German resistrators,” Wittenstein recalled regime would collapse,” said ance during World War II and
Springman.
the University of Munich
in his essay.
The process of getting the under Nazism. The seminar
Michael Arcangeletti, a
to
show
in will present in both English
graduate student studying exhibit
Curriculum and Instruction Bloomsburg started a year and German.
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News
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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Durbin Targets Private
Student Loan Defaults
BY YIAN Q. MUI
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — A top Senate
Democrat took aim at the private
student-loan industry Tuesday,
calling for new rules that would
allow educational debts to be
wiped away during bankruptcy.
Majority Whip Richard
Durbin, D-Ill., convened a Senate
judiciary subcommittee hearing
Tuesday to address what one consumer group has called the
nation's next potential "debt
bomb." Research by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York found
that Americans owe about $870
billion in student loans, surpassing the amount of outstanding
credit-card debt or auto loans.
More than a quarter of borrowers
had past-due balances, a figure
higher than previously reported,
the study found.
Of particular concern to lawmakers is the high rate of default
on loans by students at private
institutions, many of them forprofit colleges. Government data
show that roughly 15 percent of
students who attended for-profit
schools defaulted on their loans in
2009, the most recent year for
which statistics are available,
more than double the rate at public colleges.
Those missteps can haunt borrowers for decades, because consumers cannot discharge student
debts if they file for bankruptcy.
Other loans, including mortgages
and credit-card balances, can be
cleared away. Americans ages 60
and older accounted for nearly 5
percent of past due student-loan
balances, the New York Fed
found.
"It is clear that too many students have been steered into loans
that they will not be able to repay
and that they will never be able to
escape," Durbin said in his opening remarks.
Durbin has sponsored legislation that would allow private student-loan debt to be discharged in
bankruptcy, though consumers
would still be responsible for paying federal student loans. Durbin
has held several town halls in
Illinois on the issue, and
Tuesday's hearing was the latest
attempt to drum up support in the
face of partisan gridlock on
Capitol Hill.
"The student debt crisis in this
country is largely ignored by
Congress," he said. "There are a
lot of lives that are being
changed."
Some advocacy groups say the
legislation does not go far
enough. Deanne Loonin, a lawyer
with the National Consumer Law
Center, said she wants all student
loans to be able to be discharged.
She said she works with consumers in their 80s whose Social
Security checks are being garnished to pay for old student
loans.
"The government can come
after people forever, until they
die," Loonin said.
Senate aides said Durbin is considering attaching the bill to a
related proposal on student-loan
interest rates that has a higher
chance of movement this session,
though it is also controversial.
On July 1, a five-year reduction
in the interest rate for new federally subsidized Stafford loans will
expire, doubling the rate from 3.4
to 6.8 percent. Sen. Jack Reed, DR.I., and Rep. Joe Courtney, DConn., have introduced a bill that
would keep the rate at its current
level. The lawmakers said that
letting it rise could cost some students as much as $5,000 over 10
years. President Barack Obama
has proposed extending the lower
rate through 2013. The
Congressional Budget Office
estimates that would cost taxpayers about $6 billion.
THE VOICE/GABBY VIELHAUER
Bonita Kolb, Professor of business at Lycoming College, spoke with an audience on Wednesday
about the effect of Marcellus Shale drilling on the housing market.
crisis, those of low socioeconomic status, according to
Kolb, are one of the worst hit.
This is due to reasons including an inability for people to
move to a place with more
opportunity, resistance of
landlords to house to them,
and lacking the income to rent
from residential places that
have increased their prices
because of the increased
demand.
Finally, she discussed the
future of the area.
Kolb
explained that new industry
might still come following the
trail of inexpensive fuel
prices coming from the natural gas industry.
Following Kolb was Dennis
Vroom of the Regional
Municipality
of
Wood
Buffalo located in Alberta,
Canada. Vroom works as an
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industry relation’s officer. His
discussion was called “
Boomtown or Hometown?
What
Marcellus
Shale
Communities Can Learn from
the Oil Sands.”
Throughout the upcoming
week, there will be two more
presentations, one film and a
concluding panel discussion.
The film, “Crude,” will be
shown in Room 4 of the
Student Services Center at 7
p.m. on Tuesday, March 27. It
is about the details and different perspectives of a controversial
lawsuit
against
Chevron for contamination of
the Ecuadorian rainforest.
The speakers will be Dr.
Jeffrey J. Daniels with his
speech, “Shale Energy’s
Challenges
and
Opportunities,” and Eugene
Pine with Seth Pelepko and
their project called “The Role
of the DEP in Marcellus
Shale:
A
Regulatory,
Technical and Operational
Perspective.”
Daniels will be presenting
on Wednesday, March 28 at 7
p.m. in Room 4 of the
Students Services Center.
Pine and Pelepko are also
speaking on Wednesday at
March 28 at 1 p.m. in Hartline
Science Center Room B36.
The panel discussion will
feature Dr. Anthony R.
Ingraffea, Donny Beaver,
Eugene Pine, and Seth
Pelepko. It will cover the
projected future impacts of
gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
This will be held in
2303
on
McCormick
Thursday, March 22 at 6 p.m.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
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Should we eat more chicken?
on our campus. However, believing
that only these reasons are what
should keep Chick-Fil-A off our
campus is a view that is sadly mistaken, as there are many more, nonmoral reasons to do so.
Tom Kresch, of Residence Life,
stated that there are 5,300 students
who participate in the meal plan
system. This does not seem to account for the number of students,
faculty, and staff who do not have a
meal plan, but who still regularly
purchase food on campus. Therefore, the number should be used as
a guideline to assume the people
who have chosen to eat are using a
meal swipe. What are these 5,300
students to do then on Sundays?
Chick-Fil-A is an institution that
chooses to remain closed on Sundays. Does this serve the 5,300
meal plan using student population
best?
Also, will an organization like
Chick-Fil-A agree to use meal
plans? Other corporate owned
eateries on campus do not, such as
Java City and Starbucks. Granted,
those places are primarily the purveyors of fine caffeine based bev-
erages, but they still do not offer the
ability to use a meal swipe. Kresch
also stated that the Chick-Fil-A
would alleviate the congestion and
crowding at the Husky Lounge. If
the establishment doesn’t take meal
plans, will it really absorb some
congestion?
There is also of course the question of variety in the menu of
Chick-Fil-A. What really are the
Husky Lounge and other eateries
on campus not offering that is represented on a Chick-Fil-A menu?
The planned Subway, which will
open in Fall 2012, is something that
the campus is lacking in, namely
hoagies. Why create competition
for pre-established campus restaurants that Aramark already runs?
There are not any planned pizza establishments to rival the Italian
Kitchen, so why create competition
with all of the chicken based foods
already represented on campus?
All of these reasons are compounded by the fact that, due to the
adherence to their own moral compass, it would be irresponsible for
a public university, such as our
own, to have them on campus. The
fact that Chick-Fil-A has an agenda
to influence American policy, regardless of the agenda, is one that
should steer our campus away from
them, which should seek to honor
and uphold the American and
Pennsylvanian values, which are at
the core of our institution.
We at The Voice respect and truly
are proud of our university’s community and its diversity, and would
hate to see such a thing challenged
by the simple opening of a restaurant. There are plenty of other fine
established food chains that are better suited to our campus and its values. We hope that all of our readers
and those who have suggestions do
not keep them to themselves, and
would urge each and every person
to tell the CGA and Residence Life
what restaurants and eating establishments those can be. After all,
the only thing anyone, regardless of
race, creed, orientation, or gender
wants out of this, is another place
to grab a quick and tasty bite before
making it just in time for class.
-The Voice Staff
Courtesy of the USBIC Educational Foundation (800)767-2267
The proposed building of a
Chick-Fil-A for the Spring 2013 semester has recently sparked controversy. From the occasional
overheard opinion around campus,
to the CGA meeting prior to spring
break, wherein several members of
Bloomsburg’s LGBT community
stood up and voiced their concerns
about the Christian chicken sandwich makers and their possible
coming to campus, debate has been
heated.
Chick-Fil-A is a business famed
for their chicken sandwiches and
for their adherence to a strict moral
code. Take, for instance, the fact
that no Chick-Fil-A is open on Sundays, as well as that Chick-Fil-A
gives assistance in some form,
monetary or another, to several
groups which seek to stop same-sex
marriage. This has the members of
the university’s community up in
arms.
We at The Voice understand our
friends, our families, and our peers
when they wish that an organization, which can be seen as ignorant
to the rights and equality of all
Americans, should not be allowed
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“State university
system inefficient”
As a student at a state university, I would like to reply to the
two pages of letters to the governor about the proposed reductions in underwriting to the state system.
Perhaps this is a minority view, but it seems to me that tuition rates and state subsidies long ago ceased to have any connection with each other. In years the state has added millions of
dollars to the system, tuition has continued to rise.
In fact, since 2000 to this year, tuition at Bloomsburg has
gone up from $4,455 to $8,092 – an increase of 82 percent. The
rate of inflation in that same time was 35 percent.
So, despite literally billions of dollars in state subsidies in
that time, why did tuition almost double?
Nobody wants to face it, but the state university system is inefficient. It offers multiple majors rather than consolidating
them at given campuses, and with a steady supply of cash from
the taxpayers, does not control spending.
An excellent example is the letter at the very top center of
the page of pleas to the governor. It is from Steve Hicks, president of the state university faculty union and a professor of
English at Lock Haven.
What is missing from his letter is the acknowledgement that,
according to a list of high-paid state employees published in
the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dr. Hicks is paid $140,662 per
year. He is not the only one. The average salary for a full professor in the system is more than $100,000. Pension costs will
add to the drain in years to come.
The truth is that, while others have seen their paychecks
freeze, fall or disappear altogether, the state university system
has behaved as if it is immune from the laws of economics.
That’s wrong. The point in reducing subsidy is not to punish
students. It is to rein in free-spending university leaders who,
so far, appear to be immune from any other sort of message.
“Response to
Chick-Fil-A controversy ”
Jay Smith
Bloomsburg University student
I am a transfer student who
is planning on attending
Bloomsburg in the fall. I recently visited the campus and
picked up a copy of the
school newspaper. I had
heard from several (very excited) current students that
Subway and Chick-Fil-A
were going to be opening on
campus next year so I was
very surprised to read in the
March 8 issue of The Voice
about controversy surrounding the proposed addition of
Chick-Fil-A. As an incoming
student, I feel directly connected to this issue and I
must offer my two cents for
whatever they’re worth.
I fully support Chick-Fil-A
opening on Bloomsburg’s
campus. First of all, it would
provide a wider variety of
convenient dining options for
students, create more job opportunities, as well as relieving meal demand on the
Commons. As for the comments in the article about
Chick-Fil-A being anti-gay
and some students feeling
discriminated against and unsafe, I would ask: When has
Chick-Fil-A ever expressed
hateful comments to a particular group or promoted any
kind of violent behavior?
They are a company that regularly displays excellent customer service and has never
refused to serve or hire some-
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one based on race or sexual
preference. The head of the
company said in a statement
that they are "not anti-anybody," but instead they simply want to "graciously serve
great food and have a positive influence on all who
come in contact with ChickFil-A."
It is unfair to judge a company solely on what organizations they have donated
money to. That’s like saying
someone hates children if
they only give money to charities that support adults. If the
college is worried about
being fair, having a good
image, and being sensitive to
all students then Subway
should be put under the same
amount of scrutiny that
Chick-Fil-A is, and they need
to consider all of the students
who want Chick-Fil-A on
campus. If the real issue is
that Chick-Fil-A has Christian affiliations and it is successfully banned because of
them then how can we say we
encourage an environment of
mutual respect, diversity, and
tolerance for all religions? If
the college is concerned
about offending people, then
they should take a look at all
of the products and services
on campus and get rid of any
that could be deemed “offensive.” Do away with anything
not environmentally friendly
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that was tested on animals, or
made with child labor. I think
everyone would agree that it
is unreasonable and will invariably upset someone. The
same thing applies to this
restaurant controversy; it’s
going to be impossible to
make everyone happy.
The bottom line is that
Chick-Fil-A does a lot of really great things. They have
given away millions of dollars in scholarship money;
they provide safe and supportive homes for foster children through their Winshape
Foundation and they aren’t
threatening anyone. I would
urge all of the students at
Bloomsburg to do some critical thinking and research before signing any petitions or
joining any boycotts. Is it
worth banning Chick-Fil-A
from campus because of one
minor aspect of the company
and disappointing many students in the process? It’s a
free country, no one is going
to force you to eat there or
support the company if you
don’t want to. But the point
is, you first need to have the
option available before you
can decide against it. I, for
one, would like to have the
option to eat there.
Sincerely,
Casey Gerhart
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Assume the Position
fine for him?” she asked me. “Doesn’t he realize it takes more variety
for me to get off?”
In monogamous relationships, it’s
easy for couples to fall into a routine
due to one or both partners having a
go-to position. Sex should never resemble a dress rehearsal: if you can
anticipate the next move your partner will make, you’ve got a big
problem. When my friend asked me
how to stop the monotony, I gave
her some simple advice: if you want
something different, you need to
verbalize it to
your partner,
then initiate the
action.
It is
important to remember that
your partner is
not a mind
reader. Sure,
you can make
simple motions
that suggest
what you want,
but those only
go so far. Communication is
key in any relationship, and
the same rule is
applicable to
sex. When you know what you want
and you’re not getting it, you need
to take the extra step and ask your
significant other for it. Most people
want to please their partner in bed
just as much as they want to be
pleased in return, and many people
will accommodate their lover when
they are asked. Don’t be afraid to
speak out for what you want because most of the time you will get
it.
Also, if you know you’re stuck in
a lackluster cycle of boring booty,
do your research to find new and interesting positions that you and your
partner can both enjoy. The Internet
Comic by April Mavrole0n
The flatiron. Reverse cowgirl.
Froggy style. Doggy style. If you’re
sexually active and you don’t know
what any of these are, you might not
be “doing it” right. Or maybe you
do know what these are and one of
them is your favorite because everyone has one. That is, everyone has a
favorite sexual position.
Favorite sex positions vary from
person to person based on everyone’s ultimate goal between the
sheets: to get off. Some people like
the more intimate appeal of the
basic missionary position,
which allows partners to
make full eye contact with
each other, while the
woman is on her back and
the man is on top. Others
like more challenging, stimulating positions, such as
the spider, in which both
partners face each other
while sitting with their
knees toward the ceiling.
However, once one finds a
favorite, it can sometimes
be hard for them to stray
from their preferred position, and this can make sex
a bit dry for their lover.
Recently, a girlfriend of
mine came to me with this
very same problem. She
started dating a guy this past winter,
but did not become sexually active
with him until about a month after
they became official. The sex was
great at first, she said: full of variety
and the excitement of a new partner.
After a short while however, their
daily (and nightly) activities became
routine, and she became dissatisfied
and frustrated with her man’s sexual
performance. Her boyfriend simply
gave up on the diversified moves
they once enjoyed, and had rolled
their sex life up into a ball of repetition.
“What do you do when your
boyfriend decides one position is
is full of websites dedicated to all
things sex, including how-to guides
on moves you’ve never even heard
of before. Try looking up the ballet
dancer position, or even the wheelbarrow. If you’re still curious, ask
your friends what their favorite positions are, or what positions they’d
like to try with their partner. You’ll
get an array of answers and ideas,
and you’ll hear first-hand testimony
on a move you might want to try.
If your partner is a little more reserved and shy in the bedroom, it
might be due to an unpleasant experience with an unsupportive lover
from their past. That is why it is always important to encourage your
partner before, during, and after sex,
which will instill a sense of self-assurance in them. Telling your partner how sexy they are or how good
they make you feel will send their
confidence skyrocketing, and an
extra boost can be all they need to
start experimenting with new positions and techniques they otherwise
never would have thought of trying.
Everyone needs a little encouragement now and then, and it never
hurts to tell the person you care
about just how lucky you are to
have him or her in your bed.
If you’ve done all of this and
you’re still feeling dissatisfied, it
might be time to move on. Some
people can connect with each other
emotionally, but if the sex between
them is not fulfilling, their relationship may suffer due to it. It is important to remember that no matter
how hard you work on it, sexual
chemistry does not always happen
for all couples. However, if you are
fortunate enough to find someone
who makes you feel insanely good
in and out of the bedroom, it is
worth taking the extra steps to ensure you will both be satisfied every
time you get it on.
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Technology’s influence
on children
Technology today is far more advanced
than we would have thought 20 years ago.
We use it in our daily lives, whether to look
up information, play an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game),
socialize, or to educate youth. The question
is, however, are children benefitting from
using technology to enhance their education,
or just simply relying too much on it?
I feel that technology, if used correctly,
can be beneficial to the learning environment. Children can have the one-to-one correspondence they need with electronic books
that have a special pen that can say a word
they are pointing to. One-to-one correspondence is crucial for a child to recognize the
written word, and start the process of representing sounds with symbols.
Society
also has a
negative view
of
playing
video games.
We
think
that
they
only
promote violence and a
decrease in
learning
time. What
we do not
LEIGH LUKASHUNAS
think about,
however, are
the games
that educate kids on their colors, letters,
shapes, and opposites, among other subjects.
On my niece’s Barbie laptop computer, it
teaches her phonics and how to spell simple
words. She in turn gets really excited when
she answers correctly, and that is extremely
vital when educating children.
There are even games on cellular devices
now that are educational to children. Technology is just another form of learning to
maximize the child’s understanding of concepts. If they are relying solely on technology though, they may become too dependent
on it. Therefore, they still need to have multiple ways of learning, apart from technology.
We need to try other forms of learning to
increase
child r e n ’s
abilities
and let
them experience
learning
in other
formats.
Televis i o n
shows
are another
form of
technology that are educational by teaching
multiple languages, daily tasks, such as tying
shoes, and other basic concepts that children
need to have a better understanding of the
world. Just because something is new does
not mean that we should disregard it.
Technology is a big part of our world
today and we need to embrace it to its full
capacity. If technology fails, however, we
have a plethora of other educational techniques. Technology may not give the one-onone encounter that we need, but children are
immersed in that in the school setting.
Leigh Lukashunas is an Early Childhood
Education major. She is the Opinion Editor
for The Voice.
Overcoming tragedy is a
delicate situation
BY CHELSEA LAMAR
Arts and Entertainment Editor
A journey about love and grief begins with a girl ordering apricot
juice. The young woman, Nathalie Kerr (Audrey Tautou), falls in love
with François and they get married. Everything has been working out
in Nathalie’s favor; she’s beautiful, talented, successful, and married to
a wonderful husband. Her luck ends suddenly when her husband dies
in a car accident. “Delicacy” is a romantic dramedy that tastefully takes
the audience through Nathalie’s journey picking up the pieces.
Tautou (“Amélie”) is a classy woman who adds to the nature of the
movie. She isn’t “hot” but rather beautiful, which allows her to make
Nathalie an interesting character. It strays away from mainstream romantic comedies and Tautou avoids the typical clichés. Nathalie becomes a character of substance as she evades her boss’ advances. The
men around her are either humorous or ridiculous. Although Nathalie’s
actions may be confusing to those around her in the film, audiences are
able to relate to her feelings and understand her coping mechanisms.
Overall, Tautou is exquisite and pleasant to watch.
“Delicacy” is based on David Foenkinos’s book who directed along
with his brother Stéphane Foenkinos. Their story is believable and humorous thanks to François Damiens’ character, Markus Lundell. He
was able to save the movie from a melancholy mood. The audience
laughed hysterically as one of President Obama’s 2008 presidential
campaign speeches worked its way into the film.
The film received mixed to positive reviews from the audience. The
movie ended rather abruptly in Nathalie’s grandma’s backyard. Some
were left with a feeling that Nathalie finally moved on while some were
left confused. It was a peculiar ending; the credits began rolling during
the middle of a hide-and-seek game. There were some funny parts that
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were executed perfectly; it was enough for some while others wanted
more. It played with people’s emotions, going from romance to tragedy Nathalie Kerr sitting at her desk distraught about
to comedy, and eventually leading back to romance.
the death of her husband.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
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BY RAE MEADE
Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
The stage is dimly
lit with a spotlight
only on an office
desk and two telephones perched on
the desktop. Half of
the stage is set up as
an office with a coffee machine, a coffee table, telephones, and cans of
utensils,
writing
while the other half
of the stage appears
to resemble something of a teenager’s
bedroom, littered
with clothes and
empty food wrappers on the floor, a
couch, and a single
round table.
Pleasant music
plays, creating a
atmosrelaxing
phere. Yet, hanging
in the office is a
sign: “On average, someone
attempts suicide every 40 seconds in
the U.S.” BU Players have presented
Bloomsburg with another unexpectedly comedic play titled “Hotline,”
a one act show that pokes fun at the
stereotypical therapist who answers
calls at a suicide hotline center.
Lauren Shover, a cast member in BU
player’s previous production of
“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” directs
this week’s production of “Hotline.”
The show is off to a start with the
sound of telephones ringing, as a
young man by the name of Ken,
played by Phil Czekner, enters and
sits down at the desk. Ken is a rookie at the suicide hotline center, anxiously anticipating his first call,
you step off that ledge so we
can talk more?” Then, along
comes the edgy Dorothy,
played
by
Courtney
Costello. Dorothy is a hooker struggling to pay her rent
for her apartment, desperate
to reach a suicide hotline
before she ends her life,
throwing vicious insults and
ed smile he has on his face after his
first call starkly contrasts with his
horrified expression and nervous
fidgeting when speaking to Dorothy,
leaving the audience to feel both
amused, and yet strangely sorry for
his character. Costello also leaves an
impression on the audience. She
expresses both Dorothy’s rage and
slight glimmer of sensitivity, her
tone ranging
from enraged
Phil Czeckner, Robert Pellechio, Jenny Hensley at the Suicide Hotline Center.
to fragile.
While the
show is a comedy, audiences
experimay
seeking advice
the
from
robotically
friendly therapist by the
name of Dr.
Russell, played
Jenny
by
Hensley, and
fellow coworkMarty,
er
by
played
R o b e r t
Pellechio. After a few calls, Ken
feels quite pleased with himself,
feeling like he’s truly helping people, feeding all the callers “sympathetic” lines of “Yes, that must be
terrible” and “I see” and “Why don’t
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profanities at the unhelpful police
department on the other line.
Finally, she gets a hold of Ken, who
is in for a huge shocker.
Czekner depicts the naïve character of Ken impeccably. The delight-
Exit Music:
A Good Rap Is Hard To Find
Rap music might be the most heard
of our generation. Things like Kanye
West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted
Fantasy” record is indicative of how
men in Bloomsburg live, more so than
any other record, and has far too many
charming songs to drive out of town
on.
Exit Music seeks to find the last
song for my personal life in
Bloomsburg, and while a song like
“Keep Your Head Up” by Tupac is fitting of having strength to leave on, it
isn’t for the town. The town with all
its post-Flood hysteria can’t hold a
candle to the misery of West Coast
MC’s like Tupac or Ice Cube, the latter with his fantastic “Today Was A
Good Day.”
The new boys in rap like Drake and
his Toronto based friend The Weeknd
are direct correlations to the party life
of a college student, all of the glitz
and vomit inducing faux glamour that
co-eds suffer through to feel cool,
free, and of course #YOLO. Codeine
drug infused purple colors saturate the
core of Drake’s “Take Care” album,
and all of the Weeknd’s mixtapes have
the drugged-out gloom that comes
ence a range of emotions. In
Costello’s scenes, viewers may
laugh at Dorothy’s vicious words,
but also squirm uncomfortably at
times. Czekner’s comedic timing,
however, lightens the mood of the
play. Jenny Hensley, as well, though
she has a smaller role, prompts
laughter simply by her character’s
award-winning smile and programmed answers.
BU players put on “Hotline” in
the Theater Lab Thursday and
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. With subtle comedy and a touch of drama,
“Hotline” is worth seeing.
with a hangThere is of course
over in the
the self purported
only town in
Trillwave trend of the
Pennsylvania.
likes of A$AP Rocky
Is this feeling
and ScHoolboy Q.
of post-apoca“LiveLoveA$AP” in
lypse the kind
its entirety is a vulgar
of soundtrack
and trill denouncement
to the bitterof everyone but self
sweet
swag
and crew; while this is
that leaving
a fitting sentiment to
c o l l e g e
the rest of the world
induces? Only
following graduation
if things go
festivities, it is just too
really
bad
severe a worldview for
from here on
something optimistic.
out.
The two men together
Of course,
on the song “Hands On
there is also
The Wheel,” a driving
Chris Brown’s
song like none other is
r e c o r d
at times lethal, though
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“Deuces,”
the feelings are again,
which is again
like most on Q’s
a kind of bad
“Habits
and
break-up hip hop. Is Chris Brown Contradictions,” too violent to drive
R&B? What does that term even mean along with.
anymore? The Weeknd could seem
The socially conscious rappers like
like R&B, and so could Mike Posner Jay Electronica, Kendrick Lamar, and
and any other rapper-singer these post-modern master Lil B are all fitdays.
ting to exit a town with a strange soci-
ological divide that hides on the faces
of townies and snowbirds alike. The
rapid fire wordplay of those rappers,
except Lil B, is too technical for a bad
driver like myself, and Lil B’s best
cuts are at times dragging and in need
of headphones, not car speakers.
Philadelphia native Meek Mill
should of course be inconsideration,
though too many of his records lack
the emotion that should carry out a
freshly freed undergrad. Meek Mill’s
Maybach Music Group boss, however...
There’s something sinister about
driving around Bloomsburg at night to
Rick Ross’s signature snarl, like a
kindred soul of the college male
sneaks out when he raps “She had a
miscarriage, I couldn’t cry though /
Cause you and I know she was only
my side hoe.” “Live Fast, Die Young,”
a cut from Ross’s “Teflon Don”
record, isn’t a thesis on Bloomsburg
masculinity, or even the partying inthe-face-of-death Jersey Shore attitude we’re all guilty of; it is however,
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Editor-in-Chief
Countless have either heard or watched “The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Comedy Central,
but what viewers haven’t seen is the hard work that
comes into play behind the scenes. Hallie Haglund
and Zhubin Parang shared the repetitious lifestyles
they both lead as writers for Jon Stewart at the
College Media Association Convention held in
New York City.
“The Daily Show” has 16 writers and only two
are female, including Haglund. She was very outspoken during the session compared to Parang, but
Parang did get the audience to laugh much more.
The session started with film segments of Jon
Stewart saying the acronym ‘NAMBLA’ (North
American Man/Boy Love Association), which had
the crowd laughing before the writers even spoke.
Haglund was originally a receptionist for
Stewart, but worked her way up to where she is
today. She said how Stewart truly writes a lot of the
script and works diligently with the writers to come
up with ideas, as well. Her high views of Stewart
showed how close of a working environment the
group really has because she kept insisting how
nice and passionate he is.
She did give some helpful advice to those seeking to be comedy writers by saying “…don’t be
afraid to put yourself out there.” A lot of the jokes
that the writers come up with are not always good.
They only have one hour to write a five-minute
segment, which is about 10 pages long, according
to Parang. After writing, they meet with Stewart
and share their segments. They collaborate ideas or
completely toss what they work on. Haglund said
how she thinks animals wearing costumes is funny,
but the writers and Stewart don’t.
Parang came to Jon Stewart after graduating
from law school and joked about how he wanted to
make no money instead as a comedian. Haglund,
Parang, and the other writers read blogs, news
media, and even watch television to get ideas to put
with their segments. They stressed how important it
is to do the background research of the actual news
so they can be critical of it with their jokes.
The program writers have gotten in trouble
before, but the writers could not name any specific
examples. When Stewart firmly believes in something, he will make sure it is on the show even if it
will cost him. Haglund said how he has done this
before and it is important for him to share what he
is passionate about.
The session consisted of audience members
standing at microphones that just asked the writers
questions, which did get quite boring. The only
thing that could have made the session more exciting would have been Jon Stewart himself and to
have some sort of presentation that would give
some ideas for students trying to break into the
comedy-writing world.
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Business is Blooming
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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Newly renovated, Sutliff Hall, embraces learning
BY JOSEPH FISHER
Features Editor
Eager students and faculty started
flocking in and out of Sutliff Hall this
week for the first time in over three
semesters. The renovated building opened
its doors for instruction on Monday.
The building has been home to construction workers and heavy machinery
since May 2010, creating an eye sore on
campus. Now, the building is fully renovated and in operation, giving
Bloomsburg students some of the best
technology there is to offer.
“Sutliff Hall is one of the technologically advanced business buildings in the
state system,” said Dr. Michael Tidwell,
dean of the College of Business. “The
new building is equipped with a Wall
Street inspired trading room, conference
rooms for business clubs, student lounge
areas, and advanced classroom space for
all business classes.”
When walking through this spacious
and modern building, one will notice the
updated features that it has to offer. The
lobby has a state-of-the-art stock
exchange ticker combined with a live
trading room. This feature will allow reallife and hands-on learning for students in
those respective classes.
Aside from the aesthetically pleasing
features that Sutliff has to offer, the
College of Business in general will be in
a better position. Currently, business
classes are spread out in seven different
buildings across campus.
“I’m excited about all COB faculty,
staff, and students being in one place,”
Tidwell said. “This will give us a big
boost in morale.”
The opening is also exciting for those
students that will get the opportunity to
learn in this new environment. One of
those students is Laura Welker, a sophomore business management major, who is
thrilled about the new opening.
“When I walked in for the first time I
was amazed at what I saw,” Welker said.
“The modernization of the building provides a refreshing atmosphere for students
to learn. It is exciting to know that I will
get to spend a lot of my time in what
seems to be a great place to learn.”
Welker is not alone. Students spent
much of the day Monday walking in to
check everything out. One feature Welker
liked was the amount of study space the
building has. On each floor there is a lot
of open space with tables and cushionedchairs for studying and getting work
done.
Tidwell and the faculty that will occupy the building hope to see many
improvements, communication being one
of them.
“We’ll see one another in the halls,
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break room, and print room so I expect
informal communication to improve in Sutliff Hall, home to the College of Business, opened its doors on Monday. The new building is filled with new
both quantity and quality.”
features, technology, and state-of-the art architecture.
“THE MODERNIZATION OF THE BUILDING PROVIDES A
REFRESHING ATMOSPHERE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN.”
-LAURA WELKER, SOPHOMORE-
This is one of
many different
modern styles
of classrooms.
The individual
and portable
seating, shown
left, increases
student
participation
and
involvement in
class.
The stock
exchange
ticker, shown
right, can be
seen as
students,
faculty, and
staff enter the
building. A live
trading room,
which is
connected, is a
great tool for
professors to
use in class.
This will give
students
hands-on
experience
through their
business
classes.
Conference
rooms, like the
one shown left,
can be used by
students for
studying and
also for business-related
clubs and
activities.
These areas in
the building
allow for
students to
work easily
together in
acomplishing
group
assignments.
Study areas
are available
throughout
the building.
This area,
located in the
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a great alternative to the
library for
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Calculating Madness
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Sports
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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A college hoops fan looks back on first week of Big Dance
BY TOM CIAMPOLI
Sports Editor
Once again, the nation is learning why the Big
Dance has earned the moniker “March Madness.”
While the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament may be without any buzzer-beaters so far, it is
certainly not lacking any thrilling or shocking upsets
within the first week of action. The South Florida
Bulls, who hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament in
over 20 years, won their play-in game against California, then held the Midwest Region’s fifth-seeded
Temple Owls to just 44 points, all within the span of
two days. The North Carolina State Wolfpack, considered to be on the tier below archival UNC, made it
to the Sweet 16 by stunning the third-seeded Georgetown Hoyas, ousted in the first weekend of play for a
third straight year. Oh, and two 15-seeds took down
Duke and Missouri within the span of a few hours.
First, the Norfolk State Spartans of the mighty MidEastern Athletic Conference edged the Missouri
Tigers, a trendy pick to reach the Final Four round,
86-84. The Tigers, led by the U.S. Basketball Writers’ Association’s Coach of the Year Frank Haith (in
his first year as the team’s coach after previously serving at Miami), did not have a particularly bad game.
Their guard-oriented attack generated points, as
Michael Dixon poured in 22 of them off the bench,
while Phil Pressey added 20 more in addition to eight
assists. It would be Mizzou’s lack of size, however,
which proved to be their undoing, as Spartans center
Kyle O’Quinn proved to be the best player on the
court, scoring a game-high 26 points and pulling
down 14 rebounds while holding the Tigers’ big man
Ricardo Ratliffe to just five.
The Spartans certainly weren’t the only mid-major
who possessed a star that shined bright on the national
BY TOM CIAMPOLI
Sports Editor
stage. Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum scored 30 points,
dished out six assists and even got six rebounds as his
team knocked the heavily favored Duke Blue Devils
by a score of 75-70. The Blue Devils’ starting shooting guard Seth Curry (brother of the NBA’s Golden
State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen) had an abysmal
shooting night, missing six of his seven three-point
attempts and making just one shot from the field all
night. Duke, a top-five team for much of the regular
season, clearly missed regular starting center Ryan
Kelly, a six-foot-ten low post player who also has the
ability to knock down deep shots. While Mason
Plumlee almost singlehandedly saved the Blue Devils with a 19-point, 12-rebound performance, the
Mountain Hawks’ Gabe Knutson and John Adams
held his brother Miles, a senior who started in place
of Kelly to just four points while crashing the boards
aggressively and often.
Although these are the teams which got the most
media attention for busting the most brackets, there
are other underdogs who emerged and made it
through to the Sweet 16:
Ohio- Nobody told the Bobcats’ D.J. Cooper that
the Big Ten’s Michigan Wolverines were supposed to
waltz into the second round with ease. The five-foot,
eleven-inch guard who averaged less than 15 points
in the regular season, scored 21 in Ohio’s 65-60 first
upset, then scored 19 more while distributing seven
assists against a South Florida defense which had
completely shut down Temple stars Juan Fernandez
and Khalif Wyatt in their last game as the Bobcats
edged the Bulls by two points. Although Ohio’s next
test will be the top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels,
Cooper could still take over the game thanks to the
Heels’ heel: injury problems. Power forward John
Henson, who can change games with his shot-blocking abilities (averaging three blocks a game this season), entered the tournament with a sprained wrist. In
UNC’s second game of the tournament on Sunday,
starting
point
Marshall (second in the
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nation in assists this season and single-season record
holder in the Atlantic Coast Conference in that category) fractured his wrist during the Heels’ victory
over the Creighton Bluejays. Although Marshall has
already undergone surgery to repair the injury, it is
highly unlikely he will be healed in time to face the
Bobcats, and could very well miss the remainder of
the Big Dance.
Xavier - Ranked eighth in the country at one point
during the season, the Musketeers lost six of eight
games following the suspension of Tu Holloway after
the standout guard instigated an on-court brawl in the
late stages of a December win over crosstown rival
Cincinnati. Now, with Holloway back and scoring in
bunches, Xavier seems to have hit their stride again
when it matters most. After edging Notre Dame 6763 in their opening game thanks to a late lane violation call against the Fighting Irish, the Musketeers
drew Lehigh, who had just played one of the best
teams in the country about 48 hours earlier. Although
Xavier trailed at the half, center Kenny Frease stepped
up for the tenth-seeded squad from the Atlantic 10
Conference, scoring 25 points and adding 12 rebounds while Holloway chipped in four three-points
to overwhelm their smaller opponents late. The Musketeers’ next opponent, the Baylor Bears can play
with anybody when at the top of their game, thanks in
large part to NBA lottery prospect Perry Jones III at
Softball
the forward position. The Bears have beaten just one
top 25 team all season, though, and are often accused
of playing down to the level of their opponents, a trait
which can spell upsets when lesser teams play with
nothing to lose. Xavier is in just such a position, and
is more than just a dark horse in their potential to ruin
some brackets. Speaking of teams from the Queen
City…
Cincinnati- The Bearcats, who were also in the top
25 at the time of their fight with Xavier, have a very
similar story to the Musketeers. Cincy, however, lost
power forward Yancy Gates thanks to a six-game suspension after the incident, a big body in the paint and
senior leadership which the Bearcats fed off of late in
games. Coach Mick Cronin, however, rallied his team
to upsets over Georgetown and Syracuse en route to
the Big East conference championship game. Then, in
their second contest of the national tournament, the
Bearcats knocked off the ACC champion Florida
State Seminoles, 62-56, behind guard Sean Kilpatrick’s game-high 18 points. The state of Ohio is
accountable for one quarter of the 16 teams still remaining in this three-week long contest, and one of
those teams is guaranteed to go down, and move into
the Elite Eight, when the Bearcats take on the Ohio
State Buckeyes in the second round. Although Buckeye big guy Jared Sullinger could very well be starting for an NBA team within the year and his
teammate Aaron Craft appears to be a star in the making, Gates, Kilpatrick and guard Dion Dixon certainly
have the potential to make this game a close one into
the final minutes. If they can bring the battle to that
point (as this tournament demonstrates year in and
year out), just about anything can happen.
A Spring Cleaning
Huskies win three of last four, stand at 15-5
Big things were expected of the
Huskies’ softball team this season, and
the Bloom squad has not disappointed
thus far. BU stands at 15-5 so far in the
2012 season, and has won five of their
last six games. After games against Fairmont State and the College of Charleston
were postponed due to a rainout on Sunday, the Huskies will return home with a
1-1 record from the West Virginia Wesleyan tournament in Salem, Va., where
they defeated Glenville State, 3-0, after
losing their tournament opener to West
Virginia State by a score of 2-1.
The Huskies were ranked 14th in Division II by the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association (NFCA), and were
picked to win the PSAC Central Division
in the preseason coaches’ polls. Their
performance thus far in this still-young
season has backed the early-season hype.
Before heading off to the West Virginia
Wesleyan tournament, the Huskies swept
a road doubleheader at Fayetteville State
University. BU put the Broncos on the
ropes early, bringing home four runs in
the first inning with help from an early
fielding error. Shortstop Chrissy Belko
brought three runs home in Bloomsburg’s 10-2 win, and scored two herself,
as well. Four other Huskies had multi-hit
games in the rout, including centerfielder
Raychelle Kuhns, who hit for two RBI’s
out of the ninth spot
in the batting order.
The next
game saw the
Huskies jump out
to an even earlier
advantage. After a
leadoff double by
Husky third baseman Erika Yanora,
second baseman
Mandi
Baer
reached base safely
on a sacrifice bunt
attempt. This set
the stage for catcher
Sam Pientack, who
sent a Tia Caldwell
offering over the
fence for her
eleventh homer of
the season, giving
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BU a 3-0 lead after the first three at-bats
of the game. Pientack has all but four of
her teams home runs so far this year (the
rest have come from Belko). Yanora
scored teammate Kayla McHale with a
sacrifice fly to left field in her next at-bat,
and then smacked another double during
the fourth inning. After Rachel Fredell
was brought home by Hannah Moir on a
sac fly following Fredell’s triple, BU
held an 8-0 lead. Because of the deficit,
the game was made official when the
Broncos could not bring home any runs
in the bottom half of the fifth. Caitlin
O’Connor, who allowed just one hit in
the game and struck out eight batters, got
the victory for the Huskies.
Losses, however, are the true judge of
a team’s character and makeup. Despite
a fine pitching performance from ace
Cait Paine (seven K’s, six hits allowed),
the ace allowed two runs in the top of the
fourth inning. The Huskies cut the deficit
in half when a McHale double scored
Belko in the bottom of the fourth, but
could never bring the tying run home to
score. The loss ended a four-game winning streak for the Huskies.
It would take Bloomsburg just a few
hours, however, to start a new win streak.
The Glenville Pioneers were the next opponent to face the Huskies. Still smarting from the previous loss, Paine decided
that the Huskies couldn’t lose if she didn’t let up any runs. In her complete-game
win, Paine unleashed electric stuff and
pinpoint control, allowing just five hits
and striking out nine batters while walking none. Bloomsburg scored the first of
their three runs of the game with a twoout rally, as Mandy Leach, Kuhns and
Yanora hit consecutive singles, eventually bringing Leach through home plate.
Yanora brought home another run in the
sixth with her second RBI single of the
game, and Baer drove home Leach for
the third and final run of the game. Pientack also contributed to the victory from
the plate, getting three hits in her four atbats in the game. McHale and Leach also
amassed two hits each in the win.
Instead, the Huskies next opponent
will be PSAC foe Mansfield Universiy.
Bloomsburg will travel to Mansfield for
another road doubleheader. The first
pitch of the first game in the double dip
will be thrown at around 2:30 p.m on Friday. After that doubleheader, the Huskies
have another one lined up at Edinboro
University on Sunday afternoon, beginning at 1 p.m.
If BU can emerge with a strong record
following these four intra-conference
meetings, they just might get to play at
their own friendly confines when it really matters: the playoffs.
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Madness. Tom Ciampoli
breaks down the first
week of the NCAA
Tournament on page 9.
Sports
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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was in action in Virginia
this week. Read what happened (and what got postponed) during spring
break on page 9.
Half and Half
Baseball
Huskies split consecutive doubleheaders vs. Millersville
BY TOM CIAMPOLI
Sports Editor
The Huskies’ baseball squad
faced off against conference
rival Millersville four times
within two days, winning the
second and fourth meetings
against the Marauders. After
losing 2-1 in their first game on
Friday, BU exacted revenge on
the Marauders with a hardfought 5-4 victory in their second game of the day.
Saturday’s action proved to be
more of the same, with
Millersville taking the first
game 8-2 and the Huskies rallying for a 3-2 victory in the
later contest. Third baseman
Jarrod Kramer had two multihit games within the four-game
span, while BU catcher Tim
Kurucz enjoyed a three-forthree day at the plate in the
Huskies’ second win over their
PSAC opponent. The first two
contests were waged at
Marauder Park in Millersville,
while the Huskies were able to
play the last two games in front
of a home crowd at Litwhiler
Field. The split efforts put the
Huskies’ record at 10-8 overall
for the 2012 season so far.
The Marauders did their
damage in Friday’s opening
contest in the field and from
the mound. Millersville starter
Brooks Rothschild went the
distance in the Maruders’ victory, giving up just three hits
(two of them to Kramer) and
surrendering just a single run
while striking out eight.
Neither team was able to get a
runner on base until the third
inning, when Husky second
baseman Aaron Russell roped a
one-out single into left field.
Bloomsburg was unable to cap-
italize, however, as Rothschild
struck out Keith Meyer to end
the inning.
The Huskies nearly got on
the scoreboard in the fourth
frame after Tim Ravel was hit
by a pitch and Kramer reached
base on a Marauder fielding
error. After starting catcher
Nick Eversole sacrificed both
runners into scoring position,
however, first baseman Tom
Richards was unable to
advance
Ravel
home.
Rothschild then got sophomore
centerfielder Brad Smith to fly
out to get out the jam.
Millersville made Bloomsburg
pay for their missed opportunity in the bottom half of the
frame, as Marauder first baseman Carlos Medina scored his
teammate Zach Stone with an
RBI single for the first run of
the game.
The Huskies were not down
for long, though, as left fielder
Vince Smarelli led off the fifth
inning with a home run to left
field. Millersville would have
the last laugh in the bottom of
the fifth, however, as second
baseman Evan King brought
home the home team’s second
and final run with a sacrifice
fly to left field.
Bloomsburg came back in
strong fashion in the following
game, scoring early and often
against Millersville starter Tim
Mayza. Smarelli led off the
attack for BU in the second
inning, scoring Eversole with
an RBI single to open the
game’s scoring. Bloomsburg
would score two more runs in
the following inning despite
accumulating just one hit.
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Meyer reached base thanks to
an error by Millersville’s Mike
August, then advanced to second on a passed ball. After
Ravel was hit by a pitch for the
second straight game, he and
Meyer pulled off a double
steal. The move put them both
in scoring position when
Kramer slapped a single up the
middle. That hit scored them
both, and the fifth inning saw
Huskies pitcher Matt Kline is met on the mound by catcher Tim Kurucz (number 31) during
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the Huskies tack on two more
runs when an Eversole single
brought home Ravel and right
fielder Josh Schroeder. Kramer
was thrown out at third base on
the play.
The Marauders staged a late
comeback after falling into a
five-run hole, scoring on a
passed ball in the bottom of the
fifth and racking up three runs
in the bottom of the seventh
and final inning to pull within a
run of the visitors. With the
bases loaded and the game on
the line, Husky closer Gino
D’Amato nailed down his second save of the young season
by inducing a groundball off
the bat of King. The dribbler
was handled by Ravel and
flipped to Russell for a fielder’s choice, ending the game
and squashing the home
squad’s late rally. Bloomsburg
starter Bryan Morris earned his
third win of the season, giving
up three runs on four hits while
sending three Marauders down
on strikes.
The third game (and first
home conference game for the
Huskies) was virtually decided
by the fifth inning. After a Tim
Ravel RBI single in the third
inning brought the home team
to within a run, Millersville
responded with a three-run
fifth inning. Medina brought
home two of his team’s runs
with a double to right field
(Marauder designated hitter
Dan Johnson had contributed a
two-run double of his own in
the third inning, which also
yielded three runs for the visitors). Outfielder Chris Edgar
and Josh Heisey put the game
away in the final inning, scor-
Quick Hits
1894- The first Stanley Cup (officially called Lord Stanley’s
Cup) is played, as an AAU team from Montreal defeats the
Ottawa Generals.
according to the preseason coaches’ poll.
East play in 2012 season
15- home runs hit this season between Sam Pientack
and Chrissy Belko
26- wins by the Huskies’ women’s basketball team
this season, their best performance in over a decade.
Brian Black offering to
Richard got past catcher Ryan
Chesler, giving the Huskies a
one-run lead heading into the
final two innings. Vinny
Voorhees came on in relief for
BU in the sixth, and was called
upon to convert a two-inning
save and seal the game for the
Huskies in the process. After
striking out the first two batters
he face, Voorhees gave up a
pinch-hit single to Mike Perez
before getting Chesler to
ground into an inning-ending
fielder’s choice.
After BU was unable to end
any insurance runs in the top of
the final frame, Voorhees
walked Heisey to lead off the
bottom of the seventh. Heisey
was then sacrificed to second
base thanks to a successful
King bunt, and advanced to
third on a passed ball. August
sent a ground ball to third base
in the following at-bat, though,
and Heisey was unable to score
the tying run from 90 feet
away. After Kramer dropped a
foul ball that would have ended
the game, Voorhees buckled
down and got Zach Stone to
send a soft groundball back to
the mound. Voorhees calmly
fielded the ball and threw it to
Richards, ending the threat and
the game and gaining his first
save of the season in the
process.
With a 2-2 record in PSAC
play after their four meetings
with the Marauders, the
Huskies will take on Kutztown
in another doubleheader today.
Both of today’s games will
take place at Litwhiler Field,
with the first game set to get
underway at 1 p.m.
This Day in Sports
1- Huskies’ projected rank in PSAC Central in 2012,
.500- Huskies’ baseball squad’s record in PSAC
ing left fielder Kurt Sieders and
Medina, respectively, for their
team’s seventh and eighth runs
of the contest. Marauder starter
Mike McGonagle earned the
complete game victory, giving
up five hits while striking out
two Huskies and walking three.
In the fourth and final
matchup of the week between
the PSAC foes, the Huskies
started off by missing a golden
opportunity, stranding two
baserunners in the opening
inning. Bloomsburg would do
the same thing in the following
frame, as well, as Meyer flew
out to right following two-out
singles from Kurucz and
Schroder. King was the first
Marauder to get a hit off of
Husky starter Matt King, roping a one-out single to left,
moving
teammate
Ryan
Chesler (who had drawn a
leadoff walk) to second base in
the third inning. Millersville
was unable to score in that
inning, but did drive home two
runs in the top of the fifth
inning thanks to RBI hits from
King and August.
It would take just one inning,
however, for the Huskies to
make up the deficit and create
one of their own for
Millersville. Meyer led off the
bottom of the fifth with a single, and would advance to second thanks to a fielding error
that put Kramer on first base.
Brad Smith followed that up
with a double to the gap in
deep center field, scoring both
Meyer and Kramer to tie the
game at two apiece. Smith
advanced to third after Smarelli
grounded into a fielder’s
choice, and then scored when a
Ricky Dove
Dove is enjoying a fantastic senior year, winning his
singles match against
Wilkes in straight sets (61, 6-1), and earning PSAC
East Player of the Week
honors for the week ending
March 18.
Michelle Perez
Perez, a sophomore on the
Huskies’ women’s tennis
team, has won nine straight
matches, and was named
PSAC East Athlete of the
Week for the week ending
March 18. Perez’s doubles
teammate, Emily Palko, has
won six straight matches.
1986- The Cleveland Cavaliers hold Michael Jordan to eight
points in a 123-97 victory over the Bulls. It is the only time
in his career in Chicago that “His Airness” finishes with
fewer than double-digit points.
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