Art Prof. Returns from Vermont Inspired

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GRIFFIN
Philadelphia, PA
October 2013
The Free Student Newspaper of Chestnut Hill College
Art Prof. Returns from Vermont Inspired
Taylor eben ’14
news editor
It’s safe to say that Margie
Thompson, SSJ, MFA, certainly
enjoyed her recent sabbatical.
The associate professor of art
has returned to campus after a
sabbatical leave she took during the spring semester. She
spent January, February, and
part of March in South Florida,
near Miami, where she set up
a makeshift studio in a friend’s
home and spent her days painting the tropical landscape.
In April, she traveled to
The Vermont Studio Center,
an artist retreat in Johnson, Vt.,
which she describes as a “mystical” setting. She earned her
MFA at the Center, located in
the heart of Vermont’s Green
Mountains.
“Vermont is such a sacred
place to me,” she says. “It’s different, it’s magical, and you notice it.”
Each month, the Center
hosts a community of fifty visual artists and writers who live
and work together. “Through
open studio forums, informal
conversations, and studio visits,
resident artists give each other
feedback, demonstrate various
techniques, discuss other artists
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who influence their work, and
share helpful information about
books, galleries, and shows.”
Thompson’s residency allowed her to “focus deeply” on
her creative work, and the landscape, which was still relatively
frozen at the time, was of great
inspiration.
In May, Thompson traveled
to New Mexico, where she visited Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu
(pronounced “Ab-ee-kyoo”).
Ghost Ranch used to be a cattle ranch and was purchased
by the Presbyterian Church in
1955, which converted it into
a retreat and conference center. Georgia O’Keeffe, the acclaimed American modernist
painter who is known for her
extraordinary depictions of
landscapes, plants, and bones,
lived in Abiquiu for forty years
until her death in 1986.
Thompson’s excitement is
practically contagious as she
flips through a book about
Ghost Ranch. She has an explanation for every painting and
photograph in the book.
“I always admired Georgia O’Keefe as a really strong,
relations, as well as the interdependence among nations. Students are exposed to such ideas
through the core requirement
of a global studies seminar, but
there was no major that solely
focused on the evolving ways of
the world and Reich wanted to
change that.
As Reich said, “It has become
a truism today in higher education circles that colleges need to
prepare students for living and
working in a world that has become more interconnected and
in some ways more interdependent. College-educated students
today need to become life-long
learners about the globalized
world in which they live.”
Digital Forensics
to grow, it was brought to the
attention of the faculty and
staff that a digital forensics undergraduate major would benefit the student population and
college as a whole. With this
insight, CHC enacted an official
digital forensics major for the
Undergraduate program this
year.
Lisa Oliveri, SSJ, Ph.D., chair
of the computer science and information technology department, described the major as
being “a segment of computing
that develops evidence associated with digital files that can be
used in court cases.”
Formerly a concentration
within the computer and information technology major, the
development of the digital forensics major has led to a more
in-depth field of study for stu-
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College Expands Curriculum with New Majors
Global Affairs
nicole carney ’16
staff writer
Chestnut Hill College has
created a new global affairs major for the undergraduate curriculum in response to the increasing demand and popularity
of the global studies courses already offered here at the college.
The new major is comprised of
courses that incorporate politics,
economics, and culture on an international level.
Jacqueline Reich, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, led the campaign for the
addition of this new major in the
belief that it is important for students to learn about the values
of intercultural and international
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“Global Affairs Major”
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andrea wentzell ’15
senior staff writer
When two fields of study
are blended, it typically yields
a unique perspective. For instance, the field of digital forensics combines both criminal
justice and technology, a combination of which creates an everdeveloping and evolving niche,
resulting in job demands both
in public and private sectors for
individuals equipped with digital forensics backgrounds.
For several years, a digital forensics minor has been part of
the curriculum here at Chestnut
Hill College and a major was
part of the Graduate program.
However, as interest continued
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dents. One of the key instructors for this major is Pamela
King, M.S, instructor of computer science, who has over 20
years of digital forensics work,
17 of which were spent with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “The program
consists of a combination of
computer science, criminal
justice, and specialized digital
forensics courses, since it is [a
blend of both] law and technology,” King said.
Due to the split from the former concentration, students are
able to dive deeper into current
legal and technological debates
in a way they could not before.
Along with completing several
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Marilee Gallagher ’13
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Advice for Undeclared Majors
becky stahl ’16
contributing writer
Starting college with an
undeclared major can be an
exciting way to begin your
college career. There are a
lot of majors and courses to
explore. But what happens
when you find yourself in
your sophomore year and you
still don’t know which major
is right for you?
Undeclared Students
Shouldn’t Worry
According to Ryan
Mooney, assistant director
of career development, undeclared students shouldn’t
worry. Statistics show that
people change their careers
up to seven times in their
lifetime, so being undeclared
isn’t such a big deal. “It’s not
like the job you get out of
college is the job you have for
the rest of your life,” Mooney
said. Now a lot of employers
look for what types of skills a
candidate has and what organizations they’ve been a part
of rather than just looking at
their major.
Mooney advises undeclared
students to talk with faculty
members and have them share
their career experiences. The
Career Development Office
also has many resources to help
students get an insight on possible careers on their BlackBoard
site.
Which Career is
Right for Me?
Before you start looking
through the different career resources on the BlackBoard site
located under the “What Career
Is for Me?” tab, it may also be
helpful to view the Career Success Guide tab to give you an
overview of what each resource
does.
One resource that Mooney
highlighted is the Focus Career
Assessment that any CHC student can register for (declared
majors find this resource helpful, too). Focus is a personalitybased test that matches your
personal interests to promising
career options. It then directs
you to the majors offered at
CHC that would prove beneficial to getting those jobs.
After completing the as-
sessment, it would be helpful to meet with Mooney and
discuss your results, as well as
what further actions you may
want to take. “You can compare
your interests to someone who
is currently in that position,”
Mooney said.
You can also search for careers matching your selected
major on the “What Can I Do
With My Major?” tab on the
BlackBoard menu.
The Best Way to Explore a Career Field
Mooney also advises students who are undeclared to
shadow someone whose career
matches their interests before
deciding on a major. A student
may think they know what career path they want to take, but
could then decide it’s not right
for them after they shadow
someone in that field.
Kaitlin Wolfert, student success advocate, is another CHC
staffer who may be an important resource for those who
are undeclared. She can advise
students on the values and
qualities that employers search
for and that are often taught
at a liberal arts college. She
also stresses that undeclared
majors not worry and wants
them to know that this “is a
great time to explore your`
interests and find a major that
feels right.”
Wolfert encourages undeclared students to decide on
a major that they will enjoy
and not to pick one just because it leads to a job with a
bigger salary. She doesn’t believe that it’s helpful “to take
courses they may not enjoy
or feel motivated to achieve.”
This could negatively affect a
student’s educational future.
It’s important to find a good
job that you are passionate
about.
If you would like to be
enrolled on Career Development’s BlackBoard site,
please email Ryan Mooney
at [email protected]. To
schedule an appointment
with Kaitlin Wolfert in the
Office of Student Success,
email her at WolfertK@chc.
edu. Both offices are located
on the third floor of St. Joseph Hall.
First-year book first Digital Forensics Major
megan welch ’15
opinion editor
taylor eben ’14
news editor
Juggling coursework, activities, a job, and a social life is
no easy feat. But add in leaving
home, living on your own for the
first time, and trying to navigate
all of the ins and outs of a brandnew environment, and you have
the challenging reality of a firstyear college student.
According to 2010 statistics
from higheredinfo.org, 22.9% of
students do not return to college
after their first year. But Penn
State University says that “research indicates that students remain in settings that engage them
in meaningful learning activities
and support their academic and
social needs.”
To help guide first-year students through their transition
into college life, Judith L. Sullivan, M.Ed., associate professor
of mathematics and winner of
the 2013 Lindback Award, and
Barbara Giuliano, Ed.D., adjunct
faculty in the biology department, have recently published
“From Angst to Empowerment:
Strategic Planning for Collegiate
Success.”
The book covers a variety of
topics, including handling selfdoubt, challenge, and change,
and gives specific advice on
how to handle each problem.
Throughout the book, there are
“checkpoint” summaries and
journal spaces for reflection, with
the goal of preparing students
for academic success in their first
year of college.
“We became increasingly convinced that students would have
an easier transition from high
school to college if they knew
specific ways to help themselves,”
Sullivan said, “so we wrote a book
that contains seven steps. The
steps, if they are followed, lead
students from academic angst to
academic self-empowerment. We
believe that all students can benefit from these same seven steps,
regardless of their academic
background or what college/university they attend.”
This year, first-year students
were assigned to read Sullivan and
Giuliano’s book for FYI. “In previous years, the book was always
a novel, a memoir or last year’s
text on civility,” Krista Bailey
Murphy, Ph.D., dean of student
life said. “While these all related
to the class, it was challenging to
tie in with the actual instruction.
Using a book all about succeeding in college seemed like the
best use of time for everyone. It
is also wonderful to highlight the
valuable work of one of our own
faculty members.”
First-year student Krystyna
Stopyra likes the book and is
finding it helpful. “It’s giving us
information we need,” Stopyra
said. “We should use that information to our advantage.”
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writing-intensive special topics
courses focused in digital forensics, students can expect to
take classes in programming,
computer hardware, criminal
reporting, criminal law, and
digital law.
The major, as a result,
works to prepare students to
combat technological crime.
Sr. Oliveri believes that “a student majoring in digital forensics [will learn] the techniques
of finding and gathering evidence from a computer or other digital device in a manner
that would allow it to be used
as evidence in a legal matter.
As a result, the digital forensic
majors need to not only understand the technology used
in gathering the evidence, they
need to understand the law as
well. At times they may need
to give testimony or provide
reports of their findings, so
knowledge of writing technical
reports for court proceedings
is also part of their course of
study.”
Mike Westcott ’15 chose to
major in digital forensics not
only because of a neighbor’s
influence, but by realizing that
he has always been interested in
technology. He seems to be enjoying the field already through
his courses. “I find it very interesting that bits and pieces
of information are always left
on your computer even if you
think you deleted it,” Wescott
said. “The most intriguing part
about the classes is when we
do hands-on activities and actually recover data.”
An example of a course in
this program is CMDF 300:
Advanced Digital Forensics.
The course teaches both law
and technology and is a requirement for majors and minors, allowing students to explore the field further. Most
importantly, students experience hands-on investigative
learning, using tools and techniques of the trade to recover
data from different devices.
King acknowledges that the
field of work within digital forensics is always evolving and
individuals involved are constantly learning. She also stated that there are a “variety of
ways to apply your skills, not
only through civil and criminal
cases, but also through teaching and training law enforcement.” She added that “students would like taking digital
forensics as a major because it
combines multiple disciplines,
computer science and law, but
it also applies to business and
security. Digital forensics is
also a very challenging field so
students need to think outside
the box and apply their technological knowledge to a lot of
different scenarios.”
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Intern Diaries
Many students at the college are involved in exciting internships. The
Intern Diaries is where students are invited to share their experiences.
This issue’s diary entrant is Stephan Wolfert ’14.
Consoles
FOR
Over the summer, I worked for Ernst & Young, now known
as EY, at their New York City location near Times Square.
EY is a professional services firm and is one of the leaders in the Big Four accounting firms (others include Deloitte,
PwC, and KPMG). EY is known for their people culture and
has won several “greatest places to work” awards. When I began my internship, I wasn’t sure if their people culture was real
or just a show, but after spending a week there, I was sure it
was real.
I got my internship with EY through persistence. I’d been
talking to a recruiter whom I found online two years ago and
they put me in touch with another recruiter who works with
FTDS (Forensic Technology & Discovery Services), a sub-service line of EY. I hounded them for a long time before I finally
got an interview for a paid internship.
Since my major is digital forensics, I worked for FTDS.
FTDS does all of the digital forensic work in order to help the
forensic accountants and fraud examiners find cases of fraud
through technology. I was able to work in the digital forensics
lab with the entire FTDS team on various projects.
The projects I worked on were confidential, but they were
awesome and incorporated things I’ve learned in my classes.
Pam King, M.S., taught me a lot in my digital forensics classes
that I was able to utilize, and my knowledge of business was
also extremely helpful.
It was a long summer. I worked around 45 to 50 hours a
week. The job required extensive travelling and I got to go to
places like Chicago and Orlando. I can see myself doing this
in the future and fortunately, I have been offered a full-time
position with salary, benefits, and a sign-on bonus. I begin in
September 2014.
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Student attends big cheese leadership conf.
alicia laureti ’15
contributing writer
This summer I had the
wonderful opportunity to go
to a conference in Allenspark,
Colo., called The Big Cheese.
It was a leadership opportunity
to give college students all the
tools necessary to have a successful Feel Good Chapter.
Feel Good is a youth-centric organization committed
to ending world hunger, with
active chapters on 25 college
campuses across the United
States. Feel Good chapters
host delis specializing in grilled
cheese sandwiches and 100%
of the proceeds are invested
in organizations that work to
eradicate hunger. At Chestnut
Hill College, we sell different
types of grilled cheeses to help
end world hunger and we hold
non-profit events such as deli
days.
But Feel Good is not all
cheese and games--our job is
to engage students and raise
awareness about ending world
hunger. We work with partner organizations such as
The Hunger Project (THP)
and CHOICE Humanitarian.
These organizations create
partnerships not charity. They
work with locals all over the
world to promote self-reliance.
Participating in The Big
Cheese was something I was
not prepared for. Not only
was it over 1,700 miles away,
but it was a mental journey as
well. It was one of the most
incredible experiences I’ve
ever had though. I got to learn
more about what Feel Good
does and got to meet some
of the people that Feel Good
has helped in other countries.
I learned so much about myself through others, and realized how passionate others are
about ending world hunger by
2030.
I also got to meet some
Feel Good celebrities, such as
the founders of Feel Good,
Changemakers (a collaborative
organization that seeks to solve
global issues), and representatives from THP and CHOICE.
We learned about where our
dollars go: epicenters in Africa
or water systems in Mexico.
So what did I take home? A
boatload of information worthy of sharing with the college
community, a new passion for
making delicious grilled cheese
sandwiches, and a new, more
global, outlook.
With this new mindset, I
hope to contribute more than
ever to our Feel Good chapter.
I am currently the president of
Feel Good and we have some
great things in store. Not only
will we be making the most delicious grilled cheeses, but we
will be selling items such as
Feel Good aprons, sunglasses,
and even hats. Also, through
small conversations and guest
speakers, we want to teach the
college community about Feel
Good and inform everyone
that the vision of ending world
hunger by 2030 is possible.
Change begins with an idea,
a passion, and a desire. I joined
this club as a sophomore in
order to spice up my resume.
Since then, my hunger has
grown, but not just for grilled
cheese. I wanted to know what
Feel Good did, how it affected
the world, and what I could do
to help. So now I encourage
you to take that same step! If
you have any questions, email
me at [email protected]. You
can also visit Feel Good’s website at www.feelgood.org.
The Truth About Energy Drinks
kerry o’brien ’14
staff writer
It’s 11 p.m. You just got finished work and you’re heading
home. You’re exhausted. You
have a 10-page paper due the
next day. You know two things:
you’re going to be up all night
and you’re going to need an energy boost to stay awake.
If you’re like many college
students today, you may get that
boost through one of the popular energy drinks: Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar, 5-Hour Energy,
NOS; . College students often
consume energy drinks in order
to pull long study sessions or allnighters. Then, they need to stay
awake during classes or be at 7
a.m. sports practices, so they may
need more energy drinks.
But before you reach for that
can of stamina, you might want
to know the facts about energy
drinks that manufacturers of the
billion dollar industry do not tell
you.
Energy drinks can be dangerous, especially because they are
not regulated by the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA). Additionally, people rarely research
the amount of caffeine in these
beverages. They just assume they
are safe because they can easily buy them in cafes, stores, and
vending machines.
Janice Kuklick, M.Ed., chair
of the physical education department and associate professor
of physical education, does not
believe that students, or anyone,
should be drinking energy drinks.
“They are filled with sugar, calories, have no nutrition, and are a
waste of money,” she says.
Energy drinks contain large
amounts of caffeine, a stimulant
found naturally in many foods.
Caffeine makes a consumer feel
extremely alert, awake, and ready
to take on the day. However, according to Kuklick, the amount
of caffeine in each beverage does
not have to be listed, which is
where the danger lies. “Consumers drink them blindly, not knowing whether their drink contains
30 mg of caffeine, 500 mg, or
somewhere in-between,” she
says. “These are dangerous levels
that can affect the central nervous system, and students do not
know how their body will react to
the caffeine.”
The FDA announced in the
fall of 2012 that it was investigating alleged fatalities possibly
caused by energy drinks. According to an April 2013 New Republic article by Lindsay Beyerstein,
an award-winning investigative
journalist, energy drinks are considered dietary supplements and
therefore escape the regulations
that apply to other beverages
containing caffeine. Beyerstein
reports that at high doses caffeine can cause “tremors, nervousness, nausea, and insomnia.
Very high doses of caffeine can
cause seizures and heart rhythm
abnormalities.”
The Drug Abuse Warning
Network (DAWN) considers energy drinks an increasing public
health concern. They reported
that “A growing body of scientific evidence documents harmful
health effects of energy drinks,
particularly for children, adolescents and young adults.”
A first-year athlete who did
not wish to be named admitted
to drinking at least three energy
drinks a day when he can afford
them. “With schoolwork, early
practices and work, I don’t think
I could function without them. I
know they’re not good for me,
but I don’t like coffee and I don’t
really feel like I have a choice.”
Kuklick encourages students
to kick the energy drink habit.
“People can naturally increase
their energy by getting enough
sleep, exercising regularly, and
eating a healthy diet,” she says.
In many cases, energy drink
use leads to a caffeine dependency. Take Chelsey Patten ‘14
for example. “When I didn’t have
[caffeine], I just felt really, really
tired all the time, like I was dragging.” Patten quit drinking the
energizing elixirs after she found
herself completely reliant on the
caffeine.
Sophomore and women’s
softball player, Francesca Faillace
used to drink energy drinks regularly but decided to give them
up. “I knew they weren’t really
healthy,” she says. “I also thought
they were helping me perform
better, but I discovered that I
could play just as well without
them.”
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Global Affairs Major
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CHC saw the importance
of adding global affairs to its
major offerings not only to allow students to expand their
worldviews, but because many
other colleges and universities
already offer this option to
their students.
“The global affairs major
was designed to engage students in the study of the broad
and deep trends through
which the world is becoming
more interconnected,” Reich,
the coordinator of the political
science and global affairs programs, said. “It is also designed
to give students concrete skills
for navigating our interconnected world such as proficiency in a foreign language,
basic knowledge about concepts in international business
and international relations, intercultural sensitivity, critical
thinking, and strong writing
skills.”
What does the global affairs major entail?
Students must complete a
total of 42 credits that include
core courses for the major, six
credits of a foreign language
beyond the 104 level, an internship in global affairs, 12
credits in a particular concentration, and a senior seminar.
This course load may seem
challenging but four students
including Clara Bjernheim ‘16
and Rebecka Rosell ‘16, already became the pioneers for
the major this semester and are
thoroughly enjoying it so far.
“I was leaning towards political science, but being an international student I thought
[global affairs] would be more
beneficial,” Bjernheim, a native of Sweden said.
One may think that as international students, they have
an upper hand in this field of
study, but they, too, are learning new concepts.
“Our first class for this
major is Rule of Law with Dr.
Reich and it is a good introduction to the major,” Rosell, also
a Swedish native, said. “We are
learning about all different nations and their governments.
It is interesting how different
they are from the democratic
governments in the U.S. and
Sweden.”
As a learning community,
Chestnut Hill strives to educate its students in every aspect, including making them
knowledgeable global citizens
and helping them gain a better
understanding of international
relations, which is the goal of
the global affairs major.
New writing center director
catherine dempsey ’15
SEnior staff writer
A busy man with an endless
supply of energy, John Ebersole, M.F.A., is the new director
of the Writing Center and he
couldn’t be more thrilled about
it. Since joining the Chestnut
Hill College community in
2007, Ebersole has loved working with staff and students alike
who continue to inspire him every day.
“The Writing Center tutors
are some of the most brilliant
and generous individuals I’ve
ever had the pleasure to work
with,” he says. “I’m humbled
to not only have the opportunity to work side-by-side with
them, but to serve them as
well.”
Ebersole has big ideas to not
only make the Writing Center
more helpful, but more accessible to commuters, especially
those who use public transportation.
“Who wants go to see a tutor for thirty minutes when it
takes you over an hour to get
to Chestnut Hill?” Ebersole
says. “We’re just beginning to
experiment with distance-tutoring by utilizing Skype and webcams.”
He is also beginning a cre-
ative writing group at Saint Joseph Villa, where many Sisters
of Saint Joseph live, and he
can’t wait for that to get started.
“I realize the College would
not exist if it wasn’t for the extraordinary vision of the Sisters
of Saint Joseph, so I look for
opportunities to celebrate their
legacy through writing,” he says.
Ebersole has an extensive
background in poetry and writing. While growing up in Winter Park, Fla., a suburb of Orlando, he read and wrote poetry
throughout high school, contributing to the literary magazine. He also gave readings
read at a coffee shop in downtown Orlando.
“They really supported
young poets and were happy to
take our money, too,” he says.
After finishing his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Ebersole began Columbia University’s M.F.A program, where
he worked with other talented
writers studying poetry.
“Poetry changed my life
not only when I realized it was
a gift, but when I was humble
enough to accept it,” he says.
“This took me a very long time
to understand.”
Almost anything can inspire
Ebersole to write, whether it be
falling in love, traumas of life,
or the nature that surrounds
him.
“I guess I find the totality of
human experience beautifully
traumatic and that’s what inspires me to write-- to articulate
that feeling of bewilderment,”
he says.
Finally, when asked what
advice he would give to the aspiring writers and poets of our
community, he delivered to me
a simple, but powerful answer:
“Between writing poems, write
prose about poetry.”
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Margie Thompson, Burning Bush Series, 2013, oil on canvas, 10” x 30”
Margie Thompson, Pedernal Burning Bush (left pannel),
2013, oil on canvas, 3’ x 6’
Margie Thompson, Pedernal Burning Bush (right pannel),
2013, oil on canvas, 3’ x 3’
Margie Thompson, Mountain Mystery Series, 2013, oil on canvas, 10” x 30”
independent woman. [She]
made her own way as an artist,” Thompson says, as if she’s
reminiscing about an old friend.
“To be honest, I also felt like
Ghost Ranch was calling me.”
Thompson had traveled
there in 2012, but she wanted
to go back. She kept seeing ads
for Ghost Ranch in a spirituality magazine she subscribes to
and she decided to investigate.
Their “Mesa Magic” workshop
appealed to Thompson, so she
applied for funding and headed
for the high desert.
Thompson had already begun painting a new body of
work, titled “Atmospheric Colors,” which consists of landscapes. She is familiar with
painting woodland, ocean,
Caribbean, Alaskan, and European topography, but Ghost
Ranch is different. Its unique
landscape and color palette
were something Thompson had
not yet experienced.
Each day Thompson, several
other artists, and their instructor ventured into the 102° desert. They even had the opportunity to paint the iconic Chimney
Rock. “I thought I was going
to die, literally, because of the
intensity of [the heat]. It was
wonderful and awesome and
sometimes awful,” she says. “I
remember after a day of painting almost not being able to
walk to my room.”
“Because we were traveling
[around the desert], the person
who was leading the workshop
would only allow us to bring
a very limited set of colors,”
Thompson explains. The desert
is a great place in which an artist can experiment with colors,
she says. They mixed red and
yellow to create beautiful desert oranges, much more organic
than squeezing it out of a tube.
Now that she’s back on campus, Thompson says she feels
refreshed from her time away.
“[I enjoy] meeting so many different artists and seeing how
they paint and what they paint,”
she says. “[Learning] what can
look beautiful and what can be
considered beautiful helps me
encourage my students to take
what they’re discovering about
their own style and stay with it
and expand it. I’m not churning
out little Sister Margie Thompson artists.”
Twenty-two of her paintings
from “Atmospheric Colors”
are currently on exhibition in
the Martinetti Gallery at Johnson State College. She plans to
continue working on the series
toward a larger exhibition at
The Dwight V. Dowley Gallery
on campus within the next year
and a half.
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image: Hanna Horwarth, flickr.com
STYLE
The Griffin
Halloween Haunts You Probably Don’t Know About
Andrea Wentzell ’15
Senior Staff Writer
Within the next two weeks,
the already festive Halloween
spirit might just go into overdrive.
Philadelphia and the surrounding
areas will begin to see a flow of
attractions and events that just
might have the effect of waking the dead. Events range from
tours at the well known Eastern
State Penitentiary (easternstate.
org/Halloween) to Masquerade
Balls in Rittenhouse Square (rittenhouserow.org).
However, you might not even
know that a few of those haunted attractions and tours are right
in your own neighborhood.
Check out these not-so-wellknown tours and events in the
area:
tober daily at 7:30 p.m. with additional weekend times at 6 p.m.
and 9:30 p.m.
Spirits of ’76 Ghost
Tour
Laurel Hill
Cemetery
spiritsof76.com
Tickets - $18
4th and Chestnut St.
Philadelphia (Old City)
thelaurelhillcemetery.org
Tickets- $20
3822 Ridge Ave.,
Philadelphia (East Falls)
This 75-minute comprehensive walking tour takes you to
20 ghostly sites including stops
at the Liberty Bell, Holy Trinity
Church, Congress Hall, the Physick House, among many others.
Tours meet at the corner of 4th
and Chestnut St. and run in Oc-
Host to a variety of events
this Halloween season, Laurel
Hill Cemetery will be awakening the dead with the multitude
of events planned, such as stage
performances from the dead
themselves and the Soul Crawl:
Haunted History tour.
Briton Lodge
Haunted House
britonlodge.com
Tickets- $22
1808 W. Schuylkill Road
Douglassville, PA
With 250 years of history, the
Briton Lodge Haunted House
features 28 cozy rooms that
might or might not be host to a
number of spirits. Recognized as
one of the top ten haunted sites
in Penn., this old lodge sits in the
crossroads for travelers both of
the present and past. Tours run
from Oct. 4 through Nov. 2, on
weekends at the top of every
hour between 7 and 11 p.m.
Haunting at Winding Brook Farms
windingbrookfarm.com
Tickets - $25 Combo Pack
3014 Bristol Road
Warrington, PA
screencap: pennhurstasylum.com
Running throughout October, Winding Brook Farms offers corn mazes, hay mazes, and
family fun activities during the
day, but when night comes so
do the chills. The over 100-yearold, 200-acre dairy farm becomes
a ghostly sight. With both a
haunted hayride and corn walk
of horror, the farm comes to life
with ghosts, zombies, and other
mysterious things that walk in the
night.
Fright Factory
frightfactory.tv
Tickets - $25
2200 S. Swanson St.
Philadelphia (Pennsport)
With tours running every
weekend, this aging former factory turned insane asylum might
leave you as the only one left
alive in your group. Fright Factory tops the Travel Channel’s list
of America’s Scariest Haunted
Attractions, and with its 25,000
square feet of haunting, it’s no
wonder.
Pennhurst Asylum
pennhurstasylum.com
Tickets - $40 combo pass
100 Commonwealth Drive
Spring City, PA
Originally opened in 1908,
the Pennhurst Asylum was once
a state school that housed over
10,000 mentally and physically
disabled patients. The school was
known for its cruel and abusive
nature, and therefore, was closed
in 1968. Pennhurst has miles
of underground tunnels and
blocked hallways, as well as, four
frightening attractions, including
a Ghost Hunt, The Tunnel Terror, The Dungeon of Lost Souls,
and the Asylum itself. This place
will literally take your breath away.
Tears of Our Fathers, Sins of Our Sons
Catherine Dempsey ’15
Senior Staff Writer
Packed with a cry for revolution, love, and reflection,
Crazy Kyle and the Folk Revival bring forth issues that are
facing our society today using
only an acoustic guitar, a harmonica, and Chestnut Hill College’s own, junior Kyle Mick’s
soothing blues voice. Tentatively titled Tears of Our Fathers,
Sins of Our Sons, the record
displays the concerns of our
nation and paints a picture of
pure confusion as Mick navigates us through the wreckage.
It’s recorded well with vocals and instruments balanced
so nothing is overwhelming
the other. “Just A Word of
Warning” croons with “we lost
who we are/in this world of
make believers” delivering a
powerful message to it’s listeners in a very blunt way. There
is nothing subtle about this
release, as Mick wants you to
understand exactly what he’s
trying to say. The content gives
homage to well-respected folk
musicians with tracks like “My
Generation” lyrically telling a
story as Bob Dylan did with
his popular songs “Hurricane”
and “Tangled Up in Blue”.
Mick has been playing guitar for five years and this is
his breakout release. It was
recorded at The Lonely Music
Group in N.J., where he also
recorded a demo record (“The
Fools, The Folks, And The
Failures”) using some of these
tracks (Dr. Death, The Shadow
of Change, and The Edge of
Paradise) in high school.
Mick says he would like
people to have an open mind
before listening to this album.
This isn't the typical folk music
that you hear on the radio like
Mumford and Sons or The Lumineers. “The folk music that
I play is more geared to how
folk music was played in the
1960's,” he says. “Its controversial, politically challenging,
and hopefully makes people
question the world around
them.”
He says he’s looking forward to playing tracks from
this album live in the near future. Be on the look out for
Crazy Kyle and the Folk Revival at the Grape Room this
semester.
contributed by: Jacqueline Garrison Photography
Crazy Kyle and the Folk Revival, the eponymous one man
band created by Kyle Mick ’15, on Oct. 14 released it’s debut album Tears of Our Fathers, Sins of Our Sons.
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The Griffin
Top 5 Halloween Movies
Megan Dicus ’15
Style Editor
3) Friday the 13th
1) Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a well-known comedy featuring three wild witches, the
Sanderson sisters, who originate from 17th-century Salem, and who
through unsuspecting magic, come back to haunt the town nearly 300
years later. This is definitely one of the most popular movies to watch
during the month of October. It isn't the scariest movie out there,
but people of all ages enjoy watching it, as it welcomes the Halloween
season with laughter.
Another infamously gory film directed by Sean S. Cunningham is
Friday the 13th. The story takes place
in 1979 at Camp Crystal Lake,
when the camp re-opens after being closed for almost a decade. It
was said that in 1957, a boy by the
name of Jason Vorhees was swimming in the lake when he suddenly
drowned. Ever since then, counselors have been murdered mysteriously and other strange things
began to happen. But now that the
camp is open again, it’s about to
get a lot worse. Many more counselors are murdered by Jason, as
he wreaks havoc and takes his revenge out on the place where he
was killed many years before.
2) Halloween
Halloween is a classic thriller directed by John Carpenter in 1978.
The story begins in 1963 and focuses on 6-year-old Michael Myers. After coming home from
trick-or-treating, Michael stabs
his older sister to death. For 15
years, Michael is held in a mental
institution, but somehow manages to escape the night before Halloween in 1978. His doctor has a
very strong feeling that Michael is
heading back to his hometown to
kill again on Halloween night and
goes there to stop this massacre
from happening. This movie is
one of Carpenter’s best movies.
4) It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This movie isn’t scary or gruesome, but it’s definitely a classic Halloween film. Made in 1966 and directed by Bill Melendez (the voice
of Snoopy), this cartoon shows the Peanuts gang getting ready for
the Halloween season. For the first time ever, Charlie Brown is invited to a Halloween party hosted by Violet, who most of the time
is mean to him. The characters all have unique costumes they wear,
and even Snoopy gets dressed up. Meanwhile, the only person who
isn’t at the party is Linus, who is awaiting impatiently for the great
pumpkin in the town’s pumpkin patch.
5) Psycho
This old time movie is one of the scariest films from its
decade. Directed in 1960 by “master of suspense” Alfred Hitchcock, the story focuses on Marion Crane, who
is trusted with $40,000 in cash, but leaves town to start a
new life. After she has traveled very far, a storm suddenly
appears and she is forced to pull into a parking lot where
she notices the Bates Motel. She meets Norman Bates, the
caretaker, and he shows her to her room. She goes in the
bathroom, flushes pieces of paper down the toilet, and
takes a shower--but she does not come out alive. A mysterious figure repeatedly stabs her and she falls to her death.
This film is one of Hitchcock’s most famous movies and
definitely a movie to watch during the month of October.
@JimmyFallon: “I once
got a text from my mom
that said, “HOW DO
YOU TURN CAPS LOCK
OFF??” #momtexts”
@The EllenShow: “Love
my new iPhone, but I’m
not using the fingerprint
scanner. At least not in states
where I’m wanted. They ain’t
gonna catch me that easy.”
@SamLansky: “My despair over getting sick with
a mild head cold is probably
similar to how medieval
people reacted after catching
the bubonic plague.”
@HankGreen: “It occurs
to me that you can’t pick
a pickled pepper. You can
pick a pepper and then
pickle it, but there are no
pickled pepper plants.”
as when Harry and his friends
struggled against Lord Voldemort.
According to J.K. Rowling’s
Web site (www.jkrowling.com),
this new Warner Bros. movie,
which will develop into a series,
follows Newt Scamander, the
author of the Hogwarts text-
book Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them (also the name of
the film). This extension of the
magical world sounds absolutely incredible in itself; however,
what makes it even better is that
Rowling, author of the Harry
Potter series, will be writing the
screenplay for the film.
“Having lived for so long in
my fictional universe,” Rowling
wrote on her Web site, “I feel
very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt.”
She would never let her precious fantasy world fall into the
wrong hands, much to fans’ relief.
“As I considered Warners’
proposal, an idea took shape
that I couldn’t dislodge,” she
wrote. “That is how I ended up
pitching my own idea for a film
to Warner Bros.” Since Rowling
is writing the screenplay, there
can be no doubt that the film is
going to be spectacular and true
to all things magical.
However, the only sad news
about this upcoming film is that
it will not include the original
Harry Potter cast that fans have
come to adore. Fantastic Beasts
will include all the familiar magic, creatures, etc. from Harry
Potter, but the story itself will
be set in New York seventy
years before Harry’s story begins.
Even though Harry and his
friends will not be gracing us
with their presence in this film,
it will still be an incredible experience, not to mention, it
will give fans an opportunity to
learn more about the world in
which their favorite witches and
wizards dwell.
There is no word, yet, about
when production on the film
will begin, as Rowling has most
likely not put her finishing
touches on the script.
Tweets of
the Month
Fantastic Beasts: The Wizarding World Returns
Briana Charlton ’16
Senior Staff Writer
The wizarding world of
Harry Potter that many people
have come to love will be returning to the big screen and
fans can expect just as fantastic
an adventure this time around
Harry Potter Alliance
The Griffindors
Brotherly Love Cup
Saturday, Oct. 19
Stop by the Chestnut Hill Griffindors table for baked goods,
a sorting hat quiz, wands, and more !
The Hunger Games
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m.
The Courtyard
Watch your favorite professors reenact the Hunger Games! Grilled cheeses from
Feel Good will be on sale, as well as music and a raffle for your favorite professor.
Raffle voting will take place in front of the cafeteria the week before the games begin.
The Griffin
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Superlative People: CHC’s Student Fashion Line
Marilee Gallagher ’13
Editor-in-Chief
Alexander Omoniyi ’16
staff writer
The goal of a college education is to help you get a job but
what happens when you enter
college already an entrepreneur,
in charge of your own business?
Not many students can attest
to having accomplished such a
feat but transfer student Khamil
Johnson is one of the few. Currently in his junior year, and
first, at Chestnut Hill College,
Johnson is the owner and operator of his own clothing Web site
(www.superlativepeople.com).
“At first it was just a thought
image: Liana Florez ’15
I played around with,” Johnson
said regarding the idea to start
his own business. “Then I figured I should pursue my aspirations so I started my own online
clothing store.”
Johnson’s motivation to start
Superlative People was not driven solely by a love of fashion,
but also by the memories he
had of clothing when he was a
child. “I can remember days going shopping with my mother,”
Johnson said. “It was a time that
we could connect with each other and build my creativity all in
one breath.”
After the shopping trips,
Johnson would spend hours
drawing logos and sneakers for
what he envisioned his clothing
brand would be. He knew meticulously what kind of patterns
he liked and what colors blended well together. He had an eye
for design and one look at his
web site plainly shows that.
Johnson’s mission statement
for his site is a simple but true
thought. “Fashion is an expression of one’s self and a way to
convey creativity,” he said. “It’s
one of the most amazing things
when individuals create new
styles by putting different pieces
of clothing together.”
That creativity is really what
pushed Johnson to do what so
many want to but don’t have
the ambition to do—start their
own business. Through Superlative People, Johnson hopes
to inspire other budding fashionistas in much the same way
he was inspired. His company is
more like a movement, geared
at bringing people together
through something as universal
as clothing and fashion.
Currently, the site is in its infancy, but that doesn’t mean that
Johnson’s efforts aren’t showing. He already has the rights to
sell items from the clothing lines
of Y.Y.O, Poison Apparel, Rays
Collection and I.R.A.N. Collection. Additionally, Johnson’s site
sells Nike Apparel Air Jordan
sneakers, which is no small feat
for a start-up company in just its
sixth month of existence.
Ultimately Johnson’s vision
is to see his site become all-access for men, women and children. He wants it to become a
place where anyone can personalize their own style without difficulty. He has the passion and
drive to see this come to fruition
and with the business skills he is
sure to gain at CHC, it is only
a matter of time until everyone
will know the name, Superlative
People.
Kyle’s Music Pick: Dr. Dog
Kyle Mick ‘15
Music critic
Few indie bands have crossed
as many genres, or have broken
down as many musical barriers as
Dr. Dog.
Hailing from West Grove,
Penn., this motley crew of tenacious musical geeks has built an
enduring reputation for creating a truly unique soulful sound.
Blending an eclectic vibe of
funky Motown beats, sunny pop
lyrics, and a hint of acid rock,
these pioneers of weird are looking to retake the musical spotlight
after being forced to open for
freshman act, The Lumineers, on
their North American tour.
Armed with everything that
has made Dr. Dog cool, these
geeky savants are out for blood
with their eighth studio album
titled, B-Room.
From the moment you listen to the first track on B-Room
titled, “The Truth,” you immediately get that vibe that has made
Dr. Dog so famous in the music
world. A cheery xylophone intro
lick reminiscent of the television show, “Mr. Rodgers,” plays
nicely in the background, while a
smooth-playing Eric Slick drums
up a beat that you could easily clap too. Scott McMicken on
guitar, and Toby Leaman on bass,
have outdone themselves by cre-
ating a beautiful mix of swirling
guitar work and funky bass playing that makes the listener feel as
if they are stepping back in time
to the early days of 1970s rock
and roll.
On a later track titled, “Broken Heart,” the fiery vocals and
falsetto of McMicken and Leaman, really adds to the scat-like
rapping and upbeat drum tempo
that makes this song oddly appealing. While the lyrics and in-
strumentation on both of these
tracks is nothing new from what
Dr. Dog has created in the past,
this band has still managed to
create innovative rhythmic compositions and vocal work that
will be thoroughly appreciated by
new and loyal fans alike.
If you’re a fan of Weezer,
MGMT, or Wilco, definitely
check out Dr. Dog’s new album
B-Room expected to hit record
stores on Oct. 1.
image: Liana Florez ’15
Superlative People, clothing company, allows Khamil Johnson
’15 owner and operator the freedom to pursue a life long passion.
Neighborhood Profile:
Northern Liberties
Michael Bradley ’14
Style Editor
Philadelphia is a city of
neighborhoods. From Fishtown to South Philly to Mount
Airy and everything in between, each sub-division of
the city has its own vibe and
sub-culture. Throughout the
year, The Griffin will look at
different hot-spots in each of
these unique neighborhoods
and first up is Northern Liberties.
Northern Liberties
Also known as NoLibs, is a
hip, up-and-coming neighborhood in the city. It’s loaded
with coffee shops, restaurants,
and nightlife. The crowd is
composed of seriously cool
college kids and recently-graduated people in their twenties.
It’s the Brooklyn of Philadelphia.
Where is it?
Located just northeast of Center City, Northern Liberties, is
a small neighborhood consisting of about 15 square-blocks
bordering the Delaware River.
How to get there?
From Chestnut Hill, hop on
the Chestnut Hill West or
Chestnut Hill East Regional
Rail line, and get off at Market East (13th St. and Market
St.). Next, get on the subway,
Market-Frankford line (nicknamed the “El”) heading toward Frankford Terminal, and
get off at the Girard stop (just
a 5-minute ride) and you’ll be
two blocks from N. 2nd St.,
the heart of NoLibs.
Dr. Dog recently released their eigth ablum entitled B-room.
The band will be appearing at the Electric Factory twice next
year on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Currently they are the freshman act
for The Lummineers North America tour.
What to do?
The Piazza at Schmidt’s (N.
2nd St. and Germantown
Ave.) is a smorgasbord of
activity. Every Sunday at 10
a.m. they host the Brooklyn
Flea Market—a Philadelphia
extension of the famous New
York shopping extravaganza.
Browse old furniture, vintage
vinyl, and pop-up shops sponsored by local clothing vendors.
Can’t make it on Sunday?
There are a ton of other destinations at the Piazza open
all week: PYT (a burger joint
with some seriously crazy
concoctions), Darling’s Diner
(authentic diner food, open
24/7), and Sole Control (a
sneaker store specializing in
rare, exotic finds).
One Shot (W. George St. and
N. American St.): Arguably the
hippest coffee shop in the city,
One Shot is home of one the
most delicious and most decadent breakfast sandwiches in
the city. Appropriately named
the “Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich,” it’s made of two fried
eggs, brie, bacon and a hash
brown on a buttery bagel. Not
feeling so adventurous? Try
the weekly omelet/breakfast
burrito, or just enjoy a cup of
their house-roasted coffee.
North Bowl (N. 2nd St. and
Poplar St.): Leave it to Northern Liberties to make a bowling alley cool. This nightclub
meets bowling alley is the ultimate hang out spot. Aside
from bowling, North Bowl
boasts an enormous arcade, a
café/restaurant, and multiple
lounges to hang out in. Warning: North Bowl is 21+ after
9 p.m., but don’t worry—
they open at 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday and at 12 p.m.
on Saturday and Sunday.
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The Griffin
Harry Potter
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4
Festival Events
3
Oct. 18 – 19
Wizards & Muggles are
welcomed into the Chestnut
Hill, as it is transformed into
Hogsmeade Villiage during
Oct. 18 - 19. Here is a list of
events and shops involved in
the event.
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Friday, Oct. 18
images: Barbara Daye ’17
CHC Quidditch
In 2008, Quidditch on the Hill started to bring
together members of the Chestnut Hill College
community. Throughout the years the program
has developed to included the annual Brotherly
Love Cup, Quidditch World Cup trips, and more.
As one of the many activities here at CHC, Quidditch has become both a mainstay and a notable
activity within the small community.
Above, the 2013 CHC Quidditch team is pictured. Each hold a special position within the
team from chaser to snitch. If you are curious
whom each are check out these player profiles:
1. Cristina Diaz, ‘15
Position: Chaser
Major: English Literature
Hometown: Toms River, N.J.
Fun Fact: Diaz is double jointed.
2. Keianna Simms, ‘17
Position: Beater
Major: Forensic Biology
Hometown: Silver Spring, Md.
Fun Fact: Simms was a member of
her crew team in high school.
3. Hugo Rey, ‘17
Position: Chaser
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Jersey City, N.J.
Fun Fact: “I’m Jamaican!”
4. Joshua Woolaver, ‘17
Position: Chaser
Major: Communications
Hometown: Old Forge, Pa.
Fun Fact: Woolaver is a frequent
blood donor.
5. Rob Pipe, ‘16
Position: Keeper
Major: Early Childhood Edu.
Hometown: Drexel Hill, Pa.
Fun Fact: Pipe played hockey for
14 years.
Opening Ceremony and
Quidditch Pep Rally
Top of the Hill Plaza
5:30 p.m.
Dumbledore’s
Powers Maze
Woodmere Art Museum
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19
The 4th Philadelphia
Brotherly Love Cup
(Quidditch Tournament)
Chestnut Hill College
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The Hunt for the Horcrux
(Scavenger Hunt)
Germantown Ave.
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dumbledore’s
Powers Maze
Woodmere Art Museum
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Complimentary
Knight Bus
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Defense Against the
Dark Arts Classes
Noon and 3 p.m.
Sorting Hat
Demonstration
1-2 p.m.
Harry Potter Activities
Magic, Face Painting, Fortune
Tellers, and Meet Your Favorite
Harry Potter Characters
Germantown Ave.
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Hogsmeade
Shops &
Restaurants
Knockturn Alley
Gravers Lane Gallery
Big Bean Shop
Top of the Hill
Farmers Market
The Quill Shop
Muse House
Madame Monika’s
Magical Emporium
Bohemian Crafts Co.
Gladrags Wizard Wear
Salon & Day Spa
Spa Elysum and Fringe
Quality Quidditch Supplies
Chestnut Hill Sports
Dumbledore’s Villages
Ten Thousand Villages
Madame Malkin’s Robes
for All Occasions
J. McLaughlin Chestnut Hill
Honey Dukes Sweetshop
Zipf ’s Candies
The Phoenix Feather
El Quetzal Inc
Pudding Lane Bakery
Baker Street Bakery
Weazley’s Wizard Wheezes
o’doodles
Tugwood’s Beauty Potions.
Diamond Spa
Potage’s Cauldron Shop
Kitchen Kapers
Madame Puddifoot’s
Night Kitchen
Professor Sprout’s
Sweet Shoppe
Cake
Hog’s Head Tavern
Tavern on the Hill
The Great Hall
Iron Hill Brewery
Hogsmeade Grill
Chestnut Hill Grill
The Burrows
Chestnut 7
Florean Fortescue’s
Ice Cream Parlor
Bredenbeck’s Bakery
& Ice Cream Parlor
The Leaky Cauldron
McNally’s Tavern
Hogwart’s Kitchen
Drake
Hagrid’s Hat
Weaver’s Way
Opinion
The Griffin
Subjective Scrutiny
Gabriel henninger ’15
STAFF ARTIST
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Tea Party to Blame for Gov. Shutdown
nicholas kowalski ’16
contributing writer
corporate tv lacks diversity
Frances ellison ’14
contributing writer
Unless you’re a white, heterosexual male or female, the
current diversity of television,
or lack thereof, can leave you
feeling a bit disappointed. For
those who fall into the “other” category, it’s frustrating to
turn on the TV and not see
anything or anyone to relate
to. It’s not easy being green,
or in my case, black.
One of the cons of media conglomeration is that the
entertainment media is often
homogenized and tailored
very narrowly to fit the needs
of a specific market segment,
like people in their twenties or
baby boomers. The viewing
public is only watching what
the corporations want us to
see.
The current state of television programming is a shining example. Basically, current
network television offers six
kinds of shows: competitionstyle reality shows, gritty cop
dramas, supernatural teen romances, buddy comedies for
those in their twenties, the
Disney channel (which really
is all one show when you think
about it), and every now and
again, something fresh and
different, like “Breaking Bad”
or “Once Upon A Time”
(which has a majority of female protagonists).
Look a little deeper and
you notice that in those six
types of shows, the actors/
actresses are all of one color:
white. That’s not to say that
these shows aren’t good--I
love “How I Met Your Mother” as much as the next person. But it is ridiculous that in
2013, we have shows like this
that depict five people in their
thirties, who live in New York
City and only seem to know
other white people. In most
shows, black people or any
minority for that matter, are
only used as props, commonly
referred to as the “token,” or
to characterize a stereotype.
If you remember in 2006,
the conception of the CW was
supposed to be a merger of
the failing networks, the WB
and UPN, the only network
station in recent memory that
was specifically for people of
color. The original concept
was that it was supposed to
feature shows from both networks, and for awhile, it did.
The original lineup had shows
like “Supernatural” and “Everybody Hates Chris,” both
sharing prime time slots. Yet,
despite the fact that the latter was a popular hit, it was
forcefully pushed to Friday
nights and eventually quietly
removed. The same happened
with many of its counterparts:
“Girlfriends,” “Half
and
Half,” and “All of Us.”
If you watch the CW now,
it’s like watching a 24-hour
presentation of Twilight.
What happened to the original
idea of black and white television co-existing? Or was it
the plan all along to get rid of
UPN and anything like it? It
seems that in order to generate profit, big money corporations have redefined the word
“conglomeration” to mean
the quiet removal of anything
original and diverse.
Oh yeah, Big Brother’s
coming for us, and we’ve let
him into our homes every
night around 8/7 central.
The United States government shut down on Oct. 1 as
the Republicans and Democrats
could not come to an agreement
on the white elephant in the
room: Obamacare.
The finger of blame has fallen
on the Republican Party; however, the entire party is not to blame.
Many Republicans have spoken
against the choice to shut down
the government in hopes to defund the Affordable Care Act.
The Tea Party, a minority wing of
the Republican Party, is truly to
blame for this shutdown.
This political minority group
believes that they have the right
to cause the shutdown of the
government because they do not
want the American people to experience the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, a law that they
have opposed since 2010. According to a national poll released
on Oct. 1 by Quinnipiac University, 72 percent of American voters disapprove of the Republican
shut down of the federal government to block the Act.
Now it is true that Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid and
President Obama are refusing to
negotiate with the Tea Party wing
of the House. But should they?
The law has survived approval
in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government,
as well as Obama’s reelection.
The American people and their
government have spoken, but the
Tea Party has not heard them.
Senator Ted Cruz, a Tea Party
activist from Texas, is the leading
voice of this movement to allow a government shutdown to
block this law. He is afraid that
the American people will not
want to repeal this law because
as he has been widely quoted as
saying, they will be “addicted to
the sugar, addicted to the subsidies.” Clearly, if the American
people like the law, then the Tea
Party activists will have failed. In
addition, this fight is more about
Republican tactics and not about
the law itself, according to Democratic pollster and political blogger, Geoff Garin.
Despite their best efforts to
defund it, the Tea Party watched
the implementation of the Affordable Care Act on Oct. 1 still
happen anyway, because it was
deemed essential, meaning it is
unaffected by the shutdown.
The Tea Party has tried repeatedly to kill this law with no
success. Why do they think they
can hold the American people
hostage by shutting down the
federal government in a far-flung
hope to defund the Affordable
Care Act?
If you have a contrasting opinion on
the Affordable Care Act or government
shutdown and would like to express it
as a letter to the editor, please contact
Megan Welch ([email protected]).
The Curious Case of Edward Snowden
aizaz gill ’13
staff writer
Rebel. Traitor. Whistleblower.
Hero. Patriot.
This wide-ranging spectrum
spans the list of things that former Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) and National Security
Agency (NSA) employee Edward Snowden has been called
by the U.S. government, public
and media.
The former contractor for the
NSA came into recent national
prominence when he admitted
that he intentionally disclosed
classified details of several topsecret United States and British
government mass surveillance
programs to the press.
According to Snowden, the
NSA demanded that major telecommunications
companies
hand over customers’ names,
street addresses, and other personal information, along with
“detailed records of calls they
made across town or across the
country to family members, coworkers, business contacts and
others.” The surveillance did not
end there. The range of U.S. spying spanned the spectrum from
allies like Germany to antagonists like China and Russia.
What followed was the “Summer of Snowden” as the U.S.
government conducted an international man hunt for Snowden,
who may have been responsible
for the most significant leak in
U.S. history. The case for label-
ing Snowden as a traitor became
even stronger when he hid in
Hong Kong and then lived in the
terminal of a Moscow airport for
weeks in order to evade capture
by U.S. authorities.
Former Vice President Dick
Cheney called Snowden a “traitor” and stated that his actions
constituted “one of the worst occasions in my memory of somebody with access to classified
information doing enormous
damage to the national security
interests of the United States.”
In response, Snowden stated
that “being called a traitor by
Dick Cheney is the highest honor
you can give an American.”
My first reaction was to smile
at his witty response, but then the
line stayed with me and forced
me to consider whether or not
Cheney was right.
There is no doubt that the
United States of America is different than the rest of the world.
The famous French historian,
Alexis de Tocqueville, remarked
in the 1830’s that the United
States was “exceptional” and
“the most democratic country
in the world.” We, the American
people, believe in the idea of
American exceptionalism -- the
belief that America is the freest,
most democratic, wealthiest nation in the world whose mission
from God includes promoting
democracy both domestically
and overseas. It’s why we have
culturally iconic lines such as
“Truth, Justice and the American
Way.”
If the idea of American exceptionalism is true, then we
should stand up and applaud
Snowden’s actions. Why? Because Edward Snowden had the
fortitude to stand up against the
government of the most powerful nation in the world. He had
the courage to reveal the ugly
actions of a government which
was spying on millions of its
own people and its allies abroad
knowing that he would be considered a traitor.
Thomas Paine, the famous
writer of Common Sense, once
said that “the duty of a patriot
is to protect his country from its
government.” If we are to continue calling ourselves the most
democratic nation in the world
and the leader of the free world,
then our government cannot
have these overreaching surveillance programs which make the
“Big Brother” from George Orwell’s 1984 a reality.
I consider the actions of Edward Snowden to be heroic. It is
my fervent hope that Snowden
will be recognized for coming forward and doing the right
thing when thousands of his fellow NSA employees continued
spying on their fellow citizens.
After all, in 1776, there was another group of men who were
labeled as “traitors” because they
believed that loyalty to an unfair
and overbearing government was
no longer the same as loyalty to
what is right.
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Discrimination at homecoming Caffeine and the College Student
maci Kociszewski ’16
contributing writer
A western Pennsylvania high
school switched a transgender
student’s name from the ballot
for homecoming king to the ballot for queen without his consent in a move that is completely
despicable and cruel.
High school is traumatizing
enough for most--with acne, puberty, crushes and the fair share
of drama. Add to that the fact
that transgender youths are going through a transition that
most other people are unaware
of, and it can really make for an
unbearable four years.
Some people can be mean
and cruel at that age, insulting those who are different just
because they can. This attitude
is the product of how some
teenagers are raised, which isn’t
an excuse, but it happens. But
a whole new problem emerges
when the adults who run educational institutions are still stuck
in this childish mindset.
The school would have been
widely criticized if they hadn’t
let Kasey run for Homecoming
royalty at all, but the fact that
they changed his ballot from
King to Queen adds insult to
injury. When the school board
met, they kept the school’s ruling to keep Kasey’s name on
the homecoming queen ballot,
and decided that they would
meet to discuss this injustice at
a later date, which happens to be
just two days after the school’s
homecoming game.
Well played school board,
well played indeed.
In my opinion, it’ll be lucky
if the school board even meets
again about it, seeing as the T
(transgender) in the LGBT community is often overlooked.
When we have backwardthinking people like this running
our nearby school systems, it not
only feeds false notions into the
mindset of future leaders, it also
reflects the mindsets of our current leaders. If that school board
can’t understand the simple concept that sex and gender are two
completely different things, then
what does that say about the rest
of the Pennsylvania schools,
mayors, governor, and other
Pennsylvania representatives?
It’s not surprising considering the fact that same-sex marriage is still illegal here. Not to
mention the violence and killings inflicted on so many LGBT
people today, like the dismemberment of a transgender woman in July.
Start taking notes Pennsylvania, because Kasey Caron is
about to teach you a lesson of
love, respect, and equality.
megan welch ’16
opinion editor
Drinking three to four cups
of coffee a day can slow teenage brain development, according to a new study funded
by the Swiss National Science
Foundation.
Researchers at the University Children’s Hospital in Zurich found that even a moderate
consumption of caffeine could
ruin a teen’s ability to enter into
deep, also known as REM (Random Eye Movement), sleep.
This prevents the brain from
being able to make important
connections that are vital to the
formation of an adult brain.
This study is just another
addition to the already massive
amount of information that
says that caffeine is damaging
to teenagers and young adults.
And as an avid coffee drinker,
this is definitely scary.
But even with all of this information, my coffee habit isn’t
going to stop. The reason is
fairly simple: I have a lot to do.
I take six classes, work two jobs,
am in five different campus organizations, and have friends
and a social life.
With all that on my plate,
there’s no time to sleep.
I simply do not have enough
hours in the day to maintain my
grades, pay my bills, do things
that matter to me, have fun and
sleep. So sleep is always the first
to go, because it is the easiest to
go without.
And this is where caffeine
comes in.
It’s a simple fix: it’s fast,
cheap and effective, and for all
intensive purposes replaces my
need for eight hours of sleep a
night. Because of this, I drink
coffee every day, and rely on it
to keep me alert.
I know I’m not the only one.
My schedule is pretty standard
for a typical student, and so is
my addiction to caffeine. If you
look around a classroom on any
given morning, I can guarantee
that at least three students will
be clinging to a travel mug like
it’s their last hope. And in some
ways, it is. That caffeine is the
only thing keeping tired brains
awake through a long day, so
it’s clear that we’re not going
to stop drinking coffee anytime
soon.
But
perhaps
caffeine
wouldn’t be such a necessity
if there wasn’t so much pressure on students to do it all.
A college course load is in itself a full-time job. But on top
of that, most students have to
work at least one part-time job
to support themselves, find internships so they can get jobs
once they graduate, participate
in athletics or activities to boost
their resumes, and learn to be
functioning adults in society all
while trying to make time for
fun and, if we’re lucky, keep our
sanity. And failure simply isn’t
an option when the rest of our
lives ride on the success of our
college years.
So if we need a few cups
of coffee or a Red Bull to get
through the day, who can possibly blame us? It isn’t healthy,
but there’s really no alternative.
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Submissions represent the
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Please send all submissions
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Harry Potter Festival
In Chestnut Hill
Oct. 18 & 19, 2013
Friday Evening, Oct. 18
5:30p.m., Opening Ceremony, Top of the Hill Fountain Plaza
10a.m. - 6p.m., Dumbledore’s Powers Maze, Woodmere Art Museum
Other Activities Include:
Fortune Tellers • Face Painters
Magicians • Caricatures
Games and Activities
Specialty Food, Drink, and Retail
Saturday, Oct. 19
10 a.m. - 6 p.m., The Phila. Brotherly Love Cup, Chestnut Hill College
10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Dumbledore’s Powers Maze, Woodmere Art Museum
11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Complimentary Knight Bus Service
11 a.m. - 5 p.m., The Hunt for the Horcrux
Noon and 3 p.m., Defense Against the Dark Arts Classes
1-2 p.m., Sorting Hat Demonstration
For More Information and a Detailed Schedule Visit ChestnutHillPA.com
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Growth of Div. II Athletics at CHC
Marilee Gallagher ’13
editor-in-chief
Ever since Chestnut Hill
College made the jump to D-II,
the athletic offerings have
grown tremendously. Attention
to the athletic programs has
also increased to accommodate
the student-athletes, a group
that makes up about 1/3 of the
entire student population.
Over the years, the college
has even begun to see the fruits
of the labor from this renewed
excitement in athletics. Every
semester the teams see tons of
their players on the academic
honor roll as well as see the
Griffins constantly active and
involved on campus.
The results have begun to
show on the field as well. Just
two years ago, the men’s lacrosse team was ranked in the
USILA Coaches Poll and last
year, the women’s and men’s
tennis teams reached the
NCAA tournament, making
it the first time for the men
and the first time both were in
the tournament together. The
women’s team has since built
on this, receiving a national
ranking of their own for the
2013-14 season.
Chestnut Hill is seeing their
athletic teams perennially reach
the postseason, which is a testament to the work and dedication of the student athletes
and the widespread support the
college has placed behind these
excellent programs. According
to Albert Stroble, tennis head
coach and assistant athletic
director, it is also a result of
the ability to recruit. “Recruiting has been the biggest challenge,” he said, regarding the
tennis teams. “Slowly but surely
we’ve brought in a couple kids
every year to build the program
where it is today.
The move to D-II brought
more scholarships which of
course brought a better ability
to recruit top athletes as Stroble
mentioned. The improved recruiting has most definitely
shown in the results.
One of the ways CHC has
recruited especially in the past
few years, has been to tra-
verse the country’s borders.
For sports such as basketball,
it may make sense to recruit
within America but for others
like soccer and tennis, globally,
other countries place stronger
emphasis on these sports.
The uptick of international
recruits has been evident and
again, it has shown in the results. Being able to bring in
these top students has really
been one of the best ways the
college has grown their athletics and really demonstrated the
desire to make that push to the
top.
It is for this reason that The
Griffin plans to introduce a new
series to the sports section: “International Athlete Spotlight.”
We want to feature a different athlete from a different team each issue and want
to hear your story. The Griffin
wants to provide the rest of our
student body a chance to get to
know our athletes, especially
those not from this country, in
a perspective that isn’t solely
focused on the courts or fields.
Flyers Rebound with New Players
ADELE GIANGIULIO ’16
SPORTS EDITOR
Hockey is back and the Philadelphia Flyers’ season is underway. Following a shortened season in which the Flyers missed
the playoffs for the first time in
six years, the team has a lot to
prove.
After buying out spacey
goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and
the always classy Danny Briere, the organization added
many new faces to the roster.
Paul Holmgren, Flyers General
Manager, inked big names such
as defenseman Mark Streit, excaptain of the New York Islanders, goaltender Ray Emery, who
is coming off a spectacular 17-1
season with the Chicago Blackhawks, and the most prominent
signing is that of forward Vincent Lecavalier. The ex-captain
of the Tampa Bay Lightning has
played over 1,000 games in the
NHL, has scored 383 goals, and
has a Stanley Cup to boot.
With such talent and leadership experience added to
the roster, second-year captain
Claude Giroux hopes to bounce
back from a less than great 20122013 season. With only 13 goals
in the 48-game season Giroux
displayed little to none of the
on-ice magic he’s renowned for.
However no one goes through a
slump without learning from it.
With a strong support system in
associate captains Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell, and
the additional guidance from
Lecavalier and Streit, the team
has the leadership and experience to balance out the excess
youth.
The Flyers opened their season against the Toronto Maple
Leafs with the ever-passionate
Philadelphia crowd cheering
them on. Mason earned the
starting spot and was sharp between the pipes. The first period
kept a very fast pace as the Flyers’ defense and offense showed
the energy and persistence that
they lacked last year. However,
the period did not see any scoring until the last 6.9 seconds
when the 22-year-old Brayden
Schenn, netted the first Flyers’
goal of the season on the power
play.
Unfortunately it wasn’t
enough to win and neither were
the efforts put forth by the team
in the next two games. The lack
of what looked to be commitment also seemed to show and
as it does so often in sports, the
head coach was the one to take
on the blame.
In perhaps a shocking move
considering the season was just
three games old, Holmgren
made the decision to fire head
coach of five years, Peter Laviolette.
Laviolette’s shining moment
with the team was leading the
Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, but his system
of play has since gone stale.
Craig Berube, assistant coach
to Laviolette, former player and
coach of the Philadelphia Phantoms, has been named the Flyers’ 18th head coach flanked by
Ian Laperriere, who was a part
of Laviolette’s 2010 team, and
John Paddock, one of the winningest coaches in the American
Hockey League.
Berube made his coaching
debut against the Florida Panthers and led the Flyers to their
first victory of the season with
goals from Braydon Coburn
and Brayden Schenn. The game
was an ugly win for the team
filled with bad penalties, and a
discombobulated
powerplay,
but Berube will take it.
Going on 40 years since the
Flyers’ last Stanley Cup victory
this revamped team is playing
not only for redemption, but to
bring the Cup back to Philadelphia.
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Sandberg and the
Phillies Target 2014
JOESEPH Golding ’17
Contributing Writer
On April 1, the first day
of the 2013 Philadelphia
Phillies season, the team
fell to the Atlanta Braves
by a score of 7-5. They followed that uninspiring performance by going 73-88 in
their next 160 games. And
then perhaps fittingly to the
narrative of the season, the
Phillies’ year came to an end
just the way it had begun,
with a loss to the Braves,
this time by a score of 12-5.
The Phillies sat 20.5
games behind the division
leading Braves and were
a disappointing 53-67 as
of mid-August. They had
charged back in the weeks
before the All-Star break
but the second half of the
season was very unkind to
the Phillies.
For a team that opened
the season with the third
highest payroll and renewed
playoff aspirations, sitting
at 14 games under .500 was
not at all how the front office imagined the season.
The team was plummeting
in the standings and it was
evident that the clubhouse
needed a change. Following their off day, the news
broke that Charlie Manuel,
the Phillies manager for
the previous eight and a
half years, had been fired.
The same skipper that led
Philadelphia to two straight
World Series', winning one,
was now talking to his former players about not being
around.
It hit hard around the fan
base and players like Chase
Utley stated that he "...owes
a lot to Manuel," while other players collectively agreed
he was like a father figure in
the clubhouse. When Manuel was fired, it was also announced that Hall of Fame
second baseman and current third base coach, Ryne
Sandberg, was named interim manager.
The same day, the Phils
dropped a 4-0 contest to
the Los Angeles Dodgers,
amassing just three hits. It
would take another shut out
by the Dodgers for Sand-
berg to finally pick up his
first win on Aug. 18. Starting with his first win, the
Phillies would go 19-20 for
the rest of the season. Still
unimpressive but the slight
improvement was a big
enough sign for the Phillies
front office because they
named Sandberg permanent
manager with a three-year
extension and an option for
2017.
Having solved their manager situation, the Phillies
still have the huge question
mark of GM Ruben Amaro
Jr.
Amaro has made smart
short term moves in the
last couple of years, such as
trading for Cliff Lee, Roy
Halladay, Hunter Pence, and
Michael Young but the only
result of these trades long
term, was an inflated payroll and depleted prospect
depth. It also does not help
that the Phillies have one of
the worst contracts in baseball with Ryan Howard.
Amaro has not set this
team up to win anything in
the near future and the only
solution at this point is to
rebuild.
The future of this team
is going to be built around
Cole Hamels and Dominic
Brown as the organization’s
highest upside prospects
continue to develop. This
might take a few more years,
but the Phillies are optimistic that when these guys are
ready, this team will once
again be able to head in the
right direction.
They have power arms
like Adam Morgan, Jesse
Biddle, Kenny Giles, and
Severino Gonzalez. Offensively, their top prospects
are J.P. Crawford, Shane
Watson, Maikel Franco, and
Roman Quinn. That quartet has plenty of speed and
power. They have potential
now, they just need some
depth.
Their future lies in the
hands of Amaro and he,
and Sandberg, will best determine if in a couple of
years, this team looks like
Manuel's 2009 Phillies or
the Phillies of 2013.
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Women’s Tennis Focused
to Win CACC Championship
Marilee Gallagher ‘13
Editor-in-Chief
The Chestnut Hill College
women’s tennis team once
again showed that they are on
the rise as they secured a road
win over Concordia University, who had been previously
undefeated in CACC play. The
win also marked the 100th in
the career of head coach and
assistant athletic director, Albert Stroble.
Stroble, who is credited
with building this program
into one of the top 50 teams
in Division II, has been the
head men and women’s tennis
coach since the 2006 season.
He ushered the teams forward
as the school transitioned to
D-II and has since made a
name for himself as one of
the top coaches in the CACC,
receiving two Coach of the
Year awards in his time with
the college.
“Reaching the 100 win
milestone was a personal
achievement for me,” Stroble
said, adding that the victory
was that much sweeter coming
against the powerhouse of the
CACC in Concordia. “To beat
them on their home courts, to
give them their first loss and
obviously the 100th win being on top of that, it was a
great win and the girls really
enjoyed it.”
Concordia
joined
the
CACC in 2009 and had not
dropped one single conference match during that time
period. But in 2013, it was and
will be Chestnut Hill that is
the only CACC team with an
unblemished record as they
finished undefeated, for the
first time since joining D-II ,
in conference play.
This perfect record ensures
the college the top seed in
the upcoming CACC Championships, which could pit
them against Concordia in a
rematch of last year’s finals.
But this time, Stroble expects
the result to be different. “To
have finally beaten Concordia for the first time, I think
it makes it easier going forward,” he said in reference
to the chance the teams meet
again. “I stressed during the
Concordia match that we had
to want it more than they did
and the girls really embraced
that. We have that mentality
and if we have that mental-
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ity, I feel like we can beat anybody.”
Fortunately for the Griffins, the tournament will once
again take place on their home
courts, a place that has been
very friendly to the ladies and
according to Stroble, gives a
“good advantage.” Since 2010,
the team has gone 30-10 when
playing at home, something
the coach credits to the great
and supporting CHC fanbase.
The success for the team
has not come without due
adulation and Stroble credits
it all to the ability to recruit.
“When I first came here we
were Division III and the program was really not very competitive,” he said, adding that
“slowly but surely,” the recruiting has improved and has
paid off. “I look back four,
five years ago when I first
brought in Danielle Knott ‘13
and Maria Parapouras ‘13,”
Stroble said. “They were the
cornerstone of what we were
trying to build.”
Through that recruiting,
the tennis program has grown,
making a dramatic leap from
a 3-17 record in 2009 to 13-9
the next year and currently, to
11-1 in 2013. Prior to the season, the Griffins also achieved
a national ranking for D-II,
which according to Stroble,
“is another milestone for the
college.”
But the coach has no intention to be satisfied with complacency because the way he
sees it, CHC is on the cusp of
something great. “Concordia
was ranked 37th when we beat
them,” he said, “so I think that
is just another great stepping
stone to hopefully increasing
that ranking. We have a lot of
good teams on our schedule
that we can move up in those
rankings and possibly be in
the top 30 or 40.”
A top ranking like that
would almost assure the team
admittance into the NCAA
Tournament for the third
straight year. But before those
championships in the spring,
there is an empty spot in the
trophy case for the CACC
Championship, which is just
waiting to be filled. “If we
continue to play well and continue to work hard,” Stroble
said, “I think the cards are
stacked in our favor.”
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Michael Goldstein, former goalkeeper and newly appointed assistant coach of the men’s
soccer team, holds the College record for saves, wins, and shutouts.
Goldstein Returns in New Form
Tiffany UreÑa ’16
Sports editor
After a successful four-year
career as a student athlete at
Chestnut Hill College, former
goalkeeper, Michael Goldstein,
is adding to his list of accomplishments as a Griffin through
an assistant coaching position
with the men’s soccer team.
During his four years at
CHC, Goldstein was a two-year
captain, became the college’s
all-time leader in saves, wins
and shutouts and received the
Coach’s Award in his freshman
and senior seasons. Although
Goldstein graduated last year,
his time off of the soccer field
did not last very long as shortly
after graduating, Goldstein received the opportunity to come
back to the pitch and the coach
that he credits for much of his
success.
“My dream after playing
has always been to coach at the
highest level possible for myself,” Goldstein said. “Coach
Keith Cappo has provided me
with a great opportunity to
come back and not just coach
with him, but learn a lot from
the more experienced coaches
on the staff.”
Goldstein says that the
advantage he has over other
coaches, is his relationship with
the players. “What makes this
opportunity unique is that I’m
familiar with a majority of the
team since I’ve spent time over
the last four years sharing the
field with these guys,” he said.
“One slight problem other
coaches new to a program
face is that they have to learn
about their players on and off
the field. Since I already know
them, I can focus my time on
other things.”
Although this is Goldstein’s
first time coaching at the collegiate level, he has coached for
local teams Continental FC, the
Continental FC Academy, and
YSC. His time with these teams
has helped him prepare for
coaching at the level of CHC.
“With CHC, I am learning
things both on and off the field
– like how to deal with different
situations, how much planning
needs to be done in order to
get everything done, and other
roles that coaches serve that I
never did realize as a player,”
Goldstein said.
Not only does Goldstein
help the team with on field
duties, but he extends his assistance to the players off the
field. “I think the players know
they can come and talk to me
about a lot of different things,
whether it be about soccer or
not, because they were already
familiar with me as a player,” he
said. “I try to offer guys advice
and somebody to talk to, not
just from a coach’s perspective,
but a friend perspective as well,
since it is then easy to be honest and truthful, which is respectful from their perspective
as well.”
Goldstein has nothing but
praise for the other members
of the coaching staff for the
Griffins and is fortunate for
Current Record
Men’s Soccer 5 - 4 - 2
Women’s Soccer 2 - 7 - 1
Women’s Tennis 11 - 1
Volleyball 6 - 11
the position. “This is truly a
great opportunity to be back
here with such a great group of
players,” Goldstein said. “This
opportunity really puts my respect at an even higher regard
for all the coaches I’ve had
throughout my life, and how
many things need to be done
not just on the field, but off the
field as well.”
Goldstein hopes that his
time at CHC can help him
achieve his dreams for the future. “I hope that one day my
career takes me to the highest
level of coaching that I possibly
can,” Goldstein said. “The goal
is to become a collegiate head
coach somewhere, so this position has helped me learn the
day to day operations coaches
have to deal with.”
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(Current as of 10/10)
Men’s Cross Country
Sam Mondello ’17 placed 12th in
the 8K at the Wilmington Area
School Meet.
Women’s Cross Country
At the Wilmington Area School
Meet Paige Antail ’17 placed 12th
in the 5K.
For more information, visit: griffinathletics.com