In This Issue - Cedar Crest College

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Vol. 85 No. 8
In This Issue
OPINIONS
The Campus Corner...
Who is your dream valentine?
page 2
Can true love be found on television...
“Whatever happened to meeting someone without television crews?”
page 3
The rise of the Lifelong Learning Student
Union...
“...the LLSU will no longer remain a
stagnant force here on campus...”
page 4
NEWS
In the news...
Good riddance to 2003
page 5
Out lines
For the gay community the theme is
personal and political
page 5
LIFESTYLES
Rare infection hits close to home...
“...it never hit me that it was that serious until I woke up ten days later.”
page 8
A class a day keeps the doctor away...
Sure, we all say our classes are going to
kill us- but does going to college reduce
the mortality rate?
page 9
FLIBBERTIGGIBETY
Bet you didn’t know...
The Crestiad has some fun talking to
Mr. Raker
page 10
Don’t spring break your bank...
Alternative ideas on how to get away
for less this semester
page 10
Mona Lisa Smile
Wellesley students and alums speak out
page 11
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
February 5, 2004
Honorary degree for Dr. Shirley Jackson
Jennifer Woytach
Crestiad Reporter
Dr. Shirley A. Jackson may very well be
one of the most accomplished people of the
present day. She is President of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, a theoretical physicist,
university professor, senior government official, and someone that African-Americans and
women alike can look up to.
Already recipient of 21 honorary doctoral
degrees, Dr. Jackson was honored with a one
from Cedar Crest College on January 29,
2004. Jackson referred to the title as "an honor
which I appreciate deeply."
Life Trustee, Dr. Charles D. Snelling's
opening words were very true: "Dr. Shirley
Ann Jackson, we honor you today with this
doctor of public service for a remarkable
career and a lifetime of leadership and service,
and an ongoing dedication to the advancement
of women in science."
Jackson holds an S. B. in physics from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
and in 1973, she graduated with a Ph.D. in
theoretical elementary particle physics from
M.I.T. By doing so, Jackson became the first
black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in any
subject from M.I.T.
While Jackson's list of accomplishments
is almost overwhelming, she was a very hum-
ble and gracious speaker. She spoke of being
inspired by the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik and
the technological advancements in the country.
She spoke of the determination and perseverance of women in the sciences throughout history.
Jackson spoke of her friend and colleague, Ron McNair, who perished with the
rest of the Challenger crew in the 1986 disaster. McNair was selected by NASA as the first
of three African-Americans. She spoke of
Judith Resnick, the second woman to orbit the
Earth and Christa McAuliffe, who was to be
the first civilian in space and also perished in
the Challenger disaster. Jackson speaks with
hope that the next generation of women and
minorities will be inspired by science.
In 1995, President Clinton appointed her
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
While Chairman of the U.S. NRC,
Jackson led the formation of the International
Nuclear Regulators Association in 1997, and
was elected as the group's first chairman.
Jackson will become president of the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) in February 2004.
Jackson’s various memberships and
awards are too numerous to mention, but
some highlights include the National Coalition
continued on page 5
Cedar Crest nursing professor wins
state-wide award
Jennifer Woytach
Crestiad Reporter
Nancy Johnston, Assistant Professor of
Nursing at Cedar Crest College, was a 2003
recipient of the Pauline Thompson Clinical
Nursing Research Award at the Pennsylvania
State Nurses Association 100th Annual
Summit.
According to Fran Manning, Executive
Assistant of the Pennsylvania State Nurses
Association, "The Pauline Thompson Clinical
Nursing Research Award has been established
by The Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania.
This award is given to a registered nurse
enrolled in a graduate program who is conducting a clinical research project in nursing.
To be eligible to receive The Pauline
Thompson Clinical Nursing Research Award,
one must be enrolled in a master's program in
nursing that is accredited by the National
League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
(NLNAC), Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE), or a doctoral program in nursing in an accredited university."
Johnston has been a faculty member
since 1994 and is also on the Institutional
Review Board Committee. She has been a
nurse since 1970 and worked as a family
nurse practitioner before beginning her
research study.
Johnston earned her Master's degree in
Maternal Nursing from the University of
Pennsylvania. She credits that as "the foundation of how I got into this study [of pregnancy.]" Johnston is now working toward a
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Degree from
Penn State University.
Johnston said she went full force at Penn
State with funding from United States Public
Health Service Division of Nursing and spoke
highly of Cedar Crest at this time. "What's
cool about Cedar Crest is that they gave me
an educational leave- which is unheard of.
They said, "We want you to come back with
new information, to fulfill your goals, and
teach our students.'"
One of the goals Johnston has for her
study is to establish a research program.
Nancy Johnston
Photo by Jessica Brabant
"Body Listening in Late Pregnancy" is a preliminary study. "If we can predict symptoms
of premature labor in a healthy pregnancy,
then can we prevent people who are at risk for
premature labor?" are the questions Johnston
is asking with her study.
Johnston also speaks very highly of the
nursing students assisting her with her study.
"It is required that students in Nursing
Research II need 24 hours with nurse
researcher. Students will learn ethical rigor,
how to protect human participants, and how
to bite their tongue when someone says, "I
don't want to be in this study anymore.'"
Johnston says there is a numerous number of students helping her with everything
from sending letters to OB groups, keeping in
touch with people who have received letters,
getting baby baskets made that will be raffled
off to participants, and transcribing participant's journals- some of which have up to
three weeks of entries. She added with a
laugh, "They went to every grocery store in
the Lehigh Valley with posters to broadcast
this study."
The students next job will be to label
tubes that will be used for the participant's
saliva. This is considered biomedical research,
continued on page 5
Dr Shirley Jackson
Photo Courtesy of College Relations
Martian
mysteries
Anthony Verbalis
Crestiad Special
Mars is a planet which is often easy to
see in the nighttime sky. Bright and yellow-orange in color, it frequently outshines
all real stars in the sky. But in actuality, its
diameter (4000 miles) is only half that of
the Earth, which means that its surface
area is only one quarter that of the Earth.
However, since oceans cover none of its
surface, the area of dry land on Mars is
roughly equal to the area of dry land on
the Earth.
Five times to date, spacecraft from the
earth have successfully landed on Martian
soil (but there have been even more failures). In addition to the landings, three
spacecraft continue to send back pictures
and information from their orbits around
that planet.
The two successful landings of instrument packages on Mars this January
cheered those like me who have a great
deal of curiosity about this planet. With a
bit more luck, they will work well enough
to add to our knowledge of that place.
They will not be able to tell us if anything
lives there or ever lived there. But the
information they do send back should shed
some light on this question.
The question of whether life exists
elsewhere in the solar system has kept me
interested in Mars for most of my lifetime.
I have been fortunate to live during an age
when our knowledge about this other
world has grown so dramatically.
The best telescopes in the 1950's
could reveal only an orange disk with
fuzzy darker areas, and white polar caps.
Some observers claimed to see straight
lines, which they called "canals," but these
were never able to be photographed. They
turned out to be a monument to the human
capacity to "see" what we want to see.
What many, including myself, wanted
to see was evidence that the human race is
not alone in the cosmos. And even if it was
granted that Martians no longer existed, it
was easy to imagine that they had created
great civilizations in the distant past, and
that we could someday go there and might
discover what they had done and how they
had lived. We could go there and stand on
the banks of one of the great "canals"
which they had constructed.
Our knowledge about Mars took a
great leap in the 1960's when a spacecraft
named "Mariner" approached Mars with a
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OPINIONS
T he Campus Cor ner
Who is your dream valentine?
Joanna CraigFreshman,
Psychology/Social Work
Lindsay HorvathSophomore,
Genetic Engineering
Kristin JanneySenior Life Long Learner,
Nursing
"My dream Valentine is
someone who is appreciative, and sentimental, can
make me laugh and likes to
cuddle, but above all else is
ordinary."
"Brad Pitt! I've been in love
with him forever!"
"That would be a good listener, someone with many
interests, and someone who
enjoys conversation...oh,
and always a night out."
Managing Editor
Nadia Mohammad
Adviser
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Business Manager
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Photo Editor
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Associate Editors
Beth Ciccolella
Stacey Frank
Sarah Magner
"My boyfriend. He's my
sweetheart."
What happened to the heat?
The C re stiad
Spring 2004 Staff
Editor in Chief
Gabrielle Boulerice
Meaghan NeddermanFreshman, Forensic
Psychology / Bio
Psychology
Web Editor
Laura Scioli
Staff
Katie Fehlinger
Linda Misiura
Courtney Lomax
Mary Jo Moninghoff
Nichole McCollum
Stacey Solt
Jessica Meyers
Rose Strong
Maxine Tam
Iva Tchomakova
Jenn VanderWege
Jennifer Woytach
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heat on high. There is a draft coming from
my window that rivals my refrigerator for
freezing power. All of the people sitting in
Steinbright residents all have control over
my room are wearing long pants and long
heat and air conditioning in their rooms. The
sleeves. This is a comfortable temperature,
standing joke is that there are two settings on
but it is confusing me because this morning I
the heater: hot and not.
had to get out of bed and turn the heat off
So when I came back from winter break,
because I was sweating in shorts and a tank
and my room was freezing, my first thought
top with no blankets or sheets covering me.
was “ok…so I’ll just put the heater on high
This cannot be good for residents physifor a few minutes, and it will be tropical in
cally or mentally. The drastic changes in temhere.” I turned my heater on high, and went
perature between our rooms from day to day
to bring the rest of my stuff inside. Then I
and the outside are really messing with me.
unpacked some of my things. I was still
Mentally, it’s hard to settle into schoolfreezing. Then I went to dinner with a few of
work and a new semester when I have to
my friends. When I got back,
spend five minutes each night
my room was still freezing.
gambling on what to wear to bed
The standing
Then I watched a movie in
and whether there will be too
someone else’s room, which was joke is that there
much heat in the morning or none
also freezing. When I finally
at all.
are
two
settings
went to go to bed, it was so cold
Have you ever noticed how
on the heater: hot
in my room that I was actually
hard it is to tear yourself away
shivering.
and not.
from a shower in the morning
Finally, I decided to check
when the bathroom is comparaour heater. It was most definitetively freezing? I honestly cannot tell you
ly blowing cold air. Even an RA walked into
how much water I have wasted in the past few
our room and declared that the temperature
weeks just because I did not want to come out
was ridiculous. It was three days before we
of the stream of hot water and into the cold
had any form of heat in our room.
reality of morning.
Now, don’t get me wrong. When the heat
Physically, the differences between the
is on, it’s pretty ridiculous also. It only needs
temperatures inside dorms, other buildings on
to be blowing for a few minutes, and
campus, and the outside world seem to be
Steinbright residents will be walking around
making many people ill. I have met more
in shorts and tank tops. This happens when
people with head colds since we got back
the heat is only on low. Usually, if I turn the
from winter break than I did all of last semesheat in my room on at all, I cannot place my
ter.
hand near the vents for too long, or it will
I know there is not much that can be done
actually burn my skin. I just tried it. I can
about the difference between inside and outplace my hand on the heater indefinitely and
side, as nature has a habit of running its
there is no harm done.
course, but is there any way to control the
But all that seems to have changed again.
temperatures inside the buildings?
As I type this I am sitting at my desk with the
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OPINIONS
Can true love be found on television?
Gabrielle Boulerice
Editor-in-Chief
a relationship with someone that he or she did
not really know can understand this feeling.
I do not understand why anyone would be
Why does it seem that reality shows have
drawn
to starring in a television show in order
taken over television? Reality television
to
fall
in
love and become engaged. I for one
shows were new and interesting when they
would not want to be one of the women vying
first started appearing on television, but lately
for a man’s love and I also would not want to
the reality television phase has gotten boring
be a woman who had to choose one man to
and repetitive. A person can only watch so
marry out of a group of possible suitors.
many television shows that focus on an indiThere seems to be a lot of stress and disapvidual finding love in a few short weeks from
pointment that an individual sets himself or
a select group of suitors.
herself up for by joining one of these televiMaybe I am the only one who does not
sion shows.
understand why anyone would want to find
The idea of falling in love on television
love by being involved with a reality televiseems
to have taken the romance out of dating
sion show. I truly believe that true love cansomeone. The man does not get the chance to
not be rushed. It could take someone years to
sweep the woman off of her feet. An individfind the right individual to spend his or her
ual does not truly get to know all of the suitlife with. I think that
ors because there are so
these television shows
many options.
portray a false image of
True love may be right around Whatever happened to
how to find love and that
the corner, but that corner is meeting someone withthe individuals who join
out television crews?
these shows are setting
not necessarily lined with
The idea of falling
themselves up for disaptelevision crews.
in
love
on television
pointment.
makes me wonder if
No one can possibly
woman and men are
fall in love with someone
getting
lazy
and
relying
on other individuals
in such a short period of time. This has been
to narrow their options down and help them
proven time and time again when the relationget engaged and married sooner. I think that
ships that develop on the television screen fall
men and women appear on these television
apart after the show ends. The engagements
shows for the wrong reasons. An individual
that are witnessed on the television screen by
should not enter a television show because he
American viewers rarely lead to marriage.
or she wants to get married. Marriage is not
Everyone knows that relationships are
always the most important thing in life.
great in the beginning, but tend to become a
The thing that shocks me even more than
challenge as time goes on. I think that it is
the
fact that individuals sign up to participate
absolutely ludicrous to believe that someone
in
these
shows is that the American public
can get married to a person that he or she has
watches these shows. I encourage all of my
only known for a short period of time. The
fellow college students to pursue life and haptwo individuals are still trying to impress each
piness without the help of cameras and crews.
other. They have not gotten to know the true
True love may be right around the corner, but
personalities of each other. Anyone that has
that corner is not necessarily lined with televihad a relationship with someone for more
sion crews.
than a year and realized that he or she was in
Are rules made to be broken?
Maxine Tam
Crestiad Reporter
It was Sunday night. That Friday, I had
parked my car in front of Moore Hall because
I went shopping that afternoon, and I did not
want to carry all of my things from parking
lot C back to Moore.
After dinner on Sunday night, I remembered that I needed to move my car back to
lot C because I am a freshman, and I may not
park in front of residence halls on weekdays.
When my car was done warming up, I drove
onto College Drive and then turned onto the
road behind Curtis Hall to get to lot C.
While driving, I passed the security building and then a speed-bump. Before I got to
the “mini intersection,” I noticed headlights
beginning to approach my car. When I got to
the “mini intersection,” I stopped because
there is a stop sign screwed onto the wall of
Butz. I made a complete stop, as I did not
want to risk being pulled over by security.
After stopping, I turned right and began
my climb uphill. Then I reached another stop
sign that says, “yield to pedestrians; stop.”
The car behind me also turned right. I stopped
right before the crosswalk because that was
the first stop sign was and I did not know if
anyone was coming from the sides. The car
behind me began to pass me. It was not just
any car; it was a Cedar Crest police car.
The security car did not even stop for the
stop sign, made a left turn and drove through
the second stop sign. Even though there were
no cars driving around the circle at that time,
it should not mean that vehicles with red and
blue lights on top of them may ignore the
sign.
The logic right now is that if they do not
have to stop at stop signs then we do not
either, right? Wrong. If any car ever does that
on this campus and security catches it, they
would definitely pull over the driver, and
might even ticket him or her.
Now, if the campus police car was going
somewhere for an emergency, then the driver
would have turned on the red and blue lights.
That vehicle did not. So it was not an emergency. If security does not require us to stop
at stop signs when there is no traffic coming,
why do they not just put yield signs in place
of the stop signs? That way, campus security
would not have to break its own rules.
I have a right to the left
Katie Fehlinger
Crestiad Reporter
pearance of left-handed desks on this campus.
Last semester, I suffered through several
courses without a single lefty desk in the
I have always cherished the unique advanclassroom. I had a lecture class in Curtis Hall
tages of being left-handed. I like that I typiwhere the seats are permanently drilled into
cally stand out from my right-handed peers.
the floor. Not a single lefty among them. So it
The proverbial right-brained creativity, imagiwas in the writing course I took in TCC.
nation, and artfulness that lefties are commonSuddenly, all over campus, lefty desks have
ly credited with are traits that I would not
become MIA!
soon cast off as worthless. I share my lefty
Righties, realize just how nice you have it!
adroitness with people like Leonardo da
Imagine not being able to prop your elbow
Vinci, Jimi Hendrix, Prince William, Nicole
when you take notes. Imagine having to turn
Kidman, and (woo hoo!) Marilyn Monroe.
your notebook into a ridicuOn the flip side, however,
lously skewed position on your
are the disadvantages. For
example, I have not yet
Please, just for once: desk just so you can write only
somewhat comfortably.
encountered a left-handed
can a girl get a leftI must give credit where it
computer mouse. Supposedly,
left-handed scissors exist, but handed desk at Cedar is due, however. In one of my
classes this semester, there are
I have not come across a pair
Crest?
a whopping two left-handed
since my sixth grade sewing
desks available for student use.
class where it was a necesBut
I
ask
you,
what good are those two desks
sary commodity. Then, of course, comes the
when
they
are
stuck
at the extreme rear secincredibly annoying problem that faces any
tion of the room, scrunched behind a sea of
lefty who uses any form of writing utensil –
right-handed desks, and immovable without
those irritating ink or lead marks we get on
significant hassle and rearrangement?
our left hands when we write anything longer
In the words of the great fitness mogul,
than a few words. (This is especially exasperSusan Powter, it’s time to stop this insanity!
ating when we are writing long essays for an
Just as right-handed people have the advanin-class exam. Not only do we have writer’s
tage of propping their elbows and writing in
cramp, but we also get a lovely gray souvenir
what can be called a normal position, so
on the side of our hand to remind us of the
should lefties be given the same benefits. Of
torture we’ve just sustained.)
course lefties are outnumbered by the righties.
I have quietly endured for years the negAnd of course there is a greater need for
lect that lefties everywhere have faced in the
right-handed desks on this campus. It’s a
lack of “lefty-ready” products, but I can stay
well-known fact that lefties are the minority.
silent no longer. Please, just for once: can a
But I, even while being left-handed, am still a
girl get a left-handed desk at Cedar Crest?
Cedar Crest student, and I have a right to the
Recently, I have noticed the slow disapleft.
Imagine all the people
Steve Hofstetter
Crestiad Special
mother. "You're the tooth fairy!"
Uh oh. I had, with a single boring anecdote, began the downward spiral that would
After a week in San Francisco, a month in
lead to the destruction of this child's imaginaLos Angeles, and a night in Las Vegas, four
tion. I needed a quick recovery. Zack needed
days in Tulsa didn't sound like the most rocka quick recovery.
ing time. But we were armed with a six-year"No, no no," I said. "MY parents are the
old to entertain us. And this wasn't just any
tooth fairy. You didn't know that? I figured
six-year-old. This was a six-year-old who has
you'd have met them by now - They've been
an imaginary news anchor that talks to him
at it a while. That's why I travel so much. My
through the microwave.
parents keep moving around. It's hard to
I introduce you to Zack. A friend in Tulsa
make friends this way, but if AC Slater can do
is dating Zack's mother, and I'm very glad
it, so can I."
about that. Not just because I get along with
The Saved By the Bell reference was for
her and think that she's a good match for my
the adults at the table, a group to which I
friend, but because Zack could keep me
allegedly belong. But Zack heard the imporamused for years.
tant part. And what's crazier, he believed it.
We were all having dinner when Zack first
There is now a six-year-old in Tulsa that
introduced us to Joe, the imaginary news
thinks the tooth fairy is a combination of Mr.
anchor that talks to him through the
and Mrs. Hofstetter.
microwave. But Joe doesn't just talk to him
Just before we left Tulsa Saturday mornthrough the microwave. Joe is also in the
ing, we had breakfast with everyone again.
wall,
Halfway through the meal,
the toaster, and, occasionZack went to the bathroom
ally, Zack's ravioli.
and came running back,
Because as we grow older, complaining that there was
It's nice to see Zack
have such a vivid imaginaour parents and teachers soap in the toilet. Of all
tion. Because as we grow
stifle
our imaginations in the things that he could
older, our parents and
have told us was in the toiteachers stifle our imagina- favor of teaching us reality. let, soap was the least
tions in favor of teaching
threatening, so it took us a
us reality. I had an imagifew minutes to realize he
nary friend once: Rachel I.
was referring to the urinal cake. We thought
KaBenjamin. I derived her name from mixing
of the impossibility of explaining a urinal
the middle names of myself and all of my sibcake to a six-year-old, and by the time we finlings - Rachel, Israel, Lorraine, and Benjamin.
ished laughing over who was going to tell
Where's the K from? Well, it's one letter away
him, Joe had returned to distract us, this time
from L, and (I am not making this up) I
in pancake form.
thought Rachel I. LaBenjamin sounded too
Zack has a nine-year-old brother who
French. Keep in mind that my only exposure
thinks he is crazy. And he's quite possibly
to the French at the time was through a carright. But Zack, while standing--actually
toon skunk.
standing--over his plate, threatening to eat
But as I got older and my imagination
Joe's sausage nose, reminded me that I could
faded, I made Rachel move away. I stopped
use a little more imagination - after all, I'm in
crafting shapes from the clouds. And I no
one of the few professions that rewards it.
longer wondered what could lurk in the shadPerhaps I can begin exercising my imaginaows. Though I have gotten pretty good at piction more often.
turing women naked.
Ah, here comes the waitress now.
I have grown so out of touch with my
imagination (except for that naked thing) that
I forgot what age I stopped believing in the
Steve Hofstetter is the author of Student
tooth fairy. And, in front of news-anchorBody Shots, which is available at
befriending Zack, I let something slip
www.SteveHofstetter.com. He can be eabout my parents giving me money for my
mailed at [email protected].
baby teeth.
The whole table stopped eating. Even Joe
(he can be a bit of a cannibal).
"I knew it!" Zach said, pointing to his
OPINIONS
The rise of the Lifelong Learning
Student Union
Tara Bealer
Crestiad Special
The lifelong Learning Student Union is rising, again! Currently, with a handful of members, the student union has been reaching out
to the unheard voices of our lifelong learning
student population. With the lifelong learning
students making up over 50% of the Cedar
Crest student body, it is high time for appropriate representation here on campus. As lifelong learning students, priorities and goals differ from most traditional students. The administration and faculty at Cedar Crest have taken
this issue seriously, and are encouraging the
growth and participation of this student union
in every way possible. The executive officers
of the LLSU have taken the initiative to
diminish the communication gap between lifelong learning students and the campus student
government association by electing an official
senator, Deeann Khayyam, who represents the
needs and voices of the lifelong learning student body. Through this outlet they have been
able to achieve status as a legitimate force
here on campus and with time, will continue
to integrate new resolutions to substantial conflicts for lifelong learning students.
The officers of the LLSU have also set
forth a full schedule of activities for this coming semester, embodying all of the commitments expected of an active organization,
including service and fellowship events on
campus as well as the community. Their first
event, a pizza party welcoming new members,
will enable prospective members to enter into
a leisurely social outlet while learning of the
student union’s goals. A second event,
planned by the LLSU, invites the family of
lifelong learning students to join an activity
here on campus. In February, they are hosting
the Hawaiian Luau Pool Party, open to all lifelong learning students and their families.
There will be food and refreshments provided
at the function as well as fun & games. Vice
President, Erin Stokes & Secretary, Patti
Leight, are currently working on how to
spruce up this theme with fun decorations,
like actual Hawaiian Lais & umbrella fruit
drinks, and pool games like water limbo.
Perhaps the most ambitious project the
LLSU is promoting this year is the Family
Safety Day & Health Fair Carnival, scheduled
to be held in April. Agencies from the local
community, including the Allentown Fire
Company, the Lehigh Valley EMS and the
Allentown Highway Safety Department, will
be providing important information about the
value of health & safety. To improve on this
concept the LLSU has integrated the carnival
Steve Hofstetter
Crestiad Special
No cross country road-trip is complete
without a little bit of Las Vegas. And this past
Thursday, the El Cortez Hotel and Casino
was exactly that. A very little bit of Las
Vegas.
While on this trip, we haven't stayed in
many hotels. If you haven't been keeping up,
"we" refers to myself and fellow comedian
Josh Jacobs, and "this trip" refers to a massive several-month and few-dozen state comedy tour consisting mostly of hangovers. Oh,
come on, I'm kidding - I know enough to
drink water before I go to sleep.
Even when hotel rooms are free, we often
find them antiseptic and impersonal.
Sometimes I like the quiet time a hotel gives
me to regroup from spending the rest of the
week at college parties. But more often than
not, we prefer staying with people who don't
wear nametags with their city and state.
But in Vegas, we had no choice. We don't
know anyone in Vegas, if you don't count the
bartender I tried to pick up when I was there
two years ago. And you can't count her,
because talking to someone for five minutes
and leaving without knowledge of their
phone number never counts for anything.
I do, however, know someone who knows
someone in Vegas. His name is Orbitz, and
he charges a slight fee for this knowledge.
Okay, so I used a website to find a cheap
hotel. It was either that or get to Vegas with-
theme behind this Safety Day, including such
fun enhancements as a moon bounce, balloons
& carnival games, all to encourage the attendance of lifelong learning students and their
families. Of course, LLSU activities are
always open to any student among the Cedar
Crest campus as well as faculty and administration. As a matter of fact, the LLSU relies
on your support to make these events successful!
In order to finance the events the LLSU
has ambitiously projected, there are a number
of ongoing fundraising activities. The LLSU
have recently purchased newly designed TShirts which will be on sale at any LLSU
gathering or the LLLC Office. Additionally,
the LLSU President, Tara Bealer, will be holding monthly scrapbook workshops, here on
campus, with 50% of the profits benefiting the
Safety Day & Health Fair Carnival. The successes of these fundraisers depend upon your
support and contributions. For most that cannot participate in the scheduled activities, this
is one way to show your support!
It is apparent that the LLSU will no longer
remain a stagnant force here on campus. The
current members of this student union have
committed themselves to a revolutionary
advancement for the lifelong learning student
body. For more information on how you can
get involved in their crusade contact Tara
Bealer at [email protected].
Letter to the Editor
A little more respect for commuters &
lifelong learning students, please!
To the Editor,
On her first day of New Student
Orientation, Helena already noticed the lack
of respect many resident students have for
commuters and Lifelong Learning students
(C+L). She attended a "Meet Your Fellow
Commuters" meeting which was mediated by
two upper-class (and obviously resident) students. One of them opened the meeting by
saying something like, "Do you have any
questions about being a commuter, not that
WE are commuters, no way!!!" From then on
it just got worse and worse. Most resident
students have little or no respect at all for
some of the concerns we have.
A very good example is when a group of
students have to meet to study, write a report
etc. If we have classes until 1 pm and then
again at 6 pm most people can't understand
that 3:30 pm is a very bad time for us to
meet. We wouldn't be able to go home before
or after the meeting, we would be stuck for 5
hours. But that's okay; you can step on us
because we're just commuters! Many resident
students appears to think that it is okay to
cancel an appointment 5 minutes before the
appointment, but at this time the C or L are
probably already at school waiting for the
group. That means the C or L have wasted a
lot of time on transport (possibly hours) for
no reason.
Another great example is the ever interesting subject of parking on campus. Resident
upperclassmen think they deserve some privileges; and of course they should have some,
but does that have to be the best parking
spots? We're not talking about the roadside
parking by Moore Hall and Butz Hall, that is
only for resident students. We're talking about
the parking lots behind Butz Hall and in front
of Steinbright Hall. These lots are very convenient to park in because they are close to
Curtis Hall, TCC, Lees Hall and Miller
Family Building. It is perfectly legal for C+L
to park here, but if we do that the resident
students start to cry out about how hard it is
for them to walk more than a few feet from
their car to their residence hall. We are just
like you; we don't like to walk long distances
between our cars and classes and just like
you we especially hate to walk late at night!
Some of us are often here late at night, working on schoolwork, and experience this quite
frequently.
And who said that C+L get the best park-
ing spots? That is not possible! When we get
here in the morning all the residents already
have their cars on campus, and we assume
that you've parked them where you want
them to be. This is especially visible during
the winter, where the cars in the best parking
spots are completely covered in snow for
weeks at a time. By the way, nobody pays to
park on campus, there is no parking fee
included on the tuition bill; it's free for everybody. Everywhere else parking is on a first
come first serve basis and nobody complains
about that! Have you noticed that C+L never
complains about the parking situation on
campus?!
Most resident students can live without a
car; you have everything you need within
walking distance. It may not be very cool not
to have a car, but technically you can live
without one unless you work or have other
things you must attend off campus. C+L
however, cannot possibly get to classes without a car, public transportation is very bad (if
it is there at all) and getting to classes by bike
is to jeopardize one's life (traffic is horrible).
So, if you think parking on campus is a problem, don't blame it on us. You should be
ashamed of yourselves!
A thing that is really missing on campus is
a place where C+L can study between classes. The Commuters Lounge in TCC is too
small and dark and the TV is always on really
loud. We need a nice, quiet and well lit place
on campus, preferably a place that's open 24
hours a day during finals.
The whole general attitude towards C+L
is unpleasant. We wonder if that attitude is
something you learn when you move on campus. Would we become like that if we moved
onto campus? It is as if C+L are looked upon
as less valuable, less cool. Well, we're so
sorry if we can't pay for a dorm room. Does
that make us bad people? The dorms are full;
space is becoming a big problem, so you residents should be grateful that some of us don't
live on campus! And we are many; in fact we
are about 950 traditional and LLL students
who commute to campus everyday. All we
ask for is a little respect for what we endure!
Sincerely,
Corinne Campbell, Katherine Crispin,
Jennifer Dryfoos, Alexis Kopp, Lori
Kunkle, Helena Mora-Jensen, Erica
Nickle, Katie Paradise and Anjali Raval.
Lost wages, Nevada
out sleeping arrangements, and that is never a
good idea. If there is one town where it's dangerous to be awake longer than usual, it's Las
Vegas.
The El Cortez was only $21 including tax
for both of us. To put that in perspective, my
rent in New York is almost double that. But
that's without factoring in utilities. In New
York, my utilities consist of gas and electric.
In Las Vegas, I also have to pay for my share
of the month's Texas Hold 'Em.
Before I discuss my penchant for donating
money to casinos, I should point out a few
things about how crappy the El Cortez is.
And the woman on the phone really called it
"The El Cortez." That means "The The
Cortez." Alternatively, you can call it "El The
Cortez" or "El El Cortez."
The sign in the elevator letting me know
that security would be willing to walk me to
my car tipped me off to the kind of place this
was. And if that weren't budget enough, their
"Round the Clock" food specials were only
combined Round the Clock - each one was
available for a few hours. And there are no
clocks in Las Vegas, so you can't see what
time your hotel started sucking. Orbitz says
The El El The Cortez has three stars. But I
don't think it ever got them all in the same
year. To be fair, the place across the street is
worse - it advertises a $4.95 all you can eat
buffet, and in small letters the sign says
"nearby."
I'm not one to go to Vegas without some
gambling, especially in a hotel this boring. So
I took $50 and hit the poker tables. Not
blackjack this time - I didn't want to play a
game against the house. I figured that the
odds were better playing against people who
couldn't afford a grammatically correct hotel.
I was already up $20 when I sat down. Not
technically, but that's how much I would have
lost if I actually played Keno during dinner
instead of just jotting down numbers and seeing if they'd win. So when I went up 20 or so
real dollars very quickly, I was in a good
mood. Especially because I was the only nonregular at the table. To be a regular at any
casino is sad. To be a regular at The El
Cortez is, well, these guys.
But I stayed in a bit too long, and I lost a
big hand on an unlucky draw. (The
River, for those of you who play). I
wasn't upset, because I lost the money
to someone who needed it more than
me. He needed it for many things. For
instance, to afford a new watch so he
could find out the details on the next
shift of Round the Clock specials.
I got up, walked over to the
roulette wheel, put the remaining $21
I had on black, surprisingly hit, and
walked away. I smiled: I had only lost
$8 on the night. In other words, I
spent $29 on a night in Vegas. $9, if
you add my winnings from not playing Keno.
Next time I go to Vegas, maybe I'll
just play the change machines. It takes
as much talent as slots, and I'd win every
time. Though I admit - it's a little less exciting than walking through The El Les Ha Het
Das Cortez Hotel and Casino, and being
thankful that I was leaving the next day.
As long as someone is available to walk
me to my car.
Steve Hofstetter is the author of
Student Body Shots, which is available at
www.SteveHofstetter.com. He can be emailed at [email protected].
NEWS
In the News...
Jessica Eyth
Crestiad Reporter
Good Riddance to 2003
Personally, I
was glad to be rid
of 2003. It was a
year rife with
tragedy and disaster, and I'm not just
talking about the
sorry condition of
Michael Jackson's
face in his now
infamous mug shot.
First there was the Columbia disaster.
All seven crew members of the space shuttle died when it exploded on February 1.
The investigation into the cause of the
explosion plodded on throughout the year,
but was overshadowed by the biggest news
event of '03: the war in Iraq.
Major operations began on March 19
and ended (supposedly) 43 days later.
Regardless of how we feel about the justifications for the war, we can all agree on one
thing: war is never good. It's messy, tragic,
and expensive in terms of both cost and loss
of human life. Saddam Hussein was captured on December 12; one good day out of
many bad ones for Iraqis who are faced
with the daunting task of rebuilding their
country and gaining sovereignty from occupying forces in 2004.
Loss of life was great in Iraq, and the
death toll continues to climb, but the
biggest humanitarian disaster of last year
was the earthquake that leveled the Iranian
city of Bam on December 27. I can't help
but feel that the press overlooked the magnitude of this tragedy. The death toll rose to
over 41,000 and an entire city was decimated. All the infrastructures that had been in
place to deal with emergencies were
destroyed and the people of Bam now have
to rely completely on help from outside
sources. (The best relief fund I have found
so far is UMCOR at: http://gbgmumc.org/umcor/emergency/iran/. The
United Methodist Committee on Relief is
using 100 percent of donations to help in
the emergency. Their website also provides
guidelines for assembling aid kits.)
The "roadmap" to peace in the Middle
East floundered in 2003. Suicide bombings
continued, and a security barrier went up in
the West Bank. With Ariel Sharon speaking
about "disengagement" from Palestinians
earlier this year, who knows what 2004 will
bring for the region?
Back in the U.S., California had a particularly upsetting year. There were wildfires, mudslides, and a recall election. Roy
(of Sigfreid and Roy fame) was mauled
onstage by one of his tigers, and Martha
Stewart, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jackson
were mauled by the press.
Here we are at the beginning of a new
year, picking up the broken pieces of 2003.
The Democratic Primaries are in full swing
and so is insurgency in Iraq. The search for
weapons of mass destruction faces an
uncertain future, much like the presidency
of George W. Bush. By the end of next year
will we still be dealing with the "axis of
evil", or will we be tackling universal
health care? All I can say is stay tuned.
E mail comments and questions to:
[email protected]
Jackson
continued from page 1
of 100 Black Women; Sigma Xi; Delta Sigma
Theta; and American Academy of Arts and
Sciences (AAAS).
Jackson was inducted into the National
Women's Hall of Fame in 1998 and the
Women in Technology International
Foundation Hall of Fame in 2000. Also in
2000, she was awarded the Golden Torch
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Academia
from the National Society of Black Engineers,
and the "100 Women of Excellence" award
from the Albany-Colonie (NY) Regional
Chamber of Commerce & Women's Business
Council.
In 2001, Jackson was the recipient of the
Out lines
Johnston
so all participants are to be kept anonymous.
All of their journals and saliva samples will be
marked by number. Johnston and her advisor,
Betsy Corwin, an expert on the body's immune
system and its effect on postpartum fatigue,
were curious to see if a person's saliva could
be tested and used in a study such as thiswhich it can be. Saliva can be a big part of
prenatal care. It can be tested, along with the
symptoms, and if the results correlate, we can
be one step closer to preventing early labor.
Everyone in Johnston's study is 37 weeks
pregnant or longer. They keep journals with
their sickness, pregnancy, and psychological
symptoms. There are symptoms that
researchers call 'sickness symptoms'- symptoms you feel when you're about to become
sick. These are symptoms that pregnant
women might ignore or just consider symptoms of pregnancy. The journals will be used
to see if any of these symptoms can predict an
early labor.
Participants fill in their symptom checklist, journals, and their tubes of saliva for the
study. Once they get into the study, it pretty
much runs itself. The study can only be done
with healthy women. If they decide to have
artificial induction or if they have high blood
pressure, they won't be able to continue the
study.
Johnston was surprised to find out that
she had won the Pauline Thompson Award. "I
had sent in a five page, single spaced paper to
the PSNA. It was just a proposal. I hadn't even
defended it yet," she said. "I was surprised. It
was very rewarding and exciting." The $1000
award will be used to buy tubes for the saliva
testing and to pay the participants of the study.
She is now waiting to hear from the National
Association of Nurses on a $10,000 grant for
her work.
Johnston also pointed out that there are
three other nursing faculty doing the same:
Wendy Robb, who is researching alternative
therapies for the critically ill; Mae Anne
Pasquale, researching whether family should
be with their critically ill loved one; and Sandy
Leh, who is doing research in community
health. "I am amazed at their stamina- working
on course work while working full time,"
Johnston said of her colleagues. She also
noted, "What's funny is, I was Mae Anne's
teacher at East Stroudsburg University and
now we're getting our Ph.D.'s together."
Aside from her research, Johnston is a big
lacrosse fan; both of her sons play. She does
volunteer community service with the
American Red Cross, teaching First Aid and
CPR and likes to go birding. Next for
Johnston, going to see eagles on the Delaware
River and continuing her research. "I don't
know how I'm going to do all this when
lacrosse season comes," she says, smiling.
For the gay community the theme is
personal and political
Rose Strong
Crestiad Columnist
I've been at Cedar Crest College for
nine years as a Life Long Learning student
and as I go along each semester, I get most
issues of The Crestiad just to see what's happening around campus. I can count on one
hand how many articles on gay and lesbian
issues this publication has printed.
I have been given the chance to write a
column on the topics of interest to the gay
community. I'm grateful for the platform,
however this is a campus newspaper and that
means it's your venue as well. If you have
something to say, a comment or an opinion,
maybe an event you know of that would be
of interest to the campus, let me know. I'll be
happy to consider it for publication here.
You may also write a letter to the editor, as
The Crestiad welcomes your comments.
Just to set the record straight - yup, pun
intended there - all my own references in this
column shall use the term "gay" as a blanket
description for all persons in the homosexual
community.
2003 was a phenomenal year for the gay
community. Here are some of the highlights
that were listed in the January 20 issue of
The Advocate, just in case you've been buried
in your textbooks and haven't heard:
·
Peggy Neff received the first federal compensation check awarded to a samesex partner in the amount of $557,390 for the
loss of her partner, Shelia Hein, killed in the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the
Pentagon.
·
Belgium becomes the second country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
·
The Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court hears a case that challenges
the states ban on same-sex marriages.
·
A case challenging the Texas
sodomy law is heard by the U.S. Supreme
Court in Lawrence v. Texas.
·
New Mexico governor Bill
Richardson signs a bill adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the state's hatecrimes law. The state of Hawaii also extends
protections against hate crimes based on gender identity.
·
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of PA
creates a firestorm when he's quoted by the
Associated Press as saying, "If the Supreme
Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you
have the right to bigamy, you have the right
to polygamy, you have the right to incest,
you have the right to adultery.
You have the right to do anything."
·The Federal Marriage
Amendment, proposing a ban
on same-sex marriage to the
U.S. Constitution, is introduced
in the House of
Representatives.
·An Indiana judge dismisses a lawsuit challenging
the state's ban on same-sex
unions.
·Texas governor Rick
Perry signs the states so-called
Dr. Bart Shaw speaks at Teach-In while Dr. Allen Richardson listens
defense of marriage act.
January 28, 2004.
· New Hampshire
Photo by Beth Ciccolella
Episcopalians elect the
Reverend V. Gene Robinson as their next
bishop. Robinson is the first openly gay per"Immortal Award" for the 15th Annual Black
son to hold such a position in any mainHistory Makers Award. Also, in 2001, she
stream Christian denomination.
became the first woman to win the Black
·
Officials in the Canadian province
Engineer of the Year Award by US Black
Engineer & Information Technology magaof Ontario begin issuing marriage licenses to
zine.
same sex couples.
In 2002, Jackson was named one of the
·
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes
Top 50 Women in Science by Discover magadown antigay sodomy laws in a 6-3 ruling in
zine, and recognized in a published book by
Lawrence v. Texas.
ESSENCE titled 50 of The Most Inspiring
·
British Columbia becomes the secAfrican-Americans. She also was named one
ond Canadian province to legalize gay marof "50 R&D Stars to Watch" by Industry Week
riage.
Magazine.
·
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Jackson said she drew inspiration from
debuts on the Bravo Channel.
her father when he said, "If you don't aim
·
Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell
high, you won't go far." It is quite apparent
that Jackson has aimed very high.
signs an executive order prohibiting state
agencies from discriminating based on gender identity.
·
Boy Meets Boy debuts on the
Bravo Channel.
·
Married Canadian couple Kevin
Bourassa and Joe Varnell stated they were
denied entry into the U.S. because they listed
themselves as a family on U.S. Customs
forms.
·
California Gov. Gray Davis signs a
domestic partnership bill giving same-sex
couples nearly all the rights that married couples enjoy.
·
Openly gay comedian, Ellen
DeGeneres, who made history in 1997, when
her television persona, paralleled her own life
by coming out of the closet to become the
first openly gay character on a TV show, premiers on her own daytime talk show.
·
President Bush proclaims the week
of Oct. 12-18 Marriage Protection Week.
·
An Arizona court upholds the
state's ban on gay marriage.
·
The Reverend V. Gene Robinson is
consecrated, making him the first openly gay
man to rise to the level of bishop in any of
the world's major Christian bodies.
·
The Human Rights Campaign
launches a $1 million newspaper campaign to
educate people nationwide about equal civil
marriage rights.
·
The Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court rules that it is unconstitutional
to deny gay couples the right to marry.
Thanks to the dedication and bravery of
folks who have blazed the trails before us,
the gay community has a much easier life
than ever before. Considering the above
points, it is clear there is a theme. The time
has come to allow same-sex couples the
same basic rights as anyone.
I have been with my partner for 17 years
and same-sex marriage is an issue dear to our
hearts. We want to make a commitment to
one another that will affirm our love and will
also be legal. Our rights -- and according to
those counting -- there are over 1000 rights
afforded to straight people that same-sex couples are denied.
2004 should prove to be an even more
interesting year with a presidential election
looming in November. Issues such as homelessness, the economy, the war in Iraq, the
environment, education and our nation's
healthcare crisis will likely take a back seat
to the civil rights of gays. Focusing on the
Federal Marriage Amendment will likely be
on the top of President Bush's re-election
agenda as a smoke screen to avoid the real
issues at hand.
Wonder what you can do to change
things? Besides writing your elected officials
and visiting the Human Rights Campaign's
website at www.hrc.org, there are other
things happening locally.
Lehigh Valley Pride: www.pridelv.org,
in Allentown has announced a few things on
their agenda this month. The Metropolitan
Community Church of the Lehigh Valley
(MCCLV) is supporting Freedom to Marry
Action on February 13. They are asking
those couples willing to go public to step out
and apply for marriage licenses at the
Northampton and Lehigh county courthouses.
If interested in participating or need more
info you can contact
[email protected] or call 610709-8800.
On February 14, PFLAG and MCCLV
present the National Freedom to Marry Day
2004.
The celebration will be held at the
church at 7 p.m. and will consist of a worship
service and a party/dance. In addition to a
same-sex marriage ceremony, a blessing of
relationships will be offered. If you would
like more info, call 610-709-8800.
You can contact me confidentially at
[email protected].
Mars
camera. The first photograph that was sent
back still seems fresh in my mind. There
were lots of craters, but nothing that looked
remotely like a "canal." It resembled the
Moon, which we knew to be a lifeless
world. Subsequent photographs by even
more capable spacecraft have shown not the
slightest evidence of the possibility of intelligent life there.
Today, we have additional ways of
knowing that advanced civilizations could
never have existed on Mars. Mars is smaller
than the Earth, and more distant from the
Sun. Both were formed about 4 and a half
billion years ago. Because of its smaller
size and greater distance, we know that
Mars cooled off much faster than the Earth,
and could not hold its atmosphere.
But in its youth, Mars certainly had
warmth, a good atmosphere, and at least
some liquid water. We know that there was
liquid water because Martian orbiters can
today photograph winding channels which
look just like dried up river beds. The conditions very likely were advantageous for
the evolution of life to get started. These
conditions may have persisted for at most a
few hundred million years.
That sounds like a long time, but we
know that it took nearly 4 billion years
before the human species appeared on our
planet. A few hundred million years would
just not be long enough for intelligent life
to evolve, based on how long it took on the
Earth. It might however be long enough for
single cell organisms to evolve. So the
question about the possibility of life on
Mars remains. But any life that might be
found there is likely to be of the single cell
variety. Still, it would be most interesting to
know whether or not even primitive forms
of life live, or ever lived on Mars.
For example, every living organism on
Earth is based on the molecule DNA. If
Martian life is discovered, we could see if it
contains DNA. If it is based on DNA, then
perhaps that is the only way that life can
evolve, anywhere. Or alternatively, perhaps
life evolved on Mars first, and then migrated to Earth when bits of Mars were blasted
from its surface by meteoric collisions. This
would mean that life on Earth is an offshoot
of Martian life.
The first two successful landings on
Mars were in the 1970's, and were named
the "Viking" landers. Some of the experiments that they were able to perform
seemed to indicate the presence of life. For
example, when a nutrient solution was
mixed with Martian dirt, carbon dioxide
was produced (like respiration).
However, other experiments were less
conclusive, such as the gas chromatograph
test for organic molecules. Whether or not
these experiments are best explained by the
presence of life in the Martian soil is still a
matter of considerable debate. But science
proceeds by means of doubt, and since there
are alternative explanations for the Viking
data (involving unusual chemistry), we still
must seriously doubt that the Vikings discovered life on Mars.
Spirit and Opportunity, the new rovers
which have commenced studying Mars, are
equipped to study geology more than biology. It is my understanding that they will be
able to examine rocks to determine their
chemical composition and microscopic
structure. That should be sufficient to determine whether a rock was formed by a sedimentary process.
Since sedimentary rocks are usually
formed by deposition from a body of water,
their presence could provide strong evidence that bodies of water once existed on
Mars. If the chemical composition of the
rock is limestone, that would be even
stronger evidence by formation by deposition in water.
One of the landers (Spirit) is located in
a crater that seems to have a winding river
valley (now dry, of course) attached to it
The crater (Gusev crater) is therefore
thought to have once been a lake fed by that
river. If so, it should have all manners of
rocks deposited in it, which were carried
there by the ancient river. Perhaps there is
we should be proud. We need no additional
also limestone in the soil of the dry lakeexcuse for the expenditure of a small porbed.
tion of our resources.
Knowing more of the geology will help
Perhaps you might then think that I
us to know were the water was, and where
view favorably the recent
it still might be.
call by President Bush to
This will theresend manned expeditions
fore tell us
We know that there was
to Mars. I do not. I think
where it might
liquid water because
that this is a job for
be best to search
machines to do.
for the cellular
Martian orbiters can today
We should continue
life which might
photograph winding chanto let machines do our
still exist. I hope
nels which look just like
space exploration for us.
that someday
dried up river beds. The
They are becoming
rocks and soil
increasingly more sophiswill be brought
conditions very likely were
ticated and capable, and
back from such
advantageous for the evoluwill do the job for a
places on Mars,
tion of life to get started.
small fraction of what it
and we can then
would cost us to safeexamine them
guard people on such a
for evidence of
journey.
life.
Since resources are limited, money for
Such a project would of course be
manned projects will drain money away
expensive. It might in fact have no practical
from more valuable projects. This is already
applications. In my opinion, we should do it
happening. It has been announced that the
anyway, because curiosity about the
extremely valuable Hubble Space Telescope
Universe is a human characteristic of which
project will be terminated sooner than originally planned.
Why would it be so important for a
human to set foot on Mars? It would not be.
Sending men to the Moon decades ago was
enormously expensive. The journey to Mars
would be far longer in distance and time,
would require considerably more energy,
and would correspondingly be much more
expensive.
I believe that it is important and appropriate to use a portion of our resources so
that we better understand our place in the
Universe. But most of our resources should
be reserved for taking care of our own planet Earth, and making sure that it remains a
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LIFESTYLES
Stress: it’s only partly in
your head
Katie Fehlinger
Crestiad Reporter
many red lights on the drive to campus. A
large part of stress is a matter of perception
- how you view a situation determines how
Classes
much stress it causes you.
have begun,
Therefore, based on that premise, you
bringing along
alone can best evaluate the amount of stress
with them the
in your life. How much stress you have and
many hectic
how you react depends on many factors:
activities of colyour strategies for coping with stress, perlege life - part
sonal experiences, genetic makeup, your
time jobs, extra
level of social support, and your own percurriculars, and
ception of that support. The greatest factor,
immense to-do
however, is how you identify stress and conlists. In other words: the stress has comtrol its outcome.
menced. According to a nationwide survey
Identifying and controlling tension and
done by the National Women’s Health
anxiety is about finding coping strategies
Resource Center, 93 percent of women rate
that will help you to relieve your stress.
their daily stress level as moderate or higher.
Here are just a few approaches that special“Stress has become such a part of our
ists suggest:
lives that we ignore how much it affects our
1. Get moving. Aerobic exercise,
entire body,” quoted Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum
which increases your heart rate, is especially
in the February 2004 issue of Glamour maguseful for counteracting the harmful physiazine. Whether we realize it or not, stress
cal effects of stress. Some experts believe
levels carry a significant physical impact.
regular, moderate physical activity may be
Various recent
the single best approach
studies have shown
to managing stress.
that women with high2. Keep a
er levels of stress have
journal. There is
twice the risk of stroke
increased evidence that
as those who are more
writing about stressful
at ease. A study in
events and circumLondon found that
stances can help relieve
stress levels aided in
stress and improve dispredicting which men
eases that stress may
and women were most
affect.
likely to have heart
3. Get emodisease.
tional. Laughing and
Other possible
crying are natural ways
physical consequences
to relieve stress and
relating to stress include, Exercise can help reduce stress
release tension. They are
but are not limited to,
both part of the emotional healing process.
high blood pressure, stomach and intestinal
4. Find a hobby. A meaningful
problems, such as gastroesophageal reflux
activity helps relieve tension.
or GERD, painful menstrual periods,
5. Focus on you. Consider it docdecreased fertility, and depression. Not only
tor’s orders to take some time to be alone
all this, but stress can cause the body to
and unwind. Meditate, get a massage, light
become more vulnerable to many illnesses,
some aromatherapy candles, take a tai chi
from colds and minor infections to major
class. Do whatever relaxes you.
diseases such as cancer.
6. Manage your time wisely.
There are more stressful factors in a
Prioritize your daily tasks by urgency and
person’s life than one might expect. Stress
importance, avoid over-committing yourself,
results from the tension and anxiety caused
and deal with procrastination by breaking
by specific irritating events throughout a
large projects into smaller ones, and setting
time period, such as a traffic jam on the way
short-term deadlines.
to an appointment, an argument with a
7. Make smart lifestyle choices.
friend or boss, or even a bad lunch.
Balance your obligations, get enough sleep,
Stress can also be caused by general
eat smart, limit your alcohol consumption,
conditions in your life, such as poor physiand don’t smoke.
cal health, lack of a support system, emoSome stress is inevitable, but it doesn’t
tional problems, loneliness, depression, and
have to be distressing. Using the above
unsatisfactory living and work situations.
strategies can greatly help you cope with
Other causes include life cycle transitions
daily stress and even avoid unnecessary tenand developmental stages, such as getting
sion and anxiety. For more information,
married or graduating from college.
check out the Internet or current health pubWe experience stress in levels. Low
lications.
levels may not be noticeable, slightly higher
levels can actually be positive and challenge
us to act in creative and resourceful ways,
while very high levels can be harmful.
These changing levels occur regularly as we
pass through life cycle transitions.
Different people experience and react
to stress differently; what causes stress for
one person may cause little or no stress for
someone else. For example, someone might
get anxious before speaking in public,
whereas another would have no problem.
Personally, I get very stressed out if I hit too
Keeping a journal can help reduce stress
Cervical health month
Jennifer Woytach
Crestiad Reporter
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness
Month. The National Cervical Cancer
Coalition sponsors this month nationally.
The purpose of this observance is to educate
women about cervical cancer. Women
should be reminded that cervical cancer,
unlike many other types of cancer, is preventable and can be treated successfully if
detected early.
Women should take time to learn about
cervical cancer and how to prevent it, especially during Cervical Cancer Awareness
Month. Every year in the United States, it is
estimated that 12,000-15,000 women are
diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,0005,000 women will die of the disease.
Along with being preventable, cervical
cancer can also be detected in its earliest
stages. There are known risk factors for cervical cancer and some are unavoidable,
although many are controllable. Going to
the gynecologist regularly for exams and
Pap tests are the most important steps in
preventing cervical cancer.
The prevention of sexually transmitted
diseases reduces the risk of cervical cancer,
while cigarette smoking is associated with
an increased risk of cervical cancer. Women
who have been infected with HIV have a higher-than-average risk of developing cervical
cancer.Regular visits to the gynecologist and
Pap testing are important because the Pap can
detect abnormal cells which may become cancerous. A woman can be treated immediately
if the results of the test show these abnormal
cells. This treatment can prevent cervical cancer from even developing.
According to a press release on the
National Cervical Cancer Public Education
Campaign's website (http://www.cervicalcancercampaign.org), Dr. Karl C. Podratz,
chairman of the Gynecologic Cancer
Foundation, the Campaign's lead partner, stated, "during January, Cervical Cancer
Screening Month, it is critical that women take
time to educate themselves about cervical cancer and understand that this disease is preventable. With cervical cancer, women hold their
destinies in their own hands. Since this is the
one gynecologic cancer we can generally prevent or detect in its earliest states, screening
offers women the opportunity to protect their
health."
If any woman has a concern about cervical cancer or Pap testing, it is imperative that
she contacts her gynecologist or uses the
resources available on the Internet to educate
Rare infection hits close to
home
Stacey Solt
Crestiad Reporter
Are you a Pearl Girl?
Do you prefer Playtex?
Pay attention.
“There are scientific studies that have
concluded that tampons contribute to the
cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS),”
states a Playtex pamphlet.
“The incidence of TSS is estimated to
be between 1 and 17 cases of TSS per
100,000 menstruating women and girls per
year.”
Those are pretty good odds – it’s most
likely that you will never get TSS. Is this
the point where you stop reading and throw
out the warning label?
You may want to brush up on your literature. TSS is rare, but it does affect college-aged women. In fact, TSS hit close to
home last fall when a Cedar Crest student
became infected.
Toxic Shock Syndrome is a “rare, lifethreatening infection caused by how our
bodies respond to the toxins or poisons of a
strain of bacteria” known as Staphylococcus
aureus, explains Biology Professor Judith
Malitsch. This bacteria most commonly
enters the body during tampon insertion, and
is already present in some women’s normal
vaginal bacteria.
National occurrences of TSS peaked in
1980, when the Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) recorded 813 cases
and 38 deaths. In contrast, there were only
three reported cases of tampon-related TSS
in 1998. Public awareness and the elimination of high-absorbency tampons have drastically reduced its occurrence.
“Of course there are still cases, as we
saw here last semester,” Malitsch reminds
us.
Erica Tysoe first complained of dizziness and a mild fever on October 28, 2003.
By Halloween, Tysoe’s fever had
reached 104 degrees and her blood pressure
was down to 60/30. This is dangerously low
– a normal person’s blood pressure should
be near 115/75. The antibiotics were releasing Staphylococcus’s toxins and forcing her
body into shock.
Tysoe credits her roommate’s insistence
on going to the emergency room with saving
her life. “They told me at the hospital that
you can treat Toxic Shock in the first 72
hours . . . I guess I was lucky.”
After two weeks in intensive care and a
week at Good Shepard’s rehabilitation ward,
Tysoe was home for Thanksgiving with
plenty to be thankful for.
“They say (TSS) is serious, but they’re
People often ignore the warning in the box.
misleading… I never imagined spending
three weeks in the hospital,” she says. “I
did everything that the (tampon) box said –
you can still get it!”
Because her body was in shock, she
was sedated for ten days and placed on a
ventilator. “My lungs are still weak . . . they
burn in this cold weather.” Physical therapy
was needed to get her body back in shape
for school. “When I was (in the hospital), I
thought I would never get out, I’d never
walk. It’s good to be back.”
Tysoe continues her physical therapy at
the CC gym twice a week, going home to
the Pocono’s every Friday for a guided therapy session. She will continue her therapy
three times a week until March.
For Tysoe, the most difficult part of her
recovery is now – therapy, finishing last
semester’s work, and dealing with the pressures of college. “It was harder for my parents,” she reflects. “I was asleep during
what they consider the hardest part. It was
never like I almost died . . . it never hit me
that it was that serious until I woke up ten
days later.”
“I don’t want to feel sorry for myself,”
Tysoe says. “I just needed to get back to
something normal. Now that I’m back, it’s
not so great. Going to class, eating cafeteria
food,” she says with a grin.
She admits that her first night on campus was a little scary. “I didn’t sleep that
night. I kept thinking, ‘I almost died here!’
If my roommate hadn’t made me go to the
hospital, I could have died here.”
While a box of tampons sits on her
window sill, Tysoe swears she’s stopped
using them. “I have them, but I’ll never use
them – I don’t trust them. Now that I think
about it, it’s not such a great idea.” She
explains her belief that the human body was
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Toxic shock syndrome
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designed to release blood and bacteria
naturally, not to hold it back with a tampon.
“I’m only 19,” she says jokingly. “I hope I
hit menopause early!”
“My best friend still uses them – you
can’t change people. She was at the hospital
through the whole thing,” she says.
“Hopefully she’ll think more carefully.”
Tysoe also urges other girls to think twice
before reaching for a tampon.
For now Tysoe is focusing on her
recovery and overcoming her fears. “I can’t
watch E.R., it scares me too much. I hope
that I’ll eventually get past that.” An upcoming visit with her doctor will give her a
chance to ask questions about TSS and what
her body has gone through. “Do I really
want to know the answers? I’m not sure,”
she says.
Tysoe is now considering a major in
psychology and a physical therapy degree.
“I like to think that I’m still here for a reason. I want to give something back.”
“I’m not glad that it happened, but now
little things don’t bother me.” Apologizing
for the cliché, she says, “when you get that
close to dying, life is so much better.”
Symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome
Sudden fever
Chills
Discomfort
Headache
“Sunburn”-like rash
Dizziness and confusion
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Symptoms may range from mild to
severe and are sometimes delayed; if you
experience any of these symptoms while
using a tampon or shortly afterward, seek
medical help immediately. “When in doubt,
it’s better to be safe than sorry,” says
Malitsch. “Tell the doctor you have been
using tampons. Be very clear and direct.”
Be sure to inform the doctor of your symptoms, brand of tampons, and the first day of
your period.
Preventing TSS
While Toxic Shock is rare, this potentially deadly infection should be taken seriously. “Tampons are extremely convenient,” says Malitsch. “But with every convenience comes a responsibility.” Use common sense during your period – wash your
hands before inserting a tampon, alternate
tampons with pads throughout the day, and
change your tampon every four to eight
hours, preferably sooner than later.
Mmm... good recipes
Creamy Sweet Potato Soup
2 large sweet potatoes
1 1/2 cup chicken broth
1 Tbsp reduced-calorie margarine
1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 cup fat-free evaporated milk
1 Tbsp chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Pierce
potatoes in several places with a
fork. Bake for 45 minutes, remove
from oven and allow to cool. When
cool, remove and discard skin; chop.
Combine sweet potatoes and 3/4
cup of broth in a blender or food
processor; blend or process until
smooth, about 1 minute, and set
aside.
Melt margarine in a mediumsize saucepan; stir in flour and ginger. Add milk. Cook, stirring, until
slightly thickened and bubbly, about
5 minutes. Cook 1 minute more and
then sir in sweet potato mixture and
remaining broth. Cook, stirring,
until heated through, about 5 minutes more. Pour into 4 serving
bowls and sprinkle each with 3/4
teaspoon of pecans. Yields about 1
cup per serving. (Note: For an extra
flavor boost, consider adding a dash
of curry powder.)
Dr. Micah Sadigh
Crestiad Special
It is commonly believed that while
attending college, students may develop all
kinds of unhealthy behaviors. College life
can be quite stressful and, at times, students
may resort to ineffective methods of stress
management such as eating the wrong
things, smoking, drinking, etc. Although college students may not adhere to the recommendations proposed by national health
organizations, recent studies are clearly suggesting that those who go to college have
significantly lower death rates that those
who do not attend college (see data from the
National Center for Health Statistics).
Several studies have suggested that people
with less than a high school education died
at a rate of 561 per 100,000, while those
who graduated from high school showed a
rate of 465 per 100,000. Now here is where
things become even more noticeable. Those
who attended college had a death rate of
only 223 per 100,000. In other words, those
who attended college had a death rate that
was 50% less than high school graduates.
So, does going to college tend to reduce
people’s mortality rate? The answer is a
resounding yes. But a problem remains:
these studies did not explore some of the
Health Quiz
The first person to answer all three questions correctly by e-mailing the answers to
[email protected], or sending the answers via campus mail to Stacey Frank will be treated to lunch by The Crestiad!
Hot soup that tastes good and is good for you tastes
great in the cold weather
Cheese Ravioli With Three
Pepper Topping
Ingredients
16 ounces cheese ravioli
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 small onion, diced
2 cups chicken broth
Instructions
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ravioli and
cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al
dente; drain.
Heat olive oil in large sauté pan.
Add peppers and onion; cook 5 minutes. Add one cup of the broth and
cook stirring another five minutes.
Add remainder of broth and
cook until most of the broth has
evaporated. Top ravioli with pepper
and broth mixture.
Courtesy Of: http://pasta.allrecipes.com
National mentoring month
Mary Jo Moninghoff
Crestiad Reporter
January 2004 is National Mentoring
Month (NMM). It is now in its third year
and focuses national attention on the need
for mentors, as well as how each of us as
individuals, businesses, government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits, can work together to increase the
number of mentors and assure brighter
futures for young people.
The credit of NMM is owed to the
Harvard Mentoring Project and MENTOR,
who held the first National Mentoring
Month in January of 2002. Now, in 2004,
they both continue to lead the effort. The
Harvard Mentoring Project is working with
the media to increase awareness of mentoring and timely individuals to volunteer to
mentor. At the same time, MENTOR and the
strong network of State and Local
Mentoring Partnerships, and a host of other
If you would like to submit a
healthy recipe, email it as an
attachment to The Crestiad at
[email protected] or
through campus mail.
nonprofit organizations, will again hold special events tied to NMM, referring interested
adults to local mentoring opportunities and
matched mentors with young people.
NMM celebrates mentoring and the
positive effect it can have on young lives. Its
goals are to raise awareness of mentoring in
its various forms, recruit individuals to mentor, especially in programs that have a waiting list of young people, and promote the
rapid growth of mentoring by recruiting
organizations to engage their constituents in
mentoring.
Throughout NMM, January 2004, people and organizations across the country will
celebrate how mentoring makes a positive
and powerful impact in the lives of both the
mentors and mentees. January 15th will also
mark the national premiere of Thank Your
Mentor Day, which gives both current and
former mentees the opportunity to honor
their mentors.
Athlete of the week
The Athlete of the Week for January 19th
through the 25th is Courtney Porzio Basketball
The Athlete of the Week for January 26th
through February 1st is Ashley Broski Basketball
Averaged 18.7 ppg (including a career high
22 vs. Eastern), 5.7 rpg, and 2.7 apg, and
received an Honorable Mention in the voting
for PAC Player of The Week
Over two games last week averaged 12 points
and 9 rebounds per game, and had 5 assists
and 3 blocks
Ashley is a freshman from Woodville, OH
Courtney is a junior, elementary education
major from Lehighton, PA
Try a healthy form of ravioli with peppers
for flavor
short-term problems that may arise from
unhealthy behaviors that students tend to
resort to during their college years. Here is a
challenge and an opportunity for us to make
a difference, especially here within our college community. There are many opportunities throughout the campus that can help you
learn more about healthy living. As the old
saying goes, “Your health is your greatest
asset.” You cannot possibly place a price tag
on your health. Don’t take it for granted.
You have already taken an important step by
attending college, which will have many
health and growth benefits. Now it is imperative that you take another important step:
make healthy living a priority! It is a choice
and you can make it an important part of
your education. Say yes to health—say yes
to you!
1) What is the virus doctors are looking for when they do a Pap
Smear?
2) How many different forms are there of the Human Papilloma Virus?
3) What are a few of the most important steps to take to prevent cervical cancer?
Ingredients
Instructions
A class a day keeps the
doctor away
FLIBBERTIGGIBETY
Chitter
Chat
Bet youMeetdidn’t
know...
Mr. Raker!
Maxine Tam
Crestiad Reporter
The Crestiad: What is your favorite chemical?
Mr. Raker: I would have to say Copper
Sulfate (CuSO4) because of it pretty, blue
color.
TC: There are so many colleges around this
area, why did you choose to teach at Cedar
Crest College?
MR: I like the close knit relationship of the
faculty and they are friendly. I don't like the
large colleges where not
many people know each
other.
MR: I never thought about it, probably
because of the "starving artist" idea. I did
submit a comic strip to a chemical journal,
about 10 to 15 years ago, but they told me
they could not use them; and I haven't tried
again.
TC:Here is a classical question, if you could
go back in time and meet anyone, who
would it be and why?
MR: Wow, I never thought about it. I would
probably want to meet Carl Sagan, Mr.
Rogers, or Mel Blanc because they are just
pleasant people to meet.
TC: If you become rich
and famous, in the future,
will you still teach chemistry at CCC?
MR: I would teach parttime because I do enjoy
teaching, and I would
donate some of my money
to my undergrad and grad
school and Cedar Crest.
TC:What colleges did you
attend?
MR: I went to King's
College as an undergrad. As
a graduate, I went to
University of Scranton.
TC: Back in high school,
were you good in any other
subject than Chemistry
and any bad subjects?
MR: Well, I was good in art; and I wasn't that
great in gym but not terrible.
TC: Right before lab starts
you always say, "Go break
some glass!" Do you have something
against glass?
MR: No, I picked that up from my mentor in
King's. It just means to get to work.
TC: Do you like animals?
MR: I don't really know considering that I am
allergic to animal fur. I do have a fish; it's an
iridescent shark, but it is generally called a
catfish. I had it since February 1991, and it is
still alive.
TC: If you could live in any of the 50 states,
what state would you live in and why?
MR: Hawaii because they have a lot of big
observatories there and it is the best place to
observe the stars, but it is a bit isolated.
TC: As The Crestiad knows, you draw
comic strips, and they are good. Why did
you not major or minor in art?
TC: Will you ever join the circus?
MR: No but it is good for traveling; I just
don't have any talent for the circus.
Don't spring
break your bank
Jillian Dawson
Crestiad Reporter
With
Valentine’s Day
around the corner
love seems to be in
the air for celebrities
everywhere…
The Bachelor's
Bob Guiney and
raven haired Estella
did call it quits, but
Bob didn't give up hope on finding love.
After meeting All My Children soap star
Rebecca Budig during ABC Family's
Bachelor XYZ special, the two became an
item.
Brittany Murphy proved that life after
Ashton isn't so bad. The Just Married star
recently got engaged to talent manager, Jeff
Kwatinetz.
In other engagement news, America's
favorite Piano Man, Billy Joel, is about to tie
the knot with girlfriend Katie Lee at St.
Bart's in the Caribbean. Rumor has it she's
sporting a 5 carat diamond ring.
Also, Casey Affleck will be saying "I
do" before his older brother, Ben. Casey and
girlfriend Summer Phoenix will be walking
down the aisle soon and are expecting their
first baby in May.
Guess who else got down on one knee!
American Pie's Chris Klein asked girlfriend
of four years, Katie Holmes, to marry him.
After much success with their hit single
Picture, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow are
planning on keeping their musical spark
Jennifer VanderWege
Crestiad Reporter
Even if you're not looking for the
hyped-up MTV chaos of spring break, there
are tons of ways to enjoy your vacation. Let's
face it, not everyone can afford a ten-day get
away to the Bahamas, so take a trip into creativity.
Here are some nifty hints on conquering
spring break without taking over your parents'
income:
Friendly Fun:
With nearly 2,000 students on campus,
not everyone is from Allentown, PA. When all
else fails, frolic along with a far away friend.
The distance of even 100 miles means a different environment and new things to do,
smell, taste and sight see.
Take a Roadie:
Perhaps you've always figured since you
grew up in New York there was no reason to
visit New York City. Wrong! Just because
you're close does not mean you're excluded
from the tourist trap. Take the ferry, see Times
Square, do what it takes to take in a new city.
Tourist Junction:
Pennsylvania, being the 8th most populated state, has plenty of tourist attractions to
attract you. Take a tour at the Crayola Factory,
visit QVC headquarters, dip into history at
Valley Forge. Educate yourself while having
fun.
Relax:
Many do-it-yourself kits come ready and
easy for a time of relaxation Turn your house
into a day spa. Take a bath with rose and
chamomile not only to soften your skin but
the aroma-therapy and warm water will ease
your muscles.
Make a Change:
Whether you dye your hair or volunteer
for a day, do something to make a change.
Allow yourself to do something for you to put
you in a feel-good mood, or volunteer to put
those around you in an even better mood.
Jill dishes the latest gossip on your
fave celebs!
alive. The duo is said to be writing and
recording a whole album of duets together.
Paris Hilton has caught herself a
Backstreet Boy. After rumors of her dating
model Lucas Babin, Hilton was spotted lip
locking with Nick Carter in Beverly Hills.
Hilton is also in the works of a juicy book
called Tongue in Chic: Confessions of an
Heiress.
Goldie Hawn is a blissful grandmother
now. Her starlet daughter, Kate Hudson, and
rocker son-in-law, Chris Robinson, gave
birth to a baby boy, Ryder Russel Robinson
(named after Kurt Russel).
Are you looking for love? Why not
apply to be on ABC's The Bachelor. Jesse
Palmer, New York Giants backup quarterback, is said to be the bachelor for the next
season, debuting in April.
Julio Iglesias Puga, the 87 year old
grandfather of sultry Enrique Iglesias, is
expecting a baby with his 40-year-old wife
Ronna Keitt. The bundle of joy is due in
April.
Pop sensation Britney Spears will be
starring in another movie, Door to Door
(based on the novel by Tobi Tobin). Spears
will be playing a small town girl who goes to
LA to be an actress. Sound like any other
movie she's been in?
What do Hillary Duff, Orlando Jones,
Frankie Muniz, and Cameron Diaz all have
in common? They're all getting production
deals with MTV. Diaz wants her show to be a
travel series while the others are still brainstorming ideas.
The Allentown Art Museum
Jessica Brabant
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The Allentown Art Museum, located at
Sixth and Court, has large glass windows
within rigid iron frames and an entranceway
with traditional stone pillars. This convergence of modern and classical architecture
reflects the diversity of the collections exhibited within.
The museum, though small, houses
Indian carvings dating back to 900 AD as
well as recent abstract paintings like James
H. Daugherty's "Flight into Egypt." Thomas
Ball's beautiful Italian marble sculpture, "The
Little Pansy," is also part of the museum's
collection.
The Allentown Art Museum has something unique on every wall and the exhibits
are constantly changing. Starting March 7 a
set of nineteenth-century lithographs entitled
"Currier & Ives: Images of Bygone America"
will temporarily join the museum's collection.
This winter the museum will feature
three regional student exhibitions. Between
January 25 and February 15, the museum will
display artwork by students in the Berks,
Lehigh, and Northampton counties. The artwork will then continue on to the National
Scholastic Art Awards competition in New
York City. Work done by KidsPeace and the
Inter-District Experience in the Arts (IDEA)
will be on display between February 21 and
March 23.
The Museum is open Tuesday through
Saturday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The price of
admission is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors and $2.00 for full time students.
Admission is free on Sunday and everyday
for visitors under 12 years of age. Some
exhibits may require an additional charge.
For more information, contact the Allentown
Art Museum at 610-432-7409.
FLIBBERTIGGIBETY
REVIEWS! REVIEWS! REVIEWS!
“And now ladies and gentlemen, A Closer Look: Mona Lisa Smile
our feature presentation...”
Wellesley students and alum speak out
Iva Tchomakova
Crestiad Reporter
Though the plot of Along Came Polly
was simple, it successfully provided the
audience with some carefully orchestrated
humor.
The movie revolves around a heartbroken neurotic newlywed named Reuben Feffer
(Ben Stiller).
Trouble hits Reuben's excessively
organized life on the first day of his honeymoon when he finds his lovely wife Lisa
(Debra Messing), in bed with a buff scuba
diving instructor.
On his quest to regain his dignity and
sanity, Reuben begins to date the spontaneous and very absentminded Polly (Jennifer
Aniston).
The movie involved much slapstick
comedy. Though highly entertaining, it
proved to be all too predicable at times.
Even at the climax of the movie, the actors
failed to reach a certain depth required to
make the plot a bit more believable.
Reuben is constantly exposed to situations and foods he would never try if it wasn't for Polly, and yet we the audience do not
immediately catch on why he does it all.
The snowball effect could be seen in
many of the scenes including a proverbial
indigestion scene where we discover (literally) just how low Reuben's tolerance for spicy
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston,
Debra Messing, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Hank Azaria
Rating: PG-13
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
food is. Doesn't that sound vaguely familiar?
All and all the movie did have many
humorous parts as we witness Reuben's
transformation all for the sake of love.
Without giving too much more away, the
movie is a good choice and worth the trip on
a lazy, cold Sunday afternoon. B+
The Book Nook
Maxine Tam
Crestiad Reporter
Weddings are great, aren't they? Not for
Oscar Campbell and Lauren
La Rosa. In the book, As
Long as She Needs Me,
Oscar is sick of them
because he has four college
roommates who get married
within a short time period of
time.
As for Lauren La Rosa,
she writes a popular wedding column in a wedding
magazine and travels around
the world going to different
weddings every weekend.
Oscar, an editor's assistant, has put up with his editor, Dawn Davis, a demanding and hot-tempered boss,
for ten years. Dawn gives him a lot of projects
to do every day, but the latest tops all of the
previous ones. He must plan a top-secret wedding in a small period of time. Dawn has
declared that he is going to
plan everything for her, so
all she has to do is show up
to the wedding.
Oscar meets Lauren at a
wedding reception and they
partner up. Oscar helps her
edit some of her columns
when she has writer's block,
and Lauren helps him to
plan the secret wedding that
she thinks is his own.
As Long As She Needs
Me, by Nicholas Weinstock
describes all of the hassles
of planning a wedding. Go
and read this book for some
laughs and romance. B+
Winter Film Series underway at the Civic Theatre
Jessica Eyth
Crestiad Reporter
The second half of the Winter Film
Series at the 19th St. Civic Theater kicked off
in January with the animated film The
Triplets of Belleville. Fans of alternative animation will be sorely disappointed if they
miss out on this one on the big screen. With
rave reviews at the Cannes International Film
Festival, The Triplets is sure to get some
Oscar nods this year.
The film is in French with English subtitles. But with hardly any dialog, an incredible
score, and characters that practically leaped
off the screen, The Triplets transcends language. It follows the story of Champion, a
dedicated cyclist whose dream is to compete
in the Tour de France, and his grandmother,
Madame Souza, who puts him through a rigorous training process. Champion is abducted
by the French mafia and becomes the unwilling participant of a sordid gambling ring.
Madame Souza enlists the help of three
eccentric music-hall singers to rescue
Champion.
The Triplets is no longer playing at 19th
St., but is still showing in art house theaters
around the country. Even if you have to drive
into Philly to see this film, it's worth it.
The 19th St. Civic Theater is showcasing a promising series of "indie" and art
house films this season, including several
Golden Globe nominees. This week they are
screening In America, the story of a family of
Irish immigrants who move into a New York
tenement house and attempt to make the most
out of a tragic situation. Other films playing
there in the next three months include Girl
With a Pearl Earring, Monster, To Be and To
Have, and The Fog of War.
The 19th St. Theater, with its renovated
art deco façade and breathtaking architectural
details everywhere from the ceiling to the
popcorn stand, makes going to a movie a
unique experience from the moment you
walk in the door. With student tickets costing
$5, I can't imagine why anyone would pay
more to see an assembly line Hollywood
snooze-fest at a generic corporate-owned
mega-plex. For a complete listing of films
playing at 19th St., check out:
http://www.civictheatre.com/film/calendar.html
Courtney Lomax
Crestiad Reporter
Wellesley College alumnae say Mona
Lisa Smile shows an "inaccurate and offensive" representation of Wellesley students,
according to Marian Burros of the New York
Times News Service.
Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts,
Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie
Gyllenhaal did not impress Wellesley students
or alumnae with its
December 19, 2003
release.
The movie is set in
the 1950s at Wellesley
College, a women's college in Massachusetts.
The premise of the
movie is centered on a
new art history teacher
(Julia Roberts). She was
excited to teach smart
Wellesley women and
becomes disappointed
when the women appear
to be more interested in
marriage than in their
studies.
Wellesley alumnae
said the characters of
the movie seemed liked "spoiled brats,"
according to Burros. Alumnae said that
Wellesley was incorrectly called "a finishing
school disguised as a college."
Alumna Norma Solimene Raffaele, class
of 1954 said after seeing the movie, "if I were
18 and I saw this movie I'd never want to go
there."
Another complaint about the movie was
the subject matter.
"Modern art was not shocking at
Wellesley," said Wellesley graduate Judith
Jaffe Silber in Burros article. It had been
taught at Wellesley since the 1920s, she said.
Some current students also did not find
the movie presented Wellesley well. Jessica
Lee, class of 2005, said, "Mona Lisa Smile did
not convey why Wellesley today produces
leaders. In the 50's and
60's when women were
pushed into a mold,
Wellesley as an institution worked to get rid
of it. Instead, Mona
Lisa Smile capitalized
on stereotypes that surround our school to
ironically create a 'girl
power' movie."
Rosalinda Linares,
class of 2007, said,
"while some Wellesley
students were used as
extras in the movie,
having non ethniclooking extras was a
big issue on the now
diverse campus."
Film critic James Berardinelli said Mona
Lisa Smile "undermines its own thesis of
female empowerment." He also says that
Julia Robert's character fails as the representation of the "new woman" as she does not
break out of the 50's traditional role of
women.
The Sound Boot h
Jillian Dawson
Crestiad Reporter
When hearing Stellastarr* for the first
time, don't be alarmed; you didn't pick up an
old 80's album. Lead singer Shawn
Christensen has a voice that could easily be
mistaken for The Cure's Robert Smith the first
time you pop in the self- titled debut album.
The band has a British pop/new-wave sound
and has been compared to such acts as The
Talking Heads, The Pixies, and Echo and the
Bunnymen.
However,
listening to the
quartet, you
will find they
are pure genius.
Their “oh, oh,
oh's,” “ya, ya,
ya's,” and “la,
la, la's” mixed
with energetic
drum beats and
charismatic guitar strums make
Stellastarr* a
band to watch
out for in the
future.
When
Christensen,
bassist Amanda
Tannen, and
drummer/keyboarder Arthur Kremer first met at Pratt
Institute of the Arts in New York City, they
never imagined such creative juices flowing
between them. They later adopted guitarist
Michael Jurin and, eureka, Stellastarr* (named
after a delinquent teenage girl) was formed
The album that was released off of RCA
records is filled with high energy tracks that
have to be heard more than once to be appreciated. They will get you hooked into their
music by grinding choruses into your head
like, "Jenny's coming after you," from track
two entitled Jenny, or "I only want what I
can't have," from their track A Million
Reasons.
Track six, Moongirl, is more melodramatic and shows a different side of dreamy
Christensen. After a three-minute instrumental
introduction, the singer gracefully enchants us
with the idea of love from outer space.
And on other tracks like Somewhere
Across Forever, we are able to sit back and
enjoy the world of Stellastarr* by being
whisked away in Tannen and Jurin's backup
vocals.
Among all ten tracks on the album, number nine is sure
to hit hearts
for many of
the listeners.
Christensen
begins to sing,
"there's a great
pair of eyes
rusting in your
pretty head".
He then catches you into his
exquisitely
swooning web
by saying, "all
I want is
another try/
Yes, all I want
is just to feel
the same/ So
what's your
name," and
then later tells us he'll "settle for a brief
moment in time". With his astounding good
looks and intriguing words, Christensen is
sure to be America's next poster boy.
The high-speed, ultra unique band has
been in good company over the past few
years. Not only have they performed at gigs
with the Strokes, but MTV's very own Carson
Daly got hooked on Stellastarr* and booked
them for his show, Last Call.
With their refreshing blend of vocals,
complex lyrics, and intuitive melodies,
Stellastarr* may be ready for us all to
embrace them with open arms. A-
FLIBBERTIGGIBETY
Livin’ it up at Cedar Crest!
G oo d T i m es at C C C
Here’s what’s happening
on campus:
F E B RU AR Y
5 9:45pm
Movie Night - Bruce Almighty
SAB
Alumnae Hall Auditorium
6 5:45pm
Road Trip
First Friday in Bethlehem, PA
Student Activities
Above: “My point is...” Tony Bleach gives his two
cents on the State of the Union at the Teach-In.
Left: Students showed their thirst for knowledge at
the Teach-In
Photos by Beth Ciccolella
Come one, come all to the
Answers to last edition’s puzzle
PLAYER’S BALL
The Black Awareness Student Union is
hosting its first annual "Player's Ball" on
February 21, 2004 from 10p.m. to 2a.m in
the TCC Dinning Hall.
Sparked your curiosity? This is your
chance to spend your money on your outfit
and NOT your tickets. That's right! The
point of this party is to look your absolute
best and not go broke at the same time.
It is only $3.00 to get in at the door for
13-15 Winter Weekend
Also
Frozen pizza brand
Bushed
Finale
Down
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4
9
14
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25
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Discs
Eskimo home
Earth's __
Furniture wood
Indigent
Cheer
Accountant
Loses its color
Indicate by inference
Choose (2 wds.)
Mexican sandwich
Margarine
Fly
Uncultured
Roman emperor
Journalist's question
No
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38
40
42
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57
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Fish
Side note
Dating
Beside (2 wds.)
Beat
Bank
Pot
Take away
Prego's competition
Stack of paper
Written material
Element
Prepare for an exam
Presents
After that
Scots' neighbors
Tree
Drop down
Curt
11 12:00-1:00pm & 5:00-6:00pm
Mock Interview Mania
Career Planning
Alcove A
12 9:00am-12:00pm
Blood Drive
Community Service
Lees Hall
Cedar Crest students, $4.00 for other students with ID, and $5.00 for those without
ID.
There will also be prizes given out for
"Best Dressed Male", "Best Dressed
Female", and "Best Dressed Couple".
So, if you think you got what is takes
to be the "best", come pimped out in your
greatest evening wear, and let us be the
judge!
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71
Across
9 12:00-1:30pm
Poster Sale
First Year Programs
Alcove C
1
2
3
4
5
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7
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What a caterpillar makes
Spotted
Roller glider
Information (abbr.)
Cogged wheel
Headed
Poem
Pearl maker
Modish
Hearsay
Arbiter
Sun's name
Test
Having feet
Ripen
Drink quickly
Permit
Section
Pedestal part
Sight organ
Aced
River (Spanish)
Wood chopper
Rib joiners
Positive
Volcano
Bird's home
First woman
Possessive pronoun
Careless
Estimated time of arrival
Pardons
Poke holes in a lawn
Sponsored child
Barefoot
Star Trek Dr.
Representatives
Association (abbr.)
Stimulate
Fast plane
The other half of Jima
Not (prefix)
Representative
Wrath
13 6:00pm-12:00am
Junior Class Formal
14 Casino Night
SGA
11:00pm
Ice Skating
SAB
15 3:00pm
Chamber Music Concert
Alumnae Hall Auditorium
17 12:00-1:00pm & 5:00-6:00pm
“Dress for Success” Fashion
Show feat. Student Affairs
Career Planning
TCC Cafe
12:00-1:30pm
Safe Spring Break
First Year Programs
Alcove A
18 Spirit Day/Athlete
Appreciation Day
First Year Programs
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campus has what you need?
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