February 28, 2008 - Glenville State College

The Phoenix
February 28, 2008
Edition 56
The student newspaper of Glenville State College
Career Fair shows jobs galore
By Aaron Ginn
News Staff Reporter
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, the
Glenville Job Fair took place on the top
floor of the Mollohan Campus Commun
ity Center. Many students showed up
to look for jobs, teachers brought their
students there, and some just went to get
free stuff.
There were 62 opportunities
for future graduates of Glenville State
College. These oppurtunities were not
only located in West Virginia either;
some of the companies had jobs that go
out of country. Multiple sections were set up
for students, everything from cops to
teachers.
There were grad school
representatives, state troopers, and
employees of McDonalds’, just to name
a few, representing their respective
institution. McDonalds’ even handed
out cookies to all of the other stands.
Is there not to be a little more
professionalism coming from the
business? Who hands out cookies to
other businesses that are getting more
visits then they did?
The students dressed to impress,
handed out resumes and hoped that
they will not end up standing in the
unemployment line in the near future.
Some students even applied to grad schools
looking to extend their education beyond
Glenville State College.
Many teachers offered extra
credit for students attending the event. A
teacher or two even canceled class and
told the students to go the job fair.
Some students think this is just a
waste of time, but they do not realize that
this can help it the near future.
Ashley Shortall, a Spring 2008 GSC Student Teacher, speaks with Mr. Kenneth Tanner, Assistant
Superintendent of Clay County Schools, at the Career Fair.
Photo by Jamie Mullins
Curtis Galliard had to go for
class; however, he found optimism in all
the free stuff he received.
When asking Amy Fiddler about
her thoughts on the participation by
students and businesses, she said, “We
always get a good turn out by students
and teachers here. Also we had some
support by the community.”
The community in Glenville
supported this event. How you ask?
People from the town come
to the event an participate in the same
manner the students are.
At the end of the event, food was
available courtesy of Sharon Cunningham
of Work Force West Virginia, out of
Clarksburg.
People who did not go to the job
fair this year should go to next year’s
event. It is a nice chance to check out a
job for the future.
Companies give out free things,
students can get extra credit from
teachers, and, you never know, you may
make some connections with a business
or two.
Check it out.
The Inside Story
What to do about Pickens? pg. 2
What’s new with Criminal Justice? pg. 3
Pioneers struggle in season final, pg. 6
Campus Headlines
Pickens Hall:
Learning from your
Maximum Insanity mistakes: “Bad Dates”
By News Staff
Editorial
Life in Pickens Hall is like
Steve Urkel doing the State of the Union:
annoying and nonsensical. From toilet paper
that could sand a car down for a paintjob, to
illegally pulled fire alarms loud enough to
wake Helen Keller, it is a mess. The voice
mail service in the dorms does not work
half the time, and no one knows if there is a
two hour delay until after getting ready and
going downstairs. These are all rough areas
that need to be smoothed out.
Speaking of rough, the
toilet paper at the dorms could
make Chuck Norris cry like
a baby. I would rather take
a punch from Chuck
Liddell than use the
dormitory’s
paper.
It is ridiculous and
absurd considering
how much students
pay to live in Pickens,
and to see families
without homes having
better means to wipe with.
With that mess cleaned
up, the next item on the list is the
fire alarms being set off by students. This is
the most worthless prank ever thought up,
seeing as how the person pulling the prank
gets to stand outside or risk getting a fine. I
hope the Fire Marshall pillages your bank
account, whoever you may be. The college
should install surveillance cameras at all fire
alarm locations. With surveillance cameras,
the problem could be solved and prevented
from happening again.
Another problem with Pickens Hall
is the lack of notification on two hour delays.
It would be nice if delay notifications were
placed on all floors. Some people do not like
to wake up, get ready, and then find out they
had another two hours to catch up on sleep.
Instead, though, students get ready, sigh, and
take the elevator downstairs to find out their
day is not ready to face them. This problem
costs less than three dollars, and takes ten
minutes maximum to fix.
Fixing the voice mail at the dorms
would be nice, too. There are many times
students call another person’s
room, and get the voice
mail for someone else.
Other times, “group
meeting” messages
that do not even
apply to you
somehow
make it to your
voice mailbox.
Considering how
long Glenville has
had the voice mail
system, this problem
should have already been
taken care of.
By ordering toilet paper instead of
sand paper, installing surveillance cameras
above the fire alarms, notify students of
two hour delays, and fixing the voice mail
service, Pickens Hall could be a more
prospective place to live. Some of these
problems should have already been taken
into consideration. Until these problems are
addressed, though, Pickens is the dickens.
“...the toilet
paper at the
dorms could make
Chuck Norris cry like a
baby.”
--Joey Belcher
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Page By Chris Summers
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I love a good bad date.
I say “good” because no one
wants to remember the date that ended
when you got kicked out on the curb, or
when the policeman noticed your foggedup windows and pulled over.
I mean GOOD bad dates, as in
the old “Garfield” cartoon, where Jon
meets a lady for dinner. It all seems to
be going well, until she mentions that she
was raised by wolves.
“You’re kidding,” he laughs.
“No, really!” she says, scratching
herself behind the ear with one foot.
Some great examples of good
bad dates could be found in Glenville
State College’s latest production, a group
of three plays collectively titled (of
course) “Bad Dates,” which ran February
21-22 in the Adminstration Building
auditorium.
Each play, averaging about 15 to
40 minutes in length, was a “competition
piece,” usually used in high school drama
competitions. Here, three with several
themes had been gathered together into a
single show.
The grouping began with “Bridal
Terrorism,” featuring a middle-aged
woman who gets fed up with being single
and decides to find a husband. With
family and preacher in tow, she shows up
at Central Park, selects a handsome man
to be “the one,” and ambushes him with a
wedding.
“Terrorism” was the longestrunning of the three plays, at over
half an hour, and while it seemed to
stretch a bit towards the end, it kept
the audience laughing to the finish. It
starred Ryan Konarske as May, the most
fearsome bride since Uma Thurman, and
Zack Cyriacks as her unwitting prey.
Whitney Stalnaker appeared in her first
of two roles in the show, as Gina, the
sister of the bride, while Jean Isenhart
played their mother, Betty, and Leonard
Terrango was featured as Judge Terry
Winship.
Next on the bill was “February
14th,” a shorter feature, with two fortysomethings, portrayed by Edmund White
and Sarah Sivard, out on a Valentine’s
Day date in an abandoned schoolyard.
Short, sweet, and to the point, it focused
on the pain of moving on after the loss
of a loved one.
While this was definitely the
most serious of all the plays, it had one
of the best moments in the show, as
Sivard danced on White’s feet. When
the entire auditorium goes quiet, you
know you have hit something special,
and judging by that I think “February
14th,” funny and serious in all the
right spots, was the real star of the
evening.
The night wound up on the
humorous side of life again with
the brilliant “Sure Thing,” with Bill
(Cyriacks) hitting on Betty (Stalnaker)
in a coffeehouse. Each time one of
them did something that ruined the
moment, a buzzer sounded, and they
started over.
In twenty minutes, the two
performers hit on every “bad date” cliché
in the book with dead-on accuracy, and
had the audience roaring. Just as with
the old rule of never ending a play on
a ballad, it is always good to end with a
good chuckle, and this had it.
My only problem with “Bad
Dates” was the language. It was
advertised as PG-13, for “some strong
language and short sexual references.”
Like most of us, I cuss when around
other adults, and I am not one to gasp
and twitter when I hear foul language.
Still, especially in “Bridal
Terrorism,” it seemed like the writer was
throwing in four letter words for shock
value only. While Stalnaker’s acting
was, as seen in previous GSC plays,
excellent, I got tired of consistently
hearing “Jesus Christ!” from her rather
quickly.
And any play that includes the
“f-word,” as “Sure Thing” did, is usually
rated R, not PG-13.
In the end, though, this play was
not about appealing to children. It was
about making adults, married and single
alike, laugh about the bad experiences
in the distant or recent past. And in that,
it absolutely succeeded.
It was, most definitely, a sure
thing.
BUZZ.
Criminal Justice Success No Mystery
By News Staff Reporter
Many students look around the city
of Glenville, and write it off as just another
small town in West Virginia. However,
there is one key thing that Glenville has
to offer that many small towns lack: a
wonderful college.
The college has many things to
offer to a variety of students. There are
many programs and degrees offered at
Glenville State College; perhaps the one
we are known the best for is education.
However, one of the best kept secrets at GSC
may be the criminal justice department.
Excluding the 126 students
currently being served by the department,
it is a safe assumption that if you are not
involved in the criminal justice program,
you are unaware of the progress being
made to help students and citizens, both
local and statewide.
It is obvious the world is
becoming more technological all the
time. Glenville is determined to keep up
with this trend to ensure students with the
must up-to-date education in their field.
Currently, the criminal justice department
offers a polygraph machine, an electronic
fingerprinting machine, several microscopes
that help students identify different types
of DNA, and a firearms class that is offered
at no other college in the state.
Instead, students can learn skills for their
GSC will offer another first for career from hands-on experience.
students when the department picks up a New changes in the program will
firearms simulator that will help students eliminate criminal justice seniors going
learn from life-like crime scene images. to England for their internships. Instead,
The simulator also gives the trainee a shock students finishing up the program will be
to replicate a gunshot wound. Although this working directly with the FBI during a
development is still in the planning stages, paid internship in order to gain experience
it will prove to be an amazing asset for the and come back to Glenville to share their
college.
Not only
acquired knowledge.
will students use this
Faculty member
simulator to train for
Dan Martens and
“With
all
of
these
great
their careers, local law
President
Peter
opportunities, one has to Barr agree that the
enforcement officials
will gain experience
question why the criminal reasons the criminal
at the college using
justice
department
justice department is
this new equipment.
is succeeding can be
In addition
attributed to more than
not collecting students
to these potential
just the equipment
from all corners of West
upgrades,
other
available to students.
Virginia.”
traditional work is
Martens
explained
being done to the
that compared to
--Grace Boyles
criminal
justice
other larger schools,
department.
In
Glenville students will
addition to the Crime
be getting a “handsScene House that students may pass by on, practical education.”
every day, there are rooms dedicated to the Barr contributed success in
art of casting and molding, trace evidence, part to a “great faculty,” as well as a
fingerprinting analysis, and a computer good curriculum. While most criminal
room for students to make out typed reports. justice majors take off in two different
These types of classrooms provide students directions, Barr said that the department
with more than just a text book education. “built a program in between…theory and
application.” Criminal justice majors from
Glenville will walk away with a degree
as well as a good understanding about
everything in their field.
With all of these great opportunities,
one has to question why the criminal justice
department is not collecting students from
all corners of West Virginia. Barr says that
the criminal justice department compared
to others at Glenville, “is one of the fastest
growing, with tremendous potential.”
It seems that one of the more
serious problems facing the department
is the obscurity they seem to be placed
in. Barr shared a story explaining that
a Gilmer County high school student
considering criminal justice was unaware
of the program being offered so close to
home. How to solve the problem? “Better
marketing,” Barr says.
Although the criminal justice
department may still look like a diamond in
the rough for some people, many students
are already starting to realize its potential.
The goal is to almost double enrollment to
250 by 2010.
Criminal justice is a growing field
with cyber crime becoming the flavor of
the month for aspiring crooks everywhere.
Glenville State College is going to take on
that trend to help students prepare for the
job market of the future.
Dr. Seuss’
Birthday Celebration
If you have children who are in Elementary school this is the
event to bring them, too. We will be reading Dr. Seuss books
and having activities to go along with them. Your children
are sure to have a great time!
When: Friday, February 29,
2008
Time: 6:00-8:00p.m.
Place: Mollohan
Campus Community
Center Ballroom (3rd
floor)
If you wish to bring your child this event please contact Christina Braden at 304-462-6118.
Sponsored by: Glenville State College
Student Education Association (SEA)
Page Add more art to your world Army Quintet well-received at
Glenville State College
By Chris Summers
Editorial
thinking to myself, “Why are so few people
here? This is really good.”
Remember, Glenville is boring.
I have to say that, while I am There is no use trying to hide the fact. This
a feature writer at heart, I love my beat is a small college, in a small town. The
covering the Fine Arts Department here at social scene is confined to sporting events,
Glenville State.
the occasional frat party, and whatever
It is not so much my love
holiday Student Activities invented
of art and music, passed down
this week.
from appreciative parents,
I say, get your cultureas it is the fact that I get to
genuine,
sophisticated
put stuff out in the open
culture-where you can
that nobody really
find it.
“I always find
seems to know about.
Listen to one
myself sitting second
I am talking about
of
our
talented
concerts,
recitals,
instructors
sing
row center, enjoying the
and exhibits that
Gershwin or play
performance, but thinking
people either seem
Sondheim on the
to myself, “Why are so few
to be unaware of, or
sax. Support a
to ignore.
fellow
student
people here? This is really
I am not
during their stressful
good.”
sure why this is.
senior
recital.
We hear about all of
Show up to enjoy
it—through
e-mail,
one of the many fine
--Chris Summers
through flyers up in all
concert performers the
the buildings, and through
professors bring here for
word-of-mouth.
us.
And
yet,
when
Maybe even just stop by
the occasion comes around, I
to enjoy the latest student art on
invariably arrive five minutes before the
display, or the newest gallery exhibit.
performance and find almost every seat in With few exceptions, the activities
the house vacant, except for a few bored- offered up are free of charge, and some of
looking students taking notes for class.
them even count for extra credit for class.
I always find myself sitting second So really, why not show up?
row center, enjoying the performance, but Put a little art in your life.
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By Patricia Perry
News Staff Reporter
As some of you may know, The
United States Army Training and Doctrine
Command Band performed in the Fine Arts
building on Thursday, Feb. 21, for their
winter recital tour.
Other locations of this performance
include Marshall University, James Madison
University, and Cabell County Public
Library among others.
The TRADOC currently has thirty
active duty bands performing all over the
continental US, as well as two in Germany,
one in Japan, and bands in Hawaii and
Alaska. Their main duty is to perform in
various formal military functions and for
visiting foreign dignitaries.
The turnout was not as high as
one might have expected for the event, but
a decent portion of students and members
of the community came to enjoy the music
performed by dedicated troops of our US
Army. However, other events on campus at
the same time may be the cause of a lack of
higher attendance.
For this recital tour, the Brass
Quintet consisted of two trumpeters, First
Sergeant George Barrett and Specialist
Ryan McCaslin, Specialist Matthew Smith
was playing the French horn, Sergeant First
Class Robert Sprakties was on the trombone
and Specialist Timothy Hoffman on the
tuba. These fine gentlemen represented the
TRADOC at GSC very well, looking both
professional and appearing to truly enjoy
what they do.
There was slight disappointment
that the performance was abridged as the
Woodwind Quintet was unable to perform
due to illness. Many audience members
were looking forward to hearing the
lovely melodies of the fine woodwind
instruments many people admire.
Even with only half the intended
performers, the show was fantastic,
catering to the tastes of many, having both
classical sounds, such as Paul Dukas’s
Fanfare from “La Peri,” and W.C. Handy’s
jazzy St. Louis Blues. The lack of the
Woodwind Quintet certainly did not lower
the quality of the performance.
Those
that
missed
this
performance should certainly keep an eye
out for future performances, especially
those with an appreciation for instrumental
music.
TRADOC certainly brought the
audience to their feet at the end of the
show to applaud the musician’s effort and
wonderful show of talent.
It would be a shame to miss such
a professional group of musicians on their
second trip, so hopefully they will return in
the future to inspire not only music majors,
but anyone that has ever enjoyed playing an
instrument.
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Dear College Guru,
Like everyone else, I like to have fun and party with my friends. This always happens on Thursday nights here and I
sometimes wind up with a problem. I still wake up drunk on Fridays! So, what should I do? Should I go on to class and hope no
one notices, or do I stay in my room and try to sober up before I go home?
Still Drunk in the Mornings
Dear Still Drunk,
It sounds as if you need to learn about drinking in moderation. Instead of planning on continuing your current drinking
habits and merely planning on what to do every Friday morning, you should instead consider cutting back on the amount of drinking
the night before. I’m not saying you need to cut back some drastic amount, but stopping a couple drinks sooner would definitely
assist you with your problem.
However, for those mornings where you find yourself still drunk from the night before, I would advise you to keep in mind
who your professor is in that morning class. If it is a professor with a large class who appears never to notice the sleepers in the back
row, you should go and try your best to pay attention, no matter how difficult that may be. This is especially true if it there is a strict
attendance policy in the class. The professors notice your attendance more than you’d think. Now, if it’s a class where the professor
says that you are required to be there in more than just body, you should either skip and make plans to drink less or find a very quick
method for sobering up.
Oh, and don’t forget to shower before class. When you drink a lot, it soon becomes too much for your liver alone to deal
with and so your body has to eliminate the alcohol in other ways. One of these ways is to sweat the alcohol out your pores. When
this happens, everyone around you the next morning can smell the alcohol on you. If you don’t shower before going to class, your
professor will automatically know that you’ve been drinking.
Sincerely,
Your College Guru
College Guru,
I signed up for Facebook a few weeks ago and I have received tons of friend invites. The problem is that I don’t know half
of these people! Sure, I can kinda understand why the guy that sits 3 rows behind me in science added me, but half of these people
I’ve never seen before, let alone met. Question is, how do I handle this?
Facebooked to Death
Dear Facebooked to Death,
This seems to be a common problem amongst all people who use the social networking sites. It sounds like you are already
being internet-smart by trying to only add the people you know instead of opening yourself up to stalkers by adding complete
strangers.
The first thing you should do is check your privacy settings. Through your privacy settings, you can limit what the people
outside of your friends list can see on your profile. Many people will lose interest in you and your profile if it displays next to
nothing.
Next, ignore the people you don’t know. Unfortunately, some of the people can be really persistent. If the people you don’t
know continue to try to add you as a friend, simply send them a message. A nice trick to do is the feign ignorance and send a message
that says something like this: “I’m sorry, but I have a terrible memory and I can’t seem to remember how I know you. Would you
mind reminding me?” It’s best to do this one for the people that you think you might possibly know, but you’re not positive about.
However, if it’s someone that continually adds you and you’ve ignored them multiple times or if you automatically know
that you do not know this person and never want to, simply send them a very blunt message like, “I don’t know you. Why are you
trying to add me?” A lot of times the people will either give up or they’ll actually reply, letting you know why they find you so
interesting. Through messages with this person, you can then decide if you wish to be friends with them or if you want to tell them
to bugger off.
Sincerely,
Your friendly College Guru
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Women lose a close one to Wesleyan, 68-64
By Justin Wortham
Sports Reporter
On Saturday, Feb. 23, The Lady
Pioneers battled the Wesleyan Bobcats in
the last game of the regular season.
Regardless of this game, each team
will compete in the WVIAC conference
tournament, but the winner receives a better seed in the tournament, so this was an
important match-up.
The matchup went neck-and-neck
until the five minute mark when the Pioneers found themselves down 11, 25-36.
The Pioneers never just give up
though.
Christine DiSabato hit a jumper to
make the score 27-36, and then the Bobcats
committed a turnover.
A Karina Kendrick basket later,
and the lead was narrowed, 29-36.The Pioneers ended the half on a 5-0 run, but trailed
32-36 at halftime.
The Pioneers trailed for nearly 10
minutes, until a Kendrick lay-up, followed
by a free-throw, made the score 48-46.
The Pioneers trailed again by two
at, 3:31, until DiSabato tied the game up,
59-59.
Wesleyan re-took the lead, but after a Donita Adams three, the Pioneers led
again, 64-63.
On the very next possession for the
Bobcats, they hit a three to retake the lead,
66-64.
With less than 20 seconds left, Adams drove hard to the paint and was fouled
and would shoot free throws.
However, Adams was injured on
the play and Miranda Reed had to come
off the bench and make two very hard free
throws.
The free throw situation was a onefor-one, meaning Reed had to make the first
to get the second attempt. She missed but
got her own rebound and called a time out.
With 11 seconds the Pioneers had one play
left.
DiSabato got the ball and drove
looking to score but was denied and the
Bobcats got the rebound. DiSabato was
bumped before the shot a little, but the refs
are not going to call a little contact with the
game on the line.
The Pioneers lost the game 68-64
and fell to seventh place in the WVIAC.
Kendrick scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals,
Adams scored 21, Kristen Golden
shot five-of-seven for 11 points and 10 rebounds, and DiSabato scored 12 points and
four assists.
Wesleyan’s last 12 points came
from two threes and six made free throws,
Kristen Golden, WVIAC All-Freshman Team Member, goes up for a basket against Wesleyan.
Photo by Justin Wortham
while the Pioneers only had nine attempts
from the charity line all night.
The Pioneers also lacked the three
point threat, missing Mallory Menendez to a
leg injury. The Pioneers hope to get her back
a.s.a.p.
The good news: the Pioneers play
against Salem, who beat us in the last three
minutes at home during the last meeting.
You can better believe the girls will
be ready and can still play with anyone in
the Conference. Everyone is 0-0 come tournament time. Come back next week to see
how the tournament turned out.
Pioneers fall to the
Bobcats, 84-69
By Justin Wortham
Sports Reporter
Jacob Miller playes strong defense against Wesleyan.
Photo by Justin Wortham
Page On February 23, the Pioneers
played the Wesleyan Bobcats in their last
home game of the season.
The Pioneers never led in the first
half and were even down by ten at one time,
but trailed at halftime by only seven, 42-35.
With the game still in reach, the Pioneers
had to make some moves to come back.
At 10:56, the score was 45-59 and
it looked as if the Pioneers were out of it, but
they sparked a run of their own.
First, Chase Groves hit a lay-up
and a free throw to make the score 48-59,
then the Bobcats turned the ball over and
Tryvan Leech hit a lay-up to make the score
50-59.
After another Bobcat turnover,
Marcus Catney hit a lay-up to make the
score 52-59, then Catney hit another jump
shot to make the score 54-59 with 7:59 left,
Leech hit a three to make the score 57-59.
However, the Pioneers trailed again after the
Bobcats scored a few baskets.
The Pioneers stuck around and
shortened the lead a couple times; once after
an Anthony Kimble two, making the score
68-69 and shortly after, by two after an Anthony Kimble free throw, 69-71.
Just when it looked like the Pioneers could pull out a win, Wesleyan went
on another run, a 15-0 run. The Pioneers
missed their final six shots and turned the
ball over three times!
The final score was 84-69 as GSC
shot just six-of-26 from three point land,
while Wesleyan shot 21-25 from the free
throw line!
Groves shot 9-of-17, including
three-of-six from three point land for 22
points and three assist, Kimble shot 8-of-15
for 20 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks,
and Catney added 10 points and seven rebounds.
Experiencing Rapture
By Edmund Frame
Editorial
Would you kindly lend me your
attention as I tell you of a city called Rapture?
Built by Andrew Ryan, Rapture was said to
be “a city where the artist would not fear
the censor, where the scientist would not be
bound by petty morality, and he great would
not be constrained by the small.”
Rapture is the setting for 2k
Games’ Bioshock. A modern wonder of the
graphical and emotional medium, Bioshock
takes place after World War Two and opens
with your plane crashing somewhere in
the Atlantic ocean. Jutting, unexplainably
so, from the water near your crash site is a
lighthouse, and with little other option, you
must swim to the lighthouse. Within the
lighthouse you will find a bathysphere, and
upon entering it you will slowly descend
down through the sea and you begin your
residency in Rapture.
Rapture is a city built completely
beneath the ocean. Its scenery and serenity
draw you into a visually stunning world that
radiates a perfect and peaceful nature. It lies.
Within the first few moments in Rapture,
you will find that all is not as the city’s name
implies. In fact something has gone terribly
wrong in Rapture.
Life in Rapture was once defined
with a material known as Adam; with Adam
doctors could reshape the body, enhance
the senses, and bestow amazing abilities.
Beyond this an individual could use Adam
to grant themselves powerful “plasmids.”
Plasmids are powers granted by Adam.
With Plasmids, an individual could gain
telekinetic powers, control the minds of the
people around him, or even set objects (and
therefore his enemies) on fire with a snap of
his fingers.
Unfortunately the people of rapture
have gone mad on Adam and crave more;
the problem there is though, that the most
common place to find Adam is inside another
citizen of Rapture, and so a gruesome war
took place inside Rapture’s beautiful walls.
You are soon contacted by a man
who has not lost his mind, a man not mad
for the power of Adam and a man in need
of help. His name is Atlas. This man is
responsible for leading the uprising against
Andrew Ryan and therefore the current state
of affairs in Rapture.
Via radio, Atlas leads you toward
a source of Adam, as use of this substance
is the only way to survive the now deadly
streets of Rapture. The source, however, is
a Little Sister.
Little Sisters where created in
Rapture to be a source of Adam; they were
genetically modified for this purpose,
becoming little more than monsters in a
child’s body. Once Rapture turned upon
itself, the Little Sisters where trained to hunt
down the bodies of the recently deceased
and harvest the Adam from their bodies.
The streets of Rapture were far
from safe enough for a five year old child to
be wandering about them, and in response
to this, the scientists of Rapture created
the Big Daddies; a genetically modified
man in a heavily armored diving suit who
carries a powerful rivet gun and grenade
launcher. These lumbering beasts have been
manipulated towards once task: protecting
the Little Sisters, the same little sisters that
Atlas says you will need to kill for Adam if
you are to have any chance of surviving and
escaping with him and his family.
Here though is where this game
really begins to shine as you are quickly
contacted by one of Rapture’s scientists,
a woman known as Dr. Tennenbaum, who
offers you a choice: kill the Little Sister and
harvest the Adam from it in large quantities,
or (as she would rather you do) rescue them
by removing the creature infused within
them that makes them what they are and gain
a bit less Adam. Here you have to make a
choice, and the game will not make it easy as
a compelling scene plays out with the Little
Sister reverting back to being but a child,
begging and crying for help. Harvesting the
Little Sister will provide higher amounts of
Adam, but saving them spares the child’s
life, giving these girls a chance at a normal
life. You must make a decision: does the
Little Sister live or die?
This, of course, is only the
beginning. Throughout the game you
will see, work with, and fight against an
amazingly diverse cast of characters, each of
which with their own special Adam granted
gifts and powers that will be both helpful
and lethal to your cause.
The game play is fast and amazingly
scripted to create the most lasting effect on
you, often tugging at emotional strings even
in the midst of total chaos. Of all the games
I played in the past many years, I have to
say that Bioshock is first of its kind and an
amazing game. A hands-down masterpiece
of lighting, sound, and soul.
I only ask: Would you kindly give
it a try?
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By Aaron Radcliff
News Staff Critic
I have seen a lot of movies and
I have to let you in on a little secret. Few
movies are great, more are horrible, but
these two categories only make up about
40% of movies that have been released.
What is the other 60%? Mediocre movies.
That is the category that
“No Reservations” falls under. “No
Reservations” stars Catherine Zeta-Jones
and Aaron Eckhart as chefs. Yup, chefs.
This is another movie that cashes in on
that long standing cooking theme that
every single entertainment mogul has been
obsessed with since Emeril and that whole
Martha Stewert fiasco that everyone had
to endure for far too long. Here comes
the twist, Zeta-Jones’ character is a selfobsessed workaholic who has no time for
a social life, until her sister is killed in
a car accident and she becomes the sole
guardian of her young niece. Yah, that
was not a twist, just another lesson in
sarcasm.
Before I continue…. well, do I
even need to finish this plot synopsis? We
have all seen this a million times. I started
this synopsis and I am going to finish it.
For those of you who see where this is
going, skip to the next paragraph. As ZetaJones’ character struggles to deal with this
new development, a new sous chef (Aaron
Eckhart) begins working at the restaurant
and her world starts to fall apart, until it is
brought back together by said sous chef.
Then it falls apart again because of said
sous chef, and then rebuilt by said sous
chef. Remember that song in “Beauty and
the Beast,” entitled “Tale as Old as Time”?
Yah, that is this movie.
For those of you who are rejoining
the review from the previous paragraph,
the basic synopsis has been completed. As
I mentioned earlier, this movie falls into
the “Mediocre Movies” category. The plot
is simply tired. Ten minutes into the movie
I knew exactly how it was going to end
and what steps would be taken to get to
that inevitable conclusion. Unfortunately,
I was not the only one that thought that
this script was tiring. Even the actors
seem to give “ho-hum, gotta pay the bills
somehow” performance when they are
both better than that.
As you regular readers know (if
there are any of you out there), my reviews
are usually at least double this length;
however, I cannot think of anything else to
say. The movie was not bad, and the movie
was not good. It simply exists in a world
of other movies that are painfully similar
to the minutest detail. This movie ranks
as a”Catch it Sometime for Free.” It is a
better way to kill a couple of hours than
watching paint dry, or grass grow, but not
much else.
Individuality
All the love, it seems to have gone,
This is a wasteland where no one belongs.
Or everyone does, it’s hard to tell,
Conformity is an individual’s hell.
What a catchy call,
All for one, and one for all.
Believe what I say, it is true,
That’s what they do, they shape you.
Droning on until your mind is full of their lies.
Don’t listen, you only live once, everything dies.
Mardi Gras B-I-N-G-O
Kindra Davis and Amanda
Burge, sisters of Chi Zeta Pi,
enjoy a game of BINGO: the
Glenville tradition. Make sure
to catch BINGO the next time
around!
Photo by Ed Frame
Vera Bradley Bingo
Do you like to Vera Bradley products? Do you like to play
Bingo? If so, this is the event for you! The Glenville State
College Student Education Association is sponsoring a Vera
Bradley Bingo game as a fund raiser.
When: March 1, 2008
Time: 1:00-3:00p.m. (doors open at 12:00pm.)
Place: Mollohan Campus Community Center Ballroom (3rd
floor)
20 games for $20
(20 games for $15 for GSC faculty/staff members
– if a coupon is not present please show proof that you are
faculty or staff)
This must be a dream, I’m not awake,
All these people just waiting for me to break.
I try to fight the corruption of these things,
I am not a puppet, I dance to no one’s strings
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Music Review
More proof of British music’s superiority
By News Staff
Editorial
Damien Rice is another of
Britain’s recent musicians to grace
America’s tone deaf ear with his second
album 9, an ambiguously bleak, yet
cohesive examination of Rice himself.
The album gently sways backand -forth between Rice’s truly depressing
confession to his lover and some real
backbone when he gets excited and
caught up on his guitar strumming and
impassioned lyrics. To sum up Rice is to
imagine some easy-going folk music, and
some groovy acoustic pieces that sound
more like Dave Matthews.
The album opens with Rice
singing a duet with Lisa Hannigan, titled
“9 Crimes.” This song is Rice’s confession
to his lover that is so painfully vague that
it reeks of real life inspiration.
Hannigan opens the song, with a
beautiful vocal solo accompanied by piano,
leading into Rice’s beautifully smooth and
rich voice for the second verse.
The song is essentially the same
verse, altered for Rice’s and Hannigan’s
crimes, respectively. Rice’s lyrics, “It’s
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the wrong kind of place to be cheating
on you/It’s the wrong time, she’s pulling
me through/It’s a small crime and I got no
excuse,” certainly show Rice in a troubled
relationship, seeking comfort and solace
from the love of another woman. Asking
if it is all right, Rice suggests that his first
lover knows something of the affair.
The song ends with Rice and
Hannigan singing together, their voices
harmonizing in a climax that is nothing
less than chest-wrenching. If you doubt
that for a second, listen to it and be
floored.
On “Rootless Tree,” Rice plays a
quick arpeggio part that cranks into a full
band, complete with electric guitar, drums,
and very strong and forceful vocals from
Rice.
The song begins softly with just
the guitar and Rice, the music gradually
building with the lyrics as Rice first sings
that what he wants from his love is truth,
but then says, “we do what we need to
be free/And it leans on me like a rootless
tree.”
Contradiction is a ubiquitous
theme throughout the album, and this song
with Rice half singing that what he wants
is to not forget her, but then winding up
with the band into a crescendo screaming
“If you hate me, then hate me so good you
can let me out.”
A lighter and more Mathews like
song, is that song’s follow-up, “Dogs.”
Lighthearted and a little whimsical as
evidenced by the lyrics, “The girl that
does yoga/when we come over,” Rice has a
strong single here that is very reminiscent
of some of Dave Matthews’ acoustic work,
a little like “Crush.” Again, his lyrics as
well as his amazingly pure voice is really
going to catch most listeners off guard,
especially if you are used to garbage on
local radios, a strange hybrid of hip-hop/
weak electronica.
The climax of the album,
“Coconut Skins,” has Rice singing advice
to a friend on how to treat his lover.
Steeped in contradiction, his lyrics are
back-and-forth with, “You can hold her
hand/show her how you cry/Explain her
weakness so she understands and then
roll over and die,” and peaking with the
playful and teasing line, “You can hold
her eggs but your basket has a hole/You
can lie between her legs and go looking
for/Tell her you’re searching for her soul.”
The music is upbeat with tambourine
keeping rhythm, and Rice playing an easy
and quick guitar part.
9 winds down toward the end
with songs like “Grey Room.” Hannigan
joins in again, symbolizing both of them
experiencing similar emotions. Rice sings
alone, though, when asking, “Do I still got
you to be my door/Do I still got you to
be my sandy shore/Do I still got you to
cross my bridge in this storm,” and both of
them ending the verse with, “Have I still
got you to keep me warm.”
This
album
is
incredibly
straightforward and cohesive in its
storyline, with a nice variation of soft
and upbeat music, and always pleasantly
smooth on the ear. Rice’s guitar playing
as well as his voice are liquid velvet and
have been weighed and found worthy of
deep respect.
Rice will undoubtedly continue
to produce honest work heavily laden with
artistic creativity and storytelling. The
greatest facet of Rice’s talent is his ability
to wrap the listener in the story, and draw
natural connections between them. If you
want to be moved by music, I encourage
you to purchase Damien Rice’s 9.
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Letter
to the
Editor
Dear Critic,
I’m afraid that I must wholeheartedly disagree with you concerning your
review of “Across the Universe.” First, I
absolutely adored the rejuvenation of the
original Beatle’s songs. They even fit well
with the *wait for it* PLOT. Which bring
me to my second point. Just because it is
a musical does not mean there is no plot.
They addressed the issues of young love,
war, immigration, and homosexuality, just
each week, and we welcome visitors. Also, to name a few.
Probably the biggest theme
if anyone has Facebook, SGA has a group to which students may send messages with throughout the whole movie was the drug
usage. If you watch closely, you can even
their ideas.
With all these forms of see how they are taking you through the
communication open to students, SGA
realizes that students still cannot utilize
them if they do not know of their options.
The SGA has recently taken this fact
into consideration by our addition of the
Public Relations Officer position. This
position involves working with the Public
Relations Office to advertise any Student
Government-sponsored events. Also, the
PR Officer is responsible for a monthly
newsletter, beginning during the next SGA Dear Reader,
First off, I want to thank you
term. However, in place of this newsletter, the SGA has been in contact with the Public for writing in. I have been writing movie
Relations Office and will soon begin working reviews since August and I have not
on a link to GSC’s website for posting heard a peep out of anybody, and I have
minutes, agendas, contact information, and to admit it is oftentimes difficult to work
in a vacuum. However, all of that aside, I
other updates and advertisements.
In response to the suggestion of am going to have to disagree with some
moving our meetings to the cafeteria during of the points that you raised. First things
the lunch hour, while we would love the first, I love musicals in all of its many
student involvement, the distractions would forms: animated, stage, and live-action. I
certainly keep us from getting through our consider “Chicago,” “Singin’ in the Rain,”
planned agenda. Currently, no students have and even “The Music Man,” as some of my
class during our meeting time. The location favorites.
Secondly, I feel this movie
is directly upstairs from the cafeteria, so students could bring lunch with them if really did not have a plot. I will not deny
they want to participate. Also, do not forget the existence of the themes that you
about our office being right next door to the mentioned, but they were never truly
realized. They were only hinted at and used
cafeteria.
Hopefully this response has raised as a connection piece to the next song. It
some awareness of the links that students was as if the writers and director knew they
have to their governing body. We are always were only selling revamped Beatles songs,
happy to hear feedback from the students not an actual film. Many themes were
and to work on issues for them. Please feel introduced, but none of them truly reached
free to come to the meetings, even if it is just any conclusion. The character Prudence
to see how things work. This Sunday is the is a prime example. This character has a
initiation banquet for the new members, so wonderful set-up; she is a cheerleader in a
although they might be rocky getting started, mid-western small town who is shown to
we should be seeing great things from them have romantic feelings for the cheerleading
captain, another female. But this plot
very soon!
thread is never followed to its conclusion.
The character was simply there as a way
Alex Lay
for the film maker to segue into the cast
SGA Secretary
2007-2008
Reader stands up for SGA
Dear Editor;
I am writing in response to last
week’s article, “SGA: Students Going
AWOL.” Some very good points were raised
in this article concerning student interest in
the Student Government Association. That
all the positions on last week’s ballot were
uncontested is sad. However, some were
still experiencing competition. Rebecca
Chesser had so many write-in votes for
Vice-President that a run-off election must
be held.
As an organization that works
to meet students’ needs, we want more
positions filled, but we do not simply want
bodies filling seats. We want students to
become members because they are truly
interested in working for their student
constituents. Although few people were on
the ballot, the several I know personally are
great workers who care about this job.
Still, not all the positions are filled,
and membership usually changes in the
spring semester as some students graduate
and some student teach. Anytime positions
are thus available, any student who meets
the qualifications for a position may seek to
be appointed to that office for the remainder
of the year. To find out if you are qualified
for a position, see Deb Jenkins in the Office
of Student Life.
As the government of the students,
we are always interested in what students
have to say and in helping fix any problems
they may have. Also, our two major
projects each year are Homecoming week
and Spring Formal. Anytime students wish
to voice opinions, give suggestions, or
get involved, they are welcome to contact
us. Our meetings are in the Mollohan
Center Ballroom every Thursday from
12:20pm-1:30pm.
These meetings are
open to the public, and our agendas always
have a public comment section. Student
Government also has an office in the
Student Life Center. Every SGA member
serves a minimum of one office hour per
week. These hours are posted on the door
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Reader Disagrees
with movie critic
stages: marijuana, hallucinogens, cocaine,
etc. It’s all there in the PLOT.
The last issue I had with your article is how you dis the imagery, which is
completely beautiful, by the way. There is
one scene in particular with Vietnamese
women, that seems to be a tribute to those
innocents that were raped and killed in the
Vietnamese War.
In conclusion, perhaps you didn’t
watch closely enough or maybe you should
just stick with your classic flicks, but this
movie is a masterpiece. I would advise everyone out there to watch it for themselves
and to keep an open mind.
-Melissa Shanholtz
Movie critic fights back
singing “Dear Prudence” to her while she
hides in a closet (how is that for heavy
handed symbolism?). Eventually Prudence
does reappear with what we can assume
is a girlfriend, but it is never expounded
upon. This is just one example, and there
are many more I could list, but we simply
do not have the space.
To wrap this up, I have to agree
with you wholeheartedly on your last
point, about how people should watch
movies for themselves. When I write a
review, I am simply putting my views out
in a public forum. However, my viewing
experience is never going to be the same as
your viewing experience. Everyone should
watch the movies that they want. If they
disagree with me, that is fine; if they agree
with me, that is fine too. The point is, go
out, see what you want, and come up with
your own opinion.
It made me extremely happy to
receive a response to my review, and I
really hope that more of you take a page
out of Melissa Shanholtz’s book. Write in,
people! This paper is not only a place to
showcase the views of the Phoenix staff,
but the views of everyone who makes up
GSC.
Your Friendly Neighborhood
Movie Reviewer,
Aaron Radcliff
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Favorite Food: Homemade
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Favorite Pastime: Enjoying
time with my girlfriend and my
friends
Favorite Vacation Spot:
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Favorite Sport: Basketball
Motto: Live everyday like it is
your last
Thursday, February 28
• GSC Idea Challenge; 3 p.m. - MCCC Auditorium
•Wake up and Go; 7-9 a.m. - AB Lobby
•Speakout; 6 p.m. - MCCC Auditorium
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Tuesday, March 4
•Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration; 6-8:30 p.m.
-MCCC Ballroom
•Brass & Woodwind Concert; 7 p.m. - FA Auditorium
Wednesday, March 5
•Old time Bluegrass Night; 6:30-10 p.m. - Rusty Musket
• Last Day To Apply For Teacher Education For Fall 2008
• Open Submission For First Annual Juried Student Art
Show; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Fine Arts Building
• Free Tax Assistance; 5-9 p.m.
-Lower level Robert F. Kidd Library
•Comedy Caravan; 7 p.m. - Rusty Musket
Sunday, March 2
Thursday, March 6
Saturday, March 1
•Vera Bradley Bingo Fundraiser; 11 a.m. -5 p.m.
-MCCC Ballroom
•Read Across America Day
Monday, March 3
• Free Tax Assistance; 1-5 p.m. & 6-10 p.m.
-Lower level Robert F. Kidd Library
• Open Submission For First Annual Juried Student
Art Show; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Fine Arts Building
• Open Submission For First Annual Juried Student Art
Show; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Fine Arts Building
•Movie Series; 3 & 7 p.m. - MCCC Auditorium
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• Free Tax Assistance; 3-7 p.m.
-Lower level Robert F. Kidd Library
• Glenville Student Action Meeting; 5 p.m.
-MCCC First Floor Lounge
•A Laugh & a Half; 6 p.m. - Rusty Musket
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Saturday, March 8
• International Women’s Day
Sunday, March 9
•High Adventure Cave Trip; contact Dave at 7415
Monday, March 10
• Free Tax Assistance; 1-5 p.m. & 6-10 p.m.
-Lower level Robert F. Kidd Library
Tuesday, March 11
• Free Tax Assistance; 3-7 p.m.
-Lower level Robert F. Kidd Library
•Glenville Student Action Meeting; 5 p.m.
-MCCC First Floor Lounge
•March Madness BINGO; 7 p.m. - Rusty Musket
•Kenyon Wilson Recital; 7 p.m. - Fine Arts Recital Hall
• First Annual Juried Student Art Show; 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
-Fine Arts Gallery
Wednesday, March 12
• Free Tax Assistance; 5-9 p.m.
-Lower level Robert F. Kidd Library
•Premium Night; 4:30 - 7 p.m. - Mollohan’s Restaurant
• SPEAKOUT; 6 p.m. - MCCC Auditorium
•Leadership Series; 7-9 p.m. - MCCC 3rd floor
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Sights from around the Career Fair
The Career Fair played host
to numerous businesses
from across the state.
Representatives were present
to interest all majors at Glenville
State College. It was a great
experience for guests and
students alike. Make sure to
check out the excitement next
year.
Photos by Jamie Mullins