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THE CRESTIAD
Vol.90 No. 6
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
October 23, 2008
Chemistry
Club
celebrates
National
Week
Cathy Meyett
STAFF WRITER
Courtesy | Fabi Desouza
During the week of October
19 through 25, the Chemistry
Club celebrated National Chemistry Week. There were different
activities such as: Find a Mole
and The Periodic Table of Cupcakes Bake Sale. Chemistry Club
secretary Michelle Groncki described National Chemistry week
as, “A week traditionally celebrated by chemists as a way to get
their students more interested and
involved in chemistry.” Club
president, Andrea Eberhardt said
that “this is the first year that there
are extra week long activities carried out at least since I have been
here at Cedar Crest.” The Chemistry Club is also responsible for
organizing National Chemistry
Week here on campus. Groncki
said that “it would be fun to get
the rest of the campus involved
more with chemistry.”
This week is a nationally celebrated week that honors the accomplishments of those great
chemists of the past, present and
possible future chemists as well.
This is the Chemistry Club’s big
fundraiser for the semester.
The windows of Oberkotter
and The Science Building are
decorated with jokes that relate to
science in honor of the week’s
festivities like they have been in
the past. This year there is even a
theme: Having a Ball with Chemistry! The Club dedicated their
board in the Miller Building to
sports in honor of the theme.
The Periodic Table of Cupcakes Bake Sale is a tradition that
the Club has carried on from year
to year, doing it at different times.
The cupcakes are sold at the
atomic number of the element for
the first 50 cupcakes. So for example since hydrogen is atomic
number one, you could buy that
cupcake for a penny!
Something new this year is
the craft that they set up on
Wednesday during the bake sale
for the campus community. The
club bought beads that represent
all of the sciences, like chemistry,
biology and physics for students
to make necklaces. Eberhardt said
that the craft was a “make it / take
it” for those students who could
not stay to make a necklace,
bracelet or keychain. She also
said that the beads are “just so
nerdy and awesome at the same
Walking long distances several times a day provides only half a cup of water for each
person to drink. A $20 donation to this fund gives one child clean water for 20 years.
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Fabi Desouza, a 2007 graduate, developed her Communication senior project into what is now a world-changing effort to bring clean drinking water to children in Africa and India.
Desouza: Changing the
world one tribe at a time
Stephanie Bennett
STAFF WRITER
Cedar Crest College alumnae,
Fabi Desouza, is making a huge impact in a global way. Desouza graduated from Cedar Crest College in
May 2007 with a B.A. in Business
Administration and Communication. In her beginning years of college, she was focused on finding a
career path that had a goal of making money.
However, that all changed during her junior year, when she began
to become more interested in the
African AIDS epidemic. She
wanted to do something to help
these people with their physical
needs and their spiritual needs. Out
of this desire to help, Desouza, in
August 2007, organized the
Quench the Thirst Project, which is
run by Desouza and her friends and
supported by Fellowship International Mission (FIM).
Because water is described by
the project as “the lifeblood of any
civilization,” the chosen goal of this
project is to provide sanitary water
to people who live where it is
scarce.
One very active member, and
one of Desouza’s friends Sean McKeever, Lehigh University alumni
said, “I found out about Fabi’s project and thought it was great. Especially how she put something
together right out of college that
has the main focus of helping the
lives of others, instead of being focused on the business money aspect
of things.”
When Desouza first introduced her idea to her father, it hap-
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pened to be the same day he needed
to make a call to Shane Gauthier, a
FIM missionary who works with
Special Ministries in Kenya. Desouza was able to speak to Gauthier
while he was in Kenya via cell
phone.
He told her about the horrors
of the Kenyan people’s everyday
lives. Immediately, Desouza knew
that helping these people was
something that she had to pursue.
Desouza says, “After he spoke
a bit of his ministry and briefly described the needs of the people, I
immediately knew that this was
something I wanted to pour my energy into. Hearing about the conditions of these women and children
was a confirmation that I was in the
right place, hearing the right thing,
at the right time.”
Out of the five tribes that Gauthier serves, Desouza decided to
focus her attention on the Mutulu
tribe in the southeastern region of
Kenya. With a population of around
5,000, there are over 500 children
without families. Their water access is limited, and the only source
of water is far from being safe to
drink, or easy to get to.
Desouza said, “Thirsty and
desperate, women and children
walk for miles to fetch water. They
often times find only hand-dug
springs, which are contaminated
with all kinds of parasites and bacteria.” With every sip from their
water supply there comes risk of serious diseases such as malaria.
However, the desperation
makes them continue to fill up their
one liter jugs and carry them the
long distance back to their village.
This grueling task is done several
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times a day, and this still only provides each member of the tribe with
one half of a cup of water per day.
“The water situation there is
heart breaking,” Desouza said. “It
wasn’t long before I started to
sketch out thoughts and ideas and
began recruiting people who would
play key roles in the process.”
This past May, Desouza was
able to go to Kenya and experience
firsthand the perils of the Mutulu
people. “Surrounded by over 500
kids under the care of one woman,
it was an honor to sit in the homes
of some of the most caring, dedicated individuals. The whole community captivated my heart.”
Desouza reflects, “It kept hitting
me that these lives were in a small
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way resting in this project”
Upon returning from Kenya,
Quench the Thirst became more
than just a project; it is now an organization. Thus, “Made for Water.
Made for Love.” The main goals
are the same, but a second element
to the cause has been added: love.
The main idea behind this organization is to inspire and empower the youth of our nation to
make a change, and in many cases
in the lives of people they do not
even know. This is our generation’s
chance to make an impact on the
lives of others and create awareness. And what makes this particular effort even more amazing is that
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OPINIONS
LIFESTYLES
FEATURES
Hagan to work for
Nigerian college
Making college
F-R-E-E
An investigative look
at dollar stores
Understanding
disabilities
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A&E
Eurydice
theatre review
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ATHLETICS
Mini-golf with the
softball team
2NEWS
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Fall 2008
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Arts and Entertainment Editor
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Athletics Editor
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Journalist educates
women in Afghanistan
Jessica Korpics
STAFF WRITER
Imagine being a women living
in an area where women have very
little power and very little voice
about anything that happens or occurs in their society. For Mobina
Khairandish, that is no imagination.
“I faced a lot of hardships as a
woman, along with all the other
women in my village and in my
country,” said Khairandish. “When
this program was first started the
men did not think it was a good idea
because it would make women
strong, smart and would allow them
to make their own informed decisions.
“Now men are starting to listen
to the program themselves, some
even going out and buying a radio
so that their wife could listen to the
programs. My program is for everyone.”
Residing
in
Northern
Afghanistan, Khairandish is the program director and also owns and
runs her own radio station, Radio
Rabae Balkhi, which reports news
and information primarily to
women. Khairandish is also an activist that takes on the dangerous
tasks of trying to raise the women’s
status
in
the
post-Taliban
Afghanistan. Her radio station,
which was first started by Journalist Zaiki Zaki, is the first station to
begin airing after the fall of the Taliban in Northern Afghanistan.
Zaki, who started the radio station in 2003 on International
Women’s Day and is the mother of
six children, was murdered in 2007
when an unknown gunman broke
into her house as she slept next to
her ten-month-old baby.
The literacy rate of Northern
Afghanistan is currently at less than
twenty percent, so the only way that
the women, and the occasional
male, can receive the news and information is through the radio.
“I thought that this was the
only way they could hear me and
hear the news. The women are
mostly illiterate. I learned a lot
about them and am now also a legal
consult for them,” said Khairandish.
The radio station covers a lot of
topics ranging from ways to be
healthy during pregnancy, giving
birth, raising kids, ways to improve
your health and also teaches women
their rights.
It teaches parents how important school is for their children, not
only their sons but also their daughters. It also allows listeners to call
in and request their favorite music,
just like any other radio station
would. The station also offers all of
their programs, which can range
from five to 35 minutes, in four different languages so that are able to
be understood by everyone.
“Afghanistan has the third
highest infant mortality rate in the
world. Twenty percent of children
won’t live past their five-year-old
birthday. That’s why I think these
programs are so important for
women to hear and learn about,”
said Khairandish.
“The goal of the radio station
was to raise awareness of the hardships that women face every day,”
said Khairandish. “They have no
access to anything else and I want
to make a difference in their lives
and make them better. I put myself
in their shoes.
“I knew the problem that was
going on and I wanted to get educated. I decided that no matter
what, I was going to help others because they needed this now.”
Khairandish believes that the
future of Northern Afghanistan will
depend on everyone. “The future of
our country is up to everyone.
Change can happen. I have seen it.
I plan to broadcast to all of Afghan
and reach everyone, not only by
radio but eventually by TV also.
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Christa Hagan to teach in Nigeria
Kristen Isaacson
STAFF WRITER
Christa Hagan graduated last
year from Cedar Crest College as a
Communication and English major
with a writing concentration. She
has recently accepted a job with
The Rainbow College in Lagos,
Nigeria.
Hagan was involved in The
Crestiad while here on campus as a
writer and editor, worked at the
Lutz Center for Community Service, GED tutoring with the Adult
Literacy Center, Alumnae Museum,
was a Resident Advisor (RA) for a
year, Orientation Assistant (OA) for
two years, was the Treasurer, Vice
President, and President during her
time here for Preterite, was involved in the Peace Coalition, and
the Radio Club.
She has been doing well after
graduation. She went home to
Northern NH for a few weeks, and
then moved to Falls Church, VA.
She then took a job in D.C. Public
Schools. She is the after-school
program coordinator for Pre-K
through 8 grade.
She has now accepted a job
with The Rainbow College in
Lagos, Nigeria, for 7 to 12 graders.
Her title will be Head of Student
Affairs and Director of Development.
She will be planning extra-curricular activities, develop sports
teams and bridge alumnae and current students together. She got
some of her ideas for the school
from Cedar Crest and how things
are run here.
She will also be in charge of
the study abroad program, which is
currently not in place at The Rainbow College. She also will be recruiting American and African
students to this school, as it is
mostly Nigerian students.
Hagan always knew that she
wanted to be in Africa someday, but
said, “I imagined it would be
through the Peace Corps.” Back in
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October 23, 2008
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Healthy U coming to a
dining hall near U
Dannah Hartman
STAFF WRITER
Hauna Colista | Staff Writer
Patrica Teden from the Cedar Crest class of 1975 returned to participate in the Naomi
Houser Lecture Series. She spoke about her current and past career is clinical research.
Teden, ‘75, returns
for Naomi Houser
lecture series
Hauna Colista
STAFF WRITER
Patricia Teden graduated from
Cedar Crest College in 1975 and
returned this week, October 21, to
present a lecture entitled “Constant
Transition.”
Through the last 33 years she
has had over 13 jobs, worked for
four different companies and has
owned two of her own business.
Through the years she has
learned life lessons that have carried her through her career and she
learned how to make transitions.
“Constant Transition” is a part
of the Naomi Houser Lecture series.
Houser obtained her RN in
1921 and lived a very successful
career, especially for a women in
her time. When she passed away
in 1986, she made a bequest to the
Cedar Crest College Alumnae Association.
Through this the Naomi
Houser Distinguished Biology
Alumna Lecturer program was
launched. The programs purpose
is to bring in former students to
share their success stories and lessons to current students just starting their professional journey.
Teden works primarily in
Clinical Research and pharmaceu-
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Every person counts so everyone
needs to be informed,” said
Khairandish.
Khairandish’s station is a
huge success in a place where
women were not allowed to assume any roles in business or manager positions. On top of running
the station, she has also set up a
women’s business center and
spends a lot of time traveling to
ticals.
Clinical research is the
process in which drugs are tested
and retested till they are considered
safe enough for humans. This
process is divided up into four
phases. Each phase brings a drug
closer and closer to being approved
and if all tests are successful the
drug will be sold and used.
Teden has worked for Merck,
Sandoz, Domain Software and
Phyzer. She has also worked at
Cedar Crest College as a Lab Instructor from 1978 to 1981.
She had a number of different
titles including Clinical Data Manager, Software Production Management,
and
Informatics
Governance. Most of all she is a
problem solver. “You tell me it’s
broken, I’ll fix it,” says Teden.
Currently Teden owns her
own Business, Teden Consulting
LLC. In the United States the
FDAAA, Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act, was
passed last year.
This act regulates more
closely the drug companies testing
of medications. Many companies
are still learning to follow the regulations set out in this act. Teden
travels all over the country and
consults with companies on the
new regulations and how to follow
them.
different nearby villages to teach
the women business skills.
Mobina’s visit to Cedar Crest
College is a part of a three day visit
to the Lehigh Valley for internship,
mentoring and education.
Her appearance and the production of Unveiled Truths on
Nov. 20 to 23, continues to teach
Cedar Crest’s commitment to
focus on events that promote
global issues around the empowerment of women and their rights.
In the past, the Wellness program through the Allen Center for
Nutrition has made nutritional information and coaching, known as
Healthy You, available to interested
individuals. However, only a small
number of people participated in
the program each semester. Barbara
Carlson, the Director of Outreach
for the Allen Center for nutrition,
explains that Valerie Donohue, Director of Healthy You, Martine
Scannavino, Director of Allen Center and herself decided to try a new
approach to increase participation
in the program.
Carlson explained that by having a broader outreach, Healthy
You needed to go where the students are and where they eat. This
led to the decision of bringing
Healthy You to the cafeteria during
lunchtime. She also explained that
she wanted the new aspect of
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Healthy You to be informal, students are able to directly speak with
the Healthy You staff and ask as little or as many questions as they
would like. In addition, students
will be able to get to know the
Healthy You staff as a helpful
source for nutritional guidance.
Carlson explains that the tools
are in the cafeteria, “I see a lot of
good options in the cafeteria, but I
think people get bored and need
some coaching on how to make
their choices healthy and creative.”
On Monday, October 20th
during Healthy You’s second information session in the cafeteria,
Carlson showed students how to
make healthy and creative choices
by showing an example of a
healthy salad. In addition, she offered interesting information to students such as that students
generally earn seven to ten points
more on an exam or paper if you
work on it within two hours of a
balanced meal. A calorie quiz from
the Nutrition Action Health Letter
was also passed out to students in
the cafeteria at the information session.
Dean Piacentini, the cafeteria
director, is acknowledged by Carlson as being “very supportive” and
open to accepting suggestions from
students.
This new component of
Healthy You will occur monthly in
the cafeteria during the fall semester. In the spring, Carlson hopes to
bring Healthy You to the cafeteria
at least twice a month and involve
nutrition majors in the process by
having them be in the cafeteria on
select dates to answer questions
and provide information.
You do not need to already be
signed up for Healthy You to participate in this program; students,
faculty and staff are all welcome!
Stop by the cafeteria during
Healthy You’s next information
session on Monday, November 10
at 12 p.m. to learn more about the
program!
Penn inspires students
to achieve their goals
Leslie Savage
STAFF WRITER
“She is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and performer who has inspired countless
people with her dynamic motivation programs,” stated bycampuspeak.com. This past Tuesday,
October 21, Elaine Penn came to
speak at Cedar Crest with one of
her main topics including tools for
being a successful student leader.
Penn attended Greensboro
College where she received her
Bachelor’s degree, and completed
her Master’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
While
she
attended
Greensboro College she received
many athletic honors and in recognition of her achievements she
completed in basketball her jersey
was retired, as well as her being inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame
in 1996 at Greensboro. Besides
Penn being extremely athletic and
achieving many of her own goals
she also sings professionally.
Penn’s topic at the leadership
session was tools for being a successful student leader. Penn’s main
concern is for anyone and everyone
to make goals for themselves, and
to make sure that they complete
their goals and they aren’t just
pushed aside. Her session was very
motivational and makes one think
that yes, I may have a lot of goals,
but do I truly follow them and go
after them? Creating a personal vision about what YOU want to
achieve was something that Penn
made sure would stick in our heads.
At the session she gave the
students four points on how to
Leslie Savage | Staff Writer
Elaine Penn spoke at Cedar Crest about tools for being a successful student leader. She
suggests finding your goal and putting it in a place you can see it.
complete goals and visions that we
have more accurately. The first step
is to take your goal and put it in a
place where you can see it. The
second step is to affirm that you are
achieving your goal and not just an
“I hope I will achieve it.” The third
step given by Penn is to close your
eyes and visualize getting this goal
every day. The last step is wondering what it would be like to achieve
the goal, and how it will feel. With
motivational steps like this it is so
much easier, even after only an
hour session given, that goals are
something that you yourself have
to put in action, and to Penn they
are especially important.
Although many think that
finding one’s goals comes through
an individual, it can come through
connecting as a team as well. Athletic teams, student government,
clubs and associations all need to
create goals together to be successful. Penn’s advice for coming together and creating goals for a team
needs to have a few aspects first for
it all to work out. She said that in a
team you need to have: a common
vision, you have to respect each
other, bond together, have good
communication, honesty, trust, integrity, and a good work ethic.
Without these actions done and created in a team, it will be even that
much harder to get goals achieved.
Penn’s session was very inspiring and she also conducts many
other sessions on different topics
such as taking care of your physical
and emotional health in college, the
journey to success in college and in
life, musical messages for college
students, and many more which are
given on campuspeak.com. Penn is
a very down to earth person who
wants everyone to realize that you
can achieve anything that you really want and goals need to be set
in order to succeed!
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DESOUZA
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it allows people to contribute to a
global impact in ways they may
never have thought they would be
able to.
Desouza and Leslie Labbe, a
fellow member of the project, stress
the importance of coming together
to shape something that is thousands of miles away, and that the
creation of this project was to give
people the push to help others that
they never met before, and may
never meet. The term Desouza uses
to describe “Made for Water. Made
for Love.” is “selfless love.”
Sharon Barshinger, a student at
Northampton Community College
said of the project, “This is one of
the rare opportunities where you
get to help out a cause like this. My
uncle is a missionary in Kenya, so it
has special meaning to me.”
Recently, Desouza organized
an event with the goal of raising
funds for this project. It was held
Oct. 5, at Lehigh University and included a performance by the band
Shirock. Tickets were $20, and as
with all other fundraisers, 100% of
the proceeds went to the cause.
The event was a great opportunity to bring those involved together, and also to increase the
number of supporters. Esther Johnson, student at Lehigh Carbon
Community College, said the reason she came to the event was, “to
support the cause and hear great
music at the same time.”
The band Shirock was touched
by the cause, as guitarist Jason
Bynum explained, “It’s a wonderful cause, anything that deals with
helping people is something we
Leslie Labbe (left) and Fabi Desouza pose inside a collection chamber that is used to collect and store water for the Mutulu tribe in Kenya.
love.” He also explained how they
want to help as much as they can to
get people “plugged into” helping
important causes such as Made for
Water. Made for Love.
There are over 1.6 billion people in the world who do not have
access to clean drinking water. But
thanks to the efforts of those who
decided to get involved with Desouza’s projects, two new water
tanks were installed for the people
in Mutulu. The organization needs
to raise another $5,000 before it is
able to achieve its main goal of
$10,000 to install a water harvesting system in Mutulu.
With the end of the Mutulu
project in sight, another project is
in the works. The next project involves the Massai tribe in Osegel in
the Narok District of Kenya, just
approximately seven or eight hours
south of Mutulu.
In this village, there are many
children that work the fields during
recess and in between classes at
school in search of wheat, beans or
any good crop for lunch. There is
currently a drought in this land and
a Hope Center is there to help the
people to survive it. Children go to
the Hope Center everyday for
water, food and education.
While working with the Hope
Center, Made for Water. Made for
Love. discovered two possible
drilling sites that would provide
fresh wells that would greatly benefit the community. Made for
Water. Made for Love. is excited to
make this a reality.
Desouza encourages everyone
to place themselves in the shoes of
the people in Kenya, “Put yourself
in their shoes: you just hiked ten
miles through the Kenyan bush to
get a drink of water. What you see
before you is a trace of liquid trickling through a dirty hand-dug
spring. Your desperate thirst pushes
you past the risk of diseases and
parasites. You make this journey
every day, twice a day. The truth is
many Africans lack access to safe,
clean drinking water.”
There are three ways people
can get involved: spread the word,
give and act. To donate money to
the cause, checks can be sent to:
FIM 555, South 24th Street, Allentown, PA 18104 NOTE: Please put
“Made for Water. Made for Love”
in the memo line of the check, and
remember that all donations are tax
deductible. There are also a number
of volunteer opportunities for those
who are interested. If you are interested contact Desouza at [email protected]
Easy opportunities for Cedar
Crest students to become involved
are available through marketing
club fund raisers, in which proceeds
from each sale will go toward Made
for Water. Made for Love.
Also, be sure to check out the
official site at www.madeforwater.com.
Forensic Speech Team achieves
high scores at “major leagues”
Kristen Isaacson
STAFF WRITER
Fabi (left) high fives a member of the Mutulu tribe.
CHEMISTRY WEEK
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time.”
National Chemistry Week is
celebrated the same week every
year so it is celebrated in conjuncture with Mole Day. This day is
celebrated on October 23 because
Amadeus Avogadro found the
chemical mole to be 6.22x1023
particles. It is celebrated from 6:02
AM to 6:02 PM and there are generally various mole related activities done on this day.
New this year for celebration
of Mole Day was Find a Mole!
There were 15 moles hidden
around campus. If you find the little guys you get to keep them!
Even more incentive to get out
there and participate in National
Chemistry Week.
Cedar Crest College’s Forensics Speech Team has been off to a
great start. They have already had
two competitions, the first in Towson University for the Early Bird
Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 27
and followed by the first Southern
and Northern Atlantic Forensics
Union (SNAFU) tournament of the
year on Sunday, the 28. In their first
competition, the team took first
place in the PI KAPPA DELTA
Sweepstakes on Saturday against
eight other schools. Then on Sunday, after competing against nine
other schools, the team won first
place in the SNAFU team award.
The individual accomplishments
were:
The individual accomplishments were: Dramatic Duo- second
place on Saturday and fourth place
on Sunday- Monica Cawley and
Michelle Tetreault. Poetry- second
on Saturday- Michelle Tetreaul
fifth on Sunday- Michelle Tetreault
fifth on Saturday- Monica Cawley
Dramatic Interpretation- seventh
on Saturday- Monica Cawley Prose
Interpretation- third on SundayMichelle Tetreault Novice Prose:
fourth on Sunday- Toni Byers
The Forensics Speech Team is
competitive speech team that participates in many competitions
throughout the year. There are 11
different events within forensics,
such as interpretive, public address
and events around limited prep or
impromptu speaking. Forensics is
not just about science, how most
people think. A definition of forensics is an argument based on a single legality.
It is incredibly varied on all
subject matters. Students compete
in all different events and there are
usually two rounds. After that, the
students either go to the semi-finals
or the finals, and based on how
they do, they can go to Regional or
Nationals.
Currently this year, there are
18 students on the team, the largest
they have ever had. Tim Brown
leads the team with Monica Cawley, a senior Bio-Chemistry and
Forensic Science major, as the team
captain. This is Monica’s third year
on the team, as well as Tim
Brown’s third year coaching the
team. She feels that this is “a good
way to start off the year. It helps us
see where we need to go through
the course of the year. We see
where others are and where we
need to be.” Last year was the first
time the team went to Nationals, so
she also said that this start has “put
us at a higher level earlier, which is
nice for us.”
When asked about her duo
with Michelle Tetreault, she said
that it was the first time they did a
duo together, but that they have almost every class together and they
picked a piece to talk about that fit
both of their personalities.
When asked about poetry,
Cawley replied, “Poetry is my favorite category.” Brown said that
Cawley was the State Champ for
poetry in her sophomore year and
placed 3rd overall last year. This
was the first she participated in
Dramatic Interpretation and was a
new experience for her. Her partner, Michelle Tetreault comments,
“The past few competitions have
been exciting. Our forensic speech
district is like a big family, and it
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October 23, 2008
Winners prepare
for nationals in
San Diego
Gabrielle Augustine
STAFF WRITER
For 60 years , participants in
the Make It With Wool (MIWW)
contest have been busily creating
outfits. The purpose of this competition is to promote wool and the
industry. On October 18, Pennsylvania’s state competition took
place in at the Georgian Place in
Somerset.
This contest is open to anyone
who makes an outfit by sewing,
knitting or crochet. The biggest
rule is that the fiber in the outfit
must be at least 60% wool or other
natural fibers (mohair, alpaca, cat,
dog, etc.)
There are different categories:
Pre-teen (12 and under), Junior
(13-16), Senior (17-24), Adult (25
and over) and Made for Others
(any age). In each category, except
Made for Others, the outfit must be
constructed and modeled by you.
The panel of judges look at
the outfits while worn to determine
fit and ask you questions regarding
the versatility of the outfit. They
then look at the construction of the
garments. Finally, there is a fashion show where the outfit is again
worn for the audience. After that,
the winners are announced.
It is a nation wide contest. At
the January 2008 Nationals, 28
states were represented. Only the
Junior, Senior and Adult state winners advance to the national competition each year. The first two
travel to where ever Nationals is
being held – 2008 was Las Vegas
Nevada, January 2009 it is in San
Diego, California. The Adult winner must send his or her outfit to be
judged and if chosen to be the
overall winner, he/she will attend
Nationals too.
This year, out of the 27 entries, there are five winners that
represent Pennsylvania.
In the Pre-teen category,
Stephanie Augustine of Carbon
County is the champion with her
runner-up being Arianna Carleton
HAGAN
continued | page 2
December, she looked on Craig’s
List for work over in Africa. She
applied for this job, got a response,
but then did not hear back for
awhile. In July, she got a call for an
interview.
Although it was a chance of a
lifetime, she almost didn’t take it,
but the woman Hagan was in contact with would not let her cancel
the interview.
The interview was in front of
a panel of six people asking her
many questions. A month later, in
August, she got a call and was offered the job. Hagan starts December 8. “Part of me was like ‘this
must be a scam’ and that I couldn’t
believe this.”
Yet she knew she wanted to
do this and talked with her family
and friends. This was an opportunity that she couldn’t pass up. “I
feel that this is where I need to be
now.” When asked why she would
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of Beaver County.
For the Junior and Senior categories, respectively, Anna Gilbert
of Adams and Rachel Siegel of
Lebanon will be representing PA.
From Carbon County, Katherine
Augustine took top honors in the
Adults and Sharon Donahoe of
Bedford took second.
For her Pre-teen category,
home schooled Augustine created
a three-piece ensemble of a turtleneck, leggings and tunic with machine-knit leg warmers. For
Gilbert’s first outfit entered in the
MIWW she made a pencil skirt and
plaid jacket along with a matching
blouse that was not wool.
The handiwork and creativity
of Siegel was a pair of slacks and a
sleeveless shirt that was of her own
pattern along with a blazer. In the
Adult category, Augustine created
a four-piece outfit of designer
pants, a zippered blouse and a
hand-felted vest and jacket of her
own pattern.
All five winners agree that
this contest is a wonderful opportunity. K. Augustine believes it is
an “excellent challenge that helps
perfect your sewing skills.”
In the opportunity to speak
with the National director of fourteen years, Marie Lehfeldt, said
that MIWW “is the longest continuous contest of the lamb and wool
industry.”
“I think the biggest benefits…
are the opportunities to see and
meet new people.” She also thinks
“it is a learning experience where
you can gain poise and learn to
speak in front of people.”
The Pennsylvania Competition is directed by Jodell Antram
and Virginia Rhoads. In the last
couple years the number of participants have decreased.
Anyone interested in competing can contact Antram at [email protected]
or
Lehfeldt at [email protected].
For more information go to
www.sheepusa.org and click on
MIWW.
NEWS
Share a ride to save our Earth
Lindsey Jancay
STAFF WRITER
Cedar Crest has been working
diligently to become more environmentally conscious. Students are
becoming quite familiar with terms
such as “self sustainability” and
“eco-friendly.” The latest effort to
reduce the College’s carbon footprint has revealed itself in the form
of an online forum.
The Ride Share Message
Board is a forum on MyCedar
Crest that gives students the opportunity to post either requests for
rides, or for passengers. The Ride
Share Message Board is the brainchild of Marcie Walker, a current
member of the Transportation
Committee, which is a subcommittee of the Sustainability Committee
here at Cedar Crest, and Paul
Edinger of Cedar Crest Information
Technology.
Walker was inspired when her
husband, the president of the Coalition for Appropriate Transportation
began riding his bike to work. “He
even has snow- studs on his bicycle tires!” she exclaimed. Walker
FORENSIC SPEECH
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makes it easier to compete at your
best when you have support from
not only your own teammates, but
friends from other schools too. The
JMU/GMU swing was especially
challenging and exciting because
we were competing against not
only our district but high level
teams from the South and Texas.”
When the team has a competition, they either go the night before
or get up very early. They start with
a warm-up and get energized. They
split into different parts. Usually
there is a swing tournament, which
is a full round of tournaments.
They have to be there by 8 a.m. and
get out by 7 p.m.
Brown says that the team is
fabulous. The team has shifted
form competing against schools the
same size as Cedar Crest, to now
competing against nationally
ranked schools. It is like a Rocky
decided that an online forum would
be an excellent way to encourage
students to take similar steps to reduce their negative impact on the
environment.
Walker knew that she would
like to create the Message Board
online, but wanted to be sure it
would be secure and user friendly.
That is when she turned to Edinger.
He decided that by posting the
board on MyCedar Crest, the
forum would be secure, since a
username and password are needed
to access the page. It was also a
convenient way to include students,
faculty and staff on the same site.
The Board has received responses already. “We’ve seen a
number of posts offering or looking for rides,” Edinger states, however, no connections have been
made yet. Those involved remain
hopeful: “As the semester goes on,
we expect more and more people to
find and use the message board,”
he adds.
Walker warns, “Don’t get
complacent just because gas is
going down.” She hopes that students will become involved in the
Ride Share Message Board in an
effort to continue to reduce Cedar
Crest’s carbon footprint. “Even if
people don’t want to save the
planet, they can at least save their
pocket books,” Walker also suggests. Ride offerers tend to request
$5-$10 to cover gas expenses.
The Ride Share Message
Board is designed to be user
friendly. Users must sign in to My
Cedar Crest, and go to the Campus
Connection tab. On the left hand
side of the page is a link called
“Ride Share Forums,” Click on that
and the Ride Share Message Board
will show up. Edinger provided a
“Helpful Tips” link “…for people
who are technologically challenged
like me,” according to Walker.
Upon clicking on any of the posts,
the “poster’s” information will
show up, often times with a nice little picture. The board is simple to
use, and very secure.
Transportation Committee
meetings will begin in November,
however, until then, students with
questions or ideas are welcome to
e-mail Marcie Walker. If you are
interested in the sustainability effort, students will have the opportunity to serve on the committee.
story; they are going out there and
getting recognition from the big
schools, which is great for Cedar
Crest because this brings appreciation to our school. Brown compared the team to baseball, saying
that two years ago, they competed
in the “minor leagues” and now
they are in the “major leagues.”
The second competition was
in Virginia, hosted by George
Mason University and James
Madison University, but was held
at George Mason University. This
was the tougher tournament for
them, but the team is in a different
place than they were last year.
Eighteen schools competed here,
and these schools are nationally
ranked.
Cedar Crest took sixth overall
in Team Sweeps Duo Interpretation- fourth Monica Cawley and
Michelle Tetreault Informative
Speaking-sixth Samantha Hyson
Extemporaneous Speaking- sixth
Cai Nowicki Poetry Interpretation-
sixth Michelle Tetreault.
Monica got to “go home” as
she is from Virginia. She said that
they have a lot of raw, new talent
that will be refined over this year.”
She also says, “it’s nice to do well,
but more important that you have
fun.” Brown agrees and says the
team “works hard, plays harder.”
The next competition will be
here on campus on the 26th and
27th. The team will not be competing on Saturday the 26th, as we are
hosting, but SNAFU is hosting on
Sunday, so the newer members will
be competing, not the varsity members.
Tetreault comments, “We will
be having our home tournament at
CCC this coming weekend, and I
looking forward to a competitive
and fun tournament, even though
we will not be competing.” Their
next big competition will be at
Akron University on Nov. 1 and 2.
This will be huge, as 42 schools
will be there.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
go to Nigeria, she replied, “I want
to go. At this point in my life, I can
go.”
The Rainbow College is paying for everything and doing the
best they can to help her. She is
going to do this all right, by registering at the State Department and
with the Embassy.
While it may seem different to
be a Communication major and be
in education, but Hagan says, “I
knew I wanted to be in education,
but I did not want to teach.” She
made sure her background was in
education and kept her major in
communication. This major is diverse and has opened many doors
for her.
Christa is such a great person
and so friendly to talk to. Her advice to anyone who wanted to do
something like this is to search in
the State Department for jobs and
just go for it! This is the time to do
all this.
Food Service topic of
discussion for Senators
Hauna Colista
STAFF WRITER
The Student Government
Association met for the time on
Oct. 15. This meeting had a
fairly light agenda. They briefly
discussed the TCC Advisory
Committee. The committee will
examine the TCC and decide
how they can make the building
more student friendly. Students
interested in providing suggestions or getting involved, can email Allison Valentine.
The majority of the meeting
involved a report from the Food
Services Committee. In the
2007-08 academic year, no sena-
tors had signed up for the committee therefore, it has been over
a year since SGA took a critical
look at food services.
Presented by Stephanie
Scully, junior nursing major, and
Alyssa Slinger, freshman forensic science, the report included
suggestions, compliments and
problems students had with Dinning Services.
Some problems included too
many fried foods, unidentified
products (especially products that
contain nuts), items frequently
running out and too much pasta.
Some changes Dining Services is going to try to make are
adding a spice rack so students
can flavor products to their liking, whole wheat pasta and meat
sauce, additional condiment containers, and possibly designing a
meal plan that allows up to 235
meals per semester.
By the amount of information that Scully and Slinger provided, the committee has many
issues to address about dinning
services in the upcoming months.
Students should e-mail Stephanie
Scully, Alyssa Slinger or Allison
Valentine with any comments or
suggestions.
SGA meetings take place
every Wednesday in the 1867
Room from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. All
students are welcome.
6OP/ED
Something
Making college
like
news
F-R-E-E
Brea Barski | Senior Editor
Cedar Crest College has an
endowment of almost $18 million.
If you’re a student, that statement
might not mean much to you, or,
for other students, who might understand what it means, but not
care.The endowment is basically a
lot of money that was given to the
school by donors. The money sits
around accruing interesting that the
school uses to pay for things.
Why am I telling you this in a
column about college news? This
has been a huge topic in other university newspapers this week, for
huge reasons.
Yale, for example, has an endowment that reached $22.5 billion. (Yeah, that’s reaching an
eleven figure number.) The interest
income that this gives the school is
a reported $5 billion. (The income
from that endowment is over 277
times as big as Cedar Crest’s entire
endowment.)
Reported the Yale Daily News
this week: The money earned in interest from Yale’s endowment
could, at today’s rate, pay the entire
tuition for every undergrad student
at the school for the next twenty
years.
Wow.
Large endowments are found
outside of the ivy towers, though.
The University of Rochester’s
School of Medicine and Dentistry
has received a $3 million donation
from an alum. That money, added
with another $2 million from other
donations, form a fund that will,
hopefully, some day fund free medical school.
A dean at Rochester told the
university newspaper that the projected cost of medical school in 30
years is $120,000 per year.
With a large endowment, the
school hopes to earn enough to pay
for worthy students to become doc-
tors when the costs become so
ridiculous that the only people who
will be able to afford them are more
likely to inherit their wealth than
earn it in a taxing medical profession.
Right now Cedar Crest is
looking for a new Vice President
for Advancement. This is the person who gets us the hefty endowment so that, in the future, the
school will be producing Cedar
Crest alumnae who aren’t burdened
down by student loans.
Picture graduating and being
able to look at whatever job you
want, regardless of how much it
pays, because the financial aid
package at your school was so
good you don’t have a single student loan. That’s what a great endowment can do for a school.
Cross your fingers, because I,
for one, want Cedar Crest to have
a GREAT endowment.
Dear Mr. Seinfeld,
Please stop.
So I’m sure we have all seen the new Microsoft
commercials that are supposed to be funny, and include
Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates just hanging out, doing
things.
One includes Bill Gates getting new shoes at a
discount shoe store, and Jerry Seinfeld is giving him
some tips on a comfortable pair. Another includes them
living at some families house, where the daughter of
the family frames them by putting the families giraffe
in Bill Gate’s backpack, because she wants her room
back, ultimately causing the two to do some tedious
chores.
None the less, the commercials run for about a
minute and thirty seconds. In these commercials, there
is plain nothingness. Sure, at the end, Gates and Seinfeld do end up talking a bit about Microsoft, but nothing really specific to gather the viewer’s interest.
At the end of the shoe commercial, Seinfeld asks
Gates if Microsoft is going to ever come out with a
computer that people can chew and eat like cake, and
to give him a sign, in which at that point, Gates “adjusts” his shorts.
Is that supposed to let us, the viewers know that
we can eat our computers in the future, or what? Even
at the end of the second commercial, Seinfeld asks
Gates to do “the robot” if something like a “frog with
an e-mail or amoeba with a blog,” will be created by
Microsoft, to which Gates does break into doing the
robot.
I mean I sat there through both Gates/Seinfeld
commercials, trying to understand what the basic underling deal was, but just couldn’t?
Along with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld taking
up my very valuable television time, there are also
more commercials out there that just make you ask
“Why?” The Geico commercial with the cavemen is a
good one.
What is the point of the cavemen? Obviously
there were no cars around back in the Stone Age, nor
are there cavemen now, so whatever point they are try-
ing to make is completely void. Their motto has turned
into “It’s so easy a caveman can do it.”
But who really cares? I mean it’s great that a caveman, if one actually existed , could figure out Geico
insurance, but honestly.
The same goes for the new Dunkin Donuts commercial about the new Egg White Sandwich. In the
commercial, the main character wanders down the
street while eating the advertised sandwich, and continually spaces out
He mistakes a man for a woman, covers his feet
completely in concrete, throws a baseball through a
window, etc. The underlining point is that he is still in
a good mood and doesn’t care because he had an Egg
White Sandwich for breakfast. Great!
But I know for sure, no sandwich is going to save
my sanity and happiness if I get my feet covered in
concrete.
So what exactly is the purpose of these commercials besides wasting time? Sure the few seconds to a
minute and a half is supposed to be funny, but sometimes these corporations go over the top.
With Geico, there is no point to the cavemen. I
understand it shows that signing up for their insurance
is rather simple, but they can just say that, rather than
invent cavemen as examples I don’t even want to bring
up the Dunkin Donut’s one, because that is just utterly
ridiculous.
I guess most people can say that the Microsoft
commercials are to excite the people about the future
of Microsoft, but honestly, I was more bored than
amused. I mean there are even extended versions that
run up to five minutes. Five minutes!
Who needs to see a five minute commercial? I’m
sorry Mr. Gates and Mr. Seinfeld, but please, just stop.
Sincerely,
Emmalee Lesko
October 23, 2008
A
Feminist
Perspective
Mary Snyder
October is purple too,
not just pink
I’ve heard a lot about breast
cancer this month. The stories, the
girls’ getaways, the spa treatments,
items I could buy to promote breast
cancer awareness, races I could run
for the cause. I wondered, though,
if October still was considered Domestic Violence Awareness Month
as well.
I’d not seen or heard anything
on campus promoting it yet. Did
someone know something I didn’t?
Were the statistics showing remarkable signs of decreasing numbers of battered women? Were
victims of homicide as a result of
domestic violence starting to dissipate? Were college campuses
showing reduced occurrences of
relationship violence? Were we
done fighting domestic violence?
That would be awesome!
I needed to know. So first, I
looked up statistics on breast cancer. In 2004, 186,772 women were
diagnosed with breast cancer and
40, 954 women died from the disease. However, in 2004, heart disease claimed the lives of 330,509
women. Lung and bronchus cancer claimed the lives of 68,431
women. Heart disease was the
number one killer of women, lung
cancer the third, and breast cancer
was the sixth.
I don’t discount what women
go through with breast cancer.
When I was 29 years old, I found a
lump in my breast, went to the doctor, and was told to go directly for
a mammogram, two days before
Mother’s Day. Wanting to scream
my lungs out in the waiting room,
I held my youngest child tightly to
me. The lump was fibrocystic. I
could breathe again. I didn’t have
to know what it was like to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Unfortunately, I do know
what it’s like to experience domestic violence. So, when all I heard
was breast cancer this and breast
cancer that this October, of course
I wanted to believe domestic violence was no longer an issue in our
country.
According to Surveillance
Epidemiology and End Results, 1
in 8 women will be diagnosed with
breast cancer in their lifetime. According to the National Institute of
Justice and the CDC, 1 in every 4
women will experience domestic
violence in her lifetime, and an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an
intimate partner each year.
Most alarming is that females
20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk for intimate partner violence, according to a 2006 report
gathered by the U.S. Department
of Justice. Also, 21% of college
students report they have experi-
enced dating violence by a current
partner, while 32% report dating
violence by a previous partner.
And, 13% of college women report
experiencing forced sexual intercourse by a dating partner. The
same amount of college women report they have been stalked.
If death isn’t considered a
concern with domestic violence,
think again. According to the
NCADV, “almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed
by an intimate partner.” The most
tragic statistic I found states that
“intimate partner violence results
in more than 18.5 million mental
health care visits each year.”
I can guarantee you this number needs to be much higher. Victims of relationship violence suffer
from post-traumatic stress and dissociation, anxiety and depression.
Yet since “domestic violence is one
of the most chronically underreported crimes,” according to the
U.S. Department of Justice, too
many victims remain silent and
thus alone in their suffering.
I know how easy it is to deny
you are not safe in your own home.
I know how easy it is to insist
everything is fine. I know that
when you leave, your situation gets
worse and more dangerous before
it improves. I know that domestic
violence is something you don’t
get over, but once you leave, you
can heal. I know what domestic
violence does to children.
I don’t know what the numbers are for college women diagnosed with breast cancer, although
I do know many of their lives are
touched by breast cancer. I’m not
encouraging the minimization of
breast cancer, but I am adamantly
demanding that we acknowledge
the unacceptable prevalence of domestic violence in our society.
When I ran a Women’s Resource Center at a college, the
Clothesline Project was an annual
campus event in October. It began
in Massachusetts in 1990 to address the issue of violence against
women. Women, and men, can
decorate a shirt to express their
own experience with domestic violence or violence against women,
or to commemorate a victim. The
shirts are displayed on campus as
a testimony to the problem of violence against women.
Clotheslineproject.org states
that “according to the Men’s Rape
Prevention Project in Washington,
DC, 58,000 soldiers died in the
Vietnam War. During that same
period of time, 51,000 women
were killed mostly by men who
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October 23, 2008
7
OPINIONS
Going Hungry:A family’s journey
This article is part
three of a four part series written by Hauna Colista about her
family’s struggle through the diagnosis, treatment and recovery
of her brother. Part four will appear in the October 30 issue. A
closing piece will run in the November 6 edition.
Hauna Colista
STAFF WRITER
His pulse was in the twenties.
He was going into heart failure. He
had lost two pounds in two days
and needed to receive medical treatment immediately. The doctor said
my parents should not even think
about his eating disorder right now.
Right now, they needed to think
about keeping him alive.
This was the first time he
would be receiving treatment. This
was a week after he admitted he
had a problem and only his second
appointment with his doctor. The
program my parents found seemed
to go well at first, but things
changed very rapidly.
The nurses and doctors said
my brother needed to seek medical
treatment immediately, but he didn’t. Instead, he waited. And waited.
And waited. My family sat in a
waiting room for five hours until
the hospital, which will remain unnamed, had a bed available for him.
My mother describes the wait as
“agonizing.” Her son was sitting
next to her in critical condition, and
the hospital could not take him.
They just sat.
My brother finally got a bed
and began to be monitored. Various doctors and nurses came in and
out, many of them students. Each
time it was someone new with the
same irritating questions: “What
do you think started this eating disorder? How does all of this make
you feel?”
Athletes getting into trouble,
setting bad examples for kids
Cathy Meyett
STAFF WRITER
I was looking up stats for different NFL players so I can make
my fantasy picks for the week
when I came across an article on
AOL Sports that troubled me.
It was all about different NFL
players who have been suspended
for failure to follow rules and regulations set up by either the National
Football League or the individual
teams the athletes play for.
For example, Adam “Pac
man” Jones recently received yet
another suspension. This time it
was for four games with the option
of a lifetime ban from the NFL. The
suspension happened after he was
involved in another altercation this
year. The second altercation took
place between him and his bodyguard, assigned to him by Dallas
Cowboys owner Jim Jones, to keep
him out of trouble.
NFL Commissioner Robert
Goodell handed down the suspension on October 15th, due to violation of the league’s personal
conduct polices. Jones was suspended indefinitely for an altercation at a strip club where a bouncer
became permanently paralyzed.
However, after 17 months,
Goodell let him come back to play
for the Dallas Cowboys, while
making history, because he was the
first NFL player to be traded while
on a suspension.
Pac Man Jones isn’t alone.
Kansas City Chief running back,
Larry Johnson, missed a game on
October 19th against the Tennessee
Titans for violating team rules,
stemming from an assault charge.
Earlier in the season, Fred
Taylor and Dennis Northcutt of the
Jacksonville Jaguars also found
themselves in some legal troubles.
Taylor was arrested for what was
defined as, “drunk and disorderly
conduct.” And Northcutt was
charged with assault due to an altercation between his pregnant ex
girlfriend and his cousin.
And it doesn’t end there. Any
it doesn’t only involve current NFL
players. Former Miami Dolphins
player, Lawrence Phillips, was convicted of assault with a deadly
weapon and sentenced to 10 years
in jail from an August 2005 incident where he struck two boys with
his car.
Travis Henry, a former Denver
Broncos running back, is currently
in federal custody due to suspicion
of knowingly distributing cocaine.
Another Bronco, Brandon Marshall, was charged with simple assault in September
Danny Ware (yet another running back) of New York Giants
was arrested for standing in the
middle of traffic while drunk.
The Atlanta Falcons player
Lawyer Millroy was arrested for
drunk driving a mere twelve hours
after playing a game against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers!
And no one can forget the Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Ray
Lewis, and his arrest for murder,
which was eventually reduced to
perjury since he lied to the court.
This startling trend is far
reaching and travels across sports.
Former baseball great, Jose
Canseco, is in trouble with the law
yet again, this time for introduction
of interstate commerce of misbranded drugs. He is could be facing a year of jail time.
Former track star Tim Montgomery was given 5 years in the
slammer for distributing heroin.
Former National Hockey League
goalkeeper Luke McCormick was
given seven years and four months
jail time for killing two boys in a
drunk driving incident in which his
blood alcohol level was twice the
legal limit.
Josh Howard of the National
Basketball Association Dallas
Mavericks was arrested for drag
racing and going speeds more than
forty, yes forty, miles over the
speed limit. X-Games star, Brian
Patch, was arrested for having sex
with a 15 year old girl! Come on
now guys, you should be smarter
than this!
Even family members of athletes are making news for their
troubles, like Andy Reid’s son Garrett. He was placed in rehab for trying to smuggle drugs into prison,
where he was already serving a sentence for a heroin induced car
crash.
Now all of these examples
aren’t just from the last week or so,
but they do show an alarming trend
amongst athletes in professional
sports and their run-ins with the
law.
But what is even more upsetting, is that these are the athletes
that young boys and teenagers look
up to. These are the people they
idolize and want to be when they
grow up that are having all of these
legal woes. So my question is,
should we allow the youth of the
nation to idolize these men?
Don’t get me wrong, there are
athletes who have done great things
with their fame. NFL players Doug
Flutie and Jim Kelly both started
charities for children that suffer
from the same diseases their own
children have. But for professional
athletes in general, more and more
is heard and publicized about them
getting into trouble with the law.
Do we really want our young
men to think it’s not that bad to assault girlfriends or drive drunk because their professional athlete
heros have done it? I know these
men are only human, but they are
treated like gods in our society and
since they are role models, they
need to act accordingly.
If not, I think we should encourage children to look up to people around them as heroes, such as
their teachers, family members, or
people that do good in their communities. Not a bunch of grown
men that act like children and get
into trouble instead of doing good
with the opportunities that are
given to them.
www.dallascowboys.com
Adam “Pac Man” Jones plays in what may be one of his last games as an NFL player against the Philadelphia Eagles. Jones, not
unlike many other professional athletes, has put his career on the line by violating team rules and regulations.
One particular nurse that came
in to see my brother was not there
to ask questions. She was there for
a much different reason. This nurse
strolled directly toward my brother,
not batting an eye at my parents,
looked my 15 year old anorexic
brother in the eye and said, “You
were put on suicide watch by your
doctor.” That was it. My parents
were not told. It was at that point
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Dating
versus
Relationships
Kristen Isaacson
STAFF WRITER
Anyone who knows me will
tell you that I am the eternal romantic and that I always hope for
a happy ending. But, as I have
spent a few years at Cedar Crest,
my views on love and life have
begun to change. Or rather, they
have begun to adjust. I still want
the happy ending, but I am now
seeing the road of how to get
there a little bit differently.
Growing up is about changing and adapting. So what am I
trying to say? Don’t jump into a
relationship too quickly. Look
around, date around, have a good
time.
Dating different people helps
you find out what you want in a
spouse. People usually don’t find
everything they want and need in
a mate in their first boyfriend.
Dating helps you figure out
the kind of personality you connect with, what you can work on
in the relationship, and how you
feel comfortable with the other
person, be it a man or a woman.
Don’t be afraid to put yourself out
there. Your heart is strong; it can
survive a few crashes along the
way.
Never settle the first person
that comes along. Keeping your
options open can keep many
doors open. But don’t take this
too far. Dating ten guys at once
could possibly have you lose all
of them. Dating is about finding
what you want in a guy, so play
the field and have fun. Be true to
who you are and don’t let anyone
influence the decisions you make
unless you ask for it. This is your
life, it’s about you and what will
make you happy.
Relationships are great, but
sometimes dating a little before
starting a serious relationship will
help you decide who you want to
be with and help you discover
who you are.
When you find the person
who is right for you, then you
worry about relationship part.
Don’t let anyone stop you. A girl
has got to do what she wants and
be true to who she is. No one else
is going to live your life. Get out
there, girl, and show everyone
what you got and who you are!
8ELECTION
John McCain
Sarah Palin
Health Care: Every family will receive a
$5,000 tax credit to go directly to health care
coverage. Families will be able to choose
their source of their health care service, either the provider they already have or one
that suits them better.
Same Sex rights/marriage: McCain believes the institution of marriage is between
one man and one woman, and that is the
vital definition for shaping and strengthening communities.
Abortion: Plans on ending abortion, calling Roe vs. Wade a flawed decision and
must be overturned. He will nominate
judges who understand that the court system
should not be governing from their position.
Iraq War: John McCain believes it is strategically and morally essential for the people
of the U.S. to support the government of
Iraq and disagrees with those who feel the
U.S. should withdraw troops from Iraq be-
fore the government is able to govern itself
and safeguard its people.
Immigration: McCain plans to make securing our borders a top priority and do so in
an expedited manner. He will also prosecute
“Bad-Actor” employers who hire illegal
aliens through a reliable electronic employment verification system.
Education: Believes that schools should
compete to be the most innovative, flexible.
Under John McCain, student will have access to all schools of demonstrated excellence, including their own homes.
Energy: He will: commit our country to expanding domestic oil exploration, promote
and expand the use of our domestic supplies
of natural gas, put his Administration on
track to construct 45 new nuclear power
plants by 2030, encourage the market for alternative, low carbon fuels such as wind,
hydro and solar power.
Health Care: Uses the existing health care
system, but will allow patients to work with
their doctors to make health care decisions
instead of being blocked by their insurance
companies. It will cover preventative
screenings.
Same Sex rights/marriage: Obama opposes same-sex marriage, but also opposes a
constitutional ban. He supports full civil
unions that give legal same-sex couples the
same legal rights as married couples.
Abortion: Believes in reproductive choice
and preserves a women’s right to vote.
Obama opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Promotes an
increase funding for family planning and sex
education.
Iraq War: Immediately upon taking office,
Obama will give his Secretary of Defense
October 23, 2008
and commanders to begin ending the war in
Iraq.Troops would be removed within 16
months – the summer of 2010.
Immigration: He supports additional personnel, infrastructure and technology at the
border entry points, support a system that allows undocumented immigrants in good
standing go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.
Education: Obama’s Zero-to-Five Plan will
provide support to families and young children by places key emphasis on early childhood education for infants.
Energy: Obama will: provide short-term relief to American families, eliminate out current imports from the Middle East and
Venezuela within ten years, create millions
of new green jobs, and reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by 80 percent in 2050.
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Campus survey results
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, one hundred students were asked three questions about the campaign: If you had to vote right now, who would you vote for? Are you registered to vote? and Which of
these pictures is of Sarah Palin and which is Tina Fey? The results are listed below.
Compiled by Cathy Meyett, Staff Writer
If you had to vote
right now, who would
you vote for?
Which one of these pictures is of Sarah Palin?
65% thought that this 35% thought that this
picture was Palin
picture was Palin
The 65% were right. The left picture is Gov. Sarah Palin
Both pictures were taken from Saturday Night Live skits.
Pictures were taken from www.eonline.com and www.telegraph.co.uk for this survey.
77% of those polled
are registered to vote.
9LIFESTYLES
October 23, 2008
What can you really get with a dollar?
An investigative look at dollar stores
Gabrielle Augustine
STAFF WRITER
How much can we get for a
green piece of paper with George
Washington on it these days? Not
milk or eggs. Certainly not a gallon
of gas. As depressing as this may
sound for us poor college students,
there are still places that exist that
have $1 products – known as dollar
stores.
Are these stores better than the
large chain companies we know as
Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Target?
Let’s take a closer look.
Stores with the word dollar in
their name can come in all shapes
and sizes. There are the places that
only have $1 merchandise such as
Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. But
beware of the Dollar Max’s and the
General Dollar – their stock can be
much more than a buck.
Family Dollar and Dollar Tree
have a variety of goods. They may
lack clothing and shoes, but there is
no shortage of accessories, necessities, and other odds and ends.
Purses, gloves, hats, and even
some earrings make their appearance. Reading glasses can be found.
Fun fur yarn is sold and makes easy
knitting projects.
The essentials are included –
from hairbrushes to toothbrushes
and toothpaste. In the make-up department, all the basic necessities
are available: eye shadows, nail
polish, and compacts.
With the holiday season coming, there will be lots of Christmas
products offered; Tinsel, wrapping
OCTOBER IS PURPLE
continued | page 6
supposedly loved them. In the
summer of 1990, that statistic became the catalyst for a coalition of
women’s groups…to consciously
develop a program that would educate, break the silence, and bear
witness to one issue – violence
against women.”
The NCADV observed the
first Day of Unity in October of
1981, which evolved into Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
GOING HUNGRY
continued | page 7
that someone would be in the room
with him at all times. At every moment they sat there and watched
him.
By that point, my parents hadn’t even seen my brother’s doctor
since he was first admitted to the
hospital. That’s nice. I suppose that
is how things are run now. The
doctor doesn’t even need to be
present anymore.
My brother was at that hospital for two days. During those two
days he couldn’t shower, sleep, or
go to the bathroom without a
stranger watching him. Although
necessary, my brother says he felt
Gabrielle Augustine | Staff Writer
Many students enjoy making trips to the dollar store, but are you really saving money? Comparing prices from store websites shows that dollar stores can actually save a consumer
considerable money on certain items.
paper, and an assortment of different decorations come in abundant
quantities. And don’t forget the candles and other baubles to round out
that present basket for a friend.
The larger stores carry some of
the same merchandise if not a more
extravagant version of the basic
items. For example, a basic pair of
knit gloves found at the Family
Dollar can have pictures with
movie themes such as High School
Musical or Spiderman.
But, large companies can have
cheaper prices that some people
like to see.
Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Target
all have back-to-school sales every
year. They all send out fliers announcing their sales through the
newspaper or mail.
Wal-Mart has relatively decent
prices on items – after all, their
motto is “we sell for less.”
When talking to a K-Mart employee, Amber Getz, I discovered
that it’s hard to tell what the cheapest item is as they have a lot in
stock but folders were $.09 apiece
at one point.
As you walk into Target, there
is a section called “See Spot Save.”
The Day of Unity was designed to
connect battered women’s advocates across the nation who were
working to end violence against
women and their children. In October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was
observed. That same year the first
national toll-free hotline was
begun. In 1989 the first Domestic
Violence Awareness Month Commemorative Legislation was passed
by the U.S. Congress, and such legislation has continued.
In October 1994, the NCADV
created the “Remember My Name”
project, a national registry to increase public awareness of domestic violence deaths.
The
organization has been collecting information on women who have
been killed by an intimate partner
and producing a poster each October, listing the names of those documented in that year.
Perhaps Cedar Crest College
should join with the nation in observing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I’d like to
see some purple ribbons on campus, along with the pink ones. And,
please, let’s not forget again.
“so embarrassed.” He didn’t sleep
either. Every half hour a new nurse
would come in to check his vitals.
He was so tired. His eye lids felt as
if they were being pulled down
with ten pound weights, but he
couldn’t shut them.
One particular nurse who
checked his weight thought it was a
great idea to tell him, “Oh, well,
you’re doing well. You put on
some weight.” Now, an eating disorder patient is terrified of gaining
weight, which is why when they
are weighed, they are blindfolded.
To this day my brother does not
know his weight. This nurse was
incredibly, well, stupid.
My
mother had “some words” with her.
The nurse apologized.
My brother’s hospital stay was
by no means pleasant. Not only
were many nurses acting inappropriately but there were mistakes
made as well. My brother recalls
that one of the nights they forgot to
give him dinner. He was anorexic.
My brother was in the hospital for
anorexia and the staff forgot to feed
him dinner. I don’t even need to
point out the problem with this situation.
After being in the hospital two
days, it was time for my brother to
move to an eating disorder clinic.
His doctor illustrated the clinic as
heavenly. The doctor said he
would have “more freedoms.” This
doctor had a twisted definition of
freedom.
The items there vary, but the prices
range from about $1 – $3.
Cedar Crest students have
opinions about the dollar stores.
Freshman English major
Emily Eddinger shops at dollar
stores, “not regularly, but if I need
something I know they carry, I'll go
there.” And “because you can't get
many things for just a dollar anywhere.”
Freshman education major
Alissa LaBold “can always find different products there. It is a good
place to go if you are looking for
gag gifts or stickers.”
But on the opposite end,
Stephanie Holzer, a nursing major
junior states that she doesn’t “enjoy
dollar stores.”
Undeclared major freshman
Gloria Kirby says, “they’re cheap”
and she does shop at dollar stores.
Its seems to be agreed upon
that a lot of the products sold at dollar stores are cheaply made. But
Eddinger makes a point in the fact
that, “Occasionally you find brandname things in dollar stores, like
Sharpies, that most stores sell for
like three bucks or something
ridiculous.”
10 STUDY BREAK
October 23, 2008
Who should you vote for?
Look at each issue and decide whether you are in favor of it or against it. Then follow the lines down through the chart in order to determine which of the main presidential candidates best
fits your personal beliefs. Once you’ve figured out which candidate best fits you, don’t forget to vote!
Compiled by Brea Barski, Senior Editor
Information from www.2decide.com
Historical Happenings
October: Vegetarian Month
Facts of the Week:
Oct. 23
First national women’s rights convention held in Worcester, Massachusetts (1850)
Eight-year old Wesley Paul ran NYC Marathon in 3hrs, 31sec. (1975)
Oct. 24
40-hr workweeks went into effect; minimum wage became $.40 an hour (1940)
The United Nations was founded (1945)
A hula-hoop was twirled for 72 hrs by Kimberly Coberly (1984)
Oct. 25
First postcard mailed in the United States (1870)
John Steinbeck won Nobel Prize for Literature (1962)
Susan Rolely and Joanne Pierce became first women to become FBI agents (1972)
Oct. 26
Erie Canal opened (1825)
Gunfight at the OK Corral (1881)
First person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel was Annie Taylor (1901)
Oct. 27
Macy’s store opened in NYC (1858)
NYC subway opened (1904)
Oct. 28
Harvard University founded (1636)
Statue of Liberty was dedicated (1886)
Oct. 29
Stock Market crashed (1929)
Ballpoint pens were first sold at $12.50 (1945)
Internet created (1969)
Birthdays:
Oct. 23
Nicolas Appert (b. 1752), “Father of canning”
Gertrude Ederle (b. 1906), first woman to swim the English Channel
Michael Chrichton (66), writer
Gordon Korman (45), writer
Oct. 24
Robert Kane (b. 1916), creator of the Batman comic strip
Monica (28), singer
Oct. 25
Pablo Picasso (b. 1881), Spanish artist
Pedro Martinez (37), MLB player
Benjamin Gould (28), actor
Oct. 26
Hillary Clinton (61), former first Lady, US Senator
Sasha Cohen (24), figure skater
Oct. 27
Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1858) 26th president
Oct. 28
Bill Gates (53) creator of Microsoft
Oct. 29
Daniel D. Emmett (b. 1815) wrote “Dixie” the unofficial national anthem of the
South during the Civil War
Denis Potvin (55) Hall of Fame hockey player
Submitted by Gabrielle Augustine
October 9, 2008
11
STUDY BREAK
Lover’s
Lane
By Jessica Heiser
Astrological
editations
LIBRA: (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Congratulations! Great job! You really did an awesome thing this time!
Be proud of your hard work, you completely deserve it. Don’t be too shy to let people know about your success. Your loved ones will be thrilled to share your good news, so don’t be too bashful this time around. Let
everyone know about your amazing success!
SCORPIO: (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Spend some time with someone important to you right now. You
could use some bonding time and there is always time for that. The togetherness and possible venting will
help you to face the next few weeks with a calm outlook and some positive thoughts. If the person you go
to first for this special time is busy, though, don’t fret. Your second, or even third choice, could surprise you
with some amazing insight.
SAGITTARIUS: (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Something big is coming up! Don’t know what I’m talking
about? That’s because it’s going to be a big surprise. A good surprise is in your future and it’s just the kind
that will make any other problems you’ve been dealing with completely worth it. Be prepared for the worst,
but realize that the best is coming in ways that you cannot even begin to predict.
CAPRICORN: (Dec. 22 - Jan 19) Perform a random act of kindness. In retrospect to those around
you, everything has been going fantastic. Share a little of that luck and make sure that the same applies to
your friends and family and even random strangers who are lucky enough to spend some time with the amazing person that you are. Even a little something nice can really make a huge difference for someone in need
of a spiritual hug.
AQUARIUS: (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) The last few months have been crazy, yes, but that doesn’t mean
you have to be. Take a short study break this week and do something fun with the people around you. Play
a board game, go on a short trip, do some recreational shopping, etc. Even if it means that you need to study
a little later into the night, a fun break can make the studying so much easier to cope with, especially now.
PISCES: (Feb. 19 - March 20) It’s been an exhausting semester. Everyone’s tired and you have it
worse than many people around you. It is absolutely okay to relax from time to time. Take a break, watch
television, go out with your friends, etc. Just don’t make too much of a habit of it. There is a time and a place
for everything, and being lazy should not be on the schedule 24/7. Just make sure you’re living a balanced
life.
ARIES: (March 21 - April 19) Your emotions may be running amok, but don’t worry about it. Although you’re not really sure what you’re feeling, or supposed to be feeling right now, everything will settle down and even out. As soon as the outlook levels – as early as next week even! – you’ll clearly see that
everything is going to be fine and you’ll know what to do. Just wait out the storm and it will work out in
the end.
TAURUS: (April 20 - May 20) Keep up the positive thoughts. This time of the semester is hard on
everyone, but those happy thoughts are making you the perfect role model for everyone around you. It’s
hard, but don’t worry – you won’t have to try so hard soon. Happiness comes naturally to you and it will
come easier and easier as soon as this rough patch passes.
GEMINI: (May 21 - June 21) Everyone knows how worried you’ve been these last few weeks.
STOP IT! Worrying causes stress, poor health, mental problems, and ugly physical effects! The most important thing to know, though, is that you’re wrong. That thing you’re worrying about isn’t going to be a problem at all, so take a deep breath and calm down.
CANCER: (June 22 - July 22) You can’t have it. The situation is just that simple. Whether it’s your
BFF’s BF, your roommate’s new shoes, a lucky break a classmate got on a presentation, or whatever. You’ve
been looking at that for much too long. Envy green is never a good color on anyone, especially as bad as
you’ve got it right now. Let it go! You’ve got some great stuff and even better’s coming, so be patient and
happy.
LEO: (July 23 - Aug. 22) Have you been feeling a little left out lately? Don’t take it too personally,
everyone’s busy. This may be a great time to make some new friends, though. Is there a group you’d like
to feel more included in? What about a class, club, or team that you regularly take part in, but don’t have
any great friends in? Try getting a little closer to someone. They’ll jump at the opportunity to make more
friends and everyone will benefit.
VIRGO: (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Keep your eyes open this week for something exciting. You’re going to
“win” something, so to speak. Whether it be an actual prize or just a metaphorical win, you are definitely
having a very lucky week and should take advantage of it. Don’t do anything that you’ll regret, but stop playing it so safe. There’s no need to this week and you could win something that will really change your life.
Playground Politics
By Jess Macko
12FEATURES
October 23, 2008
Understanding disabilities
through the experience of others
Liz Skoczylas
MANAGING EDITOR
Editors Note: Dave Skoczylas,
who is interviewed below, is the father of the writer.
October is the month where
fall comes together; the leaves
begin changing, the temperature begins a steady decline, cider begins
tasting even better, and eventually
little ghosts, witches and even
pokemon begin running around.
But what many people don’t know
is that October is also National Disabilities Awareness Month.
According to dol.gov, “This
effort to educate the American public about issues related to disability
and employment actually began in
1945, when Congress enacted a law
declaring the first week in October
each year "National Employ the
Physically Handicapped Week."
“In 1962, the word "physically" was removed to acknowledge the employment needs and
contributions of individuals with all
types of disabilities. In 1988, Congress expanded the week to a
month and changed the name to
"National Disability Awareness
Month.””
Disabled-world.com explains
about different types of disabilities,
stating that, “A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the
usual standard of an individual or
group. The term is used to refer to
individual functioning, including
physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental
illness, and various types of chronic
disease.”
There are many types of disabilities, but many can be put into
a classification of either mobility
impairments, spinal cord disability,
brain disability, vision disability,
hearing disability, cognitive disability or even an invisible disability, where the problem is not
immediately apparent to others.
Courtesy | Kadie Trauger
(Left) Blake and Kadie Trauger met when Blake was seven years old and Kadie was five. They married in March of 2008. (Right) Jordyn Trauger was born in August 2008.
“I've always wanted kids and with my vision loss that was my fear that I'd never see my children,” Kadie said. Kadie suffers from Usher Syndrome.
Dave
Skoczylas
of
Jamestown, NY doesn’t remember
a time when he had hearing.
Skoczylas lost his hearing when he
was just a year old, due to a high
fever.
“I am hard of hearing with 120
percent hearing loss in my left ear,
and I wear a digital hearing aid.
My hearing in my right ear is completely gone,” Skoczylas says.
Like Skoczylas, Blake and
Kadie Trauger, formerly of Easton,
PA, both also suffer from hearing
loss.
Blake and Kadie met when she
was five and he was seven.
“We met at speech hearing
therapy. I was getting my cochlear
implant and Blake's parents were
thinking about getting him one.
After my implant, Blake's family
saw how well I recovered and I was
progressing quickly. Exactly one
year later, they went ahead and got
Blake an implant. We were very
competitive during our therapies.
I'd always say, "I said that word better than you did."
“Our moms became friends
Liz Skoczylas | Managing Editor
Dave Skoczylas with his daughter, Liz Skoczylas. Dave is hearing impaired.
and we'd meet up to hang out. We
went to see Miss Deaf America,
Heather Whitestone. Blake and I
became shy of each other in our
early/late childhood.
“Blake's parents got divorced
and moved which we lost touch for
8 years. My friend from high
school went to a soccer game and
noticed that Blake had an implant
so she asked him if he knew a
Kadie Lapp. He immediately
glowed and asked for my number
then the next day he called and
we've been together since 2004,”
Kadie said.
Nidcd.nih.gov describes a
cochlear implant as, “A cochlear
implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person
who is profoundly deaf or severely
hard-of-hearing.”
The implant consists of a microphone, a speech processor, a
transmitter and receiver and an
electrode array, which is a group of
electrodes that collects the impulses
from the stimulator and sends them
to the regions of the auditory nerve.
While Skoczylas uses a hearing aid, which amplifies sounds so
that they may be detected by damaged ears, the Traugers cochlear
implants bypass the damaged portions of the ear and directly stimulate the auditory nerve.
Skoczylas described growing
up and being hard of hearing. He
said that he credits his mother for
not believing doctors when they
told her that he had complete hearing loss, and that he would never
learn to speak at all or hear anything.
Skoczylas’s mother, Alice
Skoczylas, was told by doctors that
she should send her son to a special
school for the deaf, and only be allowed home on weekends. However, Skoczylas refused this for her
son, instead taking him to special
hearing and speech schools.
“Right now, I don’t know
where I’d be if it wasn’t for my
mom,” Skoczylas said.
One of the toughest things
about having hearing loss, according to Skoczylas, is when, “People
don’t take my hearing loss seriously
and say things like, ‘tough, deal
with it,’ or tell me to be like other,
hearing, people.”
“I was born profoundly deaf
and I was diagnosed with Usher
Syndrome at age 16. After doing
intensive research, I found out that
Usher Syndrome caused my deafness. I received my cochlear implant on my right side when I was
five and on my left side when I was
20. My vision worsens over time
and I'm now legally blind,” Kadie
said.
There are three types of Usher
Syndrome. Type one, like Kadie
has, is when a child is born profoundly deaf, has severe balance
problems and decreased night vision before age ten. The second
type is when a child is born with
moderate to severe hearing loss and
normal balance, and vision begins
decreasing in late childhood or
early teens. The third type is when
a child is born hearing and has normal balance but hearing and sight
eventually decline in the early
teens.
“Usher Syndrome is inherited
as a recessive trait. There is no cure
for this disorder however the doctors are working very hard to find
an answer. I have faith that in my
lifetime, there will be a cure,”
Kadie said.
Blake and Kadie recently had
a daughter, Jordyn, born in August.
“Being a mother is a dream
come true for me. I've always
wanted kids and with my vision
loss that was my fear that I'd never
see my children. Knowing this is
what my husband and I created is
the best thing in the world. Jordyn
gives me a lot of hope and happiness. Seeing her smile and laugh at
me melts my heart and makes me
feel good about myself,” Kadie
said.
Although her and her husband
each suffer from hearing loss,
Kadie said that technology is amazing, solving challenges for them.
Among other things, the Traugers
have a sensor alarm, which sends a
message to their alarm clock and
vibrates their bed whenever their
daughter cries.
It is changes like these that are
slowly being made that are helping
those with disabilities live their
lives.
Cedar Crest is doing its part to
support Disabilities Awareness
Month. Along with a bulletin board
in TCC, Academic Services is also
showing “Music Within” on October 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Curtis 112.
In coming across a person with
any type of disability, both Skoczylas and the Traugers offer what
helps them.
“People who take their time
and want to talk to me more get
used to my voice and understand
how I pronounce words. People
who don’t show their frustrations
when they can’t understand me,
those are the people with big
hearts,” Skoczylas said.
“I hate it when people move
their lips or mouth wide open to
talk to me. Just talk normal and if I
don’t understand you, I’ll just ask
you to please repeat it. [People]
who look at me and talk a little bit
slower than usual [help me to understand],” Kadie said.
“I grew up with my hearing
loss not bothering me, and realizing
that there are people out there who
have a lot of patience with me. Especially my wife Chris, and kids
Liz and Steve who love me dearly
and treat me like a normal person,”
Skoczylas said.
“No matter how many disabilities you have, enjoy life to its
fullest because life is truly too
short. Stay positive as much as you
can because it's the best medication.
I don't like when people pity me, I
am the happiest person I can ever
be. I've got a wonderful husband,
adorable daughter, lovely family &
friends and good health,” said
Kadie.
October 23, 2008
13
FEATURES
Camelot for Children:
A home for disabled children to fit in
Kristen Isaacson
STAFF WRITER
Everyone knows that being
different is what makes us human.
If everyone in the world were exactly the same, life would be boring.
Typical differences in eye
color, height, shape and ethnicity
help us define ourselves and differentiate ourselves from everyone
else in the world. These differences
may be minor, and universal, but
everyone possesses them.
But what about differences
that stand out much greater to others, such as a physical impairment?
Physical differences, or disabilities, can change people’s perspective on one another. But why?
What makes someone with a
disability so different that others
can’t deal well with them? What
makes a disability more of a difference than eye color?
There is a place for children
with severe, mild or moderate
physical disabilities or an illness.
Camelot for Children, located on
Emmaus Avenue in Allentown, is a
safe place where ‘different’ children can be with people like themselves.
The organization began in
1982 and the house opened in 1984
where, today, there are kids with almost every kind of disability; from
illnesses to physical and mental disabilities.
Abby Schafer, Executive Assistant at Camelot for Children, explained that the house is a safe
haven for disabled children who
feel different because most people
either ignore or talk down to them
because of their disabilities.
Shafer believes that children,
because of their innocence, act the
right way when speaking to someone about their disabilities.
People are generally open
about themselves when asked, and
people need to educate others about
disabilities and impairments so they
can realize that disabilities don’t
make a person.
According to William L.
Heward in Exceptional Children:
An Introduction to Special Education, mental disability is defined
as, “significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in
adaptive behavior and manifested
during the developmental period
that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.”
Mentally disabled children
have trouble remembering information, learn at a rate well-below
others their age, and have trouble
attending to relevant features of a
learning task and instead, may
focus on distracting or irrelevant
stimuli.
These children also have difficultly relating information to other
situations and lack interest or motivation.
Becoming informed about MS
Hauna Colista | Staff Writer
Cedar Crest student Beth Stibrany explains about Multiple Sclerosis.
Hauna Colista
STAFF WRITER
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that there are
about 400,000 people in the United
States, 2.5 million world-wide, living with Multiple Sclerosis, MS.
Ms is a “chronic, often disabling
disease that attacks the central
nervous system (CNS), which is
made up of the brain, spinal cord,
and optic nerves.”
Beth Stibrany, a student at
Cedar Crest College, was diagnosed with MS in 1993. Since
then, her life has changed a great
deal.
At the time, it wasn’t a topic
that was discussed often therefore
she knew very little about the disease. “It was difficult for me. It
wasn’t like it is now. There was no
Google,” Stibrany jokingly said.
It was 15 years ago that she
was first diagnosed. Stibrany and
her husband were very un-informed with the disease initially so
continued on with their plans to
have a child. Her son, Nicholas,
was born a year after her diagnosis
and only four years later she was
forced to quit her job. “It was so
hard to quit that job. I loved that
job.”
She had a difficult time doing
small things and used canes to
walk. She knew that she needed to
move to a wheelchair or scooter
but was embarrassed to even attempt it. “I used the canes for
years. I made myself a prisoner in
my own life.”
Finally, Stibrany left the canes
behind and began to use a scooter.
That transition transformed her entire existence.
First off, she was able to gain
independence back. “Dependence
was really the hardest transition for
me."
With that regained independence she was able to go back to
college and steer her life in a new
direction.
She had initially gone to
Moravian College for elementary
education but went back to college
at Cedar Crest to get a degree in
social work.
It was her involvement with
the community of people also coping with MS that inspired her to go
back to school to study social
work. Stibrany went many years
struggling to find a comfortable
way to live with her disease. To
help others who are going through
the same process, she started a support group, Beth’s Exercise and
Personal Growth Group for People
with MS, or better known as Beth’s
Group.
She has not just made a difference for people outside of campus but on campus as well. This
fall a chair lift was installed in Curtis Hall, where most if not all so-
cial work classes are held. Prior to
the lift being installed, the building
was completely inaccessible to
people with disabilities.
“All of my classes have been
very accommodating,” and have
moved to a location that she could
access. “I do think it is kind of
funny though. I came in (for) social work and they knew that the
building is inaccessible.”
What helped trigger this was
a class that Stibrany was taking
with Dr. Bolin. The classroom selected was inaccessible for
Stibrany and Dr Bolin was asked to
move it. Before Bolin, all other
classes were moved but Bolin refused.
“She was not moving the
class. She said they had to find a
way for me to get there. I never
thought taking one class could
make such a big change. I didn’t
expect it.”
With the help of Dr Bolin, a
permanent lift was installed and is
now accessible for her Stibrany
and many other to follow.
Stibrany’s infectious optimism and happiness can brighten
any person’s day. She is a strong
individual and is not a victim in
any way but instead an advocate.
“I want to make it easier for people ahead of me. I want to help
people.”
This October is Disabilities
Awareness Month. Academic
services along with Karen Schoenborn, Disabilities Specialist, will
help educate and inform the campus through bulletin boards and
videos. In addition, President
Ambar is working with Stibrany to
help make this entire campus accessible to everyone. This is just
the beginning to a more accessible
Cedar Crest.
If you or anyone you know
has MS and needs support, Beth’s
Group meets the second Monday
of every month in the Muhlenberg
Hospitals Banko Building from
6pm to 8pm.
However, Schafer says that
these children love to do what any
other kid their age likes to do and
it’s good to get them involved, especially in the classroom.
Teachers or anyone working
with a mentally disabled child
should get them excited about
something by being excited and enthusiastic about an activity or learning. If a teacher is excited, the child
will be also.
Physical disabilities can be
more obvious to other people man
mental ones. Being blind, deaf or
physically disabled can make certain aspects of life difficult, but disabled people are able to overcome,
and don’t like being treated as
young children that need constant
help.
They want to be treated as
equals. If a person loses their sense
of sight, their sense of touch or
smell will become heightened in
order to help them better understand their surroundings.
Schafer feels that children
with physical disabilities struggle
the most in life, but are the
strongest individuals in the end.
Judging someone because of a
learning disability is wrong. People
learn at different rates. Some are
strong in some areas, but weaker in
others.
If someone has trouble reading, writing, math or speaking, it’s
not their fault. They could have a
learning disability, and when properly diagnosed, they can move on
in life.
Everyone has difficulty in at
least on area, and if we help each
other out, we can learn something
about ourselves and each other.
Judging someone because of a disability only makes you less of a
person. Have compassion for oth-
ers. Offer support to those who
need it. You never know when you
may need it on your side of the
fence.
Illnesses, especially cancers,
are a tragedy for anyone. People are
changed, physically and mentally,
by cancer.
Leukemia is what led Schafer
to Camelot for Children. She had it
as a young child, but felt safe and
comfortable when she went to the
Camelot house.
After she was well, she returned at Camelot as a volunteer
and finally ended up working there.
Jo Ellen, the Executive Director,
and Shafer are the only employees,
but there are nurses and volunteers
at each event they hold.
Children with cancer, diabetes,
Cystic Fibrosis, tumors and sensory
impairments can go to Camelot,
have a fun time, and forget about
their sickness and just be kids. The
Camelot for Children house
changes lives.
Any disability a person has, no
matter how it affects their life,
should be treated badly because of
it.
Schafer says, “We should
never judge someone. If you don’t
know or understand something
about someone, then you should get
to know.
You can really learn something.” She explained that every
time she came to Camelot, she
learned a lesson. The children there
were put on this earth for a reason,
and go to Camelot for a reason.
The more we learn about people different from us, the more we
can learn about ourselves. Get involved with something, helping
others, or giving back. Understanding others to understand yourself.
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October 23, 2008
To Haunt...
or not to Haunt
Allie Scott
STAFF WRITER
It’s that time of the year again,
pumpkins are being picked, scarecrows are out and about and Dorney
Park has its traditional October Halloweekends open for your enjoyment.
Except for a few changes, the
weekend events have been collectively changed to the name “Haunt.”
The new and improved attractions
have been more than entertaining.
This year the haunt offers three
haunted houses, three haunted walk
throughs and the crowd pleaser riding all the rides in the dark. There
is also an entertaining song and
dance show and a “freak” show that
has a circus theme.
There was a twist this year at
Dorney, after 6 p.m. fifteen year
olds and under were not allowed in
the park. You’d think they weren’t
allowed in because of the “fear factor,” but this was not the case at all.
There was an adult theme among
this years haunt that came as a bit of
a shock.
Instead of all the zombie
dancers in the usual thriller show, all
the girl zombie dancers wore dark
lingerie and sang popular songs
such as “ I kissed a girl” instead of
the assumed and anticipated
“thriller” or “superstition”.
And in place of gravestones
and skeletons as stage props they
TINSELTOWN
“Betsy Skotch”
used a four poster brass bed where
the girls sang and danced on. Scary,
right? Not so much, thank goodness
they kept the zombie makeup or else
I think Dorney might have been
confused with a late night burlesque
show.
Among the haunted houses titled Scream Works and House on
Kill Boo Hill, there was a new addition: Club Blood. The club themed
haunted house was expected to be
nothing less than awesome, but
what kind of club was it?
A Vampire strip club of course!
As the caped bouncer lets you in,
you are greeted by a scantily clad in
leather vampire girl as she leads you
into the club entrance.
The music is awesome. It is an
extremely loud creepy trance music;
it is sort of Nightmare on Elm Street
meets Abercrombie and Fitch. The
next room you are led into is filled
with vampire girls in lingerie dancing on poles in cages. That theme is
carried out until the end of the walk
through.
Club Blood definitely has
shock factor and it is something I
would not necessarily consider
bringing my children to see. Yes,
you are not allowed in after six if
you are under fifteen years old, but
all the people that were there at
5:45 and were under fifteen were
still there.
Trust me I saw a lot of them
oogling at the zombie dancers and
vampire strippers. The Cornstalkers
haunted maze located in the water
park was fabulous and very creepy.
Corn clad stalkers are sure to get a
scream or two out of you.
While you are there be sure to
ride all the rides before 11 p.m. because that is when they close. However, the haunt attractions are open
till midnight. The new coaster
Voodoo will send you a chill as you
are launched up the coaster into
complete darkness.
Dorney’s Haunt is open on
weekends only until Nov. 1 so be
sure to get a scare so you won’t
have to wait until next year!
Cracker Rocks the Fall
Hauna Colista
STAFF WRITER
Cracker has been drawn
against many passing musical fads
over the last seventeen years. However, these true masters of Alternative Rock have not only survived
those fads but gave them a kick in
the checks on their way out (and I’m
not referring to the ones on their
face).
They have had 8 albums, 4
gold records and with lyrics like
“What the world needs now, is a
new Frank Sinatra, so I can get you
in bed” this band has really established a place for themselves in the
music world. Cracker proved why
they have been so successful on
Oct. 18 in Blue Mountain Ski Area
in Palmerton, PA.
Blue Mountain began its first
“Rock the Fall” music festival last
weekend with Saturday being its alternative night. Cracker opened the
show up with an amazing set.
They played many of their hits
like “low,” “Euro Trash Girl” and
“Ain’t Gonna Suck Itself,” all of
which were immensely crowd
pleasing.
Whether a person was there to
see Cracker or not, every member of
the audience enjoyed their set, even
the standard hecklers that find their
way into every crowd. Many people
walked away that night fans of
Cracker even if they didn’t enter as
one.
For a band that has been
around for seventeen years they really have seen music develop and
change. Every album they release
they stick to the music they like to
play. As Johnny Hickman, cofounder of Cracker with David
Lowery, said “Stay the course.”
Coming from the “pre-napster”
period, the band has had to adjust to
music downloading and the accessibility to music that didn’t exist before, but like true musicians it
doesn’t get them down.
“It’s a little tough. You don’t
really get paid for your music anymore,” says Lowery. Despite that he
says “It’s cool because people can
easily delve into your music collection.”
Lowery went on to say that this
new accessibility has enabled them
to reach other audiences and generations “Young fans have been showing up. We can play with some more
mainstream artists. We have such a
long time frame, it’s still the same.”
Crackers last album, Greenland, was released in 2006. Greenland was an opportunity for them to
test out a few different sounds but
in their next album they are going
back to their roots. “It will probably
be more upbeat, more punk rock.
It’s more hard rock.”
Cracker is currently in Germany, but when they return back to
the United States they will begin
recording their 9th album to be released in spring 2009. As Cracker
says, “It Ain’t Gonna Sell itself.”
Oh man, it looks like the
United States is about to lose one of
its most prominent citizens. Paris
Hilton. Yes, you read that right,
Paris Hilton.
According to Showbiz Spy,
“Paris Hilton is planning a permanent move to London. The hotel
heiress is currently in the British
capital filming her new TV show
Paris Hilton's My New BBF (British
Best Friend). And she is ready to
leave Hollywood for good and settle
down in the UK.
She told friends, "I love it here,
I am going to move here permanently. I have already been here for
one month and am much, much
happier here. I love guys with English accents. I have met a really cute
English guy, but it's early days.”
Awesome. So Paris met some
guy with an accent and has decided
to leave the U.S. permanently. All I
really have to say about that one is
good luck to London!
In an act of true love, Tony
Romo has learned all of the words
to Jessica Simpson’s songs. If that
doesn’t say ‘I love you’ I don’t
know what does.
And trust me, I know a thing or
two about true love. (Read: I know
NOTHING about true love. But, if I
did, I’m pretty sure it would include
Jessica Simpson songs.)
So, Nick Bollea entered a no
contest plea in May for the car accident that left his best friend in a vegetable-like state and received an
eight-month prison sentence. Obviously, this means that he was released from jail yesterday.
Yes, according to my math,
May to October is exactly eight
months. Wait, hold on. Let’s do this
math together, shall we?
Some “Betsy and me” time
math. Ready, let’s count this out…
May. June. July. August. September.
October. Yup, that’s eight! Man, one
more month and he could’ve had a
baby!
Seriously, though, he completely wrecked his best friend’s
life, as well as that of his family, and
Nick’s already getting out. Let’s
make this a lesson to all of us;
buckle up, especially if a Hogan is
around.
To end on a little more upbeat
note, everyone’s favorite ex-porn
star, Jenna Jameson, has been
posting pictures of her ever expanding belly on her myspace page as
she counts down those months until
she has her twins.
My only question is what will
she tell her kids that she did as a living before having them? When it’s
time for the birds and bees talk, will
she just pop in one of her videos?
Ah, this will be good.
October 23, 2008
15
A&E
Theatre Preview
Eurydice, a new kind of classic
Hauna Colista
STAFF WRITER
Eurydice, directed by Tim
Brown, will be the first production
of the academic year, premiering
tonight at 8 p.m. in Samuels Theatre.
Written by Sarah Ruhl, this
Greek drama is a beautiful love
story of Orpheus and Eurydice, and
their journey to recapture their lost
love for one another in two com-
Smokey Bones
is on fire!
Sara Messner
STAFF WRITER
Need a break and want to go
out to eat in a new, fun and energetic
atmosphere? Look no further.
Smokey Bones is the place to go!
Located in Reading, about
thirty minutes away, is a bar and fire
grill with an award for the best tasting barbeque in the country.
This is not just any normal
restaurant. With its log cabin look
on the outside as well as on the inside, it’s hard to miss.
Smokey Bones’ vision, “to be
known for the friendliness of our
people who serve great tasting barbeque to every guest every time,”
lives right up to its standards.
The food is not only full of flavor but also exceptionally unique.
They have two types of ribs, babyback and St. Louis.
There are also six kinds of
wings which include regular, brown
sugar, buffalo, buff-q, jerk, and
Memphis dry rub.
To go with your meal, there are
two kinds of barbeque sauces,
which are both house recipes: regular and Carolina gold flavored with
mustard seed.
If you wonder why their food
tastes so good, it’s probably because
they cook their ribs slowly over
hickory logs for eleven hours every
night.
To go along with this delicious
food, there is a lively and entertaining environment. The servers are
friendly and always willing to make
their guests smile.
Smokey Bones claims to be
“big fans of sports, loud music, and
surprises,” as stated on their website. They have plenty of big screen
TVs, great music, and enough to
make your whole dining experience
more than just memorable.
In the near future, Smokey
Bones plans to change their restaurant from a family oriented environment to a faster paced and more
energetic setting.
So, if you are looking for a
restaurant that is a little further
away from Cedar Crest, and you
want an energetic place with great
tasting food, head over to Smokey
Bones and enjoy!
pletely different worlds.
No longer is the audience following Orpheus’ point of view, but
rather his wife, Eurydice’s. “I saw
this and said ‘Wow, this is Fabulous’,” says Brown, “This really
turns this story around and focus’s
on the women’s perspective.”
While this story is based on a
classic Greek drama it is by no
means “classic.” This production is
a contemporary retelling that will
capture the audiences attention with
it’s costumes, set, lighting, sound,
and acting.
Brown was not willing to reveal too much, but neon snake skin,
thigh high leather boots, waterfalls,
text messaging and music with great
guitar riffs will all find it’s place in
this production.
Do not be fooled, Eurydice is
not another Big Love or Metamorphosis. This show has taken on a
different life than Brown’s previous
productions.
It really allows the audience to
take everything in and not feel as
though they are being rushed
through it. “It is more subtle.
As I started looking at it and
putting it on stage, it became more
subtle and less rash. The pace is also
very different. [It’s] relaxed. The
show is not boring but it’s not in a
hurry.”
Eurydice is not just a drama either. This show has a lot to offer an
audience. “It is a lot of fun. It’s
fairly dramatic, but there are funny
moments.”
Eurydice has had many students join in and help get this show
on its feet. There have been around
75 students working on this production this semester, more than many
previous productions.
Brown is excited to see all of
this hard work and time really show
tonight and for the following three
performances.
Brown would just like to say to
any person planning on attending to
show to not expect anything. “Come
in with an opened mind and let it
happen. If they do that, they’ll have
a blast.”
Eurydice opens tonight and
runs through the weekend. To purchase tickets in advance contact the
Cedar Crest College box office at
610-606-4608 or at www.cedarcrest.edu/stage.
Adults are $15, seniors and
faculty are $10, and Students are $5.
Free student rush tickets will be
available ten minutes before each
performance.
Tonight, Friday and Saturday,
the box office will open at 7 p.m.,
the doors to the theatre open at 7:30
p.m. and the performance begins at
8 p.m.
Sunday the box office will
open at 1:00 p.m., the doors to the
theatre will open at 1:30 p.m. and
the performance begins at 2 p.m.
Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 23
Eurydice. A re-imagining of the Orpheus myth, told from Eurydice's
point of view. Samuels Theatre.
Times: Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m.
Sun.: 2 p.m.; $15, $10 students &
seniors
Empowered: Breaking Free.
Exhibit by survivors of domestic
abuse. Gallery at Technicolor
Grand, 61 W. Walnut St., Bethlehem. Time: Daily, exhibit ends
Nov. 1
Friday,
Oct.
24
The Formula Fright Fest. Handskills Entertainment and Dj
Synystr; multiple Levels, multiple
Bars, drink Specials, magicians,
Hookah Lounge, and more. Allentown Brew Works, 812-816 W.
Hamilton St., Allentown. Time:
10 p.m. – 2 a.m.; $15; $10 in Costume.
Halloween Haunts. Frightful
fun for all ages, plus roller coasters and rides. Dorney Park, Allentown. Times: Fri.: 6 p.m. - 12
a.m., Sat.: 12 p.m. - 12 a.m., Sun.:
12 p.m. - 10 p.m. Ends Nov. 1;
prices vary.
Masquerade Party. Family
event with music, dancing, a costume contest, and light refreshments. Crayola Factory, 30 Centre
Square, Easton. Time: 5-8 p.m.;
$6/person.
Saturday, Oct. 25
Halloween Dance Party. 1960's era
dance party with the "Off Your
Rocker" quiz show hosted by
Captain Johnny, costumes and
1960's attire recommended. Ice
House, 56 River St., Sand Island,
Bethlehem. Time: 8 p.m.; $15, advance; $20, day of event.
PA Renaissance Faire: Halloween Daze and Spooky Knights.
35-acre estate with creatures and
spooks haunting the Shire. Dress
in costume for fun and prizes.
Mount Hope Estate, 2775
Lebanon Road, Manheim. Times:
11 a.m. - 8 p.m., Oct. 26: 11 a.m.
- 8 p.m.; $28.95; $9.95, ages 5-11.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
A
reading by Don LoCicero and
John Herrmann. The event will
include a reading and discussion
of writing. 1867 Room. Time:
7:00 p.m.; Free.
Fright Night: Scary Stories.
The annual Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild event features stories that give you laughs, goose
bumps, and a few shivers. Godfrey Daniels, 7 E. Fourth St.,
Bethlehem. Time: 7 p.m.; $5.50;
free, age 4 and younger.
Thursday, October 30 Terror Behind the Walls.
Explore
a real prison and encounter terrifying former prisoners, angry
guards, and more. Eastern State
Penitentiary 22nd St and Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia. Times:
7 - 11 p.m.; $20; $25, Fri., Sun.;
$30, Sat.
Halloween Eve Brew Bash.
Costume party and competition;
Bacardi drink specials, pumpkin
ale, prizes for "Best Costume" &
give-a ways. Steelgaarden, 569
Main St., Bethlehem. Time: 9
p.m.
Want to add any events?
Email your events to
[email protected]
16ATHLETICS
October 23, 2008
Mini-golf with the softball team
Thersia Ault
JUNIOR EDITOR
Cedar Crest’s softball team
challenged fifty community members in a game of mini golf to raise
money for spring break 2009! The
Falcon’s goal is to raise enough
money to pay for their trip to Disney’s Wide World of Sports Training.
The mini-golf tournament was
held from 1-6 p.m. at Lucky
Strokes off of Airport Road.
“We golfed with everyone that
came to support us,” said sophomore teammate Danielle Freeman.
“We all had a blast!”
The winner with the lowest
score of all of the players was given
100 dollars, as well as bragging
rights. Chad Henritzy, the head
coach Kristy’s husband, won and
earned his bragging rights but gave
the money back to the softball
team!
The team was able to fundraise
about 500 dollars from the golfers
and at least 100 dollars from donations directly to the softball team.
Going to Florida for spring
training gives the softball team a
week of playing games before the
season actually starts.
“It gives us new and different
competition and talent with teams
we don’t normally see,” said Freeman.
“We can switch people around
to find out who works well together
and what positions people can
play,” said senior captain Sarah
Campbell. “But it’s not all about
softball, when we come back from
spring break we are one unit, a family.”
In addition to the tournament
the team gets 3-day park hopper
passes to go to all four Disney
parks; MGM, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot.
The team also put together a
Night Golf Tournament were the
participants play with glowing golf
balls in the complete dark and eat a
complete barbeque styled meal
cooked by the players themselves.
The softball team has other
fundraisers planned as well. Currently the falcons are selling lottery
tickets until October 31st. The lottery is for the whole month of November. They are also selling
lottery tickets again for the month
of February. Also in November the
team is selling a variety of softball
print.
“[Going to Florida] gives a
chance to learn our strengths and
weaknesses with each other,” said
Freeman. “We can work out our
kinks before the season starts.”
Courtesy | Sarah Campbell
Senior Sarah Cambell, sophomore Danielle Freeman and alumnae Melanie Devlin smile for the camera as they prepare a meal for
all the Night Golf participants.
Dress up to cheer on the Falcons
for Basketball Tip-off Tournament
that will be hosted at Cedar Crest
from November 15-16th.
SAAC is not only in charge of
In one week the Student Athpromoting the athletic events they
letic Advising Committee (SAAC)
also give back to the community
will host a Halloween themed party
through community service.
for the Volleyball
SAAC has planned a
team’s last home game
community service event
on October 30th at 7
for the athletes at Boo at
p.m.
the Zoo on October 25th,
“Our main objec26th, and 27th. It is also
tive is to get more peoSAAC’s job to bring any
ple to come to the
of the athletes or teams
games, in a fun way,”
concerns to the Athletic
said senior Alyssa
Directors attention.
Kabat.
The most important
The fans are entask of SAAC is deficouraged to wear Halnitely to promote the
loween costumes, at
games and get more falhalf time there will be a
con support to cheer on
costume contest and the
their teams.
winner will receive a
“SAAC is trying to
prize. There will also be
find new ways to proa 50/50 raffle sale and
mote the games,” said
drawing. All of the fans
Maile.
will get a special treat!
The Student Advi“The teams and
sory Committee is open
the referees liked the
to any fun and creative
70’s themed volleyball
ideas from the college
game,” said Athletic
community. If you have
Director and coach of
any great ides just email
Courtesy | Kelly Gonzalez
the volleyball team,
them to SAAC@cedarKristin Maile. “They Freshman Lynda Syers, Aarti Ramdaney, and Samantha Smith walk
crest.edu.
got really into it!”
away with their prizes at the 70’s themed volleyball match.
The 70’s and Halloween games are just a
Thersia Ault
JUNIOR EDITOR
gear. The order form will consist of
sweat pants, sweat shirts, and long
and short-sleeved shirts. The shirts
were designed by recent alum and
catcher of the softball team Melanie
Devlin, and are black with gold
few of the multiple fun activities
planned for the campus community. Last night, Wednesday Oct
22nd, SAAC hosted a party for the
first game of the World Series between the Rays and the Phillies.
SAAC is also planning a fun theme
Photo of the week
Kristin Geisinger
Courtesy | Dan Donohue
Sophomore Kristin Geisinger, # 1777, leads the pack as she rounds the
last corner of the Women’s 5K Classic. Geisinger placed third in her age
group, running a time of 23:05. She also placed 21st out of 1379 women
in the 5K run.
Come support your Falcon teams
Friday, October 24
Saturday, October 25
Tuesday, October 28
Cross Country
Haverford Invitational
4:30 p.m.
Soccer
At Neumann College
12 p.m.
Soccer
vs. PSU Berks
4 p.m.
Field Hockey
vs. Neumann College
1 p.m.
Field Hockey
at Albright College
7 p.m.
Volleyball
at Neumann College
7 p.m.
Protect the nest!

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