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NOVEMBER 11, 2010Volume 95, No. 10

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Festival of lights Get in the game

Sneak peek

Back and forth

Field goal fi ght

PSU’s published

Volleyball battles for close win

(pg. 1B)

PSU triumphs over Truman (pg. 1B)

Faculty authors honored (pg. 4)

Last week’s question

Did you vote in the midterm

election?

Remember to check out this week’s question on page 5

ISA celebrates Hindu holiday (pg. 6B)

Students line up for video game release (pg. 6)

WHITNEY SAPORITOManaging Editor

With early enrollment in full swing, many students at Pittsburg State University are pulling themselves out of bed before the sun to ensure that they get the classes they want next semester.

Online enrollment, which opens each morning at 5 a.m., began Monday, Nov. 8, for students with more than 90 credit hours.

While underclassmen are often told to enroll early in the morning, freshmen aren’t the only students sacrifi cing sleep to secure their preferred class schedules.

Zach Fletcher, senior in communication, says he still wakes up at 5 a.m. to enroll.

“You have a better selection the earlier you enroll,” Fletcher said. “I have had trouble before because there are so many com-munication students and so the classes fi ll up.”

Fletcher says he prepares the night before, with a schedule laid out and his computer turned on and waiting for him the next morning.

Debbie Greve, registrar, recommends that other students follow Fletcher’s lead.

Greve says the class schedule was made available a month before enrollment began to give students time to prepare. She suggests meet-ing with an adviser, crafting a tentative class schedule and checking GusMail before enrollment to help the process run smoothly.

“We hope that they take the time the month prior,” Greve said. “This week, they have the advantage as returning students. Next week, transfer students enroll, and after that it opens to everyone.”

Greve says that 5 a.m. is when enrollment starts because the system shuts down to make a backup, and is not online again until that time.

Lance Stoltzfus, sophomore in automotive technology, says he plans to wake up at 5 a.m. to enroll this week, just as he has done in past semesters.

“I haven’t had trouble, but there’re some classes that I know if I wait I probably will have trouble getting in,” Stoltz-fus said.

Taylor Black, freshman in nursing, says she is concerned about enrolling so late in the week.

“My friends and I are wor-ried that a lot of classes will be fi lled up by the time freshmen get to enroll,” Black said. “We plan on pulling an all-nighter and having our schedules ready at 5 a.m.”

The race to enroll

BARTHOLOMEW KLICKCopy Editor

A Missouri preacher in the Oval wielded his Bible as if it were a sword and shouted at passing students, “You must repent of your smoking, masturbation and fornication!”

University offi cials confi rm that Matt Bourgault, head of the Consuming Fire Campus Ministry, had scheduled his speaking event, which began at 11:30 a.m. and ended around 3 p.m. Wednes-day, Nov. 10. University police stood watch as he preached, and kept the crowd of about 100 students from swarming him.

At the climax of his fi rebrand sermon, with clamoring students in a circle around him, he climbed onto a bench. He and the crowd were only inches apart.

Jordan Lester, freshman in business management, says that Bourgault, who styled himself as Brother Matt, called her inappro-priate names because of her clothing, which she describes as “basketball athletic shorts, tennis shoes, and a crew-neck Pittsburg State University T-shirt.”

“He called me a whore for wearing shorts,” Lester said. “Then he called me one of the three stooges. Is that even appropriate for him to watch?”

The Spanish Club was also on the Oval, selling “walking tacos.” They were not expecting to serve them with a side of fi re and brimstone. Throughout the event, Span-ish Club members kept telling students that the taco sale was not related to Bourgault’s sermon.

Makala Tullis, sophomore in Spanish and international business, says that the religious

speaker probably helped sell more tacos, but that she didn’t ap-prove of his message.

“He’s being hypo-critical and condemn-ing everyone to hell,” said Tullis. “I know he’s trying to spread the word, but he’s

going about it the wrong way. This just gets people mad.”

Bourgault’s website describes this style of sermon as “confrontational evangelism,” and in a telephone interview, his wife said that they have had testimonials from students on whom this tactic was successful — but she says that having success stories is not the ministry’s goal.

“We do it to obey the commandment to preach the gospel,” said Sonya Bourgault. “We don’t do it for the fruit.”

Bourgault’s controversial message evoked a heated student response, as people moved ever closer to the preacher and shouted retorts. While some students, like Shaleah

Martin, freshman in nursing, agreed with his message, they objected to the way he presented it.

“We know we’re sinners,” said Shaleah Martin, freshman in nursing. “We can go to God ourselves. If he wanted to help us, he’d pass out fl iers.”

Several students, Martin among them, left the Oval during the event and returned with Bibles.

Hell boundTraveling preacher draws angry mob

MADISON DENNISEditor-in-Chief

Towers of black smoke, vis-ible from miles away, marked the destruction of a construction vehicle

repair shop, Friday. The building, located at Third and Elm streets, caught fi re Friday afternoon. The blaze spread quickly and the Pitts-burg Fire Department was called to the scene at about 4 p.m.

No one was injured in the fi re.According to a statement by the

Pittsburg Fire Department, the fi re was likely started by torches that were being used in the renovation of a back room in the shop, but the of-fi cial cause has not been determined at press time.

All ablaze: Fire destroys local repair shop

Photos by Andrew Dodson

Preacher Matt Bourgault and freshman Otis Kimball have a heated discussion on the Oval of PSU on Wednesday, Nov. 10.

Preacher Matt Bourgault yells at the Pittsburg State University students on the Oval on Wednesday, Nov. 10.

I don’t want to see any of those kids go to hell.”

- Matt Bourgault, Preacher

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see ENROLL page 3 see PREACHER page 3

JEN RAINEYCollegio Reporter

President Steve Scott says the president’s council wants and needs to hear the opinions of Pittsburg residents, students and faculty. The president’s council convened on Thursday, Nov. 4, to offer a chance to express opinions and concerns.

“If they have concerns about us I want to hear those concerns and be responsive to them,” Scott said. “I think that interaction is very healthy for all of us. We want them to walk away at the end of the night feeling like the institution is well-led.”

Questions were asked about the Jungletron, and tailgating before home football games. One person at the meeting expressed concerns about the amount of beer people drink in the parking

Council holds Q and A with public

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TYLER SMITHSports Writer

As the crowd inside Carnie Smith Stadium watched Derek Koon line up for a fi eld goal last Saturday, the Gorillas were looking at their second overtime game of the year. But this time, the home team would catch a break as the 36-yard fi eld goal failed to go through the uprights. The Gorillas im-proved to a 5-5 overall mark, and gained some momentum going into the Fall Classic next week in Arrowhead Stadium.

Freshman linebacker Nate Dreiling was optimistic and positive about his team going into the biggest game of the year.

“We are excited to end our season by beating one of the top teams in the nation,” Dreil-ing said. “We know we are going to have to play well to win, and I think we are up for the challenge next week.”

Pitt State went up 3-0 early in the fi rst, with a 38-yard fi eld goal from true freshman kicker Jake Craig. But Truman answered back quickly with a pair of fi eld goals by Koon, both inside 25 yards, to take the lead 6-3.

A 4-yard touchdown run by powerful sophomore Briceton Wilson would result in the Gorillas heading to the locker room with 10-6 at halftime.

After coming back from halftime, the game remained uneventful until midway

through the third quarter, when fullback Nate Morris powered his way 12 yards into the end zone, widening the margin to 17-6 in favor of the Gorillas.

The Bulldogs bounced back

with a touchdown of their own when Truman State quarter-back Phillip Davis threw a 15-yard pass to Kendrick Blue, which would lead to a 17-14 victory for the Gorillas.

The Gorillas continued their ground-heavy attack, rushing the ball more than 40 times, for 181 yards total. Terrance Issac led the way once again with 18 carries for 82 yards total.

Both quarterbacks, Zac Dickey and Jeff Smith, struggled, with a combined 16 passes for 60 yards total, and being inter-cepted twice.

However, the Gorillas would pride themselves on their defence once again as Nate Dreiling, the NCAA Divi-sion II tackle leader, led the team with 12 tackles, including one stop for a loss.

“We gave up a couple cheap plays on critical third and fourth downs throughout the game to keep their drives alive,” Dreiling said. “We just need to work on fi nishing and we should be fi ne going into (the next game).”

Chas Smith had 10 tackles of his own while Spencer Worthington registered seven stops with 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.

ALEX MOTTSports Writer

The Pittsburg State volleyball team added two more wins to their record during this week’s games. The team pulled an upset against No. 12 Emporia on Friday, winning a tough battle, with scores of 18-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-23, 15-12. On Saturday, the Gorillas fell to the Washburn Ichabods in three sets, with scores of 25-14, 25-21, and 24-19.

The Gorillas also gained a win against Missouri Southern State University on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The team fought hard to win the match in fi ve sets with scores of 25-23, 25-19, 23-25, 13-25, 15-12.

In Friday night’s match up against the Em-poria Hornets, the sets went back and forth until Pitt fi nally pulled through with the win. The Gorillas had a .296 hit ratio, a season high, which helped earn the win against one of the top teams in the nation.

According to head coach Ibraheem Sub-eru, redshirt freshman Becca Pearson did her part in contributing to the team’s victory.

Senior Molly Bergkamp and sophomore Leah Flynn also helped the team by leading it

in kills. Each earned a career high of 19 kills to help the Gorillas win. Out of 33 attempts, Bergkamp only recorded two errors, hitting at season high clip of .519.

Junior Corrinne Stringer added a double-double with 11 kills and 16 digs, while fresh-man Kelsey Sullivan added another 10 kills to the team’s stats. Senior Cassie Wilson added 17 digs and sophomore Brooke Fay had three blocks, one of which was solo. Freshman Katie Wright helped the team with 28 assists, while Becca Pearson led the team with 32.

In Saturday’s match, Washburn beat the Gorillas in a quick three matches. Even with a strong offence, it is hard to come back from

a seven-point defi cit early in the game. PSU could not dig itself out of the hole that they were in during the fi rst set.

Even with Brooke Fay, Molly Bergkamp, and Kelsey Sullivan leading the team in kills, the second set still ended poorly for the

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In 2002, Northwest Missouri State’s stadium was undergoing a renovation similar to what Pittsburg State did a year before in 2001. The inability for Northwest to host the rivalry game led administrators to approach the Kansas City Chiefs about a possible matchup between the two DII powerhouses, in the house that Lamar built.

The three parties agreed on a two-year contract, but when more than 26,000 fans showed up to the inaugural Fall Classic, they knew they were on to something huge. Year after year the two teams have gone toe to toe inside Arrowhead. Each year one team leaves with bragging rights, and for the other, well, “There’s always next year.”

This year marks the ninth straight, regu-lar season, match-up for the MIAA rivals hosted at Arrowhead Stadium. The fi rst four years of the Fall Classic were packed full of playoff implications and an even two-and-two split, very indicative of a ri-valry. Since those fi rst four games the tides have turned. Pitt State is 0-4 at Arrowhead.

The 2007 Fall Classic was the last time Pitt State was close to winning, but a few “special teams” errors sent the Goril-las home empty with a 3-point loss. The rivalry is dwindling, but it’s one that we circle on the calendar every year. With the contract due to expire soon, I believe now is a good time to bring up whether we should continue the Fall Classic at Ar-rowhead.

The continuation of two MIAA pow-erhouses to play at an NFL stadium such as Arrowhead needs to continue. Having two teams battling in Kansas City for the right to stand atop the toughest conference in DII is a necessity. Of the eight games played in the Fall Classic, the winner was crowned MIAA champion and if Northwest wins again this weekend, that trend will continue. Although I think having the Fall Classic is a unique experience and a perfect situation for Pittsburg State and Northwest, I propose a new scenario.

I propose this scenario as a positive to the growing parity of the MIAA. With the conference expanding and balancing the playing fi eld, why not open the Fall Classic to all the teams in the MIAA? For nine years Pitt State and Northwest have ruled the conference and seemingly have been the favorites of the MIAA, rightfully so.

Now, before anyone writes to the editor calling for my job and debating my faith-fulness to Pittsburg State, think big picture. What if every four or fi ve years Pitt State and Northwest got the opportunity to play at Arrowhead and not the right. Rotating the games among teams that have won the year before could add a whole new mean-ing to the Fall Classic. This could be a way for the MIAA and the Chiefs to honor the teams that were successful the year before. I think it would mean more to the fans and to the players if it was a selection and not just given to the teams each year.

I personally believe this is out of control to propose initially, so don’t bother wasting time with the “made up” story comments. Being a proud Pitt State student (soon to be alumnus), not having a game in Kansas City and losing that feeling of “it’s Arrow-head week” or “keep out the Green” would leave a little gap every year. But to earn that right to step onto that turf would make the feeling just that much more meaningful.

The one aspect of alternating who plays in the Fall Classic that would be accepted is the fact that Northwest, every other year, would travel into The Jungle. Those who don’t have the means or ability to travel to Kansas City for a football game each year will have that opportunity. I also believe it would add to the signifi cance of homecom-ing. The number of alumni living in Kansas City has to be above 50 percent and most of them use the Fall Classic as a home-coming. If the Fall Classic rotates, more alumni will make their way to Pittsburg to celebrate this event, putting the emphasis back on our university.

As much as we all love watching the Gorillas square up against the Bearcats among 20,000 people, we are missing the Division II feel to the game. Put it in Maryville or Pittsburg. Let the town get a little riled up over the fact that the ugly hunter green team with an overly used mascot is coming into our city.

So, when our chance comes for the Gorillas to step back inside that stadium, it will mean that much more. Because when you can’t say, “There’s always next year,” the stakes rise to another level.

The Fall Classic of tomorrow

MICHAELADMIRE

Sports Writer

TYLER SMITHSports Writer

The Pittsburg State University women’s cross-country team ended its season with a dominant win during the 2010 MIAA Con-ference Championships.

The conference title marked their fi rst championship since the 2003 campaign after several years of near-missed opportuni-ties. The Gorillas’ top runners were obviously excited by their performance.

“I don’t think there are words to describe the level of excite-ment we had when we found out we offi cially won,” said senior runner Brittney Graff. “It was the greatest day ever, and it couldn’t have happened with a better team of women.”

“Conference was amazing,” senior Jenna Mallen said. “It was something we have all worked so hard for this year. None of us on the team had experienced a cham-pionship win before, so it was incredibly special for all of us.”

“This fi rst place fi nish this past weekend has made me so proud of all of my teammates,” senior Caitlin Laskowski said. “ I have always been proud of us, but this championship race just proved how hard we have worked.”

The Gorillas placed four runners in the top 10, and six members of the squad appeared of the top 15 as the women’s team literally set the pace for the

rest of the competition during the season-ending 6-kilometer race.

Although teams usually want to score the most points, the scor-ing system with cross-country is somewhat the opposite. Earning a meet-low 44 points to take the title, the Gorillas were fi nally able to best defending champions Missouri Southern, who fi nished with 99 total points, far behind the Gorillas.

Seniors Britney Graff and Caitlin Laskowski stood out by fi nishing fi fth and sixth, respec-tively, to lead their team to vic-tory. Graff, who recently garnered MIAA Athlete of the Week hon-ors, fi nished in 21 minutes and 48.3 seconds while Laskowski was close behind with a 21-min-ute 50.1-second fi nish.

“When I crossed the fi nish line, I immediately turned around to see where the other women were fi nishing,” Graff said. “I saw all of our girls fi nishing and all I could think was, did we get it? Did we win it?”

“When it was over I was thinking, dang that was tough!” Laskowski said. “And also that I was glad to be done and excited about a good fi nish.”

Sophomore Melissa Peden used an early lead to end with a ninth-place fi nish, with a time of 22 minutes and 11 seconds. Senior Jennifer Butler was able to fi nish her Pitt State career strong by earning herself a 10th place

Women’s cross-country team brings home conference title

A strong fi nish

Photos by Aaron Anders

Photos by Aaron Anders

Running back Briceton Wilson breaks through Truman State line to score a touchdown for the Gorillas in the second quarter.

Kelsey Sullivan, freshman, looks into the No. 12 Emporia State volleyball team before the next set at home on Friday, Nov. 3. The Gorillas beat Empo-ria 3-2.

Molly Bergkamp, senior, hits the volleyball over the net to the No. 12 Emporia volleyball team.

The Goril-las take the fi eld during their last home game of the season against Tru-man State. Pittsburg State beat the Bulldogs by a missed fi eld goal in the fi nal seconds of the game, 17-14.

Gorillas dodge bullet, move to 5-5

Long-awaited win

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CAIRO — The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will return 19 artifacts taken from the tomb of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, Egypt’s antiquities authority and the museum said Wednesday.

The trove is made up of small fi gurines and jewelry, including a miniature bronze dog, a sphinx-shaped bracelet ornament and a necklace, said antiquities chief Zahi Hawass.

“Thanks to the generosity and ethical behavior of the Met, these 19 objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun can now be reunited with the other treasures of the boy king,” Hawass said.

He said the items will return to Egypt next year and will become part of the permanent King Tutankhamun collection at the new Grand Egyptian Museum, which is under construction near the Giza pyramids and is scheduled to open in 2012.

Elizabeth Smart fi nishes testimony

SALT LAKE CITY — The man accused of abducting Elizabeth Smart was a crude, vulgar, self-serving person who used religion to justify his actions, including her kidnapping and rape, she told jurors on her third and fi nal day of testimony.

“He was his number one priority, followed by sex, drugs and alcohol, but he used religion in all of those aspects to justify everything,” Smart said in a clear voice.

She fi nished her testimony Wednesday morning after just 15 minutes of cross-examination by a defense lawyer for Brian David Mitchell, an itinerant street preacher accused of taking her from home knifepoint on June 5, 2002, when she was 14.

Mitchell, 57, is charged in federal court with kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines. If convicted, he faces a life sentence.

Bomb set to explode in U.S.

LONDON — A mail bomb intercepted last month at an English airport could have exploded over the East Coast of the United States, British police said Wednesday.

Forensic evidence showed the device, originally sent from Yemen by way of Cologne, Germany, was timed to be detonated about seven hours after the cargo aircraft carrying it left the U.K. for the U.S. The package was removed by police in Britain during transit.

“If the device had not been removed from the aircraft, the activation could have occurred over the eastern seaboard of the U.S.,” police said in a statement.

Jobless claims fall; hiring in sight

WASHINGTON — Fewer people applied for unemployment aid last week, the third drop in four weeks and a sign that more employers are hiring while layoffs are falling.

If the decline continues, it

could signal more hiring in the near future. The report comes after the Labor Department said last week that private employers in October added the most jobs in six months.

First-time applications for unemployment benefi ts fell 24,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 435,000, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Wall Street economists had expected a smaller decline.

The four-week average of applications, a less volatile gauge, fell 10,000 to 446,500. That’s the lowest level for the average since the week that ended Sept. 13, 2008 — just before the fi nancial crisis intensifi ed with the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Still, weekly applications would need to fall below 425,000 to indicate that hiring is picking up signifi cantly, economists say.

Palestinians wantsession on Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president wants a U.N. Security Council session to discuss Israeli settlement construction, the offi cial Palestinian news agency said Wednesday, a day after President Barack Obama and

Israel’s premier exchanged harsh statements on the issue.

Israel’s Interior Ministry announced this week that a plan to build 1,300 homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem would be made available for public comments — a procedural step preceding construction. That set off a round of condemnations, highlighted by Obama’s remark that such plans are unhelpful to efforts to restart peace talks.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated Wednesday that U.S. was “deeply disappointed” by the Israeli step. “This announcement is counterproductive for efforts to resume negotiations between the parties,” Clinton said during a video conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

The Palestinians want to establish their future capital in east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War. Israel annexed east Jerusalem immediately after the war — a step not recognized by the international community — and has since built neighborhoods there for nearly 200,000 Jews in an attempt to tighten its hold over the area.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will not relinquish east Jerusalem.

Student protesters burn a banner outside Millbank, Britain’s ruling Conservative Party headquarters, dur-ing a protest in London, Wednesday, Nov. 1. Thousands of students marched against plans to triple tuition fees. Violence erupted as a minority battled police and trashed the building containing.

Nine-year-old Luke Grimes, a third-grader at St. Gabriel's Catholic School in Austin, Texas, plants American fl ags on the lawn of the school on Wednesday Nov. 10, in honor of Veterans Day.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, second from left, participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, Wednes-day, Nov. 10, in Washington.

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Book sale planned Friday, Saturday

The Southeast Kansas Recycling Center is holding a book sale from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13. Children’s books will be a dime. Textbooks, novels and other books are a quarter.

Cow Creek Review needs volunteers

Those interested in editing, publish-ing, or page layout and design are invited to attend Cow Creek Review’s meetings at 3:20 p.m. every Wednesday in 312 Grubbs Hall. PSU’s literary magazine publishes annually. For more informa-tion, e-mail Laura Washburn at lwash-bur@pittstate.edu.

Reading next ThursdayAs part of the English Department’s

Distinguished Writers Series, Brett Eu-gene Ralph is scheduled to give a poetry

reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in 109 Grubbs Hall. There will be a recep-tion following the reading.

Clothing donationssought in Whitesitt

Donations of clothing are being taken in 207 Whitesitt Hall, 108 Russ Hall, the Overman Student Center information desk, and the student recreation center welcome desk. Monetary donations will also be accepted. Donations will be taken until Nov. 12. For more information, e-mail DePrice Taylor at dtaylor@gus.pittstate.edu.

Taco feed, danceto be held Saturday

The Pittsburg State University Native American Student Association is holding a taco feed and dance demonstration from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Memo-rial Auditorium in Pittsburg. Tickets are $7.50, or $6.50 for students, and can be purchased in advance or at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 687-2338 or 212-6116.

Group to addressissue of child slavery

The Rapha House, an organization that helps children who have been res-cued out of slavery and sexual exploita-tion, is planning to have a guest speaker and fi lm screening at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in 109 Grubbs Hall. There will be refreshments immediately following.

Internat’l gathering to be held Friday

There will be a Brazilian interna-tional gathering from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at the United Methodist Ministries Center on 201 East Williams St. There will be a free meal and a pre-sentation on Brazilian culture.

High-school play to begin today

St. Mary’s Colgan high school drama department will present the play “A Fate Worse than Death: or Adrift on Life’s

Sea.” The play is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11; Friday, Nov. 12; and then for 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. The school is located at 212 E. Ninth St. Tickets cost $5.

Self-defense classesTuesday, Thursday

Pittsburg State University ROTC and Student Activities Council have scheduled a self-defense class for Tues-day, Nov. 16, and Thursday Nov. 18. For more information, call the Student Activities Council at 235-4801 or sac@pittstate.edu.

Internat’l Education Week begins Monday

International Programs and Services is organizing various events for the week of Nov. 15, which is International Edu-cation Week. There will be information tables by the bookstore in the Overman Student Center, and international food in the Oval.

Thursday night karaoke in U-Club

Gorillas in Your Midst is sponsoring karaoke from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in the U-Club of the Overman Student Center. There will be giveaways and free refreshments.

Session plannedon Peace Corps

A Peace Corps presentation is slated for 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in the Inaugural Room of the Overman Student Center.

Study abroad deadline Monday

The deadline to sign up to study abroad in England May 18-28, 2011, is Monday, Nov. 15. The trip will cost about $3,250 without tuition. For more information, e-mail Janet Zepernick at jzeperni@pittstate.edu.

BARTHOLOMEW KLICKCopy Editor

PSU gives all of its students a Gmail account (the @gus.pittstate.edu addresses that students get), and this was one of the school’s better technol-ogy decisions. Gmail has more bells and whistles than any six similar programs I can think of, and this can be intimidating, especially for those of us who aren’t computer savvy.

My favorite Gmail feature is the task list. In the top left-hand corner of the Gmail main page, you’ll fi nd the words “Mail, Contacts, Tasks.” For some users, this might also be below the Inbox. Clicking on “Tasks” will bring up a win-dow with a single, clickable box next to it.

Clicking near this box will allow you to name a task. Type something that’s due fairly soon into the box; once you have, clicking the “+” sym-bol at the bottom of the tasks window will add another blank space for a new task.

The ability to expand on your tasks makes this a power-ful organizational tool: After you’ve made a to-do list for the week, clicking the right-facing arrow next to it will let you assign the task a calendar date, and then add more informa-tion about the task, which could be anything from subtasks related to it, or just a reminder, like “Don’t forget to bring cookies.” Clicking on the box next to a task runs a line through it and grays it out.

After everything has a due date assigned, click “Actions” at the bottom of the window. From the resulting pop-up list, you can indent tasks, put them in a different order, print the list (handy!), sort tasks by their due date, clear all of your completed tasks, or e-mail the list to other people.

Another powerful tool in

your Gmail account is labeled “Calendar,” again on the top right-hand side of the screen, right next to the word “Mail.” Clicking Calendar will open a day planner, showing all the days of the week and their

associ-ated date. Times run along the right-hand side. On the upper left-

hand side of the screen will be buttons that let you see an individual day, the entire month, the next four days, and an agenda mode, which will list anything you’ve typed into the calendar.

In any mode on the calendar, clicking will allow you to type into a box labeled “What.” This creates an event - for instance, “paper due today,” or “mandatory staff meeting.” I actually copy all of my syllabi into the calendar at the beginning of the semester.

Click “create event” to add it to the calendar, or “Edit Event Details.”

On the “Event details” screen, you can have Gmail e-mail you a reminder about any task you’ve put into the calen-dar. Just click the box next to “Reminders,” type a number, and select minutes, days, hours, or weeks. If you select “1 day,” for instance, Gmail will e-mail you a reminder about the task the day before.

You can also tell Gmail to repeat the event, and specify when to repeat it. This is great for setting up a class schedule, but it can get irritating if you tell it to remind you about the classes. This results in an e-mail before every class, telling you that you have class.

Below the “Reminders” section, you’ll fi nd “Privacy,” which lets you set an event as public or private. If you make an event public, you can invite other Gmail users, who will also be able to see the event on their calendar, as well as any details you typed in about it.

Using Gmail as a free day plannerJohn Welling-ton, graduate student in communica-tion, plays a forehand push stroke dur-ing the Table Tennis Tour-nament at the Student Rec-reation Center on Monday, Nov. 8.

Table tennis time

“Gmail has more bells and whistles than any of six similar programs.”

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lot during tailgating, and another suggested that Joplin Street be shut down during game time, and that tailgating be moved there.

“The fi rst game I was at I noticed the same thing,” said John Patterson, vice president of administration and campus life. “I did notice, though, that we have a lot of students who come and really enjoy the parking lot atmosphere. These people, maybe at some point, didn’t have a lot of intention to come to the game to start with.”

He pointed out that during homecoming, the stadium was full, while still having hundreds of people in the parking lot.

“We are somewhere in the top ten across the country in terms of attendance at home football games,” said Patterson. “We give it very serious discussion year-in and year-out about the alcohol, but I’d take what we have to a parking lot that’s completely empty.”

Patterson says he’s been to away games where there were almost more Pitt State fans than fans of the home school. Another concern raised was about the sound level at the football games:

the speaker complained that it was too loud and that he couldn’t hear the band because of it.

“We’ve really changed the dynamics of the division two

football game with the score-board and Jungletron,” said Jim Johnson, athletic director. “We’ve even begun to have discussions about how we have presentations

at half time.”Before the days of the

Jungletron, people had to walk onto the middle of the fi eld and back for presentations. Johnson

says the Jungletron has provided more time during half time and thus freed up time for the band to play, and for other activities to occur.

“We’ve changed the way we do things because of the set up we have with that, and work-ing with Troy Comeau and his operation,” said Johnson. “When it’s really big, it’s really loud. I’m sure it can be turned down and I’m sure we can do other things, but that’s the kind of feedback we need.”

Johnson also spoke about the 13 sport programs at PSU and the upcoming schedule for football, volleyball and cross-country track. Other members of the president’s council spoke about their departments, as well.

“We’ve looked at how to become a very sustainable com-munity, moving away from using a lot of paper into doing things electronically,” said Angela Neria, chief information offi cer. “We are a wireless campus that doesn’t have enough wireless. So throughout the course of this year we are almost doubling our amount of wireless abilities on campus.”

Steve Erwin, associate vice

president of campus life and auxiliary services, spoke about the new health center and student recreational center. He announced the opening of Crimson Com-mons, as well as the master plan for a new student center.

“I think in the next few years we’ll see an expansion and reno-vation in that,” said Erwin.

Other members of the presi-dent’s council include Lynette Ol-son, provost and vice president of academic affairs; Brad Hodson, vice president of university ad-vancement; Chris Kelly, associate vice president of university mar-keting and communication, Jamie Brookshire, general counsel, and Joan Cleland, administrative as-sistant to the president.

This is the fi rst year this specifi c event has taken place, though there have been similar ones.

“Last year the alumni associa-tion arranged this for the dean’s council to speak and was success-ful with that,” said Scott. “So, we wanted to try this in a little dif-ferent format for the president’s council. We also do this with the student government, where the alumni can address issues to the student body.”

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Firefi ghters battled the fl ames late into the night. The fi re’s longevity was attributed to tar in the roof, and industrial tires inside the shop. Streets were blocked off to allow the fi re crews to work. As many as eight hoses were spraying the fl ames at once, and up to 20 fi refi ght-ers from three different stations were at the scene.

Katelyn Perez, senior in psychology, lives within two blocks of the fi re.

“My roommate called me at about fi ve and told me there was a huge fi re by our place,” Perez said. “We were really freaked out for a while.”

However, the Pittsburg Fire Department had the situ-ation well under control.

“We went and looked at the fi re, and we were told there wasn’t any danger of it spreading to us,” Perez said. “We relaxed after that, but you could still see it all night.”

Although the fi re was devastating to the shop, the owner, Randy Vilela, and the PFD managed to get one truck removed from the shop before the fl ames engulfed the building.

Two construction vehicles were left inside, but it was unclear whether they were destroyed.

The roof and the entire top fl oor of the building was lost. Later in the night, the second story collapsed. This helped assist the fi re crews in ventilating and eventually putting out the fl ame, according to the PFD.

The fl ames were initially so large and aggressive that the power lines located near the building were consid-ered hazardous. Electrical companies arrived to turn off the power.

Both the endurance and size of the fi re attracted traffi c to the scene. Law enforcement arrived to keep by-standers at a safe distance, and to manage the disrupted traffi c fl ow.

Andrew Tilley, junior in construction technology, says he drove by to see the fi re once he heard about it from a friend.

“A lot of people were talking about it, so a few of us went to go check it out,” Tilley said. “It was pretty huge. I thought it was probably blown out of proportion, but that was the most legitimate fi re I have ever seen.”

■ FIRE from page 1

Black’s plans for an all-nighter are not uncommon.

“One semester I pulled an all-nighter. I thought I might as well,” Stolzfus said.

Greve says that for freshmen like Black, waking up early to enroll is especially important.

“Certainly, as you get into the underclassmen it can make a big difference,” Greve said. “Some-times it’s not a matter of getting the class, but the section they want.”

Greve says that one of the most common problems for students when enrolling is that they did not check their GusMail, and so were unaware of any important informa-tion that could be an obstacle come enrollment morning.

Early enrollment for current students will wrap up on Friday, Nov. 12, with freshmen whose last names start with A through M.

■ ENROLL from page 1

Several other preachers were in the crowd, including evangelist Michael B. Wheeler, who is known for run-ning through campus with his orange Jesus fl ag. Wheeler passed out fl iers for his church, and several students shouted at Bourgault, “Why can’t you be like that?”

“I’m not going to soften the message,” said Bour-gault in a telephone interview after the event. “Nobody wants to be chastised. Nobody wants to be told they’re wrong.”

Bourgault says that his brand of evangelism is not easy, and that he does not do it to have fun.

“It is prayed over,” Bourgault said. “It is even wept over. I don’t want to see any of those kids go to hell.”

For the most part, PSU students rejected both Bourgault’s message and his method of delivering it. One student shouted that he worshipped the sun. Oth-ers screamed that Bourgault was a hypocrite and a bad Christian.

One student grabbed Bourgault’s box of religious tracts and ran with it, prompting university police to chase him and retrieve it. No arrest was made.

“I’d heard of stuff like this before, but I’ve never actually seen how radical and one-sided someone can be,” said Chelsae Richardson, sophomore in accounting, who was sitting behind the preacher and away from the crowd.

Don Smith, program leader for the International Pro-gram of Campus Christians, watched the sermon from a distance.

“My observation is that preachers like this have good things to say, but often in infl ammatory ways,” Smith said. “If you care about somebody, you say something to them when they behave badly. His problem is that he hasn’t established that he cares.”

While many students were polarized against Bour-gault, some students were watching merely out of curiosity.

“I’m in Lit and Film, and I’m just watching the char-acters,” said Clinton Bell, sophomore in marketing. “I don’t really have a take on the argument.”

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David will meet Goliath this Saturday in one of the most storied matchups of the 2010 season as head coach Tim Beck and the Gorillas head to Arrowhead Sta-dium for this year’s Fall Classic.

The Bearcats’ (8-1, 8-0 MIAA) quarterback, senior Blake Bolles, has cemented himself as one of the most accomplished passers in the conference this season by ranking No. 1 among all quarterbacks in pass effi ciency and No. 3 in yards per game.

The Gorillas (5-5, 3-5 MIAA) will once again have to be wary of the com-bination of the hot-handed Bolles and his main target at wideout, Jake Soy. The pair have hooked up for a team high 786

yards and 10 touchdowns going into this weekend’s matchup. And although fresh-man linebacker Nate Dreiling has done his part this season, the main burden when it comes to defense on Saturday will fall on the shoulders of senior Alex Kuhlman and the rest of the Pitt State secondary.

Although Bolles normally targets Soy when he drops back in the pocket, look for him to use the 6-foot-3, 250-pound frame of his tight end, Josh Baker, to complete a few easy passes here and there. Sophomore wide receiver Tyler Shaw has also proved to be a pleasant surprise for the Bearcats this season, registering 311 yards and two scores, playing a somewhat limited role in the offense.

With the run-heavy attack that offen-

sive coordinator Steve Rampy has been using in his fi rst year at the helm of the offense, the Gorillas’ passing attack has not been quite as explosive. Although the combination of Zac Dickey and Jeff Smith has transitioned smoothly, Dickey is averaging close to only 89 yards per game with Smith not throwing a touch-down pass yet this season. Although a minimal passing attack will make it harder for the Gorillas to get down the fi eld quickly in a jam, it opens up a lot of room when it comes to the ground game.

The Gorillas will bring decent mo-mentum into this matchup, thanks to the one-two punch that senior running back Terrance Issac and sophomore transfer Briceton Wilson bring to the fi eld. The duo have combined for 14 scores on the

ground this year, with Isaac averaging close to 85 yards per game and Wilson contributing on many short-yardage situ-ations.

The speed that Isaac is so well-known for around the MIAA complements Wil-son’s aggressive, tough running and will be used more if Smith or Dickey can’t get the passing attack fl owing. But don’t forget to count on the athletic ability that Dickey brings to the play, as he has accounted for seven scores of his own rushing the ball this season.

Although the Bearcats are ranked sixth in the conference for passing defense, their defensive line has locked down this season, allowing a league-best 1,003 yards on the ground and only nine scores this year. That could prove troublesome with the Gorillas’ “run fi rst”

offensive mentality. Rampy, Beck and the rest of the Pitt State coaching staff may have to rely more on the arms of Dickey or Smith, depending on who gets the nod for this start.

The Bearcats will continue to run that pass-heavy offense, but when it comes to the ground game they will certainly have enough weapons to get the job done. The phrase, “sharing the wealth” has been the theme for the Bearcats on the ground this year, with Jordan Simmons and Kelvin Austin headlin-ing the rush attack with seven and fi ve touchdowns, respectively. And although sophomore Billy Creason is the younger out of the main backs for the Bearcats, he has registered four scores this season and is averaging close to 70 yards per game rushing.

MICHAEL ADMIRESports Writer

The fi nal exhibition tuneup for the Gorillas against Livin’ the Dream proved to have more im-portance than just the fi nal score. Not only did three former Gorillas lace up for Livin’ the Dream but head coach Lane Lord used this game to get some bench players a good look at competition.

That competition was a Christian-based organization called Livin’ the Dream. Accord-ing to their website, Livin’ the Dream “is an organization geared towards the positive infl uence of all people through the game of basketball.” Most of the women on the roster were former players and graduates of MIAA schools. One of the three former Gorillas, DePrice Taylor, said when she got the call from Lord to play on the exhibition team it was something she could not turn down, “Coach Lord said that they needed some players for this game,” she said. “He said they were good people and I trust coach Lord.”

The return for Taylor immedi-ately brought back memories of her college career.

“Man, it’s like a family. The fans, coach Lord, the assistant coaches, and the girls. I really miss them. It was just like old times,” she said.

Since Taylor made the deci-sion to come down and play against her alma mater, some anxiety sank in.

“I’m gonna be honest with you,” Taylor said, “I was nervous. I was nervous all weekend and today.”

Having the former players come down for the exhibition game was also exciting for their college coach.

“For me it was a treat to have them on the court tonight,” Lord said of his former All-Conference players.

For Lord, seeing his former players was not the only treat in the last prep game before the weekend’s matchups in Fort Smith, Ark. Lord started in the fi rst half rotating three lineups as an opportunity to evaluate a number of girls on fi lm. There was plenty for Lord to be posi-tive about with his players. Part way through the second half, sophomore Lauren Brown showed fl ashes of exactly what players and coaches have been waiting for.

A score in the paint, followed by a block and steal, then posted up for an offense rebound and a tough put-back got everyone off

the bench.“You could see her growing as

the game went on and that’s what our kids rallied around,” said Lord of his 6-foot-6 center.

This year, Lord is expecting a lot from players such as Brown.

“As the season goes on, a lot of players that were role players are going to start becoming lead-ers,” said Lord. “A 6-foot-6 girl is like a 7-foot-2 guy and for her sky’s the limit, literally.”

Only three players who saw signifi cant times as starters are returning. Not only will Brown have a spotlight on her, but fresh-man Alexa Bordewick opened some eyes as she led the team in scoring Tuesday night and was three of seven from 3-point land. Laura Glenn also continued the tough play, racking up 12 points and nine rebounds. Lord did give junior Larissa Richards the night off to make sure she was healthy for the regular season, which starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.

Center stage:

Gorillas beat Livin’ the Dream in exhibition play

Beck, Gorillas look to topple No. 3 Bearcats

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spot, fi nishing in 22 minutes, 15 seconds.

Sophomore Kaley Temaat rounded out the top 15 fi nishers for the Gorillas with a 14th place fi nish, while senior Jenna Mellen capped off the top scorers with a 15th-place fi nish.

Team captain Brittney Graff said that she was on edge about the race.

“Once we left breakfast, it started hitting me quite a bit,” Graff said. “I had to keep calming myself down because I was get-ting too excited and anxious.”

“Before the race started, I was just really nervous,” Laskowski said “Throughout the entire week, I think many of us ladies were nervous just thinking about the race.”

“After the race was over and seeing how awesome everyone had fi nished, all we could do was wait and hear the results,” Laskowski said. “And what we heard was great!”

Going into this race, many of the Gorillas’ top runners knew this was their last shot at taking the title, as fi ve runners were in their senior season this year.

“The night before the race was an emotion night,” Graff said. “We had fi ve seniors knowing it was our last conference champi-onship. Knowing how hard we’d worked and knowing we were capable of winning. It was an exciting day.”

“At the starting line I hugged Jenna and said, ‘This is four years in the making,’” Graff said. “We got this.”

Head coach Russ Jewett went to extreme measures to get the girls emotionally ready for their last hoorah.

“Coach Jewett gave me a stack of E-mails from past Gorilla run-ners,” Graff said. “The women’s team met in one of our rooms and we took turns reading about their favorite cross-country times.

Coach Jewettt hasn’t ever done anything like that before. I felt like I was running for our team and our runners from past seasons.”

Although they racked up the most signifi cant win of their run-ning careers, the Pitt State team still has some work ahead of it. With nationals quickly approach-ing, the Gorillas still must qualify at regionals.

“We have regionals a week from Saturday,” Mellen said. “The top teams get to go on to nationals.”

If the conference champi-onships were any indication, though, the Gorillas should be in a great spot to bring home the gold.

“We are ranked fi rst in the region and have a good chance of qualifying if we all race well,” Mellen said. “Nationals would be an awesome way for all of us seniors to fi nish out our running careers.”

■ FINISH from page 1B

Pittsburg State University women’s basketball team coach Lane Lord coaches the team during a game from last year’s season.

Gorillas. The third set stayed close until the Ichabods pulled ahead in the last half of the game.

PSU Volleyball’s “Pack the Weede Night,” on Wednesday saw a great turnout of students and community, which helped encour-age the team. There were many long rallies throughout the match, forcing the Gorillas to fi ght hard for every point.

Some big offensive moves helped the Gorillas claim the fi rst set. During the second set, the team stepped up with blocking, setting, and ball placement. The team’s continuous scoring was achieved during this set. Leah Flynn fi nished the game with a service ace against the Lions.

The third set started off rocky

for the Gorillas, with missed serves and errors on defense and communication. Corrinne Stringer, Leah Flynn, and Kelsey Sullivan all stepped up on the offence. The set was almost even throughout its duration, and both teams played sloppily. Still, Southern was able to pull off the win.

In the fourth set, PSU com-pletely switched from its offen-sive mindset from the fi rst two sets and into a defensive mindset. They fell into deep holes, and despite great hustle and positive attitudes from every member, couldn’t come back and lost the set.

During the fi fth match, the Gorillas watched themselves fall

back into their pattern of a fi ve set match. With Southern’s team pumped and chanting “I believe that we will win,” the Gorillas had a tough task ahead of them.

Determined to fi nish the match strong, PSU stepped up its game. The gorillas were down at the beginning of the match, but a kill from freshman Kirsten Erikson helped give Pittsburg the momen-tum it needed. Aggressive offense players and quick defense earned Pitt it’s fi nal victory of the night.

Pitt will play again at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12 at home against Fort Hays State and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 at home against Southwest Baptist. NCAA regionals will start on Thursday, Nov. 18.

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A group of authors were honored at the Axe Library on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 4. This was the 27th annual faculty author reception.

“It’s always a pretty big hit,” said Robert Lindsey, reference librarian. “We have quite a few faculty members participate.”

The event was informal. The authors’ books were on display. First pages of each book and the articles were also read during the event. Lindsey says there were 50 to 60 people in attendance. This year there were more book authors and fewer article authors than last year.

“I don’t think we’ve ever had less than fi ve books published each year,” Lindsey said. “We have business, philosophy, his-tory, sociology and others all over campus publish each year.”

Don Viney, university profes-sor of social sciences, was among the authors honored. Viney was the editor and co-author of a book titled “Cahiers Jules Lequier.” Viney says he helped a colleague in France to put the book together.

“The man I helped with this has been showing it in Paris,” said Viney. “He sent me a radio stream via E-mail where it was being listed, and I heard my name a couple of times.”

Viney says he writes books and articles for his own satisfac-tion, and from an inward drive to do so. He says his writings are

his way of paying service to his profession and that it leads to his teaching.

“I represent a community of scholars worldwide and in order to represent the community of scholars, I believe I have to participate in that role of scholar-ship,” said Viney. “It’s a ques-tion of doing the thing I’m hired

to do. You’re not just teaching, you’re representing an entire pro-fession and I’m representing an entire history of a profession.”

Viney says he was impressed by the number of authors, which were spread throughout several departments on campus this year.

“I look at what we represent and I get fi lled with pride,” said

Viney. “PSU is a bargain and I’m happy to be a part of it.”

Viney also wrote 12 articles, which were published in various books and magazines. David Hurley, author of “Aria,” which he wrote for “The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia,” says he writes because he thoroughly enjoys the topics he writes about.

“I write because of my fasci-nation with the subject matter,” said Hurley. “I’m really into the music of Handel and I like to analyze it. I like to see how it op-erates and see the kinds of things he did when he was writing it.”

Other authors with published books included Darren Botello-Samson for “Regulatory Takings

and the Environment: The Impact of Property Rights Litigation”; Charles L. Killingsworth for “In-troduction to Recreation Services for People with Disabilities: A Person Centered Approach”; Donald Baack for “Marketing Management: A Customer-Ori-ented Approach”; Kathleen De-Grave for “The Hotel Stillwell: A Tale of Mortar, Money and Memories”; Marjorie E. Donovan for “Sociology: Fundamentals for the Twenty-First Century” and “Student Guide and Activ-ity Book for Sociology: Fun-damentals for the Twenty-First Century”; Maeve Cummings for “Management Information Sys-tems for the Information Age”; J.T. Knoll for “Where the Pave-ment Ends: Retreats at Assump-tion Abbey and other Contempla-tive Journeys”; and Bruce Warner for “Elementary Data Analysis: Using Microsoft Excel.”

Articles, papers, reviews, poems and other creative works were also published by Stephen Meats, Phillip Harries, Michael Muoghalu, Arvin Cruz, Chris-topher Anderson, Karen Stolz, Amber Tankersley, Stephen Harmon, Paul Zagorski, Mihail Ionesen, Zoran Petrovic, Xianmei Wan, Ivan Javni, Ivana Cvetk-ovic, DooPyo Hong, Xianmei Wan, Jelena Milic, Morgan McCune, Barbara Pope, Randy Roberts, Ananda Jayawardhana, Judy Berry-Bravo, Selim Giray, Alexander Konopelko, Donald Ward, Darren Botello-Samson and Brian Sanford.

CAITLIN TAYLORCollegio Reporter

The new minor in public health was recently established this semes-ter, after a year’s worth of delibera-tion in a committee created espe-cially for the task.

Bobby Winters, professor and assistant dean of Arts and Sciences, proposed the grant for the new minor in summer 2009. The grant was ap-proved in November that same year.

Winters says that because of his position as assistant dean, he was looked at as a neutral party to act as a facilitator for all of the depart-ments.

This new minor is classifi ed as an interdisciplinary minor, which means that it incorporates many different departments and courses, including nursing, biology, social sciences, health and human performance, and many others.

Janis Schiefelbein, elected direc-tor of public health, volunteered for the position because of her back-ground in the fi eld.

“This minor will help students get a leg up in career opportunities,” Schiefelbein said. “It would be a good minor to have on a resume.”

The minor is supposed to help prepare students to work in the pub-lic health fi eld, and could potentially help them become inspectors, en-vironmental workers, or lab techni-cians.

“It’s a really broad area,” Schiefelbein said. “It would be best to start as a minor so we can look at everybody that has content that is pertinent to public health.”

Currently, Pittsburg State Univer-sity does not offer public health as a degree, though Kansas University and Wichita University both offer a master’s in it.

“We want to see if there is enough interest in the minor before we create a major,” Schiefelbein said.

Schiefelbein says that several members of the committee have worked on and gone to conferences, and realized it has become more and more important for PSU to educate the public about reducing healthcare costs.

“Health promotion and disease prevention is where we need to do it,” Schiefelbein said. “And we need to do it by not just looking at indi-viduals, but in populations.”

Schiefelbein says this minor will hopefully help get more people in the work force.

Master’s-prepared universities that offer degrees in public health have indicated that by the year 2020 there will be a shortage of about 225,000 public health workers.

“With the new Obama emphasis and the Healthcare Affordability Act, I think we will see more com-munity programs being implement-ed to try and keep people healthier,” Schiefelbein said. “That’s public health.”

The two new classes being intro-duced are Intro to Public Health, a three-hour course taught by Schiefel-bein, and epidemiology, another three-hour course.

Intro to Public Health is the standard introductory class into the minor, and will possibly be offered in the spring. Epidemiology is the study of patterns in health and ill-nesses and associated factors with the population.

The rest of the courses are classes already available to PSU students throughout different departments. One such class is Medical Terminol-ogy, which is a core course for the new minor.

“Anyone who deals with public health in some way, even the stu-dents in the Tech Center, who could be inspectors, I would think would have interests in a public health minor,” Schiefelbein said .

The minor is open to all students around campus.

Public health minor to open more doors

Maeve Cummings, professor in computer information systems, and Bruce Warner, professor in psychology, discuss a work at the Faculty Author Reception in Axe Library on Thursday, Nov. 4. All works on display were published by Pitt State faculty members.

PSU faculty authors’ works honored

Photos by Aaron Anders

SARAH POLANDCollegio Reporter

At the beginning of the spring 2011 semester, some students will begin a two-part study abroad experience without leaving Pittsburg State University’s campus.

The study abroad trip, which is focused on eco-tourism, will begin with a semester-long class on eco-tourism and globalization. Megan Corrigan, study abroad coordinator, says that the trip to geographically diverse Bo-livia offers experiences other places can’t. The three-week trip, which is restricted to Bo-livia, will have students stop in mountains, deserts, and the Amazon basin. The focus on eco-tourism makes it different from any other study abroad trip offered through PSU.

Sydney Ward, sophomore in broadcasting, says that all of her classes this semester have talked about globalization, and

how to sustain the economy.“I think it will be cool to

go to Bolivia and actually see how they are doing that,” Ward said.

Ward says she is also look-ing forward to the tours led by Bolivian natives.

Clint Burke, senior in po-litical science, says he is also looking forward to mingling with the people of Bolivia.

“I’m excited to go to La Paz,” Burke said. “I want to listen to the language, try to speak it, and meet new people.”

Darren Botello-Samson organized the trip, and says the idea was spurred by his inter-est in eco-tourism.

“I have always been interested in understanding the ways in which tourism and environmental protection interact, in all of its positive and negative ways,” Botello-Samson said. “Eco-tourism is an interesting phenomenon in which small communities, frequently facing economic

pressure to engage in unsus-tainable practices, choose to utilize tourism as a way to maintain their way of life, while providing for their future.”

While on the trip, stu-dents will stay in eco-lodges. Students will also visit cultural and historical museums in the city of La Paz, as well as archaeological sites. The ap-proximate travel dates for the trip are June 1 through June 21, 2011. The estimated cost is $3,900.

Botello-Samson says that, on top of eco-tourism, students will benefi t from this pro-gram as they would with any other study abroad program: Through experiencing a new country, culture and environ-ment.

“That sort of learning has a tendency to not only stick with you through life, but to color all future learning,” Botello-Samson said.

Botello-Samson says he thinks one of the great parts

of the trip is the diversity it offers.

“Students will get to see the remnants of ancient civilizations and the current economic enterprises of the descendants of those civiliza-tions,” Botello-Samson said. “They will see volcanic des-erts and humid jungles. They will have to pack stocking hats and swimwear, sunscreen and mittens. Very few travel opportunities provide that much diversity of experience in three weeks.”

Those interested in the trip can contact Botello-Samson at 235-4334 or dbsamson@pittstate.edu. Students who are going on the trip are required to take the two-credit hour class on eco-tourism and globalization during the Spring 2011 semester and must be signed up by Dec. 1. Applications are available in the study abroad offi ce and with Botello-Samson in 327-D Russ Hall.

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l i f e , B r o c k h a d t r o u b l e s l e e p i n g b e c a u s e o f h i s s e v e r e a c i d r e fl u x . H i s p a r e n t s s a y t h a t h e u s e d t o w a k e u p s c r e a m i n g , a n d t h a t h e w o u l d s l e e p o n l y t w o h o u r s a t a t i m e .

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b a l l p a r k . ” K e l s e y B a i r s a y s t h a t i t ’s

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“ I w i l l s p e n d e v e r y l a s t d o l l a r t o h e l p h i m , ” K e l s e y s a i d .

ALEX MOTTCollegio Reporter

The differences between men and women are vast and practically uncountable, and the places in which they live are no exception.

You can walk down any of resident halls and be confi -dent of whether you are on a male or a female fl oor. Door decks, colors, and, most of all, the smell, give it away.

Alyssa York, Caleb Whitehead, Sara Joseph, and Zach Bowles, all freshmen at Pittsburg State, have noticed the differences.

“Girls rooms are a lot nic-er, and so are the bathrooms,” said Whitehead. “The girl fl oors smell a lot better.”

“Their (the male) fl oor smells like sweat socks and pee,” York said. “That doesn’t make me think they care very much about their living space.”

Don’t think that all boys don’t care, though.

“Some of us do care,” Whitehead said, “even though there are those that don’t.”

Between wall stickers,

an abundance of name tags on the doors, colorful rugs, blinds, and bedding, and pic-tures everywhere, the decora-tion difference between a girl’s room and a boy’s room is also apparent.

“I think that girls’ rooms have personality,” York said. “Boys’ rooms are pretty drab.”

“Girls’ rooms are pretty,” Whitehead said. “Ours are lame.”

The smell, although pre-dominant, is not the biggest difference, according to some dorm residents.

“Both rooms are typically messy, but girls have more clutter with their things,” York said. “Boys’ rooms are dirty, with crumbs and bugs. Girls have a layer of clothes on the fl oor and boys have a layer of dirt.”

The contents of the room, however, differ far beyond who has more clothes.

“They usually have curtains, an extra mirror, pictures, bulletin boards, and fl owers on the wall,” said Bowles. “All things that make their rooms feel cozier.”

In a typical girl’s room, the beds will be arranged in a functional and appeal-ing way. The desks will be pushed against the wall with various study materials and picture frames strewn over them. There might be addi-tional shelving that holds the overfl ow of picture frames or a decorative fi sh bowl.

There may also be a futon with a blanket or pillow on it, and the walls will most likely be covered in removable polka-dots, glow in the dark stars, or colorful duct tape spelling out the names of the room’s occupants.

The food in a girl’s room will most likely be stored in the closet or a convenient plastic bin. Whichever it is, there isn’t normally food thrown about the room. There are also air fresheners or other ways of making the room have an inviting smell.

In a typical boy’s room, the beds will be pushed aside in an attempt to make room for recliners that will make playing one of the many game systems more enjoy-able. There are few pictures,

if any, and if the walls have decoration at all, it is posters of the hottest band or the hot-test girl.

The food in a boy’s room will most likely be in various places throughout the room. Most likely it will be open bags of chips or boxes of cereal within arm’s reach of the recliner.

“Girls would close a bag of chips more often than boys would,” Joseph said. “Guys are also probably more likely to keep food after it is expired than girls are.”

What it all boils down to is, even though there are typi-cal ways for a boy’s room to smell, and typical ways for a girl’s room to look, it is really about how much the residents of the room care.

“I think that some girls, like me and my roommate, like to keep our room nice,” York said. “Other girls don’t really care.”

“You can’t blame a dirty room on whether or not a boy or girl lives there,” Joseph said.

Girls vs. boys: The room-off

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SEAN GILBERTGuest Columnist

I play video games because it is a source of entertainment and stress relief. I like games such as

Call of Duty and Halo because they involve themes that I enjoy, i.e. military aspects.

To me, video games are benefi cial because they provide a source of stress relief, same as movies and TV.

When I have had a long day full of homework and other obligations, I just want to sit down and relax by playing some games.

To me it’s easy to balance playing video games and making my girlfriend happy. My girlfriend and I will hang out while I play video games, and she doesn’t mind that I play, so that helps out quite a bit.

I also make sure that I don’t make her second to video games. We have date nights, and, although I enjoy playing, if she needs me or wants some time with me without video games, I make sure to set that time aside.

We like watching movies a lot, so we rent movies or go to the theater. If she gets tired of me playing video games, I set down the controller and spend some time with her. As long as you don’t obsess about playing all the time, making time for a girlfriend isn’t diffi cult at all.

My girlfriend doesn’t ask me to make every waking hour of my life all about her, which is very nice. It’s all about what kind of people are in the relationship.

If someone is consumed by video games 24/7 and doesn’t pay attention to his girlfriend, that relationship will fail. If the girl hates video games and wants her boyfriend to make everything about her, then that will fail, as well. It is all about fi nding the person who fi ts and understands you.

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KIMBER LANEGuest Columnist

Sometimes, as a girlfriend, I feel like I should hate the fact that my boyfriend plays video games a lot, but I don’t.

For my boyfriend, playing video games is a hobby, not his whole life. I have hobbies too, and it would be ridiculous to expect that he would give up a passtime that he enjoys just because he now has a girlfriend.

Now that we have been dating for a decent amount of time, it’s easier to handle him playing a lot of games. When two people are fi rst dating, it can be diffi cult to learn to share your time with another.

I think the key to having a functional relationship with a boyfriend who plays video games a lot is giving up the misconception that he has to be paying attention to me every moment that I am with him. We are all right with just being together, even if we aren’t doing the same thing.

I usually have a lot more homework than he does, so while he’s playing I’ll hang out and do homework or chill on the computer. I like to be with him, but he doesn’t have to keep me entertained 24/7. Plus, most of the games he plays are actually kind of interesting. I think that if girls gave video games a chance, they would fi nd that they aren’t as bad as they thought.

I also try to be honest with him about when I do want to do something else, or when I want him to turn off the console for a while. I think that a lot of times, girls are afraid to tell their guys that they want to go out or that they need to just go for a walk together. If he’s a keeper, he won’t have a problem taking a break for his girl.

What it all comes down to is respecting each other’s interests and understanding that the relation-ship is more important than the game. I know that video games are something my boyfriend enjoys,

so I don’t make fun of them or tell him not to play. At the same time, however, he never puts video games ahead of our relationship. He makes time for me, so I don’t mind him playing.

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In response to “Smile and Look Dumb, Dear” 11/4/10

Is this a serious article? I mean, do you actually think people base their lives off of sit-coms and commercials? Do you think there is a chance people are going to re-enact what they see in a yogurt commercial as though it is a serious situation? There is no problem here and therefore no need for a solution! The disclaimer you propose is as self evident as knowing that you eat with your mouth! It completely baffl es me that you took the time to write this. It is TV. No one expects what they see to actually happen.

posted 11/07/10 @ 2:21 PM CST

The point is the pervasiveness of this portrayal. There is a complete absence of the portrayal of men that used to be seen in John Wayne, The Waltons, etc. Heck, there even used to be a show called “Father Knows Best.” We have gone way too far. Now men are not men, but either adolescents who never grew up (“Two and a Half Men”)

or submissive incompetents. People do emulate what they see on TV, and TV emulates what is popular. I don’t know which came fi rst, men living at home in their 20’s with Mom taking care of them, or the Failure to Launch kind of movies, but both are too common. I would be interested in a PSU survey of which women prefer - Failure to Launch model of men, or the hat-tipping John Wayne model.

posted 11/08/10 @ 11:32 AM CST

In Response to “Chiefs: Contender or pretender?” 11/4/10

The Chiefs do have an easy schedule, but have competed well against the hard teams too. Holding Indi to no touchdowns until the fourth quarter and barely losing to Houston are very impressive moments for this young Chiefs team.

As for the playoffs, the players do not have the experience yet, but the coaching staff does. The Chiefs nation knows these are not the days of Marty Schottenheimer losing in the playoffs year after

year. Romeo Crennel, Charlie Wies and Scott Pioli all have more playoff wins (and Super Bowl rings for that matter) than most coaches in the league. Our young players know these coaches have high expectations and know they will not tremble when faced against a more prestigious team.

posted 11/06/10 @ 4:09 PM CST

In Response to “Pitt State Gives a Damn” 10/14/10

Pitt state gives a damn for about 10 minutes... then goes back to playing dance music. It’s so insulting to the people who have died, but not as insulting as poorly displaying their names on a screen while going out of the way to not mention that they were bullied to death for being gay. You insulted those who died by removing the reason they died. You did no good to the cause and you made it seem like being gay is something to be scared to talk about instead of a part of their story.

Sad, guys. Very sad.posted 11/07/10 @ 7:14 AM

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Members of the Student Government Association will be in the Oval, collecting signatures for a petition to make Pittsburg State University a smoke-free campus on Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jonna Fearmonti, public relations director, told senators at Wednesday night’s meeting that they will be collaborating with Gorillas in Your Midst for the Great American Smokeout.

“There’s going to be a petition at all student organization’s tables that want to participate,” Fearmonti said. “Hopefully, it gets signed, so those can get turned into us. Then we can get those to the higher-ups to get this cause going on campus.”

Fearmonti said the student organization that gathers the most signatures by the end of the day will win $100.

SGA recently formed a committee to gauge student opinion on a potential campus-wide smoking ban.

Thomas Gregory, vice president, said at the Nov. 3 SGA

meeting that he hopes to have the smoking-ban issue on the ballot for SGA elections in April.

In other business, Eric Jones, treasurer, said allocation totals for student organizations have not been completed and will

be announced at next week’s meeting.

Brandon Mills, president, said he plans to invite newly elected State Rep. Terry Calloway to a future SGA meeting to discuss his plans for education funding.

Public relations director for the Student Government As-sociation Jonna Fearmonti announces that SGA is helping with the letter-writing campaign fundraiser for a chil-dren’s hospital.

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It is a story of the triumph of good over evil and the lifting of oppression. The Indian Student Association celebrated Diwali Sunday in the Crimson and Gold Ball-roon. Traditional Indian food, dances, and décor brought a taste of home to the Indian students who celebrated.

However, students of all ethnicities attended the event. Approximately 45 students were involved in the show, and 500 people attended.

Stars and SarisAt left, Manreet Ludhar, sophomore in computer science, and Divya Anandara-ju, graduate student in international business, perform to a south Indian track at the Diwali “Festi-val of Lights” in the Overman Student Center’s Crimson and Gold Ballroom on Sunday, Nov. 7.

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Somewhere between the explosive crossbow arrows and incendiary shotgun shells, I let out a giddy, schoolboy laugh. Then it hits me: “Call of Duty: Black Ops” has created something unique in a market saturated by fi rst-person shooters.

First things fi rst, the campaign. The opening menu is the setting of the campaign. You are a black ops fi ghter in the Vietnam and Cold War era who has been captured and is being interrogated by an unknown group. You have no clue who they are, but as they ask you questions, you fl ashback to events and play through those events as missions. That sets it apart from the beginning. The game play does have a Call of Duty feel to it. You’re one bad dude, and kill hundreds of others, or escape through impossible opposition to complete the mission. The levels are challenging, fun, and actually

diverse, as no two feel the same.

One of my com-plaints is the graphics. It just looks like a video game. After playing Medal of Honor, with its incredible realism, this is a letdown. Some of the characters in the campaign have good detail, but the rest of the game does not live up to what a current-gener-ation game should.

Multiplayer is what really is going to make this game a staple, though, and I think it has the versatility to be great. Black Ops has introduced new meth-ods that allow player customization. Weap-ons are still unlocked as you level up, but attachments, perks and equipment have to be bought. This allows you to get what you will use now, and not complete challenges to get the one attachment you will leave on your gun the rest of the time.

Money is earned through matches, much like experience. You

can either save it up, wager it or buy challenges. Wager matches are like betting on yourself. You can bet your money you will achieve a certain rank, or get a number of kills. Challenges are goals you achieve within a certain time frame to get paid. If you fail to do them, you lose your money.

The multi-player maps shine. Again, they all have a unique feel to them. While the game play feels familiar, the maps are like nothing I have ever seen in a fi rst-person shooter. They are complex, and while there are a few small ones, most are large, both in area and in places to move around in them. Buildings are laid out like build-ings, and not just blocks on top of blocks like most video games.

Black Ops brings two big new features to the Call of Duty line. First, the availability to play on-line in split-screen was added; the second was a practice mode. You can play against the computer to practice on specifi c maps or with specifi c weapons. This feature also brings in others, and you can invite friends to play in private matches.

Finally, Black Ops brought back zombie mode from World at War. Defending your build-ing from a never-ending train of zombies offers countless hours of frustration and scared excitement. You can play it alone, or with friends, but do not play it alone at night.

So my fi nal thoughts on the game? It is defi nitely worthy of the hype. Despite its arcade-like graphics, all avenues of game play, from campaign to multi-player, to the resurrected zombie mode offer innovations that keep it at the top of the list for must-have games.

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The line of people outside GameStop at 11 p.m. Monday stretches well into the Hastings parking lot, 200 feet away and does not include those sitting on the hoods of cars or in folding chairs. A football whizzes overhead, and someone runs to catch it. A car radio blares, and friendly bickering has broken out between fans of the Xbox360 and the PlayStation 3. They are all killing time until midnight, when the store opens its doors and lets them buy Call of Duty: Black Ops, the seventh game in Activision’s Call of Duty franchise. It is 54 degrees out, with a chill breeze.

About 250 people purchased the game just after midnight at the 2832 N. Broadway GameStop. The nearby Wal-Mart and Hastings bookstore saw another 100 people between them. The previous installment of the game made $401 million in sales on its release day, a record for the entire entertainment industry, including fi lm.

Bob McKenzie, GameStop senior vice president of merchandising, said in a press release that Black Ops has broken the video game store’s presales records, with more reservations “than any other title in GameStop’s history.” While the numbers are still being crunched, Activision offi cials said the newest Call of Duty installment set yet another single-day sales record.

Jerry Whitlock, who plans to enroll at PSU in January, was the fi rst in line at Pittsburg’s GameStop. In his matching Kansas City Chiefs outfi t, he had been there since 8 p.m. He took his folding chair back to his car at around 11:30 p.m., after his position in line had been well-established.

“It’s the love of the game,” Whitlock said. He has been playing the Call of Duty series for four years.

Will Foster, a 19-year-old private in the infantry, who was third in line, has been playing the game for three years, and says that he keeps coming back because the game is more than just mindless shooting.

“Besides coming back after you die, it feels realistic,”

said Foster, who plays the game on the Xbox360. His screen name is FOZ420. “It employs real military tactics. Check your corners, check your rooms. It’s better not to run-and-gun.”

Jacob Scott, freshman in chemistry, bought the PlayStation 3 version of Black Ops, and says that his relatives in the armed forces have told him the same thing about the game’s realism. Despite this, he says that his favorite moment in the previous Call of Duty game was when a character “rips the knife out of his chest and then throws it in someone’s face.”

Cinematically scripted moments aside, Scott says that the balance the franchise has struck between absurd moments and realism makes the $60 price tag “money well spent.”

“It’s cool that a game can give a solid experience like that,” Scott said. “It’s not too extreme.”

Austan Bever, junior in construction management, reserved the PlayStation 3 version of the game and was camped outside the store with his friends, drinks, and lawn chairs. He says that it is the game’s online multiplayer modes that keep him coming.

“I make frienemies,” Bever said, shouting over the din of his friends.

Kelsey Denham, freshman of elementary education, an Xbox360 Call of Duty player, says that this was her fi rst time waiting for a game’s midnight release, and that she wishes she’d brought a blanket.

“I really wish I could feel my feet right now,” Denham said. Her screen name is KC Lefty, and she has a kill-to-death ratio of 2.6, which means that she wins far more often than she loses. She says she wasn’t always so good at the game.

“When I fi rst tried to play, I shot the sky,” Denham said. “My boyfriend laughed at me.”

Denham says that negative reactions to her gender prompted her to get better at the game.

“When people on the game fi nd out you’re a girl, they act like they’ve never met one before,” Denham said. “I

tell them I’m a girl, and they say the meanest things. I’ve been called a dike before, and people accuse me of being a boy. I destroy them.”

Aaron Gentry, 29, who owns a barbershop in Kansas City but lives in Pittsburg, has been playing Call of Duty since the second game. He says he’s encountered the same foul language while playing, and that people have even thrown racial slurs at him. Despite this, he says the online interactions and the prospect of making new friends keeps him coming back.

“A guy in California sent my daughter four pairs of shoes,” Gentry said. “We got that close.”

Love of game sequel draws crowd for midnight release

Reporting for ‘Duty’HunterPetersonCollegioStaff

As good as the hype, or a gunship-sized fail?

Aaron Sawyer, junior in business management, pays for his copy of Black Ops at GameStop at the midnight release on Monday, Nov. 8.Hunter Peterson/Collegio

Andrew Ballantyne, sophomore in political science, plays a demo of Black Ops on PS3 at GameStop.

Hunter Peterson/Collegio“Call of Duty: Black Ops,” 2010