Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Etownianwww.etownian.com Vol. 110. Issue 5

OPINION Parody Twitter accounts generate debate | PAGE 7 FEATURES Former Poet Laureate holds workshop, reading | PAGE 4

Women’s lacrosse head coach resigns after first season

On Thursday, Oct. 3, Director of Ath-letics and Physical Education Nancy

Latimore announced that former Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Rob Brooks resigned from his position for personal reasons.

Brooks began his career as Head Coach at Elizabethtown College last September after four seasons of coaching at Marymount

University. He led the women’s lacrosse team to a second consecutive Commonwealth Conference Championship and a 12-7 overall record. The Blue Jays conquered three nat ional ly-ranked teams whi le traveling, including No. 19 Messiah College and No. 15 Stevenson University, both of which they beat to claim the Conference title. Last year’s team also broke seven team records throughout the season.

According to Latimore, the search for a new women’s lacrosse head coach is to be initiated later in October. Until the vacancy is filled, Danielle Seling has been named interim women’s lacrosse coach. “Coach Seling served as assistant coach at Etown from 2008 to 2010, helping lead the program to its first ever conference championship and the second round of the NCAA Championship,” Latimore explained.

In her two seasons at Etown coaching under former Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Mike Faith, Seling helped the women’s lacrosse team to achieve an overall record of 32-8. Seling, originally from Whiteford, Md., worked as the head coach at Susquehannock High School from 2010 to 2012.

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Men’s soccer competes against Messiah in final in-conference Marshmallow Bowl

Lorenzen presents on equality, service learning

by KAYLIN RUSSELL

In July 2013, Charla Lorenzen, associate professor of Spanish at Elizabethtown College, traveled to

the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference (AATSP) in San An-tonio, Texas.

At the Association, Lorenzen gave her presenta-tion “Advocating for Equality: a Funds of Knowledge Approach to Service Learning.” The theme of the conference was “Building Bridges to the Future: Innovation, Technology, Advocacy.”

Her presentation was about the different conflicts that arise in the formal classroom between non-native speakers and their understanding of meaning-ful conversation and discussion. With her speech, Lorenzen displayed how to create a classroom that still has funds of knowledge, but also incorporates the understanding of culture and language to ensure that non-native speakers can understand and learn.

Co-Director of the Global Anabaptist Profile Dr. Con-rad Kanagy and his research partner, Dr. John Roth

of Goshen College, are studying the growth of Anabaptist communities in countries around the world, as well as the varying beliefs and practices of these churches.

This study, conducted over the course of four to five years, surveys representatives from 24 Anabaptist churches in 18 countries, including Zimbabwe, Argen-tina, Indonesia and the Congo.

The survey aims to gain a greater understanding of how Anabaptist-Mennonites compare throughout the world by asking questions like, “How often do you attend worship services?” and “Which statement best expresses what you believe about the Bible?”

Another goal of the project is to study the expansion of the Anabaptist religions in the Global South. “There are many more Anabaptists outside of Europe and North America today than there are in them. For example, 51 percent of Anabaptists today live in Africa. So this study is really going to focus on those groups outside of these areas that are growing very quickly, even as populations in Europe and North America are in decline,” Kanagy said.

The Global Anabaptist Profile is a larger, more in-depth repetition of a study conducted by Kanagy from 2008 to 2010. The new study was developed at a conference at Goshen College in Indiana from July 28 to Aug. 1, 2013.

On Saturday, Oct. 12, Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team hosted Messiah College in the final in-conference Marshmallow Bowl. This rivalry dates back over two decades. The Jays unfortunately lost against the Falcons to a score of 3-0. Despite the team’s loss, Blue Jay fans lined the field, wearing Etown gear and holding bags of marshmallows, to cheer on the men’s soccer team as they competed in this historic event.

Photo: Eugene Clemens

Campus Security recently released the 2013 Annual Security and Fire Safety

Report, which describes, analyzes and summarizes the crimes reported over the previous calendar year. This year’s report compares the 2012 crime statistics to those from 2010 and 2011.

This annual announcement is ac-complished through a Clery Report created by Director of Campus Security Leo Sokoloski. It is then approved by the Elizabethtown College Clery Committee before its publication. The Clery Report mandates public reporting of college cam-pus crime statistics, to help keep college campuses safe. “The better informed you are, the better able you are to make smart decisions regarding safety,” Dale Boyer, assistant director of campus security, said.

The two most common incidents that occurred on campus during the 2012 calendar year were alcohol violations and thefts. According to the Report, there were 142 reported liquor law violations in 2010, 162 in 2011 and 95 in 2012. Despite the recent reduction in alcohol violations, reported on-campus thefts have increased over the past three years. There were 33 reported theft cases in 2010, 39 in 2011 and 44 in 2012.

The entire 2013 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is located on the Cam-pus Security page of the College’s website. The illustrated graphs are visual repre-sentations that compare the six most fre-quently reported crimes in 2011 and 2012.

2013 Annual Security, Fire Safety Reportby ANDREW CALNON

2012 Reported Crimes

2011 Reported Crimes

Vandalism

OtherTheft

Liquor Laws

Drug Abuses

Disorderly Conduct

by CATHERINE WILSON-MARTIN

by KARLEY ICE

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“I read the literature, developed research questions and then took field

notes and undertook a systematic discourse analysis on my students’ journal entries to find evidence of

such learning.” ~ Charla Lorenzen

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Kanagy conducts study on growth of global Anabaptism

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Theft

OtherDisorderly Conduct

Drug Abuses

Liquor Laws

Vandalism

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Wednesday, October 30 - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Professional Development Series ~ All majors welcome (come for all or part of the event)

5:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker Jack Nehlig, President of Phoenix Contact, USA Gibble Auditorium 6:30-

7:30p.m. Concurrent Sessions:

Panels featuring alumni and employers discussing their career

journey and career options

Careers in Science Careers in Technology Careers in Engineering Careers in Math

Gibble Auditorium Esbenshade 373 Esbenshade 380 Esbenshade 382

7:30-8:30p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:

(7:30-8, and 8-8:30pm)

*Making the most of your Social Media networking *Developing a resume that sets you apart from the competition *Tips for your first job or internship *Job Fair Success

Gibble Auditorium Esbenshade 373 Esbenshade 380 Esbenshade 382

Thursday, October 17- Resume Blitz 9:00am-4:30pm Bring your resume by to have one of the

Counselors review it for you! Center for Student Involvement (BSC)

Wednesday, October 23 - Graduate and Professional Day 11 a.m.

Getting into Competitive Graduate Schools

Speaker & Author : Donald Asher Musser Auditorium,

2 - 4 p.m.

Graduate School Fair 40 Graduate and Professional Schools participating

The KAV

3:30 pm Applying to Graduate School in the Humanities

Dr. Gail Bossenga, Scholar-in-Residence, Elizabethtown College Dr. Marie Cornelia, Professor Emerita of English, Rutgers University Co-sponsored by the Departments of English and History

Hoover 212

Wednesday, November 6 - CVC STEM Job and Internship Fair 5-7:30pm Co-sponsored event featuring jobs and internships in the fields of

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, as well as Health Sciences. Free to attend.

CVC Consortium at York College of Pennsylvania

The researchers met with the leaders of the churches to design the project and determine t h e s a m p l i n g o f congregations.

“It was just a wonderful experience, across all of these countries, planning h ow t o c on du c t t h e sur vey,” Kanagy said. Attending the conference with him were two Etown students, senior Jennifer Preston and junior Alex Wildberger.

“Working side by side with Kanagy was a great learning experience. I l e a r n e d a l o t a b o u t working with a variety of people and Kanagy demonstrated how to be a leader amongst many types of personalities in order to complete the job at hand,” Wildberger said.

“We were there to listen to the different g r o u p s , s e e w h a t concerns they had and help Kanagy with his research,” Preston stated. They also answered any questions that the visiting representatives had and worke d on s ampl ing design.

B o t h P r e s t o n a n d Wildberger will continue to work with Kanag y over the course of the semester.

There were many cultural a n d c o m mu n i c at i o n barriers that put limitations on research.

“We found that there are a lot of social restrictions. There are different countries where we can’t ask certain questions,” Preston said.

Despite the cultural differences, there were human similarities as well. “In so many ways we are different, but in other ways these churches are really alike in that they are all struggling with certain challenges,” Kanagy said.

T h e s t u d y w i l l c o n t i n u e u n t i l Ju l y 2015. Researchers and representatives will meet at the College for a closing consultation where they will report the results of the study and discuss the implications.

Also, the Mennonite Wo r l d C o n f e r e n c e meeting will be held in Harrisburg this coming July, where the results of the Global Anabaptist Profile will be presented.

Ult imately, Kanag y wants to use the results of the study to expand the understanding and awareness of Anabaptist groups in other countries. He aims to cu lt ivate more sensitivity towards t h e c h a l l e n g e s a n d

difficulties faced by many of these groups, such as poverty and oppression.

“I relate closely to Mennonites in Honduras. One of my friends, who is a pastor in a small church,

lost two of his leaders, who were shot and killed in gang violence,” Kanagy said. “We don’t really understand, know or experience that in North America.”

Jays attend conference, contribute to Kanagy’s Anabaptist research

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Mo d e r n L ang u age s an d the C enter for Global

Understanding and Peacemaking sponsored a trip to Fiesta en la Plaza, an event that took place on Thursday, Oct. 10, in Harrisburg, Pa. as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The theme of the Fiesta was, “Serving and Leading our Nation with Pride and Honor.” This was the state’s second annual Fiesta en la Plaza.

The trip was available to anyone on campus, but was especially beneficial for Spanish, Education, Political Science and Social Work majors, according to Charla Lorenzen, associate professor of Spanish and chair of the modern languages department. The trip had no fee because the Spanish department provided money for lunch and the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking paid for the van rental. The students who attended the event had the opportunity to listen to live

Latin music, sample food from local Hispanic restaurants and interact with representatives of local agencies that had informational booths.

After the fiesta, the group had the chance to view the outside of the Capitol. She recommended that the students come back for a tour of the building, since they were not able to go inside. On the way home from the trip, the group stopped for lunch and spoke Spanish with their waiter. The waiter spoke to the students about the importance of being bilingual and not being shy to practice a new language. “I think they were exposed to new ways of using Spanish and interacting with native speakers. They also became aware of resources for Spanish speakers in the U.S.,” Lorenzen said. She hopes to take trips to Fiesta en la Plaza with students in the future, because it engages students from different majors through an event related to her own field.

The Governor’s Advisory Com-mission on Latino Affairs of Pa. cel-ebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month at the Soldiers Grove Capitol Fountain in Harrisburg, Pa. Governor Tom Corbett has proclaimed Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month in Pa. to commend the many contri-butions of Latino-Hispanics in the commonwealth.

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the rich and diverse culture of Pa.’s fastest growing minority group, which represents approximately nine percent, just over 810,000 of the state’s population. Since 1990, the Latino-Hispanic community has grown 268 percent in Pennsylvania.

Modern Languages, Global Understanding sponsor Fiesta en la Plaza trip

by ANDREW CALNON

Dr. Kanagy, senior Jennifer Preston and junior Alex Wildberger are aiming to cultivate more sensitivity toward the challenges faced by many Anabaptist groups.

Photo: Leah Nissley

“I think they were exposed to new ways of using

Spanish and interacting with native speakers.

They also became aware of resources for Spanish

speakers in the U.S.” ~ Charla Lorenzen

October 17, 2013 News page 3October 17, 2013

Correction:In the article titled, “Teske publishes new work in Zygon: Journal of Religion, Science,”

published on Oct. 3, it was stated that Teske believes in the concept of a disembodied mind, self, psyche and soul that exists independently of a living body. However, he does not accept this concept and instead believes that cognitive processes are “deeply and inescapably rooted in our bodily interactions with the world.”

Women’s lacrosse program continues search for permanent head coach

Seling also contributed to her alma mater, York College, later in 2012 as assistant coach.

The College has also named Linda Delaney the interim assistant women’s lacrosse coach until the head coach position is filled. According to Latimore, Delaney was a three-time all-conference lacrosse player and two-time All-American field hockey player at Lynchburg College.“[She] served previously as assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at Washington & Lee University and as assistant lacrosse coach at Lynchburg College.” Additionally, she has been an assistant field hockey coach at Gwynedd-Mercy College since August of 2012.

Seling and Delaney “will lead the team’s five-week fall season, mentor the student-athletes on the team and handle recruiting duties while the College conducts a search for a permanent head women’s lacrosse coach,” Latimore said. Eleven seniors graduated from last year’s program, causing the team to be relatively small compared to previous years. The team will continue to have regular spring season practices starting in January to train for its first appearance in the Landmark Conference.

Latimore is encouraging students who are considering playing for the women’s lacrosse team to contact Seling and Delaney as soon as possible for details about the upcoming season.

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Seling takes over as interim women’s head lacrosse coach; Delaney steps in as assistant

Danielle Seling and Linda Delaney will be the interim head coach and assistant coach of the College’s women’s lacrosse team for the five-week fall season and until a permanent replacement for last year’s Head Coach Rob Brooks is found. Brooks officially resigned from his head coaching position on Oct. 3 for personal reasons.

Photo: Athletics Department

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Student SenateStrikwerda reviews strategic five-year plan; senators address effectiveness of last year’s zero-based budgeting process; discuss concerns, problems,

solutions to tutoring

by CAITLYN WHIRT

Student Senate has been busy during its last few

meetings. On Sept. 26, Senate hosted its senior staff meeting for the fall semester.

Student Senate invites the senior staff of the College to come to the S enate meeting once a semester. The senior staff consists of the most essential members of the Elizabethtown College administration, including President Carl Strikwerda, Provost Susan Traverso, Dean of Students Marianne Calenda and Dean of Faculty Fletcher McClellan. The senators prepare a series of questions to ask the senior staff members before each meeting in regards to a variety of topics and concerns that the student body might raise.

At this meeting, several key areas were discussed. Str ikwerda opened the meeting by explaining the progress that the College has made in the five-year strategic plan that was created in 2011.

This evaluation included t h e r e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f severa l departments to further efficiency, yet it also considered new prospects, like the establishment of the Office of Sponsored Research, the Center for

Global Understanding and Peacemaking, new graduate degree opportunities and the Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships Program.

S t r i k w e r d a a l s o commented on the College’s ability to deal with the bias-related incidents that occurred last year. Etown’s decisive actions were featured and used as an example of how to deal with such issues in a recent article by the Elizabethtown Chronicle.

Last year, the College also completed a zero-based budgeting process. Further plans for the College include fundraising for the proposed Sports, Fitness and Wellness Center and a campaign that will be used to garner national recognition for the College.

At this meeting, Senate also discussed the possibility of a new policy on campus for the care and protection of minors as well as an ongoing issue in tutoring services. The issue in tutoring services stems from two problems.

First, they are in need o f m o r e t u t o r s , a n d second, there has been an increase in students’ not going to tutor sessions for which they have signed up for. The department is

examining ways to combat these problems and took suggestions from senate.

There is now a 10 dollar charge applied to students’ accounts who do not give a 12-hour notice before skipping a tutoring session. Part of this money is to pay the tutor who is then forced to wait for the student, after clocking in, and the rest goes into a technology fund to assist students with disabilities with specific technology. Anyone with an emergency would be exempt from this charge.

At the Oct. 10 meeting, senate organized new topic focus areas based on concerns heard from the student body. Senate will now look into the Body Shop, specifically with the hours, space and temperature as well as issues with seating and options in the Marketplace. Senate will also be researching ways to increase handicap accessibility on campus.

All senate meetings, as well as meeting minutes, are open to the public. Interested students are invited to access the minutes through the library or by contacting the Student Senate Secretary at SENATE@etown.edu with any questions.

“ I t ’s i m p o r t a n t t o recognize that language learners can learn as much from one another and from native speakers as they can from a textbook, but the teacher is the one who has to create an environment t h at w i l l fo s te r s u ch learning, and then guide the participants toward that learning,” Lorenzen said.

Before presenting at the conference, Lorenzen began to gain interest in the subject matter by ob s e r v i ng how mu ch her own students were learning from the native s p e a k e r s t h e y w e r e interacting with and from each other. She started t o r e a d p r o f e s s i o n a l literature to see if there were people who made the same observation as her.

“I read the literature, d e v e l o p e d r e s e a r c h questions and then took field notes and undertook a systematic discourse analysis on my students’ journal entries to f ind evidence of such learning,” Lorenzen said. With this new knowledge, Lorenzen took her findings to the next level to present on “Advocating for Equality: a Funds of Knowledge Ap p ro a c h t o S e r v i c e Learning.”

Lorenzen stressed how this real-world learning situation is important to the world, and shared her in for mat ion wit h many different teachers at the AATSP conference. Not only does she share her presentat ions and publications on service-learning and recognizing undervalued resources in education, but she applies

it to her own classroom as wel l . The s tudents in her Spanish Service Learning class are learning a second language, so she uses different learning experiences to help them better understand the culture and language.

O n e t h i ng t h e y d o i s c om mu n i c at e w i t h native Spanish-speakers in dif ferent classroom settings.

T h e 2 0 1 3 A AT S P c o n f e r e n c e w a s t h e 95th annual conference, which has grown to have hundreds of attendees and presenters coming from all over the world.

There are also many pre-convention workshops

a n d p o s t - c o nv e n t i o n committee meetings that take place. The teachers who attend learn Second L anguage Acquis it ion T h e o r y a n d h o w t o apply it in practice. The different theories include how people and students should be taught a second language. Vendors also attend the conference to provide and showcase new material, books and more.

Overall, Lorenzen shows her service learning tips of incorporating culture w it h i n t he c l ass ro om to different teachers, so they too can show their students how to gain an equal balance of culture and language.

Lorenzen recognizes need for real-world learning situations in classroom

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Charla Lorenzen stressed the importance of real-world learning situations in her presentation at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference in San Antonio, Texas this past July.

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The High Library sponsored an Open Book Open Film event Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in collaboration with

the Open Book Initiative. The initiative is a campus-wide common reading experience for first-year students. It encompasses a nonfiction reading selection, group discussions and events such as the Open Film screenings.

“Freedom Writers,” a 2007 film starring Hilary Swank, was chosen to be screened at Gibble Auditorium in collaboration with the Open Book initiative this semester. The movie focuses on a new teacher, Erin Gruwell, at a California high school trying to connect with her students. These students are involved in gang activity and street violence. Their teachers and the school’s administration made few efforts to connect with these students or help them improve their education until Gruwell was hired. She took the initiative to give her students reasons to learn and connect with each other. These students took her belief in them and the education she offered and used it to turn their lives around.

John Wood’s Room to Read Foundation focused on improving literacy around the world, specifically in developing countries where education is difficult to come by for one reason or another. “Freedom Writers” focuses on the low education levels in America’s inner cities, showing that the plague of illiteracy and lack of education is not relegated to the developing world. It is rampant in our own country too.

There are many people who do not realize that this country combats the same problems that other countries around the world face. In some cases, the situation in the United States is better. In America, education is compulsory until a student is 16 years of age, at which point they can drop out of school.

We have the No Child Left Behind program, which is meant to improve the academic achievement of the disadvantaged. There are divisions within the country about the effectiveness of such policies, but they do ensure certain standards about American education. Developing countries rarely have such infrastructure. It is difficult for people in these countries to find safe education and the financial stability for continuous education due to the often chaotic nature of politics and daily living in these countries.

The American education system still suffers from similar problems, though. While compulsory education is part of the system, many of the people who drop out are expected to do so, whether because of their attitudes or their backgrounds. Because of this, they are not encouraged to continue their education or to strive to improve themselves or achieve academic prowess.

Underprivileged students in the U.S. tend to deal with just as much adversity as school-aged children in

developing countries. Even the ones who strive for an education have a lot of trouble, because of the lack of faith in their abilities or attitudes. Those who are supposed to help them instead see only the stereotypes that may surround these students.

The film shows books and education as valuable tools to bring about social change and to help people improve their situations. It also makes clear the fact that the tools are not enough. The people using the tools need to want to use them. The film does a brilliant job showing just how Gruwell got through to her students and how they began to change through the things they learned in the classroom. People need passion to change anything and Gruwell gave her students something to base their passion on by getting them interested in reading.

“Freedom Writers” makes it clear that the problems involved in education systems around the world do not end in developing countries. Many countries around the world deal with problems in their education systems for many different reasons. The film was an important one to show at Etown this semester, because it ties into the literacy focus of “Creating Room to Read.” The film shows exactly how the problems with illiteracy and the lack of education are universal problems with the system and are not relegated to one group of people. Every country has different reasons for the systems it uses, including education systems, and each of these countries has problems just like any other. “Creating Room to Read” offers an important message about aiding education in developing countries, but “Freedom Writers” informs its audience that the developing countries are not the only ones that need aid. The film screened at Etown on Tuesday night reminds us that we need to look close to home to improve our world as well as looking abroad.

Recently publishing two books is just another

accomplishment in what is an already substantial career for Elizabethtown College’s Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r o f political science.

Dursun-Ozkanca’s first book was published in July

2013 through Routledge. This book is an edited volume, which was co-edited with Dr. Stefan Wolff of the University of Birmingham, UK. The title of the book is “External Interventions in Civil Wars: Assessing the Role and Impact of Regional and International Organisations.”

It brings together expert case studies on a range of third-party interventions in civil wars. The chapters consider the role of a variety of organizations, including the United Nations, NATO, the European Union, the S h a n g h a i C o o p e r at i on O r g a n i z a t i o n , t h e Organization of the Islamic Conference, the African Union and the Organization of A m e r i c an St at e s i n intervening in civil wars.

He r s e c o n d w o r k i s a volume for which she was the sole editor. It was published by Routledge in September 2013. Its title is “The European Union as an Actor in Security Sector Reform: Current Practices and Challenges of Implementation.” This book crit ical ly analyzes the European Union’s role in Security Sector Reform ( S S R ) , a t o p i c a l i s s u e with regards to European security.

Wh i l e t h e l i t e r atu re o n S S R h a s i n c r e a s e d significantly in the past decade, there are too few comparative analyses of SSR case studies that are g e a r e d t o w a r d t h e o r y d e ve l opm e nt . D u r s u n -Ozkanca’s collection strives to direct SSR literature to further examine the theory. It focuses on how the EU reacts to the SSR.

Another question the b o ok address es i s w hy and how the EU activities regarding SSR in conflict management, peace building and state bui lding have produced a wide variety of outcomes ranging from the failure to reform any or all of the sub-set of security sectors (pol ice, just ice, military, etc.) to complete and integrated reform.

The volume encompasses all relevant cases of SSR in terms of the financial, h u m a n a n d p o l i t i c a l resources involved at the EU level. Cases are drawn from the Balkans (Kosovo; B o s n i a - H e r z e g o v i n a ) , A f r i c a ( D e m o c r a t i c Republic of the Congo), the Middle East (Palestinian Territories), Post-Soviet regions (Georgia) and Asia (Aceh, Indonesia). The end product is a contribution to preexisting literature on the subject, providing both an empirically and theoretically sound approach to the study of SSR.

Dursun-Ozkanca is a native of Turkey and re-ceived her Ph.D. in govern-ment from the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in international relations, comparative politics (Euro-pean politics) and American politics.

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Former Poet Laureate Ted Kooser presents poetic works

On Thursday, Oct. 10, former Poet Laureate Ted Kooser

read samplings of his poetry in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and held a craft talk in Bowers Writers House.

Kooser is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and served two terms as the United States Poet Laureate consultant in Poetry from 2004 to 2006. He has received numerous awards for his works which include 11 books of poetry, five works of nonfiction and three children’s books. This is the second time that Elizabethtown College has invited Kooser to speak.

His poetry contains a central theme of working together as a community. “I find myself writing more and more poems about the way we come together and help each other out in life,” Kooser said. The poems themselves are fairly short, straightforward snapshots from real life. They deal with everything from the sudden notoriety he experienced when he was selected as Poet Laureate in “Success” to snippets of country life in “Potatoes” and slice-of-life anecdotes such as “At Arby’s at Noon.” Kooser said that “there’s something marvelous about things like that.”

Kooser’s poetry style tends toward free verse or prose-poetry. Each poem is edged with an

earnestness that provides insight into Kooser’s character. The poems act more like a way to draw his audience and readers into a conversation rather than a static state of listening. They forego the deep symbolism of some poetry in favor of embracing unassuming d e s c r i p t i o n s o f e v e r y d a y occurrences and situations.

Kooser integrates personal anecdotes into his poetry, ranging from humorous yarns about his finding a bat in his hide-a-bed to stories about his wife and friends. Kooser is one of those people who sincerely enjoy telling stories; it does not matter to him whether the stories he tells are prose or poetic in format, just so long as he starts a dialogue with his readers.

Between his stories and poetry, Kooser paints an intimate picture of his l i fe , his work and his home state of Nebraska. His self-deprecating humor and earnest persona endeared him to each member of the audience, who found definite appeal in Kooser’s down-to-earth world view.

Kooser closed his performances with a self-portrait, telling the audience that he normally does not write poetry examining himself or focusing on introspection, citing a dislike of being the focus of his own work. Kooser likes to be the observer. He said that he finds more interesting stories around him than within. Moreover, he enjoys being the outsider looking

in on snapshots of life and society.Kooser enraptured his audience

and let them see the world through his eyes and experiences. His poetry contained truths of life

without drowning in excessive symbolism, allowing his audience to easily access the points he was trying to make. His entertaining commentar y b oth en l ivened

the audience’s imaginations and provided insight into the meanings of his writings. His second visit to Etown offered a piece of American culture to the campus community.

Dursun-Ozkanca publishes new books

Library hosts screening of ‘Freedom Writers’ as part of Open-Book Initiative

by EMILY VASAS

by MAXIMO ARDUINIby EMILY VASAS

Photo: guideposts.orgFormer Poet Laureate Ted Kooser visited Elizabethtown College on Thursday, Oct. 10. He hosted a poetry workshop at Bowers Writers House at 4 p.m. and read from his works in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at 8 p.m.

Photo: partofthejourney.wordpress.com

The High Library sponsored a screening of the film “Freedom Writers” on Oct. 15. in Gibble Auditorium. The movie was used to illustrate the importance of literacy and education.

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Stephanie Blythe and Les Violons du Roy perform Monday in Leffler Chapel

It is rare to see such a tour-de-force of musical talent featured together in one evening at Elizabethtown

College. Featured on Monday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, the chamber orchestra “Les Violons du Roy” was conducted by in-ternationally renowned director Bernard Labadie and featured Musical America’s 2009 vocalist of the year, Stephanie Blythe. The concert was sponsored by Gretna Music at Etown.

Les Violons du Roy is a Quebec-based chamber or-chestra that is both regular to Canada and tours interna-tionally in the U.S., Central and South America, Europe and Africa. The group is made up of 15 players, mostly strings, and specializes in pieces from the Baroque and Classical periods in addition to a repertoire in Romantic and Modern works. The group’s name is borrowed from the famous string orchestra that served French kings from 1626-1761.

In addition to touring internationally, Les Violons du Roy have performed and recorded with artists such as David Daniels, Marc-André Hamelin and Karina Gauvin. The ensemble has performed with the choir “La Chappelle de Québec” and has recorded masterworks together such as Handel’s “Messiah” and Mozart’s “Requiem”.

An expert of music in the 17th and 18th centuries, Bernard Labadie has been invited to conduct pieces with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Concert Orchestras, symphony orchestras of Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Montreal and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. In addition, he helped to curate and lead the New York Philharmonic in the Bach Variations Festival this past spring. Labadie founded Les Violons du Roy.

Mezzo-soprano vocalist Blythe is considered to be at the pinnacle of her profession, unquestioned among the finest mezzo-sopranos of the time and praised by the New York Times: “With each performance the Ameri-

can mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe gives, it becomes increasingly apparent that a once-in-a-generation opera singer has arrived.”

Blythe starred as Fricka in the Metropolitan Opera’s $16 million production “Ring” cycle in 2012. Live from the Lincoln Center, she starred in the national television broadcast of “Stephanie Blythe: We’ll Meet Again – The Songs of Kate Smith” and another live theater broadcast of the Met’s “Il Trittico” and “Orfeo ed Euridice” has gar-nered much praise in the vocal performance community.

Les Violons du Roy opened the concert with Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Orchestral Suite in C major, TWV 55:C6.” The group featured three oboists, a bassoonist, a harpsichord, several violins and violas, a pair of cellos and a double bassist. In this eight-part movement, both the group and the conductor were full of energy and vi-brancy. After Telemann, Blythe commanded the stage as Les Violons du Roy accompanied her with Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Arianna a Naxos, Hob. XXXVIb:2.” This move-ment depicts the tale of Arianna, King Mino’s daughter, who fell in love with Athenian prince Theseus. After she helped him to kill the Minotaur of the Labyrinth, Theseus took Arianna away on his boat, only to abandon her on the island of Naxos on the way to Athens, leaving her alone in her despair.

In the second half of the concert, Les Violons du Roy opened with Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069,” a five-movement, elaborate, French-influenced piece. Following, Blythe returned to the stage with George Frederic Handel’s “Excerpts from Guilio Cesare, HWV 17,” acknowledged today as one of Handel’s best operas. This piece tells the story of Ptolemy XII, ruler of Egypt and his sister Celopatra’s attempts to gain the favor of Cesare set in 48 B.C. As a result of Cleopatra’s charming of Cesare, she falls in love with him and turns against her brother. Blythe’s powerful vocals filled Leffler with her tales of woe and despair at the hands of love.

Gretna Music at Etown is sponsored by the Anne M. and Philip H. Glatfelter III Family Foundation.

by KAITLIN GIBBONEY

Gombert presents geometric artwork in Hess Gallery

“The greatest trick the devil ever played was convinc-

ing the world that he did not ex-ist,” French poet Charles Baude-laire said. He understood the fleeting sense of reality when he used this analogy. Carl Gombert demonstrated this idea and com-bined it with what he called “plau-sible fiction” in his art gallery hosted at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Although this concept can get confusing at times, Gombert made it very evident to even the most inexperienced of viewers. How did he do it? Through the complex yet eloquently simple use of an age-old symbol: the circle.

“As an artist I am terminally curious,” Gombert said. So much of this world fascinates him that everything becomes fair game. Naturally, the circle fits his style. “The circle is magic; it’s infinite,” he said. “I like to create art that re-wards the diligent viewer.” His art often contains hidden concepts or multiple meanings. He captured this idea beautifully through two very unfamiliar styles of art: straight lines and rubber stamps.

At first glance, the drawings brought to the gallery were noth-ing short of magnificent. The mind goes a mile a minute seeing a vast array of interconnecting circles and patterns all precisely planned and strategically placed. It is not until closer examination that something amazing happens. The circles and bent lines that were so perfectly clear before turn into a mess of straight lines seem-ingly unrelated. “Look close,” Gombert said. “There is not one curved line in the entire drawing.”

He later went on to describe how this phenomenon occurs. “All I did was draw a bunch of straight lines seven and a half degrees apart. I started with a rough idea and let it lead me. I had no idea this is what I would end up with.” A little sign posted next to the art read: “Curves are illusions.”

Gombert’s “straight circle” reinforces the idea that nothing

is as it seems. The key here is his use of different perspectives. Up close, it does not matter how much examination is done. The only things seen are straight lines. It takes a deep breath and a step back to see the hidden elements.

The second set of works was less structured but just as intercon-nected. These pieces were all done on circular paper where Gombert used a variation of stamps to cre-ate different patterns and designs.

In one particular piece a stun-ning portrait of a young woman was seen, but upon closer inspec-tion, the entire piece was made up of tiny skull stamps. None of the students realized this until Gombert focused their attention on the fine detail. A young beauty was made up completely of bones and skulls. The irony was like heavy smog throughout the room.

Many of Gombert’s pieces have been displayed in art exhibits and competitions throughout the world. Some of his artistic style and learning came from the schools he attended. From Texas Tech University to the University of Akron, Ohio, he has been in-volved in a number of art schools, sometimes as a student, other times as an instructor.

But when asked by a student how he comes up with ideas he re-sponded, “Ideas are a dime a dozen. There are so many things that spark inspiration, but the trick is decipher-ing the good ideas from the bad ones.” He went on to tie in Sturgeon’s law which states, “90 percent of ev-erything is crap.” The artist’s job is like that of a locksmith: to figure out which keys are essential to open the door and which ones are worthless.

There are an infinite number of ways in which art serves as a form of communication. Sometimes the message is clear, other times it is hidden. That is the beauty of art. It allows for two strang-ers to go places language often inhibits. The circle is a universal interpreter, which allows artists to grasp that sense of plausible fic-tion and play tricks on the viewer’s mind. The greatest trick Gombert ever played was convincing the world they saw things that never really existed.

by ADAM LANDES

Photo: nytimes.comStephanie Blythe performed as Eduige in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Handel’s “Rodelinda.”The mezzo-soprano is considered to be at the pinnacle of her profession among fellow vocalists of the generation.

Dunlap discusses ‘Evolution of the Coming Out Process’

How would it feel to completely dismantle your past identity and

replace it with another, more real ver-sion of yourself? What is the process? How and when does one come to this decision? As part of a series of lectures in the social work department, Dr. Andrew Dunlap, assistant professor of social work, gave a presentation on these aspects of “coming out” in the LGBTQ community as part of his dis-sertation research.

What exactly is coming out? Dun-lap defined it as “coming to develop a positive self-regard towards one’s own minority sexual orientation” based on outside influences. He categorized this process of coming out as having three parts: divesting heterosexual identity and building a new identity, disclosure and interpersonal connection of sexual identity and stigma management of this identity.

According to the Cass identity model developed in 1979 by Vivian Cass, these stages of discovering one’s own sexual identity are split into six sub-categories: identity confusion, identity comparison (being closeted), identity tolerance (questioning sexual-ity), identity acceptance (coming out),

identity pride and identity synthesis. A great proportion of Dunlap’s pre-

sentation focused on how the process of coming out has changed over time with different generations. In terms of whether or not it is easier for LGBTQ people to “come out” today, opinions vary. In one source Dunlap cited, it is no longer a crisis in this modern age of technology and information. However, according to another source, LGBTQ youth are still viewed as being at risk for mental health problems, homeless-ness, substance abuse and suicide as a result of their anxiety towards their sexual orientation.

As part of his research, Dunlap covered the coming out experience of today’s same-sex attracted youth, the personal theories that same-sex attracted individuals have about the coming out process, how these match with stage theories and post-modern theories of coming out and how the coming out experience has changed over time.

“In the past, I was doing a lot of very intensive coming out work with stu-dents in my office, helping them to de-velop a strong sense of who they were around this aspect of their identity,” Dunlap said. “I started to notice that more and more students were coming to campus actually having done that

work. So I got really interested in this drift of the coming out process hap-pening at an earlier age,” he said.

Dunlap has noticed that experi-ences can vary between age groups. To organize the groups, Dunlap split each age group into cohorts A through E. Cohort A, the “pre-Stonewall” group, consists of those born before 1950, which is the oldest group. Cohort B, the “Stonewall” era, includes those born between 1951 and 1962. Cohort C, the “AIDS crisis” group, includes those born between 1963-1969, Co-hort D, the “post AIDS/Millennial” group, consists of those born between 1970-1988 and Cohort E, the “New Gay Teen” group, is used to describe people born between 1989-1992.

With these organized groups in place, Dunlap started his question-naire. First, those taking the survey would choose which age group they would fall under as well as which gen-der they would be a part of. This gave Dunlap a wide age variety to survey. Next, stages of the coming out process were measured in milestones. Some of the milestones were when those sur-veyed became aware of their different sexuality, concluded that they were not straight, became aware of an LGBTQ role model, met a non-heterosexual person, told their family, told their

non-family, had their first sexual ex-perience, their first relationship and the average age they were when they came out.

After these groups filled out their questionnaires, Dunlap noticed a pattern of Cohort E coming out at an earlier age than Cohorts A through D. In contrast, Cohort A had the highest age of coming out. According to the data, younger generations of LGBTQ youth have come out at progressively earlier ages than the older LGBTQ generations.

In terms of how this affects the Col-

lege community, Dunlap addressed the need of college level LGBTQ students for support. “It’s a bit of a moving target,” Dunlap said. Despite the tech-nology and information about LGBTQ issues, the coming out process can still be a struggle for people, especially at the college level. Dr. T. Evan Smith, associate professor of psychology and director of the women and gender studies program, concluded with his thoughts on the process. “It is still better for some, but not better for all,” he said. “It’s still hard, and it does get better.”

by KAITLIN GIBBONEY

Photo: Leah Nissley

Dunlap presented his dissertation work on “The Evolution of Coming Out” on Monday, Oct. 14 as a part of National Coming Out Day.

There are many students and teachers who make the Department of Fine and Performing Arts one of the

most original and exciting departments on Elizabethtown College’s campus. Theresa Mastrobuono, an adjunct professor in the Department, teaches an acting course in movement for the actor, directs one production a year, manages the costume shop and is a member of the play selection committee. She has an incredible passion for teaching students and for the theatre and performing arts.

As a faculty member at the College for over 17 years, Mastrobuono’s role within the department is a very im-portant and demanding one. Mastrobuono said that her favorite part of her job is “getting to know the students and interacting with them on a personal as well as profes-sional level.” She said “they keep me current and make me feel young.” She expressed that seeing students leave every four years is the worst and most difficult part of her job.

Mastrobuono explained that getting started in perform-ing arts was how she attempted “to serve the overactive imagination she had as a child.” Mastrobuono also recalled enjoying playwriting for her Girl Scout troop, as well as acting in school and church plays since a young age. Clearly, Mastrobuono has always had a passion for per-forming arts and teaching students with similar interests.

Her involvement in theatre and performing arts ex-panded and landed her a spot at Rutgers University to study theatre. While there, she was responsible for found-

ing the University’s first comedy cabaret. She also met a mime named Tony Montanaro who became her chief mentor. Meeting Montanaro proved to be one of the most inspirational and influential occurrences to ever happen in Mastrobuono’s life and career.

She explained that after a car accident, she briefly lost her voice and became very involved with physical acting, as Montanaro had taught her, because her passion for theatre

and acting was still alive. “Physical acting opened up an entire aspect of performing to me, which still influences my work and career,” she said.

She also said that the theatre department is “inclusive and embracing … you don’t have to be a part of the theatre ‘crowd’ or even take theatre classes to participate in theatre events. We invite everyone to come out to act, build sets, run lights or sound, or be a part of stage crew.”

Features page 6October 17, 2013

Mastrobuono speaks on theatre department involvementby NICHOLAS WYLY

Amish wedding season in Lancaster County spans over October

The month of October marks the beginning of the wedding season for

Lancaster County’s Amish community. Their wedding traditions are widely varied and have been chronicled by Dr. Donald B. Kraybill, scholar of Anabaptist traditions. Kraybill is a faculty member in Elizabethtown College’s sociology and religious studies departments. Kraybill is also the series editor of Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.

The wedding season is a festive time of the year for the Amish. The whole community can relax and spend time together after the harvest concludes. A wedding marks the passage into adulthood in Amish communities. Young people usually get married in their early twenties. The wedding ceremony is one of the most important traditions in the Amish community because marriage symbolizes community growth through the family the newlyweds will create.

Weddings in Amish communities are not arranged, but do require both bride and groom to be members of the church. They also require a blessing from the church, the bride’s verification of her wishes and the

groom’s good standing.A typical Amish wedding in Lancaster

County takes place on a Tuesday or a Thursday. This is because it takes a day to prepare for the wedding and a day to clear the venue after the event. Tuesday and Thursday are the best days to hold a wedding because they do not interfere with Sunday church services. If a wedding ceremony took place on a Monday, there would be no time to set up the venue after the church service ended. If it was on a Saturday, there would be no time to clear the wedding trappings away before Sunday.

Amish weddings are traditionally confined to the months of October and November because these months immediately follow the traditional harvest season when there is less work to do. They are enormous affairs that bring much of the community together to plan and celebrate.

Recently, this tradition has been changing, with many in Amish communities making the transition from farming to small businesses. Currently, the wedding season tends to extend into December or even January, depending on the number of weddings taking place during a given season. Weddings do not normally take place earlier than mid-October, though. August and

September are too hot for celebrations that can bring close to 300 people together in a single building.

The traditional Amish wedding is typically

held at the home of the bride. They will not necessarily be held inside her family’s home, but will be held in a tent or outbuilding, like a barn or shop on the property. These weddings involve a three-hour church

service with the marital ceremony taking place at the very end of the service. “The service itself is a sober and plain event with no candles, flowers, veils, rings, tuxedos or special music,” Kraybill wrote.

The festivities after the ceremony involve lunch, games, songs and dinner. The dinner usually consists of mashed potatoes, creamed celery, a traditional wedding dish and bread mixed with chicken, called a roast, among other things.

Typically, guests remain at the bride’s home until around midnight. It is not unusual for guests to rotate between several weddings, since there could be as many as 12 or 15 taking place on the same day.

Single men and women sit on opposite sides of the dinner table until the games and songs begin, at which point they pair up for the festivities. This is true for the wedding party’s table too. The bride and groom’s fathers head the table and the mothers and other female relatives sit on one side of the table and the male relatives opposite them.

Kraybill’s research on Amish wedding traditions can be found in his books, “The Amish of Lancaster County,” “The Riddle of Amish Culture” and “The Amish,” which he co-wrote with Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and Steven M. Nolt.

by EMILY VASAS

“The service itself is a sober and plain event with no

candles, flowers, veils, rings, tuxedos

or special music” ~Donald Kraybill

Photo: lancasteronline.comTheresa Mastrobuono has been a part of the Elizabethtown College theatre department for 17 years.

“You don’t have to be a part of the theatre ‘crowd’ to participate in theatre events” ~Theresa Mastrobuono

We’ve heard it said all our lives. Our el-ementary school teachers warned us about

the horrors that await us in middle school. Our middle school teachers preached how kind they were compared to the harrowing high school teachers. But when we got there we realized that we could handle the pressures of high school just as well as middle school and elementary before. All of our lives we’ve heard, “You can get away with this now, but just wait until you get to...”

Most of us figured that college would be the end of mercy. If your house burned down, your paper would still be due in class the next day. Fortunately, those horror stories we’ve grown up with did not come to fruition. Contrary to popu-lar belief, college professors are human beings who have had family emergencies, technology issues or health issues affect their past. They’ve been there; they know how you’re feeling.

Deadline extensions can, of course, be a bad thing. I would imagine newspaper reporters don’t ask for too many deadline extensions. If you ap-ply for a job, you had better get your resume in the exact time they tell you they want it.

That being said, I’ve always respected a pro-fessor’s good judgment. Professors know more about their students than given credit for. They know who does the reading. They know who takes notes. They know the kids who had a genuine problem which prevented them from getting their work done on time from the kids who just couldn’t bring themselves to do the as-signment yet.

I had a 30-page research paper due in my history class last year. I’m a fickle person, so my topic was constantly evolving. As my topic evolved and got more and more specific, the sources I needed changed, and I rewrote my paper several times. Though I had not waited around to get started when the paper was first assigned, I still had eleven pages to write by the time the week of the deadline rolled around. I was resolved to finish it in time, but when I went to my professor, he asked to see what I had done.

“Don’t worry. I’ll get it done,” I insisted. He raised his eyebrows at me and stuck out his hand. I hesitantly handed him my paper.

“You won’t get a minute of sleep all week if you try,” he warned me.

“That’s fine!” I exclaimed. “I love Starbucks. I’ll buy Mountain Dew. I’ll be good.”

He shook his head firmly: “No one writes well at 4 a.m. If I give you until Monday, will you get it done?”

“Yes, sir” and I did. Upon perusing the final copy, he commented that it might be worth publishing. I have no doubt a copy handed in on Friday would not have been.

Because I had such a close relationship with my professor, he knew I had not been blowing off his class. I had been in his office frequently to ask questions, get his opinion on sources and have him read over my drafts. He had no reason to doubt I had been doing my best to hand in an excellent paper on time. Unfortunately, life happens. Sometimes you just need a little bit more time. He had no problem accommodating me because he knew it was in my best interest. If I had only three pages done because I wanted to go to sporting events or parties rather than do what was expected of me, his leniency would have been hurting me instead.

Deciding when an extension is acceptable and when it is unnecessary can be a precarious decision, but one that I, and a few classmates I’ve spoken to, feel is almost always correctly made by the professors. No one can say, “Deadlines should only be extended in case of...” If you forget that your paper is due, you should not be shown leniency. If you had months to do it, but start the week before it is due, you should not be shown leniency. Besides those circumstances, I think it is a very gray area.

Yes, deadlines will be important as we step into the “real world.” But, we have all survived the things we’ve been warned about — middle school, high school and now college. We have been shown compassion and mercy, learned from it and done better each time. We continually grow and adapt to our new environments. We act more responsibly in college than we did in high school, and we’ll act more responsibly in our careers than we did in college. Having professors show some leniency when it comes to deadlines will not cripple our generation or make us soft. It will just teach us to show compassion and mercy to the generations which follow us in their journeys.

Almost all of us are on social media these days. Whether it is Facebook,

Instagram, Vine or Tumblr, you have probably have used all of these sites at one time or another. Twitter seems to be the most popular social media website for college students, ever since our relatives decided to get Facebook accounts and fol-low everything we post. Twitter has been a good switch since our relatives who love talking in elaborate detail cannot post anything under 140 characters.

With the rise of Twitter, you have probably stumbled upon the Etown Con-

fessions Twitter account. I heard about Etown Confessions from other students during my first year, but I hadn’t checked it out until this past summer. The main point of the account is for students to post crazy stories or thoughts they have in the form of a “confession.” Most of these confessions describe sexual endeavors and drunken debauchery that students have apparently been involved in on cam-pus. Students anonymously send in their confessions through a Google doc. that is linked with the Twitter account. Then the people who receive the confessions post them onto the Etown Confessions Twit-ter account. A confession posted on the site is “had a crush on one of the OT girls since freshman year, still never talked to her. #wtf.”

While I did laugh at a few of the confes-sions, I was stunned by what people were willing to post on the account. It is dif-ficult to find another sample confession that I could give because of their vulgarity. My roommate told me that every school has a confessions page like that. I checked out some of the other ones, and they are tame compared to the ones I have read on Etown Confessions. Even Penn State Con-fessions was disciplined in comparison.

I absolutely love Elizabethtown, and

I love the people here and the College. What I hate is how some people treat each other in person and online. I am disappointed that some of the confessions

use real names of students on campus. The confessions involving names include the person’s entire first name and their last initial. However, it is not difficult discovering who the student is consider-ing this is a small school which only has about 2,000 students. It is amazing how far people are willing to hurt others just for a laugh. It is all fun and games until someone gets hurt. If no names are used in the actual confession, I think that it is fine. It may not necessarily be accept-able, but it’s tolerable. What is completely

unacceptable is that several confessions use the actual names of students, some of whom I know personally. It seems that because each confession is anonymous, students seem like they have this power and freedom to hurt others. Those who are running the Etown Confessions page fail to realize how hurt people can feel by reading these confessions. One student felt it necessary to call a certain group of people on campus, “the definition of ratchet” in their confession. It disgusted me to read that. What was truly “ratchet” was that somebody posted that on Etown Confessions.

And now there is the new Etown Creep Twitter account, which was created in September. The Etown Creep goes around campus, takes pictures of people without their knowledge and then puts them on a Twitter account. What I found on this ac-count disturbed me just as much as Etown Confessions. Most of the pictures are just of people walking to class, but some in-cluded people eating in the marketplace or studying in the library. One library picture that the Creep posted was shot through one of the library shelves. What I found even more surprising is that some of my friends are pictured on the account.

Whenever we see our best friends from

a distance, we may send the occasional, “I see you!” text, or my personal favorite, “creeeeeeeeeeeepin ;).” One of my friends goes to the extent of calling me and says “I’m watching you,” to let me know he is close by. But this is between best friends, not complete strangers.

There is a fine line between creeping on your friends for your personal enjoy-ment and taking pictures of strangers to put them online. One girl who found a picture of herself on the page responded to the Etown Creep by tweeting, “Well don’t I feel special … or like I’m being stalked.”

The major issue with this account is the legality of what the Etown Creep is doing. If they were caught, they could potentially be sanctioned by the College or even arrested for stalking several stu-dents on campus. But the Etown Creep is obviously doing this as a joke, and it is nothing to get into a panic over. But what the people running these accounts fail to realize is that anyone can see these tweets, including prospective students.

Etown was my first choice of colleges. One of the reasons behind this was be-cause I found the College and the students warm and welcoming. If I came across the Etown Confessions or the Etown Creep Twitter accounts while I was looking at other schools, I would have gone to an-other college. Each student is a represen-tative of this College, even those running these parody Twitter accounts, which degrade what the school represents. A few bad apples can ruin the bunch.

For anyone who is going to make an Etown Confession anytime soon, be careful what you post. If you write that confession, you are only going to sound like an idiot by doing so. Even worse, you could hurt someone in the process. If you are going to do it, be smart about

your stupidity, and leave names out of your confessions.

To the Etown Creep; some of us laugh about what you are doing, but others feel bothered. You only find it funny because you are still unknown to us. Before you know it, people will find out who you are and your tail will catch between your legs. It will happen when you least expect it, so keep your guard up. I will watch out for you, but if you somehow successfully creep on me, I will actually applaud you for it. Enjoy your creepin’ while it lasts.

Opinion page 7October 17, 2013

What do you do when you procrastinate?

Compiled by KATIE BRUMBACH

theSound Off

“Go on Snapchat or Facebook.”Shannon O’Leary ’14

“Listen to music, sing and dance or paint.” Annie Ngo ’14

“Sit in the Marketplace talking to friends or go on Facebook; watch YouTube beauty guru

videos or knit.”Kayla Robinson (left) and Nelli Orozco (right) ’17

Parody Twitter accounts generate debateFake Etown Twitter posts amuse, offend students on social media

by NATHANIEL MARLOWE

Photo: @EtownConfessionMost Etown students with a Twitter account are familiar with the Etown Confessions account. Its periodic posts feature “confessions” sent in by Etown students.

“I absolutely love Elizabethtown, and I

love the people here and the College. What I hate is how some people treat each other in person and

online.”

Deadline leniency displays empathy

by GWEN FRIES

Let’s face it, we all know that technology runs our lives, or

at least it plays a huge part of it. With this great power also comes great change. I mean, really think about it, when was the last time you had a genuine conversation with someone in person? When was the last time you asked a friend,

face-to-face, to hang out, instead of just sending a quick text mes-sage? Exactly.

Let’s take this whole technol-ogy thing one step further and talk about employment. Say you’re out looking for a job. Once upon a time, you had to go into the store or restaurant, ask for a manager and ask if they were hiring. If they were, they would hand you the application. They saw your face. They vaguely knew who you were. Looking for a job now can consist of the same thing, but this is not always the case. Now many places are putting their applica-tions online. There is not always that personal interaction that could help you get that job. Technology is getting in the way.

Let’s talk about technology and

the way we spell and talk. I’m going to be honest with you here, I certainly don’t have the best grammar, but nothing drives me crazier than when I’m having a conversation with someone where typing is involved, and they don’t fully spell out words, or have run-on sentences because they are too lazy to use correct punctuation. Sure, I can understand the occa-sional incorrect use of grammar

— we all do it — but you just can’t make a habit of it.

So since we started talking about conversations that involve typing, there is a difference be-tween a text message, an email, a phone call and face to face con-tact. Text messages are great for all day, every day, quick and easy communication, but sometimes the words you are sending may not always come across in the way you meant them. Words can be misread and interpreted the wrong way, and smiley faces and emojis have to power to change every-thing. Emails are quite similar to text messages, except it may take someone longer to get back to you; however, you can send an email to anyone in the whole world and not be charged for it.

Oh, those phone calls. Another form of communication that is quick and usually painless. Now the thing about phone calls is they can get awkward and then what? You can’t just end the conversation by simply not answering like you do with a text or email, but a phone call is so much more personal, especially when you need to talk about something important.

Here’s the big one, face-to-face conversation. Cue the scary music. So, I guess this could be consid-ered the most intimidating form of communication. This is when we have to face everything, the words we’re about to say, the people that we’re saying them to, and most importantly, realizing that we don’t have a keyboard or phone to hide behind. This is when all of our social awkwardness comes

out because we don’t have time to think about what we’re going to say, we just say it. But that’s better, isn’t it? I mean, we’d have to face this sooner or later.

Now, I personally am a texting type of person. I don’t particu-larly care for emails, but I do send them. I hate talking on the phone, but of course I’ll do it. Talking to someone in person I don’t find that intimidating, well, at least not all of the time. If there was only one way I could talk to anyone for the rest of my life though, I would pick face-to-face communication. There are certain things that you just need to say out loud, and there are some things you need to physi-cally hear, not read.

Since there are some things that are better to be said, not typed, I think we should address what

those things are. Bad news should be said in person. If you’re going to break up with someone, or if there was an accident, put your big kid pants on and tell that person right up front. It may be hard, but it’s the best way. Now on a more positive note, if you just got a job, or maybe when you got accepted to college, wouldn’t you want to just scream that news out to someone? Maybe screaming is a little in-tense, but when something big like that happens, I think sharing that joy with someone in person just makes it that much more exciting.

Communication and technology are funny things, but they’re part of who we are. As we march into the future, it’s important for us to take the time to remember that once upon a time there was face-to-face communication.

Can you imagine free-floating in space? Can you imagine having absolutely no communication with the world

while floating away? Can you imagine knowing you may never see your loved ones again?

The weekend’s number one box office movie was Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity.” Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock stars as Dr. Ryan Stone alongside costar Oscar-winning George Clooney, who plays Matt Kowalski. Stone and Kow-alski start out the film on top of the Hubble space station, where Stone is struggling to fix the outside equipment. The audience learns from the conversation that this is Stone’s first time in space.

As the movie continues, the audience is taken through space with Stone as she tries to make her way back to a Rus-sian space station, then a Chinese space station and return to Earth alive.

“[“Gravity” is] a challenge to the senses that engages every kind of dread,” stated New Yorker critic David Denby.

When I first saw a trailer for “Gravity,” I was not interested in watching the movie because I am not a fan of George Cloo-ney. However, I was taken back by how spectacular Bullock and Clooney worked together during this film.

During the film, I was on the edge of my seat — literally — or on the verge of tears. The computer graphics throughout the film were so stunning that the audience could almost feel as though they were trapped in space.

Although the movie was only about 90 minutes long, each moment of the film felt like hours of anticipation, hours of waiting and hoping that Stone and Kowalsky make it back to

Earth safely.At one point in the movie, Stone has tears coming from

her eyes, however instead of down her face, they move toward the audience. In that moment I realized the irony behind that scene, because of the lower gravity.

I cannot even begin to describe the emotions that flowed through the film. Most viewers, if not all, may not be able to relate to the beginning of the film because most of us have never been in space. Nevertheless, while the journey with Stone and Kowalsky continues, the words and events start to take an emotional toll on those who sympathize with the characters.

There comes a point in the film where Stone displays to the audience she has nothing left to live for. In that moment, I began to think about everything I have to live for. I was not satisfied with the ending, but it was completely symbolic of the title of the film.

Overall, I think Bullock did a fantastic job in her role. In

most of her others movies, she plays the strong, independent woman who always has a plan when faced with danger. When Bullock’s character began to run out of answers, that stipula-tion made me want to continue to watch the movie.

Although interested audience members may choose to view the movie in the standard 2D form, I would highly recommend anyone who wants to see the movie to pay the extra money and watch the 3D version. Being entirely involved in this movie makes the audience able to relate and be with the characters during their incredible, yet terrifying journey through space.

This film does not just tell a story about two explorers in space trying to get back to Earth. It does so much more. The movie makes you think about what you would do if there were no options left. It makes you think about whether or not you’ve actually lived your life. If you relate to characters of movies as much as I do and are prepared to go on a dramatic adventure of a lifetime, hold your loved ones tight and take off to “Gravity.”

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PUT YOUR RECORDS ON

Rating:

On the Turntable: The Hunts

Perfect for your fall afternoon soundtrack

Genre: Indie-Folk

Over the summer months, I scan through Inter-net radio and indie music sites searching for

new artists to bring to you during the academic year. On one such adventure across the World Wide Web, I discovered The Hunts: a seven-sibling indie-folk band from Chesapeake, Va. I was compelled by the encompassing nature of their music and their well-crafted lyrics.

The Hunts combine a number of stringed instru-ments — notably mandolin, banjo, violin and guitar — to create a compelling texture to their organic sound. Additionally, their harmonies are enchanting, and overall they are captivating to listen to. Their song, “Make This Leap,” has been on the east coast radio for some time, and was the first of their songs that I listened to. The lyrics are at first questioning:

“I could see,I could see your heart, through your eyes On that night from the balcony How could we ever

Make this leap?”As the song progresses, though, the harmonies

elevate in pitch, seemingly soaring:“Up above the static Up above the racket I hear your voice calling me out of the darkness Caught up like parachutes, Caught up like para-

chutes Oh how we’d fly”In addition to performing worldwide, The Hunts

also engage in service work whenever they can. In the summer of 2012, they traveled to Haiti and orga-nized a two-week music camp for over 100 Haitian children. The Hunts share in the spirit of service that Etown values, and I love it when musicians use their resources and abilities to give back. The Hunts’ first full-length album, “We Were Young,” which was released last November, details the siblings’ experi-ences growing up and their inspirational journey as musicians.

by ALEXA VISCARDI

by JASMINE FOREMAN

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Face-to-face communication retains value despite technology

Photo: Katie BrumbachTalking to others on the phone works well for quick conversations. More meaningful conversations, however, should be reserved for face-to-face discussion. In the same vein, one should text as judiciously as possible.

Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ combines strong acting, impressive visuals

by ABIGAIL PISKEL

Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (Clooney) start the movie as strangers, both wanting only to finish their assigned mission: to repair the Hubble Space Station and return home to the lives they left behind.

It’s that time of the year again — and I’m not talking about Etown monsoon season. There is another storm that

hangs over the campus, causing tears and sweat to fall like rain from students’ faces. Forcing people to stay inside and hit the books. Darkening the usually vibrant Etown climate. It’s midterm season.

Some of you might not have any midterms. If you’re midterm-free, rejoice in the fact that you have more time to sleep and socialize than your friends who are up to their ears in exams. But, do consider bringing those friends cook-ies during these tumultuous times.

Midterms are stressful — there’s no way around that. The reason midterms make so many students anxious is because they often count for a healthy portion of overall class grades. Ten percent of the grade is typically the mini-mum that I have seen. We usually end up telling ourselves, “I’m done for if I bomb this midterm.” Even if you excel

at the homework assignments, class projects and lengthy papers, but you just can’t seem to slug through the tests, there seems to be no salvation. And halfway through the semester, a poor midterm grade can be quite discouraging.

Midterms feel like the last round of poker. You and your friends all put in five dollars at the beginning of the night, and you’ve done a considerable job at winning back more than you put in. The pile of chips in front of you towers over your friends’, reaching for the sky as a sign of your poker prowess. You’re just that good. But your friends play with some crazy house rules — during the last round, all betting has to be in 50-cent increments. You think your hand is solid, and you put a lot of effort into bringing home your precious milk money. Suddenly, you realize that regardless of how well you have played throughout the night, if you botch this final bid, your work will be almost for naught. Instead of dominating the table as you had been, you might walk home with a measly three dollars, all because of one bid that apparently mattered more than the rest. Tough luck.

Midterms feel like rock climbing without a harness. With your iron grip, you scale the towering cliff in front of you. Your handhold and foothold choices are on point — there’s no stop-

ping you. You feel like a superhero. If Batman and Spiderman had a child, you would be that child, ignoring the biological im-possibilities of that situation. Then you see a large ledge directly above you, where you can finally rest after your lengthy climb. The only handhold, however, is a flimsy-looking tree branch jutting out from the cliff face. You have no choice but to keep going, but everything comes down to this questionable piece of greenery. It’s too late to turn back. It’s too late to wonder if you shouldn’t have eaten that muffin at the bottom of the wall, which actually tasted pretty foul in retrospect. Your overall successful climb can come to a terrifying close if that tree branch doesn’t feel like cooperating.

Midterms feel like that treacherous last round of Mario Kart. You and your main man, Yoshi, have navigated every obstacle with relative ease. You’ve hurled red shells at your fellow racers, picked out the fake item boxes from the real ones and only ended up hitting two bananas so far. Nice. After going back and forth with your friends a couple times, you’ve secured the coveted first

place position. See you at the finish line, Donkey Kong. Hasta la vista, Wario … Wait, who the heck plays as Wario, anyway? But then, Toad — that blasted, rascally little mushroom, Toad — whips a winged shell your way. His vicious weapon hones in on whoever is in first place, which happens to be you. Who cares if Donkey Kong is only a couple feet behind you? You had this race. But one shell just ruined it for you. Thanks, Toad.

It really bites to know that one exam can ruin your class grade, even if you have been beasting every other assignment that you’ve received. Not everyone is a good test-taker. Life — fair or not — often comes down to singular important moments or occurrences. So you lost all of your chips in poker. You’ll be back with a vengeance af-ter your next payday. The tree branch snapped. As famous author Ray Bradbury puts it, sometimes you have to “jump off the cliff and learn how to make wings on the way down.” Stupid Donkey Kong won the race. He’ll be receiving a hefty helping of red shells to the rear end next race.

We love to complain about midterms, or even exams in general. No one enjoys them. It’s easy to get carried away and lament about how unfair they are. And, in many ways, it isn’t fair that several sheets of paper or one blue book can be such a death sentence. But we have to buckle down, take the darned tests and accept the results. Then figure out where to go or what to do from there. The hardest test of all is simply staying positive. Let’s all shoot for a passing grade in that department.

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Students must persevere despite stress, importance of midtermsSuccumbing to negativity, complaining makes midterm exams more challenging to endure

by MATTHEW WALTERS

Photo: Alex Iacono

Get your bows and arrows out and hit the woods. That’s right; it’s time for fall! It is the time of the season where the leaves are changing color and starting to drop, birds are migrating south and the football season is underway. Fall is the season filled with beautiful colors and warm smells that make it such a great time to be with family.

This year’s fal l break for Elizabethtown College students fell on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7 through 8, rather than the traditional Thursday and Friday leading into the weekend. Whatever way you look at it, it is still a four-day weekend. Is it better or worse to have fall break on the Monday and Tuesday? It can be argued either way, but there are some benefits that go along with having it on Monday and Tuesday, accompanied by some disadvantages.

For the hunters on campus, this change in time for fall break was a great surprise. Archery season started on Saturday, Oct. 5. Having fall break on Monday and Tuesday gave hunters two extra days off of school to try to take down the 14-point buck they’ve been dreaming about it. Having said this, the weather was not opportune for the hunting experience; it was warm, which is not prime weather for harvesting a deer. Either way, these two school-free days gave hunters the opportunity to wake up early and become one with nature in the woods.

Having interviewed a few students on campus, I found their thoughts on this change in time for break to be similar to mine. “The change in break did not change my plans at all, it was still a nice break from school work,” stated Luke Gatti, a junior. Gatti proceeded to talk about the quality time he was able to spend with his family and loved ones.

Brian Portillo, a first-year stated, “I actually preferred the break on Monday and Tuesday, rather than Thursday and Friday because my schedule for Thursdays and Fridays is easier for me.” This was Portillo’s first break from school while attending Etown. He mentioned spending time with family and

friends that he hadn’t seen in months. “It was nice to see everyone from home again,” he said.

Break on Monday and Tuesday did come with a few difficulties for some students though. Both Gatti and Portillo explained that coming back in the middle of the week threw them off a little. It is a nice surprise to have another short week, but not remembering what class you have the next day could pose a few difficulties. Also, having a Monday schedule on a Wednesday could result in setting alarms for the wrong times and make students miss class, affecting their attendance grades.

Along with the possibility of going to a wrong class or being late, the chances of being productive with school work could also have been affected. For a majority of students, coming back in the middle of the week could make their motivation to do school work difficult. But,

those students who did work over break most likely stayed up to date with their classes and had no need to play catch-up. A Thursday through Friday fall break most likely would not change a student’s decision to do work, or when they do it.

Traveling could be another possible hassle or blessing with the change. Depending on where students were traveling to and from campus, traffic could have been easier or more hectic. For me, traffic was a lot easier with the change. Leaving campus on Friday around noon made for easy traveling since I wasn’t driving during rush hour, and coming back was even easier. After leaving at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday, the traffic was really light, which made the journey back to campus especia l ly pleasant.

Did the change of having fall break on Monday and Tuesday have a drastic effect on students? In my opinion, it did not change that much; students still received a four-day break from classes that allowed them to probably do the same activities they would have done on a Thursday through Friday break. However, there are some positives and negatives to the change, and it just depends on who you are and what your schedule is like.

Fall break schedule changes proves to be undisruptive to Jays

“Did the change of having fall break on Monday and Tuesday have a drastic

effect on students? In my opinion, it did not change that much ... [I]t just

depends on who you are and what your schedule is like.”

by TYLER WEARY

in Etown athletics...

The volleyball team (13-12) lost to the Stevenson Mustangs on Tuesday in three straight sets. The Blue Jays look to keep their record above .500 as they head to Mount Aloysius on Friday.

The men’s soccer team hosted the annual “Marshmallow Bowl” against rival Messiah on Saturday. The game marked the last time that the two conference powers would face off against one another as members of the Middle Atlantic Conference. The men’s team will also be the focal point of this weekend’s Homecoming festivities.

The women’s soccer team entered the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region rankings for the first time since 2011, holding the tenth spot this week. Sophomore Dana Robidoux was named Conference Goalkeeper of the Week after shutting out seventh-ranked Misericordia. She now has three shutouts in her last five games in goal.

Senior Casey Fletcher scored twice in the women’s field hockey team’s 5-3 victory over Stevenson University on Tuesday. Fletcher now has four goals this season. The Blue Jays now have a 4-0 record in conference play and look to continue their success as they look towards the MAC playoffs. Etown will next travel to Chester, Pa. to face off against Widener University.

in the pros...

The NHL season began with an entirely new divisional make-up. The Eastern Conference is now broken into the Atlantic and Metropolitan Divisions, while the Western Conference is now split between the Central and Pacific Divisions. The road to the playoffs are now more difficult to make as only four teams from each divi-sion will be able to make it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Philadelphia Flyers have gotten off to one of their worst starts in franchise history, starting the season with a 1-6 record. On the other side of the state, the Pittsburgh Penguins are enjoying the move to the Metropolitan Division. The Penguins are currently in first place with a 5-1 record.

in the NCAA...

The race for the Heisman is heating up as a few candidates have begun to pull away from the pack. Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater has lead the Cardinals to a 6-0 record and has 18 touchdowns to only two interceptions on the season.

Another player that will be giving Bridgewater a run for his money is first-year quarterback Jameis Winston. The Florida State superstar already has 17 touchdowns on the year and has led the Seminoles to a 5-0 record.

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The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team’s season is best described as resilient.

The once 0-3 Blue Jays are now 7-4 and 2-0 in the Commonwealth Conference.

After starting the year with three straight losses, the Blue Jays won four straight games, going above .500 for the first time of the season. A home loss to Haverford College knocked Etown back to an even 4-4 record before they rattled off three straight victories — including a 1-0 upset of seventh-ranked Misericordia. The win launched Etown into the top ten in the re-gional rankings and gave the team confidence heading into conference play.

“It's great to achieve a ranking like that, and we've worked hard to earn it, but we still have a long way to go,” sophomore Trisha Clark said. “It is very encouraging to have something concrete to look at to show that we're moving in the right direction. We just want to make sure we don't stop there.”

After a blowout win to open conference play against Albright College, the Blue Jays traveled to Alvernia College to face the Crusaders on Oct. 9. First-year Elyse Koterwas made the most of her first career start with a header in the eighth minute of the contest. Her first career goal was set up by a corner kick off Clark’s foot, who recorded her fifth assist of the season. Etown threatened to increase the one goal lead late in the first half, with scoring opportunities by sophomores Lauren Fredericks and Kara Weller, but both shots were denied by

Alvernia goalkeeper Colleen Maher.Etown’s sophomore goalkeeper Dana Robi-

doux continued her season-long success, stop-ping five of Alvernia’s shots on goal. The only blemish on her stat line was an Alvernia goal in the 63rd minute by Laura Mauroschadt, tying the game at one apiece.

The game remained tied over the next 17 minutes, with each side attempting one shot on goal. Sophomore Lauren Berry, whose shot was denied in the sixty-ninth minute, took a pass from first-year Sydney Nester and found the back of the net for her team-leading tenth goal of the season. The Blue Jays dominated time of possession in the final ten minutes of regulation and held on for the 2-1 victory.

“This next week is by far the most important stretch we will have this season,” Clark said. “It's now the middle of conference play, so every single game is make or break. There's no room for mistakes anymore, so we're bringing our ‘A’ game this week.”

The victory over Alvernia increased Etown’s win total to seven in their last eight games as they head into arguably the biggest game of the season against seventh-ranked Messiah College. An extremely rainy end of the week led to the teams postponing the highly anticipated game back until today. The two teams will now kick off tonight at 6 p.m. on Ira R. Herr Field.

“The Messiah game is always something special. Just the entire mindset and mood sur-rounding our team for the week leading up to Messiah is different,” Clark said. “It's great that

we get to have a go at one of the best teams in the country, and we want to come out and show them that Etown women's soccer is not a program to be overlooked.”

The Messiah Falcons were unanimously selected as the best team in the preseason Commonwealth Conference poll, receiving all ten first place votes. They have domi-nated the Commonwealth Conference in recent years, winning the last six conference championships. With this being the last year Etown is participating in the Commonwealth Conference before their move to the Land-

mark conference next season, they will look to duplicate their success of the 2006 season when they took home the conference title; the last team other than Messiah to win the championship. “We want to make a statement and say that we're here to compete with the best teams in the country, and we're capable of doing that,” Clark said.

After the Blue Jays take on Messiah, they will close out the week at home on Saturday afternoon when they take on Hood College. It is the annual Homecoming game and kickoff will be at 2 p.m.

Women’s soccer prepares for final stretch of conference play

Photo: David Sinclair

by BRIAN LUKACSY

Field hockey takes down Stevenson

The field hockey team will look to hold onto their current undefeated record as four of their last five games of the season are against MAC opponents. The Blue Jays’ next game will be against Widener University on Saturday, Oct. 19.

The Blue Jay field hockey team has been flying high in the midst of a five-game winning streak. The team is clicking on all cylinders after consecutive victories against York College, Arcadia University, Juniata College, Albright College and, most recently, Alvernia University.

A few weeks ago, the Elizabethtown College field hockey team was 3-3 and had not played an in-conference game. They are now five games above .500 with a 3-0 conference record and peaking at the right time, with only one-third of the regular season left. Junior Kendra Hudson credits the team’s success to teamwork, saying, “We do not rely on a few players but rather we are a cohesive unit. We are a family.”

In the last five games, the Blue Jays have outscored opponents 21-3, as junior goalie Marlena Johnson continues her work in the cage with three shutouts this year. Sophomore Jacki Hikes stressed the importance of focusing on every game by saying, “Each day we focus on skills and strategies that need to be fixed or improved so that we can come out strong and execute each and every game.” This attitude has paid dividends to the team’s fast start in games. In the season, the Blue Jays are outshooting opponents 102-61 in the first period of games.

Hikes continues to shine having scored in three consecutive games, including three goals against Alvernia, and six goals in the last three contests. Her tally for the season now stands at 13 goals and 32 points. The Blue Jays took down Alvernia 5-1, despite going into halftime tied at 1-1. Sophomore Alyssa Aichele and senior Jackie Zylka added goals along with Hikes’ hat trick and Johnson’s 14 saves to defeat the Crusaders on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

The Blue Jays began the 2013 season with certain goals, and continue to hold true to them. The overall goal is to be the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) champions. There are ways of achieving that goal by focusing on daily progress. These persistent focuses include continually being in better shape, working as a team, communicating and supporting one another. “All of these smaller goals, however, support our biggest goal of the season, which is to win the MAC championship for the last time possible,” Hikes said.

2013 will be the last chance for Etown to win the MAC title due to changing to the Landmark Conference. The field hockey team hopes to go out strong and leave their opponents thankful for the conference switch. It would be awesome to go out with a bang and show our new conference what is in store for them in the following years,” junior Emily Mason said.

With seven games left in the regular season, the Blue Jays have ways in which they hope to improve. “The team can improve by continuing to work hard at practice each and every day because that is what is going to make the difference between a five-game winning streak and a 12-game one,” Hikes said.

This group feels they can do things that other field hockey teams at Etown have not been able to do. Hudson explained her full confidence in the team by saying, “We will win MACs, and we will go to NCAA’s.”

The team has faced two other opponents since Alvernia. First they played Ursinus College in an out of conference game that ended with the Blue Jays losing 1-6. However, the team then faced Stevenson University on Oct. 15, where they sealed another in-conference win. The game’s final score was 5-3, brining the women’s field hockey team’s conference record to 4-0.

by JACOB WEBER

The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team will face Messiah College today at 6 p.m. on Ira R. Herr Field. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12 but was postponed due to field conditions.

Photo: Athletics Department

Elizabethtown’s women’s volley-ball team has 13 wins and 12

losses this season. Most recently, the Blue Jays showed their prow-ess and exceptional teamwork on the court with a win against Hood College.

“My hope would be for them to continue to have a blast playing Blue Jay volleyball,” Head Coach Randall Kreider said. “We saw that against Hood, and it was a real joy to see.” Kreider also said that he is pleased with the team’s perfor-mance this year. “We’re doing some real nice things this year. The team has pretty much eliminated all internal drama. They truly are a team, and that helps us as we move into the heat of the conference schedule.” Kreider’s opinion of the team and the direction he wants them to head is widely shared among the players.

“We are performing well this year, even though our record may make it seem that we are not play-ing as well as we had expected. We have faced some very tough out of conference competition and will soon be facing Stevenson Univer-sity and Messiah College — two of our strongest conference op-ponents. The best part about our team is how we play together, work

to support each other and never give up, even when we are down,” sophomore Mary Clyne said. She, along with the rest of the team, has high hopes for the rest of the season, especially as they look to the upcoming games.

Kreider and the team hope they will successful throughout the rest of the season and into playoffs. When asked what his hope was for the rest of the season Kreider responded with, “Beat Stevenson! Beat Alvernia! Beat Messiah! That’s a tall order … but simply beating two of the three would put us in real nice position for playoffs. A win against all three might land us in first place!”

Despite the team’s best efforts, the Blue Jays were unable to beat Stevenson University and the game ended with a final score of 0-3. The Mustangs came into the game with a 27-1 record, with their only loss coming against Eastern University. However, the coach and the team still seem to be on the same page as to what they all expect and hope for the rest of the season.

“Our goal for the season has al-ways been to make playoffs, make it to the semifinals match, hopefully win and then play in the champion-ship match. All in all, we hope to reach our full potential this season, because we believe that we’ve only touched parts of it so far. Therefore, by playing our best, we will be able to do great things!” Clyne said.

Kreider appreciates all of the work that his players put into prac-ticing, even if they don’t see a lot of playing time. “I would like to give a well-deserved shout out to our players whose names you might not always see in the box scores. Our program is built upon the competi-tive player who plays her heart out every day simply to make the team better,” Kreider said. “We rely on every player in our gym, not just those that see time in matches.”

The team will head to Mount Aloysius University tomorrow, Oct. 18, to play in one of the team’s final out of conference matchups.

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Both the men and women’s cross country teams competed in

the Lehigh Paul Short Run on Saturday, Oct. 5 in Lehigh, Pa. The men’s team ran an 8K taking 21st place out of 46 teams. There were 372 runners in the men’s race. Sophomore Zach Trama led the Blue Jays with a time of 26:25. Following Trama was sophomore Matt Shenk finishing with a time of 27:06 and senior Stephen Welsh with a time of 27:11. Sophomores Ryan Conway and Sam Cooper both finished in under 28 minutes.

The women ran against a number of NCAA Division I and II teams finishing in 11th place out of the 45 teams and 365 runners that competed.

Senior Traci Tempone, running her first 6K of the season, crossed the finish line in 28th place overall

with a time of 22:36. Senior Megan Tursi finished in 23:31, junior Amelia Tearnan in 23:33, senior Amanda Kerno in 23:34 and first-

year Alexis Groce in 24:06. “Everyone ran well and it

set a good starting point that we definitely want to improve upon,” Tempone said. They tied with Towson University and beat Lafayette College, Temple University, Canisius College, R i d e r Un ive rs i t y, Rut ge rs University, Winthrop University, Mt . St . Mar y ’s Univers i ty, Binghamton University, Niagara University and Siena College, all of which are Division I teams. The women’s team was the fourth best finishing DIII team.

Their next meet is the 6th Annual Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble hosted in Oberlin, Ohio on Oct. 19. The women will be running a 6k and the men will run an 8k. This will be the biggest meet of their regular season.

Men, women’s cross country teams finish Short Run in 21st, 11th place

by AMANDA ROBERTSON

Photo: Athletics Department

The men and women’s cross country teams will travel to Ohio this weekend to compete in the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble.

Volleyball looks to improve overall record in upcoming match vs. Mount Aloysius

by TYLER FREEZE

The women’s volleyball team will look to keep their record above .500 as they travel to Cresson, Pa. to face Mount Aloysius College tomorrow. Lone senior captain Carolyn Lukiewski looks to lead the Jays back to the playoffs.

Photo: David Sinclair

EVOLUTION OF BLUE JAYS ATHLETICS

1928

1938

1928

College officially sanctioned

intercollegiate athletics

Ira R. Herr hired as first coach and athletic director

Men’s soccer added as sport

1988

Women’s soccer added as sport

1930sMascot changed

from Grey Ghosts to Blue Jays

1975Field Hockey won first MAC title

1975Ira R. Herr Athletic Hall of Fame instituted

1960Men’s soccer

captured first national championship in college

history

“Our program is built upon the competitive player who plays her heart out every day simply to make the team better. We rely

on every player in our gym, not just those that

see time in matches.” ~ Randall Kreider

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zach trama

Sophomore cross country runner Zach Trama finished in 45th place in the Lehigh University Paul Short Run. Trama finished with the top time for Elizabethtown’s men’s team during the competition. Trama posted an 8k time of 26:25. This beat his best in this event by 41 seconds. Zach is also a member of the winter and spring track and field teams. As a first-year, Trama won the MACs in the 500m.

Major: Actuarial ScienceHometown: West Chester, Pa.Favorite athlete/sports team: Dan GreshFavorite Jay’s Nest item:SushiFavorite movie: The SpongeBob MovieFavorite musician/band:Third Eye BlindFavorite place to visit: Sandbridge Beach, Va.

by ADAM MOORE

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In 10 years, I want to be … 29 years old.Favorite Etown Memory:Eating dinner at Carl’s house with the cross country team.Greatest Etown accomplishment:Winning a beanbag chair from a raffle during the Midterm Meltdown last semes-ter. It was quite comfortable.Greatest athletic accomplishment: Winning MACs in the 500m during my first year.I started running at age...Six. I starting competing in the sixth grade.

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Sportspage 12 October 17, 2013

Athlete of the Week

@ Hood

M/W Soccer vs. Hood

W Soccer vs. Stevenson

M Soccer vs. Stevenson

Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble

Fou r d ay s a f t e r w i n n i n g their 800th game of a l l -

time, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team fell to No. 3 Messiah College 3-0 in the first “Marshmallow Bowl” played at Ira R. Herr field in three years on Saturday, Oct. 12. The game marked the tenth straight win for Messiah against Etown and the last conference meeting between the two teams, as the Blue Jays will move from the Middle Atlantic’s Commonwealth Conference to the Landmark Conference next year, putting a possible end to one of the most heated rivalries in the NCAA.

The bleachers at Ira R. Herr Field were packed with Etown fans in the traditional orange Etown-Messiah T-shirts that, t h i s ye ar, re ad : “ The F ina l Flight” in recognition of the conference change. It was the first “Marshmallow Bowl” played at Etown in three years. The game usually alternates locations each year, but a late October snowstorm in 2011 forced the game to be played at The Net, an indoor sports faci l ity in Palmyra, Pa. The fans showed up wielding bags of marshmallows, which began raining down in the bleachers and onto the field at the start of the game, and the flurry did not stop until the final whistles were blown.

The Blue Jays were looking to win their first regular season “Marshmallow Bowl” meeting since 2002, but goalkeeper Rodrigo Barrera’s challenge began early, when he saved a shot from Messiah junior midfielder Brian Ramirez in the fifth minute. Then, in the nineteenth minute, he stopped a shot from Falcons leading scorer Joshua Wood. The third shot was the charm for Messiah as junior Jeremy Payne scored in the twenty-first minute — his ninth goal of the season. Etown’s best chance to score came in the tenth minute when junior Andrew Sandridge fired a shot from the right side of the eighteen-yard box, but was unable to hit the net.

Falcons leading scorer Joshua Wood tallied a second Messiah goal for his eleventh of the season in the fifty-fourth minute. Messiah’s high-pressure offense paired with the Blue Jays’ inability to create offensive opportunities

resulted in Etown spending most of the game in their defensive half. A series of quick passing led to the Falcons’ third and final goal of the afternoon, which came off the foot of first-year Robby Johnson.

In a l l , the Blue Jays only managed two shots, neither one of them on target, and Rodrigo Barrera faced a total of twenty-seven shots, amassing eleven saves. This brought his season total to forty-four in seven games. The Falcons won twelve corner kicks and only gave up one to the Blue Jays.

The loss against Messiah came only a few days after the Blue Jays won their 800th game of all-time in the program’s 72nd season against conference opponent Alvernia University. Etown is the third team in NCAA history to accomplish the feat. The Blue Jays have fielded a team every year since 1938, except for a four-year hiatus during World War II. Etown joins Division I UCLA (921) and Division III Wheaton College (828) in the 800-win club.

The Blue Jays benefitted from two first-half goals scored by juniors Zach Lee and Andrew Sandridge, while only allowing a single Alvernia goal. Neither team mustered a shot on goal in the second half and the Blue Jays celebrated making history.

The game was Barrera’s first game back from a leg injury he suffered in the game against Susquehanna University on Sept. 25. He recorded one save.

The Blue Jays will face Hood College on Saturday, Oct. 19, during the 2013 Homecoming weekend, at Ira R. Herr Field. The Homecoming King and Queen will be announced at halftime of the game. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

by MATT SHANK

Men’s tennis finishes fall seasonwith MAC Individual ChampionshipsMen’s soccer loses last

conference game against long-term rival Messiah

Saturday’s game verse the Messiah Falcons marked the last time that the two storied programs would face one another in the MAC.

FROM NEWS PAGE 1

Photo: Eugene Clemens

This past weekend, Elizabethtown College’s men’s tennis team trav-

eled to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. to finish their fall season by competing in the 2013 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Individual Championships. This two-day event was met with success on the first day, but the Jays fell short moving forward in the tournament. Singles play saw five of the Blue Jays top six players’ move to their quarterfinal matches, but got knocked out before reaching the semifinals. Doubles play fared better for the Jays, with the top team of se-nior Cole Turula and first-year Ryan Caris and a second team of junior Michael Cannon and first-year Ben Geiger moving on to their respective semifinals match.

Singles play was a point of strug-gle for the Jays on Saturday. Top-flight entry Turula was able to win in straight sets in his first match against Dan Fowler of Eastern 6-3, 6-3, but was knocked out in his next match by the No. 2 seed George Parkhurst of King’s in straight sets 6-0, 6-1. The rest of the entries for Etown, Cannon (No. 2), senior Joe Kirchner (No. 3), first-year Matthew Hornbaker (No. 5) and sophomore Evan Hinkley (No. 6), all had a similar fate. Can-non won his first round match in straight sets (6-1, 6-0) against Arca-dia’s Wesley Wei. Kirchner went on to win the tiebreaker against Claude Purcell of Albright 4-6, 7-5, 10-3. Hornbaker defeated Nick Hendry of Misericordia 6-1, 6-2 while Hinkley downed Stevenson’s Peter Hoblitzell 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.

The first day of doubles saw big

wins for the Blue Jays. Etown sent two teams to the semifinals. The team of Turula and Caris was dominant in their pair of wins on Saturday, defeating Hood’s Cameron Proctor and Vladislav Sluchenkov 8-4 in the first round and FDU-Florham’s Ryan Kearns and AJ Warden 8-6 in the second round. The team of Cannon and Geiger were equally as dominant on Saturday, topping Ian Moore and Claude Purcell of Albright 8-0 and Christopher Brittingham and Peter Shuck of Messiah 8-3. However, both

teams faced the top seeds in their brackets on Sunday. Neither Etown team could pull off the upset. Turula and Caris were bested by the Parfi-anowicz brothers of Wilkes in eight straight games. Cannon and Geiger fell in a similar fashion to Alex Makos and Steven Wilson of Wilkes 8-0.

With the fall season wrapped up, the Jays look forward to starting their traditional season this com-ing March, beginning with their spring training trip to Hilton Head Island, SC.

by MATT SHANK

Both of the men’s tennis doubles teams were defeated in the semifinal matches of the MAC Individuals Championships with past weekend.

Photo: Athletic Department

“We want to finish off the season strong in conference-

play and make a run in the MAC playoffs one last

time.” ~ Kyle Fowler