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The students and faculty of Pittsburg State have taken to heart the importance of sustainable practices and sev-eral organizations got together on Wednesday, Oct. 26, to inform students through various visual demonstrations.
“Sustainability is important because it means you’re taking responsibility for the condition of the planet that you’re leaving to future generations,” said Jeanine Kunshek, junior in psychology and Spanish. “And you’re taking and using only what you need.”
Members of the Student Government Association, Residence Hall Assembly and the Office of Analysis, As-sessment and Planning, were involved in the event.
“SGA ran a booth where students could stop by and guess how many plastic bottles were in a large bin,” Kunshek said. “Most students guessed around 450, but the correct number was 684.”
SGA offered a reusable shopping bag, reusable water bottle and Gorilla T-shirt to the two students who were closest to the number of recyclables on hand and all participants were entered into a drawing for a T-shirt and
four winners were drawn randomly. The SGA booth encouraged students to get involved
and understand why there is a sustainability mission on campus.
According to Kunshek, this is the first year SGA has had a sustainability committee.
The activity the Residence Hall Assembly conducted was a water taste test where participants attempted to correctly identify three types of water. The students tasted water from three unmarked containers to determine if they knew the difference between tap, bottled and filtered water.
“My favorite part of Sustainability Day was RHA’s water-testing table,” Kunshek said. “I walked into it confidently, thinking I could guess correctly, but I failed miserably. I didn’t get a single one.”
According to Rachel Jordan, one of six members from RHA conducting the test, 32 people participated in the activity. Participants who guessed correctly were entered to win a water bottle.
“Each time people are convinced they’ll be able to tell what kind of water they’re drinking,” said Jordan, senior in commercial art. “Everyone thinks bottled water tastes
the worst, but much of the time they can’t tell.” Students in Joey Pogue’s small-group communication
class promoted the events beforehand. They created pub-lic service announcements for GTV and Gorilla Radio, created a Facebook page and posted fliers for the event. The students also conducted a survey to learn how much their peers knew about sustainability. Other volunteers helped sort trash collected over two days from Heckert-Wells, Yates, Kelce and Hughes halls.
Edwin Stremel says he volunteered to help with Sus-tainability Day through SGA.
“They were trying to see how much trash could be recycled,” said Stremel, senior in automotive technology. “They did the same thing five years ago and were trying to see if there were any improvements.”
There were. Compared to five years ago, students are throwing away fewer recyclables.
According to Kunshek, Delia Lister’s biology students received extra credit for helping sort trash and President Steve Scott even helped with the event.
“There are a lot of things that can be recycled,” said Kafui Alomenu, graduate student in printing manage-ment. “Sustainability Day raised awareness of this. If
Students learn to use less on Sustainability Day
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Noemi Hernandez, sophomore in human performance recreation, and Jacobi Spresser, undecided, fill out a survey to assess their knowledge of sus-tainability and recycling on the Oval on Sustainability Day on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
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Jay beNedictCollegio Reporter
Clinton Bell is on a crusade to change campus policy and the attitudes of students on campus.
Bell’s efforts are directed towards changing the policy for bulletin board material, particularly the Student Govern-ment Association’s (SGA) regulation of campus bulletin boards. The current policy requires that a student or orga-nization get their fliers approved and stamped by a member of SGA before they can post something on the boards.
“It’s a violation of our freedom of speech,” said Bell, junior in psychology. “The bulletin boards should be open forums for students to communicate with each other.”
Lara Ismert, academic affairs director, says the process isn’t that strict and any senator can be ap-proached for approval. Ismert says the fliers are checked for vulgarity and must contain the contact infor-mation for the individual or organization. If it meets those two standards and does not promote a business, drugs or alcohol, it will probably be approved. Ismert says the fliers then receive the official stamp with a date by which the post has to be removed.
“Our current system is efficient,” said Ismert, junior in math and creative writing. “But it does kill spontaneity.”
Bell’s proposed plan does away with the stamp process. He says the boards should be more focused on how fast you can post. Bell says the current approval process acts as a filter because some students may not post a great idea, something controversial or something personal because it has to be viewed by someone else first.
“SGA and the university’s priority should not be keeping things off boards, but getting more information and ideas
on to them,” Bell said.Bell says the bulletin boards should be regulated by the
students themselves and he thinks any student should be able to put something up or take something down. Under his plan, the west wall of the bottom floor of the student center would be one huge board where anyone could post anything. Each department would also have student-to-student, teacher-to-student, and teacher-only boards. These boards would encourage the free-flow of information and help bring students together.
“The best and brightest minds in our area come here ev-ery morning and ignore a great forum for discussion,” Bell said.
Tyler Edwards, campus affairs director, says SGA thought the idea was interesting, but says the univer-sity is going to want some kind of regulation on the bulletin boards. Edwards says Pitt State doesn’t want a prospective student and their family touring campus and seeing something inappropriate.
“Something bad might never happen, but all it takes is one thing to ruin it,” said Edwards, senior in international business and Spanish. “Even the threat of one instance is probably enough to keep the current system in place.”
Under Bell’s new plan, the students would have regula-tory power to take down anything vulgar. They would also be responsible for removing old, outdated posts to avoid clutter. Bell says students can post anything they want now since the only punishment is being banned from the bulletin boards. They could just keep posting.
“We’re all adults here and we know what is appropri-ate,” Bell said. “It makes less energy to pull something inappropriate down than it does to put something up and I
Jay beNedictCollegio Reporter
This summer, Bleacher Report ranked Pittsburg State’s Carnie Smith Stadium as one of the Top 50 stadiums to see before you die and as one of the top 20 football atmospheres in the country.
PSU was the only NCAA Division II school ranked on both lists and for good reason. Over the years, plenty of money, time and effort have been poured into “The Pitt” to ensure that it stays modern, pristine, and remains one of the best football facili-ties in Division II. Conversely, little has been done to upgrade the Weede Physical Education Building since it was built in 1971.
“When the Weede was built, there were three or four teams that used its facilities,” said Athletics Director Jim Johnson. “But now there are 13 teams using it.”
Johnson says this leads to congestion, especially during the winter months. Johnson says there are days in January and February when the volleyball, baseball, softball, indoor track, and men’s and women’s basketball teams are all vying for time in the gym and weight room.
Aging facilities can lead to competitive and recruiting disadvantages. Safety issues arise when discuses and shot-puts are flying near courts, and basketballs can roll in front of runners on the track. The hectic atmosphere impairs a coach’s ability to prepare their teams for upcoming games. Potential recruits often base part of their college decision on the facilities they will be using. Pitt State is unable
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressing for passage of the transporta-tion piece of his stalled jobs bill, President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that lawmakers are out of touch and urged them to fall in line with the big majority of the public he said supports him.
Obama said the nation’s aging transportation network costs U.S. businesses and families about $130 billion a year, a sum he said was a tax and a drag on the economy. Failing to upgrade the network could cost the U.S. hundreds of billions dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs by the end of the decade, he said.
The Senate plans to vote Thursday on whether to take up the mea-sure - $50 billion for road, bridge and other repairs and $10 billion to attract private money to help finance such projects.
Like Obama’s earlier jobs proposals, this piece is expected to be unanimously opposed by Republicans and a few Democrats who object to any new spending and to the president’s plan for a new tax on the wealthy to help pay for it.
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WETMORE, Kan. (AP) - The sixth victim of a northeast Kansas grain elevator explosion had been working as an on-site grain inspec-tor for about seven years, and was remembered as a dedicated father.
Darrek Klahr, 43, of Wetmore, was working at the Bartlett Grain Co. elevator in Atchison, about 50 miles northwest of Kansas City, when the blast occurred Saturday. Six people, including Klahr, died, and two others were seriously injured.
In addition to Klahr, Travis Keil, 34, of Topeka, also a grain in-spector, died as a result of the explosion, along with Bartlett workers Curtis Field, 21, Chad Roberts, 20, Ryan Federinko, 21, and John Burke, 24.
Third worker says Cain harassed herWASHINGTON (AP) - Herman Cain’s
presidential campaign is accusing rival Rick Perry’s operation of being behind stories about sexual harassment allegations against Cain in the 1990s.
Cain’s campaign manager says the Texas governor should apologize to Cain for providing information about the harass-ment allegations to the news media.Cain specifically blames a Perry consultant, Curt Anderson. He says he told Anderson about the sexual harassment allegations when Anderson was working on Cain’s 2004 Senate campaign.
Jury convicts Washington officer of excessive force
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A federal court jury on Wednesday con-victed a Spokane police officer of using excessive force on a mentally ill man who died in 2006 after being struck and Tasered at a conve-nience store.
Officer Karl Thompson was accused of brutally beating Otto Zehm, a 36-year-old schizophrenic man, and then lying about it to in-vestigators. Zehm died from his injuries two days after the encounter.
Thompson was not charged with killing Zehm. Federal jurors instead found him guilty of violating Zehm’s civil rights by use of excessive force. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Suspect confesses to police he shot up hair salon
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A disgruntled father charged with mur-dering his ex-wife and seven others confessed to police that he shot up a Seal Beach hair salon after arguing over custody of his 8-year-old son, court papers show.
Shortly after his arrest, shooting suspect Scott Dekraai told an investigator he argued with his ex-wife Michelle Fournier by phone the morning of Oct. 12, then took three handguns with extra magazines and ammunition and donned a bulletproof vest and drove to a nearby beach where he got out and pon-dered shooting her. Dekraai then drove to Salon Meritage and shot Fournier and a woman who had testified against him in the custody dispute. When the salon owner rushed at him with scissors, Dekraai told the investigator he shot him, too, then fired at others he saw as “collat-eral damage,” according to the statement written by Detective Andrew Stowers.
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President Barack Obama speaks about jobs, Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. Obama is urging Congress to pass the infrastructure piece of the American Jobs Act. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Students nodding off on their books at Axe Library have a new way to stay awake. The Axe Grind was reopened last week with an assortment of specialty cof-fees provided by Starbucks.
The Axe Grind has made various ef-forts to keep up with other retail outlets on campus such as the U Club, Gorilla Crossing and Jazzmans Cafe. Carol West, retail manager for Sodexo Campus Services, says that one of the first steps taken in that direction was the selling of “Seattle’s Best” coffee at the Axe Grind in 2009. Despite the brand’s similarity to Starbucks, it was dropped after less than a year due to insufficient revenues.
This year, however, Sodexo has decided to take advantage of the influx in student enrollment this year.
“We logically see that more students means consumer demand,” West said.
Sodexo staff hopes that the addition of Starbucks to the Axe Library will appeal to students.
“It really is all about the name,” said Brittany Hurt, Axe Grind employee. “Students see the Starbucks logo and it draws more people to the library.”
Students around campus have been happy with the new Starbucks.
“Overall it’s pretty convenient,” said Mariah Hull, freshman in nursing. “The only other place I can get a white mocha frappuccino is on the other side of town down Broadway.”
Students aren’t the only ones enjoy-ing the coffee. Library employees like Caitlyn Roberts also appreciate the Axe Grind.
“Whenever I need a caramel machi-atto, it’s right there,” said Roberts, junior in biology. “I can speak on behalf of most of the people who work here that we are also big customers to the store now.”
According to West, one of the main objectives of the Axe Grind is to provide a more student-friendly environment.
West says that Sodexo will continue to pursue other ideas for the Axe Grind. West says there has been talk lately among Sodexo employees of a possible grand opening.
“We hope this will be the big boost we’re looking for, just to further get the word out there that there’s this new shop on campus and everyone should know about it,” West said.
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This summer was a pivotal time for social networking sites as Facebook reached 750 million users and… Google became a social network?
Google created a huge buzz in June when it launched the beta version of its social network site Google+. People were pining for an invitation to be part of the project. Many Pitt State students, like Tracey Fienen, joined the social network when it was in beta form.
“As a marketing major, one of the things I’m really interested in is social media, marketing, communications, things like that,” said Fienen, senior in marketing.
Fienen says she had an internship with an advertising agency this summer and wanted to see how Google+ would influence the market. She says this was the main reason she wanted to get an invitation to join the new social network.
Lacie Worrell joined Google+ right after it became public. “I just really want to have a good understanding of all the differ-
ent social media devices that are out there,” said Worrell, senior in communication. Worrell has an emphasis in public relations and she says knowing social media will help her with her future career goals.
“That was the new up and coming thing,” Worrell said. “I kind of wanted to try it out and see.”
Michael Holleron says he joined Google+ soon after the beta ver-sion was released.
“I decided to get on Google+ because Facebook was making these weird changes that I wasn’t really all about,” said Holleron, junior
in communication education. “I couldn’t find where I wanted to go on Facebook anymore.”
After Google+ was introduced, Facebook made some changes too, with its “lists” feature, as well as the option to “subscribe” to people.
Fienen says she didn’t want to go back through and organize her hundreds of friends in Facebook and Google+ users get to start over. She also says she is not impressed with Face-book’s newer imitation of Google+ features like the circles (Facebook had allowed users to create their own lists before the launch of Google+ though users were not required to do so).
“The lists on Facebook drive me nuts,” Fienen said. “I hate seeing that little blue box with notifications.”
Google+ also has a feature called “hangout” where several friends can video chat at the same time and people can join or leave at any time. Facebook soon created a video chat as well, but it can be used only one-on-one.
Fienen says that Google+ is a lot cleaner and doesn’t have the clutter that Facebook has. She says in Facebook feeds, you are told when your friends like someone else’s status or comment on some-one else’s picture.
“In Google+ you don’t get notifications every time someone adds someone to their circle,” Fienen said. “You get notifications about you.”
Holleron believes Google+ is easier to use because it is built into the search engine and Gmail, making it easy to multitask, whereas
Facebook is just a social network. Google has inte-grated the social network into everything they do. Now when people search on Google, they can +1 articles and sites they find online, anywhere. This is Google’s version of Facebook’s “like” button.
But Worrell says she is not impressed with Google+ so far.
“It’s still kind of confusing to me and I haven’t had that much time to actually go into it and sit down and learn a whole bunch about it,” Worrell said.
Worrell says she will still keep the social net-work, but doesn’t use it more than a couple times a month right now.
Many users complain that none of their friends are on Google+ so they don’t use it because of the lack of people.
“I’d say, out of all my Facebook friends, probably 10 percent of them are on Google+,” Holleron said.
He says he has tried to get his friends involved in Google+, but several won’t commit because of the lack of popularity.
Other students believe that Google+ is the future of social net-working and that Facebook will die in the next few years. Niki Amos, sophomore in communication, says she joined Google+ because she was ready for something new.
“I knew that Facebook didn’t really get too popular until a couple years after it started,” Amos said. “I think it’s going to get better in the future.”
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With the new year comes a new law in Kansas. Kansas legislators want to change the way we, as citizens, vote. They are requiring photo identifica-tion to vote. For new voters who register on or after Jan. 1, 2013, legislators want you to have to show or provide proof of citizenship. The Kansas law requires photo ID from all in-person voters at every elec-tion. People submitting mail-in ballots must include either a copy of their photo ID or the number from the photo ID card. By requiring this proof of citizenship, legislators hope to cut voter fraud and easily track and prosecute violators.
I believe this step toward identification of who you are will be helpful and convenient for thousands of citizens. We have to show identification to cash checks, transfer money, and buy tobacco products and/or alcohol. And the list goes on. In the previously mentioned situations, we freely give our IDs without question, handing out this form of identification and that form. Handing over a photo ID shouldn’t be that difficult unless it is fraudulent. This is a big reason I believe in
this new law.Another thing this law will
regulate is registration. Right now, registration is as simple as filling out a card and mailing it in. Starting in 2013, you will need to mail in a copy of your birth certificate or passport with your registration card. I feel this isn’t a big deal either. To apply for a job, you need to have several forms of identi-fication to receive the job to begin with. Most people have their birth certificate, Social Security, and driver’s license handy and readily available. If you need a replacement birth certificate, it is only $15, which is cheaper than trying to get a replacement driver’s license. I feel people are just too lazy to get all the required forms and identification asked of them for something new.
All these precautions are to help regulate a larger problem: FRAUD. The new laws aren’t asking you to donate a kidney. They are just trying to help with accountability issues. They also allow officials to easily track offenders and pros-ecute fairly. The laws are to hamper people from trying to cheat the system. So why is it such a big deal to have to show a photo ID or birth certificate to be allowed to vote?
Jeffrey TangneyCopy Editor
Across the country voter registration laws are getting tougher, ideally to limit people living here illegally from voting. However, these laws are having unintended conse-quences on people who have voted for years and the amount of voter fraud they will save is minimal at best. Despite this fact, the state of Kansas passed a bill this year to require voters registering for the first time to pres-ent a birth certificate or passport to prove citizenship, starting in 2013.
Don’t get me wrong, I understand that elected officials feel voter fraud is rampant. If I thought my job security was at stake, I too would search for some answer other than my own failings. However, overreacting to an absurd distortion of a minor problem is not the way to run the government and should not be allowed to occur.
I feel that the new law will in fact be detrimental to citizens who want to vote but find the process of registering too detailed and time consuming, especially those who are working class and have little available time to do so. The law takes the recent wave of voter registration laws one step further than is necessary to limit the problem and will create more problems than it solves.
Thirty states currently have voter ID laws and Kansas is one of seven classified as “strict.” These laws are done ostensibly to protect the rights of citizens. In fact, Gov. Brownback was quoted after the bill was passed as saying, “I think these are reasonable steps to protect the rights of our citizens.” Which rights are being protected? The right to vote? This seems an obvious
answer, but I feel it is not correct. More people will not be able to vote under the new law as some people without access to a birth certificate or without time to obtain one will become disenfranchised. So if it isn’t the right to vote, which right is it? I for one cannot think of a single right that will be protected by this bill, at least not for the citizens already living here.
So why did this law get passed? Is it because there was inadequate information that led officials to believe in a nonexistent problem? Was it because so many other states were doing it and we didn’t want to be left out? Is it done as a distraction from the more important issues officials should be working on like health care, the economy, poverty, education and energy alternatives? I don’t know and I’m pretty sure there was no intended malice in the decision. However, I feel that this law was at least partially done for the first two and unintentionally succeed-ed in the fourth. There have definitely not been many cases of voter fraud historically. Twenty states proposed legislation this year, including Kansas, and the time spent on the law could have been used addressing more important problems.
However, what has been done cannot be unchanged, at least not any time soon. I am fortunate that the law will not affect me as much as new voters since I am already registered. I do feel the law to be needless, if not entirely then certainly in part. The reason given of protecting voters’ rights seems to be empty and meaningless, as legislators did not specify what rights were protected. I can say, however, that we should be concerned that the people we put in office just made it tougher for people to vote.
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Love. It can be a many-splendored thing or a many-splintered thing. At least that is what screenwriter Dan Fogelman would like you to believe. His latest effort, “Crazy, Stupid, Love” follows three couples as they inter-act with one another and share the woes of lost love, and unrequited love.
Cal Weaver (Steve Carell), a pencil pusher, gets the shock of a lifetime when his wife (Julianne Moore) tells him she cheated with one of her co-workers (Kevin Ba-con). Completely distraught, he seeks advice on regaining his manhood from an obnoxiously successful ladies’ man, Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). In the midst of Cal’s re-evaluation and reinvention of his life, Jacob meets an at-tractive young lawyer named Hannah (“Easy A’s” Emma
Stone). Meanwhile, Cal’s son (Jonah Bobo) is falling for his baby sitter (Analeigh Tipton), who has a crush on Cal.
Love was helmed by the writer-director team Glen Ficarra and John Requa. Fogelman proves to be a versa-tile writer, tackling a melancholy romantic comedy-drama after penning the two “Cars” films. Renaissance duo Ficarra and Requa’s direction is also on point, keep-ing with their style (“I Love You Phillip Morris,” “Bad Santa”), but also brings some new techniques to the table.
Carell slides effortlessly into his role of a romanti-cally challenged everyman, never missing a comedic or dramatic beat. Gosling and Stone complement each other perfectly, with his cool demeanor and her signature ingénue performance. Moore’s performance works well enough, but she doesn’t work the line between comedy and drama as well as Carell or Stone. Other noteworthy
performances include Marisa Tomei as a promiscuous teacher with whom Cal becomes associated and singer Josh Groban as Hannah’s boyfriend.
Blu-ray features include two featurettes, one on Carell and Gosling and another on Gosling and Stone, plus a plethora of deleted scenes. The DVD edition includes only the deleted scenes. However, both editions include an UltraViolet digital copy that streams instantly to your computer or iPod.
Verdict: The film is an unusual romantic comedy that manages to be sweet, but never sappy. It’s not the best, but it certainly knows its audience. The execution is welcome, harkening back to the rom-coms of yore that didn’t rely on toilet humor or slapstick to engage its viewers. With the able performances, a witty script and commendable direction, I recommend a buy. Crazy, Stupid, Love is available to rent and own now.
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pittstatebriefsPeer-health grouptaking applications
The peer-health education group, Gorillas in Your Midst, is taking applications for its Spring 2012 two-credit hour training class. The class will be held from 2-3:50 p.m. Wednesdays. Applications are available in 105 or 121S Overman Student Center. For more information, contact Sarah Duffy, student coordinator, or adviser J.T. Knoll at 235-4062 or [email protected].
Diwali Night SaturdayThe Indian Student Association is holding Diwali Night at 9 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom in the Overman Student Center. Tickets for the light festival are available at 704-4679, 704-4154, 704-7225, and 386-874-6019.
Poetry reading todayThere will be a poetry reading by Geoffrey Nutter from his book
“Christopher Sunset” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Governors Room in the Overman Student Center. A reception will follow the reading. The reading and reception are free and open to the public. For more information, call Lori Martin at 515-7240.
Chili feed TuesdayThe Biology Club is having a chili feed and contest from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, on the second floor of Heckert-Wells Hall. Those interested in entering chili into the contest are asked to e-mail [email protected] with a description of the ingredients. Entries will need to be turned in by 10 a.m. on the second floor of Heckert-Wells the day of the competition. A bowl of chili, a drink and a dessert will be $3. For more information, contact Ali Blanchard at [email protected].
5K run on SaturdayThe Pittsburg YMCA is holding its Turkey Trot 5K run and one-
mile walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Lincoln Park. Contestants will predict the time of their run or walk and the top two predictions closest to their actual times in each division will receive an award. Registration the day of the event will begin at 8:15. Preregistration forms are due by
Nov. 4 and are available at the Pittsburg YMCA. Preregistration is $12 and registration the day of the race is $15. The first 30 registered will receive a free shirt. For more information, call the Pittsburg YMCA at 231-1100.
Pre-dental club meetsThe Pre-Dental Club is meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the
Varsity Room in the Overman Student Center. For more information, e-mail [email protected].
Orchestra concert tonightThe PSU Chamber Orchestra is performing an autumn concert at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in McCray Recital Hall. The concert will feature the PSU Cello Choir and is free and open to the public.
Int’l gathering FridayInternational Programs and Services is having the Ghana Interna-
tional Gathering at 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the United Methodist Ministries Center. There will be a free meal and a cultural presentation. For more information, call Cathy Lee Arcuino at 235-4607 or [email protected].
Tour includes raffleStudents who complete a tour of the Graphics and Imaging Tech-
nologies Department will be eligible to win an iPod and iTunes card. To schedule a tour, go to www.pittstate.edu/git.
Exhibit opens TuesdayAn art exhibit by Paul Morris from Fort Collins, Colo., titled “Sus-
taining Persistence” will open Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the PSU Harry Krug Gallery. There will be a lecture at 2 p.m. in 103 Porter Hall. The exhibit will be open until Thursday, Dec. 8. For more information, call 235-4305 or go to www.pittstate.edu/art.
Choir concert FridayThe Pittsburg State University choirs will perform their fall concert
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in McCray Recital Hall. The choirs will be under the direction of Susan Marchant and the pianist will be Dongyu-an Chen. The concert is free. For more information, call the music department at 235-4466.
Author, producer to speakJohn de Graaf, author and documentary producer, will speak at noon
Tuesday, Nov. 8, in 109 Grubbs Hall. There will be a book signing from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in 224 Kelce Hall. Some of de Graaf’s documentaries in-clude “Affluenza” and “Buyer Be Fair” and his books include “What’s the Economy for Anyway.”
Art exhibit lectureFred Kautt, senior photographer of the Hallmark photography stu-
dio for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in 103 Porter Hall, about his experiences working for Hallmark and his artwork and relationship with the art exhibit “Hauling Hay,” which is being displayed in the University Gallery. The exhibit will be on display until Thursday, Nov. 17.
Organ recital SundayWolfgang Reisinger, director of music for the Archdiocese of
Vienna, will perform a free organ recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in McCray Recital Hall. For more information, call the Department of Music at 235-4466.
Undergraduate researchFaculty interested in involving undergraduate students in research
are invited to attend an information session about undergraduate research faculty support opportunities. There will be three sessions at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 9, 10 and 11, in room 332A in The Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. For more information, e-mail [email protected]
Construction gets $6,000 donation
The Construction Management and Construction Engineering Technologies Department has received a $6,000 donation to buy a pipe laser, which will be used to align pipes for proper slope and position-ing. Roger Heckert, a PSU alumnus and representative of the Kansas Contractors Association Education Foundation, presented the check.
PSU honors authorsAn authors reception to recognize 47 PSU faculty and staff mem-
bers who have had their works published will be held at 3 p.m. Thurs-day, Nov. 3, in the browsing area of Axe Library.
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The Student Government Association covered various topics in its meeting Wednesday, Nov. 2. Senators touched on promoting the Great Ameri-can Smokeout Nov. 17 throughout campus, and President Eric Jones announced applicants for SGA’s judicial court.
During new business, Sen. Thomas Gregory says his committee and Gorillas in Your Midst have joined to support the Great American Smokeout and plan to have “quit kits”—bags containing information on how to quit the habit.
Jonna Fearmonti, community affairs direc-tor, says they made 200 information bags for the event last year and they plan to make 300 this year.
“We want to do everything we can to make
SGA and this campus smoke-free,” Fearmonti said.
Fearmonti says the Biology Club, Pre-Med Club and other health centers, such as Via Christi Hospital will participate in promoting the event.
Jones announced his five choices for final applicants to join SGA as justice members of the judicial court.
Jones nominated junior Scott Swagart as chief justice of the judicial court.
“Scott seemed to be the best choice out of all of the interviews,” Jones said.
The others selected to join the judicial court are Audrey Jones, Larry Overman and Brynn Blair.
However, there will be a second reading over the selection of the nominees next week.
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think students can handle that.”Ismert says the potential benefits outweigh the
risks.“Someone told me that all Pitt students must
have nice shoes,” Ismert said. “He said that because everyone walks around this campus staring at their feet.”
Bell says that having something physical to interact with instead of just technology could cre-ate a buzz on campus. Students need to realize the resources they have right in front of them to reach out to like-minded individuals they see everyday but don’t have the chance to interact with.
“I’ve seen the success of social networking sites and the power they have,” Bell said. “I think that can be translated to an older and more tangible me-dium here in campus.”
Everyone can agree that changing students’ at-titudes toward the bulletin boards is the only way for the idea to move forward. It takes a 10 percent
vote from students to change the SGA constitution. Edwards says there hasn’t been a 10 percent voter turnout on campus in over a decade. Meanwhile, Bell says he’s going to keep posting thought-pro-voking comments on bulletin boards to try and get students to realize their potential.
“I realize that the hardest part of this plan is go-ing to be getting the students to buy in,” Bell said. “I will keep promoting students to not follow the stamp rule, but in a positive way.”
Ismert and Bell say there could be a potential compromise reached if there were just one student bulletin board per building, or even one major board on campus that is just for students. Ismert says SGA could still regulate them, but in person and as a student.
“I think we’re at the best compromise possible right now because it’s us students regulating them,” Edwards said. “It’s either us or Russ (Hall).”
Alpha Sigma Alpha members perform their routine during Yell Like Hell of Homecoming Week at Carnie Smith Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 13.
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to compete with other universi-ties with more modern athletics complexes.
“Some days it’s like a 10-ring circus in there when all the sports are practicing,” Johnson said.
However, a plan is being formed to build the Weede Athletic Complex and Indoor Event Facil-ity. The proposed facility would include renovations to the current structure and include add-ons to the east side of the building.
Renovations to the current Weede include a complete make-over for the John Lance Arena. In addition to a new floor, the seating in the arena is to be increased. The current weight room will be converted into a 100-person meeting room that could be used by the football team, classes, and organization meetings.
“Ideally we’d like to take care of some deferred maintenance, and turn the old dance studio into a better hall of fame and trophy dis-play room as well,” Johnson said.
The addition to the Weede would house a 300-meter track and 80-yard practice field with seat-ing for 1,000. The practice field
would be used by the softball and baseball teams during the winter months, and even some intramural sports could be held there.
“It would be a premier facility for indoor track meets,” Johnson said. “We could bid on national Division II and Junior College meets, as well as the conference championship.”
The new weight room would be housed in the addition and double the size of the original. This al-lows more than one team to utilize the room at once. There would be room for more machines and bet-ter accessibility opens the door for other students to use the facilities.
“We would have free weights that there isn’t room for at the student rec center,” Johnson said. “Which means we could open up the weight room for some student hours.”
Johnson says the Pittsburg community would also benefit from the proposed facility.
“When the track and field isn’t in use it could be opened for boat shows, trade shows, or conven-tions,” Johnson said.
The price tag for the project has
not been set because it’s still in the early planning phase. No archi-tectural drawings or blueprints have been designed yet, and the construction would likely be done in multiple phases. Johnson says the costs will exceed $10 million before it is all completed.
“There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle, and not all of them are in place yet,” Johnson said. “We want to make sure we build a facility that can last for another 40 years.”
There is no firm date set for ground breaking. Johnson says he hopes the project will be completed in the next two to four years. Once they break ground the project should take about nine or 10 months to complete.
In the meantime, the univer-sity’s development office has brochures and recently launched a Web page to show the new plan and gain support from the com-munity, students, and donors.
AmeliA mAllAttCollegio Reporter
Alex Moase has become one of the younger forces for the Pitt State women’s cross country team.
Moase, freshman from Lee’s Summit, Mo., says her passion for running started in her childhood when she played soccer in grade school.
“I started running with the hope that it would help me improve in soccer,” Moase said. “When I got to high school I gave up soccer for running because I loved it so much. I ended up having a lot of success. I made it to state every year and was able to be a part of four-state championship team titles.”
Moase says she had many colleges to choose from but chose Pitt State because she loved the campus and was excited to run for coach Russ Jewett and the successful women’s team.
“When looking at colleges Pitt State was definitely a contender,” Moase said. “I really liked the campus and size of school, because I knew I wanted to run in college and I looked
into the cross country and track programs as well. My high school coach spoke highly of coach Jewett. I took a recruiting visit and re-ally just liked everything here.”
Moase has adjusted well from running in high school to running in college. She credits much of the team’s recent success as confer-ence champions to the comradery and leader-ship of senior teammates.
“We had big shoes to fill,” Moase said. “Coming in, I knew a lot of seniors had graduated. It was a little overwhelming at first, but we had leaders who set a great ex-ample for us.”
Moase views the conference championship as a great accomplishment for her freshman year, but is not content to consider the season complete. She says she is taking her freshman year as a learning experience and hopes for even more accomplishments in the next four years.
“The conference championship is a really big meet,” Moase said. “The training has been quite a bit different than in high school.
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The Gorilla basketball season opened with a pair of Division I exhibition games this week. The women traveled to Lincoln, Neb., to face the Cornhuskers on Sunday, Oct. 30, while the men faced the KU Jayhawks on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Both teams were able to keep the games close in the first half. Men’s coach Kevin Muff and his Gorillas were down by as many as 10 in the first half, but were able to claw their way back within two at the 4:20 mark. At the end of the half Pitt State was trailing 32-27, thanks to its defense and a balanced scoring attack, with seven dif-ferent Gorillas scoring. The Gorilla bench outscored the Jayhawks’ 14-2 in the first half.
The Jayhawks’ size and up-tempo style, though, got the best of Pitt State in the second half. The Gorillas got within three before the Jayhawks began the process of putting them away. By the 13-minute mark Kansas was ahead by 11 and didn’t let up. Kansas’s Conner Teahan led the Jayhawks to a 29-point victory with his five-for-eight performance from three-point range. He led all scorers with 21. The Jayhawk’s 7-footer, Jeff Withey, also proved to be too much for the undersized Gorillas with his 18-point, 12-rebound and 10-block, triple-dou-ble performance.
Pitt State was without starting point-guard Eric Ray, due to a hamstring injury. Kansas was also short-handed, playing without starters Tyshawn Taylor, Elijah Johnson and Thomas Robinson. Neither coach made this an ex-cuse for the disappointing parts of the game, and instead approached the situations realistically.
After the game, Muff was happy with his team’s performance, but credited the Kansas defense for taking away the lane in the second half, allowing KU to pull away.
The women’s team played a similar game against the Huskers. They went into the half down nine, but the game resulted in a 31-point loss. Pitt State’s fresh-man forward, Lizzy Jeronimus, led the Gorillas with 11 points. Nebraska’s Jordan Hooper led all scorers with 24.
Like the men, the women spread the scoring around in the first half and six different players got in on the action. Unlike the men’s game, the home team’s bench did outscore the Gorillas 34-23 for the game, behind the performances of Rebecca Woodberry and Adrianna Maurer, who scored 10 and 11 respectively.
Both teams showed upside, but were worn down in the second half by the depth of the Division I schools. The women have one more exhibition game left. They travel to Lawrence to face the Jayhawks on Nov. 6. The men open their season in Stephenville, Texas, in the Regional Challenge against Eastern New Mexico.
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Lauren Brentlinger has proved to be a dedicated volleyball player during her time at Pitt State. The sophomore has helped the team earn several important wins, often leading it in kills and blocks.
Brentlinger says her role on the team as a leader can be seen in her on-court performance.
“I feel like I am there to consistently score points for the team,” Brentlinger said. “I’m not a huge vocal leader, but I would rather lead by doing my job and doing it to the best of my ability.”
Brentlinger began playing volleyball when she was in eighth grade.
“One of my friends asked me to play,” Brentlinger said. “I just played for fun and to hang out with my friends. I didn’t have anything better to do.”
Brentlinger says she had no idea that volleyball would become such an important part of her life.
“I gradually progressed from year to year and moved to more competitive teams,” Brentlinger said.
Brentlinger’s success in volleyball led her to Pitt State and she says she couldn’t have asked for a better college. She says her motivation stems from the atmosphere at Pitt State and the community.
“Seeing the same fans game after game that even travel to away games gives me pride in my school,” Brentlinger said.
Volleyball, however, is not the only thing Brentlinger is dedicated to. Anyone who has had a class or spent time with Brentlinger knows the time and commitment she puts into her classes. This drive is leading her toward achieving one of her bigger goals in life— become a family and consumer sciences teacher.
“I chose Pitt State partly because of the volleyball pro-gram,” Brentlinger said. “The other part was that the first time I came to campus I fell in love. I knew the second I left that I was going to come here. I love kids, teaching and all of the content areas that fall under FACS. It all ties together.”
She says this focus has been with her nearly her entire life.“I have wanted to be a teacher since preschool,” Bren-
tlinger said. “I want to be a great teacher, an educator.”Brentlinger says she would love to continue to play volley-
ball after she graduates, but is unsure if it is in the cards.“I have thought about playing professional volleyball over-
seas, but I don’t know if it is the right fit for me,” Brentlinger said. “Whatever I do I want to be happy, genuinely happy with my life.”
Lauren Brentlinger defends the ball during a match against Northwest Missouri on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in John Lance Arena.
Erica Testa and Bridgette McCormick cross the finish line at the Women’s annual Alumni Cross Country Meet at the Countryside Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 10.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL 2011-2012Nov. 11 Eastern New Mexico 12 Tarleton State 18-19 PITT STATE CLASSIC 18 Missouri Southern vs. Avila 18 Pitt State vs. MidAmerica Nazarene 19 MSSU vs. MidAmerica Nazarene 19 Pitt State vs. Avila 22 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 26 SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE 30 MISSOURI WESTERN Dec. 3 at Truman 7 at NW Missouri State 10 at Southwest Baptist 18 CENTRAL MISSOURI 30 MISSOURI SOUTHERNJan. 4 at Lincoln 7 at Emporia State 11 WASHBURN 14 FORT HAYS STATE 18 at Northeastern State 21 at Missouri Western 25 TRUMAN 28 at Central MissouriFeb. 1 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 4 NW MISSOURI STATE 8 at Missouri Southern 11 LINCOLN 15 EMPORIA STATE 18 at Washburn 22 at Fort Hays State 25 NORTHEASTERN STATE
I now know what to expect and what the competition is like at the college level. Winning the conference was the first goal for the team, and going to nationals is the next goal we’re working toward as a team.”
Winning team champion-ships in cross country takes more than just one or two front-line runners. Since Melissa Peden is running nearly a minute faster than anyone else on the team, Moase has the important duty of setting a pace for the mid-pack runners. This middle group will make or break PSU’s chances at championships. Moase says she is used to winning so expect her to accept this responsibility.
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I now know what to expect and what the competition is like at the college level. Winning the conference was the first goal for the team, and going to nationals is the next goal we’re working toward as a team.”
Winning team champion-ships in cross country takes more than just one or two front-line
runners. Since Melissa Peden is running nearly a minute faster than anyone else on the team, Moase has the important duty of setting a pace for the mid-pack runners. This middle group will make or break PSU’s chances at championships. Moase says she is used to winning so expect her to accept this responsibility.
Nick Mangiaracina, junior in nursing, plays an intramural flag football champi-onship match on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Hayley Flippo, freshman in communication, smashes a plate of whipped cream into the face of Drew Wasson, sophomore in construction man-agement, on the Oval on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
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Intramural intensityAmeliA mAllAttCollegio Reporter
Junior Kaley Temaat from Dodge City started running cross country in high school and has become a lead runner on the Pitt State cross country team.
“I didn’t know much about Pitt until my junior year of high school when my older sister decided to go to Pitt,” Temaat said. “She mentioned to me that the cross country team was pretty good, so I looked into it and came on a visit. I liked it so much that it wasn’t a very hard decision. The team was very welcoming and made it feel like a great place to be.”
Many athletes in sports outside of cross country and track con-sider running a monotonous task or as a punishment, but Temaat says she takes pure joy in it. She says she usually runs 40 to 60 miles a week.
“Most of my family makes fun of me for running so much,” Temaat says. “I did not come from a family of runners, but they
are all very supportive of what I do. My parents rarely miss a meet.”
Temaat, like most of the team, has team and personal goals that go hand in hand.
“My goal for the team is to qualify for nationals,” Temaat said. “As for myself, my goal is to run the best I can to make sure the team does qualify.”
Temaat is part of the team’s middle pack and often helps set the pace. Temaat says that it’s all about the hard work, not luck.
“I don’t really do anything for good luck before a meet,” Temaat said. “I feel like my teammates and I are prepared enough we don’t need luck.”
Temaat’s three years of experi-ence with the team has left her with wisdom to share with her younger teammates.
“My advice for younger girls is to be confident in what they can do and know that every year gets better and better,” Temaat said. “Going through this cross country program is a tough ride, but it’s more than worth it in the end.”
It’s no game of luck Phi’s whip Alzheimer’s
Todd MillerCollegio Writer
“In Time” wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be, but it was no shining gem, either.
One thing it had going for it was the interesting concept that “time is money.” The filmmakers took that concept, stuck to their rules, and ran it all the way through.
“In Time” takes place in the future, though it’s unno-ticeable other than the cars sounding weird and the whole basis of time being money. Essentially, humans have been genetically engineered to stop aging at 25. However, once they reach 25 they have only one more year to live unless they can earn (or steal) more time. The rich tend to live forever and the poor die quickly.
Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a poor man who lives in a time zone (the movie is full of puns) that is referred to as “the ghetto.” He lives and works day-by-day (what’d I tell you?). One night, a man with more than a century on his arm comes to the ghetto. Flashing that kind of time around garners the attention of the “Minute Men,” a gang that kills people by stealing their time. Salas saves the man from the gangsters, and while they’re hiding, the man tells Salas that he wants to die, giving Salas all his time while he’s asleep.
To this point the movie was pretty reasonable. How-ever, the thought that keeps flashing through my mind is, “Who thought this was a good replacement for money?”
Money can be saved, held and used gingerly. Time is con-stantly ticking down and is spent just as constantly. Four minutes were expensive for a cup of coffee, but you’d use near that just waiting for it. So, it’s a cool concept, but makes little sense.
Anyway, once Salas has all this time, he decides to go to the richest part of the city (possibly a city. I can’t tell if they’re always in the same city or several) in order to get even with the rich. Instead, he spends his time gambling and acting like a rich person; things have to change before he actually has some kind of plan to exact revenge.
This takes the form of Raymond León (Cillian Mur-phy), a Time Keeper (Time Keepers seem to be a combo of the FBI and police force). Salas is suspected of having stolen the time he has. When they find him, they attempt to arrest him.
Salas escapes and takes Sylvia Weis (Amanda Sey-fried), the daughter of a rich businessman, hostage.
Salas takes Weis with him back to the ghetto. As a ransom, Salas wants Weis’ father to distribute 1,000 years among the people of the ghetto. When Weis’ father fails to give up the time, she begins to realize exactly what kind of man he is and sides with Salas.
Interestingly, even though Salas has made a point of explaining that he is not a thief, he and Weis spend the rest of the movie stealing time – ruining his prospect of retribution. It is interesting to realize, this far into the film, that the heroes are actually the antagonists, something I
like about the film. Salas is warned through-out the film how bad it is to give massive amounts of time to the ghetto, but sets out for chaos regardless. The film would have been old from the opposite perspective with Salas as the bad guy and Weis’ father as the protagonist.
There is the intrinsic problem, though, of everybody needing to be 25 years old. It works for some characters, but not others like León, since Murphy is 35 years old, and it shows in the film.
There seems to have been little thought toward the exact worth of time. As I said, four minutes was expensive for a cup of coffee, but bus fare was an hour. A fancy meal was a week and a half, and a fancy new car was 50 years. It just seems like the larger the quantities of time get, the less they’re worth in bulk. A little math from the writers would have made it seem more realistic.
I won’t discourage you from seeing this movie. The ending is a bit disappointing, but the ride there is good. I’d recommend seeing it if you have the time.
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Carl BaChusCollegio Reporter
In mid-September the Occupy Wall Street protest brought the nation’s issues of financial inequality and corporate greed to the forefront of the average American’s attention. In Pitt State’s fall production of Jean Giradoux’s political satire “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” these concerns were given a comical twist that provided plenty of laughs.
The timely production centered on a group of eccentric French townsfolk (led by a wildly imagi-native, titular “madwoman”) who plot to rid the world of evil men seeking power and wealth. The play offered interesting, though sometimes exag-gerated, commentary on subjects such as corporate greed, inflation, shady business and political post-modernity. The play’s humor stretched from dry to campy and even absurd at times.
The plot was well-timed and featured many “Occupy” parallels. Some of the lines recited by the villains even echoed quotes by certain GOP presidential candidates, especially during the “de-fense” offered by Robert Wilson’s Ragpicker, one of “Chaillot’s” highlights.
“Chaillot’s” performances ranged from the very good to the mediocre. Graduate student Kristy Magee’s madwoman, Countess Aurelia, was phe-nomenal, commanding hearty laughs with every
line. Freshman Connor Goodman also succeeded as Pierre, the play’s straight man. Goodman played a believable foil, surrounded by a cast of funny caricatures.
“Chaillot’s” breakout performance, however, was that of freshman Taylor Patterson’s Deaf-Mute, who garnered plenty of laughs without uttering a word. However, the villainous prospector, played by newcomer John Sullivan, left a lot to be desired, reciting his lines with a stale delivery. Despite a few supporting roles coming up chalky, the leading roles were played commendably.
The costumes were great, each piece original in its own right. The costumes for the female charac-ters were especially noteworthy, ranging from the subtle to the dynamically ridiculous, especially in the case of the countess. The outfits came across as thematically brilliant, as the costumes fell perfectly in line with the production’s farcical plot.
The “Madwoman of Chaillot” was as comically brilliant as it was dangerously appropriate, in terms of the current political climate. It was well-directed, well-designed, and ably acted by the ensemble at hand. Some of the more satirical aspects of the play may have flown over some heads, but anyone famil-iar with the woes of “the 99 percent” were in for an insightful and uproarious good time.
‘Chaillot’ a believable financial farce
Almost not worth the time
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“in Time” 2011
Kristy Magee, graduate student, holds Connor Goodman, freshman, to prevent him from trying to drown himself, again, in a rehearsal for the play “The Mad Woman of Chaillot” on Sunday, Oct. 23, in Memorial Auditorium in Pittsburg.
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Pixies, dark angels, Gus Gorilla, Gumby and other strange characters were spotted all over campus this past weekend. Yes, Hallow-een has once again come and gone. Various or-ganizations held Halloween events for children of all ages.
The annual Safe Trick-or-Treat was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom. The event was sponsored by the Student Activities Council and brought in 20 organizations to hand out candy to children.
The Residence Hall Assembly also led children through the halls to collect candy from on-campus residents. Other organizations, like the Gay Straight Alliance, held their events earlier in the month. They had a Halloween picnic Monday, Oct. 17. The picnic was origi-nally going to be held at Gorilla Village but the weather forced the event indoors to the house of club president Holden Kraus. Kraus says there were about 25 members in attendance.
“We each brought a side dish, or drink and the group provided hamburgers and hot dogs,” said Kraus, graduate student in mathematics. “Many of us also dressed up in our Halloween costumes and we ended up playing random games after eating.”
The Public Relations and Advertising Club held its first annual “Trunk or Treat” event at Memorial Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 28. Students lined the streets and popped open the trunks of their vehicles. They had stashed candy and toys for an estimated 250 children in them. Some of the students who volun-teered were Jaime Bowman, Ashley Jarvis and Kirsten Burke-Fountain, all seniors in commu-nication, and Michael Saldivar, sophomore in communication.
“I feel that the community enjoyed it because it was free and it was in correlation with something that has been around for years and they knew it was a safe environment,” said Burke-Fountain, PRAD president.
Adrien Stolifer, event planner for the Student Association of Broadcast-ers, says her group celebrated the holi-day by spending time at Fat Daddy’s.
“We wanted to have a party where people could come out and get to know each other in a fun way,” said Stolifer, graduate student in communi-cation. “Members watched television, had dinner and filled out a survey on Halloween movies and other fun facts.”
The top three winners received horror movies. First place went to Tim Spears, junior in communication; second place went to Leo Hudson, professor of communication, and tak-ing third was Andrew Orpin, senior in communication. Spears also won the contest for best costume. He dressed as Hudson and won a bucket full of candy.
“A few of us who organized the party had the idea of going as differ-ent members of the broadcast faculty,” Spears said. “They changed their minds, but I knew a Leo outfit was too good not to do. I figured Leo would get a kick out of it.”
Some students, like Joel Ybarra, find it hard to get into Halloween.
“I didn’t celebrate Halloween because I’ve fallen out of the spirit of Halloween,” said Ybarra, graduate student in communication. “It isn’t as much fun as when you’re a little kid.”
However, other students, such as Candin
Nelson, disagree. She says she still participates in Halloween.
“My favorite part of Halloween is definitely the movies,” said Nelson, junior in psychology. “I also like having an excuse for eating a whole bunch of candy.”
Some students held their own events. Belle Head says she hosted a party with a few of her
close friends. They brought movies and snacks. She says her favorite part of Halloween is dressing up.
“I think it’s OK to want to pretend to be someone else for one day out of the year,” said Head, graduate student in special education. “This year I dressed up as Shakira.”
Halloween celebrations vary around campusHalloweentown
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Brenda Hawkins, administrative specialist of international programs and services, helps Wanying Li, senior in human resource scoop out the pumpkin seeds in the PSU Pitt Pals activity, Pumpkin Carving at the university Lake on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
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