Early this month, York City School District announced that,

due to an $8 million budget gap, it may not be able to pay its teach-ers come April. District business consultant James Duff stated that paying the teachers has been given the highest priority amongst the

various dues that need to be paid. School officials reported that the 2011-12 budget gap has three main causes: payment due to charter schools, unemployment compensa-tion for furloughed employees and a preexisting budget deficit.

Charter school payments make up the largest part of the $8 million budget gap. According to the Pa. Department of Education, school

districts must pay charter schools money equal to what the cost per pupil would be if the child were at-tending a regular school. The York Daily Record reports that York City owes about $5.2 million to vari-ous charter schools. If the district defaults on the payments, it would force the charter schools to appeal to the Secretary of Education to divert subsidies from the district to the charter school.

The second part of the gap is $2 million owed in unemployment compensation for over 100 teach-ers and other school employees. Superintendent Deborah Wortham reported that only $225,000 was originally budgeted for compen-sation. Due to the state of the economy over the past few years, York City has had to lay off teach-ers to conserve money.

According to the York Daily Record, Governor Tom Corbett’s $860 million cut to public school aid made the problem worse. Since the cuts were done as a percentage, they took more money away from poorer schools, like those in York City, that depend on state funding. The withdrawal, totaling about 10

percent of its funds, has forced York City to consolidate classes and have teachers cover for those who were laid off.

The remaining $1 million was already written into the 2011-12 budget when it was drawn up.

To help alleviate the situation, the district has attempted to negotiate with the teacher’s union to propose a change in its contract. If accepted, the proposal would end the half days that the district has every other Wednesday one hour earlier. It would also change one full day and some year-end days to half days.

According to union President Kim Schwartz, these changes “amounted to a 3.89 percent cut in time and pay, or a little more than three days worth of instructional time.” The proposal was estimated to save $1.2 million, which would have been put toward the deficit. However, the union voted to not reopen its contract, citing loss of instructional time with students.

Currently, the district is also waiting on money from the state for payment on a bond debt. Accord-ing to Duff through the York Daily Record, for York City to get the $1

million reimbursement, they must simply process the paperwork.

Addit ional ly, the distr ic t’s property tax revenue was about $500,000 more than what they were expecting, which will help alleviate the debt somewhat. They have also put a freeze on excess spending, which is estimated to save about $2 million.

While the school board has ap-proved cutting some custodial and secretarial positions, it seems un-likely that any teachers will be let go. Firing teachers for economic reasons goes against state law, and the district does not have the money to replace them.

Instead, they would have to cut programs to save more money. Lay-ing off more teachers would also have a negative effect on the students. Duff said, “At this point we don’t obviously want to do anything detri-mental to the education of students.”

For now, York City is focusing on making sure that they take care of their current debts. If the district starts the 2012-13 school year with payments left from the last year, it could mean trouble for the students.

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athletics

York City School District struggles with $8 million budget gap

Students in the Elizabethtown Area School District can thank Susquehanna

Bank for the $50,000 they donated toward upgrading the school’s new athletic fields. The “Investing in Our Children, Our Com-munity, Our Future Capital Campaign” has a goal to reach $3.7 million to install syn-thetic turf on two fields, repair the track and field complex and replace the tennis courts.

In an interview via email, Troy Portser, sec-retary for the Elizabethtown Area Foundation board of directors, expressed a very positive feeling toward the campaign. Right now, the athletic fields that the students and commu-nity are using are deteriorating and have many safety risks due to overwhelming use. There is a strong need to update these fields to keep the students and community safe.

The campaign, which is a partnership between the district and the Elizabethtown Area Education Foundation, a private local charity, will help raise the $3.7 million.

“Through the campaign, the foundation will raise funds to improve school district athletic facilities with no impact on the district’s millage rate. Contributing to the campaign will allow the foundation to raise funds privately to supplement, not supplant, capital improvements that tax dollars can-not provide,” Portser said. “The identified projects will not only benefit school district programs but also many community youth programs and their participants. The cam-paign allows supporters of Elizabethtown Area athletics and academics to contribute to the project without the need for the district to raise taxes on the entire base of taxpayers.”

With plans to begin a portion of the proj-ects by this summer, the ultimate goals are to introduce two synthetic fields (Thomp-son Field and Jane Hoover Stadium), repair the track and field complex and replace the tennis courts. Also, there are plans to install lighting for the Jane Hoover Field, which will allow the students and community members to use the fields for more hours of the day.

In an article in the Elizabethtown Journal,

Susquehanna Bank’s Vice President Robert Enck commented that the organization is “proud to commit itself to this campaign that is 100 percent about improving the community in which we serve and provide our children with quality programs.” He also mentioned that “Susquehanna Bank believes that providing youth programs is essential to the vitality and future of the greater Elizabethtown Area, and this pledge signi-fies how strongly we feel about that belief.”

The campaign has raised nearly $700,000 already. “The community has been very gener-ous to date, given the difficult economic state,” Portser continued. “We are about to enter the community phase of the campaign late this spring, and we expect that phase to be well-supported. We are in the process of finalizing the scope of work for this summer and will continue to raise money toward our goal. We have a real need for enhanced field space, so we will continue to plug away at our goal.”

When asked about the spread of the $3.7 mil-

lion, Portser explained that they would expect more bang for the buck: “Roughly 660 hours are needed to care for each of the two existing grass fields annually or about $20,000 in salary. While turf fields are not no-maintenance, at worst they are low-maintenance, which allows grounds staff to be more productive in other areas of the campus. It is estimated that nearly $30,000 in combined savings annually for grass seed, paint, weed control and top dressing will be realized.”

According to etownschools.org, one way of raising money is to sell coupon books where you can get over $200 in value for the price of only $10. All the proceeds will benefit the campaign.

Other groups that have really helped this campaign raise money include the Hondru Auto Group, which pledged $10,000. In Nov. 2011, Elizabethtown Dental Associates donated $30,000 to support the students and faculty of the Elizabethtown Area School District. Addi-tional supporters include Covanta Energy, Big E Booster Club and other local groups.

Bari RosensteinStaff Writer

Bank pledges $50,000 to Etown capital campaign

Photo: Matthew P. ButeraElizabethtown Area School District recently received $50,000 from Susquehanna Bank to help upgrade the school’s athletic fields (pictured above). This donation was part of the “Investing in Our Children, Our Community, Our Future Capital Campaign.”

education

On Friday, Feb. 17, President Carl Strikw-erda issued a notification to the students

and families of Elizabethtown College, stating that the total cost of attendance for the 2012-2013 academic year will be raised to $45,600, a 4.5 percent increase from the current rate. Immediately debunking the intensity of the rise, Strikwerda also noted that institutional aid increased by 6.43 percent in 2011, which equates to over $1.6 million. He also men-tioned that over the past three years, the College has offered more than $3 million in financial assistance to students. The current distribution is 13 percent higher than in 2009.

“Each year we review the costs of providing a quality educational experience, opportuni-ties for activities and room/board expense. Food and power costs along with the general cost of living increases, both here at the Col-lege and for our employees, all translate to the increase in the comprehensive fee,” Strikwerda said in a statement. “We make every effort to offset increases in the comprehensive fee with additional financial aid, student employment opportunities and a rigorous review of the College’s spending.”

The decision was made in conjunction with the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees. “Investing in academic and student support programs, improving our facilities and offering our students new opportunities to gain global perspectives through study abroad and service experiences, help them become a bigger part of the world around them,” Strikwerda also stated in the initial notification.

The email concluded with a few examples of the growth and progress of the College throughout the last year, including the ad-dition of Dr. Magda Bagnied, the College’s first Fulbright scholar-in-residence, the con-struction and redesign of the radio station, improvements to athletic venues and the establishment of the Momentum program.

Brianna E. WiestAsst. Editor

on campus

Strikwerda announces hike in tuition

Photo: Matthew P. ButeraAs York City School District faces a financial crisis, the administration is making important decisions regarding the future of its teachers and students.

Julia M. SpilkerStaff Writer

The Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. was

home to the Conservative Politi-cal Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 9, 10 and 11. CPAC is occupied by mainly Republican voters and gives members of the Republican party a chance to speak to a group of their peers. CPAC has become so big in the Republican Party’s eyes that the panel of speakers has stretched out rather far.

Three of the four Republican presidential nominees spoke at CPAC. Other honored guests included Sarah Palin, Kirk Cameron, Marco Rubio, Ann Coulter and former Republican nominee Herman Cain. Various other senators and governors who have played a large role in the Republican Party over the past few years were also invited to the event. Many discussed their disappointment and frus-trations regarding the actions of the Obama administration.

Ryan Carson, a first-year communications major, was present at CPAC. When asked what the conference environment was like, he said that it was charged and energetic.

“People were upset with the current state of the economy and the current president. It was basically a pep rally for the primaries,” Carson said. He went on to say that it was much different from when he watches candidates on TV because the candidates fed off of the energy of the crowd, and it was cool to be a part of that energy.

Carson said that it was such a memorable experience that he would definitely love to go back next year. He had a great time and got to see some very important people, including senators, congressmen and presidential candidates.

Due to the high volume of people and the extremely long lines at the conference this year, CPAC 2013 will be held at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, the larg-est combined hotel and conference center on the entire East Coast. The hotel is also conveniently located on the shore of the Potomac River in Maryland.

A big part of CPAC includes having the attendees participate in a straw poll. When the votes were tallied, Mitt Romney was declared the winner. While the victory does not really mean anything on paper, it is a major symbolic and moral victory for Romney. Romney came in first place with 38 percent of the votes, while former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania came in sec-ond with 31 percent. Newt Gingrich had 15 percent of the vote. Ron Paul came in fourth, receiving 12 percent of the votes, after

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Huntley C. McGowanNews Editor

Naked Man

Verdon Lamont Taylor, 32, is now behind bars after strutting stark naked into a Walmart in Exton, Pa. last Wednesday. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound man from Downingtown, Pa., stripped off his clothes in the parking lot, en-tered through the sliding doors of the Walmart and proceeded to steal a pair of socks. Authori-ties report that Taylor was extremely uncoop-erative when he was asked to leave the building. Police used a stun gun to pacify Taylor after he spat in an officer’s face.

According to the police report, Taylor was arrested on charges including aggravated as-sault and indecent exposure. Local media is now reporting that he is being held at Chester County Prison on $50,000 bail. Taylor has no attorney at this moment, the Associated Press reports.

Rough Winter

A man in Sweden has given the term “buried alive” an entirely new meaning after he was found in his car Friday buried underneath the snow. The man spent two months with no food and survived frigid temperatures as low as -22 degrees Fahrenheit. Snowmobilers found the man in the back seat of his car wrapped in a sleeping bag.

Police and rescue teams now report that the man is recovering at Umea University Hos-pital and is stable. Doctors report that while humans can normally go approximately four weeks without food and still survive, the man in the car survived by eating snow and going into a “dormant-like state.” Physician Stefan Branth remarked that the man “probably had a body temperature of around 31 degrees (Celsius) which the body adjusted to. Due to the low temperature, not much energy was used up.”

How the man ended up buried in the snow is still under investigation.

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CPAC energizes, renews Republican spirit politics

Former State Representative Brett Feese has been sentenced to 4 to 12 years in a

state prison. He was one of the main culprits involved in the House GOP Computergate scandal and was found guilty of all 40 charges filed against him.

On Feb. 10, Feese was sentenced to prison time as well as two years of probation, $25,000 in fines and $1 million in restitu-tion. He plans to appeal, although, accord-ing to PennLive, the evidence against him is “overwhelming,” and it will be practically impossible to get out of these convictions, especially because he was conveyed as be-having completely without remorse.

Feese, along with several other politicians, was involved with Com-putergate, a plot by the House Republicans to gain votes for the Republican party by diverting an estimated $10 million in “state-paid computer services and state workers to advance GOP election campaigns from 2000 to 2007,” ac-cording to PennLive.

Feese is the second person to be convicted in the scandal; the first was his former aide, Jill Seaman, who was sen-tenced to 9 to 23 months in the county prison work release center. The second, former Philadel-phia legislator and house speaker John Perzel, pled guilty and is now await-ing his sentence.

Although neither was as high-ranking as Feese, “He was a critical component of this op-eration. It could not have succeeded without him,” said Frank Fina, the chief deputy attorney general who oversaw Feese’s case. His defense at-torney tried to argue with the judge, Richard A. Lewis, but could not persuade him of Feese’s innocence.

Lewis said that his crimes were “a clear and flagrant violation of the public trust.”

The crackdown on politicians is getting very serious in the state capitol. Feese’s case is part of a larger attorney general investigation of government corruption, in which almost 30 people have already been charged. This is open-ing the public’s eyes to the many wrongdoings of people in power.

Many are upset, including students here at Elizabethtown College. Jennifer Simpson, a se-nior political science major, had some thoughts on the issue. “I find it disheartening how im-moral politicians can be. As a political science major, it makes me truly question the field I am attempting to enter.”

Since Feese was convicted for the crimes of hiring out-of-state consultants with pub-lic money, many are not willing to take his side. However, these days many people are not shocked by what politicians do. It is becoming normal for there to be political scandal in the news. “I believe actions such as those Feese is al-leged to have made are what have caused our generation to be-

come so cynical when it comes to the political world, which is a true shame,” Simpson said.

Although Feese has been convicted and it is not looking good for a chance at an appeal, the effects of the Computergate scandal are still ongoing. There are many more trials that will be in the news in the upcoming year, and if Feese’s verdict is any indicator, the sentences and punishments will be very severe.

Rachel E. BarrStaff Writer

Former Pa. representative faces chargesgovernment

Photo: Huntley C. McGowan

The crowd at CPAC 2012 was full of energy and excitement as they found comfort in the inspirational words of their fellow Republicans. Participation was so high that the meeting for next year is being moved to the largest hotel and conference center on the East Coast.

I find it disheartening how immoral

politicians can be.

~ Jennifer Simpson

winning the 2010 and 2011 straw polls in a convincing fashion. A reason for Paul’s lack of votes this year, according to Huffington

Post writer Elise Foley, is that neither Paul, nor any of his campaign members, showed up to CPAC and therefore did not get to excite the crowd like the other candidates did before the straw polls opened.

The straw poll was not the only thing that made a splash at CPAC this year. Occupy protesters attempted to crash the event, and one occupier even told a reporter at the Daily Caller that they were being paid “sixty bucks a head” to protest outside of the conference in Washington, D.C. Most of the protesters also did not know why they were protesting or even what they were protesting in the first place.

According to the staff at College Fix, “One protester told [The Daily Caller] that all the ‘Occupy’ activists were being paid to protest, and that his union, Sheet Metal Workers Local 100, approached him about the money-making opportunity.” The protestor went on to say that he does not like Local 100, but did not want to pass up an easy sixty dollars.

CPAC is seen as a chance for all of the Republican candi-dates to be able to speak to their peers without the pressure of having people in the audience oppose their ideals. The candi-dates use this chance to gain support in hopes of becoming the next Republican presidential candidate and possibly the next President of the United States of America. Based on the events at CPAC, it looks like America is in for a fun and event-filled 2012 presidential campaign from both parties.

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pennsylvania

Last week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett proposed leg-islation for the biggest reduction in prison population

in Pennsylvania’s history. The recent proposal sparked negative responses from correc-

tions officials across the state. This reduction would allow more than 2,500 current inmates to be immediately released based on their status. These inmates would not have to go through the normal release procedure in which they await a formal hearing to determine whether or not officials deem them prepared to be released on parole. It can take up to 100 days for an inmate who has been granted parole to be released.

Members of the Pa. state parole board and corrections officials are adamantly opposed to Corbett’s proposal. They claim that it will give prison officials the capacity to cut people loose who should not be released. According to PennLive, the Commonwealth of Pa. has sent 1,000 of its prisoners to Virginia where they are currently serving their sentences. Allowing so many prisoners to immediately be released will clog the parole system in Pa., which is also, reportedly, highly understaffed.

Dr. Rita Shah, associate professor of sociology, gave great insight and agreed with both the parole board and corrections officials, regarding the governor’s proposed cuts.

“The governor and his staff need to look at the bigger picture with this issue, and think less short-term. Essentially, what this proposal is doing is rewording the process and is not necessarily fixing the problem at hand,” Shah explained. “If they are going to release this many prisoners this quickly, they need to look into funding programs to help them stay out of the system and allow them to build up to being proac-tive for themselves.”

This issue of prison overcrowding, which is essentially what the proposal will help to lessen, is not simply a Pa. state issue. A number of states across the country, particularly California, are dealing with similar issues of overcrowding and understaffing. In an effort to combat these issues, the state wants to limit the number of housing units it uses to

save money and fund alternate projects unrelated to crime prevention. However, by doing so, these programs suffer, and rather than seeking treatment, these prisoners become repeat offenders and find themselves back in jail not long after they are released.

Sophomore criminal justice major Dave Feuz feels the propos-al may not have been thought through enough yet to be brought to the state’s attention. “I think a big part of the plan depends on the individual prisoner. Depending on the violation, I feel like each should be considered for release, as opposed to releasing a bulk at one time and facing the consequences of them possibly coming back in the not-so-distant future. If this means that the state will save money, I completely agree,” Feuz said.

Junior sociology major MJ Aumen agreed with Feuz, explaining that, “If an inmate has al-ready been granted parole, I would be fine with a speedi-er release process. I trust the parole boards in their deci-sions on whom to release. However, it takes time for pa-rolees to readjust to society. As long as they’re capable of re-adjusting smoothly, I see no problem.”

There are nu-m e r o u s m i x e d opinions on this issue, but Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel, the former

warden of the Franklin County Jail in Chambersburg, Pa., explained that, without this plan, numerous advances have already been put into place that would inhibit new changes from being made.

According to PennLive, with every 200 to 250 inmates who are released, one housing unit can be closed and the guards for that unit moved to a new location. This helps to reduce overtime, which currently costs the prison budget more than $60 million a year.

It seems as though the governor’s plan may need a few revisions based on the numerous points that have been overlooked in his current proposal. Thinking long-term and making drastic changes to the system may be the only way for it to be truly effective.

Kristen N. LacailladeStaff Writer

Gov. Corbett proposes largest prison reduction in Pa. history

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Pennsylvania may soon face the biggest reduction in prison populations it has ever seen. Governor Corbett has proposed legislation that would set free 2,500 current inmates.

Elizabethtown College junior Sean Post has brought great recogni-tion to Etown’s Mock Trial Team. Earlier this month, Post and his

teammates competed in the Philadelphia Mock Trial Tournament from Feb. 4-5. The prosecution won 4-0.

The mock trial team is comprised of twenty members and two coaches. District magistrate Jayne Duncan serves as head coach and Dave Spelfogel ’11, works as the assistant coach for the team. The overall team consists of two sides, prosecution and defense, consisting of eight to ten people each.

When the team was given their case packet in the beginning of August, they jumped into planning. The team reviewed the list of the witnesses and used their time to get a really good feel for what their team strategy and theme should be. The team prepared for both prosecution and defense because they were unsure which side they would have to take. According to Post, everyone on the team worked to find new angles and viewpoints within the case. Each person contributed and brought different outlooks to the case. “We are one of the most diverse groups on campus,” Post said. “We have such a wide variety of majors, people and personalities, and also students from different grades. It’s a lot of fun to work with so many different people.”

The Philadelphia Mock Trial Tournament was held in Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center. The mock trial team was greeted by 30 other competing schools, including: Princeton University, Villanova University, University of Virginia (UVA) and Temple University. Etown was randomly selected to compete against UVA, which has one of the top law schools in the United States of America. In Post’s opinion, UVA is a strong school to compete against, and he knew the court case was going to be a good challenge for Etown.

Dr. Kyle Kopko ’05, assistant professor of political science and former captain of Etown’s mock trial, explained how the tournament works. The court trial was comprised of four rounds, two rounds each day. For two of the rounds within the murder trial, the team served as the prosecution and the other two served as defense. For each side of the prosecution and defense, there are three attorneys and three witnesses. The prosecution gets 25 minutes to present their case-in-chief. The team gets to call all three of their witnesses and go through direct examination using that amount of time. However, when objections are made, the clock stops. The cross-examinations, which are allotted 25 minutes, do not affect the prosecution’s time limit. The openings and closings are also granted a certain amount of time. Overall, each round lasts two to three hours.

Kopko mentioned that the team worked tirelessly throughout the se-mester. According to Kopko, the team met three or more evenings each week in order to prepare their case. “As a former captain, I can personally attest that preparing a mock trial is no easy task,” Kopko said.

Post’s mock trial team scored an impressive 52 points and 48 points from the two judges, earning more points than the opposing teams. The judges award points to each team member based on how well they fulfilled their roles within the trial. The maximum a team member can be awarded is ten points. Post was scored by four judges. He earned a perfect score with a total of 20 points for his well-played role in prosecution. During Sunday’s ending ceremony, Post was awarded the Outstanding Attorney Award.

“I was shocked,” Post said. “I ended up tying for the top attorney in the tournament with somebody from UVA, and when you look at the dif-ference between UVA and Etown, just being in the same conversation as them, I think, is good because they get a lot of funding just for their mock trial program. All the students there are working to get to law school. They are one of the better teams. They always advance into the next round, and they did in this case as well.”

According to Kopko, “Sean performed at a higher level than student attorneys from major research universities and Ivy League institutions. This is quite an accomplishment and it’s something the entire college community should be proud of.”

Post attributes a lot of his success to his teammates. “I enjoy having to think on my feet,” he said, “and also the back and forth that you get when you make objections or cross opposing witnesses. To be able to have success with that, because it’s not just me working the case, it really involves the help of my teammates and coming together to sell our case to the judge.” In regards to the final outcome of the trial, the Etown team scored 4-4. However, Post stated, “When we found out that we won both ballots in the fourth round, it was really exciting because we played a solid team, very evenly match, and we ended up winning that round.”

Post also mentioned that, aside from winning a quite honorable award, this competition has far outshined others. “It was probably the best run tournament that [my team] ever participated in. The trial was held in an actual court room with a judge sitting in an actual judge chair. There was such an authenticity to it. The atmosphere was very positive.” The team has regularly competed in the Quaker Classic Invitational Tournament in the fall at the University of Pennsylvania.

When asked about his plans for future competitions, Post stated that the team will prepare for next year by holding practices with other teams and scrimmaging against the other Etown mock trial team. Although Post is not planning on becoming a lawyer, he thoroughly enjoys participating in mock trial. Post is majoring in accounting and minoring in history.

Post has been involved with Etown’s Mock Trial Team since his first year. Post said, “It’s been a great experience; the challenge makes me want to do it every year.”

He continued, “There is a sick sense of satisfaction that we all get [from mock trial]. There is obviously something about it that we want to do it. It’s very intense, and it’s very competitive.”

February 23, 20124 EtownianThe F sProfiles • Academic Events • Monthly Series • Culture

eatureon-campus eventPhysicist recites poems in native languages that resonate with personal experiences

on campus

Actress Debbie Pollack has seen her fair share of show business. She starred in the John

Hughes film “Sixteen Candles,” portraying the jock Marlene, nicknamed “Lumberjack,” who, to the amazement of protagonist Sam, becomes for-eign exchange student Long Duk Dong’s unlikely girlfriend within minutes upon arriving at the school dance. She’s also been a co-star on the NBC program “ER” and starred in theater productions such as “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and “My Fair Lady.”

With her years of experience, Pollack has the know-how to make it in show business. She will be giving a presentation called “What I DIDN’T Learn in Drama School” at the Bowers Writers House Feb. 29. She will discuss the difficulties actors can have transitioning from drama school to the constantly-changing entertainment business. She wrote in an email, “It is just overwhelming how little the country’s finest drama schools do to prepare their graduates to enter the entertainment business.”

After leaving the business for 20 years to raise her children, Pollack is now a commercial, television and film actress. Pollack said that she is able to get a lot of job offers because of her experience: “The culture icon-status of my character in ‘Sixteen Candles’ made me a recognizable commodity...”

She will share her knowledge of how actors can efficiently and inexpensively market themselves in the real world. She wrote, “I am happy to share some of my experiences over the past 30-plus years in and out of the business, and I will give practical sugges-tions for what students can do now to be aware of the ‘who, what and where,’ to begin to build their plan for moving forward with an acting career.”

Pollack already has a connection to Elizabeth-town College. Bowers Writers House Director Jesse Waters was able to book Pollack because, he explained, “She’s my step-aunt.”

Pollack knew she wanted to be an actress from a young age. As a child, she watched Shirley Temple movies every Saturday afternoon. “I was sold! I started singing and dancing when I was three and began working professionally at 17,” Pollack said.

Pollack can’t cite one reason for returning to show business, but she does credit her current husband. She said, “He asked me on our first date, ‘If you could be doing anything, what would it be?’ And without thinking, I said, ‘Audition-ing!’ So a supportive, understanding husband was a really good reason to take the plunge!” 

Waters believes that Pollack’s experience “and the fact that she’s made a career out of acting,” will be beneficial to theater majors and other students considering going to drama school.

Last semester, Waters also scheduled Tom Mal-lon, of Washington Shakespeare, who founded An Educational Theater Company. Waters said that, as he continues to make connections with people like Pollack, there will be more opportunities for actors and acting workshops at the Writers House.

Pollack is sure to provide some excellent advice for students who want to make it in the entertainment business.

Ellen C. WilsonAsst. Opinion Editor

TV’s Debbie Pollack offers acting advice

Courtesy PhotoPollack, a 30-year veteren of acting, will share important lessons she didn’t learn in school.

Carly B. SchriderStaff Writer

Sean Post leads mock trial team over Ivy Leaguesteam accomplishment

Photo: Lauren Smith-MorrowPost’s performance topped that of competitors earning him a perfect score. He has been a member of the mock trial team since his first year.

On Feb. 28, there will be a poetry reading by Dr. Ilan Gravé, associate professor of

physics and engineering, at the Bowers Writ-ers House. His presentation is called “From Quantum Wells to Dante’s Inferno: How a Physicist Can Appreciate Poetry.” Many stu-dents might consider physics and poetry to be a bizarre combination, but it’s one that works surprisingly well.

Gravé grew up in Israel and Italy. He got his physics and electrical engineering degree at Tel Aviv University in Israel and acquired his Ph.D. in applied physics from California Institute of Technology. Before he joined the physics and engineering de-partment at Etown in 2002, he worked with high-tech avionic projects in Israel. Gravé also worked at Fondazione Ugo Bordoni (FUB), a research institute in Rome, as a

senior scientist consultant and taught at the University of Pittsburgh. Aside from physics and engineering, Gravé’s interests include Middle East international affairs, Italian and Hebrew literature and poetry, contract bridge and soccer, according to his profile on the College’s website.

If you think that this poetry reading is all about physics, you are wrong. “This poetry reading will actually be about my life in Italy and Israel and all the traveling I have done. I will also be reading a few poems from Giacomo Leopardi and Wis-lawa Szymborska, who just died recently, some Israeli poems, Italian poems and also American poems,” Gravé said.

Some of Gravé’s favorite poets are Robert Frost, Edgar Lee Masters and Giacomo Leop-ardi. He likes poems that leave a mark on him. “The poems that I am going to be reading have meaningful connections to the stages of my life and some pieces are associated with specific events in my life. I can speak Italian and Hebrew, and the Israeli poems at this read-ing will be about the birth and difficulties in Israel,” he added.

Gravé speaks Italian, Hebrew, French and English. In every language, he has found a particular connection to poetry, coming from different angles.

For example, some of the works of Israe-li poets that he will read have a background in a number of themes that have deeply influenced Jewish life, from ancient testa-ment evocations, to Holocaust tragedies and horrors, to the struggle for the birth of the state of Israel. Sometimes poems end up as the lyrics of popular songs; some of these songs enhance the magic of poetry, and Gravé will share some beautiful songs with the audience.

The idea for this talk began when chat-ting with the director of the Bowers Writers House, Jesse Waters, about poetry. Gravé and Waters found themselves discussing some Italian poetry, and Waters asked if Gravé could give a talk about his love and connec-tion to poetry. “I’m not an expert on poetry. It is a hobby and I usually keep it for myself,” Gravé said, but he agreed to give this talk.

“In my 24 years at Etown, this is the first event from the physics and engineering department participating with the Bowers Writers House,” professor of physics Dr. William Stuckey said. “Gravé is a great guy. He cares a lot about his students, and he spends many hours on his lectures for his classes.” Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Sara Atwood agreed with Stuckey. “[Gravé] brings a lot of perspectives to the depart-ment because of his travels and projects he did in other countries,” she said. “I think that it’s great that Gravé is doing something like this because it shows the very characteristic of our department. It shows our interests from outside our careers.”

When he is not thinking about physics, engineering and his professional works, he tries to find time to read poetry.

“I like the interdisciplinary ideas our depart-ment creates. I think that it shapes a person because they are more outside of their comfort zones,” Stuckey said. “I am very curious about this event and I think that it will turn out great.”

Atwood agreed with Stuckey and feels that the department should do more things like this. “It is great for students to know that their professors have other interests outside physics and engineering. We, the professors, chose to teach at Etown because it is a liberal arts institu-tion. We are able to showcase our interests and combine them together,” Atwood said.

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Gravé is both a professor and poet He is an example of how a person can truly use both sides of his brain to accomplish something brilliant.

Correction:In last week’s issue, a photo caption incor-rectly identified a student as Mike Wawrzynek when it should have identified him as Stuart Foley. We apologize for the mistake.

Elizabethtown College alumnus Ted Delgado is a prime example

of Etown’s motto, “Educate for Service.”He graduated from the College

in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in international business with concentrations in marketing and finance and Magna Cum Laude honors. In addition, he is also a Cer-tified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and Certi-fied Financial Manager.

Delgado is currently a financial planning and analysis manager in the international division and supervising senior auditor for the Hershey Company. In addition to working for Hershey, he currently serves the International Business Advisory Board here at the College. Despite having a career that takes up the majority of his time, he fre-quently comes back to the College

to serve on the board and give back to the community.

Delgado was born in Russia, but moved to Ecuador when he was only two. He spent his childhood and ado-lescence there and then moved to the United States to study as an under-graduate at Etown.

While studying here, Delgado was a student worker in the College’s mar-keting and public relations office. He considers this to be one of his favorite memories while he was a student. He believes that with this opportunity the College provided him a job that offered a good opportunity to get a solid understanding of the real life workforce experience.

While reflecting on his time as a student at Etown, Delgado said the College’s international business pro-gram helped him achieve success as an employee at Hershey. While enjoying his time here, Delgado worked hard and made sure he mastered an essential skill, time management, to effectively

complete his work. “The international business program was great for me and is a great program. I got to work with some great people,” he said.

Of those great people, Delgado be-lieves the professors are among the ones instrumental in developing his success. He believes they were helpful, taught him a lot and were overall welcoming people. “The professors here at Etown are special,” he said. “They always make time for students who need or want help. Not a lot of colleges and universi-ties can say that about their professors. It’s what makes Etown not only a special college, but a great one.”

After graduating from the Col-lege, Delgado earned a position at Hershey. He began as an auditor and financial manager. Over time, his hard work paid off as he was able to work his way up and get promoted to his current position.

Delgado enjoys working as a financial manager and auditor at Hershey. He likes that his job provides

him opportunities to work cross-functionally with people of different expertise. Delgado enjoys being able to work with many departments at Hershey. However, despite all of that, he does not consider it the most re-warding aspect of his job. “The most rewarding part of my job is working with people of different cultures and backgrounds,” Delgado said.

In addition to working with people of various backgrounds, Delgado loves traveling the world. The one destina-tion he thinks of as his favorite is the Cayman Islands. Despite his enjoy-ment of traveling to different areas, he tries to return to the Cayman Islands every year. While there, he particularly enjoys diving, but also participates in other leisurely activities.

When Delgado is not working, he enjoys participating in a wide variety of activities. The ones he enjoys most are spending time with family, hanging out with friends, going for runs, taking walks and playing with his three Shih

Tzus. He is also musically inclined and plays the guitar in his free time.

Delgado is currently working on his Masters of Business Administration at Penn State, and will finish his degree in August. “If I had the opportunity to do school and my career all over again, one thing I would change is probably to be getting my MBA earlier,” he said.

For those graduating and complet-ing their degrees, Delgado has some advice to offer. “They should focus on getting a good internship,” he said. “But the most important thing is that I would recommend that they primarily focus on keeping those grades up. They should not slack in any class or semester. Their GPA will matter a lot, especially when applying for their first job after college. That is the first thing they will see.”

Through his success and dedication to advancing himself in every aspect, Delgado has put a positive mark on Etown, and is a model alumnus who students can follow.

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alumnus profileDelgado embraces ‘Educate for Service’ post-graduation

performance

Lisa’s father gave her a pony for her birthday, a dead pony. Why? Will Jerry jump to his death into troubled water? Could a measly

secretary become a murderer to find fame and glory? Find out when you come see these three comic shorts.

The Elizabethtown College Theater Department is proud to pres-ent three comedic sketches to be performed Feb. 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. in the Tempest Theatre. Tickets are $4 for general admission and can be purchased by calling (717) 361-1170 or emailing BOXOFFICE@etown.edu.

The authors of these works are three highly acclaimed playwrights: Shel Silverstein, William Borden and Elaine May. “I chose these shows simply by reading through a lot of short plays and finding the ones that appealed to me the most,” director Laura Robbins said. A senior at Etown, Robbins has directed the show with the intention of leaving the audience “walking away feeling something.” These three handpicked shows are sure to promote an intrigued audience and a thirst for information. Cast members include seniors Jaclyn Light and Danielle Fishman.

“I chose plays that I enjoyed and could envision. It’s very impor-tant for a director to have a vision of the play, because even though theater is an incredibly collaborative art, in a lot of ways the director is the leader and without that vision things can become difficult and confused quickly,” Robbins said.

The show starts with Silverstein’s “Best Daddy,” a twisted story of a young girl’s birthday celebration with an abusive father. It is Lisa’s 13th birthday and she had always asked for a pony in her birthday wishes. She would have never imagined her father actually getting her one. Except there is a problem with the horse … Lisa’s father has shot the horse in the head! How could it be? What a cruel trick to play on a young girl!

Lisa’s emotions push her into hysterics as her father uncovers the horse; or is it her sister, or a friend? When the pony changes so do the emotions in Lisa’s head; her father is torturing her mind. This dark comedy shows a very different side of Shel Siverstein from the one many know from “Where the Sidewalk Ends.”

The first play comes to a close as the second sketch, written by William Borden, begins. “Jumping” is the name given to the realistic comedy. Jerry, a professor from California, meets a woman, Denise, as he attempts to take his own life by jumping off a bridge. Denise has her own psychopathic issues and begins sharing them in the midst of Jerry’s self-conflicting thoughts about the correct way of jumping to his death.

The show concludes with a power struggle during dinner in the office. “The Way of All Fish,” written by Elaine May, captures the heat of each moment as this fiery battle rages. “Riverton’s plan for murder is unfurled as the two dine,” Robbins said. The power struggle between secretary and boss leads this mysterious comical play through many themes and explores one character’s wicked incentives for murder. This office dinner quickly turns into a terror tale. Miss Riverton, the secretary, wants the fame and the glory that her boss, Miss Asquith, has in her wealthy business position. Riverton seems as though she’d do anything to take it from her.

A cast favorite, ‘The Way of All Fish’ will keep you on the edge of your seat with anticipation. The longest of the three shows, this half hour sketch has been saved for last. “‘The Way of All Fish’ is the most developed show with the most lines, and what I feel has the most comedy,” Robbins said.

Robbins directed the show for her senior theater project. “This project is a graduation requirement, though I could have chosen to do a different project,” Robbins said. Robbins’ love of theater and devo-tion to the arts is evident in her actors through their technique and devotion to the stage. Directing her first show, Robbins challenged herself in a leadership position. “I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for my senior project … I decided to push myself and see what I

could do,” Robbins said.Many times an audience doesn’t understand what type of work

goes into moving a show from the drawing board to the stage. The work involved before opening night creates the final result. Robbins was able to explain what exactly her role as a director involved in this specific show.

“The requirements for this included writing a prospectus, a script analysis for each sketch, prop lists, costume lists, floor plans, rehearsal notes, a prompt book with blocking and roughly 60 hours of rehearsal,” Robbins said. The amount of preparation by this director, cast and crew could match that of most sports teams on campus.

Located in Tempest Theatre just behind the Bird Cage in the BSC, this one-hour comedic collection is sure to engage a variety of your emotions as you sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

Joshua W. WheelerStaff Writer

Comic Shorts: popular playwrights twist things up, laughs guaranteed

Francis J. CapriaStaff Writer

movie review

Ashley L. WrightStaff Writer

‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ demonstrates conflict transformation

On Feb. 16, Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to see a film depict-

ing what would happen if a killer and his vic-tim’s brother were to meet several years after the murder. “Five Minutes of Heaven” (2009), star-ring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, is based on the real-life story of Jimmy Griffin’s murder by 17-year-old Ulster Volunteer Force member, Alistair Little. Griffin was killed in front of his little brother outside of their Northern Ireland home in 1975. The film dramatizes what could have been, had the two men met years later. “Five Minutes of Heaven” proved to be a “popu-lar action movie” according to first-year Andrea Keller, a student who attended the screening.

The College has recently shown a variety of documentaries in order to raise awareness of global issues. The main message “Five Minutes of Heaven” presents is conflict transformation. “The topic of conflict transformation was cho-sen due to the fact that Etown embarked on cre-ating a new office this year to focus on conflict transformation and peacemaking initiatives on campus and beyond,” said Melissa Law-Penrose, program associate for peacemaking initiatives.

The film was chosen to be shown on campus because “it shows how one act of violence in the context of a larger very violent conflict is not an isolated event and its effects will ripple outward to include many more people and span many more years than most people would imagine,” Law-Penrose elaborated. Due to her vast ex-perience and Etown’s supporting efforts, a new

course has been added to the College, PCS160: Conflict Resolution Practicum, in which she instructs on messages presented in the film. Also, a peer mediation group has been formed this semester.

Law-Penrose put the viewing of the film to-gether to be shown to a broader audience, and made a point of how conflict transfor-mation impacts Etown students. “First, on the personal level, each person has a way of dealing, or not dealing, with interper-sonal conflict. My goal is to help people on campus become aware of their personality and tendencies in relation to conflict and explore ways to make interpersonal conflict at Elizabethtown a positive, life changing and growing experience,” she said.

In terms of lessons students can learn about conflict resolution from “Five Min-utes of Heaven,” Law-Penrose said, “Stu-dents will take away whatever lessons they need to and it is not my place to prescribe what they should get out of the film. How-ever, what I hope they saw in the film were themes of violence, conflict, reconciliation, identity, our own personal journeys and the interconnectedness of people and events, as well as the paradoxes and conundrums regarding truth, peace, mercy and forgive-ness.” She continued, “I hope it will bring home in a real way what dealing with living through violent conflict may be like and the numerous questions and insecurities are left in the aftermath.”

In the near future, Law-Penrose plans on sponsoring events for the College

community by incorporating reflection on personal conflict, constructing a sense of pur-pose from conflict resolution, and developing resolutions to transform conflict into positive community-building experiences. Integrating conflict resolution films such as “Five Minutes

of Heaven” hones true feelings on how to deal with emotions and how one can fully express himself or herself through helpful techniques.

For those who missed the screening, the film is available via streaming on Netflix and on DVD.

Photo: Jacqueline E. Quidort

Danie Fishman (left) and Jaclyn Light (right) rehearse for the comic shorts. Although different from the normal productions, the collection is sure to entertain.

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February 23, 2012

student opportunitiesInternships with NASA, Disney explore national involvementElizabeth L. BrennanStaff Writer

In this day and age, having an internship is as essential as having a degree. For this

reason, many students choose to complete internships during their final years at Elizabethtown College. But does that mean students have to take any old paper-pushing job? Of course not! Seniors Leann Johnson and Rachel Saul chose exciting places for their internships – North American Space Association (NASA) and Walt Disney World, respectively.

Johnson, a double major in applied and pure math and computer science, completed her internship at NASA over the summer. She worked for the Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, Md. as a sum-mer intern for the Scientific Visualization Studio. It was a paid internship that required her to work forty hours weekly, not unlike a job she will have after graduation.

Johnson’s responsibilities included cre-ating two programs for her department. In the first, Johnson wrote a program that would break large video into fifteen smaller frames for NASA’s hyperwall. A hyperwall is a wall comprised of monitors, and with smaller frames, the video could play better on the hyperwall.

Johnson’s second project was segmenting video for a dome show visualization, a large video that would be presented in a dome, such as a planetarium. “One of the visual-izers was having trouble analyzing the video in any detail because it was so big,” Johnson said. “I thought, ‘Hey, I’m already breaking up frames, I can just take [a] big one and break it up in a different way and compile a video for those frames.”

Essentially, Johnson would isolate one section of the video to be analyzed. “Picture

watching just the left half of a movie, it was like that. So then [my supervisor] could watch just that small section and see that in its full resolution,” Johnson said. She wrote a pro-gram similar to the one from her first project to help her with this dome visualization issue.

Johnson enjoyed her work at NASA and the work environment. Most of the people she worked with were middle aged with families, but everyone was helpful and friendly. “The guys would sit around and talk about sci-fi. It was the epitome of working at a ‘nerd’ place. But it was cool and a lot of fun,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s supervisor, Horace Mitchell, head of the Scientific Visualization Studio Group,

was also very helpful and understanding. “He was wonderful,” Johnson said. “He had such a good way of being encouraging and guiding me if I needed help.” She still keeps in contact with Mitchell via Facebook.

So how did Johnson hear about this intern-ship? By surfing the net. “I was browsing the Internet for different internships and found NASA,” Johnson said. She stated that the ap-plication process was very simple – she applied online and then was offered the internship.

Rachel Saul, a theater performance major, was recently accepted to Walt Disney World’s internship program. She will relocate to work in attractions from August 2012 to January 2013.

Photos: Matthew P. Butera, Rachel R. Saul

Though Saul was accepted to work in attractions, next month she will compete in character auditions. If she is chosen to play a Disney character, those responsibilities will override her attrac-tions responsibilities. “It is just a general audition. Whoever the board thinks you would best fit, you will be,” Saul said. But she does hope to be cast as a Disney princess. “Snow White would be great. Any princess would be awesome. Minnie Mouse would be a dream, but I’m too tall,” Saul said.

Because Saul does not live in Florida, she will live in accommodations provided by Walt Disney World. “It’s similar to the apartments on campus,” Saul said. “We will get a kitchen, bath and living space.” However, she will be living with seven or eight other employees. Rent will be taken directly out of her paycheck so there is no need to pay bills. Saul will also get to voice her preference for the type of ac-commodations she will receive. Saul specifically sought this internship

for a few reasons: she had friends who completed the program before who recom-mended it to her and she always thought working for Walt Disney World would be

an amazing opportunity. But another fac-tor in her decision was that the company allowed her to apply even though she was a second semester senior.

“The program allows you to apply as long as you are a full-time student. That was a big thing for me,” Saul said. She will not enroll in classes for this reason, but other students can take classes while working for the theme park.

Saul encourages others to apply for this in-ternship. “It was so easy to obtain,” Saul said. “You just go on the website, apply and interview. The waiting is the hardest part!”

At Etown, students often apply and receive internships to better their understanding of their majors, special interests or general collegiate learning. Leann Johnson (left) and Rachel Saul (right) chose internships at NASA and Walt Disney World that appeal to them both on a personal and an academic level.

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dash o’ sass

ASK SarahSarah M. KnightIllustrator

ITS

internet phenomenonMemes, online quips provide entertainmentTiana A. BoginoStaff Writer

Memes have been becom-ing very popular all over

college campuses around the country. From big universities to small colleges, the meme epidemic is growing at a fast pace. Elizabethtown College has recently gained its own Etown memes page on Face-book within the past two weeks.

Etown students, senior Dev-on Favinger and junior Allison Keidat, decided to create a page made up of amusing memes for Etown students to enjoy.

It started about a week ago when Keidat was surfing the web and came across Millers-ville and Temple University’s memes pages. “I was just bored and I was like ‘we live in this Etown bubble, why not make something that everyone can relate to, something that’s just fun,’” Allison said.

The creators didn’t really think they would start a page that would become so popu-lar in a short amount of time. “It started off as a joke. We were like ‘haha wouldn’t it be funny if Etown had one,’” Favinger said. Once they read a few, they decided that they should take a shot and make an Etown memes page. The Etown memes page gained followers very quickly. “I think we had over two hundred likes by the end of the night,” Keidat

recalled. “It was made at 4:30 [a.m.] on a Wednesday night; it blew up.” 

As far as creating the memes, Keidat and Favinger and other Etown students create them. “There’s this website, I think its called quickmeme.com; there’s some that are pre-made, you can edit the caption or upload your own picture and make your own caption, it’s kinda cool,” Keidat said.

The creators get their inspira-tion from many different places on campus: from carrot cake, to the cafeteria, to schoolwork: just about anything that’s funny that Etown students can relate to will likely be found on the page.

The memes are posted whenever Favinger and Kei-dat come up with a new one. “Whenever I have an idea, I’ll make a note of it,” Favinger said. Not only can the creators of the page post, but if you go on

Facebook and like the page, you can create your own memes and post them too.

This page has become very popular amongst the Etown community. Many students have really taken to it and cre-ate their own memes and post them often. Since the page was created a little over a week ago, the girls have received over 800 “likes.” This was way beyond their expectations, especially since it all started out as a joke. 

The students seem to be giving great feedback about the page as well. “I really enjoy reading the memes page. It cracks me up. It’s funny because we can all relate to the jokes that are being made,” sophomore Rosa Wiley said. “They really are funny, it’s almost as if the whole campus is connected.” Jessica Howard, a sophomore, also enjoys to reading the page. “My roommates and I read

them out loud, we can really relate to them. We always get a good laugh,” she said. 

Although many students seem to enjoy the page, there are a select few who find it very inappropriate and even of-fensive. Some students feel that the page uses the term “meme” incorrectly, and feel the need to scroll down the page and cor-rect everyone who they feel is using it inappropriately.

“Some people just like to suck the fun out of things,” Keidat said. “But I just roll it off my shoulder.” However, if Keidat and Favinger do find that people are posting inap-propriate memes, they will ban them from the page. They made it very clear that they want to keep the memes as appropriate as possible, while still making them funny,

“If there’s something that is being taken personally, just laugh it off,” Keidat said. “We’re at college, it’s about having fun; just loosen up.” Favinger agreed saying, “It’s not meant to hurt anyone, it’s funny. If we can make one person laugh, the job’s done.” 

The Etown memes Face-book page is still growing at a rapid pace with students post-ing memes just about every day. If you haven’t checked out the page, be sure to “like” it on Facebook, and maybe even cre-ate your own memes for other students to enjoy.

Hi Sarah- I’m pretty sure that my roommate stole some of my

cash. Instead of accusing her, I asked her if she had seen it, and she said no. Then she immediately grabbed her wallet, without saying anything, and counted her cash. She said she would clean her side of the room and if she found it, she’d let me know. She didn’t clean and never brought it up again. My whole thing is, she doesn’t have a job and isn’t from Pennsylvania, so how is she get-ting cash? I understand maybe a check but not cash, and it’s not like she drives home nor do her parents visit to give her money. I’m missing cash, and all of a sudden she has an abundance of it, what can or should I do? I don’t want to be accusatory, but the money was in our room and out of sight the whole time.

-Missing My Money

Dear Missing Money, Whoa, home girl. You’re upset, and it’s apparent and

reasonable. What I think you first need to do is take a deep calming breath and think for a minute. I mean, we don’t want to drop an accusation like that from just jumping to conclusions. Come on, honey, we’re in college—you can’t think of a single way someone could get money without it physically being put in their hand? Job or no job, roomie may have a savings account and a bank card. Boom. If her parents are, in fact, helping out, they could deposit money into her account, wire it to her or enclose the occasional fiver in a thoughtful card (thanks, Nana). The ac-cusation of theft is a mega-super serious one. If you wait and see and think something still is a little fishy, contact your RA or seek assistance from the Peer Mediation Program at LAWPENROSE@etown.edu. They will help set up a meeting and get stuff done.

Dear Sarah, I know that you might not be the best person or the

most qualified person, but you are a person — a person who cares, so I see no reason why not. I need help. I don’t know how much longer I can go on wearing this mask, pretending that everything is okay when it isn’t. I dread going to bed at night be-cause I know that means that I am just one blink closer to waking up. I am afraid to wake up. I don’t have the strength to face this day; I don’t have the strength to face tonight or tomorrow. I am lost deep in the forest without so much as a flashlight, yet no one knows I am missing. No help is coming for me - how can it when no one cares or even knows that I am lost? What is the point of being there for your friends if they are never there for you? How can I face tomorrow?

-Alone in a Room of People

Dear (you are not at all) Alone, First things first, you need to get in contact with Coun-

seling Services. That is not a suggestion; this is something you need to do as soon as possible. I know the completely unreason-able stigma that has been somehow attached to seeking profes-sional, emotional support — and it’s crap. Counseling Services, in my opinion, is one of the most valuable resources we have here on campus. Going for help does not mean you are weak or bro-ken or crazy — it means you are smart and very strong. I know so many people who have benefitted from counseling here at school or elsewhere, and it’s worth it, please trust me on this. Head to the BSC, room 216, or call (717) 361-1405. Please.

The funny thing about feeling alone is that you’re never alone in feeling it. Depression, anxiety, loneliness … hun, you don’t know how very not-alone you are. I’ve been there and bet you any Jay bucks that someone you know or someone around you right now has too (honestly, hands up people! I don’t care if you’re in the Marketplace or wherever.) I also know that isn’t something you can necessarily believe right now. You have friends who care now, just as you will make friends who care in the future, trust me on this. Strangers even! It really is incredible, but you just can’t see the forest through the trees, ya know? You just have to start with you, which is a terrifying thing, but just what you have to do. It sucks sometimes, but it is so worth it. In the meantime, you have to get yourself a healthy outlet, which might be the only nice thing about this. Run, paint, dance and be ridiculous, join a club, journal, freestyle rap — and that’s just what some Etown students do. Get outside, take a break at home — just do what you love and love will come back to you in abundance. Let me know how it goes, honey. You’ll do great.

Award applauds analysts’ technical skillsRyan C. CarsonStaff Writer

After creating the Analyst of the Year award in 2004, the Help Desk Institute (HDI),

in conjunction with local chapters, locates and awards the industry’s best support analyst. The local chapters nominate support analysts who compete with other peers for this award.

HDI has six local chapter regions who have a representative participate in HDI’s Global Analyst of the Year Awards celebrations held during the HDI Annual Conference & Expo. ITS workers for Elizabethtown College belong to the Susque-hanna Valley chapter. The event is sponsored by Robert Half Technology.

The Analyst of the Year award is presented to the most highly qualified nominee. Students and employees are nominated for their outstanding customer service skills, amongst other merits that give customers exceptional service. Seniors Andrew Sauls and Stephen Wilczek of Elizabethtown College’s ITS department have both been nominated previously for the Analyst of the Year award.

Starting out as a help desk technician in his sophomore year, Sauls was nominated this school year for the Analyst of the Year award in recognition for his hard work and dedica-tion at the help desk.

“I am honored to have been nominated,” Sauls commented. “It appears to be the highest honor available at our help desk, and it is a privilege to even be considered for it.”

During his time working for ITS, Sauls has learned quite a lot. He began as a troubleshooter for the College’s net-work, but Sauls can now diagnose hardware and software problems and find solutions to these problems better than ever. The opportunity to really showcase his skills was fi-nally attained after he and Wilczek landed positions with the ITS department as student interns.

“My job is to research and possibly design, then implement a digital signage solution around campus,” Sauls explained. “Simply, this would revamp the TVs and displays in the Jaywalk, Esben-shade Video Wall and the BSC, among others.”

Wilczek, ITS student help desk assistant manager, was nomi-nated for this prestigious award last school year for his work as a help desk and diagnostic technician. Wilczek stated, “It is really nice not to just have my name put out there, but the fact that stu-dents can make a difference and it is not all about faculty members.”

Now as an intern, Wilczek’s job is to virtualize the classroom labs. This would allow students who do not have a specific piece of software on their computer to access the college’s software whether they are on or off campus.

According to Wilczek, “You would not have to leave your dorm room and can access it at home. You can just log into the server and you would have a virtual environment.”

Like any other technology project, Wilczek has found a few drawbacks. The major problem is Apple, Inc. would not allow

Wilczek to virtualize its software due to licenses and agreements. Wilczek hopes that someday that will change, but for now it is not possible to make these changes with a Mac operating system.

“What we can do is put an installed receiver on the Mac to allow students to open a Windows environment,” he said. “It is the best we can do right now.”

The demo of this virtual environment is scheduled to be released in mid-April. Wilczek will present the concept and show that Etown has the capability of using the virtual en-vironment to enhance learning and accessibility to students.

Because he is a senior, Wilczek explains that it will be in the hands of ITS to allow the program to run.

“I will be graduating, so to my knowledge, ITS will be implementing a pilot to test case it into their servers,” Wilczek said.

However, this may not be the last time students hear of Wilczek’s work. He hopes to make a career out of this by researching now and designing later.

“Everybody’s looking at it right now, colleges, companies and organizations, but nobody is really starting to imple-ment full desktop virtualization,” Wilczek continued, “It is really exciting to get into and maybe this will be my whole life.”

Student help desk supervisor and client support special-ist Karen Eatherton is proud of both Sauls and Wilczek and their work at ITS.

“Both of them are great workers and have done a lot of work for ITS. They are both dedicated and dependable,” Eatherton stated. “They will be missed.”

Even though Sauls and Wilczek did not win the award, it is still admirable to be nominated against people who do this for a living. The HDI Susquehanna Valley Chapter strives to promote better practices for the service and support industry. It is impressive for these two Etown students to be nominated to win a prestigious award two years in a row. The HDI Annual Conference & Expo will be held April 24 to 27, 2012, in Orlando, Fla.

Photo: Matthew P. ButeraSeniors Andrew Sauls and Stephen Wilczek have both previously been nominated for the prestigious Analyst of the Year award. This is an honor for any collegiate ITS staff member.

Congratulations to Elizabethtown College’s own

Phalanx for placing 2nd at the quarterfinals of an

International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella competition (ICCA),

putting Phalanx in the top 50 a capella groups in the country.Best of luck at the semi-final competition

for the Mid-Atlantic Region!

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No Child Left Behind, “one of President George W. Bush’s most

touted domestic accomplishments,” according to the Huffington Post, is no longer in effect in 10 states. President Barack Obama has freed these states from certain restrictions of No Child Left Behind, such as us-ing only standardized test scores as a way to measure academic competency, and they will also be allowed to take subjects other than reading and math into account when judging students’ progress. These 10 states are also free from meeting the 2014 deadline for every public school in America to have their students “up to speed.”

In response to the states’ removal of No Child Left Behind from education requirements, some Tea Party Repub-licans claim this is a “cop out” from helping to educate minorities and impoverished people whose scores may be less than ideal.

It’s important to note that each of the 10 states was required to submit an alternative to No Child Left Be-hind for approval before they could make alterations to their education requirements.

I didn’t attend a public school, so I have no experience with No Child Left Behind testing and academic measurements. So, I turned to a friend and classmate, sophomore Jack Hess, to shed light on the situation through

Sound Off

workplace ethics

Stephen M. WelshStaff Writer

Company mandatesnicotine testingfor employees

I’ll be the first to admit that I enjoy smoking a pipe or a cigar on rare occasions. I think it surprises many people when I confess

to enjoying a high-quality stogie after my cross country or track season ends. The majority of runners typically don’t indulge in smoking, and I wouldn’t recommend it more than a few times a year if you want to be successful or breathe during workouts. Smokers usually fall into one of two categories: 1. The heavy smoker who invests a large portion of their income into smoking or 2. The smoker who on rare occasions enjoys a tobacco product. I would consider myself part of the second group.

If you find yourself in the first group, you may want to rethink your smoking habits as they could limit you from being hired by certain companies after graduation. Geisinger Medical Center, which is ranked among the top 100 hospitals in the country according to the American Nurses Credential-ing Center, banned smoking on all of its properties in 2007 in an attempt to promote health awareness throughout all of its campuses. They also have refused to hire any potential employees if they test positive for nicotine.

You may cry “foul” when hearing of Geisinger Medical Center’s attempt to limit the rights of employees to enjoy a tobacco product occasionally, but I applaud them for their efforts to promote health among their current and potential employees. I have no sympathy for someone not getting a job because of an unhealthy habit such as smoking. If you’re allowing yourself to become dependent on your daily smoke breaks to relieve your stress, not getting a job is the least of your worries as you’ll probably die from lung cancer eventually. I apologize if that sounds harsh, but many of my friends in high school had relatives or acquaintances who died from lung cancer. Having seen the pain they went through, I would never want anyone to have to experience that type of death or lose a relative to it.

Speaking as someone who doesn’t rely too heavily on smoking to solve my problems or relieve my stress every day, I confess to being angered by habitual smokers in the workplace. In both of the jobs I held prior to beginning college, smokers frequently took their “smoke breaks” while I was obligated to cover their position until they finished their cigarette. Besides the amount of time these employees wasted, it gave the business the negative image of supporting unhealthy habits.

Companies aren’t legally or morally obligated to cater to the various addictions their employees have. I would even argue that any company that allows their employees to take frequent smoking breaks during shifts doesn’t care about their employees’ health or the image that it gives the company. Although businesses are most often motivated by money, a healthy public image of their workers is closely tied to this. If a business is openly promoting a healthy lifestyle among its employees, this will be viewed positively and cause the way consumers view the company to change for the better.

There’s a quote in Spiderman (hopefully the upcoming remake is stellar) that Uncle Ben says to Peter Parker. He says, “With great power comes great responsibility.” I’m quite aware that quote has been referenced by many people, but there’s some solid truth to be found in it. Geisinger Medical Center is in a position of great power; it has many high-quality jobs to offer people in a time when the economy is currently pulling out of a recession. The Medical Center has stated that it will offer potential employees the chance to re-apply for the job if they are proven to be nicotine-free for five months. If it utilizes this power responsibly, it could be the factor that causes people to quit smoking and get a great paying job. It’s a win-win for potential employees willing to quit their addiction. They’re healthy, and they get a job.

Although their actions may not be received positively, Geis-inger Medical Center is steadfastly holding to their principles of promoting a healthy lifestyle both inside and outside the work-place. Not only would I be proud to call them my employers, but I would wholeheartedly support their decision to not hire employees who blatantly go against everything they stand for. Just when you think every company out in the working world is only concerned with making money, Geisinger Medical Center stands out as an organization dedicated to promoting health among its employees and society as whole.

Andrew S. HermStaff Writer

educationStates remove No Child Left BehindSchools should cater to student needs, not teach to the test

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The Bush Administrations’ No Child Left Behind Act was repealed in 10 states, in the hopes that the curricula will be more inclusive of all subjects, rather than focusing solely on reading and math subject areas.

The

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his personal experiences and opinions regarding No Child Left Behind dur-ing his high school years: “Based on my understanding …it was a lofty goal in the first place… it’s just not feasible.”

Hess cited the presence of students whose first language may not be Eng-lish or those with learning disabilities as a reason for the lack of legitimacy and fairness of the testing process. “How are they supposed to be immedi-ately expected to pass with 70 percent proficiency [on the English portion of the test]? How are they expected to pass the test in the same amount of time as the so-called ‘normal’ chil-dren?” Hess said. He also expressed his belief that teachers, due to outside pressure from the administration, are forced to teach to fit the test, which

makes them less effective teachers overall.

Also, Hess brought up a pertinent point when taking schools’, in this case his former high school’s, goals and de-sired learning outcomes into account: “The administration kind of pushed those boundaries and stretched those rules anyway just to get improvement from the students …I think it should be less about where we are now, and more about where we want to be.”

If schools aren’t constantly clawing to achieve a certain status quo grade through standardized testing and the styles of teaching typically geared to-ward that type of curriculum, perhaps better outcomes could be achieved. “It may sound foolish, but why aim for only

70 percent proficiency when the goal should be 100 percent?” Hess asked.

I think his argument is a valid one, and I find myself in agreement: for instance, based off of my grades in both high school and college, I am an above-average student. Based off of my standardized test scores (in my case, just the SATs and ACTs), I’m a decent student who’s incompetent in math. I’m neither a minority nor impoverished, and still my scores are less than desirable.

Also, I think it makes more sense for the 10 states to include subjects such as science, social studies and any others they deem fit for testing simply for the fact that they are all taught in school: if students need to devote time in school to a wide range of subjects, I don’t see why they should be expected to focus on just two, especially when they determine the student’s overall proficiency and competency.

Some who oppose the repeal may claim that there may be lack of ac-countability for schools to perform well if they can’t be gauged by the No Child Left Behind standards. How-ever, I think each state offering its own individual set of standards, along with repercussions for schools that may continue to under perform, make a high performance outcome feasible. The same level of performance in every single state is hardly achievable, even if only taking population into account, so expected levels of perfor-mance tailored to fit each individual state may alleviate pressure on school districts, administrations and faculty.

I’d enjoy seeing No Child Left Be-hind repealed in more states, if only based off my opinion that standard-ized tests are obsolete and not a fair representation of a student’s academic and intellectual ability. Again, by citing my lackluster scores (and the fact that I don’t think I even needed to submit them to certain colleges during the application process, even though that’s one of their remaining functions) having zero effect on my attending college, I don’t see how they play a significant role in today’s education system.

Students aren’t robots, and shouldn’t be treated as another number required to process and regurgitate specific information to prove their worth; they’re people with individual learn-ing needs, which should be catered to by both teachers and schools.

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commentaryResearch on eating less helps scone lover

Dr. Sanjay PaulChair of Business Dept.

Science professor’s lecture provides health concerns for Homer

On the turntable Laura Stevenson and the Cans

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When Dr. Jane Cavender introduced the speaker

in Gibble the other day, she was aware that the audience con-sisted of biology students and faculty interested in learning about the relationship between calorie intake and longevity.

The speaker was Behzad Varamini, who is currently com-pleting a postdoc at UPenn. What made matters even more inter-esting was the fact that Behzad graduated from Elizabethtown College a few years ago — and is also the son of an Etown busi-ness faculty. The return of any accomplished alum, especially one seeking to share the results of his current research with our students, is a wonderful occasion — and the audience in Gibble was keen to hear him.

Dr. Cavender may not have known that Homer was pres-ent in the audience. He could not attend the entire lecture (owing to a department meet-

Before I get down to business, I just want to ask: did you watch the Grammys?! Kudos to Bon Iver for winning “Best New Artist” and “Best Alterna-tive Album;” although, you’ve probably been listening to them since 2008, so this all comes as no surprise, amirite? Anyway, getting back on track. I don’t want to take the spotlight away from the incredible talent that is Laura Stevenson and the Cans. I heard about this group from an indie-music savvy coworker, #thanksKellyVanClief, and I’m so stoked to pass this band on to you! Laura Stevenson, a native of Nassau County, N.Y., grew up loving music, but didn’t realize she would be as successful at creating it until she began play-ing guitar and writing her own songs when she went off to college. In 2005, while performing as a key-boardist with indie band Bomb the Music Industry!, Stevenson began piecing together her own band, and

formed Laura Stevenson and the Cans. This band creates their unique niche in the music world in part by the number of unusual instruments they combine, including an accordion and a trumpet. More frequently, Stevenson’s vocals are accompanied by the thoughtful strumming of an acoustic guitar. Songs “Master of Art” and “The Pretty One” are so inexplicably refreshing and beautiful; they make me want to sing along, even though I don’t know all the words and I’m certifiably tone-deaf. Anyone who can write a lyric like “meet me at the pretty lights time of day” has earned a spot in my iTunes library. Laura Stevenson and the Cans released their first album, “A Record,” back in 2008, and are currently plugging their 2011 release, “Sit Resist.” With over 25,000 downloads and growing since they first hit the scene, Laura Stevenson and the Cans are best served shaken, not stirred.

ing), but Homer was intrigued by the title of the talk: Eat Less and Live Longer. Sure enough, as Behzad began discussing how reduced calorific intake could result in animals (and perhaps humans) living longer, Homer knew he had struck gold.

He finally had the scientific basis he needed for his cause in his ongoing Battle of the Scones at the Blue Bean!

A long time ago, Homer had recommended to Kathy, the Blue Bean’s genial propri-etor, that she consider adding scones to her offerings. In re-markably short order, scones appeared on the menu — and Homer was in heaven. But soon, he discovered that most customers wanted scones with icing, and in deference to mar-ket forces, the proprietor be-gan to add the wretched icing stuff to the scones, defacing what were otherwise perfectly splendid specimens.

Homer remonstrated. He begged. He pleaded. But all to

no avail. The best that Kathy could do was to keep one scone in the pile un-iced, and on days when Homer was unable to make it to the Blue Bean, that scone would sit there through the day, unloved and unbought, while its fat-laden, calorie-enhanced cousins sold like the proverbial hotcakes.

Homer had proposed vari-ous solutions to wean custom-ers away from the scones with icing. He had recommended raising their prices — after all, wasn’t Kathy expending additional effort to add icing to the scones? And there was the added cost of the icing materials. Surely, increasing their prices over the un-iced varieties by 25 percent was not unreasonable?

More recently, with the Col-lege’s Strategic Planning under way, Homer had proposed add-ing a goal dealing with healthy eating. The College could distinguish itself from our rivals, he had told President Strikwerda in a lengthy email,

by offering scones sans icing. Which other college could claim to make such an offer to its students?

Homer is still waiting for the President’s response. But in the meantime, Behzad’s visit has provided him with the best argument of all. After all, who would not want to give up a few calories in exchange for extended living?

So, when you go to the Blue Bean next time, expect to see a banner in the scone area. The banner will say, “Research has conclusively proven that eating scones without icing will cause you to live at least five years longer. Make the right choice.”

Dr. Cavender has expressed some concern that the state-ment distorts Behzad’s re-search findings and should be altered significantly, but Homer remains hopeful that they can reach an agreement quickly.

After all, much is at stake. It is now a matter of life and longer life.

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SportsFebruary 23, 2012 EtownianThe 11

retirementJays wave goodbye to beloved coach

Team photos, awards and other mementos decorate the walls of

Yvonne Kauffman’s office. For over 40 years, this legendary coach has touched the lives of hundreds of students through both coaching and teaching. Kauffman, current head coach of Elizabethtown College’s women’s basketball team, announced back in November her plans to retire after the season. While she is looking forward to having the extra hours to work on her golf game and spend time at her beach house, Etown athletics will be missing one of its greatest and most successful coaches.

Growing up the youngest of five children, Kauffman spent most of her time outside on her family’s farm, playing with her brothers. They spent afternoons playing games like cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians. It wasn’t until Kauffman’s family moved into town that she started playing basketball and baseball on the playground with the neighborhood boys. She recalled with a grin, “They wanted me to play on the boy’s baseball team, but my mom wouldn’t let me.”

As Kauffman grew up, sports con-sumed her life, and she continued to wrestle with her neighbors and play baseball on the playground. In sixth grade, there was a girl in her town who was going off to college to be a physical education teacher. “She was my idol,” Kauffman said, “and I decided in sixth grade that I wanted to be a physical education teacher.”

To accomplish that dream, Kauff-man headed off to Bridgewater Col-lege in Virginia. There she played field hockey, basketball and tennis. Her weakest sport was basketball be-cause her high school did not have an official team. “My freshman year [my coach] kept 24 players, and I think I was player 24,” Kauffman joked.

However, she trained hard and ended up starting by her sophomore year.

After graduation, Kauffman land-ed a teaching job at Etown. In her first year, she only taught physical education classes. She continued teaching classes over the years, swimming and badminton being her favorites. Her coaching career commenced in 1967 when she was handed the field hockey team. Kauffman took hold of the tennis team in the spring of 1970, and later that year, she was coaching the basketball team as well. For 12 years, Kauffman coached all three of these sports at once and amassed over 1,100 total wins for the three sports combined. Due to the increasing time spent on recruiting efforts in the offseason, Kauffman stopped coaching the tennis team in 1983 and the field hockey team in 2000.

Throughout the years, Kauffman has had some great moments in her coaching career. Apart from leading the basketball team to win the NCAA champi-onship in 1982 and 1989, Kauffman has had other great milestones. She attri-butes last Tuesday’s home game against Lycoming College as one of those times. President Strikw-erda and Athletic Director Nancy Latimore announced that Thompson Gymnasium’s basketball court is now named Kauffman Court in honor of Kauffman’s achievements. “That’s the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had,” Kauffman said.

Looking back on her decades of coaching, Kauffman has enjoyed her relationships with players, coaches and opponents the most. “That’s what I’ll miss the most — the interac-

tions with players and coaches,” she said.

Kauffman has also learned some impor-tant life lessons from her years of coaching. “You learn a lot about how to deal with in-dividuals,” she said. “Each one gives you a bit of information you use later on, whether it’s the psychological part of coaching or the skill part.”

K a u f f m a n a l s o laughed about some of the funnier times of coaching. She told stories about teams stuffing her purse with silverware when she went to the restroom at a restaurant and the

time a player almost missed the bus coming back home.

However, Kauffman did mention her least favorite part of coaching. “I think the thing I hate the most is deciding who plays and who doesn’t play and feeling really badly about the ones that you have to cut and the ones who don’t get in to play but come to every practice,” she said.

Through the happy and sad mo-ments, Kauffman has amassed much coaching advice to impart to her fellow coaches: know your athletes as individuals, be consistent with players and be as fair as you can.

Although her trips to multiple conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances were rewarding, Kauffman is ready to hang up her whistle. After one of her brothers passed away last March, she decided to take more time for herself. “Also, I just feel that it is time for a new coach to take over,” Kauff-man said. “I feel that I’m leaving the program on the upswing.”

However, she will be keeping her-self busy. Kauffman plans to stay in-volved with sports during her retire-ment. She will be helping run sports tournaments over school breaks for high school and college teams in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also plans to do some of her own traveling.

As for those who think Kauff-man’s legacy stops outside the confines of Thompson Gym and the Jay Walk: during the interview, one of Etown’s maintenance work-ers came into the conference room. He bounded in to pull Kauffman into a tight hug and congratulate her on Kauffman Court. As he was leaving, he said, “You’ve had a hell of a run, girl.”

Photo: Matthew P. Butera Coach Yvonne Kauffman beams at the unveiling of the new name of the basketball court in Thompson Gymnasium. President Strikwerda, Etown faculty and staff and other alums joined her in celebrating this honor.

Alexis L. MorrisSports Editor

Photo: Matthew P. Butera Men’s basketball Head Coach Bob Schlosser presents Kauffman with flowers after her last home game. The two led Etown’s basketball program together for 21 years.

Athletic department celebrates Yvonne Kauffman’s legacy

basketballInjuries, illnesses hurt team at end of season

The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball season has come to an end. Unfortunately, the end did not come the way the team

had hoped. With a few key players out from injury or sickness, it was tough for the team to hold its bearings.

Senior Brian Allport and junior Tom Cooney were both out for the entire season due to ACL injuries. On top of that, sophomore Joe Schwalm, who had been a leading scorer, came down with pneumonia before the game against Lycoming College and was unable to play in the last two games of the season. Sophomore Andrew Mantz, the top scorer next to Schwalm, was also out with a sprained ankle for the Lycoming game, along with first-year Phil Wenger, who injured his tailbone.

On Feb. 14, despite these setbacks, the men played a close game against playoff hopefuls the Lycoming Warriors. The two teams had battled it out earlier in the season in what some could argue was Etown’s best win of the season. Like the last time they met, the game was close, but the most-recent match-up ended in Lycoming’s favor. The teams were head-to-head throughout most of the game, before Lycoming pulled ahead in the final seconds, ending the game with a score of 69-68.

Etown had been in control of the game until the last few minutes of the first half, when they fell behind 33-31. They came back determined and battled the Warriors through the whole second half, though neither team was able to gain a solid lead.

Etown remained hopeful, despite their injuries. “We believed that we could still win,” junior Ben Cable said. “We knew that if we played harder than them and out-hustled them, it would be a good game. We also had to make a strong effort to get more rebounds. Mantz, Schwalm and Wenger all are great rebounders.”

First-year Lee Eckert’s layup allowed a 68-67 Etown lead with just over one minute left. This lead continued right up to the last six seconds when a shooting foul was called on the Blue Jays. Lycoming’s Jerald Williams made both of his free throws, putting the Warriors in the lead by one point.

A final shot was attempted at the buzzer by Etown’s top scorer of the game, Cable, who came up just short. Despite an upsetting loss, Cable put up 34 points, which was a career high for him as a Blue Jay, and tied the school record for the most 3-point shots in a game for the second time. Besides Cable’s seven 3-pointers, he also had nine rebounds and went 9-12 from the foul line.

Etown went up against Messiah College four days later. Unfortunately, this game was not as close as the one against Lycoming had been. “We knew that Messiah was a tough team,” Cable said. “They always do a great job of scouting us and knowing exactly what we are going to do on offense and on defense.”

Messiah pulled out with a quick 7-0 lead within the first few minutes after Messiah’s Dwayne Allgyer hit a 3-point shot. Messiah remained fierce the entire time, never allowing Etown to close the gap any considerable amount. The teams went into halftime with Messiah leading 38-24.

Cable, who put up 61 points in the last two games, was once again Etown’s top scorer, with 13 points. First-year Will Schlosser followed close behind with eight points, and sophomore David Feuz, who had put up nine points against Lycoming, put up another six against Messiah.

Despite Etown’s efforts, the Jays were unable to close the gap. The Falcons not only scored nine of their first 11 points in the second half, enlarging the gap to 47-26, but they also managed to outrebound the Jays 39-18. Messiah continued to increase the gap, and won their last home game of the season 72-47.

While the Etown men were upset about the outcome, they have nothing to regret. “I don’t know if we could have done better. We played really hard the last two games,” Eckert said.

The game against Messiah was the final one for seniors Kyle McConnell and Dan Silver. “Not enough can be said about Kyle and Dan,” Cable said. “They are both great leaders, and always work extremely hard. That will carry with them into their careers, and I know that they will both be very successful in whatever they do after college.”

this week’s top sports headlinesSPORTS BUZZ

in the NCAA...

St. John’s University women’s basketball team pulled off a 57-56 victory against the University of Connecticut Feb. 18. This loss ended UConn’s 99-game home winning streak. The Huskies weren’t the only top-ranked team to get toppled this past week — Kentucky lost to unranked Alabama, and No. 1 Baylor almost fell to Texas Tech. However, Baylor remains undefeated and comfortably seated at the top of the Big 12.

No. 3 Missouri Tigers unexpectedly fell to Big 12 op-ponent Kansas State University Feb. 21 78-68. Rodney McGruder orchestrated the Wildcats offense, scoring 24 points in the upset, while Jamar Samuels ruled the boards with 11 rebounds. This is not the way Missouri wants to be playing with March Madness on the horizon.

in the pros...

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Feb. 19 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets might not seem impressive at first. However, in this high-scoring game, the Thunder’s Kevin Durant sank 50 points, Russell Westbrook hit 40 points and Serge Ibaka registered a triple-double. This is the first time in NBA history that these three feats have been recorded on the same night by the same team.

As the Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun goes through his appeal of a 50-game suspension for a positive drug test, his National League MVP award from last year could get revoked. The runner-up, the LA Dodgers’ Matt Kemp, wants Braun to keep the award instead of winning by default.

in Etown athletics...

In the women’s lacrosse season opener to Dickinson, the Blue Jays fell to the Red Devils 11-13. First-year Leigh Anne Flounlacker got a hot start to her collegiate career, scoring five goals.

Kristen F. FaulknerStaff Writer

We knew that if we played harder than them and out

hustled them, it would be a good game.

~ Ben Cable

12 February 23, 2012

Game Recaps • Previews • Commentary • Bios

EtownianThe SSport

Schedule of SportsWrestlingFebruary 26:Metropolitan Conference Championships

Men’s LacrosseFebruary 25:@ ShenandoahMarch 3:Thiel

Women’s LacrosseFebruary 25:McDanielMarch 3:Gettysburg

Indoor Track/FieldFebruary 25:MAC Indoor Champion-ships, @ LehighMarch 3:Columbia Last Chance Qualifier, @ NYC Armory

Ben Cable

the Etownian’s

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Junior Ben Cable has proven himself a valuable asset to the Elizabethtown College men’s bas-ketball team. His cool head and hot hand have proved crucial in recent games. With many players out with late-season injuries, Cable stepped up his game. In the team’s three games against Alvernia, Lycoming and Messiah, Cable netted a total of 74 points. He also hit seven three-pointers against both Alvernia and Lycoming, tying the school record for three-pointers in one game.

Major/Concentration: Computer ScienceHometown: York, Pa. Favorite musician/band: Lupe FiascoFavorite athlete/sports team: Kobe BryantBiggest fear: Tom CooneyFavorite movie: “Coach Carter”

Alexis L. MorrisSports Editor

Favorite Etown memory: Joe Renzi’s skulletHardly anyone knows that ...Steve Ennis is my dude.Favorite Jay’s Nest item: Turkey pretzel meltGreatest basketball accomplishment: Winning 2008 YAIAA Cham-pionship alongside older brother JordanI started playing basketball at age ... six.

Q&A Photo: Matthew P. Butera

Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams at Elizabethtown College have already

made efforts to dominate their leagues this upcoming season.

With the start of the spring sports season coming up, many of the sports teams such as tennis, lacrosse and baseball, have started prac-ticing for the tough seasons on the horizon. All of the spring teams have been working excep-tionally hard over the past year, including the long winter break. Many athletes are organizing into their team-oriented state of mind to start their long journey throughout the season.

The men’s tennis team has been working ex-tremely hard to prove themselves throughout their demanding non-conference schedule. “We’ve always had a tough schedule, but we’re looking forward to playing and we’ll be ready,” Head Coach Matt Helsel said.

The men’s tennis team now has five out of six starters returning for the upcoming season as well as some new players. Two new players have been added to the men’s roster this year, including first-years Troy Donato and Michael Cannon.

“We’re very happy to have added the two to the team,” Helsel said. Practices have been going rather well for the men’s team; know-ing the arduous schedule they have, practices started just over a week ago. Coming up during spring break in March, the team has five tough matches scheduled to prepare them for the

upcoming season. The players looking to keep the men’s strong drive to win alive are senior Manrique Arrea, and juniors Billy Freitag, Eric Fritzges, Josh Riehl and Paul Whitman.

The women’s tennis team is dealing with a very tough schedule as well this season. Their practices also started about a week ago and the season looks to be a demanding one, but the team looks to outshine their opponents this season.

“We have a tough non-conference schedule, and the opposing teams have gotten better,” Helsel said. “The team has been practicing hard over the winter hiatus, knowing they have a tough schedule ahead of them.”

The women’s team also has five of six return-ing starters this season, and they are looking to bring the competition to the courts. The team also has four new players, who were added to the roster this season, including first-year students Sarah Calabro, Christine Evangelista, Haley Kearns and Kaitlyn Pellegrino. All play-ers are also seeking to reign over their tough competitors throughout the season. “The team seems to be in form and are ready to get the season on the road,” Helsel said.

The start of the season for the team over spring break will also commence with five strenuous matches, all of which the team is looking to dominate. Some of the players looking to bring the heat in these matches are returning starters junior Allison Burkhardt, ju-nior Madison Pipkin and senior Sarah Poulle.

As the start of the season quickly approach-es, both tennis teams have been practicing well enough in the off-season to prepare for the matches that are upon them. With new play-ers adding depth to both teams, the returning starters will also be looking to prevail through-out the season. As all spring sports are about to kick off, some of the main events will be hosted at Etown’s home courts and both tennis teams are sure to bring a show for their fans.

Both teams have shown impressive results through their early matches and tournaments from the fall preseason and are looking to take the competition to their opponents in the upcoming weeks. The tennis squads are also seeking to improve their numbers and give the opposing squads a good contest and keep their strong drive for victory in the distance and matches to come. The Etown tennis squads have a positive outlook and are looking to own the courts in the season to come.

The Elizabethtown College women’s basket-ball team’s successful season was unfortu-

nately cut short Wednesday night as the team fell to Lebanon Valley College in the Com-monwealth Conference semifinal game 69-47. Sophomore Kendra Beittel scored 16 points in the loss. The key factor in this evenly-matched game was fouls — Etown’s 19 fouls translated into 19 points for LVC, while the Blue Jays only picked up eight points from free throws.

Last week, the Blue Jays had two exciting

games. The first was played Feb. 14 in Thompson Gym against the Lycoming College Warriors. It was Head Coach Yvonne Kauffman’s last home game, nearing the end of her career of 42 years. The second game was played against Etown’s rivals, the Messiah Falcons, on Feb. 18. This was the Blue Jays’ final regular-season game.

The last time the Jays played the Warriors, the game ended extremely close. The Blue Jays won by a mere 2 points. Coming into this game, they knew they had their work cut out for them.

The Blue Jays played hard right from the begin-ning and never gave up the lead. Sophomore Taylor Kreider was a key player in the game. She registered

a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. When asked if this being Kauffman’s last home game affected how they played, Kreider said, “We wanted her to go out on a good note, so we really wanted to play good for her.”

Although Lycom-ing was not able to pull ahead, they trailed very closely behind the Jays. With four minutes left in the first half, Lycom-ing started to close the gap, bringing the score to a nail-biting 17-16. The Blue Jays played hard defense, however, and with two and a half minutes left, senior Stephanie Ellwood shot a three-pointer, bring-

ing the score to 20-16. This was one of the many threes Ellwood would shoot during the game. Ell-wood also registered a double-double, scoring all 12 of her points from behind the 3-point line and grabbing 11 rebounds. By the end of the first half, the Jays were ahead 21-19.

When the Jays came back out for the second half, they held their ground. Midway through the second half the Warriors had only scored 7 points. Meanwhile, the Jays had scored 16, increasing the score to 37-26. The Blue Jays kept a comfortable lead for the rest of the game and ended the game with a score of 55-41. Not only did Kauffman receive a win in her final home game, but the court was named in her honor.

Although the Jays played well on Tuesday, they knew their Saturday game versus Messiah would be a little more work. However, they were hopeful. “I think we will do a lot better this time around,” sophomore Rachel Fuehrer said. “The team has really improved throughout the season, and we have the drive to win. I think we need to come out more aggressive this time playing Messiah and not turn the ball over. If we can do those things, I think we will be fine.”

The Blue Jays put up a good fight in the first half of the game. Although Messiah took the lead early on, Etown was always close behind. Midway through the first half the Jays were able to tie up the score, 13-13. However, the Falcons pulled ahead, ending the first half 31-24. After halftime, the Jays came back out ready to go. Junior Nadine Yunginger jump-started the second half. Only four minutes into the half, the Jays again tied up the score, 35-35. With determination, Etown pulled ahead and began to take the lead. With about ten minutes left, the score was 50-41. However, Messiah wasn’t backing down and with four minutes left, they took a lead they never gave up and won the game 63-57.

basketball

Jays fall in Commonwealth semifinal match

tennisTeam strives for repeat titles

Top-seeded Lebanon Valley Dutchmen advance to finals with 69-47 win

Photo: Matthew P. Butera First-year Taylor Alwine fights for a gap between the Lycoming defenders. Etown’s stingy defense held the Warriors to just 41 points.

Julie M. CrevelingStaff Writer

Austin FloreyStaff Writer

The team has been practicing hard over the winter hiatus, knowing they have a tough schedule ahead of them.

~ Matt Helsel