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Shortly after mid-night on November 6, 2012, two men addressed crowds in the hundreds in their campaign head-quarters. These speeches of course followed the announcement that Presi-dent Barack Obama had, with 332 Electoral Col-lege votes to Mitt Rom-ney’s 206, won re-election for four more years as the President of the United States of America. When the race was called and both the President and former Governor stood to address their supporters in Chicago and Boston, respectively, they seemed to be giving the same speech; about the importance of mov-ing America forward and ending the partisan stalemate.

While Obama’s victory speech and Rom-ney’s concession speech may be just like a lot of what they said on the campaign trail (meaning that they won’t have too much sig-nificance within a few weeks), the dramatic nature of the 2012 election tends to suggest that perhaps American politics will head in a new direction for the next four years. The American people spoke very clearly on No-vember 6th, awarding The President with 50.6% of the popular vote to Romney’s 47.9%. Additionally, Obama claimed victo-

ries in nearly all of the major swing states, even the ones in which Romney should’ve had the advantage. Neither Romney or Ryan were able to carry their home states of Michi-gan and Wisconsin, the GOP lost in Florida, where they hosted their convention earlier in the year, and Romney was unable to win in the state of Massachusetts, where he was once governor. Oddly enough, the only ma-jor battleground state where Mr. Romney was successful was North Carolina, the state where the DNC was held earlier this year.

Although it seems as though the billions of dollars in campaign funds, the nearly four years that either side has spent stalling and attacking one another, and the thousands of

media headlines were a waste, we should see that the lessons politicians can learn from this campaign. For example, even though it may look like the race is yours to lose, you should still find an exciting candidate who people can re-late to; or that people like to hear concrete plans, and not just projected outcomes or personal attacks.

Most of all politicians need to realize that Americans are starting to feel desperate and that people need answers. When both candidates gave their addresses following the campaign, they emphasized how important it is for Ameri-

cans to work together and move forward. While this is a nice sentiment, Americans are now asking politicians to do the same thing that they so often ask us; no matter how much you disagree and dislike one another, we put you in office to collaborate and get result. So while the House, Senate, and Presidency may all be controlled by the same party as before the elections, Americans are counting on the politics off all those branches to be much different this time around, and in 2014 when midterm elections roll around, the poli-ticians who did the best job of this will be the ones who are re-elected.

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Obama Wins Re-Election

November is pan-creatic cancer awareness month. This year over 44,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pan-creatic cancer. Out of that number, roughly 37,000 will die from the disease. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the Unit-ed States, and by the year 2015, it is projected to be the second. Currently pancreatic cancer is the tenth most commonly di-agnosed cancer in Ameri-ca, and by the year 2030, its incidence is projected to increase by 53%. Out of this extremely high number, only 6% of those diagnosed with the dis-ease live longer than 5 years, and 75% of those diagnosed die within the first year of their diagno-sis.

Out of the top 10 cancer killers, pancreatic cancer is the only can-cer that still has a five-year survival rate in the single digits, and this statistic has not changed

significantly in nearly forty years. This cancer is silent; it has no obvious symptoms. By the time symptoms are detected, it is most o f t e n t o o l a t e . L i t -tle is known a b o u t r i s k factors for this s i l e n t ki l ler ; t h e r e are no s t a n -d a r d m e t h -ods of e a r l y de tec-t i o n , and treatment options are extremely limited. Considering all of these devastating statistics, only 2% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget goes toward pancreatic cancer.

These facts sound ter-rifying, and they are. But there is hope. The U.S. House of Representatives has recently passed the

Recalcitrant Cancer Act of 2012, a piece of leg-islation that requires the National Cancer Institute to develop a strategic framework for address-ing recalcitrant cancers by using pancreatic can-

cer as a template. How-ever, this act still needs to be passed by the Senate. If passed, this legisla-tion will mark the begin-

ning of the journey to s u r v i v a l for pa-tients of pancreatic and other r e c a l c i -trant can-cers.

There are plenty of capable research-ers who are just w a i t i n g for suf-f i c i e n t f u n d i n g , and there are plenty

of researchers who are already making notable strides in terms of re-search. Just within the past year, a 15-year old boy from Maryland has invented an early detec-tion test that has so far

proven to be hopeful in terms of accuracy and cost-effectiveness. There are plenty of organiza-tions raising money for research, advocating for awareness, and creating hope for patients, such as the Pancreatic Can-cer Action Network, the Lustgarden Foundation, and locally, the Pancre-atic Cancer Association of Western New York. Celebrities such as Lisa Swayze, Jack Nicklaus, Dana Denlany, and Min-dy Kaling are also help-ing spread awareness by taking on the role of pub-lic advocates. Even more importantly, there are plenty of passionate, ca-pable volunteers who are willing to fight for those who are no longer able to fight for themselves. Find out how you can join the fight against pancreatic cancer by visiting www.pancan.org.

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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

Disney taking over Star Wars?Opinions pg. 2

Bruce Spring-steen concert reviewA&E pg. 4

Election ResultsNews pg. 6 & 7

Rochester Amerk’s and the NHL lockoutSports pg. 9

Preparing for a HurricaneColumns pg. 10

Thanksgiving recipesEtc. pg. 12

Department of Theater Presents: “Ordinary Days” November 16-18 @ 8 p.m.Arts Center Studio A48

Ganondagan Lecture Series: “Denying Iden-tity: The Ongoing Passport Issue”November 29 @ 7 p. m.Shults Center Forum Elder Care expert Dr. Allen Power lecture November 26 @ 7p.m.Medille Formal Lounge

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One Direction: A DebatePro Con

Love them or hate them, it’s impossible to miss the fact that One Direction, a British boy-band comprised of five college-aged boys thrown together on the X-Factor, has caused quite a stir. With chart-topping songs and albums –most notably “What Makes You Beautiful” and the album Up All Night—these loveable boys have only fed the growing American obsession with all things UK. With their darling British accents, floppy hair, and killer fashion sense, the band has gained international attention, becoming famous on both sides of the pond. It is not just their looks that make One Direction so popular, it is their music. Their songs are fun, horribly catchy, and genuine. “What Makes You Beautiful” is basically a booster for girls’ self-esteem; while “Up All Night” and “Live While We’re Young” speak to a generation that just wants to have a good time with some great friends. Almost instantly bonded from the moment they came together as a band on the X-Factor,

the five members - Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall, and Liam - have become incredibly close. They have a great time together, and that fact exudes into their music, videos, concerts, and interviews – they are just a great group of guys who love making music. Some haters may dismiss One Direction as too “poppy,” frivolous, or too much of a generic boy-band. However, it is clear that they are simply an adorable bunch of boys who truly love their fans and love their music. Though their lyrics may be simple, and they may be “mainstream,” the band is also light-hearted, entertaining, and funny – and there is nothing wrong with that.

Beth ZapetisStaff Writer

One Direction’s new single “Little Things” is stripped-down and acoustic; stylistically it is catchy, with a simple melody, and easy to sing along. However, let us look at the lyrics. This is meant to give girls all over hope someone will love their insecurities, but it misses the mark.

This song hits all of the common anxieties people face about their bodies: smiles, weight, legs, hearing your own voice, fitting into clothes. Thanks for no-ticing my freckles and how I am crazy self-conscious about jeans. Yeah, you say you are not going to let these insecurities “slip out of your mouth” but you did. You wrote a song about it and now I feel self-conscious.

I think we, as predominantly female college, can agree we definitely do not want people to point out our insecurities, whatever they may be. Yes, it is sweet to think a guy will love us not despite these faults, but because of how they make us who we are. But how can we ask some-one to love us when we do not love our own faults? Self-worth and self-esteem comes from within; depending on a sig-nificant other to reassure us of our worth will not last. Self-esteem needs to come from within. This song makes light of all self-confidence issues, ranging from light

self-depreciating statements to serious emotional, psychological, and physical disorders.

“Little Things” does nothing to as-sure those of us with low self-esteem there is hope for us to gain self-love. “You’ll never love yourself half as much as I love you / And you’ll never treat yourself right, darling, but I want you to” definitely as-sumes there is no change to how we view ourselves. On one hand, it is nice to think someone loves us so much, but on the other, we should be able to not only love ourselves on our skinny/cute days, but on the days we do not feel as pretty or smart or talented. We should be able to learn how to treat our bodies and minds with love and care.

Each of us is capable of learning to love ourselves, but this single, as well as “What Makes You Beautiful,” suggests we will never be happy and love our-selves unless someone else loves us first. Do not fall for that. My charge to all is to love yourself. It seems hard, and society tells us that if we aren’t 5’10, skinny, and models we are not as pretty or smart or worthwhile. But you yourself, as much as anyone else, deserve your love.

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Presenting: Disney’s Star Wars? Recently Disney bought George Lucas’ production company, Lucasfilm, for over 4 billion dollars, obtaining both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. While no plans for Indiana Jones have been released Disney almost immediately announced their plans to create Star Wars: Episode VII to be released by 2015. The moment I heard this I almost immediately cringed. Star Wars fans are notorious for their disapproval over new additions or changes to the original episodes, namely the original three. We all know how fans reacted to the simple change in Episode VI where the original showed Anakin’s spirit as he died as an aged Darth Vader and the DVD release showed him as the young Anakin of Episode III, played by Hayden Christensen. That was only a few seconds, but a whole new feature to be added onto the end of the original three seems unthinkable, especially when you find out that the father of the series, George Lucas, will have no

creative control whatsoever! He has given up all rights to his beloved franchise saying that he simply wishes to retire. With such a huge market to be tapped into, I

fear that Disney will simply abandon all artistic ideals and integrity to instead milk this until they get every last

possible cent that they can manage out of this. After all, this franchise is notorious for its numerous remakes, like the recent computer animated one, and other questionable

acts in the name of profit, because there is so much profit to be had here. But I am not completely hopeless. A number of the same people involved in the other films will be involved in this one through Disney’s addition purchases of the special effects company created by Lucas, Industrial Light and Magic as well as Skywalker Sound. But while that is all well and good I am much more concerned about the actual script itself as well as the writing. Some of my nerves have been put to ease when thinking about the recent purchase of Marvel Comics by Disney and how they used it. I personally loved The Avengers as well as the separate films introducing each character and I am hoping they approach this with the same importance and creativity, but there is truly no way to be sure until the film’s release in 2015. Even if I am not too happy about it you can bet

I will be one of the first to see it.Photo courtesy of psxextreme.com

Why I am obsessed with TLC’s “Breaking Amish”

As Thanksgiving rounds the corner, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) begins ruffling their tail feathers in defense of turkeys and unethical eating and killing of animals. PETA’s website claims over 45 million turkeys are killed each year to sit next to our mashed potatoes and candied yams. One ad, placed near schools, says, “Kids: If You Wouldn’t Eat Your Dog, Why Eat a Turkey? Go Vegan.” PETA calling on children to view turkeys as similar to their childhood pet just enforces guilt and confusion. How many kids truly understand the importance of substituted proteins, iron deficiencies, and what animal by-products are? How many children are willing to snuggle up in bed with a turkey instead of a dog or cat? Calling upon kids to become vegan to protect Fluffy the Pomeranian diminishes the reasons people become vegetarians, and uses their emotions to defend a point they do not fully understand. It is one thing to make an intelligent decision; it is another to manipulate people with statistics and emotionally driven arguments against animal abuse. Now I am all for animal rights, and my family feeds four vegetarians each holiday, myself included. But there is a fundamental difference between protecting animals and half-manipulating someone. I am an unconventional vegetarian: I never get angry when someone eats meat, I will not judge them for it, I only ask

to be given the respect I give. I do not shove vegetarianism in my father’s face, and in return he does not shove a turkey leg in mine. It is how I live and I do not expect everyone to jump on the veggie

bandwagon. But this decision was made after a considerable amount of thinking and discussion, not because an organization made me feel guilty for cooking something that might taste like Fluffy the Pomeranian. The holiday season is a tough one to be

a vegetarian. Parties with no alternative options, the constant questioning of why, how long, and disgusted faces at the idea of tofu haunt me from November to January. I should not be made to feel guilty or anxious for my decision to abstain from meat any more than a person should for eating the turkey. Let us not add the guilt PETA places on all of us for not doing our part to save the 45 million turkeys to our dinner conversation this year. Thanksgiving is about being thankful our Puritan founders did not freeze to death; it is about sitting down with your family, eating, laughing, rejoicing the good we have in this world, and remembering it is our responsibility to help those less fortunate. So do not feel guilty if you eat a turkey or a lump of soy shaped somewhat like a turkey; just be happy you are fortunate enough to have food to eat.

Sandy: Hoping for the Storm?

On October 29, Hurricane Sandy be-gan its tirade against the East Coast. And while many people began to lose power and suffer from water damage, here in Rochester, it was a different sight to be-hold. The city braced itself for a harsh storm, raiding Walmarts and Wegmans for supplies to prepare for the worst case scenario. And although here at Nazareth the winds were enough concern to cancel classes the next day, the most surprising –and concerning –matter took place in con-versations via social networking sites and even in person.

Hope seemed to be a reoccurring theme, but not in the way it should have been. As opposed to hoping for our loved ones to be safe, or that the people in New Jersey and New York get help as quickly as possible, we instead hoped for the storm to hit us.

Just to cancel classes. For one day.

Never mind the pic-tures of taxis underwater, or videos of people trying to save their pets as they wade through waist high water, or news of families waiting in line for hours to try and get gas for their generators. High schoolers and college students alike made statuses about how they crossed their fingers for Sandy to hit to miss the scheduled test, or the project that had been assigned months ago. And at Nazareth, when students woke to find no e-mail giving them a one day vacation, many were immediately disappointed.

Since the aftermath of the storm, I

hope that students at Nazareth no longer complain about being in class when ev-eryone else in the county has a day off (even though we only ended up having a lot of leaves on the ground that seemed to come from nowhere). Why not think how lucky we were that the damage was so dis-mal compared to what other people have had to deal with? As students, we should think ourselves fortunate that more bizarre things did not happen in the unpredictable city of Rochester. If Sandy were different in even the slightest way, we could have been surviving on the generators in flood damaged dorm rooms, with some of us far away from the comforts and safety of our own homes.

I am sure that this phenomenon –the

hope of damage to get a day off is sure to manifest again towards the winter months. But I hope that as we walk through the warm tunnels, avoiding the blizzards and below-freezing temperatures we are prom-ised for the upcoming season, we remem-ber how lucky we truly are.

The TLC Network has by far become my favorite channel. While it just started out with old standby shows like What Not to Wear and Say Yes to the Dress, TLC has broken out of the mold by becoming the channel…for weirdos.

Don’t think I’m being mean by saying this, but the fact is ev-ery new show that TLC comes out with seems to feature an even stranger group of people than the last show. Examples: extreme coupon-ers, the world’s biggest cheapskates, Strange Sex and dear, sweet Honey Boo Boo. (Dolla makes me Holla for Honey Boo Boo. Don’t pretend you don’t watch it because you do). And now, most recently, the show Breaking Amish.

If you haven’t heard about this gem of a television program let me inform you. A group of five young people (Abe, Rebec-ca, Sabrina, Kate and Jeremiah) from the Amish and Mennonite community decide to explore the world outside of their sheltered lives and, with cameras in tow, travel to New York City and ex-perience all that the American (non-Amish) world has to offer.

For some reason, this show was particularly intriguing to me and my roommates. Perhaps it

was due to our lack of sanity come S u n d a y night, (the new week is upon us!) but, regard-less, we and our friends next door d e c i d e d to make a night of this new show and gath-ered around my high-def 27-inch tube TV for a night of what we t h o u g h t would just be an ordinary, prob-ably entertaining new show.

What we got was insanity.The first episode starts off

with them – surprise! – break-ing from the Amish community. Then, a hot second later they’re all in New York City causing all sorts of tomfoolery. While it’s too much to explain it all here’s a short synopsis of the season so far: Abe and Rebecca started dating and within what is likely a few weeks, got engaged until

he figured out she was already married so they broke up, then got back together again because of true love and blah, blah, blah, and now they’re starting a new life together outside of the Amish community. At the same time Kate and Sabrina became BFFL’s, then they hated each other, then they became friends again, then they got drunk, then Kate went crazy, then Sabrina moved out and started looking for her dad, and now they don’t talk to each other and Kate has

decided to become a model. All while in the background, Jer-emiah was playing with some crazy jedi-voodo-mind-tricks and causing everyone to hate each other by sabotaging Abe’s relationship with Rebecca and convincing Sabrina that Kate was crazy because he wanted Sabrina for himself.

So, you’re probably asking, where’s the part where they talk about what it’s like to break from the Amish? Silly people, that doesn’t make for good entertain-

ment! What does make for good entertainment is watching Abe propose to Rebecca on the beach (which was equal parts precious and awkward), or watching Kate learn how to be a model (how dare they suggest she lose 5 pounds?!) or, per-haps, most disturbingly, watching the whole gang experience the Museum of Sex in New York City and witness their looks of shock and disgust.

There have been rumors saying that this whole show is totally fake and everything that has happened is com-pletely staged. To that I say…they might be

right. However, I have become far too emotionally invested in this show and I will continue to watch it loyally and swoon over every Rebecca/Abe mo-ment exactly as the producers hope I will. And until then I will sit and wait until they announce that they are coming back for the next season. Because I have an obsession, and that obsession is Breaking Amish.

Beth ZapetisStaff Writer

PETA, Calm Down

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Noelle McElrath-HartStaff Writer

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Laura SestitoEditor-In-Chief

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Laura SestitoEditor in Chief

Ali SewaltA&E Editor

Recently, entertainment news sites have been a buzz with news of popular 90’s TV show, “Boy Meets World” being brought back to life in a spin-off called “Girl Meets World.” The show has been picked up by Disney and will center on Cory and Topanga’s preteen daughter Riley, trying to find her way in the world much like the title and former show suggest. There have been rumors that Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel will come back and resume their roles. Cory may even take the place of Mr. Feeny as the wise history teacher and perhaps pass on Feeny’s advice. As for the rest of the cast, there has been no news about their characters. Perhaps the most in demand is the revival of Mr. Feeny and while nothing has been con-firmed, (WARNING: “Grey’s Anatomy” Spoiler Alert:) his character on “Grey’s Anatomy “has just died so perhaps he requested that in order to return to his legacy. I think many of us will remember sleepovers or nights with friends, parked in front of the TV watching ABC net-works, TGIF lineup. Through this, kids, preteens, teens, and even adults were able to grow up alongside Cory Mathews, his trusty best friend Shawn Hunter, hilarious older brother Eric, girlfriend Topanga Lawrence and of course the wisdom-filled Mr. Feeny. We saw Cory and his friends get through junior high, deal with the trials and tribula-tions of high school, and finally begin the journey of college and married life.

Sure, this sitcom was a little unrealistic, I mean, how likely is it that a teacher you have in middle school will follow you up to high school and then even on to college? On top of that, what are the odds of a

group of best friends attending the same college and all living together? Finally, if Cory and Topanga made it look so easy, why didn’t I find my soul mate in 6th grade? The show was known for its character and plot inconsistencies. However, it

was also notorious for hilarious, witty humor and relatable, life changing lessons. I don’t know about everyone else, but Mr. Feeny was right up there with some of the most influential high school teachers

for me. Here are a few of my favorite Feenyisms: • “But, to me, a real hero is someone who does the right thing,when the right thing isn’t the easy thing to do.”• “If you let people’s percep-tion of you dictate your behav-

ior, you will never grow as a person.”• “We live in a random and chaotic universe.”• “You don’t have to be blood to be family.”• “There is no greater aspiration than to have love in our lives.”• “Friendship for example, is a real gift. It’s given with no expectations and no gratitude is needed, not between real friends.”• “Sometimes the things you complain most about are things that you care most about. Unfor-tunately, we don’t always know that until it’s too late.” And finally my personal favorite: This is where Feeny enters his empty high school classroom and reflects back and is soon joined by Cory, Topanga, Shawn and Eric for final goodbyes. The episode, justly called Brave New World, focuses on the group leaving to start their lives. Feeny’s final piece of advice is, • “Believe in yourselves, dream, try. Do good” To which To-panga replies don’t you mean do well and Feeney says, “No. Do good.” This show taught us every-thing we needed to know about growing up. The importance of friends, family, the power of someone believing in you, things changing and the possi-bility of that being a good thing, and finally the “life is tough, get a helmet” concept. Stay tuned for news of the spin off and for possible new life lessons to carry us through our years here.

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Most of us probably aren’t too familiar with the Romanian Revolution of 1989. However the Nazareth College Theatre Department and Theatre League recently changed all that with their difficult and thought-provoking performance of Mad Forest. Part fiction and part docu-drama, Mad Forest tells the stories of two families strug-gling alongside the backdrop of the uprising against the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, divided by a series of narratives based off inter-views conducted in Romania. Mad Forest is an exception-ally challenging piece, for both the audience to absorb and for the actors to perform. It requires much precision in timing lines and pauses, and required all the actors to learn Romanian phras-es and dialogue. Some actors played one particular character throughout, while others played multiple ensemble roles. Such a complex, multifaceted play can be trying on the audience to remain engaged, but one ought to keep in mind it is even more difficult on the actors. Mad Forest is a prime ex-ample of theatre as an educa-tional tool. While many of us attend performances expecting to be entertained, Mad Forest shows that real life is not always entertaining. And with elections mere weeks ago, a play about a country where dictatorship was the norm might remind us to count our blessings. Mad Forest was directed by Dr. Matthew Ames of the Naza-reth College Theatre Depart-ment.

Maggie GeboStaff Writer

My childhood musical experi-ence was based on a heavy diet of 60’s Motown, the Beatles and classic rock. So it should come as no surprise that when Bruce Springsteen announced that he would make a tour stop in our own Rochester, NY that my family and I immediately jumped on the opportunity. We were skeptical of our success but, as a veteran ticket buyer and lover of all things competi-tive, I was determined to take on the challenge of snagging tickets to, arguably, the most sought-after concert in Roches-ter this year. Clearly, my family and I were successful otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this ar-ticle. And, let me tell you, I am so grateful that we were. Bruce Springsteen can still rock it. Hardly surprising, given that he’s still churning out re-cords over thirty years after his debut, but the fact it, this guy puts people my age to shame. I kid you not, the Boss went for

three hours straight with musi-cal ambrosia; barely stopping for water and without even so much as a hint of an intermis-sion. And, most amazingly, his

voice never wavered. It was welcome relief from the sub-par talent that you (sadly) often get with live performances. The Boss is also quite the

entertainer. Some examples of this include, but are not limited to: crowd surfing, inviting a 6 year-old-kid to sing for him, dancing with not

one, but two young girls from the audience, etc. In addition to being dashingly charming, Bruce also took the time to send love to his native New

Jersey which had very recently been devastated by Hurricane Sandy. No matter how big this guy ever got, he never forgot where he came from, something

that I wholeheartedly admire. Of course you can’t talk about a Springsteen concert without talking the music. Seeing as the concert was over

three hours long, he played a good 25-30 songs, including his 5-set encore. It was a mix of the old and the new, mostly the new which I was less familiar with, but I still enjoyed every song with the same enthusiasm as I had the last. I’m still impressed with how the Boss can write a song; managing to sound both profound and real in a way that makes you think but is still relatable. Still, despite my talk about appreciating the profound, I was most excited when he played the old standbys like “Born to Run” and “Dancing in the Dark.” Still fabulously catchy to this day. So yes, I went with my par-ents to a concert and yes, we did go to see a guy whose fame peaked before I was even a blip in the universe. But to say that it wasn’t still one of the best, if not the best, concert I have been to would be a horrible disservice to the Boss. And you don’t mess with the Boss. Photo courtesy of: www.tumblr.com/tagged/bruce+springsteen

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A Review of “Mad Forest”

Cody PaulOpinions Editor

Ali SewaltA&E Editor

As I stood in a smoke-filled theater hall in Geneva, I continuously asked myself how I got roped into going to a Moe concert. The air was thick with smoke from both cigarettes and fog machines, with the various colored lights dancing playfully across the haze. This sight was sadly the best part of the concert. The extensive, unstructured style of play-ing, and the uncomfortably close proximity to other people left a sour taste in my mouth that will be forever known as Moe. On October 19, 2012, the eve of my nineteenth birthday, my older brother decided to surprise me by taking me to go see one of his favorite musical groups, Moe. Never before hearing any of their music, I agreed to go and sample the band my brother has been raving about since he was first introduced to them. Once we arrived to the site of the show, my brother revealed to me that the concert would be from eight to anywhere between midnight and three in the morning. I already sensed trouble. Once the show started I realized how that was possible. By playing one verse of one of their songs, then opening

into a forty-minute long jam session, then returning to do the second verse of their song, they could make each “song” last way longer than necessary. Each song, by my estimate, was between twenty and forty-five minutes

long. It grew to be unbearable, with each jam session sounding exactly the same as the previous one. After two hours, I thought that the torture of standing

On Saturday, October 27, Grouplove, an indie rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California, performed at Roch-ester’s own Water Street Music Hall. The band members consist of Brooklyn natives Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi as well as Londoner Sean Gadd, Andrew Wessen, a pro surfer from Los Angeles, and Ryan Rabin. The band played for a packed house at Water Street and their opening act was a group called MS MR. MS MR has a similar sound to the big act of Grouplove. On Facebook, they identify their

sound and genre as Tumblr Glitch Pop, Soul Fuzz, and Electorshock. They had a really unique rock sound and instantly had the crowd going wild. The lead singers voice had simi-lar power and range to that of Adele’s. The band had original, powerful lyrics that were sure to have gained them a lot of new followers at the concert. Grouplove followed soon after and played a 14-song set followed by two encore perfor-

there and bobbing my head while drunken people spilled beer on me was over. But instead, one of the roadies an-nounced that there would be a second set. My heart sank. I was tired, hot, and annoyed. When the band came back

out to do their second set, I decided to start stretching my legs. I did so while bobbing my head to the beat of the music, which made it look like, to all the intoxi-cated people at least, that I was enjoying myself. If that was not enough, my older brother decided to get completely wasted during the concert, forcing me to drive him and his drunken buddies around after the show. The concert ended at midnight, and I got to spend two hours driving my intoxicated sibling and his friends to McDonald’s and sit in a driveway for forty minutes while they argued about where to go next. If I were to sum up my Moe experience, I would say that when they actually played their songs, it was a neat show. The painfully long jam sessions were, how-ever, next to unbearable. The lights and smoke effects were very well designed, but the crowd was much too annoying for me to enjoy the show. Moe would have been much more enjoyable if I knew what I was

expecting from them as a band, but alas I did not.Photo courtesy of: media.ticketmaster.com/t/73324a.jpg

Moe Concert Review: Please no moe

mances. They talked about their love of Rochester and inter-acted frequently with the crowd. People of various ages jumped and danced along to popular songs such as “Tongue Tied”, “Lovely Cup”, and “Itchin’ on a Photograph.” Towards the end of their show, the band came down into the audience and requested silence as they played an acoustic version of “Colours” which they admitted they rarely did but had felt a connection with the crowd. For Water Street being a smaller venue, I expected a lot of locals, which proved to be partially true. However, the crowd was also filled with people traveling as far as California

and Australia. It was also filled with people of all ages ranging from high schooler’s at their first concert to adults that enjoyed the bands young sound. If you ever get the chance to see either of these bands live, I highly recommend it. Their up-beat songs and meaningful lyrics are sure to never disappoint for a good time.Photocourtesty of: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5l-7583huz1qzsyc4o1_500.jpg

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-Anna Karenina-Life of Pi

-Rise of the Guardians

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Janet Evanovich-Safe Haven (Movie

Edition) by Nicholas Sparks

Music-The Hobbit, Original

Soundtrack-Coldplay, Live 2012

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Collin T HayesNews Editor

Laura SestitoEditor-in-Chief

Kelsey SweetSports Editor

The 2012 election represent-ed what was a great opportunity for the Republican party. They challenged a Democrat-majority Senate with one of the lowest approval ratings in history and their President, who both cling to an unpopular healthcare law as their major achievement of the

last four years. After four years of partisan stalemate, the Demo-crats had to defend 23 seats in the Senate (to the GOP’s 10), and the Republican party seemed poised to gain a definite majority in both Houses of Congress.

That was their hope, at least. Now that voting is over and the dust has settled we can see that Democrats will hold on to their majority in the Senate, at least for a few more years. Democrats were able to successfully defend 21 of the 23 seats up for re-elec-tion and in January will hold the house 53-45.

Republican’s must now scratch their heads and wonder

went wrong. After a very mo-mentous 2010 midterm election it seemed as though the GOP was in a perfect position to win Congress, but they were un-able to do so. Perhaps we can attribute this to the Democrat’s success in painting the Republi-can party as opposing women’s

rights, especially when it comes to reproduction. Republican Senate hopefuls Todd Akin of Missouri and Richard Mourdock of Indiana only played into this narrative with their comments regarding rape and abortion, in doing so practically handing their seats over to Democrats.

It’s easy to see that women’s rights played a huge part in the election, and women turned out to vote in record number. In January, there will be a record number of 20 women Senators serving in one Congress. Wom-en were elected to the Senate for the first time in Wisconsin, Mas-sachusetts, Hawai’i, and Nebras-

ka, and, you guessed it, all the winners are Democrats. Tammy Baldwin, who won the seat in Wisconsin, is also the first open-ly-gay Senator to be elected.

In the House of Represen-tatives, Republicans were able to cling to a 40 seat majority, though they lost 8 seats. There

were 22 open seats, which were split among Democrats and Re-publicans evenly. Republicans secured the necessary 218 seats needed for a majority, beating out Democrats 234-195.

Americans will now wait and see if this new Congress, al-though it has many of the same members and leaders, will have the energy and ability to work to-wards solutions for Americans. We can only hope that the voice of the American people in the 2012 election will still be heard by those we elected in Washing-ton in 2013.

-Photo courtesy of www.politico.com

Congress Still Split Following Elections

“Superstorm” Sandy Terrorizes Northeast

While we may not have seen the full effects of Hurricane San-dy, the East Coast did. We got off easy with just a little rain, and wind, and cancellation of class-es, while the East Coast suffered major flooding, power outages, and some lost lives. Lower Man-hattan and 90 percent of Long Is-land was without power after the storm. Flooding caused the usu-ally bustling subway to become a deadly and deserted place. More than 40 lives were claimed in the United States. President Obama commanded disaster relief to oc-cur in New York and New Jer-sey so that the government can help to rebuild all that was lost. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jer-sey called the damage that has occurred “incalculable.” There has been so much destroyed that it simply cannot be calculated yet as to how much damage has been done.

The New York Stock Ex-change had its first two-day

shutdown since 1888 because of a blizzard. Mr. Bloomberg said 7,000 trees had been knocked down in city parks. “Stay away from city parks,” he said. “They are closed until further notice.” More than 15,000 flights were cancelled between Kennedy and LaGuardia.

By the time this article comes out, relief efforts will be well underway and New York City will most likely be back up on its feet. It is estimated that it would take 10 days to drain ev-erything and get things back up and running on the East Coast and to be somewhat normal. We were very fortunate to only get what we did. Minor power out-ages, minor flooding and a day off from school are the least of our worries when we could’ve lost our home if we had been on the coast.

-Photo courtesy of www.washingtonpost.com

Nazareth College hosts Veteran’s Day Event

On November 12, Nazareth College hosted an Veteran’s Day event sponsored by the Office of Veteran’s Affairs. A unique event, it featured speakers from various branches of the United States military, presented awards for various acheivement and, above all, honored the men and women of our community who have served our country.

The event started out with an introduction from News Channel 8’s Maureen McGuire. Other speakers throughout the day included U.S. Army Veteran and Director of Monroe County Veterans Services Agency, Laura Stradley, Major General Den-nis Lutz, President/CEO of the Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. Colonel Gary Yaple, Barry Cul-hane, Vietnam era veteran (U.S. Army) / Executive Assistant to the President at RIT, and veteran student speaker, Claude Jordy.

“Today we renew the com-mittment that America has made

to those who seve,” said speaker Laura Stradley, “over the past 237 years of independence, these patriots have stood watch over our liberty.”

As a campus dedicated to honoring and remembering ser-vice members and veterans, the ceremony also included the presentation of several awards including the “Lead from the Front” award, the Nazareth Col-lege Service to Veterans award, the Lifetime of Service to Vet-erans award and the Kade E. O’Brien student award. The Kade E. O’Brien award was es-tablished as a means of remem-bering a recent veteran who had just finished a tour of duty but was fatally killed in a motor-cycle accident two summers ago.

To find out more informa-tion about how Nazareth College is serving veterans and partici-pating in veteran services, visit naz.edu/veterans or visit the Vet-eran’s Affairs office in Smyth.

Naz in the KnowThe Office of

Veteran’s Affairs is sponsoring a Naz hockey game on Janurary 8, 2013. If you’re from the area or will be in Rochester over break, it’s a great opportunity to support both the troops and our Golden Flyers. To find out more infor-mation about the game or about the VA office, visit naz.edu/veterans.

Election 2012 Results

For the first time ever, on November 3, the Nazareth Col-lege Center for Service-Learning hosted the annual “Steppin’ Up to Solutions” conference. The SUTS conference is a day filled with seminars on youth advocacy and leadership and is dedicated to build-ing young leaders within the commu-nity who can affect real change in their neighborhoods.

The conference, which originally be-gan in 1996, is the result of a service-learning coalition among two Roches-ter youth advocacy groups and the over 20 first year students in the Seminar on Service-Learning, which is taught by Dr. Watkins and Ms. Danette Campbell-Bell. Youth Voice One Vision (YVOV) and Youth as Re-sources (YAR), who together combine to make up the members of Youth Engaged with Service (YES), visit Nazareth College roughly every other week throughout the fall semester to meet with Naza-reth Students and faculty in dis-cussing and planning a variety of service-learning projects.

For the Steppin’ Up to Solu-tions conference, students in the first-year seminar were paired with members of YES to create presentations for the nearly 100 youths, ages 11-18, who would

be coming to Nazareth College on November 3 as members of their community center or after-school group. On Saturday, Naz-areth students and YES members together gave presentations on youth empowerment, discussing such topics as Leadership, Self-

Advocacy, and Advocacy for Af-terschool Programs.

The goal of Steppin’ Up to Solutions, however, is not just for college and high school stu-dents to engage in discussions

about ideals, but as a service-learning project through and through, it is to put these ideals into motion. Thus, youth from every community center were encouraged to think of their own service-learning projects which could meet issues of concern in

the neighborhood. Groups are encouraged to propose a service-learning project that proposes a practical solution to these con-cerns and could receive a grant of up to $1,000 from Youth as

Resources. YAR distributes $23,000 to afterschool programs and youth groups to be used for projects which can better the community.

All-in-all, this special event offers inner-city youth, who may not be coming from the best

school or home environments, a chance to have their voice heard and become involved in a conscious effort to improve the world around them. While it may at times become easy

for Nazareth students to forget about e v e r y t h i n g that is going on outside the “bubble” that is campus, it is the goal of service-learn-ing projects to insure that all of the time we spend in the classroom will have im-portance in solving the problems of the real world. And so, at the SUTS confer-ence, one did not have to look too far to find “students who want to make a differ-

ence in their own world and [in] the world around them”, to use the words of our Mission State-ment.

-Photo courtesy of www.democratandchronicle.com

Nazareth College Hosts “Steppin’ Up to Solutions” Conference

Collin T HayesNews Editor

You know who won the Presidential election (we hope), but what about the other, local elections that arguably have even more of an impact on you? Here, we look at the most important elections results for you to know.

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2012 World Series Results

Sauter earns E8 honor

Pat MonachinoStaff Writer

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Carissa RisucciManaging/Columns Editor

The 2012 World Series proved once again that baseball fans should always expect the unexpected. I forgot that when I had my playoff predictions two issues ago. I went with the logical expectations, thinking that the Nationals and Rangers would be successful in the playoffs, based on both teams having very productive years. But that was not the case. The Rangers lost the division on the last day of the season and then lost their one game, the Wild Card playoff with the Orioles, before any real playoff baseball could be played. The Nationals were beaten by last year’s World Series Champs, who only made it to the NLDS because of the addition of the second Wild Card spot and because of a questionable call in their playoff game against the Braves. It was the San Francisco Giants who rode baseball brilliance out of the NLDS, NLCS, and then , of course, the World Series as World Series Champions. The unlikely heroes of the playoffs were pitcher Barry Zito and infielder Marco Scutaro.

Two years ago when the Giants won the World Series, Barry Zito was not even included on any of the postseason rosters. The Giants do not make it to the World Series this year and probably do not win it without the confident and impressive pitching performances of Zito throughout the playoffs. Marco Scutaro was traded twice in

2012 (from the Red Sox to the Rockies before the season, and from the Rockies to the Giants midseason) just to become the NLCS MVP, and the reason the Giants overcame a 3-1 NLCS series deficit against the St. Louis Cardinals. Both of the trades that Scutaro was involved in would turn out to be beneficial for Scutaro, and Scutaro became

so important to the Giants this year that they are making a big effort to re-sign him. The story of the San Francisco Giants defied baseball logic, as all good baseball stories do, as they came from the one of, if not the weakest divisions in Major League Baseball. Their former Ace and two time Cy Young award winning pitcher,

Tim Lincecum, took a role in the bullpen this playoffs, without argument, after the worst season of his career. The Giants All-Star game MVP, Melky Cabrera, was suspended 50 games for testing positive for PED’s and was not activated for any round of the playoffs. Their All Star closer, Brian “The Beard” Wilson, was lost for the season after just two games. Pure logic would have said that the Giants would be knocked out after the first round of the playoffs, but baseball never seems to have a logical ending. In the end the Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in four games, Pablo Sandoval played so well for the Giants that he became the World Series MVP, and the city of San Francisco had a ticker tape parade to celebrate. For management the season starts all over now with Free Agency and trades, but I bet that San Francisco Giants players will take a little more time to celebrate and rejoice now that they are World Series Champions.

-Photo courtesy of thebiglead.com

Junior standout and sprint free-style swimmer Emily Sauter earned the Empire 8 Confer-ence Athlete of the Week honor on October 29. Sauter’s perfor-mances that helped her achieve this distinction were highlighted in the swimming and diving t e a m ’ s d u a l m e e t a g a i n s t St. Law-r e n c e Univer-sity on Saturday, October 27. By winning both the 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle individual events and anchoring two winning relays, the Carthage native played an essential role in helping her team achieve their second victory of the season. “I was pleased that I swam each race smart and to the best of my ability to score the most points I could for my team,” says Sauter. Emily’s consistency, however, is what truly makes her a stand-out. She finished her sophomore season in a powerful way, rep-

resenting the college at her very first NCAA competition in India-napolis. These accomplishments are what inspire her to continue striving for excellence. “This season my goal is to finish with personal best times in all of my swims. I would also like to have

my name on the record board for an individual event,” Sauter explains. The NCAA qualifying times remain on her radar for the end of season competitions. The pressure to rise up as the team’s top sprinter has only fu-eled her work ethic this season. “My mindset is a little more fo-cused,” she says. “I came into the season knowing the team would be looking at me to bring in the points for sprinting events.

I know I have to stay determined and keep in the back of my mind while I am training that my team really counts on me.” Sauter hopes that receiving this conference honor so early on is indicative of the strong sea-son she has ahead of her. “This

recognition has lifted my confi-dence going into the hard train-ing this season. It has reminded me that I can accomplish my goals as long as I stay confident and determined,” she explains. With an attitude as positive as this, Sauter will certainly be one to look out for come conference championship time in February.-Photo courtesy of nazathletics.

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An interview with Pete Fekete: first-team all conference honoree

Kelsey SweetSports Editor

Kelsey Sweet: What was your cross country career in high school like and where did you go? Pete Fekete: I went to high school at Henninger High School in the city of Syracuse, New York. I ran all four years there. I was in class double AA for school. Syracuse is Section

3. This is a very competitive sec-tion and class. I was in the top 25 runners my senior year, but never got to go to states. I got 1st place my junior year at the Invitational at Onondaga Cen-tral. I won many dual meets on my course. My best time in high school was 16:06 for a 5k. I got MVP for three years in a row.KS: What are your previous re-cords? PF: My previous records are

26:30 for 8k, that’s 5 miles. 10k on the track is 33:36.KS: What are your future plans? PF: I actually am graduating this semester with a dual degree with History and Theater. I go-ing to live in the Rochester area and take a year off from grad school. I want to be an elemen-tary school teacher.

KS: How does getting this honor feel? PF: Getting this honor was such a thrill to me. I mean I work hard in practice and it paid off. I gave it my all and didn’t give up in my race. When it hurt I pushed even further. In words of Steven Pre-fontaine: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”-Photo courtesy of nazathletics.

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NBA Season Starts Up

As NHL fans around the coun-try groaned after the league announced even more cancel-lations, the Rochester Ameri-cans (the Amerks) and AHL teams around the country were beginning their regular scheduled seasons. Although the league has just cancelled November games and are still working on reaching a settle-ment, the Rochester Ameri-cans are having a great start to the season. Instead of focus-ing on the lockout and how it is affecting the NHL teams, I focused on how it is affecting the NHL farm teams, specifi-cally the Amerks. In order to find out more about the sub-ject, I talked to Rob Crean of the Amerks Public Relations Department. My first thought was what would happen to the AHL players who were called up by the Sabres and other teams on a regular basis, and if they would continue to play for the Amerks during the lockout. Crean explained that a couple of NHL players returned to their AHL teams, but as for the Amerks, only three major trades. Cody

Hodgson played almost a full season with the Sabres, and has returned to the Amerks for this season. Two other players, Marcus Foligno and Corey Tropp, were called up by the Sabres intermittently throughout last season and

have also returned to play for Rochester this season. Crean said that if the lockout does end, those players will most likely return to playing for the Sabres, but it is too early to tell. In the case of fans like me who are in need of

watching hockey but cannot make it to the games, I asked if there was going to be any AHL games shown on tele-vision in order to fill slots left by the cancelled NHL games. Unfortunately, there are only games being shown

on a Canadian channel called Sportsnet, who picks up AHL games on Saturdays. As for the United States, no games are being shown as of now. (If any fans miss the sport, I have re-runs of a few games on major sports stations like MSG.)

Although the lockout is not a positive thing for any-one, Crean explained that, in the case of the Amerks, it has actually helped. The lockout has brought more attention to the Amerks and has increased fan and media interest in

the team. The Amerks played a game at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center (FNC) in October, which helped bring hockey fans in and around Buf-falo to see the team play. As of now, how-ever, there are no plans to play any more games

in the FNC. It is hard to tell, says Crean, if more fans from the surrounding area are at-tending Amerks games more, since most tickets are bought the night of and at the box of-fice, but he thinks that there have definitely been more fans coming in from Buf-

falo to see the games. The same goes for attempting to see a change in merchandise sales for the Amerks because of the lockout, as it is only the beginning of the season. Overall, however, he thinks that the lockout is helping the Amerks to raise media atten-tion and the number of fans that come to see the games. After years of be-ing separated, the Rochester Americans and the Buffalo Sabres were re-affiliated in 2010 by Terry Pegula, the new owner of the Buffalo Sa-bres. Pegula has made many changes in both teams, but Crean believes that it is help-ful for everyone now that the Amerks are the farm team for the Sabres. Both teams have been striving with other affili-ates, but having them located in close proximity certainly helps with having fans able to go to see both teams play.

(A big thank you to Rob Cre-an for taking time to answer my questions.)

-Photo courtesy of jeremy-hockey.com

Pat MonachinoStaff Writer

The NBA season started up on October 30, for the 2012-2013 season, starting on time this year as there was no lock-out. There seem to be many questions up in the air for this season, and seemed to be a trend that many players changed teams. The reigning NBA Champion, the Miami Heat, picked up the career leader in 3 pointers made, Ray Allen, from the rival Bos-ton Celtics. The Los Angeles Lakers picked up Phoenix’s two time MVP point guard Steve Nash and traded for All Star center Dwight How-ard from Orlando, creating a starting Lineup that looks unstoppable on paper. The Western Conference Cham-pion Oklahoma City Thunder also made a trade, trading away last year’s sixth man of the year, James Harden to the Rockets, where he will try his luck performing with the ever present “Linsanity.” Most ESPN analysts have al-ready picked their predictions for who will become the next NBA Champions, MVP win-ner, rookie of the year, and

a number of other awards. They do not seem to be tak-ing much risk this year, or maybe they feel that there is no other competition, as the majority of analysts have cast their votes saying that the Mi-ami Heat will repeat as NBA Champs, that Lebron James will once again be the MVP, and that the number one draft pick, Anthony “The Brow” Davis, will be the next rookie of the year. These are cau-tious, yet may also be the correct decisions based on the play-ers currently in the league and the very weak rookie class be-hind Davis. The first day of the NBA season had three games: the Cavaliers against the Wiz-ards, the Celtics against the Heat, and the Lakers against the Mavericks. The Cava-liers/Wizards game was not the one which everyone was talking about and resulted in an easy 94-84 win for a

young Cavaliers team, which can be glad they won their opener, as they are still too flawed and too young to be a legitimate playoff threat. The Celtics/Heat game was the one which most fans tuned

in to watch as they not only get a rivalry game starting the season, but everyone wanted to see what shooting guard Ray Allen would do against his former team. Allen had 19 points and was two for three behind the arc while the Celtics were defeated 120-107, proving once again that

their team is not built to “Beat the Heat.” The Lakers/Mav-ericks game seemed to be one which many were expecting a different result. The Lakers were drastically changed this offseason with the additions

of Nash and How-ard, making what many said would be a “big four” to take on and beat Miami’s “big three.” This was, of course, only the first game, but the Lakers first quar-ter lead would be easily forgotten, as at the end of each remaining quarter, the score was in the Maver-icks favor.

With this season go-ing to go for the full length of time this year, it is too dif-ficult to predict any winners at the end of the year. It is a completely different game now with a full season, and many of those players who had productive years last year, may see numbers drop

with more fatigue from more games. Those who have re-mained consistent over the years will continue to be consistent, but what about the stories from last year? Can “Linsanity” work for an entire season, especially in Houston? How will the young guns from OKC be this year without their sixth man of the year? Will Mi-chael Jordan’s Bobcats ever look like an NBA team after last year’s unfortunate record setting year of the worst win-ning percentage in NBA his-tory? These questions and more will all be answered in time. The stories and ex-pectations will change with time and only after a full sea-son this year will we know if our expectations for this year were correct or not. In the end most fans are just happy that there is basketball again, and will pull out their jerseys, wear the hats, and thank god that their favorite NBA teams do not play in the NHL.-Photo courtesy of faniq.com

Liz RozeskiStaff Writer

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As residents of Upstate New York, we hardly ever face the wrath of Mother Nature other than a few half-hearted at-tempts at blizzards (2 feet? Give me your worst!!) and moderately stifling heat (curse you 100% humidity!)

So I suppose it should come as no surprise that when the threat of hurri-cane Sandy in the Rochester area came around, we all decided that the end was coming and to prepare for the worst. Wegmans had to scramble to keep up with the hordes of people stocking up on non-perishables “just in case,” peo-ple brought out their blankets and flash-lights from storage, students frantically charged every piece of electronic equip-ment that they had in the hopes that, should this hurri-cane destroy every-thing, at least they wouldn’t be bored for a few hours. Fi-nally, as the storm finally made its way through, the major-ity of people did the following:

1. Panic. 2. Deny their

panicking by saying things like, “I bet it probably won’t even hit us,” or convincing others that “I just love it when the power goes out.”

3. When the lights flicker, start planning their Hunger Games-esque ap-proach to the impending post-apocalyp-tic world.

4. Hope that at least we’ll get the day off from school.

5. Don’t get a day off from school.

6. Wake up in the morning to a few branches knocked down and the nicest day of the week.

7. Realize again how easy we have it in Upstate New York and be grateful that it actually didn’t hit us.

Was it stupid to prepare for the hur-ricane as we did? I certainly don’t think so. Judging by what happened in New York City, New Jersey and all the other places on the coast, preparing for the worst doesn’t actually seem like all that bad of an idea. Will the weather people

get mocked for a few months because of this? Likely. Would they have been hounded even worse if they played it down? Absolutely.

So I suppose the moral of this story is, preparing for a hurricane is often a lot of over exaggeration. But at the end of the day, when it comes to Mother Na-ture? You don’t mess around.

The art of... Preparing for a hurricane

Laura SestitoEditor-in-Chief

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”-Audrey Hepburn

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”

- Walt Disney

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.” - Charles F. Kettering

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

-Steve Martin

My Life as a (Guy) Underclassman:

My Life as a (Girl) Underclassman:

My sophomore year at Naz-areth started out just like my freshmen year in a lot of ways. Campus was mostly the same as the way we left it in May, with the exception of a few building changes and the hiring of a few new Campo officers (or at least I assumed they were new, be-cause none of them had written me up before).

I must admit I was a little bit upset about how similar ev-erything looked when I came back to school to start my sec-ond year. It almost looked like my second year of school was going to be the same as my first, but without all of the excitement of a new environment and with much slower Internet access. And now, nearly three months in, I realize that I could not have been more wrong about the first part.

As the year progresses, I re-alize more and more that sopho-more year is even more fun than being a freshman. While fresh-men year for many may have been the typical college expe-

rience that you would see in movies like Animal House, the academic requirements of our second year don’t always allow for that kind of life. So we take care of our work first, and then when the weekend rolls around, we appreciate it way more than we ever did last year. I’ve also noticed that this year, our class as a whole is much less passion-ate about the transportation sys-tem. Maybe we’re just growing older, but so far this year I’ve heard no stories about anyone starting a fight with a cab driver, riding in an ambulance, or even wandering into the back of a random truck (just kidding… none of that happened).

So while sophomore year is not nearly as chaotic or new as our freshmen year, there are still plenty of things to be ex-cited about. Like our beautiful new Math & Science Center, or more specifically Indy, the Green Iguana who lives there (by the way has anyone told the Albino Squirrel about this yet? He might be pissed). This year

also marks the inaugural season of the Nazareth College Hockey Team, which has brought with it a great deal of hype and Fly-ers pride. Because seriously, who doesn’t like hockey fights? Most of all, there’s a whole new class of freshmen who we get to make fun of and maybe someday, we’ll even be their friends… maybe.

There are some things about Nazareth that won’t change. You can always count on the tunnels so you can be able to wear flip flops to class in January, and still sweat! You know that any time any club ever has a meeting; you can’t miss it, because they’ll send you thirty emails about it. And at Nazareth you can rest assured that no matter where you go on campus, any time of the day, a creepily over-sized squirrel will be watching you. These are the things that we can rely on when school gets hard, and the reason we are Golden Flyers. Oh, and the people here are nice too.

Collin HayesNews Editor

Student Instagram Corner

Dragon Photo Courtesy of Bryan Geary

Ali SewaltA & E Editor

The adjustment from fresh-men to sophomore year has been quite an extreme change. The large gaps of time I had between College Success and beginner PIs are now filled with additional study time as those classes have transitioned into upper level Political Science and Literature classes. Gone are the days of leisurely walks to the Erie Canal and around campus in the nice fall weather. Now, reading, writing papers, and taking naps to catch up on lost sleep replace these pas-times. Despite these seemingly negative points, I could not be more excited to be starting classes for my (finally) decided majors of English and Com-munication and Rhetoric (note: I still have no idea what I want to do with my life career-wise, does anyone?). As fall semester of sophomore year finishes up, I finally have some sense of aca-demic direction in my life.

Move-in day began much like it did the first year; a whole summer’s worth of shopping and new decorations (thanks to Pinterest) packed into

totes. However, this year I had access to two vehicles; the fam-ily SUV and my uncle’s truck. As I expected, this was met by angry looks from my father dur-ing the whole move-in process, as he is the only one able to lift most things. He was also an-gry because he is now aware of what it’s like cramming what I have moved in, in addition to all I buy during the year, back into our car(s) in the spring. During this process, my dad promptly advised me to find a boyfriend to help him move in my things each year. Clearly he doesn’t know the odds we Naz girls work with in this department. As the ever helpful College Prowler website advised me during the college application process, this campus has more squirrels than straight men. But, after we all finished, my parents were both sad that I was leav-ing for another semester and the anger was temporarily set aside until it is time to move me home for Christmas break. Is three totes of clothes and shoes nec-essary for only a month of being home, you might ask me? Yes,

yes it is. I like options. I am (for the most part)

happily residing in Lourdes again for the second year. The “rustic décor” and 1970’s feel really captivated my heart last year and I just couldn’t bear to part with this grand old building just yet. Plus, I had the promise of new windows on the second floor! Yeah! This has proved to be a good choice so far. I now have had the opportunity to get to know many new people as well as reconnecting with former Lourdes Ladies. This in combination with the same things being broken in this dorm from last year (yes, you kitchen sink and you first and only tall shower stall) has prepped me for the eventual move to upper-classmen dorms next year with some of my new friends as well as my best friend. This semes-ter has definitely been one of changes and academic intensity but it has also shown me how exciting my future will be here at Naz and in the eventual real world.

Absentee BallotsHow does this thing work again?

Signing up for ClassesStalking NazNet until your registration time to prevent lock outs!

Glee HiatusCome on... 5 weeks without Glee?!

Naz FlixCan’t we get something more recent on deck?

Power OutagesAnd it wasn’t even during Hurricane Sandy!

Bigger To-Go CupsNow there’s

more room for Dunkin Donuts!

Hurricane DaysJust kidding. But really... We’d rather be safe than sorry!

DVD CleanerWe can always count on Media Services to make our movies as good as new!

Discounted Halloween CandyNothing like half-off mass quantities of candy the day after Halloween!

Fewer Horses and BayonetsYes, Romney. Obama did just say that.

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Voting Photo Courtesy of Carissa Risucci

Easy Thanksgiving recipes To impress your family

Ingredients:8 cups pressed Apple Juice/Cider (not from concentrate)1 orange, cut into 1/4″ slices3 cinnamon sticks1/2 teaspoon ground allspice1 tablespoon cloves1 inch piece of ginger cut into coin sized slices1/4 cup brown sugar

Directions:Place all the ingredients into a large pot and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain before serving.

HoT Spiced Apple Cider

Ingredients:1 cup sugar1 cup water1 12-ounce package Ocean Spray fresh cran-berries*Optional - if you want to get fancy, add a splash of orange juice

Directions:Combine sugar and water in a medium sauce-pan. Bring to boil; add cranberries, return to boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 10 min-utes, stirring occasionally. Cover and cool com-pletely at room temperature. Refrigerate until serving time. Enjoy!

Homemade cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:1-1/4 cup flour1 stick of butter1/4 teaspoon of salt1/4 cup waterDirections:Add flour, softened butter and salt to a food processor. Pulse the mixture until it forms little balls. Add in water slowly and turn the proces-sor on for a few seconds. Remove and form into a ball. Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll the dough out on a piece of waxed paper until it is large enough. Lay over pie plate, crimp the ends and fill with whatever filling you wish.

H o m e m a d e p i e c r u s t

- photo and recipe from oceanspray.com

- photo and recipe from savorysweetlife.com

- photo and recipe from sheknows.com