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MILLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUME 87, ISSUE 16 THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012

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DANIELLE KREIDER/ SNAPPERThe Marauder statue is supporting the Millerville “FIGHT” shirt, insupport of the MU rally. Students can buy these shirts for $5.

KEVIN KAISER/ SNAPPERConcerned Millersville students and faculty flocked to the Student Memorial Center to openly showtheir disgust for the proposed budget cuts by Governor Corbett.

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NATIONAL NEWS 6

MU gets rallied up over budget cutsDozens upon dozens of curi-

ous Millersville University stu-dents and faculty made theirway to the Student MemorialCenter last Thursday afternoonfor the “Back to the Future Rally”organized by Millersville’s Asso-ciation of Pennsylvania StateCollege & University Faculties(APSCUF) office.

Approximately 60 onlookerslistened to various speakers takea stand against the proposedbudget cuts and profess thatnow is the time for action. RyanDavies, a senior Philosophymajor, brought physical copiesof his Millersville tuition billfrom his first and last semesterhere with an outstanding $1200difference.

“They each look the same,they have the same number ofwords and are printed on thesame lame paper. However,there is one huge difference,”Davies said about the price dif-ference.

Starting off the rally was Dr.Chuck Ward, chair of the philos-ophy department on campus.After getting the crowd pumpedup with a cheer, he explained themeaning behind the posters thathave been publicized with therally. If the budget cutsprogress, Millersville will havethe same funding that it did backin 1989, which essentially hasbrought the University “back tothe future.”

Members of the track teamwere also present at the rally,sporting t-shirts that read“FIGHT” on the front and“MILLERSVILLE” on the back.These shirts were for sale so that

additional Millersville studentsand others could purchase themto support the cause. The newMarauder statue that arrivedduring Homecoming weekendalso sported one of these brightorange t-shirts for all to see. Anevent similar to this one washeld last year for the same rea-son: to bring awareness.

“We want to raise the aware-ness of students on campus onwhat they can personally do tohelp fight the cut to the PASSHEbudget, which is to contact theirlegislators,” said Dr. DanielKeefer, chair of the APSCUF Mo-bilization Committee.

Also at the meeting was atable set up to help students

from Pennsylvania locate theirhome legislatures and write ashort note to them regardingtheir concerns. The postcardsand postage were provided byAPSCUF.

After the rally, everyonemoved up to the stadium wherealumni with the Coalition to Res-cue or Sports (CROS) and stu-dents claimed that theUniversity would not save asmuch money with the cuts as itclaimed.

They also expressed that theUniversity failed to consider analumni proposal to fund the pro-grams. CROS proposed to keepthe teams, but to have them goto fewer meets and change men

and women’s indoor track to aclub sport.

This past Wednesday, March28, the rally took one step fur-ther and follows in last year’sfootsteps to the Capital at Har-risburg. Students across the en-tire PASSHE system were inattendance at the rally, whichtook place at 11 A.M.

While students ofMillersville rode comfortably onbuses to the Capital, the TrackTeam will be leaving extra earlyin order to make the 100 milejourney with Lock Haven's teamto Harrisburg. Lock Haven Uni-versity has dubbed this effort"100 to stay funded."

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JHUAPL.EDUFrom left to right: Andrew Elliot, Mark Schmele, Joshua Vanhine, David Lu, Travis Romero, DylanLeakway, Robert Hennessey, and David Anaya.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETINGSophomore Noah Morris, is creating three wooden sculptures aspart of a 6 month independent study project. This site is locatedoutside of Breidenstine Hall. He uses a bronze ax or adze head, abronze chisel and several specialized homemade iron tools.

Oh no, Maggie’s Facebookgot hacked! This scenario couldhappen to anyone. Most of thetime, it is something harmlesslike a status update that waschanged by a friend when Face-book is left up in the lab. Every-one has a good laugh; Maggiechanges her Facebook statusback and continues on with herday.

Now replace Facebook witha database full of patient infor-mation in a hospital network.This database includes patientsocial security numbers, ad-dresses, phone numbers, med-ication, and other sensitiveinformation.

For information securitypersonnel responsible for thesenetworks, it is not a laughingmatter. Information security isa rapidly growing field and cur-rently underemployed. Thereare simply not enough people inthis field to keep the country’s

data safe. Events like the Collegiate

Cyber Defense Competition(CCDC) help employers findthose much needed personnel.

The Mid-Atlantic CollegiateCyber Defense Competition(MACCDC) offers a learning ex-perience like no other, whichcannot be obtained through aclassroom. The competitionlasts for two days back to backfrom 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Studentswill have to defend their net-work against a team of profes-sional hackers from

compromising their networkand information.

The competition is scoredlike golf, in which gainingpoints is bad. The teams arescored by service up-time, in-jects and security. The hackersuse various tools and gain expe-rience to destroy the student’snetworks and cause as muchmayhem as possible.

The competition is de-signed to have the odds stackedagainst student teams and makethis the toughest and most gru-eling game they have everplayed. The competition willtest the team’s technologicalskills, team work, stress man-agement, and ability to adapt toa new network. They also addedbusiness aspects to the game tomake the competition more real.

There are CEO and businessinjects that must be performedthroughout the course of theevent. When everything is work-ing those injects are trivial, butwhen everything is down it is acompletely different game.Every team will fail and havetheir networks compromised.This competition is about howthe teams will recover and han-dle the stress under fire.

Not only is the competitiona great way to earn braggingrights, but it offers many net-working and employment op-portunities. The MACCDC hosts

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Hazel I. Jackson Lecture:Terry McMillan, Best-SellingAuthorMarch 28, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.Pucillo GymnasiumOn March 28, Millersville Uni-versity will hold its annualHazel I. Jackson Lecture,which will feature TerryMcMillan, best-selling author,to present "Speaking from theHeart." McMillan graduatedfrom UC-Berkeley and relo-cated to New York City, whereshe worked on her fictionwith the New RenaissanceWriters' Guild.

Teacher Recruitment DayMarch 29, 2012 at 9:00 A.M.Marauder Court, Student Me-morial CenterThis job fair is for educators,students and alumni, and willbe held from 9 A.M to 3 P.M.This in-person event typicallybrings more than 700 TeacherCandidates (from 11 CentralPA Colleges) and more than100 School Districts togetherto discuss employment op-portunities.

Earth Science Seminar Se-ries: "Landscape Evolutionin the Appalachian Moun-tains"March 29, 2012 at 4:30 P.M.Roddy Hall, Room 149Dr. Frank Pazzaglia, of LehighUniversity, will present thetalk "Landscape Evolution inthe Appalachian Mountains."The seminar is preceded by asocial at 4 P.M. The Earth Sci-ences Department SeminarSeries brings to campus lead-ing scientists from universi-ties, government agencies(NASA, NOAA, etc.) and pri-vate industry to speak on top-ics relevant to the Earth.

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March 12, 2012 at 7:55 A.M. A false fire alarm was re-ported in Hull Hall. A reportwas filed.

March 13, 2012 at 5:25 P.M. A child/family offense was re-ported in Pucillo gym. It wasa family dispute over a minorwhile on campus. The civilissue is under investigation.A parent alleged that theminor’s mother did not super-vise the child, who received asports related injury on atreadmill.

March 16, 2012 at 4:57 P.M. Erin Sweigart received a cita-tion for a traffic violation; itwas a Do Not Enter sign viola-tion on Shenks Lane.

March 18, 2012 at 5:58 P.M. A skateboarding ordinancewas violated on Cottage Ave.The subject was warned andissued a copy of the roller ve-hicle ordinance.

March 19, 2012 at 7:40 P.M. A non-reportable three vehicleaccident was reported onGeorge St. Information wasexchanged and a report wasfiled.

March 20, 2012 at 5:00 P.M. A report of a rape and invol-untary deviate sexual inter-course was reported. Theincident occurred off-campusat an unknown location. A re-port was filed.

March 20, 2012 at 10:00 P.M. Suspicious persons and drugactivity/marijuana use was re-ported at the pond area. Foursubjects were stopped, allunder the influence, but nosubstance was recovered.

March 21, 2012 at 10:45 P.M. Narcotics use/marijuana wasreported in the gazebo adja-cent to the pond. Males andfemales were reported smok-ing a cigar that left a wood

burning smell in the area.The area was checked, butnothing was found.

March 22, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. An MU id was found on N.Prince Street. The identifica-tion card was seized for safe-keeping.

March 22, 2012 at 7:38 P.M. The burglar alarm went off inTanger House, and there wasglass breakage in the base-ment. The building waschecked, and no problemswere reported.

March 23, 2012 at 8:55 P.M. Suspicious circumstanceswere reported on the secondfloor of Harbold Hall. Theodor of marijuana was de-tected, but authorities wereunable to locate the source.

March 23, 2012 at 9:12 P.M. A medical emergency was re-ported for heart problems inthe lobby of Harbold Hall. Anambulance transported onemale patient to Lancaster Re-gional Medical Center for eval-uation.

March 25, 2012 at 10:58 P.M. An odor of marijuana was re-ported on the second floor ofHull Hall. The odor was de-tected, but they were unableto locate the source.

March 26, 2012 at 3:40 P.M. A fight/dispute was reportedon E. Frederick Street. The in-cident was over a damagedphone, and minor injurieswere sustained.

March 26, 2012 at 5:11 P.M. Patrick Seyfried was issued ci-tations and warnings for atraffic stop on Shenks Lane.He received a citation for hav-ing an expired inspection, andreceived two warnings forhaving no license on demandand no proof of insurance.

Student Senate RecapsThe Millersville Borough is

currently looking for a studentadvisor. The student advisor’sduties are to attend the Boroughmeetings and then report any in-formation back to the studentbody so that they will be awareof everything that is going on,keeping a close relationship be-tween the University and thecommunity we live in.

March 22 saw the inductionof two new members, Tyler Du-rante and Thomas Betchtel. Con-gratulations to the two of you!We are excited to see your ideasand contributions to the organi-zation. March 28 brings theCouncil of Trustees meeting,which will be open to anyone in-

terested and will be held in theLehr Conference room at 5 P.M.One of the sections that theTransformation Conversationwill be discussing is the topic ofStudent Success; people are wel-come to join Mrs. Michelle Perez

in the Galley on March 30 at11:30 A.M. for lunch to talkabout different perspectives ofwhat student success is.

Many thanks and congratula-tions go to David Loconsole, whowill be representing Student Sen-

ate in the upcoming Mr.Millersville competition.

On March 27 Student Senatewill be hosting two “Cookie forConcerns” tables, located inStayer and McComsey halls forstudents to be able to fill outsurveys about various concernsthey have around the University.Please come and let your voicesbe heard! Representatives fromthe Student Senate will be avail-able at the tables from 11 A.M. to2 P.M.

If you are unable to stop byeither of these tables, feel free tocontact the Student Senate atvillestudentsenate@gmail.com,or come by one of our meetingson Thursday nights at 6:30 P.M.in SMC room 118 and let yourvoice be heard.

Reflect and Connect series

On Wednesday, March 21, anintimate group met in the FordAtrium at 5 P.M. to participate inMarch’s Reflect and Connect onWomen’s Rights.

This event was coordinatedby Dr. Judy Halden-Sullivan andthe discussion was facilitated byDr. Karen Rice. The topic waschosen in celebration of NationalWomen’s Month.

The event was an open dis-cussion: the participants sat in acircle, conversing honestly andopenly about issues related towomen’s rights, gender roles,and sexism.

The group consisted of fe-males only, which was not a re-quirement but led to afascinating conversation be-tween women across severalgenerations who have met some

of the same challenges. The dis-cussion began with a look intothe childhoods of the partici-pants. Each woman was allowedto talk as much as they wantedabout certain gender roles theywere expected to fit into andhow their family and friends in-fluenced their views of the rolesof women.

Even in society, there are so-cial issues such as balancingmotherhood with a career.

As Dr. Halden-Sullivan said,“There is an openness to possi-bility… but there are still goingto be some hard choices.”

Dr. Karen Rice then guidedthe conversation into themedia’s portrayal of women. Sheused articles from Readings forDiversity and Social Justice to fa-cilitate discussion on how themedia affects women’s bodyimage and gender roles.

Some of the participants dis-cussed their daughters’ strug-

gles to fit into the mold, evenwith supportive parents. Al-though the discussion was fe-male-dominant, Dr. Rice wasclear that sexism is not only a fe-male issue.

The group discussed howmen have gender roles that theyare expected to fit as well andhow that can be harmful. Theissue is one of culture, and ne-cessitates a shift in culture.

After the discussion, Dr.Halden-Sullivan passed out asheet of volunteer opportunitiesto connect the discussion to thecommunity.

The Reflect and Connect Se-ries is produced by the Centerfor Public Scholarship & SocialChange which works to connectstudents and faculty to researchpublic issues.

The next event will be onApril 18 and will cover globaland human rights.

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October 6, 2011

LAURA MAGINLEY

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KEVIN KAISER AND ROBERT SHIRLEY/ SNAPPERABOVE and BELOW: Randi Zuckerberg speaks at the Ford Atrium for public relations students. Dr. Thomas Boyle, chair of the communi-cation and theatre department on campus sits next to Zuckerberg for the duration of the Q&A with students.

Randi Zuckerberg: From NYC to Lancaster CityKnown as “Mark Zuckerberg’s

older sister,” Randi Zuckerberghas done more to pave her way tofame than just being a sibling ofthe CEO of Facebook. A select fewpublic relations classes were in-vited to a question and answersetting with Facebook’s formerMarketing Director, before herformal lecture in downtown Lan-caster last Thursday night.

Approximately 40 public rela-tions students and a few profes-sors joined Zuckerberg in theFord Atrium at McComsey Hall toreceive her insight on the latestnews to hit the social mediaworld, including Kony 2012 andOccupy Wallstreet.

Zuckerberg came fully pre-pared for the diverse group ofquestions asked by the students,in addition to sporting a good at-titude and smile for the entire du-ration. Having graduated fromthe prestigious Harvard Univer-sity back in 2003 with a degree inPsychology, the transition to themarketing world seemed a bit off.

“I’ve always loved advertisingand business, but the closest areaof study to that at Harvard was

Psychology,” said Zuckerberg.There were classes within the Psy-chology department that focusedon the ‘psychology of business’that related to her interests in ad-vertising and marketing.

Zuckerberg was also ap-pointed to the United NationsGlobal Entrepreneurs Council.This council selects one issue totackle each year with the help ofsocial media. This year’s issuewas to “End Malaria” through theuse of Twitter, Facebook andother social media platforms. Sheis also a member of the WorldEconomic Forum’s Global Councilon Social Media and the U.S.Broadcasting Board of GovernorsCommission on Innovation.

When introducing new ideasto a company that may be appre-hensive in the digital shift of so-cial media, Zuckerberg suggeststo “use baby steps and don’t divein the deep end.” They shouldalso have an open dialogue and aset end goal in mind. Most com-panies might also find it benefi-cial if their competitors are or arenot currently utilizing socialmedia platforms.

Students voiced their con-cerns dealing with privacy onFacebook, especially specificcompanies that ask for pass-words. Zuckerberg commented

by saying that she believes theissue is arising because compa-nies are losing control of employ-ees and are trying to gain it back.

As “representatives” of acompany, employees are told towatch what they post on the in-ternet, but the company cannotdirectly monitor this without in-tervening. While the companiesthink they are doing the rightthing, Zuckerberg says that in-stead there should be better edu-cation methods surrounding thisissue.

While social media focuses onthe numbers of followers, tweetsand friends, Zuckerberg explainsthat the primary center of atten-tion should lie with the “right andbest” engaged numbers. For in-stance, if a page has 100,000friends but only 100 people areinvolved with the page, 100 is theimportant number.

While there are many differ-ent social media websites, eachindividual site has their ownunique strength. As far as liveconcerts and events, twitter is theplace to post. This is because the

site focuses on “real time.”Tweets tend to become lost overtime. However, if someone islooking to establish a good brandfor him or herself, Facebook is thebest choice. Facebook uses an al-gorithm to post the news feed,which means that a posting maynot be seen until the followingday due to the process. Whenasked about the most recent newsin the social media world, includ-ing Kony 2012 and Occupy Wall-street, Zuckerberg had commentsthat related to the overall organi-zation of these movements.

“Studies always show thatpeople don’t like to watch longvideos on the internet, howeverpeople sat through this 30 minutelong video,” she comments in re-gards to Kony 2012. She alsonotes that Invisible Children hasbeen around for years, so theoverall event could have been or-ganized better in order to emit ac-tion.

A student asked what couldhave been improved upon regard-ing Occupy Wallstreet, whichZuckerberg called a “disorganized

movement,” and that was the “bil-lion dollar question.” She notedthat the tools are all there, but themovement needs more focus.

“We are at a unique point inhistory where we are all brandsand are able to broadcast our-selves to the world and what westand for,” explained Zuckerberg.

No longer is there a need towait for a television, newspaperor magazine fame, as each andevery person can project whothey are to the world usingtweets, posts and other messagesto broadcast themselves out loudwithout the wait.

Zuckerberg closed on the factthat anything is possible for any-body, despite where a personcomes from.

She noted that her brother is“living the American dream,” ashe came from a suburban middleclass family and is now stimulat-ing the economy with thousandsof jobs and opportunities for peo-ple around the globe.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JHUAPL.EDUTOP: The Millersville Cyber Security Team is being debriefed at the conclusion of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held in Baltimore, MD at Johns Hopkins University. BELOW: During the competition the team worked together to defend their network against hackers.

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a job fair with sponsors, wherestudents can network and sub-mit resumes to employers.Sponsors like Northrop Grum-man, Booz Allen Hamilton,Army Intelligence Security Com-mand and other companies inthe private and government sec-tor were in attendance.

They had the rare chance ofbeing able to see employeehopefuls perform and displaytheir skills. It is similar toscouts at a sports game andthey are searching for the besttalent to recruit.

Every year the MACCDC hasa theme for their event and thisyear the theme was health care.The story for this year’s compe-tition was that the studentteams were hired to replace anincompetent IT staff at a hospi-tal.

They had to jump into acompletely new network and beable to secure whatever systemswere on it and perform the du-

ties of an administrator. Thisyear they even had physicalmedicine boxes containing pa-tient “drugs” that could be con-trolled wirelessly and had abarcode scanner to authorizeusers. This meant more securityvulnerabilities and yet anothersystem on a long list to try tokeep the hackers out of. Everysystem in the network wassomething that can be found ina hospital network. They alsohad an electronic medicalrecord web application for doc-tors to access patient data.

Millersville University’sCyber Security Team was able toobtain first place in a toughqualifying round against otheruniversities in their division.This earned them a spot in the7th annual MACCDC in Balti-more Maryland. At the Mid-At-lantic CCDC they competedagainst seven other schools inthe National CCDC in San Anto-nio, Texas.

The Millersville Cyber Secu-rity team came into the compe-tition as underdogs because thiswas their first time ever com-peting, and they were the onlyschool with no information se-curity program. Everythinglearned was self-taught and self-driven.

The morning of the compe-tition there was a feeling of anx-iousness in the air and thepre-game butterflies started tofly in each member. The monthsand months of preparation wereleading up to this point. As theminutes drew closer to gametime the feeling of anxiousnessgrew greater. It was fight orflight for the Millersville CyberSecurity Team and they workedtoo hard to go with the latter op-

tion. As the competition started,

teams scrambled to their net-works and started to securetheir systems. Some teams hadtheir power shut off to all oftheir systems in the beginningof the competition.

Millersville secured the net-work enabled power strip beforethe hackers could have compro-mise it and start shutting offpower. Within the first half ofthe day the hackers were able tocompromise over 20 systems.Millersville had a battle with thehackers trying to compromiseone of their Linux boxes.

They were able to keep thehackers at bay until they calledin reinforcements and had a sec-ond hacker team up on the box.

At that point they were able togain control of the system andlock the team out.

Later on one of the hackerstried to bribe Millersville fortheir pizza. The team decided todecline the bribe and continuedto work with a computer down.

Many teams were panickingand already started showingsigns of breaking. Millersvillewas able to keep level headedand ended off the day in firstplace. Millersville had the low-est amount of compromisedsystems with only one, whilesecond place had 7.

That was partly due to thatMillersville was one of the onlyteams that were able to properlyconfigure their firewall. After along day of competitionMillersville was not ready to restand continued to study and re-search upon arriving at theirhotel rooms.

Overnight, the hackersgained physical access to thecomputers and chaos ensuedfor the teams in the morning.Many machines were down, oth-ers were not able to log into,and some computers were actu-ally switched around with otherteams. The amount of stressduring the second of the com-petition was certainly at a muchhigher level.

Millersville was dealt amajor blow with hardware fail-ure. The hackers restarted andshutdown the server so manytimes that it caused it to over-heat and die.

As other teams were startingup machines, Millersville’s net-work was still completely down.While the organizers worked onfixing the hardware malfunctionthe CEO inject part of the com-petition came into play.Millersville team captain, TravisRomero, had to report to theCEO and explain what had hap-pened and why the network wasdown. It is two hours into thecompetition and the networkwas still down. Things were notlooking good for Millersville.

Even at this point of utterdespair Millersville was workingto get everything running andwas not giving up that easily.

Eventually the competition or-ganizers were able to fix thehardware problem andMillersville was back in thegame. The team had a lot ofwork to do and had to regainsome lost ground. The team wasable to bounce back, but camein an overall second. Eventhough Millersville came in sec-ond they were still consistentlyin first place with service uptime and they also had the low-est amount of connections tothe hackers.

It was a bittersweet loss forthe Cyber Security Team. Theywere consistently in the lead forthe majority of the competition,

but fell short right at the end.This was also their first time atthe competition, and they werefacing schools that have beenthere the previous year. Theydid really well for a rookie team.

Since Millersville was doingso good there were a lot of spon-sors taking notice. Right afterthe competition was over, asponsor even offered the teaminternships. Second place iscertainly a good start for thisyoung team.

The Millersville UniversityCyber Security team will ccon-tinue to work hard and comeback with avengence next year.

Today in history

LEAD STORYU.S. withdraws from Vietnam,1973

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONPutnam named commander ofNew York troops, 1776

AUTOMOTIVEWhite House ousts GM chief,2009

CIVIL WARAppomattox campaign begins,1865

COLD WARRosenbergs convicted of espi-onage, 1951

CRIMEThe Mad Bomber strikes in NewYork, 1951

DISASTEREarthquake and volcano do dou-ble damage in Mexico, 1982

GENERAL INTERESTBritish victory at Kambula, 1879Mariner 10 visits Mercury, 1974

HOLLYWOODMiramax chiefs part ways withDisney, 2005

LITERARYWriter Mary Wollstonecraft mar-ries William Godwin, 1797

MUSICTom Jones is knighted byQueen Elizabeth II, 2006

OLD WESTCongress authorizes survey ofCumberland Road, 1806

PRESIDENTIALJohn Tyler is born, 1790Herbert Hoover has telephoneinstalled in Oval Office, 1929

SPORTSTar Heels win NCAA basketballchampionship, 1982

PHOTO COURTESY OF JHUAPL.EDUAt the conclusion of Day 1, the hackers were allowed physical access to the team’s network. Teamstook physical security to another level by zip-tying their laptops shut to prevent the hackers fromtampering with their systems.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JHUAPL.EDUEach team was given a medical dispensing box to protect.

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JetBlue flight diverted aftercaptain's 'erratic' behaviorA JetBlue flight bound for LasVegas made an emergency land-ing in Texas on Tuesday afterthe captain acted strangely, waslocked out of the cockpit by hisco-pilot and was wrestled to theground by passengers, wit-nesses and authorities said.The plane's co-pilot, concernedby the "erratic" behavior, lockedthe door behind the captainwhen he left the cockpit duringthe flight, according to the Fed-eral Aviation Administration.

Girl, 12, beaten while neighborfilmsA man filmed a group of girls at-tacking a 12-year-old girl in hisneighbor's garden, and toldProvidence, Rhode Island, policehe thought it was a prank.Two of the girls have beencharged with assault with adeadly weapon and conspiracy,and two others have beencharged with simple assault andconspiracy, said Providence Po-lice Sgt. Matthew Ryan.

Miss Universe pageant ouststransgender contestantA Canadian beauty pageant con-testant who was disqualifiedwhen the Miss Universe Canadaorganizers discovered she wastransgender is not ready tospeak to reporters, a representa-tive for the 6-foot-1-inch-tallblond model said Tuesday.Jenna Talackova was one of the65 finalists selected to contendfor the title of Miss UniverseCanada and the honor of repre-senting her country in the MissUniverse competition, but shewill not be allowed to competebecause organizers say Talack-ova lied about having undergonesexual reassignment surgery anddid not meet requirements forthe pageant.

Prince Harry moves next doorto Wills and KateBritain's Prince Harry has movedinto the same west London resi-dence that his brother Williamset up home in with new wifeKate last year, CNN can reveal.Harry took a small apartment atKensington Palace after movingout of the bedroom and studyhe occupies at nearby ClarenceHouse - the home of his father,Prince Charles.

New Orleans police officer resigns after post on TrayvonMartinA New Orleans police officerwho posted an offensive com-ment online about slain Floridateen Trayvon Martin resignedon Tuesday. SuperintendentRonal Serpas accepted his resig-nation. "My responsibility to thepeople of New Orleans, as wellas to the professional officerson this police force, demanded Itake swift action in this matter.I have accepted Giroir's resigna-tion, and believe it is in the bestinterest of this department andthis city," Serpas said.

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KEVIN KAISER/ SNAPPERRoger Bruszewski gives a budget presentation surrounding theproposed cuts for the 2012-2013 school year at a meeting.

LAURA MAGINLEY

Assoc. News Editor

Volunteer Central goes “Into the streets”

Into the Streets, a studentorganization formed by Michi-gan State University in 1999,comes to Millersville this Satur-day, March 31. Javita Thompsonand Diane Fleishmanshared some insightabout the program.

Millersville, start-ing its 8th year ofservice, joined the na-tional program to be-come more aware andteamed up with sev-eral other collegessuch as Elizabethtownand Franklin and Mar-shall.

“It’s getting moredifficult for studentsto participate. Withseveral other admis-sion activities, pledgesand the student work-ers having prior en-gagements, ourvolunteers are almost cut inhalf,” said Thompson.

Thompson and Fleishmanstress the importance of helpingthe community and understand-ing what exactly is going onaround Millersville and Lan-caster, which is the goal of Intothe Streets.

Like last year, Millersville istraveling into Lancaster and sur-rounding areas to help clean theMom’s House of Lancaster, ClareHouse, the Zion RetirementCommunity, and Trinity HouseApartments. Volunteers will

help with planting harvests andflowers for The Threshold Foun-dation of Lancaster in prepara-tion for the fast approachingspring.

The harvested vegetablesnot only help fund the programbut also help feed the less for-tunate. Some other activities in-

clude “spring cleaning,”mulching for parks, and plant-ing gardens for numeroushomes.

Also, there are many activi-ties that education majors pro-vide for the children of theCircle K group, a communityservice group used to help chil-dren, such as an Easter egghunt.

Despite last year’s setbackof volunteers, Fleishman andThompson are more than happyto announce that 65 studentshave volunteered and more

seem to be coming in by theminute, whether group orientedor single volunteers.

They welcome anyone whowishes to lend a helping handfor Into the Streets.

“Not only will this event en-hance a resume, but it will givethe student a sense of accom-

plishment. Volunteer-ing is a very specialopportunity that noone should pass up,”Thompson said.

“When you volun-teer you become a partof the community andthe smile and thankyou receive when tak-ing part should bemore than a reason tojoin.”

Unfortunately thedeadline for register-ing has passed, butDiane Fleishman ishappy to advertise thatCareer Services is hold-ing two events.

On Monday, April2, “Get in the Game” is beingheld at the Bedford House from10:30 A.M. until 1:30 P.M. Freehotdogs will be provided andyou can bring your resume to becritiqued for free.

Also, on Tuesday, April 3there will be a Job and Intern-ship fair from 11 A.M. until 2P.M. located at the SMC.

For more information aboutthese two events please visitwww.millersville.edu/ices.

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Faculty profileDr. Rita Wade-El Smith

Many students at MillersvilleUniversity and surroundingcommunity are very familiarwith an influential and promi-nent campus and communitymember. This person is recog-nized most commonly by herfirst name, but is professionallyknown as Professor Rita Wade-ElSmith.

Upon interviewing Rita,many questions came to mindpertaining to our campus, theimportance of media in our dailylives and inquiries for somecompelling facts about her.

Ms. Rita Wade-El Smith is aWashington, D.C. native and canbe found in the Psychology de-partment in Byerly Hall here atMillersville University. When dis-cussing with Rita her aspirationsand path towards becoming apsychology and African Ameri-can studies professor, shestated, “I decided I wanted aPh.D when I was seven…” butmentioned that her first offerwas an Aerospace EngineeringProgram.

From there she venturedinto Research Psychology, whichat that time was Engineering Psy-chology. Through her variousstudies she noted, “While in col-lege, I had a professor whotaught a course in Black Psychol-ogy and that along with becom-

ing a founding member of theDelaware Valley Chapter of theAssociation of Black Psychologyfanned my interest in AfricanAmerican Studies.” Before gain-ing employment at MillersvilleUniversity, Rita taught PanAfrican Studies and WomenStudies for ten years at TempleUniversity in Philadelphia, Penn-sylvania.

After transferring her em-ployment from Temple to ourcampus, Rita has not budgedsince. She exclaims that hasbeen here for almost 30 years,and loves the fact that she cando so many innovative things.She has gained satisfaction whileworking with students andthrough the variety of activitiesshe has been able to participatein. Being a professor has alwaysbeen somewhat of a dream jobfor Rita; she stated, “I love learn-ing and I never wanted to leavecollege.”

Outside of the classroom,Ms. Rita Wade-El Smith can befound immersing herself inother activities and taking partin various organizations. She isan advisor to the NAACP CollegeChapter, is involved withMillersville University and theLambda Gamma, and is a mem-ber of Delta Sigma Theta Soror-ity Inc.

She serves on various de-partments, such as the School ofEducation and University-widecommittee. She is the chair ofthe Frederick Douglass BlackCulture Celebration, an activemember on the Commission ofCultural Diversity, and the Pres-ident of the Millersville HonorSociety of PHI KAPPA PHI just toname a few.

Without The Snapper, Ritanoted that the campus environ-ment would be much less in-formed, even amongst her beliefthat media is moving away fromprint.

And just for kicks, it wasasked of her to share somethingthat many people may not knowabout her. She shared that she isactually very nice and helpful.And for those who have nottaken a course with Rita, this isan important fact for you!

Town hall meeting 2012

Millersville University an-nounced a decision last Mondaythat baffled alumni. AMillersville University graduateoffered to donate $300,000 aspart of an alumni proposal tocontinue men’s track and cross-country for three years whilethe alumni seek stable funding.Last Monday, alumni found outthat the university had refusedthe offer.

The would-be donor wishesto remain anonymous. He didnot want to be recognized forthis. Instead, he wanted to helpa program that was “meaningfuland helped shape him.”

The alumnus stated that hehas made “substantial dona-tions” to Millersville in the past,said he thinks the decision is a“slap in the face.” He was alsodispleased lately when he re-ceived a solicitation fromMillersville to aid in sendingstudents to Europe.

"Here they are, on one hand,they want me to donate moneyto send students to Europe, andthat's great. I've done that be-fore," he said. "But they won'tgive money to the track team?"

In response, Janet Kacskossaid, "While we certainly under-stand the passion, interest anddisappointment of the univer-sity's decision, the money of-fered is not a solution to thebudget issues facing the univer-

sity as a whole."Numerous alumni that are

in association with the Coalitionto Rescue Our Sports, also re-ferred to as CROS, introducedtheir proposed plan to GeraldEckert, the university's VicePresident of Institutional Ad-vancement, on March 5.

The plan calls for indoortrack to be listed as a club. Thisis understandable sinceMillersville does not have thefacilities for an indoor trackprogram. The teams would alsohave to miss out on some meetsto limit travel expenses.

The alumni who are con-cerned with this plan said,“they're upset and don't feelthey've been given honest an-swers.” CROS argues that the

men's programs cost $120,000at most and perhaps less than$100,000 annually, not$200,000 like the universitystated.

They also debate the impli-cation that the programs are notcompetitive.

This issue is receiving agreat deal of attention. There iseven a Facebook page called“Save MU Sports” that is advo-cating for the programs' sup-porters to send letters touniversity trustees and politi-cians.

Perhaps all these efforts willmake a difference, but onlytime will tell.

Alumni proposal gets nixed

Similar to last year, RogerBruszewski, Vice President forFinance and Administration, pre-pared a presentation regardingthe proposed budget cuts forthis upcoming school year in theSMC multipurpose room prior toSpring Break. The event, organ-ized by Student Senate, broughtout about two dozen concernedstudents to voice their worriesover microphones toBruszewski.

The proposed budget for the2012-2013 school year calls foran additional 20% and the Uni-versity would also be losingsomething called “Key 93.” “Key93” allows for the repair of bro-ken windows, roofs and other re-pair fees that pertain to thebuildings around campus, whichrepresents approximately$800,000 a year.

Tuition fees have continuedto go up over the past few years.However, statistics show thatfrom 2009-2010, Obama’s stim-ulus dollars accounted foraround $2.9 million that didsave the University some pres-sure. If the proposed budgetdoes come through, Millersvillewill have been cut $15 millionsince 2006. Comparable to aniPad or a new pair of Nike sneak-ers, these items are in the samegeneral area as far as price withthe 7.5% tuition increase thatstudents experienced this past

year. “It is a relatively small in-

crease and it’s happening na-tionwide. Our cost to go here isstill below the national average,”explained Bruszewski.

As the budget cuts continueto increase, the faculty and staffpositions across campus are de-creasing. There have been 10temporary and part time facultypositions eliminated this year,along with 26 administration

and staff positions. While this issaving the University money, theremaining faculties have morepressure on their shoulders withlarger class sizes. Currently, 64administration and staff posi-tions remain open, while thereare 69 faculty positions vacant.

“80 sections of classes areno longer offered,” saidBruszewski.

A major concern on campushas been surrounding the recent

renovations and where thismoney is coming from. Themoney is coming from a sepa-rate fund that cannot be appliedto any other source on campus.For example, the money for theVisual and Performing Arts Cen-ter (VPAC) was not thought ofduring this economic crisis. Themoney has actually been waitingfor the University to use overseven years ago. The fundingfor the library has been in placefor six years.

“I can’t use it for anythingelse,” explained Bruszewski. Healso comments that they willneed to find out how to fund thenew library and VPAC. However,with the new renovations oncampus, most of the buildingswill be more energy efficient,which will help out during thesecomplicated years.

Sarah Darling, a senior andformer Student Senate President,was also present at the meetingto discuss her position with theBoard of Governors. She is oneof three students within the

PASSHE system that is able to sitin on these meetings and vote onsome of the important issuesfacing the budget cuts. Theboard controls the cost of tuitionand the technology fee.

“This is a very passionatetime to know what studentswant to know,” explained Dar-ling.

Also present at the meetingwas another student, Shane Mc-Grady, who acts as a student rep-resentative for the Council ofTrustees. One area that theCouncil controls is the cost ofRoom and Board on campus.“We vote on the proposed in-crease in the best interest of thestudents,” explained McGrady.

McGrady also urged peopleto contact legislatures and tovoice concerns to what the legis-latures may not even realize. Beproactive and vote.

For more information on thebudget presentation, visitwww.millersville.edu/budget forall presentations.

DANIELLE KREIDER

News Editor

From LancasterOnline

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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fate ofPresident Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul was cast into deep-er jeopardy Tuesday as theSupreme Court's conservativejustices sharply and repeatedlyquestioned its core requirementthat virtually every Americancarry insurance. The court willnow take up whether any rem-nant of the historic law can sur-vive if that linchpin fails.

The justices' questions inTuesday's hearing carried deeplyserious implications but weresometimes flavored with fancifulsuggestions. If the governmentcan force people to buy healthinsurance, justices wanted toknow, can it require people tobuy burial insurance?Cellphones? Broccoli?

The law, pushed to passage byObama and congressionalDemocrats two years ago, wouldaffect nearly all Americans andextend insurance coverage to 30million people who now lack it.Republicans are stronglyopposed, including the presiden-tial contenders now campaigningfor the chance to challengeObama in November.

Audio for Tuesday's court argu-ment can be found at:http://apne.ws/Hft6z3 .

The court focused on whetherthe mandate for Americans tohave insurance "is a step beyondwhat our cases allow," in thewords of Justice AnthonyKennedy.

But Kennedy, who is often theswing vote on cases that dividethe justices along ideologicallines, also said he recognized themagnitude of the nation's healthcare problems and seemed tosuggest they would require a

comprehensive solution. He andChief Justice John Robertsemerged as the apparent pivotalvotes in the court's decision. Theruling is due in June in the midstof a presidential election cam-paign that has focused in part onthe new law.

Though many of the justicesasked tough questions and madestrong statements, past caseshave shown that those don't nec-essarily translate into voteswhen it comes time for a deci-sion.

Wednesday's final arguments -the third day in the unusuallylong series of hearings - willfocus on whether the rest of thelaw can remain even if the insur-ance mandate is struck downand, separately, on the constitu-tionality of another provisionexpanding the federal-stateMedicaid program.

The insurance requirement isintended to complement twounchallenged provisions of thelaw that require insurers to coverpeople regardless of existingmedical conditions and limithow much they can charge inpremiums based on a person'sage or health.

The law envisions that insurerswill be able to accommodateolder and sicker people withoutfacing financial ruin because theinsurance requirement will pro-vide insurance companies withmore premiums from healthypeople to cover the increasedcosts of care.

The biggest issue, to which thejustices returned repeatedly dur-ing two hours of arguments in apacked courtroom, was whetherthe government can force peopleto buy insurance.

"Purchase insurance in thiscase, something else in the nextcase," Roberts said.

"If the government can do this,what else can it not do?" JusticeAntonin Scalia asked. He andJustice Samuel Alito appearedlikely to join with JusticeClarence Thomas, the only jus-tice to ask no questions, to voteto strike down the key provisionof the overhaul. The fourDemocratic appointees seemedready to vote to uphold it.

Kennedy at one point saidthat allowing the governmentmandate would "change therelationship" between the gov-ernment and U.S. citizens.

"Do you not have a heavyburden of justification toshow authorization under theConstitution" for the individ-ual mandate? asked Kennedy.

At another point, however,he also acknowledged thecomplexity of resolving theissue of paying for America'shealth care needs.

"I think it is true that if mostquestions in life are mattersof degree ... the young personwho is uninsured is uniquelyproximately very close toaffecting the rates of insur-ance and the costs of provid-ing medical care in a way thatis not true in other industries.That's my concern in the case,"Kennedy said.

Roberts also spoke about theuniqueness of health care, whichalmost everyone uses at somepoint.

"Everybody is in this market, sothat makes it very different thanthe market for cars or the otherhypotheticals that you came upwith, and all they're regulating ishow you pay for it," Roberts said,paraphrasing the government'sargument.Solicitor General Donald Verrilli

Jr. sought to assure the courtthat the insurance mandate in

the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act that Obamasigned into law in 2009 is a keypart of the law's goal of reachingmany of the more than 40 mil-lion people who don't havehealth insurance through theiremployers, don't qualify for gov-ernment aid and cannot afford tobuy coverage on their own.

Paul Clement, who is represent-ing Florida and 25 other states inchallenging the law, called themandate "an unprecedentedeffort by Congress."

Clement, a predecessor ofVerrilli's as solicitor general,said the requirement wouldforce people, especially thosewho are young and healthy, tobuy a product they don't want.

Michael Carvin, representingthe National Federation ofIndependent Business in oppos-ing the law, also pushed hard onthe notion of individual free-dom. When Justice StephenBreyer asked if the federal gov-

ernment could not order vacci-nations "if there was some terri-ble epidemic sweeping theUnited States," Carvin said no.Congress lacks the power to doso, he said.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgsaid she found the debate overhealth care similar to an earlierera's argument about the SocialSecurity retirement system. Howcould Congress be able to com-pel younger workers to con-tribute to Social Security but belimited in its ability to addresshealth care? she wondered.

"There's something very oddabout that, that the governmentcan take over the whole thingand we all say, oh, yes, that'sfine, but if the governmentwants to preserve private insur-ers, it can't do that," she said.

Scalia and Roberts noted thatthe health care overhaul lawwould make people get insur-ance for things they may notneed, such as heart transplantsor pregnancy services.

"You can't say that everybodyis going to participate in sub-stance abuse services," Robertssaid. On the other hand,Ginsburg said, "The people whodon't participate in this marketare making it more expensive forthose who do."

"You could say that about buy-ing a car," Scalia retorted, notingthat if enough people don't buycars the cost could go up.

But, unlike cars, almost every-one eventually will be requiredto use the health care system,Verrilli said in defense of thelaw. Without health insurance,he said, "you're going to the mar-ket without the ability to pay forwhat you're going to get."

Members of Congress on bothsides of the fight sat throughTuesday's arguments, along with

Attorney General Eric Holder andHealth and Human ServicesSecretary Kathleen Sebelius.Republicans opposed to the lawin the audience included SenateMinority Leader Mitch McConnellof Kentucky, Sen. John Cornyn ofTexas and Sen. Lindsey Grahamof South Carolina. Also at thecourt were Democratic support-ers including Sen. Pat Leahy ofVermont, Sen. Max Baucus ofMontana and Reps. John Dingelland John Conyers, both ofMichigan.

Demonstrators returnedTuesday to the sidewalk outsidethe Supreme Court, with morethan 100 supporters of the lawcircling and chanting, "I loveObamacare." They carried signsreading slogans such as "Ahealthy America is a productiveAmerica" and `'Protect the law."

More than a dozen opponentsheld a news conference criticiz-ing the bill.

Supporters, two of them wear-ing Statue of Liberty costumes,marched to music played over aloudspeaker. A trumpet playerplayed "When the Saints GoMarching In" and "This LittleLight of Mine," and supporterschanged the lyrics to ones sup-porting the health care law.One demonstrator opposing the

law wore a striped prison cos-tume and held a sign, "ObamaCare is Putting the US Tax Payerin Debtors Prison."

Rep. Michele Bachmann ofMinnesota, a former Republicanpresidential candidate, joined atea party press conference ofopponents of the law. Calling thelaw "the greatest expansion offederal power in the history ofthe country," she said, "We arecalling on the court today:Declare this law unconstitution-al."Co.

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- They took theLorax, made of bronze, thethieves they came, and now he'sgone.

A 2-foot statue of Dr. Seuss'Lorax character was stolen fromthe San Diego backyard garden ofthe 90-year-old widow of thebeloved author whose real namewas Theodore Geisel.Audrey Geisel noticed the statue

and its tree-stump base weremissing from the garden andwere likely stolen over the week-end.

Property manager Carl Romerotold U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/H9hxPz ) onTuesday that he found footprintsindicating the thieves haddragged the 300-pound statue toan access road and lifted it over afence.

He had seen the statue Saturday

afternoon, and Geisel noticed itwas missing Monday morning.

Audrey Geisel's daughter LarkGrey Dimond-Cate cast two of thesculptures. One was the loneSeuss character to reside on thefamily's property overlooking thePacific Ocean in La Jolla. Theother sits at the Dr. SeussNational Memorial in the author'shometown, Springfield, Mass.Theodore Geisel died in 1991 atage 87.

"I want very badly to get our lit-tle Lorax back home where hebelongs," Dimond-Cate said."Wherever he is, he's scared, lone-ly and hungry. He's not just ahunk of metal to us. He was afamily pet."

The Lorax has enjoyed specialnotoriety because of the recentlyreleased film version of Dr.Seuss's 1971 environmentalfable, in which the mustachioedmain character speaks out for the

Truffula trees against corporategreed, personified by the evilOnce-ler.

Dimond-Cate said she actuallyhopes the Lorax was stolenbecause of his newfound fame.Otherwise it could mean he wasstolen for the bronze.

"I hope he hasn't been takenacross the border into Tijuana forscrap," she said. "Worst-case sce-nario, I'll get the foundry to cre-ate another one, but he won't bethe same."

Romero said the statue wasstolen just before security cam-eras were installed, and few knewit was there.

The family has called San Diegopolice.Romero said Audrey Geisel does-

n't want to punish anyone andjust wants the Lorax back.

"You can't sell it on eBay," hesaid.

“The people whodon’t participate inthis market are making it moreexpensive for thosewho ”

Ruth BaderGinsburg

Supreme Justice

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By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In apacked forum on Capitol Hill onTuesday, the parents of TrayvonMartin found support amongmembers of Congress whoturned the death of their 17-year-old's son into a rallying cryagainst racial profiling.

Martin's parents spoke brieflybefore a Democrats-only con-gressional panel as camerasclicked noisily in front of them.Many in the crowd, which filledthe seats and lined the walls,strained to catch a glimpse of theparents whose son was shot andkilled Feb. 26 in a Sanford, Fla.gated community.

"Trayvon was our son, butTrayvon is your son," SybrinaFulton, Martin's mother, told thepanel. "A lot of people can relateto our situation and it breakstheir heart like it breaks ourheart."

Martin's father, Tracy Martin,thanked "everyone who is hold-ing the legacy of Trayvon.""Trayvon is sadly missed and wewill continue to fight for justicefor him," said Tracy Martin, whowore a weary look.

During the two-hour forum, thelawmakers and witnesses openlycriticized the police investiga-tion of the shooting and the fail-ure of police to arrest the admit-ted shooter, George Zimmerman.

Those attending the hearingapplauded the couple whenDeborah Ramirez, a law profes-sor at Northeastern UniversitySchool of Law in Boston, praisedthe parents' "dignity and grace inthe face of this tragedy" and saidthey were an "inspiration to all."

Zimmerman, 28, has said heacted in self-defense. Federaland state officials are investigat-ing.

"It is very important that wehave independent eyes on thissituation," said Rep. CorrineBrown, a Democrat whose dis-trict includes Sanford. "I am hop-ing we take this as a teachablemoment. I am looking forward tohow the Justice Department han-dles their independent investiga-tion."

At a news conference after theforum, Martin and Fultonrenewed their calls for justice intheir son's death. When askedwhether he thought his son'sdeath was a hate crime, Martinsaid: "Yes, I believe he was racial-ly profiled." The family's attor-ney, Benjamin Crump, said racialprofiling also was a factor in theway the police conducted theirinvestigation.

Several members of Congresshave called for the case to beinvestigated as a hate crime.Another attorney for the Martinfamily, Daryl D. Parks, has saidthat statements fromDepartment of Justice officials in

a meeting with Martin's parentsmake clear that getting hatecrime charges is going to be achallenge.

Martin was black. Zimmerman'sfather is white and his mother isHispanic.

Tuesday's session was not an

official House Judiciary hearing,so no votes or formal actioncould occur. The committee'sranking Democrat, Rep. JohnConyers of Michigan, said themeeting was intended to be adiscussion of racial profiling,hate crime laws and Florida'sStand Your Ground law, whicheliminated a person's duty toretreat when threatened withserious bodily harm or death.

But much of the discussionrevolved around criticism of thepolice investigation, the failureto arrest Zimmerman,Zimmerman's actions, and reas-surances to Martin's parents that"we got your back," as Rep.Andre Carson, D-Indiana, put it.

"We see so clearly a case ofracial profiling," said Rep.Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, whomentioned he is also dealingwith the New York City policeforce's stop-and-frisk policies.

The parents drew many onlook-ers who lined a wall and waitedfor the meeting's end for achance at a glimpse of the par-ents.

At a news conference followingthe forum, Fulton had to pauseand fight back emotions beforetelling reporters she was lookingto the congressional membersfor help. Asked about a a bountyissued by the Black Panthers forZimmerman, Fulton said "wewant this done peaceful. Wewant you to protest. We want you

to rally. We want this donepeaceful."

The Orlando Sentinel hasreported that Zimmerman toldpolice that he and Martinexchanged words before the teenpunched him in the nose andbegan banging his head on theground. He says he cried out forhelp. Martin's parents said theirson made the pleas for help.

Witness accounts differ, and911 recordings in which thevoices are heard are not clear.

The parents' attorney, BenCrump, said the negative reportsthat are being leaked aboutMartin are making Zimmermanlook like the victim and Trayvonas the suspect.

Martin's parents initiated thecampaign to draw national atten-tion to their son's death with anonline petition calling forZimmerman's arrest.

Their son's death quicklycaught fire through social mediaand then drew national mediafocus. His parents have sinceattended rallies in Florida andappeared on national televisionshows. Earlier Tuesday, HouseSpeaker John Boehner said"clearly what happened is in facta tragedy," but he steered clearof calling for Zimmerman'sarrest as some lawmakers havedone. "It's being investigated bystate and federal officials, whichI think is appropriate," saidBoehner, R-Ohio.

Trayvon’s parents take controversy to Capital Hill

PHOTO COURTESY OF BUSINESSINSIDER.COMFormer NBA Lakersstar Magic Johnson and longtime basketball executive Stan Kastenreached a deal on March 28th to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt.The price tag was $2 billion, resolving the issue of the team going bankrupt late last year.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWS.YAHOO.COMTrayvon Martin, 17-year-old student at Krop Senior HighSchool was shot once in the chest by George Zimmerman, amember of the neighborhood watch after being attacked byTrayvon. The public has expressed their concern of racism.

President Obama’s health care law facing deep trouble

2-foot Lorax statue stolen by thieves Johnson, Kasten reach deal with LA Dodgers

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Turn on CNN, FOX, or anymajor news network and you areimmediately hit with a ceaselessbarrage of speech clips, inter-views, and political punditry.Watch for just a few seconds andthe whole spectacle appearsmore like the celebrity gossipshows All Access or The Insider.In my years of following politics(and I know they are few), I haverealized that politicians of thisera, perhaps more than at anyother time in U.S. history, moreaptly fall under the role of moviestar than legislator.

What is it that we want a leg-islator to do? Ideally, we’d likethem to make laws! That’s whatwe vote them into office for; topass laws that address the prob-lems facing our nation “in orderto form a more perfect union” orsomething like that. However, itseems to me that politiciansthese days spend more time infront of the camera or ridingaround on flashy buses than be-hind a desk or on the phone. Ibelieve that is because our politi-cians don’t really know how tolegislate anymore. All they re-ally know how to do is act. Andwhen you stand back and thinkabout it the whole game of poli-tics functions a bit like the filmindustry! Let me explain.

A striking similarity betweenthe movie star and today’s politi-cal candidate is the fact that anugly man with a weak voice is al-most guaranteed a fruitless ca-reer (unless he settles for astrategist position like Karl Roveor James Carville or the role ofWormtail in Harry Potter). Ac-cording to today’s pundits, MittRomney looks like a Ken Dollcomplete with dreamy eyes,pearly whites, and wavy locks.I’ve never been more embar-rassed for another grown man asI was when I heard the guy onCNN gushing over Romney’slooks like he was a teenage girldescribing Justin Bieber. Maybeif Republicans just mute the TV.when he speaks they’ll be able tobear voting for him?

Politicians and actors havemore than vanity in common.They also tend to cling to scriptslike barnacles to the undersideof a ship (the politicians more sothan the actors). Ever watch aninterview with a politician wherea question that commands a sim-ple yes or no answer instead re-ceives a dizzying response thatleaves you in tears of rage? Ionly have to think back to thePalin days. The reason we neverget answers from our belovedleaders is because they are toldbeforehand to “stick to thescript” by their campaign man-agers. God forbid they actuallyoffer solutions or a discernibleanswer! We might know whatwe’re voting for then.

Speaking of solutions, howmany people really vote for pol-icy in an election? Policy is bor-ing isn’t it? We’d much rathervote for slogans! Slogans arelike the tag-lines on the movieposter. “Morning Again in Amer-ica”, “Yes, America Can!”,“Change We Can Believe In”, “Be-

lieve In America”. They’re prettygood aren’t they? Unfortunately,none of them offer anything tan-gible. Sure they sound prettyand may conjure images of thestars and stripes flying in thesun with eagles flying by in apristine suburban setting, butthese along with such things as

the promise of the “AmericanDream” aren’t real.

The American Dream isn’tgoing to solve the debt crisis orclose the wealth gap, it isn’tgoing to put people back to workor pay off your college loans. I’dlike to hear some policy ideasthat may help with those littleproblems. But that’s what politi-cians do, and just as well as themovies I might add. They sell usideas and dreams. The best ofthem make us believe that bysimply talking and “believing” inthe future everything will fix it-self and the 1950s will comeback, but instead of a car in

every garage there will be aniPad for every citizen (so you canwatch their speeches and inter-views of course).

Politicians have to be frus-trated actors at heart. I say thisbecause almost every campaigntakes on a Hollywood theme.Think about it. Jimmy Carter

was the dark horse candidatewho came out of anonymity andended up in the White House.This was a success story of ahumble Georgia peanut farmerwho ascended to the greatheights of the Presidency.

John McCain and Sarah Palinwere Mavericks, lawless cowboysbucking against the Washingtoninsiders and doing things theirown way! Harry Truman was theunderdog, and now who doesn’tlove the underdog? They justcan’t get away from the drama.

One of the many facets thatmake Hollywood so appealingfor actors is the near guarantee

of endorsement deals once youland the big role, whether it isNike, Armani, or some fancycologne. Politicians too havethis incentive but in a more dis-creet form. Lobbyists, special in-terest groups, and wealthyprivate donors funnel “campaigncontributions” that functionmuch the same way as endorse-ment deals do for actors. Andwhen you retire from your longcareer of selling invisible crap tothe American public you canusually get a very well-payingjob with one of the companiesyou helped out while you were inoffice! It’s so good it should beillegal! And if work isn’t yourforte (as I imagine being in Wash-ington all those years would getyou used to a life of leisure) youcan just make $50,000+ perspeech selling the same crap youused to.

Now I love good films asmuch as anyone. It would benice if in reality Mr. Smith couldgo to Washington, and the under-dog could get in there and reallymake a difference for the littleguy. However, if our culturedoesn’t change then we can lookforward to much of the same ifnot a worsening political envi-ronment than we have now. Weneed a press that holds our lead-ers accountable, not pander totheir obvious showy antics. Weneed a public that actually caresabout issues and doesn’t viewpolitics as an extension of realityTV. A public that takes the timeto read beyond the tagline beforeinvesting emotional energy andvotes in candidates that just turnout to be bad actors.

When I am out and about andI see a thrift store, I just have tostop in and see what they have.Over the past two years, I havebeen purchasing a lot of chil-dren’s books. I do not like tospend a lot of money andfrankly I don’t have much tospend, so I am always lookingfor great books at even greaterprices. This past weekend Istopped at a thrift store in NewHolland. I had never been insidethis particular store before but Ihave passed it several times inmy travels.

The store was huge insidebut everything was spread out. Iheaded downstairs and cameupon the section of books. I waskind of disappointed at first be-cause it was such a big storeand the selection of books was-n’t very impressive. I lookedthrough each bin, book by book.

I was able to pull just a fewgood titles then. I came to abook that took me back, back toa place where honestly I can’tremember much. This book wascalling out to me and I reallywasn’t sure why.

I opened the hard cover bookand touched each page, tryingto recollect just where I hadseen it before. Something insideme reached to find the answerbut I could not find it. I put thebook with the others, one dollarplus tax and made it to thecheckout line. When I got homeI unlocked my door and Iheaded upstairs. I put my bagdown and pulled out the bookthat was so familiar yet a mys-tery.

The boy on the coverbrought out a feeling in me thatI cannot describe: joy, sadness,anxiety, betrayal, love - whatwas the feeling? I wasn’t exactlysure. I laid down on the couchand opened the book. Most ofthe pictures were black andwhite but a few were in color.The black and white pages justmade the ones in color thatmuch more powerful. As I readeach page I could feel every-thing that the little boy felt.When I finished the book I fellasleep wondering, still ponder-ing the thoughts of where I hadseen it before.

After I woke up, I wantedmore, more than just what thewords and the pictures of thestory could give me. I looked itup on the Internet and watchedthe movie that the book wastaken from. It was so powerfuleven though there were nowords in the movie. There wassound of course but no dia-logue.

The year was 1956, the citywas Paris. A little boy finds ared balloon stuck on a lamp-post. He climbs the lamppostand takes it to school. Along theway he runs into many obsta-cles. He could not take it on thebus, he could not take it intoschool, once he arrived at homehis mother told him he couldnot have the balloon, bullies

tried to steal it. So many things.Although these things hap-pened, the balloon stayed by hisside. His little heart clung towhat he had. The balloon fol-lowed him and for the most partobeyed him. It was like the bal-loon was his friend; it lovedhim, it adored him and the littleboy finally felt important.

When the balloon was takendown and “dying” the littleboy’s heart was dying too. Whatwould he do? All the balloons inthe city felt his pain; they camefrom all around the city to bewith him. This red balloon wasno more but all the balloons inthe city came and carried him toa place where he felt loved.Where that place is even today,we don’t know.

I often wonder where all theballoons go that people releaseby accident or on purpose. Ofcourse some are found butwhere do the others go? Some-times I think I would love for abunch of balloons to just carryme away. Would they fill theempty places inside or just de-liver me from the emptiness?I‘m not really sure. Honestly,I’m not sure that anyone actu-ally knows.

Whitney Houston was asinger, an actress, a model, anda producer. In 2002 the pop starpublicly announced her addic-tion to cocaine. She went torehab then relapsed and wentback into her addiction. WhitneyHouston was not in rehab thisone time; she was in rehab sev-eral times and each time re-lapsed and went back to heraddiction.

In 2011, she went to an out-patient rehab for drug and alco-hol addictions. In early January,Whitney’s friends and familystarted to realize she was start-ing to get addicted again. Theysaid she was “drinking all sorts

of liquor and partying likecrazy.” They begged her to goback to rehab one last time, anda close friend even offered topay for the rehab. She refused.

This refusal ultimately led toher death on February 11, 2012.Whitney was found in the bath-tub of her room in the BeverlyHilton Hotel. The coroner deter-mined she had accidentallydrowned in the bathtub. Accord-ing to the coroner, her drug ad-diction and heart condition werecontributing factors to herdeath. While this is what thecoroner report said, some peo-ple think otherwise.

According to the police re-port, there was no cocaine in herhotel room. However, lo-razepam, valium, Xanax, as wellas sleeping medication werefound in her room. They weredismissed as a contributing fac-tor, which I think is unlikelysince she has a drug addiction.

Whitney Houston was a majorcelebrity that many peoplelooked up to; but was she reallythe influence we wanted in soci-ety? She openly admitted shehad a drug addiction, and while

her admittance was good, shecontinuously relapsed and wentback to her addiction, which wasnot good.

Whitney’s death was atragedy, but her addiction andher lack of wanting help, or atleast trying to stay clean, con-tributed to her death. This is nota person people should be look-ing to as a role model. Whilemost people should be lookingfor someone different as a rolemodel, if you look at celebritiesto fill this role you probablywon’t find a celebrity that is agood enough role model.

Most celebrities are now in-volved in drugs, drinking, or arepregnant way before theyshould be. There are somecelebrities that people can lookto as a good role model, but notas many as there used to be.Times have changed, but not somuch that we should have tolook to addicts or teen moms asa good role model.

Kim Mowery

Kim is a Senior majoring in Ele-mentary Education. She is a Opin-ion Writer for The Snapper.

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Many of us struggle to getout of bed in the morning, notbecause we are tired or physi-cally ill, but because of thelackluster lives we choose tolead. Throughout the wintermonths, it is easy to fall intothe “winter blues.” However,there is no better time than thepresent to free yourself fromsuch a mundane life. With ourlandscapes coming back to life,

it is essential that we takemother nature's direction andfill our own selves with life andcolor. Spring is the time inwhich we can more easily em-brace the beauty of life in itsentirety.

It has been proven that ourfast paced and technology-de-pendent society has led tomany of the emotional and psy-chological diseases in the pres-ent. Depression is the mostcommon mental illness in theUnited States and can be pre-vented with some self-aware-ness, motivation, and a smile.

Be aware of when you mayfeel the emotional heavinessapproaching, acknowledgethose emotions, and then getup and get out. Being active,whether it be going on a walk,doing a project, or reading

under a tree, each have coun-teractive effects on depression.

With the end of the semesterquickly approaching, it is es-sential for students to focus onachieving their potentials. Itbecomes extremely difficult tokeep up with the chaoticlifestyle college students haveif they are constantly battlingthemselves. Appreciate your-self and the blessing of life;take some time every day tolook around and feel nature'shappiness. Become your bestsupporter and motivator tochallenge yourself every day toget outside and overcome de-pression.

Rhea Mitchell

Rhea is a sophmore majoring inprint journalism. She is an Opin-ion Writer for The Snapper.

9 Opinion March 29, 2012

THE SNAPPER

Students first to suffer

Staff Writer

Last Thursday was a grimday, bleak and meager weatherwith an underlying feeling ofdissent. It must have been bychance that my second classwas canceled. With nowhere tobe, I decided to fillmy growing appetitewith no knowledgeof what I was aboutto stumble upon.Outside the SMC itwas obvious thatsomething wasabout to happen. AWGAL truck, a stageequipped with a mi-crophone, and asmall group of girls selling“FIGHT” tee shirts was thescene laid out before me. Withmy curiosity piqued, I decidedto sit down for a cigarette andsee what came of it. Peoplestarted gathering en masse andit soon became clear that ananti budget cut rally was un-derway.

The speeches soon beganand voices of discontent wereheard. Students and teachersalike came to the stage to speaktheir mind and call the studentbody to action, “call your rep-resentatives! Let your outragebe heard!” As much as I likedthe message, I had an uneasyfeeling that it wouldn’t beenough. Rarely do I hear storiesof any politician receiving a let-ter and openly admit to theircrimes and change for the bet-ter. Nonetheless, the spirit wasthere that afternoon.

I found my rage building themore I listened and gavethought to the subject. Why isit that the students are the firstto suffer in an economic crisis?There is no excuse for tram-pling all over not only our rightto learn, but the right to experi-ence college without living in

fear of losing it. Have thesepoliticians forgotten the factthat today’s college studentswill be the ones running thecountry in the future? If I wasthem, I’d want the generationthat would eventually be takingcare of me to be as well edu-cated as possible.

With high amounts of adren-aline coursing throughout mybody, I took a walk to Biems-derfer Stadium to listen to whatsome of Millersville’s alumnihad to say about the loss of thethree men’s running teams.Three men spoke in front a wallof students: Tom Ecker, GlennStephens, and Bob Vasile. They

spoke of their disgust with theadministration and the investi-gating that they have done con-cerning the decision to cut theteams. Each stated several ac-counts of deceit, story swap-ping, and just plain disregardfor honesty and straightfor-wardness on the part ofMillersville’s Administration.They have lied about the rea-soning (Title IX, ect.) and havenot made any attempt whatso-ever to release documents tothe public that support theiractions. There is a completelack of transparency.

A plan to save the teamswas also brought up: an “imme-diate endowment of $300,000to fund the programs for 2-3years (funded by an alumnidonor), while working on creat-ing a permanent endowment tohelp fund ALL sports on a long-term basis so that no student isdenied the opportunities thatathletics provides.” But whenthe plan landed on PresidentsMcNairy’s desk, it was scoffedat and thrown in the trash.

Déjà vu it seemed.A few weeks prior I gave Dr.

Breaux, the Vice President ofStudent Affairs, a call. I wished

to speak with her about a pos-sible solution to save the teamsthat dealt with an annuity thatwould supply enough interestevery year to fund the lostteams. As I expected, no onepicked up on the other line andonce again I had to rely on thepower of voicemail. To my sur-prise, I received a call backabout 2 weeks later. I under-stand that people are some-times busy, but I was not evengiven the respect by Breaux tohave time set aside prior to thecall to discuss this issue. Shechose to call me while she waswalking out of the door andheading to another meeting. On

a time crunch I spokequickly and asked for ameeting. To no avail.The cold, heartless voiceon the other side of theline simply stated “whathappened, happened andwe are not looking forany solutions to thisissue.” I don’t knowwhat you would call thefeeling that swept over

me, but I assure you it wasnothing good.

Something has gone terriblywrong at this university. Notonly does its administrationblindly slash away at the ath-letic department, but it liesabout why and has no interestin any student or alumnifunded and powered solutions.This issue obviously goes fur-ther than just the men’s run-ning teams. Tuition is going upalong with class sizes, stan-dards dropping, and studentsleft wondering what aspects oftheir college lives will be af-fected next.

There are two battles raging:the students and alumni tryingto save our athletics and thefight against proposed cuts inPennsylvania’s budget for edu-cation. The latter is leadingteachers and students to travelto Harrisburg for a rally againstTom Corbett and his educationcuts. But is he solely to blame?Idle water cooler chat has ledme to look into the teacher’sunion’s role as well - details tofollow.

Kyle Walker

Staff Writer

Kyle is a freshman majoring injournalism. He is an OpinionWriter for The Snapper.

The importance of life

Racism exists, leaving Dr. King’s dream unfulfilled

“I have a dream that one daythis nation will rise up and liveout the true meaning of itscreed: We hold these truths tobe self-evident, that all menare created equal. I have adream that my four little chil-dren will one day live in a na-tion where they will not bejudged by the color of theirskin but by the content oftheir character. I have a dreamtoday.” These are the well-known words of the famousDr. Martin Luther King Jr., abrilliant African American civilrights activist who dreamedthat one day we would live in aworld where individuals werenot judged by their race but by

the kind of person they were.Dr. King desired for a world inwhich we lived in harmonywith the absence of segrega-tion.

I ask you to consider if Mr.King's dream has become a re-ality. I look at my peers whosurround me, who reflectevery nationality. I considerthe professors who teach meand who are of varying ethnici-ties. Even the people I workwith. On a larger scale, atten-tion can be brought to our firstAfrican American president ofthe United States. Our countryhas made great strides inworking towards making thedream of Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. a reality, leaving the"separate but equal" legislationbehind as a distant memory.

I am left to ponder whethersociety has yet accomplishedthe dreams of Dr. King. Mostrecently in the news is thestory of a young man namedTrayvon Martin. He was shotby a neighborhood watchmanwho called police and reportedhim as a "suspicious person."When I reviewed the proceed-

ings of this court case prior towriting the article, it made mesuspicious and has me con-vinced that Trayvon was a vic-tim of racial profiling, whichresulted in his death. The sus-picious young man that thewatchman reported was foundwith a bag of skittles and a canof Arizona iced tea. The watch-man, George Zimmerman,claims that he shot Martin inself-defense after the youngman attacked him.

This court case brings tolight the very reality thatracism is still among us. Segre-gation may be gone, but chil-dren do not yet live in a nationwhere they are judged by thecontent of their characterrather than the color of theirskin. Changes have been madein our society; these are smallstepping-stones. We are stillnot a society free of racismbut this is certainly somethingto work for.

Sam is a junior majoring in His-tory. She is the Opinion Editor forThe Snapper.

Sam Dutton

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“There is no excuse for tramplingall over not only our right to

learn, but the right to experiencecollege without the fear of losing

it”

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FMLToday, I spotted a $100 bill on the ground. Being a littlestrapped for cash, I excitedly picked it up. I discovered it

was one of those religious tract papers made to look like afolded bill, with a message scolding me for being greedy.

Opinion Editor

It is that time of year:spring break.

Every year when the weath-er gets nice and school letsout for a week, thousands ofcollege kids head somewherewarm.

Students who are lookingfor a good time head to Miami,Cancun or Panama City. Duffelbags are filled to bursting withbathing suits and sunscreen.

This year a group of 11Millersville students were nodifferent. Their bags werepacked and they had counteddown the days until theirdeparture. They were lookingforward to a week away.

However, on March 11, theMillersville chapter of Habitatfor Humanity did not board aplane bound for South Beach.

They loaded into a 15-passen-ger van and headed forBurnsville, North Carolina.

And no, they had no plansto lay on the beach. Their goal

was to work on ahouse for a familyin need.

The group spenta week in Burnsvilleand during thattime they did fin-ishing work on thehouse, includingflooring, cabinetry,insulation, thebuilding of a shed,and even diggingfor the electricalwork. Most days thegroup worked from9:30 A.M. to 4 P.M.

A local church,Higgins MemorialUnited MethodistChurch, put the stu-dents up for theweek.

That was an expe-rience that WillSerson, president of the MUchapter of Habitat forHumanity, called “humbling.”

Serson says the trip wasmore than just work. Duringtheir downtime, the studentsfound different ways to enjoythemselves.

One day the students andtheir construction supervisorhiked Mount Mitchell. Anotherday they visited BrownMountain Lights – a canyon sodeep that the gases glow dif-ferent colors.

Taking full advantage oftheir time off from working,the group went to check outCamp Celo for Children andCrabtree Falls also.

Living in such close quar-ters for a week gave students a

chance to rekindle old friend-ships (eight students havegone on previous Habitattrips) and make new ones.“We really left a tightknitgroup,” says Serson.

Serson said that the worstpart was stuffing 11 collegestudents, plus their luggage,into a van.

What was the most reward-ing part? That building some-thing allows you to see theresult – a physical and con-crete thing.

What made their workworth it was being able tomeet the family whose housethey were working on.

“You know you're helpingsomeone in need, but whenyou can put a face and a smileto that name, it really hits

home when you see the personyou're helping,” said Serson.

The week long trip is thegroup’s big event but through-out the year, Habitat doesfundraising and other buildingopportunities closer to home.

Millersville’s Habitat forHumanity meets everyWednesday at 9:15 P.M. inMcComsey Hall room 266.Meetings are open to every-one, even those who want tostop by and ask questions.

If you cannot make a meet-ing, check out their page onMU “Get Involved.”

“The point is to find some-thing you really feel stronglyabout,” said Serson, “And putyour energy and commitmentinto that to make a changethat’s positive.”

FEATURESPage 10Thursday, March 29, 2012

Students build houses insteadof party during spring break

DANIELLE WEAVERFeatures Writer

What motivatesyou to go to a

rally?

“The track and field rallyseemed worthwhile because

I played a sport before.”Katie Cunningham

“Any cause worth fighting for.”Kiersten Williams

“If it is something both myselfand others benefit from.”

Portia West

“If the rally seems beneficial -any rallies for MU’s tuition.”

Saeed Al-hindi

“I went to the rally in Phillyto support children’s safety.”

Dianelys de la Heria

“Fighting for what I believe in.”Reggie Harden

SAM DUTTON/SNAPPERStudents with MUs Habitat for Humanity built houses inBurnsville, North Carolina over spring break.

SAM DUTTON/SNAPPERAfter much labor, the house is finished and MU students take a quick break.

Tanning beds 101: the good & bad

Although it is only March,seeing students strollingaround campus in shorts andflip flops has not been uncom-mon these past couple ofweeks.

With the sun out and temper-atures reaching nearly eightydegrees, many people areembracing their springwardrobes and the unexpectedwarm weather.

However, this sudden changeof temperature may bring out abad addiction for some people:tanning beds.

Many students will pay anyprice in order to regain theirsummer glow in a matter ofdays.

This is due to the fact thatsome people may be less thanwilling to show off their legs,which have been cozily cov-ered in sweatpants and jeansfor so long.

Although resorting to a tan-ning bed may not be the bestsolution, it is certainly worth

your time to look at both itspros and cons.

"I know someone who tansthree times a week. I think thattanning beds can be dangerousif they're abused," said juniorJR Sirotta.

If a person is tanning exces-sively, there are definitely risksthat can be associated withdoing so.

On the other hand, many stu-dents agree that just tanning initself is enjoyable.

"I love going tanningbecause it's like a mini get-away. But you have to remem-ber to tan in moderation so youdo not over-do it," said juniorBrianna Weaver.

Although it is extremelyrelaxing and enjoyable, manypeople can abuse the beds bygoing too often and simplyignoring the risks.

Society of MelanomaResearch President David E.Fisher, MD, PhD states, "Thiseffort to portray tanning andtanning beds as good for healthignores the fact that exposureto ultraviolet radiation repre-sents one of the most avoid-

able causes of cancer. There isno question that this exposurecauses thousands of skin can-cer deaths a year."

Although Fisher acknowl-edges the fact that the impactof UV rays on melanoma is notfully understood, he thinks it iswrong for the tanning industryto advocate the fact that thereis no link present at all.

In fact, "More than 1 millioncases of non melanoma skincancer and 60,000 cases ofmelanoma will be diagnosedthis year in the U.S.," accordingto the American CancerSociety.

In response, InternationalTanning Association ExecutiveDirector John Overstreetstates, "The fact is, UV lightprovides vitamin D which helpsthe body ward off many typesof disease; the rewards thatcome from moderate andresponsible exposure to UVlight far outweigh the conse-quences of not getting enoughof it."

For those who have no pre-existing risk for skin cancer,going tanning in moderation

may not be a terrible way to getyour vitamin D.

However, the AmericanCancer Society suggests taking

a vitamin D supplement whichdoes the exact same thing with-out exposing yourself to anincreased risk of skin cancer.

Then again, taking the sup-plement does not give thedesired tan that can beachieved by means of a tanningbed.

The bottom line is that tan-ning in moderation does haveits own benefits, but you mustbe willing to accept the risksthat come along with it.

For those who still want a bitof color without the risk,adding self-tanner to your reg-ular lotion is a great trick. Itgives your skin a small boostwithout the risk of turningorange.

But if you are absolutely will-ing to go to a tanning salon, thebest chance to protect yourselffrom the risks are to make surethat you do not have a familyhistory of skin cancer, alwayswear protective goggles, limityour time in the bed, and try tolimit your visits to three timesa week.

JULIE RAFFENSPERGERAssociate Features Editor

PHOTO COURTESY OF FORTSMITHTAN.COMThis is the “Mega Tan” tanning bed featured at Fort Smith Tan. It claims to give you a darker, longer-lasting tan in less the time ofa normal bed while avoiding white underarm lines.

PHOTO COURTESY OF EXTREMETANANDSMOOTHIES.COMThis a common example of tanning bed lotions. It promotesreduction of redness after tanning, has hydrating nutrients foryour skin, and claims to help jump start your tan.

11 Features March 29, 2012

THE SNAPPER

Answers to all your parking questionsThe biggest complaint for

many students and faculty alikeis parking. There never seem tobe enough available spaces foreveryone to be happy. As moretickets are given to those in ille-gal parking spots, the more frus-trated the campus communitygets.

As most Millersville car own-ers know, the campus parkinglots have specific colored lines:blue, white, and gold. When youpurchase your parking permit inthe beginning of the year, youare purchasing a designatedcolor. The blue spots are for res-idents of the dorms, the whitespots are for commuters, andthe gold spots are for facultyand staff.

According to the Millersvillepolice station, there are 3,456parking spaces on campus. Thetotal staff parking spacesamount to 806, commuters have1,652, and residents have 635.

The total issued parking per-mits for the 2011-2012 yearamounts to 3,322. That givesstudents and faculty 134 unac-counted for spaces. So why is itso hard to find a parking space?The 3,322 permits are for thelegal parkers. Those without apermit still try to park in permitonly places.

“I figured out that if I gotcaught three times without hav-ing a permit, it would only costme $75 as opposed to the $95 Iwould have had to pay for a

parking permit. So essentiallyI’m saving money especially ifthey even catch me,” said a stu-dent who wishes to remainanonymous.

Unfortunately for this stu-dent and many others who share

the same rationale, the fines forillegal parking are going up.Next year, if you have a permitand park in the wrong coloredspace, your fine will be $25. Forthose of you without a parkingpermit, the fine will be increasedto $50. The permit cost will stayat $95 as a trade off for raisingthe fines. Why the raise in fines?

“I would rather have studentspark legally than raise the per-mits 5-10%,” Police Chief Anderssays.

The good news is that theMillersville University TaskForce is in the process of redo-ing the parking areas by realign-ing certain spaces in some of themost congested areas. Anderswas kind enough to point outthe subtle changes to the park-

ing areas – including the leastused areas that would alleviatemost of the congestion. Areaslike the James St. lot in front ofthe tennis courts and the lotbehind the Student MemorialCenter. These are commuter lots

and there are plenty ofspaces on any given day.

“There are usuallyonly 20 cars in the SMClot and it’s not a farwalk to most of myclasses,” says seniorAbagail Weaver, who fre-quently parks in the SMClot.

The walking distancefrom the SMC lot toMcComsey Hall is about5 minutes and you willsave time by goingstraight to the SMC lotinstead of searching in

the McComsey lot, one of themost congested parking lots, ifnot THE most congested parkinglot, on campus.

Another underused lot is theJefferson Parking Garage. It maybe a far walk for most, but forstudents with classes inWickersham and Stayer, it’s abetter option than trying to findspaces in the Stayer lot.Millersville University also has ashuttle that will take you allaround campus.

“It’s easier to take the busthan to look for parking,” saysfreshman Nyasha Paulus. Shetakes the shuttle three to fourtimes a day.

Nyasha is one of the luckyfreshmen that won the parkinglottery and is allowed a car on

campus. There has been somegrumbling about this allowancefrom upperclassmen and faculty.According to Police ChiefAnders, “We allow freshman tohave cars to make sure studentsare involved in student life.Most schools don’t permit fresh-man to have cars.” However, inthe future, freshman chosenfrom the lottery system shouldwatch out for a possible higherpermit cost.

As for the subtle changes,

this summer the upper StayerParking Lot, usually reserved forfaculty and staff only, is beingconverted into commuter park-ing only. Those perfect spotsright outside of Stayer have beenconverted to faculty only. Thisadjustment will give students a20% parking space increase. Thegoal of the task force is “tomake the lots one or the other,”meaning commuter or faculty.This will hopefully ease the con-gestion and provide a safer envi-

ronment for students walking oncampus.

For those of you who have fre-quent guests, guest parking per-mits will now be more accessiblearound campus. There is no freeparking in the lots anytime dur-ing the week. After 4 P.M. onweekdays, those with a parkingpermit are allowed to park inany space. After 4 P.M. on Fridaylasting until 7 A.M. on Monday,no permits are required to parkin any lined space.

“ Next year if you have a per-

mit and park in the wrong col-ored space, your fine will be$25. For those of you without aparking permit, the fine will be

increased to $50. ”Police Chief Anders

MU Police

DAVID LU/SNAPPERPolice Chief Anders stands in a near empty parking lot in the James St. lot across fromMcComsey. This is a commuter lot with plenty of free spaces.

DAVID LU/SNAPPERThe lot behind the Student Memorial Center is always sparsely littered with cars. If you cantfind a space in the McComsey lot, come here! Its only a 5 minute walk over to McComsey.

The investment and com-mitment of getting a tattoomight be too much for some-one to handle; a step downwould be to get a piercing.

The piercing is not as per-manent, seeing as it can betaken out. However, it has thesame effect as a tattoo, actingas a form of expression butmore simplified.

Nowadays there are newplaces to get piercings rangingfrom relatively normal toalmost unheard of, but wherev-er you may choose to get it, itis important to check a fewthings before going in to getpierced.

Most of the same precau-tions as getting tattooedshould be taken when gettingpierced.

According to Montana BodyArt Inc. the studio you chooseto be pierced at should be welllit and very sterile. The waitingarea should be separate fromthe piercing rooms for sanitarypurposes.

There should be prepack-aged needles that are sterile, aswell as an Autoclave, which isused for the sterilization oftools. Check for things like avisible license to pierce and

other things such as sterilegloves. It is very importantthat the area you are being

pierced in is clean. This is a needle puncturing

your skin and if done in a dirtyenvironment, it can spell disas-ter for your health and well-being.

Though it may not seemlike a big deal, being pierced

with a gun can be extremelyunsanitary. Most of the gunsthat are used in local places

such as malls are not thor-oughly sterilized between uses.

The workers will wipe itdown with an antisepticbetween uses, but the gunsthemselves cannot be placed inan autoclave for proper clean-ing.

Although this method can bequicker and probably lesspainful, the risks for infectionare greater.

It would also be a good ideato hear the process of what theprofessional piercer will bedoing before you actually do it.

Talking through the processmakes actually going throughit easier and more calming. Italso helps if they talk to youwhile they are doing it so youare not shocked when they areready to use the needle.

After getting pierced youshould talk with the profes-sional about aftercare and heal-ing time.

The studio is held account-able for infections to a certainextent, then it comes down toyou and the care you put intothe newly pierced area.Neglecting a piercing is just asbad as going to an unsanitaryshop. It may be an extra stepin your morning or nightly rou-tine, but it is well worth avoid-ing the problems disregardingcan cause.

Picking a spot for a piercingis just like picking a spot for atattoo: you are going to have tosee it and take care of it, somake sure you really want it.Granted, if you do not want itanymore you can take it out;but if you are spending themoney, make sure it is wellworth it.

Thinking of getting a piercing? HAYLEY ADDESAFeatures Writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHACRUNA.WORDPRESS.COMTongue piercings need to be thoroughly cleaned and cared for.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FRESHBODYPIERCING.BLOGSPOT.COMBelly button piercings are the most common piercing among youngwomen. These piercings can trace their roots back to the Egyptians,Greeks, and Indians.

DAVID LU/SNAPPERThis lot near the Jefferson garage has a total of 4 cars. These pictures were all taken at noon ona Thursday - one of the busiest times for parking. A shuttle will take you to campus.

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Before heading off to col-lege, everyone who has everbeen there keeps saying toyou, “They’re the best years ofyour life.”

Of course they are referringto the newly found freedom

and perfectly legal fun they allsimilarly had. But in all seri-ousness, a lot of what they sayis true.

The experiences you have incollege are among the best,worst and all around mostunforgettable ones you willhave in your lifetime.

Why not make them evenmore unforgettable, and createthose memories overseas whilestudying abroad?

Most people these days, ifthey have the ability, go off tocollege and earn a degree.

This being said, a lot ofpeople get some sort of col-lege experience – but noteveryone gets to experience itoverseas.

Here at Millersville, as withmany other colleges, you havethe ability to study abroad.

Unfortunately not many stu-dents take advantage of thisopportunity, and it is a shamebecause it is truly an incredi-ble one.

The Office of GlobalEducation & Partnerships,found in the Cumberland

House on George Street, cur-rently has 17 internationalpartners across the globewhere they can sendMillersville University studentsto work and study.

In return, Millersville openstheir arms to traveling stu-dents from those respectivepartners as well.

If, for some reason,

Millersville does not alreadyhave a partnership with a cityor country of your desire, theycan look into other existingprograms in that region thathave been officially authorizedby the United States as suit-able for housing American stu-dents.

There are only threerequirements necessary to beeligible for studying abroad.

As a student at Millersville,you have to have completed atleast 24 credits, maintained anaverage GPA of at least 2.0 orhigher, and also completed theapproval process through theOffice of Global Education &Partnerships.

If you are at all interestedin studying abroad you canstop by their office on GeorgeStreet, or take a look at theirwebsite athttp://www.millersville.edu/academics/globaled/ index.php.

Students can apply to studyabroad or partake in intern-ships abroad during the sum-mer, winter, the duration of asemester, or even for an entire

year! Junior Rob Peiffer is doing

exactly that. Rob will bespending his senior year over-seas in Germany to comple-ment his InternationalBusiness major and Germanminor.

“I’m very excited to spendmy senior year in Marburg,Germany,” he says. “MU sim-

plifies the surprisingly afford-able study abroad process.They guide you through everystep and answer all your ques-tions.”

Marine Biology majorMelanie Grillone is currentlyspending the second semesterof her junior year over inAustralia.

She had this to say abouther experiences there so far:“Studying abroad in Australiahas allowed me to nurse mypassion for marine biology bygaining rare field experienceand taking valuable classes nototherwise available to me…thisjourney is also about submers-ing myself in an alien cultureand gaining a whole newawareness for this foreignplace, which is now quicklybecoming home.

I would recommend anystudent to study abroadbecause it’s not only an oppor-tunity to enhance academiclearning but also a pilgrimagein personal growth and achance to discover one’s inde-pendence.”

Get an edge, study abroadDena PaffasFeatures Writer

Upcycling: decorating your own flower potsWith the stat of spring

upon us, many students arelooking for ways to bring thereminders of the beautiful out-doors into their living quarters.

Flowers are extremely bene-

ficial and bring a vibrance ofcolor and life into the roomwithout much upkeep. Theyalso provide a chance for cre-ativity to flourish in adorningyour own unique flower pots.

Allow your right-brain totake over when you envisionyour project materials, but afew common household itemsare very suitable for this proj-ect.

Any type of large can, suchas canned fruits or spaghettisauces. You can also visit youlocal consignment or thriftstores and purchase glassvases that are very inexpen-

sive. The materials you wishto adorn your new recycled potwith can truly be anything youdesire.

I have chosen to use but-tons on my pot; however, pic-tures from magazines, beads,and broken jewelry all makefor a unique embellishment.

To begin, you should have

done some minimal researchon the type of plant that wouldthrive in your living environ-ment.

It is important to be awareof the size of your new plantwhen choosing your pot.

Be sure to thoroughly washand rinse out the can that youhave chosen to use; also makesure to remove the label. Thenext step would be to lay out adesign for your decorations; Ihave chosen to sporadicallyplace mine.

Then it is time to startadorning your can. I found itis best to use a hot glue gun

when attaching adornments,but cement glues can be usedfor applying pictures or toother forms of paper materials.

This can be somewhat timeconsuming and diligent, sogive yourself plenty of freetime to soak in the positiveeffects doing crafts or art hasto offer.

For those of you that aremore ambitious with yourcrafts, experiment with a moredifficult project: a hangingflower pot. Use gallon contain-ers of milk, rope or twine, anda drill for the essential materi-als.

Cut the container in half,then drill four to six holesaround the edges. Thread yourrope or twine through theseholes; make sure to leaveenough slack that you will beable to securely hang yourplant.

Follow the same adorningconcept as with the metal cans,and you will have your ownpersonal up-cycled hangingplant basket.

With the school year’s endquickly approaching, many stu-dents will begin feeling thepressures of a hectic semester.Take some time to yourselfthis spring, and embrace theemergence of life around you.

Letting your creativity flow,even in a project as simple asdecorating a flower pot, willhave great impacts on youracademics and stress manage-ment.

These new additions to yourroom or home will also makefor good conversation starterswith friends, and even give youopportunities to get togetherand try out new activities.

RHEA MITCHELLFeatures Writer

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERThese are some of the basic materials to decorate with. Buttons, glue,paper, stapler, and a tin can for a flower pot.

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZINGTRAVEL.COMKangaroo stares off peacefully into the distance on the beach coast of scenic Australia.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERThis tin flower pot was spruced up with buttons transforming it from drab to fab. You can alsouse fake flowers, dried fruit, beads, glitter, and magazine pictures to decorate your flower pot.

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RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERThe cast of “Bare” prepares for opening night on April 13 at 8:00 P.M. in Rafters Theater. “Bare” is the coming of age story about the struggles of sexuality and identity in high school.

ACMO presents: “Bare,” the darkside of high schoolCaleb BresslerStaff Writer

“Bare,” ACMO’s 2012 springmusical, is a show that is unfa-miliar to many. However, despiteits rather low-profile, and thefact that the show never made itto Broadway, the self-labeledPop Opera has a devoted fanbase. Currently, “Bare” is in themidst of rehearsals. During theweek before Spring Break,rehearsals finally moved into theRafter’s Theatre where the showwill be opening in April.

“Bare” is quite a different kindof production than ACMO’s lastmusical “Godspell”, whichplayed last spring. While“Godspell” was much more light-hearted, “Bare,” with its darkplot and risqué lyrics, is more inline with the musical “SpringAwakening.” “Bare” takes placeat a Catholic high school wheretwo of the main characters, Peter(played by Peter Ferraiolo) andJason (Seth Sponhouse) are hav-ing a homosexual relationship.

However, both of them arekeeping this a secret, fearingrejection from their peers andtheir parents. In the meantime,true to high school politics, a lotof other drama is taking placebesides the problems regardingPeter and Jason. Indeed, the syn-opsis of the play reads like a

soap opera, with characters hav-ing intertwining romances andas well as hosts of other prob-lems with few solutions in sight.

ACMO has been in rehearsalsfor “Bare” for quite a few weeks.Having never viewed a rehearsalfor a musical, it was interestingto watch the cast and crew refinedance moves for the openingnumber, “Epiphany.” The song ismostly a dream-sequence, takingplace during Mass.

The song jumps from the castsitting quietly in the pews, tosuddenly jumping up and danc-ing, surrounding Peter andsinging angrily. This being thecase, timing was everything.

Members of the cast had tomove props quickly to and fromthe main stage simultaneouslywith dance sequences.

As soon as the dance musicstopped, the cast had to rushback to their original positionslike a game of musical chairs,while making sure everythingretained an orderly, a well-chore-ographed look.

Indeed, at times it was almostlike watching a film in produc-tion, as frequent interventionswere made in order to polish thedance number.

After the first dance number,the rehearsal began to movealong more quickly. The nextfew songs were much less com-plicated, requiring fewer inter-

jections from the chorographerand director. The rehearsal, alto-gether, was scheduled to run forroughly four hours (I only stayedfor about an hour and a half).

One of the many good thingsabout the Rafter’s Theatre is itsexcellent fluidity. The black-boxtheatre had been completelyrearranged from the last show bythe ACMO crew to accommodate“Bare.” One of the most majorchanges was the seating arrange-ments.

The seating had beenrearranged to reflect the tradi-tional proscenium-style format,with audience members enteringthe theatre stadium-style in thevery center of the seating. Thestage area is spacious; the mainstage floor (where the first dancenumber mainly takes place) ishedged by platforms and walk-ways to give the set a three-dimensional, multi-level feel. Inthe coming weeks the set willhave evolved to include astained-glass window and otherset pieces.

“Bare”, according toPlaybill.com, played Off-Broadway for a limited engage-ment “trial run.” WhilePlaybill.com documents that themusical was well-received by thepublic, the experimental showonly ran for about two months,never actually becoming a legiti-mate Off-Broadway production.

While the piece calls itself a “popopera” it is actually an“operetta;” mostly sung through,with small bits of dialogue inbetween singing.

An article, partially visible onhighbeam.com, details that com-poser Damon Intrabartolo basedthe musical on his own life.Intrabartolo attended a Catholicschool, and told a priest abouthis homosexual behavior. Thepriest responded by saying thathe needed to stop. Intrabartolo’ssignificant other disagreed. Theidea for “Bare” was born.

“Bare” opens at the Rafter’sTheatre on April 13 and will playfor a total of eight performances.8:00pm performances will beheld on April 13, 14, 19, 20 and21.

Matinee performances at2:00pm will be held on April 14,15 and 22. Tickets are availablein advance at the box office inthe Student Memorial Center,running $5 for students withpresent Millersville ID, $7 forseniors and $10 for regularadmission. Tickets are also avail-able prior to the curtain of eachperformance in Dutcher Hall’sbox office, located on the firstfloor of Dutcher Hall off thelobby. Tickets are $7 for stu-dents and seniors and $10 forregular admission.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERBrittany VanCisco practices a dance routine in “Bare.”Choreography is directed by Jenn Kelman.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERJosh Dorsheimer (the Priest) practices his lines during rehearsal.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERMegan Kelley (Diane) and Bri Kozier (Kira) rehearse their scene for the “pop” opera.

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Humanities Film Series: BlueGold: World Water WarsWhen: March 29 at 7 P.M.Where: Myers Auditorium,McComsey Hall.

Presentation: “War and theHippocratic Oath:Irreconcilable?”When: March 30 at 2 P.M.Where: Miltipurpose Room,Stayer Hall

Dance Performance: LosQuestzalesWhen: March 30 at 7 P.M.Where: Reighard MultipurposeRoom, SMC

Concert: Anita Renfroe andIoannis PotamousisWhen: April 1 at 5 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. LancasterTickets Required

The Ware Center Film Series:Bill Cunningham New YorkWhen: April 2 at 5:30 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. Lancaster

Organ Music for LentenMeditation Series: Dr. Karl E.MoyerWhen: April 4 at 12:15 P.M.Where: First United MethodistChurch, 121 N. George Str.Millersville

Conrad Nelson Lecture:Janine AntoniWhen: April 4 at 7 P.M.Where: The Ware Center. 42 N.Prince Str. LancasterTickests Required

Humanities Film Series: ADay Without a MexicanWhen: April 5 at 7 P.M.Where: Myers Auditoriu,McComsey Hall

Performance: Imani Winds,woodwinds quintentWhen: April 5 at 7:30 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. LancasterTickets Required

Exhibit Opening: DonnaAlbert, TextilesWhen: April 6 at 6 P.M.Where: Lyet Lobby, The WareCenter 42 N. Prince Str.Lancaster

Gala Show Preview: “Fashionand Dance Through the Ages”When: April 6 at 6 P.M.Where: Lyet Lobby, The WareCenter, 42 N. Prince Str.Lancaster

Mr. Millersville 2012When: April 10 at 7 P.M.Where: Reighard MultipurposeRoom, SMC

Lancaster SymphonyOrchestra Master Class:Rodney Mack, trumpetWhen: April 11 at 3 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. Lancaster

Power of the PurseWhen: April 11 at 5 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. Lancaster

Soulful Expressions: ACelebration of Women withAmanda Diva, jessica Caremoore and Ursula Rucker,spoken word artistsWhen: April 12 at 6:30 P.M.Where: Pucillo Gymnasium

Lectures with a Twist: "In aDifferent Light, Reflectionsand Beauty of Wise Women ofColor"When: April 12 at 7:30 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. Lancaster

The Dolphin Club presents:Flipping Through theChannelsWhen: April 12 at 8 P.M.Where: Pucillo Gymnasiu -Pool

Millersville University SingleReed SymposiumWhen: April 13 at 7:30 P.M.Where: The Ware Center, 42 N.Prince Str. Lancaster

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The rise and fall of a star in“Sunset Boulevard” at the Fulton

Rachael WardArts&Culture EditorYou have heard the stories

about how Hollywood used tobe. The streets were paved insolid gold, where movie starscame and went living a life thateveryone seemed to envy. Yet ifyou talk to people from thattime period you will hear that italso had its fair share of prob-lems just like the film industrytoday, problems that areexplored in the musical “SunsetBoulevard” presented by theFulton Theatre.

Taking place in Hollywoodduring the 1950s, a screenwriterby the name of Joe Gillis is indesperate need for work.

It is a strange twist of fatethat finds him in the home ofNorma Desmond, a formeractress now trapped in the gloryof her old career. She hires himto edit her own screenplay, butin the process he becomesentangled in this woman’s sadexistence.

The more and more he strug-gles to get out of it, the moreshe pulls him back, keeping himfrom his own life.

Without spoiling anything, itshould be noted that this musi-cal has many twists and turnsand is very dark in how it por-trays this former star and justhow far she has fallen fromgrace.

Since this is a musical, mostof the dialogue and story is toldthrough song. However, it nevertakes away form the overall per-formance due to the fact that

each and every member of thecast are amazing singers, mostnotably Denise Whelan asNorma Desmond and DavidGirolmo, who both get incredi-ble solos. The acting in thisinterpretation of the famous1950s movie is incredible allacross the board.

Though it should be noted

that there are plenty of differ-ences between this musical andthe movie, it follows the samebasic idea.

According to the directorMarc Robin, the overall intentwas to tell the story differently,in a way that would suit thestage rather than a film. Thisidea seems to have paid off

since it has given boththe director and castmuch more creativefreedom on how to pres-ent the connectionsbetween the charactersand bring out the con-flict and drama. Basedon my viewing, it madethe experience all themore enjoyable knowingthat this was unlike anyother performance.

On Tuesday, March27, Marc Robin andmembers of the maincast arrived atMillersville University tospeak to the acting anddirecting classes on theprocess of puttingtogether the show.

The topics coveredincluded the auditionprocess, the relationshipbetween an actor anddirector, the variouschallenges that canoccur during rehearsal,and much more.

Robin also empha-sized that to make it inthe theatre business you

need to trust and betrusted by others youwork with for the entire

performance. This is solid advice to keep

in mind for those looking toenter the acting field. Go tohttp://www.thefulton.org/sun-setboulevard/ to find dates andtimes for “Sunset Boulevard”and see the show before it clos-es on April 1.

PHOTO PROVIDED BYLANCASTERONLINE.COMDenise Whelan plays Norma Desmond, a famous actress before theintroduction of ‘talkies’. She longs to be on top once again.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY LANCASTERONLINE.COMDenise Whelan as Norma Desmond with David Girolmo,playing her faithful butler Max von Mayerling.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY LANCASTERONLINE.COMCurt Dale Clark as Joe Gillis, the Hollywood screenwriterwho knows all too well how down and dirty his job is.

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Speaking without words at theMillersville student art show

Rhea MitchellStaff Writer

As renewed life fills the cam-pus with color, it is again timefor the annual MU Art andDesign 2012 Juried StudentExhibition held in Sykes Gallery.The student exhibition is opento the public on Wednesdayevening at 6 P.M. for the galleryopening and awards ceremony.

The interesting facet aboutthis particular show is that eachwork has been hand selected bya delegated juror. This year,Millersville University was ableto welcome back former con-temporary art historian profes-sor, Deborah Barkun. Dr.Barkun taught at Millersville forseveral years prior to her workat Ursinus College, and waseager to have the opportunity tocome back to campus after fouryears.

Students were judged on theoverall feel and aesthetics of thepiece, but also on their ability tomanipulate their chosen medi-um to achieve their desiredeffects.

Traffic bustled through thegallery much of the day. As thecollection increased it becameapparent why faculty has cho-sen to be selective with entrees.

Over 110 pieces were enteredfor the judging, and only sever-al pieces were chosen as thefinal collection.

Each area of the art depart-ment was represented in theshow. The majority of workscame from students in the pho-tography, printmaking, andsculpture courses. There wereclassic materials used, such asmustard seed and silver to makejewelry, but even trash bagsbecame art.

There is no doubt that ourstudents made the decisions forDr. Barkun very difficult. Eachwork emulated the creativity,imagination, and talent thatdrives our university's artists.

During the openingWednesday evening there willbe several awards given out.The most outstanding photoand sculpture piece will each beawarded, as well as a juror'schoice.

The show will be on displayin the first floor of BreidenstineHall, from this Wednesday,March 28 until April 19. Notonly has this been a wonderfulopportunity for the art studentsto work towards, but it is anoptimal chance for everyone oncampus to appreciate trueworks of art.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERA small bronze cast sculpture created by a senior studen, meant to replicate the look of a birds nest.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERA bronze casted sculpture with a steel base. One of themany different pieces that students have put on display.

Taking a wild ride through the manyodd short stories of “Merciful Flush”

Dan LancelottiStaff Writer

I got a chance to read some sec-tions from the short story compi-lation Merciful Flush by LanceManion. I had no idea what toexpect from these stories and butI think that only enhanced myenjoyment of them as I read on. Some of the stories can seem off-putting, but once you realize theblack humor and tone of themthey become more interesting.

Short stories can be difficultto write as you have a limitedamount of space to bring thereader into the story. The authorneed to flesh the character outand tell their story at the sametime.

What's interesting is that eachmain character has a sort ofangry, cynical tone which is alsofunny. They are off-putting butalso entertaining, you can't lookaway.

Here is a very brief summeryalong with my reaction to eachstory.Happy to Help

This was the first story in thesample I was given, and if it's notthe first one in the story it shouldbe because it does a great job ofsetting the tone. A person sees acouple standing over their deaddog and tries to help them. Thisperson sees them self as someonethat is good in these situationsand pulls over to help them out.What follows is an uncomfortable

series of exchanges betweenthese people as the main charac-ter says more and more terriblethings while attempting to consulthe couple. This might be myfavorite. Mall Ghosts

This one tells the story of aperson sitting a good court whomay or may not be having anencounter with a ghost. This onewas a little weak, but the "ghost"is entertaining enough to makethis a worthwhile read.Venus de Gilligan

A person is stranded on adesert island and has strangethoughts about a stripper hewished he'd gotten to know. Oh,and his middle name is Gilliganand he has fantasies about Mrs.Howell. This is an interestingtrip into the psyche of someonein isolation.The Amazing Spider-Man

A person is bringing their recy-clables out when they spot a spi-der building a web before thestorm. He yells out the spiderand mocks it telling it that astorm will destroy the web, andthat the labor is pointless. A psy-chological battle between manand spider ensues. For the Birds

This one is pretty strange. Aman finds an mascot uniform of abird that he stole from a trivialhigh school. He puts it on andbegins to parade around with itscaring people in the state parkwith it. This is a longer one that

builds up towards a crazy ending.Uncontructionalism

This doesn't even feel like astory but rather a rant about aguy that wants to take a contract-ing job and then steal the doorsand windows off of a house. Hegets more twisted with it as timegoes on as he breaks down thesteps of steeling them and thenthe reaction of the people he stolefrom. He doesn't want money, oreven the doors, he just wants tomake people angry. The personreminds me of the Joker fromBatman. Both just want to causechaos.

Winter SucksThis is a classic take on the

boyfriend and father dynamic.Boyfriend comes to get daughterand the father doesn't like theboyfriend, but there is a bit of atwist. They sit in the living roomand both are very frank with oneanother. I won't spoil anythinghere but the conversation is bothdisturbing and funny.

If you enjoy black humor thendefinitely give this short storycompilation a read. MercifulFlush will be released April 23rd.

Music Featurette:The Browning

Luke HelkerStaff Writer

During my spring break, Ihad the opportunity to spendsome time hanging out withMetal/electronica band TheBrowning from Dallas.

Some friends of mine and Imet up at the Crocodile Rock inAllentown and spent the betterpart of the evening at theband's table shooting thebreeze with some of the bandmembers.

The room was filled with thesounds of local bands trying topay their dues and win overthe crowd, while my friendsand I were more concernedwith simply learning about themagic that is The Browning.

For those of you whom areunaware of who The Browningare, they combine the rawpower and intensity of heavymetal music with some moderndance beats and electronicbells and whistles to illuminatetheir music.

They have released theirdebut full-length record, Burnthis World, last year and arecurrently on tour with Designthe Skyline and From Atlantis.

As far as the concert went, Idid not pay any attention tothe local bands because I wastoo preoccupied with chatting.Having not seen or even heard

of From Atlantis before, Ifound them to be quite good.They are a hardcore band (likeall of the local bands), but thelocal bands sounded mediocreand unoriginal. From Atlantiswere surprisingly heavy andhad some pretty decent break-downs.

The Browning followed andwere easily the best band ofthe night, which speaks vol-umes considering they aremore of a metal band withoccasional breakdowns ratherthan a heavier hardcore band.

They played a lot of theirhits including “Standing on theEdge,” “Time Will Tell,” and“Ashamed.” The Browning hadthe crowd rocking.

There were not a lot of kidsat the show all together, butwith the exception of the fanssupporting their local bands,The Browning had the biggestcrowd out of every band thatnight.

Design the Skyline, the head-liners, only had four in thecrowd.

All in all it was a great show(even though it was cut shortdue to Allentown's city cur-few), and my friends and I areon the Browning's guest list forlife – it pays to buy pizza forthe band.

Album Review:“Noctourniquet”

Luke HelkerStaff Writer

This is the sixth album fromprogressive/psychedelic rockband The Mars Volta.

I will be really blunt, I likeThe Mars Volta a lot, but I pre-fer At The Drive-In any day ofthe week and I really wantthem to reunite, so I am a littlebiased towards this band. It isnothing against the band at all,as you will soon see.

However, I just rememberedthat at the Drive-In has reunit-ed because they are playingCoachella this summer alongwith a few other European fes-tival appearances, so that isgood except I will not have theopportunity to see them.

The Mars Volta have made aname for themselves by beingextremely bizarre thanks to thebrilliance of guitarist OmarRodriguez-Lopez and vocalistCedric Bixler-Zavala.

There are elements of Jazz,Fusion, Rock, and Latin Musicwithin their music and yetwrapped together with thecomplexity and rhythmic accu-racy of a math rock band.

Despite the fact that theband has had multiple memberswaps over the years, everymember is extremely profi-cient on their instrument andthe band is incredibly tight.

Like I said before, the bandare extremely bizarre and I feellike what they play is a bit ofan acquired taste, but once youhave acquired it, I do not thinkyou would ever be disappoint-ed with them.

I started getting into theband in 2008 with the releaseof Bedlam in Goliath, and Ihave since never been disap-pointed with the band.

However, I do feel like theirexperimentalist attitude getsthe best of them sometimesand I do not really need a nineminute bassoon solo on record.It is cool, but a little over-cooked and I was kind of disap-pointed when I saw them liveopening for Soundgarden’s

reunion show at Festival Pierlast July. The band started offreally strong, but their setdipped and got very drawn outto the point where I did notreally know if they hadchanged to a different song orif they were trying to stay insome sort of groove. But that isjust The Mars Volta though andI guess you just have to acceptthem for what they are.

Enough of that, how aboutan album review?Noctourniquet is marvelouslytechnical and brilliant, yetslightly somber with little joyon the surface.

From the visceral electronicdisplay of “Lapoochka,” to theusual retro-jazz “Dyslexicon,”the band display a fierce arrayof technically demanding riffs,intricate solos, and a rock-opera vibe to nail it all togeth-er.

If you know what The MarsVolta is all about, then the onlything that will surprise you ishow they are able to continu-ously create such brilliantsoundscapes and melodic jour-neys, while being fresh andexciting with every album.

This highly anticipated newalbum should more than satis-fy the ears of the eager listen-ers awaiting to hear what TheMars Volta have to offer.

Some standout tracksinclude “Lapochka,”“Dyslexicon,” “The MalkinJewel,” and “Empty VesselsMake the Loudest Sound,”which is arguably the band’smost and least accessible songto date.

All in all, it is a really goodalbum that I would highly rec-ommend to anyone who is notjust a casual music fan.

You really have to be a cer-tain type of music fan to getthis band, but if you do, youwill not be disappointed.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY HTTP://BLOGS.SUNTIMES.COMThe short story Venus de Gilligan features a main characterwhose middle name is Gilligan. He dreams of Mrs. Howell.

Safe House R

A young CIA agent is taskedwith looking after a fugitive ina safe house. But when the safehouse is attacked, he finds him-self on the run with his charge.

4:30, 9:50

The VowPG-13

A car accident puts Paige(McAdams) in a coma, andwhen she wakes up with severememory loss, her husband Leo(Tatum) works to win her heartagain.

1:55, 7:05

Project X R

3 high school seniors throw abirthday party to make a namefor themselves. As the nightprogresses, things spiral out ofcontrol as word of the partyspreads.

2:50, 5:15,8:05, 10:15

John Carter PG-13

Transplanted to Mars, a CivilWar vet discovers a lush planetinhabited by 12-foot tall barbar-ians.

3:45, 9:45

Wrath of theTitans PG-13

Perseus braves the treacherousunderworld to rescue his father,Zeus, captured by his son, Ares,and brother Hades who unleashthe ancient Titans upon theworld.

12:01,MidnightShowing

Act of Valor R

An elite team of Navy SEALsembark on a covert mission torecover a kidnapped CIA agent. 5:30, 8:10

The HungerGames PG-13

Set in a future where theCapitol selects a boy and girlfrom the twelve districts to fightto the death on live television,Katniss Everdeen volunteers totake her younger sister's placefor the latest match.

12:30, 1, 1:30,2, 2:30, 3:10,

3:40, 4:10,4:40, 5:10,6:20, 6:50,

7:20, 7:50, 8:20

Dr. Seuss’ TheLorax

PG

A 12-year-old boy searches forthe one thing that will enablehim to win the affection of thegirl of his dreams. To find it hemust discover the story of theLorax, the creature who fightsto protect his world.

1:45, 4, 6:10,8:30

The Artist PG-13

Hollywood, 1927: As silentmovie star George Valentinwonders if the arrival of talkingpictures will cause him to fadeinto oblivion, he sparks withPeppy Miller, a young dancerset for a big break.

1:20, 3:50,6:40, 9

Silent House R

Trapped inside her family'slakeside retreat, a young womanfinds she is unable to contactthe outside world as eventsbecome increasingly ominous inand around the house.

2:10, 4:20,6:30, 9

Mirror Mirror PG

An evil queen steals control ofa kingdom and an exiledprincess enlists the help ofseven resourceful rebels to winback her birthright.

12:01,MidnightShowing

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“Mass Effect 3”: End of the journeyRachael WardArts&Culture Editor

It is the beginning of the endfor Bioware’s space opera. Withthe long awaited arrival of theReapers, Earth has become theirfirst target in a mass galacticgenocide. Once again it is up toCommander Shepard to rally whatforces remain and take the

Reapers head on, to save not onlyEarth but also the entire interstel-lar society.

For people who do not entirelyknow what the Mass Effect storyis about, lets fill you in. You playCommander Shepard, a soldier ofthe Human Alliance who hasbecome the first human Specteragent, a sort of galactic secretagent for the government of thevarious alien races.

Depending on your prefer-ences, Shepard can be a male orfemale and can be modified tolook how you want. Through thelast two games, Shepard haslearned of an ancient race of liv-ing ships called the Reapers thatreturn to the galaxy every billionsof years to destroy the mostadvanced civilizations and har-vest their populace.

While their reasons for doingthis is unclear, Shepard alongwith his/her steadfast crew havegiven their all to delay theReapers from returning for aslong as they can, and hopefullyfind a way to destroy them. At thebeginning of Mass Effect 3, timehas run out and the Reapers havecome in force. Narrowly escapingEarth, it is up to CommanderShepard (and the player) to travel

the galaxy to find allies that arewilling to stand together and takethe Reapers head on.

This installment is definitelythe climax of the story overall.With the stakes this high and a lotto do, can keep your wide-awakewith adrenaline. If you have car-ried over saved data from gamesone and two, you will be sur-prised on who you will meet in

this game since everyone gets tomake a comeback, howeverbriefly sometimes. As usual forBioware games, the writing forthe story and dialogue is top tier,with an amazing orchestral andtechno score to make the storymore like a movie than a game.Decisions, the staple of thisseries, are just as strong in thisgame if not more so.

As you play politician to unitethese varying and sometimes hos-tile alien races under the samebanner you need to be careful ofwhom you please and whom youtick off. You need to think care-fully on the alliances you makeand how they will best serve inthe long run.

Some of these alliances candepend on who you befriended orhelped in previous installments.A person you helped will remem-ber their debt to you and willcome to your aid as opposed to ifyou refused to help them or gotthem killed. That way playing thethree games multiple times isencouraged for different endingsor different moments that areavailable.

The second half of Mass Effect3 is the shooter gameplay. Peoplewho have played Gears of War

might recognize how Mass Effect3 works as a shooter. While MassEffect 2 found a working formulafor these sequences, Mass Effect 3has perfected them, giving play-ers the ability to bash enemiesalong with shooting them.Ducking behind cover is a goodway to save your life made a loteasier in this game, even givingyou the option to shoot as youmove between cover. Though it is

not without its issues. Sometimesyou can struggle to get Shepard totake cover, which can result inyou having to reload your saveagain. Though this problem doesnot occur too often.

Another major aspect of singleplayer campaign is gathering warassets. While there are events inthe main story that will help youwith this, there are many sidequests available that will give youan added edge for the final battleat Earth. Some of these sidequests will require you to travelthrough various parts of thegalaxy and scan planets to findhidden assets. Before the playersof Mass Effect 2 begin to moan,relax the scanning system hasalso been improved somewhat.

Instead of scanning singleplanets for hours to getresources, you simple send out asignal as you travel and find plan-ets that have an asset of valueand pick it up. Normally one assetper planet. However, you have tobe careful when you do thisbecause if you do it too much,Reapers will be alerted to yourpresence and will try to catchyou. It is possible to escape themby retreated through a Mass Relayor jump to another part of the

galaxy, but getting caught meansgame over.

With the release of Mass Effect3, Bioware introduces multiplayerto the franchise which handlesmuch like the single player com-bat. Though it is fun to worktogether with friends to takedown enemies, the only gameplayoption is hoard mode. It almostfeels that this part of the gamewas just slapped on at the lastminute since this could have beenan excellent part of the game.Another odd discovery is that themore session a person plays onmultiplayer, the higher their warassets. It seems odd that Biowarewould make multiplayer almostmandatory for a franchise thathas always been based on singleplayer. Mass Effect 3 is also com-patible to Xbox Kinect, which isfun but more so for the firefightsthan the dialogue choices, namelybecause this makes giving ordersto your squad mates easier.

With a game that offers somuch you think fans would behead over heels for this gameright? Unfortunately that is notthe case. Since its release, playerswho have reached the game’sending have been outraged forwhat they received after all theirhard work and dedication to thisfranchise. Whether this wasalways Bioware’s intention or notstill remains to be seen, but theyhave said that they are always lis-tening to player feedback and willbe releasing downloadable con-tent in the next few months.

Will this be a new ending forthose who demanded it? Such aclaim has yet to be made by thegames creators, however it hasnot stopped the passion of fanswho demand a more conclusiveending to a story that they havecome to care for. In a way, thisoutcry from the fans is actually tothe franchise’s benefit since ithas proven that those who havestuck with this game for all threeinstallments have come to lovethis story and its characters. Evento the point that they felt thatwhat they were given didn’t givenenough respect to this expansivesci-fi universe.

Was the game able to live upto the hype prior to release? Notentirely. Is the last 10 minutesenough of downer to not play thegame? Absolutely not. Despite theissues that are clearly visible, thisgame trilogy is like nothing theworld has ever seen before and ismore than worth its expensiveprice tag. Bioware has done anamazing job to give us a ‘createyour own story’ RPG and does anamazing job making all your deci-sions count where they matter(though I’m sure fans wouldargue that). If you haven’t had thechance to play this game seriesbefore, now is the time to startand see what story you create.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY THEGAMERSBLOG.COMCommander Shepard looks on as the Reapers attempt to destroy everything he holds dear.

“The Hunger Games:” the odds arein favor to those who can survive

Olivia SynorackiStaff Writer

The Hunger Games, whichopened nationwide in theaterson March 23, has lived up to thehype. The film, which capturesSuzanne Collins’ novel, takesplace 74 years after the 13 dis-tricts of Panem attempted torebel against the Capitol. Aspunishment for the rebellion,the Capitol invented the HungerGames, where one male and onefemale from each district aresent into an arena as tribute tofight to the death until there isone victor.

From the very first scene inthe film, audiences are captivat-ed by Jennifer Lawrence’s vividportrayal of Katniss Everdeen.We first see the real Katnisswhen she volunteers to take hersister Prim’s (Willow Shields)place as tribute in the games.From then on, Lawrence precise-ly expresses Katniss’ character.

Specific scenes that stand outare those with Rue (AmandlaStenberg), the young tributefrom District 11. When Katniss

and Rue form an alliance, audi-ences can see that the their rela-tionship is more of a sisterlybond, where Katniss feels shehas the responsibility to protectRue. As their relationshipgrows, audiences’ hearts go outto the little girl, which makesher death more devastating.Lawrence again truly conveysKatniss through the sufferingshe expresses during Rue’sdeath.

As the tributes prepare forthe games, they are each men-tored by a previous victor fromtheir own district. For District12, Katniss and the male tribute,Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), arementored by Haymitch (WoodyHarrelson). Fans of the novelshould not be disappointed withHarrelson’s depiction ofHaymitch. He easily pulled offHaymitch’s disheveled charac-ter, often times drunk and sar-castic, yet lighthearted andrather lovable.

Yet Haymitch was not theonly character who made animpression on audiences.Stanley Tucci’s depiction of

Caesar Flickerman, the host ofthe Hunger Games, was trulybrilliant. When Tucci comes onscreen to interview the tributes,he automatically captures audi-ences with his charisma. Bluehair and all, Tucci’s charactercannot help but make you laughand smile.

A major aspect of the novelis the love triangle betweenKatniss, her best friend Gale(Liam Hemsworth), and Peeta.Fans, therefore, may be disap-pointed by the underdevelop-ment of this love triangle in thefilm. Considering the novel iswritten in first person, it issometimes difficult to portrayKatniss’ emotions. However, asthe movie unfolds, you can seethe struggle she has with herfeelings for Peeta. Lawrencedoes a good job at displayingKatniss’ effort to put on a showfor all of Panem that she is inlove with Peeta, especially whileshe nurses him back to health inthe cave. At the same time,Lawrence does a fine job atslowly revealing her love andcare for Peeta when she thinks

he dies by eating poisonousberries.

Although we do not get to seemuch of Gale throughout thefilm, we do get to see his reac-tion to Katniss and Peeta’s firstkiss. Despite the fact that thiswas added to form the love tri-angle, the scene was somewhatlaughable and audiences couldnot help but snicker. However,we do get to see a strongmoment in Katniss and Gale’srelationship when she returns toDistrict 12 and they give oneanother a look of longing, yetyou can easily see Gale’s con-tempt.

Overall the movie stays trueto the novel, keeping manydetails that are specific to thebook. Understandably, therewere some changes that had tobe made in order to keep thefilm at a decent length. Whilecomparing it to the novel, audi-ences would have to agree thatthe events which took place onpage definitely came to life onscreen. On that note, HappyHunger Games, and may theodds be ever in your favor.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY MEDIAROOM.SCHOLASTIC.COMKatniss Everdeen prepares to fight and kill the other 23tributes in the 74th Hunger Games.

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When did you get involvedwith lacrosse?“I started playing lacrosse inthird grade for the Ridleylacrosse youth league.”

What do you like to do inyour free time?“It is weird because inlacrosse season we have nospare time, but if we do I amusually spending it with myteammates and closestfriends here at MU just hang-ing out basically doing themost random things! Also, ILOVE riding around on mypurple motor scooter.”

What are your future plans?“After my sernior year I plan onmoving to California if i do notget my Masters here atMillersville right away. If I de-cided to get my Masters, I plan tostill move to California after that.Luckily with my major being sobroad and the fact I've been play-ing lacrosse since third grade, I'llbe able to do exactly what i wantin a place I've always wanted tolive!”

Who is your biggest influence?“ I wouldn't really say a certainteam or professional team aremy biggest influences. My influ-ences are actually my team-mates. As much as I feel a part ofa team, I feel more so a part of afamily, which is what our teamis. But i think above all mybiggest influence has had to bemy two coaches Mia Hall (Gam-bino) and Joann Caminiti .

With our new coach, Mia Hall,coming in she was immediately apositive force and truly believed in us. She came inand actually wanted to establisha trust with us that made us feelshe was in this wholeheartedlyand to not only better us aslacrosse payers but to better our-selves as people. Joann and Mia played together incollege and are actually bestfriends.

Joann has actually beencoaching here for the last 5years. Since I came to Millersvilleas a freshman, she has alwaysbeen one secure, rock solid per-

son in my life where I knew Icould always come to her andshe would be there for mewhether it be with lacrosse re-lated issues or something I mayhave been dealing with in mylife.

Watching Mia and Jo coach to-gether, you can see why they arebest friends and even more sowhy they are amazing coaches.Even though Mia Hall has onlybeen here since mid August, shehas been the greatest blessing tohave happened to our team, notonly for our lacrosse programbut for our athletic departmentand university as well.

I believe nowadays it is reallyhard to come by really good-hearted, genuine people and Ican't say that our new coach has-n't been anything but that. Miaand Joann in my eyes are true ex-amples of amazing coaches be-cause they care about us not onlyas their athletes but as a part oftheir family and truly want thebest for us on and off the field.They are truly two huge rolemodels I am absolutely gratefulto have in my life.”

What is your biggest accom-plishment in lacrosse so far?“My biggest accomplishment isbeing able to go out every dayand play with a team that wantsto get better and work as a teamto actually achieve a commongoal. I love my team and thebiggest accomplishment for meis them!”

Men’s soccer finalizes dates for boys’ summer campsSoccer season is never over

around Millersville. The men’ssoccer team will be holding anovernight residential camp forboys. The overnight camp willbe running from July 15-18.There will be a second boy’sday camp that will also be inJuly from the 16-19.

To be more specific, the firstovernight camp held from July15-18 is for boys 12-18 yearsold. At the first camp there willbe both a technical field andtactical field session. Therewill be a game day segmenteach day as well. The camp willlast for four days and will in-volve extensive training. Dur-ing the camp participants willwork on position specific train-ing and small sided games.There will be an agility sessionthat will involvefootwork/speed training. Onthe defensive end, a goalkeepersession will be given duringevery session.

All participants in theovernight boy’s camp will begiven a t-shirt and a ball. Therewill be skill competitions dur-ing the camp and those whowin will be awarded trophies.To inform prospective partici-pants and families, the cost ofthe overnight camp is $430.00.Those who wish to commute tothe camp daily will pay a fee of$370.

The second camp will beheld from July 16-19. Thosewho can participate in the daycamp are boys who are ages 8-14. There will be two differentsessions that will be held eachday. Speed/agility and quick-ness training will be held, aswell as technical training andsmall sided games. Those whoare interested in this will all geta t-shirt and ball. Participantswho win skill competitions willreceive awards. The day campwill cost $160.00. However, forthose who are interested therewill be family and early dis-counts available.

Both clinics will be con-ducted by the men’s head soc-cer coach, Steve Widdowson.Widdowson has had much suc-cess in his coaching career hereat Millersville. This past soccerseason, he coached the Maraud-ers to their first PSAC Tourna-ment Championship. The teamalso traveled to Pensicola,Florida, where they made theirfirst-ever trip to the NCAASemifinals. During his six yearson the sidelines coaching theMarauder men’s soccer team,he has made some astoundingaccomplishments.

He accumulated two NCAAAtlantic Regional Champi-onships, one PSAC Champi-onship, five consecutive PSACTournament appearances, twoPSAC Eastern Division Champi-onships, three NCAA Tourna-ment appearances, and themost recent NCAA Semifinal ap-

pearance. Widdowson has alsoguided the Marauders to itsfirst No.1 ranking in Novemberof 2009.

The Marauder coach hasbeen personally awarded as the

two-time NSCAA Atlantic Regionand PSAC Eastern DivisionCoach of the Year. His coach-ing style goes well noted sincehe has produced two All-Ameri-cans. Aside from that, he

helped 18 All-PSAC selectionsand 19 All-Atlantic Region hon-orees. He had two PSAC EastAthletes of the Year and onePSAC Rookie of the Year. Thisis a camp that will benefit

young, uprising soccer stars.Please mark your calendars be-cause you do not want to missthese two great camp opportu-nities.

KEVIN KAISER/SNAPPERThe men’s soccer team is willing to share their tips and tricks that have led to their success this past Fall 2011 season.

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Women’s lacrosse pulls aheadscoring seven unanswered goals

The Millersville women’slacrosse team won its third-straight game on Saturday’shome opener against Mercy, 17-10. Sophomore attack BrookeFisher scored the first goal ofthe game on a free positionshot. Mercy fired back with twoconsecutive goals, taking a tem-porary lead.

Over the next fifteen min-

utes, Millersville went on toscore seven unanswered goalstaking an 8-2 lead. Fisher, as-sisted by Ashley Henderson,kicked off the scoring streakfollowed by goals from CaitlinShannon, Hannah Vogel,Kathryn Kehring, Becky Donkinand two from Henderson.

With less than eight minutesto go in the first half, Mercy’sJule Darnulc scored two consec-utive goals to cut the Ma-rauder’s lead down to four.Millersville’s Kehring answered

back with two consecutivegoals that lead to a five-goalstreak and an eight-point leadgoing into halftime.

The Marauders came outstrong in the second half withthree goals by Karen Illuminati,Fisher and Henderson. Mercybegan to fight back with twoback-to-back goals from KeriWatson and Darnulc.Millersville’s Ruth Costanzo’sunassisted goal was the lastpoint on the board for the Ma-rauders. Mercy led a finalcharge in the last five minutes,desperately trying to diminishMillersville’s 11-point lead.

The Mavericks scored four

consecutive unanswered goalsbut could not capture the lead.The Marauders captured theirthird-straight win with a 17-10final score. Marauder goal-keeper Lauren Mateja had ninesaves against her former teamsince she transferred last sea-son. Midfielder Henderson hadanother standout offensive per-formance with four goals. At-tack players Kehring and Fisherboth had outstanding offensiveperformances, each scoring hattricks.

The Marauders host the nextgame against Lock Haven at 4P.M. on Tuesday, March 20.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MU ATHLETICSThe women’s lacrosse team has now won their third straight.

PHOTO COURTEY OF MU ATHLETICSMateja managed to stop nine different shots on Saturday.

Ashley Henderson

PHOTO COURTESY OF MU ATHLETICS

Lacrosse

KAYLEE DUGANSports Writer

Sports 19March 29, 2012

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CHRIS NORTONAssociate Sports Editor

PHOTO COURTESY OF MUATHLETICSBertoni’s outstanding performances did not go unrecognized in her last couple of games.

Sarah Bertoni throwsher way to receive PSACEast Pitcher of the Week

Preetham MorasMen’s Golf

What is your major?Business Management

When did you startplaying Tennis?Age 9

What do you like to doin your spare time?Music, watch TV shows

What are your futureplans?Study Sport Manage-ment Graduate pro-gram here at MU

Do you follow profes-sional Tennis?Yes, I try to follow asmuch as I can.

If so, who is yourbiggest influence?Rafael Nadal

What is your biggestaccomplishment inTennis?Winning 3 Gold medalsfor the Keystone Gameslast summer.

PHOTO COURTESY MU ATHLETICS

Softball goes 1-1 against ESU

After a loss in the first gameof their split with East Strouds-burg, Millersville found a sparkto win the second, improvingtheir record to 9-15 (2-2 inPSAC East) for the season. Bat-ting became the obstacle to

overcome in their first matchagainst the Warriors, with start-ing pitcher Taylor Webb throw-ing a two-hit shutout to silencethe Marauders with a 5-0 vic-tory. The two hits came from adouble by senior Ally Homa,

and a leadoff single by fresh-man Ashley Cantiello.

The starting pitcher forMillersville was Alicia Hughes,whose loss dropped her recordto 2-6 for the season. In herfour innings of pitching, she al-lowed two earned runs, fourhits, and only one strikeout.

East Stroudsburg scoredtheir first run in the third in-

ning when Kacie Killeen tookHughes deep, initiating a bar-rage of shut-down pitches fromWebb.

However, the Marauderswould find success in seekingrevenge in the second game,

winning by a score of 3-2.Millersville was again assistedby a strong showing from fresh-man pitcher Sarah Bertoni, whogave the team her fourthstraight admirable start. Shepitched a total of five innings,allowing two earned runs onseven hits, and striking outfour. Her record now stands ata team-high of 4-7.

Cantiello stepped in ascloser, recording her first colle-giate save, pitching 1.2 inningsof relief for Bertoni. The fresh-man allowed only one hit whilestriking out two. The Ma-rauder’s offense found a seemin East Stroudsburg’s defenseearly, scoring three runs onthree hits which were aided bytwo Warrior errors. The scorewas already set with a 3-0 leadbefore Bertoni ever took themound.

Their first run came on anerror by East Stroudsburgcatcher Alex Schubert with thebases loaded, allowing Homa tocross home plate after she sin-gled to start the game.Millersville’s final two runswere earned off of Warriorstarter Laura Suits came on atwo-out, two-run single byEmily Sneeringer. Allison Chewalso contributed to the Ma-rauder offense vastly by gettingon base in each of her three ap-pearances at bat, tallying onehit and two walks.

The Marauders are currentlybattling through an eight-gameroad trip, with only four re-maining. The team has beenplaying with great improvementsince their 1-12 start on theseason, winning eight of theirlast eleven games. They nowhave a four-day stretch beforegoing back on the road Wednes-day to face Georgia Court in adoubleheader on March 28.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MUATHLETICSThe Marauders’ overcame their loss to win their second.

Attention: Tennis schedule changeThe Millersville University

Women’s Tennis team was sup-posed to face Goldey BeacomCollege on Saturday, March 24,2012 at McComsey tenniscourts in Millersville.

However, Mother Nature didnot want this match to happenquite yet. With the temperatureat 59 degrees and a little over aquarter inch of rain the gamewas postponed with a futuredate to be determined.

The Marauders take on Ch-eney University next on Tues-day, March 27, 2012 at 3 P.M. inCheney, PA. The next homegame is Saturday, March 31against Shippensburg Univer-sity at 11 A.M. at the McComseytennis courts.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MUATHLETICSThe tennis team is anxious to continue their season and look to dominate their division.

Men’s baseball squad strikes out!

On Friday, March 23 the Ma-rauders faced off against theShippensburg Red Raiders atFairchild Field. On their hometurf the Raiders keptMillersville at bay and defeatedthe Marauders in both games.The first game's score was 5-2and the second game was 7-4.

Three of Shippensburg’sruns came off of Millersvillesenior pitcher Brooks Roth-schild in the first inning. In thefirst inning the Marauders wereable to score a single run butthey were only able to collectsix hits during the entire game,and after a solo homerun fromsenior Chris Edgar, the Maraud-ers became locked in a 2-rungame. The game ended in ascore of 5-2.

After a disappointing firstgame, the Millersville Maraud-ers tried to come back but theirperformance was just as lack-luster as the previous game.Rothschild was replaced asstarting pitcher by junior BrianBlack, who allowed just one runin the first inning but then al-lowed the Raiders to breeze byhim in the third. Shippensburgearned 4 runs in the third in-ning.

Millersville was able to scoresingle runs in the fourth, fifthand sixth innings.

RHEA MITCHELL/SNAPPERThe Marauders look to recover from their two consecutive losses by overcoming the fall.

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CHRIS NORTONAssociate Sports Editor

ESTELLE REIDLERSports Writer

Softball evenswins andlosses vs. ESU

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KAYLEE DUGANSports Writer

KELLY CAPIZZISports Writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF MU ATHLETICSThe Marauders lost both game in their Shippensburg split.

Both golf team’s invitational performances are a hole in one

At the Eastern University In-vitational on Monday, both themen’s and women’s golf teamshad superb performances withfour top-ten finishers on theMen’s team as they went on totake first place; it was their firsttitle since 2009. FreshmanRachel Yurchak and sophomoreAmber Rohrer of the Women’steam both placed within thetop-ten of their tournament aswell. The men bested a total ofsix teams and golfers from theUniversity of Pennsylvania andSwarthmore with a 32-over-par

at the White Manor CountryClub course.

The Marauders had not wona title since their first place vic-tory at the Wheeling Jesuit Invi-tational in 2009.

Freshman Conor Gilbert wasamong the top players, placingsecond behind Penn’s AustinPowell. Gilbert shot a team-high2-over-par. Senior Shane Henrytied for fifth place amongst the41 players, as he went on toshoot 9-over. Fellow seniorBrian Cooper was not far be-hind, as he placed seventhshooting just one behindHenry.

As the team’s last remainingtop-ten player, senior Jeff

Stokes tied for eighth. BothJonathan Heile and Tim See tiedfor 19th, and Robert Coyneplaced 27th for the Marauder’slast standings.

They begin the Dr. Edwin B.Cottrell College Golf Tourna-ment on March 31 in WestChester as the team looks toplay with the boldness they didat Eastern University.

With two top-ten placementsin their tournament, thewomen’s team had an equallyimpressive performance as themen’s. Yurchak placed fifth outof a total of 24 players on Mon-day, shooting 29-over-par at theWhite Manor Country Club.Rohrer was only three shots

and three spots behind placingeighth. She has now managed toplace within the top-ten in thelast 5 of 6 tournaments thisyear, setting the bar for herpeers.

Despite their well-playedgames, Alvernia took first placeas a team. The women’s nextmatch is March 31 for the Kutz-town University Invitational.Their following game marks thestart of their 2 day event at theDr. Edwin B. Cottrell CollegeGolf Tournament. With both themen’s and women’s Golf teamsflourishing, their season’s fu-ture looks to have promising re-sults.

Men’s rugby team hasa stunning weekend execution at Widener

After coming off of atough loss to Princeton lastweek, Millersville men’s rugbywould get back to their winningways with a 42-17 win overWidener University.

In a non-traditional three 30minute period game (instead oftwo 40 minute halves) due tolack of players from Widener,Millersville would jump ahead

22-0 at the end of the first pe-riod. Senior eight man, DanteNgo, would get the scoringstarted for the Ville within thefirst five minutes as he brokeoff a maul and scored a try.

“We were scoring with ourbacks and forwards and overallplayed to our strengths. A lot ofdifferent people were scoringtries and it was a great team ef-fort,” said Ngo.

On the very next kickoff sen-ior winger John Wynder wouldreceive a pass and blow by the

Widener defense, puttingMillersville ahead 10-0.

The Ville would continuescoring throughout the first pe-riod with two more tries fromsenior prop Brian Corrigan andfreshman scrumhalf Scott Reid.Reid would go on to be the manof the match for Millersville, anhonor given out by head coachBryan Hynes after every game.

By the second periodMillersville put in their backupsand still continued to giveWidener fits. Sophmore NickHale would put Millersvilleahead 27-5 after receiving aspectacular off load from Reid.Widener would score twice inthe period, closing it out at 27-10.

“Scotty [Reid] played thebest game of his young careerso far. Smart decisions alongwith accurate passes definitelyhelped to spark our offense,which was pretty stagnant lastweek,” said Hynes.

Millersville’s depth wouldcontinue to wear down Widenerin the final period, and withtries from junior winger BrienNunn and junior fly half BenHassinger, the Ville would raisetheir lead 37-10.

Widener would find the tryzone one more time witharound 10 minutes left in thematch. However, Millersvillewould get the final points ofthe match with a try from propEric French in the last minutesof the game, ending the match42-17.

Millersville will travel toYork College to take on one oftheir oldest rivals Saturday at 1P.M.

BRIAN CORRIGANSports Writer

KEVIN KAISER/SNAPPERThe Rugby team outscored Widener by a total of 25 points.

Track and field refuse to lose at West Chester invite

PHOTO COURTESY OF MU ATHLETICSThe men’s golf team took first place at the Eastern University Invitational, while the women’s placed in the top-ten twice.

Millersville’s Track and Fieldteam had a successful day onSaturday at the 2012 GoldenRam Collegiate Invitational atWest Chester University.

Ann Kovacs had the bestfinish of the day for a Ma-rauder, taking first in thehammer throw with a 40.30-meter toss. Kovacs took theschool record in the hammerthrow last weekend at theShamrock Invitational.

Another top finisher for theMarauders was Kelli Farris,who took second in the ham-mer throw with a toss of 36.57meters. Farris also took fifthin the women’s shot put witha toss of 10.15 meters.

Millersville’s women sprintersexcelled on Saturday in the4x100 as well as the 200-meterdash. The women’s 4x 100-meter relay team of MattieConaboy, Abby Schneider, ErinMason and Chrissy Savage tooksecond with a finish of 50.30.Mason also took third in the 200-meter dash with a 26.75 finish.Jessica Fritsche and Schneider

took fifth and sixth respectivelyin the 100 meter dash, finishingwithin 16 hundredths of a sec-ond of each other.

Andrew Langston took sixth in

the 100-meter dash forMillersville’s men with a 11.45finish.

Millersville’s success contin-ued with the 4x400 meter relayfor both the women and men.The women Marauders' 4x400team of Becky Novak, MeganMeyer, Erin Mason and BrittneyMartin took second with a finishof 4:05.23 just behind Lincoln.

The men marauders 4x400 teamof Chris Jackson, Sergey Grinev,Tayon Haygood and Jack Scanlintook a second place finish of3:30.29 also just behind Lincoln.

Hurdles were a strong eventfor Millersville. Ryan Griffithand Zach Kohler took third andfourth place respectively in the110-meter hurdles. KeithOgden took second in the 400-meter hurdles with a finish of55.59. Savage took third in the400-meter hurdles with a fin-ish of 1:06.78 for Millersville’swomen.

Finally, Millersville foundsuccess in distance events forboth the men and women’steams. Seth Hibbs secured asecond place finish in the1500-meter run with a time of4:04.74. Sarah Mulvey tookfifth place in the women’s

1500-meter run with a time of5:07.15. Michelle Blum tookthird in the 3000-meter run forMillersville women’s team withan 11:10.90 finish.

After such success, the Ma-rauders will split up next week-end between the Raleigh Relaysin Raleigh, N.C., and the Jim Tay-lor Invitational in Selinsgrove,PA.

“Millersville’swomen sprinters

excelled on Saturday inthe 4x100 as well as the

200-meter dash.”-Kelly Capizzi

Sports Writer

LAX nets a loss against IUP

The Millersville Women’sLacrosse team took on IUP in In-diana, PA on Saturday, March 24,2012. The MU lacrosse team lostfor the first time in four games,breaking their winning streak.

The Marauders waited till IUPwas up five points till they fi-nally scored with an unassistedgoal from Hannah Vogel. TheCrimson Hawks scored a fewmore before Caitlin Shannonscored on a position shot, put-ting the score at 7-2 IUP. IUP had

outshot the Marauders, leavingthe score at 12-3 in the first half.

Ashley Henderson opened thesecond half with a goal but theHawks answered back with 3,putting the score at 15-4. BeckyDonkin, Henderson and Shannontried to rally with 3 consecutivegoals, coming back with a scoreof 15-7.

The Hawks came back onceagain to put their lead back to 10points with a score of 17-7. Dur-ing the final minutes a few goalswent back and forth leaving thefinal score at 21-10 giving IUPthe win.

IUP outshot the marauders 44-

28 during regulation time, withMillersville turning the ball over22 times during the game whileIUP only had 11 turnovers. IUPhad nine assists on their 21 goalswhile there were no recorded as-sists from the Marauders on their10 goals. Millersville made goodon 6 out of 7 free position shotswith help from Henderson, scor-ing all three of her attempts andleading Millersville with fourgoals.

The Marauders play again onFriday, March 30, 2012 at Slip-pery Rock, where they will takeon The Rocks starting at 3 P.M.

Baseball recordsdouble the losses

After their upset againstShippensburg on Friday, March23 the Marauders faced the RedRaiders on their home fieldafter Saturday’s game day wasrescheduled for Sunday, March25. Millersville found them-selves suffering defeat againthough, with game scores of 5-0and 4-3.

Starting pitcher for the Ma-rauders, senior Mike McMona-gle, had just as hard a timecontaining the Raiders as histeammates did during Friday’sgame at Fairchild Field. Mc-Monagle allowed one run in thefirst inning and two in each thethird and fourth. For the courseof the game Shippensburgearned their five runs on justseven hits and a walk.

Millersville was not able to rallyfor a run during this game andthe game ended in favor of theRaiders 5-0.

In game two the Raidersscored two runs in the first in-ning off of sophomore pitcherTim Mayza. While pitching,Mayza kept Shippensburg fromscoring again until the fourthinning, when he had to be takenout of the game due to injury.

Millersville got on the boardin the third on a RBI ground outfrom senior Mike August. JuniorJeff Heisey also earned a run onan RBI single for Millersvilleduring the fourth inning.

The Marauders came downto a bases loaded situation afteran RBI single from freshmanKurt Seiders, but Shippens-burg’s pitcher kept them fromcapitalizing on the event. Thegame ended with a Raider vic-tory after a score of 4-3.