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Westminster College Mock Convention 2019 Preview

The Political Science Department at Westminster College will host its 21st Mock Convention Tuesday, Nov. 12 and Wednesday, Nov. 13. It is a simulation of a presidential nomination convention and a chance for the Westminster community to learn more about how the political process works in a fun way.

About 800 students participated in the 2015 Mock Convention at Westminster, according to Dr. James Rhoads, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Advisor for the Mock Convention.

“I feel like [students] should go because it’s a fun experience and it allows them to engage with the political process in a way that isn’t a massive commitment. You’re just going for two nights, but it’s a fun time to see Martin O’Malley, who was a former presidential candidate, speak,” said 2019 campaign manager Seth Zacherl.

Campaign manager Jackson Gastmeyer emphasized the inclusivity of the Mock Convention.

“I think [students] should go because it’s something that’s open to the entire campus. Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, politically informed and educated or not, you can still have fun at this convention. You can still have a good time with your friends and classmates,” said Gastmeyer.

The Mock Convention has been a tradition at Westminster since 1936. It is held every four years, though it was not held in 1944 due to World War II.

The convention is always held for the party out of power, so this year will be a Democratic Convention. Students act as campaign managers for the candidates who are the current front-runners according to recent polls. Junior Emily Gellatly will represent Sen. Kamala Harris. Junior Jackson Gastmeyer will represent former Vice-President Joe Biden. Junior Brian Whetzel will represent Sen. Elizabeth Warren, while Junior Seth Zacherl will represent Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Student representatives will work toward the goal of the Mock Convention during the event: electing a presidential candidate. Student representatives will debate issues in the intramural gym in Memorial Fieldhouse beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The debates are meant to rally the delegates -- students and faculty in the crowd -- into nominating a specific presidential candidate by the end of the evening. The nomination for a presidential candidate and Vice President will start at 7 p.m. on the same day.

There is expected to be a dinner break after the debates on Wednesday from about 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., but these times could change if debates go over time. There will be a DJ to entertain the crowd at 6 p.m. before the nomination process begins at 7 p.m.

Westminster students, faculty, and staff will represent regions of the country and vote on a candidate after watching the debates. The regions are Pacific West, Mountain West, Great Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-South, Deep South, Mid Atlantic and

Northeast. In the past, participants have dressed up as political figures or as imitations of their respective regions. There will be a costume contest and an award for the most enthusiastic or best dressed participant, according to Whetzel.

The Mock Convention begins on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 12. President Richardson is expected to give opening remarks around 7 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. Former Maryland Governor and 2016 presidential candidate Martin O'Malley will give a keynote address after President Richardson’s opening remarks.

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O’Malley to Kick off Political RallyDanielle GradyNews Section Editor

Though Westminster’s quadrennial Mock Convention culminates in presidential candidate debates and nominations on the event’s second and final day, it officially kicks off the day prior with an opening ceremony. The spirit of the festivities is introduced at the ceremony; however, the night’s highlight is historically a lecture delivered by the year’s keynote speaker.

This year, former Maryland Governor and 2016 presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley will visit campus Tuesday, Nov. 12, to serve as the keynote speaker at Westminster’s 21st annual Mock Convention. O’Malley’s talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Will W. Orr Auditorium.

While the theme of O’Malley’s lecture is not publicly known,

Mock Convention 2019 Keynote Speaker Martin O’MalleyCredit: Westminster College press release

his background provides him with ample authority on various political topics that can be discussed. Most recently, he made headlines during the democratic race for the 2016 presidential election. The Washington, D.C. native made it as one of the final three democratic candidates that year, alongside Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

Throughout O’Malley’s campaign, he focused on a theme of inclusion and followed a “new leadership” motto, which showcased his youth compared to Clinton and Sanders. If elected, he promised “comprehensive immigration reform, to reign in Wall Street, tackle climate change, allow for union organization and increasing the minimum wage,” according to NBC News. O’Malley

announced the suspension of his campaign and exited the presidential race in February of 2016 after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses. He went on to endorse Clinton as the democratic presidential candidate.

Although O’Malley does not currently hold any major political roles, he continues to advocate for his visions and beliefs surrounding relevant policies. Such areas include health care, trade policy, criminal justice reform, social security and debt-free college. O’Malley also works to achieve his “15 Goals to Rebuild the American Dream,” according to his personal website. His top three goals are to increase American families’ median net worth by $25,000 in ten years, generate 100% of American electricity with renewable energy by 2050 and cut the unemployment rate among young people in half within three years.

Prior to O’Malley’s presidential campaign in 2015-2016, he first served as Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. Though he originally began the race as an underdog candidate, his campaign promises to reduce crime, improve schools and rebuild broken communities propelled him to the lead, according to his personal website.

In 2007, O’Malley became the 61st Governor of Maryland. During his time as governor, he made same-sex marriage legal in Maryland and made immigrant dreamers eligible for in-state college tuition, WCN247 reported. Before leaving office in 2015, O’Malley led Maryland to make investments in public safety, college education, affordable healthcare and economic growth.

O’Malley now lives in Baltimore with his wife and four children.

Past keynote speakers at Westminster’s Mock Convention include Joe Biden, 2020 presidential hopeful and former vice president during the Barack Obama administration; Karl Rove, political consultant and former deputy chief of staff during the George W. Bush presidency; and Paul Begala, political commentator and former presidential adviser to Bill Clinton.

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Rock the ChapelCharlotte E. ShunkA&E/Features Section Editor

Over break, many people took time to travel. People traveled all over Europe, with the majority ending up in Italy, while a few went back to the States. After all my previous adventures and a last minute family tragedy, the decision was made to stay on campus for break. That did not mean an exciting adventure was foregone. Stephen Barr and I discovered a website known as Obby that listed dozens of arts and crafts classes in the London area. These ranged from sewing, food, photography, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, carving and so much more. The two of us managed to narrow it down to a silver ring making class and a wood engraving class.

Kas and Ros was one of the most interesting jewelry stores I have ever had the pleasure to enter. The jewelry was housed in abstract glass cases lined at the bottom with black velvet. The jewelry itself was made up of equally abstract shapes or anatomically correct skulls or things reminiscent of fangs. It was like nothing I had ever seen.

After looking at the jewelry, we were ushered into a back room which was far more cozy. It looked like a patio with baby blue terrace beams holding aloft a full ceiling skylight. The brick walls were dotted with Banksy paintings that were slightly obscured by a number of hanging and floor plants. At the table there were eight chairs, one for each of us. There were also eight stations: each held a blow torch, some fire brick, solder (alloy used to join metal), flux (a liquid to prevent oxidation) and water.

We started off by finding our ring size and cutting a silver wire to length then filing the edges smooth. The wire was then bent into a U shape and heated with the torch on the fire brick. The silver U was then placed into water to cool then a mild acid bath to remove any oxidation. Next we had to hammer the silver U around a ring mandrel until the wire ends Copy edited by: Sydney Roach

Reference Drawing vs. Final TattooCredit: Tori Lisbon

Wallace Memorial Chapel overflowed the night of 27 October 2019, the crowd spilling into the rear and side balconies of the room, as Westminster College students and community members gathered to spectate the musical stylings of Bakithi Kumalo and the South African All Star Band.

The performance underscored The South African All Stars’ second visit to Mother Fair. The band, comprised of Bakithi Kumalo, David Bravo, Morris Goldberg, and Rodney Harris, first visited and performed during the Spring of the 2017-2018 school year.

Kumalo, namesake of the group and father to WC senior Didi Kumalo, was born in the Soweto township of Johannesburg, South Africa. He grew up alongside music makers. He performed with touring artists throughout the 1970s and ‘80s, and he was introduced to Paul Simon in 1985, which brought him to America. Kumalo is the bassist and vocalist for The South African All Stars.

Bravo, who is a singer, pianist, and songwriter, was born and raised in Cape Town,

South Africa. He was first trained classically on piano and has since written and collaborated on a number of pieces. He dabbles in multiple genres, spanning from commercial jingles to film scores. Bravo is the keyboardist for The South African All Stars.

Goldberg, raised in South Africa, strives to combine South African music with American Jazz. He has recorded numerous albums and performed alongside Kumalo in their work with Paul Simon. He is trained on the clarinet, flute, pennywhistle, and recorder. Goldberg is the saxophonist for The South African All Stars.

Harris grew up in New York and taught himself to play various instruments by experimenting during his brother’s band rehearsals. Harris has worked alongside a number of famous performers and is the percussionist for The South African All Stars.

The troupe bled from one piece into another, incorporating a multitude of instruments as well as vocal stylings such as rhythmic clicking, breathing, and whistling in addition to traditional lyrical expressions. Goldberg

danced throughout the group’s performance, even while playing two flutelike instruments simultaneously.

Though the group expressed primarily in the form of music rather than verbal storytelling, Bakithi connected with his audience throughout the performance. Preluding one of the pieces, he told those in attendance, “I’ve had a whole village sing with me [on the next piece],” then prompted everyone to become involved in the piece.

The South African All Stars added a performer to their group for part of their performance. Musical storyteller Nonhlanhla Kheswa grew up between Alexandra and Soweto, South Africa. She derived a passion for music from her schoolteachers and later found roles of expression through performances in director Darrell Roodt’s Soul City and Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. Kheswa is a vocalist for The South African All Stars.

WC students got to perform alongside The South African All Stars as well. Wallace Memorial Chapel rang louder than it had all night as WC’s Concert Choir, directed by Dr. Andrew Withington, joined the band members onstage to sing two songs and an encore with the band.

Monday, 28 Oct. 2019, the second day of their visit to WC, The South African All Stars visited six classes. The performed and spoke with students about their experiences in South Africa, especially during years of apartheid, from their different perspectives.

Westminster in London: Arts and Crafts Adventure (Which Includes a Tattoo)Tori LisbonCorrespondent

touched making a complete oval. Flux was then added around the gap, and a piece of solder was placed at the gap. The silver oval was then heated until the solder melted making it seamless. Before shaping the silver oval into a ring, it was placed once again into the mild acid bath. To shape the silver oval, it was pushed up a ring mandrel forcing it into a round shape. The silver was then hammered to create the final result: a hammer tone silver ring. We were given the option of oxidizing (creating a balck patina) the rings. Since I did two, I left one silver and oxidized the other.

The engraving class was honestly not what we expected. We arrived at St. Bride Printing Foundation with hardly a clue about engraving. We knew we would carve a wooden plate which we would then set to print. There were four of us this time: us, a woman and a man. It was everyone's first time, but the man and woman were far more invested. The woman had come all the way from Canada for the course. The man was gifted the course by his wife for his birthday. We went out of pure curiosity.

The wooden blocks we were to carve on were very small, which at the start was disappointing, but soon turned into a blessing. It turns out wood carving is a very arduous task on the hands. We started with a lemonwood practice block and then moved onto the expensive boxwood block. By the end of the seven hour course, all four of us had two printing blocks and a number of black and white paper prints. I made my final print a spruce tree with a backdrop of mountains and a sky full of stars. Stephen did his interpretation of Untitled Goose Game, which our instructor said was the strangest engraving he has seen yet.

Before we left, we each received a certificate noting our completion of the course. We also learned our instructor was in fact a royal engraver and had done a multitude of important engraving work. One of the more recent was burnishing the new Globe Theatre logo from a wood block used to build the theatre.

The final journey into the arts I did by myself. I have been sitting on this for a few months now. When we arrived in August I started looking around at tattoo places. I nearly got one a few months prior in Alaska to commemorate my trip, but decided it would have been too rushed of a decision. I found a place that had many artists I liked called “The Circle London.” I proceeded to stalk their Instagram for a few weeks as I researched anything and everything about tattoos. Over these few weeks I ended up with an idea I liked (a dragon that looked like a vase with flowers coming out of its mouth like flame) but not an artist that matched it.

Eventually, I stumbled across Natalie Petal Gardiner. I saw her art and felt that her style was exactly right. I sent her an email with a sketch of my idea immediately and ended up with an appointment over a month away. I did tell my parents and they were quite hesitant about it, but once they saw the final product, they were extremely happy along with the rest of my family.

Just before the tattoo, I was very nervous. No amount of research can prepare you for how a five-hour long tattoo session actually feels. All of it hurt, but for the most part, it felt like a painful scratch which rarely escalated to a painful pinch. Overall it was not bad, nor has the healing process been bad either. I am over the moon about my tattoo, and am especially happy that she was able to include a symbol from one of my favorite games: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

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Westminster Alum Speaks About His Role With Cleveland BrownsMason Flanigan Sports Section Editor

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Mike Annarella is 2015 Westminster alumni who is now a Communications Coordinator for the Cleveland Browns.

“The biggest duty that comes along with this position is handling the media availability of all of our players and assistant coaches. Anytime someone wants to interview a guy, they reach out to me and I facilitate that for them. I do a lot of our press releases, produce statistical packets for the broadcast teams, as well as different game notes or anything that can make our team shine a little better, “said Annarella about his position. He has also held several other internships and jobs such as with the NHL Stadium Series, Pittsburgh Penguins and the NCAA D1 March Madness tournament.

“Not every player or coach is going to want to do media. Sometimes your team loses, and games just happen. Some guys don’t want to talk to the media right after something like that goes down, so it's my job to get them to that place where they want to speak to the press and deliver a message that helps our organization look the best that it can,” said Annarella about

the hardships of his job.“The biggest thing I did [to prepare myself] was work for Nate

LaRiccia in the Sports Information Department. He really introduced me to what sports public relations was and what goes into it, along with the hours and the little things that you really wouldn’t know before going into the field. That is kind of where I fell in love with it here at Westminster.” Annarella was also a football player for a few years at Westminster. “I think it definitely helps you understand where the guys are coming from. If they are coming from practice, they may be tired and not as willing to do media at that time. Also, it gives you a little bit of a taste on what they go through daily. The other thing is the understanding of the game, the different statistics and what is happening on the field. There are all those little intangible things you might not know if you didn’t play the game.”

Lastly, Annarella stated that although he is a New Castle native, he is 100% a Browns fan now!

Westminster College held a ceremony in the Grover C. Washabaugh Lobby of Memorial Field House to dedicate the expanded and renovated Titan Football Locker Room.

The expanded and renovated locker room, designed to enhance the experiences of Westminster student-athletes, is currently home to the Westminster football team, who had outgrown the previous space, also the men's lacrosse team will use the space during the spring season. The number of lockers grew from 108 to 149 at the completion of the renovation. In addition to more space and lockers, there is a top-notch modern recruiting lounge showcasing the Titan tradition.

"We feel we have the best facilities in small college football, at least in this area," said six sixth-year head coach Scott Benzel. "I am confident to tell you that. When you bring a recruit in - there is a saying that the proof 's in the pudding, well it is – they walk in and see a brand-new locker room, a brand-new field, and a recently upgraded weight room. It speaks again to the great alumni and support we have. All that money [for the locker room] came from donors. Without those donors, we do not grow as a program. It ties hand in hand. They believe in us. They see us winning games on the field and graduating student-athletes. They are supporting us and they want to see us continue to get better."

There were 130 different donors who gave generously, totaling over $750K for the project, led by Gary Brown '71, who was the first to commit

a very substantial amount to begin the project, and Board of Distinguished Visitors member Lee Hite '66 and his wife Janie, who both played a major role in finishing the project as they decided to offer a match for all gifts dollar for dollar until the project was fully funded.

"As the number of players in the program have continued to increase over the past five years, the primary goal for the football locker room project was to expand the space to add more lockers to accommodate those increasing squad sizes," said Director of Athletics Jim Dafler. "As the plans for the additional space developed, it was clear there was also a need for renovation and upgrades to things like lockers, flooring, lighting, and ventilation. It was very gratifying that those upgrades were recognized and addressed by the College administration. Then, with the tremendous generosity of donors to the project, the old locker room has been transformed into a new and modern facility that will serve us well and help our coaches continue to recruit and retain both the number and the quality of student-athletes that are currently in our program."

Along with the dedication, it was publicly announced for the first time the addition of the Dar Huey Heritage Center in Grover Washabaugh Lobby scheduled for next summer. The Dar Huey Heritage Center will capture the rich history of Titan athletics over the decades and showcase our best athletes, coaches, and teams.

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Inside The Dedication For Upgraded Locker RoomMason Flanigan Sports Section Editor

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