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Famous golfer Bobby Jones once said, “Golf is a game that is

played on a five-inch course - the distance between your ears.” Bobby Jones was an

amateur golfer during the early 1900s. He has been one of the most successful amateur golfers in history. He would later co-found one of the biggest tourna-

ments still today known as the Masters. Bobby Jones knew the importance of golf ’s mental game just like the golfers here at Bridgewater College.

While golf courses cover up to about 160 acres, the most important space is in the mind of the golfer. “Day to day, golf is more of a mental game. If you shoot a bad score you go back to the hotel or some-thing. You kind of just forget about it, wake up the next day and it never hap-pened,” sophomore Dylan Burger said. Several Bridgewater golf-ers pointed out that there are both mental and physi-cal parts to golf that most people do not think about. “There are hundreds of things that go into each shot and you have to do that over 70 times a round,” said junior Scott Wakely. Before hitting a shot there are many things to think about before striking through the ball. Bridgewa-ter men’s golfer, Matt Dye described all the things to consider before hitting just a simple putt. “You have to read the

Keep your head in the game

Review of “God of Carnage”

By Emily HigginsMen’s and women’s golf

Local art exhibit by Jim Harris

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In our first issue, Lindsey Barnes wrote an ar-ticle titled “Not enough

space.” The main point is that there are too many students and too many cars for our small campus com-munity. Several students and faculty stated their positions and made suggestions to this problem. I hear in my classes several commuter students com-plain about finding a park-ing spot on a semi-regular basis. Sometimes they are forced to be late to class because they have nowhere to park. I never knew how much of a problem this was until I heard the students talk to one another. I have had my car on campus all three years, but I never had a problem finding a spot. My only problem was how far away I was parked from my dormitory building. That is not as much of a prob-lem as what the commuters deal with. Due to these now known facts, I feel that the commuters should have a special privilege for park-ing on campus. I know that there is already a commuter lot beside the Carter Center, but there needs to be more. The commuters share part

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of that lot with faculty as is. I am not sure how the college can change this, but something should be done. As the freshmen classes get bigger and bigger, fresh-man may also have to leave their cars at home and not have them on campus in order for everyone to have a parking spot. Large uni-versities like James Madison do this for their freshman. It allows the freshmen to explore the campus and surrounding community and get a clean break from home in order to transition to col-lege life. There is so much to do on campus as freshmen; it may be best for the college to explore using this rule further. The college may also need to cut down the amount of students they let in as a way to fix the housing problem. If we only have so many rooms, then we should only let in so many students. While we pride ourselves on being residential, living in a hotel off campus is not a residential situation. Students should be able to live on campus, rather than down the street in a hotel. The class sizes continue to grow so either we build a

new dormitory or let in few-er students. If we let in too many more students, then Bridgewater will become a public university rather than a private college. Part of the reason why we do not have proper parking and housing could be be-cause there are not enough donations to make renova-tions for the school. Pos-sibly, if we had more money, then we could add onto dormitories, acquire more honor houses, or provide another blacktop for parking cars. While our alumni dona-tions do meet the national level, less than a quarter of alumni actually donate back to their alma mater. The college needs to get more at-tention from alumni in order to help advance our small school. The last thing we may want to think about now is change. However, change is necessary for improving. We should all take these factors into consideration and start a conversation. Talk to fellow students and faculty in order to come up with a solution that will help everyone.

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Editorial

By Brooke Thacker

Change the problem to change the solution

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New social studies standards

Early last week the National Council for the Social Studies

released a new set of state standards. They’re calling it the “College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies Standards,” C3 for short. As the name states, the new standards are more like guidelines or framework instead of rigid goals; states are able to pick and choose which content they want to be taught. It’s believed that having these more flexible standards will improve student learning. The new standards, while more lenient than previous ones, still focus on several main goals. C3’s main goal is to prepare students for life, college, and careers. It encourages students to ask questions, and values the integration of arts and humanities into curriculum. It also reinforces the idea of democratic decision making, and it strongly encourages the use and application of English core standards. Dr. Christopher Versen, a professor in the History and Political Science department, is starting his second year at Bridgewater College and he has been teaching for rough-ly 14 years. He believes that the core standards for Social Studies haven’t changed since he’s been in school. According to him, the only

By Katie Matherleething they’ve changed, is the language they use to write them. Versen disagrees with standardized testing in that it seems to take time away from actual teaching in the classroom. In his opinion, the writing and critical think-ing skills of students have only gotten worse over the years, which could be the result of teachers focusing too much on meeting state standards and not enough on actually educating stu-dents. According to Versen, new Social Studies standards will be released in January of 2014 by the National Coun-cil for Social Studies, which he believes could potentially “trump” the standards that were most recently released. Although Versen isn’t a fan of standardized testing, others have argued these new standards are much better than the standards previously in place, calling the old standards “ineffec-tive.” They believe these standards motivate students and ensure that they learn all aspects of democracy and what it means to be a demo-cratic nation. Right now, it’s impossible to know whether these standards will be ef-fective or not, and while we certainly hope they’ll be successful, only time will tell....

By Sam St. John

When students enter a new college or

university, they expect the campus to be a safe environment, with only minor risks to be con-cerned with. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA, along with De-Paul University, Boston College, Virginia Tech, and Florida State Uni-versity participated in National Preparedness Month throughout the month of September. On Sept. 18, a live Twitter chat took place allowing people to ask questions concerning protection from safety risks that are more promi-nent at large universities. Students and faculty from the participating univer-sities were questioned about safety on campus. Bridgewater College’s own Chief Nicholas

Picerno is very familiar with FEMA’s policies. “All Bridgewater Col-lege officers are trained by FEMA,” says Picerno. “The town of Bridgewater is yearly rated as one of the safest communities in the Commonwealth.” Chief Picerno encour-ages all students and faculty to sign up for the Emergency Notifica-tion System and to read the Bridgewater College Emergency Operations Plan. These may both be found on the Bridgewater College website, under the category Campus Police and Safety. The main purpose of the Bridgewater College Operations Plan is “to establish clear guidelines detailing the appropriate response to disaster and crisis situations.” Accord-ing to the Operations Plan, an emergency is defined as “any unplanned

or sudden serious event or condition that cannot be controlled by normal responses or measures.” A full description of the Operations Plan may be found on page seven of the handbook. If an officer’s services are needed, contact the on-duty officer at (540)-828-5609. Emergency Response as well as Com-munication and Op-erations numbers of local responders may be found on page 12 of the Bridge-water College Operations Plan. Keep Bridgewater Col-lege a safe campus and encourage those around you to become more aware of the safety issues on campus and in the surrounding communities. Remember, campus safety will ensure a more enjoy-able place to reside and learn. ...

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Play it safenational preparedness Month

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Getting over itSince the campus

moved in a few weeks ago, there have been

countless victims of the Start-of-the-Semester Plague. This ailment spread around like wildfire, wind-ing its way into the apart-ment shared with five other young women; my roommate and I were both impacted, among one or two others. For a good two weeks, in any given classroom, any hall in any dormitory, traces of the vi-rus could be found. There seemed to always be that one person who sat in class sniffling, coughing, with patches under his/her eyes, and an overall look that suggested something heavy was on their shoulders and had been for several months. The thing is, most people understand and accept that with most sicknesses like a cold, it comes, hangs out for a few days, then it is gone. We forget about it after having a day or two of recovery. However, something I’ve noticed during my round with this “plague,” as I affectionately entitled it, is that people have different ways of ac-cepting their fates. In this scenario, I am solely con-centrating on how people

come to terms with getting sick. The first evening I was heavily suffering from the cold, I came in from a long day and shut myself in my room to eat my dinner. I was annoyed with my body for not fighting off the virus and disgusted by the symp-toms I was showing, which everyone gets. My roommate came back to talk to me and as I grumpily complained about my symptoms, I con-cluded that, “Getting sick is kind of like going through a break up.” Though my roommate laughed at my statement, she said it made perfect sense to her. When someone gets sick, first they feel the pressure and the pain as the body gives its last good attempts to fight off the virus. Then, as the sickness sets in, there’s the sadness and resentment that the resistance was futile. We realize we have fought so hard to keep our health and have come out unsuccessful. The said realization causes feelings of frustration and anger. We know it is not entirely up to our determina-tion and willpower alone as we also rely on the strength of our immune system. When that lets us down, it lets us down. At some point after that, there has to come

Writer’s blockBy Jess Snellings

the acceptance that things are not going to be same as they were for a while. Sometimes we feel alright with this, we have ac-cepted that we are down for the count, but soon enough we will be ready to go again. Unfortunately, there are waves of anger, sadness, lack of control and so on, that roll over us because we are tired of feeling the way we do! We just want to feel better. Finally, we start to feel our heads clear, the ache and pressure on our bodies alleviate, and our nor-mal selves re-composing. Then, we have to take that final step and get over it. Only then will it be a thing of the past. I suppose overall this point could go one of two ways: 1) a break up is more manageable when seen through a broader light or considered like an ailment, or 2) a cold is not something to take too seriously in compari-son to what it could be. Either one indicates that all rough situations come to an end. It is merely a matter of going through the healing process and “getting over it.”...

Every year students and teachers alike come down with any

number of colds, espe-cially in the beginning of the school year. However, you can easily prevent yourself from getting the flu by get-ting your seasonal flu vac-cine. Paige French, the nurse here at Bridgewater College provided the link to the campus bulletin that pro-vides all of the details. In order to prevent your-self from coming down with the flu this fall, come to the main lounge located in the Kline Campus Center adja-cent to the information desk and the main dining hall on Thursday, Oct. 3. Shots will be given from 9-11 a.m. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, the flu “infects the respira-tory tract” such as the nose, lungs, and throat. People who are especially at risk are those with asthma. The faculty, staff, students and their dependents who are involved with Bridgewa-ter College have ready access to these wonderful shots. As stated in the campus bulletin, if you are insured “by Coventry/Southern Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, United Health Care and Medicare insur-ance plans” you will have to fill out a subsequent form titled “Flu Shot Registration Form” that is located on the

Bridgewater website. Also, bring with you a copy of your insurance card and driver’s license in order to get your flu shot for free since these providers have an annual flu shot under their plans. All faculty, staff, students, and dependents who are not under one of the above insurance plans will have to pay $25 for their shot. Re-ceipts will be given in order for you to file for a reim-bursement with your insur-ance provider. The shot that is being administered covers this year’s seasonal strand as well as an H1N1 protection. According to the Campus Bulletin, “It takes approxi-mately two weeks to receive the full benefit of immu-nity from the Flu Vaccine, therefore it is possible to be exposed to the flu virus after receiving the vaccine and still come down with the flu during that initial build up time. It is always important to cover your cough and practice good hand-washing because that is your greatest safeguard against the spread of viral illnesses.” In order to keep your-selves healthy and ready for whatever may come at you this school year, come to the KCC lounge this Thursday and get your annual flu shot. ...

By Lindsey Barnes

“Shots, shots, shots, shots, ...Everybody!”

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The entire month of October is Fire Prevention Month,

during which firefighters at the Bridgewater and Rock-ingham County Fire Depart-ment will be teaching kids about fire safety. There will be an open house at Bridgewater’s Fire Department on Oct. 12. Kids will learn the term E.D.I.T.H (Exit Drills In The Home), hot spots in the home, and things to stay away from. Firefighters like Mike Peake, lieutenant at the Bridgewater fire house, will dress up in full gear to show kids what to expect when they enter their home and not to be scared. The kids will also be able to look around and climb up into the fire trucks. Lieutenant Peake also gave some helpful tips about fire prevention in a dorm room/

By Jessica Reynolds

Don’t play with fire

apartment setting. He said one of the main causes of fire is not reading instruc-tions. “Make sure, if it says put a certain amount of water in the mac-n-cheese before heating it up, you put the certain amount of water in the mac-n-cheese,” chuckled Peake. Too many times they have been called to Bridgewater because of burnt food. He also said to stay away from using extensions cords. If you have a bunch of things that need to be plugged in use a surge protector. Always make sure you are unplugging items such as curling irons and straighten-ers, and do not use candles in your room. By following these simple and easy tips, you can pre-vent causing a fire. ...

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Fire prevention week

For Bridgewater senior Rachael Sloan, there was nowhere better to

spend a summer than on a missions internship practic-ing a Cyrillic alphabet, tast-ing sugared macaroni and cheese, and becoming part of a community in Bulgaria. Through Mission to the World, a Presbyterian agen-cy, Sloan spent two months in Bulgaria working with full-time missionaries. As this was Sloan’s second trip, she was more prepared to understand to the language and the culture, but as she will readily admit, “You have to expect the unexpected.” Sloan has wanted to be a teacher and a mission-ary since she was a child, but she was first drawn to Bulgaria after a missionary couple from there came to raise support at her church. When she learned that the wife was a retired kinder-

garten teacher living near a church-supported kinder-garten school in Bulgaria, Sloan’s dreams started to transform into plans. Lo-gistics and financial support alike fell into place, and a few years later she boarded a plane for the first time and set out to see what God had in store for her in Bulgaria. She and her fellow interns helped run an English club and learned to navigate a culture where grocery shop-ping is a language-barrier adventure and being able to order food off the menus is a triumph. Sloan made dear friends, learned some of the Bulgarian language, and earned her own nick-name – “slon-che,” or “little elephant” - because her last name sounds like “slon,” the word for elephant. Occasionally people would ask her, “Why are you here?” “I feel like God

has sent me to be here, and part of that is to share my faith,” Sloan would reply, eager to tell her newfound friends about Jesus. Being in a new culture, she learned a lot about herself, and now that she’s back in the United States she feels like she left a piece of herself behind. She hopes to return, either for a few weeks this summer or for two years after paying off school debts and rais-ing support. Either way, she wants to go back. “It’s part of my heart, and I feel like I have family in Europe,” said Sloan. Bulgaria is never far from Sloan’s mind as students can see her wearing around her neck a little elephant pendant – “slon-che” – a reminder of her friends overseas. ...

By Brennan Gash

Bridgewater student goes to BulgariaRachel sloan takes part of Mission to the world

By Cyndi Wibe

Upcoming Eagle Productions eventsReturn of Chris Jones and Miss bC

Where’s the fun? Friday, Oct. 4 it will be in the

Main Dining Hall at 9 p.m. with Chris Jones. He is a hypnotist that travels from school to school hypnotiz-ing people. Two years ago, students became entranced when hypnotist Chris Jones came

to Bridgewater College. He asked for volunteers to be hypnotized. Students se-lected from the crowd came to the stage and became the entertainment of the night. Chris Jones asked the students to perform many different tasks. The students did as he asked without second-guessing

themselves. They came out of their trance at the end of the show. As soon as they walked off the stage, they remembered what they had done when they were hypnotized. The upcoming entertainment does not end with this event. As Homecoming 2013 ap-proaches, students become

excited. Eagles Productions kicks off Homecoming each year with the Miss Bridgewa-ter competition. This night comes packed with talent, spirit and smiles all around. The event will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. in Cole Hall. Students who attend receive a convocation credit, but do not let this be

the only reason to come out. Come enjoy amazing talents by some amazing BC girls. Be on the lookout for more upcoming campus events such as Mr. BC and other Homecoming events....

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green. Is there elevation to the green? You can go into which way is the grass laying. Is it laying towards you? If it’s laying towards you, the sun is behind you. You are going to have to hit it harder because you are putting into the grass. If it’s laying away from you, it’s going to be a faster putt so you have to take into account things like that. Is it downhill, uphill, breaking left, breaking right? Things like that,” said Dye. The women of the sport agree that golf is very much a mental game. “You really have to be mentally prepared in case you hit a bad shot. How are you going to recover from that? Or if you are playing with someone you don’t re-ally get along with, how are you going to deal with talk-ing to them or not talking to them?” said Andrea Walker. Golf requires much practice of skills but if your mind is not in it, you will have trouble. “You can work on your swing so many times but when you are in a tourna-ment and your head is not in the game you won’t get the swing down. You will just completely mess up,” fresh-men, Danielle Cook said. There are many decisions that go into each shot and the golfers repeat those shots over 18 holes a day over several days of compe-tition. If the plan for one of those shots does not work, it is very easy to get upset and frustrated. However, a golfer cannot let a few mistakes

affect the whole game. With all that thinking, one can see why it is hard to stay focused. Each golfer has their own way to stay focused whether through a pre-shot routine, what they think about in between holes, or what they think about in between days of the tournament. “I have a pre-shot routine so I have something that gets me thinking about the golf swing before I hit the shot. I’ll take a relaxer while I’m walking in between shots … but when I get to my next shot I go back to thinking about golf and what I need to do for that next shot,” Dye said. Thinking about other things helps with concentra-tion. “In between shot I try to think of things that don’t stress me out. [I take a] couple deep breaths and try to picture what I would like to happen,” said Wakely. Sometimes thinking about nothing is the trick. “After I do my pre-shot, I kind of zone out and don’t think about anything. I’m like ‘Its time to hit this shot’ and I’m not really thinking about anything when I step up to the golf ball to hit it,” Walker said. Thinking positively helps with focusing on the sport. “I have to feel comfort-able and confident with my swing and then I just remind myself throughout the day to just trust myself and I can’t get too down on myself when I mess up one

shot. [I] just [have to] keep my head in the game,” Cook said. This year, Bridgewa-ter golfers, both men and women, have conquered the mental game so far. In the Tom Kinder Me-morial Tournament, that took place in Harrisonburg, the men’s team finished second on the leader board, with Dye taking the top

individual spot. At the end of the Hampden-Sydney Invitational, the team was in third place. The women completed the first tournament of the sea-son in Knoxville, Tenn. with a second place finish. They continued with a strong showing at the Hollins/ODAC Preview. “It’s kind of hard to fol-low us because we are not

really on campus playing but we are one of the better teams here. But the little support we have is much ap-preciated because not many people realize we even have a golf team,” Wakely said. With that said, the teams are still prevalent. They have been successful so far but they still need support as much as possible....

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In the words of the director, James, “it is a visceral experience.”

“God of Carnage,” done by the Pinion Players, ran last week from Thursday, Sept. 26 to Sunday the 29. Originally written by Yasmina Reza in French, this play was a translated to English and performed on Broadway in 2009.

The play opens with two couples, Alan and Annette Raleigh, and Michael and Veronica Novak, who are trying to discuss a dispute between their sons which results in injury to Henry Novak. It quickly turns

from a slightly awkward situation to complete and utter chaos. James Custer, who both directed the play and designed the stage, said, “the struggles within the play can be applied to us all when we interact with our fellow humans.” This is an interesting concept since the play truly delves into who we really are and who society wants us to be. The play was well performed and thoroughly entertaining. For all of you who missed out on the performance, I can say that it mixed toys, vomit,

and a congenial group of actors that you couldn’t help but laugh at. The whole cast which consist-ed of Joe Kaiser (Alan), Laine Mills (Annette), Kai Sutherland (Michael), and Dominee McNerney (Veronica) consistently captured the audience’s at-tention and held it as they screamed, puked, drank, and even kicked props off the stage at the front row audience one night. Needless to say this play was worth the 90 min-utes or so of time that it took to watch, and hav-ing watched it a couple times, it changed each

By Mia Eichenberger

“God of Carnage,” an intuitive experience

night to create a whole new experience each time. It was amazing to find out that they had only three weeks to put on this play, which for all you readers who aren’t familiar with the inner workings of how long it usually takes, it commonly would be about five or six weeks. If this is the beginning of what is to be expected for the rest of the year, then I implore you to go to the next play which is to be Shakespeare’s “The Win-ter’s Tale.”

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Bridgewater College students put on a rendition of “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza. Junior James E. Custer directed this play about two couples who come together over an altercation between their sons.

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8 Commununity in Action

Community in Action is a partnership between The Community Foundation, United Way and Veritas.

The Collins Center would like to invite you to join them for their annual Disco Gala & Auction to raise support for children and adults affected by sex-ual violence. There will be dinner, drinks, silent and live auctions and disco dancing! The event will be held from Oct. 5 to Oct. 6 from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.

This week’s events and opportunities

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Located just south of Harrisonburg in the heart of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the Green Valley Book Fair is a discount book outlet store featuring over 500,000 new books at incredible bargain prices up to 90% off. The next book fair is Oct. 5 through 20. Go to http://www.gvbookfair.com/ for the scheduled times that the book fair will be open.

The Rotary Club will be hosting the Rotary Food Drive to benefit local pantries in the Harrisonburg and Rock-ingham area. It will be held on Friday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Most needed items include canned fruits, vegetables, and meats, as well as pasta and sauce. Drop off places include: Bridgewater Grocery, Wal-Mart’s on Rt. 42 and Burgess Rd, Friendly City Co-op, Kroger and Red Front.

Thirty miles off of Bridgewater College’s campus on a curvy

country back road is a place called Camp Still Meadows, a non-profit organization that provides a thera-peutic and creative envi-ronment for those with disabilities or who have experienced emotional and physical trauma. Surrounded by na-ture and caregivers, the people who come here have a chance to heal and experience a normal life again. The camp has three part-time employ-ees, one full-time em-ployee, and a countless number of volunteers. The only full-time em-ployee, Katie Chittum who is a recent Bridge-water College graduate, is the Interim Execu-tive Director. After a horrific bus accident in elementary school, Chit-tum came to this camp herself seeking refuge and happiness. “This camp helped me recover from an injury so I would like to give back,” Chittum said. “When [peo-ple] come here, this is their place to unwind and relax and be able to take in nature. There are no limitations.” After the camp’s founder Jan Maasch passed away last December, the caregiv-ers have pushed forward to make sure her dream lives on. “We’re learning how much she did that she didn’t lead

Story and picture by Katie LaBranche

Relax and take in natureCamp still Meadows

on to,” Chittum said. “We’re all pulling chunks of our brain together to make one camp brain.” The camp provides a variety of activities that

are geared toward mak-ing the lives of those who have been disabled a little bit easier. From an abun-dance of animals, to a wheel chair-accessible tree house and teepee, to therapeutic horse-back riding, Camp Still Meadows works hard to make sure all the needs of their campers are met. “We even have healing gardens that have raised beds so they don’t have to bend down onto the ground to pick vegetables or

pull weeds,” Chittum said. “They can do that without a level of difficulty at all. It kind of levels the playing field.” Open from the beginning

of April to the end of October, the camp holds sessions all summer and hosts Friday night events twice a month. “We have [an event] called ‘Music Under the Stars’ where anyone from the community is invited to come out. Sometimes we have live bands and sometimes people bring music that they want to play. We dance and have snacks and hang out outside on the picnic pavilion,” Chittum said. “There’s also ‘Faith and Light worship services’ where a group from Pleasant View comes out and does a worship service with the campers and participants who come from the community.” While it may seem like

a fun place for everyone, Camp Still Meadows has a special place in its heart for those who just want a sense of normality in their other-wise difficult lives. “We’re limited to serv-ing only the special needs community. Anyone with a disability is invited to come out and enjoy this camp,” Chittum said....

Our Community Place invites you to a Night Out! You can get a deli-cious meal AND support the community all at the same time. The Second Saturday Night Out will be on Saturday, Oct. 12. To reserve a spot go to the OCP website or call 540-442-7727.

The Blue Ridge Legal Services Inc. is looking for vol-unteers to fulfill duties such as data entry, filing, an-swering phones, assisting walk-in clients, and assisting with special events. Volunteers usually commit to 4/5 hours of service per week. To find out more about this opportunity and other volunteer opportunities and fun-draising events, visit http://getconnected.uwhr.org/.

Katie Chittum, a recent Bridgewater College graduate, is the Interim Executive Director of Camp Still Meadows.

9 Arts & Style

Looking for something to do with the family and friends or need

a date idea? The season of corn mazes has begun, especially for the Showalter Farm. Showalter Farm is located along North River Road in Mount Solon, Va. and they have a corn maze opened for the public to enjoy. This year the theme is Virginia Tech, where from above one can see Virginia Tech symbols such as the VT sign, “Go Hokies,” sports balls and the mascot. The season began Aug. 31 and ends Nov. 1. The hours of the corn maze are as fol-lows: Mondays and Sundays it is closed, Tuesdays are by appointment only, Wednes-days are the youth and church day, Thursdays are from 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Fridays are from 5 p.m.-10 p.m., and Saturdays it is open from 12 p.m.-10 p.m.. Children under the age of four get in for free, youth from the ages of five through 12 are $6 and adults (13+) are $8. The beautifully made corn maze is interactive and life-sized and is set with twists and turns through 10 acres

of land. Interactive activities include races to the check-points that are located in the maze and other entertain-ment. There is a seating area to dine and a playground set for children to play and enjoy themselves. If you’re interested in taking the fam-ily, a group of friends or a date and have any questions, contact the Showalter Farm at 540-290-9740. ...Address: 2124 North River Rd.Mount Solon, Va. 22843

Directions:• Exit 240 off Interstate 81, • 257 West (Dinkle Ave) to 42 South, • go 1/2 mile and turn right on Spring Creek Rd. • Follow the signs to Showalter’s Corn Maze LLC.

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‘Mazing family funBy Rachel Meeks

OCT. 2 - 8 2013

The power of songIn this profoundly

simple photograph, the infamous deaf-

blind author and activist, Helen Keller (1880-1968), “feels” the power of voice for the first time in her life. Keller traveled to Atlanta to sit with the cel-ebrated Italian tenor, En-rico Caruso (1873-1921), who arranged to sing to the prodigal woman in private. He chose one of his more popular pieces, the Lament of Samson from the opera, “Sam-son et Delila.” As Ca-ruso poured through the aria, tears streamed from Keller’s face, and her jaw

gaped with amazement. Once they were finished, Keller was only able to ex-claim, “Though I cannot see your face, I can feel the pathos of your song.” Caruso responded softly, “In your fingers I can feel your soul. In your blue eyes your soul is shining.” Caruso died just five years later. The emotional ses-sion between Caruso and Keller was allegedly filmed, though if such a reel ever existed, it has long been lost. A record-ing of Caruso’s vocals from the session has survived, however, and is

Faces of the PastBy Chris Conte

available on the Veritas website via Youtube. The most meaning-ful moments in your life will be simple, and will sometimes come totally unexpected. I can assure you of that. They will produce vibrant memories that you will carry with you in the safest corners of your heart. Protect them, for there will come a day when you will need to find solace in them. In Ms. Keller’s own words, “the most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt.” ...

Helen Keller “feels” the voice’s power for the first time.

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showalter corn maze in Mount solon

Wanted: A pianist to play two Sundays out of the month at the North River Baptist Church, if you are interested please contact Ricardo Curry at 540-828-3107 between the hours of 12pm and 1am.

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10 Arts & Style OCT. 2 - 8 2013

Jim Harris: local inspiration Story and pictures by Emily Nowak

Jim Harris of Staunton will be October’s fea-tured artist

at Oasis Gallery, located at 103 S. Main St. Mr. Harris will have his artwork on dis-play while he gives a demo on Friday, Oct. 4 at 6:00 p.m and 6:30 p.m. The artwork on display will feature beautiful local scenery and landmarks, with the collec-tion title of “Local Color: Landmarks and Landscapes of the Shenandoah Valley.”Jim Harris is a true local

artist who works out of his home-studio, which is located in Staunton. He gradu-ated from JMU with a Fine Arts degree while majoring in Wa-ter Colors and minor-ing in Oils. He says that he now works “almost entirely in acrylics” and uses a brush-tip Sharpie in some of his paintings. He describes his style of art in three dif-

ferent ways: “Stained-Glass-Canvas,” “Quilted-Canvas” and “Silhouette-Canvas.” His work with the Stained-Glass-Canvas started in the early 2000’s, when he moved into abstract art. This became his stepping-stone to creating works of acrylic that resembled stained glass, which he then came to call Stained-Glass-Canvas. (“Icon of the Valley” is an example of this stained glass artwork that Mr. Harris cre-ates.) He started to experi-ment with his stained glass art when his mother, Mary Harris, who has been an avid quilter for all of her life, suggested that if he put a white stitch mark on the thick, black lines of his art work, he would make his

piece look a lot like a quilt. He now paints some of his artwork using this technique. And he calls these pieces of art “Quilted Canvas” (you can see “Quilted Wise Guy” for an example of this tech-nique). He says his parents have “encouraged” his art all of his life. The final style he men-tioned is “Silhouette Can-vas” in which he paints a dark silhouette on top of his artwork. He says he likes this technique because it creates an “intricate back-ground and a very simple foreground.” He says he can finish a painting in as little as six hours, or they can take him up to three months. He also creates 80 to 100 paintings every year. He donates the

paintings he doesn’t sell to a charity auction. He calls it a “win-win” because he is having a great time do-ing what he loves and other people also get enjoyment out of it. He says his goal is to “get art into people’s homes,” so he will always have a good amount of fairly priced art works in his studio. But depending on the time spent on the piece of art, the price will rise accordingly. He likes to sell his original pieces of art to everyday people so they can have an original piece of local art created by a local artist....

Jim Harris’ “Quilted Wise Guy”

A landscape display by Jim Harris.

art exhibit in staunton

11 Sports

Mountains will always seem like a struggle, the long hours will

seem to make you tired, and the distance being run may seem to drag on forever--for an average person that is. But that is not true for a cross country runner. The amount of work that is put into running cross country is inexpressible, but the Bridgewater men’s cross coun-try team proved hard work and dedication really does pay off. This past weekend all five Bridgewater runners finished in the top 20 with the team finish-ing in third at the Shenandoah Val-ley Invitational. Bridgewater was ecstatic with third place considering their top three runners did not even par-ticipate. Luke Sohl was one runner who sat out. He says the reasoning behind this is because the race was a tempo for the freshmen to gain confidence. “We had certain run-ners pace them through the race, so they could run at a decent time. Basically it went according to plan; it was almost like an extended workout that we ended up doing a lot better in than we excepted, ” Sohl said. Sophomore, Nevin Heck-man came in 13th place

By Audrey Kordek

Hard work pays off

and junior, Tim Miller finished 20th with a time of 22:15.10. With the freshmen learn-

ing the ropes and the first race under their belts, Miller explains this year is going to be one hundred times better for the team. “There was a lot of po-tential last year that didn’t get recognized, and now we have even greater potential. Just the way everyone is working harder and shooting for the goals that are intact, it’s going to be a good im-provement,” said Miller. Heckman and Sohls added “we only lost one runner from the top seven, and we have people coming back from injuries so that’s going to be better this year

as well.” Most people do not realize that cross country is not just running; there are multiple

activities involved that deal with the core of your body, rolling out, or doing pool workouts. If you think that it is an easy sport, it’s not. Miller, Heckman, and Sohl all agree running long distance at a good time does not come naturally. On average they run between 60 to 80 miles a week to practice and are on a very strict diet. “Coach had a talk with us in preseason. We have to make sure we get the right amount of pro-teins, fruits and veggies,” Miller

said. Some food is not encour-aged to eat. “You want to stay away from soda and desserts as much as you can,” Sohl said. According to these ath-letes, if you do all the little things the sport requires, you will succeed. Then when that horn blows and the race begins, you can enjoy all the surrounding sceneries and jam out to the songs that pop up in your head.

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Men’s cross country

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Luke Sohl (front right) runs for the Bridgewater men’s team at a local meet.

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The 2013 Bridgewater Field Hockey team made history on Sept.

20 when they competed in the first-ever field hockey game on the brand new turf field in the Jopson Athletic Complex. Coming out of the game with a three to one win over Wilson College, the team added yet another victory to their record, making it 5-2. Winning the home opener al-lows these 23 female athletes to say they have been a part of history by winning the first field hockey game ever to be played in Jopson Athletic Complex. With a new home field the team is able to play on turf rather than grass like they had in previous seasons. Many op-timistic changes come along with this new pitch ranging from practice times to game play. Head coach, Allyson Ken-yon said she enjoys the turf. The typically faster surface allows her team to play more consistently and helps elevate the team’s play by using dif-ferent skills that are not able to be performed on grass. “You can expect the same thing to happen each time [on the turf],” Sophomore Caro-line Fletcher said. “Playing on turf entails a much cleaner game. Turf makes it easier for a player to play their game. No more worrying about the surface of the field and wondering where it will be inconsistent,” senior defender Kathleen Nuckols said.

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Field hockey on the turfField hockey team

Overall, almost everyone on this team is very pleased about having the opportunity to play on this brand new surface. Heading into the upcoming weeks, the Eagles will engage in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play and hope to continue their success. With graduating only two seniors last year the team is still strong. “Our team has essentially had the starting line-up ready since spring season,” said Captain Caroline Augsburger. “[We were able to] pick up where we left off last year. There was no magic combina-tion coach had to go looking for.” Despite losing just two players last year, the team seems different. “[The team has a ] differ-ent work ethic this season--a completely different one,” said senior Galen Goodman. “[The team is] “very close knit. Not only are these girls teammates of mine, but they are my supporters.” The team is supportive through anything that comes along. “When uncontrollable cir-cumstances occur, our team gets through them together,” Augsburger said. The field hockey team is off to a very strong start this season. Best of luck to them as they finish out their historic season at the Jopson Athletic Complex. ...

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Alli Shaffer, a team playerOCT. 2 - 8 2013

Coming on to cam-pus as a freshman is intimidating

for any one. However, not everyone is facing a physically challenging pre-season soccer camp. “[I was worried about camp] mainly because I didn’t know anyone on the team, [but also] for the physical aspect, be-cause the older girls had talked about how hard it was,” said freshman, Alli Shaffer. Having preseason camp with her team-mates did help her adjust to the new college expe-rience. “Being on a team has helped so much because you come in knowing a group of people and you don’t have that sense of insecurity of who you’re going to be friends with,” Shaffer said. Even though, the tran-sition from high school to college was made easier, there are some dif-ferences. Most high schools around the Bridgewater area have a spring season, but being from Maryland, Alli’s high school team played in the fall, just like Bridgewater. However, While the difference in seasons was not the big-gest change.

“Practices are definitely more intense,” said Shaf-

fer. Shaffer was used to being the most physical player on the field, but coming to Bridgewater she’s had to step her game up and work harder than before. Not only in prac-tices but games have been a different experience for her because the pace is faster and its a more

physical game. As the season has be-

gun, Shaffer is keeping her goal of staying positive when it comes to her per-formance on the field. “The girls are so en-couraging and helpful! Everyone always cheers everyone else on and helps to pick each other up when they’re down. We are all very close,” Shaffer said.

Wearing number 11 for the team this year, Shaffer

chose Bridgewater over two other schools that also recruited her. “I chose Bridgewater mainly for athletics, but I also fell in love with the campus once I was here,” said Shaffer. Thus far, she is having a great freshman year. Earning minutes in every game as center forward,

she scored her first col-lege career goal in Bridge-

water’s 2-0 win against Southern Virginia. She describes the moment as “an amazing feeling!” Other favorite memo-ries to date this season are being on the field with “big sister” senior Melanie Waters. Bus rides to games can also be entertaining, espe-cially the time freshman Jenny Connor serenaded the team with “Party in the USA.” Besides sports, Shaffer also focuses on classes at Bridgewater. You can probably catch her around Memorial and Rebecca Hall as she is majoring in Art with a focus in graphic design. This semester her fa-vorite class is Hand Built Ceramics with Professor Hough. Though it’s not much different from her high school experience, she

has had to invest a little more time into her stud-ies. “Handling the workload has been pretty difficult,” she said. Check out Alli and the rest of the Eagles at their next home game on Oct. 9 against conference rival the Shenandoah Hornets. ...

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Alli Shaffer (number 11) prepares to block the opponent’s pass.

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soccer freshman finds confidence in team’s support