over forty inches of snowand ice has left local infra-structure and school systemscrippled as local power andtownship crews struggle tokeep roads safe and schoolsand homes powered.

over forty inches is alreadymore than 2011-2012 and2010-2011 winter snowfalltotals put together.according to the courier

times, tuesday night’s icestorm left roughly 620,000customers without powerthroughout the system in thePhiladelphia area. this in-cludes 143,000 residents inBucks county.tuesday night’s storm is

the second most disruptivestorm in recent history, be-hind super storm hurricanesandy, which caused a recordtotal of 850,000 customers tolose power, according to thecourier times.Peco is not the only one to

feel the pressure of the recentstorms, as many schools arefacing consecutive closuresafter power outages.Power outages have effected

Bucks college directly,which has closed three timesand had one delayed openingsince the beginning of thespring semester (Jan. 22), asof thursday feb. 6.according to professors, in

one department alone there

were more than 30 classescancelled. catherine Mcel-roy, the interim Provost andDean of academic affairstalks about the challengesfaced from all of the stormsthat have hit the Buckscounty area in the past fewweeks. she insists that “con-cern for the safety of our stu-dents, faculty and staff is theprimary consideration in de-termining when the campuswill be closed.”Mcelroy goes on to say:

“students lost classes on Jan.22, feb. 3 and feb. 5, as wellas classes before 11:00 a.m.on feb. 6.” this is a lot ofclass for students to be miss-ing.Making up these classes

will definitely be a concernas well. Mcelroy assures

students that “we have al-ready committed to usingscheduled make-up days:classes lost on Jan. 22 willbe made up on May 14.classes lost on feb. 3 will

be made up on May 15.”she finishes by noting thatwhile this edition of thecenturion is being produced,they are “in the process ofdetermining how we willmake up classes lost on feb.5th and 6th.local school districts have

also faced many closuressince the end of Jan., withpower being the primary rea-sonfor the closures and delayson thursday.the poor weather is treach-

erous for commuting stu-dents, but recent weather has

left many schools withoutpower.Walking into classes on feb.

4 began with the instructorsmaking a classic weathercomment, the entire class ex-pressed similar distaste, say-ing things like; “enough isenough.” or “i’m ready forspring.”road conditions have been

so poor that even studentswith ready vehicles arefacing trouble; “i’ve hadtrouble driving in theweather, and my car has 4-wheel drive,” said Kim hoch,23, who is part of continuededucation program, major notspecified.the road conditions have

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Tuesday -Sunny with ahigh of 28degrees.

Wednesday -Flurrieswith a highof 31degrees.

Thursday -Rain andsnow with ahigh of 38.

Friday -Partly cloudywith a high of42 degrees

Saturday -Mostly sunnywith a high of31.

Sunday -Snow with ahigh of 35.

Monday -PartlyCloudy witha high of 35.

Blizzard BluesWith Bucks County getting pelted with record breaking snowfalls, students atBucks are wondering if winter will ever end...By: Charlotte reeseCenturion Staff

Heavy snowfall hits campus, making students have to catch up on copiousamounts of schoolwork and dodge obstacles such as fallen trees.

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but also costly. “i’ve losttwo tires and wheels due topot holes covered by thesnow. [that’s] almost $1,200in damages,” said Matt fel-lenz, 24, an a+ certificationstudent.other than driving, some

students have had no prob-lems with the weather. “the

weather no big deal for me,though i’m getting sick of thecold,” says Kayra fisher, 18,a Psychology major.ali Kuklinsky says, “i want

it to end really badly. i feellike i’m living in antarcticaor alaska.”

some students express dis-satisfaction at the state of theroads and parking lots.“it’s crazy! i’m nervous on

the roads,” says sean gillabout these never-endingsnowstorms.While some students don’t

hold issue with the roads,others have been withoutpower. “i lost power andi’ve been staying at mycousins,” says JamieBrnilovich, 20, an englishmajor.chris Pierre agrees, saying,

“i had to park all the way inlot c because my car’s tireswere slipping too much.”While many students are

concerned with the currentaffairs of their roads andschools, others are worriedabout the effect the consecu-tive closures will have onthem in May.Daniel Bowers said, “May

20 is late enough. Winter

break was too long and nowsummer is going to be short-ened more than it already is.”Many students simply wantthe winter to go away, how-ever,given recent events itdoesn’t seem like winter is inany way on its way out any-time soon.

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Some students attend Buckswith the intention of justbeing able to get by. Theycome to class day in, day out,do the bare minimum fortheir passing grades, and thengo home. Robert Talbot, 28year old secondary educationmajor is not one of these peo-ple.Talbot has taken it uponhimself for the past fewmonths, and for months tocome, to raise money for theWounded Warrior Founda-tion, a non-profit organiza-tion that exists to raisemoney for people whom havebeen injured in the military. Having been injured himselfas a Marine at one point intime, Talbot only wants togive back to society and hisbrethren in the military. Thusfar Talbot has raised just shyof $5,000, and he isn’t keep-ing a single cent of it.Talbot is quite selfless de-spite his rough demeanor,having been in the militaryfor years; “We love Rob!”Exclaims Carol Brandt, oneof the hard-working membersof the Student Life Depart-ment.Claiming that it would be“wrong and selfish”, Talbotrefused the opportunity for asolo picture with all the re-

galia of his fundraiser. Hesimply believed that it wouldbe wrong to not include theother members of the Vet-eran’s Club at Bucks. Talbotassures that they have beeninstrumental in the comple-tion of this fundraiser, and hecares about them more thanthe fundraiser itself. This is surprising and verygenerous, as his fundraiser isone of the top-grossingfundraisers to ever have beenheld at Bucks. Though, ac-cording to the Student Lifedepartment, this informationis difficult to get a hold of.“It’s a great opportunity togive back and work withRob,” says Kyle Hofstaedter,The Client Development Ex-ecutive for the PhiladelphiaFlyers. Robert has beenworking closely with Hofs-taedter, a focused man whohas the well-being of the Fly-ers as his top priority.He continues “I love whathe’s doing with WoundedWarrior, it hits hard at homefor me, because my dad wasinjured in Vietnam.” Heseemed very excited to seehow this fundraiser will de-velop in the future. The Flyers’ season ends inApril, but this isn’t going tostop him. According to Tal-bot, he has the 76’ers “onboard” with his fundraiser,

and he will be opening doorsfor them at Wells Fargo fortheir season as well.On 27 February at 4 p.m.Talbot will be at Xfinity Livein the Wells Fargo Stadium,fundraising at the bar therefor money. He has been auc-tioning off many things, suchas hockey pucks and stickswith signatures on them.

His next addition to the auc-tion will be a jacket signedby the entire Flyers’ team.Aside from that, he will beraising funds at the amateurwrestling meet taking placenext week at the YMCA onLevittown Parkway, whichgives him an opportunity towork with youth as well ascollege students.

In the end, the WoundedWarrior project is benefittinggreatly from Rob’s hardwork. It will be interesting tosee what he does in the fu-ture to help this cause, duringthe summer and later thisyear.

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Flyers jacket signed by veteran player Ian LaPerriere among others. PHOTO CREDIT: ROB TALBOT

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Enrollment frustrationStudents have experiencedunexpected class cancella-tions due to low enrollmentat the beginning of the se-mester.Last semester’s five percentenrollment drop definitelyhad a significant effect on thenumber of classes at Bucksthis year.The semester did not startout on a good note for manystudents. Due to low enroll-ment rates, many were leftwith gaps in their schedulesdue to last minute cancella-tions. “Yes, twice,” says TinaRosso, 19 year old Commu-nication major. Rosso lost aclass at the beginning of thespring semester, and then aclass she replaced it with wassubsequently cancelled. She’s trying to graduate ontime and needs 5 classes thissemester. If she can’t getthem, she’s “out of luck,” asshe says herself. Kelly Armstrong, 19, ma-jors in Journalism at Bucksand was enrolled in the Web-cast and News Productionclass that was cancelled be-fore the start of the term. Shereceived notification of this aweek before the start of thesemester.Kelly was told there would“not be enough people in theclass so we [her class] should

be prepared for having theclass be dropped.” She hap-pens to know the teacher, butshares that if she didn’t she“had a feeling I would nothave had any warning.”Armstrong had seen the can-celation coming becausethere were only three peopleregistered for the class. “Iwas still annoyed, my majordoesn't have many people init, so this occurrence of miss-ing a class because there areso few people in it is prettycommon.” With so many classes can-celed so close to the term’sbeginning, many returningstudents such as Tina andKelly, found themselvesrushing at the last minute try-ing to find replacementclasses that fit into their tightschedules. Unfortunately, many werenot able to replace their can-celled classes for this termbecause they had receivednotice from the college at thelast minute and there werelimited classes available. Last semester Bucks Presi-dent Stephanie Shanblatt waseager to inform Centurion re-porters that the enrollmentdrop would have no effect onthe students:“Everything will carry on…Students won’t see any ef-fect.” Shanblatt assured studentsthat Bucks “planned for it,”

she was correct in saying thattuition would not increase,but many students seem toconsider the dropping ofclasses as a significant effecton their Bucks experience.According to a Bucks offi-cial, in one department alonethere were more than 30classes cancelled due to lowenrollment.Catherine McElroy, InterimProvost and Dean of Aca-demic Affairs added: "Theacademic departments dotheir best to avoid cancelingcourse sections. If enroll-ment is low, the departmentwill consider delaying the be-ginning of class in order tohave time to build up enroll-ment. The class thus transi-tions from a traditional15-week semester class to a

“late-start” class. Late-startclasses were introduced withthe beginning of on-time reg-istration in the Fall 2013 se-mester. Academic Affairsdeveloped this calendar op-tion so classes could begin inWeek Three of the traditionalsemester. Time is added toeach class meeting to ensurethe class meets for the re-quired number of hours andcan still end at the same timeas the traditional semester."Some students actually pre-fer the lower student num-bers, like Andrew Spoghardi,20 year old American Studiesmajor. He said, “low enroll-ment hasn’t affected myclasses other than them beingsmall, which is a plus forme.”Armstrong was fortunate as

she states: “I found a replace-ment class just fine. WithWebAdvisor, it was prettyeasy. I logged on and foundanother class that I neededthat was at the same time asmy cancelled class […] I waspretty lucky.”Armstrong also offeredsome advice for the college:“I suggest a more officialway of notifying students […] even if it is just sending outan e-mail from the depart-ment saying that the classmight be dropped.”In conclusion, students haveto be able to make up theseclasses that have been can-celled in the future withouthaving to delay their degreesor transfers.

Empty parking lots are expected on a Saturday morning, but they would raise concerns if this was a normal day at Bucks.

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State of the UnionIn President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, he said that the federal government is makingslow but sure progress in legislation concerning healthcare, minimum wage, jobs and the war overseas.

President Barack Obama onJan. 28 delivered a State ofthe Union address in whichhe touted progress alreadymade or offered new propos-als on healthcare, jobs cre-ation and the minimumwage. Obama vowed to raise theminimum wage for federalworkers to $10.10, and saidthe government should havea renewed focus to “trainAmericans with the skillsemployers need, and matchthem to good jobs that needto be filled right now.”Healthcare has been a majorpoint of debate for manyAmericans since the enact-ment of Affordable Care Act.Despite glitches at the start,Obama said there has been

ample progress since its en-actment. Obama said that “becauseof the Affordable Care Act,more than 3 million Ameri-cans under age 26 havegained coverage under theirparents' plans. More than 9million Americans havesigned up for private healthinsurance or Medicaid cov-erage.”Obama also lauded the factthat the legislation preventsinsurers from denying cover-age to citizens; “Because ofthis law, no American, none,zero, can ever again bedropped or denied coveragefor a pre-existing conditionlike asthma or back pain orcancer. No woman can everbe charged more just be-cause she's a woman. Andwe did all this while addingContinued on page 5

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For Obama, he’s seeing the glass as half-full when it comes to legislation in 2014.

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years to Medicare's finances,keeping Medicare premiumsflat and lowering prescrip-tion costs for millions ofseniors.”While Obama can use anexecutive order to raise theminimum wage for federalworkers, he called on Con-gress to raise the minimumwage nationwide. It’s notclear whether Republicans inCongress will agree, how-ever.Students at Bucks agree forthe need to raise the mini-mum wage. Student ZaryabBangash, believes “the mini-mum wage should be $10per hour so the standard ofliving is acceptable. So thatpeople who can’t obtain ahigher paying job can makea living off of the moneythey make with the job theycurrently have.”The wage hike would af-fect an estimated 30 mil-lion citizens toiling atminimum wage jobs. Econ-omists, using inflation fig-ures from the past 40 yearssince the wage was en-acted, suggest raising theminimum wage to $10.59

per hour.Other than increasingwages, Obama made a pushfor quicker and more effi-cient job training to getpeople back to work.“That means more on-the-job training, and more ap-prenticeships that set ayoung worker on an up-ward trajectory for life,”Obama said. “It meansconnecting companies tocommunity colleges thatcan help design training tofill their specific needs.And if Congress wants tohelp, you can concentratefunding on proven pro-grams that connect moreready-to-work Americanswith ready-to-be-filledjobs.”Obama also trumpeted thefact that the U.S. has endedits military involvement inIraq, and is gradually with-drawing from Afghanistan,slowly bringing an end to“the longest war in U.S.history.” “Tonight, because of theextraordinary troops andcivilians who risk and laydown their lives to keep usfree, the United States is

more secure,” Obama said.“When I took office, nearly180,000 Americans wereserving in Iraq andAfghanistan.Today, all our troops areout of Iraq. More than

60,000 of our troops havealready come home fromAfghanistan. With Afghanforces now in the lead fortheir own security, ourtroops have moved to asupport role,” he added.

In closing, despite havingsimilar goals to the start ofhis presidency, Obama isprogressing slowly butsurely.

Many critics have the problem of viewing Obama in black and white, like this photograph.

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One needs only to interactwith John Dacpano for a fewminutes to realize he is no or-dinary man. Born in the Philippines, Dac-pano moved to America atthe age of eleven- and it wasin America where his eyeswere opened to a whole newworld, the world of drag per-formance. “When I’m in drag, I like tomake people happy; ifthey’re having a bad day Ihope to make them have abetter one” John says, whileapplying an OCC lip tar. The winner of BucksCounty Community Col-lege’s 2014 War of the Wigs,the 19-year-old BusinessMarketing student explainsthat his hobby began in the11th grade, when he decidedto experiment with makeup. He’d observe his aunt’smake-up routine and end-lessly watch YouTube tutorialon blending and contour. He said that when he en-tered the competition it was

simply for fun. “Because thecompetition was so strongthis year, I never would haveguessed the judges would’vepicked me for first place.” Additionally, it was thedebut of his character, Jas-mine Harlow and the firstyear Dacpano wasable to fully dressin drag for all theworld to see, so itcame as a surprisehow humble hewas during the in-terview when dis-cussing his win. A drag queen is(generally) a manimpersonating awoman, or severalwomen, for thepurpose of enter-tainment or per-formance. Theycan range fromthose who do it asa job to those whodo it as a form ofartistic expression,or even as a sim-ple hobby. Although there

may be a lot of stigmaagainst drag performance,what Dacpano is doing isn’tas taboo as some may think:Cross-dressing for perform-ance is an ancient art; in clas-sic Shakespeareanperformances as well as in

ancient Chinese theater, menwould often play the parts ofwomen because havingwomen appear on stage was acultural taboo. He believes “Drag is a liv-ing art, and no one can evertell you your art isn’t authen-

tic” . Much ofDacpano’sdrag inspi-ration orig-inates fromVictoriaBeckham’sfashionsense; herLouis Vuit-ton shoesand well-fitteddresses. Going bythe stagename Jas-mine Har-low,Dacpanodescribesthe charac-ter’s de-meanor as

a very well-put-together girlwith a certain level ofpromiscuity and luxury.“Drag is an armor. When Idon’t feel comfortable withmyself I put on this differentpersona,” John says. When asked what type ofdrag queen he was, Johnreplied “I’m a comedy queen,but it just happens to be thatI’m glamorous."On the topic of advice formen who wish to become fu-ture drag queens, Dacpanobelieves that "everyoneshould have the opportunityto live in a fantasy; you canhave a so-called 'doublelife'." To others, dealing with neg-ative comments can be astruggle, but Dacpano disre-gards the negativity. “Peoplewill always have somethingto say, whether it be good orbad. It’s never what they callyou, but what you answerto.” He adds, “Learn not tocare about what others think,just do you.” And “just doing him” iswhat he continues to do.

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she’s the man!Winner of Bucks County Community College’s “War of the Wigs” 2014 Drag Competition, John Dacpano,also known by his stage name Jasmine Harlow, talks about his experiences with the art of drag performance.By: Jahmeelah Wilson Centurion Staff

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Disney’s “Frozen” released in the-atres November 27, 2013. “Frozen”was directed and written by ChrisBuck and Jennifer Lee and pro-duced by Peter Del Vecho. The franchise has since gainedwidespread popularity, even be-fore its release in theatres. But was this movie really worthall this pre-release hype? The soundtrack felt a bit under-whelming. There were one ortwo golden music numbers to beheard throughout the movie.Christophe Beck wrote themusic for the movie, and therewas a distinctive change from itspredecessors. As it turns out, themusic was written to soundmore like a musical than youraverage Disney track. A lot ofthe songs that made it into themovie were very forgettable andmay have been better used asambience. Lyrics didn’t exactlyhelp keep it in memory.The main protagonist Anna,(voiced by Kristen Bell) haslived without friends or real so-cialization for a large portion of herlife. By the time she was of age, shewas completely naïve to things likelove and marriage. She was pluckyand upbeat; so eager to get out of thecastle and meet new people. That’s not a very big groundbreak-ing change to the typical Disneyprincess lineup. The concept of

“naïve royalty” gets a bit stale after53 movies, though at the same timeit’s clear why they had her personal-ity the way it was. Going into detailwould spoil a very big plot twist atthe end.

Romance in this story is a side dish.It’s not the foundation that the wholeplot revolves around. This is where change can be verygood. The main plot in this movie isAnna’s journey to find her sister.She travels with a few odd compan-ions.It feels like baby steps, but it’s still

very welcome to see some new con-cepts and ideas come out of Disney. Elsa’s character was new as well(voiced by Idina Menzel). In accor-dance with traditional concepts, aDisney princess is supposed to besocial, cheerful, daring andcourageous. Elsa falls undernone of the categories. She’swithdrawn and cautious. Sheavoids getting too close to peopleand refuses any physical contact.In this way, she’s very relatablefor people who could never re-late to previous princesses. It’s acharacter archetype Disney’snever really touched on before.She was originally going to bethe antagonist, but a lot of con-sideration went into this movie.At the end of all their carefulplanning, they decided to go withone very wise decision and makeElsa the secondary character. Animation-wise, “Frozen” isprobably one of the most visuallystunning movies of it’s kind. Asthe animators were working witha lot of snow and ice based set-tings and designs, it was fairlyobvious that this was going tohave to look very specific.

Most anticipators could probablypredict that it would look beautifulbut none of them had any idea howbeautiful that really was. The anima-tion team did an excellent job keep-ing the ice magic theme very muchalive throughout the film. All in all, it’s a movie that breaksthe mold of typical Disneyprincesses, and it does so beautifully.

For many gamers, there is easymode, nomal mode and hard mode.Then, just above hard mode, whenone think’s it can’t get any worse,there is the fabled “Nintendo Hard”.“Nintendo Hard” is the difficultythat a game holds if it seems nearlyunbeatable by simply picking thegame up and trying it out. Gamesthat fall into this category are oftenthose of an older status, games fromthe Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) era, and even before. Games from the NES earned the“Nintendo Hard” title, and made agenre to be used for gaming genera-tions to come.“We are Nintendo. We challengeall players. You cannot beat us.”Says an Australian Nintendo adfrom the 1980’s.Every game generation has gameswhich could be classified as being“Nintendo Hard.” The first gamesto fit this description and some ofthe most recognizable are gamessuch as “Ghosts and Goblins” andthe always popular “Teenage Mu-tant Ninja Turtles.” Anyone who re-members playing these games as achild or adult can attest to their in-credible difficulty.However, “Nintendo Hard” gameswere not hard for the sake of beinghard. These games often includedinflated difficulty in order increasethe length of the games, whichwould be considered very short bytoday’s standards. Games that couldbe finished in an hour suddenly tookhours upon hours, and even days ifthe player was dedicated enough.

Games of the “Nintendo Hard” va-riety hold a special place in myheart, these are the games that Igrew up playing, and though avaliant effort was given, none wereever fully completed. Games such as “The Lion King,”and “Aladdin” on the Sega Genesiswere the games that defined mychildhood. Despite the fact thatthese games were based on lovableDisney movies, they were no pieceof cake. Veterans of “The LionKing” will most likely rememberthe devilish giraffes and roaring atmonkeys. These are the gameswhich helped to define an entiregeneration of gamers, includingmyself.Just because capacity has in-creased in the memory of videogames, they have not all gotten eas-ier. Examples include games fromFrom Software’s “Demon’s Souls”and “Dark Souls.”These games are certainly not easy.They give the player an undeniablesense of accomplishment whenprogress is created and saved. Thisis something that I can personallysay I have experienced, throughgames in the vein of Aladdin, andmore infamously, “Battletoads.”Games of the “Nintendo Hard” cal-iber are still being made today, evenif they do not appear much on Nin-tendo consoles anymore, ironically.“Nintendo Hard” is a term whichhas been around as long as Nin-tendo itself has, and holds a specialplace in not only my heart, buthearts of gamers around the world.

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The Nintendo-Hard SagaBY: ERICH MARTINCenturion Staff

Stunning animation is highpoint of Disney’s “Frozen”BY: KELSEI TOTHCenturion Staff

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THE WEEK IN TV/MOVIES/MUSIC/BOOKS

Tuesday 2/11NCIS - CBS - 8:00Olympics 2014- NBC - 9:00Criminal Minds - ION - 10:00

Wednesday 2/12American Idol - FOX - 8:00Law & Order - MNT - 9:00CSI - CBS - 10:00

Thursday 2/13American Idol - FOX - 8:00Law & Order - MNT - 9:00Kitchen Nightmare - BBC - 10:00

Friday 2/14Bones - FOX - 8:00Hawaii Five-0 - CBS - 9:00The First 48 - A&E - 10:00

Sunday 2/15Once Upon A Time - ABC - 8:00Family Guy - FOX - 9:00Betrayal - ABC - 10:00

Monday 2/16The Voice- NBC - 8:00Mike & Molly - CBS - 9:00Hostages - CBS - 10:00

BOOKS

TV MOVIES MUSIC

Winter’s Tale (PG-13)Set in a mythic New York City and spanning morethan a century, Winter's Tale is a story of miracles,crossed destinies, and the age-old battle betweengood and evil.

Directed by: Akiva GoldsmanStarring: Russell Crowe, Jessica BrownFindlay, Will Smith, Colin Farrell,WilliamHurt, Jennifer Connelly Release Date: 14 February

Broken BellsNew Album “After the Disco”4 February

Mark McGuireNew Album “Along the Way”4 February

Katy BNew Album “Little Red”3 February

“My Age of Anxiety”Written By: Scott StosselAs recently as thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not existas a diagnostic category. Today, it is the most commonform of officially classified mental illness. Scott Stosselgracefully guides us across the terrain of an afflictionthat is pervasive yet too often misunderstood.

Release Date: 7 January

“Ignite Me”Written by: Tahereh MafiWith Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know ifthe rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But thatwon’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestab-lishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner,the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one personshe never thought she could trust. The same personwho saved her life. He promises to help Juliette masterher powers and save their dying world.

Release Date: 4 February

“Still Blue”Written by: James PattersonThe earth-shattering conclusion to Veronica Rossi's epicUnder the Never Sky trilogy, and sequel to the New YorkTimes and USA Today bestselling Through the EverNight.Their love and their leadership have been tested.Now it's time for Perry and Aria to unite the Dwellersand the Outsiders in one last desperate attempt to bringbalance to their world.

Release Date: 28 January

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it was mainstream music’sbiggest night of the year twosundays ago: the 56th annualGrammy awards ceremonyaired on CBs, a live simulcastof the event held at the staplesCenter in Los angeles, Califor-nia.

the ceremony was hosted bylegendary hip-hop artist andtV personality LL Cool J. ac-cording to nielsen ratings,there were a recorded 28.5 mil-lion viewers. top musicalartists from past and presentshowcased their talents as theyperformed and won awards.

however, many students atBucks were colored unim-pressed. 20 year-old englishmajor rachel hynes said she“slept through the first 30 min-utes of the show”, and then she“didn’t watch the rest”.hynes describes music thesedays as “demeaning.”

another student, sarahmollen, age 19, explained herdislike for the Grammys. sheclaims the show is “more of apopularity contest, and theydon’t really show the realartists.” apparently, disliking the

Grammys is nothing new;maynard James keenan, leadsinger of the band tool said inan interview onwww.nyrock.com in 2002:“[the Grammys are] nothingmore than some gigantic pro-motional machine for the

music industry; they cater to alow intellect and they feed themasses; it’s the music businesscelebrating itself.”

hip-hop artist Jay-Z won nineawards, giving him this year’shighest number of nomina-tions. other artists who trailerhim in awards include Justintimberlake, Pharrell Williams,and macklemore / ryan Lewis.many people were upset thatpopular up-and-coming rapperkendrick Lamar didn’t win asingle award.

however, this year’s bigwinner was daft Punk, whotook home 5 awards, includingalbum of the Year for their re-lease “random access memo-ries”, and another award fortheir big hit song “Get Lucky.”

macklemore & ryan Lewiswon four awards, includingBest new artist. his perform-ance of “same Love” withmary Lambert was considered

to be one of the most emo-tional performances of thenight, as they were joined by33 same and opposite sex cou-ples. towards the end of the per-

formance, madonna joined theperformers as they sang a ren-dition of her song “open Yourheart”.

there was a lot of contro-versy surrounding the Gram-mys though, people thinkkendrick Lamar was robbed ofmany awards, including Bestrap album. in a text sent toLamar himself, macklemoreexplained, “i’m sorry man, irobbed you, you should’vewon.” even some of the win-ners themselves believe in theirrelevance of the Grammyawards.another highlight of the show

was the performance by Bey-oncé and Jay-Z, as they openedthe show with her hit song

“drunk in Love”. the risquéperformance drew controversyas critics, especially parents,complained about it being tooprovocative and inappropriate.there were Grammy Lifetime

achievement awards handedout as well. most notable ofthe recipients was the band“the Beatles”, whose surviv-ing members ringo star andsir Paul mcCartney. music-Cares Person of the Year recip-ient Carole king performed“Beautiful” along with five-time Grammy nominee saraBareilles, followed byBarielles’ new song, “Brave.”

Legendary artists collabo-rated with today’s huge artists.Lifetime achievement awardrecipient kris kristoffersonperformed with country musicgreats Willie nelson, merlehaggard, and Blake shelton.daft Punk and PharrellWilliams performed “Get

Lucky” along with many othersongs with nile rodgers andstevie Wonder.

robin thicke performed withthe band Chicago, and metal-lica performed their hit “one”with Chinese Pianist LangLang.imagine dragons and kendrickLamar rocked the stage withthe collaboration of their songs“radioactive” and “m.a.a.dCity”. some even say this triostole the show and that theyhad taylor swift dancing outof her seat.

other performers like Lorde,taylor swift, John Legend,katy Perry, hunter hayeskeith Urban with Gray ClackJr., and Pink with nate ruesseach graced their talent onstage along with nine inchnails with Queens of the stoneage, dave Grohl and Lifetimeachievement award recipientLindsey Buckingham closedthe show playing their songs“Copy of a” and “my God isthe sun”Whether everyone agrees ornot, the Grammys create alegacy of musicians whom putout their work for people totake in. it’s the oscars of themusic world, and thanks to thenational academy of record-ing arts and sciences, they canhonor the artists whom con-tribute to the industry, like theBeatles, michael Jackson orGeorg solti, who won moreGrammys than any other artist.

Daft Punk “Gets Lucky” at 2014 GrammysBY: CHRIS PIERRECenturion Staff

Grammy winning Daft Punk at the Tron Legacy premiere in 2010. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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Pete Seeger was considereda beacon of hope throughoutseveral decades of Americanstruggles, whether throughhis music or his political ac-tivism, he touched countlesslives: one such life is that ofDavid Brahinsky, Professorof Philosophy and Compara-tive Religion at BucksCounty Community College.Best known for his songs“Turn Turn Turn”, “WhereHave all the Flowers Gone”and “If I Had a Hammer”,Seeger leaves behind a greatlegacy. In the spirit of folkmusic, Seeger encouragedparticipation in everything hedid. “We’ve all got to be in-volved in trying to put thisworld together,” Seeger oncesaid.Seeger showed us thatmusic could be a vehicle forsocial change. Brahinsky pre-scribes that “Music reachespeople both emotionally andintellectually. If you want tochange the world, wellmusic, it affects people.Music has been used to affectthe universe, in nearly all cul-tures and religions, through-out time, around the world.

It affects the intellect, it af-fects emotions, it affects thebody by getting people mov-ing—it affects the whole per-son. But music alone won’tchange the world and Peteknew that.”The philosophy professorrecalls a story of the closesthe ever came to meetingSeeger. One day, Brahin-sky and his friend LeroyLesame were on their wayto a school in Brooklyn tosee Seeger perform. Brahinsky explained,“Leroy, a fellow folksinger, was a friend ofPete’s, and here we findToshi Seeger, Pete’s wife,on the side of the road. So,we pull over and Leroysays to her, ‘Toshi, what’s amatter?’ Well, she had aflat tire, so we fixed it forher. After we were done,we just continued on ourway to see Pete sing.” When not teaching atBucks, Brahinsky feeds hispassion for folk musicthrough singing, songwriting,and playing his guitar - eitheras solo performances or withThe Roosevelt String Band. Folk music has been a partof his life since he was ayoung boy. At age 10, he

started out by learning toplay the ukulele. Brahinsky says he can’t helpbut incorporate his love formusic in the classroom. Inthe last class at the end of

each semester, he performs afew songs for his students,usually some Pete Seeger,something relevant to thetheme of the class. “It’steaching to the emotional in-telligence, as well as the in-tellectual,” Brahinskyexplains. “It is music with a

message and it promotes so-cial change.”Brahinsky describes what setSeeger apart from everyoneelse. He explained thatSeeger “never sold out tocommercial interests. Hestood up for the poor, thedisadvantaged, for women. He fought for civil rights,and the anti-war move-ment. He sang abouthuman rights, justice, andloving the human race.And for this reason, my fa-vorite song of his is ‘MyRainbow Race.’” Never complacent to so-cial issues, his efforts wentbeyond that of the musicalstage and on to the politi-cal stage where he ralliedand campaigned in theface of adversity, forhuman rights and the envi-ronment. He protested for workerrights in the 1940’s and

50’s, civil rights and the anti-war movement in the 1960’sand 70’s, and, most recentlyOccupy Wall Street. One of his most inspiringachievements, some mightsay, was the founding ofHudson River Sloop Clear-water, Inc., an organizationdedicated to preserving the

Hudson River and notable forits efforts in the passing ofthe Clean Water Act. In 1994, when Seeger wasawarded the Kennedy CenterHonors, Bill Clinton said that“some artists make musicalhistory - Pete Seeger madehistory with his music.”On Jan 27, 2014, PeteSeeger died in his sleep at theage of 94, pushing the Ameri-can people to mourning thespectacular musician, human-itarian and activist.Brahinsky has plans to hosta show at the college in mid-April. The show will featuresongs by “Pete Seeger andthe Weavers, songs of socialjustice, anti-war, and justplain fun.” “I sing Pete’s songs becauseI agree with Pete.” Brahin-sky adds, “Pete was alwaysPete, no matter where he wasor what he was doing. Onstage or with his friends, hewas always himself. He waswhat some called a ‘Men-sch’, a real person, one of thebest.”For more information aboutthe concert in April, contactProfessor David Brahinsky atbrahinsk@gmail.com or keepan eye out for posters (com-ing soon) around campus.

David Brahisnky fondly remembers Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger performing in 2011.

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112 Steps Club (Meetings at2Newtown)Advisors: Ed Donahue don-3ahuee@bucks.edu, MandyReilly reillym@bucks.edu

4American Studies (Meet-5ings at Newtown)Advisor: David Bates6batesd@bucks.edu

7Anime Club (Meetings at8Newtown)Advisor: John Sheridan9John.Sheridan@bucks.edu

10Buck 3D Sculpture Club11(Meetings at Newtown)Advisor: Jon Burns,12burnsj@bucks.edu

13Body Positive (Meetings at14Newtown and Perkasie)Advisors: Tammy Bradley15bradleyt@bucks.edu - New-town, Tanya Letourneau le-16tourne@bucks.edu -Perkasie

17Chess Club (Meetings at18Newtown)Advisor: Christine Hage-19dorn hagedorn@bucks.edu

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College Democrats (Meet-22ing at Newtown)Advisor: Steve Bacher23Steve.Bacher@bucks.edu

24Computer Science Club25(Meetings at Newtown)Advisors: Rob Porche26porcheb@bucks.edu Doreen Cornell27cornelld@bucks.edu

28Community Volunteer29Corps (Meetings atPerkasie)Advisor: Dr. Rodney Alte-30mose altemose@bucks.edu

31Digital Gaming Club (Meet-32ings at Newtown)Advisor: Robert Porche33porcheb@bucks.edu

34Catholic Club (Meetings atNewtown)Advisor: Jean Dolandolanj@bucks.edu

Drama Club (Meetings atNewtown)Advisors: Shelli Pentimallpentimall@bucks.edu Patricia Mooremoorep@bucks.edu

With over 50 differentclubs that Bucks has tooffer, this year’s club-palooza proved to be botha success and a letdown.Bucks’ Clubpaloozaevent took place this pastTuesday, Jan 28 andWednesday, Jan 29 on thesecond floor of the RollinsCenter from 10-2pm. Although it proved to be asuccess, there was anabundance of students thatjust were not interested orsimply unable to join aclub this semester. Student Paul Ciccottasays that he doesn’t joinclubs because, “More orless, it’s because I work alot outside of school- Iwould but I just don’t havethe time.” Then there are studentslike Phuong Lg, who saysthat “Bucks is a com-muter’s school, so it’s hardto make extra time comingin for anything other thanschool when I live 40 min-utes away from here.” But that didn’t stop clubrepresentatives from com-ing aboard this fun-filledevent to encourage stu-dents to take advantage ofBucks’ club opportunities. There are many differentclubs, from recreationalclubs like skiing and snow-boarding and chess club, tostudent leadership pro-grams like the Bucks Busi-ness association (BBA)and the Student Program-ming Board (SPB). Stu-dents have many openingsto get connected. The Treasurer of theBucks Business Associa-tion Matt Hoffer says thatjoining a club is a greatthing- one that students

should make time for.“I encourage people tojoin clubs; you meet newpeople, make new friends,and grow as a person.” Clubs like the BBA havebenefitted from Club-palooza’s efforts by re-cruiting more students tojoin their club. There were also clubssuch as the digital gamingclub, which used interest-ing forms of advertising torecuit new members.Students were eagerlywaiting their turn in line toget in on the action packedvideo game that was dis-played on the large televi-sion set at the DigitalGaming Club (DGC) table. Peter Kunda, President ofthe Digital Gaming Clubsays that the clubpaloozareally helps hobby clubslike his. “It definitelyhelped the club to grow,we got a lot of people ex-cited about it!” The DGCmeets at Founders hall,room 157 on Tuesdays andThursdays from 3:45-5:30pm. The Student Program-ming Board had an enor-mous bowl of candy out tohelp advertise their club. Richard Witzer, who is anavid member of the SPBclub says that “Club-palooza is worthy of ourtime. This event is worthit. Any press is goodpress.” Nonetheless, Clubpaloozamanaged to maintain an-other successful attempt ofintroducing the students atBucks to all that there is tooffer. It’s a great way tomake new friends for anystudent that may havesome extra time on theirhands during those longbreaks in between classes.

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Some students can’thandle the clubs at BucksBY:ALISON KUKLINSKICenturion Staff Want to

Join aClub?

Eco-Club (Meeting at New-town) Advisor: Joann Corncornj@bucks.edu

Fly High Track Club (Meet-ing at Newtown)Advisor: Justin BurroughsJustin.Burroughs@bucks.edu

Future Teachers Organiza-tion (Meet at Newtown orPerkasie)Advisor: Newtown - KateD'Auria dauriak@bucks.edu

Glass Arts Society (Meet-ings at Newtown) Advisor: Karl Cartercarterk@bucks.edu

Hillel (Meetings at New-town)Advisor: Diane Ricediane.rice@bucks.edu

Improv Club (Meetings inNewtown)Advisor: Bill McLaughlinmclaugw@bucks.edu

InterVarsity Christian Fel-lowship (Meetings at New-town)Advisor: Scott Bradshaw,bradshaw@bucks.edu

Kappa Beta Delta (Meet-ings at Newtown)Advisor: Charles Beem,beemc@bucks.edu

Math Club (Meetings atNewtown ) Advisor: Joseph EricksonJoseph.Erickson@bucks.edu

Nursing Club (Meetings atNewtown)Advisor: Anne MarieStreckerstreckea@bucks.edu

Open Door Club (Meetingsat Newtown)Advisors: Max Probst prob-stm@bucks.edu Rik Booraem

booraemh@bucks.edu

Phi Theta Kappa (Meetingsat Newtown and Perkasie )Advisor: Charles Beem,beemc@bucks.edu

PreMed (Meetings at New-town)Advisor: Dr. Shahshahm@bucks.edu

Radio BUX - web radio(Meetings at Newtown)Advisor: John Sheridan,sheridaj@bucks.edu

Ski & Snowboard Club(Meetings at Newtown)Advisor: Donna Wilkoskiwilkoski@bucks.edu

Social Science Club (Meet-ings at Newtown)Advisor: Heather Kouveras,Penn 301, 215-968-8287kouveras@bucks.edu

Student Government Asso-ciation (SGA) (Meetings atNewtown)Advisors: Matt Ciprianocipriano@bucks.edu Carol Brandtbrandtc@bucks.edu

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Over 112 million peopletuned into Super Bowl 48 lastweek to watch the completedismemberment of the Den-ver Broncos, courtesy of theuprising Seattle Seahawks. Even if you were one ofthose people who tuned outafter Bruno Mars and RedHot Chili Peppers, SuperBowl 48 was the mostwatched Super Bowl of alltime, with 112.2 millionviewers. (Source: The Holly-wood Reporter)Bruno Mars and the leg-endary Red Hot Chili Pep-pers came on stage whileSeattle was up 22-0 on thebest offense the league hasseen in decades. Denver never had a chancefor the rest of the gameagainst Seattle’s #1 rankeddefense in the NFL and leftMetLife Stadium with acrushing 43-8 defeat. The 35-point blowout winby the Seahawks is the thirdlargest win in Super Bowlhistory.Many experts on ESPN.compredicted that the Broncoswould win. They clearly didnot account for the Seahawksdefense. The game surprised almosteveryone. Seattle completelydominated the Broncos inevery aspect of the game,from Peyton Manning’s firstsnap to the final whistle. Some people became so un-interested in the game thatthey turned it off after thehalftime show. “I’m more ofa soccer fan, so I becamevery uninterested veryquickly,” said Gina Artillio. With all the hype that thegame was getting, most peo-ple were very let down by theresult. “It was probably oneof the worst Super BowlsI’ve ever seen,” says TimDore.Tyler Lewandowski added,“All I can say is, wow, Den-ver looked horrible.” The final score of the gamereally surprised some people,like Matt Pierson and Brian

Kelley. “I was surprised thatthe Broncos’ offense was un-able to surmount to any sortof offense at all, but Seattleproved that defense winsChampionships,” said Pier-son. “The Seattle defense wasunbelievable; being able tostop a legend like PeytonManning from doing whathe’s been doing to teams hisentire career,” added Kelley. Some people say that withPeyton Manning coming upshort once again on thebiggest stage, it will affecthis legacy as one of the bestquarterbacks of all time.Some people like Jon Parkthink differently.

“You can’t judge his legacyby just a couple postseasongames; you have to look atwhat he’s done throughouthis entire career. Your legacyis about everything you’vebeen able to accomplish. Andhe has won a Super Bowl,and appeared in two more.”With a win against the Sea-hawks, Peyton would’ve be-come the first startingquarterback in history to wina Super Bowl with two dif-ferent teams. But Manningwill now have to wait untilnext year to try again.There have been a lot ofquestions leading up to, aswell as after the Super Bowlregarding Peyton coming

back next season. He has toldreporters on multiple occa-sions that the game’s resultwould not affect his decisionon coming back. After having multiple necksurgeries over the past fewyears, he has a physical nextmonth, where his doctor willmake the decision on whetherPeyton should continue toplay or hang up his cleats atthe age of 37. Many believed that he had agreat chance of beating theSeahawks, but the tenaciousSeattle defense proved to betoo much for the greatest of-fense in NFL history. Give the Seattle defensecredit. They proved that they

were more than capable ofslowing down Peyton Man-ning and the high-poweredBroncos offense. Theyproved all of the doubterswrong, and shined on theNFL’s biggest stage. Richard Sherman is one ofthe better-known footballplayers in the NFL. He hasbeen arguably the best cornerin the league since he wasdrafted back in 2011 out ofStanford. We all know what he saidafter his big play to clinch theNFC title against the 49ers.Believe it or not, he madejust $550,000 this past sea-son. That is unheard of, espe-cially for an elite player likeSherman. Seattle will be great for along time. They are the 4thyoungest team to ever win aSuper Bowl, with an averageage of 26 years and 175 days. It really goes to show whatgood scouting and draftingcan do for a team in the short,as well as long term. Theyare nowhere near going overthe cap in salary, since mostplayers are making aroundwhat Sherman makes. The Seahawks’ team has ayoung core. With the help ofhead coach Pete Carroll theyare already planning for nextseason. This hasn’t beendone since the New EnglandPatriots in 2004 and 2005. With the game being playedoutdoors in a cold weatherclimate for the first time, thebiggest concern heading intothe game was if the weatherwould be a factor or not. Forecasters were originallycalling for snow, ice, andtemperatures in the 20s. Bygame time the weather hadchanged drastically from thepredictions, and was playedin 40 degree weather. Even without the snow,Peyton Manning and theBroncos just couldn’t over-come the Seattle Seahawksand their now-famous de-fense. The Legion of Boomwill now be synonymouswith championship gold andthe Lombardi Trophy.

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Super Bowl blowoutThe Denver Broncos narrowly avoided a shutout, but most fans agreed that the Seattle Seahawks' lop-sided victory over the NFL's best offense made for one of the most boring Super Bowls in recent memoryBY: RYAN JACOBSCenturion Staff

This smile was clearly captured before the game began, as Manninghad nothing to smile about afterwards..

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The Seahawks were clearly ready to face off against one of the most powerful offenses in the NFL

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Women’s Basketball

January 30thBucks 64-18 Valley

Forge

February 1stBucks 53-102Northampton

February 4thBucks 64-74 Mont-

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February 6thBucks 66-81 Lehigh-

Carbon

Philadelphia 76’ers

February 5th76’ers 108 - 114 Celtics

February 7th76’ers 98 - 112 Lakers

November 9th76’ers 78 - 123 Clippers

Philadelphia Flyers

February 8thFlyers 2 - 1 Flames

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