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CAL TIMES CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
A SNOWY START TO THE SEMESTER FEBRUARY 7, 2014
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NEWS CAL U PRESIDENT ANSWERS STUDENT QUESTIONS Cal U President Jones will be speaking at the Student Convocation on Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. in the Natali Performance Center.
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OPINION FACEBOOK ISN’T JUST FOR GAMES:NETWORK THE RIGHT WAY As the tenth anniversay of facebook appraoches, one student takes a look at the networking opporuniteis facebook has to offer and the right and wrong ways to take advantage of them.
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ENTERTAINMENT KOAL HOOKAH OPENS ON THIRD STREET
Left: Members of the Cal U hockey club (left to right) Jordan Lockhart, Joe Scalise, and Zach Powell sell 50/50 raffle tickets and pucks for the chuck a puck event to raise money to go towards the Garrick Lackey Scholarship fund. Right: SABUG Student Advisor, Lindsey Leonard poses with Hockey Club President Brian Proud at the admissions table for the Garrick Lackey Scholarship game last Friday Night at Rostraver Ice Garden
Hockey Club hosts Garrick Lackey scholarship game _______________________ by Jose Negron sports editor
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Koal Hookah moved into 256 Third Street over the course of the five week winter break, offering a fun, safe and modern hookah experience to university students.
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SPORTS ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: BRAELYN TRACY
Meet our first athlete of the week, freshman swimmer Braelyn Tracy
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photos: Lindsey Leonard and Daeshawn Ballard
Rostraver Ice Garden had never seen more than 310 people in the stands for a California University of Pennsylvania ice hockey game. That was until last Friday night, when a record setting 486 people witnessed the Cal U hockey team defeat the Robert Morris Colonials in the Garrick Lackey Scholarship hockey game, 6-2. Hockey club President and Speaker of the House of Representatives Brian Proud brought his idea for the game to the Cal Hockey Board of Directors in their first board meeting of the year and had it approved unanimously. The scholarship, which is currently in the endowment process, is named after former Cal U Student Government Vice President Garrick Lackey, who passed away in a car accident in November. In order for the scholarship to be endowed, $10,000 must be raised so that it is constantly funded, while the interest and additional donations are awarded off to the award winner. To be
a candidate for the scholarship, students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and major in Political Science, English or Creative Writing. All of the proceeds from the game, including admission sales, the 50/50 raffle, the chuck a puck event, donations and a package deal that included admission to the game, a Cal U hockey t shirt and a “Do It For Garrick” wristband went to the scholarship fund. $3,460 was raised for the scholarship, moving it one step closer to endowment and catching Proud by surprise. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think that it was going to be that big,” Proud said. “We had a goal of raising five hundred dollars and we raised six times that amount and like it was said, that was a record breaking crowd at the Ice Garden and I couldn’t be happier about it.” The game and scholarship aren’t the only things being done in Lackey’s memory. The Ultimate Frisbee team, which Lackey was a member of, will wear uniforms this semester that are green with his number “6” on the right sleeve. They will also raise money at their home
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tournament to help with the scholarship. A “Do it for Garrick” Facebook page, which has reached over 400 likes, was also made in honor of him, while green wristbands that were designed by his peers as well as Garrick’s father, have been given out at different Student Activities Board and Student Government meetings and will be handed out at future events, including SAB’s Kali poetry event on Feb. 21. Donations for the bands go towards the scholarship fund, while the bands themselves are given out for free with a special symbolic message of unity as well. “I think the wristbands symbolize everything Garrick has taught us,” said Lindsey Leonard, a close friend of Lackey’s. “To challenge yourself, smile during a rough time, stay up late to finish a paper, run the extra mile, stop and ask someone how they are doing and most of all that life is beautiful. They are for everyone. His teammates, eboard members, friends, family or anyone that just needs a reminder to smile.” When it comes to future events in honor of Lackey, Proud thinks the hockey game could be
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held annually and has plans at looking at other possibilities to raise the rest of the money to get the scholarship up and running. “I definitely think we’re going to look into benefit games in the future,” Proud said. “I wouldn’t want to be outdone by the first one, I’d want it to get bigger and bigger as it goes on. I’ve talked to various people in Student Activities and Student Government and it’s not undoable to raise the rest of the $10,000 before the end of 2014. That is a goal that I have that is not written on paper.” There are things going on around campus that aren’t just about the scholarship – their purpose is to remember an individual who gave back. “Garrick always wanted unity and for everyone to work together. He once said to me that he felt like he wasn’t accomplishing any of his goals in his Vice President position. I know he’s watching over us all and he’s realizing now that he has,” Leonard said. “He was the heart of our organizations and anything he started, I can promise you, we will finish.”