The Clarion Call, 3/28/2013

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Clarion Call CLARION UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1913

MARCH 28, 2013

VOL. 99 ED. 19

MTV life coach shares lessons with students Alizah Thornton NEWS EDITOR

CLARION, Pa. – People often participate in a number of tasks throughout a typical day including studying, eating, teaching, talking and various other actions. Sometimes all it takes to get through a rough day is thinking. This idea was the main premise of Jeff Yalden, a teen expert and awardwinning youth motivational speaker’s presentation held Tuesday, March 26. Yalden, is a known life coach on MTV’s reality show “MADE.” He also travels around the country and internationally to speak to students in high schools and colleges. Yalden spoke to more than 150 Clarion University students and a group of high school students who also attended the presentation about how to not let the opinions of others affect the way they live their lives. In the opening of his presentation, Yalden examined how individuals are judged based on their physical appearance. Yalden has both arms covered with tattoos and has ear piercings.

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Jeff Yalden speaks to Clarion students about how to take the time to think about decisions in their lives. “I don’t want you to look at me differently… People judge me everywhere I go,” he said. Before Yalden became a motivational speaker, he was an educator work-

ing with youths. He said others would react when they saw his tattoos and piercings and would say that he “sends the wrong message” to the youths he worked with.

“The message has nothing to do with the appearance,” Yalden said. “We judge people based on the 5 percent we think we know about them,” he said.

Yalden said he believed people should not let the opinions of others affect one’s behavior. “As you go through life be more concerned about your character, not your

reputation,” he said. Yalden gave the audience four T’s that he said he learned throughout life: “Take Time To Think. He encouraged the audience to think about their choices, attitude and actions. “You make choices every day … I smile every day because I am grateful,” Yalden said. A piece of advice Yalden gave to the students was “Lose your ego and open your heart to people in your life you trust, respect and whose advice and opinions you value,” he said. He explained that many people try to get to the end of their lifegoals without appreciating the journey it takes to achieve them. “Overnight success is 15-20 years,” Yalden said. “You have to put the effort and training in first.” “The journey is important. No destination is fulfilling unless the process to get there is experience,” he said. At the end of the presentation, members of the audience could purchase Yalden’s book, “Your Life Matters,” his “Take Time To Think” wristbands or his anger management T-shirt. The event was sponsored by Bacchus GAMMA.

STUDENT SENATE WEEKLY REPORT

Senate recognizes new RSO Alizah Thornton NEWS EDITOR

CLARION, Pa. - Student Senate approved with a unanimous vote the Model United Nations club as a Recognized Student Organization during Monday, March 25 meeting. Chism Obiezu-umeh, an international student from Nigeria and student representative from the club, thanked the senators for allowing the

club to officially become an RSO. Sandra Trejos, a Clarion University professor of economics, will serve as the faculty adviser for the organization. “This type of club is popular in most schools,” Obiezu-umeh said. The purpose of the club is to serve as a mock representation of the General Assembly where students learn about the roles of ambassadors and learn about world problems and how to solve them.

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Venango college equestrian team, from left, Katelynn Nussbaum, Judy Shupe, coach Tammy Braham and Kellie Forsman win Regional Western Rider Championship.

Venango equestrian team wins regional championship

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Enrollment open forums held Clarion University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ron Nowacyzk hosted two enrollment open forums Wednesday, March 27. The forums were held in order to discuss with students and faculty members the process for enrollment projections by the university. Enrollment projection enables the university to create a budget for the next year. Next Wednesday, April 3, president Karen Whitney will hold a budget open forum at 3:30 p.m in Har t Chapel.

OIL CITY, Pa. —Clarion University’s equestrian team, located at Venango College in Oil City, had its first Western rider win a regional championship on Saturday, March 16. The equestrian team had six riders that qualified for Zone 6 Region 5 Regionals, including two English and four Western riders. Three members of Clarion University’s Western Equestrian Team placed in the Zone 6 Region 5 Regionals held at West Virginia University on Saturday, March 16. Judy Shupe, a junior

from Franklin, Pa., placed first in the Beginner Western Horsemanship and is the team’s first regional champion. Katelynn Nussbaum, from Kersey, Pa., placed fourth in the same class. Kellie Forsman, a junior from Erie, Pa., placed third in the Intermediate Western Horsemanship II. Judy Shupe, along with all first and second place riders, traveled to Kentucky to compete in the Western Semi-Finals at Morehead State on March 23. Melanie Daniel, from Ottsville, Pa., and Cody

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AGBS hosts job search presentation. FEATURES PAGE 5

Toby Hill hosts art show. ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 9

Softball teams visits South Carolina over break. SPORTS PAGE 12

News Opinion Features Classifieds Puzzles & Comics Arts & Entertainment Sports Standings

Lauer, from Clarion, Pa., competed in the English division. In addition to Shupe, Nussbaum and Forsman, Brittany Feroce, from Lower Burrell, competed in the Western Division. The Clarion University Equestrian Club was established in 2009 at Venango College of Clarion University as a club sport. Daly Fuller, coordinator of intramurals and recreation at Venango College, serves as club adviser. The club sport is open to all university students studying at Venango and Clarion campuses.

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