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Clarion students to fill out the census Russell Pekelnicky News staff

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Contributions from University organizations will help fund repairs at Clarion Fire and Hose Co.

Clarion organizations help Fire and Hose co.

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CLARION, Pa., March 18The Clarion Fire and Hose Co., on Wood Street in Clarion, accepted a check for $75,000 March 5 from three Clarion University organizations.

“Three members of our community, Clarion University, the Clarion University Foundation, Inc. and the Clarion Students Association, are joining to provide a total contribution of $75,000 to this important Building Fund Campaign,” said Joseph Grunenwald, Clarion university president.

Each group had collected approximately $25,000 dollars for the fire company.

The groups were approached by the fire department about having a

fund raiser.

The fire department responds to emergency calls on campus and off campus.

The department’s services benefit the entire student body.

Firefighters provide a lifesaving service to the university and to the community.

The money raised is being used to help repair damages at the station and to upgrade equipment.

Garrett Mincin, chairman of the Clarion Students’ Association Board of Directors and senior at Clarion university, said, “This project will help repair the fire hall as well as the problems with the roof, and in particular, an original historic part of the building that has extensive water damage coming through the bricks on the outside of the building.

This is something that

absolutely needs our support. The fire department is here when we need them, and now they need us,” he said The donated funds not only benefit the Clarion community, but the fire department as a whole.

The contribution had placed Clarion University on a record for supporting the fire department and also the community.

“Together both Clarion University and the Clarion Fire Co. have nearly 300 years of service to the greater Clarion area,” said Grunenwald.

He added that even though times are challenging for many, the community should still strive to meet the goals of the campaign so that service can continue.

The Clarion Students’ Association receives some of its profits from business

operations, such as the University Book Store; this contribution in particular was made using those resources, said Mincin.

The Clarion Fire and Hose Co. is a volunteer fire company, which was founded in 1876, for the campus.

In March of that year, the Clarion Fire & Hose Co. No. 1 was officially granted a fire company by petition from the Clarion County Courts, said Dave Walters, the company president.

“The Clarion Volunteer Fire Co. is absolutely critical to the fire safety of our students, faculty and staff,” Grunenwald said.

“The fire company has served the university well for many years.”

Clarion Volunteer Fire Department is one of the only defenses against fire or other emergencies on campus.

CLARION, Pa., March 18It’s 2010, and that means it’s time for the United States government to administer the census.

Every 10 years, the federal government and U.S. Constitution mandate a survey of the nation’s people.

According to the web site 2010census.gov, a census is distributed to “achieve an accurate assessment of the number and location of the people living within the nation’s borders.”

The filling out of the census survey is vital, as it not only helps to determine how the members of Congress are appointed, but even has an effect on the way that $400 billion is distributed among state and local organizations in the United States, according to 2010census. gov.

The census aims to “count everybody, count them only once, and count

Students wear green for St. Patty’s celebration Students at Clarion University dress in green in recognition of the Irish holiday St. Patrick’s day. According to history.com, close to 1 million people celebrated in a festival in Dublin for the holiday last year.

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them in the right place.”

The census also serves to provide media outlets with more accurate figures on population that are reliable and relatable.

This year’s census has a number of historical significances. The survey is the shortest since its inception in 1790, consisting of 10 questions total.

The answers of this survey consist of questions such as age, race, gender, as well as if the individual owns or rents his or her current residence.

More detailed socioeconomic questions will be asked of a small section of this group throughout the survey, according 2010.census.gov.

Also, the census is accommodating those areas with high populations of Spanish assistance by sending out Spanishlanguage versions of the census survey.

The census is also

CLARION, Pa., March 18 - Six Clarion University projects/programs were approved for funding in January by various agencies.

The list of projects and programs includes: OVR Innovation and Expansion, ACT 101/EOP Program, Executive-In-Residence Infrastructure and Incubator Bridge Funding, Bacterial Biofilm Formation, North Western Pennsylvania Freedom Trail, and Clarion University’s Frederick Douglass Living Learning Community.

The project, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) Innovation and Expansion, coordinated by Cynthia Nellis of Clarion University’s Small Business Development Center, was approved by the State Department of Labor and Industry.

“The Clarion University SBDC is one of 18 centers in Pennsylvania,” said Nellis.

“The Pennsylvania SBDC program received $4 million in state funding in 2009-2010, which was a 41

percent cut from the 20082009 state funding level of $6,788,000.”

The Clarion University Small Business Development Center was developed in 1980 and provides a business environment where local families, through entrepreneurship and innovation are able to contribute to the prosperity of the Commonwealth.

The period of performance for the agreement is Oct. 1, 2009 through Sept.

20, 2010.

The budget granted for this performance period is $18,870. Clarion University’s Small Business Center is now located in the Gregory Barnes Center at Clarion University.

The Act 101 Educational Opportunities Program has been helping students succeed at Clarion for many years.

The Honorable K. Leroy Irvis introduced the program in the Pennsylvania House more than 39 years ago.

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Funds appropriated to Clarion University projects and programs continued from page 1 across the state have dropped the program due to the decrease in state funding, Clarion has not.

“The budget of our program was cut over 50 percent for this year,” said Joseph Croskey, director of Academic Enrichment.

“This has reduced the services we can provide.”

This cut also prevented the AE program from hiring a full-time learning skills specialist – which had previously been funded.

The ACT 101/EOP Program was approved funding by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The period of performance for the agreement

is specified as Oct. 26, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

The budget granted for the performance period is $77,136.

Another project with approved funds is the Executive-In-Residence Infrastructure and Incubator Bridge Funding.

This project is coordinated by Robert Huemmrich of the Gregory Barnes Center for Biotechnology Business Development at Clarion University.

The fund was a PASSHE Planning and Feasibility for University/Business Infrastructure Grant.

The period performance for the agreement is specified as Nov. 1, 2009 through Oct. 30, 2010. The budget granted for this performance period is $175,000.

The fund will be used to plan and create and Executive-In-Residence/Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) shared office space.

This is in conjunction with Barnes Center business incubator as part of the University’s technology transfer, commercialization and technology-based economic development efforts.

“This grant continues previous support by PASSHE of the business incubator at the Barnes Center at Clarion University,” said Huemmrich.

“The grant will build out four offices that can be used by Executives-In-Residence or EntrepreneursIn-Residence.”

Bacterial Biofilm Formation is a project coor-

dinated by Dr. Douglas Smith, professor of biology.

The project was approved by PASSHE, and the period of performance for the agreement is specified as Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2010.

The budget granted for this performance period is $9,887.60.

North Western Pennsylvania Freedom Trail, a project coordinated by Dr. Greg Goodman, professor of Education, was approved by the PASSHE/ PDE Keystone Diversity and Equity.

Goodman is funded to create a Frederick Douglass African American Freedom Trail from Jefferson through Venango Counties.

The Clarion University

Frederick Douglass Institute at Clarion University is a partner in the PASSHE Frederick Douglass Collaborative.

“There is great history here concerning abolitionist history and the underground railroad to Canada,” said Goodman.

The period of performance for the agreement is specified as Jan. 19, 2010, through Aug. 31, 2010.

The budget granted for the performance period is $1,000.

Dr. Cahndice Matthews, professor of education, is the cochair of the Frederick Douglass program at Clarion.

Her grant is for $2,000 for the Clarion University Frederick Douglass Living Learning Community.

“The purpose of the grant is to stimulate and promote further research on the life and times of Frederick Douglass.” said Matthews.

The grant is also for research on effective multicultural studies in the classroom and for establishing professional workshops.

Workshops are designed to create pedagogues from PASSHE faculty that focus on issues related to equity and inclusion.

The grant was approved for funding by the PASSHE/PDE Keystone Diversity and Equity.

The period of performance for the agreement is specified and it will run from Jan. 19, 2010, through Aug. 31, 2010.

Clarion students obligated to fill out census to ensure accurate funds continued from page 1 available in Russian, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese, upon request.

There are also language guides available in a total of 59 different languages.

The Census employs about 1.4 million volunteers, some of whom map out areas of the United States to verify the accuracy of address and mailing lists.

The census takes “in-person counts” of individuals living in large group settings like the ones found in the dormitories of Clarion University.

One way local communities like Clarion can assist in the census survey is to form what are called “Complete Count Committees.”

These are community leaders that are appointed

by elected officials to work together to get everyone in the community to fill out the census.

“To ensure an accurate count and distribution of funds for schools, roads and elderly services, the support of local Complete Count Committees is vital,” said Dr. Robert Groves, director of the US Census Bureau.

“The census is very good at capturing diversity.

There are ongoing concerns about the concept of race.

It’s good at some things over others.

It does a good job of defining black and white; it addresses Hispanic origin well,” said Laurie Occhipinti, professor of anthropology at Clarion.

Occhipinti also says, “However, there is no category for Arabs, no section for biracial

individuals.

There are quite a few who see nothing for themselves.”

Occhipinti suggests, “We need to really be looking more at ethnicity.”

Occhipinti notes, “All in all, the census is a useful tool.

The government does need to understand its people. It relates to funding, congress; it’s all tied together. It’s not the best, but it’s the best tool we have.”

“I don’t really think that the census adequately surveys the diversity of our culture,” said Andy Vonarx, sophomore secondary education major.

Vonarx also says, “It really doesn’t tell us what people need. No group should get any more attention in the census than any other group.

We shouldn’t have to do them, either. It should be

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voluntary.”

“I think it does an all right job on representing diversity. I think it does a halfway decent job of

showing us who’s in need and who’s not. I really wouldn’t change it; it seems fine to me,” said Troy Ehrensberger, sophomore

history major who also weighed in on the matter.

The census is required by law. All census forms are due by April 1, 2010.

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Letter to the editor:

Rural Pennsylvanians no longer play role in the planning of education Dr. Vincent Spina

Clarion University Faculty

What is wrong with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)? First of all, what is essentially right with PASSHE? Answer?

The system was established to make sure that rural Pennsylvanians had access to a college education. In many cases, this means the rural poor, who can not only not afford to travel to larger centers of education, but could not afford the tuition even if they could. In this sense, PASSHE is an entirely good system and an entirely noble one.

But what is wrong with the system? I, for one, don’t have all the answers, but the following may shed some light on the problem: When compared to student growth, since 1990, management has grown by 25 percent. During the same period faculty has shrunk by 17 percent. At the same time in 1990 10 percent of faculty were temporary faculty hires.

That figure is now at 18 percent. Since 2000-01, virtually all faculty FTE is attributable to temporary staff hires, which still hasn’t kept up with student growth. These figures are available at APSCUF, the faculty union.

Why has this happened?

Again, I can only give a partial answer, which relates back to the social organization of a university within the PASSHE system. This organization consists of a student body, a faculty and an administration.

The student body has a senate as does the faculty. The administration consists of

a president, provost, vicepresidents, deans and sundry other administrators.

It is here, however, that some confusion sets in. In general, when we think of a president and a senate, we picture to ourselves the American model: an elected president and an elected senate.

Bills (proposals for future laws) normally originate in the senate and may be vetoed by the president.

With a sufficient amount of votes, however, the senate may, in turn, overturn a president’s veto, and the bill will become law. (I am not including the role of the House of Representatives, since colleges and universities do not use this term to my knowledge).

This, of course, has never been the case in any PASSHE university. Presidents are “selected” and may remain as long as they wish. The only political entity that can remove a president is the chancellor of the state system itself.

As for the two senates, the student and the faculty, they have no veto power over a president’s decision.

Both of these bodies may protest as much as they wish.

These protests may reach the chancellor, but the final decision to act upon these protests remains with this individual. At the same time, at least as far as faculty is concerned, protests imply a certain amount of risk to an individual’s career, since a president is the last word on whether the individual will be promoted up the three ranks from assistant, to associate, full professor, which over a 30 year career, promotion or no promotion will mean a difference of hundreds of thousand of dollars in life-

time earnings.

What I have learned over my years as a professor working within this (or any system) is that the goal of any one of the entities I have mentioned above is to grow and find more needs to which new members of that entity become the answer.

In my own field for instance I can imagine many needs. I teach Spanish, but “Spanish” may easily be divided between Spain and the Spanish American countries. In my field the need is for one specialist in Spain and one in Spanish America. But there are over a dozen countries in which Spanish is spoken, each with its own “dialect” of Spanish and it own body of literature. Perhaps I’ll need a specialist in each of these areas.

Again, these countries are divided with vastly different cultural regions, which may call for specialists in each one of them, ad infinitum. What stops my addition of more and more faculty members is the needs of the rest of the university. And it is the administration, the presidents, who arbitrates these needs.

The administration, taken as a whole, has needs too! Vice-presidents of student life, of admissions, deans etc. But who is there to arbitrate these needs if the president is the ultimate power and the senates have none, at least, in this area? Really, the only political body a president must answer to is the Board of Regents, and the chancellor.

If he decides that he needs a new vice president and the chancellor agrees, we hire a new vice-president. If the president decides we need a new build-

ing, and the chancellor agrees, we build.

If the chancellor doesn’t provide enough money to build a building adequate to the needs of the university, and the president doesn’t want to displease the chancellor, then the inadequate building is built anyway. What binds a PASSHE president so closely to the will of a chancellor and, by extension, the board of regents, is the simple fact that the chancellor is in charge of the purse strings. He decides what universities get what money, and he sets the criteria by which a university will get its allotment.

In many cases this allotment is decided by how many new students a university attracts. I don’t remember ever hearing about academic excellence, especially in a small departments such as Modern Languages or Physics, being a criterion.

The system hasn’t always worked this way.

Indeed, the same order existed of president, senate etc., but on some levels it was realized that the real structure of a university consists of two entities: the students and the instructors.

This was the setup of the Greeks starting with the early philosophers and their students, and is the model even Jesus Christ followed when he chose apostles and disciples.

Between these two entities a dialogue develops, and from this dialogue the needs of furthering the educative process emerge: what classrooms are needed, what the size of the classroom should be, what the best hours for learning are, what housing arrangements must be made.

In fact, out of this dialogue

emerges what subjects are to be taught in the first place. Both students and professors have an idea of what should be taught and learned.

What is taught today is not what was taught 50 or even ten years ago. And this is because of the constantly changing nature of the dialogue. On some level administrations realized that from this dialogue the needs of a university arose and that their duty was to facilitate answering these needs and also to arbitrate between the various disciplines making these needs.

This was a while ago.

I remember it from the sixties. I also remember the student and faculty uprisings when administrations were deemed not to be basing their decisions on the student/faculty dialogue.

In the years I have been at Clarion, however, I have seen a new model arise, not only in Clarion but across the PASSHE system. It is a model based on business (a model that is rapidly failing in business if we compare GM to its Japanese counterparts, in which, at least formerly, workers’ concerns were included in management’s decisions). The business model consists of a CEO who defines the goals of a company and his subordinates carry these goals out.

But there is a difference even between this model and the one we see within the PASSHE system. If a CEO does not turn a corporate profit, the share owners will have a say in his tenure. He may be a dictator within the company, but he is still responsible to meet the needs of that company. With a PASSHE, again, this is not the case.

His greatest responsibil-

ity is to the chancellor. In this sense, he is more like an old Russian commissar than a CEO. These commissars were sent to the Soviet hinterlands with orders direct from Moscow.

What happened in those hinterlands, the failure or success of their agricultural, industrial, educational endeavors were never as much a concern as making sure that whatever Moscow ordered was carried.

Will this system ever change? I don’t think so.

Students today are not the students of the sixties, urged to action for a myriad of reasons from the Vietnam War to the crass social inequalities that existed at that time for minorities, gays and women.

Students today, with a minority of exceptions, have turned off from all of these issues. At the same time, they are too young and inexperienced to understand in what ways their education is being jeopardized.

However, faculty fall into different categories; ones who are content with the system because it facilitates their promotions, because they are afraid to rock the boat etc.

In both camps, student and faculty, there are a few who will risk rocking the boat. Unfortunately they are few.

So, once again: What is right with PASSHE? It was established to see that rural Pennsylvanians could have access to a college education.

What is wrong with PASSHE? Rural Pennsylvanians no longer play any meaningful role in the planning of their education.

Right or wrong, management makes all the decisions with the consent of Harrisburg.

Viewpoint: Why get wasted and skip class on St. Patrick’s Day? Suzanne Schwerer Sports Editor

St. Patrick’s Day is a yearly holiday celebrated on the 17th of March. It is named after St. Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. It began as a purely Catholic holiday and became an official feast day in the early 1600s. So why is it that on this day in particular, people act far

from saintly?

Understandably, everyone becomes Irish when this time of year rolls around, pulling out their “Kiss Me I’m Irish” Tshirts and green wigs. St. Patrick’s Day has become a holiday for one thing and one thing only, drinking.

Because getting sloshed is widely associated with the Irish culture, this is a fair way to celebrate this lucky holiday. However, when the day itself falls in the

middle of the week, what is the answer?

For those of us who are from the Pittsburgh area, we are of course aware of the festivities that take place downtown the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. Most start the day off with kegs-and-eggs, head to the parade and then drink their lives away on the South Side and Station Square. It’s a fantastic way to celebrate the luck of the Irish.

Then reality hits: We head back to work and, for Clarion students, class, come Monday. What’s done is done. Another St. Patty’s Day has come and gone, one would think. Then Wednesday rolls around and here we are again, a great excuse to drink all day and be nonproductive.

Don’t get me wrong; wear those green shirts, put on the wigs and show your Irish side. But seriously people, skipping a whole

day of class so that you can drink green beer and toss beanbags through holes?

We have the evenings and weekends to go out and drink and have a good time. For those of us who did decide to attend class, we observed classrooms that were about half full.

This intense need for a break from the everyday stress of class might be understandable if we did not just get back from winter break. Coming off of an en-

tire week of, for most, sunshine and relaxation, you would think you would be ready to get back to business and start focusing again.

So next year, when the sun is shining and the bagpipes are playing and you feel the urge to waste, yet again, another 24 hours with shenanigans…be a saint. Go to class.

-Suzanne is a senior communications major.

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Editorial Board Luke Hampton

Samuel Dixon

Caitlin McGill

Editor-in-chief

Entertainment Editor

Kenny Bonus

Suzanne Schwerer

Managing Editor

Sports Editor

Brandy Hadden

Nick LaManna

Photography Editor

Mike Ramsey

Business Manager

Elora Walsh

Sean Montgomery Graphics Editor

Elizabeth Presutti Advertising Sales Manager

News Editor

Features Editor

Policies

Online Editor

Dr. Laurie Miller Adviser

Staff/Writers/Photographers News: Adele Stewart, Russell Pekelnicky, Mark Lett Sports: Drew Karpen, Dustin Sams, Jennifer Dailey

Circulation: Adrianna Bonelli, Cassie Uplinger, Kyle Atwell, Jon Knoll

Features: Michelle Hague, Michael Collins, Josie Shreckengost

Online: Lorenzo Lopez, Emily Ramsey, Jeremiah Bull

Entertainment: Amy Wincek, Chelsea Perza, Logan Powell

Photography: Justin Gmoser, Neal Henry, Carly Masiroff, Chantel Wilson, Lamont Sinclari, Raquel Rust

Graphics: Jeremiah Bull

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Sheriff: Man sold his wife for sex on Craigslist Carla K. Jonson AP Exhange

Chicago - A woman feared she’d never see her young child again unless she complied with her husband’s scheme to sell her sexual services on Craigslist, authorities said Wednesday.

After paid sexual encounters in eight states, the woman sought help by calling a national anti-sex trafficking hot line, said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, who was notified of the woman’s plight on March 11.

Her desperate plea led to the arrest Sunday in Chicago of her husband,

a 32-year-old Rockford, Minn., man. The Associated Press does not generally identify victims of sexual abuse and is not naming the man to avoid identifying his wife.

The man’s arrest comes after Craigslist promised last year to screen all submissions to its “adult services” section before posting them. Dart and other law enforcement agents have repeatedly accused the online site of promoting prostitution in its ads.

In the latest case, the woman told investigators her husband regularly posted ads, promoting her for sex. She claimed he would arrange the en-

counters, then demand she immediately deposit the money she was paid into his bank account.

He was arrested at a downtown Chicago hotel when he arrived with the child to pick up his wife after what he assumed was her weekend of prostitution.

The man controlled his wife with threats to their child, convincing her she would never see their preschooler again if she didn’t take part, Dart said.

“He used the threat of the child being kept away from her forever,” Dart said. “They were legally married, her at a very young age. He had been

Communication department to host internship opportunities workshops The Communication Department at Clarion University is sponsoring a series of internship opportunities workshops to help students land their first internship. Workshops will cover such topics as Preparing a Resume, Getting the Interview and the Job and Professional Etiquette. Former interns and employers will also give tips on getting the best out of the internship experience.

“We’ve lined up great speakers who

will talk about how to take advantage of the many opportunities available for interns in a variety of fields,” said Dr. Joanne Washington, Communication Department Internship Coordinator.

These workshops are geared for communication majors but others may find the information useful for their chosen careers. The workshops will be held at the Eagle Commons Dining Room 107 on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. beginning March 23.

March 23: Resume and Internship Preparation

Jim Garboden, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Heinz Corporation

March 30: Business and Office Etiquette

Shilo Raube, Director of Public Relations, Carnegie Mellon University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

April 6: Intern Round Table

Featuring Clarion University Students

April 13: Employer Round Table

Employers from UPMC, KDKA, American Urban Radio, Greenways and Open Space and the City of Pittsburgh For more information about this workshop series, contact Dr. Washington jwashington@clarion.edu or Nick Brucker n.j.brucker@eagle.clarion.edu

some type of counselor to her at one stage when she was young. At some point, they had the child.”

Rockford, population 4,000, has a small-town feeling even though Minneapolis is less than an hour’s drive away. The town sits on the Crow River, surrounded by rolling farm fields and subdivisions. Headline-grabbing crimes are rare.

The man faces a felony charge of pandering and is being held on $150,000 bond. It isn’t clear whether he has an attorney.

The woman and the child were being kept at a safe location. Dart said the woman hasn’t been

charged with any crime, but “that’s being examined.”

Authorities said the man had been in touch with his wife all weekend, arranging encounters for her. She told him she was sick and wasn’t turning all the tricks he’d set up. The man then drove to Chicago to confront her, authorities said. Investigators followed the man after he left Florida, where he’d forced his wife to work last week.

Dart said his department has “had a long tortured relationship” with Craigslist. Last year, he filed a lawsuit alleging the Web site had become the “largest source of prostitu-

tion in America.” A judge dismissed the lawsuit.

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster reacted to the arrest Wednesday in an emailed statement to The Associated Press.

“Criminal exploitation is reprehensible, and Craigslist works with law enforcement when called upon to apprehend and prosecute those responsible,” Buckmaster said in the statement. “Misuse of craigslist for criminal purposes is extremely unwise, since an electronic trail to the perpetrator is inevitably created.”

He didn’t comment on the specifics of the Chicago arrest.

Leprechaun goes for the green rather than the gold Travis Loller AP Exhange

GALLATIN, Tenn.

— Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, were shot dead after a St. Patrick’s Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee, authorities said.

First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up by a man who wore a green costume and carried a large-caliber gun at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Bill Storment, a spokesman for the Gallatin Police Department.

Sharon Riehemann,

manager of the Fifth Third Bank next door, said the costumed man — wearing a green top hat, vest and shorts and a fake brown beard and wig — had come into her bank a few minutes before the robbery.

The lobby was crowded with lunchtime customers.

“He started to come in, then looked at his watch, then turned around and left,” she said. She didn’t see a weapon or anyone with him.

He walked toward the other bank, and then a couple of minutes later he ran out of the bank with a blue bag in his hands, Riehemann said.

Police said two men were in the car that sped

away, and they fired at police during the chase, disabling one police car. Storment said the two ditched their vehicle and ran into a field near a subdivision.

They were killed while exchanging fire with officers, he said.

No officers were injured, and money was recovered from the suspects’ vehicle, he said. Police wouldn’t say how much money was taken from the bank. There were no injuries at the bank.

Storment said police are still trying to identify the two men.

The officers involved in the shooting are on administrative duty while the investigation continues.

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Clarion offers veteran friendly Web site program Michael Collins Features Staff

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Actor, Anthony Rapp from the musical “Rent” spoke to students on his journey to “Rent.” Rapp played Mark Cohen in the broadway and film version of “Rent.”

Rent star Anthony Rapp speaks at Clarion David Hazlett Features Staff

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nthony Rapp, known for his staring role as Mark Cohen on Broadway, and in the film version of “Rent,” appeared at Clarion University to speak to students on Tuesday.

Rapp, who was born in Chicago in 1971, talked about his life during “Rent,” his bestselling book titled “Without You,” and his family life.

In the fall of 1994, Rapp got a call from his agent about auditioning for a workshop, which just happened to be “Rent.”

“I was struggling with bills, working at Starbucks, I was struggling to make ends meet, so I was ready to get into work,” said Rapp.

At the audition, Rapp sang R.E.M’s hit song “Losing My Religion,” and he let audience members know it is ok to screw up.

“After the first verse, I skipped a whole section, but thankfully the pianist picked up and followed along,” he said.

Even though Rapp “screwed up” his first audition he was offered a callback on the spot, something he said rarely ever happens.

“I see myself as spoiled now, I feel like that should

always happen, but it does not, I was shocked,” said Rapp.

After his callback, Rapp was given the role as Mark and was set to meet the rest of the cast a month later.

“Going into it, I was nervous, meeting new people learning all the new stuff, but at the same time I had this feeling I knew this was going to be something I wanted to be a part of.”

During the first rehearsal, Rapp talked about the first thing they did, which was to learn the song “Seasons of Love.”

“After hearing the first few chords, I just felt it.

It is the most simple and poetic lyrics of life,” said Rapp.

Jonathan Larson, the man behind “Rent,” turned out to be one of Rapp’s best friends. After the final performance of the workshop, Larson contacted Rapp about a song he had written.

“I remember getting a phone call from Jonathan, and he just called to say he wrote a new song for “Rent” entitled ‘You’re what you own’ just for my voice. This was the first time anyone had written a song for my voice and I was amazed and, honored,” said Rapp.

“Rent” soon after made its way to an off-Broadway

three-week showing.

At the first dress rehearsal, the invited guests showered the cast with standing ovations, love, some tears, and everyone wanted to talk to Larson, including The New York Times.

“You know you have done something right when the New York Times wants to talk to you,” he said.

Rapp then talked about a phone call he got that would change his life forever.

“I picked up the phone, and it was my agent there was a grim feel about her voice, and I knew something was up. She cleared her throat and said, ‘After Jonathan went home his roommate found him dead on the floor,’” said Rapp.

The whole cast met up at the theater and decided to cancel that night’s show.

They all sat in silence cried and hugged, but knew they couldn’t leave that theater silent and wanted to honor Larson.

“The show is so much about how people cope with life, and this moment proved to all of us how right and true the show actually was from that night forward, we were attached to the show,” said Rapp.

The whole cast then invited family members, Larson’s parents and

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Rapp explained to students about his one-man show based on his “Rent” memoirs and death of friend Jonathan Larson. friends and performed the show just by sitting at a table.

After the performance, the audience reacted with joy and in the face of tragedy; there was a celebration of life.

In 1996, “Rent” finally made its move to Broadway and opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996.

Since “Rent” has closed, Rapp has been working on

a one-man show based on his memoirs of “Rent” and the death of Larson, which premiered at City Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. “Going from a big cast to a one man show was a wonderful surprise. I never imagined turning my book into a show. The response has been amazing, and I am hoping to continue in the fall,” said Rapp.

Clarion University was selected by G.I. Jobs magazine as one of the top “Military Friendly Schools” in the country for 2010.

The list recognizes the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide, for efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students.

The magazine surveyed more than 7,000 institutions. Criteria for making the Military Friendly Schools list included efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students, results in recruiting military and veteran students and academic accreditations.

Clarion University is launching a new portion of its Web site, www.clarion. edu/veterans, devoted entirely to military veterans interested in attending college.

Links at the Web site will take veterans to additional information about Clarion University, a complete list of programs and majors, the college catalog and Virtual Campus.

It also has links to the GI Bill and Clarion University’s veterans’ benefits and resources. This effort follows the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the most comprehensive education benefit package since the original GI Bill was signed into law in 1944.

Qualified veterans could receive up to 100 percent of tuition and fees if they decide to return to college.

Unlike the Montgomery GI Bill, those qualifying under the Post-9/11 GI Bill will not have to make any contributions toward their education.

The Post 9/11 GI Bill provides financial support for education and housing to individuals with at least 90 days of collective service on or after Sept. 11, 2001, or individuals discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days.

An individual must have received an honorable discharge to be eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The Post9/11 GI Bill became effective for training on or after Aug. 1, 2009.

The amount of support that an individual may qualify for depends on where they live and what type of degree they are pursuing. Approved training under the Post-9/11 GI Bill includes graduate and undergraduate degrees, and See “Veteran,” page 8

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Everybody’s Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day Josie Shreckengost Features Staff

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t. Patrick’s Day is an Irish holiday that is celebrated in countries all over the globe. This day celebrates the life and death of St. Patrick in fifth century Irish history. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and one of the most celebrated religious figures in the world.

According to Holidays Kaboose.com, St. Patrick lived sometime between 432 and 461 A.D. He was born in the Roman British Isles and was abducted at age 16 when he was sold into slavery. St. Patrick was sent to Ireland to become a shepherd, and he turned to his religion while he was there to get through the tough times.

Eventually, he was able to flee back to Britain where religion became his passion and St. Patrick became a Christian priest.

After having a dream about the people of Ireland, St. Patrick decided to return to his captive island to bring them the word of Christ. His mission in Ireland was to convert the pagans to Christianity.

He was credited with converting many Irish nobles to Christianity and therefore, their constituents followed suit. St. Patrick met some resistance during his cru-

sade from Druid priests who feared the loss of pagan followers, but overall St. Patrick was successful in his religious mission.

St. Patrick is also credited with bringing the written word to Ireland through the study of the Bible and other religious texts. Before St. Patrick’s arrival, the stories were passed through oral traditions and therefore relied on people’s memories to provide the truth.

St. Patrick’s mission in Ireland lasted for 30 years. Part of Irish lore states that St. Patrick drove the snakes from the island, but this has been found to be purely fiction.

Through the post-glacier structure of Ireland, geologists have concluded that there were never any snakes on the island.

It is believed that St. Patrick died on March 17 sometime during the fifth century and to this day, March 17 is reserved for the commemoration of this Irish saint.

Every year, people with little-to-no Irish descendent claim this famous heritage on or around March 17 so they can celebrate with the people of real Irish descent.

United States, Canada and Australia, along with Ireland, host the most number of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in

the world. According to History.com, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place on March 17, 1762 in New York City.

This parade combined music and Irish culture that reunited Irish soldiers serving in the English army to their homeland roots. Hundreds of cities across the U.S. host St. Patrick’s Day parades every year, but New York City’s parade is by far the largest.

Every year, three million people flock to the mile and a half parade route to watch the five-hour tribute to the Irish patron saint. Another U.S. city has a very colorful tradition on St. Patrick’s Day. Every year, Chicago dyes the Chicago River green with a green vegetable dye.

This tradition started in 1962 when sanitation workers dumped 100 pounds of green dye into the river, tinting the water for a week. Since then, only 40 pounds of dye are released into the water in order to preserve the environment, which only tints the river for several hours.

Another tradition that Americans have adopted from Irish ancestors is love for beer and any holiday that condones the consumption of alcohol. St. Patrick’s Day offers not only an opportunity to drink beer, but provides us with the once-a-year chance to drink green beer.

The shamrock and the leprechaun are also part of St. Patrick’s Day lore.

The shamrocks have become a symbol of Ireland because the island abounds with the three-leafed plants.

It is also thought that St. Patrick used these clovers with the three leaves to signify the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in his religious teachings.

Leprechauns are simply part of Irish folk tales and provide a fun character to portray on St. Patrick’s Day. Another St. Patrick’s Day tradition is to wear green on this day.

School children started this tradition, but its roots started because of the lush greenish of the island. Ireland is often referred to as the “Emerald Isle.”

Hopefully this year, you found a shamrock and wore green in the hopes that the luck of the Irish found you.

Top 10: tackle tax current season with tips for filing from IRS Michelle Hague Features Staff

The snow is almost gone, and daylight-saving time has begun.

This time of year makes people happy, and it also gets people down. It’s tax season.

“Taxes are annoying and don’t really help at all…I think it’s a greedy government scheme. I feel like they should either take taxes out of my paycheck or tax items I buy, but not both,” said Matt Smeltzer, a sophomore at Clarion University.

Regardless of how people feel about taxes, they still need to be filed.

This can be a stressful time for some, but there are simple tips from the Internal Revenue Service and Bankrate.com that can help people get over the tax hump.

Do not procrastinate.

This will be hard for some, including college students, because work, school and personal lives pull attention away from the task at hand.

Visit the IRS Web site.

This site along with other professional Web sites can help clear up confusing questions. These services are here to help, so take advantage of them.

File your return electronically.

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IRS Web site states, “Last year, two out of three tax returns were filed electronically. More than 800 million tax returns have been processed safely and securely over the past 20 years.” Products on the market like TurboTax, give people the freedom to do all their tax information on their own.

If you can not pay for your taxes right away, don’t panic.

To avoid penalties and interest, try to make monthly payments and still file before the deadline.

If the deadline for taxes comes quicker than expected, file for a sixmonth extension. Form

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Get the word on the street: Clarion club beat • Koinonia Christian Fellowship is hosting a card party March 27 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. in Gemmell 250/252.

Those who attend will be (gift) carded at the door!

Please bring any gift card you have (money value is unimportant) to get in to the party. There will be tons of fun card games to play. All gift cards go to the charitable organization Gift Card Givers. They take your used gift cards to give them to people who are in need. For more information on this organization please visit: www.giftcardgiver.com.

• The Clarion University cheerleaders challenge you to show your SPIRIT! The group’s inviting all Clarion University students to donate to the S.P.I.R.I.T. Scholarship on March 24 between 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. located in the lower Gemmell Rotunda. The S.P.I.R.I.T. Scholarship was created by students, for students.

Once the $25,000 goal is reached, a financial award will be given annually to an incoming Clarion University freshman. For more information, contact Michelle Wingard at mwingard@clarion.edu.

4868 at irs.gov can be used to file for the extension until Oct. 15.

College students can get extra credit from the government.

The Hope Scholarship Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit and higher education expenses deductions, for items such as textbooks, can help students get more money back.

Again for the college students, determining place of residency is very important.

“If you’re going to college in one state and spending summers at home in another, you could have two states vying for

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your tax dollars,” states Bankrate.com.

Keep track of income money. Leverage funds to get every tax advantage there is available.

Work-study programs are tax deductible.

Even if colleges and universities give students tuition breaks in exchange for money, it still needs to be listed on taxes.

Dot your i’s and cross your t’s.

Double check all decimal places to ensure the correct amounts.

Be sure that the spellings of names and places are correct. Those who overpaid taxes this year are planning to make the most of their returns.

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“I’m saving my tax return money to go toward my rent next year,” said Theresa Alessio, freshman at Clarion University.

Josh Schneider, also a student at Clarion University who enlisted with the National Guard, said, “I wouldn’t mind getting more tax breaks from the government, more money in my pocket.

I will probably invest in stocks, buy bodybuilding supplements with the extra money, or pay my rent with it etc.”

Schneider said he would receive extra tax benefits if he were to serve overseas.

Taxes are due by April 15.

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3 and 4 bedroom apartments. Pets welcome!

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ROLL OUT OF BED TO GO TO CLASS! Houses and apartments next to campus. See them at www. grayandcompany.net or call FREE Gray and Co. 887-562-1020.

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Dear Beatrice, I really enjoyed playing video games with you and your grandparents on Saturday night.

Mortimer, I was enthused to see you at bingo night. It was quite invigorating.

Dearest Mabel, your beauty surpasses that of the cherry blossoms in Japan during the spring season.

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vocational/technical training.

All training programs must be offered by an institution of higher learning and approved for GI Bill benefits.

Additionally, tutorial assistance, and licensing and certification test reimbursement are approved under the Post- 9/11 GI Bill.

The Post-9/11 GI Bill will pay tuition based upon the highest in-state tuition charged by an educational institution in the state where the educational institution is located.

For more expensive tuition, a program exists which may help to reimburse the difference

between the two tuition statements.

This program is called the “Yellow Ribbon Program.”

Each state is allowed to use the money for the most expensive state system school.

Clarion is not at the top of that list, and this means the benefits will cover 100 percent of the cost to attend Clarion University.

“The Post-9/11 GI Bill is real nice,” said Brandon Fortner, a molecular biology major at Clarion University.

Fortner joined the Amy in 1999 when he was still in high school.

When he graduated, he decided to go to Clarion, but his education was halted when he was deployed

to Bosnia.

Fortner has been deployed to Croatia, Germany and the Sinai Desert in Egypt.

Fortner returned to Clarion University last spring when he returned from Egypt.

“The Post-9/11 GI Bill has given veterans virtually unlimited financial means to go to school, and Clarion University believes its offerings of oncampus and online courses are attractive to veterans,” said Bill Bailey, dean of enrollment management at Clarion University.

“The Web site will help veterans connect with Clarion University no matter where they might be located in the world.”

In addition to on-cam-

pus courses, Clarion offers several degrees completely online through its Virtual Campus, something many servicemen in the field already use effectively, even while serving overseas or in another state, to complete a higher education.

Students can complete assignments at their own pace within the academic term on all online classes at Clarion.

Online Study options include: Undergraduate Degree Programs - Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies, Associate of Science in Early Childhood, Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging with a concentration in Radiological Sciences.

Graduate Programs include: Master of Science in Business Administration, Master of Science in Library Science, Master of Science in Mass Media Arts and Journalism and Master of Science in Rehabilitative Sciences.

Certificate Programs Includes: Radiological Sciences, CPA exam eligibility program, Graduate Secondary teacher certification, Early Childhood Directors Credential and Instructional Technology Specialist Program.

“Clarion University delivers online educational programs that are convenient and flexible, and which are held to the same quality standards as traditional on campus instruction,” said Dr. Art Acton,

assistant vice president for Academic Affairs at Clarion University.

“These programs all meet or exceed the rigorous requirements for regional and national accreditation.”

For additional information on Post-9/11 GI Bill contact Clarion University Financial Aid, located in room 104 Egbert Hall, Clarion University, Clarion, Pa., 16214, telephone (814) 393-2315 or (800) 672-7171.

Visit www.clarion.edu/ finaid; or Admissions, Clarion University, Clarion, Pa., 16214, telephone (814) 393-2306 or (800) 672-7171, or online at www.clarion.edu/admiss for additional online information.

Game: Sex Squares questions educate, entertain Kelsey Huebert Features Staff

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irty jokes multiplied among the student celebrities at Sex Squares.

When asked which flavor of edible underwear is most popular, student celebrity Ryan Coll replied, “I’ll take a wild guess on cherry!”

Coll’s guess proved to be correct, and when contestant Zach Steinmetz disagreed, circle got the square in the upper-left corner, and the fate of the men’s team, for that round, was almost sealed.

Sex Squares, an adaptation of the classic show “Hollywood Squares,” was held in the Gemmell multipurpose room at 6 p.m. on March 15.

For several years running, the Interhall Council has hosted the game show in the hope of educating and entertaining the student body.

The game play was tricky, and nowhere as easy as Whoopi Goldberg makes it seem. It is a hopped-up version of tic-tac-toe.

The host states a fact to the celebrity selected by the contestant. The celebrity either agrees or disagrees with the statement, after a joke or two.

If the contestant agrees with the celebrity, and the celebrity is correct, then the contestant wins that celebrity’s square.

If the contestant agrees with an incorrect answer, or disagrees with a correct one, then the opponent steals the square, but the opponent cannot steal a square and win the game at the same time.

“X” represented the male

team, and “O” the female.

Some questions revealed things most of the audience had not considered before.

Everyone was surprised to find out that during 30 minutes of active sex one burns approximately 200 calories.

Other questions elicited a more humorous response.

When posed the question of whether the average man thinks about sex every seven seconds, the celebrity cracked up the crowd, responding, “More like every .7 seconds!”

Sex Squares was planned and conducted by Josh Allen, a secondary education freshman from Wilkinson Hall, and Greg Jacobs, a marketing freshman, also from Wilkinson Hall.

The facts they uncovered while preparing for the event surprised them.

“There were a lot of surprising things,” said Allen.

“A lot of the statistics are mind-blowing. We tried to find facts that would be fun and educational for people.”

Almost 50 students attended Sex Squares. Many of those volunteered to be contestants and celebrities.

“We were pleased with the turnout, and we had a pretty nice crowd,” said Allen.

In his opinion the game enriched everyone in attendance.

“We always want more people to play,” said Allen, “but if they are here, even in the audience, they learn something.”

Jacobs made clear that the objective of the evening was “to inform the general student body about sex.”

Both Jacobs and Allen hoped to emphasize about

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Members of Interhall Council host team game, Sex Squares in order to inform students of the dangers of unprotected sex. the role of Interhall Council as a service organization to students and the Clarion campus.

“Interhall is the governing body of all the residence halls on campus,” said Josh.

“Students tell us any concerns they have at our weekly meetings, and we do our best to fulfill their

needs.”

“We put on programs like this to give back to the students,” said Jacobs.

To better conform to the educational objective of the event, Jacobs and Allen hope to include more facts about the dangers of unprotected sex .

“It’s something we’re looking forward, into,” said

Allen.

Jacobs nodded, said, “Next year we should do more of that.”

All the students in attendance, and especially winning contestants, were encouraged to take free condoms, lubricants, and card-holders.

“The Northwestern Pennsylvania Rural Aids

Alliance provided us with the condoms,” said Allen.

“Everything else was provided by Interhall council.”

Allen and Jacobs encourages residents and students to bring any concerns to Interhall Council meetings in Gemmell, room 248, every Thursday at 6 p.m.

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Vagina Monologues celebrate ten years in Clarion Russell Pekelnicky News Staff

The Vagina Monologues at Clarion University is reaching its tenth anniversary this year. This year’s show is directed by junior film major Carly Masiroff and fifth year English/ Spanish major Mariah Yancey. According to Masiroff, who has been involved with the Monologues for the past two years, this year’s performance has “much more power.”

This year has the distinction of being the first year that many alumni and staff and faculty of the university have been featured in the production, including a staff and faculty rendition of The Vagina Monologues on Wednesday night.

Yancey says her hope for the show is to be “sold out opening night especially.”

“I also hope it’s capped off with sales for the student performances.”

Yancey also hopes to sell a lot of the Vagina Warrior T-shirts and Eve Ensler’s new book, “I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World.”

Yancey also hopes that the production will “raise awareness of violence inflicted on every-

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Dr. Deborah Williams performs Wednesday night during the monologues faculty and alumni performance body, especially women.”

Masiroff also hopes for sold out shows and “for the message to reach everyone.” As for what the message is, Masiroff defines it as “empowering in ways you don’t expect.”

Marilouise Michel is a theatre professor at Clarion University, and has been involved on and off with the Vagina Monologues since its first year

at Clarion. She was invited back for this year’s staff and faculty performance, and is performing “The Moaning Monologue.”

According to Michel, this year’s cast has an ease about the production, which could both work for and against them.

Michel said, “They can’t take anything for granted, but they must be okay to say some of the

things in the monologues.”

Michel also notes “a lot of joy in it, and a little fear” in this year’s production. Most of all, however, she notices an overall sense of confidence, both in herself and towards the student performances.

Michel hopes a lot of “v-mon virgins” come out, and that they change their mind about the production. She says that there

is a lot of rhetoric around the performances that may taint the perception of it to those who haven’t seen it.

Deb Burghardt is the Director of Women and Gender studies at Clarion, and has also been involved since the beginning of Clarion’s Vagina Monologue performances. Burghardt says there’s “an excitement, an energy about this year’s performance.”

According to Burghardt, each year has its own personality, and “Carly and Mariah have their own unique style.” Burghardt notes this year has a larger cast than previous years, and that Yancey and Masiroff are doing “creative things this year.”

Burghardt says that the monologues can be used as an education tool, as “it can get people really thinking.” Burghardt has her students attend the show and then write about their experiences, and finds that it makes women “feel good about their bodies.”

Burghardt also says that men also appreciate and enjoy the performance as well.

Burghardt notes that, since the first year, much has changed. “We couldn’t say ‘vagina.’” However, over the past decade, culture has allowed women to open up and share what it means to be a woman.

For next year, Burghardt hopes that they include the monologue called “V-Men.” Shows of the Vagina Monologues will be March, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for students.

Amateurs showcase talent Kelsey Huebert Features Staff

A showcase of talent and entertainment brought artists and audiences together in appreciation.

“Without the performers, there wouldn’t be anything here,” said Jim Rose, a secondary education freshman and Philosophy Club member.

The Philosophy Club held an open microphone performance in the Carlson Library Art Gallery on Tuesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. Almost 30 performers and appreciators attended.

The event was the first of many open mic’s to come.

“This is the first time we’ve done this at Clarion,” said Rose.

“This will be a pilot for any future events.” He said if the night went well and students expressed interest, then “we’ll see what the future brings.”

Those who wished to perform were encouraged to take a number upon their arrival, to make sure everyone got a chance to show what they can do. Before the first performance the crowd became very excited.

“I think it’s going to be a great evening,” said Rose. “I think we’ll see a lot of people really show that side of them that you don’t see every day. By the end of the evening, these people won’t be strangers to each other. There will be a connection, because we’re all sharing the

element of expression.”

The night opened with a few classic rock and roll songs and one original. In the small, comfortable venue applause were given generously.

The fun continued with the vocal trio of Dylan Kristufek, Kevin Trostle and Jesse Campbell singing “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya,” an old Irish song of wartime protest.

The ensuing singalong was loud enough to make the lights flicker, and fun enough to draw ringing applause.

The trio was joined by Mary Fahringer for their next song, “For the Longest Time” by Billy Joel.

The trio-turned-quartet impressed the audience with vocal chording far beyond the amateur level.

After some gut-busting original stand-up comedy from Campbell, Fahringer had the opportunity to perform solo. She warmed hearts that still remember the 1990’s with Bon Jovi’s classic guitar song “I’ll Be There for You,” the theme song from “Friends.” The audience was even more impressed when she set to the keyboard, playing a perfect cover of Evanescence’s “My Immortal.”

The flow of expression continued until everyone willing had a chance to perform.

Rose is focused on the value of bringing performers together.

He has been doing just

that since high school.

“I wanted to see what would happen in a university atmosphere,” said Rose. “I always learn something new setting these up. In the past, we’ve been able to do five events each semester.

The difference between setting this up in a high school atmosphere and a university atmosphere is that in high school, you see people on a daily basis, so things get done more quickly.”

Rose was quick to acknowledge the importance of the support of the university faculty, staff and administration that provided the opportunity.

“People are very accommodating when it comes to this kind of thing,” said Rose. “It’s about self expression, and people love to see students expressing themselves. It takes a lot of people to set this up. I’m just the guy in the background that makes sure things run smoothly.”

Rose was also eager to thank the performers on behalf of the Philosophy Club.

“Everyone worked together to create this,” said Jim. “Really, it’s the performers that make it beautiful.”

All area artists and appreciators are encouraged to attend the next open microphone performance sponsored by the Philosophy Club. A date has not yet been determined, so keep an eye out.

Copeland says goodbye Amy Wincek

Entertainment Staff

Thursday, March 11 was a day full of mixed emotions for Copeland fans residing in Western Pennsylvania.

After nine years of heartfelt music making, the band announced their breakup toward the end of last October.

However, they promised a farewell tour for their devoted audience, who would greatly miss this legendary indie rock band.

This much awaited night of cute indie rock love songs finally hit Pittsburgh. The show was held at Mr. Small’s Funhouse in Millvale, Pa. and though the venue wasn’t sold out, everyone packed in as closely to the stage as they could, so they wouldn’t miss a second of their last chance to watch Copeland.

Hundreds of Copeland fans, old and new, came flooding in to celebrate as well as support this iconic band for their final Pittsburgh show.

Deas Vail was the opening act. They had a Copeland-esque sound, so naturally, the crowd was well-pleased with them.

Next in the lineup was a band called Person L. This is the experimental/indie rock project of Starting Line’s lead singer, Kenny Vasoli. There were only a few shouts

from the audience requesting to hear some Starting Line songs, which the band quickly dismissed.

After Person L, Ace Enders, of The Early November, did a set with his the other alternative rock project named I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business.

Their set was solid, and they received much praise from the audience.

Finally came the long-awaited Copeland set, the highlight of the night. The band stepped on stage sporting cardigans, scarves and other such classy attire. The audience greeted them with nothing short of glee.

Songs for their farewell set were selected through an online poll where fans were prompted to vote for their four favorite songs off each of the band’s albums.

It was a brilliant way to ensure that pretty much all of the audience would know the material they played, and like it, which gave their performance kind of a familiar, fun atmosphere.

Their sound was balanced, and Aaron Marsh, the lead singer, was sure to hit every note, even in his legendary most rangy falsetto stints.

There was jubilant dancing when they played their more peppy tunes, like “Pin Your Wings,” “She changes Your Mind,” “Take Care”

and “The Day I lost my voice (The Suitcase Song).”

An almost concert-wide sing-along commenced when they played some of their older hits, like “Paula Sparks” and “Coffee.”

Copeland announced that they would be wrapping up their set, and commenced with the song, “California” as the last song they would play.

By the end of the show, there were many soupy eyes in the audience.

Everybody was pretty content with the show, having been given the chance to hear their favorite Copeland tunes one last time.

Not wanting this final show to come to such an abrupt close, though, the audience began chanting, “One more song” as the band was walking off stage.

The band had planned on returning for an encore, because by the time the audience had managed to syncopate their cheers for more Copeland, frontman Aaron Marsh, came back out instantly, and sat down to his keyboard.

To the great pleasure of older Copeland fans, he chose to begin playing “Brightest.” The next, and final song of the night, was “You Have My Attention,” a Copeland classic.

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Logan Powell Entertainment Staff

Finding new music can often be a tedious and annoying task. How is the average person supposed to filter through the millions upon millions of garbage songs in order to find something pleasing to his or her ears?

Upon asking a few random acquaintances of mine, I found that a lot of people like to use online radio stations, such as Pandora or last.fm, which conveniently plays music that it thinks is similar to the music that was searched for.

While that is all fine and dandy for them, I feel that finding music should be more hands on. Instead of letting a computer forcefeed you songs, why not search for yourself? Surprisingly, I have discovered that iTunes may possibly be the handiest medium for finding new tunes. iTunes a great place for

Samuel Dixon

Entertainment Editor

In an attempt to avoid the overly played noise of the mainstream I often found myself turning to the unwashed masses of the online community.

However Internet forum hipsters can only get you so far. Often you are left with a list of their favorite bands and none that fit you.

Thankfully technology, through the use of the Music Genome Project, has given computers the ability to do the heavy lifting in the process.

Sites like Pandora and last.fm have been using the technology to help people find their musical soul mate.

Although technically the new kid on the block, last.fm has quickly become my personal choice in music discovery. The site offers custom streaming radio while also offering a music tracking service.

By setting up a free

someone to organize all his or her personal digital music, but it also features one of the most expansive music databases on the Web. Not only does iTunes have a incredibly large amount of music by thousands of signed and unsigned artists, but you can also listen to a 30-second sample of every song by simply double clicking it.

Starting your search is very easy. For example, say you like a couple of songs by the band Death Cab for Cutie and you want something new that is a similar style.

By simply clicking on the small arrow next to the artist’s name, iTunes will show you the entire Death Cab discography.

From there you can easily read short blurbs about the band, read user submitted reviews, doubleclick and sample songs, or click on the helpful list of similar artists that iTunes compiles from purchases

people made in addition to Death Cab for Cutie and sample their songs.

So by just doing a couple easy clicks, fans of Death Cab can easily expose themselves to lesser-known, yet similar sounding bands like Bright Eyes, The Shins and Fleet Foxes whom they may have never heard before.

As impressed as I am at iTunes ability to catalogue and search for music, it is still disappointing that almost every file bought from iTunes is protected and cannot be played on any Mp3 player except the Apple iPod. When it comes to purchasing music, I recommend using Amazon’s mp3 Downloads or buying an actual hard copy.

But to those attempting to broaden their musical knowledge, consider using iTunes to help your search.

It has expanded my library greatly, and I am sure it could do the same for you.

account and downloading their app (which is also free), last.fm takes all the songs you listen to on your iTunes, iPod and even your Xbox 360 and shares them online.

The different statistics the sites collect are interesting enough, but the site takes this data and suggests new bands for you to discover.

These new bands will show up on your home page while also coming into rotation when you listen to your own library on the site.

Once you have found new bands it’s time to talk about them and keep up to date with tours and album releases.

Sputnikmusic.com takes user reviews and suggests music based off the albums you have reviewed on the site and matching them to other’s listening patterns.

Users can also create lists for their favorite music and talk directly to other fans. The news on the site’s front page is struc-

tured much like Digg.com.

The best of the best finds its way to the top, but all have a chance of getting there.

The site has its own team of reviewers, but most of the feature reviews are done by users of the site.

News on the site stays away from the tabloid side of things and focuses on what is important, the music.

If you can get past the fanboy mentality Sputnik makes it easy to find new bands while not ignoring the old.

Both sites, due to their free nature, feature a number of advertisements and just because the services are obscure in nature doesn’t mean the content always is.

Last.fm in particular often has a problem with pushing bands from big labels.

Both services are very well worth a try and have lead me to a number of bands I otherwise wouldn’t have found.

Amy Wincek

Entertainment Staff

There are innumerable ways to discover music online, but one of my favorite ways to find a new band comes by reading music reviews on the Web site of a magazine called Relevant.

The tunes they choose to review are in the “Culture: Music Reviews” section of the site. They have a pretty solid Web page, and in this section they usually showcase about 10 reviews of bands’ newest releases.

They have the tendency to run articles on mostly popular indie jams, but they try to sprinkle in some lesser known promising talent.

Although the magazine’s tastes echo other such culturally savvy magazines such as Paste or Pitchfork, they always add some Christian bands of the same caliber to their review list, or advertise for the various upcoming Christian

Chelsea Perza

Entertainment Staff

Music, everyone listens to it. You hear it when you’re driving in your car.

People listen too it when they work out, when they walk to class, and just sitting there and relaxing.

They listen to it on a radio, their computers, iPods, Mp3 players, and even on their phones now. But where do people get their music from?

Do they pay for the music they are listening to, or are they listening to it for free?

Come on now, who wants to pay for the music they listen to? You could always just download the music and not even think twice about paying for it.

While a large group of people support this option it’s often more damaging to good music then help, the threat of charges and even jail time over pirating music makes this option a no go for most.

There are many differ-

versions of Woodstock.

If I happen to read an article that raves about a particular album or band I haven’t heard about before, I hop on their MySpace page to check out a couple of their songs. If I really like the band, I also look to see if they will be playing anywhere remotely local, and in that case, I might attempt to check out one of their shows.

If they don’t appear to be playing anywhere local, I might even go so far as to check out live videos on YouTube. Some recent gems I have discovered on the site are Yeasayer’s album titled “Odd Blood,” and the newest release from the estate of the late Johnny Cash album.

Relevant switches up its music reviews every month or so, giving me plenty of time to listen to these bands and form a decent opinion on them, and move on to the new month’s batch of reviews.

This month, Relevant showcases reviews on anything from Them Crooked Vultures, to Animal Collective, The Gorillaz’s “Plastic Beach,” Midlake’s new release, “The Courage of Others;” Los Campesinos!, “Romance Is Boring;” Spoon’s, “Transference;” Vampire Weekend’s most current album, “Contra;” and even Seabird’s, “Rocks into Rivers.”

Sprinkled throughout the music section of the Web site, you can also find interviews with artists, that cover anything from their lives, interests, hobbies, to their beliefs, or new projects they hope to be turning out soon.

In the past, I have been pretty thrilled to find that there have been articles on some of my favorite artists.

It’s an awesome way to learn more about bands you already know and love, and gain a little bit of insight into the messages they incorporate into their music.

ent sites on the Internet that are free to stream music on, or even get a free download or two. A site that is pretty new, and not many people know about yet is Grooveshark.

Grooveshark.com was launched in 2007 by Sam Tarantino and Josh Greenburg, a couple of students at the University of Florida..

This is a site where you are able to steam music for free; all you have to do is make an account and make sure you have the program Java download on your computer, but if you do not have Java, you can download it on Grooveshark’s site.

They wanted to come up with an easy to use way for people to listen to music legally. Many people go to this site because they can create a list and come back later to listen to it again.

You can share the tracks with friends on this web site.

Grooveshark has song downloads from MP3 stores and ringtones

from Thumbplay, so you take the music you want and the correct copyright holders get paid.

Grooveshark is growing, each month this site receives 6.5 million visitors (worldwide), 600 million minutes of streaming and 45 minutes average time spent on each person who comes to this site.

People who use Grooveshark are able to post the songs that they want on Twitter, Myspace, Facebook and other social sites. Music is something that everyone wants and they do not want to have to pay to listen to it.

There are many different Web sites online that you can stream or download music for free.

Grooveshark is one of the best so far.

With the service still building, it won’t be long before it takes its place at the head of the pack.

Go to Grooveshark. com now and see what you think of it.

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March 18, 2010 Clarion Call

Wrestling takes third at EWLs Jennifer Dailey Sports Staff

The Clarion University wrestling team finished their season with a record of 8-8 and a third place finish at last week’s Eastern Western League Championships.

The 8-8 record is the first time the team has finished their season above .500 since head coach Teague Moore became coach four years ago.

The Golden Eagles posted some impressive wins this season with upsets over teams such as the University of North Carolina and West Virginia.

Even their losses were impressive as the team was wrestling against some of the best teams in the country including ranked teams Edinboro and Kent State.

Other losses came down to one match that if it had gone Clarion’s way, the team would have came out with the win.

The team’s performance at last week’s EWL’s points shows how this group of wrestlers may be the turning point for the Golden Eagle wrestling program.

Clarion posted four second place finishes which helped them finish in third place behind powerhouses Edinboro and Pittsburgh.

James Fleming, Hadley Harrison, Greg Lewis and Alex Thomas finished in

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he Clarion University men’s baseball team has kicked off its season under the leadership of Coach Chris Brown who starts his 3rd season as the CUP head coach.

Showing steady improvement over the past three years, the Eagles are excited to be back on the field. Earlier in the month, junior first baseman Matt Rossi, senior right fielder Jason Krimsky, and junior pitcher Eric Panco were named the team captains and will provide the leadership for the Eagles baseball team.

Also returning this year are senior infielder Scott Berkes, shortstop Mark White, and second baseman Tom Briley.

This strong infield, along with the help of outfielders Erik Kempton in center, Jason Krimsky in right, and Sean Zimmerman in left should help to provide a strong balanced team.

Chad White and Ken Morgan will battle for play-

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Clarion University wrestler Steven Cressley wrestles at a home match in Tippin Gymnasium earlier in the season. second place.

The second place finishes by Fleming and Harrison qualified them for the NCAA D-1 Nationals which take place March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb. Finishing in fourth place for Clarion were Nick Milano, Steven Cressley, Clint Podish and Quintas McCorkle.

Fleming, a freshman,

will face off against American University’s Kyle Borshoff in the first round of the tournament.

Fleming finished the season 28-6 at 149 pounds while Borshoff finished 245. Harrison, a senior, finished the season 38-9 and currently has 102 wins in his Clarion wrestling career.

In the 157 pound weight

class, Harrison will go against Northern Colorado’s Justin Gaethje who went 24-13.

As this match isn’t considered the first round of the tournament, the winner will be the one to move on to the first round.

With Harrison and Lewis being the only seniors on the team, the Golden Eagles will return next year

with an experienced core of young wrestlers several of which started this year.

The team will be going into next season with the experience and confidence they gained from their success this year.

Because of that, this generation of Golden Eagles wrestlers could very well be the turning point for the program.

Baseball swings into spring season Dustin Sams

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ing time behind the plate.

“I see them splitting time in 2010,” said head coach, Chris Brown.

Clarion’s pitching staff expects to greatly improve its skills with a variety of veterans and newcomers this season.

The starting rotation should be Eric Panco, Gregg Banzuh, Scott Berkes or Brandon Slater and Erik Kempton.

The bullpen will look to T. J. Anderson, Kevin Gnacinski, Luke Prazenica, Brett Whitman, Bill Ruhland and Jeremy Smith to pitch in middle relief or possibly get some starting spots.

The closing role for the Golden Eagles will be Slater, Kempton or Mark White.

In an interview with sophomore 3B/RHP, Scott Berkes, he said that he is feeling very excited and upbeat about the upcoming season.

“The college has a very good team this year and it is going to be a lot of fun knowing that they are going to be able to compete for a playoff spot,” Berkes said.

“One of the team’s biggest strengths this year is that they are going to be able to score a lot of runs.

The batting order from one to nine is very strong.”

Berkes continued, stating that the starting pitching and defense are also very strong this year.

“One of the biggest components of compiling a winning season is to keep everyone healthy and playing to his full potential,” Berkes said.

Berkes also stated that after playing a few games, the team has great hopes for the season.

“The biggest goal is to compete in every game, take each game one step at a time, and ultimately get one of the top four seeds and make the playoffs,” Berkes said.

Also interviewed was head coach, Brown. Brown stated he is very excited to get the new season started.

The team started its north season yesterday, with Pitt-Johnstown, playing four PSAC games this weekend.

“The main goal this season is to make the PSAC playoffs which would be

a hot start against the Golden Eagles, getting out to a quick 21-9 lead 7:23 into the first half. Clarion trailed by double digits for nearly all 20 minutes of the first half, and things were not looking good at all.

Kutztown out-shot Clarion from the field 52.8 percent to 29-7 percent in the first half, and went into the locker room with a 45-30 lead at the half.

With their season in jeopardy, the Golden Eagles needed a near miracle to pull out the win.

After both teams ex-

changed baskets for the first five minutes of the second half, Clarion started to make their run.

With 12:42 remaining in the game, Clarion got within their closest since the opening minutes at 5449 on a Jamar Harrison lay-up.

With 8:19 remaining in the game Clarion cut their deficit to one on a Paul McQueen lay-up.

Just like that, Clarion was right back in the game.

Clarion hung right in there with Kutztown down the stretch as they kept

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Clarion’s No. 28 Matt Rossi scores during last year’s season. the first time since the 2005 season,” Brown said.

Coach Brown said that the team will rely heavily on the strength of their bats this year with some big hitters on the squad.

He said that the team’s starting pitching has to be big this year.

He added that the team definitely has some arms to go with the bats they have.

The Golden Eagles now stand four games into the season, winning the first

game and dropping the last three.

Brown thinks the season is coming where the team wants it to come and they need to work on getting more consistent.

He stated that the men have a good attitude, and with the addition of two new coaches to the squad; Coach Mike Torres and Coach Jake Yale, the team is very excited to open the season and see where they will go.

The 80th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship will begin on Thursday March 18 and end on Saturday March 20.

The NCAA Wrestling Pot of Gold awaits 10 NCAA Division I wrestlers at the “Qwest Center” in Omaha, Neb. on Saturday, March 20th, where the “Rainbow” ends and the best collegiate wrestlers in the nation are crowned.

Clarion will have two NCAA Qualifiers competing this year in 149 pounder James Fleming and 157 pounder Hadley Harrison.

The 80th NCAA Division I Wrestling National Championships will get underway on Thursday, March 18th with Round 1 beginning at Noon (ET).

A second prelim round will start at 7:30 p.m., followed by a round of consolations. Friday has the quarterfinals starting at 10:30 a.m., with the semi’s slated for 7 p.m. Friday night (Live On ESPNU).

Saturday will feature the All-America place matches starting at 11 a.m., with the championship finals scheduled for 7:30 p.m. live on ESPN. Fleming (28-6) will open the 2010 NCAA Wrestling tournament against American University’s Kyle Borshoff, who was 24-5 during the regular season. Borshoff, a senior, defeated Fleming at Midlands in late December 7-3.

Borshoff placed fifth at the EIWA Tournament and in the final season ranking was 11th by Intermat and 13th by AWN. The winner of that match will likely get No. 2 seed Brent Metcalf of Iowa (31-1), who placed second here last year.

Harrison (38-9) will get a “pig-tail” match to open the 157-pound weight class against Justin Gaethje of Northern Colorado.

Gaethje, a junior, was 24-13 this season and received a wild card entry.

He palced 4th at the west Regional.

If Harrison would win the first bout he would wrestle No. 8 seed Bryce Saddoris (Navy) in the “first round” match.

Saddoris was 31-10 this season and placed second at the EIAW Tournament.

Men’s basketball wraps season over break Drew Karpen Sports Staff

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he Clarion Golden Eagles comeback came up just shy in their conference semifinal match-up with Kutztown on March 5.

The Golden Eagles knew they had their hands full after already losing to Kutztown earlier in the season when they were ranked number two in the nation.

Kutztown got out to

the deficit to within three points going into the final minutes.

All it took was one empty possession that would doom the Golden Eagles.

Down by three points, Shameel Carty was unable to get a shot off to tie the game.

Kutztown went 6-6 from the free throw line in the final minute to seal the 8579 victory.

Clarion shot an astonishing 69 percent in the second half.

Leading the Golden Eagles was Carty with 20

points. Jamar Harrison and Denzil Dennison recorded 16 points and 14 points respectively.

Lloyd Harrison and McQueen each chipped in 12 points to round out the players scoring in double figures.

The Golden Eagles finished the season at 18-11 and in second place in the PSAC-West conference.

They became the first Clarion team since 1997 to win a home playoff game.

Everyone will be returning from this year’s team except for lone senior Greg

Parker.

Transfers Lloyd and Jamar Harrison were honored with their outstanding play this year with being named to the second team PSAC-West honorees.

Lloyd Harrison averaged 14.9 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, 4.6 assists per game, and 2.7 steals per game for the Golden Eagles this year.

Teammate Jamar Harrison led the team with 15.6 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game, 1.9 steals per game and 2.1 assists per game.

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Villanova wants Final Four repeat Villanova’s run for second straight Final Four appearance starts Thursday against Robert Morris Dan Gelston AP Exchange

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ay Wright could pass on a second career as a dog walker.

His house on the market, Wright has spent afternoons dutifully using a scooper to clean up after his two dogs to make sure the yard looks like it came right out of Better Homes and Gardens for potential buyers.

Wright couldn’t find a sympathetic ear when he complained to his wife, Patty, about the mundane chore.

“You think Jim Calhoun is in his backyard picking up after his dogs?” Wright said.

“She said, ‘Jim Calhoun’s won two national championships.’”

Hey, Wright has one Final Four and that’s a start.

Maybe he can get a presidential pardon from doggie duty from President Barack Obama.

Obama predicted the Wildcats would reach the Final Four in the First Pool. Hail to the Wildcats?

“I’ve always respected the

President. He has a great basketball mind,” said Wright, who voted for Obama. “It’s great for our university that he thinks highly of our program.”

So did the NCAA selection committee, which surprised the Wildcats with the No. 2 seed in the South Regional even after Villanova lost five of its last seven games.

The Wildcats (24-7) can exhale now that the NCAA tournament is here.

Villanova’s Big East schedule at the end of the season was tougher than anything they’ll face at the start of the tournament.

Gone are Syracuse, West Virginia and Marquette (at least for now).

Villanova’s bid for a second straight Final Four appearance and its first national championship since 1985 starts Thursday against 15th seed Robert Morris (23-12).

In case the Wildcats needed a reminder of the perks of being one of the last teams standing, they received Final Four rings before making the trip to Provi-

dence, R.I. “We got our Final Four rings from last year as kind of a motivational thing, trying to show the young guys, ‘Hey, let’s get another one,’” guard Reggie Redding said. “We’re going to use that as motivation to try and get back. ... Now if me and Scottie (Reynolds) can lead our team to a Final Four, it will be another great thing.”

Reynolds already has his legacy at Villanova secured with one of the biggest shots in team history.

His half-court dash for the winning layup with 0.5 seconds left against Pittsburgh sent Villanova to the Final Four for the first time since 1985.

Reynolds, who is closing in on becoming the school’s career scoring leader, can’t take a step around campus or watch a tourney highlight film without being reminded of that sensational play made 50 miles up the road in Boston.

“It wasn’t about me making the shot,” Reynolds said. “It was the feeling after when we were just hugging each other. There’s

no words, just tears and emotion.

And it was because we felt like we deserved it and we put in all that work and heart and time for each other, not for anybody individually.”

Reynolds and the Wildcats need to recapture that feeling soon if they want to live up to Obama’s pick.

Their 20-1 start and No. 2 national ranking looked like a mirage after they stumbled down the stretch.

All along, the Wildcats insisted they were playing better than when they were ranked so high and blowing through the opposition, they just didn’t have the wins to show for it.

“We never fear losing,” Reynolds said. “The biggest fear we have is somebody coming into our basketball game, playing harder and more together than us.”

The Wildcats aren’t the only team feeling like it has some unfinished business in March.

Robert Morris is no longer the wide-eyed, happy-to-be-here bunch that lost to Michigan State last season.

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larion University junior diver Logan Pearsall set a new NCAA D-II record in winning the 3 meter national championship in men’s diving.

Ryan Thiel was 14th in the 100 free as the Golden Eagle Men’s Swimming and Diving team finished with a 13th place team score on Saturday night at the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships.

Hosted at the C.T. Branin Natatorium, Drury won the team race with 538 points, Incarnate Word was second with 403, Wayne State was third with 343, Grand Valley fourth with

314 and Clarion 13th with 120 points.

Clarion junior, Pearsall earned a diving sweep by dominating the competition with his win on Saturday night in the three meter event.

Pearsall had an 11dive total of 557.50 points, breaking the old NCAA Record set in 1994 by Dario DiFazio of Oakland with 556.40 points.

Pearsall’s next closest competitor was Adam Vance of West Chester, who was second with 497.15 points, which means Pearsall won by 60.35 points.

“Logan had a Class A performance tonight,” said Clarion diving coach Dave Hrovat. “He was very focused - He hit every dive.

In fact, he had 71 points on his fifth dive tonight, and that’s one of the largest totals I’ve seen on one dive in my 20 years at Clarion.”

Pearsall also won the one meter national championship on Thursday night with a score of 545.65.

Sophomore diver Justin Duncan also placed 8th on three meter with a score of 381.90 points.

He was 12th on one meter on Thursday.

Also posting an individual place on Saturday was senior Ryan Thiel, who placed 14th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.74.

The 400 free relay team closed the nationals on Saturday night with a 13th place finish. The team of Dustin Fedunok, Joseph Ward, Andrew Claypool

and Ryan Thiel finished 13th with a time of 3:05.06.

The Golden Eagles were led by tenth year head coach Mark Van Dyke.

Thiel’s two A-A performances gives him 6 A-A placings at the 2010 nationals and finishes his career total at 19.

Clarion diver Logan Pearsall is a career three time national champion.

He won both boards this year, won on three meter last year and was second on one meter last year in his four tries for the Golden Eagles at nationals.

With Pearsall’s championship performance tonight, Dave Hrovat has now had divers win 35 D-II individual national titles.

Hrovat is in his 20th season at Clarion.

Conference tournament, the Colonials are in the NCAA tournament for the second straight season.

Coach Mike Rice passed out a list of all the 15 seeds who have defeated a No. 2. It’s a short one, just four times and not since Hampton beat Iowa State in 2001.

“My daughter doesn’t even have us winning this game,” Rice said. “I think I told somebody, I think on my 15th radio show, that I’m going to cut down the nets if we win this game.”

Robert Morris, a commuter school of about 5,000 students in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon Township, Pa., knows winning a national championship is out of reach.

Winning one game for the Colonials would feel like winning six for the Wildcats.

“I don’t think any of our guys are thinking Indianapolis,” Rice said.

No, but the Wildcats are and they expect to be there in two weeks for the Final Four. Only this time, they want to play on the final night.