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Students learn skills for job employment Rachel Farkas STAFF WRITER
CLARION, PA. - The brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon hosted a one-of-a-kind career development competition Thursday, Nov. 29 in Hart Chapel. “Hired or Fired” was a competition to see which contestants are the most professionally prepared based on their resume, elevator speech, attire and interview. Recognized student organizations and recognized university organizations sponsored 12 students to participate in the event. Erin Lewis, assistant director of Career Services, emceed the competition. Zach Motyl, sponsored by the Theta Xi fraternity, won first place in the competition. Greg Jacobs came in second, and Maddie Robinson won third place. Motyl received a Pepsi gift basket with more than $120 worth of professional development items; the sponsoring organization of the first place winner also received $100. Motyl said he was excited to win representing Theta Xi and apart of the university because it shows how well Clarion had prepared him for the job market. “You come and do four years, not just to
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“Hired or Fired” first-place winner Zach Motyl (far right) stands with his fellow contestants. get an education, but to get a job,” he said. “Hired or Fired” was judged by three local professionals: Todd MacBeth, principal of Clarion Area Elementary; Jim Crooks, owner of F.L. Crooks & Co: and Pam Watkins, site administrator of PA CareerLink.
In addition, participants’ resumes were judged and scored by another group of local professionals and one university professor before the event began. The first round of the competition was the elevator speech, which is a 30-second speech meant to introduce
and promote yourself to a potential employer. It is a way to “make yourself stand out in a crowd,” Lewis said. Contestants were judged based on their on eye contact, poise and confidence in this round. The elevator speech scores were combined with the resume scores to give
the students their combined first round scores. After the elevator speech, five of the 12 contestants were eliminated. Once the eliminated contestants were revealed, the audience could text in an immunity vote to keep their favorite person of the five. In the second round, the
contestants were judged on their professional attire. Proper attire was judged on maturity, fit and overall appropriateness. For this round, Lewis individually announced the contestants’ names and what they were wearing while the contestant promenaded around the stage to show off their attire to the judges. After the second round, there was another elimination and only five of the original 12 contestants were left. Contestants Maddie Robinson, Greg Jacobs, Brett Ferringer, Zach Motyl and Ryan Greguric received high enough scores to make it to the final round, the interview. Contestants came out one by one and chose two slips of paper, each containing one question, from a container and gave them to Lewis, who then read the two questions aloud. Contestants were judged on the fluidity, conciseness, content and clarity of their responses. Lewis said events like these are important to help students see the value of professional development throughout their college careers. “It’s important because it really does help students to see the importance of professional development in a fun way,” she said.
NRHH inducts members Justin Costa STAFF WRITER
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CLARION, PA. - Members from the Clarion University National Resident Hall Honaray inducted Clarion University students Terri Lynn Clark, Larry Wigner III, Kelly Walton and Madeline into the society on Sunday, Dec. 2. The ceremony kicked off with members in the NRHH discussing what the group is about and the group’s history. The NRHH, established in 1964, is organized locally on individual campuses and is an organization based on leadership. The group recognizes organizations, students, leaders, staff and anything that has to do with residence life.
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Members of the group submit “Of the Month” personal recommendations; the members vote on the OTMs, and the winner gets an award. Some of the winners go on to a regional or a national level so that they can win across the country. After the members were done speaking, the inductees came up in front of everyone as they were handed their certificates and took an oath as they were sworn into the NRHH. “The induction ceremony is very prestigious as NRHH is only the top 1 percent of the campus and so we have a max of 20 members” said Chairperson Bethany Crum. “It’s an honorary organization; it’s not like anyone can join. It’s a very select few. It’s very exciting,” Crum said.
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CLARION, PA. - Having and maintaining good health is important to living a satisfying life. Some individuals believe that eating and drinking properly along with exercising are the only ways of being healthy. All of those are big elements of your health; however, there are five parts of health: physical, mental/ emotional, spiritual, environmental and social. Each plays an important part in overall health, but the most ignored and underrated one is social health. Carl Hildebrandt, a physician who works at Eastside Pediatrics in Pittsburgh said, “The social aspect of your health is extremely important to your overall health. It sometimes gets overlooked because when people are usually sick or are recovering from an illness, the main things that a person focuses on are drinking and eating right and getting rest. But when you surround yourself around people positive people that you have fun with, it can make you feel better, take your mind off of whenever it is that you are going through, and it can help you be stronger,” Hildebrandt said. When you’re active and social, you meet many different types of people and open opportunities. Hildebrandt said, “It’s good to have close friends and family members that you can share stories and experiences with and can talk to when you have a problem. We live in a stressful world, and we must all have some sort of social life where we can go have fun, party, and be somewhat free. I always tell people, the more you laugh the longer you live.” Social health is how people interact with people in areas around others. This can affect individual’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health as well. To be socially healthy means a person can make friends easily and work happily in groups. Social health reflects a child’s developing ability to form close, secure relationships with other familiar
people in their lives such as parents, relatives and other nurturing caregivers. When someone is socially healthy, he or she will be able to participate well in cooperative and social activities, manage behavior, resolve conflict and able to show some sort of empathy toward others. The individual will also have a clear definition of who he or she is and be willing to learn about others. They will be able to develop positive selfimage and self-worth. Being socially healthy is an important segment of health and wellness because it allows people to express their feelings to others instead of keeping it inside. It’s based on how individuals get along with other people, how they react, and how individuals interact with social institutions and societal mores. “Being alone can be distressing and can lead to depression, illness, and even death. It has also been known that people to live longer and have a much shorter recovery when they fall victim to illness if they have a high degree of social health,” said Gayle Truitt-Bean, a health professor at Clarion University. Naomi Bell O’Neil, a communication professor at Clarion University believes that being social is a must in today’s society. “Communication is big in today’s world it’s everywhere, and without it, we would be in a lot of trouble as a society. Whether it’s verbal or nonverbal communication, it is a form of being social because you are interacting with other, if you are not social at all you will have a very difficult time living in today’s world,” said O’Neil. Haile Kephart, a junior and communications major at Clarion University, is active on campus. She said, “Being social is just a part of life. Everyone needs to be social somewhat. In almost every profession there are going to be times when you must speak in front of or with others and that requires good communication and people skills. You must be able to adapt to different types of people if you want to get anywhere in life. It has also been known that
students who are active on college campuses are the ones who are most likely to finish school.” Jerricka Allen, a sophomore and psychology major, said she believes being socially unhealthy is a problem and significant in ones overall life. “When you’re not healthy socially, it can really jeopardize your present and future relationships with others. How will you ever find your soul mate? I use to never talk to other nor get involve in activities in or outside of school but family member and including my doctor would stress to me how important it was to interact with others and being open to new idea and events. So, yes being social is needed in everyone’s life,” she said. There are many people out there who suffer from depression and are socially awkward. Some do not have friends and sometimes struggle to make them. They may not be having fun in life, or have been through some type of tragedy and as a result, they have a hard time finding enjoyment. In many cases, it is difficult for these people to make the transition from being antisocial to social or from being shy to confident and extroverted. Growing up there was Lafialla Hollinger, who was always reserved and timid. At a young age, he lost both of his parents. With both losses, that hurt him even more and as a result, he became shyer and somewhat of a loner. He didn’t have many friends, and he never tried to be social or conversational while around others whether they were fellow students or family members. When he was 15, he joined the swim team at his high school, began socializing and interacting with fellow male neighbors and eventually joined a church. His life then started to change, and he was having fun and wasn’t afraid to meet new people. He was going on dates and was being socially active. Today he is 23, a grad student and is engaged with a bright future ahead of him. His story shows that social health is an important element in life.
Castor considers bid for Pa. Gov. 2014 Peter Jackson AP EXCHANGE
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Bruce Castor, who opposed Tom Corbett when he was elected attorney general in 2004, said Wednesday he is considering challenging now-Gov. Corbett in the 2014 GOP primary. Castor, 51, a Montgomery County commissioner and former district attorney, is the first Republican to publicly express interest in challenging Corbett’s planned bid for a second term. He said a large number of Republicans began calling him the day after the Nov. 6 election and urged him to run in two years. Castor lost the 2004 nomination for state attorney general to Corbett by more
than 5 percentage points. “I am listening, exploring options, and gauging what financial and political support might be had for such a run,” he said. Castor said that Corbett “has not been as successful in getting things done as he might have hoped,” especially with GOP majorities in both houses of the Legislature. Castor also cited what he said was Corbett’s “unwillingness to take on entrenched government union bosses.” In addition, lingering questions about why the state investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky took nearly three years “could
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hobble (Corbett) going into the next year,” he said. Corbett was attorney general when the state took over the investigation in early 2009, but had been governor for nearly a year when Sandusky was arrested last year. Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of abusing boys and is serving a 30- to 60-year prison term. Democratic Attorney General-elect Kathleen Kane, who starts her new job in January, campaigned on a promise to investigate the handling of the Sandusky case. “I think that the timing is right to gauge whether there is an appetite in the Republican rank-and-file to take a look at another alternative” for governor, Castor said.
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Lawmakers discuss Pa. lottery privatization Marc Levy AP EXCHANGE
HARRISBURG, PA. — Democratic lawmakers are taking aim at the Corbett administration’s move to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery’s management, saying it is shrouded in secrecy and will result in a corporate giveaway that diverts hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s services for the elderly. In a Friday letter, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, D-Allegheny, asked Gov. Tom Corbett for an unredacted copy of the proposed agreement between the state and Camelot Global Services, an unredacted copy of Camelot’s bid and a full explanation of the scope of expanded lottery gambling being considered. “A decision as important as handing over an extremely well-run, efficient, and successful lottery to a foreign company should not be made behind closed doors, by a limited amount of people and without public input,” Costa wrote. Corbett has said he is
exploring privatization of the lottery management to see if a private company can help ensure that lottery profits keep pace with demand for programs that benefit the state’s growing elderly population. A substantial expansion of lottery gambling to keno and online games is expected to be part of the Republican governor’s plans to produce more lottery revenue. One of the nation’s largest state lotteries, the Pennsylvania Lottery had $3.5 billion in sales in its last fiscal year, of which about $1 billion was profit that benefited programs for the elderly. Corbett administration officials expect to decide by Dec. 31 on whether to award the contract to Camelot, a Britain-based company that runs the national lottery in the United Kingdom. It is the lone bidder after two other companies, which the Corbett administration will not identify, dropped out. Camelot is pledging to produce more than $34 billion in profits over 20 years if it wins the con-
tract to manage the $3.5 billion system, profit projections that are in line with the lottery’s past performance. In a separate statement Monday, House Democratic leaders said the proposed agreement would ensure that Camelot stands to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in profits that otherwise would go to programs for the state’s elderly, including transit, rent and property tax subsidies, prescription drug assistance, senior centers and longterm care services. “This is nothing short of a massive corporate giveaway,” said Democratic Whip Mike Hanna, D-Clinton. A spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue, which runs the 40-yearold Pennsylvania Lottery, said she could not immediately respond to the lawmakers Tuesday. Last year, Illinois became the first state to have a private company run its lottery. Indiana’s lottery goes private in February, and New Jersey has been considering such a move.
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“Hired” or Fired” contestants show their names to the audience at the end of the first round of the competition.
The five finalists (left to right) Zach Moytl, Ryan Greguric, Brett Ferringer, Greg Jacobs and Maddie Robinson step forward as host Erin Lewis announces their names.
Erin Lewis, host and assistant director of Career Student Services listens as third-place winner Maddie Robinson responds to the interview question during the final round of “Hired or Fired.”
First-place winner Zach Motyl poses with his sponsoring organization Theta Xi fraternity. Theta Xi receives $100 as the sponsoring organization of the first-place winner of “Hired or Fired.”
Pittsburgh students learn origin of Minadeao school, named after hero Mary Niederberger AP EXCHANGE
PITTSBURGH — Fifty-eight years ago, 15-year-old patrol boy John Minadeo died in the act of saving several of his classmates by pushing them out of the way of a car careening out of control near Gladstone Junior High School in Hazelwood. Soon, students from the Squirrel Hill school that bears his name, Pittsburgh Minadeo pre-K-5, will be discussing his heroism with students from his hometown of Montagano, Italy, where a school also carries his name. “This is really unusual, but we are very excited about it,” said Minadeo principal Melissa Wagner. A connection between the schools was forged within the past week when a Connecticut man researching his family’s history in Italy came into contact with a Montagano man helping a journalist research John Minadeo. The Italian school was badly damaged during an earthquake several years ago and had been closed. It was recently rebuilt and reopened, but at a dedication ceremony students started to ask who John Minadeo was and why the school was named after him. While students at the Squirrel Hill school know well the story of their school’s namesake and commemorate him with a talent show each year, apparently John’s story was lost over the years at the school in Italy. The students’ questions led some in Montagano to turn to the Internet for answers. There they found an article from the Sept. 18, 2011, Pittsburgh Post-Ga-
zette that told John’s story and provided an image of the Post-Gazette front page from Oct. 8, 1954, the day after John lost his life while saving his classmates. The headline read: “Runaway Auto Kills 2 Children.” Lucio Zampino of Montagano was one of those helping to look into the background of John Minadeo. Zampino was also assisting Anthony Giannaccio of Middlebury, Conn., in researching Giannaccio’s family history in Italy. Zampino asked Giannaccio to find a way to connect the two schools. Giannaccio then contacted the Post-Gazette, asking how to get in touch with the Pittsburgh Minadeo principal. The process was complicated by the language barrier, so the two sides used Internet translating services to communicate their messages. Giannaccio called Wagner to explain the situation and pave the way for Zampino to make contact. Then Zampino followed up late last week with an email to Wagner explaining that students at the Italian school did not know the story of John Minadeo until recently and asking if students at the two schools could teleconference on Feb. 14, which was John Minadeo’s birthday. Wagner said she isn’t sure the teleconference will happen on that date. But she is working to put it together for some point in the near future. Her first goal is to get an interpreter so organizers can talk live about plans for the event. They would also use the interpreter on the day of the teleconference so the groups of students can
understand each other. She said the event will give both schools the opportunity to revisit John’s story and his act of heroism. John Minadeo moved from Montagano at the age of 11 with his family as “displaced persons” following World War II. His father, Antonio, worked as a laborer at a cemetery, and John helped with the family’s finances by working after school at a fruit market. When he entered ninth grade, his dependability and good behavior got him elected to captain of the school patrols. Two weeks after becoming captain, he was at his patrol post at the busy corner of Hazelwood and Second avenues when a motorist who had lost his brakes came barreling through. John was warned of the oncoming motorist by his blaring horn and by an adult crossing guard who was blowing her whistle and screaming for children to get out of the way. John jumped into action, pushing several classmates to safety. But John and classmate Ella Cornelious were hit by the car and died. More than 7,000 people attended John’s funeral at St. Stephen Church in Hazelwood, including patrol captains from around the city. His picture is on a plaque inside of the school and the school website tells his story. In 1955, the Carnegie Hero Commission cited John Minadeo for his heroism. In 1956, Vice President Richard Nixon visited Gladstone and awarded John Minadeo a posthumous Lifesaver Citation. In 1957 Pittsburgh Public Schools created Minadeo elementary school.
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PASSHE seeks to address cost savings, students’ needs in final union talks In successfully reaching agreements with six of our seven labor unions over the last approximately 15 months, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education sought both cost savings and the assurance that our students’ academic needs would be met into the future. Each of the unions recognized the enormous fiscal challenges facing the State System and partnered with us in achieving these goals. We remain hopeful that we can secure that same level of cooperation with our final union, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, which represents our faculty. APSCUF’s most recent response was to ask its members to take a vote authorizing a strike. As the person at PASSHE directly responsible for advising the chancellor and Board of Governors on labor relations matters, I want to share publicly our goals in the unresolved negotiations with APSCUF. Many of our students and their families have limited ability to absorb cost increases. As a result of overall declining state support over the past several years, students now provide almost threefourths of the revenue necessary to operate the 14 PASSHE universities through tuition and fees. Any agreement with APSCUF must reflect that reality, as have the agreements reached with all of our other unions. In exchange for modest salary increases, each of those unions agreed to a variety of cost-saving measures, such as the elimination of shift differential and some overtime payments, reductions in sick leave and limits on the amount of annual leave employees can earn. In explaining why his members were willing to accept some concessions, one PASSHE union leader said, “We weren’t happy about it, but, at the same time, our members were able to grasp what was occurring with the available funding. It was a balance we were willing to accept.” Increases in health care costs for both active and retired employees, combined with rapidly rising pension
costs, are placing unsustainable financial pressure on the universities. In this regard, PASSHE is no different from the federal or state governments, or most other organizations, all of which have identified increasing costs in these areas as urgent problems that must be addressed. We have no alternative. We must agree to new approaches before these costs overwhelm the System. In our discussions with APSCUF, we have presented a number of proposals to redesign our health care plan, which would more closely align it with the plan offered by the Commonwealth to almost 80,000 state employees, including the governor and his cabinet. This concept already has been agreed to by our other unions. The changes would result in lower premiums while ensuring that all PASSHE employees would receive benefits comparable to those received by other state employees. The State System pays more than $15,000 annually for family coverage under the healthcare plan it administers for active employees, while the employer—either PASSHE or the state—pays $10,140 for coverage under the Commonwealth’s plan. The average employer cost for such coverage nationally is $11,429, according to the Kaiser Foundation, a leading source of healthcare information. It is obvious that we must address this disparity in cost. We also have proposed to redesign our annuitant healthcare plan to essentially mirror the plan Pennsylvania State University began offering to its new employees two years ago. The change, which would begin to address a more than $1.4 billion outstanding financial obligation in this area, would apply only to employees hired after July 1, 2013. We are committed to remaining competitive in our ability to recruit and retain both regular and temporary faculty. Part-time, temporary faculty at a PASSHE university receive a minimum of $5,600 for teaching a three-credit course, more than double the national average. Within the state, Penn State University
pays its part-time faculty from $4,000 to $4,500 per course while Temple University pays between $3,939 and $4,689. PASSHE has proposed freezing salaries of part-time, temporary faculty at the current rate, while continuing to pay full-time, temporary faculty the same as regular faculty. Full-time, temporary faculty have essentially the same out-of-classroom responsibilities as regular—tenured and tenure-track—faculty, including advising students, serving on departmental and university committees and conducting scholarly research. Parttime faculty do not have these additional responsibilities. In articles that have appeared in various newspapers across the state, several APSCUF local chapter presidents have cited these differences in workload responsibilities. Our universities need to reflect the changing reality of distance education. They must be able to ensure students are able to receive the courses they need in order to meet their degree requirements and to graduate, in the manner that best serves them, including via distance education when appropriate. In recognition of the dramatic growth in distance education, we have proposed ending the incentive payments faculty receive for developing such courses, as well as the additional stipend they receive for each student who enrolls in them. Those incentives were first offered in 1999, when such courses were virtually non-existent at PASSHE universities. A plan to phase out the incentive payments was begun as part of the last APSCUF contract. Faculty do not receive additional payments or stipends for developing or offering traditional courses. These issues all must be addressed in order to assure the long-term viability of the PASSHE universities and the continuation of the high-quality, affordable education they provide. To learn more about these negotiations and full details of PASSHE’s current proposal, go to www.passhe.edu Gary Dent, PASSHE Vice Chancellor for Human Resources and Labor Relations
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Kansas City Chiefs make the right call The sports pundits who say The Kansas City Chiefs should have canceled Sunday’s game following the murder-suicide involving linebacker Jovan Belcher have it all wrong. First, for many, maintaining a routine in the face of such tragedy is the best way to deal with this kind of situation. What purpose would have been served by canceling the game? And the people who would have had to deal with the game cancellation and were most directly affected by this tragedy—his teammates and the team management—made the decision to play the game as scheduled. Second, football is entertainment. It is also a business. It is in the entertain-
ment business, and one of the basic axioms of the entertainment business is “The show must go on.” Third, if the concern is to honor the life and achievements of someone who has passed so tragically, then canceling an event that represented what they did is counterintuitive. When Johnnie Carl committed suicide at the Crystal Cathedral a few Christmases ago, Pastor Robert Schuller did not cancel the already-recorded televised service for that weekend, nor did he cancel the following week’s service, but honored Johnnie’s memory by holding the service although he started by saying, “It doesn’t feel like Christmas.” Still the service
went on. When my father passed away a few years ago one week before the annual Alviani Christmas gathering (imagine 60 Alvianis all gathered together!), we did not cancel the party. It went on as scheduled, with a memorial service scheduled for the day before the party. At the party (I am told this is military tradition, and my father did serve in the Army), a place was set for him at the table with his picture occupying the seat. But there was never any real thought given to canceling the event. So congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs. You made the right call. Dr. Hank Alviani, Associate Professor of Music
Alizah Thornton NEWS EDITOR
Next week begins finals week and the last week of the fall 2012 semester. The focus of the majority of students will be preparing group presentations, finishing projects and studying for finals. Something else student should add to their list of things-to-do is reflecting on this semester: the good, the bad and ugly moments. Everyone has something to learn from reflecting about their experience this semester. Not sure of what to reflect on? Here are a few questions to ponder for everyone. Freshmen: This was your first semester as an undergraduate college student. How did it feel? Was it more than what you bargained for, or was it exactly what you expected? Did you know how to manage your classes, free time, work and student organizations? If you didn’t do as well in your classes as you would’ve liked, do you know
the reason(s)? These are questions you should ask yourself. The transition from high school to college can be difficult for some. If this semester was not as good, you can make it up next semester. Sophomores and Juniors: You all have a few semesters under your belts. However, this does not mean you don’t have things your can reflect on. By this time, you should be taking a mixture of general education and your major classes. With you major classes, ask yourself, do I like this? Is this career something I’m truly interested in? You should ask yourself these questions now. Sometimes students choose majors because they have an idea about what the field is about. Later, some find out the career path is something they aren’t as interested in as they previously thought and change their major. You don’t want to be the in your second semester of your junior year changing to a completely different major. If you want to change your major—get out early. Don’t waste valuable time and money on classes that may later not count toward your changed degree. Seniors: This is your last fall semester. One semes-
ter down, one to go - scary, right? Your reflection will take a different direction. Think to yourself, are you in line to graduate. Do you have all the classes you need? Have you filled the right paper for course substitutions if those are necessary? Have you started a plan for postgraduation? You should start planning now. Don’t wait until May to figure out your next move in life. For everyone: Taking the time to reflect on this semester will help you know the areas you need to improve for next semester. You will able to set goals for next semester. Reflection is important: there is no way to know what and how to improve if you never stop and think about the results of the actions you took. Finals week may not be the time for this, but we have six week of winter break. There’s plenty of time. Good luck on finals week and remember: “Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.” - Yvonne Woon
The writer is a communication major and member of The Clarion Call.
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A call for compromise
Matt Knoedler STAFF WRITER
A call for compromise is now. The “fiscal cliff” dictates such a thing at this stage in the discussions and negotiations. We’re less than a month away from the fiscal cliff deadline, and it’s at the point now where President Obama and Democrats have the leverage to shift the balance of the negotiations their way. That doesn’t mean Republicans should shy away and give in, however. Conversely, they’re the most integral piece to the economic puzzle as a whole. As I’ve mentioned before, I believe voters sent a message to Washington in November’s election. That message: they
want to see a compromise. We saw a number of TEA Party members and even a few far-left Democrats voted out one month ago, and I would say that Americans believe it’s time to get rid of extreme government and focus on the issues at hand with the lessradical members of Congress. We’ve also seen moderate members of the legislative branch decide to retire because of the polarization and partisan atmosphere that encompasses D.C. Do I believe that the federal government needs to reign in its spending? Absolutely. Sixteen trillion dollars of national debt is all I have to say for that. But do I believe that budget cuts alone will solve this problem? Absolutely not. This is where a compromise comes into play…again. An appropriate amount of budget cuts and tax increases are what’s needed to solve the fiscal cliff, the budget deficit and, ultimately, the national
debt. Surely there are departments within the federal government that could stand to use some cuts, some programs that could be eliminated. But that doesn’t mean useful programs need to experience the same fate. This is where tax increases come into play. We as American citizens will all have to bite the bullet and pay higher taxes at some point, whether it’s now or down the road. That’s our part of the compromise. It’s tough to say how much we actually have gotten out of the last decade from spending and increased debt, but we’re at a point now where we must pay back what we’ve borrowed. So how will the federal government do it? Hopefully it’s through compromise.
The writer is a communication major and member of The Clarion Call.
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University student media groups hold annual event Emily Miller STAFF WRITER
Music playing and radio broadcasts flowing through the airwaves with cameras capturing every moment set the stage for this year’s 48- Hour Broadcast at Clarion University. This past weekend, CU-TV “The Nest,” WCUC-FM and the Clarion Call came together in collaboration to host a continuous broadcast that lasted from 6 p.m. Friday Nov. 30 until 6 p.m. Sunday Dec. 2. Students of the three communication-based organizations are always at work during the school days, but they took their skills to the weekend airwaves to show just what they can do. Shirley Sproule, junior communications major with a broadcasting concentration, helped out at the broadcast as the programming director on WCUC FM’s executive board, making sure all of the show’s time slots were full. Sproule is no stranger to the event, seeing as she has been going to it since her freshman year. “The 48 Hour Broadcast has been going on ever since my first year at Clarion. At the time, it was only supposed to be a one-time thing.
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A chalk mural, drawn by WCUC-FM DJs Chelsea Vierheilig and Kathy Shirey, outside Becker Hall promotes the 48-Hour Broadcast. We liked it so much that we made it a semester event, which has changed to a yearly event now,” Sproule said. Cody Martyna, senior at
CU, believes that the 48Hour Broadcast was started to get the radio and television stations out there. While the students at the
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Members of CU-TV “The Nest” perform on the “Improv Show.”
Twitter toys with music journalism Blayne Sheaffer ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Facebook and other social networking sites took the immediacy of news to a higher level, but Twitter has firmly grasped this generation’s expectations in how fast certain news should travel. Music journalism, in particular, has responded. Magazines like Rolling Stone, Paste and Pitchfork are competing, not daily, but minute to minute to get the latest news in music to the public first. This, amongst other obstacles, creates both a struggle and a revolution in the ways of music journalism. These days, anyone can express his or her opinion, and almost everyone does. On Twitter, when a person displays enough valid knowledge (determined by the amount of followers they have obtained, who those followers are and the consistency with which they tweet on a specific subject), they are considered a news source, an unofficial journalist in some respects. One such rock music enthusiast, who chooses only to be identified by his Twitter name, @RockinNYC, is one of these esteemed individuals on the social networking site. “It’s a great opportunity as someone who follows music closely and wants to give other music lovers a different perspective on what’s going on in the city,” said @RockinNYC. His sources? The originals, of course. It all goes back to which of the few major accounts tweeted it first. Whether it be Pitchfork, Cream or any of the other valued sources
of news in music, the impact they have on Tweeters such as @RockinNYC instills a persistent following that becomes almost obsessive so that they too can produce news as fast as possible. “A lot of it’s just being observant. I see advertisements for shows or talk to friends in the area who work at the venues. The news comes from the quick magazines on Twitter or entertainment sites,” said @RockinNYC. But @RockinNYC is only one person of this tweeting breed. With major magazines and online publications having thousands upon thousands of followers, the pressure to produce not only on Twitter, but on the online editions as well. “With the facility of micro-blogging service Twitter at their fingertips, musicians are increasingly able to keep their fans updated on their every move. Some artists, however, seem to tweet with equal significance the news of a successful recording session and the tastiness of that Philly cheesesteak they ate when stopping through the City of Brotherly Love. When magazines like Rolling Stone are published in print biweekly, there is pressure when it comes to choosing which stories that break seconds apart from one another to publish in print, and which to leave for the website publication. This leaves a hint of condescension toward certain stories and their importance. “Music journalism has exploded into a million tiny pieces. The playing field is level. It’s an exciting but also terrifying time for big media,” said Benjamin Wagner, senior
vice president at MTV News. Some magazines in this day and age never print and are solely online publications. These publications rely on Twitter to gain followers and readers for their website. With hard times, as Verbicide Magazine’s founder Jackson Ellis confirms, make for difficulties in producing news in music. Ellis’ online publication used to be in print, and its writers used to get paid in the early 21st century. However, with the fall in the economy, since 2005 the publication has been a hobby, and Verbicide’s writers no longer get paid. “I’m working a full-time editing job in addition to running this site without pay,” Ellis said. “None of my writers are paid, there just isn’t enough work.” It is because of major publications that have had years to gain respect and loyalty from their readers that an online publication struggles. Ellis reports that such magazines have enough reporters that they can cover almost every piece of newsworthy goings on in music, leaving only the coverage of small bands that are only starting out or “are unpopular for a reason,” Ellis said. However, Ellis still continues to publish to his site for the principle of it, saying, “There will always be those passionate readers who are always looking for something different. It’s extra work, but it’s what people love.” Like anything in today’s mediaobsessed world, it comes down to passion for those who continue to take the fall of print journalism in the world of music.
radio station and TV station do their separate parts for the communication department, the 48- Hour Broadcast presents a unique
opportunity for the organizations to work together. “What’s so special about this is that it’s what is called simulcasting. We have cam-
eras set up in the radio station so people can not only hear the radio shows, but also see what is going on behind the scenes,” Martyna said. Students of all years at CU participate in the broadcast. Chris Gillis, freshman communication major with a concentration in digital media, worked behind the scenes for the TV station at his first 48- Hour Broadcast. “It’s been fun so far. It’s not stressful at all. It’s not like have to be doing specific things all the time. We can mess around and have some fun too,” Gillis said. In addition to having a continuous broadcast, the event also had prizes that were given away periodically throughout the weekend. For the final prize, a Kindle Fire HD was given away, which was paid for in part by all three communication organizations. Events such as the 48 Hour Broadcast are important to the communication department at CU in more ways than one. “I think that it’s really important to have events like this because it encourages communication majors and even those who aren’t, to come and check out what the radio station and TV station are all about,” Sproule said. “We are always looking for new recruits.”
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Scheduling classes proves problematic for some students Matthew Knoedler STAFF WRITER
Each semester, students at Clarion University must schedule their classes. Friends help each other by spreading the word about the fun and perhaps, easier general education classes. At the same time, they try to get into the same classes and the same sections of those classes. Scheduling classes can be exciting for some people, but a headache for others. Scheduling perks become a rite of passage – the older a student gets and the more credits a student earns, the more convenient scheduling classes should become. That is typically the case, but some Clarion University students aren’t always fortunate enough to receive these benefits. Clarion University junior, Kristine Marks says she has always had a difficult time scheduling classes. As a secondary education social studies major, she has to follow two different sets of guidelines and schedule classes that fall under different areas. “I have to take a variety of education and history courses,” Marks says. “However, for the past two semesters, I have struggled immensely to schedule the required level history courses I need. Classes are either filled with individuals who are there for electives, or simply there are not enough seats available.” Students in other majors have also had trouble getting into the classes they need. Nic Rawson, a senior majoring in both psychology and pre-medicine, had trouble from his first semester. As a dual major, Rawson needed classes in both fields, but his degree
was listed as a “bachelor of arts” rather than a “bachelor of science.” The “bachelor of science” degree, Rawson points out, is needed from the start so he can enroll in the necessary classes for his pre-medicine degree. In addition to the difference in degree titles, he said that the initial schedule put him at a disadvantage. “My very first schedule made it almost impossible for me to graduate as a dual major as I had initially planned, and is why I am taking some sophomore level biology classes now,” Rawson said. “But because of the rigidity of the biology department, I couldn’t take any sophomore level classes without taking general chemistry. So, my sophomore year I took that, and can now take upper level biology courses.” Scheduling itself is not always the problem. For some Clarion University students,
it’s the method of scheduling that can be the obstacle that stands in their way. Students use MyClarion, a program that, among other features, allows them to schedule their semester’s classes online. MyClarion provides students the convenience of putting their choice classes in a “cart,” and then enrolling at their designated time. For Rawson, who was scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2013, this system has been anything but accommodating. He says a glitch in the program prevented his classes from registering in the system. When his adviser contacted him in an attempt to let him know he wasn’t registered for any classes for the upcoming spring semester, he couldn’t believe the news. “I initially thought there was just some mistake in the records-keeping department, and went to the library to show her that I was in for
classes,” Rawson said. “What I found was pretty shocking. I wasn’t registered for a single class. Every class except one was closed.” Rawson said he has since been written into the necessary classes for the spring semester, but he has to stay another semester to complete some required coursework, which he says wasn’t such a “concrete path until the scheduling mishap.” Some students have had trouble getting into classes that are offered. But, in some instances, there are bigger problems. What do you do if the classes aren’t offered at all? That’s what Clarion University sophomore communications major Alex Kozora wants to know. Some courses are prerequisites for other courses, which can make scheduling tougher down the road, he says. “The big problem I’ve had is trying to get into Temporal Media, which I
won’t take until this upcoming semester, of my sophomore year,” Kozora said. “This puts more of a strain to get into other classes in future years like Field and Studio Production.” Field Production, which is a higher-level course for broadcast concentrations, is only offered in the spring semesters. Now, Kozora says he will have to wait until the spring of 2014 at the earliest to take this course. “If I could have taken Temporal Media now in the fall, I could have taken Field in the spring,” he adds. Clarion University, along with the other 13 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, have endured budget cuts each fiscal year since 2011, which many faculty members and students alike cite as a contributor to the scheduling issues. The Registrar’s office at Clarion University says that less fund-
ing from the commonwealth translates into fewer temporary faculty members. That, in turn, leads to fewer sections offered. Dollars have disappeared in other ways, as well. Clarion University has experienced a smaller enrollment during the 2012-13 academic year, and that means the college has to make cuts in other places. “The decrease in the number of temporary faculty is due not only to budget restraints, but also to the seven percent drop in the number of students that the university experienced this fall,” Clarion University Registrar Lisa Hepler said. Department chairs in each college work closely with the dean to determine what courses in each subject are needed and how many seats, Hepler said. They use institutional data, such as the number of students in various majors and number of courses and seats offered in previous years, to help predict what the demand will be and carefully analyze the needs of students before scheduling “to build the most adaptable and flexible schedule possible” with the resources that are available, she added. College deans approve the final schedule. Marks inquires a thought that hits the heart of the issue, a thought with which most Clarion students can empathize. “As students start to progress more into their concentrations and prepare themselves to work in their fields, how can they do so if there is limited space and not enough (space) offered?” she asks. Finding the answer to that question is perhaps as complicated as the resolution to this issue itself.
Student group holds volleyball tour nament as fundraiser Marissa Katz STAFF WRITER
On Dec. 4, Clarion University students were able to partake in a volleyball tournament, hosted by Bacchus Gamma, a club which supports students being aware of the risks of drug and alcohol use. From 7-9 p.m. participants and supporters were able to gather in the Student Rec Center in order to cheer on and support their peers. The entry fee for the tournament was $2 per
person, and the money was collected in order to help Bacchus Gamma continue to be able to bring speakers to the Clarion campus and host other events in order to support their efforts to promote a healthy and active college lifestyle. The teams were each required to have six players, as well as be co-ed by at least one team member. Around 14 teams competed in the tournament, and there were some students cheering
people on in the stands. The teams were also motivated to put their best foot forward in order to win the cash prize that was awarded to the winning team. The event proved to be a fun and active way to get involved on campus. The tournament projected the positive image that Bacchus Gamma strives to display, that there are various ways for students to be involved that does not involve drugs or alcohol use.
Cheerleader who fell 5 stories expects to go home AP EXCHANGE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky teen who fell five stories out of an apartment window near Penn State University has recovered enough to go home. The Courier-Journal reports doctors said they expect 19-year-old Paige Raque to be released on Wednesday from Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville, where she has been recovering since Nov. 19. Raque, who is a cheerleader at Penn State, fell from the win-
dow of an off-campus apartment on Oct. 13 during a party. She suffered brain trauma and broke her pelvis. “The whole thing has been a challenge, and every day I have to push through it,” Raque told reporters Tuesday when she, her parents and Frazier Rehab’s medical director addressed reporters. Raque said she is grateful for the support she has received from friends and family. “I needed every single person that rallied behind me,” Raque said. “They pushed me through it.”
Raque said she doesn’t remember falling from the window. Her parents didn’t address the circumstances, but focused on her recovery. “This has to be the best Christmas gift ever,” Tom Raque said. Kaelin said recovering from such a traumatic injury isn’t easy. “Her rehabilitation has been a testimony to her determination,” he said. Raque said her next goal is to walk without a walker, and in the fall, she wants to return to Penn State.
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A Clarion student decorates the Holiday tree in Eagle Commons.
Students decorate for the holidays Sarah Meier STAFF WRITER
Students, faculty and staff were invited on Friday Nov. 30 to join Chartwell’s Catering to decorate the Holiday tree in Eagle Commons. The end of fall semester and the holidays are just around the corner, and students are preparing for their final exams. The holiday cheer is starting to kick in, and Clarion is in on it by spreading the holiday cheer. To help students relax and have fun and getting into the holiday spirit
students and faculty helped decorate the rather large tree placed in the dining area at Eagle Commons. The decorations and snacks were provided, so all they were asked to do was have fun decorating. With this mild weather it is hard for most to get into the holiday mood, and some are still hoping for that promised winter snow. “Don’t get me wrong, I love warm weather, but I really do wish for there to be a white Christmas for a change,” Clarion Senior
Shaina Vasquez said. Students are getting ready for the end of the fall semester and are thrilled to spend time with family and friends. The on campus decorations are a reminder for the fun break shortly coming up. “My family prepares for the holidays by putting up the tree together, and a family tradition is for me and my brothers to put up the lights around the house,” Clarion Junior Matt Shuey said. With the decorated tree in Eagle Commons, many students will be put in a happy holiday spirit.
Pa. man assaults worker over cheeseburger AP EXCHANGE
YORK, Pa. — Police in central Pennsylvania say a man will face charges after assaulting a McDonald’s restaurant worker in a rage because there was cheese on his hamburger, which he had apparently wanted plain.
Authorities say the man knocked over a trash can, threw a high chair and left the Springettsbury Township restaurant after receiving the sandwich on Friday morning. Police say an employee went outside to get his license plate number and the man allegedly attacked her as she tried to call 911. He
allegedly wrapped his arms around the woman, took the cell phone from her hand and threw it across the parking lot before fleeing in his vehicle. The employee suffered minor injuries. Police have not identified the man, but they say he will face charges.
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Clarion students spread the holiday spirit in Eagle Commons
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JIAMACMILLAN-SHIPLEY Christmas is one of the most splendid times of the year. People are decorating their homes and putting up Christmas trees. Students and parents are on extended breaks, feasts are being prepared and everyone is together. With Christmas comes a sort of holiday cheer that no other holiday brings. It is also one of the few holidays that has hundreds of songs written about it. -“Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” – Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper (1992) -“What Christmas Means To Me” – Stevie Wonder (1967) -“All I want For Christ-
JEN SCHWARTZ A metal Christmas album may sound a little bit like an oxymoron to some, but to me, it sounds like tidings of comfort and joy—and a perfect way to ring in the Holidays. The Christian metalcore band August Burns Red released “Sleddin’ Hill, A Holiday Album” back in September of this year, and now having been immersed in the holiday season, it has quickly become one of my favorite holiday albums. While I am both a fan of metal music and, as soon as Thanksgiving passes, participating in my fair share of holiday cheer, I don’t think I would have enjoyed this album as much if they incorporated screaming into the classic holiday lyrics we are
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mas Is You” – Mariah Carey (1994) -“Santa Baby” – Rev. Run, Salt-N-Pepa, Onyx, Snoop Dogg, P. Diddy, Keith Murray and Mase (2008) -“This Christmas” – Donny Hathaway (1970) and Chris Brown (2007) -“Jingle Bell Rock” – Bobby Helms (1957) -“It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” – Andy Williams (1963) -“Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” – The Jackson 5 (1970) -“Do You Hear What I Here” – Whitney Houston (1987) -“Christmas Tree” – Lady Gaga (2008) -“Jingle Bell Rock” – Hall & Oates (1983) -“It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” – Johhny Mathis (1986) -“Let It Snow” – Boyz II Men (1993) -“Deck The Halls” – Debby Ryan (2010) -“Silent Night” – The Temptations (1995) These are some of the top 15 Christmas songs I
like to listen to during the holidays. These are songs from different genres and time periods. These Christmas songs are timeless. One of my alltime favorites is a hip-hop spin on “Santa Baby” by Rev. Run, Salt-N-Pepa, Onyx, Snoop Dogg, P. Diddy, Keith Murray and Mase. Rev. Run says, “My man Santa saw a rabbi and gave the strangest remark he said that giving was his living and I had to take part.” This hip-hop rendition of “Santa Baby” was about more than receiving gifts but giving gifts also. Christmas is a time of giving, not merely receiving. Moreover, there could not be various remixes for songs if it wasn’t for the original song its self. For example, “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer,” composed by Gene Autry in 1949 has been done over and over again by various artists. However, it was still Autry who impressed his footprint into the genre of Christmas music with his classic song.
all well familiar with. Although it’s clear the album wasn’t meant to be taken as a serious, revolutionary metal album or something to be considered on the same caliber and wonder as The TransSiberian Orchestra, August Burns Red does in fact make a point to keep Christmas, Christmas. Classic light-hearted favorites such as “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “Winter Wonderland,” were kept particularly jolly, especially with the gang vocals used in “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” instead of vocalist Jake Luhrs’ usual screams. The opening track “Flurries” is an August Burns Red original winter jam, and starts the album off in a whimsical winter scene that contrasts the hard chugging guitars with jingle bells and a wintry string ambience. It’s often hard for me to enjoy an original holiday song, but this is a perfect track to capture the excitement of the first sight of flurries in winter, as well as that childhood joy of sled-riding and
frolicking in other snow related activities. Songs such as “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman,” “Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel” and specifically “Carol of the Bells” which was first released several years back, are genius metalcore twists of the darker holiday carols we have come to know over the years, and although they are heavy and hard hitting, they still remain tasteful takes on the classics. There is something for everyone to enjoy in “Sleddin’ Hell” over the holidays, from the kid-friendly breakdowns in their high-energy take of “Jingle Bells” and “Frosty the Snowman,” to the delicate violin melodies in “O Holy Night,” and the aggressive hammering of drums in “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” August Burns Red provides both enough fun and original, artistic substance within this holiday album to charm the heart of even the biggest Scrooge out there. I plan on listening to this album for many holiday seasons to come, and perhaps will one day get to blast this at my very own
ERIC STEVENS I don’t particularly like Christmas music in general. The weight of cheesiness in the music and lyrics discourages me from enjoying most of it. A lot of older Christmas music (the stacks of dusty, forgotten Christmas vinyls at your local Goodwill) makes me feel dark and blue, the kind of dark and blue I don’t like. The only Christmas songs I listen to are by bands or artists that I already listen to when they’re not doing Christmas music. One of my all-time favorites though is “Santa Claus
BLAYNE SHEAFFER Considering that the end of the world is near, it only seems fitting to get a little weird with holiday music this year. My favorite holiday songs are as follows -“Don’t Shoot Me Santa,” by The Killers. Santa’s out for revenge against The Killers in this song. The band dialogues with Santa, trying to convince him that they’ve been good boys this year. Brandon Flowers sings, “Dear Santa, no one else around believes me. But the children on the block, they tease me. I couldn’t let them off that easy.” He asks Santa to “talk about it,” to “work it out,” giving a twist to the fat man. -“Christmas Unicorn,” by Sufjan Stevens. As a humongous fan of unicorns, I can honestly say that this
The Music Box is back again this week discussing our favorite holiday music. The Music Box Podcast can be heard Friday mornings on 91.7 WCUC-FM at 10:30 a.m. If you have any music related questions, email us at entertainment@clarion callnews.com, @tweet us at twitter.com/call_ae.
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is Coming to Town” by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. Only the musical stylings of Springsteen and his backing band could make this song worth listening to for me. During a live version, Springsteen speaks to the crowd like your father telling you a Christmas bedtime story. The late saxophonist, Clarence Clemens plays magnificently in this song and proves to be a reminder of his prime years with The E Street Band. The song is overall charming and upbeat. I also enjoy “It’s Christmas Time” by Yo La Tengo. Yo La Tengo is easily one of my favorite bands for their ability to transcend expectations and genres as they do so in this song. The lyrics are a little repetitious, but the innocence of the acoustic guitar, piano and falsetto singing
make it a good listen. The chilling jazz of “Christmastime is Here” by Vince Guaraldi as heard on “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is the feeling of dark and blue I like. I prefer the instrumental version, but I can also enjoy the version with the children’s chorus. I feel jazz is the best genre to do Christmas music since slower jazz elicits the blue feeling already that other Christmas music only to produce. I also really think “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by She & Him is a great cover. I like how the relaxed song is absent of percussion entirely and only consists of an organ humming in and out in the background, Ward playing gentle, swaying licks and upstrokes on electric guitar with reverb and Zooey Deschanel’s 1960s influenced singing.
song is a gem. Stevens is as unconventional as they come, having volumes of original Christmas music, most of which is intended for children. But a Christmas unicorn? I am in love. The song is sung from the perspective of the unicorn, telling his story in singing, “I’m a Christmas unicorn, in a uniform made of gold, with a billy goat beard and a sorcerer’s shield and a mistletoe on my nose.” The unicorn is supposed to represent all forms of holiday celebration, but who cares? It’s a mythical creature that is underappreciated in this day and age and it’s celebrating Christmas. -“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” by She & Him. Anyone who’s seen “Elf” has heard Zooey Deschanel sing this song, but not from the seducer’s end. Deschanel uses her sweet, jazzy voice and her ukulele to convince her male counterpart M. Ward that “it’s up to your knees out there,” and “if you catch pneumonia, I’ll die” in this hoppy, flip-flopped rendition of the classic song. -“Santa Claus Is Back In Town,” by My Morning Jacket. The somber and usually
semi-depressing band whips out their blues chords for their cover of the Elvis Presley original, reminding everyone to be good and to be ready for Santa’s new digs as the band sings, “Santa Claus is back in town; got no sleigh with reindeer, no sack on my back. You’re gonna see me comin’ in a big black Cadillac.” The band carries the “Blue Christmas” vibe without bumming the audience out in the saucy do-over. -“Christmastime Is Here,” by Vince Guaraldi. Now, this may not seem too out there for some people, but every time I play it for all to hear, I get confused stares. My all-time favorite Christmas song is that of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” special. The tiny voices sing as Charlie and Linus philosophize about the meaning of Christmas on their bridge, where Linus tells Charlie, “Charlie Brown, you’re the only person I know who can take a wonderful season like Christmas and turn it into a problem.” The song is not only nostalgic of past Christmases, but it’s also a reminder of what really matters.
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Gloriana hosts country CUP CampusFest Michael Friend FEATURES EDITOR
As a part of the fall semester CampusFest, the University Activities Board opted to bring country music to town as the university played host to Gloriana and singing sensation Tony Lucca. Formed in 2008, Gloriana is best known for their singles “Wild at Heart” and “(Kissed You) Good Night.” Lucca is known not only for his music but his appearance on the NBC show “The Voice,” where he was second runner-up in the second season of the show. Before the concert, Gloriana met with the press and took questions from members of Clarion University media outlets. Gloriana is comprised of brothers Mike and Tom Gossin and Rachel Reinert. The Gossins were born in upstate Ny, and Reinert in Jacksonville, Fla. When asked how they met and eventually formed the group, Tom Gossin said, “The long and short of it is that Mike and I grew up in Utica, New York and then I moved down to North Carolina in 1998 and Mike followed a couple of years later. In North Carolina we started playing as an acoustic duo in Wilmington, [N. Carolina] for about
ten years and then moved to Nashville in 2007 where we met a beautiful young 18-year old singer.” Gossin said that at first they were afraid to approach [Reinert] s o
Cline, where as Tom says he was influenced by Waylon Jennings and Gossin jokingly added that he is influenced by his brother and many others. Gloriana says
they found her on MySpace and bothered her until she responded, and then they got together and the rest was history. The members feel they have found a certain level of success with their music and cite numerous influences. “We have such a variety of influences
they h a v e t a k e n these influences and poured them into their music, producing gold-certified singles such as “Wild at Heart” and more recently “(Kissed You) Good Night,” Tom Gossin said the gold certification for the latter was “a little more sweet because we wrote the entire album ourselves,
because we all grew up on different music,” says Reinert. “Some we all had in common were The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and
some of those other ‘70s harmony type of groups.” Reinert says she is influenced by Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow and Patsy
so it’s like our baby.” Gossin went on to say that the feeling of having a gold single is great because it means that as a band they must be doing something right. Their current single “(Kissed You) Good Night has reached as high as No. 2 on the Billboard country charts. The band said because of the success they have had is because they have connected with their fan base. “There are two types of bands. the ones who play an hour long set that everybody is into and those who everybody just waits for the last song because that’s the one on the radio. Because of “Kissed You” we’re now the second type, but I’m just kidding, of course,” Gossin said. Even though their career is very young, Gloriana said they believe they have had a successful career. “Everybody thinks you can define whether a band is great or not by record sales. We find successful the approval of rooms we play in,” Gossin said. The band found success as members took the stage in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room to play their set. It including all but one of their singles and an acoustic version of the song “Carolina Rose” from
Clay artist Chandler lectures on Ivory Coast Eric Stevens STAFF WRITER
Clay artist, Michael Chandler presented a lecture on a trip he made as an undergraduate to various locations in the African country of Ivory Coast Thursday, Nov. 29 in Marwick Boyd. Throughout the lecture, Chandler described the artistic and cultural consistencies of the villages he encountered. Chandler began the lecture with an anecdote from his childhood, regarding how he first discovered art and the process of creating. He pursued art after stumbling and falling into a piece of glass causing him to get stitches in his hand.
The accident steered him into drawing dragons and sculpting bags of Fritos by twisting them, Chandler said. Through Chandler’s undergraduate program at Texas Southern University, he was able to take a trip in 1983 with fellow students to the Ivory Coast to learn artistic practices of local cultures throughout the country. One group that Chandler embraced was the Baoulian people in the village of Ouasso. “I admired the creativity of the Baoulian culture. They were able to create functional vessels that were also aesthetically pleasing,” Chandler said. The Baoulian people would turn a bird into a working
vessel by configuring a spout from the top or the back of the bird. Chandler also admired the Senufo people in the villages of Dagbarakaha and Fakaha. Within this culture, he noticed it was important to acknowledge the elders first and to almost go out of your way to do so. The group resides anywhere from the country of Southern Mali and the western corner of Burkina Faso to Katiola in the Ivory Coast. Potters of the Senufo people visited villages consisted of only women. The women would knead grog (once-fired clay) and clay together with their feet, exerting more pressure and also working with gravity. Most other
cultures knead clay with their hands, proving to be more strenuous compared to using your feet. They would knead the grog and clay on the ground due to its dry and dense condition as well as for traditional reasons. The process of kneading clay should be from the earth, Chandler said of the villagers’ beliefs. After the clay was prepared, the wheel they throw on was only capable of pivoting, and the villagers produced round pots. Chandler was amazed by how circular these pots were by the limited functionality of the wheel they used. Learning the artistic and cultural ways of the villagers was difficult due
to the slow translation process. To ask a question to a villager, one of the students translated from American to French (the official language of the Ivory Coast) and lastly to a local language. The villager would send his answer back through the translation process, which proved to be tiresome to the translators, Chandler said. The second part of his lecture regarded a pottery collection from the Governor College in Chicago, where Chandler is enrolled at for his master of fine arts degree in film. His professor started collecting the pieces to provide a more personal approach to teaching. Having an example in per-
son to base his teachings on aided his students immensely, Chandler said. The pieces were stored in a backroom of the university before Chandler decided to film and photograph what would be called the Ethnographic Art Teaching Collection. The collection consists of approximately 700 pieces. Through the lecture, the audience was provided with Chandler’s artistic pursuits both recent and past. The lecture also presented insight on the cultural and artistic traditions of various African people echoed the sounds and rhythm of pottery and domesticated animals, and regarding the quiet nature of the villages within the Ivory Coast.
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Clarion swimming and diving teams break records Jacob Oberdorf STAFF WRITER
The Clarion men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to the Ocasek Natatorium in Akron, Ohio, to compete in the Zippy Invitational from Friday, Nov. 30 until Sunday, Dec. 2. The Lady Eagles placed sixth out of 10 teams who participated, while the men’s team placed second overall. Other than Clarion, most of the teams that participated in the invite were Division I teams. Freshman, Gabriella Schaffer was impressed with her team’s showing. “I think as a team we performed well because overall there were a lot of time drops, and everyone pretty much finished better than they were seeded,” Schaffer said. On the diving side of the event, the men’s team was
led by junior Heath Calhoun who won the threemeter diving event with 314.45 points. Calhoun also placed fourth in the one-meter with a score of 251.30. Senior diver, Justin Duncan also had an impressive showing at the Zippys, winning the onemeter event with a score of 257.10 and placing third in the three-meter event with a score of 277.20. The men’s swim team was lead by junior, Derek Nelson who set a new Clarion record while placing first in the 100 breaststroke. Nelson’s new record time of 56.46 broke the previous record of 56.76 set by former Clarion swimmer Mark Krchnak. Senior Joe Ward also led the Eagles with his thirdplace finish in the 200free event.
The Clarion women’s swim team also turned in an impressive performance this past weekend led by senior Kayla Shull. Shull finished second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.15. Shull also placed sixth in the 100 freestyle. Sophomore, Emilee Gysegem also had a good weekend, placing third in the 400yard individual medley. Schaffer swam to a 2:03.41 time in the 200 backstroke, good enough for a fifth place finish. This time, she broke the former Clarion record of 2:03.71. “Our main goal of the meet was to get as many swimmers as possible to qualify for PSACs, but the fact that we had a few swimmers get national ‘B’ cut times was outstanding,” Schaffer said.
Clarion drops both weekend games Jazzmonde James STAFF WRITER
This weekend was a rough weekend, but a great learning experience for the Clarion Golden Eagles women’s basketball team. The women suffered two losses, one against Shippensburg University on Saturday, Dec. 1 and the other one against Millersville University on Sunday, Dec. 2. These two teams they played against are the best teams in the division. They women played their hardest, but the score for Saturday’s game was 65-85, and Sunday’s game was 65-82. “I thought it was definitely a good learning experience; we played the best teams in the east,” Parsons said about their weekend opponents. In Saturday’s game, the bench played a big part in this game with 45 points. At the beginning of the game, the women were doing a good job at keeping up
with Shippensburg and even had the lead at one point. But with 9:27 left in the first half, Shippensburg started to pull away and went into halftime with a 19-point lead. Then in the second half, the Golden Eagles made a push to get them within 11 points, but that would be as close as they would get. Leading the team with 17 points, two blocks and two steals was Hannah Heeter. After getting back from the NCAA Division II volleyball tournament at 2 a.m. that morning, she decided to play in her first basketball game of the season and did well. Contributing off the bench was Emma Fickel, who had nine points and one rebound. Also contributing was Lauren Savulchak, who had nine points, three steals, two assists and three rebounds. In Sunday’s game, the Golden Eagles had a good game from two of their
freshmen, Mariah Gador and Tamia Holmes. Gador had 12 points and two steals, and Holmes contributed nine points and eight rebounds. Heeter got her first double-double of the season with 10 points and 14 rebounds. “She had a pretty good performance just coming off playing volleyball,” said Parsons. This is Heeter’s 14th double-double of her career at Clarion University. “We are going to have four days of practice for that. We need to work on defense definitely, add some press defenses, be more fluorite in our offense and what we are trying to do is get high percentage shots. Also getting Hannah involved and keeping the up tempo,” said Parsons. The Golden Eagles women’s basketball team will take the court again on Dec. 8, versus Slippery Rock University at 5:30 p.m.
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Sophomore Hannah Heeter boxes out a defender in her first game back for the Golden Eagles.
Fleming earns victory No. 100 at Penn State Justin Costa STAFF WRITER
The Clarion University men’s wrestling team traveled to Penn State University in the Rec Hall this past weekend. Clarion senior James Fleming, No. 3 in the nation at 157-pounds, won the 157-pound individual title at the Nittany Lion Open on Sunday and also won his 100th career match in a Clarion singlet. Fleming went 5-0 at the NLO, which included a 9-4 win in sudden victory over PSU’s No. 5 ranked Dylan Alton in the championship final. Fleming opened the tournament with a fall in his opening match over Mikey Simmons of Rutgers at 4:55. The win gave Fleming his 100th victory. “He wrestled the way we expect all of our guys to wrestle. Knowing that they are going to win no matter who they are wrestling or what singlet they have on,” said Head Coach Troy Letters. “James fought from whistle to whistle, and it showed he wanted to win.” Fleming became the 20th wrestler in Clarion’s history of wrestling to reach 100 career wins. The last wrestler to reach 100 career wins was Hadley Harrison in 2010, who finished with a record of 102-56. Fleming went on to defeat Ben Dorsay of Maryland by technical fall, 17-1 at 6:38, then won 6-0 over James Vollrath of PSU before
winning by disqualification over Brian Realbuto in advance of his win over Alton. Fleming has a season record of 12-0 and a career record of 104-16. Also posting multiple wins on Sunday were Sam Sherlock at 141, Steven Nelson at 174, Justin Ortega at 197, Phil Catrucco at 285 and Trey Hicks at 125. Other wrestlers who participated in the competition were John Pezze,1-2; Joe Waltko, 1-2 at 133; John Matacic, 1-2 at 141; Tyler Bedelyon, 1-2 at 149; Nick Milano 0-2 at 165; Ryan Darch, 0-1 at 174 and Steven Cressley, 0-2 at 184 Sherlock was 3-2 overall, winning his first three matches and losing his final two. Steven Nelson was 2-2, winning his first two and losing his final two matches, while Ortega won his first two bouts and lost his final two. Catrucco was 4-2 overall, going 1-1 in the championship bracket and 3-1 in the wrestle backs. Hicks was 2-2 overall at 125-pounds. “The team has been showing some strong progress early in the season. Fleming looks to be in postseason form, which is really good sign,” said Clarion University senior Mike Decker. “Once some of the other guys get into form, we will be very competitive team.” Clarion will wrestle on Dec. 8 at the PSAC Championships hosted at Kutztown University. The next dual meet will be at Edinboro University on Dec. 16, facing Northwestern University at 1 p.m. and Edinboro at 5 p.m.
FACE OFF Are NFL players worth the money they make? Mark Emch
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Fans dread seeing it happen. Their star player, the leader of the team, the on-field commander other players look toward to perform in times of greatest need, is lying on the field, writhing in pain, succumbing to injury. In the blink of an eye, the untested backup is thrust into the spotlight in front of thousands of fans hanging on his every movement. For the team, his performance will play a critical role in the their success without their superstar. If he performs well, laud and glory await him, but if he should falter, the career he’s worked for years to build could crumble just as quickly as it was made. Modern NFL teams stack their squads with a slew of backup players, often keeping five or six players of the same position on the roster at a time. While most of these position players make far less than their starting teammates in terms of salary, they still rake in a sizable amount of cash for a job that requires them to stand on the sideline for the majority of their work-time, leading many fans to wonder why a team would even bother employing so many players who rarely, if ever, make any sort of contribution on the field. Backup players are employed for one primary reason: security. The team pays them, trains them and transports them all so, come game time, a little bit of the pressure surrounding the health of key starting players can be alleviated. In a game such as football, injuries are a common occurrence. It’s not an uncommon occurrence to witness an injury during the course of a game, or perhaps even multiple injuries. It’s part of the nature of the sport, and star players are no exception to the rule. Few NFL fans will forget the predicament the New England Patriots found themselves in when their superstar quarterback Tom Brady suffered an injury in the first game of the 2008 regular season. Matt Cassel, perennial backup at both the collegiate and professional levels, was charged with replacing the future Hall of Famer Brady, nothing short of a Herculean task. However, Cassel performed respectably by providing enough offensive firepower to lead the Patriots to a winning record. Conversely, the Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback in 2011, Kerry Collins, failed miserably at filling the shoes of injured star Peyton Manning. The Colts toiled through one of their roughest season stretches in franchise history under Collins, a slump the team is only now beginning to arise from. Pittsburgh Steelers fans are forced to accept the importance of backup players during this season while their starting quarterback sits injured on the sidelines. City-favorite and long-time second man, Charlie Batch, has been far from competent in filling Ben Roethlisberger’s shoes, and the team’s record shows it. Backup players are vital to the success of any team who understands the frailty of its superstars, and realizes that at any given moment the face of the team may undergo a drastic change. Without second string players who are prepared both mentally and physically to take the field at the drop of a dime, teams suffer. To succeed year after year, teams must learn from the mistakes of others in years past and seek out backup players who can, and want to, perform at the highest level possible.
Mike Friend
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With the economy still a mess and trending toward further recession every day, there is a certain group of individuals who continue to make record amounts of money. NFL players take in salaries that leave the average American looking like a pauper. According to the official NFL website, the base salary for a rookie player is $390,000 per year with the pay scale increasing with experience to a level of $925,000 per year for a player who has been in the league for 10 years or longer. Looking at those numbers, people must realize one thing; those numbers aren’t just for players who play. If a player is a regular starter for even the worst NLF team, chances are that the player is making much more money than that. When looking at amounts of money like that, I am forced to think “Are the players really worth all of that money?” I don’t think they are, because honestly unless there are freak circumstances, I’m looking at you Pittsburgh and the Jets, what are the real chances that a team’s third string quarterback is going to play in a game? Very slim. This means that for a majority of the year, many players who are on the third string are not doing much more than looking at film and holding a clipboard. I know people in the regular work sector that do so much more than that and make much less. The issue for players making too much money is not limited to replacement players for me; the stars are as guilty of being overpaid as the rest of the league. Granted players like Aaron Rodgers or Adrian Peterson are franchise players and their respective teams are built around them, but are they really worth the scads of money the team management throws at them. When I think about players’ salaries, I also think about the bonuses they receive for things like making the playoffs or winning an MVP. I think about the State Farm commercial with Aaron Rodgers at career day where the student says “...Trophies are for people with low self-esteem,” and that is what these incentives are to me. When it comes down to it, I can think of way more people worthy of the $18 million that the Denver Broncos will pay Peyton Manning this year. For instance, Manning will wow some audiences with his play, but a surgeon who saves a man from a severe brain injury may only average a salary of $106,000 per year. This dichotomy is troubling because there are many other worthwhile professions that are severely underpaid for the needs they fill in society. I like seeing Mike Wallace run a 4.3 second 40-yard dash or Lamar Woodley break through a block as much as the next guy, but I also feel that they could do it for much less money. If NFL players took a pay cut to less drastic salaries, more fans would be able to attend games because owners wouldn’t have to raise ticket prices to cover budget shortfalls. Besides, a lot of these players have multimillion-dollar endorsement deals. I’m pretty sure that they can afford to take a deal for a few thousand dollars less, the next time their contract is up.
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Clarion’s postseason ends in regional semifinal Eddie McDonald STAFF WRITER
All good things must come to an end at some point, and that was the case with the Clarion University women’s volleyball team as they fell to Wheeling Jesuit in the Division II Atlantic Regional semifinals on Friday, Nov. 30. Before facing off with Wheeling Jesuit, Clarion had to first get by Lock Haven University in the opening round of the regional playoffs. Clarion knocked off the Bald Eagles 3-0 by scores of 25-23, 25-19 and 25-23. Going into the matchup, Clarion and Lock Haven faced off four previous times in the playoffs with Lock Haven being victorious in all four matches, including knocking off Clarion in the first round of the same playoffs a season ago. “We had never beaten Lock Haven during the postseason, so for us to beat them 3-0 was a huge accomplishment. It gave us a lot of momentum going into the match against Wheeling,” senior Rebecca Webb said. Sophomore Hannah Heeter led the way for the Golden Eagles with 12 kills, three digs and four blocks. Redshirt sophomore Carlie Bieranowski and junior Emily Stewart had 10 kills apiece to go with eight and seven
up at 22, 23 and 24, before surrendering the final two points to send it to a fifth and final set. A pivotal point in the fourth set was when Stewart suffered an injury and had to leave the game. “It was tough,” Mills said. “I honestly thought we had them in the fourth set. We were up two, and Emily (Stewart) got hurt and had to come out. That hurt us a little bit for sure.” Wheeling Jesuit raced out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back. Clarion cut the deficit to 6-5 before Jesuit rattled off a 7-2 run. Clarion’s attempt at a comeback fell short, thus ending their season. Heeter was pleased with the way the team performed against a tough opponent. “Although it was a heartbreaking loss, we proved to everyone how good we are. Nothing to hang our heads about we played our hearts out,” Heeter said. Despite the expectaThe Clarion Call/ Archive Photoy tions that everyone had Hannah Heeter (left) prepares to return a serve for the Golden Eagles as Clarion lost to Wheeling Jesuit in the regional semifinals. going into the match, Webb felt the team played as well as they had all sea“It was a real confidence the past two Atlantic Re- lead changes. digs respectively. Neither team led by son in their final contest. Sophomore Laura Sub- boost,” said Clarion Head gion champions. “Everybody else exClarion took a 2-1 lead more than three in the ject paced the offense Coach Jennifer Mills. pected Wheeling to beat Mills continued, “The by scores of 25-23, 18-25 fourth set. with 36 set assists. Webb The Golden Eagles held us in three much like contributed with five kills players were ready to play, and 25-19, before Wheeland they had fun. It was ing Jesuit stormed back to a 20-18 advantage before they did earlier this seaand three blocks. Rebecca Ferragonio, an- an exciting match. Lock take the final two sets, 26- Wheeling Jesuit rattled son, but we went into that off four straight points to match extremely confiother senior on the team, Haven played hard and 24 and 15-10. dent, and I personally The fourth set was the make it 22-20. wouldn’t go away.” chipped in with 19 digs. Clarion would not let think we played some of The semifinal matchup most competitive of the Junior Corrine Manley contributed five blocks on between Clarion and Wheel- five sets played, as there that affect them as they the best volleyball we did ing Jesuit was a matchup of were 15 ties and five came back to tie the things all season,” Webb said. the evening.
Kromka dominates Clarion’s opening weekend of PSAC play Matt Catrillo STAFF WRITER
The Clarion University Golden Eagles men’s basketball team spilt its opening weekend of PSAC play, hosting Shippensburg and Millersville. On Saturday, Dec. 1 against Shippensburg, Clarion jumped on top of the Raiders early using first half runs of 11-2 and 8-0 to build a 16-point lead at the half, 37-21. The Golden Eagles continued to turn it on in the second half, never leading by fewer than 13 points, pulling away for their first PSAC win of the season, 66-48. The story of the game was center Mike Kromka, as he lead the Golden Eagles scoring a career-high 24 points, 14 of them coming in the first half. “I just tried to step it up,” Kromka said. “But the biggest thing is that we got the win.” Head coach Ron Righter was pleased with his team’s play in the conference opener. “It’s the best two halves we’ve played so far,” he said. “We were looking shaky through our first three games, so that was nice to see.” What was also crucial in Clarion’s win was finally playing shutdown defense, and turning that into an up-tempo transition game. “That was a big part of our plan,” Righter said. “We needed
to get easier shots because we worked so hard in the backcourt, and like to complement off of each other and get the ball out quicker, something that we worked on in practice.” Unfortunately for Clarion, however, the Golden Eagles were unable to keep their momentum going, hitting a wall against Millersville on Sunday, Dec. 2. Coming off a four-hour drive, Millersville came ready to play and got out to a 20-4 run early, and never showed any signs of slowing down. The Marauders never led by any less than 13 the rest of the way, as they coasted to the 84-57 win. “It’s a good old-fashion butt kicking,” Righter said. “Millersville has a good, experienced team and they really manhandled us for 40 minutes.” Clarion found itself in foul trouble early and often, committing seven team fouls in the first 10 minutes, and had 10 fouls by the 6:25 mark of the first half. It was much of the same in the second half, as the Golden Eagles found themselves with seven team fouls again just eight minutes in. On a positive note, Kromka had another strong game, with his second straight 20-point performance, with 20 points and nine rebounds. The Golden Eagles (2-3) have the entire week off until their next game Saturday, Dec. 8 against Slippery Rock, which gives Clarion time to correct their mistakes.
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Senior Mike Kromka scores one of his career-high 24 points.
James Fleming Senior S enior Wrestler Wrestler INTERVIEW BY Mike Decker
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First off, congratulations on earning your 100th career victory this past weekend; great accomplishment. What does reaching that milestone mean to you?
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Winning 100 matches is a great accomplishment, but I have been shooting for bigger and better accolades such as winning a national championship. Everyday in the room, I am putting in the work to develop new techniques in which I can add to my current repertoire and give myself the best opportunity to become a national champion.
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Last season you finished fifth in the nation and are currently ranked third this year. What are you doing to make another run at a national championship?
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I am getting extra goes in during our regular practice, so that I won’t get tired during matches with others who are ranked among the top in the country. I already have an extremely strong gas tank, but I believe if I push the pace of my matches and stay relentlessly on the attack, I will be able to dominate the national scene and accomplish my goal.
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So far in your career (grade school through today), what has been your greatest accomplishment?
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I have one goal and one goal only and that is to become a national champion. All the tournaments and accomplishments I have made in the past have only been to give myself the experience to become one of the greatest. I am not satisfied with any of
my accomplishments as of yet. I tend to give my awards away to relatives or siblings because the awards mean a lot more to those individuals than they do to me.
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What is your team goal for this season?
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We as a team want to get as many individuals to the national tournament as possible. The great thing about this sport is that it doesn’t matter how you do throughout the year but rather how you do in March. There have been individuals who have started seasons losing most of their matches and ended up winning a national championship. Our guys are shooting for nothing less. Courtesy Photo / Sports Information