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Online taxes speed up financial aid KELSEY HUEBERT News Editor

Clarion, Pa. - Around this time of year, Clarion’s Financial Aid office begins reminding students and their parents to re-apply for financial aid by filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. While acquiring the necessary cash to attend college can be a headache for some, there are easy ways to expedite the process.

Ken Grugel, Clarion’s director of financial aid, can offer the best advice.

Grugel said the biggest concern is communication between students and parents about tax preparation.

“Some students filing their taxes online will claim themselves as a tax exemption,” Grugel said, “while their parents do the same, claiming them as a dependent.”

Grurel said the IRS does not always catch these mistakes, but in the financial aid verification process it can’t be missed.

By law, a minimum of 30 percent of applicants must be verified, which is about 2,000 students.

“If they are then selected for verification,” Grugel said, “then the tax forms have to be amended.”

Generally it is the student’s tax report that is amended, according to Grugel, which means the student would owe the

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Director Ken Grugel, along will office staff Lindsay Smith (left) and Chelsea Leuschel (right) prepare for the upcoming tax season. federal government the value of the exemption.

“You cannot be an exemption on two people’s taxes,” Grugel said, “and generally, it’s more costly for the parents if they don’t claim the exemption.”

Grugel said this year a dependent tax exemption

is worth $3,500.

“This kind of situation leaves the financial aid process dead in the water until one of the parties files an amended return.”

This is the primary situation slowing down the financial aid verification process, Grugel said.

“Before a student does their taxes,” Grugel said “they should make sure whether they will be claimed as a dependent on their parent’s tax return.”

Grugel said filing taxes online is the best way to speed up the financial aid process.

“If people wait two weeks after filing their taxes online,” Grugel said, “then they can import their tax information onto their FASFA form.”

By importing the information directly from the IRS, students can ensure accuracy and save time.

Normally, to verify tax information, the Financial Aid office would have to request the information from the applicant, who then often must request it from the IRS. Grugel said this simple step isn’t the only important thing students need to know to have a smooth financial process through the sometimes expensive college experience.

Having a well-rounded knowledge of finance and budgeting is the key to saving money, buying wisely and building good credit, Grugel said.

“Most people, college students included, have some trouble managing their finances,” Grugel said.

Grugel said that on Clarion University’s Financial Aid website is a link to CashCourse, a website that helps people, particularly college students, make sound financial decisions.

CashCourse is sponsored by the National Endowment for Financial Education.

The NEFE provides advice on budgeting, financial planning, banking, credit cards and managing debts.

Focusing on financial management, it does not advise students on financial aid.

CashCourse is a free website, but it will encourage the user to upgrade to the premium package.

Black History Month program focuses on Frederick Douglass Clarion, Pa. - “Frederick Douglass – The Journalist” is the subject of a Black History Month program centered around the contributions of the first world-renown black journalist.

Frederick Douglass, noted abolitionist and champion of women’s

rights is best known for his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” published in 1845.

This book was instrumental in educating the public about the atrocities of slavery and its life altering scars on both the slave and his master.

Douglass later became editor of The North Star, the first abolitionist newspaper published by an African-American.

“Frederick Douglass was a political abolitionist who championed the principles of moral determination, commitment and equal rights for Afri-

can-American slaves and women,” said Rachelle Prioleau, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and expert on Frederick Douglass journalism.

These principles, as part of Douglass’ inspirational life story, are still relevant today.

His scholarship and

Clarion hosts “The Vagina Monologues.”

“The White Show” art gallery opens soon.

Men’s Basketball team falls to Slippery Rock

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Speaker: “Fall in love with your major” Editorial Cartoon: Reagan at 100 Editorial cartoon by Online editor, Mike Ramsey.

A look at the legacy of the late former President Ronald Reagan.

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This Valentine’s day, learn how to love with what you study.

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Features Editor Russell Pekelnicky tells us how to get extremely ill.

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The team cooks up a batch of its favorite cover songs.

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Women’s basketball Golden Eagles beat Slippery Rock 79-71.

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Clarion wrestling Free-to-play gaming Online games that anyone with a PC can play for free.

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Movie review “No Strings Attached” Starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher is in theaters now.

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Wrestling team loses three matches at home over the weekend.

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journalistic contributions will also be celebrated during a talk given by Prioleau on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. in Eagles Commons, rooms 107 and 108.

This event, sponsored by the Minority and International Association of Communicators and the

Department of Communication, is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Joanne Washington at 393-1883 or e-mail jwashington@clarion.edu.

Washington is a Communication Department professor, holding office hours in 132 Becker Hall.

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Youngstown, Ohio - Two men angry over a dispute at an Ohio fraternity house party left the gathering and returned early Sunday, spraying bullets into a crowd and killing a Youngstown State University student who was trying to separate two groups, authorities said. Eleven other people were injured, including a 17-year-old with a critical head wound.

The men were arrested and charged later Sunday with aggravated murder, shooting into a house and 11 counts of felonious assault, Youngstown police Chief Jimmy Hughes said.

The suspects are in their early 20s and from the Youngstown area, but Hughes withheld their names pending further investigation.

“These guys were in the location for a little while before the shooting occurred,” he said. “Something happened that they became unhappy.

They had some type of altercation.”

The shooting occurred at a two-story brick house in a neighborhood of once-elegant homes, many of which are now boarded up. The house party had been bustling with 50 or more people early Sunday, Hughes said.

“Somebody just got shot!” a caller tells a dispatcher on a recording of the 911 call.

The Mahoning County coroner’s office identified the dead student as 25-year-old Jamail E. Johnson. He was shot once in the head and multiple times in his hips and legs; an autopsy

is planned Monday, said Dr. Joseph Ohr, a forensic pathologist with the coroner’s office.

Capt. Rod Foley said Johnson apparently was trying to separate two groups when he was shot. “(Johnson) was just an excellent, excellent young man, and our loss runs deep,” said Christopher Cooper, a legal officer for Omega Psi Phi fraternity. The senior had recently traveled to North Carolina for a fraternity program emphasizing manhood and scholarship, Cooper said.

Johnson’s fraternity brothers were trying to decide whether to return to the house, he said. They were “very solemn, very alarmed, very hurt,” Cooper said.

The 11 people who were injured ranged in age from 17 to 31. About half of them were shot in the foot, police said. Two were hit in the abdomen, and the most seriously hurt was the 17-year-old who was shot near one ear.

They were taken to nearby St. Elizabeth Health Center. Eight of them had been treated and released by afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Tina Creighton said. She said she could not release the conditions of the other three.

The university said six of the injured were students.

Members of the university-sanctioned Omega Psi Phi fraternity lived at the house, YSU spokesman Ron Cole said.

Omega Psi Phi doesn’t own the house, Cooper said.

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Chad’s army, rebels recruit child soldiers

Rep. Giffords speaks for first time since shooting

Nairobi, Kenya - Chad’s armed forces and Chadian and Sudanese rebel groups are recruiting children as young as 13 to become soldiers, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.

The children are recruited from camps in eastern Chad, which has suffered a spillover from the Darfur conflict in neighboring Sudan, Amnesty said.

Recruiters use family or appeal to the children’s ethnic loyalties to get them to join. Sometimes they use child soldiers already in their ranks to lure the new recruits with money, clothes and cigarettes, the report said.

Where money is used, recruiters are reported to have paid children between $20 and $500 to join. In some cases, the children are abducted and forced to join the armed forces or rebel groups.

“It is tragic that thousands of children are denied their childhood and are manipulated by adults into fighting their wars,” said Erwin van der Borght, Africa program director for Amnesty International. “This scandalous child abuse must not be allowed to continue.”

Attempts by The Associated Press to reach government officials in Chad for comment failed.

Children can be easily recruited because of poverty. Some agree to join to seek revenge for relatives killed, while others see it as a family obligation, the report said.

“I became upset because people were killing some of my relatives and pillaging our goods. While in the rebellion living conditions were difficult but we had enough food,” one 17-year-old former child soldier told Amnesty. “What was the most difficult was taking part in the fighting.

Many of us were my age. There is nothing joyful in the rebellion.”

Houston - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to speak: She asked for toast at breakfast one recent morning.

Her ability to say even just a word, a month after being shot in the head, pleased her family, friends and doctors. It may also provide valuable clues about the condition of her brain.

“We’re elated at this,” said her spokesman C.J. Karamargin, who added that she is speaking “more and more.” “We always knew Gabby is a fighter and that she’s not going to let this thing win. And you know, every day is proof of that.”

Few details have emerged about her recovery since she began intensive rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital late last month.

But doctors not involved in her care said her simple request for toast could indicate higher level cognition.

The lawmaker was apparently asking for something in an appropriate context, said Dr. Richard Riggs, chair of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

“It was a desire. It was a want. It was something that would be preferable rather than just a basic need,” Riggs said. “It was encouraging. I was very excited to see it . and the fact that it was an appropriate context gives it more meaning.”

Colombia rebels free councilman after a year Villavincencio, Colombia - A town councilman taken hostage in June 2009 was released by Colombian rebels Wednesday, the first of five captives they promised to free this week.

The leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, handed Marcos Baquero over to the International Red Cross and former Sen. Piedad Cordoba in the southeastern jungle.

He was flown on a loaned Brazilian military helicopter emblazoned with Red Cross symbols to Villavicencio, gateway to Colombia’s eastern plains.

Looking somber, he embraced his wife and two small children on the airport tarmac.

Baquero, who wore jeans and a white, long-sleeve shirt, did not talk to reporters. He is the 15th captive released by the FARC since early 2008 in what are widely seen as good-faith gestures seeking a peace dialogue.

Cordoba has been the go-between in all those releases, but Colombia’s solicitor general stripped of her Senate seat in September and banned her from public office for 18 years for alleged collusion with the FARC.

Israel shows Surinam ‘disappointment’ Paramaribo, Suriname - Israel’s ambassador to Suriname says he has expressed his country’s disappointment over the South American nation’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state.

Amiram Magid is the non-resident Israeli ambassador to Suriname. He said Wednesday that he had a “frank and candid” meeting with Surinamese Foreign Minister Winston Lackin on the issue.

Magid says the recognition of a Palestinian state with borders predating the Six-Day War of 1967 is counterproductive to Mideast peace efforts.

White House says no to new AK-47 regulation

The U.S. agency that monitors gun sales has suffered a setback in its effort to increase scrutiny of the bulk sale of high-powered assault rifles in border state gun shops that are a chief source of weapons smuggling into Mexico.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wants to require gun dealers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to report the sales of two or more rifles to the same customer within a five-day period, similar to a rule that exists for handgun sales. The goal of the plan is to crack down on problem gun dealers and buyers at a time of heightened drug cartel violence along the border.

The agency asked the White House for an emergency order that would allow ATF to quickly impose the requirement without public review. But the White House denied the request and told the agency that the proposal has to undergo a standard threemonth review period that is open to public comment.

The plan could still be implemented, but not on the expedited timetable that the agency had wanted

Cuban official testifies in ex-CIA agent’s case

El Paso, Texas - A Cuban special investigator presented a photo to a Texas courtroom Wednesday showing the blood-stained lobby of a Havana hotel after a bomb exploded in 1997, killing an Italian tourist. His testimony is part of the U.S. government’s attempt to prove an ex-CIA agent planned the attack, then lied about it when he later sought U.S. citizenship.

Lt. Col. Roberto Hernandez Caballero, assigned to the state security division of the powerful Interior Ministry, told the jury he was in charge of a task force that investigated a series of bombings in Havana and the beach resort of Varadero in 1997.

Prosecutors accuse Cuba-born Luis Posada Carriles of lying during citizenship hearings in El Paso about how he sneaked into the U.S. in March 2005, and of failing to acknowledge planning the bombings of Cuban hotels and a top Havana tourist restaurant in 1997.

Posada told the New York Times in 1998 that he was behind the bombings, which he said were meant to hurt Cuban tourism — but that no one was supposed to have been killed. He has since recanted those comments.

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Developer: Ex-Pa. judges extorted $590K Scranton, Pa. - As the developer and co-owner of a juvenile detention facility called PA Child Care, Robert Powell owed a debt of gratitude to a pair of northeastern Pennsylvania judges who helped get him in business.

But the judges didn’t want Powell to say thank you. They wanted his cash.

Powell says he fell victim to an extortion scheme by former Luzerne County Judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella, telling jurors at Ciavarella’s federal racketeering trial Wednesday that he was forced to pay them nearly $600,000 after they agreed to send the county’s juvenile delinquents to his new private lockup outside Wilkes-Barre.

In a scandal known as “kids for cash,” prosecutors allege that Ciavarella extorted Powell and took more than $2 million in illegal kickbacks from the builder of PA Child Care and its sister facility in western Pennsylvania. Conahan already has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and awaits sentencing.

Powell said the judges summoned him to the courthouse in 2003, several months after the opening of PA Child Care, and demanded to be paid. Ciavarella told Powell he knew the detention center was doing well financially, “and it was now time to get him and Mike Conahan money,” Powell said.

Powell, who knew the judges had already received a hefty kickback from Robert Mericle, the builder of the facility, said he replied, “Are you telling me you guys blew through a million bucks already?”

He said the judges laughed.

NY ruling: ‘Escape’ jail guard can be rehired Buffalo, N.Y. - An arbitrator has ruled that a correction officer who was fired after an inmate escaped from a county jail in western New York can get his job back.

Ralph “Bucky” Phillips shot three state troopers, one fatally, after escaping from Erie County’s jail outside Buffalo in 2006. The sheriff’s office said David Padilla was working in the jail’s control room the day of the escape and ignored an alarm that went off.

Padilla’s attorney argued that county authorities couldn’t prove Padilla ignored the alarm, or that an alarm even sounded as Phillips bored through a kitchen ceiling and climbed onto a roof around 5 a.m. on April 2, 2006.

Arbitrator Joseph Randazzo gave Erie County and Padilla’s lawyers 60 days to negotiate the terms of his return to work. Padilla’s base pay was about $52,000 a year when he was dismissed.

After he escaped, Phillips spent five months on the lam before being captured in western Pennsylvania.

He’s serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Aides to County Executive Chris Collins didn’t indicate whether they will challenge the ruling. Labor Relations Commissioner Christopher Putrino said the county “is currently reviewing all of its options relative to an arbitration award we strongly disagree with.”

Teen pleads guilty in 2009 Pa. cross-burning Pittsburgh - A teenager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to a cross-burning in the yard of a western Pennsylvania juvenile more than a year ago.

Nineteen-year-old Michael Bealonis of Robinson was one of three males charged in the November 2009 crime in Indiana County. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to interfering with the housing rights of another.

Prosecutors said the defendants set a six-foot wooden cross afire in the yard of a family with three children, one of whom was black.

Thomas Perez, Assistant Attor-

ney General for the Civil Rights Division, said Bealonis “used an unmistakable symbol of bigotry” to threaten the family simply because of the race of a child.

Bealonis is to be sentenced May 25. His attorney did not immediately return a call and message seeking comment.

2 charged in a 2010 Philly double murder Chester, Pa. - Authorities say two men have been arrested in a double murder in a violence-plagued Philadelphia suburb over the Labor Day weekend last year.

Forty-year-old Brian Selby of New Castle, Del., and 21-year-old Jujuan Parker of Chester are charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy, assault and firearms crimes.

Authorities in Delaware County allege that they were responsible for the Sept. 5 shooting deaths 27-yearold Tyrone Thompson and his 19-year-old nephew, Jeffrey Joyner.

District Attorney G. Michel Green called Selby a “ruthless killer” during a news conference Wednesday morning. The Delaware County Daily Times says Green declined comment on a possible motive.

A number listed in Parker’s name had been disconnected and a listed number for Selby could not be found Wednesday; it was unclear whether they had attorneys.

Priest charged with stealing from diocese Reading, Pa. - A priest has been charged with having embezzled more than $476,000 while serving in a diocese in eastern Pennsylvania.

Berks County authorities have charged 64-year-old Richard Nachajski (Nah-HIGH-skee) of York with theft, forgery and related counts while he was at St. Anthony’s of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Millmont. Investigators said he was at the parish from 1998 until March 2009, when he took a leave of absence.

The diocese of Allentown said the missing funds were discovered in a routine audit. Officials said they intend to file an insurance claim and expect to reimbursed for much of the money.

Nachajski surrendered to authorities for arraignment Wednesday and was released on $25,000 bail pending a Feb. 25 hearing.

Defense attorney Lawrence Hracho did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Abortion doctor finds lawyer in murder case Philadelphia - A Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with killing a patient and seven babies born alive was denied a preliminary hearing because a grand jury authorized the murder, conspiracy and other charges against him and his employees.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell appeared in court Wednesday, his 70th birthday, along with his wife Pearl and eight employees. The grand jury found the group operated a filthy, illegal abortion clinic that left two women dead and routinely killed late-term babies with scissors after they were born alive.

Gosnell has secured a prominent Philadelphia criminal lawyer, Jack McMahon, days after a judge denied him a public defender after learning he and his wife own at least six properties between them, including a beach house near Atlantic City, N.J. According to prosecutors, Gosnell made millions over the years from a West Philadelphia medical practice they called a pill mill by day and an abortion mill at night.

He and his employees — including Gosnell’s cosmetologist wife and two unlicensed workers — performed illegal, later-term abortion at the filthy clinic, where a teenager sometimes gave anesthesia and untrained workers provided post-surgical care, prosecutors charged.

Car hits utility pole State police say Kolaya Horne, 38, of Knox, Pa., sustained minor injuries after her 1997 Ford Escort struck a utility pole, and then rolled off the side of State Route 338 in Beaver Township, Feb. 7 at about 7 p.m.

Horne was wearing her seat belt.

Criminal mischief In an incident of criminal mischief, State police say an unknown suspect damaged an outdoor light lens at Palo Construction on South Fourth Avenue in Clarion Township.

Police are unsure of the date and time of the incident.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police at (814) 226-1710.

Simple assault State Police say a 27-year-old male from Parker, Pa., sustained minor injuries from a 25-year-old male from Boyers, Pa., and a 22-year-old female from Parker, Pa. The two suspects, known to the police, went to a residence in Perry Township and struck the victim in the head and face several times on Feb. 5 at 3 a.m.

Money stolen State police report an incident of theft from Country Fair in Paint

Township at the intersection of State Routes 66 and 322.

Police suspect Brady Buzard, 27, of Clarion, Pa., of removing $410 in cash from a drawer containing Pennsylvania Lottery sales on Jan. 8 at around 10:30 p.m. During the incident, the suspect remained in the store for almost two hours. The store was open and operating.

Retail theft State police report Angela Walter, 31, of Brookville, Pa., attempted to remove items valued at more than $40 from Walmart in Monroe Township on Feb. 4 at about 6 p.m. Walter was charged with retail theft.

Drunk driving State Police say Connell Stitt, 44, of Parker, Pa., was traveling on Blairs Corners Road in Beaver Township when his vehicle left the roadway and became stuck in the snow on Feb. 7 just after midnight. When police arrived, he was found to be intoxicated and was charged for driving under the influence.

School lot hit and run State Police say Brandon Ganoe, 19, of Limestone, Pa., was wearing his seat belt and was not injured when he backed his 2001 Mercury Cougar into an unattended 2005 Chevrolet Equinox.

He then fled the scene.

Juveniles tattooed State police say charges are pending against a known 22-year-old man after he tattooed an 11year -old female of Parker, Pa., and a 13-year-old female of Rimersburg, Pa., at a residence in Rimersburg Borough on the night of Jan. 21. Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Interstate arrest State Police say Barry Gatlin, 39 of Gary, Ind., was traveling east on Interstate 80 in a rented Dodge Charger and was pulled over for a traffic violation on Feb.4.

Police say several items of interest along with indicators of criminal activity were observed during the stop.

Police say Gatlin gave them consent to search the vehicle.

During the search, Police found two baggies of marijuana and a loaded revolver.

Gatlin was charged with one count of carrying a firearm without a license and two counts of possessing marijuana. Bail has been set at $10,000.

Driver flees scene State Police report Brent McAnna, 44, of Rimersburg, Pa., was traveling south on State Highway 58 in Licking Township around midnight on Feb. 3 when he lost control of his 1998 Dodge Ram 2500.

The truck left the roadway and struck a tree.

Police say McAnna then fled the scene.

Multiple citations have been filed, including driving at an unsafe speed.

Two ejected in crash State Police say Skyler Kiehl, 19, of Mayport, Pa., and Amber Grubbs, 18, of Mayport, Pa., were not wearing seat belts and were both ejected from a 1994 Jeep Wrangler and onto the roadway of Interstate 80.

The crash occured on Feb. 2 at around 4 p.m. on the eastbound highway of Interstate 80 near mile-marker 63.

Keihl, the driver, and passenger Grubbs both sustained moderate injuries and were transported to Clarion Hospital by ambulance.

Clarion Fire Department assisted.

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ello Clarion Call reader! If you have ever listened to 91.7 WCUC-FM, Clarion University’s radio station, you might know me as DJ Canadian Bacon.

Here I am writing for The Call now, and I couldn’t be more excited.

I’m going to be writing a weekly column about advice for college students called Dear Bacon.

I’ll be giving advice for things like classes, work, extracurricular activities or anything going on around campus.

I will be maintaining my funny demeanor

while writing, so be ready for a good laugh. Just a quick background on me, I’m a junior Mass Media Arts major with a concentration in Public Relations.

I have two shows at our university station, “The Bindy Bacon and Alan Show” every Tuesday and Thursday from 7-9 a.m., and “Bacon Time with Pacman” Wednesday and Thursday from 6-9 p.m. Be sure to tune in and listen.

This is all I really have to say this week.

It’s just a quick introduction to what I’m going to be doing here at The Call.

I’m curious to hear what you guys ask, and I’m eager to write you back.

-The writer is a Communications major and a staff writer of The Clarion Call.

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It’s Your Call Favorite Super bowl commercial PHOTOS AND TEXT BY: CARLY MASIROFF MADDY CLINE

Senior, Communication “The Bridgestone Tire one where he thought he sent a bad e-mail to a ton of people.”

TOM HILLIARD

Senior, Psychology “They were all really good, but my top pick in the Doritos one where he licks the finger.”

OLIVIA AMBROSE

Freshman, Library Science “The Doritos ones.”

DWAYNE SCHABERL

Sophomore, Business “The Doritos one with the dog.”

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“The Vagina Monologues” has entered its 11th year at Clarion University.

This year’s show is directed by Carly Masiroff, and co-directed by Bridget O’Donnell and Amy Slicker.

“I am quite confident that the show will be a success as the previous years have been,” said Slicker. “I was in the show last year for the first time, and this year I was asked to be a co-director with Carly Masiroff and Bridget O’Donnell.”

“I got involved because I want to help women, and anyone for that matter, to be heard,” said Slicker, adding that she sees the show as a major benefit the Clarion area. “’The Vagina Monologues’ are able to bring out emotions that a simple documentary or book isn’t able to bring,” she said.

Clarion University President Karen Whitney will participate in this year’s reading. Other new additions this year include monologues from the perspective of a Native American woman and a transgender.

Brittany Concilus has been involved with the monologues for the past five years. This year, she will perform the Native American monologue titled “Crooked Braid.”

“The first was a total accident. My roommate at the time was directing and needed a few extra girls. You can’t help but fall in love with ‘Vagina

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Clarion University’s 11th showing of “The Vagina Monologues” runs through Feb 11.

Monologues,’” said Concilus. “I’ve seen so many girls completely come out of their shells and really grow as people because of this experience. It’s also extremely therapeutic.”

Concilus has a further connection to the monologues. “The point of V-Day and the yearly productions of this show around the country is ‘Until the Violence Stops,’ but to me it’s also about being a voice for the voiceless,” said Concilus.

“Women all over the world are expressly forbidden to talk about the issues and travesties they face every day - and the good things, too.

“What many of us may not realize is that women in America suffer everyday, too, and they’re often too afraid to talk

Black AIDS Awareness Week informs students ALIZAH THORNTON Features Staff

The Black Student Union at Clarion University sponsored several events during Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Week Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. Monday, Feb. 7, marked the 11th anniversary of Black AIDS Awareness Day. The week started off Monday with a general meeting that offered students notice of the events that would take place during the week.

Tuesday’s scheduled discussion group was canceled due to weather. However the rest of the week was filled with activities.

Adagio Health’s Clarion center gave a presentation at 7 p.m., Feb. 2 in Room 279 Gemmell.

Clea Mefford, a representative from the center, delivered a presentation on sexually transmitted diseases to a group of students from the university.

Mefford discussed diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis, trichomoniasis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Students learned what the diseases are, how they can be contracted, ways of prevention, and treat-

ment for the diseases that are available On Thursday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m., Northwest Aids Alliance provided the group with a video called, “Out of Control: AIDS in Black America,” to show to the students.

The video covered topics such as ignorance, government failure, sexual behavior and the presence of being gay and black in America, with regards to HIV and AIDS. After the showing of the video, a discussion was led by the executive board members of the organization.

Students were asked about their thoughts and feelings following the video. In order to help the students visualize how rapidly the spread of HIV/AIDS can happen, a game called “The Catcher” was played to simulate that effect.

Information tables were set up Wednesday and Friday in upstairs Gemmell. The tables featured brochures on many topics like: STDs, drinking and HIV, tattoo and piercing safety, and many other things.

Free condoms were also available to students at every event.

Black HIV/AIDS Awareness week is an effort to educate students and bring awareness to the students on campus.

- afraid of the consequences or stigmas carried with being a victim or with simply laughing about thongs with their friends,” said Concilus. “More than one girl has finally admitted to something that made her hate the fact that she was a woman because she was involved in the camaraderie and power that is ‘Vagina Monologues.’ It is the first time they’ve felt like they had a voice. It’s incredibly healing and empowering.”

Concilus said, “When I learned they were including this monologue, I really wanted to be involved with it.”

“Crooked Braid” tells a story of domestic violence in Native American culture. “I’ve always been fascinated by Native American culture and how bravely

they fought to keep their traditions and spirit alive,” said Concilus. “To me, that’s what this monologue is about.

We’ve never done a monologue before that focuses solely on domestic violence and the effects it has on everyone around the victim. Obviously domestic violence is so traumatizing for the victim, but this monologue also discusses how children are hurt by the situation. I feel very fortunate to be involved.”

Concilus said she has great memories as a result of the monologues. “Last year, I was a part of ‘Angry Vagina,’ and that was a blast. I’ve always done more serious monologues, so it was an interesting change,” said Concilus. “The funny, happy monologues always get such a powerful interaction from the audience, and it’s a great time to interact with them. However, I think this year is probably my favorite.

“The show is so amazing in its entirety this year, and I’m so beyond proud of all of the amazing work the girls have done,” said Concilus. “This monologue is just so personally important to me, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have been chosen for it. Each year I’m involved with this show is beyond words because I’m telling the story of someone else.

The cast gets to ensure that a woman’s voice is heard all over the world, that for that one moment, she won’t be silenced any longer. There’s nothing else like it.”

The monologues will run through 11, starting at 7 p.m. in Hart Chapel.

Students encouraged to fall in love with major JOSH BYERS Features Staff

With Valentines Day so close, Christina Sheets of the University Advising Service and Coordination, and Maria Aiello of the Academic Counselor/Student Support services, decided it was time to present their interpretation of a seminar they enjoyed so much, they titled it, “Falling In Love With Your Major.”

The “Falling In Love With Your Major” seminar was presented in 250/252 Gemmel Student Complex and lasted about an hour. There were around 51 students in attendance.

“I really didn’t expect this turn out,” said Aiello. Sheets added that she was surprised by the entire turn out and how well the presentation was received.

The presentation itself focused

on how picking a major and sticking with it throughout college was similar to finding a significant other and sticking with them.

Discussed were things like the difference between a job and a career, and what it was like to find something the student loves doing and maybe finding another subject they also enjoy doing a minor, or maybe a double major.

Some main points of the presentation were: How do I fall in love with a major? What is lovable and why? Why does love have to be so complicated? How to fall in love?

How do I know it’s the one?

A list of things that would come when one found the right match and a checklist of reasons why it might be true love that included things like, “You are having fun being yourself. You take ownership over the material. And you love most of the courses and like the

other.”

Sheets and Aiello also handed out pens and had the audience members pull a label sheet from the folder and write down a few things they like about themselves, what they do best and what is most important to them, then stick them to themselves. The point of this exercise was to examine if the major the student had picked really highlighted the things that they had written down.

The two alternated speaking evenly throughout the presentation and raised some interesting questions with their Power Point.

They kept the audience involved throughout the entire presentation and handed out some treats. The students in attendance were often asked for a show of hands on a subject, or if they were willing to share an experience pertaining to the question.

Pfannestiel appointed to Faculty Fellow position KATIE ANTHONY Features Staff

Dr. Todd Pfannestiel will be performing a new role for Clarion University. Starting the summer of this year until the summer of 2013, Pfannestiel will be the Faculty Fellow for Planning, Assessment and Improvement.

He was appointed to this position by Clarion University President Karen Whitney.

Pfannestiel is a history professor and will take leave from the classroom during his work for PAI. He may still have opportunities to teach summer and winter classes.

He will also continue to advise his student groups

and coordinate the Clarion University Ghost Experience every fall.

In an earlier interview, Pfannestiel explained that within the university’s strategic plan, every college and every division has its own plan.

He explained that his new position involves “helping the various divisions to develop their plans and make sure the left hand knows what the right hand is doing, that there’s no needless redundancy.”

In the same interview, President Whitney gave her thoughts on the new appointment saying, “We are most fortunate that Pfannestiel has agreed to work with leadership of the campus to help us become a university that

has a strong approach to planning, assessment and institutional improvement.”

Plans have been developed university-wide, as well as in areas regarding academic affair, student and university affairs, and finance and administration.

Each of these broader areas is broken down in to smaller subdivisions that will be addressed individually.

Clarion’s plans have to align with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s plans and with county, regional and state plans.

The projects will be put into writing to ensure they are all carried out.

All university planning will be for both Clarion

and Venango campuses.

Pfannestiel said he has always had an interest in learning the management aspects of the university “that go beyond what I’ve been doing in the classroom.”

He said he believes his contributions will be valuable to the university. Prior to this appointment, Pfannestiel has been serving as a chair of Faculty Senate. This provides him with a beginner experience in the management aspect of the university.

“It’s an exciting time for me personally,” said Pfannestiel. “It’s an exciting time for the university with a new president. I’m glad that, in a different way, I can contribute.”

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TOP1O ways to get extremely ill RUSSELL PEKELNICKY Features Editor

It’s that time of the year when disease runs rampant through the college population like a ’roid-raging mastodon in a china shop. With all the sick folk, some might feel lonely, with their sound constitution and ability to sleep at night without chocking down their body weight in saliva. Also, some of the less-academically minded might find they are running low on unexcused absences, but hate the inconvenience associated with actually going to class. If that is the case, nothing works the charm like becoming legitimately sick. Sickness can help avoid uncomfortable interactions with classmates, dodge meetings and give you a reason to avoid friends and family members. Here are some surefire ways to get sick.

10. Stay sedentary Staying active is a great way to build a strong immune system. So, in order to achieve ailment nirvana, avoid the gym like it has the plague (unless it actually has the plague. Then by all means, run headlong into that bad boy.) Avoid physical exertion until you feel yourself reduced to a quivering mass of tissues.

9. Avoid sleep

6. Eat shady foods Food is a fantastic breeding ground for disease. Just sifting through a bowl of peanuts or jellybeans is a great way to contract a variety of food-born diseases.

For extra fun, eat poorly prepared pork or chicken products, and eat them raw. It’s a savory and delightful way to get a debilitating disease. For added flavor, leave in the cushions of a couch to attract further lint for an interesting and gamy flavor

5. Just say no to hand sanitizer Soap and hand sanitizer are a great way to stop disease, but that’s not the goal here. They will only hinder the agenda of your crusade of filth The goal is to get as horribly ill as possible. Avoid this stuff as much as possible, or use in such excess it damages the body’s natural antibodies.

4. Touch face frequently Fingers are covered in bacteria, so put them in any of the varied orifices that cover the human head. It’s a great way to make sure those little guys get into your bloodstream and wreak havoc of a caliber seen only in the most apocalyptic of stories.

There’s no rest for the wicked, they say, so join the like of history’s greatest mad men by depriving yourself of sleep. A healthy immune system will fall faster than the Berlin Wall, and you get the added benefits of hallucinations associated with sleep deprivation. With even a wink of sleep, the body’s natural defenses might be able to rally a valiant stand, and with stimulants like caffeine raging through the system, any modicum of health will surely whither like the last leaves of fall.

3. Don’t dress properly.

8. Eat a horrible diet

Diseases require human hosts, so gather up the most infected of the infected and have a mosh pit with them.

With all the wheezing and sneezing that will go on, it will be virtually impossible to not be coated in a layer of slime. The backseats of most cabs have more bacteria.

Why eat a balanced diet? You know what else is balanced? Squares, that’s what. Nothing is more hip than gorging on chips and sodas until the malnutrition is so unbearable that nicknames like “Scurvy Steve” and “Jaundice Joe” will be what all the cool cats and kittens want. Vegetables are greens, but so are lime Skittles.

7. Avoid vaccines Vaccines hurt like nobody’s business, so just skip these entirely. Why prevent a horrible and life-threatening disease? Life’s more exciting with the chance of getting bronchitis or the flu.

So what if it’s snowing? Shorts are comfy. Wear them everywhere, with sandals. Make sure to splash in the slush puddles on campus. Keep your hair constantly wet. Never wear a jacket. Wear T-shirts and shorts all the way, kids.

2. Hang out with the sick

1. Touch everything Surfaces are to bacteria what plates are to food. A surface can be so covered with bacteria that it would stagger the unprepared human mind. Touching every surface that you come into contact with on a daily basis is a sure way to get so sick that zombism will seem like a fully plausible notion. Also, licking is a viable means of contracting diseases, and a most flavorful one at that.

Melting snow leaves ugly mess Fetal surgery better for kids with spine defect COLLEEN LONG AP Exchange

NEW YORK - The mountains of snow that have covered the Northeastern landscape for the past month and a half are finally melting, revealing oozing lumps of garbage, gaping potholes, bicycles, rat-infested sofas, discarded Christmas trees — even bodies.

More than 57 inches of snow has fallen on New York City this winter, its snowiest January ever, and the story is similar elsewhere around the Northeast. Residents welcomed warmer weather this week before an expected plunge back into the freezer, but they weren’t so thrilled about the side effects.

“This is disgusting. I can’t tell if it’s snow or garbage or some sick other thing,” said Karen James, 34, finding discarded bills, paper cups and sludge in the shrinking mound of snow and ice covering her car. “This stinks.”

Since a post-Christmas blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow on parts of the city, the snow piles have become as familiar as taxis to New Yorkers, forcing pedestrians to weave single-file through snow-packed sidewalks.

Two bodies were found in vehicles last week.

In both cases, a passerby spotted someone slumped over the wheel after snow melted away from the windows. One man was found dead Feb. 1 of an apparent gunshot wound; he had been reported missing a week

earlier. And on Friday, a day after he was reported missing, Argent Dyryzi’s body was found in the driver’s seat of a BMW. Authorities believe he may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

At least one other body was discovered in the New York area in late January, in a parking lot in West Nyack. The man had been dead of hypothermia for several days before anyone noticed, police said.

The city Sanitation Department is responsible for plowing streets and crosswalks, while residents and businesses are expected to clear sidewalks. After grousing for weeks about the city’s failure to plow enough snow, many New Yorkers are now griping about the garbage piles and big pieces of furniture, some crawling with rats.

During the many snowstorms to hit the city, the Sanitation Department suspended garbage collection for days at a time in order to use trucks for snow removal, which meant about 11,000 tons of trash per day didn’t get collected.

Some of it got buried by the succeeding storms.

Garbage collection has since resumed, but it’s not proceeding fast enough for some New Yorkers.

“It’s like we’ve replaced the snow walls with garbage walls,” said Brooklyn resident Jill Coniglario, 38. “Even the parks are covered in mud and filthy snow. My kids are not playing in this stuff, that’s for sure.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Pregnant women were afraid to have it. Doctors were afraid to do it. Hospitals stopped performing the surgery because the government wanted evidence it was safe and worth doing.

Now, a landmark study shows that an operation to fix a hole in the spine while the fetus is still in the womb leads to better outcomes for children with spina bifida. The operation showed such a clear benefit over waiting until the infant is born that the study was stopped early.

“This is the first hope for spina bifida fetuses,” said lead researcher Dr. Scott Adzick of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, one of three places that participated in the study.

Doctors started experimenting with fetal surgery for spina bifida in the mid-1990s, cutting into the mother’s abdomen and uterus to close the gap in the spine. It even became part of the abortion debate when a photo of a tiny hand poking out of a womb during surgery was published.

The government-funded study showed that babies who have the operation in the womb were more likely to walk without help and less likely to need a tube to drain fluid buildup in the brain. Fetal surgery did come with some risks, however, including a higher chance of being born premature and complications for the mother.

Spina bifida — which means split spine — happens when the spine doesn’t develop properly. In the most severe cases, the spinal cord sticks out through an opening in the spine. Children often are paralyzed or have weakness below the waist and many need crutches or a wheelchair. They also suffer from incontinence and fluid buildup in the brain.

Cases in the U.S. have dropped to 1,500 a year since 1998, when the government ordered that foods like cereals, breads and pasta be fortified with folic acid, which reduces the risk of the spinal defect.

Though spina bifida is usually diagnosed before birth, the operation is typically done days after delivery.

Quick surgery can prevent further harm but cannot reverse the nerve damage that has already occurred.

When fetal surgery for spina bifida was first tried, it was controversial because operations in the womb were typically done for life-threatening problems.

There was also no long-term research on the safety of the surgery. The operation even got caught up in the abortion debate when abortion opponents seized on a photo taken during surgery on a 21-week-old fetus at Vanderbilt University.

By the end of 2002, more than 230 spina bifida operations had been done, but some doctors remained skeptical. So the National Institutes of Health launched a big study that year at Vanderbilt, the Philadelphia hospital and the University of California,

San Francisco. Other hospitals agreed not to do the surgery while the research was under way.

The researchers, whose findings were published online Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, studied 158 babies who had the surgery either in the womb or after delivery. The fetal surgery was done between 19 and 25 weeks of gestation.

By the time they turned a year old, 40 percent in the fetal surgery group needed a drainage tube, or shunt, in the brain, compared with 82 percent in the standard surgery group. The fetal surgery group scored higher on combined tests of mental development and motor skills at 2½ years, though there was no difference in cognitive function alone.

Forty-two percent of the toddlers in the fetal surgery group could walk without crutches or other support versus 21 percent in the other group.

Two children died within days of the fetal surgery; two children who had the fix after birth and had shunts died later.

Eighty percent of those who had fetal surgery were born premature compared with 15 percent in the after-delivery group. On average, children who had surgery while still in the womb were born 1½ months early and had more breathing problems. A third of the mothers who had the operation had thinning in the wall of their uterus, a complication that requires cesarean delivery in the future.

“Not all the patients were helped here, and there are significant risks,” said pediatric surgeon Dr. Diana Farmer of UC San Francisco. “So this procedure is not for everyone.”

For safety reasons, the study did not include obese women, even though they have higher rates of fetuses with spina bifida.

Since fetal surgery is highly specialized, some experts said that the results may not be as good in hospitals with little experience and that more work is needed to better determine who will benefit most.

“Caution is necessary here,” Dr. Joe Simpson of Florida International University and Dr. Michael Greene of Massachusetts General Hospital wrote in an editorial.

It was a grueling ordeal for many expectant mothers in the study. Many who had the fetal surgery needed to move near the surgery center in case they delivered early. The editorial writers noted that only 15 percent of those who expressed interest in the study chose to participate. Others were either ineligible or did not want to take the risk.

Seven years after fetal surgery, Evan Terrell of Nashville, Tenn., is more active than his parents ever hoped.

He swims, rides his bike and plays basketball with his friends. Soon after birth, Evan went through intensive physical therapy to strengthen his legs. He needed braces and inserts in his shoes to help him walk as a toddler, but no longer requires any assistance.

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Entertainment Clarion Call 7 ‘TheWhite Show’ emerges at Carlson BLAYNE SHEAFFER

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The Carlson Library’s art gallery has been host to many exhibits. Longtime curator and Clarion University Art professor, Vicky Clark, is proudly curating Clarion’s latest exhibition, “The White Show: Subtlety in the Age of Spectacle.”

Featuring 16 artists from Dublin, Toronto, Hartford, New York City, Clarion, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Gainesville, Fla, “The White Show” is about the small things that are beautiful, and are ignored by today’s art-seeking eyes.

Instead of flashy colors and dramatic statements, this exhibition brings the viewer back to the essentials and demands attention to the details, rather than the big picture.

Clark said she hopes all those who visit the exhibition will “see a diverse group of works—things they’ve never seen before—and, as always, look at art in different ways.”

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The gallery, still in the beginnings of being curated, is also part of a new mode of installation for the Clarion University Art Gallery, and is being open-installed.

This allows the public to view the exhibition as it is being set up. So, while Clark and others are setting up the exhibition, anyone is encouraged to stop in to the gallery to see “The White Show” before it is officially up and running.

After taking a couple of moments to think when asked what the hardest part about curating “The White Show” was, Clark finally winced and said painfully, “Making due with the small and miniscule budget.” Nonetheless, Clark is enthusiastic and excited about the unique exhibit and the new way in which it will be presented. “The White Show: Subtlety in the Age of Spectacle” is expected to be up by Feb 14, and will run until April 15.

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Dr. Vicky Clark (right center) surveys the gallery space before starting to set up “The White Show” gallery.

MOVIE REVIEW More perfect date with ‘No Strings’ BLAYNE SHEAFFER

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There is only one way sex does not ruin a friendship, and that is in the movies. In “No Strings Attached,” two childhood camp friends, Adam (Ashton Kutcher) and Emma (Natalie Portman), reconnect several times throughout their teens and early twenties, each helping the other through difficult times in their lives and disappearing again for an odd amount of years. All the while, they maintain a fondness for each other.

In present day, Adam, the son of a famous TV dad, finds that his ex-girlfriend is seeing his father.

He goes on a drunken di-

aling rampage through his cell phone contacts to find a willing female with whom to have meaningless sex. The next day, Adam wakes up in a foreign apartment, only to find that he not only made the desired connection, but he managed to find his way to longlost friend Emma’s apartment, who took care of him in his drunken state.

It is then that the two come to an agreement; they will be available to each other at any given time, but for sex only.

If either one of the two feel anything more than physical attraction toward the other, the deal is off. Thus starts a hilarious and thoughtprovoking course of

Free-to-play gaming Based off of the famous franchise, “Lord of the Rings Online” started life as a subscription based massively multiplayer online game (MMO). Although the price has been dropped to free, none of the game content has been lost. Gameplay is about the same as “World of Warcraft,” featuring comparable classes and skills. Some of the late game content is only accessible after numerous hours of play or spending real money to unlock it. The game is an MMO so there will always be new content to experience, but to get the most out of the game, expect to spend over 100 hours in game.

Using the same unique gameplay style as the “Warcraft 3,” mod “Defense of the Ancients,” “League of Legends” is a competitive team game. The player controls a champion from the league in five on five or three on three matches. The game has over 40 different champions to choose from, each having their own skills and abilities. All content can be unlocked through a reasonable amount of time investment, leaving only custom character skins purchasable through real money. Matchmaking does a great job of balancing skill levels and the community has set up plenty of resources for new players to learn the game.

events that make this movie worth seeing.

With a unique spin on roles, “No Strings Attached” does not follow the cliché of a female pining after an aloof and priggish male role.

Kutcher portrays a character forced to keep his distance from a self-sufficient Portman who wards off relationships.

In the movie, Adam pursues Emma in the hilarious and typical ways that would usually win him the girl, but is only met with confusion and ridicule from Emma.

Known for her inability to settle long enough to have a relationship, Emma insists throughout the movie that she and Adam keep their af-

fair simple and on the surface, settling ground rules and keeping her distance from Adam, who refuses to allow Emma to avoid and renounce romance – a refreshing update on the way modern relationships often start where society leads one to think they should end.

A raucous cast and sense of humor keep the audience laughing and attentive while reflecting on what makes and breaks the relationships in “No Strings Attached.” Hopefully, the message is not lost upon the audience and the movie discourages random hook-ups.

It’s a perfect date movie for Valentine’s Day. “No Strings Attached” is now playing in theaters.

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The Music Box is back again this week talking about the groups favorite cover songs. Make sure to check out the podcast where we share our top five covers and talk about the Super Bowl halftime show. If you would like to share with us your favorite covers or what you thought of the halftime time show, e-mail us at entertainment@clarioncallnews.com or @tweet us at twitter.com/call_ae.

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RYAN LOVERICK WCUB / Station Manager So, this week’s Music Box is the top five cover songs of all time? It’s the perfect article for someone who has played music for eight years and has never written a quality song. Covers have become somewhat of a specialty for this guy.

Here we go.

Weighing in at No. 5 is Cake’s cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.”

Cake took this early raw metal song and ska’d it up a bit. The original lyrics of this song match up well with Cake’s more upbeat approach.

With its version, Cake pays homage to one of the most well-respected bands in metal history.

The No. 4 slot belongs to Jeff Buckley for his cover of “Hallelujah.”

This song was originally written by Leonard Cohen and has become a popular song; however, no one plays it like Buckley. His guitar work and vocal performance in this song makes it barnone the best version. In it, he really proves how fantastic a musician he could have been.

Coming in at No. 3 is Pearl Jam’s version of Victoria William’s “Crazy Mary.” I could have picked a number of Pearl Jam covers as the band frequently mixes a few into its set lists, but none of these stack

up to this song. It can be found on the B-side album, “Lost Dogs,” and on many live recordings the band has released.

If you are a fan of Pearl Jam, definitely give this song a listen.

The No. 2 slot belongs to two artists. In 2006, Dave Matthews Band teamed up with Warren Haynes in Central Park to play Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer.” The orchestra that is Dave Matthews Band was the perfect backbone to support Haynes’ amazing guitar work in this already brilliant song.

Matthews and Haynes teamed up on stage like they had been an axe duo for years, and the product was one of the greatest covers ever recorded.

The best cover song ever written actually wasn’t one song at all.

It was a seamless album recorded by The Flaming Lips. “The Dark Side of the Moon” is the No. 1 selling record of all time, and The Flaming Lips nailed it. Using more electronic elements in the sound and a few guest appearances on the recording, “The Flips,” as some fans like to refer to them, reinvented the entire concept of “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Hello music box viewers: This week we are talking about cover songs.

As you may have found cover songs can either be extremely awful or an astonishing feat. Attempting a cover song can make or break a reputation, so I’m going to be listing a few of my favorite cover songs and some reasons why I like them. For you people who like numbers and organization’s sake, I’ll do a top five list. By no means are these the best cover songs in the world but only my favorites I currently have on my iTunes. So here it goes.

5: “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder as covered

by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I have no real special feelings for this song, but I think it captures the original energy Stevie Wonder had and amps it up just a few more notches. The best thing about this cover is when the Chili Peppers played it live. They really left it all on the stage.

4: “Hey Ya” by Outkast as covered by Ted from Scrubs. Ted is often a musical performer on the show, and he does a sensationally hilarious yet sincere cover in the janitor’s wedding episode.

It was that episode that inspired me the learn to play the song, and he does it with all the awkwardness that embodies his

character to set the scene to an equally awkward montage.

3: “Rebel Rebel” by David Bowie as covered

by Seu Jorge on the Life Aquatic Soundtrack.

Jorge makes this a super chill song having only him and an acoustic guitar.

He plays it with a bossanova style and sings in his native language of Portuguese. You can almost hear the Mediterranean Sea in the back ground.

2: “One More Cup of Coffee” by Bob Dylan as covered by the White Stripes. This was a great song to begin with, and Jack White had a lot of cojones to attempt it, but it paid off. He did a great job of capturing the feeling of the song with drowning organs and snuck some dirty blues in there. Bravo.

Finally, 1: Another Dylan song! “All Along the Watchtower” by Bob Dylan as covered by Jimi Hendrix. Everything Hendrix touched was solid gold, and it is no surprise the outcome was nothing less than a precious metal wanted by many. Even Dylan himself said he was honored, and frankly I think he was jealous of his own song.

So there you go folks, check in next week when we review the new Bright Eyes album and have a great week.

ELORA WALSH Clarion Call / Editor in Chief Cover songs are really a hit or miss in my book.

They are either great songs with horrible covers or bad songs with great covers. One cover that sits in the middle of the scale is Plain White T’s cover of Blur’s “Song 2.” The song was great to begin with and the Plain White T’s really didn’t add anything different to its delivery.

Now, when it comes to covering songs and putting a different twist on them, no one does it better than Cake. Their covers of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” take both songs to a whole new lev-

el. Cake adds a modern, smooth jazz and ska feel to two completely different genres of songs, and it works for both.

My all-time favorite cover is Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” originally written by Nine Inch Nails. Cash completely changes the tempo and personality of the song.

He captures listeners with his emotion and really changed the overall meaning of the song.

The way I look at it, whatever the reason may be to cover a song shows that artists have respect for each other, which makes for great musical collaboration.

KRIS CAMPBELL WCUC / Music Director Any given weekend you can walk into a local bar and hear some hack band playing a terrible version of a song you’ve been in love with. County fairs, weddings, graduation parties and bar mitzvahs, none are safe from cover bands. At some point, you’ll hear someone yell “Freebird,” and a few in attendance will chuckle as the lead guitar plays its opening riff, but mostly people will just groan and pick the cheese and pepperoni out of their pasta salad. So, in honor of these weekend warriors, here are a few of my favorite cover songs released in the past couple of years.

In 2007, Leslie Feist released her breakthrough album “The Reminder,” and on the heels of a popular music video featured in an ad for a popular MP3 player, won a Grammy for her song “1,2,3,4.” The rest of the album was pretty good too, and one of it’s songs was covered for an album released just this week. British Dubstep minimalist, James Blake, released his selftitled debut, featuring a version of Feist’s, “Limit To Your Love.”

It’s a heartbreaking song to begin and Blake creates a haunting atmosphere for the song stripped down to piano,

and echoing drums that sound like rain falling on a tin roof.

Last December, the charity compilation, “Versions Of Joanna,” paired the beautiful lyrics of folk songstress, Joanna Newsom with a wide range of artists whos main unifying trait is that their voicies are more palatable to a wider audience of people than Joanna’s, despite her recent success. Much like Bob Dylan, whose voice is the main hurdle for many non-fans, some of these songs end up as improvements of the original, and many of them sound completely different. Owen Pallett, who’s been playing her songs for years now, plays a beautiful version of “Peach Plum Pear” with just his voice and violin. Also featured are British folk-rock mainstay, Billy Bragg, and his version of “On a Good Day” and monster of folk M. Wards charming and somber take on “Sadie,” from Joanna’s 2004 album, “The Milk Eyed Mender.”

The only glaring omission from the album is The Decemberists’ wonderful take on her song “Bridges and Balloons” the original tune recently recognizable from it’s use in some cell phone commercial.

SAMUEL DIXON Clarion Call / A&E Editor With all respect to cover songs, I’m not sure I believe in recording them. It’s fine to honor an artist by playing his or her songs in your own way, but recording them and making profit off of them is a little unfair.

With that being said, covers are still a fun way of learning about bands and seeing where their inspiration comes from.

I was first introduced to ska band Reel Big Fish after hearing their cover of A-Ha’s “Take on Me.” Reel Big Fish does a great job of taking the song and infusing traditional ska horns with

a ‘90s punk sounding rhythm section.

Boston-based funk group Bad Rabbits is known for their dancier numbers, but the group recently covered the Deftones’ “Sex Tape.”

The group took the dark-sounding Deftones song and added a layer of soul that wasn’t present in the original.

If an artist is looking to record a cover song, it had better be an interesting take on the original.

Too often artists change very little and make me question why they even bothered covering the song at all.

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Clarion continues conference struggles DOM WALKER Sports Staff

The Clarion Golden Eagles men’s basketball team hosted Slippery Rock University on Saturday, Feb 5.

This was the first encounter between the teams since Clarion lost to The Rock by 10 on Jan. 12.

This time around, however, The Rock had to play at Waldo S. Tippin gymnasium in front of the Clarion faithful, where the Golden Eagles are 10-2.

The Golden Eagles lineup did have some slight changes at the beginning of the game.

On top of injured center Paul McQueen, the Golden Eagles were also missing forward/center Quintus “Bud” Teer for most of the game.

Clarion was still able jump out on The Rock early even with those key absences.

The Golden Eagles lead 31-12 with 5:29 left in the first half.

That wouldn’t be the case in the second half as The Rock used a 26-4 run to climb back into the game and defeat the Golden Eagles 79-71.

The loss pushed the Golden Eagles conference record to 3-5.

“I really think that I could have had a bigger impact in the game if I had started,” Teer said.

Teer wasn’t the

only Golden Eagle that missed some time.

Senior point guard Lloyd Harrison was hit with a double technical that got him kicked out the game.

This also lead to his

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forts of Patterson, Teer and guard Jamar Harrison to lead the Golden Eagles in the second game of their three-game home stand.

That is exactly what

they did as Teer put up 24 points and added 23 boards to go with it.

This is the most rebounds a Golden Eagle has pulled down since Terry Roseto pulled

The Golden Eagles women’s basketball team grabbed a conference victory this past Saturday, Feb. 5, beating Slippery Rock University 52-45.

Freshman Emma Fickel started things off for Clarion when she splashed home a three-pointer to give the Golden Eagles the early lead.

It was junior Courtney Healy’s turn next from behind the arc, and she nailed it.

The first half went back and forth between the two teams, resulting in 13 lead changes.

Slippery Rock’s Shan-

non Lee hit two free throws at the end of the half giving them the lead 22-21.

The second half belonged to the Golden Eagles.

The last time Clarion would trail in the game was with 15:31 to go, with the score 29-28.

Fickel drained another three pointer putting the Golden Eagles up 31-29, and they never looked back.

“We played really well as a team and worked together,” Fickel said.

“Also, our defense played a big factor. We were able to stop them.

Going into our next games we are building our confidence level up.”

Everyone contributed

during the second half run.

“From this win we can see the things that we still need to work on and what we have improved on,” freshman Mackenzie Clark said.

“We are improving every day, and to get a win gives us confidence, and we should and can carry that over to our upcoming games.”

Fickel led the team with 14 points.

Freshman Ann Deibert added 11, and freshman, Lauren Savulchak, had 12, including four free throws down the stretch to ice the game.

“I was successful in the fact that I was focused and ready to play some basketball,” Savulchak said.

“I will carry it into the next game with the same approach, focused and ready to go,” Savulchak said.

The Golden Eagles were back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 9, when they hosted Gannon University.

Clarion picked up their second consecutive conference victory with a 66-65 nailbiter at Tippin Gymnasium.

Savulchak had a monster game recording 24 points and chipping in nine rebounds.

Also scoring in double figures for the Golden Eagles was Fickel with 10 points.

Clarion will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 12, against Edinboro.

Mike Sherry CUP C UP b basketball asketball ssenior enior shooting shooting guard guard INTERVIEW BY Matthew Mullen What does scoring 1,000 points mean to you?

will mean a lot to me for years to come.

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What teammate did you learn the most from in your years playing for Clarion?

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Scoring 1,000 felt awesome. It was something that I never really even thought about until this year and once that shot went through the net it was a feeling that I will never forget.

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absence in Monday’s game versus the University of District Columbia. Replacing him was sophomore guard Leonard Patterson.

It would take the ef-

Golden Eagles pick up win against SRU

Freshman Lauren Savulchak scores 12 points against SRU.

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Senior point guard Lloyd Harrison leads the Golden Eagles with 107 assists on the season.

down 23 in 1977.

Patterson also had a solid game adding eight points, four rebounds and three assists of his own.

The Golden Eagles got the win from a great overall team effort against University of District of Columbia.

“I didn’t know that I would have to miss a whole game after the double technical, it will never happen again, I can’t wait to play Mercyhurst,” point guard Lloyd Harrison said.

The Golden Eagles were back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium.

Clarion took another heartbreaking conference loss, this time to Mercyhurst University, 61-60.

The Golden Eagles fell to 3-6 in the PSACWest, while Mercyhurst continued their dominance with a 9-0 conference record.

With the game tied at 60-60, Merychurst’s Bill Weaver made one of two free throws with 2.8 seconds left to take a 61-60 lead.

The Golden Eagles were not able to inbound the ball, giving Merychurst the one point victory.

Shelton Jackson led Mercyhurst with 20 points.

Jamar Harrison finished the game with 19 points, while Teer added 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Clarion will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 12, against Edinboro.

What is your greatest memory playing for Clarion?

My greatest memory here at Clarion was probably scoring my 1,000th point. It’s just something that

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The teammate I have learned the most from was probably Ron Hollis who played here with me through my sophomore year. Ron faced a lot of adversity and frustration with injuries throughout his time here but he always had a smile on his face and never got down. Ron was just a great guy.

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Basketball has been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember and I will miss it a lot.

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Once I’m done my main concern will be getting my degree and hopefully finding a job as a teacher.

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The Clarion Golden Eagles wrestling team had a tough weekend.

They dropped three home matches against Bloomsburg, Rider and Ohio University.

Scott Joseph had a big upset in the 174-pound weight class on Friday, Feb. 4, but it wasn’t enough to take down Bloomsburg as they escaped with a 19-15 victory.

After Friday’s match, Clarion’s record dropped to 3-6 overall and 1-2 in the Eastern Wrestling League.

The match started at the 141-pound weight class, and Bloomsburg struck first when Derek Shingara pinned Hunter McGraw at the 2:11 mark.

The Golden Eagles fought back with four straight decisions.

The streak started at the 149 pound weight class when Clarion’s Anthony White defeated Bloomsburg’s Matt Hicks 7-3.

White had two, first period takedowns that led to his win raising his record to 18-9.

The Golden Eagles No. 6 ranked James Fleming won a 4-2 decision over Frank Hickman at 157 pounds.

Hickman posted a 2-0 lead late in the second with a takedown, but Fleming was in control of Hickman the entire third period, including a threepoint near fall with one minute to go that provided the winning margin.

Fleming is now 22-2 this season.

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov made three straight wins when he defeated Josh Veltre 11-5 at 165 pounds.

He had three, first period takedowns to win the match, increasing his record to 20-6.

The match of the night for the Golden Eagles came at 174 pounds where underdog Joseph upset PSAC champion, Mike Dessino, 5-4. Joseph had a second period takedown for a 3-2 lead after two.

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James Fleming improves his record to 22-2 with a 4-2 defeat over the weekend.

Joseph took down in the third, and after getting a point for Dessino’s unsportsmanlike conduct, escaped with about six seconds remaining to lead 5-2.

Joseph was penalized with one second left, but gained the win giving Clarion a 12-6 lead.

Bloomsburg’s Nate Graham won an 8-0 major over Steven Cressley at 184 pounds, and then Bloomsburg’s Richard Perry upset Clarion’s Alex Thomas at 197 pounds 2-1 in another exciting match.

Clarion’s Quintas McCorkle had escaped with a 3-2 victory in an exciting match.

The score was tied 1-1 after regulation, and ended the first tiebreaker with a 2-2 score.

In the second tie-breaker, McCorkle escaped, then rode out Zac Walsh for the 3-2 win.

Clarion was back on top, 15-13, but Bloomsburg won the final two matches to edge the Golden Eagles 19-15.

On Sunday, Feb. 6, Clarion wrestlers White, Fleming, Abdurakhmonov and Thomas all

went 2-0, but the Golden Eagles fell short losing to Rider 22-18 and Ohio University 28-18.

White had a 9-4 win over Rider’s Zac Cibula at 149. White had four takedowns to secure the win. At 157 pounds, Fleming pinned Ramon Santiago cutting Rider’s lead to 13-9.

Abdurakhmonov used two takedowns to defeat Jimmy Resnick 5-0 at 165 pounds.

Joseph lost an 11-4 decision to Rob Morrison at 174, and Cressley was pinned by James Brundage at 184 giving Rider a 22-12 lead.

Thomas used a strong second period to defeat Joe Ferber 1-0 at 197 and McCorkle defeated Evan Craig 4-3 at heavyweight to make the final score 22-18.

The Golden Eagles were defeated in the next match losing 28-18 to Ohio University.

Clarion was down 13-0 and rallied back to tie the match 13-13.

The rally started with White winning a 7-6 decision over Darrin Boing at 149.

The 157 match was

SPORTS VIEWPOINT

No need to panic for the Lakers EDDIE MCDONALD Sports Staff

The buzz around Los Angeles last week was not good.

A lot of people, including former players, questioned if it was time for the Lakers to panic.

The Lakers came off a loss to the Boston Celtics in their first rematch since the NBA Finals.

This is where everyone asked if it was time to panic in Los Angeles. None of the Lakers were concerned.

They all know what it takes to win a championship, considering they have won the past two.

Head Coach Phil Jackson didn’t seem too concerned when asked about his team after the loss to Boston.

“Is it the playoffs yet?”

Jackson had to say after a reporter asked if he was concerned with the way his team had been playing.

Yes, I, as a Lakers fan, would like to see them win every game, but it is

an 82 game season.

There are going to be nights where it is harder to get motivated.

The loss to Boston isn’t the only reason people are thinking the Lakers are in trouble.

They are 1-6 against the league’s top teams.

General Manager Mitch Kupchak came out last week and was unhappy with the way his team has been playing this season.

He even talked about making some trades.

Why though?

Los Angeles is the defending two-time NBA champions, so think they know how to get it done.

They had some losses in the off season in Sasha Vujacic and Jordan Farmar, two key-role players for the team the past few seasons.

They replaced them with Steve Blake who is an excellent backup point guard to Derek Fisher, and Matt Barnes, who is a solid on-ball defender.

On Tuesday it was reported that the Lakers and the Denver Nuggets had

preliminary talks about Carmelo Anthony, who has a lot of buzz around him as well.

I don’t want the Lakers to trade any of their players because I feel this team has what it takes to win a third straight title.

However, Laker fans would love a trade for Carmelo Anthony.

If they got him, they would have to get rid of center Andrew Bynum, but that would be all right.

‘Melo to the Lakers would improve their chances of winning.

So is it time to panic in Lakerland?

Not by a long shot. They still have Kobe Bryant, who is arguably the best player on the planet.

They still have their core with which they won backto-back championships.

They also have Phil Jackson, who knows how to win come playoff time, being that he has 11 NBA titles as a coach.

The Lakers will be right in the thick of things come June, when the NBA Finals start.

scoreless between Fleming and Chris Kline in the second, with Fleming on top and in control.

He turned Kline and pinned him at 3:38 making the score 13-9.

Abdurakhmonov tied the match at 165 pounds when he majored Steve Wilson 14-0.

Abdurakhmonov had two takedowns and three near falls plus riding time for the win.

Joseph was pinned at 174 pounds, and Cressley lost by disqualification at 184 after a restart with 15 seconds to go in the match.

“I think we came out and battled hard this weekend even though we didn’t get the results we wanted. I’m proud of all the guys on the team. Its getting late in the Division I wrestling season and every team is battling with adversity including us. We are going to continue working through the adversity and battling like warriors,” Joseph said.

The Golden Eagles are now 3-8 overall and will host Pittsburgh University Thursday, Feb. 10, for Senior Night.

Aaron Rodgers officially stepped out of Green Bay legend Brett Favre’s shadow on Sunday after winning the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player award, and leading the Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. Rodgers started off the extravaganza by hooking up on a 29-yard pass to wide receiver Jordy Nelson late in the first quarter.

He exploited one-onone coverage from the Steelers secondary as he lofted a pass over Steelers cornerback William Gay. On the following drive for the Steelers, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was intercepted by Nick Collins who returned it for 37 yards and a Packers touchdown to increase the lead to 14-0.

The Steelers and kicker Shaun Suisham connected on a 33-yard field goal to cut the lead to 14-3, early in the second quarter.

Later in the quarter, Roethlisberger was intercepted by cornerback Jarrett Bush.

Rodgers, yet again, capitalized on the Steelers miscues as he found one of his favorite targets, Greg Jennings, for a 21-yard touchdown pass to push the lead to 21-3.

Roethlisberger and the Steelers found themselves down 18 points, but did not panic. Roethlisberger found former Super Bowl MVP, Hines Ward, in the back of the end zone right before halftime to cut the lead to 21-10.

Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall narrowed the lead to 21-17 after he rushed for an eight-yard run early in the second half.

The Steelers finally got within one score and had all the momentum on their side.

The Steelers forced a Green Bay punt and had the ball in Packers territory.

The Steelers called Mendenhall’s number on second and short on the first play of the fourth quarter.

After Mendenhall received the hand-off he fumbled and the Packers recovered halting the drive. Rodgers and the Packers did not take long to strike again.

Jennings was the recipient of another Rodgers touchdown pass three minutes after the fumble. Rodgers found Jennings in the back of the end zone on an eightyard touchdown catch that gave the Packers a 28-17 advantage.

“I think Rodgers threw the ball really well and the Steelers’ defense couldn’t shut them down,” Clarion sophomore Kayla Shull said.

The Steelers battled back and brought it to within one score again after Roethlisberger found Mike Wallace for 25 yards and a Steelers touchdown.

Down 28-23, the Steelers decided to go for the two-point conversion.

Antwaan Randle El received a pitch from Roethlisberger and took it in the end zone uncontested to bring the game to within a field goal.

After Green Bay kicker Mason Crosby connected on a 23-yard field goal, the Steelers had one last shot to win the game.

The offense only managed to pick up 15 yards on the last drive as Roethlisberger threw three incomplete passes to end the game.

Turnovers were a big part of this game, but more importantly, the Packers capitalized on each turnover forced.

“The Steelers made mistakes and the Packers made them pay,” Clarion junior, Kelsey Kiser said.

The Packers did just that and that is why the Lombardi Trophy returns to where it all started, Green Bay.

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Associated Press updates from around the country

WESTERN CONFERENCE

TEAM PHILADELPHIA TAMPA BAY BOSTON PITTSBURGH WASHINGTON MONTREAL NY RANGERS CAROLINA

RECORD/POINTS 35-13-5 75 33-17-5 71 31-16-7 69 34-17-4 72 29-16-10 68 30-20-5 65 29-23-4 62 26-21-7 59

TEAM VANCOUVER DETROIT SAN JOSE DALLAS NASHVILLE PHOENIX ANAHEIM MINNESOTA

RECORD/POINTS 35-10-9 79 32-16-6 70 30-19-6 66 30-18-5 65 29-19-7 65 27-19-9 63 29-21-4 62 28-20-5 61

ATLANTA BUFFALO FLORIDA TORONTO NEW JERSEY OTTAWA NY ISLANDERS

24-22-10 58 25-22-5 55 23-24-6 52 23-26-5 51 20-30-4 44 17-29-8 42 17-29-7 41

CALGARY LOS ANGELES CHICAGO COLUMBUS ST. LOUIS COLORADO EDMONTON

27-21-7 29-22-2 27-22-4 26-23-5 24-20-8 25-23-6 16-29-8

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*Teams above dashed line on track for playoffs Standings as of Wednesday at 10:59 p.m.

BASKETBALL NCAA - ESPN/USA TODAY TOP 25 (FEB. 7)

TEAM 1. Ohio State 2. Kansas 3. Texas 4. Pittsburgh 5. Duke 6. San Diego State 7. Notre Dame 8. Brigham Young 9. Connecticut 10. Villanova 11. Georgetown 12. Purdue 13. Syracuse

RECORD 24-0 22-1 20-3 21-2 21-2 23-1 20-4 22-2 18-4 19-5 19-5 18-5 20-5

TEAM 14. Wisconsin 15. Louisville 16. Arizona 17. Utah State 18. Kentucky 19. Florida 20. Missouri 21. North Carolina 22. Texas A&M 23. Saint Mary’s 24. Vanderbilt 25. Minnesota

RECORD 18-5 18-6 20-4 22-2 16-6 19-5 18-5 17-5 17-5 20-4 16-6 16-7

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PHOENIX — Pitcher Ross Ohlendorf has defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first salary arbitration hearing this year, even after going 1-11 last season.

Ohlendorf was awarded a raise from $439,000 to $2,025,000 Wednesday by arbitrators Steven Wolf, Fredric Horowitz and Robert Herzog, who heard the case a day earlier. The Pirates had argued he should be paid $1.4 million.

The 28-year-old right-hander had a 4.07 ERA in 21 starts for Pittsburgh last year, and his record on a team that went a major league-worst 57-105 was down from 11-10 the previous year.

Ohlendorf’s ERA was lower than the 4.31 of Cincinnati’s Edinson Volquez, who will make $1,625,000 this year. Volquez was 4-3 last year after returning from elbow surgery and a 50-game suspension following a positive drug test.

Twelve more players remain in arbitration, with hearings scheduled through Feb. 18.

Suit filed in Dallas over Super Bowl seat problems

TEAM BOSTON MIAMI CHICAGO ATLANTA ORLANDO NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA INDIANA

RECORD/GB 38-13 38-14 .5 34-16 3.5 33-19 5.5 34-20 5.5 26-25 12 24-28 14.5 22-28 15.5

TEAM SAN ANTONIO DALLAS LOS ANGELES OKLAHOMA CITY NEW ORLEANS UTAH DENVER PORTLAND

RECORD/GB 44-8 36-15 7.5 36-16 8 33-18 10.5 32-22 13 31-22 13.5 30-22 14 28-24 16

CHARLOTTE MILWAUKEE DETROIT NEW JERSEY WASHINGTON TORONTO CLEVELAND

22-30 20-31 20-33 16-37 14-37 14-39 8-45

MEMPHIS PHOENIX HOUSTON GOLDEN STATE LA CLIPPERS SACRAMENTO MINNESOTA

28-26 24-25 25-29 22-28 20-32 12-36 13-39

*Teams above dashed line on track for playoffs Standings as of Wednesday at 10:59 p.m.

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DALLAS — Football fans have filed a lawsuit accusing the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of people who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or got seats they felt were inadequate.

The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Dallas alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices.

It was filed two days after fans were prevented from having seats at Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium because of a problem with temporary seats.

One of the plaintiffs is a Cowboys season ticket-holder who said some of Jones’ biggest-spending fans were promised access to Super Bowl tickets and ended up with obstructed views on metal folding chairs.

“Unfortunately, not all of the ticket-holders to Super Bowl XLV got what they bargained for or what was promised to them,” the lawsuit states.

Spokesmen for the Cowboys and the NFL had no comment.

The NFL had announced hours before the game that about 1,250 temporary seats were deemed unsafe, and the league scrambled to find new seats for about 850 people. The remaining 400 were forced to watch the game on TV monitors or from standing-room-only areas.

The lawsuit alleges that Cowboys fans who paid $100,000 per seat just for the right to buy season tickets were never told that their Super Bowl seats would be temporary with obstructed views. The lawsuit says the team has offered no compensation for “illegitimate seats.”

The NFL has said that the roughly 400 fans have two options. The first is a ticket to next year’s Super Bowl and a cash payment of $2,400, three times the face value of the ticket. The second is a ticket to any future Super Bowl, along with round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations.

The Packers beat the Steelers 3125 in the Super Bowl.

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LeBron gets 41, and Heat top Pacers 117-112

MIAMI — With LeBron James on the bench, the Indiana Pacers quickly took command.

Unfortunately for them, he returned.

The league’s two-time reigning MVP had 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, Chris Bosh added 19 points and the Miami Heat rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 117-112 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory.

Miami held Indiana to 28 percent shooting in the fourth quarter, giving up only 15 points after yielding a 97 in the first three periods, and saw Mario Chalmers force Dahntay Jones into a key 5-second violation with 8.9 seconds remaining.

James took care of the rest, and Miami moved within a half-game of idle Boston for the Eastern Conference’s best record.

“We figured it out in the fourth quarter,” James said. “Held them to 15 points and we executed.”

In his last 20 games, James is averaging 29.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists. Not coincidentally, the Heat are 17-3 in those contests.

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SH T Sherry, Teer enter the record books over weekend Mike Sherry joined the 1,000 point club on Saturday night. Sherry finished the game with 10 points, but Clarion fell to Slippery Rock 79-71. “Bud” Teer recorded 23 rebounds in Clarions 86-80 win over University of District of Columbia on. Teer is the first one to achieve this since Terry Roseto recorded 23 boards in 1977.

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Senior guard Mike Sherry reaches 1,000 points in his career Saturday, Feb. 5, against Slippery Rock University.

Junior forward/center “Bud” Teer records 23 rebounds on Monday, Feb. 7, along with his 24 points.

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Jamar Harrison leads the team with 18.6 points per game.

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Single? Celebrate something different this Valentine’s Day For those without a significant other, Valentine’s Day can often seem like just another cold, gloomy day in February. For all the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes out there, here’s a list of some other things to celebrate this Feb. 14:

Lupercalia Celebrated annually from Feb. 13-15, this ancient Roman holiday honors Lupercus, the god of sheep and shepherds. It is also associated with the Lupercal, a cave at the base of the Palatine Hill in Rome where the city’s mythical founders Romulus and Remus were supposed to have been raised by a she-wolf.

Lupercalia was celebrated by dressing up in goat skins, sacrificing sheep and dogs to Lupercus, and flagellating yourself and others with small goatleather whips, all of which were meant to purify the spirit and ensure fertility for the coming year.

While we don’t condone any of these activities, it might be a good day to put on your sheepskin-lined jacket and have lamb chops for dinner.

The Global Positioning System Originally a military project, the Global Positioning System grew out of Transit, developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1960s as the world’s first satellite navigation network.

In 1983, a Korean Air Lines flight was shot down after accidentially crossing into restricted Soviet airspace, prompting then-President Ronald Reagan to open up the technology to civilian use.

On Feb. 14, 1989, the first Global Positioning System satellite for civilian use was launched into

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orbit. Today, most of us carry a personal uplink to the a system in our pockets or in our cars’ glove compartments. Don’t take it for granted! Celebrate by taking a Garmin-guided road trip to a geocache near you.

For more information on geocaching, check out www.geocaching.com/about.

“The Satanic Verses” In 1988, the acclaimed British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie released “The Satanic Verses,” a controvertial and provocative novel about two Muslim Bollywood actors who miraculously survive the explosion of a plane hijacked by terrorists over the English Channel.

The novel – full of dark humor, surreal satire, and many references to Islamic scripture and dogma – was considered blasphemous by many Muslims. The controversy resulted in protests all over the Muslim world and on Feb. 14, 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a fatwa calling for the death of both Rushdie and his publishers.

The fatwa has been ongoing, resulting in countless threats against Rushdie and even an assassination attempt. The case has since become symbolic of the sanctity of free speech in the West and of the ongoing clash between fundamentalist Islam and modern secular society.

Celebrate free speech and good literature by picking up a copy of the novel at your local library or bookstore and digging in.

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A mosaic of the Roman goat god Lupercus, related to the Greek god Pan and myths of “fauns” and “satyrs.”

Simon Pegg’s birthday Simon Pegg, British star of the cult comedies “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz,” was brought into the world on Feb. 14, 1970. Pegg’s career in showbiz started in 1993 when he began performing stand-up in London. Two years later he had a hit one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival, the largest cultural festival in the world.

His success eventually landed him a starring role in “Spaced,” a charming sitcom about two slacker twentysomethings who pretend to be a professional couple to meet the requirements of an apartment rental. The sitcom was the first project that Pegg worked on with Nick Frost and Edgar Wright, his collaborators in both “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.”

Celebrate with a Simon Pegg movie marathon, which in addition to the titles mentioned above includes “Run Fatboy Run,” “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People” and “Star Trek.”

Simon Pegg, behind the scenes of “Shaun of the Dead,” the cult hit film that made the British comedian’s career explode in the United States. Pegg’s latest project, “Paul,” will be released in American theaters in March.

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Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author of “The Satanic Verses,” “Midnight’s Children,” “East, West,” and other works, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 for his contributions to English-language literature.

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www.lakenapartments. webs.com.814-7453121 or 814-229-1682.

ROLL OUT OF BED TO G O T O C L A S S ! Houses and apartments next to campus. See them at www.grayandcompany. net or call FREE Gray and Co. 887-562-1020 3 Bedroom apartment on Wilson Ave. Catty-corner from Gemmell. Remodeled/ Furnished. 2 to 4 students.

No Pets. 814-389-3000

LAKEN APARTMENTS: Available 2 bedroom apartment Spring 2011.

814-745-3121

Student rental on 5th Ave. 5 bedrooms 2 baths. Available for 2010-2011.

Call Shannon at 814-568-1196

LAKEN APARTMENTS: Houses and apartments available for Fall 2011/Spring 2012 and Summer 2011. Fully furnished, utilities included.

Apartment 1 and 2 bedroom, 1-3 person occupancy, houses 2-8. www. lakenapartments.com;

Serious Student Are you looking for a free place to live? Do you like horses? We offer free room and board in our home for occasional chores and house sitting. 7 miles from campus.

Call 814-379-3759. gwwills@pennswoods.net

Affordable large clean apartment Washer/Dryer Accommodates 2-3-4 students 814-221-3739 text or leave message shooter@venustel.com Next to campus, various houses and apartments.

Accommodating 1-4 students or groups of 3-4.

Some include utilities.

Rent starts at $1,200 per semester.

Visit us online at www. aceyrental.com or call Brian at 814-227-1238

fall/spring.

350 for summer, fall/spring 975/ per person/semester with 3 people. 1325 with 2 per person/semester. South 5th ave. 814-226-5651, Afternoon/evening calls only.

1221 Leatherwood 2 Apts. w/ 2 bedrooms each. $2,000/semester each.

Utilities; minus electric w/ full kitchen, full bath & laundry room. Reserve Fall 2011 & Spring 2012 now! 814-229-8735

Don’t like your roommate?

Move immediately, $700 rest of semester & $1,600 spring.

1 bed @ 108 Greenville.

Also, $1,400 efficiency.

Reserve Fall 2010 & Spring 2010 now! 814-229-8735

3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, washer/dryer, for 2 or 3 people. $950 / semester, per person with 3 people, $1,275 per person per semester with 2 people. Located on S. 4th avenue. 814-226-5651

2 bedroom house for 2 females. Very nice house for 3/4 females NEXT TO CAMPUS. 814-226-6867.

Available for spring 2011. 2-3 person house, furnished, half block from Gemmell, off street parking.

814-227-2568

3 bdrm, 1 bath, washer/ dryer.

Some utilities included. Available summer/

Room for rent, master bedroom,furnished, washer/dryer,garage

space. $450 / mo. utilities inc. Call Donald at 814221-9545 Houses for rent within two blocks of campus to accommodate up to 8 people. Private bedrooms, starting at $1500 / semester includes utilities. Call 814-2291182 or email 4chris@ venustel.com 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom apts. For rent, close to campus. Utilites included $1800 / semester. Call 814-229-1182 or email 4chris@venustel.com

fridge, gas stove, microwave, island w/ grill, dinning room, family room, 2 full baths, smoke detectors, deck and garage. includes utilities, wireless internet, washer and dryer, fully furnished. Please call Matt or Carmela at 610599-0982 or 610-9057094. Also available for summer rental begining June 1 2011.

For rent 2011 - 2012 3bdrm duplex. $360 / student/month +utilities.

3 students wanted. No smoking or pets.

Call 724-799-7133

2 and 4 bedroom apts.

Available, close to campus, some utilities included, pets welcome.

Call Scott at 434-5665795

1 bdrm efficiency, furnished, off street parking, on Wilson. $1600 / semester. Call 412-951-7416

5 bdrm house for rent available August 2011 for fall term. 891 South 5th Ave, Clarion. Behind reinhard village. $2500 / student/semester.

Full kitchen, dishwasher,

3 bdrm house with eat in kitchen, living room, off street parking, washer and dryer furnished, on Wilson ave. $1700 / student/semester.

Call 412-951-7416

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Two, three, four, and five bedroom apartments for 2011/ 2012 school year Call 814-226-6106 or 814- 229- 9812 Apartment for rent fall 2011 spring 2012 one half block from Gemmel furbished, two private bedrooms. of street parking 814-227- 2568 Roomy two bedroom apartment washer/ dryer, of street parking, rent $500, available fall semester, across from campus. 814-226-7673 Work for the Clarion Call... Build your resume in a fun real world environment. Some paid positions available. Come by the Call office in Gemmell on Wednesday!!

HELP WANTED Gymnastics/Cheer Tumble Coach position Available! Experience

Necessary. If interested; please send Resume to: l e a p o f f a i t h g y m @ yahoo.com Or you may call 814-745-3121 to make an appointment for an interview.

Physically handicapped faculty member needs assistance in swimming for fall and spring semesters. Will pay $16 per swim session. Please call Dr. Lynn Smith at 393-2633 or send e-mail message: lsmith@clarion.edu ClarionStudents’Association is looking for a student worker to help with office operations ten hours a week to be scheduled between 8:30a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Applications are being accepted effective immediately and will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates with previous experience in an office environment, computer skills, and strong communication

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skills are preferred.

Web site development and maintenance are responsibilities of this position.

Interested applicants should stop into the CSA Office-278 Gemmell Building between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and complete an application. No phone calls will be accepted.

R O O M M AT E S Female roommate needed for Spring 2011 semester.

Furnished and all utilities included!

2 bedroom apartment(private bedroom). Walking distance to campus and on bus route.

Grand Avenue Extended (814)688-2577, a.m.guiffre@ eagle.clarion.edu classifieds@clarioncallnews.com

Need roomate one bedroom 1/2bath. $950 /semester, includes gas, water,trash. Call Ryan at 814-795-9631 FREE STUDENT CLASSIFIEDS!!!

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7-9 a.m. The Bindy, Bacon, & Alan Show 11 a.m The Health Show 3-6 p.m. Panda Rhombus with DJ Kevin Zambory and DJ Ian Lindemuth 6-9 p.m. Bacon Time with DJ Bacon and Pac-man 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Kris Campbell Cannot Be Trusted FRIDAY

SUNDAY

[Off Air] MONDAY

5 p.m. Clarion Classics Repeat — 6 p.m. State Program 7 p.m. Live News — 8 p.m. Off the Bench TUESDAY

5 p.m. Basketball 7 p.m. Live News — 8 p.m. What’s the Score WEDNESDAY

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11 a.m. The Best of Our Knowledge 12-3 p.m. Lovey and Layla in the Morning at Noon 3-6 p.m. Clarion Sportsline with DJ Kevin Zambory and DJ Ian Catherine 6-9 p.m. Friday Freakout with DJ Kevin Zambory and DJ Ian Hunter 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Hip-Hop with DJ Xtasy SATURDAY

7-11 a.m. Saturday Light Brigade 12-3 p.m. The Time Warp with DJ Bob Baker 3-6 p.m. DJ Jesse Snyder SUNDAY

12-3 p.m. The Country Connection with J-Hawk 3-6 p.m. Dr. Kuehn 6-9 p.m. The Vault with DJ Lovey and DJ Jon Joy 9-12 a.m. How Cool Was Saturday Night with DJ Kris Campbell and DJ Danger Bull MONDAY

7-9 a.m. The Ian’s 11 a.m. The Book Show 12-3 p.m. DJ Kris and DJ Andi 3-6 p.m. DJ Becky Hoover — 6-9 p.m. DJ Dave Campbell 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Metal with DJ Eric Helman TUESDAY

7-9 a.m. The Bindy, Bacon, & Alan Show — 9-11 a.m. The Thunder from Down Under 11 a.m. 51% 3-6 p.m. The Jazzzy Show 7-9 p.m. The Cellar with 4man & DJ Lola 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Questionable at Best with Shirley & Andi WEDNESDAY

7-9 a.m. The Ian’s — 11 a.m. The Media Project 12-3 p.m. DJ Bay 3-6 p.m. TV on the radio — 6-9 p.m. Bacon Time with DJ Bacon and Pac-man 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Endangered Species

Thursday, February 10 9:00 1:00 6:30 7:00

a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition p.m. The White Show p.m. Open Nic Night p.m. The Vagina Monologues

Friday, February 11 9:00 1:00 6:00 7:00

a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition p.m. The White Show p.m. Phi Theta Kappa Date Night p.m. The Vagina Monologues

Saturday, February 12 9:00 1:00 8:00 8:00

a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition p.m. The White Show p.m. Movie of the Week: Burlesque p.m. Dance Contest

Sunday, February 13 9:00 a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition 1:00 p.m. The White Show

Monday, February 14 9:00 a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition 12:00 p.m. Partners Master Class 1:00 p.m. The White Show

Tuesday, February 15 9:00 9:00 1:00 7:00

a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition a.m. Computer Science Information Systems Day p.m. The White Show p.m. Ethical Decision Making with Kelly Ryan

Wednesday, February 16 9:00 1:00 4:50 7:00 8:00

a.m. VizArtz Student Exhibition p.m. The White Show p.m. Meditation/Mindfulness Session p.m. College Conservatives Meeting p.m. Campus Crusade for Christ

For a full listing of campus events and club meetings, please refer to the master events calendar on the Clarion website at

www.clarion.edu/623/