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Borough Council candidates square off on campus ALIZAH THORNTON News Staff

CLARION, Pa. - Three candidates for the Clarion Borough Council discussed topics such as community outreach, the Good Neighbor program, community and student relations, and other issues that Clarion faces in a town hall debate at Clarion University.

The debate was held Oct. 25 in Carlson Library.

The candidates in attendance were Jennifer Vinson, Ed Hopkins and Andrea Estadt. Hopkins is seeking re-election to the borough council, while Vinson and current Mayor Estadt are seeking a new seat on the council.

The relationship between students of the university and community members was a topic that was repeatedly discussed.

Estadt said she would like to have a committee consisting of community members and representatives from student senate to be formed.

Candidate Hopkins took a different view. He said Clarion University’s first responsibility is to provide students with “quality education,” and meeting with the borough has to come second to that.

Vinson said she dis-

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From left to right: Jennifer Vinson, Ed Hopkins and Andrea Estadt face questions from student voters at Carlson Library. agreed with Hopkins. She said it is important to work with the university to be able to give support and provide awareness for the community.

“Keeping communications open, being more welcoming as a community is important,” Vinson said.

The debate was mediated by Christopher Myers and Craig McFeely. Each

candidate had an equal opportunity to answer questions from the mediators.

During the questionand-answer segment from the audience, university students brought up the concern about getting a sidewalk built from the university to Reinhard.

“Getting the sidewalk approved would have to be by a joint effort from

the university, the Clarion Foundation, PennDOT and the Clarion Borough,” Estadt said.

The sidewalk would still be too close to the street. Estadt suggested talking to private land owners about possibly creating a path behind.

Hopkins said the foundation has been working on it. He also

added that the borough has offered to pay for the part of the sidewalk that would be within the borough limits to save the foundation money.

Rezoning of the borough is one of the key issues each of the candidates would like to improve upon if elected.

“Zoning would help with the appearance of

the town and help with advertising,” Vinson said.

As a current member of council, Hopkins is already working on zoning. He said he would like to have zoning be friendlier and easier so that it can work better.

Estadt noted how difficult it is to open a new business due to Clarion’s old zoning laws.

Each candidate said voters are key components in this election.

“Voters should vote based on the people running and what they stand for, not their party affiliation,” Vinson said.

Hopkins, who works the polls every election, said it’s “appalling” how few come out to vote.

Estadt agreed with Hopkins and Vinson that voting is important. In her closing statement, she said if she does not get the write-in vote, she would hope people would vote for Vinson and Hopkins.

“I ran because I thought I could help; I ran for reelection because I found satisfaction,” Hopkins said. “I’m ready to give it another go.”

Vinson said she knows “nothing’s going to happen overnight,” but she hopes her positivity will help her be a strong candidate for council.

Mayor seeks write-in seat on Borough Council ballot ALIZAH THORNTON News Staff

CLARION, Pa., - Andrea Estadt, current mayor of Clarion County, is running for a seat on the Clarion Borough Council.

An alumna of Clarion University, Estadt graduated with a degree in mass media arts journalism and communication studies.

As mayor, Estadt has been involved with Clarion

University on many levels.

Last year she served on the Student Media Advisory Board through the department of communication at Clarion.

“Serving on the board was beneficial, because, being a business owner, it was great to see the students’ wants and needs,” Estadt said.

Carly Masiroff, a recent graduate of the university in May 2011, created a video for Estadt about

her new business 6th & Main Market, as part of a class. Estadt was able to put the video on her website Clarion Guide.

“If we utilize departments on campus, it’s a winwin situation,” Estadt said.

Estadt said she would like to run for a borough council position because being mayor does not give her the ability to vote, and being on council will give her that opportunity.

She has served as mayor

for two years and still has two years left in her term.

“I hate to not finish something… I feel I could do more for members of the community and university as a council member,” Estadt said.

If not elected to council Estadt said she will still continue with her position as mayor, noting that she would run again for council in the next election.

Estadt was also on the community committee

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involved with the search for the new president of Clarion University.

As mayor, she was able to have more opportunities to meet people on campus that she would not have otherwise if she wasn’t mayor, Estadt said.

Estadt will be a writein candidate. Voters will have to write her name on the ballot, and it must be spelled correctly. If elected to borough council, Estadt would

like to help with rezoning the area, attracting tourism and generating revenue for Clarion.

“My agenda is a community agenda,” Estadt said. “I have to listen to the people in the community because they are the ones who vote you here.”

Estadt said she encourages everyone to vote because this is a big election in the community. “Those who are registered need to get out to vote.”

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Paul Sherer says sacrifice and hard work can’t prepare anyone for loss.

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FEATURES Monologue try-outs Clarion holds try-outs for the 2012 Vagina Monologues.

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This week The Boxers review Patrick Stump’s “Soul Punk.”

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Alizah Thornton talks about the tips for scheduling success.

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This week Features editor Russel Pekelnickey tells the ugly truth about trolls.

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A review of “Another World” from Delphine Software.

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Features editor Russel Pekelnickey scrambles for the best last-minute Halloween costumes.

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A review of “Rochard” from Recoil Games.

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Clarion loses to Edinboro in a 21-10 showdown.

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Clarion’s soccer team loses 3-1 to Kutztown in the season closer.

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Has the NFL taken things too far? Are the fines getting excessive?

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Criminal Mischief: Semen found in beverage CLARION, Pa., - Clarion University police said three were charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and recklessly endangering another person in connection with an incident on Oct. 4 at Reinhard Village.

Police said they received a complaint that Nicole Post, 20, of Tyrone, Pa., and Lindzie Huff, 19, of Altoona, Pa., had placed semen and spit in a carton of milk that belonged to a resident at Reinhard Villages.

According to police, Thomas McElwaine, 20, of West View, Pa., ejaculated that semen into a cup, knowing that the semen was going to be used against another person.

Iraq war vet injured during Oakland protests OAKLAND, Calif. - The clash between Oakland police and Occupy Wall Street protesters left a Marine veteran who completed two Iraq tours in critical condition Wednesday after he was struck by a police projectile, a veterans’ group said.

Scott Olsen, 24, suffered a fractured skull Tuesday as he marched with other protesters toward City Hall, said Dottie Guy, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. The demonstrators had been making an attempt to re-establish a presence in the area of a disbanded protesters’ camp when they were met by police officers in riot gear.

Several small skirmishes broke out and officers cleared the area by firing tear gas.

It’s not known exactly what type of object struck Olsen, currently a systems network administrator in Daly City, or whether he’ll need surgery, Guy said.

“It’s still too early to tell,” Guy said. “We’re hoping for the best.”

Curt Olsen, a spokesman for Highland Hospital in Oakland, confirmed that the veteran was in critical condition but could not release any more information.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. - U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Wednesday urged the federal government to speed up storm recovery aid to Pennsylvanians still reeling from flood damage as colder weather closes in and threatens to put construction projects on hold for the winter.

In his letter to the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Casey asked that Pennsylvania be given priority over other states that don’t have the same winter weather.

In the meantime, Casey said an electric substation in Middletown that provides power to 8,900 residents is in need of repair. Roads in parts of Montgomery County remain in disrepair as municipalities await funds- a scene, Casey said, that is repeated across much of the state.

“Some communities have begun construction repairs with their own funding with the expectation of being reimbursed in the future,” Casey told FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in his letter. “Other communities do not currently have the funds to pay for these essential repairs.”

Rain from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee set off flooding throughout eastern Pennsylvania in August and September on a scale not seen since Hurricane Agnes in 1972.

Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.

Richard Chartres, the bishop of London, says protesters camped outside St. Paul’s Cathedral should go home.

Protesters pitched tents outside the cathedral 11 days ago.

Initially they were invited to stay, but on Friday the building shut its doors to the public, citing health and safety concerns.

Chartres said Wednesday that the protest had “raised a number of very important questions.” But, he said, “the time has come for the protesters to leave, before the camp’s presence threatens to eclipse entirely the issues that it was set up to address.” The protesters say they plan to stay.

Georgia Police on Wednesday closed a downtown Atlanta park where more than 50 Occupy Wall Street demonstrators had been arrested following days of protests.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said in a statement that the arrests were made after protesters at Woodruff Park moved from peacefully demonstrating to “increasingly aggressive actions” in recent days.

Reed said one man had walked through the park with an assault rifle, and demonstrators had inserted wire hangers into electrical sockets to create additional power sources. Authorities did not say how long the park would remain closed.

New York Charges against hundreds of protesters who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge or at Manhattan’s Union Square could be dropped if the protesters accept a deal from the district attorney.

But defense lawyer Martin Stolar says many of them will likely reject the deal because it is void if they are arrested again and might chill their ability to continue protesting. The district attorney’s office declined to comment.

California Oakland demonstrators vowed on Wednesday to return to their protest site just hours after police cleared hundreds of people from the streets with tear gas and bean bag rounds.

The city had erected a chain-link fence around the plaza in the morning, and workers were mowing the grass and sweeping up remnants of the encampment that was dismantled the day before.

After the encampment was cleared Tuesday, protesters began marching toward City Hall in an attempt to reestablish a presence in the area of the disbanded camp.

Canada The Vancouver-based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters has called on members of the Occupy movement to protest on the eve of the upcoming summit of the Group of 20 rich and developing nations in Cannes, France, and demand the G20 leaders impose a 1 percent tax on all financial transactions and currency trades.

It says the Oct. 29 protest would send the G20 leaders a clear message: “We want you to slow down some of that $1.3 trillion easy money that’s sloshing around the global casino each day - enough cash to fund every social program and environmental initiative in the world.” The appeal was posted on the Adbusters website last week.

New Mexico More than a dozen protesters with Albuquerque’s demonstration were arrested at the University of New Mexico after the school ordered them out of a makeshift campsite.

Police shut down the protest site at Yale Park, forcing hundreds of protesters onto the sidewalks and a main thoroughfare.

Senate OKs vouchers bill, House uncertain HARRISBURG, Pa. - A major proposal to spend more taxpayer money to help tens of thousands of lower-income families in Pennsylvania afford the cost of private or parochial school tuition for their children passed the state Senate after four hours of debate Wednesday and headed to the House, where its fate is uncertain.

The long-anticipated vote moves along what is designed to be a major component of Gov. Tom Corbett’s campaign to address drop-out rates in struggling schools and hold schools and teachers accountable for their students’ improvement.

However, the Republican governor has not endorsed the “school choice” bill as something he would sign, and it goes to the House where Republican leaders have made no promises about whether they can cobble together enough votes for a voucher bill that primarily targets Philadelphia and other urban districts represented by Democrats.

Contractor for new $316 million prison chosen HARRISBURG, Pa. - State officials announced on Wednesday that a contractor has been picked to build a new state prison in southeastern Pennsylvania.

The facility housing up to 4,100 inmates is expected to open in 2014 on the grounds of the maximum security State Correctional Institution at Graterford in Montgomery County.

Secretary of General Services Sheri Phillips, along with state Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel announced the winning bid of nearly $316 million, a joint venture between Walsh Construction and Heery International Inc. In September 2010, a Pennsylvania judge halted the bidding process for a construction project to expand Graterford, siding with contractors whose lawsuit said some bidding procedures violated state law.

When Tom Corbett became governor in January, “we took the opportunity to review every construction project to ensure we were getting a product that matched our mission of operating safe and secure prisons,” Wetzel said.

State officials said Walsh Construction, of Canonsburg, Washington County, and Heery International, of Philadelphia, will award the mechanical, electrical and plumbing contracts after the designs are complete. Astorino, of Pittsburgh, will be the architect for the project, to be called State Correctional Institutions Phoenix East and West.

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Coping with loss PAUL SHERER Staff Writer

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hroughout my l i f e , I’ve had to make sacrifices, overcome obstacles, give up dreams and find new hope. With everything I had been through, nothing could prepare me for the loss of my best friend.

The instant pain and sorrow was overwhelming, my heart broke into pieces, my knees gave in and I fell to the ground weeping. In the back of my mind, I knew there was nothing I could have done. This time everything was out of my control, but a burning rage remained.

We had met almost a year ago on a mild October evening. I was doing small housework for some elderly women as part of a volunteer program.

This particular woman had asked me to stay a little longer than usual if I would help her put away some groceries. About a half hour later, her granddaughter stopped by and the elderly woman was, pleased to introduce us to one another.

From then on, we kept seeing more and more of each other. We spent our final year of high school and the following summer together until it was time we both head off for our own colleges. It was a hard thing for either of us to do.

I had already accepted a track scholarship, so trying to switch colleges was out of the question.

And on top of that, we decided being on our own would in turn strengthen our relationship.

From what investigators have released, I’ve put together that the fire originated in the adjacent apartment to hers, roughly 2:15 a.m.

Her room on the opposite wall would have been engulfed by flames within just a few minutes.

It brings a little closure to

me to believe she passed on in her sleep.

She always told me how she loved to sleep and dream. She had her own horse farm along the countryside. She would ride sunup to sundown through the falling leaves with an autumn breeze blowing back her hair.

I had promised her she would have that one day.

How unfair is this world that it takes from us what is most important? If the world is what we make it, are we not the ones to blame for all the pain we each in turn share?

The rage that burns inside of me is not anger or hostility, more like determination and perseverance. It’s a burning desire to make the most out of every opportunity life throws at me.

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tudents are getting ready to schedule for the spring 2012 semester.

This is a stressful time for both upper- and lowerclassmen. Although upperclassmen have the benefit of scheduling earlier, they are often focused on making sure their classes needed for graduation are available.

As an upperclassman myself, I completely understand. I don’t think anyone wants to enter the beginning or end of their senior year and find out that a class they need to fulfill their graduation requirement is not being offered until the following semester.

Underclassmen easily get frustrated as well, but in a different way. Ev-

Favorite Halloween traditions PHOTOS AND TEXT BY: JUSTIN GMOSER Senior, Business

“Going trick-or-treating with my parents.”

-The writer is a computer science major and a staff writer for The Clarion Call.

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erything is closed by the time they register. Personally, I don’t think anyone is truly happy when it’s scheduling time. My advice to everyone is to go see their advisor.

They can help you make choices about what classes to take, and when.

They also may be able to tell you when a particular class will be offered so that you won’t have to stress about when you’re going to take it. Another thing I would advise is to check your degree audit.

I know the new system is a little confusing, but it doesn’t hurt to check. You want to make sure that the classes you are taking are counting toward either your degree or general education classes in some way. Taking a class and not having it count for anything is not what you want to happen.

If there is a class that you feel you absolutely need for a particular semester, I would suggest emailing the teaching and inquiring about their policy for writing students

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into their class. Even if they don’t write students in a class, you may be the first one they contact about adding the class if they notice students drop.

My freshman year, I emailed a teacher about adding a class. Her class was full; however, when she noticed she had an opening she emailed me and told me about it and I was able to schedule for her class.

You never know what may happen from trying. Don’t let scheduling stress you out. I guarantee if you talk to people, they will help you out the best way they can.

What’s on your mind?

Email me at a.r.thornton@ eagle.clarion.edu and tell me.

JESS HEWLEN

Freshman, Undecided “The high school students in my town would go to Main Street and paint the windows.”

JAELAUN MOSES

Sophomore, Communication “Even though last year was a failure, I still had a lot of fun.”

TAYLOR SWARTZ

Freshman, Undecided “Last Halloween. It was the first time I have trickor-treated with my friends. It was freezing.”

We want to know what you think! Open discussions of It’s Your Call topics can be found at: -The writer is a communication major and a staff writer for The Clarion Call.

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Author talks sex with students BRANDY HADDEN Features Staff

Thereare8,000nervesintheclitoris.Cindy Pierce gave the sex education talk audiences couldn’t get anywhere else in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

“This is more like the truth,” Pierce said.

“My main mission is to demystify sex.”

The author of the book, “Finding the Doorbell,” Pierce has been talking to college students about sex for seven years.

“The three main obstacles are lack of pleasure education, the drunken hookup culture and internet porn,” Pierce said.

Alex McConnel, president of Interfraternity Council who helped sponsor the event, said that the IFC saw a snippet of Pierce’s show last spring.

“We thought what she had to say would draw a crowd and also inform people on things they may want to know.

We seemed to be right, judging by the attendance that night,” McConnel said.

At first Pierce narrowed it down, saying that women need to own their bodies and be comfortable with what they have, and men cannot be afraid to ask questions.

“Our culture is brutal to women,” she said, “But, what’s not talked about are the pressures on men. We all shake our fingers at them and say, ‘It’s all your fault,’ and yet we

don’t provide them with a better path.”

She said that society gives out what she calls, “asshole tickets,” to men who are athletic, intelligent, good looking and wealthy because all of those characteristics in one man makes him “special.” These “tickets” give these chosen men the right to basically do whatever they want, even sexually.

“This is so true, it was the perfect analogy. Some men can be complete assholes and they just get a slap on the wrist,” said Alexis Beach, Clarion University freshman.

Pierce said that the reality is that though some men get all of this freedom to do whatever they want, most heterosexual men have a lot of questions.

“The men in their 40s have the same questions as the men in their 20s, and that’s scary,” Pierce said.

She said that basically, no one understands the amount of focus, attention and work that it takes to cre-

ate a female orgasm.

“OK, male orgasms, that thing’s gonna happen,” said Pierce. “But female orgasms are complicated, beautiful projects.”

“A girl can be aroused, the guy can be doing everything right and she’s almost there, and then she thinks, ‘Oh my God, I forgot to turn the stove off,’ and you have to start over. Female orgasms take a tremendous amount of focus,” she said.

A large focus of Pierce’s lecture is communication between partners. “The thing is after college you’re left with this little toolbox of knowledge, and you’re stuck with it unless you find someone that you can be open with,” she said.

“For some it may feel like that. After college you’re thrown into the real world, and you’re on your own, and people who are sexually uncomfortable could feel lost as far as starting

Kelsey Waros / The Clarion Call Caroline Pierce talks to students about sex and pleasure education with clarion students. “My main mission is to demistify sex,” said Pierce in her Oct. 25 presentation.

RSO provides help for parents and pregnant students MARQUIS LEWIS Features Staff

PPRI, Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Initiative, hosted their annual Halloween party for their members on Wednesday. They were absolutely thrilled, running around happily and screaming joyously. They were as giddy as children; actually, they were children.

PPRI is the campus RSO geared toward students with children. Dr. Rourke, the RSO’s advisor, says that this is an important group because the statistics of student parents graduating are abysmally low.

Student parents fall through the cracks in our system.

PPRI has social functions throughout the year for student parents and their children. One Halloween party, a Holiday function, and an Easter egg hunt are the three big events they host for the children.

PPRI gets help and support from other RSOs on campus, like Students For Life and PROUD. There isn’t much ad-

vertising for the group, but they want to get their name out there.

Many of the parents are grateful for this organization on campus that recognizes that student parents are a part of the student body. Many don’t feel a part of the general campus because they have children and this group helps them to feel included. This school-affiliated group gives the student parents some of the support they need.

The kids are quite friendly with each other, which shows that the group is not only beneficial for the parents. They each make friends with other kids, which helps foster a community and family among the RSO. At the party, it showed how much of a tight-knit and loving group they have become with the dedication of the staff that graciously help out.

PPRI meets the last Monday of every month at 4 pm in the basement of Ralston. If you want to be on the mailing list, you can contact Dr. Rourke at trourke@clarion.edu or Shelly Silvis at ssilvis@clarion.edu.

Vagina Monologues tryouts held MARISSA KATZ Features Staff

Students and faculty can get excited about attending Clarion University’s 12th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues” Feb. 22 through 24, 2012.

The monologues were written by Eve Ensler, a Tony-winning performer and playwright, in her efforts to stop violence against women.

The monologues also inspired her to create V-Day, a global activist movement that supports women and girls that have been

victims of physical and sexual abuse.

V-Day has raised more than $75 million to help benefit charities in more than 140 countries through various performances of “The Vagina Monologues.”

Even though the actual performance won’t take place until February, preparations for the event are already under way.

Tessa Gilles, the director for the monologues, is involved in the casting process.

When young women come in to audition for

the monologues, they must be prepared to answer questions such as: “Why are you a Vagina Warrior?” “Why do you want to get involved?”

“What would your vagina say if it could talk?”

Then, cast hopefuls perform a monologue chosen

by Gilles and her assistant, Amy Slicker. Gilles and Slicker also have help from Gabby Scrofano, who is organizing all the behind-the-scenes action.

Even though V-Day isn’t for a few more months, the event takes lots of planning and careful consideration.

Ga. schools see drop in students for Bible classes DONNIE TURNER AP Exchange

ATLANTA — In 2006, Georgia became the first state to allow Bible education classes in public schools, after much debate over the sticky issue of separation of church and state.

Now the classes are dwindling for a far more tangible reason: money.

Superintendents say interest has waned in the once-controversial classes and schools don’t have the money to pay for courses with only a few students enrolled. What’s more, budget cuts mean it now takes more students to fill up a class than ever before — some classes need more than 25 enrolled before they are con-

sidered affordable.

“We’re not going to utilize a teacher for a whole period with 10 to 15 students. In the past, we may have considered that, but with the economy being the way it is, we just can’t afford to do that,” said Columbia County schools Superintendent Charles Nagle, who has cut the Bible classes from three to one in his tiny district.

Since Georgia’s law passed five years ago, four states — Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina and Oklahoma — have adopted similar measures, but none track the classes like Georgia does. Officials in those states say they simply approve the curriculum and leave it up to local districts to decide whether to offer the classes.

a family, dating, etc.,” McConnel said.

“Sex is such a psychologically powerful thing, and we see how differently it affects people having it and not having it. Everyone is different, and without knowledge or experience, one may feel intimidated.”

Pierce said that she had become what she calls “an orgasm bully.”

Everyone needs to communicate, know what’s going on and succeed in having orgasms. Her last two points are to be sober when making sexual choices, and do not compare actual sex life to porn.

Pierce explains that in both college and after, when people feel inadequate, they turn to alcohol. She recommended not giving in to the drunk hook-up culture and practicing being at parties sober.

“I agree because alcohol slows your mind and reactions down which in turn makes you not think about consequences to your actions. I think that it is only a problem in Clarion to the people who make it a problem.

Some people are able to know their limits and filter themselves out when they get to a certain point and there are some who just don’t care and go with whatever happens,” said Kaitlyn Gaton, Clarion University junior.

As for porn, Pierce suggested taking a break from watching porn to allow individual imaginations to grow. She said, it’s not going away, don’t compete with it. Above all, Pierce said, “There’s no such thing as someone being ‘good in bed.’ Being good in bed equals two people present, connected and respectful of each other.”

Squirmy toddler? There’s an app for that RASHA MADKOR AP Exchange

MIAMI— There’s a new routine these days whenever Amber Mullaney goes out to eat at a restaurant. While waiting to be seated, she asks her husband to get the phone ready to hand over to their 2-year-old daughter, Tatum.

The phone — with its ability to stream episodes of Dora the Explorer — is a godsend, Mullaney says.

Attempts at going out without whipping out the gadget have been disastrous, the mom says. Her curious, independent toddler gets into everything. Salt shakers are fiddled with, drinks are spilled.

“She’ll color for a little bit or talk with us for a little bit, but it’s short-lived,” Mullaney says. “It’s miserable because all she wants to do is get out.”

With the iPhone, however, Tatum sits quietly in the booth while her parents get to enjoy a meal.

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With the hustle and bustle of college life, it’s easy to forget that this weekend is the prime time to celebrate Halloween without the basic impediments and obstacles that come with trying to celebrate the holiday during the week. For some, a costume may have managed to fall off the list of priorities in mind. However, don’t worry about being that costumeless weirdo at the party who shows up in jeans and a sweatshirt. Here are a couple of suggestions as to some last-minute costume ideas.

10. Severed head This one’s elegance is in its simplicity and the macabre glee the wearer can have in the illusion. One needs to find a box wide enough to cover the shoulders, then cut a hole large enough for the head. Then, drape the box with a disposable table cloth, glue that to the box, and find a disposable platter and glue that to the table cloth. Cut head-sized holes in the cloth and platter, garnish with ketchup or fake blood to taste, and serve.

9. Refrigerator magnet This one takes almost no effort. Find an old shoe box, tape it up, color it black, tape it to the back of a shirt and sally forth as a magnet form of yourself.

It’s nothing super fancy, but it’s enough to get away without being harassed by more Halloween-spirited friends for not having any costume whatsoever.

The ease and availability of this costume at your local corporate super center is almost unnerving. Buy yourself a ski mask or painter’s mask, then get yourself a prop weapon, something gimmicky and odd.

Interestingly enough, a fake weapon is actually more expensive than the genuine article.

5. Human whiteboard This one can be accomplished through the use of a large piece of white poster card stock and some yarn, and a sharpy marker. Have people write slogans on the poster board, and have your costume take on more character as the night goes on.

4. Cereal killer Puns are usually good for a solid community groan, and this one is no exception. Wear a ski mask, and have a half-empty box of cereal that you periodically eat out of. When people ask, tell them what you are, and relish their chagrin as you share your pun.

3. Constantly changing shirt guy This isn’t so much a costume as a gimmick. Just have a backpack filled with shirts and keep changing them as you go through the evening, and see if anyone notices.

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8. Ghost This one is even simpler than the last costume.

Take an old sheet and cut holes in it for eyes. Then, just wander about and make a faint “Oooo” sound.

7. Lame superhero This one takes a bit of attire coordinating, but the payoff is worth it. Take whatever clothing you have, put underwear on the outside, wear sunglasses or a hood and tie a blanket around Your neck and call it a cape.

For added fun, fill your pockets with odds and ends, like pocket change and pencils for your utility belt.

A personal favorite. Get as much cardboard as you can and patch together your own suit of cardboard armor. Make sure it stays on before leaving the apartment. Liberal application of duct tape is advised.

1. Tie Cthulhlu Want to impress your friends and invoke the Old Ones in one fell stroke? Tie a series of ties around your head to create a mighty and formidable beard of tie tentacles. It’s sure to be a hit. All kneel before the might of dead Cthulhu! Cthulhu Fhtgan!

Creature Feature: Trolls Russell Pekelnicky Features Editor

In our modern era of technological terms, it’s easy to forget the literal meaning of the phrase “troll.”

In internet jive, it refers to someone who intentionally bates conversation with hostility-invoking rhetoric for his or her own personal amusement.

In reality, the origins are much more sinister in nature.

The troll hails from Europe, and comes in a variety of forms, all of them malicious and ugly.

The bulk of troll lore comes from the Scandanavians, who view trolls as being violently affected by sunlight and noise. It was said that sunlight and knowing the troll’s name

could be used to destroy the troll.

Popular passtimes for trolls include seducing married women and stealing babies. Understandably, this makes them on not exactly friendly terms with humanity.

Trolls can be warded off using mistletoe and byre, as well as bonfires put at crossroads. These practices are still carried out in parts of modern Scandinavia.

Troll myths passed out of popularity in the wake of the Christian demons and fears of other Hellborn monstrosities.

However, the troll myths have seen an upswing in popularity due to an increased tourism trade in Scandinavian regions, especially with the sale of troll dolls.

Trolls come in a variety of forms.

The largest is the jottun troll, a giant breed of troll known for its tusks and often having only one eye. They live in caves in the mountain where they hide until night and hunt humans. When not hungry, they hurl stones at human settlements for fun.

Hurldre trolls are much smaller cousins to trolls. They’re often described as handsome. The female ones often attract males, which they enslave and force to serve them for years.

Not all trolls are evil, however.

Moomintrolls are life-loving creatures who collect shells and pebbles. They have a keen sense of adventure and restless spirit.

Ghost walk set for Halloween weekend Josh Byers Features Staff

With Halloween right around the corner, there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned ghost story, especially one that the students of Clarion University can relate to. It’s time for the ninth annual Ghost Experience hosted by the History Club of Clarion University. The event features supernatural video and audio evidence collected over the years from different buildings on campus.

A program will be presented 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in Rhoades Hall on the Venango Campus. As part of Clarion’s Every Friday and Saturday Night programming, a presentation will be offered 8 p.m. Friday Oct. 28 in the lower level of Gemmell Student Complex. The Ghost Experience will also be offered 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 in Hart Chapel, where the seating capacity is 390. Doors will be closed

when the seating capacity is reached.

Admission is on a first-come basis.

The program is free, and no reservations will be taken.

Dr. Todd Pfannestiel is the host for the night of spooky tales, and has been since the beginning. The event started out nine years ago when it came to light that students had a bit of a long haul between Autumn Leaf Festival and Thanksgiving break, so the history club, which Pfannestiel advises, came up with the idea to have a fun ghost event.

“It was started by the students. I told them to go out, find and collect stories and said ‘let’s start putting this together,’” said Pfannestiel.

The event originally started out as a “Ghost Walk,” but due to weather conditions at this time of year, it eventually became a seated event in Hart Chapel, where evidence that was collected was shown to the students.

“I want people in Hart because it’s the most haunted place we have on campus. It’s where we have the most voices on tape, and not just ‘Oh, I think I understood what it said,’ with no actual clear sentences. I love telling the stories and showing the evidence. It gets people freaked out. I am very hopeful for this year. We are doing that unique event that was sponsored by EFSN on Friday night, and it’s always been a great turnout in the past,” said Pfannestiel.

The Hart Chapel event usually lasts around 90 minutes. It isn’t just regurgitated findings from previous years; it includes new evidence of hauntings on campus along with “scary” findings from years before.

“I love this time of year to get up and tell stories – it’s all about the fun and entertainment. I try to make it as theatrically thrilling as possible within the bounds of fact,” said Pfannestiel.

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To those in the Clarion area who are just aching for a radio show that features a mythical creature every week and discusses a viral video via YouTube, the search is over. 91.7 WCUC-FM’s own Laura Conti and Frank Lemon host “Polar Opposites” as DJ Gizmo and Frank every Tuesday night from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. and every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.

These weekly features are only a small tidbit of the treats found on this eclectic show. The music played on “Polar Opposites” is described

by DJ Gizmo as a “time warp” with music from the ‘70s through the ‘90s. Both Frank and Gizmo agree that the ‘70s selections are more Frank’s territory, where the ‘90s are Gizmo’s forte, leaving the ‘80s as a colliding point for both hosts.

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opposites,” Gizmo said, explaining how the name for the show came to be.

“Yeah,” Frank added.

“She’s a girl, and I’m a boy.”

Don’t just take their word for it. Both hosts’ tastes in music is evident of just how different the two are. Gizmo said she is an “Evanescence fan ‘til the day I die,” and also has a new-found appreciation for the Goo Goo Dolls. “I love them so much,” she said.

Frank, however, is another story; “I love The Beatles...and Steve Miller Band...and The Who... and MC Hammer.”

This random pair’s taste in music and topics of discussion make for a “very, very odd kind of show,” Gizmo said.

When asked how the two began DJ-ing, Frank answered simply, “I came to the meeting.”

Gizmo laughed and said, “Frank just wanted to be the next Kris Campbell.”

She herself became a DJ through the “48-Hour Broadcast” and guesthosting on various radio shows. “I liked bantering,” she said.

It is because of the ways in which both Gizmo and Frank became involved with the radio station, that they encourage others to get involved at WCUC-FM as well. The hosts are adamant about how diverse the members of the radio station are and how, despite everyone’s differences, station members manage to come together as friends and collaborate well.

“Come down ‘cause we’re a lot of fun,” Gizmo said. “Get on a show, just to get the feel of it.”

Students interested in being a part of the Clarion radio station can stop downstairs in Becker Hall to find out more.

Frank would also like to make a shoutout to the show’s listeners. He said, “I would like to put out a want ad for an elephant. If someone has an elephant, I want it.”

Tune in to 91.7 WCUC-FM “The Clutch” on Tuesdays and Fridays to listen to “Polar Opposites,” because according to Frank, “Everyone listens to us.”

My only previous intersection with “Another World” was when it was released on the Super Nintendo as “Out of this World.” At that time Eric Chahi’s game, already in one of its several reincarnations, was original and different to everything I had played on home consoles.

It wasn’t a true platformer, it wasn’t a true adventure game, and so I abandoned it after a few hours of frustration. Consoles just weren’t ready for that kind of game; the industry wasn’t mature enough yet.

It’s been several years since then, and not only has the industry matured, but thanks to the iPad, some of the classic experiences that were ahead of their time are now much more viable and welcome. With the release of “Another World’s” 20th Anniversary Edition, I’ve finally been able to get back into the game that I left in my SNES so long ago.

For the most part, it was well worth it.

Any time a game is translated to the iPad, the biggest concern is always the controls. Adventure games seem like a natural fit for the device, as the point-and-

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As I played through “Rochard,” the latest Playstation Network project from developer Recoil Games, something felt familiar about it. It wasn’t that the platforming gameplay and side-scrolling worlds were simple to wrap my head around, nor was it that the fairly traditional plot was injected to tie its levels together.

No, it was something else. It wasn’t until I had played three straight hours without so much as moving from the couch that I was able to figure out what it was: the pacing. Much like a thumping heartbeat, “Rochard” moves along at a consistent pace that seems to

slow down time, Even with lasers and explosions in the background.

When playing “Rochard,” it was easy to see similarities to both “Metroid” and “Portal.” “Rochards” problem-solving requires a bit of exploration back through rooms, but only through ones that I found to be continually interesting almost every time I visited them. Moving through a room one way required a specific solution, and meant that backtracking through it required solving the puzzle in reverse. It had me wondering if a door that I opened early one would need to be closed on the way back.

There isn’t a huge variety of attainable weapons, but that’s only because the puzzle rooms are varied

enough as it is. They’re all built on gravity and the strong in-game physics, and could always be solved after one or two tries. It gave me short bursts of triumph when I was finally able to raise a barrier or kill a guard to advance. I don’t know if there are specific solutions to each room, thanks to the game’s physics there were many times that I was rescued by an errant bullet or falling block that I had forgotten about.

“Rochard” is relaxingly paced, mixing puzzle and platform elements that don’t fight each other. It never felt like situations were overheating, thanks to the mellow flow of the game, but it also meant that I didn’t get my heart rate up over 70BPM too often. It was nearly impossi-

ble to be frustrated by the puzzles, even if I wasn’t correctly aiming a laser or knocking over a block.

After enough tries, I knew I’d get it. And after one puzzle room, it was off to the next. Thump, thump, thump. This pacing, coupled with autosaving after each cleared room, meant that I could switch my TV over to it for a bit when “Forza 4” races were wearing me down.

“Rochard” has a good combination of precision and luck, like PC platformers of yore.

Perhaps the only thing missing is the ability to record those moments where I’d think, “wow, that was on accident, but it worked.” It’s this kind of satisfaction that made the game enjoyable.

tap interface mirrors how gamers might use a mouse.

With “Another World” being a sort of hybrid, it requires precise controls. The developers chose to replace button presses with finger swipes, taps and double taps…and it just felt awkward. I spent much of the first hour or so getting used to what should have been simple motions, often running off cliffs or falling into pits because I accidentally double-tapped.

It made it difficult to enjoy the early portion of the game, and it wasn’t until some point midway through that I was able to forgive the controls and continue on.

The game deserved a new control scheme, but that may have predicated a major overhaul of its gameplay to do so. There’s an option for an on-screen directional pad, but it’s not any better.

I died over, and over and over again.

Thankfully, the game’s forgiving mechanic allowed for my many deaths to have little meaning. “Another World” is as much a strategy game as it is an adventure. Each puzzle or situation has a specific solution, and if I didn’t solve it correctly the first time I was able to tweak my strategy

— dying several times in the process — until I finally got it. Some of the puzzles were frustrating at first, but the ebb and flow of the difficult and easy kept the experience interesting and fresh in each room.

The rest of the game has some wonderful improvements. With just a swipe of my fingers, I was able to switch the visuals from the classic PC version to the improved 15th anniversary’s higher resolution vectors and hand-drawn background. It translated beautifully to the iPad’s shiny screen. It was interesting to see how slight vector animations could translate emotion, fear, and even friendship. Much of the original audio remains as well, with sound effects being important to the problem-solving process. It’s a translation that works well visually.

“Another World” is a series of interesting puzzles strung between running and jumping over beautiful pits. The art house visuals and audio touches translate extremely well on the iPad, and the auto save allows for quick romps of puzzle-solving as time permits. It’s still an enjoyable experience, but one that is hampered with its awkward-feeling controls.

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SHIRLEY SPROULE After two years of waiting, Patrick Stump finally released his debut full-length album...and I am less than impressed.

That’s hard for me, being a staunch and stalwart supporter of Fall Out Boy, but it’s true; “Soul Punk” was just not my cup of tea.

When the first track exploded on, I knew that this album wasn’t going to be anything like I expected.

Technically speaking, “Explode” is the perfect track to kick off “Soul Punk.” I dislike how electronic and over-produced the song sounds, but it does a good job of letting you know: I’m Patrick Stump, and this isn’t Fall Out Boy. The second song off the album was released as one of the singles, only not exactly. “This City” wasn’t released, the remixed version featuring Chicago-born rapper Lupe Fiasco was instead.

Why would you release the remixed version of a song as the single, only to include the single as a bonus song instead of an actual song on your album?

Frankly, the remixed version is better. Lupe Fiasco’s rap is the best part of the song. The unremixed

version should have been scrapped, or released as bonus material instead.

The best song on the album was the first single, “Spotlight (New Regrets).”

I enjoy it so much more than the rest of the album because it was released so close to Fall Out Boy’s hiatus; it’s closest lyrically to what I was used to, with Stump emulating Pete Wentz’s lyrical style.

And although “Run Dry (X Heart X Fingers)” started out promising, Stump’s voice without any backing instrumentation save for handclaps, it quickly dissolves into synthesizers and electronics, and keeps going in this vein for eight minutes.

Although I didn’t like a majority of the songs, there were bits and pieces that I found myself enjoying. The dropping of everything but the vocals in “Allie” were especially well done, although the guitar solo felt thrown in and out of place. Stump’s low vocals and fast delivery of lyrics worked well in “Greed,” and I liked the drum/synth breakdown at the end.

Overall, it wasn’t what I wanted out of Stump’s solo debut. It was entirely over-produced, and the lyrics were far too simple and straightforward, often sounding forced or unnatural. What I wanted was an album showcasing Stump’s best abilities: his skillful instrumentation and his voice, and both were drowned out by Stump’s love of funk, R&B and synthesizers.

Take a healthy dose of Michael Jackson, combine it with R&B undertones, place a heavy emphasis on techno music and throw in a couple vocal flairs and you have Patrick Stump’s solo album in a nutshell. Stump, former singer and front man for pop-punk rockers, Fall Out Boy, has taken a huge step away from his former career to begin producing music on his own.

Certainly Stump has the ability to do so – a multi-instrumentalist and naturally gifted singer, he was directly involved with almost every process in creating this album, but did he manage to accomplish what he set out to do?

Having cited Michael Jackson as one of his inspirations, it’s apparent that Jackson influenced this album a good deal.

Having toyed more with the idea of R&B elements in pop music on Fall Out Boy’s last album, he continues to delve into the incorporation of this genre in this album.

Coupled with these

JESSE BADEN Fall Out Boy was a huge part of my high school experience. I can remember the first time I listened to “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” and how much I loved it. This is why I was excited when I found out that The Music Box was reviewing Patrick Stump’s solo album, “Soul Punk.” The first song off the album, “Explode,” scared me. I wasn’t sure that I would enjoy the album. Unfortunately, I was right.

After I listened to the rest of the album, I realized that Patrick Stump had no idea what type of music he wanted to make. Songs like, “Explode,” “This City” and “Coast” all have a Techno/Dubstep sound to them. Also, “Soul Punk” featured a remix of “This City,” featuring Lupe Fiasco. It had a very fun dance feel to it, and I felt like it was the best song on the album.

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two, however, is an odd lyrical style. Although Stump has been noted as saying that 90 percent of the album is a metaphor, you wouldn’t think so? When amidst the techno jumble, you can understand what he’s saying, it comes across as a clumsy attempt to be socially aware and speak to an audience he hopes to keep from his former Fall Out Boy days.

Still, the album isn’t a complete flop. There is the track “This City” which was remixed with Lupe Fiasco as an extra on the extended cut of the album and is a solid song. Another track I enjoy is “Spotlight,” a song he released two versions of several months ago and asked his fans to vote on their favorite released on the album.

A final song I found myself enjoying, at least in part, was “Everybody Wants Somebody” which featured a strong horn presence and handclaps as well as vocals that harken back to Fall Out Boy’s final album and treads much more lightly where the techno stylings are concerned.

Overall, the album is a disappointment from someone I know to be capable of more, but I have hope that Stump will settle into this genre and make a truly standout album in a couple years.

I in Lie,” Stump took a page out of Prince’s book. He took falsetto to a whole new level, and it would make even Prince shudder. Stump also said that a lot of his inspiration for this album came from Michael Jackson, and it showed in his singing.

Stump demonstrated the same fast breathing and quick cuts of lyrics that Jackson did, and I actually felt like I was listening to Jackson at one point. “Explode” was the song that bothered me the most. It had over-the-top techno that honestly ruined the song. When Stump began to sing, you couldn’t even understand what he was saying because the techno background noise was so overpowering. The thing that honestly bothered me the most was the lack of lyrical content.

I always enjoyed the messages behind many Fall Out Boy songs. Although Stump wasn’t their main lyrical contributor, I thought we would get the same kind of feel, and we didn’t. When it’s all said and done, this album wouldn’t cause me to change the station if it came on the radio, but I definitely wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it.

ALEX KRACH A lot of people will say that Patrick Stump is a cheap knockoff of Michael Jackson (think Mountain Holler to Mountain Dew).

The problem with that is that he’s significantly worse than a knock off.

Michael Jackson started off in the Jackson Five and changed a generation of music. Patrick Stump, on the other hand, was the lead singer of Fall Out Boy, which graced the music world with hits such as “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race.” That’s pretty much it. Not really a knockoff, a terrible artist who had a couple of hits in a generation of angst, and because of this, thought he had the talent or the duty to let the world know his beliefs in a gripping falsetto over cheap pop beats?

Pretty much.

Assuming you thought Fall Out Boy made some of the worst music to hit the public airwaves, you will find that Stump’s new album, “Soul Punk,” creates a new standard for terrible music. If you liked Fall Out Boy, I’m really sorry to tell you that this album is still

BRITTANY BENDER When I was told that Patrick Stump’s “Soul Punk” would be what we’d be listening to for my first Music Box, I didn’t know what to expect. Fall Out Boy isn’t a band I actively listen to, meaning that I have never purchased one of their albums. I didn’t know if this was going to sound like them, or something completely opposite.

Upon listening, the answer is a little bit of both.

“Soul Punk” was probably a decent name for the album because there are definitely elements of both in it. However, the way that Patrick Stump did the combination took me back to an era of music that I was trying to forget. The first track, “Explode,” started out with a pretty good beat, but as it went on it just reminded me of late ‘90s to early ‘2000s boy band music with all the repetitive lyrics. Remember when N*Sync was trying to give its music an ele-

set sail to sink. To summarize, the singing, the music, and the composition of the album are terrible. Transitions that exist in most well-thought out albums don’t exist here, and the mood is as cliché and shallow as the lyrics.

The album opens up with the song “Explode,” a story about a man who disarms bombs.

The song is muddled with an annoying pop beat, shallow lyrics and a protagonist who is the epitome of a clichéd hero. But why take my word for it? In a rare moment where the artist lets the world know exactly how shallow he is, Stump sings, “He was a living, breathing, action screenplay cliché.” Why develop a song or character through creative and original ways when you can just borrow from Hollywood flops?

The rest of the album doesn’t really get any better. Every issue that Stump feels is important, from cheating (“The I in Lie”) and alcoholism (“Run Dry”), to greed (song name… ready? “Greed” Woah. I’m enthralled.) and depression (“Dance Miserable”) was covered in the songs in the most brilliantly flat and meaningless way. It’s not hard to find a good musician, or even a great musician, but to find a fantastically terrible musician is a rarity. For that reason, I recommend you give it a listen.

At the very least, you’ll appreciate the music you are currently listening to more. ment of R&B? Yeah, that’s what it sounds like.

As the album goes on, the songs sort of sound the same. The songs that didn’t sound like an N*Sync throwback jam sound like a direct channel to Maroon 5. “Run Dry (X Heart X Fingers)” definitely sounds like current Maroon 5 until it switches gears halfway through the eight minute song to a more Fall Out Boy sound. “Bad Side of 25” also sounds like Maroon 5 with Fall Out Boy mixed in with it.

“Mad at Nothing” is my favorite song on the album because of its driving drum beat with not much other instrumentals and a background vocal that gives the song just a little something extra. Also, look out for “This City” and the remix featuring Lupe Fiasco to be hitting Top 40 pop airwaves soon. Paying homage to the city where you came from is something everyone can relate to.

All in all, “Soul Punk” wasn’t terrible. It makes some great background music for multi-tasking. The fact that Patrick Stump wrote, sang, played all the instruments and produced it is pretty impressive. However, it’s definitely not something that I will be blaring and while driving in my car singing along to.

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Clarion ends season with 3-1 loss MATT CATRILLO Sports Staff

Even in a tough 3-1 loss against Kutztown University in the final game of the season, senior Maria Baldelli stole the spotlight, scoring her first career goal in the 88th minute of the match.

“It felt really good,” said Baldelli.

“Since I didn’t play a lot during the season, it was a big accomplishment.”

Baldelli’s goal was contributed by some of the other seniors as well off a corner kick, which was fitting, since it was senior day as well.

The Golden Eagles said goodbye to their five seniors in a ceremony before the game; Stephanie Harrison, Baldelli, Jordan Daloisio, Kylie Keeny and Emily Heasley.

“We’re all a big family,” Baldelli said. “It was a great learning experience for all the seniors having everyone look up to us.”

Even though he wasn’t pleased with the end results, head coach Rob Eaton was delighted

to end the season with Baldelli’s goal.

“It meant a lot to her,” Coach Eaton said, “In my 15 years of coaching, this was the nicest, sweetest thing for a senior to end her career.”

Coach Eaton also shared his gratitude for this group of seniors honored before the game.

“This group did a fine job. That accommodated in the last few minutes of the game, with all the seniors contributing to the goal.”

The teamwork of the Golden Eagles’ seniors on Baldelli’s goal took the attention away from the rest of the match dominated by Kutztown. Maria Borland scored a hat trick for the Golden Bears, en route to the 3-1 victory.

Clarion finishes the season at 4-11-2, and 2-10-2 in the PSAC. With the season in the books, the team will look toward preparing for next season, with the main priority of fixing their biggest issue of the season, scoring goals.

“My recruiting priorities have changed,” Coach Eaton said. “We provided more playing time to freshmen than anyone in the PSAC this year.”

Some of the notable seniors for next season include Crystal Miller, who had 10 shots on goal in 618 minutes played, and Lauren Barbour, who had eight shots on goal in 632 minutes played.

The girls will once again be a young team in the PSAC with four juniors returning, and 11 sophomores along with any incoming freshmen.

It will be another young team, but at least everyone has another year under their belts, and experiences to remember.

Coming off this losing season, the team will look to regroup in the offseason to try to get better, and will try to solve their goal scoring issues, but at least they’ll have momentum going into the offseason with the late goal by Baldelli, and certainly a nice ending for her career as a Golden Eagle.

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Clarion juniors Crystal Miller and Erin White fight for the ball in its 1-1 tie to Gannon.

Clarion struggles at Edinboro MICHAEL WATERLOO Sports Staff

The Clarion Golden Eagles (1-7) traveled to Edinboro University (6-2) to take on the Fighting Scots this past Saturday, Oct. 22, but came away on the wrong side of a 21-10 game.

Clarion entered the game without either of their top running backs in Brandon Akins or John Fuhrer and found a surprise star to keep the game close.

Junior Patrick Graham-Murphy out of Brashear High School, made his first career collegiate start at running back for the Golden Eagles.

Graham-Murphy is usually a defensive back for the Golden Eagles, but due to the injuries, he got the nod from Coach Jay Foster.

Graham-Murphy made the most out of his opportunity, racking up 174 yards and one touchdown.

“It was great. The big guys gave me lanes that I could run through, and also the playcalling was there for me to help contribute,” Graham-Murphy said.

Coach Foster plans on keeping Graham-Murphy in the backfield in the near future.

“Patrick will become a very important piece on the offensive side. He gave us a huge lift there on Saturday, and we will continue to use him,” Foster said.

“I think I’ll be back there a little bit more. I’m here to help out my team and do whatever I can to the best of my abilities,” Graham-Murphy said.

Graham-Murphy added a spark to the offense as Clarion managed 272 yards of offense.

However, only 39 yards of that

came through the air.

Quarterback Ben Fiscus went just 3-15 with two interceptions and two sacks.

However, Fiscus did average 4.7 yards per carry as he rushed for 71 yards on 13 carries.

“The lack of throwing yards doesn’t alarm me, but our lack of efficiency does. When we throw the ball, we need to get positives out of those plays, whether that comes via Ben (Fiscus) scrambling or making a completion. If we are going to score points, we must be successful throwing the ball and getting positive plays,” Foster said.

On the defensive side of the ball, AllRegion defensive end, Barrington Morrison had seven tackles and two sacks on the day.

Nate Sipes led the Clarion defense with nine tackles, and Andrew Paronish and Mike Verdun added seven of their own.

While the season hasn’t gone as Foster anticipated, he doesn’t want people to worry about his team quitting anytime soon.

“We talk about an 11-game schedule and that they don’t cancel games because of the record. We will play hard because that’s what competitors do. Our goal is to be 4-7 now,” Foster said.

Two of Clarion’s final three games are home at Memorial Stadium, including this Saturday, Oct. 29, against Gannon University.

Graham-Murphy hopes everyone comes out to show their support.

“We need the fan support and the student body to come out and cheer us on. We want them to watch the show we display on Saturday.”

FACE OFF Has the NFL gone too far with fines?

MARK EMCH

MICHAEL COLLINS

The world of professional sports management is a confusingly muddled reality at best.

In no other sport is league officiating so thoroughly questioned and ridiculed than the National Football League.

The NFL has, over the course of the past decade, built for itself a reputation of being controversial and sometimes, outrageous.

NFL players have been hammered from a vast myriad of angles for all sorts of penalties, ranging from uniform infractions to over-the-top touchdown celebration punishments.

And a little known fact for all of you football fanatics out there: until only recently, players were fined more for wearing an illegal pair of socks than they were for knocking a fellow player out cold mid-game. It’s puzzling.

Most recently, the NFL has taken upon itself to violently crack down on penalizing players for hard-hit tackles that the league deems “dangerous.”

The league’s board of executives has granted itself the power to review any and every call from any game that it deems to be “reckless, and endangering to a fellow player’s well-being.”

The league can even go so far as to fine players for a hit that didn’t even so much as warrant a penalty flag during the game.

In my opinion, the idea of cracking down on big hits in professional football is a ludicrous one.

I’m sure to be met with a load of opposition here from all of you who value the player’s safety and well-being above and beyond all else.

Don’t get me wrong, player safety should always remain at the forefront of football.

However, these professional ball players are voluntarily putting themselves in the line of fire during these games.

They’ve signed the contracts, mentally prepared and came to terms with the fact that they face potential danger on-field.

It comes in the job description for these guys.

As in the case of most NFL players, they relish in the massive amount of contact football provides.

Protective football equipment has made developmental leaps and bounds in recent years.

Redesigned helmets have helped greatly reduce the number of on-field concussions players suffer each year, and advancements in body protection have birthed a decline in sports injury as a whole.

With such advancements, the field is clear for players to willingly put themselves out there and play for all they’re worth.

Penalizing players for “controversial” hits only limits the level of play on-field.

Spectators come to watch players who love the constant physicality of the game.

By punishing them for playing their hearts out, the league is reducing the level of play on the field, and thus slowly cutting away some of the game’s excitement.

If you tend to disagree, think of this; when you tune into Monday Night Football, do you want to kick back and watch a game that offers nothing more than tackle after tackle that lowers the ballcarrier softly to the ground? I think not.

American sports-watchers tune in for the excitement, the rush, the extremity,and the possibility of that one big hit that changes the course of the game.

It’s a part of our American sport society, and it’s an aspect of football that should never be restrained.

The NFL has been cracking down on players by fining them for just about anything.

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu was recently fined $10,000 for talking on a cellphone on the sideline.

Possession of cellphones on the sideline is prohibited 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game.

Polamalu said that he was calling his wife to tell her that he was not seriously injured after suffering a mild concussion.

Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was fined $10,000 for an obscene gesture after making a play against the St. Louis Rams.

Packer teammates Clay Matthews and Tramon Williams were fined $5,000 each for wearing nonconforming shoes with their throwback uniforms.

Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith was fined $7,500 for unnecessary roughness.

Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo, San Francisco linebacker Aldon Smith, and Minnesota defensive tackle Kevin Williams were each fined $15,000 for illegal hits to the opposing team’s quarterbacks.

The largest fine of $20,000 was levied on Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Peerman for an illegal blindside block on special teams.

I don’t believe the NFL is getting carried away with the fines because when a player breaks the rules, there needs to be consequences.

I think the league should even think about suspending players instead of fining them, because in some cases, fining a player who is making millions of dollars doesn’t do anything.

The NFL needs to make the game as safe as possible without taking away from the nature of the game.

Fans don’t want to see players afraid to make a hit because the players are worried about the repercussions.

During the games, the officials need to make sure that they are consistent with their calls. Last year, Pittsburgh Steelers James Harrison was fined for a hit that wasn’t even flagged for a penalty during the game.

Football is a naturally violent sport, but if there were no consequences for helmet-to-helmet or late hits, then there would be more severe injuries to players.

The game has gotten safer over the years, and fans still enjoy watching the games.

Just because players are being fined doesn’t mean that they are going to stop hitting hard.

The NFL is doing its part to protect the players the best way it knows how. and players do have the choice to play the game and put their bodies on the line every Sunday.

The NFL is just trying to protect players from cheap shots and career or even life-threatening hits.

The tougher the punishment, the more likely players won’t take cheap shots.

Players shouldn’t be throwing themselves at another player, leading with their helmet or diving at a quarterback’s knees.

Although some of the fines seem ridiculous, I think they are necessary to help protect the players and obtain stability in the league.

The fines let players know that they can’t do whatever they want when they are on the football field.

Managing Editor

Sports Staff

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STANDINGS HOCKEY NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Associated Press updates from around the country

WESTERN CONFERENCE

TEAM PITTSBURGH WASHIGNTON TORONTO PHILADELPHIA BUFFALO FLORIDA TAMPA BAY NEW JERSEY

RECORD/POINTS 7-2-2 16 7-0-0 14 5-2-1 11 5-3-1 11 5-3-0 10 5-3-0 10 4-3-2 10 4-2-1 9

TEAM DALLAS CHICAGO COLORADO LOS ANGELES DETROIT EDMONTON ANAHEIM MINNESOTA

RECORD/POINTS 7-2-0 14 5-1-2 12 6-2-0 12 5-2-1 11 5-2-0 10 4-2-2 10 4-3-1 9 3-2-3 9

CAROLINA

3-3-3 3-2-2 4-5-0 3-4-0 3-5-0 2-5-2 2-5-1

VANCOUVER SAN JOSE ST. LOUIS PHOENIX NASHVILLE

4-4-1 4-3-0 4-4-0 3-3-2 3-4-1 2-4-1 1-7-1

NY RANGERS OTTAWA NY ISLANDERS BOSTON MONTREAL WINNIPEG

9 8 8 6 6 5 5

CALGARY

COLUMBUS

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

NFL NFL FOOTBALL AFC TEAM New England Pittsburgh Cincinnati Buffalo San Diego Baltimore Oakland Houston NY Jets Tennessee Kansas City Cleveland DENVER JACKSONVILLE Indianapolis Miami

NFC RECORD 5-1 5-2 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 4-3 3-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 2-5 0-7 0-6

TEAM Green Bay San Francisco Detroit New Orleans NY Giants Chicago Tampa Bay Atlanta Dallas Washington Seattle PHILADELPHIA Carolina ARIZONA MINNESOTA St. Louis

RECORD 7-0 5-1 5-2 5-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 4-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 2-4 2-5 1-5 1-6 0-6

NCAA - AP TOP 25 (OCT. 23) RECORD 8-0 8-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 8-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 7-0 6-1 6-1 6-1

TEAM South Carolina Virginia Tech Texas A&M Michigan Houston Texas Tech USC Penn State Georgia Arizona State Cincinnati West Virginia

First-place Patriots rested and ready for Steelers

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A week of rest is welcome any time during the long NFL season.

The New England Patriots aren’t even halfway through their schedule, but glad to be coming off their bye week as they prepare for a showdown of divisional leaders Sunday at Pittsburgh.

“It’s good to have those few days to get your body back and you feel refreshed and ready to go on this week of preparation,” linebacker Rob Ninkovich said before practice Tuesday. “I feel good.

Anytime you can get a couple of days off and not have the everyday pounding of practice and preparing, it’s always nice to have a few days just to relax and kick your feet up.”

Some even watched a little football during the five-day hiatus.

“What else are you going to watch on TV? I’m not a soap opera guy or watching Broadway or anything like that,” defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth said.

“On Sunday, that’s what you’re going to watch is football. On Monday night, that’s what you’re going to watch.”

And on Tuesday afternoon, the Patriots stopped just watching and resumed practicing.

The Patriots (5-1) have won three in a row and find themselves back in first place in the AFC East. They resumed their position atop the standings when Buffalo lost to the New York Giants on Oct. 16, the same day the Patriots held off the Dallas Cowboys 20-16 at home.

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Fleury posts 20th shutout in Pens’ win over Isles

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM LSU Alabama Oklahoma State Stanford Boise State Clemson Oregon Arkansas Michigan State Kansas State Oklahoma Wisconsin Nebraska

9 8 8 8 7 5 3

NFL

RECORD 6-1 7-1 5-2 6-1 7-0 5-2 6-1 7-1 5-2 5-2 6-1 5-2

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Everyone in black and gold raved about the play of MarcAndre Fleury — everyone except for the humble Pittsburgh Penguins goalie.

Fleury sheepishly smiled every time he was asked about how he turned away the New York Islanders over and over and led the Penguins to a 3-0 victory Tuesday night for his 20th NHL shutout.

“There was some pretty good ones,” Fleury said of his 33 saves, “but that’s just part of being a goalie.

It doesn’t matter if they are simple or hard, you’ve just got to try to get

out there and make the save and keep your team in the game. I know some other times they save (you).”

Pascal Dupuis, Richard Park and Jordan Staal scored for the Penguins, who won their fourth straight and sent the Islanders to their third consecutive loss after three wins in a row.

The teams will meet again Thursday in Pittsburgh.

“We were very fortunate to come out of that game with two points,” Park said of the Penguins, who had 29 shots. “We’re going to have to go home and regroup. Flower played a phenomenal game and definitely kept us in it until we found our game.”

Star center Evgeni Malkin returned to the Penguins’ depleted lineup after missing five games because of his sore right knee, but Pittsburgh didn’t need any offense from him to win this one.

Staal sealed the victory with his sixth goal, scoring into an empty net off an assist from Dupuis, with 2 minutes left.

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Conn. lends $20M in deal luring NBC Sports from NY HARTFORD, Conn. — The state of Connecticut is providing NBC Sports a $20 million low-interest loan in a deal announced Tuesday that is expected to create 450 jobs there as the sports entertainment company moves much of its production out of New York.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the deal at a news conference in Stamford, calling it a “terrific project” for the city and the state. Malloy, who was mayor of the southwestern Connecticut city before being elected governor last year, said several NBC sports entities will move to Stamford beginning in September 2012.

The network is bringing NBC Olympics, NBC Sports Digital, VERSUS, which will be renamed the NBC Sports Network on Jan. 2, and the Comcast Sports Management Group, which oversees the NBC Sports Group’s 14 regional networks. It will keep offices and some production in New York’s Rockefeller Center.

Under terms of the deal, NBC will pay 1 percent interest on the loan. However, $10 million will be forgiven if NBC Sports creates 200 jobs at the end of two years, $5 million will be forgiven if 100 more jobs are created at the end of three years and $5 million will be wiped off the slate if another 150 jobs are created at the end of five years.

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Clarion continues hot streak in conference JACOB OBERDORF Sports Staff

The Golden Eagle volleyball team rolled over PSAC West leading Gannon University on Friday, Oct. 21, sweeping the Golden Knights in doing so.

The Eagles were led by their upperclassmen in what was an all-around solid performance.

In the first set, Clarion rallied from a late 21-19 deficit with four straight points and held off a late Gannon surge, winning the set 25-23.

The second set was headlined by three lead changes in a back-andforth battle. Each team came up with rallies of its own to eventually tie the score at 13.

The Eagles were able to overcome an error of its own to tie the game at 20.

The Eagles were then able to outscore the Knights 5-3 and take the set by a score of 25-23.

In the fourth set, with the score tied at 19, the Eagles used a 5-0 run to close out the match and hand the Knights their second loss in PSAC play.

Senior, Kellie Bartman led the Eagles statistically with 13 kills, 11 digs, and three blocks.

Fellow seniors Amanda Gough and Kaitlyn Anderson also had stellar performances.

Gough recorded 34 assists, seven digs, six kills and two blocks. Anderson finished with 10 kills, three digs, two aces and one block. Gough earned player of the week honors with her efforts.

“It felt like I could lead my team,” Gough said.

“Everyone on the court contributed to the win, and it was just a great team effort.”

On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Eagles celebrated Senior Day with yet another sweep, this time against Mercyhurst University.

Once again, the seniors took center stage in the match.

Anderson and Bartman led the Eagles in kills with 13 and 10 respectively.

Gough also had a major contribution, tallying 33 assists and edging closer to becoming the second player in Clarion history to record 4,000 career assists.

Rebecca Webb led the Clarion defense recording three of the nine blocks recorded by the Eagles.

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Senior Amanda Gough records 34 set assists over Gannon.

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Sophomore Corrine Manley records six kills, two assists and one block shot in Friday’s win.

The Eagles also recorded 65 digs compared to Mercyhurst’s 53.

On Tuesday night, Oct. 25, Clarion completed its third sweep in a row against Slippery Rock University.

The Eagles came out of the first set, battling to a 25-20 win.

In game two, the Eagles raced to a 22-8 lead and held off a Slippery Rock surge to take the set 25-18.

In the third set, Clarion once again came out of a close match, taking the

last set 25-18.

The Eagles were led by Anderson, Gough, and Bartman. Both Anderson and Bartman finished with 12 kills apiece.

Gough finished with 35 assists bringing her within 23 assists of 4,000 with three games to play.

The Golden Eagles were led defensivly by Senior Rhianon Brady, who finished the match with 19 digs, which brings her 22 shy of the school record. Bartman also finished with 16 digs, and

Gough finished with 15 digs and one block.

The Eagles now have three games away from Tippin Gymnasium where they have a record of 10019 since 2001.

The Eagles travel to Edinboro Oct. 28, to play in a game that could decide the PSAC No. 3 seed.

“We just have to win and make sure we control our own fate,” Coach Jennifer Mills said. “Right now we are taking one game at a time and focused on Edinboro.”

Ross Pringle Men’s M en’s senior senior golfer golfer INTERVIEW BY Eddie McDonald

Q

You finished second at the PSAC Golf Championship, how did that feel?

Q

You played 54 holes over a twoday span. What was that like and did it change your game at all?

the spring season as we get ready for NCAA Regionals.

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Q

A little bitter sweet because I had a five-shot lead going into the final round. So I was disappointed that I couldn’t finish strong, but happy to still come in second.

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What was it like shooting a school record, 7-under-par?

Setting the school record was a good feeling. I had such a good tournament, and it was nice to finally start seeing all the practice pay off in a big way.

It didn’t really change anything that week. If anything, it actually helped.

I knew I was playing good, and knowing I had 27 holes each day kept me patient.

Q

What was it like for you to do so well over the course of the season, as well as the team doing well?

What was your most memorable moment at Clarion?

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My most memorable moment would probably be going to Nationals my sophomore year. Finishing 23rd meant a lot.

A

It feels good. For me to have my best season thus far and the team to perform at a high level all of the fall season is great. Feels good to know we have a good team going into

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