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Star Spangled simulcast to air 11-11-11 KELSEY HUEBERT News Editor

CLARION, Pa. - On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year of this millennium, several local radio stations will simultaneously broadcast “The Star Spangled Banner.”

The nation’s National Anthem will be heard on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at 11 a.m. on 91.7 WCUC-FM “The Clutch,” 92.7 C93FM, 96.3 WKQW-FM and on AM 1300 WWCH “Radio 13” simultaneously.

United Way of Clarion County organized the county-wide simulcast

as a “way to get the community involved and reminding them the true meaning of Veterans Day,” according to United Way of Clarion County President Megan Levy.

Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day, began in 1919 as a commemoration of the cease-fire

agreement between the Allied Nations and Germany, on Nov. 11, 1918, seven months before the Treaty of Versailles that officially ended World War I, then called “The Great War.” The armistice went into effect at 11 a.m., thus one of the Armi-

stice Day traditions became a celebration (and suspension of business) beginning at 11 a.m.

Armistice Day became a federal holiday in 1938, and in 1954 the name was changed to Veteran’s Day, according to the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Levy said she thinks “the actual 11th hour has been forgotten.”

This is not yet a national initiative, but Levy said she hopes it soon will be.

“We forwarded our efforts to surrounding United Way organizations in Pennsylvania, hoping that it will catch on,” Levy said.

Clarion County residents vote for local offices KELSEY HUEBERT News Editor

CLARION, Pa. - Clarion County voters turned out Tuesday, Nov. 8 to fill offices throughout the county government.

Republican candidates Wayne Brosius and George “Butch” Campbell

led the county commissioner race, with Greg Faller pulling ahead of Ron Wilshire by more than four percent for the last of the three seats.

Out of almost 24,000 registered voters, more than 8,700 cast a ballot.

More than 1,400 of those voted straight party.

EL ECT ION R E SU LTS (SEL ECT E D R ACE S) Clarion County Commissioner Wayne Brosius (R) George Campbell (R) Greg Faller (D) Ron Wilshire (D) Other

Clarion County Treasurer Theresa Snyder (D) 82.23% Greg Faller (L) 17.55% Other 0.22%

30.40% 29.61% 18.74% 14.35% 18.74%

Superior Court Judge

Clarion Borough Council Carol Lapinto (R) Charles Bartley (R) Ed Hopkins (D) Earl Zerfoss (D) Jennifer Fulmer (D) Other

23.14% 19.67% 17.31% 17.31% 15.01% 7.56%

Vic Stabile (R) 50.33% David Wecht (D) 49.58% Other 0.09%

Clarion County District Attorney

Commonwealth Court Judge

Mark Aaron (R) 62.98% Jack Troese (D) 36.89% Other 0.13%

Anne Covey (R) 66.07% Kathryn Boockvar 33.80% Other 0.13%

L. David Aites / The Clarion Call

A.J. Smith casts a ballot at the polls at Marwick-Boyd.

Names in bold indicate party leaders. For complete results of all of Tuesday’s races, visit co.clarion.pa.us/results.htm.

Inside THIS WEEK’S EDITION

Equity Week kicks off with a documentary.

Battle of the Bands in Gemmell Multipurpose.

Clarion Football loses to Mercyhurst 42-38.

Features, Page 5

Entertainment, Page 9

Sports, Page 12

OPINION FEATURES Panic at the Discourse Equity Dinner

Radio spotlight

Volleyball

Roundtable

Album Review

Wrestling

Top 10

Music Box

Face-Off

From John Owens, changes are coming to honors course curricula.

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Student organizations are recognized in Gemmell Multipurpose Room.

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Paul Sherer

A columnist discusses the limits of acceptable public displays of affection.

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ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender experience is discussed in Eagle Commons.

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Catch “Zister Show” on 91.7 WCUC-FM “The Clutch.”

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A review of Evanescence’s new self titled album.

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Clarion beats Edinboro in PSAC quarter finals.

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Clarion has nine placewinners in opening.

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Editorial Cartoon

Online Editor Mike Ramsey’s “Pope Joe Pa the First.” The recent Penn State abuse scandal sounds familiar.

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Features editor Russell Pekelnicky savors the weirdest flavor combinations.

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“Ceremonials,” a new album from Florence + The Machine.

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Who is the better baller, Kobe or LeBron?

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Classifieds, comics and puzzles: Page 7

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Russia races to rescue Mars probe from orbit MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft on its way to Mars with 12 tons of toxic fuel is stuck circling the wrong planet: ours. And it could come crashing back to Earth in a couple of weeks if engineers can’t coax it back on track.

Space experts were hopeful Wednesday that the space probe’s silent engines can be fired to send it off to Mars. If not, it will plummet to Earth.

But most U.S. space debris experts think the fuel on board would explode harmlessly in the upper atmosphere and never reach the ground.

The launch mishap was the latest in a series of recent Russian failures that have raised concerns about the con-

dition of the country’s space industries.

The unmanned $170 million Phobos-Ground craft successfully got into orbit, propelled off the ground by a Zenit-2 booster rocket just after midnight Moscow time Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

After separating from its booster, 11 minutes later, it was supposed to fire its engines twice and head to Mars.

Neither engine fired.

So the spacecraft couldn’t leave Earth’s orbit, flying between 129 and 212 miles above Earth. And that orbit is already deteriorating, according to American satellite tracking.

The Federal Space

Agency said the probe’s orbit and its power sources could allow it to circle the Earth for about two weeks. That jibes with calculations made by NASA. “From the orbits we’re seeing from the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, it’s going to be a couple weeks before it comes in,” NASA chief debris scientist Nicholas Johnson said Wednesday afternoon. “It’s not going to be that immediate.”

The craft was aiming to get ground samples from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, and return them in a daring expedition hailed by eager scientists, who said it may include bits of Mars that may have been trapped on its moon.

Mexico commits rights abuse in drug war MEXICO CITY — Israel Arzate Melendez said soldiers snatched him off the street, gave him electric shocks, asphyxiated him and threatened that his wife would be raped and killed unless he admitted to a role in one of Mexico’s most infamous cases of drug violence.

When Arzate told a judge he was tortured into falsely confessing to a role in the 2010 massacre of 15 teens at a party in Ciudad Juarez, she responded that his account was too detailed to be fabricated.

Arzate’s case was among dozens cited by

the group Human Rights Watch in an investigation released Wednesday that accuses the Mexican government of torture, forced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in its war against organized crime.

Two years in the making, the report says the deployment of Mexican troops has coincided with an escalation of violence that had killed more than 35,000 people by the end of 2010. The government hasn’t issued new figures since then, although news media and other groups put the number at more than 43,000.

The report outlines misconduct at all levels of authority, from prosecutors who give detainees prewritten confessions to sign, to medical examiners who classify beatings and electric shock as causing minor injuries.

Only 15 soldiers have been convicted out of the 3,671 investigations launched by military prosecutors into alleged human rights violations by soldiers against civilians from 2007 to June 2011, according to the report. Not a single soldier or state official has been convicted in any of more than 200 cases.

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Global Occupy protests: Latest developments

Dow sinks 389 as Europe uncertainty deepens

London

NEW YORK — Trouble on two fronts in the European debt crisis sent American stocks tumbling Wednesday to their biggest loss since the rocky trading of last summer. The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 400 points.

Stocks were down from the opening bell after borrowing costs in Italy spiked to dangerous levels, a sign that investors are losing faith in Italy’s ability to repay its national debt.

“Italy is potentially too big to bail out, but that’s the problem,” said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment Research. “It’s spiraling out, and the question is now, how do you fix it?”

In Greece, meanwhile, power-sharing talks aimed at avoiding a default broke down in chaos.

The Italian economy is more than six times larger than that of Greece, which so far has been the center of the continent’s debt problem. American investors are worried that the consequences from Europe could include a freeze in lending, the disintegration of the euro currency or a bruising recession that would hurt the U.S. They sold stocks as a result. The Dow finished down 389.24 points, at 11,780.94.

Police cleared away more than 20 tents set up in Trafalgar Square as thousands of students marched through central London to protest cuts to public spending and a big increase in university tuition fees.

The march was not directly linked to the Occupy movement, but participants had planned to link up with a protest camp outside St. Paul’s Cathedral. They were stopped by lines of police in riot gear.

Police said more than 2,000 people took part in the march, which set off from the University of London at midday with chants of “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts.” Organizers estimated the crowd at 10,000.

About 4,000 police officers were deployed along the route.

Texas Eight protesters at a downtown Houston park were detained Tuesday evening after an altercation with police.

Police spokesman Victor Senties said six people refused to remove a tent that violated a city ordinance and were advised by their lawyer to comply with the police request, but said they wanted to be arrested.

Two more protesters confronted officers, ignored orders to step back and were charged with failure to comply with a lawful order.

New York Flanked by police scooters, about two dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters started a two-week walk from New York to Washington on Wednesday.

The activists left Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, marched past the World Trade Center site and boarded a ferry to New Jersey. They plan to walk through Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland and arrive in Washington by Nov. 23 - the deadline for a congressional committee to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama’s extension of Bushera tax cuts. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.

Michael Glazer, 26, an actor from Chicago, smiled as he boarded the ferry across the Hudson River, cheered by supporters shouting, “Thank you!” Walking in well-worn boots, he said: “I’ve had these for years and years, and they’ve served me well for many miles of marches.”

They hope to pick up other participants along their 240-mile march and have likened the effort to long-distance walks during the civil rights era. They say they’ll overnight by camping or at volunteered accommodations.

California An Oakland man says a police officer shot him with a rubber bullet or beanbag while he was videotaping last week’s standoff between law enforcement and a small group that took over a building and lit fires after a day of peaceful anti-Wall Street protests.

Experts in police use of force who reviewed the footage Scott Campbell captured say it appears the volley was unprovoked and inappropriate, the Oakland Tribune reported Tuesday.

In the video posted on YouTube, Campbell, 30, is heard calling, “Is this OK?” to a line of riot gear-clad officers.

He told the newspaper that he was asking if his distance from them was adequate because an officer had asked him to step back. A firearm held by an officer then is seen going off, followed

by Campbell’s yelps of pain.

The Oakland Police Department also has been criticized for wounding an Iraq War veteran during an Oct. 25 skirmish. City spokeswoman Karen Boyd said Tuesday that anyone who thinks they witnessed improper police conduct is encouraged to make a report with the police department’s Internal Affairs division or Oakland’s Civilian Police Review Board.

Gulf Coast upset over OK to kill BP cleanup NEW ORLEANS — Word that the government is letting BP end its cleanup of the Gulf Coast left many residents seething and fearful over who would monitor or respond to any lingering effects of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Estimates that 90 percent of the region’s shores have been cleaned of oil from last year’s spill belie the sentiments of many locals who are likely to think first of BP when they spot tar balls or mats of weathered oil in the sand. Such waste has washed ashore for years from a variety of sources, but the spill’s traumatic aftermath has linked it with BP in the minds of many.

“Everything is just not how it used to be. When you pull a fish up, it doesn’t look like it is supposed to look, like they did before,” said Ryan Johnson, a fisherman in Pensacola Beach, Fla. The agreement approved last week by the U.S. Coast Guard ends BP’s cleanup responsibility for all but a small fraction of the coast, and marks a shift to restoration efforts that will likely include planting new vegetation and adding new sand to beaches. Under the plan, BP PLC won’t be required to clean up oil that washes ashore in the future unless officials can prove it came from the blown-out well that caused the 2010 catastrophe — a link that the company concedes will be harder to establish as time passes and the oil degrades. Still, a top company official said BP is ready to respond to any oil that’s deemed its responsibility.

White House praises abortion law defeat JACKSON, Miss. — White House officials are praising the defeat of an anti-abortion proposal in Mississippi that would have defined life as beginning at conception.

President Barack Obama’s spokesman said in a statement Wednesday that the vote was a victory for women and families. Spokesman Jay Carney says the president believes that extreme amendments like this would do real damage to a woman’s constitutional right to make her own health care decisions, including some very personal decisions on contraception and family planning.

Despite the loss in Mississippi, abortion opponents say they’ll pursue the so-called personhood ballot initiative in six other states.

The Mississippi proposal was intended to prompt a legal challenge to the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established a legal right to abortion.

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Ex-senator’s health key subject of resentencing PHILADELPHIA — A long-powerful Pennsylvania senator appeared haggard as he returned from prison Wednesday to be re-sentenced in a sprawling corruption case.

Vincent Fumo, 68, a Philadelphia Democrat, is halfway through a 4½year prison stint, but could get a much longer term when his sentence is re-calculated Thursday.

Prosecutors are again seeking a 17- to 22-year guideline sentence after an appeals court threw out a federal judge’s sentence. Fumo hopes to keep his below-guideline sentence because of his medical ailments and advanced age.

Fumo entered the packed courtroom Wednesday sporting a green jumpsuit and a shock of shaggy white hair. He also has a white beard, ashen skin and a slight facial tic. He has been incarcerated at a federal prison in Ashland, Ky. A wealthy banker and lawyer, he was one of the most powerful political figures of the past generation in Pennsylvania. During a 30-year Senate career, he controlled the Senate Appropriations Committee for a time and authored key legislation.

A jury in 2009 found that he also used his power to defraud the state Senate, a museum and a neighborhood nonprofit of millions. He used Senate staff for constant personal and political chores, from cleaning his mansion to spying on rivals to driving a car to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., as he sailed for free on a museum yacht. He was also convicted of obstruction.

Corbett signs textingwhile-driving ban CAMP HILL, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Wednesday signed into law a prohibition on texting while driving, although it will be four months before it takes effect.

“There is no text message in the world that is worth the value of human life,” Corbett said at the bill signing in a phone store in the Harrisburg suburbs.

The bill makes it a primary offense, allowing police to pull over drivers they see violating the law. It carries a potential $50 fine.

The law bans sending, reading or writing a text-based message from a wireless phone, personal digital assistant, smartphone, portable or mobile computer or similar devices.

Corbett said there were 13,790 crashes and 66 fatalities in Pennsylvania last year that were caused by distracted driving.

Sen. Robert Tomlinson, R-Bucks, the bill’s prime sponsor, called texting the most dangerous form of distracted driving.

Major George Bivens said Pennsylvania State Police will be able to enforce the law by observation, interviewing drivers and passengers, and in cases where needed, obtaining a driver’s cellphone records.

Provisions that would have also banned the use of cellphones by drivers without hands-free devices were taken out of the bill before passage, but may be addressed in separate legislation.

Pittsburgh suburb votes to reject drilling ban PETERS, Pa. — By a margin of more than four-to-one, voters in an affluent Pittsburgh suburb say natural gas drilling can go on in their township.

In Tuesday’s general election, nearly 5,200 Peters Township voters rejected a referendum that would have barred drilling, compared with just over 1,100 who voted for a ban.

About 2,400 people signed ballot petitions circulated by the Peters Township Marcellus Shale Awareness group to put the referendum on the ballot. The question withstood a Washington County Court of Common Pleas challenge last month.

Township officials had opposed the measure, saying an ordinance passed in August already restricts natural gas drilling to a small frac

tion of township parcels, and limits environmental impacts and noise.

“This has been one of the most contentious and divisive elections in all my experience in the township, on and off council,” township council Chairman Robert Atkison said. “I hope, now, we can all get over that and take on the real issues facing the township.”

Township officials said the drilling ban would have invited lawsuits by property owners who wanted to lease their land to drillers, and perhaps by the drillers themselves. The August ordinance limits drilling to parcels 40 acres or larger, restricts access to certain roads and requires buffers between wells and various structures, including homes.

Rockefeller Christmas Tree coming from Pa. MIFFLINVILLE, Pa. — A small-town spruce from rural northeastern Pennsylvania is heading to the big city.

The 74-foot Norway Spruce was cut down Wednesday in Mifflinville, Pa., beginning its journey to New York City, where it will light up Rockefeller Center.

The enormous evergreen was attached to a crane before workers cut through its massive trunk and hoisted it on to a waiting flatbed trailer.

The tree is scheduled to arrive in Manhattan on Friday. It will then be put up and decorated with 30,000 multicolored LED lights. It will take five miles of wire to cover the tree, which has a girth of 46 feet at its lowest limbs.

A Swarovski crystal star more than nine feet in diameter will top tree.

The tree is coming from the Keller family’s property in Mifflinville, about three hours outside New York.

The lighting ceremony is scheduled for November 30, and the tree will remain lit until January 7 After that, the tree will be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.

Levy passed for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH — Voters approved an extra property tax levy expected to raise $3.25 million a year for the cash-strapped Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

The library and its 19 branches have suffered from budget cutbacks. The library system gets most of its $3.9 million in government subsidies from the state, though it also received $18.1 million this year from the Allegheny Regional Asset District which doles out some of the county’s 1-percent sales tax to arts groups, libraries, parks and other “regional assets.”

The library considered closing four branches in 2009, but kept them open with stopgap funding from the city meant to buy time until more money could be found.

City residents will pay an extra 0.25 mill in property taxes — or about $25 annually for a house worth $100,000 — under the new tax approved Tuesday.

814 area code enough numbers until 2016 ERIE, Pa. — The Public Utility Commission says the state’s 814 area code likely won’t run out of phone numbers until early 2016, again delaying a plan to switch some phone users to a new 582 area code.

The PUC approved a plan in December to switch the area code to 582 for phone users in the northwestern part of the state. The rest of 814 area stretching through westcentral and south-central Pennsylvania would keep that number.

But the commission in January announced it would revisit the issue after some people suggested an overlay approach in which only new customers in the 814 region would get the 582 area code.

The Erie Times News reports one of those changes will still likely occur, but probably not until 2013.

The PUC is still reviewing information from public hearings earlier this year.

Amid abuse scandal, program to lose patriarch

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State President Graham Spanier, one of the nation’s longest-serving college presidents, was ousted Wednesday along with head football coach Joe Paterno in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal in which authorities said the men failed to do enough after an assistant coach was accused of molesting a boy in a campus shower.

The ousters of Spanier and Paterno were announced Wednesday by university trustees.

“It is in the best interests of the university that a change in leadership (must be made) to deal with the difficult issues that we are facing,” John P. Surma, vice chairman of the university’s board of trustees, said at a press conference.

Spanier, one of the nation’s highest-paid college presidents, had come under fire over the past several days for his handling of allegations that a former assistant football coach sexually abused boys on campus.

Paterno, who had announced Wednesday that this would be his last season in Happy Valley, wasn’t given the chance to continue coaching. The scandal also claimed two other top administrators, who stepped down earlier this week after being charged with perjury in the case.

Former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged last week with molesting eight boys over a 15year period. He has denied the charges.

A grand jury report said at least two of the assaults were witnessed on campus — and one of those was reported to Spanier.

But the university president did not tell authorities about the reported attack on a young boy, which a football team graduate assistant claimed to have seen in 2002. The graduate student’s accusation was passed up the chain of command to Spanier, but he said the seriousness of the encounter

was not conveyed to him.

Spanier said in a statement Wednesday night that he was “stunned and outraged to learn that any predatory act might have occurred in a university facility” and would have reported a crime if he’d suspected one had been committed.

“I am heartbroken to think that any child may have been hurt and have deep convictions about the need to protect children and youth,” he said.

“My heartfelt sympathies go out to all those who may have been victimized.”

The investigation is continuing.

State Attorney General Linda Kelly said Monday that Paterno is not a target of the inquiry into how the school handled the matter, but she refused to say the same for Spanier.

State police Commissioner Frank Noonan earlier this week criticized school officials’ handling of the allegations, saying “a football coach or a university president or the guy sweeping the building” had a moral responsibility to call police if they suspected a child was being sexually abused. He also said Penn State had “a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others.”

Calls for Spanier’s ouster by newspapers, online groups and petitions mushroomed in recent days, many supported by upset alumni.

The 63-year-old Spanier has led Penn State since 1995, and his current contract runs through 2015.

The mammoth university system headquartered in State College includes 96,000 students on 24 campuses and has an annual budget of about $4.3 billion.

Spanier is among the highest-paid public college presidents in the country, earning more than $800,500 in annual base pay, deferred compensation and retirement contributions, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Both parties tout Pa. election outcomes HARRISBURG, Pa. — Having split the two statewide races in Pennsylvania’s election, Republican and Democratic officials Wednesday pointed to down-ballot gains as evidence of their parties’ political potency heading into the 2012 presidential and Senate campaigns.

Democrats crowed over state Rep. Josh Shapiro’s and Leslie Richards’ takeover of the board of commissioners in Montgomery County — the state’s third most populous county — for the first time in its once staunchly Republican history. Voter registration there shifted in 2008 and Democrats currently outnumber Republicans, 46 percent to 39 percent.

In an off-year election like Tuesday’s, that is “about as strong a bellwether as you’re going to get,” said state Democratic Party spokesman Mark Nicastre.

Republicans boasted about flipping a dozen Democratic-controlled courthouses, including Westmoreland County- with the 10th-most residents -expanding the party’s control to at least 53 of the 67 county governments.

The other counties soon to have GOP-run governments are Bradford, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Forest, Lawrence, Monroe, Schuylkill, and Susquehanna, according to the GOP and the Pennsylvania County Commissioners Association.

“It’s a great day for Republicans,” said state Republican Party Chairman Rob Gleason, asserting that the trend reflects popular dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama’s leadership.

About 1.9 million Pennsylvanians —

23 percent of the state’s 8,166,925 registered voters — cast ballots Tuesday.

In the statewide appellate-court races, Democrat David Wecht, an Allegheny County judge, was elected to fill an opening on the Superior Court and Republican Anne Covey, a labor lawyer from New Hope, was elected to the Commonwealth Court.

Democrats prevailed in Philadelphia, where Mayor Michael Nutter easily won a second term, and in Allegheny County, where former city councilman Rich Fitzgerald was elected to succeed outgoing County Executive Dan Onorato.

The Republicans retained control of the other three suburban Philadelphia counties — Chester, Delaware and Bucks.

“Everyone has something they can point to,” Nicastre said.

Gleason, who campaigned in Montgomery County for the GOP team, sought to spin on the election outcome.

He suggested that, because incumbent commissioners Jim Matthews, a Republican, and Joe Hoeffel, a Democrat, teamed up four years ago to run the county without GOP commissioner Bruce Castor, the Republicans were no longer in control.

“Really, to say that we lost it is a misnomer,” he said.

Castor, who placed third Tuesday, will remain on the board as minorityparty commissioner.

Shapiro shrugged at the notion that his victory has significance outside of Montgomery County.

GOP controls W. Pa. county for the first time since 1956 GREENSBURG, Pa. — Democrats have lost the majority on a board of commissioners they’ve controlled in a western Pennsylvania county since 1956 — with unofficial election results also showing they lost five contested row offices to Republicans.

Republican incumbent Charles Anderson and newcomer Tyler Courtney won as Westmoreland County commissioners, with incumbent Democrat Ted Kopas keeping the third seat.

Republicans also won races for controller, treasurer, recorder of

deeds, register of wills, and sheriff.

Two-term Democrat Controller Carmen Pedicone lost to write-in Republican Jeff Balzer.

Democrats hold a 53 percent to 37 percent voter registration edge over Republicans, with 10 percent registered as independents or with other parties. But Republican areas of the county have been growing faster than Democrat strongholds in recent years.

The county seat is Greensburg, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.

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Panic at the discourse JOHN OWENS Staff Writer

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wo years ago the economic downturn f o r c e d G e n e r a l Motors to eliminate Saturn, Pontiac and Hummer, some of their important subsidiaries but not the crème de la crème, Cadillac.

Imagine if they did that, eliminated something that had been institution, a standard bearer on the road. Now compare Cadillac to academics, perhaps one of the finest set of academics offered at Clarion University, the Honors Program and more specifically, compare Cadillac to Modes of Discourse, the Honors Program cornerstone.

Such a comparison is rather flawed in one regard because Modes of Discourse essentially now ceases to exist, and Cadillac lives on.

In short, Modes of Discourse is a two-semester replacement course for ENG 111 and CMST 113 for freshmen honors students and is team taught by faculty from both the English and Communication department.

Honors Program Director Dr. Hallie Savage said the purpose of this course is to focus on communication skills that will lead to success both academically and in the field.

Dr. Susan Turell, associate provost for Academic Affairs, was responsible for making the decision to eliminate the funding for the second professor for Modes of Discourse, which has lead to the changes occurring now.

For the purpose of this article, this writer emailed Dr. Turell, Dr.

Ralph Leary and Savage to get a better understanding of the situation.

Turell wrote this decision was made due University’s financial straits, currently facing an $8 million deficit.

Turell wrote, “For the health of the institution, we are working with all programs to find ways we can save while having as minimal as possible impact on student learning.”

Turell reported this course cost the university $58,235.10 for the fall semester with two professors.

Turell also wrote, “… the current cohort of honors students will be able to achieve the same learning outcomes as those who took the Modes sequence in the past.”

However, even a freshman college student can recognize this appears to be a loaded statement.

Outcomes may be similar at best, but the experience for students will not be the same. In the eyes of this writer, like any case of cost-benefit-analysis, both options ought to be weighed.

How valuable is this course? Dr. Larry Andrews, former Dean of the Honors College at Kent State University, conducted an independent review of the Honors program in 2002.

In his review, Dr. Andrews wrote this about Modes, “By all accounts this is the gem of the (Honors) curriculum.”

Andrews also stated that Modes is not only “distinct” from the rest of Clarion’s curriculum, but the curriculum of other institution’s honors programs. Andrews wrote, “Far better is the Clarion approach of a unique year-long course replacing required freshmen composition and speech.”

Savage sees Modes not only as a course influential to the life of the student, but also influential to the university and Honors Program as a whole, as it

has a first year retention rate of 82-98 percent. Savage wrote that Modes has contributed in other ways to Clarion, “The teaching style has created student engagement in the program. Furthermore, proposals developed as group projects have been implemented in the university community, thus it is good community building.”

Dr. Ralph Leary, a Modes professor for the past 15 years of Modes’ 25 year existence, sees the team teaching aspect as a major benefit to Honors students, citing that students receive both feedback from him and professor Jim Lyle, who co-teaches the course with Leary.

Leary wrote, “This puts you, as an Honor student, in a position where you can draw connections and conclusions based on seeing these two different responses.”

This writer sees that as the least Clarion can provide for students in its Honors Program.

Writing this article has left this writer with more questions than answers: Why, at an institution of higher education, is an Honors program taking a major hit?

Why is it that the course that is widely considered the best in the Honors curriculum taking that hit?

And why is it that we are extremely concerned about outcomes and not the quality of the education and the experience itself?

In the end, all I’ve learned from this is that nothing is sacred, and be wary, because maybe the Cadillac of your program will be on the chopping block next.

-The writer is a communication and finance major and a sports writer for The Clarion Call.

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t has appeared to me many times across campus and while out in public that some people have forgotten the concept of PDA and that it has its limits that some things should still be left for the bedroom.

Let’s break it down to define what it is and what it is not.

PDA, for my not-solucky peers, is an acronym for Public Display of Affection. Affection is defined as a fond attachment, devotion or love between one individual and another.

This can be between a parent and child, siblings and obviously, lovers.

PDA in its simplest and most common form can be seen through the act of holding hands.

Maybe even once and a while, if he is a true gentleman, you may witness a man open a door for his lady friend. Even stealing a quick kiss to accompany a “hello” or “see you soon” is completely satisfactory.

However, as I walk down the street or even around campus, simply minding my own business I can’t help but notice certain lovers tongue-deep in each other’s mouth.

PDA has morphed nowa-days into a form of intimate frenzy between couples. Sometimes, it appears as if they feast upon each other.

They begin by forcing a tongue down another’s throat, while violently rubbing their bodies together. One starts a little hair pulling and by now their entire face is soaking wet.

One now moves to the base of the neck and begins feasting again, while a hand seizes a hunk of derriere.

There is no need to start pointing fingers; we all know examples of the ones herein described.

PDA has become a task of its own. I feel like I would need a strategy to go about it in a competitive fashion.

I prefer and recommend the old school way of what PDA should be and keeping the feasting in the bedroom.

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

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Documentary screening opens Equity Week JOSH BYERS Features Staff

“Equity week,” sponsored by the Office of Social Equity and the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, began the week at Clarion University with the theme “Building Communities of Inclusion and Empowerment.” The weeklong events kicked off on Monday, Nov. 7, with a screening of Joe Wilson’s Emmy-award winning documentary, “Out in the Silence.” It’s the story about the controversy over the announcement of a same-sex marriage between Wilson and his partner Dan Hamer, and the bullying of a gay teen from the same area, Oil City, Pa. Wilson said that he was inspired by a lot of sources to create this movie, one being Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office.

“He stood for that call, the call to stand up for your rights. But I’m not only inspired by the greats, I am inspired most of all by people like C.J. and his mom,” Wilson said.

There was a nice turn out for the screening, and Wilson handed out some copies of the movie after it ended to whomever could answer the random trivia he had about the movie.

“It was great to be able to present this film to the university, especially

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(From the left) Namoli Brennet, Dan Hamer and Joe Wilson present a documentary about equality at the beginning of Clarion University’s Equity Week one that has an openly gay president, Clarion is a symbol of what could be.

But I think in order for real change, it has to be like a voice from Oil City, to contribute to the movement, and it’s greatly important to stand up for what’s right. I’m honored to be able to carry the voices from this film and share them with others. Though there are big things happening on the coast or in big cities, its also happening here in places like Oil City, and it’s very important to connect one small town to another,” Wilson said.

After the movie ended, there was a discussion held about how the audience felt about the issues addressed in the film and how the film made them feel. The night also included Namoli Brennet, singer songwriter from Tucson, Ariz. Brennet played before the screening of “Out in the Silence,” and after the movie ended.

“This was really cool. There wasn’t anything like this when I was in school, and it’s amazing how far things have progressed. It was great because I’ve done other things with

Jon and Dan, and it’s amazing to be able to have events like this. I always love coming to Clarion because it has this warm and receptive environment,” Brennet said.

Along with Wilson and Hamer, Roxanne Hitchcock, who starred in the movie as well, stood up during the comments section of the night and gave some words of encouragement; “Be who you are. It’s not a big deal if you’re out.”

University President Karen Whitney also attended.

“This is a hugely important event for us. As a public university, we are at the forefront of building communities. Here at Clarion, we are preparing the future leaders of this region, and with this week of equity you’re seeing the best of Clarion University. This documentary is so rich and provides so many things to talk about.”

Hamer commented on being able to offer his presentation present to the university.

“You know, we’ve been to all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, and it’s exciting to present at Clarion because its close to home,” he said. “I think this equity week is great, because it’s all about equality, and I think that’s very important because it’s that belief that we were all created equal. Because equality is what makes us part of the human race.”

Clarion members honored for equity BRANDY HADDEN Copy Editor

The 17th Annual Equity Dinner and Awards Ceremony welcomed a packed Multi-Purpose Room Wednesday evening, Nov. 9.

Many of Clarion University’s Recognized Student Organizations as well as Clarion community affiliated organizations attended the dinner.

The dinner’s Masters of Ceremonies were Student Relations Chair Jessica DeGennaro and Student Senator Andrew Moore.

After the opening remarks Moore and DeGennaro welcomed Student Senate President Joanna Catalano to the stage, where she expressed her pride in Student Senate for being involved in such an honorable event.

Shortly after as the dinner guests ate their

salads, they were entertained by the brothers of Phi Mu Alpha. The brothers performed a short, five-piece set to set the mood for the evening.

Clarion University President Dr. Karen Whitney made her way to the stage while the attendees finished their dinners to thank everyone involved in making the evening successful. She addressed the students directly as well.

“You all know how hard it is to pull off a fantastic program. The fact that this is the 17th annual dinner shows tremendous commitment,” she said.

Amongst telling everyone how important the dinner was for Clarion’s diversity goals, she concluded with, “We all matter in every way we are.”

The dinner’s guest speaker was Dr. Daniel

Burdick, associate professor of low brass at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

According to the equity dinner program, Dr. Burdick “serves as the co-chair and co-founded the 14 university Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer/Questioning Intersexual Asexual Consortium.

His advice to those attending was to “Celebrate all the differences you notice within yourself and within others.”

Awards given at the dinner include Outstanding Community Award to Mr. Larry Bowser, Supporter Award to Allies, Faculty Award to Dr. Karen Smith, Student Award to Allen Weigner, Special Group Award to Passages and SAFE and the Equity Award to Dr. Rachelle Prilou.

Roundtable discusses LGBT experience MARISSA KATZ Features Staff

The Office of Social Equity sponsors Equity Week every November. The event spans a three-day period and includes a guest speaker, a roundtable presentation and an awards ceremony and dinner.

Each year, Equity Week takes on a new theme to bring awareness and attention to problems involving students who may be facing discrimination.

Jocelind Gant, assistant to the president for Social Equity is in charge of choosing the themes for each year. Past themes have ranged from African-American discrimination to sexual violence. The theme for Equity Week 2011 was Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender or LGBT discrimination. The Presidential Committee on LGBT Concerns helped the Office of Social Equity sponsor the special week, while Ronald Radaker and Robert Levy coordinated this year’s event.

On Nov. 7, the event began with guest speaker Joe Wilson in Hart Chapel. On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the roundtable presentation took place.

The presentation, which took form in a discussion was held in Rooms 107/108 Eagle Commons at 11:30 a.m. The discussion began with an informal luncheon, where the 20 or so guests could mix and mingle with the seven panelists.

After the luncheon, Ronald Radaker began his introductory remarks about LGBT. Radaker opened with the story of Brandon Bitner, a 14-year-old student who took his own life after being bullied over his sexual orientation.

Using such an emotional and upsetting story as his opener, Radaker forced those in attendance to really consider the effects of discrimination due to sexual orientation.

After introducing the panelists, who included a mix of students, faculty, and staff from outside organizations, Radaker opened the discussion for questions.

Immediately, the panel was asked what they thought could be done to make Clarion University a better environment for students who are being discriminated against. Corey Negley, a junior at CU, spoke out and said, “Cyber-bullying is still a big problem . . . and there needs to be a more visible policy.”

Members of the audience acknowledged Negley, nodding their heads after hearing this statement. With internet sites like Facebook, Myspace and countless others, students can hide behind the safety of their computer screens, and therefore feel they have the freedom to say whatever they want, no matter how hurtful a statement might be.

Other panelists weighed in their opinions, and other topics were brought the table. Sometime into the discussion, Gant said that it was the goal as a social equity group to not only work on the issues of discrimination at the university level but at the community level as well.

Rogers J. Laugand III, director of Minority Student Services, agreed with Gant’s statement.

“While things have changed, we haven’t arrived.” Laugand said he doesn’t think “we’ll ever arrive at a point where we don’t have to talk about this,” he said.

One of the panelists, CU freshman Larry Weigner showed the attendees of the roundtable presentation his personal video made for the “It Gets Better Project,” a venture in which people can share videos, letting struggling youth know that it does get better. Anyone can view Weigner’s video on YouTube by typing in Clarion University - It Gets Better.

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Eleanor ter Horst accepts the Special Group Award on behalf of Safe, Inc.’s and Dr. Karen Smith is awarded the Outstanding Faculty award at the 17th Annual Equity Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 9.

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As enjoyable as it is to sit down to a good meal, the same old plain combinations can get pretty dull after a while. Tried and true food pairings can get worn-out and tired if overused. Sometimes, it’s fun to recombine household staples in new and exciting ways to expand the palate. Here are some beginning strokes to expand the bounds of your culinary experiences.

10. Cream corn and eggs As gross as cream corn normally is, the combination of eggs and cream corn is actually a good one. The eggs absorb the snotlike consistency of the cream corn, while providing a subtle sweetness and change of texture. The cream corn also curves the slightly pungent taste of the eggs. Add some cheese or diced up ham to the mix or and have yourself a mighty fine omelet.

9. Cream cheese and sausage Sausage is good enough to stand on its own, but why not liven up the party with a little bit of cream cheese? The mellow cream flavor of cream cheese complements the sausage, highlighting the seasoning and smoky flavor of a good smoked sausage. Crumble some sausage and mix it into cream cheese for a good party dip. This also goes well with some refried beans as part of a layered bean dip.

8. Spam and apple cobbler As gross as the idea of spam may or may not be, it’s actually a highly versatile meat byproduct. It can serve as a culinary duct tape, taking the place of a wide variety of meats due in no small part to its gestalt meat status. However, the best combination of spam and other elements comes in pairing it with the cinnamon and sugary sweetness of your standard apple cobbler. The saltiness of the spam blends bafflingly well with the sweetness of the cobbler when fried up together in a skillet. It’s an easy meal to prepare while camping, or when you’re just lazing around the apartment.

7. Chocolate and peppers This one makes more sense than you’d think. Both are naturally pretty sweet. Any heat brought to the party adds to the flavor of the chocolate as a whole, with the subtle pepper tang adding character to the richness of chocolate. The effect is quite interesting.

Salt on watermelon is a solid flavor combination that I grew up on. The slight salting of watermelon adds a nice little tang to it that makes things more interesting, and it blends well with the subtle sweetness of the watermelon.

5. Sugared tomatoes This one is so easy it’s ridiculous. Pour a little sugar on tomato slices and enjoy. The sugar goes well with the natural sweetness, and mellows out the natural acidity of tomatoes. It’s a great combination on a hot summer day, and is excellent with iced tea to wash it all down.

4. Cheddar cheese and apple pie The combination of cheddar cheese and apple pie is a good hearty combination that hits the spot. The rich flavor of the cheddar blends perfectly with the sweet apples and the cinnamon in such a way that it’ll knock your socks off.

3. French fries and ice cream Another solid paring of salty and sweet, as well as starchy and creamy. Vanilla or chocolate ice cream works especially well in this combination, but any ice cream could conceivably work. Dip a fry in slightly melted ice cream and savor the flavor combination.

2. Peanut butter and meats This one may trigger some major gag reflexes, but its not as bad as it seems. Most meats have a saltiness to them that comes from their fat content. Pairing meat with peanut products is a great way of bringing out the subtle salt flavors inherent in the meat and adding protein. You can combine peanut butter with everything from chicken and bacon to a good hotdog. Hebrew National or Smiths are recommended.

1. Jelly and cheese People combine cream cheese and fruit all the time.

Why not pair a nice provolone and a good strawberry preserve?

The sweetness of the jelly works well with the rich cream flavor of a cheese. Smoked cheeses also go well with jellies and jams, as the differences bring out the unique characteristics of the components. A toasted jelly and cheese sandwich is the pinnacle of flavor diversity.

Students attend Women’s Consortium BRITTANY BENDER ALIZA THORNTON ELORA WALSH On Friday, November 4, 2011 three women represented Clarion University at the Pennsylvania State Society of Higher Education Women’s Consortium Fall 2011 conference held at Easy Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Brittany Bender, Alizah Thornton and Elora Walsh experience sessions focusing on the theme of “Constructing, Deconstructing and Reconstructing Identities.”

The first session titled “Constructing and Reconstructing Identity of Women Transition into Leadership Roles in Higher Education” featured women from other colleges and universities discussing their journey to higher education.

The panel consisted of Kelly McKenzie (East Stroudsburg), Denise Francois (Northampton Community College), Maureen Lane (Franklin & Marshall), Doreen Tobin (East Stroudsburg) and Tammy Halstead (Franklin & Marshall).

The main focus during the session was reconstructing identity throughout self-exploration and learning how to balance all of life’s challenges. “I’ve given myself permission to not be perfect,” said Francois.

“You can only be good at so many things.”

Each panel member offered advice at the end, but the most repeated advice was to not let anyone else define who you are.

“You don’t define me, I define me,” said Francois and Tobin. For the second session, Lauren Marron, Dane Lauber, Janelle Howell and Barbra Jones Denision all from Shippensburg University hosted “Constructing out Leadership Identities from the Intersectionalities of Gender and Other Stauses.”

The panel members presented a different aspect in which not only related to them, but also to most audience members.

They divided a PowerPoint into four sec-

tions including: female athletes, masculinity and gender, race and age. Each panelists gave a personal relation to their topics.

East Stroudsburg University students Keiba Bragg-Best and Felicia Rivero hosted the session, “Domestic Violence: The Unspoken Epidemic/Relationship’s Biggest Secret.” The women presented statistics, warning signs, effects of domestic violence, barriers of reporting domestic violence, victim blaming and how to be an advocate.

After the short presentation, Rivero asked the group, “Do any of you ask yourselves, why doesn’t she just leave?” Each of the women was then given a stack of fake currency colored yellow and green.

The yellow money represented “good will” and the green represented actual money.

There were several stations around the room marked as “home,” “hotel,” “friends and family,” and “shelter.”

Everyone had to begin at home where a scenario was then read about being abused by a spouse. Each person then had to decide whether to stay at home or to leave. If they decided to leave, they would have to pay the posted amount of good will dollars or money to stay elsewhere. The women who decided to leave quickly ran out of one of their forms of currency.

“Now you all can see why it isn’t that simple to leave,” said Bragg-Best. Rivero then told the women to be advocates and gave everyone a packet with contact information and tips on how to do so.

Maya Camille Winters, an adjunct professor at Cheyney University and contemporary artist, displayed her artwork that reflected female strength athletes, such as body builders, for the attendees of the consortium.

Winters presented an art exhibit titled, “Female strength athlete: aesthetics, function and the annulment of ideas.” The presentation highlighted the muscular structure of athletes. Winters,

who is also a body builder, painted portraits of some of her fellow teammates and herself in regard to their physical appearance. Some portraits were in color while others were in black-and-white.

The way she wanted to represent the muscular structures of the women featured determined the technique used to create the portrait. Winters explained to the audience how the typical female athlete’s bodies are portrayed in a sexual manner.

She said she wanted to show that there is another side that is underrepresented. “Just as Rembrandt’s portraits captured the modesty of 18th-century Dutch Protestantism, my works reflect the excellence and excessiveness of the female strength athlete’s lifestyle of development,” Winters said.

Following the art exhibit was a short performance of a play called “How She Played the Game” by Cynthia Cooper.

East Stroudsburg University students portrayed famous women athletes telling stories of their trials and successes.

The athletes featured were Eleonora Randolph Sears, Althea Gibson, Gertrude Ederle, Sonia Henie, Gretel Bergmann and Babe Didrikson. The play started with Sears and evolved to each athlete by an idea that Sears wrote the other athletes a letter telling them not to give up on their dreams.

Cooper, the playwright, was in attendance and answered questions about how she created the idea for the play.

Cooper said she wanted to portray female athletes who not only accomplished great things that were never done by a woman, but things that males had not accomplished either.

These women participated in sports such as track and field, golf, figure skating, tennis and many more. Some of the women’s stories followed them from before their fame, which provided background information on their lives.

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SHIRLEY SPROULE Florence + the Machine is a fantastic band.

Barring that, since I don’t know much about the backing band, Florence Welch is a fantastic human being who was absolutely born to do exactly what she is doing, which is create fantastic works of art in the form of “Ceremonials.”

Coming off of the commercial success of her first album, “Lungs,” I was a little worried about how Welch was going to conduct herself in her sophomore release.

Just listening to the first song, “Only If For a Night,” was enough to assuage my worry.

Though it’s not my favorite track on the album, as an opener it does a good job of setting up the mood and feel of the album nicely.

“Ceremonials” isn’t the kind of album you can just listen to in passing. For me, it’s the type of album you have to sit down and immerse yourself in, and just let the music overwhelm you. That’s the type of music that Florence +

the Machine does best.

The album’s big, full, orchestral sound is absolutely perfect for Welch’s voice. Lead singles “Shake It Out” and “What the Water Gave Me” are great little snapshots of the album, and are even some of my favorite songs off it.

My particular favorite, “No Light, No Light,” has already been confirmed to be the third single off the album, which just delights me to no end. The track is drum-heavy and full of harps, which just appeals to me in all the right ways. Not to mention her lyrics, “You are the silence in between what I thought and what I said,” is only one line out of the song, and that’s not even getting into the chorus (“No light, no light in your bright blue eyes/I never knew daylight could be so violent”) which is epic. The thing I love best about Welch’s lyrics is that they’re soulful. Almost all of her songs have a mystic, almost spooky feel to them, and her lyrics serve to push the songs past that and straight into ethereal, which is something that Welch just seems to exude.

Just watching the music video for her second single, “Shake It Out,” I have the sudden and strong urge to just throw my hands in the air and tell everyone that this is it, they can go home, they don’t have to try any more. “Ceremonials” is the best album of the year, and there’s nothing that can top it.

ANDI FULMER The dog days are certainly over for Florence + the Machine after the commercial success of their debut album “Lungs.” Though still relatively unknown to most of the world, Florence Welch took her band on tour and performed relentlessly until, at least among the self-proclaimed indie listeners, she was nothing short of an icon.

With her soaring voice and mystically enchanting music, this wasn’t a judgment without merit or truth.

Several years have passed since the 2009 release of “Lungs,” and after seeing the album receive critical acclaim from all over, fans looked ahead to whatelse the band may produce with a sense of caution. After all, much lesser bands had received such recognition and praise and gone on to make albums with as much musical integrity as banging two waffles together.

Still, such praise and criticism did not deter Florence + the Machine in the slightest. With a determination and single-minded dedication to their vision and sound, we see the product of several years’ worth of touring, building a connection to fans, and generally

JEREMIAH BULL I’m not a great fan of Welch , I mean, I like that dog song like everyone else, but I never got into them.

Actually, I ended up accidentally hearing Florence + the Machine from outside the stadium where they performed this summer in Baltimore.

Unfortunately, I could not see them because I had other duties outside, working for my internship at 98 Rock Baltimore, promoting the U2 concert who Welch opened for.

Have you ever to listened to eight hours of U2? Don’t.

On to “Ceremonials.” I thought this album was blended to follow previous successes. I feel that, by no fault of the band, this album is a little formulated.

I think the producer ran with the greatly received sound of their singles and made every song

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being amazing everywhere they went: “Ceremonials.” It seems that as Welch and her machines played with various styles on “Lungs,” she has truly taken the best of what she worked with and put it to good use here.

The singles alone are a glimpse into the sweeping, emotional, and all encompassing experience that this album is. It simply demands the attention of a listener and begs them to recall every moment in their life which simply yelling or lashing out hasn’t been enough, and the only way to find salvation was to literally wail and scream and explode out of oneself.

Vocally, Welch spends the entire album channeling these moments through her voice, but with the additional bonus of being able to put behind that a completely emotionally manipulating sound that elongates these moments and creates them into entire experiences. She pushes us into these moments as though they were pools, then stands above us with hands on our shoulders and forces us to remain immersed.

That anyone can accomplish such a feat for a single track is absolutely incredible, that Florence + the Machine has managed to create an entire album that acts as the soundtrack to our best, worst and most violent moments of emotion is not only a previously unimaginable feet, but also a truly compromising listening experience for anyone with an emotional range greater than a teaspoon. as close to that as possible. The songs are all good individually, but overall they have a few common themes to them. Allow me to break down these elements: slow build to begin; ominous ambient synths; busy, tom-heavy drum beats with echoed claps and a tambourine. All these things may compliment Welch voice, but all of these elements in every song tend to drown out her voice the further you listen.

Thank the music gods for al lowing some demos b e on the end of the a lbum, this was the re de eming factor for me . I would rather hear people play rea l instruments with a few of the right eff ects then witness a producer beat the hell out of everything with the conformity stick. The demos are dynamic, raw and punctual. The y have what they nee d and that’s all. This frees the vocals and lets them speak.

If you like Florence + the Machine, you’ll like this album, but do yourself a favor and check out the demo and acoustic tracks at the end of the album.

SAMUEL DIXON What’s great about the indie genre is its ability to encompass so many different sounds and types of music. Florence + the Machine’s new album “Ceremonials” falls under this umbrella, but it should be classified as a pop and soul album, superimposed upon a chamber choir performance. It’s not often an artist geared to the younger generation comes packing this sound, but Welch stands strong.

Musically, this album generates inspiration from a number of different areas.

While songs like “Only if For a Night” and “Leave my Body” have an orchestral sound to them, “Spectrum” and “Remain Nameless” have a more tribal-like beat and feature some electronica backing noises. “Lover To Lover” is more of a straightforward pop song, using a simple verse chorus verse structure that never strays too far from the pattern set up the

ELORA WALSH “Ceremonials” is Florence + the Machines second studio release following “Lungs” which was released in 2009. As I was walking from class listening to the first track on the album, “Only if for a Night,” I thought to myself, “this is a perfect fall album.” This song opens with a faint piano that gradually becomes more prominent.

Although a slow introduction to the album, I think it sets listeners in a calming mood to set the scene for the rest of the album. As the song goes on the tempo picks up in pair with the vocals.

Lyrically, the song focuses on a “holy light” that comes over singer Florence Welch. The next song on the album, “Shake It Out,” happens to be my favorite overall. This track is a bit more up beat than the introduc-

first time through.

Special attention should be paid to the piano and organ parts throughout the album. At times, the instrument is vital to holding the songs together, and without it, the sound loses a certain quality. “Breaking Down” takes a Ben Folds piano intro and turns it into a catchy orchestral song, which at times borrows aspects from opera.

Vocally, Welch is comparable to artists like Kate Bush and Tori Amos, but if these names scare you, they shouldn’t.

Welch has a sophisticated sounding voice, but it never comes out as preachy. Although some of the songs can sound lofty, they never get too out of control. The harmonies scattered throughout the songs highlight the music rather than replace it, and some of her octave jumps are impressive, even for a vocalist of her genre.

What “Ceremonials” does for chamber music is impressive. By taking what is considered a classical sound and dipping it into what has become the norm for almost every indie release, Florence + the Machine has stumbled across a sound that’s one part unique and one part familiar, but reinvented for modern audiences. tion song. This song is one of those types that you just wanna fly down the highway with the top down enjoying the sunlight.

Welch’s vocals, even in the distant, give this song its power. It almost reminds me of a song that would be at the end of an inspirational movie with the lyric “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”

Welch focuses on starting fresh and letting go of your regrets. A positive message that listeners enjoy hearing. Sometimes Florence + the Machine gives me an ‘80s sounding kinda vibe, but it’s not a bad thing. One song from “Ceremonials” that gives off that vibe is “Lover to Lover.” The reason I say this is because the introduction of this track has a keyboard part that just sticks out and screams electronic ‘80s sound to me for some reason.

Also, Welch’s vocals during certain parts of this track remind me of a new wave Stevie Nicks. Over all, I quite enjoyed “Ceremonials” as well as “Lungs” and I have no doubt that we can expect great things in the future from Florence + the Machine.

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Bands battle for spot in CampusFest ALEX KRACH

Entertainment Staff

On Saturday, Nov. 5, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Every Friday and Saturday Night hosted the 2011 Battle of the Bands. The event started at 8 p.m. and teamed up with Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre fraternity, collected donations and gave away pins and wristbands for YouthAIDS, an HIV/ AIDS fundraising and awareness campaign.

The Alpha Psi Omega also took donations for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS and the groups raffled a Pepsi gift basket. Judging the battle was Erin Lewis, Sig Ep’s chapter counselor and assistant director of Career Service Center, Rick Sabousky, the chair of Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Brittany Bender, station manager and Dj of WCUC-FM 91.7.

The criteria for scoring the judges used was based on originality, band sound, audience participation and overall score. There were four bands in attendance, which included: Syndiscy, Hospital Blues, Color and Free Candy. Syndiscy, which featured Ryan Hanner on drums and backing vocals, Grant Romig on

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First-place winners Color perform Saturday night during SigEp and EFSN’s battle of the bands. The band will play during CampusFest. guitar, Caleb Brownly on lead vocals and Scott Campbell on bass guitar, kicked off the Battle of the Bands, their first show together, with a cover of Papa Roach’s song, “Last Resort.” Following Syndiscy was Hospital Blues. Hospital Blues, a band consisting of DJ Caldwell on drums, Lawson Bloom on guitar and vocals,

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David Bumbarger on guitar and Alex Skroba on bass, played an original set that started getting the crowd up and moving.

“They were really good, especially the lead guitarist, he was sick,” said Sig Ep member Paul Yi, “He was a nasty screamer, too. And their drummer,

DJ, was really good too.”

Color, the third performance of the night, mixed among their original songs some covers, including “Voodoo Child” by Jimi Hendrix.

Their members include Jonathon Pizzuti on guitar and vocals, Eric Krouse on keyboard, Andrew Hawk on drums and Matt Wolbert

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on guitar. The audience responded well as they began working through their set, which featured some blues, rock and roll and folk pieces.

“Color, they were awesome,” said Kevin Morrow, “I got a good vibe from them and their style.”

The last performance of the night, Free Candy, which

included Alex Tinker on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Corey Forrest on bass and vocals, Jimmy Garrity on drums and vocals and Ryan McWherter on lead guitar and vocals. Free Candy got the crowd up and dancing with some original songs and a rendition of “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison.

“The reaction from the crowd for Free Candy was honestly awesome,” said Yi. “They put on such a good show; all the bands did really. But when Free Candy’s lead singer came out to the crowd and started dancing, that was pretty awesome.”

The competition came down to a one-point difference between Free Candy and Color, the latter scoring a 73 out of 84 and Free Candy scoring 72 out of 84. Color came in first overall and won a concert at CampusFest, hosted by the University Activities Board, Free Candy came in second and won a music video produced by BA Studios, and Hospital Blues came in third and won a 50 dollar Visa gift card.

“Judging the battle of the bands was fun, but sort of nerve wracking,” said Bender.

“Overall, it was a great event with good music that got the crowd excited.”

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WCUC-FM Spotlight: Music Review: T h e Z i s t e r S h o w Wake me up when it’s over BLAYNE SHEAFFER Entertainment Staff

A girls’ show to the fullest, “The Zister Show” is hosted by Jazzmonde James, Arriana Bey, Breanna Wilburn and Chantel Peterson every Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. on WCUC-FM “The Clutch.”

These girls have a lot to say, and with only two hours a week to say it, the show makes for an interesting, entertaining and endearing listen.

With its flock of followers constantly live tweeting their opinions, shoutouts and song requests, the show gets moving on the topics of relationships, fashion, health and events. Because “The Zister Show” is closely connected to the Minority International Association of Communicators, which Peterson is the president, there is also a large following from the association’s involvement.

“Girl talk, more censored,” is how Peterson describes the show. “There’s always a controversy. We don’t even notice that we’re on the radio.”

The theme of “The Zister Show” is to basically “mock our gatherings.”

As an example to potential followers/listeners of

what each topic of discussion entails, last week’s discussion on relationships consisted of “when anybody wants what they can’t have.” In the fashion segment, the search for winter coats was debated.

“Everyone looks nice in a pea coat,” Peterson said.

Random facts are shared in the health segment of the show.

“You can remove nail polish with lemon juice,” Peterson said.

Events can vary from local campus news to the latest in pop culture, like, “Kim K’s divorce.”

“The Zister Show” has also started a “local hiphop segment,” featuring artists from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and the new music being produced from the area.

Featured between segments and throughout the show are the latest and best in hip-hop and R&B. The group’s favorite artists are Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz and Wale. It is a definite possibility that listeners can expect to hear only the best from these artists.

With Peterson involved in MIAC, “Minorities involved in communications,” as Peterson put it, “The Zister Show” tries to get students involved with

the association through the show. The girls are adamant about keeping students informed about news in minorities and international happenings.

“We don’t take advantage of our sources,” Peterson said. “We want our campus involved.”

In the future, “The Zister Show” plans to record the shows and post them on YouTube for their fans outside the Clarion area.

Postings are to be announced on Twitter.

Peterson encourages students to get involved at WCUC-FM and to create their own show.

“Find a topic you like to talk about,” said Peterson.

“Try to keep a slot where it’s convenient.”

She also says that it is important to host a show with “people you enjoy being around,” Peterson said. “Stay dedicated.

Have a target audience.”

The girls would like to make a shout-out to their loyal fans and Twitter followers.

“Thanks for the support,” Peterson said. “And all the Twitter love.”

Catch “The Zister Show” Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m. at 91.7 WCUC-FM “The Clutch,” or contact the girls via Twitter at @ the ZISTERshow.

BRITTANY BENDER Entertainment Staff

It’s been five long years since Evanescence’s last album, the band that gave us such hits as “Wake Me Up,” “My Immortal” and “Call Me When You’re Sober.” Debuting Oct. 11, their new, highly anticipated self-titled album features a new bassist, rhythm guitarist and drummer. Lead singer, Amy Lee, in addition to her vocals, plays piano and harp on the album. Terry Balsamo reprises his role as lead guitarist as well. Will the album live up to the success of its predecessors, “Fallen,” and “The Open Door?”

Evanescence’s first single from the album, “What You Want,” came out in August and is the first track. The strong drum beat drives the song along with the heavy guitar part. Lee’s vocals are still as haunting as ever in the verses.

However, in the chorus, the lyrics, along with her singing style, come off as a little cheesy and may be a throwback to the ‘80s. They are sort of remniscient of Lita Ford’s singing style,

which isn’t Lee. The second song, “Made of Stone,” is much like the first and, again, sounds like an ‘80s rocker chick band.

“The Change” sounds more like old Evanescence, and the lyrical content is the same as well, with it being dark and depressing on the surface, but ends up being sort of empowering.

Another song that definitely sounds like old Evanescence is “Lost in Paradise.” The seventh song on the album is soft and features harp and violin with Lee’s emotional theatrical vocals. The song is close to the concept and sound of “My Immortal.”

“Oceans” has the same feel of Evanescence’s first single, “Wake Me Up.” The guitar part is different, but the beat and contrast of Lee’s voice to the heavy instrumentals is all the same.

“My Heart is Broken” is the newest single released. The song is heavy but incorporates Lee’s piano and harpplaying abilities nicely with her hollow voice.

The song is structured almost like a letter to the one that broke her

heart instead of typical lyrical prose.

The one stand-out on the album was the song “Swimming Home,” which really didn’t sound like Evanescence’s previous music at all. It had an indie feel that mixed the calming instrumentals with Lee’s voice and lyrics that were dark with harmonies, to go along with them.

Evanescence seems to be in a transitional stage with the new musicians. They are caught between what they used to be and trying to define a new sound for themselves that will fit in with the musical styles of 2011.

The lyrics are the same, about heartbreak and loneliness, with only one or two exceptions.

The guitar parts and drum beats on this album can get so heavy that Lee’s voice just doesn’t fit, and other times her voice and range are so all over the place that it’s just too much. The album may have debuted at No. 1, but has fallen to 13 and will continue to fall downward, since the novelty of this album has worn off.

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Volleyball moves on to PSAC semifinals MATT CATRILLO Sports Staff

Even though they wanted to host it, the Clarion Golden Eagles volleyball team defeated second seed Edinboro 3-2 in the PSAC quarterfinals.

Sophomore Corinne Manely had a huge night for the Golden Eagles with 12 kills, hitting a .522 percentage, while adding four blocks, and had no errors.

“She was unbelievable,” said head coach Jennifer Mills. “They couldn’t stop her.”

Kaitlyn Anderson and Kellie Bartman added to the big win with double digit kills.

Clarion put itself in a hole after dropping the first set 25-23, but responded vehemently by taking the next two sets 25-22 and 25-23.

“When we got them out of system we were able to get a lead,” Mills said. “Getting that lead was so important.”

Edinboro responded by taking the fourth set, 25-20.

Then came the fifth set in which Clarion jumped

out to an 8-3 lead before a furious comeback from Edinboro cut the Golden Eagles lead to one, before Clarion pulled out the 1513 set and match win.

It was an ironic situation for the Golden Eagles after being in a similar situation in their tough 3-2 loss at California University of Pennsylvania in the last match of the regular season that forced them to go on the road for the playoffs.

“We were in the same situation Saturday and faltered,” said Coach Mills.

“We didn’t do that this time. We took some big swings at the end. I’m happy with that.”

In that match at CalU, Bartman led the team with a double-double of 14 kills and 20 digs.

Amanda Gough lead the offense with 41 set assists, and added 13 digs and four blocks.

The Golden Eagles had a lot of momentum going into the match at CalU, after sweeping Indiana University of Pennsylvania 3-0 on Friday, Nov. 4, in dominating fashion, 2511, 25-7 and 25-23.

“We came out pretty

dominant. Our serving forced them into making errors,” Coach Mills said.

Rhiannon Brady had a solid outing with 17 digs, and Gough was the commander of the offense once again, with 35 set assists, and added seven digs, three kills and three blocks.

With the playoff victory, Clarion moves on to the PSAC semi-finals for the third straight season, much to the pleasure of Coach Mills.

“I think that’s important,” Mills said.

“One of my biggest goals when I took over was for us to be competitive in the conference every year. We have the athletes to do that, and they are working hard and buying into what we are doing. Our five seniors have built this.

This is them, right here, right now.”

They will head east to take on Lock Haven University, the top seed in the PSAC East, Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The conference championship match will be on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Lock Haven.

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Clarion records nine place winners in its opening tournament at the Rec Center on Sunday.

Wrestlers open season at Rec Center MARK EMCH

Managing Editor

Friends, family and student supporters ringed the Clarion University Rec Center on Sunday, Nov. 6 for the wrestling team’s first tournament of the season.

Clarion hosted the Clarion-Knight Point Open for a myriad of Division I teams from across the nation.

Wrestlers from prestigious schools such as Pittsburgh, Penn State, Maryland, Princeton, and Navy were all in attendance.

Clarion seniors Bekzod Abdurakhmonov and Quintas McCorkle both displayed impressive outings throughout the day-long tournament.

Abdurakhmonov, who competed in the 165-pound weight class, managed to wrestle his way to the finals of his class.

He lost in the final match to Brandon Hatchet of Lehigh University, who went undefeated for the day.

The match remained tied until the final seconds, when Hatchet took Abdurakhmonov to the ground.

McCorkle, made it to the final match of his 285 pound weight class as well, but lost to Ashland’s Justin Southwick.

Southwick wrestled undefeated on the day, and sported a singlet emblazoned

with symbols of the former U.S.S.R., a symbol that stood out amongst the other uniformed wrestlers.

McCorkle and Southwick fought in a stalemate for most of the match until the final minute.

Southwick pinned McCorkle to the ground and came away as the champion.

Despite his loss in the finals, McCorkle put impressive skills of strength and finesse on display during the tournament.

He pulled off multiple hardfought wins, including Penn State’s Collin Campbell.

Clarion’s Mark Havers, a true freshman out of Bradford, Pa. impressed onlookers when he pinned Bloomsburg’s Cody Zechman to the ground in a mere 15 seconds.

Havers started off his freshman season in high fashion, placing a 5-1 record for the day, good enough for third place in the 157 pound weight class.

The Clarion Wrestling squad will travel to Brockport, N.Y. on Saturday, Nov. 12, to compete in the Oklahoma Gold Invite, where McCorkle and Abdurakhmonov hope to pull off even better performances than last time.

After Sunday’s tournament, hopes are high for the future of the wrestling team as it enters into the 2011 season.

FACE OFF Is Kobe or LeBron the better player?

EDDIE MCDONALD Sports Staff

A big topic of discussion in the NBA is who the best player is; Kobe Bryant or LeBron James.

To me it’s a no brainer; the answer is Kobe Bryant.

Both players have similar paths to the NBA. They both came straight from high school, and were both picked in the first round.

James was the first overall pick in 2003 by his hometown team, Cleveland Cavaliers.

Bryant was picked 13th overall in 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets, but was later traded to his current team, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant is rega rded as one of, if not the bes t, closers in the game today.

His clutch shooting late in games is one of the reasons he is better than James.

Bryant has hit more than 30 game winning shots over his 15 year career.

He had six alone during the 20102011 season.

Both of these players have been compared to at one point in their respective careers to Michael Jordan.

James is more MJ-like than Bryant in terms of overall stats, but Bryant is more like him overall.

It took Jordan six years to get his first NBA Championship.

It took Bryant six years to get three, which is half of Jordan’s.

Everyone will say that the only reason Kobe has three is because he had Shaquille O’Neal on his team.

To counter that argument, Kobe averaged 25.7 points per game during their 3-peat.

I will use this argument for a long time.

Bryant has five rings, James has zero. Granted Bryant has been in the league longer, James has had his fair share of opportunities.

Most recently these come this past season, when James was nowhere to be found in the NBA Finals.

This was the super team that was created in the offseason with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh.

He also led his Cavaliers to the NBA’s best record for two consecutive seasons, and yet his team could not reach the finals.

This is the year that everyone had LeBron versus Bryant in the finals, but LeBron failed to make the finals after losing 4-1 to the Orlando Magic.

Bryant led his team to another title the next season.

James has the better regular season statistics I will admit that, but it all comes down to winning championships.

Until James wins a title, I will consider Kobe a better player.

Now for the people, who don’t like to compare ring stats, let’s compare headto-head statistics.

Bryant’s work ethic and leadership are leaps and bounds above James. Kobe, after losing to James’ Heat last season, stayed after to work on his game.

As for leadership, people were questioning whether or not James quit in the playoffs a couple seasons ago.

Never has that been said of Bryant.

When the going got tough for both players, Bryant stayed with the Lakers, while James took “his talents” to Miami.

Bryant is the better player of the two.

MICHAEL WATERLOO Sports Staff

When Michael Jordan came into the league in the 1984, he simply dominated the competition.

Heading into the later part of his career, people were wondering who they anoint as the “next Michael Jordan.”

Well, in 1996, a kid from Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia entered the league and his name was Kobe Bryant.

People thought Bryant would be the one to take the crown from Jordan and, in a sense, he did.

In 2003 however, arguably the most hyped high school player of all-time was set to make his professional debut.

That man was LeBron James. James took the league by storm and actually lived up to the hype that surrounded him.

Over the past five years or so, the debate has gone on as to who is the best player in basketball.

While names like Dwight Howard, Dirk Nowitski, Chris Paul and Kevin Durant will be in the mix, the majority of people go with either James or Bryant.

Since we are comparing James and Bryant, let me first say that if I had to have the ball in one player’s hands to win the game, I would go with Bryant.

He has proved time and time again to be more clutch down the stretch.

Also, if the two played a game of oneon-one, I would go with Bryant.

James is an overall better player than Bryant is.

While Bryant is more of a pure scorer than James, James is more of a complete player.

James has the defensive edge, passing ability and rebounding advantage on Bryant.

Looking at last year’s stats, James scored 26.7 points per game which was second in the league, compared to Bryant’s 25.3 which was good for fifth.

James also topped Bryant in field goal percentage and three-point percentage as well as trumping Bryant in assists with seven per game to only 4.3 for Bryant.

To compare their stats for their careers, through James’ first eight seasons, he averages 27.7 points per game, 7.0 assists per game and 7.1 rebounds per game.

Whereas Bryant averaged 21.6 points per game, 4.2 assists per game and 5.0 rebounds per game through his first eight seasons.

The knock on LeBron is that he hasn’t won a championship while Bryant has five.

I don’t argue rings, but look at the teammates Bryant has had over the course of his career.

Shaquille O’Neal, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest, Eddie Jones, Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom, Robert Horry, and the list goes on and on.

Meanwhile, James led his team to the best record in 2008-2009 as the Cavaliers went 66-16.

Playing in the weak Eastern Conference helped to pad the stats against for the Cavaliers against lesser teams before ultimately losing to the Magic in the conference finals.

James’ supporting cast over the years has not been stellar until last year.

That is when he joined the Miami Heat with Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade.

There again, James came under fire for losing another championship, but in his first year with a new team and three star players, a trip to the finals isn’t a bad thing.

While I’ll still include Bryant in my top-five barely at this point in his career, I’ll take James each time.

Remember, this isn’t career accolades; this is the here and now.

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STANDINGS HOCKEY

Associated Press updates from around the country

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE

TEAM PITTSBURGH TORONTO WASHINGTON NY RANGERS PHILADELPHIA BUFFALO TAMPA BAY FLORIDA

RECORD/POINTS 9-3-3 21 9-5-1 19 9-4-0 18 8-3-3 19 8-4-3 19 9-5-0 18 8-5-2 18 7-4-3 17

TEAM DALLAS EDMONTON CHICAGO MINNESOTA SAN JOSE LOS ANGELES PHOENIX NASHVILLE

RECORD/POINTS 11-3-0 22 9-3-2 20 8-4-3 19 8-3-3 19 8-4-1 17 7-5-3 17 7-4-2 16 7-5-2 16

NEW JERSEY OTTAWA CAROLINA WINNIPEG BOSTON MONTREAL NY ISLANDERS

7-5-1 7-8-1 5-7-3 5-7-3 6-7-0 5-7-2 4-6-2

DETROIT VANCOUVER COLORADO ST. LOUIS CALGARY ANAHEIM COLUMBUS

7-5-1 7-7-1 7-7-1 7-7-0 6-7-1 5-6-3 2-11-1

15 15 13 13 12 12 10

*Teams above dashed line on track for playoffs Updated as of 10:29 p.m. Wednesday

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

NFC RECORD 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-3 5-3 5-3 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 3-5 3-5 2-6 1-7 0-9

TEAM Green Bay San Francisco Detroit NY Giants New Orleans Chicago Atlanta Dallas Tampa Bay Philadelphia Washington Seattle Minnesota Arizona Carolina St. Louis

RECORD 8-0 7-1 6-2 6-2 6-3 5-3 5-3 4-4 4-4 3-5 3-5 2-6 2-6 2-6 2-6 1-7

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA - AP TOP 25 (NOV. 6) TEAM LSU Oklahoma State Stanford Alabama Boise State Oregon Oklahoma Arkansas Clemson Virginia Tech Houston Penn State Michigan State

RECORD 9-0 9-0 9-0 8-1 8-0 8-1 8-1 8-1 8-1 8-1 9-0 8-1 7-2

TEAM Georgia South Carolina Wisconsin Kansas State USC Nebraska Georgia Tech Texas Michigan Cincinnati Auburn Southern Miss.

RECORD 7-2 7-2 7-2 7-2 7-2 7-2 7-2 6-2 7-2 7-1 6-3 8-1

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Trustee: Penn St. president out in wake of scandal

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa.— Penn State’s president has lost his job amid a growing furor over the school’s handling of child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach.

University trustees announced Graham Spanier’s (SPAN’-yerz) ouster Wednesday night. The scandal also claimed football coach Joe Paterno’s career.

The upheaval comes days after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with molesting eight boys over 15 years. Sandusky denies the charges.

A grand jury report says Spanier was told about an assault on campus in 2002.

But Spanier didn’t tell authorities. He says he wasn’t told how serious the assault was.

Two other administrators stepped down after being charged with perjury.

Spanier hasn’t been charged. He took over Penn State in 1995.

PSU trustees: Paterno must go now STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier (SPAN<-yer) amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.

The massive shakeup Wednesday night came hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season.

But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore.

One key question has been why Paterno and other top school officials didn’t go to police in 2002 after being told a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assaulting a boy in a school shower.

Paterno says he should have done more. Spanier has said he was not told the details of the attack.

Sandusky has denied the charges.

NFL

Coach Tomlin still feels the sting from Ravens loss

PITTSBURGH — For Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, the evidence still hurt.

Tomlin sat through all 13 plays of misery, watched every last second of tape of Baltimore’s game-winning drive in a 23-20 victory on Sunday night.

“To be quite frank with you, it stung as much yesterday as it did on Sunday night, as it should,” Tomlin said. “We lost a very tough, close ballgame, highly contested. ... Hopefully we will grow and learn from it. I know those will be our intentions. I truly believe that it will strengthen us moving forward.”

If the Steelers (6-3) want to stay in the playoff picture in the crowded AFC, they don’t really have a choice. A hangover of any kind could be costly, particularly on Sunday against surprising Cincinnati (6-2).

The Bengals have won five straight and typically play Pittsburgh tough no matter how their season is going.

“Really, when you think about it, the last couple of years, the ball has ended up in their hands inside the 10-yard line or so, to win it at the very end,” Tomlin said. “We were fortunate enough to make a play a year ago. We weren’t the year before that.”

BOXING

Boxing legend Joe Frazier dies Monday at 67 of cancer PHILADELPHIA — Joe Frazier had to throw his greatest punch to knock down “The Greatest.”

A vicious left hook from Frazier put Muhammad Ali on the canvas in the 15th round in March 1971 when he became the first man to beat him in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden.

“That was the greatest thing that ever happened in my life,” Frazier said.

Frazier, who died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at 67, will forever be associated with Ali. No one in boxing would ever dream of anointing Ali as The Greatest unless he, too, was linked to Smokin’ Joe. “I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration,” Ali said in a statement. “My sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones.”

They fought three times, twice in the heart of New York City and once in the morning in a steamy arena in the Thrilla in Manila in the Philippines. They went 41 rounds together. Neither gave an inch and both gave it their all.

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Clarion alum signs with arena football team MICHAEL WATERLOO Sports Staff

What happens when children are brought up in a rough atmosphere, but still hold onto their dreams?

One child didn’t let the atmosphere he grew up in diminish his dream of playing professional football for a living.

This child, Alfonso Hoggard, made the best out of a bad situation and pushes everyday to make his dream a reality.

Hoggard, a former running back for the Golden Eagles football team grew up in Philadelphia Pa., a town notorious for its highcrime rate and rough environment.

Instead of getting caught up in the elements, Hoggard resisted the temptations of the fast life thanks to some help from his mom.

“It’s a rough city surrounded by a bunch of crime and everyday bad apples. I just tried to stay positive and focus on the goal and not get caught up in the negative in the city,” Hoggard said.

“My mom helped me out trying to keep me focused and not going down the wrong road.”

Hoggard said that his mother sent him to a private school Caravel Academy, which was the best thing for him to get away from the negative environment.

At Caravel Academy, he started for the football team, but there was some

concern about his size.

Hoggard stands 5-foot 2 3/8-inches and weighs in at 150 pounds.

With a little help from his high school coach, he knew the direction he wanted to take for his collegiate career.

“My high school coach went to Clarion University and told me to look at it. I knew that I was a small guy, and I wasn’t going to get big looks, so if I wanted to play I should come to a smaller school. I wanted to keep playing the game I love, so I decided on coming to Clarion,” Hoggard said.

Hoggard came to Clarion in 2007 and looked to make an immediate impact for the Golden Eagles football team.

He started as a true freshman at the slot position pulling in 48 receptions for 505 yards and three touchdowns.

Going into his junior year, however, he switched from receiver to running back, where he racked up 1,046 yards on 224 rushes and 17 touchdowns.

Hoggard’s numbers were good enough to make him a Third-Team All-American.

Not only were Hoggard’s numbers outstanding, but his character is what really made him stick out to Clarion football coach John Foster.

“Alfonso was/is not only a great football player, but also a quality young man.

He was on the Clarion

University Student Senate, earned an academic scholarship, went to leadership conventions and was a captain. He’s just a quality individual overall,” Foster said.

Hoggard was the definition of a student athlete in every sense of the phrase.

He maintained a 3.3 grade point average, had a double major in finance and economics, served on the Clarion University Student Senate and received an academic scholarship.

Even if this was the end of the road for Hoggard as a football player, it was no question he would be a success.

Players who aspire to move onto to the NFL after college usually come out of bigger Division-I schools, not schools the size of Clarion University.

Yet Clarion graduate Reggie Wells showed it to be possible as he was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft.

Hoggard had some interest from the Philadelphia Eagles and other teams after his graduation and the coaches and scouts were impressed with his game film.

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Junior runningback Patrick Graham-Murphy rushes for 107 yards and three touchdowns.

Clarion blows double-digit lead in loss JACOB OBERDORF Sports Staff

The Clarion football team took the field to face Mercyhurst on Saturday to celebrate Senior Day. Clarion took the lead with 10:24 left in the second quarter on a six-play, 84-yard drive, and cashed in a 16-yard touchdown run by junior running back Patrick Graham-Murphy.

On their next drive the Eagles drove 71 yards on eight plays capped off once again by Graham-Murphy taking a 24-14 lead with 5:49 left in the second quarter.

Graham-Murphy finished the game with 107 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries. Coach Jay Foster considered Graham-Murphy a “pleasant surprise” considering that he has only had nine practices at the position.

Sophomore quarterback Ben Fiscus finished the first half completing seven of 11 passes for 122 yards and rushed for 77 yards.

However, Fiscus suffered bruised ribs at the end of the half and was unable to return for the second half.

The beginning of the second half continued to roll in Clarion’s favor.

The Mercyhurst deep man fumbled the second half kickoff, and Andrew Paronish returned the fumble for the Eagles to the Mercyhurst 38-yard line.

A personal foul on the play set up the Eagles on the Mercyhurst six-yard line.

Graham-Murphy fumbled the ball going into the end zone only to be scooped up by teammate Jon Reid giving the Eagles a 3414 lead with 14:04 left in the third quarter.

After a fumble by sophomore quarterback Ryan Voisey, Mercyhurst was set up at the 10-yard line.

On the opposing drive Mercyhurst quarterback Anthony Vednemia’s fourthdown pass was deflected into the arms

of Clarion’s senior corner Chris Wilson who returned the ball 99 yards for the Clarion score giving the Eagles a 38-14 lead midway through the third quarter.

Wilson also has a 97 yard interception in the game last year against Mercyhurst. Clarion then dodged another bullet after they recovered a fumble at the one-yard line and ran it out.

However Foster felt that this turn of events was the game changer.

“At that moment we thought the game was over. We dodged that bullet and we felt the game was over.”

The momentum then shifted over to Mercyhurst who accumulated a total of 412 yards compared to the 136 yards in the first half.

Life without Fiscus proved to be too much for the Eagles only being able to accumulate a total of 36 yards in the second half.

Mercyhurst scored 28 unanswered points in the fourth quarter with the last coming off a one-yard run with 32 seconds left in the game.

Clarion had one final push starting with the ball at mid-field with 25 seconds left.

Helped with yet another Mercyhurst penalty the Eagles set up at the Mercyhurst 35 yard line.

With third team quarterback Anthony Omogrosso in the game after replacing second teamer Voisey in the third quarter because of injury, the Eagles drove to the five yard line with seven seconds left. Omogrosso’s final attempt was picked off to preserve the win for Mercyhurst.

Barrington Morrison led the Clarion defense with three tackles for loss and two sacks.

Senior Shawn Sopic led the team with 11 tackles and one tackle for loss.

The Eagles will end their season with a game at Millersville.

Courtney Healy Women’s W omen’s basketball basketball senior senior forward forward INTERVIEW BY Michael Collins

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What are your expectations for this season?

I am expecting us to have a pretty good season. We are older and more mature than last year. We are also really clicking as a team, so hopefully that will show on the court and therefore get us some wins.

Q

Being from Australia, what has your experience been playing at Clarion?

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I have had a great experience playing for Clarion. It wasn’t always what I expected, but it has definitely been fun and a great learning experience. My teammates have been a huge part of my time

here. They are my family and have always been there for me.

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How do you get ready for a big game? Is there certain music you listen to, or something else you do to prepare yourself?

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I don’t really do anything special to get ready for big games or any games. I am not one of those people that have a routine. The only thing I say we would do before a game is sing really loud, it gets us fairly pumped up.

Q

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not playing basketball?

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When I am not playing basketball I like to hang out with my friends.

I have met some awesome people here, so may as well make the most of seeing them while I can.

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What are your plans after you graduate?

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After I graduate in Fall 2012, I am going home. It has been such a great experience here at Clarion but I am ready to go home. I miss my family too much. Once I am home I am planning on enjoying summer because I have missed out on it for four years. Then I guess I will start looking for a job.

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