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AFSCME president: contract is fair KELSEY HUEBERT News Editor
CLARION, Pa. - Clarion University employees are generally satisfied with the new American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees state contract, AFSCME President John Massa said. “Nobody likes to give up anything, but I think it’s a fair contract,” he said. The state has not yet published the contract in text, but it has been published online. “Our sick leave was reduced from 13 to 11 days a year,” Massa said. That change will take effect on Jan. 1. “I’m sure people would prefer not to lose two sick days,” Massa said. The contract says an employee that does not take a sick day in 2012 will get an extra personal day in 2013. Massa said AFSCME employees have made concessions in their health care plans. In the contract’s new health care agreement, co-payments for AFSCME
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Clarion AFSCME President John Massa settles into his new office in the Public Safety building. employees visiting hospital emergency rooms have increased from $50 to $100. Also, employees not enrolled in the “Get Healthy” program will have to contribute five
percent of their health benefits instead of two percent for employees enrolled in the program, beginning in 2014. “Get Healthy” is an incentive program to
encourage employees healthy decisions. Massa said the contract includes amicable provisions for wage increases. “Everyone’s bills are going up,” Massa said, “so
everyone would appreciate a pay raise.” The new contract does not provide a pay increase next year, however. Starting Jan. 1, 2013, AFSCME employees will
see a 10.75 percent pay increase over the following three years. “In that aspect, it’s fair,” Massa said, “because it’s not exorbitant, it makes sense.” Massa said he thinks public employee wages can be a likely target when the state tried to balance its budget. “To cut costs, it’s easy to say ‘don’t give state employees a raise,’ but we’re hard workers like anybody else,” Massa said. AFSCME is a national organization with more than 1.6 million members, and the largest union for secretarial and clerical workers, at more than 200,000. AFSCME is also the largest national union representing social workers, highway employees, park and recreation workers, mental health workers, inspectors, employment counselors and correctional officers. AFSCME is governed in a democratic fashion, with local members voting for officers and board members to represent them at state and national levels.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A new judge was assigned Wednesday to handle the child sex abuse charges against former Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, whose televised defense earlier this week drew a rebuke from a lawyer for one of his accusers. The change removed a State College judge with ties to a charity founded by Sandusky for at-risk children, The Second Mile. Harrisburg attorney Ben Andreozzi said he represents a client who will testify against Sandusky, who is accused of
abusing eight boys, some on campus, over 15 years. “I am appalled by the fact that Mr. Sandusky has elected to re-victimize these young men at a time when they should be healing,” Andreozzi said in a statement by his office. “He fully intends to testify that he was severely sexually assaulted by Mr. Sandusky.” Sandusky’s lawyer, Joe Amendola, appeared with him on NBC’s “Rock Center” on Monday night and cast doubt on the evidence in the case. “We anticipate we’re going to have at least several of those kids come forward and say, ‘This never happened. This
is me. This is the allegation. It never occurred,’” Amendola said. Andreozzi said he has his “finger on the pulse” of the case. He knows of no accusers changing their stories or refusing to testify. “To the contrary, others are actually coming forward, and I will have more information for you later this week,” Andreozzi said. Sandusky, 67, appeared on the show by phone and said he showered with boys but never molested them. Also Wednesday, a central Pennsylvania police chief said his department did not receive reports from a then-Penn State
graduate assistant who said he saw Sandusky raping a boy on campus in a football locker room shower in 2002. The assistant, Mike McQueary, wrote in an email to a friend that was made available to The Associated Press that he had discussions with police about what he saw. In the email, McQueary did not specify which police department he spoke to. State College borough police chief Tom King said McQueary didn’t make a report to his department. The university has its own police force. Penn State administrators said they were looking into
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whether McQueary contacted campus police. Penn State campus police referred all questions on the Sandusky matter to the university’s public information office. When asked about McQueary’s assertion in the email about “discussions” with police, university spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz said the school and police “were looking into it.” The football building is on university property, so campus police would be the most likely to respond for a police call. But it was unclear if university, State College or state police would have been contacted if any such discussion took place.
Mountz also noted the 23-page grand jury report was the state attorney general’s summary of testimony, so it’s unclear what McQueary’s full testimony was. Sandusky is due in court on Dec. 7, and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts announced Wednesday that it was bringing in a Westmoreland County senior district judge to preside over his preliminary hearing. Robert E. Scott is taking over the hearing from Centre County District Judge Leslie Dutchcot. Dutchcot has donated money to The Second Mile, where authorities say Sandusky met his victims.
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Farm exports boom as rest of economy struggles MINNEAPOLIS — As U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Vietnam and China to talk trade this week, he’s hoping to build on one of the few bright spots in the struggling American economy: agricultural exports. U.S. agricultural exports are projected to reach a record $137 billion this year and hit that same mark next year. The U.S. agricultural trade surplus is expected to top $42 billion. And new free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are expected to boost farm exports by another $2.3 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The gains aren’t limit-
ed to products like corn, soybeans, rice, beef and pork. U.S. exports of dairy products, including powdered milk, cheese and butter, and nuts such as pecans, pistachios and almonds also have climbed in recent years. In an interview with The Associated Press, Vilsack rattled off several reasons why agricultural exports are doing so well when much of the economy is stagnant. He said demand in China and other developing nations, the growing productivity of American farmers and ranchers, a positive perception of American agricultural products overseas, and
aggressive marketing efforts by farm groups and the USDA. “As long as we continue to focus on those countries with these emerging middle classes, and focus on countries that are open to trade agreements, that open their markets as much as our markets are open, we’re always going to do well,” Vilsack said. He pointed to the new trade deal with South Korea, which he expects will boost U.S. farm exports by about $1.9 billion annually. It also may reopen the door for discussions with China and Japan about reducing their restrictions on American beef imports, he said.
Gunman killed by police in UC Berkeley shooting BERKELEY, Calif. — A man with a gun was shot by police Tuesday inside the business school at the University of California, Berkeley, after hundreds of students and anti-Wall Street activists descended on the campus for a day of protests. The shooting occurred at the Haas School of Business on the east side of campus, less than a half-mile away from the protest site. Ute Frey, a spokeswoman for the university, said officials did not yet know whether the suspect was part of the Occupy Cal movement.
“I just hope it wasn’t from the protest or the movement, because that’s not what the movement is about,” said Sadia Saif, a 19-year-old UC Berkeley sophomore. University officials said a female staff member saw a man carrying what appeared to be a gun in an elevator at the business school after 2 p.m. The staff member called police at 2:17 p.m., saying she saw the man remove the gun from a backpack. Police said they arrived at 2:19 p.m. and had to locate the suspect. Officers found the suspect in a third-floor computer
room where there were at least four students, officials said. The suspect raised the gun and was shot by an officer at about 2:22 p.m, roughly five minutes after the initial call, according to the school. At the time, four students were between the officer and the suspect, UC Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said at an afternoon news conference. None of the students were hurt. No further details about the shooting were immediately released. The condition of the suspect was not immediately known.
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SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities estimate 17 tons of marijuana were seized in the discovery of a major cross-border drug tunnel linking warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Authorities said Wednesday that about nine tons were found on the U.S. side, either inside a truck that was seen leaving the warehouse or at the warehouse. Mexican authorities seized eight tons. Two people were arrested on a California highway and charged with drug crimes. Cesar Beltran and Ruben Gomez were allegedly inside the truck that was pulled over Tuesday afternoon in La Mesa. Authorities spoke at a news conference in front of bundles of pot marked with drawings of Captain America or Bud Light and Sprite labels. The markings designate the owner of the drugs.
Authorities in western Pennsylvania say five people were arrested following an Occupy Pittsburgh protest at the city’s convention center. Police told WTAE-TV that about 100 protesters gathered at about 6 p.m. Tuesday outside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, where oilfield services firm Halliburton Co. was hosting a conference for oil and gas industry members. Police said the crowd was told to disband, and five people who resisted were arrested. Officers said they were taken to Allegheny County Jail and face charges including defiant trespass, failure to disperse, disorderly conduct and obstructing traffic.
London London officials attached eviction notices to protest tents outside St. Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, asking the demonstrators to remove the camp within a day or face legal action. The notices posted by the City of London Corporation said the encampment was “an unlawful obstruction” of a sidewalk, and asked protesters to take down “all tents and other structures” by 6 p.m. Thursday. Cathedral and city officials had suspended legal action to remove the camp two weeks ago, and offered the protesters a deal to allow them to stay until the new year if they then agreed to leave. But the corporation said Tuesday that talks had failed and it was resuming legal action.
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Crackdowns against the Occupy Wall Street encampments across the country reached the epicenter of the movement Tuesday, when police rousted protesters from a Manhattan park and a judge ruled that their free speech rights do not extend to pitching a tent and setting up camp for months at a time. It was a potentially devastating setback. If crowds of demonstrators return to Zuccotti Park, they will not be allowed to bring tents, sleeping bags and other equipment that turned the area into a makeshift city of dissent. But demonstrators pledged to carry on with their message protesting corporate greed and economic inequality, either in Zuccotti or a yet-to-be chosen new home.
Melbourne Police in Australia have swooped down on the Occupy Melbourne camp, arresting three protesters as they enforced city orders requiring demonstrators to take down tents and tarpaulins. A Melbourne spokeswoman says campers weren’t evicted Wednesday morning, but were issued notices giving them an hour to remove the shelters. She said some protesters have lawfully remained at the camp. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said aside from the arrests, more than a dozen protesters were pulled away by officers and then later released. Both spokeswomen declined to be named under Australian media custom.
California Anti-Wall Street activists began rebuilding their tent encampment on the steps of the University of California, Berkeley student plaza Tuesday and cheered wildly when former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich implored them to take a moral stand against the very rich owning so much of America’s wealth. The daylong peaceful demonstrations against big banks and education cuts culminated in some 4,000 people rallying at the Reich speech on the steps of the same student plaza that first launched the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in the 1960s.
Panel examines fracking wastewater legislation OKLAHOMA CITY — The disposal of polluted wastewater from a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing should be overseen by individual states and not the U.S. government, state regulators told a congressional committee on Wednesday. Regulators and members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment voiced concern over a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency for new regulations on wastewater generated from hydraulic fracturing. The EPA has taken steps recently to boost federal regulation of the technique, also known as fracking, announcing it will develop national standards for the disposal of the wastewater. It also is investigating whether fracking is contaminating drinking-water supplies. The technique has led to an explosion of natural gas exploration in Pennsylvania, Ohio and several other states, and committee members suggested at a meeting in Washington that federal interference could hamper the booming industry. “I am concerned that, given the recent history of the new EPA regulations, these new effluent guidelines will be so needlessly restrictive that the gas extraction operations in Ohio and many other states, and the resulting economic benefits they provide the states, will suffer,” said U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, the chairman of the subcommittee. Reporters were able to listen to the committee’s meeting by phone.
Exam: basement captive suspect competent PHILADELPHIA — A psychiatric examination has determined that a woman accused of imprisoning four mentally disabled adults in a basement as part of an alleged Social Security fraud scheme is competent to proceed in her criminal case, a judge said Wednesday. Linda Weston, 51, is on suicide watch in prison, where she is awaiting a Dec. 19 preliminary hearing on charges including kidnapping, conspiracy and assault, according to her attorneys. Common Pleas Judge Marsha Neifield ordered that Weston get psychiatric treatment at the prison for 60 days. The report, based on an evaluation conducted last week, found Weston was competent to proceed, but it also noted that she had issues with mental retardation and other problems, according to her attorney, George Yacoubian Jr. “She certainly has problems with paranoia,” along with basic intelligence, Yacoubian said, adding that she could not spell “cat” and told him George Bush was president. “She certainly has trouble grasping the seriousness of the charges.”
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania legislative leaders are making plans for a special panel made up of lawmakers from both parties in both chambers to consider changes to state law in the wake of the child sex-abuse charges against a former Penn State assistant football coach. Senate Democratic spokesman Lisa Scullin said staff and leaders met Wednesday to discuss how to set up the commission. Scullin calls it “a comprehensive examination” that would look to close loopholes in the law and provide for greater accountability. House Republican spokesman Steve Miskin says the focus will be on state law, and won’t interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation. Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years. Two university administrators are accused of not properly alerting authorities.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a package of bills to provide state relief for victims of this year’s floods, including $150 million in borrowing. The eight-bill package would provide low-interest loans for businesses and farmers, grants of as much as $10,000 for low-income residents whose losses exceed federal aid, and potential property-tax abatements for flood damage. The proposed $150 million bond issue would cover the 25 percent state, county and local shares of highway, bridge and railroad repairs not expected to be covered by the federal government. Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in the flooding that accompanied Tropical Storm Lee and Hurricane Irene in late August and September. A total of $187 million in federal flood relief had been provided to homeowners, renters and businesses as of Monday, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Gov. puts $3 million charity grant on hold PHILADELPHIA — A $3 million grant that was earmarked for a youth charity established by a former Penn State assistant football coach at the heart of a child molestation scandal has been put on hold. Gov. Tom Corbett says he knew The Second Mile founder Jerry Sandusky was gone from the organization when the state grant was approved earlier this year. Corbett spoke following an unrelated appearance Wednesday at a Philadelphia charter school. He says the grant funds are being withheld in light of the growing scandal. He defends the decision to approve the grant while knowing about the child molestation allegations against Sandusky. He says he doesn’t want to risk compromising the investigation. Sandusky has maintained his innocence. He acknowledges showering with boys, but denies molesting them.
Penn State athletic director, board member STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State is turning to a member of its board of trustees who played football and wrestled for the school to serve as its acting athletic director in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. Dr. David M. Joyner, a business consultant and an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, will take over the job performed until last week by Tim Curley. Curley is on leave as he defends himself against criminal charges that he failed to properly alert authorities when told Sandusky allegedly sodomized a young boy in the Penn State football showers in 2002, and that he lied to a grand jury. Sandusky was charged Nov. 5 with sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year span starting in 1994. Joyner’s position on the board, where he has been a trustee since 2000, is being suspended as he takes on the new duties. Among his likely tasks will be finding a replacement for Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno, who was fired last week by trustees amid mounting criticism that he and other school leaders should have done more to stop the alleged attacks. Paterno won a Division I record 409 games over a 46-year career. Longtime school president Graham Spanier also was fired, replaced by Rod Erickson, previously the school’s chief academic officer since 1999. University vice president Bill Mahon said on Tuesday that Erickson wants to make sure the school is “better aligned,” and that there are no opportunities for miscommunication between athletics and the rest of the school, or a lack or hesitancy to communicate.
City tells Philadelphia protesters to leave plaza PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia officials have told protesters who have camped out next to City Hall for more than a month to leave because of the “imminent” start of a longplanned renovation project. Mayor Michael Nutter’s office said Wednesday the city has posted an official notice saying the $50 million renovation work at Dilworth Plaza is about to start following selection of a general contractor. Officials issued no deadline, however, and said they would work with the protesters on finding another location for them. “This project’s commencement is imminent,” the statement said. “Accordingly, you should take this opportunity to vacate Dilworth Plaza and remove all of your personal belongings immediately.” The mayor’s office said members of a homeless outreach team and advocacy groups would increase efforts Thursday to help anyone who needs assistance in relocating. Managing Director Richard Negrin said the city is still working with representatives of the protesters on an alternative location, and “we’re optimistic that we can come to an agreement on a reasonable path forward.” The protesters have had hundreds of tents camped in the plaza for more than a month to protest what they say is corporate greed and other issues. The group has resisted the city’s call to move to another plaza across the street to clear the way for the renovation as well as two maintenance projects, the removal of tower scaffolding and repairs to windows overlooking the encampment.
Corbett pushes vouchers during Philly school visit PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Corbett visited a Philadelphia charter school Wednesday to rally support for his education reform initiative, which includes vouchers for students at the state’s worst-performing schools and a new teacher evaluation system. Speaking to several hundred students and teachers at First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School, Corbett said Pennsylvania needs to improve its public schools through competition while increasing achievement and reducing dropout rates. “It doesn’t take necessarily additional money,” he said. “It takes doing something differently. It takes doing it differently than the way we’ve been doing it for the last 50 years.” The state Senate last month passed legislation that would create vouchers for students at Pennsylvania’s 143 worst-performing schools. The vouchers would help those students pay for private or parochial school tuition, or allow them to transfer to another public school district.
PITTSBURGH — A youth charity at the center of the child sex abuse charges against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky received donations in recent years from hundreds of corporations, community groups and individuals — including the judge who arraigned Sandusky earlier this month and Penn State itself. The charity, The Second Mile, announced Monday it had accepted the resignation of its president, Jack Raykovitz, who said he hoped his departure would help restore faith in its mission. The charity also announced it had hired Philadelphia’s longtime district attorney as its new general counsel. Raykovitz, a practicing psychologist, had led the charity, which was founded by Sandusky in 1977, for 28 years. His resignation was accepted Sunday. Raykovitz had testified before a grand jury that recommended indicting Sandusky on child abuse charges. The panel said Sandusky found his victims through the charity’s programs. The grand jury report called Sandusky the charity’s primary fundraiser, and The Second Mile’s annual reports show that some donations came from entities now involved in the scandal. Penn State donated money even after high-ranking university officials were told that Sandusky had been seen sexually assaulting a boy on campus. Penn State donated between $1,000 and $1,999 to The Second Mile in 2009, and its Altoona campus donated between $2,000 and $4,999 that year. Another donor was State College District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot, who set Sandusky’s bail earlier this month. She and her husband donated between $500 and $999 to The Second Mile in 2009, and she volunteered for the group, according to annual reports and her website. The judge set bail for Sandusky at $100,000 unsecured — meaning he did not have to post collateral to be freed
but would have to post $100,000 if he ever failed to show up for a hearing. Dutchcot did not immediately respond to a question on whether she will recuse herself from the case because of those past ties to The Second Mile. She has removed the mention of The Second Mile from her website. Major companies and their foundations also have given to The Second Mile. Between 2008 and 2010, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Highmark Foundation, The Hershey Co. and State Farm Companies Foundation all gave $50,000 or more to the charity. Other donors included U.S. Steel Corp., the University of Pittsburgh, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Frito-Lay, the Pa. School Counselors Association, local Walmarts and newspapers. Raykovitz said in a statement Monday that he hopes his resignation would mark the beginning of a “restoration of faith in the community of volunteers and staff” at The Second Mile. Tax forms indicate that Raykovitz’s wife, Katherine Genovese, was executive vice president of The Second Mile. She has been with the group since 1984. It’s unclear if she still works at the charity, as the staff biography page has been removed from the website. According to a 2009 tax return, Raykovitz received about $133,000 from The Second Mile that year and Genovese received about $100,000. The Second Mile has said that its youth programs serve as many as 100,000 boys and girls a year. Many children are referred by guidance counselors but the charity also works with foster children and operates fitness camps. According to Sandusky’s biography, “Touched,” the charity began by serving just 35 children. Sandusky, who retired from Penn State in 1999, informed The Second Mile board in November 2008 that he was under investigation. The charity subsequently barred him from activities involving children, charity officials said.
Bill to refinance Pa. jobless debt clears Senate HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state Senate has approved a bill to refinance the Pennsylvania unemployment compensation fund’s $3 billion debt to the federal government — a move supporters say would save employers tens of millions of dollars over years. The bill cleared the Senate on a 3316 vote Tuesday, with three Democrats siding with the Republican majority. It next moves to the House for consideration. The bill would authorize the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Agency to float bonds to pay off the federal loans the state used in recent years to help cover benefits to jobless Pennsylvanians. Interest on the state bonds is expected to be substantially lower than the 4 percent the federal government charges on the debt. The refinancing also allows the state to avoid the financial penalties that will kick start next year — and grow in future years — if the debt is not erased, said Sen. John Gordner, the Senate Labor and Industry chairman and the bill’s sponsor.
If the bill becomes law, employers would save between $160 million to $265 million compared with what they would otherwise pay to the federal government, according to estimates from four unnamed financial institutions Gordner cited. The legislation also would expand the wage base — the amount of wages on which employers pay an unemployment tax — from $8,000 to $10,000 over eight years, and offset that increase with a reduction over the same period in another element of the tax calculation. The changes are expected to keep employers’ taxes “revenue neutral,” said Gordner, R-Columbia. Sen. Christine Tartaglione, D-Philadelphia, the ranking Democrat on the labor committee, unsuccessfully sought to amend the bill, which she said does nothing to help employees. A law approved in June will scale back some future jobless benefits. “This scheme takes the burden from businesses and puts it on the backs of workers,” she said. “It’s exactly the type of lawmaking that has the working public up in arms.”
Fumo aide gets no more time for $1.6M fraud PHILADELPHIA — A top aide to imprisoned former state Sen. Vincent Fumo will not have to return to prison, where she served nearly a year on fraud and obstruction charges. Ruth Arnao was ordered to pay nearly $800,000 in restitution to a neighborhood charity she once ran when she was re-sentenced Wednesday. An appeals court had ordered new sentencings for Fumo and Arnao because the trial judge hadn’t explained why he sentenced them far below federal guidelines. “If you go away for 100 days or 1,000 days, when you’re there, it’s 1 million days. ... It impacts you,” Arnao, 55, told the judge. “I’m hell-bent, I guess, on trying to help, trying to do the right thing and just move forward.” Senior U.S. District Judge Ronald Buckwalter declined to send her back to prison. Last week, he added just six months to Fumo’s 55-month sentence.
Prosecutors concluded the pair stole $1.6 million from the South Philadelphia nonprofit and spent it on themselves. They were seeking a 9- to 11-year sentence for Arnao, a long-time aide to the powerful Philadelphia Democrat. “Arnao did not think that she was serving the citizens of South Philadelphia when she cruised the aisles of Sam’s Club at the New Jersey shore stocking up on thousands of dollars of vacation items for her home, or when obtaining a Jeep for her and her family’s recreational use, or when ... destroying almost all of Citizens Alliance’s electronic records in an effort to thwart the federal investigation,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Pease and Bob Zauzmer wrote in a sentencing memo filed this week. Arnao’s husband, former turnpike commissioner Mitchell Rubin, served six months of house arrest.
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recently initiated a conversation with a good f r i e n d r e g a r d i n g the many benefits of going off to college. He told me of all the fun he has been having and about many of his new friends he has made. He told me he has been able to “reinvent” who he is because no one at school knows him and the type of person he was back home. He continued to propose that, “who you are is not stagnant – that you could experiment with who you want to be.” However, I have always found it difficult to do so unless you get it right the first time, which cleverly enough someone has al-
ready coined, the “first impression.” I think who you are is reflected by what people around you think of you. Humans have this special thing called memory, and it is your biggest enemy when trying to mold an image of yourself in others’ eyes. You don’t even have to meet someone for them to develop some thought about you, submit it to memory and then be a little biased toward or against you. You can experiment all you want, but I take it more as a gamble. You are gambling with relationships. You can try to be one way around some arbitrary group of people, but when that doesn’t work out, your only best shot of starting over is to find a new group of people, completely isolated from the arbitrary group. I agree that who you are is not stagnant to the fullest extent. I believe the best alternative is to be the image those around you project of you; to be more fluid and flexible, to play on
the interests and behavior of those people so that they in turn view you positively. This alternative relies heavily upon one’s own discretion not to find themselves in uncomfortable situations. This alternative relies on values which don’t change. Meaning, you can be a reflection of the people around you in each circumstance and in each circumstance be a different person, but all circumstances share the same values. I concluded my thoughts by kindly saying that I thought he should have his friends and life at school just how he wants it, but I would hate to lose the type of person I had known and grown up with for so many years.
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“It should be focused more on Jerry Sandusky, and Joe Paterno didn’t deserve to get fired the way he did. I think it definitely should have been handled differently. Fight on, State!”
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Junior, Speech Pathology/Audiology “I think that it’s extremely detrimental to their reputation. I believe that everyone that was a part of the scandal should get in trouble. I think that they should have let Joe Paterno finish out the season.”
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“The media blew this out of proportion. Joe Paterno didn’t deserve to go out in such a manner.”
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’ve been finding over the last three months how different the Dutch are from Americans. They don’t celebrate Halloween, they hate pedestrians and they love to eat bread and cheese. Imagine my amazement when I found out they don’t celebrate Christmas like Americans. Christmas is in fact celebrated like a religious holiday, and the start to the holiday season begins in the middle of November. Sinterklass was last
Sunday and is the official marking of the holiday season. Imagine instead of Santa traveling from house to house in a sleigh, he arrives in your city by boat. Amsterdamers lined the streets and the canals to watch the arrival of Sinterklass. This marks his official arrival and the countdown until Dutch children get their presents. Unlike Santa Claus, Sinterklaas visits the Dutch children on Dec. 5, and Belgian children on the sixth. On Christmas Eve, American children leave cookies and milk out for Santa. Here, children leave their shoes with a carrot inside them next to the fire. The carrot is for Sinterklaas’ horse. Low behold, just like Christmas morning, the carrot is gone and is replaced by presents. So while much of Sinterklaas is similar to the holi-
day celebration of Christmas, the Dutch celebrate it early. After experiencing this jolly adventure and seeing thousands of Dutch children screaming for candy during a parade, there is one question I still need to find an answer for. Now that Sinterklaas is here in Amsterdam, what is he doing for the next two weeks? Get up-to-date stories about Bacon’s overseas adventures at baconthyme.blogspot.com or email your questions to bacon@clarioncallnews. com
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here’s und o u b t e d l y no question what’s on students’ minds this week. Food would be my best guess because Thanksgiving is approaching. Only a few more days until we’re all home for a well-needed break. I would say the top events of the break would probably be eating…sleeping…eating…shopping… and did I mention eating?
Everyone is looking forward to a nice home cooked meal. After all, we’re going to need as much rest as we can get before heading back to school to tackle the rest of the semester. I know break seems so close, but far away at the same time. Remember, you still have to make it through the rest of this week and two days next week. Work hard now so that you won’t have to worry about doing any school work over break. For those who may have felt the stress of this semester, use this break wisely. After we come back it’s only two more weeks and then finals. But wait, I almost forgot to mention Black Friday; how could I ever do that?
It’s perhaps the best and in some cases the worst shopping day of the year; many sales, sales and more sales. Here’s a tip for those who may not want to wake up early to shop, there is another day you can catch good deals. It’s called Cyber Monday and it’s almost equivalent to Black Friday, but for the internet world. This upcoming break is well-needed, and I’m sure everyone is looking forward to it.
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Professor’s kids act in musical “Scrooge” Brandy Hadden Copy Editor
A performance of pure holiday cheer starts Nov. 17 with Clarion University’s “Scrooge,” a musical by Leslie Bricusse. When many think of “Scrooge” and “A Christmas Carol,” they think of Christmastime, musicals and family. Clarion’s own Dr. Jamie Phillips takes the association to another level. His kids Hannah, Benjamin Kade and Emily are all performing in this year’s Christmas musical. Hannah, 12, plays the role of Kathy Cratchit, Emily, 12, plays Fanny and Kade, 8, plays Tiny Tim. “I like acting like somebody else, somebody different from myself,” said Hannah. Professor Marilouise Michel from Clarion’s theatre department is directing the play. “The Phillips children are great, but I have to say all the kids in the show are great. Hannah, Emily and Kade are talented, intelligent kids who focus well. They are a great anchor for all the kids in the show,” Michel said. Students in the production also enjoy acting with the kids. “I have worked with kids before through Clarion University theatre, but I’d have to say the Phillips kids are some of the most funloving, hard-working and lovable kids
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Kade Phillips is cast as Tiny Tim in Clarion University’s production of “Scrooge.” I’ve ever worked with,” said Danielle Watt, senior music education major with a focus on voice at Clarion. As students of Clarion Elementary and Clarion High School respectively, their mom Marilee Phillips said that the kids are busy going from school, to home and then to rehearsal. “But the
experience is all worth it,” Marilee said. “They have so much fun and we enjoy watching them on stage. As long as they want to do it we’ll support it.” “I started getting interested in theater when I was 6. These girls have such a great opportunity, though, getting to work with the university theater,” Watt
said. The kids all said they’ll want to do theater for a long time. “I like [Scrooge] because the story speaks to everyone. I also like my character’s back-story because she’s a poor, but strong character and that’s cool,” Emily said. Kade, with a solo and possibly the most famous line in the story, said that playing Tiny Tim “makes me happy.” “Kade is the perfect Tiny Tim, everyone will want to take him home,” Michel said. Both Watt and Michel agree that although the kids are wonderful, it can be challenging. “It helps when the parents participate by keeping them focused in rehearsals, keeping them healthy, well fed and well rested,” said Michel. “We want these kids to have a great time so maybe they’ll continue to enjoy theater for their whole lives while still getting all the work done that we need to,” said Watt. Above all, Emily’s favorite part about the musical summarized what warms many hearts. “I like this story because of how the main character changes from an awful person, to a genuinely amazing person.” “Scrooge” will be performed in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium Nov. 17-19 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m.
Equestrian Club gets back in the saddle Koinonia gives thanks Josh Byers Features Staff
Due to miscommunication and organization, the Equestrian Club at Clarion University was disbanded; however, the Equestrian Team at Clarion University is still active and gaining members. The team has been at Clarion for the last five years, but has been struggling. The team has been mostly based out of the Venango Campus of Clarion University, and has also been funded from there. However, members and adviser Daly Fuller are trying to get funding from main campus and to increase membership. The Equestrian Team competes in two diffe rent classes, English ri ding, and Wes tern riding. Kellie
Forsman, vice pr esident of the Equestr ian Team, said, “English riding usua lly deals with jumps an d flats, and Weste rn riding is pleasure r id ing and reining. Another differen ce is the dress of th e riders themselves. In an English event, they are usually dressed in tan or green pants and a buttoned coa t, with knee high boo ts. In a Western event, the rider is dressed in western enti re, from the “Old West”.” The team just finished its fall semester competing and won’t start again until Feb ruary, provided th at they receive fundin g from the main c ampus. Though fundi ng is appreciated from Venango, the sport is expensive and they’v e already spent their budget.
An important event coming up for the club is the chance for a few members to go compete in regionals, which could lead to competing in semi-finals and then finals, a first in team history at Clarion. The Equestrian Team has two trainers, Amy Keefer, the English event trainer, and Tammy Braham, the Western event trainer. The team works a lot with Slippery Rock University in events in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Associa tion, which allow col legiate students of differing levels, and skill sets to compete individually or as teams in Equestrian Competitions. The team is doing a candle sale now as a fundraiser, and is thinking of doing a teacher auction as
Clarion Cares set for another year Aliza Thornton Staff Writer
A charity event called Clarion Cares will take place 6 p.m. Thursday in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room. Clarion Cares is funded by Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council. Desiree Fritz, a senior broadcast journalism major, created the event. Fritz said she wanted to organize the program to help unify the Clarion community. She said she wanted to bring Clarion’s Greek organizations together without it being in a form
of a competition. “I feel like charity is the best way to unify because that way everyone wins.” Clarion University organizations participating in the event will design a table and give a presentation about a particular charity of their choice. The organization will donate a basket that will be raffled off. Donations for each charity/philanthropy will be collected throughout the night, Fritz said. “I’m excited for the change that it can make in the Clarion community and for the change that a donation can make in someone’s life.”
Sheeba the Wonder Mutt visits Venango On Oct. 31, a day usually reserved for ghosts, ghouls and goblins, an adorable 55 pounds of fluff and slobber appeared at the footsteps of Montgomery Hall -- Sheba the Wonder Mutt. Sheba, a former pound puppy turned registered therapy diva, was joined by her good friend, Stephanie Mills of the Humane Society of Venango County. Together, they were welcomed by a throng of adoring fans, primarily Dr. Natalie Dorfeld’s Literary Experience class, while promoting a month long campus fundraiser on behalf of the local shelter. While the nationwide statistics are disheartening, including a 60-70 percent euthanizing rate, the kind hearts at the Venango sanctuary are trying to beat the odds. Thanks to their spaying and neutering certificate program, they are helping to keep the pet population low and adoptions up. Furthermore, plans to build a larger shelter are in the works, complete with hiking trails for the dogs, with an anticipated ground breaking date in spring 2012.
In the meantime, contributions are always accepted and welcomed. Students, staff, and faculty members have already hit the ground running by donating paper towels, non-clumping cat litter, spray bottles, cat and dog treats, blankets and monetary gifts. Renee Knight, a Psychology major, said she applauded the Humane Society’s goal of spaying and neutering all pets before adoption in order to curb the superfluity. Her classmate and fellow pet lover, Phil Shuffstall, added, “These animals don’t know where you’re from or who you worship. They don’t care what the color of your skin is or who you love. They love you unconditionally from the moment they meet you until forever, which is more than many people can offer in a lifetime.” For more information on how to better the lives of local furry friends this upcoming month and all year long, please contact Dr. Natalie Dorfeld at ndorfeld@clarion.edu or visit the Human Society of Venango County’s webpage at http://www.venangocountyhumanesociety.org/.
well, but other fund raisers have ye t to be decided. They are also trying to sp read the word about the Equestrian Club, “We’re really trying to tell our friends who have been in s hows before, and I’m actually forcing my f riend to join up. “We’re also know some student Ambassadors, so we’r e get ting them to plug the team while on tours,” said Forsman Also, the team will be opening up t o noncompetitive me mbers who can train with them and try out for a spot to compete as well as Vete rinary students who want to gain more exp erience with bigger animals. “We’re trying to get some quirks worked out with the s chool and get things going,” Said Forsman.
Before you go home for Thanksgiving, students from Koinonia Christian Fellowship invite you to write down what you are thankful for Thursday and Friday, Nov. 16 and 17 in Gemmell Student Complex. Students will be able to say what they are thankful for on hand prints created by the Koinonia members. Koinonia students will be answering students’ questions about spiritual salvation as well. “This is a great opportunity to show other students why we are here,” junior secondary education-mathematics major and Koinonia member Angela Loewen said. “It is to show what kind of joy we all have.” The mission of Koinonia Christian Fellowship is to spread the gospel to others. Its mission statement explains that the organization practices restoration, servanthood and justice, while incorporating God into every aspect of life. Members intentionally seek relationships
with Christians and nonChristians in order to form a unified community in Christ. In recent graduate student research, 75 percent of Clarion University students indicated that they were Christian believers. “There is more to life than getting through the day,” sophomore chemistry major, nano-technology minor and Koinonia member Josh Ward said. “Showing a kind heart to all students is what Koinonia is all about. No matter the circumstance. I wish more students knew Koinonia is all about that.” In early September, Koinonia held an outreach event, titled, “I’m Sorry,” outside Gemmell Student Complex. Koinonia members stated they were sorry for how Christians and the church have not represented Jesus Christ as well as they should. If you have questions about Koinonia, please e-mail koinonia@clarion.edu or visit its website http://www.koinoniaatclarion.com.
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TOP 10 Thanksgiving Pies 5. Raspberry
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It’s that most wonderful time of the year where we all stuff our faces with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and all sorts of other foods that will likely make us pass out from carb overload about 20 minutes after consumption. When enjoying this most bounteous of holidays, it’s important to remember to keep room for the lord of all desserts, the almighty pie. Though there are countless variations of this most majestic of confections, 10 stand out as especially appropriate for the Thanksgiving holiday.
10. Pecan While not a choice favorite of many, the pecan pie has the distinction of always having that one weird family member who enjoys it and whines when it isn’t there. So, in order to abate their complaining, pecan pie might have to make at least a cameo appearance in the cast of your Thanksgiving meal production.
Raspberries have that tart sweetness to them that just pops. It’s refreshing to get a good piece of raspberry pie for your post-nap refreshment. For those more ambitious than the standard Sarah Lee pre-baked pies, you can make your own homemade pies by incorporating other fruit with raspberries or by throwing in some chocolate.
4. Cranberry Cranberries go with Thanksgiving in ways that should probably be sung of in legend, so it only makes sense that a cranberry pie would be a welcome guest at the Thanksgiving meal table. The tart berry goes well with a good buttery crust in a way that just hits the spot without being the same old pie flavors. In addition, this could make an excellent left-over user, should someone feel the need to bring obscene quantities of cranberry sauce to the Thanksgiving feast.
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9. Mincemeat Don’t let the fact this falsely states to having meat in it deter you from including it. This essential of the Thanksgiving table contains god-knows-what, but tastes quite good, earning it the distinction of the bologna of the pie world. The festive flavor and heavy uses of spices makes it perfect for any autumnal banquet.
8. Coconut custard Not everyone likes coconut, but those who do understand that coconut custard is one of the finest forms of pie filling to ever be unleashed onto the Earth. While technically it jumps the pudding-pie gap, it has such a distinct flavor when added to a buttery crust that it’s almost a blasphemy to separate the components.
7. Georgia peach Sure, this is a more regional dessert and more often sees use in the summertime, but a good peach pie complements a Thanksgiving meal so perfectly. The syrupy filling is excellent either hot or cold, and it fits the Thanksgiving color scheme impossibly well.
6. Sweet potato Sweet potato pie is a good, robust dish that goes well with the nature of Thanksgiving. The sweet potato has a rich, hearty flesh that has a subtle sweetness and an enjoyable earthen flavor that fits in well with the rest of the Thanksgiving feast.
Rhubarb pie is a criminally underappreciated pie, and thus deserves its due penance. It’s got the kind of flavor that can’t be described by such simple words as “sour,” “tangy” or “delicious” in any appropriate meaning. If pies were an Olympian pantheon of deities, then rhubarb would be Apollo, shooting things with his thermonuclear power bow of flavor. It’s a tangy little treat that should be more appreciated by pie-eaters the world around. Plus, it goes so well with other fruit pies that it’s just insane.
2. Apple Apple is so deeply associated with America that the phrase, “American as apple pie” is still a phrase people occasionally use. Thus, being as Thanksgiving is an American holiday, the apple pie is an essential. It can be served either hot or cold, with or without cheese or whipped cream. It’s like if a bald eagle flew into your kitchen and baked you its favorite pie ever while screaming “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
1. Pumpkin No pie captures the spirit of Thanksgiving more than the pinnacle of harvest-based pies. A pumpkin pie captures the spirit of the holiday in such an ideological fashion that it’s borderline irresponsible to not have one at Thanksgiving. That, and it’s made with pumpkin. Name a food made from pumpkin. There is a major chance that the item is one of the best things ever made. For the perfect embodiment of the flavor of fall, look no further.
Creature Feature: Goblinoids Russell Pekelnicky Features Editor
Few mythological creatures are as diverse as goblins. The term can apply to a group of sub-races of mythical creature, including goblins, hobgoblins and gremlins. Goblins are said to grow up to 30 centimeters and are covered with a thick coat of black or gray hair. They are found wearing very dark colored clothes and a tall cap similar to that of the gnome. They have a somewhat bestial or grotesque appearance: their brow is fully covered with thick hair and their mouth is filled with yellowed, crooked teeth. Female goblins are referred to as “hags” or “crones.” In recent depictions goblins have been portrayed as green in color. There is no tradition of this practice. It is said that they mimic human actions in their sardonic way, twisting human rituals and culture to show their worst aspects. Goblins are also capable of taking on the form of wild animals, as well as becoming invisible. Goblins also have the ability to manipulate dreams and nightmares of their prey. Goblins are fond of switch-
ing out human babies for their own ugly progeny as a means of torturing human parents. They also are known for stealing horses and riding animals off into the woods. Despite their predisposition toward riding animals, they have a fear and hatred of horses. It is also said a goblin is capable of curdling blood. Goblins are known to live in mines in large groups.
Similar are hobgoblins, which are actually friendlier forms of goblins. They are often referred to as “bugbears,” “boggles,” “bogies” and “boogiemen.” Also similar is the kobold, a gnome-like offshoot of the goblin known for its conical hats, pointed ears and long tails that drag behind them. A kobold is equally predisposed toward benevolence or malevolent actions. When content, they will help out around the home, but if made angry, they will carry out malicious tricks on their victims. They also like to live in caves or underground. The most recent variant of the goblin to emerge is the gremlin, a creature known for its love of fiddling with electronics equipment. The first speculated gremlin attacks occurred during World War II when British pilots blamed mechanical malfunctions on the mythic creatures. The fifinellas were a sub-group of gremlins, and were known to be less malicious than the standard gremlin. Aside from the film “Gremlins” gremlins also make an appearance in the “Twilight Zone” episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” as that special something on the wing.
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ANDI FULMER If Tubelord is trying to make a good first impression, its name certainly doesn’t make one. The first time I heard it, it took me several listens to understand what was being said, longer to figure out the spelling and longer still to stop thinking of it as a type of worm. Still, this band is more than its name. Right off the bat I was drawn to their musical style – reminiscent of middle Fall Out Boy, but obviously having grown up on a decidedly more techno diet. “Over in Brooklyn” not only introduces us to a fast drumbeat, party style guitar riffs and pop tendencies, it also gives us their oddly nasal lead singer. The music does manage to make up where the singer lacks in creative poise, though. “Never Washboard” opens with a typical summer sound – something that anyone nostalgic for heat and sunshine in the soggy Clarion area can certainly appreciate. The guitar part reminds me distinctly of Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing,” but without the grandiose
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appeal. Again, I’d love to hear the lyrics but the lead singer makes it difficult – enunciation isn’t their strong suit for a large majority of the song. I do catch “must be starlight” and a part that references a turkey. “4T3” bounces in with synthesizers and doesn’t move away from them for the rest of the song. While this appeals to some, I was hitting next. Then “Charms” truly charmed me, opening with a simple harmony that led into a choppy guitar part and high tempo drum that faded away to reveal piano. As the song calmed and built back up it did so gracefully and it didn’t feel forced or awkward. “Here is Nothing” opened with piano again and though by this point the songs are all starting to sound the same, it’s enjoyable. Each song has a certain warmth and each song has an amount of surprise – they are each self-contained plays on an obviously tried-and-true formula. “My First Castle” was a welcome relief as I was finally able to understand the lyrics and found them to be right up my alley, leftover teenage angst and unhappiness combined with a determined attempt to make the best of it and somehow get past it. Overall, I enjoyed this album. While the lyrics could have been enunciated more, I found it to be a pleasant listen that I’ll most certainly be listening to again. By the second track, “Never Washboard,” the vocals seem to have either mellowed out or have grown on me to the point where they have a Cure-like nuance to them; high, whiney, but they play the ear well. “4T3” also stands out on the album, using an 8-bit inspired instrumentations and interesting percussion effect. The baseline on the track is a groovy little piece of work which makes the composition easy to try to work to. It’s a good ambient tune, a genuinely chill little jam. “Charms” brings a Yes quality to it, venturing into art rock, while maintaining the math rock sense of experimental tempo during the verses. It also brings in some excellent piano use without being pretentious. As a whole the album is pretty good. It’s an enjoyable selection of songs, well-sung after the first track, with solid driving tempos, interesting instrumentation and solid composition as a whole. They thrash when appropriate, but don’t make it a point to go too over the top. If anything bad could be said about the album, its that it’s a bit sedate for my taste. The album as a whole could go a little bolder in such a complex genre as math rock.
SAMUEL DIXON Literally starting off right where the band’s first album ends, “Romance” takes the idea of the “sophomore slump” and gives, it the finger. The albums first song “Over in Brooklyn” picks up the sound and direction of their first album’s ender and title track “Our First American Friends.” Although the song does a great job of leading listeners into the new work, it could be considered the weakest on the album. The song borrows heavily from what made the first album great, but misses the point of being the setup for their new sound. First song withstanding, “Romance” proves Tubelord is a band that’s writing music to change people’s perceptions of music. Filled with quick guitar work and a drummer who should win awards for some of his patterns, the scope of the sound here can’t be fully understood in just a few passing listens. The album starts to pick up around the time
BRITTANY BENDER Tubelord was not a band I had ever personally heard of, so I definitely didn’t know what to expect. I did some research, and I thoroughly enjoyed some of the songs from the British band’s first album, “Our First America Friends.” This got me pretty excited to listen to “Romance.” I wasn’t disappointed one bit. The first song, “Over in Brooklyn,” was a great song to put first on the album. It comes in hard and strong with the vocals and the beat. The lyrics also fit extremely well with the music. It’s an upbeat song that got me geared up and excited for the rest of the album. I completely fell in love with the second track, “Never Washboard.” While I couldn’t understand all the lyrics, and apparently neither could the websites that I used to look them up, it didn’t’ really matter. The lyrics that I could understand, along with the musical backing, told a great story. I knew that this was an alternative love song, and
“Charms” comes on the player. A dramatically slower song than any the band has worked on before, its ability to take a fly-by-the-seatof-your-pants band and make them come to an almost complete standstill is remarkable. From here the sound expands, and influences from other British math rock bands like Blakfish and Meet Me in St. Louis start to bleed through. “Go Old” is an aggressive, in-your-face number that uses chip-tunes as instrumentation rather than filler. Too often electronic parts sound overbearing or ambient, but here it is treated like an instrument and is used as a replacement for a guitar. “Tidy Diggs” wraps up the album, bringing with it a mixture of everything explored throughout. With a Strokes-like bass lead, Tubelord manages to play an ‘80s synthpop song with today’s math rock sensibility. If you listen to one song suggested by The Music Box this year, make it this one. Tubelord and “Romance” might not be for everyone. At it’s core, math rock creates a sense of unease that might throw some people off. However, its great use of electronic instruments and different song styles puts it in a league above most albums. was completely sweet in a way that isn’t something you normally think of when thinking about love. “4T3,” unfortunately, was my least favorite song on the album. It is nothing but electronic music that sounds like it’s from a video game, which I know that some of my friends would love, but that just isn’t what I’m into. The soft vocals on top of the “gamer” music just made the song boring for me. The next track, “Charms,” was good, but I felt the album reached it’s pinnacle with the song “My First Castle.” The lyrics are complete nonsense at times, but it has so much energy that got me tapping along with the song. It easily became one of my favorites. That song, followed by the rest on the album, is what made the album for me. From “Ignatz” until “Go Old,” Tubelord shows off their ability to create a sound that is all their own. They combine so many elements and genres that I absolutely love for the last half of the album. I can pick out elements of metal along with elements of blue’s, alternative rock, and even an “emo” element, with Joseph Prendergast’s style of singing. Tubelord is a band for people to listen to if they are tired of the “norm,”which I definitely was. It’s a great album and is appropriately titled. I felt “romanced” for most of the album.
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Christmas spirit shines in musical BLAYNE SHEAFFER Entertainment Staff
Clarion University’s Christmas spirit kicks off on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. with the premiere of “Scrooge: a musical by Leslie Bricusse.” The community can expect “a big old smile,” according to the director, Professor Marilouise Michel, who is elated to be a part of a production so meaningful to her. “It speaks to me,” said Michel. “The movie came out when I was in college.” Michel said she chose this musical with a sense of “fondness and familiarity,” and finds the number titled, “Thank You Very Much,” to be catchy. “I’m very excited,” Michel said. “The 19 century costumes are always fun to see and wear.” Michel is also proud of the participation being received from the theatre and music departments, revealing that Clarion University’s Dr. Robert Bullington will be playing the part of Ebenezer Scrooge, and that several of the music department’s professors will
be conducting or participating in the orchestra. Even the son of Clarion’s philosophy professor, Dr. Phillips, will be playing the part of Tiny Tim. “He is the cutest thing you ever, ever saw,” Michel said. Also, President Karen Whitney will be making a special appearance in Scrooge. But the audience will be left to keep their eyes peeled for this surprise, because Professor Michel refuses to give her part away. This is not Michel’s first musical by any means, as she confessed she has been directing musicals “as long as I can remember,” after having seen her first musical when she was five years old. “I’ve been doing them since I was nine,” said Michel. “I’m very lucky that Clarion allows me to make a living doing what I love.” With such a history in directing, Professor Michel does not see any obstacles in producing Scrooge, but rather challenges that she welcomes as part of the experience. “It’s big,” Michel said. “And there’s a lot of scen-
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Clarion University students prepare for their performance of “Scrooge: a musical by Leslie Bricusse” taking place Nov. 17 through Nov. 20. ery.” Michel expressed that the trick with musicals is making “a big musical look easy.” As everyone knows, Scrooge is based on Charles Dickens’ 19 century novel “A Christmas Carol,” in which miserly, greedy Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts
who try to change his ways on Christmas Eve, creating a kind and generous man overnight. This aspect of the original story, and Leslie Bricusse’s rendition of Scrooge, which premiered in 1970, is what appeals most to Michel. “It’s touching, and it’s funny,” Michel said en-
thusiastically. “I love the message that you can transform yourself.” Musicals are not produced often at Clarion University, and everyone is invited to participate in what Michel calls, “a Christmas present to the community.” “Come and see it,” Mi-
chel said. “It’s always a good time.” Tickets are on sale for $12 per adult, $9 for children under 12, and free for students with their ID. “Scrooge: a musical by Leslie Bricusse” is playing Thursday at 8 p.m. through Sunday’s matinee show at 2 p.m.
Concer t Review: Jams for Braddock ERIC STEVENS
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Slam poet raps about politics, love ALEX KRACH
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On Nov. 16, George Watsky, a slam poet and YouTube sensation, came to Penn State University, Dubois to talk with students through spoken word about politics, love, religion and environmental change, and how reallife events can shape one’s opinion on them. “I started doing spoken word poetry 10 years ago in San Francisco when I was 15 years old,” said Watsky, who was first recognized on “Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam” on HBO in 2007. “It wasn’t until later that things started to turn in my brain…rap and poetry are something that we have had for years. It’s nothing new. But it wasn’t until then that I saw that it could be fun and not be boring, not suck…it could be real and honest…That’s what people want, honesty.” Watsky opened up with a slower poem, titled “Lucky You,” that takes a look at life embarrassments that people usually shy away from talking about and asks the listener to step away from that embarrassment and realize how lucky one is. “Apparently, I like to do the fast ones really fast and the slow ones really slow. The fast ones, they just zip by. But the slower ones…
you see I just feel really blessed,” said Watsky, “I like doing rap and I like doing poetry. I love doing my job and I like to remind myself of that every show. That’s why I start with that slow one first, to remind myself and everyone else how lucky they are.” Watsky then went into a poem that “rants about politics” titled “Carry the One.” But the message was less of a rant than it was a reminder to the audience of the ever increasing issue of global warming and climate change. “This equation can be solved, and as long as we are standing,” stated Watsky. “We can carry the one who falls: carry the one who forgets, care for the friend you haven’t met, the child who isn’t yours… So please come with me. Lift with your legs and let us carry the one we can no longer ignore.” He also discussed his poem, “If I were President,” originally titled “Pick-up Line Protests.” “It’s a reflection on the nature of people who say things to get elected but don’t really mean them,” said Watsky, “These folks this time around are, I think, the same. I mean Herman Cain with Libya? Really?” Watsky discussed religion with the crowd through his poem “Drunk Text Message to God,”
which was created after “being emo through high school” and having parents of different religious views. Following “Drunk Text Message,” Watsky performed a poem about love titled “So Many Levels Redux.” The poem talks about the issue of love in an honest and mocking way that has become familiar to Watsky fans. “I like really love you,” Watsky said, “You look beautiful tonight, I mean, you look radiant. I mean, you look so hot right now. What I’m trying to say is, yo, you had me at ‘hell no’.” Watsky ended the performance by encouraging the audience to go for their dreams the same way he went for his dream to get onto “Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam.” “You [have] got to remember that there is fertile ground,” said Watsky, “There is territory.” Watsky plans on making more rap music in the future and is eagerly waiting for the release of his upcoming album, a rap and bluegrass mash-up. “I’m moving into real music, trying to be a real rapper,” said Watsky, “I have a bluegrass and rap album coming out in about a month.” For more information, go to www.youtube. com/user/gwatsky or on his website, http:// georgewatsky.com.
Levi Jeans presented a charity show titled, “Benefit Braddock,” where the indie rock band, Built to Spill headlined Nov. 11 alongside with opener, Atlas Sound. The show was held to benefit the Pittsburgh suburb of Braddock, where Levi had recently filmed an advertisement. The headlining drew a response that included an eccentric, overly crowded venue filled with restricted seating and an eager audience. The band only played a few songs to the seated audience before a fan, who was dancing in a side aisle of the venue, shouted out between songs, “Make them stand.” Doug Martsch, the leading force behind the band was passive about the dedicated fan’s request. The audience reacted to this by looking around and slowly rising to their feet to ditch the constraining chairs that detracted from any definition of what being at a rock con-
cert should be like. Built to Spill’s set was flawless. The dynamics of their great wall of distorted noise and the gentle slides on guitar are just as great live as on CD. Built to Spill is one band that fans can see live that can successfully create intricate arrangements of three electric guitars playing at once and not sound messy or too elaborate. Martsch’s voice through the whole set sounded synonymous to the singing on the band’s latest effort, “There is No Enemy,” released in 2009. Like this album, his singing gave the impression of being smooth, gentle and chilling. He has a voice of natural reverb that modern indie rock acts only wish they had. A noted attribute that Built to Spill is known for during live shows is its use of improvised jams in songs. Well-known songs, such as “You Were Right” and “Untrustable, Part 2,” ran almost double the length during this concert. Their live jams in these songs are known to be Neil Young-like in sound.
Their set included crowd-pleasers (“Strange,” “Else”) as well as old songs that few in the audience knew (“Twin Falls,” “Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss”). Even though the set was well-received and sounded phenomenal, die-hard Built to Spill fans could have possibly argued the playlist. But you’ll always have that with any concert. The night’s closer was the classic and favored single, “Carry the Zero,” which left the audience longing for more intense, heavy droning with sliding guitars all carried by consuming, overwhelming benevolent singing that Built to Spill so brilliantly provides. The last scenes of the night displayed the sincerity of the band. Martsch talked casually to any fan who approached him, and the rest of the band gave away papers of the setlist to anyone who wanted them. The audience and the town of Braddock couldn’t have asked for a greater benefit show.
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Clarion loses opener to Tiffin JUSTIN WELTON Sports Staff
Clarion women’s basketball team dropped its season opener to Tiffin University 65-51 on Tuesday night, Nov. 15, at Tippin Gymnasium. Sophomore guard Emma Fickel led the way for Clarion with 18 points on 7-15 shooting. Ann Deibert chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds. Clarion (0-1) averaged 22 turnovers per game last season, a statistic that was a direct result of their 7-19 record. Taking care of the basketball is paramount to their success this season. However, the struggles continued in a big way against the Dragons with Clarion turning the ball over 26 times. “We got to cut the turnovers down,” Head Coach Gie Parsons said. “We had critical turnovers at critical times. We’re way younger than Tiffin and we got excited. We know what we need to work on.”
Not only were turnovers a major issue but rebounding was also important. Clarion allowed 22 offensive rebounds. “We were standing around and not boxing out. Rebounding was a huge difference in the game,” Coach Parsons said. Tiffin outrebounded Clarion 44-30 in the contest. With 26 turnovers and 22 offensive rebounds, Clarion allowed Tiffin to shoot 61 times in the game, 14 more times than the Golden Eagles. It also allowed the referees more opportunities to blow the whistle on the home team. Coach Parsons was asked why the Dragons received 20 more free throws than the Golden Eagles. “Beats me. It’s frustrating. I don’t know. It was huge. They were PSAC officials, too. We didn’t go hard to the rim, so it’s partly our fault.” Aside from being minus 17 in free throws made, minus 14 in rebounding and minus 10 in turnovers, Clarion played hard for their coach.
“We played hard, we played our guts out,” Parsons said. Tiffin (2-0) received quality efforts from Mandy Jaeb and Karli Mast who scored 22 points and 14 points, respectively. The Dragons were held to 32 percent shooting, but their ability to gain extra possessions from turnovers and offensive rebounds put the pressure on the Golden Eagles. Starting a season on the losing end is never a great way to begin a campaign. However, it was only one game. It is a marathon, not a sprint. There were several positive outlooks that can be taken from the Golden Eagles’ performance. They played hard on both sides of the floor. They didn’t quit when they were down in the second half, and they were in the game despite turning the ball over 26 times. Clarion returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 19, at Kutztown University at 3 p.m.
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Sophomore Mackenzie Clark scores seven points in Clarion’s 65-51 loss to Tiffin on Tuesday.
Clarion loses in PSAC semifinals MICHAEL COLLINS Sports Staff
Clarion’s hope for another PSAC women’s volleyball title came to an end Friday night, Nov. 11, as Lock Haven University rallied from two games down to defeat the Golden Eagles. Clarion jumped out to an early lead winning the first two sets 25-23 and 25-20 but Lock Haven University never gave up, taking the final three sets by scores of 25-17, 25-23 and 15-12. “We started out very strong on Friday, but struggled to finish out the match on top,” sophomore Corinne Manley said. Manley recorded eight kills and seven blocks in the game. Kellie Bartman led the Golden Eagles with 14 kills and also helped out on the defensive end recording 11 digs. Kaitlyn Anderson had 12 kills and seven digs, and Rebecca Webb added another nine kills and four blocks. Amanda Gough had 38 set assists, 16 digs and five blocks, while Rhianon Brady recorded 33 digs. This was the third straight trip to the PSAC semifinals for the Golden Eagles. Clarion lost to Lock Haven in 2009 and last year they beat Kutztown University before defeating Edinboro in the championship game. The Golden Eagles (19-12) will
still have the opportunity to defend its NCAA Division II Atlantic Region championship. The team learned Sunday night, Nov. 13, that it would be a three seed in the 2011 NCAA Division II Tournament. “Making it back to the NCAA tournament feels great,” Anderson said. The Golden Eagles will face sixth seeded Lock Haven in the first round. “I’m excited to play Lock Haven on Thursday because rarely do you get a chance for a redo in sports, so I think that we will come out much stronger and more focused for the game,” Brady said. The rematch from Friday’s game is at noon, Nov. 17, at California University of Pennsylvania. “We have worked on correcting our mistakes at practice, and look forward to the rematch,” Manley said. Since 2002, Clarion has qualified for the NCAA Division II tournament eight times. The Golden Eagles have made four trips in five years under fifth year head coach Jennifer Mills. This is the team’s third straight NCAA Division II Tournament. The Golden Eagles advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight for the first time in school history last year with wins over Chowan University, Wheeling Jesuit University and California in the 2010 Atlantic Regional.
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Cowboys or Steelers: Who has the better franchise? KEVIN ZAMBORY Sports Staff
Before we get started, let me make one thing clear. Yes, the Steelers have six rings and the Cowboys only have five. In the minds of most Pittsburgh fans, the argument stops there. We are debating who the better franchise is, not how many championships have been won. When someone asks me what makes a great franchise, I say consistency, and the Cowboys are shoulders above the rest. In only their fifth season, the Cowboys made their first playoff appearance. I must also mention that the Cowboys’ first victory was against the Steelers in 1961; count it! The Steelers however, took 14 years to breach the playoffs and it wouldn’t happen again for another 25 years. As of right now, the Cowboys share the record for the most playoff appearances with the Giants at 30, topping the Steelers by four. So that makes four more playoff appearances in 27 less years. I cannot tell you how many times I hear that there are Steelers bars in every state and in several countries around the world. I just don’t care. Give me a worldwide head-count of Steelers fans to Cowboys fans, and then we will talk. The Cowboys have consistently sold the most merchandise ever since the 1970s. Because of the great following the Cowboys gained, they were labeled “America’s Team” in 1978 by Bob Ryan, the vice president and editor-in-chief of NFL Films. He coined the Cowboys this because of the amount of fans he saw with Cowboys gear at away games and the amount of times they were nationally televised. I find it amusing that people want to take the nickname away from the Cowboys. It is not going to change, and it is a fitting title. The Cowboys are also the only team to record 20 consecutive winning seasons from 1965 to 1985. I must also mention they reached the playoffs in all but two of those years. The Cowboys still hold the record for consecutive home sell-outs at 160, and they also hold the record for most road sell-outs at 81. The Dallas Cowboys have consistently sold the most merchandise amongst every NFL team including the 2000s when they have struggled somewhat. They appear on nationally televised games constantly and have played the second most Monday Night Football games, behind the Miami Dolphins. What more can a team do to be named the best franchise? They have been to the conference championship game in four of the five decades they have been around. The Dallas Cowboys have been marked as the most valuable sports franchise in the U.S. according to Forbes Magazine and second in the world. It is amazing that people will despise a team because of how much money it has. Why can’t we just congratulate someone for becoming successful financially and carrying a winning tradition? The Cowboys are “America’s Team,” the most valuable sports franchise in the country and sell the most merchandise of any team as well as countless NFL records. What more do they have to do? This is where a Steelers fan says, “We got six.” Consistency; the Cowboys have proven it more than the Steelers.
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This Faceoff on whether the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty is greater than the Dallas Cowboys dynasty isn’t even an argument. There is no question that the Steelers are one of the NFL’s greatest teams, let alone dynasty. The 1974-79 Steelers played in an era of football that is in no comparison to any other era. This was a period of football when we didn’t have all these penalties and restrictions on how football is played. Football players of this time were rough and tough. Players from the ‘90s and the new millennium wouldn’t be able to play back then at all without getting injured or crying for flags. The Pittsburgh Steelers were the kings of this era with their ground-and-pound game and with a defense that still sits atop the NFL even today as one of the NFL’s greatest defenses. They won not one, two, three but four Super Bowls in six years, which is unheard of. This still has yet to ever be repeated by any team in any era. Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, the Steelers rank first in wins, winning percentage, winning seasons, division titles and All-Pro nominations. Most importantly the Steelers have more Super Bowls than any team in NFL history and along with Dallas the team also has been to the most Super Bowls. I also have to state that two of the Steelers Super Bowl victories came over the Cowboys, one in 1976 and another in 1979. Winning is the measuring stick for how teams are remembered, and Pittsburgh has done that more than anyone. The Steelers didn’t only win in the 1970s; they dominated every team every year. This team consisted of 10 future Hall of Famers all on one team. No other team in the NFL has ever had that many potential Hall of Famers playing on the same team at once. Ex-49ers Coach Bill Walsh who led the 49ers during their dynasty even said that. “The Steelers had the best grouping of players in the history of the game.” What is also important to remember is that, unlike the Dallas Cowboys ,who were only on top of the NFL from 1992-1995, is that the Pittsburgh Steelers have continued their success into this era of football under quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger has led the Steelers to three Super Bowls since getting the starting spot in Pittsburgh, winning two of them. The first came in his second year in 2006, and his second came in 2009. With one more Super Bowl win, you can easily consider this new Steelers team a dynasty, something that the Dallas Cowboys are far from under quarterback Tony Romo. To wrap things up, I have to say that when it comes to football dynasties the 1970 Steelers stand alone. There is no competition when it comes down to their style of play, and the era they did it in which was one of the toughest. Any team past or present dreams, wishes, and prays that it can even come close to the success the Pittsburgh Steelers have had through the years. Hands-down, one of the NFL’s most storied franchise is the Steelers.
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MONTREAL OTTAWA BOSTON TAMPA BAY WINNIPEG CAROLINA NY ISLANDERS
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NFL NFL FOOTBALL AFC TEAM Houston Pittsburgh Cincinnati New England Baltimore Buffalo Oakland NY Jets Tennessee San Diego Denver Kansas City Jacksonville Cleveland Miami Indianapolis
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TEAM Green Bay San Francisco New Orleans Chicago Detroit NY Giants Dallas Atlanta Tampa Bay Seattle Washington Philadelphia Arizona Minnesota Carolina St. Louis
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NCAA - AP TOP 25 (NOV. 13) RECORD 10-0 10-0 9-1 9-1 8-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 8-1 11-0 8-2 8-2
TEAM South Carolina Wisconsin Kansas State Nebraska USC TCU Michigan Penn State Southern Miss. Florida State Notre Dame Baylor
Email outlines reaction to alleged Sandusky attack STATE COLLEGE, Pa.— A day after the former Penn State assistant football coach who is charged with sexual abuse of boys declared his innocence in a television interview, an email surfaced from a key witness against him, saying he stopped an alleged attack in the team’s showers. Mike McQueary, the graduate assistant who a grand jury report said saw Jerry Sandusky allegedly sodomizing a boy in the locker room, said he stopped the act and went to police. That added confusion to the already emotionally raw situation that has enveloped Penn State University and resulted in the firing of coach Joe Paterno, the ousting of president Graham Spanier and charges of perjury against the athletic director and a former senior vice president. The Nov. 8 email from McQueary to a friend, made available to The Associated Press, said: “I did stop it, not physically ... but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room ... I did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police .... no one can imagine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30-45 seconds ... trust me.” McQueary is a former player and current assistant coach who was placed on indefinite paid leave last week after school officials said he had received threats. Emails sent to him seeking comment were not immediately returned. He told the friend that he felt he was “getting hammered for handling this the right way ... or what I thought at the time was right ... I had to make tough impacting quick decisions.”
Michigan State Coach K’s latest victim
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NEW YORK — Michigan State has had quite a whirlwind week to open the season. The Spartans played No. 1 North Carolina last Friday in the inaugural Carrier Classic on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson. That game was a 67-55 loss. On Tuesday night, Michigan State played No. 6 Duke and the Spartans’ 74-69 loss at Madison Square Garden was Mike Krzyzewski’s 903rd victory of his career, putting him on the top of the career list in Division I. “We weren’t seasick so we can’t use that as an excuse,” Spartans coach Tom
Izzo said. “The crowd here was great. Everybody wants to play in Madison Square Garden. The back hallway full of his former players, there’s nothing greater than that. I certainly respect that.” The Spartans trailed by one point at halftime, but the Blue Devils used a 20-1 run stretch in the second half to seemingly take control of the game only to see Michigan State get within five points in the final minute. “We played our butts off in the first half and the last 10 minutes, but we haven’t put together that full game. That’s what we have to work on,” Izzo said. He knew it was going to be a tough night no matter what. “I was in a no-win situation,” Izzo said. “I was either going to be the guy who threw the ball to Henry Aaron for the record breaker or the guy who shot Bambi.” The man known simply as “Coach K” became Division I’s winningest coach with his 903rd victory, breaking the tie with Bob Knight, Krzyzewski’s college coach at Army and his mentor throughout his professional career.
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Penguins score four times in third to beat Colorado PITTSBURGH— The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t used to getting pushed around. After letting the youthful Colorado Avalanche outplay them for 30 minutes on Tuesday night, the Penguins decided they had seen enough and erupted for five unanswered goals in a 6-3 victory. “We were fortunate,” coach Dan Bylsma said. “We didn’t play well for 30 minutes, 25 minutes and we were able to rally and come back.” James Neal, as he has done all season, led the way, notching a goal and two assists to extend his streak at home. Neal has at least one goal in each of the Penguins eight games in Pittsburgh. “I’m just going to let it happen,” Neal said with a laugh. “I don’t want to talk about it.” Neither do the Avalanche, who let an early 3-1 lead slip away while falling to an Eastern Conference opponent for the first time this season. “It was one of those things where every time we felt like we were going to get some momentum back we didn’t get the bounce we needed or the call we needed,” Colorado’s Matt Duchene said, “and it went back the other way and they scored.”
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Graham-Murphy record performance leads Clarion MATT CATRILLO Sports Staff
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Freshman Winfield Willis earns PSAC player of the week honors averaging 20.3 ppg.
Willis shines, Clarion struggles EDDIE MCDONALD Sports Staff
The Clarion University men’s basketball team played three games in a five-day span, but only came away with one victory. On Friday night, Nov. 11, the Golden Eagles lost a close one, 82-81 against Virginia Union University. Clarion had a chance to win the game, but Calvin Edwards’ shot missed as time expired. Freshman guard, Winfield Willis, made his collegiate debut in grand fashion. He scored 28 points on 7-16 from the field and 12-12 from the free-throw line. His 28 points were the most a Clarion freshman has had in the past 30 years. “That’s pretty impressive. You just don’t expect that in a debut,” Assistant Coach Al Modrejewski said. “It felt great. We practiced very hard for three weeks, and it was pleasing to get some positive results,” Willis said of his debut. Clarion had balanced scoring in the game. Bud Teer had a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Paul McQueen and Edwards each had 13 points. The Golden Eagles returned to action the next day, and avenged their loss with an 8069 victory over Lincoln University. Willis continued to shine in his debut weekend, combining with Edwards to score 37 points. They finished with 19 and 18 points respectively. Clarion led by just four at the half, but opened the second half on a 10-2 run. After that, their lead was never less than double digits, having their lead up to 18 at several different points. “The start of the second half sealed the deal for us. We controlled most of the second half,” Coach Modrejewski said of the team’s performance.
The team once again had balanced scoring, with junior Leonard Patterson contributing 14 points, while McQueen had 12 points. Teer, who was limited in the second half due to foul trouble, finished with nine points. They also got six points and five rebounds off the bench from Mike Kromka. “Bud was in foul trouble, and Mike Kromka stepped up in the second half,” Modrejewski said. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, Clarion ran into a hot shooting Holy Family University team, dropping the game 88-65. McQueen had a career high 25 points, but it was no match for the Tigers, who shot the lights out of Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium. Holy Family shot 61.8 percent from the field, including an impressive 63.2 percent from three-point range. Alberto Munoz tied McQueen for high scores honors, while shooting 1010 and 5-5 from three. Khiry Hankins also hit five threes for Holy Family. Two other players reached double figures. Clarion didn’t have much luck shooting that night. They only shot 36.6 percent, including 5-23 from behind the arc. “We just got to learn how to respond. There are times this season where teams will go on 10-0 runs, and times where we will as well. We have to focus on defense in order to come out with a win this weekend,” McQueen said. Willis and Edwards were the only other Golden Eagles to score in double figures with 14 and 11 respectively. “We came out flat after an emotional weekend, and it was just disappointing. We were flat and they just took advantage of it,” Head Coach Ron Righter said. Clarion will return to action this Saturday, Nov. 19, when they travel to Kutztown University for a 5 p.m. contest.
Clarion running back Patrick Graham-Murphy had a record-setting performance in a big 34-20 win at Millersville University to end the season on a high note. Graham-Murphy had 35 carries for 266 yards and five touchdowns in the big win. His 266 yards on the ground breaks Demetric Gardner’s record of 257 yards against Slippery Rock University in 2001. His five touchdowns tie Robert Walker’s record of five touchdowns in one game set in 2002 against Glenville State, and his 35 carries are eighth most in a single game. “It was a team effort to help me find the end zone,” Graham-Murphy said. “I got a lot of big holes from the offensive line and had good down field blocking.” Normally this would be just another big game for a usual running back, but this was only Graham-Murphy’s fourth start at running back, after starting the first seven games at cornerback. The switch by head coach Jay Foster ended up being one of his best decisions of the season, and with freshman quarterback Anthony
Omogrosso making his first collegiate start for the injured Ben Fiscus, Foster knew that he would be included in a huge chunk of the offensive game plan. “We knew going in that we were going to heavily use Pat,” Foster said. Graham-Murphy’s first big splash in the game came on Clarion’s second possession, when he bolted for a 79 yard touchdown to give the Golden Eagles the lead. Then the Clarion running back would turn loose again on the first possession of the third quarter with a 45-yard run to the Millersville fouryard line, and would finish the drive with a three-yard run off a toss sweep. Graham-Murphy added two more touchdowns of 16 and 10 yards to give the Golden Eagles a commanding 27-3 lead. However, Millersville would make a game of it after an 83yard touchdown run by running back Marquis White, who later added a six yard run, cutting Clarion’s lead to 27-20. “It was one big play,” Coach Foster said. “Their running back moved like Pat.” But the star of the
game came to the rescue with a 50-yard touchdown run on a third and one with 3:32 left, sealing the 34-20 win. “I’m proud of the way the guys finished the season,” Coach Foster said. He was also pleased with freshman quarterback Omogrosso who went 3-5 for 22 yards in his first collegiate start. “He didn’t panic. He was so calm,” Foster said. “He really stood in there and made solid decisions, and he handled himself as a quarterback.” One of Omogrosso’s three completions came on the final drive, on third down that later lead to Graham-Murphy’s game clinching 50-yard touchdown run. “That was huge,” Foster said. “It gives you confidence that the next guy won’t get nervous and can do the job.” The Golden Eagles finish the season at 3-8, with a 2-5 record in the PSAC West. However, Clarion brings some momentum into the offseason after winning two of its last three games. With that in mind, the Golden Eagles are looking forward to next season, as they’ll try to turn this program around.
Leonard Patterson Men’s M en’s basketball basketball junior junior guard guard INTERVIEW BY Eddie McDonald
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What are your hobbies when you aren’t playing basketball? I’m usually watching TV or a movie. I also like to play “Madden.”
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It’s faster. Everybody is stronger. There are no days off in college. You have to bring your A-game every day. The competition level is the elite of the elite.
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What is your biggest basketball accomplishment?
Winning a City Championship in high school and getting a scholarship.
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How does basketball in high school compare to the college level?
What is your most memorable moment here at Clarion?
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Winning my first game as a starter last season against University of the District of Columbia.
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What do people underestimate about you?
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Being intelligent. As an AfricanAmerican male, to be able to play basketball and get good grades is something people don’t see.
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What are your graduating?
plans
after
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If I have a chance to play overseas, I want to explore that. If not then I want to get a job in the computer field, and eventually start a cancer and asthma foundation.
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