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Clarion University holds HIV/AIDS Awareness Week events ALIZAH THORNTON Copy Editor

CLARION, Pa. - Clarion University’s Black Student Union held “Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Week” this week from Feb. 6-11.

Throughout the week the organization sponsored events for students of the university to participate in. On Monday, Feb. 6, and Wednesday, Feb. 8, Clarion’s BSU held table days from noon - 2 p.m. in the Gemmell Student Complex.

Members gave students pamphlets on topics such as: drinking and HIV, common sexually transmitted diseases, STD facts and tattoo and piercing safety.

An ice-cream social kicked off the week Monday night. Students gathered to discuss the upcoming events of the week and eat ice cream in a relaxed atmosphere.

Free HIV testing was available for Clarion University students on Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Keeling Health Center.

The organization did not choose this week at random to sponsor these events. Tuesday, Feb. 7 marked the 12th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day

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Students participate in activities sponsored by the Black Student Union for national HIV/AIDS Awareness Week. originated in 2000 by five organizations funded by the CDC in 1999 who wanted “to provide capacity building assistance to black communities and organizations,” according to blackaidsday.org.

The four focal points of awareness are: education, testing, involvement and treatment.

African-Americans accounted for 44 percent of all Human Immunodeficiency Virus cases in the United States in the year

2009, according to an article on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s website called “HIV and African-Americans.”

African-Americans only accounted for 14 percent of the total population in the U. S. during that same year.

The article states African-Americans are the racial/ethnic group most affected by the HIV disease.

In honor of the national day, Clarion’s BSU provid-

ed students with speaker Lisa DeFranco, who discussed with students how to use and properly put on a condom.

Following the presentation, students participated in a condom scavenger hunt.

In the end, the winning group with the most accumulated points had to apply what they learned from DeFranco by placing a condom on a banana the correct way.

“I wanted this week to

be fun but educational,” junior Psychology major and Programs Chair for BSU Leanore Burrell said. Wednesday night DeFranco came back to Clarion for a showing of a video called “HIV in Black America.”

Brandi Cox, president of BSU, said she wanted to bring “unity” to the students at Clarion.

“I just want them to learn about safe sex, and that it’s not just for one race or ethnicity.”

National Black HIV/

AIDS Awareness day is one of ten awareness days for the disease. Blackaidsday.com lists other HIV/ AIDS awareness days such as: National Women & Girls (Mar. 10), National Native (Mar. 20), National HIV Vaccine (May 18), National Asian & Pacific Islander (May 19), Caribbean American (June 8), National HIV/AIDS & Aging (Sept. 18), National Gay Men’s (Sept. 27) and Nation HIV Testing Day (June 27).

BSU will present the Sex Feud game show starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 in room 120 of the Science and Technology Center.

Friday, Feb. 10 the organization will have a bake sale in upstairs Gemmell from noon - 2 p.m. and a V-day game show from 8-10 p.m. as collaboration with Every Friday and Saturday Night programming.

The week will end Saturday with a Toga Party from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. in the Gemmell Food Court.

The price for Clarion students with will be $5 and for non-Clarion students, the price will be $7. Doors close promptly at midnight.

For more information about National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness day go to www.blackaidsday.org.

Students thank university tuition donors Gov. Corbett announces budget RACHEL FARKAS

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CLARION, Pa. - Students gave thanks for their education on Tuesday and Wednesday during the second annual Tuition Freedom Day celebration.

Tuition Freedom Day gave students the opportunity to fill out thank you cards, which will be given to donors who contribute to Clarion. The Eagle Ambassadors and Clarion University Foundation organized the event.

“Tuition Freedom Day represents the last day of the academic year that the students ‘pay’ for their education,” said Holly Pipher, annual fund officer for Clarion University Foundation.

“Until that point, their education is covered by the tuition that they or their parents pay,” Pipher said. “After that, philanthropic donations and state funding support the students’ education.”

The thank-you cards will be used to show the major gift donors how thankful and appreciative the students are for their donations, in hopes that they will contribute again, said Annette Johnston, president of Eagle Ambassadors. In return for writing thank-you cards,

CLARION, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced the 2012-13 budget proposal Tuesday, Feb. 7 at around 1 p.m.

After addressing floods, Marcellus Shale and unemployment, Corbett addressed education.

First discussing basic education funding, he said, “We have less money than I would like, so we must adapt.”

For basic education he said, “There are no cuts.

In fact you will find a slight increase, just as we did last year.”

Corbett’s solution for higher education costs was not as definitive. “It is clear we need to have a thorough, public and candid conversation on how best to deal with the spiraling costs and our own obligations,” he said.

Corbett is proposing a Higher Education Advisory Panel to discuss postsecondary education.

Heading the new panel is Pennsylvania Senate’s Rob Wonderling. Corbett is giving the panel until Nov. 15 to report back.

The Board of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education recognized that this proposal would mean reduced

funding by 20 percent, which is $82 million.

In a joint statement made by the Chair of the PASSHE Board of Governors, Guido Pichini and PASSHE Chancellor John C. Cavanaugh, the Board stated that while they agree with Corbett’s adamancy on higher education being affordable to every family, there will still be suffering in funding.

“If this proposal stands, we will have lost more than $170 million in state and federal education and general funding, compounded by a 50 percent reduction in our capital allocation and the loss of Key ‘93 funding dedicated to deferred maintenance,” the statement said.

PASSHE representative said that they are doing their part, constantly looking for different efficiencies and that since 2010, they have more than 900 vacancies through the system and have eliminated “hundreds of programs.”

“We will continue to look for ways to reduce our costs,” PASSHE said.

The PASSHE is looking forward to working in the Higher Education Advisory Panel to discuss a plan for higher education.

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Students stop and sign letters of thanks to Clarion University tuition donors. students were given free T-shirts and cookies at a table set up in the Gemmell Student Complex.

Johnston said approximately 100 students visited the table and wrote thank-yous as of Tuesday afternoon. Pipher said she hopes that Tuition Freedom Day will raise awareness in the student body of the necessity of university fundraising efforts. “Without outside funding, the tuition for

many students would dramatically increase. We hope to educate students about the importance of giving back to the university and how they directly benefit from the generosity of others,” Pipher said.

“They get the opportunity to thank those who help make their education affordable,” she said.

According to the Eagle Ambassadors in 2011, it costs $21,000 to educate students, but they only

have to pay $14,000. The video states that the remaining $7,000 comes from the donors and state funding.

Donors can designate their money to go to any specific area they have an interest in, and all the money goes to the Clarion University Foundation.

The complete list of donors for Clarion University can be found in the Dec. 2011 issue of “Clarion and Beyond.”

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Donna Oberlander shares with students.

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Matthew Ferrence recites his work for students.

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Professor speaks about breaking ethnic barriers BRITTANY BENDER News Staff

CLARION, Pa. - Diana Pan has bachelor’s degrees in political science and ethnic studies, master’s degrees in ethnic studies and sociology, and is currently working on her dissertation for her doctorate. She is also up for a tenured position at the University of California, Irvine.

She presented one part of this dissertation at Clarion University on Feb. 8 to a small group of professors in Founders Hall.

In her presentation, “Learning to Become a Lawyer of Color: How Asian-American and Latino Law Students Manage Professional and Ethnic Identities,” Pan gave some of her research findings after studying groups of Asian-American and Latin-American law students at two different law schools on the West coast.

Pan started out by asking, “Why study Asian and Latino American law students?”

She then showed pictures of prominent figures in the law community such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor followed by photos of law firms and other lawyers who are of these ethnic groups that aren’t as

prominent.

Her research set out to find why some students become Supreme Court justices, and others do not. Another reason that she studied these ethnic groups is that they are the fastest-growing ethnicities in the United States today and that while they are still a minority in law schools, their enrollment in law school is on the rise. She was also out to find the overall experience of minorities studying law in institutions.

Pan selected her cases from two law schools, one that she called “Western Tier 1,” and the other “Metro Tier 4.”

At Western Tier 1, 72 percent of graduated students go on to work for law firms, and 73 percent intend to. At Metro Tier 4, 52 percent work for firms after graduation, while 64 percent intend to.

For two years, she studied these institutions, going to campus ethnic organizations and events on the campuses and obtaining access to the school’s ListServ membership with access to more than 2,000 email exchanges to make cyberspace observations.

She also conducted 102 in-depth interviews with 42 Asian students, 28 Latino students, 21 white students, nine

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Diana Pan talks to students in Founders all Feb. 8 about breaking ethnic barriers in her presentation, “Learning to become a Lawyer of Color: How Asian American and Latino Law Students Manage Professional and Ethnic Identities.” mixed race students and two black students giving her 15,000 single-spaced pages.

Pan gained diary entries from seven students as well over an eight to ten week period during internships, giving them prompts every two to three weeks.

A preview of some of her findings of this research was then presented the audience. She found that the students

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fell into three categories.

The first is pan ethnic marginalism in which students were automatically introduced to ethnic issues in law school and hadn’t otherwise thought about them.

They were found in both institutions she studied.

Most of these students who identified with this group were Asian-American. The next is tempered altruism in which stu-

dents are committed to pan ethnic issues along with others.

They are a mix of students first introduced to these issues in law school and those that grew up in ethnic areas.

She found this in both institutions as well, but most of these students were Latino-American.

The last is instrumental ethnicity, and these are the students who grew up in an ethnic area,

and fluent in their ethnic language. This was found only in Metro Tier 4, and these students were mostly Asian American.

“It is important to study these types of issues in sociology to understand how society functions and matters of stratification and inequality,” said Pan. Pan hopes to do a follow-up study and to add African-American and black students in the future.

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’m back, and guess what? I’ve decided to revamp this column.

I’ve decided I wanted to talk about what may be on people’s minds, but in a different way.

Last semester I discussed issues that were mainly targeted toward students; however, I re-

alize that not everyone who reads this paper is a student. This semester I want to reach out to more people with topics that can relate to whether they are students or not.

I’m going to talk about issues that are current today, some of which we don’t always necessarily speak out on. I will try to change that. I’ll try.

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann’s spiral of silence theory says sometimes we fail to speak out due to the fear that our opinions are the minority. I would like to be an outlet for anyone who thought some of the things I will say, but never had the

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I want that to stop.

Although some weeks I will be talking about issues that I think many people have on their minds, I would still like to hear from the readers what they feel may need to be discussed.

If there is something you would like to be addressed, feel free to email me at a.r.thornton@eagle. clarion.edu.

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

It’s Your Call Facebook raises revenues LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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ere’s big news to all you Facebook f a i t h f u l : M a r k Zuckerberg and company recently announced that the social media behemoth will become a publicly traded company.

This means the company will face new pressures to make money for its shareholders.

Facebook, which has faced controversy in the past for selling its users’ information to advertisers, will likely add more focus on advertising to raise revenues.

I’d hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Facebook doesn’t care much about what you ate for breakfast or what little pieces of wisdom you have to say about relationships.

They are using your information to make money, so I’m gonna offer some tips on how to protect yourself from the giant, churning leach of a business that Facebook has become.

1.) Adjust your privacy settings. Facebook clearly outlines its privacy standards on the webpage and allows users to control what personal information is made available to advertisers. This is probably the most reasonable way of protecting your information.

2.) Don’t “like” anything. It used to be that media would tell us what we should like. Remember back when you would be watching TV or listening to the radio and a commercial for Kix cereal came on?

The network executives didn’t know if you like Kix and frankly didn’t care. They needed money, so here’s some cereal ads, enjoy.

But that all changed with the advent of Facebook, where ad agencies literally have access to everything you like, making their advertising dollars insanely more effective.

Simple solution: don’t “like” anything on Facebook. This nihilistic worldview may be costly to your so-

cial life, but it will keep Facebook from profiting on your personality.

3.) R e v i t a l i z e

Myspace.

Whatever happened to Myspace?

Myspace was awesome – users had the ability to customize their profile with templates, embedded videos and music.

Plus they didn’t pander our information to ad agencies. Let’s go back to these simpler times.

4.) Aluminum

foil.

This is a time honored favorite of paranoid schizophrenics as a way of keeping the government from sending mind reading gamma rays into their skulls.

The procedure is easy: fold a length of foil into a cone shape, place on head, hide in closet then wait for inevitable apocalypse to take place. This custom head wear will keep Facebook from capitalizing on your thoughts.

5.) Delete your Facebook account. Do this only if you are truly insane.

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“I though it was very well put together and very modern. Madonna looked great for being 100.”

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“Madonna looked awesome. I loved the dress.”

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Donna Oberlander speaks political science class MIKE FRIEND Features Staff

State rep. Donna Oberlander paid a visit to Dr. Barry Sweet’s political science class Feb. 3. The class focuses on congressional and legislative process, and Dr. Sweet said he thought the local representative and favorite daughter of Clarion could help students understand the complex process a little better.

Oberlander started by telling the students, many of whom she does not represent in the state legislature, a little about herself. She is an alumna of Clarion University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Oberlander discussed her life prior to becoming an elected state representative for the 63rd district of Pennsylvania. She was a contractor for the U.S. Navy for several years before moving back to Clarion and becoming the campaign manager for her predecessor in the state legislature. She was then elected to the State House of Representatives in 2008.

Rep. Oberlander explained that her district (PA-63) covers all of Clarion County and parts of northern Armstrong County.

Rep. Oberlander then covered the biggest issue facing all state legislators, redistricting. She explained that due to the census and the belief of equal representation at the state level, the state legislature redrew the districts for the lower house of state government called the General Assembly. The representative concluded by telling the students

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Rep. Donna Oberlander speaks to a group of students about issues facing state legislature. that the districts are still unsure because of the continuing legal battle in Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Dr. Sweet encouraged the class to ask questions about the big issues in the state, such as Marcellus Shale, the changes in the Department of Transportation, privatization of state stores and jobs.

On the issue of privatization of the state liquor stores, Rep. Oberlander said that the biggest issues are licensing, and issues with the union. She said that the issue is ongoing, and no drastic changes will take place. The base of the issue is that with privatization, the stores would be able to control their own hours and perhaps grocery stores would be able to

carry some alcoholic beverages, a practice in neighboring states.

The questions then moved to the topic of education. Rep. Oberlander addressed the belief that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections received more funding than education. She told the class that education receives the most funding followed closely by welfare and then the Department of Corrections in the state budget.

On the issue of welfare in the Commonwealth, the representative told the class that the Auditor General found more than $700,000 in welfare abuse and waste. She said that the state is working hard to find reform.

Oberlander finished the talk by discussing the biggest issues facing her district as the election year approaches.

She said that the biggest issue that she is fighting for is the creation of more jobs in the area. She said she believes that the area is a testament to blue-collar America and that the area is business friendly and needs revived since the most recent recession hit.

Oberlander received a positive response from students.

“It was great to see a local lawmaker in the classroom talking to young voters,” said sophomore Matthew Knoedler.

“There’s a stereotype that young people aren’t interested in politics, but I think that’s untrue and it showed throughout the representative’s question-and-answer session.”

Max “fratire” delivers laughs Flu season delivers glancing blow TODD SWOOPE Features Staff

“Hilarity Ensues” is the third book written by New York Time’s bestselling author Tucker Max. Hilarity Ensues is the final installment of what I call “The Tucker Max fratire trilogy,” and it delivers with resounding laughs from start to finish. The book is a grand finish to the story of who this man was and who he became once he got famous for his website and writing.

Hilarity Ensues has two different feels to it when read, the college vibe and the famous vibe. Both are equally funny but college students will connect most with the stories based around Max’s time in law school and the friends he had during those times.

The book opens up with “The Cancun Stories,” a set of stories about how Max spent the first six weeks of his second semester of his second year of law school at Duke. Take that in for a moment, the man spent six weeks in Cancun, during law school, still graduated with honors and he got paid to be there too. The stories include saving a man’s life and him being to drunk too remember Max saving him, passing out drunk on a public bus and having Mexicans steal his shoes right off his feet, to the tales of drunken debauchery that occurred in Mexico.

Further into the book, there is a section called “Meet My Friend Hate,” which includes stories of how he and another roommate would do everything possible to interupt his friend, and roommate,

Hate into hilarious anger; hilarious is the right word. The things Max would do to Hate, and the responses are some of the funniest things in the entire book.

One story has Max and the other roommate purposefully making his life a subtle hell in their apartment to make him explode in rage; mission accomplished.

The book, however, isn’t just a brazen account of the crazy and wild things Max and his friends have done. It is also filled with legitimate life lessons. Whether it is being honest with yourself, living your life how you want to, or just never doing anything with half effort; Hilarity Ensues contains elements and things that have caused readers to stop and think those characteristics in themselves.

With Tucker Max ending his “fratire” writing career and moving onto other writing projects, fans confidently say that after reading all of his books so far, the ending is a perfect fit with the story being told. “Hilarity Ensues” comes full circle and makes the reader feel like they’ve seen the growth of a man through his work.

“Even though I never had a certain mindset while writing them, you can feel how I was at the time, while writing the book, can’t help from coming through…

I was at a different point when I was writing IHTSBIH than during AFF,” Max said in a phone interview with him.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for a book about the funny and crazy moments that many of us go through during our lives, as portrayed by an intelligent man.

Students assembled outside the Gemmell MPR for Clarion University’s “Stuff-a-Plush” event, where they constructed stuffed animals for Valentine’s Day Photo by Caitlin McGill / The Clarion Call

RACHEL FARKAS Features Staff

It’s that time of year again.

First comes winter, then comes spring semester and finally comes the cold and flu symptoms. It may seem like Old Man Winter is at fault for the immune system failure, but the great indoors is more to blame than the elements.

Darlene Hartle, registered nurse and nursing supervisor at Keeling Health Center, said it is not as much the inconsistent winter weather, but what people do in the winter that causes illness. “We stay inside with the windows and doors closed and re-breathe the same air. Since upper respiratory illnesses are airborne, we breathe in everyone’s germs,” said Hartle.

Other contributing factors could be that when students come back to school for the spring semester, they are once again in close quarters with one another, which means sharing personal items, like lip balm, make-up, and drinks. This is an

easy and seemingly innocuous way to spread germs.

Although this winter has been mild compared to previous years, that doesn’t mean students are any less susceptible to poor health practices.

It is easy to avoid a cold. It is not as easy to overcome the symptoms of an infection.

Hartle recommends these simple tips to prevent illness; cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough; cough into your elbow, not your hands; wash your hands frequently in warm water using soap for at least 20 seconds. The last tip is the most important one.

According to a hand-washing handout from Keeling, to prevent colds and infections, a person should wash his or her hands before eating or preparing meals, contact with children or the elderly and contact with immune-weakened individuals.

Hands should also be washed after using the toilet, coughing or sneezing, wiping your nose, having contact with individuals who are ill, and touching ani-

mals, waste, litter or money.

This seems like common sense, but Hartle said she believes that not enough people are washing their hands properly or even at all.

What do you do if you are already sick? If it is a virus, Hartle advises the best defense is “to get your rest, eat a healthy diet and wash your hands frequently.” Everyone has his or her favorite overthe-counter cold remedy, but products that contain zinc, such as Zicam, are believed to be especially effective at shortening the course of a viral infection. If the infection is bacterial, antibiotics could relieve symptoms.

So if you are beginning to feel that icky sick feeling, don’t hesitate to make an appointment. Keeling Health center is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and free to all students through the Health Services Fee assessed at the beginning of each semester. The phone number to make an appointment is 814-393-2121.

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TOP 10 Worst ways to meet potential dates 5. Holes in the ground

Russell Pekelnicky Features Editor

Valentine’s Day approaches this Tuesday, and for many this is a time to celebrate romantic commitments. For the rest of us, it’s a time to bitterly mope about our current dating situation (or lack there-of) and smoulder together in quiet desperation. Some are taking the proactive approach and looking for love.

Like every quest, however, the search for that special someone can be wrought with grave peril. The peril can be avoided by knowing where to look, or rather, where not to look.

10. Public restrooms This one is generally somewhat creepy. Regardless of gender preferences, meeting a significant other in the bathroom just seems like an awkward place to start any kind of lasting relationship.

9. Burning down buildings Nothing quite builds a romance like fire light...unless your idea of a romantic evening is to just hang out in burning down buildings. They’re awful places for small talk and generally make everyone involved somewhat uncomfortable.

8. Basements Chances are anyone you meet just hanging out in your basement is either a) a serial killer or b) some kind of basement monster. In either case, things generally end badly for those involved. Someone’s heart always gets broken in these situations, or eaten.

7. Secret government compound Unless you make it a habit of working in top-secret government facilities, chances are you’re in one for less-than-good reasons. Either you’re a prisoner, and are exhibiting Stockholm syndrome for your prison guard or you’re breaking in and have the worst timing for meeting people.

6. Country back roads In case you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” picking up random hitchhikers is among the top 25 worst ideas ever. I don’t care how attractive they are, don’t pull over. I assure you, the axe he or she is carrying is not just a party prop. Just keep going.

If you frequently visit holes in the ground to find that special someone, there is something seriously wrong with your life. In the chance you do find someone, don’t try to flirt with them. Call an ambulance.

Setting is also important in this one. If you find someone in a hole in the ground in a cemetery, they might be a zombie, in which case, the relationship is doomed from the start.

4. Fighting animals This suggestion comes from a Twitter response from horror film icon Bruce Campbell, who responded with “bullfighting.” While the adrenaline rush might be that perfect touch to impress some, the general state of mind associated with someone who habitually fights any kind of animal for fun might not be conducive to what would be considered a healthy and stable romantic relationship

3. Vehicle collision Imagine you’re driving along and you see him or her, the person of your dreams in the other lane. You imagine the future you two would have together, the good times, the trips to the Bahamas, the pleasant weekend getaways, what your kids might look like. Then, reality kicks back in right around the same time that your car smashes into his or her vehicle. Remember those dreams? Yeah, better throw those away, chief. Smooth sailing, Loveboat Captain.

2. Breaking and entering Some people find crime and criminals to be sexy.

Don’t be fooled; the guy breaking in your house and looting through your drawers in search of valuables isn’t there to propose with your grandmother’s ring.

If he is, it’s probably in your best interest to not necessarily accept their proposal-unless they also stole some flowers. Then let them add your heart to their collection of gains for the evening.

1. Cult meeting I know you might think you look pretty attractive in your black robes or your white jogging suit, getting ready to mingle with the other cultists in hopes of finding someone else to start up your own church of worship for the rest of your life. Whoa, put down the Kool-Aid, hombre. Slow your roll, this isn’t a healthy place to start things off. Try to find a nice girl somewhere else, where they don’t all wear matching shoes.

This week in history Feb. 9-15 Mike Friend Features Staff

Time flies by, fads come and go, but history stays the same. Every day has the potential for historical significance, and that is no different for the week of Feb. 9 thru 15. Let’s hop in our time machine and explore history.

Feb. 9 - Senator Joseph McCarthy is vaulted into the national spotlight when he claims to know of more than 200 communists in the state department.

During a speech in Wheeling, W. Va, the Wisconsin senator waved a piece of paper in front of confused audience as he claims to have the names of 205 people employed by the U.S. State Department who are known to the Secretary of State as “known communists” although they continue to work for the U.S. government.

The speculation of potential double agents working in the government spread mass hysteria and chaos across the nation. Over the next weeks, charges of communism spread like those of witch in the Salem Witch Trials. McCarthy also changes his story several times, saying that the number was as low as 10, although he held no proof that any communists existed. This time in the 1950s, known as “McCarthyism” ruined many careers in almost every reach of business.

Feb. 10 - Music was never the same after Feb. 10, 1972 as Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut.

The alter ego of rocker David Bowie took flight with fans and led Bowie to the top of the charts.

Feb. 11 - The world crowns its fourth space when Japan launches its first satellite, on Feb. 11, 1970.

However just a month later China launches it’s first satellite.

Feb. 12 - On this day in 1999, Democrats all over the United States breathe a sigh of relief as President Bill Clinton is acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice, therefore ending his five week long impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee.

The scandal started when stories broke that the President had an extramarital affair with an unpaid intern

named Monica Lewinsky. After beginning a relationship with the President in 1995, Lewinsky said that she and the President had numerous encounters.

After she was transferred to the Pentagon in 1997, Lewinsky confided in coworker Linda Tripp about the encounters, who unbeknownst to Lewinsky was recording the conversations.

In the following months the FBI would build a case against the President for lying under oath while being sued for a previous charge of sexual harassment.

Feb. 13 - Nicholaus Copernicus, the man considered to be the “Father of Modern Astronomy” arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for promoting the Copernican theory that the sun was the center of the universe, which directly opposed the Catholic Church’s view that the Earth was the center of the world.

Feb. 14 - One of the bloodiest murders of the 20th century took place in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1929. The Valentine’s Day Massacre is one of the most famous gang killings during the Prohibition era.

Early on Valentine’s Day 1929, men dressed as police, believed to be members of Al Capone’s gang, entered a garage used by rival gangster “Bugs” Moran. Capone’s men told Moran’s men to line up against a wall for a pat down.

Moran’s men believing they had been busted for bootlegging and racketeering, obliged. After all the men were against the wall the “cops” started shooting the defenseless rivals with their Thompson submachine guns, affectionately known as “Tommy Guns.” Capone’s men left no man standing after a short, one sided fire fight. Historians still debate whether Capone’s men were misinformed and charged the building too early after mistaking another man for Moran.

After the horrific murders dominated the news many began to question whether Prohibition was worth the ever mounting loss of life because of the gang wars taking place.

February 15 - Canada debuts the flag that most people in this generation recognize. The Maple Leaf Flag was released as Canada’s official flag on Feb 15, 1965.

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The Music Box is back again this week discussing Foxy Shazam’s new album, “Church of Rock and Roll.”

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“THE CHURCH OF ROCK AND ROLL”

ANDI FULMER As the opening track of Foxy Shazam’s newest album “The Church of Rock and Roll” begins, I am reminded of my first encounter with this band.

It was years ago now, a single YouTube video taken with a grainy cellphone camera of a live performance on a small stage.

The lead singer bounced around, like a ball of energy, before halfway through the song, lighting several cigarettes at once, smoking them only a minute and eating them. He then proceeded to jump onto the shoulders of what may have been a trumpet player on stage and sat there while the band played on. As time has passes there is one thing this band can say with confidence it has not lost: that energy.

Perhaps it’s the humdrum of winter in Clarion, but I’ve been sorely in need of something vibrant and forceful, and this album delivers. The first track, “Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll” has an almost Queen-like feel -- soaring operatic vocals, strong drumming, and a fast trumpet solo to end the song. “I Like It” continues in the same vein, giving us some great guitar work and

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Until last year, I had not heard much about Foxy Shazam. I knew they sounded like Queen and were eccentric, but it was not until I saw them opening for Circa Survive last year that I knew the extent of these claims.

Shortly after taking the stage, singer Eric Sean Nally had digested at least three cigarettes and tore up somewhere around $100. These eccentrics have followed the band into the “Church of Rock and Roll,” and it seems as if they have awakened all of rock’s Clergy.

Starting off the album with a Motlry Crue-inspired jam is “Welcome to The Church of Rock and Roll.” Musically, the song is very brash and big sounding, almost as if the listener was in the studio while the recording was taking place. The band wanted this album to have an almost underproduced felling to it, and they certainly don’t try to hide that. Interest-

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more operatic harmonies during the chorus.

As the next few songs play through it’s easy to see that when this band decided to name the album ‘The Church of Rock and Roll’ they meant it – this album is truly a tip of the hat to all the things that made rock what it really was in its heyday. There is something clean and polished in this album but also something dusky and sly; they’ve taken all those songs you hear on your Dad’s favorite classic rock station and breathed new life into them and the techniques that they employed.

“Last Chance at Love” has that holding-your-hand-outto-the-girl-you-love, follow me into-the-sunset type of feel, and “Forever Together” follows it, a couple years down the timeline, when you’re standing alone and only want to be home with your family but aren’t.

Certainly, these are among the chief focus of many songs - past loves, relationships that have run their course, the difficulties of leaving ones family behind to pursue a dream and the struggles of just making enough to survive. As the album plays on, not a single track disappoints. Lead Singer Eric Sean Nally’s voice is primed for this sort of Friday Night, stadium lights, wailing and hip-gyrating rock. Foxy Shazam is among an elite few who have made rock n’ roll fun again for a younger audience who, like me, promised never to like that unfortunate mess coming from their father’s truck speakers. ingly enough Nally takes a moment in the song to sing the lines “Your music sucks, including us, its time to clear our name.” This is a bold statement to make, especially 52 seconds into an album. It’s bolder with the realization that the album never really makes it to the level of the band’s older music.

Throughout the 11 tracks, the band can never get anything going.

Songs like “Holy Touch” and “Last Chance at Love” are over before listeners can really start to enjoy them. Lyrics are often uninspired and sound more like a songwriter trying to imitate Freddie Mercury and countless other bands from the ‘70s and ‘80s than an original band trying to find themselves.

The band is able to get some success in “Forever Together.” The song is more scaled back than the rest and feels out of place on this album. If Nally’s unique voice wasn’t on the track, I would tell you that this song was not from the same band.

The band’s name originated from a slang term in Nally’s high school meaning “cool shoes.”

This album certainly has cool instrumentation and a few great sounding bits, but these shoes tend to lose their soul after a few listens.

SHIRLEY SPROULE Foxy Shazam is definitely the type of band you have to be in the mood for. There are a lot of things I don’t like about Foxy’s fourth studio album, including but not limited to the instances of gospel-like singing, religious references, and religious imagery. It’s not necessarily surprising, as the album is entitled “The Church of Rock & Roll,” but it still makes me uncomfortable at times.

Though there are certain songs that will definitely continue to stay in my collection after the initial listen, I think it’s safe to say that this album was a decided failure in my eyes. When I started listening to this album, based on the first song and title track “Welcome to the Church of Rock & Roll,” with its trumpet solo that Foxy Shazam is basically known for to me, I thought I might like it as much as I did their self-titled third studio album (and I liked that “Foxy Shazam” a lot.) Then I got to the chorus of the second track, which despite not being apart of the party mentioned, still managed to offended me. I don’t care how front man Eric Nally grew up or where, but the song is still essentially about a white man declaring, quite

RUSS PEKELNICKY Foxy Shazam hits hard with its newest album, “The Church of Rock and Roll,” or at least tries to. The first track, also the title track, plays like an over-stylized Queen parody. The track stumbles over itself, with over-ambitious instrumentation, over-the-top vocals, and a chorus that makes even the most kinetic of church choirs blush. It’s a classic nightmare of progressive rock overzealotry.

The second track isn’t much better. “I Like It” is even worse, trying blatantly to try to be the next “Fat Bottom Girls.” The chorus is just unnecessary and redundant.

Instrumentals are repetitive to the point of monotony.

“Last Chance At Love” takes a turn into the most poppish realms treaded by Pat Benatar, and not in a good way. The song reeks of mediocrity as a whole. Lyrics are uninspired, and schlock in the worst way. The track uses organs halfway interestingly for maybe two seconds, before dunking you like a waterboarding session of

confidently, “that’s the biggest black ass I’ve ever seen.”

Yeah. I don’t know if that offended anyone else, but it certainly did me.

Despite half the songs on “The Church of Rock & Roll” managing to offend me in some way (“I Like It,” “Holy Touch,” “The Temple,” etc.), I will admit that Nally has a voice on him. The album practically reeks of Queen, and Nally definitely channels Freddy Mercury on vocals more often than not. Honestly, the only problematic aspect of this album is the lyrical content, because the music is something I can fully get behind. I’d dance to this entire album, and I’m not one for dancing.

“The Streets” and “Wasted Feelings” are the only real stand out tracks on this album for me (in the good way.) “The Streets,” being a tribute to Foxy Shazam/ Nally’s hometown roots has an honest feel to it, and the last chorus of the song has Nally and his band repeating “The streets is where I’s born, and the streets is where I’ll die, until then the streets is where I’ll be.” I’m a sucker for gang vocals, and it’s super catchy, despite basically being “Jenny From the Block” with a Foxy-esque twist.

“Wasted Feelings,” on the other hand, is definitely my favorite song off the album.

It’s a nostalgic and sentimental love song of sorts, and Nally sounds epic vocally on it. His falsetto is a thing of beauty; it’s really rather impressive, though his falsetto and the band’s amazing musicianship aren’t enough to save this album for me. crappy prog rock excess.

“Forever Together” starts out trying to be a serious normal song. The vocals aren’t awful, but still horrendously nasal. The constantly overbearing chorus is still present. Lyrics still aren’t quite brilliant, but at least things fell remotely heartfelt.

It might be the most half-decent track on the album.

“Wasted Feeling” also is a pretty decent track. It captures this ‘80s baroque feeling that makes it the kind of song you wouldn’t click away if it came up on Pandora. The horns hearken back to Huey Lewis and the News, and the percussion is pretty good.

As a whole, “The Church of Rock and Roll” reeks of the cheese that would be implied by such a sappy album name. Rather than truly inspiring listeners to seek out more of the good old days of rock ‘n’ roll when it truly rocked, it reminds of the gross excess of the genre.

It’s almost a cautionary tale to aspiring bands as to what a band shouldn’t do.

The worst shame is that on the album, Foxy Shazam attempts to capture the showmanship and fun of the band Queen, yet fails to recognize the true sense of fun and playful wit of Queen’s performances; it’s playing it for keeps in its tight spandex and bedazzled fingerless glove, in a genre where it’s best to just play pickup.

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Former professor speaks on creative writing ALEX KRACH

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Essayist Matthew Ferrence, a former Clarion University professor, spoke to students and faculty Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the Carlson Library about his work in creative nonfiction writing. Essay topics focused on the writer’s relationship with his father, his love for golfing and farm animals.

“They were about golf, but they weren’t about golf,” said Dr. Philip Terman, a professor at Clarion University.

“They were about insights of life and death and everything in between.”

Ferrence began the presentation with an excerpt from his piece, “On Turquoise Tee,” in which he discusses his journey to Canada with his brother; the ferry ride, the sights seen along the water and the change from using rivers as borders to using roads in maps.

“On a map, a river becomes a line; the river becomes the clarified separation of territory, the touching of

two frontiers that are forever cleaved apart by the flow of water,” said Ferrence. “A highway serves as a more permanent border, built as a monument of concrete and stone. A highway is better, from the perspective of a map maker, more stable than a river…”

Following “On Turquoise Tee,” Ferrence gave a brief background on his second piece, “Spaces Between” and then read to the crowd the pieces that were omitted from the original edition.

“Its original title was ‘Thirteen Spaces Between,’” said Ferrence. “It was a 13-section essay and what you’ve read is an 11 section essay, which was an editorial decision.”

Within the piece, Ferrence discussed his love for birdwatching, a hobby he picked up after his father gave him a bird guide while he was still in college, his father and the differences and memories they shared and a trickster coyote found in Native American folklore.

Ferrence then began talking about his new and favorite piece “Spiritual Dangers.”

The inspiration for this piece, split into 12 sections, was derived from his father, his father’s class manuals and Aldo Leopold. His first section was taken directly from the class manual and sets the overall tone of the piece. Its focus is on what is expected from the students in his father’s class. This is followed by a visual of the author’s childhood house and the events that occurred there.

“The farm house sat near the bottom of the valley on the road.

The massive berm of the town’s bypass route created an unnatural bridge that blocked… my dad would claim, tornados.”

The piece starts with Ferrence’s memory of his pet pig and the day he had to send it to the butcher’s block and ends with his father going to school to lecture his class on Aldo Leopold.

Matthew Ferrence teaches as an English professor at Allegheny College.

tants then sing against each other in the teams and compete to be the overall winner, which gives them national recognition and a recording contract. The judges compete for bragging rights as the best coach.

The first season’s winner, Javier Colon, was coached by Adam Levine of Maroon 5.

First to perform was 17-year-old country girl, RaeLynn. She performed “Hell on Heels,” by Miranda Lambert’s band, The Pistol Annies.

Last year, judge Shelton did not like when contestants performed songs made popular by his wife, Miranda.

This time proved to be different because both him and Levine turned their chairs around.

RaeLynn decided to be on Shelton’s team for the competition.

The next performer was Jesse Campbell. His performance inspired all four judges to turn their chairs. He decided to pick Aguilera as his coach. Other performers featured on the first episode were Juliet Simms who chose Green, and Chris Mann

who chose Aguilera as their coaches. Last to perform was Aguilera’s former fellow Mouseketeer, Tony Lucca, whom she almost didn’t recognize. He ended up on team Levine.

Monday night, the auditions continued and so did the talent.

The duo band, The Line sang “American Girl,” a country song, and surprised everyone by choosing Aguilera over Blake Shelton as their coach.

Jamar Rogers, who sang “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes chose Green to coach him. Singer and soldier, Angie Johnson with her version of Pat Benetar’s “Heartbreaker,” also chose Green.

Shelton gained another country girl for his team in Gwen Sebastian after she sang Sugarland’s “Stay.”

There were definitely some surprises in this episode. A former background singer for Alicia Keys, Jermaine Paul sang “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne. He shocked the judges and audience by choosing to be on team Shelton.

Kim Yarborough sang a soulful rendition of “Tell Me Something Good” and only got Levine to turn his chair around. Her style of singing is different from the type of music that Levine performs and writes.

The biggest surprise and delight of Monday’s auditions was the performance of Lindsey Pavao. She took the hip-hop song, “Say Aah” and creatively and uniquely turned it into a sultry indie-style vocal performance. She chose Aguilera over Shelton and Green.

“The Voice” returns for episode three Monday evening at 8 p.m. for one more round of the blind auditions.

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During this Sunday’s Super Bowl, fans of NBC’s “The Voice” were treated to a teaser commercial featuring the judges of the show, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Cee Lo Green battling each other in a parody of Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films. This got audiences pumped for the show’s second season premiere episode that was to air after the football game.

The first episode featured an hour of the show’s famous “blind auditions,” in which contestants sing while the judge’s have their backs turned in special chairs. The chairs have a button on them.

A judge will push the button on his or her chair if they like the contestants voice.

The button turns the judge’s chair around to signal that they are interested in this particular singer. If more than one judge turns around, the singer gets to choose which judges team to be on. Contes-

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Madonna and friends entertain MIKE FRIEND

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It’s been eight years since the wardrobe malfunction seen around the world at the Super Bowl 38 halftime show.

Since that time, a lot has changed in the NFL, but one theme that has remained constant is that a female artist has not headlined the biggest halftime show in America since. Since that fateful day in 2004, the promoters for the NFL have booked acts like the ever aging and seemingly timeless Rolling Stones and former Beatle Paul McCartney. The argument could be made that the NFL broke its “ban” on female headlines last year with the Black Eyed Peas, but the group of four is only 25 percent female. This year many were surprised when the news broke that Madonna would be headlining the show.

The singer, known for controversial moments in her time, promised the NFL in the days leading up to the game that there would be no scandalous behavior on her

watch. Skeptics weren’t so sure that the “Material Girl” would keep her promise when it was revealed that she would be accompanied by the group LMFAO and other performers such as Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green.

Starting the show looking more like a reject for a History Channel documentary on the ancient Egyptians, Madonna quickly went to one of her most famous hits, singing “Vogue” and dancing with more back up dancers than anyone cared to count.

Next on the playlist was another Madonna hit “Music,” with a medley of LMFAO’s two latest hits “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy and I Know It.” Madonna even got some applause when she joined the group in shuffling to the “Party Rock Anthem” The show then entered the most potentially risqué portion when Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. took the stage alongside the Grammy winner. From the crowd shouts, it looked as though a majority of the fans weren’t exactly sure what, or

even who’s song Madonna was singing as Minaj and M.I.A. chanted “L” “U” “V” “Madonna.” This mystery song was “Give Me All Your Luvin’” by M.I.A. However this part of the show didn’t go off without incident, at one point, M.I.A. flipped a certain digit towards the camera.

The show, which was studded with as many pyrotechnics, light displays and costume changes as a regular concert, finished up with Madonna, joined

by Green, singing “Like a Prayer.” The singers were accompanied by a mass of people dressed as members of a choir.

The entire group, including Madonna and Green finished the song as the light displays spelled out the words “World Peace,” a cause Madonna has long fought for.

Realistically, many of the younger generation weren’t necessarily looking forward to the show. Many, myself included, came away impressed because the show was better than expected and perhaps have a new appreciation for Madonna

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Turnovers hurt Clarion women against IUP JAZZMONDE JAMES Sports Staff

After a great home win against Slippery Rock University led by Hannah Heeter, the Clarion University Golden Eagle women’s basketball team took on Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks on Saturday, Feb. 4.

Heeter led the team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

Heeter is now the first player since 2009 to have eight doubledoubles in the last month, and was rewarded with her fifth PSAC West Freshman Woman of the Week.

Heeter now has 194 rebounds and is going for 200 for the season, which would make her the first Golden Eagle since 2009 to get that amount.

With all of Heeter’s work, it still didn’t help the Golden Eagles as they fell short against the Crimson Hawks losing 78-62.

IUP had the lead to start off the game, but

with 15:30 left in the half, the Golden Eagles took the lead. They had a ninepoint lead, which would end up being the most that the Golden Eagles led by the whole game.

Ann Deibert had 10 points and nine rebounds and Raven Jones had 10 points in the game.

With the Golden Eagles leading the game 27-18 with 6:27 left in the half, the Crimson Hawks went on a 23-3 run to end the quarter.

The score at halftime was 38-30.

Deibert never returned to the game after halftime and watched her Golden Eagles try to bounce back in the game.

At halftime, Coach Gie Parson discussed with her players that they weren’t out of the game.

“I told them that we are only down by eight. We need to have a good start within the first three to four minutes to cut down the lead,” Parsons said.

Once the second half

started, the Golden Eagles tried to get back in the game. With 3:47 left, they went on a 7-0 run to get within eight, 67-59.

Then with 2:34 left, Jones scored a basket which brought them within eight again, but that wouldn’t be enough.

The Golden Eagles had 17 turnovers, which played a key part in the game. Emma Fickel ended the game with four points, and Nicole Miloser led the points off the bench with seven points and added five rebounds.

The bench contributed 21 points and a total of 10 second-chance points.

The Clarion Golden Eagles (6-14, 5-11) will take on Gannon University at home on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Coach Parsons is hoping this game against Gannon ends differently.

“I would like to change the score, so that Clarion would win. Last time we didn’t play so good against them and we want to get the win,” Parsons said.

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Flemin, Abdurakhmonov lead Clarion to win MICHAEL COLLINS Sports Staff

The Clarion University wrestling team traveled to Bloomsburg University Thursday, Feb. 2 for a conference matchup.

The Golden Eagles were down 8-0 after the first two weight classes, but were able to bounce back by getting four consecutive wins from Tyler Bedelyon at 141, Cameron Moran at 149, James Fleming at 157 and Bekzod Abdurakhmonov at 165 to take a 16-8 lead.

Bedelyon led 4-1 in the first period with two takedowns, had a two point near fall and a takedown in the second for a 9-4 lead.

Then he had an escape, a takedown and riding time for a 13-4 major decision over Derek Shingara at 141.

Moran came away with a 9-6 win over Bryce Busler at 149. Moran’s four-point move to open the match gave him a 4-1 lead after the first.

A takedown at the end of the second put him ahead 6-4 with over three minutes of riding time.

Two third-period escapes and riding time led him to his win.

Fleming, now ranked fourth in the nation, was able to defeat Frank Hickman at 157.

Fleming chose top with no score entering the third period.

He pulled Hickman down straight to his back

for a three-point near fall to start the third for a 3-0 lead.

Hickman escaped and took Fleming down with 16 seconds remaining, but he had 1:17 on the riding clock, so Hickman had no choice but to let Fleming escape with 10 seconds left for a 4-3 lead.

Abdurakhmonov, ranked fifth in the nation at 165-pounds, led 5-1 in the third period when he was able to cradle Chuck Hartnett and pin him at 5:31 to give Clarion a 16-8 lead.

The next match was at 174 against Clarion’s Nick Milano and Bloomsburg’s Mike Dessina.

Milano took Dessina to his back in the first period and nearly pinned him.

Milano had a 5-0 lead when Dessina reversed back and pinned Milano at 2:55 to bring Bloomsburg back within two points of the Golden Eagles.

Clarion’s Steven Cressley won the next match 4-2 against Sam Shirey at 184-pounds to give Clarion a 19-14 lead.

Bloomsburg’s Richard Perry posted an 18-9 major decision over Alex Thomas at 197 making the score 19-18. The heavyweight match against Clarion’s Quintas McCorkle and Bloomsburg’s Zac Walsh would decide the winner duel.

“I knew what the score was going into the match and while walking onto the

mat I remembered what Coach Dernlan has been preaching all year, which is to embrace the fight and wrestle my match and I would have the chance to win,” said McCorkle.

After Walsh escaped in the second for a 1-0 lead, McCorkle scored a single leg takedown to move ahead 2-1.

McCorkle escaped to start the third for a 3-2 lead and went on to win the match giving the Golden Eagles a 22-18 victory.

“Bloomsburg is a tough team that we have a lot of respect for, but also when you have an in state rival, where pride is on the line, there is a little more incentive and motivation to come through as a team,” said Clarion Head Coach Matt Dernlan.

Clarion is now 2-6 overall and 1-3 EWL. The Golden Eagles were supposed to face Ohio University this past weekend but coach Dernlan was contacted by the Ohio wrestling team, who requested to postpone the match due to medical reasons.

“Unfortunately with our remaining schedule, there was not a good fit to reschedule the match with Ohio University, so we have made the decision to cancel the duel,” Coach Dernlan said.

The Golden Eagle’s next dual is home Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1pm against Cleveland State University.

FACE OFF

Should the Colts keep Peyton Manning?

MATT CATRILLO Sports Staff

When any NFL player is in the MVP conversation, it usually means that particular player had a memorable season, playing at his best, and leading his team deep into the playoffs, or even a championship or two.

But when a player is in MVP conversations and hasn’t even played a single game, that’s unheard of, until this season for the Indianapolis Colts.

Once Peyton Manning was lost for the season, so were the Colts.

They finished the year 2-14, after starting the year 0-13, and without a blink of an eye, every football fan knows it was because Manning wasn’t on the field.

We all knew it would be a struggle for the Colts, but no one expected them to have as rough of a season as anyone could have.

Indy brought in veteran Kerry Collins to try to keep the Colts’ offense in sync, but that was to no avail.

In losses to Houston, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh, Collins didn’t live up to hopeful expectations.

He didn’t even reach 200 yards passing, his completion percentage was a little over 50 percent in two of the three games and only had two touchdown passes in the three games, not to mention, a slow moving offense.

After Collins was pulled by Head Coach Jim Caldwell, it was Curtis Painter’s turn to attempt to change the poor efficiency of the Colts offense.

But let’s face it, Painter has been in this spot before, and has failed miserably into at least trying to keep the Colts’ offense in some type of rhythm.

This was the case for most of his starts in the middle of the season, including an embarrassing 9-17 for only 67 yards in a Sunday night game against New Orleans the franchise would like to forget about.

Caldwell and the rest of the Indy offensive coaching staff kept trying, however and started Dan Orlovsky for the last seven weeks.

He surprisingly started off red hot, throwing for 353 yards and two touchdowns in a near upset of the Patriots.

Two weeks later, he somehow led the Colts to their first win of the season against the Titans, after only throwing for 82 yards.

Orlovsky even led them to another upset win on Thursday Night Football hosting the division rival Texans.

Despite those victories, it was a pretty miserable year for the Colts.

They lost to teams they usually beat pretty handily when Manning was in the lineup, and were dismantled by teams that they were at least competitive, or could possibly beat with Manning on the field.

And if this season doesn’t display enough of Manning’s meaning to the team, here’s a quick ‘resume’ of his Hall of Fame career.

He’s brought Indy to two Super Bowls, and was Super Bowl XLI MVP, was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 draft, and broke numerous records, such as most touchdown passes in a single game and in full seasons.

It’s been a well-accomplished 13year career for Manning, all with the Colts, and after this season especially, you can’t deny Manning’s meaning to their organization.

MICHAEL WATERLOO Sports Editor

In 1995, the Indianapolis Colts were a few plays from making the Super Bowl as they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game.

Just three years later, they found themselves in a rebuilding mode and having the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.

The choice for the pick came down to Ryan Leaf of Washington State University or Peyton Manning from the University of Tennessee.

Selecting Manning, the Colts put themselves in the position as a front-runner for the next 13 seasons.

After two Super Bowl appearances, one Super Bowl title, four MVPs and six consecutive seasons with 4,000 yards passing, the Colts find themselves in a position where they must decide whether or not they should keep Manning.

How could the Colts part with the face of their franchise and one of the best quarterbacks of all-time?

After missing the entire 2011 season with three neck surgeries, the Manningless Colts went 2-14 and find themselves in a similar position as they did in 1998.

This time around, the top overall college prospect who is entering the draft is University of Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.

The question is, will the Colts retain Manning and have Luck sit for a couple years to learn from the All-Pro, or will they release Manning and give Luck the reins from day one?

I’m here to tell you why the Colts need to move on from Manning, and go with Luck.

Manning made a case to be the MVP of the season without playing a game this year. The Colts tried Curtis Painter, Kerry Collins and Dan Orlovsky, but could only win two games in the season.

Manning was cleared last week by two different doctors to resume his career, but with three surgeries in 18 months, one hit could end his career and cost the Colts dearly.

The Colts signed Manning to a fiveyear $90 million deal this past June, but have until March 8 to make a decision on whether or not to keep him or not before his salary kicks in.

The Colts owner Jim Irsay already fired Coach Jim Caldwell, Vice Chairman Bill Polian and his son Chris Polian, the general manager that drafted Manning.

Irsay has made it clear that he is changing things in Indianapolis.

Luck has already been touted as the most pro-ready quarterback since John Elway was drafted, so the learning curve won’t be huge.

Sure we’ve seen how sitting behind a veteran for a few years has benefited Steve Young and Aaron Rodgers, but what about the success of Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Cam Newton and Andy Dalton in their rookie seasons?

The other question is, will Manning be the same Manning we are used to?

At 35 years of age, Manning is getting older and now has the history of injuries attached to him.

We’ve seen Brett Favre and Joe Montana switch teams at an old age and be successful, but we’ve also seen Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas try to desperately hold onto their careers with new teams and fail.

If the Colts were smart, they’d let Manning walk and start the Luck era.

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High school game tainted by racial antics

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BRENTWOOD, Pa. — Some Pittsburgharea parents are complaining that students at a largely white high school dressed in banana suits at a basketball game and taunted their majority black rival with racial slurs.

Brentwood schools Superintendent Ronald Dufalla said Wednesday that two costumed students were thrown out of Friday’s game after they ran past the Monessen High fan section “causing agitation and disruption.”

But he also says he has reviewed game tapes and talked to school officials and has “seen no other activity that confirms the allegations made.” He says the two students in banana suits have done that at previous games.

Monessen parents say that other students hurled slurs including “monkeys” and “cotton pickers.” That district’s superintendent has demanded an apology and says Dufalla has sugarcoated the situation.

NFL

Steelers name Haley offensive coordinator PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have named Todd Haley their new offensive coordinator.

Haley, 45, will replace Bruce Arians, now with the Indianapolis Colts, and will inherit an offense that scored

325 points last season en route to finishing 12-4.

Haley was fired by Kansas City on Dec. 13, after going 19-26 in twoplus seasons with the Chiefs, leading them to the 2010 AFC West title.

He spent 10 seasons as an assistant before being hired by Kansas City. He was offensive coordinator for Arizona in 2007-08, helping lead the Cardinals to their only Super Bowl appearance. And he is the son of Dick Haley, who spent 44 seasons in the NFL including serving as the Steelers’ director of player personnel from 1971-90.

Less than a year before he was fired, Haley led the Chiefs to the greatest single-season turnaround in franchise history, winning the division title by recording six more victories than in 2009.

NBA

Bryant moves into 5th on scoring list PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has passed former teammate Shaquille O’Neal and moved into fifth place on the NBA’s career scoring list.

Bryant needed 24 points to pass O’Neal entering Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. O’Neal retired with 28,596 points. Bryant nailed a long jumper late in the first half to give him 24 points.

O’Neal and Bryant often clashed, even while leading the Lakers to NBA championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

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Clarion men’s basketball comeback attempt falls short JACOB OBERDORF Sports Staff

The Golden Eagle men’s basketball team’s role of comeback kids fell short this past Saturday night when they traveled to Indiana Univeristy of Pennsylvania to take on the No. 13 Crimson Hawks in a PSAC West matchup.

The Eagles were in a hole early while shooting only 30 percent (9-of-30) from the field and 14 percent (1-of-7) from beyond the arc in the first half.

While the Eagles’ shooting woes became prevalent, the Hawks took advantage and caught fire in shooting 65 percent (17-of-26) from the field and 44 percent (4of-9) from the three-point line and gave themselves a 20-point cushion on the Eagles going into the half.

The Hawks lead reached 22 early into the second half, but the Eagles went on a 36-11 run of their own coming all the way back to take a 59-56 lead with six minutes left in the game.

“At halftime I told them to break the second half down in increments. At the 15 minute mark we wanted to be down 15, the 10 minute mark down 10, the 5 minute mark down 5,” said Head Coach Ron Righter.

“We were right there.”

Senior Paul McQueen and

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Senior forward Quintus “Bud” Teer coverts a free-throw for one of his 18 points in Clarion’s 68-65 loss to IUP on Feb. 4. freshman Winfield Willis led the charge during the run scoring eight points each.

IUP fired right back at the Eagles going on an 8-0 run to take a 64-59 lead

with 1:32 left to play.

The back-and-forth trend continued with Quintus “Bud” Teer’s threepoint play to bring Clarion within two.

After two IUP free throws, Willis hit a threepointer to bring Clarion within one.

A last-second desperation shot by McQueen rat-

tled off the rim bringing the Eagles three points short.

The Eagles were led by Willis’ 17 points, three rebounds, and two steals.

McQueen added 15

points along with eight rebounds, two assists and three steals.

Sophomore Mike Kromka led the Eagles on the boards with nine rebounds.

Willis reached 369 points for the season, which is the third most points scored by a Clarion freshman since 1970.

Willis is the Eagles’ leading scorer this season averaging 16.8 points per game and is the leading freshman scorer in the PSAC this season.

“Winn (Willis) is a very mature freshman and one of the top freshman in the conference,” said Righter.

Righter also said that Willis’ success has come as no surprise to him. In the two meetings with IUP this season the Eagles have lost both games by a combined total of eight points.

Righter has come to expect these kind of games when these two teams match up.

“IUP and Clarion is always a war. We have great respect for their program ,and I know they feel the same.

It’s a big-time rivalry,” Righter said.

The Eagles will take the court this Saturday in a PSAC West game against the Gannon Knights in Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Clarion track team has success at Mt. Union EDDIE MCDONALD Sports Staff

On Saturday Feb. 4 the Clarion University women’s indoor track team competed at the Mt. Union College Jim Waske Invite.

Junior Ciara Shorts and sophomore Sarah Loughner placed first in their respective events.

Shorts competed in the mile and had a first place finish of 5:20.31.

She also competed in the 800-meter run and finished fourth with a time of 2:25.75.

Loughner competed in the high jump, and took home first place with a jump of 5-foot-1-inch.

“They had good individual places,” Head Coach D.J. Bevevino said of his two first place finishers.

Clarion also got good results from a number of other girls

on the team.

Senior Alexis Carter had a pair of top three finishes. She took second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.89 and finished third in the 200-meter with a time of 26.88.

The Golden Eagles got a second place finish in the 5,000-meter run from freshman Milea Schall, who finished with a time of 19:04.01.

Sophomore Jessica Vitous was third in the high jump, as she leaped 16-1 ¾ feet. Vitous also finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 9.91.

Sophomore Allyson Cress, who missed a significant amount of time with a thumb injury, finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 39.8 feet.

“We welcomed back Allie Cress and she had a

personal best in the shot put,” Bevevino said of his returning sophomore.

Sophomore Megan Toddy finished seventh in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 11:13.82.

Freshman Kellie Wyatt finished eighth respectively in the 3,000-meter run, finishing with a time of 11:26.73.

“It’s been a reasonably successful season. We qualified multiple individuals for PSAC’s. (Alexis) Carter and (Ciara) Shorts have performed strongly.

(Sara) Loughner has been very successful in the high jump,” Bevevino said of his team’s success thus far into the season.

Clarion returns to action Friday, Feb. 10 when it travels to Baldwin-Wallace College.

The meet is slated for a 5 p.m. start time.

Alexis Carter Women’s W omen’s track track and and field field senior senior sprinter sprinter INTERVIEW BY Mark Emch

Q A

Outside the classroom, what is your number one priority?

Outside the classroom and academic related activities, my No. 1 priority is running and my involvement with Clarion University women’s track and field team.

Q

Before each and every match, what helps you to gain perspective and focus on the competition at hand?

A

Before each competition, I think about the week of practice I had and how hard I worked to get to that point. I think about my accomplishments thus far.

I try not to think of my competition, but think “It’s just me and the clock.” If I run my goal time, then my competition doesn’t

matter because I ultimately will be faster than them.

Q

What, for you, are the keys to balancing your academics with your athletics?

A

Time management! I’ve realized over the years that a lot of students complete assignments on their downtime or after class.

However, when any free time is given to me in class to work on assignments, I utilize it. If I have 30 minutes of downtime between classes or before work, I use it to complete work.

Q

What plans do you have for after graduation?

A

After graduation, I have applied to a couple of Ph.D programs for toxicology. If I do not get in, I will take some time off to hopefully work in a science-related field with institutions such CDC (Centers of Disease Control) or EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), and then reapply for graduate school.

Q

If you had to choose your favorite track-related memory, which would

it be?

A

My favorite track-related memory would be shattering the 4x400m relay, along with Bethanny Naugle, Anna Pfingstler and Kayla Kohlman.

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