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Clarion Call CLARION UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1913

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

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Community store “Book Nook” closes on Main Mark Emch MANAGING EDITOR

CLARION, Pa. After 37 years of business, the Book Nook bookstore closed its doors for good Feb. 28.

Located on Main Street, merely a few blocks from campus, Book Nook offered a diverse collection of reading material, including magazines, classic novels and children’s’ literature.

Owner Matt Elliston set up shop in 1975, around the time other notable businesses, such as Bob’s Subs, sprang up along Main Street.

“Book Nook was the place to go if you wanted to find a book or magazine to read for pleasure,” said Clarion University junior Andrew Waugaman.

“They had stuff you couldn’t find at Walmart or the university’s bookstore.”

Bookstore closings have become a regrettable trend over the past decade.

In 1997, there were 12,363 book stores open across the nation.

Today, about 10,800

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The Book Nook displays “Going out of business” signs. Located on Main Street since 1975, Book Nook closes Feb 28. remain open, a 12.2 percent drop.

“Electronic media has cut into store profit everywhere,” said Elliston.

“Amazon is the main culprit, followed by the Kindle and the iPad.” Amazon.com, the eighth most visited website on the internet, has

cut a considerable slice out of the profit formerly collected by independent and chain bookstores.

The site boasts a nearendless supply of novels and magazines that are often offered at a lower price than retailers are able to provide.

E-books (electronic

books) have soared in terms of popularity over the past decade, thanks mostly to the arrival of such multiuse gadgets as Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPad that allow for easy accessibility to websites and online stores that offer e-books at prices lower than their printed counterparts.

In 2011 alone, e-book sales reached $3.2 billion, and that number is expected to grow to $10 billion in the next few years.

Independent stores such as Book Nook aren’t the only ones hurting from the growth of the e-book market.

Chain retailers such as Waldenbooks and Bor-

ders, who once dominated the market, have been forced to shut down in recent years due to a stark drop in profit.

“There are famous bookstores in good locations like New York City and San Francisco where you know there is a reading public that has been around for many years, and they have all gone out of business,” said Elliston.

Barnes and Noble has thus far succeeded in weathering the storm, due to its willingness to invest in the e-book market.

The company began manufacturing its own e-book reader, the Nook, in 2009.

Its sales now account for 27 percent of the ebook market.

“It’s a shame to see the Book Nook leave after all this time,” said Clarion alumni Phillip Hoffman.

“I for one prefer to buy my books from an actual store as opposed to online. It’s a darn shame that the rise of a new technology has to put these kinds of places out of business,” Hoffman said.

Clarion University begins brand marketing initiative Alizah Thornton NEWS EDITOR

CLARION, Pa. - Clarion University is working on creating a new website to use as its primary marketing tool to recruit new students.

“That’s priority No. 1,” David Love, Clarion University’s director of marketing and communication, said.

The university plans to launch the site by fall 2014; however, the date launch date is not finalized.

The website will be geared toward four categories of students.

Traditional-age students, or students just out of high school, adult learners, transfer students and military students, whether Veterans or active-duty, are the four groups.

“Our research shows people identify with one of these groups,” Love said. “We need to have a different presentation for each group.”

The universit y hopes to create a website that tailors to the needs of the students in each group.

For example, adult learners may not be interested in housing preferences, but may be interested in services that can help them transition into a school environment if they have been away for a period of years.

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Student Senate recommends activity fee increase, RSOs and RUOs budget decrease Rhanisha Tillman-Hill STAFF WRITER

CLARION, Pa. - Student Senate voted to recommend an increase of the student activity fee by $40 and an decrease of Recognized Student Organization and Recognized University Organization’s budgets by 9 percent in the 2013-2014 school year.

The recommendation will be sent to the Clarion Student Association before being sent to President Karen Whitney for final approval.

Shelly Wilson, student senate adviser and business manager, said that there is a 20 percent variance in the budget that was approved last year,

and without increases in the student activities fee, RSO and RUO budgets will face greater cuts in the upcoming school year.

The increase in the student activities fee will make Clarion University the seventh lowest student activities fee compared with the other Pennsylvania 13-stateowned universities.

Wilson said that some universities charge the maximum fee to students taking nine credits; however, at Clarion, students are charged the maximum fee for taking 12 credits.

Senators shared their suggestion on the budget situation.

Sen. Gregory Jacobs proposed a system similar to

systems used in other state schools in Pennsylvania.

The system, he described, used by Slippery Rock University, would allow students to choose the organizations their student activity fees go to.

The opposition to his proposal was that if students chose based on their interest, it would exclude less popular organizations.

Some organizations need funds to operate despite their popularity among students.

Sen. Jessie Snyder said he felt that the discussion on the budget situation should have happened months ago in order to effectively plan.

“No matter which way you cut it, I think we

are just a day late and a couple thousand dollars short,” Synder said.

He said he feels that the amount of students who attend programs sponsored by larger organizations should be considered in order to plan better for next year.

Harry Tripp the faculty adviser for the Student Senate, said that when creating budgets the CSAs purpose and goals, for the money, should be reviewed in order to allocate appropriately.

Tripp said he thinks that the exposure to processes of governing and voting is an area of high impact practice that all students should experience while they are at Clarion.

Budgeting issues were

experienced last year, so Tripp said he feels that “forward year and multiyear looking” needs to take place in order to plan effectively.

With the university facing a 20 percent reduction across the board for organizations, two budgets should be made for each student and university organizations, Tripp said.

The final budget for the organizations would be contingent upon the enrollment remaining steady or decreasing in the upcoming school year.

Treasurer Kayla Lavery said that budget proposal will be looked at line-by-line this year to modify the budgets as much as possible.

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RSOs and RUOs budgets are being reviewed for the coming year.

Student Trustee Darrin Young attended the Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday, Feb. 21 and reported that best case scenario is that enrollment will remain steady, and the retention rate has risen 1 percent from the last semester to this semester.

Sen. Moyo Wills was appointed to Student Senate’s vacant chair after returning from serving in the military.

Parliamentarian Jeff Donor reported that the Clarion Borough council meeting will be March 5 Interhall Council reported that it is looking to fill two vacancies on the executive board.

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Marketing efforts begin Continued from page 1 The revamping of the website is a part of the university’s “brand marketing initiative” that aims to help the university display its strengths to potential students.

“This initiative will also help us optimize overall marketing activities, support efforts in student recruitment for the next three-to-five years and develop language to support a comprehensive capital campaign,” Love said.

The initiative will take place with three steps.

The short-term project is to assess the current website, focusing heavily on the home page help target the key audiences, or groups of students.

This will take place over the next few months.

“We can see there are

changes needed to our website,” Love said referencing navigation and search features as two examples.

The university’ s website was launched in September 200 8.

Since then, new technologies have emerged that allow for changes that could not have previously been made.

The second step is to create a mobile-friendly version of the website.

“A mobile version is already accessible, but not necessarily mobilefriendly,” he said.

The mobile-friendly website should be available later this semester.

Completing the brand marketing initiative is the long-term goal.

Over the next few months, the university will hold focus

groups, conduct website tests and involve student groups to help assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats the university faces.

The brand will be a representation of Clarion. “[We want] a brand that fits who we are,” Love said. The use of social media will also be included in the BMI. “Social media will be an important part of our marketing effort,” Love said.

Clarion University’s Facebook page has more than 9,000 “Likes.” The university has also created fan pages for the classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018.

The university hopes to use Twitter more to reach a new demographic of high school student who are turning to that medium.

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Director Spike Lee headlines film festival CLARION, Pa. Award-winning director and producer Spike Lee will be making a lot of appearances at the university this spring.

Lee will lecture at 8 p.m. on April 3 at Marwick-Boyd Auditorium as part of the Mary L. Seifert Cultural Series, “Realities of Race.”

Tickets will be available March 4 at the Gemmell information desk, Golden Eagle Landing and online at www.clarionuniversitytickets.com.

Also, a Spike Lee Film Festival will be held at 6 p.m. March 27 and 28 and April 1 and 2 in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room.

Two films will be shown each night, said Myrna Kuehn, chairperson of the department of communication.

Two experts on Spike Lee’s filmography will speak before each night of the film festival to provide context for the films being shown.

Janice Hamlet, a profes so r at Northern Illin ois University , and Geral d Powell Jr ., a le cturer and faculty memb er at news chool.edu, will speak for two n ights each.

Hamlet wrote “Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader,” and Powell did his doctoral dissertation on Spike Lee’s work.

The film festival is open to the public. Students can attend for free.

There will be a modest fee for general public tickets.

Information about how to get tickets will be forthcoming.

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Myrna Kuehn, communication department chair and professor, plans to work with her small group communication class to plan the Spike Lee Film Festival from March 27 - April 2.

Lee would be coming to campus, Kuehn said the committee for the cultural series sent out a message saying there were grant opportunities available that support student learning outcomes, high impact practices and campus community engagement.

Kuehn, an avid Spike Lee fan, applied for the grant to work together with her small group decision making class.

She said she will be working with her students to plan and run the entire festival.

“The planning of the film festival is a perfect high impact practice application for the learning outcomes associated with my class,” Kuehn said.

“The work my students are doing dovetails right out of the textbook.”

The students will work on problem-solving effectiveness, team building, group dynamics in the design and application of the film festival.

Lee is best known as a director, producer and writer of films who explores provocative topics like race relations, politics, gender and urban crime.

He is also known for directing television commercials.

He won a Student Academy Award in 1982 for his graduate thesis film “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads.”

His first feature film, “She’s Gotta Have It,” was one of the most profitable films of the year in 1986.

He has produced over 20 films, including “Malcolm X,” “Mo’ Better Blues,” “4 Little Girl” and “Get on the Bus.”

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From left: Kalyna Hill and Loran Jackson listen as Bruce Patterson speaks on his experiences with gun violence with family and friends during an open forum sponsored by the Clarion University chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and the Minority Leadership Council on Monday, Feb. 25. More than 20 students attended the open forum discussing the problems of gun violence in their hometowns, as well as how to prevent violence committed by individuals they know. The forum was put on in response to a off-campus shooting on Feb. 2 when a university student was injured.

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February 28, 2013

NEWS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA

Witness charged in teen’s overdose AP EXCHANGE

CLARION, Pa.— A man who allegedly witnessed the overdose of a western Pennsylvania woman has been charged with helping the man accused of killing her move the woman’s dead body.

The attorney for 32-year-old Joel Tanner Stark, of Rimersburg, declined comment Wednesday on the conspiracy charges filed by state police in the aftermath of 19-yearold Devan Knapp’s death.

The B rookville woman’s body was fo und Jan. 15 in her car, which was parked on a road outside C larion, about 60 miles northe ast of Pittsburgh.

Shawn Ryan Carr,29, of Kittanning, has been jailed on charges including drug delivery resulting in death and abuse of a corpse.

Police say Stark saw Carr inject Knapp and when she didn’t wake up, Stark allegedly saw Carr put Knapp’s body in her car and drive it to where her body was found.

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Pensions cut by $12 billion in Corbett’s plan Peter Jackson AP EXCHANGE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State and school employees would be forced to forgo nearly $12 billion worth in pension benefits over the next 30 years if Gov. Tom Corbett’s pension reform plan is approved, according to an administration analysis released Tuesday.

The itemized summary marked the first time the administration has publicly disclosed estimates of the savings and costs associated with the multifaceted pension reform plan Corbett unveiled in his budget address this month.

The Republican governor’s proposal to reduce future benefits for current employees is the centerpiece of his pension-reform initiative.

But it faces an uphill fight in the Legislature and possibly the courts.

“We will maintain that doing so would be unconstitutional,” Wythe Keever of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, said Tuesday.

Corbett’s plan to divert newly hired employees into a 401(k)-style plan would save taxpayers more than $2.5 billion through 2043, compared to the cost of enrolling them in the present, defined-benefit pension plan, according to the summary.

But those savings would be more than offset by proposed limits on the growth of taxpayers’ share of pension costs in the next few years, which would push more than $3 billion in new costs into later years.

Earlier Tuesday, Democratic state Treasurer Rob McCord and a laboraffiliated research group attacked the proposal 401(k)-style retirement plans.

McCord and economist Stephen Herzen-

berg of the Keystone Research Center said in a teleconference with reporters that the plan wouldn’t save taxpayers money but instead would cost more.

An administration spokesman countered that the critics ignored the potentially huge savings from the proposal to reduce future pension benefits for current employees.

The biggest portion of that savings would come from a reduction in the “multiplier,” a percentage applied to an employee’s years of service and final average salary to calculate the pension.

“Their argument is based on only half the facts,” said state budget office spokesman Jay Pagni. McCord and Herzenberg said the replacement of the pension plan would reduce the return on investments needed to provide benefits for the aging employees still enrolled in the current plan as fund managers seek less risky assets.

At the same time, the state’s 4 percent matching contribution for new hires automatically enrolled in the 401(k)-style plan will come from existing pension fund assets, further increasing the cost to taxpayers, they said.

“The governor’s proposal will dig a deeper pension hole with taxpayers on the hook,” Herzenberg said.

McCord, who is considered a potential challenger to Corbett’s re-election bid in 2014, voiced concern about the governor’s plan to initially reduce the taxpayers’ share of pension costs and limit annual increases for several years.

McCord said it would add $5 billion to what is currently a $41 billion unfunded liability in the Public School Employees’ Retirement System and the State Employees’ Retirement System, which together include more than 800,000 active and retired members.

$500 million airpor t drilling Pa. school blocks deal causes citizen uproar websites on gays Timothy Puko AP EXCHANGE

PITTSBURGH — Paul D. McLaughlin Jr. recalls feeling heat rise up his neck when he heard about the $500 million deal for airport gas drilling.

McLaughlin, 66, lives in Moon, about three blocks from Pittsburgh International Airport, on land where his grandfather’s family once mined coal, he said.

McLaughlin is one of at least 300 people offered pennies for oil and gas rights from which the Allegheny County Airport Authority is about to make millions.

The county used eminent domain condemnations in court to acquire 9,000 acres the authority is leasing to Cecil-based Consol.

The most recent acquisitions were in 2004 and 2005, when the county offered 50 members of the McLaughlin family and 32 other families $1 to split for each parcel of their mineral rights.

“It just seems like we were robbed,” McLaughlin said. “I told my sister, ‘Did you see what these crooks did?’ They said there was nothing of value out there. And lo and behold, they’re going to make $500 million in the next 20 years.”

Some residents have protested airport land acquisition since government leaders started using eminent domain to condemn land for an airport in the 1950s.

A few landowners appealed in court over the decades with mixed results.

Court records do not show how many of them negotiated better offers, nor how much money the county paid in total to acquire airport land and mineral rights.

Lawyers for the county and airport said they did not have those figures.

Government representatives fully followed the law during condemnations, said Downtown attorney Jeff Letwin, an airport authority lawyer since its 1999 inception.

He ensured the airport took control of missing mineral rights, he said.

When County Executive Rich Fitzgerald was County Council president from 2004 to 2011, he signed legislation authorizing the last two eminent domain efforts to take coal, oil, gas, limestone and other mineral rights at the airport.

He declined comment for this story, referring questions to the authority.

Even in 2005, almost no one had heard of the Marcellus and Utica shale formations that drillers now are tapping for natural gas, airport officials said.

The combination of sideways drilling and hydraulic fracturing to crack the shale allows Consol to plan six to eight well pads on the airport’s perimeter and access gas even under runways.

Range Resources Corp. demonstrated promising signs of how well fracking would work in the Marcellus in October 2004 — 10 months before the county filed its last of eight eminent domain cases.

But Range didn’t make public its success until 2007.

No airport officials heard of the possibility until 2008, and they made their first attempt to bid out drilling rights that year, Letwin said.

The county and airport didn’t take mineral rights to get rich off gas royalties, their lawyers argued in court filings at the time.

They did so to keep mining and drilling companies off the land, to protect airport buildings, runways and surrounding commercial

development from risks such as land subsidence, officials have said.

Not everyone bought that argument.

In an appeal to Commonwealth Court in 2003, a lawyer argued that the county hadn’t proved it took the land for public good, as the law requires. It took land to lease it to other private parties, argued Diana Slivinska, who represented Carol Nicoletti, a coal rights owner from Findlay.

“You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that. It’s essentially government engaging in land speculation” on the cheap, at the expense of people whose land it took, Slivinska said in a recent interview. “This is not how government is supposed to function.

This is not how government is supposed to treat its citizens.”

Those citizens didn’t necessarily own the mineral rights, though, and that’s one reason the county commonly made low offers, said Lynda Dupre, a Ligonier lawyer who was hired as outside counsel for the county and airport authority.

Some people owned mineral estates that were separated from surface properties decades ago, and that’s how the county ended up with land but not all the mineral rights.

Some people had only leases that would have long ago expired, Dupre said.

County officials made nominal offers to everyone as a precaution, because it’s often hard to tell a lease from a sale in 19th-century documents, she said.

“They wanted to clear everything up,” she said.

“You don’t want someone to say they can come out here and they have a right to put a well right in the middle of a parking lot.”

The case would be

tough to fight now because courts likely won’t show sympathy for people who didn’t challenge the county’s offer, lawyers said.

In eminent domain cases, citizens have about five years to challenge, according to David B. Snyder, a lawyer with Fox Rothschild LLP in Philadelphia.

Leticia Haxall blames her situation on her ignorance.

Haxall, 84, of Oceanside, Calif., might be the farthest flung of the oil and gas heirs, including some who moved to Florida and Maine, court documents show.

The county’s offer told her she had six years to challenge, but she never did.

“My son told me not to sign off on that” $1 offer, said Haxall, who learned of the $500 million deal in a Tribune-Review phone call. “He told me, ‘They’ll find oil under that airport, for sure, if you sign off on that.’ But I did anyway. Oh dear.”

Many residents said it didn’t make sense for them to pay attorneys or experts for rights that might get them only $1 to split among dozens of heirs.

The county approached some family members who were elderly or ailing, they said.

Ownership issues became part of negotiations between Consol and the county.

Airport officials accepted responsibility for any title challenges, Letwin said. Consol withheld $1 million of its initial $50 million payment, pending clarification of a few parcels, he said.

That’s standard in a mineral rights deal, lawyers said. It’s especially true for a deal so big and on land with a complicated history, said C. William Kenny, an attorney with Berger and Green on Washington’s Landing.

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SHILLINGTON, Pa. — The ACLU on Wednesday accused an eastern Pennsylvania school district of blocking Internet content about gays.

The American Civil Liberties Union said that Governor Mifflin School District’s Internet filtering software blocked sites that a student tried to access for research.

The Berks County district’s “sexuality” filter blocks sites expressing support for the gayrights movement, while an “intolerance” filter blocks a range of political advocacy sites, including ones that oppose legal protections for gays, the group said.

The ACLU said that violates students’ free speech rights. “Being able to access information on the Internet at the school library is not only critical

for academic purposes, it can also be a lifeline for (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) students in crisis who don’t feel safe seeking support on their home computers,” said Reggie Shuford, executive director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania.

“Blocking these sites not only violates the First Amendment, but it does a disservice to students trying to learn about themselves and the world around them.”

The ACLU has sent a letter to Governor Mifflin asking that it reconfigure the filtering software.

A district spokeswoman did not return a message from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Junior Maison Fioravante, who was blocked from accessing the sites, started a petition that drew 3,200 signatures, the ACLU said.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Guns on campus: No discussion necessary There’s a popular saying: guns don’t kill people, people kill people—we all know it. I agree with this saying, but it does not prevent me from fearing guns.

A person without a gun, to me, is no immediate threat and everything is fine.

When a person is carrying a gun, and it is made known to me, they are an immediate threat, and I will either freeze or run in fear. I have nightmares about guns and shootings, so I would not feel safe on campus if individuals were allowed to carry concealed weapons.

This letter is in response to John Owens’s opinion piece “Concealed weapons: Discussion needed” from the February 21, 2013 Clarion Call issue. In this letter, I wish to refute his claim: “I know I’d feel safer on campus if concealed carry was allowed.” My opinion is the

complete opposite. To prove my negation, I wish to bring up the drinking age and Student Rights, Regulations, and Procedures regarding alcohol on campus.

The Student Rights, Regulations, and Procedures handbook goes into detail on the alcohol policy on campus and can be found on the CU website. The specific policy I would like to bring up is as follows: “possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in or around university-supervised facilities and property” is prohibited and considered misconduct. The previous rule applies to all students including 21-year-olds and older, some of which live on-campus. Off-campus, however, anyone 21-years-old or older can possess or consume alcohol. With this rule, is the university limiting the rights of these individuals?

Owens brought up the point that it is legal for anyone over age 21 to carry a concealed weapon when also carrying a “License to Carry Firearms.” He thinks prohibiting this law on campus needs to be re-evaluated. Should we also question whether students and individuals over 21 should be able to possess and consume alcohol on campus, too? Either way, these individuals’ rights are limited, but I would prefer for it to remain like that. Unless we want drunk concealed weapon carriers on campus, I think we are safer if we kept the current Weapons, Firearms, and Dangerous Devices policy in place—no discussion necessary.

Sincerely, Amanda Platt Junior Secondary Education Social Studies Major

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Why was Michelle on the Oscars?

Matt Knoedler STAFF WRITER

I had no real reason to watch the Oscars Sunday night. I see a handful of movies per year, and the only one I saw this year that was nominated for anything was “Lincoln.”

Some people disapproved of the jokes MacFarlane delivered Sunday night. (For the record, I stand behind Seth MacFarlane’s brand of comedy, and he was a captivating host during the Academy Awards.) What I disapproved of was the appearance of First Lady Michelle Obama presenting Best Picture.

I’m generally ok with the president or the first lady attending special ceremo-

nies, but Michelle Obama had no real reason to be at the Academy Awards.

She has never held a role in Hollywood. Her appearance was really out of left field. It would have made some sense if Ronald Reagan would’ve presented the award as president in the 1980s because he was…well, an actor. Times like this are why people don’t like the federal government. It seems like you can’t do anything anymore with a higher power overseeing, even something as simple as watching “Argo” winning the highest award a movie can receive.

I suppose we shouldn’t be too surprised that Obama appeared at the Oscars on Sunday, however, as government tends to give Hollywood lucrative incentives. In the hurried “fiscal cliff” deal passed in early January, more than 50 temporary tax breaks worth $76 billion were extended for another year.

Tax breaks are also given on the state level. Five of this year’s nine “Best Picture” nominees were filmed on location in states where the production company received money from the state’s government.

The movie “Lincoln,” for example, received $3.5 million from the commonwealth of Virginia.

Am I suggesting that there’s a direct correlation between the tax breaks and the first lady’s appearance at the Oscars?

No. What I’m suggesting is that the government has an increasingly large role in Hollywood, and I can’t say I’d be surprised to see President Obama land a cameo before the end of his second term. Oh, the power of money.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

First Person: The hate in social media I’m not surprised by how much hate there is in this world. It’s so easy to find.

Watch a video on YouTube and scroll through the comments. Coming across a positive one is rare. Take a look at all of the criticism on Instagram photos. Read through your Twitter feed and count the negative remarks. Log on to Facebook, and read the condescending status updates. It is starting to seem like people are using social media for the sole purpose of bashing one another.

Technology is making it way too easy for people to be... well, mean.

Social media. We have become obsessed with it. How could we not? We can keep in touch with old friends, share every moment of our lives in an instant, and are constantly in the loop on the latest news.

The downside however, is that we can so easily hide behind usernames and avatars and be total wimps. We say whatever we want to, without thinking twice about it or ever suffering any consequences for our words. Do people really talk this filthy?

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compliments have been replaced with insults.

Imagine a day where there are no negative words written by anyone across all social media platforms, logging on to Facebook, and not reading any complaints, looking at a photo on Instagram, and seeing only positive comments.

Twitter overflowing with only praise. That would be a good day.

Everyone is guilty. So take the challenge. I dare you to try it. Go one day without writing anything negative in the social space. If you survive, try it for a week. Then, just maybe, a month? And, who knows, perhaps you could be the start of turning social media into a positive atmosphere.

It’s elementary people.

Get back to the basics. We have heard it time and time again; “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”

This should pertain to your keyboards, too.

Suzanne Schwerer is media relations coordinator for USA Today High School Sports suzschwerer@gmail.com @SuzAnne929

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The writer is a communication major and member of The Clarion Call.

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Before hiding behind a keyboard, think for a moment if you would say those things to someone’s face. If the answer is yes, then type away.

I know how it got this bad. When we hang out with certain people a lot, we start becoming more and more like them without even realizing it. Just from being exposed to them, we start to use their language, pick up on their mannerisms, mimic their actions.

The hours we spend online are countless, and subconsciously, we have adapted to its hateful environment.

A friend of mine, born and raised in Pittsburgh, went away to college in the South.

When she would come home on her breaks, we started to notice the fact that southern living was rubbing off on her. Her “yinz’s” became “ya’ll’s,” and she used some slang terms that no sane Pittsburgher would touch. It didn’t take very long before she began to mold into a Southern Belle.

We too, like my friend, have gone south but not in a good way, ya’ll. And much like my friend began losing her “yinzer” phrases, our

Alizah Thornton NEWS EDITOR

Most people believe college is about going to school for four years, partying, having unlimited freedom and making friends. That is what movies and television make going to college seem like.

College can be all of those things, but college is also about seizing opportunities.

College is a “safe” version of the real-world, while also being a completely separate experience in itself. Where else can people be full-time stu-

dents, go to classes in a field or fields they are interested in while serving as the president of one organization, as the secretary of another and volunteer for a number of community services projects? Yes, in the real world individuals can hold these positions while maintaining a full-time job, but the experience, the people and the atmosphere are different.

College provides an array of opportunities for students whether it is attending regional or national conferences, meeting new people, obtaining internships, being able to student teach and many more. Students often miss opportunities because they feel like it’s something that doesn’t look like it would be fun, or they do not see the immediate

benefits. Students should not only seize opportunities but also seek them out.

They shouldn’t bypass the CU Digest or other emails sent by various departments on campus. Someone times a small opportunity can lead to a greater one. Seize every opportunity, pay attention to what is going around and do whatever it takes—nothing illegal or unethical—to make sure an opportunity is not missed.

“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it. ”- Boris Pasternak

The writer is a communication major and member of The Clarion Call.

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University professor gives advice on personal finances John Burba STAFF WRITER

The Clarion Free Library held a presentation on finances and financial responsibility this past Tuesday in the basement reading area. The presentation was funded by the Community Fellows grant.

The grant, sponsored by Clarion University is being used to create a series of talks called the Personal Enrichment Series.

The speaker for this event, titled “Tune Up Your Finances,” was Clarion University Associate Professor of Economics Dr. Paul Woodburne. The former director of the Center for Economic Education, Woodburne led a presentation that focused on the organization and planning of family finances as well as issues of saving and spending.

“We always have other things that we need to do with our time and our money. Scarcity is a fundamental preset of economics; we never have enough time or money to do what we want to do … therefore we have to make choices.”

This kicked off the segment of the presentation focusing on wants versus needs, and how to make the distinction between the two. As Woodburne suggests that the chal-

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Dr. Paul Woodburne speaks to audience members at the Clarion Free Library on “Tuning Up Your Finances.” lenge of wants versus needs is a constantly shifting game, saying that “wants and needs can shift, due to social construction. What used to be a want a generation ago is now a need. I’m one of the few people I know, for example, that doesn’t even want a cellphone.”

The next segment of the presentation touched on what Woodburne referred to as “The Time Value of Money.” Woodburne said the value of money increases as time progresses.

“Money is worth more in the future than it is in

the present. That’s because you can put it in a bank and earn interest.”

From there, the presentation advanced toward the management of debt and credit. Woodburne suggests that people should strive to pay off any debts or credit as soon as possible, as doing so will reduce the amount of overall interest people pay, in the end saving money.

This introduced the section of the presentation known as “Benefits of Debt.” In this section, Woodburne emphasized the value of closely exam-

ining situations before deciding whether or not to use debt to an advantage.

As a guideline, Woodburne suggests that debt should be used when “the stream of benefits is matched by the stream of payments.”

Woodburne also suggests that individuals and families look as expenses as either variable or fixed. Variable expenses, as listed by the presentation include such things as the water bill, gasoline for cars, food, clothing and cellphone bills. These were noted as items which varied in

price over set periods of time. Fixed income items, such as loan payments, savings and utilities are more consistently priced payments.

For these expenses, Woodburne stressed the value of organization and planning being involved in creating financial stability within a household.

“It’s easier to generate a plan in a role of certainty. What we’re trying to do is convert as much of the variable expenses to fixed and or regular expenses. Income is relatively fixed; it’s my ex-

penses that tend to blow up the budget.”

Along with this advice, Woodburne suggests that students avoid applying for or using credit cards as long as possible.

“Generally, I think that they should hold off, and I think they should, if they are going to get a credit card, get one with as low of a balance as possible. When I was involved with the Center for Economic Education of the state of Pennsylvania, we would get out into grade schools, high schools and find out that students are, financially, very illiterate.”

Woodburne said that he doesn’t advocate students acquiring a credit card. Woodburne said, “Getting a credit card in that situation would be the wrong way to maintain a false standard of living…”

Woodburne lightheartedly said, “What we don’t want to do is to tell a student to go create a standard of living at 18 percent (interest). That’s just stupid.”

The next presentation in the Personal Enrichment Series is “Keeping Resolutions” presented

by Dr. Jeanne Slattery.

“Keeping Resolutions” will be held Tuesday, March 26 in the Clarion Free Library.

Philadelphia school opts for healthier, fancier lunches Kathy Matheson AP EXCHANGE

PHILADELPHIA — It sounds more like a restaurant order than a school lunch menu: baked ziti with a side of roasted fennel salad and, for dessert, cinna-

mon apple rice pudding.

But that’s one of the meals offered in the cafeteria at People For People Charter School in Philadelphia.

And it’s served family-style. Students pass serving dishes around circular tables, where they eat off plates, not

cafeteria trays, and use silverware instead of plastic utensils.

People For People is one of four schools participating in the “Eatiquette” program, which was designed by local chef Marc Vetri to provide nutritious, low-cost lunches in a

setting that reinforces social niceties and communication skills.

“This is more than just eating healthy,” Vetri said. “This is learning how to interact with each other.”

Eatiquette is predicated on the use of fresh ingredients pre-

pared on site.

Processed meats are prohibited, and schools follow seasonal menu cycles to ensure there’s no need for canned or frozen produce.

The Vetri Foundation For Children donates round tables and chairs to replace traditional

rectangular tables and bench seating.

“I don’t think you can name anything worthwhile and positive that isn’t more work and more effort,” said Vetri. “The alternative is sitting on the sofa eating a bag of Doritos, watching television.”

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Counseling services holds eating disorders screenings Amerigo Allegretto FEATURES EDITOR

Eating disorders are no laughing matter and have been recognized more in recent years, with more than 90 percent of sufferers between the ages of 12 and 25, according to DoSomething.org.

According to the National Eating Disorders Association, the development of new cases has been increasing since 1950.

That’s why Counseling Services held screenings for eating disorders on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at the Recreational Center on campus.

Eating disorders have been shown to affect both sexes, not just women.

“I think one of the most common misconceptions about eating disorders is that it mostly affects women,” said Dr. Jennifer Baron, one of the counselors. “Eating disorders can also affect men.”

According to DoSomething.org, five to 10 million

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Breana Steele, an intern at Counseling Services, grades a screening sheet for eating disorders. people have eating disorders, compared to the four million who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

“As many as 10 percent of college women suffer from eating disorders, and an estimated 10 to 15 percent of people who have anorexia or bulimia are male,” said Baron.

Athletes are not exempt from eating disorders.

Swimmers, gymnasts, runners and cheerleaders, among others, are affected as well, being sports that are judged and not refereed.

In fact, the prevalence of athletes with eating disorders in judged sports

is 13 percent.

Male wrestlers are seven to 10 times more likely to develop bulimia than the average male, according to DoSomething.org. Famous athletes such as gymnast Nadia Comeneci and Olympic swimmer Dana Torres suffered through

anorexia and bulimia, respectively.

Although anorexia and bulimia are two of the most common forms of eating disorder, there are other conditions that go along.

“Eating disorders don’t fit into a box. They manifest in different ways,”

said counselor Adam Wilshire. “Self-awareness and knowledge is pretty crucial because the first signs are usually changes to your pattern.”

Eating disorders can also lead to other serious conditions such as anxiety and depression, said Wilshire. Other problems include abdominal pain, osteoporosis, ulcers in the esophagus and chronic sore throat among others.

Screenings took place from 5 to 7 p.m. People filled out sheets filled with questions related to dieting habits. Counselors oversaw these screenings and handed out informational material, such as pamphlets.

Screenings were also available online for those who could not attend the Wednesday night screenings. All results are kept confidential.

For more information on eating disorders or counseling services, call 814-393-2255 or visit their website at www.clarion.edu/counseling.

Former sorority sister receives medical aid from Greek organizations Kyra Ammon STAFF WRITER

The American Red Cross held a blood drive Saturday, Feb. 23 for Clarion graduate Kristen Carfang, who suffers from leukemia, a cancer of the blood cells.

Members of Tau Beta Sigma and Alpha Phi Omega traveled to the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church located in Murrysville, Pa., to donate blood and give support to the alumnus, who was a member of both Greek organizations.

She invited them via an event created on Facebook to get the word spread further. Volunteers other than the brothers and sisters included Carfang’s friends and family as well as members of her parish.

Those who did not give blood brought snacks such as cookies and juice for the participants to enjoy before and after their donation. They also offered kind words of support and thanks.

Carfang graduated from Clarion University in spring 2011 with a degree in physics, and now lives in the Pittsburgh area. Participants in the event said she is a sweet person who volunteered alongside her family.

After the blood drive, she went with the brothers and sisters to a restaurant, TGI Friday’s, to socialize and catch up with friends. Many members of Tau Beta Sigma and Alpha Phi Omega knew Carfang when she attended the university.

Matt Younger, a sister of TBS, is a survivor of leukemia himself. He overcame his cancer as a child.

“I went for moral support. I’m not allowed to give blood…but I went to support my sister from TBS.” Senior Natalie Klocek did not give blood, but went along so she could show support and help out.

“I became friends with her before she graduated,” Klocek said. “We were in color guard together.”

Lauren Sigmund, TBS president, was also in color guard with Carfang, and was her “little” in marching band. She described her donation of blood as an exciting new experience despite her nervousness about it.

“It was my first time donating blood ever. I was petrified because I’m scared of needles,” Sigmund said. “The person who did my blood made it easier, though. I was still a

little scared, but it wasn’t as bad. And it felt great to be supporting my big and helping her out, and getting to see her again.”

According to the American Red Cross, fear of needles is one of the two most common reasons people cite for not giving blood, the other being that they’ve never actually considered it.

The American Red Cross blood program, which has been in operation since 1940, holds more than 200,000 blood drives each year. Eighty percent of the blood donations given are collected at mobile blood drives held in places such as colleges, companies and places of worship.

Donating blood is a safe process, which consists of four steps: registration, medical history and mini-physical, donation, and refreshments (which are given to help the body to replenish its nutrients). Donating blood takes less than 12 minutes to complete.

There will be a blood drive sponsored by the American Red Cross on the Clarion University main campus on Wednesday, April 3, for any students or faculty who would like to donate.

Thursday, Feb. 28 7 p.m. Mary Walters Leadership Series: Shawn Hoke Friday, March 1 5 p.m. PIAA High School Basketball 8 p.m. EFSN: Annual UAB Fashion Show Saturday, March 2 7 p.m. Women United Game Show 8 p.m. EFSN: Live Band Karaoke 8 p.m. EFSN: Movie Sunday, March 3 9 a.m. Aerobics with Diane Monday, March 4 7 p.m. The New Economic Reality: Demographic Winter 7 p.m. Student Senate Meeting 7:30 p.m. Drag Talent Show Auditions Tuesday, March 5 5 p.m. Singles Racquetball Tournament 7:30 p.m. Drag Talent Show Auditions For a full listing of campus events and club meetings, please refer to the master events calendar on the Clarion website at: www.clarion.edu/623/

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Theatre dept. to play “Bloody Andrew Jackson” Amerigo Allegretto FEATURES EDITOR

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“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” will be performed March 6-8 in Marwick-Boyd’s Little Theatre.

When people picture musicals, they picture sweet, moral-filled, whimsical stories with orchestral songs set to give off a warm, fuzzy feeling...that’s not what “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is all about. The rock musical, based on a book by Alex Timbers and music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, premieres on Thursday, March 6 at 8 p.m. and continues through Sunday, March 10 at the Little Theatre in Marwick-Boyd. The Sunday show starts at 2 p.m.

“It’s pretty much an emorock musical about the history of our country through the point of view of Andrew Jackson, and it has a lot of historical facts to it that are brought out that normally you wouldn’t know about him, because he’s one of the most controversial presidents we have had,” said freshman Casey Martz.

In the musical, such controversial events include Jackson amassing executive power to become more powerful than Congress and the Indian Removal Act. Other areas, such as his youth, service in the military and presidential campaigns are also dealt with.

Accompanying all this is

dark comedy and punk rock music. The Facebook page for the event states that the show may require parental discretion for younger children.

“It’s an interesting show.

Some people might call it raunchy,” said Joe Bazzone.

“It’s definitely a step past what we’ve done in the past. It’s not a typical theater show.”

Bazzone plays the character Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States.

“I am a preternaturally obese senator from New York who ends up secretary of state and vice-president to Andrew Jackson,” said Bazzone. “In the end, as history says, I end up with everything that Jackson leaves. I’m sort of the comic relief guy.”

As for the rest of the characters, they vary with many actors playing multiple roles.

Rob Milanich, who plays John Quincy Adams, America’s sixth president, says they’re all unique.

“The characters range from actual historical people to people who are important for the timeline, but are nameless,” said Milanich.

Other historical people include John Calhoun, Henry Clay are portrayed in the show. The show itself portrays them as cor-

rupt people who care for their own interests.

The music for the show is in the punk rock genre for the most part, with some interludes of lighter, softer songs.

“It’s definitely a lot different from what you would see in most musicals. You’d usually see a pit band,” said lead guitarist Branden Bonner. “This one (musical) is more going towards the punk style.”

“Basically, if you took Green Day, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy and a mishmash of genres like funk, rock and pop, you have the music of ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’,” said drummer Matt Younger.

Instruments used for the music are guitars (lead and rhythm), bass, keyboards, and drums. These are typical instruments for punk rock.

“The audience better be prepared to see something the likes of which they have never seen,” said Milanich.

“Have an open mind, and be prepared for anything.”

Tickets for the show cost $12 for adults and $9 for children. Clarion University students can get in for free with student identification.

Individual tickets can be purchased by calling 814-393ARTS (2787).

Crouse to open for spring CampusFest Jen Schwartz STAFF WRITER

It’s likely that at this years’ Spring CampusFest, there will be an unspoken rule for students to wear cut-off jean shorts, flannels and cowboy boots— the typical country music garb fitting for the featured artist, The Band Perry.

While many have heard of The Band Perry, or at least their single “If I Die Young,” few people may have heard of the up-and -coming artist Joel Crouse, who will be opening for them.

While Crouse is not yet

a household name, in his 20 years, he holds a long list of accomplishments.

The last six years have been productive ones for him. At the age of 14 he wrote his first song. He started a band at 15, graduated high school at the age of 16, and not long after he turned 19, he was signed to his record label, according to his bio on CMT’s website.

Crouse has also a fair amount of experience under his belt, having opened shows for artists such as Toby Keith, Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, Sara Evans and the Goo Goo Dolls.

Now a Show Dog—Universal Music recording artist, he has his own single, “If You Want Some,” available on iTunes.

Another outlet Crouse is using to his advantage is YouTube. With today’s convenience of social networking, this is a popular way for people to become familiar with a new artist.

It’s especially convenient if an artist posts covers of already well-known hits that new audiences are familiar with and can connect to. Crouse has performed multiple covers of popular country and pop hits, such as “I won’t Give Up”

by Jason Mraz, “Someone like You” by Adele, “Without You” by Keith Urban and “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry, all of which have received much praise.

“He’s an up-and-coming artist; I’ll admit I don’t know much about him,” said senior Clarion University business management student, Sean Brown. “I’ve heard him on the radio a few times but never thought he’d be opening for CampusFest.

It’ll be interesting to see his performance.”

Crouse’s passion for the country genre stems from his strong bond with

his grandfather, who early on introduced him to the music of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.

Throughout the years he also grew to love classic rock music from the 70s, such as The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. He refers to himself as “an old soul who loves classics” and thinks “there’s no better sound than listening to a vinyl recording,” as stated in his CMT bio.

Lyrically, Crouse believes his songs portray a lot of emotion, having co-written all the tracks

on his debut album. He has written with several big name songwriters in Nashville, including BMI Songwriter of the Year, Luke Laird (“Drink In My Hand”) and Craig Wiseman (“Live Like You Were Dying”). Laird also helped write Crouse’s single “If You Want Some,” along with album producer, Jamie Houston.

To check out more on Crouse before he performs at CampusFest, check out facebook.com/ joelcrousemusic, youtube. com/user/joelcrousemusic, and follow him on Twitter @JoelCrouse.

WCUC-FM’s “Mixed Tape” does not disappoint Laura Tielsch STAFF WRITER

Monday is not everyone’s favorite day of the week, but tuning into “The Mixed Tape” radio show on 91.7 WCUC-FM “The Clutch” could be a fun and a relaxing way to end this unpopular day.

Every Monday from 9-11 p.m. DJ Kay and DJ Breezy mix it up with music and entertainment.

Bre Lehman, a junior at Clarion majoring in communication, hosts “The Mixed Tape” with her friend, Chelsea Korchok.

Korchok is a sophomore at Clarion, and she’s majoring in chemistry.

“The Mixed Tape” has been on air for two years, and are always switching it up. DJ Kay and DJ Breezy aren’t only djs on Monday nights; Lehman is also the public relations and events coordinator for the radio station and Korchok is involved in the American Chemical Society.

The two hosts got interested in having their own radio show by going to WCUC’s general meeting years before. They thought to themselves that having their own radio show in which they can talk about and play

anything would be a lot of fun.

“The Mixed Tape” has grown over the past two years and become more professional, said the hosts. Now that they have a feel for the radio station, the show is always coming up with fun ideas, including an “Anti-Valentine’s Day” show and a “‘90s night” theme. They’ve also had a “Junior High dance songs” theme night.

Their favorite part about hosting their own radio show is being able to talk about various topics and playing great music.

Korchok’s favorite types of music are rock and country, and her favorite band is Mumford & Sons.

Lehman’s favorite artist is A Day to Remember, and her preferred genre is pop-punk music. Although the hosts enjoy their own types of music, they are always up for new requests and genres for their listeners to tune in.

“The hardest part about hosting “The Mixed Tape” is choosing what songs to play,” Korchok said.

They want to encourage requests and call-ins, so they can keep the show diverse and lively every Monday. “We want feed-

back from our listeners,” said Lehman. The hosts want to encourage more students and locals to call in and request songs; it makes the radio show spontaneous and exciting.

Call-ins are also welcomed for opinions on topics being discussed.

Korchok and Lehman came up with the name “The Mixed Tape” because of the different genres they play and diverse topics they discuss. “We never plan it out, or have a set theme for the night,” Lehman said. The show is all about randomness and the hosts’ enjoyment of being themselves over the air. Sometimes “The Mixed Tape” has guests from other student organizations on the show.

The hosts never get tired of having their show on Monday nights. It’s always a fun and relaxing way to end a long Monday. Lehman and Korchok cover a wide range of topics from things happening on campus to things happening nationwide. Tune in next Monday at 9 p.m. on 91.7 WCUC-FM to hear the exciting conversation and the diverse music DJ Breezy and DJ Kay are going to play.

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Bre Lehman hosts radio show “The Mixed Tape” Mondays at 9 p.m. on WCUC-FM.

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February 28, 2013

Heeter shines in Clarion loss Jacob Oberdorf STAFF WRITER

Sophomore Hannah Heeter led the Golden Eagles women’s basketball team with 16 points and 18 rebounds against the No. 22 Edinboro University Fighting Scots on Feb. 23.

Heeter’s stellar performance was not enough for the Eagles to secure a second consecutive upset of the Fighting Scots, dropping the game by a score of 69-60.

The game proved to be a game of runs that ultimately went the Fighting Scots’ way.

The Golden Eagles trailed by as much as 13 in the first half.

The Eagles went on an 11-1 run early in the second half cutting the Fighting Scots’ lead to one with 15:39 to play.

Edinboro then answered with a 12-2 run of their own putting the Fighting Scots’ lead back to double digits.

The Scots took their lead back to 13 before Clarion went on a 12-2 run with the majority of the points coming from the foul line.

Edinboro put one final run together that ultimate-

ly doomed Clarion to put their lead back to double digits with just under a minute to play.

Freshmen guard Mariah Gador credited Edinboro for their ability to capitalize on Clarion’s mistakes.

“We would work our way back and even get as close as one point two times, but then we would make one mistake and Edinboro would capitalize on that mistake every time,” said Gador.

Gador scored five points and recorded one assist for Clarion.

Junior Lauren Savulchak also had a solid game for the Eagles, contributing 13 points.

This was Savulchak’s second consecutive double-digit performance while shooting 7-10 from the field.

This was Heeter’s second consecutive doubledouble that included at least 15 rebounds, and tied her with former Clarion standout Heather Cigich’s school record for career games with at least 15 rebounds.

It took Cigich four years to record her 16 career 15-rebound games, while it has taken Heeter less

than two years to reach the mark.

This was Heeter’s eighth 15-rebound game of this season, which tied her own school record that she set last season.

Her 27 career double-doubles ranks fourth in Clarion history, and her 14 doubledoubles this season ranks sixth in school history.

Heeter leads the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and is third in NCAA Division II in rebounding with 13.1 rebounds per game.

“In my mind I think that every loose ball and rebound is mine and I get after it,” said Heeter.

She is also the only player in the PSAC and one of just three in the Atlantic region that is averaging a double-double this season.

The Eagles’ next game will be March 2 in the opening round of the PSAC playoffs against the California University of Pennsylvania Vulcans.

Heeter is optimistic about the Eagles chances to make a deep playoff run.

“We have to commit to defense and be disciplined on offense and the sky’s the limit,” she said.

Fleming picks up win No. 121 in loss Jazzmonde James STAFF WRITER

All senior athletes in college always look forward to the Senior Day in their sport.

Here they are recognized by their peers, parents and coaches.

They can take the time to see and think about what they have accomplished in those four years of school.

Over the weekend, the Clarion Golden Eagles wrestling team had its Senior Day. The seniors on the wresting team had a great record going in to this match, (28-2) and they also have a career record of 120-18.

“I’m happy to see some of the seniors finish their career,” Head Coach Troy Letters commented about the senior day.

There were seven seniors honored.

So after the season is over, the rest of the team has some great shoes to fill and keep up the good

work that the seniors leave the team with.

On this day, there were wrestlers who stepped up and did well for the Golden Eagles.

But even with that, they still didn’t get the win over West Virginia, though they came very close.

Leading the way for Clarion was senior James Fleming who got the win like most people would have expected from him.

Fleming ended up winning his 121st match at Clarion.

He had two takedowns and his season record is 29-18.

Fleming is ranked No. 3 in the nation.

“James is going to win quite a few more matches yet to come,” said Letters about Fleming getting his 121st win.

The lineup for the Golden Eagles was Fleming, Tyler Bedelyon, Sam Sherlock, Tyler Fraley, Joe Waltko, Justin Ortega , Phil Catrucco, Nick Milano, Ryan Darch and Steven Cressley.

After going down 6-0 at the beginning, the Golden Eagles rallied back to take the lead over West Virginia after wins from Fleming, Sherlock and Bedelyon.

Ortega was also able to contribute to the winning side as he picked up a win in his bout.

Ortega’s record is now 18-11 this season.

Sherlock also improved his season record by getting his 11th win.

Bedelyon improved his record for the season, and it is now 18-12.

But that just wasn’t enough for them to win it all.

As of now, the Golden Eagles are on a two-match losing streak.

Clarion’s record is now 5-10 overall.

The men’s wrestling team will be back at it on Saturday, March 2 at Edinboro University at 9 a.m. for the national qualifiers.

There will be three more matches left in the season and they are all in Iowa for the NCAA Divi-

Clarion men hope to learn from tough year Matt Catrillo STAFF WRITER

An unusually rough season for the Clarion University Golden Eagles (6-19 overall, 4-17 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) is now one game away from its completion after the Golden Eagles dropped their matchup at the Edinboro University Fighting Scots on Saturday Feb. 23, 81-63, despite having four players in double figures.

Junior Corey Bellovich was Clarion’s leading scorer with 13 points, sophomore Marques Jones finished with 12 points, and both junior Mike Kromka and junior Anthony Baker followed with 11 points each.

Clarion a lso sho t 40 p ercent f or the g a me f or the s e c o nd str a igh t g ame, an d a ls o sho t 40 p ercent f ro m b e yo n d t he ar c .

The Golden Eagles were able to hang around with Edinboro for a majority of the game before the Fight-

ing Scots pulled away late in the second half.

Clarion, down by two with 10 minutes to play, saw Edinboro post a 9-0 run to open their lead to 11, 61-50 with 7:37 left.

Clarion fought back within nine, 63-54, with 6:47 left, but Edinboro pulled away to seal the victory with a 13-2 run.

Turnovers continue to plague Clarion this season, committing 18 turnovers.

“Value of our possessions have killed us,” said Clarion Head Coach Ron Righter. “We can’t afford to waste possessions.”

Opponent’s second chance opportunities have also hurt the Golden Eagles, as Edinboro edged Clarion 15-9 in the game.

“Second chance points were the difference in the game,” Righter said.

Free throw shooting continued to hurt Clarion as they shot 58 percent from the charity stripe, going 7-12.

The Golden Eagles will conclude its season against California University of Pennsylvania

on Wednesday, Feb. 27 for Senior Night.

Four seniors will be honored, including Leonard Patterson, David Colbert, Drew Vandermeer and Calvin Edwards.

Despite this unusually tough season, Righter still loves the team’s overall attitude and approach to finish out the season.

“We’ve been upbeat,” Righter said. “It’s encouraging to have those attitudes and be up to continue practicing everyday.”

Righter expects the team to use this season as a learning experience.

“During these difficult times, you learn about yourself, your coaching staff and your players, and coaches are continuing teaching, and the players are up to practicing everyday,” said Righter.

We’ll see if Clarion can put together a win to finish a tough season on a high note against a playoff team, and send their seniors out with a win.

Tip off from the Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium is at 7:30 p.m.

FACE OFF Which Los Angeles team will have greater success?

Eddie McDonald STAFF WRITER

With about a month away from the start of baseball season, predictions are starting to be made in regards to which team and players will be the best.

The city of Los Angeles is in for what looks to be an amazing baseball season.

The city will be able to cheer on two teams, well sort of.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will represent the city and both teams went out and spent some money this offseason.

The two teams are gearing up for a pennant run and, more importantly, a World Series run.

Which team will have the more successful season?

To me, it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers.

I previously mentioned the fact that both teams spent a lot of money this offseason.

While it is not always the case where the team that spends the most has the best results (look at the Lakers), I believe in this case it will, with the additions they made at the trade deadline last season.

Magic Johnson, who was a part of the group that purchased the Dodgers, knows a thing or two about winning championships in Los Angeles.

His winning ways around the clubhouse will be huge for this team.

The Dodgers’ franchise player is Matt Kemp, who is arguably the best player in baseball when healthy.

Injuries set him back last season after a red-hot start, but I think this year he stays injury-free and has a monster season and is in serious consideration for MVP at season’s end.

While Kemp is the franchise player, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez will be the highest paid player on the team.

Gonzalez, who came over in the mega trade with the Boston Red Sox, is due over $21 million this season.

Along with Gonzalez, the deal included outfielder Carl Crawford and pitcher Josh Beckett.

Crawford never worked out in Boston due to injuries, and Beckett had a rough 2012 before being dealt.

I think if these two players stay healthy, this team will be way better than most people think.

Pitcher Zack Greinke was the recipient of a fat contract from the Dodgers this offseason.

The 2009 Cy Young Award winner signed a six-year, $147 million contract.

Annual Cy Young candidate Clayton Kershaw will anchor the pitching staff.

Kershaw is one of the best young arms in the game right now, and if he is as dominant as he has been in seasons past, then the National League will be tough to win with him on top of his game.

The rotation includes Kershaw, Beckett and Greinke and will also see the likes of Ted Lilly, Chad Billingsley, Chris Capuano, Aaron Harang and newly signed Hyun-Jin Ryu, who looks to be the next international sensation.

The reason I have the Dodgers above the Angels is because I’m not sure if Hamilton can be the MVP-like player of the past.

Yes, he got a boatload of money, but will he pan out?

I think he will struggle in a bigger spotlight.

Also, can Mike Trout put up MVP-type numbers for his sophomore season much like he did his rookie year?

The Dodgers, not the Angels, will be the best Los Angeles team in Major League Baseball this season.

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When many people think of baseball in Hollywood, they think of the Dodgers’ storied franchise, with six World Series Championships.

Nowadays, however, their focus should be on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

The Angels, who took the World Series in 2002, have the pieces in place to contend for the World Series over the next several years.

Two of baseball’s biggest stars, Josh Hamilton and Albert Pujols, now call Anaheim home.

They are joined there by a pair of youngsters, Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo, that have shown they can contribute.

This lineup that the Angels will be fielding features some up-and-coming stars from around the league who excels both at the plate and in the field.

This season, watch for Pujols to be settled in and for Trout to attempt to repeat the sensational rookie year he exhibited last season.

Hitting and fielding are obviously only part of the equation, and the Angels have the hurlers in place that will help them be exceptional as well.

Mike Scioscia’s crew has a rotation led by a pair of what could be Cy Young contenders, Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson.

With these two hurlers leading off the rotation, the back end is anchored by an underrated and under-valued Joe Blanton, who proved with the Phillies in the past that he is a legitimate player capable of excelling in any part of the rotation.

Scioscia also has some bullpen arms at his disposal that will be big this season, like Ryan Madson who will likely handle the closing duties.

Madson will anchor the back end of the pen with Ernesto Frieri and Scott Downs.

When you look at this Angels crew, one thing stands out.

They have players who have been successful other places that are now coming together as practically an All Star squad.

Pujols enjoyed success in St. Louis while Hamilton had a great run in Texas.

And the energy in the clubhouse comes from a kid who is young enough to be playing baseball here at Clarion, Mike Trout.

This season, there is an immense amount of pressure on both LA teams.

Don Mattingly’s Dodgers have the likes of Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Hanley Ramirez.

The difference between these players and those on the Angels is that the guys the Angels brought in have tasted success recently.

They know what it takes to make it to the top.

There is truly a winning combination in place with the Angels.

While there are some big stars, there also appears to be some team players.

The Dodgers may be trying to repeat the spectacle that was the 2012 Boston Red Sox or Miami Marlins, while the Angels want to be like the Phillies, Rangers and Cardinals.

This season will truly be a test of the managerial abilities of Scioscia and Mattingly.

In the end, Scioscia will come out on top.

Not because he’s necessarily the better manager of the two, but rather because his team exhibits the chemistry and the desire to be successful in Major League Baseball.

Hopefully, we’ll get to see two L.A. teams squaring off in the World Series.

That is, if my Yankees don’t make it, of course.

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Baseball looks for rebound season Mike Decker STAFF WRITER

Punxsutawney Phil determined that winter will be over in early spring, but that isn’t preventing spring sports from getting an early start.

Last season didn’t go exactly how the Clarion University baseball team had hoped, finishing the season at 12-28 overall, 9-15 in the conference.

Close games plagued the Golden Eagles throughout all of last season, dropping seven games by only one run.

“Losing seven games by one run is combination of many factors,” said Head Coach Mike Brown.

“Sometimes we didn’t get a big RBI or sometimes we didn’t have that guy that could go and shut it down in the last inning.

We were in nearly every game. If we would have won a couple more of those, we make the playoffs. We were that close, and hopefully we can rectify that.”

The Eagles started the season on Monday, Feb. 25 when they traveled to the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown for a doubleheader.

“I think everyone’s goal is to get better,” said Brown. “We’ve worked our tails off on defense, and I think our pitching will be much stronger. We got a good recruiting class in the past two seasons, and some juniors and seniors that have been working hard at it the past couple seasons. We’ve got strong senior leadership, and the chemistry is here, and we are hungry.”

Clarion dropped both games despite good show-

ings from some key players.

Senior Captain Bill Hasson went five-for-eight with a triple in the two games, and sophomore leadoff hitter Drew Pirritano recorded a .714 on base percentage drawing three walks and getting two hits.

“We know Bill’s got to carry us with the bombs, and Nick (Maskrey) has to hit the ball well, they will bat four and five,” said Brown. “(Jon) Roncolato is going to step into the three spot. Our leadoff guys are quick and can really run the bases. We’ve got a great mix of guys.”

The players are looking forward to improving this year as well.

“You always want to get better, no matter what,” said Hasson. “You just got to be productive when people get on base ahead of you, whether by a base hit or drawing a walk. It was nice seeing some live pitching against UPJ, and I was seeing the ball well.”

In the first game, the Eagles fell by the final of 11-0 despite a strong start by senior captain and rotation ace Brett Whitman.

Whitman registered a

shutout through four innings and recorded four strikeouts.

Things came unraveled in the fifth, however, when UPJ scored 11 runs off three Clarion pitchers.

“I just always want to go out and give a strong inning, give my team a chance to win every time I take the mound,” said Whitman. “Just need to get better every game and come closer as a team.”

Game two didn’t go in the Eagles’ favor either.

The Golden Eagles lost 6-11 even though they jumped out to an early

Clarion earns 13th at PSACs Chris Rossetti

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Competing in the pentathlon for just the second time ever, Clarion University freshman Kristen Belko earned AllPennsylvania State Athletic Conference honors with a third-place finish in the event at the 2013 PSAC Indoor women’s track and field championships at Edinboro Saturday.

Belko scored 3,141 points, just 249 points off the conference championship, to earn six points for the Golden Eagles.

She is the first individual athlete to earn AllConference honors at the indoor meet for Clarion since both Erin Richard and Diane Kress had second-place finishes in 2009.

“It was a very impressive performance for a freshman competing in only her second pentathlon,” Clarion head coach D.J. Bevevino said. “She competed like she belonged. She did not appear to be intimidated at all by the magnitude of the event.”

Belko had personal bests in four of the five events while putting in her second-best individual effort in the long jump.

She had two secondplace finishes, two seventh-place endings and an 11th place finish in the five events of the pentathlon.

Belko was second in the high jump with a

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Bill Hasson shows promise with a triple in the first two games of the season.

school-record tying leap of 5-feet, 3-inches, second in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 9.20 seconds, seventh in the shot put with a throw of 30feet, 9 and three-fourths inches, seventh in the long jump with a leap of 16-feet, 3 and one fourth inches and was 11th in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:46.76.

Belko’s teammate, Jessica Vitous just missed scoring in the event as well taking 11th with a score of 2,830.

Vitous was only 90 points out of a top-eight finish with the top eight scoring points.

“It helped that both athletes were competing in the event,” Bevevino said. “They were able to help each other relax. Jess had an outstanding day as well in only her second pentathlon.”

Vitous put herself into contention with a second-place finish in the long jump, which tied her school record in the event.

She was also seventh in the 60 hurdles, 109th in the high jump, 11th in the shot put and 12th in the 800.

Unfortunately for Vitous, her pentathlon long jump isn’t allowed to count in the individual long-jump event, because if it had it would have placed her eighth.

Also Saturday for Clarion, Megan Toddy finished 14th in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 18:31.13 missing scoring by just under 36 seconds, while

Anna Pfingstler was 19th in the 60-meter dash in a time of 8.22.

For the second straight day, Clarion had an allconference performer when Allyson Cress finished third in the shot put.

Cress had an indoor personal-best throw of 40-feet, 4-inches, the second straight year she has been in the scoring at the indoor championships after taking sixth a year ago.

“She pretty much put things together in the finals,” Bevevino said. “All three final throws were very good. The last three weeks, she has been putting together in the shot put. Her hard work paid off.”

Also scoring for the Golden Eagles Sunday was Sarah Loughner, who finished tied for sixth in the high jump, the third straight year she has scored in the event after taking sixth last year and seventh in 2011.

“It was Sarah’s best jump this season,” Bevevino said. “And she nearly set the school record on her last attempt. I’m very happy for her. Again, her dedication helped her reap her rewards.”

Combined with Belko’s third-place finish in the pentathlon Saturday, Clarion earned 14 points, its most points at the indoor meet since scoring 36 in 2009.

It was good for 13th place, the Golden Eagles highest finish since taking 11th in 2010 with 11 points.

lead scoring three runs in the first.

Freshman utility player Josh Ponsoll led Clarion, going three-for-four and recorded two RBIs. The Eagles have one staggering stat to enter the season: They have 11 freshman and nine sophomores on their roster, potentially the youngest team in the conference.

Out of the 29 guys on the roster, Clarion could return 28 of them for next season.

“Ponsoll’s going to do some good things this year as a utility man,” said

Whitman, talking about the youth on the team. “Mike Lockhart is another guy; he’s a solid third baseman and swings a good bat.

Overall, we are young, but we all can play baseball.”

Clarion has a difficult schedule in 2013, taking on teams like Seton Hill University on Wednesday, March 6 and Notre Dame College of Ohio in the home opener on Tuesday, March 19.

Seton Hill finished 4611 in 2012, losing in regionals to the eventual NCAA Division II Champs.

“It’s great to play those teams because it shows you where you stand with everyone else.

There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to come out with a split against both of them,” said Whitman.

Other notable home games are: Penn State University—Beaver on Wednesday, March 30, Slippery Rock University on Friday, March 29 and Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 6.

“I’m always looking forward to playing Slippery Rock,” said Hasson.

“Their pitching coach was my coach in high school, and it’s always nice to get a couple wins there and give them a jab.”

Clarion looks to rebound from losses to UPJ when the team travels to Davis & Elkin College on Saturday, March 2.

“This is my 40th year of coaching, and I’m having as much fun with this team as any other. They come to practice; they play hard, and they will represent the university very proudly. With the time they’ve put in since August, they deserve it,” said Brown.

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