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Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania

Thursday, April 26,2012

APSCUF Holds Rockin’ for Education Rally ALIZAH THORNTON News Editor C L ARI ON , P a. - S t u de n t s a n d f acul ty g ath e r e d o u t s i d e th e Gem me l l Stu d e nt C o m p lex Thu r sd ay , Ap r i l 1 9 fo r th e “Roc ki n ’ f o r Ed u c a t i o n ” ra lly spo n s or e d by th e C l a r ion Univ e rs i ty As s o c ia t i o n of P enns y l v an i a Sta te C o l leg e and U n i v e r si ty F a cu l t i e s .

“Today is our opportunity to let our legislators know we’re tired of being hit over the head,” Andrew Lingwall, associate professor and APSCUF mobilization chair said as the event started.

Lingwall, along with professor Scott Kuehn and student band members played a collection of songs with messages relating to the current circumstances.

Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed a 20 percent cut to higher education in state schools.

The finalized budget will remain unknown until the state passes the official state budget on June 30.

Jaime Phillips, Clarion APSCUF president and philosophy professor, reminded stu-

dents that they should not forget about the budget situation once the semester ends.

“Don’t stop caring, don’t stop thinking,” Phillips said.

Lingwall reiterated that statement to the students and faculty as well.

During the rally, students were provided with postcards, which they could write a message to be sent to Gov. Corbett.

“This needs to be your message to Gov. Tom Corbett, guys,” Lingwall said.

More than 50 students and faculty attended the rally.

As a way to show their support as the band played, signs were provided for people to hold up with messages, such as “Invest in our future. Invest in Public Higher Ed. Invest in me, ” “Save the college dream,” “We’re rockin’ for education” and “Faculty and coaches won’t sacrifice quality, will you?”

As a featured speaker, Phillips explained to the crowd how he feels about the budget situation.

“All I feel is a cold fury.

I’m angry for you, I’m angry for what I see in the commonwealth and I’m angry for

the future,” Phillips said.

Phillips said there had never been a rally held on Clarion’s campus until last year when the proposed cut was 54 percent.

“All you can do is fight the best you can,” Phillips said.

Nicholas Rawson, president of the Clarion Young Democrats, also spoke to the crowd.

“The college voice is normally the most silenced voice in everything we do,” Rawson said.

Rawson explained to the crowd that Gov. Corbett called college students lazy and entitled.

Rawson spoke on his rebuttal for that statement.

“We worked hard to be where we are today,” Rawson said.

Rawson discussed how college students not only take classes, but are also involved in multiple activities and maintain jobs.

“We don’t have millionaire fathers who are going to put us through school.”

Students were provided with postcards which they could write a personal message to legislatures about how they would be affect by the proposed budget cuts.

Clarion Coordinator Appointed to Mining Council JEN SCHWARTZ Staff Writer CLARION, Pa. - Clarion University’s clinical coordinator and supervisor for counseling services, Mark Lepore, was appointed an alternate member of the Mine Families First Response and Communications Advisory Council by Gov.Tom Corbett.

He was sworn into office taking place April 4 by District Magistrate Duane Quinn.

The group formed several years ago after several mining disasters took place consecutively throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia It currently comprises about 12 members.

“When there were mining accidents, different people wanted to present help from unions, companies; there are all different people trying to help and not a lot of coordination between them,” Lepore said.

“It’s really important when accidents and crisis occur that people help in a calm manner and pull together, and it’s important to have people who have expertise in intervention and mental health on the team.”

As an alternate member, Lepore will shadow established member Kathleen Kowalski-Trakofler, who is a research psychologist involved in the Division of Mining Research and works under the Umbrella Center of Disease Control Prevention.

Lepore will attend several meetings a year to discuss relevant issues and if any mining, natural or man-made disasters should occur, he will be respon-

sible in providing emotional support and counseling to the families and communities involved.

“Needs of each individual family are important, not preconceived notions of what they need, so we can proceed with what types of specific things we can do to help them such as listening, talking or connecting with viable communication assets in the mining industry,” he said.

Lepore, who is from Fayette County where mining is a major industry, said he has had a lot of experience in the type of shift work, issues and different stressors put on families involved in mining.

Lepore learned these difficulties firsthand by working in a strip mine during college.

As a disaster mental health volunteer who holds a highly specialized position within the American Red Cross, Lepore has worked both locally and nationally responding to events such as the LA Fitness shooting in Collier township, counseling during 9/11 both at home and in New York and providing crisis intervention during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath as well as wildfires across California.

Lepore has contributed to the American Red Cross since 1997 and was honored “American Red Cross Educator of the Year 2011.”

His work stretches nationwide, as he just trained 30 people in March to receive their own certifications in mental health intervention in crisis situations.

“It’s been a combination of so many things I’ve done in my career that lead me to

this position,” Lepore said.

“I really enjoy my work here at Clarion. I really look forward to more work here as well as different collaborations in the future.”

“It’s really important when accidents and crisis occur that people help in a calm manner and pull together, and it’s important to have people who have expertise in intervention and mental health on the team.”

-Mark Lepore

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STUDENT TONY GREGORY PLAYS DRUMS during APSCUF’s Rockin’ for Education Rally.

Inequality Panel Held Faculty discuss inequality issues RACHEL FARKAS Staff Writer CLARION, Pa. - Six faculty members shared their views on inequality Tuesday evening at the Inequality Panel: A Multidimensional Perspective.

The panel was sponsored by the Study Abroad Club. Panelists included Brenda Dédé, associate vice president for academic affairs, Greg Goodman, professor of education, Catherine Petrissans, chairperson of the sociology department, Jamie Phillips, professor of philosophy, Thomas Rourke, professor of political science and Sandra Trejos, professor of economics.

All panelists were given 10 minutes to explain their view on inequality, after which the floor was opened for questions from the audience. Standpoints on the topic varied greatly.

Dédé addressed racial inequality based on her experiences growing up in Texas during segregation in the South.

She said because of her background and minority status, people would not have expected her to succeed as much as she has.

“You find me as a vice president at Clarion University because I push and I push … If you want to fight, tell me I’m not as good as I am. Because I am,” Dédé said.

Inequality at a personal level can be resolved if people treat others as they wish to be treated, she said.

Goodman spoke about educational inequality.

He said he felt inequality was in part due to an overuse of technical rationality, such as the bell curve and standardized testing.

Goodman also stressed the need for teachers, administrators and communities that love and care for students.

The other panelists spoke about economic and political inequality. Petrissans spearheaded the discussion on economic inequality with a presentation about income and wealth inequality.

“I’ve always thought the best way to combat inequality is to get a good picture of where we really are,” she said.

Petrissans compared the division of income in the U.S. to a sharing a pizza between five people.

The person representing the top 20 percent earners takes over half the pie, which is more than enough to be filling.

The pieces of pizza are then halved for each person until the person representing the bottom 20 percent gets a measly slice and leaves still feeling hungry, she said.

Phillips discussed the relevance of politics within the economic inequality.

He used the example of corporations that can donate unlimited amounts of money to politicians through super political action committees, which gives them greater political influence than the average citizen.

“We need to achieve economic equality before we achieve political equality,” said Phillips.

Trejos spoke about inequality from a strictly economic perspective. She gave three ways to reduce income inequality: raise productivity, improve education and shrink the informal sector.

Rourke said that there will always be some considerable degree of inequality with liberty, but that closing the gap is still important.

“Inequality is death,” Rourke said. “People who make twice as much as me is not as big an issue as people who are hungry or lacking health care.”

Women and Gender Studies Celebrates 20th Anniversary BRITTANY BENDER Staff Writer CLARION, Pa. This year, the Women and Gender Studies Program at Clarion University will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.

This is a milestone that will be celebrated next Friday, May 4 along with the creation of the Dr. Deb Scholarship for Feminist Leadership.

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Burghardt has been with the university for 30 years now and is retiring in June.

She has watched the Women and Gender Studies Program grow from its infancy into what it is today.

She is head of the program and serves as a professor and adviser to many projects, such as The Clarion VDay Project and “The Vagina Monologues.”

“We are fundraising for the scholarship now,” said Burghardt.

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The scholarship will potent i a l l y go to students participating in a variety of leadership opportunities such as study abroad, conference presentations dealing with feminist topics and social justice symposiums.

Th e r e c e p t i o n f o r t h e w o m e n and gender studies program and for Burghardt will be held in Moore Hall from 4-6 p.m.

There will be many notable speakers such as President Karen Whitney, Dean

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of the College of Arts and Sciences Rachelle Prioleau, Women and Gender Studies Program Founding Committee Chair Kathryn Graham, many students and alumni and Burghardt herself.

Burghardt is looking forward to the event and is excited to reflect on the past 20 years of the program. “ I came to Clarion Unive rsity in 1967 as a f reshm an. H arvey H all w as the

student union building.

It was almost like a homecoming to get to transform a part of that building.

It was really rewarding,” said Burghardt.

She is looking forward to a new chapter in her life after leaving Clarion University and knows that the women and gender studies program will continue to thrive.

“The program is certainly in good hands,” said Burghardt.

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News Across Pennsylvania

Spring Storm Prompts Snow Emergency AP EXCHANGE PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania emergency officials say the spring storm that prompted a disaster emergency declaration as well as school closures and highway speed reductions has been less severe than feared.

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Ruth Miller says temperatures were warmer than anticipated, so the storm’s most severe effects were limited to higher elevations.”

The temperatures stayed warmer than we anticipated and impacted less than we expected and prepared for, which is not a bad thing,” Miller said late Monday night.

The most severe effects of the storm were reserved for higher elevations, sparing the more densely populated lower elevations, she said.

State police and transportation officials had reported no major road closures and no major incidents, Miller said.

On Monday morning, the utility Penelec said about 25,000 cus-

tomers in 31 counties were without power, mostly in the northern and western parts of the state.

But by Monday night that number was down to about 4,500 customers, most of them in Indiana, Cambria, Blair, Tioga and Bradford counties, Penelec spokesman Scott Surgeoner said.Gov. Tom Corbett declared a disaster emergency earlier in the day because of heavy snow in western Pennsylvania that prompted school closures.

The speed limit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was lowered to 45 mph in some areas.A few areas reported substantial snow.

The National Weather Service says an observer in Laurel Summit in Somerset County reported 23.2 inches of snow, while observers reported 8.8 inches in Nanty Glo in Cambria County and 8 inches in both Philipsburg in Centre County and Sabinsville in Tioga County.Some people in higher elevations had seen impacts already by Monday morning.

“It’s going to be a bad one. Limbs are breaking everywhere,” said Mark

Shaffer, who works at Laurel Valley Hardware in Stahlstown, about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Shaffer said power at the store went out about 8:30 a.m., even though there was just 4 inches of snow on the ground.

Rich Kane, a meteorologist with the national Weather Service in Pittsburgh, said the combination of heavy, wet now and trees that already have some leaves could be a problem.

“It’s a pretty strong storm for late spring,” Kane said.

But by afternoon there were already signs the disruptions may not be as bad or widespread as feared.

Predictions of heavy snowfall in Pittsburgh melted away in the early afternoon as the temperature remained well above freezing, prompting the National Weather Service to lift a winter weather advisory for Allegheny and Washington counties. Monday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies was postponed.

The game will be made up on Wednesday as part of a doubleheader beginning at 12:35 p.m.

Pa. Ballet Lead by US Senate MARC LEVY PETER JACKSON AP EXCHANGE HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s primary elections were marked by spotty reports of low turnout Tuesday, no surprise given the remnant of a winter storm in the west and the lack of drama in the presidential nominating campaigns.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has had no serious opposition for the GOP presidential nomination since former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out two weeks ago.

President Barack Obama is unopposed for the Democratic nod — a far cry from four years ago, when his race against Hillary Rodham

Clinton riveted the state for weeks.

In the central Pennsylvania town of Gap, Robert Arters said he cast his ballot for Romney, and would do so again in the fall.

“I think Romney is the better of the two because I think he, being a business manager, he knows how to get economies in control,” Arters said.

“He knows how to economize on things. And I believe he’ll be able to handle that quite well.”

Arguably the hottest statewide race is the two-way battle for the Democratic nomination for attorney general between Kathleen Kane, a former Lackawanna County prosecutor, and former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Bucks County.

The winner will take on Republican David Freed, the Cumberland County district attorney.

The primary represented the first

test for the state’s new voter identification mandate, although the photo IDs will not be required until November. Secretary of State Carol Aichele, who visited some polling places in Philadelphia, concluded the new law seemed to be working well, and her office reported no complaints from county elections officials about the voter ID implementation.

At one polling station in downtown Philadelphia, several morning voters declined to show ID when asked, according to election workers.

“It wasn’t adamant,” said Jonathan Stanwood, the polling site’s judge.

“They just kind of said, casual, ‘Do I have to show it?’”

The voting site had stacks of flyers explaining the new law and howw to obtain a free ID at a state driver’s license center.

Members of House, Unseated in Pa. GENARO C. ARMAS AP EXCHANGE STATE COLLGE, Pa.— U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, Pennsylvania’s longest-serving congressman, lost his re-election bid in the Democratic primary, while Rep. Mark Critz beat fellow Democratic incumbent Rep. Jason Altmire in another contest that shook up the state’s House delegation.

Newly-configured congressional district lines put in place by the Republican-controlled state Legislature affected the dynamics in each closely-watched race.

Holden, who was elected to Congress in 1992 and was one of its conservative, so-called Blue Dog Democrats, lost Tuesday to personal injury attorney Matt Cartwright, who spent nearly $400,000 in the race.

Asked to assess his victory, Cartwright said “It’s a combination of things, number one, the redistricting, and number two, my own core political beliefs are a much better fit for the new district.”

In the U.S. Senate primaries, Democrat Bob Casey of Scranton easily beat a littleknown challenger in his bid for a second six-year term in office.

His Republican challenger will be wealthy former coal company owner Tom Smith of Armstrong County, who largely self-financed his victory in a bitter, five-way race in which he trounced the candidate endorsed

by Gov. Tom Corbett and the state GOP. Cartwright won 57 percent to 43 percent on a night when most of the state’s other U.S. House incumbents went unchallenged or cruised to victories in the primary.

“This is Matt Cartwright’s night and he ran a good race,” Holden said in a statement issued through his campaign spokesman, Eric Nagy. Cartwright’s campaign hit Holden with allegations that he was too conservative for

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the district’s voters, citing his vote against the health care overhaul backed by President Barack Obama.

But Cartwright also benefited from the new congressional district boundaries redrawn to add tens of thousands more Democrats and the newly added cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Easton.

The new boundaries apparently left Holden vulnerable among the new crop of voters.

Only about one-quarter of the new district is currently represented by Holden.

Democrats now outnumber Republicans by 24 percentage points in the new district, whereas the GOP held a four-point registration edge in Holden’s current district.

As a Blue Dog Democrat, Holden belonged to a coalition in Washington that includes moderate and conservative Democrats lobbying for greater fiscal responsibility.

Cartwright, 50, had name recognition in the important Scranton media market after long running ads for his Moosic law firm.

He has proudly called himself “an old-school Roosevelt Democrat.”

Holden had the support of Casey as well as the mayors of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Easton.

But it didn’t matter against Cartwright. Nagy said a combination of redistricting, Cartwright’s fundraising and national interest group support, coupled with an anti-incumbent sentiment throughout the country created a “perfect storm” against Holden.

Cartwright will face Scranton tea party activist Laureen Cummings in the fall. Cummings, a nurse and small business owner from Old Forge, was the only Republican on the primary ballot.

Nagy said Holden pledged his support to Cartwright when calling to concede.

Critz topped Altmire to become the Democratic nominee in the newly

created 12th Congressional District that stretches from Johnstown to areas north and east of Pittsburgh.

The 44-year-old Altmire and 40-year-old Critz were likeminded Democrats before redistricting combined their previously separate districts.

Like Holden, Altmire was a Democratic Blue Dog Coalition member.

He drew support from small businesses and the ire of unions for his vote against the federal health care overhaul in 2010.

Altmire was seen as a favorite in the race early on. About twothirds of the new district is already represented by Altmire under the old boundary lines, a demographic advantage Altmire hoped would help carry him to victory.

Critz was buoyed by strong support from organized labor including the United Steelworkers, key endorsements in bluecollar western Pennsylvania.

The former top aide to his powerful predecessor, the late Rep. John Murtha, was also endorsed by former President Bill Clinton.

“With the help of labor, we were able to make inroads in the new parts of the district,” Critz said.

Critz will face Republican lawyer Keith Rothfus in the November election after beating Altmire 52 to 48.

“It’s no fun running against someone from your party,” Critz added.

Altmire won 70 percent of the vote in Allegheny County, which he currently represents, but lost 91 to 9 in Critz’s power base of Johnstown and Cambria County.

Johnstown was new ground for Altmire.

“What turned the tide in the race was the performance in Johnstown.

It’s not as though they came into my district and turned my constituents against me,” Altmire said.

“I’m completely at peace with what occurred. Mark deserves to win and Johnstown turned out for him.”

Father Charged from Video with Toddler Handling Pot AP EXCHANGE FARRELL, Pa. — Police say a western Pennsylvania man’s cell phone contained video of a boy, about 2, who is being taught how to break up marijuana buds for sale by rubbing them in his hands.

Southwest Mercer County Regional Police don’t know who the boy is, but say the phone belongs to 25-year-old Christopher Cordero, of Farrell, whose voice can be heard instructing the boy.

Police seized the phone and about 10 ounces of pot, drug paraphernalia and clothing they say belonged to Cordero when they searched a car involved in a shooting on Feb. 15.

The Herald of Sharon reports Cordero was ordered to stand trial Tuesday on charges of drug possession and criminal use of a cell phone on which police say they found hundreds of drug-related text messages and the video.

Cordero’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call.

Dog Law Advisory Panel Speaks MARK SCOLFORO AP EXCHANGE HARRISBURG, Pa.— An advisory panel on Pennsylvania’s dog law zeroed in Wednesday on how state government handles dog licenses, deals with animal shelters and enforces the law that was considered among the toughest in the nation when it went into effect in 2009.

Members of the Dog Law Advisory Board expressed frustration during an afternoon-long meeting at the Agriculture Department’s headquarters in Harrisburg.

It was the first time the board had met since Gov. Tom Corbett took office at the start of last year.

Executive Deputy Secretary Michael Pechart, who ran the meeting, told members the department was “not trying to hide anything” and noted the law has led to a drop in the number of commercial breeding kennels in the state from more than 300 to 52.

“There is no intention in this office, or this department, to do anything other than to enforce the law,” Pechart said.

“It has been quite a task to get educated.”

He and other Agriculture officials at the meeting said the law has been in many respects a challenge, and they are working on a handbook to guide employees of the state Office of Dog Law Enforcement.

Pechart said dog wardens pick up 8,000 to 13,000 strays annually, but with counties and shelters facing financial problems of their own, they are increasingly asking the state to handle their strays.

“We’re finding more and more problems every day in finding a place for stray dogs,” he said.

Key provisions of the law that went into effect in October 2009 required large-scale breeders to double cage sizes, eliminate wire flooring, and provide unfettered access to the outdoors.

The new law also banned cage stacking, instituted twice-a-year vet checks, and mandated new ventilation and cleanliness standards.

State officials said kennel inspection reports were posted online in recent days, responding to a complaint voiced by several people at the meeting.

Board members asked Wednesday about how the regulations are being enforced, and why the agency’s budget outlook has darkened.

State officials said 90 percent of the office’s restricted account consists of revenue from dog licenses, sold through county treasurers, but that income has been hard-hit by the growing use of one-time “lifetime” licenses.

In 2010, then-Gov. Ed Rendell and lawmakers took $4 million from the account to plug a budget hole.

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Rockin’ for Education Rally PHOTOS BY: CAITLIN MCGILL AND ELORA WALSH

Professor Anthony Vega plays guitar at the rally.

Senior, Jeremiah Bull plays to the crowd.

Clarion faculty hold signs protesting the budget cuts.

Students watch the performances at the rally.

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Thursday April 26, 2012

Editorially Speaking . . .

Chief Reports Lessons Learned On Call

ELORA WALSH The Clarion Call Editor-in-Chief The time has come for me to sign off as editor-in-chief of The Clarion Call and put its legacy into the hands of someone who Team Call and I trust. Over my four years at Clarion University, I have seen this paper and the other media organizations change in amazing ways.

May it be design, staff or content, the dedication of The Clarion Call staff that I have had the pleasure to lead is something truly inspirational.

Don’t get me wrong, there have been some sticky issues here and there…a couple threats, and I have been called a bigot a time or two, but not once has that ever dampened the spirits of our staff. Now that I think of it, it’s not easy to bring us down.

If we’re not yelling “Afternoon Delight” loud enough to annoy everyone in Gemmell, then we are diligently (keep in mind I said diligently, not

quietly) working on the ink-filled pages of The Clarion Call, Clarion University’s newspaper made for students by students. There are many things that I will miss about not only The Call, but also this university and town.

I’m not going to sit here and preach about how important going to class is (though it is) or give you a breakdown of my collegiate career year by year (no offense Ober), but instead, I’m going to let you in on the three values that I have learned outside of the classroom in no particular order.

Value one: Take up on everything that is offered. If the university is hosting an event, go to it. If clubs are looking for new members, check it out. You’re paying the tuition dollars anyway, why not? As for the town, Clarion has some beautiful spots, the river, the trestle, go spend a day in nature and soak in your surroundings; you can learn more than you think and have some fun while doing it.

Value two: Hang on to the friends you meet here and, as cliché as it sounds, don’t take them for granted.

I have met some of the most inspirational and caring people at Clarion, and I am so thankful to have them by my side while I take my next step.

I couldn’t do it without them.

Not everyone you meet will be your friend, but you’ll be able to seek out the ones who are worth your time and learn from the ones that aren’t.

Once you make those friends, spend as much time as you can with them and learn as much as you can about them.

Learn their birthdays, and don’t forget them, their favorite color, what kind of music they like, etc.

They’ll notice how much you value them, and that alone can create something that is unforgettable. The most important thing anyone should remember when it comes to friendship is rule number 32: Enjoy the little things. Some of my most vivid memories are minor details that occurred just hanging out, but I will cherish them for a long time.

Value three: This one is simple… live. You’ll make yourself sick if you worry about one bad grade. Just breathe, step back for a second and live up your college years because they fly by so fast.

Thank you to anyone who has crossed my path here at Clarion, even if it was for a split second.

Incoming members of The Call, WCUC-FM, Sigma Alpha Iota and Society of Collegiate Journalists, I hope that I have impacted you in someway, and good luck with everything in the future.

Memories Made Not Soon To Be Forgotten

DAN OBER CU-TV Station Manager The last four years of my life have been filled with some of the best times I will ever experience. I have met some amazing people and got to work alongside friends who, I have no doubt, will be become superstars in anything they decide to do.

Some of the most memorable moments are the simple ones. Memories of freshman year, I was just sitting in Wilkinson Hall and meeting the other students who would eventually become my best friends and current roommates. Life as a freshman was just constantly one prank after another.

After a year of shenanigans in the dorms I got a house on Greenville, where I still reside. With the new residence, I decided that I would become a little bit more responsible, as I was now the operations/production manager at WCUB-TV. This was a year I feel that I really grew as an

individual. I still had a great time with friends at parties and what not, but I had some responsibilities where people relied on me. I’ll never forget what it was like the first time I had to instruct seniors on what to do as a sophomore. At first I was a little intimidated, but I quickly made friends and I did my best to keep the station as interesting as I could. One memory from this year I will never forget is during the Autumn Leaf Festival parade when Dr. Robert Nulph yelled at me while I was directing because I missed a sponsor. I never felt so little in my life. Then later after the parade he came to me and told me I just directed the best parade we ever had.

It was tough love, but I learned so much, and I thank him for it.

Junior year was another great year. This was the time of my life when I really learned how to balance fun time and work time. A new show started, “Face the Campus.” It was the first time a freshman ever hosted his own show. Also WCUBTV, WCUC-FM and The Call all started working together, and we started the 48-Hour Broadcast.

My first semester senior year here at Clarion was by far my most stressful. I became station manager at the station, and we had a huge overhaul of how we did things. We rebranded the station to CU-TV “The Nest,”

changed our programming schedule and also had a new adviser. While this all went on, I also directed and produced a soccer documentary called “The Season.” Finally becoming an active member in National Broadcasting Society was also something I achieved, and our regional trip to Erie was nothing short of exhilarating.

As second semester of senior year got kicked off, I really wanted to enjoy my last months as a college student. Let’s say I succeeded in fine fashion. I started my own radio show “Senior Trip” on 91.7, something I wanted to do for a while. I was also fortunate enough to go on two of the most amazing trips of my life. One was to the city of New Orleans, the other to New York City. Both are trips I will not soon forget, as I got to spend them with some of the best friends one could ask for.

Now here I am two weeks before graduation, and the whole world ahead of me. It’s a scary thought. Even though I don’t want to admit it, I am excited to start making an honest living. I will look back at Clarion University with no regrets, as I have lived the college life to its fullest extent. I have made great memories and even better friends that I will never forget. I just want to thank everyone that’s been part of my college experience. I hope to see you all on the other side.

Pieces Of Life Begin To Fall In Place

BRITTANY BENDER 91.7 WCUC-FM General Manager When I came to Clarion University, I wanted to be editor-in-chief of this newspaper. Clearly, that didn’t happen, but looking back four years, I realize everything happened exactly the way it was supposed to.

I will never forget the moment that I chose Clarion. I didn’t even want to come on the visit because my heart was already set on another school. My mother and I were standing right outside Carlson Library, and it was a beautiful day outside.

Something clicked, and I knew that this would be where I would spend the next four years of my life. What I didn’t know, however, was that this would be the place that would help to shape the person that I am today.

They tell you to get involved right away when you get here. I’m going to be honest. I didn’t. I was in a brand-new place four hours from home where I knew no one. I took

my first semester to get to know people and places. I think it was a good choice. I needed transition time. The next semester, I decided it was time to get busy. I joined the radio station thinking that I would only stay there that semester.

But I fell in love. WCUC became my home. I worked my way up from a little production co-curricular to general manager. I worked harder at that station than I have at anything in my life. I also had the pleasure and privilege of meeting the most wonderful people and best friends anyone could ask for. These people have become my family.

To everyone I have worked with and gotten to know here at Clarion: Thank you. You made my every day worthwhile. While I taught some of you, you all taught me.

I sit here, writing my last piece for this newspaper, (which I also love), and can’t help but get emotional. On May 14, I have a job to go to, and adulthood officially begins. I have everything I’ve ever wanted. College is over and done with, but the memories and friendships aren’t. So again, thank you. And if there’s anything you can take from my story, please let it be to just let things happen.

You may have a plan, but sometimes a different one comes along for you that you never even imagined.

Dear Bacon: Kid Enjoys Candy Store

ALLISON DOHERTY Staff Writer Dear Bacon: You’re graduating; do you have any last remarks on you collegiate career at Clarion University?

Sincerely, A Fan When I look back at the last four years here at Clarion University, I can’t help but think what an achievement it has been to make it this far. I’m proud of the accomplishments I’ve made and thankful for all the opportunities I’ve been given.

The last three years I was lucky enough to be the events and promotions director at 91.7 WCUCFM “The Clutch.” Having the board position helped me learn more about myself as a lead, but mostly who I am as an individual.

The opportunities I’ve had have shown me to take advantage of every open window, and

to be reminded that when a window closes, somewhere else a door opens. I know it sounds cliché, but I guarantee if I would have gotten the RA job my sophomore year, I wouldn’t have done half the things I had the chance to do.

While I have the chance, I want to thank Lynn Hepfl in the International Program. If she weren’t there doing her job I wouldn’t have been given the amazing chance to study abroad in Amsterdam. My exchange experience was an opportunity of a lifetime, and I will cherish every moment of my exchange with me for the rest of my life.

A former adviser once told me that I was like a kid in a candy store who just wanted to do everything. Admittedly I was mad when they first said that to me, but being a kid in a candy store is really the only way to describe my collegiate career. I really got involved in everything and didn’t let anything stop me from doing it.

So, it is with these final words of my last Dear Bacon, that I tell you to take advantage of what Clarion University has to offer you as a student. Don’t be the person walking across the stage saying, “I wish I could have done more.” Peace.

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Clarion Students March to Honor Slain Florida Teen ALIZAH THORNTON News Editor While walking home from the store, one young man hears a noise from behind. It appears that another man is following closely behind the other. After an unexplained scuffle, one man is shot and killed. The young man is a 17-year-old unarmed black male: Trayvon Martin.

On Tuesday, April 24 more than 50 students and faculty members gathered for a silent march in Martin’s honor. Martin was shot by George Zimmerman, a white neighborhood watch patrol for a gated community in Sanford, Fla. Students and faculty gathered in front of Hart Chapel wearing hooded sweatshirts and holding signs to march for justice for the case.

The “hoodie” has become a national symbol for the Martin case; Martin was described as “suspicious” because he was wearing one on the night he was killed.

The silent march was sponsored by the following Recognized Student Organizations at Clarion: Black Student Union, NAACP, Women’s United, Leadership Institute and Lift Every Voice Gospel Choir. Although the incident happened in late February, Zimmerman had not been charged with any criminal act until April 11, due to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground Law.” The law “elimi-

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CLARION STUDENTS listen to a speaker during the “March of Silence.” nates a person’s duty to retreat when threatened with seriously bodily harm or death,” according to an article on cbsnews.com. Starting outside of Hart Chapel, students silently walked through Clarion’s campus to the Gemmell free speech zone. Once there, student and faculty speakers discussed topics including: the Martin case, black-on-black crime, empowerment and the importance of voting and standing up for injustice. Student speaker Elizabeth Torres shared

the latest details about the case. She said Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder, and he is currently released on bail.

Torres and English Professor Uraina Pack explained to the crowd that Florida is one of 27 states that have laws similar to “Stand Your Ground.” “We are seeing the consequences of these laws in this case,” Pack said. Pennsylvania’s version is called the Pennsylvania Castle Doctrine. This doctrine was established

through two bills, House Bill 40 and Senate Bill 273. Gov. Tom Corbett signed the bills into law in June 2011, according to an article on the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action’s website. Pack urged students to contact state representatives and senators to express their concerns about the bills.

“We don’t want Trayvon’s memory to be in vain,” Pack said. “We must work to protect others from future tragedies like this case,” she said. BSU board mem-

bers Ashton Smith and Derek Parker shared statistics on black-on-black crime throughout the country.

“Before we push for equality, we have to fix ourselves first,” Parker said. The Martin case has raised issues of racial injustice. Smith and Parker both shared examples of black-on-black crimes cases “that go unnoticed in the media.”

Loran Jackson, a member of BSU and NAACP, addressed how students can empower one another on Clarion’s campus.

“We often forget that we are one campus. We can’t forget we are all members of Clarion University,” Jackson said.

“Although we cannot change the world overnight, we can change our campus and our communities.”

On May 1, BSU and Student Senate will host a panel discussing race on campus at 7:30 p.m. in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room.

As a way to bring the Clarion student community together, BSU will host Soul Food Sunday where all students can come together, on April 29 in the Gemmell MPR. Doors for the event will open at 5:15 p.m. and the event will start at 6 p.m. Donations will be collected for the Mid-Atlantic Youth Center, Chosen 300 Ministries, Inc. and Clarion County Promise.

Chartwells Offers Special Dishes for Earth Day JOSH BYERS Staff Writer Many probably don’t know, but last Sunday was, “Earth Day” and to celebrate this on Tuesday April 14, Chartwells held a special lunch/cooking demo for the students entitled, “Earth Table.

Fresh. Local. Seasonal.”

Allison Trinkle, the regional chef for Chartwells served, “Asian Pork Tenderloin” for this special lunch. Clarion Farms a six generation farm supplied the beef, and the pork was supplied by Hirsch’s.

John–Scott Port was at the lunch watching the chefs prepare his beef.

“I wanted to do something all about Earth Day, and I wanted to find local farms. Any time we can give back to the community locally, that what we do. I especially liked doing this demo because the kitchen is out front and it removes the mystery, any nutritional information can be asked right here,” said Trinkle, The recipe used was out in front of the cooking area for anyone to pick up and try to cook it at home if they liked. Also, There were brochures for Clarion Farms

in the same area so anyone interested could find out a little more about where the meat was coming from.

“I’m excited to work with the dining hall, it’s an easy commute, and I like to get out and talk about agriculture and show people that it’s just normal people working on farms,” said Port.

Port added that this was important to him because he always wanted to be a farmer and never considered another occupation. He wants to tell his family story and let people know that the Clarion Farms isn’t going anywhere.

We try to cook one meal a week from the Clarion Farms, and we wanted to do something special for Earth Day so we asked Allison if she’d like to come do a cooking demo for us. Also, we’re pushing for more local products. All our produce comes from within a hundred mile radius,” said Jeff Gauger, Director of Food Services for Chartwell’s Inc. “Chartwells has a commitment to the community and only uses products such as cage free eggs, rGBH free milk and yogurt and local farms,” said Jared Levin, Regional Marketing Director for Chartwells Inc.

Sen. Marco Rubio Looks at Possible VP spot BRADLEY KLAPPER AP Exchange WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Marco Rubio has outlined his vision of a more muscular American foreign policy as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney begins the search for a running mate.

Rubio gave a half-hour speech at the centrist Brookings Institution Wednesday. He spoke days after he campaigned with Romney, and unveiled a new immigration proposal that breaks ranks with

some in his own party.

Both in Washington and around the country, the 40-year-old Cuban-American is thrusting himself forward as a fresh conservative.

He has remained coy about whether he would join Romney’s ticket. But his careful criticism of Obama’s leadership as well as isolationist tendencies in Rubio’s own party reinforced the image he has projected of himself as a tough conservative but one moderate enough for national election.

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MEMBERS OF THE Clarion Univerisity media play during the 48 hour broadcast

48-Hour Broadcast Takes Over Airwaves and TV Screens AMERIGO ALLEGRETTO Staff Writer The 48-Hour Broadcast aired from Friday, April 20 through Sunday, April 22, showcasing the many aspects of the Department of Communication at Clarion University, including the radio station, television station, and The Clarion Call and benefiting SAFE. The semester broadcast kicked off with the radio shows “So College” and “Senior Year” sharing a time slot from 6 to 8 p.m. on 91.7 WCUC-FM. Each radio show was simulcast on both 91.7 WCUC and

WCUB-TV, Channel 5 on campus and Channel 15 off campus, and featured usually two, sometimes three shows merging together and sharing one time slot. Each show also gave out prizes to winning callers, prizes like headphones, gift cards and movie tickets.

Meanwhile, the television station featured its own display TV shows like “Change Your Tune” and “Face The Campus” took over television screens.

“It was fun. It was a good exhibition between all three media organizations,” said Mike Friend, host of “Change Your Tune” and future

features editor of The Clarion Call.

“It brings really good unity among these groups.”

The television station also aired “roasts” of graduating communications majors Russ Pekelnicky, Brittany Bender and Elora Walsh, where many of their friends reminisced about their times and experiences with the three, and wished them the best in the future. The broadcast culminated at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 22 with “PARTY HOUR,” a radio show that celebrated the end of the 48-Hour Broadcast, something that many of the staff needed after working

SADD Showcases Effects of Poor Decision Making ALIZAH THORNTON News Editor Blood, bodies and destroyed cars was the sight students and faculty saw outside Marwick Boyd on Thursday, April 19 as Clarion’s Students Against Destructive Decisions conducted a mock car crash.

SADD’s President Edward Armstrong said the idea was inspired by a mock car crash he planned as a part of his high school’s SADD chapter. “I wanted to show students how big of an impact the decisions they make are on friends, family and students,” Armstrong said.

The “mock” crash consisted of a display of the aftermath of a car crash caused by driving under the influence of alcohol by one of the drivers. Student volunteers covered in make-up mimicking injuries were positioned in two cars that were smashed up.

Clarion Borough and University Police, along with the Clarion fire department and members from the Clarion Hospital, co-sponsored the event. The police and firefighters “responded” to the crash as if it were an actual accident.

Two victims were pronounced “dead” at the scene. Others with severe injuries were carefully extracted from the vehicles

with the use of gurneys, the Jaws of Life and blockers.

Lasting approximately 20 minutes, students and faculty watched as fighters and emergency medical technicians worked to free the students.

For those who want to know how to spot a drunk driver, Mothers Against Drunk Driving gives 15 tips. The top five are: “quick acceleration or deceleration, tailgating, weaving or zig-zagging across the road, driving anywhere other than on a road designated for vehicles and almost striking an object, curb or vehicle,” according to the MADD website.

MADD advocates initiatives from colleges to inform students on underage drinking, binge drinking and drunk driving. Demonstrations such as mock car crashes can be beneficial for increasing the awareness about the consequences of drunk driving.

Armstrong said he hopes this will become an annual event. The event was sponsored by the Clarion University Police, Pennsylvania State Police, Clarion Hospital EMS, Clarion Fire and Hose Co., Burns Funeral Home, Daddy’s Main Street and Subway (inside Wal-Mart).

Actors for the event included Andrew Stadler, Cody Rapp, Christine Henry, Kaylee Scritchfield, Chloe Saccol, John Dumpman and Maggie McWade.

Motivational Speaker Pays Visit to Clarion RACHEL FARKAS Staff Writer Jamie Tworkowski, founder of the non-profit organization To Write Love on Her Arms, will speak this evening at 7 p.m. in the Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room. “An Evening with Jamie Tworkowski” is sponsored by Clarion University

Activities Board.

Tworkowski will lecture and ask the question “what is your greatest fear and your biggest dream?”

There will also be musical performances by Steve McMorran from the band Satellite.

To Write Love on Her Arms’ mission statement says it is a “non-profit movement dedicated

to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.”

For more information on the organization and its mission, visit http://www.twloha.com/.

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Top 10 Non-dietary Uses for Cheese RUSSELL PEKELNICKY Features Editor As a request to my friend and co-worker Jeremiah Bull, I am doing the following Top 10 as the last in my college career. It has been a riotous time coming up with these top 10 lists, and I hope you have enjoyed them. Now, without further delay or out of character sentimentality, I present the final of my top 10 series; non-dietary uses for cheese.

10. Filling holes in the ground At long last, we put this joke into its final resting place. Long has the holes in the ground gag served this semester, and now we lay it down to sleep, so why not fill in that hole with some hard-earned cheese. Cheese comes with the benefit of ordinarily being salted, and thus blocks out most necromantic energies. Just trust me on that. Also, if the thing at the bottom of the hole reanimates, well, the undead are notoriously adverse to fromage, especially a good stinky Swiss.

9. Weaponry A good solid cheese doubles as a makeshift weapon in a pinch. Get a good wheel of cheese and bash your assailant right in the face or neck or even about the chest area. And as said before, it’s a perfect anti-zombie weapon due to their adversity to dairy.

8. Concealment I love hiding things, and a good piece of cheese can hide a variety of things. Simply hollow out the cheese, put your item in it, then melt the cheese over the whole thing. It’s simple and easy and can be done in the privacy of your own home at little expense.

7. Arts and crafts material Cheese can easily be molded and shaped when the heat is applied properly. Merely heat up the cheese slightly and make it into whatever you wish.

Be the pride of your block with the first cheese model of Boba Fett or Scott Bayo.

6. Book ends This one is weirdly obvious. Put a heavy piece of cheese on either end of the books and just walk away. Just walk away and ignore any weird questions about the cheese block. It’s easier for everyone.

5. Soap You can use cheese for soap, believe it or not. It’s a weird idea and makes you smell like smokehouse cheddar or like you need to use more soap, but some people actually like that. We call them, “freaks.”

4. Foot coverings Hollow out a piece of cheese with a spoon and make yourself a large enough sized hole to fit your foot into the opening. They make for snazzy shoes and an excellent conversation piece.

3. Machine lubricant Put cheese on your creaky machine parts. By applying a slight heat, the grease will leak onto the machinery and oil whatever your going to lubricate. It’s not exactly perfect, but it’s still pretty good in a pinch.

2. Adhesive On the flip side of lubrication is adhesion. Use a good nacho cheese to adhere things together. I’ve done this many a time to stick a sign to a wall and enjoy as it remains there, mostly stick-free. Plus, it adds an incentive to not really move the sign, because then you have to clean up the cheese.

1. Building material Like adobe bricks, use blocks of cheese to construct yourself a fromage fortress. Using all the previous top 10 ideas on this list, construct an impenitrible cheese garrison that would be impregnable to the shambling lactose-intollerant salt-hating undead horde.

This Week in History April 26- May 2 MIKE FRIEND Staff Writer As the seniors prepare to go out into the world and make a difference,take some time to reflect back on a certain time in history that was…historical. The Call staff gassed up the time machine and packed the cheesy poofs and looked at this week in history: April 26 through May 2.

April 26 -On April 26,1986 the worst nuclear accident in history occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Kiev, Ukraine. Experts are still trying to piece together the full effects of the catastrophe. Many believe that upwards of 70,000 people around the world have been affected. At the time of the explosion, Chernobyl was one of the oldest nuclear power plants in the world April 27 -On this day in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines.

The Portugese sailor had sailed nearly three quarters of the way around the world when he and his crew dropped anchor on the Philippine island of Cebu. After landing on the shore of Cebu Magellan meet with a tribal chief and converted him to Christianity and agreed to help eliminate a rival tribe. It was during a skirmish with this tribe that Magellan was killed.

April 28 -The ally of Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by Italian nationals as they

tried to flee to Switzerland on April 28, 1945. The former Italian dictator was disguised as a German solider at the time of his capture April 29 -On this day in 2004, the last Oldsmobile rolls off of the assembly line in Lansing, Mich. symbolizing the end of one of General Motors oldest car lines. Every member of the factory signed the final car that the company ever produced, a cherry red Alero, before it was sent to a museum to be put on permanent display.

April 30 -Two days after his ally, Benito Mussolini was caught at the Swiss border, German dictator Adolph Hitler swallows a cyanide pill and shoots himself in the head as Allied forces enter Berlin on April 30, 1945. The dictator would have faced the death penalty for war crimes if captured.

May 1 -On this day in 1960, pilot Francis Gary Powers and his U2 spy plane are shot down over the Soviet Union. The plane, which was owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency was the newest and most technologically advanced spy plane during the Cold War. May 2 -Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the man who scared America with accusations of communism and “red agents” dies on May 2, 1957. The Wisconsin senator was made famous by his accusations of communist sympathizers in the U.S. government. The senator died in a Bethesda, Md hospital and was buried in his home state of Wisconsin.

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Practice will begin immediately, followed by live performances during next semester. Call 814-566-5714.

Blayne Sheaffer is looking for a baby elephant that has recently been orphaned. Preferably Indian Elephant. Must be able to stand upright.

If you like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain, if you’re not into yoga, if you have half a brain, if you like making love at midnight in the Dunes on the Cape, then I’m the love that you’ve looked for, write to me and escape! m.r.waterloo@eagle. clarion.edu.

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To each and every graduating Call board member, Elora, Jeremiah, Brandy, Caitlin, Mike, Russ, Lisa and Jeana, thank you for all you’ve done, and may you all have the best of luck! We can only hope to run the Call as well as you all did. Much love from The Clarion Call Board 2012-2013.

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The Music Box

RUSS PEKELNICKY Features Editor

Yeah, I’ve heard of the Dandy Warhols, and I like what I’ve heard, so I had decent expectations for this album. Right off the bat, their first track, “Sad Vacation,” hit me with some fine and dirty bass lines that made my ears feel something magical. Then, a good syncopated drum part came in and took me off my feet.

Within the first minute of this track, I felt this thing was a beast of a piece of music, but not like a horrifying, jagged-edged schlock monster of total crap. I mean like a majestic fire breathing dragon-unicorn of dirty bass and percussion love-borne glory. The guitar had good distortion, not too much, but just enough. The vocals are pretty solid, a bit hoarse, but still fully enjoyable for what they are.

“Enjoy Yourself” is another interesting track. It sounds a lot like Interpol, but still manages to do its own thing. Lyrically, it’s

ANDI FULMER Music Director

The Dandy Warhols are one of those bands I’m familiar with the name but not the sound. Their newly released album ‘This Machine’ opens with a gritty rock guitar and low, crooning vocals to match.

‘Sad Vacation’ is a slow beginning, focusing less on the pace and movement of the song and more on the smoky, back alley feel. ‘The Autumn Carnival’ loses that smokiness, though retains the grittiness. It has a dis-

pretty enjoyable. They’re the kind of lyrics you actually want to learn. The guitar work is this nice buzzing distortion that plays pleasantly upon the ear, and the drums compliment it well.

“Alternative Power to the People” also hits, much like the first track, with some dirty bass work and an amazingly pieced together drum part that gets the blood pumping. Guitar work is fantastic, even better on the first track, and plays with distortion in ways that are both complex and enjoyable.

It’s an instrumental piece, but the whole of the song builds quite nicely. It’s like the Miami Vice theme meets The Pixies, and, it rules.

This is probably my favorite track on the entire album.

“Well They’re Gone” plays a bit with more orchestral instrumentation and a funky hip-hop inspired beat to make this weirdly Tom Waits -inspired piece that works both as a piece for critical listening and as an amazing atmospheric piece. It has a vibe like Pee Wee’s Playhouse meets a slime-dripping old French café. It’s probably one of the coolest tracks I’ve ever heard, and it kicks some serious butt.

All in all, this album is definitely worth a check out. What really works for this album is its balance of mellow, but vaguely disturbing slower songs and its faster tracks that melt faces in the new style. tinctly more wandering feel and the vocals are indistinct, as though the singer never quite learned how to enunciate as he spoke.

‘Enjoy Yourself’ is finally a song that stands out. The gritty rock complements well the upbeat, self-deprecating but able to laugh about it nature of the song.

Finally the vocalist makes himself heard and it’s a pleasure to understand his words – he used to be so many things and maybe he isn’t anymore but he still got what he wanted in the end and is able to live with himself.

‘Well They’re Gone’ brings about an interesting change of pace. It sounds empty and hokey, musically reminiscent of polka with the introduction of some very creepy pipes of some nature.

‘Rest Your Head’ was another song I enjoyed, though it plays into my enjoyment of musically uplifting rock

BLAYNE SHEAFFER Staff Writer

Does anyone remember The Dandy Warhols? I almost couldn't. After their hit, “Bohemian Like You,” in 2000, I thought the band had simply dropped off the scene. It turns out that The Dandy Warhols, founded in 1994, has released its eighth album with “This Machine.” The album came out Tuesday, April 24 and maintains the same, indescribable ‘90s quality that, as a ‘90s kid, feels like home to me, even if I may be coddling it despite the album's less favorable qualities.

While the album stayed true to its decade of heritage, songs like “Alternative Power To The People” had too much of a “Fitter Happier” vibe from Radiohead's 1997 album, “OK Computer” in all the wrong ways.

Without the lyrics of “Fitter Happier” and the tone and meaning that Radiohead songs are inherent with, you have The Dandy Warhols' “Alternative Power To The People,” which is just a bunch of noise.

On the other, smitten hand, I songs with a penchant for sounding a bit like an anthem. ’16 Tons’ is a fun number that makes good use of a saxophone and incorporates jazz elements proving, to me, that this band is willing to explore all manner of genres. ‘I Am Free’ is another enjoyable surprise and I was particularly pleased with its trumpet solo and the clarity of the vocals - less mumbling and more singing.

Overall this is an album that reaches its peak in the center of the album but doesn’t begin or end very well.

Certainly those songs that are well crafted are fantastic shows of musicianship and thoughtful lyricism, but the songs that fall flat feel forced and bland. Definitely give the album a listen, maybe you’ll think the opposite.

found “Enjoy Yourself” to be my favorite song, simply because of its throw-back quality that had me running back to The Dandy Warhols' 2000 album, “Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia,” the album that made me fall in love with the band and the only album I thought existed by them. The lead singer, Courtney TaylorTaylor has a voice comparable to Interpol's lead singer, Paul Banks. That, mashed with David Gilmour makes for a near narcotic sound, and makes a new lullaby out of “Rest Your Head.”

Now, having said that TaylorTaylor sounds like Gilmour, I did find a bit of an issue with “This Machine” in that “Don't Shoot She Cried” bears an awfully close resemblance to “Comfortably Numb”. This may or may not be a problem to Pink Floyd lovers, as it is only the instrumentals that sound like the classic Floyd song. I personally dig it, as Gilmour is a long-time celebrity crush and it seems to enhance The Dandy Warhols' quality in music making.

“This Machine” is a healthy blast from the past with some feeble attempts at retro inspiration, but overall, creating an adorable reminder that The Dandy Warhols are not, in fact, dead.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT VDay Project hosts PhotoVoice Exhibit for MAYS BLAYNE SHEAFFER Staff Writer

For Clarion University’s VDay Project, the art department, the Women and Gender Studies program and Mid-Atlantic Youth Services joined up to produce the PhotoVoice exhibit “Through Our Lens: Who do you think we are? I bet you’re wrong.”

“I was very intrigued by the possibilities of giving a population that you don’t ordinarily hear from cameras and journals and seeing what they have to tell us,” said Dr. Deborah Burghardt, co-leader, with Carly Masiroff, of the Clarion VDay Crew.

The PhotoVoice participants consisted of young women, ages 1520, from MAYS, a juvenile detention center in Emlenton, Pa. The participants were given donated digital cameras and, through the

Jessica Bedeaux / The Clarion Call PhotoVoice exhibit participants contribute to “Through Our Lens: Who do you think we are? I bet you’re wrong.”

mentoring of VDay leaders, teach- projects to tell their stories. ers, mentors and volunteers, were “We organized a series of workable to master PhotoVoice tech- shops with MAYS and we had niques through assignments and photography teacher, Greg Knox.

We had an English professor, Juanita Smart, who worked with them in terms of their writing and journals and captions. It was over a pe-

riod of about three months and we would visit every other Saturday.”

Burghardt found the process of organizing the photos taken in the exhibition both inspiring and overwhelming.

“We tried to organize them by theme,” Burghardt said. “There’s a lot of ways to approach it. But at the end of the day we thought it sort of told a story overall.”

“I would love to do it again,” Burghardt said. “It’s a lot of work. We might readjust the scale of it. I think there are great principles operating here. In terms of what that experience was, and what these messages are, I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

Mentor and VDay Project member, Keeley Frank, spoke of her experiences through interacting with the participants.

For more information on PhotoVoice projects, visit www.PhotoVoice.org.

S A F E & PA S S A G E S “ Ta k e B a c k t h e N i g h t ” BRITTANY BENDER Staff Writer

“Take Back the Night” was only attended by about 14 university students, but that didn’t make the message any less powerful. “Take Back the Night” was held at Reinhard Villages Tuesday evening to raise awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence and for remembrance and recognition for all of those who have been victims.

The event started out at the volleyball court at Reinhard. Students gathered around to hear the organizer of the event, Ariel Dye speak about what “Take

Back the Night” is all about.

Then, Marlene Steffan Austin from PASSAGES, Inc. spoke to the students. She gave some history on the event itself and talked about how “Take Back the Night” is held all across the country at universities. She also pointed out that this is the first event like this one that the university has held in a few years.

Margaret DuPree from SAFE then gave some statistics on domestic violence.

“Twenty-one percent of college students say that they have been in an abusive relationship,” said DuPree.

She then added from this statistic that only about 50 percent of these incidents are ever even reported.

“No one deserves to be a victim of domestic violence,” said DuPree.

Dye then passed out candles for everyone to light and carry for the march that would take place next. The students then walked carrying their candles from the volleyball court to the Reinhard Community Center. At first they were chanting, “Two, four, six, eight, no more violence, no more rape!”

However, eventually, the students fell silent as the walk came to an end. This was a foreshad-

owing to what was going to happen inside the community center.

After everyone had refreshments and time to speak to one another, Dye opened up the “Speak Out,” where everyone was invited to come and talk about their own personal encounters, or stories that had maybe happened to a friend or loved one. Four people ended up sharing some very powerful words.

After the “Speak Out” was closed, Dye, and two other students read a poem from the book, “For Colored Girls.” The poem is about a woman who had been raped by someone who she knew, and was a friend to her.

It was pointed out that at-

tacks can randomly happen, but stranger danger is not the only kind of danger. Rape statistically happens by someone that is at least an acquaintance.

Dye ended the event by reading another happier poem from the end of “For Colored Girls.”

“I was really surprised that Clarion didn’t do ‘Take Back the Night’. I transferred from a university in Miami where it was a really big deal. It’s a real thing and people need to know about it,” said Dye. Dye is a senior and it is her hope that this event will continue to happen in Clarion and that someone will take over “Take Back the Night” for next year.

Viz Artz holds student art show JEN SCHWARTZ Staff Writer

Stoneware, oil paintings, pencil drawings and plexiglass prints line the walls of a two-story house on Second Avenue, but if not for the kitchen display of snacks and refreshments, it would be easy to forget this “art gallery” was set up and hosted by Viz Artz student president, Stephanie Lloyd, in her actual home. On Tuesday, April 24, Lloyd traded all her furniture for various student art, converting her home into the 2012 Viz Artz Student Art Show.

“We do it every year at a different location,” Lloyd said.

“Last year we had it at Michelle’s Café; they had the open space and it was easier to show 3D work and bring it into the community.”

Students and teachers of the art department alike, as well as many others, flocked in and out of the show from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. examining the large variety of artwork, which each piece was given a number to classify the work by artist and title.

The projects ranged from pieces of mixed media art such as Kevin O’Toole’s “The Hair of the Dog,” featuring a key, broken mirror pieces and plastic monkeys, and Kelsey Brown’s

“Damn Bitch” which was created by use of string, salt, cranberry juice, strawberries and baking soda, to Geoffrey Lee Graham’s cardboard structure “If I Drink Water I Will Die,” and Stefan L. Gewiss’ “Condom Still Life,” oil paint on canvas.

Judge and Juror for the show was Jennifer Rockage, a Clarion Alumnus who received her BFA from Clarion in printmaking and graphic design, her MFA in printmaking from West Virginia University, and currently is working at Artist Image Resource in Pittsburgh.

Selected winners include First Place 2D, Stephany DelSignore’s oil paint on canvas “Organic Balls;” Second Place 2D, Shane Ross’s copper print “Cootie Suit,” First Place 3D, Kelsey Brown’s earthenware piece “Don’t Laugh at me When I’m Down!,” and Second Place 3D, Jamie Gruzinski’s stoneware “For the Birds.”

Honorable mentions were David Aites’ oil paint on canvas “Horse Head Man,” Krystal James’ oil paint on canvas “Diamond,” and Grace Baschnagel’s stoneware “Clyde the Walrus.”

“Steph put together a very professional show,” Ethan Merritt said of the turnout. “It was cool to see staff members there as well. The entire department really enjoyed it.”

Kelsey Waros / The Clarion Call Clarion students carry candles for the “Take Back the Night” march around Clarion Tuesday, April 24.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Lynch Shines In Sad Ending For Softball Team; End Season 8-30 In PSAC West MATT CATRILLO Staff Writer

It was a dismal finish to another tough season for the Clarion University Softball team (830 overall, 0-14 PSAC West), as they were swept in both doubleheaders at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and at home against Bloomsburg University.

At IUP in game one, the Golden Eagles were blanked by the Crimson Hawks, 5-0.

IUP broke away after a four run fifth inning, with only one earned.

“Ninety percent of our runs scored against us were unearned,” said head

coach Shintrika Hudson.

Freshman Shawnna Crago had a season high six strikeouts, but allowed all five runs including the one earned, along with six hits and a walk.

Kacie Nemeth and Rebecca Lynch both had three hits at the plate for Clarion.

In game two, the Golden Eagles blew a 3-1 third inning lead, losing a 4-3 heartbreaker.

IUP fought back with a three run fourth inning to give them the win.

Clarion attempted to fight back, but couldn’t record any hits with runners in scoring position in the fifth and seventh innings.

Amanda Gough was stranded at second in the fifth after a one out double, and another runner was stranded at second in the seventh as well.

N em et h and L ync h c ont i nued t o be pr od uc t i ve at t he pl at e for C l ar i on.

They both went 2-for4; Nemeth with an RBI, and Lynch with an RBI and a run scored.

Sunday against Bloomsburg was simply a day to forget for Clarion.

The Huskies completely dominated the Golden Eagles in both games.

In game one, Bloomsburg came out

on top with ease, 20-0 in five innings.

Gough had the only hit for Clarion.

Game two was much of the same, as Bloomsburg shut out Clarion again, 8-0 in six innings.

Senior Rebecca Lynch continued her hot streak at the plate to finish her career, delivering her 46th hit of the year in the fourth inning.

Those 46 hits are the most by a Golden Eagle since at least 1993.

Lynch also topped the Golden Eagles with a .338 batting average, 20 runs scored, 10 doubles, three home runs and three stolen bases.

Lynch also finished second in RBI’s, with 18.

Pringle continues successful season EDDIE MCDONALD Staff Writer

Ross Pringle continues to shine for the Clarion University men’s golf team, as he shot a 75 this past weekend at the Gannon Invitational held at Peek n Peek Golf Club in Clymer, New York.

The invitational was limited to just 18 holes due to weather conditions.

Pringle shot rounds of 38 and 37 and missed medalist honors by just one stroke.

“Ross has been a

consistent performer all season. He is the most consistent and our best player. Everyone looks up to him because he is the leader and never gives up,” Head Coach Marty Rinker said of Ross.

Clarion as a team finished in 10th place, shooting 322.

There were a total of 16 teams in the invite, with Concord University winning the tournament by shooting 306 as a team.

The Golden Eagles got other contributions from the rest of the team.

Senior Zach Schloemer shot a 39 on both

days giving him a total of 78; he finished 17th.

Junior Bill Stover shot rounds of 43 and 41, giving him a score of 84.

Stover finished in 56th place. “[Bill] Stover is a good leader and player.

He’s a student teacher so it’s hard for him to make some practices, but he does what he can,” Rinker said.

F r es hm an A dam Ha r r i ngt on fi ni s hed 60t h wi t h r ounds of 41 and 44 for a t ot al of 85.

So phom or e A l ex A ngel one di dn’t fi ni s h t oo fa r behi nd Har r i ngt on as he s hot r ounds of 45 and 41, fi ni s hi ng i n

65t h pl ac e.

“I’m consistently pleased with how consistent they have performed. I like their work ethic and dedication,” Rinker said of his team.

This was the regular season finale for Clarion.

They will travel to Hersey, PA on May 7-9 to try and qualify for nationals, held in Louisville, Kentucky.

“We need to keep practicing. The top five (teams) go to nationals and two players whose team does not make it, get to gowell,” Rinker said.

Shorts Takes First For Track And Field MATT CATRILLO Staff Writer

It was another successful weekend for the Golden Eagles women’s track and field team at the Ed Fry Invitational at Indiana University of Pennsylvania that took place Saturday, April 21.

A total of five Golden Eagles punched their ticket to next month’s PSAC Championships.

Ciara Shorts took first place in both the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:56.23, and the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:18.34, qualifying for the PSAC Championships.

Megan Toddy also qualified for Clarion, winning the 3.000 meter steeplechase in a time of 11:43.7, a personal best for Toddy, and topped her previous PSAC qualifying mark by

18 seconds.

“Megan has benefitted being with Ciara. She didn’t start out with the steeplechase at first. The first time she qualified, and she was able to improve greatly the second time,” said Head Coach D.J. Bevevino about Toddy.

Katie Chambers, Erin White, and Milea Schall join Toddy and Shorts in qualifying for the PSAC Championships.

Chambers finished second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:23.74.

White finished third in the javelin with a throw of 37.14 meters, and Schall was fifth in the 5,000 meter with a time of 18:51.77.

Alexis Carter also had a productive day for the Golden Eagles, finishing with a running time of 1:02.64, just .14 seconds from qualifying.

“Seeing Katie Chambers and Erin White qualify were very rewarding because they were soccer players who were able to balance both sports and qualify for the PSAC championships,” said coach Bevevino.

Carol Cress finished second in the shot put with 12.07 meters, and third in the hammer throw with 41.06 meters.

Cress’ sister Allyson was third in the shot put with 12.04 meters.

Sarah Loughner took third in the high jump at 1.53 meters.

Bevevino was extremely pleased with the amount of players qualified.

“It just shows some of our individuals making commitment to be successful,” Coach Bevevino said.

Clarion returns to action Saturday at Shippensburg.

All That Jazz

The Flyers Prove To Be Too Much For The Penguins In Stanley Cup Playoffs JAZZMONDE JAMES Staff Writer

This wasn’t a good playoff season for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Penguins lost game six April 22 to the Philadelphia Flyers.

The score was 5-1. The Flyers won the series 4-2.

The Penguins won the last two games before Sunday to get back in the series but they couldn’t keep the momentum going in to the sixth game to send it to a game seven.

Evgeni Malkin was the only one able to get to a goal and put points on the board while the Flyers didn’t have that much trouble going up against

Marc-Andre Fluery.

Claude Giroux had an outstanding game and series against the Penguins.

On Sunday, Giroux had one goal and two assist.

In the series Giroux had 14 points and eight assists.

He stood up in the series and led his team and a lot of people are looking at him as maybe getting MVP. He wanted to be the one to help and lead his team to a victory and that’s what he did.

Another outstanding player who played a big role in the series was Ilya Bryzgalov.

Bryzgalov had a good game goaltending, not allowing the Penguins to have a good game in game six.

He let the Pens have 21

goals the whole series, which was a good defensive series for him.

Sidney Crosby wasn’t as involved in the series against the Flyers as he would have been in the past playoff runs the Pens had.

In game six, Crosby played for 26 minutes. In the series, he only had six points and four assists in the six games.

The Pengiuns just couldn’t really get into rhythm the whole series even though they did win two games.

There just wasn’t any hope for them in the series.

The better team showed up to play and that was the Flyers.

They won the series, and now are on to the second round of the playoffs.

Who Is The Face Of The NHL? CHRIS BROWN Circulation Manager

MICHAEL WATERLOO Sports Editor

There are many athletes who are considered to be the leading name of their sport.

Michael Jordan, Dale Earnhardt, Tiger Woods, until being beaten by his wife and Babe Ruth are all leaders in their sport.

When it comes to hockey though, there is normally a debate for who claims this title.

Two players that will forever be known in hockey are Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.

Both have been inspirations to young players with dreams of a professional career.

Between the two athletes, there have been five teams covered, only one of those is attributed to Lemieux.

Gretzky played for the Edmonton Oilers, and LA Kings, followed by brief stay with the St. Louis Blues and finished up with the New York Rangers.

Gretzky won a Stanley Cup with the Oilers right before he left for LA. Lemieux played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and although hesitant at first, he grew to love the city and the team.

When we look at numbers on paper we see Gretzky holding more career records than Lemieux, but this doesn’t look at the hardships faced. even with the hardships Lemieux comes close to many of Gretzkeys records, including the 200 point season with 199 points before injure ended his season early.

Many people will say that injury takes away from the ability of the player, and they tend to write them off saying that they are to injury prone to be great.

Lemieux played hurt and still beat out many of the players who were healthy and this shows determination that should be respected.

But Lemieux is right behind him even with medical complications.

Gretzky has won more MVP awards than any other professional to date in American sports and career records for goals, assists, points and shorthanded goals.

Lemieux though holds the record in my mind as the most unique and showed true player skills by scoring five times in one game with five different ways, even strength, shorthanded, penalty shot, power play, and empty net.

This feat has yet to be equaled.

Lemieux has retired two times one in 1997 due to his fight with lymphoma and again in 2006 when diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

When he returned in 2000 from his first retirement, he was a finalist for the Hart trophy, which is the NHL award for most valuable player to his team.

Both players have taken there turn in the driver seat of a professional team, but both with different outcomes.

Gretzky coached the Phoenix Coyotes for five years and was part owner, doing little with the talent he had to work with.

As a Coyotes fan since the inaugural season i witnessed the mismanagement of the team.

The Coyotes filed for bankruptcy and Gretzky stepped down as coach and owner although his involvement with ownership was not because of him.

Looking at the Lemieux side, we see a man who fought to preserve a team, and it’s history in a hockey town.

Lemieux was the Chairman of the Board for the Pittsburgh Penguins when going through the Pens bankruptcy and not only kept the club alive, but was able to establish a new arena and play a large roll in acquiring some of the greatest talent of the time.

Lemieux has become a household name among hockey fans and Yinzers alike.

Gretzky has the records, but Lemieux was the playmaker.

I feel that Mario Lemieux is the better player, and a true representation of what hockey is.

Not only do sports provide us with a spectacular entertainment throughout the year, it also gives its fans a platform for debate.

Who’s the better basketball player; LeBron James or Kobe Bryant?

Would you rather have Matt Kemp or Josh Hamilton on your team for baseball?

Is Eli Manning really better than older brother Peyton just because he has one more Super Bowl ring?

These are the conversations that I live for on a day-to-day basis.

One of the biggest debated topics in sports is who is the better hockey player, “The Great One” or “Super Mario?”

I am, of course, referring to Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.

Let me first say that I grew up a big Penguins fan, not just when they grabbed Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, so I have always been a huge fan of Lemieux.

Also, I don’t feel that either of these legends are better than Gordie Howe, who is the best hockey player of all-time in my book.

I do however, rank them 2.A and 2.B in my rankings; with Gretzky being slightly above Lemieux.

With ownership aside (Lemieux would clearly dominate that category), I have to give the nod to Gretzky, as much as I don’t want to.

My case for Gretzky simply comes down to the numbers.

He is the all-time leader in goals (894), assists (1,963) and points (2,857), leading each by a big margin over second place.

Gretzky led the league in scoring five times, assists 13 years in a row (16 years total), won 11 scoring titles, had nine MVP awards and won four Stanley Cups.

In 1981-1982, Gretzky scored 212 points in a season.

If you thought that could have been a fluke, in 1985-1986 he scored 215 points, an all-time record.

In fact, if you look at the highest point totals in a season, Lemieux owns four of them.

Gretzky owns the other nine, including the top four.

In comparison, Lemieux’s highest was 199 in 1988-1989, a season he played 76 games in.

Why do I bring up the number of games he played up?

Lemieux played through and missed a good amount of his career while dealing with cancer and severe back problems.

Right or wrong, I have no choice but to hold that against Lemieux when comparing the two.

If Hodgkin’s disease hadn’t robbed Lemieux of years of his career, he very well could have topped Gretzky.

When both were healthy however, I still feel Gretzky was the more dominate player.

The argument is also often made that Gretzky has a greater supporting cast around him throughout his career.

“The Great One” had Glenn Anderson, Bernie Nichools, Jari Kurri and some guy named Mark Messier surrounding him, among others.

Lemieux had guys like Kevin Stevens, Mark Recchi, Jaromir Jagr, Ron Francis and even a young kid by the name of Sidney Crosby in his latter years.

While as a whole Gretzky may have played with the superior players, the margin isn’t as big as you may think.

Gretzky also had the advantage of playing against more American and Canadian players as opposed to Lemieux playing against more Russians.

Gretzky, also had the advantage of playing in a more open-ice era compare to Lemieux.

Holding that against him would be like holding the opponents that Boise State plays each year against them, they can only control what is handed to them.

All-time leading scorer and four Stanley Cups to Lemieux’s two; sorry Pittsburgh, Gretzky is the choice.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

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LEAGUE STANDINGS

Our Call Sports

NHL (AS OF 9:00 APRIL 25) EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Playoff matchups:

Playoff matchups:

(1) NY Rangers (series tied 3-3) vs (8) Ottawa Senators

(1) Vancouver Canucks vs (8) Los Angeles Kings (won series 4-1)

(2) Boston Bruins vs (7) Wash. Capitals (won series 4-3) (3) Florida Panthers (series tied 3-3) vs (6) New Jersey Devils (4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs (5) Philadephia Flyers (won series 4-2)

(2) St. Louis Blue (won series 4-1) vs (7) San Jose Sharks (3) Phoenix Coyotes (won series 4-2) vs (6) Chicago Blackhawks (4) Nashville Predators (won

NBA BASKETBALL (AS OF 9:00 APRIL 25) EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

TEAM Chicago Miami Indiana Boston Atlanta Orlando Philadelphia New York

RECORD 49-16 46-19 42-24 38-27 39-26 37-28 35-30 34-30

TEAM San Antonio Oklahoma City LA Lakers LA Clippers Memphis Denver Dallas Utah

RECORD 48-16 47-19 41-24 40-25 40-25 37-28 36-29 35-30

Milwaukee Detroit New Jersey Toronto Cleveland Washington Charlotte

31-34 24-41 22-43 22-43 21-44 19-46 7-58

Phoenix Houston Portland Minnesota Golden State Sacramento New Orleans

33-32 33-32 28-37 26-39 23-42 21-44 21-44

MLB STANDINGS (AS OF 9:00 APRIL 18) NATIONAL LEAGUE

The Call’s weekly take on the big questions in the wide world of sports Panelist One word to NFL match up Who is your favordescribe the you are most ite all-time athlete?

Steeler’s throw- excited for? back jerseys?

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ROBERTO CLEMENTE

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49ERS VS. PATRIOTS

MUHAMMAD ALI

INTERESTING

EAGLES VS. COWBOYS

DEREK JETER

BUMBLEEE

EAGLES VS. STEELERS

BRIAN DAWKINS

UGLY

BRONCOS VS. PATRIOTS

HINES WARD

Mike Waterloo

PERFECT

EAGLES VS. STEELERS

Jacob Oberdorf

OLD-SCHOOL

STEELERS VS. RAVENS

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Eddie McDonald John Owens Matt Cartrillo Jazzmonde James

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EAST Washington Atlanta NY Mets Philadelphia Miami

RECORD 14-4 11-7 10-8 9-10 7-10

Central St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh Houston Chi Cubs

12-7 9-9 9-10 8-10 7-12 6-13

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EAST Baltimore Tampa Bay NY Yankees Toronto Boston

RECORD 11-7 11-7 10-7 10-8 6-10

Central Cleveland Chi White Sox Detroit Minnesota Kansas City

9-7 10-8 10-8 5-13 4-14

West Texas Oakland Seattle LA Angels

14-4 10-10 9-10 6-12

The Verdict

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They said it: “You have 70 followers....no one cares what you think” Florida Panthers’ President Michael Yormack’s comments in a Twitter war with a New Jersey Devils fan. The fan was awarded seats to a suite for game six of the playoff series.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

EYE ON SPORTS Lack of Offense Dooms Clarion In Double Headers Against Mercyhurst

MARK EMCH Managing Editor A trio of rough losses didn’t stop the Clarion Golden Eagles baseball team from pulling out a game four win against Mercyhurst University.

Clarion squared off against Mercyhurst for the first time this season in a pair of double-headers on April 20 and 22.

The Golden Eagles dropped both games of the April 20 double-header.

Clarion bounded off to a 4-1 lead in game one, before allowing Mercyhurst to rebound with five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

The teams traded off runs in the fifth and sixth, before Mercyhurst made an offensive push for four runs in the bottom of the seventh, securing their victory over the Golden Eagles.

Cla rion j u n i o r Jo n Ke m mer t opp ed h i s te am’ s o ffe n s ive lead e r bo ar d by g o in g 2 -2

wi t h a d o u b l e a nd a hom e r un.

Kemmer logged three RBI’s and two walks in game one of the April 20 double-header.

Game two began in a less than positive manner for the Golden Eagles, who failed to put a run on the board until the sixth.

The singular run wasn’t enough to topple Mercyhurst’s four run tally.

Mercyhurst’s Ben Rawding took the mound in game two and stifled a frustrated Clarion offense.

Rawding pitched the complete game, allowing a mere five hits and one unearned run.

Rawding improved to an 8-0 pitching record for the season.

The April 22 double-header began with Clarion’s biggest loss of the week.

The Golden Eagles mustered five runs to compete against Mercyhurst’s 11.

A lack of offensive production doomed Clarion from the get-go.

The team totaled only six runs.

The Golden Eagles pulled out their sole win of the week’s double headers in game two on April 22.

Mercyhurst scored three runs

in the opening inning of the competition, and held Clarion’s offense stagnant and scoreless until the bottom of the fourth, when Matt Rossi and Josh Beimel batted in three RBI’s.

Clarion senior captain Ken Morgan broke the tie in the bottom of the fifth, when he doubled, scoring Jerico Weitzel.

Matt Rossi scored due to an error by Mercyhurst’s first baseman in the bottom of the sixth, furthering the Golden Eagles’ lead.

Mercyhurst threatened an offensive surge in the top of the seventh, but Clarion countered by bringing Kemmer into the game to pitch.

Mercyhurst’s singular run in the inning failed to catapult them to victory, and Clarion squeaked out a 5-4 win.

Clarion’s regular season schedule consists of one final game on April 28 against Millersville University.

The Golden Eagles’ 12-28 season record, (9-15 in-conference,) will most likely not be enough to land them a spot in the PSAC playoffs.

Q: What is your favorite memory of Clarion thus far?

A

: My favorite memory would have to be when I joined the team. We all have gotten so close. We’re always there for each other, and it’s a second family away from home. I know that I’ll be pretty upset when I graduate because some of these girls have become my other half.

:

Q How did you get started in track?

A: I started track in high school. The funny

thing is, I only did track for two years in high school. My senior year, our 4x100 relay made it to states. After high school, I didn’t think i would run track in college, but freshman year at Clarion I had a lot of time on my hands and decided to walk on.

Q:

What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t doing something track related?

A

: I would have to say hanging out with my roommates or fellow teammates.

Q:

Who is your biggest influence/inspiration in your life?

A

: I would have to say my mom, she is always bringing out the best in me. My mom is

Mike’s NFL mock draft MICHAEL WATERLOO Sports Editor 1. Indianapolis Colts – Andrew Luck QB Stanford – This goes without saying. Best QB prospect since John Elway.

2. Washington Redskins – Robert Griffin III QB Baylor – RG3 has the speed, intangibles, accuracy and poise that made the Redskins comfortable enough trading up in the draft.

Perfect fit for Shanahan’s system.

3. Minnesota Vikings – Morris Claiborne CB LSU – Many experts have Matt Kalil going here and he very well may.

I’m in the minority with this selection, but going against Calvin Johnson, Brandon Marshall and Greg Jennings each year, the Vikings need a shutdown corner.

Claiborne is as good as they come.

4. Cleveland Browns – Trent Richardson RB Alabama – Cleveland could go quarterback here, but they can get a Brandon Weeden or Kirk Cousins in the second round.

With the departure of Peyton Hillis, the Browns need a running back badly.

I’m not a fan of grabbing a back this high in today’s game, but Richardson is the real deal.

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina – Tampa was hoping Richardson or Claiborne would be available here, but with both off my board, I have them taking Gilmore, a very underrated corner out of the SEC. Blackmon is tempting, but with Vincent Jackson coming over in free agency, wide receiver isn’t a pressing need.

6. St. Louis Rams – Matt Kalil OT USC- To protect Sam Bradford or get him a weapon. That is the question. It could go either way here, but the key to the Rams righting the ship is keeping their quarterback healthy. Kalil is the way to go.

7. Jacksonville Jaguars – Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State- Offensive weapons and fill the stadium.

The two needs of the Jaguars.

With Blackmon slipping down to them, there is no way they can’t take him and get Blaine Gabbert a weapon for what they

hope is years to come.

8. Miami Dolphins – Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M – Tannehill has been shooting up draft boards as of late with his undeniable upside.

The Dolphins made it known that they like him and want him.

Tannehill started just 19 games in college at quarterback after switching from receiver.

He also threw 15 interceptions and had a knack to fade late in games.

To me, he has bust written all over him.

9. Carolina Panthers – ILB Boston College Luke Kuechly – If there is a sure thing next to Andrew Luck, it’s Kuechly.

He is the total package at linebacker and will strengthen a weak unit in Carolina for years to come.

10. Buf f alo Bills – Riley Reif f O T Iow a – Reif f is the second- rated tackle next to K alil in the draf t.

The Bills gave Ryan Fitzpatrick a surprise extension last year and Reiff will be the perfect protection to their investment.

11. Kansas City Chiefs – Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi State – Great quickness off the snap and gets through the line easily.

Tremendous quickness for a guy his size.

Will help stop the run in Kansas City.

12. Seattle Seahawks – Quinton Coples DE North Carolina – Coples is one of the most underrated players in the draft to me.

17.5 sacks the past two seasons and tremendous speed and wing span.

13. Arizona Cardinals – Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame – Last year, Larry Fitzgerald asked for Kevin Kolb and he got him.

This year, he wants Michael Floyd.

Fitzgerald could use a receiver opposite of him to take away the double-teams.

Floyd isn’t the speediest guy, but always gets behind the corners.

To read the rest of the f irst round, be sure to visit w w w . clarioncallnew s. com/ sports

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Women’s track and field sophomore sprinter the kind of person where she worries about everyone but herself. She is always there when I need her, and I hope one day I can be just like her.

Q:

Is there any sort of ritual you do before track meets?

A

: It’s weird but I always have a strawberry Special K shake and a lemon lime Gatorade.

Also ,I always wear the same spandex/ shorts to warm up in.

Q: Will the Pirates be any good this year?

A

: I hope so. I think they have a pretty good line up. Go Pirates.